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VOL. X. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1895. NO. 24. SOME OF THE NEW LAWS PASSED AT THE LATE SESSION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. The Full Text of the Metropolitan Police Law as Finally Passed-The Law telat Ing to "Scotch" Mortgagees. Below is given the act for the ap pointment of a Board of Police Com missioners, etc., in cities and towns of not less than 1000 inhabitants, and popularly known as the "metropoli tan police act." Section 1. That on and after the pas sage of this act, whenever the Gov ernor, the Secretary of State and the Comptroller General shall deem it ad visable or necessary for the better and more perfect government of any city and incorporated twon in this State of more than 1,000 inhabitants, a board composed of the Governor, Secretary of State and the Comptrol ler General shall appoint a Board of Police Commissioners, to consist of three members. for 'such city or incor porated town. Such coimissioners shall have been qualified electors and freeholders of such city at least ono year next prior to their appointment. 'he official term of such commission ers shall be co-terminal with that of the said State board appointing then, and until their successors be appoint ed and qualified, but such commission ers, or any- one of them, may be re moved and the vacancy or vacancies filled by the said State board at any time they may deem such removal ex pedient or necessary to promote the object of the original appointment. and so long as it may be demmed nec e or expedient by said State bror their successors to continue said State board shall make a new ap pointment of the same or other com missioners for the succeeding term. to-wit; co-terminal with the term of such said State board and until their successors be appointed and qualified. if such enforcement of the laws of this State in any city or incorporated town under police regulation be continued under this act. Before entering upon their duties, such commissioners shall each take and subscribe and cause to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State an oath of office for the faith ful discharge of their duties and the usual constitutional oaths required of public officers. and if the appointee shall, for ten days after notification of appointment, fail to cause such oaths to be filed as aforesaid, his ap pointment shall be revoked and a new appointment shall be made by said State board; and the said Stateboard shall have power to fill any vacancy in said board at any time. whether caused by death, removal, resignation or any other cause, or may in their discretion, remove any member or members of said board if in their opin ion he or they fail to perform any du ty according to the intent of this act. One of said board shall be designated by the said State board to be president and another as secretary of said board. The annual salary of said commission ---ert shxi1U notless than fifty dollars mor more than three hundred dollars. to be fixed by the said State board within these limits in proportion to 'the population of the particular city in question. But the secretary may be allowed a sum not exceeding fifty dollars in addition tohis salary as a commissioner. Said salaries shall be paid out of the town or city treasury in like manner as the salaries of town or city officers. Sec. 2. Such Board of Police Com missioners shall immediately appoint a marshal, who shallibe chief of po lice, and the s.necer commissioned officers, who shall give bond in an amount equal to that required on the 18th day of December 1894, of simi lar officers under the ordinances of such cities and towns, subject to the orders of the board, and as many po licemen as may be deemed necessary by the board, not exceeding one for every one thousand inhabitants, and who shall have been residents of such city or town at least six months prior to their appointment. The marshal and policemen shall hold their re spective offices co-terminally with the board appointing them, subject, however, to removal at ally time by a majority vote of the Board of Po lice Commissioners. The marshal and policemen so appointed shall have exclusive power, and it shall be their duty, to se'- .e all process issued by the mayor, imtam'-nt or city recorder, and all notices and papers issued by the Board of Police Commissioners. They. the said marshal and plicemen, shall have and exercise all te common law and statutory power of constables within such city, except for the ser vice of civil process, and they shall also have the powers now had and exercised by policemen under the laws of tho atate and the ordinances of such city. Provided, that no city or town sh~all be liable in damages for any of the acts of the mashals or police men or officials appointed under the provisions of this act. Sec. 3. The Board of Police Com missioners shall keep and maintain an office at the council chamber, police court room or some station house or other convenient place, and shall meet 'in regular session every month, and in special session at any other time upon written request or any member to each other member who is in the city. Any regular session may be ad journ-d fr a period not exceeumng four days. Two members shall consti tute a quorum at any regular or ad jouned session. or at anly special ses sion properly called and notified. The concurrence of two members shall be 'sufficient to decide any question p~rop erly coming before the board. It shall be the duty of the Board of Police Commissioners to fiil all vacancies in the offices of marshal and p~oli'emlen. The Board of Police Conmmissioners shall have entire control of the police force of such city, its organization. government and discipline, and entire control of all station houses, city prisons, patrol wagons, books, records. equipments and a'Il other property be longing to the police department. and shall audit all claims against said de partment and certify thie same to the mayor and council for payment when correct: and it shall be the duty of said mayor and council to pay all of such claims when so credited. certi fled and presented. And it shall be the further duty of said mayor and council to levy and collect annually a tax sufficient to pay the salaries and all expenses of the Board of Police Commissioner, marshals and police