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OLJNA'S OLD VETERANS. (kHAV A?8KMULY KXI'KCI KU <* IVM LlllttKAL l?tfiNSIONS. Jkt'thOvN?>V Constitution IttMjutrcs* I'liut lioriy to l>o. lutvi-oMluK \ Figures. v. fit look* ver y much now hh if the old iiilicrft of- tbo Htttto of Hontlt (htrolim^, /o io l'ftro a litilo brttor tit ijh? nana f tbo Htate for which they ejuluiy jtir<l?ht)>3 uajxifftllolovl iu tho iiiUtoYWj will I Aito 23 h ?siir country. THocMou 5 of Atoiiolo \lll.\of low Constitution this prov hloh wont through liko a U<w{? resented iu tho couvontion : , 'The gonoral assombly is dwerod au<i .rofluirod at uftor tU0;#ktiou of otuW* provide ?uch " _>H) ral logfsliUix^i^ jftU ?ooure[ftu ani^^_- . ^indigent or disnl|i^FvTonfod<i ;.tUer and nail or of this Htato af , rte Ooulwjorato Slate* aonH of this State, ami also U ??. gout widows of 06li fedora -tUld HRilolB." fiiiim.il ? It will bo noticod that / j nssorobly is not only ' 'tf , t)|'ut but "required to do tl# , . tho word "liboral" has / -j -speaking of tho l>rov^-n for >thes>o vet or u a 8 " Veterans. Tho peuatynors of nevJt* received more Ik. from tha Stfvto. For f ft closed thoy jWvod- Jturc pittance. yhft^ tho ^ fojf consider a' 'liberal 1>;H ?nsiouers tematns \ pMi,is0 to ~o of generfl ?ntorc*t)ite hfw on kuow that at preseuf pen8iooergi its pension rolls J\\oaflo1M np. Were were] 14V iu* 10(J boing .?.?-??proved during the/ ftppiicati0ns rejected, making |j10 oluj Gf /or were 2,273 the preceding y^ft-ing the past firuames on tlio roypped from the year 108 names L 1.omovR]jrom list by reason 0/yea?jp8t ended ? the State. PuJbnsions tho sum " the Stato paid rxpendituro in of $50,100, tliOjf tho 'fionfrion oludnvg the e^oifi.lO. boards, oto.. Pensioners given Tho numuy means indicate nbovo doert vj ^npitlly dc icjatel .n^fdy veterans, who ..easing aiWovcd \>y a liberal would be a, Southern prido pension, *l\ forced' to do so by . prevents JT applying for tho . dirtl dint yfoivrt) allowod. more' pitjhndor stood that tho It ie ? Btho coming seBsioir legislaivlgiy toward tho pen a?t mtjfr Jnt (he intention of -jdonerifani convention by havo year just >noro will Iheso Uraay act as win bo loedy veterans. gen ii hknnkwsvillb. -if \ iitel and Several Stores 'i'hty.. Lous $20,000. Tlio Now s and Courier-] . villo says: ? ' f'fhtatl o'clock lire, broke o totally eonauming the with half its contents, h' store and cntiro cou Jjhu S. Moore's furnituro Intents, Mr. JohnT. Doug fore and nine-tenths of the fid damaging tho stocks of 6oll and Georgo W. Waddill,^ irchandiso, fully ono-half. Inr^d by insu{*uce, except js, who had no insurance, locks and buildings about (Ration In Sou^li Carolina, io interesting to note that fin )$> Normal Colloge expects k General .AsHombly -for an J pi >n of 852,000 for tho man tho Colloge and tbo pay fV k indebtedness. 'ifeo tr?t8 hav>ne beyond tho appropria is ifioir desiro to have evcry fng ct^ Idlego f:ht Btyj fjunts ?v.. ? mm ieted for the opening of tho to have it flniHhed iu the iif workmanship. Tho ao FJUMVO i' that tho trusteos havo /pent $!i)0 over tlufc appropriation, ftnd togtr with tho $30,000 which rill bo af for tbo running oxponses /for .the c^nt yoar the appropriation fame asKfbr will bo $52,000. Tho Citadel J pmy will r.pk for $21,400, the 8on( taroliua CAlf^go for $30, 000 .and flin for $5,000, and the Clomson lege will run on its regu lar inoonj oiu the Government and privilege funds. . Lastyear tho ap ?ropriatic were: Clemson $35,000, onth C*i a College $25,000, CitA jdel $18,00 jlaflin $5,000, Wiuthrop S70,510. will rbe noted that the "^?w?at to| aaked for this year for higher/(tyonql institutions is much ^le? been* in some time. r Tk^ll . If Branching Out. Th?reii no talk of the Florida Csotatf <i eninsular Road building from"Cayce's