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. ' . . ....... . , -'^hH ?* i*~ *'- t 1 . -? ? ' ? - "v --r-- ' .. . .i----.- .-."^.?r-;~7? SHE eHMOEM CHRONICLE. ?**..;. ~~ :;~ ...rv. ?? ? . -'? . ? - .,. *j ,...,_ - . .-,... ^ ' . . - - # ?> ?^sl.^jjgjB _?__VQkUMK xnr. camdkn, s. o., Friday, January o, mws. no! 52. ' " REPORT ON COTTON Government 5tatcmcnt of (lie Crop of lite Past Season A rUU. RECORD OF BALES GINNED - * ? * - . - IShcre is no tineas Work About the Hgui'06 Tli'.s Year, as ffln Recorda Have l?ceu Kept. ^ * Washington, ?peelal.---TUe Census Jlureau report on the cotton pinned front the 1902 crop up to and includ ing December 13, last, is &,311,S3.r> bales. Irrcupeetlve of shape or weight, equal to 8, 005. 50.1, according to the ? omnercial counting. This is 9j/.!M>er cent, of the crop. Tito above MatlsticR of tlio quantity of cotton ginned t0 December 13th, ' ' are < M pressed in bales as pressed at tbcvKtr.neriey. hTc<fpocLiv<; of shape or weight. In the total of 9.3 1 1 ,835 bales, there are 8 round lialus aver ngin,; front 240. to SOU pounds each. - TTtnrii I .TTjr 'Mini? TOrrii'T ''7iUFr3"'KK"Tfa'ir baled, as is t ho custom in the cotn meiur.l community (ho .total ginned Jto December 13 in R, 905, 503. The gin ners have not yet returned their halo weights for tills crop, but 40 cotfon co'?ttPve?s companies distributed throughout the "cotton States advise t$i<* office that they compressed an I actually weighed from the growth of 190-2 tip !o December 13. 1,010,434 ImliH. aveeaelng raclt 503.8 pound* ^ro-s. j'sjji^ this weight as the Hve?*? for square hales and for roulul bales 253 pounds, the average ob tained front the weight, returns of the home offices of the companies operat ing such patents the equivalent ntint ? b r of GOO-po'.md bales ginned to De cember loth is found to be 8,074,722. Deducing the weight of the bagging and tics 1 22 pounds per square bale), the liuwL^r of equivalent 500 pound hales, net weight, is found to be 8, OOO.TGS. By two moeti thorough canvasses this season, 32,328 ginneries, active and id'", have been located and re ported. of whirl number 30,194 have been operated f >r this crop. In their Derembor canvass the local special ap;entr. ascortaincd the quantity of cotton ginned irom the beginning of the season to and including Deceut ber 1 3th, and "also seen red from eaclf of the active pinners his estimate of the quantity rfiotton to be ginned by his establishment after December 13. The ^ITOT^^fThe* ????rf??1"rtWfl,^TW^^Tsl>aso<l on the estimates of C2G eanvasiln# agents, who were Instructed to confine their estimates . to thtf territories canvassed by them ? and to the knowledge Rained there from. One estimate, therefore, serves a eJ^eek against the other. Aeeord ?1|W to tho estimate of the ginners ? 1(n? par cent, of the crop remained to c?,;j:mned arter December l.Ti while, according to the estimattf of ^he can vassing' agenls the' percentage wa^ 9.8. Applying these ^ttkrccatagea aiuR V the gonernl average half weight ol> \ talue.d from combining rouml and ."_~^Fq?ittrrl*?io3. ilie orop. according to fhr>--ft>|Tnn'-u iv: :i(ih bales. and, ac cording to the canvassing agents 0.054,100 hales oj" an average gross weight of 5n0 pounds. The Census Of fice assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of (hesc estimates. This re port will he followed by a third and llnal lrporf at the end of the ginning 8 hsou, about "March 16th. which will distribute t hi* crop hv counties, segra pnin upland snd Spr Inland cottons, and give weights of bales. In giving out the report, Director Merriam MMO : "It seems Important to again state in connection with these statistics of the cotton crop of 1902, thatfis, so far a* they relate to thn baletrW cotton is'nnnd to December 15 last, they In * valve no gue^s work at any point, no estimate by anybody, and no uneer ^ talnly of any kind. They represent the exact number of nalos of cotton that have passed . through the ginners. 