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IB! RAIIROAD K *1' ' * ' ^ Columbia Has an Important Case Decided in Her Favor, SHE CAN NOW COLLECT $1,300 From the Southern Katjroafl on Sl<lo Trucks Yvtthln Her Limits for Tuxes of IMlrt. The Supreme Court has Hied an opin ion in the important case of tho South orn railway against tho city of Colum bid in f^Vor of tho city, Tho<( question involved was tlio right of tho city to-tax tho Bidotrack's within its limits. 'Under tho charter of Columbia tho city official* assess tho value of tho *, main lino ami sido tracks of cach rail road ontoring tho oity. Tho Southern Railway Company claimed that tho city authorities sho\ul accept the valua tion fixed by tho State board of as?os 8018. - rrr; In arriving at tho valuo por mile of road tlio State board of assessors take the aggregate .v^luo of sidetraoks and prorates it per milo of *main lino. In this way tho cities and tow na nro deprivod of tho municipal tax uponUhoRidetracka within their limits. In mis particular case tho city of Columbia levied taxos on twelve miles of tho Southern's side tracks, amounting to #1,800, M'htch the Sou i hern refused to pay. This affbol8;only tho taxes of 1800, for uuder. tho now Constitution all taxes oro levied uy)Hf the State and county ' valuations. ' I The petitioners prayed for a writ of mandamus by which tho city officials should bo required to receive the assess ments of tho Stato board of assessors on three and a quartor milos of tho Clmrlotto, Columbia and AugustaTOad at ^18,000 por milo, ono milo of the Co lumbia and Greenville railifiltid at$10, - 000 per milo in lieu of the assessment of tho c;ity which included twelve miles of sidetrack within the oltj at $8,1)00 per mile. Judge Ernest Clary denied the writ and the city was permitted to as sess thesido tracks. Tho Southern rail?,, way appoalod on oight grounds. After reciting tlioso in detail and quoting the law, Justice Tope goes on to hold: "Now. it is apparent from tho sec tions that everything of valuo belong ing to a railroad ie included in ascer taining its value and that this valuo is apportioned to oacli milo of tho main track of tho railroad. Hence, when a mil*) of main track is taxod, such tax includes tlio value not only of -tho mile of lnft.in track but also all other taxable ... property of btich road according tto tho plaivfidoptcd in sootion 230. "This plan of assessment is fair and just. But- wo are "bound to admit thgt from a~ scrutiny of tho sections wo have mentioned, 210 tto 310, it appears that the assessment hfo'ro provided has ref erence] ohly t<y that for tho levy for Stnto ftud cou.ii*y taxes, or to be more exact tho taxes to bb collected by the treasurers of tho respective counties of the Stato. Thoro is nothing hero in contained which makes the assess ments herein provided for applicable to cities, towns or villages authorized by law to assess property within said cities, towns and villages for local ... taxation.?. It is true in* State exrela 0 tiono Koss vs, Kelly, 23 S. E. Repor ter, 281, this court held that the city auditor of tho city of Charleston was r oompelled-tw make tho asEORBmenta of taxablo property in that city from the assessment of such property taxa atiou as made by tho auditor ^tjCnarles .??ton-couuty-for -i>tale. iod-couuty-taxes;-" but that result was reached and so an nounced' in tho opinion prepared by Mr. Ju9tico Gary because although the State Constitution had empowered the general assembly to vest the power to assess and collcot taxes in cities, towne and other municipal ? corporations no such power had been conferred cither by a general or special act upon said city of Charleston. Wo shall Bee later on that the general assembly has clothed the oit.v of Columbia with the . power to lovy and assess property for taxation anil collect (axes. This is nomowhal of a digression. Wo meant to confine ourselvos JfRtating how this Stato Hoard of Assessors provided in 'their duties and the extension limits ? fixed by law fof the assessment of the property of railroads for taxation and that this assessment as therein provid ed did not relate to taxes to be assessed and collected for cities,' towns and vil lages for tho purposes of such munici pal corporations, but to taxation for ntato and county purposes. "We will next consider the power of tho city of Columbia to assess property within the corporate limits of said city for taxation for tho purpose of suoo ? municipal corporation. It is well al- i Ways to bear in mind when considering tho powet of a municipal