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The 'DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR DIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS INJTHY CAUSE." WHAT THEY GET. The Salaries to be Paid the Dif ferent County Officers. TERMS OF THE ACT Passed by the Legislature at Its Recent Session. The Superintendents of Education Get Better Pay Than Formerly. Comparison Is Interesting to Note. The legislature recently passed an ant providing for tbe salaries of all the officers in all of tho counties ex cept judge of probate, master in equi ty and magistrate. For the latter office a special aot was pressed. Judg es of probate and masters will draw the same salaries and receive the same fees ns heretufore. It is declared in the aot that thc constitution provides that the com pensation shall be graded in propor tion to tbe population and necessary service required. The amount of sal ary fixed for each officer is given pub lication here, and our readers may find it interesting to make compari sons, to see how different counties treat their officials In the matter of pay. Another noteworthy feature is the amount paid in each ounty to tax and governing boards. Following are the salaries to be paid the county officers tt ls year: County. Auditor. Abbeville.il ,000 Aiken.. 1,200 Anderson. 1,500 Bamberg. 800 Barnwell . 1.25U Beaufort. 1,200 Berkeley . 825 Charleston.3,200 Cherokee. 8u0 Chester. 1,000 Chesterfield. 900 Clarendon. 800 Colleton. 1,000 Darlington. 900 Dorchester. 900 Edgefleld. 1,000 Fairfield. 1,000 Florence. I OOO Georgetown. 1,000 . Greenville. 1,500 Greenwood. 900 Hampton. 900 Horry. 700 Kershaw. 900 x.an?astc.r. ooo Laurena.. 1,000 Lpxi,httl^n..V:.... ooo Marion.. 937 Marlbjjjo. 900 Newberry. l.ooo Oconee1. 900 Orangeburg. 1,200 Pickens. 675 Blohland. 2,000 Saluda. 800 Spartanburg. 1 600 Sumter.1,200 Union. 900 Williamsburg_ 900 York. 1,300 Clerk of Court Abbeville.s 300 Aiken. 500 Anderson. 500 Bamberg. 250 Barnwell. 400 Beaufort. 400 Aerkeley. 300 Charleston. 2,4uo Cherokee.. . Chester. Chestcrfl dd Clarendon.. Colleton .... ... 250 .. 350 ... 400 ... 150 .. 400 Darlington . 425 Dorchester. 300 Edgefield. 200 Fairfield. 300 Florence. 300 Georgetown. ooo Greenville. 1,600 Greenwood. 350 Hampton. 300 Horry. 300 Kershaw. 350 Lancaster. 400 Laurens. 400 Lee. 200 Lexington. 350 Marlon. 500 Marlboro. 700 Nowborry. 275 Oconee. 1,320 Oraugeburg. 550 Pickens. 3oO Rlobland. 1,200 Saluda. 250 Spartanburg. 1,250 Sumter. 400 Union . 400 Williamsburg. 275 York . 300 Supt. Ed. Abbeville.8 ooo Aiken . OOO Anderson. 750 Bamberg. 5 Barnwell. 500 Beaufort. 400 Berkeley. 300 Charleston. 900 Cuerokee. 600 Chester. 600 Chesterfield . 400 Clarendon. 625 Colleton. 600 Darlington. 600 Dorchester. 400 Edgefield. 600 Florence. 800 Georgetown. OOO Greenville. 000 Greenwood. OOO Hampton. 650 norry. 400 Kershaw. 500 Lancaster. OOO Lin roi ii,. 000 Lee. 600 Lexington. OOO Marlon. 800 Marlboro. 700 Newberry. 650 Oconee. 500 Oraogeburg. 850 Pickens. 600 Riohland. - Saluda. 450 Spartanburg?. 1,200 Sumter. 800 Union. 600 Williambburg. 500 125 York. 750 200 The county trcasureres are to b ? pp id the same as the county auditors except In tl o following iustances: Cherokee, $1,000; Union, $1,000; L*>, $850; Marlon, $1,200; Chester, $1,000 and 50 cents for each tax execution. IO J ch county auditor is entitled to a fee of 25 cents for every tranBfer of real estate recorded. Each H her I ff ls to receive 20 cents a day for dieting prise ?era and actuai expenses for himself aod prisoners or lunatics when called beyond the conn ty. Toe Bheriff of Lancaster ned ves $150 additional for a J tiler Each member of a township board of commissioners, unless otherwise specified, shall receive $2 a day for not exceeding five days. The chair man of township board to receive $2 a day additional while serving as a member of a county board. E_ch member of county boards of education shall receive $3 for not moro tb.au seven days. Township boards of assessors shall be paid $2 a day per member for not more than three days, except In coun ties having cities of 10,000 inhabi tants, where the members may re ceive pay for not more than 20 days. The members of the county board of equalization shall receive $2 a day for net more than live days. County com mi.1 stoners shall be paid as follows: Abbeville, -; Aiken, $3 each per day for not more than 100 days; Anderson, $3, without mileage, for 07 days; Bamberg, $125 each: Barnwell, $150 each; Beaufort, $1 per diem and mileage; Berkeley, not to exceed $75 eaob and mileage; Charles ton, $1,200; Cherokee, not exceeding $100 each and mileage; Chester, $3 per diem per member and mileage; Ches terfield, not to exceed $50 caoh with mileage; Clarendon, not to exceed 360 e_oli with mileage; Colleton, not to exceed 89U eaob without - mileage; Darlington, not to exceed $105 each; Dorchester, $150 cacu; Edgetield, not to exceed $150 per annum, Inoluding mileage; Fairfield, no; to exceed $100 each without mileage; Florence, $125 each; Georgetown, $75 each without mileage; Greenwood, $105 eaob and no mileage; Greenville, not to exceed $150 each and mileage not to exceed $100 eaob; Hampton, $2 50 per diem for each member, not to exceed 25 days; Florry, not to exceed $90 each; Kershaw, $125 eaob; Lancaster, $3 per diem for not exceeding 26 days; Laurens, $100 each; Lee, $2 per diem ..ach, not exceeding 30 days; Lexing ton, $300 eaob; Marion, $3, not to ex cetd 30 days, mileage; Marlboro, $3, not to exceed 25 days, mileage; New berry, $76 eaoh; Oconee, $250 each; Orangeburg, $500each;Piokens, $2.50, not to exceed 100 days; Richland, $3, not to exceed 25 days, mileage; Saluda, $3, not to exceed 30 days, no mileage; Spartanburg, $400; Sumter, 33 eacu per diem for not moro thun 3u ?Lysi wltrr mri_?R;.; I'ai'oh, :$'-50 each; Williamsburg, $3 each, not to exceed 30 days; York, $160 each. Clerks and county boards ot com missioners: Aiken, $225; Anderson, $300; Bamberg, $250; Barnwell, $500 (tbo clerk of dispensary boan. ;) Beaufort, $50; Berkeley, $150; Charles ton, $20u; Cherokee, $20U; C:ierter, - ; Chesterfield, $100; Clarendon, $150; Colleton, $15u; Darlington, ?250; Dorchester, $75; Edgefield, S15u; Fairfield, -; Florence, 8200; Grt.ugetown, $200; Greenville, $250; Greenwood, 8150; Hampton, $200; Dorry, $100; Kerthaw, $25; Lancas ter, $150; Laurens. $300; L e. 8150; Lexington, $100; Marum, 820U; Marl boro, -; Newuerry (clerk and attor ney.) 8260; Oconee, $100; Orangeburg, S'iOu Pickcna, $100; Riot ?land, $9u0; Saluda, 810C; Sp-iriaxihurg, $500; Sumter, $100- Union, $150; Williams burg, 815u; York. $100. Death Dealing Cyclone*. News from Roanoke, Randolph county, Alabama, states that, repoits have reached Roanoke of one of the must disastrous cyclones that ever visited that section, which ?*ept across tho southern part of Randolph couuty lato last night. Elghtor nine lives are known to have been lost and damage amounting to thousands of dollars was done to property. The cyclone started at a point near Double Heads, and pro eeded In a northwest ern course. The residence of Mack Carlisle, white, was demolished and R. C. Haynes, of Roanoke, was killed. Six miles east a number of h uses woro demolished and three negroes Killed and several injured on the Wilson plantation. TV:ree or four negroes were killed ou the Holly plantation, near Rock Mills. At Limo posteffloe a storo was demolish ed, aod a little white girl, daughter of Mr. Lucas, was killod and her mother seriously Injured. Peasant? Killed. A dispatch from Kutno, Russia Poland, says ten peasants were killed and 50 were wounded at Lamenta, March 21, as the reaulb of the shoot ing of Infantry 6ent to quell disturb anees. A orowd of peasants from Bemgnowa procooded to Lamenta to induoo the farm laborers to strike and rioting occurred. The chief of police with a company of soldiers went to the scene and the troops tired two vol leys at the peasants, killing two on the spot and wounding 50. The latter ?vere brought In carts to the hospital there where seven men and one wo man subsequently died. Eleven others ure dyings_ rioune nt Horror. . A dispatch from St. Petemburg says that tho mortality in thc Rus sian army at the front I? frightful Five thousand men succumbed to wounds or disease last week at Har bin. The greater number of the rall r< ad cars and trucks upen which the wounded aro piled are brought into thc station and left upon thc sidings without having their human freight removed. The station exnales a ter rible stench, having become a combi ned hospital, refuse heap and charnel house._ Uevurely i' i?IIladed. The President has approved the sentence of the court martial inflicted upon Midshipman Arrowcod, of North Carolina, recently tried .'or desertion from tho navy. The sentence carries with it a dismissal from the vavy and the law bearing upon tho case provid es that a man so dismissed should not hereafter -be eligible to any rights of oltlzenahip. v< Confederate Monument on the Capitol Grounds of Columbia. THE INSCRIPTION, A Memorial to The State's Brave Sons Who Died for Her, Which Is Also a Testimonial of South Caro lina's Daughter's Devo tion To Them. Requests have been received by The State for the publication of the In scription upon the Confederate monu ment on the State capitol grounds, erected hy the women of the State. This inscription was written by Wil liam Henry Trescott, a na ive of this State, who was a "diplomat of Interna tional reputation as woll as a litera teur. The hundreds of northern "our iits who stop In Columbia during the winter admire tbis inscription as more than a ll:erary production, they are moved by the grandure of Its senti ment, no denunciation, no walling but a manly appeal for "just Judg ment" of the cause that was lost. Following are these choice bits of Krglish which embody so beautifully and so perfectly the sentiments of thc south: NOKTII SIDE. This Monument Perpetuates the memory of Those Who, True to the Instincts of their Birth, Faith to tbe Teachings of their Fathers, Constant in their L va for the State, Died in the Performance of their Duty, Who Have Glorified a Fallon Cause By the Simple Manhood of their Lives, the Patient Eudurance of Suffering, and the Heroism of Death, and