to Cheraw. [ve/ the Florida Central l*r a dire?t? line from ;o Hamlet, N. C. There rnnning between Chora w t^o pnrpoee ia to give itral and Peninsnlar ion witV^e Seaboard fipur Would be"abont iug anp would make an neetioo. The Florida ainralar now ha? eon tho Atlantic Com* Line I he Southerh at Cajcc\ L, andno doubt wUhee a ?lie :;u. . / #1K IMMPKNSAKIKS. How 'Ity nistribulfd Through* ; out I ho State. Tiny ?i?ly "rto oouutv in which tbo t-P ?' liquor is prohibited, niul tbftt /Marlboro. The following i? tho oftici l'a^ ?' <tinj>onHtu'ieK throughout tUo ul> to : ovillo County ? Abbovillo .Court UqP ' ien County? \ikon Court Hout>e, jjyton, Wagouer. doreon ?*>unty- Anderson Court *ao* . * oriuveil Couuty ? Allundalo, ISlfuik o, Bamberg, Pennmrk, Kyoait\$fe,c, nrnwoll Court Houho, llcaufort. County ? Beaufort, Mull lop.'rori uoyui. JJorki'loy County ? Kutuwvillo, Mouok'a (Joruor, St. Btophon'a, ttuui morvillo. Mount I'loftunnt. Clareudon County? Manning. Colleton Conuty -- St. George's. AValterboro, Adams Ttun, Sumiuerville No. 2, Jacksonboro, Bantowlcs, Salko hatche. Chester County ? Chester Courts JToUSO. . Chesterfield County ? Chora w. Charleston County ?Palmetto Brew- I ory, Srtllivnu's Island, L. J). M aliJ stedt, J. A. Tieneke.u, T. D. Forbes, F. Von Stanton, II. A. Meyer, C. F. Steinmeycr, M. W. Powers, \V. W Salo. Darlington County ? Darlington Court House. Edgefield County? -KilgelleM Court HouHe. Fairfield County- Winnsboro, Kitlge way. l'loronctx County ? Timmonsville, Florouco. o Georgetown County? ( ieorgetown Court House. " Oeonee County? Seneca. Qfeonvillo County?J, S. Hill, J{. F. G. Holtzolaw, Hampton County? Yarnville, Bruu ho?. HatDi'tou. liaoMA^.K4:vjitu Horry County? Toddvllli\ Kershaw Couniy ? Camtt'ir. Lancaster County ? Lancaster, lver tihaw. Laurens County- ? Lanreuju. Lexington County?Lexington, Cha pin. Marion County ? Marion, Dillon. Marlboro Conuty ? Nono. Newberry ? Newberry. Orangeburg County ?Orangeburg, Elloroe, Branch v i 1 le-^or t Motto, Liv ingston, HpringftelHrHt. Matthew's. Pickens Con urty? Pickens Court House. Biehland County ? C. A. Cartledgo, W. D. Price, T. A. Scott, J. M. Roach Sumter County? Sumter Court House, Mayesville. Spartanburg County ? Spartanburg, Gaft'uey. Union County ? Union Court Houbo. Williamsburg County ? Kingstree, Oreeiey ville. York County? Tir/ah, Blneksburg. Tourists' Dispensaries: Charleston JAotel, Spartan Tun, Spartanburg; Piuo Forest Inn, Summerville; High land Park Hotel, Aikeu. ? The Stato ln>ard 1ms arranged for tho opening of dispensaries at Olai, in Barnwell County, and another dispell-, sary iif ColmgJjia. The county board of Spartanburg has been advised that a second dispensary has been authori sed for Spartanburg, and that it should elect ii dispeuser, aud as soon as ho qualifies the dispensary will op< n "for business. SAMI>& WIMi NOT l)OWN. o (% . _ ? A Xt>w- ('???? tho 8tnh> fcjtt prctuo Court. Dr. Popo is at the diispousnry law again, nud thijj time bo Wings tip its constitutionality before thy State Su . preino Court. ^ Dr. Popo aud Mr. M. A. Carlisle, attorneys, lmvo tiled with Clork Broojts of tlio Supremo Court, tho appeal in the cuhc of Ilobort W. Portorlield, who wrh charged with Hulling liquor with out a liceusc. Tho case was called at the November toMlToT- court for New berry couuiy<"iMoro Jydgo liarlo. Dr. Popo moved \to quaeh tho indict ment on tho ground that tho law was i nuooUKt itutional and contrary to tho principled of magna charta. Judge Earlo overruled these objections Por tcrtleld was convicted and Houtcnced jto tho chain gang for three mouths or jpay a line of &I00, or bo confinod in the penitentiary for V Mo period. ;Tho attorneys nppealed to the Hupremo jConrt, and pending tho appeal tho exe cution of tho sentence was stayed. Tho