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Was Compost (1 and Apparently He signed-- Execution a Success. COMMFRCt OF I WO NA I IONS. America Keeping Puce With I upland in the Export Trade -l v I. S. Senator Patrick Walsh D : act. 49, vn Mall J In*** ?* ^ TUd^jyifcwdwjH Cil'f/ttt b mf JTliunSly rc? iuy *%> ? -ii * '_**? Np.w Vouk (special). ? Mrs. Martha I'laco wus cxch ulod at Sing Sm? prison Monday. she was t ho first woman to <i?e ?n tho clcctrin chair in Now York, uud alio vonl to hor death quietly. Her death was instantaneous, but 2 shock* wero given. Stuto .ldoetrician Davis threw down the fovev at exactly 11:01 h. in. The volta^o of tho currout was 1,7t?0, anil it was continued for four seconds. It was then gradually di minished to 'JOu volts, which was con tinued for oO sccouds. l)r. Ii vino, tho physician of the prison, txamiued tho woman and then ordered a second stock. That was tho samo as tho first in power and was cou t it tied for t !i t? ..same length of time. The second tdiock has always been administered at Sing Sing. Mrs. I'laco murdered her slop daughter, Ida M. I'laco. a mero girl, ou I'eb. 7, I 18IK hhe tirst threw acid in tho jiirl'a evoa and then smothered her. This | was early in tho morning in their homo in Brooklyn. She waited t.lio entire day for her husband to return, and thou attackod Iniu with an axe, tinct uring his skull, aad otherwise seri ously injuring him. l'lace, however, recovered. Airs. I'iaco was convicted aud sentenced to death, but she never for a moment behoved that who would bo electrocuted. During tho last few remaining min utes of ii or lite, .Mr?. I'laco was again and again urged to go bravely to her death, aud idio promised tlia. bho would. Sho hud told hor pastor that she believed her, sine bad heou for given? and assorted her faith in tho hereafter. Sho was boiiyed up with this feeling when llio warden came to lead her to the chair. Sho was dressed hi black, a gown that sho had mado herself, simple and plain. A white barid was aiouml her throat, and her light brown hair, now turning gray, was brushed back smoothly over hor forohend. Mrs. I'laco said simply that she was ready aud tho warden took her arm in his. They went slowly through the deserted old hospital building, along soverai haliways, and finally through the last, corridor of all. Ou either sido tho murderers' colls were all draped with heavy curtains, and tho procession moved more quickly through this dismal placo. As tjioy came over tho threshold Mrs. Place gave no sign of fear. Sho picked hci way almost like a blind woman aomsH tho short apace that separated her from the death chair. She was gently pressed down into tho frame, and Dr. Irvine, who was in waiting, stepped in frout of her. Then ho mo tioncd to tho women, and they camo up ou either side. It took but a mo mont to strap her. Tho edgo of her skirt was lifted quickly, tho- blocking was drawn down over tho shoe, aud the electrode fastened by one of tiio women to tho right leg.- Thou tho skirt was dropped, the head -cap was clam pod, tho straps fastened across tho face, and a pad droppod over tho forehead. The woman stood with outstretched skrits, with Dr. frvuio aud aud a male attondaut ou either side almost shutting out tho view of tho wit nesses, and tho signal was given. Quicker, almost than a flash, the electrician threw down tho lever. The body straighlouod. tho tiu gers gripped tightly into the the palius and tho little prayer book sho hold in her left hand wits drawn across tho j wrist. Only tho woman's mouth was visible, and it changed merely in Iho drawing down of tiio lips and a littio darkening of tho skiu. Mrs. I'laco had murmured, as sho was seated iu the chair, '"God help me! (Jod have mercy !" Thoro was not a sound after that, not evnn a moan. Commerce nf Two (iroat Countries^ Ambassador ('hoato'a recent remark that the-Uuited States and the United Kingdom would doubtless continuo a friendly rivalry in regard to tho world's commerce is quite justified by tho latest figures on tho commerce of tho two countries as supplied by tho treas ury bureau of statistics. 1 heso show that tho exports of domestio merchan dise from tho United Statos in the eight months onding with February amount to $829,835,141 against those for tho United Kingdom uniount to $708,900, 427. In tho calendar j'ear .1808 the 3 domestic exports ^froro tho United Htatesjamounted to ?1,233,504, 828, while those of the United Kingdom amounted] to $1,131,044,331. The year 1898 was the first in which the domestic eipovts from thfl^ United States exceeded the domestio' exports from tho United Kingdom. Ouonly two occasions prior to 1H98 have the domestic exports of the United States exceeded a billion dol J/*rs, whilo those of tho. United King dom have, constantly exceeded a billion dollars through the past 20 years. Ex-Senator walsh bead. Hon. Patrick Walsh, ex-United States Senator and mayor ol Augusta, Oft,' died at. his residence Sunday morning after three months' illness o'f nervous prostration. There was little I hope in the community of his recovery, 1 bat his death was not .thought to be so neer at hand. Major Walsh was one of the moet pr eminent men in Georgia and had nation at recognition as the ?era eat champion of Southern develop* meat and, perhaps, the beet authority faring ^crtfacteny the South! ?'M 1 BUHSIMi 01 Till |V\TTI:KS0.