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T.il-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., NOVEMBER 7, 1895. ESTABLISHED 1 A WEEK'S WORK IN CONVENTION A REViEW OF THE DISCUSLO3 ON THE SUFFRAGE PLAN. Chances of the Prolongation of the Session of the Convention Beyond the Last of November. What Remains to Be Done A special from Columbia to the New, and Courier says: The burden of pub lie interest in the Constitutional Con vention has been centred in the suf f-age Ilan for the future regulation of electiois in this State. The nembers of ti:e convention have spent much of th.-ir time since the day of assembling +ver the Iroblem. Now the deed has been done, and there appears to be no likelihood that the plan will be materi ally changecd. The courts or the peo ple alone can change it. The mem hers in this, as all along throughout the progress of the convention, have Sfone what they believed would be for th;, god of the State and not of any rticlar faction or clique --those nho had that idea were defeated. I1 the prm isions that have ecee made :+r fairly carried out it is guite cer ttni that the new elec:tion system will be infinitely preferable to that now in vogrte. As to the prospects for any change in the plan as adopted the only one hinted at is to add some provision fer WOmanP11 suffrage now or in the near or in the distant future. The woman stf fr.anists seem still to cling to the hope of g-. tting some reward for their hard work, either by having woman suf frage adopted in some way or other or of leaving it possible for future Leg islatures to take such action. No doubt the anti-educational and property qualification forces will make another attack on the suffrage plan or its third reading, but unless there is a decided change in the temper of the delegates there is less chance of r change than ever, for the report as it stands is stronger than it has eve: been. The committee report owed its sue cess to a large extent from the fact that in the opinion of the Convention there was "nothing better" presented, and from the further fact that thc committee was given the credit foi earnestly and honestly trying to gel the best possible suffrage plan out o. what was offered the committee. The ground work of the plan was prepared bv Senator Tillman, but he was in eiined to. and did, make concssion -, .r oTmeM iiCi'nitmIee. who had views contrary to those for which he contended at the outset. There was a memorable contest ovcr the basic principles of the suf frage plau. A struggle that is yet too fresh in the minds of the people to need des.ription. It started cut with the colored inenbe4s of the Conven tio:i making such able speeches as to command the resp)ect and surprise of theimemboers. True, these speeches were regarded as made mostly for out side consumption, but they reflected credit on their authors. Then in order came the woman suf fr-age crusade, and what might, for the want of a better term, be called the fight for the poor man, as it was called by its champions, but whleh really was to leave the elections in the -State in about as much of a tangle as ever: then the Patton or soldier plan, and other propositions for the settle :ment of this much vexed matter. [ttook a ek for the convention to et through with four sections of the snifrage plan. Most of the time was spen in speech-making, but the memi he'rs feel that the time was well spent. Asidel fro,m the oratory that was in oi 1 ed ini, the result of the week's wor is s hown by the following sum mayof the votes by which the several gruendments to the section were de ImmiOediate womnan's suffrage (Clay tonl amendment, 1:21 to :2t.) Emergency woman's suffrage (iligh amewndmient, !I'J to 4.) (o.ufederate soldier p)roposi tion [5tt' u plan, 117 to :20.) Omission of property qualitication andl extensionl of understanding clause i:'i endment, 129 to 10. ieogvniti, of existmng registration - (erWlicates (-lervey's amendment, 126 Austrailian ballot system (Dudieo's *)n,O0 to 2:3. To strike out property qualification ogr'a:uendment, 75 to 48.) To strike ont the property aud edu cational qualitie'tion ; (Senator Irby's General destruclion of plan fromr * coh>red members. 