The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 05, 1901, Image 8
Henry M. Hoi.nr.*. Ph. <1. Mgr.
HOLM i:^ MOO I
"ToruMMifi d to ?'e?th with Hies."
probtihly liv<? longer if you will co:ne t
insect Powder nod do away with the pt
Water you will wonder why you are sti
than usuni
Our Prescription Department ia cl
scrip* i- n li led hy a graduate and licet
J'elj phone orders given Prompt ?i
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TERRIFIC HOT WAVE
IS STILL UNBROKEN
There Are No Indications of
Immediate Relief.
THE.RECORDS ARE BROKEN
Prostrations mid tonalities Are Itcported
Without Abatement?Continued
Itigh l'finprruilire liullcuted
Almost Kvcrywhore.
Washington, Juiy 2.?The weather
bureau has issued the following special
weather bullctiu:
"There are 110 present indications of
a permanent break in tho warm wave,
which covers the country generally east
of tho Hooky mountains. Local rains
and thunderstorms wili furnish temporary
relief m the lower lake region, the
upper Ohio valley and in the mountain
districts of TVnusyivatiia, Maryland,
West Virginia and Virginia, and there
is a possibility that tneso local rains
may occur 111 limited areas 111 Atlantic
coast states.
"11. li WlIJJAMS, Acting Chief."
New YoMv. July 2. ? At 8 o'clock the
temperature as shown by the weather
bureau was 8S degrees. At the same
hour yesterday it was degrees. O11
the street tin tonometers registered fl tit
8 o'clock. 1 ne air was also perfectly
toill c.mi tluuv was no sign of a bmoxn.
X<> UOU 1(1 UH! SllllOrillg, UIO lllUJIKlliy
wus 51) per wut, coiuj arcd Willi 48 per
cent yesterday. lietwcen V and 8 a. m.
14 adults died on Manhattan island.
The prostrations were so serious that it
promises to make a record of them.
Other cities in the state report the heat
generally hut little abated. At Tr. y
the temperature at 8 a. in. was 88 degrees,
8 degrees warmer than at the
same hour yesterday. Deaths at Troy
since the hot spell have reached 8. At
lintfulo the temperature was 7t> degrees
at 9 o'clock.
Louisvillk, Jhly 2.? At 8 a. in. the
official thermometers recorded 79, and
the indications were for continued high
temperature. The humidity is stiil excessive
and tlie weather bureau has no
encouraging promise.-, every indication
at tnis hour being that yesterday's maximum
of 97 degrees will bo passed.
From 7 to Sa. in. the mercury rose steadily,
and 93 degrees is predicted by uooin
Local icemen are sti.l handling c.irelull)*
the ice they have on hind and are
RWll turning down orders from near-by
towns. No fatal prostrations were reported
during the night, thougn local
physicians say the .suffering among
children is intcuso and will result in
many deaths u existing conditions continue
a few days more
Pint a i>ki phi a. July 2. ? The hot
weather continued today with uuubatud
intensity. me U'liiptruture at 80'clock
was 91 degrees, 5 degrees higher thm>
the .-nine hni.r yesterday. The iiiiniimiin
temperature during the night was 85
degrees at 1 o'clock this morning. The
local'ort cast ottieini says there arc no
iiid.c.ition- of mini diate relief. Since
1:50 o'ciock this morning IS deaths ami
about 50 prostrations have been reported.
Tins is the largest number of deaths
ami prostrations mat have occurred in
buy one day of the present hot spell.
All records for July were orokcn by the
temperature mi- morning.
V* WINE OF CARDUI 1
H has hronght [MT.mincnt relief to a mil- IS
Ira lion nu(ferine women who were on thoir JSj
H way to iivpianturo graven. Mrs. Mitchell U
JS was fast declining in health, when Wine
Hi of Card ui perform <1 tv "wonderful euro" K
8 in her case. Mio nuf' *red vith tlio ago- X
idea of falling of t ho * omb, leneorriicea H|
R and profii"o iiienstr'iRtion. Tho weekly (fl
H appearaneoofthoinensesfortv.omonths Bj
fg sapped he'vitality until she v.ns a pbyn- tj*
IS ier.l wreck. Ilei nervous aystom gavo B
EH wn.v. Then canto tho tris! "of Vine of B
M Cartlui anil tho euro. Mis. Mitchell's 2?
