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l>e To Thk liKDci u f<>r It will bi' made Mri^liter and Hotter than ever if it is encouraged. ap ~ .Axl'v r er , ti se In The Ledger. It is naturally the best medium for the business men of this section. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests or the People it Subserves. VOL. I, NO. 51. GAFFNEY CITY. S. C., FI?I DA Y, FEIIHI VKY 1, 1<S<>5. $51.00 A YEAR. ill Com plications of tho MoKlnley Providential Boom. or i i iHE CROP UI' KNIVES USSUEATHBO. Tba ann u Uunc o f « uutentlon D*- twoun Lcndorb<•! tiiu J’.irty In Power, t oruUcr .U< ti on to the t'Uu) ud It Developas. CoLt/MHt'S, O., January #).—The po litical situation in Ohio bait tukon on a »ow form. MoKinlevv is now tho recog’- nlzod caudidato for senator, and com plications of a probably serious nature emeuea. This mention of McKinloy's name In connection with the Ohio aenntorship •bus;!* surprise outside of the state. Tha outsido opinion has conceived him M haring his eye fixed solely on the preaiuouey, anil as bending’ all hb ener gies toward strengthen inf? himself at home and elsewhere for a sir.irdy ntrug- £V4 for that offl.e. Ifut it in said to he • fact that some of his home supporters want him to try also for tha sanator- •hip, and are sounduig sentiment on the Mbject throughout the state. This presentation of the matter is os id to hare made a decided impression ©« Governor McKinley. N/rtnirally he Wants to aJ vancc lib presidential boom Id every way. and is inclined to take the advice of his lieutenants a* to the •iwrs important details. Moreover, the atnatoraibp is fairly in thw line of his Odcavor. He does not consider that tkiveruor Koraker has any vsstcdrighM to tho premises. Then tliere Is the ♦jaestiou of possible failuro in the pres Moatiai oontest to ha considered. Tha Foraksr people, on the other interpret tills new McKinley ma- fosavur ass jfession of weakness en tbs part of McKinley. They believe that he is losing' faith in his presiden- TGTHfc PEOPLE OF THE bOUTH rrc«l<1oiit tlectur 1>. I.anc Writes oi the t.nro|)t'iui Cotton Speculators. Xr.vr Oulra\s, January 30. —Hon. Hector f). litine, of Alabama, president of the Amerlcnn cotton growers pro tective association, has furnished tho following significant memorandum for publication to tins people of the south : European speculators are m lay solllmi cot ton in Liverpool for delivery in October. JJo- tembtT, 1 icuomber, ISl'S. at a price ’ duivalent to about four ecnls oil farms In the south for middling or five eents at the ports. Hellevlng that another C fibO tCO or larger crop will be grown In America, which vv uhl Insure them a a profit of at h ast ono cent imt pound, whlota would mean to the farmer alamt throe cents at the railroad stations next autumn when cotton is moving in lar.’e volumes it Is le t to bo supposed that these shrewd Euroneua cotton peopio are aggressively selling the nentcrop at equal to four ecu is unless they tin to exi.i Uent reasons for believing that the .till plant for another in luster crop. They are eonlldi nt on luforuiution furnished them that Texas will not decrease Its acroage thereforo, behoving this to be true to such an extent that they will be aide Vo pay i a*.' k dur ing next fall the cotton they are now .eliing at much lower prices reallxin th reby hatidsi.me prollts. It ro ualhj with tho farmers and nton hunts ofthciouth to say whether tl . as •peculators wilt be i' rmitt ■ to is _p a golden harvest at of U tlons, towns, real c late and s cm lti< » of ti.e south. The above statement Is from tuo- o llc' .lly end I desire that It sliould l»o pis-si.i.ted to pwMic ;t. such through the press. Kespec.ifully, e!e., (Sirned) IlK' isot |>; Eask, Prea. Cotton Gioacm iq- tc tlve Ass'n. diV ir Three Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost at Soa. FULL STORV OF Tilt tLBt DISASTER. The t'olUslou lu the North That Car ried Heath to Many a Soul and Gloom ami Dlspair to Many a Family. f.oxnox, January 31.