Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"W THE WEEKLY LEDGER; GAFFNEY, S. C.,'OCTOBER 31, 1895. FIU'B STI1IIIEP HP. omas (ITIM'E. Sffi I TO nM)r r of the Week Past Throughout the State. Trade In the South For the Past Week Has Been Good. The Resignation of the Minis try Causes a Sensation. Armenians Attacked and Their Houses Burned. To Testify In the La* to Acquit Dur tQIlS IMPORT * B r VuITS !T0TED. THE IRON BUSINESS IS BOOMING. A CRISIS CONFRONTS THE COUNTRY GL * T ERAL HUNDRED WERE KILLED. TEE STORY OF A FRLJC NtarmapH VTn^*!/ danaitl** OTarit R>qn*«« n«Mlc ni T < n *• L«»>« >«rik. Of* tfltM Hnilcili.v I’nm -ny* — I titaraa''* WmMI €»<>• VtoNiU««4 an M. antert. 4Hk«r him • lf*i- •. 1Uuu«h 0*1 ^1 —la • ap«clM ta larriofr Ja«r« feuatw Marina Uatiar h»uU "From lh« laltrYltw witk 8«a»t«T fUMrBMR job m« kt fRYwr* (uiioa W ||«Ubm< i>*»«cr»ts ami goldbaf ft* E iiaaaa to •rgmmuii »a« ■•uat* Tkia wkmi 1 •xi>«cti4 frum » gold i. I («Yor silT«r imam of mil pmrtiM kmmlmg to^otmar mud orgmuiatuK too Mmaio om allTor linos. ▲ immj inlf of Iko soamiors worm oloctod as sUYtr usoa mad oim os lo bo aiiror usoa lx thof *iriU ok >w tkoir tmilk kj their work*. Iko tiiYor mom omm take ukmrgo of oYorf •oasiaiitto u tho soumto. "If gold mom ouutrol tho seuato it |WiU ka Wy tho koip uf m/u who claim to bo for n Ur or, ami ov ^rjku it kiowi S kat couiumieoo coutrol Irgiilmtioa. fheroforo it u mioro importuut for a kilYer uiau to oast ul« Yoto to orgauifl* |tho comuiittreo thau it would hoioYott (for a free com ago kill; tor, uules-t tho committco. ur i so orgau zed, uo auok bill Will Over bj reported. * WAS NO THREAT. Morinmiis U.iUmIt ■•m nir* over m Et. qeaaO tu L •»»* Niirtu C'Nrulluw, Raleigh. Oct. 24 — Judgo Coblo, of tho superior oourt, teforred to cl or Pou tho i«tier leut to the our Mormon aiders iu this < osatr uoti yiug thorn to loave, uui whicu the/ re erre 1 to Got- O'Dur Garr kelicitor i'ou taro tho« ttulO'l ti e Mor.no u cau show lOuspt* gaoy to orcc (hem to e ive. Uu cannot gee how tuo signers a. me lettor caa bo E roecu ei As ioug t eeiiorsoier ue raw thev are eutit ed to preacti; but uy uuuib r o citizeus may pro e l kgaiu&t sack preaching, au 1 may no 0 ifar us to request tho uiou to leavo mo community aud yo* uot r.olaio tuo laws o. tue stuto. He has read Ui* paper prosoutod to the governor . ud foils to porcoiY# guy {threat. He eeio that oo tar as tao mtato is fiouce ued there is uothiag to be uoue It uuy conspiracy u toruso4 |pr any injury oeue to tuo Mormons as promises them they shall haYo tho mame protection u< any citii-su Tmo solicitor suggests tnat tue Hormousaro unduly seusiuve aud that St. Paul would hardly uaYJ t.ikeu trigat at so slight provocations. Flpe ^XaUers «nd structural Iron Manufac* turers Itcport a Heavy Ilnslncso—LuiuIkt Men Also Itcport Kncourng ngly—Tho Visit of Hie Northeastern Cotton .Manu- facturrrs—Many New Industries. Chattanooga, Oct. 30.—The reports as to industrial conditions all over the south, as received at the r fllee of The Tradesman for the past v ee'x, show that temporary changes in prices do not have any decided effect on tho volume of business which steadily increases. Iron is not in as active demand as a month ago, but deliveries on contracts keep tbs stock from aecnmulating in tho yards, and inquiries show that a very large trade is not yet supplied. Pipemakera and structural iron manufacturers re port a heavy business at firm prices. Lumber men report encouragingly as to the situation from their standpoint, and quote higher prices and activity in mak ing shipments, which in some places is greater than the ability of the railroads to supply the ears. A good deal of attention has boon at tracted to southern textile mills by vis its from many of the largest c< tt n mill operators in the northeastern states, who hare been at the Atlanta meeting of the Northeastern G tton Manufacturers' as sociation. Mills in operation have been worked to their full rapacity, and more are in active