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VOL. XXV.?NEWaERIES. UNION C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 25,1894. NUMBEIV2L^j^j
Tlir amort;/ <.* enndy consumed in
tlie United States every rear is estimated
at 20,003 toil".
It is interesting to note how close
t^?e inventors of patent medicines and
patent foods follow upou the heels of
medical discovery. What the regular
physicians are telling their private
patients or discussing in medical publications,
the patent medicine men of
the progressive sort are preaching to
the public through a thousand advertising
channels.
tho city officiate, promising not to
make bnst,s or statues of tho t wo men
in the future.
A society which the New York Tribune
believes wouM have a wide field
of usefulness in this country won I I be
one of similar to tho Shipwrecked Mariners'
Society, of Englan 1, which has
headquarters in London an 1 agcii jies
scattered all over the United Kingdom.
By the payment of seventy-five cents
a year a British seaman cau enroll himself
as a member, securing many advantages
tor himself and his family in
health and .material assistance in case
of shipwreck or sickness.
Will Carleton has been analyzing last
year's crop of poetry of the United
States. He fimis that the totalontput.of
poems lias approached very closely to
tho number of 3,OJO,OK). Spring
claims 25'i,Qt)0. Despair lias 100,000.
Discontent 10,000, while hope has kaV
less than 000 devote 1 to it. "My Soul
ind I" is the bur len of 1*20,00J productions.
"Your Soul and You" of
just eight. "Your Duty" is tobl you
in 350 poetical Mights; one solitary
bit of verse deals with "My Duty."
A St. Louis drummer says that tho
typewriter has cost him a good many
customers in the backwoo ls districts
of Arkansas an 1 the In lian Territory.
Ho tells of a visit that he mile in tho
country some thirty miles from Newport,
Ark., toa customer, who ha 1
always received him gladly, and ontertained
him loyally. This time, relates
.be AtliutaCJ institution, the merchant
von Id hirdly speak to him, au I his
wife nu 1 daughters turned thoir backs
and waike I out of the store wH;u ho
entered. Tlio situation w.n souii es|il:iiued.
Said the merchant, tossiug
a type-written letter toward him:
"You think up tbar in St. L mis thot
me an' my darters can't read 'ritiu,'
do you? an* so you've gone to huviu'
my letters printed!" In vain the
drummer explaine I the machine oa
which the work was done an 1 the universality
of its use by business houses,
tlie man would n??i oenevo iurn iuero
was any such machine, an 1 persisted
in considering the letter us a printed
circular and a personal affront.
Arc Americans in danger of becoming
a nation of ooflTee-dimnkarks? asks
the Chicago Koeor 1. Statistics have
recently been j?uldished l<y the Government
to show the consumption of
tea and rodeo in this country. The
figures indicate that while the domestic
consumption of ten remains, per
capita, almost stationary, the use of
coflfeo is bee lining more an 1 more
general. This shows that while we
are not, like th" Kiiglisli, a nation of
tea-.lrinkers, we are among the h mviest
- - r .. iv il. . ..i.e.. t..
rouhuuiri'K IM nmuu WII ? ???JSd'J
wo consumed I.OS poun Is of toa
and f>. t"> po in ts of oolToo per capita.
Tlio consirnnt ;on of tea increased very
gradually until issl, wli mi wo usod
1.31) pniiM Is of 1 i and S. 2~? poun Is of
coffee. I'lioro lias itcuu Hincc then a
general, lull not steady, dine in thi
consumption of tei down t i 1S53,
t&li/iti lli i? nur <* 1111111 < i n^n n lit i. ?*i \vl4
1,31 pounds. From IH^I the use of
coffee increased until !*"<'?, when tha
consumption w.m 'J. ) ! pounds per
capita, i"i I f:* ? a I'll' flat > t> I8.ll
Mic consumption li *^ flu'tnita! batwcon
that ft'ii mat nn I about 1
poun Is. J n ivi *liiui1 the c uisninntiou
of ton il about ') pounds per ripitu,
while the people us > only about 1
pound of police per c ipit i. Possibly
one reason fnr this is til it the English
tea is far better than tho American,
while the American Co Hoc in far bottol
than the English.
I
Philadelphia has the nnmo of boing
almost supernaturally well behaved
aieI quiet, notes the New York Mail
ami Express, but some statistics recently
published in regard to tlio popular
demand for books at one of her
big public libraries show that the pro....11,.
1 t 1/17
|f\/i nv/ti vi uv? vio miiicu nil ia avi
times greater than that for "spiritual
and religious works."
The Russian Government, in its
efforts to suppress the Polish national
spirit, recently ordered tin polico of
Warsaw to visit all the stores anl
studios and destroy all tin busts of
tho Polish heroes, Kosciust to anl
Powuiatowski, which they coul l (In I.
All sculptors in tho city wore obliged
to send a written commnuioitiou to
TALLAGES CHURCH GONE.
