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Ihxotod to At/r-ictdtvn), IlortU?il(ur<>, Dwuettic Hwnomy, Artife JMtorolarv, VOjbr ?XXI.--NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROONA^FBjpAY, JULY 28, 1893. NUMBER 30. ^a*~ jjgfc NEW COTTON MILLS. Manufiwturing Cotton Pays Better than Any Other IndnBtry. Plan Showing' How Any Town in the Cotton States Oan Hare Its _ Own Cotton Factory. [From Progressive South.]. The writer does not believe in the "overproduction doctrine," and will ig. nore it here. But under present circumstances and as a "war" measure there is no need of an increase in the production of cotton and if what we read is correct, there seems to be no necessity for an increase of tbo-.output from the mines: TO nZiicJ i .. - - - uonscqurntiy, wc need not a Bioglo imj-"y. . migrant, because the South cannot sell, i at a profitable price, what it produces. There is a business that reliable authority says "panned out" a dividend last year from 20 tq 50 per cent.on the capital stock invested. Such b.iug the case there is a place where expansion is need* ed on a gigantic scale. If such be the case, the cotton manufacturing industry pays best in the South, the assertion of a iron and steel mongers to the con^Hsry notwithstanding. Such being the case, our intention is to publish the best Mr plan that we can conceive of for any KnF -town and county in the cotton States to have its own factory; built by its own people out of their own resources and HqB?*fter being finished, with it, manufacture i V- their own cotton. Every county should jjj^ have its dwn factory with a sufficient reason why the cotton gin, factory and * * S oil mill shotllu not be combined. The savings effected by such a combination womd bo immense which would include ^7'r^Bue cost of b-.ling, bagging and ties, r rV jjght, waste, handling, sampling, sellf washing,stealing,warehousing,etc., ^wtc. The oil mill should pay as good or better dividends than the factory proper. . The bulk of the products of the oil mill should be consumed on the adjoining cotton-farms. The hulls for cattle fcodI ing and the compost heap; the oil cake for fatteniog stock, and the oil itself is useful in many ways. There is nothing better for softening dry,hard leather, thnn cotton seed oil; mixed with flour to the 1- -?1- ? wiuiatcuuj U1 PUlfc U1V grCftSO, 1C IS I . good lubricant for wagon or buggy spinHwii 'roa fie*rinK? etc.; used in ? barns about BS'WSn nEcT" ^^^rtSkfes about as good light as any other oil of that class, petroleum of course, excepted; refined cotton seed oil mixed >-j with hog's fat and a small percentage oi i ' tallow makes as good a substitute for lard as can be found. By religiously guarding and keeping out Europe's paupers the cotton factories willt in a few years, materially diminish the number of bales that goes over to John Bull. What little Southern town is there that would not be on the solid road to pros' parity if it manufactured the cotton and j seed produced in its territory. To atI . tempt to give the interested reader min\ ute details of the advantages to all the jtibft" -people would consume too much space HE'' at this time. The all important question IJHBjdMBfilMrtUu the fhtng he done? By or municipal bondal ; WbfrJvwiYorbid that any State constitu V tion wiil:much longer allow any people to ? vote interest bearing bonds on the necks ol prosperity. Interest bearing bonds eat >, . like a cancer in human flesh and unless rooted out will destroy anybody,to whiclj It may be fastened. No manufacturing indpstry, nor any other, should bo put M on foot, unless established on a foundaHL xtyaflK w?*d in the future preclude the possibility of its ever having to pay 99B interest/ to any appreciable extent. II I^^Bbot with interest bearing bonds then howl ^^HBy subscription and the issuing of sciipt H Hktdence of stock. Every citizen of the |Hhd and surrounding country should sflKKHa as much original debenture stock as could easily carry without embarjj^^HHKnent. Many of the street loafers flME^K(ftfiid perhaps would, if (lie proper BHBt prevailed among the people, carry DH pay for in labor,several shares ol wB?Kek. Farmers could pay for much oi nflHalri in cotton and sfecd; lumber men SBKand brick makers should take stock enough to supply all the material for the ^B^building. Artisans and common laborers and would cairy a large percentage stock if they had been previously B^flEsducated