Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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a f / In Gold for A Christmas Present. J ff>See Page 2. uu DCiER. Tli« Beautiful Books Absolutely Free. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests o* the People it Subserves. VOL. I, NO. Li. GAFFNEY CITY, S. ( ., FRIDAY, DEC EMBER T, ISJM. *1.00 A YEAR. Old Judges Step Down and Out for New Ones. JOSEPH H. EARLE SOW OS THE BESCH. He Wan Fightliii; Ttllmuii Once Hut lie Changed Two Venn* Ago-lte Wa> Klected Over Judge Norton—The Auatritlian Itullot Sjstrm. Columbia, S. C., December The general assembly of South Carolina, in joint session yesterday, completed the reorganisation of the judieiary of the state begun with the advent of the re form administration four years ago. One by one the judges on the bench in 1890 have been retired. Only the chief justice of the supreme court and one circuit judge of the old set have been retained. The remarkable feature of the elections yesterday was the selec tion of lieneral Joseph II. Earle, a bril liant attorney, who was attorney gene ral in the administration which Till man originally begun his uprising against, and the man who, as a candi date for governor, made- the tirst tight against Tillman and reform in the campaign of 1890. Two years ago lie began to confess that he saw something In the movement inaugurated by Till man. The result is he was made judge of the eighth circuit over the present incumbent, Judge Norton. The reor ganization of tin* judieiary was made complete by making the young attor ney general. (). \V. Iluclianan. judge of the third circuit, the incumbent. Judge Frazer, being overwhelmingly de feated. An Australian ballot system hill was introduced in both houses yesterday In view of the doubtful registration laws and the recent charges of election frauds it will likely pass. CAN’T CLAIM AN OFFICE NOW. A Bill Tiiut May Soon Heroine a l.aw In Alalia ina. Moktgomkky, Ala.. December ft.—A bill was yesterday passed by the house of the state assembly making it unlaw ful for any man to take the oath of office for any position to which he has not been declared elected by the body legally eiiijsiwered to make the declar ation, or call upon anybody to assist kim in such a step, or for any person to give assistance, or for any person to issue any address assuming such posi tion. »The penalty provided is a tine of not l«9*lhan SMH) nor more than 810,000 i and inqirisonmcut in the penitentiary for not more than twentv-five years. The vote on the hill was .To to :!0. The populists voting solidly against it. The bill now goes in the upper house, and jpere is little doubt of its passage there. It will probably be a law by Saturday. As a matter of course the bill will not affect Kolb's actions up to the time of its becoming a law. but may change his future action. INVESTIGATING FELLOWS. A New York District Attorney I'niliul to Try OftciKlcrs. Xkw Vokk. December ft. The trial of District Attorney .lolm It. l-'ellows. on charges of neglect of duty, was con tinued yesterday. The most, important evidence during the dav was that of Henry Seltloss, who formerly had a large clothing house at No. »'(.Y.’ broad- way. His firm was ruined through de falcations and forgeries of Joseph II. Louis, the confidential bookkeeper of the firm. Louis' defalcations amounted to over 8100.000. Schloss testified that he had been unable to have Louis brought to trial, although the dishon- «st bookkeeper hud been promptly ar rested. and a number of requests bad been made at the district attorney's office to have the ease culled. li ilU‘41 Wit It :i n A xv, J A< KliON VII.U . I ’la.. Deeember ft. MikerabiMi.au Italian. .'>11 years old, was found murdered near s- terday morning. His lie; mi crushed in with an a\e which was ly ing near, besmeared with clotted MimmI. The murdered man was found lying on an old pine bedstead outsided a shanty Used by tenders of a wood rack located there. There negroes have been arrest ed and await the action of the coroner's jury. It is said that one named Jurk- aon owed f’aboo money and that the two men had recently had a dispute over the matter. “POP GUN” BILLS DEAD. Frolathlv tin* Kcsuli of (lie Senate I iniitien Commit ter* H lleliliorat iumt. Washington. December ft. The sen ate finance committee practically de cided yesterday morning that the "pop gun" bills were dead. While the dis cussion was not in as plain words as this statement, the committee decided that nothing could be done with them at present. There was a very full at tendance of members. .