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VOL. XXII, NO. 1. DARLINGTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1895. WHOLE NUMBER 1,039. HAPPITHENEWYEAR OoBtlUM ■ou*k*rm r»na«n KK All MIHTIR III PALIETTO. CnAiitm •( towlk OmtMnm, »r «• m4 »»« •‘nnpwa* W«U mrw % •.—Th« OaA.iti.MTon. I. C., Jm N«w« M< Oontinr paWtohW tfcg a rtawal r»H»w of lh« tatertrUl ctfMmOn of toati OoroHnk. h hat rMairaC rafUat trem Mrtrtr* thraa of Hfc eorraopaa4«Ma, praaMaallj eorartar Aa anMra stata an4 «MaUar C araHy apon the aaaMiioa of aara. marahanta, raaanfaetarora and woTklny pcopla aa eotnparad tkalt condltWa ta pTerioat jraara; kow tka ptopla ifeaaraUy kave mat ftitrtr (adakt- cdnaaa Of fha Aorta* year aad wkat sredU they will ka able ta oktaia ia 1IW; kow tke Toltime of tka trada at the itoraa haa compared witk former yean, aad wkat pollay tka farmara will adopt aa to tka aaltivaUea of eottoa aad pravitlon or ops ia tka aaw year. Tka rapliae very very Mach aa to da- PRK8IDENT AT HOME TO ALL. WAaaiitoTo*, Jaaoary A—Tka oraot- daot was at home to <11 Aa world who ahoaa to vMt the White boose yester day, and with kta odlstal isartly ra pes ted tka annaal ak|aot laaaea in tka simplicity and iMpraartraneas ef Arntr- ioan repablican institatioam in Aa Uni ted States. Tke Interior of Aa Wklte kouee waa decorated with masaea of palm*, feml and other potted plante about tka pat' Ion, banka ef Iowan on Aa Mas tela and oartalna of smtlnn kef era the mir rors. The oral Rina Roam, where Aa reeel rlnf party stood, was profsaaly I adornsd, and all Aa roema wave Dia- ! mtneted by tka etaetrollara. The waatkar waa elaar and krlykt I with brllMaat sanshtaa The ap proaches to the eaesattre manrton wen ecespied by doable aoiaaiaa ef arssf and nary ofRoara, str«takln( away fro* Aa perMee ksystid Aa yataa, Aa rad-taaart kelmeta at Aa artillery, the yellow ef tka earahy, Aa whtta of Aa iatontry, Aa bltek-plaaed akapaaaa ef tka nan, Aewad diatinatly akora the aea ef dark Mne. Foraa, resplendent with yald trimmlnya, while beneath FOURTEEN BURNED Torrlbla Fire la an Albany, N. Hotel. T., REIAINS OF THE YKTIXS NOT FOUND. One Destk From tejartre by ^nmpln* Added ts tke T.nef Uet - Fifty Thenusd Dollars Wartk at Aewelry BnrneA Ai.saot, R. T., January 1—In tke Delaven house fire Sunday nijfht four teen people are known tu hart perish ed in tke flames. One person Is misa* lay end a trunk containing 110,000 worth af jewelry waa bnrned. In ad dition to those who were halted to death. Mn. H. 8. Fookee. of this city, haa etnee died from injnrles^acelred by jumping from a window. Injured aa given yesten been addad to. Tke list of the dead la: housekeeper. May Sul] bermaid; Mrs. Ray You town. Hnea woman; Ag the great porta eoehera carriages rap- Atwood, Canada, idly deposited Aa brilliantly attired * ' members ctf ths dlplomalls corps, and inerepiieavary vvr, along Aa avenue eaUadlag down tka talU and reperta in several }**'**•“ .Me streets stood long lines of organl- ara colored by the n imistlc or opti- te writers, hat there Is a general sonaansus of opinion that monay is vary scares; that labor ts aheap and plentiful, aad that home raised hog and hominy are more abun dant Ann in many years. Despite Aa low prices ef ootton, the farmara have done their bast to repay tha bankers, faeters and merehants, and good men can genarnlly gat eredlt aa heretofore. It U clear from this re port that tha acreage in cotton will ka vary mush reduced. THE TRAGEDY IN TENNEMEE. long linas of orgai xatlona aad private eltiseaa awaiting their turn to shake hands witk the president. There were no incidents of a sensational natmra. and Aa raception waa aa sieaptioaeUy suecassful and enjoyabla ana. now roatwrioht accepts. Ellen Dil- ing: Marey ned from tha It Grew Oat ef aa Attempt of te Meke aa Arraet, KnoFTIU,!, Tenn., January 1—Rew* haa jnat raaebad hare of a terrible tragedy on Rew river, In Morgan eeun- iw. Frank Goodman, oonstabla