North Carolina Newspapers

OMTY "PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD." $1.00 Per Year It Arivanc - VOL V. DUNN, N. C, "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1895. NO. 12. . V, vTirAM ifcpiTTMAN. Promietnra" " "" 7 ' : , VTH.i.-i T I THE Sin COX AN DOYLE. v. I) v,t Akbar must have his tJnr ' We can tell the tale to you vJiile r'-ve awit them. Do you stand isf the prate, Mahomet Singh, and give ,tr.r f their coming.! The thing .?;,r..! thns. Sahib, and I tell it to you 1: rau I know that an oath is binding rr.' .i a l'eringhee, and that we may Irty'iu. Ilaid you been a lying Hin- .though yru had sworn by all the in their false temples, your blood ,vm!i!.! have been upon the knife, and your body in the water. But the Sikh jno-.vs the Erjiglishraan, and the Eng iMunan knows the Sikh. Hearken, run. to what have to say. There is a rajah in the northern imc.-s who has much wealth, though ii'!:t:il-. are small. Much has come to i.iiii :"r"ia his father, and more still he ha---it by himself, for he is of alow H i :? and hoards his gold rather than r P ii l it. Vhn the troubles broke out )..- v.-imM bo fr(iends both with the lion n-i l the tiger with the Sepoy and w'-'u t!i.-company's raj. Soon, however, i; m vjiwl to him that the white men's was cornel for through all the land ',.- i-ould hear of nothing but then i. :itii and thtjir overthrow. Yet, leing ;t .virefiil man, "he made suchplansthat, c in what iniglit, naif at least of his t:v:i wiii s Wonhl be left to him." That :i was Hi gold and silver he kept by 1, 1 !.- -!.. i m i ti th vaults of his palace, but lost precious stones and th-3 t t pearls 'that he had he put in ;m won b. and sent it by a trusty . -t-rva lit, who !i;m. shou Aiffa. 1 here JM'-jr". T.illlS have liis" mi under the guise of a mci d take it to the fort at to lie until the land is at if the rebels won he would ney, but if the company (ii'iii r hii. jewels would be saved to him. Having thus j divided his h :t id In threw himself into, the cause nf. t!w Sep. iys, since they were strong upon his bonders. IJy doing this, mark yi. s.iliib. his property becomes the tiuc nf tlmie who have leen true to their ,al.t. 'ilii.-. pretended merchant, who travels undfr the name of Achmet, is now in thb city of Agra, and de sires to gaift his way into the fort. He l as with him as traveling companion my foster-brother Dost-Akbar, who Un uvs hist secret. Dost:Akbar has promised tllis night to lead him' to a siih-postern of the fort, and has chosen the, one fotr his purpose. Here he will oine. pressentH' and here, he will lind Mahonjiet Singh and myself await ing bun.. TTlie place is lonely, and none shall knov.j of his coming. The world shall know of the in reliant Achmet nc more, but the great treasure of the rajah shalljbe divided among us. AYhat .say you to it. sahib'." "In Worcestershire the life of a man seems a great and a sacred thing; but it is very dijfferent when there is fire and blood 11 round you and you have been used jto meeting death at every turn. Whejt her Achmet the merchant lived or died was a thirig as light as air to me. but rit the talk about the treas ure my heait t urned to it, and I thought f what. I might do in the old country with it. aiii how my folks would stare when they $aw their ne'er-do-well com- ing back with his pockets full of gold rnoidores.- jl had, therefore, already made up, my mind., Abdullah Khan; however; t linking that I hesitated, pressed the matter more closely. 'Consider, sahib," said he, that if this man is; taken by the commandant h- will be hung or shot, and his jewels t lUen l'vthe government, so that no in -ni will be ri rupee the letter for 'hern. No. since we do the taking of him. w!iyliould we not do the rest as is well? The jewels will be as well with us as in the company's coffers. There will jbc enough to make every nc f f lis rich men and great'ehiefs. No one can :now about the matter, for here we are cut off from all men. V. hat could Say again. 1m better for the purpose? then, sahib, whether you or if we. must look upon are with usj you as an enemy." I am w ith you heart and soul," Kiid I. It is w HI." "he answered, handing me h.tek mv lire lock. 'You see that we tru-t you. for your word, like purs, is not to le brpkrn. We have now only to wait for my brother and the mer chant." : " ;'"'' 'Does your brother know, then, &f hat yon will do?' I asked. " "The plan is his. He has devised it. We will goj to the gate and share the wateh with Mahomet Singh.' " The rain) was still falling steadily, for It was, ijust the leginning of the wet season, j Drown, heavy clouds were e1 rifting across the sky, and it was hard to see more than a stone-cast. A deep tuoat lay ini front of our door, but the water was jin places nearly dried up, and it could easily be crossed. It was strange to jme to be standing there w ith those two wild Pun jaubees wait--ir.g for the man who was coming to his death. ' Suddenly my e5e caught the glint f a shaded lantern at the other side of the moat. It vanished among the iaov.nd-heaps, and then appeared again coming slowly in our direction. '" "Here they are!' I exclaimed. "You will challenge him, sahib, a9 iual.' whispered Abdullah. 