The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 03, 1896, Image 2
THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., SEPTEMBER 3, 1896.
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A Week’s Happenings Gathered ! Important Happenings of the Secretary of the Interior Has Looks Like the Kentucky Ed-
From All Parts of the State.
Week Just Past.
Made a Fine Record.
itor Will Be Nominated.
MANY ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE A COLUMN OF INTERESTING NEWS VERY LITTLE FOR FRANCIS TO DO NORTHERNER FOR SECOND PLACE
a total vote of
Earle, Jll.t/ji;
Tlie Returni* of tho Recent rrlinury Ktoc-
tlou liuve Ilenn Tnlmlated mid they
Show Tliat Kvaiiii I.tckit .Six Hundred
and Twenty-Seven Vote* of n Mrjorlty.
Suicide at North*, Etc.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 29.—The state
executive committee lias tabulated tho
returns from tho recent state primary
election. They showed
7K,236—Evans, 33,897;
Duncan, 8,337.
Evans lacks <>27 of a. HHijority. Tho
scond primarji-i^TepMi ilpil as a certainty
-Ottd-Jffttirit tho defeat of Governor
Eviins. The totals for tho other state
officers were as follows:
Wilborn, for railroad commissioner,
61,80b, (seven counties missing).
Tompkins, for secretary of state, 62,-
OOo.
Norton, for comptroller general, Gl,-
690.
Timmerman, for treasurer, 09,668.
For superintendent of education,
Mayfield, 46,630; Robinson, 80,635.
Fit lieutenant governor, McSweeny,
45,442; Cooper. 82.556.
For governor. Whitman, 2,208; El-
lerbe, 55,113; Harrison, 41,278.
Hrowucd lu tho I’licolct Uiv«r.
Williamstox, y. O., Sept. 1.—While
boating on the Pacolet river, near this
place, William Durham, tho 15-year-old
son of the Rev. E. A. Durham of Paco
let, jumped into the river for a swim.
He became strangled, and his cousin,
W. H. Durham, who was in tho boat
with him, reached to him the only oar
in the boat. The drowning boy jerked
the oar from bis hand and sank. Then
his cousin dived after him and reached
him. but being encumbered with his
clothes could not swim, so let him
alone, and barely escaped drowning
himself, yearchiim parties are dragging
the river, but as yet have failed to re
cover the body. The water at that
point is 20 feet deep.
\ Itrjectcil I.ovpr ('oiuiiill* Suicide.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 1. — Jack
Travis, a young man recently in tho
employment of the Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad, comm tted suicide
at Norths, S. C., by shooting himself
through the left breast, lie was em
ployed on the steam shovel which is at
work near the river, one and a half
miles below here, and had recently lost
his situation. He had been paying
marked attention to a young woman,
and it is rumored that his rejection by
her had caused him tocommit tho deed.
The State Agricultural Department Malto*
an OlHcial Report on the Manufacturing
Industrie* of North Carolina—Mx Cotton
Mill* Are Now In Course of Construction.
Other Note*.
Kaleioh Aug. 28. — The Southern |
Express company has brought an action
against the Seaboard Air Line in order
to fight tho decision of the Asheville
magistrate that no express matter save
perishable articles can be transported in
North Carolina on trains on Sunday.
The Seaboard Air Lino and Southern
railway have both issued notices to tho
Southern Express company that orders
had been issued forbidding the carrying
of such express matter.
Last Sunday this order went into
effect and was rigidly carried out.
Judge Robinson, upon application of
Fleming G. DuBignon of Georgia, and
F. H. Busbeo of Raleigh, attorneys for
the Southern Express company, granted
an order restraining tho Seaboard Air
Lino from refusing to carry express
matter on Sunday.
It is set forth in tho express compa
ny’s plea for a restraining order that it
has a contract with tho Seaboard Air
Line for tho transportation of express
matter on double d uly trains including
Sundays, that the enforcement of tho
order would be most disastrous to its
business and that carrying matter on
Sunday is not a violation of tho state
code.
Tho case will bo argued before Judge
Robinson at Goldsboro, Sept 10, and in
the meantime there will be no stoppage
of Sunday express trallie of any kind.