to see that the enterpriso was or ivi wre inucuii ui n-i mo jicupie, lusieau 9 of a few. Thd founders of suoh an enr. terprise should be square, level-headed buoloess men and in the very outset should m/F Me that every safe guard possible should ^ be thrown around the charter that would j-" protect the very poorest stockholders, aa well as the most wealthy and preclude iofif | Kft same aa navigable rivers are. Enough paid up stock, to c?sh, would be neceas stry to begin tbo work and finish enough ^ XOfiiaO as to put a part of the plant to The dam, bead and tall race if Kj&^naedeii, flume, waterwheel, cotton gfn K> mill should be ready to meet the vllr?tr^tton crop. This machinery put to R-, work at once, would bring in some ink9( opine which would expedite matters 3 irach lis the prosecution of the work of ^H^go -factory. An income, though a small i, 0110 to bcgiu with, would help inspire that i confidence bo essential to rnako tho undertaking a succc 8. Capitalists might sneer at and laugh such ideas aud propositions to scorn, condemn them as "visionary" and "socialistic," therefore any community in the cotton states contemplating any thing of the kind, it will be nothing vrong for them to study and discuss the minute details in the matter, before embarking, "there's millions in it" for the people if they but knew it and would c x rcisi due caution and wisdom when they attempt to get it out. A majority of the moult<1 ciass will fight any such undertaking to the bitter end becnuso it would bj an effort of the people to rely upon their own resources, with an aim to got rid of the great monster "Devil Fish" interest. After the work of a town and county f ctory was well unlcr way tho who'e scrip or certificate) of stoe'e that bad been asked for aDd granted in the charter could bo issued. Then tho duty of all the prominent business men wou'd be to get that script in circulation. The incrcfiants of the town coutd and should out a little freer on the load of cotton or other produce belonging to the farmer that did not hesitate to take part of bis pay in factory stock. Tho supcriut; ndent of the working fore) when finding it ucccssnry to reduce that force, would find it to , be eminently proper, all cisc being equal, to hold on to those hands that wcro in tlic habit of practicing economy s> as to enable them to carry and have some scrip or stock on hand tho day that a qua-toly dividend is declared. Prop rly bo.^un and managed the s'ock of the town's cotton gin, oil mill aud factory, would go from hand to hand paying til usiuds of dollars debt, otherwise doing g rod service cvcrytirac it changed hands; thereby adding immcusely to th ; scant circulation of that community. 1 objnetors would cl im that you could not make factory stock take the place of mouey witlrut paying the United States 10 per cent tax. Wisdom and prudence ^ would dictate that it avould not bo a safe policy to let the script circulation precisely like money if even it were lawful to Ar\ l\??f it /lAllVI twitVaAiat r?n < A " '? """ V l11-' cent, be transferred from one hand to < another by the owners1 signature on the ( buck, that is done thousands of timei ] daily with impunity and by such means , UhsTncss ctn be dons in the face of almost a perpetual money panic. , Such a plan as that outlined above, I , have not the slightest doubt, will seem ( "visionary" to some whose selfish inter- ( ests arc always foremost, but with all the , opposition, it is desired to encounter, it | is one road that leads from the slums of , industrial slavery, bouds, mortgages and i interest to independence, liberty and | prosperity. After all that has ever been, ever will, or can be said about money, gold, silver, treasury or national bank notes, the great bulk of the business, as has been stated, is done with paper or trust. If ninetenths of all the business in the i country is doue with paper, then why cannot the county's town and her own i people trust thcoflselv s, use their own | credit without paying interest on it,build up their own manufacturing enterprise, ' be independent and collectively a free i peopio. , Certificitcs of st'ck in the town's cotton factory, would, like the nimble sixpence, go from band to hand doing au immense amount of buuucss that could possibly be done in no other way, paying thousands of dollars debt that could never have been paid and would have eventually wrought the ruiu of both dibtor and creditor. "Many