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i u;'._ •\ VOL. XVII. V Barnwell court house, s .c., august so. 1894. NO. 5 I s WILL ^ " !r . NEXT TUESDAY ThK FIFTY -i'll IHb COYtiRBSM MOST 4kT AN E.\U. AL- SENATOR HILL'S AYARCHIST UOW of hHi. HILL Ho Hi IIouiirB Ailjouru 0\«t I ii||| Moll <1 ii i'. Washington, Aug. 24.(Social.)-The passage of the adjoumujeru resolution by (jongress today tiixiug 2 o’clock Tues day as th« fatal hur for this «i*ssion, atteligtheun almost to n positive cou : cliusion the belief that there will be uo executive approval of the tariff bill, and as this belief grows there grows also a general harsh criticism of the President by members of the House which tonight nn'de open and' urireser ve5““e3tpfes^iir everywhere. Never liefore have inembets at first afraid to fortify, fearing they am toed. SO me of (hc'se witm«Hes w«*re wmihl U«e their isnrttimm of they did so. Ihe oonMnisaiom oeaikl not . assure a ’aem tiiat they would not be disc.hargeil . i tlHor Uoi-arnmeiit positions if they nnado etatemients affecting upon Taylor, Issiause it had no power tb do so. but they were informed Unit tin- coniflflis- sbni would exert Its influence to prevent the dismissal of any one who a|ipo«ired liefore it as a wltress. Mr. I'roctor de- to say what the findings of the •rjnmntwitnrr 'w'^re, tiftt if was tiiat something serious had been found n the chargiw, or tffe matter would hot have been laid before the IVertdent for actfon. * TREASURY RALANl'ES. _ Tiie Trensury net ini lance gained $2,- •"HMXI0 today. Standing at* the elose of bnniiiesa at ^,12r»,243dl0n. The gold re serve partook.of the general favorable '‘“tblifion, and inemiso’d jws»rly_$2|ll), IK'S, fc«)ting up $r>4,r>r»3,ooo. < Alii.iSUM 0\THE TAKlhT. S^-ret'irv ('prllsle and Attorney Gen eral oiiiey were closeted tmtil ti o’clock T>rc.s.sloiii’t"!! niih liehaTmarrTsr'^TRrttfTi" BUSINESS MUCH BRIGHTER. GENKBA|. IM«*KOVEMK\T A\I» IY- CREAttEU THADE EVERYWIIEHE. PROSPECT OF A SETTLEMENT. THE SOUTH HELATIVELY REITER thaN other siphons. over the hard knots In the tariff hill, 4>een SO open in thetr blame and So Jtesi' witk-ji vie.w to^Neeretnry^Cnrilale Issniny live Jn their disapproval. The members of the House who were forced into responsibility for the Sen ate hill’say that the refusal of .Mr. Cleve land to share tiiat responsibiltv and his (f£a{ care. to ke< p' bis own reconl clean Is' unpret^nted leliishness. As is al ways the case s ich criticism goes into» darker lim's and charges the President with hostility to the income tax and dis-. appointment'that liis mercantile friends In the East have failed to obtain free coal. The daily expense of SoOO.OMl whielK has been incurred by ^a useless detention of Congress^here far ten days: Is also charged up to Presidental stub born ess. In fact, according to present i nssed witir^AfTorneU (LmeraK vrhiey at •iength tics a.fternis)ii, ami ibelr decision TS the oTp iilar teller io calleetors of will fpcfrn g,nnfF*3I5poStTfSir~of TTrarttmwptrr wanls the President bids fair to pipia! the hostility, of which (he Senate boasts. * A FLAT DENTAL. Both Secretary Lamont and General Vincent deny In toto the. report sent from Omaha th;|t the department of the Platte located in that city and that the officers were to lie removed to Sa-1- T"" onieep* Serlonnly \%ounileil, a eireutn.r of insrtnicfimw to collectors of, customs, explaining Its difficult whed- ules and the hidden tiioaning of wrongly p inetii-rteil paragraphs. Secretary (’nr 1 sle Is esjaftally anxious to form some e*'w V»f -epnsfruofion by whi.fi TfE'T'itTT admit goods which, under the presimt Itecome fris» under the new tariff law. Into the Unatel Staten free of duty, without subjecting • the owners to the exjiense of expirting them and then re- -4mi»»rUng them. The GoveriMiieut wo.uld gain' nothing by i^o-iifijjg that the <iutii\s had to l>e paid upder the MeKin- loy—bill, as- 1 the goods so plaeisl on the lias, list coiThT he exjiorted and relm isirtisl, but the owners would have to -pay- TlnK the Cotton Spinning CniMelty, of Conntry AfTeelert l»j- the Stplke. Now York. Aug. 24.—Bradstreet’s to- morrorvr will says: Serious industrial disturbances in.New England, drouth in central and far Western States curtail ing nearly, all staple crops and a diapo- lth tho results of thair visit sition in all lines to continue to buy for ^ c to New Bedford. With mill men firm, conservative and reticent, little was to be lea rul'd from them, while the help, jprovciueut. Northwentern SUtes, Vi| , wing .piuga only from their atand- ruio HWiH-arnr-Atlauilc and Bhvw’ ; alioiit hccebf- nearby wants only fail to greatly influ ence genera^ trade throughout'the coun try, the trend of which is toward fur ther im i...pmn{ wafl-dlab- .-tTaius ■ in cleai^nga.-aa w'iaakt.'yh.nijitrkets iL customs which Sei'ivhiry I'ar.isle aa.JR Ls-sue. KMJIIT WITH \\ mTl.AAV,. vannab. General Vincent said: “1 do not know how the story was circulated. I have received telegrams from every post men tioned inquiring into the truth of the rumor.” Secretary I^amont said: “There is no such thing contemplati'd as the abolition of the department of the Platte. 