'All that has been fiohe by the Census Office is to make 'arid Verify the additions. Anybody is flt liberty to examine the whole proems* adopted .by the Census Office, In hahdllng these returns. The 'letitrns represent tho ginning opera tions uf every ginning establishment ? which has handled any portiou of the growth of 1902." The report Is made at a time so near the. close of the ginning season as to permit a very close" approximation of the actual growth of the year, in 500 pound bales. It seems probablo that tho final report, to be issued about MorciOlth next, will ijot show. a varia tion. of no eoo bales Irom the yitimater. of the total crop which are iralttnitted from two sources in connectlofi^Vwith the figures of cotton ginned to._Decem uer i3tn. This Is the flvst time in the history of the American cotton crop that defi nite afid exact knowledge^ of the sea son's growth has been placed In pos? cession of the public at so early a date, or within a date five montha aa early. The cWsuV Office is already perfecting plans for more frequent reports in con? nectlon with the crop of 1903. Its first report will cover alrthe Cotton ginned, of toe year's growth, up to and includ ing September J? This portion of each year'a crop hi now assigned tn the eon? TTrercial estimates to the production of Iho previous ye*r aa the commercial :'^ai^ \mrAdi September l. r~ TiSo *eoO*4 import will include all It will bp seen that thin plan con templates prai-t ically a monthly report during the cotton ginning season of 1003' if it shall he found that still more frequent reports are desirable, the Census Office will be prepared t<: make them for the crop of 1904. The census method of ascertaining the annual cotton crop can be gradual ly extcuded and developed with com paratively little Increase of expense so as to include statistics of the cotton seed oil industry, the .acreage animal* ly devoted to cotton, and the mill tak ings and consumption of cotton, thus making the reports a complete show ing of the production and consumption of domestic cotton. AFTER THE HOLIDAY RECESS Congress (lets Down to Work Once V I Hore. When the Senate reconvened Monday after the holiday recess, few Senators were absent. Almost immediately a discussion began regarding the coal situation. Mr, Lodge prefaced his intro duction of t% bill suspending for 'JO days on coal, with the statement that in New ICnglaud there was much distress owing to the scarcity of coal and that unless relief >?-'*??*> number of factories would have to shut down. He was aware, he said, that such a hill should originate in the House of Representatives, but It was Ills desire to call the attention of th?? finance committee to the state of af fairs. !\1r. Culberson followed with a resolution providing for the removal of the duty on anthracite coal and a.sked for Its immediate consideration. Mr. Piatt, of Connecticut, objected, saving i,! was his understanding that there was no duty on anthracite coal. ilr. \'fbt took exception to this ^statement and said that the board of general ap praiser* and President RoojcvcR had decided that such a duty is imposed. Mr. Vest also introduced ft resolution on the subject. Anotfier resolution bearing on the subject of coal, intro duced by Mr. .Jones, of Arkansas, refer ing to the charge of W. It. Hearst that there was an illegal combination among certain railroad}; to control ths shipment of anthracit-O'coal and calling upon the Attorney General for the evi dence which it was alleged had been securcd by him. caused a lively debate, in which several Republican Senators vigoioualy resented what they thought was a reflection on the Attorney Gen eral. The discussion continued until 2' o'clock, when the resolution went over being displaced by the omnibus ytatc hood bill. Mr. Nelson, of Minnesota, addressed the Senate in opjiosition to the bill and_ fftyorejl single statehood * f$F m a a nd,>l n dTaft* Te r r i /cry. Afc ?1 o'clock the Senate adjourned. House oti Military 1*111. \ The House resumed its work Mori day after a recess of two weeks, but within two hours the machinery broke down for lack of a quorum. The bill to create a general staff in the army was tlw issue, An attempt was made to pass it under suspension of the rules, which requires a two-thirds ma jority of the military committee en dorsed it, opposition developed because of the hurried manner in which it wa* proposed to pass I ho bill.^. When tho bill was- ,?