The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 05, 1897, Image 6

Newspaper Page TextI ISLAND OF WE. Its Si?e, Papulation and Struggles for Freedom. LARGE NUMBER OF CHRISTIANS. The < retail* Have l>oelar?;d Their In^pprnilcnrc an?l Appealed to Owrc Tor Aid. The island of Crci.e i? situated in Uw_. j Mediterranean sen. to the South of j Greece, hnd" is'the rh'dst" Aoiithorlypot'-' i tioD of Ktiropc- It'-re ahont' 150-mile? *' in length, while its hreadth does not * anywhere exceed ;lft miles, and in some T ptaooK is only 10 or 1J miles. The t nfirt ..f fKu icton.l ir n<viiniftd I by mountains, some of which reach to ^ a considerable height. The intervals ( between the mountain gronps are filled < iu,i for tlie most port by Indnlating * 'A-U'^ts. consisting of hills *of compara tive Ion- elevation. There are no rivers * of any importance. That pa^t of the * island which is not mountainens is of c groat fertility, (granges and lemons and other tropical fruits abound. The * island also produces cotton, tobacco, I olivp oil, wine and silk. Under abet- ' tor form of government the island would, r no doubt, bo most prosperous. f The population of the island has been J very much diminished. At one time il numbered l,UtK?,(?K?. In 1SS.*?, the last 1 census reported that it has dwindled f doun to 80.000 and about "io.oOO are Mo- . '"hmnmedans, nearly all the others being , (Christians belonging to the Greek c.hiiTCb, which ha* eight bishops in the island The language spoken by both ( hristinns and Mohammedans is Greek. f 'ts chief city is C'andia, which was J formerly the capital. The present cap- f itnl is ( anea, which is the seat of a J Greek bishop, and the official residence of dip Kiirmicnn consuls. In 14liK the ' island was besieged And conquered by tiie Turks, and it continued subject "the Ottoman rule until the j on tl croak of the Orcek revolution in j IK8I. At that tifne the natives made themselves masters of the country, ^ and drove the Turks or Mohametou imputation. to take refuge in fortifica- j tions. This contest was prolonged ^ without any decisive result until in ISM ' the allied powers of I'nrope transferred c the island to the government of Mo- . hemet Ali, viceroy of iOgypt. It thus f remained until IS40, when it was taken from Mehemit Ali and replaced tinder ^ *J>e dominion of the Turks. t Vaiil visited the island of Crete nic< -'hinted a church there. Hence, a ( iar-_. uuniher of Christians on the , isij ,,i to this day. [n the Christians revolted against the Turks an<l demanded annexation to the kingdom of y Greece The war excited much sym- v. pi\fhv among Christians, but the Cre- j, tiftis were subdued in ISftJt. The ( retails have declared their indepnndenee. and appealed to Greece for r aid. 1 he Christians have long desired j a nni. n with Greece, for they ore of ^ Greek blood. not Turkish. ^ KIKST XKtilfO COTTON MILL. f An l'.xperinient Tliat Will he Watch- 1 eil With Interest bj IJotli Wnri-i. The Charlotte livening News of Feb. n .."d i-iivs: I >i\ riiiix F Vcunrv* 1 preside: r of Shaw University, Raleigh, 11 ejwnt last night in Charlotte. Y esterl?v h? was at Concord taking part in c Wie or.ii/ation of the cotton mill to f U owned and operated by negroes f The officers und directora were elected i yesterday und arrangements made to t U-utn work on the mill as soon as prae- I ti cable 1 it/.gotuld, of I>nrham, waa r elected president; Coleman, of Con- ? e.ord. secretary and treasurer. !)r. > \1e>erve is one of the directors. t "This is a move on the part of thi negroes to take some part in the cotton f uiili industry ut the South. Tlii? labor i is now exclusively white, no negroes i being employed in any mills in this ! vmntrv. Thi- experiment of a cotton ndllowm 1 by negroes and run 1>> ne- ? gro !al>or ui.i 1 >c watched with interest I ail iivev the s'?nth Whether it will he ! Niieeessfui remains to b?. seen." ' W KI'irtKMU'OK ItKSKiNATIONS. 1 ' i Ofbee Holders \\ ho Ooelirsc to Serve I ^ l.oiiger 1 11 1II March -llli. Washington. ~peciai The in coin 1 H ing mails for t:;e past few days receiv- ' \ ed at the State I'epurtmeiit have been , burdened with resignations of diplomatic and high officials abroad. It is the c: ' : i. which ha developed the force f < . . j,.ji 1 . v for n"! di[ ( mato'V . .!.. til. . icsigna io'- ! , ,i ' ....! . . . ..... . ..., .. v. ...... ! < f : < i* a i::ii!ii-. :\Uoii, v. | ' -ii . . ii" in till- r?