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SOUTHERN BAPTISTS Seetin Anu? GHRISM in Tenues xe's Capital ? Besame of the Business Transacted. Sotes of the Meeting. The southern Baptist convention met Friday in the great tabernacle at Nashville, Tenn. Judge Haralson, of Alabama, former president, called the convention to order at 10 o'clock. The devotional exercises were led by Dr. .Riley, of Kentucky, all the great throng joining in singing the old hymn. "Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound," etc. Dr. Lansing Bur? rows, of Georgia, called and corrected, with marvelous dispatch, the roll of the several states. Judge Haralson was re-elected president ; Governor W, J. Northen, of Georgia, Dr. S. H. Ford, of Missouri, Dr. W. H. Whit sitt, of Kentucky, and Joshua Lever? ing, of Maryland, vice presidents ; Dr. Lansing Burrows and Dr. O. F. Greg? ory, secretaries. Joshua Levering, of Maryland, of? fered a resolution which was adopted raising a committee of one from each gtate on devising methods and means for the increase of missionary work in the beginning of the new century. HOSPITALITIES EXTENDED. Dr. Frost, of Tennessee, on behalf of the churches of Nashville, address? ed the convention, extending hospi? talities. Dr. Henry McDonald, of Georgia, on request of the president of the convention, responded in a most felicitous and happy manner. A large number of distinguished visitors, including a delegation from the colored organization, were in at? tendance. One of the episodes of the convention was an address by Brother Bob Burdett*, of "The Burlington Hawkey e." A message wr.s received from the triennial conference of Ger? man Baptists, in session at Milwaukee, containing fraternal greetings. FOBETGN MISSIONS. At the evening session the report of the foreign mission board was read by Dr. Tupper, of Virginia. The board is out of debt. The contributions for the vear show a large increase of work and money. Among the points of in? terest reference is made to the work in China. The foreign board extended its svnn>athy to the Chinese residents in this country in this language : ? Bt solved, That the board is in sympathy with all Je.al efforts to do justice ?otho Chinese in this country, and to prevent any retaliatory measures against missionarie? in China by the government of that coun'ry. The report of the home mission board was read by Dr. Tichenor, of Georgia. The board is out of debt and has a considerable amount on hand and owns property at a low esti? mate worth $95,000. It has 368 mis? sionaries employed, loo churches have been constructed and ninety-two houses of worship built, and 412 Sun? day schools organized during the year. Total additions to the church, 9,604. The report of the Sunday school-board was also presented. All these reports were referred to committees. Dr. Hatcher,,of Virginia, preached the convention sermon at night to perhaps the largest audience ever assembled in Nashville. SATURDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The great convention met in the tab? ernacle at 9 o'clock a. m. Saturday. The report of the committee on the centennial was submitted. Speeches were made by Drs. Eaton, McCall, El? lis, Pickard and Ford on the report, and it was adopted. The report of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary was submitted by Dr. Broadus, of Ken? tucky, and after addresses by Drs. Broadus and Whitsett, it was also adopted. Fifteen hundred dollars was raised immediately for the seminary. The committees on the various subjects embraced in the report of the foreign mission board made reports which were spoken to by several members of the convention. The Woman's Mis? sionary societies met at the First Bap? tist church at 9 o'clock in the morn? ing. All departments of woman work show a marked improvement. This is an moispensaoie auxiliary oi toe con? vention. A great mass meeting was held durinn the day in the interest of foreign missions, in the tabernacle, Governor Northen, of Georgia, presi? ding. Dr. Carroll, of Texas. r ad Dr. Bell, of Tenn., addressed the meeting. Dr. Bell showed that in south China the missionary work is sr. reading largely through the instrumentality of the na? tive preachers just as it spread in the early centuries of the Christian era. During all tue centennial yenr tnou sands of dollars have poured into the treasnrv of the board, but no mission ary has offered his services for labor in that field. Kev. J. B. Hartwell, now presiding in California, has been selected to take charge of ali the mis? sions in north China. More than for? ty appointments for preaching Sunday . in the Nashville churches wore dis ";tributed among the leading preachers of the convention. MONDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The convention assembled at 9 a. m. Monday. After the opening exercises Col. B. F. Abbott, of Atlanta, by unanimous consent, oSi red a resolu? tion expressing the sympathy of the convention with th" Chinese resident? in America in their efforts to secure justice at the hands of our national government. Dr. J. B. Gambell, of Mississippi, read the report of the committee on the importance of home missions. An interesting report which alludes to the old conditions and the new. Dr. Gambell addressed the convention urging the importance of providing to meet the exigencies of the new or? der of things. Dr. Cranfield, of Texas, spoke to the report, after which it was adopted. A verv interesting renort was read by the committee on work among the colored people. The report was dis? cussed by Dr. J. L. McMannaway, of Virginia, chairman of the committee; also a most earnest and intelligent ad? dress by Rev. W. H. McAlpin, the col? ored missionery of the home board in Alabama. At the afternoon session a resolu? tion offered by Dr. Eaton, of Ken? tucky, was adopted, protesting against the opening of the Chicago exposition I on Sundays. The committee on basis of representation was continued until | next year. The special order for 3 p. m. was the report of the committee on organization and methods. It was read by Mr. Leveriug, the chairman. It was not a lengthy report and con? tained four recommendations. Each recommendation was discussed and some amendments made and the re? port adopted. At night a mass meet? ing was held in the interest of Cuban missions. Addresses were delivered by Governor W. J. Northen, of Geor? gia; Dr. A. J. Diaz, of