The silver punch bowl, weighing 400
ounces, the gift of many citizens of
Norih Carolina to tho cruiser Raleigh,
has arrived here. Governor Carr will
make the arrangement for tho presenta
tion, which will fake place at Southport
in October. Captain Merriil of tho
Raleigh, says his vessel can cross the
bar there. At first it was asserted that
the Raleigh could not outer Southport
harbor.
Governor Carr has gratifying ad vires
from tho penitentiary farms on the
Roanoke, where it was thought the cot-
ton crop was mined by the overflow.
The crop has improved wonderfully and
will probably be as large as last year.
The corn crop was ruined by tho great
freshet.
WATSON GOING TO TEXAS. HOFFMAN USED A COWHIDE.
Vice l’r«-Hi(i«iitl>il < iiniii late Will SpcaU ut
Dallas on Labor Day,
Atlanta, Aug. 26,—Tom Watson will
make his last speech in Georgia before
talcing his long western trip on Sept. 4,
one week from Friday, in Cartersvillo.
It will be during Sam Jones’campmeet
ing and the Populist managers expect a
large crowd to greet the vice presiden
tial candidate.
He will deliver this speech at 11
o’clock in the morning. That night he
takes ilie train for Dallas, Tex., where
ho will speak to the a-sombled labor or
ganizations of Texas on Labor day,
Sept. 7.
He will rctu'ii to Georgia immedi
ately after the Dallas speech and will
devote himself energetically to the cam
paign in this state.
A WrnUliy Cliicngoan Asphyxiated.
Chicago, Sept. 1.— It was learned
late Sunday night that Emmet U.
Schall, a Chicagoan of wealth and many
years residence, was found dead behind
the bickcd door of his bedroom in his
residence on Prairie avenue, at a late
hour Saturday night. The gas in tiio
room had been turned on and Schall
had died of asphyxiation. Mr. Schall’s
two sons talked with much reluctance
regarding their father’s death. They
said it was a case of suicide arising from
despondency. They said the old man
had not been in good health, and that
since the death of his wife 14 mouths
ugo, he had been in denrossed spirits.
Largo Crowil* Grcol lli« liryiin 1‘arly.
Chautauqua. N. Y., Sept. 1.—The
Bryan party left Lakewood at 5:39 Mon
day morning on tho steam launch Co-
Ittrou of this place. Tho trip, wirli the
exception of a stop at Benins Point,
was without incident. At that place
the crowds gathered about tho dock
and shook hands with the Democratic
candidate. Mrs. Bryan, for about the
first time during the trip, did not get
out a tilting tho crowd and shako hands.
When tliis place was reached the dock
was crowded to its capacity and there
were cheers and applause as the boat
approached the landing.
Four Humlivil Mil-nutniaii* Ari-e*t<Mi.
Const anti noplk, Sept. 1. — Vebby
Pasha and Shakir Pasha have been ap
pointed military commanders of Pera
and Galata respectively, with stringent
orders to restore quiet. The commission
appointed on Friday last, by tho minis
try of police, to inquire into the revolu
tionary rioting, consisting of eight
Christians and two Mussulmans, is sit
ting at the ministry of justice. Four
hundred Mussulmans accused of ex
cesses have already boon arrested.
I'Htally Hhot by it I'ugllUt.
Cincinnati, Sept. 1.—Anoutingelub
was spending the Sunday in a grove
near tho suburb of College Hill, when
Edward Nolons, an amateur pugilist,
aud his friends stin ted a g.tuio of chuck
tin the ground. Adam Pmtliot the out
ing party ordered them to quit playing
there. In the melee that followed,
Prath was fatally shot by Neb ms.
Well Known Cari-lago I'lriii I’u 11«.
Amlshuhy, Mass., Sept. 1.—Miller
Bros., one of the best known carriage
firms of tliis place, as well us having a
wide reputation elsewhere, has made an
assignment No statement of assets
sod liabilities have r.s yet been given
out.
AttiicUrd tli« Superintendent of t!ie Char
lotte, A oluiubiii and Augu-ta Loud.
