Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jhv^rMfe in itto Philippines DESERTER HOLDS RANK QT GENERAL AND IS OUR BITTEB.E8T FOE. ?Utile, Ott 28?Wiilt teootiag Loos t dtieohmeot of ibt Tweo tatlb ood Twsptyeightl? regimeots ??d?r Oept Bttf Itr, vert atttoked by 400 ioeergents %rrjaed eriih rifltt ooder tbe mini ?I * white a es, whose ?ttiooeliiy it eoi knows to ibt Aneri eees The tttwrf ettt for he moet port ?ort iotreoohed Afttr oo btroit If bl Copt Btigltr drove wf ibt tteeay, killie^ mere theo 76. Tbo Ifbt leotod foe two boare. Oept BeigUr ood three pritotoo were eltgbtly meejodod eod two of tbo Amer. te.es were killed. A* tOfeg emeot took plooe Oot 24. bet wove deteehmeote of tbo Third oof ?Jry eod tbo Thirty-third volaeteer io foetry, oioiboring 60, nod o force of teeorgewto ioeltding 400 rifo ood 1,000 bolomeo The fighting woo dotpiroto. Finally ??dor preeeare of everwhtlstitg oombere, tbo Americans were ?Ott pot tod to retire ?>o Nervieeo. Uo?t Georgo L Febifwv ood four privetee were billed, oioe were won od od ood foor ore oiietiog. Twenty-otoe boreee ore tsittiig A ??aber of teeastert wore eap tmred by tbo ioeorgente bot wore sub ooqoeotly releeied Tbo ebb to ye lote et ettimtted ol 160 A Ottilie? Itoool?, towing o borge keeled witb aerebeadite ottr Artytt woo ottooted by o forte of 160 iotor ggojtt ??der Dtvtd Fofiot o dttertnr frooi tbo Twtoty foorth in feat try Tbt Awjoeiooo trtepooo bteriog tbo firiof. tereed o?t io foroo before tbe boot ee?Id bo looted ood rootptored it. Fogio. wbo boldt tbo rook of general asotwg tbe msorgeats, boo tworo tpt etol ootsity toward bit forste? oompaoy. Of tbe 20 oioa bo ttptored o month ofe ttvto btto rttoroed Oot wot killed io o tghtj bit body bo of horri? bly aetilatsd Feg in seodt ttttttf te ?1 bre former comrades tlireottoiog tbott witb violeeee if tbty b ooms bit prioeoere It wot Fsgio's men wbo ooptwftl Liest AlstatUtr, w io it ttill ? pritootr. Rtporto frott Oto Yooog's dittritt obow . o doily i ear ease of toiorgentt rbere, teiom to tbo foot tbtt recruit* ore foi?f toft bor from tbo to woe PRINCE YI AND TINQ MEN Lowdoo. Oot 29 ? Dr Morrieoo, wir log I? Tb? Tim oo from Ptkio lodoy, ??der dole of Otl 28. toyt : "Tb? foreiga ttioort io oooftrtatt todwy dteided fo odd tbo names of Privet Yi ood Yieo Nieo to tho-e of too tetto o Heinle whose ogttotioo Froooe boo demanded "It io seid tbot tbo eocontodar of I tbo allied troopt at Pto Tieg Fo bot or reefed the provincial treaeurer, wbo wot ooiefly ratpottiblt for tbt ill trtot aewt of tbt reteoed aiseioosritt." GHANQE8 ON THE SOUTH? ERN. Watbiogtoo, Got. 28 ? Uoiler exe eotive order No 82, there io to be o ?bange io tbe orgenizttion of the operating deportment of tbo Southern roilwoy to toko effect Now 1, 1900 Tbo order pro video tbot the third ?io? president and generti roantger ?well be ooototed by on ottittaut generol aeneger, a geoerol ouperin teodeot of irontportttion, two gener?! ovperiatf?dealt ? aoperiotendeni of motive power, en engineer of bridget o?d bolldioge, ood o taperinteudent of telegraph, ood knot tbe assistant generti manager thall aooiet the tbitd vice preeident ood general manager, especially io ?11 mattere pertaining to aeioteoanoe of way ?od equipment, ?od in tbe direction ol new construe tion ond improvements upon operated Koto Tbe following appoiotmenlt are an ?oonoed to take effect Not 1 : Wo H Peddle, oootttont geuerol monoger, Washington, D C ; Jameo U Bor rett, geuerol superintendent of trans portation, Wevbiogton ; Joseph II ? so (Je, generol superintendent eastern district, Salisbury, N C ; J A. Dod ?en, geoerol superintendent, wettern diet not, Cbottooougo, Teno , and D W Lamm, engineer of bridget ond boildiogo, Wotbiogton Tbo order ale > a be lit Set the office t of generol Superintendent of meinten oooe. oeeieteut general ooperintendent of maintenance, eoeieieot geoerol oo perintendent ood