1 do not know how the rumor started. There is no change contemplated that could crop he distorted into such a •lory.” “If this change had lieeu made It would have put to an end the hopes en tertained that a department would lie established In Atlanta. “ --i—. General Vincent said that nothing had been done in regard, to the estahll.shnv.ent of the department in Atlanta and the matter was in statn quo. .. Wash'll ;t u. 1L Aug '41 iSpocial.) .Chief Itoulct'. of the Augusia Fire-De- . UArimcuL. saicui_iln . day In tli •. city. orvY*most of it was.in eomjiany with V .j. Lila, k, at' he C-H»U.oh .Chief Rou left ,'s oi his way hoine fr m New Y >rk.y w'-i'ie he has lieen aiUn llng tin i’iic- «bil -f<~ t'onvir.t.ion. . He fi»e>s very prod at liuv ng ►(•.'kir. .I the i*ext i-.nventi »:i ,f»r Augusta. He says •}. ■oli .irtatj . tti.-i 11 a s • p o, d ■ m i bt wba to ver ’» it-.Wii.oi .,lt,l do,;* tVn’v Ton Watson wi'.f poll as p vote .i- li - did b. for... and llirber' Jackson, of also- in Washing . n to >f t’ol. .Merit r wer." AugU'l.t Tltey b I* for N«w York t urght i—i f_ ■ S M NATE. A. W. It. Hill the Outlaw u i'rlniiner. M’ashiugton, Aug. 24.—A special to Tile Post from Bluefields. West Alrgfnia, says: A desperate fight occured here this afternoon lielween Viment Shrader, a rhoonshlner and a posse of officers. As a result Chief of Police R. II. Baldwin and Deputy Marshal Brown are lying at the point of death and Shrader will probably be lynched before morning. Shrader is a Ta/.etvell county outlaw, and yesterday wounded a constable who tried to arrest him at Graham. ATtcr that occurrence., he. took to the wwtttitk about two ijiiles from Bluefields. (’hief of Police Baldwin learned nf his where- abouts tmlay ■and set out to capture him. He was nccompaniod by Deputy Allen Brown and Win. G. -Baldwin, th ■ noted detective, who is a brother of the Blue- fields chief of police. The posse found ShiadejV hiding' pbtee s.hortly Is'fore dark. They expected Ho take; him, by surprise, but ns they stealthily approach ed ho opened fire with a Winchester'. The officers then opened on the m<>on- , shiner and a fnsilade was kept up for thirty minutes. The chief of police was shot through the stomach, nhd-iDeputy Blown 'through the groin. Detective Baldwin escaped injury and succeeded in arresting Shrader. The wounded men and the prisoner were brought to Hhmhcbls. There is infeune^excHement ■he t> anil an imTntuise rmwff. has gather ed .' Threats of lynching Slinnler in ease either officers die are frWlv made. ea .H OI Gulf coast, Southern States report re hit ively greater gams iu volume of IraUic and iu the spread of that better feeling and confidence iu a larger volume ot business in the fall on which improve ments in business depends Prominent among evidences of exijansion in Irade la this week's Intuk clearings; Aoial ^S2,- Oih),(K»0, a gafla over last, week of 4 per cent, and over the like total one year ago, when clearfugs got down to about low water .mark, the-increase is 20 per cent. But compared, with the total iu the Eke weeks two years ago. this week aggregate clearings show a decrease of 18 per cent. It is also Wotth' noting as a sign of the business ihovement tiiat every cities clearings total for the Week i* larger than a year ago. except one TWO VUItnERERS LYATHEH. \Vs J) n • '■>n. i) i \ A UR 24. Thi' of ll t* S. "i 1** I'Miil.V lys ti il mill k l:2T tv- m. . Jiu4 tlH -li an ililj' ♦urn menu iiu in Mil W w ‘.\1 took pi) v. Tin* ' • v! rirli ^ r w M S - XI lu <1. !7 "a ’hi (TintpbOr dur ng all hut f ur mi m es of the 3tv.-iu.i. :!'• Mini ni l- of the titne Ucng spent beliind cl s u it • us Thei c was m* test ar t i whet hi t ot- not a quoruni of senators was aeutally ■jin-sen 1 ; an 1. in fact. maUers wei> mi arranged in advance, b\ nritna ag. -»-- ment. hat (he.- ijuehtten did no: at s»- The mat ers die, ussied iu semd .-e ssion were not exclusively of an rx ■ a 11 vc character. (>n tfie contrary, eight or ten bills, three of them Irlge h l!s. were taken from the ealeni-ar and p i-;s- eil,- v an I the con urrent reso u ior ‘or tile finaU iidJouTtvmvli of C ngreys 'H Tuesday next, J p in., was lai ! be fore the Senat". an I vyas isis asl. with- nnt a word of jmnnskion. an 1 w l houi a vote in the negative. The Sonar*- then, at 1:25, adJMntre,’. until Monday. HOUSE Washington. 1>.,- C., Aug. t The * tUntee iwi'ssc 1 a Jotni'Teadhiion (slay providing for the ailjcurnmcnt o. tin- pn-sciit-H'. ssion f C» r.gress ai. z o' lack oil the af'ernoAn of Tuesday. August 2Hlh. Anulber eff irt, was inaile, al tlijmigh unsuecess’fnL to consider tin- 1111! hi I fin -the ex.-luehm ami dcpoi'ta 'ion of alien iicwrcb'sts. An anti n.l- ineiit, h«d t>ecn agreed uimn by tho a l- vocates of^lhe measure and th x-e. m *ni Ik-rs vvli i had prev iously opposed i'. de, tliv'mJC an anarchist to be a person who advociites the destnu tlon, by fore •. of all governm n'.s, ifr of the Gov rri ^l^nt of the United States This satisfied the objections heretofore made, but Mr •StogMKh CPeo'.).* of New .1 ;*by. - n/cr- e 1 an ijbjcctlon. and the bill ngain -.v-'n! Uvev this t'me probahly fina'.iy f j r llus Session. Two or three miiirpiu-blnt measures vvcYe passed, and after a Session -of-an hour 'he liouae adjoumcil uti i’, .Mon day next. THE POUTER RESOLTJION J Wrtehlngton, D. Aug. 24. .The Senate wont hrtq exocUtive session I nlay on motion of Senator^ Harris, who will nil to have oonaktensl the nonii m tlon of James Ti. Porter to In 1 Utri-isl Slatios juilge. TTiore was no nui-rrtfn preseait, and as nothing could lie done exei^it by uiauii-mous consent, tl»e 1‘or- ter nomination was not taken up. SOMETH1NG SER101 S. W.'iHlilnv'tou, _I). (!.,-*' Aug- 24. 