who, in the Dark Hours of Imprisonment, in the Hopelessness of the Hospital, In the Short, Sharp A^rory of the Field, Found Support ai d Consolation in the Ballet that at Home they wuuid nob be For gotten. SOUTH SIDK. Lr t the Si ranger. Who M ?y In Future Times Read this Inscription, Recognize that these were Men . -Vyom Power Couirl Nob Corrupt, Whom D ath Could not Terrify, Whom Defeat Cou'd not Dishonor, and Let their Virtues Plead for Just Judgment of the Cause in which ihey Perished Let the South Carolinian of Another Generation Remember That the State Taught Them How to Ltvn and How to Die, And that from II r Broken Fortunes She has Preserved for Her Children the Priceless Treasure of the Memo ries, Teaching a l wi o May Calm Tuc harru Birtnilght that Truth, C urage and Patriotism Endure Forever. It ls not generally known, but Mr. Tre-scott prepared an inscription fora third face of the monument, but th3n was n? t rojrn for it. This epitaph was as follows: Those for whom they died Jn crine on this Marble The solomo record of their sacrifice The preputual gratitude of the State they served The Cady log ; ff- ellon of tnt sa Wu. se lives The separation of death nas shadowed With aa Everlasting Sorrow Scattered over the bal tie fields of the south Burled in Remote and Allen Graves Dying Unsent bed By tho touch of famllar aud household hands, Their names are graven here To recall To their Children and Kinsmen IIo>v worthily t'iey lived How Nobly they died And in what tender reverence Their memory survives In the first two or three years fol lowing the surrender of Gen. Lee, til? pei plo of the .south were face to face with extreme poverty. Even then the women of Columbia purposed to start the muvemet t tor tho erection of this monument. But it was not until Nov. 4, 1804), that the formal beginning was made In the chapel or Washington Street church. An address was deliver ed bv Gen Wade Hampton and a pray er off-red by U v. Wm Martin, whose son is s.alci to have b en the first sol dier of tho southern cause to yield lils life. The women of Richland county at this meeting prefcoted an organiz ation and sent a call to tho women of the other cou;.ties In the State to loin them in the erection of a suitable monument. There were many difficulties In the way of getting a .suitable site for the monument. Thc otrpet baggers from the north and tho reuegades and ex slav: soi ibis State who were in charge of the State government could not be appeal* d to for a site on the Stve capitol grounds. In August, 1802, the allens who cc nip ;sed the city gov ern men t exacted of the commission, $600 for a srr ail spot of earth on Ar senal Hill overlooking Sidney park. Thc granite for the foundation wa-s contributed by Judge JUD. S. Green from his quarry on the Congarcc river, ard work was commenced on Arsenal Bill. But u.e vsorsmen soon discover ed that t!' re was onicksand near tue surface and tho spot was utterly unfit for the waight of tho monument. The association In its dismay at having spent fruitlessly money obtained through the m st trying efforts was cheered by the offer of another site, the crest of the lill at the entrance to E mwood cemetery. At a cost of approximately ft (loo Um baso was re moved trom Arsenal hill to the hill in front of the cemetery, not a conspic uous place to bo sure, but tha beat site available. Tbe contraot was let In July, 1873 to Muldoon Walton Co., of Louisville, who on account of their own loyalty to the COP f.-dc ra cy wore liberal and patient with the association in its ef forts to raise tho fund^. It waa this same year that the a s elation lott by death one of its most, earnest mem bers, Mrs. William Wallace, and by removal Its treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Rey nolds, who, even after leaving Colum bia, kept up her efforts to rai te funds The contracting architects were paid 95,000 OD tbe monempnt. In September, 1875, the marble shaft and the statue ariived from Car rea, Italy, where they bad been fash ioned by famous artists, lt was decid ed to keep the monuments in storage until the entire purchase price could be paid. Tbe contractors made a liber al discount, but even this was nearly equalled by the storage obarges and insurance The figure which sur mounts tho monument ls that of a private soldier, but wes fashioned after a photograph of Gen. Stephen Elliotton, one of the heroes of the crater. In the year following the receipt of the monument from Italy, a brighter dav dawned in South Carolina and tbe reign of radicalism was thrown fl. Ic 1878 the legislature appropriated 805C for the removal of the base from Elm wood-vemetery to the capitol groundf and each member of the general assem bly gave one day's pay to the associa tion. The secretary of state was or dered to further the work in every waj and the legislators contributed liber ally of their own means. At length the entire fund was raia ed and May 13th, 1878, was set foi the unveiling. The monument there fore stands not only as a memorial tc the men who fought for souther! rights, but as a testimonial to tut courage of the women whose