The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, August 02, 1894, Image 1
VOL. XXI, NO. 31.
DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1894:
WHOLE NUMBER 1,017.
The Proanoot for an Agroomont
On Tariff Improved.
PARTIAL AGREEMENT HAS DEVELOPED.
Tke Confer*®* at Last Make Progress—Th«
Ulfforenoes la a State of Adjastmeut
Amicable to Hoth Branches
of Concress.
Washinotos, August 1.—The pros
pects for an agreement on the tariff are
much improved. For the first time in
many days the house conferees came
from the meeting with the statement
that previous irreconcilable differences
were in process of amicable adjustment.
With much satisfaction the house mem
bers stated to their associates that the
senators had shown a disposition for
the first time to meet the house half
way. As to when a full agreement
would be perfected there was some
difference of opinion. One house con
feree said it would probably be this
week. Another thought it would be
“soon.” Chairman Wilson would not
even admit that the understanding had
gone far enough to warrant the predic
tion of a speedy report. He said, how
ever, that the conferees had at least
done some business and made progress,
which was more than coaid have been
said of past meetings. The senate con
ferees came from the meeting without
showing the hopefulness of the house
members. They said the conference
was as far from an agreement as it had
been. While there was this conflict
among those thoroughly informed of
the inside workings of the conference,
the general belief prevailed that the
hopefulness of the house conferees had
some substantial foundation. One of
the conferees said that while no final
agreement had been made on iron, coal
and sugar, yet, that sufficient had been
developed in conference to show that
an agreement could be reached on these
three most important items, which
would be acceptable to the senate and
house conferees and to the house of
representatives. Whether it would be
acceptable to the full senate this con
feree expressed some doubt. In this
connection it developed yesterday that
Senator Caffery, of Louisiana, who has
been most active in the sugar question,
had long and it is said satisfactory
conferences with Speaker Crisp and
Chairman Wilson. The day developed
a partial agreement.
FOR ATLANTA’S EXPOSITION.
The Senate Passe* the Bill Appropriating
the 9200,000.
WASHlNGTeN* August 1.—The senate
yesterday afternoon passed the sundry
civil bill by paragraphs one of which
carries an appropriation of &00.000 fer
the International and cotton states ex
position to be held at Atlanta.
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was presented and
adopted and a further conference or
dered on the amendments that had not
been agreed to by the conferees. At 1
p. m. the senate proceeded to the con
sideration of the sundry civil appropri
ation bill.
The house was two hours ki a dead
lock over the river and harbor bill, and
it was estimated yesterday that it may
either fail altogether, or it^ further
consideration be postponed till next
winter. Mr. Hatch presented the con
ference report on the agricultural ap
propriation bill, showing an agreement
on all items except the senate amend
ment, appropriating (1,004.000 for the
extinction of the Russian thistle.
A TEST OF STRENGTH.
GEORGIA BAR ASSOCIATION.
j The Animal Contention nf the Legal Lights
In Atlanta.
Atlanta, July 31.—The Georgia state
bar association meets in Atlanta tomor
row, Judge Logan E. Bleckley presi
dent.
The insolvent traders' receivership act
will be discussed in a symposium of half
down paper*. Honorable Francis D.
Peabody, of Columbus; Hon. A. R. Law-
ton, Jr., of Havannah, are among the
contributors to this topic. It has exci
ted a good deal of interest, and is prac
tically a large question in Georgia juris
prudence at this time.
All the judges in the state have been
invited to contribute papers of four
typewritten pages each on the judicial
system, and several have assured the
secretary of their acceptance.
On legal education or the requirements
for admission to the bar, Messrs. A. J.
Crovatt, of Brunswick ; Simon W. Hitch,
of Black shear; John L. Hopkins and
Reuben R. Arnold, of Atlanta, have
agreed to contribute short papers.
One of the most interesting features
of the meeting will lie a series of short
papers on "Woman at the Georgia liar.”
There is one female lawyertn Atlan
ta. Every indication points to a large
ly attended and interesting session.
MR. WRENN’S SUCCESSOR.
Mr. Ben*eoter lobe Appointed as Assistant
General Passenger Agent.
