The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 28, 1898, Image 1
VOLUME IX
t-AMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28. I8!?8\
Np. 8.
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deb. & Mower, of Newberry* Made
the Race but Was Defeated,
GAGE NO^ CIRCUIT JUDGE,
-1(11 tli? Other Circuit Judges Wo*
KUctQd-oOther Work of the Gen
eral Assembly lit Detail.
Bfcorlly efter noon Tuesday, the IQth,
tire two honaei of the General Assembly
met lu joint aesombly and proceeded to
the election of eirouit judges andaqhief
justice of the Supreme Court, whiott i
suited as follows: Chief Justice?
Iver, the present incumbent. Oirojflfc
Judge/?~W. C. lionet, first o.irc
Aldrioh, second oirouit; O. W. But J
an, third oirouit;JR, 0. Wfttte, foAth
circuit: Hon. Geo.^w. Gage, sixth/oir*
cuit; Jas. C. Klughr eighth oirfuty,
Judge Molver received 08 votes t<
Mower's 61. i
There was a great deal of political
log-rolling about the judicial elections*
especially in reference tQ the ohier
Justioeeh?p' Eftorta were made to get
Associate Justice tope, Col. AldrTeh
and Senator Henderson to stand for the
election, but each declined. Just be
fore the eleotion occurred the friends of
Senator Geo. 8. "Mowor put htm in the
Eosi.tion of a candidate, and they worked
ard for him, but it can bo seen by t^b
~ abov^ vote that JuHtioeMoIver received
a bia voto above all opposition.
ThWo was no ctfhteBt as far as the
circufiit judgoaWpa were concerned, the
prospective candidates having with
drawn bofore thrVote was talcen and the
inoumbonts .were ro-cloctcd.
m^Below can be found the work of both
houses of the General Assembly, in de
tirfJr fr<fm day t<^day ;
! thesenate.
Monday, 17th. --TheSenate acoepted
an invitation to visit Olemson College
Wednesday, I^eo'e birthday. - - ^-u
The committee on county office* and
' officers reported favorably on Header
eon's county government bill, which
provided for a return to the old ay stem
vi th county commissioners.
Broxrn's pill to authorize universities
and college^ of this /State to provide a
course of etudv and confer the degree
of liceutiato of instruction, which shall
authorize their graduates to teach in
- ih? free publio schools of the State
v, iihout eiominatiou, passed its third
reading atter considerable debate.
The Governor transmitted to the
Senate the finding of the court of in
quiry into the disturbance between
militia and students last summer on
the South Carolina college grounds.
Hendetson'8 bill "to facilitate and
economize tho enforcement of the Ciriin-.
iual lav in this State Came up arid was
'debated on pro and con at considerable
length. The ayes and nayes were called
for^nd resulted in the bill passing to its
second reading by a vote of 10 to 14.
Tuesday at noon was set apart as the
day for %ne election of circuit judges
and one chief justice.
Among the new bills were: Dennis ?
Toihako the drawing of iurprs public.
Huddath? To amend seotion 1 of an act
pro-fdin* for a new school district in
. Edpafleld county and authorizing the
levy and collection of a special school
-tax therein by exoeption from said
frahool distviot the plantations of A.
Perry, D. L. Cato, Bonnet and Bortpn.
Jeffries ?A joint resolution to require ;
thatTiitttrsrs of Torkrflniop and Spar
to estabTlsh Cgftrotee county.
The following were the third reading
. bills: Scarborough? To ampnd revised
statute relating to patera of oircuit i
judges at chambers/ Douglass ? to
amend tri act to provide for. the elec
tion j[f ptiblio cotton weigbifs end to
l>rovide for their compensaUon. Lan
caster. Orancebuhtf Oconee, Florence,
Lexington and Abbeville asked to be
excepted from the operations of the bill.
Dennis --To devolve the duties of the
m aster of Berkeley county upon the
olerk of the court of common pleas.
? Tvvcbxt, 18th.? Ths extension of
tb* time for payment of taxes to Feb.
20. and the introduction of a wide lire
bill by Mr,_rGainaa wnre the feattufet of
cue session of the Senate^hifth was
neoeesarity short on account of having
to meek at 12 m. in joint session with
;the UOttse for the purpose of electing s
justice and judges. Immediately
this duty was performed th?
j adjourned uoti}13?; Thursday,
e Governor notified ths Senate that
came the.duty of the Legislature
to elect a Comptroller-General rice
Congressman Norton, resigned. He an
nounced his appointment of Mr. Epion
to that position. ^
The Governor also transmitted
[oriel o*f Vrrumber af prominent
?lestOn gUtlsmen in relation ir
xwara mcuraaya nmorr oi
lelwa sndvsaoMssena?d iU
on tu these vcrda: "Ibe.
speak tot this all important imblie
approbation suggested by the
Ia addition to this a determined flglv {
was m&dp 4g$in#t tho oitenslon of tbi ,
Urni for the payment of taxes, bu' ?
whon it Ir'as put to a yae.and nay to to,
it rgaulUrt;, *oas. lfljuayaifcX The, bill >
to provide for a banking (4ucl insurauci
CommiB?ioner w m killed.