'Jlln i-iiso of tills ookired recorder. <>f _ District of CohmUhk, C. H. J. Taylor, who has been clairgeii InTore the (’ivll Service!VanmIssimi vvnth eemllng circu lars tp the colored employes of Uie Gov-. ernment souicltiu# contributions for cam- pampalgn purposes, was I-aid liefore Pnesklent Cleveland this afternoon by (’hrll Service Conimlssiooer Proctor, who I** charge of the matter. The report n^aAe hi the case by the corntnluhion is a' "fcnrt one, bat the testimony taken » Tory bulky document Besides fayw, twenty-five ■witne—ca were ex-' Thi-> Mcot the .IihIko «*n Thrlr \Yn> (o the t’enttenllnr)-. Men sr tucfy, Ala . Aug. 21. Ti-night it M.v ells Station, thirty mi’es sotith- •t£" berm-a. Jiatiil ol masked' nicn took Uil- Walker ami Ktchanf' Jordan off he i'enira! train, bound for Montg m i. . fi'-m i>.:p(ay sheriff Kertlaml and lynched -Ihem by hanging th-m to a trie*. Hud nftiTvv.-ird.s perforating their hiir b-Al es wi'h buckshot. The pris- "tters had I tiled at Union Springs 1 i. niiadcr. were i-oiivli-ted, anil Walk- -i- was si nt up f ir life and Jordan fin- ivye.ve years. Lust l-'ebriiary the agent, at Stisperi sun.’ on ihe Mobile and Garun I llul!- rba'd.-vvas shot down. Two weeks latet Joe Hall, of Hul o.-k was sdn't at. but was not killed. The crimes were trac ed to a, gang of murderers, of which Walker vviis he leader arid Jordan a nteinber. Jietective Walikce. of Colum bus. Ga.. went down, to arrest Walker. Trie .lerettve all f others' surroimded J WTftt^rs T 4roTikc. when the latter shot tS'a lac.* dead thruiich a ibVir and then s a ( »e>l. He was afterwards captured in’ Fl-iri,.a. Joniau was caught in Rul- ! • k -ourity. ’ ,'x .1.21 Y ,, - I Louisvi,lle, Cincinnati, Pans and Tvcx- ington have naturally been exi>andeii extruordiuariry. _ I The greatest appreciation In volume of business during the week is at St. I/iuis, Baltimore, Ghicago, St. Paul, Minne apolis and San Francisco. At larger Eastern citiis thcfe is evidence of’con- fideaice that the autumn will brijmg a largely augmented demand in nearly all staple lines, but Baltimore is the 'btily city in this group aniionncing a decided Improveinent, Southern buyers having placed-•good orders fuj^-goods. notions, millinery and shoes. General trade at Southern ixties lietrays no change within a week in vrilume of transactions or demand* lairiness on the whole being relatively l>etter than in some other por tions of . the country. There Is a lie! ter request for lumber at (Charleston, for hardware' and ma- chlnorv nt Augusta, rosin in Savannah, itnri whiskey at Nashville. ' Prospective -early movement of cotton crop -s uxpei-t- ed to stimulate the trade iti all staple tinm. Jobbers at Rirminghatn. rc|mrt a iieavicr August trade so fur. than a year, ago, and the crop outlook Is ex- peefed to help lousiness interests there. Texas coast region crops arc sit'd to have been damaged by exivsn-ve rains. Attempts of New Bedford and Fall River cotton goods manufacturers +0 re- Jfuee wages have rallied s’rikes ami lock outs affecting riflarly' ffO.OOO i'm- ploycs, operating and fully 2,000.000 spiiidlcs nr rcilf the Cotton spirpiing-ia- pacitv. of the country. Print cloths have advanced 2-S cents as.a result and the prosisy-t seems to\l*e fot* a Tnoriths sII. pension of operatiohs with heavy loss to employers and employed. MILL MB* AND OPERATORS ROTH FEEL CONFIDENT. THE BOARD OF ARBITRATION MAY EFFECT A SETTLEMENT. I Fall River Loek-Oat Looked Upon Aa n Sj-dpiithetlo Move. New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 24. —Tht Ktate Board of Arbitration left the city this morning, but did not state Its de stination. The members feel quite well point, are' apt'To ne slow 1 SBout accept ing arguments only from the board. The meeting of last night happened to conic at just the opportune time, and when lioth sides expressed a desire to hear the board’s -decision, • the board felt that ■step floeompliatiod In THE STRIKF. ~ investigation: . THU VIOlLANrfl TRIP, Oar good friend, the Vigilant, baa provan tha Insatiability of tbo thirst for aaccoaa. The boat'* every fallara to wla a race un- der any clrcometancea, reveals a aort of Irritated disappointment among the j<in- THE RAILROADS NEVER IIAVlC IfAD A BLACK LIST. AT LEAST UBNBHAL MANAUER NT. JOHN SAAK SO. ^ SOUTHERN RAILROAD Old Ur eon am Arbitrator. . , Ortantdi Hotel. Manbattau B—d>. If. . . T.. Aug. 24.—After « tkree days' sar. reasoning Jrrecondlablea at home, and the akm the Southern Railway aria •ir-THis -gr breaking’ the, ice. The board regrets the failure of the manufacturers to at tend, but found some contentment In Mr. (’wpo’ir-slatement. They expect to>be able to accomplish something In the way of a settlement nt a not very iHstant date- * If they can accomplish a sctilejncut the board’a proffers of assis tance* will be, hailed with joy by mill men, operatives and everybody else In (own. JF ± -e-gu-i Inal -f—ri-ail. t(iU.-rcjmix.—hitL-il HUM & (Nt.’K HkiPOHT, Ipuii Luhor littlcrrs Charged With Inell- i » Y Inu Strikers to \ toleiiee. ' 'i ag >. 111., Aug. 21 -G. netal Mana ger Strjohn icsumed the stand at rthe iqmninK fif ti^Iuj^'s icssion of the tlonal Liilxir Comniiscion. QueaMoned as in the exisiin e iff a black list Mr Bt J-din said The (jenerat Mkridgerv' Aasi'i-latlon had never kept a record of, the men who took part in the lale strfke. This was o matter for each a. i-ertiri<kj n port irvrfde by the Ro k Is .Arii\^fLuiil.‘.i"Ttetil'tlve. The assertion is nwide In 'his report that Vk'* 1 . Pi'CR- den Howard openly counselled violence at a mass meeting, of railroad emiiloyea at Him- Island. In one p ace tfje report —wt'iltd—Uke.