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BRITISH GOLD SEIZED ~j NEAR JOHANNESBURG Transvaal Authorities Secure About ?500,000. TEAIN HELD UP BY BOERS ' Situation It. m>tins u? Strained us Ever, ' Mud War It Momentmlly Expected to llrruk Out, Though Some Still llopo Kor Pence, Ixjndon, Oct. 4 ?Tho most eon^a- j clonal news from South Africa tbLj ' morning >9 a reiteration of yostenlay'n , report of the acquisition by the Trans vaal authorities cf ?500,000 in gold which was en the way to Capo Town from Johannesburg. Tho confirmation of the story conies from two sources. Tho Cape Argus asserts that the Loors made the seizure at Vereeuigeng, tho amount being the week's shipment of field on the way from tho Rand to Capo i Town, and forwarded the ticasuto to Pretoria. Tho report is also con firmed by a cablegram received today by a mining company in London from their representatives, which is to the effect that the train upon which ho was traveling from Johannesburg to Capo Town was held up nnd looted by llocrs, who secured ?300,000 in poid, tlio amount being considerably less than tlio original estimate. There is nothing vory tangible in to- I day's war news; but the situation remains as struiued as ever, unless hope may be derived from the apparent tact that the forces on the frontier are regarded by both side* as wholly dofeu ive for the present and from the statement that Mr. J. II. Hotmoyer, the Afrikander loader in Capo Colony, is arid prepared to endeavor to secure the adhesion of the Transvaal government to the "irreducible minimum," proposed At the Bloemfonteiu conference to President Ksnger, by Sir Alfred Miiuer, the British h'gh commissioner, il the imperial government will stand by the high commissioner's original proposal. The Stock Exchange was influenced ^werinring tiio opening hour* today by ^^^ajniinors that Q,ueeu Victoria bad Steyn hoidiiigouTTbrt^mTobrautdi, and by a reporc that the Boers had been defeated in a small engagement. Prices rose, hut thero was u speedy rulapso i Tjvlien both stones were disercaitod. ^ir William Vernon llarcourr, the dis- i T ihi?uK.t?l<.cm-.. ....?f I jinriiavieut for W?st Monmouthshire, lias andcher attark in today's paper* upon the ppiicy of the secretary of state for 'bo colonies, -Jr- Joseph Chamberlain. He reiterates his origiual statexnenc that Mr Chamberlain's assertion that the Transvaal refused to redress the grievance* pf the Uitlanders is tho reverse of the case, and he ionises that Great Britain ?s respoh. bio. for "s!nu?ming the door in the iaco Of" President Kroger just when crraupeXtictif? were appr arhiuj? a settlement". " Advices ir?>ra ('arc Town annonn.ee tjhs;d Ce.neral fcir Clborgo Stewart \yiii:e, T. 0.%. wiio will command the British forces jn Natal, wiii proceed to Durban today. On his arrival at Cane Town, ho found the situation on tho Natal harder so grave that ho w.recl for imme a are rrauspertai'ou :or ui in self and s:ali to Durban, ana iho British recoud class cruiser Porte was placed at his disposal. KRUGER TRUSTS IN LORD. He Says ltocr.i Are Right and "Will Have Nothing to I'Vitr. Pketouia, South Africa, Oct. 4.?A more extended account of the sucecli of President Krugor at the adjournment ot the rnads yesterday is obtained. According to trust worthy reports, he said: "Everything points to war because u spirts of falsehood has overtaken other countries and because the people of the Transvaal wish to govern themselves. Although thousands may come to attack us, wo have nothing to fear, for the Lord is the final arbiter and he will decide. < "Bullets came by thousands at the j time of the Jameson raid, but the burghers were untouched. Over KK) were lcilled on the other side, showing - that the Lord directed our bullets. The Lord rules the world." Mr. J. M. A. Wolinarans, one of the two nonoflicial