*f*lYed up. Mr. Ilichardson, of Tcnm esw, the minori ty leader, said be did not believe such an Important measure should bo con sidered by uunnimoua consent and ho ' oblected. In reply to a que.siion by Mr. Hait lett. of (Jeorgia, Mr. Hull aaid that the general of tho army at present wa3 a myth. Mr, Hay, of Virginia, a mem ber of the military committee, In sup port of tho blU. detailed tho chaotic condition which existed during the Spanish war, owing to the conflict of authority. This condition, he said, could not exist under tlm pending btfl. "I would lik<v to ask." said Mr. Steele, of Indiina, "if thin bill does not practically eliminate the lieuten ant R-^ncrai from command. The. lieu tenant general ifl not chief of staff un der this bilL" "Mr. Hay: "He could be detailed as commander of the armyj in time* of war if tho President ehoae to detail' him." Mr. Steele: "Tlw President can aa sign any oHJee. lo the command of the army now. subject to tbia lltle, tho choleric, petticoat army in WaHhiug ton." ' ' ? Mr. Hay: "Do you mean tho Presi defttMs subject to that?" Mr. Steele: "That i? what I mean." ?Tho roll-oall r*Riute<t.J08 to 59, not n quorum. A ?H.ll of,, he House developed the presence of ojjly ISO* members not adjourned. Southern Train Wrecked. v. Birmingham, Ala.. Special. ? Paten ter train No. 37. from Atlanta to Birmingham on the Southern Railway, was wrecked near Weem'a station. 17 milae from .thia- city at 11:80 o'clock Saturday night. The details are very *s eagre. A report reached the superin tendent's office at 1:20 o'clock that the engine and four coaches were turned over and tint the' engineer and fireman were missing. Several personsVare said to have Men injured. A relljf tra!n wat sent to the scene from thin '*5? rl?2rlii* road! ?f *>lljr8!o,MW ,m* White EicpKunto Not White. , ' . A perfect wftiui elephant is- not white hot merely of a lighter hue than i ordinary- Hls *7** with * kyettow iris; Its hide flight brownish ^r#dT and hsir r?tf. . - ?*{ grew tbw nort paUsnt* J ARP ON MATR1IWONV ? ? ? ? The Philosopher Writes on a Serious Subject BNTII PARTIES 5 ECURELY BOUND Arp Says flnrrlnge Ia t lie Only Part* nci'sltlp Thai Cannot .lie Dissolved ? Responsibility. Married and gone. It Is tho same old story. Love and courtship. Then comes I the engagement ririK and a blessed In- | terval of fond hopes arid happy dreams, m is d then the hmtpg. ?ia.v Is Jlxcd? the ' | a1""*1'1 .1U ji iuui (o nrv?i' to OG 101" gottcn? a day that brings happiness or misery ami begins a now life. Then comes the license, tho permit of the law which say 6 you may marry, you may enter into bonds. The state ap proves it and the law allows it, and It will cost you only a dollar and a quar ter. (.'heap Isn't It? And yet it may bg very dear. Then conies the minister, and the happy pair stand up before I him and make some solemn vowh j???d -fry t v n~TTr~7r "[fl-iryyr "if TietTed let ibiT, and they are one. In a moment the trusting maid has lost her name and her freer will, and is tied fast to u man. Well, he is tied fast., too. ko it is all right all round, I reckon, but somehow I always feci more concern about the woman than the man. She is a help less sort of a creature and takes the most risk, for she risks her al'. 1 was ruminating over this, for time, was a marriage p,oii>g on at. our good friend Sain Jones' house, and their pretty daughter, Laura, was changing her name and her home on thin the last day of the year ai.d going off to live with n man sdie hasn't known very long; but I have diagnosed him from his face and features and am sat<sll(fe with her cheiee. He is a big-hearted .gemf. nan, or else the sitfns fail. I wanted to be present and give them my blessing, but was not well enough to go? I've Rot the elephantiosis from my toes to my knees, and can hardly meander across the room, but 1 am al ways interested in the marriages of our young people. It is the most serious business in this life, mul If the peril of it was known beforehand many of tho young people would hesitate to make the change. Tho chains of matrimony and not bonds of marriage are the right- words. When men make a part nership they can't get along well if they art unlike in disposition, or in moral principle or in business ways, but they can dissolve and separate at pleasure mid try another man. A man and his wife ought to be alike in al most everything. In some things folks like their opposites? their counter parts. A man with blue eyes goes dis tracted over a pretty girl with hazel qyts? I did, and I'm dlstractey vet ?^n . l..lyok into them. though I've y h* ?13r5art~*atHf .^?fc.