following are tho grounds of (appeal: J Because tho circuit judge erred in jover-ruling the motion to quafh the jindiotnyutthi thin caso booauso tho in di&fcrffcnt waS based Upon tho dispen sary act, approved January 2, 1805, which said law is contrary to tho pro visions of tho constitution of tho State' of South Carolina and is therefore ntfll and v6i?b Because tho said law is in conflict with the constitution of tho United States, which is tho supreme law of tho land, and the acts of congress pas Bed pursuant thereto, and fa thoreforo, unconstitutional mill and void. Bemuse said law is contrary to the principles ot magna charta, and of the common* law /of England in foree in this state beroro tho adoption of the con?tiiution?jqndwMch aro the inher itance of all thb-eiticsns of the United States " a ad of this State* over and above the constitution of this Stat^ and of tho United States. It will be quite a tins before any Anal decision will be reached in this case. The Visible (Supply of Cation. Tbe total visible supply of cotton fOr the world la of wbMi ?,71T,?14 bales are Aaforiea*, against *,M0,7M bales sad 4,4N,Mt hates Mpeetlralj last year. KtM.'HpU of xvHto# this seek at sit Interior tovrsM, 1X7, W !*????*. Hoot 1(4*. Irgm the 1 ?*** "*** 1 . s * A OIItOHL.AU T " Issued by <ien. ,C. I. \Valkcr|J(^?'?ll|"' " of tho Coilfederaoy. All tho old Confederate soldiers of South Carolina know that it litis born proposed to erect a building wherein there shall bo collected ?ucl preserved tho rooords pertaining to the late war. In regard to this great undertaking Gotr. C. I. Walker has addressed tho following oiroular letter to the men of tho South Carolina Division : Headquarters S. C. Division, ^ United Confederate Veterans, Charleston, 8. ('., Dec. '27, IK!if?. S Circular Letter A'". ] : Tho attention of tho camps of this disvisiou is called to tho very practical aud feasible plan which has beeu^j adopted"' to ?4Qoure the necessary amount for tbo "ereelion of the Buttle-' Abbey of the Southern Confederacy. Its succors is near thj hearts of all of our comrados. It is our desiro to see soon erected this substantial memorial building, in which will be gathcrod tho precious mementoes, truthful docu ments and tho many relics of our memorable struggle. This collection will be the evidoneo and of inestimable value to auy historian who will do justico to tho^great causc f^r which wc gavo our all and many of our loved comrades yialded their lives. It is duo to them, it I ib duo to ourselves, it is duo to our descendants, t hat a true and correct history of tho war shall bo writtey. Such a history will. show that tho Confederacy was rigjjt, legally and morally, aud defended with a heroism uuequalod in tho history of the world. This collection of relics, documents, etc., must bo made now, bjit thoy will only bo surrendered by their owners when they are assured Hhat- they ?*411 bo placed beyond tho" reach of harm iu a substantial fireproof building and be pAtaerved with trustworthy care. This can only bo accomplished by tho ex penditure of the 'money- which is sought to }>o gathcrod. If this 'is not teason enough, then that tho U. C. V. have committed themselves to raiso tho amount neces sary slioultt-mcito every camp to tho most earnest exertions. ? An appeal to South Carolina for any noble cause is sur j to find a glorious response. An appeal to them for an object which wil' do honor nhd credit to thyir loved Confederate soldiers touches them oven more deeply. Such an appeal to you, my comrades of the South Carolina Division, and to you for It cause whose gr?y?P object is t?? preserve for all tii.lo tho evidences of your hcroic. actions and that of ouc dead comrades, will mcot* with a most liberal response. HewyH4id with but ouc-hundrcth part of tho