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TRY-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., OCTOBER 31,1895 COi ENTION PROCEEDINGS. N%!1PPER AND (E.-N. SMALLS seetue,it atillead For Their &Iace. N'ot Ftough Shlps ii the Coun ':. to Carry Away the Negro Babies Born in Oue Day. Th 1'conLventIi'n '.n Saturday, the' Iar. reined the discussion of the enge pr m Whipper. the ne - emil.r :ro':h. Bcaufort. took the r i.t Ii? o'f bis race and sIoko .I. hours :a a hilf. dealing with - e 't~tlre aittatini i -:rhaps eveU :nr foreiMc manner thill did Miller ' i previo:; night. He was partiCu : :eve.re ont the proposed plan. He %%ts listened to with marked attention. He recountte.. n-ny things bearing on the dark days of the reconstructiou Icriod Ge I. Robert Smalls. the fa nouF "Gullah" statesman, then took 1h floor and spohe for an hour, raking t be scheme fore an-1 aft. Thcn Sena Isr Tilima, had the further coLtidera ii.: of the matter postponed ,ltil .p'C8\ vening. Senator Irby Pr IIs) r-commit to the committ(e o Lve the article evnstrued as Is. it constitutionalitv. '.be two negroes who pirsentte Ie caust of their race :ere both inembers of the constitutional couvention in 18x8 which adopted the present cOn - gtittution. Whipper argued that there never was such a thing as negro rule in <mth C,rolina. Ho maintained iiz:t - %-]eu the negro was given tie i.allot he was unfit to receive it; that white Inerz took advantage of his weaknes. g;ot his votes, and all the ofices rnd did all the stealing. His speech was a powerful one. In the course of his ar!-uUIeUt be sad: "NQW t,., he!bill 101r s,w i-:h ' n - : e!dto obarac terize :n4 a :,uarl. ;i -ii, tefu . dluio. The onily th in in i g n .:"'m with it iS Lh fact that its ;th )rz -:.ad i :ntb- or more I.fore th i L In '--ii-onenio that t t was n- -sanry l eu begth utragd wrou, r- .'deI a.id of hi-w frae g J: Of' ;zi-'" t h; ihe w im p T!e.North: aud --3_::thi. v h :'-.:1 f.ni;ratitud r-. "Now. i h"i1thO e be j -I'jr-h-I: I %f . it L1ug--il. It,b doL i- :u11 Cl i. 'A was. o I i to xc-t ist- it. I vi:t. ..n;r - W -va arntd n t h- e ne:re.- er.:cii :-war vIt nr:LIor raOU i ae bSe,hi-l ty' and h?:ven tadt ti-:m 11y.o N,v r.: ':: w r -the ' .s pro:- ,~ rac . . W c adm t :1h. :: .:u ra e Y u w lih v iad r I .)e l vikge----a Th N-pe if t my.;TI1 o.:1 - - :: a n'cc elosed ~.toz" us.~" - tW ti-- t,ed i W - tht'alt th ero w. th n r -rv:d fir th hb.:t wen bet gan idt., Far e :, 11! w r .: e 1 . r in tp h gr*'si m- :. Th'- t white man wau -1m: y :-:'it. On ia: h'r .d be n n ignoriant rk'.r-e th :i fptor-- y-. 1 T '-u n.rr w:-h t hr:.: ctms:n'of he bb3 'dy wair. T V in 'i b: to : :ike he in:'t for dIAug j.tic I k. i.3. r -:: wil', fiudlall t hi here il 1-2 t h I L:t-k rice t'mt-they wre oto quhid t->ae ' I ' 4A.(t . hee . i s'n. c up ll ur d *'cat,;: :ui n:y r:h e n the ti tud r f au l =ga.Ia hecre a' a." man an' arpr. I-n rer .i: tbe I. -i. Th f ur t that I an ngr hs otin a''toe duo. withmy stat here A I j bther I v:u~iil di- gr-.t Sp- o hefipat way the term' ni.:g' basb,:eu se inthi cnenio. T m m-g-oe. W ar pr '.'-f t. n d w" h -it wh We:e":-- "ed i ei vo: e 'h .dcir a':u hame 'u."c- a hie. with og upo them ac-s tlipantl a .-c the an I rei,- eny I. i t.g :-h r e cia a.srpetetot'-: tcerom4'c'tc h -i -:nr "eer .a r' re mt" Edgtic-'.M. r'~ .t sp. * W Ihv' onv .i: ofac( uhe rer. of th t ;c- 10 7 h . ar carting fo' '~rr whir.: :-f ' : :xit ' -remacy.' Wa" '*there. n-t .e: hir- n:c 'a te .