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A i YN /OL ylup~ TAXING BANK S'i. SHALL THE STAT OUT OF EXiSTE.NL. The Constructn- 4,'h 1;' - the Muter-A ' we Comptroller General'r Otice Ywe trd uz the Connor Letter. COLUMBIA, 'Z7. C., !7. Some inzteresL 1A? bL banking circles in regard to the co nstr:e - tion of the law governing the taxin; : u bank stock and the mannwr or returv-s to be made by banks. Smuie ays a..;o 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 Cerk Nor ton under the instruction ot the Comp troller General. The Sunday News of the 15th must. publishes an interview with Mr Connor, in which he makes the tollowing state ments concerning his letter and the re ply received by hin from the Comptrol ler General's office: "My letter has not been answered. 1 wrote upon an entirely different matter. By way of illustration let me show you about what I wanted to find out. Sup pose on the 31st of December any bank shows that it has made $12,00. On the 1st of January the' bank pays $1,00 m dividends to its stockholders and its ex penses have been $G,000 lbr interest and running expenses. I wanted to know whether taxes are to be paid by the bank on the $12,00) or on the net surplus and undiyided profits of the bank on the 1st of January. I have not been auswcrcd 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 $30,00(,;' and thenhesays: "It is the duty of the Au ditors to ascertain the real money value of all bank stock and where not correct ly returned on the tax books at the real market value.' "What is to be understood from such statements ? In one place he wants the real value of stock taken as a basis for returns, and then be says returr.s are to be made on the basis of the market val ue of stock. Two quite different things. Some time ago our stock was selling at $165. Mr. Marshall called on me. and I told him that the books would not show the stock to be worth over $145. Does he want to tax us on the $20, which is merely a fictitious value ' "It shows confidence in a bank, and 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 I have received no answer to mine. The stock of an old bank, when its stock runs up to $300 or *400, is diI flicult to sell for more than its true value. because banks seldom pay over 10 or 12 per cent. interest, which ' means only 3 or 4 percent. to those who buy the stock at $300 or 100 when the par value o the stock is only $100." Yesterday The Register reporter in terviewed Mr. Norton on the suhject oi Mr. Connor's statements, and Mr. Nor ton said, that the letter reh-rre(I to by Mr. Connor was to all intents and pur poses the Comptroller General's letter, as he simply acted in his clerical capaci ty, signing it "W. II. Ellerbe, Comptrol ler General, per Norton." IIe then added: "As Mr. Conner says the Comptroller General did not answer his letter, we give them to the public." CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 12, 1891l. Honz. W. H. Ellerbe, Comp. Gen. DEA&R SIR : Wishing to comply with the requirements of the law. I write y'ou for inform'ation. As I understand, we, the banks, are to return and pay taxes on the capital stock and on the net sur plus we have left on January 1st, af ter we have paid the interest due to the depositors to that date and expenses of business deducted from what we have made ; then the net surplus and capital stock. This is the way I construe. Am I not correct ? Please write me at once. See on back of bank state ment 1 enclose. Yours truly, W. M. CoxNost. Surplus and undivided profits 81,4 94 Expenses and interest paid depositors.............. 089 4b) $ 6,250 48 January dividend, paid stock holders................ . ~,00 00 Surplus, 1st January, 1891. . . .4,750 48 Capital.............1,000 00 TIhe above is true. T. M. McTREOUs, Cashier. -'The Comptroller General took it that Mr. Connor sought intormation and took pains mn replying to him. The Comptroller had the construction of the law by the Attorney General, and simply gave, as he thoughlt under the law, the information desired. That is, that the bank must return to the Auditor al! thle shares of said bank, with. tile ~'nmes of the owners of such slhares, assessed at their 'true value in money.' Ir Mr. Connor h id taken pains to read Sections 198,199, 200, 201, 202, 203. 204 and 2o5 of the General Statutes. he never would huve said that the Comptroller General had not answered his letter. "The law is plain that the banks of this State pay taxes on only their shares assessed at their true money value. Their furniture, real estate and surpius are not taxable-the real estate being deducted from the amount of sha:res :at 'their true money value,' while all s.ur plus. or extra moneys, capital and eve-ry species of personal p)roperty of value ownea or in the possession of any such bank are included in, and help to make. 'true value in .noney.' "For instance, Mr. Conner's ban hra $15,000.00 capital and a surpius K $4,750.48. This surplus is equal to 1 per cent of its capital andi wo~iul ake the shares of the bank worth 131. But we must remember besides t!is. Mr. Connor's bank has some furnmture and possibly real estate also. Suivose mn these items he has S5,000, which wve think not high. "Would not these items, which under the law are not taxed, make ini round numbers 65 per cent. of the capital stock, or make the shares of that Lank at their true value in mou:y be 80 just wihat Mr. Connor sai s his stock has been quoted at:t "It bank P'residents do not know their own buisness sutlicicntly well jo gie, under .oath,. the value of the: shares of these banks, undier the iaw AuunLors must make the value for them, and. when they simply answer 'don't kno sv' or not at all under Section 205 they are liable to a fine of not exceeding $1,A00. It might ce added that wilie bank Presidents and Cashiers are to return lid b' ehcl; one, the ank being held e'( uelep. uc r see' !O4 for the How Gibson's Friends- re Laying the sche w of B