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1'HiIIO Milt K g / BUILDING A TOWN. A New City to be Laid Out lu Abb vlllc County. A new town ia to be laid out and co onized in Abbeville county near Ca boon Falls. The name of the ne town will be Dresden. According t the application for a charter filed i the Secretary of State's office the coi porators are J olios H&rtman of Atlan ta and Carl Siroever of Du Page, Ille The amount of the capital stock is t< be 835,000 to be divided into 30< shares of the par valuo of 3100. Th< object of the company is sot forth ai follows : "The business the corporntoro propose to do is to procure settlers, to obtain, own 1 ?ui icuBo and rent real estate, personal property, to erect, <q> erate, rent and lease houses, factories, ' waterworks, to operate mines, lay out towns, to engage in farming ni? stock raising, aud iu transportation do a general trndiug business uud to do I! such other thiugs as may be incidental fls to or necessary or desirable for the |l^uccet>sful de* elopuient of colonies." "Old Man White** Dead. Mr. W. J. White, who since the opsration of tho Dispensary began, has been a frequent visitor to Columbia and who was popularly known in Dispensary circles especially, as "Old Man White,' died at hie home in Cincinnati on the 24th inot. Mr. Whitewas at ouo time agent of the Mill | Creek Distilling Company, which sold liquors to the Dispensary, and Mr. White always claimed that he really en- , abled tho Dispensary to begin operation by the favorable terms of credit t his company gave the authorities. In t the Dispensary investigation Colonel Mixson testified that Mr. White offered c him rebates to purchase from him. < Mr. White denied in private conver- J,1 nation that I10 had never done anything dishouorab'o in his dealing with 1( the Dispeusary und it was bis intention j<> to appear before the Legislative Com- hi mittee this winter, if one was appoint- |;t cd, and give a detailed statement of }," his connection with the institution. It : hn has been generally supposed that ho ' P? knew a good deal and his testimony ' ?n would hu'va !m??" uiyni.y interesting to ^ tr inter. ^ Control. ,>u' cigi Control met in T t in Columbia has ed no business cap, e general pub- q ded to retain Ban commissioner tggg ets in January.' r purchases of A re adjourning esolutiou con- to tl ivileges: unki le to the atten- 6ryfl ;li the present- A t of Charleston ^atef >f the city of "ions been grunted lin, o privileges have ties, yileges; there- dema Ate less saul hotel Jelling on Sun- the <h sales to bona ty-fou >gcs will be re and D. ? be mat r li* tv. ting considerng hunters and J At Ml county, so says ' lent. Hunters conside srs uro anxious made. ?ir for all and i Dynai lion from pot- | I. T., t ot such a law, ; :port of birds, j <j'utlirl?-. o country with bis capti of complaint pJrfl j, , and one man potsollhty roports that ners liou it through his Ple* ui>K? iu destroy George three dozen of his turkeys. Washing! I ? ?? - Chlppe I Carrying Out Its Intention. which *fq I The State Hoard of Contrcl is carry J other got? I ing out its intention of paying into the if it shoul I State treasury tho $100,000 of tho i I ?190,000 duo tho State, which it under- bo'ow ser< I took to pay during the present fiscal Al j,ark I year out of the earnings. Half of the 5, owned I I promised amount has been paid. ?jOst closed dot I Monday ?25,000 was paid to the State hundred 1 I Treasurer, making S7r>,00f' in all paid en?P oymei I up to date. , The stea I * from h avai stranded f< Culled in the Cards. N. (5. The Messrs. I.anuhan & Sons, of Iialti- u,r"Joatsmore, tho liquor dealers who sent out |M1^,1(!,'|,nn[r the playing cards to dispcust.-s somo insurance, ( timo ago ifor distribution, sinco tho Jn NHWy( [State Hoard of Control has issued its Bnd Bob Ar circular have sent an earnest request the fourth 1 to all dispensers to return tho "artls 11 an?l Hfty-alx them at once. b,< bauds ut -? Tho oflicinl tabula,ion wlurn tlic commisfiioncrH scut in to the S jrotary P?r Novnn of State for Sulem county is as Hollows: <:d $M?77,&?^ Negntivo vote, 92; affirmative, '01. A At San F two-thirds vote was neco?sar;. This awarded the , .. , * Simmons at )uds the i>?w c i.'-y scheme t'.-r (our though Fltr, I rears, at least. attendance ? ^ Tho statcmi /-,! r r f) i- I AT A , l,r9t of th? m' Chief of I o.ico L. A. bang: ton, of 30, the dot?i /aureus, warus the public ...? - ' ....? iiuiuiIUU'U lO ! month of )r. Leo, i\ mcdioiue man, through the counted for bj )lumu8 ol' the Democrat. It appears the amount of bat the Doctor "done" the city conn- Tho America I * 'I i ) ati i t h't iij>i>htfutiL il, his landlord, a livery stable and a from t/,,, nn?,, 'Btouraut during his sojourn lu ro. the Judges at e claimed to b* < brother of the gen- f"r r"r ne flaxen-haired Dr. Leo; who crc l'steiu-n in imu ed quite a Deputation as a healer o< It^snldtlu e lame in Greenville eomcthi g u\ jr 1st agency, wh 1? log, will in fat JC?