The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 15, 1894, Image 1
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Weekly Ledger.
VOL. I, NO. LS.
OAFFNKY ( FI V, S. (’., .11 NK 1.“,, LS!U.
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THE PRESIDENT IS UNWELL CLEVER JOE BLACKBURN. BLOODY SALVADORANS. THE SUFFERING GRECIANS.
HIS FAMILY PHYSICIAN. IS
WITH HIM.
Hot Weather Hurries Congress.-South
ern Representatives Want to
Get Home to Look Af
ter Matters.
Wanhisuton, .Itiu*' II With tho nd
rent of hot weather routes the universal
desire for an adjournment of congress.
Some ol the aoiit iiern m*‘inl» , r.. partieu
Inrly, who voted for the repeal of the
Sherman silver purchasin'.; art. tin 1 that
their position regarding that measure,
is being list'd to their disadvantage at
home, anil are anxious to get hark to
their districts an l explain the reasons
for snppor ing repeal.
Stine of fht* hist informed members
of the house and senate believe adjourn
in out can he reached not later than Aug.
1Y They think the taritf hill will be
sent hack to the house by ihe last ot
June, and that adjournment can he had
by the close of the six Weeks following.
Washimiton, June II -At JthJtl
o'clock the tariff hilt was taken up in
the senate, and .Mr. Sh 'imui made an
argument against the proposition to put
Wool on the free list.
The lioiiao pissed a hill to amend an
art coiiatituting tli > rirmit I'o-iris ol ap
peal' so as to permit appeals to he taken
from their judgment . appointing re
reivers without ncronip tuyiiig iujune-
tions
The lixlian appropriation lull was
then taken tip in a ronimittee of the
whole.
11. • I. Ha Veil i ever has been before the
•ugart trust committee again. He was
on the stand about half an hour, an 1
mude only one important statement that
was new. most o' his testimony being
• repetition of what he had pr* vtonslv
•aid.
He declined to state amount of mot'e ,-
tho American Sugar Itetiniug roinpnnv
had r*iutrihute<l to the state and he-*1
cnuipatgii funds, and asserted that ti ts
was a matt t over which the committee
bad no jurisdiction.
^oino Nominut lotift | it.
The president sent to the senate the
following nominations:
Pendleton King, of North Carolina, to
be chief of the bureau o indexes and ar
chives in the department ol state.
Consuls o f the Cuito I States .Iii'iii H.
(iormati. o' Georgia, at Matamoras,
M*'*.; John H. Miller, of Ken.ucky, at
Port Stanley, Falkland islands.
W ASHtM.r*June 14.- It is »ta*ed nt
the White House that the presi hcit is
1s t er. Dr calle | earlv and
Wsm afterwards Dr .llryant. the presi
dent's fatnilv physician, wlm had com**
down from New York, came to the
White H ouse in comp i iv w.tii Secre
tary Laniont.
AFTER THE PREACHER.
|'r*>l'lltiK Klrter I'lerce s»v» rr.-io-lo-rt
>t|i9l SuI ■.•III |*n|M-r..
G:i., Jutrt || llevereil'l Wil-
llani Murdoch, pastor of flic Hast Home
M •tho list church and mi-siou has heen
•ns|s'ii*le<l by Presiding Elder T. H.
Pier •«. p nding an investigaf <m of cer.
tain charges. The case, brictly stafed.
is this;
When Mr. Murdoch was suit to this
work by the annual conference last De
cember. he realized that the field was
small and the pay coiiiine suratelv so;
he therefore. Iiegan to cast ahout tor
Bouiethtng which, while it would not
conflict with his ministerial duties,
might afford some revenues with which
to space out h's slim sal.irv.
An opportunity was presented *<arlv
In the sprit) • ami he accepted an offer tii
assnnia the cnitorship ol The iN'eiiing
News, and when the puhlicaMou
panv was organi/.) <1 he took charge as
•ditor of tlie new paper.
I’ri'siding Khler I’.erce notitied him
that ho could not continue as editor of
lh** Evening N* ws ami he the occupant
of the Hast Koine pulpit. He disagreed
with the presiding older, hut said he
would he willing to leave it to the con
ference, as there was no reason whv he
ootid not do vote a few hours a day to
his newspaper work, so long as his con
gregation did n<<t object.
The presiding elder disagreed with
him, however, ami insisted upon his
suspension. The Reverend Mars-les
Troutman has heen appointed in ids
place and is now regularly in charge of
the East R' one mission.
lu tho meantime Reverend Mr. Mur-
4orh continual) in charge of the editorial
management of the Rome Nows
THQ3E TREACHEROUS REDS
Thr) Mortor Away Their Malius l*t Kee|i
(rum Vn.vliiff Their lie hi*.
MltsoKHiF, June 14. Great dissatis
faction is developing regarding the con
duct of the Cherokee payment in Table-
ijuah. At first the payment moved
■moothly off. There was not a sign of
fraud or rake off. Collections were good
4bd everybody felt satlatied,but the pay.
meot had p.ogreened but a few du}*
when a big leak was found, and indig
nation tmgau to run high.
ft developed that some parties had
been buying head rights and getting
f iWcrsof attorii' i to draw theaiiiotints.
hi'v disi oiinte-l the hi'ad r.glifs from
flO to (ill), and would immediat-dv have
them isished. It was a gold mitio to
tfiii huyi-rs. hut it was hard on the mer
chants ami others who ha 1 credited on
ihe strength of the payment. I'arties
who owed large sums would cell their
h*al rights and get away with th*
money while the merchants would he
anxiously looking for them fo come up
ami draw. It is estimated that $|iMU)u<i
worth of head lights wen* bought in
this way.