men, and of all the expenses for the operation and maintenance of said po lice department, and a writ of man damus or proper process shall be at the suit of the Board of Police Comn missioners against the municipal au thortie of such city to compel the levy and collection of such annual tax and the payment of such expenses by them. It shall be the duty of the Board of Police Commissioners to make general and special rules for its own government and for the govern ment and regulation of the police de partment, and to make and promul gate proper orders to the police force through the marshal. Sec. 4. The board may, on the ap plication of any person or persons showing suflicient cause therefor. in the discretion of the board, appoint any number of policemen, not exceed ing in all the regular number of po licemen at any one time, to do duty at designated place or places in the city, at the expense of the person or per sons by whom such application shall be made, and the city shall not pay any such special policemen so appoint ed, and such spe:-ial policemen shall not be required to do duty at any other than the designated place or places, but in all other respects they shall obey all rules and regulations of the board and all orders from the mar shal. The board may also, with the consent of the said -State board, ap point such number of special police men for general duty in the city as may be deemed advisable, but such special policemen shall not serve longer than two successive days with out new appointments being made in like manner, and they shall not be paid at a rate exceeding that of the regular policemen. bec. 5. It shall be the duty of the mayor and council of any such city to provide at its expense all necessary accommodations for the sessions of the board, and to provide a police court room, station houses and pris ons. and to furnish. warm and light the same: to furnish food for prison ers: to provide for the monthly pay ment of the marshal and policemen. on the certificate of the board as to the amount due each: also for such office exp"inses, re-ords. books,. sta tionery, pi-i niting. telegraphing, badges. clubs and the repair and cleaning of police buildings. as may be necessary -it being the true intent and mean ing of this act that all the necessary expenses of the police department shall be borne by the city out of its general revenue fund. notwithstand ing the government of such depart nient is vested exclusively in said board. Sec. 6. Neither the mayor nor the council, nor any officer appointed by them, shall have any government of the police force: and the city treasurer shall not pay any of the police force except upon the certificate of said board. Any person or persons who shall in any manner interfere with or interrupt said board, or the police judge, marshal or polieman so ap pointed, while in the legal perform ance of duty. shall, upon conviction thereof before the Court of General Sessions of the. county wherein such city is located, be adjtidoed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred or more than one thousand dol lars or may be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than ninety days, for each of fense. Sec. 7. Every police judge, marshal and policeman appointed under this act shall be a qualified elector of such city, and before enterin upon the discharge of his official Tutiis shall take and subscribe and cause to be fled with the board an official consti stitutional oath and for the faithful discharge of duty. Sec. S. The annual salaries of the following named officersshall be fixed by order of the board within the fol lowing liinits, namely: The marshal, not less than two hundred dollars nor more'than two thousand dollars per annum, and the policmen each not less than ten dollars nor more than sixty dollars per month. Sec. 9. All fines and forfeitures col lected by the mayor. intendant or city recorder upon charges for the viola ton of the laws of this State shall be by him paid into the county treasury of the county in which each city is located, for the use of the common school fund of such county. All fines and forfeitures collected by the may or. intendant or city recorder upon charges for the violation of city ordi nances, and all fees of officers collect ed by the mayor. intendant or city re corder under'any act of the Legisla ture or city ordinance, for services shall be by him paidl into the city treasury for the use of the general revenue fund of such city. Sec. 10. During the time that the police government of any city is ad ministered under this act, all acts of the Legislature and all ordinances of such city in so far as the same ~are in conflict'or inconsisfent with this act shall be suspended and shall remain inoperative. Sec. 11. When the government of such city- under this act shall cease, the board shall turn over to the city clerk all the records and papers of the board, and thereafter they shall be deemed records and papers of the city ierks omeie. Sec. 12. Whenever the satd State board shall deem it no longer neces sary to continue the government *of any such city in the manner provided for by this a'ct. the said State board shall'issue and cause to be published in a daily paper p~ublished at the State capital their proclamation to that ef fet, and thereupon the mayor anc council shall reassume the govern ment of the police of such city. under the ordinances and~ laws thereof as ex isting prior to this act. ap)pointing such oflicers as may' be app~oir~ted and providing for the election of such of ficer or oflicers as may be elective. and to that end, if there be a vacancy in such contingency in any elective o'ice, theQ mayor andQ councl shall .ave power and authority to fill such vacancy by apoointmient until an elec tion nuar lbe held: and the functions and sairr- of the marshal and the po licemen and of the Board of Police Comissioners shall cease and det termine upon the appointment and quali fication of a police force by the naor and co u<;il a fter such proclanma tion. That nothimg in this act contaim ed shallI be so construed as to disqtualifv any member of any prlevious5 police force of any city from holding alppointmnent uder the Board of Police Conussioners. at their discretion, nor to disqualify any member of a police force appointed b~y such board fromir holdinig app~oitmenit under the mayor and council after