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THE eA MO EN VOUME IX. OAMDKN, S. Kill DAY, SKITHMKEK !?, 1808. ? ? "? J. n LJ J A Deputation of Rich Philippine Natives Called on Consul Williams and Urged That St flfilll POSSIBLE EM BE liH FOR Hill Of the Whole of the Philippine Islands. The President Visits Camp * Wikoff, Reported Capture of Khartoum- 10,000 Livns Sacrificed. Resignation of Cavaignac, nan, during A Manila special says: "A Hong | Kong dopututiou f representing tho southern Philippinoa, and conaiatiug ?of tlio boat ami richest natives iu Pan tay, Mindoro, Cebu and Miudano, vis ited United tttatoa Consul Williams re ?contly and urged that eVery possible ef fort be uiudo for annexation of the waole of tho Philippine Talanda. Tho deputation doolaved that allolassea, the warlike mountaineers, as woll aa those eugagod iu mercantile pursuits, would welcome the Stars aud Stripes, aud had aenolvod uovor to submit to Spanish or 'Tagal rule. They also said there was ?4,000 men, many of them armed with irilles, near lloilo, ready to support the Amoricans. They refuse to ioin iu the clamor for independence, whioh they consider a mistako aud impractioable. They only wish for annexation to the United Stutos. Aguiualdo remains at Pakoor. He reoently wroto an impertinent lettor to ilenernl Otis, which resulted in his re ceiving a sharp snub. The insurgents' leader will probably rondor himself ^uxjtoable to tho American authority. Resignation of Cavaignac. M. Cavaifjnao sent tho following let tor of resignation to M. Priason, Premi er aud President of the Council: "I have the honor to send you and beg you to transmit to the President of tho republic, my resignation us Minister of War. Thero exists a disagreement bo ttwoen us, which, being prolonged, ?would paralyze the government at a itimo wliou it most ueeds full unity of ?decision. I remain convinced of the guilt of Dreyfus aud us determined as herotofore to combat a revision of the case. 1 do not intend to shirk the re eponsibiltiea of tho present situation, but 1 canubt assume them without be ing in ao^ord with the chief of the gov ernment to whom I have the honor to belong. " In Fine Condition. 4 Tho fourth annual report of tho Southern' Railway Company for the .?year ending Juue 30, 1898, has just ~been issued. It is a complete and comprehensive statement of the great railway's business affairs, and shows a moat encouraging iucrease in receipts and profits over the preceding year in ' ?11 branches. The report shows the gross earnings of the road from opera tions to have been $21,095,838. 7ft; the operating expenses aud taxes SI 4, 501 , - #04. 24, a gross increase of $2,016,838. 01 over 1 81)7, which makes the net earn ings from operation $(1,593,074.31, a net incrcaeo of $747,030.49. The state ment jhen'^hows the net inoome from oth/r.Hources, and othdr expenditures, ^ftrfnterest, rentals, and others, .which leaves a balauoe carried to the profit and loss of $ 1,007, 014. 09, or an inoreaso of $5fi 1,003. 44. Reported Capture of Khartoum. A report, whioh lacks confirmation, hah current in London Kept. 3 that the Anglo-Egyptian forces had captured Khartoum. Tt was reported that the loss of the Anglo* Egyptian army was 2,000 men, while thftt df'tho Dervishes was placed at 8,<H)0. ? Alger and Sternberg Much Relieved. The report Qf Gen.^lJoyuton as to the condition or Chickamanga military hos pitals has (greatly reasaured the offi cials. of the army and administration. Secretary Alger, is delighted with the refutation of the sensational charges. Surgeon General Sternberg, who has been decidly worried, ia much reliered bj the report^ ?