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lUR INTERESTS IN THE ORIENT WILL HE LOOKED AFTER. ORDERS BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT Vhe Germ nn-Chinese Embrogllo Is An All Absorbing Topic Among Karth'ft Diplomat* Just .Vow. A Washington special says: From indications around the navy depart¬ ment headquarters, it would seem that Uncle Ham will have a few of his own good ships in Chinese waters before all this talk of trouble boils down. The Asiatic station has sprung into the greatest piominence of all the sta¬ tions of American war vessels. The latest orders of the navy department indicate the necessity for the strength¬ ening of the Asiatic squadron, al¬ though, as usual, the explanation of such action is furnished from tlio navy department in the most conservative terms. The cruiser Raleigh has been order¬ ed from Smyrna to the Asiatic station, which includes Chinese waters and American interests. The order to Ad¬ miral Selfridge, in command, was to go at once, and the Raleigh is prob¬ ably now going with a full head of steam on. The secretary of the navy, explaining the movement of the Ral¬ eigh, said that it had no significance other than it was desirable to streng¬ then the squadron in eastern Asiatic •waters. He-said that the opder had no reference to the German-Chinese trou¬ ble, but that American interests must be protected everywhere, and that since the Chinese-Japauese war it is well un¬ derstood that trouble may arise calling for the protection of American inter¬ ests at any time. It was further stated at the navy department that the Raleigh is going to China to supply the place of the Maehias, which is coming home. It was learned, however, that three other vessels are to go to China very shortly, the Concord and Marietta, from San Francisco, and the Helena, from New York, and these are not to play in the role of understudies. When these arrive there will be on the Asiatic station the Olympia, the Monocacy, the Boston, the Petrel, the Helena, the Concord, the Marietta and the Raleigh. Notwithstanding the statement given out at the navy department,it is widely believed that the assembling of a re¬ spectable fleet in the neighborhood of China has a direct bearing on the late and prospective movements of Ger¬ many with respect to Chinese territo¬ ry. most interesting speculation of the day is that the European nations contemplate the carving up of China into job lots as colonies for themselves; and it appears that America has not been consulted at all in the proposi¬ tion. America, it is now said, pro¬ poses to take care of herself and her own in China, and that this is the reason for the increase of the fleet off the Chinese coast. HOLIDAY TRADE SATISFACTORY, Dun & Co. Report a Big Business for the Season. ' R. G. Dun’s weekly review of trade says that the weekly reports show a remarkably large holiday trade, at many points the largest for five years. Moreover,, at the season when whole- . rxie business usually shrinks, the pros- of demands for immediate deliv- eries, which results from unprece- dented distribution to customers, keeps many establishments at work that usually begin their yearly rest spell somewhat earlier. Instead of decreasing, the demand for products shows an unexpected in- crease in several important branches, Foreign tradfe continues satisfactory, even in comparison with the remark- able record of a year ago, when ex- |ports exceeded $il7,000,000 in De- cember. Commercial failures for the month have been less than half last year’s to the same date. The outgoing flood of grain is not checked by Chi¬ cago speculation, though more corn than wheat has been moving. Wheat exports, flour included, have been 3,698,321 bushels for the week, against 1,546,443 a year ago, and in four weeks 15,766,895 bushels, against 9,039,587 last year. DEATH CLAIMS FAMILY. Mother and Children Cremated—Father Dies in Infirmary. # Advices from London state that a Mrs. Jarvis and her nine burned’to children, the youngest a baby, were death at 5 o’clock Sunday morning in a four- room cottage occupied by the Jarvis and two other families, in Dixie street, Bothnal Green. The family occupied the tipper floor. By a strange coincidence, Mr. Jar¬ vis, the woman’s husband, who had been suffering from consumption, died in the workhouse infirmary Sunday afternoon without having heard of the disaster. Mrs. Jarvis earned a scant livelihood by making matchboxes. CUBANS WILL NOT SUBMIT. Weyler Declares the Island Is Lost to Spain. General Weyler in an interview pub¬ lished at Madrid is quoted as declar¬ ing formally that there is no hope of the Success of autonomy in Cuba, ad¬ ding that no insurgent will submit ex¬ cept to the Marquis of Santa Lucia and another chief, and asserting that the insurrection will continue. The general is quoted as saying that if the Spanish government persists in autonomy Spain will lose Cuba. ONLY ONE BILL VETOED. Georgia's Governor Passes Upon the Many Legislative Measures. Governor Atkinson of Georgia has passed upon all the bills and resold- tions sent him by the legislature, and this is the result: Bills passed........ to v; Bills approved..... tc w Bills vetoed........ I Resolutions adopted 24 Resolutions vetoed. r The single bill vetoed was that which prohibited football playing in Geor¬ gia. The veto of a resolution is some¬ thing of a departure in executive ac¬ tion. Resolutions as a rule are not subject to veto. But in this particular case the governor holds that the reso- Intiou ivally enacted law and was, therefore, subject to the same execu- five consideration as other ordinances i classified as bills. It was the tion declaring in favor of a national j ; said: I “This resolution evidently intended to have the effect of law, because it was read three times in each house and proposed to surrender to the na¬ tional government an important power which is now vested in the state. Notwithstanding the fact that it pass- ed the senate unanimously and the house by a vote of 82 to 20, it could not be law wwe I to sign it, since it did not receive the constitutional majority of 88 votes. Even had it re- ceived such votes, I should have at- taehed my veto, as I believe its pas- sage would have been a great mistake. “lama believer in the democratic doctrine of states’ rights and local self government. This bill is an abandonment of that creed and is in conflict with the best teaching of Jef¬ ferson, Madison and ail the great ex¬ pounders of the democratic position on this question. FERTILIZER MEN ORGANIZE. An Important But Secret Meeting: Held In Atlanta, Ga. The fertilizer men of the south met in Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday morning and organized the Southern Fertilizer As¬ sociation, the purpose of which is to control the entire guano trade of the country. The organization was the most impor¬ tant ever effected in the south, and an idea of the magnitude of the association may be gained from the fact that it will control over 40,000,000 tons of fertilizers, valued at something like $700,000,000. The entire fertilizer trade of the United States will be affected by this meeting of the manu¬ facturers. The old fertilizer association was changed into a new association and new officers were selected. New reg¬ ulations were adopted and changes that involve millions in the south were made. All of the manufacturers stren¬ uously denied that they had formed a trust of any kind. They simply said that they had organized for mutual protection. The men present at the meeting rep¬ resent the greatest fertilizer manufac¬ tories in the world, and the aggregate value of the business which they con¬ trol amounts to hundreds of millions a year. The fact that the fertilizer Ben have combined is a matter of pe¬ culiar interest to Georgia because of the fact that the state uses more guano than any other in the Union. The meeting was private, and aside from the names of the officers elected, the manufacturers would not disclose any business that transpired. DISAPPOINTED AT DEFEAT. Miss Elam Sought Death On Failure To Got an Appointment, Miss Adah Elam, who for many years occupied the position of post- mistress of the Georgia house of rep- resentatives, took morphine Wednes- day morning and was later found in an unconscious condition in a room on the third floor of the capitol. The timely efforts of a physician from the Grady hospital restored her to consciousness. Miss Elam begged those around her to let her alone and not give any restoratives. The cause of her rash act seems to have been her disappointment at fail¬ ure to receive the position of assistant state librarian, for which she was an ajjplicant. Miss Elam is a lady of un¬ blemished reputation, and a very de¬ termined and high-spirted woman, and she seems not to have been able to brook defeat in the intense compe¬ tition for the office. JAPAN AWAITS DEVELOPMENTS. She Will Not Interfere In China’s Affairs at the Present Time. The following Orieutal advices have just been received at San Francisco per steamship China from Yokohama, via Honolulu: At an extraordinary meeting of the Japanese cabinet Baron Niski, foreign minister, laid before the ministers all the reports he had received from the Japanese ministers in foreign coun¬ tries relative to the seizure of Kiao Chou by Germany. It was decided, after a prolonged discussion, not to meddle with the af¬ fair at the present time, hut to wait further development. INDIA FOR GOLD STANDARD. Bengal Chamber of Commerce Says Time Is Propitious For Its Adoption. The Bengal chamber of commerce has sent an address to the government in which it says that the time has ar¬ rived to adopt the gold standard, pointing out that it is four years since the mints were closed, leaving India without a currency system, asserting that the suspense is harmful to the trade, and urging the government to disclose any measure which it may have in contemplation. THE CHESTNUT .... STREET NATIONAL CLOSES ITS DOORS. SM9LLER CONCERN COES WITH IT. Liabilities Placed at Over Three million Dollars-Comptroller .Eckels Talks Of the Failures. A sensation was created in Phila- delphia by the announcement of the KUR P ensl . °n of - the Chestmit Street , Na- XT Uonal bank, regarded as one of the strongest financial institutions in the city. The suspension carried with it r Trust an(1 SaTm - .