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v x- MANNING., S. C., WEDNESDAY_ AUGUST 14, 15. WEATHER ANI) flOP. DIRECTOR BAUER TELLS US ABOUT THEM FOR THE PAST WEEK. Bain Badly Needed Almlost Everywhere. and the Crops Suffering--A Report by Counties-Might be Worse. Coi.Bma, August .-The follow ing wea er crop bulletin was issued piy Direa V Bauer yesterday for the 'week endingionda, August 5th Columbia S. C., Aug. 6. 1895. The temperatbTe was much lower than usual during the middle of the week, especially in the interior of the State. The nights '%re particularly cool in the extreme western counties. The average temperature was 2 de grees per day cooler than usual. The iiighest temperature reported was 98 2n July 31st at Spartanburg; the low !st 55 on the 2d at Central. The mean temperature for the week was 7S umd the normal for the same period is ipproximately 80. With unimportant exceptions. the ntire rainfall for the week fell on the vening of the3rd and during the 4th. 'Saturday and Sunday.i It was in ufficient in the counties where most ieeded and was excessive in Beaufort .)ounty, where the fall was heaviest, zenerally more than four inches. The week's ramfall varied from "trace" to half an inch in Chesterfield, Lancas ter, York, Florence, Fairfield. Ker shaw, Richland, Spartanburg, Green ville, Union, Laurens, Abbeville, An derson, Newberry and Lexington; in Pickens, Aiken, Orangeburg, Sumter, Clarendon Edoefield, Marlboro, Dar lington an'd H'mpton the fall varied between half an inch and two inches: in Williamsburg, Charleston, Horry. Barnwell, Berkeley, Colleton and Beaufort the rainfall amounted gen erally to from two to four inches. Thus it is seen that the droughty con ditions have been intensified in the western and northern counties, while the -southeastern portion of the State 4has an excess of moisture. The great est rainfalLreported was 4.50 inches at Beaufort; least "trace" at Chesterfield. The average of forty-one rainfall re ports was 1.04 inches and the normal for the sameperiod is approximately 1.68. The sunshine varied between 39 and 100 per cent. of the possible with an average of about 62, which is nearly njormal. . Therwere local high winds in Eliz abeth "township, Orangeburg, ,that materially damaged corn and cotton in thatvicinity. The condition of cotton, while-tpt greatly changed, is nevertheless less satisfactory than heretofore, there be ing many complaints of shedding both leaves and "shapes," and the plant has seemingly stopped growing even where the weather was most favora ble. Early peas are ripening; tobacco -curing continues, and the condition of this crop is highly satisfactory; one correspondent reports dam by un skillful curing. Sorghum ginning to ripen and some syrup already made from it; forage crops generally abun dant. Turnips growing poorly on the whole; rice making an excellent show The following report on the corn crop by counties shows the largest acreage ever planted, and its condition promisng except in the western and northern counties, where it has already been seriously injured by the drought, or will be, unless rain comes within a few days. Abbeville county-Old corn fairly good; late corn cannot "make" unless rains come soon; suffering terribly. Aiken county-Acreage one-fourth more than an average; condition and prospective yield at least an average; droughty conditions in portions of the cotsoncounty-About one-fourth more planted than last year; condi tion up to a few weeks ago above av erage; lately it has fallen off, owing to drought. Barnwell county-Corn crop larger than-usual; condition excellent except on light lands that were not fertilized or well worked :yield will be larger than last year. Early crop made, late promising. Beaufort county-Corn crop very fine; is made and is above the average. Berkeley county-Corn crop consid ered above the average. Much helped by frequent rains; now independent of seasons for result. Charleston county-The finest for -many years. Chesterfield county-Severe drought has ruined upland corn 50Oto 60Oper cent; lowland corn seriously, but to less extent as yet, bus every day with out rain lessens the crop. Some fields will not produce one bushel to the :acre: rains badly needed. Clarendon county-Never a better average crop; some badly cultivated: very good. Crop safe now and above the average. Colleton county-Condition rang-es from 90 to 110. County made corn enough for local use last year. Will have 10 per cent. more planted this year. Darlington county-Early planting very fine and safe; late also good; en tire crop estimated at double an aver age one, exceeding that of any former year. Small tenant farmers have fine crops-being exceptional. Edgefield county -Fully 30 per cent increase in acreage; conditions above average;more rain needed ; corn firing Fairfield county-Largest crop planted in history of county. Condi tions variable, being about ruined in places; in others standing the drought fairly well; must have rain in next few s or crop will be irreparably inj. Florence county-Corn damaged some by dry weather, but with rain late planting may yet make a good *crop. Early corn safe and a few more showers will insure the rest. Greenville county---Upland corn is needing rain badly ; bottom land corn as fine as can grow, but all corn must have rain soon or be much damaged. Hampton county-Increase in acre age from 25 to 35 per cent., and pros pective yield double the aveae. The crop safe; fodder pulling stripping has begun. Horry county-The corn crop is good throughout the county, and seasons continue good there will be a large yield. Kershaw county-Old corn safe, not a full crop every where; late planting needing rain-in places, but looks very promising; big crop prospects line. Lancaster county-Crop badly dam aged by drought; fodder dead up to the ears: ears not filling well; late corn tasselling, but will soon be ruined un less it ramns. Tmaurennonty-Old crop holding up very well. but a few more dry days will cut it very short: with timely rains will have a big crop. Lexington county-Early corn safe - -a fine crop; late plantig