ouperintendent of trook, bridget ?od bo'ldiogo Book Hill, Oot 28 ?A taell fire occurred ot 5 o'clock tbio morning ?4 the 8ootbtrn cotton platform end ?boot 60 boioo belonging to Springt, Moeon A Oo. wore bornod. At 1 o'eUek there woo o blose in o row of Fried beim Broo ' cotton in reor of Hood Broo ' restaurant Mr Hand ?od otbert extinguished it with o bocket of wotor At 6 o'clock the 60 bale* ot the Southern plolfotm were burned A half hour loter Mr Compboll of tbe Sooth Ctrolino ond Georgia ofioe found o bole of pick? ing! on fire upon bio oom^ny't plat? form While ot work upon tbot the elerm wto tonnded from A. Fried bei? A Brot' pisiform io rear of tbeir ttore All of theo? email bittet oi?r? tobdoed without tny trouble ?ad without ollowlng o tpretd It w?o very opporently oo incendiary ettettpt Dedication of (tie Savannah Cathedral. IMPRE8SIVE SERVICES THAT ABB RARELY WITNB88BD IN THE 80UTH. Savannah, Oi, Oot 28? Tbia morning, upon the feast dty of St Simon ?od 8t Jode, tbe magnificent Cathedral of St John tbe Baptist was dedioaled by Moosigoor Sebaatiano Martinelli, delegate of the pope to tbe United 8tatee, assisted by some 60 priests, Including 10 bishops. Tbe bishops who took part io tbe exer oiaea were Rt Rev Henry Moeller, DD, of Colombos, Ohio ; Rt Re? Edward P Allen, DD, of Mobile, Ala; Rt Rev Sebastian Byrne. DD, of Nashville, Tenn ; Rt Rev Theopbile Meersohsert, DD, of Indian Terri tory ; Rt Rev A Van Deviver, DD, of Riohmood, Va ; Rt Rev Leo Haid, DD, 0 S B, of North Carolina ; Rt Rev Alfred A Curtis, DD, of Balti? more ; Rt Rev Henry P Northrop, DD, of Cbarleeton, 8 0 ; Rt Rev John Moore, DD, of St Augustirr?, Fla ; Rt Rev B J Keiley, DD, of Ssvaonsh Mooeignor Martinelli was the cele? brant of the mass, assisted by Vicar General Baain of Atlanta, Rev Dr Brennen of New York, Rev Dr Hooker of Waabington, secretary to Arobbiahop Martinelli, and Rev Dr Plynn of Morriatowo, N J. Tbe weather was perfect, and the aervioee were attended by an im? mense throng. The exercises lasted three boore bat eo beautiful and im? pressive were they that not an aadi tor left tbe building during their con? tinuance Will Raise Maine Wreck. Washington Oot 28 ?8eoretary Loog has given hi* eoasent to ttbe removal of the battleship Mains Immediately upon the return of Gen Wood to Havana be will make arrange? ments for the raising of the w.-eck Several months ago application were mads to Gsn Wood by persoos willing to rsmovs the Mate if they were giveo the hall in return for tbe work, and it is possible that may still be willing te observe lbs same tsrms Besidss tbs Maine Gen Wood will probably maks arraagsmsats for tbs rsmoval of the armored sruissrs Viaoays, Almiraate Oqaeodo snd Oristobel Colon, that now Iis sloag tbs south eoit of Gone, and tbs Gaoboat Jorgs Jnao, whieh is lying to tbs mad in tbs harbor of Nips Gsn Wood will hats s represeotetive Keteet during tbs rsmovsl of tbs ains and Lisnt Commandsr Young, tbs saptain of tbs port of Havanna, will witness tbs opeiatioo Should any evident* be dissovsred bearing upon tbs eanse of tbs destroet.on of tbs ship, it will bs immediately report to Washington. Tbs Main is pretty far down in tbs mud, sod it will probe sly bs a very difficult task to raise her WINSTON CHURCHILL Declines to Withdraw Statement Tbat Lord Boaalyn te a Liar. London, Oat 29 ?The solicitors of Mr Wiostoo Cbarebill have written to lbs representatives of the Earl of Roselyn dsoltoiog in tbe name of Mr Cbarebill, to withdraw or apologise for Mr Churchill's state in jot at tbe reoeot bioqust of the Pall Mall olub that Lord Rosslyo in dispetehee aod letters from South Afriea to Eoglish newspapers bad libeled British officers sod made assertions that were nothing short of falsehoods. This morning Mr Churchill writss to The Daily Mail repudiating the sugges? tion that bs is moved by personal feeling against Lird Hoselyn, but point? ing