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F VOL. XII. AN IRISH LAND BILL A Measure Introduced That Will Be of Vast Benefit i PROPOSES A LARGE MONEY GRANT, 'I lie Irish Secretary Introduces the (iovernmcnt Land bill Into British House ut Commons. London, I'.y Cable.?The Irish Secretary, Mr. Wyndham, Introduced tho govern luag-antieipated Irish land bill in tiic House of Commons Wotliif - " afternoon, it proposes a grant l d<L>.O0.GO9 for the purposes of tbo h (!. Tenants nro to pay 3it per cent. i->i< on loans from the government. Mr. Wyndham said ire j thourht - h?me would not involve ' over ,e >. but that ?7aO.OOO.OHO could L iiely advanced on Irish land. \dvane< s ,o tenants are limited to r.t.n in ], cong- .tod districts and i OUU 1 ; :c. Tilt bill also provides I bat in ranted farms and grazing 1 ;nd . lit. i l>e .? il.l to neighboring tenants a:: that three commissioners to i be known as estate commissioners shall i snpcrv.s tlte sales. The name of the I three c< : rnissioncrs are Michael Fin- j aune. s? .etary to the government's , bengal neral ami statistical depurtment: F; i rick S. French, one of the Irish l.T t conn .i - -doners. and William F |1:!U j i a of tV" a: si.-tan. commit--- ' sionti. < i the Irish land roinniission. i 1 hey w : he under tl.a general tontrol of the 2. .1 Lieutenant of Ireland. ! ' 'boy v . in -nine effect:ve November t?s? Tin n Wit ores I fc.lt in C : ; new !?i*i 1 ' ' . which it la h'^Htl will promote " :?: : contentment in Ireland, \vn i.h crowded House. The i ii< ry and the <li ;in 'uislicii atra v\ ry were tilled ami there ' ? i a i;c> such gathering of niei ' i !'arli*?: rent since 11??% opening of t' ss'on. in the diplomatic gallery I >i:. 1 States Secretary \ Henry me, an *niercstod apt- tutor, .v*v rvc rj Tr.^ h< "r 11.hi <1 to V V. yntlh ill's exposition of the l.ill. i. a r.n <:?. ly hour this morning, the t. . V nehc* from the House of Com. entrance tc the doors of the ! Itihhy. veto packed with Imprtient hi. among whom were many i pre si i'. n . Mi. i.f these went away witho. r fa l ac t ing the insid * of t!ie lrpir'.n;i\ ? chamber, the galleries of ! which ware crowded as lias not been tlie ca or many a d..y. Michael Davitt, ? "father" of the Lnn 1 League. < lcbrafc.i ;..s r?Ttli birthday liy ! re-ent? mr ilir House for the first time since h< t eased to lie a member. In order to !r ir the Chief Secretary for Ire land ur.fc'a. his plans. For the most part tlie Liberal mem- i ii? is . i ;:.cm, the applause coming from tk liisii benches. A hush ot' ? xjioctation fell on ihe assembly as John ; Redmond. sho Irish leader, rose to i speak. H he refused to countenance I the bill, its death and perhaps even tbe j overnnn nt's downfall, was decreed. \Vh< n the galleries of the House found him sympathetic and non-comniiital. a feeling of relief pervaded all sides. What Sir Henry CamphellBanni :man, the Liberal leader, and the t others .said had little efTect. T. W. I Russell, who with others criticised the details and various omissions in Mr. Wyandham's plan, wound up with a guttural and reluctant admission that "it <is a great bill." The passage of tlie first reading of the hill was followed by the rush to tin lobby, where ensued scenes that might well make the ghost of Parnell turn In bis grave. The tall form of Lord Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. could be seen amidst a crowd of Nationalists, who scarcely a year ago would rather have suffered anything I than discussed with the o*"i< * ' ' the Irish party any question. Lord Dlllllev utr?r>. 