work than at any previous time. Some complaint is made that the margin of profits is too narrow, but as a whole, the southern cotton mill men are doing well, and new mills continue to be organized. Fluctuations in the cot ton market do not materially affect tho manufacturers or growers, as purchases are made at prices which gives a profit to manufacturers, and cotton grower* have all sold at a fail- profit this year. Among the new industries established or incorporated during the past week, is the Pe pie’s Cotton factory, Montgome ry, Ala., capital $200,000; the Broad River Cotton mills of Columbia, S. C., with $15,000 capital; mills at Anniston and Dadeville, Ala.,.and Lithonia, Ga., aud a knitting mill at Valdosta, Ga. The Tradesman also rep< -rta the char ter at Moundsville, W. Va., of the Monndsville Sand company., capital, $500,000; the Hunter Automatic com pany of Huntington, W. Va., with$300,- Thr Iiiffoultic* With Which President Fan re Will Have to lhal ana Itcuult of the Stepping Down of the Kihct Kcgiiuc. 'Uion of a Itn.licul Cabinet Is Probable, I . v-et. 30.—Tho newspapers of this city express appreciation of tho dif ficulties which confront President Faure as a result of the resignation of the lli- bot ministry. The moderate Republi can journals deplore the fact that tho chamber of deputies was not satisfied with the explanations of the ministers regarding the failure of the government to proscouto those whose names had been mentioned in connection with the South of Franco railroad scandals, and that the chamber thus precipitated a sit uation, the consequences of which, it is claimed, it AAill be the first to regret. The radical and s :cialistic newspapers hail the defeat if tho Rib’t ministry as revenge for their own discomfiture in the matter of the Carmanx stiike, while the conservative organs state that tho ministry lias fallen on a question of public morals and “under a blow given by the maj' rity, exasperated at repeated attempts to hush flagrant scandals.” M' st of the newspapers’ opinions of the circumstances p' int to the formation of a radical cabinet, headed by M. B r ur ge is, whose last office was that of min ister of justice in the former Ribot cab inet in 1892 and wiio tried unsuccessfully to form a cabinet after the fall of the Dnpuy ministry. Several newspapers, however, say that they !4'.tioipatc that a dissolution of par liament must occur, “if the present state of anarchy continues.” The Palais Bourbon concensus of opin ion seems to favor a radical ministry, comprising among its members M. M. Bourgeois, Cavaignae, Pevtral. I> nr'or, Ham tax, and. perhaps, General Zmiiu- dcu and Admiral Beslard. A Semlofilrial Nolle*. Paris, Oct. 30.—The following semi official note has been issued: “The min isters. at the close of tho sitting of the chamber, proceeded to the Elysec palace and tendered their'resignations to the president. They were accepted and will ne published in the Official Gazette to morrow morning. They acquainted 000 capital, and the Josserand lAirnber Faure with the incidents lead- company of Josscrand, icx. f ’with $100,• j nor rA«ifrnfitir>n Tho proridont To 4!$’ tit lilt) < Raluioh. O t. 83—Goveruer Cart appoints tue odowiug delegates from North Carolina to the Commercial Travolei'B’ convention at Atlanta, Nor. 18: Wdnun G. Latuh of Wiiliametonf 6 £. Crabtrwe, Gunieboro; Jumea A. JBi/gs niid Brown Pegram of Raleigh; Jack L Prior, Fayetteville; Jack Bar tlett. Wilmington; N *•' A.biou. War- X mi ton; Pei«r P Ya as, Grnt-n-bnro; Wulutm C. himlsiiv nun Peter F Beard, Saiicnrr; W B M-ar-u Linwoo 1; B F. R(Ht«*rn. (3otioor4, U P Auueu. W n |; W W. Watts, Cuarlotr-; W. H. finiunR, Newton, uud Vau B. Moore, teville. ilae Fir at Iturhnm, •toham, N. C., Oj! 23 —A fire ee earred h-n* mi Main street, in the ne1ghooricc.d known as Five Points. It Was ennftt. i ...c ior. hi !' ~f rhe strrwr. below rhe p > t^iffioe it origin ated hi a steam mnnrirjr located about the center o a frame range Known as the R H Wright b oek C in-»e of the dr* ananown. A etaote own- d by the town ot Dnrham was columned to gather with lonr bm.diugj, ail owned by R. n Wright. B-atreotlT* P ■« av Darham. Raleigh, Get. 25 —Fire broke ont in the 6 story briek budding nsed as • prise house for tobacco at Durham, owned by Thomas H. Martin, anl ser •ml thou ■'and debars’ damage wae done to the bnddtng and contents. Several firemen were overcome uy the heat and tonoke. It is thought the fire wae the trork ef an inccn nary. A«a*ittad el Inaoraae* FraaS. Braptokt, N. C., Got 25.