Hj experience ought to comn.end Wino of tfl
t'ardui to Buffering women iu words of W
I hurning olr<<|nenco. W
IWINEoFfAWHUi
_ . - _ ? . ?
B in within the renoh of nil. V/omen who Ej
ED try it nro relieved. Ask vour dm^trist S
Ea for a SI bottle of Wineof t'nrdiii, ami do 3
Q uot take a nubstitute if tendered you. [
[ Mr*. Willie Mlfholl. Sonili fl irlnr, N. C.s *
H "Wine of firdiit end The.lfiiirTn Mack- ?
fl l?rmi?tht hero pnrfn-uiod a lulrnenloun cure Ift
IB In" niy enso. I hnd been ? rront nilTorer ?t
with frilling of the wtiiob ?n?1 leiicorrlnen, j
vi nnd to t menses rairo every week tir two H
9 months ?'d wero vory |i?lrfnl. M > hilfc- j
H Imnd Indncefl me to try Wine of Caidul *
M and HI -ek 'irnvirhl, noil nmr the leocor- 1
sfl ihrea hen rtl?a|>|u;nrod, und I utn reatored 11 9
H perfect henlth." I
In '-av? reotilrlnR nperinl
>
Maurice A. Moore
<E'S PHARM ACY,
Well you cun make life sweeter ?ni
[i us 'tinrt get, Sticky F'y Paper mim
>sts. If you \vi?I drink (Jrienu Spring
trading the ho seuso 1 >o much belliian?cter;zed
with accuracy, and Pre
lsed pharmacists,
ttention at
RES' PHARMACY,
tel Union.
<IE 98.?
Washington, July 2.?The ho
weather continued with little abatt
1 meat today. At 8:30 o'clock the officia
thermometer at the, weather bureau re
corded 89, which is several degree
lower than the showing made in tin
unofficial thermometers down town
This is, howover, 2 degrees lower thai
at tlio same time yesterday. The uigh
was insufferably hot, aud even 011 tin
heights, where there was a marked dif
lorence ill temperature compared wirl
tho downtown districts, there wa
scarcely a breath of air stirriug. N<
heat prostrations have boon reportei
uii.*! nioiiiiiiKChicago,
July 2.?Notwithstandinj
i the storm, which diminished the bca
somewhat last evening and inude tin
night more bearable, the thermomete
' on tbo street at 8 a. 111. registered 86 tie
I grces, only 2 degrees lower tban at rh<
; same liou. yesterday. The beat wavei
i not yet broken, and from present indi
| cations it is uncertain wben it will be
Forecaster Wuiz said: "It will b
cloudy today anil tbero may be show
ers. If the sun is kept out of sight ul
day the heat may be endured in spit*
of the humidity, but if the sun get
out tho day will be a scorcher."
Cincinnati, July 2.?Tbo wind not
rain storm of last night, lowered tin
temperature so that tbo night was no
at all oppressive, and only one dear!
has been reported during the night Iron
beat. A fine breeze is blowing tun
morning, with tho temperature ou tin
street, at 8:30 a. in., at 84 degrees. I
is not thought that the storm of las
night is n permanent breahing up of tin
hot spell, bur rimt before the day endi
the temperature will again be above 90
One uigUt's respite has given fre.?l
vigor with which to'encounter anothei
l.ot wave, if it comes.
Kansas City, July 3. ? At 8 a. m. tk<
weather bureau thermometer registeret
04, 3 degrees above tho same hour yes
I teniae. Hnriilv nnr Imn ?n ?.i...
? ....J.
and there was no immediate prospecto
rain, making it very likely tuat th<
day would prove the hottest ot' the sea
sou thus tar. Yesterday's record wai
05) degrees, the hottest first of July evei
experienced here.
Boston, July 2. ? Weather condition!
here were improved though in a von
slight degree early today, the theruioin
9 *r standing at 84, four degrees below
the record of the lust five days at 8 a
in. There was a breath of wind Iron
the eastward.