The Third Tabanacle Built for Him Burned. j
i Tho Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage's
ohurch, tbe Brooklyn Tabernacle, and
! the Hptel Rcgeut, which was the finest r
Hotel in the East outside of New York f,
oity, were completely destroyed by ?
ire and the Smnmerfield Methodist Lj
Church and no less than twenty residonees
were damaged to a greater or j,
! fcas extent. It was one of the greatest t
' $res that Brooklyn has ever seen, en- j
I 1 tiling as it did a loss estimated a.
; i bout a million and a quarter dollars- ,
exteudod over thetwo blocks bound, ,j
; *1 by Greene, Clinton, Lafayettet t(
Washington, and NVaverly avenues.
! ' 'he Fire Department was incompetent <
|fi d handle it, and it was so slow in re- ,
11 ponding to the alarm that not only
1 ic whole of the church, where the lire
l tar ted, was in flames, but they had ]
, foread to the hotel, which adjoined it,
before the first engine was on the scene. r
i Then, too, the pressure of water was ,
' insufficient. ; |
Guests of tho hotel had to flee for y
Soir lives. Some of them came down ^
e firo escapes, and one woman was ,
carried down. Dr. Talmago himself $
i had an extremely narrow escape from
death, and so did several of the officers j..
'j of the church. Less than ten minutes ,]
before the tire was discovered there
had been 6,000 persons in the church. H]
Bad ;he discovery been made while I \
they were there, there would in all ^
probability have been a stampede and
m fearful loss of life. <r>
The Dr. had just finished his Rcrmon n
end the audience had just been dis- ?
! A 11 1...1 Al.mil \aill ii.i,....nu 1....1 I
yiionvn* ..i* uuv uuuiii uvu j/i i nwu"> ikui ^
|j cone out. Dr. Talmnge wbh perform- n
; uig what ho calls his international
| handshake, it beiug n feature of the
Sunday service. The 500 were partic- M
J ipating in it. Dr. Talraage was shaking
J) hands with a Jew who had attended u'
; the service when a stranger from the '
i erowd stepped up to Sexton Dev and 1
r H:. ti
"There is smoke coming out of that
Organ. I think the church must be on n<
j'ire."
The organ was in the fenr of the
church. It reached almost to the ceil- 1'
ing. The keyboard was down below ?
|( tho platform wliero Dr. Talmage
preached. It was there Organist Brown
i was. The entrance to the interior of
! ' the organ was from a room back of the C
Auditorium. A ladder led up to a W
cuttle, through which all the interior ac
oould be seen. Dey climbed this lad- in
der, pushed up the scuttle, and looked fi
in. He says lie saw little jets of Hams ()i
Creeping up from around the big square jr|
pipca. They looked very Rinal!, and ti
he started to leap up and stamp them d(
out, when of a sudden a great volume
of black smoke burst up in his face. C
The whole organ seemed in an instant C
! to be tilled with smoke. Dey choked fr
Olid pitched over backward, falling
down the ladder. He was unhurt. He E
' scrambled to his feet and dashed out p
into the auditorium screaming fire. C
But there was no need of the warning.
The same moment the smoke burst out
inside the organ it burst out outside.
' A hot wave struck Orgauist Brown in
the face and he fell back oil' his chair.
The roof of the Tabernacle was the
j first part of the building to fall in. .
I That happeucd about half an hour 1M
I after the fue was discovered, so some
; idea of the fierconessof the flames may w
bo imagined. The roof went in with 1
j a mighty crush. It carried with it to
! the ground the iron beams that had ^
| held the various tloors. The walls ''
| stood, and from the centre of the fiery 1
' mass there shot up a flame fully 200 ct
, feet high. With the flame there went
Uy> a cloud of sparks aud cinders that, CM
when it spread out, seemed a half mile Ci
across, and a volume of gray-black
siuoke made a back-ground that turned
each spark into an electric light.
The wind caught the mass in a L;]
moment, anu wnirico it westward over
Washington avenue. The people on
tlie roof of the houses there were en- '*1
feloped in it, and in some eases their
clothing was set on fire. The sparks
hit them in their faces, too,and burned "
j them. But they could not retreat if !
they would save their homes, for a6
' yet the Fire Department had not found 111
time to aid them.
I The Tabernacle loss is about $150,- 1
QOd e\elusivc of the organ which cost
y.o.OOo. ti
Dr. Talmage was seen at hi., home in
while the fire was raging. If- -pi.'* ),
? "Well, after all, God's mercy exceeds
the disaster. Bj
' "If the fire had occurred a half an m
hour sooner six thousand people would o
have been stampeded and many lives n]
ioat. 'God moves in a mysterious way S
his wonders to perform.' " nt
* The l?e??ent Hotel, adjoining the st
iaiiernaere, was eiilmiy destioyed ?