Kxoxviu.g, Tenn., July 28.-The fact
that B. W. Wrenn will not be with the
Southern railway as general passenger
agent does not excite surprise here. Hg
has been for years acting in that capac
ity for the Memphis and Charleston
road, which has been a part of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia sys
tem, but operated as a separate proper
ty. That road is in the hands of re
ceivers and will be sold in a few weeks.
Until the sale Colonel Wrenn will be in
Memphis. It seems to be the general
impression tnat Mr. Benscoter will be
in charge of the passenger business of
the western system. It was reported last
night that he left for the east yesteday
morning and it is taken to mean that
he has been summoned to New York or
Washington, and that this is prelimin
ary to his appointment to be assistant
general passenger agent. It is believ
ed here that before long the western
system will be increased in mileage by
the addition of the Georgia Pacific. It
is also reported that that part of the
Western North Carolina road between
Paint Rock and Asheville will be added
to the western system.
Proposition for Elthor Owens or Settle to
Oo Against Breckinridge Singly.
Lexington. Ky., August 1.—Calls are
being made here for a test of strength
of both the Breckinridge opponents in
the congressional race for the weaker
to withdraw. A gentleman speaking
on this subject says: “If Mr. Owens Is
as anxious to have Colonel Breckinridge
defeated for congress as he acknowl
edged in his speech at Muirs, and wants
the most available man to go against
Colonel Breckinridge, why docs he dot"
make Mr. Settle this sort of proposition:
hoth candidates to appoint oomraittees
to poll th« district, and when the result
is ascertained the weaker is to pull off
in favor of the stronger. I am anxious
to see Colonel Breckinridge defeated,
■imply for the respect I have for the peo
ple of my district, and 1 would like to
see*the atrppgest man run against Colo
nel Breckinridge.”
FORMAlTfRANSFER MADE.
The East Tennessee. Vlrglnl* nnd Georgia
Paste* Into the Heads of the Southern.
FELL FROM THECAR ASLEEP.
Express Messenger Tumbled Oat of Hie
Door end is Found Asleep and Unhurt.
Jackson. Miss.. July 28.—Last night
three miles below here, while dozing in
his chair, express messenger Edward
Stevens, of Water Valley, fell from the
ear door. He was not missed until Can
ton, 2S miles above here, was reached.
A message was sent hers that he was
missing and must have fallen from his
car. A hand car was rigged up and sev-
era) geatleinen started down the track
hunting for him. Three miles below,
they found him lying within two feet
of the track soundly sleeping. He
awoke as soon as they touched him. and
asked what was wanted. He says he
has no recollection of falling
and imagined himself asleep in his bed
at New Orleans when the rescueing
party found him. The train was run
ning 40 miles an hour when he fell ont,
and that he was not killed is a miracle.
Aside from a few minor bruises, he is
not hurt.
WITHDRAW FROM THE UNION.
Chattanooga, August l.—At 12
o’clock, midnight, the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railway formally
passes into the hands of the Southern
railway. The agents of the company
here and elsewere have been busy for
several days past getting affairs in
shape to turn over to the purchasers.
The transfer of the big property will
not be noticeable here, at least for tome
time. The old East Tennessee. Virgin
ia and Georgia signs, the tickets and
some of the stationery of the company,
will be seen for many a day, while the
old bettering on freight and passenger
cars will for months or even years be
reminders of the old company.
Par Dsgr aod to* Treesurj Empty.
Fkankfobt, Ky., August 1.—This
would be “pay day” on the state house
square If It were not for the fact that
the state has an empty treasury. As it
is the banks will probably come to the
rescue of the hard worked and poorly
paid state officials by advancing money
on their warrants.
They Esdom* Beeos.
Eastman, Ga., August 1.—-At the dem
ocratic convention held here yesterday,
Mr. Baldy Ryala was nominated for
senator for this, the fourteenth district,
and A. O. Bacon was Indorsed for the
United States senate.
Hallway Union Men Requested to With-
draw or Walk Out.
Chattanoooa, Tenn., July 28.—A
sensation was sprung at noon in the
Cincinnati Southern shops here. Just
as the men employed in the shops were
getting ready to leave for dinner they
were assembled in the yards. The mas
ter mechanic. Schrieber, in a short
speech told the men that he had the
names of fifteen of them who were
members of the American railway un
ion, and tliat he had orders from head
quarters to discharge every one of them
: tbatiJld not at once renounce allegiance
to the American railway union and give
up his membership cards. He then
read the names of the fifteen men, who
all stepped forward and renounced the
American railway union and gave up
their membership cards. They were
not discharged The railway union has
a small lodge hero. Labor circles are
very much agitatsd over ttie matter.