/ " ? i_'-- Gcaeral Macias' Clever Action. A special from Guayamo, Forto Rioo, eays: Captain Talma, of the Spanish eiril guard, brought General Brooke j under a flag of true#, a .dispatch,' from , General ? liaoie** _ extending to the! American general, the of his pri- f o Piedras, nesrtfa| TUP PRESIDENT AT CAMP WIKOHF. I lie Reviewed the Calvary and Made a Speech. A Pathetic Incident. toPresideut MoKiuley spent llvo hours at Camp WikolV recently, bareheadod most of Iho time, visiting the sick in tho hospitals and inspecting tho woll in tlioir cuntoiimout. He made n speech to the assembled infautrymeu, and reviewed the cavalrymen. (General Wheelor, uie staff, n?jd nearly every otiicor of prominence in tho camp, mot the Prosideut at the statiou, except (leueral Shaftor, who was still in tho detention hospital. After greetings and introductions on tho railway platform, tho President took Uenoral \N heeler's arm and went to a carriage. Colonel Theodore Hoosu volt, of tho Hough Hiders, was among a group of horsemou near by. Mr. McKiuloy saw hint and got out of tlifc Carriage to upoak to him. Colonel Koosovelt hastily dismounted aud tussled with a gauntlet for ilfteen soconds bo that ungloved ho miirht sliuke hands. Tho caluinu of carriages wound up a hill, esoortod by tho Third Cavalry ltogijnent aud tho mounted baud of the Sixth Cavalry. Tho purty paused a moment on tho lull and the Prosideut looked out on tho wide, un dulating cape, water-bound on either sido, aud whitened on tho levels and hilltops by tho tents of ltf,000 men, laid out in geometric linos. Mr. McKmley drove to (.Journal Shaf fer's tent in the'detentiou camp, 'lhe geuerul, who was (lushed ami weak from a mild case of ma'arial fever, wan in full uniform, sittin<; iu a chair at the door of the tent, llo tried to riso, but Mr. MoKiuley said: ".Stay where y40 are, Keuaral. You are on titled to real.' Tho President congratulated (Jeueral Shaftor on tho Santiago campaign and after u few minutes' lost proceeded to thegenerul hospital. Wha^seotuiugly all the wards of tho general Hospital had boon gone through uftid the President was about tc got in a carriage, Attorney General Griggs detained him. "M is* Wheelor has told mo," *uid he, "of u Lieut. Prado, who is iu a tent back here by himself, and he is iu a dying condi tion. lie has asked about your coining and Miss Wheeler has prouiind thutyou shall soo him." "Certainly, lotus go to him, "Mr. McKinley taid. Tlieolh era of the party discreetly remained ? outside tho tout. Tho President reap ! peared with tho nurse a minute or two | later, his eyes moist aud downcast, The Pnpulaci?Tnflamed by Posters. A Paris special of Sept :jd says: The Dreyfus agitation is not abatiu'g. The populace whk again inflamed today by posters, printed by Tho Sieclo, with which tho town has been plastered. They roproduco two lotters which Dreyfus wrote to tho Miuistor for War, in 1894, and one which he wrote to his counsel, M. Demange, in 18!M, protect ing his innocence and denying that he had ever even boon guilty of indiscre tion. The posters also call attention to the fact that Col. ' Picjuart wrote on July 1), affirming the falsity of Lieut. - Col. Henry's do&imenta and tbpy de nounce the arrest aud imprisonment p( Col. Picquart. Ou the recommendation -of th? Swedish-Norwegian council. King Oscar has notified the Cvar of hia ac ceptance of the invitation to send dele gates to a pt^ee conference. Great Fire in a Michigan Tftwn. Owosao, Mioh., was visited by a destructive tire recoutly. The' follow ing firms were burned out: Wood ward's Furniture Factory, consisting of a three story warehouse, kilna and lumber 'yards, totally destroyed, loss $100,000; the Owosso Brewing Com pany, loss, $tf,000; Crowe ?fc Payne's implement atore^ loss #10,000; Win. Jopling'a livery establishment am? several smaller buildings, aggregating about $36,000. AKMY AND NAVY HOINGS. I ho Movement* of Oj t Af rrty And Navy IH c ? f I \ Told. (ion. \S heeler in iutroituoing Prnsi ? ?tin M'jKinley during his tecoiit trip to Camp Wikott slthl: "The President tit our rflAt Country had come horo to greet the soldiers that marched bo gal lantly up Sun Juau hill on July 1st Ho ; eonies horo to express the nntiou'n ? thunkp. I wish to