members of tho exceu- j tive council, said ho hoped that when the raads reassembled they would be without a convention and wqahl In n free people. God he declared, "iad often used Euglam' to brir," the burgh > era bacKtothe fai'ir of their forcfotb 1 ers In tLe course of his spt.ch ho ox- ' j claimed: England has refused everything, . { even arbitration." i , England Jfu) lug Our Mukf. K ir\vr Ynnk'- Hit 4 \crnrtf a r\t British government are now in ibis | j .country picking up ho- ses anil mules b; i i the hundreds and tuo arranging for i *pe<?dy shipment. New York dealer.'. i nay that 12,000 horses a id mules are to hi : v bought for use in South Africa. Scrne art |, to be shipped from gulf ports, others from i New Yorl^? Is hia long b.?"n Jen wb . that American hor es are meting ex- ; Ccptional favor abroad, but. it was not i . hitherto understood ti.ftt our stock \vat so highly r egnrde 1 a 9 this action o. | ' the British war office would seem to j : .indicate. j, Want SIcKlnlcy to Mediate* Nkw "fops, Oct. 4.?Hie World last ' night telegrapUe/l to President McL* aley the first installment of signatures to ] a petition asking him to oflhr tlio i friendly services of th; United fctkte.J in , i mediation between Great Br item ana , r the Transvaal. L i An Ultimatum I rem Skrugor. Paris. Oot. i.*? A number of papers i < say that the Boarn have scat nu ulti i matnm to England demanding the with- * 4rawalof ti e troops t/ow the fren'ier-; vrltnin 48 hour;'. The papers ooug*Atulate Prssident Kiager lor oouuaa to th?s deoUiM. _ j president ahorade tft flee mm He Admits Defeat by Ilc.kir.^ Ready For Departure. REBELS HEARING CAEACAA liisur^ont tiomlvi' II fr.Ans J r.:'. Attaclciiij; the CnpAul !J t-.u-- ot i!: Slaughter ?.f N iilC ml;ul..tits '! Ji Wou.ii K..il. \v. Kkw Yt < > t. ?A oablo Ai j at h has heou ivci A I in tin rticas, Vcai'tu 'a. to t' .> i nniui'iu .:: ir:ii:' ... . . . for hiuisc'.f rial . y > lino steamer 1 h:i ' : .. ' Li Guayra oti O .. 1Q for I Rico, ami Ny.v v :'.c. i boliove.l i:a w.'.\ t It' this u::-:;atea i.> av.ti; . ' * that Pros:.5, i;*. Ami. : defeated 1 y thn l: ; ; . \ lotivo tho comitr.- t > :v i . Latest udvhn ; 1 Genera; l.'aMro a are at KI Yah a, v. ?r from Cara ;a Gou . over, ba3 i o<- a i : capital, a . .. i i lo.-s of the hv. : . : persons. 11 w: K?no tho governi; . .i tho city. latti . bow *. r, disposition t tie- : r eivo battle. These revolutionary I augmented i y ; . Jo.-a Maiiu -i lb. prison in t . '. i. have it ;;.i.t ind ; ii.t; tra forces. Gem ral .van r i A ? oral llo:in ud( ..'a ] . < .... s. 1 bci n appoint. i nr.:; > v i:tato Ot L .. . : ro'.v-l ban*;-. General A - t ! ki.lo.i Pt-oriidiMii . i . There tir !)OW bill i to 1 i 11 3, political ! ; in ?' Tho news of 1.1 . assort oti. ; of tli> ir.--e.tr ... firm re - v nit oss ti: OTIS REf-Oi'V. C ."1.1 rij* I. ; i' i! I ; II ?'fi:! I ": Yv.\ jii.v. , Lai cal l i tlio wu:' t it tha low in ? c i >. . gagonicuts v. i;ii "Guptcda I'o*' tacked in:; . .1 i. . pro-?. Art c instant; Liu it ( Sixth infurry, killed; D;\ tlvtn Otl 1 1 r :: Ol the (-! . \i ; m in;: ro! bi-rv; iv i:> aiumanitiou and tt . . uoiJva It :*hl < >: . U( . ' \\ Last c.ff n Captain 111" - . killed; L;ei: i . tlil'ii - , W. kitieri it:.ii . mil i iu. < : 1 ; port not 3't > a ^ tai uuv* - . less TTesterday onmny atte ' v driven off our i .iMitii coven wouii' i. : number woni .1 u. ' Jfonrth cavairv r > u-.o. . . terday ./put I rn.it: irattta An-i ' A no other carnal tifn u ltd tii with cou-irier.r i 1. "Advanr; I : 0^ . I'.ri j.> r, out from H.::s Anton. > an . 1- . :.i V.'.ear San iVmun 1.:. ). . y. .ay l>v Bo!omen. Result of ca .. . or overconfident-3 u> 1. 'hvi Our Warslrp .ji ij . C.:: tyra. Washington*, O.-t. '. ? T ie j> . - i"cpart men c U.. " v ' ? dispatch from Caj . t:> ?. 1, < :n | uiandiug t <? Ih.