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O AFFXEY CITY, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEM15EH 14, 18»4.
$1.50 A YEAR.
WOULD NOT ACCEPT
Governor O’Forral Decllnon the
AsBoeifttion’fl Invitation.
THE (TINVKMTON S ACTION DESOISCED
Wniilil Not \il<lr.-H* Any A*«.*iiiIiI.t Thai
Kmlomri. thr Cnoritr of lilt. W>ll»
In llor M«iiiI#t of Mi.* IN-opI*
of tlir South.
RiriMioMi. Va., September ill. In
| answer to an invitation to aiiiiress the
Afro-Ainerii'an press iissiM'iation. in ses
sion here. Governor OT'errall yester
day wrote as follows:
“Governor's <Itliee, l!iehmonil. Va..
Septeinlwr i:>. istn. Messrs, .lohn
Mitehell. W. Calvin Chase. John C.
Haney and others, eoimnittee of the
Afro-Aineriean press association, eity.
•'Dear Sirs: In response to your in
vitation to addrtvss or attend the eon-
vention of the Afro-Aineriean press as-
Isoeiation now in session in this eity. I
hetf to say I would not think of aeeept-
| inv an invitation to address any eon-
â–¼ention or assembly that endorses as
your eonvention did iast evenin'?, the
I course of Ida Wells in her slander of
the people and civil authorities of the
I south.
Kli'tiirx'inent < hI< iilitleal to Oo Harm.
•| condemn lynch law as much as
I any one. and as ion}? as I am Governor
of Virginia, every man. white or black.*
whatever the charge against him may
be. shall have a trial bv jmloe and jury
if ! have to exert all the power (jiven
I me by the constituthm and laws of Vir
ginia. and should any one case of lynch-
llnir occur. I shall endeavor to enforce
(the law against* the lynchers, but it
lutriKes me that the action of your eon-
Ivention in endorsing t he misrepresent •
Inlions and slanderous utterances of Ida
Wells is calculated to do harm rather
Ithan }?ood. and intensify, rather than
linollifv the ..pirit of violence which so
1 frc'inentlv manifests itself, not only in
Virginia, but throughout the south.
|when a certain crime is eonnnitted.
•| believe that if your eonvention
I would condemn the crime which has
(caused the lynchinj? in the south, with
(rare exceptions, and the leaders of the
(colored people would frown upon it and
(cry out against it. and not exert their
(energies a ml devote their time to a de-
Inuneiation of the lyn< , hinp’s. there
I Would be fewer out raj'es and if >o eer-
[tainly fewiT oiitraifes of mob violence.
I>ee|i l.iil'l Srlieinr.
“I do not know, but it looks verv
Imueh to me as thoUffll the work of Ida
]\\ ells was a deep-laid scheme t*t cheek
las far as mav be the progress of the
Isouth. and every jfood citizen, white
land colored, should feel an interest in
Irefu^^? her villilieations rather than
(sanefionin^ them, as your convention
|did last eveninir.
“I have the most friendly feelinjr for
Ithe colored jieople. They have my
Isympathies in all their struoj'les. and
(laudable undertaking as I think I have
(shown in my private and public life,
land I was indeed deeply pained when I
(read yesterday morning that your con-
Ivelltion. composed of representatives of
lyour race, had struck the south a blow
(which she did not deserve. While I
(thank you for your invitation. I must
(decline under the circumstances to ad-
Idress your convention or attend its
I sessions. Respect fully
fiiAUi.Ks T. O'Fkkkai.!..”
COLORADO REPUBLICANS.
1^ Full State Tii ke| I’ut In Niiiiilnatlnn hy
the Com vntlnn.
HKNVKit. t'ol.. September 1:1.—'(he re-
Ipubliean sti^tc conventionassembled yes-
nerduy at the I! road way theater, which
lipid been gaily decorated for the oeea-
|sion. .1. W. MvCreery. of Greely. was
tpjMtinted temporary chairman and af-
|tep (he appt|lhtutupt of eonimittees. the
convention ttsik a imcess..
'Hie following nominations were
|made: Judge supreme court. John
t amphell. of Colorado Springs: gover-
Jnor. A. W. McIntyre, of Alamosa : lieu-
Itenant governor. .1. I!. Hush, of Greely:
Isceretary of state. A. It. Mclaiffney. of
1 Denver : state treasurer. Harry L. Mul-
linix. of Trinidad. At s p. m . the con-
Ivetion adjourned until todav.
IN VIRGINIA'S SECOND.
Ittnn
for
It. t.nrillncr Tjrler Noniinnte<l
Con a res* on the First Itallot.
Vinot.MA ItKAt II. Va.. September 1:1.
-The democrats of the second eongres-
sional district met here yesterdav to
nominate a candidate to the lift v-fourth
(congress. The district eommittee
named Hon. .1, W. Lawson, ex-member
luf congress, for temporary chairman,
and Mr. John L. .laekson. of J’oi'ts-
pnonth as teippoppry secretary. Hon.
l|l. I••ipliip'l* Ty|ec was nopiinated on
kite tipst ballot- tli" vote being: Tyler
l*N l .. Day :tl. Maynard G . Itryant .*T.
lesolutmns reaffirming allegiance to
(he national democratic party were
Adopted, but no allusion was made to
(he Cleveland administration.