aTacrity with which you sprung to arms at. the crill of our Stato' in 18f?l and you will do more than full duty as South Caroli nians and U. C. V's. C. T. Walkkk, Major General Commanding. Official: James li. Holmes, Adju tant General,/ Chief of Staff. fc'lie Poll Tax. County authtora are now arranging for the asscHHinenta for tho now year. There will l>e a material chango in tho j matter of poll taxo* an?l tho following circular letter of Comptroller Onoihpl < Norton on the irabjeet wilt ho intefest- j ing: ' ' - "Tho new Constitution, which goes ; iuto full operation aftet the 81st of ? December, 1895* provides for a poll tax upon all nalo citizen* of tbis 8tato?! under 60 years of age of $1, except ing j C-on federate aoMiere above the age of ' 50 years. It will be well for you iu taking (etarna for thp fiscal year 1896 to hare regard to this constitutional I provision and take returns for pblls j accordingly and possibly save yonr office and poll taxpayers trouble and a&noyanee." < There ir every reason to' expect* much larger collection than nmuJ on acooirat of making reg istration. contingent opon the payment of tsxep j \ y " hum . * Oe orgs Kirk. %***? irv>af a S?MneWa a * "X . jF- ?* '-"O "t"*. i urn plot Ion of tho IIoura rmummiiic ot Flimix-inl I.fjjtslntlon. By a majority of thirty-four votes tho Iiond bill was passed by tlio House of Repre sentatives at Washington aftor two days had been dnvntHil to ifadlscusMori. Portv-soven Republicans east their voww uuainst tno uiil. Only ono Democrat, Mr. Hutchison, of Texas, voted for tho measure. Durlng-tho first day's debate tho opposi tion on both sides ot the IIouso was chiefly dlrooted against tho first section of the bill, which eoutalns tlie provision for tho three par cent, colli bonds. Nnmorous speeehcs woro made pro and con, and tho dismission contlnuod until tljo hour of adjournment. Whop thp House convened for the second day*fe oonsldoratlon of tho B:>nd hill but throo hours remained for debate. Tho voto by tho torms of the rulo undor which the llouao was operating was to bo taken at 8 o'olock. Tho nttondance was large. Tlio first speaker was Mr. Broslus (Rep., Pourr.l, who arttuod in favor of the bill. Mr. - barker (Hep., N. J.) and Mr. 8towart (Bop., N. J.) also spok? for tho bill. Mr. MeLaurin (Dem., H. O.) said ho should oppose tho bill. Others who opposed tho moasuro tforo Mr. Bartlott (Dem., N. Y.)r, Mr. Bailey (Dem., Texas) and Mr, Marsh (Bop., III.) Mr. Cannon (Rep., III) spoke at longth in support of tho bill mid was fol lpwod by Messrs. Tawney(Rop., Minn.), Bur ton (Hop., Mo.), Connolly (Bop., III.). Hop kins (Bop.. III.), Payne (Rep.. N. Y). Mr. Russell (Hop.. ;Conn.) supportod tho bill briefly, and then Mr. CpUtp (Dom., G.i.) closed the debato for the Douaooratlo side. Mr. Dalr.ell (Bop., PenW.) closed tho debate for tho majority. / I u aocompneo with/the provfsloa* of the orjlor of dqpiitej Mr Johnson (Bop., Cal.) at three o'clodfc #oraandod a division of the question, and the voto was takbn.ou the first miction of tho bill. It roeuitod: Yeas, 170; iinys, 186. The voto was composed as fol lows: Yoas? Republicans, > 169, Demo crat, 1; nays? Democrats, '*82, Republi cans, " 47. Populists, 6,- Silverite, 1. The announcement was, rebel ved with ap plause. Thero w<U? n^'tftr^on upon the second section of' tha-dilll, and it v^ras de clared adopted and tho bill passod at twen i ty-llvo minutos past three o'olock. Then Mr-Dlnglsy, CJi;Alnnnu of the. Oom ,mUtoo on ways and Means, stated that a general understanding had been had by which no business would be transacted for a week, so that mombera tfho so desired could spond Wow Year's at home. HEALER SCHLATTER FOUND. Discoverer! In a Mexlcatl' Village by Three Americana. * v E. P. Houston, Receiver of the Po orp/. Dcc<?tur and