Cuba, and Dr. Montgomery, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who baptized Dr. Diaz. Dr. Montgom? ery's address was closed with the pre? sentation to the home mission board of thirteen hundred dollars from the Baptist ministers' conference, of New r the beginnin g of a fund I for a female school in Havana. He pledged himself to canvass Philadel? phia and other eastern cities in the in? terest of the same cause. TUESDAY'S SESSION. The convention met at 9 a. m. Tues? day and opened w ith the usual devo? tional services. The report of the committee on the resignation of the assistant secretary of the foreign mis? sion board and retired missionaries was read by the secretary of the conven? tion. The report was discussed by Dr. Burroughs, of Georgia; Dr. Pick? ard, of Kentucky; Dr. Ford, of Mis? souri; Dr. Hawthorne, of Georgia; Dr. Pritchard, of North Carolina ; Dr. Harris, of Virginia; Dr. Owens, of Virginia ; Dr. Cranfield, of Texas, and others. This was the most spirited discussion of tl * convention. The board was attacked by Dr. Ford for its methods in dealing with its mis? sionaries. He was immediately re? sponded to by Dr. Hawthorne, of Atlanta, who sustained the board in an able speech. This report was still pending at 10:30 a. m., at which hour the special order was the report of the committee on the re? port of the Sunday school board. The report commends the literature of the board, and recommends that the board be directed to foster and encourage Sunday school work in the destitute fields ; also a special children's day is favorably mentioned. Dr. Kerfoot spoke in support of the report. His address was one of the most eloquent and forceful of the convention. It was also discussed by Dr. f\ M. Ellis, of Baltimore, in a speech of magnificent eloquence and power. The report of the committee was adopted. A resolu? tion offered bv Dr. McDonald, of At lanta, expressing the thanks of the convention to Dr. Frost, the retiring secretary of the Sunday school board, for the efficiency with which his duties have been performed, was adopted. At the alter noon session Dr. Cranfil read the report on develojmient of our young people, which recommended di? recting this development along Baptist lines. After considerable discussion the report was adopted. The rejx>rt of the vice president of the board was ordered printed without being read. After passing resolutions of thanks the convention adjourned at 5 o'clock p. m., to meet next year at Dallas, Texas. The great tabernacle in Nashville where the convention met was the gift mainly, of one man, who became a convert to the Christian religion dur? ing one of Sam Jones' meetings. It is a huge brick structure with sufficient architectural variety and finish to re? lieve it from being considered too plain. It will seat 5,000 people. The platform will accommodate 250 sing? ers, besides having ample room for others desiring to occupy it. The seats in the auditorium are arranged after the manner of a great amphitheater. THE WORLD'S FAIR. Georgia Makes a Slight Addition to H(* Display-Visi ors Going Early. CHICAGO, May 16, 1893.-The mor? one sees, of the World's fair the proudei he feels that he is an American. No other people could have built such a city of palaces and made such a won? derful exhibit of all that goes to make up modern civilization. While all lands are represented here the states surpass in almost everything. The exposition is truly a wonder land. The visitor can trace the history of the world in going from building to building. In many respects the build? ing in which electrical devices are ex? hibited, is the most interesting. After looking carefully through it one can readily believe that in the course of a few years we will be doing everything by electricity. City folks who know litt! j about the country, take a deep interest in the Agricultural building. The displays of farm products are calculated to in? duce all visitors who are not farming to buy one and try it. People who are interested in county fairs ought to spend all the time they can spare here and study the way exhibits are display? ed. Some of the Western states have obtained unique effects in decorating their buildings and exhibit space with grain, and especially with corn on the cob. Ohio has a railing around her space in Agricultural building suppor? ted by large and thick glass tubes fil? led with various grains and reeds. These tubes resemble solid columns of grain and are very odd and attractive. Georgia's next state fair can be made much more interesting than it ever has been by borrowing ideas from the Exposition. The only addition which Georgia made to her exhibit here last week was the presence of the bicycle riders from Atlanta. They were objects of inter? est, being the first riders to reach here from a long distance on their wheels. Plenty more are on their way, but Durant and Howard got here first, as Atlantians boast that they always do. These young men came a round-about way. They could have saved a full hundred miles if they had come up from Chattanooga and Nashville by Evansville and Terre Haute. They followed the Western and Atlantic, or old state road, from Atlanta to Chatta? nooga, and then the Nashville, Chatta? nooga and St. Louis to Nashville, but instead of continuing along that line, for some reason they struck off in an? other direction. The roek ballast which makes riding in the cars so easy and smooth is not so comfortable for bicycle riders to travel over. By the way, The General, the State road's historic engine, has been moved iiito the transportation building. The dis? play of old engines there tells the his ? tory of railroad development in graph? ic language. Now that the weather has become pleasant and the fair luis got in full blast, the number of visitors is grow? ing every day. Hotels and boarding houses found that they could not get high prices and are very reasonable in charges. Many people from a dis? tance are coining early so as to be sure that ihey see the fair, it' cholera comes this summer the fair will proba? bly close, and it is well to go as soon as possible and not run tin- risk o? missing it. Never again iu the lifetime i of this generation can we expect tose? such a magnificent exposition. WILL OPEN SUNDAYS. The Fair Directory Decide Not to CIo>e the (?ates. Monday afternoon there was an in? formal meeting of members of the World's Fair local directory and