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COLLABORATION. "I want to know exactly how to -write this story.'* began the Girl. .The 'Author regarded her a moment medi tatively, with the tips of hl? fingers pressed lightly together, after the man ner of Sherlock Holme*. He was tail and thin, yet (which seems strange in an author) elegantly attired. His face was cloan-shaven and of a classic. Interesting type? the forehead broad, tha nose straight, the eyes deepset and fathomless, the month sensitively cut yet firm.' The Girl was inclined to think him handsome; she knew he was successful. She conceived him to be ?lever. The last of the three charac teristics appealed to her the least. The Author (In his profound way) was not thinking of the Girl's story, but of the Girl. The Girl, he suspected, iwaa interesting; the story he was not so aure of. Besides, he had twenty guinea* per thousand words, so that, naturally, he came to be rather sparing Of words? except, of course, in his ?to'.1*8- .. ^ M "Before writing a story,** he said, after a moment's thoughtful pause. 4*there are two things for the writer todetermlne." "Only two?" said the Girl, in a tone of relief. "Well, two main things *' he correct ed. gently. "One Is, whether his story la worth writing." "Mine is certainly worth writing, tMroke In the Girl, Impatiently. The Author waved his hand with a mild, protesting gesture. "Of course." he observed. "The other Is, whether the writer can write it** "But," said the Girl, drawing her eye brows together, "that Is Just what I kave come to you for." "What? to ask me to write It?" ex claimed the Author, In some perturba tion: "Dear, no!? that Is, not exactly, but to find out how It ought to be written. And then " "And then?" he Inquired. "Well, if you like," she remarked. Jdndly. "I don't mind If we write it to gether." "But." objected the author, "I have never collaborated !*' --Nor have I." said the Girl, proudly. '(?"let you propose " he began. .^TKoP* she interrupted, hastily. "I ?should leave that entirely to you." ' r^Leave what?" asked the Author. to find his original suspicion ?verified, for the Girl was certainly in teresting, and remarkably pretty. 1 **The ? the collaboration. I sup poqp *' she explained. "Ah. the collaboration! But the ?tcryV" ?/ j n "Is all about a girl." she said. "So far. then, It Is likely to be good." -remarked the Author Judicially. (It was odd, he mused, that he had never before noticed the wonderful delicacy M>f the Girl's complexion.) "All about a girl," he repeated, mechanically; -"embracing no other character?" "She might be made to embrace Rome one." replied the Girl, reflectively. .. ??siie ? But I mean the story." the Author corrected. "Oh. the story! I was thinking of 'the girl." "And so am I," sakl the Author. "You see. she ran away." explained the Girl, leaning forward on her el bows and speaking in a confidential tone. "Oh! She ran away? From school?" "No. From her husband!" "Bless me," said the Author, "what jB very wicked young lady!" "She merely did It for a? well, a kind -of lark," explained the Girl, apologet ically. "That Is some slight condonation, of course." admitted the Author. "Then," went ou the Girl, "there was the Other Man." "Naturally." sighed the Author, with weary recollections of Adelphl melo dramas. "She ran to him?" "Nothing of the sort!" exclaimed the ?lrl. "The Other Man didn't even know her." "That seems to simplify matters as far as the girl Is concerned." "But she knew lilm," went on the Girt, nodding her head sagely at the author. **|Iow long had she known him?" Skated the Author, with resignation. '*/"Oh, ever so long! You see. her iiehool friend's cousin had Introduced her to lilm when she still had long lialr " "You mean befove It was cut off?" "No, no. when It was down her back. The man was the sckool friend's cousin's brother-in-law, and, naturally, wouldn't remember her," "Naturally," sighed the Author again. . "But," put in the Girl, triumphant 1y, "she remembered him! What do yon think of that?" "I think It does her great credit." replied the Author, diffidently. "And "And to, In her hour of need, the girl " "Kxcusr me, but what was she In need of?" "Oh, that doesn't matter! We can settle all minor details after the story Is written. As I was saying. In her hour of need she bethought her of her old friend." , "Yes. Her old school friend. 1 .see." "No, no! The Man. But on her way to him she met the Man's sister-in-law ?the cousin of the school friend? and she told her that her school friend was 4?