—Tho North Gorman Lloyd steamship Elbe, bound from Hremen for New York was sunk in a collision with a small steamer fifty miles off Lowestoft early yesterday, fsho carried 335 souls. Hut twenty-ono survivorshavo been lauded, but few others may still be ailoat in ono of tho ship's small bouts. At an early hour this morning the number of lives lost was given out as 350. The survivors of the wreck were landed at Lowestoft by tho fishing smack Wildtiower at 5:41 o’clock last evening. They are: Stollberg, third i '-y regard him n» soft place upon tUl prospects, ’ll looking about for Which to fall. Jlftatre first aud Inst are said to be in taitc a tangle. The Fornker peopio •var.t same ilaliuite expr<<asion from JleKlnlcy on the subject of the ama- •yrehln. He eauuot, ^iiey declare, wio- Bopolise party favor at hoaie. If he ta Sa the field for tin presi leutial nomi- ^atiou he must keep out of the fight for til® leuatorship. if lie want, tlie sen- atorship end into-nds to try for that, he o»f>! abandon his pre«hleutial aapira- ttons. They have asked for an early jrtply, and are awaiting it w*»>h tome Wi[*atience. lu the event that one doe* Bot coiue, or, aoiuiug. is not satiaiaeto- •f. the promise is that the wop of It ni v»* unsheathed and put to use will be the largest iu Ohio history. 5-PEAKLH CRIbP MUCH BETTER. AkbeviUc, K. C., V. here Ziv Urn litxu tteeupcmtiu^. , Wabmim:ton, January to.—A tule- grem hm. t^wn n eeived from Kpoaker wisp anmmheing that lie would leiive ArhevUie, N. where he hat been CKying for the j«st week, touight, firnclrt^ Wwsiiington in time to preside twrorrow. Hi* hoelth has bo improved that he is now aWe to UJ:e a two mile trail: daily without injurious effects. TVr sedentary life which the speaker led for several years made it impos- filble for him to exvielue without uk'ect- Isr his heart. FAIR’S WILL NOT YET FOUND. The staulin^ <if tlio Pn-cioitB Document tins Produced a Nutionu! Kcir.utiou. Sax FHANOItco, Cal., January 30.— All effort* to find the Senator James G. l air will, which ha> been stolen from the clerk's othoe. lias proved fu tile. Copies of tile will uru in the poi- sesslon of the attorneys but the aeeu- raey of the copie * ma r be ijuestioncd. The signature of . l air is also gone and cannot be produced for identuloa- Kun by vvitnei-.v’* on the io l ing of the executor’s petition n r tie a iniissioii of the will bo probate. Tho ••tealiug of the will has protlin od a ssrious dilem ma. The sun of .'senator i air is about to contest the vriii. on tin* •'■round of hiidut i:Uluene«. and incapacity, with the consent of the daughters. The ex ecutors have refused to produce other will* known to be am-ng Mr. lair's papers. He had a i: atilt for making nor, testament*. The children object to comparative • !r .::<p rd handling their lather's property u> a tru»i and wi*h to break tin.- vt; i. THE ALABAMA Hill Pruvidditf for the Sl.tldluT of stuck- liotdcrs UertiiiKdof Uailro^di Pavcrd. MotnooMKitY, Ala., Jeiumry .10. —Tho bouse yesterday na«.. ; c I vhc- bill to pro vide for tlie culling and holding of Stockholders lutt-.ling* of railroad oor- poratioiib iu certain ease* end regulat ing the voting, elect!’ n of oiliis-ru and transaetion of other businows at such meetings, it iiad aircaily passed the bcuate and now goes to the governor for hL. approval. A hard light was made on the bill, tho < pp "lenti. mak ing the point that it .va- intended to permit the Southern railv.ny to gain posscsbioii of the Ai„! uma Cj- -au Soutii- ern road in the face oi Hit lift tiial the (^ueblkwi was now in the court* of the State. DEATH IN AN EXPLOSION. ollioer; Neussel, first engineer: Weser, paymaster: Schulthiss, Linkmeyer and Sitting, assistant paymustors; Furfit, chief stoker; Vioobe, steward; Wan ning, Singer and Seibert, sailors; Dreson and Hatko, ordinary seamen; DeHardee, German pilot; Greenham, English pilot; Hofmann. Lugeu, Sehle- gel and Vovera, of Cleveland. <)., saloon passengers; Holtlieu, a steoragea pas senger, and Miss Annie Hucker. HolTman's home is in Nebraska. His wife and boy went down with the ship. All of them were In a pitiable condition. The passengers were but half clothed. Their few garments were frozen stiff, their hair was coated with ica. and anxiety ;md effort hud exhausted them SO completely that they had to be help ed ashore. The oitlecrs and sailors were fully' dressed but tihuir clothss had been divnehod ami frozen and they had bcuu almost [*«ralyx-id with cold and fatigue. They hud been a id lore three hours before they had recovered sufficiently to tcdl the story of the wreck. Their accounts agree upon the following points: Story of tL« Wrock. The Elbe left Hremen on Tuesday afternoon. The few hours of the voy age before the disaster were unevent ful. At 4 o'clock iu the morning tho wind wa. blowing very hard and a . tremendous sea was running, Tho LEGISLATURE, j morning was unusually dark. Various I steamers lights weru seen iu fill di$ THE STRIKERS ABIDE THE LAW. Hcookljm *treet Ualltrit/s' Ti-miliic* A. ••rrt Over n» to Pabllo Violence. Brooklyn’, N. Y., January 81.