Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I rum bub. | ! m rUnor Events of the Week in a ? t Brief Form. x MitMiUSIXSifikiuiikkkikkSXIiK ? The following new concerns have been chartered: Stone Land Company,. of Greenville (commission), . Capital stock $25,000. Corporators, W. G. Sirrine and F. L. Stone. Bowman Loan and Trust Company. of Bowman's (charter.) Capital stock, $5,000. L. F. Easterlin, president; T. E. Bruce, secretary and treasurer. Robinson-Ellictt Company, cf Winnsboro (commission.) The company proposes to engage in farming. Capital stock. $30,000. President. T. K. Elliott; vice president and general * manager, J. L. Robinson. Gaffney Brick Company (charter.) Capital stock, $5,000. Corporators, Thompson Robbs and J. H. Currv. Pauline Oil Mill Company, of Pauline, Spartanburg county (commisson.) Capital stock, $15,000. Corporators, S. T. D. Lancaster, E. D. Foster. W. S. Montgomery Lydia Gin Company, of Lvdia, in Darlington county (charter.) Capital stock, $3,000. Ok D. Lee, president and general manager; W. F. Dargan, secretary. Sumter Light, Ice and Power Company, of Sumter (charter.) Perry Mosea, president; F. A. Bultman, secretary and treasurer. Capital stock $70,000. James L. Tapp Company, of Columv* Wa, department store (commission.) Capital stock $100,000. Corporators, Jas. L. Tapp, formerly of Charlotte, and W. H. Lyles and John J. McMahan. The company will open at the McCreery stand at once. ^ A special from Newberry says: Wed1 !* ' 3?sday morning about 3 o'clock the f* ^ 4j^ne of Mr. J. D. Davenport was com^ " *^ietely destroyed by fire. The fire originated from the outside and the house L. was Almnst PtlVdlnnoil in flomnc Kafnra ! \M^ inmates were 'aroused, and they - barely had time to make their escape. <v,V- Sfr Nothing was saved, not even the cloth' * lug of the family. The insurance is try small compared to the loss, ' Counted to $1,700. 'T ^ ^ ^ . A Greenville special says: Magis trate Clyde has rendered his decision In the cases against C. W. Clifton, in*, dieted for petit larceny, and the de-'Aendant was given 90 days or $150 fine 'to cover the several cases upon which .he was tried. The remainder of the | i cases were abandoned, as the merchants did not wish to put the county ? to further expense, since it is expected . < . &he will remain in jail and not pay the , -jpne. Clifton has furnished a week's ' sensation and has not profited himself v ' In reputation or finances, while he loses as a hook agent, in which he had ! heen quite successful. I Saluda, Special.?Felix Bouknight, Mmhlon Johnson and Alfred Johnson, colored, have been lodged in jail to await trial at the court of sessions, on fce charge of being accomplices of Robert Bouknight in the robbing and 'f burning of Mr. J. T. Herlong's crib a few weeks ago. Frank Aiken has confessed that he was in the party, but be has not been arrested. Abram Holloway was also suspected, but Magistrate Little dismissed him because of Wi the lack of evidence against him. The legislature has provided for the appointment of a commission to wind tip affairs between Sumter, Darlington, Kershaw and Lee counties. The latter was carved out of parts of the three counties named first, and there are to be settled several questions relating to the old counties for nast indehtert nfc&s, etc. Governor Heyward in comwoce with the act has requested the J^islative delegation of each county "to name two members of the commission. The governor will himself apJ point the ninth member. 9 Governor Heyward has been very much pleased on account of the number of invitations extended to him to deliver commencement addresses, but A: cannot comply with them all. & Within the past two days he has reFJi * ceived no less than seven such inviP ? tations. - The secretary of state has issued I* charters to the following concerns: ? The Church of Christ. Charleston; the town of Fort Madison. Anderson county; and to the Brusy Creek Ginnery company of Anderson county capital stock $2,000. The internal revenue department L. baa had considerable trouble recently [ ' on account of complaints that parties ( representing themselves to be revenue I officers have endeavored to collect a I government tax from merchants who f are as a rule keepers of small grocery stores in the suburbs of Columbia. Paul J. Steele, a cadet of Clemson College, died there of pneumonia last -week. ^ Mr. N. W. Brooker, the chairman of the Richland committee for the Hampr # ton monument fund, is now vigorously pushing the canvass in this city for subscriptions to the fund. So far he has secured about 300 subscriptions, and has collected about one-third of the amount subscribed. He finds, he says, that dozens of men say they will subscribe, but ask him to ccme back later. This is hampering the work badly ,and he urges that all try to say A. A ? 