-tr "i. ; i.?Detroit arrived today. At it tioo of ' tive days .udii'.< : : it!?ui... Will lt-AV ill; ili builowith the l,\. learn the ; t . . I representative. tied) Hemphill." ! A 1 ' " i 'I ' I *i * ? I : -i '. Ijr.lTII, fit >*' * 11 . : t is :it.!U)tv.r. : V .ttakv l-r iiab'lst c.;t-5.? * ion o in.at : , no i! *in > ;n t' j .. I 4. l*. - . JLot:- C.:. ? 1 7 of t i:> p ... , a .. i i . . aoou today. '' he r ;in? board 01' directors tor tin 1 ; * < i j: J uu< :j j : : proved. tC'ill. illilll 1 o.. 11 . iiliJ.l i. : lied at t: 0 i..d had < i'ay tc . 3. t ie cc..T V liow ! vrr . 1 Wiu'lT <: / V pat. b to v. / van l.ojpif.i :-o;n ' I ; >ri , joune'? rbo a:-;;... j . it 'Xauiptco * Olf !''??r X'!. <?. .>. Washington, oot. * - . j ? ..-j." lant'H Ppscial tiv.iu iOh. : . t:?. i-jrfcuwesf toft tb." Peuu yWfl ..t,.... ' . i?jr? ac 0 o'olv V. !.us uun,;4. Tro??p-i j ?'.? i ?t le. . i .?; -I. Popi I.an j>, Of.. Oct. 4 iOti? r?gim >t bus an a lyr*?? - -r-i?^? t>4W j??Kaua. . ROYAL WELCOME TO OcWEY IN NEW YORK ' Two rays' ColebMtion In the Admiral's Snor. LAND AND NAVAI* PARADE scores or Mi pi AlikKo thi? Tj ttter tho tiraiidc&t Mttrlael'.ig'iiut Kv?*r Sreii J ii m i lou uiid St i tc Troops Cont" but" to tlin Formei?ucoi'rs. <::\v Yor.K, Sept. 20.?Tbcro was a . i naval parado up the Hudson river i . ;.? , in honor of Adiuiial Dewey, v. i. ) : rivo 1 from Manila Tuesday. Feo . < national t rciuincuco were aboard .. .ins vessels ia tlio procession." i;-C c curred to mar tlio pageant, i eclipsed anything of tbo kin I v \ i'.neshcd in tbeso waters, tbo <of many splendid maritime dis 1 o'clock bhr.rp tb^squadron got iii way. Ir was uninspiring mot tbo coram a starter up tbo harbor i t;. great naval parade began to be . r. ality. ; came tlie poiico boat Patrol, . v.. a the apex of a v.*edgo spread.it to tbo lifeboats Now Yorker and i;. which followed abreast. j .it a Sandy Ilook, having on '. tbo >vor and representatives of rci N w York, with standards i i . < i y Hying from fore and afc nn d nloug6ido the Olyuipia", b;p of Admiral Dewey, on tbo I > r: s;.4t\ ; t i:c Olympic. came the armored >w York, tho flagship of liear : .! t'n:up?.-:oft, with her big turrets . . . ajiroaxiiyr like a proving -ne followed in tbo vako oi I 1" , . '-'villi* Tiift niiipofTA hrnntrlil > :c r of tho oolainu. Following v Yuri; ware the two llrstclass .:i.i r- Indiana and Massachusetts r. ai' of ihosd modern engines i cine over 300 vessel of all sort a : Thcro wore Ridewhcelors. 1 loi :r c boats and every kind I : r a -aning vessel. pr. t smon moved without a hitch j s:' } !' ?' ? .t'io 01yuii'iajjry,^CT( -0 ' where | v. L^i i '" a tj10 parade. ***?' . ?ho parade was dismissed. tlit re was a magnificent Tire- | All vehicle'", excepting i v. ro excluded from Brooklyn j i i ;v tiio roadways conld bo j :i ians to see the firoworks. : . of tha second day's celoi an imposing land parade, , r '.lb,Odd troops from vari- I ? ; he TTnicn took part, bo- ! ' r'.c-s loading civilians. Dewey was wildly ehce;oc : us-.nds all a'ong the line of . . -ion, which he reviewed on r lire triumphal arch, a cos.ly . c:.-d at tbo intersection of . iway and Fifth avenue. . r Admiral tfchley divided the lion- j . v. .a io t ntral figure of tbo day. sve 1 ;v demonstration second j r to t iat of Dewey. i in tho day a beautiful loving I : : > -'it of the city cf New York, j u reel to 11io admiral. A i Dewey loft tho city Monday i hiiyton to receive tho 8Wt>rd . : Liftii i.y coujrrcis. WE.Y AT THE CAPITAL' . XIiin by Congress Form- | ally Prcsepfe<J. \ - ::r ; rox.Oct. Ik ? Admiral Oowey c- c i >i Washington last night and was \ a welcome hardly second to i no received in New York. A huge ; -vi i am io and tho meeting of the adi'.ai and Pre-siiicnt McKiuley at the \\ hit Houpo were tho featnros. }. today the admiral was ef? : c< i .a iu the capitol, where President i lil Km i y formally presented tfce 6word I von d him by congress, tho ceremony I King one of the most impressive that | ii uver occurred in this city. Admiral D0WC7 was visibly affected 1 r the ssordsof Presidentilc^iinley and ] i Secretary of the Navy Long, and tears l!