The >. C. A St. I.. Klei t ortli i ru.
Nashvii.i,k. Tenn.. September Hi.—
J be directors of the Nashville, ciiatta-
â– KMiga and St. Louis railroad company
â– net in annual session yesterday after*
[>«»*»» and re-elected J. W. Thomas as
president and general manager.
Ambrose treasurer .1 D Manev
(rttller. and Hunter McDonald
(•ngineer.
lire'* ItrfttrurtIre Work.
ilol.loKi:. Mass.. September III, A s«>-
itms lire is re|H>rted on Linden street.
vent I Hue residences nre burned and
general alarm has I teen rung. There
kre several casualties, people jumping
|roin window -
IVrnisnent Oeeu|»tlloii Ailtoa ateil.
I’AIUS, Sc ptember 1 .. M Paul
fissagnae. writing to the press
J. II.
comp-
chief
de
HtlVO-
nianent occupation of Mada-
nr try France. The Matin urges
ITat tin march of the French upon tha
kapital of Madagascar lie no longer da*
|aye<i.
Thr Tmiaory llalniD e*.
Nmv Yomk, September Hi. Treasury
laiauccs (inn c' lu.uuu, cuncncy
AN ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.
rrnniliirnt Yoiiok Mhii of llruiitwli k.
(irowH TI ml of Life.
ItttrxswirK. (ia., Scptenihcr t:i.—Cv
Gaskins, a well-known young man at
tempted to commit suicide by taking
arsenic yesterday. He was very sick
last night with a small chance of re
covery. The attempt was deliberate.
A few minutes after finishing dinner.
Gaskins entered Smith's drug store and
called for his account. The proprietor
was alone, and. after producing tint
bill and receipting part payment, he
waited on a customer who had just en
tered. Gaskins went behind the pre
scription counter, emptied u bottle of
crude arsenic in his hand, and com
menced chewing it. Reaching a glass
of water from the soda fount to wash
it down, he remarked that "he'd he
dead pretty soon."
Smith seized the hand containing the
poisen. hut Gaskins had eaten enough
to kill a horse, and after a short tussle
gave up and left the store.
Smith telephoned for Dr. bishop, and
asked him to take charge of Gaskins,
who. in the meantime, had walked over
to I'olhiH's drug store and was attempt
ing t<» huy more arsenic. bishop
winked at Pnlhill who refused to sell
without a prescription. Gaskins walk
ed to his place of business and notified
his employer R. V. Douglas of what he
had done. Douglas did not believe him
and*joked Gaskins aiinut his attempt-
hut finally became convinced and sent
for Dr. bishop. The doctor began to
administer medicine. Gaskins was cool
through it all and soon began to
varmit arsenic in broken doses. The
attempt was the result of domestic
troubles. Gaskins has had considera
ble trouble with his wife. He has just
secured a divorce. Since the divorce
was granted he has been visiting a
young lady, but her parents objected'
to bis marriage which drove him to
despair.
YELLOW FEVER ON BOARD.
One < **«•• Iti'i' irti-il on the HrltUli steitnier
Ta /u«*k nit < M|Mt < h;i
W vsiiixoton. September b!. Dr.
John Gniteral. tin- yellow fever expert
who was sent by Surgeon General
Wyman of the Marine hospital service
to investigate the alleged eases of yel
low fever on the british steamer
Tyzack. from Havana, now at the
• piurantinc station off ('ape Charles, re
ports a* follows: "One of the eases at
• piarantine is yellow fever, the other
two are not. Every facility was given
me for the examination of the | itients.
Wilson is slowly recovering from a
severe attack of yellow fever. The
chief engineer, Mr. I'ool. lui.s a very
severe attack of bi'onehit is and possibly
typhoid fever, The steward of the
ship lias a slight attack '>f cphcrmal
fever." _
LYNCHED IN FLORIDA.
SURRENDER THE PLATES.
O Ulcers OTcr|imv«rc«l him) the Victim
Suiiiik to h Convenient Tree.
Staicki:. I la.. September hi. A ne
gro named Jim Smith was lynched near
here early yesterday morning hy
masked men. The negro had attempt
ed to ravish Miss W iley. a young white
girl. Sunday night the negro entered
Miss Wiley's room while the family
were at church and hid under the bed.
After the girl retired the negro crawled
out and attempted to assault her.
Miss Wiley screamed and her father
ran in and rccogniz.ed the negro. The
negro escaped, but he was captured
yesterday morning and while being
taken to jail a mob cvcrpowered the
officers and swung the brute to a fpn?
venient tree.
NO BOUNTY ON SUGAR.
Tli* KofnsHl lo I’HJ- TIicm- Clmliim IIumkI
on the New Tariff I.mw.