* When the toun \ saitton la the < < V I ' \< WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET. ' ? > Southern Pencil Pointers. At Morganton N C., A C. Aveity, Jr., s< of Justice A. C. Avery, of th?Nortfi Caroli. Supremo Court, w?s ussuulted , bj\ negro and ?tat)bed iu Ave place*. TheVnogro e. ha?e been captured ana placed iu tb? Cba lotte jail for safe keeping. V A Bweedlsh sailor was plckod up oliAgia il- to a small hatch llonting Iii tbo Quit strttan t. off the coast of North Carolina, lust FrldV: w He wus the lost of his crew. \ 0 i The V'esthnm Quarry Company, owning large quarries and dressing sheds in Chester " Held, Va., has made an assignment forth* : benefit of their creditors. Liatdlitles at* |. 989.000. It is believed thqt the assets will , pay the company oul. ) The losses, amounting to 930,000, sustained j by the Gerinania bank and the National bank of Buvauuah. Qa., through forged Bouth9 western railroad stock certificates, said to } have been hypothec"***1 *" **-' * uj jiuj. a- lb Hartriugo, buve beeu settled iu full. At Dallas, Texas. Couuty Treasurer, W. N. , Coe has been arrested ou a grand Jury in. dletment charging him with embezzling $5,695 of.the eouuty funds. Miss Emma Monroe, the 15-year-old editress of iho Attalln, (Ala.) Deacon, met W. . H, Cathee, editor of tho Herald, on the | . streets and cowhided him. At Benarnold, Milan county, Texas, con- i victs escaped while at work by tho guurd i being shot by a mounted desperado. Frying Pan Shoals, near Charleston, S. 0., broke away from her moorings during last week's storm. I The State Dnptist Convention, of South , Carolina, is in session a( Charleston. Dis- I tingulslnd Daptists from ull over tho United ' States aro in attendance. The Louisville baseball club has disposed t of Shortstop Eustace and ltight Fielder Mc- 4 Fnrlnud to the Indianapolis Club. The con- p sideratlou is sutd to huvo beeu $800. Chas. A. Collier, tho president of Southern tl States Cotton Exposition, has been elected c< Mayor of Atlanta, Ga. lie had no opposition. nl Governor Johnston has boon sworn in by ! tho Legislature of Alabama, us Governor of | wl that State. la The Inst census shews that in North Cnro- I pa inn there are 115,000 farms, laud 11,352 j eo nortgages, aggregating $0,000,351. )'WI At lUchmond. Va., Mrs. Mary Slnclndiver, mil barged with shooting her husband with in- I |j0 ent to kill, was acquitted on the evidence of 0f er husband, who said tho shooting was acidental. for Privato advices from Havana received at ickson ville, Fla., aro to the effect thatWey- <ur( r will soon issue another tobacco order pro- ,n01 biting the exportation of ItomodiouB tobac- "jot 1 from the Island of Cuba. This was not eluded in his other order, and a great <t??i ''?? IS hl'rt't -* ' ..Alined, Havana manufacturers vo petitioned Weyler to closo the Cnbnu 85,0 rts on this tobacco as Northern and Fast- prot 1 manufacturers were buying it all for ox- i unsi rtatiou to this country, and ho is expected the J issue the order in u Jew days. comi i bill lias been introduced in the Georgia, rislatnre prohibiting the playing of foot1 in that 8tato;ulso prohibiting the sale of w,crt, iirettes or cigarette paper. ^ he First National Bonk of Tyler, Texas, litiga failed. At the dale of its last roport, the the ti ital of the bank was $250,000. Ceuti ffovei oo. H. Hoffer, cashier of the flrst Nationnl 43; k,of Lebanon, Ky., ia a selfconfesed ..ethe ^^ler to the extent of $110,000. lie has QD vv rel it for six years. special to the Louisville Times front "Or vllle, Ky.. says: An attempt to burn th? bonds i of Danville has been madennd property ?8ta oi te extent of (15,000 was deetroyed. An ana " lown negro who was driven from a llv- questii table Is Buspected, decllnt rallrou ipeclal from Versailles, Ky.. says all toll cept in i in Woodford county has been cut down mudirf lestroyed by a mob. (Similar depreda- 90id to have been committed recently in Frank- Pacille 'wen, Anderson and Washington conn- fault t The mobs aro composed o( men who $^88,14 nd freo turnpikes in Kentucky. "sinkin It. Lous, Mo., the nationnl convention W. C. T. U. adjourned sine die Wedy. To the executive committee is left Hon. itv of selecting tire place for the twen- tary of rth annual convention. A number of the navi linvo urged their claims. It Is iieii??v..n ? OI1UWI1 ; niuii'H ties between Buffalo, N. Y., tratlon \ troit, Mich.. but the choice uiay not certified le forsomo time. of llhod .f. North ( and New All About the North. now nuu . i . nia, New llwaukeo, Wis., 500 people hav e linen jju(J j{|K >d by nr-ento being put into flour at a |jna' p,, A largo number of the eases are Mioiilgnr rod serious. Arrests