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The Weekly Ledger. VOL. I. NO. 2‘2. OAFFNEY ( ITY, S. .11 LY LJ, 18i»4. si.r,o \ YEAK. THE CHICAGO THEY ARK SUPPOSED TO BE LOSING GROUND. Business is Reported to be Rapidly Resuming its Normal Propor- portions in the City on the Lake Shore. rmrAno, .Inly 12.—Tin* win-nil strike which wns to have Imth iuuugurat.-d ^nring th** night, to force the arbitra tion of the Ihillnian strike, has failed to materialize. Throughout the eitr dur ing the morning there was little evi- Aene. of the business paralysis which has !>een so confidently predicted by lnW*r lea<VTs. Every street car line in the city is running; the elevated roads c«rrie<l the usual nuuila<r of trains, and the early morning crowds of working men oti the way to their shops and Imnches •coined uudiiuinished. Of all the trades which had threatened { •trike, the seamen, rignrmakers and ■rj**nters were the only unions whieh •ignifled their intention of stopping work. Ro|»orfs from these trades were antiouslr awaited, hut their aetion one Way or the other was regarded as only a Itop in the hnekef, Ad’ording to laltor le;»<|ers, more than 100,000 men in this eitv will !«• out on a •trike by Saturday, That was settled at meetings held by a dozen or more hiwl miious late during the night, ami ♦he Chteagn building and trades eouneil, whioh alone controls the destinies in this I trike of 20.000 men. The council at ;• ate hour, and after a full discussion of |ne aituntion. passed the following ivso- jhe Inti lution: Resolved, Thnt if is the »eiis’> of this yyunril to strike, and that organization' already out remain out and the rem diider be out not later than Saturday iiiorniug; that the eouni il gives its fullest 'tipporl to all organizations alhlinted We i-e<|iiest • H inetnla-rs to keep away from railro:u| property, and if martial law lie deelare<|, fe renifiin in their home'. The Ihfihling and Trades eouneil L tsim|Hiscd of the members of '.’*i affiliated organizations, and if js the most |siwcr- fnl seulh,' latMir |saiy ip (’hieago. Antotig the unions tlittf affiliated with It are the carpenters, numbering o.otKt, ami the plumber', Accorditjg fi the resolution, all will lay down fheii t.sils before Saturday. The men on the west division stive* ear lines hold a meeting during tin morning and decided not to strike. III I hirajeu. Tb** utorv from <Vvi*l:unl fh:it (inuhl Maefcr Workman Sovereign, of tin Knights of Lais if. has wired his men a* fillet place not to strike is emphatieally by lalsiy leaders lieif. anreretiu i|.<tgr. Agstii.t Arrest. f'lVSFI A V |», July I*, \ telegram h.t' been received af the ||e;ulipiarters of fin Knights of Laltor from Gvandtuastet Workman Sovereign at Chicago as fol. lows: Do not strike .Sec press reports The telegram whieh came in late at night was sent over from the Knight of Lalstr headtpiarters to a meeting of the American Railway union. Tin- lo- cal Knights of Lsilstr officials refused f< discuss the meaning of the eomnmiiiea tiou. There was no strike, however, in thb eity hr members of tin >irder ami if is •npjs »s»sl that the message from tin grMid master workman caused it to 1» called off £or tin jiiiie Iteiiijz ij't least. A jneiijher nr the (ttnighis br Lals.r, in •tteaking of the telegram, saitl In thought if was sent on account of Debs' indictment, and in case the grand jury fakes sfejis looking to fhc Indictment oi Hovnreigu, this message would !»• on til> with the telegraph cuiupnuy, showing that he had called off the strike previous ly ordered. I'ltt.liurK It.. |*iel Is I es tie- slrlhs. PlTTSUCHU, July I — Representatives Itt this district of the Hrotherln hmI of I/N-omotiv.’ Engineers, HrotherluMMl of Locomotive Firemen, the ItrotherhiHxl of Railway Trainmen, tin Switchmen's Mutual assiM'iatiou and the Order of Railway Telegraphers, have held a imvt ing and decided not to participate in tin •trike now lx ing waged by the Ameri can Railway union. This will praeti rally shut the American Railway union •nt of here in the way of assistance, a- ts memlx-rs here are confined principally ,'o the Pittsburg and Western road, and H)ey will probably not strike without aid from tin* employes of other roads. TI«><1 I p nt Miisslll.tn, M tss|l.|Z|N. <V. .fitly 12.—'file Wheel Rig nigl Ifnke Hrit: in: i|p itu' Ihvii nunh pnnplete by fRe withdrawal of all tin brutlicrluxrt ineti whit Wefe unable t< tHinfimic at work without the full com olcpiout In eweli train crew, Freight Jfjd prtssengcj- service has Ix-eii ahalldoil- ♦d. •xcept mail trains, which are still Winning. I |»ofi hf fb oTTlKi.t . Pa.. July 12.- During tin morning a laxly of iuiiairted negro eok* workers fired into the marching striker at Hununit, and if i> re|a>rted that eight men were shot. Ov#r mt Ci.nn.wn. July 12.—The employe* ef the Erie railway here have decided t. g" hack to work. The strike, so far a.- ♦he road is eoiieerned here, is over. Htrnat C»r Mm Out. Y'W'm.stowv, <)., July 12. — Kverv •piwloye on the street railway went on a Rrilt* at'liii'lntght'and not a wheel JunWhl 1 “i I : u I ie.. . 