The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 17, 1896, Image 3

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PALMETTO POINTERS. LIQUOR PURCHASES. The Amount Not Given Out?The Boer Supply. The Board of Control met in Columbia Thursday. No whisky men were given a hearing, but the board mado all of its purchases for a month. The amounts of purchasus from the different houses or the total amount bought wus not given out, but supplies were bought from tho following: Livo Oak Distilling Company, Cincinnati; Grabfoldor Company, Lexington, Ky j Clifton Spring Distillory, Cincinnati; Lanahan & Company, Baltimore; Old '76 Distillery, Cincinnati; W. W. John eon, Cincinnati. The latter is a new man in su fur as Dispensary purchases are concerned. The beer supply was bought from the Acme Brewing Company, of Macon, Ga. Although the board does not givo out. any official information as to the' amount of liquor purchased it may bo pretty safely guessed at about 400 bar-, rels or possibly 450. Tho supplies always are less in tho heated months than during the rest of tho year, and a member of tho board stated that tho amount purchased for July was Homowhat less than for Juno. For tho past four months the purchases have beon as follows: April, 1,200 barrels; May, 600; June," 500. July would, naturally be 400 or a little over. That proportion used to run in summer and, thero is no reason to believe that nuythiug different is tho case now. Dr. E. O. Thomas, of Columbia, is! to represent tho I'harmaceuticul Association of thisStato at the annual meeting of tho National Pharmaceutical Association, to bo held in Montreal, Canada, in August. Attention. Christian Citizens. "A Christian Citizen," writing in tho Southern Presbyterian says: "Disciples of Jesus in South Carolinn, you are citizens of tho kingdom. You are citizens also of the United tttntes, nud of South Carolina. Your Christianity should produce iu you the highest patriotism. As a Christian patriot thero are grave duties devolving upon you. One of these duties is tho selection of men to positions of office and trust in the State. This is not a mere matter of practical politics or of partisanship or of self-interest hut of. duty. Tho ballot is a sacred trust put in your hands in the providence of Almighty God. It is one of the taleuts'commit-, ted to you. God will call 3*011 to account for your use of it. It is an act to be seriously considered and prayed, over by the godly rnnn. We must noti only l>e honest as Christians and lawubiding as Christians, but we must voto as Christians. Wo must do all that we do for the glory of God. If evil men are elected to olliee by your vote, or because of 3'our iuditl'eronce, you will hnvo to answer for it to tho Lord, who has put it in your power to help select the officers of State." ?? Invito*! to Sullivan's Island. Mr. Albert V. Green, proprietor of the Atlantic bench Hotel, Sullivan's Island, has written a letter to* Adjutant General Watts inviting the State militia to hold their encampment on Sullivan's Island this summer and promising to make it very pleasant for them. No doubt that would ho tho case, but unfortunately thero will bo no encampment this 3'uar, or it looks that way. Several regiments are tulkiug about encampments and tho Laurens people are thinking of having ono and inviting the military to come to that progressive city, but all theso schemes have not become realities by MU> IUOUUK. ItewnnlR for Flrcbuj{!t. Gov. Evftus has offered h reward of $100 for the npprehousion and conviction of the party or parties who some time ago set tire to and burned tho dwelling houso of Eugene Able, in Aiken county. He has also offered a reward of $oO for tho apprehension and conviction of tho party or parties who on the night of May 17 last set tire to and destroyed tho born and cribs, together with thoir contents, of Mrs. Amanda Smith, in "Laurens county. ? Klrklanc! Home. Tho Methodists of South Carolina will erect on the Epworth Orphanage property, in the suburbs of Columbia, a memorial home, to be known as tho "Kirklaud Home," in honor of tho lato Rev. Dr. W. 1>. Kirklaud. This will bo a fitting tribute to the memory of a most worthy man. ? Tho State Hoard of Control has isenod an order in which they instruct tho countv dispensers to shin all nmntv - ? IV bottles purchased l>y them to tbo Stato dispeiiHarv. Tho circular states that only three kinds of empty bottles aro to bo purchased by tbo dispensers. Tboy aro tbo half-pint, .Jo-Jos, for wbicb twelve and one-balf cents per dozen will be