\ IUOCK 1 Two Women lose Their lives and T\\cnt\ Others Injured l>> a fire in Omaha. Omaha, Neb., (Special . Cinuparu lively insignificant iu matonal {Justine tion, but appalling in its harvoat of death and Mift'oniif;. was a liro that inrtiaiiy destroyed tiio I'attoraou Block, at Seventeenth and l>ouglu< street*, Tuesday afternoon. Two of the victims have ttlreadv passed away, ouo more is not expected to iivo and tweuty othors aiosnilsung from broken limbs and bin nod and lacerated tlosh. Tho bla <o star t t it shot t ly after o'clock . A group of happy women, buav with the ftflatifl of 1 1 1 o secret UJ'doid with which they wore aflili.dod were in a mom on t brought faoo to face with death. Sixty Hccjnd.s later aoveu, of thom lay burned and blending on tho pavemonts, to which they had dropped ?10 feet below auii luu others wore rescued efter they hud boon more or loss Hovoroly injtwed in their desporate dash down the .migio pan- of stairs that led to fafoty. The liro originated from the explosion of n gasoline stove in the bnilditig, next to tho elevator shaft. It was not (tiseovcrod uuiil it had ronchcd tho joining apartments, and tho entiro floor was liiled with smoke and llnmo". Terms Agreed L'pon. J he convention between (ireat iirit lau ami Franco del .uitaiing tboir re spective frontiers iu iho valley of the Nile, was smued Tuesday l>v the .Mar quis of Suliidnuy tun I the l-ronch am batssador, .M. Paul Cambon, respec tively. Proudly stated thy convention's tonus ?uo us follows: The exact frontier f " *? n? 1I10 northern line of the Belgian Congo to latitude 1%, is to be deter mined l>y a mixed commission, it being ngVeed that (ireat Pritian shall retain !>ahr-FI (Iba/nl. with i >*i fnr, Franco keeping \\ odia or Waday'i west of l>arfur, Pagirmi, smith of Lake Chad, Kaneui, north ot Lake ('bad, and, ^onernlly speaking, the territory east and north of Lake Chad, lying uor'h of tho ltoli parallel. The French sphere will extend sonlii of tlio Tropic of Cancer to the western limit of tho Libyan district. L ho signatui io.s agree to equality uf commercial tioatuiout from the Nile to Luko Chad and bo L woo u tho tilth an<l fifteenth parallels of latitude. 1 ho latter clauso permits Franco to establ ish commercial houses on ^ho Nilo and its allluouts. The signatories undertake to refrain from exercising political or terr?l? rial rights outside th" frontiers fixed by the con veutioii. Dccidcd Vijainst Intcr-Statc Ccuuiiissioit. 'llio inter -Mate ooMimission was do feated by a decision in tiie Fnited Stales Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in Now < )rleans '1 uexdav. J lie docrco was in the eases of the Commission vs. tlio Western A Atlantic liailroad Com puny in one cu*c. and the Clydo Steam* j? L i j> Company et wis, in two others. In 1SU1 tho commission sought to enforco its i emulations respecting freight charges from point i north of the Ohio liver, aud seaports north of Charleston to Southern points, claiming thai tho railroads had no right to discriminate against certain points in favor of others which brought a longer haul. Tho rail roads ignored the ruling of the commis sion and tho latter sought an injunc tion from tho United States Circuit Court of tho northern district of (leor-/ gin, but lost. Tho Circuit Court of Appeals upheld tho decision of the lo?ver court. Tlic C( nfcdcrate Reunio . Charleston, S. , will opou her homes, as woll aa her boarding houses and holds for tho comfortable and pleasant accommodation of all tlio vis itors who v/i!) attend tho Confederate reunion May 10th to lyth next. Tiie following information as to rates of boai'd and lodging is oflicially given out: Private homes and boarding house?, lodging 5fl to ^ per day; ho tels. board and lodging 8J and up wards; restaurants, inenls, IL'oc. nud up wards. Dormitories for Indies, f>0 cents and upwards; also restaurants under tho control|of tho King's Daugh ters, Daughters of the Confederacy and revolution aud Church societies of all donoiniuat ions, will bo estab liahd. Dormitories for men with abun dant accommodations will be opened at ?SO cents. Cadet Peterson's Resignation Acccptcd. Tho resiguation of < adot H. L. I'o terson, of tho school ship Olia?e, of tho revonuo cutter service, has boon ac cepted by the Treasury I'opartmcnt. Charges wero filed against biro, but his rosignafion was accepted without the charges boing pressed. A other F xplnsion. There was an alarming explosion in a laboratory of explosives attached to tho War Depart mout iu l'aris, where experiments woro being made with a new kind of gun powder. Chief Fngincor Vbil, an assistant engi neer in tho Ouvillo, and a third ofiicml woro injured. All tho windows in the neighborhood were smashed and c<>n tiderable other damage was done. Killed By a Boiler Ftplosion. Word has beon rocoived in Cumber land, Md. , of the explosion of the saw mill boiler at tho plant of Hudson Sbnaa, near Mattle, *15 miles north of Cumberland, killing Pbiatus Wink, vDaniel Snvder, Jr.. engineer, and ? man named Shuss, who was sawyer, and wounding John Snyder, Harry Sigfe and Anthony Whitfield. Bank Receiver Discharged. Mr. Dawea, the Comptroller of the Currency, boa been informed that Jadgo Spoer has diaebargod tho re ceiver of tho Firat National Book of Cordole, Go. , appointed by bim, and that the offeote of the bank have boon tnrnod oyer to tbo receiver appointed b yMf/p***?? lEHM jKHTKM STflRM I Swept Through Portions of Ala bama, Mississippi and Arkansas, ? LIST OF FATALITIES l.AKGt". \lso .Mui 1 1 Property PeMro\cd I rocs Oil l.ikc Rccd& and all I c<iun? | l.cicicd lu i III? (irouiid. A scrios of torritic wind stoims .swept through poitions of Alabnmn, Missis nipi'i auvl Arkansas Snlttvday, doiii* un immense amount of (UmitKO lo or ty and killing ? number of people. 