fevausvllle Railroad; J. W. Sny der, n business man of ParU, 111., and L. II. Stanley hive returned to Albuquerque, New Mexico, from a few days' trip in search of ?'Healer" Schlatter. They fo.ind him in an obs^uro Mexican settlement, west of Cabi 7.011. about eighty miles from Albuquerque, siting by the fire reading a Bible. niiroii kiuttk. HtiMilhMdi on Mr. Houston,. wbo had aoogh * him to oata ? oaralyjlt of tfae Ufi ?Ma. Ha hold Us hand* for a n hour or own. Md Mr. Houatoa daslaraa bo hu bt*a fiaatlj??a?fttea,?e^op? la tlmato b?p?i mhwSlw told AM that, a* far m ha MmrTtho Fhther had dtpected hho to *o,to OiBtral Amartca, bat he will ?top wne 4?p at a Zaat ia<a ratloa. Ha bado th* atraa* ?i fsod>hr?, aonal*4 hU ?Ml? Imnk ??! rotfo off through tk? *a*4/ 10 tha ?oatbvca^ J III"1 INTKliF.StlXtt lil.MS I' HOM Abb : OV.KK THK SI A rio. , - ? ? f - j-'- ? Hard times In IScanfort. 'J ho Beaufort correspondent of th*^ I Columbia State says : \\ are without , doubt suu lcrgoing tin* most Mriugent j financial dopr? ssiunt 1 tt.i has been t \ju - j riencoil ill this srytion muco tho war. i Tho times nro luudei Limn c.vcr during th "i period t t\n t followed tlii) Vngust cyclone. There i>* inoro real want ?.?!' money to relievo omlmrrnssineuts than At Any time resulting from natural dis asters by oartlupinke or l>y wjud and storm. Tho grout imhedrn i that UiO phosphate mines en ated are suspended ami loss of circnlation from tho em ployment of labor ban caused such a Hortroity (if money that all ImsinoKH and employments nro paralyzed, ami there in Huftbriiur among a class of people that havorKery thing to hny and noth ing to buy with. The agricultural pop ulntioii nud tlio comparatively poorer clasaes nvi; hotter t ?!V than tho;?e wh/ havo unrcmnucrntivo proportioa ny 00 1 lings and occupations and profo HiotiH that can get no money cither ?8 privAto creditors or as creditors of the courts, A great many vooplo w ho havo proportion find it (ilHcult to raise money to pay their taxes. Tho small taxpayers Irtivo been able to raise limit' pittances for tho public treasury, hut tho larger taxpayers can only do so at] groat Kacrilice. As a eonse<pieiieo tho creditors of the courts have t<> wait for rluKiseiVaVmn of the pho.sphato industry in gloomy on account ot tho low price of rock. The worka arc closod down and the millaaro hardly working. 1 he cotton crop has been a good one, but tho prices uro low. Fortunately the provision crops have been Abundant and the negro farmers nro the least sul fereru. A Harrowing OccunciKic. A very burrowing occurrence in ro- I ported from uear VcmuNsee, tho details of which mo most nail and distressing. Mr. W*. C. Webb, ilio telegraph oper- ! rat or ><t that station* quite it Hue, ! steady young man, had married some yearn ago a Mi/tu Hicks, to whom li<* j was tenderly devoted. A short time j ago bIio died under distressing circum stances. The disconsolate husband refused tt> ho comforted and lost his reason from grief. Tuesday night ho Huddonly quit home and the family, who had anxiously watched his domen 'iod condition, became alarmed and ^?out in Hcarch for him. After an in effectual Jnuit, with their worst fears for his safety being exited, tli^y re paired to the ccmotory, wjiero the re mains of his wife werejutcn^d. There they were confronted, iy tho early dawn, l>y a spectacle that 'was enough to curdli: tin? blood of the most Unsen sibles Hatching the grave, tfboy fotiud the wretched, ilernoiitcd husband down in tlio( 'frpshly- tilled grave, hi? body naked aha begrimed with mud and dirt, where he had been all night, dig ging out the loosertod earth \rith his hands until lie had well-nigh, reached tho fosket in which were encased his I beloved wife. It was with dillieulty ; thoy could tear him away from tho spot, while