Miiavavkkk, July 2.?Yesterday wn:
the hottest day since July 1, 1887,whet
it was i02 in the shade. Tho tnercurj
went up to 07. Today opens hot auc
stutTy, but there is a breeze blowing
and a cooler temperature is predicted,
MORTALITY AT PITTSBURG,
Number of Fatalities Ucaches -40 It
21 Hours.
Pittshuro, July 2.?Twelve deaths
and 18 prostrations from heat were re
parted from midnight to ! 1 o'clock this
morning, making the number of fatali
ties 40 in 24 hours.
Wmle last night was not as close as
tho previous night, thousands of per
tons in tho tenement districts slept in
hallways or ou scono steps and bricii
pavements. A walk up Western ave<
..hit iusi, ui^in was (iiiiicuir. not oniy
the .sulewaiks, but even the roadway,
was full of people, trying to sleep.
Many poor mothers sat up nil night,
watching their slumbering children
that harm might not comu to thein u-i
they lay on the pavements.
At S o'clock this morning the mercury
stood at 7S, six degrees cooler than
at the same hour yesterday, and at 11
o'clock it had risen to SO. The indications
are for thuiuiershowers and lower
temperature tomorrow.
Nearly every mill and fnrnaco not
affected by the strike is crippled from
the great number of beat prostrations
of the employes, many mills having
been forced to entirely suspend operations.
Philadelphia, July 2.?At 11 o'clock
tbo government thermometer on top of
the postolllce building registered 93 degrees,
while those on the street varied
from 99 to 102. Sixteen deaths had occurred
nnd over 100 prostrations had
been reporred up to that time. Manufacturing
establishments in nii sections
of the city were compelled to close.
Men were not allowed to go to the tops
of buildings in course of erection, as it
was feared they would be overcome au-1
ian to tneir deaths. Hospitals ail over
the city are crowded with heat patients,
and in some cases tho facilities were inadequate
for the treatment, of the sufferers,
owing to lack of tents.
Dktkoit, July 2.?A fierce rain storm
during the night, lasting an hour and n
half, cooled tho temperature so that at
8 o'clock today the weather bureau
thorinometer registered but 75 degrees.
The prospect is for considerably cooler
weather today over the lake region, according
to Forecaster Conger, Tbc-re
was one death last night from the heat.
Albert Kicliter, a toamster, wuo was
overcame on the street and died at
Emergency hospital. Six other prosi rations
occurred yesterday afternoon nud
evening.
Nkw York, July 3 ?The weather bu
reau thermometer was at the 95 mark at
10 a. m., 0 degrees bigber than at 10
yesterday. So many norsos bavo breu
killed or disabled by the beat taut du.
li veries of provisions and ice were inucii
reiu.Jed today, tuus adding to the dis
J comfort and suffering. la Brooklyn 30
j deaths were reported to the coroner's
office bet woe u mid ni got and 9 a. iu.,
' j and of these 17 were direotly due to the
s heat,
r
Boston*, Jnly 2. ? Reports from New
j. England points received here early today
indicated no abatement iu the hot
wave. Temperatures woro reported at
from 84 to 90. At Lynn several factories
have been closed, owing to the heat.
Tiio thermometer at Ball River Stood at
90 almost ail night. At Boringfield at
8 a. in. the official record was 90 degrees
and at 10 o'clock the mercury stood at
90. No deaths bavo bean rMnnrriMl
Oi-kvklaxd, July 2.?Tbo mercury
early today registered 78. The sky was
overcast and tne local weather bureau
prodicted showers, with lower tempera
tore. No deaths or prostrations from
1 heat were reported during the night.
s St. Lor;s, July 2.?At 8 a. m. the
o weather bureau reported 86 degrees of
beat, with the prospect that it will be
t much warmer beforo the day is over.
0 The atmosphere is very sultry.
j Sr. Pact,, July 2.?The official temj
peraturc h*te this morning was 67, with
> indications for a continuance pf vo6tor1
day's clear and couffiirtablo weather.
; Inpianapoui.,, July 3.?Tho day opou^
ed hot and clear, with no indication of
lower temperature. No deaths or serious
prostrations thus far.
Killed by Lightning.
B Saginaw, Mich., Julv 3. ? Hon.
s
George Davenport, a former state senator
and one of the most prominent men
b in this section of t he state, was killed by
lightning at his summer home, a short
1 distance from the city, today.
