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A 11U1EL BURNED. A FATAL FIRE IN THE HEART OF NEW YORK CITY. Several People I'%r1si in the Flamtem and Many Others InInred--Leaves ls Wile to Her Fate-Many Heartrending Scenes. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-A disaster, ap palling in horror, bringing to mind the terrible occurences in Park Pjace, still fresh in the public mind, occurred in this city early this morning. The Il. tel Royal, that well-known landinark which has stood for more than a quar ter of a century at the southeast cor ner of 6th avenue and 40th streets, wis burnedto the ground and a large number of people burned, suffocated or crushed in the ruins. At the time of the disaster there were nearly one hundred and il ty guests in the hotel. The hotel em ployees all told numbered fifty-five. Of this number of people fifteen thus far have been found (lead, six are in the hospital and sixty-three have been re ported alive. One hundred are still missiDg. The number of dead will probably not exceed, at a late estimate, thirty persons. Thescenes were heartrending andap paled even firemen and policemen, who are used to terrible events. Soon after the fire broke out anibul-mces ar rived from various hospitals. Many physicians, who reside in the neighbor hood, were quickiy on the scene and did all they could to relieve the injured. .Nearly every one of the one ludred and twenty-four rooms, which the hote) has on the live floors, were occupied last night, by guests, nan) of Lhevi trai sient. In fact all the rooms, save four, had bten [taken at 1 o'cIoca this niorn ing wheii Richard Atears, the proprie tor, went to bed. When the flames burst forth from some unknown cause, near I he elev,itor shaft, the entire building wias inst ant ly enveloped in flames. At 3:05 o'clock Mts. Isabella Aleares, wife of the pro prietor of the hotel, awakened her hus band, telling him the house wis on fire. She heard the er -ckling of 1aium" through the crevices of their door. Ar Meares had only retired at 1 o'clock and was aroused with difliculty. Ilie sprang out of bed and ran into the hallway Volumes of smoke filled the halls a( the flames were making their way rap idly tip the elevator shatt. Their anart ments were on the third floor and forty feet from the stairway. O-)ne glance at the situation wa, enough to tell him the story. lie rav back to his wife's room and shouted: "Now you follow me," snatched up i coat and again ran into the hall, way. Ile fought h!s way straight tc the staircaso, supposing that his wift was close behind him. The passag( %as choked with dense smoke whicli almost strangled him. Then throwing lils ov-rcoat over his head to prevein suffocation, he bent his head low and groped his way to the bannister, or which he placed his left hand. Th flames were shooting up from below His hand which was on the railing waf burnod and his hair was singed. His situation was perilous. To ru down stairs for two flights meant deatl and so he swung himself over hand rail dropped twenty feet to the groun floor. lie landed on his feet without . broken bone and made his way to thr street. Mr. Meares was among the firs to leave the burning building, and whe1 hc made his exit he (lid it before the ai rival of the first engine. Buit even in those few minutes th flames had gotten their grip on thm fated structure, and the fire was shoot ing from all the windows of the nmpie floors. When M1eares reached safety ii the street then he realized that his will was not with him. At that moment,i hook and ladder truck arrived. .ly ii of ladders Mirs. Meares andl another ladi' wore saved with slight injuries. Before the company arrived, one man: whose name istnot known, sprang fron a three-tory wiradow and was (lashed ti aeathu on the groumnd below. P'eopl turned their faces away horrified at lhb sight. This was on the f6th aventut side of the building. A moment latei another man leaped from a window oi the 4th street side and was instantly killed. Shortly aft.1erward t,wo wonerm jumped from the windows on the* 6tli avenue side and were dead when lick. ed tip. T1hemr dead bodies we're taker> to the 30th street station house, andl af. te rwards, being uin idlentitfled, were reo mfove(d to the morgue. People dropped from the wvindlows, or slidl (down thei ropes, with which every room in the hotel was provided, andf others wvith their wits about, them tised t he ueapau' to good ad vantage. A considerable nuimber of those who escaped by these meanis from the upp)er stories were badly scorched by the flam(-s bursting from the lower win (lows. One young lady lost a fine head of hair in this way, but escaped serious harm. One young umani, who is some thinig of an athelet, let himself down fronm window to window, and suffered nothing worse than a few hurnis. When the walls fell people were seen at sev - eral windiows on the top[ Iloor' crying