\i! ‘‘Neept Jones, of Nevada, and White, id t nli- fornia. were present. I hey discussed that part of the president's message re lating to sugar, and when they tinally adjourned it was with the imder-t;itid ing th.ft "it was better to await Secre tary Carlisle's full report before any thing definite was done. ’ Some oT the senators conmct Senator Vest' - elolure resolution with tin: inaction of the ti- I nance committee. They elaini that the way Senator Vest's resolution is re ceived will decide much. Without such a rule nothing can be done in the senate, and if there is a chance of its Te might be a slight chance for some financial legislation. ANOTHER BANK. LOST MONEY. Hut After t Seeley .1J<*lho<ls i* \\ ;«s I Nkw Vokk. December it. Tin book keeper of the East Side bank. No. bli (•rand street, a state bank with a capi tal of half a million, is accused of em bezzling S-UW of the ban! - tun ‘a by methods akin to those 1 ployed by Seeley. The amount sioleii was re funded and the bookkeeper. -,i mucl I'ollenzby name, discharged. I’ollenz had a eonfederate.it is alleged, who drew the eosh just as Laker did and the bookkeeper handled the checks. Tlie alleged embe/.'/!eiuent v a-discover ed tw*o months ago. bui the guilty party was not discovered nnlli verier.lay. The matter came to light through the rotation system, amt the oliieials in speaking of the affair ve-tcydny referr ed to the outsiders' crookedness as merely an “overdrawing of his ac count." The money, they added, had been refunded. SUGAR DROPS AGAIN. rn tin n: ( HI 11 if 1 e In- iyftif, •oiiibi r •; Ai a* »n^ i 111 tin * w staat g r in u i iS <•!! y h\ ! 1';»»1* m 1' t be stew - ir ‘.li Ft* o' t r.e m*\\ disoov* !'.• 1 s < ver- « • • : i i i air ea It'S. feU* wo.'ll . i Wiiy 4 R hoi* - Il l Ve y Mil* s profi* ss. \ll of 1 e let! a nd !»i ler ’ F'o ve only for the no me v ' a nd Hleu’ the Kdltnr I p. Pkukv, Oka., December r».—T. J. Irwin, editor of the Pond Creek Leader, narrowly escaped death last night by a bomb being thrown into bis bed riM.m by an unknown person. Several men heard the shell burst or be would have been burned to death. As it was Irwin was knocked senseless and the room was enveloped in llamcs. The editor was carried from the room, lie has been advocating the removal of the county seat from Pond Creek to Led ford. both places in * L" comity. Okla homa, mid has been warned to desist. He will recover. <on fennel I ihh ('rime. Chattanooga. Teim . ft.— Unfitly \\ ootcll, one of the negroes confined here and uiulei sentence to be hanged for the limn - r of a u bite man nam';il Marion Loss. b.,.s eonf--s-ed. lie believed he was to bang Monday, and just prior to thut huur be .cut fora deputy sheriIf.iml made a full state ment regarding tb murder Thre« huilm:. Hriitwied. , Nohtiipoim, L. L. -miter ft.-The Bound steamer Dorian ran into and aunk the schooin r < .Simpson off I La toll s Neck lift in 1 Li t mm i curi y irebtenla.y morning The captain and 1 two sailors were saved by the tearner, 'be mate steward mid one sailor (drowned. Hoiiutom of it l.i ••-. t(| lilua. Kouk. Deet ml>t. In addition to Js^/oruier gift ot I.i.uu pounds fur the if tin* sulT’cit i by the eni-th- in Italy. Kin ■ Humbert yester ^•'kmade a donation oi l.uUO lo be lie- to the buiuv purpose. Ho Tnkoa the Oath and Then Takes tho Oflico. HIS ADDRESS WAS NOT SENSATIONAL. Thrrr Wu» I’niiip \\ lien south Car- oliu.t'M Nen Governor Wit* InatiKU- raleti-TUInian is Now a I'ri- tate Citizen. The Currenl I’riee is al l lo In- I.owor Than Ivver . n fort-. Nkw Vokk. December •!. I'lie cur rent rate on sug:i r b - I ■ > b--t In-low est ever known. * no* li. r cut of ! of a cent per pound was m i !e ip tin- prices of refined sugar yesterday, making tbc card rate for grain; iled C cents per ))oumi. The Frank in refim-ry has re sumed operations on i reduced scale, and the MeCalian refinery is also said to be at work, but the Spivklc.s plant is still idle. Lcpor! ' r ui theolfiee of the trust are to t he elf-et tb;i the Los- ton refinery isworbing u'ib half force and the Madison and Wei-elu r,' plant, in New York are doing likewise: that the llavcmcv er and L der r. fim ry liave nearly a full force and ’ In Lrookiyn re finery is idle. The "i- at increase ill production is said to be t In- chief cause. A LENGTHY I INVESTIGATION. The Coil Court ot In i iii-., sim t oiiliimi-M its (. s (m*r>. Cot.tMBt's. (>.. Deeetid'erThe pro ceedings of the Coil ••■■urt of 'tinuiry yesterday were uiiinleresi big. The wit nesses examined were all from Wash ington Coin t House and t heir evideiit-e Wits all <d' one terii r tbal tin-crowd was not a disordcrh one. w hile tliere were a few persons in it w ho wore try illg to excite a mob spil it : tl 1 a mueli Kiniiller force t ban ( oloiiel < oil had at hand could have dispersed the crowd without the besot life if the. bad been properly used, and that tin- soldiers anti officers were drink m;: in the sa loons about the town in the afternoon before the shooting if tl. -, wa re not drunk. LIGHT WEIGHT DOLLARS. Too ■ I’ll II. A IIKI'I*III A . lie the gold deposit.