1 'Ur. i~ _ ^ .,v. mi. 51 ixiiirti Sir Anth. ny McDonnell, the First . Jiunal Assistant Irish Secretary. Vtr. Wyandham, who was heartily eli-jred when he arose to speak in the House, announced at tlie outset that the government thought cash aid was necessary for the fulflllmeiV jf the proposed scheme, but it attached greater importance to the credit operation than to the cash operation. He then unfolded the scheme, which provides for advances of money for the purchase of land by the tenants. The advances will be In the shape of cash arid not of Etock, but In order to enable the cash to bo raised a now stock is to be floated. It will he called "guaranteed" 2*i per cent, stork and will be redeemable for 30 years. Mr. Wyndliam doubted if $r?l0,000,ftQ0 of the stock would be needed. It will be issued at tho rate of $25,000,000 yearly for the first three years and afterwards possibly in larger sums in addition to this the government proposed a free grant of $60,000,000 to be sailed by additions to tho stock, the interest and sinking fund which will be borne b/ tho Treasury, and the maximum annual charge of which will not exceed $1,050,000. Against this charge on the Ilritlsh Treasury tho Irish government proposes forthwith to comtncn< e reductions In the cost of administration amounting to $1,250,000 nor annum for over. N ' &? . \ ] THREE BURNED IN A WRECK A Fatn! Railroad Wreck Occurs Near Sa:: Antonio. San Antonio, Tex.. Special.?Three piu<smgr iv; were burned to death and lit persons were injured in a rear-end collision, at Coste station. 20 miles wist of here, on th" Southern Pacific Railroad.at 10 o'clock Friday niRht. The dead are: Guadalupe Cantee, Monterey. .Mexico: Antonio Arisepe Sabinas. Mexico; Mauu 1 Trevino, Sanobinas. Mexico. The injured are: Nabor Florcs. Monterey; W. P. Morrow, travelin:: pas nacr ascnt Louisville <fc Nashville Railroad. San Autonio, two ribs brohVn; Mrs. .1. Fe ter. Houston, Texas, bin dislocated; Robert Harna nan . brnkeman. Pan Antonio, arm broken; Miss A. Kisslcr, Clival Rend, Pa.; Wm. R dirowalski, Pan Antonio; W. K. iiess. I". S. A.. Hospital Corps, Wash .i- t. a, 1). t\; John Quinn. engineer. bruised atnl crushed; J. T. N< .% York, bark wrenched; Isaac T. Mann. Rrowr.ell, W. Va., braised; it. Honr \man. fireman, slioul<'< r disioc; t !; Maicarot Fisher, >v w Orleans, braised; Mrs. James Fisher. iNew Oceans. bruises about head; H. Fores, Gobinns. Mexico. braised; Mrs. li. May. Manchester, Mich., scalds on w;i;t>-: 'I iio3.- J^ trper, Chicago, head l-.rrt. b - brulsf.d; F. M. Coins. St. i'anl, in nil hurt; Michael Crcston, Fort Worth. aims broken. 't'he limited crashed into the Ea;:lc Pa:- . exprr. j. which was running ns the fir i section of the former train. Ti e Full' ;an sleeping ot and the privnt" rir .u General Qcronlmo Travino. military comiwunder of tlie Repartiiii n of the State of Nuevo Nov. 1, Mexico, cer<? splintered an l th: kinsmen of General Trevino \v. rv o irn< d to death before they could ho ( xti i<-atcd from tlie burning i i . . j v.-hieh wt k ignite I by ? capin. oil the i-v. ' r of the limited civlne. | It, . I 'P - - .. . .. ?.< . i-isi i.-> ;; iiil!-IIl-lll V." (II 1110 1; ' ' Ord. I'. 5.. and war < n j route t.> So i Antonio with a sick sou. IV. Lowell Y: ike. 11, Sp i ' tl.? \< dng wrd< < he M ?> hoard of a l itr.ition and ? .m-iliis. c n f ramlly ! quest the la ill agents an.', the Textile Co tntil of this city to submit the ; qt cation of a w.t.; increase in the cott "i > -It.-* in 11*.? ? to arbitration. t > nvc :<l a : rik*- next M< ulay. 1". i'i h.iv- '1 .^' "O '-'Y*- t'" ' n. Very light hope, however, is (: ;? rtainod by th citizens of Lowell that the Mate board's request will 1 .? X'anted. The mill agents repeatedly have expressed their opinions that a wage inerea.se is impossible and the textile council having in view last >(; -; result of a civic board of arbiter ion has said sine - receiving the i\>cuat that it did not care to be trappct! as tliey say they v.