Boon Mountain for a National Park.
Raleigh, N. C., August 1.—The mem
bers of the North Carolina florists’ asso.
elation will attend a meeting of the so
ciety of American florists to present the
Roan mountain park proposition. This
is that the government shall purchase
that mountain for a national park.
There are more varieties of trees within
ite boundaries than there are in any
equal a rear in the United States.
More Spanish Vessels Seised.
Tampa, Fla., July 28.—United States
revenue cutter McLane salted six more
Spanish vessels off Anclote yesterday.
They were Mfsged in smuggling. A
few weeks ago the Mclane seized six
vessels at the same place charged with
the same offense.
Three Killed In nn Kspioekm.
Shenandoah, Pa.. July 31.—By the
explosion of a boiler In a nest of six at
Packers number ♦. oolliery of the Lehigh
Valley coal company, last night, a man
was instantly killed, and two so badly
hurt that they have since died, end one
seriously burned.
The Last of the Military Rernlled.
Chicago, August 1 —Mayor Hopkins
wired Governor Atgeld at noon yester
day asking him to recall the eight com
panies of the First regiment Illinois na
tional guard. This order removes three
of the six companies now at Pullman
and leaves but one company on the Illi
nois Central tracks and that one is at
East Hammond.
NO UNEASINESS FELT.
Gold Running Low nud foreign Demand
Active.
Washington, July 81.—Nearly S6.000-
000 In gold left the port of New York
Saturday to meet foreign demand, most
of which was drawn from the govern
ment’s low stock of the precious metal.
The gold balance has fallen to (44,000,-
030, over (10,400,000 less than it was at
the time of the bond issue in February
last. Treasury officials profess to feel
no special uneasiness over the rapid
dwindling of their stock of the yellow
metal, and Secretary Carlisle is report
ed to have telegraphed to a New York
firm of bankers who had made inquiries
on the subject that there was nothing
in the situation to call for a further is
sue of bonds to recruit the gold reserve.
The fact that the available cash bal
ance remains practically unimpaired,
and the expectation that a tariff bill
will soon pass both houses of congress
and become a law, are sources of com
fort at this time to the treasury folks.
With the passage of a tariff bill, the of
ficials confidently expect a prompt re
vival of trade and a corresponding in
crease in the customs and internal rev
enue receipts. W ith renewed commer
cial activity, return shipments of gold,
it Is thought, would promptly set In
and continue until normal condisions
are reached.
HOMELESS IN THE WOODS.
Five Hundred Womeu mud Children frem
Phillips, WIs., Without Food and Shsltur.
West Svpebior, WIs., July 31.—On
the Wisconsin Central it Is impossible
to move trains on account of the preva
lent forest fires. Phillips, the head
quarters of John R. Davis lumber com
pany, a manufacturing town of 2,000
population, is totally destroyed and
only a few buildings remain standing.
A dispatch received from Fifleld says
tint .100 women and children from
Phillips are in the woods there without
shelter. They sent requests for food,
but the train from here was obliged to
return. Communication with Fifiuld
is now shut off, and it is feared that the
town is also on fire. Along the Omaha
line fires raged with terrible fierceness.
Shore's Crossing, a little village eight
miles west of Ashland, was destroyed
yesterday aftqrnoon. Not a building
remains standing, and the homeless
families were taken to Ashland. Trains
under command of Governor Peck with
food and money have since gone
through.
BOYS IN THE PRINTING OFFICE.
Tb* Public Printer to Employ Apprentices
lu tbe Governmsnt Ofltce.
Washington, August 1. — The only
committee amendment to the bill pro
viding for public printing, which met
with any opposition yesterday, was the
inserting of a new section authorizing
the public printer to employ appren
tices, not exceeding twenty-five at any
time. This was opposed by Peffer in
the interest of the typographical unions
and was advocated bv Manderaon, re
publican of Nebraska, who character
ized the rule of labor societies forbid
ding the employment of apprentioes as
a species of tyranny of the moet objec
tions! character. Palmer, demourat of
Illinois, expressed his astonishment at
Puffer's standing up in the senate and
opposing the provision to give twenty-
five boys a chance of learning a goad
trade. The amendment was agreeu to,
the bill was passed, and a oonfereaee
asked. Gorman, Ransom and Mander-
son being appointed conferees on the
pert of the senate.