4 Vt s%4* V?r? CXttUliy WUtll tucjr iau 51 *c nutii uc calls. It is of great importance for , the work of raising the $10,000 that must be secured by subscriptions at the earliest possible moment.?Columbia State. A meeting of the stockholders of the Atlantic Coast Lumber company was mr held last week and a number of promts ie^nt men were in the city. There were about 12 in the party and all are milIII,' lionaire8. During their stay here they Eg were the guests of President F. S. ?? Farr of the Coast company. The party consisted of Messrs. Sampel P. Co!t, Commodore E. C. Benedict. James B. - Ford, John J. Watson and H. M. Sadler of New York; Wm. Dupre, Arthur L. Kelley, Wm. H. Perry, Richard A. Robertson, Samuel Norris and Cyrus P. Brown of Providence, R. I. BUYS TOBACCO LANDS | flillionaire Morgan Knows a Good Thing When He Sees It. f Tampa, Fla., Special.?Advices from Havana which are considered reliable state that while in Cuba recently J. Piercont Morgan, representing the f American Tobacco Company, closed v negotiations for the purchase of all the lands in the Vuelta Abajo district. upon which is grown the finest grade of leaf tobacco in the world. It is used in the manufacture of cigars. The purpose of the purchase is to secure all of this fine tobacco exclusively for 1 the use of the factories of the American CIgnr Company, which is a branch * of the American Tcbceco Company. ]f P these intentions are carried out in the 0 independent clear Havana factories in d Tampa, New Orleans. New York, and other cities, will have to look elsewhere for their fine grade of leaf to- d bacco .nearly all of them being sup- e; plied now from the fields reported to 1] have been bought by Morgan. It will P be a great blow to independent trans- e: action. The sale involves seevral mil- tt lions. Negotiations had to be conduc- y ted with a number of individual own- . era of lands. Of the largest clear Havana factories in this city four are owned and oper- 3* ated by the Havana-American Com- tl a: sianuaru is i in vunun. i ^ Boston, Mass:, Special.?Back of the fc present movement in cotton and the c< coming consolidation of various cotton product companies arc Standard Oil c: men, whose representatives are back- w ing both sides of the market and seek- ti ing to carry out plans which Standard h Oil has had for years under consJdera- ^ tion of controlling the cotton crop of the country through the improved bal- tc ing process. Scully, the big cotton bull, P' is a protege of Gen..S. M. Weld of Bos- tc ton, father o? the Planters' Compress w Company, and Scully's broker, in cot- ci ton exchange transactions. Price's backer is A. C. Eurrage. of Boston, a Standard Oil man. who has just been elected a director in the Planters' Compress. Burraee backed Price in t( cotton last year and profited $1,000,000 c by the deal. Mr. Burrage is a persona! p: friend of H. H. Rogers, another Standard Oil magnate, who has an interest in the Planters' Compress and they are working to secure control of the " American cotton trade. . P p Two Accidents. tl Charleston. S. C.. Special.?A News D and Courier special from Sumter, 3. tl C\, says: "John F. Laughrey, man- n ager and one of the proprietors of the Lukens Lumber-Company, of this city, j5' was fatally injured late Friday after- " noon by the explosion of the fly wheel fi of the saw mill engine. A fly wheel of tc the saw mill engine. A flying frag- C1 ment of Iron struck him in the fore- t< head, crushing the skull and face. He was taken to the infirmary, but noth- ei ing could be done for him and the q doctors say he cannot live till mid- c] night The saw mill was completely ^ wrecked and pieces of the wheel fell 150 yards from the mill after passing ^ through the roof. The wheel was ten feet in diameter and weighed G.OfiO n. pounds. . f? High Point. N. C., Special.?A 'phone u message fiom the country says that V1 William Holt, who lives near this place, and a negro man, met a horrible death together. Mr. Holt and the negro were engaged in cutting feed on a steam cutter when the fly-wheel burst, cutting off both of Mr. Holt's A legs and killing the negro instantly. V Mr. Holt lingered an hour or more. b< 01 Ashevllle Oil in Prospect. c] Asheville. N. C.. Special.?The first 0j ??i. o ti-oI 1 tn find