'Clio btonuB covered a radius of soverft hu'idrcd uillos, destroying telograph wires and cutting off coi.nuunu-a ion with ft large P-?i t of the try. Clehurno county, Alu., stoia. have suffered tho most severely, , t ho storm tliero assuming the propoit on of a tornado. At Sellers and ? Alu., much damage is roportod, ami at Uob Hoy, Aik.. one man whs killed uud t over at badly injured. Du ma*. Ark., was practically wiped out of existence and aovoial otti T towns in tin* vicinity aitfto ed novcrcl v . Ono person is lepoiloil killed at lliokor.v Whits, Mihh. . and as tho farm houses iu the vicinity ?ulU?ret heavily, it is not unlikely that ????> fatalities occurred which havo not \e been reported. , At Ihckorv I' lata there was con? utor able damaue done to budding and other property. The s.-lioo 1'undiiii. ,ind two churches wero demolished and ^dwellings blown down or unroo led. Several persons rocoived pnu.fi iio.m. A fauiilv living west of theio lost thoir dwelling and a .young la<l>. name as yot unknown, was k:llt. I'roos were torn up b.v tho loots. t\. i? ed oil* like roods aud all loncing in [ho path of the cyclone was loveled to tt.c ^ ' Unices reach i n? H ir m i n j; h am i nd i ea'to thut a -rout storm has punned o\ci Cleburne couuty, devastating a lui^o Boctiop. M i* reported tlia. ten ' 1 " bnvo so f?ir beou lulled, nine of t h n ?n tho family of n man named \-ol.to. Telegraph rummuuication is /' ami not hiug dotimto can obtain on ? i tor u ado pas.od though portions of Jefferson and Desha counties, Ark. \t Hob Hoy n houses wero blown <lo\v n, one man was killed. At Dumas nearly all tho houtfes in tho town w6r?e'|J'?! blown down or damaged ami sooral persons woro woundod. but so far as nun bo learned, no lives woro oat. Thoro are sovoral small towns iu th section, through winch the cv<-louo tpasbod, aud as yot no news has i eon received from any of thom. Cvelonos passed over diflercnt portions of Alabama, but on account of t ho telegraph wiros beiug down, no particulars can bo learned. A t Sol ma She wpn o of the First Methodist church was blown down, crushing through tho roof and doing much damage, t ? c lei a, a small ntation on tho 1 ant sys tem, south of Montgomery, the entire towu except t.hreo housoa, was destioy ml. Luverno suffered greatly, but no dotails can ho gotten. 'J lie cyclono passed over tho couutij between Jb lhn and Ldwardsville, Ala. It is reported that live perFons were killed in one family. Telegraph wires uro prostrated. ? Itrvan Takes the $.1.00 Dinner. "William Jennings Jiryan has wired to hi* friends in Now York City that bo would attend tho $3 dinner which will bo given in that city on Apnl I... 'J he cheaper dinner wan decided upu.' at a mootin* of tho Coutral' T.abor Union. T he small cost of the Minner, it was asserted, would be uiorS-UMic. cord wittfi Jeffersonian principles thnii Mr ICrokar's dinner. <<>l. Hrynn was invited to attod tho Croker S10 dinner bv Torrv Holmont. His reply was a telegram asking Mr. Helmont if he at hered to tho principles set ;orth in i tlio Chicago platform. Mr. Holinont tele graphed back, dodging tho Mueslion. Mr. Jirvau then decided not to accept. Slieriff*an(t His Deputies Jailed. Tho coronor s jury, ou the riot at Dot Spring", Ark., in which li\o men were killed, has rendered a verdict nffilB't nheriff Robt. Williams and I input v Sheriffs ('oflVo Williams, hfl. Spears and William Walt, holding that tho killing wore not justilScd and com mitting tho above men to jail to await the and jury's action. The Raleigh's Compliment Returned. As the United Stated cruiKor Ualoigh Hailed from (iibraltcr for Now ^ork. homeward bound from Manila, in ordor to be put out of commission, sho lioist ed tho Spanish ensign aud tirod a saluto while passing tho Spanish squadron comdtoded by Admiral Camara, off Algorciras. Tho Spanish flagship I ar iosTouinta thereupon hoisted the Amer ican ougign and returned tho sa ute. The Oregon Arri\es at Manila. The Navy Department has been ad vised of the arrival at Manila of the battleship Oregon. The following is tha cablegram rac?ire?l from Admiral Dewey: March 18. Secre tary of the Navy, Washington ^Ihe Oregon and tha Tria arrived to day. Tho Oregon i? in fit condition for any duty." The Tolberli Refarn lo Their Homes. A apaciai from Colombia, S. O, nays the TolbarLsy who have been under baoiah iabmeni fo* tbair pari in the Phconi* election riota, of laat November, have decided to teat the effioacy of Governor Ellerbe'a proelMfthtoOiU . nnd hava ra turned to tbair home* in AbbeviHeand Qreenwood eooeiiea. jUtackM by Mm Wblwi t ? farce. J&JPTZ ssSterisar-i [mk j>? ???;'? *?????] I IB Of HI HI 'i Sire has boon much interest in t h o now Inw rolativo to t It o distritbutiou of ' the dispensary protits going to tho school haul. I lio |>lttu ot tlto uow law will gi\o each and every comity of the Stoto a butter allow at tlto dispensary prolit. I'uder tho former method of | duuribution and thut proposed by I some of t ho members the richer coun- | I ties would have continued to furnish the profit for the school fund and would not have secured any of it in re turn. The Act as pusned t>.v the (ieu oi a! \Kseiobly and approved by <>o\ ernor Kllerbo roads us follows Section 1. That the free | ? >? I ?l f>choei> <?