il a criti cal state, needing more rain badly; fodder pulling begun. Marlboro county-Early corn on light land cut short by dry weather is beyond help; late planting may do better: its condition variable; may make as big a crop as last year. Newberry county-Acreage never so great as the present year; condi tion up to an average: earlv corn safe: late needs rain badly, or' it will be seriously damaged. Orangeburg coi uty -Indications paint to a heavy crop of corn; acre age 10 per cent. larger, and prospective yield 20 per cent. greater than last year: early made: late very promis ing; some bottom land too wet. Pickens county-The conditions in dicate at least an average crop; up land average: bottom laud above. Richland connty-.A fine crop assur ed; acreage about an average: condi tion above. Spartanburg county-Lately too dry for corn. which will soon be seriously damaged unless it rains. Acreage larger than usual. Sumter county-Acreage large. Old corn made and a fai- crop, being spotted. Generally good stands se cured; colored renters' crops poor: prospective yield large. Seasons have been perfect. Union county-Drought still on: some early corn burnt dead; with rain now will make half a crop; with out rain none. Late planting looks beter. Williainsburg county-Corn not up to last year, being late, although a good crop is assured. York coun v --Unless it rain 1soon corn will be cut short; issutfering very much. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK. Programi of the Sout.h Carolina Sunsday School Convention. The following is the progran of the eighth annual session of the South Carolina Sunday school convention held in the Presbyterian church, New berry. S. C.: TUESDAY, AuIt'ST 13. 4:30 p. m. Meeting of Central Ex ecutue- Committee at olice of John stone & Cromer. 8::"p. m. 1. Song and Prayer Ser vide-Rev. W. I. Herbert, Florence. .2. Greeting-Geo. B. Cromer. Esq., Newberry. 3 Response-Rev. C. A. B. -Jen nings, Union. 4. President's .Annual Address Rev. C. W. Humphreys Lancaster. wEiESD;.SAVqUT 14. * a. nr-)l lbe Reading: "Teach Me Th4 itaffes."-iRe. . S. Willeford. Ch-arleston. 2. Enroll ment-Organization. 3. ReportofCentra7 Executive Com mittee. 4. Topic: Home Class Department W. A. Templeton, Abbeville: C. H. Carlisle, Spartanburg. 5. Appointment of Committee (Fi inee Resol utions, Jeorty TingVn Place of next meeting&. 3:30 p. m. 1. Reports from the field -Prof. R. C. Sams, Field Secretary. and others. 2. Normal Training Lesson: "The Superintendent"-Rev. Wx. B. Dun can, Williamsburg. 3. Open Conference: The Field Secretary, the S. S. Trumpet; County Convention, Normal Institutes, Dele gates to International Convention. Hon. J. E. Ellerbe, Marion. 8:30 p. m. 1. Thanksgiving Service. Dr. J. B. Fox. Newberry. 2. Topic: The Teacher-(a) In the Study-Rev. E. E. Bomer, Aiken, (b) Withi the Class.-John WV. Wallace, Augusta, Ga. 3. State Normal Diplomas Conferred -Rev. G. P. Watson, Anderson. THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. 9 a. m. 1. A Primary Class-Taught by Miss B. Goldstone Hamilton, To ronto, Canada. 2. Reports of Committees. etc. 3. Normal Work applied to next Sunday's Lesson-Dr. T. HI. Lawv, Spartanburg. 4. Parting Words---What I've Gained from the Convention. OFFICERs. Rev. C. WV. Humphreys, Lancaster, President; F. F. Whjilderi, Charleston, vice-president; Rev. WV. I. Herbert, Florence, secretary and treasurer; Prof. R. 0. Sams, Gaffney, state and field secretary. EXECUTIVE COMDUTTEE. S. B. Ezell, C. H. Carlisle, Dr. -T. H. Law, Spartanburg; Hon. J. E. fin dal, Clarendon: Rev. J. WV. Shell, Laurens; Hon. J. E. Ellerbe, Marion; Rev. J. H. Wilson, Barnwell. Reduced rates have been granted by the Southern State Passenger Associa tion from all points in the State. Ask your ticket agent for them. Let all delegates notify M. A. Car lisle, chairman entertainment commit tee, Newberry, S. C., that homes may be assigned them. Let each organized county send a delegation. Let each delegate appointed be pre sent. It is desired that every county be reprsented. In unorganized counties let one or more earniest Sunday school workers attend without appointment. Bring full statistical reports. All who have completed the prescribed Normal course during the year are invited to be present. Come to help. Come to be helped. Come praying the blessing of God. 'Come thou with us, and we will do thee good, for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel." Fired on the Populace. -TABRIZ, Persia, Aug. 7.-The scarci ty of bread in this city has caused such an agitation among the inhabitants that on the :3rd instant the authorities ordered the closing of the bazaars, fearing that they would be looted. This action so incensed the people that they became riotous and troops were ordered out to quell the disturbance. The appearance of the troops further enraged the populace and it was found necessary to ordIer thle soldiers to tire, which they did, killing a score of the rioters, whose bodies were taken to the residence of the Russian consul, whose protection the people implored. The consul promised to try to obtain a reduction of the price of br-ead, and with this object in view visited the Shah's son, M1uzaf-Er-Ed-Din, the gov ernor- of the province, who promised the desired reduction. The bazaars remained closed throughout August 4, and the people became clamorous for the deposition of the governor of the city, whom they believe to be answer able for the trouble. The fighting be tween the troops and neopleountinue. THE DISPENSARY. Senator Tmmirnan Speaks for it Before a Large Crowd. NEW YORK. Aug. S. -Senator Till man and Prof. Samuel Dickey, of Michigan, chairman of the national committee of the Prohibition party to night debated the liquor question at Prohibition Park, Staten Island. The subject in full was: "Is State control of the liquor traffic the best means of promoting temperance reform?" Sen ator Tillman spoke for the affirmative and was followed by Prof. Dickey. The Senator spoke again and the pro fessor closed the debate. Each spoke forty minutes in all. The discussion took place in the auditorium of