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r r i li-is appointed a new 2Iiuiter to the
, :,1 St4tc. Mr. GUdstone express h s
(,.ao!iiiiionr bcw tariff law ana lu ececi
r'p, a IJn'.irh and Amtrichn foreign trade.
(r(;n-tMonl candidates wece nominated in
.yinith rc-DDBylTania district yesterday.
:vo witness? ia the Irih conspiracy case
wt.r, .- i;t t jail for refusing to answer qa-
Tho Hnpreme court of bemth Dakota
,1, ;r-1 the recent election in Ilughe county
..; 'n -l Minister Lincoln leavos England for
l,lUl.- rfi a leave, of abBence. Qaiet haa been
,,.;. ,n 1 m Caaton Fribourtf. Diphtheria in
,i.tr iuced into bonne in WiconiiQbyaitray
y-J, in 1 threeof the family die of the diatae.
Inb tailors refuie to workmen a steamer
,.-arry:K cattle 'of toycott-d tatv. Dy aerce
nj t t f all parties the Cincinnati Jd junction
n-i.t i to ! taken to the Supreme 'court at
uhri' f'r Ji ial decision. Mr. Balfour has
piihpI furw ird th arrangements for railroad
buiMing in wfthtciu Ireland.-' The proprietcr
mii cl.tor of the ''North American' was bound
uvt r Ur court yenterday in the sum of 1,500 in
tj,e Tattiunn lilxfl case. 'The Preoident ex-
Xrt-ctii to kave Washington ou Sunday to go
home to vote. The New South Wales itrikcis
Uve determined to continue the atugglc.
Tlifro wii rioting among the men at Adelaide
..ymterday". Thoe in authority positively
deny the rumorx that the Urioe-Thomas feyndi-
at h v) gained control of the Baltimore and
Otiio S tithwcHtcm and of the llichmond aud
lanvr!i.' rkiiroadf. The Circuit court tan
.hrUiid the Chicago gas truntto beillegal.-
Thi Duf-h l'arliament yesterday declared the
Ki'ng of llollniid incapable, by reason of failing
hfilth, it ruling. Tho Edwards County
Irmk f Kinsley, Kin., closed its doors yester
day. -JheJlutual riro insurance company
i.f Cln-.-ago' makes an alignment. Mr. and
Mr. Ilt-iiry M.Stanley failed for New York
f i .ui Liverpool yistcrday. The Mexican
(i .M riiiiu nt ha jlacel a tariCf duty of TjOJ
:i rtr ii American cattle. The principle leaf
tobacco dtalera of - Louisville aud Cincinnati
have united in one grand covp' ration. The
triMirer of a temperance nociety default and
-.nni)iits uicido. X Knit has bt-en begun to
tent'one of Hptaket Ued's decisionn. Acorn
ptrny has be-en formed to tight the Standard
o, I company. Tbe trouble iu the telegraph
Shoe at dt. Louin is over and the oierators
hiivo all, returned to vroik. Minister Doug
Ut will probably not return to Ilayti. The
Portuguese' iniui8tr to the Court t)f Ht. James
.. ha been recalled.- Thomas Woolfolk wag
hanced at Terry. Ua.. yesterday lor tbe mur-
!er. of all the members of his father's family
ntn'Vin number. , u
I'I8Tt)L.)UAriIS.
''The crisis in South Carolina contin
ues.
Douiooral-i c'
North C'fii nlina arc you
tryliifj to servo
yOgr State? . '
Silver coutinuua tumbli
dollar is worth but 81 cents. -
The
' The Concord daily S'a
mt'ird ha
as com-
pleted UVtirst half-year.
It is
a neat
and nowsy little paper and wq Nvyish
it
great succcsr.
-"II. McG."'
gives
a graphic account
Jlubcaonian of his
in the
Lumbertoiv
hearing of the music and preaching at
tho Sam Jones meeting- in this city.
One of the 'brighter. and, best dailies
n et published in North Carolina is the
Durham (Hobc uhdev tho new manage
ment, it is very bright and full of
brains and culture.
