The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 09, 1897, Image 1
John L, McLaurin and Ex-Sonator
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J, L, (VI. Irby the Starters.
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THEY CAME VERY NEAR MIXING.
Irl?y Applies Very Uard N'iiiiicb to Mo
.** lawu-lu- Candidates lltiVO So
It'Hi1 Signed t li o IMcdgo.
' Tho first mooting of tho compaign
for tho Oomooratio noiuinntion for Uni
tod States Senator to lil) tho plaeo now
occupied by John Ij. McLaurin, by ap
pointment from Governor Kllorbo, was
hold ut Sumter Monday, and pvovod
aonHiuionul in tho oxtremo. It opened,
quietly in tho opera house, which was
only comfortably filled.
County Chairman I'nrdy introdncod
? Senator McLaurin as tho tirnt spoakor.
The Senator's addross was cqhsorvativo.
He paid tribute to tho memory of Sena
tor Earlo, and gavo an account of his
,awn political slowartyfitip. Mr. Mo
Laiyin was warmly received, and sat
down with tho pleasing assurance of
haying. niado a good impression.
Then tho storm broke. Jjjx-United
States Senator John I j. M. Irby was i n
trodncod, and for throo-quarters of an
. hour was onactod as exciting scones as
perhaps have ever boon witnossod at a
campaign meeting in this, or any other
Sato. Things looked serious time and
again. At one time Irby and McTiau
rin were only prevented from clinching
by tho intorforQiuio of thoso on tho
stftgo.
li'by in his cppeooh applied the sever
est- langnago ty MoT.aurm, and lie came
to tho front..
When Irby rose, tho ehoors for Mo
Ijaurin wero deafening. He mado an
opening sally, iWoLnurin made an apt
aside, and' tho cheering was such that
Irby, despite repoatod efforts, conldnot
go on. Thou, wlion Chairman I'nrdy
quieted tho crowd, ho started out again
by oharging the crowd with trying to
howl him down. Ho said lio know That
it was all fixod up in this hot-bod of
Ilaskollitfm and Conservatism. Pretty
noon he said ho did not care how many
of these city heilobjnen tVied to prevent
liiin from speaking.
Chairman I'urdy advanced then and
said that it was their desire to givo
<"? lrbv a respectful hearing, and ho asked
that he would not repeat that insulting
language. If ho could not bo roRpect
f Ml, they ditV hot want to hoar him.
Tho committee Avas not responsible for
tho outbursts of feeling/' Irby replied
"that they had insulted him first.
Irby wont on then and characterized
MoLaiU?in' as a ring-streakod, stripod
and-specklcd politician, ilo charged
him with dishonoBty and with being
guilty of tioason and ti^aehery. Ho
said that tho foulest conspiracy that
over existed in this State was now
'' in force and McLaurin was tho bone
lloiary.
Filial^', MoLauriu, who had turned
pale, jumped up and faced him, saying:
"Irby, lot's have an understanding
right hero. We have known each other
sonlo time. You can't accuso mo of
dishonesty. You can't insult me in
that, way."
The two men faced each other. Irby
repeated what he had said, and added:
''1 say further that if you hit mo you'll
be hit back. " At this juncture, Lditor
Appolt rushod up to Irby and told him
ho would have a reply. Charles Eman
uel rushod in and said to Irby: "No
-ono but a coward would talk that
way. " i ... .
Irby replied that no ono but ft coward
would insult a guest, Mr. I'urdv and
others got tho men quieted, the house
being in en-uproar. . Wlion Irby finish
ed, MoL>?urin denounced tho* ehargo
that ho was in a.combiuo as absolutely
.false. Irby retorted that ho '4vould
provo it.
Irby said that ho is in tho fight to
succeed MoLnurin, and that, ho will -
make an active campaign, and stay in
tl^e raco, .until tho ond.
So tho "piedgo polls" closo with five
candidates in tho raco: John L. Me
? Laurin, John Ij. M. Irby, John T.
Duncan, John Gary Evans and S. <>.
Maytlold. ?
Tho Monck'n Corner -MoctliiK.
The second of tho Honatorinl cam
paign meetings was pitched on a very
different koy from the gathering rit
Sumter. Thore wore only two speakers,
Senator MoLaurin and fonnor Senator
Jrby. Tho throo other candidates,
former Governor Evans, State Senator
Mayfleld ahd Mr. John T. Dunoanworo
A not present';
Col. I^by was quite indisposed on ao
?? count of the heat and fipoko briefly. Mv.