KNOWN WELL IN BIRMINGHAM.
Arrest In Chicago of a VViijr Crook Wh*
Married an Alabama Society Lady.
ButMiNGHAM, July 31.—News has been
received here of the arrest In Chicago
of Samuel Irvin Wheatcroft, a general
confidence man and crook of the black
est record. His last scheme was the
formation of the Victoria Co-operative
Association in which thousands of dol
lars were robbed from the working and
poorer class of people. He is now un
der arrest and may be In for a long
term. Wheatcroft at one time flour
ished in Birmingham, where he gained
entree to a highly respectable and well-
to-do family, which acquaintance re
sulted in the wily crook winning the
heart and hand of a daughter of the
family who was one of the fairest of
Alabama's fair ones
ALLEN'S RELIEF MEASURE.
WORK FINDS THE MEN
Glgantlo Corporation in Direct
Opposition to Pullman.
THE STRIKERS WILL BE EMPLOYED.
The lahabltanU of the ‘"Model Town” to
Vacate Their Houses aud Leavs the
City In a Hody—The Sensa
tion Just Sprung.
BUI Providing for tha Distribution
ary Note, for tho Poor In Each Stats.
Washington, Ang. 1.—Mr. Allen, the
populist senator from Nebraska, intro
duced and had referred to the oommit-
tee on finance yesterday a bill having
for title “for the relief of tbe several
states of the union” and for the purpose
of distribution among the states, ac
cording to population, of fifty million
dollars in treasury notes to be issued
for the purpose and to be used “for the
relief of the worthy poor.” Repayment
to the government is to be secured by
state bonds bearing 2 per cent, interest
payable not less than 8 nor more than
ten years after date.
Atlanta's Pair Swells th* Amount.
Washington, August 1,—The Sundry
civil appropriation bill for tbe (seal
year 1891, aggregates (84,041,885, being
an increase of (2,538,801 over the bill as
It passed the house and (05,488 over the
estimates on which it was based. One
•f the principal items of this iacrease
is (200.000 for the government exhibit
at the cotton states and International
exposition at Atlanta, Georgia.
Os tola al Ledowchlsk! Altva and Walt
Boston, August 1. - The announce
ment of the death of Cardinal Ledow-
chiski was an error. The Cardinal is
In Lueserne alive and well, and busy
in telegraphing to his friends that he
Is ^'.11 in the land of tbe Hying. He
does not know how the report that he
Is dead originated.
Chicago, August 1.—If negotiations
now pending are carried to a successful
termination, the striking car builders
at Pullman will quit the “model town”
in a body and become the employes of a
powerful new corporation organized for
the manufacture of palace and freight
cars and day coaches. For more than a
week secret communications have been
passing between the agent of the cor
poration in Chicago and the strikers’
central committee. All of the offers to
the men are in writing, signed by a
man of wealth and prominence in the
business circles of the city. The names
of a nmolier of capitalists who are con
nected with the enterprise are also
mentioned to give the communications
greater weight
Thus far the deliberations of the cen
tral committee aud their replies to the
advances made by the corporation have
been kept a wholly secret, but it is
known that every member is heartily in
favor of the change if reasonable terms
can be agreed upon. As soon as the ne
gotiations have reached a more definite
basis the matter will be laid before the
body of the strikers for their sanction
and approval. The corporation which
is making these offers means business,
said a man who has had a part in the
negotiations, and if a definite arrange
ment can be made, all of the skilled
mechanics at I hill man will be hired in a
body. They are thoroughly familiar
with the somewhat difficult task of
making cars, and they could go right at
it without a moment’s delay, thus sav
ing a company thousands of dollars,
which it would cost to get new men
started.
The names of those back of the offers
to the strikers will be made public in a
week or two. but at present the mem
bers of the central committee at Pull
man are silent. The agent is identical
with one who filed articles with the Il
linois secretary of state early last week.
It has a large capitalization, and its
works will be located near St. Louis.
Much of the money liack of the enter
prise has been subsoribed by English
and eastern people.
GOV. RICH RE-NOMINATED.
Result of tbe Mlehlssn Republics* State
Convention.