1 lt*#Upilii|f nt tlm M.ipk Vnnln. fM/KN Stock Yakuh, JIU,, July 12.- Lalfl* ®re moving In and out of the Ipx'V ynrtjp on all rqgd.s without inter fesnep, 4Q<t 'ATrythinff iMpitinm s .piief. IboKr«t live stock train for a week nr- Hven nt I^-ti'cl'H'k over the Northwest- Ifn fond, ami was followed a few uUn- 8 tea later by two long trains on the Bur tigton rood, all heavily guarded bv fed- CTKi Wld state troops. One train load of cattle was sent out consigned to Boaton, |nd several trains of dressed !s-cf will out for the ensf during the afterluxin. ill teftmgjyrp formerly eniployud by ir, Bwfft and Morris, who have ii strike, liavc made application * to work rite HO ear loaders If Work Till -Jay 'iigllt also agked to ne reinstated, out were rernstvi. Work is resumed in several departments of the packing houses, but fully 10,000 men are still idle. Mil.* Wnk»» n Krport. Washinuton, July 12.—General Miles ha- just rejHirf.d to tiie president and Major General Schofield that everything in Chicago is quiet. The night was tossed without aft incident and there arc f*w idle people at Hint flic railroad yards And streets of Chicago. Officials here think the situation more favorable than If has las'ii any time since the strike lie- gun. I Hit Net <'eiii|ily. Dispatches from Baltimore, New \ ork. Miniiea|xilis. St. Paul. Tojska. Duluth, Roston. Buffalo. Milwaukee, St. Joseph. Rt. Tsaiis, Oimiha. Detroit and otlier cities, say that there has Ix-eti no strike of Elixir organizations in compliance with Sovereign's request. From th* I’iicitlc San Fk.vm isco, July 12.—The 1’nited Rtaf^-s tnxijis gone to Sacramento unm- fxTS They e\|x-eted to reach there ulxait daylight. A dispatch from Sac ramento says: Acting on the advi< their attorneys, the strikers will not op- ]x>se the troops. No ViolriH'*' S.ArltAMf.NTo, July 12.—The regulars, during the morning, fixik |«i'ses'ion of tl.e de|xit, N*o violence Wits otl'ered. A 'ilir«G«t*nt «l Th* I’i*. MlNM-'Afoi.is. July 12.—Switehnien on the Sourhern road failed to show up, and a general tie up of the road is now threatened. IVn Konlw Ti •»«l I p, Tom no. July 12.—The morning finds 10 road* tied up. There were no dis turbances during the night and every thing is quiet. THROUGH THE SOUTH. M«*n Ar«' IU»tiiri»lii£ to W^rk Ip Km- |lM‘k> ^ I Bimh usos, Ky., July |2, The awRchineii and yard hands of the Louis ville and Nashville who struck here last Thursday have already rcsuim-d work. Passenger trains having Pullman sleep ers have continued running also, alxmt on time. The Chicago s|oe|x-r which was miss ing several nights last week has again liecti added regularly. It has been nearly a week since a freight train passed this |x>int on the Louisville and Na-hville road. CROP CONDITIONS. ftruln vr Oof l»v tl»r Nfitt j*Atici;ip ( >•( \\’>ifcl{ip£toii. \Y.V>M|N<iTft\, July 12.- The July n*- furus to the staiistieian of the depart - incut of agriculture make the following averages of conditions; Corn, o.'i; winter wheat. HH.jt; spring wheat. •I*.-!; all wheat. Ill.H: oats, winter rye, H.'i.M; spring rye, sl.I; all rye. SI; barb y, Tti.S; rice, hi.I; |x>fat<x‘s, !t2.H; folau’co, hi. The jirelimitiary acreage of corn a» re- jx>rted by eoiTesjxindents show l<xi jmt rent as compared with the acreage of IHHH. lx-ing an ineriMsi* in ron.id nuni- Iwrs of f.iHHt.otKt acres, or Tfi.tHto.ooo acres against l2.<KKt,ooii last year. K.hu*r t*>r flu* N'»*wt. Wasiiim.ton. July 12.—S iiafi>rs and Ilieinlx-rs Iij the Ijiajsi' 1-vinee (he great est pqssjhh. interest in (be Hews of the atrike. Th, hnlletins. giving in a con cise form the latest events from the Scene of aeiion, have lx-en eagerlr read by all. While the senate was not in session tile hl|lli tills Were read in the different eomndttee r«xans where then were meetings, The most iiiqsirtaiif ar gument or dismission would lie broken off while some senator would read each dispatch as it arrived. In the house tin interest has lx-en even greater, and each bulletin would be discussed by groups of members tlxmt the hall iu prefeivnet to listening to what was being done in the regular prix-eedings. Siillorn ill Mohii.f. .Tuly 1*2.—(*;iptinn II<m>oii v of the hark Aga. wired the chief of jxiliei of Mobile I'i'om the quarantiin- 'tation to inert him at Hubbard's landing prepnns] to handle eight niufiine-riug soldiers. The ehief, with a patrol wagon ami a squad of officers, went down and found thi“ eight men in tin- lorehold in irons. The Norwegian consul is investigating case. An I iiili'i-Kriiiiinl ItuxU In t InHiiiintl. | |m |nn yii. Jtilv 12.—Ciueiunati i- ftt IfilV*' a dquble ||:at:l(ed. hritad gtiagi tinilergroiind 'team t'ailrnad. Jt termi pus wi|l lx ill the heiU't of tfie hnsilies- xirtioti of the eftv, An onlinance will le introilneed asking the eity for a steam railroad tSauehise. The road* interested an- the Cincinnati and Davtoii terminal, of which Rolx-rf lugersolj is president; the Cineinnafi, Jackson and Mackinaw. an^Jhi- New ^ ork. Lake Erie and West ern. The entrance will lx- through thi Avondale hill and the city terminus in the immediate vicinity of Court and Broadway. The tunnel proper will lx H2 feet wide and 22 feet high. Knur Kritiuls Arrcatiel. f II ATT A M H W i.