MoLaurin spoke for ovor an hour, with
tho approval of tho audiouce. There
were absolutely no' offensive i>ersonali
tiea between tho two candidates. What
there was of critioisw wag political and
"acceptable. y
Col. Irby said that thero had boon
ohango ju^the political" sentiments
siucfc lww, nud that now, as then, he
ii -.-..I*. tru??.. blue, reformer." He
wanted it understood that he proposed
conducting his campaign as he saw
best He spoke at length of his 'iSjKJ
. vioe t<J tho roform movement," anfl urg
ed thai hehad alway# been a friend to
the poor *hd toiling masses. He had
- tUton the portion that no man with a
. F.bite face should .be diafraaohisedby
? ? the constitutional eooventlonofwhieh;
he ifaa a member, His views were #n
totonltwd by others and brought him
_oppo?Jtfon. Laterjm he WM opposed
-m m iPVjs
to the National Demo
i ve entered the race bat for
tk>n. Ho did npt believa that
tivea were goifljr tp .1 iDM
M
: frr? ? r^? fp
?was several times applauded,
Whou Senator Mol.rturin got uj> to
apeak, ()o|, Jjrby asked to bo excused,
but Mr. MpT^aurin asked him to remain
a moment, aiul thou Mr. Mol.aurm
said ho was delighted to meetCttl, Irby
oj? tho plane of to- day.' a speech, and
that if thay tioUm kooi? ' ft tip, and ho
would do hiH part, there would ho ii?**
loroat atul benefit in tho campaign, llo
Bftlu ho would bo tho last man to rob
Col. Trby of what ho had dorio for re
form or tho people, but that now tho
tight was oit other and national issues,
and ho was right on thoRo, and Col.
Trby thought ho wan right in hia opin
ions. Ho had alnaVdono his share of
tho work for roform w hen it took light
ing, Ho wan today as staunch a ro
formor as over. Jfo had formed no com
bine with Mr. (toiualos. Tho Croon
villoNowa favored Col. Irby more than
any other candidate, and it wan time
for Col. Irbv to repudiate t ho assist
ance of Gold Bug Editor Hall.
The roa'. and striking merits of Mo
Laurin's speech was in hia exposition
of hia taritV viowa, and ho took it up in
pocket book mannor no na to moot hia
audience, which was deeply interoatod
iu hia fight for a duty on yellow pine,
crorta tioa and rico. Mr. Moliaurin
made a magnificent logical presonta
tion of his views, which ho urgod wore
iu tho intoreat of tho pocket booka and
rosourooa of tho South.
iloaaid ho was 'ho eloaoly in touch
with t hia district that he
would not Toao twenty- live votea in
Homo count iea, and said hia appoint
ment to tho Sonato was unsolicited, and
whilo Ellorbo may nulko miatakoft,
t here was no 'nobler or more incorrupt
ible man in 8011th Carolina. (Ap
plauao.) '* ?
PALMKTl'O PISNCICLINOS.
Tho State ^Sponaary at St. Stophon'H,
Horkeley county, has boon robbed of
about ij-i'-i worth of liquors.
Tho Stale Teachers' Association
oloBed its annual session last Week at
Paris Mountain, Uroonvillo county. It
waa a most profitable session iji ovory
roRpcct. -
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Capt. Geo. B. Nowcomb, roadmastor
for tho Northoaatorn Railroad Company,
died at Lano'a, from sunstroke. Hia
remains were taken to Petersburg, Va. ,
for interment.
Tho oftor of the city council of Au
dorson of #100 reward for the arrest and
delivory to tho city authorities of one
Chris or Christie Harris or Harrison, a
ne^ro boy charged with criminal assault
with intent to rape, has boen increased
by the city council to $250. The mayor
of Anderson has written to tho Oovor
uor requesting him to oiler an addi
tional reward of for hia approhen
Bion. *
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A white man got on tho train at
Branohvillo last- woek bound for Au
gusta and took a soat. Ben Brittle, a
nogro who bad temporarily vaoated it,
fitepped up and tfitid: "This seat is oc
cupied." Tho other replied that tlmr?
wore plenty of\ othors he oould tako.
Brittle attempted tonso forpe, ^hen tho
whito;ui?n shot him through the body
juaCoVerHho heart. The slayer (n tho
oonfuaion among the i-asoengers stepped
o/T, disappearing in tW da?n??8. No
ono knew him. ? Atlanta Constitution.
HOT AND DRV WKISK.
J. W. Bauer's AVookly Weather Crop
Bulletin.
The South Carolina weekly crop bul
letin for the wook ending July 0th,
eayB, iu part:
Although tho wook was exceedingly
hot and in places dry, yet on tho wholo
correspondents pronounce it,a/avorabU>
ono for tho farmer. >iyitli -\itntfty oxcop
tioua principally oU account ol' lack of
rain, and extreme heat. 1
The groatost need of rain exists in
the upper Savannah valley, tho oxtromo
northwestern and northeastern 001111
Nties, and in scattered soctions olsowhoro,
but sinoo reports oloaod cplito heavy
rains havo fallon ovor portiona of tho
State, but whethor tho rains oovorod
those portions most iu need of it, is not 1
known. - -
Cotton is blooming over tlio ontiro
State and although tho stalk and weed
oontintte- smnll, is fruiting -heavily.
Cotton wna damaged by hail in Clareur
don. Dorchester Aiken countiey,
while from Berke?^ there are repoijit*
of too much rain. Complaints of
shedding, and that tho plant has
stopped growing, were rocoivod from
Clarendon, Orangeburg and IOdgefleld,
and of grassy condition of fields from
Barnwell, Fairfield, Berkeley, York,
Bamburg, Hampton. Floronoe, Now
berry, Choster and Clarendon. How
over, favorable reports preponderate
greatlv those to tho contrary. Hea
Island cotton continues in splendid
condition, growing and fruiting woll.
