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In CoHon Mills In VE HONEY. Record of a Year in South The Official i-'iKurcs given Carolina's development in the mill Industry this year has por en greater than that of any at? dn the Union, Tho ofllclal for "the year, show actual speetlvo. Investment' of $8,07!), ital in 11 mills, all of which sa vo 1(5. The oltleial state the growth of the cotton mill _i'l ..Jthe State has been pre by Chief Clerk (Santt. of tho of the secretary of State, and jlro no os-a mated amounts given, facts are presented. Ing this year 11 new mills have gartered) and fully organized, ng that 20 per cent of the capi to be paid In and 51) per cent, ribed; most of tlveao mills are construction. The capllallza of the 11 mills amounts to $3. This is against laat year's rd of six mills with a total capital #510,000. hen there are 14 mills for whTch immisplons of "incorporation1 have n issued during tho year, ai*l the pauies arc now in proems of for tion. They represent an additional pltalization of $2,275,000. And lastly there are 1G mills hero -.ijgfepfore in operation, that Imve in eased* their present oapiialls&tlon by 2d, 000. This swells thp work for year to the handsome total of arty nine millions of dollars. Below is the oOicial statement, which oaks for Itself in eloquent terms: Andqrson oounty? Oh* Cotton in!ll3, j s. L. Orr, president; H. S. l*lgon, retary; oapjjhl. $400,000. Anderson couii'ty ? Bolton mills. C. i ; Smyth, president: l.ewix T). Hlake, cretary; $350,600. Charleston county ? Vest;i mills. J. j H. Montgomery, president; Ij. (h Pot- ' er, secretary; $250,000. Chester county ? Sprlngstein mills. O. P. Heath, president; Win. (}. Nich ols. secretary; $100,000. ? Greenville county ? Brandon mills. J. I. Westervelt. president; W. 13. SmH.1i. secretary ; $300,000. Marlboro county ? Bennettsville Man ufacturing company. I). IX MoCall, SoSMP^fet * PipkiJU8' secretary; J ? Oconee county ? Th e Cheswell Cot ton Mill company. AY in. K. Cheswell, -IfWSlUlejlt J A. Zimmerman, secretarj'; 1100,000. .. Richland oounty? Olympla * Cotton s. W. B. Smith W'htHley, president.; S. Moore, secretary; $1,500,000. partanhurg county? Arlington cot- \ a mill. O. A. Bobbins, president;' o. T. Walker, secretary; $50,000. .. ? Spartanburg ctVunty ? Valley F^ / Manufacturing company. T. It. Trim ler^ president ; Ij. P. Hpton, secre tary; $76,000. York county? The ' Crescent. Cotton ills of . Reck HHi. ? H- 1 Ken', )>!??*? ident; W. C. Hutchinson i-et- rotary; $50,000. Total,- 11 mills, $3,275,000. fi This Ust does not include tho Capi tal City mills of this city, now under "Vronstruction, with a proposed capital >tock of $100,000. A charter or com . salon 'will not be applied for until ?jBl's completion in the spring, y JPTH03E COMMISSIONED. * iff} fallowing arc tho mills to which commissions of inoorporatlou havo been issued and Which arr now in pro *38 jdf formation; ..Florence Cotton Mill. Florence ? Cor porators, W#H. I>ay, .1. W. CcCown, W. R. Barringer, T. C. Willoushby, W. H. Malloy. J. L. Barringer, J. F. Slack ley and others- -$200,000. C ha pin' Ma n uracturi tip Com pa ny, Chapln? Corporators. H. P. Moetze, P. M. Frick, J. S. Wessingcr. W. B. Wil liams. J. H. Prick ? $50,000. Easley Cotton Mills, Baslev ? Oorpo i rators, D. F. Bradley. H. F. Smith. W. H. Pickens, W. H. Hagood?J. M. Orer, J. K. Hagood ? $200,000. Buffrflo Cotton Mills, Union ? Corpo fatTJta, T. <!?. Duncan, A. H. Foster, TJW1' e . N Ictvol pan , John A. Fant, W. 13. Thompson, H. Wallace. W m. Munroe, -W. R. Walker, A. 8. Vj^MJps, R. B. JEIopklns, 'M. Whltridgcv JoXTffaUtirac taring company, ! i ? Corporators. W. F. Coxi \ 'apdlver, J. L. Trlbble, F. O. Brf y G. W, Evans, E. P. Vandlvor, J. A. Mall? $50,000. # Hickory Orove Cotton Mill, Hickory Ocove? Ja% M. McDJll, .Tas. W. Ca? tie-1', Jwo. B, iMnrr'n. W. S. WHk;rson. Tho?. M. Whisouant, K. M. Carroll? f 60.000,- ?' r-f F'ork ?hekls - Ootiou Mill. Fork Sltoaw?