Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ THITWEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C.,"OCTOBER 17, 1895. ^ • ic Chief Executive of Nation In Atlanta. the HE -K'I'.LLY RECEIVED. The Monadnock Remodeled and Is Now Ready For Work. THEY 1I1YYET FIGBT. Efforts to Have Corbett and Fitz Sign New Articles. BEEN BUILDINJ TWENTY YEARS. VENDIQ AND STUART’S PLANS. Acoottiptni*"! tin* M. tub of HI, Coll* loot olitl ill :rW'*«s ' I* KomcIib.I th, City mil lion i>rl*<-B >.t Onti« to Th« Uotol —An El-c.lit LMuuur Wm Too* d*r«d by A*»yor Klu*. Atlanta, Oot 23 —President Clere- laud and the members oi his cabinet amved in the city at 4:30 p in., and were at once escorted to their hotel, the president not desiring any demon* •tration. Wedesday, the party will be escorted £> the exposition ground* m-jc. 4-:^ ' -r. ? ^ ^ '“ °<J ‘l tie I’Ihoi For llrr Altmtloo Hod to Ho Cli iiiseii S«*v«<riil IliiiHn to ■ onforin With .Moil'-rn llcqjireuirnt*, but i«lie la Now » M<» i*! liutiImiiip in Er^ry Itespect. A llnublo lurretuil .Monitor. San Francisco, Oct. 23 —Steam will bo raised in the monitor Monadnock Thai-s iay.wnen the vessel will bo given a dock trial at Mare island to test her machinery. Tne warship will be en tirely completed and ready to put into commission within a month. All that is lai-kmg now is some minor parts, and they ; r' on ttic way from tiie east. Thu .Monamock h is b eu building lor 20 years and mot j. her keel having bom laid in 1874 i’no old Monadnock ha t done goou work i.uring the reuel- i.ou and Secretary Roouson, looking to t lie rchabication of tne new navy and fi i ling that it was imj o.sibie to uot ap iroj nations for new ships, conceived tne idei of Having the Mouadnocx and ot i.*r old vessels rebatlt Tne expense attached to this came oat of the innd lor repairs The Mona 1 nock was put up in irame at Williamsburg, N. Y., and then taken apart and the plates shippo l to Mare island in a sailing ves sel around the horn. For years the p.atui my exposed to tho woither. Tne appropriations for “repairs” was very small, and the work was delayed, t-evoral times the plans had to be a tor* ol to conform with mo lern require- meats but now it is declared that tho Monadnock is one of tho finest and most efflei *nt warships afl >at She is a double turretted mouit> r The old Monadnock was di-ou mtied hero and her tiinuer-s cut up into relics of lormer g.ory. They Suy the Florl.iu Athletic Club Now Stun !» IUa ly to Offer Aimther 1'nree, ih'.ii^li 'tnuller, tiii.l ttrtV-- ih- D*te F«r tli» Kattle FiZ-il Two nr Tlireo Weeks latter Thun the Oriifitiul Date. Hot Springs, Ark., Oot. 23 —The fight situation hero has asmmed a somewhat brighter phase and it may yet develop that Corbett and Fitzsim mons will uieit. Stuart and Vendig now statu that in view of Fitzsimmons arbitrary stand, the contract between the club and the fighters, in so far as it relates to Fitzsimmons is abrogated. Tho club stands ready to off jr a new conrr.icf, which comoruhends a modifi c.uioa of t lio purse off .-red. to say $i5,- 00'.) at tho mosr, and tho fix ng of the date ot battle two, or possibiv three, w -eks later than tho original date. Vendig and Stuart are a uait on this point. Vendig got a telegram from J. J. Quinn, Manor’s bacxer, off ring to bet UOO on the Irishman it tne match be- tw-.ien Corbett and Maher cm be made, .iu.un is still heie and lias till noon to make another application for a parse. The National Conference In Ses sion at Washington. Happenings of the W Throughout the Past OEOSGE BIT liiE Oit’J ADDRESS. 