Early tobacco is being cut and cured
but its quality is not as good as tile later
planting promises to bo. Hail damaged
this oro)> slightly in Florence.
ltioe is growing woll generally al
though tho llolds are quite grassy/ and
caterpillars continue troublesome in
plaoes, but the fields are being fioodod.
Sweet potato slips are still ueing sot
out and tho crop is doing well gener
ally.
Melpns.are ripeuing and being ship
ped but tho crop is a small ono in acre
age,, yield and generally in size of the
felons. Only a few reportthis "crop up
to an average. ?
Feas are doing woll with generally
good stands. Are still being sown for
forage.
Cane ia tasaelling. Army . Worms
in grasain Charleston connty, Gardens
falling.
Special reports on the present condi
tion and probab! e yield: tlf early oom
w?r* reoeived, ; and indicate a more
promising outlook than heretofore, bat
AC-*
*? ? iivvvauvw1
oh the weather for the ?e*i for weeke.
JPhe stalks are smaller than osua), and
ju*e tawwBing l<rw, but hare a healthy
ootor generally. Thesttndsare irreg
ular, da# to poor germination of some
seed and to the ravages of worms,
-thejwfctiariPE
Any who wishes to die #nd fa
afraid to kill himself fa advised to rig
* ' ?elf- up ** 'a boojf agent, fnvado
^ ? 9 '-l " VfSSrk fciiff"
itMwiHnifa t**
Tho Great Struggle is Now Qn in
Earnest,
MINERS ARE STILL AT WORK
Aim! t ho Operator Suy Tlioydnn Hum
To I'rcveut Unlawful Interference,
,Tho striko order of tho national ex
ecutive board of tho United Mine
NVorkora of America lias boon oboyod
by from 10,000 to 15,000 of tho 21,000
minors of tho Pittsburg district. Tho
groat struggle is now on in o^tnost,
and tho developments of tho next few
days will dotormino tho success or fail
nro of tho light for a uniform mining
rato.
Whilo it is estimated that at loast
two-thirds of tho minora liav? thrown
down thoir picks, enough mon aro still
at work, however, to sorioualy impair
tho chances, unless thoy ran ultimately
bo brought out. This, tho president
Hays with coufldenco, will bo done.
Tho operutorH, on tho othor hand, state
that thoy cannot continue to run,
UN ITU I) STAT KM PKOTKCTTON.
A very important stephaA boon taken
at Cincinnati in connection with tho
local coal minora' atriko, which puts
the power of tho Unitod (States against
a,ll violence or unlawful acts in at least
a portion of tho territory in Ohio. An
ordor of tho Unitod Btatos Circuit
Court for the^outhorn district of Ohio,
feastorn division, was made by Judge
Taft, on a showing mado by M. T. Jior
riok and Kobprt Hliokonndorfor, ro
rocoivors of tho Whcoling & Tjako Erio
jtailroad Company, and of tho Whool
ing & Pittsburg Coal Com pany, where
by tho United Htates marshal is direct
ed to protect thoir miners at work, and
to proven t unlawful intorforonoo with
tho operation of thoir railroad. I
CiOVKItN'SlRNT CROP UlCI'OKT.
Conditions 1 ti flic Southern States
Not. ko Favorable on Accouut of
1 1 oat. ,
Tlio Unitoil States Woathor Bureau,
in its roporiVof crop conditions for tho
wpi'k ended .Inly fiili says: In tho
States of tho Central Vnlioy, Lako
rogion and Now Englaud, tho week
ouding July 5th has boon very favora
ble to crops, tho higlior tomporaturo
boing ospocinlly favorable to corn. In
the Southern StatoB tho conditions lmvo
been loss favorable, tho cxcossivo hoat
and absence of rainfall proving injuri
ous to most crops. On tho Paeifto
const tho week has been very favorable.
In tho principal corn States for tho
central valleys corn has made rapid
growth, but in tho Southern States it is
suffering for rain, in some sections se
riously. Excessive rains in Missouri
have retarded cultivation, and tho crop
is still backward in Minnosota. In
Texas, whilo tho lato plant is suft'ering
from" drought, taken all in all, it is
doing very woll.
Cotton is rieodihg rain ovor the great
er part of tho cotton bolt, moro par
ticularly tho Southern portion. Tho
crop is gonorally elonn and fruiting
well. A marked improvmont is repOtrod
from Mississippi, North Carolina and
parts of Florida.
Tho bulk of the winlor whoat crop is
now harvested south of the fortieth par
allel, about the latitude ?6f tho central
portions of Ohio, Indiana aud Illinois.
Excostfivo rains have retarded harvest
ing in Missoui', and caused further
da i dago to grain m shook. Good prog
ress in harvesting has boon mado in.
NobiHiska and northern Indiana, aud
harvesting will soon bogiu in Nebraska.