noble en deavors in days darker than war ltsel were persevered In until their labori were crowned with success. Itlsrecal led that not a little financial aid wa contributed through the sale o' a po JD "Sumter" written by Mr. J. B. Al 8ton, and by receipts from a leotun "Tne Confederate Soldier," by Maj 5. P. Hamilton of Chester. The day of the unveiling was i momentous occasion, more i inpress! v than the pomp attendant upon the vis lt of the Ma.quis de Lafayette, mor gorgeous than the cert monies attend anti upon the inauguration of Wad Hampton as governor; moreslnnllican chan the celebration of thc passing c the ordinance of secession, for tba was but a nation's natai d.iy and tb unveillr.g of the monument co rn m om orated tbe en M re glorious history c that same nation; particularly the rc cord of the 20,000 South Carolinian who fell in battle aud thc 40 OOOothei wbo oame back tagged, maimed au wreoked in health. 'Tho monument l\s then unveil AC Iptd bee'u erected near the State hou.V. about 60 fett from the front wall t the building, at a point near wher the Houden statue of Washington no ls. After the grand m lltary parac participated in by a saore of gaily un formtd companies from all parts t South Carolina, ttie procession catt back to the capitol grounds wher from a Btaud decorated mo^t beaut tully Goo. Jno. S Preston deliven tile t rallon, G-iti. Eilis m Capers, tl rect' r of the Christ chun h at Gr?ri ville, pronounced the invocation. F'O i he top of ilu spe.ikei s stand ll a:t a sir?.amer bearhg the dyiug words Maxcv Gregg, "lr I am to alt-, I gi my life cheerfully for the itidope dence of South Carolina." In the p rade were 40 survivors of the Moxie, war coaimauubd by Capt. W. H. Sui icy and the r?giment of Confedera survivors was commanded by (Joh W Hum Wallace. There were doz* ns hat tie Hag-, of glorious bisti ry and ea wa-, cheered hy tho vast multitud Tue newspapers of that day said th t?iere werel?.OOO people massed aroui capital square when Geo. Prest spoke. The master of ceremonies was Gt W. D. Simpson. G">ns. Hampton a buller were detained at Washlngt at, the l ist moment and wired regre din. M. L. Bonban, an ex-goverm was chief marshal. Tne four young ladles who pull the ord which loosed the drnp< around the monument were Mi* Cticves McCord, Doberta Beck, M Dariran and Beverly Means, oach whom had been orphaned by w Their oicort consisted of four vetera eacli of whom had lo?t au ann: Col. C. Haskel), Maj S. L Leapbar State treasurer-Ja.ocs Fraser and W. It jwiii. Tue monument had bi ci mplcted three days before, Mer rial day, and the marble soldier i stationed at his po?t as the func heiL were calling tho women to fl mers on the graves of the dead ; dlery. Tnis ls not a Columbia posscssi It is the property of all the people the State. The following contrlbutl were made hy oilier counties; Al ville, 9201; Aiken, 827; Ander; 81?0; Barnwell, 8121; beaufort, 81 Charleston, tl,405; Cuestor, 81 Chesterlield, 8277; C.illetou, $31 C end in, 8ti7; Darlington, 888; E: field, 8397.50; Georgetown, 8: Greenville, 84iil); Hampton, ? Hurry. 887; Kershaw, $310; L'X ton, 81 lo-. Laurens, $121; Laucas ?140; Marlboro, Ul; Marion, Newberry. 9203; Orangeburg. 8 Oi?onee, $35; Pendleton, 852; Piek 85; ll chianti, 83,iili5; Sutn'er, Spananburg, 32;r?; Colon, Silos; liamsnurg, $07; York, 8U0- Total ? ll? 70. Too legislature appropil $i)50; the railroad company reml the freight charges, there were irlhutlons aggregating $1<(8 from >ond tiie barders of the State, ma ;ho whole $11,7(51.40. Toe arch I Mr. Walton, w^s p.dd 90,242 53 i he remainder was paid f. r site, two removals of the b .se, ole. The monument was .struck hy ll tiing, the marble ti.ure being bro and when the new figure was t tho monument >\a-> m .vtd to Us ootsite overlooking Mun street. In Itself foi ms an i:? erestiug ch; in the history of C (lumbla. ({tully itun. G. C. Jowell, a for man In Southern's sho..s at Columbia dangerously Injured by being si un the head by C. L MlltoM, ; repairer. The trouble aro-.o frt di pute betweeu tho two men IDS a car. POOR FOOLS Many New York Women Each Morning Worship the Sun. MANY OF THEM BICH. AH tho Follower! of thia Heathenish Custom are Women. The Cult Now Said to be Finally Establish* ed in the Cities of New York and Chicago. Tho New York American Bays amazing fact that 2,000 of New York's tromen, mure or less promluent, are sun worshippers, and votarlos of tho Mazdaznans, the mystic Persian cult expounded by Dr. OtomanZar-Adusht Hanisb, bas been revealed through tbe arrest last Saturday of Mrs. Brownie Rathbone Weaverson, of No. 150 West Oue Hundred and Fourth street, a disciple of tbe mysterious re ligion. Mrs. Weaverson ?B charged with having taught the Persian tbeory to Mrs. Ellon Bacilli, an aged womau liv ing at No. 1453 Amsterdam avenue, who Is now expected to loss her life as the result of the treatment. Instances have been cited In which women have been driven Insane by their fanatical devotion to the strange belief; others bave been made cripples and doomed to a life of misery ; Dr. Hanlsh, the pi lest apostle himself, bas been