I with all its furnishings, entailing a loss tc
Of about ssoo.ono. i,
rears for Brunswick. Ga.
Surgeon-General Wynmn, of the MaI
Vi no llouiiilal Siofi - i.io > ?? Dtl ?
to Seoretiirv (!ni" 1 ir^l? invites liis ntton- tl
lion (,o the fours of ii possible recur- ;1
fon00 of yellow fcvor in Ihunswick, >
Gti., iliirinpr, lli > coining snimnor, nnd ir
to the necessity of making provision o
for the prompt discovery of nny enso tc
Occurring in llniuswie{; or oilier city ti
on the Konth Athintie or Gull' roasts. n
The apprehension of ? reeurrenee of ri
yellow fever nt Ihunswick is doubtless b
due to the mildness of the past wint. r. G
j
Ths University ot tJarth C irohna Beats Thai j
of Virginia.
tjynchfirpo, Va.- Tho gamp bptwofii r<
til? Univprsitv of North Carolina an 1 li
tin* Cnivpraity of Virginia whs won o
?v Carolina, Kcoro l to 2. Tho i b
Icela hunched four hits in the tirat inmiff,
aeoring three runs. Tho feature
of the game whb a phenomenal catch 0
.if Captain llobertson. Hits: Carolina j,
4, Virginia errors: Carolina 4, n
VirginiaS. The tiolilnig of both teams t,
\ was lino. 1|,
SETTLING THE SOUTH.
no Immigration Conront ion to bo Hold it
Augusta.
Augusta, Ga.?The Southern Immi
ration Convention to meet in August)
jr threo days, beginning May 30, ii
sBuniing gratifyingly large propor
ons. It is now certain that it will bi
He largest gathering of Southern re
rcBeutntive State and railroad author
iies ever brought together, and theii
^liberations and final action promiai
> mean more for the practical devel
parent of the Southern States thai
ny other movement heretofore at
nip ted.
Letters from the majority of th<
rovemors of the Southern States, fron
foryland to New Mexico, have beei
<ceived signifying the '^tention o
iese officials to be present. Also sim
*> ? 1 a.4 f oru from ilin fioorof nrioa n f n rrri
"""" ?.1V~V.V..?..VD V. -ft"
iilture. Many presidents and genera
innagers of railroads have accepter
ivit.itions to be present and to ait it
10 Convention. Among these are thi
Richmond and Danville, Louiavillc an<
aahville, Atlantic Coaat line, Sea
oonl Air Line, Atchiaon, Topeka anc
nnta Fe, Illinoia Central, Little Rocl
n 1 Memphis and many smaller ays
?n>s. Acceptances are expected fron
11 the Southern railroads.
A large Senatorial and Congression
I party will arrive from Washington
cceptancea are expected from nl
tata officials having official privilege
tthe Congress and not yet heard from
ho committees of State and railroat
^presentatives and the Southern Intc-i
tato Immigration Association are urg
jg tho acceptance of all the desiret
presentatives.
The success of the original plan o
curing the joint action in the Con
tuition of Southern State and railroar
nthorities for mutual conference an?
iscussion is assured. The spirit o
overnor Northen's earnest deliver
nee the 1/ tginning of the propane
one, "We nlean business," will char'terize
the Convention, and the resuli
ill probably be the arrangement of :
ractical scheme for the promotion
ipid and desirable immigration an
r :i .1 4\?a n.i i
L ClIJilLIU 1I11U 1I11-* OUUVAIIltllU.
The Subject of Conversation North.
At a recent dinner of the Textile
lub at Young's Hotel, Boston, Hon.
William C. Lovering addressed the asimblage
on "Cotton Manufacturing!
i the South." Tho address explained
illy the growth and present condition
I this great industry in the cottonrowing
district, und held the nttenon
of listeners very closely. Presir?nt
W. E. Parker presided at tin
eeting, and among the guests wert
ol. B. C. Dean of Lowell, Col. Petei
orr of Taunton, Chief Engineer A1
?d Brooks, U. S. T. S., Chief Engi
r>er Ck It. Salisbury, U. S. N., Hon
dward S. Draper of Boston, James C
otter of Pawtucket and Charles H
hi Id of Providence.
THE SUPBEMACY OF THE SOUTH*
The South has practically captured
10 coarse-goods market, and every
ill that hns turned attention to tin
iac* tun i.i n ikii hjuhiij oo oui>
factory results.