> ? , ' , '.P'.<;;vr ? . i ! ira! perm Mr ':i\:i"i' vr i ' >>-r* vi nr an> to i. i ami. i: i. nndoratoiul, vn?. i' i\ ?i Mum torn* sj.mt. wit*uh-n Mr ! n -Hi n> ant'one-m lor to f'ranre. and Mr l'V'~ a- nmbi^pndor . to < lennany. The consul ''enernl'p at K .London, I'uris and Liverpool hein,~ re jrnrded :n po-itionxmore i/ii| ortar.t than . many of tin* minor diplomatic | n-b, 'wve ?|ii> intimated that thev awn it the nomination an 1 qualification of their SUllTSM'l( hilitron <>(' the ItrvAlnlien. A I'omjress of tin* Society of the Children of tip* llcvolution was held in Wa??l liny ton from t!ie 2".'d to the 27th. A orr-ai ; n:.\ ' hillren u ore in attend anre, : v < ic > ,*tif- or: tin dif i>* ' '. 'I i. ??*t i I , y . ... . j j \ . t 1 iuib ?>2 f tllO ,'t l! tl 'Ml North < a roll ii ii \c?>. Mrs. ). I.. Patterson, of Winston, has been appointed one oftlie lady comIiiiissiiriiTs for this State to "et up an i exhibit for the Tennessee Imposition i It is said that another nuj^et of irold wei^hin^ t pounds v as found at the In jjruui-Crawford mine, near Allietnarle Winston will not j< in the proposed * Virginia tiasehiiil league. The State Y. M. A. eonvention, which has been in session at Winston. ?-.rosed Monday. Karli service was impressive ami touehiiiir. i FIFTY-FOI*ItTH (ONdltFXS. i'hc l'rorcodliiR.s Itriofly Told From Day to Day.' * ' SENATE. Saturday The Cretan uprising lu'aiust Turkov was roooj^Mized ami eu'ourajjed by tho donate in tlio uuaniiuhis adoption of a resolution o floret I by 'unieron, extending sympathy to tho 'overument of Hreeco in its intervention to free the people of t'reto "from tho tyranny of foreign oppressors, and to restore peace with the blessing of Christian civilization to tho distressed island.'' Tho bilf which passed tho House at tho last session to authorize the apjMiintmenbof -a labor commission was taken tip, hut tvus soon sidetracked by "Allison,' (tflpp )*of Iowa, ohairtnan of tlio n-iuiri inrijitioiiM Iiv a motion io take up tlio Indian appropnition bill, which wuk agreed to, and :here was a long debate then on the sectarian schools, which was laid aside without any action. During the cou- j dderatiou of the above bill tue income i ax case was brought in question. \llen said that Justice Shiras owes it to ( ihe country to say why he so suddonlj* i dinnpcd front on that subject. The \ change was so radical and so extreme ;hat that man will go into history under ] i clond unless he exi lains to the cotin- | :rv what motives influenced him to h'ango his position on the income tax j ases. t Monday.?In the Senate Washing- t on's farewell address was read in the r >resence of a lnrge audience by Daniel, ^ Dein ) of Virginia. The principal part c )f the dav was occupied in the conaid- *] ration of the Indian appropriation bill. < the Loud bill, to amend the postal n aws, was reported back from the i>ost- t )flice committee with amendments, in- j hiding one for one-cent letter postage j L'he bill and report were antagonized jy two Populist Senators?Butler, of Sorth Carolina, and .-tewart, of Nevudn. Tphspay. the entire day of the^enite was practically consumed 111 a discussion of an amendment in the 1 ndiun ? ippropriatiou bill for the opening to settlers of the Dncoinpaglire Indian eservntion m I tan, containing over wo million acres. After considerable liscussion the amendment was modi- 11 ied, agreed to and passed 'i lie r \laskan lamudury treatv which was igned hv Secretary ulney and Sir Iniian I'auucefote fnn. doth last, was aid before the Senate in executive ession. Without being read it was reerred to the committee on foreign re- 1 ntions. the Vice-President laid be- 11 or the Senate a report from the Seere- " nry of State as to the persons claim- c ng to bo American citizens, who were 1 aptured on board the Competitor, iefcrred to the committee on foreign ' elation*. 1 Wkdskspay The Senate discussed 1 ,'ubu awhile. Allen (Pop ) wuut?