The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 14, 1898, Image 5
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.
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. nu tscapetf t3-l?oot Python Cap*
tured in Cbdumbia.
GOT AWAY FROM \ SIDESHOW.
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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.
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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.
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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
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?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}-.
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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. . .. .
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Dangerous ^Counterfeits' Ever Dis^eo*pre<J
Hai.Mude Appearance.
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SILVER CERTtFICATEfrCALLED IN
1 ' ~ > *
Six CounterfBltllOO Bills Put Two
LeadlDjc B?nki aadCuitomi House
end Are ttecelved at Sob-Treasury.
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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 $100 counterfeit silver certificates,
head of President Monroe. Their
general appearance is'eicellent and after
close examination the officials of tho
treasury cash-room were undecided as
to theirgenuineness, and only after the
(notes haa.been soaked in hot water,
when the two piecos forming the back
and the front of
were they convinced of the fraud.
On examination of the Treasury
cash, another of the spurious notes -was
discovered. The notes brought over
by Mr. Giamer had been turned injto
the sub-Treasury by twq leading banks
aod the Philadelpnie^customs house,
who rrceived them As genuine notes.
The agents of the Secret service wired
a description of ttfeViotes with instruction
t? be on the lookout for persons
attempting to pass them. Inquiries have
also been sent to ajl the leading cities
as to whether any of the notes have appeared
other than in Philadelphia and
Washington,, and ihe best men in the
service will be put on the case.
Following ia a description of the note
as furnished by thd;secret service: The
note is of the aerie?.of 1801, check letter
"D," faco plate n Tillman register,
Morgan treasurer, portrait James Monroe.
All numbers Vo ^ar seen begin
with 845. The most parked differenced
botween this note fnd the genuine,
however, are found P the seal and the
numbering, the fornl^r being a shade
lighter thau in the Jew^ue and the
latter slightly ditTcrMHt^* formation.
| Especially is this tJBp the 8 and 4.
In the liguro 3 tho lWor loop does not
extend up as far toward the centre of
the Acuta am in tlio fimninn in !..?
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figure 4 tfce space? between the base
and the coutre crosV line i" narrower
than in the genuine,^ One of the principal
points of difference, however, is
that the new counterfeit is ono-sixteenth
of an inch, or lea$, 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 >
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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