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VOL. XXII, NO. G. DAELINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1895. WHOLE NUMBER 1,044. IN SOUTH CAROLINA Conditions in the Fannins Dis trict* of the Palmetto. THE FREIGHT BUREAU AT CHARLESTON rramlnant loath Carolinian Laid to Rmu Dlapomor Koapon Short In Tholr Aoooonta—Bcpubllsana Rcor- ffanlsa—Other state News. Columbia, 8, C., February The condition* of the farmer* of South Car olina with cotton at five cent* for the past season has become pitiable. Up to the present time the fertilizer mill* hare scarcely shipped out a carload of fertilizers. This time last year the rush was so great that cars could not be ob tained. The result is that many county aliances have demanded that the presi dent call an extra meeting of the state alia%ce to get the farming classes to gether and consider the situation, de vising some uniform plan of proceed- ure for self help. This President W. D. Evans, who arrived in the city tonight has done. His call is as fol lows: "In reponae to a request of alliancemen from various part of the state, 1 hereby call a con vention to be composed of two delegates from each county a lltance to be held In theclty of Co lumbia In the hall of the house of representa tives on Tuesday, the 19th Inst., at 8 a. m. CHARLESTON FREIGHT BUREAU. John A. Smith, of New Orleans Accept* the Management. Charleston,8. C., February 2.—John A. Smith, of New Orleans, has been se lected as manager of the Charleston freight bureau and will begin work within the next ten days. He was asso ciated with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad for several years, be ginning as depot agent and ending as general freight agent of the lines in Texas, and comes to Charleston highly recommended. The Charleston freight bureau is under the special patronage of the city council and the five commer cial bodies of the city, and will make a fight to the finish against the discrimi nations which have been practiced against this city and other south At lantic ports. DISPENSERS ALL DEFAULTERS. NEGROES DUPED BY A NEGRO. How an Alnbsmn Rascal Secured Hun dreds of Dollars From Florida Darkies. Mariana, Fla., February 5.—Some time ago a negro named Willis Gordon came here, representing himself as agent for a Liberian colonization soci ety. He proposed to transport negroes to Liberia at tl per head. He secured hundreds of dollars and left, telling the negroes that a train would arrive for them last Saturday. The negroes sold all their possessions at a sacrifice and quartered at the depot Saturday to take the train to begin their journey to Liberia, but no train came. When i the negroes realized that they had been 1 duped they became almost frenzied. : There were fully 2.000 negroes—men, i women and children—gathered at the 1 depot, and had not Sheriff Finlayson 1 arrived on the scene a riot would prob ably have resulted. The sheriff sum moned a posse and finally succeeded in dispersing the negroes. Many of them are now without homes and posses sions, and will suffer as a result of Gordon’s rascality. They vow that they will lynch Gordon if he ever reap pears in Jackson county. Gordon claim ed to be from Birmingham, Ala. Charleston's Business Men Urge the Terms of the Message. IN SMALL AMOUNTS FOR SMALL MEANS The Chamber of Commerce end the Asso ciated B.ioks of South Carolina's Leading City Meet and Take Decided Action. NATIONAL FARMERS ALLIANCE. The Annnal Meeting Now on lu Raleigh, North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C., February 6.—The National Farmers Alliance and Indus trial Union met in this city yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock. It was the reg ular annual meeting of thi i body and was called to order in Metropolitan hall by the president, Senator-elect Marion Butler, of North Carolina. Ad dresses of welcome were made by Mayor Thomas Badger, of Raleigh, and President J. M. Newborne, of the North Carolina State Alliance, Re sponses were made by ex-President of the Alliance H. L. Laucks, of South Dakota, and by J. M. Dean, more gen erally known as Farmer Dean, of New York. The attendance is not large, still there are a number of delegates here from states far away. LOUISIANA MASONS TO MEET. Governor Evens, of South Csrollq*. Has a Wholesale List of Prosscutton*. Columbia, 8. C., February 0.