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(^PROSPEROUS. HO THAN ANY OTHOI M5C- TIOH Or THK CNION: MOMAND (TOO COTTON IS STIM> CCATINU TKADB. Sr*- *S ■ # Kallarva Oar-Tlilrtl l «4«r ^ / tbs CvrrvySlag Wrrk. New York, Sept. 7. —BradeMVet's to morrow will aay: , gpaoOt tetefTiinii to Bradat rrrfv ^rom thr mo tv imporUiut illatrlbutlns polnta tuak« it ptatu (hat In mercantile lines trade la fatrty artlve. --An -Increased nurotn-r of Interior buyer* at the ’arner eltks within the past week has served to s'lnmlate the hopcfulueas and mmMc from the cotton mill strike In New Eng land, and diatrcxa In the Northwest due to forest tires the week hax not tiroUKht unfavoiati’.e features. Staple prices tend upward exiept for wool. Phila- . delphls now reports the preseu*v of eoun'ry purchasers, partl'-ulsr'.y of dry goods, and a better deinanil for cotton >aina. The relatively more satisfactory botdness situation Mouth than elsewhere is Indicate! tiy our rep^irts from N-tsh- 'villa that Jobt»ers are aurprta d and pleased w< the fiivoritdc financial situs- tion of Southern nicrchanta. Baltimore meirhants have made like re porta, and add exceptionally *!»o<l colicctlons. All Moiithern citha report favprabfity fea- lurea. Birmingham with Irlrreas d sale# and unimproved collections the fes ures, Galveston an inerense on the best we k’a trade of the year, and Auguata that _ Inwvy cotton reMpta have stimulated trading In general lineal Maks of hani- wsrc at Chattanooga In July and Au- gnat aggregated m«ire ths» th" prcieed- Ing two months or the |ity> two months last year. Mavannah. Atlanta. Mem ph:a and Chat lea <*n .report a fair vol ume of husincss for the season of .the year, and prospects bright. In the re gion tr butsry to Nashville It ja p luted out that the temlehcy of prices gener ally Is upward, br^' that Northern deal ers prevent advarwes by offering goods at what are caded panto prl es. riAWTr. That the pbaNge of a fa riff Mil win be followed by a geaerat resumption of activ ity Hi oaarty all department* of bast ness do well Informed person appear* to doubt. I ladeod, (Mo la ooaewted by tb* strongest I oppsaeata of the moaaare that roeently beoagM a law. Bat there t» a general and deeply gronaded optnIon that tbe oondttlone of permaseot proapertty are net yet visible and win not be apparent natll tbe silver question la aettled by aa agreement be tween tbe leading commercial nation* Ax- lug tbe ratio between gold and silver ae the money me tat* of tbe world. Only a very iinall proportion of tbe per pie of tbe ratted Mtwteo am mooometalllats, and lb* cause of monometallism la Knrope Is he'lev- to be losing ground. Experience Is dem- ouatratlug tbe necessity even in. Uroot Britain and Germany, for a much more ilberai trestmeoT of stTvar ibau Ibuae euus- *a»m-*m* ».« . . .. , tries hare accorded to It of 1st*. The talk indulged In at a recent Lsxidon (ftrocr party la of ouusuai in Lores iUrlkt* THE SUFFERING. KtlRTMm DBTA11A OMAT rOMM’ riOAM THAT VMK KNU^ Hg) NOT wiflk • HffAyHBU* • r -Wi it Will T«k« #44MleOOO im nmppnti thm Duhith, Minn., Heporti stl'.l come in from towns V> tbe southward ewworttnv frewh Area sp.tatWtg up. This . * * I m ,. DUN’8 RKVIWW. ► < r , New York. Mept. 7.—R. G. Dun St Co.'s w< ek!y review of tratle tomorrow will say: The business outlook is much Hkv an April day with alternate . loud* ami sunshine. In tire adjustment to 7 new con It Ions tHt conAh tlrtg xigna are to Ik* expected, and the mom beesua - the * deferred business wnlch had awaited a settlement was by no means evi uly distributed. For some time to eoyrte It is likely conditions in dlfferen'/trcdes. and even In different minor brandies of the same trade, may^drary widely. Mtrtkea lessen the time of the working force perhaps as touch as It ts other wise Increased, btit the st^e of the garmcnf makers spread so ra'pidiy that an early da e Is now conaiderel certain, while the strikes In cotton mllla have advanced prlcea so much that a settle ment Is thought not distant. Of the aggregate volume of trade no . exact measure exist*, but payin' nla through clearing house*, for the first week of September, were 7 1 jn*c cent, greater than las, year, though 2t.7 per cent, amalfer than In 18*2. Perhaps set dements on tmat tuistneas aflf ct the record, but It hI*o ap|v<v*rs that <-oiumer- *clal loans are no Increasing and an* limitel, whil- Western ilemamU for moving (fie crops are much smaller than uaual. tndiratlng limited demands In other*Vusloess, there. The cot ton men, after sonv* seeks of tijereasing buslnens, which b«s been especially eilmtijaiet! oy Th# k |c«scm . rejoli-e in a really large deiw-^^ which raises prlc-ea. 8ever# t ^ , '*'■ hsve , gene into opera |i>*»< f| I» week, and others wlH soon deferred hnsl nea* |i> fkars enough with current needs t . employ the whole working force for a time. Iron manufacture has mate rlally