Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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o THE LEDGER: GAFFXEY, S. C M JUNE 10, 1807. DM I? FOR IffiS House Leader In Favor of Ne braskan’s Renomination. THE TEXAS CONGRESSMAN TALES U»• Ju»t Ketnrned From a ^(nin|iing Tour Through MU.ouri a<i<l Say. It I. the Almo.t t'nr.iiiinoii. Opinioii of I>rin- ocrats That the Farty Shoulii lu 1 'JlKi Keadopt «li!e»go IMatfonn. Washington, June 8.—Roprespnta- tive Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, the D emocratic leader iu the house, thinks it would be a serious mistake not to re nominate William J. Bryan as the Dem ocratic presidential candidate in 1900. Mr. Bailey has just returned from a stumping tour through the First con- gressioual district of Missouri “It seems the almost unanimous opin ion of the Democrats whom 1 have met,” said Mr. Bailey, “that the party should in ’900 readopt the Chicago plat form of 1JS9I5 without qualiticatiou or re servation. It will be inipossiule to disas sociate Mr. Bryan from that platform. He is a part of the light of JS9»5, and to adopt tue the platform of last year and reins i the nomination of Mr. Bryan woaid be a serious mistake. It is my judgment that his rouoiuination is a foregone conclusion. “Mr. Bryan is a better Democrat now than he was when he was nominated, and he appears to be settling down upon a basis that entitles him to the support of all Democrats who stand squarely upon the undying principles of the party that was founded by Jefferson. 1 dif fered from Mr. Bryan in many of hit earlier opinions and convictions, but since his iiomiuaticm he has kept him self in everything that be has said and done strictly within the limitations oi the Chicago platform, aud that platform is good enough for me or any other Democrat to stand on. “The Democratic party today is morf united than I have ever known it to be. The Populists who left the party be cause of Cleveland and his policies havt returned and are with us heart am. soul. The ‘middle-of-the-road Popu li-ts are still against us, as they ulwuy have been, because we have not sub scribed to their extreme views, aud tin gold Democrats are still an uncertain quantity. They will have to come tc us, however, or go over to the Repub licans. “We cannot afford to yield to either extreme, and must stand upon the plat form of 189‘i. Ninety-nine per cent of the Democrats of the United States hold that view.” WATSON TO BE CHAIRMAN. Geor^iiin Hati Arrangement* All Mado For % arceettGig Marion Hutler. New York, June 8.—A special to Tne World from Atlanta says: A^ leading the way to a complete revoiu tiou against Marion Butler, national chairman of the People’s party, Tnomu K Watson has forced Cnairmau Cun ningham of the state People’s party committee to i ad a convention of tnac party for June til to select delegates t< the national conference called for Julv 4 by the Reform Press association m Nashville. The determination to turn that na tional conference into a tegular conven tion proceeded from Mr. Watson, who declared that he did not want to allow another campaign to roll by with Ma rion Butler recognized as chairman oi the national committee. He placed him self iu communication with the heads of his party in every state, and the con sequence is that the delegates when they meet in Nashville will declare them selves into a national convention and elect a new national committee, at the head of which will be Mr. Watson him self, leaving Marion Butler to iuii such forces ns m iv desire to stay with him In the issue of his paper this week, Mr. Watson will declare Mr. Bryan to ,, .. ■ 1W(1 ., be a “Domical coward, and assert that ] the proper course for the Populist party is neither to play for fu-don with the Democrats n >r to accept political posi tions from tne Republicans. ELLERBE GIVES HIS PLAN, Dt-fl'iea the Course lie Will Furtue la K«- foielng tlie I>t«peiiri(»ry lajw. CoiXilBiA. S. C., Juue 4 — Governoi Eilerbe has defined the course he will pursue in enforcing the dispensary iaw. He says he has decided to keep the con stables on uuty. as by his construction