\. July 12.—Chief Post- office lii~|H‘etor Whiteside has under ar rest four men who operated from Atfal- la. Ala., in defrauding merchants in various cities out of ffii.tNHt to f»n,noo. by misusing the mails. The men as. sinned the name of ••.Moore \ Co..*’ and ordered miscellaneous merchandise on an extensive plan "" • ' v- l l>.*i«|i|ii.liqi.|| ill |•|•IUIr■. Jqsmi. Mu., July 12.—Dr. H. G. Wheeler, a Well )iUoWI! resident of Me- Pull, (•iimmiftitd suicide by slmuting himself with a I'evi»1 vey. He had niadi flp'ritt-t fij fl|t nomiiiation of is unity ffcnsilPl mi ihc iiemnt ralit' tii ket. and by a strung londtumtiuu was defeated, CAricf uVfr hi» defeat led tu lijs suicide. If a man wears it ring, it should al ways lx- on the third finger of the Juft hand. Mi n wear all kinds of rings ex cept clusters, which arc worn by women only. I he governor of New Zealand wa* recently ctinipcllcil to pay a line of fi •hillings at Christchurch Ixcanse Ida coachman drove ton fast while going through the streets. MR. DANIEL'S RESOLUTION. THE SENATE ADOPTS IT WITH- OUT OBJECTION. He Endorses the President and Wanted to Add to It a Clause Which Condemned the Pullman Car Company. W.asnivoTiin. July i2.— Mr. Daniel of Virginia offered ;in additional danse to his substitute to Mr. Peffcr's resolution in flit* senate. This additional clause wn* that while the senate expressly de clares its ileteriniuatiou to endorse the executive in tin- enforcement of the law's and in maintaining thi- supremacy of the coiisritutiou. if deems it projter also to declare its adhesion to the princi ple of arbitration of ditlieulriex between employers of lalmr and employes a> recognized in the laws of the ITtifed State*; and to expivs.' it* condemnation of the refusal of a party to snob contro versy connected with the late disturb ances at the eity of Chicago and vicinity to submit such difficulty and con troversy to fair and impartial arbitra tion, and its di-ti-riuinutinn also to use, in tin* promotion of such arbitration, whatever constitutional jsiwers it may 1H»KS«*SS. Th«* cIuum* Wiis fullv <lisruss«*<l ;tnd finally witlulrawn by Nfr. Daniel. His amendment, after lx-ing slightly mixli- fiisl. was then adopted by the senate without a division. It is as follows; Resolved. That the senate indorses the prompt ami vigoroii> measiifes ailopteil by the president of the Cliiteil States anil nietidiers of Ids ailmiidstration to repulse ntul retire*' by military fon-e tin- interfer- eliee of law ie*> men. with the due pro cess of the laws of the I tiiti-il S|ate>s (itl‘| with t In- transqqrratioq <t| the mails pf tip- I uiteij Stales pud with cum mem- amttitg tin- states. Tip-.ip-tioit of th« pri-s |ili-((t am) hi' atlmiitist nil |ot| has the full •ympathy an I xiititiort of the law aliiiling lltas'es of t he people of the I'ttll eil Stales, atnl he will tie supported hv all ilepart tin-tit* of goveriinieiit. and by the power mill rcsotii-cex of the entire nation. Sjieaki-r Crisp hitviug Im-cii called home by sickin-ss in his family, Mr. Richard son, of Ti-unessei-, Wits i-leeted '|M-ak*-f pm fetii. The setlilfe aiiiemllUt eus We|-I- agreed to, to the house hill dividing the Mutth- ern judicial district of Mississippi into two divisions, and providing for holding .a term of the court af Meridian. The house committee on interstate and foreign eommi-ree has decided to n-eommend the sip]Miintment of a com mittee to investigate {he jiri-scnt lalxu- (I'lpthli-' 'fin- {u.t..sjdcnt h>ri M-n| tip following nomination to the senate; | \ M. Fallow, Jr,I f<il«' |Hi'tmasti-r at .^|itlllsot|, Ga, BURNED THE TENT. II•♦<♦<11MIIIB Wnilt M4MI.1J I«• < oin« a A nioii|f Wn ki suaimik. July 12.—The greatest excitement prevails in Miners Mills, three miles north of here, owing to the hurtling of the Mixxly gosjx 1 t<-nf. Tin- tent was lx-ing pitched in various por tion* of the Wyoming valley for tin- past month, and by an all the clergymen and united rlionis choirs, together with the iM-rsona) efforfs of M-xkIv and Sanky, Major \Yhittle. Mr. jlbss. My. Sp-hbiq's and a dozen otln-r .••iiifanfs. several hnudri-d |h-<ipli- have pei'ii l.-d to the i-hiu'ches. '•fhe night's mei-ting was tip- tirs{ |o{ whu-h the t tit had been used at Mini i-. W«Hs, ft It aving just lx-1 u taken there from Ashley. After tin- services Watch- lima George Thompson wa* left in clinrge. At midnight In- saw two 'iis- piciotjs eharaeters around. Tiiey were surprised af seeing a wati-hniau. and ran ofi without replying to hi' ehall“Hgi-. Later the same two ap|ieared and i-n- gaged his attention at one 'ide of tln- tent. while an aeeompliei- i-rept up and thnwv a quantity of oily waste on th.