- ■H'lwo-i'l t+4- te—e ■ to see Pullman Iraogcd; that he .was ilie woist (■iKifrpThirttelniring nian evei had. He abut lefem-d to him In oh- , -enc laiiguiigr".*’ in an’-anViJ the report dtdared Howard cminoei.ed h.s Tdiowers .f they wcjm opp-*sed to ‘ use Hie lound en i of a coup.ing pin.” rti.-sc triliiK' are si ffleien , sail Mr. ■Si. John, to show that the .at ikers- counse ied v^o.tuce. il'Ts’ with great critic* Increase who are iacilned to fro#ri upon the enterprise Of taking the yacht across the water a( all. This spirit got the tipper hand last week among Americans . on the other aide, when, after the driftcnlty with the centreboard, wa were told tb» ridiculous nonsense that the centreboard froiifile Uaif beeb dettherataty ptBUTMNt riy the Vigilant men. In order to avoid a race with the Rrltanria. The Idea la too absurd and too coBteiuptltote to oall for discussion. The facts., In regard to the two English and American yachts. In qnestlan are atiri these There Is as'little difference between file tMiuta a* there Is between sny two racer* of the rtrst clia*. Olve either yacht her day and a forty-mile course won’t see the two more than a few minute* apart. ThU -hnlda guml only, aa far aa we know, for the English courses, which the V'lgl- laiit wa* not built for, and which American yachtsmen .uniat regard aa cooseu more a* a curriculum,for train ng crew* to aet and n .for UWllng lhe,*:llllny pow- er of The fiesta they sali on. th* 1 ? uiay be egl’ed a worcjwwid • repeat among creeks mid shoal*. For t-he VIkHsM In challsuae lihe Riltiah cracks to tiattle on their very own peculiar term*, wa* Indeed like beard ing the lion hi/h'.* den. Amt tried on. En glish'course* solely. It h»* been shown ...uuxcHlmleaa. la a.-rejtatiuablj. mUd fine' 1“ Tlie A LA II \ VI V <• It BAT SOUTH Kit V Fight -Irlji nger Which Itiiron “ I* Vlnklnu. Ni w- York, Aug. 24 It Is said that ilii- ii' tlon of -tlie l.oridou sL*ckholders of lh.- Gn vt Southern Railway, in ra- moving froni . the board of direi-tors Thomas. G-reenough ariH Brlee. Is -sim ply ioi .iii'ibn rii tl;^ slrugglc between ikinm Eila-tiacr and ilte Amer.can buid- -rs of six per icnt extenniom bonds.. The real issue at stake is the demand by American holders that the stock e- ntro'lL-g the Alabatha Great South ern. now depoadfed with -tho Central Ti'Ui - Cb.. sliall- b- split: This was bf./ug!i ^before ihe United Stales Couift i! Kiioxvil’e two weeks ago, and the equrt.'. s a ed- i.n uitivsally (hat, the bond- w le oiitlt’i'd to life fore los^re 'in 1 tl.at il v. iild give a htxirlug at v iu early date to determine the |>artiyu lars r tiling to the question. Whoevei buys th-- stock frifm the Central Trust Go will. i-tmlxol the Alabama Great Soiitl’.ern. and it is anjd on go..d author- it'- t1 -v tte* i'-ti-res-!-* allied with tlje t-oo; ganbiHAion at;e urepar-sl to ngike Ihe pur •h.'U's". . . ■ 0—7- THE MEMPHIS SCANDAL Memphis. Tenn.. Aug. 24.—The diaper Ihe Grand jury probes, the worse the delinquent tax scandal grows. Tndiet- pu-nts were relumed today against enty-four of the most prominent Arms m the city* charging Hiem with failure fo pay taxes and doing business without a license. Massachusetts has two of tin* three largest libraries in the United Staitee. tlie Boston Public- and the Harvard University. The 1 argent Is the eongres sional llbrao’- BAB SILVER Ixiudoiv, Aug. 24.—Bar silver quiet at 29 11-10 pence per ounce. New" York, Aug. 24. -It. G. iV Co.’s weekly review of Hade will say tomorrow: - - (’luunjii* during the past we -k h iv» not Iweii definite imr very iiniNirtnnt As tlx'. I’pepede.nt's tinal.jlis-KiuM regnrtl lug the new tariff as jiss nmsl. Kiff D d yet eertoiiiily ktvown, part <>f the'lu-dta Hon whi<-h aiHHsirs may be Mlt’ri-Uub'd to Uie lliigi-iiiig uncertainty which imu-l soou teinnliKiie. Ot-brr epadilioais nf n< te. w-hile not-ftt al; favoral'.e, have at lei *• not ehaiigisp for the won*' during the past wi-e(j,. The businejai so long de- Uiyisl l»y tat-ifl' univrtaiinty liegins to come forward, fco that tntnsacrrnns' in lujiny ileparltiH nts nro larger thnn al the time of espi'cial 'sUignatlon iasi year, but it Is still too. soon toyik’N'i- mine how far the satisfaction of p*.!- t>.*)rt*»l -itema'iiits will set idle hands at work, or raise traimperious toward tin- normal Y»liMiie- But it is a healthy sign that Lh^ gaan tlms far is gradual nmj pot spasmodic or flighty in apponraiu-e. , Im all the great industries some in croasi' in ,demand for products has ap peared, and the boot and shoe trade contimies to lead otihers in recovery.' a-- shipments from the East not only ex ceed last 'year’s largely,, but srurpas- those in August of previous years. Eeon omy appears liere im purchases of eheuiv- qualities rather tham hi purcriases nf fewer pairs or canes, and the dem i.Tiil is largely for 'speedy delivery, reflecting unusual ivdiu-rion of stocks. T-%e cot ton mairutacture which has been cm ploying a larger proportion of its iionntii fdri-e than most others; and aciriumi- lat-irig got sis greatly in advance of cur-, rent iteinauds, bus about 215,(MI workers ■ ni a strike at Fall River and New Ked- • i*r«l• to- resist a pntposed mlwliom of wages, arid the mills have been .closed' with Jlie aiH*arent ex-pepctation iluit rhi d.tfioult.v wiff last some weeks. A somewhat incnvisisl demand for g<*kls htfs appeared, ^vut jK'rh.ips not yet as great as many have anticipated. - In tlie iroi-v iNtd Kt'S‘1 munufai-ture the de mand for finished product* increases, hut is at present not as large as the capacity of Gie^works, which have en deavored to Tvmime opemthuns so that thetr comiieiition slwril bring prices nearly as low as have l*een reached at any time. A moderate increase Is seen iff the w’oolen mills in operation, and agent* who have offered spring goods generally at a reduction of about 12 1-2 pey cerit. from last year* prices have taken orders for considerable quantitied, but there i» stdl great uncertainty about the extent and effect of foreign oompetition in many important classes, particularly -of' the better grades of goods.