Charlotte, N. C., Ang. 27.—Superin
tendent P. T. Wells of the Charlotte, C >•
lumbia and Augusta railway was cow-
hided here by Charles G. Hoffman, a
well known freight conductor of the
same line. Hoffman had been told tint
Wells had said that he and the ticket
agent at Fort Mill, S. C., wanted to
“whack up” on tickets, the latter sell
ing the tickets a:id tho former not
punching them.
Wells, with several other superiut'-nd-
cuts of divisions, and General Man igor
Green came to Charlotte to conduct a
railroad examination. About 3 o’clock, |
AAtiilo tho examination was going on,
Hoffman entered tho room, and after
cursing Wells roundly, struck him twice
across the face with a cowhide aud then
slapped him in the face. Wells did not
rise iroiii his chair, nor did he say any
thing but deny having made tho accu
sation against Hoffman. Tho railroad
men present pulled Huffman off Wells.
Talk is rife amongst the railroad men
of the affair. Hoffman has been a
freight conductor ou the road for six
years. This is the first trouble ho bus
been in with his employers.
CATTLE DYING OF ANTHRAX.
Nurlli Carol I m* Veterinarian* Unable to
Stop (lie l>i«ea*e—Ollier New*.
Raleigh, Aug. 31.—Governor Carr
has been notified that 2'J cattle have j
died at a dairy near Charlotte of a dis-
I case believed to bo anthrax and that the
local veterinarians are unable to stop
the disease. Tho governor lias requested
Dr. halmou, chief of tho United States
bureau of animal industry, to send ex
perts thert; immediately.
Officials of the state agricultural do- j
j partment, who have in hand the reports
regarding cotton mills, say those"show
that during tho pastLl months no fewer
than 50 mills have pin in new machinery
I and that this marks an even greater do-
; volopment than the 13 now mills put in
! operation within that time. They also
note a decided tendency from mere yarn
making and ordinary unbleached work
to tine classes of bleached goods, as well
as the manufacture of garments from
cotton in looms. There are now four
large blonc!lories and ten mills have
changed from coarse to fine goods.
A (■oviirusnvnt I’liynlcian to Inv<*»tigiite.
Raleigh, S'*pt. 1.—Governor Carr
has received a letter from tho chief of
tiiu bureau of animal industry, Wash
ington, in response to Ins telegram, say-
! ing Dr. Favdlo had been sent to Char
lotte to investigate tho outbreak of an
thrax among cuttle there. The gover
nor is urged to impress upon all persons
the absolute importance of thoroughly
destroying the carcasses of all animals
dying from anthrax, as in that way
only can the rapid extension of tliis
fatal disease bo prevented.
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Muniiracturinif I ml u*«t rio*.
Raleigh, Aug. 29.—An official rop<>rt
on the manufacturing industries of
North Carolina has been prepared by
tho state agricultural department. It
! shows that there are 174 cotton spinning
| or weaving niills, 15 hosiery mills, three
knitting underwear, four making bags, .
tv/o cordage,, one nets, one calico, one
silk, eight woolen gisidii in the state,
^ix mills are in course of const ruction.
AH luiportnsit Mat tor* Have lleon Dis
posed «if ami the Georgian's Successor
Will Havo a Clear Field to llegin AVltli.
Statement of the Work of tho Laud Dl-
vlnions — Adjustment of Grant*.
Washington, Sept. 1. — Secretary
Smith closed his administration of the
affairs of tho interior department Tues
day and retired from the cabinek The
last papers in tho routine business of
the department were signed and his ac
tive work closed Monday afternoon.
Tuesday tho secretary was at tho do-
partment, but ho devoted almost his en
tire time to callers and to taking leave
of his associates and of the employes in
the department.
When ex-Governor Francis will ar
rive from Missouri and take the oath of
ofli' C is not yet definite y known, but it
is thought it will be before the end of
the week. Tho arrangement of his
affairs at St. Louis, preparatory to his
removal to Washington, has taken more
time than was expected, but it is yet
possible he will he hero Wednesday
morning. In that event Secretary
Smith has planned to leave for Atlanta
Wednesday night, but if advised that
ids successor will not be here until after
that time, it is probable lie will go at
once, leaving Assistant Secretary Rey
nolds in charge. All important mat
ters that have been pending have now
1 'on disposed of, so that Mr. Francis r.3
s. •cn-tary will have a clear field to begin
with.
