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4*., 2 THE LEDGER: GAFFNEYJS. C„ JULY 30, 1806. r * • l # *» • r' Seventeen Persons Killed and Thirty-Six Injured. WREOK AND RUIN ON ALL SIDES A lloarjynjfb^mo In ,SijUiirb4 of til* City Mlowo *>own oml Waslird Aw»y »ml Fine*n of Hie Oocnpunt* Drownnl—I'rop- •rty DMiiiaKetl to tb«« IJx^oot of Ouq Huh* \ dr^d Tlioaunnil Dol l.'i.ri. , , PlTTRBtJKO, Jaly 28.—Tho full cntelit 6f the damage wrought' by Monday night’s hu.Vienne was not known until daylight, when wreck and ruin wore apparent on all sides. Steeples were blown from churches, and adjoining buildings crushed, houses were unroofed, trees-broken off. and in some cases torn up by tho roots, while tho haroc caused by the heavy rainfall of last week was repeated. Summed up at noon, with several outlying districts to hear from, the result is: Seventeen lives lost, 3(1 o^her persons, were injured, a pumber , fatally, apd property damaged to, the extent of *160,000. The list of dead and injured,'as far ai known, is aft follows: j ‘ The dead: Jacob Affeitcr, aged 35 years, 17 TY.r- ward avenue, instantly killed onCueen- field aveiiuo by a falling fence. • John Fjgus, aged. 22, skull crushed by. fallihg-lree at Sugar Camp Crovo. Injured: , . I Abuer Hays, receiver for the P. \V. & O., struck by lightning. August Sendiz, Robinson road, Alle- j ghqny, with family of'six, shocked by lightning; ail in a critical condition. H. A. iienuett and two. children, St. i Clair street, struck by lightning; condi- | lion critical. George Miller, 220 'lain street, A^ 0- . gheiiy, fatally injured. ’ Thomas U’Uoniiell, Jacob Metz, Frank Ott, Charles Kosack and Harry Hadtbm, all seriously Injured by fining' trees at Sugar Grove. Henderson Ritchie, aged 03’, struck by lightning at McKee’s Rocks; -will not iwcover. ..... Sidney Gebbart, Soutii .^ido,, ctruck by lightning; will recover. Will Partitt, postal ‘^hessetiger, shuck by lightning; in juries sliglit. James lirsedy, janitor of the Ralston* Public school, struck by a Hying lough. ; Police Ullieer W. P.. Smith, struck in the back by,a flying signboard and badly l»urt. . . , ! Motormau Shaw of tho Erookfield line, shocked by lightningl Six girls in Armstrong’s cork factory i StrtH’k by flying glass. ' ' * ' •' * I '•Uncle Bob,” a well known negro, shocked by lightning. .. - • E. McGovern, a baker, and- on-uu- j l^nown boy sliglitly injured by debris. . —— Miles, the 8-year-old boy of George Miles, struck in the head with a brick. Mrs. Thompson bf Carbon alley struck j by foiling chimney. Unknown stable boy blown against a cart at Twenty-second-street-and Penn- : syivauia avenue and two ribs broken. ■ FWtemi Mlm>r» Dio-wncii.- One of the most terrible*results of tho storm was the drowning of a number of coal miners, in the Painter’s-lUm dis trict, just over the. Washington, county, lijie. The boardinghouse which they occupied was blown dowp aip( swept away and of the Id iftiners sleejiing in it, 15'arc believed to have beeii drowned. The Ixxlies Of live have been’recoveml. One-of the men was revived. ‘They were till foreigners, mostly Italians, aod were employed in the mines of Colonel . P. ,Randolph pf tno Ridgeway-. Bishop Coal company. The boarding House was a littio settlement called Cedtl, ou tho line of the 8-mile branch of thw Panhandle road, which'leaves th© Chartiers division at Briiigeville. The' branch runs over to McDonald, and Cecil is .located midway between the two points, . . . .... The fatality occurred at 4 a m, when the small stream, Pain to;.’s Run, whjch empties into the Chartiers creek, was suddenly swollen into a raging' torrent by a cloudburst. The stream had been running high 'bil account of’ rain, but little damage had beou -done-before Mie rush of water which carried away the tenepient hopse. , . .. ‘JThe particular! of the fatality which have'been received thus far are very meagre owiiig to the remoteness of the locality and the fact'that thd’wires are' down. Five bodies of tho unfortunates were recovered during the morning at various i>oints about a mile away f-rom where the. housu stood. The other tea are believed to have, perished. , . One of the 10 was resepod, while cling ing to a tree, and another of the occu pants of the house was discovered cling- mfc to the boughs of u free three niiles down. He was unconscious and died a few hours later. A great deal of- min lug and. oil property was damaged in <ho .district along the run. Thu water, rose in some places to a depth of, 18. feet. The loss in tho district will Amount to thousands of dollars. ‘Aft Ml the miners ih the houfto which waft swept uway were ‘foreigner*, and' luostly Italians, it was- impossible to learn their uaifies. - - Meteorological Keoords liroken. Throe meteorological i coords wore broken Monday. It was in the itist place the hottest day of the year; the thermometer at 4 o’clock -was !HI de gree*. Die maximum point. The rain fall for six minutes beats all, records in. the local weather bureau, which extend back 28 years. From 4:30 to 4:3(1 over ©fie-thlrd Of an Inch of rain fell in the I$aug0 oh ‘ tne roof of the government building. The other was the cohl wave that passed over the city dnritig tho stunn The register in tliu thermoiue- ter fell from 90 degrees to 71 and then went back to 84. Had it not been that the slightest oliauge is regis- kerod in aink tips phoiiomepon ft’ould not have been ppticfMi. The sudden Change in a largo extent cauft d U terrihlo eb* , trie''(ifsp1ny that” continued ‘without intormrsftion ’until widiiight. Up to 9 o'clock TB<*sdny' mining the rainf.-ill was 1.42 IucIm's,- ami as the ground is thoroughly soaked, all of it will rbju’h ,the riyenj, nn<l tho flood of Saturday will probably bo re peated*. The approach of the storm was her alded liy black cloud* thrtt tufued day: light iiitodnricnoHK. There was a'0011- slant lull of - terrifying thunder and iu- tunwaut dasluM ut vivid iightiuug that gave warniug to pedestrians to soca places of safety. The wind rose to gale ns tho rain began to fall and tire tliu hurricane came op with a roar. (Riv ing the rain in solia sheets before it. In nu instant the streets in many parts of tho city wore flllod with flying branchos of trees, tin roofs were lifted from houses and sent whirling over i — chimney tops, knocking them tioWat like* Vr aIj"v' 'to 1 ’p'tlt'q ton inns, signs and fences and trees fell, mivn x i iPtao crushing out tkc U**es of two men a d | — injuring others. For a little over a min ute tho hurricane blow at the rate Rf UO miles an hour aud then decreased to 24 miles for five minutes and ceased. The thunder and lightning, however, kept »p*!i torrjfrfing -display,- while*- the’ Irain continued to pour down for an hour. After an hour of low murmuring thun der and.Alioet lightuiug tho storm broko out again, but the force of it seemed to be in the country d ■Ktricts buck of the south side hills, aud reports coming in at a lato hour contained the informa tion tliftt'much damage had been douo' by lightning and an excQptiogally heavy dowujjour of rain. Silver Lake Dam Gave Way. Silver Lake and dam, unable to sus tain the strain, gave way under it and turned Finley’s run into a river until it emptied into the river near the Brilliant Pumping station. At Lraddock hail j added to'the damage and when the hur- ' ricane reached Turtle Creek it assumed | the proportions pf u cyclone, doing great damage. In the oil fields, derricks were blown down, particularly in O’Hara township. Sewinkley, Ooraopo-* lis, Bellevue and McKees .suffered ^e-. i verely. At Millvale aud Sharpsburg tho storm played great havoc: * Fmnk Ridge pay, tho. local forecn«fc official, was at his desk when the storm* cloud darkened the sky. He said that' ho had never seen a more perfeokcycloim i formation in the clouds, and, the fact thdt tho cify* was not visited with a cy clone worse than that which caused the St. Louis horror, is duo to the iuterven- ; iiig hills. The circular movement of the wind was broken in the lower si rata, ' or else'there Would have .ecu a path plowed through tho two cities several blocks wide.. * • In tho evening another storm swept ! over the city, during which torrents of. rain fell, while the wind blew a gale, \ but no serious damage resulteib .Fropi 8 o’clock until midnight .75 inches of rain fell, making a total of 1 42 inches j The storm died in Mug-continued riihilf- ling that rolled through the heavens with the noise of distant cannonading, ; the lightuiug. meanwhile, illuminating tljo sky with incessant flashes of bluish,. i glaring light. It was not until the mid- j night hour that tho god of storm ceas'd his foud inurmtuiugA Many Houmis Ct;ro»f,Ml. The damage to pooperty was general and various. The wind unrooted dozens of hOdftes,' while others were damaged : by the water washing thdir foundations' i a-way. Still others