the park before about 600 people. Dr. D. S. Gregory, of the park, presided. On the stage, besides a jury of twenty men of every political faith, was ex Governor John P. St. John, of Kan sas. who will speak for prohibition against Senator Tillman at the park iomorrow aight. When Senator Till man began the debate he explained his well known dispensary scheme. He then continued: "There are three liquor regulating systems-the high license, the prohi bition and the dispensary system -the last named, being a modification of the Norwegian system. High license is a monopoly and breeds open sa loons and every sort of seductive in fluences resulting in evil. What does prohibition breed ?" shouted the Sena tor. "Hypocrites, perjurers and boot leggers. Why prohibition was given up as a dismal failure in Iowa, and now they have a system of local op tion. What do we do? We propose to treat human beings not as angels, but as we find them to be. The love of liquor is born in every human ap petite. Even our triend. Mr. Roose velt. can't close all the saloons in your city here. Our Vstem reduces the evil to a minimum. We say to the people, if there must be liquor drink ing, let the profit go to the State, and if you want it, come up like men as for any other commodity. Don't sneak. The system don't keep them f rofn getting liquor." Prof. Dickey then said that the dis pensary system had been tried abroad and proved a failure; that if prohibi tion bred hypocrites and boot-laggers, the dispensary system has begotten riot and bl shed in South Carolina. He said lie opposed the dispensary sys tem because the Bible forbids a man's putting the bottle to his neighbor's lips, that the State had no right to do what man was forbidden to do. There are two great systems open to man kind-total abstinence or drunken ness. If the business is bad when the State is a partner, as under the license system, he asked,how doubly damned was it when the State was the sole proprietor? The jury after they had retired for deliberation, decided to dis agree for the present, so their decision will be given tomorrow night. Two Brothers Shot. NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 5.-A deplora ble traoedy occured Saturday night at Antioc7i Church, about fifteen miles from Baton Rouge. For some time bad feeling has existed between Hill Picou and Albert O'neal, of that neighborhood, and social gatherings which they have attended have been disturbed by their demonstrations of ill-feeling. It is said a young lady is the cause of the bad blood. A few days ago they attended a party at a neighbors house and had a violent quarrel. Saturday night Albert O'Neal and his brother H'enry attend ed church at Antioch, where a pro tiacted meeting is being held. Hill Picou and his brother Wallace also went there. It was generally expect ed that a meeting would result in a shooting affray, and all the parties named went to church neavily armed, the Picou brothers taking their shot guns. During the service the O'Neal brothers left the church. As they reached the open air they met the Pi cou's. Almost instantly there was a sound of three shots and the O'neal brothers fell dead. Albert O'Neal's forehead was shot away with a load of buckshot. Henry O'Neal was shot in the mouth and in the abdomen. His pistol had been drawn, but not fired, as it was found by his side. Albert O'Neai's pistol was found in its scab bard. He had been killed before he could draw it. The Picou's and a friend have been arrested, charged with the killhng, and were put in jail. All the parties con cerned are about 25 years of age. They have large and respectable family con nections, and more trouble is expect ed. The result of the coroner's in quest has not been heard. Word of another killing several miles from Baton Rouge has been re ceived. Sunday afternoon Win. Mc Crew and Gus Weaver, two young men, were riding horseback with a mutual friend. In some way an old feud camej up, both drew guns, and about seven shots were exchanged. Weaver fell dead from his horse with four bullets in him. McCrew was hit in the arm and side and rode away bleeding profusely. A Big "Take Out." NEW YoRK, Aug. 8. -The Belmont Morgan bond syndicate today notified all subscribers to the syndicate that upon presentation of their certificates of subscription at the oflicer of J. P'. Morgan & Co. on Friday, August 9, they will receive a return of 44.49 per cent. of their subscription. So far 40 per cent of the original subscription as been returned. It is a question wheth er the 34 1-2 per cent. .to be paid wvill be in cash or in checks. The bond syndicate will also close their deal on the other side, deliver the bonds, re back the certificates which were issued and the entire deal will be ended, as the syndicate has received the money for the bonds. So far there has been nothing said about a distribution of the profits to the members. Today $f,000,000 in gold was deposited in the local sub-tre asury by the syndicate. This otf'sets the gold drawn by certain commission houses, from the sub-treasury for ex port, as in line with the policy of the bankers who so successfully placed the last government loan. Speking of re-sales of the new bonds here byv certain arbitrage houses, a dealer claiming to have inside information today said: "As almost all of the gov ernment bonds here for European ac count has been done by a single firm. the aggregate of the transaction night equal $4,000,000 or $5,000I,000 as report ed. It is not unreasonable to suppose more bonds will seek this market, although, of course, it was purely guess work as to the probable extent of these sales. The present quotations for government bonds are only nomi nal, and are merely made to facilitate transactions over the counter. The RETIRES WITH UI) NITY NO MORE INJUNCTIONS AGAINST OUR REGISTRATION LAWS. 60tr Says that t he Circuit Court of Appeals ha:1% El'eeturalny Disposed1 of tliat Matter, and he, Therefore. Refoses the Iijnc tioll. RICHiuND, \'a.. Aug. 6.