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THE " CAMDEN CH R< >N1CI ,E. :w VOLUME VI. * CAHDEN S., C., .FRIDAY APRIL 19, 1895 iaOtl i?ll<l <->%ir N U t i V f lyHlllt." NO. 50. MR. CLEVELAND ON MONtY. AH \V AM TO IIH KXPMOTKD IIM OI? lH.tlts SIIiVKH. AM) ADVOCATION TIIH DOCTUINM / ^ OP "SOUND" HOifRY. Or, In Short, (ho I'lncluir ut the Country on it Nlnulo MtuiiAurd. By Sou thorn Associated Press. Chicago, !?!., April 14.? Mt;, Henry ltobbiihs received from President Cleve land this evening a letjer declining tbo Invitation of >a nomine r of business nun of ('hicugio to attend a public reception hero himself and Mw. Cleveland. On A^ii-il Oth out? hundred of the most ixroon lnent cntl&ens of Ohioago, both Demo oratia aiicl Republicans, extended an in vitation to 'fho President, stating tlmt they wore auxionn to expreaa a deep sense yf uppreclatiou of his statesman like and courageous action in niaintain y ing the tinaneiul or edit of our nation, and his ait t i t utle In ^avar of the preservation of sound national currency. Thorp was much disappointment at Mr. Cleveland's refusal to come here, but his excuse it* well, rooeivtnl. Mr. ltohbins says that while he is sorry tlhat the President was unable U> aoeept the invitation, as the ovation which would have boon given htm would have given {treat impetus to the honest money sentiment throughout tlhe VVewt, sti 1 I he i? glad the invitation Was sent, as In ihis reply Mr. Cleveland takes occasion to speak on the topic, ?and lie believes Iris words will have great weight. The following is the text of President O&eveland's reply to the Chicago committee: The. Letter. lOxecutive Mansion, Washington, April K5. ? To Mtwiu Robert Mm. Baker, Goo. Smith, .1 oil 1 1 A. Koelic, T. '\V. llarvcy, David Kelly ami 1 1 Miry H. Itubbins: Gentlemen? 1 am niiueh gratified by the exceeding1! y kind ami complimentary invitation you liave tendered me in' be lialf of many citizens ??f Chicago to bo their guest at a gathering in tho interest .of sound money and wholfegai^'ttnancial doctrine. My attachment to this cause la ho great and 1 know so well the hos pitality ami kindness of the people of Chicago that my personal inclination is strongly in favor of accepting your Mat tering invitation, but niy judgment ami my estimate of the proprieties of my oliieial position oibllge me to forego the enjoyment of participating in the occa sion you contemplate. 1 hope, however, tiie event will mark the beginning of on aKgrissive effort to disseminate^ among the people safe and prudent financial ideas. Nothing more important can en gage the attention of patriotic citizens because nothing is so vital to the wel fare of our fellow countrymen ami to the strength, probiflp and honor of our mlMou.' ? The situation we are confronting de mands tlhat those who appreciate the imj>ortanee of this subject, and those who ought to bo the iinst to see im ftOnding danger, wliould no longer remain indifferent or over-confident. If the soimd money sentiment abroad In tills land is to save us from misdhiet and disaster, it must be crystalized and combined, and made immediately ac tive. I't is dangerous to overlook the fact that a vast number of our people with ooaut opportunity thus far to ex amine tiie question in nil its aajieos have amine the question in. ail its aspect# ton"ve w i till ?peelous suggestions which, iu this 1 1 n>e of misfortune and depression, find willing listeners prepared to give cre dence to any scheme Which Is plauslb.y presented as n remedy ?or> their unfor tunate condition. What is now\ more nee<led than any-' thing else is a. plain and simple pre Mentation of tho argument In favor of sound money. In other words, It is a time for the American people to reason together a<* mciml>erfl of a great nation ?which can promise tlhcnn a contijuiriuce of protection and safety only eo long aa it* solvency is unsusjMX-ted, its honor unsul lied, an<l tiie soundness of Its money unquestioned. These tthiijfts are ill ex changed for tho ill.fikSons of a dcl>a?od currency and gr<nm?ll?#s hoive of advantages to l>o attitied liy a <kisregard of our f finan^v clal credit and ^commercial standing among the n?tiom\of the -world/ If our people were isolateo .fjrein all tdliers, and if tlhe question' of our cufrrwrey oould be treated without regard to~our relations to other countries. Its character would he a matter of comparatively lilt'.? im portance. If the American . people were only concerned in the maintenance of their previous life among themselves, they wight* return to the old basis of hartor, am! in this prlmitlvo manner acquire from each other the materials to ?ni?itiir iiJjji. \v_o-uJLa of. t_helr e.xist.euce, But if American civilization will Ik> satisfied with this It would abjectly fail In its high and noble mission. In these restless days the farmer is tempted by the assurance that though oi.r currency may be debased, redundant and uncertain, such a situation would improve the price of liis product. Let us minimi him that he must buy as well as fdl; that his dreams of plenty are shaded hy the certainty that if the price of things he has to sell in nominally enhanced the cost of thing** he must buy will not remain stationary; that "best prices which cheap money proclaims are uusuibstautiHl and elusive, and even* if they were real ami palpable he must necessarily be left far behind in the race for their enjoyment. lr ought not to be difficult to convince the wage earner that if there werofjben^ tits a rising from a dcgencrated>yr|-em'^ they would reach him least oP*all and IhhI of nil. Iii an unhealthy stiinilla tion of prices an increased cost of all tiie needs of his home must be long' his portion, while he is nt the same time vexed with vanishing visions < f increased w.ig?? and an easier lot; the pages of history/and experience are full of thi*? le!