Tlio Boston Journal of Commerce,
hioh has been watching t ha south ware
end of cotton manufacturing verj
losely, states Hint the Southern mills,
ith few exceptions, are more moderi
11 iIt than those in the North, and tu>
lied with the best machinery thai
mid be secured. Most of these mills,
iys the Journal, have been successfu
,en from the very start, haviug sue'
>eded in turning out a fine quality ol
nods at a cost that when sold left >
ftndHome margin for the mills. In tin
st issue of the Journal the history ii
iven of the Gafl'uey Mfg. Co.'s mil
; GaflTney, S. C. "This mill," savi
le Journal, "containing about 10,40(
lindles and 300 looms, is spinning
fir us of 28 warp and 36 to 40s filling
he cloth made is the same count am
umber as printed cloth, namely, G4j
1, but instend of being printed it ii
nislied for the bleaching trade. Tliii
till started operations in May, 1893
ml has run day and night since. Tin
rod net of the mill has been sold up,
id today part of its product is- soh
Iicad to November 1 next." The af>nifilling
part of the Journal's articli
the admission tlmt "the goods mad<
y this mill sell at a premium ovei
ew England made goods, sh commie
on men claim that they ore bettei
ado and from better etoek than mosl
Mho New England mills sell." Thii
nil hae been noted throughout tin
outh for the cheapnens of its con
ruction; although solidly and sub
antially built, the cost per spindli
as only $15.24, including real estutc
moments, warehouse, reservoir, mil
uildings and machinery.
Coke Strike Getting Lively.
Uniontown, Pa.?Groat excitemen
as caused here by the nnnouncemen
iat nn attempt. had been made bv th<
:;ikeirt to blow up the Morgan tunne
u the State line branch of the Haiti
lore and Ohio Railroad. Therailroni
nii'iiil'f ore very reticent over the mat
r. The Ktory goes that a large qunn
ty of dynamite was placed in the tun
el, hut information of the plot nn
jceived in time to prevent it fron
eing carried out. The Haltinr >re am
>hio Company is daily bringing
reds of cars oi raw coal into tin
r?gion from the Went Virginia mines
ml to distroy the tunnel would Moj
ieh shipments for months. Tin
nmpanv. fearing attempts in this line
nve boon keeping ft vigilant untol
it the Morgnn tunnel nml tin* 1 >i?
-jdge over Client lvivor.
Muring t;u8 CMiturv over 150,000,
0l> copicn of the Binlo have bee:
r'ntctl in over 350 different language
n>l ilinleeta. *o very imporlan
nguo ol the carlli is now nureprt
fUteJ.
PITHY NEWS ITEMS.
i?
A negro boy at Statesvillc, N. C.,
recently stole $75 in bilk anil then,
fearing detection, burned the money
up. He iu now in jtt.il.
Mr. Joseph Tuylor, who lives near
Newberne, N. C., killed n wild turkey
a few days ago which had ft bean!
twelve inehcB long.
Thunder and electric displays are ol
frcqueut occurrnnce throughout the
country these dayp. GafFney, S. C.,
was visited by u Acrrihl.; electrical
fttortu. Lightning struck Wood's linll,
shattering the gl ?ss windows and
9 knocking out u number-of brick
T. H. Rhiyton, ?;f Richmond, Va.,
nged 07, shot ?nd killed his young
wife, nged 05, then shot and cut him
self. His condition is critical. He 1
1 shot his wife four times. He suspected 1
1 her of infidelity.
Secretary of Stiito Coke, Raleigh.
N. C.,issued a circular letter to several ]
insurance companies reported as doing ,
* business in North Carolinn without
license. This is a vilotion of the law
K and tho agents are liable to a fine of |
$200 and ninty days in jnil or both
Mrs. Viuicc will have published at aearly
a day as possible, a life of In ]
late distinguished husband. The vol !
unie will also contain the most valnn
hie of hisppecches, lecturesand letters,
and in the proper preparation of i- !
Mra. Vance will spare no time o
means. Of course time will he re
quired to gather the necessary mate 1
rial, and for any assistance that max
he furnished her in this direction sin 1
will he very grateful. 1
Charles Whitus and John W. Wilks,
Oi Chester, S. C., have invented and
secured a patent on a saw set. Wm. .
II. Miller of Spring Creek. V?.f hr.s
likewiso invented and patented a saw 1
set, a very peculiar one.
A spraying device for tobacco cas- <
ing machines hnR been patented by
J John C. Frost, Winston, N. C. <
A compound locomotive has been invented
by a Itichmond, Va., umn and '
last week the United States granted
him a pntent thereon. Carl J. Mellin
iu 4 1,., 4,.^ n ,,,! Iw, I,.. l,{fi
' rights in same to the Richmond Locomotive
and Machine Worka.
r Ships drawing 23 feet can enter
| Charleston harbor through the new
i jetty channel, nnd the work of deepening
the entrance to that port is making
steady progress. It is expected that
by the opening of next cotton season
j Charleston will have at least 25 feet of
5 water on its bar.
One .Tumes Brown, of Unaka,Cherokee
county, writosto Sergeant-at-Arms
Snow, of the Home, that the Creator
had made him (Brown) king of this
country, nnd that he wanted transportation
for himself and wifo to enihle
him to take possession ot his
throne. The letter was turned over to
RepresentativeCrawford. The man is
| a crank who lives, on the Georgia bor*
r del*.