-and"'as this must continue for months the adjustment to new conditions must be gradual, The money market rinntintjes to reflect a legitimate increase of commensal dife* maud which comes mainly from dry goods commission houses, but is it noted that although the last week of August is at hand the requirements from the West and South for crop movement pur poses are by no means ojt ordinary mag nitude. The,liabilities of firms fkiling for the second week of August amounted to only $1,613,309 and for the last three weeks to only $?,‘i02,O7(5, of- which $2,- 033.200 were of manufacturing and $3,- 787.329 of trading concerns. .Tlie* fail ures this week have been 234 in. the United States against 410 last year, and 29 in Canada against 20 last year. Secretary K"S*. plated this morning, t tia’t he' did not think Uiat the confer ence of last evening was of a great deal of value or importartce a* a medium of draydng_the contending parlli-s together and he did not aitpact that it would 5e fruitful in results.' He thought that the presence of the representatives of the labor organization? was a public.demon- itration of the fact that they deelre to •b» honorable and above ^>oard Ip -theirt course, and that they are desirous of bringing the strike .to an end. He take* exception to some, r' the statements of Mr. Orapo in regard-to the mill men of this city desiring to pay high wages. He says that up to 1888 it was undoubt edly true thn^ the spinners of this city received mote pay than those of other textile centres,, but in that year there was a general levelling. At that time the cotton trade was In a flourishing con dition and an advance was made In wages. It is now true that in no place are the wages of spinners 5 per cent, below those in this city, and then* are some centres where they are slightly in excess of what they receive here. The pay of spinners here at tho reduction wo ild Ik* Considerably less than that of .spinners of liOiisdale and Berkeley. Many of the operatives of this city re- gar JHreatdTori :: o£r{fig : FaIl River manu facturers hi deciding upon the lock-om as a move’ In sympathy with the mill men »Kt. „iHr tw think it waa taken because the pledge of their opera tives, to assist the New Bedford atrlk- ene. They profess to l>e ■pleased with their course and regard it In a sense as a victory. They think it is likely to react upon the. manufacturers themselves as they believe that a lively advance in price and a sharp’ demand for goods is k ire bi follow their course. With a better tone to the market, the manu facturers will want to do business and will • accede , to the demands for a re sumption of the old schedule. If the manufacturers of this city resume the FaU'' River mills will speedily iollow NO CHOICE YET. ' i San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 24.—The balloting for Governor bjt the Demo erartic State convention cimmenoed at noon. The first ballot resulted in no choice. suit,....The Bennett mills pald^ off some of their help this morning. 'Ibis is tre last money they will receive In t*ome tiihe. If the strike were to be settled tomorrow the help would receive no monriy until Septeml*er 7th. At a meet ing of manufacturer. Thursday' after noon it Is said only aeven or eight men were in attendance. LITT'LE CHANGE IN’ I’ROSriK’T. New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 24. 'Hie fifth day of the New Bedford great industrial bat Unopened with much less of ohnnge in the eopiHtien a it »i outlook than mariy bfbihoped. -The rumor Hint the Kcunett and Columnla Mills arc to open their gate* cm Monday—4& allow such of their employes as desire tq re in rn to their work at the reduction are confirmed. This i* a dlsappoiritmfbit’to those wjio had hoped that “these mills would follow .the laed of the .Howland corporatloms. 'Ibi-rc are rifaihy wbp find em-ouragi-meut In the belief that a spirit of hot blooded contention is slowly giving way t o a recognition on all hands tiiat the crisis Is one which demand* earnest and temperate consideration. 'Hie results of the conference last evening were no doubt far short of the ex|>co- tatluu-s of the morning. They j-svVni plishcil something In the direction of l*ar- m<»tiy, and may sef In motloh a train of cirouiustanecs 'which will lead up to a settleineut of the difficulty in whi<4i the rights of the paa-tff« at Issue .will he mayrgnized and conserved. STRIKE SPREADING, Sun-Guok, N. H., Aug. 24.1—The strike vi the mills here has spread tamicwhat, ■ nd it is expo -ted will further extend. \ labor agitator from Fall Riyor arriv- hore-yesferdivy, and it is sta t'd that a le.