1:10 to 6i. - Cumulative' p)rop)erty p)lan (Mont 'omery's amncdmnent, viva voce vote.: it was after all of these amendments n p)ropositions had been defeated that thle conIveUtion decidced upon the fur th sectioui as repo'rt''d by the comn mite whic hadr hobind it the strong T an w i - an.:- had as its a th ama ola . . no exncta 6- po-.isiin the plau j Ta ec ofth to political p'arties cat.iLsth U.c "ustnber ofv votet th: pre:.l in lcion shall have representi e - n ihoard of managers at each pr einet and on the board of county can vassers in each county." Some of the delegates have expressed their opiniou that they do not want this, 'but the committee will contend that it is nota rwho may be a Republican, but of the party that he represents. It is con tended by the committee that this pro vision will make the suffrage plan stronger in the public esteem, and that it can do no harm to have Republicans on the board, but in sonic counties it seems to be a kind of second nature to object to colored people having any active part in the management of an election. The committee. after expia nation, and perhaps a fight. will no doubt be sustained. It is not known whether the plan of providing for three managers for the first registra tion will be fought, but as the provis ion is so manifestly fair, oppusition to it would probably be only for a record. IThere is also a provision that the reg istration books shall be closed thirty days before an election, and the effort is likely to be made to change this, either for a longer or a shorter term. PLAN Fo: A SHoRT SESSION. When the sufYrage plan was taken up soic thought that 1i would be finished in two or three days, but it took %ery much longer, and so it may be with what is vet ahead. The Legislature meets on'the 27th of the month, and that would give the Convention seven teen more working days. There are some who think that the work will be finished in that time, while others think that such a thing is out of the question. if the 'Convention insists upon adjourning in time to make way for the Legislature, it will have to adopt a schedule something like this: Untinished portiont of suffrage plan, one day: unfinished portion of the Legislative report. homestead, etc., one day; unfinished portion of finance and taxation, one day: third reading county and county government as to area, one day: m:enbers' pay, couting cut expenses, jurisprudence, etc., one day; educational committee report, three days: corporation committee re port three days; judicial committee re port, three days: order, style and re vision, (shaping np,' three days total, seventeen days. This is as close as it can be figured, and, if any thing, the-work will be longer. Those who have been watching the proceedings of the Convention know that it is a very unsafe thing to speculate as to low long it will take to dispose of any particular matter. When the Convention expects to do work itis just as likely as not to break and spend a whole day on questions of -personal privilege. The suggestion is made that the Convention ought in any event to postpone the Legislative ses sion until about Jnuary. It is further thought that the Conventio'i has full power to postpone or to uo away with the scssion of the Legislature altogether. Whether this can be done before the Constitution is adopted as a whole is. perhaps, questionabie. lut if the Convention wanted to, it could pro bably find some way of meeting any legal abstr.ctious. The table that is given indicates what matters are pendinr - efore the Convention. The general impression is that the legislative work will not begin until the first of January, and will continue for about two mouths. EDUcTATToNAL ARTICLE. The educational committee report isI now recognized to be of .the utmost importance. The members are be ginning to study the merits of the re port made by the committee, of which Mr. Julian Mitchell, of Charleston, is chairman, and find very much in it that shows a well conceived plan. It is likely th'at the com'.mittee will be a unit on most of the important matters before the report comes upl. Ther^ are now only tsvo on three members of the eoiuwittee who wis any; chage mu'ile in the committee report. The mporanceof having a liberal I ie is nosW the more appreciated on accoit o theeducational <pialiiica ion thatl has be~en incorporated in the suffrage plu n ay ftemm her wih o gve hecommittee every encourageme~nt in its desire to supply a substantial income for the schools. Some want as much as a million of dollars for the public school fund, and if the desire of members regardlcss of how the Statc would stand, or would regardb( such action, a three mill levy would be p,rovidled for without a ques tion. and it has an army of friends now. The co n'mittee has devised several clever methods of increasing the school funds, aside from the dispensa ry profits. which it is intended to di vert to the school fund. The committee has arranged that the existing educational institutions shall be provided for in the Constitu tion. This will meet with opyosition, but it is likely that the recommenda - ion of the committee will be adopted, because of the desire to take the whole matter of higher education out of pol ities as muich as poss5ible, but it will not be done without a contest. T he general expectationis that there wil be a lively time over the report of the. comhmittee on incorporations. The renort, some seem to think, is too leg litve inl its provisions, but on the other hand there is a desire among maa to settle certaiu restrictions on pe oratio:n.