The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, August 30, 1894, Image 1
VOL. XXI, NO. 35
DARLINGTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30,1894
WHOLE NUMBER 1,021
MESSAGE ON TARIFF.
Why Cleveland Withheld Hie En
dorsement of the Bill.
PASSAGES NOT IN THE LINE OF REFORM
The Good and Rad Features of the Measure
That Have Gone Into Effect—Presi-
/ dent’s Opinion of the Legis
lation and its Result.
Washington, August 28. -There has
been much speculation as to the rea
sons why Mr. Cleveland withheld his
official approval from the new tariff
bill. In the following letter, written
late yestenlay afternoon to Represen
tative Catchings, of Missouri, bis posi
tion is pearly set forth :
“Executive Mansion,
“Washington, D. C.,' August 27, 1894.
“Hon. T. C. Catchings:
“My Dear Sir—Since the conversa
tion 1 had with you and Mr. Clark, of
Alabama, a few days ago, in regard to
my action on the tariff bill now before
me, I have given the subject further
and most serious consideration. The
result is 1 ani more than ever in the de
termination to allow the bill to become
a law without mv signature.
“When the formation of legislation
which it was hoped would embody dem
ocratic ideas of tariff reform was lately
entered upon by the congress, nothing
was further from my anticipation than
a result which I could not promptly
and enthusiastically endorse.
“It is therefore with a feeling of the
utmost disappointment that I submit to
a denial of this privilege.
Contain. Inconsistencies and Crudities.
"I do not claim to be better than the
masses of my party, nor do I wish to
avoid any responsibility which, on ac
count of the passage of this law. I
ought to bear as a member of the dem
ocratic organization. Neither will I
permit myself to be separated from my
party to such, an extent as might bo
implied by my veto of the tariff legisla
tion, which, though disappointing, is
still chargeable to democratic effort.
But there are passages in this bill
which arc not in the direct line of hon
est tariff reform, and it contains incon
sistencies and crudities which ought
not to appear in tariff laws or laws of
any kind. Beside* there were, as you
and I well know, Incidents accompany
ing the -passage of the bill through
the congress, which made every
sincere tariff reformer very unhappy,
while influences surround it in its lat
ter stages, and interfered with its final
construction, which oughfr not to be
recognized or tolerated in democratic
traiff reform councils.
“And yet, notwithstanding all its
vlssioitude and all the bad treatment it
received at the hands of pretended
friends, it presents a vast improvement
to existing eonditions. It will certain
ly lighten many a tariff burden that
new rests heavily upon the people. It
is not only a barrier against the return
of mad protection, but it furnishes a
vantage ground from which must be
waged further aggressive operations
against protected monopoly and gov
ernmental favoritism.
Good Features of the Bill, Now Law.
I take my place with the rank and
file of the democratic party who be
lieve in tariff reiorm, and who know it
is, who refuse to accept .the results
embodied in this bill as the close of the
war, who are not blinded to the fact
that the livery of democracy has been
stolen and worn in the service of re
publican protection, and who have
(narked the deadly light of treason that
has blasted the councils of the brave in
their hour of night. The trusts and
combinations—the communion of pelf—
whose machinations have prevented us
from reaching the success we deserved,
should not be forgotten or forgiven.
We shall recover from our astonish
ment at their exhibition of power, and
if then the question is forced upon us
whether they shall submit to the free
legislative will of the people’s represen
tative^ or shall dictate the laws which
the people must obey, we will accept
and settle that issue as one involving
the integrity and safety of American
institutions.
“I love the principles of true democ
racy beoause they are founded in pa
triotism and upon justice and fairness
toward all interests. I am proud of my
party organization because it is con
servatively sturdy and persistent in the
enforcement of principles. Therefore,
I do not despair of the efforts made by
the house of representatives to supple
ment the bill already passed by further
legislation, and to have engrafted upon
it such modifications as will more near
ly meet democratic hopes and aspira
tions.
*" Necessity of Free R«w Materials.
" I cannot be mistaken as to the ne
cessity of free row materials as the
foundation of logical and sensible
tariff reform. The extent to which
this is recognized in the legislation
already secured is one of its encourag
ing and redeeming features; but it is
vexatious to recall that while free coal
and iron ore have been denied use, a
recent letter of the secretary of the
treasury discloses the fact that
both might have been made free
by the annual surrender of only about
$700,000 of unnecessary revenue.