- ! with I' uilr I States I rea - the Philadelphia n fll’t syndicate for 11 bond issue have bei al thousand light wi Some of t he coins iia i by constant use. but other through the sweating pro. the coin has not yet been Assistant Treasurer Lingl conditional receipts for l a the depositors will have io make up the deficiency in weight. WM. T. WATERS’ WILL Coi.cmiwa. S. C.. December 5.—John Larv Evans was inaugurated asgovern- or of the state of South Carolina yes terday afternoon in the presence of the members of t he general assembly and at the same time L- L. Tillman, the man who has been tho absolute ruler of his state for the past four years, ceased to have any otlieiul capacity, whatever became an ordinary citizen. And an ordinary citizen the ex-govern or, whose name has become known all over the country in the last few years, will remain till March Itli next, when it is more than likely he will succeed Senator M. C. Hutler in the Fnited States senate. He was in a happy frame of mind yesterday. His last of ficial acts were to sign four pardons. The inauguration look place with a great pomp shortly after one o'clock. The weather was murky and a contin uous rain began to fall early, but the ball was brilliantly illuminated by pen dant strains of incandescent electric lights. The galleries a ml every other available space were packed with spec tators, a large proportion of whom were ladies. The students of the many colleges here were in the crowd. The inaugural procession calm in headed by tlie sergeant-at-arm - of the two houses, one bearing the li'-'orie colo nial mace and the other tlie equally historic sword of tlie state, and consist ing of the justices of the supreme court ami circuit judges, attired in their judi cial robes. Fnited States Senator Irby, the retiring governor, and lieutenant governor-elect and otln-i oliieials. < iovernor Evans did not make any ef fort to create a sensation in delivering his inaugural address. It was simply a plain speech, well worded and clear ly delivered. He thanked tlie people for the honor conferred upon him by bis election and said he w as proud to be the governor of the stale peopled by the proudest people on earth. A DESPERATE LOVER. nod III* (.rent Art (‘ollci i ion to He l\c|>t I utiiet. llAl.TIMoUI . Deeonibel-i>. The will of the late \\ ill jam 'I . Uailer-. was filed at lowsoii. the seat of L'tltim>>rc coun ty. yesterday. Ly .. I. .‘in-, bis entire art collection is bequeathed to the tes tator's two children, a son anil a daugh ter, with a request that it be kept in tact. There arc m. provisions w hat ever us to where it shall be located. Mrs. Delano, his daughter, lives in Or ange. N. J.. and the son. Harry Wal ters. has his principal In adipiarters as president of the Atlantic ( oast I ine. in Wilmington, i although his time ialargely spent in New York. Phila delphia and I'altii'io- - THREE LARGE f FU G. I i ll l, X. Y.. I )e • UI story brick h!n< k lb esee and ( a I In ri in- Henry Marin -nd si(M-k A i roils*- wI*, a the National * piv large iiiunhcr . i * loss w ill reach 4|ftG <• •• known. dMHMMHI f 111 Olli I ' * ,1 O.I on. N'< b. Di •( 1 . , *1,. N - Jiositioll buibliii; lie ' il . . i ll -lii’fl theatre and tin 1! La,.!* i-luir'li. Loss about an.iMi. •* .A.«>t»l) i.iis. n Oi.'.Ii « louii. llXGl.l.T, la. I »ei . in'.. | nirleelk business bom - ■* in , no a new two- Stoi", I'l icl. ’ ol • ' ,ee bi|ibiil|^4 ware di , . i -'iba-J bi > reach oo" p.a . insuruii. shut the AVoinun That He Admired I hen Her l’n»t«-< , t«r. N'kw Oiit.KANs, December a Katie Kuekhitrt was.shot in the right side of the face and seriously, if not fatally wounded and Herman lleiss was shot in the neck and under the right eye and mortally wounded by Arthur Schneider last night about ten o'clock in the kitchen of Zeiglers’ saloon and restaurant on Loyal street a few doors from ( anal, one of the most frequented portions of the city. Katie liuckhart and Herman lleiss have been in the employ of the establishment for some time. A few months ago Schneider was hired. Hi* fell desperately in love with the girl. The fact th at his pas sion was not returned appeared to only add to its intensity and linallx his at tentions became so annoying that they led to remonst r iiiee- from bis fellow workman lleiss who attempted to pro ud the girl. Finally Schneider was discharged. He rcturne 1 and without warning fired at the girl who fell to tlie Door with