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FIRE IN THE ' PJTEfH OFFICE. MK V Kit A li MAIIVKUXN KSt\l'JJ FHOM DHA'lll MADH. DIK.N WICillQ lll.OWN THHOl'Oll WI.M 1)()WS AM) DOOH8. Tlu? Total I.ohm Will Not I'Jxoevd *i,r?oo. Washington, April 22. -The United Status 1 *:? ton t Oilice wan for t lit* third time visited by tiro, altoiit 1:15 o'clock fhin afternoon. The scone (if the blaze was in. the southwest corner of the base ment in "the photographic bine print room, c",o?o to a crowded public thorough fare. Mr. Flint, chief of this room, , was pouring ether into a live-gallon bot tle when the buttle fell to the slate tloor and broke, the contents running along the place. Mr. Flint began ?w eepiug It toward the door, reunarking to those about to, be careful with the lamps, etc. Some of the fluid niched the stove and there was an explosion which was quick ly followed by a second with consider able force, blowing up about 75 bottles. Mr. Flint was blown through the door, his head striking a mass of papers in the hallway. He arose, h'w clothing in a llaine, ami rushed for the area calling for help. 1tc*?de Mr. Flint there Were in the room at the time of the explosion Assistant Photographer Theilkill. J. B. Wheat, Jr., .1. L. Latimer ami J. Bal eage. Mr. Wheat was standing near Mr. Flint aiivl was also blown through the door, his hair was abla/.e and clothing \ torn. lie" receive'! no permanent inju ries and attended to Mr. Flint. Mr. Latimer was blown through the open window and on to Alio lawn and was followed through the adjoining win dow by Mr. Haleage who wan in the dark room at the time. ?Mr. Thiolkfll was blown across the room by the (i r,s t explosion and \\>ns blown 'through the window by the sec ond. llio escape from injury was a iniraele. His apparel wa* on tire, his head singed, Ms . ha t blown into frag ments and hl? coa t torn in numerous places. .-"?'Stored in the room wyre IS gallons of collodion, 200 gallons of ether, and 100 pounds of guneot ton. Of course these and everything else in the room were totally destroyed. 1 iy it o'clock qU ot wuh restored about the building and the panic-stnickcii clerks, many of whom had rallied out of the )?uia1in?f Kcreanilng, resumed their Work. The loss was about $1,300, principally in photographic ap paratus. Most of the original drawings "were saved and of those destroyed a . good many rim be replaced. Along the 1i:i!!h in the vicinity were stored a num ber of lilis which contained records of the olli.r and other paper.--, and a great number of ili.-si1 were damaged by water. Public attention Iwus frequently been exiled to t he danger to human life and :i!no to p'i'bMc oropert y occasioned by the examination of ev plonives mid by other dangerous avoejitjoiiH ami tin: storage of :r I quantities of ehomicals in the Patent Oliice. The Pet cut Oilice has tv.*!"c p:v vi'Hisly been <>n lire. .In 1S?7 n ij'ire oeeurr d there which burned for ^ "<( hoitrw and totally destroyed the niu ) sen til of the Pat- nt Oilice iieees^t.-iting '/the entire reconr.-tructioii of that portl >n of the Interior Department building. a mvkly Session. Flor^lu'i Secretary of Stntc Mnke?. Home Ilrond A**ertlon* . Tallahassee, Fla., April 22. ? A storm burst in the House today, caused by a statement which John L. Onawford, Secretary of State, recently made in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ?Sometime ago the St. Louis paper wrote to Dr. Crawford inquiring if the Legislature of Florida had ever passed any law against lobbying. Dr. Craw ford replied: "No law has ever been passed against lobbying in this State because the lobby has always controlled the Senate and House." J Several copies of the St. Louis paper containing this statement reached the capital today and then the storm broke. Several members denounced the aged Secretary of State and there was talk of impeilchme-ttt. Finally a committee was named to formulate a resolution ' In r6 ference to the matter and present it to the Senate. Dr. Crawford will make a statement to the House explaining his position in the matter. lie will admit using the language credited to liim, but will say that he sent the matter to the St. Louis paper before the convening ,pf the leg islature and will disclaim any intention of reflecting on4 the present assembly. MUX IMPROVEMENT. t'onnlder?1>le 'Activity Anions (lie Manufacturer* In Kail River. Fall ltiver, IMass., April 22. ? Tu addi tion to the well foil nded rei>orts of con templated extensive additions to the Laurel Lake, and Tecnmselt mills it be came known to lay that a movement is on foot - to establish a new corporation here for the manufacturers who have subscribed $10,000 of the capital re- | quired for a 50,000 spindle mill to l>c operated by a local mill man whoso name is withheld for the pr?