—Gover nor Evans has found that nearly every county and sub-dispenser in the state Is short in his accounts, and has begun to make things lively in consequence. Some of the dispensers have been found to have shortages ranging from JffcOC to 91,500. He states that he has his in spectors now going through every dis pensary in the state. He will require every dispenser who Is short to give a satisfactory account for the shortage, or else he will be summarily dismissed and prosecutions and suits upon the bonds will commence immediately. MICHAEL KELLY’S FUNERAL. Bis Remain* «’»rrlvd to Jersey City For Interment. Charleston, 8. C., February 5.—The remaina of the late M. Kelly, who died suddenly on Wednesday night last were sent to Jersey City today for in terment. They were accompanied by the very Rev. Dr. Mooney Vicar, gener al of the diocese of New York, the Rev. Terrance F. Kelly, a brother of the deceased. The funeral will be hold In Jersey City at 10 a. m. on tomorrow. The Steamship Kingdom Apparently Lost. Charleston, 8. C., February 2.— Street Brothers, consignees of the steamship Kingdom, which is reported missing, state that they have heard nothing of the vessel. The Kingdom sailed from Hamburg with a cargo of kanit for Charleston. She put in for coal at Shields, which place she left forty-one days ago. From Plnvtng With s Loaded Pistol. Laurens, S. C., February 2.—Yester day J. Walter Gray, Jr., the young son of General Walter Gray, while on his plantation near here, was playing with pistol. It was accidentally discharged, killing a nine-year old colored boy who was playing near by. General Gray is clerk of the house of representatives. The Uramt Lodge to Assemble In Masonic Temple, New Orleans. Next Week. New Orleans, February 5.—The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma sons of Louisiana will meet at the Ma sonic Temple in this city on Monday, February 11th, in regular convention. The grand chapter R. A. will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, 12th and 13th; grand council on Thursday 14th, and the grand commandary on Friday 15th. The resolution making it a Masonic offense for a Mason to sell intoxicating liquors as a beverage will be acted up on at the session of the grand lodge. Charleston, February 6.—At a meet ing of the chamber of commerce yes terday the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, The business of the country is be ing held in a state of suspense, and securities that have been held abroad are rapldily coming home for redemption from lack of confidence in the stability of our currency and in the abil ity of the government to redeem in gold the outstanding legal tender or eurrency notes amounting to about five hundred million dred dollars, and Whereas, Understanding laws those curren cy notes when redeemed can neither be can celled or held In the treasury, but must be im- medii»*«ly reissued, thereby enabling specula tors m r .< others interested to draw gold from the treasury over and over again as often as the re-issue is made, and Whereas, The only means now at the disposal of the goverment to replenish its supply of gold is by the sale of bonds redeemable In coin, authorized by congress a year ago, when the rate of interest was much higher than now prevails, which bonds can only be made at a sacrifice while the present feeling of distrust exist, the proceeds of which sale in gold is lia ble to be again withdrawn from the treasury by means of legal tender notes a id held in readiness for the next sale of bonds, and so on adfinitum, and Whereas. The sound currency, circulation,as It does through all the channels of trade, is as essential to the healthy condition of the world of commerce as good blood circulating through the veins to the health of the human body; therefore be it Kesolved. That this chamber heartly en dorses the message of Mr. Cleveland, sent to congress on the 25th of January, asking for au thority to issue a gold bond with interest at three per cent., to take up and cancel the out standing currrency notes and thereby put a stop the drain of gold from the treasury. To make? these bonds of such denomination as will come within the reach of the people of small means, and thus enable them to make a safe investment of their savings, which are now piled up In saving banks to the amount of over a billion and half of dollars at a low rate of interest and locked in a strong boxes to an unknown amount without any interest. Resolved, That we urge upon our representa tive, both in the bouse and senate to use their votes and influence in futherance of the rec ommendation of the president in the aforesaid message. At a meeting of the associated banks of Charleston, yesterday, like resolu tions were adopted. IF JUSTICE^^JACKSON RETIRES. THE WEEK’S WORK IN CONGRESS The Newberry College in Luck. Washington, January 31.