were struck by light ning. Tho traction lines as • usual, were compelled to suspend operations. Groat heaps of dirt and debris, from the pre vious floods,, piled pegr the tracks wijro washed dow n again and the only lines which escaped serious damage were thofce on the south side. In the Penn sylvania avenue mill district, 25 largo smoke aud draft stacks were blow'll down, buildings were unroofed, trees were uprooted aud .scarcely a house iu the district, passed through tho storm, intact. Budfer stree); got a it* petit ion of the storm of July Jfi, ami many por- # sons wdio liad suffered property loss on the occasion hail tlie same experience again. Trees'and telegraph poles went’ i ^nikiing. down under .the wind. Fences amj ' outbuildings, wrere • destroyed and largo buildings suffered tlva loss of roofs and windows. Brush ton aud WilkinsUurg suffered to a considerable extent, but not so badly as the districts not far from the river. - * • • The telegraph and telephone systems of the two* cities wore badly damaged: All the police aud lire ohirin-wires were wrecked to a greater or less extent, but by, dint of hard work during the night, they have beep put ip fpir /hape again. Mor-than half the telephone wires iu iu Allegheny'county are out of order, and- strenuous efforts' al’e being made to repair the damage; At 9 a. nr. it tVas estimated that 700 lines were still out of order- The Western Union and Pos tal, suffered much damage, but by hard Work enough Ruijs were kept open to handle press business. The electric, liglit and street railway wires were badly disordered by the wind and word crossed aud recroased with other lines and liuemon got them straightened out.* AH the railroads suffered heavily from laudsl .-io*. but the through lines were all open and trains, are ruuuiug. with very little delay. SllllMOUNANEWS A Week’s Happenings Gathered From All Parts of the State. Items Gathered From All Parts of North Carolina. 6? IMPORTANCE UAPPtNlN'GrS OF' TffE ?AST ‘WEEK VlJB*’ /'aft® V n, t Governor ChikII- . ilati-K For tlie United Staleii Senate, Come to lllow* at Laurens —Tliree I’rlsoners Lsca|te From t!ie Aiken Jail—i Convict .Guard Accidentally Sliools Himself. ’ Columbia, 8. C., July 25.—At tho caihpaigh meeting ht Florence Friday Judge Joseph H. Earle, candidate for United States senate to succeed Senator Irby, and Governor John Evans, who is a candidate for tho same office, came to blows. Earle struck Evans first and Evans responded with a blow under tho eye. They were- quickly surrounded and 1 Separated by reformers aud con servatives. Several men had their hands on their pistols, but comparative quiet was finally restored. ’ Tho mayor of Florence sent tho chief of police to amvt tlie governor aud the judge. The governor told the chief that if bp attempted to arrest him lie would resist with force and take possession of the police of the city under the law. ’Tlie chief went aWay and later re turned with the mayor. The latter said he had been misinformed as to the law; that he realized thar lie could not arrest the chief executive and the apol ogy was made. , . Governor Evans, in concluding his speech after the fisticuff, made no fur ther reference to General Earle. • Judrfe Earle was after the meeting loudly called for. ‘ He was forced to show himself for a few moments. Ho expressed regret for the action ho had been forced to take, but his father had taught him never to take an insult. General Earle remained in Florence while Governor Evans camo on to Co lumbia.’ • The personal encounter created great excitement, not only at the scene but at the capital, and many say it means the end of tin? biennial primary canvass iu this state. For the past six years tho campaigns have been characterized by endless mud slinging, the lie lias been given anil’taken time and again, while many times it has only needed a s gnal tdoJttiHC bloodshed; but none of the can didates had over come to blows until Friday. . Tlie presnntcampaigu has been pitched on .a peculiar piano and many hayo wondered wha.fc the candidates would say next. For several days it lias been obvious that General Eurlo was weary ing of the style of tho campaign and was lilroly to make things lively. , Jail Delivery at Aiken. ‘Aiklx. S..C., July 23.