Gil and Rapids, Mich., August l.—Tho
republican state convention met here
yesterday with 929 delegates in attend
ance and 5,000 people In the audienoe.
(•overnor Rich was re-nominated oa the
first ballot. Wayne county gsve Gov
ernor Rich four and the other 104 voted
blank. This is the Detroit delegation.
The vote was Governor Rich 710 ; (Hiss
98, blank 121. Alfred Miller was noml-
ted for Lieutenant-Governor; James M.
Wilkinson of Marquette for state treas
urer and Rev. Washington Gardner of
Albion, for secretary of state. The
blank votes of the Detroit delegation
is held to mean that Mayor Pingree of
Detroit will run on a ballot ticket
against Goveruor Rich. Mayor Pin-
gree's friends say this bolt has bean
determined upon.
ONE KEG OFGcTlDSHORT.
Fifty Thousand of tho Recent Shipment so
Europe Lost or Htelco.
Nkw York, August 1.—A dispatch re
ceived in Wall street from Paris repor
ted the loss of a keg containing (50,000
in gold, which was part of an amount
of (2,500,000 shipped from this city on
1* Touraine, July 21st The firms ship
ping the gold that day were lizard
Frerer, (2,000,000 and Hiedelbach lekle-
heimer and company (500.000. Accord
ing to the dispatch the gold was taken
from the (5.030,000 lot as only thirty
nine kegs, each containing (50.000
reached l*ans on that consignment
The gold is suspected to have been lost
or stolen between Harve and Paris
Lazard Frerer discredited the story.
They have no advLes concerning the
alleged robbery.
TO SUPPORT THE UNION.
HORSE-WHIPPED THE MANAGER.
Forty-five members of the Michigan
press association left Boston yesterday
tar New York OB Ibeir tour at the east
One Hundred and Flfty>8!x Candidates la
the Kngllgh Flections Pledged to It.
London, August 1.—Lord Winchelsca
presiding at a meeting of the agricul
tural union yesterday said that 156 par
liamentary candidates in the coming
general election were pledged to sup
port the union and that 56 others partly
supported the organization. This, he
said, promised a strong party in the
house of commons independent of or
dinary party liaes and caring solely for
the farming interests.
MISSISSIPPI A DRY STATE.
Six Counties Left Only la Which tha Sale of
Whiskey Is LecaUsod.
Jackson. Miss., August l.—At the lo
cal option election in this county yes
terday, Jackson gave 1J8 majority web
Uaofficial advises from tbe county in-
dicate that the dry ticket has won. The
vote was light. There was a complete
absence of bitterness of former local
option elections. If the county has gone
dry. it only leaves six counties in Mis
sissippi where the sale of liquor is le
galized.
Heavy nr* m Tampa.
Tampa, Fla., July 28.—Firs yesterday
afternoon broke out In J. H. Dorsey's
woodworking sstablishmest and de
stroyed thousands of feet ef lumber and
valuable machinery. Loos is estimated
at (100,000, insurance not known.
Eieeutloa ef Dtek tireau.
Ch a blkstom , 8. C., Jnly 28.—Dick
Green was hanged at Mount Pleasant,
Berkeley oounty yesterday for the mur
der ef Nancy Dayton la April loot, both
A NEW IDEA.
J. E. T. Bowden, of MlteheU-CorboBt ram*,
Rouyhiy Assaulted.
Jackson villi, July 28.—J. K. T.
Bowden, who achieved notoriety as the
manager of the Duval Athletic club
which organization pulled off tha Cor-
bett-Mitchcll fight here last January,
was horse-whipped in an Inch of his
life yesterday. Bowden's assailant was
one Brunson, a pullman oar conductor,
and the cause was an alleged insult to
Mrs. Brunson. Mr. Brunson met Bow
den in s saloon, covered him with a
pistol and then proceeded to wear out a
buggy whip ou him. Dowden begged
for mercy but Brunson was implacable
and when he finished. Bowden was in a
pitiable condition. Ujs face was ■ mass
of bruised and quivering flesh and his
clothing was cut to shreds. Brunson is
a six footer and Aeighs over 200 pounds.
Bowden is about five fast high and
weighs about 95 pounds It Is feared
that further trouble will follow. Bow
den denies that hs insulted Mrs. Brun
son.