Tho crop is maturing on tho North
racific coast and in California, whero ,
harvesting is progressing rapidly. The
grain is shrunken less than was antici
pated.
Spring wheat continues to nuiko fa
vorable progress and is now bonding
woll over tho southern portions of tho
spring wheat region.) In Oregon the
best crop for years is promised.
Tobacco has contiuod to improve gen
erally, but is still in poor condition in
Kentucky. A marked improvement is
reported from Ohio, aud tWerop is do
ing welkin Missouri, Pennsylvania and
Maryland. Transplanting*, has been
completed in New England and Now
York, and cutting is in progress in tho
Carol inns.
11IG TKOLLKY DKAL IN AFRICA
Americans Granted Large Conces
sions In .lohiiaiiufsbiirK.
At Oakland, Cal.; Honry A. Putters
has recoivod word that his syndicate
had l>een deolared a concession oover
ing tlio entire electric st root railways
of Johnaunesburg, wliioh throws the
entire electric street railway S3'stem of
South Africa into the hands of the Put
ters syndicate.
Americans heavily interested are: J.
K. Waterman, formerly general freight
manager of tho Colorado Midland Pail
w?y 6f Denver; John Hays Hammond,
of the Jameson raid conspiracy: Henry
Butters and his brother, Charles Put
ters.
~~ Against Any Sort of Fusion.
At Nashville, Tenn. , the National
conference of UiO ' middle-of-the-road
Populists met /fnesd ay, several hund
red delegates lxins in at ie n dea ctr. - Tiw
conference was called to order by Mil
ton V of Texas, an*^l is strongly
against any sort of fusion.
KILLED IN A CHURCH PANIC.
LTgM ? log 8 1 ri ten- lin
Priest *n?1 Causes a Panic.
While high mass was being cele
brated in the Catholic chnrch at Jon-'
<H?i*res, in the Lake St. John district,
QueW, .track tfa* aitar, op
NEWS ITEMS.
Southern Politic?.
It is rumored that Geo. W. Yand#*
bilt will build a $100,000 hospital at
Aahovillo, N. C,
Thoro is talk of the Virginia Prohibi
tionists holding a Htatn convention at
Lynchburg August 20t)\.
( lovornmont engineers nay an immo
diato appropriation of $500,000 is need
ed for Cumberland Sound, Fla.
A cloudburst in tho vicinity of Hen
derson, K.v. , washed away about a milO'
and a half of railroad traek.
Tho Federal and State officiate will
unite to protect the Florida coast from
Importation of infectious diseases.
The Socialists of Virginia hftve nomi
nated .1. .1. Quant/. for Governor and
It. T. Maycanbor for ldeutonant-Uov
ornor.
At Villa Kidgo, Mo., Erastua Brown,
a young negro, was lynched by a mob
of IKK) persona for an aasuult noon Mrs.
A??io Foerving, a f&flner'B wife.
\V. A. A lion, James Allen, Iiiqdsoy
Allen, .Mook Tuuatill, Ana llarr and
Porter Avorill were instantly killed by
a boiler explosion on tho farm of
W. A. Allen, near Hartaville, Tenn.
Tho Grand View, ono of tho loading
hotola at. Tallulah Falls, (la., has been
burned. Miss llattio Hlggins and her
mother, of Atlanta, boarly escapod with
their lives from tho burnihg structure.
Loan, $25,000.
A dispatch from Kansas City, Mo.,
saj's farm labor is scarce, and at many
of tho railroad stations farmors await
incoming trains, hoping to find men.
Tramps are refusing offers of $1.50 a
day and ovon $2 to work in tho floldfl.
At Tampa, Fla. . James Davis, col
ored, entered tho nouno of Mrs. Kipard
Knowlcs, white, and assaulted her. lie
was frightoned away by hor Bcroains
and flod without hat, coat or shoos, lie
wbb captured and jailod without any de
monstration of violence.
Woat Robinson and Johu Proahlor,
two enthusiastic wheelmen, havo
reachod Atlanta, Gft., aftor having rid
den from Orange, N. JIF on a tandoim''
Thoy made tho distance of about ^","000
miles In ten days, avoragiuffttbrfut 100
miloH a day.
The TonneBBoo lOxpOBition which is
attracting so mu^ch attention through
out tho country, and which is boing at
tended by thousands from both tho
Northern and Southern States, is
beautifully illustrated in tho July
number of the Oriolo, whioli is pub
lished monthly by the Baltimoro Steam
Packet Company. The illustrations
woro sont tho Oriolo specially by tho
board of managors of tho exposition.
Tho same numbor also contains mnps
of the famous James river route of tho
iialtimoro Steam Paoket Company bo*
twoen Baltimore and lUchmondf'and a
largo amount of other information of
value to the general p\iblio as well as
travel era.
All About the North.
On tho 5th flvo pooplo woro killod in
Chicago by firowork*.
Arthur Oaidinor. of Chicago, broke
the world's ono mile bicyolo handicap
record, Uiis timo boing 2:05A.