*fl r "Dear, dear!" said the Author. "And ajsws&f*" ? - the OM, -I 2!r ? ??F poor id?s of rnwMir^' 1 you **lt? atoriai V ^f"ned ">? A?W. 1 *?? yomr PoMoo If I SuSTSSL?" cU,MI- ?**?? 414 JSK" "*? thf OW. "she pot ber frte?d,? pio?or md? i!iTer"rLerud *? ***?? ooyoo mean la tho 00001" ?oorse not! I mean she ?*. "J"J J* friend's name asd and personality. I think you call It?? "jlp^tended ^ wu bar." v th?^l?gl****te<! tb* +****. "With tne connivance of the cousin?** ??!??* t#8bti.to1? the ?*>?*? nothing about It. 8ho left the omnibus aid T* ?tr*1?ht to the Man** house In tbe h?11 ?Dd walked L* M*n w" standing on the hearth-rag alone In the room, and she ^noptohlm-remember. the hadn't hl? for ten years? and. with a wild gesture, exclaimed, 'Save meT " "Yen," observed the Author, "you have hit upon a strong dramatic situa no. what do., tb. Man .ay. "The Man replies. ?I will proclaim your Innocence with my last breath" ?7t0?,,eth,nt ot that sort? and she falls Into his arms. After soothing her for a few moments, he inquires wlio she is. L f, ?ttbfl 8he 18 ?; hU ?Wer-ln-loWa cousin; but IIlJL ? ,r*pIle8 that there must be I? SJ. * a8 he 1,a" no sister-in law. The girl fixes her eyes upon his face intently for several minutes be fore remarking Then you are not James de Vere?* The Man answers. xSo; my name Is Jones'? and the girl discovers that she haa come to the wrong house." . 'Ah! that too. Is a fine situation." murmured the Author? "for the girl " Yes, I do not think it Is bad. But the strange part Is that Jones and De Vere are both members of a club where ladles can be taken as guests, you UnTih.4?-"8 "U?U C'"b" In [-on<lou' -Oh. ye,, .over, I." mM th<, AmIlor . Jj? , e8 offers to conduct the girl to this club and hand her over to De Vere. and they drove off together Meantime, the girl's husband has dls Havb^ h" JlghK *Dd "tart" ln Pur8"'t. Having heard her once mention the name of her dead school friend's cousin, he first seeks out this lady. and from her learns that bis wife and she met that very morning m an oinni l,?L T ? ra8KUre8 h,ni. n?d he goes home to dinner. Jones and the girl reach the club, and Jones finds De vere taking afternoon tea with? whom do you think?" a 1088 to conjecture." said the Author, permitting bis eyes to face drcam,ly on the Girl s flushed "Why, with the school friend!" ex "JlS OIrI' c,0PP'?g her hands. The school friend?" "Yes. She wasn't dead, after all. "tUrn?1 ouj to be merely a malicious and unfounded report. On the con tolto W?" eDgaKCd t0 be warr,ed a,i?bI Lucky De Vere. And is that f *'No; That concludes the first half of the story. The rest Is principally ex planations. I want to know how it ought to be written?" ifeid the Girl, its too exciting for me to give an " Jtra,Kht off" re*olne d the Au thor Xou say the girl knew the Mpu for ten years?" 1 "Yes." "No"tllC MHn d,t,n t know girl?" <i"It hlR lo88!" murmured the An me?" ,,OW ,OI,? havo you know,, "Oh ever since I was flfteen-or iH,sr?ou,,,,jMwerwi t,,e ?,ri' oxnni* inlng the pattern of tlie Author's enr ?'And it seems only within the last half hour that I have known yon!" chair 1,10 A,,tl,or' r,H,l?K f?oin his "What on earth do you mean?" de manded the Girl. Ju ! ,noai)'" Hakl Author, "that we T ? your Ktorv to>*'ot,,or, If Sou will, but on one condition." ?'And what Is the condition?" r?.,Thnm un,lke tho K'rl In the story, you will promise never, never to rim a M,r0m mo~n?t oven for a lark!"* Oh! said the Girl And Ah," said the Author, putting his arm round the Girl's waist, "but I love you, I love jon, I lovo youH# ortUl\ \h* ?Jrl dl<ln,t run away.? Era eric Huime-Beamnn. In the .Sketch. An Unexplained Dlatlnetlon. The' present Chinese Minister, Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, K. C. M. G.f is as witty as his well known prede cessor, Wu Ting-fang. In Juno last Sir Ciientung was an Interested specta tor of the marriage ceremony of certain young friends lu Washington. At the conclusion of the weddirg, as the min ister was leaving the house, h^ made some inquiries of a friend with respect to the origin of tbe custom of throwing rice after the newly Joined couple. "Oh," replied the friend, "that's I?y way or wishing them good luck, 1 sup pose." "In that case," suggested the Orien tal, with Just a suspicion of a smile, "why is It not the custom to throw rice after t lie hearse at a funeral 7"? Collier's Weekly. The Cnptur* of Oewey. Admiral Dewey's peace of mind has been greatly disturbed lately by "sight seeing automobiles." each carrying thirty or forty people, which stop lu front of his home three times a day, in the effort to get a glimpse of the Ad miral or Mrs. Dewey. Even more an noying than the stare of forty pairs of eyes is the witticism of the guide, who shouts through the megaphone in n voice than can be heard a block away: "The red house to your right given by the American people to Ad miral Dewey, who destroyed the Span ish fleet In Manila Hay and came to Washington to bo captured by a woman."