It the praetiee keeps up hv (he time
the payment leaves I ahh-ipiah those all
ovei ’he nation who <lo not wish to pa'
jlu'ir lebts will have the sale of their
head rights arranged, ami disaster fo
the merchants will likely follow.
I* ' • 1 oh'imin. of I not \
sent Itr. t nrlisle a check for om* him-
ilreil ilolhil'S n few ila.i > ago with the
reijiiesl that he wolihl put it on the’
college or eamp^ when it would du
the iiiohI gtmil
He Srarf»» S«*n;itorial AspirantH (Ml with
.Njiin •.
Washi.*:«ton, June 1» Secretary
Carlisle's friends are aeni'ing Senator
llhicklmru of working a very clever
trick in order to li-dp do i; his camli-
ilacy for re-election to tics-natein
Senator lilacklmrii has been spreading
the report that Secretary <' irlisle would
lie a candidate in the senatorial race in
Kentucky at the close of Ilie pr- s nt ad-
minisfration. S'cretary ( ail sic has
declared on several occas ons that he
will not rim for the seiiatorslnp His
friends sav he has h id very flattering
offers from Mr. Cleveland's law part
ners in New York, and nit id - to prac
tice Ids profession in th it city
They say Senator Klackbu-n knows
this very well, hut wants to keep .Mr.
Carlisle’s name before the p ople of
Kentucky, because r th" secret o-y of
the treasury go-s into the ra* 1 " * x Gov
ernor McCreary and K pri scntative
Stom'. who are senatorial possih liMes,
would not think of entering the rout 's'.
Then* is only one other man wlto > sii]»
jsiseil t<> have an amhition to en'- r t u*
senate, «'*.Upl"d with tly |io - b illy of
doing so, and that is Governor Brown.
By thi« move Senator Blaekliurn. it is
said, hopes in th** end to narrow the
cont st down to himself ml t ie g"V-
eruor.
MR. OATES’ PROGRAM.
Ho ill A«I«I r i ■ m ^ I! Is f rll* \ ( iti/niH »>n
fh«' (•iil>«*t‘i!!it«»ri*l I**>g
M oNTuoMi HV. Ala., June 11. llon-
Orahle \V. *< t.it* ', nomin ••• ot tho
Democratic party lor governor, will lo
gin an immediate and vigorous cam
paign. The follow;ag program lias been
prepared by the ollicers cl ill•• stale ex
ecutive committee and he will a Idress
his fellow citizens as .olio .-,
Raleigh,- I’lckeiis i oiiuty, Thii!' -lav,
June '.M: Carroli on, l* i;■ ;s cuiiiitv,
Fri«lay. .In te t* : Milipirt. I,am ar comi
ty Saturday iiii- riio-iii. .Li ■ 1’ayette
t 'out lhouse, Fe vitr <•< ii t . Monday,
June'.’a; Vernon. Lamai inuiit*'. Tues
day, >1 nil*' '.*(•; Hamilton. '1 a o i < -.ii ity,
Wednesday, .I mi" G; (*: i\li. S|)nngs,
Laudcr lal" county, I’r uav. .Imi"
Leighton, Coli'it (omit', ''iindav,
.1 tine ;!<•; Ilirtiiing i.un. Jell is u •wuntv,
Monday night. July Warrior st i*:oii;
JeffiTson ••omifv. I'm I t*. .1 1* J: But
ler Springs, Butler com.ty, \\ m s lay,
July l.
ILLEGAL COURTS.
J(»s*i ’t'* I»f ( Oilntl \ Dis . : rt- 'InV4* int<|
To\% ii to Do IjiiHin «s.
Cll ITT A \< >• •• i \ J'lm* 11 !'u' s*. vera l
years there h iv • he ai in ( natt i io->g i a
numher o' jiistii'es of fh) p a a who
were electe l irolii tlie cmi it i v distni'ts,
hut came to tin: oily t > do iriisiu-'-s,
CimsiajueiitIv lh" tiu'iilwr of j i i "i s’
offices jn this ntv bis be'n \ ii lug)',
ami in order to gain lee- mu a tr.vial
and fmadous pro-ccm.oii ha- i.e n the
result.
’J'he decision mad" is ci n !• by th<)
■upreim* court holds 1 at j'. leis.-an
not do business outsnl' ol i . .lisirict
for Avlii)di they are i l ci 't, l ies knocks
out nine jns!i<*'s in this <• tv. i im jus
tices declare they will not -hut ii|i -nop
until compelled to aid citi/.eiis will ig
g few davs comm"m'' ijuo warrant*!
pn x'oeiliu ;.s ngamsi tii in.
|#i«l Niil tin* W.lining.
Gin i nn u.u:, .Mis- . Jum 11 \f Hta
Bella, on the Georgia l‘.i'ilic railioid,
• bout :!<l miles fr mi h "r**. ,1. L II i|*iy
•hot and kill** 1 W \Y. Wallo r. Haley
is a promim-nt merdi mi ami jdanler.
The two had trouble s.,;n,. tim • ago. an 1
ilahy had told \\ dker n \ r to enN-r
his store again. Walker walk" 1 into
tlie stor*', *li' 'w hi' ]»,s ol and shot
Haley in the arm. Ilahy got Ins gnu
ami shot Walker in th" ii a i, killing him
instantlv,
AIDt .i r<»ll »u'« r of Diir/i.
