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■f VOL. XVIII. BARNWELL, S. G., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1895. SOME OF THE NET LAVS PASSED AT THE LATE SESSION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. The Full Text of the Metropolitan Police -' ^ ■ ' " n. - Finally Panned—The Law Belat- iBy to “Scotch” Moriyaceee. Below is (fiven the act for the ap pointment of a Board of Police Com missioners, etc., in cities and towns Of not less thanr l.OOU inhabitants, an popularly known as the “metropoli tan police act. ” Section 1. That on and after thepas- sage of this act, whenever the Gov ernor, the Secretary of State and the Comptroller General shall deem it ad visable or necessary for the better and more perfect government of any city and incorporated twou in this State of more than 1,000 inhabitants, a board composed of the Governor, Secretary of State and the Comptrol ler General shall appoint a Board of Police Commissioners, to consist of three members, for such city or incor porated town. \Such commissioners Shall have been qualified electors and freeholders of such city atjeast one year next prior to their appoihtment. The official term of such commission ers shall be co-terminal with that of the said State -board appointing them, I and until their successors be appoint ed and qualified, but such commission ers, or any one of them, may be re moved and the vacancy or vacancies tilled by the said State board at any time they may deem such removal ex pedient or necessary to promote the object, of the original appointment, CVIIV* CTV ItjiT fiT ossary or expedient by said State boara or their successors to continue said State hoard shjdl make a new ap pointment of the same or other com missioners for the succeeding term, to-wit; co-terminal with the term of such said State board and until their successors be appointed and qualitied, rif such enforcement of the laws of this State many city or incorporated town under police regulation be continued under this act. Before entering ftpon their duties, such commissioners shall each take and subscribe and cause to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State an oath of office for the faith ful discharge of-their duties and the usual constitutional oaths required Af public officers, and if the api>ointee shall, for ten days after notification of appointment, fail to cause such oaths to be filed as aforesaid, his ap pointment shall be revoked and a new appointment shall be made by said State board; and the said State lx>ard shall have power to fill any vacancy in said board at any time, whether caused by death, removal, resignation or any oilier cause, or may in their uiscretion, remove any member or members of said board if in their opin ion he or they fail to perform any du ty according to the intent of this act. One of said Ixiard shall be designated by the said State board to be president and another as secretary of said board. —The annual salary of said commission ers shall be not less than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, to be fixed by the said State board within these limits in proportion to the population of the particular city >in question. But the secretary may be allowed a sum not exceeding fifty mayor and council for payment when correct; and it shall be the di said mayor and council to pay a such claims when .so credited, certi fied and presented. And it shaft be the further duty of said mayor and council to levy and collect annually a tax sufficient to pay the salaries and all expenses of the Board of Police Commissioner, marshals and police men, and of all the expenses for the operation and maintenance of said po lice department, and a writ of man na «r-proper process shall beat the suit of the Board of Police Com missioners against the municipal au thorities of such city to compel the levy and collection of such annual tax ana the payment of such expenses by them. It shall be the duty of the Board of Police Commissioners to make general and special rules for its own government and for the govern ment and regulation of the police de partment, and to make and promul- te proper orders tq the police force rough the marshal. Sec. 4. The board may, on the ap plication of any person or persons showing sufficient cause therefor, in the discretion of the board; appoint any number of policemen, not exbmL; ing in all the regular number of po- 1 icemen at any one time, to do duty at designated place or places in the city, at the ex (lease of the person, or per- commissioner. Said salaries shall be paid out of tfie town or city treasury in like manner as the salaries bf town or city officers. Sec. 2. Such Board of Police Com missioners shall immediately appoint a marshal, who shall be chief of po lice, and the necessary commissioned N officers, who shall give bond in an ^amount equal to that required on the yi8th day of December 18114, of simi lar officers under