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YOU CAN SAVE HONEY! Extraordinary Chances to Buy Staple m Goods Cheap. We shall offer for 30 days our ^entire stock of CI thing, Overcoats, Pants, Shirts, Overalls, Gent's and Ladies' Underwear, Capes, Dress Goods,'.Notions, Shoes, H&ts, Trunks, etc., BELOW ACTUAL NEW YORK COST. Our reasons for selling are two-fold. Oue is: We need money. The other is: Tha we intend to make some important changes in our line for the new year and wish to close ou everything BEFORE PREPARING FOR A CLEAN, FRESH START Now hear in mind this is no catch-penny advertisement, but a bona fide offer to sell am NO REASONABLE CASH OFFER WILL BE REFUSED Commencing to-dav we will offer everything in our line at FROM 25 TO 40 PER CENT. LESS Than than they can be bought anywhere else in town We mean business: the question of price or value will not keep lis from tradinj This is a chance of a lifetime. Don't miss it "We also give a nice j iece of Hand painted China 4War Wi'b. each purchase. THE PURCELL CASH CO Kttr. {GREAT IRON COMBINATIOf . ^ ^IfTWWIIV/ f ... , , , | , 1 no < li.nl<**roii W rrcU-,<l .Sent- Manila, 'New Company Win II Ciipltaliz^IIFFPR PcpCCPHTinM 1>I" f ",r <r'w "i i'w??y Minions. OUrriLn Illt'OCuUIIUli Manila. Not. 14? The United Statos Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 14.?The 1 I 'raiser C hsrlestcn run aground uoar cal authorities in close touch with tl Missionaries Beaten and Spat I V,pi,n ' " " h:cllk'a rcel NV1,h fatuouis New York end of the deal state teds r Df \>a!tr oil bo'h Hues. She worked | that tiie consolidation of the SsIobs Ire Upon 111 China. ^e'r m -;! itery fir two cay.i at;d nights ' and ijteei company, the American Coi In ti> nig to get allcat, cut a typhoon company, the Kuaseiiviilo brown oi etiiirAnrrflnnTiT,,,.^^ Arising the crew were compoiled'ro take property and the luruuee propertie? i HEDl-EcS f 0 BE DEMANDED lo tin-ir h->ata and s.ek refuge on a Sheflie.d and Florence will have bee . iniail b!,i:i.| 5 mi.es away. The natives J effected and that the SIobs-Sheffield Ire ?_ I arc fr.indlv. ' end Steel company, the consolidate Boelety Know.i ns tli- 4 B.-.x-m'* Suld . Lieutenant McDccubi and a number ' corporation, will have been organize U B.* U ipomlblu 'or tln> Agitation of sai.ois jut off in a small Loat and before thenar is over. Against ami U, uta, Attack ou Ainer- ' ?acheu t ie Cailao, which brought tliem WllJ, \ to Munii i. 1 ho uubo.it Ildieua has capitalize \ at $*0,oOO,CGO and will L loau Christ !uu Workns. , \>een c\ cj, j Co bnup away the c rew. ! ^onii 111 importance oniy to the Tei New York Not 15 ?The \rinrioan ' cut i.ant McDoua.J describes the | Ir?u a"d Raiiroad cou " . 15 e AR10I10an Charle.tc ii. when ho last saw her, as ! w?uy. 1 ha new company will own tb " ? socle.) is in re. oipt ot reports t hard an t l'ast aground, witn her bottom ! f urn.ices in Birmingham and th frexn its agents in Cuiuu, which state , nadir siov.- and well out of the water, ' twro :lt Sheffield ncd one in Florenct that as iho result of the pal&.o revoln ' T'be cruiser Charleston, which was ' ?*tctisive coal mines at Coalburg au I-,, v?ur wherebv th.. rmn-n.. ! bn,lt ln *an Francisco iu liSS bad a I Biossburg, Jefferson countv, and Cok 1 , displacement of 3,730 tous, was 310 feet 1 ovens and coal miuot in Waiker an owagei a-c.