The threo liquor bills which won ;
carried over from last y? jar oamo U| |
under special order and were being ;
debated wbeu, at tho suggestion o| '
Mr. Moses, they wore made the apecia! i
order for next Tbufaday, awaiting suet ;
liquor measures a? may oomo ova
from the House. The object is to dia- J
ousa tb# wbolo Question at th< j
tAme time. / ?
Thft House /bnouneot rosoluiion fix i
ihg nett WMue'adny for the election o:
aoompUoUer general, twO members o? ;
tbo Statj^Soard of control and two di
tho pduitontiary wai i
to.
he Senate concurred in tho Houm ;
resolution urging tho Bouth Carollni j
representatives In Congress to socun
the passage of a bill leaviug the regu
lotion of th$ liquor tiatllo to eaol
State. ?
This passed a third readiug:
Mr.* Suddath? -A joint resolution t<
reqnlre tbe oounty treasurer of Edge
field county to pay over to the countj
I treasurer of Saluda oounty certaii
school funds and to authorize tin
school officer of Saluda county to ap
portion lud check Dut same,
FmnAYj Slsx.? Mi\ Ragsdale'fi bill t(
pre^W unjust discrimination again*
the wizens of this Stato by railroac J
rfomflh^feB with respect to tho oneratioi '
<%ud sohedulo of passenger trains, whic)
was carried over from last seasiou.oami
up in the Senate far' 'consideration un
der special orde?>Cnd after considerable
debate was pasawl to a second reading
The measure provides that whou rail
road companies operate fa9t veatibub
trains for outsido travel which do no*
atop at- every station in this State, th?
said railroad com pi nrcs shall also pro
vide for domestic travel la* operating
local passenger trains b6 scheduled tha
as far a* practicable they shall pass ov
ery station each way between ,jtho houri
of 7 a. ro. and 7 p. m. and shall stop a
evory station for a time sufficient to le
off and take on passengers;- A penalty
of $100 attaches for eaon violation of th?
law. .
Henderson's bill to prevent traveling
medicine vendors from plying their vo
cation was defeated when it came y^pfoi
a second reading. o> '^'"A
. Buist's primary election law Dill cam*
up fpr considerij&pn, but- was made i
speolal order fcfrytf onday.
Tbe bill to reqtire all the parents oi
guardians to cotbpel their ohildren oi
wardsH^jjtleod souool for eight weeki
in eaoh year passed a third reading.'
*. Tha Senate held its first night ses
sion. Aldrich, of Barnwell,, made e
ringing speech in favor of reform in tht
jury system of this State. Aldrich,
among other things, said, with great
earnestness, that the long lis^ of liomi
ciaes in thin State was not due to th<
pistol, to whiskey, to lack of power ir
judges to charge furies as to fact, bu>
in tbe jury box. * Put roen of cbaraotei
and those having a solemn roalizatioi
of their duties on juriesTandj homicidei
would bedtime fewer. . The only way t<
do ibie would be to hare men expectihf
no publio favor for jury commission
ers.
These two bills were killed; Sud
dath? To amend act to provide for th<
establishment of a new school distric
in Edgefield oounty by excepting fron
said school district tbe plantations oi
E. A. Perry, D. S. Cato, ? Benet $n<
? Burton; Griffith? Making it -unlaw
ful to endeavor to influence tba finding
of jurors, and prvoiding a penalty foi
violationa of this eel
There ware a large batch of bills t<
pass their eecond reading, most oft
local character, after which the Senat<
adjourned to meet at 12 m. Monday.
THE HOUSE.
Moctuy, llru> ? TheHousa ?ccer>tec
an invitation to visit Glemson College
Wednesday, Loe'e birthday. La?* cas
ter's iHfcminating oil itwpeotion bill and
Pattbn's street paring bill vara^amoDi
/the meaeuraa that parsed to a thirc
reading. So JTAfl A%feill repealing th?
act requiriug rettnbi fr6ifi taxation
from merchants. A number of new bill*
ware intrpduoed daring the day. one oJ
them being1 * bill to regulate taxation oJ
doga in aia of the eohool fund and an
other being Livingston's important
measure changing the system of taxa
tion upon telegraph, telephone, Ex
press, sleeping car and kindred com
padiea. .