1 SOME IMPORTANT r. Wilt Kh Iiiviti.,1 El Fxao. Er, Paso, Tex , Oct 23 --A telegram has been received here from Fitzdm- mons, who is at Corpus Christi, stating that Corbett will b* invited to meet F.iz-immons lor a fight to a flnisn at Ei Paso. Fitzsimmons refa'ea toen'er into a pillow throwing courest with Corbett at Hot Springs becuu o he h id assurance that a fight to a finish could be brougut off at El Paso. ALL THE NEWS. where, in front of the government building, tho president will m ike a short speech and review the military. The dinner at tho Aragon to the president and party, by Mayor King, was the gre itest that has ever been given in tne city. Tne menu wee tne rictie.st and most elegant, every detail and arrangement being c.iretally pre pared. The presidential pirtv consists of the president and Mrs. Cleveland, tho vice president :.n l Mrs btoVeuson and daugnter, with tiio members of tho cabinet and their wives. Mr. Ol- uoy, sccr.'tary of stat**, will not be pn-s.-nt, Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle, Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Smith, Mr and Mrs Wiiion, Mr and Mrs Lamont, Mr. and Mrs. Morton, S' cretary and Miss Herbert, Attorney G**norul Har mon and wife, witn guests accom- panving. The president and party will leave for Washington Wednesday at mid night. MISS WILL AMD ELECTED. Th Saccmts llnmi-tr h* Fr.-sH«int of iti« Wo* lu,• u'n < liri.liiii T..ni|) r .lien Uu o I. Baltiuorb, Oct. 23 —Miss Francis Willard was acam elected president of the W. C T U at the annual election rith practic illy no opposition, although rbomplimentary votes w^re ca>t tor sev eral other p'O'imient workers Other offic' rs wo o ■ or-d as !ol o.vs: vice pres ident at large, Mrs L. M. N brevens; corresoo iding socretury Mrs Kathe rine l.outo Hievousou, of Mass; record ing secretary, Mrs. Clara Hoffman, of Kansas C iv. Mo • assistant recording ■ecretary. Mis. Frances J. 1? \.r. •'’r’-ip, of Keutncky. Tho proceedingss of the day wore open* d with devotional i x-n i.os con ducted by Miss Eizibe h Greenwood. The veuerabie A other ihnupson. the original temperance crusader, offered a pr.-iyor. The report of tlm oommitteo on ere- deutiala snowe l that 4'i fl'afos were represented, and that 4)o persons were present and untitled to vote. REPUDIATES HARDIN. Hon, CitMiu* M. i I >y Will Nottlior Sup. port Nor Voi« lor Him Louisville. Oct 23 —Tha Hon. Cas sius M. C.ay, Jr., of Paris, Ky., who made the race for the uom nation for governor of Kcutu>ky with G mural P. Watt Hardin, the Demoaratio can didate, and who was d iGa od in the convention *.ir a smalt m ijority, is out in a tetter to the Dmiocratic campaign comm ttee, refnnng to speak in behalf of Hardin the ires silver can tiaace on ft sound mouev platform He charges H n din with repudiating the Democratic couvemion platform, and will not v >te for niiu He also states in his letter that a change in the control of affairs at Frankfort, the abnli-diui-utof the state- honse ring would in o freat oeaotit to the state. The car l is not bitter in tone, bnt is the plain statement of ft •onnd money candniut» who ol>j tuts to repudiation o the sound money plat form by a free silver candidate. fttuckar Hrnke >h« itsnk. Duluth. 0:t 23 —The State Bank, from which Costlier Charlos Stnokey ■tole f16.000 and then fl -d last w< ek. Will uotoiinii its no irs, havmg assigned to C. L Davidson, tne heaviest BtoOX- holder. It is intimated thfti persons other than S'n -kev were impiioat»-d in the steal, btucut-y is snlt at largo A large ainonnt o. count* money and nearly $10 Obi) individual d*-p >sits are tied np, as Well as a good deai of Uiftte money. Will Re Opi-ti«i| to trade. 