is )XIfence. k t 1. ae o orge A Gib sou. the a!leged dynamniter secretary of the Whkei trust. btfore the state, 'er than the Federal grand jury, as under the state law it is possible to in illet more severe penalties than under the Fe:deral law. A consultation between President Greenhut. of the Whisky trust; Director Woolner. of Peoria; Director McNulty and other oflicials was held here today. Greenhut announced at the outset that Gibson had resigned pending an investi gation. The ic'.minary plan of defence was outlhned dluring the coi:f'erence. It was proposed to show that DeWar, who charges that Gibson tried to hire him to blow up Shufeld's distillery, is a prac tical machiuist, and eeuld have made the infernal machine which he alleges Gibson gave him. It was to be admit ted that Gibson was in communication with DeWar for the purpose of obtain ing reliable intormation as to the output of Shufeldt's. and that, in case DeWar ailed to send information, Gibson may have written to him on the subject; that DeWar had an opportunity, and four hours' time. in which to tamper with Gibson's valise after his arrest before it was put mnto the vault, and that b e might have substituted the bottle of in flammable stuff found in it later, in place of a perfectly innocent liquid; that DeWar 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 ii Gibson's valise when he was arrested; in short, that Gib son may be the victim of a conspiracy of which the governmnnt officials 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. GIBSON GONE TO EUROPE. PEORIA. ILL., Feb. 14.-It is the general belief here tonight that George .. Gibson. secretary of the Whiskey Trust, is well on his way to Europe and, ani'd hv plenty of money, will escape. The nly trust man found who would talk, said Gibson has been gone since Thursday night and would not return, adding that the bal bond oi $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 fifty pounds of dynamite. About a month ago he ')ought a quantity of bi-sulphide of car bon and carbon and phosphorous at a drug store. Ile had learned the secret of the com )ound from a chemist whom he frequent lv invited to dine with him. At the National Hotel 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. Disappoints Both Factions. CUHAR L ESroN, S. C., Feb. 13.-The appointment of B. O'Neill, George W. Willhams and Jacob Smialls. all bank presidents, as commissioners of iregistra tion for Charleston, has stirred up the politicians here and the political pot is once more boiling. Both factions of the DVemocracy ring sters and reformers profess to be sati s ied. although it is know tbat both sides had sent other names to the governor. The other three commissioners, D. A. J. Sullivan, John B. Reeves and Henry Schachte, sent in by the county Demo cratic executive committee and endorsed by the Charleston delegation in the Leg islature, has been endorsed by Senator Irby, chairman of the Democratic state conimittee and by Congressman Shell, the ;father of the farmers' movement, and it is s'id( that this was in accordance with the deal made between the regulars here and the Tillmanites during the re cent campaign. Governor Tillman, how ever, refuses to deliver the goods. The reform, or the Tillman faction, had also sent in their names, two of them being the nrmes of notorious poi cal eranks. These were also thrown over by the governor. None of the new appointees were con suted, and their app"ointment was as great a surprise to them as it was to the public. It is probable that all -three will consent to serve, as everybody seems satisfied to have it so. The work is to straig~hten out the en tanglement in the registration books, 'aused by the confusima in the number of polling precincts; these being dif erent for state and municipal elections. They have nothiug to do with the ap pointment of managers of elections. evar to the Knife. ALBAN. N. Y., Feb. 16.-War is declared. The lill braves have recover ed from the first shock of the Watterson surprise and are raillying for revenge. It will be many moons before their wounds have healed and their camp is quet again. No qjuarter will be shown Watterson. The nlan of attack was at tirst to deny that Ilie wrote the letter. 1t was said: *"The let ter must be either acknowledged .1rI deed If a:kniowledged it will pre cap.tate .ne of the iiercest fights on ec ord. if denied it will furnish the H1il champion:s with unlimited ammuni * in ini the coming ampaign."' GTovernor iiiil hunselt, after sleeping se t etno better. ie is mad clear throughI. Ie still ,rofesses to believe * hat Wa *ttersoni would not do such a thin;, but lhe hn hasteued to New York, ust the same, to start oumt his scouts for the skirmish. Before lie went he sid that lie should not retract anything lie had said a.aout the letter. Iwil giv "e Mr. Watterson the benefit of the doubt.'' he added, "'but if he ac knowedges its authorship L shall still cal it na :impertinent and insulting epis lle. APeculiar Accident. "rrr' to, Feb. 16.-As an accom modaion raiu on the Pan Ihandle road wa s entering this city this morning a stne we ~ihig 150) pounds roiled down the~ ills'~te, south of Monongahela river, an d erashed into a car. Miss Clara l'leminr of Washington. Pa., was crush ed to deaith in her seat. and a young man sittIng beside her had a narrow escape. The accidecnt caused the wildest excite menut on the train. A t the point where it occured it is 300 feet, almost perpen driua irom the hill top to the trac-k. COLORED CLERGY ANGRY. ored preachers ot Columbia ada _1d1i col.ordEr Methmit and i aptre ' t .: the So'uth. They might. in on,- -ense, be said to heat --white heat" aid their fepl ing~ have found v":nt ' in an b*n. The cause o- the commotion i, the publication of certain letters of Booker T. Washington p-resident of the Norm-n school. and the endors.mue thereoni t'y Bishop Daniel A. Payne, of Wilberforce, Ohio. bishop ot the African Methodist Episcopal