corporation to lovy and collect taxos that no feuoh power in-inherent in such corporations. "" Tho general assembly of tho State is aloud invested, under the Constitution of 18ti8 with the power to levjf' and col lect taxes, but that Constitution did , clothe the general pssembly with1 authority to dolegato.ttua taxing power to a city, town or village, Mo. The aot of fill statute at large, '678,) >Hrafrtlg8t other things provides: "That any and all persons or corporations owning or having charge as agent, tauieiy yxacutor- or n4?ialftrator of ~i i>roperty, either real or peraorial or . .Loth are liable, for taxation- by and "TirifTnh ihacity <4 Columbia ahallmake discovery ana return of said Property ign: or before the 15th day of Babtatabar eachvyear apon oath or ' ijr of Baptamba ?r afflnLation t of sfda city a#'< ? ?ent of all t*x?* j^eaeurcapi ? a. according ..to* hit aaaaeaed jtfjf " . zuJSXr. - ~ - ? lag* oC the act ot 1899 straciion to ascertain iU rlgtu auong i no. year ip mauo an 09ROB6inciih.uputi the property of the pBti.tiouer'1* .company ut a. valua tlon fixed by tho city clerk and trvasui ?r of the city of Columbia, al fhotigh Biicli valuation was higher Hum tho valuation' as flxetl and d?t6nnined hy tho Stato boaid of assessor* booaiiMJ oven if tho provisions of tho revised statutes ( 1 dl>y > as'thoy appear in article 0 wore enacted lis a general law refer ring to returns and. assessments for tax ation for all purposes, including mun ioipal taxation, yet, I think, tho ait of 1898, amending tho charter of tho oity of Columbia, having passed Bilbao quontly to this general law, uavo tho oity authorities of tho city of Columbia the rigUt wtncli they claim <>r making a different and a highor valuation ami assessment nnd 1 hold that tho valua tion and assessment made by them of the property of the pititioner is legal." "It Is tho* judgment of this court that tho judgment of tho Circuit Court be u Mr mod. " Tlio dissenting opinion by Chief fus tieo Molver is as follows; "For tho reason" indicated in my soparato opinion in tho case of Ityss v:< Kelloy, 4(? tS. C. , p. 4t:?J, and ropcattd in an opiuiou (not yet liled) in-tlic Very recent caso of (Jermauia Sav ings Dunk vs. tliu town of Darl ington* I cannot concur in tho conclusions reached by <Alr. Justico Popo in this case On tho contrary, I am entirely satisfied that under the pro visions of tho Constitution . of 1 by which this caso inubt bo touted, thoro can bo but ono lawful assessmont of property for taxation whether for State, county or municipal purposes, and that assessmont must uoeossarily conform to tho assessment mado by the proper o!H cors for Htato and county taxation. - ? nfltf'" ? ? THE CORNKK-STOXI5 Ij AID To CJrocn wood's Court house? Th-t; Contonl*. . The coiner^fitono to Greenwood * courthouso w?s laid with impressive Masonic ceremonies on the 8th, Hon. Georgp Johnstone, of Nowborry, was tlie orator of tho day. Hie npeoch was well prepared and delivered with that eloquonco and lire whioh ono has b> hear and seo to be nblo to fully appre ciate. On the whole, it was an able | compoaitio.fi, well delivered, and in perfoct harmony with t he occasion, llis disquisition on local solf government was a master piece of statesmanship. In tho corner-stone were plucod the following mementoes : Copy of Holy Bible. Names of ,<inayor and cily conneil of Greenwood, S. C. Names nf Greenwood bar. Names of county oflic'erK. Names ofmombeis of Masonic IjodgG No. 91, A. F. 1W. Namosof building committeo. Names of physicians of Greenwood, S. C. Names of county board of edu cation. Pastors of difteront churches, presi dents and officers of cotton mills, banks and oil mill. . Superintendent and teachVs of Con nie Maxwell Orphan ago. Founder of new counties, Hon. Geo. D. Tillman'. "" -Orator of the day, Hon. Geo. John stone. Names of choir. Copy of Greenwood Journal, and nam 03 of its editors. , Ivy -leaf from grave 'of President .1 ef - forson Davis. u Orbovitae leaf from grave of Prcsi dont Jefferson Davis. Copy of Bichmond Dispatch, souve nir copy of Confederate reunion. Bullet 'from buUIellcId of Cliiclia manga. Bullot from battlelleld of Virginia. On tho faco of tho stone was the fol lowing inscription, on east/face. Erected by theVcity of Greenwood. A. J j. J. T. Barron, G. M. A. F. M. On north face: P. H. Hunt, Archt. N. Parteo & Co. , Builders. On tho wholo it was a great day in tho hiBtory of Groonwood. ENGLISH HOSPITAL l'LAN Of Krectlng Walls ICmpIoycd on llio / New I'urkor Hi^M<ling. Should tho mombora of tho General Assembly visit the