The registration . 'at Raleigh, Char
lotte and other points .how a great
falling off in the registration of the ne
groes, l'eg-leg Williams certainly took
away many Radical voters.
Dr. O. W. Holmes has concluded his
pleasant "Oyer tho TeaeujV.serics in
the l(tifC- It- will now go N into a
book. He is passed his
vSlst year. A
green and gracious old
age.
A great bridge across the Mississippi
at Memphis is being constructed. The
MulT on the Memphis side is very high
whiie on tho Arkansas side it is low and
swampy. It will be of iron.
Tho assessed valuo of propertyin the
South shows an increase in ten years of
1.0;;,ow,wo, or some HQ per cent. Is
-not that progress? It is tho South that
Radicalism is trying to blast by bad
and oppressive laws.
Mr. Mewborne is now tho Democratic
nomineo for tho U. S. House in the
Second District. The ConKressional
Committee have now put him in nom
ination. Now go to work and elect.
An earnest, determined, united effort
ean probably do it.
Mrs. Joe Person, of this State, is
making quite a name as a pianist in
Texas. She created a sensation at the
State Fair. - A Dallas paper says:
"Mrs. Person held audiences spell
bound yesterday, and as long as she
remained at the piano thousands con
gregated to hear her play.'
In fourteen years the improvement
m Wilmington is most striking as well
important. The number of private
Sellings of a handsome and tasteful
or of a roomy and convenient kind that
Jao been erected will astonish the ab
fa th 9 0n theIr return. Then there
war!L ne hoteli many new stores,
&S2?SaSv ..
SHOUT OF FUNDS. '
EAVES TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR
THE CAMPAIGN.
CUrks In the llevenue Offlc AsMed
Some HcfuM to Pay U'orkloc Ilanfto
Dcfrnt Senator Vir-.Iotinlon Co only
lftnorrmcy all Ilig;ht Franrls Murphy
Probably t6 Lecture In this SU'e.
Messenger Bureau, )
Raleigh. N. C. Oou 29. f
Governor Fowle'left for Weldon this
mornirfj, in order to formally open
tho fair. Not many Raleigh people
went. I
Mention was maae just aner ine lie- i
publican ssiate convention tnai ooiiec-
nieauro 01 naviDLT out some 4ihi ior
-r vrvAr CAJ Tf i TtwwT 1 iCkO inftl Vk l
Mott and Kavea sent word to the dele
gates to come here, by alL means, and
that their expenses would bo paid.
iney come, out tnings am cot go
Mott's way and bo they got nothing
from him. They did not get anvthintr
from Eaves either, and were "referred
to White, who thereupon footed the
bills. Ho will not get caught thaUway
again. '
David r lowers is the revenue ofheer
who has brought suit for damages, ior
alleged libel, against the State Citron
The ltepublicans are moving neaven
... .
and earth to beat V anc. They are
now saying that the Democrats them
Reives will beat him. This ia the bur
den of their talk.
The Republicans have sought in
every way to get holdT of campaign
funds. Haves?, in plain violation of the
civil service law, sent out circulars,
making assessments on clerks in tho
revenue ollice here. A few paid, but
others refused to contribute a cent.
Many attribute the failure to pay to the
wav in which Collector White, who. is
a very generous man, ws treated in
tho matter above referred to.
A Republican told me to-day that his
people hud succeeded in obtaining only
about a thousand dollars from contri
butions, barely enough to pav for their
tickets and to meet other little expen
ses of their committee. -
News came to-day to Chairman Smith
from Johnston'' county, that It pledged
1,5U0 majority to the Democrats. A
letter says: "The registration is the
biggest ever known and every man is
carrying a rabbit's foot."
Many people will remember Profes
sor!?) G, W. Millman, who used to
teach penmanship here. "He Is now in
trouble, it was learned to-day, and is
charged with the theft of diamonds val
ued at $2,0(X11 from some town in Penn
sylvania. He is alto wanted at other
places.
Three convicts were brought to the
penitcntiiirv ;:o-dav from Forsyth and
four from AVasalugVoff.'. ' ' ' " "
There is a strong probability that the
railway, from Petersburg toRidgeway
will speedily be built.
