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- T^^A^RIDAV. A|T<;rs-r ij .on, ~?
A Tennessee paper predict* that rotton
will get down to fire cents a pound
In another rear or two, if wc go on producing
big crop?.
The electric railway between 8t. Paul
and Minneapolis is a Government mail
ronte. The electric cars carry the mails
so that deliveries are made in each city
every two hours.
The Chilian war has had a very serious
effect on the English hatmaker* who
supply the majority of the Chilians. The
Vlatter have been so busy fighting that
*fc. . y.usy mni sw ny?uw?
^ ombreros
North Carolina is to have the honor
of having the longest electric railway in
'the world, announces the Cincinnati
'Emjvirer, a line from Ashevillc to
.Rutheiforton, a distance of forty-one
miles, being ahout to be constructed.
The power is furnished by water. The
. xns'l will be built to operate both freight
and passenger cars.
'Ministers have their trials,'' observes
the Chicago Herald, 'but. they know
bow to bear theai without wearing out.
prematurelv. The necrology of Andover
P*? logical Seminary for 1890 showed
that of the forty-six graduates who had
died two were over ninety years of age,
one of them ninety-seven, nineteen were
between eighty and ninety, fourteen were
between seventy ami eighty, and only
one wa?S under fifty. The average age
^^. svns seventy-six years and eight months.
* Ho wonder that life insurance agents nro
Jriendly to clergymen."
The caent outburst against tin Prince
of Walj^b, says London TruCi, proof
positive that loyalty in the old seaso of
the . word ha? ceased to exist. Ths
Queen is respecte 1 as a wo.uau, but not
as the descendant of a line of Kings.
The monarchy rests upon the fragile basis
of the good conduct of the occupant of
the throne. As a principle it has aire a ly
disappeared. It has become a mere qu 33
tion of expediency whether \vc shall have
* King or do without one. Kingship
SSKtfBjpworse
know; but a republic England is likely
to become beforo fifty years have exi*"*1
' Thirty thousand tons, or two thousand
carloads, of etafi will be used in the construction
of the main buildings of the
Exposition at Chicago. It ha* been decided
that all of the buildings will be
laced with this material. Stall was invented
in France about 1870, and first
used in the buildings of the Paris Expo
sition in 1S78. It is composed chiefly
of powdered gypsum, the other con?tit- ;
uents being alumni, glycerine and dextrine.
These arc mixed with water
without heat, aud cast in molds in any
desired shape and allowed to harden.
The natural color is a murky white, but
other colors are produced by external
washes, rather than by additional ingredients.
To prevent brittlene3s the material
is cast around a coarse cloth, bagging
or oakura. The casts arc shallowlike,
and about half an inch thick. They
may be in any form?in imitation of cut
stone, rock, fsced stone, moldinss. or
tne most delicate designs. For the lower
portions of the walls the material is
10 mixed with cement,which makes it hard.
Staff is impervious to water, and is a
permanent building material, although
its cost is less than one-tenth of that of
marble or granite.
Athanasius, the brigand who cap
tured h train in Turkey the other day,
senna to be a picturesque and gentle
ruffian of the operatic sort. He is described
as very handsome, about thirtyfive
year9 old, dressed with scrupulous
care, and wearing a white Oriental cloak.
To the women on the train he behaved
with grace and gallantry, assuring them
that he warred not with the fairsox. He
treated his captives wit'i much consideratioti,
and when a kid was stolen gave
|B them the mp?ty bits and was content, to
pick the hones himself. In a letter
which he wrote to a Greek ucwspaper in
Constantinople he said he meant to keep
$10,000 of the rausom for himself, diffirlp
Si 4 OilO nmonor his si x associates.
and give $12,090 to the poor. He further
requested that, the messenger conveying
the money shoul 1 !?e authorized
to spend part of it in buying seven
woolen shirts, tobacco, cigarette paper?,
six revolvers, six ambsr cigaiette holders
and six pocket knives for the use of
bis band. When his captives were released
he kissed them and gave each of
them $25 for pocket-money. It would
be almost painful to hear that this
romantic robber qualified himself for a
brigand by serving as a waiter in a res*
taurant, if it were not for the general
sir of burlesque about the whole affair.
It appears now that there were only seven
bandits in all, and there is something
more than a suspicion that the ex-waiter
tnd his "p V' were simply the agents
^ . (/I tome rase-, 'y Turkish officials.
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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
The News From North, East, South
and West.
Dispatches Received and Recorded
Fresh From the Wire All
For the Dear Reader.
The courthouse of Winston county.