cf An dersen county, waa ordered to arrest Dish Dougherty. Re came np on his man at a country store and read the warrant. Dougherty resisted arrest aad waa backed up by his brother. Jerre Branch interfered on behalf of the constable. Dave Dougherty held Goodman while Dick emptied the eon- tents of a double-barreled shotgun into Goodman’s stomach, killing him In stantly. Branch then shot Dave Dongh- arty in the abodomen, causing a mortal wound. Two or Area bystanders ware wounded. MORAL MOVEMENT IN JARAN. The Seal and raaraga af tha Christians There AsserMag Itself la Maay Ways. SnAROSAi, January 0.—A manifesto of tha Liberal party In Japan hspAe- clarad that tha Japanese army must go to Pekin and that the Sendai Japanese garrison waa about to sail for China. A public moral movement haa recently bean Inaugurated In Sandal. After bile debate the Prafactural assembly, n which Christian woman aa wall aa men were Invited, it waa resolved to abolish legalised prostitution. The credit of this moral vtetoir belongs to tha seal and conrage af the Chris tiana of Japan. ATTEMPT AT TRAIN ^ORRERY. Ms Masked Hse atop a northbound Cotton Molt Train la Arkansas. Oambsk, Ark., January 1—Another attempt to hold up a northbound Oot ton Belt train was made hare about 10 O'clock last night by six masked men. Tka train had atopped at the water Aak when a negro porter who got off Aa train wna ordered to nnoonpla Aa express ear. bnt It wna tha baggage oar which was detached, and Ac engineer waa told to ran tka car ahead. The robbers Aen discovered their error and left the engine saying that tha gtneer had tha laugh on them. NEGROEt INSTANTLY RILLED. Three Workmen Bio »n to Ateass ta a Ton. aesaaa Dynamite Bsplosloa. Rasbviu.b, Tenn., January Jas. Cray, James Alexander and Jamas Fletcher, colored laborers, employed In excavating for the foundation of the new state penitentiary five miles from here, ware engaged In thawing ont a box of dynamite. It exploded and all three men were instantly killed, their bodies being torn to atoms. The ex plosion shook tke ground for miles. CAPTURED THE WRONG TRAIN. The BtohmoaS Collsgs Mas a Mow Froshlont ta ths Chat*. • Rioanoxn, Vn., January Profae ■or F. W. Boatwright, who a few waaks ago waa sleeted president af the Rich mond eellege. has accepted As place, Mr. Boatwright’* election. It will be remembered, met with opposition in some quarters, and resulted ha the demonstration of bitter feeling among some of Ae students. This factional struggle finally resulted in the profes sors being hanged la effigy by some of the railage boys. The position of pres ident, to which Mr. Boatwright has been elected, pars a salary of and Includes the professorship of mod ern languages, which he Is still to All. DESPERATE CRIMINAL* GO FREE Ira F. Hill, ran, cham- of James- Wllson, of i n woman; Bridget Fltasimmons, pai T girl; Kate Crowley, chambermaid; irnando Bel- lettl, cook; Ricardo T< sfern, cook; Megetta Staurena. ehi bermaid; E. Tomagln, chambermaid; limon Myers, employe; Thomas Caqpn, employe; Annie Daly, chamber; Ion, chambermaid, hj Carey, chambermaid, Bo far as could be 1 hotel authorities, theM'Ove list in cludes those who werejnsuccessful In their efforts to escape. The guests on the fl floor and their deaths ars not known, Cine of the por ters who went up to arn them said yesterday that It « impossible to lead them to safety. *y simply went wild when they learn of the fire. Streams were playi >n the ruins all day. No attempt wi be made until this afternoon to sea for the bodies. A thick Are wall v ih divided the main walls from thf tside ones was bnrned out. A commercial ti trunk full of jewel: was valusd at 50,; Her, who had a his room which it It all. THE OHUROH 3W IN ASHES. Finest Hsnse of 1 khl r to th# •■nth Five •( Ths Tonng Alnbmm* “Daltons” Macs Small Osins for thslr Tronblw Moiun, Ala.. January A passen ger In this city from near the scene of the