Negotiations are in progress to se
cure the presence here, and in fact at
several points in this State, of Francis
Murphy, the famous temperance orator
and advocate.
The l'iwjrasivc Farmer gays editor
ially that the legislative, candidates
who are not in favor of a rail way com
mission will certainly be beaten. It
declares that a commission is a cer
tainty; that nine-tenths of the people
demand it and will have it. It says if
any of them (the candidates) will say
they oppotjo a commission their defeat
is certain. '
Of the nominees for the Senate and
House in Wake all the Democrats have
signed the Alliance 4tdemHnds.'', Only
one Republican has done so. This
leaves out D. 1. Meacham for the Sen
ate, L. M. Green, T. R. Purrell and C.
W. Horner (colored) for the House.
Of course the Alliance will go against
them.
IMphtht-vU Caught F rum a Cut.
DoixWn.LE, Wis., Oct. 29. The
family ofR.berV Paul at-Middleton
have been atllicted by diphtheria which
was brought In to tho house in a singu
lar manner. About four weeks .ago a
stray cat came to this home and one of
the children-handled and played with
it. Although it was noticed at the
time that it discharged at the nose
and mouth, nothing wag, thought of it
until Voon after when aMittleboy was
taken down with black diphtheria, one
tooK toe aisease and died. The father,
mother and a daughter wereXalso
stricken down and recovered. Allan,
tho only reiralning son and support of
his parents, cared for them all through
their terrible sickness, holding one'of
the boys when dying and preparing
them for their last resting place with
his own hands When the others were
recovering he was taken vdown and
died. ' . . .V
The Cincinnati Injunction Suit.
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Cincinnati, Oct 9. The parties to
the injunction suit against Mayor
Mosby to prevent him from appointing
members of the newly createa board oi
city officers have agreed to take the
case at once to the Supreme court for
final settlement. The petition was,
therefore, dismissed by the Superior
court and it will be heard by the bu
preme court as soon as possible. Mean
time, it is understood that the mayor's
appointees, who have been selected.
will not present their bonds for approv
al nor attempt to execute their fane
tious as officers.
An Election Declared Illegal.
Huron, S. : D., Oct. 29. The Su
preme court has rendered an opinion
that the action of tha Commissioners
of Hughes countv. In AttAfthinsr to that
county unorganized counties in the
Sioux reservation for election purposes,
is in violation of the election law and
therefore illegal.
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oi uic mosi malignant kind, that the
doctor Kiid ho had caught from the
cat. The boy died. then thri . sppnnd
rum lv ashing rox citv.
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The President to go Iloine to Vote-Serre
tary Blaine Ioea Not Want UloUtrr
Douglass to lttum to Ilayti.
Washington, Oct. 2a.Pree.id en i
Ilarrlson expects to go home to tote if
no unforeseen obstacle to nia leaving
Washington at that time turns up be
tween now and Sunday. v
Secretary Windom to-day appointed
J. K. Moore, of St. Paul, Minn., to be
chief of the appointment dlfisioa of
the Treasury Department, to euccccq
T. b. Byrnes, resigned. Moore was
for man? veara editor and proprietor
of the 2)ribime of SL Peter, Minn., and
recently was Drivate Secretary to Gov
ernor Mcuill. of Minnesota.
WASHINGTON CITY. Oct. 20. Minis-
ter Douglass still lingers in Washing
ton, and it is understood he 19 not like
ly to return to Haytl at all. He was
all.ready to return a couple of weeks
ago, when the State Department asked
him to remain in Washington a lew
weeks longer, ana Admiral liancroit
Gherardi, commanding the North At
lantic station, was sent for and left his
flagship, tho Philadelphia, at New
York and came to Washington. He
remained here. a. week and had pro
longed conferences with Secretrry
Blame almost every day. lhese con
ferences were confined to Havtian mat
ters, and
was fully
as a resu
formation gathered from other sources
that Mr. Blaine has concluded it would
not be for the best interests of this
country to have Mr. Douglass return.
issns sE s !
To Fight the Standard OU Company.