~uid onv e - -'.'ar -,w ul. iano a d:er :groes : te .' '*jdone ther t oI t:r. nro . the b:s :with- athas nn th:a :t- eleaos . ,: :atter ofc ai, :er, onr win --rL-.: n:ht aoia e \.m ~ ~ W: Th~.r.vI Neil that h- says that im 261'.. thmo oJn am utchatI ian-(! t-war "lanm- a J:YeZow . ., With 11ROeN -;onI Vf ..r abo at th. tnw Miles Kendall was1 put' Governor (it Virzinia. He- refused to aln the ve-sse to be nuehored in any of her har ors. But he f.oond -ut alter his order ha:. Ieea ent out that the vesseJ was withoul er i-dol. anvd the vrew in a starving ntli timn. lie couniermahi nde-1 bis 'rder. a mi suip pkh--l th. ves$ei with th,, iw:.ed pr-,vi!m-ous i; : e flor r a ut-giro'--. It was ti.:n that thie s-d o r lvry wa- plat,-d in thw land.41 "This converiin ha.a o - mia<er in th per--on- thli. -tinguiihed -ntleman frtm E'l-elb-Il. Mr. Pr 4eoidt, when trni it eu shoot44,2i Aid -t tw shot st raiht. 1(-y, are :ss . in.' il this n i n. r- ner he is alvays strikin:: the- lo bill's v.'. b-t him lwwai r.e l.st Ito .ti!t.-S it (ne tin ' t,: oft"l. [ Laughter. I "iu(- th- re--oistrui,tion tiW-s. 5:.060 ne gree- have. b1n kilIed. ia the .S,uth, _i wot mr14rIthian thr-e whil.- zie IIv btin 00 - vi,-tt-d arid !in' for h --rim s. I waut oui t.ihe iniiful ".f th wi t tI'At thi 9r J'l l-p of thl N-u t are w.1-o-hing iihis k!wn venltion uipla th,s se-t. ho!p. y.1" v.ill a ll ex:Iar t i ti at wil ari th t It. 1 bo;'- mtat we ma.v h- 'll- to rv i when cur wvork -.:<mon that : al . iii,n'if g." -ood a .,nstitia a- the one we a re do "Thei' r"' rie- rn' pia\ t-::i.xe.- in i hIe '-mtih i. (.i0.0i0 w4rthi ofl r'prtv. In South c:mi;t.;in-ri '4 iring to th e L'tre-t. ti a - tt v. That wt.-- Am . Y-00 w.-rdi 's''w I with'-out -1-uson -y 1-y a" t e t ly :j the taA'm.:apro ".,ition for a .inr-h- pro d .uwanl.- Y,;aLri,ml ih-iOw in-eg . U ::.d re;mi'trirlwn laws itil th:-v were worn t) :-uv!h I -thih-:-. that 1b1 e(- ,1 ztand neitiv.-r thk- tv:.t -f tie l 1:!w ; r if pil.p. Hr.' oiniii- In ihal f of tihe '00,000 nogres in tIhl State and the 3:32.000 no;:r- v itt:rs. ;lIl that I dlnmanit is that a lair :nilt h clea - tiOn iav h pa.:. We. e1re linot what the g a on.- i:nj sed are: ;111 thji :t W- i:!Z is tlat they ho fair awd honest. Further discussiou was deferred to next session. The convention then took up the ur ticle on the militia, and without oppo sition or amendment each section on d thu who'( article passed to a third readig n ihe following shaSie: Siction .. The militia of the State sh1al consist of all able-bodied male citizens of the State between the ages of 1I and 45 -ears, except sucb per so!.)s as are noi.* or may lie exeiipted by the laws of the United States or t State, or who, from religious scruIples, Way be avurse to bearig arnms nud shall le organized, ofhcer ed. arimed. equippid and disuiplined as thlle gene siembly may by iaw d". r ect See. 2. The volunteer and niilitary forces shall (except for treason, felouy and breach of the peace) be exempt fromt aIrre-t by warrant or other pro evss whlile attending muster or the efection of officers, or while going to or rettirn-ing from either of the same. Seo. 3. The governor shall have the rower to call out the volunteer and ilitia forves, either or both. to exe cute the laws, repel invavions, suppress insurrections and preserve the wublic nIeace. Sce. 4. There shall be an adjutant and inspector generol elected by the qualified voters of the State at the same time and in the same mauner as other State oiicers, who shali rank us brigadier general, and whose duties ancmpensation shall be prescribed by latw. and the governor shall, by and with the conseni. of the senate. aippmoint such otheLr staff' officers its the general assemubly muyi direct. 