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\ THB QRMDE VOLUME X. CAMDEN, S. V.. 1 II _ CEltHl. Glorious Fourth in All Parts ot the Country <.^ __ AND FOREIGN POSSESSIONS. Tamilian) Hall leads with a Bi* Free Sil ver Demonstration- Manila and Havana Celebrate in (treat Shap.\ \ \ ? ? # Nf.w York, Special. ? Tammany Hall celobrated (udepouedence Day, as on o m ary , at Fourteenth street wig wam. The gathering was remarkable for its uuoxpcctod foatures. Therowos n dearth of prominent men, ex-Fresi dont Cleveland. David B. Hill, Wm. J. Rrynn aud Senator Murphy failing to luftko ockuow lodgement of the invita tion. Fx-Govoruor Hogg, of Texas, created a (sensation by the mannor in Avhich lio introduced the Jiumo of Wm. ,1. Bryan and tho Chicago platform to the mooting, tho montion of Mr. Bry an's uatuo and refoioneo to tho Chicago platform being received with tremen dous applause, which was long cou tinned. Tho boom that was launched for Augustus Van Wyck hud a very in difTorent reception. It hud bcon arrang ed that ox Congi ePHman Jumca B. Rich ardson, of Tenuossoo, should spoak.but ho was uuablo to altoud, and Governor Hogg was asked to speak in his plnce. Wheu (. JovoiBor Hogg arose ho received a hearty woicomo aud he indulged .in a few remarks that Roomed to plocso tho Tammany men immensely. After tho few rninutos ho URod in outlining tho woll established principles of Democ racy, Gov. Hogg begau a philippic which set tho house in an uproar. The applauto becrau when he assorted that next year the Domooratio party would declares for tho free and unlimited coiDago of silver at tho ratio of 16 to 1. Men who hud appeared to behalf asleep jumpod up with a Mart and joined in tho applause. When tho speaker promised a plank in the platform of next yoar in which imperialism would be denounced, tho applnuso broke forth mew. Tue spoakcr in Ins speech oxclaimod: "Iu thia groat ooutost wo want tho aid of united Tnmmamj:, tho greatest political organization on earth Wo want you to closo tip tho ranks, to sottle your local differences, if they oxist, and to go arm in arm with tho stalwart broad winners of the South and West to victory next year, under the leadership of tho chivalrous, the dauntlose. tho matchloss, Rreat American, Wm. J. Bryan!" As tho last words foil from the lips of tho speaker, tho audience was car ried awoy in an outburst of enthusias tic applause. Cheor after cheer arose, and what had been started out as a Tammany lovo feast became a howling silver domonBtrntiou. The other spooohes of the day were in keeping with the Tammny princi ples. Joseph J Willott, of Alabama, and State Senator Thomas F. Grady, Tammany's star orator, mado two of the best speeches, the latter making an attack upon the civil sorvice systom which aroused his hearers to great en thusiam. Tho followirtg cablo dispatch from Riph?id Crokor^ who is in Lon don, wfas read^j____y^' "Congratulations on the Glorious Fourth, the day we colebrato. My heart is with you always. Let us ro joice over tho coming triumph of Dem ocracy and the peoplo's rights. fRigned] "KioiAnn Choker. " State Senator Hannigan Killed. Richmond, Va., Special. ? State Son ator William Klannigan, who was also Commonwealth attorney for Fowhat tan county, was shot and killod at Fowhattan court house Tuesday, by W. C. Filkinton. The shooting was the ontoome of a quarrel over tho recent canvass for tho election of I'nitod States Senators by a direct vote. - Justice Co* Resign*. W ashiwotok, D. C., Spocial.-- Judge Walter 8. Cox, justice of the Bupreme Court of the District of Columbia, lias tendored his resignation to the Presi dent. Justice Cox baa been on the bench for more 20 years and bis determ ination to resign 'was prompted by his age, whioh ?x#4edo 72 3-oars. lie pre sided at the tyMU of Ouiteau, the assassin of President Garfield. The Yellow Fever Record at Ssntiafo. Bamtiaoo, Special. ? An increaao in the number of new cases of yellow fever, and a decrease in ihm death rate ia a striking feature of the situation. There have been 89 cases up to date, of which 17 here proved fatal. Eleven outoftheflrat IS eaccumbed to the disease. Nearly ell were camp follow er* of the drinking sort. Eliminating these the death rate has really been smalli The medio*! foree was rein forced by several doctors from Havana. The fever hospital, which ie on the island across the bey, is exeelleoUy eq tripped* a?d it ia