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- ? ? : ? ? .** . -??' jyr;--:- ? ( v ' THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE. Mi\4ft Our ISativc ? ?M#piUa4p4^ i "" 111 pi" *"" 'i'.iji)"iii"?i>-i him.. ..iiiii-J ??'?'JiM.a .11 1 '. 1 "" " ' " " y~- -V- ~~ ^ MB VII."; CAHDEN' SM C, FRIDAY JUNE 7. 1*95 NO. 5 THE ISSUE IN * NINETY SIX. ,?UN. A. J, WARNttH'S VIK^'S ON THIS MONHY <tUU8T10N. \ ? >' - % tfUCOt^HNFUL* PAHTIfOH ALWAYtl fORM ON SllfjOtC; INtlllUS. farmtkli U Uold Would ? PlMMial Crlal*. The tWPV flr?t to l,e ??Uled in this oouitrv 1*. What shall be our money. AnJ until this 18 settled nothing can be scttleo. Kverytbing else hinge* on this. It la Ih" cornerstone on whloh reals *he whnU ffthrlr of our Industrial ay atom . ? Them can be no certainly in business of any klt?*l until we have determined what shall constitute the standard of value In the United W*at staanlard or pri mary money shall coiwtot .of. How It ?hall hi supplied, and how and t>y whom the paper currency shall be Issued, and Its volume regulated and controlled. Un til thes* Questions -are settled a general revival of business cannot ?ako place and becomb permanent for the reason that ""?Nconditjor s absolutely essential to safe business undertakings are v/antlng. Hence the money Question la and will be the issue in tills country until it Is ?' settled and settled rightly. It is not > made the Issue at the more behest of a party, or of any body of voters. It is of necessity the supreme Issue and ?an v bs* displaced by no other In the election ' " of twe. But it is asked:. Can a" new- party b* v* formed on a slnglajpsuo? When, in" a free government, mM' take -sides on a dominant' Issue, pi||rtieH are then and there formed. Thoawln favor of the gold standard alreadv form. un? party, albeit, fhat some eall themi^JWVeg bemocrats and others Republicans. Wr tgijS issue, how ever, they all vote one wa/, and they will vote one way t or president In, 1896. Those opposed to the single gold stand ard and In favor of restoring the consti tutional ? standard? of ? gold -and. . ,_allv nr. rrtust also vote together for a president ^lin 1886, or the battle will bo lost. With those for the gold standard united, In the Presidential election, and those against It divided, there ca? be no doubt as to the result. The gold party, in such an event, - wm wm; - ? ; Successful parties always form on sln gle Issues. The first party in this coun try wasv the party in favor of Independ ence. They separated from the Tories ' on ?that issue. After indopcndence hud beqn won all were patriots and at first there was no division into parties. The ^Democratic party, under Jefferson, was "formed on the idea of keeping the power of government in th,e people and against nederalistic ' tendencies to centralisation of pov/er. The Republican party waa formed on the single idea of opposition to slavery, or, more strictly, against the ex tffislon of slavery Into the terrllorles. What Issues, other |han the tariff, k$ep ' thjs Republican party together now? And yet everybody knows that the tariff Is no longer a distinctive party Issue. Every shade of opinion on the tariff can, be found in both parties. Rut if this tboro not the case, under present conditions protection cannot be made effective, and therefore, through force of circumstances, the tariff question cannot be a controlling Tissue. ? - A very brief analaels of the situation -will make this'cleaW^ First, the United States is a debtor nation. It Is estimated that from three hundred to four hundred millions of dollars must be paid annually to other countries as interest on loans, dividends, for the carrying trade, etc. That is, .besides offsetting imports with exports, from three to four hundred mil lions additional must be paid annually to ev^n up accounts. TM1 large balance that accumulates yearly against us must now be paid in gold or in commodities. It Is evident that- it could not be paid entirely in gold for a single year without overthrowing the gold standard. If paid In part even In gold, a gold famine Im mediately sets in, followed neoessarllv by a contraction of mowy and credit, that precipitates a rapid rail Irr prices/ On the other hand, this annual debt can be paid with commodities only on condition that we will art* our, products enough lower than otner countries to ln? duce our creditors to ta*e commodities of us rather than demand gold. In supplying commodious we must com pete with other doblor countries? with South American States, with Inflated pa per currencies; with India, with a ^silver . ?*rr?ncy; with Asia, trading on a silver m**9i and with debtor nations of Europe - ffJZJEtrtK. "P**0 mywvu\9. Moreover, as M1JJ, long ago showed, to oebtor nation can maintain an -ven Ie?'el of prices with credit oi cb'intrici. Prices for manifest reasons, must %fway<? ne sonu'virhat lower in a debtor country than in a creditor country, the dlfyerotico n prico levels depending somewhat on the amount of annual payments required us /Yompared with the entire trade of the country. | About eighty |?er cent of the exports of the United States are the products of - farms, mines, and forests. as to all these products, therefore, it tnuot l?e clearly manifest to every one that prices in this country ^MSt be kept as low as In any other country in tho world, no matter under what system, or at how low wages production may be carried on. Any attempt to raise prices In any clasa of the products wo export must operate Lo-4iLjiao? rheck exports and thus lead to a demand for gold to make up the loss, which In turn ge>*ds prices down. Hence, tariffs cannot pOaalbly be made, directly or Indirectly, to raise prices In this coun try above, or even fully up to, the Inter national level of prices without expelling gold. 8eoond, as to the products which are not- exported, while a protective tariff - may to some extant keep oat competing , products and gtva the ? home supply to home producers, aVen as to such products a tariff cannot, if -tt were right to at ^*Hpipt It, keep prices in the manufacturing * industries greatly ?