Bills sent to the Senate: The bill
making the act relating to liens on landi
and buildings for labor and material
applicable to railroads; the bill to
amend ihe dispensary law so as to pre-,
vent the location of distilleries withio
two miles of any church or public
school; the bill t/require the super visoi
or oounty crftomiseioners of Aiken
oouoty to prjjfride f or tha dieting and
roaintenance^of the inmate* of the coun
ty poor hope and prisoner# confined io
tha oouafy jail, and for prisoners at
work 'Upon county ohaingang: the bill
to amend section 131 {&466) of criminal
oode of the. revised atatutee relat
ing to attempt to poison; tha bill to ap*
mrova the action of the town eounoil ol
the town of Greenwood in the matter ot !
the contractor the erection of e-txrort
house and jail foi*tho oounty of Green*
wood; and to declare the bonds issued
in pursuance of said contract a valid
,dabt of the towft.of Greenwood.
The concurrent resolution, fixin*
Feb. 19 as the day for adjourn mani :
etna d^wae made the special oruar To* j
._fe5lr?,
wee -ordered to a j
and paviug of tlie sireetsi pttbhowaii !
and dllfeys of ?fitiod of tuis HUtd of 10;: I
000 inhabitants and upwards; to aniCni
the act relating to tho pflWieatUm oJ j
supervisors' reports ; to (tmend thr ootiu- .
tyjrovovnment act in amotions 4 ami 27. '
? Tq<* ioliowing wejre among tho com* j
mittee reports unfavorable:. BUll tqw^:
vido for an additional magistrate at cj
near Treuton; bill to require the trees- ;
urer of Edaeilold to turA over to the
treo3uror or Greonwood eortain school
fuuds; bill to after tho couuty line# oJ ;
Greenwood by including tho counties t
of Abbeville and ,M
Tho Governor rent ft tnofcea&o to the ,
House CHlling attention to G6ttv^?; <
Cradj's History of Koatli Carolina sua
endorsing the work. On taction of
Mirctaolt it tffts ieferrVJ to tho commit
tco on education. The Governor also
sent a message calling the attention Oi j
the body to the fact that it had to elect i
a Comptroller-Goneral at tbii)' session. |
Thuksdav, 20lif.'~Mr. Winkler in- j
troduced a concurrent Resolution in the j
house giving an expression of opiuiou
in the preamble, and calling upon the
South Oaroliua delegation itt Congresa
to urge the passage of tli& Tilltban dis
pensary measure now pending 1$ tb$
Unitecl 8tates 8euate. The resolution
was adopted without a word of dis
cusHion. ^ ,
The resolution asking Mr. Barber,
theattorney general, to prepare a llquo*
bill was withdrawn. Next Wednesday
wns fixod as the day for the election <>|
a comptroller-general, two member of
the State llonM of Control and two
directors of " tbe penitentiary Th?
memorial from tho Stato Good wloads
Convention was presented audarrauge
meats were marlo for the delegation
from the convention to wait on the join!
committee ffoni tho two houses.
The tight of the day was over Mr. d?
Loach's bill to put telegraph and ex
press coin pauies under- the control '61
tho State railroad commission. It wa?
amended so as to include telephone
companies, and pnssod by a decisive
toto. Mr. Reynolds' bill to reorganize
tho engrossing department met it*
death. . The arbor day bill passed.
Mr. Robinson introduced a bill to re
peal thfi^anti-free pass aot. Mr. Rey
nolds has a new bill to- provide for
sessions of the Supreme Conr.t once a
month for nine months out of every
ye#?. Mr. Rainsford, in a bill he pre
sented, wishes to repeal tha act pro
viding for the payment of township
bonds feaudd in aid of railroads in the
State.
Friday, 21st. ? The most important
matter to'develop in the house was the
question of the public printing. After
statements from Mr. Kinard, the chair
man of the committee on printing, and
Mr. Ely the, of the com mit tee, relative to
the recent appointment of the eon of the
former pablto printeiy Mr. Charles A.
Calvo, Mr. Crum, later in the day, of
fered a concurrent resolution providing
for tho election of a publio^jwrter on
Tuesday next, which was at once
adopted.
