The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 28, 1896, Image 1
VOLUME. VII.
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CAM DION. 8. FRIDAY, At (UJ6T
THE GREAT TRIAL.
WK. VAI, MAGIC'S SUNDAY Til KM K.
There Ih Coming a Day of Trial In
WliW'li Not Only (lie Saint Hut the
Stnuoi* Must Appear,
IPkxt: rt\Vo have an adVocato with the
Father. Jesus Christ tho rlghtoou*." ? I John
11-, I.
Standing in a court room, you siy to your
Bolf: "At this bar crlmo has 6 ft on boon
arraigned; at this witness stand tno oath has
often lieon takun; nt this Jurors' bench tho
vordlot 1ms boon renderodj nt this Judge's
desk sontonoe has boon pronounced.". But I
have to toll you to-dny of n trial higllftr than
any Oyer and Terminer or Circuit or Sn
prome or Ohaucory. It is tho trial of ovory
Ohrlstlan mnn for tho life of his soul. This
trial Is different from nny other in tho fact
thnt it in both civil and criminal.
Tho issuos at stake aro tromondous, and 1
shall in my sermon show von, first, what nro
tho ground* of coriiplalnt; thon, who nre tho
witnesses In tho cause, and bully, who are
the advocate*.
Whon a trial is called on tho first tiling Is
to have tho Indictinont road. Stand n p then,
O, Christian .man, and hoar tho indictment
of tho court of high heaven against thy soul.
It is an Indictment of ten counts, for thou
hast directly or indirectly broken all tho ton
commandment*. You know how it thun
dered on Sinai and whon God came down
how tho mountain rooked and the smoke
* ascended as from a smoldering furnace, and
tho darkness gathered thiol;, and the loud,
deep trhmpet uttered tho words. "Tho soul
that slnneth, it shall hUo!.' Are you guilty,
or not guilty? Do not putHn a negative plea
too quick, for I have to announce that "all
havo sinned and como short of tho glory of
God. There Is none that doolh good; no,
not one. Whosoever shall keop t lie whole
law, yet ofl'ond in one point, ho is guilty of
all." Do not, thorefore, be too hasty In
pronouncing yoursolf not gullly.
Tho lawsuit before us also charges you
with the breaking of a solomn contract.
Many a time did wo promise to bo the Lord's.
We got down on our knees and said: "O.
Lord, I am Thlno now and forover." "Did
you keep tho promise? Ilavo you stoo l up
to tho contra'-t? Have you not sometimes
faltered when you ought to havo been true?
Have you not been proud wliou yoa ought
to have been humble? Havo you not played
the coward whon you ought to have been
the hero? 1 charge it upon you and I chargo
it upon myself ? we have broken tho con
tract .
Still further; this lawsuit claims damages
at your hands. T ve gr;atost slundor on the
the Christian religion is nil Inconsistent pro
fessor. Tho Uibl'? says religion Is one thing;
we, by our Inconsistency, say religion is
some other thing, and what I? inoro deplora
ble about it is that people can see faults iu
others while they can not soo any tu tbom
solves. If you shall at anytime find some
miserable old gossip, with imperfections
from the crown of her head to tho sole of her
foot, a perfect blotch, of sin herself, she will
go tattling/wWtling, tattling, all the years of
her life about the Inconsistencies of others,
having'no idea that she is inconsistent her
self. God save tho world from the gossip,
female and male! I think the males nro the
worst!
Now you have heard tho indictment read.
Aro you ready to plead guilly or not guilty?
Perhaps you are not ready yot to plead.
Then the'lrial will go on. The witnesses will
be called, and we shall havo tho matter de
cided. In tho name of Go;l I now mnko pro
clamation: Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! whoever
hatli anything to ofTor in this trial in. which
God is tlio plaintiff and the Christian soul
tho defendant, lot him now stop forth and
give testimony iu this solemn trial.
The flr.-t witness 1 call upon the stand in
bohalf of the prosccuti'on is tho world ? all
critical nnd observant of Christian char
acter. You know that there aro pooplo
around you who perpetually banquet on tho
frailties oT God's children. You may know,
if you have lived i ri tho country, that a crow
cares lor nothing 30 much as carrion. There
are those who imaXrino that out of the faults
of Christians the)* can make a bridge of
boats across tho stream of death, and thoy
are going to try it; but, alas for tho mistake!
When they get mld-stroam away will go the
bridge and down will go their souls to pordl
tion. O world of tho greedy oyo and tho
hard heart, como on the stand now and tes
tify in bohalf of the prosecution against this
Christian soul on trial. What do you know
about this Christian man? "Oh, says tho
world. "1 know a great deal about him. He
talks about putting his treasures iu hoaven,
but he is the sharpest man In a trade I over
knp.<V. Ho seems to want us to bollovo that
ho fs a child of (tod, but ho is iust full of
imperfections. I do not knew but I am a
great deal lr.'ticr than he is now, Ofteu
times ho Is very earthly, and h? talks so lit
tle about Christ and so much about himself.
I am very glad to testify that this is a bad
man."
Stop, O World, witii tho greedy eye And
hard heart. I fear you are too much Inter
ested In this (rial to give impartial evidence.
A?/?t wit those who hear tho testimony of this
?witness know that there is an old family
quarrel between theso two parties. There
n I ways has been a variance between the
World and tho Church, and while tho World
011 tho witness stand to-dayy has told a groat
deal of Irulli about 1 bis Christian man, you
must t:\ko it all with muoli allowance, rc- :
memborlng that they still keen the old grudgo
good. O, World of tho greedy and tho hard
heart, that will do; you must alt down.
Tho second witness? I call in\thls easels
Conscience. Who nrt thou. O Oonsciencc?
i What- is your business? Whero w'oro you
M?"" What aro you doing hero? "Oil,"
p[ys Conscience, "I was horn In heaven. I
? came down to b. -friend this man. I have
lived with hlin. I havo instructed him. I
. havo warned him. I showed him tho right
and the wrong, advising him to tako tho 0110
and csche.v the other. I have kindled
great light In his soul. With a whip of
scorpion I bnvoscourgod his wiokodness.nnd
I have tried to cheer him whon doing right;
and yot I nm compelled to testjfy 011 the
Ptand to-day that he has sometimes rejected
my m'ssion. Oh, how many cups of life
havo I pressed to his lips that no dashed
. down.' and how often has he stood with his
hard iiekl on the bleeding heart of tho Son
of Godl It pains mrf yer> much that 1 liavn
to testify against this Christian man, and
yet I must, in bohalf of Him who will in no
wise clear the guilty, say thnt this Christiau
man has done wrong. He has been worldly.
He has been neglectful. Ho has done a
'* thousand things I10 ought not to have done,
And left undone a thousnnd things hoo.ight
to havo done." That will do. Conscience.
You can sit down.