^yeara. | bocn doing that for HJ'ty-ro^J nut m mental ami emotional qualities' and In tastes and habits a>*tl po\itic3 and religion they should class together. I never made any mistake about rny choice of n partner for the dance of a life, but I've thought of it a thousand times that If Mrs. Arp had knowji 1 loved codfish and rot up by daybreak every morning, she never \vould- have had mc. It was nip and tuck to get her, anyhow, and that would have been the feather to break the camel's back. Well, I'm mortal glad she didn't know it, though I am free to say that if I had known she slept until the second\rtiig lng of the first bell for breakfast and was fond of law oysters, it would have had a dampening effect upon my ardor for a fe# minutes, only a tew, Rut I have seen some mighty clever people cat oysters raw and sleep late in the morning. But still a man and his wife can harmonize and compromise a good many of these things, and it is a beau tiful illustration of this to see Mrs Arp cooking codfish for me and fixing it all up so nice with eggs and cream, and it is a touching evidence of my undying devotion to her to see me wandering about the house lonely and forelorn every morning for an hour or two. and forbidding even the cat to walk heavily while she sleeps. That codfish business .comes to me honestly from nay father's side, and my mother put up with it like a good, considerate wife, and we children grew up with an idea that it was Rood. 1'vr n young couple who got married ami went off {o Augusta ou a tour, and the feller stuck-hif* fork Into a oodtlsh ball and took a l?!Mv Hp choked It down like n hero, hd when h!? beloved asked him w iat was the matter, re plied: "Don't way anything about It, Mattdy. but n a sure as you are horn there is something dead in the bread." Well, we an mako compromises about all Hiioo things as habits and tastes, but tl)?? are some things that wn/i't compromise worth a ecnt. If a girl has been brought up to have a good deal of freedom, and thinks It no narri) . to go wahzing Ground with every gay. Lothario who loves to dance, and after she gets a feller of her own, wants to keep at It and have polluted auiu-?HHtn<l htr tHrtBTZ^Tie ^fl'T just as well qlng farewell to conjugal love and rtomesflc peace, for It is against the order of -nature for a loving husband to stand It, and ho oughtn't. And.now another busy year has gone ? gone like the water that has parsed over the dacn ? gone never to return. it has carried many friends along with it and left sad memories in the house hold, but -on the whote rtr has been a good year to us all and Providence has been kind. r? but eichi momth* of mS. *"fr *"?** SSEmw gy a*.*""*- uirtMtx 2&?*? 1 cannot understand, for April Is much more like the beginning of a new year than January. April conies from nperlo, to open? the time when the earth opens and the grass come* up and the flowers bloom ami the birds sing. But the names of almost everything seem to comiort that old mythology, and we conform to that old mythology, and wo ean't get rid of It. My great-grand father lived and died under that old calendar when April was the llrst month of the year. Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar stuck In two more mouths ami made the year of twelve months of thirty daya each, hut April remained In the Jlrst month and ought to be now. But whether Christmas be In Decern b<^ or in April, we love the old super stitions that cluster around tl is sea son of joy and gladness. 1. alwayi thought it a pretty idea for a man to be weighed every Christmas or New Year - to put his acts and deeds in the uaianees, the good on one aide and the bad on the other, and let him rise to heaven or fall below It as the scale* might tunl?' Tills Is not an orthodox doctrine, fop It is said that one bad deed will outweigh a thousand good ones. Nevertheless, Helschuy.ar was weighed, and the scripture abound in such figures of speech. It will take mi racles of grace to save us, anyhow, and w? must all h<dn one another, for th* devil Is doing his best. David commit -rrrr*ii ututt-; r.uirgiiHi' wo :t rvrpoii 1 <10! 9 ; Cain killed his brother: Jacob cheated Esau out of bis birthright; Noah got drunk, and J'eter denied his Master, but. they nil relented and got foreglve ucks; and if there Is any difference be tween folks now and and folks then, I don't know It. Then let us all love our Maker and bo good to our fellow-men, ? Hill Aru 'u Atlanta Constitution. Counterfeiters Captured. Wilmington, Dei., Special. ? Secret Service Agent George F. Foster, of Washington, after a long investigation, succeeded In locating a counterfeiters' den at No. 528 West Second street, this city ,and It was raided by the po lice, Byagnio Malearoso, better known as "Mike Ross," his wife and Nicola' Dipafco, his