Wasiunoton, September bl.—Secre
tary Carlisle authorized the official an
nouncement yesterday that he would
not pay any sugai' bounty earned but
unpaid when the new tariff bill went
into effect. \ngust *ffl. The secretary's
refusal to pay these sfigar Imo.:t*v
claims will be based upon the clause in
the new tariff bill repealing tin- stigai
bounty provision of the McKinley law.
which conclude!* as follows: "And
hereafter it shall be unlawful to issue
any license to produce sugar or to pnv
any bounty for the production of sugar
of any kind under this act."
THEIR CONDUCT SATISFACTORY
Atncri* an Nntxl Ollleen* a! Itliielieliln Have
.leteil Aa-curiling ••* liiatriietloiia.
W \siiim>to\ September 1:!. Acting
Secretary of the Navy MeAdoo yester
day give the following statement to the
press: "The situation at bluetields is
such that our n:|val officers on duty
there a re. liable to be misunderstood
i'i>d have injustice done them at tip*
hands of American residents. I’pto
this date the conduct <>f Captains Sum*
uei iiud I' Neil 1 has b* , *'ii in a*‘eordauee
with their iustrnetioiis and is highly
satisfactory to the dcpartincht." The
nature of these instructions hav** not
l>e<‘ll made public.
AMERICANS WHO OPPOSE.
H*»M That l lie I’wl rrnol re Treaty Itno* Not
X'lmlt of a Kreneli rrntei'torate.
LuMion. .September I.i. A dispatch
to the Daily News says it is not the En
glish but the Americans who oppose
tin subjugation of .Madagascar by the
French. The American trade in.striped
clothes, in Madagascar, is very exten
sive and the \inerieans hold that the
Fatrcnotre treaty does not admit of a
French protectorate.
Shouera : Southerly tVluil*.
W \s111m.i'iin. SeptemlH-r |:t. Fore
cast : For Georgia, showers, southerly
winds. For Alabama, generally fair,
followed hy showers in extreme east
ern portion, variable winds. For Ten
nessee. showers are probable, slightly
cooler in central and eastern portion,
southerly winds.
•lai kaon tVIt hilraw« t he a. | o.imo Forfeit.
Cine.tun. Septemher bt. Deter Jack*
son left here yesterday afternoon at
o el.M k on the Erin road for New York,
before leaving he called on Will J. Da
vis, at the ( olumbia theater, in com
pany with Parson Davies, and with*
j dre tv bit *111, wit (vrXttit.
A Reported Adjustment of Affair*
Between Korea and Japan.
JAPAN MIST FIGHT
KOREA.
Korra Muni Kiiriilnli Sii|>|illra tn .lapan
Will'll The Treaty to Ter.
tiilnate W hen .Ii»|o«ii anil China
Heroine mliwhle.
Washington. September I - !.—Accord
ing m a telegram received at the Japa- I
nrse legation last night, an important
treaty lias negotiated tiet ween
Korea and Japan, which authoritative
ly defines the relations of tho two coun
tries toward each other and toward
China.
The object of the treaty is stated in
the preamble to be the usual desire on
the part of the emperor of Japan and j
the king of Korea to definitely fix and
determine the attitude of each country
toward tin* other, with u view of clear
ly elucidating the existing relations
between Japan and China which have
been created by tin* re<|Uest which the
Korean government has made of the
Japanese government to compel the
Chinese to evacuate Korea.
To secure concentrated !>etion for the
more effective aocomplislimviit of this
object, this treaty of alliance between
the two countries was signed at Seoul
on the '.’•'ith day of August hy Mr. Otnri,
the envoy of Japan, and the Korean
minister of foreign affairs. The treaty
consists of three articles:
Article I. Detines the object of the
alliance to be the strengthening and
perpetuation of the independence of
Korea as an autonomous state, and the
promotion of the mutual interests of
Korea and Japan by compelling the
Chinese forces to withdraw from Ko
rea. and by obliging China to abandon
her claim for the right to dominate the
affairs of Korea.
Article 'i. binds the Japanese govern
ment to carry on warlike operation*
against China, both offensive and de
fensive. The Korean government is
bound by the article to afford the Jap
anese forces every possible facility in
their movements, and to furnish them
with supplies for provisions, at a fair
remniicration, so far as such supplies
may he needed.
by article ;; it is provided that the
treaty shall terminate as soon as a
treaty of peace shall have been conclu
ded by < liina and Japan
.loliin i.i>t \niir Hair 4 ul.
Continuing the Times correspondent
cables that both the < hinesc and Japa
nese armies in Korea are secminglv in- â– 
active. The Japanese have ordered the
Koreans to cut their hair as a token of
subjection. The Koreans refused to do
no. preferring to tight for their lilierty.
A dispatch received here from Shang
hai today says that .idviees received
ther* from various sources say that the
• hinesc army in northern Korea is in a
deplorabb ndition. The Chinese
generals are reported to have proved
themselves to be grossly incompetent
and tile officers of the lower grades are
discontented and disheartened while
the rank Hint tile of the Chinese armv
are exhausted and dispirited.