The record of the department for vol
ume of work performed during tho
past throe and i half years is probably
ahead of any period of its history.
Civil Scrvica Knit-* strictly Knfo-cetL
Secretary Smith has enforced tho
strictest civil service rules, making
merit the sole ground of promotion, both
in and outside the civil service. He lias
unhesitatingly discharged his own ap
pointees if their work was not well
done, and the force of the department
all over the country has been brought
to a high state of proficiency.
In the general laud office, the work is
n iw practically up. This has involved
not only a disposition of current work,
but a large quantity of accumulated
work which was on hand March 6, 1895.
The following statement of the work oJ
some of the land divisions will illus
trate:
At the beginning of the administra
tion there were pending in the pro emp-
tion division of tho government laud
office more than 5,000 unadjudicated
final proofs in pre-emption, timber cult
ure £iid land claims, besides a consider-
ab e amount of other business. This
division lias not only disposed of cur
rent work, but is now practically up to
tT:i tO.
In the division charged with the ad
justment of grants to aid in the con-
struction of railroads, there were jicnd-
jug March 4. 1895, 5,000 cases, includ
ing applications within railroad limits.
Current work has been kept up aud the
accumulated business reuuecd to less
than 1,000.
There were pending entries involving
railroad questions, March 4, 1895,3,10.5.
Current work has been disposed of and
tli - accumulated work reduced to 330
cases.
Disposed of Many Old Cu.hcl
Appeals to the land office arc made to
the secretary’s office. This bu mess was
about two years behind March 4, 1895.
Current work is now being transacted.
There were a large number of old cases
pending for years, notably, the Jennie
Davis case, the Florida and Peninsular
railroad case, the terminus of the North
ern Pacific. Secretary Smith has dis
posed of all of these old cases aud leaves
no Mich cases to his successor.
The general policy of the department
in disposing of the public lands has been
to sustain, wherever it could be justly
done, the rights of the settler, and to
facilitate timber culture entries.
In connection with the land oflico
Secretary Smith lias given much atten
tion to the forestry question. Upon his
application the National Academy of
Seionco has appointed a committee of
skilled men who are now engaged in
preparing a general forestry plan for
the United States. It is lielieved the
result of their work will be a great
stride towards the protection and the
cultivation of timber interests of tho
country.
The administration of Indian affairs
has been marked by the greatest clli-
cioney. Early in the administration,
Secretary Smith obtained the services
of a trained educator to take charge of
the school work among the Indians.
Summer institutes were held among tho
Indian teachers aud educational enthu
siasm was aroused among teachers and
scholars.
Iiullaa A^ent*Ui*nn Mnro Auttinrtly.
The agents have been given wider au
thority to require the grown Indians to
work wherever it was possible to make
them do so. Business principles havo
been pressed towards the use < f the re-
wiuices of ilie agency so that the ludi-
mis may bo self supporting. Field mat
rons have b< on more generally used to
go among tho homes of the Indians and
introduce civilized custo ns. The ser
vice lias boon conducted so successfully
that for at least two years past it has
received the unstinted praise of tho
friends of tho Indians, while progress
marks the management of most of tho
reservations.
B crotaiy Bmitli took a deep interest
in the Indian work. He has urged
upon congress the desirability of chang-
inc the office of commissioner of Ind an
affairs into a connnission of throe nicn,
two to he civilians of different politics
nrd oii'‘ an army officer, tho object be
ing to thus prevent politics from getting
into Urn service, and also !o free the
head of tho l^urcau from changes of
policy.
Tho mot important change in tho
patent office daring his administration
lias le-eii the prevention of delay in tho
prosecution of applications for patents
which prior to the present administra
tion has caused complaints mid somo
tcaitdul.
lira eg, Lawli-r ami Moran Among Tlio»o
I’roiiilnently Mentioned a* the HlueGms*
Orator’s Kuimlncuuitu on the Gald Dem
ocratic TJoket—lSckol* Trying to Ilecp
Down the C’lrvcland Sentiment.