church, who has at various times had charges in all parts of the South. Washington charges that over 70 per cent, of the colored Southern ministers are totally unfit by reason of their want of intelligeace and morality to he leaders of the people. This Bishop Payne en dorsed in the followmng words: "-I say emphatically in the presence of the Great Head of the church that not more than one-third of the ministers, Baptist and Methodist, in the South are morally and intellectually qualihed. I will stand by this statement and can demonstrate its truth fully by shameful and painful facts with regard to names, times and places.' It is charged this is the beginning of a move by the Northern wing of the Afri an church toward disgusting the colored congregations South with their pastors in order to create a demand for Northern educated rainisters, graduates of colleges there, and to destroy the present power and influence of leading lights in the church at the South. The indignation meeting held here is to be followed by similar meetings all over the Southern States. It was held pursuant to a call of the Rev. Wm. D. Chapel, presiding elder of the Manning district Columbia annual conference, and was a convention of the colored preach ers of this entire district. They gave vent to their indignation at Bishop Payne's charges by adopting a preamble and resolutions which would till 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: "Whermas, we believe Bishop Daniel A. Payne has intentionally and mali ciously, with an aim to injure and de fame Southern ministers and their fami lies, assisted in c4irculating a slanderous letter throughout the public prints to the effect that Southern ministers 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 immorality and who, in anything about immorality, have taught us. In closing they say: "We condemn the article of Bishop Payne and hurl back the charge to him as a base false hood instigated by the devil, and we be lieve until he reLracts, the entire South should look upon him as a personal ene my of the South, and therefore hold him as we would a poisonous adder." They also remind the bishop of an alleged debt of gratitude he owes the South Carolina brethren who, it is claimed, at the last general conference at Indianapolis, saved him from censure and probably impeachment for malad minstration. An accompanying incident which gives rise to a split in the church in this State la the alleged attempt of Presiding Elder S. H. Jefferson, of Sumter, to se cede from the convention with the A. M. E. church with the whole district. He is charged with having himself madec bishop of the "First" A. M. E. church and seeking to carry his people with him.--Greenville News. The Great Floods Northi. PITTSBUEG, Feb. 18.-At 1 o'clock this afternoon water in the Alleghany River reached 32 feet 11 inches and be gan slowly to recede. As even the wildest estimate had placed high water at twenty-live feet, great damage inflict ed in this city is due more to careless ness in removing goods than to the high water. With nearly every iron mill flooded and closed down, railroad tracks wash ed away, squares upon squares of streets flooded to the second story and thous ands of cellars filled, the direct loss by the Ilood cannot be less than one million dollars. The poor living~ along the river have suffered so greatly that appeals for aid have been issued. To-night the river has fallen several feet and trade and street car lines will open up to-morrew. A special from Wheeling, W. Va, say s: The river has continued to rise here all day and at 10 o'clock to-night is still coming up, though an encouraging report comes from above that the water is alhing. The damage has been very grat here, but it is impossible to esti Iate the amount at present. Certain it is that much suffering will result, as a very large area of the city is under water. The whole of Wheeling is an island and is flooded, and to-night most of its 4,000 inhabitants will sleep on highh ground in the main part of the city. In South Wheeling hundreds of th e houses of the workingmen employed in mills and ractories are under water. and in the business centre nmany of the wholesale houses are flooded. The post oflice and custom house is partly suir rounded, and the basement illed with water. Busness is almost enthe ly suspende d. No trains are arriving or departing. The depots are under water and the rail road yards are blockaded. Engines aiid ars are standing in the water over their wheels. The Stamni and Windsor ho tels have both water on their first iloors, and guests are obliged to go in and out of the windows. Reports from down the river glass and pottery districts also show heavy losses sustained by the loodmng of these ndustries. In spite of the general des truction of property not a single case of loss ot' lire can be directly traced to the 110o0. Terrible Effect of Kemnorse. CrlarrTxoNxA. Feb. 16.- IHemorse has caused the probably fatal illness of City Attorney Warner, who killed his on-in-law, S. M4. F"ugette. a mnonth~ ago. Physicians say he will die before imorn~ ing, or if lie recovers, will be hopelessly msane. Death of Gen. Sh~ermn3D, NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Gen. Sherman died at 150O p. mn. Gen. Ihenry W. .Slo cum has been selected to take charge of the funeral arrangements. The burial Iwill take place at St. Louis. This state m nt cmes from General Viele. TTHE FuuN.