“I am sure that there is a common
habit of underestimating the impor
tance of free raw materials in tariff
legislation, and of regarding them as
only related to concessions to be made
to bur manufacturers. The truth is
their influence is so far reaching that if
regarded, a complete and beneficent
scheme of tariff reform cannot be in
augurated.
When we give to our manufacturers
free raw materials we unshackle Amer
ican enterprise and ingenuity, and
thsee will open tha. doors of foreign
markets to the reception of our wares
and give oBnortvaitr for Uts oobVuiupus
ana remunerauve employment oi
American labor. With raw materials
cheapened by their freedom from tariff
charges the cost of their product must
be corresponding!}’ cheapened.
Tlie Benefit!* Practicable.
Thereupon justice and fairness to the
consumer would demand that the manu
facturers be 'obliged to submit to
such a readjustment and modification
of the tariff upon their finished
goods as would secure to the people the
benefit of the reduced cost of their
manufacture, and shield the consumer
against the exactions of inordinate
profits. It will thus be seen that free raw
material and a just and fearleas regu
lation and reduction of the tariff to
meet the changed condition, would
carry to every human home in the land,
the blessings of increased comfort and
cheaper living.
“The millions of our countrymen who
have fought bravely and well for tariff
reform, should be exhorted to continue
the struggle, boldly challeging an
open warfare and constantly guarding
against treachery under half-hearted
ness in their camp.
“Tariff reform will not be settled
until it is honestly and fairly settled in
the interest and to tile benefit of a
patient and long suffering people.”
(Signed.) Yours very truly.
Gbover Cleveland.
THE WAR IN THE EAST.
Ilntlghtrnment of Japan Waged Agaln.l
Ignorance tn China.
Baltimore, August 29.—Rev. A. R.
Morgan, in charge of the Methodist Pro
testant missions in .lajian, writes from
Nagoya under the date of August 4, that
on July 29 Ja’ianese gained a complete
victory over the Chinese at Soughvan,
and on July 39, at 7 a. m. marched on
San, the headquarters of the Chinese
forces in Korea.
Mr. Morgan continues as follows:
“What in America might be termed the
jingo section of the nation are jubilant
over the first news of the conflict and
the soberer part of the people are set
ting about rendering practical assis
tance. The names of persons making
private contributions of money, etc.,
appear in the native press by the hun
dreds daily. One man has already
given 810,000, and the leading bankers
and financiers are holding meetings to
develope plans for rendering effectual
assistance. Internal political strife
seems to all have been buried for the
time in one common cause.
“The Japan Mail yesterday gave a
circumstantial report of a poor man
who has saved from his meager earn
ings just 82.50 a year for the last forty
years, making in all a total of 8100, ail
of which he has tendered to the author
ities for use in the war.
“This is a war between enlightened
progress, as represented by Japan on
the one hand, and whatever anyone
may terra China on the other. It will
most likely mark an epoch in the his
tory of the orient, if not of the world.
And of the determination of Japan and
the magnitude of her officers on the one
hand and a refusal of 1,500 men in a
merchant ship to surrender to three
modern Japan men of war on the other,
and if the mutual hatred of the two
races may bo taken as an indication of
the conflict, it will be bloody.”
THE EFFORT OF HIS LIFE.
McKinley Freparlnc for the Opening of
HIs Fr«*sl(!rntht! Campaign.
Somerset. Pa., August 28.—Got. Mc
Kinley, of Ohio, is spending two weeks
in this sequestered spot, ostensibly for
rest, but in reality to put together the
greatest effort in his life in the way of
a political speech. He has been ex
pected to resent most forcibly and elo
quently the appeal of the McKinley law
and the passage of the new tariff bill;
but. deaf to all questioning, he abso
lutely declined to be interviewed or to
gi“e a single sentence of encourage
ment to the millions who, he thinks,
arc panic-stricken at the so-called blow
at American industries. He declares
that he Is here to rest and not to dis
cuss the tariff.
Gov. McKinley is the guest of Abner
McKinley, a brother, who iives in New
York, but has a summer residence here.
Si ice his arrival the governor has been
feted and serenaded in a small way. but
even when a concourse of citizens call
ed upon him with a brass band and
nominated him for president the other
ni ;ht he declined to make even the
smallest mite of a speech, simply bow
ing his acknowledgements, without a
w< rd. Even to his intimate friends he
de ’lines to give his views on the death
of the law which bears his name.
