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THE UNION TIMES UNION, S. SOME COUNTER-CHARGES. Mr. George Hubbell Replies to Commissioner At/xson. Below is Mr. Goo. Hubbell's letter J to tho Columbia Register, in reply to Col. Mixsou's letter of n recont date concerning "whiskey rebates:" Editor Register: In your issue of the 7th inst., you publish a letter from Commissioner Mixson. Every word he says in that letter about me c offering him a rebate directly or indirectly in auy amount or in any shape, 1 or at any time, is absolutely false from * beginning to end. "He further states that when Mr. ( Traxler was Commissioner he discover- i eu mat mo .uiu i rccK i ompauy wan being paid interest after 30 days, and ( each 30 days calling for more or bigger p interest." This statement is also false. ] All the goods we sold to Commissioner Trailer were sold on GO days or four months time, and interest was charged a after the maturity of each invoice at G K per cent, per annum, nud so stated on each invoice. I cannot understand how a sane man can make such a state- ? ment over his own signature, when ho 1 knows the positivo evidence to prove c him a falsifier is on tile in tho office of the State Dispensary. ^ Tho reason this man Mixson is so 1 bitter against me is because l woul?l ? not employ his agent ami pay liim a v commission. Shortly after he was appointed Commissioner, but before the I business of the Dispensary whh traus- r ferred to him, he gave his agent a let- i: ter of introduction to me. This agent t said he could get mo the business of i r the State Dispensary and wanted a t commission of SI a barrel on X, $2 a barrel on XX, and ?3 a barrel on XXX e whiskey, and wanted this on all we ,j sold the State. I told him the Mill 1 Creek Distilling Company furnished ] the capital to make the Dispensary a a success and the Dispensary owed us t more thau $92,000 at one time, and ho could prove that by the books ut the ollice of the Dispensary, and I thought j tho management of the Dispensary s would bo cold blooded ami ungrateful t] if they did uot give us a portion of ^ their business without having to "put ( k up" for it. We did not get the business. Now, I ^ leave the renders of your paper to *, judge for themselves. (Ir.o. Hi'bdf.l, Secretary Mill Creek Distilling Co. Cincinnati, Aug. 18, 189(1. WILL ISK \VIItK TIK8. Col. Duncan Makes Arrangements.? r A Cur-hoiiil Wilt Arrive Soon. Col. D. 1\ Duncan, manager of tho * Farmers' Alliance Llcxchango lias returned from New York where he had 1 pone to Hrrauge for tho wire cotton ii ties. He was asked by a repiesentntiv? \ of The State what success tie had met with, and below is his reply: "I found tho. manufacturers willing , and even anxious to help tho farmers (J out in their light against tho tie trust," he replied. "I hnvo arranged with a I manufacturer to make us wire ties. ^ They will be made of No. (1 annealed j ateel wire, 39 ties to tho bundle, which ( is mo same us ia now put m tbe lmuulo I of tint hoop tiea. The tie will weigh pounds, anil 1 will coat DO cents per bundle delivered ' in Columbia. The freight rate is 37 j cents per hundred to this city, and it ' will bo a little ruoro to some other ( I points, which will add a cent or such a < matter to the cost per bundle. i "Now, us 10 the comparative cost of , ? the wire and hoop tie. A bundle of | * 30 wire ties weigh 37 ! - pounds and [ costs DO cents, or Si!.-10 per hundred 1 t pound.i, while the same number of i hoop ties weigh 1"> pounds, ami cost ' ? or 83.'J1 cents per htmdred < pounds. This, you see, makes a huu- j <lred pounds of wire ties coat >1 cents i less than a hundred pounds of the hoop ties. ( 'The renaou I fixed upon the largo ( vire tie was to get the undoubted i , wtrengtli. The manufacturer said that j ( in pulling the cotton out of the hold of ! , * ship the smaller wire might g?N0 | ' way, but this No. f? they would guarantee to stay faat. besides, the weight j was another consideration. "After this season I hardly think the hoop ties will cost over 81.00 per 1 bundle, for the w ire has come to stay. 1 "The ties will have a complete loop on one end, uud the other end in baling will he run through the loop, "bout back, am', the end put under the wire around tho bale. In compressing it will only he neecssnrv to pull tho wire through tho loop run the nul under the wire, and the work is done. The mnnufuetuiers said it will hoi I nin* kind of j rc-stire or handling. "lht! factory in now at work on a carload, and will l<e ready t<> ship in a few* on} s. 1 hope to have a carload hero Uext week." Colonel 1 >uiicnn has woiked hard to down the hooj? tie trust in tliis tight, nn?l from hisstatenu nt it looks as if he hail succeeded. l!e receives dozens of letters daily from farmers all over tho Vitate asking nhont the wire tie, and all are holding hack to hear the result of tho negotiations with the luanufactnrtiru ? ! A large section of railroad track and * n few ears of the Northern l'aeltle Railroad disappeared in a lake in Min11 >sota through the opportune assistance of a heavy s'orni. This methoii of watering th-? s'oek eati la rally he considered protp'iti!. . Trust Is often hotter as an Incentive to excellence than rowan!