Pittsburg, Oct. 2S A special from
Lima, Ohio, says: The independent
combine of oil interests in the upper
field, as related in th Finalday special
to-day, strikes the producer, of the
1 "XLf. t 11 1M . ' . t - t- !- I
lower nio neia line a ray oi sunsnipe,
and has been the absorbing topic of the
day
Already steps are taken by the inde
pendent companies hero to join the
consolidation, as it is the only way to
get Out of the Standard's monopolistic
grasp. It is very likely the Geyser Oil
company, the Manhattan, the Shaw
nee, the Niagara, Jthe Delaware, Hoover
Bros., Spear, Apple & Co., Mallory,
Rathbone Vt Treat, the Eagle Consoli
dating Retining company and others,
who control large acreage oi good ter
ritory, will join the combine. The
Geyser, Manhattan, Shawnee, Dela
ware and the Eagle Refining compa
nies are operating their own pipe lines,
tank cars and have large storage ca
pacity, which places them in good
shape to' join the independent move
ment at ouco. A meeting will be held
to-morrow to further the matter.
Mexico's Retaliatory TpriflT.
- . . . r-... , - r-v .i. .ft . t: . s
consideracle excitement to-day among
ivansas uity stock men relating to ad
vices received Irom Mexico to the
effect that that country has placed a
duty of $500 per car on American cattle
If the advices are true, and they come
from reliable source, this practically
ruins all livestock trade between this
country and Mexico. The act of the
Mexican Government is purely retalia
tory and was precipitated by tho fear
the Mexicans have of the McKinley
bill. Many cars of American cattle
are now on the Mexican borders. About
500 bushels of grain have to be sent
with every train load of live stock
shipped from this city to Mexico and
the Government will pot even permit
this to go through unless the duty of
30 cents per bushel is paid. It has
been rumored among the stock men of
this eity for the past three or fjr dajs
that the Mexican Government was con
templating a move of this kind, but
there was thought to be nothing in it
until tho dispatches were received from
agents there ; to-day apparently con
firming the reports."
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Contesting Speaker Kced's Kuling.
New York, Oct. 29. Proceedings
were begun to-day in tho United States
court which are calculated to call forth
from the bench a legal opinion of the
legality of Speaker Reed's rulings on
the subject of tho quorums. They are
brougbt by the importing firm of Bal
lin, Joseph & Co., and involve the
legality of the imposition of duties at
the rate of So cents a pound and 35 per
cent, ad valorem on a consignment of
of cloth which arrived in this nort on
July 10 by the steamer City of Rich
mond. It is set forth in the papers
that the McKinley administration act
classifying worsted cloths as woolens is
of no force, as it was never passed ac
cording to law, there being no quorum
in Congress witen it was said to have
been passed.
Judge Lacombe granted an order re
quiring the appraisers of the port and
the other Government officials to file
in court all the documents upon which
they base their action in enforcing the
duty complained of by the petitioners
dominating congressional CandMate.
K Willi 4MSPORT, Pa., Oct. 20. The
Republican Congressional conference
of the Sixteenth district, after ballot
ing five weeks, early this morning suc
ceeded in nominating A. C. Hopkins,
pr Lock haven, Clintou county, a prom
inent lumber man.
ThexDemocratic Congressional con
ference met here this morning imme
diately after the close of the Republi
can Jfrence and nominated Morti
mer EV Elliott, of Tioga county, who
w vA;ujn?maa large in 1SS2.
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MlDDLEBOBOCGH, Ky.f Oct. 9
Norris Watts, son of Edward Hanby
Watte, of London, Eng., a rich capi
talist and one of the syndicate which i n
building a large Iron and steel plant
J In this city, was shot through the rn-nm
. . .it .
at a late nour mi cube moon oy an, un
known party, while hunting In 4 the
woods ' near Cumberland Gap, Tenn
Watts is not expected to lire. .
the situation on the istana r " .? vC. r. rVV5 , Judite Thurman. who will be 7.
. . - ev -aii?aiv u . iii'fii m . w-a - 11 n i nirfii m
discussed. It is understood I i" anniversary, has w
It of these coherences and In- , felJttl V4 number of
I WOOLFOLK-HAXGED I
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FOR THE MURDER OF NINE MEMBERS
OF HIS FAMILY.