( ! I: ?? stale shall I >? ? kept vi 'Mt and tlo' lUfU'i t Iiiti'i ?i I'oiitinuc'l, in each school district in tin* State, f. ?r it period of at Pm.it thin* tn iutli{i in each aud every year. Section 2. Tli H I tho t'oui ptroller <i ncral, lit deloiiniuing whether any delleioucy i \ t.-t.-. In iiny sehtud district. f<>r the pari ???>"?. of tlto ilt.- ti ilMttiuii nf tin* fund mentioned in tin* iii \i pf"cudiug ueeliou, *httil maLu lu.-i esiimnt" upon the basis of tin* alio wnmo t-> each school In every school district. out of tin* Ihreo-udll eonslttlitloi;ril t;t\ itiul poll tax, tho sum of soveuly-flve dollars, for tin* ?\\poiiM? nf hui'Ii term of tliri'i* months. lor each school existing during tli" scliolasiie I yearn 181?7-18ys. Suction 8. I lint from and after the an provui of t lii.H Act all lie! income deiived by the State front t Liu salon! litpmrs in thU Mali', under the dispensary laiv, rdtall be 11 f ? | <>riii>itei| among the various ??oiiatii*-' "I lliisNtai", for lln* heueiU of tin* co:nm in schools, in j.r iportiou to t hi iVfl loneies < \ j iMing in Ui" various eonnilei ol t hi* Stu?", ulti'r the applicative of Hi" three-mill tax u:id tin* poll lav in run tin* public schools f"r tie* time fixed in Section 1 "t iIjh Aft; ami If there shall I to a Hiir I Ins remaining ol audi net iucunio, alter sii'-h delhtoncioa i?hall have lu ?u eipial i/i'il, it shall lie devoted to public, school pur p -M il and bo apportioned among the coiiu 1 1*'- in proportion to the onrolfrr,!it In the pui'iic schools ua mIiiiII appear 1 ? v the ri-port of lie' State Superintendent ol Education lor th ? ni'\t preceding sehoinstlo year, and tie detrit'iiied among the hcIiooI districts of llie ??untitles and he disbursed uh other school hinds: i,r'>vidod, that out of mi hi surplus there shall he appropriate I live thousand <f. liar" lor tin* pur pom* of maintaining insti i uti'-i I'll- i In- 1 tetter iiislrii"tion of th" teachers ol the pus.li" schools, lln* same to he paid on I tin* '.variant of ill" (iuvorimr and tin* Stat" superintendent ol IMueation; and nil fund derived from said dispensary Inw not ?! ready disbursed shall l*o apportioned in the mi mi" way. Section I. Sn"li apportionment shall he mad" hy lln- Comptrolior (Pineral quurt"rly, ii i" I I"- -ha!! draw his warrant upon the State 'i n alitor in litvor of the "ounty tr"a?iir"rs i.l th" r".ipe"tive "ounti",s for the nmouuts itp|iorUou"d to siii'h eounlle? tespoetively . Sri-tion 5. All /V<'s and parts of Acts in eonMisicnt witii this A"t he, nod th" s-.tiii" lit" hereby, ri'penlod. Ilorry comity lins developed n num ber of new industries during the pa&t Iwoyearf, and the enterprising people of tho "Independent Kepublic," aro still push in tr forward. The secretary of stuto has rocoived two applications for charters tor lmnbor comiianies be ing organ i/.od over thoro. 'Jdie Kich nrdson Cy press Lumber and .Shingle company has boon ohartercd. Its cap ital stock is ST5, 000 at $100 per share, its principal place of bnsinoss will ho Uucksport, Horry countj'. Its objec will bo to manufacture lumber aud cy press shiuglos and do a general mor cantilo busiuoss in connection thoro will). Tho Kddy Lake C^'presa cotn p.iu\-, of Horry county, has applied for a charter. Tho capital stock will bo. 000 at irlOO per share. Tho pur poses of the corporation will bo to manufacture aud sell lumber, timber itiul shingles and to do a general mill iug, merchandise and real estate bus iness. Willio I'erxv, a young white man. has boon lodged in tho Saluda county jud charged with Jarceny of live stock, i'rom AtJfcvevidenco j?t the preiiiuumry i ui^le. 'J'no i e(|UOHi wa/i roftiRod. Perry ?Parted towards tho lot aud waa fol - lowed by .Mrs. Jierry, who locked tho stable. The young man lingored around for an hour or two and iiually approached tho stable, broke opoa the door, took the mule, mouuted him and galloped away. An soon aa I'erry could bo found lie was arrested and carried to jail. Tho uccused refuses to make any statement whatover and will not tell what lie did with the ruuio. From what could bo gathered it seems that JJeny waa owing I'erry, and having tailed to pay him the mulo was taken to oven up matters. Morry is Perry's stepfather. In view of 6oine recent discussions roiriirdmc the bcor privilege houses iu ( >ruoiivi!lo somo calculations as to their Hales of lato may not bo uninteresting. I lie books of the county treasurer buow tbo following returns of beer royalties, on tbo days named. January lOtli, 82.YN7; January I 7 1 Ij ?r?0 ; January 21th ,?18.00; January JJOth, 1. 