<s**nt. Thus ! far a great deal of encouragement haw been received by the promoters. ANOTHER DEFAULTER. Ho In n I! ro t li c r-1 ii - I,it w of Seeley, Already Condemned . By Southern Associated Press. Now York, April '?l. ? Samuel E. Ay *?,. mar, the second defaulting book keep for the National Shoo and Leather was lieHl in $15,000 bail by Com* inlwsPHicr Shields today. The warrant was sworn out by iiashlor John I. Cole, who charged that Aymar bad altered thj, account of the Metropolitan Life In surance Company ;to the amount of $20,000 which amount he hail embezzled. Aymar is a brother-in-law of Seeley who was recently srfrot to prison for swind ling the samq4yink in n similar manner. - Tks U'Xal Brlth. By Southern Associated Press. Montgomery, AJa., A^ril 22. ? The sec ond days* session of the District Grand Lodge T5o 7 TlTNat Rrltly was principal* ly devoted to the hoaridr of the reports of TarfotiA committees/ and rr~olwtfon? ' regarding changes in tile mode of sssess ment and the manner of the investment of the order's endowment fund. A \ Aits* o\iti:i( /" I TIioiiiiih S llortlcii, I'lviuurcr uf McliHM.hH'l Mills (mile \N roil|[, i?y Si mi i. lit' ru Ai?ii 1.1 t< d 1'ivss. 1 .ill Uivyr, April s. lior agent 11 ml nvaMiicc of tlio Mom- I ??nn.ivt ami Aniuvati mills, bus fled from the city, lit* is short in his accounts to (!>?' ii mount of $il,(MH) and warranto for his arreM 'have been iissued. lit* Is a man a'x.ut l.'i yeatx of a^e, about ( i v ** I feet ten iiu'lifs tall, weights piMlialtly I ISO ha.* ii hla<k nioutdaehe, ami j sliaip Mad; eyes, lie is a son of Philip I I >. Itordvii, agent and treasurer of tin* A im ricau Li noii inil'is and has been in j charge of the mills named for a number of j'mivi, Tlu> t'.h n' t a ,'c became Known t<^ his ir ?< tow yesterday morning and they plae< il tlio mutter in the fiamls of eotin < N'ini>liiiiits wen1 ilrawn up, but when i ho.v were ready for wm'vlee at l oYlo I< Itoi ilt'n had skipped. lie loft on th?' 1 :i.'o Irani ami prul^iidy want t<> Mosluii. No speculated in ootiton sninc year* ago ami hist $11,000. At that time Mm din/i'torn accepted a note and J lio has since boon paying it off. It i* said that he hud cleared up the old debt, and uho new one, amounting to the stun stated, is an additional loan taken from the mill's f unite. It Ih reported, that liordeii himself made the shortage ^ known at the directors' meeting held yesterday. His resignation wan deteiiinined upon some limnvi before that time. The loss was made gnnd to stockholders hy a note said to have been drawn hy hit* father and other friends. Since his first trouble he has beer, watered very closely. I I'm salary ban never been very large, as the mills are old and employ only about -H>0 luiiidK, the weekly pay roll being loss than A DKSIHCIIADO'H 1)KICI> Iv 1 1 1 ?-il Two .Men, null IIIm Hrotlicr NA'ollllllcll VlKtlltlT. (h-.ila, Fin., April 23.? At Marti City, a suburb of this place, last night, llonry Suber shot mid killed la-opohlo It inonf :i ml A. I'i. Odoldo, ami his brother i li.icl(v> dangerously wounded Antonio Tafl'uletti. Henry anil Charier* Suitor wont into TnlVoletti's store find ordered something to cat. While waiting for the order to lie tilled Itinone and Odoldo oaine in. talking in Italian. >.'ot un doivta mling the language Henry Suln-r asked if they were "cussing" him. They answered. "Xo," hut Suber drrw hie pistol and hegan shooting, one Inillet striking Rinonc near the heart and an ?tiler striking Odoldo in the forehead, killing him instantly. Taffolotti rushed up and secured llenry Sutler's pistol, when ('JiarkiS Suber shot h*m in the tin oaf, ntjikiiig a dangerous wound. The SttT'irr brother* then mounted hop*' s and i?;'.ipeil. A posse is in pursuit. Henry Stiln r is a desperado and has killed sevral men. lie whn' the husband of Mr.?. Suber who. with her eliild was kll.fd in the railroad wreek on the JjfJ:i:?l Tennessee. Virginia Jind tJcorgia. 7il Scotland, (?:?.. about k!\ wecku ago, and lie recently received frbm tin railroad company as damages, lie has hi en drinking hard since getting the money. "IIUMJST M OX KY I.KA?t'K." Will Make n Klu'lit tnr Cook Coiinl) Doli'Kiiti'ii t<? tin* S t It < e Coiivo iillon. Cthicago, April 23. ? A H.vstematic ef fort will be made1 by the "lloneflt Money League," recently orgari'/.ed in this State, to capture tflie Cook eounty dele gjites ty th<> State convention. whiith is to define the position of <ho Sa:te Demo cracy on Uie monetary question. At u meeting of the executive coan inittee of the league, held at the Palm er House yesterday, it was the general Sentiment that a contest with that object hi view sJmtild be made at the primaries to select delegates, which in {?> it* held May 3. It is likely thjit at a meeting of the .committee ne.yt Wednesday It will be decided to place "Honest Money" delegates la the field in every wand. An elaixirate plan of education ?w6ll form an important part of the campaign against the free coinage movement. Mass .meetings will 1k> held throughout the /city and the State will be flooded with "Honest Money" literature within the next ten- days. A declaration in favor of honest money, which is being circulated in the city among Dnmocrats. has already received a large number of signatures. P. S. SWIIIOT i>i:ad. A Ctti/.rn of Miii'iin Die* S mill c 111 y Sn Xmv York. By Southern Associated Press. New York, April 2T1. ? S. S. Sweet, of Ma con, <Jn., diiil suddenly this morning at St. Deals Hotel, as supposed from heart disease. Very little is knowiu of Sweet at the hotel. registered there on 111? ISth. eomplniiied of being ill and contempflitcd a sea voyage wlib'b he thought would benefit hltn. He was to si i il for lOurope tomorrow. He was 'apparently fit) rear* old. Tie is said to have been a retired merchant of Macon. Among his effects was found a telegram from Mr. Allen, of The Macon Telegraph . The authorities have telegraphed to Mr. Allen to notify Uhe relatives of the man. a duai, 'I' lie Two A In tin inn >In rili'i crx Scn (cncril In nio. !