An Account of Hi Crime-rather. Step-
Mother, Brother and Slater Hatcher!
In a Mott Horrible MannerThe Infant
KrB Not Spared-rrayloK on the Scaffold
and Declaring 111 Innocence.
Perry. Ga.. Oct. 20. Tbomes G.
Woolfolk was hanced at 1:30 o'clock
to-iay for a wholesale butchery which
he emitted in the summer of ISS".
On the morning of August 6th in that
year nine corpses, bespattered with
blocd ana brains, were found lying In a
bouse aoout thirteen miles from Ma-
cou. in the hallway, red with blood
and clotted with brainsand hair, lay a
jhort-bandled axe, with which the
fearful crime had been accomplished.
The scene of the butchery war an
humble jane-story building, with a long
veranda in front and a hallway run
nicg through the centre, into which
opened four rooms. The house was the
residence of Richard P. Woolfolk, a re
spectable and well-to-do white planter.
On the right, on entering, was a par
lor, in the rear of which was a sleeping
room, which was occupied by Mrs.
West, an aged sister of Mrs. Voolfolk,
The sleeping room on the left of the
entrance was occupied by Thomas G.,
Richard and Charles Woolfolk, the
last two aged respectively 20 and 5
years, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Woolfolk.
The rear room on the left was occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. Woolfolk and the
youngest child, aged 18 months.
In the last named room the father,
mother and infant lay on the same bed.
each recking with the blood and brains
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of the other. The bodies were almost
, j aCTOgs each Qthe and lheirposl
An QXTOk ax.Aanna r aXnntt aI
Across the three corpses was slung that
of the eldest daughter, Pearl, a recent
graduate of the Wesleyan Female col
lege, with her head beaten to a pulp
and her neck and body mutilated by
blows from the sharp blade of the axe.
On the lloor, in the same mangled
state, lay the body of Richard, the
eldest brother. It was evident that
Pearl and her brother had been awak
ened by cries during the butchering of
their parents, and had rushed into the
room only to share their fate. On the
bed in the opposite room lay the body
of Mrs. West, soaked in her own blood
and her brains oozing from her head,
which, like that of the victims in the
other room, was crushed into a shape
less mass. On the same bed lay the
body of Annie Woolfolk, with her head
cloven in twain. On the floor, in an at
titude of supplication, lay the body of
Rosebud Woolfolk, with the left feide
4r her head and face so mangled as to
make recognition almost impossible.
In the room where the three broth
ers had slept Charles, the youngest
brother and ninth victim, lay dead
from the blows of the axe. Pearl's bed
was without sheets, Annie pulled off
one in her struggles. Pearl's clothes
were scattered by on a chair on which
she had placed them on retiring, evi
dencing a struggle. In the hall between
Pearl's room and the parlor was a pool
of blood, and there were splotches on
the wall several feet abovo the floor.
The theory of this pool was that Pearl
and the murderer struggled from her
room to the hall, when the killing of
her was effected just outside her door,
and that then the assailant carried her
body iTito the room of her parents and
threw it across the bed. The ceilings
and walls of the rooms were bespat
tered with blood and brains, while hero
and there a piece of flesh which had
been flung from the uplifted axe clung
to the walls and wainscoating, Tho
bedding was soaked with the crimson
life-blood, and on the floor great pools
had formed.
The doomed man slept well last night
from 2 o'clock until 4. He got up at 8
and bad a long interview with a partv
of newspaper men with whom he con
versed for half an hour, laughing and
exchanging jokes and being seemingly
absolutely undisturbed by his ap
proaching death. After the departure
of his visitors ho bathed and shaved
and put on a new suit of clothes. He
was then visited by several of his rela
tives whom he bade farewell without
betrayiDg any emotion. Later he was
closeted with his spiritual advisers,
to whom he professed his be
lief in his salvation and his perfect
hopes for a future life, telling the min
isters that he hoped to meet them in
Heaven. For several hours thereafter
Woolfolk was left alone and devoted
the time to meditation and prayer.