- re last year, wh n after a strike was declared off nothing was done to advance their interests. flay tie Ranged. Roanoke, Ya., Special. A special .... v >1 1.1 .... n-i._ nr1 uiiivmi i.i in i in* unit's says: "Harvey Williams, a burly negro, toilay outrage;! .Mary Jones, the 13-yoarold daughter of a respectable white iriner nnil loft her for dead on the mountain between Pocahontas, Va? end Cooper. W. Vn. After regaining consciousness. the child managed to reach her home, where she told what had happened. The story spread rapidly and posses went in search of Williams. He was located near Pocahontas and taken to Branuvell, where he was lodged in jail. The jail is being heavily guarded tonight, but inform 1tion from Bramwell points to a lynching and probably a burning before daylight. Williams' victim will die." Pritchard For the Bench. Washington, Special.?Chief Justice Bingham, of the District of Columbia Supreme Court, retired Friday, bis tesignation to take cfTect April 30th. Associate Justice llenry H. Clabaugh was promoted to be Chief Justice and ex-Senator J. C. Pritchard was appointed Associate Justice, the appointment to become effective with Justice Bingham's retirement. The salary of Justice Pritchard is $6,000 a year for life. He will qualify May 1st. The ap'ment was urged by Senators, atatives and leading lawyers ns of the District and gives tn isfaction. First Renponse From Richmond. w usmngion, special.?Tlie first response to the offer of the Secretary of the Treasury to refund 3 and 4 p? r cent, bonds in 2 per cent, consols, was received Friday. Two national banks in Richmond, Va.. announced their readiness to exchange $330,000 under the Secretary's offer. News By Wire. Mrs. Alice Burdiek, widow of Edwin 1.. Ilurdick, testified at the the inquest in Buffalo that she had no knowledge as to who killed her husband. The trial of Ernest. Haywood, nt Raleigh. N. C., was postponed to July 13, after he had made a sensational affidavit. A sale of the late Anthony J. \i.tola's art collection began in Philadelphia. The testimony was concluded and argument begun in the case of Elmer Collins. charged with wife murder, at Georgetown, Delaware. A $15 000,000 meat packing combine was formed in Chicago. PORT MILL, S. C., WEi VICK LOSES HIS JOBj Dr. Person Succeeds to the Wilson, J N. C., Postoffice CGJ.ORH) POSTMASTER GOES OUT. 1 ? - ?? The Vick Case Has Attracted Much Attention in AM Sections of the Country. Washington. Special.- What is regarded as the closing act in Senator Pritchard's light against "tin* elements : of darkness" as represented by Post-' master Viek. of Wilson, the lust of the negro officials of any consequence in North Carolina, took place Tuesday, when the Pr* sident named Dr. Ik T. Person to succeed the colored offi- | clal. The Viek case attracted attention among all North Carolinians as soon as Pritcliard asked lor the negro's re- , moval. for the reason that it was real- 1 i7.ed that it was a contest between ihe ! Senator, representing the "lily whites," ' on the one hand, and the negro element o<" the Republican party on the other, but it soon ceased to he a State affair, and took on a national aspect. Correspondents for papers in all parts of the country wore soon hot after every detail of the contest and it seraii id that Senator Pritcliard had the light of his life on hand, as the President | 1 had in other States apparently admin- i I com pi red with the fact .hat he is a I \vbit?-s, and national leaders of the pa-ty were siding with Viek. Pri'edi| ai :'.. however, stood his ground. and I the removal of Viek is a distin i vi -- u>ry his polity, as It i realized . it. lit;> tdf lh<" fight upon the negr i po tinns; r primarily because he i hi : The charges brought against Yieh'a 1 arty liuelirv \vetv rioro side is- ; - as com ared with the fact that he is a ! v. o. I Ti ap- i .4vl of Dr. '' n i v?'M t'ou !? ? n 103 ' i weeks ago but for tho fac? that it was ! c.i ir;-' <1 tha* 1:?* \>..s in t a hoar: tide ; nsiden; of Wilson. li was. however, established to the satisfaction o{ the I Pi. u offi "o Hej i. i irr that,)' had < It V his * nit a* i\\ :0 ;? ? v.:. ?' j '-aid to be livln , in a. other locality and liis appointment followed tVorntn Suffrajr sts. New Orleans, rfjr. ial.?The miming session of th<> woman suffragist.; comprised a work conference behind closed doors, in which the delegates an 1 raem', rs only participated. At the altera n session reports were presented l?v Kate M. Gordon, corrcvpnn-tin g re.rotary; Hnrri t Taylor P don. tr asirer, an I.aura Clay and .1. C shall, auditors. The reports discus I the need for more finances and n largo membership. T! ?