JAPANESE THE AGGRESSORS.
tnetlicr lte|iHrl of the (arrel Natal HafHa
• if .lul.r
London, September I J. dispatcR to
tty* Times fnup Wei-llai-Uei yesterday
says that a y<i|ninittee composed of for
eigners, after examining the incidents
of the naval tight of July jiith. declares
that thr Japanese were the aggressors. I
The Chinese, the committee adds, were
careful to avoid the appearance of pro
vocation. lint the Japanese way'aid the
Chinese, selecting a good position. The
Chinese senior ship escaped, making a
running tight while greatly damaging
her pursuer. The second Chinese ship
fought until her ammunition was ex
hausted and two of her guns were de
stroyed. Tin* same morning.it appears
the Japanese arrived from Seoul and
attacked the Chines** at Asan. These
operations were evidently well con-
eerted.
The Chinese fleet, according to the
dispatch, is now collected at Wei-hai-\Y«i
and is in perfect fighting trim. The
chin-Yuen has been repaired and is re
cruiting seamen freely. An excellent
esprit de corps exists aiming the Chinese
sailors and they ;\ro waiting orders to
enable them to assert the supremacy of
China in Korean waters.
OVER A MILLION.
the f.. 4 N,
SeiKHf liiiial Report Again**
Mm Minpier*.
New Yohh, September I J.—It is inti
mated that tbe Louisville and Nash
ville report to lie submitted to the
stockholders at the annual meetihg
will show rhat the losses sustained by
the company in its efforts to control
the South Carolina railroad have been
charged to profit and loss.
'I be amount has been variously
stated. The exact amount, however,
is not far from 91,^00,000.
The report will also show that the
floating indebtedness of the couipaiiT
lias been reduced to less than SI.'ffVO.lKMI.
all of which is carried on time.
'lay H»»e Item Another Cruder.
New ^ oiiK. September Li. - It nmv lie
that the dCpatch from Tientnin an
nouncing the sinking of the Japanese
crusier. Hi-llni. refers to the warship
which was disabled in July last. Des
patches received recently from San
Francisco contained an account of the
naval battle as given out by the
Chinese authorities, giving the name of
the Chinese eruaier, however as the
< hi-^ uni. and not naming the Japanese
war vessel concerned, but saying that
she got away in a badly damaged con
dition.
Hciioiulnale*! Allen.
I oi l \iitrs Misi.., September I'!.— The
lirst district eonvention yesterday re
nominated Congressman Allen on the
first ballot. The convention endorsed
the administration of President Gro.ar
Cleveland and passed a resolution fa-
twliitf free cotuujfc «f •Uv«r.
Oavernur Stone and Tr«a*nrrr Fran* ft*
less* Mladsdppt'* Fanioii* IHe*.
Jackson, Miss.. Septemher Pi.—Gov
ernor Stone and State Treasurer Kvnni
appeared before I'nited States Commis
sioner Mosely yesterday relative to the
apeeial warrant affidavit and waiving
examination, tiie personal recognizance
of each was taken in the sum of one
thousand dollars for ap|M*aranee at the
November term of the federal court.
At the instance of the I’nited States
attorney general, District Attorney Lee
yesterday callad on the state officials
and requested of them the plates from
which thr Mississippi special warrants
were printed. They are wanted for evi
dence at St. Louis in the case of the
United States government vs. the St.
Louis bank note company. The firm
which printed the notes. Tile plates
were promptly delivered and District
Attorney Lee's receipt was taken there
for witli the understanding that they
are to be returned on the termination
of the trial, it will be observed that â– 
tills delivery was made to the district
attorney in compliance with a polite r* •
quest which the state officials had no
disposition to refuse.
The officials declined the demands of
Special officer Hums for the reason that
they did not recognize that he or any
member of the secret service force had
a right to make any demands of them
whatever. All the affidavits are sworn
out against tin* state officers as individ-
u'ls and not in their official capacity.
W. J. Kurils, the Njiefial officer, left
':i't night for Washington.
CORBETTOSJACKSOS
The Champion Answers Alleged
Misstatements by the Negro.
CARD BITTER IS ITS DESl'SCIATIOS.
RIBUKE TO THE ENGLISH.
Wilting to Fight rrltately or Openly, la
One Week or tine Month, for aa
Mueii Money a* He fan Kalse,
Any Where In Anierlra.
JACKSON BALKS.
The Negro UefnneB to Sign the Sion* fit?
t lull Agreement.
I'llli ton. September D2. The confer
ence yc>tenlny between Edward Lloyd
Webster of tiie Sioux I'ity Athletic I’lub
and Peter Jackson, the object of which
was to have Jackson sign the articles
of agreement for a tight with I'orbett.
which articles have already been signed
by the latter, ended in the refusal of l
Jackson to put his name to such an
agreement.
"I would not sign those articles if
SMI.imil were at stake," said Jackson.
They are too vague. I have already
sin.uim of my own money on dcimsit
and only ask a ghost of a chance to win
or lose it. I will tight t’orhptt within
three months for our side stake and
any purse you offer, provided you name
the positive date and locality of tiie
tight before signing Hie articles, or I
will fight him before the National
Sporting t Iub of London on precisely
the >:iiiie conditions."