Heavy Amins la ioathwest Texas.
Hocbton, August 1.—Dispatches from
Southwest Texas report heavy rains.
WEEK‘S”NEW8 condensed.
The Turners* convention is in session
at Denver, Colorado.
The big Santa Fe depot at La Junta.
Col., was burned last night.
Hawaii bonds sell at par now that tbs
republic Is established.
James Mulligan, of “Mulligan Let
ters” fattio. died near Boston.
Waterman’s opera house, at Water
loo, lad , was destroyed by fire yeater-
day.
A gold strike at Pinos Altos promises
to be the richest yet made in New Mex
ico.
Alooholio drunkard Otto, fought six
New York policemen before he was sub-
duod.
F. Kinter has received the demo
cratic nomiustion for governor of North
Dakota.
A sharper has swindled United States
sxpress company offices in Wisconsin
out of (2.400.
Gov. Altgeld here issued orders with
drawing the seventh regiment, I. N. G.,
from Chicago.
New Yorks defeated tho Philadelphias
ia the second gams of the boll series on
the letter's grounds.
The steamer Purlaims Conception,
built for a Cuban firm, was launched at
Philadelphia, Saturday.
Lightning instantly killed Dexter M.
Willie during a severs thnndsr storm at
Nstlc,t. Mam., last evening.
A Wisconsin central freight train
bound south was wreaked yesterday
awar Stevens Point. Wisconsin.
Common weal era from Seattle cap
tured sn Ohio train and held It until
threatened at Alliance with a bath by
hose.
The woman in jail at Marietta. Ga.,
eharged with forgery, denies that she
is the person known as Mrs. Woodward
in New York.
Mayer Caldwell, George B. Cox and
several other notsblee of Cincinnati
wore rescued from a sinking skiff in
the Ohio river.
Thousands ef very small frogs are re
ported to have fallen in a heavy shower
of rain in Gambridgeport, Mass., yes
terday afternoon.
The New York naval reserves gsve a
variety show for Admiral Stanton on
the Ban Francisco during their last ev
ening on the Sound.
The United States Consul in Bsvsrls
reports the existence ef s new com
pound, formalin, effective in presort
lug meats apd fruits.
The house committee on nsvsl affain
yesterday ordered a favorable report on
the senate bill to promote the efflclenej
of the naval reserves.
Sig. Tanlongo, cx-Governor of the
Banes Romans, and his associates,
charged with extensive bank frauds in
Italy, have been acquitted.
The stock yards company at Chicago
increased Its number of engines tc
twenty-sight yesterday, the greatest
number since the strike began.
Msrshnnt E. Parry, sn anarchist boy
16 years old, was arrested at Fort
Wayne, Ind., for threatening to blow
up the biggest buildings in town.
The city of Perry, lows, was left in
darkness last night by the explosion ol
the largest boiler at the electric light
plant One man was fatally injured.
John Craig shot and killed his wife,
his mother-iu-law, his father-in-law, his
brother-in-law, and then tried to kill
himself, at Los Angelas. Cal., lost night.
Thieves disguised as plummers stols
all the silverware in the homes ol
Charles Wilkinson and W. W. Niles,
lawyers, who Uva In Bedford Park, New
York.
The insuranee companies will refuse
to pay the losses by the Knox fire in
Washington, on the ground that th*
fire originated in the explosion of a gas
idine motor.
Wallace Burt, the half-breed Indian,
was hanged in the county jail at Doyles-
town, Pa., yesterday morning, for the
murder of the aged Rightley Couple
last September.
Gov. Flower has been asked to re
move sheriff Duffy, of Westchester
county, New York, for not closing
‘'Little Monte Carlo.” Free rides are
now given to the place, but net from
it.
A geatleman at Washimgton, familiar
vnih the inside history of democratic
politics, explains the reason of Mr.
Gorman's attack upon and Mr. Hill’s de
tense of Mr. Cleveland as personal an
tipathy and the desire of favor.
Judge McAtee. of Kingfisher, O. T.,
before whom the preliminary hearing
of the charges ef train wrecking and
bridge burning against.dtizensof Round
Pond and Enid was held yesterday, de
cided that he had no jurisdiction, sVk
that the charges mast be heard in tin
counties in which the alleged offenses
eecarred.
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The Patented Arrangement of
Screws on sn Irish Vessel.