— More troops were withdrawn from tho streets of Brooklyn yesterday. All but a few companies of the Second brigade, were ordered from their pests to their armo ries and held there in reserve. Some of the regiments will probably be dis missed today. The Second battery broke camp and went home last eve ning. Tho withdrawal of the troops was the result of ft conference between Mayor Schieren and Brigadier General McLocr. They decided that the peace and quiet of the city was practically re stored and that the police could take care of such disturbances ns still con tinue. The strike itself is over. The places vacated by the O.OuO men who quit work on January 14, have nearly all been filled and every trolly line in the city was in operation yesterday. Thr strikers have directed their atten tion to proceedings before the attorney guneral at Albany to annul the charter of the Brooklyn Heights company and in addition have moved befor - 0 one court for a peremptory maudamus against the Atlantic avenue railroad to compel it to operate it* lines and before another court for the arrest of its pres ident and superintendent for violation of the ten hour law. MODUS VIVENDI IN FORCE. ft THY Finance Committee Can Agree Upon no Legislation. SO RKI.Ii:i HLASURE VET IN SIGHT. I'h* treaty lititlllort Iu the Hen* ate huit mjr sri iic.H Ijj t Lower IlraiH’li War of \Vor<*» Near L'uto n \V;ir In iU’itiliy* HONORED BY THE ENGLISH. OhArJ ATktuuluil I’rufcsrf-jr V,Kivot.t, of tiM» Htutc* <*V'oi'*i;iw.l Wabhixoton, January 33. —The gwo- hgicul boeivtj' of i.ondon Las eoi if erred 4;e Bigs by medal upon I'rofoHnrr < has. R. Walcott, ilii’toetor <.-f tbv I’nitod geological survey, In neogni- oi iiuporUint bcrvicofa l>y fchn to geology and paleontology. Bro- .i Nlcott will not be iu L-.i.idou at fbc formal presentation oil Ft bi aary W. but the American ambaCafid.u’, or his representative, Is expecud to be present and accept the medal hi hie Whalf. An KmUiTM Judicial DLtrtet fur CUorKfa. Wabhing jon, January 80. The house ^diciury committee lias ordeied favor ably reported the bill of Inr. l>*wbon, of Georgia, ereutingun LusttM’u judi-. Lul Alsiriet for Georgia. 'i'Jie new district t to lie coinpoaud of the eoautie* *»f iak«, Clarke, Libert, Franklin, S re«-ne, Habersham. Hail, Jaekson, lurguu. Madison, Oglethorpe, Our,nee, Hid \Tatii.ou. Froprlclur and CU-rii in u iiica^u tSoIoi tiiilt-d in iIk< C'eltnr. Ciucago, January 30. As the result of an explosion of gaaoline in ’.Leeet- lar of Gayuor s hotel at the cornor of Canal and Adams street at 3:30 yester day John Wal*h was burned t<> death and Wilham 1 raucui so badly burned hv will die. Walsh was the proprietor ai ilia hotel and Francis the night eler.:. Ill victim, wen. riu> the cel lar taking with Ulema ;i; hu il candle, an of gas w >lch The Haim: cane too neur :i oline and a terrific exjilo.ao.i threw the two ui>‘:i many feet away uud M.t the building or. tire. He lived but a f,.\v luioiite- inter being brought out. SUICIDED IN A HAPPY HOME. Aod Gwvernoi AttaelO V. IU 4<-nviit. Ft. J/oris, Mo., January hj. The fBatemeut hs made by one of the niof.t prominent labor leaders in the I nite'l ^Uttes that the pooition of president of the Universal Labor Union which is iu process of organization would ^ tendered to Governor Altgeld, of il- ola, within the next few weeks. Zi fc khto understood that he will ucc«pt. IjjdiuJLifi u( Um YvhH«i Hr»uh**. Wabiiington.. Jan aery 50.- iti’- presentutive i'ieklor of South Ihikota •H’orted to tile Whi.e Gojv- ye'.terday t delegation of Yurikton Sioux imlians, kn jjaint and f Athei-a, who talked over Willi the i’rv ddent the agency nJPtdrs, i^d complained of the arbitrary oondunt •f thuir ageifit. J, A Smith. ixiclaiiiulty Douiaintc.l Srom 1 nrlicy. London. January 30. The Timen h'M • dispach from <ionst iulinople nu;, in e’.l r rhiiip Currie hut. demu ;dcd from Tur |iey uu indemnity of ifeftn for the ariest •f a British Wesleyan udselomiry. Tho fommiesiou of inquiry lield a prellmi- rifiry sitting iu Moosh. tDueaa of 5ira. I.nuia '.