Tho third witness I call in the case is an
anffol of Obit. Bright and shining one, what
ddest thou hero? What hast thou to say
- against this man on trial? "Oh,"?ays the
angel, "I hnve boon a messenger to him. I
bava guarded him. I have washed him. With
thiowing-I havo defended htm, and often
times, whkn be knew It not, I led him into
xnen puturw-aihl- Mle Mill waten. I
anatohed from htm. . the poisoned ehal
; foes. When -bad spirits came upon him to
' destroy him, I fought them baok with ioflnito
fierceness, and yet I have to testify., to-day
vtbaf he has rejected mjr mhston. He hss
-'?not done as he ought to have done. Though
I eame from the sky, he drove me baok.
Though with this wing I defended him, and
thoagn with thisveiee 1 wooed him. ? havo
to annouufce hie multiplied laaperfeodons. I
difenot keep baok tb* teal teeny, for then! |
ShooM not dare to .appear again amongst
.. the sinless on<* before the great white
on|y owe mora witness to be called
on behalf of the prosecution, and that la the
Jt, tbe holy, the augtu*. the omnipotent
l/ of -AM. We_bowdowa befow Him.
iHNwvtJdsmsar "**0!T
r one, "I know hlau^I
Edidseata to repeat,
afrom Ms tint es
him, saying: 'Grieve ioe M <ly Gho?r.
Quench not (hn Sj?* tit. * Yes, h ? bus driven
Mo back. Though I am the Third Person of
tho Trinity, he has trampled on Mv Mission,
nutl the litoo 1 of < lit\ Atonement that I
brought with which to cleanse his sent, he
sometimes tlospise 1, 1 came from ih?' throne
ol God to convert, and oomf<)ft an I van *t ? ?
fy, and yet look at that man and one wStat ho
is comparoil with what, unresisted, 1 would
havo made him."
Tho evidence on tho part of tho prosocu
tion has closed. Now tot tho defonsri bring
on tho rebuttal tastimony. What have you,
O Christian soul, to brlug la raply to this ev
idenco of tho world, of tho consofen 'o,.of tho
angel and'of tho Holy Ghost? No evidence?
Are all these things true? "Yes, Unelean,
unclean," says every Christian j-oul. What'/
l)o you not begin to tremble at tho thought
of condemnation?
We havo now come to the most interesting
part of this great trial. Tho evidence all in,
The advocates speak. The profession of an
advocate in full of responsibility? In l?ng
land and tho Ut\ilol Slates there havo aiisou
men who In this calling havo been honored
by th"ir race and thrown contempt upon
tboso who in tho profession havebcu guilty
of a great muny meannesses, That profes
sion will be honorablo us long as it has at
taeho 1 to it such names os Manslleld, and
Marshnll, and Stor.Wnn I K?nt, an l' South
ard, and William Wirt. 'U^u court room has
sometimes boon Ihoscenom very marvelous
and thrilling things, Kruno of you remom
I'er the famou-* (lirard will case, where on"
of our advocate*! plea led tho cause or tho
Hihle and Christianity in masterly Anglo
Sa\.?n, every paragraph a thunderholi.
But I turn from tho iMcilal of this mentor*
able occasion lo a grander trial, an I 1 navo
to loll you that in this trial <>f the CirUllnn.
for t ho lifo of bis soul tho advocates eco
mightier, wiser and more eloquent. The
ovideuce all being i;;, severe and stern
J ust loo rises on behalf of the pro-icmtion to
make Itis idea. With the 1 ? i ! ? i ? ? open in his
hand, ho roa Is the law, siorn and infbvvihlo,
and tho p?nrjty: ??Tho soul that almieth,
it shall die.'' Then hn says: '?(), Thou
Judge and lawgiver, t his is Thino own
statute, and all tho ovidonoo in earth and
Ikvivoii agrew that tho man has tinned
against IIibso onu'Mments. Now lot the
HWord teaj) from its . scabbard. Shall a man
K<t through tho very flames of Sinai nu
singod? Lot tho law bo execute I. Lot
judgment bo pronounced. liot bin*, die. I
demand that ho diet"
O. Chr.stlnn. ilotis it not look very dark for
thee? Who will plead on thy side In so for
lorn a cans >? v8oiuollmos a m in will l>o
brought Into. a court ol taw, and he wilt
havo no friends and no money, and tho
Judgo will look over tho bar and say: "Is
thoro any one who will volunteer to take
this man's case and defend him?" An 1 soma
young man rises up and says: "I will he
nis counsel;" perhaps starting on from that
very point to a great and brilliant career.
Now, in this matter of tho soul, as you have
nothing to pay for conne d, do you think
that any one. will volunteer? Ye?, yes: I sou
Ouo rising. IIo is a young man, only thirty*
throo years of age. I set* I Us countenance
suffused with tears and covered witii blood,
and ait tho galleries i>f| boa von are thrilled
with tho spectacle, U'hanks bo unto Cod,
"we have an advocate with tho Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous*."
Oh, Christian soul, your ease begins to
look heller. 1 (I, ink, perhaps, after ail, you
may not have to die. Tho bejt Advocate in
th? utiiverao has taken your side. No one
was over so cjualitlo I to defend you. * He
knows all tho law, all its domauds, all its
penalties. He is always ready. No new
turn of tho caso can surprise Him, and lie
will plead for you for nothing as mrnestly
as though you brought a world of treasure
lo His feet. B?s d?? that. Ho has under
taken tho eario of thousands who were a?
lor.orn as you and Ho has never lost a ease.
Courage, 0 Christian soul! I think that,
after all, there may be s;>mo chance for von,
for the great Advocate rises to make His
plea. Ho says: "I admit all that has been
proved against My cliont. I admit all (how
sin', ay, more; but look at that wounded
hand of Mine and look at that othor wouud
? I hand, and at My right foot and al Mv left
foot By all thorn wounds I plead for his
clearance. Count all tho drops of My tears.
Count all the drops of My blood. By the
humiliation of Bethlohow, by llio sweat of
Gethsomnne. by tho sufYei-ings of tho cross, f.
demand that ho ko free. On this arm lie
hath leaned; lo this heart ho bath flown; in
My tears lie hath washed; on My rightertus
nosjf bo hath depended. Lot him go free. I
am fho rauscin Let him oseapo tho lash; I
took tho scourging*. Lit Iho cup pass from
him; I drank it to tho dregs, l'ut on blm
tho erown of life, for I have worn the crown
of lliorn?. Ovor against my tlwone of shame
sol his throne of triumph!"
i Well, llio counsel on both sides have
spoken, and thoro is only ouo more thing
now remaining, and that is tho awarding of
the judgment. If you have ever been in a
court room you know tho silonco and sol
I omnitv wiion tho verdict is about lo bo ren
dered, or tho judgment about to bo given.
About this soul on trial? shall it bo saved or
shall il bo lost? Attention! above, around,
; beneath. All tho universe cries: "Hear!
hear!"
Tho Judgo rises and gives this docision,
never to be chnugoJ, never to be revolted,
"fhero Is, therefore, now no condemnation
to them who are in Christ Jesus."