*p>ve the level of prices for other produo?*t >i ^Manufacturers In ordcV^p *e|| ^ "havM au||"*b*>djr to buy ? nrantiaTV "somo body ab7ie to buy, and It Is manifest that they who produce from farms, forests, aad mines what must go to pay debts abroad cah buy of manufacturers only to the extent of the value of> what they themselves produce. In other words, the power of any claaa to buy Is limited to _ the value of What they have to offer in exefcange. Htner if" In Or^er to com pete with other' countries and pay debts abroad, half our population can earn hut fifty cents a day., they cannut buy what ? -the other half oa? produce at-a dollar a day; they can Only -buy one Half of It. Therefore, Ihoaa who produce at high wages being abla to s*t| bui>'half wbat/4 they produce, must be IdferV they must v prodn<? at lower coat *o that more can be evenly exchanged. Competition, after wtore or lesa r?*1sUsnee. always operates to bring thing* te? common level, or, *t any rate, to piyvmbstM " II by protective tariffs, and hence can no longer be a contnotttng <*ns?*. ef protect law haveilslwil for It. vr&ttTr*' t jTSiilJ?" * tu>? WO should go further In debt ami issue moiv bonds, whH? suoh a. |*?Hoy ww In force and new bonds wero scot-pted In llun of gold, tho law as to prices above stated would l>e In some dogrou modified, and the prloe level In this country might then l>e raised wen above the level of other countries. This. In fact. was the condition of things from 1875) to 1??2. dur ing which period w*? liu>r?>Hwtl our debt abroad at least *3.500, onfcooo. or an average of over *300.000,000 a year. J.IKo a man who ha* mortgaged his farm and then. Instead of paying Interest out of the pro ducts of his farm, gives n*?w notes and haq a Kood time till final wo had a good time till our erflwltors woukl take no more of the kind of or aecusttlos we I Mid been sending tn??i, and demanded gold o>r gov*srn?nenft. bonds. TIjw obje>ot Of this diversion Is to bring out Into olear light the great fact tna t a debtor nation, with a common gold stand ard, oannot make protection effective, and hence that the tariff Is not and oa - not be made a controlling ls?"e country as long as these condition? exmi. The Republican party, therefore, J2$" JJ? longer a distinctive issue. It ba^hothing loft but the money question, artd a can didate for President will be selected with iv<fertmco to the money question rather than the tariff. _ _.AM. What distinctive Issue has the c ratio party? Will It be a lower tarlltr There inunt at least be duty enough laid for revenue, and t??at wlU be more can bo made ? efTecUve for . There is. therefore, no cont rolling issue before the country,' for any party, but^the money question. . i 'loo Issue on the money question Is, first, between the single gold standard and ft return to the constitutional standard or gold ani silver, and, second, the Issue and regulation of tho imper currency, in any discussion of the ctfiange made I n tho mOney standard of the Untied Statos 1878. tho fact can never be lost sight or thai tho change then made was a down right fraud upon the people. Tho claim that tho act demonetising silver was I?aat*vl openly, In tho full light of day, after fro? and full discussion a.nd wlvn tho knowledge of the people, Is simply an egregious lie. No other word ade quately expresses the real fuot. Not forty men out of forty millions of people then In the United States knew or sus pected (had such a change wua about to be made. No monition of It can be found in- a single panor of tftwrt day. Not a citizen In the State "of Ohio, In Congress or out. except the chadrnrian of the fi nance Committee of the Senate, had any knowledge of what was being done. At most, but two Senators and not half a dozen numbers of the House knew that tlto Mint: Ac! oT im conrmntAatrd ctmng Ing tho motley standard of the,,.. United States from gold and silver to gold alone. They who would make coming genet a tlons believe that the act of 1873 was an honorable act. deliberately pass*** eullty of trying to make a falsehood stami In history for the trutlu This act was the result of a cold-blooded conspiracy to spoliate the world, and no more effective way oould possibly have been devised. With tbo gold standard, tho supply or standard money Is limited to the annual production of gold, which, although for the time bolng k? Increased by finds In Australia and Africa, Is certain to becoifc*^ In the near future a waning On ^tho other hand, the needs for gold I to supply new countries and an ever Incrwasing population must go on Inc.reas. lug Indefinitely. As the supply of stand ard money diminishes relatively to the de mand for it. All forms ,pl currency and credit resting on gold must be restricted and the l^el of prices go down according ly. In brief, on the basis of gold atoms, money and credit can be but half the vol umo lit, would be with goldyirtd sliver both formlW^^he "basis of oftier, money and credit. The quostlon. therefore, of the money standard Involves primarily the entire qucatlon of money and credit, anu through these the question of prices g?nr erally. For this reason the question No^f the creation and regulation of a P*P?r currency Is Inseparable from that of the coinage of the njrotats. - If the Staies or private corporations or individuals may tjrqfUe a paper currency, government con t rvl . of coinage win amount to very little. The Issuers of txiper mon?y may put it out in such vol ume as to expei coin entirely from the country. This has been dono more othan once during the present century. This has taken plooe, too, and may again while the currency Is ostensibly redeem able on demand . Webster. In hto sub treasury speech, In 1838, said:. 