Alabama, lias l>e?n burned. All the
records were lost. i
8. F. Pearce. a prominent cotton met - (
- MwsfoUfe J.-iThe
fjrst bale of cotton of the new
crop was received in Montgomery Thursday
and sold at auction for 8 cents a \
pound.
Notwithstanding the general financial i
depression, the liirmingliain, A a , Herald
reports that over $50,000 were tn
vested in new buildings in Binuingiiam
'I'm inn the month of July. i
Roanoke, Salem and Vinton, Va.. have
been trying to relieve the midsummer '
dullness by agitating the idea of a tri- '
partite consolidation. The tlnce towns '
consolidated would make a city of !10, 000
people. '
The phosphate industry is booming in ,
Re Soto county. Fla.. where a solid lied :
of phosphate has been struck a few feet
below the surface. Land has advanced
from fl Jo #10 au acre, and there is considerable^
excitement. ,
The engineer corps cugaged in run- '
ning the route of the Norfolk, Wilming- \
ton & Charleston Railroad is rejrorted to i
be making steady progress through th*? j
Great Risiual Swamp of Virginia and >
Noiih Carolina. When last heard from l
the party was nearing South Mills, from
whence probably two routes will be sur- i
vcyed, one via Elizabeth City, the other i
farther to the north. <
The agent and operator of the Georgia, ?
Ciuolica and Northern railroad, at Fish
Ram. about forty miles from Columbia,
committed suicide Thursday afternoon '
by b'owing out bis brains with a shot- >
cun. , f
The big World's Fair building will be j
a mile around. 11
Texas has a Fat Mau's Association, the "
initiatioa fee of which is n cent a pound, fMen
who weigh less than 22.J pounds arc '
ineligible to membership.
The old-fashioned Russian wagon ,
driver, who carried passengers and j
freight long distauecs in his rude, self- t,
contrived vehicle, is still competing successfully
with the steam horse in the
is practically but of the way before that' j
ofthelormer is ready for the market.
The California orange is of slower growth
| than the Florida product and docs not
decay so soon.
Congressman McMillin's Tennessee ail
tnirers are making an active for their favorite
for Speaker of tlie next Congress.
The Canadian Government has r? reived
information that, owing to the great
promise of the crops in Manitoba ami the
Northwest, the Canadian Pacific Hailroad
Company has ordo ed fifty new locomotives
and one thousand five hundred
hot cars to transport the season't
harvest to the seaboard. It is estimated
that it will require ten trains daily for
seven months to move the crop,
Henry Exall. n native of Englaud, and
the first architect to open an office in
Virginia, died suddenly in Hiclimond,
Thursday, of apoplexy, aged 70 years.
Tac labor trublc In Omaha is spreading.
More bricklayers have gone out for
seven hours on Saturday with eight
hours' pay.
Editor George Jones, of The New York
Times, is seriously ill at Poland Springs,
Me. His advanced age?seventy-nine
years makes his complaint more serious.
The White Star line steamer, Majestic,
I arm-en " >?w ? orK, .Y rc:r.c;?.???, nav
ing crosM-d the Atlantic in five <1 a s,
eighteen hours and eight minutes, beat
ing the record by fifteen minute.
The coal mine at Walnut Cove, S okes
county, N. rrecntly opened by the
Greensboro Coal and Mining Co., is in
the famous Dan river <oal field There
are several seams, but development began
so recently that none but surface eo I
has been taken out. This is semi bituin
inous, bums freely, giving out great he?t
and leaving no clinker.
At the animal meeting of the Stat.
Horticultural Society of Georgia, held
last week at Quitman, there was a dis
play of fruits that the delegates pro
nounced the fine.-t ever made in that
State. The floral exhibits were numerous
ano most attractive. From the Ala
bnma experimental farm, located at Auburn.
a splendid collection of grapes was
received
At Winston, N. C., Friday, the home
.!?scored another victory in routed
with the visiting team from Washington,
I). ('. Huns, li to 2
The two - post ofiiccs, Winston ami
Salem, N. will he consolidated and
I lie general free delivery system applied
I to hoth citics.
At the meeting of the State Horticul
nmil mxk iy nt i?teciisi>oro, in. t;., last
Wednesday niJ. Van Lindlev was
it elected president; Dr. (?. K. Faust,
vice prosit lent; ('. F. Hurburg, of South
rm I'ines, set rotary, and J. A. Linehack,
t>f Salem, treasurer.
Hon Thos. S. Uncock, a pioininent
Virginii legislator died Thursday nijrlit
in his residence in nppomattox county,
I aged 7(?.
I Fifty-one new industries were estah'
lished in the South last, week, although
! it was the dullest commercial periotl of
; the year.