Increased its output alin e the coke troubles emkd, but with the re * suit that pig Iron Is weaker; Bessemer being $11.50 at Pittsburg At all Kast - ern and central markets the demand for finished products is somewhat disap pointing, and prh-es graually tend down sard, indicating a working capacity ex ccedlng present requirements. Ralls,are not selling, and except at Chicago 'here appears to be somewhat leas bus ner> In other finished forms. The wool man ufacture. In which deferral busln as was larger than in others, does not in crease (he working force, and after two or three a 'tlve weeks the bustu 'as has slackened with about thre quarters of the usual transactions. Failures In August aggregated ltaljU.,J. It tea of $9.1«9.477^of which $J, 172.879 wery In manufacturing, and $5.07».l53 in trading tjoncerna. During the week the failures were 215 In the United States again*! 623 last year, and 47 In Tanada. against 255 last year. _ II iurv-j pv*. ... r , .... ^ conn%ril<i(i. The dinner waa given by Mir WNlSM Houhlswxrth. and tbe guests of hniioi«Jyre the Hon. William C. Whitney, ilie JIdic Kdward O. Waleott, Menator from Colorada: Gen. Francis A. Walker, and Brook* Adam. At the table with them were a ntrtnber of KngUsh bl-metalltat*. prom inent III politic* and liusItieM. \'t the prop- lord been taggards hr tbat- muyosiewi. he cuufesaeo. bat they were waking up. ’Gen. Wptker, In the course of * short speet-h. wild tbat for aome years, in view of the ‘'excessive demands" of sonic of the American silver men. he had thought li er time and In the moat grwelniia manner tile host proposed the health of tbe Ameri can visitors, and expressed a hope that the great Wes lent Itepnhl c would aland in the van of the movement for monetary reform gud_iuonetary unity. The Kngllsh Its- part of prudence to ST-Xtir^-tlWdl UK. however, he had felt It M* duty to do ac he could toward* edte-atlng public opinion In til* pari of the ctiuutry. "I regard the I safe setlleiuenl of ltd* i|neslton a* far more I'than, grty mere problem of finance," he said. "I believe that It Involve* the very progre** of clvtlliuiUun in the Western na- lino*. ' .Hr. Whitney sftd rliat lit |ier lest, of tne people of tbe United Mtatea are bt- metall'ala In '•onvlctlo’n abd prlnelp e, dtf- -r.T.ti.y TiTtr .« , u...f t It.11 ||| f j- would t>e found ready at -any tlmo to wel- esme free coinage under an biternatlnnat agreemes*-' lo-u'blcb <>real' nrTlatn and the- othef tvmimrrclal comttr.e* are parties. He itd'h <1 » ’ "I hav^ been greatly Interested to learn from my woorhbor ilnfag dinner (Mr. Bat. t- j. ci" le the unanlinlty on the part of your professors In thl* country aa to the theory of td-ipelalHsm. These theorle* <ye ore all concerned .to bring within tbe domatn of crnwR root ire -Dolltlro. -end tbe Ouquei. i a. m. -j>ie llutt U.i* dlOlcuh to iwe clearly twfn-I 18 11,,u “““"‘r" lu '/• i t> f ei, or to rea l Ktgns acroea <hc I r “ l ‘l M ' < ' t "l Soulhci u ra.lroad in- I -eu.- i„ ik'iiae 4liat I i9H»rgaiilxxttoii of the KTch- f ' ' ' *" 1 »* I morning early H was reported fruta the railway juno ion and aaw-mlll town of Carleton, twenTy^mTiarxoiTTtr of-hpre, ihal fine threa(ene«l the town.'but later, after otenuoua work. It was beatvn back. Brief message* from surrdUi|J Ing 'owns are a* follows: Cloquet. 1 a. m.—The sky Is eo de^ae All parts of the oMIawt repocts of material progress. Tbe 8oa$brra corn crop hi greater than ever before; 4j»e cotton crop U forge and of ftuw quality, la Texas tbe latter Is largest that tbe State has raised, and the prospect of tbe market to assured. Whfle cotton la now cheap, it will not do* to overlook the fact that 0 roots a pound for , cot ton Aowadaya is a very different thing from what it xvaw a few years ago, People generally have j not yet learned to take Into consideration the fact that tbs modern bye-product* of cotton are worth nearly 2 cents a pound more, so tbat the fanner’s 0 cents Is rAally equivalent to M cuitg. -The corn crop. -ia ao^Jigigg. tJisil the ffootk will this ye*i bare a aurplua lu stead of being woipelled to import «rfn mM outlook m. inanufactnriiig ludnstries, nitd her cot tou wills Ip particular, is lietaer than ever 4e*fore lu her history, and in every sulMtantiul and uintcrinl element- of trust- ness tbe general ooudlliiui of tbe ibuith is most eucouragiirg mid satisfactory. street. The smoke is so dense tbat the pain remit Ing to 'the eyeo - It a! nost unbearable. Ker-h k—Flrro su jxMind (he U»wn, t>ut here la no wind t|l present, ami s«* long as quiet ct ntinuea the town a safe. Moat of the people Iwve Irft. South Muiwrlor—The Area near his 'own last night were all put out. Ku mora are current nerg iTrjtT Tnn ) Wia., U 'bift'uiug, but they ate p obahly not i-orrect. ’ In thla city tire amoke Ir more iknae and pungei*’, showing It to be frogn nfoier fires than anV yet. reorganization woud