<t to ^ icnd battleships without delay in a res- I dntion which was objected to and laid ' >ver until i hursday. Hill and Mor an offered another resolution on the ' aui" subject It is as follows in part: 1 1 hat the Secretary of >tato be and is ' lereby requested to transmit to the ' euate either in open or secret session, * is lie may prefer, all the correspon- 1 lenee nu i roportsof the Consul lietiei al ' it Havana " Morgan proposed the dense of Julio Sanguilly. an American mprisoned in Cuba m a strong resoitiion. The Indian appropriation bill vas taken up and debated without any I urther action. < I'lirnsoAV. There was a heated do- ' >ate in the. Senate on. Snnguit'ly, the ! tirierican citizen who is imprisoned ia i Cuban fortress. I aniel took the lead J md referred to Spain's insult to Consul i .ee and to the I nited States Hale 1 md Hour took sH<3?> in this particular as? with Spum, tlalc saying the Sen- 1 tors who are so ardent in Sanguilly's a use really want war. It is also claim- * >d that his naturalization papers were < raudnlently obtained, and that lie is ? lot American citizen. It is now thought, hat the Cuban crisis is near at baud IU.I.ill 1 il... .. . ... Lin- iiwur-r i'iii i?/ iiiiicuu in*; m i u"* iu eceivers of national bunks was passed, mil the Senate adjourned until I riday villi the understanding that the Cuban solution will be u_rum railed up. The President sent to the Senate the 'nllowinir nomination: \V. \Y. ( lark, )f North Carolina, to in- I'nited States list! iot judice for the eastern district of North C arolina Piiiow. I he Senate ha I the Iiidi.iu ippropriarion bill before it. but that fart did not prevent Cuba ami the " an^uilly ease from beimr f amiit over even in a more uiiyrv ulll| excited manner than 1 hursdat Ihe Snnifiully I resolution having neen sent to the ;*aleiidar two oth?*r resolutions as t>< I fhe victims of Spanish cruelty were of- ? fered and considerable comment pro ? ui'l ('on was indulged in, some }^cftin.r S nad and others ;;cttin;r witty, i inally he Cuban ii'lestion was pclilittel to uibsiile and the actual cor si leration of he apj roprialion lull \vas resitnieil. il'USi:. a Sati upa . ! lie Hon e finished the j. !i?-ciis <?iii in . nmrnittei- of the whole if tl:r ;ri;ca: deliiMeiiex bi.l. v.ilhlne i :< ;>tu<n of ( ;: pa aurraph An lnno- it ( it app pa ?^c lop lai n t i t o' 11 ( e ., m! j t i i; i n 1 s d i dn led !rm:i the sn \ brouirlit about a fa.oilv row, but a;in > loir,'discus'ion it was retained ' ( fin e ail|Ou, n:nent it was decided not to observe Monday as Washin^ton s birth- < dry, o\* inir to t ime bcino too precious 1 at this late period mi the session f Mo\r?AV. - hi the Mouse the deficiency bill was passed. Hontelle, chairman r of the naval committee, succeeded m trot11!itr up the naval appropriation lull, and the other matters wit*' not of much i interest t<i the ifeneral pnldic t 'IVf.siuv 1'lie chief occupation of the house was to denouncethecivil ?er vice law It came about bv the consideration of the bill to amend the revised statutes so aatojjive the governors of territories tlie power to remove, as well us appoint, certain territorial offices, li >i:r paiiicioated in bv a ih>;:e:i mem be!'-. i:? ::i \ al' of wh'U.i condemned a lid c. P ci . ! i It i, 11 i r\ iiv law | he bill that started the debate was passed '1 he rcii.aiudc: of tin- <laj. s -ion was spent in the consideration ot the naval appropriation lull, which was passed just as received from the committee oil naval atlairs. \\ i:nsi: ,n\v. \ message was re reined from the I'resident 11 ausmittiii^ the rej ort of the joint commission up pointed under the agreement of the I'nite 1 States and < ?reat Britain in lss.'. ('li the fisheries of the waters eon tin^uoiis to the t inted States and 1 an lela \ re oiulion recoiuin?-ndeit b\ the committee on accounts, nntlioi izinn; the preparation of a digest ot election eases decided in the l'llti'-third and 1 "ift> - fourth congresses to cost ?2,6lH) loI>e prepared by the clerks of the committee on elections, was \jiwusswl ami referral to the committee on printing, 'the upfu'iiiaiK-ouf Win. J. Bryan.