About 1 o'clock he was conveyed under
escort of a local military to the gal
lows, which had been built in a little
valley in the outskirts of the town.
Seven or eight thousand people
swarmed the hill sides around to
watch the execution. On the gallows
Woolfolk was cool and composed. Af
ter the ministers "J had prayed he bia
ielf prayed fervently, declaring his in
nocence in hLa Invocation.
A written statement, signed by
Woolfolk, was read in which he gave
it as his dying declaration that he was
innocent of the crime for which he was
being executed. At 1:30 o'clock the
drop fell. The fall failed to break his
neck and death resulted from etrangel
ation, his pulse continuing to beat for
eleven minutes after the fall. - Twenty-
five minutes later the body was cat
down. "
Failure of An Insnranco Company.
Chicago, Oct. 29. The Mutual Fire
Insurance company made an assign
ment yesterday to T. G. HUH p. Its
liabilities are said to be 157,600 and
125.000 of contested claims against the
company; its assets -are set down at
$187.000, 11W.000 of this amount being
In premium notes and. the balance con
sis ting oi accounts receivaoie, notes
and mortgages. . . . ,
I aTn.l jae a I
i he TiuniiAX banquet.
Dltlec.hed Mn Who Wltl be t'reeeat le
1 IIMr I the ld lUaus."-Senator
Vance Among the Number.
CoLUMlius,OhlcSkOct.23. The wr
era.1 commitwea having lo charfro the
preliminary arrange ncnti for the
Thurman anniversary banquet Novem
ber 13th, are busily cogngtd, but only
a general programme hat as yet beco
prepared. The preparation contem
plate an attendance of 1,00). The
invitatioos have about all been
sent cut- Favorable repone have
been received from cx-Prcsidet.t
Cleveland, Senator CarlUle and
Governor Buckoer, of Kentucky,
Don M. Dickltton, of Detroit, and
Thomao Ewing, of New York. The in
vitation list includes Senator, mem
bers of Congress and prominent news
paper men from all parts of the coun
try. The committee has received in
formation that Democratic club at In
dianapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburg,
Wheeling, Detrolt,Cleveland and other
points will send prominent representa
tives. Advices have been received that
Senators Vance, of North Carolina, and
Barber,' of Virginia, Congressman
Mills, of Texas, and A. K. McClure,
Philadelphia, will be present ii they
can possibly arrange to do so. The oc
casion will be national in character.
years
rltten a
private letters to prominent
Democratic friends In different parts
of the country, soliciting their pre
ence. Mr. Cleveland will respond to
tae toast, Ayiuzensuip inniucuv,
and it is exnected to make all the
toasts on the programme as nearly non
political as possible. Many Republi
cans are purchasing tickets to the
banquet, f L
se
Railroad Rumors Contradicted.
New York, Oct. 29. Gen. Samuel
Thomas was seen thU morning about
the reported deal whereby tho Brice
Thomas syndicate secured control of
the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
system. ,He characterized the whol
story as a "fake" saying that the first
he heard of any such action was when
he saw the report in a morning paper.
Then he had to look on the railroad
map to find the line in question as ho did
not even know where it was located.
At the office of tho Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern railroad It was stated by
officers that the first intimation of any
iuch movement they had, was the dis
patch from Cincinnati published in n
morning paper.
It was rumored on the "street' In
this city this morning that the Rich
mond and Danville road was also taken
into the Baltimore and Ohio combine
bv the Brice-Thoraas syndicate. John
H. In man was asked about this and
nnsitivelv denied that such was 1 the
case in any particular.
A Gigantic Tobacco Corporation
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Oct. 2S. Incor
poration papers for a tobacco company
which embraces nearly all leading
warehouses in this city and Cincinnati,
and of which much has already been
published, were filed to-day. Its busi
ness embraces storing and selling leaf
tobacco and everything that usually
belongs to warehousing. The capital
stock is $1,000,000, one half preferred.