allowed; ono pint Jo-Jos, lift eon cents per dozen, and eighteen cents per dozen for the round quart bottles. Work Stopped by Snow. With tho thermometer registering among tln> !N)s, an application was made to the Hoard of Contract nod Apportionment at Albany, N. Y., Wednesday, by Contractor Strong, for an extension of time to complete the Heaver Creek smver, on account of acou inulAtion of snow. At the bottom of the fifty-foot trench along the lino of Heaver Creek, Contractor Strong's men, while digging away the loose dirt that had fallen in <luring the spring, enmn upon n deep stratum of snow. There was sufficient to form quite nn embankment. The snow interfered so greatly with tho workmen that further time for finishing the job was asked and granted. THK ASYLUM REGENTS. The Iloar<l Arranges Tor Additional Quarters for White Women. The hoard of regonts for the State Hospital for the Insane held their regularly monthly meeting at the iustitusion in Columbia Thursday., All the members were present with tho exception of tho president, Dr. 1>. W." Taylor. and the tew momber, Mr. Glenn. The board carofully examined the reports ns to tho population of tho institution and find that 850 is the present average population. Patients have been admitted for the opening months of the present year at tho rate of about one a day. Thirty-five were admitted during tho past mouth. Numerous discharges on trial wero granted. Tho great problem which is tho same ns that now troubling tho North Carolina institution, is tho rapid increaso of the number of whito women. When ouo of the cottages on the new property is completed it will supply quarters for tweuty-fivo white women; tho houses on tho now property will givo accommodations for about forty whits women in all, thus relieving the present crowded condition of the wards. Fifteen patients were discharged Wednesday. The board was much pleased with the progress made in tho work of enclosing tho recently acquired property. Tho old "Asylum road" bus been closod, and now Elmwood avenue is beiug closed up. The old historic iron wall which formerly frouted ou Elmwood avenuo will bo removed aud tlirowu across tho avenuo where it is crossed by Bull street. Th<; asylum was founded in 1821 and this wall was one of the first things erected. Tho regonts find that there is a sad lack of information about tho early history of the institution and as they aro desirous of gettiug up au accurate historical sketch, they ask all who may havo in their possession any pamphlets or other documents containing such information to send them either to Dr. Taylor or Superintendent Babcock. WKATHEK-CItOP BCLLKT1V Of tho South arolinu lluiiito an 1 <5ro|> Service. Tho bulletin as published below by Observer Bailor, covers the weather crop conditions for the past week from one or more correspondents in each county in tho State: Early in the week the winds were hot and drying, and injurious to vegetation, but during the latter portion rnoro humid conditions prevailed. The sunshine was about normal, except in the eastern counties, notably j Berkoly, where tho cloudiness was j greatest, with about half tho average percentage of sunshine. In general all tho crops are doing well, look promising, and are much in advance of an average Bcason. There are local exceptions to tho above conditions, due to want of raiu, or, in pluces, an excess of rainfall. Thus while it is dry in Aiken, Edgefield and over portions of the western counties generally, tho rains have been more copious than crops needed in Chesterfield, Berkeley and tho eastern counties generally. Farmers aro generally up with thoir work, and such fields as are being laid by aro in a well cultivated, clean condition. Old corn is about made and promises good yields, except that locally in a few counties, notably Anderson, Newberry, Aiken, Edgefield, Uniou, Clarendon, York, Spartanburg, Laurens and Lexington, it has been too dry, and in a few ot the lower counties it is firing badly on sandy lands. Later plautiug has generally a good, i?;.i i.