In the stoamcr Torr Head, just
built by Messrs. Harland & Wolff,
of lielfust, Ireland, for the Ulster
Steamship company, a now idoa in
twiu-screw vessels has boon incor
porated. The vessel is 452 feet long,
50 feet beam and 35 feet 4 inches
deep and with a gross tonnage of
6,000 has a carrying capacity of 8,500
tons. She will thus bo soon to com
pare favorably with any save the
largest of the new Atlantic freight-
carriers. The boilers are four in
number, two of them being double-
ended, and there'are two complete
sets of triple-expansion engines,indi
cating about 2,700 horse power at 180
pounds working pressure. The
(crews are of manganese bronze,
but their shafts are placed close to
gether and tho screws overlap, the
starboard screw working in the wa
ter which has been passed by the
port propeller. The stern framing
is of very peculiar and origina’ form.
Instead of the customary continua
tion cf the line of the keel to the
sien.poet Inclosing the opening In
which the propellers work the after
body is fined down, the framing
brought above the line of the shafts,
leaving the propeller clear water in
which to work. Aft of the screws
an overhanging stern frame carries
the rudder post, which is hung in
the usual manner. This arrange
ment is patented, and the Torr Head
is the first vessel to which it has
been applied. The steamer has four
steel pole masts stayed on a novel
plan. Masts in cargo steamers are
used for little else than to support
derrick booms to operate at the car
go hatches and in the Torr Head
there is no effort at disguising the
fact that this is the only service
that will be expected of them. They
are all stopped without any rake aft
and have no stays to interfere with
tho swing of the booms when load
ing or unloading.
BANK OF ENGLAND ODDITIES.
Curiosities Which Inc'ude a Note for
S6,000,000.
Among the curiosities which ara
occasionally shown to favored vis
itors are some specimens of ancient
notes, a number of them of denomi
nations no longer in vogue, such as
£1, £15 and £25. There is also care
fully preserved the oldest surviving
note, one of the year 1099, the
amount being written with ink, says
the Pall Mall Budget. Another
curiosity is a note for £1,000,000,
which was required for some trans
action between tho bank and the
government, but in this case, too,
the amount is written with the pen.
The longest time during which a
note has remained outside the bank
is 111 years. It was for £25; and it is
computed that the compound inter
est during that long period amount
ed to no less than £6,000.
There is quite a labyrinth of
vaults where the disused notes are
stoj^d until they have reached tho
necessary maturity of five years.
They are estimated to weigh 91
tons, and number about 77,745,000,
filling 13.400 boxes, and were of the
original value of £1,750,626,600. Tho
Bunk of England note is a legal
tender for any amount in excess of
its face value, but not for less.
Thais, a person might refuse to take
a £5 note in payment of a debt of
£4 19s. 6d., though, as a matter of
fact, nobody would be so foolish as
to do so. It must be remembered
that bank notes are only legal ten
der as'betwecn members of the pub
lic, so long as the bank pays ia gold
on demand. If such an unlikely
thing were to happen as the bank
being unable to redeem its promises
to pay, then its notes would cease to
be legal tender. Even as it is,
their legal tender quality does not
extend to Ireland or Scotland.
WASHINGTON ETigUET'it.
The Interchange of Courtesies Be
tween Ministers and Senators.
The wife of a new senator once
WRECK OF THE SUSAN E. PECK.
All Caused by the Art fic si Limb of
the Pilot.
Have you a wooden leg? Have
you a make-believe arm? Have you
nerves of steel? Do you take iron
tonics? These are some of the per
sonal interrogatories that will con
front the future applicant for a li
cense to act as a pilot of steam ves
sels. When the government inspec
tors sit to receive applicants for li
censes they will fire these questions
off. If the surprised applicant
pleads guilty to any of the counts he
must subject his urtilk'.iality to the
scrutiny of the members of the
board. Tills all comes through the
discovery that a ship’s compass
needle takes queer turns and cuts up
unaccountable shines sometimes.