> treasurer's report I showed that for tho fist time there was a surplus in the treasury tent I ( dO had been put out at Interest, and the foundation 'aid for a inc mortal fund. Susan P. Anthony presided at tp.r night session. Sarah Cfay Bennett of Kentucky, spoke on tli" authority of women to preach the Gospel. Gail Laugh 1 in of Maine, nn:I Francis Griflln of Alabama anil Rachael Foster Avery delivered addresses. Heavy Loss By Hizh Water. Charleston. S. C.. Special?A special j to the News and Courier from Seneca, : S. C., says: The news lias just been received here that the boom situated on the Seneca river, at Calhoun, Oconee county, was washed away by high water on Monday evening. It was owned by the Benedict Love Company. It is said there were over 4,000 logs that escaped and there will be a loss to the company amounting to about $3r?,000. Many bridges on the stream were destroyed, which will cost the counties of Pickens and Oconee many dollars to replace. When the boom broke about &0 men on the logs were compelled to Jump and swim for their lives. There wnre no lives lost, but several narrow ' escapes. Six Men Drowned. Memphis. Trnn., Special?J. M. Hood returned from tho flood district of Arkansas and reports that at Garvin, a station on the 'Frisco Railroad, Saturday afternoon a skiff containing four drummers and two negro oarsmen was swept under the track of the railroad in a stiff current. The boat was overturned and all six occupants were drowned. Mr. Hood does not know the names of the traveling men, but says they had employed the negroes to row them across the submerged territory to Mound City, Ark., where they intended to take a steamboat for Memphis. flrfrringe of fir. Vnndcrhilt. Newport. R. I., Special.?Formal announcement of the date of the wedding of Miss Cathleen Nrilscn, daughter of Mrs. Fredrick Neilsen, to 'Reginald Vanderbllt, was made last Friday. In all probability the event will bfc solemnized in St. Joseph's Catholic church, at which Mrs. Neilsen has been an attendent for many years. ... fekj IT" ^ .y I y JNESDAY, A PHIL 1, 15 LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of Clcneral Interest In Short Paragraphs. The Sunny Soelh. i The convention of the National Wo- 1 man's Suffrage Association came to ai close Wednesday night in New Or- i leans. The next convention will bo held in Washington. A Charleston, W. Vn., dispatch says: "The grand jury'e report on the miners' riot exonerates the United States deputy marshals. The report criticises the ncwspaju rs. It is a lengthy document. , Owing to freight congestion it is rennrtwil :" 1 - * ...... .i.i-fi ?> 111 111* put imi in 2,000 or more rok<* ovens in the New River fl 'Id. in West Virginia, as it is i impossible to secure ears for trans- j portation of products. Commander Erwin Schaeder. naval ' attache of ihe Imperial German < m1 assy. In Washington, lias been order<d to Nowpo't News. Va.. to arrange ! for the docking of the German warship ' Gazelle, which will arrive there in a few days from Venezuelan waters. it is announced that the Southern Railway is to extensively enlarge its sheas at Nashville. Tt tin.. alia i<iy one of the largest railroad shops in the , South. The enlargement is presumably ' for the purpose of building locomotives r use on the Southern. No definite plans have lu on given out ofliclally. About 1,0'JO men are employed in the shops. .loo Barrett and Herman Miller, light-weights, hotli of Baltimore, went >n before the Savannah Athletic Club \V. dnesilit v nii'lit fm* ov/.nii' ' <1 ii decision under straight QueensI) '-y rul In tho fourth roen 1 Parrot frll to tlio floor in api u\ it agony : nd claimed a foul. The rcfen e r l... ed to allow it. and counted him mr Physicians examined Barrett and clan ! he found no < vid ua e ol' a ..ml blow. At The National Capital. Secretary Hay has delivered to Sigi: Mayor Desplanez, the Italian am h. -'. lor. nc order en the United State.. Treasury for $5,000. the sum appropriated ry Congress as indentii it y to the heirs of (liovanni anl Vinceir/.o S n io. Italian subjects who were .