Tenniual wystem mid the incrgln; of tbe thirty or forty tuilroads conipoa- ing It into tb*‘ new jbiutbora Uuiiwuy Compniiy is nothing short of revolution ary. As affecting Southern business affairs of all kinds its significant- can not be oycrcntiiuated. It means luc sub- slituthHi of the invotal industry and be wountry of ofiler Ik the lifoce of ctmi>4, aTKF of staHtRty irtuT res|M>narinlity in the place of aloolute in'es|sHisi4iility. .Never tu the history of railroads was such hopeless cha<iH ami lueibciviicy mmillct*te<l »* in tire ndmfn- Teatlmowr Cbiuago, Ukg I court udjuurued In j American iUUyvay U Attorney W» Iff tbe defendants, testimony^ showing ground tbat it tended r« seutimeot against tfae that this public aestid ence tlw court to strain < ish them because i Tbe court hi reply Mt. Erwin’s, climax iu a day' tempt was made' Government to to produce their] telegrams and Attoney Erwin, of this intention, ou the question lo be from neaiei i,r,-» . If Ih impoHMltho to (tt»tin^mf8hg-ev4tn j of tin* uikI tho faint outlin a 'if Inil’.dlitgs 4($? feet I of miles oi. rallrdat) directly and In 1 . , .-—.*ii. involved /In (he Uicbmou p^wroanamm ie- *a* , ■am^r the better; but i veiiture to appeal j relief fund nut scrlptton to .'Wtmor Waleott and our friends lu the —» twsy, Tire ajipea mice ia that' of a louse fog, nod vessels aritV^Uff Ttowc he i>«ke report navigation _ a very - nriotia ankutr, and colllsloiis n u rowiy iverted. Ties smoke U benev'd' Id' hr* from Ares In brush and dead timbei io Ihe iiomediate vlci’nty of -Duluth.—fir! all about 600 refugi a are now listed here by relief committees, an I 'he ’tola are not compete as ye 1 . Nearly »oi. peopV have already been *«nt back fp Hinckley and Sandstone, who are noi Included in the above list. More will be aewt down 'today. Tbe temporary OI 11111Vrv * # x, -directly iuvolved/lu the Uidtwond Ter oniiial sywtetn, tpipperw could |»lucc no dcitemleiioe upd] huu no guaraiitr that gtssls confidetl to th>-m would rd'h ^limr consignees, or ~ih.it good* Thc ; hud-bowah+-w. )>t d l | mv w1 . arrive, ’1 here w as no such thing ms re csivery ot even wben the courts had done Ib^' duty and ordemi rcsijiu- tiou. Jt vvy one vast system of inch cieucy, miSlanagement, ami worta*. mid its effect /I'ou all meri-ujitile Inisincsb was disa>f« Us ‘- The mV order of thing* is very differ ent. I'ln^oiithcru KalHvay is the *—«m »f the ^I'tieal obliteration of between ‘ forty cotitorutions, tbe elimi- iiht \<mp mihibiw r nT*TI‘iTltkniB t n liP.L Lkms fl unnasonahlc bimlens. ami It sets ufin their, place a solid, resource ful a/ vigorous railroad system found ed urn modern and scientific economics and /'be first etticiency. This has been iHJhad liy Jlf. Sitlllll-l • Spelicer, onuity with the general plan and i* of tbe rnorganixatloii umlew. .. by the great Imuklng house of ;el. Morgan A Co. r. Spencer, in addition to lieiug on- he first railroad men lu theTuuntry, specially equi|>ped for the problem hand (by his intimate knowledge 1U I'litliern''rsdnia'I properties, and of lose of tbe Terminal system lu particu- r. Besides, it is doubtful if uiiylvHl.v ■ better qualified for destliug with the 'aurM'ar ailment of railroad dropsy. [Vheu Mr. Spencer was elected presi- leut of the Baltimore and tthio Bail- Toad. Company, one of his eurfiest acts sHkar io MWln.... .. far Went to give us the opportunity now to face the other way-In our contest over thl* Issue, no that Instead of fighting our on n people Vi the West, we may unite with them and tv :emler» of pnbllc oplnlon here. ntfi> are championing bl- mstalUam.'* • * > Kens Tor Walcott referred to himself a* one of those Amertr.uui nlfo, believe that dhelr country c«nld. with 0|>en mints malu- ta n-single-handed the parity of the two metals. Bat he acknowledged that the free coinage men of the United State* cannot accomplish anything In tbe way of teglala- tlon while Mr. Heveland remains In tbe Wh’to Hops*'. "The bt-metalllc conte*t ha* shifted Itself." he said, "from Washington to Went minister. I The moat tntdreatlug of the various talk* wn* that of MIc William I.klderdale. of the Bank of Bngluitd. He rem'tid*sl Ms he*rer* that Kugtaud has tieen upim the' single standard batls—the gold bas!#-for seventy- five year*, and on |he whole ha* prospered, other countries having carried tb^Jinnlen of silver. Pirblh; ttplnloa on so complex a subject could not be expected to alter rapidly except under the tuition of d saster. Yet It seems a strange thing to Mr. L/id- | tlerdsle that Kngland should, all these years, have making It hard for her debtors to keep faith tgHh hsr. The doalng of the minis In' India seem* to him to have Been ordered with very tittle cota aide ration - — to the proholile effect on Kngltsh K,S**^st* outside of j.Uat country. Hq S** uot«-«l with sat sfoctlon. he sajs.