22; Feb ruary Oth, S 27,2/i; February 13tb, 8m*i. ?.?>; Fobruary 2*tb, $4y. 7/5 ; March ?it h. H. 7.% ; MarfrhvlHth, $.'>0.00, making u total of paid to tbe county, from whicb it will be seen that tbo total royalty is 31,468, ."{it. At a royalty of 1.1 cents a dozen bottles, tbe nnrobor of battles sold is seen to be 9, 785) dozen or I I7,4?i8 bottle. At the retail price of 1<> cunts a bottles tbe tot^l income of tbo concern is found to ha to been ?17, G J ). 'JO from January l?t to March 13tb i'bo foundation is being laid at Tim mouHvillo for the largest steam plant for the handling of leaf tobacco co far j erected in the ritato. Its dimensions are 200x00 feet and two and a half stories high. It will be owned and operated by Messrs. W. P. Henry & Co., a firm comprising some of the larg est and strongest leaf dealer* in tba whole section. Tbis is tha second steam plant or atemmer j now on that market and it ia expected the season will opeu with still another in tho field. Timmonsrille wiH tw fully and .thor oughly equipped to handle tba largdst crop of tobacco ever raised in tba State. The Increase ra acreage baa been itart ling. A meeting of the repreeentatire man of Bel toe end vieinit y n? bald for tha purpose of organizing a ootton mill. K. A. Lewie was made nhalnaaa mad W. B. West secretary. Il was unaai monaly decided to build tba mill, and tb* following gentlemen were appoint ed to inreatigaU the proper ossras la pnrene aa to ita ?rganiretioe, ate: J. T/ Rice, D. A. Oaer, R. A. Lewie and if. K. Stringer. Tba mill wilf be TOe people ^f Oseeoville wen tall tbe diep ansariae and bear, aetab Wmml Judge (logo (tome tune ago rouderod | n decision winch in e licet was that a j d.ig w it 3 not the subject of larceny. Some co mm on l lias boon made ott tho i doers ion, ninl the inquiry has boon j made whether a dog, not borig proorty, j nits liable ft ? r luxation. An inquiry waa made ol Judge tia^e (?r the tw\t of j j the decision in the interesting ease and | ho hue kindly written nn follows: Chester, March I I, ^ our noto came while I whs Hiek in ho i, and the aamo oauao has delayed an acknowledgment of it until now. 1 have not the text of my decision in the I dojJhfesc. Indeed, I >;iive no reasons! for Hio decision, but these wore the j reasons: \t common law r ?) oj? \vn? | not the subject of larceny. lheroia no I statute of force in this State making the stealing of <1 dog larceny. There ih no statute in this State making a dog property, a tax is i m potto on the value of ovorv dog. and the value is fixed at $?"?, without leferoneo to the truth of the fnet; the tax ih, therefore, not ad 1 valorem, but a licence tax. Comptroller (Jonoral Porhaiu has brought to li^lit a quoation of consid erable importance and one which mny entail unexpected hardships upon Home j of the chin ita lo institutions in Colum > bni. His attention was called to the fnct that Homo such institutions woro ? not payiug taxes in conformance with [ the c ouatituliun, aiuoug them the V. M. j ( A., the Ma?<biio temple organ i za tion, tho l'j#ulino convent and tho | Crosby tori a n Collogo for Women. He commit mealed with Auditor W. M. Squior, telling him that this property ! must bo assessed for taxation for this year and for hack tuxes, He instruotod Auditor Senior that "when any douht exists as tc tho r i tr h t of any association or society >o exemption, under this ar ticle and section, charge them on tho additional duplicate of 18!>S. with taxes ts'.is and any year past duo and unpaid, informing tlna ofiloo, as provided in acts of tH'JH, page 727." ('apt. 1 1. J. (iriflith, superintendent of tho penitentiary has announced his appointments for the principal places under his administration. Mr. W. I >, iiluck'of Jdlertou, Barnwell county, ih to be captain of tho guard. Mr. BIhcW is a member of tho house from th:\t county and has been associated in bus iness with ("apt. (Iriflith boforo. Hr. li. K. Kturkio, of (lleaton's, Oraugo burg county, is to bo the penitentiary ! physician. * Dr. Kturkio has for aovoral j years been a member of tho house of representatives. lluv. J. C. Abnoy, of Columbia will be appointed chaplain. Mr. A buoy was one of the chaplains of tho constitutional convention and is I now chaplain of tho house of repre sentatives. A happy selection is that of \V. W. Attains as anrgoant of tho guard. Mr. Adams has lield this I position for a score of yearn and has many friends iu Columbia who will bo glad of Jus good fortune. Sovornl wooks aj;o an emigrant agent created quite an oxouus from Abbevillo county. Him name is R. A. Williams, but ho is widely known as "I'eg Hog Williams." 1 iiia is not tho first time he has been at work iu South Carolina, and ho is said to bo an oxpert, profes sional omigrant agent. Jbit. YVlIlinme has cotton into trouble. 