Ran Antomu. Tex, June 1 I -Th*
extradition trial o lm /, Km/.. o:ie*)f the
Garza Pilloweis who is want 'd by the
Mexican government for munb r. arson
uml rohherv. committed at Sail Ignacio,
is progressing slowly before I'mtel
(>tat''S Comimssionei' Price '1’iic j»ros :-
CUtion has idosed. J’lie def' li* ' liave
several witilosses to examine. Several
Mexican soldiers have heen attending
tho trial as witness -s.
Dm* In :» | n^ i v«*r,
ClM I NX ATI, .lun*' 1 l It h is .levelop-
•)1 here that one of th" thiv Americans
under arrest in Hamburg. Gcrimmy, on
the charge of couiil< rfeitmg, is Charles
t Irich, om'of tin' 1*» st known criminals
jfi America, who hai sej d long terms
both in the Ohio and N -w J rsev puii-
tentinries. Chief Murphy, of th" I’nited
fstafes secrel service, suns ii" isihe finest
engraver of eounti'rleif *'ii:re;i v ever
known in Anieriea.
Fori;«*<l llnmU l
Ahim.nl, Kan., »Imu* 1 J. * roasun r
Pattisou has received notice of forged
school bonds of this county b 'ing pre
sented at the New !ork fiscal agency.
The distri*'t by which they purpfirted to
lie issued has no indebtedness, as such
bonds are usually paid on presentation
at the agency when there is money on
hand to pay them. It is believed that
systematic counterfeiting ot curitie* is
being carried on.
rr<>l'*.e<lil|e- \ gillll't .lull;.. I .ill. v.
MoNTuo.Miatv, Ala . .In .' M i’d •
supremo court will go to 11:1 v He,
Ala., to hi'iir the evidence m lie mi
pet chmeiit proceeding.' of .In p , r,,J\.y,
of .ho Ninth judicial circuit, i n,, c.nri
will take up ill • evid"m on lull-
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES.
After Tuesday next Col .m l W. <’.
Oates, candidate for governor of \|,i
bama, will make he idipi c r i Moat-'
gotnery, an 1 piusonillN. ion .uter his
campaign.
Mr. ami Mrs. Arnold, wlio ■ liNlo
chihl was killed hv a troll'v car in
Atlanta last wi.k. have file i nil for
f?.\0OU damages against ti Atlanta
Ponsoldidated Sireet Hailro 11 <n|isnv.
9. II. King, formerly n l itiz-a ol At
lanta, but, for several years, making It’
home In North (.'iirolln i. has t,
re*tod In Atlanta, where he was v sill . ,
upon a warruni sworn out l<) W. A
Brown for forgery.
• •» •
( 'oliimldim I itivi fsil \, W iisliine-
Biti. D. ('.. on M'.i la\ ''onfirmeil the
ilegn .' of D. D. oil l in LYv. A. .1 s.
I iioiuus, cililor of i In liapl is) ( 'oitricr. ^
The/ Ar« Making: strenniois KfforU to 0*1
II,>1.1 of K*et».
La LturitTAi*. June 14. Phe newly
organized government is making desper
ate efforts to secure the surrender of the
refugees alwiarl flu* United States
steamer Bennington. After making
formal remonstrance against the exten
sion of asylum to th** late vice presi
dent and his staff. President Gniferrez
has made a demand upon .Mr. Pollock,
tho American consul here, for the sur
render of the men. For Mr* time being
he waives entirely the ijurstio'n of right
of asylum, and, "h irgin; that these ofH
cials of the late gov rnnient have been
guilty >t robbery m 1 ,*uil>ez/.l.'iiicut, de
mands their surrender under article •.» of
the extradition treaty negotiated with
the United states in l s 7«i
Consul Pollock consulted fins new
phase of the case with ''ommander
Thomas, of the Bennington, ami then
informed the government that he could
not meet the demand until instructed to
do so i>) the Washington officials. He
was served with extradition papers,
regularly drawn, and then cabled an
account of the affair to Washington. So
far he tuts not had a response Mean
while the refugee* ar<* being detained on
the Bennington, and will not he per
mitted to take passage on the coasting
steamer ft) a port of safety. The refu
gees iii'ist that this move of Gniferrez
is nothing mnro than a pretext to obtain
their Mirren o r. when he will promptly
avenge himself bv punishing them for
political reasons.
A >onrc«* of \ im«iv ine**
Wa sin n<;T'*x, June It Captain
Thomas action in affording asylum to
the igitiv** officer-*>: the defunct F.zeta
government on board his ship, the Ben
nington, at La Lib-rf.'id, Silva lor, has
very miu'h embarrassed onr govern
ment. For th" thirl tinio since news
of tho aefion reached here, the mat
ter lias been tii*' subject of earnest
• ousultatioii lad ween the president and
Secretaries Gresham and Ilerliert. The
officials relnso to talk nlmuf the mutter
for publication, but it L understool
that no positive line of action has heen
agreed upon. The difficulty lies in the
fact that while the government woul*l
like to repudiat* < 'aptain ThomiiH'
act on as eoufirming a dangerous doc
trine it do.-- not car- to face tlie eharge
of iimum.'ihity in turning over the refu
gees to almost certain death, and the
effort now is to find a middle course
that will avoid at once Mi*' precedent
and 1'ins of lives.
II Iv'»■ pi *.r* 'lcii,i In AA'.ialiliietitn.
W aniiinuton, Juh‘* 11. Secretary of
, Rfat- Grcsliam. who intended to goto
< hi-ago to stay away from Washington
<'•1 ".nt |o d iv-:. may not he able to leave
for a dav or two. Tlie pe uliar compli-
cation of aff ms in Salvador, where '.’(i
members o tlie l it • gov Tn u.'iit are
refuge'on th" Unde I States st-unship
Beimiiigioii i' said to be the reason for
the delay.
AFTER EVILDOERS.
