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i ciiios Mins nil. Say The Mauldin Insurance B? H Will' Hurt Them HAVE ^ASKED GOV. ELLERBE * Not to Sign the Act for the Present? New Trant-uHoMitafio Railroad - Rock IliTs New tdtj^prlsc. 1 he ?otton mill* over the State are J oking ?ga?Q8tMf. W. L. Wauldiu'a i>iU against the Soqtheaatorn Tariff as eociation, whioh was passed l?y tho leg islature daring tho last weou of tbo ?east on. Tula bill was intended to iro jant tuo insurance companies from formtug any compact to fix rates of in??i?unce whioh would ope^ato a^aiUBt ^petition. Tho bill providod: fhat It shall be unlawful for any flro in euraueo eompany, association or partnership Qclug a flro iusuruuoo business iu this Htate to enter into a combination or compact with ki cornPRll'0,,? associations or partner, edlpt- or to require or allow their agents to enter Into any oom pact or combination with ottier insurance agent*, companies, as*oe!a Ions or partuorbhlpa^or tho purpose of governing or controlling tho rates charged on an>. Property In this fliate: Provided, That DOtbloK borela shall prohibit one or moro of suon companies fiom employing a common ijgent or agent-* ta^vbrvlro and advise of deleotlve structure* $>r to suggest Improve ments to Jesaen firMfazarde. " Tho cotton uyflls claim that this law would operate Against their obtaining low ratoa from factory mutual compa nies, and have asked Govoruor Ellorbo not to eigu the aot for the present. Tho aot oannot beoome operative without uio signature. Governor Ellorbe hu? decided not to eigu the bill uutil ho cau get further information upon it. ? ?***?? _ New Enterprises. The following ohartera and commis atone have been issued by the secretary of etate. Com mission to tho iiomo Building and L/oan Association, of Spartanburg. Capital, "340, 000. Tho lviversido Iron Wotka, of Charleston, capital stock, 82,000. W. E. AToKoo Charleston, capital stock, 32,600. Tno company ia to deal in orookery ware, hardware, of o< The Knights of Union, a benevoleut sooioty of Denmark. Tho Seashore Improve ment Company, whioh is to build up the Isle of Pal ma. The oapital stock is 3100,000. Tho Austin Grocorv Com pany, of Pelzer Tho Sick Beuelit Company, of Charleston. The Elec trio Ice Company, of Sumter. The oap ital atook will be 3100,000. ^ New Trans-Montane Railroad. A company with ample oapital haR secured a charter and altfo tho necessa ry oash to build a road from Lincoln ton, N. C. to tho Teunessoe road, and 1 will parallel" the narrow gauge from i Lincolnton to Lenoir. The new road will connect with the Soaboard at Lin- ! oolnton. Over the new road tho diH tanca from Western points to tho coast of South Carolina will be rednoed not laaa than one hundred and fifty mileR aa compared with tho present route by way of Aahevillo. Swindler in Rock lllll. ? A professional swindler haa jnat done uptheoity of Rook Hill, to tho finan cial lose of several citizens. The man. giving the name of C. Hall, oanvaesed the town, olaiming to represent C. S. Osgood ? Co., of Philadelphia, and Balling agate ironware with patent abestos bottoms. He received numer oua orders, prepaid of coarse, and the artiolea were to be delivered within 10 daya. The good did not come at tho time set, aud inquiry developed tho fact that tho firm of G. S. Osgood and Co. ia a ruith. ^ Death of Mr. JPinckney. Daath came to Mr. Thomas Pinckney Jr. at th(e Riverside Infirmary in Char** ' laston, and now the crime which oar riad him off is murder? cold, deliberate aaraftsinat ion, eo far as any evidence to thaoontrary is conoered. In faotevi denoo ia the scnrceat matter In connec tion With the whc'.o nffair, aud the wil 1. probably go down iu tho criminal history of Charleston along with tho other unpunished tuurdcrn and aaeaulta that hava been enaoted of late. Tobacco Culture in Florence. This will be a great year in tobacco oirolea in i'lorence, and Floronoo ooun ty ia swooping ahead. It ia bard to dpmpare thin year'a acreage with that of lakt year, for the inoreaae ia ao great that exact fignraa are hard to obtain. Take the eonuty aa a whole, it ia safe to aay that tbo inoreasa in aoreage is 800 or 400, perbapa 600 per cent A sig nificant fact is that tba largest increase in aoreage is in a aeotion where little i tobaooo baa been planted before. I Rock tf.li's New Enterprise. The new milling company in Rook 'Hill expect* to ba ready to grind the next orop ?