*;oiiy Ail insidioiw attempt is made to cri/ite a prejudice against the advo cj'tes^o t a Tafe and sound currency by the insinuation, more or less directly hi ule, that they liebmg to financial and brsinrxx rinses and are therefore not only out of sympathy with the common people of the land but for w'.fwdi and wicked purpose*. a>itl willinjr to sacri fice the interests of those outside their circle. I Ixlieve that capital aud wealth through combination and other- means Ko.iietiiiiCH gain an undue advantage"! and it must be conceded that the ma in tenant*1 of a sound currency may, in a sense be Invested with a greater or hsn import ance to Individuals' according to their condition ami circumstance?. i? h'jm v?t f>r rm lr a difference In de gree. since it 4s uttwly inipowJble 4hat any one in our broad land, rich or poor, whatever may be his occupation, and whether dwelling fa ? cootrs ?! Amums aiul commerce, or In a r?nioto corner ot our domain, can bo really benelitod by a linaticlul tschcmo not alike Wneficiai t <? all our people, or that an>v t?no should l>e excluded from a conundfe. and uui* versa 1 interest In tho nafo elwweler ami slablo value of the currency of the country. In our relation to this question wo nro nil in business for we nil buy ami Bell; tfo we all have to do w ith financial oper ations. for we all earn money ami ?jM?ud it. We cannot escape our in^rdepou tlence. Merchants uti<J* "dealers are in every neighborhood ami each hue Ilia shops ami inn mi factories. Wh?Mver tho wants of man exist, busi ness and finance in Home dpsrce are found, related in one direction to tho?e whoso wants they supply and In another to the more extensive business and fin ance to which they are tributary. A fluctuation in prices at the seaboard is kno\v?!)the same day or hour In the re motest hamlet. Th? discredit or tteptv cltUlon In financial centres of any form of money In the hands of the people Is ; a signal of Immediate loss everywhere. If rcckhas discontent and wild experi ment should sweep our currency from Us safe support the most defenceless of all who suffer In that distress and na tional discredit will be tho i*>or>tp, as they reckon the loss In their scanty *hp port and tho laborer and woHtlpgrtian, as he sees the money he has received for his toll shrink and shrlvol In his hand when ho tenders It for the neces saries to supply his humble homo. f.)ls |Ull6 It as we may, the line of hattle ts drawn between the forces of saf a cur rency and those of sliver monometallism. I will not believe .that If our people aro afforded an Intelligent opportunity for sober second thought they will sanction | schemes that however clocked mean dis aster and confusion, nor that they will consent by undormlnlng the foundation [ of a safe currency to endanger the bene ficent character and purpose of their gov | eminent. Yous very truly, TIIK DHY A!VI? WKT . The Knot fmiM In RvcrKreon Park Are nt Hit KKcr'i I'ol n t n . April 14.? 'Municipal iHilities in Evergreen I 'ark repelicd an oxoltintr mImko 1n?t tiitrli t in the arrest of eight residents of t li c? place on tho charge of briliery, perjury. dusordeHy conduct nnd earryinc concealed wo? pons. The fol lowing wore arrested: Rev. Ooorjro Mor>r, pastor of the Baptist Church: Attorney .TiVhn O. Bailey, Alexander Rioilvmiond. William C. Ballon. Otwrtro Miller, An trust CoMsclnaCk. rtnd Wm. A. Bennett. Tho wtirrnnta were sw lorn; out by Fred T/eWhin, a saloon keener. Ballon and Bov. Mr. CWoore wore nr rested while lea diner a pravor meeting: at the church nt P:JV) o'elock. All were taken before Justice Cunnimrhnm nt Mount Greenwood. wlio admitted them to hail. The trouble grow out of the primaries hebl some t imo ago when the (wo parties in tho village came to b'nvp. The question at issue in the villa ee is t'be saloon question. One party, bond ed by I/ophin. wants tbe sitfoon to re main. Tho other party, of w'harjh those arrested last ivijrtit are leaders, i?\,striv ing to pet village government to yiake the village "dry. / this cuiTn At. r\?n'\in\. f'nl . Hiiltyc Kail* Mortally Wounded, ?. Three Other* Killed. fw ll.v Southern Associated Press. Calcutta. Avril 14. ? The following news, of the '"hitral campaign was sent from Sir Robert I/ow's headquarters to day: A corp? of guide*? under Colonel Mattyo were instrueted yesterday to de stroy the villages in the hjlls from which ?i persistent tire w.i? dropped into caniii. I'he guides advanced further than Sir Robert had intended. They discovered 'wo I a rare bodicr* of !'??? enemy aonroaeh incr and signalled to that effect. Sir Robert sijrtmlled back that the guides should retire at once. This tho cuidee i^lid at onea, delivering a steady fire ,11 1 , the enemy. The natives were held in ?beck and nppar? ntl.v suffered heavy losses, .lust aw tin- movement of the mi ides' corps was completed Colonel Itattve fell mortally wounded. 