The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, November 07, 1895, Image 3
THE WEEKLY LEDGER ^GAFFNEY, S. C.,^NOVEMBER 7, 1895.
happenings of the Week Patt
Throughout the State.
TRM K THE SOCTU. THE
Liks In the West.
fcOMB IMPORTANT EVENTS NOTBD.
The Noted Poet Passes Away Things Look Decidedly War Reports For the Past Week
at His Home In Chicago.
HEART FAILURE WAS THE OAUSE.
' M j!J|
vot<\ v/hich In fproator than ever before,
will bo cast.
k Bapatr Totally Stahhait 'Vhll* At(«:npf-
f>»j tu .Maks an Ai rest—A Jforth Cara-
Tlnlau OsU a Good .toll at Waslilnftoa.
#*T*rnor Carr Oflfcr* a Rsward—Othsr
Raijigh, Not. t.—Gorernor Carr «f-
Hu a reward of $100 for the arrest of
Roltert Dockery, who murdered M.
Brice, the Irish peddler, near Murphy
last month.
W. P. McGcehee, car accountant for
ttie Seaboard Air Line road for several
toears, is dropped by reason of the aboli-
Iha of that office.
‘Willjam Long was summoned to aid
4*I)uty sheriff at Yadkinville in mak-
ftn arreet of a man named Driver.
Id^nly, Henry Driver, a brother of
ie ether man, ran up and stabbed Long
tn the hack. The wound ie fatal.
The exciting trial of Jesse Sumner at
fendereonville fur the murder of two
continues. One attorney spoke
Mr. FI«M Had li«en Fer Sat.
Aral tinyi, but Nutlilng Strimii Wa* la*
pArtcd to Raault—A Short ^ketrb of HI*
Ufe mud Work—I/aata« a Widow aad
FIta ChtlArca.
Ohicaoo. Nit. 4.—Eugene Field, the
poet, died in his bed of heart failure
about S a. na. He retired dnring the
night in his usual health and apparently
slept soundly till daybreak, when kii
A FEW MEN QUIT AT SPOKANE.
Goodwin, Who Was Sent to .Tail With
Deb*, Apprnr* on the Soene and !• I>o-
nnnnrcd an an Agitator—a'he IlrotliAr-
hood of JLoroinottrc Kiiginccrs Will Take
No Tart, Say* Tholr Chief.
Show a Prosperous Condition.
VARIATIONS IN COTTON MARKET.
They Have Not II. . n IVIt in Other Lines
of IIiiHinvHH The South'^ Great Advan-
In Kai-iinjt Cotton at a Small Cost.
UiK ■'lllls at Atlanta and Koine—.Many
Now Industries Reported.
the hlorttfcn
iutlou of lions of the Revolu-
r is udled to l>e held here Nor. 15.
ajority of the communi*
anti-ns received bv the department of
agriculture show increase of number
hud improvement of both hogs and cat-
beTandW per cent On** there is a
gaeided tendency of the farmers to raise
of their own meat supplies and to
the grade of both cattle and
kirge proportion assign the
stock law as the cause of this improve-
kraut in cattle and hogs.
MUTINOUS SAILORS.
•kiatiuiAu Leave Their Hhip, Saying That
They Are Poorly Fed.
Balkiuh. Oct. 80.—At Wilmington
14 Chinese firemen on the British steam-
■hiti Gloucester, which is loading with
eetiton at that port, mutinied, refused to
work mid went ashore, despite the pro
tests of the steamer’s officers. They
made complaint regarding the quality
#f their food, and said they intended to
report their treatment to the British
Tice consul. The ship’s officers f- llowcd
them and nnjnestod the police authori
ties to arrest them, which was done on
the ground that by f-ing ashore th#
Chinamen had violated the Chinese ex-
•lufdon act.