*- or promotions or praise, ihoiigli a'i tie*- will he judiciously used hy '.? v. . ! a lile etnpl > r. NEWS OF THE WORLD, ARRANGKD PARAtiRAI'HICALLY FOR TflK Hl'SY KKADFIt. - Happenings lioth Homo and Foreign as Taken From the Latent Dispatches. Votes From the South. T>.? G 11 H I 11 T JL uc niMiiunu iiUDUUUU lil'ttgUU Bl'ft' K)U bus closed. At Bloomingdale, Ky., tho boiler ol i threshing machine exploded, killing ;hreo boys. Frank Yekel was killed in Atlanta, 3a., while riding on a freight elevator n the Riser building. At Lancaster, Ky., flro destroyed ivery building on the east side of the iquare, causing u loss of $.'10,000; party insured. At Jacksonville, Fla., P. It. Linos, i saloon keeper was shot and killed by i woman named ltcntz. JSko claimed he shot in self-defense. At Dallas, Texas, Guy Borsen, an erouant, was killed while decending u a parachute at Oak Cliff, a suburb f that city. A strike among tho longshoremen at lobile, Ala., has put a stop to uuloadug fruit vessels and loading gruin essoin. Tho men want an advance ot kuges from 15 to '25 c-uta au hour. Tho New Orleans, I.a., Board of 'nderwriters have given notice of a eduction of 2.~> per cent, in rates of llgllPltVtfku lituiti ?*11 eliiikik-.nn^u l.v viimr ?.?? ""m;**"-" '?* ??"? or from that port. This is the lirst eduction iu rates made iu about wenty. The Georgia Republican State Kxoutive Cominittc met iu Atlanta ami leciiletl not to put out a Stato ticket, t was also decided not to fuse with the 'opulists, and tho individual members f the Republican party will vote as hey please in the State election. The Abbeville A: Waycross Railroad, xteuding from Abbeville, (in., to 'itzgerald, Ga., tweuty-two miles, tho cat of tho soldiers' colony, lias been aerged with the Georgia \ Alabama tail way, and will hereafter bo known s tho Georgia ?V Alabama Railway. Mr. das. .T. Stone, of Greensboro, C., who attended tho International Lssociatiou of Firo Chiefs at Salt Lake 'ity, I'tab, was elected vice president f that association and was also placed >u the auditing committee. ? Throughout the North The Socialist Labor party of Missoui havo nominated a full State ticket. Mary Abigail Dodge ("Gail Ilamilon") died at Wenhatu, Mass., Tuesday. Henry C. Ford, president of tho 'eunsylvania Stuto Fish Commission lied iu the hospital at l'hiladelphia. A'ednesday. A teirlfic explosion of powder occured at Huieltou, Pa., Thursday. Ono uan was instantly killed arul throe itliers woumteu. September 30th ia tho date fixed for he National Convention of Democratic ITubs, and St. Louis is tho place. Mr. Jryau will bo invited to 6peak. Three men wero killed, fifteen or nore injured, and several buildings lemoliahed by the explosion of twentyive pounds of dynamite at Now Holaud, Pa. Information has been received at Philadelphia by the Cuban revolution?ry party that an expedition consistng of seventy-five men and a large pinntity oi munitions has lauded iij J u ha. Tho city council of Topoka, Kan., ha? uaeted tho Curlew law. It provider that all children under lo years found jn the streets or public places unae orupanied by guardians, utter'd o'clock in summer and S m winter, shall la arrested and tired from ?."> to S'J.". Professor Frederick William Niehoh Crouch, of Baltimore, Mil.,the-etiowi: pd composer, to whoso gcu?us tin world is indebted for tho soul inspiring strain" of tho Irish serenade, "Kath leen Mavoureen," died very suddenly at Portland, Me , Wednesday. 11? was M-S yeuis old. * ?- What the Cable firings. Prof A. H. Green, tho well-knowi geologist, is dead, ngofil years. Tho body of Kato Field will not bi brought to this country, as was at firs iutcuded, but will rest permanently ii Honolulu. Official statistics show that tlurinj tho past week thero were 1,01)1 death from cholera throughout- Kgvpt. 1 h total number el deaths sineo tho out break of the scourge is 1 1 A special from liku fields, Nicaragua tho town of llama, on tho Lr-eotiuid river, t!io import tut han.-iti i town > that coast, has bet n destroyed l-y freshet. 'I he water whs twenty let deep. Three persons lost their lists 'I'lie Sporting World. Before the l'..u]ire Athletic c!u! Bud'iito, N. V., i oiiimy llyaii an Dick Moore fought u > rotimls Fri<in,i l'be referee gave tin- light to Hyu because ho h.ol taken the uggrcssii throughout. I'ralrle Klres In IioIIhii Territory. A special from Ileuison, Tex., says: 1>striietivo prairie lires are racing in the Cliiel n-nw Nation. I?\ve|lings, fences and fui have I a destroyed aggregating a loss < thoii-'ind- of d- "liars. The tTeefc hotttiius ai lined w it it th.u-.ands of immigrant wngoi 1'iai '..tr'1 n? * tnv'i .r. ; t ? 