Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happening*, Hoth Home ! and Foreign, llrlefly Told. The Oefender Wins Again. At New York tho Defender won the third trial race on Friday and was formerly selected to defend the America's cup?"The blue ribbon of tho sea." In a thrash to windward often miles and a run home with spinnakers and balloon's set, the HeresshofT keel boat bent the Vigilant handsomely and could have beaten her a minute more had she been pushed to her utmost. Theofllcinl Iln isll was: Defender, U:02:1H; Vigilant 2:07:49. Elapsed time: Defender, 2:52:10; Vigilant, 2.57:22. Ncwsv Southern Notes. At Lexington, Ky., the barn of Foxhnll Keen was burned. His imported stallion, Knllacrutes, by Hermit, and the American stallion, Hvderbad, by ilyder Ali, perished in the flames. The coming rice crop, according to the Pittsburg.Pa..Dispatch,promises to be larger | than the largest crop yet recorded, that of ; three years ago. when the total yield approximated 20.000,000 bags. Columbia,S. C.,received the first bale of new crop cotton on Friday. The bale classed full style good middling. It was shipped by G. M. Seigmions. of Orangeburg, to It. J. M Carley A Co. and weighed 470 pounds. At Itasca, Tex., John Brown, 2d years of age. cut the throat of Mis* Boone, aged Id, in her room and going to his own room, cut his throat, both dying. (1. IV. Boone, father of the murdered girl, objected to the mar- 1 ringc of his daughter to Brown on account of lier age. At Savannah, fla? Abe Small, the convicted murderer of Policeman Jansen Neve, was sentenced hy Judge Falligant to ho hanged October IS. Small's attorneys will take the ease to the Supreme Court. The murder lias committed in February 1894. when Neve went to arrest Small on a charge of burglary. Captain S. A. Ashe, for years one of North Carolina's most prominent journalists, has it: pre>s now a hook on the silver question to whieh lie has given inueh thought. He is a strong advocate of free coinage. A prominent politician who is generally impartial says tiiat all tin- populists, half tin* republicans ami !H( per i-cnt of the democrats iii N"rth Carolina favor tho frt-o coinage of silver, Great interest is taken in the pro- j posed democratic silver convention that prominent politicians have called. i? Foreign. The German torpedo boat, S. 41, capsized and sank in tho North Sea Thursday. Thir. teen of her crew were drowned. A Shanghai dispatch says that official reports show that there have been 40,000deaths iroui cholera in l'ekin during the present month. The Convert of Itibordonea village in tho province of Turin, lias been partially destroyed by lire. Eight women perished and ? lour others wero severely injured. The emperor of Germany revieved the troops at Maycnee l.i-t week after which he addressed tho offl-crs, saying: "Always remember that we must ho strong in order to preserve fa'ace, and also that tin- stronger we are the more respect others will have for us." In London the coroner s jury investigating the murder of Mrs. lteynolds and her three children at Mansileld. on August 11th, Sun <i;iy. returned u verona <>i wiiiul iiiur<l<T tk^rainst Henry Wright. u lodger in tin* lteyiiulil>' house. Wright a abhed tin* wontHii ami three children, set lire to the house, anil tesa fully attempted suieido. Crime. At Omaha, Neb.. tin- Union Pacific train > robbers have plea?l guilty ami been si-nI t<-m*ed to ten years in the penitentiury. ("has. Postulkn, a New York Initeher, muni* red his wife with a huteher knife while h" was in a jealous rugo heeause, us he claimed, his wife had wronged him. In Pittsburg, Pa.. Alex llutehinson shot Jain's (' tty. Jr., in tin* hitter's wholesale ;fi ljipior lio .se. Getty was removed to the hospital, where lie died shortly after. Ih /"Liah Itoherts, a young farmer at Butler. Jvy.. nit his wife's throat and then out his own. lie died instantly. ills wife is 'fatally hurt. Ih* is supposed to have i.oen insane. The bloody deed was witnessed by their three ehildren, aged from 1 to j. ? -* ?l'"i res. Ir. Lowell, Mass., ;i fire started in the large store-house of the Tr?