—A bill ap propriating $15,000 to settle the claim of Newberry College, Newberry, S. C,, for damages done to the college by the ft- eral troops who occupied it after the close of the war, has been favorably re|>ort«d from the senate committee on military affairs. The Palmetto Republicans Reorsnnlse. Columbia, S. C., February 8.—Today the republicans of the state, white and black, meet here in state convention for the purpose of reorganizing the re publican party in South Carolina, which has been spokqn of as a “corpse” since the day* of 1877. SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF. ALL THE GOVERNORS INVITED. From Every State to Partleipat* In the Chlckamnuxa Mltlltary Park Dedication. Washington, February 2.—Secretary Lament, in pursuance of the Act of Congress providing for the dedication of the Chickamauga Military park lias ad dressed an invitations to the governors of all the states being the first event of a military character connected with the war to which the governors of all the states have been invited. Secretary Lamont also addressed a letter to Speaker Crisp requesting the participation of congress in the cere monies. THE GREAT DISASTER IN COURT Salt Against the Owners of the Crntele to be Instituted. London, February 4.—The North German Lloyd manager here is of the opinion that it is quite competent to sue the owners of the steamer Crathie. The decision, be said, rested with the compan's offiicials in Bremen. A long costly suit in Germany, England or in other lands was by no means improb able. DEATH OF WARD M’ALLISTER. The Famous Society Leader Snerambs to the I>r«*»dc<l Foe. Nkw York, February 1.—Ward Mc Allister, the well known society leader, died in this city at 9:80 o’clock last evening. McAllister was a native of Savannah- Ga., a graduate of Yale College, and a plain, interesting gentleman and a recognized leader in Gotham sty. socle Anollier Ammunition .shipment to China. New Have?;, Conn., February 6.—The Winchester Repeating Arms company of this city, yesterday shipped to Hong Kong, Cnina, 1,500,00(1 rounds of 48-cal ibre Mauser rifle ammunition. This is the third shipment of the kind that the company has made since the war begnn. - Fifty Women Join the Suffragists. Atlanta, February®.—Miss Susan B. Anthony made a public address at the county courthouse yesterday. When she concluded fifty ladles joined the suffragists. These are the recruits ma-ie by the convention during its t sion here last \vi<ek. Representative Wilson, of West Virginia, May He Appointed. Washington,February 1.—In the sen ate yesterday Mr. Harris, democrat, of Tennessee, introduced a bill to permit Associate Justice Jackson, of the su preme court, to be retired. Gossips are already busy filling the vacancy thus contemplated, and several names are mentioned for the supreme bench in the event that the retirement shall take affect. Such retirement would give the appointment to President Cleve land, and the name of Representative Wilson, of West Virginia is most prominent among those who are today being suggested for the position. It seems to be well understood that the president is anxious to provide in some manner for Mr. Wilson, whose defeat in November will retire him from pub lic life temporarially, at least, after the 4th of March unless some provision is made for him. en- In- stment There does not seem to he any thuaiasm among the Sumter Light fantry in the matter of re-enlistt under the new law. Hon. B. F. Crayton had a serious fall from a ladder in his barn at Anderson, day or two since, by which several of bis ribs were broken. State Secretary W. M. Lewis is ar ranging for a large delegation at the Y. M. C. A. convention to be held in Aiken, 8. G, February 14-17. Part of the body of an unknown colored man was picked up Saturday near Magnolia crossing, Charleston, the man having been killed by the out going phospate train on the South Car olina and Georgia railroad. The Anderson telephone company will soon be ready for operation. The stockholders have already organized. Capital is all local. Twenty-five sub scribers iiave been obtained so far, but others will soon come lo ro Protect American interest*. Washington, February 5.—The cruis ers Ranger and Alert, now at San Diego, Cal., will be dispatched to the west coast of Central America in a few days to see that American interests are fully protected. The Prioress Returns to l-ondon. London. February 0.