brother-in-law, were ar vcsj&d and the plant captured. It was an unusually large one. comprising ten woldB, a number of mixing pots. dies, presses and other counterfeiting para phernalia. LABOR WORLD. JfL union of stationary firemen hns ?Ufeim l'onno4 tJt ?Sacramento, Cal. Women clerks at Denver. Col., have formed a LK>nnammt organization. A movement for the building of a labor U'uijd* U on foot at Kansas City, Mo. IJesppmer (Ala.) nnion clerks have ar ranged with employers concerning hours for UK)'!. The llrothcrhood of Carpenters and Joiners i? chartering unions at the rate oy over thirty a month. V v Pipe and iioiler enverer# "of Newport News, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., have organized a union, v. Tlie NntUmuL JU&iU" of 1,,e VUI-\r is PH J*t *Ci*Ui ^ [ C"? Ht Jlrewpiy Workmen \\ v^U'itu CineSnunli, C)., relmmry 1, ? Augusta, (in., plumbers have struck for 31 a (lay of elghl hours. Tlicy have boon getting $3.50 for nine hour*. * The rot si H clerks' union at Mnnclies {or. N: IT., is regarded ns one of the banner o.vranizaUons ot its kind in the Ettet. The slrlkp o." thn telephone operators Df I>rs Moin.'j!, In.. which litis been In progress about six months, has been settled. T'nlon rneifle shop men expert an early settlonu-nl. ?>f their strike by the granting of concctsdons on thp purl of the road. The Stale of Missouri has over 14, OOO manufactories. with a total paid-lip capital of over si(?o.r>s^,r)ir.. They em l?loy 1 Kl.KIS men. A ^Ju^vowent is on foot anion/* the tho/)santh?\of clerks employed hy llic S;nita Fe ltnllwnv to sci'tire a senernl Increase In/wage*. A erufoule a;ra?u*t flilnexe ami .Tap aurto laumh U*5> in to bo waged in ear nest l?y the driver.} of laumiry wagons ?t fin u FrancUeo, c'al. After May 1. 15HKJ, lo.oou union xtone cutters In the 1'nited Stales and C'an nda will refuse to work more than ciyht hours lu any one day. PROMINENT PEOPLE. {senator Warren, of Wyomlpg. Ray? tliero arc *10.000 boars iu Ills State. ''Hear Admiral Frederick Rodgers was three months leave of nbsance, which ho will spend In Enro|>e. i Tin- Very now Willlam'"Nitlcbanl Wood Stephens, Dean of Winchester, England, la dead lie was born In 1639. Stephen l>fvntn?\ .Tr.. a grandson of Commodore l>ce?tnr, lias just pussed tlie examination t'or the Naval Acad emy. . W. A. Craig, < lie* custodian of -Wash ington Monument, rejwjrts that 2.200, ? n20 people have thns far visited the top of the monument. ? Count " Tolstoi has personally ap nrftlejJ ,!o the HEWM^U'cru not to pnlw llsli further statements regarding his health because they annoy him.' ? r>i\ Joseph Parker, the great English d#rgyihhn."who has just died, preached his first sermon at the age of eighteen, standing on the cross Tic aw of a saw pU- r The Derlta newspapers tay Trine* Henry of P^issia is coming t* the Uni ted States in 1901 to visit tb* fcf. l/ouls Exposition and nnvell the veterans' monument in Philadelphia. Rear-Admiral Bradford, while eon? .cratulatlnc Mr. Marconi on 14* teats, floo-lares (b? uncertainty of the wire less system of telegraphy.makga It un safe foe commercial purposes. . Tb? latest Information about Mr?. Carrio Nation Is to the effect that abe will take up h professional stage career it* soon no ?be flnlahea serving a term in tlio Topeka Jail for "joint smash ing." Klic will take a star part, and to even now taking elocution leaaona ll ?Jail. , V~- . During his mat rtatt to Mm and London, KmJc?j ? * showed sMbMenld |m| imtmH*! rawwiwr ju)arla?E tderabla OPERATORS' REPLY.1 * Markle and Company File an Answer Before Strike Commission THE OWNERS TELL TIIHR STOHY Their ?y?teiti of Dealing With Their Employes? Not Required to Trade At Company Store. Philadelphia, Special.? The answer of G. H. Markle & Coiftpany, Indepvn (lent coal operators, to tho demands of ,the miners, whk mude public hero Sun day* The answer will ho submitted to the Anthradto Coal Striko Commis sion. which re-assembles In thin city tomorrow. It was written by Jolfh Markle, managing partner of the firm. The statement says tho ttrm employs About 2,400 men, and many of Its em ployes reside in tho Villages of Free land, about two miles distant, and Hazleton, about seven miles distant, from Jcddo. The lessees erected and j own the improvements upon the pro perty, including breakers, stores, shops and tenement houses. It suya tho company always has maintained two physicians for tho men, deduct 75 cents a month front the married and r?0 rents