—A jail delivery was effected here, three prisoners mak ing their escape. Guo of them, Bam Goldman, Waft'held on a charge of mur der, which crime was committed at Biackvillo several weeks ago. Another prisoner was Dan Hammond, charged with assault with intent to kill. Tho third was. Will, Walker, under two years’ sentence for larceny from tlie house. The men made their escape by tearing out a part of the jail wall and scaling the high brick fence arenu ithe An DfHrial llaport Made to the Govrrnor of th(- Djiil»S e Done to the State'll Farm* by Iterent Heavy Ilaina—One Hallway Ititya Another—Myora to I'e Drought Dackto ^forth Carolina. , Raleigh, July 25.—An official report of the damage done to tho three peni tentiary farms on tho Roanoke river has been made to 'Governor Carr. Three thousand five hundred acres of corn and 975 of cotton were utterly destroyod. One hundred acres of tlie finest bottom land are c.rerod deep with sand and 2,200 feet of dykes have been swept away. The railway cpmmission has been notified by Bujieriiiteudent Frank Jones that the Durham and Charlotte rail way has bought the Gleudou and Gulf railway, which is 20 miles Jong. Tlie Durham aud Charlotte railway officials say they will push into Charlotte as rapidly as possible. Four inib s of the railway between Wilmington and South- port is graded. An officer from Charlotte loft hero with a requisition from Governor C|irr on the governor of New York for Joseph Piuuket Myers, who Stole $.VJi>0 of the Carolina railway fqnds. aft Char* lotte and then fled with his paramour, Mrs. Bossdunctto. NORTH STATE’S RAILWAYS. - Arrested by tits Spanish - Follcs. - f IIavaVA, July 28.—Tho police, acting upon information received from a huly who owned a small hotel' at Barabas," which ivas frequented by the insurgents and their ftimilies; arrested Seilora, Jo* quinai; Latrudy, her father, Juan Pablo, and her nephew, Beniguo. They had with, tlieqi three horses lojuled witJi groceries,, et"., and a .quantity of cloth and drygoojis, evidently intended for the insurgents. Cretan Insurgents Drfeat Turks., * ATfffiXfl, July 28.—A large body of Mussulmans, supported by Turkish troops, fcugaged In pillaging the Asofnatl district in - the island of Crete, has been attacked by a force of 1,500 insurgents.’ Tho lattes drove the Mussulmans and Turkish troops out of the district re. ferrod to and.inflicted serious loss upon them. t . , , , - A-WnahlHgtonlaii IMes la Colorado. (fLKNtvqoi) Bpkixos, Colo., Jaly 28:-- WiHiaiU'B. Noble, ft wealthy citizen of Washington,' D. G.. who came to Colo- ratio-for the benefit of his health, died in a swimming pool here, presumably of- heart failure. His family is summer* iug at Bar Harbor, Me. * - • Wage Conference at Pittsburg. Rittsbubo, July 28.—Tho wage con.- .fqrcnce.qf thp chimney braqch of the American Flint Glaasworkert’ associur tiou ip being held hero, and. the ppw poets are that a settlement will bo made on the basis'of last year’s scale.* About 2,000 mon aro affocted. . Soott Jackson Wants a New Trial. Fhankfob.v Ky., July 28.—The pa pers in tho case of Scott Jackson, con* victed of the mndcr of Pearl Bryan, near Fort Thomas, Ky., wore filed in t be court of appeals. The court is asked to.grant.a Lew trial on the ground of gpou llpd errors. 4 Convict Savoy lily Guard*’ Livcy. ' Columbi a, B- 0-, /Mjr — Neap Langley, Aiken county, tb® convfets iq the county chaiugang mutinied. They turned-upon Frank Woathoi by and his son,, who were guarding them, beat them oyer the heads with clubs, and would have taken their weapons had not Willis Mention, a negro convict, picked up’ a weapon aud opened fire on his brother prisoners. Mention shot one copvlct and held the others iu check un til-reinforcements arrived, but six made their escape iuto gu adjoining swamp. A Young Lady Attempts Suicide. , CpLUMBlA. S. C., July 23.—Miss Cora Campbell, the 22-ycar-qld daughter of Mr- Jeff Campbell, living six miles south of B-mioch, S, 0., shot herself with sui cidal latent. Hhe is Still alive, but there is little hope of her recovery. The bajj eptered the left breast ju*t above the heart aud came out of the back lower down. Couvlct Guard Accidentally Shot Himself. Columbia, 8. C., July 25.—Bunnells, a ponitpiRiary guard, accidentally stud hihikelf in the left arm and 1 leg, blow ing tho whole Calf of his lug off aud also the hand.' Bunnells is in charge of a lot of convicts at Bingham's, near Latta, Si C. .He is iu a- dangerous condition. Htot While Standing In His Own Door. . Columbi a. S. 0., July 20.—At Sellers, S.