>f both wheat and oorn. They will not attempt oat flak* a jnat will coma byeondbye. They will' make five grades of floor; will grind oorn for nee In every way, inclu ding the crashing of grain and oob for aiaek; they will aleo keep a regular woodyard, where they will aaw wood to nny length. ? , IxasrtH efiStk Careffas. Part in the mU of aa- illnatratad pamphlet eomgUed by Mr. Hartweil It lfar during Gov. Evane* admiaia tratioa. Tha hook ooniains many in " ktnrea regarding South IwlnpMinfc In Into i a naa natural huailied of _ nl the Mala house, and af CMato Oeapeg will eend COLUMBIA SllfJULD B? CONGRATULATED. Th? Opening of the Cougare.- ?\IH be ? BlcSsinj. From the nan d hills to the son! Iu all probability it wilLnot bo many years antjil trim littlo freight steamers aro plylug 'between Columbia ami George* luwu, putting in at ti.0 whar va?". at the*e two cities to roootve their cargo, aud poiutiag thoif Mows. shoreward h 1 1 aloog the ronte, to tako up the lumber, naval storee una agricultural products which will bo dovoloped by tho opou* ing ~'ot the Congaree for navigation. '1 boko was muoh grat ideation in Colum bia whon it was learned that Congress bad passed the rivor and harbor bill containing tho 6330,000 appropriation for opouiug the Oongareo botwoou Co lumbia and "Old Granby, " two miles "seaward." This will afford a five foot navigation mtlea long, from Georgetown harbor to tho mouth of tho Congareo, a distance of 184 niilo*. It is 4 J miles from the junction of tho Broad audbaludn, form nig tho Congaree, to tho junctiou of tho Congaree uud Watcree, forming the Santee, uud thou 183 miles by wator to Georgetown. The four largest rivers in the Stuto will be iudirootly benefited by this work, for whou a lino of steam er* in established thore will in all i rob ability be revived flat boat tiallio ou the Broad, Saiudti, Catawba and Wa teroo rivers, and at timos thia flat-boat or pole-boat tralho has been considera ble. But Columbia will uia<uly bo benefited. In tho construction of the look k und dam thero will be neoded an immonae amount of rough Htono. Tburo is an liubouudod supply of granite iu these old lulls around Columbia. Tho brick kiin industry will receive a now impetus, and lumber mills will And a ready market for all kiuds of timber. Thero is no need to go away from Columbia for tho iron wok neeuod iu ooubtruoiion. Labor wil bo oinployocl, aud laborers will epeud their money. Artisans and ma so n h will bo neodod to do tho moro dif ficult work, and suuh wtultiaon are, as a rulo, good oitizoiis. Thoso aro noine of;the benefits contemporary with the building of tho dam. Tho nftor ofToota opening up a river trade for Columbia and, above all, reducing railroad ratos to tho city in all direotious? arc already undoi stood. ?Columbia Mato Last Century l egislation. The following interesting old docu* ment was Pont to tho Columbia Slato fur publication ; To the Ilonorablo John Ward, presi dent, nnd momboi'6 of tho Honato of South Carolina. ThoButition of Samuel Croon Sheweth; That ho is iu possession of a principal indont of this Btato, dated tho Kith day of Angust 178.\ sigued by Boltr i'oo quet, aud J. Mitcboll treasurer*, and payable Vo Henry Butler for the snui of eight pounda, one shilling with inter est, which priuoipid indent yum peti tioner has presented to John L. Ger vuia to have the same funded, lint in consequence of the indent being greatly mutilated aud Mr. Gorvais not being able to ascertain the interest paid thereon, be declined funding the same. Your potitiouer, thereforov. prays your honorable houso to grant bun Buoh relief as thoy may thiuk propor and as in duty bouud to do. barnuel Green. Columbia, Dea 12, 1700. The Pinckney Inquest. The testimony of MoFall, a colored wituess at the Piuckuey inquest in Churleiton, created a sensation. The witness BHid ho was tbo first to reach Mr. Pinokney. Ho saw UnshoB of a pistol whioh seemed to come from over tbe fotioe. He ran to Mr. Piuckuey, raised his head aud rooognized him. He then looked up and saw a well dressed white man luuniug through tbo graveyard. When Barden and liarnwoll came up, Barnwell, after' bending over Pinckney, turned aud' raid twico "Ho shot hell out of him. He shot hell out of bun. " Tbo witness eaid J3arnweil gave bitu (witness) 63 cents and; said "Kemeiabor Mr. Pinckney said two negroes shot him. " Railroad Commission to Meet. The railroad commission will hold an important mooting on the 10th of the month. Several questions of impor tance will oome up. Tho round ba}a I problem will