Stale hospital for the insane when they are in session in Co lumbia next winter, they will sao such a building a^they littlo droamoircOuld be erected with the meacrro appropriation made for that purpose at their last ses sion. It is the Parker building. Though not complete, the walls have boon laid high enough to give an excellent im pression of how tho building will look. The walls have been built to the height of three stories apd enough brick arc on liaud.to comploto them. In conBtruoting tho walls a different plan is boiuj,' pursued from that usually followed. This difference consists iii leaving a cavity of ii inches betweon (JLio outer layer of brick and tho iunor layers. The object is twofold. In the first place during along continued rain brick walls absorb mucu moisture . and tho interior of a buildipg becomes damp, but with this cavity there isan iuinor and an outer swall, as it wore, and tho dampness only penetrates the outer. . Pryno*si? thoio fore secured. In Ihe second place it prompt coolness in tho summer. It is known a# the English hospital plan, and tMives brick without Treakcning tho walla. - Whan completed the building will af ford accommodation for- HW~C0l0Te<\r male patients, tliough tiso n umbo); receiving treatment is not so large as that. ? ^ Dr. Babcock expects to get tho build . inff ready for occupancy within a fow [..week*. -^The 8 La' ? MACkI^ IN WA8HIN(itO?f. i ? Judge OffHMiRK Appointment of . Colored Pott matters., of the 7th, eaya Judge Thomas J. Mackey, late of South Carolina, but practiata* law i? New ...York, ia hera, and will naa his ntmoot t adeavors : *-? n uif OR so iisiyY The Law mid tho Building and Loan Associations, FIGURE BEFORE MAKING LOANS Tlio Supremo C'?iurt of Mouth Carolina Sustains tho Claim of a (ioorgla 1 1 11 tiding and Loan Association, Tho building and loan associations that havo been doing businosa in this ?State havo boon of dooidod inlluonco in tho monoy markets. Thovo nro hardly liny townaor oitiea thataro without thoir building and loan associations, and a groat many places, iu addition to having aovoral homo enterprises to loan monoy on tho building afttj) loan plan, havo foreign agonoios. For somo time past thoro has boon a good doal of litiga tion by those who, when they wont to figure up, fouud that thoy wore paying more than U or 7 or 8 per cont on their loans, as thoy had suppoaed. Homo of tho companies woro charging as high a3 iy per conts, and porhaps more, but it. waa not exactly in tho shape of intor- \ est, but waa paid in for oxpousoh and the like. Tho courts havo rocontly hold that these contracts with tho bnibt ing and loan associations aro valid, and that uudor tho regulations of the asso ciations tho oompanios do not oliargo usurious interest. It will tlioroforo be prudont for anyono going into tlioso plans to do their figuring before mak ing thoir loans, instead of after getting tlto property with tho borrowed money, A socond'of tho casos rocontly dooul ed upon this matter, aud whioli deals more especially with the foreign build ing and loan companios, ib from Edgo iiold county. Tho Supremo Court roil dors a unanimous opinion, and prosonls the entire matter in tho opiuion of tho court by Justice Gary when it 'says: "Tho facts aro more particularly set out in tho deeroo of his Honor, .Judge' Buchanan, from which tho plawlfili's appealed, upon the following- 'excep tions: "I. Because Ilia Ilouororred in hold in" that tho contracts were to bo per formed in Sotitji Crrolina, and wero .South Carolina contracts and govornml l,v tho laws of South Cnvoliua, when ho should lrnyo found that tho ^vo jjon tracts wore governed and contiollod ??,> tho laws of tho Btato of Georgia. "?> Bccauso His Honor orrcd in con Bid or lug and deciding tho nuostion of usurv under tho laws of tho State of South Carolina wlion ho should htu? considered aud deeidod said questions under tho laws of the State of Georgia. ? *;3 . Hocause his Honor erred in de ciding and holding that the contracts woro usurious. i ? 1 i 1 ".J. Because his Honor erred in hold jnfT that tho contracts undor the laws of Georgia woro not usurious and 110, noualty could attaoh to tho case. 1 "a Because his Honor erred in not allowing tho plaintiffs, VO per cent, at* tornoy'sfeo. wLon tHfe* contracts dis tinctly specked that 10 per co?t at torney's fees should bo allowed if the contract^Tworo forcod to collection b5 Because his Honor erred in hold iii.r that tho amounts paid monthly on the shares of the defendant should be applied to reduce tho principal of the Bccauso his Honor.erred in flud/-. ing thanhere was duo by the defendant to tho plaintiff on both of said contracts the total sum of $1,031 /?