111? c Hp*. 'I In i"it no wat'T. ati'l tin1 lip- !ri? In nvnymi I: .. I ! !!n* ?:- t iut t! tiiiil'iT, t in.: a r ' li-a:. ! s* !!.? iii-t with iitiftni'nti'il i>y ti >'i. . . i .p* .'..i : . : : aula I r !;1. . it 1* v iu S!M;s? outlook. No Improvement in the Prospect for Pull Iluslness Bradstroct and Duu A Co., ot New York, In their weekly roviow of trade say: Fallurea for the woek have been 208 In the United States against l'JG last year, and 36 in Canada against last year. An extraordinarily spell of hot weather has enacted trade throughout the country 1 and in tho East speculative feeling was somewhat affected by apprehension of tho possible Influence of tho ltryan meeting. With cooler weather there came also perception thut the meeting would not uiTect business unfavorably. Hut other conditions were nd. stimulating. According to government reports the crops have sustained serious Injuries. Labor difficulties extend and tho.elos[ ing of establishments for want of work and the refusal of commercial loans by banks > checked operutlons iu many blanches of industry and trade. The week, therefore, closes as tho last week did, with domestic busiiuss uuusiiully dull for the season. Jobbers iu woolens are meeting immediate wunts onlv i>t j r>f i '-4 J - ??.v? and manufacturers prefer to let the holders curry the raw material. Jobbers of dry 1 poods report no outlook for ttu active fnll dotnaud. Higher prlewl cottou strengthens the views of manufacturers, but docs not sell poods. Mercantile collections are difficult to tunko at Charleston aud at Atlanta they are poor. Jacksonville juboers report remittances slow, us do those at Birmingham. The boot nud shoe Industry is approaching the end of orders nt hand and grnuuul ndvnuees in the prices asked tend to the restoration of new orders. Leather is scarcely changed in price, many of the tanneries having ceased operations, but hides nre six por cent. lower for the week and have declined 17.43 per cent, within the last live weeks. It is a ste,? toward recovers, not quite pleasant but sure that merchandise imports since July 1 are is per cent, less, while exports are 10 | or cent, more than last year. It menus depression of trade but uUo decrease of foreign indebtedness. I'uo(iKK8H In"t?1K south. j Great Gain of Southern Ports In Grain Importing litisiuess. The Manufacturers' Record, in its weekly i review of Southern industrial interests, ' points out the rapid increase of the exportaI tion of grain from Southern ports, showing ( that for the seven months ended July 31st, I V.,... ?WI........ ..??-?..! iiov> wiiciiu.i r?|iuur? iuuic corn maa any othor port in the United States, having le?l with 13,-103,000 bushels against 12,505,000 bushels at Baltimore, the next port; New York dropping to '.'.TOO,000 bushels nnd Philadelphia to 4,000,000 bushels. For tl>o corresponding seven months of 1805 New Orleans exported 2,300,000 bushels and New York 0,000,000 bushels, the increase this seuson being 1,100,000 bushels nt New Orleans and 3,000,000 bushols at New York. For the j the seven months under review New Orleans ' exported more corn than Now York and Phila lelphlaeombined. Galveston. Newport News ! and other Souther;: ports are also sharing in 1 this heavy corn shipment busines. | Among industrial news reported for the I week is the dosing of a contract by a lleauI mout, Texas, lumber company for 10.000,000 feet of lumber, including 380,000 railroad ties, a $10,000 knitting mill at Barnesville, Ga. Natchitoches, I,a., will spend about $15,000 on water works; the Nhrcveport Cotton Oil Company, $130,000 eapital stock, is now building an oil mill; the McColgan Machine Company, $25,000 capital stock lias boen organize to build machine works at McCorabity, Miss.; a $75,000 woolen mill to be established nt Larado, Texas; Palestine, Texas, will issuo $100,000 of bonds for water works; the Mutuul Building Company will eroet a $200,000 ofllee buitdinc at Atlanta; the Carolina Fire Insurance Company a ?30,000 ofllce building 'it Charlotte, N. the county commissioners will build a { 50,000 jail annex at Galveston; n $30,000 j.nnrThib",,t-ttt ^ |?h099 too" nouse at Mudisonville font!.; the board of trade will erect a ?75,000 building at Tampa, Flu. These reports show I hit notwithstanding the political activity the South continues to do a fair amount of business and that arrangements arts being pushed for general railromt and industrial improvements throughout that section. SIMflNTOjTrAKKSl lIK CASK. l'iip Argument In the Now Famous i Kate-War Injunction Case Concluded. At Greenville, P. C.. Tuesday Mr. Augustus j T. Smylhe was heard all tnoruing iu the rate I hearing ease, arguing that the court hasju1 ! risdiction to prevent a continuance in the I rate cutting, tbnythe argued that the courts j j have ticen itivokeil to enjoin rates by railroad ' j commissions and J.egi.