* canvas and set it on tire, ami escajH-d without his identity lx-ing di.'coviTi-d, and Wafehniati Tlionipson ean only give a general description of tin- nn-n. rii** tent was a large one. valued at and would have si-atcd H.imhi | M -o- ple. Some of the friends of tin ti nt campaign are greatly incensed, and they eharge the deed iqioii the ('atholies; hut it wa* uudotihtisllv done by irTes]Minsi- bh- IummIIuihs who had planned if care fully. Rev. Father Kicruan. rector if St. Dominick's t-hui'ch, -denoiineisi fin- burning in plain language. Another tent has In-on ordered made, and if will Is- rushed hen- at once. When services liogin again the tent will lx- guarded by j score of armed np-q 'J'hi' jneidi til hits elin't'ii i'll -i itrcai deal of ar-erbity, I ffll Vlrfl HrM|i|tf.i|, MoNfatMiUV. Ala., July 12.—Gov ernin' Jones wdres from Birmingham re spiting for a few days Alt x and Wilson Wixxlley. two of the four negroes who Were sentenced t-i lx- hanged her*- for murder on Friday. He had just n-oeivi-d a |*efifion for a eoniniutatiou of the sentence of these men and on account <>f I he strike situation demanding his ..t- fention. oon'd not give their claim eon- siih-rafion. Hi-ui-i- he n-sjiited flu-m un til In-eotilil do so. Jix- Wixxlli-v and Jim Callaway will lx- handed Friday ac cording to the program. Sent tu tin- I'tiltnl StstsA Cuurt. Ciiic.Aoo. July 12.—Assassin IVendcr- gast's liidH-as corpus a|ip]icatiou has lx-en transferred to the Cnitcd States tsmrts. Attorney (iregory. represi.iifiug Pri-ndergast, announced that In- H o'ilq eonfer at once with I'lRlt-tj {states Dis llit l •\I ,,r "ev Milrlaist. ♦ If-n-s Kiri. In llitiiilitirK ILamiii ico. July 12.—A fierce tire raged five hours among the free hatlxir dix-k* Rep-. Ware hi 'ns* 1 iiiihiIm-v t wasVoni- }Jetely btirned nut. An immi-nsc stix-k i tf coffee and tohaei-o was ilestntyed, ♦lUiVtHKi, tillli-lilfi of n Yuuiik l.itil,, (,t KH«*, lex.,July 12.—])ora('ook.uged 17, living at t^liuton, this countv. coni- luitted suicide by Khoofing herself throygh the heart. She l.ift no letter. - aud tffe cnuHe for the crime can only lx- •OrtiUHAi. -• •- II. t 1 . Hanford seeoinl vice presi- tlclll of the Linseed Oil Trust, and po|MiIail^ supposed to have been sex- eral time a iniHioimirc. coininittcd 1 suicide in Chicago Wednesday. QUEER EXPRESS PACKAGE. lUpreAentiitlVc Itallry of Tsah* Herri|itsit fur n l.lttlr fllrl. Wasiiinot*>n, July 12.—Mr. Baih-v of Texas was the recipient of a.* queer an express package a* usuiilly falls to flic lot of a member of congress. It was an 8-year-old girl with an express tag at tached. and the mcmlM-r from Texas was made a soft of baggage master during the lay over of a day here in Washing ton. Katie Brady was n resident of Mr. Bailey’s town of Gainesville. Tex..where sne had lived with her parents till their death. When she had reached the age of k her aunt in Raleigh. N. (J., had sent for her. Little Miss Brady was accordingly started nortl^ uittliT the care of a young lady who was to.pass through Raliegli, where the girl's friends wen- to meet her, but owing to a misunderstanding as to train hours there was no one on band to meet her when the young lady and her charge arrived, and. having a through ticket herself, Miss Brady's chaperone was forced to carry her on to Rochester. (‘on-esjxindence was had with the child's relatives in Raleigh, ami it was arranged to >ldp her through in can- of the eoiidnefors on the railroad. Her train reached hen- at !»:Ho a. m.. and Mr. Builev, who had lx-en a friend of the Brady family while in Texas, was on hand at the dejx>t to receive his ex press package. Miss Brady had a neat lalx-1 hanging from the hqx-l of her traveling jacket lieuring her name and destination. She was rather frightened at all the swift changes of scene and guardianship to Which she had lx-en subjected, and was somewhat fearful when she reached the hotel. But she was taken in charge by the steward, who, judiciously or not. tix»k her into tin- dining nxim and fed her with ie.e cream fill she was all smiles again. TROOPS FOR IDAHO. titiveriiui' XIv<'iti|li*|l te-t* Mm Mmi ll«- llutl Aik*'*! For* Boisk, July 12.—An urgent demand for troops came to Governor McConnell from five leading mining companies iu (’ix-ur d’Alene. Besides this there was a formal call on tin- part of the slu-viff of Shoshone county. Governor McCon nell immediately wired all commanders of militia companies in the state to be ready to take the field at a moment's notice. He also wired ITesidi-nt Clt-vcland again, and n-i-eiveil word, through Sen. ators Shoup and Dnlxiis, that ti-ixips had lx-en ordered fq gq into Shoslioiie eounty at onee. The whole country is under a reign of terror. KILLED HIS MAN. Itrxiilt of m I Hiiitlv I'ruiitill- in u lo-urglit Tun n. Ti n Mi l k, July 12. —W. J. Bush •hot and instantly killed Ids father-in- law. Jesse (>. Joiner. The tragedy hap- jx-ni-d six miles from In-re. and full de tails eauiiot lx-learned. They quarreled about tln-ir hogs, and Bush shot Joiner in the breast with a shotgun. Bush ami Joiner have lx-en at outs for a number of years, and milv ;; few month' ago Joiner s.^qj ,p Bush for striking Bttsl^ s wife.. The ei*se was ttVmight up iu court and compromisi-d (»y Bush. There were no witnesses ex- yepf Bush's two sons. Bush escajs-d, ^int later gave iiinisi-lf up and L nqW m « Ciik via*. July 12.