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W f '» •"Ki : \lr KS? r - •••*. • -yWr > - ?? t r THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C.,"OCTOBER 3, 1898. Dose (iosa cr The Tradr F n-» Report THE GATES CLOSED. IC(t>o«ltiou For the Week. MORE FIP.MN >9 RYWHERE. Th« C^roj* of Cotl.mi nml Wood I’r1o^» Ob. I (tint'll Kor tin* H ij»!r 11 t ktt lliv riunter Karl HU In.lrp n (■nee, Whlla Cxpititl la Mreklii'j laVrrtiu ut In .M.mj Lluua. KolargmieNts Fur tlio Week Chattanooga, Oj;. 2.—The Trades mau’e reports ;ts 10 iuda-itnul comii- tious all over the south tor the week eudiug Sipt <10 shows iucroasing firm- ness The condittou of coitou, botu as a crop and as to price, show that g >uth era piunters wul tiavo rea ly money this fail with wmoh to meet tneir in- deb ted ness. Cotton at 8 12 to 'J cents in locai markets gives growers a proiil of from 2 to ^ 1 J cents por pound. Tne crop this year has ooen grown at less cost than for many years. Cotton will net more money lor producers tins year than it did la->t year, even tuough tnere be a oonsideraeie iaidug off in quanti ty. Sjutauru iron xuru Cisin blast are doing a veiy large business; additions Will be inado to their unmoor this Week. Iron is not advancing in price, but is very -.tMady ui quotations Houtheru coal miners aro verv active, with gooii ortiers for present del very, wi r h linn pricos and goo i prospects for the Winter. Reports as to soutiieru textile mills show teat mills are all bu y. ami that su h of them as are well stocked with old cotton are doing very weil Mill owners who are buying now cotton find the margin bjtwten raw ma r orial and maua. actured g>ods to be pretty close Co operative cotton mills aro growing in favor an l new ones are reported eaoa woek as in process of or- gam zutiou. Lunrier operators report that higher prices do not caute any fading off in tne amount of business. Among impirtant new industries in corporated of established in tne south* *hi states during the week, are! Tne Newport Gram and Muling company of Newport, Arg., and the Thomoson Ou Aj (las worics of Wueeling, W Ya., eacu with tpUO.OGd capital; a sasn and door factory 1, t > be built ut Palatka, Fla., also w di $10'.0 0 capita | a niau- ganose mil i ig company at Roanoke, V.L , cap ta , f 10,00b; a $.>0,000 cotton oti co :,pany at lirownwood. Tex ; a ^lO.bto construetion company at Co lumbia, S. , and lO.OuO oil and gas ooiupany at Wneeling, W. Va A cot ton oil mill with 130 tons daily capaci ty is reported at (iie-Mivn;o, Tex., and a ilO ton oil null an i od rudnory ut New Orleans, La Thu Trad, sman also -eports an elec trical plant ..t Oiiiton, M»<s., a 50 bar rel flouring mill a: Madisouville, Teuu., an ice factory at Buoxi, Miss , and an oil and fort, i/er company at Anderson, B. C. A kn tung mid is to be estab lished nr bruuswu k Ga , and wood working p,ants at PuMimunt. Ala., Mo- A.p u and Wdliston, Fla , Athens, Ga., Trenton, Teuu, and Orange, T x Wa terworks nre to l>o built at Eu.auia, Ala, and Canton. Miss. The enlargements for the week in clude brio; works at Harriman, Tenn , iron and steel works at Houston, Tex , an increase in the capital ot the Gaff ney cotton mills ur Gaffn-y, S. C., from $20J,000 to $0 >0 00j, and an en largement of the Woodstock woolen mills at Woodstuolt, N. G. 9 ho I>:r«*ct<«rft I> i i>a Hi* Will .Noi »m i »y«. Atianta. Oct. 2 —There will b-i no Sunday open ng at tne Co tm tdates and International exp isitiou. This much is a-sured by the prompt action ot tne board of directors just taken upon r» motion off -red by ti H Caiiaiuss ttiat ihs grounds be opened on Sundays tor park purpo-es, but all buildings and places ot amusement be kept closed Judge H E. W. Palmer offered as a substitute that the bylaws of the expo Sitiou adopted at the inception of tne enterur.ss be adhered to, they providing distinctly tnat there should bo no open ing ex :ept on week days Action on Palmer’s substitute was quickly rendered unnecessary by an otner motion, by J W Engl s i. to table the Cabaniss motion, wnioh was adopted without any trouble. So, it mav be taken as settled that only during six days in the week will tne great show be open. MTIIClIiULlIffi™ Iflffifi ST!l!ifTlill8. HURLBURT’S L/W~U!T. De£.th of a Prominent Minister cf the Gj.