have been jaim umi of tho pre nito Dick has been killed at Kildnre, battalion ty a posse of men which have been orgunizat for him siaee last September when j others, escaped from the jail at There was a reward of $1,000 for ai c,.r?. Jre. . . ' has been t n Mason City, la,, destroyed tho Stevens o o and all the mail and several busi- " ' so. Loss, $100,000. Insurance am- 10-moutDs provided inch blade >Y. Coflln, the famous cartoonist of Catlettsbu '.on, is dead. house. wa Falls, Wis., is threatened with " .1 destruction, owing to an ice gorge ? rmeil in the river just below tho jm accoi tor is two feet doap iu tho city. An- gross the ?e is forming above the place, whiea year made Id break suddenly would sweep the fisheries of ut. The people are panic stricken tjon g ovlng out. Tho thermometer is fact wheth* tivnted in t Place.Pa., the Packer Colliery No. being prepi ?y the Lehigh Coal Company, has within the rn for an indefinite period. Light to its transr nuu and hoys aro throw > out of elou decline nt. tains or thu made. m tug Levida vis of Newark, N. .L, tiinh to Norfolk. Va., crew of seven The Presh >ur miles southeast of Southport, pose of res ? erew were saved by menus ol Byas, senten years and si jury. ed bushels of grain have been 8t. Paul, Mluu. Loss, $100,000; The Germ. 530,000. energetic prt agaiust the a. >rk. Frnnk P. Slavin, of Australia, tonnage dut mstrong, of Chicago, fought. Iu American pc round Slavin after two minutes wm |JH t|u|y : seconds of fighting, throw up mrttor is lik ui quit. government charges on At tho bnsis for N1 iseelluiieous. recently issue. iber the Southern Hallway earn- "? I, a decrease of $'2011,H4H. The Lhuiii rancisco, Cal.. Sharkey was Tho new gui light between himself and Fit/.- wero launched the end of the eighth round, |ron Works t : nocked him out It is said. The crowd. The 1 as lfLOl'2. every respect. i?nt of the public debt issue.I mm shows Unit on November An Kxtr< ;'2>P"n?!l ,n,,ho Tre^unr, The Wash In f,995<769,15!), nn increase for (ho hm?< ? i ?70.m This Increase Is ?o- ^?v or the ? corresponding decrease in in/d? it ft cash on hand. every Senator in Trotting Board lm vo denied here before hi. >n of Jack Curry for release ^ /!, of $500, imposed upon him hy legislation lit u Belmont park, Philadelphia, ,kn *'* ,p',-s.s , driving of the pacer doe March. This, 1 1 the lino of actio upon t>y the pn it the pntrous of n large tour- dent that, at th< oso buslnesi Is world embrac- which will be f ure be mounted on bloyclcs provided there 1 sis prefer that modo of loco- three months tit jxcumiona In foreign cities. will bo adjourn* 'iliHiMM >n ' ' * ? As Submitted by Secretaries Fr?v cis and Herbert. * INTERIOR IN GOOD CONDITION. Herbert Deals With the Sabject of I the MUltla at 8ome Length?N?a*\ ber of Vessels 3,839. -j | TPavid R. Francis, Secretary of the Interior, | anirVHiUlard A. Herbert, Secretary of the NevyVhnve submitted their reports to the President. Below are extracts from-the o,HIcial papente "The (Appropriations under Francis* uepartmeift for the lost llsonl year amounted to $157,179,656. The esti' mates for tho present fiscal year I are abou# $1,000,000 more than was approI priated mast year. The actual publio domain Is now *,649,072,587 acres. The public lands J still va Jaut amount to over 600 Ooo m?c sons, Toi ? ?" account." mountain The Navul Militia. 1 Bo?thXtl II. A. Ilerbort iu his report as Soere- battle wai the Navy deals with the subject of gan fnml al militiu at some leapth, and it is colson an that at the close of the last adminis- of John D the number of naval militia lawfully Congress was 1,794, divided among the States e Island, Maryland, South Carolina, ? Jurolinii, Massachusetts, California nui r York. From the last returns they Concern uber 3.339, in the States of Callfor- t. t f York, Massachusetts, North Caro>de Islaud, Maryland. South Caro- ^ly omit nnsylvauia, Illinois, Connecticut, ofPresideii i, New Jersey, Georgia and LouJa- man M. A. I the Dopnitmeut has been informed rnugemenb >spective formation of nu additional *'I think th in New York, at llrooklyn and an usual. It 1 ion in Ohio. torn iu com an monies and What's Next ? '? omitted i do, W. Va., a match for $500 a side ~ nade for a fight between Thomas >f Cnttlettsburg, Ky., and a vicious total i-< Id bear cub. Stevens Is to bo 704. This ii with a hunting knife with n four- ?2,523,447, . The battle is to take place at nmj ggg g rg, Christmas Eve, in tho operu ls. 57d.'in tt dy 111 per ce Washington Pointers. dance with a resolution of Cou- ^ special fi Fish Commission during the past . a thorough investigation into the gio-cautorni the Florida coast. Special atten- check for $10 iven to tho ascertainment of the club, has rel r sponge could bo sucessfully cul- presented by hose waters. The report is now bank officials ired