*?. l -3 Because his llo/or erred in not allowing tho plaintiff 'interest on tho amount found duo t^him from tho date of filing tho decreo up to the date fixed for tho salo of tho real estuto. "The facts iu this case are in .no ie-. snoct maUBially different from .thoso in the case *ho Equitable Building and Loan Association vs. Vaneo, 40 h. U.. 402, except that one^Lthe bonds heroin coWainod tho\ollo^g provision It is further understood and, agreed that his obligation is a Georgia contract mid in all respects subject to and gov erned by tho laws of Georgia. "That case is decisive of all tho ques tions raised by the exceptions except th?'wlUdoUno?1Swisli, to bo understood, however, as assenting to the <}oct""? that if ibo contracts were to be con striied with reference to tho laws of South 'Carolina, instead of Georgia, thoy would not bo usurious. i ?'Tho fifth exception will now be con sidered. The bonds provide for the payment of attorneys' foes of 10 per L,it aud as tho contracts aro held out to bo usurious it follows that thoro was orror iu not allowing such focB. "We next consider the eighth excep tion This exception eooins to Jiave been takeu under a misapprohonRion as to tho'cffect of the judgment of fore closure as wo fail to find where his Houo&lccidcd that tho plaintiff not entitled to the interest from tho dato of the flling'of tho decreo up tu the time flxcd"for the sale of the prop eT%i ig the iui3gment%of this court that tho judgment of tho Circuit Court be modiflea so as to inform to the views herein announced. TIIK KLONDIKE TRIP. Mr. Kmerson/to OoJ*?*!*1 9}?** Tho l>w?t > Mr. A. 9. Emerson, tho promoter of the. expedition which will- leave ^har teuton next February for the gold fields of Alaska, will probably go to New York to close the deal for the vessel which i 8 W Uk'e the | MM; Urge and dance of all kind. Her eleven bridal chain ? dire to Uk? ? hopej^oott j? WKKK bV COMMtCKCIAIi ItlfiVIKW, Lavg(< IC\|uuls of Wlhcat and Coi n - Bradstroet's weekly', report of busi ness issuod for tho w oek ending Satur day, tho l Kl>, says: Tho business v eek lias been marked by a continu ation of comparatively fu:o buying from jobbers ami commission inoi*. chants iu anticipation of wants,' at al most all important distributing points. At a number of eon tors, spooiabrato o\ curtnous of merchants havo increased tho week's volmno of butyneas, not I withstanding tho intervention of a holiday. Cotton fabrics havo im proved their position in view of i ?i - creased ilomaml for cheaper material. There lias boon a faliiuK oft' in general trade in portions of Texas, duo in part to the ? unwillingness of planter** to soil cotton at its present price, but at cent al Western points, notably Chicago and 8t Louis, busi ness has boon quito aotivo. Western iron and stool mills aro praotioall.v inde pendent of buyers for tho romaii dor of tho calendar year. Tho August advance in prices for more than 100 staple raw and mauufabturod articles, products, live stock, oto. , amountod to 8.4 per cent;-, following a H. 1 per cent, .advance in July. During tho first six months of tho calondar year prices referred to fell away about 3.0 por eont. Exports of wheat (flour included as whoat) from both coasts of tho United States and Montreal show a falling off from last week, but aro still vory large, aggregating 5,401, ftOO bushels. With tho exception of last week, when tho to tal exports nggregatod 0,i(J8,s47 bush els, tlioy aro tho largest for any week this year and com pate with ex ports in the liko week a year ago of 8, 700, III, in 1895, of 1.810.0(H); in 1804, of 2, 780, 000 and in 1803 al 5,357,000 bushels. Corn exports aro tho largest for any week since last spring, abro gating 4,048,848 bushels, agaiust, 050, ouo bushels last year, 810,000 bush els iu'J&{)5, and (50,000 bushols in 1804, and 850,000 bushels in 18M. Thoro avo 178 bu^ines/'failuros; fail ures reported throughout tho United States this week, against 1N7 last week; <80S in the week one year ago; 218 two years a&o; 228 three years ago, and an compared with 800 in tho liko wool; of Soptembor, lfct03. There are 82 busi ness failures reported from tho Domin ion of Canada this wook, compared with 80 last week; 41 in the week a year ago; I'-i two years ngo, and as contrastsd with 80 in tho bko wxjok of 1 H08. \ ? ? ? ?