Indianapolis, Fept. 1.—Delegates to
tho national Democratic convention
came in at a lively rate during the morn
ing from all quarters of the. Union. Be
fore nightfall throe-fourths of them aro
expected to bo present. They aro bring
ing a throng of visitors in their wake,
all of whom are greatly interested in
the movement, and tho indications
point to as large an attendance as was
anticipated. The hotel corridors were
comfortably filled at an early hour and
the familiar bustle aud buzz of a na
tional political gathering were notice
able. Much enthusiasm is manifested.
There is a general feeling among tho
delegates that the convention will be a
success beyond anticipations. The boom
for tho nomination of Mr. Cleveland,
which was ftartod by Hugh Wallace of
Washington state, is being discouraged
by the president’s friends, who say ha
would not accept. Comptroller of tho
Currency Eckels is doing all he can to
keep down this Cleveland sentiment,
which, it is feared, may at any time de
velop and sweep the convention.
Mr. Eckels has taken a position in fa
vor of Senator Vilas’ nomination. Mr,
Outhwaitc of Ohio, one of the delegates-
at large from the Buckeye state, not
only says ho does not think Mr. Cleve
land wants or would accept the nomina
tion, but in his opinion it would bo un
wise to place him at tho head of tho
ticket.
“This is a great mover at,” said ho,
“for tho salvation of ti.o true Democ
racy, aud in ni} r opinion it would he a
mistake to nominate any one whose so-
lection might divert attention from tho
real issue. Mr. Cleveland’s nomination
would undoubtedly raise tho third term
cry, even though there was no chance of
his election, and wo should steer clear of
anything that might havo a tendency to
embarrass the great work wo have to
do.”
A disposition is developing in tho east,
which is c msidcml safe for gold, to al
low the middle western and doubtful
border states to select the candidates.
\Valti‘i'*i>ii N»w In the L>'<t<l.
A majority of the Iowa, Illinois, In-
diana, Ohio, Tenuossee aud Alabama
delegations seem to be for Watternoii
and consequeiitiy tho Blue Grass editor
and orator seems to have an undoubted
lead. *
J. M. Falk iter of Alabama, who is
very firm in tho opinion that the ticket
nominated here will carry his state, is
one of the active Watterson advocates.
His argument is that Watterson would
take tlie stump and rally the gold Dem
ocrats with electrifying speeches.
Should the nomination go to Walter-
son, a northern man would be named
for vice president, probably Bragg of
Wisconsin, Judge Moran of Chicago, or
David Lawler of Minnesota. Some of
Mr. Cleveland’s friends, with tho mem
ory of Mr. Watterson’s famous predic
tion before the Chicago convention of
1*92 that if Cleveland were nominated
“the Democracy would go through a
slaughterhouse to an open grave,” ring
ing in their ears, arc inclined to rebel
against Watters >n and arc again in
clined to pusli Senator Vilas forward.
It is said by those in a position to know,
that tho 1 liter does not want the nomi
nation. but lie could be u-od now for a
foil for the present Watterson senti
ment.
By many it is believed that a now
candidate will bo taken up, Oathwait*
of Ohio, Bynum of Indiana, or somo
one else. Efforts are being made to in-
.dueo Senator George Gray of Delawaio
to reconsider his flatfoote I decision not
to accept the nomination, but appa
rently with no success a* yet. There is
in some quarters a feeling of resent
ment against Senator Gray because as
chairman of the gold Democratic con
ference at Chicago lie did not appoint
the national committee which ho was
empowered to name by that conference.
His critics say ho hesitated too long to
be an available candidate in a crisis de
manding bold and heroic action.
Tim UtntTurin In lit- Adigteil.
It is already apparent that there will
be a struggle over the platform. Tho
suggestion tiiat the platform be confined
to a declaration outho money issue is
not kindly received aud th<*ro is no qua*,
lions but that the platform will cover
the whole situation thoroughly and
make a vigor ms reply to the declara
tion enunciated at Chicago. The exec
utive committee lias received while in
s*xsion almost innumerable suggestions
as to the money plank, it is naderst od
that the plank as drawn by Secretary
Carlisle will bo the one decided on. The
tariff plank will net lie so radical as that
adapted four years ago, but will be a
dear deduratiou for a tariff for revenue
only.