one tbat tbo sari is responsible for a ' libellous statemeot oooeerning four f imoos savalry regiments " After say? ing that it L >rd Rosslyo will frankly withdraw tbe alleged libellous sucemen'. h; (Ct urohill) will bo the first to regret tbat bard words have been spoken, be refers to bis scion regardiog Lord Ruslyn's misleading aooouot of Mr Cnurobill's esoape in South Atrios, poiotiog out tbat this resulted io tbe publishers witbdrawiog L>rd Rosslyo's book from eirealatioo aod in Lord Rosslyo writing to Mr Churobill tbat the passage was not intended in an offensive sense and ehould be expunged in future editioos Declined tbe Honor. Washington, Oot 27.?Owing to the proteet by the State of Connecticut against namiag ooe of the near moni? tor* after tbe State tbe Secretary of tbs Navy has praetisally deoided to se lest some other State for tbat disttoo tioa Tbe people of Oooneeiieot based tbe r objsottoos oo tbe ground that their State was entitlsd to a higher dignity in the naval register than ooold postibly bo ooolerred by a mere moni tor, especially as other States, including her small neighbor. Rhode Inland, bad be-o hooored in the naming of battle? ships. All four of ibe big monitors authorised by Congres wore nam?d after States of (be Union, Arkansas. Connecticut. Florila aod Wyoming, aod so far Conoeetjout is tbe only State to decline the honor The Navy Department was goided in tbe matter by the foot that there are oot enough battleships to go around aod tbe further fast tbat the monitors are formidable srmorsd vessels, like tbs bettleshipc CARD FROM COL J. H. TILLMAN. Furnishing Evidences Tbat He Hat Never Been Before Recorder in Augusta Editor Tbe State. Iq ?> reoeot issue of your uowsptper you hid fto editorial qaotiog tod com? menting upon to artiole whiob appeared io tbe Floreoee Times I would bare giveo earlier attention to tbe matter, but bore been unwell I band you under tbii sorer a letter from tbe recorder of tbe oity of Augusta whioh I ask tbftt you publish. I also request those newspapers that hare referred to yoor editorial to also eopy stae. Very truly, James H Tillmon. Edgefield, Oat 27. 1000. Ootober 20, 1900. Hon Joass H Tillman, Edgefield 8 C. My Deer Sir: In reply to yoor in? quiry of reoeot date, I beg to esy tbot, as reeorder of tbe eity of Augusta, I have never tried you for try offense whatever, either under your own name or oo sssomed name Tbe statement to tbo contrary oootatoed in the Flor* eooe Times ood quoted io the Columbia Stote, whioh you send me, is absolutely untrue. Very Truly, E B. Baxter. (The State was not seek tog to mske o poiot ogaiost tbe lieutenant governor eleot wheo quoting from tbe Flor eooe Times ; indeed, we rather at? tempted to soothe tbe shoeked feeliogo of The Times. Tbe report of tbe ooo toroal affair in Augusta witb very mioote ood particular and ioteresting and to some, perhaps, shoektog details, was reoeived by us tbe day ?fter its alleged oeeurreooe. But it has never been msde public So far as our iode pendent informstioo goee, tbe state? ment of tbe reeorder of the eity of Au? gusta is oorreot?"ol Tillmon did not afford him the opportunity of "trying1* bia, nod for thst, tbe State of South Carolina is due somebody a vote of thsods ?Eiitor The State.) CARELE83 BANKING. Tbe defalcation of Alvord, who ftole obout $700,000 from ft New York bank, baa served to call at ten tloo to the remarkably careless man ner in which greet 6nanoial institu ttons sre sometimes managed It would be natural to suppose that io one of the leading banks of New York would be found the highest degree of business carefulness and exactitude And yet from ouch on institution an employe manages to otesl $200,000 more than its ospital ?took before be was even suspected Tbe most remsrksble festure of this case is tbe fsot tbat nearly all of Ahrord's scqusintances except his emyloyes bed for many months