~I IY liopl 114. Will ucceeed. The Rancal ilie di anIeaersbee. of the same town., w swindled out of ilve thousand d,.ilar., by iing persuaued to buy a bar of gilhed copper for pure gold from a fakir, is in town to-night on hi3 way to A tlanta, where he goes in hopes of iden tifying a man named Mace, who was arrested in Atlanta this morning, ac cording to the description furnished of the party who was an accomplice in the gold bug game. The man in Atlanta was arrested in a ] ichmond and Danville train by Chief connelly. and if he is the right man the oflicers.will get live hundred dollars re ward for the arrest. The Chronicle this morning gives the following details of the manner in which the swindle was worked: A few days, possibly a week ago, a mysterious personage. giving his name as Bill Parker, or more formerlly speak ing, Mr. William Parker, made himself known to Ir. W. I. Kennedy, Mr. R.A. Weathersbee and Mr. J. R. Easterling, of Williston. S. C. Ile spoke in a mysterious way of a big thing which lie had if he only had the money to work it. le got these gentle men interested, and disclosed to them that he had somewhere in the mining regions of the West a most valuable goid mine. It had been discovered by the Indians or some half-bred hunters, and there was millions in it.. Indeed, lie had along with him a mythical Indian who never showed up, but was supposed to be hovering around somewhere in the bushes on the outskirts of the town and available for consultation with Mr. Par ker when necessary. The best evidence, however, that there was gold in the niine was to produce the gold itself and this Mr. Parker did in a isecret interview. And what a glittering pize 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 Symp osium in Augusta they would have learned that "All is not gold that glitters." But they knew that anyhow. and even sug gested as much to Mr. Bill Parker. He was not surprised nor embarrassed by this implied distrust, but courted inves tigation. Taking a gimlet he bored in to the heavy yellow bar, and smiled confidently on the 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 the pure IsturTf." This was fair enough, and the pre cious dust was either sent to Cnarleston or summitted to a Williston expert, the reporter's informant was not certain which. But the test was entirely satis factory, and the answer came back that it was 22-carat gold. -NMr. Bill Parker was vindicated, and now nothing re mained but to weigh the bar and make the calculation. The weight was not known to the gentleman who gave the reporter the story, but the bar was worth 56 000 or 87,oo0. .Iust exactly why they were given such a bargain is not made clear, but for :5.000 each Mr. Parker and his imagi nary Indian partner were willing to turn over the .glittering bar of gold to Mr. Kennedy anid M1r. Weathersbee, two gentleman with whom he was trading. The prize was too glittering; the prot too certain and easy to let slip. All that was necessary would be to send it to the Government mint to be coined ard a clean profit of one or two thous and brand new gold dollars would be realized. Who would not have bought it? MIr. W. HI. Kennedy, who is a man of means, drew a draft on his factor in Charleston for $5X000. and MIr. Dan Hien derson, of Aiken. took it and gave hum a check on the Bank of Aiken for the money. Armed with the $5,000 in cold cash, Mfr. Kennedy sought 3Mr. Bill Par ker and the trade was consummated. They got the precious bullion and Mr. Parker got the cash. Ilaving gotton the money Sr.I Parker had no further busi ness it. Williston or Aiken, or even in Carolina, and his mythical Indian chief vanished from the Palmetto State. The owners of the gold bar either grew suspicious or else wanted to reas sure themselves of their splendid prize, for they had another analysis made, and they were horrified to find that the sec on d analysis showed that their prize was not gold at all. it is understood that MIr. Schweigert's analysis of it showed it to be a very fair grade of copper, but even after the re porter had gotten the story;3lr.Schweig er1 persisteutly refused to have anything to say exceprt that it was a private matter which he was not at liberty to talk about. Well there is little more to tell. The iterviews with Chief Hood werc, of curse', for the purpose of capturing Mr.1 II P arker, and it is understood that \'ir.l. it.Easteriing was busy yes terdav sendin~g off telegrams ill every direction, with a description of Parker, and an offer of 85U0 for his arrest. C~iTr IN ATLANTA. At-r tyr. (Ga., l'eb. 14.-Bill Parker, te Bunco mani who defrauded MIessrs .I I1 Eaister-ling and It. A. Weathersbee, of W illiston, S. C.. out of $5.000 by sell ing them a bar of gilded copper for pure (old has~ been arrestedl. ie is the man ho was arrested in Atlanta yesterday. T he news comes direct from Atlanta, from 3lessrs Easterling and Weathers hee, who went to A tlanto last night to see if thev could identify thte man, who was arrested on the Itichmnond and Danville tin. Theyv wired Chief Ilood, of the ilugusta po':e force. early this morn ini e have got hill 1Pa;rker." Parker, whien arr-ested in A tlant a yesterday was searchd, anid he oniy had 850 an a Anithi \& We sson pistol on him. le was irst arrested on ihe Air Line train by the conduci(tor, andl when tile train reached the suiburbs of A tlanta hie made an at t emfp tio juimy off. It is not known here \Ifessrs ..aterling and Weathersbee hd gtot thir~i )5,000 back yet, and what thr propiose to do w ih the bunco man. A reward of 8500fl was oliered by the in noc )ent gentemen of Williston. who al Io ed the fakir to play~ the old gold bug g-jne ofi on them, for the arrest of the rihlt mn. it is now a question, who is entitled to the rewa ~rd, the coniductor who made the arrest on the train, or the Atlanta plice whno arrested the man upon the arrval f the train in Atlantay .essi A. Weathuersbee and J1. R. Easeing. of Willistoin. S. C., arrived to ih from .Atlanita with Sergt. Ogburn, e i the A tlanita p~olice force. wvho had in e::arge llA IParker. lie was identified as~ the' right mnu on Iirst sight, but lie s outly dienied his identity until lie got on thieI irn this afternoon. A fter leav ing Athmita lie imahde a clean sweep~ to air. Ea~sterlinug. Ile aditted having perpetraItedi the fake game with the aid of four confederates, and expressed his regret at h av in g connected himself wvith e imoiin. ie says a Aien, hb.. fore the