*• S Fund Company, doing business under the state bank- ing laws. William M. Singerly, pub- H sbe r of the Philadelphia Record, is president of both companies, and the same men, with one exception, act as officers and directors, The Jj r st information the public re¬ ceiyed that the banks were in troub]e was in the form of a notice posted dur- the morning on the door of the building occupied jointly by the two concerns, signed by National Bank Examiner William M. Hart, to the effect that the Chestmit Street National bank had closed its doors pending an investigation of its affairs. No state¬ ment of assets and liablilities is avail¬ able, but it is stated the deposits of the Chestnut street bank amounted to $1,700,000 and of the trust company $1,300,000. President Singerly gave out a brief statement in which he said: “We are working to secure the in¬ debtedness of the two banks so they can go into voluntary liquidation and thus avoid a receivership. ” In this connection Deputy Comp¬ troller of the Treasury George M. Coffin, who was sent on from Washing¬ ton by Comptroller Eckels, said: “The matter of putting the Chest¬ nut Street National bank into volun¬ tary liquidation has been taken up by Philadelphia men of great financial ability. Their first step will be to as¬ certain the value of the assets of the bank. They must first be satisfied that they have value sufficient to warrant them in assuming the indebtedness.” Mr. Coffin will remain in the city several days aiding the men who have taken upon themselves the task of ex¬ tricating Mr. Singerly from his finan¬ cial difficulties. The belief is strong that they will provide the funds neces¬ sary for a voluntary liquidation of the two banks. It was known for some time in banking circles that Mr. Singerly’s banks were in trouble, and the na¬ tional bank examiner, it is said, was aware of the condition of affairs. It is announced by the state treasu¬ rer that the state has $250,000 on de¬ posit in the Chesnut street bank. Comptroller Eckels Tallcs. A Washisgten dispatch says: Mr. Eckels the comptroller of the currency is quoted as saying, in regard to the failure of the Chesnut Street National bank of Philadelphia, that the suspen¬ sion was primarily due to the’ shrink¬ age in the value of bonds and notes of the pulp and paper mills located at Elkton, Md. The capital of the bank is $500,000, and at the present time its deposits aggregate about $1,700,000, and its surplus about $150,000. Mr. Eckels has been in Philadelphia several times recently trying to make arrangements by which the pulp and paper mills securities could be taken out of the assets of the bank and preferred stock of the Philadelphia Record company substituted. By this and other changes Mr. Eckles hoped to put the bank in first-class condition. EIGHT DEAD; FIVE MISSING. Fearful Disaster In a Mine at Dortmund, Prussia. An explosion of fire damp took place Wednesday at the Kaiser Stuhlzwei pit at Dortmund, Prussia, with terri¬ ble results- Eight corpses have been brought to the surface and seven men living, but severely injured. There are five still missing, EASTERN COMPLICATIONS Are Being Investigated By the Authorities at Washington. It is understood that the authorities at Washington have been unofficially sounded as to the attitude of the United States toward the complications in the far east with a view to learning whether American interests in China were re¬ garded as sufficient to warrant any ac¬ tive step by this government. From what spurces the inquiries have come is not disclosed. If from Great Britain, it must have come through Colonel Hay. the American ambassador at London, as the British officials here have received no instruc¬ tions as to the Chinese situation. ANDERSON WILL HANG. Convicted of Murdering Mate Saunders of the Oliver Pecker. At Norfolk, Ya,, Thursday, Join Anderson was convicted of the mir¬ ier of William Wallace Saundcls, Peckfjr, nate of the schooner Oliver >n the high seas, on the 6th of August, ast, and under the sentence of the court must be hanged on the. 18th day of March next, unless the supreme court of the Unitefl States in tlie meantime interposes. j TENNESSEE ROADS WIN. State Doubled Tax Assessments But Is Knjolned From Collecting. A Nashville special