wadls. And nothiing in this act shall be construed to prevent the said State board from again appjointin~g another Board of Police Comuussioners for the samae cit'-, whenever they may detu it advisable or necessary for the better or miore perfect government of such city, in which event and as often as such event may so occur, this act force and effect. Sec. 12. This act shall take effect immediately upon its approval. Sec. 13. Whenever the word "city" is used in this act the same shall be construed to mean "city" or "town." Sec. 14. All acts and parts of acts which are inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. SCOTCH MORTGAGES. Among the acts of the Legislature that still await the Governor's signa ture is the one known as the "Scotch mortgages act," and it is of consider able interest to the len-al fraternity of the State and also to tie class of cred itors and debtors who are affected by it. especialy as it may have codsider able bearing on some of the foreclosure sales advertised in the various counties of the State for the first Monday in Januarv. The act reads as follows: Sec. 1. That from and after the pass age of this act no sale under or by virture of any martgage or other in strunent of writing. intended as se curitv for a debt, shall be valid to pass the title of the land mortgaged unless the debt for which thesecurity is given shall be first established by the judg ment of some court of competent jur isdiction, or unless the amount of the debt be consented to in writing by the debtor sbsequent to the maturity of the debt: such consent in writing to be recorded in the office of the reg 'ter of mesne conveyances, where the mortg age or other instrument in writing given to secure such debt is, or ought to be, recorded. Sec. 2. That from and after the pas sage of this act, in actions of fore closure, the court shall have the pow er to -ender judgement against the parties liable for the- payment of the debt secured by the mortgage and to direct at the same time tfie sale oft he mortgaged premises. The said judg ment so rendered ray be entered and docketed in the clerk's office in the' same manner as the judg ment. Uponl the sale of the mortgaged premises the officer making the sale under the order of the court shall credit upon the judgement so rendered for the debt the amounts paid to the plaintiff from the proceeds of the sale. Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. CALLS ON CLEVELAND. The President Was at Home to all the World. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The Presi dent was at home to all the world wvho chose to visit the White House during the day. and the official family re peated the annual object lesson in the simplicity and impressiveness of American republican institutions in the United States. Representatives of foreign powers in the splendor of their court dress greeted the president in the names of their respective govern ments. The army and navy paid their re spects to their commander in chief; members of Congress to their execu tive, federal officials to the head of the government and the public at large to the chief citizen of tne nation. In minor details alone did the day's reception differ from any of its prede cessors since General Washingtonthe first president, officially inaugurated the national ceremony in New York city, 104 years ago. The old Dutch custom so pleased him that he inquired whether it was established or a casual one, and on be ing informed that the day was always honored in New York, he exclaimed: "Whatever change takes place, never forget this cordial and cheerful obser vance of New Year's day." No day is so notable in Washington city-. Immediately following the president's reception, the secretary of state entertained the diplomatic corps at breakfast. The secretary of war received the army ; the secretary of the navy opened'his house to the navy and, until night, official visiting~ was the rule throughout the capitol. The interior of the White House was decorated very much as it usually is upon the occasion of official functions with masses of palms, ferns and otherI dotted plants about the parlors, banks of flowers on the mantels and curtains of smilax before the mirrors. The oval blue room, where the r'eceiving party stood, was profusely adorned and all the rooms were ilIluminated wholly by ehectroilers and the weathi er was clear and bright with brilliant sunshine. The approaches to the executive mansion were occupied by double col umns of army and navy oflicers. stretching away f'rm the portico be ond the gates, the red tasseled hl met of the military, the yellow of the cavalry, the white of the infantry, and the black plumed chapeaus of the navy, showed distinctly above the sea of dark blue uniformns resplendent with gold trimmings, while beneath the great portecochere, carriages rapl idly deposited the brilliantly attired members of the diplomatie corps, and( along the avenue extending down the side streets stood long lines of organmi zations amnd private citizens awaiting their turn to shake hands with the piesident, and crowding within sight of the 'White House were thousainds who had been attracted by the gay scene. Promptly at 11 o'clock thme marine band. stationed in the main corridor. burst forth with "H~ail to thme Chief' as thme receiving party descended the broad stair~way from the pr1ivate apart ments and took their places in the blue room, the president being ini the nearest red room door. through which the guests entered. At his right stood Mrs. Cleveland. and bey-ond in .the, line were Mrs. Gresham. Mrs. Olni.'y, Mrs. Bissell, Miss Hlerber't and Miss Morton. Mrs. Stevenson was in North Caro lina with thme v-ice presidenittat the bed side of their invalid daughter, and Mrs. Hloke Smith was ill. Baek of the receiving line were invited guiests of Mr's. Cleveland. At 11 o'clock umembers of the cabiA net were received. These were follow ed by memibers of the United States Supreme Court, Court of C'laiims. Cour it of Appeals. Supreme Courmt of the Dis trist, Senators, Representatives. C'om missioners of thme District of Column bia, ex-members of thme cabiniet. ex ministers of the United States, ofhicers of the army, navy and marine corps. At noon. the regents and secretary of the Smithsonian institution. eivil service comnmssioners. interstate com - nmerce commissioners, assistant secre taries of departmnenis and other othi cials were received; at 12:15 p. in., the Associated Veterans of thme war of 1846, Gr-and Army of the Republic. Loyal Legion. Union Veterain Legion ank members of thme Oldest Inhabi tants' association of thme District of Columbia, and at 12:35 p. in., the COLIUBIA NEWS. THE STATE MILITIA TO BE REORGAN IZED BY GEN. WATTS. Two Hundred and Seven Companies to be Iteduced to One lIundred--AIbout. Three Companies to be Allowed to Each Coun ty tegardless of' Populat ion. CoLUMBIA. S. C.. Dec. 3.