com? missioners, at which the Sunday ques? tion was thoroughly discussed, lt was announced at the conclusion of the meeting that a resolution revoking the Sunday opening rule recently adopted by the local directory will be submit? ted for the concurrence of the commis? sioners. First Vice President Peck,of the local directory, stated that the management of the fair was deter? mined to open the gates on Sundays. The people demanded it and the peo? ple were all powerful. Everybody should read the paper and keep up with the times. i TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. The Hews cf tte World ConM Wo Pitty and Pointed Paralos. Interesting and Instructive to All Classes of Readers. Tlie Norwegian building at the World's fair was dedicated Wednes? day, and at least 10,000 citizens of that nationality attended. Advices of Wednesday from Aus? tralia show that the financial crisis is still acute. A dispatch was received announcing that the Royal hank of Queensland, limited has suspended. An explosion occurred in the Citi? zens' coal shaft, at Lincoln, 111., Sun? day night, about fourteen thousand feet from the entrance. The night boss and five miners, it is believed, were killed. At New York, Tuesday, Erastus Wiman made a general assignment to Lawyer David Bennett King. Mr. Wi? man would not make any formal state? ment. He merely said that the assign? ment was without preference. A Washington special of Monday says: Captain Higginson \as been removed from command of the steam? ship Atlanta, for dilatoriness in sailing for Greytown, Nicaragua, and ordered home. Captain Bartlett succeeds him. The general synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church in America, now in session in New York city, has sent telegrams to President Cl eland and President Palmer, of the v rld's fair commission, requesting that they de? fend the Sabbath law. Frank Almy was hanged in jail at Concord, N. H., Tuesday morning, for the brutal murder of Christie War? den, July 17, 1891. The execution was a bungling job. Almy's feet touched the floor when he went through the drop and he was strangled to death. The biennial session of the Order of Railway Conductor s at Toledo 0., closed Wednesday evening. A large number of amendments to the bylaws were adopt? ed, but none of general interest. Reso? lutions in regard to Sunday observ? ance, were adojrted. The convention adjourned to meet at Atlanta, Ga., in May, 1895. The First National bank of Cedar Falls, Iowa, suspended at close of business Tuesday, being involved by the assignment of William M. Fields & Brother, importers of horses. The liabilities are estimated at from $100, 000 to $150,000, while the personal liabilities of Fields will be nearly as much more. The Citizens' bank at Monroeville Ind., Closed its doors at noon Satur? day and much excitement prevails there. It was organized ten years ago by Dwiggins and Starbuck, but about a year ago, was reorganized and a lar? ger number of local stockholders were added. It was thought certain to pull through, bat it stopped business en? tirely. The Plankinton bank, of Milwaukee, Wis., upon which there was a run Sat? urday, opened its doors at 9 o'clock a. m. Monday, one hour earlier than usual. There was only a small crowd waiting and no excitement. The flurry seemed to be completely subdued. The cashier said the deposits in an hour were five times greater than the with? drawals. A meeting of the board of directors of the Columbian National bank at Chicago was held Monday, all but one director being present. After a full discussion of the affairs of the bank, it was unanimously resolved to resume business at an earl r dav, and commit tees were appointed to perfect the plan outlined and to immediately carry it into effect. The A kline hotel at Philadelphia was badlv gutted bv fire Sunday night. The loss is estimated at $140,000. The 120 guests and the servants escaped uninjured after an exciting experience. The Aldine is one of the largest hotels in the city. Of the guests, there were many prominent business and profes? sional men. The furnishings of the hotel were valued at $112,000, the damage on which is estimated at $90, 000, on which there is $G0,000 insur? ance. A Chicago dispatch of Thursday says: John D. Rockefeller has given S150,000 to the University of Chicago in order that Martin Ryerson's gift of $100,000, conditioned on the raising of $400,000 more, might become avail? able. About $100,000 has been raised already, so that there now remains but $150,000 to complete the half million dollars needed as an equipment fund. The money must be secured by July 1st, or the Ryerson and Rockefeller gifts will be lost to the university. Advices from London are to the ef? fect that the second clause of the honie rule bill, conferring authority on thc Irish legislature to enact laws, was passed Wednesday in committee in the house of commons, as amended by the adoption of Sir Henry James's amendment to the fact that the su? preme power of the imperial parlia? ment should remain undiminished by any proviso of the home rub; bill. The clause as amended was adopted by a vote of 2S7 to 255. The debate pre? ceding the division was both testy and bitter. Tiie firm of N. H. Warren & Co., at Chicago, closed all its deals on the board of trade Thursday. It is esti? mated that 600,000 bushels of corn were sold on the linn's account. Nath? an Warren attributes the suspension tn the tying up of his money in the de? funct columbia bank. The suspension was precipitated by a bondsman for Warren & Co., witli thc Columbia Na? tional, notifying thc board of trade that he would no longer agree to ideminify truders against losses on margins occassions by the fluctuations in the market. Over lin) employe of the Overland Cotton mill nt Denver, Co]., went out on a st ri];?' Monday morning owing t.