uttering the most heart ftmdering screams that portmyed ttiO dopth and. measure of bin woes. Ho was taken to CbarK'stou lor treat incut. ? ? ?1. . ? A Fire in kcrsluuv. Tho now hotel l^uilding at Kershaw, owned by !)r, Haile, and which was being pushed to coni]>Ietion tor ('apt. . -Uooton's occupancy, was burned Wed nesday morning. AIko Mr. h. . F. Stratten's residence, near by, was burned. The llaile building was near ly finished. It was a twelve-room, two-story building. (Japt. Denton was to commence moving to-morrow. J>r. Haile, who occupied a room in tho wing of the house, escaped undressed. Ho lost somo valuable furniture aud relics. Mrs. Htratten had been sick for over two wrtiks, but was taken out ami carried to Col. Ashe's, across tho street, and a part of their rurniture was saved. The loss is probably?t.()00. j Dr. Haile had about Si, HOfj insniauco ? ami Mr. Htratte.i #100 or $500. The I general impression is that 'it v.iih tho ! work of an ineendiarv. y . . ^ * To <i? ? ? The Newberry correspondent of tbe Charleaton New* A- Courier Mays: About ono thousand dollar* have' been sen tby ^cgrotH to iiirmingbum to piuvlmao paaaage to Liberia. How many ncgroea are going from Newberry cannot bo dotwr-minc^l. but many ??T them ar<> in on uiiHctll 1 stiituof feeling on tin: suf frage queMtou and do not know whither t*> turn. ** i Potilloiipd (lonjirps*, Threo hundred and seventy- four | citizoni? of Lancafiter county liavo pro pen ted to OoogrenH, through Hrnator Jj a petition for nn investigation of thi' Mectioiib iu thin State. - ? - ? v A Christinas Dinner. The penitentiary authorities gave the 400 convict* a big Christmas dinner and ?iiiowc<V?ttcm a day yfor frolic. , To KiiconrMgn Emigration. A charter wan issued to the South Carolina Midland Company. The : directors ebotod arc: J. W. Cr-tw, R. H. Edmonds, jtfyer Newberger, J. L. Villauga and jl^keJBrown; president and treasurer, Mflte Brown; rice president, ,?. L. Vtllanga; aecretary and treasurer, ,1. M. Eaat^rling. The j company proposes to induce aettlera to ?>u? to (to# Htate and.V>?ell th<? cotapeWw'a -property. The. <oinp*?v lufim wttha paid up capital of $30,000, - 4 I LIVELY "PHiLGE"MBBTING| j Atlemptod Protest Aecainst the Pros- j Idont's Venetian Me$&?0. THE SPEAKERS- WERE HISSED.; t It ?? I'ollrn Tiu iif l llu> Out and I Clonrcil |fio ?ili?4 Atiuut llio Sc itlmciit in Knjj> html >? ii <1 (>u 1 1 1 o l'onlluoHt?--.\\? I'wr of * funic. A pr>u -'?? nuM-tiutf, o.^llo 1 1>Y (ho Hety t<> protest nxuiust I'l'osMmit (Uovo)nn I's action in thn Yeuo/.uolnu mutter nt Coopor Union wan omy of tho m<>?t ^.nwrkabln ?atlM-rlnK* over h&AJ- in Now YoJr (Mj. it I- rv>t often thut u ninn liko \)r. l,yin:u? Ab t'Ott, tho venomblo p^tor of l'lymouth Churoh, Brooklyn, was hiMOil, bnt hp was fctoppoil repeHtoilly for rfponkini; in opposi tion to tho Hontiiuont of tho into m03*f?>io of I ho IVesldouf. fl is not often that mon liko F.rii' il How* av.l Oiom' >y nnd Honi'y GcorRo'nvo hh?c; i>u. iiVM\N Atsuorr. (A Speaker at the Pone.) Mooting.} when tlioy nrlso to address u Now York au dience, but ttaoy had work to luako them- i smIvor iitwril ut Cpopor Uulon. Every speaker w.v eheeroil and hlssod by j turns, aii'l It was a limiting Which showol I how intense a fooling has been aroused by <le? President's statement to tho country re yarding tho Venezuelan question. Tho great hall was full. Nearly every scat was taken, yot there was no crowd at the iloor. No one who paysod Cooper Union at 8 p. m. would ha vi: iiunffined a gr.wt moot ing was k?I"K on, except as ho could hoar the checrs and hisses Inside. Forty policemen worn iu tho hall, and many of thorn wore needed to keop In tig-, naut auditors in thoir floats. It took bardl liooil to speak to that uudienoc. There were uiiiny who woro ready to