*mont and Suffolk MiiN, ju I.ittle Canada. The building was or wood, and 10.000 bales of eottmi were stored in it. Probably J.00ft bales were , damaged and tliej whole lot tlioroughlv (Ireu hvi!. A conservative estimate places the loss at about >(>0,001). ? ?? .llllliciul. J : 1-*' Tiiayi-r, at Philadelphia, rendered ,'ii i i, fYiilav ib'eidilig that I'lo.-itv 4 c. ,i i.i,, ;i.i- liberty bell ! > tli'* Atlanta 1I.\J 0-lli?T. Ami:: for damages has boon fiI in the II Un:b <1 State* Court by Mrs. Knt<> Smith, ft ll r?'M(ient of Now York, against the eity of [1 JfioKsoiivillo, Fla., f?>r $ 10,0(10, for injuries 'J Mi-tained by tipping and tailing wniio or<>s'ii.g Main -troot m May, )m'.i<I, wt:: 1 tfio street wa- torn up. preparatory to paving. Judge Bisnff in the Now York Court of Common I'leas, ! i:inl"ii <|own a ivion f, lo iding that tlie pr. vision ..f Chapter of w the iav.s of lS'.i.Y, entitled "an ao! for tie* inCt rp< ration of an ass o-iation for the imjjL pi vorijont of the i.ro"i| of horseH and to B roo ilate tb.o mi i:e, and to establish a State ll ra inj.* assfiolation." to b" within th" s-ope II ' the oust.tntion ayaitist til" anthori/.ation l| i ' any kind ?.t gambling, and therefore anDlsasters, Accidents, Fatalities. During the prevaleneo of a squall and I hard rain on the St. Clair river nea r Itarys1 villi", Mioli., a rowboat eimtaining lour pori eons was upset and all were drowned. If ~ || a Washington. I| Acting Internal lb-venue Commissioner 1 Wilson has issued in-dmotions to eoll.-etors of internal revenue, extending the time from 2 September 1st to Oetober 1st in whieli claims I for sugar bounty may ho filed. I Hon. Matt. W. Hansom arrived In Wash ington Friday and appeared at the State DeI partmont, whero lie took the oath of office II before a notary public to enable him to reI assume the duties of the Moxieau mission. ! 1 Mr. Ransom's suspended salary will be re1 'fumod from tbo tVtiit* of tbo (>Atii. I / THEY KISSED AND MADE UP. A Dramatic Scene In the Pennsylvania Republican Convention When the Senator and Governor Met. At the State Republican convention at Harrisburg, Pa., the most bitter fight that has ever been experienced in the runks of Pennsylvania Republicans was ended and Senator Quay is victorious. The Beaver statesman swept everything before him and magnanimously consented, in the interest of party harmony, to the nomination of thesis Republican Superior Court judges, as the lidfiiiikivt rntirtik l??ul r|u - - .v.vvn ?? ? U^nilVM. iUH I convention which lasted n scant three hours, n<> recess being taken, was n:arv?'Iousiy buruioniotis. When l.'*>opcr was growing eloquent, Senator Quay surprised the assemblage by slowly rising from his sent, whieli was hut two rows behiud that occupied by Governor Hastings, am! approaching tin- Governor. The Senator extended his hand, ami* the Governor being taken by surprise, warmly grasped it. Mr. (,'iiay then whispered something pleasant in Governor Hastings' ear and they smiled simultaneously. The delegates accepted this uiaiiu'i:vre as a pcaco offering and the cheering was terrific. Heuutor yuny made a motion, which was seconded by Representative Stone, that the i eommittee on permanent organization ho instructed to report the name of Governor Hastings for permanent chairman of the convention It was adopted. The platform, in part, declares as follows: j ' lb-solved. That we decry the growing use | of mom v in politics and the corporate con- I trol nf the legislators, municipal councils, political primaries ami election; and favor | thceua tim iit id legislation and t uforceuient . of laws to correct stiefi abuses. "We ae-'ept unreservedly the declaration j enunciated bv the Republican National Cou- | vimtion of 1 sfrj. We demand tlic tisoof laith | gold and silver money, w>t h such restrictions ] i ami under such provision-, to be deter- ; mined by legislation, a?