-. while there is a chance to de' s. There is much in the arti el. for discutssion. , DA.N' !sArE. !unoles thian two articles have two rriesbeen inserted insisting on hvriueinles that Church andi State bili1 be ~kent forever distinct. The ;tofthe miatter is found in the fol Liv erpool Cotton Sttst les. Total sales c'f tic- ne1: -.003i: A:nr!ean '63000: -rade tYkn" in :- orn : The French Government annnuail approria'es $25,000,000" for vaiu OUR TAXABLE PROPERTY. THE FIGURES AS CouPAHI* With Those of Last Year. Taxes Levied. The Number of Polls in the State. The general public is always mnch concerned in the annual va.lnation of nll tbe property in the State for taxa tion. for it is a matter of no little im poitance to the people. This year there has been a falling of'. The comptroller general has at last re ceived the figures from the several county treasurers and they ,how that the total valuation for taxation of all the property in the State for the fiscal year just ended is 19, 0,4 19,51, against C17:1.5QS.269 last year. The following is the valuation by counties Am viler " ........... C.:'U. 7.-4''.!IG A ir l - ;.......i ;. ' B 'anfort ....... ... 1 l1;rur"l.. .. .. . . ) t J.;-5 ;O C-i: riel . ......... Ch r . . .......... ChIe: ter..... . . . ;r ,i a ;7 . I C ie.ter:ield........ I.172"I) :31) C!arei1"lnt ......... 2.70450 t;12 1) t "o ittot........... 111. Iarlin ton... . . 6I 71 :.s15 E ;:'l" 'el. .. .. . ~ 11 1 S i irfi l.I . . . . . . . .. ltI ' "i . 1:. 1;J '' F(r r -.. . . I. '$7 llirgeow .D....... .. 1"'' III;I "il... :.. ,5312.5::2( : 5.32.8 J~I1D '(.2 .2I05.07: I ,i0'.78 1[il')';T. . .. .. .. 4.32;i. '1 1 :'I . 14 ....... ::.7 ;.bj :J. :7 i l)J ..2 700.41 ..; 3.7I: i igerg .... .79.45 ..0 , 02 Ii" : s .. . 1.9:3.11:y 4.0O5 7. . . t9.752 7:.54.J:15 'i)rta:i r- . .. .. ' 1.170,231; JU.7:1,1;55 Simter...........6.220.170 ..: uinn............. 3 4.15 : .0t i. 70 \ViIliitni 1urg.. 2.72,1.033 A755.57ti York...............22.390 (;.41,1UJ ToJtal.........$1 69,441.o251 _173.'i..2L1I On this property a total State tax of L8751.34 w s levied last year as L1-inst 7215. 0 this year. Trhere has lieen a slight iacase in the n-w er of polls, as the following I.gwres showing the num.er in each counlty indicatf' P.I..- ................179[ 4.5": \.b ........................4.2(1 4.110 t 1p rtn.bu................... .... ............. .. . IS Un in t........................ . " ,;1 D'1 , ; ) . . . . . . . . . . ' . , C ol ........ . . . . . .. . . .:ter 2 1I ;' aw. h... 1........ ........... i); .. (;....1':1 .. .. .............;,1 SI 1;51 ( illiair........ ..... 1)rll:_i t i .................7 1. :;g ;. : '~ . . i . . . . . . . . . . ..l o r t- :. . e;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I 3 ' I'a rJi_I........................".(;,: 7 I( Lt!: :t..tv.................. 2 S1; 3 5I) I ( :!"ir111i.!..................5371 :)7 4.5.7 10.5 ......... .2.II 72 llorr r................ .l. : :.75 4.:325.0 'it. 7. . 14 'Iiiarnl,u'.:...6.....0 2.D .0 AItili.... 1..7.,.3......31G14 6.220.170 1.5238 o.\ d...... .. ........G...... 0;01.50 Totil.................25:.5..201 On ths prpert a toal Sate ax o cuty irin ica j'1 D- 1 1115. . -~-:'............. . 348 \a-..........................i-t.1-1 .\I-es . ..~DD4 ........1 511:I 1 '' n el............ .5.5. .19 :h r.. ;'.i. ... .. ..... ..... . .. . . i' 4 re - . . . . . . . . :.0 1 -.3 02Dl) fa.id......................&7' r.737f Ge laseor.tn ex...a..ge..stat.ement 2.ot twor on thl O to ere.t ......... .... e7 is557 ollorPrt .ec.............5 li.7. La .:a ter.......... ...... .... .-781 ye .rh0t L Di caur n d..... ...:.... ......h . % 0t t1 .1 7~ LR's).(D-.;In to............a .:)'5 3.5 M ~ a o.......... ...........1 .1 : a .j. no .Marz0lrp......................:'.i" ".',i 1o "and 1rg... .............. .9 0 " 5,: 15;.: I Stan d 1r....... . .. .3 i.t9 Willi; m ontr .. . . O..2.'':1.DG4 Thvemn frowiu tab'. rvs h oa st incusie assessed ag"oanst. eah-'I to vn hdSate:~Os a- 3 64 Ab'eii l ................ o. . .. . Coe .ti .. .\ ie :- 1 . . . . . . . .. . . . 