the ordinances of such cities and towns, subject to the orders of the board, and as many po- licemea as may be deemed necessary' by the board, not exceeding one for every one thousand inhabitants, and who shall have been residents of such city or town at least six months prior to their appointment. The marshal and policemen shall hold their re spective offices co-terniinally with the board ap|>ointing them, subject, however, to removal at any time by a majority vote of the Board of Po lice Commissioners. The marshal and policemen so appointed shall have exclusive power, and it shall be their duty, to serve all process issued by the mayor, intendant or city recorder, and all notices and papers issued by the Board of Police Commissioners. They, the said marshal and policemen, shall have and exercise all the common law and statutory power of constables within such city, except for the ser vice of civil process, and they shall also have the powers now had and exercised by policemen under the laws of tho State and the ordinances of such city. Provided, that ho city or town shall be liable in damages for any of the acts of the mashals or police men or officials appointed under the provisions of this act. Sec. 3. The Board of Police Com missioners shall keep and maintain an office at the council chamber, police court room or some station house or other convenient place, and shall meet in regular session every month, and in special session at any other time upon written request or any member to each other member who is in the city. Any regular session may be ad- } 'ourned for a period not exceeding our days. Two members shall consti tute a quorum at any regular or ad jouned session, or at-any special ses sion properly called and notified. The concurrence of two members shall be sufficient to decide any question prop erly coming before the board. It sha " be the duty of the Board of Police Commissioners to fill all vacancies in the offices of marshal and policemen. The Board of Police Commissioners shall have entire control of the police force of such city, its organization, government and discipline, and entire control of all station houses, city prisons. l books, records, other property be- depkrtment, and against said de partment and certify the same to the isting pri office tor to this act, appoi’ cers as may be appointed a for the election of such of- eer or officers as may be elective, and to that end, if there be a vacancy in such contingency in any elective office, the mayor and council shall have power and authority to fllj such vacancy by appointment until an elec tion may neneld; and the functions and silmy of the marshal and the po licemen and of the Board of Police Commissioners shall cease^and de termine upon the appointment and qualification of a police force by the mayor and coucil after such proclama tion. That nothing in this act contain ed shall be so construed as to disqualify any member of any previous ice force of' any city from olding appointment unaer the Board of Police Commissioners, at their discretion, nor to disqualify any member of a police force appointed by such board from holding appointment under the. mayor and council after wards. And nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the said State sons By whom such application shall be made, and the city shall not pay any such special policemen so appoint ed, arid such special policemen shall not be required to do duty at any other than tfie designated place or places, but in all other respects they shall obey all rules and regulations of sha!. The board may also, with the consent of the said State board, ap point such number of special police men for general dutv in the city as may be deemed advisable, but such sqieeial policemen shall not serve longer than two. successive days with out new appointments being made in like manner, and ibey shall not be paid at a rate exceeding that of the regular policemen. — Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the mayor and council.of any such city to provide at its expense all necessary accommodations for the sessions of the Imard, and to provide a poffilj kf court room, station houses and pris ons, and to furnish, warm and light the same; to furnish food for prison ers ; to provide for the monthly pay ment of the marshal and policemen, on the certificate of the board as to the amount due each; also for such office exj>enses, records, books, sta tionery, pri n ting, telegraph i ng, bad ges, clubs and the repair and cleaning of police buildings, as may be necessary —it being the true intent and mean ing of this act that all the necessary expenses of the pujg^ department shall be borne by the city out of its general revenue fund, notwithstand ing the government Of such depart ment is vested exclusively in said board. t Sec. 6. Neither the mayor nor the council, nor any officer appointed by them, shall have any government of thei)olice force; and