CROOKS CAUGHT AT LAST.
Tv. o of tti«* Members of m Bold Pang Ar
rested tn Clileago.
Chicago, August 28.—Two of the five
men who created such a furore in the
town of Lake last Saturday by riding
round in a cab and tapping the tills of
various saloons, were captured last
night by a clever plan of Detectives
Miller and Cummings, of the Thirty-
tifeh street police station. The two
men were recognized as two well
known crooks named John, alias
“Birdie” Dorney and John Burgess.
As the tactics used were similar to
th we used by Slater and Malloy, who
were held over yesterday by Justice
Wallace, the police are of the opinion
th it they are members of an organized
gang, and that in the arrest an !m)> >r-
tant bit of police work lias been ac
complished.
Boll Worms Damage Cotton.
Nashville. Tenq., August 29.—A dis
patch from Boliver county, Mississippi,
says the boll worm has made its ap
pearance in Delta county and is
badly damaging the growing cotton
crop. Planters agree that if the pest
cannot be extinguished the entire crop
in some sections will be a total loss.
Local Italnsi EvoUi Wind.,
Washington, August 29.-VForecast:
For Georgia and Alabama, local rains,
south winds. For Tennessee, fair in
western, showers in eastern portion,
south winds.
AMERICAN SOCIETY IN EUROPE.
Ml.. Con.uclo Vanderbilt, of New York, to
be Formally Introduced In London.
London, August 29.—Mrs Van Du sen
Reed has informed her friends that the
marriage of her daughter to the Mar
quis de Biliotte will be celebrated in
Paris about October 15. Miss Reed’s
trosseau is being made in Brussels The
Marquis de Biliotte is considerably
older than his fiancee. It was once
thought that his engagement would be
announced to a wealthy young woman
of New York, whose sister is married
to a man of title.
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley-Martin will
sail for New York early in December,
and will open their house in West
Twentieth street, and will take a box
at the opera.
Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt will, in all
probability, take a house in Ixmdon for
next summer, when her daughter. Miss
CYrasuelo Vanderbilt, will be formally
introduced in society. Miss Vanderbilt
is not so young by years as she is made
out to be. She is very nearly eighteen
and has been to a number of parties in
London.
Uamburg is so full of Americans that
it is difficult to imagine that one is in
Europe.
Mr. Chauneey M. Depew has reached
Europe, became acclimated, and has al
ready received a pleasant greeting from
his friend, the Prince of Wales.
GRISWOLD IS A NEW YORKER.
The Young Train Hobber Son of an Insur
ance Man In That City.
New York, August 29.—Young Henry
F. Griswold, who, together with Wil
liam Lake, held up a train, on the St.
i’aul road near Chicago and killed two
detectives, is a son of F. M. Griswold,
special agent of the Home fire insur
ance company, at No. 119 Broadway,
this city. The father, who spends most
of his time on the road, is now out of
town, but the fact that the train robber
is his son was confirmed at the office
yesterday. Young Griswold was always
wild, and ran away from home some
years ago to become a cow boy. He
eventually returned to Chicago and
there, through his father's influence,
secured a position in the Manchester
insurance company, where he did well.
Ills old habits clung to him, however,
and he seems deliberately to have en
tered on his last escapade. He is now
in jail in Chicago.
THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION.
Many Prominent Delegate* Already on the
Scene of Action.
Washington, August 29.—Parlor 10
of Willard's hotel is a busy place just
now, being occupied as the headquar
ters of the general committee of the
southern development convention,
which commences its sessions on next
Thursday morning at Willard's hall.
Many responses have been received to
the invitations sent out by the commit
tee to the prominent men throughout
the country who are interested in the
advancement of the south and the in
crease of its industries, and a number
of delegates have arrived and regis
tered. The headquarters are now kept
open all day. Ijist night a public meet
ing was held there, which was ad
dressed by several well known speakers.
SHOCKED THE QUEEN OF ITALY.
The Beautiful Margaret Brought Very
Clone to Death on an Excursion.
Rome, August 29.—Queen Margaret
went to the Gressoney Valley, in the
province of Turin, several days ago to
visit the Baron and Baroness Pecoz.