Duribg the day Mr. Ramsford s bill
looking to a constitutional amendment
providing for the election of judge* by
the people was exhaustively debated
and tben killed. A large number of
bills, local in oharacter were ordfredto
a third reading. Th$ prohibition bill,
at the request of the author, was mads
the spepiat order from day to day until
disposed of. Mr. Sinkler's bill to do
away with the death penalty for arson
was killed. The house ran through
its calendar pretty well sind there was
no necessity for a night session.
The following were given a second
reading and ordered sent to the Senate:
de Loaoh's bill to put express, tele
graph and telephone companies under
tbferailroad commission. Kibler's bill
1 to require tb*&ee publio schools to ob
serve Arbor ?sy< tinkler's bill to do
away with the death penalty for arson
was Indefinitely postponed.
The Senate sent a message saying
it had killed the insurance oommis^
-rirtV' Wir ? "
?Harvey's bill to require the killing of
sheep-killing dogs was tossed.
Satukda*, 22d. ?The feature of the
session of tbe faouee*>we* -the introduc
tion of ? bili-by Pollock,1 of Chester
field, looking to the control of original
package agent's and agencies. The bill
puts dispensers ant <J. P. agents on a
footing and requires the agencies to
give up 30 per cent, of their gross prof*
its.
W. S. Smith made a strong fight pn
his bill to repeal the metropolian po
lice act, whioh he characterised as most
od noxious and contrary to the rights of
self-government Wiokler took ihe po
sition that itwaetffitfibk books merely
io seuui s ^better enfoy6#ment and ob
servance m law. On a roll call the bill
was killed W a rote of 61 to W. 1 The
bill to regulaU bu tiding ?frdl<?n MSO
"ciations was discussed a while And then,
the debate was odjournedTv*MeCul -
lough's bill requiring notes and mort
gages to be listed for taxation was dis
cussed at length and then killed by ?
Vote of 46 to 4#- -V
A Great Authority on XvroltHlon. -
' There Is a sketch of "A "a peat Kgj:tt
rattst,4' tbe late'ISdward- Drinker Cope,
|n the Century. It (ft written by Henry
Fairfield Osbo.ro. Prof. Osborn say*:
His pioneer exploration came ear]/- UP]
the age of Darwinism, when missing 1
links, not only In tbe human ancestry,
but In tbe greater chain pf backboned
(animals, were at the. highest premium,
thus he waa fortunate in recocting the
Clscotery ItL northwestern Kew Mexico
of by far tbs oldest quadrupeds known,
in flndjUig^jamoog tbese tbe most t?h
era fcflf monkey, in describing to.
World hundreds of links? In I
between
*TOtp,, IN A PARAGRAPH, I
J Oe South.
Atlanta i? preparing to colobrrta M
Jtfay 5 and G ltd flomi-centeuuiul.
Pulton Jfenderso'iy, colored. died in
Kingdom. N, U, iu towlblo tfgouy from j
hydrophobia.
liegutald tHKoven ie eoriously 111 at
Aiken, S. 0., haviug tfsdotgoiid a sur
gical operation. 1
Tho Norfolk, Va., trucking season
lma boon delayed by frost auu thcro is
a boarcjtv of 6piuaeh
At Marion. B. 0., ft negro Phot ami
killed bis sweetheart because eho re
fused to go to Georg;* with birn.
? C\ At GflttSttiOii, & leAdibe marebftnt
of Mot) t gainer*. Ala , swallowod on?i
ounce of caibolto acid and died from its
effects. -
Clarence ? Bartlett. aged 1?, has
strangely disappeared froru the homo,
in Norfolk, Va. , of his uncle, a wealthy
contractor.
Thore i? much aotivity at the Norfolk
navy yard and a hundred Won havo
returned to work in the construction
department.
Judge Thos. Itenrv Ilines, ei-ohiel
justice of tho oourt of appeals aud ons
of tbe most distinguished oitizons of
Kentucky, is dead.
Mr. Alfred Tucker, of Cabarrus coun
ty, (N. C.) together with two associate*,
has Slaughtered 1,600 rabbits siuce tho
[ beginning of tbe soason.
Mrs. Anita McKee, of Jaekeon, MiAn. ,
htti asked President MoKinlev to ap
point bo* Collector of Internal Ksvenuo
at New Orleans, Lrt.
Dr. Tydemau, a distinguished re
tired physioian of Knoxville, Tenn.,
who was woll known for his deeds of
charity and beuovolenoo, died in Co
lumbia, S. C.
Tbo result of tho first ballot in the
Tennessee Legislature for a Unitod
State Senator resulted as follows; Mo
Millfui 30, Turley 80, Taylor 10, It re
quires 45 to nominate.