^pel. Me Mi ,r.»n Hall D diciteJ to Ilia Wl low Oort Noi Not ter oi It 1 O hlU«* Tfiw • ft* 11 it Catholic netruction. HE DIED SUDDENLY OF APOPLEXY A P2IH0ELY OPT 10 I’H 1 00UR3H Al buna E litors ll:ippv on Ihn W'ht. Atlanta, Oct. 2 —A Montgomery special savs; Tne Alabama Press asso ciation, 73 or 100 strong, will be in At lanta on the evening of Got 0 for about a week’s stay at the exposition. Tne members of the association an l their lady relatives, who will constitute the party, are probably as tine and as an preciative a bodv of oeop e as will visit the big show at all. Bocreiary Asa Rountree has the reins in his h inds. wnich assures success to begin with. The Work of tho Itrci-ni Convrntlnn ''el<l «>r silver U«-n Mt l(:il«i|fii — l*opii-i»ie Wert. In C'ontiol 'tn'i OotvneU i» Hreoitt- tlon by ilm ^vcrrtiiry of MHte—Mluietrr Raii-oui No%v line Honey io Sp*-uii. Ciiaulottk, N. C., Oct. 1.—Rev. A. L. Crawiord, pastor of tuo Presbyterian churcli at Taylorsville, dropped deal Monday morning, lie h id been com- piaiumg a lia.e tne past week, out was up a ter break last Mi no ay morning. He went ou. to the well and got a bucket of water, and aid suv< iai Otiler turns about the houso. He was sitting up in the room with hL wtte aim dau.'liter, .Mrs Irwin, and arose to get sonutuiug troin the man tel, wnen ho led over on the hearth with ids hea l in the fit place, dyiu ; instantly. Rev. Air. Craw ord was sometniug more than 70 years of ago end former y lived at Cuesicr, fcJ. C., and Lexington, N. C. It u Hie C-iiir.il .in i M ut fin.iiitlfiil of Wliui Will Cun»iit uln t Mrnup ol U.uld. Ini;* ut tlio C ilno o Univ.-rniiy in llin (Juiteii ^la o* Cnpil il—U iuy l)l s -nilx- rl«s rook P.trl In tlio Ex -romn*, Washington, Oct. 2 — McMahon Hall, too central bud ling and the most beaut u on • i:i wuat is to consulate a group of o i.l iin ,'s at tne Cituono uni- Versiiy, was uodicated witu imposing ceremonies at «8 o'clock Mousignor IN NORTH CAROLINA. Ma-onlc KnLci <>n Kxliibition. Atlanta, Off 2—Solomon’s lodge of .Masons, atSivaunah, tho oldest Ma sonic lodge in the state, will send no a largo collection of old Masonio relics for exuibition at the exposition. Thev inc'.ule the Bible which was presented to tho lodge by General Oglethorpe. STERN’S APPEAL. Ths Hitv-irlnn Re-.-ont Drollnrt Poaltlvely to Kill, rlnui It—Hn \lu.t S«-rv«. Munich, Oct. —The Augsberger Abend Z ntnng announces that it has learned unon good authority that the regent of Bavaria, Prince Luitpold, has declined definitely to entertain the ap peal of Mr. Louis Stern of New York, who was seut'-nced to imprisonment mid fine for having insulted Baron von Thuengen. the deputy commissioner of the S’>a, at Kisslngen, as tlio result of a dispute between them regarding the age ot Mr. Stern’s son and tho latter’s pre-ence at the reunions in the royal palace. Two Minnourl ltxnk« CIoiaiI. Jeffkb-on City, Oct. 2 —The Bank of Moorelands and the Bank of Purdy, Barry county institutions, h ive boon closed by Secretary of State Lesur on recommend uion of tlio state bank ex aniiuer, ow.ug to their insolvent coudi tiou, and are in the hands of receivers, i Tnis makes 13 banks closed by the see retary of state since the execution of the new bunk exam n itiou law began on tin first of July, besides some half dozen others that anticipated the ex amination by making assignments. \Vli<41 the Fri«*n«lii o S;ii<l uutl Did ut t ne Kulet^U inff, Raleigh. Sopc. 30.—Tho friends of silver met in this city on scheduled time, and the meeting was ca aid to or der by E. C Smith James C. AlacRao, Democrat, was made president; Henry Skinner and J. J Alott, former cha r man of the state Republican commit tee, vice presidents. Very few Demo crats wore present. The Popuiists ao- so.utely controlled the convention, til all, about bOO delegates attended, and iivo-.