for help, but they fell back and w~ere soon buried in t,he ruins. Many incidents ot narrow escapes are recordied. One man, Mr. Klein, of hlaz loton, l'a., an 01(1 customer of t he ho l, was arotisedl in time to get out, upon a lIne escape, when the smoke soon coin pelled him to start dlownwaurd. Thel flames cut off his descent. Smoke amd flames p revented his going lip the la(d dler. Ills p)osition was critical. Ilap pily a fireman discovered him as he was almost suffocated, andl quicklv, thotigh not without difliculty and daniger help ed him to a place safety. WV. Hi. Sykes, of the 'Chelset A part ment Ilouse, or this city, a prominent and wealthy man, stopping at t he lioy idl, was roused by the flames, andl esaiy ed to escape fromt his room on the third floor to the Bryant Park Ilotel adjoin. ing. The distance between the win dows was about ten feet. 'Stepping out on the Coping and closely hugging the buildin ghe sought to edge his way across. The coping suddenly narrowed. IIt could go no further. Fire and smoki belched from the window lie had jusi left and he could Dot return. Clad only in his night dress he became benumb ed. His strength gave out, Ilis heat reeled, lie tottered, and just as hi was falling thirty-flve feet to the stree1 below a stalwart, fireman caught hin and he was saved.___ Compensation for Ex-Slaves, RIALEIGII, N. C. Feb. 10.--In hi newspaper, the Gazette, published hern Editor John H. Williamson, colore( announces himself as a candidate fo Congress. lie intimated last Noven2 ber tbat he would be a candidate. HI says his platform will be cornpensatlol for ex-slaves as proposed by .Presiden Lincoln, who at tbe time he made hi famous proposition admitted that the -were lawful property of those claimini to be their masters and proposed t< pay #800 each for them, liberate then and stop the war. Williamson declare< that letters fromn all parts of the coun tre commend hs es. TrHE THIRO PAR fYy. Its FIrIst. 1root e 1:1 (ieori2i ..W:Ir on a. P)OUI LASVI,LI. GA., eh. 5.-Tile first avowed third partv neett! in GeOgI-1a was lihl lleTe . 1e;daN . an( tlie organization of' independentl poli,ical movement inaugurated. The neetin was held in the alliance warehouse, where about one hundred men and sev eral ladies sat on board betiches, cotton bales, guano sacks and railroad trucks, to hear the democratic and republican partiem alused alike, and rail road legis lation, linaicial relorni and other mio m( ntous <questions ripped up the back and thorou-0ily dissected. Col. C. C. Post wa the orator of the occasion. LIe is muchl the same kind of a speaker as Saim Simall, and even looks some thing like him. IIe did all the dissecting that, waF done. IIe advocated the sul treasury hilI and thc other Ocala de inainds. Ile Said that as the larmers of the westcrl ald Iorlthelrn1 St ites had thrown as'du their party of republican ol!-ar-chV to joil the nle w party. so the farmers of Ge orgia would throw aside the democ-ratic party to jom the new people' li:irty. In conclusion lie said the new move ilnt was nlot strictl al iihIce Ilove liuint. TIh:1t protessiolial men, labor men ail body cul join. The organi Z:ttionl was Ilienl he"1u11 ill the sliap of' the elect il "I a Coutity committee. 'I'ls, s ulas, county is one o' tle stroli--hol- ol t,tv new movement, ait(( it uiijoy s the (IhAinctiton o ' beinll,l the scene(11 ofI the first, atvo ((l thid d party inctiinil-. The inetin)g fihl her,- Tuvs (it\ to-t-i-ther with the recent inectins4 inl I )ullie. I larraison an( other cul :e, are but1, F-uriptue indicall0is, (ui..ily, ht stv.lily, the mlhvolIeetit-L,v is hb, ill, Iu't0 I d 1111t i, v Ver. co tlity ill lie it wherc there is I 'I!) a1limIe ' We dl.t vall it, the third party,"I sIl Alr. W. 11. 1Unwgett, (1 Uhis collit:, "W e prelk.r. to Ilqvu I, c1114l I le peopl,'-i 0ar11; but, . ouI canl c dit it. \ha 111 ou) plea1(. It , 1o V a tl-i.ru hly , -o ized mo(Veveien, anld I havv lvitt-us ll-)Im 111l [)'Ir; ul'iliv SUL NV11I lit'll c,11 Ille to411 all parts.I of' the Stt1 whic la m1 to thiorou2hlyv behe2ve thatL ini: L't 1.m-rai electtiOn o rl laity carr) tle State 1or tim candiaile." AIr. l3:act t is secretary of t(e l)..ti. Ias county. alliance, and11 I Ot Wui mi, th11ird party mlan. "I have bveen a itutler all my lifel,' lie sa'tid. "aid halve r tile 1141 few year's made aI point, to cocrespond with and VIL till-al)4i1mn in all arts (of the Stie and I firimly hlieve that we will e ury the State thr goverilm inl I lie next, uber na,(.r al hIlmpit." "Who will bc the tl'ird party catidi. dI it.. for Overflor?" I atsked( hini "Most, 1411111v llini "llon. I hear him talked o'to piom, extent m. i d ri'1 no one else ienlitionled.") "Will (1ur party ol a State(41 Vtn tionl atilt-lit., out :1 S ate tickely'" ''*( )h, h% alIlImeanls. We will put out a ful1l ticket."' ".Al whlat are thle 'Aird part-WA in. teliti(On ill ITi!fa'd the Ir 11TSIi40i call1ipa1i:-y' .v I. as I underst:nd it," lie reliied lhe man.er will he de,.urinttd at thle St. Louis coivcntion (ink PubtFeruary 23d. It is Illy opilnion that . n1atiional thud party convention will bv arranwed. Thti.q cOIvt'ion1 will 111 out al iaLiol11 ticket tto b el run independent,(ciI of both)1 of thle old4 ipolitienl pazrties.' - A 1(1lv who will hea, the fOnesidenial2 I as. yet C'oh. L. 1L. P'olk atIdl Lehmd~ 812(n. - fod arPe 1:est wIdely tialked of. TIhier r is 21 hlla toway2rd Standiord o:i necoutI of hi.s 1mo)nletary 'views.'' 