'eei5.Th genetrul assemibly is hhereby en:puoweredl antd requiiredi, at its firs-t sessionf after the irdoption of this Co'u4tttn. to provide such proper aI bea legislation Is wii! eni:ranl 4 . in e cre a 'owal pen; irsion to Iv y indi:g-t mr disaledm Contm2<:1te iimr m2i s:iimm' 4 of1hic Ate anil mit int e '.mi:r Ote States-> a 'lre cito:.'rio tm'~ his tam, andi. als:A -- th iig.'nhi w-iilO'- '.(fm Co fi rat o. The ' ejnmeni ion thlen :aiiImr2?ed foir TO ATHORIZE A BOND 1)iSUE. IThe Constittutionral Convent ion is Coni siderinig the Floa ting of $~>00, 000 State Bond.. When the constitutional convention reassembled on Mouday. the :Mth~ day. it began to r'un throuegh the calendar. The artic (on jurisprudence was pas sed to a third retadingz. inieiding the anti-lynching provision. but the vote whereby the article was adloptedl was r.e-cons'idered, and the matter' passed over. The convention th"ru iook up, and was still considering when the re cess came, the matter of authoriziing ani issuie of State bonds to enable the cou.nties of the State to do business on a cash basis. The bonds are to be floated at rates of interest not greater than 4; per cent., and cannot be sold at less than par. The counties are to pay back the amount of the bonds tc the State. T1he issue will be0 for about half a million dolars. THE D)EICATIE QUEST'ION Brough~t S-quarely Befrore the Constitu - tionai Convention. Mr-. Burn's Speecht. Frlom 7310 until Ii ::30 o'clock Mon day night the convention was engaged in handling the suflrage problem. The evening' proceedings were opened with a long speech from )3. B. A nder son. the negro delegate from George town. He p'leaded the cause of the negroes in a strong manner. Mr. Burn fcilowed him, making the first speech on the white man's side. reply ing to and dissenting the arguments of the negroes. Then i. R. Read. of Beaufort. the sixth negr'o. ude a trong speech. On a roll 'cal! only these six negroes v-oted against killing WiXpper' universal "1read and wr'ite sub-plan. The first twom sections of the a-rtilcle irLete by' the co)miaittee: were then ad)opte d Whm'n section :8. trovidming -moupa pm:ri Au.ioI.'Lit lino) 0oli natu oual qualilleation. Tis brought the uject o' women suffrage siuarelv up. Mr. Clayton mede an earnest plea for won1an's sufl'rage as did also General R,. Rt. Hemphill and Dr. Timmerman, th. Lieutenant Governor, the latter laking the high ground of mural vl.fvation of the suffrage. Mr. D. 8. HIender-oU saiM the arguments pres ntcd sirply showed cowardice; that the men wotutd *Ut bring the women in to hide behmin thtin and shield the.1u from i a negro majority. He ar '11e(d that they Oiolltl ac. like men. I .i:1I sidl the report Of the C01mmittee was an cexcellent andA manly one. Col. .ohn T. -Sloan arguled that it unldegrade womien. After a -vood mLany other speeches, pr auI cou. the CMNvention adjouruvid for thc ighut without anv action. N RAT FOR FERTILIZERS. Long and short llai:ls. A .i-.tter of General and VWiepre:t 1itert. The followi i- thi.. offli:ia virfnar of the '-tate ilTo:.f Comii i n nounein., the rcducied rates it has Mxed on fertilizers: On and after Nov. 2.thb, I 8:, l ocal ratcs on fertilizers uii all railroals in this State will be at tho folh>n ing rates per tou on car-lowl hipmets of not lessi than tell tun..: 12 mni!v--.itond 20 mib-an1 12............... 30 m:iis :11l %....... 40 . ( 1 omb- r .................. 50 mib-m 1:0 .11) ................. 0 r. c) nntis -v) "................. J : " 7o nol-s andl(v- T.. ... .. . . . an, il %,a r n ......10 90 n:,l and c 100 ile I,s and v,.. r ... ... ].! 110 mil 1 e d (N.r a,nd................ 2 03 I~~O'f- N-,*f- r Il..................2 10 10 mil,:.; a-il d vf-r 1 *2 .................. 