- will secure the main- ! tenancc i t tin parity of value of the two , metals-o that the purchasing ami dol t-pay- ; ing power of the dollar, whether ol silver. I :11 ? r i-.i| r. sliul! at all times he ei|<.ial. ! Fnitlifiil U''|>iilili?,aii party aiel hciievintf it t<- l? the settle-.! doctrine of tlie party that tie- h.-m-i .if the aatioii ami the intercsts < ! it' iti. ' li- re.piile the maintenance ' of a iiat.ee.al currency, ev< rv ilnllar . I < which. wh' jiicr in rrold. si'-sir <>r notes, [ , shall he i 1 .-tal le value .lie! ' / opin! pur- , eha-illK' power, this .-oilvent.-./I Jiepehy <|e- ! elares if- -j.p. -iti.-n to tin ileliaseinent of - ' tli national e.irreni'y I v :? * .ni!iii--i.nj ol j i silver t.i tree aiei uaiiiiule., . oiuarfe at the : j arbitrary ratio of if. to], We .leelare ?oir e.nitii.iieil adherence to ! the pr. t'-etive p, I-.-v which hie l.een so star lily ham pi.-lie. I for one hundred years hy tl.- men . I . or Slat.-ami ol our nation, ! ami t<- tie a eeptam e ol win h policy l.y the j J liepulili nn party tIn* countrv owes* all the i prosperity it ha- enjoyed durimr the last i ' thirty years. We insist upon tin- passage of siten i? K'.-lataoi ;;s xvili sc-urr the rcstora- | lion aiel uiainteuanee of this poll, y without . ' (pialill.'atioii ot ahatemeiit. I . "The Ileum-rati.* party, uniler Mr. Cleveland's leadership. is harp-d with the pre- > ' cipitutioii upon the country in tin early part ! of lS'.i.t < f the most di- i-troii- industrial ami ' llnnm-ial panie iu out history, which was j . . ause.l l.y : he op-n thri at of Sir. Cleveland , ' to >le-tr<-y tie- profei-tiv. policy, this l.y tho ' fear that otlc r radical ami destructive letfis- ' lativ* diaium-would he attempted under the j ' same lendershij ." OFFICIAL < KOP ( (INDITIONS. ' 1 Generally Itcfiortcil Infavornlde for Cotton. Two Works I.ate in N. C. Tim following is a syn e.s.- of < rop conditions for tlm past weii as reported to the Weatl.. r I5.;r< au at Washington: North Carolina K.mi.'.iII gem i?;iIy bcnefl- 1 oiui except .-lightly injurio' - tucottoii. Cut- t ton is stdi tw<wee! - lat<-ami needs dry, 1 ( clear weather: nut a ?il open. i . South Carolina Weather generally favor- \ al.h* except too much rain in places, causing ( cotton to shod and rust: it i.- opening freely . in southern counties. j | Georgia ?To > inn h rain for cotton, which , is rusting and shedding. Florida?Cotton continues unsatisfactory, ' being ravaged l>y rust and shedding: needs rain. Alabama ? Cotton improving; is being damaged |.y rot. rust, and worms: progressing slowly. Mississippi?Heavy rains have done serious damage to the < rop in the low land.and bollworms have injured t lie piatd hxaiiv. Picking begun and lirst bale market- d in southern portion. Louisiana?Showers of a week scattered, but two fr>'psei.t in sugar and rice belt, interfering with harvesting of rice, corn and hay; worms, shedding r.ml rust in cotton; J picking begun; cane gem rally favorable affected and growing well: week warm; sunshine fairly abundant. Texas ? Scattered showers have occurred during He week, but the amount of rain has not been suflleieiit to be beneficial except in % few localities; rain is led for cotton ir:d fall crops, cotton picking has progressed slowly. Arkansas?Cotton slightly improved, but rain would be highly bcm-lii ial. Tennessee?Cotton beginning to suffer and shedding forms, AN APPALLING KKItl'KK. A Man Who Itailml Against Kcligion Stricken Dumb ami Asks to be Prayed for. a pprriii; iron: Alliens, toils of ir.arkaM'- n -alei.t that ?. at a niR M?-tli<-?li-! r< vival in iTo^ross tor the oast i w-i-k at Hie. Shoal--, font! !? n.iii-s from that |iiii . William 111 ra?-\v I. I:\ii.y at 1 llitfll Stl ... - 'V.IS o|;i I- II M'-l ll "!i.-t. Ia:t ft...I turn"'1 a' "vit. !! *.\. ;il !?{i-i;i| ! Iir iT.iM-tn,f> an ! hi ft i ,t. i. . .! < on.ii.f it, \\ o |il |*i t a ' i w i . i. ! ! . a! . aii'l riil. i 11 ' wtioi ( r a l . y .mia. j alt-m,-- .. 