1 (Jnly4 a wasing )j. t(Iin . 1had1 before him y'e.iterda.y a1 eit y dier 42hant1 charged,~'i with deaOlii' ini l'oun1ter felt hils and1( thle mnerchi:, w-ts b:21(1 y Lrightene. Thel( palrticutlar of 0 the ('ase are v 1t1y01e uli1r1an 1 IlIti . '1'Ii nlec1allt w;is the OwhIP of 2alnhle (41 -Oil some orde atil iln2 a jokm11 way 1(old sev Gral1 gitei..*114141 tilat." wih lie m ci:ichijtie 4'inle bills cou11(1li e rule,l and1( Iro ('e('dedl 1t) 1>rov.e his stat('eents. Wh it e shceet of 14ape4r w(ere 14111 irilo (4111 CII 1)[ the inneh:line( and( a1 er uk iturned,( and( iat the (other ('11ill(there 42;1112 (lilt hills ag el'itImIe astoe2stg b h.gvri 'llt I'le mcii1 w(ere ('(ouvin1ded 4)f the ilune article.. Se'veral of the bills w1ere e0iT iit the banok men of the cit,y and1( tile cire'11timst li'(s e('ing ('X4li2io.11 e ban11k mieni dec'lared( the bills co4untierfeit. ''lis was1 the4. 1h.italient (I 21 al save. of irl. ('iillerl'i4 ot' l" rliers' i11(d M[er ch:lnit IhttIk, whlo derbired1'( the4 filoitey genu144ine.2 Thle ( 'nuni4ssiner was( inl i4414ile'4 1 (th I'l lial ; 211( l ie mIerdlati1 lh'cr. 'The4 4ticer de21:tlanded the( mua 12aille. '1T1h11e fii' was lookt'< ililO 2l101 ii 1:1wa t 11n101 b. this exipltat.onl: T'he had1( jilt gelllille lbls int.o thie naichijia' .114 a 11 wheti 11he 'p;'pe was pla21etj jll tile 0ther ('ide1 and1 tue eran14k turnedu the hills. w i'tnit s,x thlat he 1p:1 per was5 1 (olored -114 a 51241t 1 lId inl thle in1:tebille,' 2111( Ih1a'. hjand( '1as bein1 g worIked . Th'le ('xIplana2 ti(1n wasx salisfictory and4( the tierchanlt, govetnen2t11 oflicer. Th le banIlk men21 of1 the' eity saive one( 1114 so4re o)ver thir fleelixlon as to thle wanl of41 geninIiess of 101M 'll11, Feb. 3..,\[iss glie Mi [chelil, the murLide'ress of F"rech W ard(1 attidli' her fiendI, Mliss illie d ohnlson were1 iI1rraignied b eforec d1oIIge D ubhois ill the ermnniIal court. lI)epuity Clerk H uni ter read the i ndictnmnt, and1( the accuisedl were called upon11 to plead1( to it. Miss .Johinson saild: "'I ami 1101 guilty-";' buit I Miss AMitchell was imm novable; not. a sound11( escaped heri. (ClIonel Gantt, of the counjsel for' th~e detense, ilnterposed('( in 11er behalf, 1 ayin1g: ''Your honor, we l)leadl not gruilt,y as to1 Lill .JohnsRon, and2( Present, insanlity as5 to A lice Mlitch ell." The prisoners were lihen returnled to jail. Tiheo defense will presenit their plea in Alis Afiell's case ini (1ue fornm some1 time this week. sNew York's AtId to Rtuia1. t, NIN YORK, Feb. 4.-TIhe Chambe14r I, of Commerce to-day1 discussedl the best r means to amielioralte thiseconditionl of - thle stanving people of Russ55ia. It wast e resolved that thie presidlent of the S Chamber of Commerce be authorized t toa pinta committee of fifty to all. s paote citizens of New York and y to the people ot' the United States In g general, for contrIbutions for the re a lief fund to be distributed in Russia. a It was suggested, wfth the apparent I concurrence of those present, that the - Ried Cr088 be the mnedium of transpor tati on and distribultion. GOV. TILLMAN AS JUDGE. A Pecuillnr c.La Arinei fefore ium in Coluasbla. COLJM1IIIA, S. C.. Feb. 10.-A inost important case cameo before Governor Tiliman ysterday afteroion :or deci. blion, a vase thatt involved a number of intricate legal points, points that have not often been raised in cases that have hitherto c-ame up before Governors of this Srate. Some time ago Governor Northen of Georgia served a requisition on Gov rnor Tillman asking for the extradition t Lou"s S. Afellichamp of Aiken. AMel biehamp retained coutit4sl and resisted the requisition. The case wa set for trial )1 lore the Governor today, but all A the lurties concerned arrived in town yesterday and the case was brought up Jetore the Governor at 5 o'clock in the ,ifteriloonl, the hearing being held in the ibrary of the Supreme Court. Mr. Mellichamp iappeared in person. 