2 20 140 milks and -cr 130................2 A i150 m ines and(I ov if. ......1) 10.0 ri IISu' d o . 1 ....... ... ..... 2 50 170 iH,- an- u ]ver1 ................. 1 55 160 mill.-S .'It! ovkfr 0................ (0 1ve0 ................. 2 :G0 -'00 iI #'!- airl ve -10..... ........... 2'1(1 ruj -!iu,i over :.00.... ............ 2 7 2f2(1 Iii It-. - ov.r 21................. S 2...i.......over 7................. 2 75 ov r .. ................. 310 2 0mivs n 11ovcr 2400.................. 2 !15 260 1. 1W ................. 10 ) m i] : !over 2 0................. :15 011 jiv al C .r-.... . ..i l -ets rates mander :1 . 220 5 than ilhe anbovi . 18he ilwinir 7i.t datv. - W. . :-,c 1meas e - o v +t,ro 11"I . - - -us - i00 e.s andt -> ta l..... -o... ..- f 210 mill' andjf over?i t00 .............- - 7 A:*0em ils a d e 2. .... . ..2 Atlanta oe ha :.l.. . A .... .. .2 7 r60 mi.7ea yor On p ---- o t Is c-isA:t cfAffommo pt.,mat-. f ttf(11s on tile e . .. ...1. .i .. d C rilre)ad. than ' ar -. t sh 1 t -e N. &L. R -.t c P - I Z. & A. T' N $*,.3 per ton p~er car of tP-, t1)!1S. ro statio be m e on p chio hiver an thanlstn the v.,. A.1 1 fo Trthefoln joint rates will beanaSio operad uut the rainas l bs roa.) r:.70r ton per car of ten toT, rilroa.o the ..iU. ratc sLha., be C., rTo station heofthe bhio Rivead fjijon :srouColumbia totwrd :. h hster infre on the '. C. A. R . h.l beo be t se si $2.7 chths5.on ToJ staitious between Woorw and r Mcr Cnick - inhsid to st:ttions be-e di (rf3f( inc ui )Ii2.75. cl~ie SuLch. other joint rates not herein provided fo'r on two or :nore joint roads. not under the~ same manage m "ent or control, shall be 1)o a basis of the sunm of the locals of eaeh road, less 2) tier cent. W. D). Euss~ Chairmiat. D). P. Des.4. Seeretary. Internal RevenCiue Mercijptjs. IComm.isioner MIile:r has- e-:2: ib:dI the r ceipts of internal reve!nfl f. r~ th three: months of the CuIrreut I finn'l ye'a r. The-y showJ*\ the. t''tal r'Teeipts to hav- elal3. 744.478, a d.ere.ase. as compa1red with to1 correspow'ling :fn.hfihs of 1::-t yea~'r 'I :20. 300.630. The plr:ipail you,:e%..s ci rev.-ul;e ISpiri- $18.5.024. a~ I**fr.w.- *621.3J. . 64. as ..mpnar-.d wlthf th.e crr.'paii .: m fon]thsf- la1;st yea:r. {00. Fermn t'i ed lors. $110.:;S,100, an ia':rea:-2 of '-7)2 .0. $1C37.501. 992.iUO5 '7 ).rf4 * Richmond Tobacco .Mket. Suu-Cured Tobacco:-Lu:.:- 63 to 66: short lef 7t 10: iong leaf. 610 to -15; wra p. per. 615 to $25. Bright Tobaccos-Smokers: r 'ommon. 5 to I6: medium. 67 E' $8.50: f e.9 ,t ' 11; Cu.tters: C.omnion. $11 to -1 .: mefdium.1 516 to -18: tine. 622.50 to 825: f.. 52.50 to - -. Fillers: Colmmon.- 351 to -1 ltifm. 84.50 to .50:-( good.f 66) to : in e.l '10 to -1-2 . Wralpper-: f -,:'fonn . L2 to 1-5: me-r. dium-~~. I15to'20 good. r25 to " Mahn. to r 50 f(y .~ L0-- -5. -.'a pe - ahrj: I6-2: ;:-d42 0t)- :..50:,, Il*:-. *:::5 tD 640ft. lecton. Slt2 to .15. Gov. Attison Icecomm1ends PayVin Damnages for Lyocimn. Govexrnor .itkinson sent hii- annwd :nI a"- t' the Georgia L" ::I.la'- M .ndar. He1 .-refmmnd.s that the G(n a: em. taksen from nti1!rs an iynh- th r:h't -'uf the enuntP.y for I he' ful an (h f Ita: asks thtte* .vrorW :thrC LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. Newsy Southern Notes. Three childrcrn of Granville Lancas ter, colored, were burnedI to death near Livingston, Ala., Saturday. The mother had locked them in the house and gone after some water. W. N. Hudson, an Atlanta police man. who killed one innccent by stander and seriously wounded an other with a bullet fired at a fleeing burglar, has been indicted for murder and is in jail. At Brantley, Ala., Town Marshal Tisdale arrested a negro named Geo. Washington