—Ell'ii-ts of tin- strike on railroad traffic are clearly per ceptible in tin- official returns of hist week s shipments. They fell otr from H2,!ts2 tons for fin-previous week and 45, i'.IH tons for fin- rolTcs|xHiding Week last year, to ll.fit'if toils last week. Tin- roiuls earried tonnage as follows: Mich igan Central, 1771; Wabash. 127 7 : Lake Lake Shore, 11 tin; Fort Wayne. 171: Ban Handle. ll'.tO; Baltimore and Ohio, a 1; Graml Trunk. lONf; Niekelplate, 2HHN; Erie. 2115. Total. Il.tititi tons. Shi|i- ineiits were made up of the following articles in tons: Flour, HI7: grains and mill sttills, ktitf.t; provisions, lard, etc., HixiU; dressed lx-ef. 2252; butter. IW12; hides. 2S.*: lumlx-r. stiti; miseellam-otis, 515; total. Il.tititi tons. IIi*ai- Ttirin *l>{ii fontrin-tx. BuH*vil\tiTi>\. Ills.. July 12.—The A1 ton (-onipaiiy is retjuiriHg all men. old and new. who are given work to sign a contract with tin company a; jndi. viduals Ml Jtreviqiis Gitttracfs with ,*11 (atx (f ofgaiil/afioiis are abrogated anil annulleil. A great many of the old em ployes who are applying for reinstate ment an- rejected. Some Ix-eausc of their action as strike leaders and agi tators, hut more Ix-enuse flu- company lias decided to stick to th*- men win* stuck to them ami Ix-eanse they have de cided to reduce their train force quite materially. Th mpatiy estimates its •trike loss at ♦25n,lion. A l.wrgc lintel line I. L\kk Gk.nkva. July 12.—The Hotel Whiting, one of the hugest hostclrics on tin- Lake Shore, has lx-en hurn*-<L 'I’ll*- house was full of guests, who barely rsfu|N-d with their lives and lost ni-iirly all their |M-rsoiia) effects. Tin- hotel is a total loss. It was valued at tf l'MHit. I o FiMinlne 1J//I* Ifalliihty. Albany, July \J.4uvvvv has apix.iuted a coiiiiiqsspti) p t exaniin*- jfibi tin-sanity qf Mps l.iz/le Hallitlay. TtLEGRAPH BREVITIES. The Citizens' club elected its ticket in flu- county primary of Chatham county, Georgia. A'lolphus Duncan Is held in Atlanta for an alleged assault ti|x>n the jx-rsoii of Mrs. Sanders, a music teacher who lives in fin- city suburbs. In Atlanta. Hcrseliell McDonald, a young man IK years old, shot and killed u Greek sculptor named Michael Font**- im, anti fin- coroner's jury pronounced tin- killing murder. Mr. W. W. Randall, who for the past six or seven years has coinlnt-ted The Graphic, at LaGrangc, Ga., has sold out his itifonsd to Mr. ('). G. Cox, Mr. Cox is a recent honor graduate of Em*try college, ami a very forcible and terse \\*rifor. - —• • Tlte Minnesolit Rcpuldiean Stale e**ll Vetll ion at SI Pull! Wednesday : e- iitkiuiiiuletl Kutile Nelson for Gover nor by acclaination. MR. GORDON, OF GEORGIA. MAKES A SPEECH FOR CAPI TALISTS He Claims to be a Friend of Organized Labor But Has a Very Poor Way of Showing His Love for Them. WasHINOToN, July 12 —No Speech made in tin-halls of congres- for many years has had tin- effect of arousing the patriotism of all sections alike, as the on*-delivered by General .Tohn B. Gor don, 1'nited States senator from Geor gia. which was called forth in fin- sen ate during the consideration of tin- Peffer resolution. It was to the effect that all public functions ought to be exercised through public agents; that all public functions ought to lx-brought under one control, under the su]M-rvision of public officer', and charges for train trans|xirtation of M-rsotts aud property throughout' the tiifcd States ought to lx- uniform and the wages of employes ought to he regu lated l*y law ami paid promptly iu money; that all coal beds ought to lx- owned ami worked by the government, and that the wages of employes should lx- paid in money when due: that all money Used by flic (tropic ought to lx- supplied by the government of the 1 nited States, and that flic rate of inter est ought to he uniform in all states, ami that all rev ••tines of the government ought to lx- raised by taxes on real es tate. In support ot his resolution. Senator Peffer had made an extremely socialistic speech, ami had announced that lie was in favor of, not only alxilisliing the I’uited States senate. Inti that he would east his vote for the wiping out of the house also. He said that he favored the government lx-ing redm-cd to ••one man— not more than one man—from each state.” Then Mr. Peffer went on to speak en- fhusiastirally of the grand spectacle that would lx- presented when all tin- nn-n of the country stopped work: when all the life of th immunities would he at an absolute and perfeet standstill, like the fa Sunday morning: when no- Ixxly would lx- at work; when everv- thing would he paralyzed and inert. And that was, he said, what this thing incanf to the American people. The time had conic for employers to learn how to handle the situation by fail- treatment of their men, and if they you hi not do that, it was time for the jx-ople, in their sovereign capacity, to interfere and say that the thing had gone far enough—to say • thus far and no farther.'' Senator Davis, iRepublicaniof Minne sota. gave General Gordon the cm*, when, in answering 1’etfer's socialistic sjx-ech. he -aid as a north* m man he blushed to challenge a contrast between the two sections. < )uc was a homoge neous and the other a divided people. He blushed to »ay. as a nortlici-u man, that m* discontent and tin nuarchv could lx-found south of the Ohio aud tin-Po- ti mine. The senator expressed regret to note flic llallgiTolts tendency of the s|x-eeh of Senator Petler. and dosed by hoping that all parties would ix- found < |osel\ allied in theiy etV.nt't<» til ing about the p-tm-n of la\y and order throughout the yuunfry. General Gordon followed the senator from Minnesota, and spoke a- follows; Mi. President, tIn-setiatoi frinu Kausiis chithed Ids e\ti-.