A telegram to the Richmond Dispatch
fromWiliamM. Thornton,chairinnn
of the University of Virginia
says: "The reported action of the
faculty admitting woman to this
University is unauthorized-nnd wrong.
1 Please deny it absolutely."
? Operating cotton Milt By Electricity.
i ti... ii u n *:
a in i iiiiriiiKU vyi'iujuui> IB ujiri uuu^
> its cotton mill at Tuftvillc, Ct., by
' power electrically transmitted from the
company's new mill and power plant
^ at Baltic, same State. The company
1 several years ago purchased this proi
perty at Baltic of the Sprnguc estate
' of Rhode Islaiid. The purchase in'
eluded a mill, afterward burned, and u
s dam capable of developing 1500-horse
1 power. Upon coming into possession
'> of its purchase, the Ponemuh people
erected a now mill on the site of the
I one which was burned. Having as
1 yet made no arrangements to start up
* the new mill at Baltic, and as the TaftB
ville Mill was operating partially by
> steam, it was deemed an economical
i scheme to apply this lf?00 wasting
' horse power at Baltic to a practical
1 use, which was done as hereafter described.
Two 340 horac "three-phase"
uiicriiniing-curreni (ivnnmos were con8
nected with tho shafting in the Baltic
r Mill, iiud the electricity wan brought
down to the Ponemnh Mills, where it
r drives all the mnehinery in the new
^ factory. Even then there is enough
8 left to operate several trolley cars in
B Norwich,of which Taftville is a suburb.
For the street railway h continuous or
direct current is required, and this is
1 supplied by smaller dynamos in the
> Taftville Mills, driven by one of the
' alternating current motors. In allot
its details, as well as in the use of the
''polyphase" system of power transmission,
the electrical plant is
thoroughly modern. ? Manufacturers'
t i~\ u -
\ vii/.ri it*.
t -? -
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA.
I
Policy of the New Owners.--A Southern Vice
I President and General Manager.
Nr\y York. ? Of tlio 000,000 ntock
of tho now South CnrolinnandGeorgia
Railroad Company, the nuccoFfior ??f
s tho old South Carolina Railway. Chnrlea
i Parsons takes SI,000,000, which carI
ries control. Holders of the old bonds
g?t a portion <>| the bnlnncc of the
p stock, Charles Parsons is president
. of the new company and Charles Par?
sons, Jr., is vice president. George
k Parsons, E. B. Wesson, Wm. Lamm is.
. Edwin Parsons, 3d, And W. H. Piatt,
l Jr., are expected to he on the new
; hoard of directors, which will he announced
in a few days. The Parson1interest
will not he connected with the
ictivo i>v.oty? nient of the road, hot
n vill nam*' h Southern man as vrci
"? resident and general manager ie
t dmrge < i traffic affairs. It will be th?
; policy o? the road to foster local in
dubtrics oh much as possible. '
rOft SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT.
I Strong Company Organized to Bring Im
migrants ana investments South.
Baltimore.?The Manufacturers'
Jecord states that a powerful associa-'
ion lias been organized by leading
'apitalistn, bankers, and railroad ofiicers,
under the name, The Southern
Immigration, Land and Title Compa- '
ny, the purpose of which is to colo-'
nize and develop Southern lands, and '
in general to direct immigration and
investment to the South. The scope 1
and plans of the company are on the
broadest scale, and it will have in tlio
United States and European countries
the widest and most influential con- j
unctions. The main oflice will be in
Baltimore, with agencis and branches 1
in important centres in this country '
and in Canada and Greet Britain and !
on the continent. The projectors ol |
the company have been for some years 1
identified with Southern developments, 1
?nd are all men of noted ability and
business sagacity. The president of
the company is Hon. Cliauncey P.
Black, of Pennsylvania; first vice
president, Mr. Julian S. Curr, tho j
millionaire tobacco manufacturer, of
P. eonn?irl vino itrncirlnnf I
Mr. M. Erskino Miller, of Staunton, I
probably the largest individual coal- j
Und owner in the Virginias; third vice '
president, und general manager, Mr.
A. A. Arthur, one of the leaders in j
Southern developments.
Among the directors are Hon. John
It. Proctor, present United States !
Civil Service Commissioner; Dr. C. W. |
Dabney, Jr., Assistant Secretary Uni- I
ted States Department of Agriculture; '
John Skelton Williams, banker, of
Richmond, Va.; C. B. Orcum, president
Newport News Ship-Building and
Dry Dock Company; Gov. W. A. Mac- j
Corkle. of Weut Virginia; V/. A. lurk, j
general passenger agent Richmond A:
Danville Railroad; II. W. Fuller, general
passenger agent Chesapeake <fc
Ohio Railroad; Edwin Fitzgerald, traffic
manager East Tennessee, Virginia
k Oeorgiu Railroad, and other lending
business men identified with Southern
growth.