- d hiseyes as he accepted the jeweled v upon, u token cf tho nation's estoem: Ynctit Kiic.1 Declared on- 1 New Yokk, Oct. 3.?Tho first of the series of international yacht raoes between the challenger for America'senp, Siv Thomas Upton's Shamrock, and tho American defender, the Columbia, 1 1 .1 , Wit t do V r\%rr?v a 'IA i?iln . WIVI it UU-IIIUO >/UUioo 11UIU j . .wiily llcok lightship, the course being | '< miles down the Jersey coast and Lack. The Shamrock was leading by a narrow margin wheii the boats ware bei '.lined within 3 miles of tho finish, and .. the timo limit expired at that timo, the race was declared off. 'tr il After Two Years. . ! , Cot. 3.?Thomas Rol neurit, or. Dec. lo, IdyV, nl . O , waylaid and shot t, rohant of that placo r.t . . ii tho country. He was revi'. ,1 in C,av county, apj it < ?n Cove Sjprugs. Iran c two of Buinwell count', i co pi till on Saturday, s o papers for Robin sow, y for Greco Cove, to r?c y.vcy tho prison or back to j : Car inn for trial. A in . in ttoi.rge In Berlin. ?7. C., Oct. 3.?Profoaarr McCoy of the Preb'oytoria i Winer bus aunouuoed tb* ct ot the American Institm > J".,..unices and Art in Berli: , .it" will be i.n Anioiica i ! . iii the German' capita', i a ?iu:nb:*r of tho lead in j .1 - :-: ifiaa3 and artists in i s ptiu number of America<i v.ivadv been enrolled. Mi * x. :f;. :: southern lad/, will be f j5 uc'.pal. S nntor Tillman Settles. C-oi.v; ta, S 0., Oct. 8.?Sentor Ti l* i. ,-t ii .3 settled with the attoruoy gen( , l.v ch" ' k, for tlfC amouDt the legi t>< i,;a*ingcotrirni5tft > found 1 o > upuitoutiary? ^.iOtJ.06. This! ii.j articles got from tbo je.iomg the a Innnisurutio i ?fj . . m N< il, the items ruging fro<a groom ie# to a carload of brick. .^^^111/ iMiji'ifflUIW?? VERDICT TO BE SET ASIDE. Father of a Ly N?gro Sceli* to KecoVrr O.iIIIxgi'S. CnAtifcEsTOlf, Oct. 2 ? Lawredco I Brown, an innocent negro, was accused , of incendiarism in Orangeburg county ! in 18117, and discharged by request of th? prosecutor and subsequently Jynchcd i at fUtlton station. Under tha clause of tbo new state constitution aud subse? ' quent legislative acts, tho father of ! Brown sued the connty of Orangeburg . for $10,000 damages i It was the first case nnder the now 1 lnw and attracted general attenrtoti 1 1 throughout the country. At the first ( I trial, iu September, 181)8, the verdict ; . was for tbe defendant county, the judgo I holding that the act only implied in i j rases whero pri-oners were taken from < j officers and lynched. Tbo state su ' preiue court reversed this opinion end j j the caso was called again in court ut ] j Oituigeburg. 1 The testimony proving tbo lynching I I was overwhelming, though one of the 1 ! county's lawyers, in spite of the fact. 1 that Brown's body was riddled with f bullets and bis hands and feet tied, i churned that the negro had committed uicids. The jury in half an hour re- t turned a verdict in favor of the county. notice Juis been given of a motion to j | jOf aside tho verdict on the gronud that 1 ] it is a miscarriage of justice, and Pre fi I tiding Judge Gage will doubtless so or- t ! dor, and his net will bo approved by the i I best citizens of Orangeburg oounty. J SLEW HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW. a | Well Iciiowii Young S.