2 . OVER SIX TII4ES AS JUCH cAPArrL PUT IN COTTON MILL% TRIS YEAR AS LA T South Carolina's Remarkable For ward Stride in the Industrial World During the Fiscal Year Just Ended. Soutih Carolina seems, (says thc Columubia State) from the oilicial rec ords. to have been ni,akiug great strides in an industrial way during the past tc::l year-greater strides than she has ever made before, particularly in the matter of the erection of cotton mills. Enterprises of various kinds have been started in the State during the past !cal year with alnost double the amount of capital invested than was inv eted during the precceding year. In this State when a corpora tion secures a charter, it must ile a return certifying that a fixed portir.n of its authorized capital stock has been paid in and that a still larger portion has been subscribed. The secretary of State, who keeps these records, has about complted his annual report and it shows that enterprises have been started :i the past fiscal year with an a eregat3 capital of i5,267,700, as ngainst S5.910,700 for the preceding year 1t94. TE r-orroN Mr1T.s. The must remarkable showing is. madle by tfe cotton mill enterprises. Mills have been started since last No vember - - one year ago-- -which have more than six times the capital inves ted than did those started the preced ing year. In the preceding year the cotton mill enterprises showed an ag gregate capital of $865,000. In the last 12 months mill have been started with capital to the amount of $1,765, 300. These figures do not include the enterprises to which commissions were issued, but made no returns. The enterprises included have nearly .lI been put into active operation util izing the capital quoted. It is a show ing that any State might feel proud of and Colurnhia, it may be said, has about as good a showing in the matter of cotton mill building as any city in the whole country for the period re ferred to. Let the good work go on. Surely the mills are coming to the cotton at last. COTTON'S RAPID RE:COVERY. Many Rea;ons That it is Being Held Back by the Planters. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade for last week says: Failures in October thus far reiorted sho w liabilities of 11.120,48 against 8.20(;,892 last year an' -18.905.494 in 78t93. Failures for : he week have bec 278 in tis Tuited S:atcs against 210 last year and 53 in Canada against 50 last year. The rapid recovery in cotton and the rise in sterling exchange to the point at which the last exports of gold were made have not increased conlidence. Whether coton i kept back b. y preent planters. as many reason, or b.y speculators, makesno practical difference if mercbandise imports (for the past four weeks at New Y arkc 32 por cent.. o $10,20.000 larger than last year), so far ex eeed merchandise exports (for the past four weeks at New York 10.2 per cent., or $2,600, 000 larger than last year). as to cause snip men ts of gold. Cotton has risen to 9 cents again. Specu lation turns for the moment on the disposi tion of holders to keep hack their cotton, which may compel higher prices, some say, however large the ultimate supp,iy may be. Reejpts are at present very small compared with last year's, and it is stated that banks here have moure mnon'.y loaned on cotton, to enable holders to keep it without ma rketing, than ever beforc. Exports and takings of siners are smoall. and stocks abroad: and h~ere are so large that e..nusumers may be bet t r able to wait than borrow from banks. The tendency to realize onl a mnode.rate ad van'e was shown on Thursday, though spot prce.s rema;iin strong. The inarger 1emnd, for inanufactured pro d'ots Imns hldI pr-es of cotton goods andI een adlvaii'rd somein prints, in spite of last wee.sdeine in eottoni. At the" South general trade among jobbers at most poji ts is only fair and in some sections mercantile colleetions are slower, with far mers holdini the-ir erops. Business at New Orlens at the chlos" of tie iiionth is .omaller in v-lu n. as is usual. Galhvest.on reports verv little T exas eotton remaining ini pro ueers' ha;nds a nd ree.ipts falling oft shin rp lv. But *'eneral I rio ho has iin provedl sonme vhal.t at IMemphis. Athunta andi Augusta. and t o a.greater extent at Birmingham. where the output of coal and iron is much larger than heretofore andi the numbler of emp)loyet at work correspondingly inereased with the prospets more favorable than for montht past. St. Louis jobbecrs b elieve next sp)ring's business at the Scuth will be the heaviest for years. RAM KATA HDIN REJECTED. Failed to Comec up to the Required Speed of 17 Knots. The official speed of the Ammen ram Katahdin is 