held him under suspicion because of his very luxuriant style of living We do not wonder thst tbe New York papers are commenting severe ly upon the blindness of tbe directors and other superior officers of tbe book which Alvord looted 1 In tbeir efforts to explain bow a wast amount of the bank's money oould hsve been stolen without their knowledge the directors admit tbat there was a large reserve fund of which they gave no bint in their sworn statement of the bank's re sources This will strike most per? sons ss being worse tbso no explsns tion at all. In this csse, ss ;n many other instances of defalcations, a Urge part of the morsl responsibility for tbo wrong doing seems to test upon those who were chsrged witb the guardianship of the bank's affairs and interests. The Alvord case has a very obvi ous lesson for directors of coucerns hat handle money io a fiduciary capacity ?Atlanta Journal THE BOERS IN FORCE Have 15,000 Men in Field Broken Into Bodies.of About SOO Bach. Loodoo, Oat 29.?Aoeording to a dispateh from Cspe Towo to The Daily Mail a foroe of Boers attacked sod sor rounded a patrol of Cape polioe, with a convoy, near Hoopstead. Orange River colony, last Wednesday, and a sharp fight ensued "The polioe," says the oorreepoodeot, "were compelled to abandon two max im*. Ultimately reinforced by the yeomanry, they soooeeded in getting awey witb the convoy ; bur they lost 7 killed, 11 woucded and 15 exptured. The Colonials were outnumbered 10 io 1, sod tbe engagement lasted for two hours "Tbe Boors have 15,000 men io the field, neerly half of whom are in Orange River oolony. Theso are divided into commandoes of some 300 ceob, but are oapablo of combination for large operations " ???? >??>? ?aw?? Population of United States Will Bo Announced the Coming Week Washington. Oot 27 ?The work of c mining tbo inhabitants of tbe United States was praottoally completed by tbe oensos bureau today and next week Dtreoior Merrtam will announce the I popolatioo of tbo souotry. THANKSGIVING DAY The President Issues tbe Usual Proclamation Nam? ing November 29th. Washington, Oot 29.?Tbe state departtneot today issued tbe following : By the president of tbe United utates of America A PROCLAMATION. It has ploaeed the Almighty God to briog oor nation io safety aod booor tbroogh soother year Tbe works of religioo sod ohsrity have everywhere beeo manifest Oar country through sll its exteot has b ^n blessed with abundant harvests. Labor <od tbe great industries of tbe people have prospered beyood all preoedeots Our oommeroe has spread over tbs world. Our power aod influences in tbe sause of freedom aod enlightenment have extended over distant sees aod lands. Tbe lives of oor official representatives aod msoy of our people in Chios have beeo marvelously preserved. We have been generally exempt from pestilence sod other great calamities, aod eveo the tragie visitation wbioh overwhelmed tbe eity of Gslvestoo made evideot the sentiments of sympathy sod Christiao charity by virture of wbioh we are one united people Now, therefore, I Wiliiam McKin ley, president of tbe United States, do hereby appoiot aod set apart Thursday, tbe 29th of November next, to be observed by all the people of the Uoited States, at borne aod abroad, as a dsy of Thanksgiving aoti praise to him who holds the nations io the hollow of His Hand. I recotrrjQ> nd that tbey gather in their several places of worship aod devoutly give Him thaoks for tbe pros? perity wherewith He has eudowed us, for seed time aod harvest, for the valor, devotioo aod bomsoity oi oor armies aod navies aod for all His benefit to us as iodividusls and as a natioo ; aod tbat tbey humbly pray for the oootinuance of HiB divine favor, for oooeord aod amity with other nations, sod for righteousness aod peaoe io all our ways. Io witness I have hereunto set mv hand and oaused tbe seal of the United States to be affixed. Done