impoeaible to over - estimate the devotion and heroiam of the medloel men. There ie ao fever la the city. ? ^ The FeiMt Iw lit ffea. Havana, By Cable, ?The Prado eod ether atreete of Hems were aa soiiy on the 4th, dovbtleeet as aay quarter of Now York, Chioogo or Boo FraaeUbo. Cibsa ywmMH owfkt ike iafeeUoo aod wore givea as aay a 4tee to boy ftroaraekere, wkleh they nllfieily la. vsstei Boom eathafltaotfto Ookoa sa oaooHootala kirod o M geve IN ft eweete 1st two hoara, Inviife togo ? d ffc"> fM 0 r THE GOVERNOR I N V I T F D. Asked to Attend the State Reunion and Ad dress the Veterans, Governor MoSwoonoy received tho following oordial invitation which he will accept if oirouaistanoos uro suoh that ho Oitn attoud ut tho time iu d i on t od : To 1 1 ih Excellency M, B, MoSweouoy, Governor of South Carolina, Colum bia, S. 0. .Deak Sue ? On t ho unanimous v^to of tho reunion committor, tho deairo of tho old soldiers, nod tho wish of tho people of thia oouuty and especially of thin city, wo hereby extend to you u special invitation to attend tho ooiu i i?K annual reunion of Confedorato vet eruns, which will bo held in this city ou July 2f>th and 27th, and to make an address (?pany subject you may deem advisable. Most reapeotfnllv. W. II. II Al'Us^ H l'?. Camhieu., Special Committee. Chester, S. C., Juno 20, IH99. ? Iloronte Goiiit; to Mate a Mill. A $200,000 cot ton mill ih the all absorbing topic of eon v< rsutioi: among the business men ot Floreuce, and tlio whole town is astir over the pro-pects. For several days a qoiul cau\a*a of tho business men has been going on, and the canvass culminated in a meeting at tho city hall ol t hoso interested, \V. il. Day was ealb'd to tlio oliair and 1!. 11. Lucas appointed tucrcbiry. It was moved and carried that certain men in ierested in cotton mills be invited to Floreuce. Teg gentlemen, \V. li Bur ringer, J. W. MoCown.J. 1\ Sta( klev, J, L. Barringer, W. 11. Mulloy, W. J. Brown, A. A. Cohen, E. 1*. Ho:tg, K H, liucker and T. C. Willoughby, were up pointed ft board of corporators to ap ply for a charter They will make tho application atooce. Tho capital Flock is fixed at $200,000, to be divided into nharea of $25 each ? -? ? Several New Enterprises I aunchcd. Tho secrctury of State ban issued a commission to tho Bank of Helton. Tho corporatora aro 11. A. Ltfwis, E A. Smjth. 1). A. Geor, W. K. Stringer and J T. Price, all of Beltou . The capital stock ja to be $50, 000, divided into shares of $100 each. A commission was also issued to B. H. Wort hen, Geo. 11. Swan and tJeorgo If. I'etermau, of Charleston, as corpoiators of the B. H. Wort hen Arms Co., of Charleston, tho purpose of which is to rnanufactureand deal in bicycles, guns, loekv, etc. Tho capital stock im to be $2,500, divided into shares at each. A charier was granted the Charleston and Cuban Exporting and Importing Co. The officers are William C. Geraty, presi dent"; N. A. Meyer, vice-president, and E. II. Fincken, secretary and treas urer. ? Rich flill Shooting. On the 28th inst. near Bich llill in Spartanburg county, as a party of men were returning from the commence ment at Cedar Springs, a difficulty oc curred between some men by the natno of Lee, Kirby, Kennedy, Gonoble and GosBett and Young. Mr. Kennedy waa phot in the head and ho now liea .in a dying condition, Tho shooting is charged to Frank Gossett and Ed. Kirby. Goesett is tlio same man that killed r man by the nume pf Joe Brook near Santuc u few years mucc, for which he was tried and acquitted. Gossett tins been arrested, but Kirby has skipped, but not. until lie "was chased and phot nt twice by Constable Petty. Pardons (irsntfd. Governor McSweeney, upon tliepay meut of tho lines, pardoned W. II. Bryant aud .1. M. Smith, two young whito men convicted in Anderson in February labt ot forgery ami sentenced to one year each in tho penitentiary and to pay n lino. The pardon was granted upon the recommendation of ?fudge Townsend and Acting Solicitor Boggs. The petitio/i was y.4 ^strong one. Among other tilings it rets forth that the young men haviug lor-l their crops were "Reduced by the instigations of the devil. " The Browns Acquitted. Tho Brown murder trial consumed almost the entire day in the circuit at And?rtn?u Thursday, resulting in a verdict of not guilty. J. A. Brown, the j father, with two Hons, J. M. uud J. A*, Jr., wero the dofondant-s. Tribble <k Priuce, with Bonham A- Watkins, han