and will l>e sent to Congress to pay the oh next C,wo or three weeks. I'rior oi? lliuiltnn *1'* oimrKuy was v<> nuii noily the commis- bank officials s tc indicate wlmt tlie report con- vice, recommendations be' may liavo __ The fi lent has pnrdoned, for the pur- Within the li toriug to citizenship, Frank J. .. fthBHnll icod in North Carolina to two "on of the Sou x months imprisonment for per- cent, while the v AKain of 1*0 i* this ttainisintb an government has lodged an While the lattei itest with the State Eepartment taxes, theyrooe ction of tho President imposing ditures for pub *s on Gorman ships entering >rts. The receipt of this protect Cycl' acknowledged, but there tho . uly to rest, unless the German A cycione, ac takes steps to remove the boo swept the ei nerienn shipping, which formed Kreat loss of lift the President's proclamation jorrat estates h d. out. The island ? have also been *htiigs Were Successful. damage, but no nboats Vlcksburg and Newport e^' f. 1 iium me yards of tho Bath At Vlneland, N Saturday before an Immenso Jersey training nonfilings were successful in children. Tho 2< without accident. it Session of Congress. Wasbt gton Post says: A Republican far tho most Senator, who has been in the topics yot issued mst two weeks, and who hae culture has just n t to call upon ami talk with n monograph on of his party, who was either Southern States b in or lias come since, states ft discuss!^ of th< ivo that there will be no tariff Filibort Roth, the lis coming session, and that direction of Dr. II 11 will be called by tho 15th ol division of forestr lie feels well satisfied, will be ^ j Jackson 1 n, or rather Inaction, decided ma;ter' vtce W. 1 r?y caucus. He is also confl- I)ftth uPauf0rt cot a extra session, the tariff bill ml98ioned are Alfr ramed will be put through, g?ore 0.-Charl Is no Democratlo filibuster, in john B Counclli II no, and that the extra session hag ?,tabllftae id before tho 1st of July. N q wUb wiUyuu nui mcguuing Alaska. Aboat 116,729,751 aoree huv? bt&u patented to railroads and there are yet UuoTfcallroads and wagon roads under J their graafian "KKrogUo of 114,736,039 . aer-os. Tho total"1^<lroa^ segregated from the publio domain ^^JJ46.219.160 acres. The ^ Secretary dooms it dcsiruohji'? ?4r _ 1 acreage should be taken sottiera ^ aud they should bo given ever^WLDCOura^>)" |< tnout and says if tho rate of settlenlj^"' e tiuuos in the future as in tho past l/HI^L!1 ?i? J vacant land will Im> loft in 13 years' time.a irgcs legislation lor tho [preservation of tW|^y orests and states that ft report will be aubultled to Congress by tho forestry oommision which lias iutoly returned from a tour of uspection. l*? "Secretary Franels is of tho opinion the* Zjt he free uso of timber on publio lands for .j jminercinl purposes should bo discontinued, jvp, "Ou tho pension question, ho says that lout 970,678 persons aro drawing about 110,000,000 per annum in pensions and the pon auch of tho service should bo oonducted Ith great care and disc retion. Ho gives a bio which shows that tho total amount 4 id by the government in pensions and the st of disbuislug the sauio during the last 31 _ ars was #2,034,817,769, which laoks only reo 16,712,525 of being equal to tho high water ? irk of tho interest-bearing public debt. ^ suggests u number of ammendmonts tho pension laws. One hundred aud forty h*? * lion dollars is thought to be sufficient lug d tho payment of pensions during the next . al year unless pensions are increased by thor legislation. Tho secretary recom- mode ids that au increase from $8 to * 12 nor ? ith bo irrnnl"'1 - - * r? muoi iu nil survivors of the ably k clean wur who aro wholly disnbled and to itute. excite riie Indians, he says, now occupy about n Unit 08,880 acres of land and they should be the let eetod from the sinister machinations of and tfa rupulous men. He recommends that large < Indian bureau should be conducted by a will gi mission of three membors, two to be Many < ans of dilTorent political parties and one move I nny officer. nomlte 'ouceruiug tho bond-aided railroads, the tarysumuiurizes tho recommendations is predecessors and the result of tho ^ tion. He calls attention to the fnct that The 1 ibles ho presents clearly show that tho ral Puolilo ltailroad Is In default to the ' umcut, or will be on January 1st next, ?*tbat 2,000 additional of its indebtedness, to- their ca r with thirty years interest there- Rnj the ill fall due and must be redeemed by tfcat thi ivernment. branch l January 1, 1897, 00,640,000 additional tion Qfl of the Union Pacific will maturo;inter- states th i same, til,052,000. will be then due, tllixatioi not paid, the Union Pacific will un- estate ee onably be in default. He has therefore QQM and ad to patent lands to the Union Paclflo than in 1 id or the t. antral Pacific railroad, excases where it can be shown that the or which patents are asked have been Oi< bonallde purchasers. The Central . rullroud was, on June 80, 1896, in de- A BPet o the government to the extent of light bet 3 on Its "bond and Interest" nnH f..