< C., a negro named Dave Sparks was shot by some unknown person while he was- standing in his own door. The wound is not considered fatal. RACE RIOT IN FLORIDA. Bis Mcu Killed and Seven Wounded—Fur* , they Trouble Feared. Jasi’bk.. Fla., July 27.—It is reported that a race war lias occurred about i5 tulles east of here, in which six men were kifled and seven seriously wounded. Those 1-cportdd killed are: Amos Camji- bell, Henry Jackson, Albert Sullivan and Kdwat*d Johnson, white; Tom Mitchell aud'James Solomon, negroe*. Tho tragedy is said to have taken place, at Haggard’s -turpentine still, Where many negroes aro oin|>loyed. It lb said til lit the negro men gave a party, apd while it in progress a nuinla-r of white men intruded and the shooting resulted 'A'posse of White men has left here for the scene of the tragedy, and if the reports of the affair are found true, further trouble is expected. On« Dtuggiat KltW Aiintlior. Caiuo, Ills., July 28.—I. N. Coffee, president of the state board of phar macy, was stabbed and killed ut mid night while on his way to take a train to Springfield to attend a meeting of CM board, by Dr. Crabtree, iu front of tbe latter’s drug store. Crabtree is in jail. • Coffee was stabbed tVice with a dagger, ouo thrust reaching the heart. •Both men vywo prumiueiit druggists. Nearly Four Tlioua will Miles of Ituad In Operation—Tliu * ominNsloii’a Deport- Kaleich, July 23.—The railway coin- mission’s report, just prepared, says there ;ire 3,7(H) miles of road in opera tion in North Carolina. Tlie aggregate valuation by the com- mission for taxation is #2(1,HI6,320. The increase of mileage is 84. increase iu valuation $1,850,000. The Atlantic Coast Line system Jias 722 miles valued at $(>,882.6(H), an in crease since last year of $193,000. The Southern lifts 1,000 miles valued at $8,- 393,000, an increase of $1,862,000. The Seaboard Air Line has (170 miles valu*d at $5,295,000, an increase of $172,000. Miscellaneous roads have 1,210 miles valued at $5,77(1.000. The commission make* tho rate of as sessment of the North Carolina railway, between Charlotte and Selma, $12,000 per mile, which is $2,000per mile greater than that of any other youd in the state. There are in all 71 roads and branches. Con<!it|on of Norib ' arollua Crop?. Raleigh, July 28.—The state, weekly crop bulletin »ays; The past week.wgs very favorable for tho growth, of crops which, have impr • veil materially. - The temperature was above tho ijorjuaj. Ram occurred on four days au-.i was beneficial. There was too much iu only u very few localities. There was mi abuiidam e of sunshine. Cotton, corn, sorghum, tobacco, sweet potatoes, field peas and rice aro all iu excellent condi tion. Tlie prospect for c, rn is good. • It is caring well. On creek bottoms it was too much injured by the freshet to im prove much. Cotton shows improve ment since the rains ceased aud i< blooming timely. Very little shedding is reported. Wheat seems to turn out better thar expected. Negroe* Try to Lynch a AV|i|te Man. 4 • ( • * .RAf.KiGii, July 24.—James, I. Mooyp, Jr., a young white man, killed Genadu^ Jackson, a negro, by a blow on theheaij ut a picnic. Moore went to FraukRutop and surrendered himself. The mayor of the town ascertained that u Lynching was imminent and ut midnight called outlie military company to guard, the stationhouso. The coroner held an in quest and Moore was required to give a $2,000 bail. This he could not d6 and will be taken to jail at Louisburg. Jack- sou’s friends were at -Fraukliutoii in large numbers, and protection by tlie militia alone saved Moore’s life. Tho latter is a son of a prominent Republi can politician. Snow Iu North Carolina. Haleigii, July 24.—About stpiriso on Wednesday there was a snow fall ip Daupliu county, at Warsaw, which cop* tinned ten minutes. It fell from a nar row cloud which extended from the ho rizon to tho zenith. The flakes were small but well defined. Hundreds of people witnessed this strange spectacle. Unparalleled in North Carolina, iu July. The Wilber was pot pool, thpugh the air was fresh apd there wap a ligh£ TO CHECK GOLD EXPORTS. now Ilia Plan DrvUoil by tho Commlltoa of Forrlgn Dank*™ Will Work. New York, July 28.