of the “original package” ruling there is much for them to do. “We are not going,” he said, “to seize anything shipped into the state for jiersonal use or auytinug sold by people of other states in original pack ages. I understand by ‘ongiual package j that a mail cannot, for instance, get a dozen pint packages in one case and : seh those pints separately, but must sell the whole unbroken case. Each shipment constitutes a package. The constables will have to watch those re ceiving boxes of bottled liquor or liquor put up in any other shape, and if any thing less than the package iu which it was received is sold the whole will be confiscated. “As 1 understand it, the citizens ot this state wiil not be permitted to sell in original packages or iu any other way. I think, however, citizous of tins state can properly act as agents for non residents. “Of course, the friends of the dispen sary will not be satisfied with anything short of an appeal to Di court of last resort. ’ ’ WILL STOP NIGHT WORK. Southern Cotton .>1111 to Co 11 the Production ol Y.*rnH. Charlotte, N. C., Juue 5. - "he meeting of the Southern Cotton Spin ners’ association here on the tenth met. is of unusual importance to the cotton mills of the south. Some measures are to be adopted to curtail the production of yarn-: by reducing the hours of iu. or. The association hopes to stop m ht work in yarn mills altogeth ‘r. One of the board of governors sacs that unless the mills now running at night agree to discontinue the practice, the other mills will advertise that they run only in the daytime and make i more uniform class of goods than i possible to produce at night. R. S. Reinhardt, a prominent mill man, said that the mills are in better condition than they were three weeks ago, bur the depression is liardiy likely to be relieved until the production is curtailed. Mii«in£ Property to He *o!<l. Raleigh, June 4.— In the federal court here. Judge Puruell signed a con sent decree ordering the sale in two months, for cash, of all property cov ered by the deeds of trust of the Egypt Coal Mining company, and of the Lung- don Heuszey Coai Mining company at Cum lock. Judge Burnell also signed a decree approving the compromise of the claims of relatives of 19 of the 41 miners killed in Cumnock mine in De cember, 1893, each suit being for $10,- 000. and the total amount under the compromise being only §9,000. First Shot Fired From Sumter. Charleston. June 0.—John J. Jol’y of Denver, S. C., has m his possession the first solid shot fired by the garrison of Fort Sumter on April l,’, isdl, iu re sponse to General Beauregard’s attack, conspuuent upon the refusal o? Major Robert Anderson to evacuate the fort when ordered to do so. Tne shot is a 82 pounder. It has been donated by Joiiy t > the monument to the confeder ate dead wiiich is now being erected by the Ladies’ Memorial association of An derson, S. C. Will Mcl.aariu. Greenville, S. C.. Juue 5.—It ii? said that George S. Mower of Newberry will bo a candidate for the United States senate iu the primary against Senator McLaurin, Mr. Donaldson and perhaps others. Mr. Mower is a promiuet law yer, a man of means, a leader in the As sociate Reformed Presbyterian churen, a trustee of Erskiue college and won considerable repute as special attorney to assist the state in the G’oosaw phos- PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH. TRIES TO KILL TWO MORAES WILL STEP DOWN. ChairinHii Alurtiu Nkiiidn Comm Ctee. New York, June 8.—The Tammany hall committee, which is to confer with similar committees from the Demo cratic organization of Kings, Queens ami Richmond counties as to the basis of representation in the Demoeratn cit)’ convention, as well as to call that convention, has been named by Chair man James J. Martin of the executive Cumin.Uee. The members of tne coin- mitt -e are John 0. Sheehan. James W. Boyle, James P Keating, Randolph Guggenheimer, George W. Plunkitt, Andre- J. White and James McCart ney. James W. Martin, William Soh- ni'T an i ... :u tu.-> \V. Peteis are im ni ters ex-ofii do. It is stated that seven member:; our- of ten support Bryan and ti.e Chicago piatiurm. Arkaiifcits Will N«»t lt« I!