> the je w rules requiring sixty-six hours work each week, instead of sixty, as heretofore. Ninety per cent of the workers were I rougbl from Hi:- north liv the company. Th;; company pavs twice the wages paid tn the Clifton mills, in South Carolina, but owing to sharp competition is compelled to ex? act more labor from its employes, tion. The bill provides that the gov? ernor shall appoint a commission to ex2?end this money, provided the rail? roads and oilier corporations contri? bute another $55,000 in cash. The bill will probably pass the house in a few days, and there is no doubt that the raiiroad companies will raise the requisite amount to make the appro? priation available. A Charleston dispatch says: The doors of the Bank of the Carolinas, with borne office at Florence, closed Tuesday, with a notice of temporary suspension until a meeting of tho di? rectors. The capital stock of the bank is nearly SCO, OOO. It has branches at j Kingston, Conway, Walliston and Vara? ville, in South Carolina, and several towns in North Carolina. It is be? lieved that the bank has assets to cover all indebtedness. Stringency of the money market and consequent inability to realize on securities held by the bank is the cause of the failure. Bids for the construction of the monster lock on the proposed Colbert shoals canal, bel JW Florence, Ala., were opened Tuesday by the engineer in charge of th J Tennessee river im? provements. T ie bids culled for esti? mates on a lock ?75 feet long, SO feet wide and a 25-foot lift. There were ten bidders and the bids ranged from ?305,767 to $624,033. The three low? est bidders were Tere A. Clark, Quincy, 111., 8305,767; Dunn, Lallande & Co., Birmingham, $320,119; Professor M. V. Henry, Birmingham, $343,342. The canal when completed will cost $3,000, 000, and the money for the work is all available. THE CHINESE W?ST GO. The Geary Exclusion Act Sustained by thc Supreme Court. The United States supreme court, Monday, through Justice Gray, sus? tained the decision of the New York courts in favor of the constitutionality of the Geary exclusion act. The announcement that a decision in the case was expected attracted a large attendance and the fact that it was the last day of the term accounted for the presence of an unusually large array of attorneys within the bar, in? cluding Attorney General Olney, So? licitor General Aldrich, Senators Pugh, Dolph and Cockrell. Ex-Justice Strong and several members of the diplomatic corpse were interested spectators. Justice Gray said that the question involved was the constitutional effect of the sixth section of the act entitled "An act to prohibit the coming of Chi? nese persons into the United States." The justice sketched : r.e provisions of tee law rapidly and proceeded to say that it was perfectly well settled, it was one of the fundamental principles of the law of nations that every inde? pendent nation had the inherent right to keep aliens out of its territory and order them to get out of its territory. That right public welfare demanded. A REHEARING ASKED. After the court had concluded an? nouncement of opinions, Mr. Hulsey Ashtor of counsel for the Chinese, moved a rehearing of the case and an argument before a full bench at tho next term. At present the court stands ?ve to three in support of the law, Justice Harlan being absent. The court took the motion under advise? ment, the effect of which is to post? pone, until the motion is acted upon, any proceding under the judgment of the court thus announced. No orders had been issued at the treasury department at the close of business Monday as to the deporting of Chinese under the Geary act. The instructions under which collectors of internal revenue and United States marshals pre now operating direct them to make no arrests of unregis? tered Chinamen until further orders. These orders may be given them after the cabinet meeting or deferred for a longer period. Secretary Carlisle, 6oon after he heard of the decision of the supreme court, went to the executive mansion and had a conference with the presi? dent on the subject. He remained for an hour or more. Attorney General Olney said until the line of action to be pursued by our government was mapped ont he could say nothing on the subject except that the depart? ment of justice had no money available for deporting Chinese. At the Chinese legation the Chinese minister courteously declined to ex press any opinion upon the decision of the court or to give, any intimation as to the course his government might aeem proper to adopt under the cir? cumstances. Conservative estimates place the amount necessary to deport the unreg? istered Chinese at $6,000,000, with only $16,806 available for the purpose. Intimations are heard that congress may be convened to consider the mat? ter. The suggestion is made in offi? cial circles at Washington that Chinese unregistered may now go to the courts and be allowed to register and remain in this country. In any view of the case treasury officers expect to expe? rience great difficulty in carrying out the mandate of the law that the Chi? nese must go. They look to the cabi? net to solve the problem at its next meeting. TO GO FROM GEORGIA As Delegates lo an Interstate Con? vention at Chicago. Governor Northen is called upon to appoint a number of delegates to an Interstate convention at Chicago. Governor Nelson, of Minnesota, has called upon all the governors of the country to appoint ten delegates to go to Chicago on the 5th of June to at? tend an interstate convention, the purpose of which is to put down the coal combination and other offensive trusts that may come under popular condemnation. On Thursday Gover? nor Northen appointed the following to go from Georgia : 1st district-P. A. Stovall, Savannah. 2nd district-Wm. Harrison, George? town. 3rd district-C. C. Duncan, Perry. 4th district-Hod Leonard, Talbot ton. 5th district-F. H. Richardson, At? lanta. 6 th district-Richard Johnson, Clinton. 7th district-W. R. Rankin, Cal? houn. 8ht district-Thomas Olive, Lex? ington. 9th district-W. P. Price, Dah? lonega. 