-It will not be long before the militia of the State will be recorganized if the pres ent plans are carried out. Under the provisions of the recent Act the Ad jutant General is given very much more authority than he has heretofore had, and Adjt. Watts intends to exer cise that authority. Together with the Governor and a major general the Ad jutantGeiiral will undertake the or ganization of the entire militia to suit the ideas of the present oflicers. it is more than likely that the matter will be largely left to Adjt. Watts. and as he is young. full of ambition, and de sirous of making sometning out of the militia. He intends to get hard at work and see what if anything can be done. There are now two hundred and seven companies in the volunteer service of the State. To use an agri cultural phrase. the companies will be weeded down to a stand by reducing the number to one hundred. The new law provides that the militia comipanies 'shall be dist-ibuted among the several counties of the State as nearly equal as possible." Under this provision of the law it is intended to divide the State militia. and not concentrate the conmanies as much as they have been for the past few years. if the plan as coni ceived is carried out it will act as a boonerang to several of the counties in wfich there are half a dozen caval rv comipamies and where there are as nmany colored nilitaryr commands. The intention is to divide the hundred compan:es as nearly among the coun ties as canbe done. and then if the com mands do not, come up to* the scratch they will be retired and room will be madr for the companies that may be on the outside waiting. The Legislature appropriated 10.000 to the militia this year, and under the provisions of the new law this money will be dis:ributed under the direction of the board in such a way as may be deemed best. Under the old law it was distributed pro rata, and the com pony having the largest turnout re ceived the largest slice of the State's appropriation. The new law is in tended to change this. and the chances are that the money will not be used directly by the companies. but will probably be used for the purchase of uniforms, equipment and such things. Nothing has however been decided in this direction. It is expected that the new appointments will be an nounced in the course of-the next two weeks. At that time the brigadieregen eral for the 4th brigade will be n-amed. THE NAVAL RESERVE.' Adjuntant Watts will try to develop the naval reserve on'the coast. ' He expects to go on to Washington short lv to see what can be done there .o wards getting assistance, and if he meets with encouragement, as he has every reason to hope, he expects that several new detachments of naval re serve will be organized. FINISHING THE CONFEDERATE ROLLS. Adjutant Watts is anxious to have the work on the Confederate rolls completed as soon as possible. He thinks that most of the companies have sent in their rolls and the others ave been arranged for. It is highly necessary that this important work should be finished and that the record should be put in some permanent form. As it is the only data that is to be had of the men who foutght for: their State during the late war is con tainell on sheets of pap~er that are f iled away i a cabinet in the oflice of the Adjutant General. The rolls have never been published. andc should any thinig happen to the originals now on file they could hardly be duplieied. It woul'd senm that every mtani who took part in the -war -onght to be sulli inly intere-ted in his command to see thiat the otlice is provided with a roll of member's. 'but such does not. seem to be the case. as there are still some commands of w~hich there is no roll whatever. Moreover, it is a very dilicult inatter to rememiber such things a fter- the lapse ei so manyvvears, and where there is a willingness on the par't of many there is an inlability to givc the detailed information that is soughlt. TiHE NEw LAw As TO Mt'IGER. One of tile statutes passed at tihe last sessionl of tile General Assembly, and which is likely to tigare conspic'uous ly in the criminal prosecutions in this State. is the bill providinlg for a sec ond degree of mrder. Inquir'y has been made for the prlovisionis of thle statute. -It reads as follows:* To amend Section 2.454 of the Gen. eral Statutes of *1882. being SectionT 109 of thec Criimhal Statutes of South Carolina. reliatingw to thec putnishunent for murder: Uc it enated by theo Senate' and House of Representative's, now met and sitting in General Assemtbly and by the autthor ity of the same: Seesion 1. That Section 2.454 of thei General Statute s-of 18 2.~teing Seetion 19 o:f the Crminal Statutes of the State of South Carolina. appr'occd byc the Gener-al Assemibly of said State o 1893, be amen. lded so as~ to read as fol lows: Syction 109 /2.154. Whoever is aB v of murder shall sutier'*the p)unishi menct of death: pr'ovided. however. that in each case where the prisoner' is fund guilty of murder the jury may lindi a special verdict r'ecolnllnendig im~ 01' her to the -merey of the C'ourt. were-upont the puniishmnent shall he reduced to irniprisontnent in the l'enii tentiary with hard labor dinP ~g the wholde lifetim ie of thte pr'isonier. '-ecti'n~:2.That this A\ 1 h2 dl g'o intoefect from and~ immiatelv11 unou ) th dat of its apprtovdl. '~ Approed D;-elebe 21, 1 '-. . I' E EI l>A DLE DIsPENsU' i:Y1'D 'W.R Y. Thec conlstables arc wvorking1 up the :-ase of the looting of thie dipensaay at Lwedale. A tel.'garm has been re eiedl statlig that two) hundred and fort-seven bot tles of I ior h~ave' beenI recov)~ered by the States ohicrs. It is cihariged that the entire stoc'k of avail able liquor was takeni otit of -the dis pensary and~ tha~t ai good portion of it was found ill yard( of an ex-diquor (lealer'. SENA'loR Rt-TLER~ AND 11s CoNTEsT. Gent. .Butler' was in tihe