the city treasurer shall not pay any of the police force except upon the certificate of said board. Any person or persons who shall in any manne? interfere with Or interrupt said board, or the police dollars m addition to hii sSTary'£8 a judge, marshal or policemarr sff gpr- WX TXSOX AM 1 1 A A 1 A AA A^IaII X XT- 1 1 I A ITT 4 A IaATaI %-V A M f SX MT-VX pointed, while in the legal perform ance of duty, shall, upon conviction thereof before the Court of General Sessions of the county wherein such city is located, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred or- more than one thousand dol lars or may be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than uinety days, for each of- fense. Sec. 7. Every police judge, marshal and policeman appointed under this act shall be a qualified elector of such city, and before entering upon the discharge of his official antics shall take and subscribe and cause to be filed with the lioard an official consti- stitutional oath and for the faithful discharge of duty. Sec. 8. The annual salaries of the following named officers shall be fixed by order of the board within the fol lowing limits, namely: The marshal, not less than two hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars per annum, and the poliemen each not less than ten dollars nor more than sixty dollars per month. Sec. 9. All fines and forfeitures col- lecfed by the mayq£, intendant or city recorder upon charges for the viola tion of the laws of this State shall be by him paid into the county treasury or the county iq which each city is located, for the use of the common school fund of such county. All fines and forfeitures collected by the may or, intendant or city recorder upon charges fee the violation, of city ordi nances, and all fees of officers collect ed by the mayor, intendant or city re corder under any act of the Legisla ture or city ordinance, for services shall be by him paid into the city treasury for the use of the general revenue fund of such city Sec. 10. During the time that the police government of any city is ad ministered under this act, all acts of the Legislature and all ordinances of such city in so far as the same are in conflict or inconsistent with this aci, shall be suspended and shall remain inoperative. Sec. 11. When the government 6;’ such city under this act shall cease, the board shall turn over to the city clerk all the records and papers of the board, and thereafter they shall be deemed records and papers of the city clerk’s office. Sec. 12. Whenever the satd State bokrd shall deem it no longer neces sary to continue the government of any such city in the mannei* provided for by this act, the said State board shall issue aud cause to be published in a daily paper published at the State capital their proclamation to that ef fect, and thereupon the mayor and council shall reassume the govern ment of the police of such city, under, the ordinances and laws thereof as ex board from again appointing another Board of Ponce Commissioners for the same city, whenever they may deem it advisable oy necessary for the better or more perfect government of such city, in wnich event and as often as such event may so occur, this act as to such city shall again be of full forca-and effect, . ' Sec. 12. This act shall take effect Coni|>»nl«» to h« Allowed to K*ch Cooti- ty KeffarriteM of Fopalation. ^ Columbia. S..C4 Dec. .‘to.—It will not be long before the militia of the State wilLbr-rworgantzed if the pres ent plans arc carried but. Under Ibe- provisions of the recent Act the 'w* jutant General is given very much more authority than he has heretofore had, and Adjt. Watts intends to exer cise that authority. Together with the. Governor aud a major general the Ad- jutantJGeneral will undertake the or- anization of tho entire militia to suit hti ideas of the present officers. It is more than likely that the matter will be largely left-to Adjt. Watts, and as he is young, full of ambition, and de sirous of = making something out of the militia. He intends to get bard at work and see what if anything can :»e done. There are now t wo-hundred and seven companies in the volunteer service of the State. To use an agri cultural phrase, the companies will be weeded down to a stand by reducing ttiPTmrnberto frne'tnmdreri.