The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, October 31, 1895, Image 1
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
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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.
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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