5
3 Ni:\vmarkkt, Ala., July 3.?Mrs. Eugene
Penny of this plaeo was struck by
j lightning and fatally injured during a
3 etprm yesterday nftoruoou. She was
fearfully burned.
1 Seeks a Jail I or Safely.
i winchkstkk, Ky., July 2. ?John
3 Henry, a negro, appeared hero yestert
day evening on the verge of prostration
II from fatigue and fear and u.-kod to bo
s looked up. Sunday morning he killed
8 his wife at his home among the foothills
on tho Kentucky river. A mob of ue1
groes lormed to hang bim Henry hud
f hoen fleeing lroai the wouid be lynchers
since. Twice he swaui tho river to
elude the pgr.-uers. Being hemmed in
3 on tureo sides, he abandoned hope of esi
capiug and sought refuge in jail.
Il?-at iiiiil S?torm- In Kiir.ipc.
[ London, July 2. ? While the weather
5 iii England is temperate, continental
telegrams continue to report the rnv?
i ages of heat and storms. Death from
r Buustroltes are numerous. In an Italian
regiment which was marching from Pisa
, to Leghorn there were JO cases ot sunstroke,
while many soldiers dropped
from exhaustion. Storms have occurred
iu northern Franco, where lightning
r has wrecked churches and houses. Sev?
era! fatalities occurred.
Owes Institution $ 1 :$,<)<)<).
Philadelphia, July 2.? William E.
Douglass, until recently an assistnut to
tho receiving teller iu the Guaranty
. Trust and Safe Deposit company of this
city, has disappeared, owing the iustituf
tion fill,000. The loss is covered by a
' Baltimore surety company.
GREAT POWER PLANT.
Chattahoochee Liver Near Bolton
\\ LI He lliirnvs^ed.
Atlanta, July 2.? Atlanta is soon to
have a new industry which, when completed,
will involve the expenditure
of northern and local capital amount(
ing to v 1,000.000 or more, and which
will mean more industrially than any
single plant in this section of the stato.
1 Ps effect will be far reaching, and it
will practically revolutionize mauufac
taring conditions in and around Atlanta.
The new plant provides for the harnessing
of the Chattahoochee river at a
point about 4 miles from Bolton by
pieans of a dam with a 40 foot fall and
1 the erection of a splendid plant which
I will snpuly the manufacturers of Atlanta
with n maximum capacity of 20,000
horsepower in electricity.
While the bulk of the money invested
in the ne\V enterprise will come from
tUa .......i. 1 ? >'
.uw ?uui:, wvrim wen kiiowii Atlanta
men arc interested in the veuture. Although
all plans are now complete, none
of the interested parties care to have
their Jinnies mentioned in the matter.
Work on the plant will bo begun ut a
very early date.
'lochs Denounced by Council.
Ati.axta, July &--Thef city couuoil
yesterday afieriioo^rtulopted resolutions
by a vote^f 11 to 5, dofirecntitig tho action
of tho students of tho Technological
' school 111 taking tho places of tho strikI
ink machinists in tho Southern railway
i shops, calling 011 tiio trustees of the institution
to take sti ps to prevent *uch
' action on tho part ot tho Tech students
| in tho future and calling oil Kniton's
; representatives m tho legislature to soi
cure the nussfice nf n !? ?? ?..i.i?i. ...;n
prevent tlie students of tins sehool from
taking places maiio vacant by striking
organized laborers.
Work on New Station.
Columbus, G:l, July 2.?Work has
commenced oil Columbus' new union
passenger station, 'i he Central railway
will speiid between $:id,000 and ?-40,000
on its new station, which will be
equipped in up to date stylo. The plans
call for a s ructnro which will bo a
credit to a city too size, ol Columbus. In
u number of rospects the station will rescmbld
the one in Montgomery, Ala.
Sirleken Wl h Anoplexy.
BlllMiNull.\M, Ala., July 2.?O. W.
Jacobs, a well known drummer from
Nashville, was stricken with npopli xy
at tlie Morris hotel ami is in a critical
Condition. lie was removed to the
Htltmau hospital uud nls lauiiiy adi
vised.
i WITHOUT INTEREST
j OR MUCH EXCITEMENT
| Second Day of tlie Strike o 1
the Steel Workers.
| NOT MUCH ACTIVITY YET
Uoal lost Will Cum < Al'ior tin; Wurliiiigmeii
lliivo Itemed I' rom tit..' I'.t'fects
of the Hot Weather and Stcvl
Work Is Ho.inlii;*.