*>? Soul hern Associated Preys. Birmingham, Ala., April 23. ? Judge fJreon of the criminal court today passed sentence on l^ee Harris and Abe Mitch ell, thr^srtf^c^ftfessed murderers, and condemned them to hang on the 7th of June, both at the same drop of the gal loww. Harris and Mitchell are two of a gang of negroes who for several months terrorized this city and community. Har ris confined to having been implicated in marly all the crimes committed in Birmingham in the past few months. A UnirKUn A|?|>ulntcil. By Southern Associated Pre*#. Washington, April 23. ? Cfirlton J. WHIrorn, of (iinriba, bus Iwen appoint ed nn assistant attorney in the office of tb?? assistant attorney general for the Interior Department. Took Tun Oiuifru of (.nnilnniim. By Southern AKKK'lattil Pros*. Colombia, S. C., April 23. ? Herman Hart J!, a merchant of Marion, S. C., i wh*? fiiik'd recently, committed suicide today by drinking two ounces of laud anum. To Sold At Auction. By Southern Associated Fh-sh. !x?ndon, April 23. ? Oscar Wilde's valnalde collection of prints. ^Joortsh pottery, bric-a-brftc, etc., will lie sold at auction tomorrow. The article* to be ?old indudf Carilele's Tvritinj tabte. SEC. SMITH IN ATLANTA. 1110 \\ vs 1II0*KI<>KI> lit I-'iOOIOIl \l? oi ru u iiou)i:hs. I\ lIUtiAHU TO 'lino HKIHMIT THAT 'I'll 10 Y MIST I'ltJlIT Sll.Vllt. The Si't-rcliiry DiM'lai't'N lie l? for Silver II the I'm >l<> ('?? he Main tained . Hy Southern Associated l'rt*>s. Atlanta, (Ja.j April 123 .? Secretary Hoke Smith reached here thin morning and anions Ins earliest callom wore otlice holders from (lie Ketleral building. ( liviata eonneeted with tiho pustollke, tho internal ivvwuio ollice, the courts, t)w mar slut 1*8 ollico, the cuMuan limine. call ed on htm ami awked about the L'nlU\l l'resg telegram stating that all em ployee are expected to organize and tight the free fclhver, or double standard senti ment. Mr. Smith himself would not talk about it, but, ttlie men who were closeted with Imij said that they uiuler Hliind that they \\1ilJ be apprecia^d at Washington accordirg to the ?onl whieh they allow in fighting for the single gold standard. Ah to Ida own view, Mr. Smith stated that he is for silver if the parity can Ik> maintained. Tho iuxtruclioths from Washington to tflie ollicehohlors to tight the silver movement places some of the otliee hold ers hero in an embarrassing position ;is they have been sllverltes . HIOITSIOl) A $ 1 0,000 HA1.AH V Comptroller Kvki'U DorlilcN t<? Stick W illi (lie Administration. Hy Southern Associated I'ruw. Washington, April 'Jil.? 11. 11. Kolil saait, tin1 new <?^ncr of the Fhleago Times-Herald, oH'cn-d Mr. lOckels, tin; comptroller of (lie Treasury, a largo sal ary, said to lie nearly $ 1 o,( M K) a year, to go* t<i Chicago ami becoiue financial editor of that paper. In view of the iin^KU'tnce of linaucial (mentions in busi n ess circh*? anil jxiliticw Mr. Kckels saw in t it i<s editorship an opportunity to wield ureiit inllueiiee in the West ami was at tirst iihk-.1i inclined to accept Mr. lvohlsnat's generous offer<<. On consult ation, however, with other members of (lie aninialfaT ration, ho ilcfim-il if his duty to renuiin in his present ollice until tin* expiration of Mr. Cleveland's term. Tin: ('OVKKI)IOILVTK I) 10 A I ) . 'I'll ere Will He it IIui-iiioiiIoiim MIiik lf 11 K of (lie 111 110 and Ciray In C'hlcuKu. By Southern Associated I'ress. Chlcutso, 111., Apr!) 23.? Many notable Union and Confederate olhcers will he tho gunests of the Chicago reception com mittee on tho occasion of tho dedication of the monument to the Confederate dead in Oak wood Cemetery, Decoration Day. Tha reception committee Is composed of Chicago's most prominent citizens, l'ot tw Palmer has written from l<Jur?p-j to have all tho distinguished visitors receiv ed at his hotel as complimentary guests. Contributions of flowers and moss will come by tho car load from Atlanta, New Orleans, Savannah, Pensaeola and Char leston. A company of Hons of Confeder ate Veterans, ('amp Moultrie from Char leston, will attend. A IV nil'OUTA^r Hl'MtfG. Wisconsin Supreme Conrl Dccldi'* Tlial I.lfe Imprisonment In Dlvorce nient . My Southern Asxocia t?vl Press Madison, Wis.. April 2.T ? The Supreme <_'<?i I rt today handed down a decision es tablishing the validity of the law which provides that life imprisonment passes as a (U'crev of al*eoluic divorce without further proceedings. Win. (Sarrouch was sentenced to life imprisonment for mur der ami his wife married James Duke. < JarrctielifHccurod a new trial ami had the judgment of conviction set aside. Then lie had Duket arrested for adult XBWS OK Till1! XV A 11 A Hand of Iiihii r?T<* n <* Dispersed tin lllfr- 4.0th. < ?iiaiiaiitana<iuo, April 2Ii.? (From the staff corrosjsiiideiit of the Failed I'ress.) ? Col. Ihisch reports that on April MilTi lie. with his command, met a band of insurgents on the biglm-ay between Fale?pie and (riiyaba. lie iinnic I'.atcly attacked thmn. killing ten, wounding many more and capturing a conside rable quantity of arms, amiuuiiition, provis ions, etc. (Signed. I FR ANK .1. FLA UK. TO Til Id SI I'll KM 10 COl KT. The Seiilionrd Will >'??! Take II* Cane IJefore (lie IntcrHlnlr C??m m ImhIoii . 