The Southern Presbyterian t'*embly.
The General Assembly of tho Pros
byterian Church in the United States
couvoned in the Moore Memorial
Church of Nashville, Tcnn., the Rev
Angus McDonald, D. D., pastor. This
body, composed of 17(5 represetatives?
oue-hnlf ministers and the other half
ruling elders?from 73 Presbyteries, is
the supreme judicatory of the Southern
Presbyterian Church, which, ne
according to last, year's statistics, had
under its jurisdiction 1,271 ministers,
2,652 churches and 188,546 communicants.
The annual meetings of the Assembly
are always interesting and important
as embracing a survey of the year's
work throughout the Church, and as
devising measures for its future development
and progress. The Assembly
conducts an extensive foreign missionary
work in China, Corea, Japan, Italy,
Africa, Brazil, Mexico and Cuba, having
ono hundred and thirty missionaries,
men and women, in tho foreign
field, and all its operations are reported
and considered at the annual sessions.
It carries on also a large Home
Missionary work, especially in Florida,
Arkansas, Tcxbh and the Indian Territory,
which likewise is always reviewed
by the Assembly; and in addition
to this it supervises the educational
work of training candidates for
the ministry, a publication and colportage
work for the distribution of
religious literature, and a work for the
evangelization of the colored people
in the South. The thirteen synods,
too, send up their records for review
and control, and carry up judicial
eases by appeal or complaint for ultimate
adjudication.
A CONFERENCE ENDS IN FAILURE.
AM " - - ^ j li.?. n - / a J T.
miners unu minvuwiiers ounnui ut'l i O ~
get/ier.
Cleveland, O.?Tlio great conference
between the representatives of
200,000 striking miners ami operators,
representing every eoal mining district
in the United States, bus ended
in failure. The two interests came together,
presented their demands, discussed
the condition of the mining
trado in all its hearings, found their
differences irreconciliable and departed
for their homes leaving the situation
at the mines in apparently the
same condition of suspense that they
were before the conference was eallcd.
But that, condition is, in fact, more
apparent than real. One of the most
prominent operators in the Pittsburg
district soid Hint within h week the
miners would be at work, and that
they would receive practically the
*cnle of wages for which they have
been contending in the conference that
nan just adjourned.
SUFFERING FOR FOOD.
Vhites on the Sea Islands Arc Said to Be
Destitute.
folt'MIiia, S. C. ? Governor Tillman
received a letter from BlntYton township,
Beaufort county, describing a
terrible state of destitution among the
white people of the township who suffered
from the storm hist August. The
letter states that lot) families inclining
600 people that are now actually
tillering for bread. The* explanations
ivon iR thntdho funds and provisions
ontributed with the exception of $300
vore dealt out by Ibf Red Cross So lety
to the negroes exclusively. An
ippenl is made to the governor for
mediate relief.
What the Harvoit Will Ce.
The Coxey business is playing out
n Washington. It will merely result
11 nil overproduction of bunions and
blistered heels.
THE GEORGIA POPULIST PLATFORM.
A Full State Ticket, Headed by Judge Mines
Nominated.
Atlanta, Ga.?The Populist adopted
a platform and put out a State ticket
with James K. Hines, of Atlanta, for
Governor. The preamble of the platform
nay a:
"We, the People's party of the State
of Georgia, believe in the principles
of government promulgated and expounded
by Thomas Jefferson, and wo
declare our resolute adherence to the
principles laid down by the great
Southern statesman, who, nt the beginning
of our political history, combatted
the schemes of the Eastern
money power (as outlined by Alexander
Hamilton) and who predicted tho
ruin which would fall upon this country
when concentrated wealth should
dictate iie legislation. We oppose, as
he did, the perpetuation of the public
debt and the policy of issuing non
taxable interest-bearing bonds, wheroby
a large portion of the concentrated
wealth of the land reaps a harvest from
the taxing of the unprivileged. We
oppose, ftH he did, the national banks,
as being of deadly hostility to the
spirit of our republican institutions
We believe, os he did, in the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and the
issue of treasury notes increase tho
volume of currency when the necessities
of busiuess demand more money,
l.ike him, we believe in ?? progressive
income tnx to discourage the extensive
concentretion of wealth and to compel
our fclfisli milliouaries to contribute
to the support of the government which
protects them. Like him, wo believe
that the life of this republic depends
upon the purity of election and in
obedience to the will of the majority.
We hereby renew our unqualified ondornciucuv
of the national platform of
.1- n i i a 1 l j.. ik.
lilt' 1 eopit' n pitri) iiliiI Wf mvui 1U iuu
State of Georgia the following reforms:"
The platform then declares in favor
of the abolition of the present State
convict system; for furnishing primary
school books by the State; for the
Australian ballot law anil against the
acceptance of free passes by public
officials, The platform contains no
reference to the government ownership
of railways and telegraphs.
iYashinyicn Mews.