16.13 knots as reported to Sec retary He~r at Washington by the trial boa rd and the vessel stands rejected under her contract, bearing the distinction of being the first vessel of -the new navy failing to reach contract requirements. Unless special provision is madle by the next session of conress. the Bath iron works of Maine, which built the hulil and machinery. must rely on seRing her to some foreitu govern. ment to recoup their expenclitures. In that ease a complication would arise. as $400.000 worth of armor belonging to the United States is iastened in phner- on the vessei andi is vahlelss for cother pu rpoe-. Naval ofil-ers adhere to the~ lior, that under favoraNle coudition- in the tmoth~ water for which the Katahdin was designed. she could esily ma.te the required 17 knots. Her contractors, however. pr-fer not. tot run the- risk of forcing her higher thian theyv did on Thursday an'i prefer to -av' tie whole matter to Presiduit Cleveland. relying on his fairness to suggest a just settlemeint. Br.,ke the Record. That the fast trans-.to inzal train of the Sunwt Route. S:mthbern P.1.ifle. is without a rival is establishedl by the initial trip of the season. Sunset limited left Nev. Orleans. Turday mornin:. -r. 31. with ;' iull eom lement '4o pass-:nycs. arriving at Los A :e 10. SurIne *vening. on th.. det,.t ra versigteaiz istan.* in wo dlay, a ine hours and 45miroutes. S:n Fan'is :o w-as reaThed on time in thr-;e days, two hou rs and 45 minutes. the rastest time ever made in the GOMEZS PROCLAMATION Congratulating the Cubans Upon the Fu_mation of a Government. At New York. Senor Tomas Estrada Palna, pienipotrntiary delergate of the Cubau revo litiotuary iarty, announecel on Saturday that he had just re':eive'il the proela:nation of Gtneral 31aximo (;omoz. which :onfutes the statement that he (Gumez! intends to with draw from the field. The pro<-lanatie:n is as olelws : "TO lt ' th:fil<'er and :eIdl!"rs ef the Armvy of r rt c : W1. hav_ in-t :-:hiiee'el a rvat work. a in'iinst:r work, ile' installation if tho :z-r e'ain. wi--h"1 h:ts threrowti from m.': ,boul.lers ;ui " an:.. ien--" the l,irlel i of tbh great r--:,potn=iilityr~ f b"in,; th."e"hi'f e'xe'-u live. of IIiear:inye I i rt. "I eeinsilder i hi. h::tlti flI work of the on Stitu nti o f ' h .li ma n 1ituCd . awl trant:.n :lone" th:at Ise ill it a:s assurau.-e of the life: and ilnai estai,-htemt tf the C"uban repub Ii-. I aiUa,- i:ti:- Ihe hope that from lhe :-.il wh'r" th.- rm:iiis of Agretonte, lic Wtoull e i!12 fi.rth a new Iegion of entlutsi asti.- 'at ri.>' to ptut i:i-!n n to th' eniterlrise start-.d in IS;;, e:rrvig it t. a ;rrrsSful --3Iy h.pE.i ar." I,ei: r"ali l . O (f those iatriots whol' are l:r arouiil ma: S>mt; alie iiglting tl" S n'tri'l-l . t iit- utli'r's :1r'" fruin liting the iiws whib'i wili guile the te'.Li-iieS of the infnat rpintl.Ii'r. S iIl"rs.I s er-'e lb" my sword and by miy honor to he a faithful guardian of the eon titutietn of the republic, its government and yir .: :ntry's interest. "("-m. in Chi-:f of the (n:in Arfy.' Lieutte:nauts (irar A. S-tlh, ani l lired A. $anezi. who "Mi:im to N:'I rk ats mis-ar ies from General ixim,) Gmezii'-x with 10. 000 for the Ciilan uinita. sai' tit the' left (t:unral Gone, .a "t -i'br 17th at the plan f ation of C:tit. Ty wr' ec:;:orted by: Coel"7nel 1 iri.;;u , :rrn :50 muent to L:'i Prineipal latnt.lei whh''r hiey h:vil a fi-ght with the' S i.iaris thr:e' hi~ rs. lvhvn ti':Sluetil:' tr'eet, w!'r' rolite'Il. T11'" e:mi-sarie-S;lr 'i te re- i",.I l tLil.'o t 'e ast WIth oilt eso.'rt a:I e i. e; it a r,r e liver's "bat. Wh-a Ie re--e. 1 th " aha ma l.Iands thev ni -. :g E ai,h:na n in a sma:k 'oat who t4'.k .etiia ti N:'.tai, and there ther emtbarke. on 1o:irel ti steamnship Antillar ior Ne ''rk. 1I-: FIGHT DECLARED OFF. The Pugilists will Leave Arkansas if tiey are not Prosecuted. At Little It)ek. Ark.. the criminal eao against Fitzsimmons and .Tulian. Brady and Corbett. was disniss:"I on Saturday on cQu dition that the men leave the State as soon as they can eonveniently do so. The re straining order preventing the men from fighting in the State of Arkansas remains in force. and all chance of bringing off the light ia that State is over. even if Fitzsimmons would be willing to light in that State. and he stated unmistakal'ly that he would do nothing of the kind. Thle agreement betwern the fighters and their managers on the one side and the- G.:virnor on the other was r.a:hed Fri.lay. (.