dled tho defenco in u manner far above par. Their arguments to tho jury brought out complimentary comments. Two Coach. -s Derailed. Thursday afternoon the Southern railway train from Augufctu, after gn iug >uto tno union depot in Colum bia was gt-tting bnck on too main hno at th?? junction when the firM-niaas coaoh struck a spreading auitch an<l I along nith the Pullman fur behind il I was derailod. The tQfyuk wua blocked for some time, but no other <!an;ngo wan done, and no one n?a hurt. ? ? . Disorders oecurrea at Barcelona Saturday on tbo taking over of tha Mairie by tha now municipality. The public wiahea to wt?r, but ware pre ventad by tbo Municipal Guards, and ? regular battle ensued, in 'which four perse b a were kilted end 17 wounded. Tbo gendaruee finally rea tored order. OffkJel Nam AgrUi tipee. eeaaaafttee on the arbitration question, Saturday nftaraoon, adapted the Aaer* hien Miwitneiilnwit to tha oede of pteseelara relative to a ravieien of the ?anunaa a I tha Mbltwiln eenrt is oer taln ease* Tha eonaxnittea dealt, ia tha aaeead reading, with tha naetfea of Air Jaliaa Peeceferte, head af tSa Britieh lilagatiaa, to ahnaga the word "trihaaal" to ?,coaiV' which ' %as adopted. 8a tha ei?W nm la ''Par* Mseat Court af Arbitration." Itlf NftlW IlllMS A Skeleton Regiments Are to Come First, SOME TIM$ MAY ELAPSE Before the Irops for ihoe Provisional Ar m\ arc Scut - V Swarm of Applicants for Commissioners In the New Regiments. ? ? - ? - ? . Washington, D. C., Special. ? Tim ill at voluntoors to ho raided for service iu tho Philippines will be thoso for tho skeleton regiments now beini? formed by (ipnoral Otis. It is nut believed that there will be tho least difficulty in obtaining these men. It is probable that somo timo will elapso boforo tho t: oops of tho provisional array aro sout to Manila, but meanwhile they will be drilled aud taught marksmanship in camp. Tho officers of tho War Depart ment think tliat a number of volunteers now coming homo will desire to roturn to tho Philippines for short service af ter thoy have had an opportunity to seo homo and friends. Those men aro re garded as tho most desirable for tho rogimonta being organized by Oeu. Otis. It is leaaned at the War I'apait raeut that there is no rush to got tho new organizations to Don. Otis a' tho present timo. Tho rainy noason having uet in, it is not boliovod that thoso troops will bo necessary for service, os copt to roliovo thoso who havo been on nctivo duty. Tho announcement that a portion of tho provisional army was to bo raised has caused a swarm of ap plications to bo sent to tho War l>o partment by thoso who aio seeking commissions in the new regiments. There aro two regular transports now at San Francisco, tho Pennsylva nia aud tho City of Para, ono Bniling June 30, and tho other July 1?, carry ing f>5 officers and 2,800 mon. Tho Zealindia, Sheridan and Valenoia, with M) officers and 2,87f> men aro now on tho way to Manila, and aro oxpeotod to arrive botween July 20 aud 20. There are now on thero way from Manila the Ohio, Newport and Indiana, carry ing 12.'5 officers and 2,210 men, ex pected to arrivo between J11I3' 12 and IK. At Manila thoro aro tho Iloncok, Sherman, Souotor, Morgan City, War ren aud Grant, capablo of carrying 27$ officers aud <l,4.r>(5 111011. It is oxpectod that these ships will bring bnck tho State voluntoors as soou as Oonoral Otis decides to sond thorn. The Tin Plate Mills Will Shut Down. PlTTsnuna, Pa., Special.? As a result of tho failure to settle tho tin pinto wugo scale at tho Chicago oonforonc.o, all the tin plate mills iu the country aro preparing to close down Friday at midnight there will bo a goueral buh pensiou. Nearly 50,000 men will bo thrown idle by tbo shut down. Dr. Uber Turns Up Alive. Richmond, Va.,. Special.? Dr. Caple ton H. Cber arrived horo Thursday from Norfolk, safe and Bound. He said that Pemberton, who wroto tho lettor stating that his (Uber's) body was found lit Lynn Ilaven, was ono of his deputies in the seorot service of tho government, and he supposod his pur pose was to help tho case that was being worked upon. The Trouble at the Birmingham Mines. D 1 amino mam, Ala., .'