'I'hero is an indictment, against him for violation oi iho statutes requiring a liconso tax of jf.'iUO for every county in which an agent works. It is charged thai ho had not paid tho liconao. (Jov. hllorhe issued a requisition on tho Governor of (loor gin, asking him to aid in the arrest of tho agont, who is now in that- State. Tho people of tho section in which ho has boon af work domaud that ho bo arrested and it is thought that ho can bo located without trouble. Tho pon alty for violation of this statute is ii line ol not loss than ?f>00 nor more than $:?.uuu. The Tiaptint Voung People's Union mot in Norfolk in annual session. A numbor of interesting papers wore road. Ofllcors for tliu ensuing voar were elected ay follows: President, .1. Garland Pollard, of Ilichmonu ; lirst vico-prcsidout, llowarif <4. Averv, ??f Norfolk; second vice-^reaiiVnL M. 0. Thomas, of Charlottesville;. tyiifd vi<*o prusidont, J. Calvin- Moss, oYi<ynch burp; Bocrotary, J\ L. Butler, of l?ifch* ruond; treasuoor, W. I). Uuko, of Kich rnonil; Stale bourd of managers, S. P?. | Wood fin, llill Montague, O. J'\ Magby, It. <5. Harris, A. W. Patterson, It. M. Smitho, J'. C\ .Skinner, It. II, liowdon, T, S. Dunnuway. Jr., George W.Coue, E. C. .Itmon, .f. I). If arte, J. ]'. Cook aud F. L. Taylor. Tho publication referring to the ox travagaut purchase of school charts shown to Hon. W. I). Maylield at Greenville, former superintendent ol education, and ho talked freely ubout matter. Jtscemn that Mr. Mayfield did not favor tho purchaso of charts, butyiotded to the wishes of tho stato board of education. Up to the pannage of a law in IK'.i? authorizing the pur chase, Mr. Mnyfleld refused to allow the purchase, hut tho actgavotho board authority two vears ago and the can vass began soon after. Mr. Maylleld reforred to sectiou 25, rules and regu lations of the board, which states the purchase of suplio* must bo by the trustees after permission from tho state and county board*. Smallpox is prevalent to an alarming extent among the negroes in the wes tern part of KdgeBeld county, below MoCormick, and abont 30 miles from Groonwood. The disease made its ap pearance in that section about two week* a go and baa been spreading rap idly. It haa be?n confined to the n# or roes so far, and they are, in many cases, pan io- stricken. There have been several death". The secretary of state has chartered the People's Tobacco warehouse of Marion. Capitol stock is 82,000 of $10 per share. U- ?5. JEllis is juresideat aad William Mnrchison secretary and tress vsr, - ? ? ; ? The remains of an unknown nilstto boy, aboat 16 to 18 yesnoM, were (m?4 by JBeettoomnotor Hoitohsnser ?t thfc Coast Line traoh, about oaemile weetof TimmosaTills. It is supposed that the boy was stealing a ride and fell Wf of oaa of the night trains. The torribty mangled condition Of the body would iadioate that sorer al trains had passed orer hiss. - ASESRhSUS $ jtfSS TloUoa of the partj or parties who est tome of D. U. Oeeate 4 I All! NflON \l Ilk' VNS hen. ^alkcr Issues ;* (imcral Order \N luc h | Is ol Interest I ?? Old Soldiers. I ho follow j n ir gonoral ovdo* lias boon ^ issued by (>ou? ulkei : l l ho tpyttt annual -n of tlm I iiHinI rut"1 \"lei;ins will !??< held tii | l hu "i ra.ilc <?! S?-e??s*i"ii, i lo?rle*loii, S. , j eoiutuoiioutg on il"' Morning of Mil) iO, IS'.);), j I h'- It ?????! ? | u a i ti'o <<l tln> <li\ ii'lon, during tho lit* tin ion, m.i (n :it Market Hull. Meeting All' I Market st ri-'-l- . i "Hi i ados will plettso ! | ii'^iitcr tln-re tiixl dining iheir a y make 11 their g"n?ral ii-~cii.i'.iiiK- j > In ? \\ lilt" lln> . t * I i 1 1 ll'lyK of 1 1 1 ?* <bviKl<>D ; will In- the quests of t ||ii r t?'^t "ii . ami indued | oi Hi" people i.i itn> Suit'- of s " 1 1 1 1 1 i nrollna. in'iti' llio le.>s ihey must plav tli.< pail of hosts, and lio | ? i?* | ?it r?'\l l" sliuro their hlutik ets and tho t'ontents of theli Max ereuelvti ilinl ''"?antoi'iin willi t)i<' visiting i-onu.nl"> from lit" oilier iliv Im. h - , ami with all lonfoderato \ rti'taiiK \\ lio max join u* in eoniiiiotnorat In. 'ill" iir : ? ' ?? r ??<? dear i ' ti ? Itl ui'd'.'.l U t.ifc-U (..ill In lit" (il oi'i'f.l lllgs .tint li.i \ " thiv'glll to vi>t" t'UtllpS lllllMt I'll \ tlll'll' 1 1 IK'S <>! Id i T 1 1 1 *4 I IT l-llpltil t'.l tho I'. ( '. V. org.-ini iti'Ci, I'ltlti r 1 1 1 1 ? >? ? i in Maj. (i?'n ln'o. Mom man \ .5. ami > . of S., t'. i'. N"\\ i?rl"iin?. l.a., 'i through tin* di vision ll'lj.ll.llll I -l-ll ? -I .1 1 . I III'" l'f 5 I'l'lltS I'i r i ;ipiiii 1 1 ? i In- 1 1 1 \ i -ion i > ln? paid to tin* division adjutant general, witli arrears for I Iiom? i amps t li it 1 1 . i vi> 1 1 1 ? t done tJii-lr pat l lii'ii?i(.f(iic in -oislaitiing the division; all iiiiihI Im | >a ill ln'for" \ p*?i I I, IH''.'. 4 ? amps an I ? -??mrn li-.i aio urged to Inline with them any i onleder.-ito mittl" lla^it they may have, as Well if. till il eilll:p i-oit'is, for ih" j'ttrtid", ospeemliy as they will I ?<? wanted in III" eeten;oii:al .'I Muio'ii.il I >.t \ , May lo. t h" an hi V'-i mi i y "I S' one ,v al I Jack son s death, I ho .lay < >l'?"i \ eil in i hai lo*ton. Ih" ladies \|i-muiial \.Hsniiatii'U hating iuMtt'ii thu I . i V. .iixniu/iiiitiii t?? Jain tlieni, aiul i it-it (i.'i'lou limine a- | ? I o? I tho in k'ltlltloli <> f til" Waieilitloii to |'l ??--!? !? . a. Miss Mary Carwile, of IMgoih-ld, daiighli r of Tlrift. < ?*ti, T. \\ . Car wile, emii maudlng :!?! brigade, is nnnoiiiieed m ilivls ioti sponsor for th" eurri'iit your, anil Miss 1 .ii In ( as>el?? I, nke, daughter i'f Cul. (it'u. II. bake, a" iMiini nf honor 'I lie honornry m.