The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 26, 1901, Image 8
Henry M. Hoi me a, Ph. Q. Mgr.
HOLM ICS a MOO
THm heat ??f medieinesnre none t<
It'* h*d enough to be sick witho
drugs T -at's the reason we buy on
thing. It 's a great saurfaetlOD to ui
pend out is just as good as good drug
pa d for it you couldn't get it any be
graduate and licensed druggist with
patronage.
HOLMES ? MOC
Under H<
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CONVENTION OF ELKS.
(Iritnd Ij< <1 ;e In session Today at
Milwaukee.
Milwavkkr, Juiy 23. ?The grand
lodge of the Benevolent Protective Or
der of Elks opened here today. The
opening exercises consi ted mainly ol
intornml addresses. Cbnrles H. Hauiil
ton of Milwaukee preH<i<ui.
Mayor ltose welcomed liio guests and
Judge Jerome. H. Fisher, grand exalted
ruler ri>tiiw>nili<rl
The reuiaiuder of the session-will be
held behind closed doors.
At the first- executive session held
this afceruoou Grand Exalted Ruici
Fisher presented his report, wuich
showed that during the past year 1 IS
new dispensations have been granted
aud that now tnere are 7,'5 lodges, haying
a meiub rship of 011,000, showing an
increase since the last conyuntion ol
33 1-3 per cent. The order had contributed
$17,041 to the Galveston fund.
The financial condition of the grand
lodge showed n balance on hand in the
treasury of $30,000.
SOON BE CITY AGAIN.
Jacksonville Itl-tng Rapidly Fruui
ller Ashes.
Jacksonville, Flo., July 23.?There
is considerable activity in Jacksonville,
so far as rebuild. .lie city is concerned,
and skiled workmen are in demand.
In all parts of too city* carpenters and
masons are at work, ami within two
months Jacksonville will again lie a city.
Out-side of the business section about
300 houses have been builr or are under
construction since the tiro. Some of
these are commodious aud handsome
residences, while a majority are cottages
or small 2 story houses. The western
portion of the city is on a big boom just
now, but step by step the progress is
showing up towards the east.
MR. ALLEN'S SUCCESSOR.
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? .... j ....hi. if in ur fiauieu vioveriior
of Porto It loo.
Washington, July 23?W. II. Hunt,
tlio present secretary of Porto Rico,
has been selected to succeed Governor
Charles II. Allen, on the retirement o(
the lattor from the insular government.
Governor Allen brought with him to
Boston all of his bousohold effects when
he came from San Juan and he does not
expect to return to Porto Rico.
The formal selection ot Mr. Huntwns
withhold until (he regular appointment
was made and this could not be inude
until the expiration of Governor Allen's
leave of ubseuco.
t Northern Pacific Elects Directors.
New York, July 23.?At a meeting
of the Norrneru Pacific Railroad oom<
pany, held here today, the following
new directors were elected in accordance
with the recent letter of J. P. Morgan:
Robert Paeon, George F. Baker,
Edward II. Hurriman, James J. Ilill,
bray ton Ives, D. Willis James, John S.
Kennedy, Daniel 5. Lament, Charles S.
Moll n, Samuel R-a, William R.ickefeller.
Charies Steele, James Stilimun,
E H. Thomas and H tycK. Twombiey.
Tne mueiing at wnich this action was
taken was very short. The direotors
adjourned immediately ufter electing
the new directors.
Work on the Conguree*
Columbia, S. O., July 23.?Good
headway was made daring the post
week upon the government work on the
Conguree river, iucidont to the deepening
of the channel of the river. On
Saturday the work of pumping the water
out of tho new coffer dain was commenced.
The force of men on the work
now is quite large, the contractors having
resolved to take advantage of the
low water. It is not expected that there
will be much more trouble from freshets.
TWO BOYS MURDERED.
Their Bodies Koiiuil In a Mill I'ond In
Tennessee.
Knoxvii lk, July a3.?The bodies of
Wheeler and Mvuatt Hntnmker wero
found in a mill potid near the Kentucky
line not far from Jncksboro, Tann. Investigation
by a coroner's jury showed
that the boys bad been murdered by being
stabbed and beaten and then their
fcfiilifii r.hrii-j/n in!.. H... ......?