>.. \ A HeinnrUablo Fiisb Ruii. ) The remarkable speed of tbo steamer Alabama of tho Bay Lino has boon tbo subject of an article in Tlio Miller, of London, one of tbo most important publications in Groat.. Britain. Tbo Miller quotes: "Tbo stehmer Alabama, of tbe Old Bay Lino, has recentlj' niado a trip between Baltimore and Old Point Comfort, on tbo Chosnpcako Bav, which is ono of tbo faBtost over mado on any inland woter in this couutrv. Tbo distanco is 172 miles, and, inclntl in# allowances for a roduction of spood ,in tho Baltimore harbor, it was cov ered in oight bourn and tlfty-ono min utes, an averago ofn early twenty milos an hour. Tbo Alabi(ina,\ which is ono of tho Baltjmoro Htt'am I'ackot Com pany's lloot, was tho. first largo vorsoI fcuilt by tbo Maryland Stool Co. . Sho is of 2,000 tons, and is operated by a triple expansion ongiue, Slio lias a capacity for 500 paflsongors, and is built of steel throughout. On fiovoral pro yioua occasions alio baa lntrae rtuia . on tho Chosapoako Bay which avoragod eighteen and nineteen miles an hour." Corn Lower and Wheat Higher. Tho September report -of tho stalis cian of tho Department' of Agriculture, issued on tho 10th, Baj'S that corn is 11.7 points lower thtfu last September, and that wheat is ?'4. 5 points higher. Tho condition of tobacco has declined :i.2 points during . tho month, i anjlis now (J ponds below tho condition on September I, 1800, and 4 points bolow tho avorago condition for tho last ton years. Asrogardstho apple crop, all tbo Now England States with Now York, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas and Missouri show a further markod do clino West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Ohio, show a slight do clino, Virginia a markod improvement and North Carolina a slight improve ment. Tlioro is no markod improvo monts in .tbo reports concerning tho fruit cron except from Georgia and Mississippi, and in tbo groat majority of States thero is no material changos. Ciold Seekers Having Hard Times. Tho San Francisco (Cal.) Examiner printed un oxtra edition on the 10th saying that winter had set in at Daw son City, and that two big stoies, hav ing nothing to sell, had closed up, and "that that the ftenrch for gold lias eh an god to a search for food. The rivojm will soon be closed by ice gorges audi then, no supplies can bo gotten. Among o\her things the article says thatVlrunwinnefts, gambling and dis* or0ei|aro ull tho go. JlanvsGlvon Throe Years. In the ^Sriui^naJ Court at' Charlotto, N. C., J. ?~"ftfilam, former clerk and ticket agon i of the city tieket office of tho S. A. Ji., charged with the omboz lomont of funds amounting to$l, 444. 44, was con vU ted and Mfltonced to thrco years in th) State penitentiary. Milam admitted took the money to make good Bomefemall ahottaffea, and thatOio kopt getting deeper In the hole, * s Bank Wrecker Pardoned. ; Franets Av Coffin, convicted a year ago and ssntenoad to eight years in prisojrfor iruADff the Indianapolis Nottoiiat ' r?WtrM-lSii~ iiu~ conditional pardon from Prc?ident McKinlcy. ? Baunrca, ,T.vR. Willarfl A Co., brokers of KTo. 55 Broadway, New York^ who operated largely in railroad atoek?, baa failed. George W.Silabjr A Co. of Washing-. Hi - * V " " # ? - ? - - "'?* ? XV " Mot in a Collision on t ho Santa Fo at the Rate of 40 Miles an Hour. 12 KILLED; MANY INJURED, w. .1, llryan ({n\> <?f t l?o Ptiftftengera? Hut Was Not Injured -A Miscarriage qf Onlorn. . ? A special from Kmporia, Kansas, of the 8th says twelve "men wovo killed ami us many more badly hurt in a col- i lision on the Santa Ko road, near hovo. Tho Santa l''o fast mail train opining Mst, aim! the Mexican and California train goiug,wo!>t, oollidod head on. All thrco of tlio loeomotivos exploded. W. J. Bryan was on the wont bound train, but is not hurt. A special to tho Times froiji Emporia, Kalis., flays: Twelve 01 fifteen poroons were killod and as many more badly hurt. The fast mail train (going east and tho Mexico and California oxpress, bound west, collided head on. The Mexico and California express was pullod by two locomotives, and when they struck tho engine drawing tho fast* mail all threo enginoH exploited. The passengers in the smoking ear es caped through the windows. The front end of this car was enveloped in a vol ume of smoke and ft cam, belching up from the wrecked ougiuco, and the roup door was jammed tight in tho wreck of the ear behind. Tho wreck oanght lire from the engines. J u climbing out of tho stroking car several men fell through the rifts into the wreck bolow, and it is impossible to tell whether they Oficaped or were burned to death. The wostbouud train carried soveu or oight