«-pre«f>ritotl. Little Rock, Juue 8.—Governor Dai: W. Jones of Arkansas has refused ti appoint delegates to represent Arkansas at the international gold mining con- ▼enticn, to be held in Denver early next month. Mayor Woodson appointed five delegates from Little Rock. Wnon usked if he would appoint delegate* from the state at largo Governor Jones aud: “I intend to ignore this conven tion altogether and s'rull decline to ap point delegates to it. There is no silvei in it aud 1 am opposed to anything oi this kind that seems inimical to the in terests of bimetallism." Twenty-Five Monks Roasted by Philippine Insurgents. BURNED TO DEATH OVER SLOW FIRE llu i:i !>>» Thrust Through Timm Whilo 'i liey \A ere Alive—In CouoeqUeune oi Hsrhuritles Practice.I by Spanish Troop* on Ui-bel*, the Latter, Oat of Iteveiigl!, Ter pel rate Acts of Cruelty, Vancouver, B. G, June 8.—Inter views with officers of the steamship Hupeh, now in port, elicit the fact that 25 Catholic monks were roasted by the rebels m the Philippine islands, and not by Spanish troops, as previously re ported. The information was furnished by a prominent resident of Ui-Ilo, iu the group of islands, and corroborated by a foreign consul. In consequence of cruelties practiced by the Speuish troops on the rebels or those suspected of being in sympathy woth the rebel cause, the rebels in re venge perpetrated acts of cruelty ou the helpless monks who came in their clutches. The customary mode of roast ing pigs in the island is sticking a bam boo through a pig and then fastening it to an iron, roasting it over a slow fire. This was done to the monks, the bam boo bi-iug thrust through them while they were alive. Previous to the voyage to this port, the Hupeh made atripfrom Hong-Kong tolli-Ilo, and it was just previous to this voyage that the acts reported oc curred near Manilla. CONFLICT AT VGRA CRUZ. American’*, Mexican* unci ^paiitarclt Fight Over the ( iib.411 (juentlon. New York, June 8.—A dispatch to The Herald from the City of Mexico says: A conflict has occurred at Vera Cruz between 20 marines of the gunboat Nuevu Espana and Joseph Lang aud Charles Holbrook of the Texas and about a score of Mexicans, who sympathized with the Americans. The Texas men used their knives and the marines their bayonets. The Mexicans were not armed, but they rendered effective as- s stance to the Americans. The trouble was ended only by the appearance of a large force of police and a company of 100 soldiers ordered out by the authorities. The fight was caused by the marines, who shouted: “Viva Cuba Espano” in the streets. This was answered by cries of “Cuba Libre” from the Americans. They were immediately attacked by the Span iards and would unquestionably have been killed had it not been for the as sistance of the citizens of Vera Cruz, who, seeing their peril and noting the faot that they were overwhelmingly outnumbered, hastened to their assist ance. The police arrested the whole party, but consuls of both nations in i' reeded in their countrymen’s behalf and ad were release 1. Many Now and Important Industrie* It«i- potto.I Itni-iog iho I'a-tl w oak. Chattanooga, Juue 8.—Among the most important new industries for tho week ’Ihe Traiksmall reports the follow ing: The Did North State Brewing company, capital §159,000, Greensboro, N. C.: the Little Rock Brickworks, capital $80,00 >, Little Rock. Ara ; cot ton compresses at Columbus and Wuxa* hachie, Tex., and the Newport New-? Gas company, capital §75,000, Newport News. Va. At Kmbreoville. Tenu., it is -eported that two 100-ton blast furnaces will be erected by the Embreevide Futuac company The Perkins Machine com pany. capital §100,000, has been char tered at Roanoke. Va ; (lie Cartersville Manganese-and Mining company, capi tal §10,000. at Cartersville, Ga.; the George R. Sheriff Coal company, capi tal §100,000, at Martiusburg. \V. Va.; the United States Automatic Fan com pany, capital §50,000. at Houston. Tex , and a cotton mill at Charlotte. N. C. The Big Pine Lumber company, cap ital §25,000, has been organized at