-ild-. ? if honor, lot t lie Cl:.tf hiton lleiiiiimi, w III li" Miv< Miiini" Agatha !\'iltflit, ol liMlin'# n ill", ii'Mi'. unit Mi-." I.ii lie Wutfoiiur, KraiM.Uiioeo oi the Into lien. John A WaKcn i'i, of Charleston. Th" eomrailes of the ili vishui aiu to ho emits i at u latoil u|">u liavin? lis -poiiMir and maitU of honor four yoton; lii'licswho will worthily teprt'-ont naiuon that apja-at upoi' th" honor roll "I ltn? ( nn feili-rii'-y, aii'l (hex will vi" with eaeh other in hunuiiiiK' ilmiii. lo Mism Wright the thanks of tho ei>mr.'i'l"H are iluo for her moil "vt hut etlin-tiv" > iloit ? to in lliieii'-!' tho votn of Hi" Tivas il"ie-iuioii at Al Inula in favor of i harloilon, ami Imr fi"e"pinni*?? of tho hpOIIMOIM III Vltllt |o|| r ' Mil" ll:? Olio ol lllO honorary inniiln of honor is anothor jileaB l ii K "\-|i|"iieo of h"i ifra-'i'.us Consnleralion lor the Confederal" \'"l"ran? of our Htuto. i.. Tho eiimps of tho tllvislon iiro oarnoslly ealh-il upon o pin themselves in position lo oxorl ttio lull lnfhiiuieo this ilivision Ih oii titloil to as the i I'presi'iitiilivi' of tho first Htalo to assort itwt-lf f?>r stales' rights In llio sixties, and llll (Joufuduruto VotnraiiH in tint Mate, not now inomt'i'is, an> fralornal.y hi vited im 1 1 ur>;e l lo join ono of tho cnmim of thi> division or tr> form now eamps. V. Tho eoiiiinandiim' K"tieral of tho division sui-(*"sts that as man v of the en tllps as euti <lo so Uniform the irmemlii-rs in a simple and In expensive suit, or sio-k only, of Coufedornta liriiy, with a dark hat. This hoimiik to ho tho tsonliiuont and eii.stom of many fnutpH in other divisions of tho C. C, V. Kneh Heunlon shows more uniformed eamps, and tho South' Carolina division should keep paeo with tho growing flentimont. lly order Major (ion. C Irvine Walker. Jam KM (i. IIoi.mkb, Adjutant (lonoral, Cliiof ol Staff. ? I ivc- Year-Old Child Assaulted. Hood J)uvio, a lli-yoar-old nopfr o, \vnn luoiiglii to Hock Hill from near Harmony station, xvlioro ho had at tempted outrage upon a -I or .O-your-old child, tho daughter, of ('Inrk AndorHon, n farmer. I>uvi<vwafl u linking corn in the crib. 'J ho child wont into tho lot and watj helped into tho door by tho negro. I ti u fow moments Mrs, Ander son heard hor scrouin and ran out in time to prevent serious injury. The boy left tho crib and went to his work. Mr. Anderson was in tho city and did not return home until late. Tho notjro saw the neighbors gathering and took to tho woods, lie was ruptured anil 'kept out of the way of tho furioua fat hor. All Injunction Disregarded. I 'enpito tho in junction rocentlv grant* cd by liii promo Court Justice <!ary, 1 1) o woik of touring up tlio rails of the ('arolinn, Kuoxville and Wostorn mil* roaii at <lroo,MT7fm? bay begun. The movement wfts unexpected and created conidurnatjon among thovo who oppo"0 t bo dismantling of tlio road. All injunc tion, supposed to be entirely valid, was obtained, restraining tlie owners from removing the^sis ??? in any other nay teariug up ibo road, mid tliia bold iikivo in fjieo of the court's order wbh a hui priso. -a ? $6(1.00(1 for the Schools. Comptroller Coneral Oeriinm is pro paring to immio hii warrants to divido t lio $?ii(),00o in the Slate J'reasury to tho credit of tlie kcIiooI fund. This amount will be apportioned anient? those comities in winch tlio ordinary' school fund*, that is tho throo milla and the poll tax, do not uggrcguto throo dollars por cupita. '1 bore i? now in tho Htato Treasury 000 dispensary profits to the credit of tho school fund. .... - f'estofficc Burned. The postoflico at Ninotysix was en tirely destroyed by lire with its con tents. I'ostmastor Walker saj\s "thot about $180 worth of alaiupH and stamp ed envelopes were lost. Nothing was saved. Tho iron safe was not disturbed. Insurance about $.'i0 ou the lock boxoa. It was evidontly thf' work of an in cendiary, as lbe Jiostmaster state* positively that th%ro was bo fire in tho office tho day before. Second is Soon to Quit the Service. The Second Hontb Carolina is to ba mustered oat. In reply to Coventor Ellerbe'e request to that effect, tho foj lowing telegram from the War Depart ment ban been received : "CoTornor of Bouth Carolina, Columbia. 8. C. : Or der* ?#??ed on tho 16tb instant dir#ot? ing the rotnta of tbo Second Booth Carolina to Savannah for muater oat 5thwan, "Api^AAj'taaiu"? Thrf Attorney Oeatrar* Deportment I haadaetdad that tho Factory umraMt i Aaaaatatton can do boaiaaaa ia Uii? 8tata and lotoona in oontaot with Ik Manldia hilL Tho naattor haa hoaa five* ?atpa toflaldoratiaa aad tho 4o~ diiea in tho eaoo hao jut hooa roadar- I ad by Aaaiataat Attoaaoj Ooaaral Gu< jji jmCT ? ml ? ! ?MHIlWQ Mv wlvVMavV - 1 aad laMrtMt tan fnifkt MfiiiMh, it ?w wT" * SSSaS FIFIM PERISH IN AMES: 7 ho Magnificent Hotel Windsor Destroyed . by Fire - -w ? ? FORTY PEOPLE INJURED ? Lo.