hiss attacks' on a ad to chcer good words for tho President and his Nonrotary of State. Every concoivablo olo?nent of Aineri enu National Hfo was. ' represented at tha meeting, and nt Its close Ac-tin*; Captain Woodruffs of the Fifth Pre cinct, was ? compelled to marshal his forces add dear tho platform of tho con tending factions. It is hardly necessary to Bay that confusion reigned supreme. Tho ltov. Lyman Abbott, Henry Heorge, FrankUn Piorcc, Charles Francis Adams, r.uu othor more or loss prominent"" luon wore, hustled off tho stage in tho me.lqp, And the lights had to be turned down boforo tho 'ex cited audience finally dispersed. COOD FEELING IN ENGLAND. No Fear There Nomt That T.ti sro Will Mr War Wltli Thli Country. Harold Frederic, au Amerioau no vol 1st, who Is tho resident Londou correspondent _Dl tho Nog. York linnuty cablwt to his paper i "Everything relating to tJi':Ven? ejsuolan quostion Is colored by thoflinpros slou prevailing bore that I ha, political st rain ootweon England and tho United' States Is diminish!^: sensibly. ? Crejvt nttenilon has been given to the pul? pit utterances In both cojutrios, and tho opinion that tho situation lias Improved Is ba'-od principally ou them. Liberal no'ltloijyis ar? watching develop ments with tho closet scrutiny) but no dis position Is s.iown by thorn yet to dlssuit from Salisl ury's po-ttion, though they pri vately confess to the hopo that Amoolea may offer a compromise whloh they can ^nsltt on making tjio Salisbury Government n^ppt:* There ar? no signs yet of any ofllcJnl tendency on the Continent to fish In uie troubled Venezuelan wuteM, though papers that are coming in nowahowth.it tho tone j f Continental comment, while nimiii.*t tho Monroe doctrine, has been much more hostile ?o England than summiiri*<dtologrnpho(t hero jave represented It to bo, SNOW STOIOIS. Itll* Prevail In the Northwest r fy and 'I'runic 1h Miirli Itetard?-<|. A blizzard ftruok Clove hind, O., with grout fury Monday evening. fi* 8 o'clock, Jor in-nrly 24 hours thorn had boon n steady t?f mirt Tvh'Ti" thn wind shifted Htiddonly to the northwest, I blowing n groat gale, bringing with It a lino nnow which fell thick And fust. A foot of snow oovorft the ground, jiLlij dinua|<v1)!*f Ind., the result of n Atorm which iK'ftnn Monday at midnight. A hliwcard rivalling in Intensify the nnow storm of K?brun'ry, 1895, wh?n.ToIodo wic HhowWound for three day?. was raging ov??r northwestern Ohio Monday night. Army Officers Kebnked. Certain army officers who havo appeared in recent interviews In the nowspapers in dl?cuwtiori(< of the possibility of war und out lining their Ideas of what should be done In such sn event, have received personal b-tters from Becretary of War Lament se verely deprecating such talk. Kxprwdunr. [ from soeh ???ure*s,- he tmy, are not only Svon undifo slgoMbrance, l>ut tUey are nlrj jurioiih lo tho good reputation of the dis 1 cipline of tho arm/ and harmful to ihit country in contrlbutiug to an unwarranted apprehension. fl , Rff?ct of tbn Mlaaouri Flood* ) Aa the water recede# In Um auboaerged \?tr1cls of Missouri the e?teM of lb? data a j 1 1? im'Ull/1'H Tbi vAejA of tb? O atMand Gasconade rirera mffarad moH artd it is not an eaaggemtion td p Imm Um i*? rw^jlOT?t 6flil 111 lo^tlwWL y the supply of Kr^rnU ? a*l mat a train b*s arrlv* 4*Wr 4 am* < ! tttution prmilf at JUa# yWf !5f. . WM&sk mi LATEST NEWS < ! IN BRIEF. I . b . c;m-:amn<.s fko.m many i?oint8. ? . ? #- ... . . ? (ai|>or(nnt Hapju'ijln Doth Jllom? dihI VurdAHi Hrlolly Told. Newsy Southern Notes. JIhmo wtu^, a tnrrilde at or in in fin a ii J central Coxae. Tuesday* ^uoU daningo wnii donb. Piro destroyed t l?o entire south eiOte of the 1'iisin. t i(uur<> of Gurloya, Ala., cutuil : ng a clour loss, of tf'Jo.lOO. Alport Pranklin ami Mrs. Groon are in jail at Lenoir, N. C., on a charge of poisoning tho hitter's husband.. * At tvouisvillo, Ky., rovou prisoners btVed u h'>lo through ?v coll in the coirty juil and made their csoupo. 