-upon tlio tlooi of the House was the most uotioubl*> event of the Way's session. Tih'Kspay. By a vote of 144 "to ii>. Hie Uouse passed tlie bill of Johnson (Hep '), of Indiana, authorizing national batiks to Jake out circulation to the }H*r valtuvof tin* bonds dc|>o.sib?d-to secure it, an increase of 10 per cent, over the limit now allowed. (.ouferp.uee-reports upon the agricultural appropriation I ill and upon the bill for the relief of settlers upon the Sioux reservation in South JJukota, wpje .presented.. and agreeu to. speaker Feed ordered the relerence to .vlr Bryan's visit, at^d the I)eiuoeratie cheering to be eliminated from the Heeord. The resolution by the committee en , foreign uilaire, call* ing 011 the I resident for the correct pondeneo relating ' to the arrest" and punishment of American citizens by Spanish authorities in Cuba was pre4 . . L\. I ( I % \ rcuiru uiiw lif. nuut'i \i'OUi of New York, offered a resolution declaring war between Spain and the United States. I he measure was referred to the committee on foreign affairs. Fiui>ay.?The interpretation to be placed upon the declaration of the platForm of the Republican national contention regarding the securing of an international bimetallic agreement was he subject of an animated, and at times jxciting, debate in the House The esult was that only three Republicans vere of the opinion that their party is committed to the single gold standard. L'he bill passed by a yea and nay vote >f xJTSl to :i. Hills passed providing for irbitration of labor troubles between he management of inter-state cotunerco carriers and their employers; roliibiting the importation of impure ind unwholesome tea. FINANCIAL STATK.MKST. thowlng an Alleged Deficiency In the Treasury. Thursday the Senate received tho folowing statement from the State Trensirer and I'omptrollor General, and was ead before that body: Vu the, Honorable, the President and other Members of the. Senate of South Carolina Wc have the honor to submit tho suboined report in accordance with a rcsilution of the Senate requesting the tato Treasurer and t oiuptrollor Genial to furnish a statement of the treasiry, in what fund it exists and why: \\ bile there is at this date a iarge nlnnco unapproprirted aud therefore id actual deficiency really exists at resent, additional funds must he pro;ided to meet the appropriations of the resent session, ami balances of former ipl ropriations remaining unpaid. 'ibis dilFerence between the ainouut f funds in the treasury and the appro riutions already made, and to be made it this session, may be properly regardMi as a prosiHjotive deticiency, the unount of which we have no means of iscertaining with absolute accuracy, imt which may be estimated as follows: ESTIMATE. Assuming the approprations by act March, is.iti, as a basis for an estimate w e find the aggregate appropriated for the fourteen months ending 31st I >e etnber, ls'Jii, (not including interest or the legislative expenses) to be ?070,00.). 23. Deducting the following extrtraordilary appropriations made by act refere*l to, viz: vVintlirop Normal and fnd'strial College, back indebtedness. .8 23,202 Registration 4,000 \tluutu Exposition 0,0.K) om-liutional convention 23,000 Vluuagers elections, ditto 7,-700 supervisors registration 27,000 8 00,702 8.788,307 Uso deducting 1-7 for two months in excess over ono .year 84,036 8-704,341 ind adding what will bo required for interest on lirown and blue 4 1-2 per cents, and other State bonds and stocks payable Only, 18)7, and 1st January, IS M ?384,UUU ?1 s .> legislative expenses present session, say (50,000 nteiest past ilue on Brown ami Clue I 1-3 per cents .1,000 >livct tax claims. < >et. JsS4 51,700 vev. counties expenses .1,000 iuj t-rviM is of registration, miv. 151,.*>00 nn.ii v balances unpaid appropriations .1,000 !>iki:>ir an estimated total rei|Uired for tl?rt year IS '7 .SMMI,.1:;7 Against these assumed appropriations .ml uit| uid hula i<"os there is now in the ene.al fund of t ie trcus.iry, ?4;?H,><t7.I; taxes istii iiuj aid, pro! ably uvaila>le t<> this amount, utter deducting men!refn id. ?Vc , i; bal n < < .ie i r -.i.sury ?*eueral fund by dis,0.', amount expected to i .it r-ved from him;-mice, license fees, .mi fees i.fiiee a.?.Tetar\ of .State oli, r to".ai, & ist*. whowian a probable or prospective leficioncy for H 7, on the assumed >nsi* as above, to bo provided for, tte have not included in the foregoing dntemcnt the a mount of interest which vonld be due from July 1st, to lulv 1st, is.>7. on the -It j->or cent I frown bonds, liable to be issned for lie valid part of the fundable bonds and docks now outstanding, which, if called for, would amount to about $4),>">, only a small iimoniit of this aroint, however, has of late years lx>en ailed for. Nor have we included the interest hie to July 1st, 1 which, under he law, is fun bible with the prin M a!. > Ins .