a mouth from the single men therefor, and paying it over to the physicians without dhargo or deduction. This urraugemont was not compulsory upon the men or families. Stores for tho salo of general mer chandise, and of miners' supplies have always been maintained upon the property, and have been and are an accommodation to the men and their families. Tlio men have never been required to deal there. It says In September, 1S97, a com mitteo of minors presented certain demands to the firm. An agreement was then in existence between the company and men to settle differences by arbitration. The company replied to the demands and received no furth er communication from the miners. Work at the mines continued unin terrupted until the latter part of 1900 when John Mitchell mad</ his, head quarters at Hazleton and. endeavored to organize the Markle employes. In September, 1900. another list of grievances was furnished the Jinn, which offered to arbitrate, but the men struck. Between 1900 find 1902, many requests were made for tho correction of alleged grievances which were all 4 taken up and considered and acted upon, "but neither . individually not collectively, orally or In writing,' j says tho statement, "did the men | .e?akc any complaint In referbnee to j <i.".T..auPs ror tuo doctors , the lMrn ) ur mo pnesis; nor was our altering.. called to any defect In respect to ven tilation, or unfair treatment at liic store; nor as to the slzo of the cars; nor as to the slope eleauing; or the docking,' *yitll April, 1902; nud we had every reason to believe that, taken as a whole, the men wore entirely satis fied with the conditions of their em ployment. Objoction is also to ado that the full 10 per cent, advance was not given. The manner in which tho ad vance was computed was repeatedly explained to the men and it will be shown by the expert accountant thnt it was Correctly calculator! " The statement goes Into the m&iW* of eviction of men from the firm's, houses after appointment of the or bitration commission, and say# the 12 men evlctod wore t>o treated bocaufcc they had been active in preventing men from resuming work. No attempt was made to collect from them arrears of rent which had accrued during the strike. The evicted men in 1901, It la stated, each made net earnings rang ing from $350 to $1,000. Specific de nials are made of the statement before the commission alleging harsh treat ment of various individuals whor^ names had been given. , #S The Colorado Sen^torshlp. Denver, Special. ? Tho senatorial sit uation In Colorado la becoming decid edly com plicated and should present declared plans be carried out tho con test over/ the selection of a successor to Senator Henry M. Teller, which will begin In earnest with the convening of the Legislature on Wcdnajday next, will, to ray the^leapt. I. .? exciting anJ more than likely epeetanular. The , solid support of the Democratic wing of th? l<eglalnturc for Tetter lg still "mfiTrtlilfiedr fcfrlle "the" Republican atrength is parcelled among four candi dates. of whom former Senator E. O Wolcott \m tho mo8t-?onspicuou9. Dettructlve'Flre. Olympia. Wash.. Special.? The build ing octypied by the Capital Brewin? Company* as bottling works, waa al most completely demolished Saturday night by a slide of sand from the bluff back of the building Tha bluff U ?bout 50 feet high fnd wa? dmost p?r pellicular with the side of the build ing. The office building, la in immedi ate danger and the officials of the com pany are expecting it will be crushed at any moment, as small , alldea oh constantly com in r n / ,^?jCr Against Amerkan Cotton. Pari*. c By Cable.? It Is aald that Jnl?a Cfnfrlc*. Richard Warrington MiFtitt K^ ai w?M f?. dMutlea And Senator*, and a number w * ? ?? ? - ?" ? 1 ? SUIT FOR DAMAGES. Claimed That finny NVere Kidnapped and Sent to the fllnes. Now York, Spool at.- Suits have been brought by 22 residents of this city, who ? lalin thai during th<? recent coal sulke they were decoyed to the mines in Pennsylvania by agents ?f tho Erie road nnd of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. Damages for $50,000 for each, Amounting to $1,100,000 in all, arc sued ami the attorney fot1 tha plaintiff* consulted with an assistant district attorney today about bringing the matter liefore tho grand Juiy to be Mvorn in next Monday. Tho plaintiffs claim that under pretence o! doing work for tho railrcttU nnd eoal com pany they were decoyed to Hobokcn, where they were locked in ,i car and carried, against tV.elr 111, to the coal regions In Pcnm?v'!va.iia and compelled to act as fit rlk^-oreakor ? and< r threats Ot "being tuinvd over to Hi* fury of tho miners.'