'A 1 11 i a I re.,;' . .... i V iii t i . . ?? nti-ii ' --.<oii nl) -t -.. .in.. i.* t j - |.o ? n -IImtj''. !.;- j " . i- i a- ii*i. . . |i?MH?h, I'lll I 11 llV.'a 'I la- man if .- ol. i. i heart it rv olher r. -I-- t. II- wnlti." Intr. I . nla.v, Dl|l| WliH Mil I liV III" llli'liMli' III ll . IIK all nv-r. II" loot; |'.i|i- ii. l ; I .: I \vr- I-- .v i Ii.'lll ! ', . . : "I |.:i-: r. - il f t'.-- 1 I \ .. " . .." : t I . I i ? I- a I . ! for :.. ." i !. i t; ii . .. a-- i ;. 1 j.i.a. - nr... ' I . ! i . - ..' I The < 'ottoii v ; r'.v. The :ota! \I- .| | > ? i ? *t. i f, r the war. I i- J. I'.'-l, l.i.ii- . o. v.'li; .- J. |'i()..*?.:s hales are \:iu-ri .;:i, ;i_.*!11-1 L'.0:l.'..r?S| hnle.aml 1 ..ISfl.jKI hahr -est :i-: year !? - i-ei|.ts oi i ottoii !;e * week a . iiiii-riot towns y.t'f-0 hales. Ihi'oijite iron; tin- plni.tatlcnt t'.'i2f< hulw. TttiS SOUTH BOOMING. A Noticeable Sign Ih the Expansion of The Steamship Service. The Manufacturers' Record, in its weekly review ,r Southern business interests, says that one of the noticeable signs of the tin e, is the rapid expansion of steamship service between Southern port" and Europe. During the Just few days a number of important nuuuuuicuivuia uiiTo iirru iuau?] ior new J steamship lines; ouo from Norfolk to Hamburg, ouo from Pcnsacola to Liverpool, one from Now Orleans to Colon, ami the organisation of a eoiupaiiy to run regular .steamship linos from Galveston to several European ports. Among other notable events for the week w?*ro the sale of 25,000 tons of Alabama iron to Carnegie lor steel making purposes. One stool plant is now umler construction In Alabama; part of the material has been ordered ior another and the capital Is now being raised for building a third; indicating that Alabama is soon to tuke an active position in steel making. New cotton enterprises for the week include a $250,000 company to build a mill at Anderson, S. C., a linen mill at Louisville, Ky.; a cotton mill at Toeoa, Ga.; one at Midville, (in.; one at Bessemer City, N. C.: two cotton compresses iu Arkansas; a cotton *>iI mill in Louisiana; a cotton compress in Mississippi; compress companies and u cotton gin company iu Texas. Ot her enterprises for the week include a $100,000 fertilizer company in Florida; two coal mining companies and a water works in j Kentucky; Water works in Tennessee; a hay i press company in Texas; a tobacco company | , and iron works in Virginia; coal mines and | oil companies in West Virginia. In addition | to these there were a number of improve- ; n.ents reported to enterprises now in opera- j tion. while several furnaces in the South are ) getting ready to blow in. CONTRACTORS' RESPONSIBLE Kor the Lives Lost in the Collapsed Building. Th<- coroner'.- j irv which lias been investl- | gating the < ollai se of the Ireland building, I oriii-r o! West Broadway and West Third i treets. New York, three weeks ago. were on i Friday charged by the coroner and retired j u 11:45 o'clock a. ui. to consider their ver- ; diet. The coroner concluded bis charge as * loiiows: "The (jucstion for yon to decide is, what j was the primary en.ise and could it have 1 t*een avoid*-*!'and the Jives <>{ these rrien | laved? 1!' .t ocld have I then it is your * duty to designate by name every person who | you may deem culpable of either negligence, :arelessness. incompetency or indifference." The jury held the following men responsible for the death oi those who were killed in the collapsed huildii.ir John Parlcor. Thomas Walker. Charles It. ] BehrenSj Thomas Murray. Edward J. Yotida> ant' Dennis A. liu Ucy. Joseph Guider anil John E. S**lle*-k were i exonerate*! b> the jury The collapse, the jury says, was caused hv j Insufficient foundation, and that the middle i CJlv'inn was weakened hv being ubov*- the ! old cistern. The iron work of the old I tiiid- I ing was defective. I III-: It. A. <). IN NORTH CAROLINA. Proposed Alliance Willi the C. F. A. Y. Wand It. A. S. Ilondx. A dispati It fro-.n Baltimore t<- th<- Char- j otte observer, says- Wlu-i. President Mayer, * f the Baltimore ami (>iijo Railroad, r*'tiiriis' j rotn Eur?v?' n< xt wook. a proposition will , >* si:f>mitt?1 t<> hint by Second Yice-Prcsi!?