receivo attention aud the commission will likely oome tn some ouuclasion about the matter. Tbo re quest now is to have cot to u paoked in tbe round bale classed as compressed cotton and secure tbe rate allowed on such shipmonts. Tbe railroad author ities, it Appears, hjkve not yot granted any oonceasions to the round balo pack ers. 75 Per Cent. Short. One of the moat experienced and largest fruit growers of the Ridge eeo tion of Saluda countv says the rooont blizisrd will out otf at least 7 3 per cent, of the peach orop this year. The fruit orop of Ridge Spring and vioinity usually "grosses" from $73,000 to $100,000 annually. From these figure* one can nppreoiate the damage to tboae people done by tbe blitssrd. Killed By tter Lover. A murder was oommitted * short dis tance beyond the city limits of Oharlea* ton at 11 o'clock Saturday night. Thia time it was one o I tboae ' )eve quarrels among negroes, which so often result fatally. Tbe victim of the too- handy piitif IMS tima 1TS1 Sarah Vaoderhors^ a colored woman, and tbo slayer ie Jim Mlddleton, the lover of tbe woman/ ? ^ )tt - Me Rev cms Stamps tar Small Ueaa. At tbe refeneet of tbe Bank of Green wood tbo ia Umm revenue department baa mdfr?0 decision on m .import- -J Oil J MIC 8 01. Insurgent Forces at San Juan del Monle Mowed Down. AMERICANS FORMED A V, forcing the Insurgent* Toward ill* River, v N\ litre They Met the Pitife&s Shelling of the Gun-t)fiat. Manila (By C'nblo) --The iusurgout forcoa at Sun Juau del Monte, number ing several thousands, wer JKl'ucsday driven irorn their position great loss. Sides' brigade, which hold u>e w?ior works against tho iopeated at. tack of tho robels, advance. I uu Sun J u u 11 dol Aloute at G.'tiO iu tho in or rung. ! The uttftok was decided upon at a oou foreneo of regimeutol and bngudo oommuudora at daybroak. In order that tho entire robol Uncus might be oueompassed and driVon in re treat in a body, Hales' linos swept forward in tho form of ? V, 'tho opeu ei*U towards tho Pasig river. As boou ?h the lines formed, the Wyoming reg imeut closed in, tiring rapidly and ef fectively. Suddenly Company 1) sprung tr?nu the lino witlica cheer and with un olllcer at its heud (lalicd toward the insurgent trenches. This action oloo Lrifind the American lines, Tho cntiro lino swopt down upon tho Filipinos*. After a short tiro tho Filipinos leaped from tho earth works and fled, closely preyed toward tho rivor, tho only di rection not cnt ell* Ab tho iotnirgonts j turned toward tho river they mot tho pitilof s shelling of the gun- boat. The loss of tho iusurgenta i? very heavy, the acenrato liro of the gun-boat creut lug n panic. Private Speech, of Ne braska, was tho only 0110 wounded. lhc New Ships For dur Navy. Tho plaus for the throe big battle ships authorized by tho naval appropri ation bit! iust passed, ure being work/ ad out. Tlio goueral features of tho th'ps havo been dolined, subject to tho approval of tho Seorotary. The battle ships will bo 1,000 tons turgor than tho Maino and Missouri class, of a total displacement of 13,600 tons, meking them by far the largest ships in tho Arnorican navy, aud about equal in di mensions to the boat type of battle ships now being constructed abroad audor the now practice. Tnough larger than the Maino, the ships will be laid on almost the same lines, being only a littlo greater in e.vory dimension. Thoy will carry four 12-inch guns in turrets. This oalibre ia an inch less thuu the runs oarried by tho Orogon, but by Improved design thoy will be almost xjual in ponotrative power. The Appropriations. The best ostnnatos available placo the aggregate of the appropriations of llio present session of Congress at 1075,885,480. Of this total tho fol lowing items ere determined, a* tho bills making tho appropriations have become laws: Agriculture, $8,7211,022} diplomatic and consular, $1,714,623; fortifications, $1,000,902; Indian, 37, - 304,755; legislative, executive aud ju dicial, $28,405,740; military academy, ?576,774; pensions, $154,288,830; post office, 8105,004,18:1; urgent deficiencies, ?140,000; Spanish-treaty obligations, ?20, OOH.OOO. Tho tolai permanent ap propriations is also fixed and is $128, 578,220. Tho figuros on otbor bills are: District of Columbia, 7,859,502; navy, ?52,970,461); sundry civil, $51,290,262, ?nd the river and harbor (about) $10,* 000,000; omnibus claims bill, 8,100,000; in aid of expositions, ?1, 000, 000; mis cellaneous, $-'.