-dxtns were Popuiists. Tno loin-wing embodies the senti ments of the resolutions adorned: To this end we earnestly recommend to voters that hereafter they oh-ct only su h senators and representatives in congr ss ns are sincerely in favor of the principles hereintofore expressed and only snob presidential electors as will publicly de clare on the stump tiiat they will v.>t • lor no man for president or vice president \vh > is not in favor of such principles and whose r-con' and platform are a guaran tee tnat they will he faithfully executed. S ereiary of S r ato C< o. offered an am -iiomeni to to: i as fol.ow : That for the purji 'tc of the next election the Democrats for inam ial reform shad be confined to tin: restoration of silver at coinage ratio of 10 to 1. Tms wui overwnelmingly vot-d down. The convention adjourned sine die at 1:20 p. in. Since tne silver convention the name of Spear Waitaker is much meiit oaod in connection with tiie tuaou uomiiia tn n tor govern' r in the face of th < fact tnat the Republican rank and tile de mand tnat to tiiut party the nomination be given. Whitaker is a Populist. MXHONE IS BETTER. I Strobe ef rnr.ilv>l« C»ina 1>:ingi-rou»ly N.-iir to Tukliig . tin Off Washington, Oct. 2. — Ex Senator Mahone is brighter and more ctieonn!, and hit condition is encouraging, as compared with his t-xircmciy critical state daring the night. Early Monday morning, Butler Ala-' hone, sou of tho Virginia ex senator, visited his father’s rojins at tho hotel and found him stdi in Ix-d and appar ently very drowsy. Not suspecting anything wrong, Butler ieit tuo room, and calling again later, found his father still in tho s tine condition. H i became alarmed and a physician was sum moned. After examination tne doctor pronounced it a case of paralysis. Tne right arm was Uioloss and tlio tongue paralyzed so tiiut speuen was impos sible. Dr. Watts stated that the general’s condition was critical, owing to the se verity of the attack and his advanced age. Tho paralysis had spread to the right leg. Mrs Mahone, who was at her home in Virginia, was telegraphed tor. Tno area of the pantlvsis h is not ex tended and to some slight extent has abated The general has recovered power over the nia<cles of his tongae, but is not yet aole to speak He re mains con-cions and when his son, William Mahone, Jr., arrived, the fath er recognize 1 him an I extended his right hand Tne left side and hubs continue completely paralyzed. Th" M«nlll«n .Men Walk Oat, Columbus, O., Oct. 2 —A special to The Dispatch from Massillon, O., says that 2.01)0 miners have stopped work, They want 00 cents, and the operators want to par 00, but the two disagree as to the plan or fixing the rate Th<4e miners are dispose! to leave the United Mine Workers of Ameiica, who are ia happy touch as to prices with the on- orators in four states, and the latter ■ro not in sympathy with the Massil lon men’s stop. »**« t Live* L»*i on Li»Ur> sap«rlor. MDNitHNtt, Mich . Got 2 .—The barge Blma wh.O’i broke loose from her tow during the rout storm on Lake Sape- B irior has Ikk-u p aki-d an and taken to ritud I-iaiid Hue wdl prove a total toes. About 200.tHX) ie«t of her cargo Of 620.000 lent of •uiu'wr remained on the broken barge. The iT*W of sit tnen and ft woman and child have uol been Brand and are nudoabted*/ mss. Tn n the Arm-nlen Qaestton, Const an riNOFui, Oct. 2 —It is re ported in official circles here that the envoys of the three powers. Great B ttain, France ami Ru-toln, will short ly reemvo mstrauiious irom their goV- WniUeiits to rusum » negotiations with pone ntgMamg An AlitbHman Uiad on the High Bene. New Yokk, Oct. 2—The Interna tional company’s steam >r K nsingtou, whicli has just arrived from Antwerp, hadtwodeiths on boar 1 during the vovage. On .Sept 20 Jam-s T. Holiz- claw, a saloon pisseager, aged 22. died of consumption. He rosidod at Mont gom tv. Ala , and was remrumg home from a visit to Europe, whither hi went for the benefit of hi* health On the same dav Sabteuua Nazarik, aged 4 years, dio l u the steerage from capil lary bronchitis. L'nolit Sum «» Kemll I.iq'ior Denier. Leavenworth, Kan , Oct. 2 —The internal revenue officials in this city have been directed from Washiugtou to collect retail liquor liceu.