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OAFFNEY CITY, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY ID, 18D5.
*1.00 A YEAR.
IS SOUTH CAROLINA
Condensed Nows of Interest
Throughout the State.
ALL IS NOW Ol’IET AT GREENVILLE.
RIO GRANDE ON A BOOM.
The Nejjroim Aro Peartiful, nnil tlio
1.) nrliorg'Will lie Caught, If l*u,sll)le.
Other Intere.tliig Nov,,
Through the State.
Com*.Mill A, S. C., .luly 17.—(ireenvillo,
tr. o .scetu* of yesterday's lynching anti
excitement, is perfeetly quiet. The ne
groes held a mass meeting in the court
house last night ridiculing the fear that
they would attempt to injure the peo
ple of (Ireenville, declaring that their
pride in the progress of the town was
as great as any of its white citizens,
declaring their intention of waiting pa
tiently for their rights and to avoid as
sociation with low whites, the n eg roe's
worst enemy, who “should be held as
too low for negro companionship."
Court opened there yesterday and the
judge charged the grand jury to use
every power to have the lynchers
brought to justice, and at the mass
meeting last night, the foreman of the
grand jury promised the negroes tha*
this would be done. The city of
(ireenvillo has offered a reward of s-i.y>
for the arrest of any of the lynchers.
NEGROES INCENSED.
I.j'ix'licd Negro ^ oulil llnvc ITstalillsIit'd n
ricii of Sclf-Dcfrnsi-.
CoMMUlA. S. ('., July 17.^—The ne
groes in (ireenvillo are greatly excited
over the lynching of Ira Johnson which
took place yesterday, liis lawyer says
he could have established a clear ease
of self defense.
They want to lynch a white prisoner
in jail charged with the murder of a
white mail, for retaliation. One mili-
*ta*rj’company is guarding the jail and
aitf/ther is under arms at its armory.
Johnsotfdigd been carefully guarded,
but as lynching'hirrr had
subsided the- -vlgtlrwu-e-- was relaxed'.*
That was wlflft theiyncl.ers were wait
ing for.
BASEBALL IN A ROW.
blutliigulHlieil Oivlne Di-nd.
Columbia, S. C. July 17. —Rev
Hopkins, 1). 1)., editor of the Lutheran
Visitor, author of Howkins' Catechism
and one of the most eminent divines
in the Lutheran church, died at his
home in Newberry county yesterday
from the effects of a stroke of paralysis,
received two weeks ago. He had served
churches in Georgia, South Carolina,
Virginia, and Maryland.
South Carolina’s Tobacco Kitilhlt.
Com - ’.in A, 8. C., July 1*>. Commis
sioner Roche, who is in charge of the
Atlanta exposition exhibit in this state,
returned to the city yesterday after a
tour among the counties of Darlington,
Florence, etc. He says the tobacco
growers are preparing to arrange fora
big exhibit of tobacco in all its stages
and forms. He expects this to be one
of the features of the South Carolina
exhibit.
Dtown Out at Sea.
Jacksonvillb, Fla., July 17.—John
Lawson, of Etzuma, Bahama Islands,
reached St. Augustine yesterday after
drifting about in an open boat since
June 18. On that date be was blown
out to sea with but scant supply of pro
visions and water. When he beached
his boat on Auastatia island, he was
exhausted. He is nearly blind from
exposure and is in a pitiable condition.
I.jrncbed for Murder.
Cot.i'miiia,, S. C., July 16.-At i o’clock
yesterday morning Ira Johnson, the
negro, who, one week ago murdered
young Erank Langford at Piedmont.
Greenville county, because lie told him
to put up r. pistol be had drawn on
Langford's companion, was taken out
of the Greenville jail, conveyed a mile
out of town and hung.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Laurens is to have a new bank.
Green woo I hud a big bicycle meet on
Saturday.
The South Carolina summer college
is having an interesting session at Co
lombia.
A negro fire bug has been captured
Jingiilnirg. Il<- is said to have se’.
buildings.
nf Orangeburg county are
■iKUimpmodt in Orangeburg
''•iieing ' M August . r >
new cotton factory at Gutinuy,
rapidly approaching completion itid
will contain iO.OUO spindles and i.oou
looms.
I’orMona of Kl ]’aso Inundated nnd the
Texan Crop* Suffer.
Ei. Paso, Tex., July 18.—The Rio
Grande is pouring a greater Hood of
water into this valley than for many’
years before. It has steadily risen for
several days, and last night jumped up
nearly a foot, covering a large part of
the lower town. The houses in this
section of the town arc chiefly of abode
of unburned brick, and as the water
surrounds them they melt away. Al
ready more than a score of them have
succumbed to the water, and many
families have taken refuge in the
houses of their friends on the hill and
higher grounds. The Texas and Pa
cific Railroad shops and round house,
the International Smelting Company's
works, and Harrett it Tyler's brick
yards are all surrounded by water; also
three dairies are flooded.