-iiirdiiiary spiei-li with an .-I'sa alt mi the two leading |i>i|it ieal |rot ii-s iii'i-u|iying 11*is I'liainliei', and appe d-Im I ii tliinl party. At a time like this, when tin- pen* c of great eomiiiunities is not only thn-atciicil hut liroki-n. w In-n law is de lied, when a great eential cit v. iitn-of th<- first in this m anv other l ind. has jt^ pro' p*-ril> tlire.itened by a reign of lilniid and tire and t*-rror. wln-n great ciininiiitiit ics arc liMiking hither and thither for smiic nn-tlnxl of escape fi-uin the terrors wlm li siirroimd them, when oitr very eivj|iz..ition not to say the forni of g,,\ under whieh we live, i* hi-a\ing tin ier n mad ground'W ell of a great agitation, it seems to me t hat any repi-esentat i v- - on tins f loot- lias deseended \er\ far from the lofty plane of statesmanship and patriotism w ho stands ,-,t sin h an limir to appeal for party. What matters it tons whet her we he l{epiililicaiis or Denioerais, what mat ters it to any Inver of his eoiint ry on w hieh •ide he stood in the great Aim-rienn eon flii-t in the past, so that noq w. ; taiid shotihlcr to shoulde.- it,, p.-.-n i.v.k ttie . .Itpil v > aqd i tn- v,n l l vieeoiellt of its laws: the support of its dignity and I lie perpe 1 tuity of its iiersotial lilx-rties -tin-lilx-rties of its |M-oph-' 1 do not wish to speak on thesiihjeel from a soulhern standpoint, and I will not. It matters not to me w bet her t lie w oe w hieh t hreat ells t 'Ideago lx- wexiern. •-asti-rn. iioriheni or sonthei n. It Involves in its mcshi-s tlieverv life of this reptihlic. whieh is a repiihlii of order, if it is a t'epuhlie at all. We are a peculiar people. We are a people who govern Olll' couiitry hv vote, by ballot, and tin- will of the peii|lie is it* law. and when the will of the people fails to sii|)|im-i the law the governtni-tit must Ix-rume di-liniet. We have no government cxci-pl that govern- nieiit organized and upheld by the free will of t In- people. Law governs by popular will and pro teets private property and private life. It protect s the right of the hiliorilig niiyu <t , )l!s|iose of bis labors and, -el| i> ( Whers* tie (ih-ase-. mi<1 vyln q I Inq light Is inv adeil •v 'L-'lL-hs, or any bo*l\ else, it i* in deli- 1*1*1'** "'*1 only of the la**' of the whole I'ouutry . but it i* the inangtii-aiion of a system of slavery never known in the past history of this eountry. The instilulioti of slavery lias been wiped out in blood drawn from the veins of notthern and •oiiiheru kindred, and theic nrvei has lived a matt nn this eoiitiuellt who had the light t> i order a man of his own Mood from labor. Why , sir, where is this eoun try today? I stand here in this high chauilx-r ami reeall with some misgiving thewoful prophecy of Lnril Mart auley in some great puhlii- upheaval like that *vhi<'li confronts us today, that tins fair «' Won Id eit her lose its eiviliz.atioii through moh law, or that iu putting it down by the strong arm of power, would lose its lilx-rtli-s Sir, | do not believe that, hut I confess t hat if such doetrities as w e have heard tin I his tloor this morning In come popular, wtll may we pause ami consider whether MiU-C.-lliley's proplu-ry is to he f'lillilled or not. Rather would I think with the great tiamlx-tta. wln-u he •aitl t it all the liberty loving people of the country would unite fo save the coun try, however ninth they tuiglil dilTcr in polities. Tin-day is on us right now. niid I xtanil here, not as a southern man. hut - ns an Vnicrii iiii citizen, anil wish my voice conlil ring through I In-ear of every iaw- WeAVG V( t.Ue couliiieuf, to say that the mi'll w||o \ronr nir ^r.iv inmii io»m ntul confronted the stars and stripes, will lx* found side by side witn those who w'ore the him-, following that thig in upholding the dignity of the eonntni' over vfliieh if floats. ( Applause, i One more thought. The distinguished •i-nator from Mintn-sota, Mr. Davis, said truly and wisely that the great backbone of the i-oiintry was the i'oiiiuioii class. I belong to that class. I am a farmer, and #s t heir represent at i ve I stand here today fo say that south of the Potomai-river you will not see a farmer, lie in* white or 1 black, who will not rally to the support or the government in the exercise of its power. I wish the matter could have been settled peacefully. I regret the blood shed, hut I want to say as an honest man tliut the blood which has lx-en 'bed or will hi.