Jackson held that the articles were
iioi .nes* and that they were drawn
up in Corbett's favor, without him
self being considered.
"You do not specify where the fight
is to be held, ami may compel me to
tight in the wimhIs or on n barge ia
some river."
Jackson expressed bis doubts as to
the existence of the Sioux city Athletic
I lull. I hi* Weight of the gloves he
claimed, was also favorable to Corbett
and unsatisfa*tory to him.
INMAN ON THE SOUTH.
II* Hectare* Tliai Thl* serf Inn I* „n »h*
t:*e nf tirral Prosperity.
A I IAM A. Ga.. September I'.*. • John
II IuinaII. of New York, stopped over
here on his return to the north from
a visit to t he coal fields *,f Alabama.
In an interview Mr. Inman said that
the south is unquestionably on the eve
of an era of great development and
pr< isperity.
''peaking of the reorganization of the
Richmond Terminal properties, Mr.
Inman said that the Vanderbilts and
Rotlis'hilds have no interest whatever
in the reorgantMittoit. Drexel Morgan
A Co., are managing that witli their
own resources.
Mr. Inman stated that he knows that
the Southern railway company will
get control of the Cincinnati South
ern and the Alabama Southern rail
ways. I his will give the Southern a
line from Cincinnati to New Orleans.
This reorganization is being effected
upon a very low basis of capitalization.
The properties will pay fixed charges
and will prove great factors in build
ing up the territory through which
they pass.
SOLD AT PUBLICOUTCRY.
Th* MliMIe tieorgla anrt Atlanfl* MoM »n
the lllork at Satannah.
Savannah. Ga.. September t‘J. The
Middle Georgia and Atlantic railroad
was sold at public outcry before the
court houae here yesterday, under fore
closure by the Oglethorpe Savings ami
Loan company to satisfy a mortgage
executed to secure an indebtedness of
about Sp.e.'.MMi. loaned by n syndicate
composed mostly of stockholders of the
property. The road was bought for
the|HHil'mg committee of the syndicate
by Mr. Herman Myers, whose bid was
• Mi.Vnmi. The total issue .if l»>nds is
•TW'.’.immi and these with the stock of the
road which was owned by the Seaboard
company and all other assets were sold
under the mortgage. For the present
the road will be operated as heretofore.
Washington, September Iff.—James
J Corbett, the pugilist, gave out a
statement last night in regard to the
refusal of Deter Jackson to tight him,
in which he says: "In answer to the
cowardly misstatements that have been
circulated by Deter Jackson, and the
subterfuges that he has resorted to in
order to crawl like a cur out of the pro
posed match with in**. I desire to make
tiie following statement : I have stated
emphatically all along that this nigger
does not want to tight me. After the
punching I gave him in San Francisco,
where he was saved from defeat by the
dastardly actions of his California club
friends, yon could not get him into a
ring with me with a hawser, and no
one knows it better than this same De
ter Jackson. He has stated that he
would not go south of Mason and
Dixon's line on account of prejudice ex
isting against his color—he lias thrown
slurs upon the fairest people in the
world—the southerners, who gave
George Dixon fair play there, and Jack-
son proved himself a rank quitter when
he refused to go and meet mein New
Orleans, when he knows if by my fiuke,
he should happen to win. it would make
him famous and independently rich for
life. “He refers to tiie propositions
mad** by the Sioux City athletic club
and says: "They havc agreed to allow
the men Jo pick the referee, w ho must
be satisfactory to Jackson. Now if this
nigger wants to tight. I will name the
man satisfactory to me. now. The fol
lowing arc the acknowledged referees
of thi' country : D. J. Donohue, of New
\ ork : John Eekhardt. of New York:
John Duffy, of New Orleans; George
Siler, of < hieago; John Kelly, of New
\ <>rk : AI Smith, of New York. Any
of these men are satisfactory to me."
He also says: "In conclusion. Mr.
Deter -laekson. I tell you plainly that I
w ill tight you privately, or openly, in
one week, one month, two months, or
three months time, for as uitieh money !
as yon can raise, purse or no purse, in a
club, on a barge, in a hack.or in a room,
anywhere in America."
(Signed) Jamks J. C'niutF.TT.
THE ARKANSAS RETURNS
r Tlnit t lark**'** Majority Mill 11*
\ImiiiI Tm fiity-ltve TIkmirmimI.
Lirri.i llo* k. Ark.. September Iff.—
official returns of the Arkansas state
••lection held on Sep,emlier :;d. have
been received from about Ml counties.
The returns indicate that Clarkv's
(dcin*M*rat) majority will 1*** ahoii' '!.*>.(Hill.
T he returns show that Rommel (repub
lican) is only about 1.000 ahead of Dar
ker i|mipulisti. (in** of the surprising
features ,,{ the election was the vote on
th«i license question. According to the
un-official rtqxirt it is probable that -!ff
counties have voted out licci. «•».
the returns received by the secreta
ry of state show that eight populists
and two republicans have been elcc.cd
to tin* lions** of representatives and one ^
republican to the senate.