-os from tho Keotuy institution at the national sol dier.s’ home at Fort Leavenworth The grotiud is taken that liquor is sold to inebriates The governor of tho home ro u-es to make payment, claiming that the government runs tho K* eiuy euro and tho home and is consequently a partner ia tno business. Fittnl KnlI of a derrick. New York. Got 2.—Patrick Reed, a stono mason 44 years old, residing in Brooklyn, was instantly killed by tho fall ot a derrick wniio he Wis at work on a bui dug in course ot construction Barney Igo. who w.ib in search of em ploy m -ut. received a broken log and in- i ternal injuries wnich mav prove fatal. ! Several others reo -ived injuries, bnt re fused to disclose their identity. Woman Ai-roii.iut Klileil. Monrovia, Oal., Oct. 2.—Nellla W. Hagel, wife of F. G. Hagel, the aero nunt, made an ascent here, and when at the heigiit of 1,000 feet polled the rope whion cut the parachute loose. Bhu came down like a cannon ball and her head came in contact with the ground first. Her skull was crashed. All s<.r.n« Again Copknuaokn, Got. 2—The Freeport company and the United Steam-ihip comnany have heahd their differeiio**, and tho latter will now carry freight from this port and establish a regular service of steamers betwsen New Or leans and Gopennageu l’ro»p-cinr shut From Ainbanh. AuufUKliqUi*, N. M., Oct 2 —James Ooriteil, a weil known pro-.pncttir and rancher of Ban Mateo, was shot trout umhuflh and killed lyono of asm id bmd of reueg idn Ap cite Indians who h ive b'lnit prowitug auunt lira moun tains in that city. — Illir K r«i In Nt-bretk*. Red Cloud. Oit 9.—The Red Olond roller mill, eievator and warehonse, one of the largest plants in the state, were totally destroyed bv tiro during tho ul.'ht The loss will anioailt to ft ),UU0 w.tn $)i.0»J lusarauje ou OUiidiug au J •taciiitsar/. BOWERS SrTTLES IT. lie line Uouiitrra'x i--<l til • Order Fur Kan- roiii'. ray ne ilhiUlrr to M xlco. Washington, Sept. 28—At last, Act lug Comptroller Bowers, after several days of deliberation, has countersigned tho warrant issued by order of the seo- retary of tho treasury in payment of tho draft drawn bv ox Sinator R uisom on accou'it ot salary its United Status minister to Mexico. Tnis action ot tho acting comptroller seem* to disooso of ail quest io is affect ing Mr. Rtnsom’s right to receive his salary ponding nis confirmation by tne senate CROPS OF THE COUNTRY. The Orangn Jlldil Fiiriiit-r'» K-llm ta Ao- cordlng lo Itrporla For (he Montli. Chicago, OjL 1.—The October crop report of the Orange Judd Farmer, basing its estimate upon comity returns and threshing results, estimate the rate of yiu.d of wneat at 12 6 busneis and the total crop at 439.58'.),000 bu-ihols, divided into 2G00O0.00J winter and 199,00^,000 Honug. Turoshiug shows tho winter wheat yields larger tnan were eXu-ctad, tne quality is poor. Tne yield o: oats is pueuomoiial, exceeding nil ex; ectarious and making new reo- oriis in iowa an i tne uortnwest. The measure run the machine has been a constant surprise since thresh ing be .mu. Tne crop is estimated at 904 000,0)0 bU'heL; or *210.000 OOOlargT than last year, witu 3Ml oush-l* t> tno aero. Iowa alone has over 2UO.OOL), 000 Lnshels. wun nearly 47 bushels to tno acre. Tne quality is not in keeping with the siz: of tne crop, muen of tne grain being stained. Condition of corn Oct 1, 92 5. a high avenge. It is m tured su e irom frost and drying ranidly There is every in dication o. a rate ot yieni larger than has been anticipated, necessitating a final upward revision of all estimate! of tho crop. Accrpta ttia Itrlilah UlUinatam. London, Oct. 1 —It is annoanood that Cimia has accepted the British nl- timatnm and that the viceroy of F»j. chtton. who i i held to havo been r< spun- slblo d rectly or idirectly lor the massa cre of th - rau-ionaries in the territory Odder his jurisdiction, has been de graded. WuraMpa I.«mv« Ctira Foo. Washington. 0;t. 1.