8t. PirKn-eri'G. Qjt 38 —A dispatch to tbe Novoe Vrumvn 1'rntu Vladivos Assnristed Tross niialla-d the Brit- lull-V>-n--zii<*lHii Mutter Well. New York, Oct. 23 —The foremost political qm-stion of the day is the dis pute between Groat Britain and Vene zuela, which involves tho possibility that tho United States may be drawn into the controversy. The newspapers of tho A-sociatod Press, as u-uai, have been far ahead of any competition. The aftoriv on uowspapi-rs. served by this power ol and enterprising organi zation. had exclusively on Saturday last tin ultimatum dispatch wh ch the Marqnis o Saltsbnrv has sent to Presi dint Crespo, and Mon lay the Asso ciated Press newspapers had exclusively the official statement of the BntisU loreigti cfllie on tho same subject. Thus ) two fiuo beats wero in addition to, by far. the most prompt and com prehensive stories of tho diplomatic sayiius and doings on both sides of the Atlantic, the Washington office of the Associated Press being able to furnish many hoars ahead of any other U"ws service tho full and exclusive American versions of the affair, gathered from tin state department and from high officials at Washington. Tim I'lglii in-cluriMt Off. Hot Springs, Ark . Oct. 23 —The fight between Coroett and Fitzsim inons is declared off by the Florida Athletic club. At a conference be tween the managers of Coroett and Fitzsimmons the club asked that tho contest be po-tpmod until Nov. 11. Lrady acquiesced, but .Inliau would not. Thu contest was declared off. OLD LANDMARK GONE. The 8«v«n Slnr* T»v«-rn, In I’annsylvanlii, I>rairnyoil by Fire. Philadkdphia, Oct. 23 —The old Sev en Stars tavern, in East Vincent town ship. Chester connty, tngr.her with the stables, was burned during thi mgiit. Tiie Seven Stars tavern was one of tho oldest Ian lm irks in the country. It was built long before the revelation, and it was a famous stopping place for travellers going from Puiiadelphta to Baltimore. The old tavern was tho scene of many a stirring event during too {evolution. Washington and his generals often •topped there. Near by is a monument that marks the graves of many sol tiers of the revoiutiou wuo died in th i old Pike Laud cnurch when it was used as ft hospital. Uncle Hun Tbre tlt-imil. City of Mexico, Oct 23 —Raca La tina, a Spanish paper here, the organ of tho residents, declares that wuen Spain has completed the subjugation of Cuba, she wul send the S.xth diviMon ot the Spanish navy to bomoari New York, thus inangnratiug a war witn a nation of barbarians who, although nu mericaliy superior to the Spauiards. are really contemptible, blustering dwarfs. Spniti must rely nnou her Spanish pride to teach the yankees a lesson. Tne organs of the S ntnish oni ony here are exc e liui-iy bitter against the A meiican people, ani war U a Com mon tnreat. MORE COMMENT. Tito 1.on 'on rr<*«« on > li * llri’i*h-Wn**- ziiolon IJiifHtloii—%%rb>tiMiIon. London, Oct £3 —T.ie afternoon nowspap;rs of this city again comment npou tho dispute botwosn Great Brit aiu and Venezuela and in the same tone as Monday. The St. James Gazdti, for example, declares itself to bo opposed to arbitra tioa in any form, saying: “Arbitration not only does not apply to the present dispute, but it is the us ual thing when there is recourse to this kind of international tribunal for the arbitrators to find acaiust England and the weight of evidence, and in tlio few cases wnoro the finning has been in our favor the other side declines to pay ” The St. Jam«s Gazitte thou instances tho Alabama. Ddagoa Biy and Bullr ing Sea disputes in support of its con tention that international tribunal-', u-uiily fin l against England and the Weight of evidence More attention is attracted now than formerly to tho utterances o the St. James Gazette against arbitrating the ilispute, as this newspaper seems to have had somewhat o t ie inside track throughout in tlio Vem-zad iu nows hero ami it is therefore believed to have been inspired by a high g tvornment official thoroughly famdiar with tho subject and aware of the poliev to bo followed by tne m uqms of Salisbury. FIT >rt* t«* Srctir^ reuc*. London, Oct. 23 —A dispatch to Tho Globe from M idrid quotes a Havana dispatch to The Imperial, as saying that Rabi, the chief lieutenant of Mu- ceo, the insurg -at loader, has held a con orencu witn his friends, the object of which was to point out that farther resistance to the Spanish torce was boneless, and in ord-r to study tin moans to bo taken to end