The Philadelphia board of under
writers had the danger called forci
bly to them by the loss of the schoon
er Susan E. Peck, which went ashore
at Bar Point, Lake Eric, in Sep
tember last, entailing a loss of twen
ty thousand dollars, which the in
suranee companies had to pay. This
disaster, it is claimed, waS directly
traced to the slight deviations of the
compass due to the steel in her
pilot's artificial leg. The mutter
was called to the attention of the
treasury department, which will
shortly issue a circular to the in
spectors of hulls and boilers, who
constitute the local board of exam
iners, as to the course to pursue
whet" limbless applicants for pilots’
certificates come forward. The
proper protection of the ship's com
pass must be perfected at all tmz-
erin I
ateslie
Count Tolstoi.
Count Tolstoi is thus described by
his latest visitor, who found him at
home; "After passing down long
corridors, which are like so many
entrenchments around Tolstoi's
study, I at last stood before this re
markable man. I saw him just as
the celebrated picture shows him—
in his full peasant’s smock, a belt
round his waist, with the white
board, the mclancbolr, deep-set eyes,
the coarse gray hair, the thought
ful, wrinkled brows, the strong
hands accustomed to work, which
during his conversation he keeps
passing through his belt, and the
whole touching earnestness which
surrounds the man. Count Leo
Tolstoi makes the impression of a
figure out of the Bible.”
Tbe Republicans of Virginia.
Petersburg. Va., August 1.—The re
publicans of the fourth district held a
convention at BurkevUle yesterday and
nominated R. T. Thorpe, of Mecklinbnrg
county for congressman. This is con
trary to the plan of Mahone who op
posed makiag a nomination. The
fourth is the district in which he lives
Entill Springs, Tenn., Jane 24.-Th*
Noel Mill Company, of this placs, has
jnst closed can tract* for 17,000 bags
(equal to 9!,0H0 barrels) of flour, to go
Liverpool, England, via Port Royal, 8.
C., on a steamer sailing daring the first
half ed J nly."
Field's Washington, that she was
determined to make no social mis
takes, so—wise woman that she was
—she asked Senator Edmunds,
whom she knew was thoroughly
conversant with every detail of of
ficial etiquette, reason of his
long career in the senate, if it was
not incumbent upon her to make
her first visit to the wives of for
eign ministers. He replied:
"Certainly not, madam; a sen
ator never makes the first visit
upon a foreign minister.”
So, thanks to her good sense in
consulting an old senator, this lady
did not make tbe mistake that a
few less wise senators' wives have
done of making first visits when
etiquette required that they should
receive them. Of course, as tho
senate has increased in size the last
few years, it can hardly be expected
that foreign ministers should call
upon all new senators, but they
ought to upon the old ones, and
upon others whom they wish to
know. I think the charming wife
of one of the diplomats has adopted
a very wise rule, is she remarked to
a senator's wife to whom she had
just been presented; “I know it is
my place to call upon senators’
wives, but I wait until I meet them,
and I shall now give myself the
pleasure of calling on you.”
If the ladies of the diplomatic
corps would follow the lead of this
popular lady th«y would avoid some
of the mistakes that they now make
in our official etiquette.
Measuring a Miilioneth of a Degree.
Prof. Langley, of the Smithsonian
Institution, has brought his balo-
meter to a state of high perfection.
This instrument, in theory extreme
ly simple, is a line wire through
which a currentof electricity is kept
flowing. The resistance of the
wire varies with the tempera
ture, and hence the strength of
the current also varies. By meas
uring tho current, therefore, the
temperature of the wire can be ascer
tained. As is well known, ( Prof.
Langley lias explored the invisible
regions of the solar spectrum with
this device, proving by it that ia
them, its well as in the luminous por
tions, fine absorption lines exist. In
this and in other fields it has easily
taken a place as one of the most val
uable cf existing instruments. In
the latest and most delicate form the
wire is 1-500 inch wide aud 1-5,000
inch thick, and a difference of tem
perature amounting to 1-1,000,000
centigrade can be perceived.
URGE SPEEDY SETTLEMINT.
Georgians Interested In H tvfng Qtilek A*-
tlon om the Tariff fllU.
Savannah, Ga., Julv 21.—Resolutions
were adopted at a meeting uf the o:a-
meratal club held ye*teiu«y J
Georgia's senators and repre* uw »''*
to do all in their power to or.u* »»>ut
speedy action on the tariff ht>! tor tha
benefit of the business interest* cf tbe
oountrr.
Th* Sun* ot m*x» u> m~-su.
Rome. August 1.—The ministry has
decided to raise the state of siege hs
Sicily and tha —e—ry deersa wU
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