arrested on tbe charge of having tortured his followers; yet despite these fuels, the society is not ouly In existence in New York City, but the number of bis followers among the fashionable sob ls growing. This was shown ata meeting follow ing Mrs. Weaverton's arrest in Carne gie Hall when a vast throng of women, old and young, and ail dressed in the height of fashion, bung with breath, less attention on the words of tbe Dastur of the Beh-Dlnscience, who stood on tbe platform olad in tbe fud regalia of his sombre culb. lu the morning tnese women bow to the rising orb and address it as a god. iu thu evening they prostrate them selves on rugs as did the Persians of oin and the ancient Tolttc> of Mcxtoo. Oue day a worn in by toe name or Miss Rouss mounted the platform oi cue M ./. lazo.au shrine in Unicago, (for tue cult oas even a greater following -her'V.V.."0".n NJW York) and began to scream and pray hysterically to tb sun. ''She is insane," said Zir Hanisb solemnly to tho t.orri lied throng in the sreat ha.ll, "bud the honor of MazJaz uun has been saved." Alter th? meeting Miss Reusa was taken, a hopeless, raving maniac, to an asylum. Soe uad fasted forty-two at the or Mer ot Dr. Uauisn. ile was arrested, only to be released and resumed tnu preaching of his Uuotrines. Mrs. Da venport Vicke/S, one of lils laitblul followers, was comminded oy him to last lorty-two days only a short tim? after, and she tried to until Weakness compelled her to desist. "There is nothing but tho the Great. I Am!" thundered the apostle to his wavering followers. "All else is snadow and ihu>iun. lt ls b/ OOedlenoe tnat we live. We must look to God in our selves. lt we disobey, the light goes ?mt; death ensues." It was In such language as this that Dr. llauish preacbea at Carnegie Hall, while one of nis follower! was bein?; tried before Magistrate Mayo with having practised, without a license, on a week, lutlrm, oi l woman, wno gave her all the money she bad, which was only S3 70. . Tho women who came to Carnegie Hall to bear and applaud bim came in carriages. Their gowns were of the latest cut, and diamonds adorned their nanos and ears. The contributions were liberal, and every gesture of the black-robed, fantastic figure on the platform was wildly applauded. With rapt fascination ?hey listened to doctilnes which would have made the ordinary womau shudder with a stoicism almost uncanny !n its nature. "Go ye forth," cried the self ap pointed Messiah, "all yo that aro un happy, and fast. Pray ye to the sun, thesourcu of life. Cursed he they who believe not. There bi no God but thu sun." And the women grew hysterical in their fervor. The philosophy expounded by Dr. Ilaulsh, he says, dates back to 142, OOO years before Christ. In the ol 1 Zand language "Midsa" means sun, and lt ls in this origin that tho philo sophy ob'.alded Its name. Toe tirst attempt by Dr. Hanlsh there to start the society a few years ano met with failure. Ile then went io Chicago and met with better sue cess. Ile establlstud a sumptuous, nome as the headquarters of the cult. Tuen, lull ited with ids success, he came back to Now York and obtained a few members. Now he has 2,000 woroon followers. What Han Moen Dono. Tho Spartanburg J? urnal says tho southern farmer by homing on to his cotton fi r t'ireo three months ha* put prices up 66 a bale. By continu ing to bold he cm put values up stlh higher. This experience has shown mm the value of co operation and should cau.-e him lu future years to i market Ids cotton . radually aud avoto the shuck to the market of throwing lt all cu at once, as hat* been trie cu. tom._ 1 Wan Not Poisoned. ( A dispatch from Sm Francisco s tu . after a full police examination of th evidence surrounding ihe death of Mrs. Stanford, thu noted worn D' philanthropist, it was antn.truced la e ; Wedties lay n g it that death WHS du. i to uaturai causes. While com', .vu , i heir Inahllity to explaiu thc prest n. i ? of s try o nin > ir. the carbonate of so i whioh slid drank h fore dei h thej i say there was not sufficient quanti tj to oauso death. i SHOULD JL.E ST?PPE1J By the Civilized Christian Natiom of the Earth. Over One Thousand Christian MOD, Women and Children, tho Prey, of Mohammedans. Full reports of the Baku atroolties are published at Vienna. The massa cres of Kisblnefl and Gomel were ehild's play in comparison. Ovar 1,000 Christian, men, women aod children, were slaughtered within three days by Mohammedans, amid scenes defying description. Toe victims were shot, stabbed or burned to death, their eyes liouged out and otherwise mutilated. All this happened In the presence of the police force, a regiment of Infan try and several squadrons of Cossacks and thc governor, 'Mr. co Nakashldes, who were unmoved onlookers for three days. The otllcers and troops amused themselves while the slaughtering was going on. Tho whole was arranged by the government to prevent the political manifestations threatened oy the Christian Armenian pop ulation. The Mohammedans, who aro called In those parts T?rtara,were supplied by the government with re volvers and ammunition and Riven a free band. At