The two points on which there is
likely to bo a wide divergence of opin
ion are those relating to an income tax
and currency reform. The former is
being advocated by western and south
ern and the latter by eastern del ‘gates.
The eastern delegates aro opposed to
j iho indorsement of an income tax
through constitutional amendment, and
argue that if such a plank were adopted
I the Populists could uy with justico
1 that the gold Democrats were seeking,
in an indirect way. the very thing they
were advocating directly.
The plank in favor of the retiiement
of greenbacks and the establishment of
n new federal banking system giving
the banks the power of issno, under fed
eral supervision (the banks to redeem
tiidr notes in gold and maintain a sutfi.
clout gold reserve for that purpose) is
being pressed by eastern delegates, but
is meeting with opposition in tho west
i.n l south, where there is a strong senti-
iiient against tho extension of the na
tional banking system.
Albany I’olliu-inan Kill* n Negro.
Albany, Ga., Sept. 1.—Policeman J.
j G. Barron of this city, while attempt-
1 ing to arrest Bush Wtlliiuns, a negro,
employed by the Columbus Southern
railway, shot and instantly killed the
latter.
National Convention Opened by
• Justin McCarthy.
O’DONNELL IS ELECTED CHAIRMAN
Unnnlmnit«!y Clio*on Amid tan \Vildr«t
A|ip)nu*e—The llisliop Rend » M< i **aj;e
From tlio 1’opo Urging the Lender* to
Kud T lii-li 111**011*1011*—Dotcgato* From
United *tati‘* K*peoially Welcomed.
Dublin, Sept. 1.—The first session of
the Irish national convention opened at
noon in tho Leinster hall, which was
well filled with delegates, among whom
were several iadies. It was estimated
W,
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JUSTIN M’CABTKY.
that tho Irish race throughout tho
world was represented hero by from r><)0
to 700 delegates, but it was hoped that
ut least 1,000 more delegates would ar
rive during tho day. ^Jrhoy come from
Ireland and Great Britain as a rule, but
tho United States, Canada, Australia
and South Africa aro represented by a
number of delegates. The walls of
Leinster hall were appropriately deco-
ornted for tho occasion and patriotic
sentiments expressed by deceased states
men of Ireland, the late Charles Stew
art Parnell included, were hung up ou
tho walls inside the building.
CiiuvcnHnn’* Succo** A**uroil.
Mr. John Dillon, M. P., chairman of
the Irish Parliamentary party, previous
to the opening of tho convention, ex
pressed tho opinion t tat its success was
already assured and that tho attendance
would bo twice as groat as they had
dared to hope for. Ho said that tho
delegates present represented four-fifths
of the Irish Nationalists and that there
was a good number of Parnellites pres
ent, in spite of tho opposition of the
leaders of tho latter party to tho con
vention. Tho feeling among the for
eign delegations was that all sections
should unite and that nothing should
be left undone to accomplish this end.
With tliis object in view, a meeting of
40 foreign delegates took place Monday
night, 35 of them beiugfrom the United
States and Canada, at which it was pro
posed to appoint a committee of seven
foreign delegates to personally inter
view Messrs. It (diuond, Healy and Dil
lon, with tho object of inducing all fac
tious to support one leader, and as an
altornative it was suggested that all
donations from foreign sources should
be stopped in casi the warring factions
fqiled to como to an umlerstauding.
After a heated discussion, lasting two
hours, tho meeting dispersed without
having accomplished anything except,
it was feared, to sow seeds of discord,
which may grow forth during the con
vention.
Tho convention was called to order
promptly at noon by Justin McCarthy,
M. P., who nominated tho Most Rev.
Patrick O’Donnell, J). D., bishop of
Kaphoe, for permanent chairman. Tho
bishop was unanimously elecled, as ar
ranged last week, amid the wildest ap
plause. Bishop O’Donnell then read a
nu'ssago from the pope, in wdiich Ids
holiness prayed that tho Irish leaders
might end their dissensi ms. The chair
man then especially welc imed the dele
gates from tiic United States and Can
ada and delivered an address, pleading
for unity.