Dr. O. B. Heimark, of Eagleville,
Tenn., has been arrested, charged with
grave robbery. Threats of lynching
was. wade ana be was taken to Nash
ville for safe keeping.
Tbe Liberty Woolen Mills, at Bedford
City, Va. , which has been idle for somo
time, has boen purchased by New York
and Philadelphia parties, and it is
stated, will start it up at onco.
Ono of the largest warehouses of Old
Hurricaue Springs distillery, near Tul
laboma. Tenn., has been destroyed* by
fire. Noarli; ono thousand barrols^of
whiskey worb also burned. Low about
$75,000.
Tho total number of smallpox caeca
in Greenville, so says a statement in
the Columbia State, signedyky O. C.
Jones, chairman board of healxu, nurn
bors 27; deaths 1, The statement elso
says there is no danger now, as they
havo tho disease under control.
The Nortb.
A mock trial by boys, ending in a
hanging, ai Turner's Falls, Mass. , Al
most coat Harry Jackson his life.
A teacher at Matteawan, N. Y. , dis
sected a xjat in the schoolroom and
the cruolty^Booioty may prosecute her.
The Lorrriine, (O. ) ohamber of coip
merce will otter the government a free
site for an armor plant on i>l&ck river,
Although ho has fallen heir to ?
fortune of 070,000, Policeman Delraar
S. Gardner will remain on the New
York force.
' Master Car Builders' and Masiei
Mechanics' Association of the United
States will convene at Saratoga, N. Y. ,
in June next
John Mosher, of Fishkill, Y.,
drove three miles beeide a corp*o, not
knowing that his companion, had died
on the journey.
-7~AlT eHorFwin bo made by Ihe New
York Senate to find out what became of
be 80.000,000 appropriated for improving
the Erie Canal.
"" Adlai E.. Stevenson, former Yioe*
President of the United States, has
accepted the position of Western coun
sel of the North American Trust Com
pany of New York, With a membership
* in toe board of directors.,;
Qn February 1st 114 looms in the
Manchester (N. H.,) Cotton Mills will
be slopped for an indefinite time. The
cause assigned is the falling off in ths
demand for print goods. There will also
be a reduction of about id per cent, in
wagftv, affecting afeont 80 per cent of
*h? employ, on January 24th.
J' MllCflUSiWH.
The t^ondon engineers hava agreed
to return to wcrk. *
At Hot Springs, Ark., Jaok? Ever
hasdt knocked out Eddie Donnelly >h
the sixth round.
General John M. Sohofleld thinks it
would be a grave blunder not to annex
the Hawaiian -Islands.
The county of Lancashire, England,
has 1,700 firme encaged in the cotton
business, with- 79, 000,000 spindles.
'Dick Brandt, the supposed train rob
ber and murderer, was among a dozen
prisoners who broke jail at Benton ville,
W-'"-" ? ?r:- "
The stomachs of Conrad Beck, in St.
Louis, and Mrs. E. Bestian, in Mil
Gen, Eaton Sees in the Religion of .
Joseph Smith a
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MENACE TO OUR INSTITUTION!), '
05,000 Converts ftffCh Your, a Num
ber Almost tucrcdlble, llealttco tto
Nominal Members of 300,000.
The Philadelphia (Pa.) Times says
Ocn. Jobu Katou, of Washington, :
D. C. / delivered a lecture, at Associa
tion Hall, uiulef tho auspice* of tho '
Evaugolioal Alliance. He fools for lilt
subject, " J he Mormons and tho Way
to Suppress Them. " Ho said: "The
ft^bject which I havo cho6eu tn*y seem
an uunecesaary one, but the daugers it 1
threatens make its consideration most j
important. Apcordiug to tho oftloial |
accounts from the Mormoti Propaganda
it lately received 05,000 converts tfaotl I
ear? a number almost incredible. It
us beside its nominal mombers 1500,000 :
regular con^nunicants.
"Tho Mormons, thouKh essentially !
the same as formerly, do not carry out ,
tho old plan of conversion. Thoy now .
visit the houses of persons in pairs, and ;
aro very similar iu thoir methods to the j
followers 4>f Moody. They present a
card on gaining admittance and pro
ceed to enumoruto the articles of faith, I
which, as they are written, do notBoom
so extravagaut. They aro careful not
to givo offence, And, having wou favor,
can obtain * satisfactory hearing,
Their hearcre, finding no objection to
thoir mild, religious statements, be
come less horrified, oftentimes becom
ing member a of the Mormon Churoh in*
spito of its atrooities.