>v.111 nah 51 a 11 c Killed a .Mere Hoy. li ! IfjiyANNAii, Oct. G. ? \V. S. Moll, n e well known yogng syhite mau, shot and c 1 killed his brother-in-law, James Buz ( j bee, a lad 15 years old. Mell, it seems had some (rouble with ^ ' bis wife, who is Buzbeo's sister. She i*ft l):p liouso and attempted to talis her biby child, but .Moil refused to let 1 her hive it. She communicated this c' fact to her jicop'.o and young Bczbeo went to Mail's house. p . Mill was'on ibo plaza when Buzbee Is j came up and, Btu'ndi^goutB'.ilo 'ho gato. a a-ke.l h: 111 or i!rP?- APrvCli a2 oath him off. and just otSWaV ^ tinio Mrs. Mali and hbr mother, 01 I Mrs. Bajtbeo, came no. Young Buzbee l< reaoucci ove* tun tepee una piCKca up tho child, which hail run out to greet the mother. Moll to! I Buzbeo to drop the cliild or ho would kill hiui. ^ "All riulif, kill," Bnzbee replied, as L he lifted tho baby over the fou o. Moll lired twice, ono shot taking of- *fccr in tho abdomen, aud Bazboe died tl within half an hour. Slell was at one:: 1,1 placed under arrest. STATE PURCHASES FARMS. Vorth Carolina Settles tho Convict w Iwtbor Q.i -stloii. Ql R.\l.niaii, Oct. ;3.?Tho luut legislature directed that $95,000 in "bonds be isiuod for the purchase of farms to be operated " by convicts. Last mouth the state bought "J the Caledonia farm of 7,200 acres on tin ftj Roanoke rivor, for $05,0u0, and now it decides to buy the Au?ott farm, mar ^ V/auesboro, for $22,000. It k; the plp.n ^ to employ wpite .convicts on the Auzou JU county, und uetfroei op the Caledonia c farm. The purchase of these farms, which N had been leased for several yars, settles the question as to convict labor. It is 13 found to be more prolitablo outside than inside tho pouitoutiury. As few convicts a3 possible will be emoloyed insido, pnjy tppble ono?, United btates prison- fll oners ana wumcti, bi ATLANTA WANTS DEWEY. ? A Committee to Korumiiy Invite tlin m Admiral South. P ATLANTA, UCl. X?l>llirlUg ttlO fOCep- tl tion to Admiral Dewey iu Washington this week, a committee from the chain- !j^ ber of commerce, tho municipal council and tho Business Men's league of At- n lanta will prosc-nt him a formal inviia- pi tion on behalf of tho city and the south to bo hero at tho mrno tuno that Lieutenant Brumby, who is a Georgiuu, b1; oomes on a visit to his family and :c!a ni tivos. Hf Rear Admiral Schloy has already ac- ,u captiid yi iuyitatjon ro cQiue. aud an 8t eft or t will be ntudu to 1)$?? tho three naval hi rocs hero at the sumo time,' *e sp A Dt-part incut of II:story. Gaffxey, S. C., Oct. 2.?The trustees of Liinestcin; college l}ayo ,determined to bi establish as a feature of their institution tfc a department of history, in which, without neglecting other branches of tho subject, particular attention will be paid to the history of tho southern states. It is nronose.d to mako T.ininainna -- r c ? n 4* center of historical investigation. ^ Anglc-Vem zii -1 it it Aw.ud. ct Pakis. Ott. 3 ? By the decision of the tj. Anglo Venezuelan boundary arbitration it commission, eouie of (xre.it Jlritaiu's l)' claur.s as to tho interior and on the coast arj disallowed. K> r frontier will start ol at .tho Waim river. Tho award is J1 considered in tho natnro of a com promise rather than as favoring Venezuela. A lii.t !>? : ) In Ore Land. liniSTO/., Teuu., Oct. 2 ?The Vir- of gmia Iron, Leal and Cokp company ban *n acquired iron oro property in Craig and f. Aih'k'henev counties. Va , to tho extent P1 o:' $500,000. 'i'no company lias also an i option on *5,000 ocres of coking lands j P* near tho West Virginia line. Tho con- ; corn now has eight iarnaces in blast. nt Accused of ('otiiilerf.-llliig. EiltdlNOHAM, Ala., Oct. 2. ?George H. Johnson, n printer by r.oeupat'ou, br.s been nrrostcd by Uuitod States V1 Deputy Marshal Vanghen. Itischargod that he lias bean oounterfflitim* ?? ?/< t his house were found teo mcalda for J the Riannfaoturo of uiokols, besides ? lot of spurious coins. u A Shooting at Tiillnpoosii. Taij-apoosa, Ga , Oct. 2.?Dock Worn mack, a farmer of thi.?r vicinity, was c*' shot aud Instantly killed here by John Lin.