coaches, and its passengers in eluded matiy excursionists, who hftu boon to hear Hon. W. Bryan speak at tho county fair at Burlin^nmo. Mr. Bryan himself was on tho train, but waVriding in the rear, i'ullman. Ho states that nothing but a heavy jolt was experienced by tho passengers in liia coach. Mr. Bryan was one of tho foremost in crowd 01 rescuers. lie help ed to carry out tho dortd and wounded, and gave the greatest attention to their earo. One poor fellow who was badly maimed, called to Mr. Bryan and said: "1 wont to hear you sneak to-day; 1 am now dying, and want to shako your hand and saj', 'Cod bless you.' If you possibly can, Mr. Bryan, got mo a think of water." Mr. Bryan weht into tho mail car, ono end of wliich wno burning, aud enmo out with tho water, which ho gavo to the suffering passenger. Ho brought out cushions for other/* of tho injured, and was overywhero piesont to admin ister to tho wants of tho Buffering. Jt is feared that nearly all of tho bovou mail clerks porished in the disaster, but so far only eight bodies bavo been lakon from' tho wreck. It is statod that tho wreck was caused by a miscarriage of orders |from tho trainmaster, At Emporia tho oastbound fast mail received orders to passtho* California express at Lang, soveti milos east. Another order was sent to Lang for tho California expresH to tako tho siding there, but this order was not de livered, and the west-bound train pass ed 011, tho train men expecting to pasB tho fast mail at Emporia. NIC W OKLKANS FKI2LING SAFE. The Numlici* of Cases of Fever and Dentils. Up to I>utc. ? Tho latest from tho fovor-stiickeu dls trict of Mississippi Bays a thorough canvass of tho wards of Ocoan Springs, completod chows that thore has boon 7<18 casos of tho prevailing fover since July 8th. Thore aro now thirty-seven still ?ick. The total deaths have boon nino, .and in aovoral instances physi cians' certificates show that the fever >va? complicated with other discuses. Mail arrangements lmvo been fixed for lbloxi and Oceau Springs. Dr. Guit eras is at Ocean Springs, and his re port to tho LJ. 8. government is awaited with much intorest. Now Or leans. La., is fueling safe. Tho cases at iiiloxi aro doiug well. Strikers Still Holding Out. A special from Columbus, O. , of the tho 8th says tho Inter-State Minors' Convention adjourned until tho 9th without having taken * vote on the question of accopting or rojocting tho proposed settlement of tho strike. Tho prospects for accepting tho propositions are doubiful, unless some changoahould bo brought about. The ^reator part of tho aesrfton of tho convention was quiet, tho delegates -listening to speeches from National President Patohford and Stalo Presidents Farms, of Ohio; Knight, of Indiana; Carson, of Illinois, and J>olan, of Pittsburg. All of these officials, with tho exception of Mr. Curtjon, argued in favor of the accopt anco of the Pittsburg operators' propos ition. Ono hundred and oighty dolo gates wero present. KILliKD BY A FALb. Col. Isaac W. Avery Mcejf . With a Fatal Accident. , ' Col. Isaao W. Avery, at one time ed- ! itor of the Atlanta (On;) Constitution, ! former minister td Mexico and commi*< eionef of the South American republics I feft- the Cotton States and Internationa) Exposition, of 1895, feW- from the porch of ju8 residence in Kirkwood* a suburb of Atlanta, and tM.ffti.L General LoBgitfMt M*rr!e^. Oerferal James Longs tree V ttajoi generaTifi-^ Vif JX&ttnSf wi* former UniteoVfStatel minister to 'Tnrkey/aod prospective ooaakniaaoner ef railroads, to succeed OtHMl Wade Hampton, of South Carolina* *m t married at Atlanta, Oa., on tfao fttk toj - . - / r. Xt*gTO WoSIM B&? . .?iS'i.-sv r r ... ??? \ TO 31 Alt U I'll Kilt (ilt.WKS, \ ,4 ^ ' IMoou id o ii( to be tercel ed Over tli ? Con federates Wlui DUmI In Yiirl.tm N or! horn Prisons, At Kiehmond, Ya , llio preliminary nrrnngements toward marking tho uravos of Confedciftto soldiers who woro hurled from Northern prisons, havo boon nuvlo by a joint committee from Koo Camp, the Daughters of tho. Confederacy ami tho Sons of Veterans. At n mooring i>f iii is tioi'it'ly on the \'th, a commit too w us appoiutod to select places at Which monuments shall bo erected at tho following: Alton, Ills . Camp Butler, llivorton, 1 1 la. ; Camp .Morton, J mlinnnpoliH, Intl.: 1*1 m i ru, N. V, } Finna' I'oint Cemetery, Fort Delaware; Johnson's Island, Ohio; llart'a Island, Now Vork ; (Mil Capitol Prison, Washington; Sandusky, Ohm; Philadelphia, I'a , ami t'eu I'atch Island, Delaware. Tho report wa) unanimously adopted. IS CIIA riANOOtlA IN ( ? l'.O It < i I A'?