It is reported that the overflow in the
valley in Yalek, near the town of Yalelc
and San Flisaris, is doing great damage
to crops. Not less than 10U houses
have been swept away’, and many poor
Mexicans are left homeless. There is
no telling what course the channel of
the river will take before the Hood sub
sides. Floods like the present one al
ways change the bed of the river, and
it is believed Uncle Sam will lose miles
of territy by the river moving farther
northeast. Information from San Mar
cia), Mexico, is to the effect that the
river is still rising.
A CASE OF MYSTERIES.
Visiting and Lorui N«*grot*8 (jo to Shoot*
ing Uirh Otlior.
Gin:i swoon, S. July 18.—A large
negro excursion was in town yesterday
from Clinton and there was a match
game of ball. At the end of the second
inning a riot was inauguarated and
pandemonium prevailed. There was a
perfect fusillade of pistol shots in the
dense crowd of negroes. A Clinton
tough anil a Greenwood outlaw started
nKc ••lot. Silas Roden of Clinton was
liot iii tlie leg and badly wounded in
the head. Dan Hester, a bystander,
was .shot through the thigh. Albert
Gilbert, our outlaw, was not hurt, hut
will not escape the town council.
Karim-rn Alliance Klecllnn.
Wai.tkuiioko. 8. C., July 17.—The
quarterly meeting of the county Far
mers' Alliance was held at Waltcrboro
Saturday. The annual election of offi
cers resulted as follows: L. E. Parlcr,
president; D. \V. Heaton, vice presi- .
dent: C. .1. Allen, secretary; 11. L. Win
terly, treasurer; J. D. Kisher, chaplain;
J. P. Minus, lecturer; W. N. Campbell. !
assistant lecturer; G. C. F. Kizer, door
keeper; J.N. Sheridan assistant door
keeper; Fitzhugh Purler, sergeant-at-
arms, ( apt. L. E, Parler was elected a
delegate to the annual meeting of the
State Alliance.
I* llio I'ntleiit Crazy, nr Han lie ( nniinlt-
t ch On a or Two Murder*?
Ocai.a, Fla., July is.—Some time ago
a man giving his name as Pat I lax ley
came here to be treated for cancer by
Dr. Drown, the specialist, liaxley said
he was-from Georgia. The cancer grew
worse, eating into the left eye. Last
night it had reached the brain and lie
alarmed the guests at the hotel by-
shrieking that he had committed mur
der in Georgia and that officers were
after him to hang him. He also said
his real name was "Dr. Wilkerson" and
again that it was "Robert Jones." The
frenzied man then ran out into the
darkness and disappeared. He was
heard from today 10 miles away but
when he saw men approaching him he
fled into the woods. Dr. llrown says
the cancer has reached the brain and
the man will soon die. He thinks the
cancer, working on the brain, has stir-
red the memory of an old crime. liax
ley was very reticent about his Geor
gia home, giving no post oflice address.
AGREED TO DISAGREE.
Tim fitrpcl Wt-itvcr* an-Out Mini til* Mill*
Mh)' be Cloteil Down.
Piui.aDKi.i’iiiA, Pa., July IS.—The is
sue in the light between the manufac
turers and their striking ingrain carpet
weavers is now clearly defined. The
men have refused the proposition of
the manufacturers to continue work at
the present rate of wages until Decem
ber 1st, when the asked for increase of
7 ! , percent, would be granted and the
oflicers arc oiually determined not to
accede to the demand for an increase at
once. Thomas llromley. Jr.. Secretary’
of the mannfaeturers committee said
yesterday that if the men did not re
turn to work at present wages the
manufacturers would shut their mills
down. The strikers have been depend
ing on the large orders on hand to force
the manufacturers to terms. This
hope seems futile, as Mr. llromley said
that the carpet, dealers with whom
they have contracts have agreed, in
nearly every instance, to absolve them
from their contracts.
IS MRS. NOBLES INSANE?
Sho I* I’lai-ed In a Strnii;li< •iMc'tct ami Ha*
Kx<'lt«‘<i Some 8yi*n»!itl»y.
Ati.anta, Ga., July is.—A special to
the Constitution states that Mrs. No
bles who was convicted in Twiggs
county last week of murdering her hus
band has been placed in a jacket. She
was removed to the jail in Macon for
safe keeping until the day of execution.
Within the last few days she has be
come violent and has torn her clothing
to shreads. A movement has been
started by tin- women of the state to
save Mrs. Nobles and a strong petition
will be presented to the Governor for a
Commutation of the sentence to life im
prisonment.