Suspicion is said to point to Silas
Neilly. Neiliy tied after tiie verdict of
the coroner's jury was known. A fend
lias existed between Neilly and the Ilnt111
a kerb for several years, Neilly having
been whipped by a brother of the Hatmaker
boyB. The boys who wore killed
were only 11 and 14 years old, ana the
murder musr have been unprovoked and
therefore excitement is intense in the
oominuuity.
MiOt tly Iter Sister.
Mkmphih, July 28.?A Scimitar dispacth
from Mammoth Springs, Ark.,
eayt: Miss Pearl iiillinan, aged ltt, was
shot' and dangeronsly wounded early
this morning by her elder sister, Grace.
The latter attempted toshootasnpposed
robber, whose footsteps wore heard on
the front porch, but the bnllet struck
her sister.
Howard Case Dies In England.
London, July 23.?Howard Caso, an
American, prominent in Paris and New
'$ork, died suddenly at Lancaster today.
Mr. Oase, who had been in England a
couple of months, had been nuder the
care of physicians who had been treating
him for heart disease. His death ia
attributed to ayuoopo.
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Maurice A. Moore
RE'S PHARMACY,
no good for Hick folks,
lit. running chances with second graoe
ly the very highest quality of fvery9
to know that every prescription wo
js will make it. No mat ter what you
tter. Our prescriptions are filled by a
years of experience. We solicit yonr
IRE'S PHARMACY,
3tel Union
>NE 98.
SHIPMENTS OF IRON.
I Southern Field Makes Good showing
I For Past Six Mouths.
' Birmingham, Ala., July 23. ? Tho I
shipments of iron and iron pipo from I
the southern field duriug the first half i
of the present year made a very -eatis- I
factory showing. This territory ciu> !
braces Alabama aud Tennessee, and is
under the control of the southern iron
committee.
For the time mentioned the shipments
of pig iron from the entire field were
760,903 tons, an increase of the first six j
mouths of 1000 of 71,305 tons. From
tne Birmingham district 420,879, a do- j
crease of 5,037 tons. There were shipped i
during this period 79,910 tons of cu<t '
iron pipe, 48,101 tons better than Inst
year. The Birmingham district sent
out 31,049 more than in 1900, or 40,4^0
1 tons in all.
[ The exports were as follows: For first !
l Bix months of 1901, 18,374 tons of pig
, ' iron aud 1,589 tons of pipo, being 34.595
tons less rban last year of iron aud 3.004
less of pipe. i
The tonnago out of the district, it will 1
bo Been, is considerably above that of
last year. The outlook for the last half
of 1901 is that it will be heavier than tho
first.
The falling off in the export business
is due to the good condition of tho domestic
market.
CUT HIS WIFE'S THROAT.
Will I'robably Hang For Crime, but
bays lie Doesn't Care.
Birmingham, Ala., July 23.?Jerry
Dcmus, a negro, is in the couuty jail
charged with wife muruer, committed
at Ensley on Saturday night. Demus
says that he doesn't care if he hangs for
his crimo. He states that his wife had
not been kind to him aud that he had
grown lirru of her tren:incut. He says
that she loir- uim recently, but ho prevailed
upon her to return home and be- I
gin li:e auew. She came back Saturday.
Demus adds that when she came homo
he sat down and looked at her and the
longer, he looked tnu madder ne got.
Finally ho said he couid not stand it
any longer, so he went our, procured his
! razor, sharpened it and returning jerked
the woman's lo ad back and cut her
throat. When asked if he did not think j
' that he would be liuugcd for the crime, |
Demus replied:
' "Yos, 1 know they will hang me for
it, but I don't care. It will be only two
more negroes out of the wuy?me and
1 her."
1 Coroner Parris ninde a preliminary investigation
into the killiug and the
facts brought out substantiate the story
told by Deuias.
Mrs. Dixon (lets New Trial.
Atlanta, July 23.?Tho supreme
court has granted a new trial to Mrs.