-lutures, and yet it is I | contended that the courts e.-muot stop rail- J ; roads from destroying each other. The I courts have no higher duty tlo.n to keep such ' j public institutions as rati roads going. lathe ' i afternoon lie argued to have the ru1 straining order set aside. The argument in tic railroad rate-hearing I e.'se was concluded after an uil day argu ' meat. .1 inlge Simonton at thee inclusion of j ; the hearing asked for the papers and taken , 1 them to Flat Hock, where lie wi.l prepare Ins ' I opinion. There ivu no uiti:u..t.oii through the progress of the hearing as to whether j Judge Simonton would or woiiid not annuiiucc jurisdiction, and it is u|>oii this nloio that the issue lingers. It.an sides arc claim! lag the victory. TOTAL i>KSTKi:crn>N 1 ! | Of Property to l?e Hegiin In Cuba by Cubitus. The New \ ork World says: "A campaign of total destruction of property will shortly a tie innuguintcd in I'ubn bv the Cubans. The i provisional government of the republic have % j so ordained in a proclamation dated in the ** | provin Santiago of July |{y t'lisdel> Strili'tioll a t\V -fill 1 rihjei-t I- beguiled. " j The loss of an immense en-li income is e\-i I'ceteil to -hi.rten bpain- warfare and the rsi"ii of the Hlni.it in'., a wihb-r.'e : s to i cinipel lief t withdraw le-r armies. All ? of property, whether foreign-owned i! i r ., t. a r?- t 1 11 a' I ;. iikc as ail pj, v 11 It ., lite io S j aiti. Tie- lr-ad i. - ty |of win |c. :.l desirnetii I- in:! i.tiri-v toum ?'... o| the turtle r ii:mI eomplete ruin for Spain "I the 5 r Iu- :n_r power ? Cii'M Women Murilrml for Honey. (j sh-'itiy jif:? r dnyli_;i,t \v<*?iinv^?l;?y ii.ori.iio> , i kale (;;11 inii . who kept a generai >l?a in i the o'jtsiera sul.url > >>f montgomery, asn., | w:i< loon.i lyhnr jnst outside tli" imek iloor 4 , rlioke.it.. ileutli. i lie woman was attir. .i ilk 1i>t niuht el .thinu an-1 it ivih rvi(l?lit that she was aroused after koini; ?.o bed tuesday night l>y her murderers. the wotnan lived la a room hark of her store and had no one >- living with her. she did a good business iii i tia i ueeijinnlnted r >l:?lderahle property. 1 the rooiu was ran-arked l.v the murderer*. l>' i, '* 1 irish Home Kule. r'' i I lie iri-li N .11 :.ai < < n\1111 .11 will open its s' s-jons ia l?n! .in .i tuesday, sept. 1-t. "f the <>o|i\en!i< a'.s > \. .-{ed t la-t for three j days. men>fal 1 i xpeetiul fr :u '' ' ri>a. it ha- i >i. r: i >: 1, so it - pr<>,1 rnotefs slate, with *'di?iroof laying down a t'iatf r . i >li. aii I., i N ;t. midst*. who in ' . . 1,1 e - ; ||f I : >.., r |". rail ll/ille a>.o ; (lilt* -e i II !|tiit? . jy oi iifll fj : ^ -? t.loliW | ... >.. Washington HAPPENINGS. CRfCAM OK TIIK NKWft AS CUIjL,KI> KKO.M I IIK 1>A11,Y I'UKSS. j Which Will lie of More or Less Interest to the Oenerul Keutler. 8enator Butler, chairman of the People'* , party, opened the National headquarters in this eity Tuesday. Ho will remain here durj itiK the campaign. Hon. Hilary A. Herbert, United States ! Secretary of the Navy, who arrived in I<onj don Weiiiiesilay, called at the Uuited States I embassy Thar day and afterwards attended . the funeral ot Sir John Millies, lu St. Paul a cathedral, ? ? The collector of customs nt Jacksonville, Fla., has been directed to release the Thrse Friends, if, in the judgment of the collector, the facts in the case warrant such action. No ! doubt is expressed by officials here that the | facts do not justify her further dotension. Co.ir-d .. O I- I A ? i-A.. .ni,i Hum- oiuiiu un* n'lurneu iroin Lincoln I'oiinlv. North Carolina, where lie lias kfii with Lis family for a fortnight. The Secretary had no eoiuineut to make on politics and refused to discuss the report that lie would stump Georgia for the Democratic nominees between now and November. A note has been received at the Department of State from Cousul General I,eo, of Culm, stating that l'ierco Atkinson, the Chicago man, was not killed in Cuba as reported, but was in l'innr del ltio on the 1st of August. Inquiry into tfie case of Atkinson was made at the instigation of General Miles. It was reported in the West that he had joined the insurgents and had been killed in battle. Acting Secretary Curtis has received a telegrntu from the Assistant Treasurer at New York stating that arragcmcnts had been made thereto import $2,000,000 in g? i<t coin from Europe. While foreign exchange is slightly above the u.-uul importing point, it is said that should it continue to decline dur ing tlio next few days, as rapidly as during the last week, gold importationsIroni Europe would yield a good prollt. The officials are hopeful that the tide has turned and from now on the reserve will be rapidly increased. ? - s?s Aeting Secretary Me Ado j. of the Navy Department. 