1 1<? died 1 few minuted later. The British lost three others killed, and two otth'er? iiihI ?i>v<nteen urivates' wonndod. The Rriti-di had no idea that such a fore*? of the enemy was in the immedi ?ite noiirblwirbnod. Nevertheless their loss would not have been so heavy had' the eominai dcr's instructions been un derstood and obeyed. Further tiirlitingr in thoiuxrr future was ropardod an like ly \yfien the last dispatches left tin? >TiTrrj?. -v. < KII.MOO HIS BROTIIKIt'S AVIKR. Aetunted by Hevenuro, lie Kills Her nnd Then IIIniHelf. By Southern Assoelnted Press, New York, April 14.- Becnuso Oamillc Taiida, his brother's -wife, ub raided him for his wild -uiavs ?ind failure to pay bis board. Charles Jnnda today killed her. and then sent a ballet through his own ..braliu AV'th probably fatal results. Ac cording1 to tit**. m"Y fy" i>7~ ttrr- r^^r dered woman 'n husband, young Charles bns been a oauno of trouble to him nnd bis wife for months oast. Bather than be, troubled longer. they told him that be' would have to leave tbe house an?l find quarters elsewhere. Tie left with threats of revenee. This mornimr about 1 1 o'clock Oh a rloH* v i sited the borne of his brother, and demanded that bis ?ls ter-in-law give Imn bis clothes., which she had retained lveeause of Charles' nonpayment of bis board bill. A vio lent quarrH followed, in the midst of vvOiinh Oh a rlcs .Tan'a suddenly drevfn re volver and fired noint blank at ^fr?. ?Taiukl's breast. The bullet 7?iereeil ber boart. and she fell dead without a cry. Olnrles then sent a bullet into his brain, Inflictinir a nrobablr fatal wound. Wm. Janda. the husband of the murdered wo ^uan. wafl ahyrrltietl witness of the tracr ? '?%f|"*Ti*ortt inir wr>? done so quiekly lliat be did not have time to interfere. HARTIKltTAKRa IX Slfll.V. Tli?' I'enplc Badly I"rl? ?u| No Dentin* Ileported. By Southern Associated Press. Rome, April 14. ? Several districts of Sicily were abaken sevcre/y by effth quakes totlay. Tbe ?liock? were most violent in the province of Syracuse. Tn Monterosso Almo the faende of a church and several bouses wore laid in ruins, and many other bulldinKS were daui atc<Hl. The dmjroon* at the lmrracka were alarmed after t4ie first shock, ti-rxl wore marebftd out in ha?te an tho finlto wore cnrpVtnjr. Ttre perypte of fhe-'toTm are badly frUftvtMied. and refuse to utay -lixloors. No death* bavc been reported. 8tesM?v named. By Southern Associated Press. Parts, April 14- ? Th# small Fr>ncn . ??*?wthlp lm Heve, which was iiM In the petroleum trad*, Wimff last nl#tii at the pier at Havre where she was unloading Part ot tb 0 pier was de _ J SPAIN' wovr trtv. (? it ii lion I Miuli' lit Kid Too H\|it'ii nIvv ? Monej (or <'nl?n 1$_V Southern Amhih'Iii ted I'dliH, Madrid, April Mi. The Spanish gov ernment has abandoned the negotia tions looking (?> tin' purchase of the cruiser recently built u't Kiel /or China. vihiv.Ji wn* not delivered owing to this fact that the purvlutse money wax um fArt in^mlng, The Imilder of the inns or dcinaiuta tiO.OOO pounds for his ves sol ami this figure the Spanish authori ties consider exorbitant : tin* govern moat havm? recently paid onl> -l.'t.iHio pounds for a yruiser of the same type. The torpedo guultoai* Martin Alyiu>, I'in/.on, .luiuz, Halicla ami Kllipin is, wi>! sail for Cuba tomorrow. Other veiiselu aro hiving wot in oast* tlicj 1 ? s , i > l>v3 required. Scnor ('ftKlillaaiM*, minister of colonies, sends only l,tK>0,tHH* pesetas in nil \ ?? ? to Cultt). a ad if nu?re tnonej us needed n will he sent in gold . CAM POM AlMtl VICH He In Shown t Ii ?* (ircntONt llonor* II) Iiiirtto Xuinbcrt*. H.v Southern A??ooii t im! I'rcss. , I Havana. April Mi. (Jeneral Martinez Campos arrived at Santiago at f> o'clock afternoon ami was enthusiastically ^Peeived. The ships in the luirlwir were Hay with banting aiffl'V,on shore tho I'oIImh were profusely "decorated with lla^s, espeeially in the nt recta ailjaeont to the water front. The wharves were ! crowded with Mpeetotoiv* who cave the ti-Mu-ral a warm weleome. Shortly after his* arrival (Setters! Chii?|?oh wa?s iuvite<l to attend a haminet to he given in Ilis honor hut declined the invitation, re? n.arkiug that lie preferred the assist ante of the pithlie in the work of re st >rinir ponce to the island. t:\AiiTiiour/.ioi). Xo VuHiorMy for Hie Nt a <?*meil 4 l(ii ? a ril I ii n i : II Kill nil's Xlea I'll U nn II I I ( I mil I ii in . I ? v Southern Associated I'ivsr. l.oadoy, April M>. 1 1 is ascertained llwit, The (Jlobe's statement that f?re?t Li ri lain refuses to accept Nicaragua'* answer lo the liritish ultimatum re trardinig the expulsion of Consular Agent Hatch and intends to take immodlatr aclion to onflorce t'he ultimatum onian ales from the Ivxehanue Telegraph Co. Impiirty nt t'he foreign olios' th4s aftor noon resulted in a refuselu of the officials io divulsre the purport of the official eomninaiwi.litin with Nicaragua 01* to , furnish any information whatever con cerning the matter in the absence of Lord Kimberly and Hinder foreign Sec retary Sir I'dward tJrey lw>Lh of whom are in (lie country. The Kx change 'I elegraph Company's ctiateineut is there fore unauthorized . NlrnriiKiinii i'oinpllcntloiiM B.v Southern Asnoeiated IaukIoii, April 1<t. ? In regard to the report that Secretary <!roshaiit had in fonr.ed the IOnglish tiovorntnent that the iKimlfardment of (Jrey'own, Ni.'.ira mm, wj?ukl be considered an aft in imical to the intercuts0 of t !??? United Slates, The Morning Post tomorrow will print the following' "Impiitj j shows that there is <vrtainly no <pie^tk>i? of the bomlwirdment of <?reyto\vn, i\j?d that Mich a quest ion has never heeii raised between the governments of (Jroat Britain an?l the I'niteil States. M'IjA I'Ci 1,1 VS TttlAI,. CoiiMlilcrst tile Dllllcolty In the Select ton of n Jury. By. Southern Associated l'r?