would refuse to accept factory stock in payment for a dibt." So they might and there should be an emplc reserve fuud stowed away in somo bank to meet such emergencies. After the concern begin to pay a dividend, then people would incline to hold the stock and its circulation would entirely cease if the dividend amounted to as' much as the legal rate of interest. In that case it would be somewhat unfortunate for the county to lose SO to 100,000 dollars circulation that the scrip afforded, but if it had served its time and Answered the double purpose of supplying the people with a circulating medium as well as ^ uildii g un their fuctory, it could well afford to retiro to the vaults of its owners and only see the light when a dividend was declared. By that tune the pcop'c might be nblo to tako care of themselves so far as a circulation medium was concerned. In conclusion what industry pays best in the south) Answer, manufacturing cotton. The irou and steel industry may pay best on paper, but I doubt if any single one pnnned out a dividend of 42 per cent, in 1802. Might it not bo possible that cotton will r> gain in the future what it has lost in the past, once more bo in possession of the field, and again "don" the title of "King" that it wore successfully for a century. Cotton manufacturing in Bouth Carolina is "gatting n move on itself," we are proud to be informed that in the yesr 1892 she "walked" ahead of her sister, Georgia, in the manufacture of cotton. As a citizen, I hope the day is not far distant when every pound of cotton 'and every bushel of seed riited in the Btate will be manufactured by her own factories erected bv her own people. Until then the business cannot be over done. 8/xb Gotua. Rocky Well, 8. C. ihisr nitiS^isii' iirffliillnf' "doi.ja :! 1 j > ' oy rnr. ar At the World's C?<li IMMURED IN A CONVENT. ????? ? A Bride of Twelve Separated from Her Husband on Her Wedding: Day. I Atj.anta, Ga.?A pretty little ro- ( mancc lias been brought to a close by the immurement of the bride in a Baltimore convent Attiched to the band of the rnuj-i 4 -AMI ? i* ? iiiuu ^vniucry, now nraitoncd at fort McPhcrson, is a cornctist named Henry Wcihunt. For several weeks great crowds of citizens have attended the open-air concerts given by the band, with whom the cornetist became the favorite. Miss Hannah Roct'.er, a precocious girl of twelve, fell desperately in love with Weihunt, and managed somehow to form bis acquaint inco. | < Several days ago he took her to an adjoining county, married her and then left tier at home, intending to call next day ?id straighten up matters. When he callEd he found that the girl bad broken ' Down and confessed to her parents and | liad been sent off to an early morning i train. When Weihut invoked the law for the j ' return of his wife ho discovered that 1 carriage to a girl under fourteen against | < llie will of her parents is treated as ab- i luction. A telegram received from Baltinorc says the child wife had reached , there. She was met by oflicers at the Depot, and was at once taken to a con- \ rent, where orders had bceu sent by litr ; father that she be confiucd two years. ; THE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Latest Happenings Condensed and PrinJ^d Hero. " The Liberty Woollen Manufacturing Company, of Hid ford City, Virginia, has i just been awarded the Government contract for 25,000 yards of sky -blue kerseys for use at the National Home of Disabled Volunteers at Hartford, Conn. The contract is worth $40,000, aud will un the mill at utmost c ipacity for eight 1 months. Sir George Tryon, who made so costly a blunder oa the Levantine coast, was a jrandson of Col. William Tryon, Govern- ' or of North Carolina before the Revolilt ion flnvornnp Trvon liu ifttimriAiio _ v . ? .U.J.V..VX.W course led to the first bloodshed, which inded in the liberation of America. Tbo jxtortiou of himself and subordinates led to the formation of tho regulators, and Tryou was present at the battle. of Alamance. He gave the order that led to the fight. William Lawrence Poole, of Now Orleans, ;8 said t> be the oldest editor in the Jountry. He is now 89 years of age. He was born in Portland,Me., drifted South tnd in 1823 established tho Chcruw, B. 3 , Intelligencer. lie bought the Charleston City Gazetto to fight the "nullification" doctrine, and then went to New Orleans, whero ho was connected with reveral papers. Mr. Poole during the "nul.ideation" contest was brought into re'ations with Jackson, and was afterward put in cliargo of work pertaining to tho navy. He afiirn.8 that the estal> liahmnnf of flip rrradp of ndmirnl wnariun i bo his suggcs'ion. ? A DRUMMER COWHIDED. For an Alleged Assault Upon the Depot Agent's Young Daughter. A special from Colburn, Wise county, I Vs., fays thnt A. M. Rogers, a drummer representing Henderson & Co., boot and shoo merchants, of Chicago, was beaten unmercifully by a mob of twenty five citizens a few days sgo for An alleged assault upon the ll-jcnr-old daughter of Depot Agent Utter at that place. Rogers was taken from his hotel at Colburn and carrie 1 nb >ut a mile from town and flogged into unconsciousness and left without med'eal assistance. His condition is criticnl. He protested his innocence of the crime until the last. Several of the mob have been arrested and jailed. The father of the girl applied the lash whilo the others looked on in great glee. . ??%S . s c * * a. *5J1J3{4j fl ANsror.TATlOS JIUILDISO. imbinn Exposition. J, CHURCH RESOLUTION?^. Can It Be That Such are NecessuryP The Franklin District Conferen^Ka^ held nt Web.ter, N C., A capital resolution relative to q^Eo?T property was passed, condcmhin'jBU'no" use of slang in the pulpit, and tbC'lollowing resolutions: Resolved. That wo discourcj(& ihc common habit of sitting outside of dhurch before service and engaging in whrldj^ conversation so destructive to adofrytional mind. Resolved, That no gentleman, Ao say nothing of a Christian, will denli the church of God by sluicing the flotor ot the log church or carpeted aisle df the more elegant with tobacco juice.' R solved, That only those jrw. are blind to the presence of the Lord.ycsus, and lacking in reverence to the King of Kings, will whisper unnccessarlfV apd laugh in the house of God. } Resolved, That parents brlbgTtfeTT' children to church, and see to it that they reverence God's house by remaining quiet nnd attentive. That modest bouquets of flowers adorn our pu'pits. That a nice pitcher of water nnd glass be provided for the pulpit for the use of the preacher; not for the congregation. That dogs be made to stay at home or Lung. That all our front pews and ameu benches be nicely cushioned, se as to in duco the backsliders to slide forward. That every church have a regular communion service, nnd that the unsightly black bottle or tickler be forever removed. A LYNCHING THAT FAILED. Wonderful Escape of a Negro After Being Hanged and Shot. Norfolk, Va.?The most remarkable case of attempted lynching took place at Heamon's Station on Bnturday night last. Within the past twelve months Mr. I nrtwright, who lives ncrr Bcafnon Station, on the Atlantic nnd Danville Railroad, has had twelve horses killed by poisou. About three weeks ngo his house was burned to tho ground in the night. Suspicion rested upon a negro nAmed Isaac Jenkins, who has had some trouble in that neighborhood, and who was tried for breaking into the house of D. B. Mackey some time ago, but not convicted. lie returned to the neighborhood on Saturday, was arrested, and while being taken to jail by a constable was captured by a party of twenty-five men, who hanged him to a tree and shot h^m and left him for dead. After the lynchers departed he took his knife from his pocket and cut himself down and made his escape. As soon as it become known that the lynchers had failed there was %a mad crowd and tho woods were scoured but the man could not be found. He arrived here to-duv and was given medical attention. He has two bullet holes in his neck, his scalp is cut in several places and the marks of the rope Arc upon his neck. Handcuffs were upon him and were cut at the police station. He walked twenty miles to-day and is doing well an d doubtless will recover. Receiver of the E. T., V. A G. Nashviixk, Tknn ? Samuel Hpencer, of New York, was appointed co receiver of tho East Tennessee, Virginia A fl?AH .L T) a {1 rl anr) afc OAnifAl If a a. VxCl'Igm ivnui WI?? niiM iw vvun uiiib^ lines, with Messrs. Fink ard MoGee, by Judge Lurton. The appointment takes effect August 1st and the bond was fixed at $100,000; Qov. Waite Says "Damn Them." Dxnvbr, Coi,.?Gov. Waite doesn't s em to care what effect an extra session would bavo upon Eastern investors, for when the question was broached he answered emphatically: "Oh, damn tbo people in the East. We want to scare them to death." i OUR WORLD'S FAIR LETTER. t