>00,000. A $75,000,000 Srap Trust. *\ Flans for the formation of a ronm tnoth soap tfuat woro formulated in Uhicngo, ill., at a mooting of tho Chi cago soap manufacture/?, called for the pnrposo of taking somo notion in regard to the prices of soap, which it Is claimed are ruinously low. Though the inception was purely a local one it Is said that prospects are now good for ft combination taking in every largo loop manufacturer in the United State*. A capitalization of fully S75, 100,000 will bo roprest-u'ed if thia'plan is carried ont. Brief Mention. Ai!e? Thomas, an old uogroof Sinip >on county, Mi*s., was liuuged and his body riddled with bullets by unkuown parties. Tt is said thut there are sev trul eunpoets and some sensational ar rests are expected. Huntington, W. Va. , reports great tufforing by tho people who were driven from their homes by tho flood. Geutrai City, a small plaon uhove Hun tingfon, is also a great sufferer from the flood: /j Tho oommitteo appointed by the Be-'' pnblioan caucus of the House of Rep resentatives to formulate a financial* measure for the consideration of the next Congress, will rnoet at Atlantic City, for the purpose of taking up tho Question on the 17th of April. A Gale at Newport Newt. A a racial from Newport New*, Ve. . ttyi the fltiffeei noz^faweeter that bM United Newport News in year* ewept (hi* entire section of Yirftin'ia Mon day. TU# atorm started with a heavy down poor of rain. After midnight it i topped raining and a cold wind blaw from the north. Tha? *ind inereaaad in velocity and tftVelea at time* fully 10 milaa an hour. A Oarraaaa, Venesaela diapefcoh?ay* thai the ffoTwromen* troop* aire oap fared ths orty"t>f Oafaboso, capital of lha new State of Ourteo, in whieh the revolution. ted by On iwral B?aoa THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, The South. Jack Bradley, oolored, was h anffoci ui the jail At Bienville, Lit., Iiwlay for murdering a colored woman ami her iiltlu girl. lie confessed Ins yuilt on t ho noafl'old. Tho f-novr storm of Motidav ni^ld, folio Wvd by a flood, disabled (lie works of Kiebmond, Vu , and f<-r a ni^hl or two liiohinoiid was in daik UOHS, At Austin, Tex., tho House adopted, otter a lively discussion, a ? o h o 1 t j o u endorsing tho aotiuu of Congressmen Bailey tu protesting u&r u > u t* i tho seating of Congressman Jon. \V heeler. Throe persons were killed and twoho injured in Tennessee, and four killed in Alabama by the storm Ust Saturday uight. Much damage was also done in States and throughout ttoorgia t> \r the tornado. Although there aro oontinueil domain ot t tie report tuat the American I'obaiv co Company has absorbed the Union, i Louisville tobacco laoit' generally be liovethut the Consolidation is about to I take place. ' ' Mr. Michael Glennaa, vice-president und geuerul manager of Tho Virginian* Pilot publishing Compauv, formerly owuor aud editor of the Norfolk Vir ginian, died at his homo in Norfolk, \*a., from rheumatism. Hov. Father J. A. llartnott, a Cath olic priest, died at tho Parochial Homo in Dallas, Tex. , of smallpox. He ooir traded tho disease while visiting pa tiMiits in tho Dallas pest house, in tlio blizzard throe weeks n?o, when ho walked six miles with tho thermoiuctor 1 1 degrees below zero. Tho Eighth Unitod States Immunol, colored, commanded by Colonol llig tfius, was mustered out of tho service in t 'hattunooga, Tenn. , Tuesday. Two citizens wore seriously wounded by shots from the train as tho soldiors wore leaving tho city. Former President Cleveland,' Capt. Hobley D, Evans aud Commodore Bonediot arrived in Georgetown, S. C. , Friday* Tho party woro transferred to the yacht Natomn, and loft in a few minutes for tho shooting preserves of tho Kauteo Gun Club, where they will bo tho guests of tho club aud spend ton days or two weoka in huutiug and Jisb iug. The Norih. Gas Ruhlin. of Akron, O. , tiofentotl Joo Goddard, of Australia, in tho fifth round of w lint was to liavo beeu ? JO round bout before tho Lenox Athlotio Olub, iu Now York. The steel screw steamship Jntnos- j town, tho crack vessel of the Old J)o- : minion Lino, went into hor pier ut New York on Are. Tho fire was noon extinguished, but considerable damugu was done to the cargo. The schooner Win, B. Stoelmuu, from Norfolk for New York with a j oargo of pig iron, strauded iu tho gap way at the east ond of tho loo-brcalujr at the Delawaro Breakwater. Tho orew was taken off by tbo, quurantitio j tux. The British sohoouor Mary II. Wil liams, from Jacksonville to Nasnau, with a cargo of