-..tiui I'l-ivv-; llri* to llu'ov. 1.1 f** In i iii «V mils. Nii.rii. O.. Junuarv ::*) -Air*. I.ouia Hahui. a prominent church lady of this city, stoo 1 before a uiirrm’ yesterday uud blew her brain* our with a pistol. The Ir.dy had I »‘eii ill for some oi mth* but whan her husband left her yeater- 6*}' moruiug she appeared in good Nfhritx.. lie had not ri^ielicd tiie gate when the report of the pistol was heard. Rushing into the house lie f. and his wife dead and her Lillie baby eryinar in her aim*. J U DG E*t> PENSION RESTORED!, Plo to tlt«3 J drist. Tli«- A«iou:it AV Abiii.soi’oN. January i!0.—Judge Bindley, of the district .supreme court yesterday rend- red a decision that the pension oMee h .d i o right to re tuee the pem.ioa o. .Judge Long, of the Mieldgan supiem * court and Lmcd a niandainus on the eomiuis*iouei of Dem.ioub directing him to . iore Judge Long’s peiUiion to the ori, nal figure. Cblua NiaaliHtiug lor n Go!»l l.u -n. London. .Jautiai’v 8,t. A dispatch U> the C’clilrul News say., that Ciiii a i* xu. got luting for a gold loan of J.t’iNi.O’JO Kiuuds at six \m‘ cent through the f XXu -N*i!«i.»: ( otor«;a i WAMUlNUfox, Janui ^t-ffer has jn ei hfcmicrojsiy si, rlters, i-stal ‘ Luiw. golA - ’ * Jong Kong and Shanghai bauk. More Golrt Kuuity for Ilx.iurt. I’liii./.Di.i nijA, I’u., January 30.-^- GoM coin to the amount of • i.Oua was yesterday diipped from tho I'liL- adelphiu mint to the New York buIi- truusury. BRIEF NEWS BY WIRE. Assistant tkei’etary McAdooinspected the fleet at Fort Monr. «• 'fur. dav J he steam L..hii, J.!,d. ,a tijc ’ike till; can’lCi' Art \<W) tlons. showing that ma near by. The captain cd that rockets ahou regular intervals to v ktmp out of the Kibe near to *5 o’clock and t titty in tie* off Low.* folk, whoa the looko steamer of about 1,(1 lug. lie gave the vror caution, the number doubled and they wore intervals. The wuruiti effect. The steamer ea, checked spo*d and b could change lier coun •peed noticeable, there crash of the collision hit abaft her engine n small steamer wrenched' uious hole was left in The water poured tl into the eng’ine rooir room tilled uhnoutj giue* wore still to bsttle. Tint Ufc The jwssongcri bitter cold ed an early o \fi, officers and ~i wli .n the all ji and eraati p % steerage was ^ ** men, women i _. or in their nil V ' 0 *, , v* v nig up tlie cejii 'J, ^ heard th* sou. ^ ^ the other stca.infO %y ' felt the Elba )^ ' had prasped ‘-'i v \- lifoordeatl '' u uvan hud They elun| the cold uud help or prayed on tnTMr knee* for dc- liverance. The otlleerv and crew were calm. For it few moments they went among tJ.’e terror-stricken groups try- iug' to quiet them and encouraging them to hope that the vessel miglit be saved. It \vu: soon apparent, however, that the Elbe was settling steadily. The officer* were convinced that the was about to founder and gave orders to lower the bouts. Tij.* ’.Vurlt o' tho It xctie. In a short time three bouLs were got ulongsid •. bill the seas were breaking over the steuner wit h great force and the first l>oat was swamped before any body could ;rel into it. Tlie other two boat*, lowered at about the same time, were dll” t quickly with members of the crew and s .me passengers, but the number was email iw the bout* hud only tw. i ly per out each. The boat carrying the twenty-one persons who were landed ut Lowestoft, put off in such haste from the sinking steamer tha 4 . nobody in it noticed what became of the other boat. The survi vors believe, however, tiiat bhe got away safely. The stcainsliip company has deferred iU> decision aw to sending’ the survivorB to Now York. In unswor to a dispatch from the United press, the North Ger man Lloyd sent this official statement fr m Bremen last night: ’ The third olltcer of llic t'.lljc r.-poi’Di from I,..*. Mott that U.i vef »*1 was struck on the pert stile in the way cull room I > uu unknown •it n.ier ninklii/ lu twenty minutes. Stormy a. .’tc . winch in . irter. Hop. n second boat Wlii.di who k.v.'i‘,ed rniiv 1;* safe, as several I -'..iw ■ . i iUI.I n Ki.'.u:.”: i I-, ir. i.’ie vicin- I'V i. ; ’! M.i| Hi.c: ■. -r.. ik i.a done thirl * ,i\ . .m'iIi ■ ,.,ve life. 'Abut Itetween Spain end the United ttaies to be 1 turnediuteljr Knforced. Washington, January Bl.—Secretary Gresham understands that the modus viveudi between Spain and the United States, which passed the senate at Madrid yesterday, will go into effect j immediately. The text of the bill pro posed by the Spanish government as published officially in Madrid, is as fol lows : The government Ik author! .ed to apply to the j products end manufacture!- of the United t State* which, coming from the port , of the j United Slates, are admitted lino the poi’i.- in Cuba ..ad Porlo Hico, the wcond column of t!