says: The rail- roads of Tennessee have won their case against the board of railway com- missioners. The latter assessed the railroads at more ban $60,000,- !i„ “L half that sum. They protested and the commissioners reduced the valua¬ tion about $3,000,000. Still, as the increase had been in the neighborhood of $30,000,000, the roads went to the court and asked for an injunction. They showed that the new ™ lu “ tion P ut on tb « ir properties waB * ar beyond what it should be. There wns one instance of a road which sold not long ago for about $6,000, which was assessed at $14,000. Tbe board took the Louisville and XT “ . r isss’irtss amount per mile and doubled the amount on the Tennessee side. The roads showed what taxes they paid in other states and Tennessee’s valuation's were more than twice as large. The commissioners had manifestly attempt¬ ed to impose a great burden on the railroads and it was fortunate for them that the increase was so large as to be plainly unjust. Judge Clarke, of the United States court, rendered his decision Thursday, granting straining the a temporary board equalizers injection re¬ of from certifying to the comptroller the ap¬ proved assessments. It is provived, however, that the railroads shall pay taxes on the basis of taxation for 1896- 97. This is perfectly satisfactory to the companies. GAS EXPLOSION DOES DAMAGE. A Building: Badley Wrecked and Many People Injured. Fire broke out shortly after 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the basement of a five-story building at Chicago, the first floor and basement of which were occupied by the Tosetti Cafe and Res¬ taurant Company and the second floor by the billiard parlors of Frank Mus- sey. The blaze was insignificant at first and a crowd of people gathered on the sidewalk in front of the building to watch the work of the firemen. About a dozen policemen were busi¬ ly engaged in pushing back the throng when a terrific explosion of natural gas took place. The building was badly wrecked and the windows, grating, sidewalk lights and manhole covers were hurled into the air and fell among the crowd. Dozens of people were thrown from their feet and twenty-three were more or less injured, only one of them be¬ ing serioqsly hurt. SECURES HER PROPERTY. Mrg. Laseelles Is In Possession of Her Father’s Estate. Fitzgerald, Jfrs. Sidney Ga., Laseelles Wednesday arrived night ia fro 1 ,ii Mexico, it is alleged, though sh| declines! to. state where she has been living, or the present whereabouts of her husband. She stated that she had come in full possession of her father’s estate, to which she is the only heir. It will be remembered that Colonel Pelky, her father, willed this property to his brother in Rhode Island,'but died before he signed the will. It is understood that Mrs. Laseelles is completely in the power of her hus¬ band, and that as soon as she can collect together the proceeds from her property, which she intends to convert into cash, she will return to her husband. REPORT ON THE WRECK. Commissioners Investigate Accident of Last October On New York Central. The board of railroad commissioners, of New York state handed down a re¬ port Friday of its investigations into the cause of the accident on the New York Central railroad at Garrisons, on October 24th last. The commissioners arrived at the conclusion that the train was wrecked either by derailment, which destroyed the embankment, or that the embank¬ ment gave way and threw the train into the river. The board recommends that the force of track walkers on the Hudson river division of the New York Cen¬ tral be increased to as to provide a constant and sufficient system of watch¬ ing and warning along the line at all times. HISTORIC COLISEUM BURNED. Democratic Convention Was Held In It Last Year. Fire Friday night Sixty-third destroyed the Coliseum building at street and Stoney Island Avenue, Chicago, in which the democratic national con¬ vention was held last year. The time from when the fire was originated by the crosing of two trolley wires until the Coliseum was a pit of twisted iron and hot bricks, was not over twenty minutes. It was supposed that a number of people were lost in the flames, but it developed that only one man, the fireman of the building, lost his life. RAILROAD MEN INDICTED. Grand Jury of United States Court at Jacksonville Finds True Bills. At Jacksonville, Fla., the grand jury of the United States court has re¬ turned two indictments directed joint¬ ly against N. S. Bennington, traffic manager, and W. H. Pleasants, gen¬ eral freight agent of the Florida Gen¬ eral and Peninsular railroad, in which are alleged violations of sections 2 and 6 of the interstate commerce law, re¬ lating to the granting of rebates. MISS LEILA HERBERT LEAPS TO DEATH IN WASHINGTON CITY. A daughter of ex-secretary. Prominent as Cabinet. Lady During 1 Cleve¬ land