But. my frionds, tbera is coming a day of
trial in which not only the saint but tho sin
ner must appear. That day of trial will
come very suddenly. Tho farmer will bo at
the plow, the merchant will be in llio count
ing room, tho woodman will bo ringing his
ax on tho hickoriof, tho weaver will have
his foot on the treadle, tho manufacturer
will bo walking' amid the bur,:', of looms and
tho clacking of flying machinery, tho coun
sel may 'jo at tho bar pleading tho law, tho
mlnLjJor may bo in the pulpit pleading tho
gospel, the drunkard may bo reeling amid
his cups and the blasphemer with the oath
caught between his teeth.
Lo! The .sun hides. Night comes ilown
at mid i\oon. The stars appear at noon to
day. Thq earth shudders and throbs. There
an carthcjtinke opens and a oily sinks as a
eroco.iibi would crunch a child. Mountains
roll in their nookets and send down their
granite cliffs In avalaucho of rook. Bivers
pause in their chase for the ?ca, and ocuan,
uprenring, orios to the flying Alps and Him
alaya. Beasts bellOw and mono end snuff up
tbn dark no v. Clouds fly like Hooks c
swift eagles. Great thunders bent and boom
and burst. Stars shoot aud fall: Tho Al
mighty rising on His throne, dcclaras that
time shall be no longer, ami iho archangels
trump repeats It till nil tho living hear, and
tho continents ol dead .spring to lliolr foet,
crying: "Timo shall bo no logger!" Oh, on
on that day will you be ready?
I havo shown you how well tho Christian
will got ofT in his trial. Will you got off as
well in yourtrlal? Will Christ plead qd your
side or againit you? Oh. what trill' you do
in thw last groat if yonr conscjonce Is
against you, and the world Is iiKftinst you,
and the angels of heavdii oro ngalnst you!
end the Holy Spirit is against you, and tho
Lord God Almighty In against you? Better
this day secure an Advocate.
TORCH 100 FEET HIGH*
riAinlnc Gas and Oil AV*II Mak?? ? tiranrt
Spectacl*.
Tho Otfdeu (W. Va.) oil flolda was tho
scene a few nigtif* ago of the moat brilliant '
spectacle oror witnwwod in tho onnntry. The
famous Newbattlu oil well, which Is also a'
strong producer of gat, took flro through
accident, burning thA derrick and several
> thousand barrels of oil. When the prersuro
was reduced at tbf nlonth of ttjA wftllthegM
broke the spouting oil into sprays, throwing
it into the air more than one hundred Wat.
The flame wm in tbilshape of a huge torch,
the spraying oil Arming fnto guirenlflg*
drop# 16 the alt and dropping in a daasling
Shower, while the smoke, densely black,
aaeeftie* way above the mountain. Tho
wnrrrr'anw a^aad w t m* iiuTrii?rfry
sightseers, who had oome from all over the
racioa. The loss to the owners l*<wrmoos,
as the well was producing 40 ) barrets a day.
There was no w ay to fftl out tho fire, as the
gas and oil pressor* ware constant and toe
roaring heat ef tbe flstoe* terri fl*
THE COTTON
CHOP SHORT.
*
UICAYY ni'X'ltfCASK liKl'Oli I'KI)
Til ltot'u uot'T v 1 1 mh rii.
J>
ConiHilHSlonpra of Agriculture or Stulo
Olllelals lioporl a lairm'ly 1 it -
Ci'fitst-tl AcrruWS ?'"( Nut a
("or respond I iijj VU'lil,
A prominent authority has furnished sonti'
figure* tlwu may bo r?*lk*tl uponi 'Mils years
South Carolina e< t ton acreage Is placed at
I, 2:10, as against 1,777,02* In ]s;m, ami
1,785.027 last year. Tho production in bales \
111 181'1 ('5 was an. I th<< condition of
tlio crop on August 1st. was .U5i the | >roit u --
tion for tlln season of ISM.Viiil was iWH,05i?,
nail t!?o condition of the crop . August 1st.
win .si. Tho condition of the j ??e-ient cr.>p
on August 1st, was .hft, with every prospect
of being much lower on September f t. The
acreage for this year is very large, but the
condition I wo weeks ago was only .hi, which
Would Indicate, allowing a good titntgin a
?Top of 7i)l,705 hales. The condition has
fallen oil 10 points since August 1st. ami
stands at .78 now. This wouhl indicate a
erop of i01 , 1 2'.' biile:?, whleli is slightly larger
than last yi ar's production, luit not as law
as that of the preceding year. So general
ami extended is the injury done I ?\- the heat
uml want of rain that only sea isl.tml eotton
escaped, iuid that is ripening prematurely,
OKOKUIA.
1{. J'. Nosbitt, commissioner of agricul
ture, reports eondition of tleorgia coLon j
erop: Tlio early planted eotton (about 1
half the erop) started of well, has erop whieh
has matured, and is now being j.ieked. The
balance of erop, however, emtio up late on
, account ol the unusually dry April and .May.
'i his late eotton made rapid growth, ami up
to August 1 looked very prominslng, hut
without any niatuted bolls. ' Fxees.sivel v hot
and dry weather of past three weeks has
ruined this eotton. causing shedding of
leave*, forms and young bolls, and leaving
only a lew half grown holla on stalks,., lt:iinj>
now ean do this eotton hut little good unless
there should bo nu unusually lato bill, when
possibly a little top erop might he made. On
1st of Aug^t crop promised splendidly all
over (Joorgla, now I shall be agreeably "sur
prised if the State makes over 70 per cent, of
n erop. in my whole experience I don't
think I hnvo ever seen so great a falling olT
in so short period of time."
ri.on i da.
1 1. Ik \Y omb well, commissioner of agrienlt
ore, reports t le* condition ol the Florida eot
ton crop: "The acreage planted of cotton
this season exceeded that of last year by
about MO per cent: about one-half of the erop
was planted just before, and during the first
part of the spring drought; (l:o remainder
was planted at the close of the dry weather
and was Into, therefore, in coming up; the
flr^) planted made a pool' stand on account
of tint ill-ought, and tlio last planting on ac
count of the excrs.cjvo rains, followed by < \
treino high temperature, rusted, ami Mi?d
both leaves and fruit badly in many locali
ties, I lie combined adverse inllenees have,
brought about a change in conditions that
will in all probability reduce the yield enough
to completely offset the expected gains by
increased acreage. Both varieties of cotton
have lost considerably during the past
weeks and tlio percentage of condition
stands: Upland cotton 78, sea island 88, aver
age condition of tlm^Hon crop of all varie
ties for the stati#87Ji per" cent."
( I.OIJIS1 AN A.
jj'ho following. is the statement of the con
di.ion of cotton ih- Louisiana, as made by .1.