1ms detailed a board, composed of the eominnuder-in-chief of the North Atlantic station, the chiefs of the liurenusof Navigation and Ordnance, the president of tiie War College and the Chief Intelligence wUlcer, to consider ntnl revise the plans for the defense of the coast prepared at the j Naval War College. The plans, when passed | upon by the board, will be submitted to the Secretary of the Navy approval, after which they will be tiled with the Chief Intelligence Otllcer. ? Consul Germain of Zurich, Switzerland, lias sent to the State Department statistics I regarding the wine production of the world, j which show that it is estimated to be 3,071,- I 903,000 gallons annually, having slightly increased during the last few years, in consequence of the decrease of the ravages of the phylloxera, which induced French wine | growers to replant their devastated vine- [ yards. The quality of wines did not improve in the same ratio with the quantity, the new methods of culture tending more to increase quantity than improve quality. ? The government of the Cape of Good Hope, one of the recent acquisitions of the universal postal uuion. is takiug prompt steps to orgnuize n well-equipped postal system in Its uuramus. us postmaster general oske<] ror the co-operation of this government with h view to the better proteotlou of regular mail iiig tlirough' t*heeou tnf?Tr.YruitsiflU I'M;: iui"; information about "the equipment of the postal system of the United States, it has just submitted a request for a full set of registered package and roistered tag envelopes and registered pouehes, inner registered sacks, brass looks and pouehes. The French people woo have foi so long imposed upon a credulous American public bv shipping back to them us the finest of French products Maine herrings and Southern cotton seed oil in the shape of sardines j ami olive oil are now suffering from a conn- i tor Imposition which is brought to light by United States Consul Fermuiu at Zurich. In the course Of a report t.> the State Depart- 1 ment on the subject of American dried fruits < In Switzerland lie .-peaks of the success that | lias attended the introduction In Franco last j < I season of Cnlifoniu prunes, and says that t ' i the French reeeivifs are arranging to have; 1 all such fruit pa.-kij in eases similar to those ; ? used in France ail bearing French marks, , t so that the goods aav be sold to the retailer | i as 1 reach fruit. I . I He port .4 have niched here from Buenos . I ,\ vre> > tic effect hat an American syndi- < cute has offered tlie Argentine Uepublie j ' ? 150,000.000 in si!v< in exchange for t100.- | 000,000 in bonds | aable in gold,! percent inlercst with one-liiilper cent added as n sink- , jug fund. The off-uf the Americans is said j to be a part of a geiral plan by which Ar- f gentina seeking t go from a paper to a .specie basis. The ?i<?n contemplates that each of the new silv dollars shall take up two of the paper dolrs. It is said that the " market value of Argitine four per cent gold (' bonds i-. such tbatlie investment would f; prove a profitable me lor the Americans j, while its incidental a ct would be to dispose j(| " ' " v. II.itp.ujiiu" aiivrr of tlio Uuftt'il Stlltf.H ? I I" Whon oflhdalH of t Treasury Department i prepared lllivnlftr 1'tln-y were of the opin- p, ion that every eon 111question concern- 1 |V lug the lllianee ninSoiniiKo of the Union States had boon nn?*red. They find they jn l nro mistaken. Ilarr n dav passed but that ;i; I questions ftp- tii* Vj I nit Cir-ulnr 12." doe. j not ovor ro.or t -tiio-'oti-frniiiKtlioowiior- , p, ; .-hip of tfold and dl- mines in tin- Unit.-,I ,j Stales are tin* :ne-titnieroi;s. Director of | , (l I tin* Mint. l'i<\-t'>n,h - it is almost i;n- , I ; ossible to the ?-fin-t 'TV reply to these ! inquiries. The itoh.tnl silver mines ,,f tli?* ' j United States. )i" *. iir - Ia.*X' iy stocked ; i ntT.nrs, and it is \Ui.Mi11 to traeo out gu J tin* OWtnTS-bij' < f I (ilVlit I.loo!.. i J'.nropeati capital. tt'i; a. ways in tii.- | Unit.-.; Stab-* awi.it; |ii>ini; inv< .-imcnts, 1 Nc | itii'l when f bl t.i-ii'.-r mines ppsimt Re' i thrtnsrdves tiny upPi idy taken tip. It i- t" l wo'.l know i . I. t tii >t Pi'- II t ti-. !. i i I - , <J?t I jo .1 other fori i.rn it I:t-. nro iarin* own* ; 8ti ! i . of i?:o?'k in .1 t.o-i nviiiK h'' nl nii<] ! j >;i\or hut - i i lb -.'. ! S.:it> s. What tr- I f" ! i I'.-itaip' of sin It -wii ownoil by foreim Su I enpitall ts Oil!.in t lot'Tinlio il. No oIV: MI ! ?? , statistics o:i tii.- j*have over b? on I 'lit leathered by tt;?- I'tl Slates (ioviTi.rio iit. j 8u I Mi. 1'ffHtoii -ays iJli make an ctTort tc I pt I pit her mh'Ii itiloi'on for th-j present tin ( a.oii'lar your. tlw k Ooi Tiirpentund Itosln. At a meeting in'annah, Oa., of tlio u? n ival st r? ? fiii-tor^avannah and limnsi i. i . 4 HO( wi k# |??TPfut. of hf.irita of 1 terpentine and rostrodueed in this conn- I R{ try, resolutions wq'opted reeomrncndin:/ j, ,, to naval stores | J < ! s that till! <>nt .Tf ; I b ixiv tin- 'inin^ inn shall |; ,? j p!a I one-third if tlio n 1 *;?!. ,\ redm*tion j;, ! net tiri-'o of la' or w;mi r<Tiirr.f|id?