-ss N'mv York, April Hi ?The selt**Mion of a jury in the trial of Inspector Win. L. McLaughlin1 wns n^unied this inoriviiu: before .Tudire Barrett in the Court of Over and Terminer. When the court, adjourned last evening only one Juror hail been selected . Fourteen talismon wort* examined yestenlay . The greatest luveavtMon was "xcreised on both sides in the selection of n jury ami judging by the progress thai was urid<e yi^lerday it will take cit least a week to get the "jury. VAPATHO THR OltDRR. Tlie I ii co in e Tn\ Cime of. C'liIenRO I'omI poiicri . By Southern Amociuited 1'ivss. Cliiago, April IlJ. ? Judge Sho\"al!ei, at the opening of Die court this morn ing entered tin oder vacating tin* re i-draining ord<"*> againwt C. 11. Sieger, Cooper iV Co., making their income tax iet 11 ids. The judge had sent for Attor l ney Bin^iwa nger, who secured the ordei yexiterility hii<1 in ojk-ii court he an nounced the vacation of the order pend ing a formal hearing. "I looked hur riedly at t'he hill," sai.l the eoiii't, >nT?d did not understand that it was /taxed ' of uiieonsl it iH'io/iality I regarded it eis a mere tormai" -'maiTer. The defenda.JitK wciv pri'sent in court and consented to the prn-eeiljiigs, being a motion which was not ?vuitee?ln|h A-y granted it. The order will now tic vacated and a hearing on the applica tion set for twti weck.s from today." crcvrit i. ni:om; \\r/. \tio\. Co II Men < of Koiitliorn ('niirln \eccw miry for lln IVrfccllon . By Southern Associated I'resn. N'i'W York, April Hi. ? It will lie two or throe week** at least before the plan for Che reorganisation of the < icorgia Central Kailroai f?< othciully pronvulgat ed . It tern have already been pub lished, bnt it wiK be n?v<*??a ry to secure fhc /^tlwont of the courts in the South to the ariuikgcmcot. before asking tin stock and landholders to subscribe to it. As the Southern Railway Company owns ii majority of the stock of the ticorgla Central, it will have control of the road after the reorganization. on ha \ sifcaitH. Tlic lulled Slntm Tool* t?N I'rr Out . of Ihe Ki|iortR. ^ 1 By Southern Awiciatwl Cress . Washington,* April Hi.? A report has just l?een received by -the department of State from <V?i??ul General WiHiams nt Havana, giving the exports and stock ol Cuban sugara (hiring the fiscal year IWt to lMf+o. Hw r?t*?rl thai of tlio ox|wtf?< 1)2 |>er ccnt.jihavw gont to the IJniteil Static and H per rent, to other ooimtrie*. Of tflie stfxks then were shared hi the severat por* of Cuh.? on the SWrt ultimo, 3ttt,229 King torn against 25ft, 133 long ton* at the correa- ' ponding |n?rlml o^ iaKt yeor. It h* lik?4jr tiMKt the jwvsont ciiilr^ menrtlier will be th* la?t to rtrreaten the , fruit owe. <r\. . .... . j / , SILVER MEN ! ARE ACTIVE. ? i s||ll.i:\ \>l? WAHNDII SI'llAli l> m:.\ \ Kit, ( in,, V (AMl'AKi.N IIAS 1I)UIC.\ J IN AtUl'llATtil). y "v / V So nut or #!<??? uvt'N Name (< !?????< ?-?l WUli A |?|?lt? iikt*. I ly Bout hern Associated Press. Doiiver, Col., April 10.? The open ntr I iuksh iiktIIiik li ? >1* I from tho steps ot ilu* I cupitol this uf tor noon, jo hoar tho spccchca of silver a?ltutors Gon. Warner, , of Now York, ami ex-Congressman Sib ley, of Pennsylvania, was ono of tho largest 1 ). nvor has evor soon. Dong bo foro tho hour whloh had hoon wot for tho opening tho people began to gather ami al i! o'clock t hero were many thousand listeners. IOxeurslon trains brought In Inimlr. ds from mining camps, on tho steps of the fapltol and about ihe grout arondo were gathered many dis tinguished Colorado citizen#. Tho air was delightfully mild and the sun shone brilliant. For an hour before tho llmt> set for the speeches, ihe bands plrtyotl,. Judge A. W. It ticker Introduced Con gressman Sibley who was greeted Willi chc rs. tie said: "1 dlu not come to Colorado to tall^ silver. I can do that In the lOast wberd It Is needed, IjuI I eaino to asU you to advance ami exult tho spirit of pa t ri'o t - Ism, oven at tho sacrifice of partisanship. Tho President has said the Ignorant peo ple oi Colorado havo got to bo educated on the money question, and 1 wish' he were hero to see whom he proposes to educate. The silver sentiment is steadily growing and even III Huston and Michi gan it is crystallizing. It Is spreading m spin- of the eftorts of J. Sterling Morton and other members of tho Cabinet, -no peoplo of the Mast will think the white ballots for silver in 18SMJ will amount to a snow storm and will II- down and die liko tho blind mule in tho styrtn of pop corn. If sllvor had got Its rights when Cleveland look tho rresideni s chair Tien ver wotlld now be thr? eentr- of tho population of tho United States. Hut I dlil not come here to attempt to edu cate yon on the subject of bl-metalllsin I >n t to seo tlu{ peoplo of Colorado and talk with tbcmXas brothers, ami till my self with the life and vigor aud electri cal force which One gets from breathing the puro ozone of Colorado and shaking hands with her people." Mr. Sibley was trequeutly interrupted with appiause from tti<* vast assemblage, uf nion and women and expressed Him self as more than gratified with the earn estness uf i be people In the cause of ;\l ver. G>miul Warner followed Mr. Sibley in a practical business-like discussion ol l lie subject which has been bis lUY-long study, tie also read extracts from u let ter which ho received this tmornlng from Senator Jones