for disorderly copduct. While on the way to prison the negro .,hot the marshal through the bowelE, inflicting a fatal wound In return the marshal shot the negro three times, killing him instantly. A collision oceured Friday morning on the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad t Bowic ritation, midway between Baltiiore and Washington, in which F. A. Elliz, a drover of Fort Springs, W. Va., was instantly killed. Isaac N. Hearn. foreman of construction gang, died of injuries. The members of the New York Press Associatiou were very much at home Friday at the formal honse-warming of their handsome State buildiug at the Atlanta Fxposition. One hundred( edi tors from the Empire State and a large party from the National Editorial Asso ciation, were the guests of the New York cominssioners. TL. (eorgia Legi,lature met at At Slanta ,n -Wednesday last. This is the b g1ain-n of its second session. Im ime,iatelv after roll call, both the senate and house adjourned to allow the members an opl)ortunity to hear Pre!ident Cleveland's speech at the !expositin Sheriif Barnes has removed Wardis, the jailer, and Pollock. the assistant Swho were on dufy v:hen Will .MVerS, thle condenld Llurderer, es-aped 31ouday from the Atlanta jail. Nothing has been heard of MIyers. The reward for his arrest has been in creased to $1,000. An Albany, Ga., dispate:i says that H1on. W. J. Ford, a prominent citizen of Worth county, Ga., was ..:hot and Sinstaly hlled by his flrkt cousin, Dr. A,hton T. Ford. Tuesday night at Syl ve..ter. The deceased had called in a -in4 e p-hvsiciau because the treat me It of his littl daughter. Ilene, by Dr. Ford was not apparently success fin* Dr- Ford was iucensed at this, iegan to drik heavily. and mnet his cousin soon after, with the above fatal reS;it. He has shut himself up and dc;ie. arrest. Fires. The town of Ceres. Pa., was entire ly wiped out by fire Thub a at The entire business section of Fair child, Wis.. with the exception of one store wa burned. The loss is full At Madison, Minn.. about forty buidings, chiefly bu5iness houses, br".ed Thursday. Loss $150,000. In surance about $45,000. Meadow Valy ilge, Kan. with one hundred population was en2tirely degroyed ~ by fire, of-iginating in a large erub erry swamp ad joiningt. The elevator of the. Des Moines Ele vator Comp~any, at Des Moines, Ia., was burne~d with 150,000 bushels of graiu. raostly oats. Loss $80,000. The Fairview House, near North Conway, N. H.. one of the finest hotels in the White Mountain (district, was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. L oss 830,000. At Heyworth, Ill., J. L. Humphrey's grain elevator and eleztric light plant was burned. The flames swept west and destroyed nearly, every business house west of the Illinois Central Iailroad, together with a number of re.idences. Loss estimated at $W, - At Gibsonburg, Ohio, tire destroycd, all thc business houses on the north .ide of Ma.dison stre.t. The burned teritory was about two acres in ex toiut. The total loss is 8250,000, with inurance less th a.u one-half. TheL plants of the Allan-Pfeffe; Manufactu ring Company and fhe Taue Calumet Paint Company, St. Louis. were destroyed'by fire Saturday. The total loss is about $50,000. Ex-U'nited States Senator Charles Van Wyck, of Nebraska, died at Wash igton Thursda;y. In the presence of a gathering that flld the edifice, Rev. T. DeWitt Tal mage was on Wednesday installed as :o-pstor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Washington. to which he had recently been called. The ground in Scotland and the west of Engld was coveredl with snow last W,cdcesday, though the trees are still ul'f