—The l*rinoess of Wales returned to London yesterday morning, having been absent in Russia and Denmark since a short time prior to the death of t zar Alexander HI. Justin Mel arthy Re-eleetcd. London, February 8.—The anti-Par nellite members of parliament met yes terday and re-elected Mr. Justin Mc Carthy chairman for the session. German Political Duel. Berlin, February 0.—As the result of a quarrel over the anti-revolution bill, Professor von Kaufmann has chal- leged Dr. SchmoUer, professor of po- «!**>*! science, to fight with pistols. A Synopsis of the Troceedlnxt of Both Hounc amt Senate. The following is a synopsis of the proceedings of both branches of con gress for the past week: 25th Day.—Tbe financial question held the boards In the senate with noml- medlate result. Speaker Orlsp resumed his seat In the house. Several private bills were passed and the Pacific railroad refunding bill discussed. Saturday, February 25. was named an a day to hear eulogies on the late Senator Vance, of North Carolina. 26th Day.—Senator Tellar opened the finan cial debate with a ringing speech attacking Cleveland and the secretary of the treasury. -The credentials of Warren S. Reese.” as they read, signed by Kolb os governor, were pre sented to the senate for the seat now occupied by Morgan, of Alabama, and laid upon the table. The administration currency bill pre pared by the committee was reported to the house recommending the legislation as set forth in the recent president's message. 27th Day—A BUI called up by Mr. Outhwalte. democrat, of Ohio, to temporarily revive the rank of lieutenant-general of the army was passed. The house continues the discussion of the Pacific railroad refunding bill. An amend ment was adopted making the debt due the United States bear 8 per cent interest. 2Pth Day.—The legislature, executive and Judicial appropriation bill was reported In the house from the appropriations committee. It carries a total or $21,81%,520, being an increase over the appropriations for the current year of $437,803. The bill carries considerable new legislation, which is, however, principally min isterial in character. Mr. Outhwalte presented the rule commit- tee's order, assigning Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week for the considera tion of the administration currency bill. Senator Vilas reported in the senate from the judiciary committee a bill to permit As sociate Justice Jackson o( the United States supreme court to retire, and asked for its im mediate consideration, but objection was made by Senator Aldrich and the bill went over for the present. LlrrH Day.—The first day s debate in the house on the currency and banking bill, with authority to issue low Interest long time bonds to maintain the gold reserve, brought out Reed's substitute for the measure. The speech In which he presented the proposition was the principal feature of the day. The bill in brief is that the secretary of the treasury be direct ed to issue three per cent certificates of in debtedness to meet the deficiencies in receipts, the gold reserve to Li. used only for the re demption of greenbacks. The District of Columbia appropriation bill occupied the entire day in the senate. No ac tion. GETTING THE ISSUE READY. VETO BY THE MAYOR Franchise Revoking Has no Effect Upon the Companies. THE MATTER BEFORE THE CITY CHIEF. Progress of the Ilrooklyn Strike ns Yet Unbroken ami Not Gained by KHher Bide — Suffering Non-Union Men Apply for Help. Brooklyn, N. Y., February 8.—The resolution passed by the board of aider- men revoking the licenses and fran chises of the Brooklyn Heights railroad company and the Atlantic Avenue rail road company, will reach the mayor in due course of business today. That he will veto it nobody doubts. He is quot ed by his friends as expressing the opinion that the action of the aldermen is illegal. President Lewis, of the Brooklyn Heights company, and 8. 8. White- house, his counsel, say that they will pay no attention to the resolution, as it did not affect them in the least. The memlters of District Assembly No. 75 were resting on their oars yes terday. They had apparently exhaust WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. The President, Seeretary of the Treasury and New York Hankers, Confer. Washington, February 6.