They were theu seut to jail by ths
I mlicc.' The United States deputy mar-
hal theu took them from jail and be
fore the United States commissioner,
where they were charged with violating
the exclusion act. Only one could speak
English, and he showed a rock and said
they were not given their regular allow
ance of rice, and were given only thin
kind of palt (showing the rock) for sea
soning. He also taid ther were beaten
en the Gloucester City. They were re
turned to jail for violating the exclusion
art, hut will he turned over to the ship
when she is ready to sail.
Prominent Man Caught Stealing.
Raleigh, Nov. 1.—A day or two ago
a quantity of com was stolen from a
mill in Orange county and pursuit of the
thieves was made, which resulted in the
startling discovery that Jarvis William
son, a white man of that county who
posed as the earnest church member,
was the head of an organized gang of
thieves, the operations of which he had
conducted for 15 years. All the other
members of the gang are negroes, and
Williamson and several of them are in
jail at Hillsboro.
North Carolina fcilveritr* Organl*#.
WiNbiO.;, V-.v. • One ' ^ h-rt In
formed men in the state who is out of
politics, said that the silver men in
North Carolina are now planning to
hold township and county conventions
all over the state, either the latter part
r f November or the first of December,
^legates will thon be appointed to a
Mate convention, which will not be held
earlier than next April. The purpose of
the silvermen is to organize a new party
With no plank in it but free silver at 16
to 1
Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 80.—Steamer
Commodore and cargo, seized some days
too with arms aboard, alleged to be for
Hie use of Cuban insurgents, has been
Jr
-it”
Released by order of Judge Seymour,
fcvho is now holding a session of the
United States district court at New-
beme, N. C. Captain Dillon of the
pommodore says that he will sail for
Cartagena us soon as some repairs are
kompleted.
To Adopt m New Plan.
Raleigh, Oct. 80.—The official organ
•f the Baptists in North Carolina mukes
the announcement that North Carolina
Is the only state in which the plans of
scaiirv ruu>.
■on, who occupied the room with him,
heard him groan and putting out hie
hand found that death had already
taken place.
Mr. Field had been indisposed fer
several days, but no serious results were
even thought of by his family and im
mediate friends. George II. v enowine,
of this city was at Mr. Field's bedside
when ho died. Mr. Field and Mr. Yen-
owine intended to start together for
Kansas City, at which place Mr. Field
was to read. Mr. Field lias a wide ac
quaintance in the city, and tho an
nouncement of his death causes a sor
rowing shock.
It has boon said of Eugene Field that
he changed his ink with his varying
moods and intentions. If he was blue,
the story goes, and did not intend to
labor long when he seated himself at
his desk, he used writing fluid of a deep
azure line; if he was iu iine fettle and
purposed doing u quantity of his best
wane, he dipped his magic pen into ink
of a midnight shade; if ne had it in his
mind to w rite a love song, a delicate
mauve was chosen; if sarcasm and ridi
cule were to flow from his pen’s tip, the
color selected was u most sanguinary
earmine.
Eugene Field's life has not been a
monotonous one. Ho was a native of
8t. Louis, and was born Sept. 8, 1850;
but he passed most of his boyhood days
at the home of liis cousin. Miss Mary
Field French, at Amherst, Maas.
Of the details of his youth there is not
much recorded. He was a student at
tho University of Missouri at Columbia,
that state, and there met a young
man named Comstock. They hecams
“chums” and decided to travel together
for a year in Europe. Before tho jour
ney was begun young Field accepted an
invitation to make a few weeks visit at
the Comstock home in St. Joseph. His
friend hod five sisters of such surpass
ing fairness tli at they they were known
and are remembered as "the pretty
Comstock girls.”
The second of these young ladies, Ju
lia Sutherland Comstock, was then only
16 years of age, but Eugene fell in love
with her at once and in earnest, and lie-
fore ho started for Europe with her
brother had proposed and was accepted.
Upon his return from his foreign trip
Mr. Field insisted on an immediate mar
riage and carried his point.
At the time of his marriage he was a
young man of considerable wealth,
which had been leL to him by his fath
er, and he lived without an occupation.