train robbery at York, Ala., states that the robbers secured only #17. They mistook, It la believed, the local pas senger for the through train which 1* said to have carried Wto.OOO. Virginia Firm Forord f» Ae Wan. Lrycaarito, Va., January E—The T. 3 - Win retail boot aad shoe merchants tNJs city, aaade an assignment ysa- hpjgr. MaMHtUs about #M0*i aeoete <b,n#. i Make a Leap for Life From a MlMoart .fall. St. Jorkph, Mo., January Be tween midnight and daylight flve des perate criminals escaped from the Old Buohanan county jail. They are Pat rick Crowe, who shot three people in Chicago in one night and waa In jail here for train robbery; Joe Duaty, un der sentence of death for rape; James Owena, murder, sentenced to be hanged In Atchison county; Harry Curtla, for forgery, and William Fullmer, a house breaker. So far the authorities have no trace of the fugitives. MET ON THE BLOODY BANDS. Three Cornered Duel to th* Death en Arhsnsa* Soil. Lirn.a Book, Ark., January 1—A three cornered duel was fonght hsr* between Jack Sloan, a wealthy saw mill owner, and two brothers named Patrick. The two brothers used pistols while Sloan did faAl work with a Bowie knife. All three received faAl wound*. The trouble waa over a set tlement of wages due the brothera THE PROVOCATION FOR SUICIDE . Printer Drives Dali fnrn Away Taking Mis Own Ufa St. Loots, Mo., January 0.—Charles Yeager, a printer, aged M, was found dead In a viaduct in Forest park last night A lettor oa hla body explained that he had killed himself because they put machines In the newspaper offices and had “let him •at" te was In sured for #0,00#. TO SUOOEfiD SCflAtoll CAMDEN Kew Candidate In Iks Field far West Vlr yin la Senate rial Meners. CKABUMTOX, W. Va., Jenaary 0.-J. B. Floyd, ex-sAte senator, announces that he’ Is a candtdaA for UnlAd BAtes senator to succeed Senator Camden. Mr. Floyd recently left the democratic party and had been a rapublioan ever since. Lexow on Dr. Fnrkhursl’s Criticism. Albast, R. Y., January 0.—Senator Lexow, as chairman of the Rew York city police Investigation committee, In referring to Dr. Parkhnrat*s public criti cism* on the work of tha committee, had no answer to make to Dr. Park- hurat’s manifesto, sAting that he thought the work of the committee was sufficient answer, Orgnatnttna «f th* Ksw tork Assembly. A Liu nt. N. Y., January 0.—H. Pish, B«ra«d la Chattanooga, 1%. ttsnnogn. December! Shortly after the b diction was pro nounced at the mo ig services of the First Baptist churJodsy flames burst with a roar throumho floor of the auditorium and thlhol* interior of the church was ing snowstorm vs; and th* Are depsr' possible to make slippery street*, another difficulty lack of water froi the net reenlt Anally rained. It was th* haul any description li finest Baptist chui tenth, coating a) •30,900 Insurance > about A Tram BO* Toaa, Ala., bound Alabama ger train, due hi was held np al here and the A passenger thi during the robb«i were only two robbed except thj aengera not boll gotten from the known. tray M»»« •>' Knoxvii.lu, There la eonrtd; over th* myate; William A. Sehei a prominent dry been missing r When seen last In a saloon witl night, and said home about thi It la feared that river. I In tha River, December 31.— excitement here disappearance of shipping clerk of bonse. He has fednesday night Aking a drink ids about mid is going to hii in the country. I jumped into the Ckattanoogs U Chattanooga, Wilson, mam C. D. Kenny’s ed, and it is bi eelpA of sevei faso was Aken Wednesday, win This money has In the bank, on the case, t his whercabouA (.one Wrong. ember 00.—8. L. locai branch of has disappear- with him the re sales. About jm Saturday to was last seen, been deposited es are working mnd no trace of Striking gnoemamsm ra a ram** Hatjahiu,, Maas., January 0.—Th* striking shoemakers held a large parade and labor rally last night Ful ly #,000 men and women were in Una, besides two braes bands aad several dyUm oerps Branek of (bo Baak of MeaSraat Montbxal, January 0.