~ I J ?o .n.un froe from grass and weeds iu fine growing condition. The corn crop, us n whole, is now in n better condition than it was u week ago. Cotton, us a rule, <o itiuued the improvomeut noted a week ago. Thero are a few localities where it has not done well, but generally it is growing and fruiting satisfactory. In Chesterfield, owing to too much rain, the lower leaves are turning red and dying. Itain was needed in a number of counties. Lice have about all left cotton, but it is apparent that they did considerable damage, espeotally iu Darlington and Orangeburg. Iu PickenH, and the woatern counties generally, it looks wonderfully green and healthy. In portions of Orcenvillo it is beginning to bloom on top. Thero was too little sunshine in Berkely, whoro it has a yellow color, blooming too much, and gives signs of maturing too early. The plant is largo in York but fruiting proportionately. There are local reports of poor cotton butou the whole its condition is very promising. Sea Island cotton is in good condition and growing rapidly. Tobacco has improved and is now doing well. It is iu all stages of growth in Kershaw; curing lias begun in ft Hiuftll way in Williamsburg, Florence and Darlington anil will be quite general in a week or ho. Melons aro generally reported a poor crop; quantities of them, but small and of inferior tuste. The vines are reported dying in Marlboro, Darliugton aud Hampton, which, in addition to the places heretofore reported, indicates that the fungous disease has a firm hold on nlmost the entire eastern portion of the Ktntc and is spreading. Peas are doing well everywhere. Sweet potatoes growing well and promiso a very large crop from present indications. Fruit prospect* are worse than ever. Tn Oconee there are some apples, no peaches. In l'nion apples aro wormy, as a rule. Grapes promised to be plentiful but are rotting badly in various sections. Gardens aro improving generally, but are poor in portions of Darnwoll. Pastures have also improved. Cane and rice in most excellent condition. Garden truck flourishing in Charleston countv ! TILLMAN IN CHICAGO. DISAPPOINTS VISITORS?1IIS IS VKRY AKFAUUE. A Reporter for the Chicago Record Writes About South Carollua's Sena tor. People who went to room 520 SlierI muu House to learn the art of lire-eating wore disappointed. The act of shuking hands with Seuutor Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, was pleasant, but wholly devoid of thrilling sensations. Tho Senator burned to red fire. He did not carry a pitchfork on his shoulder. He did not refuse to shako bauds with one of his callers who looked like Grover Cleveland. Some of those who came and went through tho open door had trouble in picking out the man who startled the entire Senate into listening to an entire speech. Tho Senator's secretary, ]>aniol H. Thompkins, has a set of side whiskers that would grace the Chicago postoflice, and locul peoplo were naturally inclined in his direction. The secretary modestly disclaimed all honor, and passed tho visitors on? usually into a cornor of the room where a man with broad' shoulders and a Roman faco was talking. Tho Seuutor, unlike many of the politicians in tho hotel, seemed to talk for tlio purpose of being heard. The number of men in his confidence was limited by the size of the room. They eat on the lounge when chairs were filled, and on the bed when the lounge became too small. All could hear what ho had to say on all subjects. But it was noticed that he was not heard expressing any preferences in the matter of tho Presidential nomination. Now and then, when a visitor of unusual note dropped into the room, the Senator would notice the warmth of the room and take a stroll with him out through tho corridor. Senator Turpie, of Indiana, was one of these, and Governor Stone, of Missour:, was another, lint eveu then Senator Tillman was for the time a man without a personal candidate. When it came to silver lie was different. The disturber of Senatorial slumbers was dressed like a man intent upon keeping cool, and there was nothing of tlie "elo'.hes" man about him. A light neglige shirt, low collar and Windsor tie helped out the comfortable effctof the white waistcoat. Tliero is no cud of vigor in tho Senator's face. His features aro Roman, and this effect is heightened by a high forehead, short, dark hair and want of mustache or beard. His florid skin shows plenty of sun exposure. Tho general expression is stern. His manner, however, contradicts this. He is afiiible and courteous. To people who asked him all sorts of questions, Senator Tillman made much tho same answer. The littlo silver i badge on his coat lapel with "Free (\ inage" aud "1?J to 1" on it told what he preferrod to talk about. When tho certainty of a free silver plitform and a free silver nominee had eeen given considerable time, the talk turned to the question of abrogating the two-thirds majority rule. Senator Tillman grew earnest and squared his shoulders as ho passed Oi.l.r,.,n?4 41... 