Administration—Melancholia Leads to Hash Act. Miss Leila Herbert, daughter of ex - Secretary of the Navy Herbert, of Alabama, committed suicide Tuesday morning by throwing herself from the third story of her home on New Hampshire j venue, in the most fash¬ ionable cl?Wb. puLof Washington, just off Dupont The sudden death and tragic feat¬ ures surrounding it were a great shook to the great circle of friends she had made in the course of her life in Washington as the daughter of a pop¬ ular representative from the south, and later as one of the cabinet circle of ladies when she presided over her father’s household during the four years he was secretary of the navy un¬ der the last Cleveland administration. The following authorized statement was made by a gentleman familiar with all of the facts of the incident: “Miss Herbort, at the time of the occurrenoe, was suffering from an acute melancholia. It developed sev¬ eral weeks ago as the final result of injuries received by being thrown from her horse last spring. “The melancholia Jof was not insanity in the sense being accompanied by delusions. At the same time there was profound depression, and as is al¬ ways the case in this type of diseases, suicidal there was great danger that tendencies would develop. Por this reason nurses were provided to main¬ tain the closest watchfulness. Early Tuesday morning the nurse oh duty noticed a small spot she of blood on the bed coverings; inquired what it meail., but the invalid endeav¬ ored to pass if; by lightly. On making an investigation, this however, the nurso found that under-bed clothes were saturated with blood and that Miss Herbert had severed the artery of her wrists with a pair of scissors. Feeling that the emergency was great, the nurse hastened to the door and called an alarm. In this momentary with¬ drawal from the bedside Miss Herbert leaped cut and sprang from the win¬ dow. The plunge was made head foremost so that she struck on her head on the asphalt pavement. The fall crushed the skull and Miss Herbert died within an hour. Her father was not at home at the time, being on liis way to the city from Alabama. Miss Leila Herbert was the eldest of ex-Secretary Herbert’s three child¬ ren, and was a charming figure in Washington society. She went with her father to Washington when he was elected to congress find at once took charge of his household affairs, mak¬ ing the Herbert home one of the most attractive and comfortable in Washing¬ ton from the spirit of true hospitality which gave it an atmosphere of its own among fashionable homes. PACKAGE OF MONEY GONE. Express Office at Columbia, S. C., Robbed of 58*10,000 in a Lump. A package containing $10,000 in cash was stolen from the express office in Columbia, S. C., some time be¬ tween last Sunday morning and Mon¬ day morning, and the city is now full of the best secret service men on the pay rolls of the express company and of Pinkerton detectives. The first intimation that anything was crooked was given by the arrival on a special train of O. M. Sadler, di¬ vision superintendent, quickly follow¬ ed by J. W. Croswell, another super¬ intendent, but these officials refused to talk. The package containing $10,000 was sent a bank in Newberry Sunday. It could not be delivered that day and was returned to Columbia. The money was put in a safe in the office which was left unlocked all night. It was missing Monday morn¬ ing. A story is told about a stranger hav¬ ing entered the office and hurried out, qut the belief is that one or more of the office force is suspected and the men are being watched. A DAMAGING FIRE. Blaze Entails Boss of Nearly a Million At Cleveland. Fire broke out in the business center of Cleveland, O., Thursday afternoon, and fanned by a high wind, destroyed property worth close to a million dol¬ lars. The Power block on Frankfort street, owned by J. B. Perkihs, six stories high was consumed. The principal losers are Johns' & Co., lithographers: Power block, $225,- 000; J. L. Hudson, clothier, on stock by fire and watei, $100,900; B. B. Perkins, on Power block, $100,000; J. B. Perkins, on Blackstone build¬ ing, $40,000; J. D. Perkins, on Wil- sliire building, $20,000. RUNAWAY TRAIN Causes Death of Tliree Employes and Heavy Damage to Rolling Stock. A special from Altoona, Pa., says: As a result of Monday night’s freight wreck, which was caused by a runaway train on the Pennsylvania railroad, three men lost their lives and damage to the extent of $75,000 was done to rolling stock of the Pennsylvania com¬ pany. The dead are: S. Kuster, Ha¬ gerstown, Ind.; Charles J. Numer, brakeman and S. C. Corbin,brakeman. NEW PRISON COM MISS RS. fceorsla's Governor Name. fen ta Operate New Convict S !m. Governor Atkinson, Tue ray morn- ing, appointed the three j ison com- missioners of Geo'rgia /under the provision of the new /convict law. They are: Joe S, Turpfer, of