the house of Balabek LalayolJ upward of forty persons were burned to death, those trying to es cape the Hames being instantly killed, soldiers and colicers cooly looking on. Lalaycff.with bis old wife and nephew, escaped to tbe cellar, but were found aud cruelly tortured, their eyes being pierced. The military interfered only when resistance was offered by the Cnristians, and then the Cossacks helped the Mohammedans to beat the Cnristians. Tue wells are still full ol corpses. Keuter quotes the Peterbureskla Tledomostl for the following acounl of the massacres at Baku: From 6 o'clock on the morning of February 20 and from noon on February 22 a massacre without preced;nt and o^ulti unexp.'cted took place In thu streets and public Square*, at Biku. Tue Tartar inhabitants, arm^d to the teeth, attacked toe Armenians, whi. wure unarmed and Oefeuheless, and pitilesdy massacred them, without distinction of lanie, pcsltioa, age or .sex. The panic was general Ah shops and places of business were at once closed, but the owoers of them were shot down. A sort of torpor, which it is impossible to describe, -cerned at first to have taken posses ..lou of everybody. There appeartu to be nobody to take the defeuse ol tr.e unfortunate people. Toe .soldiers old not attempt to disarm the fanati cal murderers, who hunted men like wild bcas'.s, killing them by h uncir du. It was In vain tuat the defenseless Inhabllan s imp orte" the governor ny ten puono to send help. The repl} was always ihe hame. ''No Clacks;, n ) guard." it was cquivaieut to tho I vernice: "Du>, since thou art taken." The bodies of meu, women and ohd dren and horses were lylo,? in the streets und i quares hy the d; zens, by hundreds. Tuore was no one to take them away! The. iiuth trilles remained inactive. Biood ll j ved in screams, and every where tile crimlual apathy of the au tbot 1 ties was tue suhj .-ot of universal Indignation. Tho massacre lasted al most three days. To wara noon on February li) a T irtar entered an Armenian church ?m i b gan to tire on an Arm.; ian soid e s The police otn c r who was present arrested bim, but. afterward set, aim at liberty wiiuout disarming him, and shouted to the crowd. ' Kill ulm, or he will kill you all." In savin? himself tho criminal (ired on tho crowd, one of whom ran after lum and killed him. This seems to bavebevii the signal, in all nj fewer than 10,OOO cartridges were ex pended. (jn*liii(ai>K 10ac>.i>eU. Nine prisoners escaped from the Lexiuglon County chalngang last week. The gaog was lucated near Mr. Job Swygert's place lo Hollow Creek township, not far from Lees ville. The coial number of prisoners uii the gang was l? or 10. lt was ru morad ab.iut tnere that thu captain of the gang was away at his home, being sick. The guard was said also lo have heeo sick aud the gang had been left under the caro of a new man. Mr. H. Z. Adams, who resides near whore thu escape uccurred, cap tured two of toe prisoners. A tele gram was received from the auth <rl ties ut Newberry s-.ating that they bad tak n tiree of the fugitives, thus leaving Tour still at large. It is said that these vs i ll hardly ho captured, as tliey are lung term prisoners and one of them came titiir escaping bi fore his trial, b. filing thebais of the Jail. HmiK Him Twice. At Pittsburg, Pa., two men were b&ng?d T lursday and thu first unsuc cessiul hagging was rt corded in Aile g eny o ninty. Keno Dardata wa> initiged tir.si, and his neck was br ken. William J Byers folio #ved. The lo F of ibo noose was pulled away, pr^cipl tating him to thc ground. Ile wat not badiy hun., tho rope was again adjust, d. This time there wera nt mishaps. Deatn re ulled fr.im stran Uti ation, Byers v. as con vc ed ol niling August J. Layton at Turtle Cro k un Jtii.u a, IOU I. Hu huplicatec Layton's wife and John M.;Williams Tuey we;e acquitted. MoWllllamt atterward married Mrs. Layton, Dar daia kill, d Thomas Sinclair at l u pt rial on K pt< mb r 2o. 1003, durlu? i quart el over a drink of wniskey ant A dullar. _ Anotli. r Neuru onio>*r. Tiio presltleut ha? appt luted Ser geant Ge rge 3. Thompson of the i'w nt >- ll th infantry io be secoue 1 u t nant lu tue P nlippine Seouls, hus adding one mure negro to thc eouimi.-sl iud foiCe ot the army. Li ut. Thompson was appointed or : ids u orita, having receiv.d high com rjendatio J for heroism and efii di nc) luring bbc In urrected In the Philip pines. He ls one ol the or ac vt sholl .n the army an i his received suv. ra ncdals for rill and pistol shootng ile ls no v st atoned with hlsreglmeni at Fort Nlnbrora, Neb. BANKS GIVE MOiNKY. Nearly All of Amount Asked Foi Is Given. Treasurer of Cotton Growerc' Asso c lat lon Issues a Statement. State* mont Also Issued Hero. Accord lng to ii statement received from the treasurer of thc Southern Cotton a: s elation, tho banka of the cotton growing states have contributed about 97,000 to the movement and only 83,000 additional is asked. Toe amount agreed upon at a meeting of tbe Southern banking committee was ?10,000, and Mr. John D. Walker, the treasurer, states that this money will be used as ls all of the other contribu tions received from fettillzor com panies, oil mills and other concerns. President E. D. Smith, the president of the South Carolina branch of the association Wednesday morning gave out thc following inUivie.?: "We have won the tight as to re duction of acreage and fertilizar. Let any man who doubts do ns I ve done go to the states where the laud is pre pared and belog prepared ,and then honestly and faithfully say that the acreage is not reduced and the use of ferlilizir for cotton not reduced like wise. " 'Tis an Insult to the Intelligence and business sense of the farmers to say that they do not appreciate the situation. 