-r, a rather tdugli cbnraoier. Hursb ^ words had passed between the men. |V The murderer reaped. A seward o! i ?100 has been offered for bie arrest. y* ? i FAKE COTTON QUOTATIONS New UrlrMtu Kxeh tinge Suspends lJusl tiess Temporarily. New Orleans, Sept. 29. ? Intense ea citemont prevailed on the Cotton Es change today and the directors of the or change have met and suspended basi ness. The New York market was closet today and the only quotations to com this morning to guide the local invest ors were from Liverpool. Tho market had scarcely oponed whei tho operators became paralyzed by tbi advices tliat clicked from over tho ocean It 6howed futures jumping in leaps am bounds. In half an hour tho report ihowed that the Liverpool market hat jumped nearly 1 oent. At 10 o'clock a meeting of the di reotors was called and prompt actio: was taken suspending all business. While the telegragh wires wera bring ng the news of the leans and bounds a Liverpool private cables to promiueu oeal cotton firms were bearing the now hat there had been little or no chatigi "pom yesterday in the Liverpool market Jlhis at once raised tho suspicions of tin iperators and caused tho hasty meet ng of the directors. The directors officially announce tha KMtay's suspension is duo to fraud. Tho exchange declared nil contract; n futures null and void. TJiis ac.ioi vas iajren on tue aitvico of i-J L) Sauu lers, counsel for tho exchange, whi laid flint all contracts raudo this dai laving been based on fabo n p. rts fron Liverpool as to price, tho cousoijt es ontial to a valid contract v.'as wanting nd tho contract was therefore void. Cotton exchanges iu c-ties through ut the south wero upset by tho fraudu ant quotations and liiauy dealers sulT red heavy losses. These threaten tc onte3t the matter iu tho courts. SARTER GOES TO PRISON ferdiet of the Courtiiwirtl.il Approved by President MrK nl>y. Washington, Sept 30. ?Captaiu Obcrn M. Carter, who was convicted by ourtuiartial of misappropriating govrnmout funds while iu ehargo of the arbor improvements at Savannah, Ga., i sentenced to live years'imprisonment nd to pay a fine of $5,000. This senjuce^wrii-fcyproved by tho president toSfy Captain Carter is now at Goyrnor's island under arrest and the soqinco will begin immediately. The verdict of the court was as fol>ws: "And iho court does theroforo senmce the accused, Captain Oberjin arter, corps of engineers, U. S. A., to a dismissed from the service of the fuited Stares, to suffer a tine of ?5,000, > bo confined at hard labor ut such place i the proper authority may diroct for vo years and the crime, punishment, uino and place of abodo of tho aocu-e i , kn 1 i ? uo |iuoii9ucu m luo newspapers in ml about tho station and tho state from liich tho accused came or where ho sually resides." Following is the formal approval of 10 vordict: 'The findings of the oourtmartial in 10 matter of the foregoiug proceedings <ninst Captain Oberliu M. Carter, jrps engineers. U. S. A., are hereby pproved as to all except the following: "Charge 11, specifications 7. 8, 9 and ). Charges 111, specifications 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 20, which are disapproved, nd the sentence imposed by the courtlartial upon tho defendant, Qborliu M. arter, is hereby approved." IEAL?S SHORTAGE PAID UP, >o n els in c ii of the Colonel Sunt In J heir Checks. Columbia, S. C., Sept 80.?Tho short;e of Colonel Neal, 90 far as his threo nndsmen are liable, has been paid, plopel Wilie Jones, cashier of the arolina National bank, sent the attorBy general his check for $937.47, and . H Haltiwnnger and W. Scott Pope, le other bondsmen, did likewiso. This pays fop the money and articles jtually misappropriated by Colonel eal. The total amount charged against olonel Neal is $11,800, but tho Carona bank cashed worthless