the war. Tne result of the o inference was not known when the dispatch was sent. CrnsliaU In Tli*-lr C»bln, Ddvis, W.Va, Oct. 23—Particulars havo reached bore of a shooxiug and fatal accident on Sh iffer’s mountain, lu Randolph county Marion H Carr, accompanied by ms wife uud two sons, went into the mountain in search of geuxiug, bunding a camp at night, wnich tiiey covered witli slabs. Abont 8 o’olocic in the morning a big maple tree broke and fell on tne crude cabin. Mrs. Carr and her son, Go >rge. were instantly killed. The other son, Jesse, was fatally injured, and tne taiber was bauly hart lllgli Mum* Far M tekaf, Paris, Oct. 23.—A funeral service with high mass was cclebratid at noon at tho Church of St Ferdinand Dus Tonies for the repose of the sonl of tho late Joun W Mackay, Jr. and his re mains ware then conveyed to the crvpt at tho Cnurch of St Augustine, where they will remain, polling transport »• tion to Havre The bo Iv will ba taken to the Uiutod Status next week. Hie Quirunilnn KmU«<I. El Paso, Tex , Oat. 24 —At 12 o’clock the government quarantine against Mexican cattle was raised and from 60 cattle men now in the city from D. H- vt. Kansas City, St. Louis. Cnicago. Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth and Pueb o, Oom., it is learned that M.000 bead of catt have already been bongnt In Mexico for shipment into this conn Freshlent M ■ k• • mu Appointment. Washington, Oct. 23 —The president has appointed Albert D. Chamberlain to be register o: tho land office at Douglas and Jared S. Dixon receiver of public moneys at Natchitoches, La. ^clioonnr Mjrntlo Stnr UmIamshiI, Oswego, N. Y., Oct. 23 —Thesohoon er Myitic Star, which went ashore nonr Saceit’s harbor daring Sunday’s gale, was released and towed to Ogdons burg. Sinn nnd wir« «nlai<t*. Berlin, Oot. 28 —A d • p i* !i to the Tageblatt from Viomn iays mat Field Marshal Dnnst AdoMi dm and his wl-e huro committed suicide. Ten Children ltiirn«<i In llnntft. Berlin, Oot. 28 —A dispatch from try and 40.O'0 of inem ere already "on Diraohau, Polish Prussia, says that ten He Spe ilm ;it l.engili UpiMi tlia Religious y i Mtious of tiie Hit.—In (lie Alisenoe of “eimior llnir. Who Is I'reslileut of the lonier- uo , lion. Dor.nun U. Citon 1're* si,led—Many Not tblon 1‘reaeut. Washington, Oct. 2d —More than 1.000 loaders of the Unitarian church, iuclu ting scores of prominent divines, gathered in Metzerot’s music hall where ms national conference of tho Unitari an and other Christian churches was foimiiiy opened. United States Senator Hoar, of Mas sachusetts, who is the president of tho conference, was detained at Worcester, Mas->.. and Hon Dormm B Eaton, of Now York, presiuo l over the sessions. A comm.iniou service, conducted ny Rev. Dr Cearles C Everett, of liar- v.irii. open i tne day's procee lings, ami Comm snout r of Labor C. D Wrignt, tole,\v id in an addreis of welcome. Tne follow.ng toiegram of regret was then sent to mo Rev Howard Everett Haie. o. Ri-xbu y. Mast : 'J'Iji- national confi-reacc sends affection ate greetings ir nv-mory of Ids many dis- tinguislied s-rvices and with ten ler sym- p itl>\ for the anxieties and sorrows which deprive the conference of his presence and fellowship. Alter j-omo routiiio business, tho Rev. George Bitcko.or, chairmin of tlio council of mu nat.onai cou-ereuce and secretary of tho Unitarian association, reati an ad< rois. Mrk Bituncl<>r said: “Tne first .act wliteV. con;routs ii a demand Hn* mor < and better orguni zition. Th" ears of this conference are always open to that cry. For out of such a demand ma lu 80 years ago, this conference came.” After giving an account of the events whicn have Happened since tuat time, Mr Batcnelor continued; "It has uoaii tne good fortune of our church to produce men and women wno could centnonto to the literal are of tlio world. It has been our good lor- tune, iiLo, to s'.aml so near the common luc of u a