Boggy, Ark; a §40,000 stave factory will be erected at Ehzabethtou, Teuu.; a §20,000 box, barrel aud lumber inanu Lawyer Attempts Murder and Commits Suicide. facturing plant at Macon, Ga. and ! ously. other wood wonting plants at Bridge port, Ala., and Alexandria, La. Among mining improvements re ported ’ is the erection of 00 coke ovens at Eusley City, A a., b>- the Te - nessee, Coal. Iron aim Kai road com pauy, and 100 at Chickamauga, u»a . by the Chickamauga and Dcrnam Coal aud Coke company. Charles Harb'-r, Patent Attorney, Slightly Woanil* u Young Daily Who Hail For merly W orked for Him a* Stetioxrnpher anil Then lliow* III* Mrain* Out —Hu Gained Notoriety by Oueer Action*. Washington, June 7 —The throng cf government clerks and others hurrying ap Pennsylvania avenue, near Fourth street, about ten minutes to 9 o’clock, were startled by the attempted murder of Miss Dorothy T. Squires and the sui cide of Charles Barber, a patent attor ney who had gained much notoriety cf late by his eccentric actions. Barber shot Miss Squires and then, turning the revolver upon himself, put a pistol ball through his brain, causing almost instantaneous death. Miss Squires was shot iu the back of the head, but at the Emergency hospital, where she was taken, it is said that the wound probably would not result sen- Grnin Forth« •‘aiulue Suff.-rer*. San Francisco, June 8.—The City of Everett, chartered by the government to carry food to the starving Hindoos, will sail for Calcutta June 12 from this c’ty. The cargo wiil consist almost en tirely of corn, contributed by people of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebra-ka, unuer the leadership of The Christian Herald of Nt w York. On reaching Calcutta the grain will be sent immedi ately to tne American missionaries and will be distributed by them directly to the starving people. Sllvt-r IC<i|iublli;itii* Mt (Tilr.agn. Chicago, June 8.—Thirty-two state? were represented at the first meeting ol the provisional committee of tho Na tional Silver Republican party, which met in executive session at the Leland hotel. Besides the committeemen ot the various stales represented, over 10J Kiiver Republicans wore present from all parts of the country. ‘Frisco rythlun* Give a !Ct-< iptiiiii. Sax Francisco, Juno 8. —The local lodges of the Knights of Pythias gave a reception at Metropolitan hull to the supreme chancellor, Philip T. Co.grove, prior to Ins departure east, after an ex tended official tour of the state. From Carol iuii* to thu Went. Ch arlotte, N. C., June 5.—The Ohii river and Charlotte railroad, which now has a line to Marion, N. C., has just completed a new survey to the Olm; river, and as considering the extension of its line through the West Virginia coal fields to the Ohio river. The hue now runs to Blacksburg and Camden, S. C. The extension would give an other line from the Caroliuas to tin west. Gol<! Craze In North Carolina. Charlotte, N. C., June 4.—In Rowan and Burke counties the gold craze pre vails. At the Scott’s Hill mine, neai Morgantou, a vein has been struck that is said to pan out ore worth §109 a ton. Near Porn, Rowan county, several nug gets Imve been found recently and farm ers have discovered they were the pos sessors of gold mines. Killed by Yellow JertHMinine. Charlotte. N. C\, June if.—A spe cial from Oxford says that a son and t w'c daughters of Junkers Woodiiffe, while fishing, chewed twigs of yellow jessa mine, thinking it to be angelica. The oldest of tho party, a girl 19 years of age, died on the bank of the creek. The others were made very ill but will re cover. f'otfon Meo < to Mopt* Charlotte, N. C., Juno 1.—A special meeting of the Southern Cotton Spin ners’ association is called to bo held ir this city June 10, for the purpose o adopting the constitution and byiawi of the association and of attending t other important business. Citrulluiiiii Su.i-lile* In Alubitmit. Birmingham, Ala., June 5.—R. H. Etheridge of Shi) >h, S. C., committed suicide at Belle Eden, a small mining town in Bibb county, below hero, bv shooting himself iu the head. Nr came is given for the rash act. FIHm Fur • North ('arulinUn. Washington, June a.