On Monday the host gave in her honor
an excursion into the Alps. During
the ascent he dropped dead before the
Qnecn's eyes. She was nearly over
come and became hysterical several
times before reaching home. She still
suffers from extreme nervousness. The
King was summoned to her early yes
terday morning. An examination of
Baron Pecoz's body showed that he
died from heart disease.
HEAVY WHEAT CROP.
Very Luyge Yield Reported by Thre«hen
In Mlnnesotn nnd North Dnkota.
St. Paul, Minn., August 29.—Thresh
ers agree that wheat and all the small
grain crops are turning out much better
than was expected when the harvest
commenced. Taken as a whole, the
wheat crop of Minnesota and North
Dakota this year is one of the largest
ever harvested. That of Minnesota
will come fully up to the estimate of
50,000,000 bushels. This is not far from
equaling the big crop of 1892. *
THE DAY AT SHEEPSHEAD.
The Card n Brllllnnt one And the Atten
dance LaAce*
Siikei'Hiikad Bav, August 29.—The
card yesterday was a brilliant one and
attendance in consequence was large.
It was also a grand day for the talent
as favorites went under the wire first
in each of the six events on the card.
A new track record was made by Ducat
in the fourth race, who went a mile,
carrying a hundred and thirteen
pounds, without the semblance of an ef
fort, in 1:89 flat.
OFF TO GRAY GABLES.
President Cleveland, Secretaries Thurber
and Lament Leave Washington.
Washington, August 29.—President
Cleveland left for Gray Gables early to
day. He took the 7:20 a. m. train on
the Pennsylvania railroad, which ar
rives in Jersey City shortly after noon.
The president was accompanied by Sec
retary Ijunopt aqd Private Secretary
Thurber. Colonel Lament will go only
as far aa New York, but Mr. Thurber
will continue with the president to
Gray Gables.
Th® Wager Results In Death.
Rockford, 111., August 29.—William
Seaworth, a young farmer, living near
Chana, made a wager with His sister
that he could eat more watermelon
than she could. The offer was taken
up. The boy is dead and the girl, it is
thought, uaunot rMover.
DOORS NOW CLOSED.
The National Capital Deserted by
the Legislators.
LAST MOMENTS OF THE LATE SESSION.
The President’s Happy Wishes to the Menl-
bers. Individually nnd I'oilertIvrly,
Resolution* Thanking Steven
son-Other Scenes.
Washinoton, August 29.—This morn
ing finds Washington practically desert
ed of legislators. The few remaining
will leave this afternoon and tomorrow
for their homes and districts. The
question of returning at the next regu
lar session is the all absorbing one with
most of the members at this time and
that there will be many changes in the
personnel of the next congress is gen
erally conceded.
The closing day in both branches was
marked with lighter attendance than
usual, and but little legislation was ac
complished. After the reading of the
journal in the house. Speaker Crisp an
nounced the following members on the
part of the house of the joint committee
to consider the old Ford theatre disas
ter and report to congress the liability
of the government, if any: Maddox, of
Georgia; Brookshire, of Indiana: Pig-
gott. of Connecticut; Daniels, of New
York; Updegraff, of Iowa. He also
had read a letter from Representative
Oates, democrat of Alabama, announc
ing the fact that he had this day sent
his resignation to the governor of Ala
bama. to take effect November 5th next.
Happy Vacation to AU.
Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, offered
a resolution directing the speaker to ap
point a committee of three to act in
connection with a similar committee
from the senate to call upon the presi
dent, to inform him that congress is
ready to adjourned and to ask him to
send in any further communications.
This was agreed to. and Messrs. Wil
son, Holman and Hepburn were named.
Major Pruden, executive clerk, an
nounced that the president had “signed
sundry bills and joint resolutions.”
After recess, the house reassembled
at 1:46 p. m. The committee appointed
to see the president was announced and
Mr. Wilson remarked that the duty im
posed upon him had been discharged.
“We are charged with him," Mr. Wil
son continued, "that the president has
no further communication to make. He
congratulates the congress upon the
successful conclusion of its business
and to each member individually he
wishes a pleasant and prosperous vaca
tion.”
At 2 o'clock Speaker Crisp's gavel fell,
the house was declared adjourned with
out day. and the sergeant-at-arms lifted
down the eagle, the emblem of author
ity of the house, The end had come.
Last Hear In th® Senate.