.Special. - Tho miueiB and operators havo ono more day during which to reach an agree ment on the wage scale. Tho confer enco with tho operators, when the slight conces^Uma^oI vtho miners were ; was fruitTewk. The opo tho scale of tbo miners and will closo the mines on the 1st. The old contract has expired *(id in the eveut of a strike mere than 20,000 persons will bo afloct ?d. There are 10,000 minors in the distr iot. that they cannot pay Grci! Storms in Texas. Atrtin, Tex., Special. ? All south, west and central Texan baa boen v'-.'tod by terriflo rain storms, wliiob hare practically tied np all the railroads iu this section of the State. Many hun dreds of aorei of farming landn in Honthern' Texas are uuder water and much cotton will be badly damaged. All railroads hare Buffered heavily iu lota of bridge*. Suicide of Mr. Collier. PETftRflBUJMT, Vft., Speoial. As the result of insomnia, melancholy and nervous prostration, Hon. Charles X\ 'J/^lier of this oity.shot himself through head Friday morning, dying in stantly. Mr. Collier was a lawyer by profession, and yi ex-membor of thn ConfederateCtfttgrssa, He bad sorvrd several terms in the Legislature, and had been sleeted mayor of this oiry six times, bat was defeated by Hon. John M. Pleasants last spring, by about six ?otes. Ha was at one time president of thn Southern Railway Company. He wan In the seven ty?eeoend year of hiengdfe had hssn twioo aaagrlod, and wan n rnling elder In the Preehy teriau Char eh. Hn had no Imsinaea troubles. tfs Wine at tfee Ls? cWy ef the (htcen ^ > Raitwom, Md.^, Special. ? The sUsa^Qoee* Anna, ef thn Prinoeee Antve Railroad Company, wan Unnoted here Tfcnmdny, a notable lantern off the eooanio* bniif thn rainlen off the time-henered onateni off breaking n bottle el #ise orar the nail'a bow na she elided frons the waye. Inetead ef thin twn HtHt 4#tet win released aa the oenanl Ween to Bern and her dent was strewn "Hth wreaths and farlnadn1 nf Ill K TWfMY UHRTH C??T TON >MI I. Sffirlantnrj People Nus>litnj Work on the Yarn Mill. Tho oxeavatious arc being rnidc a ml brick aro bring moulded fur tho _'lth cotton mill for Spartauburg county. From tho time a travollor crosses tho North Carolina line at Fiuger\?Uo un 111 bo 1 ?avcs tho county a t Knoroc be j is greeted by tho huiu of spindles. I Hut fu\v of those are yarn mill*, as t ho j new ouo is to bo V alley Fa) It* is on Fawaon Fork, j (i 8 1 live miles not tb of S| mi tanburg to tin- midst of as lino a farming section ua upper South Carolina atVords. It lias been tho site of a mill, ginnery and country stoic for a number uf years. Mr. 1\ L. Lemaster, i lie engineer, is now excavating ami doing tho rook work for a b,000 spindlo mill. W'utera A' Wood arc prepaiing to burn I , <M >0, - 000 brick just over tlio hill about a quarter of a uiilo away, S. M. Wilkins and D. P. T< Martin have tho oontrrct to furn^rih tho lumber. .1. M. Splawn, maiiagtij' and 1?. F. Fpton, secietary ami treasurer, r?re busy men these days getting things in shape. A company store has been opened and tho stock of goods in daily growing. Mr. A. 1> Cooper is manager and M C, Nash bookkeeper. They propose to be ranking yam by tho 1st of January. 'J ho Amcrioau Spinning company of Creenville, making tlm same products, realized a profit of 13 per ccnt- last year. A similar mill at Oastouia, \. C., bus just doclarcd a divideud of .'10 per cont. Fngineers say this mill cnn bo run more cheaply than either of these. Though the enterprise has been on foot only a short while, all tho cap ital, of 75,000, has been subscribed but $K,000. \\ lio I'.iys for tti-inijcs of \ enm? I hero seems to be some hitch about, the pry men t of tlm expenses of tlic Crawford trial in Kvrshaw county. After the trial tho holders of certifi cates wont to the treiisurcr of Kershaw and tried to get pay, but tho money was not forthcoming, until some understanding could bo * had with the Kiehland authortios Tho Kicbland board of commissioners have just gotten an opinion from their at torney. Mr. Fattou, in which bo states that thero is no law to compel tho pay tnont of the claim, ami Hint Kiehland county cannot, Recording to law, bo fyrced to make tho payment. The eq i ii t y and practioe litis been for tho county to pay suoh expenses, but with tlm ho had nothing to do and his view of this <v/\s not asked. This seems to be a very curious condition of the laws of the State. In a recent enso against Colleton county, which declined to pay such a bill, to' meet Hie bills, but tho direct question a?? to the liability v>f tho county was not decided. In tho I ko Kinard case, in the Buxton Hridgo oases and all recent cases the bills have