* Corporators, W. I'. Neabitt. W. a, kORI, Menry Brim, F. M. Au?-h ' tin, J *M. I. W?8t ? $50,500. ? ? Pickens Mills. Pickens ? Corporators. ' Frank Hammon4X^F, M. Hagtrort, W. T. *41 RHU J- B. Tilagood. J. W Cafrey, yv. J. Thackstojn. J. McD. Bruce, B. A. -^--Hlkfood? $300,050. ??2 ? Andgfon? ?rn and Knitting Aadwgo* Corporators, D. P. McBi Brock, J. H. Andemon. D. ? R. E. Ligon. J, A. Sruy\h^ ?yy.-ai ????? tco,ocK>. Cbtfon Mlllt. JoWavllle ? Cor Q&lMghW;, Wi- U. I4t vf. Alwm. J- L. MoWMrUr, 1NCKMASF OP C MMTAl. STO KX I STING MILLS. I: Clover MniiHift* curint; Coui Ci\er $ Whitney -Mfg. t'<^| Whitn.w.. Ahbiu illo CtitUn\M.Jls M '.n. 2ti) . . " :? Abbeville Cotton Mills (Oct. 12) J-onesvllle Knitting Mills. Jom.ivllle.. , Mills Man. Co., Greenville.. Warron Man. Co., A ikon, Co. Bxeelfllor Knitting Mills. Union Carolina Man. Co., Now berry -}Iari? Millls, McColl UonnottBvillo Mfg. Co.,- 13au nortsville Monetta "Mills, Lando, Cho3tor County G rendu .Milla, Greenwood. . . Helton Mills, Helton Victor Mfg. Co., Orocrs.. .. American Spinning Co., Greenville.. Richland Cotton Mills. Co lumbia. . Total incrcaiK), 16 mills . |2, Net :c.e..;$o. SENATOR APPELTS BILL Prominent l-eatur** of His Bill for a State I.lquor Law. { Senator Aippelot ihas given the liquor question much study. Ho is opposed to ProlilblHUbn, because It is an imprac* ' tloal method; lie Is a tftauneh bollovsr ! in the dispensary system of managing , I the liquor traffic, but he realizes that j j t'he only way to make a success i?f the ! j system is to operato it in only such j ! communities an the system will be no- i I coptaible. He btflleves there are commu nities where plv>lllbltlon would be moro i acceptable than the sale of liquor lr ] any tfhiape, 'then there sue other com* } muni ties where the license systm j i would work better, even under ccnati- j j tuition al restrictions. In a majority of ' the counties, including Clarendon, i I which ho represents, the dispensary j system is more accepBaible to the peo- J pie. The bill contains 17 sections and ; j each section exhj'b.ts careful study, if ' the bill-was boforo the people instead of the Goncral Assembly for a vote it 1 woud receive a very strong otndorac ment. The "Appelt bill" to provide a sub- J statute for tho dispensary, which teems ! to have attained some prominence in ? j the slate is about as follows: It forbids the manufacture, sole ctx\, I of liquors of all forms except ns pro- j j vided In the bill; It provides that at the ' I next general election the voters of each 1 { county shall declare for strict pro- j hibltion, dispensary under county con- ' j trol, or license as provided for under ! the constitution. ISach county has the f l system that suits its people best. j If the vote is for prohibition they shall have it pure and simple and in its most ] fctrlngent. form, If for county dlsprn- ! it ry then a board of control is pro- | vided for in the county supervisor, ihe t former of the grand jury, and a titi- J zert'to h? tiTvpr^nt*^! by the-mayor or J the IiileTtflcnt of the county seat- The moral cluu\cter features is Insisted upon by the will for vhc appointee. The board receivdp $3 a day for their ser vices hut are not to be allowed more than three days In each month. The county board purchases the liquors una ; the machinery Is practically the . ame as is nofw in effect for the Stat 1 Hoard. They are required to publish all" ol their purchases, so that the public can see as to the matter of the "Influences" brought, to bear