—Referring to the plan to cheek gold exports, devised by the commi tee of foreign bankers and unanimously agreed to by the members of that cimmittee, The HeraidFayai•, v “The attitude of the bankers toward their customers, it is said, will be sim ply to assure .tneni that there will bo an abundant supply of hills in tho market at low rates. Though discount ing their own paper and establishing credits abroad to draw against, the inter national houses will bo able to keep tho exchange rates at a figure that will make gold exportation iri expensive transac tion. Although officials of the banks who deposited with the subtrcasUry to restore tlie reserve disclaim any connec tion with the foreign bunkers, it is gen erally admitted that the success of one was dependent upon the action of. the others. Many hunk presidents wopld not have parted with their gold had they not been assured that foreign houses Would arrange some pinu whereby the metal might remain in the country. They-saw no use of placing it in the treasury if it was to lie as promptly withdrawn and in .copse, quenco the foreign bankers’ actiop was a necessity. “There has been considerable discua* as to the amount of'exchange that will be necessary to tide over the intervftl of depression resulting from the agitation of the election. It may bo $15,000,000 and it may be and probably wifi lie more. While tho period that is consid* ered necessary to make provision for Vs set down as 60 days, it is understood that if the supply of cotton ami grain bills in the market bo not sufficient to mljn.t affairs within that time, then the pool will continue in operation for a longer period. The intention is to off. | set any sudden panic which may follow j tlie blathering yf demagogues during the campaign. “The w> rkiugs of tho syndicate will, of course, entail iueouveuieuo» upon in dividual members and possibly to some a loss of profits. The latter, it is said, will be borne pro rata among the mein; j bers The linns that will. manage the : pool, or. as it will be called, the clearing, house for exchange, aro J; F. Morgan & Co., August Belmont & Co., • Ll vdtl Hoffman & Co., Kahn, Loeb & Go. and Luzurd Freres. The Brooklyn banks Declines tj Discuss the St. Louis Convention. WILT, ACT WITH DEL 1 BZRATION Con 6 tent That a Wlm- Snip Mon of tho I’op- pU-Klng *Corf<t1tlon* Will Ho' Ilr:irh«n1. Dt-innoi ncj*« Xomlnet) J* Mill Itrcetving Knbblt*’ F<-«t and Four Lr;»f ('lovers. Wl*con*ln kilvcr Men I* me an Aililn-a*. 11. ri» »fi x • i n *t Lincoln, Nob., July 28.—The stream of visitors to tho Bryan homo is on tho Increase. Two of the delegates 'frdtu Nevada to -the. St. Louis s Ivor conven tion, Messrs. Nixon aud Davis, enrouto liqtne, stopped off here to consult with Mr. Bryan, doubtless upon his probab 0 cousse in r*lutiou to the Populist nomi nation. Mr. Bryan ha - received a number of telegrams containing suggestions 111 re gard to the action of tlie Populist con vention. aud to all of them ho replied in eff* , ct tiiat ho will act with deliberation and that nothing will 1)0 done which ! can lie justly criticised by any of tlie , elements who an) sincerely interested iu the success of the cause of bimetal* lispi. In Ids replies to tlicso expressions lie earnes'v advises all friends of tho cause iu ail parties to refrain from harsh cyiticUm pf those who, however widely they may differ, otherwise occupy c«'m- lUdh gTonnd in bettering tie* car<e of free siivej-. They express the utmost confidence that a wise and gratifying Solution of’ tho perplexing conditions will is* presented aud adopt hI. Further than.this Mr- Bryan declined t»l talk oy (lie situation. Every entreating inquii-y calculated to’ fathon) his platis or par*- poses.met with the simple rcqsinse; ‘ l must doelino to bo interviewed Concerning' tjic St. Louis couveutio'u uf jte results.” However, his loquacity in other di? rections w’as not so circumscribed, ami jie found plenty of material for an etr. tertaining disoon rso. “I received,’’ lie said, “another rab. hit’s foof. It was sent to mo by n b’lo. granh operator in Montana. That makes the sixth rabbit’s foot, besides a great ihauv four leaf clovers and a horseshoe. maintain the reserve inaugurated by New York aud joined by the Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago banks. The movement seems, therefore, to be in fectious, and no doubt remains aft to iffc success aud wisdom of the movement;’’' . RATE WAR STOPPED. ’ . will fall into line at once in tlie effort to- l A vrr, |° the donor of the last rabbit s breeze from the southwest. 8t*te Cuiuiulttoe Heats July SO. Ralkiuh, July 22.