money was paid himi lie hiesira-! ted whe-thr to carry the fake out or not, and tossed heads and tails to see which he should do, and the eagle bird Ti fcll, which decided that he should carry out his fake game. Ie told Mr. Easter ling that If he was allowed to telegraph Ci Dederates he wonki have the money brought back by one of his pals. That opporunity has not beei given Pa.ker yet. je was conmmitted to jail here to- nglit and will remaii there an til Monday. or later, until Sergt. Ogbura is oaid his 500 rewrd. Then he will becarried to a13rnwll. where he will be proseented. The Williston gentlemen M feel greatly relieved. They are satistied na that they will get their money back. na Parker is a man about six feet heavy I built with curly hair, full sandy beard, , sil and wears a new slouch hat. He looks jus like a simple farmer, unsuspecting in tel appearance, but he is a consummate Sit villian, sharp as a briar, and an old hand pol at the game.-News and Courier. hw Riot and Bloodshed. Tl NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 15.-Riot and Of bloodshed occurred at Clark's thread by mills at Kearney at 6 o'clock this even- wl ing. When the new spinners quit work an, they were carried over the river from the we Newark side in a launch, and when they we landed on the Kearney side they were for met by a throng of 2,000 persons. Super- wa intendent Walmsley led the line, guard- be ed on each side by special officers. When the spinners got outside the gate, a boy sle on the dock threw a stone over the fence mE and the special officers attempted to < rush out on the crowd. Chief Turnbull lea of the Kearney police ordered the in specials back. Immediately after a wo man in the crowd threw a stone, smash- bre ing the mill office window. Thereupon ai the specials rushed out on the crowd, we shooting in the air. The crowd surged back, but flung a shower of stones which an crashed through the mill windows. The men inside of the mill played a line of di hose on the crowd. The descending log stream of water made the angry crowd more angry and window smashing went co, on. Several girls were crushed in the so stampede and one girl was clubbed. A ha three-year-old boy was shot through the foot by a spectator who shot downward. no Intense excitement prevails. It is ye thought there Is a likelihood of a worse pit riot to-morrow night and the probabili ties are that the militia will be called wa out. - _fro The Governor's Staff. COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 14.-The fol- I lowing order was issued yesterday by Is the Adjutant and Inspector General he! announcing the military staff of the sal Governor: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, in ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. col CoLUMBIA. S. C., Feb. 13th, 1891. we General Order No.1. fie, The following general staff officers frc and aides-de-camp to his Excellenc. the Governor have been duly appointed and commissioned, and will be respec- ye ted and obeyed accordingly. viz.: Quartermaster General, W. D. Star- P13 ling, Columbia, S. C.; Commissary Gen- we eral, E. A. Tindal, Summerton, S. C.; Engineer in Chief, Geo. E. Ladshaw, wil Spartanburg, S. C.; Surgeon General riv W. C. McCreight, Cheraw, S. C.; Pay- , master General, W. A. Neal, Anderson, de( S. C.; Judge Advocat? General, John cui Gary Evans, Aiken, S. C.; Chief of Or- riv dinance, John L. McLaurin, Bennetts- . ville, S. C. All with the rank of Col- of onel. Also the following aides-de-camp . with rank of Lieutenant Colonel, viz.: ei D. Gaillard Dwight, Winnsboro, . for C.; Charles J. Purcell, Newberry, S. C.; of: J. D. M. Shaw, Laurens, S. C.; F. M. pit Mixon, Blackville, S. C.; Andrew Bates Watson, Batesbnrg, S. C.; T. M. Berry, noi Chester, S. C.; C. S. Bissell, Charleston, it S. C.; F. C. Duncan, Union, S. C. pre By order of the Commander in Chief. ab [H. L. FARLET, fee Adjutant and Inspector General. w Another Disaster at Johnstown. flC PITTsBVRG, PA., Feb. 16.-A spec- da ial from Johnstown says: At ? o'clock this evening all the lower part of the a city is covered and the water is rising un rapidly owing to the steady rains. On rc the South side and in Cambria hundreds Ie of houses are floodled and the people are. getting away in boats, as all the bridges tic but oue have been swept away. Late figl last night it is reported that Shady Creek boom, carrying 4,000,000 feet of logs, is ha in dancer of bursting and the people are an fying to higher ground. There is no thl communication whatever between the different parts of the town. Reports on from points between Johnstown and de: Pittsburg indicate very high water with to several bridges and houses washed away co as far down as Janett. There will be no sleep in Johnstown to-night as all the mr lower town houses are deserted and the tin people are huddled in dwellingrs on high I round. The snow is melting rapidly, of ut at midnight the river is stationary. du Reports from Eastern Ohio and West hal Virgimia indicate a sudden rise in the wo branches, with many bridges destroyed bo and houses tlooded, though no lives have set been lost thus far. Al it A Compromise on the silver B111iL WAsHINGTON, Feb. 19.-There is an e earnest effort making on the part of a cai number of the members of the HBouse to ti secure a compromise on the silver ques- pai tion, based primarily on larger purchases be. of silver. It is sought to have this com- - promise measure adopted by the majori- so ty of the Coinage Committee at its meet- by ing to-morrow as a substitute for the coi Senate unlimited free coinage bill. - Those who are urging the compromise has are carefully canvassing their strength all before they finally determine to bring it hat forward in the shape of a bill, and un- Pui less assured of a good foilowing will abandon it. It is understood that the las measure will not be passed unless an m: understanding can be reached with the wa free coinage Republicans in the House - that they will not bring upi the free coin- thr age amendment. but some of the unlimit- thi ed silver men have already stated that m' they will not enter into any suc~h agree- - ment. the _______-loa Outrage Upon Outrrge. ST. P'-EERlaro, Feb. 16.