'Give him eo caus-e for fear. Seed us in with him, and we shall do the rest while ou stay here, on- guard. Have the lantern ready to uncover, that we may be sure that it is indeed the man. "The light had flickered onwards, r.ow stopping and now advancing, un '1 1 could see two dark figures upon the other side of the moat.,- I let them ramble down the sloping bank, splash through the mire, and climb 1 alf-way up to the gate, before I challenged them. " y"ho goes there'? said I in a sub dued" voice, j " .T-'riends,' came the answer. I un covered mf lantern and threw a flood cf; light xinjthem.. . The first was an enormous Sikh, with a black, beard which swept nearly down to his cum merbund. Outside of a show I have never seen so tall a man. The other was a little fat, round fellow, with a great yellow turban, and a bundle in his hand, done up in a shawl. He seemed to be all in a quiver with fear, what have you rx tuk bundle?" i AfiKKD. for his hands twitched as if he had the ague, and his head kept turning to left and right with two bright little twinkling eyes, like a mouse when he ventures out from his hole. It gave me the chills to-think of killing him, but I thought of the treasure, and my heart set as hard as a Hint within me. When he saw my white face he gave a little chirrup of joy and came running up towards me. " "Your protection, sahib,' he panted 'your protection for the unhappy merchant Achmet. I have traveled across Rajpootana that I might seek the shelter of the fort at Agra. I have been robbed and beaten and abused because I have been the friend of the company. It is a blessed night this when I am once more in safety I and my poor possessions." "Vhat have jon in the bundle?' I asked. " 'An iron box,' he answered, 'which "contains one or two little family mat ters which are of no value to others, but which I should be sorry to lose. Yet I am not a beggar; and I shall reJ ward you, young sahib, and 3-our gov ernor also, if he will give me the shel ter I ask.' "I could not trust myself to speak longer with the man. The more I looked at his fat, frightened face," the harder did it seem that we should slay him in cold blood. It was best to get it over. " Take him to the main guard,' said h Tho two Sikhs closed in upon him on each side, and the"' giant walked be hind, while they marched in through the dark gateway. Never was a man so coin pas:, ed round with death. I re mained at' the gateway with the lan tern. '"I could hear the measured tramp of their footsteps sounding through the lonely corridors. Suddenly it ceased, and I heard voices, and a scuffle, with the sound of blows. A moment later there came, to my horror, a rush of footsteps coming in my direction, with the loud breathing of a Tun ing man. I turned my lantern down the long, straight passage, and thero was the fat man, running like the wind, with a smear of blood across his face, and close at his heels, bounding like a tiger, the great black-bearded Sikh, with a knife flashing in his hand. I have never seen a man run so fast as that iittle merchant. He was gaining on the Sikh, and I could see that if he once passed me and got to the open air he would save himself yet. My heart softened to him, but again the thought of his treasure turned, me hard and bitter. I cast my firelock between his legs as he raced past, and he rolled twice over like a shot rabbit. Ere he could stagger to his feet the Sikh was upon him, and buried his knife twice in his side. The man never' uttered moan nor moved muscle, but lay where he had fallen. I think mj-self that he may have broken his neck with the fall. You see, gentlemen, that I am keeping my promise. I am telling you every vord of the business just exactly as it happened, whether it is in my favor or not." He stopped and held out his man acled hands for the whisky and water which Holmes had brewed for him. For myself, I confess that I had now conceived the utmost horror of the man, Hot nly for this cold-blooded business in which he had been con cerned, but even more for the some what flippant and careless way in which he narrated it. Whatever pun ishment was in store for him, I felt that he might expect no sympathy from me. Sherlock Holmes and Jones sat with their hands upon their knees, deeply interested in the story, but with the same disgust written upon their 'faces. He may have observed it, for there was a touch of defiance in his voice and manner as he proceeded. - "It was aU very bad. no doubt," said he. "I should like to know how many fellows in my shoes would have re fused a share of this loot when they knew that they would have their throats cut for their pains. Besides, it was my life or his when once he was in the fort. If he had got out, the whole business would havecome to light, and I should have been court-martialed and shot as likely as not; for people were not very lenient at a time like that." 'Go on with your story," said Holmes, shortly. (To b3 continued ) ; Eighty Persons Drowned. The French steamer Dom Pedro has beea wrected off Capo Corobdo. A dispatcli says that the Dom Pvsdro wag bound from Passa ges for CariL When she'struek E?ye3, Cor nHdo her boilers exploded, sinking her ia a few minutes. Tart of her passengers and crew were saved, but about eighty persona were drowned. . ' In Melbourne, Australia, thero Is a lawn tenis court attached to the Leg Mature. CHICAGO'S TRIBUTE TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD. A Gathering of Distinguished Officers of the Federal and Confederate Armies. Under a sky now gray and now blue, as the light cloudy veiled the eun, the blue and the grey.