1is brother was with him. IlIe was rep rusented by Mr. N. W. Brooker of this ity and Mr. G. W. Croft of Aiken. Mr. Miller of' Augusta and Mr. D. S. len ierson of Aiken appeared for Mr. Pol. lard of Aumusta, the party at whose re (quest the requi.sition wis made. ''hie Georgia code has a peculiar stat ute. untirely difl'ereut fron any law of' thi State. -Under Section 4499 of the Georgit code a nuan is uilly of a crime who makes halse and lraudulent repre Henlabnits as to hi-, worth in order to obttin cre<tit. This section is differcnt tront the sectIn o f th law of thi Sats that, mitkes i it a crim to obtain goods lr. MNIell ichau t ure!ed goods from Mr. Vollard of Au!,u-;ta, amd imi fatiled to Ja.vL' 101' IIV -m, Midt S.1 uider the see limi abovi- noted his xt!ra'I!ion is asked f-.r t,lit,the mti he tricd in ieor-i:a on at cl1;kr_e ol bann credlit, by fidse represeltation ato Itw: Nvorth, etc. 'll e lvetarll , boI litilllr WIt [Ies h'uFITh law-.r (,n holh sides pre 11r b:- nicd .1t1. abW ardons A tinroeq(;!era Mi.l.1ur1ilt was pres -lit 0.r "hlng the( an;i i r'hab)-tlialt ht will give 1the GoverIlor his I'psi"l on it case hIto h rk1 decision M r. Aicleli hatmpi att'>rney,s alrjtued Ihat tlt requisitiiln wa-s not male ImI !_141d faith), that it was terel y an at t(mpt to tuse the crininal law to press h:mil to Lihe ImNmin:t, of'a debt.. They lilhttler ar*u- ld tat there had been no prpd g -en that Mr. Mlellichaip uwias it Ill"Itv ,0e1oilm justice inl the nieaning 01 Stie C1o.stittilLon of tie United StIAtes that provide's lor tile extradition of 1) 1n.11 w% h1o comlttlits a1. ilme inl one Su,at.e 11141 tienll1tes to another State to escape the (m sqtiencvs of his act. ()it this p1tu) their str Inest sirarulme'n1ts Were 11iWade. '1'hy clained tiat Mr. Meiii elatllp had0 lio. as his motive in leavillu hliv State o (GeorLia the ho,l or idea okf i-scatping (the con.-equences ot' anytini that hei hat' Ion in tt t .State, andi that in!ess it could be proven that his sole ni,tive in leaving the State was a wish t" (.sCIIc ju11stive, the (tovern-)r had no it1 o gratI tie requjisitioI Tile attorneys for the State of Geor gia ar1-guiled that the reqIuisitioln was matde lit I he regnr way it shoud be Lyralited, and that the Governor of Gxeorgia was tIhe sole judge of its reaiu larity. 'he fact _tiat the alleged cr me had( been coinunittedl ini (i orgfa and I it a the partty comI inittinig it wa W ft ound0 ini this St ate was proof posit,ive that he had' liced fr'omI julsfice. The Governor pnad close attentin to ite argi umenits ad(vanct d1 by 1het att or tieys andIC then'1 took the catse uinter itdviiseent, aind wvt ilnnoce his de cistolt in a few day's. AMr. AMel lichanilp does buinss in A i ton 13hiis partner being Mir. Ea.ste'rlina ol' Cha1rlestoni. lie fas a goodi 1epiuta tion ani in said ti h e an honest, liprgt IIti, whio is unable at present to paty this debIt, and1 thfat thle re<ilisit ion is not hl itig lit in atttemopt 1to use( 1 he peen' liar law (of Gehorgi to forceo hiinii to pay tis de bt.--lie(gister. - 4dw tudnt attendi gth Iit' elogicai S'm iniary heire, comlliitted( ntld(e this IlorninIg atbotit, 8 o'clock, I.t the r e.stdence (of Air. llarniey Willi. aIls, julst outside the city limits. The I acts ofI this hiorrile tragedIy are as tiJolows: Al1 r. Kilcio w retired last, nigh t It theo houtir he was1 atcetisItomIeel to, andl( .III ilplmrt'nltly good spirIts and1( heal1t hi. h hIS inIornling at, 7.3() o'clock fhis wife waked upj and1( call to hIer hlitbandl to get tip an lt iak e thei tire, aLs has heen h tis cutoi1t4n hithei&rto. Mi'. K ildow rtiainedt si le t., and thftinkmtu hi i in unustlly tire i'' r oin hiis st tdies onC thle nIigh't p41(3io0us, Sli'he arost and CfwCIIt ini thle adJo t an itg rtootin, the itcheni, to st:tru, te tile. Sit' 11114 been ini thiis room bIt a few tiointst wihenl she heetrd a fall inl til he ooiI sit' hadtt just iit, mit on ~~t-niring~ her Itl>rror iiay bet imiaginedt her' I hustbanid, st r'et cht(ed a t fili length Iton lit' thoor, withI is thIroait citt I r'omI tari [o eat'. Ste ittiitetly called for hlp, ut traised( his htead, therebiy ehitteavor' leg to stop t it'- iow o1 blold. blit. all1 in vaint. lie was dead. Mi'. Kildow wats ice tut the P'resbiyt erian Tlhieologicail %eiIl iary I or 80o1ne tilt i. Last f'all hie vYas set to At ilta, Ga., to be Itreatt.ed ior inenfthai aberratio lOl d 1111was returnedIi(l oing stInce'SI supposed t,o 110 abtle to re illne htis sti.dlI es her'ie. The facility 0of tad 1111( (tiitillely endi wats dile to all1 rTe 1)1fferenee Explinzedt. >r'4an of Ithe l"armer's's Al biance in tis '4ta14, puihed~ht by the e'x'cutive comtf nifttee of thle or'der, ti s week contaitns l'ents anuJhorized bly the( executtive w'(enI thle Pkeople's party and the Alli itti. Th'le two (lr:canizaltions lire, the( Omin iltte'e states, entiirel y se pariate, the 'cole's party binitg outside (of antd in iepenidenit of the Alltiancee. The state "We noIw t)tlie:ally diechlire thait there' 4 1no suchl ting ias an Alliance tIiket, enthecan 'lthe1i. Alliance ho d a party iolitical cauru'ts, a patrty pi'riar elec ion. orI adoplt strict plarty meaOtsuIres as5 (llh wVithmit Al lince3 meetings p)roper', vithoutt ltablility, of foileitting iheir char en'. We have not, a shaditow of' right to is tile fuinds of the tr'easulry for strict larty pur'poses, yet we have thle ight 1 0 advocate anly principle or p)latf'orm dopted by3 the State or national orgian z.ationi and to j udicially spend money orl tistiutes. encatmpments. etc., held( >r' legally auhthlorized as part of' the work 'i our ordehr.' itturnedt to Death. LOU IttvII.1t, KY., Feb). 