^^ r »*c<'nt ln- ciease lu the yearly o-<PSt "f <P'ld. but , doe* not find » J*'"’’ ‘^‘’"tf'' ,n •’Utlre y (xreaaaurlJlf. With regard to the avaTTatiTe stoe* of fcold on hand he mild: "Austria has been ami was st'll eu. JMMd In lu'-rtMotng tier store of gold, and ne ther from Ffance. Germany nor Rn>oda could gold be drawn at will by other coun tries. Tlie United Htatc* and the Kngltsh were the oidy large markets which . were <‘<*■17 ..open, and on these market* the brunt of any Increased demand muat fall. At priment the UntfoS BfiKe* wax moe Mkely to draw u|Hvn this aide than to part with much more gold. The Bank of Kng land, it I* true, held an nnprecedeut'y large ato<k. bat In view of the magnitude of her commercial and UiMndal relation*, the excess wss not great, *nd a very mod erate general rise lu value*, or tbe Mane of a large loan by (lie United Htate*. would probably make it dlsappror very quickly,” In view of all tuts Banker .Lblderdale declare* tbat he des'res to see Kiiglaud *mt the United Mtatea get together and resume life coinage of silver under, an In ternational monetary agreement at the earliest practicable day. Die re is not the slightest doubt tbat Kog. In (id wfn And tbe United Mtates quite ready to resume consideration of this great ip-estioo when she is realty desirous of roiu- Ing To**erm». Upon the n liole there 1* sub- stsiitlal enemi rage meat tu tbe tone of the Mik* at Mir William Mouldaforth’* dinner, Wusbiuginn Tost. in ml imi is now ov-i?r $60,000. (if w ich al but $400—from Two Harbors, a little village near he e—copies from Duluth proper. It la estimated that not less than $.150.900 to^OO.noo wll' he re«|u:ret to keep the poor peojiS until they caT, get some return* frrtm their own la bor on farm* next aununcr. Many ar .going to work here in thl* vicinity oi* allroads and In the wikxIs and mil's On the arrival of a train over the Du luth. 8outh*l:ore and Atlantic, today, came Ihe ata'em- nt that at the village of Marengo, ninety miles ins of Du ^uth. th" bodies of six persons wen foul'd who S' I -been burned to deafn during the ntght-. Offe-a of aid to sufferer*, both In eaah and goods, an nn.Wns In from distant Mtate*. Tacoma. . Wash., t'legrnpbed this mo nlng ask-'office was to take $'jr»,t«l0.li)t> off n? t abl were needed, hut was aii the surplus ttf that great isirporaiion by iw-re-l hy the mayor that Mhmes..i1 a ahuplc stroke of the is-n. It i* I" tfiis ' gift of Mr. S|ieacer's tbaf we umy at tribute the fact that the Southern Bail- road CmniNiny enters upon the wudttct of its business, even after such coiiTT- tion* as have so long piovailed, earning Ms fixeii charges and a very eotisIderaWe ,. in all, the-tiusinesa pros yuvts of the S»uth an-, at tin- present uionieut. brighter than 4borne of aw other part of Unr country. It dc|>ends upon • ^ k! Judg« Woods sail, think the defeodgn] their private doculT hear from the pYc day. Several witnesses interruption of traffic and il To each of the witnesses would Ik-“able to take care of all a to rehabilitate the villages. SEVERAL LIVES I/>HT. ^ Winnipeg “{J” for^ll i lu g ot, M#h sides of Rainy I.ake hr I 0 r u,, S. —Mg Raj-- W t - t... * . «/ong R.uny River, targe tracts of tn- bsr hare l*een burned on tbe .C-auaAnn side. A woman and her children x *re burned to deafh. Tlie fire* jnm|K-d he Rainy River from the Minnewota t« Ibe Canadian »lde. All settlers hack i om Rainy river have been burned oo\'los ing everything and several Hvw >avc lieerf lost. ^ — ~ ANIMALS BURNED. Ashland. Wl*., Sept. 5.—Homesteader* near Marengo report <2N dehr burned In one hunch where they had huddled to gether jn A thicket dud suffocated.. Re mains of partridge* And porcupine* are numheries*. In a district live mile* nquare hear tbe town of Marengo thirty-two homeeteaders lost everything and hut A COIF B’BTAT My Which the Chinese Gain alAemhle Adxantnaea. Ixuvdoa. Keptl 7. -vA dbgNittt) from Htiaug- Hal say* It i* stated there that a strong fores of Japanese troop* have occupied an In ttoriety Bay northnveet o< Port Uone. I* a base of opera- by nurpilbe anJ^^tataasq^aken isT*u|A<Aely to offer no oppoidtloo stile Tlie island or the landing of kirge^Htaaw tlea of awns. anMminltion. provMoaa. etc., ntdrii are bring stored there. Bverythiag coouectod w66b the affair Indtcatea the pur- poae of tbe Japanese to ecaud a siege If necessary uuTH the troops now o<vupyiug the Island can be reinforced sufllcLeutly to Justify an attack upon Port Arthur. u-nceA Ft- A PAPAL DECREE Rome, Sept. 7.—A Papal deem- has been issued tuslltotiug an apostolic pre fecture for MatMowsb. This act is re gsrded in political circle* as a nisrk’ of rvapproschoieut betwevu 8 tf»c Vati* an and Italy. Uolnckkut with the Wuautv of the decree King Humbert has signified kta intention to give his approval to cer tain iioxiiinatkajs of bishops, frout which tbe royal approval has long been with held. NAVAL STORES. oiuiiy UCIU O-tC. IOT regUMRS'. italea none; receipts 1^73. Rosin firm and in good demand, G aqd H grades Advanced uc.; sales 4.0U0 httrsto. Uuote A. B, C, D »i Bfi; B *L3). V $t IB; 6 $1 $0; H $1 86; l K $1 00; M $2 00; N $'J at); window giaMs f'J 45; -water white 12 70. ANARCHISTS ARRESTED Rome, Sept. 7.