Il<>'t,..i Will i:,in Mi*- llcaorl 4*eal< Out
To tv ii, Or Try.
j Boston, June II. A scare which ii
now reaching the point of a stninjiedo
has been caused among the keep ta of
disreputable houses, gauihlen ami other
professional ev.l lo. rs alxiuf the citv by
fii*' i ni'.-ide again-t them which haa la'iui
started by the Watch and-Ward sociaty
and the poliee.
( ’aptain Walker, of I'recincf o. lias is-
sueil orders to keepers of all notor.om
resoris in Ins district to iiiova out forth,
with, and similar orders will h> lasite*!
by otlier captains.
Resorts in Ashland place, Dover street,
Loveriug plae« an 1 otlmr diHreputuhle
sections were vai-ate 1. Agent Chase, of
the Watch ami-Ward 'oejety. sava that
the crusade will he continued until every
resort in Boston is close,| t it it is possi
ble to do it.
W reekers Want New Trial*.
Indian Ai’*,i.is. June IL Judge Baker
Iwin signed lin: bill ot exceptiona pre
sented by tin* attorneys for Francis A.
ami IVivival B Coffin, and the appllcm
tion lor a writ of supersedeas will hr)
made to Judge Harlan, at Chicago, this
week. Judge Baker refused to sign the
twenty-second exception, and character
ized it as mere verbiage, which taken in
connection with the instructions ns a
whole, was not misleading. The ea§e is
being appealed on questions of law
solely.
Arr|iilll«M| «f » Alur.lrr (Tinrgr.
Omaha, June II. Mrs. Kiln Rudiger
has been acquitted of murdering •‘Ba
ron' Henry Reiser in < f.ualia last fall.
At the first trial th" jury disagreed, and
thin time was out 4's fiours before re
turning a verdict. Mrs. Rudiger ohot
Reiser on the public square ami then
attempted to kill herself, she claimed
that her victim had sedued her by vir
tue of mesmeric power, ami that, being
completely in hfs power, she determin
ed to kill him.
Diphtheria Took Fire of Ihe Nine.
Hancock, N. Y„ June 14.-Diphthe
ria appeared in the family of James
Wheeler, nt Fisher's Eddy, nhont eight
miles south of thin place, and Healni
Officer Allen quarantined the house. In
rapid succession five out of the »im*
children died within r* d .vs T ... f*, M .
ill claim that th • malignancy mi l
spre.i 1 of ihe disease was dm* *o the
or f**r prohibiting th•• u from going out,
but tins the health department deny.
Hr.ck I’iiI.I No AID-iillon.
< III* Alio, June 11 The month I
lug expire * which had been g' von i\
I*. Breckinridge to reply to the charges
made hv the I nion league club of tliis
city, and no word having been received
from him, hfs mum was dropped from
th" honor .ry m**iiib<*rdiip roll of the
'•lul«. At a meefin; of the director., a
.Ti.amm>|U' vote wipi-d his name from
the cluhs list of |;| honorary membera.
DaVKNi'.nn, la., Jum* 11. William
Fri*lley has l)*).'n lodged in jail hereon a
charge of mayhem. During a fighf at a
hnl) game at th** cross muds in Buffalo
town-hip, Fridley hit off the lower lip
of William Winfield and claims on iiiii
part to have I,cm bitten in tlie (eg ami
sculp W Infield's condition is Nip>h ns to
»X(.'ita griiv* apprehension, and he U di«-
agnred for llt».
• •
l h*'i'.sf iinalcs of loss by ftoo«l in
Oregon iii'e pliiec<l ns lug ns ijilo.issi,-
(Kio. half of which is JsuHtuiiicil h)
railromU.
HORRORS EXPERIENCED BY
THE EARTHQUAKE.
Relief Contributions Wanted—All of
the Foreign Powers Have Al
ready Sent Supplies and
They Appeal to Us.
Wasiiinot*in, June 14. Information
received at the state department from
our minister at Athens shows that in .V!
towns, Jal people were killed. 14*;
wounded ami J.'iU't destroyed or injured
by tho recent earthquakes in Gre-c.*.
The value of the property destroyed is
alsmt £1 .ooo.onq.
Our minister reports that all th*) Euro
pean countries have contributed to the
relief ot the stricken districts. Great
Britain, France. Kus-ia ami Italy send
ing warships with supplies of all sorts,
and material' for erecting teuqiorarv
buildings, ami that con rihution from the
United States will he received grate
fully.
THE SULTAN'S DEATH.
I’illaKliiX ami Alur.lrr lla* Hecotoe Coin-
iiHtn In lit* C.Miulrj.
London, June 14 —A dispatch from
Tangier says there has Wen much tnr
hulence among tin Kybelts since they
received tlie news of the sultan's death.
Murder ami plunder hare la***n com
mon. Mountaineers have driven hack a
company of troops sent to investigate
the murders.
. — y
I >**u rr-lllni; Over ^Tsualer.
P.Ai'is, June 14,—The Paris press
unanimously advisn tim gov.-rum ur not
to allow English warships or tr disports
to iliseinhark 111111 at Taiigiey,
Tin* »w SkIIhii.
Tandikii, June 14. — Sultia Atslul
Aziz has left Rabat for Fez, accomp t-
nied by a strong force of troop*.
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE.
Tin* Kalian* l*o|iiill*l* * .inventIon \A'rang-
llua Over a 1‘lank In ITo-lr I'latrnrni.
Ta*i*i;k a, June 14. -The Pi-ople's party
•tute convention used the entire morn
ing endeavoring to reaidi the conclusion
whether to put ii woman suffrage plank
in it's platform or leave it out. when
tho minority report of tho resolutions
committee was presented.