Washington, D. C.?Representative
W. C. P. Breckinridge gave a bond of
StOO to the clerk of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, his brother,
Brig. Gen. Joseph C. Breckinridge,
inspector general U. S. A., giving his
surety, for tho purpose of securing an
appeal in the case of Pollard vs. Breckinridge,
in the District Court of Appeals.
On the hearing of tho motion
for a new trial before Judge Bradley
on tho 28th of last month the defen
1 (hint was given thirty days in which to
tile a bill of exceptions in order to
make an appeal. This bill of exceptions
can be tiled at any time before
the 28th of this month and on Judge
Bradley's approval of it, the case will
go to the Appellate Court.
Counsel for Coxey, Browne and
Jones tiled in Judge Bradley's Court
an application for a writ of certiorari
to stay the carrying out of the verdict
in Police Judge Miller's Court. The
District Attorney announced that
Judge Miller would suspend sentence
until the pending application was decided.
The absence of President
Cleveland from the city on his fishing
trip and the consequent, impossibility
of recommissiouing Judge Miller for a
new term of office till his return will
probably cause a delay of some (lays in
passing sentence on the three convict?<1
1 I ..... Pnirs. n.??nA../1 .Tniu,.
or determining what course shall be
taken on their counsel's motion for a
supersedeas.
The treasury department has been
advised that $2,500,000 had been engaged
at the New York sub-treasury
for export to Europe. This reduces
the gold reserve below $87,000,000.
Southern members of Congress who
have been pressing the project of a
$500,000 Government exhibit at the
Southern Exposition to be held at Atlanta,
Ga., feel certain of success.
Democrats in Chattanooga.
Chattanoooa, Tbnn.?The Demo
3r?tie Convention of tho -t?l Congres
donal district of Tennessee, nt Cleveland,
Tenn., adopted resolutions favoring
the free and unlimited coinage of
silver, the Wilson bill, the repeal of
the 10 per cent tux on State luniks, and
It Ided resolutions endorsing the present
Administration, but adopted resolutions
endorsing the course of Senators
Harris and Bute.
The Dispensary Made St00.000.
Spartan nr no, S. C. ? The South
Carolina liquor law is as yet unsettled.
What steps Governor Tillman will take
are not yet known; but he, in n recent
letter to a citizen of this place, says
that as soon as the courts let them
alone they expect to resume business
lie i.lso stated in that letter that the
State had made over $100,000 clear
money from tin-sale of wh?sl?ev bough
the dispensaries
They Want So'/thern Land.
North Carolina lands along the
sounds in the eastern part of the Slate
ne in demand Messrs Dodd, Nichols
V Co , of Raleigh, are now negotiating
to neeurc a tract of 7A.000 ncrrs for n
<yndicate <?f New York and Washingon
]>??rtiIt isannntineed 4hnt they
,vti lit the In lid for ii hunting and fish is 3
ri'se; ve.
Death of Consul Edwards at Berlin.
Bkrlin, ? W. II Edwerda, United
states eonsnl general, died here after ti
ong and ?evere illness, tho bams ol
?hicb wo8 inflammation of thu lungs.
TERRIFIC STORM NORTHWEST. J| 1|
Twelve or IB Lives Lost at Chicago and Sit \? V
at Milwaukee. ':?*
Chicago.?Lake Michigan has not ^
boon lushed and churned for month* ^
as she was by the fierce wind that has ^
boon sweeping down from the north ' <:
for the past 86 hours. It is believed - ,
that 12 or 15 lives have been lost along 3
the shore off this city and its subnrbe. -1
riie only other point reporting loss off 'f
life iB Milwaukee, where Bix of the ^
schooner Cummings'crew vf?re..drown- ;<EjS . ?
od before they could be fesaded by ."4}^
the life-saving crow. Half a" dozen ^
schooners and smaller craft have fotindercd
off this city; a Booro or moro are
dismantled and stove in, making an k I '
almost hopeless fight against the galo \
and the huge waves eVery few minutes // .. V..-;
sweej> over them endangering the live? <
of those who were still on board. At
least 30 vessels were nnciioredmitBi^ T^y?B
the harbor waiting for the'storm to j \
subt ide. All rvrc more or less 'damaged j
and the signals of distress appeared ,9
among them from timo to time. I \
Twenty-five or thirty men were brought t \
in. all exhausted and suffering intense* Iv
from the exoosure and cold.
Swept by a Cyclone.