—Seveo eaerchUt*. mispected of vomplldty in the explosion wf « bomb In frost of the plana of the I|ls‘.<*rry of Wer last May, twve t*ron elftaited. live of then "have confessed that the suspicions of the authorities a* to their guilt were well founded., • • A REMARKABLE ADMISSION. lu au article entiled "Mr. Carnetgle on IN’sges," The New York Tribune Indi rectly makes a remarkable admiaslon. It ts an admission that the prutedve *y»- tem ha* euatiled .Mr. Andrew ViWu*T'e to aei'iimuJate a ■ fortuity of -nauy inMl«*iis of dollar* within a comparatively few years. The admiaalou la liPTikk following ev tract from The Tribune'* article: Mr. Andrew Carnegie Ts logical inil eon- sideut In some re*pect< ll.iving lisen t<> a high p'ace In point of wealth, be killed d«wi or fxhorted other* t-' kick down, tli- ladder by means M whleu he hx.l tl.us rieee. And sow. fro u that . .‘I' ue aii unapproachable eui!.i-ace, b“ cn»ls ph. "soph'.cai reflections iqno) less for- unate In the depths below. The protective Ihfotal^ano louger ue-ded. s nee Mr. Car Th ^ ihit' ibe protect _ fo; trust* aud monupollH th" manufacturer 7«, ’a?—irnuiatc a f-ruine rftil.er than ants workiuen to bell •• a age*. TUt* 'Mb ■ ie and otb*r protection organ* have cwh uded that the cl'Jef. beneficiaries of, IV protectivej sjeleui are,the worklngm-i. Pi* "' •Id le now aociii* lo admit th.it ib.- benelifeiarlvs *.V tl-t- tuHDttfaciurer*. It spc.iVs of a;*. Carnegie a* haviug 'rleen to lil< . -inrent position of wealth by means t* tne pro tective system. - » If It had not been for tbe elio.-ni'J* vo- tectkxi which Mr. Carnegie enjoyed, he would not now te> able to R-r th-t l>' 1* worth $25.1X111.010 pr more. If the tariff Had been made lower Mr. Car ieg4e o mild not have made ao much money. But his employes how would they ' ave tsodT It I* very prolmWe that a I >wsr tariff would have made very little. If any. difference In tk« purekaatng power of Coe wa-;ea they would have received. The benefits of the high protective ayatem go to the em ployers. who quickly accumulate fsat for tunes. Tbe Tribune Anally admits tbat sm-k Is ike ease. Udder a Democratic tariff It will not be **> easy for w mufticturefs to tw-eotBC n:dlf!-u»tt!i mat e* n 'th'n • pe riod uf * comparatively few years, da- vaunak News. M.ree bouses remain. Provisions have already been sent to Marengo. Die patches from Sanborn any: ‘This place I* all righ' but it hap had a bcnl fight. Tbe town ia full of.,refuges from the jurroutiding settlement*. Tbe majority of those people had to aun for their lives and only saved the clothing they had on. There were about twelve or fifteen homesteaders between 8«n- Itont and Bihon that were ■bunted ou’ and 'ost everything they had. There have been no mail .trains through since Sun day and we do not expect any before next Friday or Saturday. Jnme* Morgan, who walked in from Shore’s crossing last night reports that place in a precariujjjr I"-*- - * the people of ■the South themselves If th***.* conditions are to continue. VVhut they ired is unlutcrniitted industry and a sound n-sjss-t for law. If they have the g4*d sense to alijnre 1’opulisui. an,I socluliin, and anan-btsm. and sec to it ■tliat tip* rights of |trqperty are observed | in hehilf of great and hiiihM. r-ieli nod I p,s,r. tley can tie os |iro*q*-roua is tlo-v pleaw . There Wt -no aptweelutde limo to their nsources, and with industry uikl hoiiesljgoing baud in-haiMl, there should be no uuit to their development. .Let them Kvidy the lesson that Texas 1ms learned at such grovioiis c\|ieaise and painful retardation.' llyr Reagans aud. her Hofim. wlumi she fs now at last re- pudisttpr. have coat her untold millions of doKap, aud have put Iwu-k b'-r natural and rcutnimtde des<io()nieiit by at IcoaI as uiucl as liftroii years. condition again. Fire* were burning to within a few feet of the town last night bat the absence of wind jtave the penide good fighting chance to save property.” * The Bruile f correspondent telegraidn-d the following tonight: ^.“N*Fs just re ccived of burning homeMcads and !qg ging camps along the lake shore north o! Brule. The eitlsens are constantly on he outlook for fires.” This is In the vicinity of Port Wing and Cleavedaie Information from Port- wlng this morning is that nearly one iblnl of that place has been destroy ed' by the firee. a*c1 th<; fire advanc ing,on other aides. The place is not yet out of danger. I on River, a thriving town* midway Itetwecn Ashland and Dulu'h on-the irthern Pacifl" baa Intercepted th* fire and- sent oul.ji..small In* bax-k fi res yom- pb-te'.y wipe<l ou* by ffka years ago an I the ciiLwos are al«tt. Cloave- dalev kowevi-e, la the object »i frviety tonlght- The Duluth Southshos* ana Atlantic railroad has a forca of men . lAKI.NG BKBF DSAR. T.welvi years .ggo a g, mm I iHM-fsiciik whli | *ll the .ccessoricK of "a square, uieal.” could ts had In a decent >eataiiraiit for 20 cents 'Now ibe same qiiMiitity amt qual ity of last in a restaurant of the same « class wAl cost not less than Si cents, and in a restaurant that makes preteti* <hix it !