-nt King', of tin Baltimore and Ohio, and lo-ii* ral John (iiii. r?-? *-!V*-r of th*- Cape 1-Yar md Yadkin Yalli-y Road. providing f*?r an :-\t*-nsioii of the Valh-y bram-h from L*-\ingt**ii to Jto.'inoke, and lor hringing th*- Baltiitior* and Ohio into close allium-*- with the ' I at?c ! ' ;;r nn*l Yadkin Vallev .tit-l the Roan i?k .iiiil Southern liuiiri ads. Messrs. (ill) iiml Kinp have jus: r?-t?irn?*?l from a trif !tir< !.trli tli?' Virginia Valley. ami they rojiort j tiia! a penoral desire was shown t?y tin I people to liavo tin- l'.altiinoro ami Ohio make j llio proposed extension. Iiy roa< hinp ISouimke, and having close i alliitntion^ with th- lioaiioko and Southern ! ii'n! tin Caj.o l'V.nr and Yadkin Valley linos, the Uaiiimoro ami Ohio woaid secure an ontrains to a wide ama o! t -rrittiry. with tin possibility of < lo-e rolatioi.s with the Norfolk \ Ulnl Western .It Koanoke. NIA< i AK A !". T TO WORK. The Mammoth falls Now Furnish j Fleet rir Mot i\ c I'iim or for Factories. A' i< a 1: 11 > ? t !i-e voir- W'.ri: and tin* ox- i j.cmhi over ; !,0T) i 'r- Niagara has , a.ally < - < a I.arr ts > <!, m l power. pen- J erat-'-l l-\ ;h a. .lister fi.lMilMiorso power ; lyai.'i os o| ilaii-tf;:-lion Coin- J paiiy. i- ?. .? !. .; < h- re*ity for eont- j I -I ei' 'i'le .i ~t i- W'-r \va- <h liv?-roil to tin w. :> tie- rut-! nr.; lleilaetion J <'. 11:1 a: i a Ni.ejrara i .Ji-. <.r? Tuesday nil-.- w in-. .!yniltii i No. 'J in tile eon'!: ;io:. a.; an> ; | v. r house w.is set in | :m .a. I i _ The Knight's Templar C onclave. Tlio third se-si< no' tho 26th Triennial Conclave of Kniphts Templar c losed nt Boston, Mass., , |, Thursday. Pittsburp, Pa., was st lei ted as ti e pin e, ami tho second Tues- j day in <? Inker, IStlM, as the time for tho next | meeting Kir ine;.*. S i Win. Lame Thomas was elocI'd (Iraml M.isier. (iraml (ieneruli-siuio, ' Kmlm-nt Sir II -nry P?. Ht- ddar.l, of Texas; j (iraml Captain (i'-i.i ral. Very Kriiinent Sir j (i rpe M. >1' ' it.ii1 of 1! 11(i .i?: (iraml Senior Warden. \ r\ '' a 1 S.r Ih-nry N\. H ipp, j a I'm am! Llioil'i Island, (iraml j > i.i-.r War do; . Y'ry iima.CLt Sir Wm. P.. ! Mi ;M. ' C'.o. j \?! o!.. s 1,'irsl \..tv Hull. TV.< *> : !: v, . was received iii Atlanta I'i lay afternoon ami was placed in ili<* war?'l:<i'i>??" of tIt** Maddos-Itiicker Hanking ('otnpai.e. Tin* t *]?> was shipped liy (iriiy A Hunt, of l'ort Valley. The lir-t half r?- e:ve-l last year was shipped lu tiie \\.?r'-l.< i- <>: the Ma<hl"X-Hncker Hanking C? 'inpai. \ !rem ('.lloden, ou August liOth. just t w*> days later. I'riees and Wages Ad\a need. Advi'*e< re veil I rein I. "ninghain te that fh !' :.:a Co.r. Iron ,iii<l l!ailri>a<l Company adv..i. ei| the pri?-e l'ig Iron lifty > !;! p-r too fn- a'l jrra ! - and tva>Vi a;e a ordinj.'lx al\ n | \> 1-2 cents pet t to ooal miners, i >ul milling la the Ihruiitighani ilistrn ; i? now at the highest price paid lor three years. , TKLRiiRAPHIC TICKS. i Will Deliver f lie Opening Address. Judge E*rm-; dpeer, of the United States Court fc>r the So itl.ern District of Georgia, I has uceopte.l iiif> ;%;.? ion to deliver the j 1 opening address at tne -ttou States and In- | ternntional Exposition. In his letter to I ? President Collier Judge Speer says: "I beg i you to convey to the boa d ray high sense of the honor they have conferred. I accept ' with pleasure t'hoir invitation, so kindly and j cordially supported by your own expressions. Indeed, I am unaffectedly happy to be eonnected with an occasion auspicious for Geot1-"*! giu and the South, and instinct with the | vitality and patriotism of your great, broad- ' minded municipality." The lluckeye Marble Mills at McMillan's ; Station, Tcnn., was burned. Loss, $10,000; j fully covered by insurance. Libertyville, a small town thirtv-flve miles ! from Cbieago. narrowly