* I. Tin* ' vvl' j p du -'Ts rni ' t ln<iljn*t ktitli to or^rnni/o f"r t . i'i:itail tl. it >|d t!;" fact i p-.-ida- j tioti . probably ui'ti !" udopii.!. 'l In* ' ; rl ofturjn ntlnf>wnt tin* i nvi i omt I oW th Jij:*'.ory ( t?i't try. ' CROP CONDITIONS. Light Frosts Have Occurred lu Idaho and Moutuna. Tho Weuther Bureau at Washington, lu Its report ol crop conditions, says: In tho (Southern Htates the week has been very unfavorable owing to tho continued excessive heat and general lack of rain. In the Statue of the Central valleys and tho northwest the week has been very favorable for threshing and grain in shock and stack lias sustained further injury froin excessive moisture, in Now England and tho Middle Atlantic States tho wook has l>oeu generally favorable, notwithstanding tho execesivo boat of tho early part of tho week. Under tho excessive heat and dryness of the past week, tho deterioration of cotton lias continued over tho greater portion of the cotton belt. In the Cu'olinns, nnd in portions of Louisiana and Eastern Toxas. local ?> .i..??'?** - <>uvil?<c UI.1UVUWMU UIIl-(IVIUUUU. uuu 111 portions of Loiiisiuna au<t Tcxhh the Into crop has somewhat improved. But upon tho whole tho outlook indicates n crop much below the average. Premature opening of bolls nml shedding are generally reported. Picking is now general over tho northern portion of the cotton belt, but It bus been retarded to some extent by excessive heat. All reports Indicate nn exceptionally early crop. It is estimated that picking will bo completed in portions of Mississippi by October 1, and this will probably apply to other States. In Texas a general rain Is needed for tho top crop, but it could lower the grade of the staple. In tho Southern States corn has sulTcred further iojurv. In Kansas some tins l>een cut and in Illinois cutting will Iwgin this week. The reports indicate that in the central valleys corn will be safe from frost from ten to fourteen days earlier than usual aud thnt lato corn will generally be safe by September 1 to 10. Light frost occurred in Eastern Idnho and heavy frost in Western Montana. Ouly slight injury resulted in Idnho. but in Montana considerable damage was done to vegetables. TWO ACRK MKTKOIC. Areollt? fails in Arl'.onit, Killing an Kntirc Kiimlly. A special from Tucson, Ariz., says that Dr. 1'. 1*. M. Smith, of Hiigerstown, Md., ami a party ot mining mt'u, who have just returue?l Irom the lUpscy mines. report the fall of an mmeiiso meteor, wliieh struck the desert ahout two miles north of II ili's ranch, ami ahout the same ilistniteo South of the liipscy mines. It fell ou Sunday night. the nth inst., uliout 'J o'eloek. M--mbci< of the party, who | were eampeil at Hall's say the concussion was terrible. ( upboards were upset, dishes thrown down ami the houses trembled as a leaf. The noise was like that of many cannon tired simultaneously. Tie- air lor miles around was tilled with sulphurous gas ami tie* meteor eatne down red and smoking. It eoveis at out tw < a-res of ground, appearing to be imbedded hundreds of feet Id me earth, ami now forms a great mountain in the desert. A herder's nut and eorral were in tIn* meteor's path. Th ? herder, his wife and three children, all Mexleans, together with ubout 1.20 J sheep, went down under t! A mighty mass. Major'llminus Haves, of ; ouisville. ivv., who was of the party, was overcome by the phenomenon. It was the most brilliant, the grandest nod most nwe-lnsntritig sight I ever saw." sai I the major. "It is simply beyond the power of I ng'ie or pen to accurately , 1 -? *ntit. I ho lieat 'r un the meteor is- int??-> mat it will tie wi* vera I days before the mound ecu be examined closely." TO ASK FOR DAMAGES). 1 he Spanish Government In Preparing n lllll Against tlic ('tilted States. The Spanish government is preparing a bill of dumages to be presented to the United States on account of the numerous expeditions nlloged to have gono from our shores | ? ??,? ".lief of tho Cuban iii"im??t? and In I support of its clnim to reparation intends to Invoke the precedent established by the United States against Great lbituin in the celebrated Alabama claims awards made by the Geneva arbitration tribunal. There have beeu reports heretofore that Spain at the proper tiino would presont a scries of claims ou account of the use the insurgents had made of the United States n? a base of supplies for hostile operations in Cuba, but these were nothing more than rumors until recently when government officers receive-1 copies of a report to the Spanish Legation made by its legal adviser, Calderoti Carlisle. The report is handsomely printed in pamphlet form and with its live upi-euiliccs mules a book of over :;00 pages, it is entitled "A report to the Spanish Legation with reference to the legal aspect of hostilities committed by vc.