Midway Plaisakce, \ World's Faiu, Chicago. Of highest interest to your readers is the Irish village. This is located in the Midway Plaisanco, and is the exhibit of the Donegal Industrial Fund, founded in 1883 by Mrs. Ernest Hart, the philanthropist, to encourage and develop hand work and home industries in Ireland. The village is entered by the st. lawrence gate at duogiirda. The oiigiual has stood for ovor GOO years in the little town of Droghcda, and has witnessed many a hard fought battle. On passing the portcullis of the old gateway, the villago street is entered. The t, picturesque and uniquely Irish. The whitewashed cottages straggle round the villago green, at the end of which rise3 the splendid pile of Donegnl Castle, and beyond the ruined keep issccn the tapering form of the till Round Tower. On turning to the left the home tl'un cottage Is entered. This is an exact reproduction of a Donegal cottage, and hero homespuns are made by hand. Tuc revii al of the homespun industry in Donegal is due to Mrs. Hart's efTo tsaud technical teaching. Near to th-hooded fiicplaco 8hulahMcBri le of Gwcedorc, is foun i spinning the wool into a lin% tirm thread," tJdo by the Doncg.d^Industi^ial Vu n d. ^ the lack c&t tack Comes next; here Mrs. Glynn, of Limer ick, is making filmy fabrics on tbc tambour frame, with the aid of a little hooked needle, and Hannah Gallagher, frs..*. -.f ii? }_? ?... l iiviu v/uu ui uiu blunges lit is working Kc'.ls' lace on a pillow. After stopping to admire this 1 ice we pass on O) the WOOD- CAIIVINO AND DK8IONINO SHOP, The most noticeiblc thing is an exhibit of wood carvings executed by the boys trained at Mis. Hart's Technical School at Gwecdorc, County Donegal. We then enter the banqueting hall of Donegal Castle and view the KXniBIT OK iniRH AKT. The Colossal Bronze Statue of Gladatone excites our admiration, Nearly 300 pictures, pointings and engravings by Irish artists arc shown. TUB INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITS Are the products of the Donegal Industrial Fund, and are the handwork of the employees trained in Ireland during the past 10 years. Here arc unequalled homespuns, spun and woven by hand of soft Donegal wool and plant dyed; embroidered hangings which, from the wool off the sheep's back or the llux fibre from the plant, to the last stitch of embroidery, are entirely worked by hand by the clever Irish workers trained by this noble philanthropic enterprise in various parts of Ireland. Here arc coverlets spun and woven by hand in County Armagh and embroidered in County Dublin, -curtains spun and woven in County Galway and embroidered in County Wicklow, hangings woven in Gweedore,County Donegal, and embroidered in Queen's County, lace made in County Limerick, County Monaglian and County Cork, art linens hand woven iu County Armagh, liand-knit hosiery and homespun9 from County Donegal, spriggs handkerchiefs from County Down, fine hand stitched lingerie from County Dublin and Queen's County, wood carvings from County Donegal, all wool sanitarv underwear from ftniiniw Dublin, and embroidered vestment and altar cloth worked by Irish girls trained in London. A court train which took Irish girls 800 hours to embroider in gold occupies a glass cisc. Other spe otnt ? hlhila are bog oak carvings, i> lackthorn sticks and Irish jeweTry7"Bs wen ns an interesting collection of Irifli marbles, granites and altar vessels. At the CONCERT AND LECTURE HAI.L We heard a delightful concert of Irish melodies on the harp and a lccturo on Irish Art and Industry, by the foundress of the village. We also stopped in the shady tower garden where refreshing tea or lemonade is served. 1 HE HOUND TOWER is 100 feet high aud a beautiful and in teresting replica of one of the 80 towers still standing in Ireland. To the leit of the ruins of the keep of Donegal C'astlc will be found a snot dear to the heart of T. - 1 every nisuman, til k wisiiino ciiair Of the Giant's Causeway, exactly repioduced and standing on Irish soil brought frem Iieland for that wuipose. THE VIM.AOR 8MITHV next eugAgcs our attention, where McOloughlin, of Dublin, is busy making "things of beauty'' out of long iron rods. The clang of the hammer on the anvil is heard all day long except when the smith leaves his work to take part in n concert or his apprentice joins O'Hara, the weaver, in dancing an Iiish jig on the village green. A step leads us to the "keli.8 embroidery" cottage. The