—Harrison J. Barrett of Tyrou, N. C., has been ap pointed law clerk of the poatofflce de- partment. He was formerly a United States commissioner in western North Carolina. ~. tnoMAt*****- Great FxcitmniMit at Madrid. New York, June 8.—A special to Tho Herald from Madrid says: The whole country is stupefied by the extraordi nary solution of tlie crisis. The Liberal feeling is violent against Sonor Sagasta. The majority of the Liberals call him a traitor, accusing him of secretly refusing the queen regent’s request to accept office. Great excitement prevails. The peril of the situation, so far from being finished by the Conservatives’ continu ance in office, is considered to be only just beginning. Flour and Grain ]n California. San Francisco, June 8.—Tho report of the San Francisco Produce Exchange for the month of May last shows the following flour and grain remaining in the state of California on June 1: Flour, P4,9(>0 barrels; wheat, 1,778,880 centals; barley, 758,690 centals; oats, 81.9S0 cen tals; corn, 61,289 centals; rye, 21,£09 centals; beans, 505,780 sacks. AS TO ORIGINAL PACKAGES. OiUMtion That Ha* l>l*turbin£ All *outh Carolina Settled. Columbia, S. C., June 8—The ques tion of w’hat constitutes an original package has been disturbing ail South Carolina since Judge Simon ton’s de cision. It has been settled so far as tne state authorities are concerned until, at least, the courts pass upon it. Chief Constable Bahr of Charlestou held a conference with officials here, after which he said that unless other wise instructed he would seize all liquors when a person attempted to open a box and sell from it one or more bottles, provided those bottles did not have upon them separate government stamps. Iu that case they will not be molested | According to the understanding now prevailing auy numoer of bottles may be sold individually so long as they have separate stamps upon them. Chief Bahr states that already he has seized and dumped a considerable amount of beer in Charleston, the par ties attempting to sell it by the drink from kegs. NEW INSURANCE SYSTEM. Our Coii*til at ll.initirri; 'Inki-s lntero*tiu^ Ilttport to fetiite He pit rt m mt. Washington, June 8. —Some valua ble statistics relative to the growth in Germany of the workingmen's insur ance system have been received at tlie state department from the United States consul at Bamberg. These societies iu- sure against sickness, accident and old age. and in the opinion of the consul, have a beneficial influence upon tlie economical and social positions of the German working classes. He says that iu a country like Ger many, where low wages a;low but a small fraction of the laboring classes to put by something for a rainy day, a great deal has been accomp'ished by this system, which, he hopes, may be extended to other countries. In ten years, from iss5 to 1895,claims to the amount of §296.015,824 have been paid to 25,061,620 persons, and §250,000 per day is di»uuised in such beuetits. CliArlotttt Polico After a Forger. Charlotte. N. C., Juno 8.—Tho po lice here are hunting J. W. Smith, who is wanted in Asheville for forging sev eral checks on the Asheville Mercantile company and the Asheville National bank. Smith has been in Charlotte sev eral days and passed several of the bo gus checks m Greenville, S. C. Smith is described as a country looking young man about 28 years old, but he is said to be very clever in his forgeries. He claims to represent the Asheville Mer cantile company aud has drawn many worthless drafts on this concern. Cliangi-* In Mpi«ui«li C'Mbin.t Likely, Madrid, Juue 8.—The Epoca, an of ficial organ, says it does not deny the possibility of changes iu the cabinet, adding, however, that it is impossible for the Duke of Tetuuu, the minister for foreign affairs, to resign in view of the position of the negotiations be tween bpuin and tlie United States. S.riou* DDturbMiic.* In K|ikIii. Valencia. Spain, Juno M.—Serious disturbances hai'o occurred at Benicarlo and Clielva, this province, ou account of the Octroi dunes. At Benicarlo a man attempted to blow up a house with u bomb, but it exploded prematurely and dangerously wounded the man. Divtd.uil ot Go. l‘»r Cunt. Portland, Ur.,Ji,ut 8.