5.-ie at 41 A. M. de'stroyed the( Central tobacco wi are hou)tse. Capt. Wv.iE. Ed wards,;who wits sleepli.g In the buildIng, was burn. ed to death, Loss, $25,000. Capt. Ed wards was the senior member of Ed wairdls, Barnard & Co., who owned the ware house. 111 s body was found just ins8ide the front door. SHOCKiNG PRACTICES. M len 'aW1 omI neIt' to, Tak "UEtiolnic' a i t$ k,4O",t her.. .SAN FRANCJCo. Feb. 4.-Miss Al. zire Chevalier. of Ito,;toI, lol) reitntly exposed many of the frauds practIced by Thomas Lake 11rris, primate of' the Brotherhood of the New Life, has pre pared an open letter to William Dean Howells, who recently, in Ilarper's Magazine, took Harris' part. in the con troversy and expressed grave doubt, of the charges which she made of' strip ping converts of inoney and valuables and of i muoral practices at coimnitiyih headquarters in Fountai (Grov(e, So!o. ma county, Miss (hevalier respoIS d with .InaSS of facts gathered froin ex-mcmbeis of the coilmlluity, alitivits that seem to prove conclusively her two main points - that Harris robs his dupes and that he perverts the moral sense of his converts by a system of sexology more abhorent than the practice of the Oneida com Imunity. One of' Miss Chevalier's strontges' bits of proof is a letter froin Itev. Al bert Cullibert, of England, who escaped from lHarris's colmuiil,v, wherel he and his mother were held as mo0ral captives. Ilis mother was the brilliant, Mi s vaw cett, ol London. ia1rr;, I,ut her in tol itary confinement , and (Ild not allow L:er to see hu4b.,1a1d or sonl For montis. This young mr ian witnes-sed women bathing 'itl Ilie i , a lar-"e 1)ool room devot(d to 'idenic" batis. undoer the direct orders ol - in-. A mon-, ti wo. men who were llade to prirm : 5ls re pugnant 1a8k was: Lady Oliph:imt. Mlis Chevalier hils a r of1 afid.i vits showing the hp'jnotie' inIlueIlce of iarris and the terrr hne insired amn. his disciples, ('vetit a1tr thty escape d romn hI com l lUtill!t.y. ,-he Ni :l:1 IS)111iN. ali da Iv i ts 8 i v in I ac abou;It HlarrisA luxuriflus life and U.bw ba.rbips of his di:-ciple'. One 1inbe i(21 I1itr 'l. th ie -)llinu1u ity' nowv lah->iit:z at S.twa I a br-ought $75,0u00, wvhich lmarr, tippir.>. prited. Mizis Cheval er (T .. that s'W lrW posei to carry n ie wvra i it amst l1larris as lon- as h(r mne m6 and streti-_ith last. Shc proposes.' t> have thePo mastcr General prevent the irculation oI some of Harr-is's allnphlets and books. which are imm111ioral, and to Ip peal to Cotgress to suppress the coi mtuniy as the Oneida community was closed. Broke tul tie 1lt1. WVAsINiW17ON, Feb. 5.-At the recep tion, recently tendered to Seiator John Sherman, by the members of the Ohio Iepublicai Association, in this city, there was a seine not down on the, pio grammne. J ohli ication, enthusiastu auid speechts galore were the ieat,ires of the eitertainient, whicht was given in honor of .enator hSlerman's re-election to reprsent the Buckey - State ill tile Senate or thesixthconsetit ive ternt. Ohio lads and lassies c1-ired out in large nunibers to participate inl the 1estivities, and their hearts were glad dened when the master of ceremonies mounlted the stage and aiounced that alter the speecl-mak ling unded the flooi wo.uld Ie cleared f'or tho;(- who desi red to imdtulge in dtncing. It (li not take long for willing han s to i emove chairs and benches, and the orchestra struck up a soltingling walt7, ill which all TIo the horror of thel i sci ples of I 'erpsiehor'e, hiow~ever', th eir1 r'an ks were aulgmnente(i by I liree colored cou les,' who seemedl to4 elijoy ftripping the miazesi of the dlreamy walltz with ats nIluch gu st o as thiefir ( Ciashiin associ at4'. 'l'hreet t urns of' I he halt, hiowever, were imde 4're I he u hite folks d1iscov t'red thfat thiese colored lI erublican werei' inten'!t upon01 11u1ki ig an C 'eeninhg ofl it. on a eqiual rights' ba,I is, andi this at onlct rendered them Ierina non0 101 grat w'. C'onse< i ien t l, when the' liddlers st o p pel to) rosin tir 'iI bo)ws, the white 1p40. pf' fo iont ( hlio decided1 t.oevacut ith le premises51' at (once. 'Ther'e was. a sci'am ble for coatts andi wraps, :iiit lien the (orchiesf la restinn'ed work I here' v. cre on ly three colorI'af coupiEes leN. ti t('Duoy 11i1 mlulsi te ad daniciing. Thle iniei(lent w-asd inore forci.0bly illuistraoted by the with dIrawal I rotui 11he hll, ju0st n's thle dhain ig began, of' 1 Fotlh A 011itor of thle Seauy Lynch , ai colored poli t.Ii,ian Iil)m IMissiippi. Anl linve'stigtion11 sho(wedt that the offen:des u ~ ha iE( erentd st.ch a riiups are' ali E'inlIwl ini t dep)artme.nts hert las nt.,seni'zers, but Ithei r mnethod oDf erasinrg thle coloEr line was not ap!pre'i atedl as thy m''iay have I houight it woul b( e.