—The Asiatio squadron which has been concentrated at Ghee Foo. has dispersed The dig- ship Baltimore has gone to NagiiHaXl, the Yorktown to Ghemuipo, and the Gone 3rd to Shanghai. Batoili m . le the ooening ad<iress and wa-> fo 1 >w d by Cardinal Giooons Tne latter o li -iated a s > in tne lormai dedi cation accnrdiiig tj tno Gathouc ritual. Beside tne foro,’oi .g, many of tne area- bisnojis, b -imps and ca-r'V from vari ous parts of tno country panic pat«-d, inciumug Arcnnisnop C irngan, o New York, Arohbis ion Williams, of Boston, Arcnb.s ion Ryan, of Pnihulolphia, Ar;iio,.suo’) ire.and, of Sc Paul, and uif tr distingu snud representatives of tl/ huren. < d -dication of .McMahon hall in- l xtes tne work o tneGatno i j uni- vei> in iuy br.iiicnes. in a Idmon to tne divinity brunj.i wh o i it n is con ducted lor the ia<t six years. Tne new schoo.s are to emnnfe a neoartment of phi o-op.iy with Pro estor E A Pa:o u-> dean, and a department of social sciences and law, witn Professor W G. Rooiusou, lata cnief lecturer of tne Yale taw senool, as dean. After the de iicat on ceremonies tno actual work of tne schools begin in MoMauon hall, when at 9 o’ciock students will oe en rolled bv the registrar, and at 4 o’c ook tiie lacultv will hold its first meeting for or gauization an l begmuiug work. Ihe iiamisoine structure just dedicat ed has cost a little snort of halt a mill ion dollars and tiie entire amount was given by Mgr. McMahon He is now 7 > years old and nas been 53 years a jr.isc He inh-rite l a small fortune aim swelled it to large proportions by ju ucious real es ate investments in New York Ou joining tno lacnlty of tne university ne g ive his entire for tune to it, reserv ug ou y sucu small portion as is requisite for his personal com orr. In recognition o: this munifi cence, tho pone couierred on Algr. Mc Mahon nis p esent tine. Tne building is ‘.'53 teot long by 70 to 100 feet in diptn; 4 slot s high tiiioughont and a fi th central story Tno en ire bunding is of hewn granite of Humane quo style, Lnc approucniug cioseiy to the classic Gne of the features of th' dedication was tne reading by Bishon K aim, rec tor o tuo university, of the pope’s let ter to Cirdiuat Gibbons expressing his great satisfaction on tlxe extension of the university into tne fields of Uteri- tur« and science, thus tending ••to the advantage and the honor botu of relig ion and of the republic.” Lo DON, Oct. 2—rue Tuns pub lisnes a leiter iT'iiu Airs. V7 *i Hun- hurt, wi'iow of tne d s iukuisnud j oru- ; U; 1st, dated Meran, Aastuau Tyrol, fcept. 23, upou tne su jjsct o the onit- nary notice of the late Mr Ilnriourt, wmon was publisueu in Tuo Tim^s of Sepi 7. Tne Tunes th. n said: "It wil. be in tne recollection of our readers mat some ye.ua a o he was the ne.endant in a Dreacn oi promise acii m and owing to the natureo> thcevmenoo given at tne ir al, he ihoughi it v ruemut to leave tne c-.u ury. A warrant was issued aga n-t him for pet ju.y. but ne di i not return to meet it Ho has now dmd in Italy aitor a prolonged ill ness. ” Mrs Hnrlburt. In her latter, assorts tiiat it i-i true that, as st ite I, owing to the nature of Cue evidence given at tne tr.ai, her husuaud thougut it pin ieut to leave England. Bno adds: ‘*Montns previous to tne trial my hu-baad oonir.tcted to go to America on busiues-. connecie 1 with tin devel- cpiueut of tne Mil ordhaveu docks and had been paid in a ivanoo for nis ser vices. In order to iU fill this contract, he io t England a mourn niter a invor a me verdict was g.ven, and he did not return to meet tno w-rraut on account o. tne advice of his Am-rican counsel that he suou.d not. return to the Eng lisn courts as a doieudaut, but an a p. aiutiff “We together were engaged in col lect.ng evidence in tho United Stares ana elsewtiere as to tiie trutn of his testimony given at the trial m 1891 1 was expecting to come to L nidon with tins evidence to consult our lawyers at tne tune ot my husband’s death.” PARSON GIBSON TALES Being Accused of Murder, Ht Feels at Liberty. J BUT AS A \7[HISS'*, HE DID votl WILL HELP THE BUSINESS. CAMPOS REFUSES. Won lit Not (>r»n> an