quick lime, was net on lire by the wetting of tho cargo and totally destroyed. The crew was ro,v cued. Josephine Kipling, the six-yoar-old daughter of Rudyard Kipling, and tho oldest of his . threo children, died shortly after 0 o'clock Monday morn ing, from pneumonia. The child's death took placo at tho homo of Miss ! Julia DeForest, iu New York City. Washington Representative Bailey, of Texas, hna j announced that he would not be n J candidate for the Democratic louder- j ship in tho next Congress. The President has definitely decided to take a short trip South, his destina tion being Thomasville, Ou. , wticrc ho will be the guest of Senator llauua. A <jhsi>atoh to tho War Department from Gen. Otis, at Mauila, says tho in surgents have cot taken, nor do they hold a single prisoner of war. Tliov have three eoldiers in Malolon, pickod up iu January, who, without permis sion, went among them nearCavito and Caloocan. Treasury officials say tho $.'J, 000, 000 to be paid the Cubans wiii bo made up of $1,540,01)0 in $3 gold pieoas; ?1,800, 000 iu silver doliare; $>0,000 in 0<i cent j pieoes; $00,000 in qoartore; 8-5,000 iu dimee aud ?6,000 in niok?l?. This allot- j ment of the various sums it in accord- I snoe with the wishes of the Gubaas 1 them 6 elves. Miscellaneous. Commissary General Kagan is now i on his wuy to Honolulu, whero ho has j a son who is largely interoatod iu ootloo plantations. The AtlauMo Transport Lino has fol- | owed the.'examplo of tho White Star, i Vmericaa and Cunard Lines, and has ' iduoed the minimum rate of itn first j rabirr fur'es to $2.*. Formerly these rates j vera 8t>0 and $0u; the obango, thorofore, ttcans a cat of 50 per cant. Foreign. A buJietin issued from Rome says .he oonlition of the Pope continues rery satisfactory. A severVcarthquake was experianeed it Yokohanta, tbo disturbance visiting ncaliiies of the great shock of 1891, jritb some !ou of liffand properly. The Madrid Reforma aaya that tba Minister of War, General Polavieja, la irffiog upon the cabinet the neces sity of inoreaaing tba army and raaorva ?avy. The Queen Resrent of Spam, a* tbo 'adults of her consultations wftK the itatemen, generals and political lead er *,ioform<dSer)j.r lesir eq (o retain the present Chamber, ? ^1 ^ il> am Inwi lit gin Wt f^fMrfTwtriTnt" vw*f ?Vjt;i? fn vTWTf oniJ fv I rwUlli UUt :he cabinet. Belvraa* 2,000 and 3,000 bso have Jim a nddealy thrown ont of work J? iba praviaoa of Santiago da Cuba. ?mr 700 is tba immedfata neighbor hood of tin city. A oopy of Kipling's "Eahoa" w?i sold at auction ia London for $10?. T ho Hero ol M n n i i a Rewarded tor His Services. GEN. OTIS ALSO PROMOTED j ?? To a Ma| r- (ic?if raislilp --1 lu- I'f rsKlmi i Sccr clar \ I *ui?? anil Sr^rotarx Vi^or Ca, 1 bled Congratulations. Wamumjton, P ('. f.Hpcrini. I ht> Piusnlont Fr iib? v fCMi'. to lh<< Honato the iu'utiiiutioiib of li'-tn Admiral Oeojgt* 1 ?e\vov In bo admiral o? tbo j mn v undor the tud upprovid Muich 'J, lH'.lj'l, iui,l Rligadiot G ell oral I"!: woll ^ ! Otic, Fnitcd Stated anny, t?? l>o uiujot < general l>\ biovot, to rank from t o l)i u J try 4, iSl'l', '? i mil ll my k i 1 i and moot distingnr hod sorv.co in the Phitippino j Iblauds Ih oil ui tor tiiO uuui i lull Ihuh j rcucbuti tho Souato an executive session ! of that body wh^ bold ami they worn j ooulii ined. Secretary Loug cabled A I j muni Oowey n? follown Henrtiout oc?n i ambitions upon your detorved t loinotion an admiral.'' Later in the day, upon bains inform ed of 1 'o w oy h cuii liriontiou, tho Socre taiy ?cnt tbo following: "The president adds his congiatuia lions on your oonnriuaUon ' Hooietury Algol ^oiit the following congratulatory message to Major Oon* oral Otis, at Munila : "You have boen nominated and eou tinned i major general by brovi t in t ho tegubu tinny. The President wisho* tliis message of congratulations sent you, in which 1 cordially joui." (ireat Business In Icbruan. R. O. Dunn ifci'o. *o Weekly Koviow of Trade Hays: Tho bonuiea* for tho past month was fur tbo greatest over known in February, Clewing houso exchanges wore $7,000,000,000, against $.V>07.f>!J8,844 last year and 04. 