-News :ItIl Cou. rierr. The14 LIDt teriy 4larroi: ra is inadue public from ,lohn A. M\orris, add re.ssed( to thle peop le it laoiisiana'I in wVhich Mloris, conlcerni i h Ile elfoirts to obftaini an ex t.'!ision of' the chiarter of t he IL)Iuisia1lit 1,41t4'I'r, says: JtealI'zing I hioroighly1, ii. aussociiate's andit I that weC iniv'e bOE'n iniore4Di(t ini t his <J Iiestin of1 a nIew charler'i, and0 hot dles iring to see tIl'henpfe 4of the SI ate of. Lotuisti inlvol vedi in sliilhe over thiis (JuiestionDI, I h ere by dleclari e, up., liny part, and1( upo 1)1 he~' part of imy as socliates, thaOt. we )woiIbht not) neCett or q iutlify un rder the amiiei ieni'it (hi tt'ery amedinen1 uct to th 4e I.onsI.t Iit tin) eveni we're it to bet adEoptl ed( by the ple1 at, theo genieral electio of1 ' A pr ii next. As t he Supreme Court 14 t'e inited,4 States hias decidfed the ant111 ,4 lttory pos5. aL law to be cotilSuittioiial it is my'. lilprpos anid that, ofl iny aCioeliates t~o respect t hat law and abhstaini fr'omi vi(Jlatinrg it in alny mannerl'I. Outr offer' wais prIomfpted as muchi by desir'e to lben elit t he people of1 Loitnsianai as bly thle prospect of' pDiohit to ouIrs(elves from theC grant ats ia buisiness pr'oposit ion. Aly associ'eates and1( L are closely indlenti led with the int,erests of' the people of' LouIsiana, as weI ownl mu Ich piropert y within the b)ordlers of the State. Con v'inicedl that the granting (If' another I ottery charter ini thme State w%otil he .hte !auIse of conitt a 111gitathin and hiscontenit u pon1 t he part of1 a nutmbter )f citizenls of L ouiisiana for the emtire t ieriodl for which the Ihiarter mighti e granted, we wouhld be unwilliig to Iecept such charter, tesenl thoiugh ift Vant givenOl to us w%'ithuut the paymein'lt I )f one do:lar of license tax. JIoii A. Mois. iho is Alive. ent a-sertioni In this corre'spondeince a hat Miss Etta Meliride was in or near' .3harestoni will soon1 be verilledl. F"or < ome (lays Chief Martin hats been in cor 'espondence with parties at Mt.. Pleas int, itt it is [now known that ia few lays after she disaippeared so) mysteri-. mnaly the young woman was seen altt u1t. 1'leasant with a younlg man from t hlere. They went to Oakley, where a hey bought a horse and borrowed a f )unggy andi mad1e for thes interior. De A'etivtes Miller andI M.cManus'*went to < iut. Pleasant today, and, as ai conse luenfl'o of the Information, there ob-. Lainied, together with the chief'a let-< ter fromn Oakley the charming Etta t will be found and brought to Charles ton In a few dsta-....ineo. COTTON FACTS AND FIGURES. ' I'larstl-shed by tMe Natiotal Departmnt A of Agricuoelturo. WA-SHINOTON, Feb. 10.-The Feb ruary cotton revort of the statistician p ol' the .)epartment of Agriculture re lates to the proportion marketed, qual ity, yield of lint, close of picking season losses by insects and price of seed, 'I The proportions sent from planta- wl tions as estimated by reporters and ac- IH curately consolidated is as follows: Virginia 80, North Carolina 82, South Car-diTiat 90. Georgia 92. Florida 92, si Alabama 91, Mississippi 88, Louisiana of 87, rexas 81), Arkansas 88, Tennessee at 99, Missouri 88; general average 88.3 01 per cent. lieturns of comparisons with the crop of Liast year are: Virginia 78, North T Car.)lina 79, South Carolina 82, Georgia 85, Florida 94, Alabama 92, Mississippi Y .10, Louisiana 99, Texas 107, Arkansas 96, 'ennessee 91, MIssoturi, etc., 90; gen eral average 94.3 per cent. The returns are remarkably consist- wl ent, as their indicated results vary by t less than I per cent., indicating a crop about 500,00 1) ties short of 1890. The co October reports of the two years make he an almost identical difference. ta These results are submitted withottt bi comiment- to The estimated average time of close of picking is by States: Virginia, De- 8 cember I1; North Carolina, Dec. 10 South Carolina, Dec. 8; Georgia, Dec. 4; Florida, November 20; Alabama, Dec. 2; Mississippi, l)ec. 10; Louisiana, LA l)ec. 12; Texas, Dec. 4; Arkansas, Dec. 12; Tennessee, Dec. 12; Missouri, ad )ec. 13. 