*- , customs duties in force in Culm, and Porto | rtico. in return for the United States applying j their lowest duties to the products of tho soil j amt industry of Culm an ! Purl. Kic.i. Th» modus vivendi tvIU remain in force until j • rt”?!nite treaty is eoacludcl between th<- two Countries in;..rested, or until one of them uu- : nounccs, thi-co months In advance, the day ou which it wishes to put an end to it. (Signed) Ali-jasduo cuoizaud, Minister of Stal l. This action of Spain iu restoring the lower,t rate* of duty to American pro ducts Ik a complete Burreiide;' to the contention of t^g^ iipd St.it*-.-. tiiat as long as we I it ^inate against lj(> / );| were entitled reyGU clause to the Llofore. Failing in tes was prepared .provision of the UTEMALA. g r bicara- 11 P* with yjj.'m an >> event * used istel- . here, having and gov- ) official .j.ent lias rnof such would ea’fust ris- ! against ' , XIION. vperty In a ^The boil- j er house i up last wrecking the incry. Coney in the ruins, ician, and Htigh posed to be dead John Brown and res, and a visitor Scaped with serious head and body. It is ’that V’alrou cannot recover, he building and machinery were val ued at Sh r >0,000. The explosion wil! ser iously interfere with tho street railways of Denvers. Washington, January 31.- At the earliest moment after the opening of the house yesterday, Mr Latchings re ported from the committee on rules a resolution for the eonsideratiou of the Rciily Pacific railroad funding lull. It provided f<e general debate from the adoption of tlie resolution until 3 o’clock today. Today ;, session to be gin at o'clock, debate on the live minute rule to continue until 4:30 o’clock when the vote on the bill will be taken mid pending amendments. The older giving today to the commit tee on the District ot l olumhia was ab rogated and Friday set apart for busi ness from that committee. A remarka bly acrimonious debate followed. The resolution and the committee on i ales were violently attacked for unduly re stricting debate by Boatncr. an I a number of others. The colloquy was conducted with much gesticulation and denunciation, and pounding of the speaker’s gavel, and was finally ended only by the efforts of the sergeant-at- arms. The demand for the previous ques tion on the passage of the resolution was seconded by a vote of 133 yea* to 131 nays, and then before tho desired vote was taken upon the passage of the resolution, a modification was accepted by Mr. Uatebings. and it was agreed to by unanimous corisi nt. As adopted the resolution provided for general debate up to adjournment of today’s session, which shall begin tit 11 oelock, and in whatever lime the committee on the District of Columbia shall not occupy of Friday's session. Saturday’s session, also beginning at 11 o’clock, shall lie devoted to the consideration of the bill under the five minutes rule until 4:30 o'clock when tlie vote shall be taken on its passage. A house bill was passed authorizing th* chief oilicia! of any state penitenti ary or jail L> open the mail of a prison er which he has mi-on to believe is in tended L • be derogatory to the discip line of the instiuuion. No 1 itiiiiicht: LavpHlution Frobahle. If there had been any lingering hope left that the finance committee of tlie senate would be able to agree upon some measure of financial relief at tlie present session, such hope was definite- dispclled in the course of the discussion which hr nice out immediately after the reading of the journal yesterday. One of the leading democratic mem bers of that ei mm!Coe, Senator Vest, of Missouri, in presenting resolutions of tlie St. Louis merchants cvchance favor ing legislation on ihe lines of the presi dent's recent message, took a firm stand against any such legislation, and expressed the opinion that the mer chant's exchange had not given proper courderation to the subject, and did not represent tlie in’etligent opinion of a majority of the people of .Missouri. ^<*n;itur Opinion. Senator Sherman expressed the saint* opinion, saying that the committee on finance was ulierly helpless to deal with the questiou and that the best thing that th-.’ soiuue e ntld do would be to di-charge the committee from its further eoasiil ration, take up tlie ques tion itself and give the necessary re lief to the country. After the subject was dropped the senate proceeded to the consideration of executive buainea and having rati fied tile Japanese treaty, adjourned at 4:05 p. m. ITALIANS SFLK OTHER CLIMES. INDUSTRIAL CONDITION SOUTH. Iiidkatluiig of a (ieuuntl JtevlviU In the I.umhcr fndutitrjr. Chattanooga, Tenn., January 80.