'The cir culation of paper tends to dlspteee coin, tt may banish It altogether. At this very moment K has banished It." . Again. " others may drive out the coin and fill the country with paper which does not rcp r(*ont coin, of what use is that exclu sive power over cojns and coinage which In given to Congress by the Constitution? Wherever paper Is to. circulate as sub sidiary to coin, or as performing In a creator "or Icrb degree the functions of c.?lnl lis regulation naturally belongs to the (hands wfilttb hold Mie power over coinage. Tblp Is an admitted maxim by all writers; It has been admitted and Ht'tfd upon on all accessary occasions by o ir own gx?vern*nent throughout. Its whole history." It has iMH-omr the fsaiilon of late to re peat as a saRn remark the saying that t (to government should go out of the banking business. whl<-h ha* lK*?*n well M?swe404i by (uro(>o^ntf Uiat the banks uliall go out of the government IhihIiiCSk. That the creation of money Is no | art of legitimate banking, was long ago settled. Mr. Goorge Ward Norman snld In his testimony before the Parliamentary Com nilttce of 1HS7: "Th^ issue of paper mon ey is a perfeo?ly ?Mstlnct operation frtm tho "ordinary business of banking anfl you ysannot mix up together the Issue of paofrmoiiey and ordinary banking busl no*s wivheut doing mischief. " v ? lubrd Ovcrstone in h? testimony n<jfore r.rt name commission said: "1 certainly think it quite essential that live Issue of paper money should be kept entirely separate aUd distinct from i very, thing connected with tho hanking busi ness." Again, "Tho siippfyof th? current Win? thtt Is, tlie money of the realm ? ought to be en tirely Jrt'i'iarated from the banking busl. nepsr'whlch In nitn|.Iy trading In money, ^rftrrdtolng at a lower rate and lending at a higher rate." And again. "The eole privilege of coining money, whether coppef, stiver, gold, or pafwr, ought to be \cftted In one institution, es tablished for exclusive pur|?o*2 *nd subject to qmcrt regulation of law; no shAiv of ntify privilege, ought to be con cxuUu} iu any form toprnfc??or to prfvate Individuals ... i'drfoct freedom of compotlrtoti should yc established Ml the bjjUiK?? of I 8/ikir k, correctly understood, and XVtotiMlly dlRthigirinhH from the functions of coinage or from that of Is. siting Mper tokens or representative-? of coin?that Is. tmn> igrtes, which, In fact, i'Ui coining under a form peculiarly auacap I UMe of abost ? b?oauae the undue Issue W paper notes IS not reatrfcrted by that intrinsic value wNoh effectually regulates the Iseue of metallic roooey." This has tyesn the wMed doctrine In Rurope for at least half .a century and certainly no *nllg!aane<S country outside of dm United flta>lLwdutd Certain for a moment a ptWosfllen to tarn over to" ?hnnmm) 'Ir *?t*e and coofroi of a pa pet" currency. By *lar]irtfi?rpC are faaaka govsrasd fa Hie Issue of paper currency? By aa prlaetpte whatever but lata aa asoaey, each haak h ttmm Ml la I SSppF pro|?oellion to #ubJ(H>t Uk> volume of cur. reticy in any country upon which t ??o prices of all commodities, the wa?v? uj labor, and the value in money of every man's property (lppon<l*, i? Hiouyh to ahock the sense of propriety of any man of competent undorKanllng. Neitner (Mil anything Ih> more abaurd than tlie claim that ain**-ii currency would be tlexlblv incrjiaiiiK automatical ly as currency wim needed ami jrot urning atraln upon its inane in when not needed. Buttice H to alato here, that no auoh re lation exists between money supply. wlicn Unit supply comes from the printing press, ami nv-ds for money as admits of automatic regulation. A Hluglo reasou^ for this atu.temeivt will be suttlcicnt fo bring thin fact out. A sudden Increase in the volume of money, or an Increase beyond tho Increase or population, will always be attended by a 'vise of prices; and as prices rise the demand for money Increases l*ari |>aaau. This, too, la a demand unlike that arising trom increase in tho number nil transactions, which j never k 1ve3 back. Hence if pirtoes double, as the result of an Increase of currency, tlhe demand for two dollars In every trans action will be as great as the demand for one before. llut enough has been said to show that tho queatton of snpplyliiK a substitute for. coin Is inseparalilo from that of coining the metals. ? 1>he only automatic system of regulation of money supply possible is through the production of tho precious mctais; and the question conies back to this: "Shall tho money function bo con ferred on both gold ami silver, as through all the ages of the past, or shall this function henceforth be limited to gold alone?" . i'hls will be lite issue In this country un HI settled by the people, ami In tlv- opin ion of the writer that will be In the elec tion of 1896. A. J. WARNER. New Orleans Bxrlmiiffc Htntciurnl. Nfew rtilc'ltnp, June 4.? New Ofjoftns Cotton KxeliaiitfK statement: Secre tary Hester has jiist Issued a state ment of tho TexftPL cotton crop and movement from Gulf ami Atlantic" States, showing actual deliveries from the State of Texas for the first nine month of the season to the close of 1 May, inclusive, of 3,188.260 balef>, , against X!