a bullet in her left cheek. He turned on lleiss who was sitting in a corner of the room and shot him tw ice and then ran. lie was captured by the police and is now in custody. Tliere is little or no ehanee for Ib-iss' recovery and tin- surgeons have not yet been able to locate tlie ball in Katie Huckhart's head. DEMOCRATS DISPUTE. A Senate ('niieim ( Muse. I’linty of S(>« ali- imz Hut No lU'MIlltM. Washington. December For two hours and a half tin- democratic mem bers of tin senate caucus discussed the order of business late yesterday after noon behind closed doors and at the expiration of that time were unable to agree and adjourned to meet again to morrow at 1 he adjournment of the sen ate. There was not at any time a full representation of the majority present and when tlie hour of t o'clock came the number had dwindled to ':;, hardly sutlicient to take positive action on any proposition. The caucus was Ostensibly to consider an order of busi ness and to decide w hat measures should be given the preference in tlie work of tin* session. There was a great difference of opinion and almost before the caucus know it. it was plunged into a discussion. BISHOP HAYGOOD ILL. He Atfi-mlcd ths Anninil Confi-ri-ui-e »u<l May Not Keeovei-. Ait.am a. December .V Hishop Hay- good. of the Methodist Episcopal church south is dangerously ill at his home at Oxford. 1<a. He attended tin- annual conference of the church at Lome last week but was to ill iniieli of tlie time to preside. The symptoms of his cum- Indicate pneumonia. Money ( ireulal inn lo-i i < >--c<l. N 4' 5 *, 4. Fit. (». | ''4» ;**jy- W ashing rox. Dei ■ember 5. The dr- dilation, according to t he official treas- 1M . , #( ( .4*|4 ury stateiueiit i - h-d \< •'icidtiy. de- 1 f>\\ fled by creased during't he l.t.nit). of .November 1 t oni- SD.soft.till making i 1 ■ circulation of i" .triiggists: tiil kinds ol inojie\ in tin 1 lilted Mates ipanv and a on 1 ••'.-i-mbvr 1. stand at -1, -17, .'ft'.. I.M The or sft:,., : per capita basi-d on ti'.i.u 1(1,0041 of population. As compared with De cember l. is'.i::, the uirioiint of money in eiri uhuiou i> :,*'.i. b, .u ni .l - ' b in tin n. M»t T It i'IIm . Deeeiober Y.— K v < b 'd by 1 lii- KI||I Lc. y si erda.v ^ m 1 i In ai ing i,n • charge of siuug- to brila- tliree L red bribe- to found smug- DESPERATE NEGROES, Three Vleu AltaeU a (ientlemuii in Hi* On n Kenldeliec. Vai.ohsia. Ha,, December 5.—l.ast night three negroes went to the house of Mr. ( \Y. Williamson, at Dasher sta tion. five miles below here, and com manded him to throw up his hands. Williamson stood dazed for a moment, before the muzzle of a Winchester rille. but grabbed a revolver which was lying on his mantel and opened fire on the intruders. They, in turn, began firing back, and a lively fusillade lasted for several minutes. Finally the ne groes left the house and met three other negroes a mile or two away. They were ordered to throw up their hands, hut one of them drew his pistol and shot one of the high way men down. The wounded negro was brought here on the midnight train and is confined in jail, where he will die. Another of the gang gave himself up. and both confess a concocted plan of waylaying the railroad workmen and robbing them. The most desperate of the three negroes is still at large, though lie will probably be caught. He calls himself by several names: “Heorgia Snake," “Wild Hill." and oili er names of like character. It is said that nearly .-•koniiin rewards arc offered for his arrest in this state and Florida. HailitV Malden, of Hrooks county, was shot down at a church in that county on Sunday night by a desperate negro, without any cause, and It is likely that "M ild Hill" is implicated in that kill ing. They iiud robbed a dozen negroes before tlie shooting last night. GERMANY'S UGLY SPIRIT. Tlmt Fountry is An^ry Ov<*r tin* I'rtritl'On Wasiiim.ro\. December ft.- Indica tions seem to multiply of a determined purpose on the part of (lermany. open ly or by indirection, to interpose ob stacles in the way of the importation of American produetsin Hcrmany. so long as the discriminating duty against Her man beet sugar imposed by the existing new tariff law is maintained. First, on a pretext of tlie transmission of Texas fever (proved to be impossible! the importation of live cattle from the Fnited States into Herman^ was pro hibited. Next. restrictions were placed upon American canned goo^s. Then a eoniinission was appointed to investigate whether American cotton could not be - upplanted by otlu r kinds of Herman manufacture. Now tlie de partment of state lias been notified through its consular representatives at Hrcmc.i of a proposed change in the Herman customs