GARZA SEEN IN COSTA RICA.
Manager nf a I hiiiciie Store anil Not an
Oftlff*«*r of fl»e (•nirriinM'iit.
< OMITS flUHslll . Tex.. September Iff.
I inlet J. M. I.nliy. of the United
States navy, stationed at Fort Limon.
I'osta Rica, w rites ins father here that
In* has seen t'atarino E. Garza in that
place. Garza is manager of a Chinese 1
store and not a leading officer of the
( osta Rica government as was was re
ported. Three years ago Garza gained
a national reputation by filibustering
on Texas soil while claiming to be the
head of a gigantic revolution which
was to overt brow (’resident Diaz of
Mexico. Young Lnby knows Garza
intimately. Garza's wife is still on her
father's raneli in this county.
VETERAN TELEGRAPHERS.
F. f. Cnekey, of New York. Flerle*! I‘r**l-
ilent of Hie A***oclatlon.
Kai.tixioui:. Md.. September Iff.—At a
meeting of the old-time telegrapher's
association yesterday the constitution
of the order was finally amended so as
to admit to membership those who
were connected with the telegraph ser
vice twenty years ago. E. f. t'oekey,
of New York, was elected president for
♦ he ensuing year, R. G. Hutchinson,
vice-president and George I'. Havnard,
of Washington, secretary and treasury.
The annual re-union will he held in
New York.
MRS. GEO. H. INGRAHAM DEAD.
New l ork Sun'* t efton Report.
Nkw Yomk. September DJ. The Sun's
cotton review say*: Features: Ru
mors are rife that a New Orleans firm
estimates the crop at 0.100.000 Hales
minimum and large reeeiptsat the (sirts
as well as a decline at Liecrpool. had a
depressing effect here, though the
opening was slightly higher, because
at that time Liverpool showed less
weakness than had been expected, and
the reports from the south, moreover,
indieated a very large precipitation
over a considerable stretch of territorv
where rain is not desired.
KHUri hy llynanille.
Kxoxvh.i.k. Tenn . N*-pt*-m),*.j* j •
A dynamite explosion in the sewer
works, west Knoxville, occurred yester
day afternoon. Nelson Woods w as killed I
and Ruby Heddin was mortally wound- '
ed.
fl'holera Record for topf
Nf. Dftkiishi no. September 12. Du
ring tlte first week of September there
were I «r> fresh ea»e* of cholera and 101
death* i J thjb city.
The Mother of Captain tiro. H- Ingraham
of the War l>*parlmrnl.
(TiAKl.KSToN, S. < .. Septemher tff.—
Mrs. George H. Ingraham, sister-in-law
of t'ommixlore Ingraham, of Martin
Kosta fame, and mother of ttain
George H. Ingraham, of thr war de
partment. died her** yesterday in ii*w
tTth year. Mrs. Ingraham was tiie
daughter of folonei i*. Gaiiiar i. in his
day the largest and wealthiest planter
on ('iHi|x*r river and the representative
of one of tin* oldest Huguenot families
in the state.
l.l*|Uor Healer* Not Aalntlttert.
t'oi.i Mitt s. O., September Iff.—The
convention of the ('at)iolie Knightsof
• •hi** at Dayton yesterday. Gnik adverse
action upon Itishop John A. Watter-
son’«. order admitting persons engaged
in trafficking in intoxicating liquor*
to membership in t'atholic societies.
The l.a*t f>, A. H. I’araUe.
Dn rsiii KG. Da., September, Iff. The
Inst parade of the G. A. R. encampment
occurred yesterday afternoon, when
the union ex-prisoners of war turned
out I,non strong, every state in tlin
union ha ving one or more representa
tive* iu the ruuka-
A Father Write* a Card That *honl«l S**4
the Committee Home.
Cn.\mi.ottk, N. t'., September 1'2.—The
following curd from n distracted father
is a refutation of the movement inaugu*
rateil in England to investigate lynch-
ings of negocs found guilty of rape in
the south:
"On the night of August 10th. my
daughter, Fannie -laekson, aged four
teen years, was raped by one whit*
man named Robert T. Redfern. at the
point of a pistol. 1 have kept it quiet
so fur only taking out warrants and try
ing to arrest him. as lie was dodging
about in the neighlmrhood. Since then
he lias tied to Georgia or Alabama, lit*
lias been traced that far. The billow
ing is a description of Robert T. Red-
fern: He is a young man aged about
twenty-five years, with black hair and
brown eyes; weighs 10.*i pounds: is five
feet ten inches in hcight;low and ff<*>hy
stammers in conversation, i*- very
friendly, and is easily exeited. He is
supi>o.sed to be near Kinninglinm. Ala.,
or Atlanta. Ga.
"My daughter is very near tn me.
Dlenst* do all you can to bring him to
justice. I am jxior. but can prove the
best of character for myself and family.
"if his whereabouts can be learned
notify Sheriff R. I*. Wall. Wadcsbnro. i
Anson county, and he will send the !
necessary papers after him after living j
arrested.
