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uidance of Boards IN TOWNSHIPS AND COUNTIES* What the Mtuor Board* Are Expeot* ed to Do, So That an Early Dlviiloi Con be Made. \r?~u?n? ? ? * * - - i^wvuifuuitor vjeuorai ?<pion 18 MM M > work endeavoring to get the pension department thoroughly organized with* oat delay bo that the pensioners of the State will not have to wait this year for their money. Inasmuch as tho township and county boards have to meet very soon, the State board of pensions has prepared the following rules for the guidance of these boards: i The pension boards as organized in 1897, will meet an required by law on the third Monday in January at a convenient placo in "each township for the ptirpose of examining the township rolls of their rospective townships, and for passing upon any new' applications for pensions. All now applications for pensions must appefcr in person before township boards. Said applications must have the approval of the township and county boards beforo the State |??m? uiu ujipruve. in? township boartl3 may drop from the roll of pensioners the name or names of any party or parties which in their judgment are not entitled to a pension under the law, giving tho reasons therefor in writing and also erase the names of those whom they know to be dead. They ? * inav add to the rolls ouly such names of new applicants as may filo applications. Those already on the pension roll need not prepare nor file new applica| tions. Ml now applications not properly and correctly tiled in each particular, although approved by township and f county boArds. will be disapproved by j the State board. The county boards iare requested net to forward to the Stato board the names of any pensioners disapproved by the township or county boards. Coraploto county and township lists as approved for 1897 are herewith 6ont to the township boards, from which they are expected to make up the list of thoso to be continued on the roll; the same will be handed totho county board for their approval. Township and county boards will notice that the law provides three cla?ses, "A." "B." and "C." (with five subdivisions of class "C," us follows; Class A?Those who have lost both v hands, or both legs, or both eyes, or whose total disabilities arising from wounds. !irft (>niliriilonl ir\ lh? 1""" , ? ** * " kw iuo iUOO U1 either, and whose income does not exceed S230. This doe3 not include soldiers whoso disabilities urise from diseases 01 causes arising since the , war. Class B.?Those who havo lost one arm or one leg, or whose disabilities from wounds are equivalent to tho I f Joss of an arm or a leer, and w hose in, / f come does net exceed $230. ClassC. ?(No. 1.)?Thrno?<-ljU'*-",mi siiJrvr?. Uit.iblod by wouuds. nut uo? J.'" sufficient to bo placed in class li. $ whose income do not exceed $230. ClassC.?(No. 2.)?Those who hay? reached the ago of <>0 years and whose incomes do not exceed 3100. Class C.?(No. 0.)?Widow s of those I1-',- who lost their lives while in tho service of tho Stute or Confederate States, and whose incomes do not exceed $230. ClassC.?(No. 4.)?Widows above tho age of GO years, whose incomes do not < ' exceed $100. ClassC.?(No. .3.)?Widows of pensioners. This class is not montioued in t the printed acta eent out, but by the act approved Dth December, 1834. Blanks for tho reports of township and county boards in accord with these 4 cla ses and subdivisions havo been prepared aud will be mailed to auditors f v distribution among the boards. Class A. gets 36 per month or $75, and will bo paid this amount; Class B. $4 per month or $48; audClass C., with each n( ita anVifliviKinns .43 ner month or 3^6. After Class A. shall have been j paid, the balance will bo pro rated between B. and C. on the basis of 34 to 5 Sfl. This money will be sent to the clerks of court as heretofore as has been provided in tho appropriations acts each year, and will be sent just as soon a* the roll for the State can be corrected ! ' and verified. Township boards cannot be too careful in these matters of "incomef' and "physical condition." It is a veijy poor man whose gross income from labor, rent, and other sources, does not exceed 810t), or poor lands, if any, which will not produce this amount gross. fMf I'roperty sufficient to produce 3100 in