10th district-R. Baxter, Sparta, ll th district-Thomas W. Lamb, Brunswick. _ FOR DIRECT TRADE. An English Ship Owner Prospecting in Port Royal. J. A. Welsford, of Liverpool, rep? resenting William Andeward-Johnson, of Liverpool, is visiting Port Riyal, S. C., for the purpose of negotiating for their lino of ships to enter Port Royal harbor and to give that town direct trade with Liverpool, Havre and the Mediterranean ports. The probabilities are that Mr. Welsford will succeed in making arrangements which will be mutually acceptable to the owners of Port Royal and the ship owners. Smallpox in Virginia. A Petersburg, Va., dispatch of Sun? day says: Information has been re? ceived from a prominent citizen of Lunenburg county, Va., that there aro twenty cases of smallpox in the vicinity of thc county courthouse and that there have been several deaths. Owing to the presence of the disease, there have been no sessions of tho court. Lunenburg courthouse is about sixty miles from Petersburg. THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. Notes of Her Progress ai Prosperity Briefly EpitomM And Important Happenings from Day to Day Tersely Told. The general assembly of the South? ern Presbyterian church convened in Macon, Ga., Thursday at the Pirst Presbyterian church. This is the first time it has met in Macon since 1866. The Florida senate on Wednesday passed a bill forbidding railroad com? panies to make runs ol'trainmen longer than thirteen hours each and compell? ing at least eight hours to elapse be? tween runs. The annual contest of the Southern Oratorical Association was held at Columbia, S. C., in the presence of an immense audience. The committee awarded the medal to Martin D. Har? din, of Kentucky. The supreme court of South Caro? lina rendered a decision, Monday, sus? taining the validity of the state bonds recently issued. The ques tion raised was, that the new bonds had not been voted upon by the j)eople. The establishment of the Yonkers, X. Y., Hat Manufacturing company was almost totally destroyed by fire Thursday morning. The loss is esti? mated at 8100,000. About six hun? dred hands are thrown out of employ? ment. News was received at New Orleans that the Grand Lake levee in Arkansas broke at 9 o'clock Monday night. This is two miles above Carriola, Ark., and about ten miles from Lakeport. The break is widening rapidly and will ])rove serious. Messrs. Robert J. Lowry an? . x. M. Comer were, on Monday, ap? """nted receivers of the Savannah and \.'est? era railroad by Judge John A. Pardee at New Orleans: It is thought Judge Pardee's decision is favorable to the Richmond and "West Point Terminal company. A Raleigh, X. C., special of Sunday says: The railway commission has notified the telephone companies that on and after June 1st, it would have supervisions of them as of railways, with power to revise rates. The com? panies are informed that they will be given a hearing that day. They strong? ly object to the new law. At Savannah, Ga., Tuesday morning, Judge McDonald rendered a decision in the demurrer to the three million dollar debenture suit of the Mercantile Trust company. He overruled the demurrer on every point except as to the interest, which he held was not collectable except by the party hold? ing at time interest falls due according to the contract. The sixty-second annual session of the diocesan council, Episcopal, of Alabama, convened at Montgomery Tuesday. The venerable and beloved Bishop R. H. Wilmer presided with dignity, and his able coadjutor, Bish? op H. M. Jackson, sat upon his right. Twenty-nine clergymen and lay dele? gates, representing nineteen parishes, were present. At Charleston, Thursday, Clerk Haygood, of the United States circuit court, commenced taking testimony in the famous railroad tax cases in which the South Carolina and the Richmond and Danville roads are involved. These issues arose in May, 1892, when the state board of equalizers assessed the properities of these roads for tax and the roads refused to pay the as? sessment. A decision in fhe South Carolina dis? pensary law case was filed in the supreme court at Columbia Tuesday adverse to the liquor men. It is sigm ed by Justice Pope, and other justices concurring. The case came up on the petition of Charleston barkeepers for a mandamus requiring the city council to grant them license for the full year, the grant having been made only until July, the time of the inauguration of the dispensary system. A Raleigh, N. C., special says: The agricultural department is advised that there were fro?ts Wednesday morning and again Thursday morn-, these being the latest on record in this section, cotton being very serious? ly hurt by t,he prolonged cold and is dying on sandy lands, particularly where brought to a stand. Tobacco is also seriously injured by cutworms. The outlook for crops is for the first time unfavorable and farmers are de? pressed. A special from Greenville, Miss., says : The fourth crevasse in the le? vees in the Arkansas side of the river occurred Wednesday, one and one-half miles below the Grand Lake break. The last crevasse viii not do much damage except add to the volume of water already overflowing the territory. The plantations near Gaines's Landing, Ark., between Greenville and Askansas City are overflowed with back water, except in very high places, and the damage to planters is terrible. Attorney General Martin has insti? tuted a suit in the city court of Mont? gomery, Ala., in the name of the state of Alabama vs. the Hartford Fire In? surance Company. The suit is for the collection of the sum of $230 as fee or license under ji law of the last legisla? ture. The complaint sets out that the defendant is a foreign company doing business in that state without having paid the fees or license fixed by law. The suit, it is thought, is a test caseto determine the constitutionality of the law fixing the license tax. A special of Tuesday from Tallahas? see Fla., says that tho senate- has just passed tin- Marks bill, appropriat? ing $25,000 for maintaining exhibits in tlic Florida building at the exposi The manager is determined to stand by its ruling or shut down the mill. The annual address of Grand Chief Ramsey, presented to the convention of railway telegraphers in session at Toronto, Ont., Wednesday, reviews the work of the order during the year just closed, refers with pleasure to the I increased membership and expressed confidence in tin- future prosperity and success of the organization. The finances ol' thc order are in good con? dition. A federation had been formed with different railway organizations, which is proving satisfactory, The re port of the grand secretary showed the membership to be 26,000 and that there was a substantial sum in the treasury, with a protective fund of i $50,000. I Au Enormous Air Ship. A largo dirigible baleen, intended to < make headway against air currents of twenty-eight miles an hour, is being made in France. It will bc similar in form to the La France of 1884-8*5, but larger-2S0 feet in length and forty-three feet in it:; greatest diameter, lt will weigh sixty-six pounds per horse power, ? and will be propelled by a screw in front, with arudder behind.