-ti’: nearly 100 spinners of the China Mill came out at 1 o’clock. The spinners in the Webster also struck ■is did three quarters of the weavers Irj he Webster; and about one-half of hose In- the Pembroke. A large num- Y r of'others did not go Into the strike, t'liefc lias "been n" disturbance as yet. :'1L i* t ti<- p-»lit y o; the rn : l!s here," -*a!d Ag« nt Jewett, “to follow Fall River strictly. When -they advance we do, ^ynd t is the same In regard to reductions. If we do not move in eases if an Increase the employes demand il, ■Hid we. always e.imply. The eurhere was to Kali River prices, 11 j>er cent. itT Weav'lng^and ten per celvt. other wise. Gur weavers, under this, will average from $6 to $7 a week., Should 'hey alt go 'out, a* srtms prol*able, we shall shut down until they wish to come bayk. We have be<n running at a loss for three months, and dur store houses are filled. No domeatlc row was reported from the Populist fireside yesterday. had to i f done In order Ut) gi\ ec^pi stite a* filr showing. ; Mr. b-t- John- then *h0mittei-1 a se't nf-tb'odks i*!implleii for the General Managers’ Assoi-atlon, showing- the wages paid of sixteen .,,-i,ls;—i.vuiitd iha: only once had a errmnrnn wage scute been prepared by the As* ►-lation. This had been nre sen ted. ami was not accepted. R "lily at’emp etl to fix -tht- qucktlon of what .tvyiild be fair wage., urder certain con ilitiuiis. John M. Egan, who was sWke gnaua- ger for the General Managers’ Associa tion took the stand and corroborated Mr. St. John’s stateiuenf.'**'Ga explanation of overture* from the American Railway Union coining through, the mayor being not read. He said, “1 told the mayor that 1 did not -think he*~»ught to be a. messenger boy for such people ami that I did not think the General Managers should receive such a communication. 1 thought it a great piece of foolishness on the part of the American Railways Union people after they were whipped to dictate terms,for their surrender. Mr. Egan did n t know of his own personal knowledge whether strikes took part in the riots or not. Jn his report* he had always designated them as “strikers of their sympathizers.” Mr. Egan thought a solution of the railroad pnfclem would be that licenses should be issued by the United State* to rail road employes. He wanted these em ployes informed. He thought both em ployes and y all roads Would la* tenefited by this plan. The railroad should also Insure their men,* and at the end of a certain time pay over to them their money xvlth interest. A henvv penaltv *l"n that the nrriamil* can beat the Vtgri Imit In air* that are moderate to the tale of I! gilt ness; but When- "they uke on any • tlffues* will (i**i her. The Britannia fiFUke a. horse thin can rjin very faat while carrying a feather weight, but ivlteu It come* to carrying wo'ght for age. the American boat will wear her down, even waltzing through the ertdle* of the Solent. — —; —— 1——- For iho.-ie who feel Ilka Moaning at tfie. Vigil inland throwing up the sponge when . nix* iixxi. -vviji- AU’ury t4w# ■ hlQW tlltfll 'Hr. I»w. word* and rea*oii are hopele*a. Fof tteme nteresteil IntelllgeuUy in the aubject of yachting, the project of having the Vigilant tried with the Englt*li boat* at their home will, let her win or lose.- re ceive nothing ioit-praise. Inasmuch *«, w n or lose, nothing can make It other than * trial of'file greatest Interest to the science of yacht making. It'I* to the development of that science tha slmnltaiieous out of the operation at-the same time; and It 1* that which at preseni locates the America'* Cup, tfie keystone of yachting glory, In till* country today —K* w Vrek Bun. ace that .all yachtsmen are i'y worlfing. getting their fun The noithkrn annociation. iSp Aauocte.t4oT) bold * kite this afternoon nod formally rff «! acted tha old oflkena. and datdarad th* p regular rata* odbedula In foroa for another year. IndHbuch aa than an eight or ten roads wWch have not signed the agreegnent. It li anmnpt Ant alt tluf niadu nra not yat bald. Donbt- len, however, a compromise wW nltt- mattdv be ranebed between the Knee *d- terested. Tbe chief points of dlffac- ence over the tariff tbrooob 4feR Ohio river gateways between tbe West and .. Mouth is the bone of contention wbMb bae occupied die attention of tbs Assn- riarion at aerenri meetings, wbteb bass been held since tbe 1st of April, and ki tbe face of repeated efforts on the part of members intereet ed in pence and bar- ^ mony, a satisfactory conclusion has not actually been reached The officers thus continued in charge for another year are: Joseph E. Brown, of Atlanta, president: J. W. Thome*, of Nadhrilla, vice preal •” “Bt BT B “BteHman. comftrtF siooer: W.' L. McGffL secretary, and Messrs. Thomas H. Carter and John Bcriven. arbitrators. The third member of tha board of ai* bitratlon Ool. K. K. Sibley, la replaced by_Maj. J. W. Green, of A: of a commltte MMMlPHNHnL in tbe hope of arrivinp at an adjustment of the difficulties that *eem to prevent aeqifleacence by all the llnee In the asso ciation In the rate schedule or artteJes of agreement as technically desiguated. Is tbe effort to reach unanimity of action there have been four meetings, two st the Hotel Waldorf, New York, and two here at the Oriental Hotel, An sffrss- njent ha* now Wen declared effective for another year, tbe following _Hnes haov. not —yet—^rtgae^I" It Southern. repre*entlng Queen and ont system; the Beabnafii Air One. com- arising roads running southwest from Norfolk rtirough North and Ronth Care- fint: Mobile and Ohio. Memphis and Ghnrle'rtori and several minor yosds. The line* from Florida on the Atlantic Seaboard have agreed on the orange rate at the oM rate of 2fi cent* per box ♦o Baltimore. Philadelphia sod New York. The Florida llnee give notice that the* will n«e a differential. This item w'll he of interest to orange grow ers who bring to market Ibelr prodnet (Vt. 1. The executive committee of the association will be la session at tbe (Venial tomorrow for the conaldefation of many important matters that need attention. < diould be imposed on railroads if they broke their agreement, and in case of the employes doing so they ahonld for feit their licensee. It la charged, said Mr. Kernan, that yon have naed money t employ men to trim Chr*. Consider ing tfie source from which that State ment came, it is the vtle*t kind of a lie.