Kclls embroideries were invented by Mrs. Hurt in 1884 ts a new Irish industry, and she was awarded the gold medal for them in London, 1885, at the Inventions Exhibition. The Kclls linens arc being woven in this cottage by hand by John Timtnins, of Porta Town, County Armrgh, who has been employed by Mrs. Hart for tin pist 8 years, nnd cmbioidcred by Kelts threads by Hose Gi 1dea, of Donegal. Bridget Gildca of Donegal is engaged 'sprigging" handkerchiefs, an industry which employs a gieat number of girls in Counties Down ana Donegal. Big Cotton Mills Shut Down. A Boston, Mass., news di-patcb announces, lhe shutting dowrsrie/ftugust (ff the Amoekerg Cottcn Mill. Tbis large* t cotton mill in the "United States, and probably in the woiId. It employes 8,000 operatives, usts 0,000,000 pounds of cotton per week, aud pnys f225,000 per mouth Id wages. At the celling agents of the Amoskcaj mill, this city, John L." Bremer & Co., of 02 Lconaid street, said that the shutting down was decided upon at a meeting of the directors held in Manchester, N. 11., Monday, and was necessitated'by the unsettled condition of trade. ' Manchester, N. II.?Notices were posted in the JefTor^on & Namakc Bag Mill to the clTect Uist ihos^ mills will h? ^ ^ ^ Woonsocket, R?I ? Wic Stato Mi-=^ employing over 1,000 operatives has shul i down. MORE M 11,1,3 CLOSE. Portland, Me.?The directors of tlic Westbrook Mf'g Co.,makers of giDghams, have decided to close down their mills ftom July 29 to Sept. 4. These mills have becu in constant operation for 30 years. Milton's Mills, N. II.?The agent ol the Waunibeck Co., has issued orders for the closing of the mills here for 3 months, as soon as the goods now in process of manufacture pre finished. Providence, R I.?Writs of attachment weio issued here for the total turn of about $600, Ooo pguinst nenry L. Aldrieh,, the big cotton manufacturer ; nd speculator, owniug mills in Moosup, Conu. The attaching creditor is Henry M. Tabor, of New York. To Make Cotton Cloth Waterproof. To make it thoroughly waterproof is a difficult and extended process, but a simple way for making it sufficiently waterproof for ninny purports is as follows: Dry the fabric tlioioughly iu a dry heat and then spread it t:ghtly over s smooth surface. With a brush, pain* over it a thin coat of b>iled oil and allow this to dry thoroughly. Follow this with a second coat, and a third, if ncccssiry, al owing plenty of time between each for the fabric to become perfectly dry. After the last coat, if the surface is sticky, a mixture of one-quarter pouad of shellac to a pint of wate r heated gently, until it almost boils, to which a little liquid ammonia is eeldeel, should then be painted over the surface. Yellow ochre should then be used to muke a jillow waterproof, aud lampblack to make the cloth a black waterproof. The coloring mattor can be used iu m>xtnie with the shellac. George Vandeibilt's Neighbor. ueorg} Vanilcrbilt has a country villa and a tract of 1?,000 acres near Asheville, N. 0. l ie re are fourteen acres in the southwestern portion of this estate the young millionariei does not and cannot own, though ho has made effort after effort to do so. The fourteen acres be. Jong to a negro mau named Collins, who when Mr. Vanderbilt bought the l;ii go trfti-t, uoHwi mill fuuu liiuio this small tract than ho was willing tc give. A few weeks later Mr. Vanderbilt went to Collies and agreed to his terms, but Collins now added a couple t f thouands to the first price, and as often as Mr. Vanderbilt got in the notioi to pay Collins his price Collins went uj a safe distance and has just aunouucct that he will not sell the land at any pric< so long as he can have Mr. Vandcrbil for his neighbor. He tells Mr. Vandcr hilt that the value of a good neighbor ii this world cannot he estimated by all th money of the Vanderbilt family. Southern Cotton Mills Pay. At the stockholders' meeting of th Tombigbeo cotton mills, of Columbus Missippi, held recently, tho report o the manager showed that the profits o the past year were something over eigh teen per cent, of the capital stock. In stead of declaring a dividend, the stock holders voted to invest the profits in mor i machinery, enlarging the capacity of th< mills. It was stated that ever since th starting of the mills a ready market a good prices had been found for the pro , duct, and that it could easily have sole four times the amount of goods at the same figure*. BANKS SMASHING IN DENVER. Three National Banks and Three Private Concerns Go Under. Dknvkr, Col.?Three national banks ?the Union National, the Commercial National, and the National Hank of Commerce?closed their doois Tuesday morning owing to the heavy demands of excited dapositors. Tin Mercantile Hank, n small private institution doing business ia the Mining Exchange building, also suspended, owing to the close of the Union bank, through which its clearances were made. A WIIOliK 6th1no ok banks fail. Denver. Col. -Thy J. il,- whaling???J};:nking Oomp^uy, the-.pi ?sr.