nil Pllfl WUIH VI OiliAlUg a n V4* w MWM ? gas will begin Monday on Dr. J. T. Baird's farm on Beaver Dam. five e: miles from Asheville. The building of J*? the derrick will begin then but considerable lumber and tackle to be used in its construction has already been hauled to the spot and the contractors c) who will erect the derrick are here 0( ready to start Monday. The builders are E. W. Litten and Wra. Heald, of ' Sardis, O. These gentlemen are pro- ni fessional derrick builders and .are w thoroughly familiar with the work. r, They said that the wells in West Vir- sj ginia were at least 3.000 feet deep and that the cost of making a test here ?); would be over $15,000. A New Merger. Raleigh, N. C., Special.?J. S. Wynne, secretary and treasurer of the Raleigh C Cotton Mills, of this city, is authority for the statement that a new Fries y merger will be formed by the aid of h New York capitalists and that the con- 6 solidatioL is expected to be effected fi early in April. The Raleigh mills win " the combination. _ Tried te flurder Family. . Huntsville, Ala., Special.?Jos. Powers, a young white man of New Mar- o; ket, Ala., attempted to exterminate a N whole family near that place Friday. ir hi Powers had a difficulty with John Winkle a few days ago and detcrmin- ei ed to get revenge. He called at Kin kle's home today and opened 3re upon y the family through a window. Five a people were shot, including Winkle, a n baby and two women. Winkle's son "V was shot in the eye. Immediately af- 0 ter the shooting Powers took a train d for Texas. u The riothers' Congress. New York. Special?The annual conference of the National Congress of v Mothers will be held this year at De- b troit/Mich., May 5th to 8th. To the u board of management the congress has p entrusted the conduct of its business w tojr three years, thus giving more time p for conferences, discussions, etc. An y important feature of the work of the ti congress is to secure the co-operation rj of home and school, which has been b effected in hundreds of schools on n plans outlined by the congress. t< KILLED BV A TRAIN 'eculirly Sad Tragedy at licalct, Ncrtii Carolina IPERATOR MEETS A TRAGIC !>EAT;i lr. J.-mcfs W. [Jtmaway 5ttps on th; Tr ck "n Front of a Rapidly M?v.::g Passer*: r Train. Hr.ir.lrt, N. C.. Ppe:ial.-J2.Tir3 YY. I )unaway. operator for the- Western ! 'nion Teivgraph Company at this [ ia:e, was hit and killed by train No. S as it came into the yard YVedcesay morning. Mr. Dm?way was golg from the cffl ? to his home, walkig along by the track with his head own. and when in a few steps o: the ngine, stepp< ;1 on the track, sremingr not knowing the train was aproaching. The engineer reversed his agine and clid ail he could to step the ain, but the distance was too shore, /ith the exception of the left arm beig broken and a bruise on the side of :e head there are no external inirics. The force of the blow knocked le man to one side and off the track " '1 V." nivrr -illlnd ftT.ni * It n cVinn'i UU 11C acici 1*4 414 V C4 11 V/ 444 V4. W ying iu 50 minutes. Mr. D una way ar! been suffering from neuralgia for ivoral days. It is believed he was ~azed with the pain at the time and as oblivious to the approach of the ain when he stepped on the track. :e leaves a wife and three children, iis remains will be taken to Salisbury imorrow for burial. Kink-hearted cople have very liberally contributed > raising a purse for the grief-stricken ife and children, who are in needy rcumstances. Violence of Strikers. Kansas City, Special.?Violence enured into the strike of the 211 drives employed by the 14 transfer comanies of the city who went on strike iis morning for an increase in wages nd for recognition of their ' union, erhaps half a hundred men were emloyed during the day to take the laces of the strikers, though but lite work was accomplished by them, urlng the afternoon strikers and leir sympathizers gathered in large urnbers at several points in the west ottoms and held up wagons driven y non-union men. At the Burlington eight depot, the pofice were forced i draw their revolvers to disperse a rowd that had cut the traces of >ams hitched to two loaded wagons. t another point, George B. Evans, an siploye of the American Express ompany, in attempting to disperse a rowd that was throwing stones at a river, fired a shot into the ground. '. N. Latin, a striker, interfered and iade a move to draw a knife, when Dth men were arrested. In the afterson a crowd blocked the thorough ire and threw stones at the nonaion drivers. Much excitement