notes for a irt of the amount and bears the loss. The action of the bondsmen iu payig the amount Colonel Neal was found .rill 1"? ^ ,v,?? ?? iiui ump uiui ui me criminal rosecution which is to be brought ?ai?8t him, but on the Other band it akes the case against him all the rongor, as the payment by his bonds* en is an acknowledgement of his malusance, for which they nre held relonrtble by ti,e tsrais qf tpo bond. But by paying the ariioutit of $2,814., the bondsinen will undoubtedly roid being sued, and if suit were ought and judgment obtained nguiust iejn it would bo for the full amount of 10 bond, I< Ire ut l'hciiix City, Ala. Columbus, Ga.. Sept. 80 ?Fire has istroyed ten houses in Phenix City and te loss is but half oovered by insurance, he fire originated in the residenoo oolpied by J. L Moon, in the heart of to town, from a defective flue, nnd had not been for the liolp of the Columns fire department several blocks might vvo be.m swept. This makes the *ecld fire that Phenix City has hud lately, id quito a vigorous move is on in that: wii foi fire protection. Atlunln to Honor llruinhy. Att.anta, Sept. 80?The committee* citizens which lias in charge the arngonionts for the public reception t > iag Lieijtenant Brumby of the Qiynv a nave commuuicated with him ana i soon as m. names a t.iuo to ha here, eparations for the presentation of tha rcrd from the people of Georgia, his itive state, will be made. Idle Furnaces to Itosuino. Anniston, Ala., Sept. 80 ? Oaptnin T. . Bush, president of the Alabama msoliduted Iron and Coal company, in i interview states that tho furnace at orton, which is being relioed, will be it in blast in abont two weeks and the h<r Ironton furnace and the one at adsdeu in abont 00 days. Prtnord While Children Died. Taixulah Faixb, Oa , Oot. 3 ?Three lldron of a widow, Mrs Fanny Scott, ;ed 1, 0 and 8 years, were burned to ath in their homo near bore The oaier bad left tho little ones locko l a e noaso while she attended a donee it reported that uhs has lost her retuou. i. BOARD REMOVES DOUTHIT. I- Ldqtior Commissioner Found Short u Thousand Dollars. : Columbia, S. C., Oct. 4.?A bomb ; could not have caused more of a sensa; tiou, bad it dropped iu tbe dispensary i- board of control meeting yesterday, 1 thau did tbo report of tbe special come mitteo of that board appointed a month '< ago to investigate tbe management of tbe iustitntion, which is under the 1 direct charge of Commissioner J. B. 0 Doutbit. j Mr. Dontbit was elected by tbe legis^ ture to be a member of tbe bonrdof conj trol and was then elected state liquor commissioner. Ten days ago tbe chairman of tbe board, on verbal reports . tuado to him by tbe investigating comnii f fon rontrv/\lrlr?*-*?*<?? ,,,VV| *vujvf w? x/waaoc^ci VUIBU? Yesterday tho board did not hesitate fivo minutes in removing Commissioner I Douthit. No action has yet loeu taken as to prosecution, i Tho commissioner \raa found short J j $1,155 in the ooutrabaud department? that is goods to that umonut liavo been 3 1 disposod of by him on his own account. But tho sensational feature is what the . j committee describes as tho perpetration of "a fraud on tho people of South Carqiina." i | By order of the commissioner, whisky of thp common "oue X" brand was bo?. 4 tied off hy the tin u?auds of gullcu? and . . labeled "three X" and "four X." the ' charges on the consumer beiug corres. pepdingly increased. Also case goods ~T ! of tho mnuufacturer of ono house and ' | inferior wero labeled with the name and Kuaranteo of another firm of na' tioual reputation. This was done in tho case of several firms that supplied "case goods" to tho dispcusary, the dispeasaty doing tho bottling. ? CAMP OF REFUGE SET UP. ilacltson Ye I low l'< vt'r Suspect* to Closely \VHtcli?'