^ jsi,(i:iu p:ospcctive deticioncy loes include l3,i)0ti interest, due .Inn* mrv I . s l?..j viie st il I a urosiici-t i. e stiuia'nl deficiency of 3142,?5'.K) for tis nl year \V. II. Timmkhman, State Treasurer. .1 oil's n'ohton, < 'omptmller < lettera!. February th, 1 s.?7. To ii.ii.i So.iimm-s. Arrnuueinciits lor the trainin;; of I'.rit.slj infantry next winter are to lie on a ttiore elaborate scale than usual, ami iv pecial |irotnineiiee is to he given to loin,'-il:stnnee marching. TfS STAVED OFF NflW. U ? h \ I House Will Not Pass Murray's d Resolution This Session, hi THE OUTLOOK IS SQUALLY, 'f. * n; -I'lic- InillrntloiiN Are Tliat the Next l?i Congress Will tJlve South < urollna " V! an Kixllrss Ainonnt of Trouble. |t ' VI WASiftNOTON, (Special.)?The i lives- vj tipution of the South Carolina electoral 't system under tho new constitution, 'll which Representative Murray, of Sotith ^ Carolina, has been en'deavorihg to havo || the House take up, will not be attempt- I ed by this Confess. The committee on election of President, Vice Presi- |t dent and Representatives in Congress, fr which has been listening to statements from the bcntli Carolina politicians, de- "J cidtd 'Friday "to leave" the question to , the Pifty-tirth Congress, which will " have to psss upon several election con- 1 tests made by bouth (. arolina Hepubli- " cans, if the temper of the committee I' of the next congress be like that of the present committee, an investigation ^ will be made Several Republican members of the committee declared e< themselves in favor of an investigation, I* hut were deterred by the lack of time 11 before this session closes. Consequently a sub-committee, consisting of tliree J1 Republicans?Atwood of Massac liu- ,l setts, C orliss of Michigan, uml a1 1 (trich of Alabama, and two Memo w crats?tucker, of Virginia, and btal A lings, of .\Iubnmawas instructed to > rei>ort to the i louse the memorials and 1 the statement made to the couiuiittea with the recommendation that the next 1 ougiess consider that an investigation '' is advisable. Air. ntvvood is writing !l tne report, which will nrraigu the recent i mistitutionul Convention of 1 boutli Carolina and the Constitution !' which it framed. It vviil be asserted that the convention was illegality called, that it was not a component body for the work it did, because its members s took uo oath, and that the Constitution was not submitted to a vote of the people. 'J he workings of the electoru system will be criticised on the grouuu tout the registration boards are Com { ixised wholly of liemocrats appointed by the t lovernor, that the tests are so .. manipulated by the registration ollicers that illiterate whites arc qualiiied and c< illiterate blacks disquulitied. < A minority re)>ort may lie made l>y y the Deiuoci atic members of the subcommittee, reveial tvoutli < arolina politicians up).cared V>efoi e the commit- tl tec today, among tbcui i?r. ."atupsou j o|?e, recently the indej?endent caiulidate for l >ovei nor, and iiobert Emails, .j the colored ex-mciuher of t digress there was a rather warm passage tie- f tvveen Dr. t ope uud bepresentutive J '1 albert when A.r. '1 albert suid that Dr j 1 o) e bail begun to run lor tloveruor ou the i emocratic ticket and hud run s on every )>ossible ticket since Mr j i albert asserts that no white man has signed the memorials presented by ?ur ( .Y. urray. Dr. l'oi>e characterized ns a great j fraud the Constitutional < onventioii and reviewed tliecircuinstauoesattend- , tug it. Uneasy for fear that the i ouRervutive element of the 5? tate would join the Kepublimns and form a just t onstitution, the Democratic leaders, Senator i illinun, the (lovernor, and | others, entered, he declared, into a most damnable agreement. I he scheme 1 to which fhey bound themselves uud their followers provided, among other things, tout no white man should be disfranchised except for crime, that ttie . whites should be insured supremacy and the Constitution, when adopted, ? should not be aguin submitted to I the people. The result was that thous- 1 amis were debarred from suffrage Mr. Huialls stated that the Democrat- o ic IState Kxecutive Committee un<l not s the Legislature had provided that the v Constitution should not be submitted to 1 a vote of the ]>eop!e. Mr. Wilson held that the old law did dot declare that a