st tbe eity of Washington tbis 29th dsy of Ootober, io the yesr of Our Lord, ooe thousand nine hundred, and of tbe Independence of tbe Uoited Statos, the ooe hundred sod twenty fifth (Sesl) Willism McKinley. By tbe President John Hsy, Seoretsry of State. ? DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEW YORK. Thirty-Five are Missing? Many Miraculous Escapes. Now York, Oot 29?As a result of s smsll fire several eueoessive explo? sions of obemioals occurred io the drug store at Warren aod Greenwich streets today and blew down a dosen hoildiogs snd badly damaged a eoore of others. The loss of life is oot koowo, but from all sources of information it is gathered that there are perhaps the bodies of 30 persons in tbe ruins, though because of tbe hot debris snd the siowness of tbe moving of it, nobody bad been removed op to midnight. Tbe disaster was ooe ol tbe most terrible tbat has ever ooeut.-ed io this eity, aod rivals tho Wiodsor hotel fire io its appal iog results, though in loss of property it will be worsa. Chief Croker of tie fire department said to? night that ihe loss is folly $1,500,000. The aption of the tremendous oatas tropbe was more vivid and awful than tho eity his seen for a long time. Buildings fell in on themselves or toppled ovo- oo others, iroo girders were thrown yards away, smashing through greit walls, whole structures foil into the streets in piled so tbat the line of thoroughfare oould not be marked out, huge splinters of iron, steel and wood wore flung into tho streets and into the buildings clean through tbe wall where tbey buried women and men. People walking through tbe streets were knooked dowo and danger oualy iojurcl by timbers, glass and steel, borsis were thrown down, wagons, windows, store front* aod all sorts of property f)r blocks in every direction were wrecked and damaged There were 85 persoos reported miss ing and 100 men, women aod children aro oo the list of injured Searoh for bodies is going oo aod will be oootiooed all oigbt. Chief Croker said tonight that oo firemen had per ished in the fire, all bis men having been aooouoted for Smallpox at Gray Court. Gov McSwseney yesterday received tbe following from a Laureoa County towo : Gray Court, 8 C , Om 29 Gov MoSweeney, Columbia, S C : Kleveo oasrs smallpox io my prao tioe. Please sond export Answer A L Christopher, M D Tbe governor st once wired ss follows to Dr Jameii Kvan?: 4,Dr A J Christopher, Gray Court, reports eleven eases smallpox and desires expert sent. Please give prompt attention." He also sent Dr Christopher the fol? lowing : "Havo wired secretary state board of health in regard to smallpox reported by yon "?Tho State, Oot 30. Alrord Arrested at Last. He Had Been In Boston Since Wednesday Morning Tak? ing Life Easy. ammm?? Boston, Oot 29 ?0 L Alvord, Jr , tbe sbsconding note teller of the First Nstionsl bank in New York city, wbo is cbsrged with steeling $700,000 from the bsnk, was arrest? ed here this afternoon by Chief Wm. B Watte of this city sod Detective Armstrong of New York io an ordi? nary lodging house at the corner of West Newton street and Burlington avenue When arrested Alvord, who knew Detective Armstrong, stated he was glsd the suspense was ended, end was willing to go bsck to New York without pspers. He sat down on the bed and smoked a cigar, and was only dressed in his underclothes st the time. He afterward dressed quickly, and psckiog a few under? clothes in s bsg. stated be was resdy to go A hack was called and he was driven to police bssdqusrters, and, after being messured and photo graphed under tbe Bsrtillon 6ystem. was tsken to New York on tbe 5 o'clock trsio. Chief Inspector Watts, in an inter? view, ststed thst the department waa first informsd tbst Alvord was io this city Isst Wednesdsy, when Henry Alexsnder of Denver, Col , tele phoned thst he had seen Alvord in tbe Hotel Toursioo He stated