—The bank of Montreal ha* decided to etAWiek a branch In St Johns, R. t. They will not assume th* ponded banka lAMUtiee of Wan*** Weather Ahead. Jr., of Putnam county, received the re publican caucus aemlnaUoa for speaker of the assembly last night Th* senaA will elect Senator O’Connor, of Bing hamton, a* president pro Am A eno- ceed Lieutenant Governor Saxton. Alabama N»rroe» C.I.brata Haiaaripatloa Montoohkby, Ala., January 0.—The colored people of Montgomery sele- brsted emancipation yeeterday by a public parade and a publle spoech by Booker T. Washington, P^krtpal of th* colored normal school at Tuahegee. ggfll Raowa Financial Writer Dead. London. January 1.—The death of Arthur Ellis, financial editor of th* London Time, aad London ^raapond ent of the Evening Poet, of New York. 1. announced. Mr. Bills was previously fT ..-.ui adltac ef tt(p London Dally N«w®. fjfhun** SoccffiMor Appelate*. Kroxvill*. Tenn., January 1—Gen eral Manager Hudson has appointed C. WAMmATOH, January #.- Foreeast! Dessassnre, general -agent road, he Memphis and Charleston rail Tho Southern' Knoxville, T ning M. Bolton. Southern rallwa; begin today the In this city whic| the old East Ti Georgia comps the shops will will give emplo; hundred men, at Knoxville, muary I.—Chan- •ngineer of the i the city and will ^tion of the shops commenced by Virginia and rhen completed, it $475,000, and to twenty-five NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. j Joseph os n enisle Will Leave the Depart ment of th* Interior Soon. Raleigh, N. C., January 1.—Joee- | phus Daniels, chief clerk of the depart* ; ment of the Interior, will, at the end of . the present week, resign that position in order to devote his entire time to th* ! conduct of his newspaper, The News ! and Observer, here. State Geologist Holmes has made hla annual report. It aay* the moot profit able work done has been the develop ment of the monaxite Industry. This mineral is more abundant in North Carolina than anywhere else. It Is found in counties which elustor about the South mountains and la a yellow sand found In streams and from It thorium ia chemically separated for making incadescent gaa burners. The mining of monazlte will next year be far larger than ever befbr*. 9Ate Geologist Holmes announces two new Industries, these being mills for mak ing carundum and emory wheels Carundum raining ia now mere exten sive than ever. Plans are being made to restock with long leaf pine the waaA lands in th* sandy regions in the eastern counties Half a million there can be restocked, the only things necessary being protec tion from fires and hogs, which destroy the young trees. Fires destroy as much timber as is sold. EfTorA will also be made to secure th* adoption of th* much superior French system of gath ering turpentine. TRAGEDY NEAR BIRMINGHAM. blaze. A blind- ng at the time ; found It 1m- speed over the red at the church nted itself In a >zen pipes, with church was lest structure of le city and the building la the #100.000. Only irrled. farmer Killed by * Trio of Drnnkea He. gross for Ula Money. Hirmingiiam, Ala., December 00.— Three unknown negroes called at th# house of Ed Y. Daniels, a prominent farmer residing near East Lake, six miles from here, this afternoon and de manded something to eat from Mra Daniels. When she told them that xhe had nothing for them on* of th* ne groes went out to ths barn where Dan- iels was feeding his stock and drawing a pistol on him demanded his money. Daniels told him he had none and see ing the negroes were about to Mil him, attempted to disarm him when th* ne gro fired. Daniels uttered n shriek anrt fell morAlly wounded. His wife breed the shot and hastened to th* barn but was met by the murderer who drew his gun on her threatening to kill her if approached. Th* negro** then fled to the woods. GLADSTONE'S BIRTHDAY. 