new Constitution, but only amendments to the old Con- n stitutioii must be submitted to the peo- ( pie. _ v Dr. Pope secured from Mr. Wilson, ,, in the course of the hearing, an aduiis- " 1... I 1 '....ul 1...V .. Il.rl.t f,. ,.,,11. test the eleetioii and then declared that , lie bad been unable to prevail upon any | members of the Legislature to present \ his eoutest i?u?l when the Sj>eaker had \ been induced t*> submit it the Assembly had voted itdown. then Mr. Smalls eouiplained tlmt the ['epu'ilicMUS were not allowed representation 011 the election beards, 1 whereupon Mr. Stokes, of South a Carolina, contended that this was in- i correct ami Mr. Smalls argued that i they were not represented on the reg istiation bourds, at any rate. Mr. St 1 i's said be \v as not informed 011 that I pii.nt. t \\ r. Wilson argueed ut length 011 the I right of Comrress to undertake the in- t vestigation pro|H?sed. 'J his ?ns mere- t ly an attempt by Mr. Mnriay to have i Cnngrosa collect evidence for election contests for the Sonth Cnro lina Ropublieans, he said Congress had no right on the showing made 7 to invade the State and investigate itlaws. " Tint in Rtock. J The Stmnrl Magazine mnyn rhai an ? Ilngllsh pitman was asked by a friend i. who was very bow-legged, to-buy when 'r next In the town, a pair of stockings ifor hlrn. On the following pay-day the pitman -I |U? el>Atx y.# n no.ll I- 1 rmririi i nr ?m it ivrii-niniu 11 IIUNIfT t(? ninkp thr purchase. Thp shopman \ was most obliging. but bavin? shown i thr intending purchaser noarly every ? pair in stork bo at last thought it tiino li to ask for a more riilnuto description of what was required. "I've shown you noarly nil wo havr." salrl ho, "and I'm suro our stock is see- { ond to noiio. As we've hitherto given ^ satisfaction to all classes, it is strange that wo can't suit you." "Well." said the pitman, "what I ' want is n j lir o' bowlegged ones." x t Kerfs Wagon. i In tlormany the star group which we > call the "big <1.. nor" Is known as , "Karl's wagon." 1 i Til K WOK ST OV Kit. lie Flood on ihc Oliio is Now Sub* siding. Cincinnati, (Special.)- The sky .is loudy ami the mercury is rising. At II river points from Pittsburg to layesvilie the river is falling very rap lly. Everywhere above here nuvigaon is resuming: Suffering at l'ortslOnth is diminishing.' Tho same inny 0 said of Huntington, Catlottebufg, angiug ltock, Aberdeen and Mayes* ille, where the inundation drove out uudreds of families. Charity at home 1 all of these places is prompt to pro ide for the unfortunates. From Mayosdie down to Cincinnati the Hood is at s Worst. Below Cincinnati the tribniries are all falling ra'pidlv. No serriis losses of property or lite have been ?l?orted from up river iwints within le lust thirty hours. Itiglit. here in ineinuati and vicinity the situation is t its worst. Upi>er Cincinnati, at I'enleton, is pretty badly Hooded. At 'ast a hundred families are driven om dwellings. Tbev are amply proided for by organized charity, asisted by large dot Ails of jKilice. Up ill Cr/?ek, a few families have been riven from home. Down the river at elhi, Riverside, Coal City and Addytoue, some fainilies liavo been comelled to abandon their homes. Newort, on the Kentucky side of the river, iifl'eiw most proportionately. Over iree hundred families have been driva to higher ground. "Large details of idice are employed day and night givig relief. Covington is almost un athed. Many families in Ludlow ve over deluged eollurs, and some ave been driven from their homes, he village of Bromley, below Ludlow, ith almost TOO inhabitants, is almost holly Hooded. Those who liavo twotory houses have taken refuge up-stairs ud receive food supplies from boats, ho dam of the Great Lake at the Lud>w 1 agoon is in great dauger. It is robably within the facts to say tliat long the Cincinnati river front, on nth shies of the river, six hundred unilies have lieen driven from their oines ami as many more compelled to ve over Hooded cellars. VIIY (LAItK \VAS NOMINATKI). emitnr Puliner's Argument With tlie President Induced lltm to Change Ills Mind About Confirmation A Washington special says: Senator till, who is a member of the judiciary IHUIilllllt., Nl) > IMt' UUU1IUIIIIUI1 U1 .ill. lark will not be reiHirted from the ommittee. The Delaware appointment ill share the same fate. The