? Saturday .Evening i'ost. Tibet Snow- Blindness. To prevent snow blinduess the na tives of Tibet grease their faces and then blacken the skin all around their eyes with burnt sticks. Most foreign ers when exposed to the snow in Tlbot tvenr color ed glasses. TWO illWEK AtKEST Ei-Offiddt Takt* late CasMy ail SACIEN AW CUFFS III NISON ? m ? 11m CtnvkM FigliWIci Officials T?k#n to Moundsvllle, W. V?^ In Company With limn Other Cwv vleto. Washington, Special .?A ugust W. Machen, the tenner head of tht tree delivery of the Postofllce Department} and the foremost figure among the of ficials, politicians, ahd contractors In dicted as a result of the postal investi gation, and Dlller B. Qroff and Samuel A. Oroff, both of this city, convicted In connection with tho promotion of a letter-box fastener scheme, left Wash ington with a party of 11 other con: ?lets for MoundsriUe, W. Va., shortly aftqr 6 o'clock Tuesday night, to serve a sentence of two years' Imprisonment The three prisoners, who had surren dered to the United 8tates marshal early In the day, spent part of the af ternoon In the jail here, and were tak en from thero to the Baltimore 4b Ohio Railroad depot in a carriage, accom panied by a guard. The men were placed in a special car, which was at? tached to the regular night train for the West. All three were handcuffed. Machen occupied a seat in the car alone, while the Groff brothers wfere linked together by their handcuffs. There were four guards, one remain ing at each end of the car. The three postal prlsouers had a corner of the car to themselves. Occupying other seats in front or them woro 11 negro criminals. None of Machen's rela tives was at th9 depot to see him Off, 6ut a large number of friends greeted him, shook his hands, snd in several cases pledged their readiness to supply him money if he needed ft. A letter carrier, not uniformed, grasp ing his hand, said he had the sympathy of thousands of carriers. Groups of curious spectators were gathered at the depot. STATEHOOD BILL PA88E8. The Senate Enacts Messurs Providing For Two New States. Washington, Special. ? After a con tinuous sitting of almost nine hours tho Senate at 8:4& o'clock Tuesday night passed tho joint Statehood bill. As passed tho bill provides for the ad mission of the States of Oklahoma, to be composed of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and Now Mexico, according to its present boundaries, with Arizona eliminated. Tho long session was characterized by oxclting Incidents and many surprises. Beginning promptly upon the convening at 12 o'clock the Senate proceeded to con sider the various amendments which had been suggested by the committee on Territories and which had been passed over. One of the first of these taken up was the amendment prohib iting the sale of intoxicating liquors, in what is now Indian Territory for the next ten years and this was dis placed with a substitute offered by Mr. Galllngor which extended the amendment to the entire 8tate for a period of 21 years, and this was adopt ed by a vote of 65 to 20. The first sui prise of the day came when the com mittee accepted Mr. Foraker's amend ment providing for a separate vote by each of tho Territories and Arizona on the constitution to be adopted by the proposed Stato of Arizona. That pro vision hnd scarcely been made a part of the bill when Mr. Bard offered his amendment, which nad been originally offered by Patterson and which pro vided for tho admission of Now Mexi co ns a Stato without the addition of Arizona. This amendment proved to be tho* point around which all tho subsequent proceedings of Importance revolvea. It was at first, adopted by tho elose vote of 42 to 40. This vote was taken while the Senate was sitting In committeo of the wholet, and was reversed in the Senato proper by the tlo vote vote to 38 to 38. Arrested at Lynchburg. Lynchburg, Va., Special. ? The local police arrested a negro named Chas. Caldwell, on a letter from Sheriff Jul ian, of Salisbury, who is wanted In Salisbury on the charge of robbing a safe and stealing therefrom $200. In less than an hour after receiving the letter, the negro was locked up, and most of the stolen money was recov ered. An officer is expected here to take the flegro back to North Carolina Negro Rifles 8afo. Salisbury, N. C., Special. ? The chief of police at Lync hburg, Va., tolegraph