been paid the neighboring conn ties, no matter what the law mi^ht ha\ o been. Benncllswlle's Oil Mill. Work has been begun on tho oil mill a t Benuettsville uud in nize ?u<l capac ity it will I >0 the second in tho Htnto. Tho whole will conuiet of four birgo building* as IoIIowb: A feed house 150x80 feet, capable of holding about 2,000 tous of seed; a mill building of brick 140x40 feet; a hull house 100*50 feet, and an engino and boiler room of brick, 70x3(1, to contain a 150 horse power Corliss engine. All tho machin ery i? to be of the latoat pattern, and wheu complcto the mill will grind up about 00 tons of seed, mnkiug 2,500 gallona of oil and 20 tons of meal per day. The mill will be lighted by cloo trioity and have four arc lighta to ilium iuate the yarda. Theso btiildingB will adil much to the appearance of that part of tho town to say nothing o! tho incroftfio of busiueaa brought about by tho erection of tho mill. Tho mill ih being built by tho Atlnulic Cotton Oil Co., who will own several like o?tub lialimcuta in tliiH Bection of tho State. - Tho now famous Most ft trial closed last Saturday with a vordiet of not guilty. - - Insurance Licenses. An inquiry has been received an to whether or not a company which does a reinsurance business must pay a license tax on tho reinsurance, when tho company taking jtho rieke pay* tho entire State and county taxea. Ft in hold that tbo company rewriting the in surunce does not havo to pay auy of tho taxea, aa tbe company writing the insurance is expectedto pay for the pre miums. ? Woman Killed b) Llghtn'nf. Last Thursday eight during a htorm in the Harris Croek section, Edgefield county, on Mr. Samnol Miller's place, Lucy Itoper was killed by lightning She Jived alont and was in the act of cooking becevening meal when struck by lightning. ~ Dfyfus Arrival at Renncs. \4}r?NNPK, Ity Cable. - Dreyfus arrived here at 0 a. m. , Saturday via 1/ Or lent and Itedon. The prisoner appeared to ho in food boaltb. He wore a blue anit, a gray overcoat arfd soft felt hat. Ilia tiair i*i turning grev and hie beardia of a reddish color. He held bimaelr very erect. Tbo landing waa a) moat anno* ticed. Mejrrocs Not Allc*?rd te Stop ia Pane. ^ I'lyA, Til., Special. ?A company o! negro miners, who Jo r marly worked fn I be Taaa mine*. arrived od Ike Illlaoia Central Monday. Tbey were intercept ed by a ana all crowd, wboexplatoed the aituntion in Fata and tbe feeling, agaiaat aaffroea. sad they were or dered to leave town immediately. TbK it ie reported, to tbo treatment wJMeb will be accorded to nil blae^r wbo ht tempt to Imi to Paaa to tbe ??torn Mill fl HUL Makes Threo Wuoks I rip T lirou^h The Arcliipolago. - ? - - ? PEOPt F 00 NO) WISH TO PIPH1 S .1 itl in He Nailing lor Result of War In I two i Refofc I) riarinj* I hcnisvhos for I'cav o. Mas 1 1 s, I'y t'nblo. Prof. a, (J, Sohnnnan, of the 1 uited States udvis* pry commission for tlio 1 * it ilippmoH, io turned u> Manila Hnnday from u tliico week:< toiu of tho southern inlands. Ilo takes mi ?>n 1 1 r ol \ hopeful view of 1 1 1 ?> (?(hum al 1'iuid it i o it h there. Tito lutolli gent and substantial citizens dwiru an Aiuoticau protectorate. 1 ho musses are awaiting tlio sottleniont (j f tho war in tho island of l.u/ou lioforo declaring t honiscl vos . They arc chut! y anxious to be uuUistui bed. I ho president of tho town of iSauto NlColnH, in tho is land of Cohti, said to Mr h chui man "We do not wish to 11;; lit. Wo would ho neu 1 1 al. llio president of tho commission t It in L h this fairly exptesBOB tho Bcuti meut ol tho people in tho Soul horn islands of tho nichipohigo. Many of tho towns thoro aro in tlio hands of Bin a 1 1 bands of Iaj;alos and tlio people fear to endoreo American rule until they aro certain tluit Ag ninaldo must bo beaten l.et llieni bo convinced of tins and I It o it II eg inn co of tho Southern islands, Mr. Schoimau thinks, can bo secured by diplomacy. ' ' 1" l> ON Till VOt'Nii SI MA*. I ho I'nitod States gunboat Kenning ton took Mr. Sehurman to Mindanao and the islands of the Sniu ami Visa yan {?roups. Ho travollod through the island of Metros with Col. Sjtiith and a party of natives. In kovoihI of tho principal towns he was tendered ban quets and ho bad an hour's coufuioiico with the young sullan of Suln, who re coivod hi in iu the royal audionco cham ber, Riinounded by a body guard of fierce looking Moros. Mr. Schurinan told tho Miltim that