escaped total de- ! struction f?v lire Saturday morning. Fifteen ^ building burned. Loss. *75.000. I s At Hogansvillc, On., Mr. W. N. Rims sold | t the first hale of new cotton on Saturday evening r.t lO1^ cents. The llrst hale of this season's cotton re- | * ceived this year at Opelika, Ala., was brought I ,( in by Mr. T. A. Whatley, of Beat 7. It was t classed as middling, ami brought 7 cents. J p In the delta region 0f Mississippi boll and j, army worms and caterpillars are playing j havoc with the cotton. The farmers are j e lighting them with Paris green and poisons. I < At Central City, Col., the accidental flood- I n ing of the Americas and Sleepy Hollow ' miues caused the death of sixteen miners by i drowning. v ii I, THE I'KOORAMMR AXNOI NCKI). j, Arrangements Made for tlie l>edieatlon of Clilekatiiaiiga Park. At Chattanooga, Tenn., the general com- Tl mittee on the Chickamauga park dedication 1 issued its official programme as follows: Friday Rcj.ftnher 13th, Saturday Soptein- | ' ber 14th, Sunday September 15th, Monday * September Kith and Tuesday September 17th, j 11 the members of the 'ption and entertain- | ment committees will meet all incoming i V| trains previously advised and conduct visi- % tors to the office of the committee where M they will be assigned quarters. Moi. lay. Tuc-day ami Wednesday there ( (l will be steam beat excursions ?i the icimrs- . \\ see river and excursions by train ca -h day to 1 tl tlie Chickamauga buttle Held. . Wednesday. S. pteuil ?-r is(l: lh union ol the Army of tlie Cumberland at the court- j il house at 10 o'clock a. tn. The annual on. i (j tiou will i>e delivered by (i<'io i-al Charl 's H. j w Manderson before tne Society of tb" Army <u in'" i iiiiii'i-riaii'i "it in<" nitriiT "i in.'ii nay. \ r There will also he reunions ol "Out sc? i<-tic.s . '1 on that day. f Thursday. Sent' inix-r 10th?As announced | by tIn- m crctary "f war the ceremony of ded- 1 14 ic.iiiiii: the Chiclaiiiaiica park wili take place ! ll at tli" park on Sriodijrass hill at noon Sep- j{ ten.t'cr JOtii. Orations will he delivered l>y i General John M. l'aliner, of Illinois ut.d i Genera! John 15. Gordon, of Georgia. j " Friday. .September yOth The exercises > y, wi . begin at n"Oil in tli." "ity of Clialiaimo- ' ga. Tlte orators will he General Wiiiiinn Jtate. t,f Tennessee, and G* ri 1 Charles 11. tirosveiior. of Ohio. The .secretary of war aiso announces thai meetings will also he hel?l on tic nights of September l'.Uh and ! ilOtli (IV lay and Saturday i in tin" large tent | I.e creeled liea.' tile ellslotll ilOUSe. the special feature of which are -o.t yet entirely arranged. Secretary J.ai:e>nt iias appointed Genera! J. S. Full' rton as grand inarsiial of eereiiionies at the dedication <>! the park. Tiie local executive eonimilt < has icrnng- j ed for a grand military review in t'hi'.itaiioo- | g:i nt JO o eloel: on the morning of Septem- J tier "JOili to he. participated in hv the organized troops present <ui that oeeasion. 'J'hese ' 1 will nimilier 0,000 or more. 'J'wenty-llve ' liundred United Stales soldiers will go into j encampment at the park next week. ivr.v l\. ! A Macon Excursion Train Is Knocked to Pieces. An excursion train on tin- Southern lia.il r?>:nl consisting of nino ears, filled with Ma- i con Iv nights of Pythias ami their friends, i J was wrecked at Pope's Ferry, twelvo miles \ j from Macon. j The dead arc .1. A. Kenn'-dy. of Macon, in- ' staidly killed: attempted to jump lr??m bay- ' trap* i ar; a widl known merehant of Ma- 1 eon. 155 years old. Mrs. <\V. Hancock, wife j of F, iitor Hancock, of Amcricus: was seated ' ii the conch :ic>;t to the bayyaye ear. died iialf an lour after the accident. The can- of til'' uceidl lit cannot be deter- ' aetl. \President \\. il. Ilaldwili, Chief ' i'.airinenr Hud >n and his a ?islam- in- i - pcctc.l the tracK and could liicl n<? reason ' for the a cid'-nt. In sprukiny of it ' Mr. 1 laid win sac!: ! t is e.ident to I all who examined the wreck that ttie eniriiie wlii cls ami driver-are in perfect condition. t:ie engine I- not damayod. livery 1 tie was ;?! p.iod condition and the track in , perfect iram'c and elevation. Tic wooden liter! w.l- ho! I.ror e11 down hv the I'lotv of the engine. 