New ork Senator savs the Republicans <lo ot intend to permit the confirmation f any of the life-term appointments ow pending before the Senate. Senator Palmer, of Illinois, was one f the earnest supporters of the nomiun i>n of Judge Clark, and his iiuul up* eal to the President probably induced lie latter to send the nomination to the enute During the conversation heween the President and Senator Paluir, in behalf of Mr. Clark, the President aid: "< lencral, 1 do not see what is o be gained by nominating Mr. Clark u the face of certain rejection. It rotild he but an empty honor." " flint is all very well," replied Senuor Palmer, "but Mr. Clark is a devotd friend of mine and I might have reused the presidential nomination on lie sound money t icket because it was ,u empty honor." The President appreciated the statenent of the venerable Senatoi irom llinois and the same afternoon Mr. lark's Humiliation was sent to the ienate lla/.cd Into Insanity. Clarence A. Austin, of Marion, N. '., was made n raving maniac as a ren11 of the hazing he received at the uinds of the sophomore cluss of the Tiiversit.v of Rochester, at Roclu'ster, s V. Austin is u freshman, Hi years dd. Several soplioinoics gave him.a evere puiiiiiieliug lie went into the rildest state of delirium as the result of us treatment Mrs. Stevenson Again Chosen. The Daughters of the American Revilutioii, in session at Washington, D. j re elected Mis Vice President Steenstoii for the third time as president :cneral, .Mrs. Rrackett, of Washington, ,s vice president geiieial and one vice re? ident from each of the Stales rep... i * .ii ii .. i- .it. .. IM.IIUM1. iimmiv; 11it'lli in r in- hmhm> tig: Mrs Thatcher, l,ouis iann, Mrs V P. Ihxey. ! J????rtri:*.. .Mis .?<> -pli A'aslii tigtoil, Tennessee. Negro Tenehers Confer. At TiisU 'gee. Al:i n ronfei rnee ol Mutators a:i.I tnissioiinr> anting till' eoL.reil peopio of 1'ue Houtli art About "'111 teachers wele 111 l!:. neeting. \early every prominent otithei n JrliiMil was repreviMiIni \n Irews of laliirlega, iinurt...! ol \* until, Cravatiiof !iv|.. l.ri/r! .if !!ar i,? on aii'l Ilaii! ar !. the fnimth < !' Mr iiirrv Mclnvl < oilcge. ha'.r liven in iie w in l< fm years i lie most ?>| he teachers were front tJ'eoiiutiy listrirts. Oefielmey in Mississippi At a conference liehl at .larK'on, ifiss . between (lover,.or Met.run in md the various State officials, it was lecided to mil a special session of the .e^islature to meet on .March V? 'd 01 Kith, the exact date not yet lining fixed, o consider plans for building a newdate eapitol mid to provide for an estianted deficiency of SlS-l,s:}? in the >tate revenue. A Southern Train Kills Nine. l-'ntir miles from Chattanooga 'J'enn., >Yodiiesdav, the Southern liuilwuv'H neoniinir passenirrr train struck a eovued wayon containing ten persona, ;ibui^ all except one The Threatened Kate War. The railroads appear to lie on thowm o an agreement which will stop t!io hreateiied rate war. "Tin; executive illieers of the Norfolk and Western, lie Southern ill way and the Louisille. and Nashville will ?jet together u New Wl. and stop the rate war nude iintn11m-itt hy the Noifolk and iVi stern's cut of 1"> cents lirstclnss oi astern business to St Lotus atp M cinphis. NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED. Southern Pencil Pointers. 1 Dr. T. F. \Leftwich, a. prominent I Presbyterian minister in Atlanta, I CI a. He was buried in liedfoid City, J Va. Theaiiti-trust law of Texas has been declared unconstitutional. At Huntington, W. Va., 8.VHW acres of land was sold for tuxes. Tin* taxes had not been paid since 1879. which had caused an accumulation of taxes to the enormous ucount of ^?4,UUO. '1 he tract of land was owned br Knstern syndicates uud stood on the records in the name of the Trans-Monn tuin Land Company. At Murray, Ky ., ? premature explosion of dyiuimitvut the gravel pit killed live negro laborers and wounded us inanv more. Two of the injured will die. . The Southern lee Fxrhnujre met at Charleston, S. C., in their seventh annual convention. They were gi*e? an excursion around the harbor. J. Ij. Casper, merchant and tobacco manufacturer, at Winston, N. C., a# signed, naming J. Jacobs and W. E. Franklin trustees. Assets are placed at jj.Vi.tMiU ami liabilities at ?10,tJO? His preferences aggregate SJ'J.OOU. A Lyucc.burg, Va , special says.Fudge Stafford <i Whittle, of this judicial circuit will be elected professor of con stitutioual law at Washington and (<?