tho 1'nited S'atefi had acquired the sovereignty 6f the Philippines fioiu Spain, but hnd no wish to subjugato tho population nor to interfere with their customs or religion, t in tho contrary, tho groat desire of tho American gov ernment wn? to help tho pooplo of tliti islands to develop tlioir country. Tho Miltan roplied that ho earnestly desired peace and wan anxious to con titsuo the existing treaties, On tho return voyage, tho president of tho commission visited tho town of Homco, capital of I ir i t isliV North Bor neo, where ho wait cordially received by t i j o Ornish oHicials, who afforded liiin every facility in his study of tho local government and tho customs of llio people. Tlio population ho found much like that of the Southern Philippine inlands. Tho government is at present iu n lather elementary state, but a moro com pleto organization is being devel oped ns rapidly as is practicable. r>rt*\ Tiis' ^Counsel Hopeful. Hkvnf.s, Jty Cablo. Maitro Lnbori pawl another visit to C'apt. Dreyfus a! 10 o'tlbrk this morning, romaiurW with him until noon Tho lawyer found tho prisoner to bo eveu in hotter spirit1* than yesterday, aud iu'tbo resistance to the blow lie Buffered \jn t he judgement of the court -mart i&J, and 111 bin ter rible exist ence oil l)ovil'rt Islopd combined with his marvolnus rocugWation of physical and mental ntroiiKth Am<'0 1??* left C'ay onue, Maitro Labor! saw tho strong est proofa of his innocouce. Conn sol wan nlinoot joyful in appearance on leaving tho military prison to-day, and bevond doubt his mtor wiowh with Drev fin have givou him tho moat favorable impression respecting tho outcome of tho court martial. \\ ill Not be so Large. Wakiunoto.v, I*. C., Special. ? Tho Treasury ullieitii* me now coniideiit that Iho deficit for tho present lineal year will not cxceed jf20, 0(M>, 00t?. One week ago tho estimate was it little short of $100,000,000. but during the lait -few days the receipts havo beeU mther above tho e?tim?tos, while tho expend itures havo greatly fallen oil. Mr. I'lant'i Probjhic Successor. Savannah. Ga. , Special. --It is con fldontly predicted lioro that H. (J. Er win, vico- president of the Plant Invest inent Company, will succeed the lato floury ft. Plant, fe? presidont of the in vostmont company, aud also tho South-? orn Express Company, aud tho riant System of railroad and atoamship*. No Call for Volunteers. Washington, L>. C. , Special. ? It ia j>o&itively stated that uo call will be issued for fifteen thousand volun teers, and thoroia no immediato pros pect of suob action. It may bo aiatod, however, that there are now practically thirty-five thousand meu under Otis* command whenever he wante them. Wlueler to Philippines. Chkaoo, III., Special. ?A special to 'fl?e-Rtawd Itom Wlaa h i O.K to.P__?a5'*x General Wheeler will rcceivo orders Ihia week to po to Ike Philippine*. Hit particular assignment will be deter mined when Ike War Department baa heard from General Otia. Seerefary Alger aaid: 'fill that I can aay about Gaa. Wheeler at tbie lime In thai be bee aeked to be eeat to the Philippine*. .What aerrim bo will porfova there will ? ^ap?(f spoa Major Ge*er?i Otia. " ? THROUGHOUT THE COIJNIHY 1 he South. l?r i'?i Hon H CI or, of tlichmnnl, repoited as dead at Lynn llnvon, has tin nod up tt I homo ?o>und and well. I'X'Uov. lingo I y I e i , ? ' f Virginia, will ton fiM l\\o I uitcd States t-euuto on t h ?> ftliti tnisit msne. I ho \ irgitnn HoatClub, <? f Richmond, won tho *inglo shell ovont in tho I'eo pi oh Keratin, uu tho Schuylkill, at I hilndel phut. Iloaw raiiiB Friday Led up railroads in South, West nud Central lovf, inundating 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o> I h id m i os and doiiti; \ast damage to eiopa. I'ho tii o at tho I nited \eido CoppOl Minos, wh eh started I uosdav nght in tho i 0 Vol I ei a t o i \ ami sri end to tho tin dor 'ground work*, w si* finally hi ought Ulnlcr contiol I rulay A family of four were rescued front a ti oo at ( 'a! vor t, lo\ , S?tni day. Throe moro drowned negroes' h"dios liavo I'oen found. I p to tlio day of lus first entering fiohool, Hooker I'. Washington'* niuuo was Hook or I'aliaforro. 