applicant's or his wifo's name debars j ; him or her. Where soldiers or widows \ > dispose of their property by giving or tLf selling to their children, tnoy are debarred from roceiving a pejnsion. [ jw' The question of 6orvico to tho Stats in connection with the various classes . ( of reserves called into the service of the. State just at tho close of the war, will i depend much upon tho evidctnce submitted to tho State board. When leal servico was rendered the ponsion | tnould be allowed. Any cftizen of : I the State over (50 years of age, and [' I otherwise qualified, is as much enI titled to a pension as that class of her good citizens who merely met. and orIganized on cull, without real servico to to the State, j Please note very carefully the follow< 1 ing: 1 Let township and county boards aof \ promptly and fairly, giving the State board full information with complete reports uy towusmp tor eacu county, writiiigf names full nn<l clear, with particulars for approving or disapproving in each caso ( Township boards must first approve, 01 disapprove, in writing. j. ' . each new application, and then county , ,/ hoards, and afterwards the State board. : ' In making reports to county boards township board's reports should ba [ ? signed by each member. f>. H. Tompki.vs, Secretary of iState. * W. A. Bajiber, Attorney General. L. P. Kpton', Comptroller General. Htuto lfotml of Pensions. Attest: | v jiaiti 1". MAH/ixt^f'e^aion Clark. ^ % B6 ffi . nu tscapetf t3-l?oot Python Cap* tured in Cbdumbia. GOT AWAY FROM \ SIDESHOW. { The Snake Avoids Detection for tlx 1 Months and is Only Caught Alter e Terrific Struggle. The Columbia State of the 4th says: The 18-foot python, which escaped from the Stanley museum July 8rd, while it was exhibiting here, was recaptured yesterday in the cellar of the Loan cad Exchange bank, whore it had sought refuge. It all came about through Arthur Boeder, the negro janitor of the bank. When Boeder went into the eellar yesterday morning sbortiy after 0 o'clock to replenish the fire in t|ie furnaoe. he heard a rustling among some boxes of papers. Thinking that the noise was made by rats he went on until he was brought to a sudden stand Biiii oy coming plump against a huge snake stretched at full length on a pile of bcxes. "For Gawd sake, am dis de devil?'' ejaculated Boeder, as he begau to back from close proximity to the snake. Hatless, breathless and with eyes starting from their sockets, Reader bounded up the steps and rushod into the bank, where he began to tell a disconnected story iu which snake and I devil were so badly mixed that no one could tell which lie had seen. "You haven't gotten over your New Year drunk yet," freeziugly remarked ono of the bookkeepers. This rocalled tho scattered senses of Boeder, and he told of his adventure. A delegation of the bank's force visited the cellar and confirmed tho story. | They could devise no means for retaking the snake, so decided to let it remain in its retreat for the day. J. F. Arnold, manager of the ArnoldWells theatrical company, J. W. Church and J. W. Root, * hearing of the snake, decided to attempt its capture. J'rovided with a lantern, a bottle of chloroform, absorbent cotton and a piece of rope, they descended into the cellar aud began a search. Boeder, from the doorway, watched the proceedings. The party, after a few minutes, located the snake lying on a pile of boxes. They began to prepare for ^he attack. A coruucqpia of stiff wrapping paper was made and . filled with cotton, on which was poured a quantity of chloroform. With this in his hand, Church cautiously appro&chod the python. Tho huge reptile did not move, but with unblinking eyes watched the cornucopia as it was advanced nearer and nearer to its head. Then suddenly the snake darted its head forward. Tho cornucopia was clapped over it. The smell of the chloroform was not agreeable to the boa, for he jerked his head back and ran under a heap of Uatod ori/1 'rv * * ? ??? ?uuuiiiu. me tnree raon set to work to remove the matter. When enough had been cleared away to make across to tho python possible, Church time was in "an ugly nnraor. When Church got close enough the boa coiled itself around his lees with such force an to throw him to the floor. In the fall the iolds of tho snake relaxed slightly and