on them. All of their meetings shall be open to the public. Liquors may be tested by tho chemist of the Stato University. Dispensaries may be oP^od or closed' by th<* board, Mid in any part of the county, even In an unincorporated town. The ap plicant for dispenser must fill Thr samo requirements as are now ex acted. The profits or the sale of liquor goes as now, to the county school fund and to the town. The same restrii- i tions are now Observed in the mat tor J of the sales and the hours arc pre- | served. In such counties as vote for license . under the constitution, a U^enso board. ! of th* same constitution as the l>oir;! i of control Is provided for. and the ! .same rules apply to them except as to j tho matter of buying liquor and elect- ; lug dispensers. Those .are established i on petition and 'lieenjfc given to the j man who has a paper endorsing the re quest from a majority of the free hold ' voters of the town, if under five thou- | sand inhabitants, if over that of the I voters of tho ward in which tho busi- ! ness' Is to be carried on. The fee for .Uceriwia to-be-no-- tlmn- six -Lun wCd por more than twelve bundled dollars, as the board may see fit. ^ THWM^MWjr^gulatlon as to the^fcoure of sale* anyVh p. restrictions tyS aro rc auircd -In Vho dispensary afe main talned for tho liofthsed Tho board may havV' any liquor tested by tho State chemist, and shall exact a $3, '000 bond diul prosecute for violations/ of kt. W shall publish their proceedings atfd their meeting* shall public. "J The aHaitu of the Resent state boird and dispensary shall W wound up and tibi aiiseto turned irvt> r -to a board con flating of a legislative committee and tbe State treasurer. , This to the. bill over fMfli the W? flfebt to to made. Senator Appelt Jn oanuft as to die matter and h [ ietarilMd to I THE RELIEF FUND.! People Coming f^nercu.sly to Mrs. la^ton's Aid. I A SfAll nr.NT BY GEN. CORB1N. ; He Snj s The Lists VYiM l>e Kept Open Through The Present Week, and j Perhaps Longer. Washington. l>. Special. ? Th? Law ion fund continues to grow. I p ; to nQon Christina-! ^lav the total sub- ; seeriptions aHuully received by Ad jutant Gcncial CoTbin amounted to j $ 1 1 .32f?. ,Tlils is exclusive of the j amounts prom Led by tolcgriiph, whie'i I havo not been delivered to the adju tant general. Among those who have , promised n> contribute are C. P. Hunt ington. VV. K. Vanderbilt and .1. 1'. j Morgan. $1,ottu, and Mi s Helen Gould $"?00. Major General Sh ifter, who had charge of the* collection on llu> Pacific j Ooafcl, telegraphs to Corhln thnt sub- ! scriptlons amounting to $x:i"j had be on i received* -About $1,900 hava be.un rais- i cd in Chicago.' Philadelphia has about j $2,000, and there are various amounts j to the credit of the fund from New : York, St. Louis ami Kansas City. A ; public meeting will be called by the j mayor to be livid in Witt-burg to start,! n subscription list there. Captain ? IJonovan, of the Army, now In Louis ville, who was wounded while with ! Lawton in the Philippines, has asked j for authority to collect subscriptions ! In Kentucky, where it is expected that j the subscription will amount to con siderable, as Mrs. Lawton is a native j of that State. The Paymaster General j of the Army telegraphed Mrs. Lawton $2,000 out of the Army Relief Assoeia- j tloh fund, to whiyh General Lawton \ was a subscriber. This will defray her j immediate expense*, entirely separate from the popular subscriptions. The i following is a statement made in be half of the Adjutant General of the Army: General Corbin is gratified with the gey^ro.sUy manifested in subscriptions already received and pledged for the Lawton fund. The committee have in j mind the expression of Lawton for r.ho j welfare of his family, as related by ! Piofe.