1 Two Men. 1.—A south- | Southern passen- 8:80 last night, miles north of sr was robbed, on the train sports that there Nothing was i car, the paa- The amount i company is not BeGoee* Its ToritKA. Kan. elal publication men A for the yf day, show* a reu reduction amouj pared wit* 1893. 150.000 was seeul The Bock lslan| about th# same I Assessments. iry 1.—The offi- railway aasess- Issued yesler- ile decrease. The #2.000,000 com- ils decrease, 81,- the Hants Fe. issment remains Tllden Claims I N*w York, Jal ef Baltimore, hfi tad beads vain* tke peraon of f i and Honda. -H. B. Tllden, sed the stocks 0.500 found on sal now under Tke Ex-Preraler of Kuglesd fleoered ky Hit Faithful sed Lerlag Friends. London. December 81.—Mr. Gladstone celebrated his 85th birthday Saturday and Was the recipient of hundreds of letters and telegrams and birthday gifts. He is A remarkably good health and spirits, and despite the stormy weather, drove through the village of Hawarden to church, where he met a deputation of Armenian Christiana from Paris and London. The deputation presented a stver chalice to the church, of nhidh Rev. Stephen Gladstone, son of the ex-I’remler, is rector. Mr. Glad stone expressed his sympathy with the sufferings of the Armenian Christiana The depuAtion took luncheon nt Hn- warden castle. The Prince of Wales and Lord Aberdeen telegraphed con gratulations. A FIRE OF COTTON. Planters Lose Their Property by tbs Burs- Ing ef a Freight Depot. Lawrencxvii.lr, Oa. December 01.— Twenty-five bales of cotton bclonlng to various plantors were destroyed by fire yesterday morning at th* Georgia, Carolina and Northern depot. The fire waa discovered about 2 o’clock, and had It not been for a freight train with a crew passing, over three hundred bales would have been destroyed, be sides the new depot and all the adjoin ing warehouses. The origin of th* fire ia unknown,' though some suspect In cendiarism. It is said thieves have been Aking cotton by the bale and set the whole lot on fire to hide their tracks. The road is careless in leaving several hundred bales of cotton lying all round the depot most ef the time. This is about the third fire at this depot. WILL FIGHT FOR BUSINESS. Florida Railroads Will Wags a Merry War for Winter Travel. Jacksonville, Fin., January 1.— The appointment of W. B. Wrenn as passenger traffic manager of the Plant system. Is considered in this city to mean that an aggressive fight for pas senger business between the Plant sys tem and the Florida Central and Pe ninsula is about to be inaugurated. The business Into Florida up to last year was controlled exclusively by die Plant The new Florida Central and Peninsula line to Savannah, however, cut deeply into him and thus he puts at the head of that department a man whose aggressiveness is nnquesUouto. An Additional Cotton Tax. Calcutta, December 20.—The legis lative council, by a vote of 11 to 9, has passed bills amending the act of 1804, by adding cotton yarns and fabric* A the list of imported articles dutiable at 5 per cent, and levying a 5 |>er cent ea- eise duty upon cotton goods manufac tured in India. A Georgia Cottoa Mill. Lowell, Mass., December 99.—Hla annonneed that the stock of the Whit tier company mills I* to be laersaaed I from #75,000 to $300,000 and that a new mill of brick, three atorlea high, will be built In Georgia Some of the same grades of goods will be manufsetured there as in Lowell now. SOUTH'S IRON TRADE WEEK’S NEWS CONDENSED. A Most Remarkable Record la TeunGeaea and Alabama. A majority of th* responses received from stockholders favor the reorgani zation of th* whiskey trust. It Is believed that th* British steamer Abydoe, with Its entire crew, foun dered off the coast of Erin daring th* THE PROSPECTS FOR THE NEW TEAR Th« Southern railway company of fers free transportation for all »hip- menta to tha destituta farmers of West ern Nebraska. Production Has llooa a Million Ton* Moro Daring tho Last Half of 1S94 Than In tho First fix Monthi—Aa KxcoUcnt Showing. Chattanooga, Tenn., January t.