ed Sheriff Julian ?".:at he had cap tured Chas. Caldwell, a nogro boy about 14 years old. The boy last week stole from the private safe of Mr. W. W. Reld, a wealthy real estate owner, Mr. Reld lives with his daughter, Mrs. H. A. Barnhnrdt, and Is vory old. He sometimes failed to lock his vault and tho negro knew this. Just what amount was taken could not be accur ately determined, but it exceeded $200. Tlio Lynchburg officer said today that $200 had been found upon the boy criminal. Wo will be brought back this wecflc. Bad Blizzard In the 8outh. Memphis. Tenp., Special.? With a blizzard raging In north and east Tex as and -rain and sleet falling In many districts in l^oulsiana. Mississippi and Tennessee, weather rondltlons are de cidedly worse than at any time since the present storm began. A blizzard has been sweeping over the cattfe ran ches of western Texas for two days and tonight shows no sign of abate ment. Thousands of cattle are report ed to be suffering and In many cases totally deprived of water. Sltustlon In Polsnd Serious. St. Petersburg, By Cable. ?For the moment the startling crime In Helslng fors has withdrawn attention from tho strike situation throughout Russia. Tuesday's events In Poland and Cau casus, however, are quite serious , enovgh In themselves. Disorders in the I smaller Industrial towns In Poland have added more than a score to the total of the killed, and troops have been sent to Warsaw and Kutno (83 miles weet of Warsaw) to quell upris ings there. The strike conditions In Caucasus are becoming worse and traf fic on the Trans-Caucasian Railway Is Interrupted. PALMETTO AFFAIRS 3alveston. steady T 11-lf Wilmington, itMdy ..7*4 firm ..?? ? ? ?? ? ???TJk Baltimore, t% Mnr York, quiet 7.60 quiet ?????????? .7.80 Philadelphia, qui* ? 8.05 Houston, steady 7 Hi Augusta, quiet .. 7 9-18 Memphis, steady , 7*4 St. Louis, quiet TH Louisville, firm 7 11-16 Charlotte Csttsn Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling ' 7% 3ood middling 7*4 Strict middling 7*4 Middling . 7*4 Tinges 6 to 7 Stains 5 to f An Unusual Occurrence. Wlnnsboro. Special ? The unusual oe mrrence of two funerals at the Pres byter-Jan church at the same time wss witnessed here Wednesday. The fune rals of Mrs. 8. A. Doylston and Wil lam Orr Sloan were held at the Pres byterian church at 12 o'clock. Mrs. Boylston was Interred in the Presby terian cemetery and then Mr. Sloan's x>dy was taken to the Associate Re 'ormed Presbyterian cemetery. Among Mrs. Boylston's pall bearers were J. I. Neil ,8r., Preston Rlon, W. D. Douglass, f Longstreet -Oantt, 3. D. Dunn, D. V. Walker and J. J. Obear. Mr. Sloan's pall bearers were: Hon >rary, Dr. J. C. Bncanan, W. A. Beatu, 4. D. Hood und 8. D. Dunn; active, 3eorge F. Lauderdale, Jr., J. McCants Douglass, Teasel Clarke, Jas. L. Bry lon, Jr., John L. Hardin and Henry E. Matthews. Rev. 8. C. Byrd held the lervlces over both bodies. A Qrueeome Find. Union, Special. ? A gruesome find was Bade at the Monarch cotton mills Wednesday afternoon when as the cot ion wss drawn through the long blaek Miction pipe into the picker room, in the midst of which, as it fell out, wa*. < x long black withered finger. The missing member was apparently the third finger of the left hand and the nail still remained on it. Where the cotton the finger was found in mme from of course cannot be ascer tained, but it is thought It must hare been here in Union county, as Monarch mills is a heavy buyer of Union county raised cotton. South Carolina Items. Polk Odom shot and killed Houston H. Hembree near Holly Springs, Spar tanburg county. Odom has been arrest ad and lodged In the county Jail, From what could be gathered concerning the tragedy. It appears that Houston Hem bree and two of his sons were out look* Ing for the wife of Thomas Hembree, son of the deceased, yesterday after noon. Some of 'the party carried guns, as it was good rabbit hunting weather. They halted near the house of Odom, a neighbor, and inquired if Thos. Hem bree's wife was there. Odom aald she was not and Houston Hembree, who made the inquiry, started off. His sons testified that a short time afterwards Odom ahot at Houston Hembree, In flicting a wound In the right leg, the bullet severing the femoral artery. The man walked about two miles and final ly bled to death. After the fatal wound bad been Inflicted, Odom and one of the sons of the deceased fired at each other four times. None of the volleys took ef fect. The inquest was held by Acting Coroner Holt and the verdict of the lury wss the deceased came to his death from a gunshot wound Inflicted by Polk Odom. Deputy Sheriff