~" WEEKLY COMMERCIAL REPORT The Stormy Weather Has Had It? lmprtMlOB or Trade Conditions. Bradstreet says general trade continues la moderate volume, jobbers and wholesale iealer* being agreed that there will be no !?tstews revival this year. There la aotlvity hi holiday goods. Rain and stormy weather Sooth and sold, severe weather West and Worthwpst. have oheoked traffic oh interior Montry roads and otherwise Interfered with the distribution of merchandise, exoept at rcme Northwestern oentree where more reasonable weather has stimulated the demand for heavy textiles, clothing, hats and ihoc* ?? ? ??uvu> uio central Mississippi I railey there has been no increase in the demand in wholesale lines, and at the South trade is characterised as dull. I. Bails have again re-aotcd on the dissolution ot the pool; tin plate prices have been cut and Bessemer pig Iron has sold down 15 oentsa ton. 'The weakness in hides continues and prioes are lower, though thus far < Without effect on quotations for leather. Po- , troleom prices have re-acted and quotations | are lower for ooffee, lard, oats and corn. No material change is reported In prices for 1 pork, print cloths and lumber, vrbite those for turpentine, tobacco, cotton, sugar, wheat and flour are all higher. November bank clearings reflect the speculative activity following tho election. Compared with months immediately preceding, .he showing is a good one. Only ones bo'ore in 18 years has the November total exteeded thut for October, and with the exoepion of January tbeNo vember total Is t he henvest for any month this year. But in spite of bis the total November clearings were smalar than a year ago and, with New York exluded, quite a heavy falling off Is reported, 'he total clearings at G6 cities for November j Rgregate $4,564,307,804. a decrease from a . ear age of 2.8 per eent. Outside of Ne?v ork the total clearings of all the cities fell j y^uarly 11 per cent, from a year ago. Only ( ) imti!' c'ties in tbo country show increases t with 3.6 per cent, and Baltimore h 4_3 d hB? n%lT|i59 business fai.ures reported u intrhmit for this week, <i of 63 compared wltll ' ding week one yeiu^^ shippewTFAL^^8 SAFE. P pi? Becoming Rec^fc2?(\.n,,(' lusinesa Men Arc Movlngflt* p. e situation is more hopeful. 8J ceded one foot and It is grndually^?? y< own. The river has forced a chandVji to self under the gorgo. The weather rating and unless ull signs fail, ths , ri? 'Will continue t" .v *WUUO. ? will prob- I >e two weeks before tho river returns normal state, and the people are le?9 Via d and all fee! very hopeful. Col. Jones, ed States civil engineer, says: "I think ?in tho gorgs will remain until spring at the river will force a channel plenty fjv, mough under it. In tho spring the ice 7? adually molt and will cause no flood." *? ? ' of the merchant* huve commenced to 2 ?f! )aok to their places of business. Ly1 was not used to break the gorge. " wear t ?* consto ntemplntiug Coming South. retrea ?epperell and Laconla Mills, of BidMe., have petitioned the Legislature Virgin State for the privilege of increasing dale, b p.ttal stock, the former to $1,600,000, cost tb latter to $2,200,000. It is believed t company contbmplates operating M_ G<! R I ants in the 8outh. The corpora- tn " jials are retloent but the petition -rtirraai lat tho object o? the Increased capl- _ P ' 1 is to purchase and hold any real sential or convenient for their buslto carry on their business elsewherv THE Mddoford or Hlco. Fifty I-Time Kentucky Killing. ilal from Lexington, Ky., says 3 T,je ween old man Harrison and twe jQC n and Caleb, occurred in one of the d, 1 counties. As a result the eldei ., Is dead and both sons are dying10 Harrison boys are also dead. The presiden ) fought with revolvers. The Mor- delegates ly wore strong supporters ot L>. G. ?lon nm. d tho Harrison family supporter! _ ' >. White fn tho recent election foi Inpalls, c uan in Letcher county. ?" Cloven Each ( . .... w? .. .. was allow 111a l<avora "The Hull." of E. B. i ing the report going the rounds t? Stunnard, hat tho inaugural ball may possitted at the coming innuguratior dressed th it-elect McKinley in March, Chair A resolu Hama who has eharge of tho ar- the sense < h pertaining to such matters, says conferenc* e inaugural ball will bo bold ai Indianapo lias become a time-honored cus- of suggest! lection with tho inaugural core- essarv to f there is no reason why it should country uf now." It was fo M not be secu ondoi.'s Totul I>ebt. ,wa3 left to bly will be debt ot London is now ?87,941,avolves a chnrge on tho rates o) Clevc of which ?1,217,437 is interest The New 10 repayment, eonni ? ? -* 01 mna-s prlvf le pound, and equivalent to noar- 000. He pit nt. of the ratable value. Princeton,] be deau of 1 ,, _T _ . of his term. H Not Pay Sharkey. _ rom San Francisco says the An- ^ Boy a bank, on which the prize fifth* ,000 was drawn by the National _L 8Pec used payment. The chock was omasv e Lynch, Sharkey's backer. The tent persecut i told Lynch? they must decline of about 35 y eck until courts decided that upper part o: entitled to the money. The Bryant his n say they are actinft on legal ad- knjfe> an(i jn was shot and immediately i touth's Population. is now in Jail ?st twenty years the popula- the affair. 