"The Mormon faith in itself is to be
dreadod, but the probability of ite nn
healthful influence is still worso, The
State of Utah, though admitted into the
Union by promising to abandon polyg
, any, is now governed by ihe follow era
of Smith, ana as their religion is uni-?
regally adopted tho State will make no
lews to destroy it But tho danger does
ustoqAso here. Tho State of Utah has
ihe rifjht to sond Wo Seuators to Wash
ington. Two Mormons are, therefore,
living at the Capital with their wives
and admitted into our most roapeotable
American aooioty. The danger of this
is obvious. Moro than once social in
tercourse has resulted in the ultimate
oonrorsion of Christians to Mormonism.
Many who have eottled or visited Utah
began to worship iu thoso pagaD
ohurohes becauso it was stylish to b?
Mormons in that country, and ^hoir
ruination eoon followed.
"Another danger resulting in tho
power of Mormonien in Utah In its po
litical strength. Even now nothing
conld be done in the Senate against it
without being strongly opposed by the
two Senators jnst mentioned. In the
State itsejf no one but a Mormon will
be received favorably. It is beyond
doubt that Mormonism is spreading.
They have reoently establish od two
headquarters in Mississippi, one in
Athens, Ala, ; one in Tennessee, and
several in New York. New Jorsey and
other localities near by. Evon our
own State contains many Mormon con
verts. They are now ereoting schools,
academies and even universities to
spread their infamous doctrixte. "
Wife Murderer Hanged
Edward Shannon, the wif^mur dorer,
has been sentenced to be hangod on
Fobruary Uth^. at Wlicatcm. 111. , by
Judge Willis. jJJhannon is over 70
years old. 'He showed little emotion
wjjou sentenced. Asked if he had any
tniag to say* lie tremblingly rose and
feebly, told .Vow he had sated the life of
State's Attorney Wright, when he was
a boy. This was the only plea fco mad ?
for mercy. ~ J
License Tax Regulation.
The Virginia Senate passed the
House bill to make it unlawful for *ny
lawyer, physician, surgeon, dentist, oi
any other person engaged in a profes
sion or oalling, taxed by the laws o I
this State, who has h;? residence in
this Stftte, to practice hia profession in
any oonnty or city of this Common*
wealth under a license-tax from any
other State or the yistriot of Colum
bia.
Flood In the Ohio.
Laat wMk * terrible flood raged in 1
the Ohio rirtr, causing great damage to
property. T. 8. Crow, a laltiman of
North Vernon, Indiana, was drowned
near French Lick, while trying to ford
a swollen etresm. A farmer named
Prury and hi* father were drowned
while trying to ford the Cumberland
riTer. The bodies were recovered three
mileabel^w.
?'With a Pistol.
Jafek Caldwell, a prominfftk and pop
ular young farmer of M?okIiftbnr|
oonnty. N. C.f ahot and instantly kill*
ed himself in the room of ? friend with J
whom ha- had spent the sight. Hia
paind had been affected for some time.
The itrfke la"SeW Ragfaad. T.".
The first weak of the *otlen operatf-rea' |
atrika to Mew
flloaaa With tl
firmly maintaiaiag th?ir
?e poeHtoaa." >
UltAObTKKKT'S UBl'dllT'
Activity in Hostnesa uuvl Iudustrt*
Lines t?OTj'?*olly Kt'poffoil.
Bradstreot's report, for past w?ok i
nays: A laitfe uioa*urU <tf so
li vity iu business ami industrial liuo9,
In aoiuo instances, with previous records
lurpaaaoJ, aud .vory gouo^nl steadiueae
In ptlcoaof staplos, is perhaps the most
nottfbl* feature of tbo trano situation
this wook. Quotations of cereals show J
the most aggroBsita slreugtn, vhilo
those of souie mskosof pig betray
rat Vr "*oro decided weakness that: they
did a wee- ago. Mild weather is fro
H'lontty montioritfd ** an iuflueuco to
chock retail distribution ,<?>! soasouable
Roods, ohieijy beoauso of tho fcffest on
ooUCttry roads. Spring trado openj
slowly, as nsual at this time of the
year, put confldjtfce is still uu\m
paired.
The i.ujinstrial situation with the sin*
gifl oloeption of tho cottou ifidustry > *
one of oSiCMtojipl stioufltb. As y?S
tho strikes in thiil brauolLof trade aro
largely confined to MflMchusotto.
^Jon's wear woolens are moving fairly
well. Ai tha Wast, distributive trade
is slowly improving while at tho South
a fair January tiade fsportod, par
ticularly iu the Mississippi yalley.