PlTTSBUKO, July i.?Tho second day
of the strike of the sheet steol mid hop
workers of tho Amalgamated association
opened without interesting or exciting
features. It was evident tnat
neither sido anticipated early developincuts,
as there was no unusual activity
about tho combino olliocs and cue utmost
quiet provailod at tlie headquarters
of the workers. As President Shaffer
remarked, the condition ot the pros
vuv oiiiuu v> tir? , hiui iiu ui uiuui.i
results were expected for ftu days or
two weoks. By that time the manufacturers,
having all necessary repairs at
their mills completed, .will Ve anxious
to resume operations. Tiio struggle
won d then begin in earnest-. Tne ho
lie! is quite general, however, mat the
real tost will not como until tne close ol'
the hot weather and the general resumption
of business in the early fail,
and in the meantime it is thought tirat
the conflicting interests will see thenway
clear to recede from the present
po-iuon.
rri'p?rlii<; For Rainy Day.
That President Shelter of the Amalgamated
association is preparing tor me
raiuv day which may come if tne strike
is prolonged indefinitely is ovideut from
the circular mailed to the association
lodges today. The circular directs the
lodges to lay nsso.sinents upon their
members, the money to bo used for the
relief of such members of the assoeia
tiou as might bo out of work. The
money collected by these assessments of
the lodges will bo forwarded to Pitts
burg, whore it wiil be placed in use
general fund of ihe association. Tne
latter lias for years been creating a
striae fund, systematically and in -medically.
The fund-is said now to amount
to between f .'oo.i-oo and 4-1 )-',h00.
Tee combine ofJi -ml - do not recognize
a condition of a strike us yet. J^ciuo of
fhA nffip>ra nirin.am rl%.*r
... w w...v> WI.II Iiiriu HWi> un
a renewal of negotiations at uny tune
and a settlement effected.
In outside circles the belief is growing
that the strike will be called off before
it yets fairly well under way.
TRIAL OF EARL RUSSELL.
The Prosecuting Authorities Must lie
In a t.ttrry.
New Yokk, July 2. ? Commenting
on the preparations for the trial of
Earl Russell on the charge of bigamy,
! tbo London correspontleiit of the Tribune
says:
The prosecuting authorities are not
expecting a serious delay in disposing
of the case. Tncy nave need of haste,
i for tli'v cannot Keep rheir moss liu'portent
u if e-ses Lonir in England.
Judge rhirier is a voiuatarv witness,
j who ciniiot r un nil in h liuitoly in
Loo .en. lie has ,-ni t that he cannot
remain after the middle oi August, but
inns' r. turn to Neva la, whetner or noc
it suits me convenience of the crown.
].r is probable mere will not be any
negligence on the part of tile prosecution
in establishing the identity of she
accused earL
"The royal gallery, in which Lord
I Russell will he tried, is one of the
finest rooms 111 the precincts of the
house of lords."
THIRD TERM TALK. ,
lirosvonor Thinks No Mmi Will Kver
He Elected.
I
Kansas City, July 2. ? General I
Charles Grosveuor of Ohio, speaking of I
ft reporr of the utterances regarding thy
j third term question imputed to hitn,
> said:
| "It was misrepresented. The interview
published was a distortion of a
' mere statement ot' historical fact rejsrard,
ing Washington's reasons for uo.t acj
cepting a third teriu which I made to a
i party of young men. I will not say.
ami I have not said, whether I think
j Mr. McKmley could be elected again,
j bur I do suv that in my judgment no
, man will ever b_' elected to a third
, term."
| General Grosvenor is enroute to Win*
I field, Kill., where ho will deliver an
' address on July 4.
County Scut < h ntged.
Jackson Dkpot, Misa., July 3.?The
legal light over (he proposed removal of
rho county soar, of Simpson county Xroni
Westville to Edna was brought to an
unexpected close last night, when thu
books, records and court paraphernalia
were hauled rapidly acro-s the country
a oistance of Ifi nnles to E :ua. The no- i
tion was given legal sanction by the
board of supervisors.