toll you that w'len ' tho Preaiden t sunt mo horo two weeks ago to opinmaud this cHinp ho enjoined mo iu the most %mphatio lauk'nnuo that I Nhould, without regard to expense, txoroibo any and every authority no cossury to make uoinfortablo this body of hiuvo men who by thoir ^ourngo havo rained t h ih republic totho highest position union# tho f^rutit nations of tho eailh, 1 have the hohor and pleasnro of introducing to you the President of the United States, y-\ t . _.v n,o parade of the Sevonth Atiuy Corps was the most magnitlcout mili tary pngoant ever soon in Jacksonville. Nearly HO.OOU men woro iu liuoj and ovory regiment presented rt flne ap pearance. Good weather 1'aVorod the soldiers^ and not a drop of raiu foil during tho day. Tho procession started past tho reviowiuK stand oecupiod by (lonoral Leo and stall at 8:10, and it was 5:39 before the last regimem marched by. The streets aldtig the lino of maroh woro lined with thousands of poople, who choored and applauded the soldiers, enoh roKiment seemingly Ret ting its fall share of applanso. Col." onel Wiu. J. Bryan, iu command of tho Third Nobraska Regiment, received I u continuous ovation all along tho line | of march. .Formal chat goB have boftii pi oforrod agaiust Major Reunctt and Major l<oug, of the Fourth Illinois Regiment, by Colonel Andel ou charges of con duct unbecoming officers and gentle inoo, and thoy wi'l be tried by court martial. Major Elliott, who wur also under arrest, has beeu released and re spired to his battalion. Tho chtugo.H ! gi;ew out of a joint tologram sent to the (iQVeruor of Illinois, slating that the regiment desired to go to Cuba, to which statement Colonol Andel took exceptions. Tho transport Citv of Moxico, with General Hhafter on board, has reached Moutnuk Point from Santiago. Tho City of Moxico hud on board, beside Go idal Hhafter, tho meuibors of his stall'. As syon as General Wheeler was nutitiod of General Suaftor's arrival, he ordered a salute of fe guns to bo lired aud troops M, F,, C, H, and K, of the Second Regular Cyvalrv, were de tailed to osoort General Hhafter iuto camp when ho should land. A soldier dead for three days was about to be disBeoted at the Algiors Military Hospital when ho woke up, and, bofore the doctors recovered from their surprise, got off the dissecting table and walked into tho next room, where ho wro^e down some wordapon a pieco of paper to make sure that he was alive, and awnko. The doctors now say that he has completely recoverod from his lethargy. Colonel Kimball, deputy quartor - mastor general roceived from Ceneral Milos a dispatch dated Ponce, Hoptem bor 1, stating that 4,000 troops sailod on that date from Puerto Pico on the transports Manitoba, Mississippi, Con cho, Alamo, Choster and Obdutu. Ho himself sailed on the Obdam. The transports will all cotno to Now York. Privato Alex' JjaDuke, Compauy I, i Second Wisconsin Volunteers, was placed in the Federal prisou at Lea von worth, Kausas, recontly, to remainvfor life, for the murder of Private Thomas Stafford, of the Thirteenth United Stntos Infantry, in a saloon row at Police, Porto Rico. The Unitod Statos transport China, according to a dispatch from Hong Kong to The Loudon Daily Mail, has arrived there with Geuerais Merritt and (ireene, the/former en route to Paris to attond the proceedings of the His pano American peaoe commission^) and the lattor en route for Washington. Tho United States hospital ship Re lief, from Pones and other points iu Porto ltico, arrived in Philadelphia recently with 244 sick soldiers aud officers aboard. During tho voyage frotn Porto Hico there wero four deaths, all of whom were buried at sea. Tho United States transport, Seneca, arrived at San Juan Sept. U with Ad miral Sobley and Gen. Gordon of tho Porto Itico military commission. Sho then proceeded to Ponce, with $1,000, 000 for tho troops. Governor Tanner, of Illinois, ban se lected Miss Daisy Letter, daughter of Levi '/. Leiter, of Chicago, to christen the battleship Illinois, which will bo launched at N.ewport News the latter part of this month. Chaplain Mclntyre, of tho battleship Orogon, will be ooart-inartialed ^or newspaper utterances derogatory to Admiral Sampson, Captain KvanB and other naval offioers. There were ten deaths at Camp Wikoff, Montank Point, on Sept. 5. The Navy Department has received a cablegram from Ponce, - Porto Rico, announoing that the Pnritan, Amphri trite. Terror, Hannibal and Mont gomery, have sailed from Ponoe. They will go to Newport R? L ; . ry Alger has announced that i'W aake a toor of the raritaa st whieh large hodiee of men atntioned with a view to aiaoar r 4cr kihNlf the exaot ooa4ition Seriouo ftiottng in Camtia Between v~^iT^7T?hs^iu1 Mussulmans. THE POPULIST CONVENTION. Spain \N ants to Scndtiua Boat* to Manila Insurgents JNot Cruel to Their Prisoners To t stablish Back*. ? A Manila spocial *nys: At a meeting bftW lenders of tho Filipinos of all mv tionn, called to discuss tlio policy of thoso islands, eighteau of them were emphatically in favor of outright an nexutioii to tho United States nud two wore in favor of a republic. Tho j,'on oral native opinion in that it in boot to fldopt Uliittid Slates Consul Williams suugestiou and ofler liberal induce menu t?> the iudependenco factions to eo operate an I 'to reward the sorvieea roudered. National Topuljit Contention. Tho middlo of the-' road Populists mot in Cincinnati and reorganized the l'eople's pni ty, renewed its former declaration of principles and nominated its national ticket two yearn and two inontiiB jin ad van tie uf tho date of the oiectioft. the object of this early action wag to hold olVany such fusion as tlint of IHWt. While t lie radicaltt eon* trolled tho convention they oould not carry out thoir program without a bolt from Northern dule^ntos. JLtio Western and tho Southern delegatus nominated Wharton Marker and Ignatius Donnel ly, and declared tho principles of the reorganized party. The Fastern States we/ 6 not represented. It was the smallest nut ouul convention 011 record, ami it adopted tho longest platform on record, one of over 7,001) words. Serious (hoting in Candia. i A spoeial from Candia, Island < f ('rote, of Sept. <i says: < 'andm is in a Blate of anarchy.- A collision betwoeu the .Mussulmans, who wore demonstrat ing against European control, and tho British authoritioH, who have been in stalling (Christiana a.s revenue officials, culminated today in bloody fiuhting between tho Mussulmans and the Brit ish troops. Rfots occurred in various parts of tho city au<l many woro killed. When tho outbreak was fiercest a war ship stationed in the hnrbor began tir ing shells, with tho result that a por tion of tho cit v is in flames. The Turkn Bet lire to tho wholo town of Cand iu. Tho only warship there at tho time of the outbreak was tho British gunboat Hazard, which Ian do 1 a party of ma rines to assist tho 180 British troops there. Insurgents Not Cruel to Their Prisoners. Admiral Dewey was recoutly called upon to investigate reports that tho 'Spanish prisoners taken by tho insur gents in the Philippines were subjected to cruel tretfctmeiiti ' A cable message was received from Admiral Dewey Baying that tho story probably origi nated from the faot that insurgents were uuablo to mcot the wants of the sick Spanish prisouors, owing to a lack of physicians and modical supplies. lie said ho had been unable to fiud any ( proof of acts of cruolty on tho part of the insurgeuts. To listabiistl Banks. Y) Dnmaresq, .J. p. H. Luce and W. II. Lathrop, ropros^uting Boston firm of Do Ford & Co., which has been air pointed the government's fiscal agent iu Porto Kioo, will establish banks at Bau Juan and Ponce. They belie vo tho United Ktatos government will eventually retiro the Porto Rioan cur rency. which tho local hankinro trying { to maintain close to par at an arbitrary price. It is valued approximately