that he knew kiss well, hsd done busi? ness with him and described him per? fectly. This information was wired to Cspt McCiusky of New York, who immediately sent Detective Dinker hero to identify him. From information brought to Chief Watts, be sod Detective Armstrong went to a boardiog house in the Bsckbsy. They went up to a bsck room on tbe first floor and found the door locked. Oo gaining admittance. Inspector Armstrong identified Al? vord, wbo see ..ed grestly relieved that Armstrong bad at rested him, and said as much. During his stay st police head? quarters Alvord told Chief Watts tbat he hsd not seen his wife for two weeks, slthough prior to tbst time he bad told her of bis financial circum? stances snd asked ber if he should kill himself or fsce it oot, snd she told him to fsce it out. He stated that he bad not been near Mount Yernoo, but tbst be left New York lsst Tuesdsy st midnight and arrived in Boston Wednesdsy morning When asked what he had done witb tbe money he said : "Well, $700,000 is a whole lot of money, but it goes easy.1' In referring to horse rsces, he ssid he hsd bscked horses but never oo rsce trscks, snd hsd owned fast horses himself. He ssid he had liv? ed his life and hsd tskeu life to its lull st the rste of $50,000 a year or more. He said be would not make any fight, would throw up his band, take bis sentence and after that was over would oomo out io the world again He ssid he knew be would be unabie to secure bail and that he bad nothing with which to wake re? stitution _ The Coal Companies Forced to Yield to the Demands of Tbeir Employees. Philadelphia. Pa, Oot 29.?Today witocseed ao almost general resumption of work io the anthracite eaal region, where for six weeks tbe mioe workers thereiu employed have bees on strike for an advaooe in wages, a .eduetioo in tbo prioe of powder aod io several die triots the abolitioo or the fliidiog sosle of wages. Io a few ioetaooee collieries operated by iodiriduals and by com? panies have failed to reeumo, but in tbe main it ean be safely said that hard ooal is once more being mined. Tbe Philadelphia and Heading Coal aod Iron Company, whioh oootrol* over 20 per cent of the output of the anthracite region, ai:d whioh largest operatiog company iu the hard coal field, received word today tust thirty seven of the thirty-nioe collieries oper? ated by that Company were working. This is tbe number that we* in opera tion en Monday, September 17, tbe first day of the strike Witb the resumption of the Reading collieries |i is admitted by tbe company thst further opposition to tbo demands of the mioe warkera is useless, and it is the belief of the official* tbat withio a few days those operators who have not yet eooceeded the demands of the Soraoton Mioe Workers' Convention will have done so Another Report of the Suicide. Washington, Oot 27.?From an independent souroe Seoretary Hay has received confirmatory evidence of the reported soioide of Yu Hstang, the fanatical governor of the province of Sbao Si, whose punishment was de? manded by tbe powers for tbo massacre of a large number of missionaries. This mcNsege came from Special Com mi**ioner Hoekhil). as follows : Shanghai, Get 22, 1900. Have reliable information to the off. ot that Yu Hsiaog committed suicide. Rnokhill. The determination of Col Ellison S. Kcitl to support Mokiolcy leaves a fearfully big bolo?m (he Democracy of Newberry county. W?? wonder if Lit? tle Mountain would sofnoe to fill it 7? State. COOGLBR'8 BEST BEJNTiMBNT. To tbe Editor of the Stete. I wee eeked e few days ego by e literary lady io Kansas City Mo, for my very best sentiment in one verse for her entogrspb album Here is tbe verse I eeot: MAY YOUR LIPK BE Ai sweet as tbe violet tbat drinks tbe raia drops Tbat fall from my own cottage eaves, And as fair aa tbe rose io tbe moroiag af May, A cd as pore as tbe dew oa its leaves? Or, like a fair dream