'Tis a scandalous libel on the South to say that the great New Orleans convention, the most ri pro smtative gathering ever convened lu the South, pledged themselves to a lie. That the several statu s compos lug the cotton belt lu their subsequent conventions characterized by their rarnestness and conservative busi ness tone were represented by liars, or at best by shallow and uaataole en thusiasts. For once In the history of the cotton belt the producers have a word in the price of their product and so sweet and glorious ls the feeling, so sure ls the prospect of Its continu ance, that none nee d fear that the slaves of ignorance and poverty wlli dominate them again. '"Now the next step is the erection of warehouses at every station ship wing 2,000 bales aud up. These ware? houses can be built at a cost of $1 p r bale, lnoiuding the water equipment insurance caji then bo bau at one ualf of one per cent. By boudin); the office lu onarge the warehouse re ?u ipts become negotiable in biuk- at d tue cotton thus stored can be held ano marketed as the price justities. "We have a monopoly of cotton at a protitable price. We are able to control the market and will from u iw .rn The entire South-not the farmer done-is alive to the dazzling possi bilities and the world is reuhzlng th.it tact and all right thinking and right hearted men are applau .lng our cour ago and manhood. Lot every one .?rudy the situation and get a firm gr^sp of the principles involved and preach and teach them until no one need be^djeelvd (again. The firmer and banker and merchant of tho South have been to sc oool and have learned, ind their learning, their education, ls bringing fruit. Already it has borne fruit tc the amount of 310 per bale lt will continue to bear fruit to the amount of from four to six millions as an annual profit on c /Lion and itt prod uta. "The South is destined to become the financial center of these Quited States. We have the brains and are rapidly accumulating the capital. Let every Southerner help." WAHT?D FiVii MEN KILLED. Huon Is tho Statement M ml o in a Kentucky Court. A dispatch from Lexington, Ky., sayB a plot to shoot down live men in the Breathltt county court house during one of the feud murder trials there, was brought out in that oity Wednesday at the heiring of a mo tion to acimlt to ball She.iff Edward Callahan and the Hargises, ono of whom is a judge and another a 3tate senator. The sensational Btory was told by Anderson White on the witness stand. White said that Judge James Hargis had given wiints-. a 45-calibre pistol, tolling White to go to the court house, where the trial of Thomas Cockrill for kilting Benjamin Hargis was In progress, and be teady, to do as Instructed. White d.dared that James Hargis wanted him to shool live men, in event any trjuulostarted. The men, White says he was a-.k..d to shoot were Dr. Cox, James Cockrill, Mirk Cockrill, Attorney Vaughan aud another. This other, witness re membered as being J. B Marcum Kill all of th se or any i ne of them 1 wuat White said Hargis tnld hi.n. White s?d he declined io clo this and returned ibo pUtol. Hargis tuen to.a , White that White wou.d be r.euOeii probably aa a witness. H.vrgls told Walto to return when sent for. Anderson W ito is a brother of Thomas White, who ls now serving a ) life term for the killing of J. B. Mar cum. , "Jeff" Smith follow, d White. He i said tnat bi fore the killing O? C ck i rill, Judge Jame? II -.rgis declared tu . WILLHSS, "J?J1 Ci_ck;ill oas got to i. killed. If he is not, Cockrill wdl kin . Callahan or me, or i,oth of us." I Witness d'o 1.icd to participate in the plot. II wrgis threatened, wit i i e s said, to net Geo/go Smith ol Curtis J< it to (io the killing. Wit ness s ild that he w?;s lu ll ?rgK' storr i tue day after Cockrill was killen. I Callanan and Judge IlargU were Iber? and when thc tu v>s CAIHO frt m L x lngton that. Cockrill nad died in u hospital II irgls and Callanan smiled at each ottu r. i . I Men fir?: Hornau. i In Paraguay the women are In pro : P' rtion of seven to ona as compared with tue men. The consequence h i tnat thu mea are taken the g reitest . care of, and everymiug whlc i is un 1 piejuant or might be risky to the lift of a man ls done by tbe women. Tht > streets are cleaned, ships are loaded, ! oxen are driven by th :m, and lt is even bald th it t hey hav? tuken pan 5 in the oountry's wars, acting as sub stltutea for their men folk. s~ * Mother and Daughter Hypnotize Each Other. THE DAUGHTER