>vernor Clarke said he was willing to a'telon proieedings if the men would take themsivvis out of the State of Arkansas and this the fighters agreed to SCIEs1IlfJC ANh) 13)USTRlUL. in ten?is'i1eCnth i iahoganv is net iolancecvoo.i, -ustaining 21,00) Ilacds per square ineb. Some Danish naturalists in Green land have bronht up lobters from a depth of 1300 fathom-s. What argon is is still a puzzie to scientists, as al ."tep;5 to discover its chemical nature have so far failC. It is said thN the la:rcest craue in the world is in the Krupp iron works, Essen. Grmar. It lirts and turns a weitht of 3-5) tor'. The French makcers of horseless car riares claim to be :LiC to propel themt at cost for fuel or 1I ce'nts a mile, wherc the cost of oats for horses is about four cents 'a mile. A naphtha spring has been opened at Grosni, in the Tereh pr'ovinee, ln the C'auessue, Russin, which is throw ing jets to a great height and discharg ing a large amont of the fluid daily. Galton declares that the patterns ou the linger tips arc not only unchange able throughm life, but that tae chance of the lnneer prints of two persons be ing alike is lcss than one in sixty-four bill ions. Dr. G. Schwalbec, of Strasburg, Ger nmauv. is makin;- a tour of the world to miake a s-cientific CoijIection of the measurements of the h?ea.ls of various races and tribes, besides an assortment of skulls and hair. A committee of the British Dental Association has exirmined the teeth of 11,422 school chilidren. One thing shown is that the teeth of children of the rich are -more prone to decay than those of children of~ the poor. Piciet, the grcat Swiss chemtis. has foundi that a combination of sulphur ous and carbonic acid gases possesses remnarkable power as a disinfectant. it not only kills disease germs, but it also diffuses itself in suoh a wonder fully- penetrating way thast it aeds more rap)idly than other fumes. The imunortition of steel wire ganze with iircpared wood pulp has rendered it ossiblec to employ paper for build ing purposes. Thterigidity of the wire counteracts tbe buckling tenldenicyof the paper. The material is water proofed and readily fastened with steel bands. Itt is said to be an effective non-conldictor, snecesduiilly resisting eat, col asnd wet, and to lend itself well to artistic treatmaent. A Whale Far Abwe T''C id:Mater. Captain .1. H. D. Gray, of Astoria, has the petrified vertebrae of a whale, which was found thiiny feet undier round on one of the hils bac': of As toria. at an elevation of 1SS feet above the sea level. There was also a large denosit of clam sheils arnad the whale's bone, but the rest of the bones of the whale were not visible. The fact that a whale was strandel 183 feet above the present water l-el in Astoria shows concluaiv'ely th ther. has been a dood at Astoria in days gone by, to which the fiood in Port land a year ago last June w-zs not 'a marker. Po:tlaud went through? th flo,adis still here, bunt it is plain that the Astoria which ce:isted whena that whale was stranded was annihi lated.--Portland Oreconiau. Over 60,000 acres of Jand in tue mite S~tates are devcied to the culti In van nf elers. IDBJlIRANf_L1 '"IJMi Glvicted of Murder:n' Bhnche La. mont in Sari Frai,co, JURY OUT ONLY FV MINUTES It= Verdict Reach? I Wi'ha:t W'ndoQ anil Applaudc: i)"y a "e:it Crto a.-:' thetic eenc in ('o':r---!Ii- ? !uhe:- i: eome., rys"ti -;e . T:u~- :r., t1. Hinm. Shriekiru silI " T".:1". Theodore Du'rant wa f:m I guilty a San Francisc,o. Cal.. of ma ':1m; .r'a'--h Lamont. It took the jury ')ui - inuu-e to render a deeision. The verdict was a surig to thia st"li' young prisoner, his relat;v a-id His mother, wh) sat wi:h him. .v-ry h.: I the time since tht' trial but . ti"h:l t the last moment th it )ne--. a' i ,:1 : , t wV., of the jurors would vctt f":r a'-41aitta'. "r District Attorney. on: til e ntr:ry. r"l r. vately before he begau his th: y :1. dress. that he was sati?i:. ji jIr-, h- : Each derided on c:onvi ti" a 't ni t:. denec was all in and h'"'ar ti: beran. Dittriet Attorney Baru l 'lt I hi : ment for the peple with a it -r'nl ;'' t'i qunt ao^,ca:t for jutti ce. ,: rirt" ,!-1: D. J. Mutiphy deliver-l I an ta'.l -. ar" to the jury touhing t!;7 l:'r *'/' r-'u " tial evidlene and mat tors of il:d P ti)nS in the afternooa. Th! ha''' : an hour and a halI. Attorney Dichinson.for U a. forral exception to the ch:,r;:. 'I .tt retired at twrenty-cix minte of :I. ; in char.re of two deputy. - "hrC. . T" w :; I across the crowde'" corridor Io 1h" .