explaining the. cause uf h.s absence and failure to bo with the party attr I nls time. The letter Btated that Sen ator Jones had fully Intended lo make tlio Wt stern tour with Alcssrs. Sibley and Warner but on the day that ho was to start from New York his physicians positively forbade him to attempt . it. Senator Joiu\s is suffering from luVtn't disease ami spells of great physical de presslon. The loiter also stated that he had telegraphed General Warner before, the party left Chicago but tho telegram was not received by Mr. Warner. Senator Stewart's name was heartily' cheered. As to tho futuro movements ot the party in this State, the committee having the matter In charge havo nr rangvd for a spoelal train over the ?m ver and Itlo Grande. Tho palHy will start tomorrow morning. It Is their Intention to stop for an hour or two at a number of the smaller towns along tho route, and receptions will ho given at the larger places. Tho cities visited will In clude Colorado Springs, rueblo, Dead-, vlllo, Glenwood Springs and Aspen. This evening Mr. Sibley addressed a crowded house at tho Young Men's Christian Association rooms on 'Copies of the Times." P , "The HI K Voor.1' Washington, D. C., April 10. ? Secretary Clarke of tho American bl-mctallle lea gue referring to the reports that Sena tors Stewart and Jones of Nevada, wero indiffere ntly disposed towards J,ho new silver movement inaugurated by the par ty Inasmuch as they (lid not Join ex-Con gressman Sibley .and Gen. Warner In' their l>?iiver tour-said tonight: The #lm plo truth Is Gen. 4 Warner, Mr. KM' y, and Senator Jones arranged to meet at Ch.cago last Saturday and proceed tln-iicc to Denver. Senator Joins who had been In Now Y'ork and started In advance ol the party was suddenly taken III and Is now detained sick at the Astor House. It was well understood that Senator Stewart could not leave Washington Im mediately, but he expects to start Tor th?? West on Thursday, reaching Denver ?? o?i Monday next. -Dig Four" of the American bl-v metallic party, Messrs. Jones, Warner, ' 57i7iv? .T "??}- '"Ui uxiiiiL a.t_ the W ? > t as soon as possible and take that sec tion by storm. Later, so to speak, > tn y ''will carry tho war Into Africa. The South and Kast as well as the West Will hoar from them before long. Kx-Congressman Sibley this evening received a telegram informing him of the dangerous Illness of his sister, lie lett tonight for Pennsylvania abandoning his Western tour. Tlir* Colli Men n < Work. Now York. April 16. -^President Cleve land's appeal for "sound" money organ ization imt with response today at the meeting of the committor on program for tho 2T>th annual convention of trie American Hankers Association to be held at Atlanta, Ga. October ir>, 10 and h. Tho meeting was held at tho National Hank of the Kepubllc. It had been called several we k? ago. None of the com mittee supposed at that time Unit any thing would be proposed except details relating lo the order of proceedings. A suggestion that the Merchant Hankers' Association should declare In favor of sound money was unanimously approved, and the committee set aside the routine work laid out for It and applied itself to discussing the functions that It might properly exu-clfle In adopting trte pro gram to local purpose* In 'Ills tonitn lion. It was learned that each member s!g nllled his approval of the plan to make tho convention the highest ^e^rt-e. u?h. I ful to the public's** a guide and educa tor In accordance with the advice in th* President's letter. It seamed to the committee that much good might bo done under a wisely de veloped plan especially s!not* the conven tion would he held on the e w of thft fall elections. Having devoted almost all of today's session to the sub>-ct. the com mittee Is considering suggestion* regard- < In* It from hankers, with the view of shaping a plan for action at another meeting. Tho tronhie tbi? "?r?und monev" talk is ttiat there is too much sound and not enough money in It. (INMMi MAMU'K ? Inn Tlirvc of Tin-in Kicnix'tl Frmu Ilic Multt'Atvun A?)lmu. Ity Southern A ssi'viii t < -d l'r*****. Newinirg, N. V., April 12. ? This af ternoon l>r. Allison, onporlntoudonit of (ho MattcHWHJi Asylum for (ho Criminal Insane, gave v>u t (ho fallowing st*to mont regarding (.ho manner in which the Wrtiiw'Nilft.)' night of tive in uitvtoe was affected : Upon (ho return of Qnig>!oy, a statement wns ohtminod from hint Nhowlng (hat (ho onoapo was duo (o a violation on (ho part of adonvlants of (ho rnhsH of tho institution n ml also to a enivlCMsucsa in tho manner of lock ing up. A ) motion of tho inmates of (ho isolate! hnl'ding woro allowed to km to t)io dining iN>oin to their meals, hut Mo tiuiro iind IVrry, among ?*?veral others, received thoir moal.s in lliotr rooms . Their food waa jcivou U> them upon a pinto with a metaJ iron spoon. Tho regu lations aro (hat Monads of this oharnotor Hhonhl always l*o ooun(od in and counted out so that nothing tdionld ho acerotod in tho looms. Hy a uogloot of t.hoRc pro caution* Mctiuire got irvto i>o>?so??don of (wo njuhuih, with which ho was en ah'od to f-iMhion keys to tho outor door. I( is not certain how ho ohtainod the pattern, hut ho evidently worked in con junct Ion with another patien(, to whom no piussed tho key* of the door. This patient on tho way to Hupper unlocked t.h?