The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, September 13, 1894, Image 4
(^PROSPEROUS.
HO THAN ANY OTHOI M5C-
TIOH Or THK CNION:
MOMAND (TOO COTTON IS STIM>
CCATINU TKADB.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.,
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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..