- shed, he it an ocean, is nothing to the price of this republic and its value, and the sons -if men who made it will save it. whatever may he the cost. This spei-eh evoked prolonged and cn- fhii.'iastie applause, which made it nts-i-s- sarv for tin- vice pri-sidt-nt to admonish the galleries. THE POPE’S DECLINE. Anxiety Exists nt the Vatican —Otlier tm- portant ForHgn N«»w». Rome. July 12.—It is utidi-uiuhlc that tin-pope is Ix-coiuing greatly i-nfecbled, hut his i-ondifiou is not as vet danger- nus. The recent intense heat has great ly effected the health of his holiness and eaused him to have fri-quent fainting (its. I In- gravity of his condition is naturally Ix-littlcd at the Vatican, hut there is. nevertheless, a great deal of anxiety among the nii-mlx-rs of tin* |xi|x-*s household. Iti-ntli tu Xelaia. N ew A oi:k. July 12.—A cahlcgram f rom Hotidurits to The World says: Tel egrams from Managua rcjxirt riots iu Grenada and Leon, in Nicaragua. The moh cries; ••Death to Zelaya! Hunger and death! More than a huntlred snl- diers are said to liave ili-s«-rted in Gra nada, going towards the Cordillera de ^ olaiua. The ti-iMi]i- at Yuzeara and < orptis ha vi-lx-en ordered to tin-frontier. On A N»;\v Vokk. July 1 ‘J.—A r;il»li a «4T;im In»m \ to Tin* Ht raM sa\*s: From Rio Janeiro i-onies word that the Brazilian minister in Rome says there is no truth in the n-|x»rts that the Italian government has ordered ironclads to Rio, Matters Ix-tween the two govern ments. it is asserted, are in entire ae- eitrd. Santo Hum VYoakfiiofl. Lonimin. July 12.—A dispati-h from Lyons says of Caserio Santo, the mur- derer of Ifi-esiileiif ('arnot: His spirit is eoiniiletely hrnki-n. He lies on his cot and groans continually that he is only 2b years old, and docs not wish to die. I In- guards watch him most carefullv to prevent his suicide. The lleirureli* Ntitlllcd. \ ienn \. July 12.—The Roman Cath olic hojrarchy of Austria and Hnngarv have received notice from Rome that the physical condition of the pojx- is alarming, aud the cardinals have been warned to he iu readiness to assemble at tin- Vatican at a moment's notice. I Yurfnl liro hi ICiimmIii. St. Pi.TEitsm itq. July 12.—Tin- entire township of Plnnjan. Russia, has het-n destroyed by lire. Three hundn-d and seventy houses were hnriu-d and over 2.bun persons are without shelter. Some children and a number of rattle perished iu tin- flames. <><-ii« a ritl Ftlmi \<-<|tt.ft« a «| P\i:is. Inly 12.—Genera! Edoti, who aeeidenially killed Lieutenant Shilf- mak'« i r whil--• xatuiuing the latter's r«-- velvet- during inspection, has lu-t-n ac quitted by the court martial. .\ lloini* FuL* l'«»l l« a «*t i(»n. Bei east. July 12.—A home rub- or gan says a collection iu aid of the Irish parliamentary fund will be taken next Sun*lay at the ihxit's iif ('atholicchurclu-s at all masses. I>t a luwuro'rt ^in ill I'ciirli < ro|i. Wn Mixorox, July 12.—Tin- railroad estimate of the |i*-nc.l| cyni* |*ut- the cn tip- erop this ym at rztjtn** baskets, a.s Against f.tmhi.t• n* Misket• last year. It now ex|M-cte<l that sl.obit baskets will 1|k‘ship)x-d by the railroads, while last year the railroads were so rushed that if w as necessary to put passenger men into the freight service. The Ixiats were also rushed last year, hut this year thev will have almost nothing to do. To lnc*r«*MMi tin* iCr^iilur Arnn*. WAsiiixtiToN. July 12.—One of the congressional measures inspired by the strike is a resolution otl'ered by Repre sentative Dra|KT of Massachusetts, lixik- ing to an increase of the regular army. II directs the committee on military affairs to inquire what increase, if any, should 1«- made in the army of the l nited States. The resolution was re ferred fo the committe qq mifitarv affairs. li«ii<rH \M«*ntioii. Bt /.zMtn's Bay. Mass., July 12. —Mrs. Cleveland has told the representative of the press that the president never con templated a vacation July 15, nor d<x<> he cx)H'<-f to route to Gray Gables Aug. 1. Advices that she has received from Mi . Cleveland state that hedtx-s not ex- (•x-f to eoitte t** Buzzanl’s Bay until alter congress adjourns. As that time is so uncertain, no date can now lx* fixed. CAN HE BE COMPETENT? IS THE QUESTION ASKED CON CERNING EUGENE DEBS. A Physician Claims to Speak Authon- tativly Concerning a Man WhemHe Has Said He Has Treated. New York. July 11.—Tin- World ron- tains flu-following sensational story of the reeent history of Eugene V. Debs, president of the American Railway union, aud promoter of the great strike whieh has. for the pay we< ks, brought •neb serious consequences upon a vast imnilx-r of industries. The World says; Is Eugene A . Debs res]xinsihle f« r his actions, nr, indeed, L any man who mice stifh red from dipsomania a coin- jH-ti-nt leafier of his fellow men: That is a t(ttestion now agitating some jx-fijilein this city who an- aefjiiainti ii with the president of the Am. riean Rail way union itml leader of tin- western strikers. Debs canto to New York a few months ago to lx treated for alcoholism. Jh- xvas at that time a physical wreck ami. when under tin- influence of liquor, a victim of hallucinations. He came with a letter of inf rod net ion from Colonel Robert G. Ingi-rsoll to Dr. T. S. Rob ertson. flic specialist in disorders of the nervous system, who was at that time devoting most of his attention fodi'i ases from excessive use of stimulants. What Dr. Robertson thinks of Debs's attitude in the present situation may lx- judge I from the following telegram which h-- sent last Thursday evening tohi.