1 Dy Southern Associated I'ress. Atlanta, Qa? April 23. ? The S> aboard Air I^lito Railroad will carry the traffic boycott case to the Supremo Court of Georgia instead of before the Interstate Commerce Commission as was previously reported. 'Flio lower court permitted the Southern Hallwiy and Steamship A,v*o clfttlon's boycott against the Seaboard Air Line to remrftn In force hs to through rat<?. Ol'IOMOO MAI I, MATTKU. A Distributor In the Govrrnmvn^ Oftloe Committed to Jnll. By Southern Associated Press. Washington, Aipril 2,'i. ? Chief I'??st oflico inwjnrctor Wheeler has received notice of the arrest at Sa vanish of RHiot F. Paige, a d-islril?itor in tlwit postollire for opening mall inaftter. He was commlrtte?l to jail in default of ?OOO hail. lululUe. liy Southern Associated Press. Sanfonl, Fin., April 23.-? Carlo* S. Wilcox, who committed suicide here Sunday by hlowtng' off his head. wan a native of Independence Iowa. lie cnnie ' to this place from < Thlcago. He haa spent the summers for many years at .Niantic, Fonn. Mrs. Wilcox is ironi Nfw London, Conn. ? - - ... m>/; " i J ' ? 1. Til K K.M'OJMTIOX ( itpt llurtry, I'. s ? A , In Atliuilu Vi'ritMKl?t> lor Ihc I- \ l?l It H . 1?,\ Soil ( luTil Vi-is K-ia I ?*?1 I'lvstv Atlanta, lia., April lit. Oapt. Thos. 11. Hurry, of tho United Slat,* Army, member <>f tin Clovomment Oomniihsion of tho Cotton Staton and International lv\potiiK<>H. is in tho city locating the exhibit and making a rra iijfemeiita there for. lit* brought with him detailed lnf,*r matiou concerning tho exhibit, whiuh will 1h> substantially tho *amo as that in a tU' at Chicago. A onuip is oooloniijih^: i'il, ami two companies of tho Fifth Unit ed States Infantry, stationed at Me lNiorson barracks, four miles from At hmta, will bo detailed tin, lor iho com ill ft ml of I ho Major for this duty* Thoy wilt b,< eiuNimpod on the hill not far from the tlovornmeut building ami tho taction of tho army will bo illustrated by daily drills. Tho army and navy exhibits will occupy tlio entire annex of tho <?ov ornment building, "which is SO by 140 foot. Within (In- part of this annex al lot, ?,| to tho army, figures mounted, arm ed aud equipped with the uniforms of tho service and representing the succes sive arms and accoutrements of the American soldier from tho tinuv* of the Ito volution lo tho present will bo exhib it,', 1 together with samples of tho various arms of tho service, from tho revolver aud sabre up to a soven inch Howitzer. The quartermaster's department will likewise exhibit wagon trains, ete. Tho engineering1 cor[t? will be reprtoent od by an exhibit of tiovernmcnt work done or in i?i??gr?s.s in Southern harbors or on Southern streams, some selected from i?oints in other sections of tho country, and will include models o? tlio work on various points of the Mississippi .river, at Key West, Fla., at Appletou, Wis., and at other places. l'ltOIIA HI.Y MI'UOCll A llody Co u nil In the 'IViiih'mnco Hlv i-r > . By Southern AfvsorintMl Pivss. Chattanooga, 'IVivn., April L\'i. ? 'Olie finding of l ho hotly of a white mini to day by fishermen lit tho "Suck," a dan gerous shoal, twelve miles south ia the iVnnessee river, Is thought to shed light on tho mysterious dfRmvpraronce fA Jackson Jones teu dfiys ago. Jones wiifi a master brick jidisou. and the night on which he was last seen, was drinking mul had considerable money ia his packet. Owing to the condition of tin- remains the impie**. V/?8 held l?y a e.rrity entire with a jury ol' ?;UMaers.iU).<l lishonnen and the hotly interred in ihc vicinity. The verdiet was death hy drowning. The case Is believed to he r>) e of attempted rohhery and c?.at>e?uie::t tnnr.K'r. \V 10 A VCH II IS F ICA TICI). K " - * - Con veil t Ion Hfjfetoil (lie Uinililnu mill Voted for St r?i Itch tou (n . l?y Southern Associated Press. Des Moines, Ia., April 2H. ? Geh. W <>a. /or and t lio advouatwtt of a combination rf nil the free Silver forcos in the cumlnn cam paign wtro beaten at tlie meeting cf Die Populist convention today ana mo stratghtouts won. June 11, was cho.son as tho time and IJcs Moines the place for holding the State convention. When it came to ehoslng a tein|>orary chairman lie v. G. II. Boshor, of Waterloo, tho Democratic-Populist candidate for Con gress in tho Third district last tall, was put forward by the Weaver crowd, and C. A. Lloyd, of Muscatine, by tnose who desiro to stand on tho entirjo 1'opu list platform. Uoyd was chosen !ay a voto of 50 to 4. / MOllB MtiyiFjtUTIOX. IVimklii la Siilmtitntrtl for I*ekln Mini AVlioo C'lioo for IIoo Choo. By Southern Associated Ppess. lyondon, April 'J.'i. ? A disn.i,!? h to '''he Central News from .Shanghai says: Pe kln advices state that some uiore