1j. Lee, eominlssionor of agriculture for Louis
iana: "The cotton erop throughout the State
hits been cut short the past four or five weeks
j from 10 to J10 per cent. Th? uplands or hill
sections of the State, embracing the parishes
of Union, Clairborne, Webster, Jtlonvillo
.lackson, Caldwell. Winn, (I rant, LincyLri'
Western (Catahoula. Western Ouaehit{i pari
of Morehouso, llossior, Nutcliitoeliee, Sa
bine, DcSoto and Caddo, are short from 70 to
80 pur cent. It is in theso parishes that tho
drought with the excessive hot weather of
the past Uve weeks existed and almost com
plete failure is the result in pajrMies named
above. The alluvial district, excepting Itieh
land, Last and West Carroll, where the
[ drought has also been severe, is probably
short from 25 to :J5 per cent. The parishes
named (alluvial) are short 35 to 15 per cent,
itapides is from 15 to 25 per cent, short, as is
also Caddo, Mossier, St. Landry, Point Cou
pee and West Fcliciami and Last Feliciana
! 60 percent. Fast Baton Jlougois 10 per cent,
short. Estimating last year's crop at 100, the
total crop for tho State this vary is not over
60 to 60 per cent.
TaNNEHSKK.
The State commissioner of agriculture has
not heard from more than one-half of his
agents and correspondents In the ninety-six
counties with regard to the crop Matus for
the month of August. An est! mate based
vipon the returns from theso counties and
casual information from tho other places the
crop at about 50 per cent, of the average.
Tho o fleets of tho protracted heat and
drought aro painfully apparent in the dam
ago to the corn and cotton crops, and it is
not unlikely that 50 per cent, is too high an
estimate for theso staples. Later returns,
however, may materially niter these figures'.
NOU Til CAllOI.IN A .
From information received from different
portions of tho State or North Carolina Gov
ernor Carr fools satisfied that tho cotton orop
for t'lis year has been injured 10 per cent, on
account ol tho exe'ssl vo dryness and lnten-o
heat.
Mississirn. ;
1 ho Southern Associated r<*prcp*'nta
livo has Interviewed farmers from nine coun
ties in Central Mississippi iustocr.jp condi
tions. Cotton is declared from 25 to 50 per
cent.short of tho average yield. Karly planted
corn good, but May corn sorry. Clinc, pota
toes and rice promise fair yield everywhere.
Pastures dried up.
I TOTAL I>KSTK IJOTION
f Of Property (o be Ilcgiin In Culm l?y
Cubans.
Tho Now York World pays: "A campaign
of total destruction of property will shortly
bo inaugurated In Cuba by tho Cubans. Tho
provisional government of the republic havo
flo ordained In a proclamation dnted in tho
provinco of Santiago of July 1,1. Uy tlj|8de
structlfAta twofold object Is to be gained.
Tho loss of An Im'menso cash Inconio Is ox
pected to shorten BpalnV warfaru and- tho
conversion or the island into a wilderness,
compel her to /withdraw her armies. 'Ail
clasAoa or pro}fcrty, whothor foreign-owned
or not, aro to bAtroeted alike as all, pay (rib
utc to Spain. The dread necessity for vhole
sale destruction fe laid -?ntlrely upon the
need or tho furthor and complete ruin for
Bftoio of tho money producing power of
Caba."
Woman Murdered for Money.
Shortly ftftor daylight Wednesday morning
Kate Cabanie, who kept a general storo In
theeoiitheni suburbs or Montgomery, Ala.,
wan round lying Just outalde the back door
chokedto death. The woman was attired fn
Mr night clothing and It was evident that
gfte W0rnrovt99 attar going to bed Tnesdaj
night by her murderers. Hie woman lived
In a room ba .-k of her store arid had no one
iivlng with her. She did a good boslneaa
and bad actnmolated considerable property.
] The room was ransacked by the murderer*, j
MOK.Ms in ii i r: wtcsi.
l>uimif?o by a Torrlllo \\ liul l.ltfht
nine's !>cndly Worli.
Saturday's d I? pathos from point* in In
diana and Ohio report severe storms, aoooin
paniod !?y tnitoh destritetlon property by
li^'lttniiu; mill some fatalities.
At lndiatutpol'j tlio wind renohod liurrl
oaiio velocity, but no ssrjous property loss
was suataftied, nor wore any ){yo.-? lost. Tin*
rainfall was very heavy.
Near Homo i it y , Ind,, a iattfo luru was
destroyed by li^iitnliii,' ami Arthur Foos,
ittf?''i 1 -1 , was killed,
l'aily Saturday morning storms i it the
; auto territory were equally divstrneti vo,
VI F.llwood, 1ml., lik'htiuiiK' < I'liifllsiiivl
llov. .1. 'I'. Wright's residence. All tin* family
escaped injury, but Mr, Wright was horribly
burned ami paralysed from tlio waist down.
tin cusbur*,', 1ml., reports heavy damage to
crops and several bridges washed iiwav.
Mrs. John ISiuniKardiior, of Wabash, was
si ruck by li^it I it i it x and fatally injured. |,>*s
ti'f Miss and Noil Itliss, at i)olphus, t)hlo.
Vfero killed by li^htnln^i
At iiobort, I nti , t ho building of Adam
Bmith was demolished by liu'litnim,* ami tin?
entire family of three persons ktlled.
It 'polls from St. l.ouis Mo., says a severe
wind storm visited the States oi Illinois, Mis
souri, Arkansas and 'LVxas ami Oklahoma
territory, Several lives were lost ami much
properly destroyed, Kkvtrieai discharges
and heavy rains accompanied the storm of
W bid.
At llinniwrhnm, II *., tjio electric light
plant, the Austin planing mill, tlio Trado
palace and I ho Austin college wore unroofed.
At Momlota, Ills., Pohl's liotol ami .several
residences Wi'tc unroofed,
All the strain ilelds about Mascoutah, Ills.,
Were destroyed.
Ai We.- 1 Plains, Mo., the storm was severe
upon lh{ht structures. The grand stand at
the ball park, where a game was in progress,
was blown down and 15 people woro injured,
none fatally.
Near drowning, Mo., tho farm house of
Thomas (loooh was blown down and Hooch's
wife and infant son were killed. Tito public
school building at James, Mo., was totally
wrecked and tlio Druiuinond hotel unroofed.
At Ivlinu, Mo., l'oter l.orey, a boy was kill
ed by a failing t roe.
At Fort Worth. Tex. . a amoral jalti fell for
the Urst limit in over three months. The
downpour extended into tlio Panhandle
country its far as Clarendon, and on the.
Texas i'aejih' road west of Midland.
Ai (luthrie, Okla., the long dry spell wns
broken by a heavy rain, tlm temperature
dropping nearly 10 decrees in a few hour>;.
At Huntington, Ind., Wallace's show tents'
were wrecked by the storm. The horses and
the menagerie, stampodod and much proper
ty was ruined. Tho elephants caused a panic.