Church, by an effort, pulled himself free. Undaunted, the men Again renewed the attack. The python was driven close to the wall, and in an opportune momeut was seized by the neok by Church. Arnold aud Root ran u rope over the reptile's head and for a second time administered chloroform, but again it failed to take effect. By a series of contortions tho boa managed to get free from the rope and was about to escape, when all three men in their desperation seized the reptile and, with an effort, chucked it into a barrel. The battlo was over and the snako safely confined The barrel was theu carted to the Register office where the boA was transferred to a box. It required two hours to make the capture. None of the captors were hurt except Church, who savs blue marks are visible on his legs,'around which the snake coiled. During the afternoon a number of people visited the captive. While showiug it to a party of college girls tho (make broke loose and a wild scene of disorder in the Register office ensued. Everybody ran for the door and the boa was left master of the situation. Two of the employes were finally induced to go in the editorial rooms and put the snake back in its box. They did so while the management of the paper took a bird's eye view of the capture through tho key hole. When the python was put back iu the box the editorial force returned and resumed their writing,uot before, however, a decree of banishment was issued. The box, snake and all was tberoupon removed to the composing room to keep compau3* with the "devil" of the establishment. The pvthon was exhibited here by the Stanley museum last summer. It is thirteen feet long and weighs eightysix pounds. It oacaped on July 8. When tho story of the oscape was published it'was generally believed that it was an advertising dodge on the part of the museum people. After a timo the show loft. No more was thought of the matter until yesterday morning when the snake was seeu for the first time by the janitor of the Eoan and Exchange bank. During its isix months of freedom the boa fed on the rata which infest the cellar. It is in plump, healthy condition and looks as though exemption from sideshow duty agreed with it. <?? ? Will Not He Downed. It is said that a bill will be introduced Vi the Legislature to have judge* elect ed by the people. Thia is not fthe first time such a bill has come up in the Legislature, nor will it be the last il the bill is defeated, which will be the case in all probability. An effort wai made by the last session to have at aroondinent submitted to have them chosen at a popular election, but til failed, and the effort is to be repeated. A strenuous fight was made in the con stitutional convention along the sami line, and that was thought would setth iho nattei, but tlio ndvocatos of tbt ides will not be dfliytted.-j-ltegiater. 77 , -n Vfr-.r. TOID l*f kHMMkm The Sonttu Gj;, Inst year need 52,000,Sfe5SiftKs^kteJsss? 840,000. A mob lynched James Jones, colored., near Macon. Miss., for setting Are to the house of a woman. Thirty-six buildings in Farmville, Vs., have been burned, causing a loss of 8150,000; insuranoe 840.000. E. H. Miller, a prominent tobeoco manufacturer at Danville, Vp., has made an assign seen t; liabilities 850,000. The President has named Owen L. W. Smith, of North Carolina, to be minister resident and consul general of the United States to Idhori^ The Virgin Cotton Mill, at Huntersville, is running day and night. A number of new factory houses are being built.?Charlotte (N. C.) Observer. The Lynchites or sanctified baud who appear iff have settled at Southport, N. C.. are sending their missionaries into adjoining territory. Trouble is looked for. Governor Tyler of Virginia, has announced the appointment of Col. Wm. Noile, of Culneper, to be Adjutant General of the State,;to succeed General Charles Anderson. Gdvernor Charles A. Culberson, of Texas, has announces! himself a candidato for the United States Senate to succeed Roger Q. '.Mills, whose term will expire tnis year. At Ru8selville, Ky., two boys named Robert Evans and George Duncan, becimo involved in a quarrel, which resulted in Evans stabbing Duncan to death with a pockot-knife. Green Fennell and his wife, living near Jasper, Fla., left their two children, aged 2 and 6 rears. tthoms*lon? The