SHEPPARD TO APPEAL.
A not her Sort Ion of the IMupriotary Kaw to
KO to t be Supremo t ourt.
Coi.t'MMIA. S. €., July 18. —The neces
sary funds, about S800, have been rais
ed by popular subscription to carry the
case of William Sheppard, the white
man sent to the penitentiary by Judge
Townsend, to the United States su
preme court. Sheppard's attorney,
John McMaster, will probably ask the
chief justice of that court to release
Sheppard on habeas corpus.
• I lie I’aper Maker*' Trouble
Appi.k.ton, Wis., July 18.—The water
run in the paper-making district of
Fox River from Menasha to Deeper,
which has been strained for many
weeks, was brought to a crisis yester
day by an order from the Secretary of
War, shutting off the use of any water
whatever for power purposes until the
watt r is raised above twenty inches, to
the crest of Menasha dam. The loss to
this valley by the shut-down is 3l‘J,00()
a day in wages, 880,000 in value of pro
duct, with six thousand men out of em
ployment. The duration of the shut
down is problematical.
The Muicrs All (Jiilt.
Ihiipi mino, Mich., July 18. -The
striking miners closed the Winthrop
mine last night and stopped the steam
shovels at those mines operating them.
Ore was shipped freely yesterday but
none will be sent to lake ports today.
'I he men are holding mass meetings but
they have no organization and their
chances for success in securing higher
! wages are remote. Everything has been
j quietly eondueted thus far. Companies
i have not asked for help from loeal or
county officers and say they are willing
Vo wait until men arc ready to return Vo
I work* ~ -
CRUSHED BY WALLS.
Falling Upon Thom Without a
Moments Warning.
THE WORLD'S GRANARY.
nvo ARE HILLED, MANY WOUNDED.
The Origin of the Klro Unknown—May
Have Occurred From a Lighted
Cigar—The I.oste* Will he
About 8250,000
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 18.—A fatal
fire in the main part of the shipping
quarter of the city resulted in the in
stant death of two firemen and the
probable fatal injury of a half dozen
others. The fatalities were caused by
the falling of the walls of the burning
buildings. The dead are:
Captain Healy, pipeman, Jack Wisby,
The injured are: Pipeman Ed Jenman,
Captain Neal, Fireman Crow, Captain
Purnell, Driver Hart Thompson, Mike
McNally, John Mullen. Lenn Westcott,
Fred Cunningham, Wm Heebe, Victor
Ennis, Edward Anthony.
It is impossible to tell how many of
the firemen will die. When the fire
alarm sounded nearly every engine in
the city bottoms, ns that part of the
city lying near the approach to the big
suspension bridge is called, was sent to
the scene. The block which was de
stroyed lies at Front and Water streets.
From the time the alarm was sounded
until late at night, scenes harrowing
nnd pathetic transpired in rapid suc
cession.
The origin of the fire is not postively
known. It burst forth from the second
story of Hermescn Company at Water
and Walnut streets. It is supposed by
some to have started from a cigar
thrown carelessly on the fioor, which
was covered with loose bay. In ten
minutes after the firemen reached the
scene the handsome five-story building
was doomed. The flames jumped to
the adjoining building rapidly’ devour
ing the stores and warehouses of the
Smith Coal and Land Company; the
Nelson Norris stables, the stores of
Klein Kirk, and Seaman & Company.
The lire was under control when
the walls of Klien A Kirk's build
ing fell. They were apparently safe
and came down without warning.
The firemen were fighting tin* fire with
out a thought of approaching danger
when the crash came. Ten thousand
people witnessed the disaster. For a
moment both men and women lost their
heads completely. Then citizens came
forward and aided in the rescue of tin*
buried firemen. Captain Healey and
Pipeman Wiseby were the first dug
from beneath the ruins but when they
were dragged out life was extinct. It
was over an hour before all the firemen
were extricated from the mass of brick.
Some of the escapes were miraculous.
The losses are over S-Ml.OOlt.
NATIONAL FETE DAY.
a<'|it<'iiil>cr 22n<l In Ailopteil—Tin* Anniver
sary of tli« KvHeuntlnn nf Koine*
Romk. July 18.- -The senate by a con
siderable ma jority yesterday approved
tin* bill making September '22nd, the
anniversary of the surrender of their
arms and evacuation of Rome by the
Papal troops in 1870, a national fete
day.