-scr Worcester, member rf tin? : Cnited State; Commls?ic.a to the Phil ippines. Lawton said, upon being re- j monst rated with cgaiiuU the necessity i of exposing himself in b.ittle:?=?"l havo I been a soldier all my life, and would ! gladly die a soldier's death, but 1 can't | help thinking what is in -store for my I wife and children sliou-hl I he taken j away, and I confess that this thought i weighs heavily upon me." It is fell that no stronger appeal than Lawlou's own statement caiir.be "'mado in be-half of his widow and I'hildivu. rrhe com mittee defer 'io a maniffct wish and have determined to continue the work j at leant until January 2, .when it is hoped a sufficient fund will have been subscribed to place the widow and children of Lawton beyond the-po^si- f bility of want, and enable the mother j to carry out the father's fondest wish- j that the children should receive a j proper education, it is proposed to continue the active work in raising the fundi through the present week, ami it is probable the subscription lio! will !oo kept open 'iintil the return o? Mrs. Law ion to this country. r.oo '-npturcd. - Pretoria, bv? Cable.-- Over. 5P'J Lirit ish prisoners captured at the battle of Stormberg hive arrived here. They have been taken to Waterfall to join the other prisoners. An official ac count of the lioor casualties at the bat tle M Tugeia KLv^m. says thirty men ' were killed cr wounded. j ? Into the Sea. Norfolk, Va., Special. ? A shipwreck, j attended by great loss of life, tool: ! place four miles south of Ilattcras life j saving station ? -Su-nday morning at 1 . o'clock, when 2t men of the crow of j the !l;-itif-h frcighl-cirrylng ?teay- i ship Ariovto. Were drowned. This I pnllim; It^M of life waft due to the tie- i termination of the men to attempt to i reach shore in the ship's boats. * California Shaken. Ix)s Angeles. Cal.. Special. ? At. 4.2"> o'clock Monday morning a sAvere ?xtrtbffuak*-- was felt ovu a large tion of Southern California, the undu lations lasting about 12 seconds. The entire center of the shock appeared to have been at San Jacinto, a small town in Riverside county*. The business por tion of San Jacinto c6nsins of two blocks of two story buildings, some of which aro built of brick. Ten or fif teen buildings were damaged, chim neys being toppled over and walls cracked and ahaken. The total dam age to 8an Jacinto and Hemli, a small j town miarjbr, t? eet. mated at $50,000. tlfs L*et MUsJoa, eownniHtad Jar the wr>ki . Tfia (Ha#tiD eervic?? will \p w _ES? I isisiea* j '- - ?? ... l>. L MOUDV IU: AH. Oreatest of M odcrn liWtogo^tfvJ'as* : . "*? ses A\vny. North Hold, Special. -Evaoigi'll; t j tfht L Moody i" ist o?l away quietly KrlNj ttHy. The tnt'inher* *>( his houauhold j surrounded his bedside SKETCH OF HIS l-ll'H. Hwljrhl Hyman Moody waa horn iu J Northlield, Kr.mklln county. Mass , j Kebrua ry 5th. 1 SI17. llo iveelved a , limit od education, and worked on a farm till ho wn*. seventeen years old, \\hen ho became a elevk in a i,hoe storo In Boston. Ho united with a Congregational chin oh so;<n aftoiward. and in isr.O went to CHkvigo, waero he engaged wltlr,ent husiasm in mission ary work among tho poor, and in less than a year established a Sunday school with ntoro than 1,000 pupils. During tho civil war he waa employed by tho Christian comnils -ion, and subsequently by tho Young Men's Christian Association of Ohlcigo, as a lay missionary. A oluirch waa built for his converts and ho became Its un ordaincd pastor. In tho ftre of 1SUI tho church and Mr. Moody's 'house and furnlturo woro doKtyoyed, but a now and much larger church baa boon since orocted. In 1S73, accompanied by Ira D. Sankoy, ho