13 th has Increased about 54 per county. school enrollment his made >r cent. A very large port of Clga te education of the neftro race. The Iowa P r paid only 5 per cent of tho to have lived one-fourth of the oxpon- . . . ? ...sCoo. purp.^ S''b.b"o^T ??? >" cl"iri>iSr?e" '.oompanted by heavy floods, jn the orlftinal istern West Indies, causing tempt was ma?. At St, Vincent and Mont ave been completely wiped ? ... s ot Trinidad and Darbadoes f flooded, cauilng immense A special fro loss of life has boen report- V0re 8t,0ck of a at 1:19 Tuesdf . J.. Are destroyed tho New lasting several i school for feeble minded perceptibly thai 90 children woro taken out and rushed intc Loss 25,000. ago was done, Ingtou Kohoos. elabornte work on forestry The L by the Department of Agrl- rr. t je( tade its appenrance. It is momowgig" the ?ImK~- - ' 3'Dr. Carlos Mohr wHh untl"rt"kcn i? tl ' structure of tboir wood "v ?h th" Iluss whole prepared under the from the Ensto rniw, chief of the proper to the Pn , ?*1, which it is en 5 n *? appointed post- !lne wi" he nenrl intv ^r?n<A' re8l?ned, at longest in the , , V' ?- Those com- morfttpau *200,( es RonH 7/' at Docker's cut th? minimum miti v'/?uit0na? N. C.; arouud the world Id dt irti.?' ?tA now office mak" 11 Possible l atAdJai Union county fometblng like th i ?. Lee as Postmaster. loK a'l the dronm ' : ~ HIM! 18 Mil. ! Gen. Bradley T. Johnson Review the Cubafl;Sitiration. THE SPANISH ARE WHIPPED. Patriots Belong to Evory Class?Cu baas Cannot be Starved ? Tbel Arms and Equipments. | la dlsoussing the situation in Cuba, Gen ; eral Bradley T. Johnson, who recently re > turned from there, says that it is impossible , to get reliable or aceurate information us t< J the Cnban army. "I investigated carefully,' said he, and was never satirlied. Considet the state of mind in Baltimore and anions Southern sympathizers during the civil war, and recall the exaggerations of their enthusiams and the dreams of their hopes. Then intensify that n thousand fold and you have a faint idea of the condition of things in Hato-day. All the Spaniards are for the go-'ernmont?all the Cubans are fcrtho rebellion." "What sort of people are supporting the rebellion." the general was asked. "The bankers, the planters, the writers, the lawyers, the doctors, the professors xnd the people. Tho University of Havana Is a hotbed of patriotism. The boys run oil by the score to join Gomez and Macco, and (omo of the professors are ministers plenipotentiary to the Bouth American countries vnd to France. I think the property, the iulturo and the courago of tho island is on he side of tho rebellion. "Tho Insurrection is supported by wenltb, lirected by intelligence and conducted with renlus aud courage. I think the rebels outIght and out-maneuver the Spaniards, and hat they will wear them out. "There Js no chance of the rebels being tarvod out of tbo Pinar del Bio district foi 10 woods are full of cattle, hogs aud sweet otatoes. They wdll always have plenty to it. They are armed with Remingtons, poncers. Mausers and every variety of carina aud revelvor. "Cuba's area is equal to to Pennsylvania; i population is 1,102,899 white, 485,187 no- i oes and 49,811 Chinese. Negroes include ] 1 mixed blood; white means pure blooded l )u perceive the population is about equal 1 that of Virginia and is similarly mixed? i out two whites to one of all the other j cos. - . 1 tWIth pence xnd order restored there, bow > would It tnko for tn?? ? * uiu.iuu American J MmntcH to take posession ot the islaud?" 