— In ita trade review of the year Jnat past, the Chattanooga Timea in speak ing of the iron industry, says: The record made In the Iron trade In Ten nessee and Alabama for the past year ha* been most remarkable. Beginning with a dull and low market the first half showed both a small production and a small consumption; while on the contrary, the last half showed a very large productlonand large consumption. The stocks of coke iron in Tennessee at the close of the year are 150,000 tons less than at the beginning, while the production is 75,000 tons per week, or 100 per cent greater than at the beginning of 1894. The production has been, in round num bers. 1.000,000 tons, or 40 per cent greater the last half of the year than the first half, and prices have declined, and are more than 10 per cent lower than they were twelve months ago. At the present time stocks are accumulating, but it is fair to presume it is largely owing to the desire on the part of consumers to close out the year with as little iron on hand as pos sible. The course of prices, both in bar iron and steel, has constantly tended downward, and It la not unreasonable to predict that they are at the very bottom, and that from this on the course of prices must tend upward. It Is a well-known fact that pig iron can be bought today, either in Chattanooga or Birmingham, for 10 per cent leap than the same grade can b« obtained at the nfbst favored points in England. This condition of affairs 1« ef course not nor mal, and can only exist so long as labor is ae largely unemployed and must accept unrea sonably low wages or remain idle. MeAffct*} PgMgAOOLA, £ ■ gam* i i aonora. 9.—YeeAr- bstwoen Mem- In a vic- M t##. lultsd K.portea l timer, bpiumm*. Buenos A this, December 29.—The government has published by decree i that the port* Hants Fe. Rosria and Co- ! lastine are infected with cholera Official figures show that 25,471 young men in Germany were tried In their ab sence and sentenced last year for at- AmptiM A evade atilitory. esroUaieov Trad* Condition. For th* W**k. Nrw Yobk, December 00.—Brad- street’s report today says: General trade preseuA the usual holiday chai* acteristlca. A majority of vvholaaale dealers and manufacturer* are begin ning or have finished taking account of stock or arranging aettlcmeaU for the new year. Main activity haa beea for Christmas specialties In reAIl lines. The practical conclusion of holiday trade has brought about a moderate re action, and this emphasizes th* dull ness noted la preceding week*. Merchants generally Incline to th* view that 18V5 promises a favorable business, although opinion is divided aa to whether renewed activity will mark the early months of the coming year or not. QuoAttons for sAple merchandise show much firmness, with sugar, cot ton, wheat, corn, steel, naval stores, tobacco, tin and copper practically on- chaned In prloe. Coffee is depressed and there are rumors of contracA for iron and steele at a shade under last weeks quotations, although uncon firmed. Southern cltlea uniformly report • quiet trade in jobbing lines. Charles ton, Savannah, and AuguaA report col lections slow, but at Nashville, where merohanA regard the proaneeA for spring business reasonably good, col lections are fair. Manufacture* at At- lanta are doing little and ChatAnooga Jobbers likewise. A moderately Improved demand for funds ia announced from Memphis, and at New Orleans the only gain is a bet- Ar feeling in the rice market. Galveston notes the exception with an Improvement expected shortly afAr January 1, and with wholesale mer- chants In nearly all lines sending out travelers. TO HONOR STEVENSON. A Msmortal M**tlug With Readings aad Address** to b* Held In New York. Nnw York, December 31.