That happened which was to be expect
ed—the money wasted away, and he
was presently “broke.” It was not un
til about tliis time that lie began to
elimb the ladder to literary fame. The
first rung was a reporter s position on
ftrXttJneTvaiTrlim £ n i l th ®
enraging one. -wrhdis-
Later came employment on a newspa
per in whose office salaries were paid
With that regularity that cheers the get
ter up of copy, and from that, time to
the present Eugene Field’s literary
progress has been steadily upward.
Though his work was from the first
such as to command attention, they
were then far from being such finished
literary g*me as he later produced. They
were mostly humorous, and in fact it is
as a humorist that he is better known
to this day, though much of his later
literary work is instinct with a true and
delicate sentiment, such as is expressed
in the poem entitled “Yearning For
Home.”
Mr- Field lias for several
Ban Francisco, Nov. 6.—The threat
ened strike of the employes of the Great
Northern railroad caused no little com
ment among local railroad men and es
pecially among tho members of tho
Americal Railway union.
The dissatisfaction of the mill men
has a peculiar significance in this city,
Oakland and Sacramento, inasmuch as
it is generally admitted that on the suc
cess or failure of a strike on the Great
Northern railway system at this time
hinges the future of all organized rail
way labor west of the Missouri river.
Incidentally it may be said that on
the Southern Pacific railway system
there has been unusual activity of lute
on the part of labor unions.
Within the past month it is officially
declared by the local A. R. U. officers
that nine lodges of that order have been
iccessfully organized on the Pacific
^ris work has been elfected
coast —°f James
through the ins
Hogan of Salt Lake Ui
f eueral western representative o!
>ebs, and one of the nominees for con
gress in the coming election in Utah on
(he People’s party ticket.
Hogan, it is said, has three traveling
delegates in this state, who have report
ed to him that A. R. U. contingent is
stronger than ever on this coast, and
promised within three months to bring
almost even* railroad employe in Cali
fornia and Oregon into the camp before
the new year.
Election Proceedings in the Dif
ferent States.
WAS FAVORED EY FAIR '7EATHER
Uotli I’arlitA Mali in;; n Desperate KflTort to
t arry Their t'aniliflate' Through—Cox-
ey'n Showing at Massillon—Uegan Early
In Kcntiieky—Soiuo Scratching Uring
Indulged In.
Chattanooga, Nov. 6.—Tho Trades- Louisville, Nov. 6.—The streets of
man’s reports as to industrial conditions the city have a holiday look, with hero
in all parts of the south, for the week and there on the corners groups of citi-
just ended, show that the variations in zens quietly discussing the events of tho
the cotton markets have not been felt in day. Tho weather is ideal for an elec
other linos of business. Tho crop being tion and all indications point to a very
short and the demand very great, all large vote. Reports from the interior,
growers of cotton are getting a consid- though meagre, indicate similar condi-
erablc advance on what was expected in tious. Never before has there been such
tho spring, and settlements as now be- general interest iu an election, all duo
ing made are on good terms. In other to the fact that the result in many
lines, such as cotton manufacturing, j minds is clothed in doubt,
iron making, lumber and coal, every- The Republicans of the Fifth Wrisla-
thiug is pivsnci'ous. The south’s great I tive district were thrown into eonster-
advantage this year is that its cotton nation when they discovered that their
crop has been made for less money than candidate had secretly withdrawn from
ever before, is being sold for higher ! the contest. Tliis is speaker Carroll’s
prices and the proceeds are almost all j district, and many Republicans were
available for investment, as homo grown j hopeful of winning the seat. It seems
supplies were never before raised in so ; that Carroll’s opponent, C. W. Shreve,
-who is
Goodwin Denounced as an Agitator.