In the course of the debate on the
measure, premier Crispi said the bill
uas important as a declaration of It
aly's policy toward the Vatican. The
government, he said, desiring neither
a concordant nor a combat. They
would however, faithfully observe the
law of guarantees to the Pope as the
head of a religion that had greater
freedom in Italy than it had in France
or Austria. The Pope had triumphed
in the eo kulturkampf of Germany be
cause Italy had put him into an unas
sailable position,whereupon Prince His-
marek then the chancellor of the Ger
man empire, had said to him "You
have wrapped him up in cotton so no
body can attack him.” Signor Crispi
concluded by saying that it was true
liberty that peace between the church
and state must be realized. The pre
mier s speech was received with cheers.
AGOOD PURCHASE.
The Cfoi-Rlft Southern Hu* 1'util, Tho’ In m
Ke<‘«*iv«r*K llanri*.
I>AI.timouk. Md., July 18.—As the
facts become known the impression is
feared that President Spencer, of the
Southern Railway Company engineered
a master deal in acquiring control of
the Georgia. Southern Florida Rail
road. It is not often that one corpora
tion secures control of another which
is paying handsomely for nothing and
makes a good profit in the bargain.
The Georgia Southern Florida, while
in the hands of a receiver, lias earned
considerably more than its fixed charges
and under the plan of reorganization it
is reasonable to expect a large increase
in earnings, both gross and net, now
that it has been merged into the South
ern Railway system. The Southern
Railway Company acquires a valuable
property which not only gives u direct
line into Florida, but actually earns a
surplus out of its own business.
< lilrf nf I’olirn Klllml.
Hitisror., Tenn., July 18.-- Dick Has
kins, a negro, shot and killed Chief of
Police Thomas J. Osborne, of Norton,
Va., at midnight last night. Osborne
went to a negro dance to quell a dir/
turbance and when he undertook to ap
rest Hoskins, the lat er drew arevolv*
and fired four shots, two of which e*
tered Osborne's breast, causing death
in a few minutes. Osborne leaves a
wife and six children. His slayer made
hi s escape, buta posse is searching for
him and if caught lie will •likely he
lynched.
Air. IlnrrlNnn Not a CaiidUlatt*.
oi.i» Fokok, N. Y., July 18.—Benia
min llarrii >n lias broken the silence as
regards the presidency. He has said
; that under no circumstances will he
I become a candidate for that otlicc.
These statements were made in bis cot-
, luge last eveniug in the presence of
two of his old G. A. It. friends. Their
iiauies are Congressman Poole, of Syra-
auM, N. Y., and Jos L. bales, of Uoum.
t •
l»rcren*e of U, 171,000 Iluihel* In th*
Available Supply of Wlirat
Nr.w Yobk, July 18. — Special cable
and telegraphic dispatches to Hrad-
street’s, covering principal points of ac
cumulation in the United States. Cana
da and Europe, together with supplies
afloat for Europe from all sources, in
dicate the following changes i.i avail
able stocks Inst Saturday, as compared
with the preceding Saturday:
Wheat—United States and Canada,
east of the Rocky Mountains, decrease;
‘2, ir>s,ooo bushels; United States, Pacific
coast, decrease, 405,000 bushels; total
decrease, both coasts, 2,’208,000 bushels,
afloat for and in Europe, decrease.
608,000 bushels; total decrease world’s
available, ".,171,000 bushels,
Corn—United States and Canada, east
of the Rocky Mountains, decrease, 854,-
000 bushels.
Oats—United States and Canada, east
o; the Rock}’ Mountains, decrease. 875,-
00(1 bushels.
Leading decreases of available wheat
not covered in the visible supply report
include 275,000 bushels at northwestern
interior elevators, 54,000 bushels at
Leavenworth and 34,000 bushels at
* Pittsburg.
Corresponding increases were 102,001
bushels in Milwaukee private elevators.
30,000 bushels at Fulton and 57,00<
bushels at Louisville.
RAILROAD WRECK
In Which Tim Knglucair and Kircnmn Arc
IiiNtuntly Killed.
Or,kan, N. Y., July 18.—A disastrous
wreck occurred on the Rochester divis
ion of the Western New York and
Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday after
noon. A north bound freight train
was descending Nunda hill and ns the
locomotive was passing the station of
Tusearora, it left the rails and rolled
down an embankment, followed by ten
loaded cars. Engineer John Stout and
Fireman Martb, both of Oler.u. Went
down with the engine and were killed
almost instantly.
And Still Another.
Monumknt, Col., July 18.—A Sante
Fe freight train bound from Denver to
Colorado Springs, fell through a bridge
just south of here yesterday, killing
three persons, fatally injuring three
and seriously injuring fifteen others.
The killed: Jim Childers, foreman
bridge gang; Mrs. Cooper, wife of sta
tionary engineer; unknown tramp.
Fatally injured: Mark Winchers, en
gineer freight train; I). N. Irby, brake-
man; James Neal.
THE SOUTHERNMOST RAILROAD
All Knit 4'ommiinlentlou* to Within 1411
Mile* of Key West.