The storm unroofed several buildings and
blew down a wall of tlio now CirlHlth hoick.
COM.MKHCIAL It KIM) UTS.
| Political Kvoiits lla<l So Definite I ?? ?
(liicuco Upon Ilusliicss Prospects.
Melow is Dun aid Hrnd*lreet's \y??i*lsly re
views of trnrto'lor Hi" pa?t week: Political
events of tbo week hail no dcllnnte inllueuoo
upon business prospects, f >r tho phenomenal
variations in 1 r I i i ? ?< exchange ami the be
ginning tiT imports of gold, although fol
lowing tho great mcetiug hi >l?idi?on 8<|uaro
Ciardi'n on Tuesday, may be fairly attrihuted
to the accumulating excess of inerchhndiai;
exports ov?r imports, li> which attention
has boon repeatedly called, exports from
New York for tho past two weeks having
been 20 per cent, larger ami imports 21 per
cent, smaller titan last year. Tho rapid
movement of grain, and tho unusually onrly
marketing of cotton tends strongly to
aid tho banking syndica'e which has un
dertaken to regulate lorcign exchanges.
The iron anil steel manufactuie has only
continued depression to report, and Hesso
inor pig has sold at i-10. 10 at Pittsburg, whilo
Southern No. I is ollen >1 at prices equivalent
to *10 at New Yvrk, and nearly ail finished
products aro !? ?:? i 1 1 y sold lie low the current
quotations.
niuosraict: r s hkview.
fle.neral tiade throughout the U nitei States
is practically ooifllhod to staple lines. The
volume, of business Is no larger. Thu feature
of the week* Is the increased diflleulty in
making collections and the higher rates for
mercantiio discounts. Credits are being
scanned more closely than heretofore and
are granted less freely, Chicag .blinkers
are slow to make loans except to move the
crops and < lileago bank deposits are decreas
ing. At HuiYalo, Pittsburg. Charleston, t'iti
cinuuti and Osdveston mercantile collections
are slower tha.i before, liusiness in South
Carolina is retarded by drought, and in north
I.ouls ana, Texas, southern Arkansas and
.Mississippi prolonged drought has ?-o inter
fered with Ixisiness it; some spctlousth.it It
amount- to a calamity.
, . Vo total I'ir-iiii'Mi failures in the Uniteil
ijtates is 2<i I this week, six more than last
well and 72 more than In the week 'one yar
(ago. I'ii k clearances; throughout the I'nlted
SlMe* amounl to only yM 1 3,000,000 this week,
ali'iost exactly the same total reported lor
t ?? thiril week of August, 18'JI, when the v < ? I -
tone >>f tiade was very small. Compared
?.villi la-t week this week's total fit ly.vt a ile
crease id I 2 per cent , ami contra"!" ! with
the week one yar ago .tbo falling-;)!! is :U
mo.-t 10 per cent
CUBAN INJsUUOKNTS.
Faking Hulls P'roui ti Track to Throw
Up Kiitreiie.finiC'iit.
Heports from the province of Pinnr <1e|
ltio arc to tho efTccl that the insurgents liave
taken rails irom thetracks for the purpose of
throwing up entrenchments near Taco Taeo.
-l( Is estimated that at least two kilometres of
the. track have been torn up. For this reason,
passenger trains and two freight trains have
returned from Artemesia nail the through
traflie on the railroad line is now interrupted, j
(ion. Oliver, the governor of the Fortress
Cabana, will return .to Spain September ."10.
iteinfoieements of the Spanish army aro ex
pected here shortly. These reinforcements
consist of \i'>0 infantry ofileers, and .11,328
privates, 4 cavalry ofTlce.rs ami 4.1i? cavalry
men. 31 artilloryoftloors and 1,252 artillery
men, 34 ofileers in charge of the engineering
corps and 1,517 men belonging to the engi
neering corps. Col. Scgura and Col. Her
nando/. rop rt an engagement with llcrmu
dev., tho insurgent leader, at Lomo del Toro.
province of Matanr.as. Fifteen of the insur
gents are reported to have bcffi killed while
22 of the Spanish troops were ?wounded.
WOHSK THAN INSUnOKNTS,
A special from Houston. Texas, says A ? K.
/ilijalda has arrived here. He Is an .tigent
of the Spanish government and has e<\mo to
Texas to buy 2,000 horses for the Spanish
nrmyinCuiui. ffe will purchase bronchos
>10 they aro hardy and can aland the tropical
sun. Tho Spaniards will have a hard time,
however, because after a rest thu broncho al
ways bucks jvhen first saddled and Spanish
cavalrymen f\ro not familiar with thi? style
of horse.
Turpentine Arid Itosin.
.. SM ft mcotlug la 8avaoftAH, Oft., Ot~tnw
naval storM fAOtorw of Savannah and Jlruns
wick, hunddng over 75 percent* of spirits of
turpentino and rosins produced ia this conn
try, resolution* -were adopted recommending
to nsvai stores producer* that the cut of
boxes the eomfnjr seasons shall tjoi exceed'
_ one-third of tko>;uV of -AwtitHloniq
price Of lator was nf.s'o romim-rided. TbC
producers meet here August 20tb to oraantzo
1 to curtail the crop and the factor* resolu
tions probably will then bef adopted. The
I . price, of turpentine 1# no* at tho loweftt point
j In tho history ot ch* IfHlnrtiry.
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MVKf.Y INT1UCI 5S I* l\ TOM! MS. ,
t Says llrynn Mitot ton Tlectod or lift
Will Stop Tal lit 110.
How funny find fantastic i<? poliliofl. 1
Only a I o w years o j*<? tho alliance WrtH j
in full blast tiiitl had il*< star chamber j
with i I s signs and grip* u,u^ P'*S!l words
and no lawyer or doctor or prcaoher
uood apply. It rolled into ollleo a .
few lenders ami Bohemern and thou !
wont into ft atato ot iunocuou* desuc- ;
tilde, as Mr. Cleveland would say. |
Tint it dident at ay dead. In iln dying ;
agonies It gives birth to a child that ?
had more sense than its daddy and i
thoy named it populist or tho people's
party and invited us nil in. Tho star :
chambofc was abolished, Tho goat wan
dohoruod and turiuvl out to glass. Tho ?
big warehouse schemo was abandoned. j
Tho rajlrOtulH and telegraphs worn ab j
lowed to tun on awhilo longer on their
own hook, but thoy hold on to tho froo |
silver plank with a stubbornness (hut
was bom of desperation. My and by tho I
southorn and western dtiuoorata began i
to oty out for freo sifver and thoy j
oried bo loud and so stnvng that thoy
carried Chioago by storm land took tho ?
fort like a cyclone had st/nek it. T.hen j
oa mo the populists at Ht. Louis t\nd
with great good sense aVjd liberality
sftid what is the dilVeronoo butwVcYi us;
let us bo brethren. You have stylo u
otir platform, but wo can all ?tand oil
it. You tako the head and wo will tako
tho tail aud together wo will bury these
goldbugB so deep tho hand of resurrec
tion will never reneh them. But tho
democrats had already attached a tail
of their own and now tho head has two
tails that are waggod by d liferent par
ties and it's very annoying, for there
ia no law or constitution that allows
but one. And there is tho republican
party, and before long there will he a
goldbug democratic party, and so if
this tail question is not fettled tho
populists will put up an electoral
ticket of their own with Bryan and
Watson electors aud it will tako four
doctoral tickets to settle the great
question of tho next president and
vice president. That mums Melvinley
and Hohurt, it seems tome, for the re
publicans alwaya slick to their party.