—A verdict Of net guilty woe rendered in the aape- •tor ecnrt in the case of the National Life association ef Hartford, Conn, broBceatiuc Dr T. B Do Lamar, L T. We and Wdlinm Fish iu the Mattie ItoVMi bogus insnranoe case. Several •Mews remain to bn tried. company 000 capital. The Central Peninsular Mining and Mack company, capital, $50,000, bus been incorporated at Inver ness, Fla., a $30,000 cotton t il mill is to be built at Denton, Tex., and the Beaty Manufacturing company, capital, $25,- 000, has been chartered at Roanoke, Va. An electric lighting company is reported at Lafayette, La., a fertilizer factory al Valdosta, Ga., flouring mills at Dan ville, Ky., and Graysville, Va., and foundries and machine shops at Palatka, Fla., Greensboro, N. C., and Hunting- ton, W. Va. A large soap factory is to be built at Louisville, Ky., and w<H>d- working plants at Wayer ss, Ga., Moss Point, Mipk.. Charlotte, N. O., Ethridge, Tenn., and Frost, Tex. The enlargements for the week in clude a $25,000 addition to a brewery at Houston, Tex.; a $50,000 addition to a wttun mill at Charlotte, N. O.; a tanne ry at Sanford, Fla., and flooring mills at Kline, W.Ya. Among the new buildings are a $30,- 000 bank building at Georgetown. Ky., and one to cost $17,000 at Newport Nows, Vo.; a $12,000 church at Macon, Ga.; a $200,000 hi.tel building at Macon, Gn.; a large office building at Louisville, Ky., and a $22,000 warehouse at Portsmouth, Va. HOPE ABANDONED. Hovcrnor Clnrke’s Lest Movement Put a Quietus on Hie Fighters. Hot Springs, Oct. 80.—The flank movement made by Governor Clarke and Attorney General Kinsworthv ap pears to have effectually settled the question of the possibility of Corbett and Fitzsimmons •ver meeting in this state, and all hopes of pulling off the fi ’ ' in Hot Springs have been aban doned. Tne attorney general made the affida vit .pon which the warrant for Fits- simmons’ nrrest wan issued, and the pa- S ‘rs.were issued by a magistrate in Lit- e Rook and placed in the hands of the sheriff at Texarkana. The plan is not to allow him to reach here. Attorney General Kinsworthy remained in this city during the dar for the purpose-of having the Australian arrested here in the event that he should slip through Texarkana without being arrestefi. It is bis intention to have Fitzsim mons placed under a heavy bond to keep ♦he peace and thus prevent the fight. For Mrnllng His Own Still. Raleigh, Oct. 2b —D. D. Stewart is under arrest for stealing his own regis tered whisky distillery in Cumberland county, carrying it off and setting it up In the woods, where be set it up ns an Illicit still, lie and bis family protend ed that unknown persons bad stolsn tbs outfit. f«*l*u*7 Can*** • Shooting. HuvtrTNerON, W. Va., Oct. 29.—Miss Sarah Hayworth saw Ethel Road stand ing in front of ber borne and, pulling a revolver from tbe folds of ber dress, •red five times at Mrs. Rood. After the shooting she ran to the public land ing and started for the Ohio shore la a skiff, but was overtaken in midstream If a constable, who succeeded in bring ing her to sb re, after a desperate strug gle. Khs pleaded guilty to shooting with intent to kill, and was then sent to the grsTid .iiiry. She says she is sorry she did net trill Mrs. R< ad. Jealousy Vue tbe cans* of tbe shooting. Hinting at Part* Rica. Madrid, ( ;t. 29.