tal iIV by which the cottonseed oil will be increased 'J.V) per cent on flu- present rates. ARSENIC IN COFFEE. A Coin in Ids t iiiitily I'oImoiu-iI in a .iost Mysterious Milliner. < oi.i -.liii s. La.. December ft. There was a wholesale poisoning ease from drinking coffee in this city yesterday. Short i\ a t ter break fast the family of Mr..!. I Keene, consisting of himself, wife, daughter. Miss Nellie. Mr. James A. Keene, were taken violently ill. and physicini s were summoned, who after invc tigation oll’erid the opinion that they iiad -been poisoned by drinking eolfee. The coffee was analyzed and the physicians discovered traces of some foreign substance, believed to be arsenic Mrs. Keene prepared 1 he cof fee herself, and the family are unable to account for 1 he presence of arsenic and considerable mystery surrounds the cas-. \il the parties suffered greatly but arc pronounced out of duu- ffL'r. SOUTHERN FREIGHT WAR. The Intel—slate ('•iiniiierel* 4 oiion.Msinii Say* it lla* Heen injiirinii*. M Asm m , rox, December ft. Tbc eight b animal report of tin* interstate eom- merce eomini-sioii lias been presented to congress. Tlie report presents the fact constilutiiig w hat is known as the sourthern freight war. that is, the freight war ha- been going in the ter ritory sout h of t he Fotomae river dur ing tlie past summer, showing the causes of the war. the great injury re sulting to numerous places ami dealers therein, etc.. and says that the rate adopted in the territory was ill-consid ered and a costly effort to punish one or t wo compel ing carriers. It taught no new lessons and brought about no guarantee of future observance of the rates by the parties whom the cut was designed to njure. THE COTTON MARKET. I’rh-i-M Wem Howii two Holm* uml al the 4 lose Wu* steady. XiAV ^ oi:k. Deeemher ft. The NiinY cotton report in reviewing yesterday's market says: < otton declined ft points Lint reeov#-reil this and advanced s toll jioints. closing very steady, with sales of lYl.ftniMl liales. Liverpool declined 1-ftT on the spot and ft points for future delivery, closing with futures I to •; points lower than last night and steady ill the decline. New Hrlcui** receipts for today arc estimated at 11.000 to Ift,- 000 against I ft.01ft on the same day last weel;, and 1ft. is; last year. New Or leans yesterday reported semi weekly interior receipts at si.">s,nno against ; 000 for the .... me time last week. OYneo last year and 101 noil in Is'.i;; .-.bipnieiits IftO ( ■(! against su otio last yeai anil * ooo in I- '1. \ftcr a Murih-rer. A IT.A.\r.\, December ft. Joe Dean, tin* negro who killed A. L Li igh. in t'ampbi-ll county Saturday ii'gbt. call ed at a negc'» woman's btui .e near I'em- ple, Iia , ie l,•-.lay and aske.i for f<*»d. He said tbal h< hudkilled a mail and wanti 1 i * barn the Jioite-t wav to Alabama. He war weak and evid ntly bad In a biding out ill tlie swamps. I’ur aeng parties are pushing liim hot ly. M.ii-h t ike* the thtlli. A il Vx r \ December ft. lion Fat- riek Malsb eli-eted to the Fnited Slates senate for 1 be te; m made vaeant by the death of ■'cnator Alfred II. ('ob|iiil, was sworn in yesterday sifternoon by Uio viei pie ideut. 'Ihe turm expires I March UL 1 ) PCI Tie TO DEATH Congr * ; Invostiyuting tho Tor ture of JapanoHO Citizona. 1111.1 VIII,III 01H I'lllimilOY I h*' Ml I>«‘!»v»*r4’tl Tlu iu t p to I lie l,f)4‘t!l> I heir I>4*;itll IVMH a tills.! ftlorritfl** Out* Oilior Ni’Mh I rom < Washingro.\, Dteember ft. — The most important matter that was consid ered by thc-l nited State- senate yes terday was sun emb ring of two Japa nese citizens to < binese officials at Shanghai. A resolution requesting tlie president to furnish tb* senate with in formation on the subject, was offered Moii.lay by Senator Lodge, of Massa chusetts. This was taken up and re ferred to the commit lee on foreign af fairs. Mr. Lodge stated some of tin- promi nent fads of the case: " Tin-t wo Japa nese citizens in question had been given up." he said, "by tin ! mte I States eon- cul at Sba’igliai. and bad been put to death with the mo~. bn-dous tortures. He regarded their surrender, under the eireunistanees. as an act of tin* greatest pos-Jblc discredit to tin- immunity of the I nited States and t-i the humaiiity of all civilized men." Senator Morrill, of Vermont, who was yesterday instructed by the fi nance committee to make an adverse report on some of Senator Itier s li- n;ineial measures, gave e tiei that be would, next \\ eiinesda\. "seek an op portunity of submitting s.iine brief re marks on some marvellous senatorial bills ami quack' pan tor real and imaginary public ev ils ami grievances.” The it solution oIm red by Mr. I’effer on Moiutay last, ealling on the presi dent fora statement of tin- facts and circumstances w hieli made t he presence and use of I nite l stale.