clothes of the youngsr taking tire, the oldor -w out to the rescuo and both were burned to death. At Asheville, X. C.,' several boys were in a room fooling with a pistol. One of the boys, W^nsoot, started to show hi# revolver to Willie Hampton, and while extracting a cartridge from it one shell exploded, the bullet striking Hampton in the eye and killing him instantly. The biggest fire in the history of Commerae. Texas, occurred on the 8d, | in which tho entire east side of the town was swept away. The fire broke out in the Presley building at midnight and spread rapidly. The poatofiice, Odd Fellows building and a number of stores were consumed. Loss, 8100,000. The North. A whipping post for the correction of bad bovs has boon set up in Evansville, Ind. The Maryland Republican has split, and there will bo no fusion with Democrats. Governor Lowndes, of Maryland, has withdrawn from tho Senatorial contest. On the 1st New York became the CAPnn/1 A# ?? ??1 J "n-1 1 ?viij vi iuo wunu, wua ixouqti Van Wyck as its nxayor. Chicago, 111., for th? past year shows the lowest (tenth Wate of any city in Business organize.000. tguont the country will hold.i?;_u..uaai convention at Buffalo, N. Y., on Jan 12, The Bhode Island cotton mills havo decided to reduce wages 11 per cent. The cut is said to be due to Southern competition. At Jamestown, X. V., 100 men have been thrown out of work by the burning of the Straight Manufacturingt Company's plant. Wm. C. Oakley, of Chicago, has been appointed by Comptroller Dawes national bank examiner to succeed Jos. Talbert, resigned. A dispatch from Springfield, Mass., says the creditors of tho Overman "Wheel Compauy will put it back on its feet in a week or ten days. Mrs. Nellie Peterkin, of Now York, has been convioted at Boston, Mass., of manslaughter for causing the death of Mrs. Catherine F. Murphy. At New Britain, Conn., the 200 employes of <the cutlery manufacturing firm of Maaon & Beckiey have been notified of a 5'per cent, increase in their wages. Wm. T. Buckley, who. until Jan. 1st, was a member of the dry goods firm of Dunham. Buckley & Co., of New York, committed suicide by shooting himself I iu a boatiiouse adjoining his residence. Aillai E. Stevenson, former VicePresident of the United States, has accepted the position of Western counsel of the North American Trust Company of New York, with a membership in the board of directors. Miscellaneous. The number of deaths from yellow fever in Cuba is diminishing. There is a water famine in Kansas. Dozens of towns are hauling water thirty miles. W. J. Bryan will in a fowHlays m^ka public his views in detail on his Mexicnu trip. Bobbers attempted to hold up a train on the Kansas City, Pittsbnrgand Oulf railroad, but they made a "wind haul." Spain will send 5,000 troops to Cuba at the end of this month and further troop", up to 14,000, will be sent, tothe inlund if needea. James Kirkley, the Renton* County (Ind.) Treasurer, who was found dead in hie office, committed suicide because his accounts were short. The Seuate committe on census has appointed Senator Carter to report, favorably the bill introduced at the last session of Congress to provide for the i twelve census. A locomotive exploded on the Cincinnati Southern Railway, causing the 1 death 01 the engineer and firemen 1 and the train being wreoked. ' A cablegram from London says Gen' eral Both, of the Salvation Army, has sailed for America. His object in com1 ing to the United States is to assist in ! organizing great additions to the arm}-. ?1? Washington Jottings. I Rural free delivery postoffices are j soon to have carriers who will receive i < cash and obtain money orders for puI tions and receipt fgr and deliver regie* tercd aiail. . .. . ' 11 ) ".lll . ' = H111118. Dangerous ^Counterfeits' Ever Dis^eo*pre<J Hai.Mude Appearance. ifc'r?*> SILVER CERTtFICATEfrCALLED IN 1 ' ~ > * Six CounterfBltllOO Bills Put Two LeadlDjc B?nki aadCuitomi House end Are ttecelved at Sob-Treasury. ? 