After the reading of Monday's jour
nal in the senate a resolution was
offered by Senator Ransom and agreed
to, for the appointment of two senators
to join a like committee on the part of
the house to wait upon the president
and to inform him that unless he had
some further communication the two
houses are now ready to adjourn. Sen-
tors Ransom and Manderson were ap
pointed on the part of the senate.
A resolution instructing the select
committee on the Ford’s theatre disas
ter to continue its investigation during
the recess, was offeltod by Senator Har
ris and it-as agreed to.
After a recess a report was made by
the senators who had been appointed
to wait upon the president and who in
formed the senate that the president's
reply was that he had no further com
munication to make to congress,
btevenson and Harris Thanked.
A resolution was then offered by Sen
ator Quay, republican of Pennsylvania,
and unanimously adopted, tendering
the thanks of the senate to Vice-IVesi-
dent Stevenson for the ability, dignity,
courtesy and impartiality with which
he had presided over Its deliberations,
and a resolution similarly couched in
laudation of Senator Harris, president
of the senate pro tem. was offered by
Senator Manderson of Nebraska, and
adopted with the same unanimity.
A third and formal recess was taken
till 1:50 when, after a wait of several
minutes, the vice-president rose and
formally closed the session of the sen
ate. There was no moving back of the
hands of the clock.
MILLER TWICE A MURDERER.
The Paterson Anarchist Suspected of Bav
ins Killed n Man In New York.
New York. August 29.—The atten
tion of the New York police has been
called to the arrest in Paterson, N. J.,
of August Miller, the anarchist inform
er, charged with the murder of Max
Ochlenschleager. It is said that Miller
is also suspected of killing Otto Van
Hagan, a silk dyer, in this city in May.
Hagan boarded with the prisoner
Miller in Paterson, and on May 10 he was
found dying on the corner of Washing
ton and Vestry streets with a fractured
skull. It is said his watch and money
were missing. Inspector McLaughlin
said yesterday that the matter would
be looked into.
The Steamer Islam Has Been Released.
Glasgow, August 29.—The steamer
Islam, which was recently seized by
order of the government upon informa
tion that she was being fitted out as a
war ship for one of the belligerents in
the war between China and Japan, has
been released, it haring been guaran
teed that she would not be used as a
man-of-war.
martins; Up the Looms.
Dover, N. H., August 29.—Yesterday
all of Cocheco mill No. I was started,
and arrangements are being made to
that filling may he furnished for all tha
looms. It is expected that similar ar
rangements will be made for the other
mlUa where weaving i* new atoggad
Y.LCK3 NEV.'S CONDENSED.
Nebraska populists nominated S. A.
iloleomb for governor.
Miio ii. Davis, the indicted Detroit
school inspector, is missing.
Smallpox is said to have broken out
in Harrison street, Chicago.
Miners at Snowden and Gastonville,
Pa., still threaten mischief.
•'I’aul Jones," who is beating his waj
around the world, has reached Toledo.
Ohio,
Three hundred men (ire cutting Rus
sian thistles on the Sioux City, Iowa,
lawns.
The Youngstown. Ohio, street car
strike will probably be declared off
Saturday.
Four Sacramento, Cal., train wreck
ers were held Thursday on a charge of
murder.
The crusier Montgomery arrived at
Fort Monroe, Va., yestenlay from
Southport
The report that Dean Briggs, of Har
vard. has resigned is denied by Presi
dent Eliot.
The body of a baby packed in a hand
bag was washed up on Sandy Hook
last night.
The National Numismatic Society ha ■
begun a three days’ convention at De
troit, Mich.
An unknown miscreant with a razor
has been cutting women's hair at Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Hot Springs, Ark., has raised 815,000
to build a national Knights of Pythias
sanitarium.
Louis F. Oott, of Bridgeport, Conn.,
has been made president of the sons of
war veterans.
Thousands of fish were killed at Fox
River, near Batavia, 111., Friday by
glucose refuse.
California democrats nominated ex-
Congressman James H. Budd for gover
nor Saturday.
The steamer America sank the
schooner Alvira Cobb in Mud Lake,
Mich., Thursday.
The Illinois state miners delegates
have adopted the Columbus scale, a re
duction of 10 per cent.
Peter Milne, of New York, has been
chosen secretary of the American wa
terworks association.
F. G. Platt, of New Britain, will be
the prohibitionist candidate for Gov
ernor of Connecticut.