—The board cf directors of the Oregon Railway aud Navigation company has declared a quarterly dividend of 1 per cent on pro. ierred stock, payable Julv 1. This i<: the first uivideud the company has paid ♦n several years. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts. Bruises, Fores, Ulcer, Salt Hheutn, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped llunds. Chilblains, Corns, ami all Skin Eruption find postively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price‘Jo cents pt-r box. For sale by The Dul’re Drug Co. Hofivy Kain* In Soutli Carolina. Spartanburg, S. C., June 8.—Re ports from the county show that the rainfall of the past two days has been the heaviest known in years. All over the county bridges are being washed away. The most important loss is that at Whitney. 8 miles from here, where the large dam burst and the raging wa ters swept the new iron bridge which spans the river away. No lives lost. Tne loss of property is estimated at §8,009. A Kentucky Family Fo|*nncd. Owensboro. Ky., June 8.—Jerome Smeathers, his wife and seven children were poisoned at Yelvingtou, this county, with paris green. The poison was on a shelf and mice cut the paper aud the contents sifted into u bucket of water below. One child is reported dead, two are dying and possibly none will recover. Barber had considerable of a patent practice, but had been growing more and more eccentric for several years, and of late many of his friends thought him mentally unbalanced. Miss Squires formerly worked for him ! as a stenographer, and upon leaving his employ he annoyed her with his atten- ! tions threatening to injure her if she would not permit him to call. Finally the matter became so serious that she had to appeal to the courts for protec- j turn and he was placed under bonds to i ke**p the peace. lie seems not to have desisted, however, for since then the girl had received several threatening letters from him. in the ia<t of which he announced that he would do some thing which they both would regret. Barber also came before the Wash ington public iu another but similar role a few days ago, being brought into court iu an assault case, with some sen sational features arising out of a strug gle for a fine dog which he possessed. He came to Washington from Platts- burg, N. Y.. aud was associated iu a few cases with the late Ben Butler of Massachusetts, the ou hue presidential candidate. A SENSATION IN COLUMBIA. I’rcBRlier Make* Serlou* Clntrfcu* Agalnut City Otllcial* — Ke.l Hot Sermon. Columbia, S. C., June 7.—Rev. J. E. Duren, at the gospel tabernacle, created a sensation iu a senuo.i to a large congregation by making charges against city officials, inviting investiga- , tiou and offering to furnish proof. He preached on the text: "And the mule that was uader him went away.” He warned the city officials, the po licemen, married men, married women, ►ingle men and women that if they were not careful the mule which was under them would go away. Concerning the city officials, he said they wore cognizant of crime going on iu various parts of the city. In the shadow of churches there were blind tigers and cockpits of which the officials knew, but would not end. A stop to such things could not bo ex pected, he said, while officials them selves gambled aud policemen drank. He had seen police drinking u: alleys and reeling ou the streets; he knew of officials gambling and was ready to furnish proof. CHILDREN ARE CREMATED. — 'Hiruo Littlu N««y;ni*-* llurned ti* Dentil Near the ■ own of Wlntervllle. Winterville, Ga., June 7.—About 9 o’clock three children of William Strong, a negro, were burned to death at the negi )’s home, near this place. The mother wont to church and locked the children up in tlie house. While ehe was gone the cabin took fire aud was burned to the ground. When the woman returned home she found the place iu asbes and nothing left of her three children except a few charred bones. They were consumed by the flames without the possibility of i aid or rescue. | One of them was a boy of 10 years. The other two were giris, aged 6 and 2, i respectively. At tli«) 1 «9ciiit)*i«tte <'eiitt)iinial. Nashville, June 7.