i that ml home literature has served our pur rose. “It has been our aim and is still onr desire to produce denominational liter atuio which may serve our nmnedia'-j purpose lor sp-cial re isotis, but which sh ui bo of .sue i a quality as to escape denominational uses and become tne common property of tne wor d, a new sense or the m-e t of tho uury provides the re.igious Ine of tho worM Among tiie many indications w.neii mignt be C ted are the Lambert proposals, the Gnndi-lwaid cou.erences, tne letter of Leo XI11 inviting the protestant world to n turn to the Roman church. Less notable bui nearer to u<, are the liberal congress at Cmcago in May, the ono at Toronto in Ju y and nnmerous meet iugs of in lusters of different denomi nations, ru li as tho-o at Ayer and on Cape t'od, M ass. vV’tth tho purpose of tho meetings our representatives are most heariiiy in sym >atny. But tiiey hold that to succeed all such plans must look towar t a Vo untary co opera tion of clime leg and individuals wno are prepared for union. There can be no union under compulsion. “The last 80 years nave riven us a relation of (lie laws of religious prug ross as notable as that which mams any roiLious epoch in the historv of tne world Tiie application of me law or evoiUiion to tie institutions of so ciety removed many an obntucio to faith Rcl giouis now seen to be not on>y one ot tne most important prod nets ot evolution, but also a const tut power working in tne progress of civil izat.ou Tinny years ago, wh *n tins conierepo) was organ zni. for exatnnle, many believe l that the church univer sal was but the creation of tne hopes, tho tears, tuu fancies and the desperate longings of the nnm iu heart, projected upon a background of suoii mists and vapors as ignorance, superstition, ero dnlitv and pno-tcraft Beioro the lig it of Hci-nce wi; knew that the vapors would melt and vanish and we feared that oven th >so solemn temnlos dissolv ing in the clear air o knowledge would leave net a rack behind The vep ts—ignorance, snperst'tion, credulity and priestcraft—grow thin; they moited away; and. as tho page mt laued, tiiov rewarded tho eye of faitu with tiie most glorious sight toat ever dawned moil tho sou; of in m. For thess domes and gorgeou-pinnacles <>f chnrcii universal were not foreground but back ground, science dispelling the darkness and disp-rsing the clouds, did not des trov thucbuioa of the living G d but reveals'd it as the most nermau mt tru h o: the progress «,f c vilizatiou. Rjlig ion abides uud grows and tiie c lurch universal in all its changing forms is its growing bo iy. “Tuis con cre toe has come to the place ami time wu>-n it ought to, in spiritual tilings, assert itseli with pow er. When we pass our snnerficial and technical d fforeuces, we fin l our^lves heartily agreeing as to oar ciinrcn and our work Just us wo be.ieve in tne attraction of gr ivirat on in the revolu tion of the eartn unou its axis, so also, we believe and trust, and stake our ■piritnal welfare upon our beliet in tne realities of the spiritual life “Behoving those tilings, is it not pos sible for ns to luy aside tins sins that so easily beset ns, private creed making, and join with one heart and one voice to say these things, uud thou to do die Works which shad manifest them with pow. r?” The work o' the national alliance of Unitarian and other iioeral Cnristiau women were discussed by its secretary, Mrs Fifl-dd ot B ston, and the Riv. Dr Brooke Her ord of Loudon, repro •eutiug the British and Foreign Uinta suit Entaruil A*;.iin<t tli« Nnu* un 1 Ol>. *«rv«-r—Tin- K< e nt Vi*it of th- North Ciirol ioit I’ri-s* .la*<ici it Ion to AtluutM tnrro iiM-tl I liHir rnhlp — Mills Start Up uii-i Otlu-r Mato News. Raleigh. Oc t. 19.