'J'ite tinihers were sound and iii j yood e ndition. Tlic track has not been totii'l'.ed >iln-e'.lie accident at the {loiiil w icrc I | the ? nyiic left the ran ami till trains have j passed over it. The ciusi for tlie ae'.ident . is e.utiri ly beyond us." i ' A N !'i\V STAR ON T!!K FI.AO. 1 ! 'l'lte Forty-Fifth, Kepresentins 1 tali. Ordered to be Added. ! J Another star, the forty-fifth, i- to !.? added ' < to th?* Day. The new tar will represent j N I'ttili and the order for its addition to the ; ' national eolf.rs was i-nc I by So -rotary l.a- i ii.out on Tie -day. Thenar will be piao<d , to the refill of the fourth row from tin t,,p. The order for the addition of tin star is mpaiiied by o!ie ehai.ye ill tic M/.o of I <-i lors. 11 r * *. i in" i.i:i i.ir i in- i.cen ( ft>, t 1 x tlx. . Til ' I. -x' r :>. k s the remilntioi 1 fix { - \ i.rlio Iiy four feet live in. ii >. i i! it provides Inr t!? itfxv color* t'? ls?u i 1 ? iili iiilniitry, i.rtil- j lory and tli?' lialiii!i?iiis of engineers and also i fur now standards f<>r all avalrv. I'fali will not attain statehood 'intil the Ith day of no\t .July. I>nt all Ihiyrs hereafter contracted f(,r , and issued will contain the star In-raldim; the admission of that Territory into the v Union of the United States. j p SI1K CAN WKAIJ RL()<?1 KRS. I , ? .ludee Wilson Says Keinalfs Have ' Mights. V At I.ittle Ko 'k. A'U.. .1 mltje Wilson dis- j ? missed the prose mtion against Mrs. Noe, t who arrest" I i.et Thursday for nppouring t on the street-, iii i.ii.umi is. In delivering his ( opinion the Judge said : "women have a | constitutional right to ride a bicycle, and ihey are lioand to have some comfortable 1 and appropriate dress therefor. The case is c dismissed at the city si-oaU." WASHINGTON LETTBR. rhf Nicaragua Canal ConmUilon Report. The Muddled Kentucky Campaign. 9y Our Regular Correspomleat. Tho official report of the government engineer commission which, in accordance vith an act of Congress, recently went over the route of the Nicaragua Canal for the mrpose of making a minute investigation of that has been done and what the present dans will require to bo done, will not be nade public until congress meets, but the nain points of the report bave become mown in u sort of semi-official way. The ommission reports tbo general plan upon vhich the Canal company lias been working .s feasible, but suggests, if the work is to be ompleted. a number of minor changes, Liid, as was generally expected, the commision reports tiint the estimates of the cost of he work which have boon submitted to Conges* wore ridiculously low. According to he estimates of the commission it will re|uire not less than $115,000,000 to completo he canal, t70.000.000 was the estimate of he Canal Company. England wants to be ?t into the control of the Canal, if this govrnmeut is to build it. and when the matter onus up in Congress some lively speeches any be locked for on that subject. The anti-si!ver democrats of Kentucky rant Secretary Carlisle to come out and sake some more speeches in the campaign,\ at the Secretary doesn't take kindly to the lea. Having succeeded in his light to i'ourol liic platform adopted bv the State eouentioti In* j- loth to enter upon n new eoni*st which he might lose. A close personal riead Secretary Carlisle ays nothing l.ort of a per- uial request from President 'ievcland w.'i! cause Secretary Carlisle to ej himseii mired up iu that muddled Kenit-ky c. mpaigu. Th" pc! tieiari^ regard Senator Quay's peroi;.:l triumph in Pennsylvania as having a erv important hearing upon tin- republican Ide of the Presidential campaign. It will iv? Mr. Q lay control of the Pennsylvania h gatioi-> to the nominating convention, rliieh probably means that the solid vote ot ue State wiil east for Reed. With the nmen v : of Pennsylvania to start with nd the st rew manipulations of Senator i.iay lie -< p..; tieians think that Mr. Reed "ill go ,'t.ti the convention with excellent ro pct- ..f apturing the nomination. in| tire ttaped upon Senator luaj's <! < a.raiiort for Mr. lived some time go. I1' .