—Gallatin and Sumner county day at the Centennial exposition was observed by the citizens of that city ami county. No exorcises ! were held at the grounds, as the visit- i ors came simply to see tho exposition. They visited the Sumner county ex hibits and their room in the Woman’s j building, which is one of the prettiest there, during the day. Concerts were given by Fischer’s Centennial orches tra and limes’ famous bund iu the morning and afternoon. HraBlt** rrA*M*iit *» M A Kfftult ol Ylecent Folltlctl Incident*. New York. June 8.—A speuaito vlhe Herald from Rio Janeiro says: Pro*;- dent Moraes is so deeply chagrined .Vl recent political incidents and difficul ties which have been caused by fac tional strife that he will resign office. General Roc^a has announced that he will accept the offer of support of the National party of Argentine and be come a candidate fur the presidency. He has issued a manifesto declaring that he will, if elected, govern without narrow political spirit, ami will espe cially devote himself to the economical interests of the country. Late reports received iu Rio Janeiro from the qainual stat*- that the Italian government lias decided that the in demnifies granted to the Italian sub jects Injured in the Rio Grande revolt by the Brazilian government must bt paid without further delay. BUSINESS SESSION OPENS. HuukMrd* Get Down to Work—Ouaint CoMtuine* on Frederick'* street*. Frederick, Md., June 8. —Special trains over both the Pennsylvania ami Ohio railways continue to bring large numbers of German Baptists, or “Dun- I kards,” to attend the annual meeting now in session here. Tne quaint costumes worn by many of them are seen in every part of the city aud every liner of the pa<t 4S. s ivi- those needet, for sleen. lias been given up to the discussion of subjects of inter est to the sect. The annual business session was form ally opened by Eider L. W. Teeter ol Hagerstown, imi., moderator; Eldci Daniel Hays, Broadway, Va . reading clerk; Eider David Eby of lllim is, as sistant, and Elder J. L. Moore of Mount Morris, Ills., writing clerk. The sessions are held in tho taber nacle. ('tilro Ha* a Had Foilfl igration. Cairo, Ills., June 8.—Fire hero de stroyed §80,000 worth of property, in cluding the now Baptist church and annex, the Holliday warehouse con tents. Glynn’s transfer stable with *26 head of horses and several dwellings. The loss was only partly insured. Tried For >tcalhi£ a Watch. Charlotte, N. C., June 8. —Buck Miller, a 19-year-old boy from Salisbury, was trieu here for stealing a watch, lie was sent to the criminal court for trial. His mother and father were present at the trial aud were deeply affected at their sou’s disgrace. A great minili r of the dtsordeiH tn wlitdi iiciiiUIikI in' lialih- arl.M- from a illsnnli ri-ij romltt Ion nf thi' liver. K »-i-|j tin- || vi-r sou ml ini'I .vi i vi oid you can defy disc use. I’rlck ly Ash Itllti-i's Is not ouiy a -nccissful Uiif- ncy i' medy hut :i thorough liver n-gulalor and bowel purifier. Ity idcitiiHluui inid strengthening thi'sc oig:iie It eiiullles the hody to resist the llitlueiiees thill lil' duce disease. As a preventive it Is Ullflllllllg. Sold hy I ie roiu-e I >! Ug • 'o. * Mt.holio* Muat on 'lybuM Island. Savannah, June 7.—Never iu tho history of Tybee island has there been such an immense throng gathered there as was there Sunday. The occasion of the gathering was the annual conven tion of the Catholic abstinence societies of the state ami the opening of the cheap rate season to Tybee. Delegates from every city iu the state were there to at tend the convention. They were ac companied by thousands of friends and during the day they maue things merry ou the beach. To Inve.Mcitte tliu Columbia Itiut. Columbia, S. C., Juue 7.