- troops ir-ces- sary in (’hieago. in July. Isgt. was laid before tin* senate, and alt* r some dis- eussioti was referred to the judiciary eo'inuittce. yea- Ift. nays 1 A FATHER’S RIGHT. In Kliinu|> ills llitiiKliler I min tin- I r*u- tine 4 onieat. Dvi.kas, Tex.. Deccmbi-r ft. After liaving been kept under surveillance and nominal arre-t since Saturday night. Hilaries Knox and his two little daughters were yesterday afternoon released by < hief of Foliee Arnold and they and Mrs. Clark and .Miss Fotvcll eontinued t heir journey to ( h lifortiiu. Knox kidnapped hi.* two daughters from the I rsuliue Convent without the knowledge of the wife ,last Monday, and was arrested here-' jfek. tej^nmm from Supei-inteiident 1 New Orleans deparj arrest wa - made 1 Ij teiegraplu- 1 t hief ] Their father de.seri children. Tin girb.'y c-oine for t heni v for the opink •.•raft, as KnoU h.iiieas eorpii ere decide ij li gaily be de tbi right to^ convent wil the children^ as t bey bai\ <J under thei^ noid Ihei-Zj at libertN’. 1 Man * Lix< o' t hews. f4 ‘ lerk. if eon litioq poisi UlG vivo plan! look W oubi’ report iT ares. tlia’T back of the writing, was this coil I lull■ laUeii mi iTilic'^^pP as nut tii.in In Im-a 1 liief. Caiiilnt -ta'i^^r ~ uce liv lieilj-a tliief. Let a lut in lllirsim i ii-tcry alnt liury me there, as 1 itu nut wi-li to ili-enu-e my pu- ■T-ats In iH-inr Imrieit lie-iile tliein. lie then relapsed into unconscious ness. TO HASTEN THE MAILS. I im-liuniti Hii*iii<-h:i Men Hetter Servlee to IIoriila 1‘oiuf*. Wamiim. rox, Dei-i*mber ft.- Ninege:i- tlemeii. representing commercial bodies in Cincinnati, o., called on the post master general yesterday for tin* pur pose of securing a better exchange of the mails in the territory south of the Ohio. They believe that ten hours lime can be saved in the tratisitlissiou of correspondence between Ohio and Texas, and also that a good saving of time van be made between that state and Florida. The postmaster general informed the gentlemen that In- would do all he could consistently tor them in the matter, but would take it under advisement Soik Hu* I nit 4‘ii MtU'li \Vli4ul. Washington, December 0.—The re tain - tY'’in the c* *i i -pond, ul it the i-tatistiiM' divi.-ion of 1 -departni -d of agrieiiltiii • relative to wln*at fed ' • stock . .ft ii tity alread fe !. that <Jctobel* ftift li. at Ift.l'ftT the 4*.sfiinuted iimottnt :>7ft.Gun bushels, makiftp ti bu J •-U. '! In se li:.Tir • on win it f-'e tiiig are m.*.-el k ■ n -i it- e 11 • a ■: - in an t hose stutes wherein eoriT ■ poiid‘-nts have eolilpiti'd witll tlie ivqut st of thedc- IKirtmeiit. and m i-i no* be taken as THE SOUTH’S INDUSTRIES. .nvthh in a-. Tr, P linuiiual Aetlvlly Ntaourn Uurlua the Week I aiding Deremlx-r Third. Atlanta. December 5.—For the week ending December Jrd, the following new industries and enlargements are shown: The Peace River Phosphate Co., of Savannah. Ha., capital >1,-50,000 and the Associated Phosphate Co., of Ocala. Fla., capital SWSO.OOO: the Holden Valley Colonization Co., of Little Rock, Ark., with Si.000,000 capital; the La Port Land Co., of La Port, Tex., capi tal Sftou.oiMi. and the Southern Light JL Hater Co.,of Wheeling. W. Va.. with $500,000 capital. A 8100,000 sugar re finery is to be built at St. Martinsville, La., and one is reported as to be built at Tallahassee, Fla.; the Cigar Wrap per Co., with $50,000 capital has been chartered at Wheeling, W. Va.; tlie O. P. -V H. E. Willingham Woodworking Co., capital $-J5,000, at Macon, Ha.: the Louisville. Malting Co., with tlie same capital, at Louisville, Ky., and the < hatham Electric Light and Power Co., capital s~5.(mmi. at Savannah, Ca. Agri cultural implement works at Troy. Ala., and Wheeling, W. Vy.; canning facto ries at Paducah, Ivy., Holly Springs. Miss., Abbeville, S. C., and Halvcstoii, Tex., and cotton mills at Salem and Winston. X. C., and Columbia, S. ('. lee factories are to be built at Heorge- town. S. ('., and Winchester. Va.: starch factory at Charleston, S. (’.; a tannery tit Piedmont, Ala., and woodworking plants at Summerville. Ha.. Carpenter. Miss., and Asheville, X. C. Water works costing $100,000 are to be built at Selma. Ala. The enlargements for the week include an electrical plant at Hadsden. Ala.; ice factories at Valdos ta. Ha., and Hillmore N. C.; cotton milks at Hralium, X. ( ., Rock Hill, S. C.. and Lynchburg, Va.; tin plate works at Wheeling, W. Va.. ami saw and plaining mills at Norfolk. Vu. Among the new buildings tire a $*i0,000 asylum at Houston, Tex.: business houses at Tampa, Fla., Knoxvill.Tenn., and Wheeling 1 , W. Va.: a 8ftu.