White ar rested Odom at his home. The prisoner Is a young man about 25 years old. The victim was about 50 years old, and a* wife and eight children survive him. Mr. Johnson Sayle Watson, a well known cltlsen of Oreenwood county, died at his home here Monday after a long Illness. He was in his 55th year, having been born November 7, 1850. He was reared at Phoenix, In this county, by his grandfather, the late Johnson Sayle. He was known as a cit izen who, respecting the law and lov ing order at all times, was faithful to his State. He was burled here Wednes day at 11 o'clock. He leaves, besides his bereaved widow, one child, H. L. Wat son, one sister, Mrs. E. L #. Woseley, and one half brother, Joe Lake. A Distressing Accident. EUoree, Special. ? Charles Livingston, a young man about 21 years old, while adjusting a belt at A. L. Otts' ginnery was caught in the shafting and both arms snd legs were broken. The body of tjie young man was wrapped around the shafting in a most tortur ing manner, mutilating the flesh of his legs and breast before assistance could reach him. Medical aid was quickly summoned and all that Is possible is being done to save the young man. At this writing the patient is resting fairl well, but grave aoubtu as to his re* covery are held. Ae to Duke's Sanity. New York, Special. ? The question of whether Brodie L . Duke, of Durham, N. C., is competent to manage himself and his property, was submitted to a jury by a decision of Justice I^even trltt, In the Supreme Court. The peti tion for a commission to decide whether Mr. Duke Is competent was filed by his son. B. Laurence Duke. Tho motion was opopsed by Mrs. Alice Webb-Duke, to whom Duke was mar ried In December last. Man Charged With Assult Esespes. Marlon, N. C.. Special.? News reached here, that Alf Hooper attempted to as sault the 15-year-old daughter of John J. Sprouse st Denning, In this county, on the night of the 8th. Hooper had been working for Sprouse that day, and only lived a short distance from Mr. Sprouse. He went into the sleeping room of the girl and she awoke and called, thinking It was her father, and then Hooper ran off, making good his escape. He was tracked this way until he came to Marlon and took the tralr for Tennessee. lANGBt SEEMS OVER (lajrttifVis Qafct Eatafk Siatfay li St. fttonbmx WAS NO NOTING IN ANY QUAITEt Demonstrations Wart Not Attempted Md the Only Dlaordtr Wm in a The atre at Night Whan Abuse of tha' Csar Waa Shouted by tho Audience. 8t Petersburg, By Cable. ? The an ticipated renewal of trouble amonk workmen today waa not realised. Neither strikers nor students made the slightest attempt to demonstrate, and throughout the day the city presented a normal appearance. The Emperor's creation of a Joint commission of mas , tars and workmen, chosen by them selree, to investigate the cause of dis content among *the laborers has made an exceedingly good Impression, be ing considered definite evidence of the government's purpose to compel some of the rapacious masters who have paid starvation wages to do justice to their employes. Tho Imperial decree ordering the formation tff tho committee reposes the presidency of the body in Senator Chldlovskl, a member of the council of the empire, and instructs the com mittee to ascertain immediately the causae of discontent of St. Petersburg workmen and devise measures to pre vent such discontent In the future. Tha committee consists of representa tives of government departments, the various industries, and the workmen. The President is authorized to report in person to the Emperor and deter mine the number and mode of selec tion of the committee. At the Mall Theatre a scene was created by cries of "Down with the autocracy" and personal abuse of the Emperor. The demonstrators were ejected from the theatre. The police continue to make arrests. The Czar'e Announcement. St. Petersburg, Ry Cable. ? The news that Emperor Nicholas has endorsed the acheme for the revival of the Zem sky Seabor, or ancient land parlia ment, which the old Emperors Invoked In times of stress, has spread through the city and created intense satisfac tion among liberal classes. The news papers this morning were filled with articles descriptive of this ancient Rus sian instlttuion, indicating that word had gone forth that the government had decided to listen to the voice of representatives of the people. Natur ally, there is some skepticism as to whether the government Intends frank ly to take the steps, but the general verdict is that if tho Emperor has suc ceeded In ahaking off reactionary in fluences and now proceeds In good faith to summon the Zemsky