1 Washington.? (Special,)?One of the moat dangerous counterfeits ever discovered has made its appearance. Mr. Cromer, of tho aub-TreMury at Philadelphia, has brought to the secret service five $100 counterfeit silver certificates, head of President Monroe. Their general appearance is'eicellent and after close examination the officials of tho treasury cash-room were undecided as to theirgenuineness, and only after the (notes haa.been soaked in hot water, when the two piecos forming the back and the front of were they convinced of the fraud. On examination of the Treasury cash, another of the spurious notes -was discovered. The notes brought over by Mr. Giamer had been turned injto the sub-Treasury by twq leading banks aod the Philadelpnie^customs house, who rrceived them As genuine notes. The agents of the Secret service wired a description of ttfeViotes with instruction t? be on the lookout for persons attempting to pass them. Inquiries have also been sent to ajl the leading cities as to whether any of the notes have appeared other than in Philadelphia and Washington,, and ihe best men in the service will be put on the case. Following ia a description of the note as furnished by thd;secret service: The note is of the aerie?.of 1801, check letter "D," faco plate n Tillman register, Morgan treasurer, portrait James Monroe. All numbers Vo ^ar seen begin with 845. The most parked differenced botween this note fnd the genuine, however, are found P the seal and the numbering, the fornl^r being a shade lighter thau in the Jew^ue and the latter slightly ditTcrMHt^* formation. | Especially is this tJBp the 8 and 4. In the liguro 3 tho lWor loop does not extend up as far toward the centre of the Acuta am in tlio fimninn in !..? ? - Q ?? w ? ?w W * S* figure 4 tfce space? between the base and the coutre crosV line i" narrower than in the genuine,^ One of the principal points of difference, however, is that the new counterfeit is ono-sixteenth of an inch, or lea$, shorter thau the genuine. In view of the dangerous oharacter of the counterfeit. Secretary Gago has decided to etop ireuing and call in all $100 certificates, if which there are about $'26,000,000 outstanding. These will bo.exchanged for silver certificates of similar denominations and tbo plates destroyed. As anon as new plates can be engraved a nevyberieawill be issued. Assistant treasurers at all of the subTreasury cities will be required to send to tbe Treasury in Washington all Si00 silver oertificatos in their possession, SDd to reouest *!??)?) *_ trust comUO tne Tr.pnHY ."".?y the statement made xnat in his judg others to accept silver certificates of this denomination, and in case any wero on hand they should bo sent to the banks for transmission to Washington. D1XGLEY MAKES A STATEMENT. lie Alleges That Ills Bill ! Improving as a Revenue Producer. Chairman Dingley, of tho House ways and means committee has furnished the press with the following statement of the revenue outlook: "The revenue for December shows an increase of more than 82,500,000 over that of November, and 85,750,000. The official figures for December, excluding 881,715,204 received during the month on account of tho Pacific railroad sale and 8000,000 paid out to qualify the government representative in his bid in case of the sale of the Kansas Paoifle railroad, makes the receipts $27,931,494, the expenditures 826,195.000, and*the surplus 81.786,493. The receipts for December 1894 were nearly $22,000,M0, for December 1895 were 826,000,000. Tho receipts for December 1896 were little less. Suit Against Duke. At St. Louis. Mo., suit has been brought at the instance of E. T. Orear, superintendent of the State Insurance Department, against J. B. Duke, the millionaire tobacconist, who baa been in St. Louis during the past week. It is alleged that Duke is a member of an association known as "Trader Fire Lloyds of New York, which is alleged to be doing an insurance business in Missouri "without being authorized by the superintended t to do so. Will Not Bf an Open City. The New York police commissioners had all the commandiug officers and captains In Greater New York before thorn a few days ago. In an address. President York said there would be no politic/il prefereuce in the department and that all laws on the statute books must bo rigidly euforccd. Gambling and lottery laws were especially alluded to. Lynched for Hog Stealing. The dead body of a negro has beeu iounu near ^nerrm, aik., lying across tho carcass of a dead hog. Pinnod to the negro's clothing was a card bearing the words: "You will never tell who told you to steal this hog." The negro