-uti.9d power ana i he eoipe- j 7 inches 111 length, 46 feet 2 inches m J Jefferson counties and the richest brow Ear wr.B practically intense nod, porsc-cn- , beam and ill feet b inches 111 draught. | orM. property m tho smth. Tho office ttoas of iiiiMicaaricu unci E.blct cu'por- w*s *tcel. having two propel tern, i w,il bw at l'irtniughjr.n Wars are occurring in vane parts of I ! DR. PREWlTT MAY CONTEST wauM, rsji.Kia.ij " i iw ' t luirn^r. mcni: 1 WO 8tlU'U KQnH, hix l> lll::h ^DUI, ,4 - , .1, . * , I ., .. I .. , ? | ... Upf'-rtt' il ( Allfgi s \ iol.itiii The rep- r'B nr?s from Peking on tho : four t> p unders, two It-pounders, MX . north. Shanghai ?n ihe eu<t. central I 1-Pponiiora. two machine guns and oue " r1,M ,r/ x , . i . . , . _ | light gun with lour torpedo tubes. Siuo Jaci:s<>v, Miss., Iso.7. 11 ?l)r. It. IS China, and parrs of fcaantun*. but .hey ; h t.ouip;,.ment of yCK) men. Pro a :tr l'ot ulist candidate fo- cos folate to pera"cutioni? remote rani toe 1 _ **?.,.n, xwju.ih l.ui?hi,iii h.. kief Uttica. Jr. <>ae ;u*tuii.o iue vice- j i ornor in tho recent election, threaten W0J was forced *o telcgraj h for troops. , ELECTION STiLL IN TANGLE, to mal. i a contest if .Tudgo Lnneiuo' Th. Chine ;e society known as tuo -Ilox- | election the grounds that h s aouii OOS 1* said to bo provoking ag..attoii> Knox < mint y < omniis .ioners Want ad antagonism. i \ ntMi t hrown Out. nation was u.eg.i'. Two colporteurs of the Hi bio sceietv | ,..T ?. r . In an open letter addressed to othc visited Poii Shi Chang. '? h-? province * * . Popu.ist candtdates anil tiio cxocutiv f Kanrvh. and wer- inv.to.l ,o cuva- ; oo?u-.l nero :hat ho Ken.ucky election comm;n^ ?f p iis{?f Prowi, i?t?Bib.-tH 'wui aChiiieM t imp.ie As wil. retniui ni a Utig.o until .no meet. says ,!M. tho DeI1,orr!irH vi;,,ftleil fh toon as boy wc.a inside of ine temple j ln}jtuo state election commissioner*. primary election law of their efat CtfurT*ZT\*< uuoi/iuid terribly , the ,iufo of wnieh i,:?, not bee:i ret. but tkntet. se' ??>" 38?? of the code requir ten vrita lone thick ?mcIss of tire- 1 Wl'' during the last week of tins l?K ,,1"t !1,as-inoetliig- must be heni n Wl*3 Vc.il wifo SciviL"; tyo rn?n:,i. ?>"c oil Iho .lay and .ha Others war* utt xekeii, nut nei s-?s .vurely 'I?rt ?< n"?r election commissioners in obsorie this lea 4n?r.H. tli* #,r' ,r - Knox ennte. who il...t ,i... turo ?,t the nrimnrv. tiTo Town took iTrc'Tn tile . ?u that c7u,i.V. will fT.TTJupplementai He ;,sks ? l??ot\nK o( ,he ? ? , statement with tiin stat? boar*!. Mating ^ e c< ,u:ui^c? bo ho*d to consider ta The iu>:u were lied hand nrd foot to lkat !-r IU 1 a,,,i intimidation worn prao- niattyr |ke pillar* of the temple und spat upon, ticed by tun Republicans in every pro- SUPREME COURT MtFT^ ? people shooting: einct autl luat the countv commission- v^uuki ivictio "We have tied you op as they did ers wo ?? over-awed and forced by u mob When Canes From the Various I>;vls your Jesus on tho cross.' i of drunken m-n to oerti.y I ne vote, and Ion* Will IX - lleMr?l They then wniiu to strike them on wl11 (" )St' l,y recommending that the VT Ike free and shout: enure vote no thrown our. MontooMJ-.ky, A.a., Nov. 14. ? lht "This is wuat your Gods can do for1 Gem-rui Tnyl r received 1.1184 major- supremo court met at noon yesterday yen. Cat* upou Tour JesuB to conic autl il/ ,u lva<>* ccuuty. niu\ organized for tho regular fall term , , . ? ? All of tho member* wero present Ai ^bto"in'r Un.%T"h'^5; : BOARD SUMMONS DOUTHIT. i. .b? ?.??j no buaiuess wai living in the saino inn with them re- : stair I ou->r fDtn uUt'.wi m ,? it it r sat..it i a first < ay. snonstrutcd wiih the loaders about tno 1 ' " * ' ? lllf t If0"1 , ,l"1 I?7,,,,onV?o:V treatment they were giving to men who I ' rom on,H"- ?, T u M roan,io9l?'vli? Clark hod in no wav , ffended them. The Com mpia. S. O . Nov. 18.