* Tho men H,.y they llnal'.y succeeded In umklng their way back to tho city, but ueol.iro that on their way home they hud narrow ?#jrapes trom being mobbed. An oftitTI' of tho l?b c1 ^Trm nirrr TTnvr that no complaint i.ad been nerved us yet on the company. II ?? said h?j bad i n doubt that tho companion would bo oble to successfully defe.id any mills that might be brought against. them. The company, Maid this olttcor, is al ways extremely careful to explain to the men tho condition:} under which they arc employed. Pacific Cable Opened. Washington, Special. ? The following cablegram wan received at the Whlto Hou.vo at 2:110 this morning, dated Hon olulu, January, 1, 0:33 p. m.: "The President, Washington: "Tho people of tho territory of Ha waii send their meeting^, to you and express their gratification at tho Inau guration of telegraph le communlcatioil1 with the mainland. We all bellevo that the removal of tho disadvantage of Isolation will prove a strong factor In tho upbuilding of a pa^roTTeiTnd pro gressive American Ctfmmr.iwealth In these Islands. / (Signed) HENRY E. COOPICR. "wcvotnry of Hawaii." ?-The President's response was as fol lows: "White House, Washington. Jan. 2. "Henry 12. Cooper, Secretary of Hawaii; Honolulu, Hawaii: <!<1 "The President sends through you to Governor Hole nnd tho peoplo ot Hawaii his hearty congratulations upon tho opening of the cable. Ho be lieves that It will tend to Unit, the people of Hawaii more closely than evfcr to their fellow citizens of tho main land and will be for the gtoafc ad vantage of all our people. (Signed) GEO, II, CORTELYOU, ". "Secretary to the President/' To Fight Tru*t,_ Chattanooga, Tenn., Special ? Whole *'?? hRfPvo.i tn thip city hav? y ^4~~icnartera MlU >.<\ u ?>uiv 'UttliCl a . "* 4 recc!vc?riRrvlc?8 from tho heai.<^i of the East Tennessee Hardware Implement Dealer^' Association to the eeffct that a policy has been adopted ^or thv. dealers in the association to jtc ftaln from signing tho naw contracts P'-csented by the International Har voBter Company of America, otherwiss Known as the trust. A fight against the allied concerns ?uu Uoon nnnouncel l.crc by the local representative* of the MvCormiek Company, who Btate that they will iiansfer their ulleginnce to another concern not in tho trfist. Seaboard Changes. Norfolk, Special. ? Vice President i and General Manager J. M. Barr, of | the Seaboard Air I^ine, refused to i confirm or deny the report thai Major R K. Huger, superintendent of tho | second division of the Seaboard, j would bo named as general stiperln ; tendent of that system, to succeed N. i D. Maher, resigned. It ia generally bo ! lieved, however, that ho will be ap ! pointed. Major linger nnd Mr. Barr | were together In conference for somo ! time. ^ Another Victim Dies. , Hot Springs, Spoola!.- ? Joseph Kin ! nry, the third victim of the turf <x cht ngo explosion in ini* city Christina/? tve, dic<l from his injuries. Almost dally facts come to light of additional Injured, swclllug th: list to more than Two more ^tfcHuvs are still in ? sc. fous condition. R. O. Chambers, of the Canadian raoing circuit fame, is ; consider*.] 10 ho out of danger. j Mascogal Acquitted. Chicago. Special. ?Signor Maacagni, (tie wm|HW>r; was arraigned in court Tuesday on a charge of embezzling $6,000 from his former manager, Rich* sir A Heard, of Boston. After hearing both side* Justice Hurley Immediately dismissed the case. T&e court room * was Ailed with Italian* who applauded vigorously ait Maseagfei, thankful and smiling, left for his hotefc Fir* At Toxavay ? Brevard, N. C., Special.? -Tliuradny plgbt the general ator?f but Id I a* and content* belonging to Dr. Fieber; at Toxawty, wis entirely' rontcmed by fire. Lost $3,000. Insurance $1,200. Origin of fire unknown. N?y Orleans, flpeeUl ? K?w Qr Imm lid fltt Francisco tUltroad Wm charter*: h m, With a c*pUal stock Of f? JWJ88W. L?q* n flliior tivenU of the Week In <* Brief Form. .Saturday night aliout D o'clock Dr. Andrew N. Cray of Columbia fell dead in the bridge keeper's house ut tho foot of Gervals street. Dr. Gray cdn- . duds a drug stor*; In Hrooklyn and Uvea in Columbia. Ho had walked across i lie (fongaree bridge and had tried to tsitch tho 8:45 ear. Having missed his cAi\ Dr. Gray went