4i tnn.UnnnmA ?.1.. "If it comes to the point of tbo twothirds rule preventing tbe nomination of some strong free silver man I am in favor of abolishing it. Sentiment? Not a bit of it in me on tbat question. This is not a questiou of party principle, but of a custom which lias survived its period of usefulness. It was adopted in the dnys before tho war to give tho slave holding States an opportunity to retain the veto power against the non-slave-holding States. Since the cause for its existence has long since passed away I see no reason why it should be carefully preservod now. I don't believe in getting the government of tho Democratic party irotn the (40s." "In tho Democracy tho majority ought to rule, oughtn's it?" Tho Senator laughed as if anything else was absurd. "The two-thirds rulo is preserved for the sake of giving tho obstructionists a veto power in the convention. The history of tho party shows that in mauy instances it has resulted in the rejection of a candidate who was wanted by the people, ami the nominating of a man who was the choico of a few?a less desirable man. "If this rule stands in the way of the majority, who wish a strong silver man, 1 am iu favor of giving it?" The form of the gift botherod the Senator for a minute. Thou ho went through the motions of a football punt with a genuine vigor, and added: "Of giving it the boot." "Do you believo tho rule will bo abrogatod?" ho was asked. "I could not even guess. I have not yet found my bearings in this convention, and I don't know the trend of affairs. I only say it will bo abrogated if necessary." "I)o you believo tho action of tho Illinois delegation was premature?" "Oh, I don't want to criticise the Illinois delegation, but it might lieve been more advisable for them to have waited for more general action." It diil not suit Senator Tillman to talk of candidates. During the day j he had steadily disclaimed any preferj ence. When some one talked of him i for candidate, ho said, "I come from a section of the country where Presidoni tial candidates don't develop well." | Subscribo for this paper. TRljfCGRAPHIC TICKS. At Trenton, N. J., Thursday, in the American Tobacco Company case, argument was postponed until September 9. SI At Chicago, III, four armed men j ; entered the office of tho New York Biscuit Company and held up tho cashier and made away with the cash box, containing $2,000. A patent has been granted Richard J. Harris as administrator of Henry W. Harris, of Raloigh, N. C., for uu automatic block signal and auti-collision appliance for railways. B. B. Freeman, of C'artersville, Ga., who was at the Confederate re-union at Richmond reoently, is said to liavo been the youngest soldier in the army, haviug accompanied a brothor into camp at the age of 11. A IftfW Kail Knnn onr*ni?*?/! A ?? ...W wvu nppviuvcvi U 1 trnr of births, marriages and deaths by the guardians of the city of London. Miss Kemm, the lady in question, has for some time acted as assistant to her father. Jennings Brothers & Co., limited^ sheet steel manufacturers, owning and operating mills in Allegheny and Leechburg, Pa., have confessed judgment to H. O. Wassou, in trust for the benefit of creditors, to the amount of $84,000. Hon. Frank H. Hurd, ex-CongreBsman, lawyer and one of the most prominent Demoorats in Ohio, died at his apartment in the Boody House, Toledo Friday, after an illness of live days. The immediate cause of death was apoplexy. Within two weeks thero will bo in operation in Hillsboro, N. C., a shoo factory which will be, after tho one iu the Richmond, Va., penitentiary, tho largest in tho South. Its full capacity will be 600 pairs daily and it will require 100 hides a day. It will bo operated by the Farmers' Alliance. Many hundreds of pairs will first bo made for samples. According to tho Railway Age of Chicago, roads with a milcago of 3,806 I miles and capitalized at $100,361,000, I went into tho hands of receivers in tho ! TlflQt BIT rnr*r?iV?a TKio I L 4MVUVUQ. J.UIO CALClUn IliU record of the same time last year. Altogether since the panic of 189:1, roads with a mileage of 44,330 miles, nnd capital of nearly three billion dollars confessed bankruptcy. Seorotary Herbert has made public the findings and opinion of the court detailed to investigate tho manner of installing the gun mounts on tho United States steamer Puritan. Tho court finds tho charges unfounded nud relieves Mr. Bowles and his subordinates of and "chargo or neglect of duty or lack of honesty or integrity in tho work of installation." A society to check tho decline in population has beer formed in