at &l,0<x),00u. What Spain Wants. Tli? Spanish governmont has request ed of thin govornintfftt the privilege to ?oud n fewHinp.ll gunboats to certain of tht Philippine islands, whoro tho in surgents nro particularly active, with a view of maintaining .Spanish novoroigp - ty therd. It is understood thut.jHio request will be granted. To Wausoni the 5,000 Spanish Prisoners. Tho Spanish cabiuet haa authorized the Foreign Minister, Almodovar do | Hio, tooiegotiato with the Philippine insurgents to ranRom tho 5,000 Spanish prisoners now in their hands, and it hail been decided to transmit money to Manila for thai purpose and for the ro lief of the Spanish troops, which aro urgently in need of funds. Spain and the Philippines. Cieueral Jaudenes, ad interim Gover nor of the Philippine Islands, re plying to the government's requests for information as to the true situa tion of affairs in the archipelsgo, reports thai to assure the re-establish - ment of Spanish sovereignty over the islands Would require a permanent army of 90,000 men. a fleet and endless quantities of material*. ? MM Spanish hhiini Sent Heme. ' [ prisoners have been skipped from Onantaaasfto, 2,000 from Leon and I.QOOfrdw flu ? Only ahent i,tw aielw^ ? d Ifcm >111 be shipped rapidly to Bfsji, w THROUGHOUT THF COUNTRY. 'I'lir South, Saun?or Tillmau was banqueted in lite Hotel WOntsWnrth, at l'oi iMuouUi, N. 11.; ict,eiitl$ The Central of (loorgia Huilrond has decided to pay '-1 per cent Interest iirst preferred iuooiuo bonds. 4 1'liero WiM'O ousoa of vol low fever reported iu Orwood, Miaa. , Sept. ulnn ?J suspicious cases in Meridian, Mias , Mrs. Prank Hoyloston, of Jackaon v ? I It*, Florida, wife of tho Florida pun HcugCi agent uf the Atlauiio Coast Lino, died suddenly in n drug store on llroudway, in yNow York. A specie! (from Knoxvillo, Toui;., hftya there wart ti cloudburst iu tlio lower part of Knox county recently, cunning much damage to lumber uud coul ynr.1t' by heavy ilood*. Baltimore is about to send a piouout commercial expedition to Cuban ami l'orto Kican porta to teat tho advan tages to be derived from trudo with tin1 West ludiea under tlio new conditions which will prevail therein with tli? change of ownership. Tho Commissioner of Agriculture ol Alabama, aftor a tlip through tho oust eru and southeastern portions of tilt State, roportb the cotton crop damaged by continuous ruins, boll worm a uml rust. The North. Twenty-one deutha wore reported if Now York city recently, due to the ox i cesaive boat. In the regular biennial Vonuonl eloc Hon recently, tho Republican* elected their entire stato ticket, headed by Fd Ward C. Smith, of St. Albatia. The custom house roceipta for Sai: Francisco, Cul. , for August amounted to 8n07,27;i, the largest for a single month in tho records of tho depart inout. The city of I 'ail a, III, has been placo< Under martial law. Tho sheriff t *?* ? l? tluw stop in order to movent aclnah bo tweon the striking coal miners and lie' gro laborera, Tho Democratic State convention ol Now Hampshire udoptodu platform ox pressing admiration for and contldenc< in 'Win. .1. Hryau. The War Depart'; ment is accused of incompetency, ami territorial expansion ia opposed. Firo at New* York City totally do atroyod tho Fast Sido Houlovard Horn, llubbor, Hone and Ivory works, en tailing u loss estimated by tho ownen of tho buildii>Mut $200,000, and by tin polioo at SOn.OuD^-tli'ho works employee 200 girls. . Israel Zuugwill, tho moat prominent Hebrew in literature since tho time o Disraeli, Fnglaud's premier, lias urriv ed iu New York. Ho will visit WNsh ington and other citios before rotuhi ing to Kngland. Tho committee representing tlio Hoyu Ulster Yacht Club has issued u forma chnllongo to the New York Yacht Clul for a aeriea of mutcho* with the, yacht Shamrock against ptiy ouo yaehtor vps sol constructed iu the United States ol America for thp^ American cup, snbjoot to the doedof gift and condition agreed upon. . nifftccllnuooua. Sixteen miloa of truck was washed away on tho F. (A <fe P. Hy. during tho roceut storms. j Foreign countries owed us a net bal ance of SO in, 000,00 J as tho the result ol last year's commerce, m The steamer Del Norto arrivod at Se attle recently from St. Michaoln with s hundred disappointed minors, somo ol whom woro ulmout ponniloss. 