—The cabi net yesterday was engaged for four and a half hours in diecussing the im pending bond issue, but if any conclu sion was reached the time for giving publicity thereto has not arrived. That a bond issue is likely to occur within a day or two is, however, generally re garded as certain, this impression find ing a basis in active preparations there for which were instituted only yester day at the treasury depa. tment into which the officials of the bureau of en graving and printing were called us participants in the arrang-ements. Yesterday and last night was one of conflicting rumors and intense interest about the forthcoming issue. Several well known bankers and capitalists ar rived here from New York yesterday and conferences were progressing be tween those gentlemen and prominent government officials all the time. Among the prominent New York bank ers now here are August Belmont, rep resenting the Rothchilds, J. Pierrepont Morgan and Messrs Speyer and Bacon. Rumors that there were disagree ments in the cabinet on several mat ters connected with the bond issue be came rife after the cabinet adjourned, but could be traced to no reliable source. THE BOODLER FOUND GUILTY. ed all their ammunition. All lust night not an assault on a non-union man, nor ' carrying a total appropriation of S3, - 377,- “Cherokee Bill" has been captured in Indian territory. Assistant Secretary McAdooinspected the fleet at Fort Monroe Tuesday. The steamship Lahn, which aailed for Europe Tuesday, carried 83,503,000 gold. The jury in the case of John F. Dore, the alleged Boston embezzler, has dis agreed. The daughter of Victor Vifquain, United States consul-general at Pana ma, is dead. New York railroad officials are of the opinion that the Pooling bill will become a law. The treasury gold reserve was re duced yesterday up to the close of busi ness to $4S.5J6.’93 Q. W. Dunn has been appointed re ceiver for the defunct Merchants' bank of Binghamton, N. Y. State Civil Service Commissioner Van Fleet, of New York, has sent his resig nation to Governor Morton. Because the superintendent would not reinstate a discharged man, 128 miners struck at Mowequa, 111. The directors of the St. Paul Com mercial Club have adopted a resolution against the Nicaragua Canal bill. The agricultural appropriation bill, a ear, was reported to police headquar ters. No arrests were made after ten p. m. No wires were cut. Ail the cars are running as usual. Forty-five non-union men called yes terday morning on Mayor Schieren and asked to be sent home. They had come from Chicago, Pittsburg and other places to get work on the street rail roads, The railway companies having all the men they need, could not give them work. They are having a hard time they said, and have to sleep in empty cars and other places. The men said they asked to be sent home because they did not want to become a burden on the county. Mayor Schieren told them he could do nothing for them. SUFFRAGISTS LEAVE DIXIE. The Brat trial ot the new eight-inch TloweU torpedo was held yesterday off Newport and proved very successful. Colonel James P. Martin, assistant adjutant- general of the department of the Missouri, la seriously ill in Chicago. Superintendent Potter, of tho Russell Mills (Chiltonvillc, Mass..) has disappeared, leaving a shortage of about $5,000. The claim is made that ex-Governor Pattison is ineligible for mayor of Philadelphia, having a legal residence in Harrisburg. Tho Des Moines (Iowa) chief of polioe and three subordinates have been suspended, charged with protecting gambling houses. Au east*>n syndicate, represented by Emer son McMillin & Co., of New York, has bought the Grand Rapids gas worki for $1,200,000. The Tuskegee negro conference meets at Tus- kegee. Ala., under the auspices of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Wednesday, February 20. Edward Koch, a former member of the Chi cago stock exchange, has been indicted for em bezzling $1000 in stocks and cash belonging to a former client. The Denver police board adopted a resolu tion yesterday afternoon directing the polioe to prevent the exhibition of ‘‘living pictures" which they deem Indecent. Affidavits have been filed for the arrest of five directors of a Fort Wayne (Ind..) electrie road for the discharge of an employe because he belonged to a labor organization. Ex-Commodore Smith of the New York Yacht Club, has accepted George Gould's offer to take charge of the Vigilant In the trial races for the America's Cup defender next fall. GREAT CANAL ENTERPRISE. Lands Between St. Augustine and Hlscayne Bay Opened Up to Actual Settlers. Titusville, Fla., February 4.