Savannah's first hale of cotton of this
J reason's gmwfh was received here Thursdiy,
classed middling, and sohl ?? jo
cents per pound, wci.hed 558 pounds.
The second hale arrived in the afternoon.
The Atlanta Piano Manufacturing
Company was closed last week by the
foreclosure of a mortgage.
['install "Mass., is to build t Jotel for
Cw^icd hCv>j>le.
THE PEOPLE'S PARTY. *
The Convention Met With 460 Deleft*
tee in Bprinftfleld, Ohio.
Springfield, O., |Special. 1 - When
the People's party convention was railed
to order Wednesday by Hon. H. T.
Parnes, of the State committee, at least
450 delegates occupied seats in the l?cau
fully-decorated hall. A m^re orderly
and intellig* nt convention is seldom seen.
Many ladies were on the floor of the h*H,
aud several of them occupied ten's on the
stage. The proceedings were opened
with prayer by Joshua Crawford, ana
Chairman Ba nes ihen read letters of enH6H.
IF?i: oieimia . .?i#,
National Committee of Alabama. <
Hugh Cavanaugh, of Cincinnati, was
in'roduce \ as temporary chairman, and
when he advanced to toe front of the
singe he was greeted with hearty ap
piausv. v,nvnPBugn saw tnis was th
most important convcutiou held by any
party for mauv y ars. It is composed of
men who have no axes to grind. "We
propose," said he, "to serve notice on
dominating patties that they have served
['lit their time. We difter from both the
other State conventions which have been
held this year, notably the one in Columbus,
in that we have not so uianv Scuaitorial.candidates
in the field We are
here to represent a principle which must
in the end prevail. Politicians have been
?aying: 'You till the soil and we will
itteud to the politics.'"
CavauRMgh said lhat Johu Sherman,
ike Ingalls, would be relegated to private
life. If the Man-field Iceberg fully
inderstood his position he would say
aith Wolsey, "Had I but served the
icople with half the strength I have
lervci Wall street liisy would not now
cave me in my old age."
II. 11. Hutchinson was selected as tern>orary
secretary. Various committors
etired and pending their return to reiort.
Hubert Schilling addressed the
;onvcntion'
After rccoi*ing reports from commitees,
the convention adjourned until the
not row The committee on resolutions,
vhicli has been wrestling with the platorrn
since 3 p. in , at 10 p. m., adourned
without having reached
i conclusion. The points at issue
ire prohibition and the land tax. Retarding
u ticket everything in chaos. A
'oxen S ntos and their respective advo atcs
are not satiguh e. There is beneath
lie sur lice considerable feeling between
lie Federation of Labor mcu and the
(nights of Labor, .which causes the farm
rs' clement to suspect both.
The State People's Party Convention
rhursday nominated John Seltr., of Sen-.
lieutenant Governor.
A Nine-Million Dollar 'Railroad'
Record.
Charleston, S. ('., |Sp riiil | ?The'
biggest railroad deal of the century lin?
just developed here. A. 11. Morton,
vice-president of tlie Cincinnati and
Cape Fear railroad, who was here last
week, had recorded in II. rkely county a
mortgage for fib,000,000 on property of
that road. The pr je t is to run the
road from Norfolk to Charleston, east of
the Atlantic C )nst Line, enter ng the
city on a bridge across the Cooper river,
crossing Ashley river ami going down to
Savannah.
The company now controls ill > line
built from Norfolk to Scuthport, N. (\,
and is engaged in constructing a line
fmm K<iiitlnuiri /1i\nwutt C 1
..v,... vuunnj, *- *- ?
there the road will he extended via
Georgetown down to Charhston. The
company has purchased the franchise ol
the Mount Pleasant and Littln River railroad
with all the necessary land grants.
The new road will, 'tis said, give the
shortest route uorth aud west now in ex
istence.
THE SLEEPING"CAR TRAGEDY.
Death of D. F. Connell, who wasShot
by the Unknown Highwayman.
Chari.ottksvillk, Va , [Special.]?
Daniel F. Connell, the capitalist of Portsmonth,
Ohio, who was shot by some unknown
person while lying in his berth
on the Pullman sleeping car on the Chesapeake
and Ohio train last Saturday
morning, died at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning at Wrights Motel. He was
conscious to the last moment, and his
last words were, "I'm getting blind."
He did not think lie would die until just
a few moments before death. His wife,
daughter, and four sons were with him
He, had nine children. He mad no
statement except that the assassin deliberately
shot him after dcinusdlng Mr-1
money which was refused.