—In the superior court here, John E. Hussey of Wash ; ington, D. C, filed, tlirongh his attor* | ney. a, complaint in a damage suit against Tha Nows and Ooservor Pub- j ashing company of Raleigh. Hussey is private secretary to Senator Marion butler, and during C.evalaud's first ad ministration was entef of a division in the treasury department. His complaint sets forth that The News and Ooservor published that while cnief ot division lie cau-md chrks to c ipy list o. pensioners in order that n - might, alter ins term ot office end c l. u-o them as pension attorney, and tuat but tor senator Ransom’s in flu once he would have been sent to tne penitentiary. Tne complaint tanner alleges that Thu News and Ooserver wickedly and maliciously, mteudiug to injure me said Hussey in h s good name uud credit, and to bring him into public scandal, lutumy and disgrace caused it to bo .suspected, and believed tuat he was disnouest and unscrupulous, guuty of crime, ihe punishment wh-treoi was confinement in mo penitentiary; a thief ami a conspirator; mat, by means of said publication, he has been and is greatiy injured in nis goo l name and credit and brought into puulic sc >u tat, infamy and disgrace, to his damage $10,000. Governor Carr received a requisition from Governor O’Ferrall, ot Virginia, for Louny J. Poe, a watte man wno outraged Annie Mase, nine years o.d. in Wa'hiugton, Vo. Governor Carr honored the requisition. Poj is in jail at Winston. Tne North Carolina Press association, while in session at Atlanta last we.k received 10 new members, and now, for the first time, has more man 100 Tne North Carol.ua Presiyterian synod meets at Fayettevi le Tues iay, uud 800 clerical and iay delegates will be pro lent. Tne BuifYo notion mills at Cone >rd have begun work with 3 lo) suind et. it is alo ged tuat tne grand jury of Carteret county will not reiuru a true bill against tne parties cha;g-d wit i tiio graveyard insurance business to cause of tiie numner of persons invoiv od in the eharg. s. Senator Bnt.er’s Popnl sr p per says that it does not care m oat tne .us o i of any political parties, but declares or a com oi nation ot tiie paiplo gui -ral.y to defeat the Democrats. Tne Popuusts say tiiey liavo begun their educational campaign to convert D mocrats. A CALL ISSUED. RnMrot.l Ilon.llini er* \V»nt to OrginlM »n Intivpen.lvnt I’rntrcilVo 0»ina<U«e* Denver. Oot 23 —A call has baen is* sued from New York director j to the holders of outstanding first mortgage louds of the Diuver, Text* a id Golf and Denver, Texas and Fort Worth railroads, asking tho bondholders to commnnicate with one of the large, eastern trust comptu.es The onjeotof the movement is to orgamza an inde pendent protective committee. Recover Tram mil says the total amount of bond < of the two lines, out standing, amounts to sometnit * like $1,700,000 'Ihe first mortgage holds of th* entire Galt system exceeds $22,- 00 >,000. an l n ntrlvall tne bond* are controlled by the Union Pacific, Den ver and Gulf. It is claimed that the call issued from Now York emanates from a mi nority. whic i cannot master strength enough to affect the majority. COAL STATISTIC^. Fruilai-Mon FnlU off, Itm Th«r« B-en More Men el Work, Harr sbur ». Oct 23—The statistics of tne mi in tig regions, which will be me u lod in the forthcoming report of the department of internal i.ff iirs show tho production of coal for I8J4 in tin Amh acite and Bituminous di triers o Penn-ylvauia to have b<* n 33.300,8s9 tons, a • eiruuse of 5 295.072 tons .ro.u the proiurtiou of 18;3 The produ • tion o. Jinmncite coal was 43 5 >6 79 tons as ag iiusc 47 l79,Mt3 tons in 1893 a reduction of 1.673 384 tons Tiie luminous production w is 39.8>0 21> ions, as against -13 431 989 tons in R-93 a re iaction of it,62i.27o tons. While the pro lactions show thi great falling off, tne total nanib<r o emp ove« in and about th s m lies na- inure i<o I. Tne tin uoer em »ioye I d ir iug 1891 was 2*26,872, as aguust 219 83 in ;8J3, an mcrea-e o 7.051. DEMP6EY IS DYING. Must Cliitrgw Only llm Mat-- Rite. Raleigh, Oct 21.