-[Xcw York Press. j AFTERNOON EDITORS MEET. They Consider Contracts in Regard to Telegraphic Service. ? meeting of the board of directors and the executive committee of the Southern Afternoon Press bureau (lim? ited) took place at New Orleans Thursday morning. Contracts have been submitted to the afternoon pa? pers for a telegraphic service much larger in volume and better in quality than that now received by both tele? graphic companies together. Forty southern afternoon \ apers compose the association, and something of a definite and decisive nature will be de? termined upon at this meetincr. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Hawaiis from Day to Day in tte National Capital Appointments in the Varions Depart? ment-Other Notes of Interest. The president and Mrs. Cleveland have moved out to their country home for the summer. A. E. Buck, United States marshal for the northern district of Georgia, on Wednesday sent his resignation to the president to take effect the 30th of ?June. Secretary Carlisle, on Tuesday: made the following appointments in the treasury department: Samuel Rhodes. Jr.. of Marblehead, Mass,, chief of the stationary division depart? ment, vice A. L. Sturtevant, resigned by request. The president, Wednesday, made the following appointments: Robert T. Hough, of Ohio, solicitor of inter? nal revenue; William E. Audrey, North Carolina, assayer and melter of the assay office of the United States at Charlotte, N. C. The president has decided to appoint Mr. Kerr Craig, of Salisbury, N. C., third assistant postmaster general. Mr. Craig is one of the strongest law? yers in North Carolina. He once re? ceived the nomination for congress, but declined it. Mr. Craig is Senator Ransom's personal friend. All the North Carolina delegation, however, endorsed and urged him upon the president. Assistant Secretary Curtis, of the treasury department, has been called upon to decide whether a Chinese sa? loon keeper is a laborer or merchant. A Chinamen engaged in the saloon business left New York for a visit to his home in China about six months ago, and has now returned. He was refused entrance, and the case has been transferred to Washington for final decision. It may reach Attorney General Olney before the matter is finally disj^osed of. A cable message received by Secre? tary Gresham from the United States consul general at Havana, states that the Infanta Eulalie sailed for New York Monday afternoon. The presi? dent is said to be thoroughly in favor of doing all that can be done to pay proper honor to the infanta during her visit, but he wants to do it in the American way. The royal lady is due in New York on May 19th, and the time intervening will give plenty of opportunity for the arrangements of the details of her reception. A Washington special says: The rumors which have been in circula? tion in the interior department dur? ing the last several week, which bring in serious question the official integ? rity of W. E. Simor.ds, 'the late com? missioner of patents, took a tangible form Wednesday by the filing of for? mal charges i^gainst Simonds and Foster and Freeman, attorneys, in Washington for the Bell Telephone Company, alleging inspection of the secret files in the celebrated Draw baugh telephone efcses and the unlaw? ful taking of copies thereof, for the private use of Simonds and of the Bell Telephone Company. The president, Tuesday, made the following appointments: A. C. Ba? ker, of Arizona, to be chief justice of the supreme court of the territory of Arizona; Edward L. Hall, of New Mexico, to be marshal of the United States for the territory of New Mexico ; Benjamin P. Moore, of New Y'ork, to be collector of customs for the district of Alaska, in the territory of Alaska, vice Edwin Tatch, removed ; William H. Pugh, of Ohio, to be commissioner of customs, vice S. V. Holliday, of Pennsylvania, resrigned; Robert M. Cousar, of Tennessee, to be deputy first auditor of the treasury, vice Alex F. McMillan, district of Columbia, re? signed. ItivoMi/?nt?iiK Bogil? Pension Claims. It is stated at the pension office that up to last Tuesday the pension exam? iner now in Norfolk, Va., investigating claims filed by Pension Attorney Drewry, had completed fourteen cases, all of milich had been found to be ir? regular or fraudulent. The pension office officials aro searching the files l'or claims filed by Drewry, which have been allowed, and so far 166 have been found and forwarded to the ex? aminer at Norfolk. No computation of the amounts paid on these claims has been made, but as all of them were Hied under the act of June 27, 1S90, which allows SI2 per month as the maximum rate, it is probable that the average will fall below $200 each. Drewry is now serving a one year term in jail for fraudulent transactions in pension cases. SENDING WRITING AXD moroouA-PH* ovEK AN ELECTRIC WIRK.-An exhibi? tion of the workings of thc Gray telauto? graph was given to newspaper men at the office of the company oa the seventh floor of No. 80 Broadway, New York, last Tuesday. The invention is differ? ent from the telephone in that the latter transmits speech, while this later device enables a sender to write at one end of any complete circuit and his handwriting is reproduced in fac-sfmile at the other : thus the sender and re? ceiver each has a record of every message and reply. If the receiver is absent when the message is sent he will find the message on his return. One advan? tage is thc secrecy which its work injures. The sender sits in his office; he calls up the central office and asks to bc put in communication with a certain number. This done he writes upon a scroll on the top of the instrument, and as he writes his handwriting and signa? ture are reproduced upon a similar scroll placed before the receiver at the othel end. Meanwhile thc operator in the Central is ignorant of what is passing be? tween the pcrsous in communication. An artist in like manner can transmit a 9ketch. An ordinary lead pencil is used by the sender. The receiving pen at the other end of thc circuit moving simulta? neously with thc pencil of the sender, ia a capillary glass tube, placed at the junc? tion of two alumiuiumarms. The pen is supplied with ink which flows from i reservoir through a small rubber tube placed in one of these arms. Elisha Gray, of Highland Park, III., is thc in? ventor. T. M. Logan, of New York, ia President of the Company. Tfat factory is at Highland Park, 111. WOMAN'S CONGRESS. Rdpresentatires from Every Section of tte Olote Present The Largest Gathering of the Daugh? ters of