.Mr. Conne I was horn in Wellsburg, I
W. Va.. and was 03 year: old He made
a will yesterday. His remains were taken
to i is home at 5:30 in the afternoon
Fifty-one Miles Sho.ter.
In I he completion and operation of the
South Hound railroad to Colombia, and
it4 connection with tlie Richmond &
Danville rnihoad ai (list point, the dis
tance {iom Savannah Jo New York will
l?c \ ssened tifty-onc m'des over the present
mileage of ihe Atlantic ('oast Line.
The Coast Line mileage now is nine h'in
drcd and eighty one, and the South
hound and (lie Richmond and Danville
eight hmulned and sixty-seven miles.
The famous vestibule tia'n of the Rich
mond ?fc Danville now leaves New Yi rk
at 3:20 p. in , and icaches Ciiarlotte,
N. C., the next morning at 7:45 From
Cha?lotle to Savanuah via Co'umbia and
the t.outli Hound, the distance is t\\ohundred
and fifty-three
should he made easily in nin^iiouBp
making it possible t > scach Savannah at
3:45 the next afternoon, o. a little more
than twenty-five hours out. Tncpresent
time hv the fast mail train. No. 27 of the
Coast Line, is about twenty-sir hours.
Emperor William May Come to See
Us.
Bf.hi.in, |Cubl'gram. j?A newspaper
>f this city says that ("hane.-llor von Cap
ivi has Id Mr I'helps, the American
.Minister here, tint Kmperor W illiam will
peihaps visjt the World's Fair at t'hiC?go.
1 TOPICS. ;
Allium De- j
ibm Tma En- '
campny**, **} tka Party
Wi* ?i?* ? Pr??id*nt. [
-OB tha mmmrntmos *feig|. what ftorr I behold. I
whileewe^p IHnHH out wrvtet latiogtnjr "
Ann <begfaiUiig. wlkk ik? pccn>h '
tu^lkmSr t
Hurrah! Hurrah! ?h?- tamarrhtnfi on." c
It is estimated that the products of ^
ag'iculturc this year at fair pi it is will h
amount to ?,000,'?00,0 (?. '
a a * * * * '
B. B. Turner, of Broad Bud, Yh . says v
th ;t he has organized a sufficient number J
of sub-Alliunc s iu Fail fax to fonn a
county organirat ion,
a a * a a
While Congressman Jciry Simpson has
been toiling on the Alliance stuuip iu
Georgia his wife has been cooking for a
gaitg of tbrcshets who arc e'earing up u
600-aere |ot of wheat owned by him near
Medic ne Lodge, Kansas. ii
? a a a t]
It now seems probable, sava th? Na 1
(ionai Ecouomist. that the president of v
the Louisiana 8tatc L'nion will be the uezt v
governor of htff flfriHt. -? . ^
a a ? * * ^
J. Fount Tillman, of the Executive l'
Board, is now iu Washington, having re
turned from a visit to the West to nr- y
range for the next meeting of the Ku- ,
promo Lftuncll. He now l>elievcs t iat j
Indiana] olis will fce selected.
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The idea of restricting next year's rot (
ton acreage is taking root among the r
farmers. All ov. r the a uth they are ,
passing resolutions ou the subject. The s
latest action reported is that of the Ogl - t
thorpe County, Georgia, Alliance, in |
which Itev. J. B. Gibson's resolution, f
pledging the members to plant ouly ten ?
acres to the niu'c, in case of a concerted I
plan, was adopted. A like resolution >
was also passed by the Mecklenburg ,
county, N. C., ^Mncc, last week. I
i Nabiivili.l^. , [Special. J?The t
H W1"" 'K"'nn J
another at t 1
discouraging
ton, Lauderdale, VR and Obion.
Those report", Bowerer, are the exception,
as stock inwll other counties is generally
healthy anty in good condition.
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SL'Lninn Srnikas, Tax., [Spo ial.j?
Senator PefTer was orntor at the farmers1
encampment Wednesday night. More
than four thousand people wore present.
Pcffcr wautcd the government to loan
people money at 1 per rent, to lift $0,000,000
mortgnges, and to pull the teeth
and close the mouth of the ml dragon
in Wall street. He proposed to do this
with the fiat money issued directly to the
E?oplc who had mortgaged their homes,
is sp'cch lasted two hours, and he closed
by saying the pe pie's party would
finally elect the president, congicss and <
senate, and if rnurt * >"?
with them make-carat her.
.EPP*
' . Sa AO
Miss Kate CtRrmngham, editor and
proprietor of the Women's Chronicle of
Little Heel;, Aik., is inc daughter of
Hon. Charles E. Cunninghnm, who is so
active in the Farmers' Alliance. 1 he
family are direct descendcnts of the Jit.