preailed and the police were kept busy. Big Tobacco Profits. New York, Special.?The annual leeting of the stockholders of the merican Tobacco Company was held Wednesday in Jersey City. The old j Dard of directors was re-elected with j ae exception, Charles N. Strotz being | aosen to succeed Thomas F. Jeffries, ! f Richmond, Va After deducting all charges and any spenses the net earnings for the ear were $7,450,574. The stockholders of the Consoliated Tobacco Company also held leir annual meeting. The old board f directors wa3 re-elected. The report C the assistant treasurer showed toil earnings of $13,291,459. The annual meeting of the Conticntal Tobacco Company was al30 held hen the old board of directors was ^elected. The treasurer's report lowed net earnings, after deducting II charges and expenses, of $11,776.- j 14. \Vh'?te Man Killed. Columbia, S. C., Special.?W. L. roft, a white man who lived at Fairix, Barnwell county, S. C.. was shot nd instantly killed from ambush tonday night, near his home. Suspiion strongly points to a n?gro, Frank trange. whose wife Croft had be iended by giving her a home after er husband had driven her from his ouse. nission Anniversary. New York, Special?A conference jlebrating the twentieth anniversary C the National Florence Crittenton fission, opened in the mission house i Bleeker street. The president, Chas. f. Critenton, assisted by Mrs. Kate falter Barrett, general superintend at, extended coraiai nospuamy uu ehalf of the Old Mother Mission. The blowing delegates were present: Mrs. ones, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Wolfe, Alexndria, Va.; Mrs. Holtzclaw, Chattaooga, Tenn.; Mrs. Fisher, Lynchburg, a.; Mrs. Holt, Savannah, Ga. Papers n various subjects connected with lission work were read by visiting elegates. The convention will conjme until Saturday. 1 High Water in Arkmsas. Little Rock, Ark., Special?The 7hite, Black and Current rivers are ank full and rising with a great volme of water yet in sight. It is exected that the river at Newport, Ark., ill show a gauge of 42 feet which will ut the White river Into the Iron fountain yards and over a great poron of track. The Arkansas here is ising rapidly above and the weather ureau predicts a rise here within the ext 48 hours which will send the wa;r above the danger line. A SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL f ? Lockhart Mills' Additions. Lcckhart (S. C.) Mills' stockholders -will meet April Id to ratify ac-icn of the directors in revolving to im ! crease capital stock from JC50.0./0 to ?l,SC0,00o. This meeting v.* ill be uo.t formal rcatine. In its it-sue c: December IS the Manufacturers' Record mentioned the enlarge aunts whici. this increased op'tal i-> to pay fjr. namely, the ere-clicn c-f a No. 2 i.i. !. planned for 5O.COi? spindles and 1.50;; looms. Only 25,000 sp.'udlt3 and 7.16 looms will be- installed upon the com pi lion cf the main structure. The ether lvaohinery will he installed niter the 3ret half cf the equipment '< In successful operation. The cm pari" i proc-ctding with the v/ork ?:j volved in these extensive beitcrmi . . : It has contract o:! for all the man hi a ery. secured brh-k for the bull'rg. which will be p. ilve-stcy strict.trc 120x450 fott. and the latier 1s now :r; progress of erection. A complete water- works system requiring ?. 2 000-gallcn reservoir and a rtee! bridge across It road river will alto ..o. constructed. This new mill will employ about 000 people. The original Lockharc plant ha3 25,000 spindles and j 200 looms. Doubling a $450,033 Mill. The Monaghaa Mills cf Greenville. S. C.. v/ill doable Its extensive plan:. The directors and stockholders of the company have authorized the improvements, and will push them to completion this year. The present installation of textile machinery is 30.000 spindles and 760 lconis. which will be duplicated in the extension to be j erected. The character of product will j continue to be the same, namely, wide j print cloths and wide sheetings for ! conversion. J. F. Grandy & Son have J contact to erect the mill extension, i tinder agreement to complete it by Augeet 15. All the machinery has been j purchased. Textile Notes. R. B. Spencer o? Dublin. Texas. is corresponding with Galveston (Texas) parties relative to the erection of a large cotton mill at Dublin. G. C. McEachern, Piedmont. S. C.. contemplates establishing a knitt'nr; j mill. Ho wants information regarding the knitting industry, price3 en machinery, fcte. it is proposed reestablish a cotton factory at Bucalunna, Miss. M. A. Ilcoge, one