"The governor will offer a reward as
he lias been notified. Yours, etc..
Knows Jackson.’’
Deep ('reck. Anson. County, N. C.. {
September ti, |s',u.
SMITH AS PRESIDENT.
*
A l>*elit**l ( liana* Wml* In th* W**t I'olnt
Mniinx*ni*nt.
Ati.anta. September Iff.—Captain I*.
Tyler, general manager, and C. II.
Dhinizy. president, of the Atlanta and
West Doint railway company, were re
tired at a meeting of the stockholders j
held yVsterday. Mr. George C. Smith,
recently elected president and general
manager of th* Western railway, was
chosen for the same place on the Atlan
ta and West Doint. When Mr. Tyler
and I’resident Dhinizy were retired ,
from the management of tiie Western j
railway the action t«Kik with it their
retirement of the Atlanta and West
i’oint. While these railways arc inde- i
pendent corporations, they are in real
ity parts of the same line, and their
stockholders are much the same, while 1
their interests an* almost identical:
Mr. George C. Smith was nominated
for president and general manager and
elected in the place of Captain K. I*.
Tyler and Dresident Dhinizy. The old |
board of directors wa.. elected as fol
lows: John S. Kigely, II. M. Comer. E
P. Chamberlin. T. L. Langston. W. K.
Kerry and H. C. Fisher.
A MANIAC ON SHIPBOARD.
FranrU (iallaiciier Mail* Several Attempt*
to l>**tro> Himself. j
Nt- w Yomk. September Iff. Thr fffifi j
passengers of the Anchor Line steamer
Ethiopia, which arrived Monday from
Glasgow, found it a rather unpleasant
trip. A maniac named Francis Galla
gher ran amuck several times und the
passengers, both in the cabin and in
the steerage, vvcra in constant fear of
him.
<»n the first day after leaving Movilla,
where the vessel called. Gallagher be
gan to show iinniistakable signs of in
sanity. Everybody gave him a wide
berth, but the ofiieers did not attempt
to interfere with him until he tried to
jump over.
They then attempted to show him th*
evils of suicide, and the same afternoon
he made a similar attempt on his life.
He was sent to the ship's hospital ami
a few hours later tried to cut his throat
with a knife. He was secured, but not
until he had cut himself.
After that lie was carefully watched,
but the passengers were not at all cer
tain of their safety until the vessel ar
rived today. Gaflagher belongs to Nan
Francisco.
SHOT BY HIS DIVORCED WIFE.
Clareur* Clark Seriously \Votiii<1*<t hy III*
â– B Former Hel|>mr*t.
PlilLAt>Kt.1*111 A, September Iff.—Clar
ence W. Clark, a prominent member of
the brotherhood of ioeomottvt* engineers
was shot and seriously wounded on a
I’ensylvnnia railroad train at Newark.
N. J.. Sunday by his divorced wife.
When the train slowed up at Newark
the woman entered the car and shot
him at short range with a pistol. The
woman suddenly left the car and
stepped off the train. The train had
started before th* conductor knexv of
the shooting and he brought the wound
ed mail to tins city. The divorce was
granted in New York on Thursday last
and Clark was on his way to San Fran
cisco when attacked. Clark mav re
cover.
Fall**! t*> K*ttI* Th*lr IHflH-iilHr*.
Savannah. Ga., September Iff.- A
eonferenc.* was held yesterday between
representatives of the white and color
ed longshoremen and the ship brokers
with a view to settling the differences
which have existed between them for
s*ime time. Nothing was accomplished,
the union men refusing to treat with
the non-union men. The loading of
cotton will proceed with non-union
labor.
Vacation ofCaMnrt Oftlr*r*.
Washington, September Iff. Seere-
Grcsbam **.x|M***ts to return to Washing
ton about the middle of the present
week. Assistant Secretary MeAdoo, of
the navy, will return today afters va
cation in the Adirondaeks. General
Schofield win be acting s**rretarv of
war until October I. when Secretary
Lainont expects to return.
F.ll*n N. fito* khol*1*r* to M**t.
Lot ISVIM.F., Ky., September Iff. The
meeting of the Louisville and Nashville
stockholders will i>e held in this city
Oetobor It, and the officials are now
busy making out tiie annual report*.
Harkaorth Nominated.
Jackson, Mich., Septcmtter 1*2. 'I o*
K. Dark worth was nominated for con
gress yesterday afternoon in the deino-
crutic coDvcutivo of the distnat
I
T4ES0UTBSFUTURE
Bflfoct of the Southern Railway
Reorganization.
OPINIONS OF EIGHT BANK OFFICIALS.
All Acre* That It Will I’rove a I’ower-
fut Factor In Developing thl* Heetlnii
an*l Increasing II* I’rnsperlty
In Kvery Direction.