Putnam county; Clement A. E/ans, of Fulton; Jacob L. Beach, of tilynn. These three mea will put into oper¬ ation the new corivict system provided for by the recent legislature. The appointments were formally tendered Tuesday morning and accept¬ ed. A meeting of the commissioners was elected afterwards chairman. held and Douglass Mr. Turner Gless- was ner, of Spalding, was elected secretary, and Jake C. Moore, of Floyd, in¬ spector. The commissioners were sworn in by Governor Atkinson just after he signed the bill abolishing the offices of principal and assistant keeper apd creating the prison commission. The men drew lots for terms of office. Mr. Beach drew the five-year card; Mr. Evans the three and Turner the one-year term. These appointments are the most important and significant of the year, and the selection of General Evans amounts to almost a sensation. The governor and the general are eld political opponents. In the cam¬ paign for governor three years ago they were pitted against each other. The latter has been regarded as a possibility in the next campaign, and his following among the vet¬ erans of the state made him a dan¬ gerous opponent for any other candi¬ date seeking the soldier vote. His ac¬ ceptance of the post will give the po¬ litical prophets something to think about. As far as the appointment is concerned, however, it is nothing more than the recognition of his worth and fitness for one of the most important positions in the gift of the state at this or any other time. The governor, who is a student of men, has settled upon him as a man in every way capac¬ itated for the work. ANDREWS CRITICISED. President of Brown University Again In Controversy. A dispatch from Providence, R. I., says: President Benjamin Andrews, of Brown university, whose freedom of utterance on the money question led to a hitter contest between him and (he trustees of the university last spring, is again in controversy. This time it is with the G. A. R. and the churchly admirers of the Armenian, both of which bodies declare that he has been unjust and unwise, while some of the latter insist that he has been talking on a matter of which he knows nothing. Recently Dr. Andrews went to Chicago to lecture on the “Generals of the Confederacy,” and in the course of his remarks he praised General Robert E. Lee at the expense of some of the general’s Union adversaries. The second instance in which Dr. Andrews has gown the seeds of trouble for himself was in the statement that the Turks are a “nobler and more moral race than the Armenians.” This has roused the indignation of Christian people in all parts of the country, and local papers have- helped spread the feeling by a charge that P;% Andrews’ personal acquaintance with the Turks was limited to a thirty-six hours’ visit to Constantinople. The result is that many who sym¬ pathized with Dr. Andrews in his for¬ mer trouble have been among the first to condemn his latest utterances. GORDON SHOWN LENIENCY. Judge Speer Reprimanded Him, But Dis¬ missed Contempt Proceedings. In the United States court at Macon, Ga., Tuesday morning Judge A. L. Miller, in behalf of W. M. Gordon, argued against the infliction of a pen¬ alty by the court for not producing the books of the Progress Loan and Im¬ provement company when called on by the receiver. Complete restitution was made by Gordon, and the fact that he has been humiliated by issuing the attach¬ ment against him were the chief points of the argument. Judge Speer said he was not inclin¬ ed to further punish Gordon, and af¬ ter some rather pointed remarks di¬ rected at Gordon, he dismissed the contempt proceedings. This is the last of the case which has aroused so much interest. It is understood that under provisions of the judge’s decree payments will be divided over a period of six months, with a total of $62,000 to be paid out by Gordon. MRS. NACK’S PLEA. Guilty of Manslaughter in the First De¬ cree Will Be Allowed. A New York dispatch says: While District Attorney Youngs, of Queens county, is non-committal upon the matter, it is understood that he has finally deoided to allow Mrs. Nack to plead guilty to manslaughter in the first degree. It is asserted that the carefully prosecuting officers have gone over the evidence against the woman and have reached the conclusion that it would be impossible to convict her either of murder in the first or second degree. Her confession made on the Thorn trial could not be used against her. M0NE[Y PROMPTLY PAID. y, -- Southern Ex tores* Company Makes Resti- tuti <im of Stolen Funds. The Southern Express Company has paid to the National Park bank of New York, f HO, 000 in settlement of the loss of (that amount of money by the robbery bf the express company’s safe at Columbia, S. C., last Monday. The National Park bank was the ship¬ per of the stolen package, which was for a bank /it Newberry, S. C.