—The building of a canal through the rivers, creeks, marshes, and strips of lands of the east coast of Florida, from St. Au gustine to Hlscayne bay, is by far the greatest and most important improve ment that is being made in the state. This enterprise is iu the hand of the East Coast Canal and Transportation company with headquarters in St. Au gustine. Mr. H. M. Flagler is presi dent of the company; George F. Miles, general manger, and G. Trevor Spen cer, chief engineer. Will Appeal the Judge Long Pension Case. Washington, January 81.—Commis sioner of Pensions Lochrenx says that he will appeal the case of Judge Long to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia as soon as judgment is enter ed. Speaking of Judge Bradley's deci sion, he said there is no basis either in law or logic for it. Another of the New Orleans Councllmen Convicted of Conspiracy. New Orleans, February 6.—The case of Louis O. Desforges, boodle council- loan, came up again yesterday on an indictment for conspiracy. The de fendant's lawyers made impassioned appeals for their client and the state closed the argument. The charge of the judge was specific in detail and was a masterly document. The jury retired and in twenty minutes returned a ver dict of guilty. The verdict appears to be a popular one and Desforges will probably get the full penalty, which is five years in the penitentiary. After a Largely Attended C onvention In Atlanta They Adjourn. Atlanta, February 4.—Over three thousand people heard Rev. Anna How ard Shaw preach yesterday at the clos ing of the National American Woman’s Suffrage convention. Half an hour be fore the services began the doors were closed to tlie public as the crowd was too large. She spoke for an hour and a half. She said that the suffragists asked for nothing that was not perfect ly natural. God made nature and it could attend to its own affairs without the aid of man. The delegate* will be gin leaving for their home* today. Many of them will attend the Woman’s Council which meets iu Washington in a few days. Tonight a reception will be tendered the delegates at the Hotel Aragon and tomorrow a mass meeting of women will i«s held. A party com posed of five delegates will make a tour of North Carolina and Virginia and de liver a series of addresses on woman's suffrage. They will leave Atlanta for that purpose today. Several of the delegates preached at different church es here last night and a religious con ference was held in the AragoD parlors. INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH. MAXWELL ON TO ALABAMA. Dividend In Alabama and Tennee.ee Hanks Washington, February 8. — The Comptroler of the currency has de clared dividends as follows: Second dividend 13K per cent. First National bank of Fort i’ayne, Ala.; Fourth divi dend five per cent.. Commercial Na tional bank of Nashville, Tenn., mak ing in all fifty-five per cent. The Monument to the Late L. L. Polk. Raleigh, N. C., February 5.—At Oakwood cemetery the foundation for the monument over the grave of the late L. L. Polk is now being laid. The National alliance will meet Thursday and lay the toner stone with considerr- ble formality. The Seaboard Wreck Near Auburn. Atlanta, February 2.—A bad wreck occurred on the Seaboard Air Line near Auburn, Ga., Thurslay night. A freight train jumped the track and thirty cars were demolished. The fire man was painfully but not fatally hurt. Want No More Bonds iMoed. Denver, Col., February 6.—Ata masa meeting held at the chamber of com merce las. night, resolutions were adopted protesting against the further issuance of bonds by the administra tion. Edward Anderson, late captain oi the Carolina Rifles at Charleston, is now the general of the Fourth bn gade. Looking After Legislation Pending Inter ests Affecting Ills Clients Iu That State. Washington, February 4.—Solicitor General Maxwell will go to Montgom ery, Ala., today to look after some leg islation ponding there affecting the in terests of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad compan3 r , of which he is general counsel. From there he will go ag.tiu to New York, where, it is re ported, he lias been offered a connec tion with the firm of which ex-Gov ernor lioadley is the head. His family ill remain in Washington, at least for the nresent. , A Jfow Trial for .llcycr* Declined. Atlanta, February 2.—This morning Judge Clark declined to grant a new trial in the famous Meyers case. The case is to go to the supreme court, and his attorney says that he is confident that he will get a new trial there. The Southern’s Earnings for December. New York, February —For Decem ber the Southern railway reports gross earnings of $1,608,81)3; increase $28,349 expenses $1,068,331; increase $12,933 and net $000,472; increase $14,389. Oregon Deadlock ns Yet Unbroken. Salk;*!, Ore., February 6.