Api'U-tl For tlio lie* 1«»»» of I’nann-ra by Ant oioiul.ta. Madrid, Oct. 2—According to a dis- paten received hero from Havana, the members of the committee of the au tonomist party asked Cant tin General Martinez do Campos to release a num ber of pr< nim-nt persons who were de tained in custody at Santiago de Guoa by order o. me military autuoritie*. The Snamsti commander, it is added, not omv re used to release the prison ers. but continue l the seutt-nc s which were impoied upon them, and it is un derstood that tuey are to ue taken at once to tne military pri-on at Ceuta, tho ."punish couv ct estuoli-tiimont situ ate 1 in Africa, opoosite and about 17 md'-s trom Gibru.to. Tno Havana dispatch referred to in the cauie.’ram from M.idri i s ums to be a continnati >u of tne exclusive dis pute.!! to iht A-sociated Pri s< Irom Ha vana auiiiuncmg that Euoaldo Tama yo, nreiident of the Antouomist party at Santiago de Cuba, in addition to An ton o Bravo. Alfred B taucourc, Ricar do Lauda and Antonio Mas.’errer, prom inent members of that party, and Ra- taei Sa.tanu and Jote Gnvor, had b-eu sentenced to 20 years’ impmomueut in the Aincan prisons of Apsiui. H h it tiie Stmitlir.l I’ropnse. to 1)0 In tba < alif.iraia O.l T. n le. Los Angeles, Ort. 2. — James 0 Har vey, tiie local agent of tne Standard Gii company, was interviewed in re gard to tho rumor that "Ins principals wore about to di ion l ou Los Angeles and gobol - no everything in th* oil line in tins secti n. Mr. Harvey said: “I havo received word irom Headquarters that our peo ple will soon oe in the field as pur cuasors o: crude oil, an l tnat arrange- meuts are now being made to provi le iuciiities for moving it to points of con sumption This does not mean tiiut tno Standard Oil company is about to buy un oil territory, or that it wid iouiu oil lands, or that it will bo in any beuse a pro iucer of oil. Itm-anssim ply that our people have become con vinced of the Rulliciout extent of the h.c il oil field and of its permanency, and th it th<-y propose to engage in the snipping of oil to the points ot con- suuipiiou '•Tne Standard Oil company will not control anything here, it w 11 be a bidder for crude oil and the latter will bring more nearly what it is Worth than it does now.” DRAKE’S CAMPAIGN. Views of tin* U«‘ptiblic in Who Would Like to 15.5 (LtliforJim’s Governor. Orangic City, Got. 2. — General Drake, R -pa oilcan candi late for gov ernor, has open id his campaign here Speaking of tue money question, he Banl: “Wo mu-t havo a sound and stable currency, a currency no: liable to flue- tu itous, for the safe and successful couuuot of business ami the employ ment of labor and the buy.u; and sell ing of its products. The Ripuoiican party is in favor of goo l money and of a sufficient vo nine to tacilitate the paym ut of labor and the unlimited truu-aetiou of business “Gold and silver should bo main tained on a parity with each other, otherwise trouoio must come and dis aster wul follow. “Of the pos tion of the Democratia party on tins question there is no exact knowledge Tnere is at least sadly di- vi iod opinion. Tne ontcome ot its pol icies is even more uncerta n. ” CABLE CAR ! A SYSTEM. of th* flip slug L«* I* it Myth. San Jo-u. Cal , Got. SI.—Letters and telegrams continue to pour into the tel- grap.i and post offices addressed to Hip bing Lie, the mythical Chinese mer chant urine* in waose nam< an adver tisement r-ceutly impmred in a San Fraiiei-co p inor offering flittering in- duct-uieuts to nnv resp-etable wnite man Wno would marry ills daughter, Moi L-e There are at present nearly 600 letters in th* p>stoffice u'idressed to the invaicnous Hip bmg Lee, all pre- sninanly in answer to the advertise- meat re'erred to. Now Move In the DWtrlbutlon M ill. In Now York. New York. Oct 2—The Third Avon- ne railroad postofficc, as the cable oar system on tiiat line will hereafter be known, has been pnt in operation. Promptly at 3 o’clock two cars were Bt.tried KininlrauoouB y, one tiom the general po.tofflco ami one from tho end of the hue at One Hundred and Eignty- sixth