The preferred slock is to have divi
dends of 8 per cent, per annum out of
the earnings, but nothing more. The
corporation may issue $1,000,000 In
bonds. The principal places of bui
neifS are Louisville and Cincinnati, and
the directory, which hold3 till Janu-
uary, includes the btst warehousemen
in the two cities. It is clained by the
incorporators that'Hhe organization
will be of great benefit to tobacco
growers. There wH be fewer agents,
arid tho agents pay, they assert, comes
finally from the grower. The organi
zation will control nine-tenths of the
leaf tobacco trade in this region.
Telegraph Operators Return to Work .
St. LOUIS, Oct. 29 The trouble
which has existed here for the past
few days between the Western Union
Telegraph operator?, who were or are
memben of the newly organized broth
erhood of telegraphe rs and the Western
Union telegraph company has been
amicably settled. The members of the
St. Louis Lodge Jheld a meeting to day
and it is officially announced that pre
liminary steps were taken to dissolve
the local lodge. The lodge will be dis
banded as soon as regular forms neces
sary for such action, can be gone
through. This removed all local cause
for contention be twee a the two parties
and telegraph officials have reii stated,
not only . the operators who voluntarily
left their instruments and walked out
of the office, but those who were dis
charged At least outward harmony
is restored and tne ripple of excitement
which disturbed the troubled waters
has subsided.
A Prominent Octogenarian Dead.
Cincinnati, Oct. 20. Briggs Swift,
an octogenarian, no ted pork packer and
pork merchant and during his life a
bank director, and president In various
Cincinnati banks, a man identified with
business in Clonal! for more than half
a century and a millionaire, died at his
country residence a few miles north of
the city last night.
Another Libel Defendant Under Bond.
Philadelphia, Oct. 29. At the
bearing this afternoon before Magis
trate O'Brien. ia the libel case of ex-
Governor Pattison against Clayton Mo
Michael, proprietor and editor of the
North American. McMichael waived a
hearing and was held in Jl, 500 bail to
answer at court.
A Rank rallnra.
KlXSEY. Kan.. Oct 29. The Edwards
County bank of this city failed yester
day. Its assets are said to exceed Its
liabilities by a' largo amount and the
depositors will doubtless receive their
claims in fulL " No statement of assets
and liabilities has been prepared.
LATEST FOUEIGX NEWS.
MR. GLADSTONE SHOWS UP 7
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EFFECTS OF OUR TARIFF LAW.
A New "nafcUh Minister to TCa-Mc
Clte-trth W1swk mf4l-M4 t
turt I Testify II aentg A rr.
meats fee Itnlldlng-ttallreeile In lrU4
-Mr. and )lrt. Alt.Ut Sail fee Awtc-,.
ijoxuiN. VL 2". Mr. G!dtOft ar
rived at Duod'e to-day ami 'ra. p?
nUd lth the frrrdom of thr r.lr.
in Acoepth-g tho honor be ravi
addrt-M hi which he rrferrrd t til i
commence of tho city, hlcfc, tt
said, was thrrtenru by the idtptlOM
of the ccw tariff till by th Atnfican
Cocgrv. He would not, hosreter, h"
said, bring a railing aocutatlon aalr.;
the iKOnle of tho Lolled States. Pro
tection, although It might InSlct Inci
dental co.latcral blows to other coun
tries, did far greater mlchlcf to lit?
people of the country which ndoj.trd
such policy. Ho then prxxx-cdrU u
contrast the
decrvao in Urm
with the inert'
the United SLU
found comfort fo
fact that It was not
in Ko eland
in Urill In
and laid he
Knclshd in the
true that tor tarllT adopted by any
country on the earth could Interfere
freriou-.ly with tho prosperity of Grrt
Britain. Tho first effect of the Mc-
Klnley bill would b to ralna the stand
ard of prices in the United SLU
ThU meant diminished power of ex
portation. This ajratn meant that
vhlle wc were darn ti !lcd in one of our.
twenty markets wo derlvtxl lne8t in
thoTolher nineteen-from --the dlmlnith
ed power of merchant of the Uoltcd
Sta' 04 to compete with British mt r
ctants In any one of them, this being
du3 to augmentation of prices hi th"
United States and Increased rtHtrnlnt
under which the merchants of tho Ut
ter country have to work. He adld
the manufacturers to allow A merle to
find out for hereelj, the evil cJTcct
that will follow high tariff.