—The thir teenth ballot of the legislature for United States senator yesterday failed to break the deadlock. Many New Enterprises and a General Flow of Capital to Dixie. Chattanooga, Tenn., February 6.— Reports to the Tradesman, from all over the south, for the week ending February 5, say: The cotton planters are aroused to the neces sity of reducing the crop, and that the area to be planted next season, as shown by the de mand for fertilizers, will be much less than last year, it being too early as yet to make a definite estimate. The interest in establishing new cotton mills is now very great in all parts of the south. During the week the Tradesman has been no tified of a $400,000 mill to be established near Aiken, S. C; one with the same capital at Ma con* Ga.: a $250,000 one at Baton Rouge, La.: one with $100,000 capital at Dawson. Ga.: two at LaGrange. Ga., one of them with $100,000 capital; a $75,000 woolen mill at Chattanooga, Tenn.: a $50,000 cotton mill at Waco, Tex.; one with $35,000 capital at Augusta, Ga., and others at Athens^ Bamesville. Cartersville and Chip- ley, Ga.. Franklinton. N. C.. Laurens and Rock Hill, S. C.. Belton and Temple, Tex., Norfolk, Vu. It is also reported that a large mill at New Hartford, Conn., is seeking a location in the south. THE DECREASE IN FAILcRES. Don ft Co’s. Report for the Week and Year and Comparisons. New York, February 2.—R. G. Dun & Co., in their report of trade for the week says: Failures during the month of January have been much less important than were appre hended and aggregate liabilities tor twenty- tour days have been IIO.flBS.OOO. against (25.811,- 840 last year, only EM7M93 being of manufac turing concerns, against Sd.124.50g last year, and (8,185.207 being trading concerns, against (14.758,283 last year. The heavy decrease, par ticularly In manufactures, will attract atten tion. Failures in the past week have been ('4 in the United States, against 370 last week and 32 In Canada against 52 last week. MARYLAND WOMEN MANAGERS. Governor Brown Appoints the Female Delegation to the Atlanta Exposition. Baltimore, February 6.—Governor Brown has appointed the following la dies to represent Maryland on the aux iliary board of managers of the Cotton States and International exposition to be held at Atlanta, Ga.: Mrs. William Reed, chairman; Mrs. John Gill, Mrs. Curson Hoffman. Mrs. Enoch Pratt, Mrs. Henry Stockbridge, Mr. J. L. Shuff. Miss Elizabeth King and Mrs. Ritchie. He directed the secretary of state to Issue the commissions at once. 150, has been passed in the house One was killed and several fatally In jured in a battle between two gangs of outlaws near Sacred Heart Mission, O. T. Vigo Anderson, the famous solo flu tist of the Thomas Orchestra, commit ted suicide at Chicago Wednesday night. It is believed that Taylor, South Da kota's defaulting treasurer, is in South America, beyond the reach of an extra dition treaty. The third annual convention of the wholesale druggist of the south meets in Atlanta today. This association was organized last year. The Hawaiian correspondence called for in the resolution of the house of the 1st inst., was laid before the house Monday and ordered to be printed. Two hundred guests at the Allen house, near the Chicago stock yards, were evicted by fire Friday night. The hotel was destroyed. Loss, 840,000. In order to avert a crisis in the presi dency of the reichstag the members of the centre propose a compromise in creasing the powers of President von Levetzow. Fifteen thousand dollars was distrib uted among the two hundred employes of the co-operative horn manufactory of Congressman Conn at Elkhart Wed nesday night. The British parliament reassembled Tuesday with the customary ceremo nies. The session was ' opened at 2 o'clock by the reading of the speech from the throne. Burglars entered the bank at Vernon, a small village west of New York, Fri day night and blew open the safe with dynamite. They secured 8000 in cash and some valuables. It is worthy of note that the total cotton receipts Tuesday at Augusta, Memphis, St. Louis, Cinciunati and Houston were 11,534 bales, against only 8,087 on tiiat day last year. The terms of eighty-seven postmas ters at presidential offices expire during this month. The most important in the list is Cincinnati. In March the number will hardly reach half a dozen. The Baltimore and Ohio Southwest ern, in conjunction with the Illinois Central, has put on a fast freight train