- Federals and Confederates, united on Thursday last in dedicating the monu ment to the Confederate dead In Oak wood Cemetery, Chicago. Gen, John C. Underwood briefly sketched the inception and progress of the movement which culminated in the great gathering, and closed by introducing as tho presiding offi cer of the exercises the T.ev. IL W. Bolton, pastor of Centenary Methodist Church and past .commander of U.S. Grant Post, No. 28 G. A. R. Dr. Bolton, on taking the chair, returned thanks for the honor conferred upon him, and in a speech of some length delivered an eloquent eulogy upon the soldiers of the late war, both North and South. After an anthem by a double quartette the orator of the day, Gen. "Wade Hampton, was introduced and spoke as follows: WADE HAMPTON'S STEECH. "The scene presented here to-day is one that could not be witnessed in any country but our own, and for this reason, if for no other, it possesses a significance worthy of the gravest consideration. A few years ago brave men from the North and from the South stood facing each other in hostile array and the best blood of the country was poured out like water on many a battlefield. Thou sands, hundreds of thousands, of our bravest (Erected to Memory of Cjnre.Jxrate Trlsor.ers Who Died at Tort Douglas?, Chicago ) sleep in bloody graves, men who gave their lives to prove the faith of their convictions, and now North and South, standing by these graves wherever they may be, grasp bands across the bloody ebasin. and proudly claim Federal and Confederate soldiers as Ameri cans, men who have given to the world as noble examples of courage and devotion to duty as can be enrolled on the page of history. "Nor is this all that marks this occasion a exceptional and remarkable, and which would render it memorabl i in our annals for all time to come. No monument in the world has such an honorable history as attaches to yonder one that marks the graves of no vic torious soldier?, but of the followers of a Lost Cause. It stands not on Southern soil, but on Northern: the men who rert under its shadow come from our far off Southland, anil it owes its erection not to the comrades of these dead fcoldiers, but mainly to the generosity and mngnanmity of their former foe.1', the citizens of this great city. "All honor then to the brave and liberal men of Chicago who have shown by their action that they regard the war as over, and that they can welcome as friends, on this solemn and auspicious occasion, their former enemies. As long as that lofty column points to heaven, as long as one stone of its founda tion remains, future generations of Ameri cana shouW look upon it with pride, not only m an honor to those who conceived its con struction, but as n silent though noble emblem of a restored Union and a reunited people. In the name of my comrades, dead and living, and in my own name. I give graiefnl thanks to the brave men of Chicago who have done honor to our dead here, not es Confederate soldiers, but as brave men who preferred imprisonment and death rather than freedom obtained by a dishonor able sacrillce of the principles for which they were willing to die. "Of tho six thousand Confederates buried here not one was an officer; all were privates, in no way responsible for the unhappy war. which brought an iliad of woes upon our country. And yet these humble private sol diers, anv one of whom could have gained freedom by taking the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government, preferred death to the sacrifice of their principles. Can any possible dishonor attach to the brave men of Chicago because they are willing to recog nize the courage and the devotion to duty of these dead Confederates? Imagine if you can, my friends, the despair, the honor of these poor privates, lingering in prison and dying for their faith. They died here in what they looked upon as a foreign and hostile land, far from the laud of their birth, with no tender hand of mother or wife to soothe their entrance into the dark valley of the shadow of death, and with all the memories of their far off homes and loving kindred to add the sharpest pangs to death. . They were true men, and say if you please that they were mistaken, that they 'were wrong, no brave man on earth can fail to . do honor to their courago and their steadfast adherence to what they conceived to be their duty. You, the brave citizens of Chicago, in doing honor to their memory honor yourselves and humanity. Nor will you blame us of the South, while appreciating gratefully your generous action in behalf of our dead com rades, for cherishing with pride and rever ence their memory. You could not respect us were we to feel otherwise. "We, of the South, measure our dead com rades buried here by the standard applied to men after death, . and you, of Chicago, have measured them by the same standard, the only standard by which we can measure men, and by applying this you have shown that you have come to the highest standard vouchsafed to men. and on this North and South can stand, with honor alike to both sections. Is any Federal soldier disloyal to the flag under which be fought because bo joins in decorating the graves of bravo men whom he met in battle? Thousands of Fed eral soldiers rest under Southern skies, Li Southern graves, many in unknown graves. "And when, on MemomlDay in the South, the graves of our dead a redecorated, gray headed Confederate veterns and noble de voted women strew flowers over the graves of Federal soldiers. If th humane, generous action of the people of this city in doing hon or to the memory of their old antagonists is denounced as desecration, it . would seem to followthat the decoration of Federal graves by lleohands should be open to the same critieismrbut no denunciation of