Good returns ffrom last year's l\ouM* 1
auu Biigar wep And expression iu high
pricoa for sugar lands. The good re
port from ootton precludes too heavy
accumulation at primary points in
spite of tho crop movemout. Mild
weather in the Northwest affects the
trade to somo extent. A poiut of in
terest, however, is tho report that fur
goods manufacturers usually shut
down at this season, aro running full
time on Alaskan t/rders. Business is
Aotiva on the i'acitlo cofl<t*; California
crop prospects have been improved 'by
tho renmnt rains,' and shio and boat
building is Tery active along I'uget
Bound and at Portland.
Quite a shrinkage in cflreal roporta
are iudioatod by reports to lirad
"flreot's this week. The total ship
ments of wheat, Hour included, from
tlio United States and Oauada,
amounted to only 11,1)25,000 bushels
agaiu&t 5,220,000 last week; 9,010,000
bushels in this weok a year ago; 8, 849. -
000 bushols in 1800, and 2,840,000 nusa
els iu the tbiid week of January, 1805.
Indian corn exports show a heavy fall
ing oft*, amounting to ouly 0,480,000
buihols this wook, hgainst 4,401,000
bushels last week; 0.62U, 000 last year
. and H, 102,000 bushola in the correspond
ing woekof J800.
A further falling off on tho numbor
of btiaiiygas failures is roported in the
Untied States this wook, the total being
only ?00, ngainst\52;t last week; 129 this
week a year ago; lil t in the week of
1890 ; 812 in 1805 and 008 in 1804. The
figures in the Dominion of (Jauada ihow
a I further falling off, amounting this
week to only 40 against last week; 67 in
iWl] 52 in and 48 iu 1804, but
flightly exceeding thoae of 1805, which
pumbor 08. ?
VtKV. DR. TALMAC1K M^KRIKD.
Mrs. Klenoro BlcCuteheon Collier, of
X'ittaburA, tlio llrlde.
Kcv. T. DoWitt To Ira ace, tbe noted
divine, at Washington, and Mrs. Elon
fo McCutoboon Collier, of Alleghany
ty, Pa., were unitod in marriage on
o 22d, at ihe HoCutcheon residence,
No. 47 Jrwin. avenue. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. W. J. Robinson,
J). pastor of the First United Pres
by tei y*n Church . The weddilVg.whioli
rnmo as a great surprise to the many
Iricnds of thd couple, was. on account
of tbe rocont death in the family, an ex
tremely qiurtt nfl'air .
Mrs. '1*1 tunge i? the daughter pf tbe
lato James M. MoOtttcheon, of the big
iron $rm of Lindsay A McCqtcbepji.
Who was the Widow bf Obas. w. Collier,
onlt eon of .Ttulsre P. H. Collier, She
is 4') years old whilo her hnstymd is GO.
The i>rosont Mrs. Taltnage is the rev
trend gentleman's third wife, hie sec
ond wife having dtod eoveral years ago.
A Hevcrcnd Korger Saws Out of Jail.
ltcv. Le&ho Cook, who has been con-v
fined .in the Roanoke (Va. )' city jail,
undor an indictment for forgery, tawed
out andtaade good hia escape. ? The
speoikl case on whioh he waa indicted
involved, a check purporting to have
beon signed by T. W. Wood A Son, of
Richmond, and which Cook had cashed
, during the meeting of ihe Baptist As
sociation in Roanoke eotna months ago.
He held a pastorate in Roanoke -for a
short time. Cook is wanted in oilier
places on similar charge*.
Fatal Collision.
Train No, 87, of the Atlantio Coast
Line, from New York to. Florida, and
train No. 62, local, from Charleston^
collided 80 miles west of Charleston.
Two men were killed and a number
injured. The collision was caused , by
a confusion of orders. Since the above
was written another of the ininred has
died, making the total doaths three.
The State Railroad Commission aays
no wreck woald have occurred if oxdera
had been carried out.
Military Burial for ? Vrteran Mule.
At Blum, Tec , military ceremonies
were b#Jd at the burial of an old Cot *
federate army male, which belonged to
A. McCullough. The veteran beat!
was 42 year* of age. Ita owner need it
as a'caratry mount all through the war,
and tn recent years exhibited Tt many
soldi*?' reaafsaa. .
kl??a ir itei f ltti aBWK*
' Nil IV UKUbANP Al'^UElIENSiy^t.
Arrangements Hetn# Made In Diadem
ford tor nerving Mtrihe Rations.