-In the United States Circuit Court here this morning Judge Goff handed down a brief in the South Carolina registra tion cases, dismissing complainant's bill for an injunction. Only the at torneys in the case and a few oth ers were present when the opinion was delivered. The Court's opinion is as follows: "When the bill in this case was pre sented for my consideration I deemed it my duty to give the complainant an opportunity to demonstrate that he was entited, as claimed, to the relief he prayed for and the jurisdiction of this Court in order to secure it. My views upon the question presented by this case were fully expressed in the opinion I filed in the case of Mills vs Green. I have given the opinion tiled in said cause hv the Circuit Court of Appeals for this circuit for the .May term. 1895, and all the cases cited there in my careful consideration .and thorough examinanon, and I must be permitted to say, with all due respect, that I am unable to find the reason or authority for and by which the injnne tion graited in that case was dissolved and ordered to be dismissed. I think that in the Mills case, as well as in this, the rights claimed by the respec tive plaintills as citizens of the United States and of the State of South Caro lina have a property value of the high est and most sacred character, of far greater value and importance than have commodities, the values of which are measured by the number of pounds they weigh or the number of goods they contain. These rights, it is ad mitted, said plaintifs are deprived of, but it is insisted that ther have ade quate remedies at law and that equity, therefore, cannot entertain their com plaints. "I very much regrettliat the Circuit Court of Appeals did not indicate the character of the remed vat law alluded to in such opinion. And I also regret that I am unable after thorough in vestigation to iind it. I will not con cede that it is proper to close the doors of the Courts of the United States to their citizeni who are complaining that they are deprived by the States of the rights and privileges given to them by the Constitution of the United States, and advise them that they must seek the juridiction of the Couirts of the States for relief from the out rages imposed by the unconstitutional exactments of the States. I am ad vised that the full and complete opin ion of the Circuit Court of Appeals is 3 et to b, filed, and I indulge the hope that upon this point it will not leave us in doubt. In my judgment, such cases-under the rules distinguishing equity and law cases applicable to the Courts. of the United States-shouJ' be esyecially heard on the equity sid of such Courts, for the reason that said Courts are among other things estab lished to determine controversies in volving conflicts between State and Federal Constitutions and enactments, and for the further reason that in such cases there is no full and adequare rem edy at law. It has been repeatedly held by the Courts of the United States that equity will interfere when the wrong complained of is such that it cannot >e fairly compensated for by damages, or if it is continuing or per manent in character. (Here the Court cites various opinions to sustain that point.) "The fact that there is a remedy at law is not of itself sullicient to deprive equity of jurisdiction until it also ap pears that the farmer is as complete and effectual as the latter. (Other cases here cited.) Nevertheless w'hile 1 entertain these views;, my great re spect for the Circuit Court of Appeals, my desire to properly regard the judi cial proprieties, and my duty to give due warrant and authority to the deci sions and opinions of the Appellate Courts of the United States, compel me, finding as I do, that this- case in its material allegations; its true scope and effect, is -in fact- similar to the Mills case, to which I have referred, to refuse the injunction asked for and to dismiss the complaint -and such a decree will now be entered." This is of course, a complete victory for the State of South Carolina, but Attorney Obear, who represents - the plaintiff, will take an appeal direct to the Supreme Court of the United States, and thinks he can get an early hearing as a privileged case, lie has left for Washington, andl the Sonth Carolina attorneys will return home this evening. A Terrible Fall. JACKsON, Mli., -Aug. 8.-The bal loon ascension which took place at the park Mlonday developed into a tragedy Charles Elliott and Ella Park were biled to ascend in a hot air balloon and give a trapeze performance when 1,000U feet above the ground. A large crowd had gathered. The inilation of the balloon was accomplished, and the pair sailed upward, seated upon the tra peze. They had nearly compelted the trap~eze performance w hen sonmebody in the crowd yelled. 'It's on lire:" The balloon was st-en to shoot rapidly downward, and then everybody saw that the big bag was burning with fearful rapidity. Elliott as lie neared the ground ireleased his hold up)on the bar and swung cleasr whlife the woman held fast. Both were dashed violently to the ground. When the crowd rushed to pick them up both werec found to be unconscious. Elliott was crushled but still br-eathting, whlile Mliss Park had both legs and al-ms broken and-as inju red1 internially . They were taken to the hospital, bult wereC beyond the doctors' help, and both will die. Mi1ss P ark is a- neice of the aeronatut I agan, who was lost from Campbell's air ship some year-s ago. Iltitteil imselIf to D~eathi. Ramor, N. C., Aug. S.---James tE. Jones, aged thirtv, hailing fromi Rich mond, Va., and a cigar maker by trade, committed suicide in a barr-om at Dur hanm, in a singular manner. Hie was on1 a spree and was re-fused liquor. lie declar-ed nothing bitt death would satisfy hint, as lie wianted to be with his wife and chlild, who died recently. P/ulling oIf his coat, he cried out. "B~oys, here's a newv way to skate, and thi-ew hIimsel f headfor-em ost against the cot-ner of a p~ost. lie fell back as if dead, but rallie-d siulliciently to call for a Catholic pr-iest. lHe died RISE OF THE SILVER TIDE. Missouri and Texas Deolare for Free Coin age. PERTULE SPINGs, Mo., Aug. 8.