- former patient: As your friend and plu 'ician. I itnplm-i* you to stop where you are. The (-oud it it in t>f your nervous system and the gr-at strain upon it make you ii rt-'|ioiisilile tor your own orders. Yours in friendship, T. S. I!. To this telegram Dr. Robertson has revived no reply. He said that Debs had been treated for neurasthenia - nerve weakness—ami dipsomania, and that he was practically a physical wreck w hen he came here for treatment from the west. At that time Debs had visited a brother-in-law living some where on Lexington avenue, and had been areoiu- S allied by his wife, whom Dr. Robertson escribed as a charming woman, devoted toiler husband. Dr. Robertson, while loth ft* speak of a former patient. ~aid that lie had sent the telegram not only ill the interest of Debs, but believing that ir would hasten the . ml of the pi-. -, cut excitement. "The continuous strain to whieh he i« pubjected.” said Dr. Robertson, "eat not but affect his nervous .'y.'tem and the .soundness of his judgment. In monr nt- of exeiti-menf he is liable to he earri '-l away by Ids own etithusia-in. and his judgment of men and affair.' ti- <■' --arily must lx- mistaken." "What was his eomlition when ho came to New York "He was all broken dow n." replied Dr. Robertson. "He was suffering from nervous prostration as t result ot e\i . >- sive use of stiumlauts. lie was earnest ly desirous of reforming, and In- cheer fully submitted to treatment. At the end of a month In- appeared to lx- cured, and he returned to tin- west. Some mouths ago I received a letter from him saying the <-we had been ix-ruiam-ut up to that time. D* •hs sirttek inc a - a man of very high intelligence iu his lucid moments. He was. however, li!!. d w it h enthusiasm for the cause of labor, and lie had the most optimistic views of tie- future. He told me all about his work in editing a lalx>r paper, and appeared to Ix-long to any nuinher of societies. T’nqucstionably the man was iue-i- in all he said aud did. hut lii- sanguine teiu|ieraim-nt and tlie ainoitnt of w< irk lie ]iut iijxin himself finally led to tin u e of stimulant', ami these taken iu i \--e-s, brought on nervous prostration." "Is In* a nan of sound judgment "In ordinary times, ye-, hut h- i- lik* ly to he i-arrietl hy <-\eitenient and en thusiasm. The present strike cannot hut collapse. The sooner it i* over the In tier it will lx- for Deh'. He ought : > know liimself well eiiottgli to uml r land that excitement of thi' kind i- had for him. I telegraphed hint in the hop" that In* plight lx- made to sP-p when he w n . 1 do not know that he has ever had any return of the nervous disorder for whieh he was treated here, hut when In- wa nt liack to Terre Haute I cautioned him against any undue exeit.-nn-nl a- well as abstention from liquor. I think In- told me he w as an Alsatian by descent. He was a great admirer of Colom-l lugcr- soll. whom I think he km-w in tin- wa -t. He tis.xl to rail at imim>]x>]ic-uml * clan* that a linn- of reckoning wotiid simin he at hard. I do not know that ’■•e was ever in New York before In-* aim-in. me." A K«M a l« a y Flirt* <• nnlu.itr. Tehue II m te. .lt.lv II.—Pn sidenr Eugene V. Debs, <it the American Rail way union, is a graduate of the Ke< l. y Bi<-hlori<le of (told institute of Dwigl t. Ills., ami is president ofom-of tin- as.ve eiatioiis formed of graduates for union purixiscs. He presided at a reunion of graduates at Chirago a year or -o ago, uml his sjx'eclt was printed in the ('hi- cago iicWsjiapcrs at tin- time, in wliiclt h<- (taid a glowing tribute to tin work o| the iiistitut** in reclaiming those ,ul dieted to drink. He lias in years past indulged in ih-- casioital sprees here at home, and it wn tu cure himself of this weakm " that I. went to Dwight. ODDS AND EnUs." There are said to he large tracts of country in Cuba still unexplored. A (50 pound hoy hauled in a 50 pound catfish at Winfield, Kan., a f< w days ag< *. A AVcxk’it Issue of silver Dullnrs. W **ni\i;t< >n, July 12.—The issue of standard silver dollars from the mints and treasury offices for the wtvk ending July » was )jx{24,710; for the eorre>(x>nd- ing ix-riod last year it was j2t50,2 in. Tin* shipment of fractional silv*» coins from the first to the suvouth instant ag- gl'egated 1 17,2(58. There are 12.11 i.OOtt acres of unin- closetl mountain anil heather land in Great Britain. I'ndet a m-w N( \v York law von must lx* a citizen to • i t i mplnynient on judt- lic xvork dom I > loiitrael. A spaniel ov. i-.eu by Dr. Fredi-riel; A. Lyons of N* w Yolk city has adopted chicken Avhi(^^BkgA|or inces-mit(v