of the town's merchants, j offers to donate ten acres of land as J site for the enterprise. Messrs. M. Hciman, H. M. Remmei, John G. Flechcr and others of Little Rock, Ark., propose the establishment of a $250,CCO cotton mill. Their plan ; is to secure $150,000 at Little Rock and $100,000 from outside capitalists. Messrs. Ely Walker & Co., dry goods merchants, of St. Louis, Mo., will establish at Tupelo, Miss., the knitting mill mentioned last month as proposed by them. About voO.OCO will be invested to stait with. The product will be ho- i siery. fdessrs. W. L. Wejckcr, Henry Hud- | son. John F. Ellington, J. G. Johnson ! and Leon Jousoimon have incorporated j the Southern Textile Co. of KaoxviUc, j Tenn., for manufacturing cotton, llax, hemp ,etc. The capital stock is $10,COO. No further details stated. J. H. Ruebush, Dayton, Va., contemplates installing machinery for the manufacture of hosiery or underwear. He merely wants to Install a small number of machines in order to utilizze surplus powers. Prices and ether information are requested on the required machinery. Avon Mills. Gastonia. N. C., was damaged only about $3,000 worth by tlio windstorm referred to last week. Repairs to the building are already about completed. Stuart W. Cramer, Charlotte, N. C., Is engineer in charge to furnish parts for the damaged machinery. About 10.080 spindles and oOJ looma arc operated. Park Wooden Mills, Rossville, Ga., manufacturer of jeans and cassimores, will enlarge and improve Its plant. Company will erect additional building under its own supervision, of brick, 40 feet wide by 270 feet long, suitable for storage and for operating ISO looms. It is on the market for 80 narrow looms, three sets CO-inch cards and three pairs mules. Extract Wool Merino Co. of Chattanooga, Tenn., reported last month as to increase capital from $20,000 to $40,000, ha3 taken this action. It will erect an additional building three stories high and install new mifthinery to about double present capacity. Its product is shoddy (wool secured from old rags and cloth containing both wool and cotton.) It is proposed to build a knitting mill at Clinton. S. C., and P. S. Bailey is interested. York Cotton Mills. Yorkville, S3. U., has contracted for the combing machinery for its additional building mentioned last week. This machinery | has been purchased from Whitin Ma- | chine Works, Whltinsville, Mass., through Stuart W. Cramer, mill engineer. Charlotte, N. C. The additional building is a two-story structure 54x80 feet. There are 20,264 spindles in thi3 mill. Lumb;r Notes. Mr. C. L. Hardy of Lecompte, La., has completed arrangements to begin at once the erection of one of the largest sawmills in that section of Louisiana. The plant will be located near the Texas & Pacific Railroad depot in Lecompte. The Cotten Bros. Cypruss Co., Limited, of Morgan City, La., started it* new sawmill on the 2nd inst. This mill has been under construction for Sfeveral months and is not fully completed. Thi capacity is 50,000 feet per day. Ground has been broken at New Iberia, La., for the erection of the $500,000 sawmill plant to be built by local capitalists. The machinery is beginning to arrive, and switches are being laid for transportation of same to mill grounds. RELIGIOUS" LIBERTY .4 Decree That Shews the Progress ol Hie World's fhoight CZAR OF RUSSIA GROWS LIBERAL. Local Self-Government Granted l*i Some Instar.c.s?A Lonj: Step in Advance. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The Czar has published a decree providing for freedom of religion throughout his dominions, establishing to some degree local self-government and making other concessions to the village committees. The decree, which was issued in commemoration of' the anniversary of the birthday of Alexander III, is considered to he the most significant act of state since the emancipation of the serfs. The public hails It as the proclamation of an era opening up bright prospects of the ear.y improvement of Russian interna! administration. The text of the decree is in part as follows: "The trouble agitating our country, which to our deep regret have partly been sown by designs hostile to the State and partly engendered by doctrines foreign to Russian life, hinder the general work ot ameliorating the well-being of our people. These troubles confuse the public mind, remove the people from productive labor, and often ruin families dear to our heart and young energies among high and low. necessary to the internal develop ment of the country. In demanding the fulfillment