* They Are Putting I ' | ? tl?t> Claim 111 Atlanta Thai It Is. A question lists been sprung in .At lanta, (lu., which may result in Chat tanooga, which has long been known as one of tho leading cities of Tennes see, becoming a tleorgia town. Doubt has boon thrown upon the tieeurraey of tlu survey of tho boundary lino bo twoou this State and Tennessee, and if tho theory of eminent legal authorities is continued it may ho found thai Chat tanooga is on ( Jeorgia soil, This view is shared by Col. AV. A. Wim* bisli, special commissioner of the State for the Western ami Atlantic railroad, who has looked into tlm question in his otlioiul capacity, and who expressed his strong belief that a correct, survey wouhl bring the oily of Chattiuinooga within tho confines of this Statu. Tho publication of this fact has aroused much intoroRt, and it is not unlikely i that it may result in tho next Legisla ture providing for a re survey of the boundary. SUNK IN I'll 10 M ISS1SSI 1*1*1. Tin* Hollo of Memphis Wont. l)ow* Willi lOO Passengers? All Kuscuccl. <> Tho Memphis (Tonu.) Comiuoroial Appottl of tho Mth lia? t lio following Rpooial from St. Louis, Mo. : News of tlio sinking of the Anchor Lino ntenmor Hollo of Momnhis, last ovoniug, near Grain's Island, in tlio Mississippi rivor iust bolow Chester, 111., whh .received hero last. niulit bydonoral M uniigor (I. C 5. Missionior, through tlio following telegram: "Xho Hello of Moinphis mink at drain's lulnml at .'!:!{() to-night, in nine feet of water at head, and sevon and ono-half foot id- f>lor n. Thoro in a '10-foot long rent through tlio kool. "NYill uond tho passengers forward on tho .UlufT City. " In fipoaking of tlio wreck, Captain Missionior said: "There wcro about 100 passenger# on board, ninny of them St. Louis people,, all of whom got oil' without accident. Tlio Hollo of Moux phs was built about two yearn ago, wna ^Porth 800,000 and wan i mm rod for half her value. 1 1 is thought she will ho a total wreck." ' TIIH CU1JAN TAKIirP. American (Joods Subjeete'l to l<o\vcr / Duties. Madrid, Sept.. 0. (Ky C'oblo.)^-Tho official uazetto today publishes tlio now customs tariff of Cuba. Nearly nil American goods nro subjected to lower duties. The tariff prohibits tho oil fry into Cuba of mms, projootijes, muni tions of war, dyujunito, gnupowder, sugar (oxcept Spnnhih BUgarjj.honey, molnssos, ni Ivor or bronzo coin*] secret pliarinacoutical itroparationH^JRtibncoo, (except snuff, ) ebowiug fobn(?4> nud ar tificial wines. .. k Cjoo<l Outlook for Cotton. v Secretary Hester, of tlio Now Orloaus Cotton Exchange, recognized as tho best authority ov tho cotton business in tho South, telhrnlTXhat the number of mills and tho number of spindlon in this section have increased, that tho visible supply ol the ataplo is less thin year than last and thi\t tho homo consump tion is likoly to boVroater. Thin, coup lod with tho drouglrt in ludin cutting off tho crop there, ai\l tho prosperity of tho Wo.dorn wheat producers enlarging tho demand hero, ouuht iogivo our pro ducers a good price for their orop even if it prijves a phVnomonnlly largo ono, us now seems pifybnble. ? Atlanta Jour nal. I{ol>l?e?J^lie Mall Slicks. Tho latest from tho wreck on tho HantaFo Kail road aC Emporia, Kan., pays that twelve known ore dead, one missing and fourteou injured. Nbthing remains of ono express messenger but n handful of bones. Thieves takon tho advantage of tho situation and robbed tlio mad sacks which were 6trcwiron tlio ground. Ono tried to snatch a dia mond fiyin tho broaat of an Emporia doctor, who, weak and nervous, was rreoping slowly ont of tho wreck. Hq'_ had strength enough left to hit the brute a blow in the face, which made him turn away. Pronounced Yellow Fever. Several suspicious casos of fever have been rep OT tcd iprNc w~Urrean s,w h Job tcoro investigated Immediately and proved untrue. The disease is prevail-" ing at Ocean Springs aud 13iloxi, Miss., according to Dr Guiteras, a govern ment expert. Disinfectant** *ro belag . ecatterea in BilotV anrt*NeW O* lean ? i?J undergoing a thorough oleaninrfto veot titt fever from entering ? tli*V?i#. | No Improvement lu Cuba. .Con nil Haniiral I^.r^ached York but w##k from 1 A van a, Cub*. He says ttaprifeno sign of improvement ia. i declined to talk fcbotttthe waSr. 1 LV m lit CURING 111 in Department of Agrictiltiiro Issues Valuable Hints. FALLS HEIR TO A FORTUNE Tin* Amount i?n|rt Out for Pension Last V ?????' Wan $l4(>,47Y,0??f Other Washington Notes. Tho Department of Agrioulturo hatf issued a 1 >11 1 lot i t* on tho subject of "om'? ^ ing tobacco, " in which tho following advice us to marketing i.