Sarah Dixon, who was convicted in
Johnson county of the murder of her
husband and sentenced to spend the rust
of her life in the penitentiary. The
crime for which Mrs. Dixon was tried
was a peculiarly atrocious ono. She
and a mail by the name of Jerry Walden
nre said to have been intimate, and
the husband, being in the way, they
killed him. Both were arrested shortly
after the murder and Waldeu was tried
first. He was convicted and given a
life term in the peuiteutiary.
J?l?encer Contribute- $l,O0O.
COLUMUi'8, Ga., July 23. ? Samuel
Soencer of New York, nrosirtoof of tho
Southern railway, and a former citizen'
of Columbus, lias contributed $1,000 to
the Y. M. C. A. building fund in this
city. His only condition is that the
$20,000 fund required of Columbus by
George Foster Peabody be raised by
Jan. 1, 1902. Practically the entire
amouut has been subscribed by Columbus
citizens, but the committee will
ruise about 10 per cent over this in order
to provide nguinsr the usual unavoidable
losses in all large subscription lists.
Preparing Annual Report.
Ati.anta, July 23. ? State School
Commissioner G. R. Glenn is preparing his
annual report, which will go to the
governor and then to the legislature. In
this report he will deal extensively with
the question of the school fund, ou account
of the recent litigation over the
matter. Dr. Glenn will again urge that
the best solution of Che problem of the
school fund is in county taxation for
education. He thinks if the counties
raise more of the money for raxatiou,
and the state has less to pay, the matter
can be easily settled.
New Mill For Columbus.
Columbus, Ga., July 38.?Columbus
'starts another 26,000-ppindle oottou
mill on September 15. when the new
mill of the Bibb Manufacturing company,
on North Highlands, begins operation.
The plant is now practically complete,
and the machinery is being installed.
The null will give employment
to several hundred people, and its starting
will greatly increase the demand
for labor here. As it is now, the manufacturing
plants in oporattion could accommodate
many more worameii.
Milts Against Seaboard,
Atlanta, July 23.?Two damage suits
were filed iu the city court yesterday
against the Seaboard Air Line Railway
company, aggregating #15.000. One of
these, for $10,000. was filed by Howard
Hnnkuisou of Florida for $10,O0O; the
ether, for $5,000, was filed by WiUiani
B. Gray of this city. Both of the accidents
for which damages are askod oo
ourrad in the state of Florida.
NO NEW PHASES IN
STEEL STRIKE TODAY
Forces Settling Down For
Long Struggle.
STRIKERS ARE VIGILANT
liumora Huvo lleen Hlfe That Some
llllli Would Attempt to lltiumr.
but No Decided step llus Yet Ueeu
Taken In Tbat Direction.
Pittsbuko, July 23.?The strike situation
presents practically no new phases
this morning ami it appears now as if
the contending forces are settling down
to a protracted straggle. While the company
at the Wcllsville mill received the
accession of u few men from the ranks
of tho strikers yesterday the number is
not yet largo enough to justify the mill
in starting up in fulL In the meantime
the Amalgamated mou are keeping
a watch upon tho mill and all tho avenues
that lead to it. Pickets have been
been throwji out along the streets and
tho ruilroad stations, so that nothing
will escape the vigilance of the strikers
If the company suouid bring any new
men in.
At Dewces Wood mills, McKeesport,
everything is quiet. It is said officially
that the management have no intention
of resuming the operation of tne plant
at present. Nevertheless, the strikers
nre wary and evidently do not believe
this, because they continue to patrol the
streets for the purpose of keeping their
eyes on any one going toward the mill.
Pickets are lined along the river front
and nt tho stations und strangers are
kindly but Qriuly asked to show who
they are and how it happeus they are in
McKeesport.
M^n Quirt, but Determined.
A satisfactory feature in connection
with this is the continued order and
good behavior of the men. Of course
what might happen in case some strange
workers were to appear on rhe scene
cannot bo conjectured. Little doubt remains
that these mill owners intend to
light if the issue is lorced.anu while the
workmen hero mean business and will
fight, there is not much doubt that tne
present mnnugement of rhe DeWe s
wood plant have long since prepared for
auy eni' rgenoy.