2 largor than in 1802. In all the yearn of week ly comniorcinl reportiug there has boon no other week in which the reports from all p?rt* of tho country have been on Hid whole so good as they are t Ids weok. Moreover, during the past week, there has been a goueral tui vanco in wngos, immediate or prospeo tive. At mob* points tho advance of 10 per rent, or more wan entirely vol untary. It baa averaged from o to U> per ccnt. iu tin plato works uud about IU per ccnt. in other cases, and asilufleci? much over 100,000 hands, it will add greatly to tho purchasing power of tho wago earners. Cuifcrc cc Report <?n the Sundry Civil 15111. Tho oonforonee report on tha- sundry civil bill, ronpfting a partial agreement, show? tUifc# ff to?*i. IWli-fieiinto biniend ? men adding ftO.'t, 2;1<3 to the bill, the Hen A'iarocedod fro m, i* 1,040, 0.10, and the House agreed t<Kt?f!,0,J4,248. No agree ment has beeu reached upon amend ments nggregntiuir $4,880,010. I ho House agfWn to <ho amendments for publio buildings at Macon, (la. ,308, ? 000; Columbus, (3a., $.>0, 000; depot at Mobile, Ala , 312,000. Some smalt items under tho Fish Commission, tho Geological Survey uud other miscol lau^ous items were also agreed to by tho ITouce; also ?1,010,000 for tho Fans Exposition; $.Vi,000for souvonir dollar* for erecting a statuo to l,ofavette at Fa l is, u!ho appropriating for a mow gov crnmout printing office {f8fi0, 000; limit of coot, $^,000,000. Rapid fclcgr.ipltv. Tho practicability of sending ?ight. uio*Bftgcs, four eaoli way, on one wiro at the antno liuio, with au alternating current, was demonstrated JJieyond any doubt iu i'biladolphia before a number of rhiladulphia ard Jialtimore soieu entifits and capilalintu, who gathered in tho ollloo of tho chief of tolegrnph of the Pennsylvania ltailroad, at tho Broad Street station, to witue?s au ex perimental trial of tho Rowland multi plex printing tolegraph. The tost whh made between Philadelphia and Jereoy City, over a wiro furnished by tho Pennsylvania Railroad, and a number of New York men who are interested in the progress of telegraphy partici pated in the oxporimont from tho head telegrapher's room in the Jereey City Terminal. The ttivtr and Harbor 'till. The conferees on the river aud harbor bill Friday agreed and eignod a report. They made the following aitUwuuut i\h to tne rj?ult of the ooufereiice: "fn thomatflr of the Nicaragua Canal, the conferooH provided a nubslitrtto for tho Senate amendment, giving full author ity to the President to investigate al? Isthmanian canal ronton, especially tho Nicaragua and Panama routes. He i* to have all tbo engineer* and other em ployes ho may oced for this purpose, and ia allowed to appoint the eugineorw either from the army or civil life. Ho is then to report bis conclusions to Uie B'ext Congress. For this purpose w<\ appropriate $1,060,000. Tlia Dreyfus Revision. A spacial from Paria says: The crim inal se?tfdtt of the Court of Cassation, repdering judgment, duds that Colonel Picquart and M. Leblois, a lawyer, should ba triad bj a^eivil court for tbe alleged fargery wltlir^hich they are ebarged, kwi for using tie-forger> and infif matter contained in seoret in tba Dreyfus easa, Tb<* 'on a of tba Court of Caesa *i?r?sr?^un tba hearing ia tba Drey fua case in conformity with the new trial rariaion. As A raanlf of tbe Judg* ?lent, tba military astboritiee will transfer CoJoion?l Picqumrt U, tba ??w?? I authorities. The eharga of forgery be inor punishable with ?aTarer penaltia# L than tba albaa afsnees isapnteO, will furniah tba first aubjeet of invesliga 1 &3SS3 $m!** i*ppiy to&z - TheJUniUd Statae gun boat Co a eord las arfired at lUaiia sflsr ar week's arutea along tba wjrt eoast , of tba i+ laxbef Laaoa Tb? only incident of her trip waa tba burn.ng of aeeboow UU* -Ub ?ppl iMigfJtf Mlkn FILIPINOS KILLED . I Afiunaldti Oticfol .^l.oOO.OOO fei ttif Mo 1 lease o) Pi 'soner' Manji-a 'Hv t al'ipi. -Tho rebel! httvo linvji ooiwoli ! : :it I ug til tho vioiull ? j of ti>? infer ?oir. Mo-obiy k patrol of I < VinivK) y r- ???_??' 11 ?. ? Orctfou Vuluti- J teer*, ? iisi takat: i u ftiubiu?h. Two moa j wero uou?i(liil, I mi t the ? irogoniaun } bold Hum r giono I i ? ! : v| 0>" a hoav.Y the tttit il the ? C!i)a. iu!< r >?( tho company, a*si?tM l>\ r i , ( . r.ist Nebraska ltegi? men!, t' ?:iKo I >be ononi\ killing M H 11 ; I tt'OUtli! Urt fcXOIIli more. I wo In* t I ill ! loii s of the i ?.veiituth Jiogulai In fiuiliv ha\o io H'( tlcnewil Union' brigade. All (bt> native I s ? 1 1 ^ li'>vo Peon do* slroiedat .M:ii'pi:un. nn 1 the country f thcioi* pitjliv ?? 1 1 elearod, but liic i i el'i'l.s M . Co mMui : fi ; fnalt bodies til s uuduwn. A !?( ..i viitS ? th?\V Jihve j K^Clllf'l M llOW il I 'I >i,V t'f Mil' koilM.1 powdvt t oivntl y. tiioir 1> #*?