DIED From tbe Effects of the Spell. A Spec ialist Also Hypnotized. Physicians and Hypnotists Puzzled by a Strange Case Reported in New York City. One of the mest remarkable cases in the experience of the doctors of the Presbyterian hospital in New York eudert Friday in the death of Misa Luella Huestls of Mount Vernon, wno with her anther, Mrs. Jas. H. Huestls, had been In a trance for 16 days prior to her d 'ath. More than two weeks ago both of the women. v ere found unconscious In the home of Henry W. Heifer, a lawyer ot that city, and were supposed to have been asyhyxiated by gas. Neither had since recovered consciousness and physicians and hypnotists were puz zled by their unaccountable condi tion. Mit s Huestls was an attractive young woman, aged 22 years. Lack of nourishment was tbe principal cause of her death as lt had been Im possible io give her food except In liquid form and tnrough a tube, cjtnnulauts and oxygen were adminis tered without effect,. A singular fact is that the young woman s mother, who lay in au acijjiuing room, began to shu<v signs of the approach of death oou af ter the death* ol ncr daughter. Tue mother also is greatly emaciated aud toe phys,elana at the hospital s ? y that her lo<v vitality is due prin cipa ly to starvation. One specialist In hypnotism and physiology wno Investigated me case nat ma ic public Lis conclusion that the two women had unconsciously ti? puotiz d o -cti otuer and that gas asphyxiation oad uotulng to do with mu case. H J exp aiued that he had nus .i been hypnotized while hyp ut'iiz.ug a patient and had only been awakened by tue arousing of the sub ject. Th? ca^e uf tue two women has attracted tue atu-ntion of scientists ii! over the country. An autopsy mada on thu budy of Miss Hueoois suowed that dratu had resulted from ?as poitouing WitY ?U^aiti Lob-B. A Fluid Cor TCHOU adi: u i Points Oat DiBhenrtcntng Condiciona. The Novoe Vre-nya, a paper pub lished iu St. Petersburg, Ruaala, Fri day published a remarkable dispatch .r..m a correspondent In the Held, who, with the bitter taste of defeat still on nu pa.atc, discussed the causes il Russian reverses, ana contrasts the pint with which Russia and Japan are conducting tue war and, with sor o.v and di oieartment, arraigns the elements in Ra.-sia wuo are nourlsh u;g their propaganda on defeats In the fal Ex^t, "scattering In the very hour o? defeat," accoralng to the corres pondent, "broadcast among tho hoart s ck, retreating soldiers, proclama ci?os urging tnem to cease fighting and sui rend r." Setting aside the factors of a tem porary nature, tho correspondent enu merates four main causes ot misfort une: First. Failure tc establish before the war au adequate intelligence de partment in Maachuria or to make otuer preparations, contrasted with Japanese activity in that direction. Second. Ru.-sk ls dependent upon a siugie railway, while the Japanese nave many bases, with the possibility of establishing new ones at any point oh the coast. Third. The deflolenoies of mauy officers, whose mistakes of execution brisg tu naught the most carefully te.'H.g .to.ut p.au of the commander, or whose technical education oas not kept pice wita the arthlery they are r. quired to handle. Fourth. Tue patriotism, devotion and passionate longing for victory of tue Japanese. Awl ur lOxporlenoe. A dlspatoh from Stn Francisco, Cal., says the c dd diing schooner Czarina from Etgle harbor, Alaska, oas brought Frederic Martin, still suffering fiom three days and nights in an arctic pri-.oa, s mt in by the raging sea un the one ?ide and a g<a cl.r un the other. Martin was placed m ibis dang TOUS position by a storm which overtook him while fishing off Bigie harbor hst April, and which olo*" lils d ry ashore. Notwithstand ing ON sufferings and apparent hope lessness of bis position, Martin kept a iary, written hourly. Io tells of his despair, ?os iecour.se to raw fl->h bait as food after two days of starvation, h s tight to keep the bloid movlug by savagely beating his fi et with the Handle of a gaff, his dual persever ance and his e c po by clinging to tho glacier In hi* oaro feet; how with a ope ho la sje 1 the pin:.a -.le of a rock far ab ive lorn cud theu ohm.'id up the e?ff, clinging to the orev.c s with uls hire fe t. Then he ran aero>s the iu zen lie. il-, to a ii,niiijr station. Kill? d on tho Traok. One of the worst,accidents that has ma. k d the history of racing in New' Orleans oCOurr :d Friday iq the second ra;e at the fair grounds lu that city. Toe th ld of ll hors s waa about to ?iwirg Into tho stretch w.ien Swedish Lad, running sixth, was jurjped on oy one of tho hors s bciilnd nlm and Us near bind leg broken. Court Crier, following, fell over Swedish Ltd. Jockey MeCafferty, who rode I vjourt Crier, was thrown di rec; ly in . the path of the oncoming horses. . Mccafferty, the only one of the Jook eys ourr, was carried to a stable and thence sont to a ho-pltal. It was > found th it his skull was orushed in , both front and back, that both his i arms were brr.ken and that he had . other lujuries. Death is expected ab any moment. Swedish Lad waa de* utr J i fad,