—Advice* receivefi Porto Pico say that serious rioting oecurml there, peasantry, armed 1th knives, having attacked the police. t lbe itsturbiiMcn was finally quelled and number of ’he rioter* arrested. A b^ lh »ii of uni ines was sent to rainfuroe the garrison -a Pur tv liioa. In SIX MURDERS the tome Number »>f Week* Is Itrrord Lauren* County Uold*. th* lug to the resignation, thanked the ministers for the assistance they had given him and begged them to continue to despatch the current busi ness. Nobody will be summoned to tho Elysec until tomorrow.” TWO IN ONE DAY. Murderer* Electrocuted In New York State—Their Crimes. Daxnemora, Oct. .—For the second time only in the history of this state two mnrdercrs paid the penalty of their crimes on the same day before the same set of witnesses. George H. Smith, who murdered old Phillip Richmeyer at Albany, and Charles F. Davis, who outraged atid killed fi-year-' Id Magpie Shannon at Co- Ik rs, were killed in the electric chair at Clinton prison, the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth subjects of electrical exe cution. Davis was executed at 11:37 and Smith met death two minutes later. These were also examples of quick juft ice, b' th being convicted during tho third week in September and no appeal being taken to the higher court. An other interesting feature of the killing of the two men was the fact that the us ual sentimental features were lacking. They eame into the execution room in flannel (nting shirts without coats or vests, with plain dark trousers and slip pers, which latter were taken off as they sat down in the chair. B<>th men passed a restless sort of night. Davis, whom the physicians de scribed as an arrant physical coward, lay down about 5 o’clock, and while fre quently turning and twisting in bed did net sneak to the guards. Smith, while slightly nervous, made no trouble. He talked at intervals with the death watch and spoke once or twice to Pat Shea. B' th men ate a very light breakfast at a later hour than usual, and then sat on the edge of their cots, awaiting the rail of the executioner. The chaplain was with them for about 20 minutes. Shortly after 11 o'clock the witnesses were summoned to the execu tion chamber, and the usual test of the apparatus was made by the electrician. Hi* Arrest of ConiRtock. San Frincisoo, Oct. 80.— Captain Lees, chief of detectives, when asked about C. M. Comstock,'who was arrest ed in Now York for stealing jewelry, said ho know nothing further about the case than that the police department heir had received a dispatch from New Alter the> Slnupfliti-r \V:ii All Over, tho Go ruor S nt ritn-o Lout- I’olic, 111:111 to the Smut - Woiinu ilornh'.y Mutiiut'd. Tho Moh Carried Every tlniij; He tore It. No Arrest*. Constantinople, Oct. 28.—Another terrible massacre of Armenians, accom panied by the outraging of women, is reported to have occuned quite recently iu the Baiburfc district between Er- zeroum ami Trebizond. According to the news received here, a mob of about 600 Mussulmans and Lazes, tbe great majority of whom were armed with Martini-Henry rifles, made an attack upon the Armenians inhabiting several villages of that vicinity and set fire to their houses and schools. As the Ar menians fled in terror from their dwell ings, they were shot down as they ran and a number of men and w< men who were captured by the rioters, it is added, were fastened to stakes and binned alive. The Armenian women who fell into the hands of tho nr b, it is also a:-f erted, were outraged ami brutally mutilated. It is also stated that the churches wero derecrated and (lie villages pillared, tho cattle and all the pi itablc pr< porty of any value belonging to the Armenians being canned < ff by the marauders. Dur ing tho disturbance 150 Armenians are rep' itcd to have been killed. The surviving villagers applied to tho governor of Baiburt forpr* tecti m, who, after hearing their complaint, sent three policemen to the scene of tho massacre; after tho slaughter was ended. The Turkish officials, it is claimed, know the ringleaders of the outbreak, but, apparently,no steps have been taken to arrest them. Tho number of Armenians massacred at Etizingen is now said to be several hundred. The Turks, it is stated, have also at tacked the Armenians in the distvi'd of Gumushdagh. near Trebizond, and have slaughter'd! many of them. IS THERE A COMPACT? Spain and England Snld to Have nn Agreo- inent In Iti-gurd to Cuba. Minneapolis, Oct. 28.