Vernon Washingtons, and Miss Cunningham
has many stories to tell of her early
days at Claremnut, the home of the recen t
generations of Wasliiugtons, \\ hich lias
now passed into other hands. Oue of the
nin'-t characteristic of these tales relates
to the day of Lee's surrender, when the
pickaninnies and the white children of tin
plantation watched the Northern tioops
1 mnicli by. "All, ha, Miss Katie, now w? ,
| doan belong to you alls no mo'," tauntingly
remarked * dusky child near her 1
own age. "Olid of it, glad of it," said '
Katie,swinginrfjjerheels from hei reserved
jfn ^
i*RiyDi<i'IO0H08 3Hi ox '
A discussion on the Sub-Trensuiy |?lnn
between Dr. J. William Stokes, 1're-ideut
of the State Alliance, and Senator
I M. C. But'er, took ldace a'*Prosperity,
S. C.. Thursday, and was listened to by
about 1.200 people. Dr. Stokes spoke
on the geneinl plan of providing warcj
houses and loaniug money to the people,
while Senator Boiler confined himself to
I the provisions of the Rub-treasury bill.
J Senator Butler was thought to have the
best of the discussion.
After the debate was ended, and just
as the barbecue dinner was being served
. in the grove, u pistol shot was heard
Dear bv. Immediately live men surI
rounded Po iceman J. ('. Hunter, who
' was standing near Senator Butler. Hunter
told them to keep off, but teeing that
they intended to attack him, he put on a
oV?HSS kuuekl s, grasp d his club,
?'aSvt tiuuv "lumage began at once. Hunt- I
^^^|^^^^j^ssailants liglyt and left,
MnnRNHHppi jt i struck
htm with^vj.loaded cane, cutting a gash
to the skulV Hunter then drew his pistol,
placed- it against, the body of Ins
nearrrt assailant, ?ud puiied the irigger.
The hammer snapped twice and the
pistol failed to tire. By this t'mc Hunt* i
was the centre off a big free tight. Flashing
knives took 1 the places of clenched
fists, and before y a posse could quell the
disturbance five/men were badly cut, and
Hunter bad b*fn nlmost killed.
| j , ? * * * 4
defied ifc ALLIANCE IN LOVE.
(,'lavtOS bA* Itifiecial.JVTbe arrival
lit* "
)f a bright eyed girl at Persimmon under
he orcort of Hugh Ameison was the < ul
nination of a romance which began iu
Macon county, N. C. Pe the light of a
lickering candle they were married by
bo local "Squire, and now bid deflinee
to their enemies. Hugh Amerson
uns a country store on the North Caroina
line, nod is n young man of irrelroachable
character. Among his customers
from Mncon county was tho daqghcr
of Arty McOhee. She met with so
a.i^k #- ^
uuvu irhu in me storekeepers eyes that
is mode hold to tall on her at her home,
II unconscious or the fact that the Farm
rs All unce had declared war upon him
nd his sart. It was not until tne girl's
objected to
ibioetlng to such iwocwdings. This
>oly made Amerson the more nctcrmin
d. Me went to the county church last
iundny and arranged with his sweet
irnrt to elope. At :t o'clock on Tiles
lay morning he had his horses ready and
i< d out in the woods. Miss MoGhec
iai waitine for his signal, and soon they
me on full gallop for the Georgia line,
leaching the house of a friend in the
arly morning, they remained hid until
veuiug, when they resumed their
ourney. They reached Persimmon at I*
'clock and were duly married.
usl'rv against farmers defkatrd.
AUGfsta, Ga. ? Judge Kniory Speer,
ti the United states District Court for
he Southern District of Georgia, has
endered an important decision in the
nsc of Turner C. Thomas, administrator,
s. The American Freehold, Land and
lojtgage Company, of London, on notes
*y?bl? at tho ottloajof.thaTJorbin BankDg
ComnauAv nf, Nnw Vnsk im
v?ny leuds money lo farmers anil takes
nortgages on land to secure payments,
L'nder the terms of the agreements the
oinpnny had a right to forclose on fail
in: to meet any note when due. This
vas done in the Thomas rn'c, and judg
nent was entered up in the United States
ourt according to the terms of agree
nent. Administrator Thomas brought a
notion to set asido the judgment and
ale made thereunder on the ground thai
ho contract was conditional, and though
10 defence was tiled the court could m t
ntor judgment except on me vcruiri ?>i
i jury declaring that tho conditions had
wen violated. The qaso was argued some
vccks ago and Judge Bpeer has rendered
i decision sustaining the above position,
Hundreds of similar judgements have
;>ccn taken throughout tbia section and
he decision will probably give rise to ex
Mmfljve litigation. In the Thomas ease the
Ri^'apccr^w^held11 heretofore that
Msuridus contracts could not be enforced,
and that only the principal could be collected.