foliage. ing Mheenk, of Abyssinia. hs bee killed by a stroke of lightning. .N iscellaneous. The Lpiscopal Gieneral Confereuce at Minneapolis, Minn., hedorned. Water is selling at :25 er.s a barrel at West Union and Welhtuu,. Ohio. and at 40 cents at Winchester. The drought has injured tobacco and kihlle sproting wheat. Prsident Wilson, ot the Health Board. of New York City, reports that anti-toxine has reduced the death-rate in cases of diptheria NO MORE SILVER DOLLARS. SECRETARY CARLISLE ORDERS The 31ints Closed to Silver, Except for Coinage of Subsidiary Coins. All silver cinage, except that of subsidia ry koins, was or.leredI supendoded beginning November i no:i by S.rotary Carlisle. In 'arryi.:t.,ut t:d polioy the New Orleans mint will I-- pr:' -tinilly ;mi.1d and disman tied after that d.:, '. and it seventy enploy eos furl;1lgited v:"i:t pay. A letter eon taining then:eimt.:'ti'ns as to dis:oatintuing COiaagf. operati.n.; was nai:d to Stiueriu tendent Overton Cab- ::a 3>nJay night. The: (:'tleal effe.-t of the a tion taken v Mr. Carlisle to convert all silver bullion held by the Government isctA gold obli:ations un der the parity minuse of the Sherman At. Secretary 'Witdom in OCetober, 18'1. cor! strued the law to me:an that all Sherman notes issued against bullion were reeenma bLe ip gold. This c':strietmn of the Itv has "l Ionlurr'd in by his su..essrS. S'et'ari. F. 'n''itl.l Ca.rlisle. a:l has ben in pratial ;-r in dIurimt te p:rstJx var :El-r il :.1!.~>*2 have been . ti'e'' Thl In :vor blilion int-> standan '- 'lvordollais opert; to prevent Shernm li,Itif kein. i-ud upon thim. '-sv' certifiete', hiowever. :-re issute againz;t ,standard silver oulars and are r( ie;'::abii only in ilver. Thin. fro:n the same bas,. th;: silver in, the 'Sherna notes beanme geld obligatioti" and siv,-r coined into stamird siver lllars ant Sillr ertillwat--s ik-SUid upon thetma -omi "ilver oligation. Theo u.-p;tnsion oi the coinage of stauda rd silver dllars, th-r.Fori, l.a's bmllion silver fri; from aiy rther Iability or ."irnversiin into silver obligati.,.. The clti up .tfl et-v Orlesc mint leaves only the Unit.-d States m!ats at Phila pha an'San Frane.4 o it opieratti. A th-si mints nly N-ild nil ubid tiary silvej should lire': to th'' c",.ntr,;ry. and its a,tio) should be approvel bty the Presid'nt. Of the employes in the ."xw Orlean- mint thirtv are women aid forty men. Seretar' C arii.-Io fir smn. am ii.At has ben i'onsil.'in ti' a-iv"''ty of stoppin. all silver voumgi. eptltha!. of subhsidiatry eii and"lace he has been th' head of thef tr.n- ury depa rtamsnt only 4,3.324 standard i r ditils have be't n mintil. Siae JIly 1 1-c or!v 90 anar. silver dolLars have-been 'ond. The- coina:e of sta:ilard silver do! ara durin th- ;ast fiw years has been as flo 5 $:1,-)-,0li; ISW. 75: 18Z13. 5,0:1.00 9.11li. s.:2:u310: 16J1. 627,000.00fi Te tot. I c'isa:. 'if mivrr under all At: amut, IC L.-o.@0.Th ra-urv now hols of slver bl11li-lt pulrIhased under the Shirmn Act 1:7.4!.00t fin't outuee's. the ost of whii was , .' ,:2:: toining valu' of this bU1ion in il "r dollars is $177,Li4. 000. If tins ;ullion were coined i:t' siv'r dollars the profit to the Govtrmnent ou it, ola.