'J li>\ two ?S<mthern Chapters of tho H. A, hfc fraternity mot in Atlanta oti Thursday. Forty colleges wero ropre Keutod. Thumlay was Xo?;ro Day nt tho At Inntu 1 ?- \ | ?c>h i t i (. i j and largo numbers of tho rueo liravod tho tfovero wont her to uttcud . Action will bo token in tho courts to prevent tho continuation of tho sulo of tho IVrt lloyid Woatoru Carolina Unilroud to tho. Southern. .T. It* Uright, president of tho .First National Hank of (,'orsiqaua, Tex., com n i i 1 1 o < I suieido Tuesday in his private tillieo I > v Hhuulnr-' liimsiJl~l\" ' rrnrTTT tiikihk ?d thomiuing [own of Uarue.sty, aix miles from there. |>iKHidihllcd nViners and wliiskoy aro I ho cause. . Thu (J. A. K. Post and two Confed erate vt torun camps in West Virginia 1 in vo adopted resolutions upholding the tS evident in tho Monroe doctrine >mu) t > offer their united strength to tho country in case of wai\ Au engine on tho h>. C. & Ga. Kail* load pitched into tho Aaliloy river Tuesday ino/jung near Charleston, B. (!., mid Fngincor Maxtor and llrulco iniiii Turner wero killed, and Firoman lioyco received Kovcr.e injuries. Two freight IraiiiH on .tho Georgia Pacitlo collided near Peyton, Ga., , Thuradiiy. Two ilrcmon and a brake- , u>an, nil negroes, wero killed nnd En* gineer Wood inorttilly wounded, l'iye tramps wire badly injured but will) live. ? ? ... ? Northern News Notes. The Lewis Investment Company of Dcb Moines, la., liaa failed. Lord Dunraveli is in Vow York. He ninkes eh urges of fraud ftgninst tho De fender, and an investigafou is being made. V Tho coke workers of tho Connella ville, Pa., region Christmas day got an advance of from 10 to 15 per coot. Nearly 18,000 workers wiU. b^lHHto fited. i Tho Cino^inati Chamber /of Com-. - - mcrcc, by unanimous voto, adopted resolutions commending tho action of President Cleveland in tho YenezueWto matter. ^ ^ The Lawronco reduction works, at Lawronee, Cripple Creek, Colo., were burned Tuesday. The plant coUt $100," ? 000. Tho loss of supplies is Insurance go0,-0tHfr? ? Mr. Bamuel U. Bhockloy, c^Ohio, it is announced, bas^set out ti??alk around the world ou a wagor of $10, and expects to malco the journoy in forty-eight months. In pentencing a "green goods" man nt New York ltecordor Goff aaid tbo Legislature should pass a law providing for tho punishment us felons of farmer# who come to town to buy green goods. Fire totally destroyed tho large malt house owned by Alfred Hammond, of Lyons, N. Y., Tuesday night. Ihe grain storo house. of O. Adams <fc Hons was idbo burned. Loss, $65,000; covered by insurance. ? ' AYuslilngton. a ' Thp committees of the SorrSlo are to ? - bo re-organized and will then pfteainto the hands of the Republicans, .. ????' * . For? Ik ii. Tho Hawaiian government ha? BU* T V dor consideration tho grantiug of a full pardon to ex-Queen Liliaokalanl V for her attempt to recover her throne. Tho C hi iuniyjr uisLjr KvvaQ-Piog,^f|> ~tu rod in tho war by the t>ipane?e, wrecked on the Peiwadmro Islagy1|{OT^ r v cember HUU >nd 00 mou are^iaalng. The J^>ndon Truth adrisea tbf rtf-; V' erertco to tho ipifcH%Mi? ooneerning tba. ... entiro territory U^dispiite betw^^ Great BriUd" and VenezueU to tt?e ar-; bitrttlon.of tho Japanese gOTernmett*#-?' Tint fui? text of Manitoba's the Hoinmioti government < nruto schools quewti'.m i? IW Tho Manitoba govornraettt refuses tho propel to ^^PUAhAflgk tom of separata schoola in any fttnEr ' ' ? _ m ??% . . i ^ 1 The capture of Zeitoun r troops is conflrroed. The J ordered the court martial o ;?T(?ISSSt? [_ repoxfc--. 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