Kalispell, Mon., Nov. 6.—Roy Good-
win, director of the American Railway
union, who has just been released from
tail, where he was sentenced by the
United States court with E. V. Debs
aud others, called a meeting of that or
der here. Only ten employes of the
Kuiispcll division were present, tho bal
ance being men discharged from the ser
vice. It was voted to strike and Good
win called the strike to take effect at 11
p. m. At the appointed hour the train
crews responded promptly and when it
was announced that Goodwin had called
a strike they took a strong stand in fa
vor of the company and expressed a de
termination to defeat the strike. Good
win was denounced as an agitator, un
worthy of notice. His anarchistic speech
at Spokane a few days ago lost him any
supremacy lie may have enjoyed among
the railroad men.
great quantity
Tho list of new cotton mills as report
ed lor tho week includes a $250,000 mill
at Vicksburg. Miss.; mills each with
(200,000 capital at Atlanta and Rome,
Ga., and Jackson, Mris.; other cotton
iJijj^t_Bessemer, Ala., Gastonia, N.C.,
; a $200,000 cotton
and Tex., and a
pope factory at Ga ”
knittiuv mill at Brunswick,
The Salem Oil and Gas company, c
itul $500,000, has been chartered at Su-
Jem. W.Va.; car works and car wheel
w. rks are to ho established at Savan* :
pah. Ga., at a cost of $100,000: tho ;
Meadow Brook Land company, capital i
$60,000, has been organized at Louis- j
ville, Ky., and the Graft »n Coal and
Ooke company, capital $80,000 at Graf
ton,W.Va. Cooperage works, with $20,*
000 capital, arc reported at Moultrie,
Ga.; a $20,000 sawmill and novelty
works at Tampa, Fla., and a $15,000
and shingle mill at Windsor, Fla.
Tlie Tradesman also reports an elec
tric lighting plant at Abbeville, La.; the
opening of iron mines at C." torsville,
Ga.. and Brown Springs, Va.; of a pot
tery at Macon, Tex., and a rice mill at
New Orleans, La. A sugar refinery of
1,000 tons capacity is to be built at Ab
beville, La.: a tannery at Charlotte, N.
C.; a furniture fact'ivy at Knoxville,
Tenn.; sawmills at Tyrone, Ark., and
i Fernandiua, Fla., and waterworks at
Dublin, Ga., and Falmouth, Ky.
notified the county clerk on the nine
teenth ult., before the ballots were
printed, to leave his name off of them,
but that he did not notify the Repub
lican committee of his withdrawal, so
that they could substitute another can
didate. As it stands the speaker of the
house has a walkover for representative.
Tlio Election at Detroit,
Detroit, Nov. 0.—Tho city election,
like the campaign, is a very quiet affair.
The early morning rote was light, but
towards noon much activity was shown
in getting tho people to the polls, and it
now 1 oks as though a heavy vote will
fi' 1 (ash The election of Mayor Pingree
f“ r a fourth term, together with tho en
tire i*.<*publi'‘an city ticket has been gen
erally conceded, tho only question being
a* to the size of the majority.
Concedes Drake'* Election.
Ottumwa, la., Nov. 6.—C. A. Walsh
of the Democratic committee, was inter
viewed here, and practically conceded
the election of Drake. He said: “If he
has over 40,000 plurality I will be fool
ed, but think he will have something
under this, but near that figure. If it
had not been for the Marshalltown con
vention adopting the gold standard,
Webb would have been elected.”
Ticket Scratching bjr Republican*.
Cleveland, Nov. 0.—Election day in
this city dawned clear and pleasant.
The voting during the curly hours of
the morning was comparatively light.
This had bi n expected, however, as the
registratii n was fur Irdow that of last
jrear. It was evident tluri much scratch
ing was being done on the county ticket
by the Republicans.
£ occasional
iThe
Attempt to Wreck a Train.
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 6.—A Spokes
man Review special from Kalispell,
Mon., says an attempt was made to
wreck a Great Northern westbound pas
senger train near Columbia Fulls. A |
torch was applied to a bridge just west j
of the big cut this side of Columbia
Falls, and the fire had just gained head-
wav as the train dashed on to tho bridge.
The engineer applied the airbrakes and
the train was stopped on the bridge. A
reward of $500 has been offered by the
Great Northern Railroad company, and
$500 by Governor Rickards for the ap
prehension of tho persons who attempt
ed to wreck the train.