FUSION IN "LOUISIANA.
rho Anti-Lottery Democrats and
Farmers' Alliance to Unite
On a Ticket.
Nkw Orleans, |Spccial.| The con
rcrence between the Farmers' Alliance
ind the anti-lottery Democrats, at Lafayette.
has resulted in an agreement by
which a joint ticket will be nominated.
I'lie Farmers' Alliance will name the
[Jovernor, Treasurer, and the Supcriniendent
of Public Education, and tho
\nti Lottery League, the LieutenautUovcrnor,
Auditor, Attorney-tlencral,
ind Secretary of State.
These nominations are to be made by a
L'onveution elected by all white voters
who c.re opposed to the lottery and afterward
submitted to the Democratic Sta'e
Convention. The Alliance endorsed this
agreement, and at once nominated T S.
Adams, its President and State ComiuioaSouer
01 Agriculture, tor Governor.
The campaign will be made almost alto
gether on the lottery issue.
LEE COLLECTED THE MONEY
And Then Skipped Out For Forts
Unknown.
MoNTOUM F.H Y. All, (Special. |
Frank A. Lee, a young man who came
here two years ago from Tenn ssce, and
has been w ot king in the telephone exchange.
collecting and assisting in keep
ing up the in.-ti iiments, collected something
over threo hundred do larj, making
out liiils from tlio books without the
knowledge of the manager. Lee went
off duty Monday night, securing a substitute
to work in his place, lie did not
u ort for duty in the morning, and MannU8.!'
Walker never suspected anything until
be called on four or iive subscribers,
and found that they had payed their
bills yesterday to l.ee. The young man
is about eighteen vcats of age end ml her
good lookoig. lie left no trace as to
where he went.
A Cruel Joko on a Bank.
Capk May. X. J., [Special.)?The
foolish joke of a 17 year old boy started
a run on the Cape May branch of the
New Jersey Trust and Safe Deposit Co ,
of Cambridge, and the joker n now in
iail in default of one thou'aud dollars
bail Hi- told an old colored emolovee
of the Stockton hotel that tlie hank was
broke, and the old man ran for his cash
telliug other depositors as ho lati why
he went. 'Iho rumor flew rapidly and a
eiowd son a collected asking for their
money. The true state of the ease was
made known and by noon the run had
ceased. 'I his is Cape May's busy season
and denosits were very heavy, but the
bankffSBctio have prepared themselves
TPT~rth.V Tumiri etyw.iicf.cn writ ruse,.
The Tennessee Legislature.
Nasitvii.I.B. Teen. [Special.] ? Onvernor
Buchanan has issued a call for the
forty-seventh gene.ial assembly to meet in
extrascssion Monday, August 511st. lie
announc ed scvejal days ago that he v ould
convene the general ass-nibly August
17th, but was induced to postpone the
assemhlying of the body two weeks by
very urgent letters from rnc mhcis who desired
to feel their constituents upon tin
I important cjuestions that are to be considered.
TERRIBLE HOLLOCA EST
A Fast Passenger Train D ashes ,
Into A Freight.
The Oars Telescoped, The Fireman
Killed, and Nineteen Ital.
iane Roasted.
t
Kybaci'BR, N. Y., [Special J -The !
morning freight train on the West Shore J
nwi going wph i>rone in two between "
Port Bvron mid Montezuma, and the 1
_b?M tiain No. It daslnd into thenar. 11
| Nlagra Falls tn the smoking cor/we^ ^
burned to death. and thirty or forty oth
ers in tin- same tar were injurt'd. The
slopping t ar was hunted, but it is supposed
that nearly a'l the passengers were '
reseuetl. The injured were In ought to '
Syratuse and are being eared for. The 1
bodies of the killed have been brought 1
here for identification. Among the in
jured is the member of an Opera Co , 1
who died on the way here.