At Vamiergrift and Duncntisville tho
men appear to be entirely satisfied and
work is going on there as usuul. All
the efforts of the Amalgamated association
to get tne men out have so fur becu
futile.
Ken.nts are rife thnr. tlm TTnitnS
States oreel corporation will shortly
make un effort to start up the Painters'
mill of the American Steel Hoop company
in this city. Emissaries are said to
have been umoiig the idle operatives of
that plant tor tne purpose ot inducing
them to couie hack and help iu the rtisumption
of the milL The result of this
report has caused the Amalgamated
men to redouble their vigilance at this
poiut and they will do tiieir best to
frustrate the object of the company.
The Amalgamated association has a
very strong organization in the Painters
plant. The men, it is said, have a code
of signs prepared, and at the least sign
of activity on the part of the officials of
the company the ringing of a bell or t >e
blowing of a whistle will bring the
strikers to the scene without the least
delay.
lho conditions at the Clark mill,
Thirty-fiith streot, this city, are the
same today as they wero yesterday. No
more men have gone in and everything
tends to prove the statement of Manager
Brown that no men will be hired
nntil the strike is settled.
At the Lindsay mill not a wheel is
taming. The plant is closed down save
for the few laborers' who are still at
work cleaning up in the mill. Many of
the strikers have left Allegheny and
gone to work in other districts.
Oue of the most significant developments
of the strike is the order from tlio
officials of the National Steel company
to have the former rail mill of that company
in Yonugstown fitted for railroll*
iug again. The mill was originally a
rail mill, but during the early part of
the present year, nfter a consolidation
had been perfected between varions underlying
companies, as the United
mutes oteei corporation, tho Youngstown
rail plant was abandoned and its
product turned into sheet bars and billets.
Xo Karly Set-tlrnvnt Anticipated.
The fact that the National Steel company
is thus preparing to change its rail
production nud shut off its steel bar and
billet production is tuKen as an indication
tnnt the officials of the United
States Steel corporations do uot anticiKate
an early settlement of the strike,
nt are rather looking for some considerable
delay in operating the nulls. Tlio
Youngstown rail mill has been a uounuion
plant and the 111011 employed there
have always been outside of the organisation.
At the Amalgamated headquarters
the officials have nothing new to report
this rnoruiug. President Shaffer said
the situation was unchanged and that
he was well satisfied with the outlook.
The situation at MeKoe.s|>ort, Pa.,
this morning is given in the following
dispatch:
The striking steel workers at the plant
of the W. Dwees Wood company here
spout a very restless night, it being rnmored
that non-nnion men wore to be
imported to take tho place of tho strikers.
Guards were stationed at every 40
feet around the mill all night. About 4
o'clock several strikers tried to get an
entrance to a part of the barrlcaao ou
tho plant, but were drivon bank hv the
police gaaraiug the company's property.
Late last night Trusteo John Pierce
of the Amalgamated association, organ
ized a lodge of workmen at the Glassport
plant of the American Steel Hop
oompauy. This is considered another
ictory by the strikers, as this mill has
been non-union since it opened. Threo
hundred workmen wore employed at tho
Olassport plant and the AO members
who joined the lodge last night are |
pledged to wnlk out ot the mill should i
the workmen at tho De Wees wood plant '
do so. |
Tho strikers here report that at a seoret
meeting last night quite a number
of federation of tabor workmen in the
National rolling mill plant of the NaV
, , t
tionnl Tube company joined the Amalgamated
meu and are ready to strike.
It is reported1* that the LaPorce uud
Butte mills of the National Steel company
at McKeosport, as well as the pip<
cutters, are to be organized by rh<
Amalgamated association, perhaps on
Sunday next.
With these departments well organized,
the association will bo in shape to
completely tie up the big plant if it desires.
Tne general belief is that uc
strike wil' bo ordered unless the com
pany discharges some of its men foi
joiuiug the union.
All Collieries In Operation.