00 The <uality ii the highest for many w years; staple medium, or somewhat Pa short; color excellent, and unusually 9t Ire- from trash. AA The low price of cotton and disap- utl pointient in money returns have led to a large sale of seed to oil mills at r7' >rice- somewhat reduced, as follows: 01 ,irgimna 14 cents per bushel; North PR C'arolina 14; South Carolina 11.5; Geor gia 14.5; Florida 14; Alabama 13; Mis sissippi 12; Louisiana 11; Arkansas 11; P ''millessee 13; Missouri, etc., 11. .On the Atlantic coast the larger iise of seed for fertilization makes a rela tively high price. Losses from insects were not very serious, and weie mainly co;fin;ed to the tu coast States. The boll worm was nearly as destructive as the cater pillar. Electropolse. Why sutler with sickness or disease 1:heu you can be so easily and quickly cured without medicine by the use of the Electropoise. This is what Mrs. Sallie Chapin has to say about. it: IIrs. Sile F. Chapin, President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of South Carolina, Charleston, S C., writing under date of January 20, 1890 says: I was truly glad to learn that in ollice had been opened in our city for tihe sale of an instrument (the Eleetrop oe) about which I became so enth htisi.--tic a few mont,hs ago that I rashIv w ent into print in an article de scribing 0ts n%onderful curative pro- si; per ies. I did not imagine the trouble ' I was bringing upon myself, for not a wek has passed since that I have been called upon to give further testimony and tell more about it. I have friends who, after suffering for . ears the most excruciating pain, which the most skillful physicians North and South uT had failedl to relieve, have been cured C' by t lhe use of the Electropoise. It is a panacea for inervousness, brain fatigue, and general debility. It only needs a trial to convince the most skeptical, and when 1 hear the testimony of the IIon. Wim. C. Sibley, of Auguista, the R1ev. T'. W. Moore, D). D., of Florida, andl others, whom I personally know" and who have been benefited, If feel It a duty I owe suffering humanmty to say, try the Electropoise. A 40 page book, d1escribing treat ment ar.d cor taining testimonials fr om all i ctions' and for the cure of all dlis eases, mnailedl free on appllcation,Ad iressa, ATLANTIC E'LECrTOPOLSE CO., 222 Kin.; St., Charleston, 8. C. A D)aNtaerdly A ttem,t. ITTr'sut:in;, Pa., Feb. 3.--T'he Woods r Iluu rar of ihe Manchester line, having >ni tboardl thirteen of the now employees af the coinp)aniy, was wrecked on lien ver Avenue at 4:30 this morninst by | .he explosion of a dynamite cartridge uu hichi had been plIaced on the tract. l'he explosion occurred as the car was paissig, the Manichester locomotive works, and though the concussion was ~o severe that the car was thrown from hte tracks and badly wrecked and win lo ws slmutttered in all the houises on the side of the street nearest the track iver which thme car was running, not >ne l)easonI was seriously hturt. No loubit thie inmmtention wa.s to kill the 'ow nwn. Smne (lays ago threats were made anti some of the striking employ 'es say thewy have be en invited to par Licipante ini a dynamiite plot, but the tirikers and their friends have been iet for several days and It was Jiu>ighl they had abandoned the tight mai teat all trouable was over. Th e Sea frold ing (have Wy Illh.\IINGIMr, Ala., Feb. 4-A B iorrible accident ( ccurredl at the Sloss" uirmate thuis afternoon, two men being di led outriaht and six badly injured. X hot, blast stove was being erected and he men were working on a scaffold in lie inter ior of the walls fifty-eight feet r~onI the groumnd. Suddenly the scat- In olliu gave way and the men with all or e hmeir implements and( a iarge forge fell pap< o0 the groundl in an indlescribable and iorrible mass. Thelm men killed were tlihn Stanton andI John ichie. The youndedl are: W ill Harvey, P'.J. Gram nell, Boh Wade, ,ierry Moore, Henry 'ults and Frank WVilcox. The three atter are colored. All the men but 11 C ierry' Moore are seriously hurt and ome of' Ilhem may (lie. T1he excessive veight of the portable forge an,l three ~cgs of rivets caused the accidlent. A Killer IKiiled. L IT' T.1 RlocK, AiuRK., Feb. 4.-Partic t lars hiavem beeni receive d here of the k ill ng of ,buies O)dem by a sheriff's posse war Morrill Station. Last Friday Odem, rI vho lives in WVest Carroll parish, went " o Portland, Ark., and( wantonily killed * wo niegro.es, J. Priester and John tvanis. Tihme murderer made good lisa es ape. The sheriff with a posse pursued )demn anid found him Monday nighlt in lie woods near Morrill Station. lie re msted arrest and fired on the oflicers. hie lire was returned, and Odem fell lead. A Maes of8Shining 41old. Cinm1'i'iL1 CREEi, Col , Feb. 5.-The vildinst excitement prevails here over he dliscovery In the Plymouth Rock haft, on Gold 11111, at the head of the iuaw Gulch. At a depth of thirteen eet a chimney of ore was discovered, vhichi is a perfect mass of shining gold, oinservative mining men estimatIng lie value at from i12,000 to S15,000 per on. TIhie matter Is a blueish gray luart z, impregnsated with veins of gold nat nmakes it diflicult to conjecture se vlhat the real value of the ore may each. Notge Pays tI~ H~Th 01MATORER THAT MAY o'r A 11 RPRATICI). St) I)Q NOTYI i~. "SRKIWHILK TIMEt lHiU vs II Write for latulogue now, amul s k Tper you saw this advortiseet n Alember that I sel evkth.v es to furnishing a evrything tha g some thin a and buying otaets in ti' rgest ossibe 1ots which oter Inth ipe OuT all competi t-on leabh' me t ICRE ARE A FEW OF My &TAlI". LING BARGAIN6 A No. 7 Flat top Cooking v fuiif re, 15X17 Inch oven, litted with 21 iece,, ware, delivered at your own depot, - I freight charges paid by me, for' ly Twelve Dollars. P Again, I will seill you a 5 holk Uouku. 