Seabor, they will rally to his support the mod erate Liberals, and perhaps arouse a wave of genuine enthuslam in the country. Liberals are convinced that the meeting of such a representative body must be followed by important and widespread reforms. West Blizzard 8wept. Kansas City, Mo., Special. ? Reports Sunday night from Missouri, Minneso ta, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, the Da kotas, northern Texas, Indian Terri tory, Arkansas and Oklahoma say that unusually cold weather prevails. In Omaha the thermometer registered 16 degrees below zero at 9 o'clock. High winds prevail in many localities, drifting the snow badly, and delaying railroad traffic In all directions. Re ports from Oklahoma and Indian Ter ritory say tho thermometer was 5 be low zero in several places, and ranged at zero all day. From all parts of the, two Territories come accounts of suf fering and death as the result of the sudden norther. Visiting New York. Washington. Special. ? President Roosevelt left Washington Monday morning for a two-day visit in New York, during which he will mako a speech at the Lincoln birthday cele bration at the Waldorf-Astoria, spend a short time at the Press Club ban quet at the New Astor House, lunch at the University Club, dine in "Little Hungary," and visit friends. Atlanta's Troubles Ending. Atlanta, Oa., Special. ? With large forces of men, who have been repair ing since the havoc of the recent sleet storm, continued their work all day (bunday), both tho Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies and the telephone companies arc getting their wires In hotter condition, and Atlanta is In closer touch with the out side world thun sho has been for o week. Tho recent storm was the most de structive In the history of the city. The amount spent by the telegraph and telephone companies to restore normal conditions will rcach an enor mous sum. Four Injured by Explosion. Erie, Pa., Special. ? An explosion of natural gns at the home of the care taker of tho city water works reser voir seriously Injured four persons this evening. Two of the Injured wero so badly shocked and burned that they may die. All wore blown through a second-story window and down an em bankment 30 feet high. The Injured are: Ixnils setter, aged 40 years and his wife: Harry Seltcr, aged 14 years, and Samuel Pflstor, aged 65 years. Oil Men Support Kansas. Toledo, O., Special. ? At a meeting Sunday of the Oil Men's Association, composed of crude oil producers in tha Trenton rock-oil fields of Ohio and Indians, the situation in Kansas waa discussed by the 30 or 40 membert present, and resolutions were unanl mouly adopted that the State of Kan sss is entitled to tho sympathy and moral support of the oil trade every where In Its contoat with the Standard Oil Company, SPECIAL CMIITTH UNTO In Am Ofdoe Net In ? latWM* tory CtadHlow fttf a Considerable r?Ih6.*?POrt ** ^^tnre special SSTlSr 10 *Xam,n* "?? books of ute ??ws In part as follows: A^?bi3r ?* so?"? QuI^,C?nimItU,e a?*>'?ted tp make the State ?fWnlnat,on <* the offices of ?ral. slnkln^'urnr* comptro,,er *en the secretary of ?tste>S.m,8aioner" and That they hLr^HJ^f to ***>*: of accounts of the ato?T the book and flnd the offi^^rJ1Vn*d officers comptroller gene^S ?n?*V>i?.riMl8urer correct, with proiSr k,n* fund Aces and the book* ' the of kept, and the commlttS? win.*"? - weU commend the fdlcim!^ J b P'eapure, b?w! th? that the omce oi SJntlon to the fact ?Jff ?? -oreTins^ 37EF& ?? the preservation of the valSSL M f?r 'n that office. Panc^. ,e retords are compelled to b??i^? *reat value unprotected for lack o{ *nJ venlent place* at- *w e and con a Are occur In th?^ ???^leln, and 8llo,>'d In the ?creilrv ?, .'?- . *" dl<1 ???r would be saved . d nothing savSSa^wa ?? ??*. MSir'S'SE tbfrewr?h?"e8-reUry ?' Sta,es <""?? thll oS' c"j"ll(l<m "< the finances *of we win ^ t0 many reasons which Whii at6I2pt to 8how later on. ApVif ?9Jie IT Went to this office In gregate. received In that oSm ,55 IKi'.h1?,"1 S""C <rra?"rer. On In VHttH 8 1 we <ame for a real exami nation we were begged for time to nr? STJSfv*- rr?- * a. coun? of th. ?i* bUt 8??n found- on rl r *he absence of books nnrt l^SnaTnd e,ntTleS ?f eash reived. tho i ? i, , mproper entries made in badlv kent vrnished' which had been n?i I ? Pt. \?ur committee feeling the ?m?r? 2f a t,horouKh examination id! Journed and secured the services of an accountant, Mr. j. C. Hollis of GaSney S. C.. and with his valuable assistance find allX a b??? of eVOry item we could find and was furnished by Mr. R \f McCown. the assistant clerk, said book being now in the possession of yonr committee. After adjourning and T IrlL Ietl!rn with Mr- Hollis many errasurcs and corrections were made on e books attempted to be kept The only way we could do was to handle JS nil d^c,arat,on tbr charter, return application for notary public? in fact S?P*g?,darV!