The Strike at Spokane.
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 0.—The
strike on the Great Northern is only
partial at this place. The east-
bound passenger trains went through
on time and the officials claim that
all trains are moving regularly.
At the ear shops at Hillyard, a
part of the employes went out. The
strikers claim that about 60 have gone
out, but the master mechanic says the
number was only 28, and of these six
have returned.
‘ PURVIS MUST HANG.
Tlii* Man Who Ksvnpi'il by tho Hn-nklng of
tin* Rope Will Do Resentenced.
Jackson, Miss.. Nov. 0.—Will Purvis,
the Marion county whitecap murderer,
must hang again, says the supremo
court. Two years ago, it will Ik* re-
membered, Purvis was hung, but either
because of the sheriff’s duplicity or
carelessness, the condemned man went
through the floor to the ground when
the trap was sprung, the rope having
slipped over his bead.
The sheriff declared hLs belief iu a su
pernatural intervention, and so did the
thousands of spectators, many of whom
were relatives and friends of Purvis,
and no further attempt at an execution
was had. But a new trial was secured
and another conviction followed.
There Is great opposition to a second
hanging of Purvis, who was convicted
on eireumstantial evidence, and strong
measures will be* brought on tho gov
ernor to commute the death sentence.
The Engineer* Will Take No Fart.
oj-.w-itland. Nov. 6.—First Assist
ant Grand Chief T. S. fngrittliSffi of cliS.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
who represents Chief Arthur during tho
latter g absence in Europe, says that so
far as is known at headquarters, the en
gineers on tho Great Northern had no
grievances whatever. He believes it is
highly improbable that they would in
any way become involved or take part
in any strike on the road.
Froparing For Diplomatic) Day.
Atlanta. Nov. 5.—Invitations have
been sent to the representatives of all
the foreign guests at Washington to
visit the exposition Nov. 1*1, Diplomatic)
day. Acceptances have been received
fn an the representatives of Mexico, Cos
ta Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, tho Argen
tine confederation and Chili. Secretary
Olney is coming. There will bo speeches
bv the visitors, special displays by the
foreign exhibitors and dinners aud re
ceptions. A special rate has been made
by the exposition for schools when pu-
in \vxlies of 80 or more and iu
charge of tc'ac
Lively Times In Maryland.
Baltimore, Nov G.—The heaviest
l^^^lled in Maryland is being
Jast amidKeneS^^ most ^paralleled
excitement, accompanic
acts of lawlessness and disorder:
day is springlike and balmy. Both sides
appear to have out their full strength
and much bitterness is manifested
among the watchers for both parties.
Tlu* first shooting affray of the day
took place at the First prec inct, of tho
Ninth ward, before the pools opened,
wl n John Smith, a Democratic watch
er, was shot in the left breast and slight
ly wounded by Horace E. Van Tussell, a
Republican. The latter was arrested.
Two hours later, iu the same precinct,
Charles G. Baldwin, one of the watch
ers for the Reform league was severely
cut over the right eye in a fight that oc
curred over an attempt to arrest a re
peater. Several arrests were made.
The managers of the Evening News
predict that Baltiim ro c ity will give a
majority of 10,000 votes f r tho Repub
lican ticket. The indications are that
! Mr. Hurst is^nore than holding his own
in the counties outside of Baltimore aud
that whatever majority Mr. Lowndes
lias, if any, must come from the muni
cipality.
Tlio Voting In Now York.
New York, Nov. G.—Should there be
| a light vote east in New York it will
not be on account of the weather, which
Could hardly be better than it is, but
maybe* because of unfamiliarity of tho
vcjt. rs with the blanket ballot system.
i’To <'Verrome this, each party has in
struction stations near every pulling
plac e where* voters are taught how to
fold the papers, and, in particular, ex
horted to risk nothing by trying to
! “Bc-ratch” the ticket. The polls opened
at G o'cloc k and up to msm there had
bsen no distuibance anywere. Police
i Commissioner Rousovelt and Acting
! Chief Conlin had stated that there was
, less colonization this year than ever be-
I fore*, but no chances were taken.