-Rabbi MIarcus and a ,Jewish physician named au Cassanovitch, living in crodno, have foi been arrested and exiled for sending the an overnment, in behalf of the Jewish ommunity, a petitionl demanding re- the dress for an outrage committed by a rec Russian doctor who branded the word thi "thief' in three different languages up- oui on the forehead of a Jewish boy, who on was accused of having stolen a small quantity of fruit. The petition setsm forth that the case would excite the in- af dignation of the civilized world,.p A Democratic Allanceman. r P'iERRE, S. I)., Feb. 15.-Ilt came to I I light tonight that an understanding has I virtually been reached between the Democrats and Independents, whereby thi they expect to unite and elect State ea Senator Kyle as Judge MIoody's success or in the United States Senate not later co probably than Wednesday. Tripp has p released the Democratic caucus, and p some of his strongest workers voted for Kyle to-day. Kyle, though an In- an dpendent, is understood to be in accord wi with the Democratic party, on the tariff m and other national issues. CAN TIi E L TU . IE HORRORS OF A RUSSIAN MIR TOLO BY A SUFFERER. e Startling Story of an Alleged Seali tealina Sailor-Three Years in a R: iau Mine-Chalned to a Maniac a Iisecting Him with a Shovel. IBOSTON. Feb. 19.-Capt Joseph I >rris, of the .,ealin-, schooner "He ,1 of Boston. has just returned to ! ive land after an experience with Ri n justice and Siberian mines whi titlies all that Stepniak and Kenn 1 of the horrors of a convict's life ieria. The fact that the captain w )ching invalidates any claim he mig re against the Russian governmet .e "Helena" had on board a tull car seal skins when she was overhaul a Russian man-o'-war, and after ing race, in which seven of the ere to were Japs, were killed, captur I taken to Vladivostock. Here th re tried, and the four America re convicted and started on the ro Nicolaski, 150 miles to the norl rd. Captain Morris' experience t told in his own words. He say We all walked, guard included. N pt under cover only two nights of t rcll, which took us twenty-three da When we reached Nicolaski 1 rued that we were sentenced to wo the mines three years. 'Our rations were a pound of d ad a day. The guard would she e for themselves. On this mar were not cruelly treated. Our names were called, one by or d each of us received from the int ter a paper, stating that eachr mt and send up from the mine five c, ds of coal a day. 'If the stated amount of coal did i ne ap. no rations would be sent dow that if any of us were sick we wot e to starve to death. I was the first to go down, and I t again see the light of day for ti irs and ten months. I was left it 200 feet long and about 20 wide. The darkness was so intense thal s never able to see but a few feet at of me. After I had been down a little wh aw a light at the other end of the p t once wer:t toward it, and there I .d one of the most woful sights I es in my life. It was a man six feet tall and bu proportion. Ile was covered wi L dust from head to foot, his cloth re in tatters, and he looked like id. The light that I had seen car m the miner's lantern on his head. On seeing me he let forth a saya , and came toward me rapidly, tal in Russian, to which I could only z with a shaice of the head. He th at back to his picking in disgust. "Later an officer came down, bringi: h him two belts and a chain wi eting instruments. --The belts were ofthick leather, pa I on the inside so that they would n into fiswhen fnt on. The ofli ited two bands of iron to the outsi these belts. and then put one on ea us connecting us with an iron cho ht feet lona. Up to this time the Pol that, I learned, was the national; my fellow prisoner, had worked in t alone. Why we were chained together I i know, and don't know now, unle vas to increase the punishment or vent escape, though the latter w olutely inmpossible in a pit so rea t beneath the surface of the eart :h a single outlet up the shaft, at t auth of which was stationed a gua y and night. 'The Pole was really insane, andf lay or two my condition was migh comfortable. He ate my rations e soup and threatened to kill me whi xpostulated. 'At last hunger drove me to desper a and the Pole and I had a terril '-He was muchl stronger than I, but I no skill, and I got the best of hi igave him a sound drubbing. Aft tt we got alo::rg all right. 'At tihe end of three months, I awo a morning and found my compani Ld. I was in a dilemma. I was chain a dead man. and with five carloads d to send up, or no rations. While I was turmoig it over inn ad a thought struck me. By ti ie I was nea::ly starved. I thoughi nuld wheel the corpse from the ve ccal to the shaft, take it oil' there ai np my coal into the car, and wo ed enough to do two men's worl< uld get the rations sent dlownf th of us, and this I did for four day iding both lanterns up every nigi the end of this time I couldn't staa my longer, and I decided to do a work only. '-Thereafter, as I expected. ratic ne down for only >nc. At thlis tim< k that for several days my reas :tially left ;ne, for I can rememi iting thle cropse with my shovel. I don't know why I should have dc ut I suppose I was driven fran seeing my) self helplessly chained t( -At the end of fifteen days. havi to lift and carry the fellow aroul the time, I began to feel weak fra or and sick from thle stenchl of t trefying body. -What to do I didn't know. But t a earful thought came to me tb tkes me shudder to this day, and the s 'no way but to carry it out. 'I took my shovel and cut the corp~ 'ought at the waist, removing tile be is, by the only possible way, freei: 'self from thes body. -I placed the portions of theC corp)se car and sent them up on the nc d of coal. -On the nex' car dlown were hamn a coal hisel, which I had divined w, the piurpose of taking ofl my ban~ chain. 