* M' wouin h? ^ considerable time Z -n H^TT11, ,n th,s examina tion we did not feel Justified in goint thnHtv AiATm witho"t express au that th'i??? ?? li? ?K do 8?- b,,t feeI now J ?hou,d be done by the com mittee to be appointed. tol! S"!S!rlaJl tbe return of corpora the charters that were re n?h~??'e.We ,ound some unrecorded and others eroneously recorded, such as w here a charter had been granted in ?r6 if"? of '15-000. same was recorded $50 000 Tghl i.MUed ,fl 016 8,,m of 150.000. This work we did not complete th. oC?riOUn k a Very damaging fire in the office where, principally, all records were kept and since that time we have been unable to do any such work, for t o books were badly Injured, hence pended* WQ9 necessar,,y sus In many cases we found where over aiSr-r'-K nB had b?en ma(le- aggregating 5-.b7.oy ranging from r?0 cents to $77.50 There was no evidence that these va rious items hnd been returned to the proper parties, but on tbe contrary the secretary of ?tate Informed us we had nothing to do with those excess amounts as that was a matter be ,"een? himstdf and the parties sending them. We do not agree to such a proposition. On the book which was supposed to be kept Items were left off Ji. ? '( ,'Kt,ate: Camperdown tee'ti?\7/lthZr" 3 *? Puckhnber bToh!" Cha'rfe.toJ ; '"oh^t'er ,?? *,'?> amount State credited with $15, March 23, 1904. We feel compelled lln*Ctthlen?n tih'S care,BSne88 In hand ling the people s money and In not keeping proper entrlea ?( all monSyi method Slfh"' ,he 0|"> ,h? if ha8 PfCva?ed in many in ? a WJ??re a credlt system has been Hs Cotton?nfine *1 ,n8tanc?. the Nor AorS 0 m? i charter Increafcd on fe ' } i^3; charter fee $50; amount th? tof charter issued. $25; and D K SSL-f88 madc that the ,ate Col. IiV U ?rrl8 contended that "the office already owed bim $25." Either this money is lost to the State or is a loss to the secretary of state; at anv rate such praetlc-e should be discontinued. There are oher Instances. These items turnPrtr"l?!,e(:tl0,nS mfty haVe been rP" iim? v 1 We bave no evidence of onn in^?r coT,,tlo? 18 cognizant of refund Th# "u"? the,e haH ,,Pen ? rerund. The charter whs granted on in4' T' ,c"ln" i,ir? In . ' r ,hr8p matters had offh"e to the attontiou of this cy^ha^i ,t?1repor 4 that "all mon terly" fo thn pai(I ovcr "n"ar :?VL f? State treasurer ns Is re instancpn Ti"10 hc,(1- ,n 8omc instances, considerable time after tlic expiration of the several quarters Your committee begs to report that a ei.'t? ^P?rt. of receipts and disburse ments will show, hereto oppende ' tb^ secretary of state has deposited in bank several hundred dollars in excess vl " ,l,own hl? booki o, r.wvi^ 1. proper vouchers in his I'm thia"8. havlnK br0n collected for fees i me of /h?ln ,K '"eluded ** ?, ! u 0 ox<<?88 collections sent by mistake by different parties throughout the State and which do not {Sided !o 5S: 8"""- b,,t 'h^>1 >'? re ssm ,p.r.r,r p,ruca Whcn "?? Item0off(|lo2 to7t meTu chanco that one charter of the Union Warehouse company of Columbia char durllg mJ? J^th day of Jftnuary, 1902 1 was Inilnf? ? 9 adm' n'*tratlon 7Z !n!i K- fa?r payment In June t^thi R#r*i8 *n yet b<?en t,,rned ?ve' jo tne State treasurer, belnc wn ?? of ? tat e^ ThpTfl' " the lfr,Ce of ?ecretar> Mr nin J ? I?*y 56 oth?r "em. of ini' hi? - predftce???r 8t?l outstand 8tat*d' wc d?d not f< LOSE THEIR CASE Ckcm art (ayaar VU fare Tkdr lascality AM at Last fUCITIVES WILt BE GIVEN OP Th* United State* Government Wins Its Appeal to the British Privy- Conn* ell From the Canadian Court's fusal to Hold For Extradition ths Man Indicted With Capl Oberlln M. Cart*r ^?r the Savannah River low ' provsment. London. By Cable.-The privy coun cil rendered Its decision Wednesday morning in the Gre?ne-Gaynor case, in favor of the American government. The council reversed the two Judgments of Justice Caron. of Quebec, August 13. 