Jacksonvii,t.i-:, Fla., July 18.—Official
announcement was made yesterday of
the extension of the Jacksonville, St.
Augustine and Indian River railroad
from its present terminus at Wes!
Palm Reach to Miumont, on Riseaym*
bay. a distance of seventy miles. This-
will be the southern-most point of any
railroad in the United States. It will
give all-rail communication to within
I II'miles of Key West and about 741
miles from the Hahaina Islands. A
steamship line between these points i>
an early probability. An entirely new
section of country will be opened. The
extension is an individual enterprise of
II. M. Flagley, who already owns the
road extending from Jacksonville to
W)**J Palm Beach.
A FIRE BEYOND CONTROL.
Itn|il(lly TthycIIIiik In Hie Dlroctlon of n
California Town.
Sachambnto, Cal., July 18., It is re
ported that a large stretch of country
fifteen miles from Vacaville is on fir>
and greatdanger threatens the farmer-
of that vicinity. The lire is beyond
control and is sweeping everything In*
fore it.
Later reports from Vacaville state
the tire is growing to enormous propor
tions and travelling rapidly in the di
reetion of the town. Parties of men
are starting out to endeavor to cheek
its progress.
Killed liy l.lRhtonlnu.
Capk Ciiahi.ks, Va.. July 18.,—In a
severe thunder storm last night, Mr
McFarland, of North Carolina, a horse
trainer for Mr. Richard Floyd of
Franktown, this county, was instant y
killed by* lightning while eating sup
per A valuable horse belonging to Mi
James Morris and six hops were in
stantly killed. Tin* lie*\ Methodist
church at Franktown was struck and
damaged to the amount of about
81.000.
Doctor*!* Wife Su'cle*.
Cr.AHKsvii.i.K, Tenn., .luly 18. —Mrs
Bertie E. Bacon, wife of Dr. Thomas (
Bacon, a prominent physician at Cadiz.
Ky., committed suicide yesterday, cut
ting her throat with a knife. She wa
J in her room alone at the time. She
! was about 5o years old and had long
j been in bad health, and this is thought
to have affected her mind. She leaves
two children.
KnoxKxhlhlt nt Atlnntn-
Koxvii.i.k, Tenn., July is. -The com
l inittce from the chamber of commerce
on an Atlanta exhibit held a meeting
j yesterday. The committee reports the
allotment of space and that tin-inai-
1 ble men of Knoxville will have a hig
display at the exposition. Resolutions
were adopted asking the coal and iron
men and manufacturing industries to
join in the big exhibit.
K|iwortli League at JoIiiimoii City
Johnson Citv, Tenn., July 18.—The
Epworth League convention of the
Holston conference was organized yes
terday. J. C. Orr is president and Mrs
Kilpatrick secretary. The attendance
is large. About Ion delegates are pres
ent. and fifty more are expected Tin-
sessions will continue three days.
Car Thief ( aught.
Attalla, Ala., July 18.—City Mar
shal Witnpco has returned from llirin-
j inghatn, Cringing witii him the thief
who robbed an Alabama Great South
ern railway freight ear of a quantity of
clothing a short time ago. Thu culprit
; u awaiting trial.
ANSDAL PRACTICE
Of the Naval Militia of Throe
Southern States-
SECRETARY HOKE SMITH WILL SPEAK.
The TreaRury I(erel|it* Kunnlng llnhlnt]
Though They Were ll«rrea«e<i by
Large I’enilou anil IntercRt
Payment* Thl* Mouth.
Washington, July 18.—Orders were
telegraphed from the navy department
yesterday directing ('apt. Wise, of the
double turreted monitor Amphitritc. to
proceed to Wilmington, N. C., Charles
ton. S. (’., and Brunswick, Ga., to take
on board the naval militia organiza
tions of the three states named for
their annual practice cruise in conjunc
tion with officers and men of the regu
lar navy.
The department was in somewhat of
a quandary up to yesterday as to what
vessel to assign to the duty and had
turned tho order over to Acting Admir
al Bunco, of the North Atlantic Squad
ron. Fortunately, however, the Ain-
phitritc put in at Lambert's 1'oint, near
Norfolk, yesterday afternoon and was
held there by the department until or
ders assigning her to naval militia ser
vice could be prepared. Tho Anipbi-
trite will go out next week on her as
signment and will take the organiza
tion from each state separately or to
gether as (’apt. Wise may see lit.
It is said at the state department
that Nargas and Ruise, the two alleged
American citizens, arrested in Cuba as
revolutionists agreed to leave the is
land if released from arrest and they
were accordingly deported.