—The members of the Cuban junta now in tin* north west declare that there is a secret com pact between Spain and England, which accounted for the seizure of the filibus tering expeditions in the Bahama islands by whicu Spain is to turn over the Isle de Pines at tho southwest end of Cuba to England in return for England’s promise to prevent tho fitting out of ex peditions from her west Inuiun depend encies. The Isla tie Pines would give England on immensely valuable naval stati >n, commanding the only channel to the Nicaraguan canal, not now controlled by England. He also asserts that Cuba will soon have a modern navy of five vessels un der command of Admiral De Mello, the Brazilian sailor. Two ships are to come from Brazil and one from Chili. Ke admits that an effort is soon to be made to fi at au issue of $20,000,003 of Cuban bonds. Thr EMimlner Say* It Hus In I!, I -> . -i.-n a Litt.-r Written by a Man Who Si^n* IliniHctfas Kielmrd Smytbc, mill 'Mint He Make* Some Startling i».»cIo,>ure»—What It Contain*. San Francisco, Oct. 30.—The Exam iner claims to have in its p< ssef sion a conr union piece to the stateme: t made by filicide Reynolds to the coroner about the Durant case. The Examiner says that since Sept. 21 it has had in its possession a letter written by a man who signs bis name Richard Smytho, who A STRIKE PROBABLE. Thn Amerlmn Railway T’nlon Tbr*at*n* to Tie I/’p tbe (»r« at Northern Railroad. Seattl i Vnl. ('i The indi- cations are that James J. Hill will be compelled to accede to the demands that have bet n made upon him by the American Railway rnion. or have visit ed upon tho Great Northern railroad an extensive strike. There is now at Dev il's Lake, N. D., a committee of eight, chosen from various lodges of the order, including the representative from this state, and together they are revising the schedules which are to bo submitted to President Hill. Tho main ground for contention is that a low paid man with a grievance is entitled to as mueh consideration as a high paid man without a grievance. As further cause for complaint, it is claimed that Mr. Hill, ever since the union won tho groat strike which came to an end on May 18, 1894, has been systematically says that ho was hired to testify in the jgjOtagth. 0 8 recm0n * m “ ,1 ° Lamont case that Durant might be ac- — quitted. Smythe says that the plot to implicate Gibson in the murder caused him to draw out. In the statement which he was to have made on the stand, Smythe says that Blanche Lane nt was a iiiond of his wife’s, and that • n April 3, Miss La in' ut visited h.Ls house in Oakland. »>he came direct from school and had her bocks with her. She remained at his house over night and on Thursday went with his wife t> call on a Mrs. Richardson. She returned to his house and remained Thursday night, leaving on Friday, April 5. She left her books’ strap at Smythe’s house and bor rowed one belonging t > Smythe’s son, having on it the initials, “R. A. S.” Smythe also identifies another strap as belonging to Blanche Lamont. This is supp! ml to be the mysterious strap pro duced in court by General Dickinson. Smythe’s statement gees on to say that ho was instructed by Mr. Dickinson to remain silent and in t discuss tho case. He was introduced to Miss La ment at a Methodist church iu San Francisco in 1894, by his wife. His wife knew nor in Rnekf< rd. Ills. Smythe says he has separated from his wife, and that she is stopping with their son, with her parents on a farm in Bucks county, Pa., about 19 miles north of Philadelphia. '1 he Examiner reprints questions asked by counsel for Durant during the trial, which the paper claims tended to lead up to the testimony of Smythe and Rey nolds, which was to bo introduced. Rey- n<vds, in his letter to the coroner, men tioned Srnvthe us one of the men asso ciated with him in the plot, DOLPH’S VIEWS. He Say* th*' I’niteri State* Should Adh*r* to tho Muurnc Doctrine. Portland. Or., Ot. 30.