Southern people for daring to honor the memory of men who were once their enemies has "met my eyes. Such narrow and bigotted fceliags 5Si as would prompt a discordant note on occa sions of this sort are rarely found among true men and brave soldiers, and I have often thought that if the two- great captains who were engaged in that death grapple in Vir ginia had been left to settle the terms of peace, each supported by his faithful followers, tho country would have had a peace indeed, one honorable alike to victors and vanquished, and would have prevented the evils brought about by the politicians. As it is the South recognizes and honors' the magnanimity of Gen. Grant towards our great chief, Gen. Lee, and deplores as an unmitigated misfor tune the assassination of Lincoln. I repeat emphatically, that the untimely death of President Lincoln was regarded by all thoughtful men of the South as one of the most serious evils which had befallen our k section, and I venture to say that my South- era associates here present wui sustain my assertion. We know that during the war he devoted every energy of mind and bodv. for a restoration of the Uniou, and that result accomplished, we felt hat his big brain and kind heart would prompt him to deal kindly and leniently to his fellow-citizens of the South, for his highest, if not his sole aim, was to see the Union restored, and it was a cruel fate that deprived him of what he hoped would be the reward of bis labors and the South of one wbo. would have been her strongest protector in her sorest hour of need. "Some of our Northern fellow citizens seem.3 to paraphrase the Biblical question: C'aa anything good come out of Nazareth? by applying it to the South, but, my frieuds we really are not ail evil. Put yourselves ia our places and -Judge us from that stand point. In the Convention which formed the Constitution there were two parties which held opposite positions, one urging the fof- ation of a strong central government, and the other advocating the doctrine of Slate rights. It was attempted to reconcile these antagonistic views by a compromise by which it was declared that all powers not delegated to tho General Government were annexed to the States, but like all compro mises it left this vital question unsettled and from 1787 Until 1861 the proper construction to be placed on the efause of the Constitution just referred to had lead to constant and of ten to aagry discussion. This unfortunate condition of affairs v&u further complicated by the injection of the question of slavery into it, and we all kuow what has been the result of these unhappy differences. These are now all dead issues and I do not propose to discuss them. "It was a wise philosopher who said to a general commanding an army: 'I do not choose to argue with the commander of ten legions.' And when questions are submit ted to the arbitratment of the sword the de cision is generally in favor of the ten legions. The vexed questions which have disturbed the country since the foundation of the Gov ernment are settled, and reference to them is made only to show how natural tho course of the South was. educated as the people there were in the school of strict SUite rights. Every Southern man felt that a call made upon him by his State was an imperative command, and that his duty was to obey without hesitation, and at ail hazards. When the North called ou its citizens to rally to the old flag they responded to the summons from a sense of duty, as did the people of the South to the call made on them. "State allegiance and State pride ; in each case was the moving cause which arrayed millions of men in arms in this country, and while the war that brought them out caused untold misery to the country, it has taught a lesson to the nations of t ardi, that I America in arms caa defy the world. It seems to me, too, that it should inculcate another .lesson to us, and that is, that the time has come when the actors in that fearful fratricidal strife and those whom they represent should judge their former opponents as they would themselves be judged. This can be done without tile-sacrifice of principle on either Bide, as the example of our mother- country has shown us. York and Lancaster, Cavaiiec and Roundhead, no longer wage! war on each other. All are Englishmen, Iproud of their country, and the red rose and the white are emblems of peace aud of the glory of old England. Can we not all be proud of the prowess of.thc American soldier?" j Another vtvil selection followed, and then Major Henry T. Stanton, of Kentucky, re cited the memorial ode He was followed by the lit. IieY. Samuel Fellows, L.L. IX, Bishop of the Ileformed Episcopal Church; and late major general United States volunteers, who eloquently voiced tbn blessings of peacej con cluding as follows: "''Sheridan and j.Taekson, Sherman and Johnson, Grant and; Lee aro there, are here, with that invisible approv ing, protecting host, aud with the' benedic tion of our common Father and the Prince of Peace, our elder brother, we repeat the words that came from a Southern woman's lips and loving, loyal heart : ' Together,' cry Jthe people, jtnd '"together" still shall be - 1 An everlasting charter bond forever for the free. . f Of liberty the signet fceal, the one eternal sign, ! Be these united emblems, the Palmetto and the Pine." j Then followed the most impressive portion of the ceremonies, that of monumehting the guns. j The four cannons used in the ceremony formed part of a Federal battery during the war. They were