(too court house at Alexandria. Va.. and large to bacco factories at Salem, X. C. NICARAGUA CANAL REPORT. • ti a mollies ot .i‘*i tie iplUII- to say up to ui tiu -lie! and to be fed at fttl.- ;i total of 75,- au attempt at approximation of tlii- t<itnl feeiling of wiieut froin pr ■ ent *ipp \ The se verity ami length of tin winter will Iicees ui iiy intluene ilie i i ll im.i igs. I |i4* ft rt'ii'4iir> V Fiiiil I(4‘rt4‘rv4s UaMH.N' I >tri 111 Ihi’ !i. J Oi't-ijlll exehaiige iia . advan -e within tie past few day to a po nt tlmt leads tbe treasury ft ."i -I > to antii ipate that gold may be expoitcU liiij week A Bill in Congress to Change Ita Weight. THE BEASlREOHtHtD BV APOPILIST A ly user Hill to I'eiisioii u Woman tYlione IliiHliantl May lit- Head and May Still He l.lving -He lli*a|>- pi-ared Year* Ago. Some Interesting J Igure* Suliniltteil to tlie Seereiary of the Interior. Washington, December 5.—The an imal report of the Maritime canal com pany ol Nicaragua, made to the Secre tary of the interior, was published yes terday. It states that since the organi zation of the company in Iss'.i. 10.145 shares of the eapital stock liave been subscribed for at par. amounting to $1,01 of which 8l,007,840 has been paid in the treasury in cash. From other sources there has been paid into the treasury 8i , ,;.i 17. making- a total of $1.0ftV.'J5r. The e.vpeiulitures since the org'unizution for administration pur poses were 8 S 4i.ssft.u;;. it issued 1*0,- OOi^shim^ of its eapital stock at tlie par ooo, ooo in payment for eon- rights. pi-ivileges, franchises J property. The liabilities of Inv arc $ft.s.V».00t). and easb ' not exceeding 8;,u.uoo. The the condition of the mouev that no material ad vuiieemeut Setion work has been accom plice the repoi-t of Is'.).;. IEY MUST TESTIFY. foilit-ll Olijeel to Itelni; Sllliimoilud to Court, I^I'GTON, W. \ Deeembi-r is in a state of excitement iction of Judge Harvey, who |ed orders for a dozen leading' ^voineii to make them come into lid testify as to the character of !al favorite. Captain William |)i. and bis handsome voung wife, iber of the most exclusive set. fa few weeks ago. she taking' fiby. Smith brought suit figes against Samuel Swann a Indiana gas operator, and an his wife, asking' sio uoo dam- enticing' his wife away. He |i writ of Habea- eorpus to gain jm of his eliild. alleg-ing that ’is not moral I \ lit to liave In r. and summoned the city social leaders to prove it. I welvc of these women left town toes -ape going' to court, but contables have been sent after them, and Judge Harvey will imprison the recalcitrants. The evidence is expect* i*d to be extremely sensational. HIS LIFE WRECKED. A Kentucky Ka-Jilil|;u Mi-nt to tlie Alum House. Loi isvii.i.k, Ivy.. Deeember 5. Ex- Judge James F. Harlan, a brother of Justice Harlan of the supreme court, went to the city almshouse on Satur day. lie undertook this as a last hope of curing'himself of the liquor habit. He lias been a prominent lawyer, and fifteen years ago served a term upon the bench of the law and equity court. He had a large practice and was re garded as one of tlie ablest men at tbe bar. but his habit of drinking grew upon him until he is now a wreck. ( liliia'* New l.oue. Lomion, December 5.- A dispatch from Herlin states that China has ac cepted the English offer of four-and-u half per cent loan of 1' 1 .ftftu niiu \ dis patch to tin* Times from Vienna states that Japan advices to the end of Sep tember slum- that tin* war hud been less nijiirioii to u-ude lliau .vas expect ed. The riee crop promisi to be from tentotwi-. per ecu 1 above tiieuver* Ugc. Nearly a llunilrt-il V< ar*. Jlol’KtNsVII I K, Ky., Deeemoe-r 5. W. Ik f lark, one of the most widely known pioneer eiti/.i*ns of southern Kentucky, died at bis resilience north of this city. Monday evening, after a brief illness, of pm umouia, ag'ed ‘.iff yi-.u-s. He leaves a large estate. He remembered well whim all this icction of the date was covered wilh forests and peopled with the red man. Washington'. December 5.—The sen ate spent only thirty-five minutes in session yesterday. It passed one rather queer pension bill, pensioning a wo man whose husband left home twenty years ago. and who may still be living; but contains tlie unique provision that the* pension is to cease "if the soldier returns." Senator IVffcr. populi-t of Kansas, contributed some half dozen projects of legislation, including' tin- proper dispo sition of the bodies of senators and members wlio die at tin- capitol: tin- repeal of that par! of the resumption act which relates to the sale of bonds, and the government control of freight and railroads. A resolution was off ered by Senator lilanehard, democrat of Louisiana, and went over until this afternoon, looking to tlie payment of the bounty on the sugar crop of 1 silt under the terms of the McKinley act. 