>a C the Grand 3ury, which ha .ljo ne ; a commodate thei. The jury took sixteet 'niuiit"" to " tt'' it self. and promptly at ten mi: '-t' I I o'clock deliberation b. .'a-tly 'tv minutes thereaftrr a rip vn tit', tltr a mone. the derttie4 to lear: iC2 "'.J agreed upon. AS t he j': r: liledt ' to .t' h1e, et, r r n 1 prisoner turne.l arounl in hi. t at. dt his mother. w,hi sat nixt t. him. were pale, and Mr. Durr'nt se,e i ta it verge of collapse. F.'orma Wrrem 'l:: rose. wiped his tea- dirme:. e'. "'iite his -la.-Ws and real in a clear ro': "We. the jury. find the au l Vn - li' Henry Theodore Durrat. t-;mity -f m-a in the first deree." The prisoner made a eonvisii s in 'half rose as if to a-ldre;? th . i:t 1 mother, with a .:rv that e.:e,at in : m' sbriek and en led iu de.'p s- thr.w n arms about his neck antl p:lul hl:m b..-n a From the densely pa"k, '1 court ron:1 a:i: at the sane monemt a soual that was thril. in; in the last de.tr. It wa- rhe te' of the crowd. Women l:nvf. ant c-i and all strn:.gledi for a bet e- viw of th prisoner. He sat, palO. but seemingly ul moved, while his mother presel her edhe against his. with her arms about h:s nee and wept pitifully. Durrant's father, wh had been s:'ioking a cigarette in the c"orrida pushed his way in and helped comfort th' sobbing woman. The udlge qui.kly restore l or ler ast i an nounced that on F riday. \.' e - .. tence would be passed, and taat on thesam date the trial of Darrant for the murder ( 31innie Williams would be -et on the :lle dar. The deputies then begaa clearing to court room. and, in the wal' of the 'row. Durrant and his stalwart' a;trdiau.!. l on The prisoner's pallor had vanis'eJ. and h was twirling the end of his small mastahi A sensational incident wa thtt. de'anc of the murdered girl's ralativa."s. H"r sistei 3aud Larnont. a mere se'hol)' 'irl. iu'pe to her feet when the verdict wa aun.ounce beat her black gloved hands togetl1:r an gave a shrill cry of approval. The anun Mrs. C. G. Noble. like wise eapped henr hand: Briefly stated the prose.ution chantgedth: Durrant decov.ed Blan-:he Lenant int' tt Emanuel Bactist Church'. in Blartiet. te probably assaulted 'hir. strn ne l he stripped her b:ody and lai.d it .am: carefiul in the belfry, hid her clothes and scho ooks it the dark, dusty corners of the lo and steeple, and then helped im ther scare for the missing girl. Miss La'snt wa' school girl, and attended the~ tuada.-sch1) in which Durrant was a leading sonrit 5N was en route from seaool whe'n a young m joined harr. They weresnina.t: car by her schoolmnate. har' t"at w: the last time she w's -en.. abz by pers2ns wno knew ha"r.9e nian and a girl were s'en ' ' I .'nu_; Church. The'idead] bo-y of .e'mi Wi amns, another acquainin".ii'"''' was found in tihe E-inanI C:mti'e library on April 'l. Sh-' h:ol be.m mu: dred the niaht beffori'.A aem church wats thetnmade'. aid inL belfrv was found te b 'y' oi 31ia Lamont. Susuicion point't-l t.' liurrant. he was conspicuous in the 'our."h w-'o'-~ '' acquainted with the girls an.1 had aecesst the church. He was arrestedl. and for severn weeks the trial has been in p,roare.'a. 3ue cirumstanftiatl ev.idencle was intro0ia:e1 an thu positive evidece wa s tr"ng. H ILLS OF RO31E TR E3BL E. any 31agineeint Palaces and Publi Buildings Damaged. Bells Tolle<l and Clocks Stopped. itomie was visited by violent shoeks< earthquake at 5:40 o'cloek Friday nmorn in; People were aroused from their slum ber and fled to tihe elpen squa~res and thie gr. al est c:onsternatien prevailed. The conv'ent Santa 3Maria 3Iaggiore was gre-itly damnage. A prtionl of the outer w..all was overthrow and a part of the ceiling has fallen. One < the inmates, a no ik, was injured1. TIl shoks were conlim-di to) the proin:.': <' toe. Thtey. were felt very str.'nely at til Catelli Rtomaui, hut the daminage .ian' th-n was not serious. Then ''Ilial 'nb"-rvai.ry r' port of the dlisturbaun"s say's that th:' Ir manifestations were slight tremb'lngs'w.vi lasted about live Sr'.-1ids. Th' M:= more violent for a pieriod if eight.wn Iand then became slighter for nine -eco:.n Two clocks ir' the obtservatoryV st' i.pe ti moment the trembling b.egan, ".n'n indi: ting the hour. 5::33. Th:. diretmc.' 'ft movements was fro:n north to.U soeks c!reatedl a great pai m''"::i miatee of the prison mad at muuny was Itempted by the prisones. Tr' e w q;ikly calied to the assistan at t b: a ers and ia a short time th mtni : s p 'resetd and order re.-tored.Th P'in w:j awaene 'v th' shocke. H. a 1p-4et th news from the city. Inviesgation disel'res i a: b t idaa' gione by the eartu-3i:: fmater -han was at fir. ug : F)l ale "nd the l'ank '' Italy w". naken un that they, are re'ndee I: :. ocnan~y. The Palazzo Odscl 'i.