— The Tradesman, in its report on tlie in dustrial condition of the south for the week ended, says: That Its Information from all the Important lumher points in the southern state.-! Indicates that the revival in the lumber industry Is now a certainty. Favorable reports are rocelvcd from many manufacturers who are running to their full capacity, vTlth orders ahead. Prices are firm and an early advance is probablo owing to light stocks on hand and to the stead ily increasing demand. C<al Is quiet, with* continued large output, and with no accumula tion of stocks. Iron is unchanged. Produc tion com iuucs to be large, uud t hi f’.irnacrtaen report grepartions for increaski# the supply. New cotton mill companies are reported m having been organized during the week at Hickory, N. C., with *5iiO.(KjOcapital; ut Green ville. S. with ii&UWO capital; oae to cetA $150.Mn>at Albany, Ua.: n ssj.OOO one at Ozark. Ala. and others at llarneKviUe. oa., and Chat tanooga. Tenn. WISES WilO’l) VOTE The Kntioual Convention of th# Fomnle Suffrufeista On. SURAS ASTHOSY WIELDS HIE (AYEL THE EFFECT OF THE MESSAGE. Speculation Takes ill the Iteception Ac cord* d the Paper in UotiarcM. Cult ago, January 80. — Speculation takes ill the reception accorded to 1’resident Cleveland's message by con gress. There is if feeling of uueasinoas and unre.-it in all the board of trade markets for tiiat season. Tlie weak- nes- resulting was more pronounced than at any time since the present long term of depression set in. The last hour of the session was given over to covering of ’’shorts” which rallied prices to a fair extent. The routine news had little effect on the trade. The universal opinion being that sta- j tisties would not avail until something ; definite was accomplished in tho direo- i tion of relief for tho general business j situation. PAPER PROTECTS ITS STAFF. C'&iicliiriutI Tritium' < orrmpn.-i U nr Arroftt- <’tl lor i llhitf < < rtriln Nows Cincinnati, January 8'). Advices to , the Tribune Iron) Mount Sterling, Ky., are to th” effect that J. C. Moffett, its staff correspondent, will be indlutod today for writing letters concerning tlie border war on In tint county. Cir cuit Judge Cooper is .aid to have yes terday demanded that the grand Jury indict him. The exact nature of the Judge's objection^ cannot bo learned. The Tribune has dispatched lawyers and bondsmen to Mount Sterling and will protect Moffeit to the utmost ex tent. PURCHASE CHECK A LOTTERY. Ituliiii; of Assiatuut Atlumoy (if ut; ml ThomuM, oi the PoKtoBleo I!<”>:»ftniont. Washington, January 80. Assistant Attorney General Thomas, of the post- office department, has decided that a merchant who gives to each purchaser £1 worth of goods a numbered check aud places numbered cheek* iu a. music box to be given as a prize to the party holding the check having tho corre sponding number to the number in tho box is guilty of running a lottery scheme. LAV/ AS TO TRAIN V/RECKERS Capital 1'uuUlnurut If Dvatb Kcsuita iu,- prlaonuieiit Othurwlsc. Wahiiingtox, January 81.—Tho house commerce committee yesterday agreed to report 1'avorabfy the bill punishing train wrecking and train robbery. Where death results from the wrecking of a train with intent to plunder, the crime shall be punishable by death. The bill provide.* for puuibhiiicut l>v imprisonment of from I to 3(1 years where death docs not result. Tlie pro visions of the to all lines of railway under the jurisdiction of tlie inter s'at.’ commerce commission and trains carrying the United States mails. 8UPPRE83ING WAR NEWS. Kotlilnj; Jlut onn-ial rubllCMtloiiB Allowed In Colombia. Codon, Columbia, January 81.—A de cree has been issued prohibiting the publication or transmission of any thing but official news ox tho revolu tion of the republic of Colombia. The British warship Pelican has sailed and the probability of the United State* cruiser Atlanta leaving this port is causing much anxiety among tho for eign population. ZXuti.lri ilj of Thrm tto; i’ian.Jiilous of j,oi.isI nirt. Ki:w Ditt.r.vNS, January 81. affiir '1'lic I FAMOUS AS A TURFMAN. Drutii of Frank I.. Noble, tho Hero of tin. Huston Turf ScunUaL Guam* Ravi ns, Mich,, January 30.