'J' wo ol tho Del Norte's passengers had gold duet amounting to ubuut 900,000. The Secretary of tho Treasury has issued a call offering to redeem the bal ance of the bonds, amounting to 61 f, 004,500, issued to tho Pacific Hail road. The exponses of tho Postofllco De partment Ipst year woro SOU. 000, 000. Tho receipts woro 000, 000. This year it is expected the receipts will roach 8100,000,000, breaking all rec ords. A freight train ran into an open switch at the long bridge. South Washington, recoutly and Fred Free land, fireman, and iirakoman Cooper wore instantly killed, whilo Engineer Harmon was fatally sculded. During the past fiscal year tho United States exported 3 1 , 002, 1 *?:J worth of typewriting machines, $0,81(5, .*>251 of bicycles, I4<i,:j(>l of sowing machines unci 82,770,808 of scientific "tend electri cal iustruments. v Mrs. Clara Harton, of tho lied Cross Society, has returned to Amorica, after distributing u shipload of provisions iu the country around Jfavaha. Not only does Admiral Dowov regard the work he has yet to do tu the 1'hil ippines as of moro importance than any counsel he might coti vev at Wushing toa or Pari* by word of mouth, but ho also urges upon tho Navy department the necessity of sending a battleship and an armored cruiser to re enforce his squadron at Manila. The Baldwin Locomotivo Works re cently shipped 40 locomotives for the Chinese Eastern ltailway, and 25 moro are being bnilt at the works for the same road. Retturna for th& six months ending July 1 show that the value of living animal* imported into Oreat Britain for food was ?3,496,840 (#27,000,000), aa compared with ?5, 578,665 (#27,500, 000) in tho corresponding period last J?w. ? IN I! M D i reacted tho Santiago Inviisioi Until the Anify Leu Tampa. ? m THE SPANISH CHAMBER MEETS. r lie cli.tr 1,1's l!ro:n;liI \.i>?liiist The Cllliru N tr K\ Kiiiicnl !?\ (ion. Midler' Not Sus l.ntii'U In (lu' iiti.u.l ill I ? r> . l'lit) fv?UH.is City Btaf tho following from itn special war cor respond* in, Mr. \V. .1. W hi ploy, touching on tho Vigor- Miles contro versy: " I'lio *hitcmont made semi officially front Washington that Major (Solium) Milo* \v iiu not in oouuuaihI of tho Santiago expedition up to tho time it loft I'unipn, not l>ornu out by tho official records of tho NVur Uopartniout. These records prove that MllOti nut onl.v conducted iho preliminaries with (Souorul (Lucia, hut whs thou rocog tii/od by tho War Uepurtinont aw gen oral commanding ovou (Sonera! Hlmf tor's hi* my. "1 jjydytuils of Gou. Shaffer's actual mid method of movement woMnJiftturally loft to Shnftor, l>ut w gontfial i >1 ?i ii win devised by (Sou. Al i 1 oh u.idf directions wore issued to C 1 till. Saul tin l?y Iih.i which, attor 1 oh v i n ?? Trmpn, tho bit tor entirely ignored. (Sou. Miuftor loft Tit in pn with tho full knowledge tln't ho wua Hiihjeot to or ders from (.icii. MiIoh and up to that tiuio the War I 'opart nioiit recognized this slate of affairs, which is provided for in tho Federal h t a t ii t oh organizing tho army of tho li'ited States," 1 lie Spanish Chamber Meets. A wpceial troin Madrid of September ft Tho^eimnibors assembled horo today. At tho opening of tho Senate tho Sccrotury road a lottor 'frorti $enor Rodriguez, Senator from I'orto llioo, rofusing ' j ol>oy tho Kummons to at tend. I no frontier, Honor Sngaflta, Hirayod in tho insignia of office, tisceiidod tho tribuue and road a decree Authorizing tho government to present to tho ('bomber a draft of a law em powering tho ministers to ronouucO sovereignty. over tho colonies, iu cou formity with tho