captured from the Union forces in the battle of Murfreesboro, and afterwards fought on the Confederate side in the battles of Missionary Ridge!. Resaca, Dalton, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta and Franklin. They were recaptured by the Federals at the battle of Nashville, and did service for the Union side during the remainder of the war. The monumenting corps was as follows: For gun No. 1, Col. R. II. Stewart and Miss Lucy Hillj For gun No. 2, Col. S. J. Sullivan and Mrs. Albert Aker. For gun No. 3. Col. George Forrester and Miss Laura M. Mitchell. -J'or gun No. 4, Col. John W. White and Miss Belle Armstrong. Spiking party,, Co). Ii. Lee France and Comrade Theodore Neal. ; i The monumenting eorpjs and the spiking party formed in line, trie gentlemen escorting the ladies, and passed to. their respective stations through double lines of Union and Confederate veterans, who stood uucovered. The ceremony at gun Np. J, which was re peated substantially at each of the throe others, was as follows: Col. Stewart: "This gun. having lired its last shot, will now be silenced forever. Splko jthe gun." Where upon the spiking party spiked the cannon. Col. Franco placing the spike and Comrade Neal driving it home. Miss Hill then mounted the pedestal and 6aid: "This cannon, with its glorious record on the field of battle, having been silenced forever, I do consecrate it to the memory of valorous soldiery, to whom we dow erect a monument as a military decoration for their bravery and honor until death." . The guns having been monumented the drums gave a muffled roll, and the entire corps formed In line on the west front of the monument. Then from Gen. Underwood came the command: "decorate the mosumest !' At the word Miss Catherine Stewart, Miss Mary Sullivan and Mrs. R. E. Walker, dressed in whlta and escorted by three staff officers, approached tho monument, Mrs. Walker to the east. Miss Sullivan to the west and Miss Stewart in the centre. Mrs. Walker advanced, and placing a laurel wreath at the northeast corner of the monument, said: "As a just meed to the worth, of the Confederates, whose mortal remains are here monumented, I place this emtlematio wreath in token of their honored remembrance on this occasion by friends, Southern people, and all broad and liberal men." The other ladies did likewise, after which the choir rendered an anthem. Then the ladies generally, assisted by the veterans of both armies, decorated the monument, guns and piles of shot shell with flowers. The field was then cleared and the 1st regi ment of infantry, Illinois National Guard, paid the final military tribute by firing three volleys. Then came the . command "taps," after which the military band played a march and the audience dispersed. STEAMSHIP WRECK. THE COLIMA GOES DOWN. 150 Lives Lost Only One Bjatful of 14 Passengers and Fire Sailors Escapes to Tell the Story. The Pacific mail steamship Colima was wrecked between Mazatlan and Acapulco on May 27th, and the present indications are that over 150 persons perished. Only 19 are known to have been saved. The Colima was an iron vessel of 2JOG tons burthen. She was built by Roach, of Philadelphia, and sailed from San Francisco on the 18th instant in command of Captain J. F. Taylor. The other officers were. D. E. Grafftth, first offi cer; Gsorge Langham. second officer; O. Flausen, third officer; L. W. T. Kirby, sur geon; T. E. Berry, freight clerk; A K. Rich ardson, storekeeper; Wra. A. Smith, chief engineer; E. D. Reardon, first engineer; H. Finley, second engineer; F. Tomnereg, third engineer. There were 40 cabin passengers, 86 steerage - passengers, 40 Chinese and 70 officers aud crew. The news of the disaster reached San Fran cisco through h dispatch received by the agents of the Pacific Mail Company. One of the steamer's small boats containing 14 pas sengers and five of the crew, reached tlw Mexican coast, and it was this party that tel egraphed the news of the wreck. None of the remaining 150 passengers and crew have been heard of.. The names of the passengers reset d have not yet been learned. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has been advised that the following passengers and crew were landed at Manzanillo by the first boat: Cabin : Cushlng, Thornton, Domingc, Al bano, A. J. Sutherland, Laralua and Rinz. Steerage: J. W. Crew, D. Ross, H. W. Boyd, Anto Ramiz, G. Rowan, Jos. Salig and T. J. O'Feii. Crew: Anson, Carpenter, Richardson, Ray mond and Morrel. In the passenger list all those saved appear 'as belonging at San Jose do Guatemala. BLOWN UPON A CORAL REEF. One Hundred and Eighty-eight Lives Were Lost on the Colima. The following special dispatch from The San Francisco Chronicle's correspondent in the City of Mexico, contains awful tidings of the Colima's fate: "About 8 o'clock on the morning of tho 27th,ult.,in latitude 1833 north, aad longitude 104 degrees, fourteen minutes west, the Coli ma was struck by a powerful wind and was driven upon a coral reef and sunk, with a large hole stove in her side near the prow. Captain J. F. Taylor, after displaying mas terly skill in the management of the vessel, -urn Irillpi! hv .1 f.iltintr mast The first nflnt t. - j o - 1 l 1 n . : 1 1. j 11 ,..1 .....-! 