— Frank 1,. Noble, a well known citizen of this city died here yesterday. Mr. Noble was formerly the owner of the famous trotting staliion, Aloyou and was the hero of the celebrated Beacon Park, Boston turf scandal, when him self and his horse were ruled off the American turf for throwing the great stallion race between Aloyou and Nel son. ANOTHER BANKER’S MISTAKE. Kx-t it.lii.-r of tho i'lrtit National, of Lima, Churaert With SItsupproprUitions, Lima. O., January 80. -Charles M. Hughe-, Jr., ex-cashier of the First National Bank of this city, was arrest ed by a deputy United States marshal of Toledo last night on a charge of mis appropriating S14l),000 of the funds of the First National bank. The t.ffieer took Hughes into custody at his home. He was taken to Toledo. The hearing was set for next Friday. lAt'ireiit Attemluncv ut U.o Opening Session fu the Illittory of tiiu <Irguiiizution. AIXunlu Fillt'rt With '.Yusuen of Tluit l altli. Atlanta, January 31.- -The twenty- •cventb annual eonvontiun of the Na tional Americaii Wniiiairs Nnfirage as- eociatiou convened at 10 o'clock this morning iu DeGivos op ra bouse, and will continue live days. The meeting this morning was devoted to the formal I opening of tlie convent.on, the reports committee-and .: ne eio ! of short Sildresae* < n eonv.tb i ui ganiz.J.ion. ! This evening Nus .i: L. Anthoiiy. presi- I dent of the os.->ociation, will deliver her annual address Dora ’’.helps liuell, f *f Colorada, will also deliver “A Messaga from the Rocky Mountains,” and Uliza- i both U. Yates, of the prohibition stats of Maine, will tell of tlie "Nigns of th* | Times.” Tomorrow evening the Rev. Anna ! Howard Shaw, of Pennsylvania, will , speak about “The Homo, tlie Taproot of the State,’ and. General Robert R. Hemphill, of South Carolina, will tell about “Woman in South Carolina.'’ ; Alice Stone Blackwell, of Massaehw | setts, will, during the same evening, deliver an address on “Strongholds ol Opposition;’’ Caroline U. Merrick, ol | Louisiana, will discus.-) “Woman as a ! Subjoat; - ’ Elizabeth LysloSaxon, “Ciub \ Life Among Southern W'omen.” and I.illio Devereux Blake, of Now York, will rend a paper on tho subject, "Wife, Mother and Citizen.” Saturday evening, Josephine LC. Hen ry, of Kentucky, wiil speak on tho “Woman Suffrage in the South;’’ Mary C. Francis, <>f Ohio, on “The Next Phase of the Woman Question;” t'ari’io L. Chapman Cott, of New York, on ! “Eternal Justice,'’ and addresses uu ap propriate topic by id,; ,md J. Colton Lynes. of Cn,rgi:i, ami Henry C. Hain- , mond, of Georgia. It will bethe first ima ting the VV’o- meu SulTragist* h ive over held in the south ami though Atlanta ha* never hot n in cordial sympathy with tho movement that brings them to this city, they will be given a rousing re ception ami tiv.ited with marked de monstration* of rotpectand courtesy. The ca ning of the convention to At lanta is line to the effort* of three sis ters, Mi** II. Augusta Howard, tho prcsidont of the state association; Mrs. Claudia Howard Maxwell, and Mrs. Marion Howard !)ui!o.„j. All of them lire young ladies and they rank among the brightest members of the associa tion. Among tho delegate, are several mexj who are loyal and active members o< the association. Each session of the oonv nition will be opentvl with prayer. The Jewish lluhhl will invoke tin divine blessing upon the meeting ttii* evening. INACCURATE STATISTICS. Fotith Uukotu’ri Stittc klr\utr% A to i5i* in l .rwtv. Abkhpkkn. S. 1'., January 31. -There is great dissatisfaction throughout tho Btate wilt the last governnient report relative to agriculture in South Dakota. The report, it i« alleged, is grossly in accurate in say ing that, farmers raised as many acres of wheat in isfi.’i as in 1894 and les* than half the acreage of corn. The state officials say the fact# are that for four years past fanner# have been turning their efforts toward | diversification, and in ls'J4 the acreage | of corn iu Nouth Dakota was increased i fully 6tl per cent, while that planted to I wheat was decreased. PRESIDENT’S INTEREST IN ART. Steamship Montebello, which is engag ed in transp! . tiitiui: of fruit from Pal ermo. 1 ta 1, to thi; port will weigh an chor her. today, wi’.li at least 500 pas sengers on board. ’] he list wiil be coin- po* d entirely of Italians, who emi grated to Louisian’.! in order *o secure work on sugar plantations, hut now, owning to the destruction of tho bounty found then . wages cut to fifty cents a day, and in conscqiu-n >■ are unable to live on earnings so m agio. It is said that ii general unrest prevails among nil the lliiliniiK who have recently ar rived at this port and it is expected that within thirty days 1,000 of them wiihtdiip from here to .some ot her eoun- thr time j are more prosper- ALABAMA. Hulls The Hot tie M.s.uge Work of «* .1 ok or. TiIIsstk. January 80.