At the op'tiing ot tho day's session it
was received with a storm of applause.
It favors ii plank advocating the ponding
constitutional amendment for woman's
suffrage, and is signed hjr eight of the
■J1 members of the platform committee.
Dl*f»f-r**.il Tilda, striker* In Stiort Or.ler.
Montummkhv. AU.. Jim* 14. Nearly
psi negroes, who have been working for
paving contractors Jn this city, struck
fur (d instead of 7 ) cents per day. Their
f ilaees w**re readily filled. The strikers
lien assembled near the city ami made
threats to come in and by force compel
the workers to quit. The police an.I
constabulary, however, combined and
met th** strikers its they came in a l>oiy
to tin* city. The police waruo 1 the ne
groes fo disperse m short order, which
they did.
Nol Mat i.ftrxl m It I* Ilia- Sottlaoiiaxit.
( i.intmn, Ind., June 14. —The miners
here lire in an angry mood with the
terms of settlement, especially with
District President Buukerly and Na
tional Pn-aidenr McBride. At a m.n*
meeting held here it was resolved not to
accept the terms, anil another resolution
was presented calling on all otficers con
cerned in tin* settlement to resign.
SMi-trMckaxt 4'antl Car*.
CaRI.invim.k, 111., June 14 —A coal
train on the Big Four railroad, at Clyde,
near this city, was seized by a moh of
100 striking miners. They force I the
engineer to sidetrack cars of coil ami
move his engine. Sheriff O'Neill has
gone to the scene with a poise.
Tilt* IViiitt) IvmmU Miner*.
Nfw ( astj.k, June 14. The miners
in tho southern part of Lawrence comi
ty have lie *n reduced to the vergo of
starvation during the strike. They are
rejoicing that the strike in this section
ia settled and that work will probably
be resumed next Monday.
Doing to Work In W**t Virginia.
Ch.ihi.p.hton, June 14.—It is now
pretty generally believed that all the
mines in the Kanawha, New River and
Loup Creek territory will resume work
Monday. Tho roports of trouble at the
Eagle mining town are unfounded.
Ilvclilnt to SI nr Out.
Minonk. IIN.. June II Th" Minonk
miners, at a'm< i* , iii; !e I ( her*', d -ci h-d
to st iy out u 1' I ih<‘ s low II. rath t
than go to w..rk at r** u •*• l rat s.
In 4 lilnn.
London, June 14. The Kisteru Tide-
graph company has receive l a *• »•
bin message from Hong Kong,
China, saying that the native pop
illation is leaving the city by thoiisaudM
on (p'count of the plague. It ;s
estimuted that 10,(too have already del
•nd 1,aOf 1 deaths liiive occurred. > vi-ral
F.iiropeans have been nf'a* kei hv Hi
pi igm*. and one of them has died. Tii
numlicr of deaths is eitiiu it ■ l to he DM
per tlay.
Ilrlil m trcrrl Mrrllng.
Nkva Yohk, June II. The executive
Committee *if the Moiithern Railroml and
Rteamship association met in secret
••a*h>ii at the Hotel Waldorf at noon.
After the transaction of some routine
bpeineiM they adjourned for lunch at 1
• dock. In the afternoon the annual
meeting of the association was held at
the same place. None of the proceed-
logs were made public until after tha
•seeling was over.
( linrles 4('liasc t lie ohlest sou of
f'liptnin find <'. C. t'hase, dieil Sun
day liftcrnnoii ai Ihe W imlsor house,
in Spurtuuhurg.
SEA BASS IN SAN DIEGO BAY.
Mug** Kh»iii 4>ii« linn*
to Nix lliiiMlr«*<l roniMU.
Clii'is Schmi*lt, a longshoreniAn,
("inght three black sea bass recently,
Weighing 221, JJ7 and it7(• pounds re-
sjxs'tively. After hooking his gam** ho
tied tlie eml of tlie line to a powder keg
ninl let the hL lish run around in the
hay until exhausted, when ho pulled it
in and killed it.
This land locked hay of San Diego
and th*' k**lp lied at tlie harbor mouth
is a favorite home for the black sea
lmss, or jewfish, as it is commonly
called. Catching these fish is excellent
spurt. They weigh from 100 to (500
pounds anil 111 apiM-aranee ar*' much
like th*- small mouthed black bass of
eastern lakes. A buig hand line the size
of a window sash cord, a large look of
quarter inch iron, baited with a white-
fish, an ax and a rowboat are all the
tackle needed for this sport.
The baited hook is dropped to the
bottom in 50 feet or more of wafer. A
vigorous hife and the fish almo-t hooks
itself. Then the fun begins. Tlie long
line plays out with the rapidly of a
whale line when the harpoon strikes
home. The jewfisli tin s more quickly
than the whale. The man in th*' bow
of the rowboat begins to take up the
slack lin*'. This rou-cs tin' fish. Away
he darts again and stops. The slack is
pulled in again. The efforts of flic fish
liceome less vigorous. The lin*' is made
fast in th*' Imw. The helmsman is
warned to look out. The lish begins to
run away. The line tightens. This time
it does not play out. The fish, feeling
th*' Weight of the boat, strives luird to
get away from it.
Faster ami faster goes the boat as
the captive fish tows it seaward unlil
th*' bow is pulled down almost Ix'iicath
th* - waves,and it is sometimes neeussai'y
to put out the oars and attempt to re
tard the dangerous progress. I iy degrees
the fish gets tired coping with such
heavy odds and finally allows itself to
he drawn alongside the boat. A blow
oil the head witli an ax ends th*' fight.