— immediately upon its approval. Sec. 13. Whenever the word “city’’ is used in this act the same shall lie construed to mean “city” of “town.” Sec. 14. All acts and parts of acts which are inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Among the acts of the Legislature that still await the Governor’s signa ture is the one known as the “Scotch mortgages act,” and it is of consider able interest to the legal fraternity of the State and also to the class of cred itors and debtors who are affected by it. especialy as it may have codsider able bearing on some of the foreclosure sales advertised in the various counties of the State -for the first Monday - in January. The act reads as follows: Sec. L That from and after the pass age ofwi is act no sale under or by nm ure of any martgage or other in strument of writing, intended as se curity fora debt, shall be valid to pass the title of the land mortgaged unless the debt for which the security is given shall be first established by the judg ment of some court of competent jur isdiction, or unless the amount of the debt be consented to in writing by the debtor sbsequent to tho maturity of the debt; such consent in writing to be retorded in the office of the register of mesne conveyances, where the mortg age or other instrument in writing given to secure such debt is, or ought to be, recorded Sec. 2. That from and after the pas sage of this act, in actions of fore closure, the court shall have the pow er to render iudgement against the ies liable for the payment of the secured by the mortgage amb to The new law provides tliat the militia companies “shall be'distributed ambng the several counties of the State as nearly equal as possible.’’ Under this provision of the law iyi« intended to divide the State militia, and not concentrate the companies _ as ip uc h as they have been for the if thif^ direct at the same time the sale of the mortgaged premises. The said judg ment so rendered may be entered and docketed in the clerk's office in the same manner as the judg ment. Upon the sale of the mortgaged premises the officer making thq sale under the order of the. court shall credit upon thejudgement so rendered for the aebt the amounls paid to the plaintiff from the proceeds of the. sa^e. Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent vrith this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Protecting Navigation. Low country people will be inter ested in the contents of a bill passi by the last session of the Legislature and signed by Governor Evans to pre vent the obstruction of navigable rivers and harbors of this State. The bill is as follows: Sec.-t. That any person wlm shall be found gulty of cutting any trees or tree tops, brush or logs, or throwing any refuse material whatever into any navigable river or harbor in South Carolina, or who shall tloat logs singly or in rafts in any manner wliatsoever without being properly or plain lighted at night, and attended by day wuth sufficient number of men to pre vent said rafts and logs fnom neglig ently damaging property along the river banks, or from catching on snags, sinking and forming obstruc tions, or in any manner whatsoever interfering with the navigation or obstructing said rivers or harbors, shall be deemed guilty of a misdeme anor, and punished by fine not exceed ing two hundred and fifty dollars or. of imprisonment not exceeding two years., Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repeated. Three Iturneri. LANCALTER,Ky.,Jan. 1.—This morn ing the Muller Hotel, a three story brick building, and three persons, E A. Pasco, his mother.-m law, Mi's. Lester, and his little chilcl, aged about three years, w ere burned. Only a few- other guests were in the builn’mg anc they escaped, being on the first floor. The lire v started awut 5 o’clock but had evidently been smoldering a long time, as the antire building w r as fillec with smoke when It was discovered. The Pasco family were nearly, suffo cated when aroused by the noise from the streets. Mr. Pasco assisted bis wife to a window and she went down a ladder. He returned after hischild and mother-in-law, but succumbed to the smoke and Hames and all three were burned. He was about 25 years of age and a lestuaraut keeper. The loss on the building is about ♦15,000. The Old Story. Douglass, Ga., Jan. 2.—News lias reached here that eight negroes "were burned to death a day or two ago at Phillip’s mill in the county. One of the negroes was an adult and the oth ers children. They were all in a house which accidentally caught fire and the inmates were consumed before they could escape.. COLUMBIA NEWS. THE stATE MILITIA TO BE REORGAN IZED BY GEN. WATTS. Two Hundrml and Haven Companion to be Keduced to One Hundred—AlMnit Three recovered by the State’s officers. It is charged that thfe entire stock of avail able liquor wsa-taken ouTof the dis I Baltimore, Jan. 2.