of this, our will, while remaining strongly opposed to any violation of the normal course of national life, and having confidence that all will loyally discharge their locai duties, we are irrevocably decided to satisfy the needs for which the State has become ripe and have deemed it expedient to strengthen and decree it expedient to observance of the principles of tolerance laid down by the fundamental laws of the Russian Empire, which, recognizes the Orthodox Church as the ruling one, grant to all our subjects of other religious and to all foreign persuasions freedom of creed and worship in accordance with j other rites; and we arc further resolved to continue the active carry.r.g out of measures for the improvement of the material position of the orthodox rural clergy, while enabling them to take a larger share in intellectual and public life. "In accordance with impending measures for the consolidation of the national economy, the efforts of the State credit Institutions and especially the nobles and peasants tanks should be directed to strengthening and developing the welfare and fundamental pillars of Russian village life and that of the local nobility and peasantry. These principles marked out by us for the disposition of the laws of the rural population are, when formulated, to be referred to the provincial government councils, so that with the assistance of persons enjoying the public's confidence, they may be further developed and adapted to the special conations of individual localities. This fundamental nrlneinle nf tho invinlahilitV of i communal property is to be maintained, while at the same time means are to be found to render it easier for the indivadual to server connections with the community to which he belongs, if he so desires. "Without delay measures must be taken to release the peasants from the present burdensome liability of enforced labor. "Through reforms are to be effected in the provincial governments and districts administratiocal by the local representatives, while attention will be devoted to securing closer co-operation between the communal authorities and parochial trustees of the Orthodox churches wherever possible. "Calling upon all our subjects to cooperate in strengthening the foundations of families, school and public life under which alone the well-being of the people and the confidence of every nna in tho ctnhiitv nf his riehts can develop, we command of oar ministers and chief officials concerned in this matter to submit to us their views regarding the execution of our inten- i tions." Sworn toK;IJ His Uncle. Kuoxville, Tenn., Special.?Garrett Heudcn. an alleged moonshiner, has been stabbed to death by his brother, Riley Heddon, in Polk county. A year ago in an altercation with another brother, Garrett killed him and this murder led to his own death. Garrett and Riley had visited the town of Reliance and had started home when they became involved in a quarrel about Garrett having killed his brother, the result being that Riley plunged a knife through his body. Garrett was taken home, where, after his family had assembled, he gave to his eldest son. aged 10, liis pistol, making him swear that he would kill his uncle when he was largp enough. Anoth .-r Restraining Order. Kansas City, Special.?An injunction was granted to the Kansas City Transfer Company against the Team Drivers' International Union. No. 45, and the sympathizers of the strike, by Judge John F. Phillips, of the United States District Court. The action was brought on the ground that the complainants are government cartmen, being employed by the government in transporting bonded goods. Justice Day's Illness Serious. Washington, Special.?The Associ ated Press is informed by a member of the family of Justice Day, of the United States Supreme Court, that he is suffering from a severe attack of grip. His condition, it is admitted, is serious. Mrs. Day and two sons arrived here Friday. Two other sons, one at the University of Michigan, and the other at a school in Asheville, N. C., are being kept closely advised as to their father's illness. - t ' / - _==__. -1 LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. - M ; Many A'.atlcrfi of General Interest Id* Short Paragraphs. The Sunny South. Heavy floods are threatening town*, on the lower Mississippi. The Southern Railway will greatlr enlarge its shops at Spencer. The North Carolina General Assen! hly clos"(i its bi-annual session Mon I day. Aiong the Mississippi the lc-vees are j being strengthened with bags oI sand wis I and the levees r.ra breaking in places, j Government engineers report that j the highest water ever known in th^ j Mississippi is to be feared before the present flood subsides. Secretary of the Navy Moody, with 4 a party of officials, left Charleston, S. C., at noon Wednesday on the dispatch boat Dolphin for a cruise in the 3 West ladies. The condition of ex-Scitator Jamee K. Jor.cs, c! Arkansas, who has been III for some days, is reported as im- ' j proved. A paroxysm of hiccujhs which lasted two days greatly distressed thej patient, but the physicians now have- o this unfavorable symptom under con- . 