Siiamokin, Pa., July 211.?Notwithstanding
the refusal of the Philadelphia
aud Reading Coal and Iron company,
to reinstate the striking mine firemen,
all of the strikers at the other uiiues in
this region returned to work today. The
Rending company's lirerooms are now
manned by non-union men and all oi
the company's collieries are in opera
tiou.
Machinists Will Return to Work,
Seatti.k, Wash., July 23.?Twentyfive
machinists in rhn nmnlm. r\f r>?
J?V w. ..... * ?
cific Coast company who left their positions
in May will go back to work tomorrow.
MEDAL FOR EDWARD.
Presentation Causes Uonstp In English
iind Amerieun Society.
London*, July 23.?Much gossip in
American and English society has been
caused by the presentation to King Edward
yesterday by some American ladies
of the hospital ship Maine committee
of a medal commemorative of the
Maine's work, with a request that the
king transmit the medal to Queen Alexandra.
It seems that the idea was opposed
by a number of influential momburs
of the committee on the ground
that the king did not want the medal,
but the others carried the day.
The king's reply to tho delegation
which made tho presentation is causiug
somo comment, as he thanked "the
American committee" for their "loyal,
dutiful sentiment," as he did the Kansas
legislature in answering their telegram
of condolence on the queen's death
aud as he also thaiiKed the committee
for bringing their valuable services to a
culmination by presenting the ship to
the government, whereas this was done
solely by Bernard Baker of Baltimore.
INCENDIARIES AT WORK.
Church und School Property Burned
In .Ml-cils?lppl.
Jackson, Miss., July 23.?Iuceudiaries
are playing havoc with church prop -rty
iu Lincoln county, and it is very likely
that it will bo necessary for -Judge Rob.l-(
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vav * V1(V4? v/4 iu*0 VI1\.UU UV HI 11/ UKStriCl
to go to Brockhuveu tvud make an investigation,
as the regular term of court iu
that county noes not convene uutii five
mouths hence.
During the past three weeks two
schoolhouses and two churches have
been burned, and evidence has been >ecured
which will probably result iu tiie
conviction 01 the guilty parties. The
iiicendiari.-ms are supposed to be the
work of a regularly organized baud of
outlaws in the liogue Chitto neighborhood,
which was once under the leadership
of John J. Sassar, the well known
murderer, who is now confined in the
Jackson jail lor safekeeping pending
the appeal of his case to the supremo
court.
Will L. ?.V V Kntcr Charleston?
Chari.j-.ston, July 23.?Rumors cou1
ceruiug the entrance of the Louisville
and Nashville railway system into
I Charleston are current here from good,
reliable sources. For a day or more
railroad people have heard iu an indirect
way that the Louisville and Nashville
had purchased, or arranged to purchase,
tiie Augusta division of the
Southern railway, extending from Augusta
to Brunchvilie, and that Charleston
would bo reacued over the line of
the Southern under traffic arrangements
between the two systems. While
I no railroad official hero is authorized to
; talk of the report, the fnct is not denied
that it has reached their eurs, and just ,
now the situation is extremely inter- ,
estiug.
Ha by Ale Lye.
Birmingham, Ala., July 23.?Louis
Buxton, the 18-raouths old baby* boy of
Mr. and Mrs. John Buxton, living on
First avenne and Seventh street, died a
horrible death last afternoon, the result
of poisoning from concentrated lye. The I
child was crawling along the floor when 1
in some manner it got hold ot a box of
lye and placed gome of it in his mouth.
Considerable was swallowed and tho
sufferings of the little fellow woro ter* 1
rible. Death cutne in a short time.
Tournament at Charlotte. 1
ChaKIX>tte, N. C., July VS. ? The
state firemen's convention opens in this
city tomorrow, and there will bo four i
. duys of parades and contests. The ocea- !
sion will bring many representative fire- I J
I men and representative men to Char- j <
' lotte from all parts of tho state, and j '
some from South Carolina. It will also ' 1
be a week of baseball, and furthermore 1
the cottonseed oil men are to assemble '
in tho city during the week.
i
Oral It of Or. l
MonticriJ/O, Go., July 28.?Dr. W. '
D. Maddux, one of Mtmticello's oldest
and most prominent citizens, died yesterdav
after an illness of several months.