vlsltod Kurope ' and Instituted a scries of weekly day religious services in England, Scot land and Ireland, which resulted in greqt religious awakenings in tho prin cipal cities of these countries. Tho evangelist returned to tho United States in 1875 and orgaiii/.ed similar mee-tlngs In various parts of the country. In 1883 they again visit ed (ireat Britain, apd since that time have boon engaged In evangelistic work there nntl In their own coun try. ' Mr. Moody baa published "Tho Second Coming of (Christ" 1877); "Tho Way and the Word" (1877; "Secret Power, or the- Secret of Suc cess !u Christian I/;fe and Work" (18X1); "Tlie Way to <4od and How to Find It" (1881). Of tho collected ser mons there have been published "(Had Tidings" "To All People" (1877); 'Best Thoughts and Discourses," with a sketch of his life and that of Mr. Sankey (1?S70); and "Arrows and Anecdote.}," with a sketch of his lifo (15)87). British Did Splendid Work. London, Special. ? Belated stoi leu from Chicveley ramp, Natal, all <? .in cur in raying the British did mai'volr, in an impossible situation, .'he eld est war correspondents say they never saw anything comparable with th<i bravery of the men and officers. The naval contingent created an immense furore engaging the Boers single handed and hailing shrapnel and lyd dite shells on the fortification 3 north of t.ho train, in a vain effort !o .silence j the murderous fire of the Boers.while I the Drit.ish forced the passage of the river. The advance of the second br'gil <le, Jib'1 n g the road leadin*; to the. bridge, in the fjee of a deadly HisF ?lade, is described as magnificent. The British forced their way across t'he fire zone under a panfftct storm of bulbils ] from the invisible Boars. The patter | of the bullets on the dry plain. It :n ] added, raised the dust lihe heavy rain- j drops on water. The Queen has been ! ('?eatly annoyed by the unfounded J f- late 111 en is that1 she la in ill health and perpetually weeping. A paragraph i contradicting these stories appear*. :n tht; papers, whieli tidd that it has never been H-er Majesty's habit to "display grief like! a hysterical ecliool girl." 5. *75 Bills up to Recess Washington. D. C., Special. ? The olflciuls ?>f the House of Representa tives have struck a balance on the re cent deluge of bills, showing tli.it up to fhc rccess, the record stood: Total hilis introduced 5,015; Joint resolu tion;* ?ir> ; simple rc ablutions 05; grand total 5.175 measures of all kinds. Killed in a Runaway. Greensboro. Special. ? There was A\ serious runaway here near the ceijin- ! tery. While Dr. Benbow's hofac4 were being driven to a Vag'si by a negro named John McKinney, they bolted and ran madly for half a luile. The driver was thrown oiit, the base of his skull was crushed, and he died in a few minutes. One of the horses is s obadly injured that it will have to be shot. Thrown From Carriage and Killed. Thrown from His C.irriag and Killed Cape Charles. Va.t Special.? Capt. J. W, Richardson, o! Macfripongo, Va.. was fhr??w?-fr??m-4ii? carriage .and.la et.mtly killed. Me was eq ro^tc for the railway station, whoa his horse became frightened and flashed off, throwing him violently against a tree. " ? ft Burial In the Arlington. Washington, Q, C.. Special.-? The Navy 'Department has announced that the ceremonies at Arlington, attend ing the burial of the Maine's dead, coming on the Texas, will tak* place at 11 o'clock a, m.. on the 28th tut j) ? ; v V The Committee to fleet. ' *j Frmuktortr Ky., Specfa*? 