>76.884 hales for the Kami tlmo season, making: a (net In crease of 1,211,376 bales. Tho deliver ies at the Texas seaboard show ai\ In* crease of 642,711 bales; shipment^ via Cairo and St. Liouls, 14H.&P6, to New Orleans 405,969, and rail shipments to Mexico 30,974. While the shipments across the Mississippi river norpi of St. L>j>ul8 have deceased 13,174 bales. Secretary Hester says tho movement from the State of Texas from and after May 31, last year, was 82,176 bales, the commercial crop of Texas last year having been J5, 059,060 bales. Mr. Hester has also Issued a state ment giving an analysis of the move ment of cotton Into sight, dividing the cotton belt into three groups, viz.: First, Texas and the Indian Territory, second, other Gulf States, embracing Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee: third, Atlantic States, em bracing North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. This analysis shows the crop brought- into sight fo? trtfc first nine months of the season -to the close of May, inclusive, as fol lows: Texas, 3,184,456 bales, against 1,987,187 in 1894, and ^067,218 In 1893; other Gii If Slates, 2,794,676 bales, against 2,129,381 In 1894, and' 1,7701806 In 1893; Atlantic States, 8,540,953 bales, against 3,199677 bales In 1894, and 2, sf>88,133'in 1898. , \ Tty^ statement does not divide Tex a^s 4n<! other Gulf States for 1892, the ?J>S6,000 crop year, as there were no separate monthly figures made 6r Tflt> Texas crop that year, :but gives the following comparisons between this year and 1892: Texas and other Gult States together, this year, 6,978,182 bales, against 6,374,021 In 1892; (Atlantic States, this year, 3.540,953, against 3, 477,197 in 1892. Excess compared with 1892 In Texas and other Gulf States, 605,111; excess compared with 1892 in Atlantic States. 53,756. The difference, in the Texas crop as given above, and Texas, consists of the fact that the Texas cotton embraces only cotton ac tually shipped /jit of the State to tho close of iffay*;, ?*Wnereas the In sight In cludes also stocks at counted Interior towns at the close of May In excess of September 1. An Important feature In Mr. Hes ter's report is the showing of the amount brought Into sight for the dif ferent groups after . tho lose of May in the past throe* years, which was as follows: Texas 80,833 bales In 1894, and 41,306 In 1893; from other Gull Stales 86,891 bales In 1894, and 93,72* In 1893; from Texas and other Gult States together. 60,979 bales In 1892; from Atlantic States 74,808 balea in 1894,. 144,143 In 1893. and 413.182 in 1892. # A BIG L.1BKI, SUIT. 92ft, OOO DumagM (irnnled I.anyer Parae of New York. By Southern Aba^cI ite.l Prefs. New York, June 4.? jLlne of I ho largest verdicts ever rendered ag^lntu a newn paper In a libel suit In this county w.-lh that found today In the Hupreme Court by a Jury before Judge lngraham again!* the I'ross Publishing Company (World) for $25,000 damages. The action wan brought by Win . 1j. Payne to recover fTO.WW damages. Mr. Payne Is a lawyer aiul for about twenty yi?r? prior to tho time tha* he came to this cHy 'he had reatded hi Wllkeabarre. l?a.. where he praotlced Ms profession. Tho World pub, llshed from It* correspondent at Wllkes barre a story to the effect that Mr. Payne had- eloped from that city with the wife of a friend? Mrs. Ma??gle l^ee? I him! had come to thin city and marcb-d 1 h"r and after squandering her m^tey, h??l | deserted her. It seemed that but little effort had l?cen( made to *et at the truth of the facts, although Mr. Payne was 1 livltiK with the woman In this rfty at the timo of "the publication ofl the story In 1KM. The faet was tharf Mr. Payne wan married to Mrs. l^ee, there was no rtop ment whatever. -She obtained a dlvorcc , from her husband about four months .prior to the time of her marrlajre to Mr. Payne. They came to thin city and took J up their/ residence here and have been Hiring here peaceably ever slno*. They j | have fonr children, two by this imrrlai(i<j and two being Mrs. Payne's children hyy her former marriage. Mr. Payne and bis wife both testified to these facts. It took the Jury hot a few minutes to give Lawyer Payne the verftat. Bapssl?laa C*aal??l<s?M . Albany, K. C., June 4.? The follow rtnf appointments hy the are announced: Commissioners to repre sent the State of New York at the .Cotton. Btatea Exposition to be held If Atlanta, Ga.. next fall: Hon. Was. H. Snow, of Hinbora. Rocklaad ooon Wfif Vdffc OMyt THE ACREAGE IS REDUCED. i'lCHTA IM.\ IIV NOT 1.I0SJ4 THAN FIKTKKM PIC II IKMT. TIIM ( O ITOX 1*1. A Vl'lCIIM WU.I. UIC?