—The German warship Stein, whicb was reportoti through tne metiium of a note i nelosed in it lloating bottle, to be sinking, is lying in this harbor, where she has been since last Thursday. Nothing has happened to her. It is surmised that some joker on board tho Stein set the bottle afloat. try wher. ous. THE CuLLISlUiN IN I’olltleal Factions tho Trouhlo. ],oX!m<n, January 30.- The Globe, in an article bumming up the situation in France and America, says tho grave troubles of the two greatest republics in the world are an object lesson to England. Both republics, the Globe say*, are .suffering from the splitting up of their political parties into fac tions. Tin) jer; lu lh«: gad th ton is ary ; oh rd ;v ;ip t 5iLryj / ««•« tor \ I’D V. A.Slits - !< a I! a,- *e- i of Lu d- ate has eonfirmed the Deter H. A r.nuv to i> to*--’ a! *. d t ! * i\ . o A-a.Ov^.,.: *a. »i)i , <.f (i.-ii.i(l.. Conin-mert Jai'Uiii” 'I. Tin feen- i uininatiiMis of >ilet lor of ei4H- Ui: 1 < leorgu at -L-i'.*,,, Va. Sixty ThotiMiturt Ihillum la (lolrt Fomoi. Jackbon. Miss, January 81.—Sixty thousand dollars lu gold was found yesterday by Jesse J. D:cw at bis saw mill near Nolhindale, Wa; hlngtou county, ’i iic treasure Is aupposed to have been bunded during the civil war by Captain Barelleld. Two 1 rcitilit I rain!. I uiliile Near i tut ion—No Fatal I:«;kuIL 'Li s.-.w.oosa.AIu., January 81. -There was a head-.’ii i toliisioii betwa-en two frcigiit train* near Hiilis N.atioii this morning. Tiirou;.'h some misiake the bouth-hound train failed to receive or ders to side-track and the trains met on a curve. The crew* of both trains jumped and saved there lives, although several were injured. Both of the en gines anti twelve ears were demolished tindas many more were wrecked. (j.'iicrul <HU at th White Mouse. Washington, Jumiury 81. Brig. Gen. E. S. Otis, eomman ling the Department of the Columbia, called at the White House thi* morning, in company with Kccrctary Lament, and had a short in terview with the President. He return to his post at Vtiucouvers rucks. Washington, about the ci the week. Th . < • . a- N';.\v Yoi.k. J, cotton > ”" i . s for M ill Plant 1,000 Acres of Tobacco. Qi im y, Fla., January 30.— Owl cigar company has made extensive prepara tions for the cultivation of tobacco this year. All of the company’s barns have been torn down, and improved ones built. The company will plant 1,900 acres, a larger part of which will bo planted with Nt .atra tobacco. Kcilut Iok Force in thu Pension Oillce. Washington, January 80.—On Thurs day next the force of the census office will will he wh as n« Mjcnor Trentfinovc, tiro Italian Sculptor. la Consultation With Clovclanil. Washington, January 81.—Accompa nied by Senator Mitchell, of Wisconsin, Signor Trcntanove, the talented young Italian sculptor, called ye*terday on the president. After a pleas;'.at inter view during which the president mani fested much interest in art. Signor Trcntanove left with him a photo graphic representation of ids model of the statue of Pore Marquuttc, which i# to be one of the state of Wisconsin’s contributions to the national hall of statuary, and for which he received the commission oyer fourteen competitors. WILL THERE BE A BREAK? Report That Postmaster Uctic-rul Itl-scll YYIli Leave the Cabinet. New York, January 31.—A Washing ton dispatch to tii# Evening Dost says: “The first break in tho Cleveland cabi net is about to occur. Postmaster Gen eral Bissell will retire from the head of his department with the present ses sion of congress. Current report says that William L. Wilson, of West Vir ginia, will succeed him, but it is denied in high quarters that any choice of a successor has been made by tlie presi dent. Mr. Bissell has absolutely re fused to discuss tho subject in any of its phases for publication.” Reported English Navy Increase. London, January 31.—The Pall Mali Gazette saY’s that the naval pro- « < . u;, - ‘Very rcnie- ,H flllllily .Til: I let Ur«>i;u!i l>cu<l!r>«)i UmiruEeu. Ii M.i.M, 1,’ro., January 81. 'i'hG) , '\\.i* iioehangu In tha ocnaioila! *.tuaUun Iw/Avnluy. t > •'* puim., * iWYfv »tca,ly at’H r„ r prices I l.y'o,,^ d; night. but h °"g fri-i. r dubiug lufolj tri,, 'i mill '"‘ZUlur si/,