-bank.ol * ? Asbflh^fiSbl; thc^^nk of Sterling, Sterling, Col., ar d t)ic Bank of Lovcland, dol , have assigned. No statements o| ^ a sets or liabilities hav^ieen issued. TWO OKLAHOMA nASKR. ( klahoma Citv, O. T.?The Bank ol Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma Nati lint Bank closed their doors. Thcrtf wns a heavy inn on tho First National byt it withstood it all right. The state- v meuts are unobtainable now.-* " r,? two mohr hanks. Topera, Kan.?In formation has been r t'e'ved at the oflicc of the State bank commissioner qf tho failure of the Hunk of PnrkCt.'Tjlttn county, Wdodaon Slate BrtflVr iWood* in" ednuly. -. court houso were thrown into onsteruation Friday morning when an ^ **v attorney jumped up tlie stairs, two steps at a time, leading -to the clerk of the court's oflico and tiled the voluntary assignment of the Commercial Bank. This haste was owing to the number of creditors hard on his heels, who had attach, mcnts and executions to file. The assignee appointed in the papers filed is A. B. Oeilfuss, cashier of the batik, and his bond is placed at |120,000. Ilia bondsmen arc A bort Conro, Charles P. Pfister and E. Mariner, The cutirc funds of Milwaukee county, amounting to $010,624, were deposited in the Commercial Bank. The newly organized Milwaukee ElecIr^r "T J I. .. ~ itor to the extent of 1200,000. During the financial flurry a month ngo, caused by the Lappeu failure, and which, resulted in the suspeusion ol' ti e Plankinton Bauk, there was quite a iuu on the Commercial, but it has been genera'ly believed that the institution would weather the storm, as there has been no trouble here for some time. The assign ment was a great surprise. a tacoma dank. Tacoma, WAsn.?The Traders' Bank of Tacoma failed to open for business Friday morning. The bank suspension is due to inability to procure ready money. Its securities are sufficient to pay all its obliga'ions and leave a large surplus. a missouri dank this time. Warkensuuho, Mo. ?The Jackson County Savings Hank lias suspended. . A POSSE ON HIS TRACK. ^ The Negroes Join tho Whites in Pursuit of a Negro Fiend. Memphis, Trnn.?Several posses are still iu pursuit of the negoo who attempted to outr.ge Miss McCadden. The nssailnnt is said to be making for Mississippi. lie passed through Ripley and meeting a negro girl, outraged her and tho negroes have joined the white pos-c. Charley Martin, a negro, was ordered to halt by the posse rt Rraden lie began , to run but a bullet from one of the possa , was fired into his back. Martin will die. If the ass ilant of the two girls is caught he will be taken to the scene of the assault and li inged. , Colored Catholic Congress. ^kw \ ok*. ? James A. bpcnccr. chair} man of the executive iuuiiu..av .. .. Colored Catholic Congress of the United ( State, ban issued a coll from Charleston, ( S. C., for the fourth national Catholic Congress to be held in Chicago, Septem( her 4th next. 3 The bas's of repicscntation for the j election of delegates is: To societies of 50 members or less, cue delegate, and t for each additional 25, one de'egate, but not to cxcee 1 three delegates to any society. Pun lies that have no societies may form a temporary organization and send one delegate. Accompanying the call is a Utter of approval from Archbishop Feehan, of Chicago^ Quarreled With Her Father and Kille ed Heralf. A special from Warrcnton, Va., says: ,f Miss Bessie Stone, eldest daughter of [ Thos. G. Stone, committed suicide early . Friday morning at her home near War. renton by shooting herself in the mouth . with a pistol. She and her father had e quarreled the day before and renewed 0 the quarrel Friday morning, when she e went to h*r room and ended her life. t Cotton for the Orient. Vancodvkh, B. C.?The Canadian I Pacific steamer Empress of India, hence , for the Orient, carried nearly a thousand ions of cottn i.