ETC Ever Known. Over twelve thousand women under one roof, was the record of the attend? ance at the women's congress at the World's fair Wednesday. It is said that this is the largest gathering of women ever known. Should the audience continue to grow, the eight halls now in use at the great art palace on the lake front will be entirely inadequate and addi? tional accommodations willoi necessity have to be provided. Besides the general congress held in three divisions, there were five department-congresses in session during the day and at night the National Christian League for the promotion of social purity, Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Inter? national Kindergarten Union, Woman's National Indian Association and Nation? al Association of Loyal Women of American Liberty. At all these ses? sions the audiences were large and en? thusiastic. W omen from Spain, Greece, France, Switzerland, Peru and Russia told of the efforts made in those countries to obt ain the emancipation of women from the harsh conditions imposed on her by the laws of the eighteenth century. IsabelBogelot, of France; Calli heree Parren, of Greece ; Sleona Karla Machova, of Bohemia ; Kaethe Schi?macher, of Germanv ; Jane Cob? den Unwin, of England, and Lady Aberdeen, of Scotland, were among the speakers. Every English speaking na? tion and colony was represented by one or more distinguished daughters, and from each country in Europe, except Turkey, a woman had come to tell the world's congress of the trials she and her sisters at home were enduring in the cause of woman's advancement. The report of the congresses, of which there were two, were also devoted to the reception of reports from the five foreign woman's associations repre? sented at the congress. Some of these organizations are powerful bodies with a large membership. In the afternoon social receptions were given the delegates to congress by several of the leading society ladies of Chicago. The main sessions of the congress during the day were devoted to the representatives of the foreign nations. The audiences, which were the largest by far of the convention to date, listened to reports of the progress of women politically and industrially in other lands. Wednessday night speeches from act? resses were in order. Modjeska, Julia Marlowe and Clara Morris addressed the convention, and all were greeted with enthusiastic applause. Mme. Modjeska, who began her address by recounting the historv of women on the stage down to the present day, closed by saying that the women of the stage were more independent ?ind, as to morals, fully the equal of their sisters off the stage. BRUNSWICK BANKS FAIL. The President of One of Them Com? mits Suicide. Mr. Max Ullman, the president of the Oglethorpe National bank, at Brunswick, Ga., suicided Thursday morning by shooting himself in the head. A few minutes after nine o'clock President Ullman and Mr. W. E. Bur bage, president of the First National bank, were engaged in earnest conver? sation about the condition of the two banks, Mr. Burbage being a director and stockholder in the Oglethorpe, while Ullman had like relations with the First. Mr. Ullman, stating that he wished to step in the back room for a moment, did so, closing the door be? hind him. In an instant, the report of a pistol was heard and the bank offi? cials present, rushing in, found their former president with a pistol in his hand and a bullet hole in his head. The doors of the bank were closed and payment of checks suspended, and the bank examiner wired to come and take charge of the institution. A meeting of the board of directors I of the First National bank was imme I diately called by President Burbage, and, after a brief consultation, it was decided to suspend business and put the bank in the hands of the United States bank examiner, and he at once telegraphed to that effect. This action was taken by the First National be? e-use of the relations of the two banks and the certainty of a run. The First National made a statement Wednesday showing only ?7,000 on hand. The Oglethorpe made a state? ment on Tuesday showing only $4,000 in cash. This caused a run, and, in fact, the condition of the two institu? tions had been rumored on the streets for several weeks, and many of their heaviest depositors had been gradually withdrawing their money. This, cou? pled with the closeness of the money market and the inability to get assist? ance from New York or elsewhere, ren? dered the closing of the two banks I necessary. The county treasurer had sixteen thousand on deposit with the Ogle? thorpe, and it is said that the inability of President Ullman to give County Treasurer Lamb personal security was one of the main causes that led him to suicide, The other banks in the city are in no way affected, and their depositors do not entertain any fear and are mak? ing no run. Mr. Ullman was one of the most prominent business men in that sec? tion of the state. He was president of the Oglethorpe and of the Brunswick Brewing and Ice Company, was a mem? ber of the firm of Mayer <fc Ullman and a stockholder in many other corpora? tions. The officiais of the closed bank say that depositors will paid dollar for dollar. Ullman's life was insured for $66, 000. The only companies and amounts known at present are the New York I Life, $25,000 ; Pennsylvania Mutual, ! $25,000 ; Mutual Life, $10,000 ; Ameri? can Legion and Honor, $5,000. Floods in Ohio and Pennsylvania. A special from Cleveland, O., says: The storm of rain and wind which be? gan at noon "Monday, and contin? ue?! almost without cessation till Wed n< sday evening, has produced a flood unprecedented in the history of north? east rn Ohio and northwestern Penn? sylvania. Thus far fourteen lives have been lost, great damage has been done t?