stipulations of tho peaoo preliminaries between Spain atid tho United States. jUio President of tho ,Sonato prop?o'?a secret discus ! fiion of tho deoree, and despite tho protests- of hoiuo Senators, : ordered that tho gallouos bo cloarod, which was done, amid loud muriners of ' diHapproval. Those who had oxpeotod sensational scenes on the reopening of tho Chuinbor wore disappointed. The ' gcuorul puldio seems indifferent. Tho pooplo at largo are apparently con vinced that .Spain must accede to wliat ovor tho Unitod StatcH domandB. Gen. Bui ICY- Was Too Severe. Tho court of iinjuirv appoiutod to in vestigate tho trouble in Uio Third Vir ginia Volunteers, at Camp Alger, enusod by an alleged assault upon a ! negro, and tho couseipiont iBBiiuuco of ' an ordor by ( Jeneral Mutlor reflecting seriously upon tho rcgiuuont, restrict j ing tho members to tho limits of thoir ramp aud requiring sevoral roll callH a day to be had, has reported its findings to tho War Doparimout. The report, it iH said, acquits the regiment an a body of all riotous and unbecoming I conduct, Pitch as was indicated in (Jen oral Jfutler's order. ^ Tho roport ox ! proHticH it as tho opinion of the court tbtttf bad .( Sonera! Jbltlor been cog nizant of nil the facts of tho case his *' buiibo of / ustico would not Uavo per ' uiittod him to issuo so drastic uu^rdor. ' Commissioner of Pensions Annual Report, j Tho annual roport of IIou. II. Clay Kvans, commissioner of pensions, was ! in ado public 4 lecently. The conimis Bionor Bays thut tho roll is not only j increasing in numbors, but in value. Tbo amounts paid out at ttio several aconcios for tho year on account of j pensions under tho goneral laws, woro 8?fi, 275, ami on nocouut of pensions ' under tho act of Juno 27, 18!)!), &iW, 2'i/?,OTO. Tho number of pensioners in foreign coiiiitiic.H at tho Hose of the fiscal year was i, Hi I, having increased HOI). Tho totul amount paid t4 pen sioners living abroad was ?W<W,H()ij. Is it Andre ? A special to tho Timos-HoiMld fro>u Winnipeg, Manitoba, says: "Indians reaching DupUin from the far north report meeting an Esquimaux, who told of tho appearance among them of a atrango man, who descondtd from the clouds on tho shores of Hiideon Il?y. The opinion among the whites is that tho ra?n is Andie, the Aretio explcreiV * A Disaster at a Crossing . A trolley car of the Troy City Rail road-Company was struck by the night boat special of tho iielaware k Mudaon Kailroad^a a muanin? ?> li>s?PsM ? #? of the Jfudson rim bridge, which oon aect?Cohoe*, N. Y.,with Lanetngtm*?. Ejrateeo of the 85 passengers war* kfllad and at leaat tan of tba remainder will die. Witt w yw wf? The will of the late lli?bt Honorsbl^ W4Jia? Kr1 GKwktona, hu bMft~fr<r betsd. It abowa that bis personal ae tata ia valued at IW.009. Mr. ' Gtad etoee'e will wna vrittM by hiagpslf ia: ? aWVnftt* off eoont i,wO wema Mia ?# M VV INDUSTRY I OK liRLlNVll.LK. A Kollor Mill lor Cotton and Corn Belnjf (.rccted. Work wiih hoguu recently on another important vntorpriso which is ludica tivi> of prosperity aud success, ujid adds another to ilruu?iviilu'n factories. .Hi? foiu'oi u i tbo liable Holler Mill, a'^d the oflloera are H. Allen, president, IV D. Davenport, vivo prosideut, and \V. I,. ( i assaw it v, secretory and treas urer. The mill will be situated at the I'omlUtoft atroet crossing of tbo (. 