* liahl* to nin over 75 cent* for meat | enough jfor a single person's breakfast. The llcrease to tlose who tuiy meat* for family |se has ts^-n in proportbm. It ha* come to7»e an accepted fact tu all the large dth-H. did especially the large seaboard cities tint good beef I* out of tbe reach of the poor and hardly In reach 'of matiy bnnllle* enjoying a coushlerabb- Income. There J*> no mystery about the cause of iri It Is tlie work of a half u down men mmtriturtng the Chicago Dre*s««l Beef Trust. ’Who through an unlawful consp r ■ • .v k acy in restraint of -trade have cornered the Iteef market. With om- hand they take from 4lie Western farmer who produce- the beef and with the other from tlus*^'' pie of tin cities who consume U..^wn no The history of civilization Ivtocry than ipore glgant c scheme ^-faw* of the Uni- Tlielrs. In il«-ft«nce_<>foblrliig the people of- ted Kta tea IIi^Jmc. And the Atlorney-Gen- mlllions g^ ttnlted States knows tt. What fat* going to do about 117 New .York World. •RofiBrnrnoNS nusp mn i>by». ’ Nuw York • 5 '1 > t. 7. At I the isvtlce prose- • itiivn- "l ,ra i'g up hi tlte w-.-ike of Jy ^.exow cMimalsslou wilUcenae now for -the 11*11!- Itelng. at least. A*4*tatit Dii* iriot A'Jt-ney* Oabnrne and WHIirian lo- day ”*? I In- knom-n nhat they had ad- Joutunl all police pixateoul.lon imhIII the I exow coiumi-wtori Winds up. they fear ing list! their doing* ,right embarrass the ONutaWatou and *<> decided to desist On sn I Momla y Chairman Lexow and Id* lay Ing 1 p«’ ’ track where tbe long, trea'te 1 •'*socb|tes will begtti ffiei* second -erle* of aw L officers or" directors of. Railway Union were not the actir- of tmiiag. tpild sejisutiou hy ^tbicctmir iiiofiy tif tbe fir ^ er, of Milwaf be might be a federal dur J%^ta„a.” M a number of men wfio' •li ted have b en siibpoeul In l^iia case. This man may’ them." Tbe witness aKsureti the conTt th, I, nl not t een indicted, and was allowl t„ proceed ^Tli • cdVfrt roi»I( however, b it men who- were indicted might be 'pul-qiv th-i siapd, but could not t»e com pelled t<> give testimony Invrlmliiattng theoiaelves. Among those who testlfleit ’Jamea Hogan and W-. E- Burns, both defeistan « lo this case. - Mrs. Ha gan wlil a'.ao be-called. Tbe Govern- meut, however, exp-cta to spring one of its greatest card.- in tbe witness L. P. Benedict, Debs' private aer ret ary, who has been subpoenaed. Mr. Benedict Kgued many of 'he telegrams sent «' Ike name nf E. V. Di'bs. Tl*» Govern ment expects'to prove by this wltn'-s* that Det*s -ent Tw»t some of the tele- gratias vetiti'h have been read. Benedit ts not un ltr Indictiiient. Kreigcr testified that he had aeeu a telegram from Debs dated July 4 asking the switch tenders to strike. Only ten of them did so. Krelger was much con fused on cross examination. He ac- knowledges! that he had been seat to Chicago' as a witness by the Chicago- Milwaukee and St, Paid railroad. The defence showed right from- the time Krelger took tbe stand until he left it It ril'jected to every quest toll asked him antltfhen after be baji testified moved to have all of hi* testimony stricken out. Motions were all overruled. . William Mackay. an .engineer of Milwaukee, and Cbas. E. Mills, a fireman from the siune place, .both of the Chicago, SfllwaukHs aud Sri.Paul railroad, testified that they had left their trains at the IniOmcr of strikers who int1midate»r fhetn.' Mr. MHIa was not a member of the A* R U. ou leaving bis engine, but Wits made to join in mediately after.* "flc xMvrre that he was forced into It. J. R. Trimer, a tiainrnastPr on Ibe Pan Hamlle Hoad, testified as to the removal from w Ciiiea«" of a teftatn If ttn load of dead atilrn its. for the taking away "f which Ih-'is K»msl an otTi-ial rib-r To lb -sc under his eroitroi; Mr. Ei win object' I t > Ihe testimony, staling that I' showed no m.i.tempt of court, and had nothing to do with inter-gitatw 'oninp-rce. Judge Woods, neverthcle-a, s!l<>we<l Tim testimony t<> cou'inue bn tlie ground that h'- iitd Mot know what bight Im brought forth. == W. I. Heliry tesUft-d in regard h* receiving certain telegrams signed E. V r><-bs. asking h m to tie up the Big Four Railroad system _Mr. Henry told th- .tll.-er- of the Afneriean Railway Union his. road bail no gra-vatvee. and refnse-l to call otU his men. At the lieglnnlng of the afternoon ses sion H. K. Sartwr. of .