—Democratic State Chairman Pou was here and conferred i with the state nominees regarding the date of the state committee meeting. July 30 was fixed. Pou will not allow his name to bo used as a candidate for re-election. Clement Mauley of Win ston will be the new chairman. The headquarters will continue at Raleigh. Utat« Kouutor Dice Badly Injarrd. Ralkigu, July 22.—At Wilmington a horse ran away with a buggy in which State^eimtor Rice ml his wife were riding>aTbe voliicle was wrecked and Senator Itieo badly injured. Atowoiidor Myera Arreatad In New Ywrk. New Yokk, July 23.—Joseph Myers, the Charlotte, N. 0., absconder, is un der arrest iu this city. . . Two Killed at a Croaaliig. Lancaster, Pa., July 18.—Enos 'M. Burge, aged 21 years, and Barbara Horseboy, slightly younger, while re turning from an outing iu a buggy, were struck and instantly killed while crossing the track of the Pennsylvania railroad. The young woman’s liody was carripd seveTfU Itumlred feet on the pilot of the engine, finally b-4«jg hurled under the wheels and literally cut into frag ments. An Aiuuricna Win* Iu London. London, July 28.—Roas Wiuflos, the Americiiii pistol shot, has won first prise iu tho first, second and third serfes of the revolver .competition* hero, the score being 3b, 42 and 38. ., Elinniiton Will Not Allow Railroad* to, Maki- an Kiglity IVr Cent tl,-dan Ion'. ^PARTANBCBG, S. C.. July 28.‘—Col- cnel A. T. Smytho of Charleston ap : peared before Judge Simoutou, UnitecJ States judge, af Flat Rock,. N^ C,, in chambers, for nu injuncting fo stop tho nttd war bo tv. ecu the Southern ral- way and tho Soaisjard Air Luic. Colonel Symfho’caiue in behalf of J. H. Averill, receiver of tlie Port Royal ami Augusta railroad. Judge Simoutou ordered that tbe defendant*, the South ern railway and tlie Georgia, Carolina and Northern, appear before him at Greenville. S. C., Aug. 15, to show cause why the injunction should not bo permanent. It is further provided that until the hearing above provided for .and, until tin* fi ii g of any order which the court may sec fit to make upon or after such Imaring, tlie Georgia, Carolina and Northern, the Seaboard Air - Lino and It. C. Hoffman, president; E. St. John, vice pres dent, and V. E. McBee, gei>- oral Kuperkiteudeut. be restrained and .enjoined from continuing in force oi: further operation the reduction nut into effect July 17, 1893, in tho rates^ for freight and pdssengor traffic at ’that time or the ypil 1101 ! 01 ! nuuoUuUed 014 July 12, 189$. and afterwards with drawn, or iroiq making any further or other cut whatever iu rates for-cither passenger or freight traffic,, or from making any change whatever, or from operating eitiier alone or in combina tion with other transportation lines other or different rates from'thosA iu effect J ly 12, 189(1. - - It is further ordered that the defend* nuts, the Southern railway; tho South Carolina railway nml Georgia railway; John B. Cleveland, receiver of. the Port Royal aud Western Carolina; the yifil- mington, Columbia and Augusta rail way; John Gill, receiver of the Capfe Fear and Yadkin V’aley railway; the Southbound; tho Georgia railway and T. K. Scott, manager; the Central of Georgia; the Ocean Steamship company aud H. M. Comer, president, are cn- enjoined aud forbidden, collectively or individually, from carrying into effect the reduction of SO jier cent from 'the pate iu eff-ct July 12. 1896. ’ fl. S. Haines, coiuinissiouer of thq Southern States’ Freight association, ift enjoined from making any reduction Whatever i» rates. (Jopies, pi this iq- junction will bo served on do- feuduut* at once. Bade Convict Catap Braftop Up, Ati-anta, July 28.-Thu decree of Governor Atki son, ordering that the convict camps at Colo QUy, Ris ug Fawn and Bartow be broken up because jf tho failure of Julius L. BroVnu the president of penitentiary camp No .1, to pay the flue of $750 imposed upou him for misuiatiageinout, has been car ried out. A special train brought- 400 convicts who hare been working iu these mines to Fulton count} Monday. Tlie greater part of the convicts got off at Bolton aud were marched across the country to the Chattahoochee brick yards. About 60 came to Atlanta and were sent on a night train to the lum ber camp of Mr. George W. Parrott, ou the Georgia Southern and. Florida rail- roa<t Fifty-three moved on to Mr. T. J. James’ camp, al Adrian, Ga., 011 the Dantral railroad, Tuesday morning. foot'that while lam not at all supersti tious, under the circumstances I cannot but feel that every condition and neces sity.to insure my triumphant election has lieeii secpml, except tho votes.” On his return from ihc Populist con vention, Governor Holcomb brought to Lincoln a cage containing two very pretty birds of the variety do: ointuatc l love birds. They were sent by ti-.o Kansas delegation. Tney werq.chri*i- Ivansas and Nebrask.t Candidate Tom Watson Tulk*. Nfew York., July 28.