At Chicago, Pittsburg and other
Northern cities many deaths and pros
trations aro reported from the intouso
heat.
At lioadvillo, Col. , tho Fourth was
appropriately inaugurated by a severe
snow storm. The ground was covorod
to a dopth of ono incly
Congressman Edward Peao Coko,
of Chicago, waB found dead in nis room
at tho Cochran Jiotol, Washington,
from a clot on tho heart.
Tho jury in tho conspiracy oase of tho
AmericA Tobacco Company, on trial
in No? York, haB failed to agree.
Ten woro for conviction and two for no
quit tal. \ ^
Tho Grand j jodgfr-of the Honovolont
and Protective Order pf 'Elks mot in
Minneapolis. Tho report bIiows the
present membership to bo 95,000, an
increase of 7,000 in one year.
Three heavily loaded olootric cars
woro returning from a firoworks display
near Pittsburg, Pa. Tho forward car
jumped tho track" and tho two follow
ing crashed into tho wrock. Four peo
plo woro fatally injured and twenty
others hurt.
Miscellaneous.
Novoii hundred and sixty soldiers
woro roturned from Havana, Cuba, to
Spain Juno 80th,. who were on tho in
valid liftt.
Many of tho passongera and crew of
tho steamer City of 1'aris, Panama for
Hon Francisco, dioa of yellow fever on
tho' voyage,
~ Yellow fover in reported by tho Ma
rine IfoBftilul at Washington to be at
Vera Cruiz, Me^jco, and to bo epidemio
at Panama, Columbia.
... A aoveranoe of - fraternal relations
among Jtoyal Aroh' Masons of Virginia
and Ponns.vlnania has been ordered by
tho authorities of tho former.
Extensivo floods is reported fronrj
Franc e. Considerable damage to prop
erty, nnd it ia believed that many lives
have been lost. The town of Auoh is
practically j nu n dated.
The suspension of work in the steel
mills, with Use addition of thecoming
big ?5*1 strike, will be the biggest au?
pension of bitainesa atone time for ^reara
pMi
A special from Managua, Nioarauga,
?ia Galveston, Tex. , say a the recent
V heavy ?w? have excavated '< a deep'
canyon through the town of Mn vagal pa,
at the foot of the volcano, Ometepe,
destroying a number of honaea.
? wf"
WMhlngtoiTVchofa,
Col. W. " J. Calhoun has decided to
decline the poaitkm -of* oonn,Uolfer of
the tr^aawy. .
The fleerata ry of Mm Interior will die
tribute #1,101,000 among the Ht0t agri*
cultural collegee. 52.
A bilf haa bean introduced Ia Cm
> the FSfliCooiiafawonpfn
gainffldida.
tlM ToMmaater General lajrn ha
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Til Id \VOKIi?> ON' HUSltfKSS,
Mt^nsra. W, CI. l>?n Clo.'a >Vt*?Kiy
Hoport of Truiis^ctloug.
Messrs. H. O. I >un Co. '? Weekly
ijoview of Trade for tho wook ending
Saturday, tfuly ltd, saya: Midsummer
vacations have oomiuouoed iu many
works, with a dootoAse of orders usual
at t hia season. This customary vaoa ,
tion is on Hod a striko where ' Agree*
inonts regarding wages for tlto coming
year have not been readied, And 1 1 ?<?
extensive tdrilio of tho Amalgamated
J i on Workers announced *1 rtly 1 is of
Huh ii At u to, but tho striko of ooa!
miners in Illinois and other Centval
Western Htatos is not, And may prov*
costly, hi some iron and ootton work*
wages have boon reduced, owing to low
prions, ono ootton mill in Virginia
closing because the reduction wah
nothioooptod. Willi a bottor demand
the employers will nook agreement. 'I'lio
hituation la distinctly *>f a midsunilnor
cliAVAoter, Large hopes aro bnilt on the
prospective demaud after tho tarilV bill
lius passed, but tho pressure in tho mar
ket of largo importing stocks mAydofor
ft. The gonej'Al belief is tlmt Aiomoval
of uncertAinty will in Any oasjj inoroftso
business.
Ninoe much of the futuro doponds on
crops tho brightening prospects Are of
the highest imporlAnco. .Mst i mat oh by
portions usually most passim istid now fur
exceed any made a month ago, on tho
promiso 01 551), 000, 000 bushels of wheat,
of lower condition, but ft largely in
eroftsod aorcftgo of corn. Cotton pros
pects aro brighter as tho oron Appears
to bo rather early, rather than later
in tho regions which were not j
flooded. Tho movement of whoat in
sniall. Wostorn receipts for tho wook
being only I , V ?\> bushels against
2,041, 71i> last year, and Atlantic exports
!?,0tll, 17W, flour included, against 2,
10 v, 172 l?nt year, but a strong oftbrt to
lift prices /ailed, and tho olono is 1^
cents lower for the week, with corn half
a cont lower. Cotton rose ji, with email
sales.' ' The - iron and stool industry
hulls at. midsummer, Although the do
inaud for finished^ jy-ounots still in
creases and disappointment is duo only
to tho faot that tho increase is not yet
'enough ,1q keep all nulls at work and
thus to bring bottor prices, which now
average slightly lower than over boforo,
though not 1 por cont. below those of
March, 1805. Tho export trado is in
oroftslng, and a largo order for Indift
has just boon taken at a price said to
be $6 bolow .British bids. Coko pro
duction is increasing again, as more
iron furnaces aro going into blast, and
an addition of 25 cents lias.bbon order
ed in anthracito coal. Tin' is higher,
with lArger consumption, and copper at
10J for Lake, with heavy exports, whilo
load has advanced to it. 0 cents. Ainer
oan makers aro celling tin plate largely
at $i<.20 for full weight against .$8.81'
for foroign. f ,?