-The din- Mobile Monroe :in?l VV ahhuiu'tou. wil crowd then seized the merchant and pem-arv boar i of control has formally f>e, !'.'iir( ' "rinK week. J ho dato! W him ?!<n i i i t .. *cr tlm commencement of casss fro::i tin I. U order.tood that of the ' ; >?? ?'?? ??? other ,1.7...on ,ro ?? (oilo?.: Bible aociety will endeavor to obtain re- Lu?Uor C..iumis?ioaer J U Doutbit to Fifth division. Nov. 20; sixth division, dreM from ibe mandarins of Lo Yaug appo.tr notorothe h>ird on Wednesday * "v - > third division, Dec. IS; suventt Huaien. the city in the province of Ynu tosh >\v cause why he should not bo r?- (ijv,-i ?'un fourtn divisi n, Jan. 0?b, which rnlea tho town where tuia moved 1,,; yviaton, Jan. *11; second di 44atur banco took place. 1 'A'ho board makes two chnrgos, ono for vlHIO?- J cn. t?. . ? . ' changing label* and a second retailing Suicided Before a M.rror. i liQOOf to cm t ioves and others ( Anient Allien* ale roll a lit Aaient. t^??r,.<:v<.rir <; r v , 1h a i to laNV Tho hoard wili nor allow a Atiikxs, Ga., Not. 13 ? Loois Morris JjOWNDKSViLf.K, S. C., Nov 18 ?A. ! ccon:,.,| i,:.:orolt uml WJ11 conri 110 tho ft drygood. merchant ass.cr.iod tndJ 1+ Lattirner, a merchant of this p.ace, bear.ng to tho two charges citod. ?j it m . > ' #Oinmitted suicide by blowing his brains U ?utlut m;vb his caso is in tho hands ' yors ?" AuK?sta unii A. I* Hal Mft hafc.ro 11 ib rror Business troubles ot his uttoruev und bo declines to talk of Athons are the assignees. Liabilities, KSll: Uus.ne.s mmoies ^ ^ ^ (.olu|u,a-louort bul wUhont $40,000. throe fourths of which is due ?. - ' authority. and is receiving no pay. New York and Boston creditors. ?" "* - * j wri *:C, nro BOER SOLDIERS MOVE * CLOSE TO LADYSMITH " Cannonading- Stops and Rifle 11 Fire Is Begun. \ ,PLACE MAY HAVE FALLEN General Joubrrt R?alla ? llio Neccs^ > alty of Making a Determined At. tonpt to Storm Wbilt'i l'osltlou Be. fore Iluller Arrive*. London*. Not. 16.?It is announced today that a dispatch received at Cape I I Town from Pretoria under dato of J Thursday, Nov. 9. says n report received ^ there from Lndysmith said hoavy cannonading started nt daybreak, tbat some of the Beer forces were within I 1,600 yards of the British when tho jj , cannonading ceased and riflo fire com t monced. ? ? If tho news contained in the Pretoria 1 dispatch is correct, and thero is every , t reason to believe that it is accnrato, as i the Boor dispatches have almost invari- < ably hithorto rendered fairly accurate 1 accounts, it is claimed here that it im* J plies that a general assault on Lady* smith was pending when General Jou- 1 bert's report was sent off. ! _ Attention is called to the fact that ~ the date, Nov. 9, is assumed to bo tho date of General White's last pigeon post 1 II message announcing a renewal of the bombardment, since which nothing has ' been received oxcept rumors from EstI court that the bombardment was sus nieuded Nov. 10. \ It iB claimed that if tho Boers got ? ^tfheir forces within 1,600 yards of tho Kritish position it shows they fully realized tho necessity of utilizing tho brief interval between the arrival of tho British reinforcements to make a do* ^ ternuncd attempt to otornr General White's position. ~9 To successfully ndvauco bo close to Ladysuutb, it is pointed out, the Boors i must have been most active in entrenchiug, and iho uearuoss of tlio besieging hues, tt is lidded, indicated their roadimm uess for tbo assault which thcro has been a disposition in military circles