Boston, (Special).? The ?uw total of
the new features iu the j?jroKianuje of
She textile troubles i* Iho shutting
down of the Cabot Mill at Brunswick,
Mq. , because of the desertion of holpiu
'sympathy with the striking weaver^
nod the auuouuciMiieut that a ?mall
julll of the Social Manufacturing Com
pany, at Woouaooket, It. 1., would be
iihut down for p f* w days for lack of
orders. But the mill trouble*, evident'
if, are uot to be corrttned to HMtt TfftttBHi'
for (he ?ido issuo brought up by labor
legislation iu the Mauraohudetts Le^ ia<
luturo.
It will be remembered that tho Ark
wright Club, iu reoommondiQg a cut
iu wage*, laid stress upon tho compo
tition of Southern mills. The club
further urgod tb?i rupeal of thdfvfe
etrictive measure* Ji\ force in Massa
chusetts. ff '
>Vith the fl?St -inkling of an utieihpt
to carry onl tuis recommendation la
bor reprenentativeH in tuo House iu*
troduced bill# for new legislation, for a
05-hour week, no ovortiiue for women
and children, uud to investigate .the
present textile situation, Along the
line of battle from Now Bedford, Mavs.,
to Bewiston, Me., there was nbsolut?
quietude. The btalo board of arbitra
tion has sent Member Burry to the
former place to seo if tho sVikera
would not abandon tho lining issue, but
t ho i outcome of hie errand is not
known.
In Fall Hirer the discontent, although
entirely beneath the surface, isgrowing
and tho mill officials know it and era
apprehensive. Tho ovidenoo of stub
bornness of the operatives iu defending
their position is shown iu Biddefoni,
Me?, where arrangements for serving
i etrike rations of soup and food are be
iuniUflde. There thq citizens, ovon to
Chinese Ianndrymcn, aro contributing
.money and societies aro offering ftid
jihe strike may assume aouto ooudUiqns
there sooner than at any other plaoe.
judging from local indications.
At Biddeford, Me. , an effort will bo
?made by tho officials of tho Pepporell
and Laeonia Cloth Mills tostart and alt
toxtile workers who desire to return to
work under the 10 poP cont. cut can do
so. The union men are almost positive
that not enough will go buck to start
nbo mills, <
BIG COMPANY IN CORPORA TBI?.
It Is to Do Itusfuese In Virginia anil
the Rfj^ubHc of Venezuela.
Mr, Wiokham has introduced a jbiJL
in the Virginia Legislature to incor
porate tho American Development
Compamy of the United States, The
act authorizes tho company to pur
chase, own, cell, rent, lease, etc., any
real, poraonal or mixed property in
South America, and more especially to
buy. lease, sell, rent, operate and gen^
erally to own and develop any eonefca
sion, grant or franchisor street rail
ways, bonded warehouse, catlle-paok
ing, oold*Mj?ing, and shipping, rail
roads, telegraph and telephone -lines;
and to establish, operate, own, perpetu
ate and generally to work, or oatue to
be worked operated, mines, mills, fac
tories , furnace*, electric plants, ?to,y ih
the repnblie of Venezuela. In tbeStato
of Virginia and in Venezuela the com
I panv shall have power to do ft general
banking business. The capital stock la
| to be uot leee than $1,000,000, and may
j be increased to 82(5, 000, 000. It i* said
I the oorporatora have ample financial
j baoking. ?
The Greatest 'or ISarbeones.'
The National Btook Q rowers' Cob
baadjfla? which has been meeiinyafc
Denver, Col. , baa prepared the inoit
astonishing barbeone on record. That^
affair will oome off on the 27th, and the
nieryi will consist of eight leaves, fotir
buflalo, six elk. ten antelope, Ion r bearaji
fatty aheop, ten pigs, two huudred
opossum, tea barrels of pieklefe, baU o
ton of oheese, forty barrels of awaat
potatoes, three thousand loaves of1
bread and four hundred kegs, of j^eer.
Fpr Federal Control of Quarantine, ;*
Senator Vest, from the committee oa
quarantine and public health, has re*
ported a substitute- for Henator Coffrey'e
bill providing regnl&tiona-fo* qu*rka*?
tine. The bill as reported practically!
places the control of all matters per/ala
tng to the. quarantine eJFvlce *a th\
control of the Federal government. \
wui-fitar -tir- th9 tre*Ate.i
Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina,
will not leave the Senate to Wtevpt ffiei
fudgeehlp now vacant in hie State,
the Washington Post. A dispatch from
North Carolina ^ad suggested bun as
the probable appointee.
Killed by Gas Kxploslos.
Forty persona were killed and
eighteen injured by an explosiob of
gas in on$ or the tnines of the I>onct'
aaer Company, iir tliar~T*gsnfO|fUIs^
trict of Russia. ? . '