> lowor look, v'hvli was entirely be yond (Ivo roaoh of any pationt confined in tho mom, anid this fact l?sl (o tho suspicion that tho doors could not he opened wit'hont collusion on tho part of some outsiders. This was true, hut (he assistance was afforded hy moans of a patient in tho word and tho neglect of ?tihe attendants to properly try tho doom (hut evening . Tho lowor holt not hetng pro|M?rly thrown it is said MiKlnire was onahlo<i. through tho observation opon sjng in the door to resell tho upper look. It Is not known certainly whether Mo (Inure witN able to roaoh the m*j?or look through observation ojMMiiiig of tlu> door or w hot her lie was assisted in a similar way hy the jwitieivt, Davis. At any rate after the visit ?>f (tie night watchman Mo<iniro left his room and opened Qulg ley's door and tho two eaitcred the room of l'erry, whdre (hey remained until the ronndtrwin's npponmnoe. When rwi< lung tho door (ho watchman wiik smhlenly sot upon and seeuml in the niaunoi' that litis l?oen related hy (lie press, ami as lie was fVmnd. The patleuit not having keys wore not uhle to lonw ?th<? building Lhruugli ally of the exits and found them st-lvis ?tiU barred from escape. They made their wiay (o (lie chapel and thus rendied tlio attic. and in (hat way found egress l?y means of the lxx>f. Aim I FT AT MR A. I. eft ??( Hie Mercy of tlieWnve*, 1mi< Waa Hnved. J3.v Southern Associated Press. Sa C5a., April 13. ? The ateamer Fostlna, which arrival hero today from Boston, had on board U. <\ Boyd, of Norfolk, who was taken off a barge sea last Tuesday about twelve miles j east i>y northeast of Cape Ifaltema lightship. Tin* barge had laen adrift since Monday night at 8 o'clock, being parted from tho tugboat, Thomas A. Biin, during a rainstorm and heavy sea. There Were two railroad barg<v> b longing to the Norfolk and Cape Charles Railroad lashed tog-ether, and j were being towed by 'the tugboat from Wilmington, Del., to Norfolk, Va. The young man Boyd wna the only person on Ikwi rd of the barges. They got out of the Capes Saturday night, and were struckb y a storm. The hawser parted, and the tiff:, to have herself, put back to Norfolk and left tJie barges and Boyd to the mercy of the wavts. Ho bad nothing t<> cut from Saturday night un til 3 o'clock Tuesday, when he was taken off tslid cared for by Capt. 1*11 il brook, of the s -le o.ier Foatlna. Ca^pt . I'iiilbrook sent Boyd home t</night by rail. The barg.s were passed last Thura day at noon in latitude 36. 40, longitude 75.10, by the steamship ix-ssoiig, from Philadelphia, which arrived here today. i,ooki<;i> srsi'iciONH. The .Murderer of Wnln nnri Strong 1'rrbnjiN fouud. By Southern Associated Press. Cheyenne, Wyo., April 1311? In Juuo of r 188S, S. Morris Wain, of Philadelphia and C. II. Strong, of New York, wore murdered by their teamster while hunt ing in Carbon county, tfieir bodies bedng found at Poiut of Itocka. Nothing was , ever heard of the murderer of the teanif Yesterday a passenger ou an east-bound' train who waa acquainted with Walu and Strong, saw a feJlow passenger whose face recalled the driver of the team and the murdered. lie a*ked the | stranger if I10 had not been at Point of [" Ivtfrtrs- s-i the tluu/i at thj? murder. "1 dont care to talk al>out that," said the man and walked away. The passenger had him arrested. The man refuww to talk or divulge hits name. He was taken to Rawlins and lodged in jail. Weekly llnnU Statement. By Southern Associated i'ruus. New York, April 13. ? The weekly state ment of tho associated banks shows the following changes: Bcscrvo incr. aso $ 903.&0 Boans Increase .VH.SoO Spcclo Increase JU5.X00 Begat tenders Increase K?,100 Deposits Increase 3.CKW.200 Circulation Increase 57,300 Tho banks now hold SI l,S?22,77.r> In ex cess of tho requirements of th? 25 per cent. rule. la Favor of th? Plaintiff. Little B<>ok. Ark., April 12 ? Judge Williams handed down, in the Federal Court today, a decision in the case of the First National Bank of tWfl city against the aCpital fltr?-et Railway. The decJsivn whs in favor of Hw plaintiffs .1 ihIk'" (iroiimp Merloanly III. By Southern Associated Press. New York, April It, ? A iq?ecial from RodhuxlH, Cab, Mays: Judge Crosneup, the famous Federal Judge In Chicago who fame to Ketllaivdit some two weeks ago in ttwjiope of throwing off a severe at lack Of tho grip, t* very low. Mid fears aro entertained that ho may not re uover. Cholera Afcatla*. I /on don. April 12. ? A dispatch to The Central News from the Pescadores, under the date of April 0th, nay* thai cholera i* acting at M.ikung, where there arr "?47 oiti cu^es, 3S Dew on** and 34 death*. I ftllts. llltUKN HMMCAHKI). i \ Wiiinnii >\ lio linn KlHitrVil I'ronil lU'iitly for u Yt'ur I'uat. -Vila iitii, (iji., April K>. .-(Special.) ? Mi'? M. 10. tlickciu or McFad?lon, tin* notorious contbleuw Woman who has occupied much ityrttv in the newspaper* t?>r a ycur* jmKt, during a i>eviod of on forced re u ??' in Fulton county Juil. was released today upon a decision oC the Superior Court submitting t ho de nuiriTi' to the Indictment for forgery upon which she was convicted. Mrs. llickcn signed the name of K. C. Honderson to a bojfus chwlt on the Kank of Til usville, Kla-, this being one of the many crooked transaction*! for which she was actually tried. It (IpvpI |m>i| that the namo of tho party whoso name kIi?