-.t would be nearly *54,000.00, wich sum coul be paid out for tho ordinary e: penses of the government or against whi'h :iver certifieates could Lie issued. UmIIie :he A-t of 17: the treasury holds bullion purchased $&x.45 in value. HOW 20'Y$S. STANDS. Textile 3 u: acers Disturbed By the Decline In Cotton. tradst ret's report for l.st week says: 'The vo,me of ;'.nr ll trade for two weeks ha hardy ireb e ct' nd now as -ium"- the (1:1?a't'r of L'twxeen seasons. W hole. i. de'nh:rs ill seasonable staples1 such 1s dr "oosletihin., hats and shoes, re par ony afailyactive business, exeptiOnlS being 'a't suh points as New York,Baltinore, (icago.i Karsas C'iry and: iulutth. The total m unber' of failures t hroughout the United States durin.g the wick is zo'. against 280 for the previous wcsk and. 221, 329 and n20 for the c'orresponding weeks in 1504, 181)3 and 1692. A noteworthy feature of the week is the revival ini demandl for pig iron. the upward tendency in quottiton of lew.ding cereals, and the'l:quiattr. in tihe cotton market. Sales of eutten got'ds ihavo been helped by favorable wea.the r ..nd Eastern as well as Southern mills are well sold up. Wool- re mains steady in prtie, and t ,iders lofo an adx'aucei. While the bank clearings total this week is still of large proportions. $1,l5..000,000, it falls oIf 1 leer cent, fromn last week. due in piit to the check in the v'olumei of general trade. inienctions of xwhich have been nottd for a fortnight. But this week's clean s are 2t per cent. heavier than in the like sveek last vt'ar. At'the South the renaetioui in the cotton market his made itself felt, dealers at Texa ditriuting points reporting a temptrr check ithe dean. his is trre nlsoa nath. But att many other points through outI the South, collections coutine goed and general trade satisfactory. Texvile mtanuf:icturers have been for the momeinitdil"tuirbe'd rather than helped by the duci'nha in cotton, as it checks huying of ccom1' f:'bries. wvith lower p'rices for print lth, and 'irospects of lower prices for otht 'rgOods. 'The demand for worstels and dri', goods is enconging. while in woolen good- te situationu does not impIro"'. Al iou''h hides hax'e fallen fully. half a 'sent at ('h:''go. and some kinds of leather arc low er. ''uotations of toots and shot's do notA 'l::muge:nail miany factories have stopped fo ia tim'. E:o orts for the weiek are 40 per ea nil f&r three weeks 5 per 'ent ar, gr (th:m ha.,t L'ar. but impoirts wer' for thelt:e 134 pi'rs"'lt., atnd for three weeks5 :0.8 pr 'et. Iargi'r th:an last year. Obviously a mi rler'te movement of si'tu rin:. ce'eek in xports of cotto n, wtyild iiek d'ied ba ges. Th'le Wor;d's W'ing Chamnpionship Fred Gilbert. a darek horse int the rn'e" who hails from. Spirit Lake. low.v '.on tire Di pont Cupf, the ingi. ch.a:'tionshzp of the srbl 'ad a pr- niiJO in the pigetoU 41ho1 tin'' t(urr:amn .~ wa- came,' to an earl 'r ida at 1titinri. Gil.-ert never t ried a orn aen in I' li n' t h.-' sh-tt like a vete ran. Livercipool (C01 ton :-'tast it 'es. To)tal ahi of IttL I"r 'the we"k. $ 1.600 bal". Amr"ri-: 'n 58.0013( :m.i-tamkzn.. iiim mi":',irwarz'' frm 'at-hip-'.side'. ns.000: 7-tu:ii eiot '.000; ttal ;rt .r.50r Ameriem 15.000: rt:tal stunk 887,0. '. Amercan. , .00: t tali a lient. 171,000; Am-"ri"tau. 165.000): :' uators took 2,200; exporters took 2.000. Challenge for Amnerce. Cap "5ithdcrarn. rawn his cb;ienge to co:r.tt fo' the. A-ercal Cu. &t --s -uwrmd known in a: eah: di-.%Z '7 '1. .,Calsfa'Ii?,6T5~l ha ib. Secretary'tA the\.N' t.:a Y:" CiQo Thei reason whniech th "wnr of ~ th" Dn tat Shore assigns for his ac'ilou wx'?"n it . rea' ' be tween the lines of his' --t:' i that his !'aleng' mntat he"i- ieri a- " rebuke to Lord Dunraven ->r hi., a'o in mang the last raci' between 1 th'r''ycle1L an'd Defenrer a memlor 'iisz.'