'ol inn bia and ( i i uon v il lo rail road. 1 bo main building will be 00 foot long ana lour stories high, with ft" the latest improved llenr and grist mill machtn o r y . '.rbo engine and boiler room of ??oo story will maUo tbo ontiro buildiiijt UO fool long. The capacity of the null will bo I,. '>09 bushels of grain a day, and u:i machinery will be 'put in for both wheat and vilttt, tho outf ut wilt bo about OA barrols of tjour per day, (lio root ip m o u I and grits. ???. - Accused of Theft. .1 ocob H. Wilaon, oolorod, who wan api ointed nndor civil sorvico mica as janitor at tho United Btatoa custom house at Charleston, baa boon auspend od by order of collector lolbort, who is also custodian of tho building. j, vonng negro lad lnitl not boon in the employ of the government very long, but since his arrival at the puitoia house small articloa of peraonol yaluo began to dlsappar. Huch tliinga stamps, bicycle lauterus, glosses, etc., wero Heon in their proper placeH in the morning and in tho evening they had gone. No one knew what caused th# trouble until collector Tolbort and deputy collector Ostendorf caught jan itor Wilson quietly helping himself to a demijohn of liquor that had boon placed in tho collector's ptivate oUloe f t>r ?afo keeping. ? j To Reclaim I alien Women. 1 A commisshfft for u charter liaa beou issued to the < *liri?t iaii Mission of Char leston, which is a now kind of nhjit'i ta ble organization for I liia state* AlLaU*<gf iu their declaration ot purposes tbo ob-'' juet of the organization if to "develop Christian life und stimulate Christina activity, and it? speoiul aim will bo tho establishment of a rolugo for orrtng women and girls, with a view of ra claiming them to a respectable ( briat iau life. Tho project wrs of thia noble movement are Uli/.wbetli WalVou Mul Hiih, Itosalio N. Ilrandj^ and Claudie Thariu, ull of Oharleaton. <, ? >. -*??- i Claremloft Cew Thieves. 'Two negroes, Kranlt llolmos atltl Warren Campboll, who have made ? regular business of atealing cattle la Clarendon aud Williamsburg oouutiee f6t Home time past aud selling them io Sumter and other towns, have been ar reatodand lodge in jail. Twocowawero taken from them, and W?U bo held un til claimed by their owners. Ihoie are othor menibora of ihe gan^T "ho are wantod by tho ofllct>r?f. Will Subscribe $1,000. ""i 'j At a largely attended mooting of tho ladies' auxiliary' of tho V. M. C. A. hold at Columbia, it wan onthuaiaatioal lv roBolved that tho auxiliary would pledge itself to raise $1,000 b.y Btibsorip tion among Uio ladies of Columbia, for tho building tfuud, providing the di roctora would atari tho building by Oc tober. / Columbia ja" remodeled. Tho repairs at the obi jail in Colum bia have boon completed, and the ad dition of new colla has not only been an improvement, in that tho prisoners will heroafter bo aeouroly coufined, but also in the groat protection Mfrra od tho jailer while in tho discharge of his duty. - -?? Another Local Telephone Company. A eharter was recently granted by tho Sforetary of state to the Home Tel ephone. company of Woodruff. Tho oflicors are: President, E. V- l'earsoo; secretary, Ij. H. Irby; treasurer, d. J. Workman. -???- . Palmetto Notes. Abbeville's <i r?t now bale of cotton wkn sold on the 'Mill by John Ferguson to W. I>. Hnrksdnle at H?o could per pound. It graded rather- low. ia a former year h bale w?n ?ok| there on the 1 1th of August, tho cai host on reo urd there. * ?& *** Col. J. Q. Marshall, liicliland's new senator, was given an ovution by hie friends nt hit* residence recently, end tliov celebrated his victory within ser enade by tho rogimeutal band, which furnished noino excellont music. , 'l'hs French stoamnliip Olinde-Ko drigues, which woe seut to the Cherlee* ton port en a pri/.o of war, has not been reloased on -bond and the chances ere that she will remain there nntil tfce case is settled for good. , The Htenderd Cotton . mill of Rock Hill wes sold et auction recently end was bought by Mr. Johnston of the Highlena Perk Manufacturing com pany, of Charlotte, N. C., the flgnree being gftO.OOO. The Merlboro Mill compeny, et Ben nettsville, will not this sessoe rebeild. the oil mill, which wes destroyed by fire reOoetly. They will operete the ginnery end buy cotton seed. ? pMr. W. R, Ornhor, who was norni eated ie the primerr election fertte Btete Senetofrom (Mietw, will eeelBF-' Mooae onsf of tho ipifHiel " that eognst body. I The secretary of State bee giepted I fee' dfareetore of the Omlqr iMvi . (jglmhilk - 4D iNAVeeAa tq