For the first of this month, treasury
receipts exceed the expenditures. Tho
excess was light, only 84,418 but it
marks a turn in the tide outward. Tho
receipts this month have aggregated
816,218,000 and the expenditures 830,-
047,000. The deficit for the month so
far of 813,828,000 will probably be con
siderably reduced before the first of
August us the lutevy payments—pen
sions and interest aggregating $18,000,-
000 have been made.
Secretary Hoke Smith is about to start
for Georgia to deliver a series of
speeches in favor of sound money. Ho
will begin in the Northern part of the
state at Gainesville and from there will
go to Columbus, and afterward to
Speaker Crisp's district. All these dis
tricts are supposed to be free silver
strongholds.
. WILL IT BE FINISHED?
II I* Hald th. O. R. » C. Hall rna<i I* Qo-
tnff to a Western Connection.
Columbia, S. C., July 18.—It Is now
announced that Ohio River and Charles
ton Railroad, better known as the
Thrcj C's, is soon to be completed as
originally planned, and a western con
nection formed. When the original
work was completed as far as Marion,
N. C.. tho then owners of the property
found themselyes unable to undertake
the construction of the balance of the
road through the mountains, necessa
rily a costly and difficult undertaking.
But now that the road is in other
hands the work is to be resumed and
co npleted. The Knoxville Journal
says:
"Work will bo commenced on the
Ohio River nnd Charleston Railroad,
formerly the Three C’s, between - John
son City nnd Marion, N. C., within the
.next ninety days, possibly inside of
thirty days.
The contract has been let for grading
ten miles of tho line south from I'naka
Springs to a point beyond Wilder’s
Forge. The ten miles through the
Chucky river gorge includes some of tin*
heaviest work on the line and it is to he
completeed as quickly as possible, the
main object being to reach the rich de
posits of Cranberry magnetic iron ore
near Wilder's Forge.
"Considerable heary work was done
beyond Unaka Springs before the col
lapse of the Three C's Company and this
will bo finished up.
"In due time the road will be finished
through to Marion, N. C., where it will
connect with the South Carolina divi
sion already completed and in opera
tion."
CORBETT-FITSIMMONS FIGHT.
MunitK«<r* (ioliiK Alirail With Arrangr-
* niriit* at liiilln*.
Dallas, Tex , July IS.—The advance
opinion of Attorney General Crane to
the legality of theCorbctt-Fitzsimmons
contest created no surprise at the fight
headquarters. It will be claimed
that tin* license law requiring
tin* payment of .$200 has never been re
pealed Manager Dan Stuart is going
ahead witii his preparations for the
fight*. Bills are all in for the erection
of the great Texas Coliseum. The con
tract will be let to tile lowest responsi
ble bidder, and in a few days the
ground will be staked and operations
began.
Joe Ver.dig telegraphed Dan Stuart
from New York yesterday that tin* ar
ticles wen* signed fora fight between
O'Donnell and Maher, heavy weights,
and Dixon and I'iimmer, light weights,
to take place in Dallas in the Coliseum
November 1st. the day after the big
mill The elub puts up $7,500 on tin*
first and $5,000 on the second fight.
'This makes 5no the elub will put up
on the three tights One Hckct will be
good for -both fights the second day.
The tickets will he sold for $5, $10 and
820.
Authorities Wll.
At sMX, Tex.. July is Opinion in
state official circles here yesterday un
mistakably indicates that under no eir
cumstanecs will tin* letter and spirit of
: Attorney General Crane’s opinion be
departed from, and it is certain the
pugilists will not be permitted to tight
in Texas. The authorities in their
stand an* strongly hacked by the moral
sentiment of tin* state.
HALF WAY TO CHINA.
A Well 2,000 Feet Mini Yet No Water—
What Will Thee t»„ With It?
Kky Wlst. Fla , July 18. -The artes
ian well is down a depth of 2,000 feet,
still there is no indications of fresh
water. The present company has
suspended operations, as tho contract
from the Virginia Raving and Con
struction Company for 2,000 feet is com
pleted. The contract awarded the
Virginia Raving and Construction Com
pany does not call for any specified
depth, but says that they shall expend
at least $10,000 on the well, and bore
until such fresh water is found as will
suit the city engineer. The citv fath
ers will no doubt force them to comply
with the contract, and dig suit
able water is found. The machinery
will be left on the ground for''awhile
awaiting the action of the commission
ers in the matter.
Souttirm Kutlwny Ntfutmtihlp f In g;.
Asmvil.l.K, N. C., Jnlv |s. The mem
bers of the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association got down to
business yesterday, devoting several
hours to the preparation of various
changes in the proposed agreement. A
fight is anticipated when the amend
ments suggested he vice-Rresident St.
John, of the Seaboard Air Line, are
reached, but in his absence, the mem
bers who are here refrain from taking
them up.
smiii (•siginiient.