—The suggestion pensary andjhat a good portion of it made last week by Mr. R. IL Edmonds was found in yard of an ex-liquor of this citv that the South, which had dealer. an abundant com crop last year, senator BUTLER and His oontest. should ship a full train load of com Gen. Butler was in the city this } and meal to the farmers of Nebraska, morning. He came over from tm arm in Edgelleld tq look, after some private business, and fraqi here will who are suffering because of the short age pf the corn crop, has met with a very quick response throughout the JCSL to-SBaijanburg and fron^tltfre^to l country. In,in»ygurating this moye- lis home in TESgetfem before retunF' l ment Mr. Edmonds telegraptied to ITTe to Washington. Senator But-1 Governor of Nebraska as follows: “In view of the distress reported among some of tlie fanners of Nebraska by reason of the short com crop, and in view of the abundant crops of the South. I have suggested the desirabili ty of the people or the South uniting to send at least a train load of corn and provisions to Nebraska for distri bution to those who are in "want. I did not mean to intimate' iif making this suggestion that the people of Ne braska are not able to carafor those who are in want in their own State, but it seemed to me that the time was opportune for the South to utilize such an opportunity sa this to show to the world its appreciation of the blessings it has received in au abundant crop last year, its appreciation of the liber- ality with which the North and West iave: ever ' fWt “erfeTy'CAtl from the South for help in time of need, and past few years. ’If tlie plan as con ceived is carried out it will act us a boomerang to several of the counties in which there an* half a dozen caval ry compames and where there are as many colored military commands. The intention is to divide the hundred companies as nearly among the conn ties as canbe done,and then if the com mands do not come up to the scratch they will be retired and room will be made fSFiKc 'cbmpaiiiesTthat uiSyTie on the outside waiting. \ The legislature appropriated ♦10.000 to the militia this year, and under the provisions of the new law this money will be distributed under the direction of the board in such a way as may be deemed best. Under the .old law it was distributed pro rata, and the com pany having the largest turnout re ceived the largest slice of the State's appropriation. The. new law is in tends to change this, and tfi^cliRnces are that the money will not be used directly* bv the companies, but will probably Tie used for the purchase of uniforms, equipment and such thin Nothing has however been deck in this direction. It is expected that the new apixiintments will be an nounced in the'bourse of the next two weeks. At that time the bri eral for the 4th brigade wilfbe named. THE NAVAL RESERVE. Adjuntant Watts will try to develop the naval reserve, on the coasL. lie : expects to go on to Washington short ly to see what can be done there to wards getting assistance, ajid if he meets with encouragement, as he has every reason to liope, he expects tliat several new detachments of naval re serve will be organized. EIMHHIN'U THE CON FEDERATE ROLLS, Adjutant Watts is anxious to have the work on the; Confederate rolls completed, as soon as possible. He thinlcs that most of the Comjianies have sent in their rolls and the others have been arranged for. It is highl necessary that this, important wor should be finished and that the record should be put iD some permanent form. As it is the only data that is to be had of the men who fought for their State during the late war is con tained on sheets of paperithat are filed away in a cabinet in tho office of the Adjutant General. The rolls have never been published, and should any thing happen to the originals now on file they could hardly be duplicated. It would seem that every man who took part in the war ought to be suffi ciently interested in bis command to see that the ofiice is provided with a roll of members, but such does not seem to be the case, as there are sYil some commands of which there is no roll whatever. Moreover, it is a very difficult matteT to remember sue things after the lapse of so many years, and where there is a willingness on the part of many there is an inability to give the detailed information tliat is sought. THE NEW LAW AS TO MURDER. uissed at the last er was not talking politics | his morning and said that le had no idea when the Supreme Coitrt would decide the registration case, hut if this Court did not decide it on tho direct issue, that the United States Court in Washington would do so. The general expectation here is hat the case Will soon be decided, but ;hat ifcfiviil be bn soihe imniatertRTfea- ture of the law. - — TO. MOVE TO WASHINGTON. _ Talking aliout this ease Mr. Chas A. hiuglass. who took a leading part in it, will soon move to Washington, where he will practice law. Mr, Jouglass is aman of recognized ability and will no doubt do well in Wash ington. Mr. H. N. Oliear will go into >artnership with him. It appears that the Republibhh Ci didates for Congress intend to give the democratic Congressmen elect from this State Sonie trouble. From what can Is* heard here it seems as if there will be very inuchof an all round eon'- fest. Mr. McLaurin has already re ceived notice of a contest from his dis- riet aud if tlie Republican work keeps. One^jf the statutes passed at the session of the General Assembly, and which is likely to figure conspicuous ly in the criminal prosecutions in this* State, is the bill providing for a sec dnd degree of murder. Inquiry has been made for the