—San Diego (('al.) Dispatch.
\ I li^Mtorrt*
Few animals an: more friendless than
the alligator. With claims to neither
beauty nor intelligence, he B not hand
some enough to win our admiration nor
dangerous enough to make us respect
him. For hours he basks in the sun,
floating on tho surface of the wafer or
lying on some muddy hank, apparently
lls useless as the log of Woo*l he so much
resembles. Every man's hand is raised
against him. He i< killed by the tourist
in pur*: wantoimess, simply because he
affords a mark for the cv*t ready rifle.
Hunters slay alligators by thousands
for their hides and teeth. Indeed it is
for these alone that th*- alligator is
prized. I think, however, the alligator
plays a part in th*' drama of animal life
for whieh he is e-pecially adapted. It
is said that on tlie lower Mist issippi
river alligators teed on muskrats, and
th* recent decrease in the number of al
ligators has Is'i'ii followed by a corre
sponding increase in the nnmlier of
muskrats, which seriously weaken the
levees by burrowing in them. If this
he true, the alligator is here of direct
value to th*' planter ami should there
for*' be protected bylaw.—Frank M.
Chapman in Our Animal Friends.
\ < imiLir knitting >1 iicliinu.
A circular knitting machine of ingen
ious construction lias been brought to
notice by a Philadelphia inventor. At
the completion of a stocking the nia- ,
chin*: is stopped by the pattern chain,
to allow a ribbed top to lie run upon tin*
needles, tlie driving pulley being moved
into gear with the driving shaft, and tho
leg is knit. Following this, a lug on
the pattern chain starts tin: cam carry
ing wheel, who'*: cams control or actu
ate the mechanism for changing from
circular to hack and forth knitting, for
throwing in the thickening thread and
for bringing into operation the fashion
ing devices, andcoiitrMriwi.se for knit
ting the li*'*:l and then the foot, the t**'
Is-ing tin'll formed in th*' same manner
as the heel, whereupon the machine
stops. Tli" meehiuiisms actui "" tlie
pattern chain lug to stop the machine
are ingeniously hs'keil by a swinging
lever which P first engaged and swung
aside, whereupon devices adapted to
Stopping tho apparatus ar*' engaged and
moved by tin lug. Tlie inclines of the
•inkers partly draw the thread in form
ing th*' atitch, enabling the inclination
of th*: stitch cams to ho lessened. — New
York Sun.
Another l.»mtun A lew ol 1 *.
“In Antei'ii'a, ” says a London paper,
with that beautiful accuracy and confi
dence which characterize London pa
pers on things American, “it is not un
common for wi ll to do mothers them
selves to take perambulators out; eons**-
qnently the designs arc far more elabo
rate than ours. The baby earring*' built
to th*' order of Mr. Astor and sent to
the Waldorf hotel in Broadway cost
$500 and fairlv scintillated with gold
and silver plating and silver gilt fit
tings.” And then, warming with its
subject, th*' paper airily goes on: ''La
dies of New York and Sun Francisco fa
vor tli*' little hansom cab, with its sil
ver lamp.' and fittings, hut th** wife of
h Wall street broker struck out a new
line by having a baby carriage made in
the shape of a'ivan, the infant to recline
on swan’s down cushion' inside the bird,
go to Speak. ”
Il4»tv liiilmh Iphiu Kill* I
When, a few years ago, a showman in
i'hiladclphiu desired to* ml the life of a
vicious elephant in his company, he did
not go about ii m th*- bungling ninniiei
adopted in New York to kill Tip. He
took a rope, made, as we remember if,
especially for tlie puiqKi.se, slipped it
around the brute's m-ck and then hitched
another elephant to each end of the rope.
The free elcphanta were then driven in
opposite directions until the rope tight
ened about the victim’s throat, ami lie
fell forward and expired. It was all
over in about half an hour, but then, as
the New Yorkers say, Philadelphia is a
slow old town. Philadelphia Enquirer.
■ «•» •
Last Momlu,) f'oimty IreiiKii rer
Epps received $:{,:t(iii..j| penally from
the Air-Liiic road, nml there arc sev- j
(Till oilier lines yet to liciir from.
KILLING IN BIRMINGHAM. THE BEST WITNESS
A Koll> f.t'Atlrr Kno«*ke«i an «*i-Mayor
Down and KIIDmI III* Aon.
Bihmindiiam, Ala., June 14 After
knocking down ex-Mayor Jeffries, an
aged man, P. (4. Bowman shot and
killed young Eugene J( ifries, the two
affairs occurring only an hour apart, in
the Florence hotel here.
About 7 p. in. 1*. G. Bowman, a prom
inent figure in politics, was in tho Flor
ence hotel bar drinking, when ex-Mayor
Thomas Jefferies walked. Bowman
made some insulting remark; the lie
was passed and Bowman knocked the
old iiian down. Friends intercepted and
the old man went ids way.
It was an hour later when Eugene
Jeffries, a son of the ex-mayor, whom,
it is said, had heard of the affair, and
had expressed his intention of making
Bowman apologize, walked into the bar
where he was still drinking. No sooner
had the hoy opened the door than Bow
man pulled a gun and fired, killing Jef
fries instantly.
Bowman was hurried from tlie scene
as quickly as possible, and soon a crowd
gathered whose throats were many, and
there was a likelihood of his being
lynched if a chance had offered.
No ICalii In Nln* WVoks.
Watku Yam.I V, Miss.. June II, -
M itliiu a radius of l() miles, including
Wafer \ alley, no rain lias fallen in
nine weeks. During May there were
two frosts, hut the weather being very
dry little damage was done, except to
check the growth of vegetation. On the
seventh instant there was a slight Iro't.