< University to succeed the late Joha Unudolph Tucker. 'I he Alabama Legislature has authorized lie Coventor to fund the bonded debt of the State with an issue of fifty year bonds Corporal Tanner, former Pension Commissioner, is interested in a colon izatiuii schemeof Northern settlers, and a site of ll.nuo acres has been secured near ( untoii, < iu The I ouisville, Kvnnsville ?V St. TiOiiis shops, at Princeton, I ml., has been bin lieu Loss .j-'IOo.otMl Judge P. I Merrick, ex-Chief .Ills ticeof the Iii'iiisiitimSupremet ourtand one of the best known luwyers in the South. is dead All About the North. . 'sound money" league has wees crgunized in New Vork Its object is to form "sound im.ney" clubs ail OTer the country, ami continue the agitation ill favor of the gold .standard At Philadelphia, Pa , John I>. Hart has been found guilty of aiding a Cuban filibustering expedition 011 the steamer Laniadn He will be released on a :$;,"<>< bail, ami bis attorneys will make application for a new trial At San Francisco. Cul , W. K. Pecker defeated Horace Slater in n match raca and established a new world a record for five in ilea, making the distance i? U:f?4 lolui Mellet lias entered suit at Chi en^o, for .^'lo.uiKi damages from Dr. Heluuiilt for injuri s sustained in ap plying the Itoeul^eu X ruya to locute a bullet. William .f. Itrvan, altei addressing the Kansas Legislature, spoke at amass meeting 111 Topekn on |>oliLicnl topics. At last a $10,00(1 monument is to l>? placed over the fjrave of Francis Scott Key at Frederick, Md Only six members of the Arkansas Senate voted 111 favor of a 'J rents |->?i mile passenger railroad fare lull At New York William I* St. Jnlia died at his home Saturday ni^ht of a complexion of kidney and stomach troubles. He won ^rreat notoriety in the recent Presidential campaign as the friend of Mr. I'.ryun and the ebanipioa of free silver, lie was one of the pi in Cipul promoters of the "Silver party," and later treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. At (irand liapids, Mich., John I nne. in oonxidcution of Sj.'i, under a writtea agreement, sold and released his wifo ( las. II. Hurst All concerned ccleibra ted the event. At Lancaster, Peiin., Abe Ifensoa, one of the ineinhers of the ?hii? of thieves and outlaws who reside on the \\ elsli Mountains was shot and killed by his stepbrother, .lorry (ireen, who is also it noted ei iniinal and member of the Mime i;:in?i ?? 4 ? 31 iscelliineons. The Society of Daughters of the American Devolution in session at Washington, has gained (1,000 me.niter* dnriiiK the past year, II* new chapters having been uddod to tlie roil. Mrs. Ilenrv W ard ISeeelier's cotnli lion ia uradually {{rowing worse, and her C.eutii is only a mallei of u tow dn\ s .An onu'tn' caoloirrain from Madrid, Spain, mivs l!i;il t!> <'ip i i, recent ha* uyued a i aril.>n <>!' .!i> e l-hinynill v it ik ially .-tile i Unit ' 1 In<? flay is In In Ministei to ! 11 - Ui >< - S ! succeed i'nvnr.l Murk A. Iliinna Inis tu-cu npjo: oted United IStatrs Fenalor to : tm-<-<-< ?I ,-?Jier tnun. 'J ho issue of standard silver dollar* from the mints and Treasury olliee for tliO week ended Kelt. L'Uth was $.;.{!.Irfft. One hundred find fifty-six cows nf dieted with tuhereulosis were killed at. Wilkeshare, Pa., and taken to thefer tclizin^ works. lUondin, the famous oymnnst and roj e-.alker, is dead, "lilotidin" was an assumed name, dean Francis (ira vele is what he was christened, and lis was the first gymnast to cross Niagara Falls on a rope. ( holera has broken out among the people employed on the relief work of the native State of llewaii, in India In two days (OH deaths huiehucn recorded. The train conveying President-elect 1 Mckinley to Washington from < nnton will lie known as the "PennsyIvnnia , Pail road Venetian lied." Corporal Tanner in a eard denies that, lie is in any way interested in an old i soldiers eolotii/.iit ion scheme at Cantor.,, (!a lie states Unit advances lutvc he*?n made to him in this connect ion, Imk that lie knows nothing in detail o? Jhw plan and refused to have his name associated therewith. lie wants his soldier friends to iim-stigute t'aemutleC

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