<i. Ml.. . July J l. ivii.j and to Salvatore 5.i 1 to. wl - was injured at the same time. The Treasury Department rave no- ( tico that on Mon lays and h "aursdavs until further notice offers would he i" <ived at tho bun an of the mint for the sale to the gov? rnmcnt of : ih ?r bullion to be us d iti coining ?os muier the Phillippi.ie coin-. > act approved March 2. lOOd. Nvi off?-rr. of lo' s . than fi.Ono oute es . ill b#e < nter': ia--d. The ' Inn nt will pur< ha:-" Tj. n."> worth ?>i silver b.ilii n f >: coin a.;;e into p? .--os. At The North. St. Joseph. Mo.. Special. ?The heavier.) snow storm of the yoar l>? gnn line Sunday ami mi 1 - vav tralllc is groatlv impeded. Telegraph and tele- i phone wires are crippled. The temperature has been falling slowly. The snow covers the northern part of the State to a depth of front G to 12 inches. The American Tobacco Company has declared the regular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, on preferred and a dividend of :5 per rent, on its common stock. This is an increase of 1-2 per cent on tho latter issue. From Across The Sea. Tlie accord court of the season was held at Buckingham Palee, Ixtndon. The anniversary of l>>uis Kossuth's ' death was marked by students' riots in Budapest. Senators who will vote on tho ratification of the canal treaty were elect- ( ed in Colombia. The North German Gazette, of Ber- ' lin, says tho Reichstag elections will ' take place June 16. ( Joseph Chamberlain, receiving nn in..m o.-) 11 *)iii me i uy (it Jxmuon, spoke of the Boers in a conciliatory manner. The Toronto, Ont., opera house was lu:rn <1 Wednesday. The loss is $1 000. The fire is supposed to have originated fivim electric wires in the box jfiloo. Sullivan, itar:l3 & Woods lost all their scenery and customs. They place their loss at $10,000 to $12,000. Miscellaneous Hatters. New evidence is being unearthed in the Burdick murder case to put the crime on the late Arthur R. Pennell. In a collision between the Fall Rivers steamers Plymouth and City of Taunton on Long Island sound six persons were killed. Ex-Attorney-General John W. Griggs argued for the Northern Securities Company in the antimerger case in St. Louis. Harrison Wrotten testified at the trial of Elmer Collins, at Laurel, D 1., that he heard a man in Collins* house threaten murder Iho night before the crime was committed. The monitor Fl >riiln ha ! a su< cessful trial trip, exceeding her speed requirement of 11 1-2 knots an hour. New breaks in the K-vees are reported from the lower part of the Mississippi river. ' ? \ I riMi m. George 15. White. vteo-prosi<len~ of Mic South Pennsylvania National 'lank. of Hyrulman. Pa., w.i; arrested :u Philadelphia, charged with ionspiracy to wreck the hank. Conor Quesada. the fnlmn mtniotni lias notified President Palma that Seer tary liny will consent to the use of the cable to expedite the exchange of ratilications of the treaty if it shall be adopted by the Cuban Senate as emended, and notification reached Washington March 3.1. that the documents are placed in the mail for transmis-ion by that time The hoard of directors of tlte Theological Seminary at Princeton, X. J., have elected the Rev. Therein II. Rice. M. U., pastor of the Central Presbyterian church in Atlanta, fin., to the chair in liomilcticu to succeed the Rev. Win. M. l'awton, who resigned last spring. Ksto.s (I. Rathhone, former Director if Posts of Culm, has aiipealed to President Roosevelt from the action <>f r-ecietary of War Hoot in dismissing the charges filed by Mr. Rathhone igamst (Jcnvral Leonard Wood. The -iiil.stance of the charges and Mccreary Root's endorsement 011 th papers tiave been published recently. An teller was issued against 2o Indian coal concerns, restraining th in from combining to regulate price and production. Gen. Hector Ma<Donald, commander of the Itritish forces in Ceylon, will I tried by court-martial on charges of immorality. At Port of Spain. Trindad, 11 p"rs-ms were killed and -hi wounded in the rjots in which tin* Government nuildillirs Worn Innmwl on.I !