Bryan, O.?The village of Kunkel,
in Williams county, was almost entirely (
destroyed by a cyclone. Seven lives M
are known to have been lost; thirty?
persons were injured, some of them
fatally, and more than fifty housea ' ;<
were demolished. Kunkel is a town
of about 300 inhabitants, in the ex- jjflfr: "
treme northwestern part of the Btate, 3
on the Detroit and Lognnsport branch
of tho Wabash railway. *
murdered With a Hammer.
Savannah, Oa.?John A. Jackson*
one of the most prosperous young
merchants of this place, was brutally H H
murdered in bed here with a sledgo
hammer, stolen from Colston's black- .
smith shop. Eight men have been ar- <
rested on suspicion. v
Is Cleveland in Danger!
IjIncoln, Neb.?Gov. Crounse baa 1
received notification that tho Lincoln
branch of tho Commonweal army, orgnnized
recently under the command fl
of Gen. Duff, has among its members ^jlj I
one man whoso purpoao when ho I
reaches Washington is to assassinate I
President Cleveland. I
The warning received by tho Goteriior
came in a letter from A. L. .
Drumrm.nd, manager of a detective ;
agency in New York. The waiter says
he writes only in the interest of
good government, and with the hope
that the Nebraska executive will see j
that tho DufT army is disbanded. .^5
Drummond says that he reeived the
details of tho plot from n Nebraska '
man of prominence, whose name ho .^3
does not disclose.
Expelled From the Chicago Union League.
Chicago.?The Board of Managers
of the Union League Club voted to expel
Congressman W. C. P. Breckenridge
from the roll of honorary members
of the club. The vote was taken
n'itlinnt rliuonccinn nnil not A Hind A
member of the Executive Board voted
against the motion.
A trolley rona netween Philadelphia,
Tenn., and Harriaburg 100 miles long ^3
ia projected, and a charter haa been '
applied for.
Tho entire church membership or
the United Btntea ia put by the ceuau*
*tatistics at 20.G10.0UU.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. I"
The Senate.
102d Dat.?The net result of tho day'a
work on the TnrlfT bill was a progress of V ..;"
three lines, an \ tho following changes in
rates: On borncio acid, from twenty pet
eent. Hil vilorem to two cents a pound. On
chromic add, from ten per cent, a 1 valorem
to four cents a poun 1. On citric aold, from
twenty per cent, to twenty-flva por cent. ad
103d Dav.?The discussion of the Tariff
bill was continued. ThoSenato fixedthw
rates on tannic and tartaric ncids and nlco
boilc perfumery. '?104th
Day.?Discussion of Iho Tariff bill
continued, seven Itoms on the chemical
schedule being dispose! of.
105th Day.?The Senate pasiod olghteon
paragraphs of the Tariff bill.
100th Day.Mr. Lodge offered a resolution
for an inquiry Into charges of attempts
to bride Sonntors Hunton and Kyle to V0l?
against tho TarlfT bill. The Senate passe I
fifteen paragraphs of the Tariff bill.
107th Day.?Mr. Morgan introduced a resolution
directing Attorney-General Olneyto
tell what has been dono to enforce the AntiTrust
law. The Senato adopted the resolution
for an investigation of tho attempted
bribery an l Sugar Trust charges so broadened
as to include speculations by Senators
in trust stocks. Republicans filibustered
from 6 p. m. until 10.30 p. m. against a motion
to tako a recess. ^
The House.
123n Day.?Tho Naval * pproprlatlon bill,
occupied tho House all day without being
finally disposed of.
121th Day.?The Naval Appropriation bill
was further considered. I
, 125th Day.?Almost the ontfre time was
devoted to tho consideration of District business.
In tho morning hour tho bill of Mr. I
DhIzsII, authorizing the construction of a
bridge across tho Mononguhsla River, from1
Homestead to Pittsburg, was passed. ?-Tho
rasignstlon of Mr. Compton, of Maryland, to
take effect Immediately, was received.
ntJrii D?v CoiiiSdeiaiion or tho Naval
Appropriation bill was concluded and the
bill passed. As reported by thooom nlttesthe
bill carried a total appropriation ot $23,2S0.936;
this was Increased $35,001 by the1
> anion of the Committee of the Whole. ??
The Agricultural Appropriation bill for;
the coming year was then taken up ,
in Committee of the Whole and sixof
the twenty-six pages considered under the
five-minute rule. Owing to the absenc?
of Speaker Crisp, due to the death of Mrs.
Crisp s mother, Sir. Dockery acted as Speaker
pro. tern, for the day. Chairman Wllson
returned to the House anl was applaud-*
od and welcomed by members. -Mr. Bonn
Introduced a resolution for an inquiry into
charges made against United States District
Judge Nelson, of Minnesota.
127th Day.?Mr. Bryan Introduced a bill
for Government aid to the Nicaragua Canal
| by the issue of i>70,0.)0,000 of green oaoks.??
The day was devoted to consideration of tha aj
Agricultural Appropriation bill.
128th Day.? Ine Agricultural Appropriation
bill was passed. j