to ^ believe tbo Boers wero not willing to " undertake. It mast, however, have boon patent I to General Jonbert that IaidyMnith J would not fall to the fire of his artillery and theretoro ho bad no choice but to gssault the place or retire to the passes of the Drukeusburg in tho hope of involving tlie pursuing British in tho iuetricato fastnesses of the mouutaius. The cos-ation of tbo cauuouado mentioned iu the dispatch and the opeuiug of musketry lire implies, it is claimed, that the Boers wero obliged to Btop their artillery for fear of hitting their own " and that notbiug farther has been heard rrom there is regarded here as an indication that either the threatened as| tnuit was postpoded or that the result ' was indecisive; otherwise, it is claimed, O ' . fwa.UAM Kni*n 1-iAl-^ft | A Paris paper today gleefully anM. ) nounecs tbo tall and -.npturo of Ladv, smith, but reports trom this source no ' | ''Ju"4'r cause a ripple of excitement. | Nevertheless there will be considerable 0. ; tux erv here until the war office or some I itiuepeti lent version of tLie latest developments at Ladvsiutth is known. ?>* I >u ] FOR A NATIONAL MEMORIAL. al ' ra Lrltr 8-nt From Washington to the ; Different fjeVernors. in | CfLrsiniA. S. C., Nov. 35?Governor 'n ! McSws-eney has received the following ^ j letter from the secretary of the national I memorial bureau at Washington, indi>a j eating tho uesiro of the national capital ** ; to knvo there a fitting national memoir ! rial to tho heroe6 of tho Spanish-Ameri, con war: | ' I ho money to be raised to make perman-'ti: tho prosent Dewey area will ^ j be ooniributed solely by tho citizens of , Now York. Many persons throughout ^ l tho country have signified tiieir will* ' in guess to subscribe to a fund to build toe arch, if it wore to bo located ut Washington. "To meet this growing demand from those outside of New York city, a bill * . witl t.o introduced in tiie Fifty-sixth ? congress by the Hon. William Sulzor of ; New Y01 lc petitioning that body to appropriate the sum of sj'eOO,000 towards ' thi. erection at the soat of our govern Ki cut a Dewey arch, as a national me,, i5iflri.il to tho army and navy of the Vnit"il States to perpetuate to tnture * generation* tho glorious victories of i* tho t-oaiiors, sailors ami marine* in tlia Spanish-American war, and as a tribute _ 1 to tho patriotism of tho American voiuntcera, who ko willingly and readily l? responded to tho president's call, and to t memorialize the deeds and progress of our country that has marked the close o of this century, ' ! "If you heliovo in the plan, will you ii kindly signify your approval of same? t j "A similar letter will ho mailed to governors cf other states and mayors of all cities, and no publicity will he givou * | to tho movement until all have boon 3 ' heard from. "An early response will be appreciated." * ! Governor McSweeney has not yot replied. Ulg Klro lit Tli-niiiisviIIc. 9 ThomasvilLE, Ga., Nov. 15. ? The r planing mill and lumber establishment 1 . ! of Beverly & Hargraves, in this city, ' i i probably the largest in this pp.rt of th? s Btato. burned last night. The alarm < | was sent in abont 8 o'clock and in less 1 . I than an honr the whole plant was to- ' tally destroyed. There was no insur' an " * I Naval I'lliiplnyea DNcIim rgrd. i Br.aitort, S. C., Nov. Jo ?Owing to tno < xnnusnon oi cue impropriation and ( > tborc being no work at tho naval station i for tho omploynient of nil hands, -idem' i ployos have been discharged from tlie | construction and repair, department. Tho orders canio from Washington. < Five Killed In a Coll Irion. ' AmsTKRUam, Nov 15 ? A London ox- ' 1 press from Flashing collided with an- | j other train near C.ipc i o daring a fog 1 > . today. Fivo persons were hi led out- ' 1 right and M were injured, 25 fatally. 