* been n j notu eab.Y tl . iloit'uot* ?? *i ? i ii^i Htu lust j f?w ibivti. I !io > i inis-h comutiHiu'*u WH M l.o 11 CO t;ililo?l\ Mi iil j; t.> *1 Oil ro I III* : lOlOH'iOOf I ho ^J flillSii | I mouot's ill ilicf 1i!iu>In of Aguinaldo liuvo lotuiiied to I !Mr!o1o? to oiler ? i.hhi,1' 1 !i o ? r 'o | leiino A.i had Anuii.ahlo demanded J 87, OOP, i'0'i. it :* nwl i tl..-! \ l lieu iitit?r,loit | will be St?i-i tl !, \ (ill Olt'Jl'U It's Slli'V '.'SN"l A high oflb'iiil of t !ii! tiovman Navy I >cpartmout hn*? i riiVi ? i j v . i tho outre, ponden t of tho A?noe ato I I at itei h:i that tii? ii|'|>0'iilin(<nt of |'ri:;oo Honrv, of 1 -? . ?{ hoi ?>f Tun onu William, to tho command of tl?o A h i n ? i c s<l iind roit , bus boon considered foi months past, a 1 1 ' I wu* II ii a ! Iv decided Upon fti being tho most available, tho Emperor doMimg to ?liow tiin A n??>r i fail people that he in thoroughly friendly with them, kuoivin^ that l'r'tioa 1 1 on iv ifi po|iulnr ui tho t'nitoil Ntft'Of. A Collcjfe am) Cinii|irt'>? I'urnt'd. Nomly ?-100, 0(H> worth of property wiih do.it roy ml ut Wi'^t I'onit, Minn., by flip .Monday. Tho Maiy Holmes (.'of loi?"1, Hiul industrial nchool for oolorod j<irls, hnruod m tiio tuorniiig, Iobb $(??"), - Out); iiiHUtuui'o i'K\Ui?0. I? tho nftor noon tho oolton oonn?ro^f. Hhod^^-wto. , tocotbor with u Ini ye iimount of cotton, wns deatroyed. I, ohm 8;jw(?ooo. Th? pro^H aud cotton wore ipstirod. II. (J. McDonald, h pror.nnnnt cotton donlor, in attempting to obtain roiuo papers from bis uilice, was burned to (loath. New Railroad Chartered. A charter han boon granted to tho incorporator* of the Sen board A (iulf Railroad, to construct 14? miles of tlieir linen through tho eastern portion of Georgia. 1 ho lino is to onter C.eoruia in I'.lbert county, from itn prosent northern Uiiuinui at Andornon, H. C., aud running in a Houtheru direction, will tap nil tho larger townx, aud pass ing through ThomuHvillo, extend through J'londa to the town of Carria hollo ou tho const. "Million Hollar" Record is Broken. The oflicial f?fat6jnout of Iveprononta tivo .Toliu i<. ('anno1?r of Illinoia, the chairman (if I ho houao appropriation committee, Mttumiug up tho appropfia tioUK of the Fifty- flit It (.'ougronH, allows an aggrogato appropriaiiou by the eutiro congrosa of ^),oti(5,800,010, aud for the ; e?fucu ju&t cloaed, a total of 8073,1169, <100, with au authority for con tractu for future appropriations amounting to 8iO,''00, 000. \ Message from Qoccn Victoria. Tho following menage from Queen Victoria to tho President lias boon re ceived ut tho Kxoontivo Mansion; "\Vinusoii, March 0. "To tho rrohideut of tho United Hiatal: "I thank vou and tiio American ua lion ninocroiy for tho hotioro paid to tho memory of hord Merccbell and for tho friendly sympathy eliowu to my country in its bereavement.. (Signed) "Vickmua It. I." Charleston Cotton Mill Sold. '1 bo Charleston, 8 Cotton Mill whh (?old bt public auction the other day, under uu o.dor of the United SIhIdh Con'rl, fur ?l00,000, the upmit. piifntixed. John H. Montgomery, of h>t>ar Unburn, win tbo purchaser. Air. Montgomery xnid bo represented a ?yu dicate, and the mill would be operatod nil b nay i o labor Tbe President bun nominated Waltei Evuiip, of Kentucky, ox-ConiniiBeioncr of Tnteriial Revenue and Kupreflentn tivo iu tbo late Conureas, to bo judge uf tbo Uuitcd Stale* District Court for tbo diKtrjot of Koc i noky. T lie Dauglitcri Protest. The local ohapter of Daughter* of tbo Confederal*, xvbiob i? tbo original chapter of tbe or??i?i/ation, at Savan ii rib, On,, adopted ro^oiutlouri etroagly protesting against President McKin ley'a tiupiteatinQ repenting tbe Federal care of Confederate graves. Tbo pndfller* in tbo Portage Iron, WV>rk* Jt fIo]iniidi?biii ?, Pa., have been {.'ivon nn advuneo of 24 cents por ton. Othor wages bava been increased j 10 per coat. ^ A t ight in Company ?. A epecial frosp- Havana, Cuba, aayi: During a geueral fight among th? men of Company E, Firat >Torth Caro lina Itogiment, Private Frank Jamaa,ot Stiitesvillc, N. I*. , w?* bad] v cot with j a knifo and stubbed In tha baok with a: bayonet. Private Duckworth hanbaaa confined iu tbo regimental i uird boni^ charged with the afabblog. Filipn t]fry to Capture the Water- Works A diapatch from Manila reporta that the Frliptno* mail sift attempt ^DonaaV to captura-tb* water- worka, ? siUia I from Manila. Tba attack waerai With M low TP th< Wttli' of land man/, woandad. -. Xka fla agon and thal'irat Nikmfca f PahnctM Nolo* v , San", n e?l 'I'. Pointor h&4 been appoint* od i >.