Dr. Madcinx uad practiced medicine for
over 6l> years. Ho was one of tho char* '
| ter mombors of the Georgia Medical associarion,
and is said to bo the oldest
practitioner in the stato.
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DkSota, Mo., July 28.?The coal sup. J
ply aud buildings of the Irou Mountain (
railroad are threatened with destruo* 1
tion from Are, caused by spontaneous
combustion. This is one of the priuci- '
pal coal do|>ots of that road, whioh has '
a large supply of fuel on hand. Assist. <
auce has been scut from Bismarck, Mo. <
Knsley Industries Active.
Ensi.ky, Ala., July 23.?All the big
industries here expect to mako a good
run this week with outputs in pr^nortion.
The plant of the Binnii ham
Cement factory is partioulaly ac just ]
lit this time and is running full . ins. j I
NO RELIEF PROMISED
HOT WAVE SECTION
Wind Still Blows With the
Breath of a Sirocco.
MORE DEATHS REPORTED
"There Is Absolutely No Permanent
Change In siaht," Says the Weather
Hnreuii at N anliliigtoii?Ll^ht Ualns
lu Some Localities.
WASHINOTOS", July 23.?The weather
bureau officials iiud nothing iu the cliluatologicnl
coiulitious to justify any
predictiou of change of the temperature
iu the heated section of the couatry.
The principal weather bureau stations
in rim niirlnlo . u ~ J
?CKKkXJJ BUUVTOU
somewhat lower tenijH'ratureat 7o'cloek
today, but the forecasters say that thi9
change is 111 all probability only temporary
and might have been caused by
slight variatiou of the wiud.
"There is absolutely no permanent
change in prospect," tiiey say. In St.
Louis at 7 o'clock this moruiug the official
thermometer showed a decline of 0
degrees since the same hour yesterday,
registering 80 degrees. Kansas City
nlso registered 80 degrees; Springfield,
111., 80 degrees; Cincinnati 78 degrees,
ami Chicago 74. The indications are
for continued hot weather in Washington
and vicinity.
Light Itulns Reported.
Kansas City, July 28. ? Light but
scattered showers were reported late
yesterday and last night in southwestern
Missouri, eastern Kansas, Arkansas
and norrhern Texas, but at no point, it
is believed, was tno fall sufficient to
cause permanent good. Today iu Kansas
City the weather bureau reported a
temperature of 92 at 11 o'clock, slightly
lower than yesterday, but with indications
for fnir and continued warm
weather in this part of the country.
The rain reported in Knnsas for the past
12 hours takes iu seven couuties in the
eastern part of the Atchison down to
tne Oklahoma line.
fooler at St. Louis.
St. Loris. Jnlv 23.?After a hot
close night a breeze sprung up this
morning, bringing relief to the houses
of the sufferers. At 10 o'clock the gov
eminent therineinetrr registered 92 degrees,
compared with 100 at the sume
time yesterday. During the past 24
hours there have been numerous prostrations
and eight deaths from the heat.
Nine Deaths at Omaha.
Omaha, July 23.?With a record of
nine deaths and 13 prostrations for Omi.?
ha and vicinity for the last 86 hours,
today opens with a clouded sky and the
mercury at 7 o'clock registering 82.
Miirty-SIx at Louisville.
Louisville, July 23. ? The official
thermometer at noon recorded 00 degrees,
tho day's maximum to that hour.
No sorious prostrations have been reported.
Mercury High at I)m Moines.
Des Moinf.s, July 23?The temperature
at 7 o'clock was 82 degrees, 3 hotter
than yesterday, when 109 was
reached in the afternoon.
Still High In Nexv York.
New York, July 23.?The temperaturo
here at 10 o'clock was 84 degrees.
The humidity was 60 per centA
NEW SUFFRAGE SCHEME
Introduced In Alabama Couventtoa
by 31 r. Lowe.
Montgomery, Ala., July 23.?Mr.
Lowe of Jeffersou, who is violently opposed
to tho suffrago scheme of the majority
report of tho suffrage committee,
nnd wlin is chairman of tlio TVu,.inn?.i?
executive committee, today presented a
new suffrage sciieme to the convention.