provisions of the statute. It reads as follows To amend Section 2,454 of the Gen oral Statutes of 1882, being Section R)9 of the Criminal Statutes of South Carolina, relating to the punishmen for murder: Be it enated by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting m Ganeral Assembly anc by the authomjHn the same: Section 1. That Section 2,454 of'the General Statutes of 1882, being Section 109 of the Criminal Statutes df the State of South Carolina, approved by the General Assembly of said State o:' 1893, be amended so as to read as fol lows: Section 109 (2,454,) Whoever isguil ty of murder shall suffer the punish ment of death; provided/ however, that in each case where the prisoner is fund guilty of murder the jury may find a special verdict- recommending him or her to the mercy of the Court, where-upon the punishment shall be reduced to imprisonment in the Peni tentiary with hard labor during the whole lifetime of the prisoner. — Section 2. That this Act shall go ihtoetfect from'and immediately upon the date of its approval.. Approved December 21, .1894. THE LEWIEDALE DISPENSARY ROBBERY. The constables are working up the case of the looting of the dipensaay at up there will l>e a contest from every district except that whieh Congress man Talbert has the good luck to rep resent. — IS THIS THE WORK OF THE PRINTERS.' The Supreme Court seems to be line what down op typewriters. Un- der a recent rule <>f tne Court all orig in id jwipers have either to'be printed or written, on the ground that the jm- .perjisedior typovjiting is not sub ,, stantial and will not last. The type-' also an appropriate occasion in which to put into effect forces that would help to unite our entire country, oblit erate all sectional lines and show that we are one people.. As aSouthern man and yet above and beyond that, an American 1 , 1 belteve this effort of the South in extending relief to the West would prove the truth ‘that it is more blessed to give than to receive:’ “I have requested Governor North ern of Georgia, and he has consented to take charge of the matter and to galher in Atlanta, whatever contribu tions may be offered for the purpose of making up (his train load to be shipped West.” In .responsela this telegram, go ver nor Grounze of Nebraska wired Mr. writer has been largely used in getting Edmonds that the pro]x»sed donation up papers for the Courts: | will be thankfully received and that TUE COLD SNAP AND SNOW. There were very few people who ventured out on tlie streets today. The cold was too severe. The snow still seems to hold its own and can be-seen every side about as thick as it was get Fitzgibbon, pantry girl; two'color ed cooks, whose names cannot bs as certained, and a man named Fernan- loved in the steward’s depart ment ■ ; The pay roll has not yet W*n fully verified and it may be that several other persons perished. John Norman, one of the waiters, says he took Louis F. Payne, the well known friend of Hamilton Fish, to room 803 just before the fire broke out He returned to the office to get some traps for Payn* and delivered them. As Norman was returning to the eleva tor, a dense smoke appeared and he rushed around from room to room to (rive the alarm to guests who wars in their rooms. Norman was overcome by the smoke, which he says was so dense as to blind him and make it im- possi ble to breathe. He fell u nconscious and lay upon ■ the floor sohm* ♦mw, Guests came rushing out and some ope stumbled over him and fell heavily This aroused him enough so that he E t up and reached a window where could get fresh air. He escaped from the building none the worse for his experience. Norman said this morning that many of toe servants must have perished in this on yesterday. The sun did not make its appearance during the day. The ther mometer did not get as low as it did yesterday, but it was low enough. Columbia is having another elegant snow storm tonight. In places where the snow had melted the ground is again covered and the falling snow is thickening the coat already deposited. At half-past 9 o'clock the streets, a per fect sheet of white, "are already desert ed. Here and there a strolling hack is seen in search of a passenger and now and then an officer or 'some be lated wight is to be seen. The snow fall is rapid and looks as if it will last. THE DEADLY STATE HOUSE DRAUGHTS. The task of improving toe heating arrangements of the State House and the hall of the House of Represents-1 lives should lie begun at once. It is a general rule for one member or at tache of the Legislature to be killed by a cold contracted here during the IS that seesion, not worse. It is suggested that Sur- n Billings, the ablest ex ind in the country, shou ed to come here and look geo kim thankfully on behalf of those for whom this gen erous contribution is intended, be de sired to expn*8H his appreciation and also for the motive prompting the sug gestion of such a contribution from the f^outh. The