city this r~onling. Ie camne over fi' n his arm in Edge'tield to loo0k after sonme private business, and fromu here'( will o to Spartanbhurg and .front there to his home int Edgetield before return ing to W\ashiungton. Senator But-1 this morning and said that he had no idea when the Supreme Court would decide the registration case. but if this Court did not decide it on the direct- issue that the United States Court in Washington would do so. The general expectation here is that the case will soon be decided, but that it will be on some immaterial fea ture of the law. To 31OVE TO WASHINGTON. Talking about this case Mr. Chas A. Douglass, who took a leading' part in it. will soon move to Wastington. where he will practice law. Mr. Douglass is aman of recognized ability and will.no doubt do well in Wash ington. Mr. H. N. Obear will go into partnership with him. It appears that the Republiban can didates for Congress intend to give the Democratic Congressmen elect from this State some trouble. From what can be heard here it seems as if there will be very muchof anall roundcon test. Mr. McLaurin has already re ceived notice of a contest from his dis trict and if the Republican work keeps up there will be a contest from every district except that which Congress man Talbert has the good luck to rep resent. IS THIs THE WORK OF THE PRINTERS The Supreme Court seems to be somewhat down on typewriters. Un der a recent rule of the Court all orig inal papers have either to be printed or written, on the ground that the pa per used for typewriting is not sub stantial and will not last. The type writ2r has been largely used in getting up papers for the Courts. THE COLD SNAP AND sNOW. There were very few people who vcitured out on the streets today. The cokk1-was too severe. The snow still seems to held its own and can be seen 6n every side about as thick as it was yesterday. The sun did not make its appearance during the day. The ther mometer did not get as low as it did yesterday. but it was low enough. Columbia is having another elegant snow storm tonight. In places where the snow had melted the ground is agaii coveried and the fallIng snow is thickening the coat already deposited. At half-past 9 o'clock the streets, a per fect sheet of white, are already desert ed. . Here and there a strolling hack is seen in search of a passenger and now and then an officer or some be lated wight is to be seen. The snow fall is rapid and looks as if it will last. TNE DEADLY STATE HOUSE DRAUGHTS. The task of improving the heating arrangements of the State House and the hall of the House of Representa tives should be begun at once. It is a general rule for one member or at Eache of the Legislature to be killed by a cold contracted here during the sesion, and the wonder is that it is not worse. It is suggested that Sur geon Billings, the ablest expert of the kind' in the country, should be invit ed to come here and look into the matter. Something ought to be done and very soon at that. A 'ROSPEROUS COLIBIAN. Q0. George K.. Wright, who until eently ''lived here, but now the Southern representative of Chas A. Baldwin & Co, of New York, is on a brief visit to hls family. He has just completed a trip through the South, visiting most of the banks from New York to New Orleans with the view of securing their New York accounts and handling their foreign exchange. He has been more than successful. The firm of Baldwin & Co have made a wise selection in secuting one so ca pable anid well known in ths and oth er sections of the South.-News and Courier. ________ Dropped Dead at the Altar. LoUIsvILLE, Ky., Jan. 2.-Chas. Hughes. who dropped dead in Boston of apoplexy last Wednesday night. and was prevented from becoming a bigamist, just as he was 'about to be married to Mrs. Livemore of that city, has a wife and two children living here. At the time of publication of the man's death here, inquiry was made, but nothing in connection with his history could be learned. To-day, a representative of the Associated Press founid Mrs. Hughes, who is a sermstress. at her apartments in* the rear of Sinun's drug store. Preston and Green streets. and the following fact-s in regard to Hughes were ex plained: According to her Statement they were married fourteen years ago in tis city. She was Miss Emma Brown anmi lived with her mother at 935 Eaist Main street. Hughes was a paper- finisher at the Bremnaker-Moores mill and -earned good wages. Two children were -born to them and they lived happily until four years ago, when the first clouds began to darken the household. Hughes took to drink. she claims, and squandered his mon ev. This ~went fromi bad to worse until :.'vbar later wvhen they parted. Mrs. Hughes keeping the t wo children. The husband, she says. wvent to Bedford. Ind.. -where he 'remained only a short timie, and was next beard of in Dayton. D. He finally settled in Massachusetts Mrs. Hughes.says that her husband Wrroteiher miany- times ab)out seuring a (divorce, but she steadlfastly irefused. EMlrs. Hughes knows nothing of Mr's. Livem1Ore. the winidow in thle case. speaking of the sensational ('lcircum .'tan(ces 511 srondingr her husband's (deat h sheu eaked: "I seenms as if the aveniging' handV of G od had follow ed Goud had follow.ed him." Mrs. lfnghes'.s tw'o cildr en are aged 3 1 and 8 s-ears resoectively. The formier is a boy and is 'at the sch'ool of reform and the hlter a girl, w~ho is ani in mlate of the Hlome of the Innocents. oly onc E5':ped. LNcas-rEn. Kr.. .Jan. 1.-The Miller hotel was burned bet ween 5 atnd t; o(elock tis m5iorin i. There w;ere fouir pesonis in the buililing at the time. Edwa-rdl A. Pasce and wife, his baby ~ibou~t tvwo y.eairs o ' age. an d i oth lv eca(d.~ The fire strtdn theeel ltIl where tit ~ im t ae beend Imoul husban hd assisted his~ wife to thle w in ow* and' revtioned to ais't his meother ~n-la' ..and J abe but was nSot ale to et ur. No otjer' per'sons werce in tue hotel w hich' had beent conducted by IPascoe. anid he had made all arrange nents~ to) give it up todayi. havin lg nio'ed ils furuitiure out of thbuiC ldt ny Pascoe wa 5t yearos oof ag'e anid :ame froni Nichiolasville. Ky. Mrs 'oaters w'.as a- widow'.. The buiilding .va i thriee-storyx b)rick. belongeing' to -sam Miller of Knoxvllle. Tenn.. and( vas insured for ii5.