> evidently intended to forgo was c. K. 1 icinlt't'Non, and upon th* technicality of transpiwod initials tin* woman defeated t)u> indictment, '"tW Mu perior Court holding that alio hadfaioi signed tla' name of any actual iperjion. There are other churn** against tho wo man, ami she will U> indicted again in all proltahilily unless her victims are eont -at to I ft her go with her year's imprisonment as full punishment. While in Jail Mrs. Iticken ha? been making a "beauty paste," soiling it to Atlanta laities, and she announce* now that she will give a lecture on "beauty" at the opera house, not beauty as she found it in Kulton county jail, but beau* ty as she says Who can teach it lo others. Til 10 SIC A HO A II I) CASK .In duo I.uiiiyktu Will Aunnnnt'c Ilia Decision Tomorrow, V I l:i n t ii , Am :! 1 .r?. - (Special. V-Judge Lumpkin today announced in court (lint ln? would render his decision in tho Seaboard Air Line injuiu'tion case at I) ? ?'??lock tomorrow morniug. There i? n ijroni deal of anxiety in railroad circle* as to (lie decision an?l ?|MV>ulntion a* to wliat it will be has been w' '>dy indulged in l(iil:iy. If J initio Lumpkin nhouM grunt ? permanent injunction to pro vent tin* >rr>*hvi11o ami Chattanooca from t tiki rig p\rt in tin* boycott of tin* Southern Hailway ami Steamship Asso ciation .'mains! tlio Seaboard Air Idne, (lie otfeet Would lio to praetjoally kill I he boycott, n n t as ii result there i? I i t - tlo ilmilit l?nt (lint the boycott would soon lie declared off. On the other hand if the in junction is denied, the war on the Seaboard by the Association would be continued and the rate war on payeenger ( rathe now looked for with the Southern would ppobrl ly lie prccipita ted. In fnct it is utiderxfiiod that .fudge l/um)dil?'a decision is all thai the Southern has been wailing f?r before meeting the Seaboard in iin cuts. It is the gcner.'iLbolicf among biwdneSK men who have interested themselves in the question that Judge Lumpkin will irrant (lie injunction perm inciitly. HON. JAN . W. SCOTT. itcNoliiloiiH of Condolence Ailoptrd ??y {*??<<?>? Ktuti'n nini Inter iinti?n 4 ill .JxiiomIHIou . Hy Southern Associated Pross. Atlanta, Qa., April IS.? At tlio annual i in?*etlng of the stockholders of the Cotton States and Internatlonl Kxposltlon thla afernoon the following resolullons woro unanimously adopted: Whereas, In the death of lion. James \V. Hcott, tho Cotton States and Inter national Kxj>osltlon has not only lout an honorary vice president, hut a strong, active and valuablo friend, while the country at large loses a distinguished eltlzcn, and tho newspaper world one of tho brightest stars In lt? Armament: ItPHolved, That tho Cotton States and Inernatlottal Exposition Company, In an nual stockholders meeting assembled, de plores th" sudden death of this distin guished man, and tenders to his bereav ed famtly.Vjind th? staff df Tho Chicago Tlines-IIerqJ^.atricere sympathy and con dolence, and that tho secretary shall forthwith communicate those sentiments In duo form, and devote a page of the minutes of this corporation to the memory of Honorary Vice President Jus. *v. Scott. ATLANTA KXPOSITION. It Orowi In Magnitude nn the I)nyi Go-on Apace. Hy Southern Associated Press. Atlanta, Qa., April IB.? The exposition stockholders met today and re-elected tho old hoard <Af directors. President ('oi lier mado a statement about tho prog ress of tho exposition, saying that II started to have Ave buildings and has ^Krown to twenty largo buildings. The president assured tho (stockholder* that tho exposition will be c?w?'l>loto Jn #.'ery r<?pcct when tho gatcqf open<~There wero sixteen hundred men at worn today, an(i \hy tho end of tho week twenty-/lvo hun \lred men will be employed. ' A Good Showing. Hy S.iiitht rn Ar-soeinted Press. New York, April 15.- The annual re port of (he American i otiaeeo Company shows a MirpliiM of $1.(1111.227, after al lowing f<?r the income tax and preferred rdock dividend. The surplus after coni iii in stock dividend m $ I ,Mtl."?,24?7. Totnl surplus $7, M'N, on DeccKiitwr .'11, 1MH. KL'ICIDKO. An Allnntn Woman Swallow* I'olaon and FnUe Teeth. Hy Southern Associated Pross. vrs. Olio Mur ray, 35 yoarB old, who lived at I6C 101 1 lot street, took a dose of poison and swal lowed her false teeth at <no same last night. She died today. The swallowing of J tho teeth may havo been an accident. Stio was a divorcee. i.aiiok oroanikbrs. Agents of the American Railway Union In Atlanta. Hy Southern Associated Press. Atlanta, CJa.^'-Xprll 15.? Tho labor or Kanlzatlons arfl being organised here.' Agents of tho American Pallway Uftlon have been here and It Is said have organ* I zed a branoh. During the strike last year they could not get an entrance here. Set Afloat, Hy Soutliern Associated Press. New York, April IS.? The steamboat Continental, New Haven Line, which ran ashore on Ward's Lsland yeatardajr. got off thfs afternoon. 8h? la not ?o badly damnged^y waa at rtrat anppoaed. r*~" Directors Elected. N cm York, pArll IS.? The following di rectors were elected at the meeting of the Amer|ean Tohaoeo Company today: fleorge Arendta, Benjamin If. Duke, JC. I W. OaU ana Jomna Cfowae, * SAVED BY HER CuRSETS. A Ml HDl'.HOi N ATTACK HI Alt U UPON A l.ONH WOMAN. TWO VU IOUM I.INUHH UU W 11)10 OK T1I10I11 MAJtK. A llobber ICntem u Houno iu llroud l)ii)Ilulit and DfuiuutU Money. Ify Southern A?<> oeia ted I'ress, Jacksonville, A pri 1 15.