101ge 13x13 Inch oven, 18x2t3 lincl top, fit L [1 with 21 pieces of ware, for T ti. ifEN DOLLARS, and pay the I reigi t tot' ur depot. 0 NOT PAY TWO 1'UEk3 Fot... y OUR GOODS. I will send you a nice plush l'ariol sit, mInut frame, either in conbiuntion or! 6nded, the most stylish colors for '.0,i our jallroad station. freight a.ti. ,1 will also sell you a niCe BudrkVio.s ui1 nsisting of Bureau with glast,, I ad Bedstead, 1 Wasistand, I Uew ble, 4 cane seat cilairs, 1 cane %eat ;di 6ck rocker all ior 11.50, and pa h ircig. Jour depot. r I will send you an elogant .i:rom IT With large gass, l ull marble tj;p, or 0, and pay ireight. ice window shade on sprin rolilr 'oo :utVeLI geanwiar day aiclock, 4.U.C alnut luange, i.1 tce curtains per window, 1.e' Icannet describe everytilin ii a .iualij vertisement, but have an *m1n.4e stJre utaining 22,600 feet of liour room, with' ire houses and factory buildingb in utheri rts of Augusta making in all tho lar-. At business of this,kind undet ont) man-? em1ent in the bouthern 6tates. ' 10se oresand warehouses are crwwed witiq, j chicest productions of the best fa-:to 3. My catalogue contaiing illustraLons goous Will bu miaile(I it )uou wili hui) y WhUre you saw this adVerlet,';'_ II y t.1eight. Addkoss, L. F. PAMYETi oprietor 'adgett's lumuit,ure, ztovk td Uarpt Store, 1 to-lA I Broaa siret UU -' iA . ;A. 1 P. :tl ALL SKIN AND u lD DIEA5E I ht is, 8 hthst tnea api li eyi n C U R EwS COD,a 3 0oci i0rt r lii ~p CUR ES . Y LAR. i .r t CIs a*i e r i, W ork. hs ~i1i ti .diges aiages~3, roprieats, aos andsfo Catalgu-Mntoigkhi r.) V LR Lo PANDEs30 g gls, Crriaes, od 1art1, Wagon. i diento of nereognied ale nd hin d, cd onsan usetbythe-meiclonn pro LFRIE ND" -O! It ANDMORE CtSorteN a, LesnsPi, iinse Danger to to1 "pMcpas ied FRn , c nr ainngvafuabceginformation and i vontary tesbtheonia als, o binexp in eceiptcfrphiteherto prnhnttl RIE.RENAORC.DAlnt,a WL BY0 ALL nnito camed , Talbot& Sons, M anufactuIers of E NGI N iCS, BOllERs, COTTON SEED) OIL M,CUHINERY, and all kinds oi' TOBACCO MACHlNERY, CORN AND WHEAT MILLS TURBINE WATER WHEELS, SAW MILLS, WITH RAPE FEED, or BELT AND VARIABLE tFR ICTrION FEPEj), IMPROVED DOGS. AND SET WVOR j(S AND TIMBER GUAGERS, gi aduated to sixteenth of an inch 1200.to 600. Brick Machinery and Wood Working Machinery a specialty. Planing Machines *200 and upwards. Drying KiIns for Brick and Lumber. Every yard should have one. Plans and drawings for construction fur n11.lied, We sell the highest grade of Machinery and at low prices. V. C. BADHAM, (ENEIRAL AGENT, Feb 19-1v. COLUM BIA, S. C. TihE LARGEST STOCK. MOS'' SKILLED WORKMEN, I-OWESTRIOE5. SO'th Carolina barble Work F. H. HYATT, IHIJPRUIETOR. Is the bes;t place in South Carolina eI Southern -tates to secure stisfactien In Nnerieau and'Italian Marbl-i Work. Al' dIndsq ',f .emetery Work speel.aity. TABLE TS, HEAlI:'TONEb, IMONUMENTS, dc. Send tr 1prices and uil infcrmation. F. H. H YATT. Aprib ~,' COLUMI3IA. S. C. AT COST. D)esirg to reduce our lat ge stock we .'ii sell a number of "A" Buggies and arriages, lull leather top andl open, jobs t cost, for cash for 30 days. Trhese Car lages, &c., beingz madlo by t.he Buckeye Tnted States. Capital City , and Sciot ~os., of Columbus, Ohio, and other ap roved( mnanufa turers. Colu,uibus Buggies, Collins, (Courtland Od( Part y Carts and ID grade Buggies, as rell as Old Hickory Wangons, always In tock. Sawv Mills. Eng ines and Cotton Macbin. ry as usual. We lave in stock several small Second. and( Edgines of from 4 to 10 horse power, Sgoodl order, which we ,.will sell at very >w Ogures. W. HI. GIBBES, ,JR., & CO.. CLuMNIA. 8. 0. ..eesville College. CO-EDU CATION AL. )RIMIARY, ACADEMIC, COLLEGI ATE al.d COMMERCIAL COURSM-; oal and Instrumental Music, Art, Eloou on, PhysIeal Culture, Cookin , Dress Cut. nig,. lomestic Economy, Weekly Bible tudies. Nine teachers. Enrollment, last Mar 180. Pupils from thlrreen coumtten. trong moral and relgous influence. No sr room nearer than seven milea llealthful location, 700 feet above the vel of thme sea, 460 feet above Columbia, f8 feet abovo Alken. Elegant building. oung ladiles can board with the President. nly College in the State that makes pro. I silon for young ladies to reduce expenses do(ling domestic work. Seventeen young dlies aided this way last year. Expenses ir literary course and board for ten on ths. 1100 to 1180; musIc, 130; bookkeep g, 120. Next session opens September Id. For catalogue addlreiss L. B. HA YN~ES, A. M., PresIdent, Sep 9-3mo Leesville. S. 0 LIPPMAN BROS., ProprIstors, DruggIsts, tippman'a Block- IAVANNAN. . - O u