( 00. T he lire is be-1 ieved to have been' of incendiary ori in. Chief Higgins of the tire depart nent says: '.1 don't know how miany1 >ersonslpeished in the tire. but of their emlains nlot even a bone w'.ill be found. [or in my opinion every v'ictimi must MR. BARNWELL'S IDEAS. CHARLESTON'S CONSERVATIVE SEN ATOR TA..KS HORSE SENSE. He Says the Leg;I;aturo Did a Great Deal of Hard Worn-The Constitutional Con vention Should be a Non-Patizan Body. CH ARLFsTON, S. C., Jan. 1.-A re porter for the News and Courier called on Senator J. W. Barnwell recently with a request for an interview uon the work of the Legislature at its late session. Mr. Barn well said that the correspondeits at Columbia had des cribed so thoroughly the work done that there was little for him to say. However.that he had never in his lifetine had snch hard work to do as that which was crowded into the three weeks between the 4th and 24th of December. It was literally a night and day business to do the mere rou tine that was required of a Senator and also to keep a watch upon general legislatior. SoIething over four hundred bills had been acted on by the senate, of which about three hundred had come hefore the committees on the judiciary and on incorporations, of which he was a member. Work usually began at 10 o'clock in the morning with the sitting of one or other of those com mittees, and was continued until 11 o'clock, then the senate met and con tinued in session till shortly after 2 o'clock. The judicary committee met every (lay at 4:3o and sometimes sat for ever two hours. and on one occas ion until the ieeting of the senate at 8 p. in. The senate met nearly every night at 8 and continued in session tilT about 10 and sometimes up to 11 and 12 o'clock. There certainly was no waste of time in the senate. No set speeches were delivered and there was no member on either side so far as he could see who wasted time in speak ing. He (lid not hesitate to say that he believed the South Carolina legis lature was the hardest worked legisla tivebody in the world. Under its un written law it adjourned at Christmas and to do so required unceasing labor. Of course there was amass of legisla tion which vas mere routine. such as the incorporation of towns or amend irg their charters. or the incorporation of railroads and the many local mat ters concerning county government. Under the present constitution every bill must relate to one subject, and consequently it was impossible to have one bill ortwobills incorporating in one act a large number of compan ies. as was the practice prior to the present constitution. This legisla ture had adh' ed pretty closely to the rule that no charters should be issued which could be obtained from the clerk of the court or the secretary of State; but the number of acts of incor poration which cannot be so obtained is considerable and many of these it is scarcely possible to see a way to grant in- under any general law. Uharleston'has always a very large mass of such legislation to be got through with, and he pitied the sena tor who ever had to do this work alone Every person interested in a charter wishes to know exactly its progress through the two bodies, and the sen ate is amused sometimes to see the tel egrams rushing in upon the Charles ton senators. Personally he was treat ed by allof the senate, its officers and employees with the utmost co'urtesy, and he had the pleasantest recollec tions of his intercourse with them. He did not believe that the errors in noting amendments made by the senate were the effect he might say they were not, inasmuch as they sdme timies occured in bills in which no one could be interested in miaking them.He stated this as a simple matter of just ice to the p)residin~g officers and the clerks. In tile tremendous rush to ward the end of the session and~ in the late hours which prev-ailed it was wonderful that there were not more errors. There are really not so many conmnitted as there are in the closing hours of congress of what is known as the short seession. Politically speaking, of course, the conservatives were not ab~le to control legiation. That no sane man could exnect with the small minorities ini the two houses. but that their weight was felt on thle committees and in gen eral legislation is a fact too patenit to nieed discussion. There was scarcely anyv bitter'ness in any debate. and the effort seemfed to be. as a general rule on the part of the conservatives, not to oscure the questions by side issues but to d'iscuss thenm on their merits. and to leave no excuse to the majority to plead on be-half of their party measures that they had been ir'ritaled or taunted by their adversaries. On the othe(r handi~ he did not think that any of the n~ajority ever thought for a moment that the minority had suri'en decred their convictions. You must recollect that on a number of the party questions the conservative vote was doubled by the addition of the more iniden)endenit ot the Reformers. Sena torl Finlev. of York. senmator Kiirkland oif Kershaw. :m~d St'nator Mliller. of Lancaster, voted( onl all subjcts as they pleased and were r'einforcecd from tim'e to time byv oter Senators. Senatoir Bniwell was asked to speak r'egar~ding 'die add-ess of ''the fort." HeIt said that not all of these enotieen hand pi'oved their faith by h.ir i works: b)ut lie thought that cer tainly ani eIfort shiould be made by te conservatives to' show that they were willing to drap party lines in Vnition1. It that bidy was a paritisani body. ben'tt upon11 miaking a coinstitu tin wich should t recognize the4 dlie tates of fa''tio tal'oie, it shiould be1 Alealy sho1wnI thait thei fault of doing ~ s did not rest wih tihe cities and towns and the& cons~ervatives. buti 41houl(d1be laid at thet door' of the adl rnnistatiotn anid the trist'ts of hant faction. '' Tere woulId he time 1 mou)ltfh to) demoitns'tat who were at t ~ault'if 'the body w\as int trnly a r'ep) Hie was m114 than e~itver' convinced( hat r'idicale', sneer's anid abuse of< Verei'i. c'nnrected with the i'eform actil woul . 1d net.vert bingl' any- go'od I o the Stat'. lie advocated 110 sacri !