—A memo rial meeting for Robert Louis Steven son will be held at Carnegie hall, Fri day evening, January 4, under th* auspices of the Uncut Leaves society. Edmund C. Stedman will preside. Andrew Carnegie. Richard Henry Stoddard, George W. Cable, William Winter and others will make short ad dresses. David Christie Murray will deliver th* principal nddreaa. Selec tions from SAvenson’s ballads and stories will be read by Nelson Wheat- croft. Many gentlemen distinguished In the literary world and In affairs will act as vlce-presidenA E. DUDLEY DUNCAN ARRIVES. Th* Cold Weather lirorm Him late Nash ville. Nashtili.k, Tenn., January 1.— E. D. Duncan, the member of the legis lature who has been walking from Washington county, East Tennessee, to the capiAl, reached here yesterday afternoon, having been forced by the bitter cold weather to come by rail th* : last fifty miles. In an interview he says he did not take this tramp for A* , purpose of gaining newspaper aotorle- 1 ty, but to study the life and habits of . the mountaineers, as he Intends writ- ' ing a novel and include in it the results of hla study and observation. A Small Baak CI*te<L™^™™ ClfATTANOOL 4, Tenn., January 1.— The Chattanoogr Storage and Hanking | company, W. E. Ashcroft, president, assigned yesterday. The assets and deposits are r Tuall. Lrrd Churchill Improving. Loniks, Jm uary 1.—Lord Randolph Church : 11 was reported last night as gaining strength. Onlesn special cans* arise no more bulletins will b* IssBert before tomorrow. Snow Storm aad Fir* at B*flla, Alabama. Heflin. Ala., January 9.—New year •Arted with a snow storm and a big Are. One whole block of busln* houses were burned. Chaaeat lor Blgglat In ftetewaro. Dovxn, Del., January 2.—The result of th* senatorial contest is still Ain, with shaneea favoring The city attorney of St Joseph, Mo., has formally charged th* police depart ment of that city with corruption, and an investigation may result Charles Mowbry, the English anarch ist. )■ In jail nnabl* to give a bond of •1,900. He is aeensed of making incen diary speeches at Philadelphia. M. Dncroln, ef Paris, senator for th* Loire-Inferiear, In dead. Deputy Au- dAlfred ha* beea air*Ad senator for the Lolre-Iaferieur to sueeeed him. Physicians In attendance upon' Lord Randolph Churchill announced that there Is no hope for hit recovery and that hi* death Is a matter of only a short while. Berlin gossip now has It Ant Prinoa Hohanloh* only Intended to net as chancellor for a short tlm* and that ha will be succeeded soon by Count Bo tho Zu Eulenberg. And now It Is France that wants to Ake a kick at ths United States for al leged Arlff discriminations Agricul turists demand higher duties on Ameri can beef and sugar. Earthquakes continue to be felt In Sicily. The town of Romenetta in th* province of Mscslna, has been greatly damaged, vary few of the houses being left in a habitable condition. I Th* court-aaartlal A the cas* of Cap- Ala Dreyfus A Paris, who was recently condemned to Ilfs laiprisonment for high treason, will hear th* capAln's petition for another trial today. Ths temperature Friday night A Florida was five degrees lewer than anv previously recorded. It was lower than daring A* great frees* of AM, which proved so damaging to crops. Press dispatshes tell of an Indiana man who has gone through ninety-three nights and day* without sleep and it apparently thriving. He says he feels as though he would never sleep again. A. Hull, of Augusta, haa been elected a director ef th* B«uth Carolina and GeorgA railroad. Th* following state- ment haa been made: Gross earnings 8618,462, cat earnings SlU.Ote, interest Axes #154,050, surplus #57.994. A jury at HunAville, Ala., awarded th# widow of Robert Ross a verdict fox #18,000 damages against th* WesArn Union Telegraph company for falling to deliver a telegram to Roto warning him that aa attempt would be mad* to kill him. flecreAry Carlisle haa Itauad regula tions for Ae needed reorganisation of th* supervieing architect’s effies, in or der