France. It proposes to attain its object by legislation. Families containing moro than three children are to be free from taxation, while those having no children will bo tixed heavily. Tho legacy duties are to bo revised and the laws regulating tho division of estutes among children reformed. Among the Democratic newspapers so far heard from as repudiating tho Chicago platform, are tho New York Sun and Times, Brooklyn Eagle, Philadelphia Record, Buffalo Courier, Chicago Staats Zeitnng (Postmaster Wash Hesing's paper) and Louisvillo Post. Tho New York Herald also denounces tho platform, Tho Louisvillo Post nnd Chicago Stants Zeitung bolt both tho platform and the ticket. WII30K0 (iOKS TO .JAIL. One Result of the Policy ot Culling Spain a Friendly Nation. At Philadelphia Tuesday, Wiborg, tho Into captain ot tho steamer Horsa, whoso conviction for engaging in a Illibustorlng expedition was affirmed by the Supreme Court of i the United Stutes, surrendered himself in the district court for the purpose of completing u.n ovuxuun ui (jjio year una iour inouma. Capt. Her, of counsel for defendant objected to the form of the order which had been prepared for Captain Wiborg's recommitment and which called for an imprisonment of one ( year, three months and twenty-eight days. Lawyer Ker stated that his client had been Imprisoned two days In March, and ho asked that the time that had elapsed from the date of the writ of error taken to the Supreme court untllj now bo deducted, thus shortening the term of actual imprisonment. Judge Butler decided adversely, however. Then Captain Ker moved that the order be changed so us to read "including this day." This was done and the captain's unexpired term Is reduced one day. This afternoon he was taken to tho Eastern penitentiary. During the discussion Captain Ker spoke loudly. This led Judge Butler to remark that it was a warm day and that there was no need for the counsellor or himself to get 1 oxcited. 1 "Well." replied Captain Ker, "I don't get t excited?I am only earnest, I would rather be in that man's place (pointing towards ' Captain Wiborg) than where I am today." i ^ t MANY HIULK8 IN CHINA. ' It Has Hern Translated Into More Than ? Thirty Chinese Languages and Dialects. , The Rev. John It. llykos, agent of the ' American Biblo Society in China, has pre- J pared atablo showing that the Bible, or parts t thoreof, has boon translated into more than i thirty Chinese languages and dialects, while * the number of different versions used in those j translations is almost countless. The Bible has boon nriritl'il nut nnln ir. /"Kl........ -.1. tors, hut in Itomnn letters as well. In one instance the phonetic character lias boon made use of and a portion of tho Scriptures in characters for tiie blind has been published in Mandarin. The llrst part of the Ribln to bo found in tho Chinese language w is the New Testament. translated i>v tho Xe.storlans i-etweon tho years C27 and V>50. This was probably a Nestorian version. In 1301-2 a copy of the New Testament and Psalms was piiblished in Mongolian, and a Jlible in the .same language was found in China in 1 a c >r ling to a letter written by Pope licnediet XII. The llrst trans hit lo.i of the Scriptures in the classical language of China was neguu in 1 1804, by Joanness I.nssar, and was completed ? in 180.1. It eomprNed a part of Genesis au<l Matthew. The first portion of the S-riptuie* v to be translated and published p, Mandarin p was the New Testament, in 18")5. Mr. Hyfees " mentions208 publications of tho Scriptures * in the Chinese. SECOND OFFER WITHDRAWN. ? ??? . THIS BATTLE ABBEY WILL NOT GO TO WASHINGTON. Committee Confers With Mr. Rouss. . He Stands By the 9100,000 Oiler. The Committee to Meet In Chuttnnooga, Tcun. A apodal from Now York to the Richmond, (Va.,) Times, has this bit of interesting' news concerning tho location of the Confederate Battle Abbey: The special committee of four appointed by General Jackson, of the boanl of trustees, nineteen representative* of 8duthorn States, who were selected At th? Confederate Veterans reunion In Richmond lust week),has conferred with Charles Rroadway Rouss relative to his Drouosltlon to donate five hundred thousand dollars lor the purpose of re-erecting a suitable memorial to the Confederate dead. Thespeclal committee comprised Gen. W. II. Jackson, of Tennessee, chairman; Dr. Tague. of South Carolina, secretary; Gen. I.eGeorg* S. Johnson, of Alabama, ami Gen. llriggs, of Kentucky. Mr. ltouss' proposition was thnt he wquhl donate the sum mentioned provided th'Ome^ morial was erectod by n committee which ha himself would designate, and that the Soilth would raise another ?."