Among the qualifications for voting
are: "Electors shall have made contribution
to the public schools of $3, if
under 45 years of age, and if over $1.50
on the tirst three mouths of the year
preceding tho year in which the election
is held at which he shall vote."
Such poll tax shall be known as tho
school contribution and shall be applied
to the public schools of the state.
Tux collectors are required to file in
in the office of the judge of probate accurate
lists of all persons paying snch
tax and school contribution and the probate
judge is required immediately to
record such list in a well bound book to
be kept lor this purpose and designation
of electors, and ttio list is required to be
published in some local newspaper.
The general assembly is given power
to provide by law a method for expunging
from the registration list any names
improperly placed thereon. No person
whose name does not appear on the list
shall be entitled to vote, provided that
uotliing herein shall be construed to exclude
from voting any soldier ar sailor
who was actually enlisted on either side
lu the war between the states, or has
fought, or was enlisted in any war to
which the United States was a party.
Head Severed Krom Body.
Gkf.fnsboro, N. O., July 23.? Lake
Landreth, a young white man of this
sitv, met au instant and horrible death.
With three companions he boarded a
iruikot nam wiuuu yvup ueiug smiled
in the yards of the Southern railway
for the purpose of riding to the station,
rhe young men were on top of a box^
jar. Landreth lost his footing and fell5
to the ground. He fell across a rail and
? car wheel completely severed liis head
from his body.
Wealthy Alabiinlan I>les.
Montgomery, Ala, July 23?Joseph
Qoctter, of tho Lehman-Dorr company,
lied yesterday. He was one of the
wealthiest men in Montgomery and had
been hore since tho war.
Cruker's Viper Wins.
London, July 28.?Richard Oroker's
Viper (L. Reiff) won the regulation
Blate at the first day's raolng today of
ne Leioester summer meeting.
BLAZING PETROLEUM
ENVELOPES SCHOONER
Terrible Aooident on Board
Amerioan Vessel.
MASTER AND MEN PERISH
In Addition four Swedish Cnstoas
Officers and the llrnnlltaa Csstil
Lose Their Lives?Accident Ocentred
u Mockliolm Harbor. 4
Etqckhoijc. July 23.?An explosion
today jf petroleum on board the American
schooner Lou no Adelaide. Captain
Orr, which left Philadelphia April 3^
and Portland, Mt, Jane 34, for Stockholm,
in the harbor here, resulted is
the death of Captain Orr, 10 mem be re of
the schooner's crew, fonr Swedish rat<
terns officials and the Bracihau consul.
Two of the Louise Adelaide's crew were
saved.
Tue oxploeiou set the schooner .afire
and the b.uz.ug petroleum enveloped the
vessel uud those on bourd.
The barkentine Louis Adelaide, Paptain
Orr, left Philadelphia April H for
(Stockholm. May 13 she pnt into Dntch
Island harbor, Rhode Island, having encountered
a heavy gale on the edae of
the gulf stream. From Dutoh Island
barbor she was towed to Portland, Me.,
for repairs, where she was refitted as a
schooner and resumed her voyage for
Stockholm June 4.
The Louise Adelaide was built at Tarmouth,
Me., in I8b3. She was 154 feet
long, 34 feet beam and 13 feet deep and reregistered
073 tons. She was owned by
Edgar Orr, of Portlaud, Me.
Sighted Horning Milp.
Victoria, B. O., July 38. ?The master
of the steamer Nell, which has nrrived
here, reports that ten days ago,
when he was waiting for the tide to enter
a creek below Port Simpson, he
watched a large two-masted passenger
steamer, seemingly an American vessel,
which evidently was on fire. For threequarters
of an hour she lay still off Donaa*
island with a great cloud of smoke
above nor spars and her hall hidden !
a pnll of steam, which looked aa thongh
water was being pat ou the Are. Then
she ran toward Duudaeisland, aa theagh
the officers were running her aahore.
The Nell's officers watched her for it
long time nntil the etnoke obliterated
their vision aud when it cleared ehe was
gone.
float IMrtk-s Sunken liOg.