<dnm*tfi ut Sport unbmv. \udcrson hna now r\ third bank? th? I'-i uk- with n on pi Im I of ?I00, 1 1? l^i J heowuffs of the A* by Cotton Mill, ??t I. i ( i it* -UfH i<>u oonnty. eipeot. a ! nil early >l,?* tfM>cJj i'u^o their plant I , . ; A, i ?>)<Vo i* ft 10 I. t w. \ larmei in Kj'tu lani>Mi>; county last yeni muo.l oii ion ticrotf vi u'ound I bllfthels of coru. Many of thfl 8tj?iU? produced ifl cirs each. T a tobaoeo acreage in Marion coun - ty wiH h?> erenilv jocroasod tins year. I . " i mates place # lio ci onpootivo oroj? u ? twenty Ave million iK>uud*. In opno of the effort a ol the town'a utti< .snl board of htinfth two casts of Kiiutllpox have appeared on tho out* t Iv'rtsj uf liiBhopville, en tho plantation of "Ji Siini uel Pradley. f i>o postoftice ut Xoono'f, l)rangeburjr f UtMv, was b?'oke'.i iuto and a largo 1 1 ?* i it 1 1 1 1 1 v <>f stamps (.toloH. A etoek of "'ti i/i oi oil and i*e iti tho same build i p ;il?c< TooiT?'t the ntientton of tho biii v lar. Mr Klia* TupH>f, of Snmmerville. who uiim iiijiireil bj' A collision ou tbe SfK <horo Railway at the fale of TalmA in ' vtotflr last, lias bogun sii't sKftinat the company iu the Common Jl'leat Court in Charleston for $ia,oo<>. i l.o buintifl# of a Meaui pipe at tho Cniduei and Lacy Cumber Mill in 0 (a>o;^'?town, made a loud report nod caused eousidorablo ootuxuotion for nwirlo, hut no cue wan hurl. I !io Methodists of ilowman, Orange burg county, are getting a move on them in regard to tho bnildini: of anew oh in ch, and it is more tfcau IiKWy that il will be completed by thd 40th of Oe ? tol>er, Poller Mill :it tiny.t Ho r. A bitgo rollor flour mill is boiiur built ut i mod flopo, Suhldn county. 1 ho> i lunch i n oi y is on tLio grcuud mimI th?# purpose is to be ready lor this year's oiop of. wheat. Mich a mill lu Ui^ county will be a great stimulus \o th.i i a i mora to sow moio * bent. IndedU, tho sowing of wheat has boon increased nl'out fn> per. corit. in uyrouj^o durinu I ho pnst threo yeara. Thin l.i b\ tho (net t lint the nulla of lb* ouontjr are now crowded during tho grinding, bottson ami herotobue they hav?f often ?> atood idle. ? ?? Hcmirttsvillc Cotton Mid. An important meeting of the directory of the lleuuottsriile Cot ton factory was bed recently. Col; D. D. Met 'oil, president of the I tank of .Marlboro, was elect ' oil premdent of tho mill, ntid J. H. I'ipkin of iMc(w>ll, was eloctod aecreiarv and trcamirer. The meeting wuh fall, huimonious and business- tike. i'he < *<> I - 1 1 it I stock is I on, Out), ond . Jd per coui of tho sumo will bo paid in a? tM-oo nr^l work will bo t'ommonrad h hurt I r. .. -??*. ? ? l .aaeastei win voutod by h bail storm iai>t week which lastotl nn 1111 tea: Setnoof tlio stone" wero a;? bu tr? ma hen ? c.'gs N'erj- little l'I.i^s ii loft in llowtr h ii bout totvn. Zionistic Movement. Tito tirade of (be Sultan of Turkey prohibiting tho .lows from immigrating to Palentiuo with tho purpose of set tling there lias by no mean* diminished tho ardor of ilovotoil Ziouistn in the propagation of their online. The leader* of.lliM movement are leaving no imui uutriod to hasten tb? consummation of. repoopliug the land of tiieir father* with the porsecuted and downtrodden of their race. The United State* armored cruiser Brooklyn has received orders to sail immediately for Hampton Roads to tn l<o Hour Admiral Schley to Kuro|?e, ^ Admiral Monfejo Cast Into Prison. A Ppocial from Madrid saya: Admiral Montojo, who was in command of the Spanish squadron destroyed Jby Ad miral l>ewey in tha bMtth of Manila Bay. and the commajrder of the Ca vit?i arsons!, Luve boon incarcerated in tho military prison, pending trial, for their jyOnduct at Mauila. r; Three Quay Men Bolt The ionfr- predicted break from Bene* tor Quay omue on Friday's joint ballot. "J hi iio member*. Messrs. Harsh. Mnr-Koy and Yates, H?p*bM<jene, da roiled bin ranks sud \uted for other Ilepublicnn candidates. (South Carolina & Geor gia Railway Co. jr "The Charleston Lone." ' __5_ i. Schedule In Effeot Jan. 1st, liM, aaaT vkwt. wwi buit. It Augusta 630a W Charleston 700 e ar Aiken 1 03 a lv Columbia ?'K'nrrlHe 10I?a lv Klogvllle Tie* ar Columbia 11 0; a ar AlhS ?. -!? ? 1 ar Cbarlsetoa 11 oo a ar Augusta 11 ft t SMt nktvz. It Aecusta f 10 p. . ar Atken 4 00 p" It l<KlngYllle 101* a 1* ar Columbia W 10 fr ec ? - - a? ChspUitwt fHt&v ar Attgueta cSESS BRANCH, 4mtij Dora. . lv Kteftvffle 10 10 a ar Osiise UMa amtAOOOMllOPiTlOM, ?mm I* mm i - tefc