to place A* planning and construc tion of public buildings upon a more businets like basis. Japan has little faith in China's pro fessed dtolra ter peace, having beard that the Chinea* sr* acgotlating for Ae purchase of A* Chilian navy, and are trying to enlist German officers for Aeir army and navy. Wages at Carnegie's Homestead steel plant have been out from 10 to 85 per cent. Th# men will submit. They reached that eouelusien soon after con sulting with Hugh O’Donnell and get ting the benefit rf hi* experience A Ae desperate and futile strike of 1899. Andrew Saner, charged with violat ing the national banking laws at De fiance, 0., was refused a new trial and aenteneed te tear years A th* peniten tiary. He Is mo ef Ae bast known men A Northern Okie, aad klssratoaoe has eraated a mutation. Aa appeal will be token. Dean Hot* ef Ae Roekeoter Cathe dral, who la making a tear ef th* Usd- tod States, preached hi* first sermon in this country at Trinity ehuroh, New York city, Sunday morning. Joseph P. Ryan, national secretary of the Irish National Federation of America, re ports that the federation bad forward ed. through Eugene Kelly A Co., #1,000 to the trustee* of A* Irish Parliament ary fund. An international exhibition of pat en A and inventions Is to be held at the Grand Central Palao* New York, in March, under the auspices of the Com mercial exhibition company, which has IA offices at th* Grand Central Palace. Tke exhibition will be divided Ato three departmenA; First, patents, in ventions, and novelties ; second, photo graphs and photographera’ supplies; third,- pa Ant and propricAry medi cines. A libel bat been filed in th* United SAAs district court A New York on behalf of Georg* ChrisAll, against th* •teamahlp* Creel* Prlne* and Car id Prince, which ply between New York and Trinidad. CkrlsAll says that he agreed te charter the ateamera for four years, provided they could make tern knote aa keur. They have foiled, and he has been unable to ran Asm on tlm*. He has lest Sit,#87, as well as imporAnt contracts wLA the govern ment at Trinidad. The anniversary exercises of the bat tle of New Orleans will be commemo rated on January 8 at th* Plaza hotel by a banquet to be given by the Busi ness Men’s democratic association. Among prominent democrate invited are President Cleveland, Vloe-Presiden Stevenson, Secretarim Lament, and Bissel, Senator D. B. Hill, Joseph S. Miller, United ■tote* Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Governor Morris of Connecticut, Governor Werta of New Jersey, Govern** Russell of Maaeachu- totta. Senator Walsh of GeorgA, The odore Baoen of Rochester, Frederic B. Ooudcrt, and othaaa trail ++++•{•++++4 +++++++4 4»+♦♦♦♦♦ 1595. Read this if yon want to make a Dol lar double itself. 600 yards Press Goods, fovmer price, 30 cents, now, 523 ct8{ 200 yards Di-ess Goods, former price, 60 cents, now, 36 eta; 300 ya'ds Dress Goods, jovmer price, SO cenls, now, 40 ats; 1,000 yards Embroidery at graat bargains; Red and White F’juels, formerly, oOc, oOc, now, - - COc, 3Jc. 2Jo, i.'. ,, lio". £ <» D P a a. W o 05 11 «T4 f Z c IT COST! 60 Remnants in Corse is. @11, 3STOW, 76 c eisrrs. Jersey Cashme-e Gloves, for merly, 60 and 36 cent#, are now, 36 and 36 cent#. TERM*! CASH. ^ - Respectfully, H 0 SO m f? 0 0 z 0 * ♦ "U r > z H 00 m o * H O DO W O O O Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of ths members of the Farmers’ Mutu al Fire Assurance Association of Darlington County will bs held at Darlington, in the Court House, at 12 o’clock M., ou Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1893. Business of importance will be brought before the meeting, and a full attendance is desired. l. mcintosh, President. BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, Secretary and Treasurer. Dec. £7— f The Darlington Building ail Laaa Association. A SPECIAL MEETING w.TT held next P Iduy ■!; o’clock, at the office of E. pan. Kstj * lug of t