modi fications in tho Ohiiui-Jwpanesc irmly of peace have been agreed U|M>n. t)f the five new. commercial ports to be opened It has beeii decided to substitute Nankiiufor l'ekin and Woo Choo on t-he est Oaivton river for lloo Ohoo. Xaitkiu. although included in the ex isting treaty ports, has never been pro claimed oi?en. SHU'S l\ COIIIKTO. * \ I i'ii rn riiii ii tJovcrnniriil Advlneil of (lie Arrival of llrltlNli lliuiti. By Southern Associated Pro*s. Maligna, Nicaragua. April 211. ? The fiovernment is advifed of the arrival of the British warships at Coriuto to en for e the British ultimatum, i 'resident Frelia lias cubic* I l/ord Kimberly. British Secretary of State for Foreign Affair*, asking him to defer any hostile de-moi.rd ration until the propiisilion of '?onipromisc seat by Nicaragua through the Sal vn dora n minister in London can be <<oiisidcrcd . Much Mir-prlse is ex pressed that there is no American war vessel at L'orinto. .1 \ < 'KMINwlKMHt !?). 'I'lie llrlde n (Jrn iidiln iik Ii I cr of K? MIiiIhIit (o .Wcxleo II. It. jHckNon. By Southern AsSocla4cd l'ress. Atlanta, Ga., April 23. ? MIm Cornelia Jackson and Mr. Wllmcr Moore, lx>tii of Atlanta were inarrtBd tonight at the resi dence of ti?e bride's father. Capf, Henry Jackson, on Capitol Place, The bride is a granddaughter of General Henry It. Jackson. ox-Mlnlster to Mexico. She is also a rleco of Secr' tary Hoke Smith, and Hi**n? the past w!r.tor in Washing ton at tho Secretary's home. ThP core ? iiony was performed '? l>r. Hnrictt of tho first i r ??'>vi??r!rtn Church. Tho groom is a wealthy young business man here. The couple will sail for Kurope on Saturday. IIBV. "I. S. SWKKT. He Wii* a Prominent Methndl?t Mln Utcr of .llneon. By Southern Associated i v?<ss. Marcn, Cm., April 23. ? Rev. S. S. Sweet, who died suddenly in New York, today, was a prominent '3f?thodist min ister of this pl-aee and wan formerly editor of the (Macon Weekly Telegraph, lie was on his way to Car'slmd, <ier many, for his hesilth. IlefiiMe n 5 I'rr Cent. Kednetlon . By Southern A rso elated Pr<?s. Springfield, Ills., April 23.? Three hun dred -miner* of the IWrelay, Williams ville nnd Sprintrfield shafto derided to strike tolay ratlur than a crept the re duction of 5 per cent. T>*legatlons were ni?jK*!nt?tJ t<i visit, working miners and urge them to join. INCOME TAX RETURNS. *^K,Uft7 \V \S I* \ 1 1 > IN III HIM. I'lUU 1(1 \ II \ \M> M MM II imk.io m. m:\ im ?5 iti:? ?:ir i s ! i:.\( i:r.?> i.ist \i;vi? $2,000,000. i | 'I'll c Waller liii'lilt'Ut^Kiitiliiiiil IMtl \ii| TiiKr I . S . Into i i |{.\ Southern Associated I'ress. Washington, l>. tV. April 23. IMiriiiK ill - past i wo mot) ills, l<Vlu'utir> ami March, %:s,C,:r, have In en paid into the Tivasury on account of the income tax, I as follows: l^rcm In livlvluals, $lii,S02, I from corporations, $IO,s;tii. C>ilnr llnurcs from t lit* monthly statement propar <1 hy Internal ltvVcUlIc (Vuimissionei Miller, show that receipts from internal 1 ? venue sources for 'lie nine months elided Mai'eli 31, were JI0il,!?iK'.,>'M. 1111 in erease owm1, 1 S'.i I 0/ $1.;K>0,IM, as follows Spirits, $t>3,t?02,St!0, an lnerease of $1.1*". 739; t<>l?aee >. $22.IM,324l. an increase of ,ti?i3; fcrii.entml lapiors $2,301.l>r?r>. a dccivaso of 1~>; oleomargarine #1, 1S\>,2'22. a decrease of $262,193, and mis cellancous $170,273, an increa*-' ot $ilC0, The receipts for the month <>f March wei>> $3,230,Sf?r? less than for ls'.'l. I'lie Walter Incident 111 |l'fere|ie > to the cablegram iliM'l ir I Iiik th il A nvlmssttdor iOtiKi ii* liiu! received tio instruct Km* rc^ardinK the Wallet- in dent. 8enn lor N'oofliees s. lid t"day '.hat the ttjppareui discrepancy was explained h.v the fa. t hat the instructions went forward l?y mail, and had pr>d?alil.v not yet ivaehed l'arls, th"in;h they were due thiire ahout this lime. The S? natot added: "Several prominent e dor -d eii I'/.eiis spoke to ife in reference to Mi. Waller, and I went to Secretary ilivsliam, who told me lhat he had seni i/ist ructions to Ambassador ICustis t?. see that Waller was fairly treated on his arrival in France. I have 110 doiilu that he will secure Justice.'*' \ |t|tro|irill ( Ioiin for \?'tv OIUri'N, Tim volume of "Appropriations f>>r N'uW Ollicen," etc.. for t 1m* third session dl' tin- l-\l ty third Congress, sh >wiiiK t h t I :i pprnpria i Ions in detail. iiihI liy bills made during said session, tin* new ??f fiees create), Hiid uMlci s omitted,' with their .salaries, am! the number of sala ries increased and reduced, with tin* amount of such increase and rcdu I it, and iiidudinK a < hr 'notorial history of the regular appropriation hills, has bepn con tpli'lod liy Mr. T, I *, Cleaves ?n<l M ?" J. C. Courts, clerks to I lit* Senate and House Committees on Approprin lio'.s, respectively.. The appropri 1 1 ions by 1 ills are as follows, living for the fiscal year ending Jane sotli, 189t> : Ak rieuliural, $3,303,750; army, , diplomatic and cuusulur, $1,571,458; l>is trici of Columbia, in, 745, 443; foitilha tioiis, $1,904,557; Indian, $8,762,751; I g:s lativi, executive and Jn licial. $21, 891,71V; Military Academy, $104,2(51; navy, $29. 