<f. Jackson, Miss , Oct. 4.?Surgeon 11. , It. Carter of tho Uui ed States marine hospital scrvico has beou horo for the past two days for the purpose of estatyJishiug a camp of refugo for the po^: . yenienco of tho Jacksou sijspects whq niay have been exposed tp tho fever in? fectiou. The camp will be maintained by tho marine hospital service, This step is taken as {> sanitary measure and will undoubtedly j reveut the rapid spread of the disease. It is contemplated that where a jiew focus is established to nut tho balance of the UP mates of tlie nopse to go tp this camp i for a period of ten days, where their clothing wiil bo thoroughly fumigated and disinfected, and thou the?o persons can go to any othor point not ip>arautinea against, Jacksou. All the pre.misos in which a case ot fever has oocurrod here aro stilt under guard and wiil remain no until tho homes aro thoroughly fumigated. STATE TAX BOARD MEETS. Commission It, vises tin* lit 11 on W lilcU It lists I 1'.m>n Working. Atlanta, Oct. 4.?The state tax commission met fcr its fiual session at thb n capitol this morning for tho purpose of thoroughly revising and preparing fof the consideration of tho legislature th6 tax bill which has'engaged t^e attention Qf tho commission during the sumuiftv. Tho commission wag tq have met op Monday, but on account qf the enforced absence of ueveral of the leading mem- ^ bers the meeting was postponed until today. The meeting of tho commission, r.s in the past, will be executive, and it is probable that all remaining to be done can bo completed in the course of fwq or threo dava. Tho tax bill framed by the commission will (alto the place of a largo number of bills introduced ip the hou|e at the last session and still in the hands of committees; 'i 11 It* t1<* Annuls t'oetreels, Savannah, <Jct. 4. ?Paptaiq (3. & Gillette, United States engiueer ip charge of tho Savannah district, has an nu;led the contract of the Atlautio Ooui trading company for building a breakwater in Ty bee roads. He was ordered to do <<o by the chief of engineers. This in cue remit of the imprisonment of Captain O. M. Cartor. The contract annulled was entered into Oct. 8, 1896, by C:\ptaiu Carter as engineer in oharse. Quarantine Jttjw 1t? inovetf. Montgc jieity, Ala., Oct. 4 ? Thegpyornor has ordered the auaranfiue tqmoved in this stato on and after Oct. 8, both as to persons and freights from that part of the state lying north of the thirty-fourth degree qf latitude, This lino pulsus just tftnth of Qadscjou and Attalln on the Alabama Great Southern and to Garden City on the Louisville and Nashville. Kxtriixion Contract Is L>'t. CobUMBUS, Ga., Oct. 4 ?The contract for the extension of the Chattahoochee Valley railroad from Glass, Ala., to a point a few miles north of this city, has been let to Brooks Bros., a Georgia contracting firm. Work begins on the oon? traer next Monday. Brooks Bros, have Loon engaged in the railroad. bnildintt in oomu i. aroiuia recently. i.iirui hi kull on o F..esorbj*. Statct vM'.i'iid, S C, Jot. 4.?A telephone iinoinau was working on a crossj L.ir about -0 feet jiom tlie groqud, iq , fxo:?t at vJottmi rcw, wbbn bis ^ool ( ilippod a ft lio fell to tho sidewalk, Ktriltiitg Captain O. C. Chase, who was pacing, lioth men wero serlou ly injured, Captain Chase being ba ily-hurt. 31 Its Morrison I>.-tiled Hum!. Chattanooga, Oct. 4 ?Judge Floyd Estill, in the circuit court, this morning rendered his opinion on the- application ot Jplia Morrison-Jnptes for ; hond- *<j* * . frying the application. He' ifiif; 'tTbia | appears to the court to have teen a wilful, premeditated aud malicious mardor." . Shooting ut ThoinasvllJe. Thcmasville, Oft., Oot. 4?W. H, Hsnimond, son of Captain William Hammond, shot and seriously wounded P Colonel A. L Hawei at this place. The senior Hammond and Hawes bad quar. reled over legal matters and yonng Hammond took his father's par^. i. ) t'.Ylt