- I consider it on a parity with other statements made by Deb* Howard and others. the lemon 1 HOI* l*r<iN|MM-<* That the Market '“►on lie Ulutted. Hill New York, Aug. 24. Tbe IneriMs*- of the ctnon crop <>£ Florida is. exulting a marked Influence Ufamrih^ iniisnt* of fruit. 3 Im* ytxir it 1* expecteil tin* Flor ida .crop oMeimeia fflll aggregate 200, o<si Isixes, and that i* nearly four time* the product last year. Tbe market Im* a stock suflic-lent to moot all demand*. This ample tmpply on hand, together with the large quantitiee to arrive from Siciltan and other ports of Italy (♦•*11- ■uated at 170,000• boxes) will wnq*-; the Flori'ki grower* to leave ttu-ir fruit uu- plcke^ coiisidertilriy later Umn usual. The Llonda crop, however, will fh-gtu to arrive freely kt- the course of aWut three weeks, ami will alone l*e Hulhcietit to supjriy the lias:oru markeU till the next Ga.ifornia crop begin* to arrive In the luttor part ot tjetolM-r. The pr*sem ubumlaut oryp of Florida vuU pro tv biy excel Spanish hxuou*, uiaiu.y from Ala,- ni'ik.'atMiit luO.UOO boxy* pi whioh have generally been receiviSl here anmially, ^between Uk‘ closing ot ouk* itui an *«rv.tot, aiul tho o|H-ntng of another. Last year the fetipply of llailan lem- ’•/n*. which are as superior to-Un- F.orl- • la .emoiia - asta-vhc ‘fruit is in terior o them, received at all ports,- was 2,j'j.i),yoi tioxca, a gainst only 450,0o0 In (87:1, twenty year* earlier. Tbe receipts this year will, perhaps, somewhat ex cels^ those of la*t year. California, whose crops'■•f lemon* and other ftxiits oKc tuose- nf Florida are nupidly in- creaping, produ -ed 40.000 troxes of lem o:)* last year, and will have Severn; iriics that quantity Gils year. Ca!l- fnmla lemons are almost.wholly con sumed in the market* wwrt of Chi ago, but with the continued increase of crops they are expected to find their way slid further eastward, and with ihe increasing crop of Florida lem-ms mporiers wll! Boon encounter serious comp^ ition Irofn—ftemestfi- growers. Tha present price for fancy lemon* range from 13. ii to 44 25 a )>ox .-containlBg -'100 Uonous. Satan fancy lemuua uf superior: quality sre aelllng at *> a b»x; fancy leui. on* of regular grade are 50 cent* * box less th*n st the eorretpondlng date of la*t year, while other grade*.are selling ahunt the *Hitie price irunted at this Fuu- last year* \ - r - ^ FATAL GAS. EXPLOSION, T Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 24.—Shortly after noon today an explosion of gas took place in 4tie work* of the Philadelphia and Reading Goal and Iron Company col liery at Gilberton, by which one man waa killed, one fatally injured and nine ofibers more or leas seriously burned. The men killed was Frank McCormick, fire boas of the mine, leaves a wife and five children. Tbe oa« fatally injured waa Lewis Ball, a Polish driver boy. 1 Animus of the Proposed Convention In R'ashlnjttoa. Concerning the “ebnvea Ion for South < rtf development," called t«f meet In Washington, p. C., on the J'lth instant, i ni. rr-r Wayne Wilson, a*-eretary and gene, ul uuinager of the Bouthern Ex- change Asaoclatl n said yesterday -to the Neff York Po*'' "TliU convent! h ha*, been called by a Mr. Wm. Edgar Rogers, who In Washrirgton represewts hlms.-'.f as from Ni w York, and n this cifcy puts him self fiffward as from Washingtoa. This Mr. U gers was s -verely «at down upon a* uu Irrelevan , i>erron Bt the meeting In this city, a ntonih ago, at which the Southern Exchange Association was or gsnized. On a count of his personal lack of success on that occasion he now WhIMY pruflgtmw that ffifiiHiet ii ,r bual- n-ss imn were much dlssatk-fleJ with Ihe work resulting In the formation of this exchange, and hence the necessity for the new eonver.t'on-. "Now,, there is no necessity in the world for It. On the contrary, If It ean have any effect at all.Mt muat be a infla- chlevous effect. This Mr. Rogera calls the convention avowedly for th# purpose of discussion. Of discussion the Southern people hays had their fill (for thirty yean*. TbeV have done little except to ’discuss.’ and it would not be strange if practical Northern men -were setting them down aa merely Incarnated ver bosities. What the South now need* Im peratively Is to act, and to act da pre cisely what the exchange has been or ganised to de, and le now doing.^ We have perfected a moat thorough organi sation, and are now reedy to do a use ful work In directing Immigration, capi tal, and manufacture to the Booth. We are right, therefore, in discouraging and repressing as far as wo can this sapor- floua parliament for palaver. I atn '"asmtred by numerous trust- w^rtbr rorr***^>rn1twt#! in nil partj of th* South that tbi* Mr. "Rogers’s convention is really an hrsWHodS attempt Of con certed WcKtent action to ajjranc* that old ?um of the AY esc. AA’hite I Mould not *tir tip but one section against Another, vet it llriioove* Now York. o«T)octally hi fare of the sharp rivalry of Ufscego, trt conserve more carefully its own intereet*. Therefor.