—Ex-Senator J. N. Dolph, who was f r several years a prominent member of tho foreign rela tions committee of the United States senate, in an address delivered at the Oh arming club on the foroigh p >licy of the United states, said of tho Venezue lan question: “There are but two courses for tho United States to pur sue, one of which is to abandon the Monroe doctrine and to no longer protest against European aggression, monurchial domination on this hemisphere, and submit to the hu miliation such a course would bring upon us. The ether is to enforce our policy’concerning affairs on this conti nent by protest, and, if necessary, by intervention and the ultimate arbitra tion of the sword. “Wo Should also extend to Cuba the Monroe doctrine, and take tho island under the protection of tho American flag if necessary.” York announcing his arrest. C. M. C'm- Drr.UN, Ga., Oct. 80.—Six murdei’S iu st'ek is general manager of the Fidelity six week* is quite large for this county, and there seems no cessation. Last Saturday night while A festival was in progress at the home of Jans Beacham, two negroes, named Dan Rob erts and Sam Gilmore, slipped to th* Woods, built a fire and began playing a game of “skin.” Roberts won Gil more’s money and the latter got angry imd demanded it. ’ Robert* -efusea to deliver up the proceeds, whipped a pis tol from his pocket and shot Gilmore. The latter nm 80 yards and fell on his face dead. The murderer escaped. A large crowd of negroes gathered at the lli'-k place to have a cake catting. Two young negroes, enamored of t.iA same dusky damsel, had a war of words, whi'di culminated in the shooting of Frank Johnson by another negro named Charlie Miller. The hitter escaped. Th* wound is fatal. Two Neirroe* Meet Tragic Death*. A nn i -1 on, Ala., Oct. 80.—Tobe Crook, while on his way home from this place, was shot and killed by unknown parties. And George Howard of Duke’s station, was knocked off the stops at a Southern passenger Lain by a bridge, 11 miles I north of hero uud nut w«r aud killti. UMkwp Life association of this city and has home in Oakland. Alabama Poultry Funder*. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 30.—Judge Zell Gaston of Greenville, president of the Alabama Poultry Breeders’ nss'X'ia- tion, had a conference hero with G, T. W. Reynton and other poultry fanciers with reference to holding a state fowl show in Montgomery at an early date. Bufllalo Dlir* Opening. Atlanta, Oct. 80.—Tho latest attrac tion to the exposition is Buffalo BilRs wild west show, which opened to a larger attendance than the first day of its nhem mcnal engagement at th* World’s Fair. Vsa Aim Arretted. Newport, R. I., Oct. 80.—James J. Van Alen as been arrested on a writ charging nl enation of wife’s affections, sworn out by G”lonel S. F. Colt, aud ha* given $20,000 bail. Sell* III* Strain Varlit Alla*. London, Ot. 80.—The Princ* of Wales lias *< Id bis steam yacht Aliu* to Hais«u Push* WILL HAVE A HOME. West Virginia Confederate Veteran* to Ue Cured For. Morgantown, W. Va., Oct. 28.—The different camps of confederate veterans in the state are in receipt of a proposi tion of the Stonewall camp of Charles ton looking toward the purchase of a $17,000 Ik tel, owned by the Kanawha Boom company, to be used as a homo for destitute ex-confederate soldiers. Because of tho e< llapse of the boom tho building, it is said, can be now bought for a lower figure. West Virginia is now tho only south ern state which has n< t provided a home for her ex-confederate soldiers. Tho camps of tho state have for sometime been devising means to build such a home, and it is pr< bable that tho pv po sition of the Stonewall camp will be ac cepted. A. K. Wurd In Ilouduru*. Puerto Corti.z, Oct. 28. — A. K. Ward, alias A. W. Kenneth, tho alleged Memphis, Tenn., forger, arrived here on the Royal Mail line steamer Breakwater from New Orleans, AVednesday morn ing, nee mpaniod by his wife. A Pink- ert'di detective b'aided the Breakwater at F rt Livingston, Guatemala, and is now shadowing Ward. The authorities at Tegnci'/alna have been n< tified. but no reply has been received from them. i Eateu by Wild Ilogt, Versailles, O., Get. 28.