Detroit, July 23.?A special to the
Journal from Saginaw, Mich., says: The
steamer City of Baltimore, on her return
trip from Point Lo, early today,
struck a sunken log in the river near
the government pier at Carrollton. A
hole was stove in her bow, and aa the
boat was making water she was tied to
the government pier. The tug Andrew
A. McLean of this oity went down and
brought the 80 passengers to the city.
There was no danger and no excitemeaU
NEW MISSISSIPPI-ROAD.
Promoters of the Vlckebnrg and Nat*
ttesburg Kallrond Organize.
Jackson, Miss., July 28.? The promoters
of the Vicksburg and Hattieoburg
Railroad company met here yeaterday,
perfected organisation and set
on foot the plans for the preliminary
survey. The road is to ran thrpmgh
Warren, Hinds, Copiah, Simpson, Govington
and Perry counties, orosaing the
Illinois Central at Ilaslehurar, and mak*
lug oonneotions with the (inlf and Shin
Island road at Hattiesbnrg. The following
officers were eleotedt
P. M. Harding, president; W. J. Ferguson,
first vice president; L N. Elite,
seoond vioe presidentjW.S. Jones, treasurer;
W. H. Fitshngh; secretary; P. M.
Harding, K. C. Carroll, W. 8. Jones, n.
L. Crook, W. L. Wells, A. J. Rnssell.W.
J. Ferguson, I. If. Kills and R. P. Willing,
board of directora The capital .
stock was fixed at $1,250,000.
DAILY MARKET REPORT!.
COTTON FUTURES.
Nbw Yobk. July 28.?Cotton tatnree
opened barely steady.
or?* . (toil
?nuary ?.M .... ?
February ....
JHarca. 7.67 ....
Aprii. ....
*ay ....
??u?a ....
Juiy 8 21 ....
August I.6J ....
Sep tern oar 7 68 .... ?,?
Uatooer 7.69 .... -?
.Sivfmmr 7 M .... ??
Ueo-Mii" >er 7.61 ....
Spot cotton finned qiuet 8-16 lower; nl(b^
dllug uplands n %c. middling gulL I
Bales, 1,585 b iles,
(1 IAIN AMU PROVISIONS.
Chicago, July ta. ofb* riAW
WHEAT?July .... 66%
September TO%f?% .... tWa
October .... TlW
CORN?July .... MU
September 67% .... HU
OATS?July.- .... MU
September 88% .... M\
PORK?July .... 16.27
September 14.60 .... 14.4T
January .... ??
LARD?July .... 8.M
September 8.70? 72%..., 6.76
October ...,< t.79
RIHS?July .... T.M
September. 7.95 .... 7.97
October .... 8.00
January .... i.W
NAVAL STORKS.
_ Savannah. July 23.?Splrlte turpentine.
nrtn at HH Did; receipts, 1,520; Mitt, 2,0*0!
export*. KM. Kojun. firm; rsctlpti. 0,0*1;
sales, 1,822: export*. 3,335. Quote: A. 0, C,
$1.15: I) $1.20: K. $1.25: P. $1.30. 6. $1.$3;
11. $1.45: I. $1.00 K. $1.95; M. tt.40. N.
$2.75: windowirlaiui. $3.05; water white, 08,80.
CHAKLKSTtiH. July 23.?Turpentine, Arm
at 33j/t; wile*. ? casks. Heel a. Uria; eaten
? barrel*: B. $1.00. 1), $1.<I0. ft, $1.10; W,
$1.25, M. $2.30: N. $2.50 window* lass, $900;
Water white. $3.15.
Wilmington. July S3.?Kpirtte tarpon*
tine, dull; receipts, 9. Itosta, Arm at
96c/it$1.0U; receipt*. 108. Crude turpentine,
quiet at $1.00f(?2.00; receipt* 100.
Tar, flrmat $1.50; receipts, 100.
Ltghtalng Strike* Mill Owaee.
Colquitt, On., July 38.?A. J. Oowv
art. while at hie Raw mill, wai truck Wf
lightning yesterday and la not eipeetod
to 11 va.
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