—Governor Eilerbe lias announced the following board of inquiry to investigate the col lision between the students of the South Carolina college ami police and military on the athletic grounds iast week: Cap tain Henry T. Thompson, Colonel J. G. Wardiuw and Brigadier General Jo seph L. Stoppellsein. with Judge Advo cate S. G. Mayfield as chairman. Tho court has been ordered to convene on Ji-.iie 10. . ♦ Foul poisons that HivuniulatP In tin- Mood mu! v !i il iirgmis. unit idog tM' I'rii'triu ' v of tlie system, must In* golten rid of. ordlsease will certainly follow >t#mulute theMood- cicansi'r 9 In' kidneys) and st rengt lien, pur ify and tone up the liver, 'totiuii-h mid how- els with mi appropriate remedy. I’kjcki v Afll IlITTEMs is pre-eminent ly the right medicine. Ii will cleanse the system and Impart a feeling of strength and vigor throughout the hody. Sold hy Cherokee Drug * 'o. CHARLES ST. JOHN DEAD. llio IIrUi*li Consul itt X«w Ortuan* Sue- cuuibrd to Meulugitl*. N'ew Orleans, June 8.—Charles L. St. John, consul of Great Britain, diec of meningitis, after an extremely brie! illness. Mr. St John was taken ill oi Wednesday, and the best physician' here at once recognized that his cast was helpless. Mr St. John was a scion of the housf of Bolingbroke. His grandfather war the fifth viscount St. John. His twin brother, Frederick Robert St. John, her majesty’s present minister to Switzer land, whs minister to Venezuela when diplomatic relations were broken off. The dead consul was 56 years of age and had been m tlie consular service since 1867. His wife and sou are now iu Paris. JAPS SPOILING FOR FIGHT. Aiul They May He Obliged, a London Fa- l»or 1 111nk*, by Uncle >aiii. London, June 8.—The St. James Ga zette commenting upon tlie dispute be tween Japan aud Hawaii, winch it de scribes as a “corrupt little republic run by a handful of American filibusterers,” says: “As Hawaii has no resisting power, the question arises, will the United States government see its protege through its troubie? The Japanese mav land an armed party at any moment. Then what will the Philadelphia do? “Japan, since she smashed China, is believed to be spoiling tor a light with a wmte power and she may find Ainer- iba ready to oblige her sooner than she expects.’’ Six-Day Hicyclo Kxue For Wuiurii. Kansas City, June 8.—The first day’s racing in the woman’s class of the six-day bicycle race brought out a crowd of 4 000 people. The contestants are Dottie Farnsworth of Minneapolis, Lizzie Glaw of Chicago, Ida Mack ol Cleve.and, Nellie Biown of Rochestei and Ldlio liuip of Minneapolis. The prizas aggregate §1,000, and the starters will ride for two hours each day. Rain stopped the contest after 26 1 .., miles had been covered by the three leaders, Farns worth. Glaw aud Mack, who tied for first place. Ifelil For Killing » Frenchman. St. Louis, Juue 8—Tho investiga tion regarding the finding of a corps* on the tracks of the St. Louis, Kansas City aud Colorado railroad near Clay ton, shows the body to be that of Isaac Michael, a Frenchman recently arrived. August Genar, a fellow countryman, who came from New Orleans with Michael and disappeared the day of Michael’s death, is neld by the coroner’s jury to be the dead man’s murderer. Michael ha i §209 and a gold watch. rreucOai UiMt-U by III* Sun. BARBOURYILLK, Ky., J uuo 8.—Rev. Berry Lawson, aMetnodistuiviuoof tins county, was shot and instantly killed by his 15-year-old son, Isham. The fa ther whipped the boy for some slight offense and he left home. Tlie punish ment rankled in the little fellow’s heart ami lie returned home and finding his f.-ther iu a cornfield, slipped up behind him and blew Ins head from Ins should ers with a shotgun. The youtuful pa tricide escaped. Limerick G«ic« l’i» Twu Year*. Cincinnati, June 8—Dr. O. V. Lim erick, who was Jointly indicted with Dr. J. W. Preudergast, lately health officer of Cincinnati, for attempted blackmail of the Frazer Tablet com pany, and who was convicted by the jury, has been sentenced by Judge Mur phy to serve two years iu the pom- nmtiarv. -*• -«•*- •- Th» Westfield (Ind.) News prints the following in regard to un old resident of that place: ‘‘Frank Me- Avoy. formally years in the employ o' the D., X. A, A C. 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