-S'ls specially adapted, in whole or in j art. within the United Slates, to warlike uses and by military expeditions urnl nt< rprises carried on from the territory of | he I nited States again-1 Spanish dominion I a Cuba during tho present insurrection." TO RKt K1VK Id UCXti CIlAXfi. ill Arrangements llave Ileen Comlilele<l for tils IZeccpt ton. The arrangements for the reception of Li lung Chung has been announced and Is as jdows: He uii'. arrive at New York on ."ridnv, the uh instant, lie will be received the followig day at Governor's Island by President levelund. Sunday I.i will visit tho tomb of en. Grant, and in the evening will dine with i >hn llusseil Young, Geo. 1\ Ward and I Iter Americans with whom lie became ae- I minted In China. Monday, the 31st. the i irty will go to Wost Point, where a military ] view will l?e held. Tuesday the chamber commerce will give a reception and dinner his honor. Wednesday he will visit lirookii. Mr. Young will entertain I.i qs his guest , * )'liilade||diia, l'u., Thursday, Heptenilu r ! I. 1 hat evening lie will go to Washing- j ii. wnere he will spend two days. Prom i ro lie will goto Niagara Palls, afterwards ! ' aveiing by the Canadian l'aeiilc to Van- | i invcr, where lie will embark for China. ! c Suit Against tho Southern. W. II. Denver, of Ashoviile, N. C., brings it against the Southern Kailwny to tost tlio j ^ ;ality of hauling express on Sundays in \ < irth Carolina. The suit Is based upon the : '' etion of The Code which provides that no " iiroad shall permit any ears to run on Sun- v y save sucu ns are to transport United y uii.ui, i-uner wiiii or without passen- i ' rs, and those exclusively for live stock, V ilta, vegetables and perishable freights, ; ndny is construed to bo botween sunrise ? d sunset. The Southern Ilailway will hftn- " i no express save perishable articles on f " ndays until this question is settled. The j 1! ualty is 9500 for each train In each "ounty *' ough which the railroad runs. It is stated , it uudor literal construction of the act dead ! iles cannot be shipped that day. A flicyole Combine. ' si The New York World says: "The big manicturers of bicycle tires have formed an ns- ^ iation to promote sociability and a good dcrstniiding among the members. It is ted the association members represent ] si <,000,000 invested in niMrw and bicycle | 11 mts. It was formed at a recent meeting j )m <1 at tie- i ?Id .Manhattan Club house. It i li.ld aipit'.er m>"'iiig whteli will take tb" i of a baiiqii-t i;i . | t< :i?i >t. TIp re wil: ( * sciTii-iUllni.ll III i ill; - <>r biinqip ts aft'" i t. 'I'he :ueir.l . wiii, .. i-rdli.g : ? tip ir ' fii stafii.en! . . M : an ! i.-fi:. :- ,.] | U VENEZUELA DISPUTE. LORD SALISBURY ACKNOWLKDOKS UK IS IN TIIK WKONU. The Settled Portions of the Disputed. Tract to Ho Subjected to the .ludffnient of the Arbitrators. The enble report from London that Lord' 8nllsbury has yielded to Secretary Oluey on the cruciul point of tho Venezuela negotiations, that of including the settled portions of tho disputed tract in tho proposed arbitration, is regarded as au important development by those interested iii the subject. This inclusion of the "settled districts" has been tho chief obstaclo in tho way of arbitration, so that if the report of its removal is confirmed tho two governments appear to bo nearer to nu nmicablo ugreemcut than at any time sinoo tho trouble began. Lord Salisbury, from the start, has insisted that this settlod district was sovereign British soil which could not be subjected to the judgment of nrbitrntlon. Secretary Olney bus urged that the omissiou of this settled portion from arbitration would defeat tho whole scope of tho arbitration, as the unsettled ct worthless sections, were not what Venezuela contended for. The last view of this phase was presented in a brief by Mr. Htorrow, a lawyer of Boston, of whose ability Mr. Olney has a high opinion. Tho Storrow brief was luld before the Venezuela rommiuinn n? n part of the Venezuela ease, but aside from this it is known that its lino of argument was similar to tliat taken by the Secretary of State. Mr. Storrow pointed out that tho "settled district" was in fact but little settled; that the number of British colonists there was comparatively iusignilloant; that the their improvements" on which Lord Salisbury had laid touch stress, were of the most meager and primitive kind and that tho whole money value of existing British settlements, houses, improve meats etc., would bo a comparatively small sum. From this tho conclusion was drawn that theso so-called settled districts should not stand in tho way of the adjustment of so large a question. There has I con no intimation that this view was shared by the British authorities until the cable dispatch stating that, on what is believed to be I the inspired authority of the Bradford Obseri vor, the point was conceded by Lord SnlisI