—William II- gen, nearly 75 years old, was found dead in the woods by his children, surround ed by ravenous wild hogs that were de vouring tho remains. He had wandered from home. It is thought the old man was stricken with heart uiseaso and the animals found the body. St. Louis Wunt* the Convention. St. Loris,Get. 28.—The business men’s league of tliis city appointed a commit tee to canvass for a guarantee fund of $80,000 to secure the Republican national convention in St. Louis in 1890. Assur ances of support were read from several members of the national committee. Short In HU Account*. San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 28.—A. W. Shaw, bookkeeper for Shafer & Braden, merchants of this city, is missing, and his books show him to be short in his accounts $8,000 and $10,090. High liv ing and hard drinking is said to be tho cause of his downfall. Fatally Cut HU Neighbor. Flemingsb jug, Ky., Ot. 28.—Word has been received here that Beck Ow ens, a farmer < f near I t. Carmel, cut ai d fatally w< undrd John Graves, a neighbor. Tho cutting was tho icbult ui' uu old quiuioh BY THE REBELS. More Property Destroyed by Fire—Other Cuban War New*. New York, Get. 30.—A special to The Herald from Havana says: A dis patch received from Madrid says that Lieutenant Generals Martin and Macias have been ordered to Cuba. Santiago de Cuba advices report that H' tigo Lop Congo was burned by tho k bels. The inhabitants fled to Santiago fir icfugc. Frin Bayamo comes tho rep it that a fight occurred near Baire, Rabi, the rebel leader, being repulsed aud left 12 dead oil the field. Several i new bands of insurgents are reported to have been seen near Yuelta Aba jo. The insurrents have burned the bnild- irgs i f the Jinagu' vo and San Rafael su; .:r estates, ur . .uncrican property near Remedies. Young Men For Cuba. Chicago. Get. 80.—A special from Rcckford, Bis., says: W. II. Decram, who is interested in Cuban affairs and in e* mmunieation with the insurgent headquarters in New Y< rk, will, it is 1 faid, ( pen a recruiting station in Rock ford after N< v. 1. Mr. Dccram is b' nnd to secrecy, but witlv ut knowing his in- teiT cut >r. let dri p the fact, to a sup posed recruit, that 25.000 yrung men of good led its and physique will doubtless be called P r after the massnieetings which arc to be held simultaneously in all cities of the United States on the cvei ing i f Oct. 81. He fmther stated that a fund has been pledged for paying th so who enlist af ter the enthusiasm has beiii stirred up at tho big meeting, for which purpose speakers will lie sent ont from head quarters of friends of the insurgents. Dccram aboady has promises c.’ a large number of local young men to enlist. Wants Cuba Annexed. Indianapolis, Get. 80.—“For 40 years I have hoped for the annexation of Cuba to the United States,” said Colonel Ivan N. Walker, ci.mmam'er in chief of the G. A. It., when asked what he thought of the pr p soil massmeeting in this city to express sympathy with theCu- bai.s. Continuing, the ci Imel said: “S' me of the best friends I ever had huveiffemi up their lives in attempts to free Cuba from the yt ke of Spain. I received a letter a few davs ago from a committee at Chicago which desires to have general Cuban meetings held all over the country on Oct. 31. The corn- mil tee asked mo to issue a general order to the G. A. R. for tho p sts to meet and live expression t<> the Cuban in' vo- ments. I answered that it was entirely unnecessary, as the soldiers of tliis land are quite capable ef expressing them- ; selves on all patriotic subjects.” Condition of th* Lead Pencil Industry. Washington, Oct. 30.