| ITATIJ 'I'Iic \\V?rl?t Am CoiuiuiuIiiv lUMMHt " 1 Holes U>tkly, Now York, June 4- ? (Siieciul.) It in distinctly oiiV impression, based U|>on I ho best of information, that any an? nouncciueut of reduction of acreage less tliau fifteen per cent., whether l?y tho linmm or tho ('hronlclo, is not oon tiniHul I iy the ollicial statements of tho VjtrtOlW States in tho South so fur heard from on that <jU'?stion. In considering tlio area upon which tho cotton crop i? luiiug grown tint niiiul it not luysti.Uod by figures of Mntiioaing |>roi>ortlou8 such as is tin* taxo in whijat an?l corn, hut on tho contrary tho "stlmntos of tho bureau, the I'hrouloh* ami 1 .at ham Alex* aiulor & Oo., averaged hint -your sotite whoro about twenty million acres. Tho probable acreage for tho coining season will not exceed seventeen million ami this is tho Opinion of tho bout posted people in I ho South, especially at Now Orleans, whoroflthoy a ro mom in touch with tllOSO cultivating tho eron than Ih a imu'kot. fifteen hundred miles away from tlio centre of cotton production, and many connected with it would not know a cotton ticld at this season of > en r, if tjiey saw one. Tlio South is realizing they Mire not cultivating cotton crops for their health ami rculjy.ing their power by a curtail ment ofM-ho yield, thoy propose to have something to say in the future as to the price at which they a ro Willi uk to part with what they have been raising heretofore with bankruptcy W ^them selves. -m* idea has boon drilled into them very thoroughly during the past six mouths and the fruits of it, we think, will l>o in the coming crop. Our Fail Iliver dispatch today tjays the coiiKumptiou of cotton for the next throe .months will he the largest ever ktiowiA-and that ICastorn mills will run | full time. \W call attention- again for the benefit of those still holding in the South what is left of the current crop, tluit the jvorid is consuming 170,(Ntt| hales weellly of American, ami that there are more than seventeen weeks to the first of October, before which time but little new cotton wiP have been marketed. A'ywwm vioM-rrr & ro. A SJC<;t?M> IIKCit 10 K . foreclosure lit. <l?e t'lntnt' of 'thr .. ' _______ ' ? Central Tra?t Co. By/ Sout hern Associated Press. 'Atlanta, On., June 4.? Judge Newiann has granted a second deciyo of foreclo sure iu the claim of the Central Trust Company, of New York, agjiinst the Marietta and North Ocorgii\' Jtailroad. For legal reasons the first --decree of foreclosure was never ojieratiVe. r Tli?V road is divided into govern! piu-cfls for the wake of convenience. That ]>ortion of the road lying in the State of Ten nessee, exclusive of tho bridge across the Tennessee river at Knoxville, is put upon the rnarket.at $5125,000 as the tip set price. The bridge over the Tennes see river must bring at least The certificates of the receive*' issued under the order of thejjonfr for the pu"fp?w of bnltdtng' bridge arc de clared a lien prior in' S?iglit. to the mort gage of the Central Trtiw <\>. That |>or tion of the r?*td lying in the State of (ieorgln between the town of Marietta I and the. Tennessee lino must bring n? j the market at least $530,000. The nar 'ow gauge line vunuiug from Blue ltidge t<? 1h^ State limits must bring $15,000 ?ind lie sold as one of the parcel. The bonds of the Boston Safe Deposit and TriiKfTVmp'iny nr?? decreed. a lien ii|h?ii this propefty. The mortgage rof tlio Central Trust Compaib' nave a prior lien on the narrow gauge line lying in the State of North Carolina. This must lie sold for $12,000. Tho commission ers to conduct the sale are Messrs. R. J. l/owrey and II. II. Taylor. The snle will not Is* In Id at Marielta-for (M) days. nRMBRRATB NVRDICR; The AmmmmnIk Nnrrre4i In <hf Third Attempt to Hnlclde. ? , m Acsoo.lued Press, flottilchem, Pa-., Juno 4.? Karly this ifiornlnfr Jacob I.ucky rtH ot and kill''*! hl? uetK'ilior, John Mullock, and after two Other attempts at suicide, hunKCd himself from the limb of a three ton foot from Mullock's dead body. Tho murder was a coM blooded afTnlr, nm) wa? pr+?nie<Htttte?1, Lucky lyln?r In ambush for Mullock and shooting nlm down as ho returned from work. Micky was enraged *1 Mullock ? week ago when >? (k wife was found har liored by hlni. Bhc hod fled to Mtill'ork'H hons" for jflpr?teonbn and to from Lucky's cnuel treatment. Lucky then Chreatoi ed to havo ven?e?.hee against Mullock arid klll'-d him thl? morning. i<oth were employ**! In tho Iron mill. Mil i lock leaves a. wife and throe children and Lucky a wlfo and two children. Stolen Hnlllon Found. Hy Hon thorn Associated Press. Carson City. Nov., June 4. ? The inlssln?r mint bullion wtty .found thin afternoon In a woodshed at tho resl dunce of Wm. IMckler, an employe In tho inciter and refiners department. The information leading to the dis ci very whs given to the ofTlcers by ft woman wh*> lived with Plckler. Vllssell Til. Kuoxvillc, June 4.? Kx-Postiuaster (?client I IliKseil piiKsed through this city this morning for Asheville, N. ii., where he (((??*??? for liw Ik-mJiI?. J|?< whh unable to leave his private ear while h'^ . 5* . : The Porte'a Answer I'm Mat lafnetorjr . London, June 4. ? A dispatch to The Glolw from COnstftnUnopIs says tho Porto handed the reply of the govern- j 'meiit to the Joint proposal* In re?ard to Armenia, made by France. Kngland and Ru?St& to tho rcpreaentaJivos of those government* In Co:x?tAitlno,>le today. Ths contenta of the document are kept secret, hut It haa transpired "that the re ply is /unsatisfactory to tho protesting governmental, Turkey objecting - to their proposed control of Armenia. ? ? v> ' I fteiieftrd Brikc*. Toledo, df.. June 4.?