\k on i lie Hotel About SI, OOO, 000 Orifia of i lie hfc Oilier Buildings Seriou&ly Damaged. Nrw Vouk (Special. ) ? Flames which originated from Iho iguitiug of a laoe | outturn, hurst forth from tho second floor oi t ho W'unlMor Hotol nt Forty Koventli streot and Fifth avenue nhort | ly.sfior ;t o'clock Friday afternoon, nod 1 n\ 1% few minutes thoy hud leaped up to the roof aud enveloped tho entire I Fiffh avenue and Forty-seventh street I froutH of t liu hotel. Ton miuuton later I the Humes wore routing through the J interior of thu hotel, nud all meant of eacnpo by way of siairwuys aud elova I tors wore out oil, and there wa? the wildoat scene of excitemeut within and without tho building. Hundreds of guests and employee wore in the hotel wbou tbo fit o broke out, und for many of thorn om>apo with sAt'oly waa im possible. I'robably from ton to fifteen lives wore lout within a half-hour, and tli m t v or forty other persona were in jured in jumping from windown and in j rushing through tho flames in the cor ridors mul ou thoal airways. Many who ; woro injured died later at near-by resi , donees or nt hospital*, and others who mado wild leaps to tho (done widewalk woro no badly injured that they are at ill hovering but woo u lifo and death. The II ro was tho niubt spectacular that could be imagined. W lion It broke out Elfth A venue was crowded wifh people watching lh" St. Patrick's day parade, which was passing tho building at that moment, and every window In front nf ? ttin hotel facing JF-'i ft h Avenue was filled with spectators, watching tile inarching men and the floats. An unusually largo number of people were on the streets, and Interfered not ft little Willi tho movements t>f the llromon and po lice. In addition to tint; regular guefitH ot tli" hotel, the windows wore crowded, by a large number of spectators, residents of the rity who had ( ongregatcd thoro to witness the parade. Within to or 45 minutes aftor tho flro broke out the walls of t he Fifth avenuo aido showed every iiidtcatioii of falling, and shortly, with an awful crash, they struck t)io asphalt cot* erlng <>f tho street. This fall weakened the wall' mi tho Forty-sixth nud Forty-seventh street stilus, and thoy followed a moment later. When tho waits foil the bricks and mortar nnd twisted girders and corrugated Iron tilled the streets on throe sides of the hotol. The doorste;>e and iron fences !r front of the houses on tho oppnalto aide of tho street from tho hotel woro wrockod by the fulling walls, aud tho Amount of debrla piled in tho streets' was so igreat that travel will ho impeded for eevoraV days. Meanwhile torryfylug scenes vtero being onaotod l>y frenzied men and women on al moid overy floor of tho gront building. How many persons are buried in the ruins is not knowu, but at least throo or four persona were aeon to jump, whoao bodies have not been recoverod. Kye-Witnenaee say thoy saw a woman throw a child Troin n window, and fail a moment later herself, just before the collapse of the wojs. Ah yet no trace of these bodies has been found. The loss on the contenta of the building la almost complete. Tho ealvago men managed to save f20,000 worth of paintinga on the first floor of the hotel. Many of the gueata who lived at the Windsor regularly lost val uable jewelry and brio-a-brao and otherfur nlsliiugs, among them being F. F. Flower", a nephew of ex-Governor Flower, who, among other thing, lost a pucknge of jewelry valued at *8,000. The loss ou the hotel la estimated at nl least $1,000,000. Several adjoining buildings were damaged consider ably, but the loss on those ia comparatively f-mall. There was tG00,0f)0 insurance on th? building and * 75,000 on the contenta. Itegnrdlng the origin of the ltro, The Her ald published the following: John l'oy, a waiter In the hotel, waa passing through the hall on tho parlor floor, the first above the street. Ho was making hiH way to a place whoro ho could catch a moment's sight of the parade, in front ot him walked a man, a patron of the hotel. .Tho waiter did not know him. Passing thus oue- behlnd th? other, they bad nearly gained tho angle of tho passage near Fifth avenuO nud Fortv alxth street, when the natron drew a match and lighted a cigar or cigarette. Ue tossed the match aside. It was still biasing and fell Into tho folds of a laco curtain. In an inalant tho filmy fabric wan ablaze, aud instantly tho ilanica shot to the surrounding draperies. ^This from all accouuta was the origin of the holocaust which many hu man lutings pefi?hed and other* were se verely mangled, while holplosi thousands looked on in wild horror. A special from London says Baron Kusaell, of Ktllowen, Lord Chief Jus tice. has boen appointed to succeed tha late Heron Jiersohell on the Venezue lan arbitration commission. Reed at Jekyl Island. Kpeakor Thomas B. Reed anddangb ter arrived in Bruuswoi k, Oa, Friday from Washington. Their coming waf unheralded. They reached Brunswick ou an accommodation train of freigm and passenger oara and were en route to Jekyl Island. Their atay in theoity was short. At Jekyl Mpeaker Heed ia the guest of Mr. John O. Moore, of New York. He will remain aeverel days. .. A Floating Island. A speoial from Havana, III., aaye a float ing ialand frofca-ono to' two acres in ex tent and foar to Are foot tkick, has come down the Illinois rinr. It craaheo against a eabin boot; saiaehed the keel and landed it aahoro. II neiVeJrnek tbo pier of a wagon bridge, shaking tbo structure violently and throwing aeveral boraea off th? bridge. It then stranded on tub ehore nnd pier.