bad been lynched for hog stealing. ? An Old Man Killed by a Falling Tree. A special to the Charlotte, (N.C.) Observer from Winston says: Mr. Daniel Clodfal&rr, one of Waughtown's oldest and best citizens, was killed by a tree, op. his farm near the Wauphtown school house, half a mile from his home. Mr. Clodfelter went out to look after the cutting dotrn of two trees for him by two negroes. The oolored men called to him to get out of the way, bat ho became excited aud ran under the tree, which follou Inni, causing death in five minutes. IK>WW, DOWW THEY GO. The Promised Redaction of Waf? Take* Effect. At Fall Hirer, Mus., on the 8d, the new wage sobedalo, 111-9 per oent. below that of the peat three years, went into effect in the milla^of'(hat city. At ' Salem, in the plant of the Naumkeag | steam cotton mills the redaction of 10 I per cent in the wages vent into effect I also. About 1,800 employes are af[ footed. Operatires in the Amoskean corporation. at Manchester, N. H., began work on a 10 per oent redaotion in wages.. At the Star and Armory mills the redaction will not go into effect until the 10th. Notices of redaotion of wages was sent to the cotton mills of theOoddard, Knights, Lippitts ahd those operated by the smaller corporations in Rhode Island and hare been posted or will be in a day "or two. The operatires will offer no resistance to the redaotion in this State. The agents of all the ootton mills in Lewiston and Auburn, Me., have received directions to make a general reduction in wages on and after the 17th. Notices in accordance with these instructions havo been posted. There Will Bo Some Resistance. The weavers of New Bedford, Mass., mean to make a stand uo less decided than the spinners, and the operatives are almost unanimous in favor of a firm resistance to the proposed reduction of wages, and at the same time a strike against the fining system. A deputation has been appointed to go to Fall Kiver for a conference with the Fall Biver officials. The committee will endeavor to seoure the pledge of the Fall Biver unions to strike as soon as t^e New Bedford strike begins. It was { voted also to send out communications to all centres of the textile trade in the North soliciting financial support and proposing the same action as that which the committee will suggest to the Fall Biver help. No Cut In the South. The cotton mills in the Sonth will not cut wages as has been stated. Col. {X A. Tompkins, of Chsrlotte, N. C.. he best authority on the Southern mill i situation has given out the following signed statement; i "The trouble in New England is duo to a depressed condition of the cotton t manufacturing interests of the United i States more than to Southern oompeti- < tion. "While the South has some advantages, so also has Now England some very material advantages, as, for example, capital, varied experience, exteu- 1 sire knowledge, much skill, etc. There 1 is no occasion for fretful controversy I between New Englaud and the South. ! There is great need at this time for the i two sections to co-operato for the better- < meat of tho condition of the cottou c manufacturing interests of both < sections. ? "One of the chief advantages the I Southern mills have is that tho owners ( know how, and aro content to, live on 1 less money. The real competition now J is whether the United States on the one hand or Er 1 ~ * ^erm?r < shall furnish tb / 1 / goods. In tbia4lo ? land and the Scour trade to where the c markoFs'wiXf "take our goods. i "An improvement in our domestic c trade can, in my opinion, be made by 1 proper reform in our currency system. 1 Our foreigen trade can be extended by i laws fostering American shipping. < Until trade is improved by these or < other means there is no ohance to raise i in Southern cotton mills. When these I improvements aro accomplished thero will be ample room for wages to the ' operatives aud fair profits to the owners in Southern and Northern cotton mills ( alike." GOLD OF FOUR STATES. 