of tbe days wbeo I roved O'er the flower decked hills of my youtb, Wbso close by my aar tbe sweet aogal of peace Whispered 1ot? Id its beaaty and treib. J. Gordon Coogler. $300,000 BLEACHER* AND PRINTERY. The Work of Construction is Being Pushed Rapidly. Active progress is now being made od tbo erection of ao enterprise of con? siderable importsoee to southern tex? tile interests. It is tbe $300.009 blesebery snd priotery at Clear Water. S. C t near Angusta, Ga, for tbe Clear Water Bleaebery aod Manufacturing oompany. This will be tbe firet gener? al bleaebery asd priotery io tbe sooth, there being but several isolated estab lishments of this oharaoter io existeooe oow. Tbe organisation of this com? pany and its letting of oootract for (500,000 buildings bss previously been reported io this department. The oootractor is prooeediog rapidly with bis work ; the fosodatiooe are com? pleted, aod the soperstrnotnre is rapid? ly goiog up. The main boilding will be 33x76 feet, with two wings 83x225 feet aod 51x196 feet, respeetively : dye house will be 91x63 feet, aod two store bouses 40x149 feet. The plant's capacity will be 8,000,000 yards of cloth weekly io bleaebery and 3,000, 000 yards io tbe priotery. Tbe oper? atives will number 125 A box fac? tory aod machine repair shop will also be operated. A. C. Freeman, formerly of New Eogland plants, will superin? tend tbe oew industry. Thomas Bar? rett, Jr, of Augusta Ga, is tbe com? pany's president ?Manufacturers' Rec? ord. Elmira, If. Y., Oot 29 ?For the first time io New York State aod in tbe borne of tbe Democratic eaodidate for governor, Tbeodere Roosevelt was assaulted on* tbe streets of Elmire tonight oo bis way to the places of meeting. Be was io a carriage with ex Senator Faeeetr, aod at several points along tbe route was pelted with eggs aod vegetable* and greeted witb tbe vilest epithets He sat in dignifi? ed silence while the police looked oo quiescently. The esmpaign olub from Corning was also assaulted personally aod a bitter fight ensued Io the places of meetiog the goveroor had oo ioterroptiooe After it was over be said : "It wss oasty conduct, the oooduct of hoodlums." Hubbard's Cotton Letter. New York, Oct 29.?Although Liverpool responded to our advance of Saturday tbe market did not show any strength from tbe opening A good weather map with no indications of frost for several dsys to come caused the buyers of Saturday to become sellers. Crop sccounts were of an improving tenor from msny sec tioos on scoount of tbe favorable weatber conditions during October Receipts at the Atlsntic ports and interior towns were lighter than of late, but in the southwest they were on a very heavy scale Texan tele? grams etste the movement will only be limited by tbe sbility of the rail? roads to move the cotton. Southern mills are buying more freely than of late, while advices mill report plant? ers on the Atlantic are disposed to hold back their crop llubbard Bros & Co Tbe Times republishee too card of Lieut Gov elect J. H Tillman in anoth er oolumo. and the oomments of Tbe State thereon It is unsatisfactory. It leaves the whole matter open. While wc ooodude tbat the assertion tbat tbe honorable gentlemen was tried under an asanmed name is oot oorrcot, but we are still left ooder the very mortifying impression tbat the man in whom tbe people of tbe State have reposed so great eot.fideeoe and hooor is oot so careful about protecting his own bcoor or that of the people entrusted to him ?Floreoce Times Tien Tsio, Friday, Oct 26 ?lofor matioo has heeo received from Japanese sourees that the Empress Dowager is seriously ill at Tat tabuen Fu, and that the mowi prominent physiotaos tn the empire has been called to attend her. I Land Surveying. WILL GIVE prompt attention to all calls for survejicp aod nlatiin^ lards. BANKS H HOYKIN, Oct 10?o Catchall. S O. PISCES CURE FOR FAILS. Good. avfjsjssjj