'I'liou tho tenelicr suul that nil l!io oolorod hoys of tho section had throo or four nannis. "Well," Haid tho now pupil, "put mo down as Washington. I he North Wiiliam F. I'raper, l'nited States A urhnssador to Italy, linn arrived in Now Yoik. Five hundred convicln in tho \na uiofa penitentiary, Pes Moines, lowu, have stiuok for hotter rations. I ho hanking house of Morton, HIihh it Co., Now York, will he eon tin ucd by t ho M 00I011 Ti uat Co. .loromiah Sullivau and Louis Cuvn, at 1 1 1 nu itnvillo, N. V.. wor n killed t?y a eavo in in a quarry Thursday. A hig llorinnn syndicate will oporato a great copper smelter and twonty livo t hiiur< in Shasta county, Col. At N oil h? villo, Wiw., Miss Alieo Wil luii ami Mis Neil ."Morrison woro thrown from a buggy and killed. Tho I Mniiiond Mnteh Co., nt (.'liieago expeeta to inoroaso itHoapital stock fioiu 31 l,(KM>,OUO to j?1.">ini'ii,0lK?. Two men ivoru scalded to doath l>y tho eollapso of 11 atoujA flue on tho river stnumor St. Paul, nt^t. Louis, Mo. A train struek n crowded enrriugo at ludinnapolis, Ind . and killed lla/el Sliafl'er, aged sovon years, aiyl injured t hi ee ( >t hers. Lieutenant Colonel M. I'. Mail?, of ( tenei al Miles' stall, wan recently mat ried to Miss Lindsay Poor, at Skanoat oles, N. Y. I lie (io"ertimout transport, T\I 1* I Mior roil, has ni rived at Now York from Sail .Irian, Puerto llico, bringing sovoral eitizena and army oflb ors. Tho Lnion Traction Company has been moor pointed at huliaunpoliH, Ind., xi th a capital of 32,000,000, to oporuto a number of tho ritv and pu burbuu street 1 ail ways, Prosidonl ( 5. 1'. Stownrt, of tho American Investors' Company of New Y oik. sin rendered under ludirtmoiita for grand larceny, nud was granted bull. Tho Appollato division of tho Su promo Court of New York has author ized tho Montauk Indians to tiring to tiiul tnei) suit foi $t,UU0,0O0 worth of piopurty at Montauk Point. A crowd of tho three or four hundred men and boys Mopped a southbido car m Cleveland, Ohio, nud has chased Itio 11011 unon conductor mid molonuiin, as well uh the pn->songors, away. Firo Commissioner Scnnnol has ap I o 1 11 1 *9* 1 Fdward F. Croker Chief of tho Fiie Department of (?i eater New York, at a eidaiy of $;!, UUU per year. Tho new chief iH a nephew of Hiohitrd Cro ker. ( cr oixii J ho Federal Enabling Act bflRpnsspd tho Legislative Assembly of Victoria, Auairaliu. Naval surgeons roport no trace of yellow fever at l'uorio lticau ports. Cai?t? Coehlao, lato of tho Raleigh, will tftKe chargo of tho Pugot Sound Nival >Stfttion August 1. 'I ho Naval Hoard of Bureau Chiefs is trying to dotoimiue whether the nix mm 11 1 1 emitters about to bo built shall hnvo steel protective doeka. Tho I > i ?? t has boon Mimmoned to meet ?t Cohurg, (?or many, to settlo the Saxe ( 'ohm g .sueeossion. tinted Status Ambassador Choato 1 1 n h luid another conference with tho Hi itish Koi^iun Ollb'o regarding tho A laaknu 'bonudary. A h u p posed to contain tho bones of \ elnsco, dcfetidei ol Mot ro ( hhIIo in 1 ban boon found in llavacu, and wiil be sen t l?? Spain. 'I ho Venezuelan Arbitration Com iiit*non fit Parte, i? ? ?? reMimed its pes Mftns, Attorney < ietn:i al Webster con tinning tho Brilodi pi ''Mentation. The Parliamentary Committee for tho i^oiuotion of ibe Anglo-American movement met in I.oudon and will soon report <-? t? its liist ye?i s woik. II jm i-ai.l that Spain will piefer a de mand fot a Iciiho o{ t luncru teiritory b vcn UFO China dtirtnu the Spanish Amertoan war pormittcd HhtplucuiH of oriuB and ammunition by Amorican 'steamers to the Philippines. I '1'ho Italian Chafaoer of l)cputiof* voted 2i?(l to lo8 on mot^o'ii of the Pre -,x diier, (ieneral Pollaux, to tefer the royal ducrce restricting constitutional liberties to tbe Committee on Political lit I In. Mich reference to have the fore* of an act of indemuity. Miscellaneous. ? ? A panic arose among the orowd at tending tho fuueral of Ih* Archbishop or Prague al Vienna aud twoutf people were aeriouaty injured, two having Kfc la reiiorted from the Hague that Hfr .1 nlian Ponoefort will ratira as British ambaaaador to the Uotted Ktatoa. Manganese jare production ia this connirv for tho calendar joar 1S?8,~ l.\l)o7 long ton a,? was tho largest since iwi. . ? Secretary Long has si*ued so order designating Captois B. C. tafler 16 eocaoaaad the North AUaotie Pqnadro* , dating the month** l?ff of A4?tra? 8a ua peon which bag too ee?