But J reckon the general managers
know mora about tlri? than 1 do and
will arrange about tho details. I hope
so, for if Bryan is not elected I shall
do like Evan Howell said, "I will tako
to tho woods," or I will do liko ltigo
said, "I will never speak word more;"
that is to snv, a political word. When
tho late war began I heard & preacher
E?y in tho pulpit (hut if iiio nord suf
fered tho yankecs to defeat us ho
would never again believe in a speoial
providence. I don't say that, but I.
liavo a superstitious faith in Bryan's
election and shall go to bed sick if ho
is not. 1 believe he was raised up, to
purify aud reform nalionahfiolities.
But I was^'ruminating about theso
populists in our state affairs. It hnserit
been so very long siuco Torn Watson
sold his law hooks and burnt tho bridge
behind him because his party said th.?t
lawyers wero not filten to hold oflleo
or go to heaven and won) not lit ten to
get fltton.^But now Tom has picked
up (Scab Wright, a lawyer in full
practice, and is grooming him for tho
governor's chair, j Besides that, Seab
hits the misfortunu/of being rich, which
was another unpardonable sin. But
now Heab dident have lo sell Iuh law j
books, 'like an idiol, nor tako his wife's j
money out of a national bank. Tho 1
fun of tho whole business is that tho 'i
populists took a democrat for presi
dent and now have consei ipted a demo
crat for governor. Hcab Wright never
joined them ur.'tii nflcr ho was nomi
nated, in fact, T don't know whether
ho has joined them yet or not, nor
how long ho will work in the harness.
For several years he hasent been
considered a subdued working doino
crat. He wnscnt well broke and had
to bo watched, for . sometimes ho
bucked liko a broncho. But this is in
his favor, for I never ndmiro a demo
crat wlip would go it blin 1 and never j
kick ajf the pop of tho parly whip.
Htatehouse rings and court house rings i
have sometimes to be broken up and j
it taken u man of nerve to do it. But ;
it is funny to see tho populists hunting !
around in tho hushes for ,n standard
bearer. And they f?jund a flood one.
1 like Seal) ? evoryt>?ifly d<M3. He was
raised in my town anrtw<ui?y ?<> school
with my bovs and wanted to marrv in
to my family connection and call mo
uncle, and Moab says everybody was
willing, but tho girl, and she made a
mistake and said no when she meant
yos, but he dident know it at tho time
and ho lost her. But ho called mo Undo
Hill tho other day to show liis affection.
.He dosent want this mentioned at all,
for such things somotimes intorfcro
with domestio fdloity. #
Another catching plank is tho
promiso to tho school tcachors. Thoro
aro now over 6,000 of thom and tboy j
Want their money, ftodought to havo
it promptly, whether it is in tho troas
nry or not. If evory teaohor can con
trol his own . voto and ono other, that
will mako 10,000 or 12,000 vote* on
thai."
"J5ut the plank against railroad passes
J* a bad one. Ejkry l?w-w?ker ?nd
Fnbllo oifflcial lik^to hare afree pwa.
t magnifies a roan's importance and
flatters hi* conceit and ridca so easy.
The' law- makers will never prohibit
them. On the oontrary, the tenancy
of legislation is to increase theirgfcj
mmd tbftir TrtrilcgW- The JasfcoH
greae voted a clerk to eVery member.
This thing of piokiog Mid hawking
the railroads has got to be ?
f
toad oormnibhion dor-Hcni Mfuloftdmid 1
railroad J nfl In all iu oomplionted dtdntU
Mr. Tbomfta does, .on'l ho <loo? in y ]
friond Joo M. Hrown. Kin 1 .*st *> reply i
I1) Mr. Crcuah&w whh not only ftdiniftf'
t?lo, litifiiimttowornl'lo. I honrtil.v on* j
| 1*\v? <1 if, and ho did rt?l impartial mon. j
You on n't piok up a politician ',>nt of <
? ho woods and make a good railroad |
^oininifisionrr out of Mm. It Ink on i! 1
long railroad education to lit a man 1
for thai oAliio,
Hut \vlit hIioMM M? fib \\ right oliiil* I
Ituitfo Governor Atkinson* < > r vico '
Vfl'su ? What tastlon flfolhero hottSeou 1
tlicm? Upon what k rt>?i t principle*'
?... en r* j uuipf r a t r 1 11 ho 11 linn made JkA
pood governor ; Hd w ill Heab if oleeiiWj >
m> would a tlioumuiil othcra I cotifal j
name, ono of whom f am wltioli, and
iu> I am contented. l<ot t ho pfo/f
iiion proceed. ? Hh.ti A?p, in Atlhdtw
Constitution. .A
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CltOl' CONDITIONS,
Idglit Floats 1 1 ii vo Occurred fn Id/iho
mimI .Montana. J |
Tins Weather liurcuu at Washington, \\i its j
report <>f crop condition:1, says; In tho !
Nouthorn Btatos the week hit* been veiy nn
favorable owing to tho continued excess! vo'!
bent nn<l general lack of rain, In tho ytativi !
of tlio Central valleys ami the northwest the 1
week has boon very favorable for threshing I
anil grain in shock ami stack has sustalnM
further Injury from excessive moisture. fn j
New Knglnnd ami the Middle Atlanlii' States |
tlio w yek has been generally favorable, not
W ithstunillng t|n? excessive heat of thocarly j
part tif the week <
I'mler tlio excessive heat and drvnery of
tlio past week, I In* ilctcriorntit n ot cotton |
has ooiitluuod over tlio greater portion of tlio
cotton holt. 1n Hie Cn'oliutts, ami In pur
lions of Louisiana ami lvistern 'I omis. IociiI
showers have chocked deteriorat ion. uml in
portions of liouisiana ami Texan the Into
crop litis soiiimvl"nt till proved. Hut upon tlio
whole tlio outlook ImMcat.'n a er??p iiiucli bo
loWJJio average, i'l-oniuturo opening of bolls
ami shedding are (.'citorully reported, lack
ing Is now general over tlio tiortliorn portion
of tlio cotton licit, Imt it I ui m I >i.<c 1 1 retarded to
some extent l?y excessive heat. Ail reports
indicate an exceptionally mrly crop. It is
estimated that picking will lio completed hi
portions of Mississippi by October 1, ami
thin will probably apply to other States. In
Texas a general rain In needed for the ton
crop, but It could lort'or tlio grade of tlio
staple.