> Tb? grand fur*' Of Wood county today found Indict ment ? agalnnt County C4mtttl?aIoh?J% Krtlglit and Gibson for *oUdth>? bribe* from W4W?r? on il W new court | Kooiig. Fl.OHlUA'M MYSJTNHY. Vuoki I.tkc MImm Abbey Waa Mur dered Mutl llurued. Jacksonville, Kin., June 4. A special to Tho Times Union front Palatka. Kla., ?says ('apt. J. M. Powers, the Justice 01 the peace, who, together with Sheriff 1 lugen, loft for the sceno of the tragedy Ht 6 o'clock t>. iti., has just rilui'iictl and Htutea that when th?y reached the house, which waa one ami a half miles from the village, and altoutlhe same distance fr >in any Other house, they net alnnit k ? - 1 1 i t ? k a Jury to hohl an Impicst, hut were only nhlo to got the required number thl$ af ternoon after which they summoned sev eral ttltm>s?i\si and Or. l?atton, who ulout Itled live remains, consisting of a charred heart and hones, as t hoao of a btiinan l?ody. After inakltiK an thorough investigation as possible the Jury was of MtronK opinion there was foul play, lnit failed to get any clue a* to tho peri?etra tur. Mls.s Abhlo Allen was al*>ut llfty year* of ago and lived absolutely alone, save for her servants, and had recently ?p\Tr eltaned a h>t of cauned goods, and no u'n epened runs were found whore tho house | burned. It la Plough! who was murder ed, tho house tilled, then burned, 'lit* Jury adjourned to meet on next Satur day, when they will each report what he boa learned and make their verdict. I'ltlMO III V Mil A'M COMirnOM. [ There In Mttle Probability of Ills Recovery. Ixyndon, Jtt^ 4,?tA. dispatch from Madrid to tho (Standard pays that tho condition of <5aptalu tw Pritno llivora is very sorlotw, IratunK^tic pneu uionia Jiav-ing ?et iu. Gen. Saints Mar in hnji Itccn appointed tul Interim Cap- 1 tain General of MadrHI. According to this dispatch tho Rontenoo of tho court martial upon (Major Olavjjo, Gen. Prl mo Rivera's assassin, will not ho an noitsnced until tomorrow. A. dWp>atch from Madrid to tho Oentral News says tho execution of 'Maj<^r Olavijo, which wan announced to lake place today, has heon postponed until tomorrow and il in possible thnt he may be respited or havo his sentonce commuted on (lie ground of Insanity. Til 10 AI.l.tANCA AFFAIRs .Kpnhi IIhm Miale the Amende llon ora ble . Washing: ton June 4. ? Tho reply of^paln to 1ho late Secrot try Orc&ham's oablcd doinu.td of March 15, In the Alllanca alTafp riMMii'd tho Stalo Department several days ago, having boon delivered ip Min ister Taylor, at Madrid, May Jftf m The Department of Statu has rteeltrtwl to mnltc public the. contents u^^trio communi cation, which Is lorfg ami exhaustive^ hut authorizes tho announcement (tain, after full Investigation, disavows the not of tho commaivder of t'he Conde Venadlto In firing on the Alllanca otT <.'h|>c Maysl, Colta, on March ?th, expresses regret at the <ccurr-3i.ce and a??ur<vs thlo (Jovern- , mont I hat meamirea have l>e? n tacit to pro vent a ropolltlon of tho matter. Secre tary (Ireshnm's demand through Minis ter Taylor, declared that this (lovern ment would expect prompt disavowal of tho unauthorised act, duo expression of regret on the part of Spain ami positive1 oiderB to Spanish naval eomuiaud<*rs not to liVttfHTere with* American vessels pass ing through the Windward Passnge. As fjjmin has compiled speelflca.|ly with these demands, the Incident )s considered closed. % v l'KACII KHII'NKNT. # Tlf ton Send* the First Carload of] the Georgia Crop. Hy Houttcrn AasocLiteJ Press. Mik.oii, tJa., May 4.? The tlrst car load of poaches to be shipped from Osorgla this season wan loadedi at T.lfton> otvthr Georgia Houthcrn and] FJorMa railroad Lpoay. They were perfect fruit In i ^Hhapo. color and slxe. and of the Alex- j antler variety. Tlfton growers wtll make ait Immense exhibit at the Ocorgki Peach carnival to be held hero from July lat to 20th. when reduced rates will bo Riven hy the railroad*, and 4h*usands of North ern and Western vlkUors will bo^tn the oKy. it Udi A.TKRniprc Storm. The Wortt That llM Ever Keen Ki perleneed In Colnmlmi. By Soutliern A*tedat,e<l Prewa. Columbus, /o., "line 4. ? The storm which KlrurJcJ thin elty<flt*2 p. m. waJ; in Hh audd<|iiiicss niul severity, the worst ever Experienced hem It enme liko a shook wnd a great donl of dam age wna done to goods on exhibition at fltoro. fronts. 'Many tree* were blowif down and windows broken. Wmt of the city the telegraph polca wero blown down for a distance of two miles. No xaJn fcH during the alorm but oJotid* of dust made <lnrkne?H equal to that of twilight. \ JIM A fsrt.ooo Job. Hy Southern Associated Prc?i?. Now York, June 4.? The Evening Sun aaya: It waa reported at tho city hall today that Mayor Strong hna de cided to remove City Chamberlain Joseph .T. O'Donohue nut} will appoiut Horny O. Itobinson to the $25,000 a year place. Itobinoon ia a dry goods merchant in Worth atrcet and ran for comptroller in 1809 nffainHt Aslibel I*. Fitch. He a too ran agninnt Fitch for OonjfreNM several years ago ? mjd was defeated. He is a member i>f tfte Un ion league and Republican W'iubk and ia a close business and personal friend of Mayor Strong. J KIRK IH??K CAIIOIlV Tnn of Tlirm Are Held In ll(nv) Rail. By Bout hern A?HOetotf<l Pr^aa, j N?w York, June 4. ? The Ire Mig Hcnaa tlon maleriallaed In tho arrest t>f three operator* today, two of whotn w*r? held tiM<l*r b<>H-vy boad. Late. th^< afternoon defectives brought, to tho dlfl*rlq0 attor ney'# office Morrta 8choenhofr,? laaao Sucker and Abraham Krotw, ^barged ?kh being Indicated in the HrcMiK con fn?b?c.y.' Hucker .was discharged after a I rlef examination, aa It wis shown that he was not the Bueker wanted. Krone wa? arralgrtd before R?.'.>r1er^Clo(I latere pleaded not guilty and was rem?n<ki under ti.tmh botvj. Beh>.-holz 'was rtfljf hi der $15,000 t>all on the charge of arson In tho seecr.d degree. "" teyfcai* CMrt Tmuct. Juiui J, Chancellor McOiU ! ?rt?