1 auu uisi cugiucii ncitroiu jviti;u auu own after the boat struck the reef and went down in 130 fathoms of water. "Nearly twenty-four hours later the coast line steamer, Sui Juan, .picked up sixteen survivors and carried them into the port o Manzanillo. Five others swam ashore at Coahuayuanok and five more three cautn passengers and two sailors were subsequent ly rescued by a government boat sent by the Pacific Mail at Manzanillo. "One hundred and eighty-eight persons are known to have been drowned and twenty-six were saved." INSTRUCTIONS TO OCR COXSCIA The state department at Washington had a telegram from the United States consul at Mazatlan, Mexico. Wednesday night an nouncing the report of the wreck of the Coli ma and stating that there were about " half a million dollars' worth of American interests on the vessel and that 170 lives were reported as lost. Assistant S -eretary of State ,Rook fanJI, on the receipt of this, message imme diately cabled United States consuls at Aap luee aud Mazatlan to d.j everything in their power to help the survivors. These instruc tions were very broad aud under them our consuls can cht.r.er a vessei to help the ship wrecked Americans aud incur any reasona ble expense to help them. The Examiner. San Francisco, Cal., pub lishes the following from Jts correspondent a; Mazatlan. Mexico: "Mazatlan, May 31"t (via Gilveston, May 31st). The steamer S.in Juan has 'arrived here with 21 passengers picked up on Tues day from the wreck of the steamer Colima. From the passengers your correspondent has. learned some of the particulars ot the dread ful disaster which' they say happeued otiJUon day' at noon, when the tJjlima was about 43 miles out of Manzanillo and 10 off shore. All the rescued are badly bruised. They were all picked up from pieces of wreckage aud lafts. with the exception of A. J. Sutherland, who bad clung ti a uoat after it ha i capsized five timep, and drowned all the others who attempted to escape from the wreck in her. AU afloat were lashed by the fiercest gale of years and buffeted by th-i acgry seas for about 24 hours. ' ' "The steamer wa.i heavilv laden and had a large deck l-jad of lumber. When the storm struck her. she ma le ba 1 weather of it, the captain having grfat difficulty in keeping her head to the sea. The wind increased in fury until it is said to have be'eu Hhr fiercest storm knowr. aionr this coast iu twenty years. The sea rose rapidly. Waves washed over the vessel nd started the deck loa 1. As the waves rose and the waves increased the man agement of the steamer became impossible. One of the seas, a mighty wave, struck her with such force that the beams trembled as if she had struck on a reef and most of the passengers thought this the cause of the shocks. "The passengers were pretty badly stunned by being pitched about, but rushed upon the deck in a panic. Here they met another danger. The gale tore parts of the deck load or lumlerf rom its fastenings and hurled the heavy planks about with appalling vio lence. Many were struck and maimed. At least one passenger was killed by having his head crushed by flying timbers. The sur vivors say that the officers of the steamer were brave and active in this crisis. Captain Taylor stool upon the bridge with Chief Officer Griffith". At an order Griffiths ran forward to superintend the launching of life boat No. 5. while Second OfSer Langhorn was in charge of boat No. 3. The latter was successfully launched and filled with passengers. Then the ship went down and Langhorn's boat was capsized. All in both boats are supposed to have perished. "Captain Taylor went down with the ship, and as the vessel sank he blew three blasts of the whistle as a good-bye signal. The engineers and firemen went down at their posts. Night clerk B-rry was in bin room and went down with the vessel. Third Officer Hansen was among the saved. He sprang from the ship as it went down and succeeded in reaching a piece of wreckage. There he clung for 24 hours, washed and buffeted by th waves. He saw men and women sink about him and was powerless to render aid. He saw caked and mangled bodies floating by, and the horror of it made him sick. Hansen says that as the steamer foundered her toilers burst." I Free Coiner Organize in Jacksonville. A large number of citizens met at the board of trade rooms, Jacksonville, Fla., and formed a bi-inetallic league. A commit tee was appointed to push the work. Reso lutions were adopted denouncing the de monetization ot silver as a crime committed by Congress at the instigation of creditors. The resolutions also demand the freeeoinage . of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, independent of other nations, and the restoration pi its full legal tender quality. SOUTHERN COTTON, MOVEMENT. A Prominent New England Mill Man , Expresses Ills Opinion Some Figures. The special cotton mill edition of the Manufacturers' Record of last week shows that the amount of capital Invested in South ern cotton mills increased from t21,900,000 in 1880 and 61,i)0,000 pi 1330 to 107,000, 0D0 at present, while about 1 12,000,000 addi tional will be spent in the construction of the mills dow building and projected. In 1830 the South had 667,000 spindles; in 1891, 1, 700,000 spindles, and at the present time 3, 000,000 spindles, while the mills under con fctrjetion will add 500,000 spindles more, or a total of 3,500.000 spindles, thus doubling the entire cotton mill business of the .South since 1890. A number of leading New England experts give their views u pon the cotton manufactur ing advantages of the Southern States. D. M. Thompson, f the Corliss Engine Co., of Providence, and for twelve years manager of the largest mill corporation in New Eng land, running 420,000 spindles, says of the South's cotton mill facilities: "Years ago, after a careful consideration, I