William C. Whitney voted at 7:30 a. to 11 a
j m. He* was the fourteenth to east his ported,
j ballot in his precinct. Mr. Whitney
tod: but little time in making his selec
tions on the: ticket. Mayor Strong voted
at the same booth half an hour later,
the premration of his ballot occupying
about 2 minutes. Police Commissioner
Theodore li-xisevelt made brief work of
in:<'king and folding bis voting paper at
7:k) a. m. and api>eared in a particularly
cheerful mood.
Dt'inocrut* In Virginia.
Richmond, Nov. G.—The Democratic!
ticket will win easily throughout Vir
ginia. A light vote ii being cast and
there is little enthusiasm shown. The
eloudy aud threatenin'' weather has
kept many of the voters home. .Specials
from Staiint m and Williamsburg say
that everything is going Democratic.
Heavy Vote In Omaha.
Omaha, Nov. G.—Election day dawn
ed warm but clouiy. The crowd had
jeered by tho time tho polls opened
and consnWNi^abl'J interest was manifest
ed from the ffi^^^-The attendance in
creased as the day a dvaT!6WlW~^I The indi
cations are fur tho lull registral
ing cast—17,500 votes.
On-iit Intercut In Ohio.
Columbus, Nov. 5.—The weather is
g'jod. Rain is predicted for the after
noon. Local interest iu tho state ticket
aud in the respective candidates for the
United States senate, Brice and Fo-
raker, one < f whom is to be elected by
the next legislature, has not been great
er for many years.
Light Vote In Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Nov. 5. — Notwith
standing the fact that the weather uaU
that could be desired, reports from oil
over the state indicate that a light votl
is being polled aud that but litt.o inter
est is being manifested in the election.
The polls up ned at 7 a in. and will
close at 7 p. m •
Salt Lake Chy^
opened at 7:30
%
m.,
Utah.
sov. 5.—Th# polls
but tho streets ar#
muddy from melting snow aud voters
were slow in getting out. Tlio weather
is bright and pool Voting precincts ore
widely scattered, and up to 11 o’olook
the voting had not been heavy
Merely a Oui-hIIoii of Majority.
Pittshuru, Nov 5.—Very little inter
est was manifested in tho election here.
There are no close contests audit is only
a question of the Republican majority.
The weather was elear and mild. Up
m a very light poll was re-
(irncral Uordon at
Boston, Nov. G.—General
Gordon of Georgia, formerly
confederate army, delivered a
n.
B.
of
lecture
Kentucky’* Eventful Day.
Louisville, Nov. 6.—The eventful
day in the state’s political history opened
with fair and cool weather. In this
city there is a voting precinct for each
300 of the 39,000 registered voters, and
at nil of these booths from 50 to a 100
men were inline, long before the polls
opened. In this city the official ballot
fur state and mumeipal officers, con
tains 225 names, beginning with four
.tes for each of the state offices to
MURDERED
Man
IN BED.
teo-oporation between th© American Bap- ^ , r several years been
fist Home Mission society and the Home ! Ratified with the “Shari* aud Fiats”
Mission board iu instruetinp colored column the Chicago News, and pros-
instructing colored
first tried. The effort
seconded by the Bap-
beonle is to lie
will be heartily
tints in general.
A North Carolinian Appoint*#.
Washington, Not. 2.—The impor
tant legal position of solicitor for th#
ite department, which was left yi-
int through the resignation of Mr W
». Dabney to accept the chair of law at
in^ U , IUV rr ity ° f - , Vir Kinia, has been
filled by the president in the appoint
ment of Walter Emerson Eaisou of
Worth Carolina.
To Try Iniuranc* Swindler*.
Raleigh, Nov. 1—Governor Carr has
ordered a special term of the Jones
eouuty superior court to begin Decem
ber 9, for the trial of the graveyard
insurance eases which were transferred
to that county from Carteret county
Governor Carr is informed that at least
ten days will lie required to try all of the
•asee.