'This I did. and sent them up wi next load cf coal. This was all ognition they gave to my sending1 dead body. L learnedl when I car tthat a pardon had come for the PC Iv a few weeks after his death 'ow, I was alone, andI l ive arloads daily, ti er I had set:t up my per came down tellin up on the next load. tad been ini them vas to send u --T had me a i ., -in maod. it'. had had any means cnmtin suicide I should 4E cerni he taken it. It did not oc cur t( ine )o e vie car myself on one of the up tri. If !had done so, I wouI em y have been shot by the uard a he entrance to the miuc. "Ime .vent on, endless as it seened, and not hin occurred to break the mo notony unti one day an otilcer decend ed wio a large sheet cfpaper. -I1e could not talk English. but mere lv rctioned for me to gret into the car. -This I refused to do. because I was more s ocared to go up than to stay were I was. "He then returned up the shaft and soon came down again with an interpre ter. who told me that my term of im in prisonment. had expired." in The other Americans of the crew were: as F. C. Crocker. of Searport. Me., seconc ht mate; Buck Folger, of Nantucket, third it mate, and J. C. Golder, of Bath, ship go keeper. Crocker was released at the ed. same time, but no authentic information a has been received about the fates of Fol A ger or Golder. ed ey SUMARY JUSTICE. ns ad Two Desperadoes Who Had Terrorized a ;h IS County Lynched. s* GAINESVILLE. Fla., Feb. 18.-Mike he Kelly, a white man, and Tom Champion, a negro, from Arrendova, were lynched ve in this city last night at 10.30 by a crowd rk of outraged and masked citizens, who went to the jail where Kelly and Cham ry pion were confined, and, having over ot powered the armed guard of five white men stationed there, forced the jailer to give up his keys. te, Havinc received the keys, the vigi 3r- lants opened Kelly's cell and called him st out. He came forward quickly, but he r- knew his fate was sealed. ot The vigilants next secured the negro, Champion, who set up terrible yelhng n, immediately. The two men were then ld escorted from the jail to a big oak op lid posite Judge Ashby's residence. Here a few minutes' respite was given o'0 them, Kelly remaining quiet while the a surroundings were made hideous by the terrific yells of the negro. A rope was quickly thrown over a limb, and at a given signal, up went the . bodies of Kelly and his black pal. ie The crowd then left for their respect it. ve homes, and people this morning came >e in crowds to view the lifeless remains, er which hung there until past 10 o'clock . to-day. ilt It is not known who the lynchers were, th but public opinion sides with them. and s it is doubtful it any steps wi1U be taken a to investigate. ne THE STORY OF THE CRIME. Gainesville has been in a state of ex ge citement since Sunday night, owing to k- the fact that a gang of desperadoes were e- operating in that vicinity, firing guns, en robbing and burning houses, and terror izing people. g Sunday night citizens living near the th square were awakened by the report of a gun, and, while trying to locate it. d~ another report followed. Citizens ran ot out of their houses on the porches, and. er among them Judge Bell, the postmaster. e While standing there he heard several ch shots in quek succession and saw f lashes about Philip Miller's corner, le. next door to the postoillce. ty Thinking that some one was attempt le ng to blow open the safe in the post office, lie hastily dressed and went out, Lid but before he did three more discharges s were heard. to These proved to have been fired at as Dr. Phillips, who, after the first two ay shorts, went out on his piazza to see: h, what it was. he Hearing several men coming toward rd the house, he stepped from behind a ,o pillar of the piazza to inquire what the ortrouble was, when he saw three or more tymen in front of the house. Betore he of could speak a gun was fired directly at in him, then another, and just as the per sons passed a 38-calibre ridle was fired *a- as he was retreating. >le A policeman on the square says the lfirst two shorts were fired at him by un bknown men, who ordered him to get out1 mof the way, which he did without firing ;er a shot. Investigation shows the pillars of Dr. ke Phillips' house splintered and riddled on with No. 8 shot. The second charge ewsfired directly into the open doorway, of shattering soveral articles upon a what not in the hall and leaving hundreds of ay holes in the paper on the wall. The di us rection of the shot shows deliberate aim .at the doctor, who felt his face scorched in by the first two shots. ad -Monday a store-keeper named T. B. rk McPherson. who owned a store two miles from Gainesville, was shot by Kel or ly and his gang. The affak created ~, great excitement, and searching parties it were oruianized. ad Kelly was captured at Rochelle yester a day morning. He 1was suffering from a gunshot wound in: the back, received in ns a fracas with officers the day before. " Later in the day Kelly was brought to on Gainesville, and jailed along with Chain ter pion. another of the gang. The news of Keliy's arrival brought out the entire Qe city, and threats of lynching were freely Lec expressed. but wiser heads controlled ' the crowd at Iirst. Late yesterday alternoon, when it "was announced that McPherson had ad died from wounds given by Kelly and m his g'ang, excitement and indigation broke he out afresh. and culminated in the lynch tinir of the two, as above stated. at A Level Headed view. re COLUMBIu, S. C., Feb. 14.