Tho weather has almost heen continu
ously cold. The like has never heen
known before. The outlook is not at all
good.
A Alt»ioiiii*-ii| to Hiiiiiin.ru Women.
Richmond, June 11. Tlie Richmond
Howitzers have adopted a resolution in
augurating a movement for flc* erection
of a niouuuuuit to tho women of the
south. Tin* battery has not had a more
enthusiastic meeting in ye ars, and the
momheri presnnt promptly suLscribed
$45<) to the monument fund. The monu
ment is designed to couim *m >ra'e their
kiroic devotion fo the best cause.
• <■»(*>-.I w Dli K llllni; Hit II iiiIi ih.I.
Ian Antonio, Tex., June I l. The
t*.I of Mrs. Rho la Harris, charged
with being an accessory fo the murder
of her husband, Anderson Harris, for
which ciinii* Austin Brown was recently
banged here, has been postponed until
the next term of court. Mrs, Harris’
attorney then made application for a
writ of habeas corpus, and it was
granted, uml the prisoner released on
$2,000 hail.
I$4»vvii 4*ii ••|'Lt**||" uro.
Baitimohk, June 14. Upon applica
tion of the society for the suppression of
▼ice, the police comuiiss'ouers have no
tified all newsdealers that the new state
law prohibiting the selling or exhibition
of papers devoted to the publication or
principally made up of criminal news
and stories or pictures of crime will he
•trictlv enforced. The law covers all
’•flash" literature.
I'rlcre of Wetiferu Fiinn I.aihI*.
Siocx ( ’ity, lo., June 14. Thu largest
deal in farm lands in the history of
Western Iowa has just heen I'onsum-
muted here. MulhaU Bros, of Rock
Rapids purchased of the assignee of the
Union Loan and Trust comp'iny J.immi
acres of Missouri river bottom laud,
situated in fids county, at $(1* cash an
acre. Less than L ,,,, y acres are uuim-
I proved
Klllml by n llu*t-l>n 11,
Tami'a, Fla.. June 14. S. C. Griffith,
a prominent young business man. was
struck on the temple by a baseball, and
•oon died from the effects of the blow.
His skull w as fractured. Griffith was
at the hat when the hall hit him. The
pitcher has not been arrested, as it was
purely accidental.
Waul Mmlucnl Tatiillon,
( H ittanoooa, June 14. Th« taxpay
ers ‘d UhattannoogH and Hamilton
county are agitating the question of re
ducing the tax assessments, both : n the
city and county. A number of petitions
•re now being circulated ami largely
signed.
Koraun l(i*ur|enl* on Hi* Hun.
London, June 14.—A despatch to
The Times from Tien Tslu says that tlie
Korean insurgents are reported to he
dispersing before the arrival of the im
pedal troops.
Mr. Ilittur.l Oct* On* of I ttilu*’ Mine*.
London, June ™I. Lord Rosebery
has presented to Mr. Bayard, the United
States ambassador, one of the plates
Lada* wore in winning the dei i.v
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
I'rniluc*. nml l*rovl«ton«.
Nkw ) disk. June |.‘l Dork in iiKNlerMti* ilc
mand hihI flriunr: new me", f i.Vzi < «:.i 7:,
Middle* nonilhsl; *diori ileio. „ni.
(jiilri tint firmer: we»trrn Memo ’5 1 ■ , it\
Mcmn. t*i .Vi/Md 7.Y (qilloii'. .Ini). 7 I.V '* i.
trinbnr. 0 7V
( HI* AOO. June 1.1 Cil'Ii qilittatldll' are
ronorted followv M«" [mrk ji- IT*...;,
I IB 51 Herd, ‘B 77l^(J.«0 Hl.ort rtlr-. Ioom'.
tajja*®'**.. Dry "If pUotildrrb boxed.
$4 ®44lf$Vs7l.| ''hurl I lenr eld*' bon d
$'i 7.(
OlKt'ISN ATI J nil*' It I'hc fol hiw'i n ; arc t he
(]Untntlons Dork. inu**. fI Vi l.ud (.on-i,
lenf. 4;.(>I kelll.' dried. jt., ,, n ,
■tionbli'r.', #*i Vi sliorl ril* side-. J..*m;
stiorl clejir. ju.-.'.i
Naval Store*.
Savannah Jnue M sp| r n* ,,f tiiroentlnc
Itrinly bebl nt for ri'znlnr': cxiHirter* In
aiffcient; fie tor-. deD-i'inlueil in bold r*
ral|iis ut unolHtlnn,: r"('i'lpt', 1,11' cie^;
#iib:i. 11 ca.k*. 'timlu -tioiig i,Mi ,■ l|.|.l.
butlui ns duliig In «11 st(*de>, 'hIi*'. S.iMi bur
roll, receipts, A. Il ( nnd II fl (»', I
U I' <i. »!-4e; II «1 |. h i*.',; K:
4 £6: M |S 41-: .N. ;e WlndouKlH**
4.A5. Wuturwfiite, 111. 1*1,
rt'njiiNiir.)i». June 11 fi,.,i u in ill-,,,.
drained, S74*. good strained, U'? 1 . Tm
pcntiiii). 'tcail>' al ff*Tar. si. iiuvui Ml'.
Urudo Dirpentine. steady; Imnl. *|.ou; eofi
U TOl virgin.
New York Cotton I III lire*.
S'i w VoiiK. June i t.
t'uttuj! f'll III I'n o|.enri| l|nli't l| ||ll llli.
ACKERMAN BEFORE THE IN
VESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
A Terror in Name Only—-That Story
Ahout Being in a Hurry When
the Monterey Was Built
Knocked Sky High.
ft
iuly,
August.