- Al 12:30) p. m. the Democratic State con vention was cal'ed to order by Vice Chairman John I. Carroll. He stated the purposes of the convention and introduced Hon. R. P. Bland a temporary chairman, who was after waras made permanent chairman.ThE folloving preamble and resolutions, which were adopted by a big majority, embody the sentiment of the State on the silver question: "The Federal Constitution names silver and gold together as the money metals of the United States. "The first coinage bill passed by Congress under the Constitution mad( the silver dollar the unit of value and admitted gold to free coinage at a ra. tio measured by the silver dollar unit. "From the beginning of the gov ernment, following a policy formula ted b~y Thomas Jefferson and firmly established by Jackson, the Democrat ic party has been the party of bimet tallism, favoring the free coinage of both silver and gold at the national mints, and opposed to farming out tc banking corporations the govern. ment's sovereign power of issuing and controlling the money of the people. The act of 1873 demonetizing silvez was surreptitiously passed without the approval or knowledge of the Ameri can people, and from the time when the effect of this act in fastening upon the country the single gold standard was understood, the Democratic party has consistently and persistently urged that,the grevious wrong be righted. "Failure to accomplish this object has resulted in the steady appreciation of gold, a crresponding fall in the prices of commodities produced by the Ieople, a heavy increase in the bur den of all debts public and private,the enrichment of the money-lending class, paralysis of industry and im poverishment of the people, and un example ddistress in all gold standard countries. "Experience has shown that while under the single gold standard there may be an occasional revival of busi ness activity, accompanied by enhanc ed prices of a limited number of coin modities, such revival is due to artifi cial and temporary causes and cannol permanently alleviate the sufferings due to falling prices, brought about by the appreciation of gold and an in adequate supply of primary or :-e demption money. "Duty to the people requires thai the party of the people continue the battle for bimettallism until its effortz are crowned with success. Therefore be it, Resolved, That we, the Democrat, of Missouri, in convention assembled, demand the free and unlimited coin age of silver and gold, into primary oi redemption money, at the ratio of 1C to 1, without waiting for the action oi approval of any other nation, and second; "Resolvea, Thnt we are irrevocably opposed to the substitution for metal ic money of a panic-breeding corpora tion- --credit currency based on a sin g le hetal, the supply of which is sc iited that it can be cornered at any time by a few banking institutions in Europe and America: third, "Resolved, That we are opposed t( the uolicy and practice of surrender ing io the holders of th e obligations of the United States, the option reserved by law to the government of redeem. ing such obligations in either silver coin or gold; fourth, "Resolved, That we are opposed to the issuing of interest-bearing bonds of the United States in time of peace and especially are we opposed to plac ing the treasury of the government under control of any syndicate of bankers, and the issuance of bonds to be sold by them at an enormous profit for the p)urpose of supplying the Fed eral Treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold monometalism." AND TEXAS, TOO. FORT WOnTH, Tex., Aug. 8.-The State Dimocratic free silver conven tion was called to order at noon to day, and the attendance was a consid erable surprise to those who had pre dicted a small turnout. About 1.000 delegates were present when Hon. A. C. (Iwsley of Denton called for order. Hon. Bryan T. Barry of. Dallas, was~ made temporary chairman, and Bry an Drew of Kaufman and W. S. Ser geant of Hunt were elected temporary secretaries. Committees were appoint ed on resolutions, permanent organi zation and basis of representation. Ex Senator Reagan was invited to address the convention in the afternoon. The sensation of the forenoon session was created by a motion that a complete list of the delegates be made in order to give the lie to those newspapers that had been saying and would con tinue to say that the free silver con ventions were made up chiefly of Re publicans, negroes and Populists, with a slight sprinkling of Democrats. Tihe afternoon session was almost entirely taken upI with speech-miak ing, ex-Senator Reagamn making the lead ing speech of the day. The committee on resolutions and platform could not conmc to an agreemnent, but the comn mittee on organization reported the following oflicer-s: Chairman J. W. Dailey of Cook; Secretaries Bailey, Lanham and QCrane, who made speech es which wvere received with vocifer ous enthusiasm. Letters were read from Senator Mlorgan of Alabama and Jones of Alabama and a telegrani from Ri. P'. Bland, chairman of the D)emocratic State silver convention of Missouri, in session at Pertle Sprints. The convention then adjourned until 8::30 p. mn. At the night session reso lutions were passed declaring in favor of free coinage of silver at 16i to .1, in dependent of international agreement and conidemnainmg the financial policy of the presenlt administration. W\AGwnE, 1. T., Aug. 7. Another link in t he famous traini robber-ies of last year- has been uncovered. Sun day one James Dver,. a well-to-do far mer and stock nman, living on the Ver digr-is River, near Wagner-, was arrest ed by D)'puty l'nited States MIarshal WXilliami Smiithi, charged with impli eation in the Blackstone robbery last winter, aind taken to Fort Smith. This morning Tom Root, one of the fore most of the gang, turned State's evi dence anid implicated Dyer and sever al others, whiose names were not given, but are said to be seve-ral well known citizens of this conmmunity and one or two L'nited States deputy marshals. There wer-e eleven inl the gang and Toni Root's con fession will lead- up to the arrest of thme whole gang within a shor-t time. Deputy United States Mars hia! Smith has been silently work ing on this case for thre-e months and as sumccss is sure to crowvn his efforts THE GOING OF TTHE GOLD. THE rREASURYOFFICIALS THOUGHT TO BE UNEASY. A Steady Drain Upon the Reserve for the Past Two Weeks-A React ion May Soon Come. WAsIrISN-Tox, Aug. 8.