<2 the fines'." l""es in loe and 11: " tt tuct-uuelof thtchara'"e w"-.00 try ot i.nar.e': was also sli.tl d':n"" d The auaesra.g all the 'i in theci and doors were' ::h'e.an w.adov smahed eyerywhere. Th Tr ;-'r.,: .. . . ' - .: LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM31 ANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. .January Cotton Will Go to 10c. Mr. Hec-tor D. Lane, President of the Southern Cotton Growers' Associa tion, was in Montgomery on Monday, after having taken a look over the cot ton situation,. to ascertain whether there was any reason for the recent fall in prices. He says he believes the de pression in the price is only tempor ary, and that January cotton will go to 10 cents. He says he estimates the total crop now to be 66,000,000 bales. He does not believe more than 800,000 bales of it will come from Texas. He says this has been the finest season for gathering cotton he has ever known. Drought in the South Broken. The great drought has been broken in the South by copious rains in Texas, and Wednesday evening the rain area extended as far North as Mempbis, Tenn., and as far East as Pensacola, Fla. The rain area advanced north east over the Atlantic States and broke the drought in North Carolina Thurs day and Friday. Newsy Southern Notes. The First National bank of La grange, Tex., capital $50,000 has fail ed. The assetts are stated at $134,000 and the liabilities at $70,000. The Piedmont Cotton Mill company has been organized in Atlanta with B. U. Hardeman, State treasurer, presi dent, Capital $200,000. I Mr. Thomas Day, an aged citizen, of Winder, Ga., was run over and killed by the northbound vestibule on the Seaboard Air-Line Railroad Fri day. The Louisiana s-gar people have about decided to test all questions arising out of Comptroller Bowler's action in declining to pay the sugar bounty appropriated by Congress in the United States Circuit Court of Louisiana. At the Educational Congress in At lanta Thursday a paper by Wm. M. Thornton, chairman of the faculty of the University of Virginia , on "The Material Development of the South as Related to'the Progress of Scientific and Technical Education" was read. A mass meeting of Richmond, Va., citizens was held Fr:ay evening * take steps toward raising a fund to re place the University buildings. Resolu tions were adopted praying the Legis lature to rebuild the Univere'y, and a subscription of $7,930 was ^ ,ised by the meeting. r Fire in one of 4ne most poalar resi i dence distri- s of Columbus, Ga., Thursday afternoon destroyed eleven 1 buildings, including several handsome residences and the Girl's High School building. The loss is about $35,000; ~insurance about half that amount. SNovember 9, will be known at the great Cotton States and Ioternational !Exhibition at Atlanta as Confederate SDay. Delegations will be sent from chapters of Daughtere of the Confeder acy, from camps of Veterans and Sons of~ Veterans all over the South and t from those Northern cities where enough old -'Confeds" are resident to compose a camp. - The Exposition. Fares to the Exposition from Atlan ta have been cut to five cents. Extensive preparationls are being naide by the commissioner of the col ored department looking to the great est possible attendance upon the negro congresses which will be held at the Atlanta Exposition from November 11 to 2:3. ICuban Day at the Atlanta Exposi tion has been postponed until Decem b er 17th to accommodate some of the epeakers from distant States. FLres. The Lagonda Hotel at Springfield, ., was burned Tfuesday night. It Iwas five stories and a very handsome . structure with stores on the street fronts. The loss is $100,000, partial ly insured. Crime. A double execution under the law which pronides that murderers shall meet death by electricity was success fully carried out at Clinton prison, Dannemora, N. Y., Thursday when George H. Smith and Charles N. Da S vis met death in the electric chair. Foreign. eThe Belfast and Glasgow ship-build Sers have conceded the demands of their epl)oves for an increase of 5 per cent. in their wages. The increase is to go -into effect February 1st. s Financial. IThe Treasury denecit for October, from figures oilicially announced are approximately $6,300,000. The .receias showv $27,900.000 and thae ex per)ndtures ini round tigures, 934. - A t'rata's show is Prospering. The'esurer of the Cotton States ano. Inentoa Expcosition has deposited with the trus:ees for tebondholders 25 per cecr of the face of the boads and the trust tes have given the two weeks' notice re 1quired before payment can be mad'o. The frt 25 y r cent will he paid Novembe'r 11. be even larger for there hans been a 50 p cnt increase for the past two weeks, asi' : rom the iaerease dt;e to special dlays.