('t of princt iple. no0 profession cof be ie-f as tto the wisdom of acts which hey had beent conidemninig, but he r lid thinik that timie should not be ex wnitded in sighing o)veri the pasit. b)ut t istead the best eIltorts of everyone i rhmo cared for the State should b~e bent c owar'ds the future anid towar'ds dloing s t war with the aimuosities and bit ter iess'of thle last four' ear's. The doc-i rine of undying hate' was not sit- C :it niouriishuiient to suhport aniy po-' y itical party, for haptpihy foir all civil zed peoples theire were' not sufficient cherished such feelings,provided there was no surrender of conviction, or unworthy acknowledgement of mis takes, it should be perfectly possible and honorable to forget party differ ences and act together for the good of the State. He did not for an instant say that such a course would be successful. The time may not have arrived yet when the party in power may be wil ling to surrender a particle of its grasp upon office, but every effort should be made to convince the people all over the State that the opposition were simply ruled bi- the hope of victory or greed of office. It had been said by the administra tion leaders in the legislature that the immense power bestowed upon the governor and his cabinet would not be missed. Time would show, and a comparatively short time, whether this would be the case. If the new registration allowed under the terms of the act calling the convention was fairly conducted, so as to be a real registration and not a mere mockery, people could tell whether the admin istration, or in fact any other of the reform party. were in earnest in their professions of fairness, or whether they intended to keen themselves in power, cost what it might. A very short time would decide the matter. HELP IN TIME OF NEED. A Timely Movement in Aid of the Western Farmers, BALTDIORE. Jan. 2.-The suggestion made last week by Mr. R. H. Edmonds of this city that the South, which had an abunlant corn crop last year, should ship a full train load of corn and meal to the farmers of Nebraska. who are suffering because of the short age of the corn crop, has met with a very quick response throughout the country. In inaugurating this move ment Mr. Edmonds telegraphed to the Governor of Nebraska as follows: "In view of the distress reported among some of the farmers of Nebraska by reason of the short corn crop, and in view of the abundant crops of the South, I have suggested the desirabili ty of the people of the South uniting to send at least a train load of corn and provisions to Nebraska for distri bution to those who are in want. I did not mean to intimate in making this suggestion that the peopk; of Ne braska are not able to care for those who are in want in their own State, but it seemed to me that the time was opportune for the South toutilize such an opportunity as this to show to the world its appreciation of the blessings it has received in an abundant crop last year, its appreciation of the liber ality with which the North and West have ever met every call from the South for help in time of need, and also an appropriate occasion in which to put into effect forces that would help to unite our entire country, oblit erate all sectional lines and show that we are one people. As aSouthern man and yet above and beyond that, an American, I believe this effort of the South in extending relief to the West would prove the truth 'that it is more blessed to give than to receive.' "I have requested Governor North ern of Georgia, and he has consented to take charge of the matter and to gather in Atlanta, whatever contribu tions may be offered for the purpose of making up this train load to be shipped West." In response to this telegram, Gover nor Grounze of Nebraska wired Mr. Edmonds that the proposed donation will be thankfully received and that on behalf of those for whom this gen erous contribution is -intended, he de sired to express his appreciation and also for the motive prompting the sug gestion of such a contribution from the South. The movement has been taken hold of actively in the South. All South ern railroads have wired their willing ness to handle contributions free. The Georgia Southern and Florida and the Seaboard Air Line have each wired offering in addition toscarrvin a shipments, free to contribute a carloaad of material, and active preparations are being made- for getting together cnough to fill at least a solid train. VicePresident Baldwin of the Southern Railway wired Mr. Edmonds yesterday that President Spencer has authorized all the agents of the line to accent con tributions and has arranged to give the use of one of the freight depots in At lanta for consolidating all shipments there. In a letter received yesterday, Gov. Northern states that he thinks he will be able to secure at least half a dozen earloads of goods from Georgia alone. The work of organization in other p arts of the South is proceeding as rapidly as possible. One of the fir-st telegrams received in response to the suggestion was from Hon. Hoke Smith. Secretary of the Interior, who said: "I cordially commend your plan for sending corn and meat to western Nehraska. South ern farmers have raised more of both this year than their section will need. I hope your suggestion may be execu ted." This mnovernent, inaugurated in Bal timnore has attracted universal atten toin, not simply as an illustration of :he fact thait the Soth this vaar has been able by reason of its immense :)roduction of corn and mneat to con ribute liber-ally to the needs of those ~vho are sufl'ering because of the great irouth in Nebraska. but as a kindly ~xpression of the friendly interest tha~t s uniting all parts of the country and >bliterating the sectional lines that so. ong separated the South andl the WVest. ____________ P'rotecting Navigation. Low country people will be inter 'tedI in the contents of a bill passed >y theC last session of the Legislature mnd siged~ by Governor Evans to p~re reint the obstruction of navigable ivers and~ harbors of this State. The >ill is as follows: Sec. 1. That any person who shall 1 e found gulty of cutting any trees or ree top~s. orush or logs, or throwing nv refuse material whatever into 1 .ny navigable river or harbor in Southt larolina. or who shall float logs singly >r in rafts in any manner whatsoever I vithout being ~properly or plainllyt ighted at night, and attended by day rith sutlicient number- of meni to pre- < -ent said rafts and logs from neglig- c ntly damaging property along the iver banks, or fr-om catching on i nags, sinkirng and forming obstruc- I ions, or in any manner whatsoever t aterfering with the navigation or 1 bstructing said rivers or harbors, hail be deemed guilty of a misdeme- 1 nor, and punished by fine not exceed- t 'ig two hundred and fifty dollars or f imprisonment not exceeding two i ears. Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts ofs sets inconsistent with this Act be, and 1 esam mare hereby repealed. HOLACAUST IN A HOTEL. THE 'HORROR OF ITHE i DELEVAN HOUSE FIRE REVEALED. It Is Now Certain That Fourteen Employ es, Ten of Thom Women, Became Panie Stricken and Were Lost. ALBANY. Dec. 31.-Later develop ments in the Delevan House fire show that at least six servants are unac counted for. They are Mary and Nora Sullivan, chambermaids. sisters; Brid get Fitzgibbon, pantry girl; two color ed cooks. whose names cannot be as certained, and a man named Fernan do, employed in the steward's depart ment. TLe pay roll has not yet been fully verified and it may be that' several other persons perished. John Norman, one of the waiters, says he t'ok Louis F. Payne. the well known friend of Hamilton Fish, to room 303 just before the fire broke out.. He returned to the office to get some traps for Paynx and delivered them. AsNorman was returning to the eleva tor, a dense smoke appeared and he rushed around from room to room to give the alarm to guests who were in their roonts. Norman was overcome by the smoke. which he says was so dense as to blind him and make it im possible to breathe. He fell unconscious and lay upon the floor some time. Guests came rushing out and some one stumbled over him and fell heavily This aroused him enough so that he got up and reached a window where he could get fresh air. He escaped from the building none the worse for his experience. Norman said this m6rning that many of the servants must have perished in this way. He says that they were apprised of the fire in time to save themselves, but that they ran around to trouse the guests and in doing this N ere overcome b smoke. Norman was on the four floor of the hotel. The servants had their rooms on the fifth floor and;he thinks that those above him were cut off from all escape. Messrs. Herly & Moore, proprietors of the burned hotel, devoted this morn ing to bunting for their missing em ployrs. During the morning they founi one tf these, but up to1ro'clock sveral others iould not be found. Charles Rosecrans. one of the night clerks, could not be found. He was in a room or. the fourth floor. He is a son of Wihiam E. Rosecrans. secret arv of the Hotel Men's Association. Mrs. S. F. Hill. the housekeeper, Is missing. She hw a room on the top floor. Kate Crowley, an employe, is thought to be dead, as she is missmg. So far as is known, none of the guests were lost in the fire. At Al band Hospital at noon the physicians saidthat the four fire patients remain ing there would recover. Mrs Henry F. Fooks, wife of the agent of the American Cash Register Company, of Dayton, 0., was the only death, she dying at the hospital. She jumped from a fourth story window, and it washer husband who clung to -E-eoe fire escape, his feet resting cn the corn ice of a third-story window for over ten minutes before a ladder wasreach ed to him. ALBANY, Dec. 31.-The latest esti mate is that thirteen persons, all em ployes of the hotel, perished in the Delevan House fire last night. Three of the missing people are men and ten are women. A conservative estimate of the loss is $150,000 on the building, which is in sured for $160,000, and $50,000 on the furniture, which is insured for $37,500. The rents of the hotel are insured for $26,000. Heiser & Mulfelder, dealers in whole sale notions, who occupied a store under the annex, suffered a loss by fire and water of $0,000, fully in sured. Slight looses were incurred by several merchants on the oppsite side of Broadway. caused by fallig walls and the intense heat. Forty-One Persons Perish. RLAMATH FALLs, Or., Dec. 29.-A report has just reached here from Silver Lake, Lake county, Oregon, that Christrmas eve, while a large party was attending a Christmas tree, a lamp exploded. causing a .ire,- in which 41 persons were burnsed to death and 15 injured. The gathering had assembled at the hall above Christian Bros' store. and consisted of children, who, with their parents and relatives, were having a grand time and enjoying what Santa Claus had brought them, little dreaming that many of them would never leave the building alive. The Lake View Ex aminer say s: Some one attempted to get where he could see and hear better bv jumping upon a bench inJ the mid die of the hail. In doing so his head struck a lamp that was hanging from the ceiling, causing the oil to run out, which immediately caught fire. While trying to take the lamp down it was tipped so that the oil ran out on the floor. From that time on the scene was terrible to behold. Some of the men said: "Shut the door and keep quiet, and it can be put out." while others screamed and yelled. The lamp was finally taken down, but it fell to the floor. In their attempts to cret it outside it was kicked to the floor where~ it lay unnierocsted. as it c'ould not be touched on account of the in tense heat. The people were com pel led to go throtugh the Ilames in :>rder to reach the door and frantically rushied to their doom. Five of the in jured are likely to die. The building, i. 2-story structure, including the post >fice and the entire stock of goods of Dhristain Brothers. was consumed. silver Lake is over 100 miiles from Kiamath Falls. and tihe stage with the Lakeview papers brought the news. Must be Numbered. Governor Evans has signed the new aw requiring cotton btuyers to number ach bale of cotton brought with thle ame number that is put upon cotton ills and books. Sec. 1. That from and after tile pas age of this Act each ad every cotton >uver in this State shall be required o keep a book in which shall be in ertedi the number of bales of cotton rought by him. He shall number lie b~ales of cotton bought by him, he name of those from whom he pur hases and shall give to the seller a otton bill, on which he shall put the umber of the bale or bales of cotton oughit from him, the number of the ale of cotton; on his books and on he cotton bill shall be the same num er. Sec. 2. That such books of cottton ~uyers shall be open to public inspec ion. Sec.3. That any person violating the rovisions of tile first section of this Let shall, on conviction, be lined ina um not exceeding one hundred dol irs or imprisoned not exceeding thir