Textile mauufaoturCrs aro waiting
and cotton mills ourtailing production,
with largo stooka on hand, and prices
soaroely changed, whilo woolen mills
are gradually incroasing work with
better ordors. and prioos inolino to ad
vanco a elmclo. Enormous buying of
wool, 256,000,000 pounds this year,
against 102,000,000 last yoar, reflects
Speculation mainly, ana some larger
lots have been sola throe to flvo timos
Binco arrival. Price?\are soinewhut
stronger jit. seaboard'" markets, and so
high in the interior that dealings in
^lomostics are restricted, amounting for
two months to loss than 21,000,000
pounds, against 55,000,000 pounds
foreign.
Kailuros for tho wook have boon 211
in the United Htatos, attain nt 257 laRt
year, and 80 in Canada, against 2# last
year.
Change In Freight Transportation.
An Important olmngo . in tlio freight
transportation sorvice between New
York, Philadelphia and tho South hat*
boon mado by traffic agreement ar
ranged between ^the Baltimore and
Philadelphia Steamboat Company and
tho Baltimoro Steam Paokot Company
by which a through freight \lipe^ ha?
boon formed for handling goods to all
points reaohod by tho Seaboard Air
Line and ilH eonneotions. The Balti
more A Phihidolphia Steamboat ComV
pany maintains a dally sorvice from
Now York and Philadelphia to Balti
moro by way of tho Delewareand Ohen
apoako canal and Chosapeako Hay.
The freight will bo carriod from Balti
moro to Portsmouth, Va. , the tide
water terminus of tjie Seaboard Air
Lino, by tho steamers of tho Old Bay
Line, ahd thence transforrod by rail to
its destination. Tho now T^mo will
give added facilities to Philadelphia
merchants for doing business in the
South, and it will receive a large pat
ronage on account of tho shortness of
of the routo, and the quick dispatch oS
freight whioh it enables.
Tlio Vessels Wo Built Lsat Yenr.
During tho fiscal year ended Juno
80th, there woro built in tho United
States and officially numbered 729 ves
sels,- pf 177,01.!} gross tons, comparod
with 7>}!) vossejs of 9Q3.077 tons for tho
provious year. Tho deoroase is almost
wljolly]in wooden tonnage, which for
.18$7 amounts to 04,040 ton*, comitared
wi|h 04V7W) tons for 1890. Of tho total
construction 847 vessels of 118,000 tons
were *te*Q) vessels,- oom pared with HSW
of 184fd^,i<5n8 for the previous yoar.
Steel steamers built on the great lakes
number/ 1(5, with Ml, 800 tone, compared
with Zifot 50,030 tons for the previous
year.
J ISequeathed $76,000.
?It hie been fonnd by the board of
trwUaefc-W-ib* -Mary -Bald witt -tiemi
naryr at gtaimton, Va., that the will of
the late principal. Miss Mary Julia
^Baldwin, had endowed the aemlnan
with a bequest of 979,000. '?
F' A .
? Asiant
ished at
Machine. ------
.maebine has been fin
land. Tha machine,
ished at Leeds, England. The machine,
which ia to .be used for attaching cotton
belting, weighs five and-* quarter tons, 1
ladlAM Die VieiilMiklif.
Five Indiana are dead aaA several
others are expected to dia at Malonb's
Point, .Hisarai tha reeult etf as^eive
drinking of pain-killer, half (fa tod
?iw .soakdsisf aloobol.
To Him Is Hoforreti tho third Issuoj
As to Whether
THERE WAS FRAUD IN THE
\
The Kxecutton Of the T^eene of ? ti ?> N.
t\ It. li. to tlioSoutlirrn ft. It. ?The
? It^mri Could liPrtiio.
A ftpeoUl from flreensboro, N. 0. , to
tho Charlotto Obnorvor, of Juno 80th,
nays : "Tho deoroo in tho eano of tho
Mouthorn Itailway vs. tho Nortli Caro
lina Hail road ot aln. , whh handed down
today by Judgo Hlmonton and riled
horo by tho .clerk of tho court. Tho
tloor eo goea over tho ovidonce, and 1h
contained in eighteen typewritten
pftLfOH.