movement has been taken hold of actively in the South. All South ern railroads have wired their willing ness’to handle contributions free. The Georgia Southern and Florida and the Seaboard Air Line have each wired offering in addition to carrying shipments, free to contribute a carload of material, and active preparations are being made for getting together enough to Dll at least a solid train. Vice President Baldwin of the Southern Railway wired Mr. Edmonds yesterday that President Spencer has authorised all the agents of the line to accept con tributions and has arranged to give the use of one of the freight depots in At lanta for consolidating all shipments there. In a letter. Northern sta be able to secfrMUt leapt half a dozen carloads of goodsmfm Georgia alone. The w6rkoi organization in other parts of the South is proceeding as rapidly as possible. One of the first telegrams . . way. He says that they were apprised of the fire in time to save themselves, but that they ran around to arouse the* guest ana in doing this were overcome by smoke. Norman was on the fourth floor of the hotel. The servants their rooms on the fifth floor and. he thinks that those above him were cut off from all escape. Messrs. Herly <fc Moore, proprietors ofthebiiYffedhottT, devoted th&morn- ing to hunting for their missing em ployes. During the morning they found one of these, but np to 11 o’clock several others could not be found. Charles Rosecrans. one of the night clerks, could not be found. He was in a room on the fourth floor. He is son of William E. Rosecrans. secret ary of the Hotel Men’s AaMdation. Mrs. S. F. Hill, the housekeeper, is missing. She had a room on the top floor. Kate Crowley, an employe, is bought to be dead, as she is missing. So far as is known, none of tEe fueats were lost in the firs. At AJ- land Hospital at noon the physicians said that toe four fire patients remain- ng toon would recover. Mrs Henry T. Fooka, wife of the agent of toe American Cash Register Company, of ?rved yesterday, Gov. that he thinks tie will story wi was her husband who clung to the rope fire escape, his feet resting cn the corn ice of a third-story window for over ten minutes before a ladder was reach ed to him. Albany, Dec. 31.-The latest esti mate is that thirteen persons, all em- iloyes of the hotel, perished in the Delevau House fire last night. Three rt of the I received in response to the suggestion invit- 1 ' TT XT , r, into matter. Something ought to be done and very soon at that, —:—•. A PROSPEROUS UOLUMBIAN. - CoL George K. Wright, who until recently lived here, but now the Southern representative of Chas A. Baldwin & Co, of New York, is on a brief visit to his family. He has just completed a trip through the South, visiting most of th# hanks from New York to New Orleans with the view of securing their,New York accounts and handling their foreign exchange. He has been more than successful. The firm of Baldwin & Co have made a wise selection in secutlng one so ca pable and well known in this and oth er sections of the South.—News and Courier. ' Only On« Lancaster, Ky., Jan. 1.—Tlie Miller hotel was burned between 5 and 6 o’clock this morning. There were four nersons in the builaing at the time. Edward A. Pascoe and wife, his baby about two years of age, and his moth: er-in-law, Mrs. Masters. The wife on ly escaped. The fire started in the cel lar where it must have been smoul dering all night as the I’ascoes were about suffocated when awakened. The husband assisted his wife to the win dow and returned to assist his mother in-law and uabe, but was not ableito return. No other persons were in the hotel which Had been conducted by Pascoe, and he hhd made all arrange ments to give it up today, having moved his furniture out of tne build ing. ' Pascoe was 2(5 years of age and carne Jlrom Nicholasville, Ky. Mrs. Master)! was a widow. The building was a three-story brick, belonging to Sam Miller pf Knoxville, Tenn.. and was insured for ♦5,000. The fire is be lieved to have been of incendiary ori- ins of the fire depart- vit- was from Hon. Hoke Smith, Secretary the of the Interior, who said: "1 cordially commend your plan for sending corn and meat to western Nebraska. South ern fanners have raised more of both this year than their section will need. I hope your suggestion may be execu ted.” This movement, inaugurated in Bal timore has attracted universal atten toin, not simply as an illustration of the fact that the South this year has been able by reason of its immense production of corn and meat to con tribute liberally to the needs of those who are suffering because of the great drouth in Nebraska, but !