—Thomas E.Wal; candidate for vice president o:j tfiij Populist ticket, iq a telegraiq frouj Tliomsoij, Ga., to Tho Herald, s.iV«* “Our executive committee must dq* ride'the question of dividing alee tors. If Mr. Bryan accepts our nomination aud Mr. Scwull shonid retire, T«xus Popudstw would probably l»e content with Bryan and Watson, even though Bryan did not indorse all the platform. “I was absolutely sincere when I said T would not accept either place 0:1 tho Pop'ulisf national ticket. I thought ottv party would have no difficulty in mim ing a straight >ut Populist ticket, and I did not desire either puic**. “,I stag’d pway from tlie conveuliou .partij’ulprly to avoid prominence and the Georgia delega ion had positive in structions to avoid tlie use of my name. ‘After the coliv’ention met and the 1j- ston strength developed, it seemed that t>u^ party Would be swallowed np liy Jli'e Rryaq forces, and to have gone I nto the preidential campaign with, nq Populist 011 the national ticket meaiR (jpath, fo t)ie'*Peop!e’s party. “The Georgia de.ogatiou then telex graphed‘me, urging me to allow the use of ‘ray name to harmonize the factions and save the party. I consented and I will abide the consequences. When I said I would not accept I did not dream that snch a crisis could possibly come upon our party. ” • Cal»!« Talks of a Third Ticket. •• Washington, July 28.—Ben T. Cable df Illinois, a former member of the na tional Democratic committee and a strong sound money man, lias expressed phnself as being much pleased with tlie fiomiuatiou Tom Watson for the vice Safeblowsn Captarad at Alapalia. Tikton, Ga., July 2*—the safeMow- ers who cracked two safes at Alapahn, Ga., n few night* ago, securing dnVeral hundrod dollars, have lieert arreste'd there after a hot chase. Detective^ spot tod the men, who were acting sus piciously. They started to ruu. Tbe ileteclivo* gave chase and fired several shots. While running t u robbers throw each a bag of ootn into the grura Spot?- tatorr saw them and recovered the bags. A good part of the stolon mouoy was recovered. * /' * bresidUhcy W thp Bo0gli*|.v “I think,” said ho. “that the result will bp, a very material weakening of the streugth of the Bryan ticket. The sound money Democrats are going to nominate ft third . icket. Tiiat apjtears ‘to be a certainty. It will probably add to thc strength - of McKinley by taking from Bryan the sound money Dento- cnRs who will 1 ;jot vote for tlie Rcpublj pap. paqdidate. Moreover, tiip tninj jipket wjll giyp the Dcnjocrats an or ganization fo rally around after thf* free silfOr Populist craze has passdtj •*' , *Nothing has bepn done as yet u* ward the selection of candidates for ■tliia third 4icket. hat I should like to see Senator Palmer at it* head. He, with Turner of Georgia for second place, would make a splendid ticket, aud I believe would poll a large vote. ’* .Hirer Men l*»*»i* an AiLIrr**. ■ Milwaukee, July 28.—The silver del- egrrtes tn the Dmnocratic national con- •veuttou Rave given out their add reus to the public, replying to the letter pul>- J Ushed by the gold delegates, hea«led by Senator Vila* and General Bragg. It u devoted mainly V) answering the charges promulgate 1 by tho gold men, but guos to home Extent' iuto the merits of the sib veT"question. The point is made thrft silver delegates obeyed their instruc tions. until the chairman of the Wis consin'delegation refused to allow the ; vote of ihajitate to be cast for any pro* | .ideutial candidate, and that they tlieu^ otitaiued permission from the presiding j officer oT (he convention to cast their ' vfdes. In coucluKion. the Democratic i Vdters of the state are urged to get to- gwlier to sec that silver men are sent fto •the slate convention. *' al .in. 1 snUiii' —— Will Sapport tits Rapultllcaa TR-kot. \p, Nev., 4 *117 28.—The Reno (fii; , I’. ’ttn, one of the largest pajters in Ne vada, has declared its intention to suu- pori M< Riuley -#nd I|nbftrt on the ground that protu'lion Instead of siivej u the paramount issue of fthc caiupaigu.