<00,000. The committee figured that It was the sentiment of those Interested that undo.r uo cir cumstances could they allow the memorial to be constructed at Washington or any other place north of Mason and Dixon's line. When the committee met Mr. ltouss by appointment each made a brtof speech, and In eloquent language on behalf of the veterans of the late Confederacy, expressed theirslncere appreciation for his great liberality and offer of a donation for the memorial and conveyed to hhn the uuiversal heartfelt sent! ments of the .Southorn veterans. They strenuously objected to the memorial being constructed In Washington, whoroupou Mr. ltouss withdrew the second proposition, leaving the selection of a suitable site as well the control of the memorial, to tho commit- . tee, and agreed to donate one hundred thousand dollars in uid ot the memorial, which was his first proposition. This was agreeable to the special committee, ' and they ad-' iourned. Ttio meeting was held in Mr. touss' office. General Jackson, who is temporary chairman of the board of trustees, will call them together again at Chattanooga om August- .; 17th, by which time it is proposed to procure a charter and incorporate an organization .. under the laws of tho State of Alabama.-Several places for tho memorial are in view, but tho members were non-committal. ui IV IV, ?> i wivl'M^U UUA l'S. Shiirp Competition For the .lob of Huildlng the Mttlc Scooters. Thoro is good renson now to expect a liberal and healthy competition for tlio now torpedo boats, aud for the 30-knot craft as well as for the slower ones. First in the Held were the llerreshoffs, who are novoralarmed by high speed requirements or by what Knglaud lias done. Since then the Columbian Iron Works of Baltimore, who aro building a trio of 24knot bo^ts, have notitled Mr. Herbert that they will compete for three 30-knot llyers, and thero is news that the Unlou Iron Works., builders of tho fast battleship Oregon and the faster cruiser Oiympia, are preparing ' plans for the same boats. '.Che Cramps, who . constructed our splendid Minneapolis,, are also oa the list, of thoso who "want the great fame and small prollt coming, from these, new boats. The Newport News Company, which makes such low bids for both gunboats ai d battle ships, is also umlerstodd to be in the Held. The Morans of Seattle, who are pushing along a2G-knot boat, covet some of the tew craft, as do the Croseeut Works' aud Dialogue A Sons, tho latter tho builder of the navy tug Triton. Gen. Hyde of tho Bath Iron Works, which turned out tlioMachias, Castlno and Kutahdine, has sent for . plans of the great British torpedo boat" catchers, with a view to equalling or beating them here. Thus the Atlantic and Faeillc coast yards are busy over these now crafts; nor is it yetsure that the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, which Congress specially provided for, will let their part go wholly by default. For there are two.;small$r classes of boats; one of 22;^ kuots and tho other of 20. and. as many of them, not exceeding ten, will bebuilt as the $500,000appropriated >vlll allow.. The 223 j knot boats will have a length of about 140 feet, a beam of 14t?, a mean . draft of 4^)4'. and a displacement of about 105 tons. Thus theiy should * Btrongly resemble tho Cushing. for she has ^ length of feet, a breadth of 1434, an,f a draught of a little over 41,, or a displacement ' of 105 tons. Her contract cost for hull and machinery was only $82,750. The other class is still smalier, having a length of 105 feet, a beam of 12'-^, and a mean draught of t'.j', with a displacement of Gel tons; and these 91IOU1U COSl IllUCII l?3S. Thus there la a prospect of getting a good number of tornado boats, even with only ?500,000, and some establishments in the interior may bid for the smaller eraft, though just at present the prospects are .that they will be taken by the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Wo are at least in a fair way to havo a proper supply of torpedo boats. TMK AKJ1Y WORM. The Pest is Devastating the Fields in Now York State. The farmers throughout Western New York are greatly ulnrmeu over the arrival of ,he army worm. The little pests have made heir nppearnneo in the Southwestern counts of the State. They are destoylng thoutands of bushels of grain overy hour, and ;hcre is no knowp way of killing them withuit destroying the crops at the same time. Eutiro farms are being