-The reti cence that usually prevails among Treasury officials when they are ap proached on the subject of the condi tion of the gold reserve, and their ab solute refusal to allow themselves to be quoted as to what this outflow of gold of the past two weeks signifies, leads to the conclusion in some quar ters that the Treasury is uneasy about the situation. It is quite probable that by Saturday the syndicate will be compelled to prove whether it consid ers its contract fulfilled or whether it feels constrained to assist the govern ment in maintaining the reserve. The rapid diminution of the reserve, the speedy descent from more than $107, 000,000 to a very little margin over the amount the reserve is required to be has shown how easy a raid, even under the guiso of the ordinary course of business, can be conducted. Some of the Treasury officials are emphatic in their statements that this loss of gold is due to legitimate busi ness, and point to the character of the houses taking it out to show that it is not the result of speculation. What ever may be the cause, the loss is felt, and will be felt to a still greater ex tent before the week is ended. There was an intimation at the Treasury to day that notice would be given to morrow of a withdrawal of exports Saturday, and otficials do not hesitate to admit that the indications point to the further loss of an amount equal, if not greater, than that which was shipped on today's steamer. At the close of business this afternoon the reserve was $104,118,662, a loss over yesterday of $349,442. The 1,000,000 shipped today has not been reported to the Treasury in the official balances from New York and will not, there fore, appear in the reports until to morrow. The actual condition of the Treasury, then, finds the reserve amounting to only $103,118,662. This shows a loss of $4,500,000 since the syndicate made its last payment July 5, and sent the reserve up to $107,569, 208. The gold reserve was not nearly so low as this on the 27th of July, when the syndicate felt called upon to increase it. At that time the re serve paid dwindled down to a little below $105,50,000, and by Monday it had swelled to a little more than $107, 250,000. Some Treasury olicials who discuss the situation privately admit that unless the syndicate steps in and fills the gap that has thus been made the public will be warranted in be lieving that the syndicate considers its contract to have been completed in its entirety and that it is not longer morally bound--not by the disputed meaning of the text of the contract to maintain the reserve. Secretary Curtis said today that he did not know what the intentions of the syndicate were, but, so far as the Treasury situation was concerned,. he saw nothing in it to justify any feel ing of alarm. The gold tl at was go ing out was sent abroad n the pay ment of debts, and within a few days he believed there would be a flow in this direction. Crops were beginning to move, and the presence of commer cial bills in New York, some of which were already on the streets, would loosen the tension and bring down the rate of exchange and stop the export of gold. There are others, however, in the Treasury not so sanguine as is Mr. Curtis, and many of these are be ginning to look forward to the next week as a critical period-one that must show which way the tide will turn. Meanwhile the gold continues to go out, and no official expression of the proper interpetration of the bond contract is made. Lassoed a Sea Lion. UKIAH, Aug. 8.-C. F. Monroe, a resident of Fresno county, who has been spending some weeks in this vi inity hunting and fishing, principal ly on the coast, met with an experi ence which nearly cost him his life. Monroe, who had been camping in the redwoods near Usal, discovered while riding on the beach some miles south of Bar Harbor, a group of sea lions sunning themselves. He determined to get a shot at one. Accordingly dis mounting lie described a wide circle and came upon them unawares. Watching them for some moments, lie finally took aim and fired, but his aim was'untrue, and, though wound ing a lion severely. the animal was still able to flounder about, and was making all possible haste to get back to the water again. Being an expert with the lasso. Monroe undertook to apture the creature, and, mounting his horse, he unloosed his rope and threw it over the lion's head and be ind one of its flippers, and then tak ing a turn with the rope around the pommel of his saddle. Notwithstand ing the wounded condition of the lion it still struggled toward the water. It was not long before all were flounder ing in the surf. Monroe inally suc eeded in loosening the rope from the pommel of the saddel, when he found that lie had forgottent to unfasten it from the horse's neck. Being in the surf, it was too dangerous now to try and cut it, and, to save himself, lie cast drift his faithful animal and strug led for the shore, which he reached 'n an exhausted condition. He saw his horse but once afterward, and it was then being towed to sea. It was found the next morning on the beach. t seems that in some way the rope was broken and the drowned horse was then cast upon the sand. The body of the sea lion was not found. Monroe says there may be a great :eal of fun' hunting sea lions, but from his experience hunting on land is good enough for him. The Ileadly Generator. Rai'-HI oN. Va., Aug. 7.-By the ex plosion of a soda water generator at Gonnella lIros'. store, at t East Broad street, this morning, Peter Marchetti, ged 4r years, was so badly injured that he die d in ten minutes, and his brother Louis, aged 23, was slightly hurt. Both the young men were na ives of Italy and nephews and em ployes of the (fonnella's. Died for H is D~aughter. Nor'WOnK, Va., Aug. 7.