(forred.. Ind.. :tn employe of the Baltimore and Ohio, told about receiving a fedegram sigtievl E. V. Debs, whl'h re<|nested him tp w ork among the men'on.tl»at road with a view to having them strike. Henry Swtn. a Rock Island foreman, in regard to the reception of Tsland hy the Federal Ihjjtnction a riffle tit*. "The the strikers and ntfinfon read, but jeer- men heard the iftfid hootetl at Marshal ed all tfpsqtf; reail It. One man yelled, llcyJVrtwith ."Ihe United States Govem- riffmt. To hell with the United States court*.’ T saw men dubbed inth insensi bility and pounded lieyond recognition by strikers.” ; Another witnesH *aiil he saw the in junction notice pulled down and the car* torn Into pieces. Attorney Effkin again tnterrsp'ed the proceedings at this junc- t'ure to protest against this line of testi mony. He said in part: "This has proceeded to such an extent without the first particle) of testimony, and while It is wise on the part of your honor to rely on counsel to connect these. It-doe* seem to mo that In the in terest (ff the public a atop should l>e put to this thing now until they do connect it, for they have proved enough If they do not damn u*. I call the attention of the court ana-Hre pqtdic io this because I am sure they c*i never - * • * _!»V A# DeaiocTatle r . tbe tariff question a* settled by Gunuaii hlll^ .If It dlscnrduHarlff r, tt fbrow* 8wav tbe strongest weapon in armorv. What would it use In place of It. wUffwrbaNivottlfl It go before ihe country Mi(* fM!" With the Brlce-Gorm.in bltt. The country would laugh If to scorn If it dhl *0. The Democratic President baa de nounced th** bill ** 'be result of "perfidy" and tbe Xbtge of "dlanonor,.’ and If the IVenH'Yfath’ party appeala to tbe c<aiiitr.v .with that a* Its only argument for contin- iMitce in power, tt will Justly be told to surrender It* commission to a more compe tent and trustworthy agent*, f No, • tTr Democratle parly cannot bait now. t Jt Is rnlliUed for tile war. and It* l<»tth* <-ry miMf Ik- "forwarr^ tyet it take i for ft* watchword thla fall tariff reform 4n general, and free sugar, free oonl. and fr«-e Iron ate fn particular, and tbe iK-eple may rallyfidnce more to It* *U(q>nrl, Any other course would be fatal. The "cOt»- ■••rvatlve" senators have/been «ole to force M-eir Nomriri'iaise upon Cnngreqa, *'ut they cannot force It * * *fleltlemei>t upon the peiqde. and If the Denns-ratlc p*r^ should lend Itnelf to theb; effort* in Mil* (ffrccllon it would tie loaf.- Baltimore Sun. ! , ’ LY^OH LAW. Judr- ”00177,' the- noted Dwyer titan, xay*: - “tqi-cliluga during the yeal ffavi been ’•nme-••-* North and Suqtb anfl West' In caae* «liere murjler aud *ometlm*-s when only «ui luvaaiou of pr,q*-rty right* wo* -hary—t. aa welt se In- va*e*’of vbdat ou of '-in ,:h. eha*iUy;'foud I lot alarming 1^-alun- »f tin- utter MiuvMpvqtess ib-riaiice of law ■» »• Ich has at 1 mPJm tbhta. kf ^.l|Mt '" •ery niayy ease* tlu-re sg* no aiteiupt a! -onceaj/ffrut amt no pnieut'e that vlotsnge was. nfleesHary to prevrnr Jnat'i-e hetng 'heated of - it* due*) 1 In’;. ti*ik plae,. mmiic one* when the proi-es* of Ih,- l«w bad at- '•'ally been .evoked naariM Ibe panic* yne Iq-ff end wa* Icdiug V, certain pun shniegt; .-ntd %lie |,aS|ivl|>.iiit.s in tbe taw- h ss tragedy tn siji^F c«i*-s eouJd iqieniy and tralhfully l*oa*l ithat tlio^, who were Nccooiiied ihe best "(fixem in the SMStan- •ilty a; pi,»si-d ..Wil l 1 tln-y ,|^id done and vould not miffi-r the aet.ib, therein t" he ■•unlabed (or IIiiiji^sttlac 'be law at de- taaro." of Mich WaslpngTol Mivi has t'C'-:i rv -cr i ti t menP that the ‘wc > h. d from Nieti ngm force Hit* Mosquito rebellion are now Ih R : t-n. tt ia said that th'ac men wi-l wel! satleticil a's-CPl the terms of banishment, without demanding a trial of psklug the 1 r< dec thin of the United Statt-a mlnisUr'io retnaitqpn Nicaragua. FATAL FAMILY FEUD, .*&*£ NltlOlociM**, Te.\., Sept. li.-Itl a fantdv row t'*lay lietwccll brotbers-lh law Henry 1 son was killivl and .lease'’ aqtl J<k- Btimnx-ra wc# mortally w,j' luted. FATHER GRANTED (TSTiUtY New Ytirk,. St-pt. 7 .FuKtiiw Train of the Supreme fbuirt has ffN i led flist - Hewry j. Faiwu*. of Faifavn.* N. C., ia , entith-d lo ihe'ciiSt«aiy^nt'diie -Hseard- oM child. Raymoud. \ The child was brought Nprlh by it* mother, a ho left her husband a year ago. She- $*4Mi]i] ii«>t stand 4'U?b*u* wIh’iv mk was. Justiie Tranx s.-iya Nnri^ Xforo- lina it* -evidently tbe rmidMCta, of ifo parent* aud that, tjfe child out of that jnrimlhtion by TrAwL 2,800 DEATHS PER IVEBK. . Prtvrabprg, »c lu Mn Sept. ‘TTwh-Ta St . • ,-|rT,n..j.. . raging in the town and province of Nijni Novgorod. Mn Ruasian I’ohind there I are 5,000 fnnh ease* of ,-holero and 2.- .Vxt di-Htbs from tbat disease on an average p*T week. There la lltllu danger of a famine. There are still 750,000 bushel* of IHUd wheat in store wrot of Winnipeg. ^ T4H> MANY And (he PhnrMarlata Will Try Tu Ilnvr Them Limited. *f.. Sept. 7 -Yliere » « poHce tuvuetigaition*. r cont) OFFERS A C”".. Loiuton, 8t-i»4. 