--? . . - . in' \-i\ iM iiur 01 Trindad was forced to take refuge on t he cruiser Pallas. The trial of CJeorgo Nelk, eharja 1 with matricide, was continued in Philadelphia. A revolution lias broU ti out in Nlcutagua against President Zdaya. The disorders in Santo Domingo continued. D.vth tremors were reported in 1 >tbyshirc, England. English consols dropped to P0?... th > lowest point since the Kratuo-Pri:..>n War. The town of Surlgo, Island'of A"?indanao. recently eaptnurod liy insurgents. was retaken and the oifichtls fonnd to be safe. More lighting R ;-?rt Fan Domingo, F-t? i". s >mitifio. liy i'able. ill. :b ... this city were again lh- .vn a state of alarm this afte-t; i I;; fart* that turtle r ll-bib ?.?: !.? ; j place at Fan t'nlos, near 1 . \ . . ! itslasion has It ft San Don.ill . A i ' and itarahona .on the v.ttahio t.j nend'. ncia in order ' > otisr a'ioj! tl. i!*: ad't of tho& 4 id.i PH v.'.o:. iV)I >t has l"f li? . ft . Fan ' '. 'a I V;::c <ri in order to c< aj 1 th..< ?v :: ' . snrren. r. Prank of Three Poo's. Washington. Sp?"ial. Tin* nv n, !n an automobile. art top. It ; 5? i:*? the steps at ih ' ea t front of ,'ae < tol Wednesday. Tin y r-ac' ? I the nnd tnnilirw 1 ? ...... - ?,? >..i i ri;-:: I street. when t :?? cli a ill ci (in* vehi. . broko ami it :nn back !;ut without - j cldent. The nr.n who mi< ! , hau feur gave the nnnio or" J. ). linilbn i j ami said h>> was I'roni Detroit, Ali< Ii. | His companions did nt I give their ! names, but one of tlum said he a police commissioner of Hartford, i Conn. The chaffeur was nrn aed 1 ut later released on $10 collar :a1. Wants Heavy Damages, Winchester, Special.? In the Circuit ! Court, in session in this city, S. H. j Rraithwnite was given $1,200 damages J figninst Charles K. Mcllwee for allenalion of Itis wife's affections. Mr. Braithwaitc asked for .$.">,000 damages, claiming tliat .Mcllwee had not only ! alienated his wife's affections, but had | also caused her to desert him and his five children. All tlio parties concern ed are prominent residents of the sounty. Some sensational evidence was introdur.ed during the trial. Mad Nine Wives. Erin, Tenn.. Special.?Archbishop Jones was convicted of bigamy in the Circuit Court and sentenced to three years in the prison. The evidence against the accused charged him with marrying nine women in as many different States. One of the wives from Kentucky and one from Tennessee were witnesses against Jones in the trial. Two sanitary officers who w re searching for plague cases in Mexico were murdered. To broaden the field of feminine occupation is evid< ntly an active principle in Seattle, Wash., where two women burglars have Just robbed in her own house one of their own sex, carrying off $2,0()ii and odd trinketry, and so ably squaring the local police that sc far no trace of them has been discovered. Westward the star of feminine enterprise takes its way; though, as It has nqw got to the limit of the continent, it will probubly allay its glowing axle in the Pacific waters and take a rest, which it needs almost as urgently as the public. * * NO. 2. ; iR'-ttw.V: SJR*? rs V ltr(tt?W ?4!t*S*?S!? 11 urn mm. I s ? 3' jr. ninor Events of the Week in a 4 Brief Form. w 3 A chamber of commerce baa been organized in Anderson. The Farmers' Institute at Green-* vlllo was largely attended and much good accomplished. Work lias been begun on Spartan burg's new First Baptist churt h. It is to bo a very elegant structure. i I'nion county reports heavy dama; ' I'rotn the rm-mit M?ri? ? ??.... j exci ssive rains. Thi> president Friday reappointed Dr. \V. I). (' uni. colored, collector of custom.