Prion \uvitI to < Ivll E'fe.
Nr.w York, July 3?Lienrennut J.
II. Scott of the murine service, who
distinguished himself at the rescuo of
! tlm persons on the disabled tornedo '
j bo.it Win-low, off Cardenas, May 11, .
18slS. has resigned and gone into the j
railroad buaiuess under T. N. Pollock, !
foreign freight agent of the Puiiusvlv i. !
uia railroad.
Jealousy I ho Cause.
W.vRRKN, O., July "J ?Ronald IIa\vl-:?
Ins, a farmer residing near Newton
Falls, today shot and killed his wife ,
and thon attempted suioide. He failed
I to indict a fatal injury upon himself
and is now jii jail. Jealousy was the
cause of the tragedy.
! A Democrat Appointed,
i Wasiiinoton, Julp 3.?The president
has appointed Jefferson F. Itiehftrdsou
to bo postmaster at Greenville,
b. a
Ithey must be tried
DOWN IN SAVANNAH
Eefore the United States Circuit
Court.
GREENE AND THE GAY NOES
| ( hiirsfil W ith ^witnllliiK tlie fiiltetl
j Stat*-, in Connection Willi Cnptiiln
Carter, In the M..t:er of the iue
I prnveiiiciit nt "nvanimli llarhor.
Washington, July'5.?The record of
I In- case of Ken jam .11 I). Greene, John
i 1J. Gay nor, William T. Gaynor and E'l?
i ward 11. Gay nor, charged wit h enteri
ing into a eomoinauou with Captain
i Obi-rlm M. Carter to defraud the government
in connection with the improvement
i f the harbor at Savannah,
Ga., was ill- d in the ofiieo of the cierk
of the Utilted States supreme court today.
The case comes to this court from the
circuit court, southern district of New
York, that court refusing to grant the
application of the persons nniued for a
writ of habeas corpus, thus continuing
tire order tor their removal for triai to
tin- circuit court for tne southern district
of Georgia, where they were indicted.
Iu their assignment of errors the potitioucrs
allege that tiie Georgia grand
jury was illegally and iurnronorlv drawn
I mul that therefore the indictment is invalid.
*
It is alleged that the Georgia court is
without jurisdiction, and tuac the iudictinei.t
states no offense against the
laws of the United States.
ICE FAMINE IS IMMINENT.
I he Miortnge In Kentucky I Jccoiiilng
Quite Serious.
Lorisvn.i.i:, July 2?.?The ice shortage
in Louisville and scores of small Kentucky
towns is getting to b? very serious.
The denisiou ot local dealers yesterday
to fill no more out-of-town orders
at prisout, 111 order to protect patrons at
home, was followed today by the an*,
nouncomont of two large dealers that
their supply was exnausted. J'iiey delivered
during the morning what was
left over from last night, but at 10
o'clock this was gone.
t>ix carloads had been ordered from
Chicago and Indianapolis, and the two
dealers hoped to make their supply last
till the cars arrived. The demand was
too great, however.
Tin-re is as yet no great suffering in
Louisville, owing to the famine, but
doz ns of towns our in the state are entirely
without ice, and there is little
hope for any relief, though orders have
been placed in the north for iinmediato
delivery.
lue lactones whoso machinery broke
down owing to its incessant use are
still crippled, while those srill in good
working order are powerless to do auything
like meet the abnormal demabd.
RESULT OF A RUNAWAY.
One Person Killed and Tlirco Scrlousy
lij ired.
Nasuvm.i.i:. July 2.? A special from
Somerviile ro Tno llauuer says one person
was killed and tnroe were seriously
in jured as ttie result of a runaway accident.
The carriage was occupied by K D.
Wiiitson, uis sou and daughter of Memphis,
and Ab Henderson, the negro
uriver.
Tho team became frigbrenod and
bolted down a bill, at the mot of which
was a bridge spanning a deep gully.
The team missed the bridge, and the
carriage with its occupants was precipitated
into rue gullv.
Henderson was billed by boing tram
plea to death and Mr. Whitson had his
una fractured. His --on and daughter
were badly hurt, but the extent of their
injuries lias not been ascertained.
j GETTING DOWN TO WORK.
i\tili> 111 'i * oiiveiinou h ixcs New
Hours?Women Waul to Vote.