| my a pi tola ted AIAVd Keed, of lbs Supreme Court, as vice chancellor to succeed ,lhe late ex -Coventor Green TWa create* a vacancy in the Snpreme C-w^whleh wilt bare to be. AIM by tin floren# with tfce approval ot tbe My Southern Associated Cress. Washington. .hinr I. The tHormome lor is leu degrees lower today than yos li'iilti)' and a refreshing luvoiso lias Mown nil day ami there have l>oon no hen I prostrations nor oven serious dis comfort from heat. The officials and hospitals report that mx deaths occurred ,v? sterday immediately caused by heat prostrations, while as many more porish od from eomplaiuts augmented l?y the lint weather. The most prominent vie ? i in was James Tilton, son of the. late eommaudor I'M waul 15. Tilton, IJ. S. N., V\ hn was strickon in the streets ami died in a few hours. KiftulHlt'M. in 1'IHnlMtrw. I'lllshiirg, June 4. The heal in I'itts h??rg today was even greater than on yesterday and several deaths and an iiicrca soil number <?f prostrations from this cause are reported. The distress among the pottr ami in the mills ami factories Ik particularly severe and In the city generally has boon very great. Seven deaths were lojHirted up to noon. Policemen Pr on* filled . h Philadelphia, June 1. Ah ii result of the policemen ami firemen's paratle in a glaring sun yesterday, 115 policemen are olV duly today and throe of tlio unnlber jmiy die. The latter are Henry I'ntlor kon, Harry Meyers and l>allas Moycr. They w ere ?v? rebmc by beat while marebimr and\aro 'now in n serious con dition. Severn T of the others off duty are critically ill. Cooler In Chicago Chicago, Juiie l.? 4fler a record breaking hoi spell of eight days the promised ????!?! wave struck towir today, in coiufianictl by .strong wind whicH soon trtroad a cool atmosphere over the suf ifeHpg ; city. At 1 p. m. the ollicinl tem peratuiv was Stl, the highest for I lie day, ami ill a drop of 21 degrees in the tempo at lire was recorded. Tlie indications ?re for still cooler weather. ... i1' <>u io st niiKs auuoviu). A Copious Itnln Hnvcil <lic Tlirwilen ed District. Ity Southern AsNoeiated l'ress. I bin I ford. I'a., June |. ?Copious rains came and subdued the fhjry forests to day. All night last nighlj and up to noon today through I0lk and iMcKoan coun ties men watched end wbrkod to slop I li?* Haines thai threatened to destroy I heir homes and perhaps I heir lives. No cessation was permitted or thought of. Any lull ill the light ineau.t loss of every-" tiling. About 8 o'clock this afternoon rain began to fall, light at tlrst and then it came down in loi rents ami gave a good respite Knapps Creek and oth er places wMw had fought the destroy ing element for MS hours. Telegraphic comiiiunlcjition was opened to Itussol City at 8 o'clock tonight. Only the hardest of work saved the towii^ from destruction. ^ The operator at Itusxell Oily denies that Cooii Kun settlement has been vvi|Mid out. The town was surrounded l?y ?2)ro, hut it did not reach the dwell ings'. <liilyjH(jw hnildings on the out skirts went turned. Haiti is falling tonight aml^ho further danger Is to.t^ irpprehondpd No one ventures a tftiesSp at the value of property deMr6J?(l. II will probably, however, aggregate p lialf million dollars. VAVOIt^HBU COINAGE. I<firl?lntlve Nonlacei Are Pledged That War. By Southern Associated Prose. Jackson, Miss./. June 4'. ?The Dcino crutH of Yazoo county hohl their nomi nating convention today and after nam ing a full ticket, adopted a free coinage platform and mode candidates for the Iyegitfltituro plodge tlpwfi selves to vote for no man for tfio United States Sen ate mot in full sympathy on that ques tion. A resolution was introduced to instruct lejfielatlvo nominees to vote for Congressman II. I>. .Money for the Scan to "but was declared out of order, voted down ?uud the question us to Yaeoo's choice for Unite<l States sena tor declared to Ik> J. Z. George, referr ed to the poopio who will seal it 4>y primary election July 11th. Yassoo se lected twenty-five delegates to attend the silver convention at Memphis Juno 13. WIMOS SPEAKN. lie Wnrtt* to flee the Month In -'iVa llonnl I/fnder*hlp. Jackson, Miss., Jiinii 4.? Postmaster Ooin ral Wilson delivered flic anni/AI com. mcncemcnt address at the University of .Mlishfslppl at Oxford today. The l/lrgo ohapel was tax?;d to its most ami hun dreds. unahle to get an entrance, wero swindtng around the windows nnrl doors. Mr. Wh sen's theme wan "American Citi zenship II* inilU's, Privileges and Ho wjk r sll>llltle?." Among other sentiment* loudly ap plauded wan "I long to nee the Kout7i again In national leadership." All Mifl candidates for Htate ofllyb^ Irom United Btates fjenator down wer f prV?mu.f, so that. TMr. Wilson had an ottporfuriliy to meet Governor Stone and nearly ??very other | rominor.l D??norrat in the Htato, most of whom went to Oxford for the ox. j ref ? parpOM of forming Ills acquaint aiire. A Patal Fire. Fredericksburg. Va., June 4. ? The Ice factory and Kxcelsior mill of Wll? Ham I. King, and six dwelling, were destroyed by fire. William Deshaso, the engineer of the Excelstor mill, was burned up tffc, the building. IJ??Matlra Abated. cnarleston. 8. C.. June A decision was filed In the JLTiillml Wil^a Circuit Court t<*1ay abating the proceedings brought by the (Nate of Bouth CUVtfna vol forMt the charter a t the- Port Royal and Augusta Ral may Company. The suH is abated because UhdWr tttr ? * UM the Ugialatuaa iwpeaWd the' of the road and provUUUr tor tag Hon A Ad ?n> ttfuHmtmwi of He aeset#,, ,1 ne court says that mU ttiMttoa mrtatng In the cane have been fettled an4 antwer rdty that , THE COURSE OF THE MERCURY. tii to m mihsu oi-' r.\ r vi.i'i ii<:h < on tim i:s to Mw m.i,, (.KIOA I IOII I'll \ \ ON Till) rimVIOI H i?a\ i.\ ri'iTMiriTiu. 'I'll I rt >-li>l? *? I'ollooiiK'U I'i uh I t it ( < <1 lu riilludvliililu . FOUL MURDER IN WARREN. fit rul. wil l} AMI l.