into tho house of Mr. %Lybrand, tho bridge' keeper, and wns.inlklng and Joking with those around tho tire. Mr. Ly- ? brand suys that Dr. Gray was stand- ' lag with his back to the flra and wan apparently in good health nud Bplrlta , when he t<H>k u step forwards as it to *o to tho door. Ho felF forward upon ills face, and when Mr. Lybrand and others in the room got to ?him and turned him over, Dr. Gray wafi qulto dead. He was subject to attacks of thitt kind, and hiH donth, while unexpected, -m.u iiunfnnrrm"'irwin?n n> iiib mmhhj - as it might otherwise have been. ? D. O. Kussell, a well-known citizen of Anderson county, met a sudden death under peculiar circumstances* Friday. IIo and his son, a young man About grown, had been to a neighbor hood houno and were returning home. They were in a buggy and in some way one of the shafts broko and It was im possible to proceed further with the vehicle. Mr. RugBeJl was under the in fluence of liquor, and hla son decided lo leave him seated in the buggy while he rode the mule homo for assistance. The young man went on homo and when ho came back a short whilo after wards ho wbb horrified to find that his 1 father had fallen from the buggy and broken his neck. He had fallen aver ; the dashboard, landing on his face, The coroner held an inquest Saturday and the Jury returned a verdict In accord ance with the facts. > Thursday night at a negro frolic on Mr. l)ob Cowan's place, about two mile* from Rock Hill, Sam Bhot and almoBt instantly Killed by his stepson John 6mith. It Bcems that At-.J lison was beating his wife, when tlft boy came up and Interfered. Allison upon seeing that, It was the son jumped up, kicked him nndvthen went for hla ~ shot-gun. He trie^Tto shoot Smith, but the gun failed to Are the fltwt time, nnd as ho was trying ths second time Smith shot him with a 38^|ilibt??ptift^.; Allison fell and Smith camo to the city and gave himself up. At the " verdict was rendered of killing in self defense." Smith, however, la in life guard house here, having been found - guilty of carrying the wrong sit* 'shooting iron." Coroner Black held an Inquest day morning upon the body of O. NL Swanegan at his home in the Wettt^ End of Greenville, and the jury ren dered a vordict that the deceased earn* to his death from an overdone Ot . WfBfcS phine administered by hlfl own hand. Ho bought 15 cents worthof morphtttot on Christmas day at the ? m tore, and that night eii6pdh *4?* v ^allowing tfi?* lwto>ijrap 1 dru* %jjSked ihMfcr life by b\: ?' ^ * ?Jl?ged wife *t&u her that he would take to kill himself and that he haa ened several times to cut hit j He told he? that he had been _three times for hla life and tha^hlr** people had cast him off. It is not likely^ that he was passing trade* his juroper name, and his true history will iwrofc- |? ably never he known. SWanegan very unusual name. r , Saturday afternoon Officer -Hai l ho police force arrested on tho,"pgTw:;f_ yard" in Spartanburg a middle aged white man who has been going about ~ the streets pretending to he a mute and A KftUeiting alms-.- A number pities the apparently afflicted mta, so woll did he carry out the deception. . The police were told that he was a fakir and the officer took him to the , * station house. He played thence*'* mute for thr?e hours; bui.thrn irayaA^ In and told the officer that he Wj8?. : .: 8hamming| He produced a package of rarda, on each of which was printed a ' lugubrious wail, asking for charity for the afflicted. He will he tried in,potl<$ r court. " . * The directors of the Mmionon Man ufacturing Co., of Newberry. at * meet ing decided to Increase the capital : stock of the company from $209,000 to ?500,000 and Increase the capitlty of t ~ the mill to 28,000 spindles. When the mill Was built Itv w*i expeetedtO crease the plant, ant! thte improvement ~ and cpiargetaeatwin not affect - ? ? running, f The population eC-the-, village wilt he ahemt ^ - - A total dost rue. tl?? of Mftht distlllerlee in Oconee county by .v~ 1 pup offictri. : 81x qomplfite outOU wore destroyed, while fermented beer and low wines In large quantities found nt two. Officer* succeod resting four operator*. whO _ in Wajhalla Jaty awaiting trial. Miss Alice Wathlna, daughter J. N. Wstklns q( the Long Crea tie*, was rtwt t^aihtt her r art her* a ham*. Th* ? left Jaw and lodged An th$. back head. Tlja condition of tWT^ tt sat? to fe ver? <***?*1 perecn *raa present wfee* " fired. No cause haa been nh^tlrg, - "