To the three qucstiona: "1st., an to
whether tho North Carolina liailroad
fould U>ft?o; < t h I , w??h tho loane oxeeut
ed in conformity with tlio requirements
of tho charter? Hrd, wart the loa?0 exe
cuted bona ride, without fraud and
malpi aetlco?" Judgo Himouton an
swers:
i- irat, tho North Carolina ftailroad
had the right to lease.
Second, t he loaso wan executed in oon
formity with the roquiromonts of tho
oharter.
Unnl, an to whothor there was fraud,
the qiiostion 1m referred to Hon. Kerr
Craigo, as tqieoial mawler, to tako teativ
niony and report.
State Attorney ( lenoral 'A. V. Walser,
Governor L>. I/. HubsoII and the new
board of director* aro given <10 days to
lilo Vstiinony. The eomplalnani and
tho old board of directors aro given an
additional <10 days to lilo testimony, af
ter which Attorney General Waleo'r and
Governor l\tn\*ell are givon twenty days
to reply. Tho special master ehall thou
report to the court a? noon an potisiblo.
I n tho montitimo tho routraining ordor
romaiiiH in force.
TWO HAD OOljLlAIONg.
Throe Killed mid Twenty or Thirty
Injured.
Threo persons wore killed outright
and twenty or thirty injurod in a roar
ond collision on tho Chioago & North
western oarly on tho morning of Jun?
VOth, at \Vo?t Chicago, thirty milos out
from Chioago, on tho (lalena division.
Tho killed aro: Mrs. John Godding,
of Appleton, Wis.; Miss 11. Shiftman,
of Apploton, Win: ; iui unidontiflod man.
supposed to ho r tramp. Tho injurou
passengers nuinbor twenty or thirty.
All wore Christiag Endeavor delo
f [at.es who loft Ohioago en route for San
'r^noisco. Tho trains were sootiona
foitr and flvo of tho Christian Endeavor
special sont out m nine soojtions. Beo
tiou live ran into section four, whioh
loft Chicago flftoon minuted ahead. No.
-I oarrioa tho Wisconsin dologatos
twenty-fivo hundred strong. No. 4 had
to stop whore tho Krooport linodivorgos
from the main lino. No. ft oatne up bo/
hind at a^roat ft poml and the shock of
tho collision wan terriilo.
TIIK VANDAMA wheok.
A dispatoh froinJ.- J. Xurnor. gou
eral manager of -the Vandalia Hailrond
lino, datod 'i'orro Haute, Ind. , says one
of the Christian Endeavor excursion
. trains was wrecked at Went Terro
?llaute. The disnatoh says nobody was
injured except three postal dorks, and
their injuries are not serious. It is
learned that It. T. Sherman, of In
dianapolis, a< mail p^erk on tho St.
Louis train, was kiilod and that \V. P.
Conn, of Indianapolis, baggage-mastor
on the west- bound train, was fatally
injured. Sam Parkinson, mail olerk,
and Frank Owens, fireman, were
fatally injured.
OHIO DBMOOHATH NOMINATE.
Sllvof IlepubllcanH, I'opullatfl and
Prohibitionists Will Also Put Out a
Ticket.
At Columbus, O., on June 80th, the
following Demooratio State tioket wee
nominated: For Governor? Horaco L.
Chapman; Lieutenant ^Governor? Mel
ville D. Bhawj Supreme Court Judge?
J. P. Spriggs; Attorney Genoral ? W?
II. Doro; Stato Treasurer? Jamos A.
Wilson: Beard of Public Works? Peter
II. Dogan; Hchool Commissioner ? By
ron H. Hurd.
The couvontion wan one of the most
memorable political associations in the
history of Ohio. Everything was for
freo silvor, and .every epoakor drew
cheers by some montion of Bryan.
A motion was made to eudorso W. J.
Uryiu* for the presidential nomination
in 1000. Tlireo oheera for Bryan wero
then given.
The eilvor Itotiuhlicans held a oon-;
feronce and oxpresaod groat indigna
tion. Thoy said it was truo that thoy
had announced that thoy did not want
a piaco on the State ticket, but the an
nouncemont was not made until they
were told that they could not have it.
They appointed a State committee to
call a State convention to nominate a
separate tioket. The Popujiiits also
agreed that they weald hold ' a State
convention and have a separate tioket.
The Prohibitionists will nave at least
two separate tickets, so , there will be
six State tickets in the field. .....
llloyo^es Come Down.
Th? Pope Manufacturing Company,
the oldest' bicycle* bnildern hi ihit
ooantry, And who make high grad?
-nrheeht. of whtalTihe price baebeea
heretofore held it $100, annonnoe thai
after July 1st their 1897 standard will '
be sold at #75.
ii^ ?
' Slekocii Raffia* fa Ctaba.
There lie 1,500. tick soldiers la thtl
hospitals ?V WfHfPMMIYf WWVf^J ? ? I
niokaeea prevails at
theentire province of
Beds end other nuniug facilities han
forwarded from HajaM r^TIw
'Rajeilah ?hwWra, t><
^ siiov. I'.w ok .U'hv :? i).
A (Trophic Account of it TcfrldO
Hailstorm.