(KVKI( KIM. TIIM IH HI1 \ M I> , y TUI-J ( illMI'l II JII8T MOWN Dhiov union. Tit*- I'rlmtut'r* 'IV 11 r<MiiiHillvUuM TuIIm on Trial. j Norwood, (In., Juno 4 . ? (Special .)"? ' The moat foul murder that evor occurred in this iounty waa brought to light here today, i-hi U?fK Kith ?>f May u ucgro man n tuned t$a>ro Cody was killed hy hia wife and V?r lover, a m'gro boy, jUHt grown, named Olarxmco lOtiglinh. After they killed him they put a a tick across lila bowels and carried .him to a dense swami* near by and put him In a shallow grave, bhro?whtg swamp urns* over tho RTrtVO to hl(k> tho fresh soil. For thivo \vtM?k a tho dead man ro maincd there. hie xvlfo saying he had gone off to n?'t work1, Tho o!d Haying that nwirdor will out holds truo iu tlrirt case. It waa whispered around among the (negroes .that there W?l foul play. nnd Henry llnrdy, * Hover negro cMi&eti, hoarlug it eorn moiioed to Inveatlgate on the qu^pt. After ho waa iuNi murder had been committed ho went to Mr. U. A. Jones* and ttW him or, it. Mr. Jones reported to Justico llurrtaon, who Untied war rants laal night and thflCT Bailiff W. K. Anderson to make the arrests. Tho prisoners went; found together in tho aanie <hou?o tho murder wan com mitted In and tried to CHoapo from ac wiutkow, but an officer waa there to re ceive them. APter tho.,. arrest tho man Kuglitth war told thait hia mother hail told alt about his klllitiK (Jody . 'He had confessed to the killing to Ida mother soon after it was tlono. He waa naked to toll where the ho.ly waa. lie then eonfeaaed to tho killing and claimed that he did it m self-defence, saying Cody wits coming on him with; a hoe ami he knocked him down with a atlek and cut his throat with a razor. llo then oarried the' 6lti<era to W-here tho IhhI.v \\Us buried. At tho inquest lOnjrllrtli stated that ho hit the doomsed with a rock irs he was advanoiiiK on him with a h(>e and then the iwlfo of the dead negro flhlshed tlit job with an axe. The woman says-\ slip doesn't know anything about it at a'l, and her li'ttle boy, about 10 years old, will not tell anything, being poet oYI n<? doubt by hia mother, Thefe is blrtod in the dtouse, Which they , ttled W~ ~ -wutsh up, bi?t jiy>uhl not, and It la likely tho (murder waa committed while tbat deceased WftM asleep. Tho coroner's jury found both prison era guilty of mrurder ajid went them to jail to a watt- trial at tlie Octobefc. telrm of court . Flaw AT AtJOHftTA FACrTORY. flertona I.oaa Karronlf Averted bjr Prnmpt Action of BMpIofM, Thoro was a rarrow escape from a serious fire at the Augusta Factory yesterday afternoon about 6 o'clock. An alarm was turned In fron} box 712, but when tho engines arrived - thepft was no need for them. The Journals in the wheel houpe be* eame overheats and the ^frafters cauKht. The flames had got some little headway before th^y were die- - covered. The wit nation looked some* ' what serious, but the employe* acted ho promptly and energetically tbat-tba-? tire was extinguished before auy' great damago waa done. - Rome one on tbe outside 'saw til* . smoke pouring out of the^rheel house and turned In tho alarm,' "but II was '""n not necessary, so well bad tbe ln ployes of the mill done their liroflc. :: Bupt. Crombe said that the damage would be covered for about"f78. Minister IUismsi. Hy Houthcrn Associated Press I Charlotte. N. C., Juno 4. ? Hon lfatt W. Ransom, minister to MUiOO, ab sent on sixty days' sick leave, paaaed through thltj city tonight on bis way to the western part of the State to recuperate.- Ho Is weak, but looks fairly woll, and got out of the ?S?. s while the train stopped, and stboA chatting In ttfe railroad yard with -;f friends' during the DeparlaCeat Stores Bill. Hprlngtleld, His., June 4.? In tbe Senate this morning tho commltt## ?|ipolnted __ to InvcatHcato tho department stores, of Ctit<aK<) mrftle its report. The report dcntcH that tho department .store saves ? money to the consumer, claims that ibe ?yj?tem of ^ployment. of women aa?f** children la injurious JLo, their health, proa porlty nml morals and that the massing ^ of all clutaes of Roods Is deYHmental to Ketier?U commerolaS interests. The com- 4 nitdeo llltrO<IU<HMnkh?CC which, ihi p;iase?l, aro oxpectctW^correct existUig \ evlla. 1 A Mssslfcest Dessttss; r'hllodelphla, June 4.? Mr. Charles Ci I Ih rriaon today made a donation/ of 04i0 to the University ot Pennsylvania henor of Ida father, the late George kV llnrrlaoti, 1 1. L. 1>. In a~ letter to ' tru?te?%? of tho University Mr. H*jf Htlpiilatca I hftt the fund shall bo kf iih "tho (Icor^e^l#. Ifarrison foundation f?.r the ciio?iiragem?Rt of liberal stOdtes ;i nil tho agvancement of knowledge/'-. --- Sa leiaed.^ ' Hy Southern Assoclwtel Press. Philadelphia, Joan 4. ?Henry P. Hch wartx, a member' of the firm' of Charles W. 8ch warts A Co. carpet manufactur ers. committed suicide by shooting h*m Rclf some time durlna last his tioanlhiK house. M**t Hchwarts was SI yturs of a?e and was prosperous In bust notii He was a great. puff erer from ner vous trouble apd waa of a morbid dis position^ . Ha laft s note saying: "1 am unwell and unfit for the duties of IS?i' consequently I think U time 1 should ' * 5a. Osesr Wilds Issase. lly Hou thorn Associated Press. f/ondoh. Xune 4.? The 8 tar asserts > that Oscar Wilde's mental condiliea-ls %? seriously affected and he is being care fully watched by the medical staff of the i>H*on. The Pali (MaR Gaiette spy* that ft - has been found necessary to coaftss .WtWer.in a lidded room. i , *? ? r? r A tsir gissilssy. T*"'"1*" 1 - \ Washington, D. C? I?w Presldent^s^^^edg^Caay ^Wa- . ^xSir^BaJallSSlai., | II mi ? ? -