devastated every lay, and many of the grangers whose farms ire mortgaged will be ruined. The farmers hroughout the neighborhood are greatly ilarmed. The worm has made its appearince in Dutchess county nlso and is m ng ov?r grain fields In groat numbers. lonvngthombaro. Mr. John Ham of Washingon Hollow uottccd a few worms in his spring ye field, and twenty-four hours later they ind destroyed the fifteen acres of rye. The jests are cleaning out rye, timothy and dofer, Hlg Order for Water Pipes, The South Pittsburg Pipe Works, as Nashville. Tenn., has just secured an order for one | thousand six hundred tons of east iron water ' pipes for shipment to Costa HIea. Central ' America. Their order was obtained in competition not only with American pipe foun- ' dries but with Uelgiun and Luglish manu- 1 farturers. Cloud-Hurst in Olilo. A cloud-burst occurred Tuesday in the Bo- j , aire section of Ohio, doing very great dam- < ige to property. Sheep, horses, and cattle vere drowned; trestle work and bridges and ( even houses, with contents, and the canning ind preserving works of McMillan ilrothers', , wept awav by the heavy water in Wojgo , ;reck. No lives are reported lost. i . -Xl \1 SHARKS BROKK UP THK DANCKJ 1 VH They Swnrmcd Through Knot Holes \v w in the llarn Floor. ' V I j Tho Wolcroft girls, Orioo and Jennie,' \ ^ daughters M Mr. and Hire. Potee Wolaroft oC \ nuar Gt-o* ley, Pa., gave a tlanco in honor otr i ?/A 1 l^ho remodelling "oftlioir'old -homo on Thur*s.. ,s ? , 8^ day. The paint was net dry hndt ouidd bain^,. ;t7 !on the premises was used instead. .-.The. floor was loose fcn&'<fuR ^df-'knot linlw?, but-'ia; .: ithotougn cleaning bail made it presentable- 0 . , Tho orcheitoa wasicomposed of tw?(itccora-. ( . ious and a violin. The players occupied "a platform on a w&gon. ' "J J? '* Dancing sOOn Becnroo general, and was at its height when a sarvbni frbih a hetoomppjeit of MlsseS Wolcroft and Messrs. Gobhart and BchnrfT stopped' proceedings. ' An Investigation sh,owod tho liontls and parti of th'e'bodies of several Mack' snpfcos growling, put; (rona., . tho knot holes in tho floor, .tfne. girls ned? * and tho meh','headed Tfy Pbter Major, madir 1 r/ an onslnfught <on- thusijakya, killing thirty-six before the slaughter ended. Tho khbt holesseemed to bo full of snakes, which evidently hail a dqn beneath the barn floor. Tho danco was broken up, and tho party went to tho house and Mwh tot* thif rest' df tho Vob'lritf'. K.V.-?r.? ?...? -- - ? .1 <?i uin' u,, uvi vr womeu fainted.; Some of the snakOs wore six feet " long. ' ...... j. . ... Will Drop ?heNegro^a.: ... 1, The National Republican party,., as suga^ planters;style themselves," met In secret session at ficW Oflenns, Lao, : nnd decided to * e drop tiro- word State organization. They will igpore the Negroes arid oTd tlrhe" "" ' :f leaders,1 hold a State Convention on July 3O1 . - I; and make an active campaign independent of the machine,.hoping to . force. recognition:. .. . from MfKluley and his managers < * Practically in Pawn. The Columbian hborty.beljf y.hioh created auch a furor aji.the, World'sijalr,}spractlcally . In pawn In Chicago. Thri president of'tlAo * Llhorty Bell Association i;ft?aidtr? l?P $20,4160 . -;I0 ? short In hU.accounts. - Ills resignation! was aeeeptdd by the exetfutivo'Vfommltthe of"'thA ' ' > '! organization several days ngq. A. Wfwhlngton dispatch to' tno Chfcagcr Tifries-lldrtlfd ' < says: "Th.o,resignation wns caused by . r, son o! 1 large discrepancies' fn" hiri acv!6untsL ' ? $20,000 or which.t?o.is $aid to h,qyo admRtojl .. ," "having misappropriated." . ... , I ,1. ; Dividends for Creditors of Insolvent. llanks. j .. i TheComptoiler ol the Currency has da- , clareA'dlvldefuls ih favor of the creditors or ' Insolvent banks.os fpllo\vst..y4z.,:.. ^ ;scpofld. i. ,"' dividend, JO per cent., in favor of the State National Bank, Of Tcrnon, Tbxas, making In all 35 per cent, ou claims proved, amounting ... ,? to $49,164. A flnlfll dividend eff 8.00 per Crihp " *' ih" favor o? the yroditorp frf the Statu Nation- . .. .. al Bank; of KnoxvIUe,-1'enn?,'representing the interest ltf(uH',tO July 1, 1896, rind nVfik- : ' . fng iu all 108,90 .per cent. on claims proved* kmouf'sK td $104.COT.'*' ' '* ' ! * ' ? ?!. DUN'S KpVlEW OF 'fUADE. j . f* ?xvut'iuuv. ,.VU1U('; uuijmrbS^ 1L(4 ?Jb . Feehiig of Insecurity in. Stocks. With n polltkiAl convention lb progress dlreetjy antagonizing tho position taken pa "bthe money question by tho cd.hveution of lost month, it is natural that there has been with ..... manyienougii uncertainty nliout'the future to - ? ^ i Intonalfy'tho dullge.