street and Amsterdam av. nue The Pitt-'burg mail, whion heretofore left the gem ral postoffl*.e for uptown delivery bv tno wagons at 10 o’clook, lo:t at 8:30 o’olook. The trip to the end of the line was made in 43 minutes. Bay* If Ch*r*H of Mnr<l*r fa 8«»«!b*4 . Again.t Him H* \V*mM EtnpUr »m» r.mi’a Coun*el to D*f*u*l Him—Joal Fr*. Tiou. to Tl>*»t Ito ftnt.l Dir.nl Was ®e» fortunate lu Havlua such Counaet. San Francisco, Oct. B —Sinoe tbs Rev. George J. Gibson, pastor of tbs Emanuel Baptist cuuroh has bean vie- tnaby accused by Attorney Danprsy of committing tho murders that have made his cnurch notorious, he has seen fi. to b.eak the silence which he heB maintained ever since the discovery of tne crimes. Rev Gibson has allowed himself te be mtei viewed for publication, and the fi.st question askea was: “Wiiatdo yon tuink of Mr. Denprsy’s speech as an argument in delease of Mr. Durant?” “Well, it is a mystery to me howanr man ot Mr. Deunrey’s age and experi ence could deliver such a reckless talk wnen he had in his baud tns life or deatn of a tellow being. Reading be tween the lines it .8 e isy to seo that the speech was not the one he intended to deliver. It resembles the serin m pre pared ou Sn'idav morning after tho preacher m.covered that for various reasons he o mtd not us j the one he had WozkH ou tor weeks.” “Wuy did yon remain silent so Ion,?” “Because, os a witness. I had no right to taik. and I was willing to taks my share of newspaper cr.aci in.” “Do you think the situation li changeu?” “Yes. I am virtually accused of ths murder. My name is siug.ed out from among all the witnesses ai d uttered in loud tones to tue jury. Mr. Dsnprsy has dtotared the fight on Ths issue now, according to him, is between Da- raut and myself Tue speech gives ms tho right to conclude that Durant con curred m the accusation. He, through Ins attorneys, aocu.es ms of having Komo conuojtiou with tns murder of B.anche Lamout. The public mmsl have noticed that I never accused him of th s crime.” Rev. G.nson talked in a sarcastio manner about Deuprey and when asked wuat he woul l do ii he w.re arrested, lie said he would send for Deaprey to defend him “Wt-ro yon surprised at his charge again-t you?” “Not at ail. His aocusatiou is in har mony with ail the actions of the ds- len.e. You surely think I am very sim ple if yon suppose I hare been in ignor ance or tue work going ou in the undor* ground railway.” “Do you tniuk the defense will spring some surprises?'’ “Tnat is a goo i question, but I don’t care to auswt-r it in public. I think I can smell a rat as well as any other person. I hope the rat, tor his own sake, will choose the right moment to come out of tne hole. Wueu he ap pears, the cat will not have a bell on its m-ck. ” “Your handwriting is going to flgore in this case ” “Y«s; so Mr. Dimprey says. Hs knows what he is talking about. Hell just as sure of my handwriting as he wa>* of Dr Gheniy’s tistimouy, ” “What is your opinion about tho handling o theoase?'’ “In these days, when analogy does duty f >r logic, it is positively refresh ing to know of at least two lawyers who are intelligent enough to think ths p *op e do not see any difference be tween a b uff and a fact. ” “Don't you think tney are foolish?” “Ye.; thev are piling up exceptions that an crushing tue rlgh eons ness oat ot tneir cause. Everv technicality ii • curse tnrown into the face of the friends they pro:ess to defeud. No witness had done so much against Durant as ths actions of his attoruers. I would rather be hangvl thiu saved by such means as Mr D -nprey and Mr. Dickinson arc emnioyiug.” “Wuat do you think of Durantf’ “Wnatever the people’s opinions art, there are few bat think hs deserves e wealth of sympathy, bnt hs is unfortu nate enough in the hoar of trouble to have a. his best friends twu _,en whoso fame outshine their wisdom ' A BIG All of STEAMER LOST. Lemon* Ke.tch • High Notch. New York, Oct. 2 —The British tramp steamer by 1 via, from Messina and Palermo, has just brought 20.900 b- xm of lemous to th • port. Owing to tho enure rauure of the Florida