Fainter Fall and Killed Him**!!,
Wilmington. N. C„ Not. 4.- Her.ry
W. Wenzell, a German painter, 86 years
old, while painting the interior of a
akylight in a dry goods store fell 30 feat
to the floor and was instantly killed.
H® hud been warned that the scaffold
ing was insecure. His neck, arm, leg
•ad jaw were broken.
perity was his.
fiv® children.
pros-
He leaves a widow and
Tli* New* Received ut Wuihingtoa.
Washington, Nut. 4.—The announce
ment of the sudden death of Eugene
Field proved a great shock to his nu
merous friends here. Mr. Field had
visited Washington often, and was
known personally by a large number of
the public men and newspaper writers
of the national capital, by whom he was
not only admired for hjs skill as u writer
of prose and verse, but highly esteemed
for his genial, social qualities.
The Kaifter Hus Received No Fropoaal.
New York, Nov. 4.—A special to The
Herald from Berlin says: With refer
ence to the question of Venezuelan arbi
tration. it can be stated on .he best of
authority that no proposal lias so far
been received by the kaiser inviting him
to arbitrate tlio dispute between Great
Britain and tlio South American repub
lics.
and Hi* Wife Hud Their Skull*
Crushed While Asleep.
Baltimore, Nov. G.—Captain Freder
ick Lang and his wife were murdered at
their home on Franklin avenue, Gar-
deuvill, during tho night. Their skulls
wen* crushed as they lay in bed, and
the house was ransacked. It is sup
posed that robbery was the incentive of
the double murder.
Captain Lang was a Baltimorean. He
was about 50 years of age, and wealthy.
He owned a great deal of property aside
from a number of oyster vessels.
Believe In Frotection.
London, Nov. 6.—At a meeting of the
chamber of agriculture, the Right Hon.
J. J. Lowther, Conservative member of
parliament for the Isle of Thanet divis
ion of Kent, said that the great bulk of
the agriculturalists regarded protection
as being the only practical means of re
storing agricultural prosperity ; but, he
added, every one of that opinion had
been vigorously excluded from the com
mission of agriculture.
, camflTfl^^^Thn vote, except for school
on “Last l.a/s of the Confederacy” at be ehosefl^Bl^ttt. Fur the offices last
Afntcin r Tl»F\ — I x
Music Hull. Tho big building wus
crowded and tho famous southerner’s
remarks were well received. • General
Gordon was given a reception by Kins
ley Bust G. A. R. after the leeture.
Acknowledged Brazil’* Right*.
New York. Nov. 6.—The Herald’s
correspondent in Rio de Janeiro tele
graphs that the British naval command
er in Brazilian waters lias been informed
that the English government acknowl
edges Brazil’s rights in the island of
Trinidad. The British fleet has just left
Rio de Janeiro for Montevideo.
Large Suit* Filed.
New Orleans, Nov. G.—Suits have
been filed against the New Orleans
Brewing association by the State Na-
trustees, is s77^H^to|^^ehildreu of
named, widows, s*>
seh'i> 1 age. are allowed to^WH^Kiliit
far as known, the women hav
taken advantage of tliis right. The'
polls close at 4 o’clock and it will take
until nearly midnight to count the vote
of a precinct. The saloons are closed
ami will remain in that condition until
12 o’clock Wednesday morning.
The Vote In N«*hra*l<u.
Omaha, Nov. 6. — Throughout tho
state election day opened murky and
as warm as a July morning, with the
exception of the extreme western tier
of counties, where a light snow and
rain is falling. This condition insures
a fair vote nearly all over Nebraska. In
the larger cities, where registration is
Heavy at Youngstown.
Youngstown,O., Nov. 5.—The weath
er is (iriight ful here and unusual inter
est is shown in tho election, partioulsc-
lv by (lie Republicans. Voting began
early all oVor the city ami wiU ha
heavy.