'ftht? Day intlii* Il«>iirt4>. The house was in session four hours. The first coinage bill of the session was introduced by Mr. Hartman, re publican of Montana. The bill pro vides for a silver dollar of lift 1 , g'rains of standard silver, and authorizes the holdersof silver bullion to the amountof SUM) or more to have the same coined at any Fnited States mint. The dollars coined are to lit* a legal tender for all debts, public and private. The friends of the Nicaragua canal bill are making an effort to g'et it be fore the house. Mr. Mallory, of Flor ida, who was tlie chairman of the sjK-eial committee which framed the bill now on the calendar, had a confer ence yesterday with Speaker Frisp re garding' the measure. The speaker has been reg'anled in the past as being hos tile to the proposition. but the impres sion is based upon bis objection to give it consideration at the last session In liis talk with Mr. Mallory, Speaker Crisp manifested U 1 ' opposition to the measure, but on the contrary promised to bring it to the attention of the com mittee on rules at their next meeting, which may be held tomorrow. Hills were passed appropriating' sftu.- ooo for tin* dedication of the rhieka- inauga and <’hattanooga national mili tary park on the I'.ltb and ftoth of No- •nnber. 1 *115. and appropriating 875.- (100 with w hich to purchase ft.000 acres of land on which the battle of Shiloh was fought, and to begin the construc tion of a national park thereon. The greater part of the day was spent in a consideration of the confer ence report on the bill passed at the last session, providing new reg'tilations for the printing and distribution of public documents. Without action on the report, the house at ft:55 o'clock ad journed. ATTORNEY GENERAL OLNEY. Hi* Aiiiiuitl l{<*|Mirt Kefers lo 'I lirrc Muchly Talkcii of Tojiir*. Washington. December 5. Three topics the Fulliiian strike, tin* com- iiiomvealers and the Indian Territory troubles claim particular attention in the annual report of Attorney Heneral Olncy. submitted to congress yuster- terday. He says the strike was prac tically at an end when government troops were sent to 4 hieago in last July. The strikers, he says, would have had to be stronger than tin* gov- eriimeiit to have kept up the tight, lie says tin* Indian Ten ib>!-\ is not properly governed, lie then intimate*' that the eomiiionwealers were guilty, in some sections, of robbery. Tliere .Ma;*' l»«- No I i^lit, Ja< ksonvil.l.K. Fla.. December 5.— The cit\ council vest r.iay n peak* ! tin* ordinance licensing' prize fights, which was passed last winter just before tin* Corbett-Miteheli mill. "< uvular" Joe Yemlig. who is here, was asked what effect this action of the council would have on the proposed ( orbettT it/.sim- mon > tig'lit which it is proposed to pull off in this city. Ycndig' said the coun cil's action would amount to nothing and Corbett and I'i'zsimmoiis would surely light in Jacksonville. Will Alliance I In* I'rii-c of liou;l>.. NT:w Yoiik. December 5. Harvey Fisk A Sons say: 'I lie sa l**s of govern ment bonds by the syndicate have been about 8|.5,000.000 and iiuo! b r advance in price is imminent Tin- balance is likely to be absorbed in tin- early fu ture, as aside from t In- investment in quiry. tliere i* an aelivedcmand for the Iannis to escape the iiiconu tax as well as local and other taxes. J«4 lilit rl«** I<4 *111114*. ItUOOUl.YN, X. V., December 6. W ork at tlie sugar refineries, which recently shut down in the eastern district, was resumed he t night. Thh iiioriiing it w promised timt I,ooo men additional will also be given empluyinvut. Four* Utcu bundled nicu wtie set at work. (acrinan* Will 1 luM •li»|»ilin*sc. Washington. Deiemb. i- A l.on- doii speei:il says tb it ‘'ohm.*! IFitme- ken. tin- eomiiKtlldet ill ebie: ol the t bilnse force-, is r..i n ( 1*1 o|- di* Ts ! ( I * off el'i’d .I’.irely by Euro- peain iii. st ’, t I nnatis. >oine of these office s have a'le.iG*. .; i lied and .liiers are on the way t.< • liina l.ii|ltnr llc iler- I hII. M \< on, Da.. Deeemb. r ... '1 he affairs of S. Seise! .Y t o., li.pior .balers, have been placed in tin- baud' of receiver W. M. Dordoii. As-et.s about S4ii,oikJ; liabilities nearly '■IimmhJO. The firm elaims it members nai> projicrty to Cover all ilidi btcdiiess • loltllMOIk I lt> li llti \V \ - III NG I O' I - ft. ; *• Lai t r.ilier 1 id.els es'.i i t; |.)j| 1. I ..X re. - Vi i .1 I* bank of Johnson tit tta M .nil r l \\ * si j | ... lo i. I l- or i ■ .rg'ia ly warmy kwuth.