1 1 <?,24;? ; pensions, $1 4 1 ,HS1 ,T?TO : postoMlee. $*9,545 997 ; sundry civil, $IG.5GS,1G'J. To tal. $373,811,522;' d *11 li m y. $9,825,374. Miseel aiJ* u.s appropriations, $2U7,6C7. Tdal gejKM.ul 1 ?: 1 1 s and mlsc dlancons, (383.93 1, r>G 4 ; pel mam-ii-l appropriat ions, $1 13,073,9*0. Grand total of appropria tions. $497.108. f>20. lOx'-CoiiKressinaii Henjamin II. Ouuti has lieen appolnte ! postmaster at lloiHiy Mount. N. C.. vice B. Munn. ihn iih-^1. The 1 ji 1 1 ?*r wii < a miphcw of the itcw appoint"o. 1 1 ?? was np|>ointed a year a (jo, and~rHr-d within the last month or six weeks. I nlteil Sl.itcK .1 k ii o ????<! . As far as ejin be learned the British Government did not take the United Stati s officials into its confidence us to its inte m i iii to mmiiI I'm entire available Pacific miniVrliron to Corinto at this juncture. B<$th the State and Navy De partments declare that they have re eeived no official eomniuniea fion of the movements of tlie British vessels, al though it is well known that the British ships under Hear Admiral Henry F. Stephenson mi't at Pajiama two weeks ago, tlii* Satellite, which h<?d "been there some 1 1 in o, being joined by* the flagship Royal Arthur, whicfli had spent the winter in Chilian waters, and by the Wild Swan, from Cilllao, Tli?* Wild Swan is a sl??op of 1,130 tons, in all respects like the ITnlted States stvamship Alert; the Satellite is a third-rate cruiser, somewhat small er than the United States st< jiinsh M on | (joinery . and the Hoy a I Arthur is like the C ?lunitna and MVniieiipoiTs fn armor, but inferior to them in speed- Of the American vessels on the Pacific available t-? the poxxif la emergency in Nienraguan waters.' the Alert is at Panama, t.he Hanger at Bucna Ventura, M i*x i'"<>, and the Monterey at Acapulco, wh-.re she stopped yesterday to eoal for her voyage to Callao. She w ill probably ii-iw remain at Acapulco for orders. Sin* coul I reach Oirinto in four days if nee< ssa ry. TIII'J IXOMIO TAX ( VSK < 'on si il<* rn (Ion of I In* Tivo Petitions for ii licit i*ii i*l ii ic It r\ ?*<l Till Miiv, By Southern Associated I'rens. WashiJig'ton, April 2.'? . ? At tlie open ing of the Supreme Court, this morning Chief Justice I-'iiller made the following aifrt'ouncerrent : "The consideration of two petition* for a rehearing of the iiwnmc tax ch*<-? in reserved rrtrtii MonJTViy. Mtiy (Jth, When a full bench is expected; and in that ; event two counsel on a side will lie j h^ird at that time." Thin statement does not mean that n ! re hearing of the ense lias been granted; ! only that on that date the eourt will j hear counsel upon the question whether | of- not a rehearing kIiiiIJ 4m* ^rant?il. T4i?- I ann<iun<,ement of the (*hief was made after ?n hour's cfmsultation in the con ference room, to which the justices were inviteU yester<la.y . It is asserted; that after the confer ence incidental notice jjiveri <>f .Justice ,(aek?K>n's intention to Ik? present on the day muneil. Thnt it Ih not certainly established ho wiJI be presmt is evident from the Ohlef Justice's name of nmk inK the announcement, 'Vhen n full bench U exposed. " No wonder municipal reform ?!icceeds when its candidates aro Swift and Strong. \ !M < l' <>U IMll.l'. Ol'HIIItl1 lllllt I . I* III (fell S|||||||?>rM 111' Slcl I y \\ ???'!? II Sllkltlllll (til 1 1 1 C j ? ' v ? U !icl U \,. i 1 1 I |?fc-w I New \ ink, A 1 1 r i I "J?{. Koooivcr'1 of I "I ?' U^es <IU(I lemons have bccll lllane I ill* MV a'.ITt tllHH ?l ? IIM 1 of lull- h>' ICietptS ' .11 this p .ft ttmt fMltfs,'i*<t (he gold bl leK I swtydle* Whi n fn.st ruined t lit> Floral* Top dealers turned 1.? Sicily as a ?,mr,v of supply. 'I'll,- Sicilians had lost hold on i 'hfwwnarket by I lie mow ill of i he Florida trailc and the chance tliat the i\il| oh ? lull 1 1 1 1 :i r 1 1 * r for Ijcai i t linn Mcason would ti?>l !>?? repent. ,1 seem* to have impressed i'\ -rdiuiiud l**i* i* ni I!, of I'lib-mio, that lie ii i i vc )i i us weli make a clean sweep at once. II Is (lie practice of receivers to place credits wiili foroi.'ii banks In I lie fruit importing season an.l to let shippers I raw oil t lu?s<' eivillt.s on the in\oi<c,v SlupjH rs usually L'et SI a bo\ ,?u ihe.ic drafts, an\ balance boi,i ? payable after ?lo!i very . I1). .1, ( iimxIm llti of |n.'{ Pari; I'llice. placed abroad a oredit of S'J.inmi Tile bank that had it nald I'eriall .$7<io "ii pa|ters showirc the shipment of seven hundred ImiNi's i ? t onui-es and lemons. When the uoods arrived tliey were found to i (?n.sist of a single layer of In ferior uraiiKeM or lemons in each l?ox. the ronciinini: spaco belnn (ill eft .