T)lHL!N, Oct 2". Mr. 11 al four has
pushed forward tho arrangement for
the construction of railways In tho dl
iressed district in the west of Ireland.
The work of bjlldlng th roads fill
f jrnbh employ ment to hot of lVKr
ers besides lbqo living In tbc dlfrtrrrt
through which the road will 1h built.
Men coming from a distance can, if
tbey defclre, have part of their wages
remitted free of charge to their fam
ilies .
Cork. Th willor employed
on tho etctmhip Finbarr dfcilui d l
work yesterday If the ctnIgmeriU of
cattle belonging to owners who are.
boycotted were carried on the htc.imrr.
The men held out in their determina
tion, and, rather than provoke nn o'pn
conflict, the feteanuhip company to-day
forwarded Ibo cattle to their destina
tion by rail ibemfclvv paying the
freight charges of the allwfly. Not
withstanding this action tho union will
sue the steamship company for refusing
to ship cattle on their steamer yester
day.
TlPPERARY, Oct. 2f. Anion tho
wltneftcs called to-day to give cvldonn
for tho prosecution In the conspiracy
case were hiraon tjicaMjn and aii
Saddler. When questioned by tho -
counsel for the Crown each of th wit
nesses reftm-d to answer. Tho court
directed them to arswer tho quellm.
but they still perited In tho refuil.
Tho magistrates lhercuioti cotnmili'-d
them to jail until Friday.
SYDNEY, N. S. W.. Oct. 2.-Tbre
thousand strikers at a "mce'tlrrg to day
declared In favor of continuing thir
struggle. Thamlncr of" Nw Ca-llo
have delayed resuming - work. 1 b ro
was riotinsr in Adelaide to day cund
by unionists molesting non union mn.
THE Haoue. Oct. IU Tho Dutch
Parliament, by a vote of WJ to 5 to-day
declared tho King Incapable of gor-m-
Ing by rcaton cf falling health. 2 no
Council of Stato.ias temporarily Hen
lu-vetcd with rcral powers.
Bkrni:. OcU 2 Quiet bai ben re-
stored at FrIbourgrapItal of the Can
too of the wrao namej the e nc yctUr-
day of conflicts between Radicals and
Conservatives growing out of the Can
tonal election held last Sunday.
Madrid, Oct. 2X An official nzit4j
to-day announces tho appointment of
Senor Miguel Suarez Guanez, no
Spanish t omul Gcner-l at New York,
to be Spanish Minister to the United
States in place of Scnor Muruaga, who
recently resigned.
IONDON, OcL 23. lUbc rt Lincoln ,
United Sbv.es Minister, left London to
day for Liverpool where ho will era
bark for New York, having been grant
ed leave of absence by bis Government.
lie win return to r.n gland in January
to resume the duties of his office. A
large number of bis friends gathered
at Huston Station to bid him farewell.
Among them were the new American
Consul General at London, UeuL W.
H. E-nory, naval attache of the Ameri
can legation, S. Dana Horton asd Col.
Thomas Ochiltree.
Lisbon, Oct. 20. Letters f recall
hare been sent to Seohor .Frellaj, the
Portuguese Minister to ICnglaad.
Lord Salisbury, in an Interview with
the Portuguese Charge d Affaires la
London, showed a dls position to nego
tiate a frosh treaty with Portugal with,
relerence to Southeast .Africa. A,
modus vlvendl daring the negotiation
Is under discussion.
Athens, OtL 23. The ministry of
Greece has resigned, and anew cabinet
is being forn.ed.
Berne, Oct. 20. Tho Bandesrath
has declined to interfere to settle the
disputes between the political parties
in Fribourg, the Cantonel Government
having undertaken to maintain order.
London, Oct. 23. Mr. and Mrs.
Henry M- Stanley sailed on tho Tae
tonic from Liverpool to-day for New
York. JJ
" The Junior Reform Club of Liver
pool gave a parting luncheon to-day to
T. P. O'Connor -