Justice of the Peace Ross W. Latshaw,
of Kansas City. Mo., is alleged to be
89,008 short in his accounts.
Indianapolis colored citizens formed
an anti-lyuching league Thursday un
der the direction of Ida Wells.
The Weather Bureau is arranging
to elaborate its system of storm warn
ings in Iowa and Nebraska.
The Illinois Telegraph News Com
pany, of Chicago, has applied for a
charter to do business ih Illinois.
Grand Master Sovereign favors Dobb’a
railway union federation scheme, but
considers it impossible at present.
The national convention of the
Daughters of America will meet in
Bn oklyn in August of the next year.
The explosion of United States army
caissons at Evanston. 111., are said to
be due to imperfect schrapnell shells.
The Grand Carpenter of United Royal
Arch Masons has chosen John W.
Coburn, of this city, general grand
master.
The Merrimac mills have begun pay
ing their weavers by the pound instead
of by the cut to effect the Weavers Par
ticulars bill.
The steamer Algerian broke her shaft
Thursday while leaving Krockvillc,
Ont., and her passengers were trans-
Oov Flower, of New York, refused to
revoke the requisition papers for the
surrender of Albert Perrin, of New
York city, to the Governor of Califor
nia.
Frank F. Hart, of St. Joseph, Mo., ju
nior partner in the legal firm of Hart A
Hart, shot aid killed his coachman,
Charles Martin, yesterday. Hart
claimed self-defence, and was exhonor-
ated by the coroner’s jury.
Boll Worms and Heavy Rains.
Dallas, Tex., August 25.—In the face
of a general belief in the magnificent
condition of the cotton crop, the Gar
land News, published in the heart of
the cotton region of Dallas county,
states that in that section half of the
cotton crop has been destroyed by boll
worms, and if the showers continue the
crop is likely to be entirely destroyed.
Reported Tragedy In Alabama.
Birmingham, August 25.—It is rumor
ed here from Hale county that Bart
Thrasher has been shot and killed by
Jim Morrison. From what can be
learned, Thrasher was attempting to
arrest Morrison for whom there is a big
reward. Th* rumor is given for what
it is worth, as no authentic statements
have yet been received.
a She Received a Mnater’a LfceiMe.
New Orleans, August 25. — Mrs.
Blanche 8, Leathers, wife of Captain B.
K. Leathers, owner of the steamboat
Natchez, plying between here and
Vicksburg, has received a master's
lieense, after undergoing a rigid exami
nation before Captain O’Brien, super
vising inspector of steam vessels, and
the local inspector.
Memphis* Delinquent Tax Sesndle.
Memphis, Tenn., August 27.—The
deeper the grand jury probes the worst
the delinquent tax scandle grows. In
dictments were returned yesterday
against 24 of the roost prominent firms
in the city, accusing them of failure to
pay taxes and doing bniness without
a license.
The Cholera la Europe.
London, August 27.—A dispatch to
the Times from Vienna, says that for
the week ending Saturday, there were
14o new cases of cholera and 79 deaths
from tha disease yt
OPENING THE SUPREME LODGE.
The Presentation to Ctinnrellor Illarkwell
of a Handsome Inlaid Gavel.
Washington, August 29.—The first
meeting of the Sapreme Lodge, Knights
of 1’ythias, yesterday was not produc
tive of any important business. Eighty-
one new members from many states
and from some foreign countries, were
admitted to membership. A pleasant
incident was the presentation to Su
preme Chancellor Blackwell of a hand
some gavel inlaid with silver, by the
Idaho delegates and a gold and silver
jewelled monument by Montana s rep
resentatives. The death of Congress
man Shaw, past supreme chancellor,
was referred to in appropriate language
by Mr. Feathers, of Wisconsin, who
also presented suitable resolutions and
a memorial. When these had been
adopted the supreme lodge, as a further
mark of respect to the memory of Mr.
Shaw, adjourned until today.
RAILROAD CONFERENCE OVER.
The Nonth run,linn Hntlwny n Member of
the Association Another Year.
W>NHATTAN Bkach, August 29.—A
traffic meeting of representatives of
several roads in the Southern Railway
and Steamship asstieiutlon on the divi
sion of rates between the linos in in-
; »crest, is in progress here. The vlce-
i president of the southern association.