Sciol* of DUceril Sown.
Bishop O’Dcnnell referred to tho pub
lication in Juno last of the report of the
commission ou the financial relations
of Ireland and Great Britain, which
showed Ireland to be heavily overtaxed,
and said that this document alone just
ified tho calling of a convention. Al
luding to the dissension among the diff
erent Irish factions, the bishop declared
that no man or set of men must put
themselves in competition with the
cause of Ireland. This remark of tho
bishop caused all the delegates to rise to
their feet and cheer lor about live
minutes.
When tho bishop was able to proceed
he said that he cared little which Eng
lish party helped Ireland, but the Irish
party had been independent of and in
opposition to every party refusing them
lionie rule. Discipline and fidelity to
Ireland, the bishop remarked, was abso
lutely necessary and that they stand
united, adding:
“Wo must compass Irish liberty
and no power on earth can withstand
the justice thereof.”
This statement called forth another
tremendous burst of cheering, which
lasted ten minutes.
Letter* From 1’roinlnent Men.
Letters were read from Archbishop
Walsh and Dr. Thomas Addis Emmett
of New York. The statement of the
latter that “the man who is niMvilling
to accept an invitation to the pMcecon
vention is no true Irishman” was wildly
applauded.
By this time every inch of the hall
was occupied, ami it was estimated that
about 3,000 persons were present.
The first resolution, in favor of unity,
was supported by Mr. Ryan of Tor into
in au eloquent speech, during which ho
declared that tho Canadians were abso
lutely independent and were only at
tho convention for “darling old Ire-
land’s welfare,” which, ho added,
would bo most surely promoted by obe
dience to a majority rule.
After Mr. Justin McCarthy and otli-
cm had supported the motion, the Rev.
Dennis O’Callaghau of Boston, Mass.,
aroused the enthusiasm of tho assem
blage by stating that he was tho bearer
to tho convention of the bossings of
Archbishop Williams ami demanded
that the delegates unite in it universal
rally around the Irinh Hag.
1"HANKED LI HUNO CHAJ
Kcjir*-*<-ntatlre< of Iho Ainprlr:iii MU*
ury Society C -Jle«t on the ChlnitiiiaiF
New York, Sept. 1.—The Amcri*
car: Missionary society representatives!
headed by Rev. D. F. Elleuw’ood, calieiJ
upon Li Hung Chang Tuesday and pie-|
Boutcd him with an address, thanking
him for an interest in missionaries ml
Cnina. The address, which Is .jnito|
long, says that for 50 years the mission-
fries have been favored with the pm-l
tec tion of the Chinese government andl
that in no nation in tho world iinvol
American missionaries received nioro|
just and generous treatment than 114
China.
The address, after thanking Earl Ll
for a proclamation in behalf of tho in;s-|
sionaries issued by him in 1891, saya
that it is extremely gratifying to old
servo that at tho present time the dis]
interested spirit of the missionaii. ■
seems to be better understood aud 111 on!
appreciated in China than heretofore.
The address refers to the work in behalf |
of tho Chinese in this country, and saysl
that wore Earl Li to visit the Paoiflol
coast he would see tho homes aiidl
refuges which with the co-operation c,f|
the Chinese consul general, the gen or-
ous women of that part of tho country]
have aided in securing for his country,
men.
Li Hung Chang responded by I’mnk-i
ing the ministers for their kindly a*.I
prossiuns, adding that his governinent|
had only done its duty in protecting tin
1 lUsionaries. In conclusion he thanked|
the missionaries for their efforts to stop]
opium smoking, which he characterized!
as a curse, ana expressed hi t gratitude!
for his recovery from the effects of tho|
wound inflicted by his Japanese assail
ant.
JOSEPH OROSZ IfUNGED.
Killed Hi* Sweetlieart, Teresa Kobak,
I'ittsbiirg, Last .January.
Pittsburg, Sept. 1.—Joseph Oronsa
was hanged in tho county jail at 10:1!3
o’clock Tuesday morning. Death wa
due to strangulation. The inurdeitJ
met his death bravely and walked tt]
tho gallows without flinching.