Hard at Work.
Bowling Green, Ky., Not. K. —
Bright sunshiny weather prevails h®r®.
Election is proceeding quietly. Btffe
sides are hard at work and th# lorf®rt
vote iu years is licing polled.
Election On* #ld*d.
Jackson, Nov. 5.—The weather k®r®
and throughout the state is warm and
clear and a heavy vote will be poll®d.
The contest is entirely too one uidsd #•
cause much interest.
Hardin’* Majority tn tlie Rccond I)i*trl*®.
Owensboro, Ky , Nov 5—w#ith®r
fair ; g»xsl vote being polled. Hardin
^o-ket will get majority of second
gv nintv tick®ta in din-
aim
district
trict Democratic.
tional bank for $21,000 and by the Met- required, the list is very heavy, repre
ropolitan bank for $113,000. In the first renting tlio entire voting population
cas<* attachments were issued and in tho is the result of the local issues am:
last named ease the
receiver is requested.
tho
appointment of a
Died From Fuotlmll lujurl**.
Chicago, Nov. 4.—Leonard M. Prince,
Second Infantry, United States army,
died at the Presbyterian hospital from
injuries received in the famous army
amt navy football game at Aunapoiis in
1892.
Alaska'* First Railroad.
Tacoma, Nov. 6.—The steamer City
of Topeka, which has just sailed for
Alaska, carried a shipment of “T” rails
aud fishplates to be used in constructing
a railroad in the famous Treadwell
mire on Douglass island. The railroad
iron came through from Chicago by
rail. It is said this will be Alaska’s
first railroad.
Action of the Sugar Flanter*.
New Orleans, Nov. G.—The sugar
planters, through Colonel J. D. Hill and
other attorneys filed two sugar bounty
claim suits in flic United States circuit
court under tho agreement with the
Washington authorities who will aid in
speedy trial and appeal to the supremo
court.
Howard PletzeP* Remain*.
Indianapolis, Nov. 0.—Mrs. Pietzel
has requested that the charred bones of
her little son, Howard, and the few per
sonal effects of his that were found in
Holmes’ Irvington deathtrap bo slap
ped to her at Gaiva, Ills., where she
will bury them.
w*m i—■
and
will not apply in the rural districts
where state candidates are relied on
alum* to get out the votes. In the coun
try districts the vote will not l>o at all
heavy, owing to the absence of interest.
Tilt* Voting In Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Nov. G.—The weather is
delightfully pleasant. Everything is
conducive to comfort for early voters,
who flocked in unusual numbers to the
polls both iu the city and country. Re
ports from voting places at 8 o’clock,
both in the city and iu the country}
showed an unusually lane vote at that
hour. In several places the vote polled
at that hour was greater than at any
previous election at the same hour. Un
usual interest is shown iu the election,
and appearances indicate that an unu-
sually large per cent of the regutared
Hotli Claim Victory.
Newark, ()., Nov. 5.—Exceptional
interest is taken in the election aud fin®
springlike weather is causing a hsivy
vote to lx* east. Both rides claim victory.
Mor<* Srralciiiog.
Inovrox, O., Nov. 5.—Weather clear
and cool. Unusual activity at voting
places and heavy vote will bo polled but
county ticket being liberally scratched.
A Large Vote.
Findlay, (>., Nov. 5.—The weather is
clear and bright, which is bringing out
a large vote. Tlio country vote will b®
much larger than for two years poet.
Coxrjr** Vote at Ma**illoo.
Massillon, O., Nov. 5.—The day is
flue and a heavy vote is being poll®4.
Goxey is likely to S' lire a handcom®
vote.
Tlii> M|Msii«*lji|il Kivrr C'nmniisaiwa.
Si. Ijoum, Nov. 0.—The members of
the Mississippi river commission who
have charge of the improvement of that
part of the river below this city, left
hero about noon on the government
steamer Mis is.rippi, to make ii.spection
of the progress and to look after th*
general interests of the commission.
Theijr trip will extend to Hem n -lrrnr