-Governor Tillmnan last night expressed himself se in the following strong and tunmistak It able Janguage in reference to the , Cleveland letter: "Mr. Cleveland's let "ter does and ought to take him out of the fie'ld as the Demnocratic candidate 01 for President. More harm results to xt the South anid West from the financial policy of the government than from er all other causes combined, and until we as have a larger circulati'ng medium, s based on a bi-metalic standard, the pro dueing classes of the country will find th themiselves betwe '~~ r and he nether mill up not and~ ue port' d1 10 JACK THE RIPPER. ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE WHITE CHAPEL MURDERER. The Murdered Woman Said to Belong to That Unfortunate Class Against Which the Fiend Has Sworn Vengeance-The Story of the Terrible Deed. LoNDON, Feb. 13.-Further particu lars in regard to the woman who was found dead in the Whitechapel district this morning, and who is supposed to have been murdered by the fiend known as "Jack the Ripper," show that she is about 25 years of age and quite good looking for a woman of her class. She was found lying on her back with her head nearly severed from her body. There was also a severe wound on the back of her head, caused. it is thought, by the severe fall she experienced when her assailant knocked her down. The scene of this. possibly the latest, of several of' "Jack the Ripper's" crimes, is a dark, narrow archway known as "Swallows' Garden", and leading from Little Mint street to Chambers street. The archway referred to is during busy hours a well-frequented thorough fare, and partially used by railwav employees and stablemen in passing to and from their residences in and about that packed neighborhood to their work on the num erous lines of railroads or in the many stables scattered about that section of the city. At all times of the night there are people awake in the houses and pedestrains passing about and through "Swallows Garden", but no body seems to have heard any crying of an alarming nature during the early hours this morning when the crime was committed. The murdered woman, judging from her appearance, belonged to the aban doned class offemales and was fairly well dressed, though her hair was untidy. Her clothing had not been disarranged. The police theory is that the woman was murdered while in a standing position that the crime was probably the work of "Jack the Ripper," and that the mur derer was frightened away by the ap proach of some pedestrala before he had time to mutilate the body in the manner already described in previous crimes at tributed to "Jack the Ripper." O other hand, it is known that the resi dents of Whitechapel in particular, and of London in general, are prone to give credit to "Jack the Ripper" for any murder or attempt at murder in White chapel wbere a woman is concerned. - The body, after the usual formalities were taken, with the object of establish ing the woman's identity and of finding a clue to the murderer, had been gone through with in the usual manner, was. taken to the Whitechapel mortuary. The blood was still warm when the body was found. When the blood stains had been cleared away the police placed a rough cross of woodwork over the spot in "Swallows' Garden" where the un fortunate woman was found, in order to mark the spot where the crime was per petrated. Large crowds of people. nat urrily, _gathered arnd - "SwaoAvs' Garden" this morning. In spite of thN-"' strong efforts of scores of detectives and of uniformed and plain-clothes people of the division, there seems to be, as in so many other and similar cases, no defi nite clue to the murderer. No arrests. have been made. A railroad employee, it is true, says he saw the murdered woman talking to a man, apparently a foreign seaman, just previous to the time the inurder is supposed to have been committed, andi the police are now engaged in searching all vessels lying in the Thames, on the many docks and about the port of Lon don. The policeman who found the mur ered woman must have reached the spot while the murderer was only a few yards away. The victim's lips were still twitching nervously and her eyes still rolling when the officer bent over her, and a moment later he sounded his whistle in call for assistance, which must have placed every policeman in the eighborhood on the alert. CAUGHT AT LAS?, LoNDON, Feb. 16.-The latest discov ry made by the Metropolitan Police in onnection with the Whitechapel mur :er of Friday morning last, by which the woman known as "Carrotty Nell" ost her life, bids fair to connect the man Satiler, now in custody, with this "Jack the Ripper" crime. The Metro-, politan Police now have in their posses sion a sharp and dangerous looking knife, stained with blood and shown traces of having recently been washed. The blood stains were eamind micro scopically by Dr. Phillips, police surgeon, attached to the Leman Street Police' Station. Dr. Phillips has no doubt that the stains are those of human blood. This formidable knife has been traced to the ownership of Sadler, who, as al ready stated, was a fireman on board a steamer which recently .arrived from Turkey. The police have no doubt that Sadler was the murderer of "Carrotty Nell." The Little Steamer Lost NEW YORK, Feb. 19.--The officers of the Norton Naval construction and ship building company have given up all ope of ever again seeing their president, Capt. Francis L. Norton, who sailed for Havre, France, in a fifty-eight foot mijiature steamship eighty-five days ago, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Mar garet Norton, his niece, Miss Anna Rickaby, and a crew of seven men. con- . sisting of Chief Engineer James Men elis, Assistant Engineer Arthur Mc Lean, Sailing Master C. F. Causen, Seamen John Anderson and Oscar Mile yar. Stewart Joseph Marcial and Cabin Boy John Roberts. The little steamer sailed from New London Nov. 24, pro visioned for thirty-five days. A 2top was to have been made at Azores for ~oal, but vessels from that port have not eported tile sighting of the miniature vssel. An erroneous report of her aving been sighted ofl Gibraltar gained urrency some days ago. ...at Touion ha hardi at Algier