- ?Mm. \V, L). Alexander, who with her IiumiuuhI, rooms at tlio rtttidciice nf J. 0. I'urdy, hi Hi versiile, a suburb of Juck&onviliQ,, had quite in exciting ?.d venture with a rob ber Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Alexander was alone iu tin' he I (its aiui while Miiiiif; at the door heard stealthy footsteps, au?l she rose to sic what ii wa? on tho plaza, with two bouiids a nuui stood before her. lit* demanded all the money there was in the hout-c, ami when told there was none, went and tried another door. Mrs. Alexander screamed, and the rohber jumped back at her and de manded the keys to the door which ho found Keked. She refused, him aJid, seizing her b> tin- collar, he pulled out a knife ii ud made tv\o tftrusts at her. Tho lirsi thrust ntruek the steel iu her cor* net and the second a w'htylqbono in tho waist of her dross. die, then throw her to one wide ami she fell on tho bed. The robber evidently thought ho had killed her ajul going into tho next room made n hasty search through a trunk in search of money. Mr. Alexander and Mr. and Mis. I'urdy returned home two hours and a half later and found Mm. Alexander iu an unconscious condition. It wiih fiirly an hour before they could oriug her lug enough to tell hi-r story. SUIT FOll Cu|?t, Aiuom linker t'littma VS!t,(M)() llHiuuitoM From C'bntriunn Kngllali. Atlanta, April 15.? (Special. ^Attor neys It. II. llill and Ij. L. Kosscr today entered suit for damages on be half of ('apt. Amos 'Baker, against IJx Chuirinan W. Kuglish, of the board of jKilice com m n'Hidners, and Capt. J. Al. W right, chief of the detectives. The ?>uit, which is the out-cropping t>f tho political disruption of the police lK?ard. which has been so niucli in evideuco be fore tho public recently, n^id the luvestl gatioii of the pulico department u^6n tiio charges resulting from thin political distention. Oaptaiu Baker was appointed olurk of the Itecorder's Court by City Clerk" Woodward, who wan persona ,11011 grata lo Chairman Knglimh politically, and (his wan the entering wedge that has caused all the trouble with the police dcpnrtiut'ut. At Cliairmau hhigllsh's di rectiolr Chief Detective Wright filed formal charges against linker to secure his removal. These charges made seri ous reflections upon Baker's private char acter, but on investigation, which lasted nearly a week, they were not sustained, although the ill vewtiga tlon? brought out mere evidence of rottenness in this city than the public ever dreamed of boforfej,. Baker's attorney a now claim that "I these charges were libellous and upon that ground ha vo-~ttegiin suit to recover $25,000 from C!iptai!r*/Wngli*h. who is very wealthy, and Chlof Detective Wright, who is also well lixed financi ally. o A LIVKI.Y SCRAP. Two Florliltiuis Meet and One Pnlla * Q?n, Hy Southern Associated 1'ress. Jacksonville, Fla., April 15.? This after noon John Li. Marvin, banker, and J. M. liarrs, city attorney, mot on the aide* walk, and a shooting affray, occurred.'" Thero had hoon had blood between tf)em on account of factional polltloa, crimina tions and recriminations having passed, which led to an assault three weeks ago by Marvin and his brothers upon ttarra, wltn canes. Since then the Marvlna, dk l>ectlng an assault, have been armed. When they met by ohance Marvin drew a pistol and fired point blank. Barra Jumped forward, solred the weapon, and thus diverted his aim. Marvin fired two or three times without effect. All were arrested .lJarrs had no weapon and aaya ho mado no belligerent demonstration. On the other hand Marvin aaya Barra approached him and aatd " you I've Hot you now;" then according to Marvin, the shooting followed. Tho man are an tagonists In city politics and the trouble Is attributable to that fact. Barra re presents the reformers and Marvin thoae opposed to reform. . Only a few days ago Barra waa a a naulted by tho Marvlns because of hie opposition to their methods, and it la aup posed that thin assault grew out of that. Florida's pornlclous election law la re sponsible for the trouble. A CROSS HILL,. <1 The Central Trnst Company 8*?ek a Decree of Foreclosure Agslnat the Oentrnl . Savannah, Ua., April iu.*? * tw" Ccr.l"! Trust Company, of New York, through Judge Henry U. Tompkins, as attorney, has filed a cross bill In the United Htntes courts here to secure a decree of Ibre closuro against the Central Railroad and Hanking Company- under the consolidated mortgage of $13,000,000, for which" the Central Trust Company la truatee. Of these bonds <5.000,000, originally intfcftded to redeem the tripartite bonds, are with " the Central Trust Company and 18,000,000 are deposited for security for the float ing debt, '(he bill allege# defaulta on the Interest, amounting to $1,300,000. Tho object of aervlng thla decree of foreclosure Is said to be to brine aoout a sale of the property for the purpoae of repoganlzatlon on account of the faot that fho decree of foreclosure on the tripar tite mortgage la now bung up in the Unl-1^ ted States Supreme Court on an "pprat by the Southwestern Railroad Company. Government Treef* Defeat wria aargaota at Palm Mir la a. By Southern Associated Preaa. ^>llavana, April' 15. ? A detachment of -<av<>r?im?nt troops from Ilolgnin, com manded by Cf.pt. Agulier. fought a bftnd ?f rebel*, 100 stronir, at Palma Mirlaa ?n Saturday. The insurgent* were at frated with a loss of six killed a ny a considerable mimtifr wounded. Gapt Aguiier is in hot pursuit. Martinet Cnmpo* sniJ'd frnin **Arfo Uico litet evening for GalmaiMr.* la the Srt of Qjanambua, from which It if itant 15 milea. Oesa. Qaati and Marti Laai. ?fAbkaonvllle, April 15. ? A cablegram to tho T knee-Union from Key W eat, ??ys: A private dispatch to the editar ?f the Cuban paper. El Yam. ata tea that Genera la Gome* and Marti landed la fin ha today jrttfl wo a J??acm