< iaus Lave pern known to change loir nml even it Quay was really for ;ee l when he paid he may not be for im now. or if lie was for him now lie might ot be for :..n when the convention meets, is :i.cn uncertain than politics. J. STONE RECOVERING. Owes His lleilth to l>r. Willi urns' I'iuk fills for t'ale People. h't\'n Tl? Num. tInin ri'h , f '/a. Tin many frien Is of .T. Scone, of Palmar, fla.. will In pleas 1.1 to know th it that estimable old gentleman, who !ia- for vear<been i great sufferer from rheumatism.is ,vering. At one time it was impossible for Mr. stone to use hi> right arm . The gentleman in i|iiestion was in the eii\ y 'st"i-.lay. and when asked by a Suit man t giv" s me- rest ?ou for his recovery, lie said: "Wt II. sir. y tti vill not hollow me porliaiis. but my recovery is due to Dr. Williams' Pinf; Pills for Pale People. | think then all evellent n ine lv an I 11111s', :nv??t this onport unity, ir you will p.--mil iiw, t?> :ulvis<-all whosufl -ru-* I lm . il-nit- I try Ihcn.. I'll nunrniiii-'- r.*!i?*r. Tw yoar aif-? I was sull-'rin;; from rlt<*ntunvi-:it y..n mnv what <* >:iilition I Within. I ri-ad an artiolo in a CiirMiait najwr ol I'.-. Willia I'ink I'lll- fn! 1'al,- I'.-.| h'ami 1 t."?k st-voii hoxtv ! lli'Mn. I'h< r-'stiil was :i. >*" than any iiuaiaa hoini; I'oiil-I ha >v t-xpt- -?i*il. J urt-w tirtti-r last. "Snnivaii" th"ti ailvis-'.l otm-r modit-inn. ?ayiiin" t hat ! ha.I t,nki*ii i-niuiith of tin- |>ills. I lif-.lt'il tin- a !vice ami th-- r.-s:ilt wa- I rmw worst- ain ami Inst tit - use or my "itflit arm. 1 i-oiiM m>| innvi- it a partk-lo. I'.ifiht wt-i-ks ti^o | uout'iit-m-.sl to tnkn tlio -ill- a/ain an I in>\v 1 t-an nso inv arm with ui any pain wnntt-vr. Tlit-\ nr" a woinlorii 1 pill an I I iH*..vt- s -M-ral milt's to- lay to tin-has'- ait-'tht-f hox of tln-m. I wish y?u: would publish tin- foil. wiio; illi'lavit I sworn t". I ask this of yon a- a iit-am "f display! nit my "rati!'id-- a-. \\.-ll as ? fii haiv.>r t <avo mi'- other jto >r --if i'Pt'l I'll? . in ?r. ; iiisont ?tl ami in- follnwui; - th alii lavit whit-'i tin- hippv man w inf yr-'h-r !ii\ ht-for-.r. I". K ni-f 'I'lit ah 'vrwas sw.>ru to ami r,o.-i - fort- lilt- this -Jls; <|j,v oi Mav. A. !? lH'.r, '.I 11 K t.iNft:. SKA!., j Nntarv I'll'il:.-. 1 ?r. Williams' "Pink l'ills rontain, in a ontlonsotl form, all tin i-h-mt-nts iif-t-ssary o jjivo nt-w lift- ami rit-liiii'.ss to tin- hlnotl iml p-stort- shatii-rt-l nerves. Tlu-\ art an infailin^ spot-ilh- for snail tiis'-ast-s a- It notnr ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Yitnlant-r. si-iiitira. in-iirnln'iu. rlii-iiiiiatism. in "lis Imatlat-ho, thn nft'-r elT.-rt of la ijripp--. lalpitati'?. of tlm In-art, palo ail I sallow -oiiipicxii'iis, al! form-'- "f in iikii;" t-ilh'- n nal--or fomalt-. i'iak I'illy nr >1 1 ?> ill It-al'-r-. or will !> s.-nt post p i .i <>n .- pt >f nrit-'- i "?i miii^ ? i. .1 - ;n<\\ nr. iifvt'r sold :ii ;> . i>? the 1 by nddre-nin |?r Wii'... i. M -.ii . i ' unpanv Scheie?lady . \ \ coiton ijayn. ieports of the Ureal* in the Texas Drought Started tin- Deellnc. The New York cotton market had on I-'rilay a sharp tin dilation in n wild, feveri-h ray. The drought wttf broken in Tomis ami n some sections there heavy rains are relorted. This was at ttie bottom of the prcsure to sell. It afYeeted, first, tho New Origins market to a sharp decline. Then New fork found a large-n umber of selling orders ind began to move downward, Thefluctuaior.s were a"bout 20 doints. An enormous luflineas was done with selling and buying irders coming in extensively. Tho sales ooebed over 345,000 bales. Prices were nnch unsettled, with about 10 to 12 points leolino.