Montoomeuy, Ala., July 2.?Notwithstanding
the intense heat prevailing
here, the 6ons*titutiounl eonvention
this morning adopted a resolution to
hereafter convene at 0:30, ndjouru at 1,
reconvene at -iuiui a?.j mrn at 0, thus
gaining one hour each uay.
A petition was presented from the
Indies of Madison county asking the
rignt to vote at least in elections for
schools timi where taxation is involved.
Today the ten minute rule for debate
was adopted, after strenuous opposition.
Tlio suffrage article will be taken up
this week and the majority report will
be adopted, including the grnudfnther
clause," said a member of the sutlrage
committee this morning.
Violent! iflni m In Kentucky.
Midi?:.F.s?uho, Ky., July 2.? A violent
storm, resembling a tornado,
wronghc havoc across Cumberland Gap,
;a Powell's valley. A half doz?.u small
iariu Houses were demolished, together
with a largo number of barns Tliore
was some loss of life, hut particuinas
have not yet been obtained. Perry
Smith was killed by lightning. Crops
were seriously damaged by tlio wind in
various places. The path of the storm
last night was along Powell's river, the
farming communities being for the most
part visited. Cuarles Mayhiugs' home,
a two story structure, was blown down
and completely demolished. Tlio inmates
escaped. Jonn Winston's house
was partially demolished aud his barn
blown down.
Died Krc.iu Ilydropli bin.
MoBli.F., July 2.?Charles Bennett, a
10 year old hoy, died here yesterday j
from hydrophobia. About two weeks !
ago ho was playing with a puppy, when .
mo uo>t uu nmi tnronjtu tno nose, lie !
Buffered intensely l>eJore he died.
II out! to lie Kxleiiitfil.
Memphis, Jnly 2. ?It is reported that
the Memphis branch of the Irou Monn*
tain road will soon be extended from
bald Knob, Ark., to Coffeyvillo, Kan. I
The route was surveyed several years
If* irn< j
I
A POLICY OF ECONOMY.
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Seaboard Air Mnn Itntlroad Reducing
I In K?rcM.
Abijbvim.k, S. C.f July 2.?Br order
of General Manager Barr of the Sea.
board ubout 40 woikiueu at the sbop*
hero have been discharged. The office
of master mechanic was abolished, and
that menus that Captain Evans, master
mechanic, will have to go, as also ins
chief clerk, Mr. Calloway, and his
stenographer, Mr. Roberts, aud also Mr.
Kellond, master car builder. The meu
discharged were carpenters, tinners,
blacksmiths, grease wipers, etc. Mr.
Ernest Stump, who was ut one Mine
master mechanic iiere. will be general
master mechanic and will travel from
shop to shop inspecting.
These reductions are not to he routined
to tin- Abbeville -hops, hut will be
general over tlio entire system. *
I III- ltllll-l.Fl>
RAliKir.li, July 2.?A telegram from
General Manager Barr of the Seaboard
Air Line to J. B liiil, ciinirniau of the
railway committee of rtie merchants'
association, says the shops are not to be
moved from here; but this is not the
public's view at all.
THE CASHIER SURRENDERS.
Charged Wltli Kmbirr.I ement ? He
( Ives Bond.
Birmingham, Ala., July H. ? Burgess
Little, formerly cashier of the Shelby
County bank at Moutevallo, who is
charged with having embezzled $10,000
from the bauk, surrendered to the slier*
iff of this county yesterday and secured ,
his release ou a bond of $1,000. He ro*
luwi m milso any statement regarding
the charge further than to say he surrendered
of his own accord.
The bank from which ho is charged
with having secured the money was
capitalized at #25,000 and closed its doors
May 7. When the doors of the institntion
were closed only a few dollars w<t?
in the vault for distribution among the
depositors.
The prolimibnry trial will oconr next
month.
NEAL FOUND GUILTY.
Formrr Sbiperltitemleiit of 1'enltentiary
Is {Sentenced.
Coijt'Mnia, S. C., July 2 ? In the general
sessions court here, Colonel W. A.