The scene of the accident is four miles '
from Poit Byron and two from Montr/u 1
mi. Trainmen say that more killed are
in the wreck. A dense fog prevailed
over the Montezuma marshes and rnvel j
oped the train and tracks
Physicians and other aid were sent '
from Syracuse, Auburn, Montezuma and
Port Byron. The scene nt the wreck ia
deserilwd as terrible. J
At 9 o'clock a wrecking train brought
the killed ami wounded here, nml amhu H
lances, police patrol wagons ami hacks ^
V)tflrniiVwriifiv^ini;OT'ii'>y Mirw"''
dertaker's roouis. ,
Michael Belgin, of Buffalo, fireman of (
tin- passenger train, was instantly killed. f
Kngineer Patrick Ryan, of Buffalo. had j ,
Ills cncsr. cnisncu ami is in uir nospiiai
here. Of the 20 Itali.'ins in he smoking ,
car, one only escaped injury, mini lie whs. '
on (lie pint form, usually considered the
placo of greatet danger. Seventeen in
pired Italians were brought to Syracuse, ,
some of whom will probably die. It is
now said that nobody in the sleeping car
%as badly hurt, and all passengers who
were able were brought here on the Con j
tral train. The bodies of the killed are (
held at Port Byron, where Corner Blew ,
art will hold an inquest.
RUMORS OF A TREATY \
Between France and Russia as a '
friendship lndween Rmsia aud Franco
continue to he circulated in all classes of
socioty, ami there is much ro'ijeotnre as
to what the outcome of conferences between
the representative of the two
nations will in'.
I.e Pax publishes an article which, if
true, will put an eud to all conjecture. |
That paper says Baron Mojiictiheini, j
the Russian embassador to France, has ' 1
received a dispatch fioin the Rusfiaii foreign
niinistci'announcing that a treaty of '
alliance between ltus.sia*Hiid Fiance has i
been signed. [
CtlANntMl fkkncii IUI'I.omaTS
The .Journal official announces the following
changes that have been made in {
the French Diplomatic service. Count ,
de Mmitcbello has been unpointed to
succeed M. De Dubaulagc as ambassador
to Russia, M. Contban, at present am
bassador to Spain has been transferred to
Constantinople, where lie will represent
France at Court Sultan lie, its before
announced, will be succeeded at "Madrid
by M. Theodore Roust an, at present
I %'ICUlll III III 1911*1 III III'* I IIMUM Dliliun.
AFTER UNCLE"SARmHONEY.
A Plot to Rob the United States
Treasury.
Wasiiino np.v, | Special) The'
secretary of rhe treasury has been advised j
that a hold attempt will lie made during |
the present month to rob the treasuiy by
a " strong and determined band of men '
otgaiti/.cd for that purpose.'1 The plan is
toslart li;es in various parts of the eity
for the purpose of diverting the all eat ion i
of the police, and then to ovei power the
treasury wateliman. and boot the vaults.
The information was given in a letter
signed bv the "King of the Tramps,"'
who explained bis knowledge of the plot
by the statement that he was leader of
the band. The letter was referred to the
captain of the watch with instructions to
give the visitors a proper reception.
Notes of Foroign Happenings.
Hawaiian newspapers announce that
the lion. .1. Mott Smith has succeeded
Widemann as Minister of Finance.
The CV.nr and ('/.arina of Kussia, tlie
(band Duke Alexis, and the Minister of
War have started for Finland. They will
mike the journey in the imperial yacht
I )erjava
A committee of the Argentine Senate
has npprovid a bi'l authorizing a nrovis
siomil issue of 4>-">0,(.00,00ft, and the establishment
of the Argentine National
Hank to liquidate the affairs of the pros
! eat National Hank.
The Commission appointed by the
I'ope to investigate the recent losses to
| thf M. Peter's Pene - fund Iiavc already
I found a deficiency, which is said to
i Amount to 110,000,000 i 10 The Commission
has not yet t ot eluded its investigations
tire new chemical outfit was ordered tofluv
fnr tlio fhnmt/Mil mfnt #?f th*
. 1 - i
Agricultural ami Mechanical College and
it is expected to arrive here in time for
use at the opening of the fall session. It
i is ordered from Germany ami is to be
; very full and very complete.
It is estimated at the State TrOwSury
Department that about $? '?,< 00 of the
direct tax money has been paid out to
' claimants up !?> dale. Mid applications
are coining in much faster than they cao
be paid and a:c tapidly accumulating.
INGALLS IN THE SOUTH.
rroatsd Coldly at First, but Hs Finally
Oatcbss ths Approval
of His Hoars rs.
Atlanta, Ga., [Special.)?On hi* ini;inl
trip to the South ex-Senator Ingalla
lid rot have what might be called a very
tattering reception. Notwithstanding
he fact that for Aevcral weeks the homcv
face of the Kansas statesman out -nf-aob
has adorned billboards, and column
iftrr column of newspaper space anicuocing
his coming and calling him the
iation's greatest living orator, when he
topped (
U) the nearest hotel, lugging hta own va
lie registered and, to use his own
words in talking to a newly-mado acpiaintancc,
"Confound if anybody rec gnired
mo, even after I had sigued my
lame."
i
in- ?cm mimruinuiy 10 nis room ana
ndoavorcd to take a. nap. In this he
vas nut disturbed, hie only caller*
verc the hotel hell hoy and a couple of
icwspapor men.