Kai.timomk. Md.. September Iff.—
Eight bank presidents, including heads
of hanking houses, in New York. Kal-
tiinore. Atlanta. Kirmingham. Rich
mond. Savannah and Norfolk, give
opinions in the Manufacturer's Record
this week of the effect of the Southern
railway organization on the future of
tiie south. Tin* financial editors of
leading dailies in New York. Koston,
Diiiladelphia and Kultimore. have writ
ten letters to the Manufacturer's
Record on tin* same subject. All agree
that this will prove a powerful
factor in developing the south and in
creasing its prosperity in every direc
ti* tn.
Watson and Gibson, of New York,
say: "The Southern Railway company
is a superior creation to its predeces
sors and will do good to the south as
the south will do good to it."
Fnwrrfiil Agency for Southern I'rovprrlty.
Hamelton *V Co., of Kaltimorc. say:
“The millions of dollars spent in im
provement. the financial interests of
Drexel. Morgan A- Co., and otiier capi
talists mean more than can be told to
the south."
Dresident II. M. Atkinson of the At
lanta Ranking and Trust Company:
“The putting nf these railroads in
sound financial condition as lias been
done and connection of such names with
them as Drexel. Morgan .V Co..transform
them into a powerful agency for south
ern pros|M*rity."
Dresident Hamilton, of th** Mer
chant's Hank. Savannah, predicts a
prosperity unknown to southern history
and regards the reorganization of Drcx-
el. Morgan ,V Co..and the Vandcbilts, as
one of the most promising omens for
this section.
More I'enplv seeking III* ('ott'in DDtrlct.
Dresident Taylor of tin* Norfolk
Marine hank, writes: “The reorgan
ization will indirectly benefit tin*
south as a whole by directing the at
tention of capitalists to that section of
our country."
Dresident Hammond, of tin* Green
ville. S. (’., hank, finds more people and
more money seeking tin* cotton dis
trict.
General Joseph Johnston, of the Ala
bama national bank. Kirmingham. says
it is tin* south's golden opportunity.
Dresident Hugh R. Garden, of the
Southern exchange association. New
York says: "The re-organization gives
evidence to th** outside world of n faith
in the future of the xuith by the strong
est tinaneial interests in this and other
count rics."
IS THERE A SECRET BLACKLIST?
All *«*ii*Htiuiiiil l>U«’ov«*ry l»y WrM-
rrn ItMilroitil Mi'ii.
Omaha. Neh.. September Iff. A .sen
sation was caused among Omaha rail
way employes yesterday by the discov
ery of w hat they believe to be a secret
blacklist worked by all roads. When
a man applies for a new |x»ition he has
to bring a "clearance" from the last
road which employed him to show the
cause of his leavini?. The Cnion Ra-
citic, in common with other roads, has
a blank form. The secret signals arc
said to lie contained in the water mark
• if the paper on which the clearance
letters are written.
ATTORNEY GENERAL SUED.
•Hat* Aii*1lt»r Institute* Manriamu* iTn-
r**illug* Againut (llney-
SruiNGFlKl.n. 111., September Iff.—The
state auditor lias brought a mandamus
suit against the attorney general, com
pelling him to bring suit against the
Illinois Kuiiding and Loan Association,
of Klooniington, which the attorney
general refuses to prosecute. It will
be a warm tight between the auditor
and attorney general.
THE ST. LEGER STAKES.
•Hr F. II. .lofiiiHtim*’* Thr*Mitte Flr»t With
l.onl H*i«*li*rry'* l.a*ta* Ne*'*in*l.
Losimin. September Iff.—At Doncas
ter yesterday the St. Lcger stakes of ff.%
sovereigns each for three-year-olds,
over tin* St. Lcger course, about one
mile, six furlongs and Iffff yards, was
won by Sir F. K. Johnstone's Throstle,
by three-quarters of a length, Ladas
owned by Lord Rose berry, was second,
and Matchbox, the property of Sir F.
K. Johnstone, was third. Time ff:Iff-1-5.
TORE THE POTRAIT DOWR
M*mlH*r« of Hiatt. A. R. Krfu*** to Alar
rn*1*r ( l*v*lan*l'* Mrture.
Kkaiiimm k. Da., September Iff.—V*
terday memberx of Harper G. A.
Dost No. |s| refused to march under
picture of Grover Cleveland suspend
from a street arch. Angry eitizer
jri< mis of the veterans, tor** down t
portrait before the democratic comm
tee could interfere.
Nt*ain Navigator* In Convention
Cincinnati. September iff.—Over
hundred delegates are in attendance
thr annual meeting here of the Nation
Hoard of Steam Navigators, which la>
three days. The annual reports of tl
president, secretary and treasury we
presented, showing the organization
better condition than for years, with
balance of Sff0,ooo **n hand.
Iloalun Firework* ( ompanjr Aaclgii*.
Kostos, Mass., September Iff. The
national fireworks company, nf Koston
an-l Newton. Mass., has assigned to
( harl«*s \ West and Frank E. Dicker-
man. of Koston. Liabilities, ooo;
nominal assets, si(1,(too.
I'rtnrena HOiuarrk Murh H*tl*J
Mi mi.is. September Iff.- J
from Varzin saya that
niairk is much better.,
leave her bed roniU
yestenlaj The L
uiarik guvii.