-t tendered: "For tho production of u saleable article much depends upon tho oharac tor of tho soil and a groat deal depend:* upon tho skill in curing. Kully as much, howovor, depends upon tho proper grading and sorting of tobacco and tho stylo of piloting in wldoh it i? Rent to tho manufacturers. Ton much cannot ho said about the nccossity for very careful attention to those appar ently small details. -Jt is vory impor tant? moreover, that the "planters , should study tho market demands from foreign countries, tho requirement:! of ? our own manufacturers and aim to pro ? ! duco exactly what they want, ami to got it to them in the way in which they can best uso it rather than to study tho matter of economy. "A great deal can he accomplished hy improving the need, by importing uewfAoed and by improving tin* breth ui?ii>f cultivation, but more can bo ac complished by u steady and porsifttopl olloi t to produce through methods of cultivation aud fqwuoutaiion, soiling, grading, otc. , tho 'closest possible re semblance to (ho typo which is desired by the manufacturer and the consumer. This is tho businoss side of tho trans action.^ A careful study and compli ance with the requirements of tho mar liot will undoubtedly lnciea^e tho price of tobacco equally as much as any dif foronco in tho 'smoking and chewing qualities 1ms improved much more than the practico of grading and* sorting in compliance with tho market demands. T-horo is plenty of room yot for inv provmont ii> tho quality of toWictio, but still moro can bo done just- at. pres ent by additional attention to these commercial details." Dispatches rccoivcd in Washington from Tho Hague, Holland, ntato that Mih. AmoliaForoht't'of Louisville, Ky... ia 0110 of nine hoira in this country who "vvil 1 rocoivo a portion of thesuni of&lfi, 000,000 which now roposos in the treaa nry of tho Holland Government, being tho procooda of tho estate of u woalthv .citizon of Holland who recently diect. Tho other eight htdrs reside iu- this city and Uultimore. ? Judge .Tero M. Wilaon, ono of tho most noted lawyers io Washington, has been retained in tho easo, which, it is believed, in a atrong ono. TJiis fact, it iH chiiinod, 1i?h boon fully established by. cable grams passing betwoen tho Hutch Gov ernment and tlio hoira in this country. , ? Soorotary Wilson, of the Agricultural Defmrtniont, ?nya that arrnilgomonts ? would bo mado by tlio department .for tho thorough introduction of tho 0&Uv?~" pbor tree in Florida, ilo added, that there was no doubt that tho tr^o would boaoucceaa there, as it lia/I alroady_ 7insscd "tho experimental "T5tftg67 Tlio dopartmont will ciye all possible on> couragoment in tlio way of supplying aeed and Voung trees, and Mr, Wilson predicts that tlio country- will soon bo producing a sufficient ot oatn* phor for its own uoedn. Ilo also^an nounoed his purpose to adopt a pylloy' for tho encourngeniout of tho growth of tho English walnut, tho troo of which will, he thinks, do well anywhere sojitli* , of Washington. / ;ii wv ? ; ? ? " Tho Argontine Republic haj^ stops to rotaliato upon tho States for supposed discrimina tho now tariff. A cablograin wafi'^ro coived at tho Stnto Department as follows: Tho. 'Argontine presidont 't?!bomniond8( in viow .of tho United "States tariff, incroasod duties on yelltfw pine of 00 per cent, , and also reooijr^ mondfi maximum and iii lii i trfum voTaiiso according to which the. president can apply at will 00 per coht, duty iu ad dition to regular duty. Consul General L/uo arrived on tho 13th and had an extended conference with Secretary Sherman and Judge fcay, Assistant Secretary of Stato, dur ing which the eutiro range of Cuban affairs was gono over. Tho Consul Genoral submitted no writton report, but t<avo at verbal s.tAteweuk ouLthetruin-v crous questions wnich 'have ariseu in connoction with ' the " iii8Ui'i'6fitl?)U i?r Cuba, ilo will aeo tho president after visiting his fan*ijy in Virginia. The annual report of tho auditor of the Intatfor DopartmoMsfroWUiorttio" amount paid for pensions during the., last yoar wa.s. $140, 47?Mf.'. :Tiift_jpay-- . mentttou pensions account, for the fiscal year, 1800, was 8188, 733, 127, aud for tho fiscal year, 1805, $14O,W8,04l; 1804, ^37,110,051, and for.lOTH,.?mjS55*5J4.., The cost of tho. service last year- y?4 $3.99 per $1,000; for WV, **,07; for 1895, #4.00; for 1894, $3.77, aud fcr Aflcietsht 1'ostnwuiter- General Mc haa caller! ui?? " Xs&Wdm n|uu9r( tQ ff ties he haef for foraiehipff