0Vt MAJOR LOGAN DIED, f attlo Wat Oik* n( Ilio Sharpest Y?l ' __ Fought In Lit7.ui. Manila, Nov. 15 ? > The battle in hich Major John A. Logan lost his fe last Sunday was ono of tho sharpest J hour engagements of tho war. Tho .mericana captnrcd 2U Filipinos and 100 rifloa and found bl insur / gent dead lyiug / iu the treuches Qi aflfx and rice fields, f TV <*? i Cieu. Wheat on L/ ? nj was informed jw^jS^V that the enemy .Sf was gathering i jl at San Jacinto ?^ * 'or ttm rtnrnnan ?? ' preventing f WWmmmK p t h o caravans ^ >"* the road ^ ^o." 7 V'/^ from Digcpau I north whereby ? JOHN A. LOGAN, JB. AgQ i n B Id O niglit retreat. The Thirty-third, Colo- 1 lei llowo commanding, and a detach- ^ noilt of the Thirteenth with a Gatliug ] ;uu, Iioelaud commanding, were sent , o dispjr.se them. Tho insurgents opoued the fight 3 ' niles from San Jaciuto, while tho leadug American battalion was passing a I dump of houses in the midst of a cocoa- ] lut grove kncedeep in uind. Tho Filipino sharpshooters, hidden in trees, ' aousos and a small tronch across the ' road, hold their fire until the Ameri- 1 reus wero close to them. When they began tiring other Filipinos opened fire 1 from thickets, right and left, farther < away. 1 Tho insnrgent sharpshooters picked oft' tho officers first. Fivo of tho Americans who fell wore shoulder straps or chevrons. Hot tho Thirty-third never wavored. It3 crac k marksmen knocked the Filipinos from the trees like squirrels ami tiio Americans rusbod the trench, leaving four insurgents there. The regiment then deployed under fire with Major Logan's battalion in tho center, Major Crouic's on tho right and Major Marsh's on the loft. The skirmish line, which was a mile long, advanced rapidly, keeping up a constant fire. Tbo Filipinos made an unexpectedly good stand, many of them remaining under cover until the Americans were witlmi 'JO feet of them. Major Marsh flanked a small trench full of insurgents, surprising them and slaughtering nearly ail of them before entering tho town. The insurgents nro supposed to have retreated toward Dagupau. It was impossible to pnrsuo them, as the American rroops were exhausted and their supply of ammunition was low. INSURANCE MEN ASSEMBLE. Lossis Far Kxceoded Profits During the Past Year. LorisviLLE, Nov. 15.?Insurance men from various parts of the country are in the city to attend the annual meeting of the Tennessee and Kentucky board of underwriters, which convened this inr\m 11 rr nr. rh? Oalt Hoiisb. Those here are nioatiy traveling tUME/uboW irl&fl Chicago are expected to arrive tonight. Atlau;a and Nashville have good 6ized delegations present. A nbmber of the visitors, who travel extensively for their respective com panics through the south, in discussing the insurance busiues*. said that it had been very good this year, but tho losses had far exceeded the protits and the year would prove a losing one. They were hopeful tor tho future, however, and said the indications for a heavy buaines n?