Richmond, Va., July is. L. A. Sad
ler who lias been doing business as a
wholesale and retai. paper dealer at
j No. 12 North Governor street, under
i the firm name of tin* Sadler Raper
I Company, tiled a 1 of assignment
yesterday, naming Jo Lanstern as trus
tee. 'The liabilities are estimated to be
about »2U,UUu; ussetts about $15,out).
PAYS IDE PENALTY.
Henry Brown is Hanged for Mur
der, But Makes a Confession.
MITCHELL AND STOIK I.NNOCE.YL
Tho Prevailing Opinion I* That tho 1’ri-
■oner liled With a Lie on lit* Lip*.
Talk of Lynching of Mitclioll
and Stevens
THE BAPTISTS MEET.
Young People** U ilon llrlng Held In th*
Monumental City.
Baltimouk. . uly 1H.—The advance
guard of the gr< it throng of 15,000 dele
gates and visitors who are expected
from all parts o the country to partici
pate in the convention of the Baptist
Young Reople’s Union of America,
which will open its session today, ar
rived in large numbers this morning.
Every railroad station and steamship
pier presented lively appearances as
the crowds were welcomed by the nu
merous members of the reception and
registration committees. The stations
were decorated with blue and white
hunting.
Among the very early arrivals was
John H. Chapman, of Chicago, the presi
dent of the National Union. The
South Carolina delegation was the first
to be assigned quarters. Closely fol
lowing were 1,200 members from Illi
nois, good representation from Geor
gia, North Carolina and Virginia.
Others arrivals came in on regular and
special trains from Tennessee, Dela
ware. West Virginia, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Vermont, Indiana, Mis
souri, Dakota, Texas and Ohio.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
I>rl%rr and Hornet Klll« <1 While 21 Hoy on
Th© Wagon Kenrapen.
Qi’Incy, Fla., July 18.— Yesterday
while Nick Davies, a colored driver of
Kackin A Cox’s livery stable, was driv
ing a two horse wagon load of pea vines
from the Cox place one mile south of
(juincy, he and both horses were killed
by lightning.
A negro boy, sitting a few feet be
hind Nick on the load of vines, escaped
unharmed. He says they were driving
at an ordinary pace through tin* open
field when tin* flash came from an al
most cloudless sky and all fell instantly,
each horse at his place beside the
tongue and Nick backward into tin-
boy’s arms. Neither horses nor man
showed any signs of what dealt the
blow, but the man's soft felt hat was
badiy torn. 'The wagon and harness
bad not even a scratch.
ONE INSTANTLY KILLED.
A Wrrck on tho IVimnyIvhiiLi Itoiid Jtr.
■ult* I Htally.
IIAimiSTOvvN. Ra., July 18.—A had
wreck occurred on tin* Trenton cutoff
brack of the Rennsylvania railroad a
short distsnee below here early yester
day morning by n drawhead pulling
out. Sixteen freight ears were
wrecked. «.
Fireman Kissinger, of Harrisburg,
was instantly killed. Conductor Sam
uel Reese, also of Harrisburg, had both
legs fractured and received scalp
wounds. His condition is critical.
Th* Ml«*l**lpp Encnnipnioiit.
Jackson, Miss., July 18.—Jackson's
crack military company, the Capital
Light Guards, Captain Utterbaek, left
for the state encampment at Columbus
yesterday, accompanied by the third
regiment band and a bevy of pretty
sponsors and ladies. The railroads
gave free transportation to all state
troops and officers, thus assuring a
large attendance. Rations will be sup
plied by the citizens of Columbus, who
have made grand preparations for the
event lasting ten days. Mississippi
makes no appropriation for state troops
but the organization is perfect and
composed of the'best young men in the
state.
Wonmn Ciiillty nt Murder.
Richmond, Va., July 18. The jury in
the case of Mary Abernathy, one of the
women on trial at Lunenburg court
house for the murder of Mrs. Rollard,
rendered a verdict of murder in the
first degree. Trouble was expected in
case the jury brought in a verdict of ac
quittal, and the fear of such a result
was the cause for troops being ordered
to Lunenburg last night by the gover
nor. Two others are to be tried for
participation in this murder.
S*li*utlou In llru**rl*.
Bui sski s, July Is. A scene of great
| excitement occurred in the chamber of
deputies yesterday when M. Dcmblon,
socialist, in the course of a speech, de-
! chtrcd that although the Belgian royal
family had come to Belgium us poor a*
rats they had become enormously rich
from the sweat of thu jioor of the coun
try A prolonged -uproar ensued ..rnd
the president ordered M. Dciubloii to
withdraw his remarks, but the deputy
refused to retract a word.