crop, togeiner with short productiou, city lemons had jumped to $10 85 a box and $U 60 a case. In a day or two the steamer Victoria, from Malaga, Spain, is due with 22.900 boxes of lemons. Prices will tnen drop. The nominal rate is from $3 to $i a box Slint nn Aetr«-«« m (tu* Thi-nti-V, London, Oj:. I—A dispatch to The Globe from lirn-'Sels says that a French man, Virvdo Martin, shot an actress, Augusta Daurot, formori.v his oomptu* Ion, in th ' wings of the B tala theater. The woman rcceirel two wounds, nun winch it is not liktdv sh»* can recover. llo****V'.It-’* W.ir. In iur«a<l, Louisville. Oct. 1. -In the Broth erhood of bt Andrew's convention res olutions were a (opted praising Theo dore Roosevelt and his work in doemg •jlovu* ou Sunday lu Nww York. All Toro Up Around F.insms. New Yokk, Oct. 2 —A special from Panama ways: General CasHubiauca in tended to leave tne isthmoe lueaday, but postpon ed his departure in onedi* Mice to official mlvioee trom Bogota The i*-p .I',, i* ufll daily con fir me i tnol G*-iier>t! Reyes, secretary to the govern- uieut, is at Hogo, Canoa department, with about 2.609 men General Miguel Mon'ova has beeu appointed ohlei of the Pacific coast army between Buena Ventura and Tumaco. n-r Crow hb<i P»*«ang*re W*r* SoTotl—The Cargo Uon*. London. Oct. a.-A dispatch received here by Lloyd’s from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, announces the wreck and total loss of the Gorman mail stoamahipUru- guuv, of 1.400 tons. The Urn .-nay left Hamburg nn Aug. 7 for Montevideo and arrived there ou Sept 3. .-die was on her homeward passage when she ran ashore off Gape Frio, not far irom Rio de Janeiro, and all efforts to float her proved fruitless. Hit crew and all her passengers were rescued, but the ehip and cargo coaid Uot be saved. GETTING MONOTONOUS. Th* Way Tho** EngiUh Lad* Ar* Gatling Don* Up Over H«r*. London, Oct. 3 — The St. James Ga- jet te, refernug to the defeat of the Gambridge Oxford enoket team by the Philadelphians, remarks: "These defeats ^ English athletes across the Atlantic are becoming mo* uotouous. If there is one thing we coal 1 do. we thought we conld play cricket. America is now taking np that game, though it waa never populat there, yet even at cricket they have contrived to beat us.” A N*w*p%p*r Stan For sharlft Montgomery, Oct. 3. — A special from Birmingham says: Captain Frank P. O’Brien, editor of the Birmingham Age Herald and member of the legiela tare from this county, is to be e can didate for sheriff of this (Jeffereon) county. Suci in:urination is given out now *emi officially. The election fot until Id*nt'fl«l by Hi* Kaginovr, Grand Rapids, Oct. 3. —James Brown and Victor Taylor, farmers living in lmtl»dta conuty, have been arrested mid am now on their war to the Alien jail, ctiurgHd with ooiupdeity in the hoidup oi the Untoago and Wo t Miohi* ? iu train near Feunvide, on Aug. N. higineer Z obeli U said lo have ideutie fled both uieu. » 111- F.IKOlIrMll Slltfltr Crop London, Oct. 2 an eiutiK nt authority the Earop.ta.i -mg. WVo leu* suwri ui ui* i »*v-\/ Crop —It is pA'dioted by >ritv, GiAciker, that ir crop wii be l, 2WJ, - ii* uVwiiiJlt Cutn-g* DnriBk *«>pt*-mb«r, Washington, G. t *.—The monthly statement of tho director of the mint shows i-ouige during the motitn of hontemb-r a* follow*: Gold. ♦7.543,- 572; •tifor, ||7J. md; minor coin*, Ibi** Teud uuiuu^e, comity offiejs will not take pi next year, bit already names turned for the various positions An Oil Ag*nl Arr«*i*tf. Bt. Louts, Oot. 2 —Arthur J. win. receutlr agent at Cripple Creek, Colo , for the Continental Gil company, ot D-uver, Inn been arrested in this our on a charge of embeszlement, at the r quoit ot the chUd of poitoe of IMior rdo Springe. He was Joe bed and the Colorado anthorltiee wer lied. Tne prisoner has signed an meat to retarn withoat a rt-qalslikm Xfld*i>e*« ot M«ll Hobbary. Meridian, Miss., Oot. 3—On the Mobile aud Ohio railroad an empty mail much was found cut all to pieoee near iIn railroad track a few miles be low Ener|-ise One hundred lettsfll Were luaud •uetteied aieauik