between Cincinnatti and New Orleans, to run through in fifty-nine hours President Faure, of France, tried to enter a door leading to private apart ments in the Elysee palace yesterday, but not having the password and not being recognized, was held as a suspic ious person. The steamer Cienfeugos, Captain Smith, of the New York and Cuba line, which sailed from New York January 81 for Santiago via Nassau, stranded shortly before daylight February 4, near Harbor Island. AU saved. W. B. Ryan has received the ap pointment of general eastern joint agent of the Mexican International, luter-Oceanic of Mexico, Mexican National and Mexican Central lines, with headquarters in New York. Saturday, the 2Srd inst., at 2 p. m. has been set apart for the delivery of eulogies of the late Senator Stock- bridge, of Michigan, in the house of representatives. The afternoon of Feb- ruar£Gth for eulogies upon the late Representative Post, of Illinois. It is said on excellent authority that the Atlantic Coast line is preparing to lower the record between New York and Jacksonville, Fla., and to that end will in the very near future make an effort ihit will far surpass any of its previous effort* in the matter of reduc- ihe lime between the above pointa Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, snbmtt- te ' an amendment to the post office ap propriation bill providing that no clerk >r letter carrier in the post office de- I pa; tment shall be asked for hU resig ns Hon or removed from service until written charges shall have been filed ng.. met him. It:: a is frail in BENNETT St HOLT Tlie Pearl Slreel Grocers, P Who are too busy to write an “ad.” this week. f FOR SALE. A phinintion on (he Pee Dee i a mile ami a half from i known public lauding, fit een miles liutn St. Stephen's Depot, N. E. R. R., suitable for growing tine lobacqo, sandy lands, clay subsoil, lime-siabe foundation. Address, P. G. PALMER, Wren P. O. A Berkeley Co., C. TO RENT.^ A BOUT 70 acres of land, i: condition, and near Da: Apply to Feb. 7—2t. E. KEITH DA S. WOLF 33JEWEUER,GE AND DEALER IN Mes, Clicks, Hilrerwe aid Optical Gpl:. At prices to suit the stringency of the times. $y Specials to suit “all kinds of eyes.” Highest cash prices paid for old gold. Roti? Inj of Watches, Cioqto and Jewe' y a specially, aau batiMUcto y- yu, a guuiauieod. Everything I sell jjparanteed to be just what 1 rep rest Wit. S. WOLFRAM. J31~y Operations Begin in the Niles Factory. Warbkx, O., February 5.—An agree ment having been reached between the Niles tin plate manufacturers and their employes, the plant will be started this afternoon after a long idleness. Mne Tin Flat* MUD Koaume. PlTTSBUKG, Pa., February 6.—Today five of the nine tin mills of the Monon- gahela Tin Plate company, South 15th street, will start. Tue Baltimore and Ohio express, from Cii einnatv, was wrecked at Woodell, three miles west of Washington, Pa. None of the passengers was seriously inj red. Ed Robinson, a brakeman, was killed, and Frank Kelly, a brake- Field of Appomattox iuto . National Park. ' ' oan ' wai > ^7 hnrt - The ex P r «»» °°i- _ ,, ,, , T 1 lided with a freight train. Richmond, Va., February 2. — Lee Camp Confederate veterans last nigbti The investigation of the overtime inaugurated the movement suggested clt. ’ms of letter carriers in Boston has by the Richmond Dispatch, to ask the : been completed. There were 472 claims, government to convert the field of Ap- i which aggregated 1278,448. The report pomattox into a national park. Heavy 1 ire Damaged at Utica. riCA, N. Y., February 8.—Monson Attention, Darli T HE reg inga be held Feb. 7. A' requested. By order p. w. F. EViJfHer BENNETT Coutracto Plans and s’ at ‘‘hard time”, MDail jobs, or no pay on Quarts! r weekly tueef- Cowpaoy wi'l ight. Thuisday, It attendance is he Captain: D. EVANS, Seeretary. H. J. LaMOTTK d Builders. ideations furnished ices on large and isiaetion guaranteed, ided. I Brothers' foundry in this city, was de stroyed by tire last night Loss 8150,000. recommends the allowance of 8172,440. i The claims of carriers in Providence, I R. L, aggregate 821,000, and claims in Meriden, Maas., and two stal New York city have also been making a total Typewrnipg and Copying. AM prepared to attend to this class HI of work pifttplly and accurately, a ad would be gDo for those needing . itch services to cstU at my office over Messrs. Welting & pounoilt’s store. Mrs. LUCm». NORMENT. on lodge. of Pyfbl 1st and C'tl Evenings in th, at CasHe , _ joreu. e si eei opposlie Broad. V'»it ing brothers fraternally Invited.