1 I Charlotte Office Assayed $248,586 of the Metal During the Past Year. It would seom from the figures given by the assay office located i*? Charlotte, N. C., says the News, that gold mining in the South for the past year has been a profitable business. From the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama the bullion gold that has passed through this office roaches the enormous sum of S247.287. Included in this bullion wan silver to the amount of 81,349, making a total of $248,586. In addition to this, old jewelry to the amount of $2,319 has been bought and foreign coins to the amount of $114. Making the grand total of $251,020.72. Qf course it will be understood that this does not cover the entire amount of gold taken from the earth in the four States named above. Several of the mineR in these States do not ship their gold to this office, therefore it would be a difficult matter to ascertain the exact amount of the South's output of gold. i College President Shot. E. Triplett, president of the Alcorn (Miss.) Agricultural and Medical College, while on his way to attend prayermeeting was shot by an unknown assassin and mortally wounded. The faculty has had some troubles and the bitterness there engendered, it is possible that a clue may be found to the killing. Committed Suicide Together. At Fort Wayne, Ind., Miss Viola Marquandt, aged 23 years, daughter of a wealthy farmer, and Michael Miller, aged 26, a saloon keeper, wero found lvir.c in a room in the rear of Miller's saloon dead. It is supposed that they committed suicide together, as they were lovers. Prominent Educator Dead. Dr. Robert L. Dabney, one of the most prominent educatora.of the South, died at his home in Knoxville. Teun. Dr. Chas. W. Dabney, president of the University of Tennessee, and Assistant Secretary of Agricultnre under President Cleveland, it his eon. Will Try to Ualee Cotton. The Oregon Railway will try to raisa cotton ana tobacco aloma itarPv^ein Oregon Washington and Idaho, C4 en* mm#* ... BOUT COTTON. to to Said This Year's Crop Will Approximate 9,030,014 Bales. Latham, Alexander A Co., have is aed a statement of the cotton situation in which they state that the total visible apply of ootton in the world is 88,823 j bales more than last year, 189,948 bales less than in 1868, and 661,906 baless less than in 1835. The exports this year are 848,891 bales more than last year. 1,615,895 bales more than in 1896, and 271,276 bales mdre than in 1895. The itook in United States pCrts is 20,874 bales less than last year, 158,871 bales more than in 1896, and 34,607 bales less than in 1895. The total amount of ootton that has come into sight from September 1st to January 1 at (four months) for the cqt- , ton years mentioned below is as fol- . Iowa: 1898, 7,280,083; 1897, 6,898,192; 1896, 4,944,220; 1895, 6,994,673. The amount, therefore, that has come into , tight this year to January 1st is 861,841 bales more than last year, 2,815,818 , bales more than 1896, ana 265,860 bales more than in 1895. , The receipts to January 1st are 861,841 bales greater than those of last year, . when the crop proved to be 8,757,964, . and with a corresponding gain until the , ?ud of the season on 2,859,772 bales, \ which were the receipts from January 1st to September 1st, the total crop 1 would approximate 9.936,014 bales. - ?KLONDIKE KELIEF EXPEDITION y Proposals for Transport!" ~ r Opened?Park Tro'* Vancouver (Special.)?Ca, in charge of th relief expeditio 'or furnishing . st the head of I large number ? ceived from Pa? elsewhere. The made. | The governme; expedition assemt plete, with tho exc tioual packers, mules, 9 horses charge of Lieut C. A. liyan, of the >\ soon as tho supplies Jacobs a few dit^ Captain Eidridgo, un d? Company H, F? will be ready to pro< Wanted to See Tho police officor trreaiaa a crank 1 middle-aged Gcri Elements, who s k'ork. Ho has bam 'or the past few r >l>tain access to t' iressed a letter t< railed and aun lent him; that h? orow and that ient. Wbon he aoisterons. He lis sanit}'. $t!0,G0o i ^.v/;dic6 Inspect lucingSuYs? attorney Harmon, of tho defense, *. somplained that he is only preventing 'rom producing Mrs. Luetgeit by a n ack of funds, and Inspector Schauek, it is said, chose thi^ method of rejoin- In 3er. He also hopes to thus put a juietuB on the reports from various a: parts of tho country that Mrs. Luetgert 8j aas been discovered. rJ Embargo on Tobacco Kxporta Raised. n Tho following telegram has been re' * jeived by the Secretary of State from our minister to Spain, announcing the 0 revocation ' * the embargo on exports of to' > Cul' 'Tobacco can be e per