Live Oak, Fla., July 18. — Henry
Brown, was hanged here yesterday for
the murder of Ed Ryburg. a white man,
on March 27th. Brown died game. He
ascended the gallows with a firm trend
and joined heartily in singing religious
songs. He asked for a piece of paper
and wrote an order for 25 cents which
a party owed him and gave jt to the
sheriff to collect and give to tile prbTo-
ners in jail. Brown stated that ho
alone killed Ryberg and that George
Mitchell and Mike Stevens who were
tried and convicted with him were in
nocent. At 11:10 o’clock Sheriff Rcavey
sprung the trap and Brown was pro
nounced dead 14 minutes after.
Two thousand people witnessed the
affair and they made a holiday of it.
They were greatly disappointed when,
at the last moment, George Mitchell
who was sentenced to die with Brown
was respited by the governor.
Everybody believes Brown died with
a lie on bis lips and that George Mitch
ell and Mike Stevens had as much to do
with the murder as Brown. There is
talk of lynching Mitchell and Stevens
if they are not hanged. Last night
Bro.vn confessed to Rev. F. A. V* il-
liams that he had murdered seven men.
all for robbery an i spent the proceeds
on women.
Ryberg, the murdered man. was* un a
freight train last March. These ne
groes were train hands and they beat
Ryberg into in-i nsilidity, robbed him
and threw him from the train. Ryberg
recovered .sutliciently to tell the story
and then died. Ryberg was a Swede
and an Odd Fellow and had been in
Florida but a short time. He came
from Copenhagen. After Brown was
cut down there was a rush to secure
pieces of the rope
A game of baseball was played short
ly after the hanging.
THE GRIFFIN CONVENTION.
Many I'olillciaiiH on Il niil Somtor Mor-
gitn tho lAiidiny;
GmrriN. Ga., July I s1 . Th** bimetal
lists of Georgia, who favor the free
coinage of silver and gold by the gov
ernment, hold their convention here
today. The
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counteract the bimetallic sentiment.
WAS HE AMBUSHED?
M.vfttt'rlnui at liirmhi , :li:iin of fyd
( oin©r, h Yoiiiik CarpniN'r.
Bilmingiiam, Ala., July is. Md.
Comer, a young carpenter, died today
nt police headquarters, lie was found
yesterday in a vacant lot in the out
skirts of the city with a deep gash cut
in the back of liis head, as if it 1*. s ! b *en
inflicted by a hatchet or some oilier
blunt instilment. His reason seemed
to have been upset by the blow. H.
claimed that In* fell upon a rock ami
cut himself, but it is clear hi* was as
saulted. How and by whom i-. a ovs-
tery, and doubtless will remain such.
The police are puzzled.
Ib<l it or Slit in tIo< l>.«.
London, July is Harr} Marks the
unionists candidate in the st (ieorgea
division of tlx* Tower hamlets, while
addressing an outdoor meeting last,
evening, was struck in tin eye with a
stone hurled by some unknown |i.*rsoii.
Marks fainted from tin* pain In* -uil'er-
ed and bad to be removed. Ther* is a
strong feeling against Marks, growing
out of recent cowardly attack in his
newspaper upon bis opponent. Mr.
Renn, whose insane brother murdered
his father. This matter was rak** i up
by Mr. Marks who attempted to u-e it
against Mr. Renn, but instead of ac
complishing his object he ha, been
making Renn votes at a rapid rate.
Th© TenneuM© Lawyer* Meet*
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 18. The
Tennessee Bar Association convened
yesterday in annual session at Look-out
Mountain. Hon. J, B. Crazier wel
comed the Association, , Judge J. H.
Malone, of Memphis, responding*. The
day’s program consisted of reports of
officers and tho reading of the follow
ing papers: "The Lawyer in RenoTic
and otherwise, by \V.
Chattanooga, "Code
nessec,” by Judge R
"Vicious Legislation:
J. M. ‘1 homas. of
Revision in Ten
M. Barton. .1 r .
The Cause and
Remedy, <1. J. 1 urner. The session
will close Thursday at noon.
Th* Sun - * Cotton Krvlow.
New Yoiik. July is. Cotton rose 5 to
6 points, lost part of this and then ral
lied nnd closed quiet and steads s-.ith
sales of .57,505 bales. The net nuvam *
was 4 to 5 points. Liverpool sva*< sb***
and unchanged on the spot wi'h sales
of IO.immi bales; futures advanced C .
points and closed steady.
and \iTr\«*sl
Kev West, Fla., July Is The Mont
gnmery with the Nicaragua canal com
mission on board, left yesterday for
Yew York, The Atlanta irrived at
this port from Santiago do Cuba, and
lias been quanntined U J the health au
thorities.