In tho Southern States corn ban suffered
further Injury. In Kaunas .some tias been out
and in initio)* culling Will begin tills week
The reports Indicate that in the central val
leys corn will I it i safe from host from ton to
fourteen days earlier (hau usual and t Imt lato
corn will generally be safe bv September I to
10.
Iii; bt frost oi'curreil In Kasb'rn Idaho and
, heavy fi'o-u in Western M mt inn. Onlv blight
j Injury resulted in Idaho, but In Montana
j I'onsideinhle damage was demo to Vogeiubh-h.
UNION HAH AK>OCI A I'lON.
N I net cent h Animal Med lug in ScknIoii
at Sainfoin, N. V.
There was a large at tendance In the cou
j vontlon hall at tlio opening <>f the nineteenth
| iiintiai ineo'lin* of tlio 1'nioii I l:i r Association
: nt Saratoga. N. V.. Wednesday, When Lord
I Itns^ell, of ICfi^'luiid. Sir I raiicls I.ockwood
J and Montnr (V '.ckpnthorpe. together with
j tiieir ladies, onCcred the hull they \veii?Kxeoi
I cd with hen r(y applause. 'J'hu Pre.^idont of
| the Association, iMoorcflclil Htorcv, oonduct
j ed tho (llhtlriKiil.shcd visitors to 'jeats on tlio
J platform.
{ ProKideiit Htoroy .'called t ho aKsocia
j Hon to order and delivered his addrcfn
which was upon "Tho moM notcWorthv
I eluirKOH In ftatuto law on points o'f
I tumoral Intel out. made In tho several
StateH and by Collar".'.?, during the prceedlnir
year, i is required bv t|,' CotuHltulluii," Ho
pointed .oil that h'tfMntii'ii in ditTorent States
| tln.ii,;h widely riopa rated ami iei>reM-ntiuK
<:? l!?" oldest and nowent el viii/.atioii,
stroiiKly .'?bowed the chmihUiiI unity of thi?
.?niintry in dcaiiny with the sarno problems
that confronts all tho Ktatcs.
After I lie address tho oxccutivo committna
reported tho nominations for membership
and eiKhty-clxht now inombers ole.eted. Tho
"KKre^'ato inomtiorshlp or tho association Is
1,31*2. The treasurer's report hIiowoiI a l?al
niieo of if 4. 1)13.58. A n?*'neral council was
then elected luoluditiK tlio follotvln?: Florida
It. W. William^; (leorirla. I'. W. Moldrhrtj
North f raroliha, J. I,, llrhlxers; South Caro
lina, C. H. Nettles ; VIikIiiIii. .1. i . V >n?.
?Sl.tlONTON l AKIOS I IIIO CASIO.
I ho Ar?iin,enl In tho N i\v Knniona
Kite- W it p t n.| ii net Ion tJnse fon
eludcil.
At O roonville, M, Tuesday Mr. AiiRustu?
T. Smytlie was heard ail inoruln^ in tlio rato
heariiiK eiiHo, ar/juing that tho court hasju
risdic.lion to prevent a eonllmianoo in (lie
rate cutting. Haiylho arKUod that tho courts
huvo been invoked lo enjoin ratcshy railroad
eoniinls.sloiiH and I.egisliituref), ar.d yet It Is
contended that tlio cuiirtt cannot Mop rail
roads from destroying ouch other. The
courts have no higher duty than to keep such
public institutions as railroads Koiaff. Inthe
afternoon h? argued to have tho ro
utralning order vet a'dde.
Tho argument Jm th? railroad rate-hoarlriK
case wa? concluded aP.er an all day argu
ment. .titdgo iSimoiit'in at t lie conclusion of
the hearing asked f? ? r the papers and taken
tbeni to rial Kock, where he will prepare his"
opinion. There was no intimation through
the progress of tho hearing as to whether
?fudge Hlinoiiton would or would not an
ii oil nee ju rlsil let i. m, ai d it l.-> upon this alone
that l ho Issue linger*. Ilitli tides are claim
ieg thy victory.
^tnr<Iore<! and .1la(l? I'lchle Of.
A special from Fredericksliury, Va.. says
.Daiias Uruee, a white oltlzon of Carol I no
county, living somo 25 miles from here, ib
a|ip(-aro<l at tho Confederate re-union In
Jtleh ' ond on July 1st. He was known to
have some *400 on his person. Ho was scii
uratod from Ids wife and had been living
with a colored woman in his neighborhood
Wednesday afternoon Into, his boilv was
found In somo pickle barrels at tho iie?ro
woman s house. Tho body had boon cut to
pieces #nil a ptoeo p?;t in each of tho sovoral
barrels and pleklcs put on top ami a strong
brino ovor tho whole. Tho pieces of tho body
.were in sufflolcntly goo?l eond it km to-tm
clearly llentlflod.
American l>?nt?l AMocUtlon.
Tho Aoterlcnn Dental Association conclud
?kJ its convention at Saratoga, M Y., Thnr?
day. ihcaoomodra wero elected: Pr<wide&t,
JamcaTriiman.rhlladelphlajVIcc-Preeldenta,
Thoa. Fillobrown, Boaton; Wm. K CTfion
Waco, XfSSfj ?ecotdJntf fic^raiary^A^ H
? ' "i - X; r Trno. OlJ
f ?r ifio nqHt feting. 1
To Ron * M||? . Minute.
* I.?e Andrraon to
WASHINGTON
HAPPENINGS.
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(ItlCAM Olt'THK NKWS AS OIH<l<KI>
li'ltOM Til 10 M.MI.V I'KNSS.
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\\ hloii WlllAjo, of Mon? or /.*?tN*lnt?c -
I'st [yihv General Kcuilrr
.Vllnfi/roatmnsloi* (lon.Vid Nelson ha<?
fiktdijjpfltho rtictmi order of tho postmaster
prohibiting railroads from ''orrylng
^fiioiit payment of postage, mull re.atlng
fX\> railroad buslnes-t, Tito modified order
issued to meet tha views tvs |>rn^?i?vi m ml
opinion !?.v AttornOj General Harmon, to
wh.'Mi (ho matter luui been referred ill there
?piest of (!?? railroad companies, Tho nttor
ney general ii?'M Hint a railroad company
litis 11 right to carry letters without the pay
nfent of postage that an' written nn<l sent,
by llio officers ami agents of tho railroad
company which carries and delivers them,
ul), int its business nml these only, They
may bo lotterfl to othera of It* oflloors and
agonta, to those of coniiwi'tiug lines or to
mtyoim rise, so long an noot.'mr carrier in
tervene*. 'i'ho moment this occurs, such
ot h?iP- Onrrlor |? transporting leti'Ts for m
Ihlfir finely which Is contrary to law. .Ta*l
t<if> yf ii company addressed to olUcers or
, agents 0f <i ?'ofini'rt lug lino on i'oiii pany busi-:
ness ami delivered to an ag"tit of the latter
ai tlio point of connection may ho carried by
the latter to any point of It* lino, boonuso
?nii'h letters become lis own on receipt by any
) ono of llf? agents and transfer to another
layout without tho intervention of another
carrier cmucs within tin' principle already
expressed. lint (l|t\' company, or ollloer or
| employe thereof currying letters wliioh aro
j neither Written by that company n>>r ad
dressed to it In liable totho penalties im
I posed by law.
