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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.
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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 "
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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.
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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
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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
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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
? ? -