1902, and ordered the respondents to pay the costs of the appeal. The coun cil's decision caustically criticises the action of Justice Carson in releasing Greene and Gaynor, and Caron*. "ex traordinary intervention," and adds: "Where a prisoner Is brought before tribunal charged with an extradition offense and is remanded ror the express purpose of affording hp?n?ri?I??eC ?? an ?PP?rtunity of bringing forward evidence whereby tho accusation is to be supported, if in such a case upon a writ of ha corPua a learned judge USmf remand warrant as a 221 / "d to adjudicate the though the whole evidence was mini!?! IP1' !t woul?1 Paralyze the ad ministration of justice and render It Impossible for proceedings, la tradition to be effective." The decision simply reverses Justice Larson s judgment and leaves Greene and Gaynor under remand as before Justice Caron Intervened. John F. Gaynor and Benjamin D Greene were indicated in Savannah" Ga.. Dec. 8, 1899. charged with em bezzlement and defrauding the United States government, together with Cap tain Oberlln M. Career, in the perform ance of government contracts for the Improvement of the Savannah river and other river and harbor work in that district, the illicit profits being es timated at $2,000,000. Gaynor and Greene were arrested in New York. They contested extradition to Georgia, and when tho United States commissioner decided that they must go to that State and plead to the in dictments, they fled to Canada. They had been at liberty on $40,000 bail each and this was forfeited. Efforts to ex tradite Greene and Gaynor from Mont real were progressing favorably, and the extradition commission was sit ting in Montreal, when Gaynor and Greene went to Quebec. A question arose as to whether they could bo brought back, and detectives kidnapped them and took them to Montreal. There was a big legal light over this action, and a Quebec judge issued a writ of habeas corpus, which was served on the jailer at Montreal, who delivered up the prisoners without no tification to the extradition tribunal and permitted them to be rushed back to Quebec. Efforts to quash the writ of habeas corpus under which they had been returned were denied by Justice Caron. After a long legal controversy. Gaynor and Greene obtained their lib erty within the limits of the province of Quebec. The United States government then appealed to the privy council of England, the highest court in that country. Will Be Arrested Again. Washington, Special. ? Tho State De partment received notice of the action of the privy council through the fol lowing cablegram from Ambassador Choate: "Court decided in our favor in relation to Gaynor-Greene ease. Opin ion rendered by Lord Chancellor. Also in case of the Kity I ?. vs. the King, tho court granted leave to appeal on con dition of return of vessel to custody." Although sufficient, detail is not yet before tho law officers here t?> war rant a final opinion as to the effect of the privy council's decision, the pres ent understanding is that it will result lu tho Immediate; re-arrest of Gaynor and Greene, who are now at large in Quebec under surveillance ?>t' Washing ton secret service officers. Favor Private Car Lines. Washington, Special. ? A delegation of Goorgia and West Virginia peach growers, headed by J. II. Hare, of Georgia, appeared before the sub committee of the House commit tec on Jnter-Stato and foreign commerce, in vestigating private car lines, in pro test against any legislation that might have the effect of eliminating the use of private cars. Bank of 8partanburg Burns. Spartanburg, S. C., Special. ? Tho Bank of Spartanburg, on the square in1 the centre of the city, was gutted by Are Wednesday night. The flames were discovered at. 9:45 o'clock and it was a threatening lire, as trouble with water connections at the early stages made it look bad f??r a time. It seeimed that adjoining buildings would Ignito, but they were saved. In a half-hour the flames were under con trol. The building was owned by A. G. Floyd and was valued at about $.1,000. The loss Is covereo by insur ance. Mayor A. B. Calvert is presi dent of the bank. It Is thought the flames originated from a defective flue. Mor? Election Laws Needed. Washington, Special. ?The House committee of merchant marine and fisheries ordered a favorable report on six of tho eight bills Introduced by tho bureau of navigation. to make nioro efficient the steamboat regulation laws, whoso inadequacy was exposed with ^ horrifying effect by means of the Slo oum disaster. Village Taken. St. Petersburg. By Cable. ? The Em ? peror has received t'.io following ills patch from Ocneral Kuropatkln: "Tho Japanese during the night of January 31 attacked DJantcnchenan, on tho left bank of tho Hun river, opposite Changtan. They captured the village, but Hut'Sequently were driven out. with great loss. The Russian casualties wero 100. Tho Japanese, after a ?e vero cannonade, re-aUackcd our forcea at pjantanchennn at noon February 1. Tho Russians first retired, but ulti mately reotfeupied the village, though outlying posts are In the hands of ths vnewy."