--Mr. Thtos. Mloberly, of Rtichmond, Kentucky. was rowned at Virginia Beach about noon today. wvhile endeavoring to save his aughter, who went beyond her depth while bathing, being unable to swim, le drowned b efore reaching his daugh ter. The young lady w~as saved by CRUSHED TO DEATH. Several Workmen Buried Under a Col lapsed Buitlling. NEW YORx. Aug. 8.-The middle section of the ig, unfinished eight story building on the northeast corner of west Thi street and south Fifth Avenue, fell down shortly before noon today. The whole interior of the building was wrecked. A number of workmen were buried in the wreck, how many is not known. Eighty odd men- were workino in the building. The great majority escaped. One was taken out dead, and four injured, but alive. & dozen or more are missing. All of the dead, injured and missing were workmen, plasterers, carpenters and electrical fitting men. The acci dent was caused by the overloading of the floors in the centre section of the building. The wrecked building is conspicuous in the landscape to travelers on the Sixth Avenue Elevat ed railroad all the way down to Grand street, its yellow brick walls towering above the surrounding structures. Its walls stand yet. but the entire core of the structure is gone. All wreckage is inside the walls of the building; none of it reaching the street. The house has been roofed only a few weeks. It stood eight stories high. John Ireland. a real estate dealer, is the owner of the structure. He gave out the contract for building to John H. Parker. Policeman Livingstone, the first man to reach the building, dragged out three men and was working on the fourth story. when some wreck age shifted and fell upon him, serious ly injuring him. It was said at the scene of the dis aster that the cause was undoubtedly the overloading of the sixth floor with plaster and building material. John H. Parker, the builder of the fallen building, and. Edward Silbick. his foreman, were placed under arrest. At 6 o'clock this evening, Charles E Peterson, an electrical fitter, was tak en out of the rubbish dead. Charles Smith. another electrical workman, was taken out alive, but badly man gled, and died on his way to the hospi tal. Seven badly injured workmen were sent to the hospital, but none of the seven are likely to die. Ten men are still missing and are supposed to be under the debris. Soon after the ac cident. a gang of sixty men were put to work overhauling the ruins and the work - will be continued by electric light during the entire night. The work will not be completed, it is be lieved, until noon tomorrow. Contractor Parker and Jeffords Sel lick, of the force, who were arrested on the charge of causin' the death of John Burke, were subsequently re leased on $15,000 bail each. A FLYING ENGINE. A Machine that Will Run 150 Miles an Hour. PHILADELPHIA Aug S.-The success ful use of electricity as a motive power on steam roads has led the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the Westing house Electric and Manufacturing Company to effect a combination. A conference has been goingon between the two companies for the past two or three months which has resulted in an agreement by which they will hereafter work together in the develop ment of apparatus for the operation of steam railroads by electricity. It is ex pected that the union of these two companies will result in the early in troduction of improved forms of elec tric motors for stand railroads. W. D. Uplegraff, private secretary to George Westinghouse, Jr., in ex plaining the scope of the affiliation of the interests of the Westinghouse Electric Company and the Baldwin Locomotive Company, said : "The combination is to develop the possibilities of the Tesla motor as ap plied to the railway service. We in tend to make it possible to ride from New York to Pittsburg in three hours With the Tesla motor we rae assured power to draw a car at the rate of 150 miles an hour or more. -The only thing now is to get cars and wheeles that will stand the strain of trav eling at that rate of speed. The Baldwin people assure us that this can be done. We now have the system working at our plant at East Pittsburg. the only trouble being to get a car that will remain~ on the track. We believe that with this union of interests will be in operation between Pittsburgh and New York. The present tracks cannot be used. We want air lines. The cars will be very light, and on the principle of air-ships. W e can run them on trestle work that would not bear the weight of a Pullman coach We intend to cross the mountains by lifts. "It is only intended to use the lines for passengers. mail, and ex press. There will be no engines, each car being provided with its own mo tor. A ear will not stop until it reach es its poinrt of destination. We have also perfected a block system which makes it impossible for two trains to run on the same block. As soon as a train gets on a bloc-k on which there is already a train the power for the last one entering is, shut otrf. The in terests of the two corporations are not to be combined for anything beyond the development of the railway feat ure."' Detective Holland Arrested. ArGcsTA, Aug. S. - Detective Hlol land, who has been circulating the re port that he had caught the men who had wrecked the engine on the C. C. G. & C. R. R., in which several lives were lost, was today arrested and lodged in jail under charges of subor dination of witnesses. The two ne groes, who it seems he is alleged to have asked to testify, have also been lodged in jail under the charge of per jury, The Solicitor nol prossed the case against Rufus WVeather, the man accused of wrecking the engine, and seems convinced that the whole case was manufactured against him and proposes to push the ca-ses aigaimst the parties above named. No one here-4 believes the engine was wrecked at Kxoxvius,-: Aug. 7. -Joe Asaouith, aged 2:h, was kil~ed byV Harmon Mich acs, aged 1S, at a watermelon festi val in this city tonight. They, with other young men, were throwimgmel on rinds at one another. Asqmith be came o;Yeended at Michaels and they quarreled. A fter some hot words, As q~uith turned away and left Michaels. Whien only six feet away. Michaels threw a stone, which, striking Asquith at the base of the skull, broke his neck, causing instant death. Michaels A COWARDLY MURDER. AN UNARMED MAM SHOT DOWN BY THREE COWARDS. R. T. Dinkins Assassinated by J. J shall and Three Other Cowardly Assas isns--The Three Cowardly Brutes in the County Jail. JACKSON, Miss Aug. 9.