4 trcl and the family express the hope thac he will entirely recover. J. R. Mcintosh, general counsel of the Southern division of the Posial Telegraph Company, who has been ill in, Atlanta for some time with pneu- i monia, was last night reported to be in a very critical condition. Hop^ for hisrecovery has been practically abandoned, although his physicians state that he may live two or three days. 3 . 1 At The National Capital. The blockade of the Orinoco by Venezuela is expected to develop fresh ; International complications. Representatives of the three Ameri- ' cas will meet at the State Department ' to consider the Pan-American railway * I project. I The President has nominated Wm. I Plimicy to be Assistant United States . ' v I Treasurer at Xew York, succeeding the- * | late Conrad Jordan. At The North. I At Clean. N. Y., 18 to 20 persons were killed and double that number 1 injured by an explosion of oil. 1 Tbe ferryboat Neptune was sunk by '% the river steamer Margaret at Pittsburg, but no lives were lost. The unsatisfactory bank "tatement and the assignment c. Dresser & Co. caused "Mocks to break sharply in Wall , ^ xtreet. * The protected cruiser Chattancogar for the United States Navy, built by' Lewis Nixon's company, was launched at Elizabethport, N. J., Miss Lillian Cbambliss, daughter of the Mayor of * Chattanooga, acting as sponsor. The directors of the Western Union Telegraph Company declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1 1-4 per cent. A statement issued estimates the net revenue for the quarter ending March 31 at ?U50,000. Arthur R. Pennc-Ii co-respondent in ' the divorce suit of Edwin L. Burdiok, who was mysteriously murdered at Buffalo, was dashed to death in an automobile, and his wife who was with him, is believed to be fatally Injured. Hon. William J. Bryan, addressing the Michigan Judicial Convention at-^ ? Detroit, criticised ex-President Cleve^-^ land, J. P. Morgan and J. Edward Addicks. The stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in annual meeting at Philadelphia, voted to in caac luc L'a^MUi muck. Ul lue CUUIpany by $150,000,000, making the authorized capital $400,000,000. Judge E. B. Adams, at St. Louis, named March 17 as the date for hearing arguments on the Wabash Railroad injunction. Six strange deaths on the Karamania which arrived in New York from Southern Europe, caused the health officials to suspect cholera and to order all on the vessel detained in quarantine. From Across The Sea. Pope Leo XIII received a jubilee delegation of British Catholics. The British House of Commons gan to debate on the army estimates ,, The Naval Committee cf the Roiehstag cut jjown the Government's y.c gram lor expenditure. In the French Chnmber of Deputies the the Government was urged to acquire Morocco. Nineteen Italians are believe.1 tc have been drowned by the caps.sin.g of a ferry beat on the Hudson rjvtr at Spier Falls. New York. Lord Lovat was overcome with atase fright and sat down after comlcting ^ only part of the first sentence c! his maiden speech in the House of Lords. The Ameer of Afghanistan divorced, all his wives but four. T-? T * ir, ..-nnnnn'! rf'' rupc 11 IO UUUUUUt^U, T?ik. ?vccivo pilgrims in Rome today. A great automobile parade stunted Emperor William in Eerlin. Townsville, North Queensland, has been visited by a cyclone, in which many persons were killed or injured. A part of the hospital building collapsed during the storm, killing six persons. Schools, churches and n_ii- A ^ dences were destroyed, and many ' v' the inhabitants have been rendered homeless. Miscellaneous Matters. Cotton prices again slumped on tho New York Exchange. Ira D. Sankey, the evangelist, it is believed has permanently lost the sight of one eye. The Buffalo police detained and. questioned in connection with the Burdick murder mystery Miss Marion Hutchinson, a former clerk for Edwin L. Burdick, but released her for lack - . > of evidence. i . -t!