1 an immigration of skill, energy and r u^B^is would flow iuto Cuba the world r )try^HL(een. That would dispose of the ti ever^Kccxlcan-nlgger-republic spook. tl ngo-A^^ktho genlous of the war. He is a c aceo is^^Mjg mother wns the daughter ot d roon. l^krauk, as he is the eon of a w vniard ol^Hhk. Ho is well educated, o< urd of ranaAng and daring. He will t. alort, dashllH^ut by guerilla war? ] the Bpaniards^^^Lbuscadee, attaoks and int surprises, nr^mjoo men, kept 40,000 T ts. Moshy, with^Kid for two years In onstantly employ^Kiler and Loudon In : ountains of Fauql^kind down hill and la, chasing bim up^Arcd him. and 'he ut they never captul^fcand millions of * em thousands of menm. theory thai eg i a condition and not ivoland and the Congre^Fare DOUna towm 1, and a condition cannot be dodged. Nort. pa men and nations and makes them ho subject," * ?rol 000 in durini MONETARY CONFERENCE, this is need t Delegates Present?Addresses By Prominent Men. cate a monetary conference called by placed llanapolis board of trade met averng anlson House, in Indianapolis, and PR8t ed to ordor by Justice C. Adams, 0( t of the board of trade. About fifty 'Tho i wore present at tho opening ses- crop ar sng the more prominent being M. E. if Cinciunati, and J. C. W. Cowles, ?nd. Ellison commercial organization present ^ rod three votes, and upon motion 5**,, 'Bl lartiudale, of this city, ex-Qoveruoi ^"un'u , of Missouri, was made permanent ? \,i , Ex-Attorney General Miller and Mouiphj Wilson, both of Indinnnpoiis, ad- ?ou??on e convention nt some length. warren, itiou was ndopted declaring it was of the conference that a general .Avera;. ?of commercial bodies bo called at lis about January 12, for the pur- ' g|lc ing such legislation as may be nee- , ilace the currency system of the Mrs. E >ou a sound and permanent basis, doro Dot und, however, that the hall could ired on January 5, aud tho date ec' V a focal sub committee. It proba- nqtlco tin fixed at January 12. pension a diSappoin dnnd's Private Fortune. husband t York World says President Clave oh"" v'w! ite fortune is estimated ?? ? ** mont oflfe iid 940.000 for bis new house Jq i>avi? hut N. J. There is talk that he will ^are 'rinceton College at the expiration ? T of 20 Kills a Man of 35. It to repc o the Atlanta Constitution from an expedltl says as the climax of his persls- about read; lion, Jeff Carlisle, a white man lower gulf ears of age, who lived In th? Cuba. Tht f agent of tjb< f Thomas county attacked Tob? ^ this part elghbor, a youth of 20, with a a large q*( a desnorate fight that followed w4j, ^ takei killed by Bryant. The lattei . AtlUchmi surrendered to the. sheriff, and havo awaiting an investigation of. flKh\ for Cu toth men were prominent in the recognized . ents. y. rette l*ow in Iowa. rohlbltory cigarette law seems jjr V F knocked out. The tobacco wbo has'sign >vered that tbe State law can- T . because it interferes with inter- llam Jonn,D? ce, and large shipments ol. In the princii e receivod from New York sold' has establish! 5-eent packages, and, no at- Hodse, Atlan le to prevent it. for the tour lecture will p ^ latter part of lnols Karthquake. elded where 1 m Cairo, 111., says that a se- , . ?r arthquake was felt in that cltj G, _A. It. t) ly aftcrnobn, the vibrations Afatqeetlpf seconds. Buildings swayed sc tho Grapd Art t the inmates Jiocamo alarmed j^. y., if Was d ?tho streets. No serlou3datn- 0f 1907 fhoidd month of Augi . The Teslf h ongest Railway. I President-olocl ntio railroad enterprise ever lie rnns-SiWorlrth Hallway, the modest p inn government is building clined. rn borders of tho empire Tho clerk of I icifie const. When con plet- J>n-S \*}e ilcn la ted will be in 1904. this bj'rs of thn Hou y 5.000 miles I11 length? ?? .uoimi HIIUW9T world?and will have cost posed of 201 Ho 100,000. Its completion will Fusionists. 12 ] schedule time of a journey that there is on? 1 more than half, and will souri district. :o circumvent the globe in were in the last irty days?a feast surpass- served In previc s of the ilctitionlsta. Ottawa, Ont., 1000 Are. \ MMmHaaMaMMMMaaaaaaMMMMaaMMBaaw t. OKATli IN THE SNOW. Perishing From the Cold in the Northwest. A special from St. Paul, Minn., dated Not. " 29th, says: The intensely cold weather which prevails in the storm-swept district of the northwest has brought on intense suffering, and the death list of four is expected to be increased unless milder weather sets in At Morehead. -Minn.. Thou. Ander^n vnnw? ? {v?ug dim), arter helping a woman to ker . noma attempted to reach hie own, but perished. At Devils Lake, N. D., Henry Bur* roughs of 8t. Paul, a mf 11 clerk, started to walk to town from a stalled train. He never reached there. At Fargu, N. D? Frank Vach of Chicago, was frozen on the prairie, a mile from t ~.wu. At Churches Ferry, N, D., a-trainman at. tempting to got help for a train load of cattle , was frosen stiff. Ten carloads of sheep dee_ tlned for Chicago were frosen^t Grand Har" ' bor, Devils Lake. The November which ! ' Just closing, is the coldest in the northwest for fifteen years. 