-Hon. John J. Dabney Marshal, Senator-elect from Warre n and Hinds counties, shot and killed R. T. Dinkins of Jackson, at Brandon this morning. Marshall and three friends, S. H, Coleman, R. P. Fox and W. P. Vallens, kinsmen and partners of Marshall, drove to Brandon in a hack and met Dinkins at the depot as he turned a corner of the building. opening fire on him at once and killing him almost instantly, shooting him fifteen times. Dinkins was unarmed, but grappled Marshall's pistol from him as he fired the first shot. The shooting was caused by a sensational report circulated by Din kins two weeks ago against Marshall's private character. After the circula tion of this report there was a clamor that Marshall be taken off the ticket for United States Senator. Marshall denounced the report as a lie, bu ')in kins stuck to it, and everybody looked for a killing sooner or later. Mar shall is a little fellow who we' hs about seventy-five pounds; is higly educated, a lawyer and a man of let ters, whose family is one of the most prominent in the State and has a host of friends at home and elsewhere. He has served a term in the Legislature and was the .nominee for Senator for Warren and Hinds. Dinkins' family is equally as good. He is a brother of W. L. Dinkins, of Madison, Cleve land's United States marshal during his first term, and is closely related to many prominent men in the State, be ing a cousin to Bishop Charles B. Gal loway, of this city. Marshall and his companions are under arrest at Bran don. The affair is deeply regretted here, where both men are well known and highly respected. The body of Dinkins was brought to Jackson to day. Additional particulars of the sensa-' tional killing of R. T. Dinldns at Brandon this morning by Hon. J. Dabney Marshall and three friends from Vicksburg have been received here by telephone from Sheriff Dob son, of Rankin. He savsDinkins was shot six times-once in the head, once in the arm and four times in the body; that Marshall claimed to have done the shooting, and that all the men Marshall, Coleman, Fox and Vallors - -are in jail. Eye witnesses say all of them shot at Dinkins except Vallors, who claimed he was there in the the capacity of attorney. The affair is looked on as a cold-blooded assassina tion. WRECKED ON THE ROCKS. The British Steamer Catherthun Sunk In a Gale. MELBOURNE, Aug. 8.-The British steamer Catterthun, bound for Sid ney from Hong Kong, was totally wrecked between Sidney and Brisbane. Many lives were lost. The officers of the Catterthun were English and the crew were Chinese. LoNO, Aug. 8.-Cable dispatches. from Melbourne state that the Catter thun struck on thi seal rocks at 2:45 o'clock in the morning and sank twen ty minutes latter. The names of those who are supposed to have been lost are Neil Shannon, the captain; Mr. Pin ney, the first officer; Third Officer Leffier; Chief Engineer Harper; Sec ond Engineer Adams, Third Engineer Wilson, Fourth Eno-ineer Wolsten holme, Chief Stewar Manning and Surgeo~n Anderson Phipps, thirty Chinese and eighteen Lascars. The passengers who are supposed to be lost are Mesdames Mathias, Loring and Smith, Miss Loring, Mr. Robert Fra zer and fifteen Chinese steerage pas sengers. At the time the vessel struck a heavy southwest gale prevailed. The ship continued on her way, but before many moments had elapsed it was found that she had a hole in her bottom and was taking water rapidly. She began to settle down and took on a list to starbeard. The fires under her boilers we soon extinguished and the vessel was then helpless. She broached to and the seas swept over her for-e and aft. Every effort made to lower the boats was baffled by the seas which swept them in board after ther had been swung out on the davitts. Tihe part life boat was washed from the davitts and lost. Notwith standing the dangerous position of the steamer,. which it was now seen was doomed. excellent discipline was main tined. During an attempt to lower the star-board cutter a tremendous sea broke aboard the steamer, carried away the cutter and swept from the bridge the captain and chief and sec ond ollicers and captain Fawkes. A few minutes later the starboard life boat was loweied and it picked up Captain Fawkes who was chin ' to some Iloating wreckage. Onlyt other Europeans were rescued. These were Second Mate Lafear, Dr. Co man and a passenger named Cane, b longing to Mdelbouirne. The seal rocks are 110 miles north of Sidney. The Catterthun, in addition to her general cargo h-ad on board 11,000 sovereigns. LoNDoN, Aug. .-A dispatch from Melbourne, received this evening says that divers have left for the scene of the wreck of the Catterthun, for the purpose of attempting to recover the 11,(000 sovereigns in specie on board the steamer. The dispatch says it is now known that the total number of lives lost in tile disaster is fifty-four, many of the Chinese passengers and cew" being saved. Oif tile Europeans on board, only four preCviously mer tioned~ sirnvve. Tl:LA.. 1. T.. Aug. :9.-Last Tuesday ~t-nte miles south west of this place. in the'Cr-eek Nation, two women and tw.o g-irls. were assaulted by six ne groes. Xesterday one of the girls died fromn the' elfects of the injuries sus tined. and the other is not expected to live. The Creek Nation light horse poice. three United States marshals and a largoe number of citizens captured Rufus, Black and :fouir other Creek ne oroes imtplicated in the assault forty mles south of Tulsa. upon Flat Rock creek. The outlaws had robbed a store at ()reutt, a small town near by, and were divding the spoils when sur prised. Tile of licers started to-Muske ee with them. A large number of itizens are in pursuit, .with the inten tion of taking them away from tho