-Willi stones, viihI an paper. IYimkIi?, duty, insurance and comiuiH | sion unionnted to $1.70 per box. This fruit hum not worl'h the freight und 'Host merchants .thundnm d it to the i iovi'1 ninent . A bout four thousand luixoa uf ? } s j kind of .stnfl have been brought to re ceivers in the city during the pant week. The Kalian minister of commerce has taken up the j,'i"lev?uice of the victimized ineivhaiitu and lias asked the (Jovern nieiit to t ike Hlleli action as may punish tln> swindlefM. even If it tnav not recover the motley lost and which nliall prevent repel it ions of shipments which can only work xv riouf* damuiro to Italian trade. \ n i:\\ i ? t : i ? \ it ruiiM1 Itliiiitn \\ tints to lit- 1 1 o a d 1 1 ii ii r f i^ fin lot* it Ni'n \ nil) I > " tin i* I in ?? ii t Hv Southern AKsoeiatcd Press. Vlanta. Ca . Anr I M a iii./. IIiik of prom; mill business m n of Al'intn l >day initiatory slip* weiv token to se cure tlie e.ytn.bl h iMi iil, "T a new d'pai't "i ill of tin* jinny, to lie known as the I >epaii;in III of I h ? South. with In lid "luirPrs in At'antn All troo.ps sta foiled etwi-rii Maine ami Texas, ifii e nding Kentucky. West Virginia, N v? rc.iprlnnd. the Kou-Ii At nniie KIhUx. ami Ihi' < Still Slali s, mid Ti nnessce, are gov ern d from ( ! ? > v mnr's l-laml. (lie he?rt ? i na rl i'- s of t ?i < ? 1 >epai lmeiit ijf the Kasl. There are oiioiiirh trops In Ihe South Allanllc ainl < lulf s'lales to warrant tho ? > lab!isl.m. iil id a new department, and I In- natural site lor I lie licndiiuurtcrH i.s Atlanta. A strong' concerted effort will b" nuide lo brhnf about tin- establish on nt uf sin h i department, and memo i'i'1 s liy ei\il and e iiiinn re ill bodies in 1 f""i'K ii vi .11 l>> pros tiled lo l lie Secre tary 1 1 War for this purpose. i.inxiKii \ itKsriTi:. 4>i?v?*riior llorlon (unlit \?>( Slimil (lie I* I'CNNti re of Mr*. Ilticlui mi h'n vl'li'ii Sunt hern A^nu'latid I'resn. Albany, ^ Ai?ril j'!.- Dr. Min han hii'h wife, and Mrs. Coleman, of .Ww i<!rk (';ly, waited upon (Jovernor .Mor ton 'at the Mxeeiiti ve I'hii.mber nl 10 o'c'ifk I his morning. Mrs. Uuchaiinii u?idi? an fa rmvil pli*n f??r the life of her 'in band, who wjim to lie eli-cfroeuted at Sih.u' S'lij; on Wi'ilnesdjiy, for potRonin^ his first wife. They were with tlm (loveitinr in (he latK< reception rmiln for iioauly .an hour, and all visitors wero refosel adinittaiKT", for the lirst time ia- yea I'M. 'J Im; < !o v.-i nor ill first said he could liot 'interfere, but Mrs. Huehau .'in'ii pleadinys were wo palhelie that he linally granted a week'n respite, prln cipallv lo yive I ? comlemucd man time in wliii-li to prepare for death. STItlKICIts IIOIMJIM I,. . i Tin* \tln Willis \ re I ii i?ii ?? IvJ "A 11 <lii ii ii Illy of .Miieli I iicr>' . j My Southern Asuovialed I'rcflf*. I'rovhlemv. It. 1., April 2.'{. ? Nearly all the maehiiiiHta in Olney villi* are nt tin* At Li ii lie mills unpacking nnd wt tinx up a larKi' quantity of nevi ma* ehinery that has just arrived from JOiih l.i ii< I. This evidence of activity ha? Kiven new colilidrn? e to tin? locked out opcrivtiveK an. I Ihcy say that tiny an* UoW 1 11-. u > ?? T uT.^r m,~ < merely playing a game of hliilt when. it i h ?*i*h l<*m>d to introduce tin- Frenoh jrray rooiIs in or<h>r to eoiilinue tin* locknilt . ? Tin* operative*! now believe that tin otli' ialf- arc anxious to start the mill ami that, it is only a matter of tlino before | the tirst overtures for a settlement will conn* from the mumifaciuriTK . " ' i | 'rii iM'<io i i 1 1 1 . i > u i: n hi iim:i>. A 1'iillier ii ml Molliei- till 'l'<> < liureli unit Tl<elr limine llnriiM. I?y Southern Associated I'rens. Q'iliu*y. F!a., April 2.'5. ---.Ion Itohln smi, who lives near this plan*, attended | church last nighl with IU?> wife, kavinu three children at home. v Hflring their absence tin* house whs burned and tin children wen; cremated. One was a girl ii Imii t l."> j < ars oi l ami the other* | were aKi*d !'? and .r> years, resi?c?<ively . Foul plav if nuspi-ctcd . TIIE DIWIS < 'O > Ml* I It % t ' V . JuiltfL* Ilium. of V\'I?i'oiimIii, Will I'ri*?l?le I)?it Itn* Trln I. J?y Southern .V'^oclated Press. t'li'eago, April 23 .1 mixes ami Jenkins. of the I'nited Circuit , Court, ye.slerday aiadt' an order formal ly aligning Judge Ilium, of Wisconsin, to prwiil" over the Dehs conspiracy' on May IMh. The clerk of court will hihii nion a venire of one hundred and fifty men from which to scleet a jury for the trial. Two hundred were called at the previous trial, hut not even half were paused uf*>n whru the jury wan completed. Ilrrnn (tier Dead. By Southern Associated HP rw*i. " Tallahassee, Fla.. Ajiril 2ft. ? Henry liernauler, the 12 yea fold boy who was btttrn l?y n ?-?t six week &sco. dittL M?l? morning after suffering two day* froin vhydropholila. His Iu*t momenta wen \ql characterised hr agony lhat rinrifcul Hw >wl| #tage of the di?cd*>. | ANOTHER CAROLINA SENSATION i I'll 10 it iu; ihtuatiox ait of iM?a t vi si) or I'ltoi m.io - t VM> .11 !?(.?'. (.(>1 T INMl 10 M A HKCO.NI) 1N.U M TIO.V Autilimt (lie Sin to A u tliorM (on Clinrg tun Tit <*iit \v I ( u I Vnuil, < \tluiul?hi, s. i April Another sensation wuh created today l?y tho pub* licntion in tin* State of llu* fact that Ju/Iki? 'iulV, of I lie I'-iiti'il Suititj Cir cuit court, liail issued another injuc 1 '? -'i aKaiiiMl llu' Stale authorities, ou tli<' grounds that tho registration of I v-ij was unconstitutional*, that there was MiHii'ioul fraud at Hit' puU^ in tho t'it'i | i- >li l;iHt fall to vitiate th>' calling ? ?I (ho constitutional oon voution; tjiat there was then a conspiracy between I ill nan, l.'vjtns and otllcm to commit frauds; ? hat * l lu? agreement between Till man, ICvaiiH, Mn rn well, Hemphill and ttlh. is was a conspiracy to defraud tho nofrro of his right of suffrage; that I Ivans, is (j.irt rnor, had sought to curry ?i?t t^foso conspiracies l>y removing no* tan^ for 'jilting allidavit^ from negrotw; t!