—The railway com mission summoned mouths ago decided liiat the Western Union Telegraph company nm-t cnargo omy tho state rate b< we til points on the Nor oik and B outroru rauw iy and otner points m the s.ato and nnposo 1 a lino mr viola tion of tills order Too comp my up p olled to tuo supremo c..u t ot tne United Slates nun pending toe mtter’s deci-.ion tne co:iim.->s on-rs’ order is Do ing i.-beytd 1 lie comuii s,on received notice rein tiio cleric ot t ie s-unr-me court that tno cas) will not Do readied boioro too .-pring of )S'.)7 Au.liionuiii IturiM-il. Charlotte, N. C., Oct 17 —The great auditorium, wit i a soatiug c i- paciiy oi C.OjO, was unruo i between 3 nnd 4 a. m it was a plain 1 story siruomre, covered with cor. u a a ted iron. Being in tuo center of a tuickiy built up block, it eu-tanger-d imost me whole of tlio northern bu-duess end of tho city. Tne efficiency ot tbe city’s fire department is sh >wu bv tne met that of s.-ven bnildiugs on fire at ono time only tuo auditorium was con sumed. T .e loss is abont $4,5n0; m surauoe, $2, UOO. A-q.oitt-tl <I<Miiijr*s. Canton, N. C., Oct. 21.—The jurv on tho Jennyss murd -r case, tried at Mur phy. N. 0., returue l a verdict Saturday of not gu Ity The jurors were out only ten minutes. The circums aucosoi the tragedy, H will be remembered, w«ro that Jennyss tired at his wife’s pira mour as they were driving one night in Jn y last., but instead o h ttmg tn> man lie k lied ms wife. PuMicsympa thy was with Jennyss. Bmsoiu Will «a«t HU raf. Washington, Oot. 21.—Comptroller Bowier has rendero 1 an opinion hoi t ing that Hon. Matt W Rmsomii en titled todraw his sa ary as Un t > l States minister to \lox co, n oier ids la-t ap poiutment bv tiio president it wa- tne knowledt-e of C'omptro.l -r B >wle; ’s iutt-u el action that caused Becrotarv Carlisle to direct, some we> k* ago, that Minister R insoiu no p dd. RATHER BLOW. T;»« Honrs of ill- eN •I-|> ir' l” nro Nam* b--ml— :ijr« I-IIS Dill It- Portland. Or., Oi 23 —Jack D-mpsey is dying. Within the p ar few days he has uei i rapidly sinking and it is auuon iced t ia: ms li m s a e numbered He has trio t aonanre to country ai”, bur with little nptnroit b nefit Hs phys ci ms abow f.w o th* Dugilist’s trieuds to see inn D mp-ev r*al*za« his condition and says it is du * to the blow he receiv • l nt the h mds o Fitz itumous iour years ago, but his rnend- say it is consu n > tion Bine* his return to nish -me ne'-» some moutns ago, Demps-y n ts ab-o Intelv reiu-ed to taik to repo, tori aban prizefighting. - — A Brilliant Future. [<'orrespomh nee of Tim Ledger.] Mai d. S. C , Oct.. 21.—Our people un- looking more cheerful in* they start to market with tln-ir cotton t-incc 1 lie advance in price. Tiiey should consider »lie enuse that lias produced In ullcct and begin now in earnest for a more thorough diver-ifiention of ••nips, for home is more attractive wlu n st If supplitd. V bo sire strong and intlt-) eiuu ut farmid's? Those that grow whill tiiey consume, (’milion makes cot t on n surplus crop, i feel like a hrighlt r future is heginiong to d'i'vo upon this great Am* I'ie.in lie* poblie. We have s-xp'-riciicc ! storms of si iif ■ >i ml d i' isions sin I disnppoi lit - me:.Is mde s ly e.\| < line nt.' and tiie political hail.'!' rms have fell thick mid heavy yet there are a few old Vetemli-> I ru and Iried ihm have ; withstood the storms und are yet smiling witli their arms extended and I their great sympathizing heaits full of love for home and nalion, waiting i to hind the interests of ev> rj patriot | iiDo one so|i>l union for strei gth atid ; glory. The y»er for national choice ; will soon l>e upon us. so h t every man 1 lay the expi rietice that lie has hud in i th* buhinees of hisown jo<iveinent 1 and di-ei le that is n<>w time for the i >iav. u ol tin- hrigiitest day of progress h t this nation has ever koowu mnl that they will eoiinl one in 'In* nuoi- her engaged in the great grand und _•] rious work of tile nation’' adorn ment. O n* G il >p< ;>ks to us thr ug nature in every pinee, \ nd I ids u s in i'< Vi i< oee < ir i at hail lit nr k* i-j' Ir hi iii.',r:oi . *i rs Mar;, A. l.iud-i i> vi'.ti g lo-r s. n at t i is p'ac e. Lindi i A 1*. ic» - ' >t"ii wa- crowiieii ,e-11 iiia.v with i'Uslotin rs .so,in of our i-it izciis are at tending court this wei K at .'Sj-arlanhiirg. E.lu rl ii<m!i r.'on is pii'hitig lhe vV - >i s oi 1. i ' I-Oi :t llii' p' :,i i . 