^ exposed at \hl^ season I Wail Street exhibited no oxeltomont, though .,, / stocks wsre whaker on Thursday and glased / lotto* fpr tho week, dor wore there signs of / alarmi lfa tho spceulattvft market4-or: thune- / taty oltcles. But In s'tpaks and .In other b.uu-r / iness tho week was 'one of ttAitlilg, with a / Bomowhat prevalent feellng of.Insecurity^' / , Serious apprehension regarding injury by 1 J drought In Tokas sebm'ed Justified by #om? . J dispatches published last weok*. so that tele- m graphic advise of seirtwhot -gnnuml rolu inm . . > (_ tho State Is wolcomo. Whothor It is in soa- . Sou or sufficient to ensuro a'.satisfactory- .; ( vlold. cannot bo definitely known nor tho ox- \ tent 'of injury sold td havo be<?n' demo 'by ex-t .? * \ -cesslVp rains in spmo Atlantic States. : ' \ Largo sales of fint "cloths'afb reported At ' \ 21^ cents, sllgljly above the bottom prioo bqt. ( ? \ otner goods have not strengthened. Nor \ have woolen goods imprevail, but tho.tpuo. is ratbor less hopeful and tho demuud for goods Is oven more-slack titan wa?-expdetedi> Not much nan bo said of a market so flat as that of iron and steel prhdubts; but pArt oY " - tli--inactivity is strictly seasonable, paft ia , due to still unsettled questions about wages, ' and much moro tb a general .disposition to defer ordors. until tho future is clearer, Whether prices for finished pro<luoits nrb too; : h!gh*or not, they average relatively at least 10 per cont. higher than prlcos',of -pig iron, > which noeesAartly causes inaction when pig. is going'lottotfT Bes"sdmdr fell thto -weelr to:' ' $12 at Plttsbdfg,; anil, Qt;ey-Forge at 810, hul . some cqntffiotsof importance hath) bobtf placed, bh&fqr ^.dOQ to:8,000 tons for a pow building oh iWk Row. and another for 13,000 tons cast plfie for fifth Avenue. Is pood- -lug. Quotations for finished products are notiov^oir, but are something cut. ; ...' . Failures of the week have been 215 in the United States-against 253 last year, and 30 id Canaga against 35 last year., .. ... POPULISTS. AllK FOit TELLER. 1 ' * , . ; Tho Leuilcrs Issue a Manifesto In Ilia Behalf. The Populist leaders huh issued a manifesto iu boha'.f of Senator Teller,-.iu wjiieh they say: "Upon tho eve of action by thoDomocratlft *'* National Convention about Jo assemble ,at. the city of Chicago, we find the situation , such that we deem it proper to address all" friends of free sliver coinage and" financial reform in the Unlt?5<J.States ,. . j "There is a candidate ' upon whom the voles of friends of silver can be ignited, if nil those who have the cause at heart will yield ' something of their extreme partisanship and . , place the cause llrst, and complete partisanship second. Ho is a candidate, whto having given more than twenty years to a devoted struggle for this cause, and for financial reform, has shown that ho can put his dovqfiop to his principle above all party ties or party success. . ;; . ... , "He stepped out of his party upon the declaration of a single gold standard, . aud standing us he does untramiueled by party attl'iations. and devoted to the cause which the Democratic party now. by a majority, declares the supreme question of the bear, " lie. above all men. beco;nea thej^ogical can- % . didate upon whom all Vho lovA 'this caus'd ' unite. He is nble?;coqipetenJ, triatf, t^ue, ,.. earnest, reliable, and can be triumphantly ele 't? d. * "We feel confident thnt tho Poople's pA'rty 1.1 triiiuiK > " uj'ririuo paill lO IIM? Ut>l0D OpOQ Hon. Henry M. Toller, and if this patriotic opportunity for-certain su"Ve^R be rejected by the Democratic convention in the deter,mination to seek complete partisan huceess' TO-' " ganlless of an open path to, victory, then we [ all the true friends of the cause to' witness that tho responsibility rests upon those; wh!> i . reject this chance ami that it i* a'conclusivo proof that we, who have championed this ' nu.se for years, who are united in its support, are its safe defendants and tvflt .'carry *' ' it to success. "Whatever n:ny ho our individual wi'shos ' 1 ii the premises we nre 05reed to say, after an, arnost endeavor t>> inform ourselves about the sentiment of the People's party of tho ountry at large, that that party cannot bo nduced to endorse a candidate for President evIio lias not severed bis affiliations with tho >ld political parties." The manifesto is signed by II. E. Tauben* ck, of liiiuois, nnd twenty-eight other Popliist leaders, including O. K. Lapham, ot rirginla.