became fully convinced that the South possessed superior advantages for the manufacture of cotton yarns and coarse goods. I have had no occa sion to change the opinion then formed, t have great faith in the possibilities of tho South. I believe it is and will long continue a profitable field for investment in the manu facture of cotton. I believe there is an almost illimitable field for the extension of our cotton manufacturing in this country, and that with the extension into finer numbers of yarn and higher grade of fabrics in the North and with the opening of new markets through the ageucy of the South's superior advan tages, a vastly larger product of coase goods can be made. I believe that the extension of the manufacture in the South should be en couraged by all people. It will establish a bond of "interest between New England, the Middle States and the South, which will be of no little good to the interests of the nation and In the near future will be recognized in the industrial and political arena of our countrv as a factor of national importance." C. it Makepeace, a leading New Eng land cotton mill engineer, says: "The next ten years will show a great increase in the num ber of spindles in this couutry. I think a large percentage of it, even including the finer numbers, will be in the Southern States, and it is an indisputable fact that the aver aging number of yarns spun in the South has been raised from coarser to finer counts more rapidly than has been the tendency in this direction in New England. The phe nominal successor some mills erected in tho South during the last four year3, which aro making a finer grade of goods than has been the custom in that section, will cause "others to change to finer goods. It is not less natural that the large percentage of the increase in spindles in this country during the year to come should be at advantageous points for manufacturing situated near the point where the cotton is grown, than that the iron industry of this country should cen tre somewhere near where all the raw ma terials for the making of iron are found." ALL RECORDS MELTED. Saturday Was the Hottest First of June. In New York City aU records for heat on the 1st day of June were smashed by Satur day's temperature;' Aided to the extreme heat tho humidity was 2 per cent greater than Friday. Tiie highest point .reached by the thermometer was at 4 p. m., when it regis tered S4 degrees. Shortly after that hour a thunder shower f a few minutes' duration sent down the mercury 10 degrees in a few minutes. The highest temperature on record for a previous June 1st was 89, in 1879. The ' hitfhest for any June day is 96, June 28, 1888, and June 20. 1893. Tweuty-three cases of prostration by the heat were reportd at po lice headquarters. At Washington Saturday was excessively hot, the temperature reaching the maximum mark shortjy after 4 o'clock when It touched 97 degrees. At Baltimore the maximum was 97; at Phil adelphia. 94; at Syracuse, N. Y., 93; at Chi cago. 85. A large number of deaths from heat prostrations were reported from various parts of the northern and middle states. At Montgomery, Ala., the heat on Satur day was intense. At 2 o'clock the thermom eter registered in the shade on Dexter ave nue 101. At Grand Rapids, Mich.. John Gore and Peter Forsma were sunstruck Saturday af ternoon and died shortly afterwards. The mercury ran up to 95 in the city. Dispatches from all parts of Ontario Indi cate that Friday was the hottest May day for mauy years. The thermometer registered between 9frand 98 nearly all the afternoon. T KLEtiK A I'll IC' TICKS. Martin V. Strait, the wife murderer, was. sentenced at Elmire N. 1., to be electrocuted at Ashburn prison during the week begin ning July 21st. Fire destroyed an entire block of buildings at Shenandoab.Va., eariy Saturday morning. The loss is estimated at $80,000 on property and S65.O00 on stock. The total insurance is only $4,500. The steamers Norman and Jack were in collision in a dense fog near Middle island. Lake Huron. The Norman sank, carrying down with Ker the steward's wife, watchman and a deck. hand. i ; Mavor William Hardinan, an old and wealthy resident of Lewis county, Vance burg, Ky.,was found dead yesterday on the road leading to Yanceburg. Three rifle balls were la his body. Another rich resident of the county; who had threatened to kill the major some days ago on account of an old feud, is suspected. . Within the next six months'. Athens. Oa., is to have alO.OOO spindle mill. This was given out bv Mr. James F. McGjwan, president of the Commercial Club of Athens. He ha leeii working up the matter until it is now an assured fact. The company is to have a capital stock of 150.000. of which 30,000 has already been subscribed and the remain der will be subscribed in a short while. A RAILROAD FlCiHT ENDED. J Boycott Against the Seaboard Raised. The Terms a Secret. 1 The troubles between the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and the Southern Rail way and Steamship Association were adjusted at At lanta on Friday last. The Seaboard bad petitioned the Federal Court lor an Injunc tion against the association whose lines had practically boycotted the Seaboard. An ex parte Injunction was grauted and Saturday set for hearing the case before Judge Speer. A big fight was imminent. Some of the most prominent railroad lawyers in the country were present, but hq agreement was reached, the terms r1 which are yet a isecret. It is admitted, however, that the fcaii Of agree ment in a contract between the parties, to the effect that the S-a'ooard will raise the boycott. To tercporery restraining ordr has ben vacated without prejudice to the rights of the complainants tc again bring tho matter iatoourt hr.id the necessity arise INTERESTING IF TRUE.