*\t vear wcie flattering Jo-ej h MeUord of Now York says tho companies nave not done anything like a paying business since 1897, and the losses this year have been great when compared with the amount of business writti tt. JOHNSTON FOR THE SENATE. Form it.y Anuounces Ilia Candidacy to succ?fd Morgan. Montoomery, Ala., Nov. 15.?Joseph E. Jolinsron, governor of Alabama, baa formally announced his candidacy for tlio Democratic nomination to the United .Stares senate to succeed Senator Morgan. Johnston and Morgan will opeu tho campaign with a joint debate at Athens on next Saturday. jo.or-.uu soui a cuaneoKu for a joint debate, which was aocepted by the governor. The challenge is said to have been made through Hon. John B. Knox of Anniston for the chairman of the state D.-niocratio executive committee. Too contest between Morgan and Johns*or. promises to be a battle royal. They are unquestionably the most powerful men in Alabama, politically. 1>.-iiinttit-r Cuts Ills Throat. Df.Moroi.Is, Ala., Nov. 15.?Robert Patrick, traveling representative of Montgomery Paryer & Co. of New Orleans. attempted suicido at the Detnopolis inn hist night. He was recovering from a prolonged spree. A negro boy was in the room with him. Patrick asked liie boy to go and get a pistol for him. Too boy, suspecting his intention, re: used to do so. Patrick thereupon walked to the mirror at the bureau und cut bis throat with a pocketknifo. llo is in a precarious condition. His home is at Enterprise, Miss., where he is well connected. \Y< in hi Jumps Into u Itlver. Nfav Orleans, Nov. 15.?The body of a woman, aged about 40 yours and dressed in black, lies at the morgue. Sho (( inniltted suicide yesterday by jumping into tho river from ho wharf 1 at the head of Julia street, after depositing a p tcktige, a copy of the New Testa- ( uu-nt and :i sun bouiiof, on the apron of i , the wharf. She w as subsequently iden- | , tifled as a woman who whs arrested qq. j | :ler the name of Lizzie Dixon, which is ( her right name, and she came to this ] L-iiv iroui San Antonio, Tex , four days ' j ig<\. She was originally from New j Orleans. >1 iii'trd Um I re iitinc. Ai stin, Nov. 15.?State Health Offi- ( jor Blunt litis nla-ed tlin M*haai w ? itrel company, a negro aggregation, iu ( juarant 1110 at Taylor, doe to the pres- j nee of smallpox in their midst. Thoy 1 i tiavo been traveling all over the elate ] >vitb smu.ipox cases among them and t javo just been apprehended. They 1 j will be dot uned in quarantine at Tay- j ] or for 16 days. OUR WOUNDED IN A t ROW NEAR COLUMBIA! Hoody Fight on the Streets of Sellers, S. C. i1 WO ARE MORTALLY HUBT of tba Trouble Said to IIov* * Bten That On? of the Purtlfi Wrote A Drfuiiitory Latter* Concerning the I Private L'fe of Another* | ' ? ci XT? ,*?4 Mrt/wiv, Oti.Lr4i(s, o. v.f iivfi AV*?* ?? lght occurred here early last night be* ween J. Dudley Ilazelden, a member >f tho statu board of liquor control, hie' rother, Captain L. M. Ilazelden, late idjutant of tho Second South Carolina' 'egiwont, thoir brother-in-law, Dr. H. Edwards, and their cousin Aubrey Evans on one side and Jobd C. Sellers, ? t prominent furmer, and his son Ben Sellers on the other side. A rifle ball passed through John O. ^ Sellers' body and another through bii left arm. Ben Sellers was shot i:i the ; ibdomen. J. D. Ilazelden was slightly wounded in the leg an 1 Dr. Edwards1, chest is sprinkled with birdahoi. I The causo of tbo trouble is said to bo 1 that Ilazelden accused Sellers of writing ' defamatory articles concerning Hazel* den's official and private life. <? It is not known who precipitated the flght, in which about 30 shots wore fired. The Sellers' wounds may prove fatal. PICKPOCKETS ROB JURORS. A Gang of Thieves Getting lu Their Work at I'eiisncolu. Pexsaoola, Fla., Nov. lfi.? Pro fee* ional pickpockets have boon working among the jurors and witnesses in attendance npon the United