*y eeki fik 1(1 MM MM Agricultural Department Issues a Ciuular to I hem, ? # ... .. ? ? f OR DIVERSIFIED FARMING. Attention Called lo the Great Value of Cot ton Seed and Cotton Seed Products low Pries of Cotton, ? \V AMii i s i i ion, l>. ( , Special. ? The I 'opartmont of Agriculture hue just Hsuod tlio following suggestions to Southern farmers, of which it is desired w ulo publicity ho given through the columns of tho Southorn proas; "l.'util rocontJy tho Southorn planter lias paid little attention to raiuiug other crops than cotton, corn nntl rice. These money crops always tiud u quick cash sale anywhere. With tho money de r i v otl from tho sale of those products ho i* ablo t>> buy his moats, graiu, forago, e 1 1 ? . ' ? I ho system of cropping and renting by thofio who hold largo tracts of laud which provides a moro certain rovouue, is almost universally followed. llouce cotton ib extensively planted and al though tho yiold is but oueTialf tho oa paoity of the soil , yet it is enough iu the aggregate crop throughout tho South to depress tho price bolow tho cost of pro duction. 4 "Tho continuous growing of cotton hnsgrefttly rodqcod tho life having vege table mutter or humus iu tho spil, and allowing laud to romaln baro all win tor has no facilitated loachiug and wan hi lit* of soil during open wiutore that such of tho host land has boon n enj: 1 3' i uinod. I his condition of u (fairs has shown tho Southuru furmer tho necessity of changing tho methods of farming, and of devoting his attention lo ruising other crops and live Block. "(>u account of tho oxeoeding low pi ices of tho staple pioduct an Iuter State Far in or 'h t 'on volition was hold at Vicksburp, Mississippi. Fobruary 8-10, |M?U?, for tho purpoHo of discussing now . mot hods of diversifying crops. The ad drosses dolivorod and disenssod at thai oonvontion were placed in tho hands of tho secretary of agriculturo, and by his direction have boon condensed ia tho division of publications, and have been issued as Farmers bul lot in No. 08, ontitlod "StiggoBtions to Southorn Farmers. " ?'Theso addrossos rolato lo soils, the peculiar advantages of the South for growing forago crops, raising and focding live stock, cotton flood and its products and othor agricultural mat - ters ??Diversified farming with rotation of crops and an increase in stock rais ing ate urged for adoption by the Southern farmer? u system that will ' luciudo moro crops to enrich the soil , instead of wearing out tho land; one that will provide more live stook to roumiuio the products and manure to still further ottficb the soil. "Attention is 'nulled to tho greet Voluo of cotton Hood and its prodncte as compared with edrn and othor foods, uud suggestions ure given as to band? ling them so that the tiouth may be able to dorive a milch greater benefit rucI a very much larger revenue from thoso products. 'Tn the raising of J orage crops the cliuiato of the South give* it minv ad vantages. Timmotby, clover, red top oats, alfalfa, lespedeza, vetches end cowpesv, the Southern favorites ere _ grown, and on theallnvial lands alfelfe (Uourishes from five to seven onttinge per year. . Tff!y WH? Jl? 111, WASHiitorojf, J>. C., fipteU. ? if? iprocUy tnatj with Jimm? wm eon- "" cinded >i tin wm Dope?imoat aq+ miseloner KufWi. ?? - Mid Mt. J BHtleh ?>M|i ffillilrwi Tki )mmI< can treaty f ?? ? May gj^ ? ? ^ai ? ^ tV Mr. Bush rti Jail. Detroit, Mioh., Bpeoial. ? Louie Bush, of 120 West One Hundred and Twelfth street, New York, is confined in jml liere, on fuspieion of smuggling from Canada $20,000 worth of dia monds, which ho had in his possession. Tlio dtumonds were found tied around his ankloH, wrapped in diamond paper. Home from Port&Rlco. New Yoi?k, Special. ? The United tStatoB trauBport Logan has arrived from Han Juan, P. H., with 28 oabin pasrfwuirers. principally ?tttoere end thoir families; l4:t discharged! and (nr lonybed noldiers, and 850 men and 600 lidifen of light batteries H and C. Sav on 1 1 1 ('tilled <Statos Artillery, and heavy battery H, Fifth United States Artil lery. I he Big Strike at Homestead. PtTDi'Ro, ta Pa.^ Special.? There uciw Beuma to be no doubt thai .there will he ai??-?<^|ft|ivp atrike at the Homestead plant of the Carnegie Sj Company. Whether or not the will rival that inaugurated July 1, '92, remains to be seen. The question at iaaue ia praoticaUy the ,saaj|i as in 18M ?recognition Uy the cou^iaOy of the Amalgamated \AeeoeiatioJs? and the men fj?em deterriafeted to (rtkad by their unloi to tba very laat Th*^eompe?yt on the other hand; haa anaonnced de ciaively that no Amalgamated Aaiooia lion men can have employment in He plant. "