> shipping and the loss to other prop ? i tv will amount to hundreds of thous? ands of dollars. THE Farmers* Alliance, of Washington, will have its co-operative warehouse in Ta? coma whence members will ship their gram, beginning: this season. Tacoma j citizens give the site and bear half the ex Em^ ?iu? the \arehouse, wbic? -will hPld 1.000, #00 birtalt of sacked er%m. BUSINESS OUTLOOK. Condition of Trade Iceording to Bradstreet and Dan & Co. Bradstreet's trade report says: Despite the favorable effect of a week of bright, warm weather, the condi? tion of general trade has not im? proved. There has been no change in the condition in southern trade, except the depression due to threatened over? flows in the lower Mississippi valley. In the central west and northwest there has been some improvement due to opening of lake navigation and bet? ter weather. But the region included between Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and Omaha, and tributary to those points is feeling the effects of cold, wet weather, delayed seeding, extreme conservatism by country buyers and a further restriction of credits. At nearly ail centers, warm weather has stimulated the demand for lumber and other building materials, hardware, shoes and hats. Stocks of print cloths are growing heavier ead; and prices recede. Steel billets, Bessemer pig iron, wool, cattle, hogs, lard and other staples are also lower, against which advances are confined tc sugar, due to the reduction in the European crop outlook and to wheat. Bank clearings fare in line with these conditions. Official reports of imports for nine months show 14 per cent increase in value over the preceding year, while the decrease in value of. domestic ex? ports was 20 per cent. Increased im? portations of luxuries explain only one-sixth of the total increase in value, while the reduced value of the exports of breadstuff's, cotton, cattle, fruits, seeds and petroleum accounts for the heavy falling off in shipments abroad. Recent bank failures have increased the sensitiveness in financial circles. Money is no easier east or west, where lines of discount are r fulL Chicago banks are taking care of their best customers. In nearly every direction the financial institutions are drawing lines of credit. Business failures exceed the totals in previous years. Railroad gross earnings for April aggregate over $41, 000,000; 3.5 per cent, more than for the corresponding month of 1892, whereas in preceeding years, the like increase ranged from 8 to 12 per cent. Exports of wheat, flour included, from all American ports including Montreal, aggregate 2,712,000 bushels this week, a total of about equal to the last week but about 900,000 bushels less than in the like week last year. Notwithstand? ing 100,000,000 bushels of wheat at home, and Canada with 73,000,000 bushels afloat for and in Europe, re? ports of widespread damage to crops abroad, with delayed planting and damage at home have served to ad? vance prices. Snmmer weather and the opening of navigation at Montreal have stimu? lated trade, but the season is shorten? ing. Canadian banks are curtailing cred? its further. The situation at Toronto has improved slightly, owing to the weather, but export prices are low and the export demand is disappointing. General trade in Nova Scotia con? tinues quiet, owing to the late cold weather, and collections are slow. WHAT DUN AND CO. SAT. R. G. Dun and Co.'s weekly review of trade says : The smash in the In? dustrials stocks a week ago, the fail? ure of some firms and of the National Cordage Company and the largest de? cline in stock in a week since 1873, have been followed by surprisingly little disturbance. Business shows re? markable soundness and strength under such a strain. Bank failures at Chicago and Indianapolis, and rumors of others, reflect large losses through Chicago speculation in real estate and grain and at Indianapolis through the failure of the Premier Steel Company, but commercial credits are not yet materi? ally affected. Interior money markets are growing lighter and more cautious, but no such stringency is yet seen in stock, general trade in which appears to have improved. Quiet liquidation continues at Philadelphia. Collections are slow and in the iron trade some hesi? tation is seen. Iron has grown weaker at Pittsburg with a slower demand for manufactured products, but the glass trade is fair. Better weather helps dry goods at Cincinnati. At Cleve? land trade is good to fair. Uneasiness is caused at Indianapolis by the fail? ure of steel works and a bank, and money is close. At Detroit collections and prospects are a little better, The volume of trade at Chicago is satisfac? tory, though somewhat disturbed by financial troubles and retail dis? tribution is not up to expectations. There is a heavy demand for money and accommodations are some? what difficult, collections being slc*w. Receipts of wheat are very large 35.0 per cent above last year's. Mil? waukee reports close collections and scarce. At Minneapolis trade im? proves. The flour output is large with heavy foreign sales. St Paul re? ports heavy seeding, favorable weather and improving trade. The volume at St. Louis is heavy, shoe factories working extra time, and trade in dry goods is excellent with easy collec? tions. At Kansas City business is quiet; at . Omaha good, and at St. Joseph improving with money easy. Slight improvement is seen at Denver. At Little Rock and river southern points the danger of high water retards trade. Collections are fairly good in Tennessee and Alabama, with quiet trade, rather slower at At? lanta, somewhat improved at Augusta and fair at Savannah, where trade in naval stores is active. At Mobile trade is active, at Charleston brisk, though lower trade is untitled by the new law. The y ver flowing of lowlands in tho Tazoo Delta arrests collections and trade in that region. A DISASTROUS STORM Sweeps Through Ohio Causing Irre* parable Damage to Property. The worst storm ever known visited Conneau, Ohio, and vicinity Tuesday night. Communication east and south was entirely cut off by destruction of bridges. The nickle-plate bridge at Conneaut is undermined and has been condemded. Notraius are running on the road. The Peach street bridge at Erie v ent down shortly after the passage ot the passenger train Tuesday evening. The lake-shore docks at Ash tabula are six feet under water, and sixteen vessels are likely to be driven into the lake. JOHN LAWSON of North Perry, ile., felled an enormous pine stick which had long been a landmark and had been seen for miles and miles around. While rutting the old monster into sled length, .Mr. Lawson found a hollow section in which some 284 bats by actual count had taken up their winter quarter. Build? ing a Are under them, they sen became quite lively, flying about until, overcome by the cold, they once more lapsed inta the comatose state. A well-known New Yorker pays aai immeat Parisiau artist the pretty penny ?f $5000 a year simply to design the gowns worn by said New Yorker*^ wife. -- _J