1*. I i L. .!.. w 11ih o.-I I 1 • v L"i!;.i' • a ■ ! i I \ v •> c lii.-ht t ■ S v 11 - j •' I. .on i -, i. i o'. i .. c u le ■; i;g iin t i o i-. I, . : Some hoi i ' \' 1 _ 11 *■ Uh t Hi i oss I i i > i i • ! ; - i 1!' ! i. Cd !' • u d l> Tha Sooth C»rolla« Coiiatliuilonsl Con. V-ntlou la Not .M^klu^ Vaallliul- lima Columbia, Oot 22 —ThMooustitatton al convention has coiuuleted its 11.th Week’s work, and so far t-x ict yoae ana one fifth of an urtiole, to beiu.itnemat icaliy correct has been coiupleled eaca Week. While considerable of tho heavv Work ha 4 hem done me past w ek. t ie rian uiooiatum. Bhe reporto l that me rule now adopted al owingaiueuiimeuts reiigioas thought aliroad Wa-* advauoiug on tne tuird r amu op ms up m»nv more than ever on Unitarian line*. possibilities, ami again it man u« sui t o i x- i. I ri-.i t * oni . i- !e pi* loratioin htleki'i ' are ag.iin. . I Phil* y shucking Friday. . a v > mnt y fn 1st- re- . o il 'iiice VN iilianiH • i hi; tore. lb- saj S nl> i «tI him kind* r lock says that the Japanese port* of th " borders t *ady lo enter this ooftoiry, children Wero burned to deftth inn fihimonosski. Kmcho'u. i’oxm. SmuIuI, Aomori and O arnuui will thorii/ M Opened to iutoruat.onal trade. To H »nm. Op> ridlniis. CUTnBURT. Pa. Oot 23 —The Fu t- bury Iiiin wori{«, after a long nileue.**, Will re-m u * nperations at osce The Hail in II : >a i -eiel wnt) it ba* lift ftO- %Mt ft) Jktfl «* ft*M* T*ll»r ea srnetn ifenrtenie aian. Washington, Oct. »• —Senator Teller lays tho silver Bepablioans In tbe Ben* ate will not agree to its reorganisation by tho Benubi oant except on condi tion that tun sdrente* bn adowed to fl 1 th i vuoanov on tne flnanoe cotu- tu m uc cauwt i J tue«eMres|eftt«i Psft hotue. Taitt-rsall ««*ru*iutjr 111. London, Oot 28—Bkmuud Tatter- sail, head of the w* ! known horse ex Quango, is (iangHrousiy id. Uln f Don« to Ihi.tan Washington, Out 18 —Sees'*^7 a/. Mf Ms#»m Itliesi—Kra4Mttstv» Resolution* were alooted deervlng corruption m politics and urging Uni tatiana to fight it and al«o ins U trafflji liquor snloid* In Uiiwtinnaeiia. Chattanooga, Oc4 28—Frank R Weity, aged 8J, of 120 F'deral street, Aiiegiienv, Pa , was :oun t d-a t in uud at the R'*ad House. Au empty botue of tuorpmu - w 1* found on tii* tame. The tMfee wl tks SftieMte is a ut/steff/. t that tne inus* o: tne ii*uvy wore issti 1 ehead of me couveutioii if me great flgais and llVeiy an 1 long debatei are to com* on tne suffrage article an 1 tue srtio.e* on uauoatioa ami county gv>v- erumeiit Tne most prominent 1S"U»s before the Oouvcnaoii nr - 10 ia* louioi m mos* nr- tieies, tne suffiage pruu cm sta in n< lar in the .**a 1 o' uh otn-r*. I’", n, •gain, 1 ii«re • t ie iiom-st- a 1 w- "u'U "t tue mr. ;oiu <> < i»gistauve dwpar -lUU ut f et to ue euUip,ete«L m nt of I >r. 11 • il ii" vv i I IdisU*.- his e i. I (> d fashioned ci g. 11 ing popular i;i' |»"d m a I • It. K Ln* ter o I s l live g t: • . in; (i O > v Ifh u< v, r had 111 ] him tht-y did. W liih- lomling m » o * *'t ioi> Monday i , (>. W.ual was thinwn from hia i wagon hv the mules iM-eomii.g fright- ' 111 d. A win i l passed over his he.id and hruisid him upcoiishh r.ihle hut .1 ,, ;is nidi- to lie out I il"' Withe < . nip s 11 o C 11 , 1 hri-li slilTi 1 li g scvenil U i> I. iifllie’• *1 arm. He doeau’i ,v' i 1111 ails if. BSST'- what the People I miv the most ot. That’s Why Hood's Saisajimil: 1 Ii.d the l:il‘^e«| mkQf ALL MSDICINKt.