Bi'ldt'iubcr
Oi tuber. .
nofeinlKM
Wash in* if on, June 11 Lieutenant
Ackerman, of Captain .Sampson'*: naval
board, gave before the armor plate in
vestigating committee important testi-
( tnony regarding the delivery of fraudu
lent armor plate and the acceptance by
the government of 1 irge quantities of
armor known to he inferior in quality.
From this testimony, tho committee
is forced to tho conclusion that tho coast
defenders Terror and Amphitrite are
protected l.y armor little better in qual
ity than that of tho Monterey. As these
vessels are specially designed to protect
the great ports on the Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts, these new disclosures are
regarded as of the utmost importance.
Lieutenant Ackerman was the best
witness the committee has yet examined
— that is to say, he was the frankest.
He did not volunteer statements, but
when questioned, replied to the full ex
tent qf. his knowledge, although even in
his evidence a strong inclination to
shield the government inspectors at the
Carnegie mills was ol served. The offi
cers of the ordinance bureau have made
u strong point in defeii'e of the accept
ance of poor armor of th : necessity for
finishing the Monterey, owing to the
Chilian war scare, which is said to have
been at it’s height while the coast de
fender was receiving her heavy armor.
This excuse was completely, nullified
by the statement of Lieutenant Acker
man that several of tho defectiv * plates
of the Monterey were put on her two or
three months after tlie Chilian affair
was settled. In this connection, aLo, it
was brought out that the vessel was in
the private dry dock or the Scott ship
yard in San Francisco, and inferior
plates wm* put in place rather than m-
coinuioile the company by keeping her
in dock long enough to replace them
with first rla.'S material.
Lieutenant Ackerman's statements re
garding the Terror surprises the com*
uiittoo greatly. He testified that a num
ber of the plates had blow holes in them
which were plugged, and that these
plates were pet upon flic ship, hut that
tho fact was k"pt secret in order that
the Carnegie company should not have
their suspicious aroused pending the se
cret investigation which was then under
way. Lieutenant Ackerman addc 1 that
the character of some of the plates was
decidciily questionable, and that ho
would like to examine them again be
fore he would he willing to sai that
they wore serviceable.
Lieutenant Ackerman was on the
stand for more than three hours. Ho
told the committee a good deal that was
entirely now regarding th" niethols of
trickery employed to deceive tho in
spectors.
PRENDERGAST’S TRIAL.
The Slayer of 4’arter llarri'on \\ ill Have
r JkPftt I util N4*if iii 1*1 r
Cun \i«o, June II In the case of
Assassin Prendergasl, the agreement
was to continue th 1 hearm; until Sep
tember when the trial was called. When
the continuance agreed on was sub
mitted to Judge Payne lie refused to
enter the order, saying he knew of no
reason why a continuance should b*'
granted.
Prendergast insisted on making a
apeech.
“I am the defendant hero, he said,
’ “and 1 want no continuance. I want
no delay. The question to he determined
is my guilt or innocence, not insanity.
Murder is the malicious taking of a hu
man life. That crime I have not com
mitted.*’
The prisoner was thrust into his chair
by bailiffs, and was finally ordered hv
the court taken hack to jail.
Judge Payne said later that he would
not consider the motion for a cnnfimi-
ance until after a case now b< fore him
is disposed of. An agreement has been
reached by the counsel on both sub .
and State's Attorney Kern said that tin*
hearing of the insanity case will go over
until Nov. 12.
Ill* \Villit«‘«l No Ivi 4‘)rv C'llIV.
Li w in iv* Hen i, Kan.,June it. Will
iam Williams, an inmate of the National
Soldiers' home, brought habeas corpus
proceedings in the United State, court
against the governor of lh*' hosp tal lor
illegally confining him, ictii'iiig to give
him his dfceharge, retaining I* ;.-i ' .,i|
money and comp dling liim :*> • i ie.
Keeley treatment ami piv lei 'am"
umiet'shires, <»: ■ impr .i oie ni. I |»ni
being served wit i the notice. Governor
Smith immediately gav Williams his
freedom ami pension ii.uii"y.
.% iiH > rJ<’;tn < iti/4 II >4’iii f.» ^iiit'i’in.
IJl.KKW.o, Juno 11. -A. Sjclski, of
this city, has a lotb r, dated
May 28, from Mr. Jankowski. Russian
Poland, staling that Ins brother in-law,
a citizen of Buffalo. S. P. Kizoiuinski,
who lived 25 years in America, was. Mi"
moment he put his foot on Me -o I un
dor tin Rus'ian government, nrrestol
and sentenced to he traii'porte | to Si
beria. I lie Polish peuph* of Buffalo,
have reported the m »tt"i to Secretary
Gresham.
I■ 4*4h 1 HfMf|4iiiH for a Sfiiy*
Mlt.vii.i.k, N. J., June II. Governor
Worts has lieen uske*l by Pfliiniugtoti
Hildreth, the attorney of Bichnnl
Pierce, who is scnteiD'od to ho hanged
for wife murder at Cape May (.’our'*
house on Juno 20, to giant a reprieve of
00 dsys. Ono of tho reasons for asking
* reprieve i« that d M"''' j’blis being built
ftt Capo Mav courthous uud (it present
there Is i o place to hang Pierce.
An ODl IVaralilp Out of Service.
Puil.adei.phia, Juuo U. — The old
warship St.Louis,lying st League island,
k gono out of commission, and
crew have been trans
Uffond. Tho 8t, Louis
»vsl reserve batal-
TIlC *'()f loll
turning theii^
1 h*' liner gnuU