States court bore thiB week. L. J. Edwards of Alliance, Calkonn county, Fla., lost $611, One man, who would not $iv* name, lost $300. A neatly drossed man, giving his name as O. H. Williams of Detroit, Mich., has been identified by Edwards as tbo man who cut his trousers' pocket aud robbed him. llo is iu jail. The police say there are two other members of the gang bore aud they hope to capture tllem. Burglars entered Heinburg Bros.' wholesalo grocery store last night, bnt were discovered at work. They escaped through the front door while the crowd was trying to head them off at the side door. BIO CONFEDERATE REUNION. Final Details Arranged Far tho Meet* i 11 PC at Savannah. Savannah, Nov. 15.?General Clement A. Evans, commander of the Geor? '? ? TTnif^d Houfederste veterans, left for Atlanta yesterday, after arranging with the local committee the final details of the reunion of the confederate vetorans in Savannah next woek. He conferred with Colonel John Screven, chairman of tho reunion committee, and other members of that committee for some time, arranging details for the renuiou. The parade, which is to take place on tho afternoon of Nov. 23, was given a good deal of attontion at this conference and the details were all worked out. Chattanooga Merchants Sue, Chattanooga, Nov. 15. ? Chatta. nooga merchants tire taking atepa to tnatituto salts against the Louisville and Nashville and other raiiroada to recover excessive freight paid for the past six ye are, amounting to several hundred thousand dollars. The suit will be bronght in consequence of the decision of the United States conrt of appeals deolaring that freight rates to Chattanooga from the east iu excess of the rates to Nashville are illegal. The Chattanooga rates have been, on the average, about 60 per oent in exoess of the Nashville rates. No Jury For Mollnsux Y?t, New York, Nov. 15.?The work of electing a jury for the trial of Roland B. Molinenx, who is accused of the murder of Mrs. Katherine J. Adams in December last, was resumed today. Mr. Weeks, leading connsel for the defense, put to one of the talismen a hard hypothetical question. Recorder Qeff Intervened, saying: "I will not permit oitizens who come before thie conrt to be held np to ridicule because they cannot answer questions a college preoident may not be able to answer." Appointments by Henderson. Dubuque, la., Nov. 15.?Congressman Henderson, next speaker of the houBO, annonnoos the appointment of Jules O. Richards of Waterloo, la., as privuio secretary. to succeed Amos L. Alien, who was Spseker Reed's secretary and who ban just been elected to congress. Also that Asher O. Hinds will continue as clerk at tho speaker's table and th.it Lol?or Nooloy, for many years Congressman Henderson's private secretary, wi.l bo tho speaker's olerk. SluiiU'lp.ii league Convenes. Oolumuvs, O.. Nor. 16.?The fifth annual meeting of the National Mnnioipal league and the seventh national conference for good city government opened iu this city today. Over 800 delegates are present, the gathering being a most representative ono. Few delogatos arrived today, but when the meettug was called to order this afternoon there was a gratifvinir nninK" prosent. _ Kx-UhuH I'rrtlilrnt Krfrd, Knoxvii.i.f, Nov. 18 ? J. E Crandal), for year* president of the First N*? tlonal haute of Johnson City, Tenu, lent to Hrooklyn penitentiary in 1808 for eight years on a charge of embezzle* nent, baa boon released. President licKlnley cut down his sentence on pe? ition of the congressman and citlaene lere. Crandall will go to California tg ooate