-; at Charleston. The nomination fail- (I of confirmation at the recent session of t lie Senate. The siipi" me court has lately affirmed a tle< ision of the circuit court in Orangeburg, awarding a verdict of SG.oiHi to the plaintiff, in the case of Annie n. Carroll vs. tho Charleston ami Seashore Railroad Company. The Dillon Herald notes tlint "two (. cells for $1,000 each were received I \V. M. Haincr from a lady in New "i rk with the request that one check 1> used in purchasing stock in the Maple Cotton Mill and that the other lie given to llanier Cotton Mill for the same purpose." The cu t of general sessions met at Flot\ nee Monday morning and a large crowd has been in attendance. All int'Mvs' is concentrated In the two murder ? - for which \V. C. King, a white man. Is being tried. The while of Thursday was devoted to the l.vuring of tho case. The ;m lititinnr;* c ntest to sec who was to con ?>t Newberry College in the - rr.. .: ical i ontest at Greonv. ' w: !e 1 1 st the college at Newberry A' 'r night. The speakers w re V' o ' or that the manuMoiu' - iil liavi to he examined before i., .1.1,1 oi lim winner'can bo announced. The H l.bins trial, in which George D. Kirkland filled Fletcher Bennett, and in which the three Dunbars were also killed, was commerced Tuesday at Barnwell. Two days were 8pon{. in the t ol. I .it- v ish i. tl.-j/i>est legal talent was < d>tnined. Counsel for the defpti: conclusively presented it. thai in U s tlian twenty miuutes a vrdict ' lot ...iltv" v ? .-fiti 'i.e. the jury. .. \ trancor walked Into the bank of Columbia Tlrv ulay and in offering a pit ' <>' ii'; >t:.ibld paper,' gave a wvllknown Columbia man as reference. The cashier inquired over the 'phone and rec >ivod the answer. "Yes, if the .check is for $1011.0 n it is good." The stronger is Christian '.-v-henck, of I^elianon. Prnn., who . its MrK Schenck, Miss Rnnirey and J. H. Schenck is sepnding the winter there. Tin' f "civtary of State lias derided that in tin future trallic through the .state house grounds i:i Columbia will he n itrieted. No heavy draya or wagons without springs will be allowed to tbi- th< roadway. Harks, private carring" and the express and mail wagons may go through the grounds at a walk. The nmbulanees. police patrol and lire apparatus are the only vehicles >>n which absolutely no restrictions have been placed. "Today," says the Kcowee Courier. "Oconee county is without a chaingang. I?ist Saturday crening the term of the last convict, in the county expired. nnd now the 'man with the gun' is without a job. Boland Rllington, who was serving a two months' sentence for petty larceny, was the happy sinner who quit the gang Inst Saturday. It is also niitable that there is hut one prisoner iiwthe county jail awaiting trial. C. A. Wood, of Spartanburg, a reKpct table looking negro about 35 years of age. was picked up on the streets in that city Friday night by Fc'Ico-" ? ** man McAbee about 8 o'clock and carried to the station house. AVhen two reached the yard in front of the station house, the negro became violent and tried to get loose, lie gave the officer a rough tussle before he was subdued Wood was found to be a co I caine fiend. The Black Mingo and the Blaclt ! River Steamboat Company of Georger town lias applied to the secretary df Stat? for a commission. The purpose for which the company will bo organized is to own and operate a steamboat line between the city of Georgetown and Black Mingo bridge both ' In Georgetown county. The nature of the' proposed equipment is to be a side-., wheel steamer suitable for freight and passenger transportation. x.f . Agygi. 'Vi' Telegraph Company Fined. Birmingham. Ala., Special.?R. EL Williams, local manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, was convicted of the violation of a certain section of the State pool selling law find was fined $.10 in the first division of the Criminal Court. The defendants was adjudged guilty of the violation! of section 2, of an act "to prohibit hook-making or pool selling on horse races and other forms of gambling," . by allo wing alleged bets to have been transmitted by telegraph. Prominent ' * (counsel has been secured and it is said the ease will be fought In the United States courts. - .? * V ,, .... ?