The crime for which Grosz was hangee
was tho murder of his sweetheart, Tel
resa Bobak, who had rejected him aftq
promising to ho his wife. Tho killttu
took place on Jan. 8, last, in u Green!
field boardinghouse. Grosz, who waj
intoxi atod, called on the young woman)
and asked her if rho still refused tc
marry him. Upon her answering tiiatj
she had not changed her mind, he dn w
a revolver aud shot her dead. Ho thci]
shot himself in tho left breast, but tbc
wound was not serious.
He was convicted on Feb. 13 and son]
tonct'd to be hanged on June 30, buj
was afterwards respited. After tM
signing of his death warrant he becrtind
reconciled to his doom and siid ho pro]
forrod death on tho gallows rather than
n commutation of sentence to life iuJ
prisonniciit, or even a term of 20 yoars.|
MOBILE’S GOOD SHOWING.!
Made Lar^ts Ksporl* to Lurope Dui-lnj
tlie Fait Year.
Mobile, Sept. 1. — Tho Regist
fifty-sixth annual trade edition sh^v
material growth of tills port si co th
channel was opened from tho cit
through the shallows of tho bay to dee
water in tho gulf. Every year ha
mlded to tho commerce of tho port, bu
the showing this year is superior to any
The value of exports, foreign, is $17,
000,090, as agaiyst $5,175,000 last ycai
Corn exports 1,535,000 bushels again*
103,000 bushels; general merchaudis
exports $<510,000 ni ainst $150,000; cottoi
exports $4,185,000, against 01,400,090
lumber and timber exports, foreign
$1,(5^0,000 against ♦1,220,000. Total ex
ports to Europe $5,880,000 as agaius
$3,850,000, exports to Central Americ;
and South America $1,613,090, again:;
$1,260,000.
Value of cotton receipts $8,220,0;*]
against $7,150,000. Lumber and timtx*
shipped in superficial feet, 138,408,99.1
against 128,019,000. Imports of frui
continue large.
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Three Men Killed lu an Fv.ilodnn.
Alton, Ills., Sept. 1.—Part of the Equi
table Power company’s plant, four am
half miles east of Alton, blow up hortb
before 3 a. m. It is known that thro
persons lust their lives. Tho works to 1
fire and the big store wes in iiamineu
danger for a time. The Jiock of tli
explosion was felt for two miles am
East Alton and cpjH*r Alton building
were damaged. In Alton mauyfanciei
an earthquake had come. The name
of the men killed are: Homy Rodgern
William Rettger; and Thomas Kcffei
A second explosion of less intensity fol
lowed the first one.
Churlc* K. Wurburtou It ad.
Philadelphia, Sept J.—Hilaries E.
Warburtou, proprietor of the Kronfii;
I Telegraph of thi- city, was fou:*:l deail
in bed at tho Garden hotel, Atlantic]
Gity, Tuesday morning. 11 ■ was (id
years of age. When Mr. V/.u-burtoi]
retired Monday evening lie apjvarea t<J
lie in lii-i usual health. Death \\asduj
to heart disease.
Turin And Itulguri* is FI^Tii.
Foi lBulgaria, Sept. I.— S 'rionscoi;
fli< ts took place on Aug. 27 ou the Tuvlj
ish-Bulgwini frontier, neir the.
lages of Adarashittza aud iv./J
Turkish offi “>r and «ever<tl Turkish soT^
diera were killed. Tho BuVgariaua dil
not ruffer any b'-pei;. Tho Bnlgarirm
government is reinforcing the troop* on
the frontier.
Jnlin K, Cow«*n Thrown From a Hie
Nantucket, Mass., 8ept. 1. -J
dent J. K Cowcn of tho Baltimor
Ohio railroad, who is summering
with his family, met with a paiuf
cident while riding a bicycle. 1 1
trying to pass over an unused horrecar
track he was thrown to tho ground, din
locating his shoulder and badly breUing
his body.
Murderer Overton UecA|Crtr«fL
Middm shoko, Ky , Sept. 1.—Harford
j Overton, under sentence of death for
^ murdering and robbing a peddler, wbo
I escaped from Harlem jail la*t Jani
was captured at Hagan, Va.,
tie pirate reidstain •* by b>iii-it*
friends.
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