- . Report That Countess CasteUane nee Miss Gould Will Leave Her Husband. ' . The Birmingham Age-Herald says: "A gentleman of this city has received a letter from the a newspaper friend in New Yprk saying that Countess Ca3t;llan (Anna Gould) has separated from her husband and will return to New York. The Count was not satisfied with the mar riage jtettlemeht. The New Yerk newspaters do not publish the affair owing to their re- spect for Mjss Gould and her family. THE LATEST NEWS. GLEANINGS FR03I MANY POINTS. 1 Important Happenings, Both Home said Foreign, Briefly Told. Southern Dots. A carload of watermelons, the first of th season, arrived in Atlanta Wednesday from Florida. . j j At nenderson,Ky., fire destroyed; the plant of tho Hodge Tobacco Companv arid that of William Elliott. Loss, 130,000; injured, j News eomes from the Saudis ("Ala.) nelghV borhood of a fearful hailstorm which damaged crops badly. Much cotton will bvo to le replanted, as tho etaad has been completely ruined. i In Baltimore, Md., on Thu rsd ay.. Mrs. Marion J. Curtain cut her lC-year ol i daugh- ter s throat, with a razor, iroin th which she died, and then the mpi effects of her com-Melan-supposod McCallev muted suicide witn tne same rac.or, choly over her husband's death is to have caused the rash deed. Assistant State Geologist Henry I has gone to Marshal county, Alabaiua, to in vestigate the'alleged rich gold fields tlMre. It is stated that his investigations thus far have been most encouraging to the owners of the property. His final report ts looked for with very great interest. ' j I The continuous rains of the past ten days have materially injured the cotton prospects in Alabama, it has, in. many parts of th state, been impossible to do any plowing and the weeds are beginning to run away with the crops. Tho vegetable crop has: however. prospered on account of the rains and tho truck farmers are doing an immense' busi ness for this season. j 1'Ire. A special from Gallatin, Mo., sav-s thftt nn extensive fire oecured at Pattonsbuh?, Davie county Tuesday night. Thirty-si v business and dwelling houses were completjelv wipod out. The loss Is estimated nt 6100.000 and the insurance at $30,000. A heavy! gale re c- dered the work of tho fire department use less. -41 Foreign. J At St. Petersburg. Russia,-tn law wi promulgated Friday permitting commercial dealings to be concluded upon a gpiJ basif . Mortuary. ! On Thursday Chicago interred tlie nation's dead. The funeral train bearing t(ie body of Walter Q. Gresham from the national capital reached its destination shortly after 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and with civic and military honors it was entombud in a vault at Oak- wood cemetery, there to remain until a filial buraii place is chosen. t. si Miscellaneous. Citizens of Garfield county, klahoma. arrived at Wichita, Kansas, to s 411 eit food and clothing for destitute families living in the east half of that county. The death of a child from starvation is reported field county. 1 lrom Gar- TENDENCY OP PRICES Ul WARD. Memorial Day Services Served to - OK..U i,vJ TTuiumc urTiaac, If""' i Bradstreet's for the past, week says: The observance ot Memorial day services served to check the volume of general trade last week, but there has been a furtherjshrinkago in the amount of business transacted, duo to not altogether well-founded fears of serious damage to the grain crops. . I The tendency of prices was again upward, notably so for steel and iron, which are ia better demand, despite higher prlef,. as are cereals and cotton, leather and sh( jes, which, with some other staples, in ail sixteen, closed higher on tho week. Wool continues In slow sale, interior prices being above what Eatf em manufacturers are willing to pay. Cot ton goods remain firm on the stn-ugth o eotton. but staple coltoi moves (slowly, .'an curators ar still well supplied.! Woolen dress goods are quiet, but the miljls are said to have a good, number of ordei-s for full deliver', j . I There aro some Kins at the South, with improved agricultural prospects if Tennes see affecting business at NashvilH Memphis and Chattanooga. Only a moderately active demand in a few line.- Is annoujnewi from Atlanta, Savannah and at Jacksonville, where the vegetable crop is tie largest for years. There is an improved demand at New Orleans, and buyers are showing morn pf a tendency to anticipate wants.j i j Cotton continues strong beenucj It is 1 lieved there will be much redu'-tivu in yield per a"re. as. well as in acreage. No estimate based on definite In formation puts the decrease in jaereage at imore than 13.5 jer cent., which, Hth a yield jper a"rc equil to laM year's, would mean a crop of 8,400,000 bals. Months jmust pass before there can be anything definite ha to the probable yield per acre, u ales Wide spread disaster comes, but the market has been acting as if the future werej known. IT 13 ABSOLUTELY The Best 'SEWIKG j MACHINE SAVE MONEY m fc we OR OTJll DEALERS ean sell you machine efeenper thain you caa Cet elsewhere. The HEWjUOnEU on r beat, bntwt make cheaper Kinds, nett a. the CLIMAX, IDEAL and other Ilich Arm Full Nickel Plated Sewins Machines for $15.(0an4up. Call on our aent or write ua. 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