> a kindly expression of the friendly interest that is uniting all parts of the country and obliterating the sectional lines that so long separated the South and the West. gin. Chief Higgii ment says; “I aou’t know howmany persons perished in the fire, but of their I sum no t exceedin remains not even a bone will be found, i ar8 or imprison for in my opinion every victim must have been completely incinerated.” Must be Numbered. Governor Evans has signed the new law requiring cotton buyers to number each bale of cotton brought with th# same number that is put upon cotton bills and books. The law is as fol lows ; Sec. 1. That from and after the pas sage of this Act each and.every cotton buyer in this State shall be required to keep a book in which shall be in serted the number of bales of cotton brought by him. He shall number the bales of cotton bought by him, tlie name of those from whom he pur chases and shall give to the seller a cotton bill, on which he shall put the number of the bale o* bales of cotton bought from him, the number of the bale of cotton; on bis books and on the cotton hill shall be the same num ber. Sec. 2. Tliat such books of cottton buyers shall lie open to public inspec tion. Sec.3. That any person violating the provisions of the first section of this Act shall, on conviction, be fined in a one hundred dol not exceeding thir ty days. ’ a A ShooklnujAccident.; Spartanburg, Jan. 1.—L. H. Thmas, a nativB-yf Ohio, was killed yesterday afternoon in r a shocking manner." He was a blother-in-law of Auditor Epton and had started to to town from Cherokee to assist in as sensing properity. His' horse became frightened and threw him from the cart. One foot caught betweeq the spring and alex and he was unable to I a broken p extricate it. He was dragged a half ice, whicn mile or further, his head and shoulders striking the ground. Dr. George R. Dean was sent for but* the injuries were so great that there was not the Slightest nope for him. He died soon after the accident They Died Together Defiance, O,, Jan. 2.—On the Maunee river, just east of this cit last night. Henry Clemens, aged 2( and Miss Lillies Diels, aged 21, were skating on the ice near the Independ ency aam, when they skated into an open space. There were no witnesses to tlie drowing, but several girls who were skating near heard a cry anc splash, and horrying to the spot, saw lace in the thin coating of covered the open space They gave the alarm and m less than half hour the bodies of the young peo ple were taken from the water. The young couple had beeu engaged for several years and they were to be married m the near future. . A,- of the missing people are men Bad tm are women. , ' A conservative estimate of toe loae is $150,000 on the building, which is in sured for $180,000. and $50,000 on the uraiture, which is insured for $87,$00. The rents of toe hotel are insured for $38,000. Reiser A Mulfelder, dealers in whole sale notions, who occupied a store under the annex, suffered a loae - by fire and water of $40,000, fully in sured. Slight looses were incurred by several merchants on the opposite rid* of Broadway, caused by falling walls and the intense heat * Forty-On* Pvrwaa Psi-Mh. - Klamath Falls, Or., Dec. 2&—A report has just reached here from Silver Lake, Lake county, Oregon, that Christmas eve, while a large party was attending a Christmas tree, a lamp exploded, ca’ising a Are, in which 41 persons were burned to death and IS injured. The gathering iad assembled at the hall above Christian Bros’ store, and consisted of children, who, with their parents and relatives, were having a grand tone and enjoying what SaAta Claus had brought them, fittle ftreaming that many of them would never leave the building alive. The Lake View Ihi 1 aminer say s: Some one attempted to ;et where he could see and hear better >y jumping upon a bench in the mid- die of toe halL In doing so his head struck a lamp that was hanging from the ceiling, causing the oil to ran oat, which immediately caaght fire. While trying to take the lamp down it waa tipped so that the oil ran oat on the floor. From that tone on toe scene was terrible to behold. Some of the men said: “Shut toe door and kaep quiet, and it can be put oat,” while others screamed and yelled. The lamp waa finally taken down, but it fell to the floor. In their attempts to* get it outside it was kicked to the floor where it lay unmolested, as H could not be touched on account of the in tense heat The people were com- . _ _ were pelled to go through the flames in. order to reach the door and frantically - rushed to their doom. Five of the in jured are likely to die. The building, a 2-story structure, including the post- office and the entire stock of goods of Christain Brothers, was consumed. Silver Lake is over 100 miles from Klamath Falla, and the stage with the Lakeview papers brought toe news to this place. ThrM Killwl. Keene, N. H., Jan. 1.—As a train on the Fitchburg Railroad waa com ing in tonight a sleigh containing Chas. Brooks, aged 60, and his d ter Ida, aged 35, and Tuuua, *! about 15, attempted to erom toe t at Water street crossing when the < gine struck the sleigh sqi mg it and its occupant feet, killing nil three ‘ -vlfa • • i*. ***-