8uow fell on the fourth of the month and has not slnoe disappeared oven for a day. There is great suffering on the stack ranges and thousauds of cuttle will be killed If the weather continues cold. On the ranges west of the Missouri river, the temperature is from 5 to 12 degrees below zero, and below zero at all poiins in the Dnkotae. At Vermillion, 8. D., there is hardly a tree standing and every orchard is ruined. In mauy instances trees a foot in diameter were snapped off at the bottom. Farmers coming in from the ranges west of the Missouri say the loss of stockmen so far is not great, as when the storm broke the i beeves found fair shelter In the valley. The weather, however, is still very severo. BUCKET SHOPPERS GUILTY. Prosecuted for the First Time In Chicago Under the Postal Laws. The first case in which "'bucket shop" proprietors hav> been Buccossfully prosecuted by means of postal laws camo before Judge Orosscup in the Unite! Mutes Dis-, trict Court in Chicago Monday. Wm. H. McClure, Dr. Jas. Craig, Jas. F. McJlure, John Tallman and Wm. A. Thomas, who wero indicted this torm at the Instance ot the % civic federation for using the mails to pro* mote a scheme to defraud, appeared iu court with their attorney, Judgo 8cott, and entered a plea of guilty. The men wore arrested last July, after doing a profitable business, and other* vra??1 * *- *" __ nulu caviKuv ia id? same not t?y Post office Impector Htuart.. The lndictnents wero based on n letter to customers** ittornoy 8oott admitted that the trade had lot been made on the board of trade, but -'it vas a bucket shop trade. District Attorney Slack for tho government recommended a' Ine of $1,000 In each ease, and said he wa* utislled the men, it they had at one time aade money, were now poor and had been roken on their own wheel. In answer to he court the defendants said they had not ontinued tho business after their arrest. The (strict attorney told tho court that there 'ere other similar cases to be called and reo? mmended a line of $1,000 In each case. ciGriir corro.^KST imates. he Average Does Not Indicate m Very Large Crop. The Houston Poat says a loss of about $6 ir bale on cotton since the election Is-gen-, ally attributed to the remarkably heavy- re- . Int^of the stapleatport^^^^h^U^^^^^M^MMj i. This Movement^It la -elaii&ed bytern and ^European spinners, points to* ) of fully 9,000.000 bales, or about 1,000,excess of the estimates that were made ? the summer and early fall. Whether an honest bell* f or not there Isrno'* o question, and yet it i? quite, notice- . , mt nearly all inquiries that have been * by responsible firms lately do not|lndlyield in excess of 8,400,000 bales. Oafly ' >tton statisticians of notfe bave^been^ on record with a larger estimate. The e of eight estimates made within'th?"w weeks?including those of Pasob ill?point to a United States drop bl ' K> ... eight estimates of - the United States e us follows: ., f. Bales. t ier7-8.Co. Liverpool.- <8,340,000 J 7-8 Co. Liverpool 8,250,000 - ' ondon and New Orleans.... 9,100.000 * ( h, Paris... 9.260,000. ., , Alexander St Vo.,' New ' ? 8.Q22JKJP ? s Cotfon Exchange 8.292.O0C i Cotton Ex.change....v.... 8,361.000 ? Jones 7-8 Gratz, St. Louis 8,l'25,000 * .htA-t r K f? ^467,500 ^ is Greatly DIssnppolntcd. '"W1 lizabeth Donnldson, widow of Ttaeotaldson, tho yeteran, who' aided In ro of Jefferson Davis, has recoivod it she lias been alloWed $12 a month ?? nd $144 back pension. 8lio is greatly, ted, tiling the Services of lier 'law leserving of a better rocpgntflon. ' J" i, who died a year aero,, was .an * ntear ln<???-< __ u?/uiaa. xne governrod a reward for the capture ol Donaldson only got $300 for his T cxans Going to Outm.- *" >rt*i In Ban Antenlo> Tex.**that' V< Ion of over ^00 Texas pow Jjoys Js j y to start from Point Isabel, pn the , epast, near the Me?lean Una, foe. ?expedition was organized bv an ,? if i Cuban insurgents, wBo hasl>een* ' fl of the State for several ^ee|cs. tjr intlty of'arms "and Atnmunlnoav a by the party. i ond, Va.. John W.(Starlte, c.lalms ulted some .600 men who are to i; tba as soon as the C^bam are by the United States, as buliger-, >, ? r ? I C e Opens ^Iead,<juarter?. ' ? , I M McBce, of the Seaboard Air *jlne, \ ed a contract with Mpor. \yil- <;s Bryan for a series- of 'lectures ,. J )al cities of the United States. *d hcadquhrtere at tbeXimbhU' (t tn, On., where all arrangements- q will be made. The obeying robably bo-given in Atlanta the f. December*.' It baa not been do-< i ir. Bryan Will go fTona tndrb.^ ** ' j a tn'liuflT^lo^ N. V. * f. ; erf the executive committeebt *" ;*' flP!** nyofthe Republic \ln iBurfalof' ? eclded that the^-ooasmpment, v, |.nm< be held in 'Buffalo dusing'th* , UOIIM ust . y >. ' as made tho dL|povery fhat ; eKinley hat ofTore<WtV. X< . U? ' York, the post ,Q^iloorOtaw in thenow (hhih?B -- J .Mv*f CSI1U 1DBI ublishor of Judge btvs de,ho IIo'iso of ItoprcsontaUves usual unofficial list of memse of tho Flfty-Qfth Congress. , bat the House will be com- ^ publicans, 124 Democrats. IS "T Populists and 3 Silverltus.aud j vacancy, from the First Ml? Of the total membership 205 ; House and 20 others Jha<l us l engrosses, LasToTn visited by a 9<0<V? . ^ ? ' J ' ^ ' J