* I' think thaJ the bneines# men of this city should. *<• far a* they ■mii thronvh their Boirhern iff'nnretlotie, condemn and resist this unneCerenry eon vent.’ 1 on of this Mr. Roger* mid hi* West ,•01 civi dju tore.” The most prominent Southern men re«- btent In Now York, as well a* many ■>r"ni'rMM>i Northerwn ^men. ar*'' A )inited with \ loading men * In the South in Ihei t-'ch,nig<r m*iO''iati n. WHEN FAINTING WAS FORTUNATE i Womnn Is Spared by aa Aa*ry Lion, as She Seemed to Re Dead. “A fainting fit Is something not nsnally to be desired,” remarked Marcp* L. Wil son, of'Athens, Os . “but I recall sn In stance where a awoon proved’ to be about the t>e*t thing that could hare happened to a certain young lady, as It probably was the mean* of saving her Ilfs. “Pprlng the street parade of a circus a few years Ago. s' full grown lion managed In some huj- to break the fastening* of his csge and bounded out In tbe midst of the .nrnwd of people who were collected In the street. Of course the people ^ere frighten ed nesrly out of. their wit* and fled In every direction. One woman wa* so badty terri fied that she sank to tbe ground tn a dead faint hot more than ten feet from where ' (he Hon stood lashing hi* tall and glaring about hkn. No one dared to approach the woman to bear her to a place of safety, neither was there a gnn nor pistol handy with which to-ktU tbe beast. ►. “All at once the lion turneti ms gaxe on the prostrate form of the woman, and with *u awful roar reached her side with one bound. The spectator* were horrified, ex pecting the next moment to see tbe poor woman, torn Hmb from limb. £Ee the great astonishment of everyone the Hon Instead of mangling tbe body simply sniffed at It, turned It over with hi* paws, and after eyelnr It suspiciously walked away. He thought the woman was dead. After aome time and a good deal of trouble the Hob waa capt'tf*t by hla keepers and recaged." --Chicago Times. v.'-tt-t ('HARPION RUNNER JIPfCIDCN Nrrwoed nf Theft He End* His Ufe With ■ Hope, Now York. Ang. 24.-Wil1le T>. Day. <dinmp : on runner of the world erwn- mitteff suicide by hanging hlm- sclf from a tree near the elnb honse of f be New Jeraov A fill eric G1»h at Bergen Point today. Day waa arrested on Tuto- dav upon s complaint made bv the M*n- t'sttsn Ti*tindrv Com pa nr of Jersev City for wliotn fie had acted as a collector, which alleged that be had coileeted H12 for which he had failed to aeenwnt. His rebaives are of the opinion that he must have bnflpded over the accn*ation. and keeomitur d! scop raged had derided to end h : a life. Day waa the younceat atm ot bte n*rents, who nre w«H to do and vo*y« well known abont Bergen Point Day held the 'fiye mite ritampionahip and also the three mile championship of tht TKRRUILE DEATH. Miners Literally Harnert, Boiled and Bnrled Alive. Cre<1o. Col.. Ang. 24.—Fonr miners on fiho Amethyst mine this morning were literally burled, horned and boiled Ip death. They were Tom EversoJ and Hugh Fay. pf Colorado. Artfcte Mc Dowell. of Halifax, N. 8.. and Oharlea Proctor, of Potowattoinla, Ksa, tbe lat ter three, gingle men. 'The shaft booe caught fire from a candle shoot 5 o’riock and so great was the heat that the wire cable holding tbe skys was melted and the huge Iron cage, Aeated to a red hast fell to the hot ton of the dhaft. carrying with it tho four men shore named who were on the ladders. It will take a day or two to recorer the bodies. The loss on the mills and machinery will be about $20,000. The damage to the min« proper cannot yet be determined. The Amethyst waa owned by Senator Wol cott. D. H. Moffatt and other Den ver men. ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN. y ' ' Rnbt.jj. Makes «kn Then* Fastest Beats Ever Paced. Chicago, HI., Aug. 24.—Joe Patehea, tM, bat at last tasted tbe bitter dregs of the match race at Washington park today. Tbo pace waa won by Robt. J. 1:04 t-4, bis hated rival, in at might heats b«t tho Ut ter wa# forced to hang up a world’s reoord to anatcb victory from the Missouri horse. The three bests paced are the fastest vvsr made by a pacer In a race 1:06; !-• tad 200 1-2 the average being 2KB and la that fact may the Patchen peopl* fl “d soare little consolation. But the gelding won so easily In the last two bests as to enw«r- age the belief that If the had been forced out by George# she might have done a still more wonderful performance. The snatch ’ was for s purse of 16,000 and was by long odd* the event of the breeders’ meeting. . ANOTHER CANDIDATE. A Mr- Moan Will Ram for Oeveraav •f Soath Carolina. Columbia, 8. C.. Aug 14 -<8poctol.)— A special to The Slate from Newberry, 8. C.. says that Frank Moon, a atar- <^y farmer and former TH’.mooMe do- - lares hirtUel^a candidate for Gover nor, and -will run In the November ejection. Moon jsaya that hi# met li a protest against "ringiam and boote Tam,” ond that he w61 run If he oafcr gets one vote, and states '‘that ha is la dead earnest.” Mtion waa never hoard of outede of bis county before, bwt M said to be a college graduate and a at&ntial citizen. A WOMAN SUICIDE. Mobile, Ang. 24.—Nsws^ rmehj this evening of the satelde hy j overboard at sea of Mrs. Ida wife of Gapt Jofcn rotta acbooner Bkmdden. Tha dead on bn R Too much beer, is sold to have been theirtfd trotfbje at PuHman. aaake In.i