bury. The further suggestion Is made that | cash payment will be made for the improvement of the British settler, in case Venezuela is awarded tho territory, but no reference is ( made as to who will pay the indemnity, nlj though it is construed here to mean that j Great Britain will uiollfy those of her subjects who are dispossessed. WASHINGTON IIAPI'KMNGS. | Acting Postmaster General Nelson has modi tied the recent order of the postmaster general prohibiting railror. Is from carrying I without puyrieut of Postage, mail rciutu.g tc I railroad business, 'liie modiiled order was I issued to men the views e:; pressed in an opiuion by Attorney Geuer it Harmon, tc whom tho matter had been r r:c,| at the reI quest of the railroad companies. The attor| iiev general held that a rutin ad compauy | has a right to carry letters without the puy| mont o( postage that are written and sent by the officers aud agents >( the ruilroud company whi< h carries and delivers them, about its business and theso only. They may be letters to others of its officers and agents, to thorn* of connecting Sines or to any one else, so long as no other carrier Intervenes. The moment this occurs, such other carrier is trnnsporiiig letters for a third party which is contrary to law. Letteis of a company addressed to officers or agents of a connecting line on company business and delivered to nn ugont of tlie latter at the point ot couueciion may bo eai.'fvd by the latter to I anv r>?>int of its li?c, bveau.se an _*ta letters be| couie its own on reeeij t by any one of it* agcuts and transfer to another agent without | tho Intervention of another carrier comes w ithin tho principle already expressod. But any company or officer or cmpioyo thereof carrying letters which are neither written by that company nor addressed to it Is liable to tho ponulties imposed by law." While it has not been officially announced everything goes to show that Iloke Smith, Secretary of the Interior, lias resigned und that his resignation has been accepted. Ho nits snipped (luring tin' pnsl week hi< books and papers to Atlanta, Gn. It is rumored that his successor will ho Assistant Secretary IU-yuoltls. II" has made an excellent executive oflleer, and has had >-h:tr;je of tho difficult work of icvicw of pcnsi'ii decisions of tho Pension Bureau. and has niveri jrouoral satisfaction. II i- a native of Pennsylvania. The new Cabinet officer will have only littlo more than six months to serve. * * The report of the Governor of Louisiana on tho lynching of several Italians in that State recently is ex ted at th' State l)epai'tinent in a day ?>r two and probably will lorin tin* Imsis of future aet: <n by this Goveminent in the ease. ? ? * A report received at tl: I?ojurtment of Stale from Consul General Pdk, stationed at t ahmlta. shows that the Indian rice crop for this year will he lunge, tin* returns now in showing a:: increase of tons over tho corresponding months of last year. L ist year was the Merest on with tho exception of 1??K)-01. the ifiantitv shipped beiiift respectively i.fiSlj.OOO and 1,7^:1,700 Ions, as compared with an average aniiual ?xport during the ten years euded la'Jj of 1,401,550. 1 If K GOLD DKMOCRATS. \t it Moetln/r of tho Kxerutlvo Com* inittec '1 hey Issue an Address. A meeting of the National Executive Comnittw; of the gold Democrat! party was held n Ch.eago, 111., Monday. Chairman By num. >f Indiana, presided. Tho principal business wl.i h enlied the nm-uiltce together was tho pri'j aratlon and '.option of an address to the Democratic utrlS ? ' tin* ? * .lifit rv a .. i-.f- " VVafl hos-m toilraft tli?^??<!??A s iram'c.s htivn n'l'ii r.'ivivfil I?y tint invnittfi' that tin: r^anaa'.ii n in tli" foilnwi: t; Stat<- which ,\T" i.ct ri'i-msnnt'sl sit 1;. ' iniiiipohs nrn .?t1 < 1 i?11> it 1 I t<> it. " it tint In v will liavf full *ati.-us nt !.'.< < <.nvcnl.<?ulsinii!i, North I'.ik'itn. (h'ortjla, |-n.,i.|ii, ( <i!<ir;nlii. w'>? >i:::ir. Soutli tfar!ii;(i. N ?tnil lm ' n >n in I'tnh, Idaho r N^vailiiInwirils urijiijii,'la.*. am! Mr. I?yHill blll-l ll"'<ll 1 'n>t \ { ; t i I. <!.-< St'lti'M '[iri'si-nlt'il in I.'nliiiiiiiji tin' ? \|>iMtaOll Is that llnT" Will 1.' Sfl.t 'S to ilU.SWl'r ?tin- roll-rail "? Si'|"t"i:ii-'r J 1. Ho Stviilit Tivclvi' II ilos A special fr.im Narrate ns. tt l'ler, II. 1. tys: IMcr McNallv, th? expert liostoo whinner, arrivi-il at tin- pier on a swim from cwport at o'clock W" la?'s?lay foreoon. Ho '."'ti I..nit; Wharf N?'W|? >rt. at ('> :t.'? . in., ami si.a.n tin'I'liiiri' without imulahts or sistiirn'i'. tr- taken n itaurot twelve nanii 'iil milt*. I'van .Com|inni"'<l I y o.-ciir l|i in ,i smai. row Oflt mill liy a linll ! i/en N ( .-: t < it I" it's, ho foat has i.i'vri.i :..r.' a.'i'o'n; li I. . .I"'.;|oiisy lor i:.|s all outllows of nf ' lion or s,p::"|\,siiy inlo any other i.'Mitirls than i:- own. tims inl'ii'lin^ uio! I injury lo : ii > ?i?? ? r:i? <I.