1 Tl^e 8*Ite comtnle^oo oneXecl*3n? wllf meet [.here tomorrow. It'la understood that, When Does the 19th Century End? Old 1899? '"I am the most important year tluit evor lived. I mark tlie close of tlio most I j remarkable century in the world's history." CLOSE ON AGUINALDO. | Americans Stlii Chasing the Insur gent Chieftain. Manila, lty Cable.? Tho report of th.; Charleston court of inquiry, Just. ren dered, is favorable to the ofllcera of the stranded warship. It ?howa that due vlKHap.ee was exercised In the embark ation of the crew into the boats, which j wore well handled. A correspondent of the Associate j Pr(j5B at Vigan srndn under diite of December 1 r?? h . tho ?announeomeut tha- j. Colonel Wilder has telegraphed to XV j gun from It tyoiubong, 'that Aguinaj/Hi, j with a number of Igorroti litter jjrar- j crs, had crosscd the mountains near i lUyombung. goliig southward, and that his wife died inn village in that yieii. ? j lty. She had been ill since the birth of their son, and the hardships of the!: i (l^ltl proved fatal. A report has reached General Youn>' I tlr.it Colonels Hare and IIowzo have j released 23 American prisoners, includ ing 1 .lentennnt Gilmore, at Ilnnna, ^n i the Province of North Ilocos. Another report flays that General j Tlr.o has born raptured iimi' 1?h Vuk? i Colonel lty re reports having had two ! encounters / with General Tino, in . which 150 Filipinos were killed or j wounded, and about -50 rillea were j captured, without casualties on the j American side. ^ ? ' * j General Hates has returned from the j flag-raisings at Cottanbatto, Pollok, Parang-Parang, Davno and Mill. Th-: j Sultan and the leading Dntlos welcom- j ^d the Americans, The chief of Puerto i Princess refused to permit General : Dates to land, announcing his allegi- j Telegraphic Briefs. London Baptists have had 16.S99 1 converts this yen*. j Prussian public teachers have been i fm'hlddnpJto go hunting, on the ground that it W imrnonO pastime. Ex-Editor George Clcmenccau. Drey fus' friend ?n<l champion, will run for ?d(j(*tioj> to tip* French Oham'oor. France proposes to expel from the country Max Nordau, a, German cor- | respondent, who ha< criticised French- ; men a* degenerates. Cracksmen's tools, found on the. . svenes of recent Paris 'burglaries, in- j dloate the work -of slick American j crooks.. ?Mrs. Walden Pel I'm funeral was held I in t he ?A merlrnn? Ohnrch,--Pa r is. and ? her remains will be interred at New- ; port, It. I. I For $75,000 tho Kaiser'* mother has purchased ?the beautsful and ancient Villa Brenzmrrrtm?Ltrfce- tlnni*. ftalr. ? The North German Lloyd will next j year extend steamship line* to Si?K?- ? pore*? Sydney, Samoa, Itymgkont? and other frontal ports. Parisians won't consider a proposl I tlon toutovite competition for, the be?t | Exposition cantata. a# they say it sim ply mutt be. composed fcy a' French- j man. | , X 22^?torjr fculldlas:. to cost *?.ooo. 000, is to bo erected at Noa. 25-33 Broad street. New York. c Lord Bennet. evao?eW?t, who mar ried Ml** Leonora Van H*rter, of Ta WMk, utiiigesde to thfi tlLla.lfliL tTMtr nf Tti* late British Earl of Tank ervUie. "m ?" Thm Crocker Estate Company U to yy * Jm rnocboo. Ul. % , < HiM* Blake, of a ?wrden*e, 22 yeere on December ? - Two hfnTfly-Ufca l - /> ' ' ? ?? * uKi . v.v -is****, t, a iv ? - j [y n Young 1900 ? "Hold op, old follow! I am coming and 1 ho nineteenth century will not bo i over until I haye lived 365 i " I ciays. mice to Agulnaldo, ami (ho York town, lacking u landing force, -withdrew, Washington, I>. O., Special. ? A cablo gram^froni Ooneral Otis has been re ceived at the War Department giving I lie first news for wo mo time of the do tachui&nts under Colonels liaro and llowzc, who nro pursuing Agulnaldo. Oencral Otis' advices ludlcato that they aro cioso upon the litfcurgent lend er, ami also Htato that four of the Amor loan prisoners have been re-ta ken, though DhM^leuant Oil morn is still in tho Iwuulu o? Ike enemy. Oeneral Oti*' dispatch follows: "Manila. Dec. 23.?