General Thomas, says that the rate
agreement for another year, which was
formally decided on at the final session
on Friday last, has since that time been
signed by the South Carolina railway,
which thereby becomes a member for
the coming year. The work of the
conference, which yesterday developed
nothing of general interest, will proba
bly be concluded today.
THE FRENCH DEFEATED.
Three Companies of SolJlers Completely
Cut to I’leees.
Paris, August 29. - A dispatch from
St. Louis, capitol of the French posses
sions In Senegamhia, to the Journal des
Debats, says that the Touaregs recently
surprised the French, and, after fight
ing three days, pursued them to Tim-
bucto, where another fight took place,
resulting, as before, in favor of the
Touaregs. The French sortied from
Timbucto, but were overwhelmed with
numbers and forced to retire. In the
latter fight three companies of the
French soldiers were completely cut to
pieces.
Cotton Decline*, Clotting Dull.
New York, August 29.—The Sun's
cotton review says: Cotton declined 8
to 4 points, closing dull at a net de
cline of 2 to 8 points. Sales 16,200 bales.
Liverpool declined 8)4 to 8 points, clos-
ing barely steady. Spot sales 10,000
bales at a decline of l-82d. Features;
With large receipts and a decline in
Liverpool, to say nothing of more fa
vorable weather in many sections of
the south, prices are weak, but on the
other hand cotton is considered low,
cotton goods are selling more actively,
and some of the mills are resuming
work.
WENT MAD AFTER A SERMON.
It Was on Future runIshmerit, and Then
Mrs. Lines Attacked Her Chllrireu.
PLAINFDn.il, N. J., August 28.—Mrs.
Lines, the wife of a well knowta busi
ness man of this city, is confined at her
home in a straight jacket suffering
from a sudden attack of Insanity. Hhe
went to church last Sunday and listen
ed to a sermon on future punishment.
She began to grow moody in spite of
all attempts to cheer her up. The next
that was noticed of her trouble was
when she picked up her child, six
weeks old, and threw if on the floor
violently. She then attacked her five
other children, hut was hindered from
doing them harm. Arrangements have
been made to put her in an asylum.
Texas Republican Convention In Session-
Pallas, Tex., August29.—The repub
lican state convention met here yester
day with nearly every county repre
sented. N. B. Moore called the conven
tion to order and the usual committee
was appointed. A straight-out ticket
will he nominated.
“A Yellow Aster”,
One of the most cel
ebrated stories of the
day, and as entertain
ing as it is celebrated.
NOW RUNNING
xisr
T/ie Columns Of
§ht Darlington $tm.
Attenicn Mechanics!
All persons in need of babbitt metal
can purchase it cheap at thk 1>ak-
LIXHTOK Nkws office.
Jtreat Bargains
IN
Sewing Machines,
Some of them almost as good as new,
are now offered at the Darlington
Guards’ Armory building by DAR-
UAN & THOMPSON, Attorney* for
the White Sewing Machine Co. Jifitf
++4’+*4+*+*’4-H’++’4+++4”5’+++++
. &Cl.
Will retire from
business
AND
Will Close on! Ilieir Enlire
STOCK OF
GOODS
AT COST
For Cash!
The Stock is all
!W,
stylish ;
AMI Midi)
and will be sold at
M W WULE
COST.
Respectfully,
Nmit & Co.
Aug. 23—
Lift-Flic-Moot-faltj!
FIRE INSURANCE
A SPECIALTY
Representing only the strong
est and most reliable Compan
ies, we offer special induce
ments.
Promptness and accuracy shall
mark all the dealings of
our office.
i e. mmm & co.
J. K. NORMKNT.
MRS. LUCY M. NORMKNT.
HHW. B. McGIRl,U.D.S M m
Offer* hi* profesBiouai »ei vice* t *
the people of Darlington and vie in thy
Office over the atore of Edward*. f a
meat & Co.
Jan 19.’90—ly
Restaurant.
1 desire to announce to my former
customer*, and to the public gen
erally, that I expect to reopen my
Restaurant on or about Sept. 1 at my
old stand in the Manne building on
Pearl Street.
As usual, I will make a Fpeol.'dfy of
oysters this season, and will rnpply
them to families or for entertnirneuM
in any quantities if given timely no
tice,
Aug 80—3t. MARTIN HADLEY.
For Rent.
WMESIRABLE four-room cottage lu
M 9 East Darlington for rent. Ap
plyto DABGAjf* THOMPSON;