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j At I ho heruhinnrlers of (ho National Asso
ciation of Democratic Clubs U Is staled that.
| there (?> a glowing demand that 'the cojtvi.n
, t It >11 at St. I.ouls, on September IMMIt, should
??over two days instead of olio, as now ar
ranged for. The oMIcors of th? National
Assoelation are considering the feasibility ol
amending t ho rail and mnltb tlm dates Taos
? lay and Wednesday, September '21Hli (tod
HOt h the II rat day's sctslon being devoted t<?
temporary o run nidation and a report from
the officers, t ? ? he followed at night by ii
meetiiiK to lie addressed by l>oth AI r. llrynn
and Mr. M<?wall, both of whom, it is positively
sta(ed, will attend the eon vent ion. it lias
also boon suggested that after the closing ol
I he eon ventioq, on the second day, a night
parade he had.
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The World's Postal Congress is to assemble
j at Washington May next, according to a res
I ulntion adopted at Vienna at the last con
1 Kress ami already inquiries are coming front
i foreixn Kovernim'iits as to the a i ranKeinent."
i (hi this important /jatheriiiL'. 'I'ho Slate l>e
: partment will issue invitations before lonft
I mimI iieeeptaneeK are assured Irom most, il
! nut all, uf tht' count lies of the ^lolte wliieii
j have nd\anacd to the sta^c of having post
j i.Illces. AL' present China and tho ( Irani, 'o
j l''ree Htatjp are the only ones outside of lh??
| i (iiiKri fV?'aiiil it in expected that these conn
, tics wjil have deli-mites at the Washington
meet itik and that the postal union will tluo
| he completed the. wnlld over.
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'i'lie Washington Dispatch buys: "There
! is excellent authority lor saying that 1'resi
? I r * 1 1 * < leveland will write a letter to Homo
Iriemls til tho Indianapolis K'dd standard
national convention opposing the endorse
meiil of M"Kiiilcy nmi his pioteotioiilBl
views, and favoring lite i ominatlon of a
Democrat who lielievcH not only in the
mainlenanct! of the present Kold standard,
Init for a tarilT for revenue only. It is sal d,
however, that he may inchnlc a siiKKCstion
that il may lie advisa'iie later In the cam
paign to withdraw this third ticket if it
should appear that the Kohl standard cause
is thereby jeopardized."
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i ll" State Department has received word
of a sanguinary conlllet between a party ol
cxplorera in I'eru and a band of Peruvian
Indians. Tin? report is made by Consul
I. eon Jastrunskl, Oilla, I'eru, who received
the details from the United Slab's Cousultir
AKent at an interior point. J'ho exploring'
party was led by an American named Cooper.
There w< le ton in the party, including two
(rermans, who aro the only ones who have
thus far reported . Tho moil lost their way
in the dense forests nml after. ureal HiilTcrliiK
from hunger worn attacked by a band from
tho L'ampa tribe ol' Indiana.
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Wlille it has not Leon oflleially announced
everylhliiK goes to show that Hoko Smith,
Mecr?tary of (ho Interior, lias resigned and
that his resignation lias been accepted, lie
has shipped during tlm past wnrlc hi i hooka
anil papers to Atlanta, C>u. It is rumored
that Ills successor will be Assistant Secretary
lleytioMs# He has made on excellent execu
tive oftleer, and has had charge of (ho dilll
cnlt work of review of pension decisions oT
the Pension Jiureau, and has given
general satisfaction, lie. Is a native of I'eaii
sylviinla. Tho now (Jubinot. oiJIcer will havo
only llttlo more than tlx moutha to aorvo.
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Deputy Consul JUttcr reporta to the De
partment of Statu from Catania tho forma
tion ' f tlio Ahglo-Hicllian .sulphur trust. 'J'ho
cnpital ojf the trust is one million pounds
s'erllng, furnished by Dalian, French and
Kii^ llsl^ 'capitalists. Tim company will bo
luiowipas the Anglo-Slcillari HulpliurCotn
pany, limited, and \v i I J, have headipiarturs in
iv odon, Tho United States consumes about
j t0,(JOO tons of th? HleJIinii product per year,
ami higher prices, Mr. Jiittvr eays, will eauso
great iii|tiry to tho acid makers and manufac
turers of the United State?. .*1
S \
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A report re.'itified al tho Department of
State from Consul (leneral I'olk, stationed
at ( alcutta, shows tiiat tho Indian rlore crop
for this year will ho large, the returns now
i ? showing a:: Inerease of 10,800 tons over
iho corre-'p .tiding months of last year.
, L int year was tlio blgge?>t ou roeord, wilit thif
I excoptlon ??f itilKt-UI, tho ?|uautity shljtpun
! being respectively l.ti*Ui.000 nnd l,7!i.'),ro0
' to. is, as compared with an ay4)rago.vouuual
| export during tint ten yturb eii<lodv18V5 of
1 1,461, M0? t -
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The report of the Governor of Louisiaua
on tho lynching of so vein I Italians lit that
? State recently Is expected at tho Htftto Do
I "partment in a day or two and probably wijl
j form Uie basii of futuro action Dythls Qov
ornmont in tho case.
? ? ? * ?
President Oloveland has nnnounet-d thft
D?yLl 11. Francis, ox-Governor of MbftOurl,
! iks Veen appointed Scoretrtr'y"6f thy Iuterl6r,
vtiTiT ti.,V(rKmttrr; 'resigned; and that he will
itumuu iho duties of his otlUo SeptomUsr l*t.
. ^
Tho repor* that Secretary Oariislo would
take tho stump for tho Ihlrd ticket, In thy
Jliilo <>ra<i? State, Hiids Hrtlo or 'bocr?ff?ucc
otnot?t( K?ntucky l>emocrat9 horo:
mm
frniritr Klffl 1w hwllHti Territory.
A #pe<<f*l from lion i son, Tux., say?:
struotlv* pi?lrlo flfrt are ruglD^fn ttm ChhJk
imw Nation. Dwelling*, fen?M and ka>
h ive ttMO destroyed aggpegftUag a Iom of
tlKuisandfl of dollfttk - The crock boHo^ ahT
;in>I wffh th?>H??nd* of
ttiat dawuttTTi'tuwIua ? '
Are. Th?x? is no water, ai
away on Rook Cfttk. TM.
linit^r, buraioa anuedbor
aoma latUoco* c4ttlo waraaa
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