- General Young re ports under d:yto of tho 21st instant from Vluan that Colonels llaro and llow/.o were heard from UecDinbcr 17th till 1n pursuit through (he mountain** of tho insurgent column having our prisoners of whom four captured. Lieu t? naii't Giimore remaining prisoner. Tho iusurgedls- are ono- day- in ad vance, and the pursuit is eontlViued. Tho pursuing troops have encountered great hardships, but will probably ntrilco Aparri; two humJred and one Rpttnlflh prisoners from Aparri receiv ed this morning; two hundred more In that sect ion, mostly friars, awaiting transportation to Manila. Entire six- j teenth infantry leaves for Aparri to morrow for stations from that point as far south as Hayombong, TMIheldor's hattnllop ? Twenty-fourth is now on lower Ufv Orando in good Condition to return td San Jose. Forty-fourth In fantry hqing sent to Hughes at Ilollo, who reports Panay, Negros and adja cent Islands quiot. Arriving troops timl supplies being unloaded through .-larvico 'Manila and Dagupan rallwuy, two trains jlaily, all ports Northern Luzon open January 1st. (Signed.) "OTIS." Newsr Items. %m at th< ratfcflrtq dwrefe, tl? .content i ti frJf _n# ? ? .tiaiMif ? tWra of <* A circular has, according to the Evenemont (Paris) been addressed to iill non-agenarians soliciting their sig natures to an address of homage which, with an album, will bo offered to the Pope next year. The Board of Aldermen of^New York city have adopted a resolution praying "the god c! battles" to make the Boers stK-ee??rnt iln the war against fJngland. Now that Dr. Storrs has retired, M alone, Dr. llomer and Dr. Wells are Brooklyn's three oldest settled pa-tora. Next month Dr. Wells is to celebrate file fiftieth anniversary of his pastor ate over the HouthJ'hird' Street Pres byterian eh#roh. t 7< The Fifth Avenue sjjrcsbyterinn church in New York has called the Itev. Dr. Onorge Purvcs, of Princeton, to Kueeced the lnte Dr. John Hall as its pastor. The ndvoeut.o? of the selection of Dr. Purves say that he is th? ablest' ?SfSn ;-ecn In Princeton since the days i of Dr. Archibald Alexander. A New Jersey Court has -handed down the opinion that a church sub scription made on Sunday is. collecti ble. and an Ohio judge has decided that a man who engages In a game of chance with others (jtnnot recover his losses from the proprietor of the place where the gaming occurred. Such de cisions fcerre as reminders that law anQ common sense jot along together very comfortably most of thrflae. .1 The corqfr-atooe of the' first Roman Catholic college for th* higher adoe* Han ef wewyn wm 4?kl at Washington on Daeembar 8th. The cerejpkmjr con sisted in tho blessing of tb? Mo na bj Ail Address Issued Dy Democrats Ik Kentucky. GDI: Bill INSmuiTS PROCEEDINGS. Democrats Claim That 'I Hey Cannot l)o I .ess Than to Carry Their Case Into the Courts. Frankfort, Ky., Special. ?To nou'css tho Democracy ? f thoiUato endors ing the contest InstltJfftMl by Ooehel and otaor candidates of t ho defeated Domooratic ticket, giving I ho reasons [ therefor, lias been issued, 1( is signed by former Senator Rlackburn.' chair man of tlio St a to campaign ommlttoe; Chalriiuin Young, of the State Central ooinjnltuV, and says In part: "Tho Democratic party of Kentucky, through lt? several State comtuittocs, haa unanimously derided that the best lutorcsts of the party, as well as Jus tiro. demand that contorts shall be mado by all candidates on the Demo cratic ticket for the respective offices for wlrldh they wore nomiuaitod. Tho committee feel that it Is proper that tlu*y should state tho grounds upon which they base their , action. Tho Stuto hoard of election eonunlfcfdouors, at its recent session, lssupa certlAcatoa of election to all the Republican can didates for the StatoVodlcps, but tho board expressly decl iwd in the opinion that it rendered, that it acted simply its a canvassing board without powop or authority, as it cpnstruod Urn law, to Inquire into the legality or validity of any contested voto.