It I,. ( ?(i m i *1 >ol I , ii large farmer of tlye
Hot hoi ueig hborhood, York eounty,wafc
in Yorkvillo I n.H t Kuturday muV gave
graphic account of u terriUe hailstorm,
\\ h'ioh devastated his section rt low days
ago.
" The ntorm," said Mr. Campbell,
"came up very HiidVtouly. I was out in
it I'ditmi ii.il d( the time, i'H'I tho lU'Hl '
thing ! noticed was a great <*|? i? ?? lc of a
black cloud with iv at range headlight
likoglow in front It wn.-i approaching
so rapidly and looHitig so threatening
Hint I thought it would bo it good idea
to make for a tenant house. Hpvernl ot
j tlio farm hands had miii for thd inuiw*
1 place ii ml by tlio t i nit) wo wore well nil
dor shelter tin* Htorm broke in all it;*
fury. ( H ull tlio situations I have evol*
boon it was tlio most s.curry. 'I hero wan .
ik*I much wnt or. It was principally a
j shower of ice. Tin* roof of tlio tenant
Iiouho was good, I >u t in lesa than two
minutes tho Itail luul beaten ott tlio
boards unci wan polling us no unuierci
fullv tlmt wo wo in forced to crowd un
der hods for shelter. Tlio whole thing,
I suppose, I Aft tod llvo ininntoH.
"When I wont out and took a look
at I ho landscape, " con tinuod Mr.
Campbell, "tlio Hoo.no inndo mo nick.
Where a Iittlo while before I had it
hundred acres of an lino wheat as i?
I ovor raised in the county, and "norua
and acroH of cotton and corn, tluiro wild
nothing but a barren ivasto, whito in
spots with layora of ico Tlio crops
with the exception of a few m mttl I skips
wore completely annihilated. In fact
most of the land lookod as if it had just,
boon prepared for Hewing wheat or as if
u pou. crop had boon turned under.
"Next day I decided that porhaps
nomo of tlio wheat that had not boon'
beaten into the ground might bo saved
and put tho negroes to work with iv
couple of horno raltos raking it up, and
along with the wheat they raked np
lliii ty-uoven dead rabbits, together
with an alnioHt countless nunyjor of
Hinull birds of dilloreut kindH."
Continuing, Mr. Campbell Haul that
a large inunber of ohiokoOS had boon
killed about his yard and aim Oat ovory
glasH had boon 'broken out of his
(I welling house. Tho track of the
storm was about, half a mile in width
and aofrie three milos long.
iSeveral other farmoi'K bosidoa Mr.
Campbell, including Representative Ij.
j K. Armstrong, sustained heavy dam
J age. ? Atlanta Constitution,
UlllLOIMO AN l> I/O AN FAIMIRKS.
Four J'otitpvlllo Associations <?? to
the Wall.
Four building and loan ABBooiationH,
whoso estimated a&8ota and liabilities f
each foot up over a million and a qunr
tor of dollara bavo gono to tho wall in
Louisville, Ky., finding it impossible -
to oonduot buninoBS under tbo decent
doolelon of the Court of Appoals in ro
fard to tlie legal ralo. of interoBt.
'resident Fred Ho Mix said that, bo
fore the constitutionality of tbo lawfl,
under which thebuilding And loan as
sociations operated wore attacked, they
Vere prospering, but sinco tbo Appel
late Court bad decided tbat till interest
olmrged or collected over 0 percent*
constituted usury, tbat it was impossi
blo?to carry on buBitcMH only at a losr,
livery sueh. corporation -in the8taU*
t hat did bnsinoBB would go under, At
tho ofiicoe of all tho building and loan
companies in the Btato the greatest ?u
eaKine?a nrovaila and stockholders are,,
hourly giving notico of withdrawals, It
is the general opinion among local fin- '
anoiers that the building ana loan buei
ness has suffered its doath blow in Ken
tucky *nd thousands, perhaps millions
of dollara, will bo lost to the sharohohl- .
ers in these ihsiilutions. ^
TIIW STRIKK IN TRNl^HEIR..
Two M iind rod Thousand Hen Idle In
the Jclllco IMst^fot.
The situation in the East^JfaBfieBnoo
and Bonihern Kentuoky ooal mining
fields is rapidly becoming vary serious.
There are 200,000 idle men in the Jel
lioo district Midyear ly the same num
bor along the line of the Cinoitmatt
Houthern llailroad. These men struck
on May 1, and have done no work
since. Few o^ tbem had any money
saved up and th\majority are now suf
fering for the necessities of life. All
efforts to settle the strike hare proved
unavailing and it is now admitted that
none of the minos cau be operated for
several months. The strikers have so
far /made noyttempts at violence, but
as the suffering among them increases, .
it is feared /that some trouble will
como. /
A ORNteBAIi 8TMKI OB^KRIO. '
A general strike of miper# of the
United Mine Workers of AxAeriea has
been ordered for July 4th by the na
tional eieeoljve board, Whose - head
quarters are in Colnmbus, O. , and also .
by the distriot offloiSla at ??' meeting
haldreoentljr.
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