. tY, 1a not want it so undi'r"'i'' Sain nm tion of Mr. ~Ro ay" the Brit1i ''re' ie'ause of the chaPl- o' a- 'in x :: t. -, CLER OF THE 1 747 ? %; QUEEN VICTORLU AND A FAC R.f OLDEST HOUSE IN -NEW TOARX. Suthampton Has the Relic WiiCh Claims This Dist.lact,0on. One of the few reliie3 left Of the erly Colonial dlays is stiil standuingat 3nihampton, Long- Island. This torn ims the pre-eminence ol 1 1ing' thej Adest English town in teSClate o, -, SAYF.E HorSE BWO I-, N York, and the ancient huise re red to was buit by Thomas Sqr-, Oe of the frst settle . o rthe 16rl, Clad haise htl ane dnr >mofthr to son' ink anunr oke ln r1im tencgeneratioas,nhe present owne ldEngish direc decndat~ of h * *tder.*~ At a im 'oXtreteedInia ot eak in 66 i wa%n o h. rly 'le an.ientasi, whLT iGSanso e ofthainsteettofeth. illg is n: romt fae torion ineres torohen lnti te vilgeeai by the acasu-nt er - og thaedrc ecndn ftz bThlerm. iotibr dcvrn t ime oar thineae sicint t re intsGi weaon o er to come fa cuight aniterestin rheheo a og Tpoas ae Ore nooter housein bohioi State tb ad iha ten .en.er Tnshve een bason and deds oihi e Friicste o! the Willag, . " Te edof t eiet who anounedbt et Gellaan betheraas 2 prp et r n lbt ae paei 88 -sbe Thoed by4v tieotr awng tourn ofec edarbsacles ar snti iNebe nue ring. r In this an oemet gpal ages wit norother bousP1. thvaius cof ithbe Cse: Ch~ tien m trace. Accw orn toralmd. -: .tvPreiParis tisT~ to e eAye'. SU.ahe end of the world oe bsyt The Granuaheroth 1rihc R. FaibrtoGenelace i- ithat the hete oston by thel:dco in midl uof , xece o bstwals , . tl 0o539. ~4 L -;4 ... / / PC :E- AUTOGr.irv-FROMf A PHOTO A., TAKEN. it Rftined Nice. TheC young3 dude had a pet silk Um >rall-, sazs 0the Cincinnati Tribune, and he 1; ed on Walnut Hils EMeY >ne in th:-e Louse liked that particular unbrellIa better than eny other, sa would use it in spite of him. ae hid 4 1 finally so securely that he could nct land iA himusel' rnt'il be chanced to :-ome a,2roess it -while buntin- up an old lit e wvanted to do some extra gar cen wor,k in for his mother. He remembered just where it was, nd yesterda%yhe toollit out be,-au-e 1c was gomngto Azarzwell to spen-I ' day. He jumnped ihto the car , es'de 'sweet youn- lad.y with whbo-n he was very prudit to be seen. They alighted a.t the corner of Fourth sa Walnut streets. and while waiting to pu,v her con a Covington car, he raised the um brella to Protect her from the sun. There was then a smothered s:iriek or t-7o and a commotion. Three little wriggling baby mice had fallen out on Che yorung lady's hat and dress. They rolled into the gutter andsa handy pup :ro.1bed them up. The young ade's s,-int'.s vrere at the wilzedI cabbage leaf staZe all the rest of the day. Uniqe4/ ste hos metho AU of ns-onstucin isTO erabyungicue ham et birds. rn r.lld wri-thes "icnThe Trune,bta and this sies is Wanwuth WalsEery >er ih parte like that counrictlis rl eterl dithanbunedotherever wltiose oit nspitae o i.s hid atercousesandthe olbds oft hem- tn ohe hunterior, beinld cuaho frqnted do ;om andr soar :cively,k in fort his mother. ne t Es emem'red just w-heSe'. w for ess, nor he Io ive oun t berch'e ing. onjmdit the brnceo rs Ite des no eve rort lad wth was he asn piace fror its be set, bTssend lgte attro the ceilg of rvrnd Want tees nd whilae oai raning e ok aoint anr thataise mose ur resn then nsthered is:fan ob wigglingbabr morm and composedt on moss oandy'sher similarss.Teyi suspe ntoel gut a na ndyk pup ->besntoem up. the mousngalarlin stacal estof ofr trhite ay. a coeude nie et.' A terius Acestion bidas the co wh'in edin coplantcsworutn yes tr. o Go rgesc "hltrz hagaint oerf;e tiseve, Fran ne South Walea, oa wll pater of the ntyme vers thnal dhe frgibe fivernder r;althids "itabon o bot hbit; ennate, urse and emloy, bedsth telnos, and nath oarized refernce toe huelf, the interib or,geci ult ceqineClnd dit;w6d and oe warray nt wasut isa t c led i the hadso evr eetieo he <vonnor's orce