-t, IMio hoard ex pressed the opinion that if elothed with authority to go behind tho re turns and determine tho mutters gin contention, the certificates of electron would not havo been issued to tho par ties who received them. We fool that in the light of tho action of this board, tho Democratic party can not do leas than to carry Its con<.ont!on to tho tri bunals created by law tor IU determi nation. The grounds upon which this contest is based consist nf protests agndnst the use of tissuo ballots in many of the overwhelming Republican counties of the State. TOie use of these ballots is not only 'In violation of the letter of the yaw, but Is In tho utlcr and open doflaiice of the spirit of the law, and the use of these ballots fur ulsh not only prima faclo but al-o con clusive evidoneo of purposed fraud. Another ground of contoat Is becauso of the plain- viola/t Ion' land defla?eo~of law by the late Republican governor bf the State, who, whilst actively en gaged In tho making of stump speeches and the prosecution of a partisan polit ical campaign, ordered out the, military and in viol at Oft of bobh law and prec edent, assumed penwnel command of troops in Mi a metropolis of tlio rttate, t parading thiv streets of LouiBVllto on tho day of in*> eloction with his'sol dlers and (Jatling guns, invading tho voting booths and forcing Into them, against tho protest of the lawfully ap pointed olec.tlon ofllclals^irotended- in spectors and chaJJ^pffws who, tho highest court of tfloState has doclded Lad no lawful right to l)e present. Tho Issuance of the certificates of elecUDTt"" to tho Republican candidates is con tested upon ftho further ground that a Federal and also a Btflt<r Judge, wlthoMt ? warrant of law and In deflance oi#evenf? ? prompting of fair dealing and docency. Interfered with that holder of a State eloction; tho oae by manaclng charges to tho grand Jury and by employment of deputy Urvltnd Stados marshals; and the other by issuing every mandamus and injunction asked for by the Repub lican party, whloh latter judicial acta have been declared by the suproma-ju dieial tribunal of the. State to havo boon unlawful. Another ground Is tho use 1n tho interest of the Republican party of an immonfeo o^ruptlon fund, contributed by tho most powerful rail road corporation of thn whereby many thousands of votes were bought against the Democratic party and its candidates, because that party in It* platform adopted in its Stato convention, dared to advocate measures of relief demanded by * the people of tjie Ccfentnonwealtih." ? r Negro Killed. Jim Blakcley, colored, was working In tho Orler mine, n^r THiarTOtie, N7~ C., when a bucket fell from alwivo, striking him on tlie head and crushing his skull. Ho won LroughjL tO.Jtow?J . and tuken to the Good BamSrltin HOS pital. He lingered in an unconscious oonditlon until ho died. Deceaaed was , a young negro and a good ateady work er. ?, Four St?im?hlM Withdrawn. New York, Special.? Tho withdrawal of tho three White Star L/Inera, Ma jestic, Cymric and Britannia, and the Cunard. .lilner^ Umbrl^ all royal mail .steamships, from*auch service for the purpose of being turned into British army transports/ has upset (he plans of tho pos^l authorities .for the prompt delivery of Chriatmaa let^pw from Europoan_?9tti?M1es. The withdrawal of tlteee four steam. . chips neceaaltate* the use of slower^;, traveling steamships running to Bom