—United States Consul Stephan, at Annaberg, iu a re port to the state department, quotes Ernest Fal«er. the wellknown pencil- maker, as deploring the condition of the lead pencil industry in Germany. He roinplaius that the barbarous destruc tion « f valuable cedar forests in Ameri ca without replanting has preatlv in creased the price of wood suitable for f iemil making, while the American* mve literallv swamped the British and Mexican and Inuiun markets with cut pencils. Will Ito*nin* Du I Ming Opcrnt Inn*. Salt Like Ciiy. Ot 30 —< eneral Manager D< dge and Traffic Munai of BnLcick if the Ri » Grande Weefom railroad have returned fr in a westem tnp and ami' unco that flioii c. mpnny has decided ti resume I mining tions with the < pening of spring. Tiia road will be built t • L s Anicius, on tuo Ikie ui’iguuiliy surveyed. FOR HIS SOUL’S REPOSE. Requiem Mh** Is Celebrated For tho Lat* John W. Mack ay, Jr. New York, Oct. 80.—St. Leo’s Roman Catholic church was crowded whom Father Duoey celebrated a requiem mass for the repose of the soul of tho late John W. Maekay, Jr. On the marble altars were numerous baskets of cut flowers and p >ttedplants. In the central aisle beneath the chancel rail was a catafalque of broadcloth, at either end of which were massive can delabra bearing lighted tapers, signify ing faith and hope of tho world to come. Between the candelabra there were two wreaths, one of lillios of the valley and the* • t her of white n ses and ferns. Be tween these lay an ivory crucifix. The music consisted in part of the "Libra” and Chopin’s “Funeral March.” Destroyed by lueeniliarie*. Wilkesb\hrk. Pa., Oct. 30.—William Thorpe, a wealthy railroad contractor, with an office at 45 Broadway, New York, recently purchased 1,400 acres of land in the lower end of Luzerne coun ty. Ho erected a number of buildings, planted trees and built fences. Thobuild- ing; have lieen destroyed by incendiaries , iJetoi fives are now at work on the case. ! It is alleged that s me po ,plo living iu ; the vicinity said after Mr. Thorpe had made his purchase that l.IOO acres of land were t<x> own. much for cuo man to Damage* For Cruel Treatment. ' Seattle, Wash., Get. 30.—Judge Han ford of the United States court ha* awarded $4,500 damages to L uis Bold in. a negro sailor on the Chilian ship Atacama, against J. H. McLean, th* owner’s agent, and J. Jensen, the cap tain. f< r cruel treatment, which has de prived him permanently of tho use of his hands. The Washington Monument. Wakefield, Va., Oct. 30.—Mr. W. J. Crav. f; rd of Buffalo, N. Y., contractor for the erection of a monument to mark tho birthplace of Washington at this phioo, says the dedicatory exercises will probably bo hold in June. The monu ment is expected to be in position next February. Hundred Thon*and Dollar Rmberxler. San Francisco, Oct. 30.—A Tacoma dispatch to The Chronicle says that ex- City Treasurer B ggs, who held offio# fr< m 1890 t > 1*94, is an embezzler toth* extent of $109,000, and that the sheriff is on the nad to Jacksonville, Or., to arscst him. Died of Cancer. New York, Ot. 80 —Edward Hart, formerly cue "f tne edit 'rial writers of the San Francisco Examiner, is dead at the' Pasteur institute in this city, lie h: s been there f-,r s >mc months under treatment fi r cancer. William A. Morgan Dead. ✓ San Fb wcisco, Oct. 30.—Canmander William A. Morgan of the United States navy, rethed, died here of Bright’* disease. Earthqnahc In Spain. M adrid, Ot. 30.—A slight earthquake sle ek lias been experienced at Santo Madonna. No damage was done. It may Do As Much for You. Mr. End 'liller. of Irving, III., writ ex flint he bad a Severe Kidney tr luhle for ninny year* with st vere pains in bis le-e!-: ami also that his bind !• r win* nlTertcd. lie t '• l\M' V s en’L (• Ki b 1 e i v ' • Dui’io Drug Store.