Neal, former superintendent of the state
penitentiary, was convicted of fntlare
to turn over public moneys to his success!.r
ami was sentenced to a term of
four months in the Richland county
jail and a tine of #1,000.
Judge Gary told him he would not
impose the weariug of stripes upou uiiu
in view of the jury's recommendation
to mercy.
A new trial was refused and aftor the
sentence notice of appenl was given.
Neal's bond pending appeal was fixed
at #2,000.
lilve Stork Dealer Injured.
Birmingham, Ala., July 2.?An unknown
horse and mule dealer was
knocked from the ladder of a freight
train and seriously injured lust night
at the Twenty first street bridge. Tne
man was middle aged, but his name
could not be learned, as he lias been
either unconscious or delirious since
hurt. He bad several blank envelopes
ill his Irnni Mill***. " a ??
....... iv a
stablo in Atlanta. Tuo extent of the
injuries could not l>e (lotermined on
account of the condition ot hid head.
Hanged Herself In a ISarn.
Mobile, July 2.?News lms been received
here of the suicide, at Fairhope,
Baldwin county, of Miss Charlotte Gable,
daughter of John I Gable, a prominent
farmer of thur locality. She had
been mentally troubled for some time
and had several tiiues attempted to take
her own life. The other morning she
was missed, and her sister searched for
her. Siie found Miss Charlotte hanging
in the barn, detuL She was about <40
years ot ago. ^
Smallpox in North f urollna.
Raleigh, July 2.?The annual roport
of the state board of health says that
during the year ended May 1 there
were 1,945 cases of smnllpox reported
in the srnre, of which 630 were whites,
and 80 deaths from that disease, of
which 15 were of whites. There wers
1,000 fewer casos than during the previous
year. Wilson county made no
report, but it appears there were 500
cases ami 1 dentil there this year.
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
. OTTOX KH1MJKKJ*.
N'kw York July i.?Cottm futures
opened steady.
once CUM 5
..nunry <8 .... 7 01
. ?wi - .... ? .01 )
Marco. 7.10 ./.... T.ifl
Apru ....
.Uav ....
> uoe
WUiy 8 02 .... 7 6)1
August.. 7 ?5 .... 7 e5
:vpi?muer 7.#7 .... 7 00
Ociooer * lil .... 7 57
.Niovi-iuwr 7.01 .... 7 54
l>?OMii'>ar 7.08 .... 7.57
Spot cotton llrm nnd 1-lBo bitiher to
8 15-10 for midoliUK uplands and V J 10 for
tniilulin { xuti.
.4.IAIN VXII HltOVTSlO.VA
Chicago, July 2 orss (.roan
WI1KAT- July. 14%
August .. ....
Sep einber 0 .... 00'tf
(JOHN-.July ....
Septeinlier 4 .... *7
OATS?Inly .... 27?f
September .... 2.%
POWK-July .... 14.534
September 14.70 .... 14.6'4
January .... 14.44)
DA It I)?July .... ?55
Sep.enibcr 8.61% .... 8.00
December .... 8.15
KIMS?July ....?.MVS
September. $.10 ....8 07%
October _
January
NAVAL 'TOKR.i
SAVANNAH. July 2.?Spirits turpentine,
firm at 3J'4; receipts, 2,Oik; sales, 1.574; .
exports, 10. iiosio. nrni: receipts 4 411);
sales. Ml. exports. 515. (juote: A. H, C,
*1.05: I> $1.10. P.. #1.15; K. $1.20; Ci, $1.25;
11. *1.35; 1. $1.60 K. $1.4; M. $7.25. N;
$J.0n. windowKlubs *2.90; wsterwhite, $8.20.
CHARLKSToN, July 2.?Turpentine, Arm
at 34; sales.?casks. Hobiq, Hrnv, sales r4j<
? barrels 11. $100; I). 41.05 K. $1.10: K, > "
$1.1* M. 42.20. N. 42.60 window?lass. 13.90;
waterwnite. $.1.15.
W ilwinuton. July 3.?Spirits turpentine,
notliinvc 'loin#; receipts, ?/. Kosin,
firm at 954ft$1.0n; receipts. 363 Crude
turpentine, Arm at $1.26(^3.20; receipt^
14$. Xar, Aran at $L50? reoeipia, 304.