7.—How/nt CqiW ha* offered a cop valued «t $*10(4 to atari ths , Bay riiob cxNitoflto for fcrst cfoas yachts I in im. .»> ■■•** was bunt* Mast Saturday near Mareu go. T *e foreman was- called ttpou for iis8tBtanee*liBhnigfit aud took an ewgit. - a few foe line to Shiloh x here 4te 8«K'Wfo$nM)P$' ee<'tioii men wh< became suiqSMMTVr^flaAies. IT* Is'no 1 known ho^vKjft hAe fared since. Ffre Chief Scott*or fh' ffah'.an fire <te* artment has b^en oat %tl aupervtsing the work of f—- 1 4er proteetton against the Ydv of the fires upon Ashland.- wind set In this afternoon considerable ala m and fear. The of tlie fires has thoroughly, destroy) vegetation. Fires can bq^jeen biasing from • Ashland very plainly. It M al most Impossible to extinguish them a* the very roots of* tbe trees burn apd coals become In bedded * beneath the trunks o< the trees. It is dangerous) . to travel to Ashjand fhr over three mdied'oi •^as. were Arocued. 4 to ’A GAME OF FRKB/.K OUT. BtnmuARaui, AW.. Se\»t. 7. -A *(K->'iat The Age Herald fr*ui Gutou *ay*: Five hundred aud idneteeu bal'.ula fur a *uc- ceasor lo J- N. BaaMiead. in Ui* Hixth coi»(|rc**lm»al lYalrtct h*va beeu taken with redtlR. The oevNal eosulty drifgnte* are tree aud tried geems to hr no dufectlon 'dilate. It IS Ibe Optuiou wary wttt be necessary ua'Ism It U a goi uo ending as long as ,t j _ A 8EVBBE A*hevillc. N. . .. fevding among the druggist* in attemd- am*e at the forty-second annual conven tion of tlie#Ahi)eriean PfiannaceutU-ai Association that mm>~ -^re -nooM be take., to refute' ^ of .^®?Ulfn4ry. It is ulaimed that college* turn oS graduates ( months courses flfod the drug gist* claim that this shorttaerm of study •e atisugfi aud 'hat at least four years of study In school and drug store is uece*j/i$y to # thorough knowledge of pharmacy. 'At* Idea wa* in trod need by 0. N. H..jAolsridge, of Chicago. The matter is eltf under discussion, hut a committee wffl probably be appointed to try to get tbe colleges to agree to ufake l,he oh* tige. The pharmacists were given an excursion to Hot Springs on a. special tr£^ today. ttlt* i =... „ r ei connect these defendant* with one of these thing*. GIBeoN GHT9 A..GUY. HulilJngtnn, W. Y«.. Sept. 7.-Tonlgt in a latter in au evening paper bx<ongre*s- man Gibaon repllc* to the letter of.de- ctluatlou of Cottgreamnau UBpeuaff (ta wMdh the farmer ts rtianged with bolting the fteket) In very severe :* ngiiags—one *etiteiK*e of wWcfT denounce* Uapeheart a malicloiM liar and a coward tor retrffift- ing at ihl* time. »nd tber •ItW cau- . pri- uoiui- wut l( rda la 4M. txriT for*. Sept. 7—A storm broke aft- Saturday over eigbt fishing coast near thl* purt. All tl lojra Flfteeg tt-diennen w een *wa*n to a ban ^ or* of the‘wreck died Tbe tvanalning el, vessel on. Wedaei LAGEY StnCIDHR. Mon foundry. Afo.. Sep*. 7. -Samuel Ll- cey. .who'bad I Wed I a Bhta~ city for over Afty year*, cotmnltted suicide today by juiuping from a third sttory window. ‘He had been In feeble, health for %sml. ftuie. ■uffertsg fnwn th^ effect* of paral^l astT •‘«» > 'wss-affootod. * ■levflN rig- leadiy and . TBUiOW FEVBR cw BOARD. BaidtaM.. ^ " * Tystck, 21. was lion. On* • otbeWare os yellow fover. -Tbe Brttfoh „ I from Havsi^y, VERIOR DEAD, ater Maty Ahiysi- MOTHE1 Atlanta. Se^... _ us, Mothet 4 j||i|fotior qf St. .losetdi’a In firmary herqjMff fonUfly M-dber 8n- |-pertor of themnter* offplercy, died here today of apoplexy. She was attending service* in 8t.' jeer's tnd St. Pa til’s church when tbafffltnck came on. She was removed to Yne Cnpvflpt of the maculate Conception, she died In ten minut«^^^^_. she was known as Riley. 8hs wiw a teacher of fine afflfty. Her life wq^nllsti with charitable work. - w- -* ; - J ®^ DHR ’ pRAI>BS UNION. Lomft, 7.—"rfe ^Trades Union Congress sltflftr at Norwich today pass ed a resolution demanding that the Government ptfthibU the importation of destitute nlienriMMrhe .result of ballot- Secreto^^f Parlfometary Com- mitV was the eleetbar of 8am Woods* and Tom. Mffnn ,tes for the of- J PIANOS. ORGANS MID-SUMMER BARGAINS. t ^ flpseiatl Hals Hammer IBM. Th Um* to bay Cheap aad Basy. BL . Special Hammer Offers that beat the Wm Veflae $50 saved every Piano purchaass. |io to r — ^— au and OWober, and pay ST Pament . mi oegan. Longer Uaw If Ptaai.^oaO^an r 1Mb. * Paymeats to mM an., ■oaibly- < <m $• to «» , Organ* $< to $6. Our Mtd-tusuaer OUWi mvs Mg memof am aU pUa* ot pmjmont. Haw Fall Leadsra ready* *Wa«to- fol aad Olmap. sTamptiag —n^toa- Writs at eaea for »d-»«mmmO*- Pood Qply malll IfotrtflUMNr 1# Dm*! waU. I UDDEN fc BATttab ‘-SOUTHERN MUSWllOUt . SAV.HIUUC, the andthi Turin, Sept Soloro threw * Ohrlo last explosion tonat^L arra *annrchl*t naoned j Mnto the csfe “““ 1 ansing a te the place, art. JW ' - 1 Mr HEAl Dublin, fi, . iJSM v , ri tea ‘Tt..