>nl the iiletralitles of supervisors of neg otiation w ore part of tho aanie eon <? -i racy, oil'. Tho iyiportant portion of the order roads as follows: 1 1 is ordered thaf\ defend nits, John 'Jarv Kvans. Governor^ of the' State of ^oitli Carolina, nnd IV Rntler McCoy, m eoiiMni<f<ii.iM'i' uf .hit ioii In the said St a to, u'.l all other p?rwn? charged un der th" Ifi ws of the ttalil State with the 1 tt.v of holding or manairliifc elections for d' ioiratos to a convention to bo hold on the aoeoi'd Tuesday In September, for the purn'w* of re?'i-ing. amend 'iur or '-h-invitiir tho co'-Htitution of that ^t n to So, ie I they are liorertty enjoined and ?-"s|raieed from imv and all action '?n.liiti* t>> the t?ol Irjuj of Nitolr election ?r ? -thins until the further order of this court It in further ordered that said defen* d in'M i| i ?--h"W cause why they nnd each of them ulinu' ' ? ' '? ' M-o-iiot uallv en fro., ordevinvr, holdintr or pro n ?*? it " t ? Ie In ) i t'i tho s'tii.l State, anv Velhot or otei'i lot|y for deh,?r^t"s to n ? hi \ ..ii I i . ' f }'if? pu'ToMo of rov'w'on or fin inr'ii" (''?> i'.'ti'K* i I ti thru of ?h.> /j<*M St'^t" ? ? r S rol'iwi V 'el It i? further onlorei' that the ? ' id defon l.M |N ,f ?'?!! fS-trv I'v-os <????>,? fell true and nerfect answer, under ' ?'i t h. ti the 'I'tci^otrn toHos T d with th ? f- til hill "it or h< fore the ?ald voe^nd .In ..r \f.v t 11'iviTiior (-"Van* hnrls fit fiiitco nt this i. rd' r in s'nihtr ta iisrnn ir" to that em ? ?I'.vcd hy him in ri'frrrinv to tho in Miiiet Ion a ca ins I th.- ilIspenHafy. nnd ola r< t* thai lie w ill nay no attention to it. lie male th'a statement todiy: "I have not teen served with n^v '?rdor ? 'r finv other paifr from .lirlce fi off. hut in th > pnhl!i?ht?d aeoount? it <-oemn 'hit T have been enjoiltoi! as Governor of the St?*to of South f':>r"11"a. a U'1 \fr, AIo- * v *'n a com ir t??io"pr f?f ol'>ef'on of the Srr.to of- South f^nrol'ivs. n>>?! nef >>? "n;i is st'di ?,->verei'^n nnd inden^ndont, ?let it !? my dntv under tho conKtitu lifOI, to over-iit.. t'ip t.l?in of *1,0 Slnto.e. I shall e.ntlnUo to do t'hiH without fear f 'o-eoi'ot i]ve lotorforon-^o of n l'n'M ^tnt- s Circuit .indiro. 1 ?hnll trmt the with the contempt it de <or?"rs. \Vp wit! 'if iroM-r time flit ."ccordance with the re oeet due to the ConflHtutlon of the I 'ulte l States, and at the wim^ tinio ?'rrainrcmeutH ne^epsary for tflie (Surry- ? imr put of the will of th- ?? ' ! ^ ??are to the constitutional convention will ho made and all diiUra reftulnnl of me by tin- Constitution and hy the Statute law# -if the State of South Carolina will be faithfully performed. Tf T ant in con lemnt of .Tudctt <>off ho must make tho iiion! of it." . FVIjJj TIMF3. Tln? .till In of Full Hlver It4?Maralnar Wc?rk nt Old Scajo. I'invl ueket. It. I.,, April 22, ? Aceord ing ?o agreement tln? increase in wages ? if from tn 10 per <???!? t. went into ef f<<-t ;tl the United States Cotton Mill nt Central Falls today In all the de part mrtilA. Th" mills are running at tlnir full capacity ami with 30 looms are now in daily operation. l-'all River, April 22. ? The Fall Itlver Mm ii u factory renamed operation** today :ift<r a two weeks' nil lit down on ac count of ;i break in an engine. AH of the mills iu thin vicinity are now run ning in full under the advanced sonic of wjikcs. Dover. \. IT. April 22 ? Agent HoJ I hhI today announced that next Mon iltl.V lire <T|7cnTitT."" ' would l?e gi veil an inerense of f) per cent, in wn^'es thus restoring the settle In ef TV' t I;i*t August when the cut-down was made. Tin re Is much rejoicing over too restoration. The mill? are now run ii i ii K full capacity. SuiK'ock. N. II., April 22. ? The ad? va nee In wages in the three cotto^ mills here went into effect this morning and l.fim employes are ha^>py. The cut down waa made in August last. Augusta. Maine, April 22. ? The Kdr wards Manufacturing Co., of this city, employing nearly 1,200, will, in about two week* restore wages to the eoiied nle in force previous to Nov. 12, 1894, when a cut of ten per eon!, was made. A UBSPONDBNT SUICIDES . . v Carlos Wlleo* Had Lost a Fine Or* nnite Grove by <h? Frecie. Snnford, Fla., April 22. ? Oarfos 8. Wilcox. w!m> lived near hope and ownea a line orange grove before the frees* committed suicide yesterday \ty shoot ing off the top of his head. He left let* ters to his wife showing that the deed was deliberate. He bvs been much de pressed because of the loss of his grove. Mr. Wilcox came here from Now Eng land and today Mrs. Wilcox returned to her friends in that section. OTOI'H CHURCH MONET. Alonio Snider Makes Away Wltk . Calk Lire Hl?b. <Jhicago. -jUlfC, Adrll 22.? The recent ??> examination oY the/books of the Second Baptist ctroreh et' which Alooso flnlMt is bookkeeper and Collector npi*arent deficiency of $7,000. Bolter, who Is 00 years old, admits a shortm off?, 000. 'Hie cJrareh sril not llfif cute him. Snider nam been living at tha t'lftv W.wv- ? 7 ~ ? |3 - - rate of fl.SOO a r?r iHd Is fck mmrj has been less than fl.000.