CO from' 1'"" ?? / ""J """' ?;/,7 *? Cigarettes Made lilm Rob a Rank. Calhoun Calkins, son of rich parentf and formerly a young socie'y leader, if . on trial in the Criminal Court at St. Joseph, Mo., on the charge of burglnry and larcen}*. He broke iuto the real estate office of John L. Ziedler, on the night of September 3d, and rifled the safe. When the police nrrosted him he admitted the crime. Tho defeuse is that ho was made insane by the excesHive use of crgarottes. Perpetual Motion Discovered. At Lognnsport, Ind., S. B. Nickum, an inventor who has been experimenting for seven years, says he has perfected perpetual motion. His machine is sealed in a globe and will last as long os the globe remains intact, he says. A Long Distance Telephone Talk. It is believed the long distance telephone record has been broken at Gallatin, Tenn., when John H. Conner, | representative 01 mo uen company, talked with the oporfttor in Norfolk, Va. The circuit used paused tnrougt .Nashville, Evansville, Tcrro Haute, , Indianapolis, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Washington and Richmond to Norfolk, ' making fully 1,500 milos. Money Order I'ostoftico*. , About 1,100 postoffices throughout the country were assigned to the money order clans on the tfd. This makes approximately 25,000 postoffices at which money orders may be obtained ot jcashed. mtm | A New 811k Manufactory. A movement has been started at New. port News, Va., towards the establishment of a manufactory for m'aking the raw material of silk, as it arrives in this country, into silk yarn. It is proposed to invest $75,000 and to employ about 150 expert operatives. Murdered Sister and Mother. William Foley, on trial at Liberty^ Mo., for the murder of bio mother an^B sister, was found guilty uud to be hanged, Friday, Fob. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESk^ A Proceedings of Both U?e Senate ud /? House Day Br pay* THE SENATE. 11th D at.?The presentation of replies of the members of tho cabinet to the resolution calling for information as to the application of the civil service law to the varied departments of the government, together with the oon- . ' sideration of the bill establishing a bureau for the twelfth census, precipi-^ ^ tated a sharp civil servioo debate in tne Senate. 12th Dat. ?The Senate was in session two hours Practically no business was transacted beyond the passage of a few hills. Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, called up the bill providing for the holding of . Y s congress of the representatives of dif- i forent tribes of the United States at * y, Omaha, 1898, and appropriating $45,- ' * XX) therefor. The idea of tho congress is to show the past and present condi- . lion of the Indian tribes of the oountry, .4 ik. A i. _ n ? s - ? ?? iuo v/utaua I'.xpoBitioo, and SO ,BQOW/ what advancement they have made in jt. education and civilization. After some ' minor amendments to the bill were ?made, it vai passed. The bill to pro:ect the name aud insignia of tho Red ,?. Jross was pissed. A bill appropriating J100,000 for the ereotion of a publio suilding at Newport. News, Va., wa? 4 THE HOUSE. 12?! Dai.-The civil seivico debate *he House, based on the item > --.ecntiv " I u [ -. s ab In >orc ?hese vbenv\ tnlfOy vorso-1 "AI<,cS> l grift-y m I le? v 'rvit\ c 'v? s a Vb6 seeni^ \VC JJT ir -v Vx' be pi^#. oyod **\N^ "Aln<?U *. so luounfalgy9 <v filled with let. aard In great extr no lco there Is n. the latter a vine ? erythlng it can C Ing become entmess and < extremely ivell as to Mnatcfilly Inclined. The following Is r.n exact copy of a letter received by a young lady, who, possessing a piano and being about to ruove to a small country town, advertised for room and board with a family "musically Inclined "Deare MlM, we think we tin suite you with room and l>oard If you preefor to be where there la inuslck. i play I the flddel. my wife theorgin, my dotter Jnle the akordlon, my otb^r dotter the Viugo. my sou lien the glttar, my *ton Jim the floote and koronct, and my eon Clem tho base drfim, while all of us sings gospell hlins In which we would l?e glad to have you take part both vocal and Instrumental If you play on anything. We play by ear on' when we all git started there is real muslek la^ the air. Let us knowlfTQ^d^HHMMfijlj here