In the afternoon he hoarded a train
<>i the Ucorgia Chautaunua, where he
vifs met by a party of citizens and a
and, which played "Dixie" in the shrill m
st key.
There were probably ;t00 people wait ?;;
on the hotel pia/./a to greet the great
rater. Mrs, Ijcaac, "tho woman who *
eat Ingalls," occupied a conspicuous po
ilion in front of the crowd. Bhe retarded
the cx-Sonator with a triumphant
mile.
Itr In .ml I. prl.lpypfl pl>Ollt 2.600 ngQwhen
he dlactiMed the w'SraTuwrm^TWr"**-*""*"
piestion llnally caught his audience, and
?t the conclusion of his address nil agreed
list he richly deserved the #500 for
which lie was indueed to "come down
touth."
Florida nt the Wcrld'a Fair.
The farmers of Florida nppear to ba
is heartily in favor of a gvat Btato display
at the World's Columbian Exposition
as are their Virginia brethcrn.
A Stal s convention is to be held at Orla
ulo Orange county, October 7lh, to
[irgaui/.o for etlh ient. work, Htatcwise,
aii<I to raise funds to enable her to enter
Uito a competitive rivalry with California,
flic citrus exhibits of those 'States delighted
all visitors, and surprised the
niiiio.itv w ho attended the first New
Of I atiN Exposition Since then money,
enterprise and pop.ilatl n have poured
Memphis a ml "nTrm I nghsm rwd
shows n deficit for the year ending Jnn^t
30th last of $170,000, against a surplus>
Fort Scott and Memphis road shows n ?
balance for dividend for the year ending \VA>'
fiitio 30th, of $250,880 against $560,157
I he previous year. The figures show a
Ictieitof $10,330 against a surp'us of
M20,272 in 1800. The directors voted
lint consideration of a dividend upod
ontraets foa preferred stock lie postponed
nitil tin; result of the earnings for the
calendar year of 1801 he ascertained, and
hat a dividend upon common stock he
lasncd.
Alliance Men Holding Back Wheat.
t'lian anoooa, Tknn. , (Special | -The
Alliance men in this section teem to ho
taking seriously the advire given hy the
ing a league to purchase Wes'em ? ?!>,
elanning that the middle Tennessee farmers,
with the Alliance behind them will
sell only at enormous prices. Who it has
gone up from 824 10 00 cents in a week,
and flour has advanced 25 cents per barrel.
As a matter of fact the mills have
so far succeeded in running on East Tennessee
wheat, hut. the supply will lie inadequate
to the wants of the flour mskcrs.
North Carolina's First Coke Furnace.
The lirst coke furnace ever built ii
North Carolina is under cont act. The
Franberry furnace now makes coke iron
which it sells at a high price In Pittsburg
for Bessemer steel purposes, Hut this fur unco
was not oiiginally '.for using coke.
It is a small furnace intended for charcoal
iron. The new coke furnace, for
the building of which a contract has been
let, will be located at Oreenslmro, and
will be owned by the North Carolina
Steel ami Iron Co., of that city. The
builduig of this furnace opens the em ?>of
iron making in North Carolina on a
large scale, for the iron ore wealth of
tliu Stite is so great that it must become
agreat run producing section.
Suicide Because of Gambling Losses.
Ai.'oi'hta, Ga , | Special. J?Pope N.
Crouch, a travelling salesman for J. L.
Friedman & Co of Paducah, Kv.. was
found dead in bed iu the Planters' Hotel
Wednesday. An empty phial labelled
morphine, and a note addressed to travriling
men and one addressed to his wife
told a story of ill fortune ami money lost
at "ambling. The letter to the travellers
asks that they take care of his wife.
Wanted to see a Train Wreck.
Lynchburo. Va., [Special.]?A white
youth about sixteen years named William
Childless was arrested by' Police man
f'hil'lrf'", ehntged with hsvi&g attempted
to wreek a passenger train ou
the Norfolk and Western lot Saturday
guilty and said he only WIBmi tu W
J what*a wreck would do.
Tltc Use of Letters.
i'ho ratio in which the different letters
are used in the language is shown by the
numbers of each letter supplied in a "bill
of type" to the printers. The proportion
is /, 3, x and j 5, q 8, k 8, 13, b
and g 20, p 24, w and y 25, m and f 30,
c 40, u 45, d and I 50, h 450, r 70, n, o
and s 80, a and i 90, t 100 and e 140.?*
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