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" WTT,MTTJn.Trr nt ; H ia; itxtt34j nv tt t v io I i . . . 1 -i ' ' i -' ' I m . . 1 ' 1 " ' ' - - - . . ; , - - - " - - " ! - ii - i - i a-'' r - : i ' : 1 ; r-- - z i - r TELEGRAPHIC, SUMMARY. ii Th President receives another invita- tionto a Georgia fair.- The officia record of the speed of the Minneapolis places it at 23.073 knots an hour. The full conference committee 'on the Tariff bill meets 'but nothing is accomplished. Neither side -.. ii inclined to yield. The House tjonf erees wilf stand firm because the President is backing them.' Senator " Gorman and other'uconseryative'lDemo crrts :told the Democratic conferees not ; to submjt to a change pf the Senate bill. ! ir-Secretary Carlisle is endeavoring to ha vet. Governor Stone, of Mississippi, withjrav the State warrants he has put in' circulation and replace them ' with others that do not so much resemble - money of the United States. Secre tary Jarjisle will soon give orders for the coinagfe fof silver dollars at the mints. About 2,1)00,000 will be coined and that nian $1 silver certificates withdrawn. i-Onty about 500 eilver dollars have been coined this year.- -Hon. Thos. M. : Cooley writes a letter 'to tlie President r endorsing his action in - regard to the . strike.- The labor agitator ia; New Orleans, Hurley, Harrison and Sperry, are bound over to court.- The new men ., employed on the railroads at Fort Wayne are constantly being beaten and, other wise maltreated by the Btrikers.- An attempt is made to wreck a passenger train j near Dodge City,! . Texas.- The Federal court at Chicago yesterday or dered! the issuance of attachments for contempt against Debs, Howard, Keliher andj jiogers. The case 1 will be -heard Monday.; The defendants bonds were fixed at $3,000 each j They refused to giv bond, though f riends were present and1! biegged them to allothem to go f their Security. They were taken to jail i by Marshal Arnold. -The" first North- ern l'iacilic train from the Pacific coast for eighteen' days reached St. Paul yes- l terday. That road is now open for traffic. f A row occurred on the Philadelphia ; bali field. r-The .reports as to the progress of the railroad strike made to, a meeting of strikers yesterday was not as . f ayorable as expected. - More than half the jj strikers on the "Nickel Plate road have Returned to work." , A committee of Central Illinois road strikers have asked for permission to return! to work, but wer refused. The Vigilant defeated . the Britannia.- -State troops are guard ing the mines pear Birmingham, Ala., and the railroad shops and depots in that cityj The citizens hold an indignation meeting and appoint a committee on publisafety. Governor Jones is com mended for his ! prompt action. No further rioting or shooting has aceurred. Sixty rtwo arrests . have been made. Hon. J E.' M. Hammond, a prominent Florida politician.iwilf enter the ministry of the Methodist: church.- The Lock- ' hart coal mines, near Corona, Ala., are jvrected byr dynamite explosions, the tnippqsed work- of strikers A tramp' is takirt) from jail in Ohio and lynched for killing a farmer.-r- Several parties are arrested at Rawlins, Wyo., on charge of ctjn tempt of court. One hundred and rnneteen'new i cases of ehofera-and j sevenjty-iiine deaths therefrom was thie record ai Stt Petersbure yesterday. The4 Southern Pacific road is requiring a casticon pledge from returning strikers as tji! joining labor organizatiphs. NeSarj Knights station, Ala., .a man named Isom kills himself because he thought he. had killed a merchant at whom he had shot. At Dallas, Tex., P. Hiarnes, the boss weaver at the cot ton niills, murdered the superintendent -iana most horrible manner and attacked his Ban because the superintendent had discharged him. j . ' , ' ! - J ; J Toting His Own Skillet." - BiHMisC-HAM, Ala., July 17. A good deal of excitement of ia quiet kind has Ibeenl aroused in political circles in Ala bama by the coming tjome of Congress man j Densbn, of I the Seventh, district, hfl K!olb leaders have been setting up claims to him and ther Democrats have been ! uneasy. He disappointed both in - his ooeninsrv speech at Culman by ignor ine State politics I altogether, defending his record as Durelv and soundly Demo cratic! and endorsing Governor Jones' efforts to nreserve law and order. In Khort, Col. Denson is here canvassing his - district in his own. interest and emphati cally !"toting his own skillet." He went onlyjfar enough on general lines to urge the people to Btand by the democrats. The whole State is watching his course . with great interest. ' 1 Deadly Aesult and Suicide. Ouix .'?US,Ga. , July 17. Near Knight's stati n, on the Alabama side of theChat- tahoochee river,! opposite this city, tragody occurred this afternoon. CSias Isom. whose property had been attached bv TRobert ( E. Outler. . a grocer, for debt went - to Outler's Ptore in great anger. After "some words Isom drew a pistol and fired j at Outler three tunes. Under the impression that he had killed Outler he lied from the store, pursued by the policej On reach ing his home he turned on the policeman vith! the remark: "1 ve killed Outler now") here goes '1 He then placed the . muzzle of the pistol in his mouth and tiredL blowing tlve top of his head off. Outler was unhurt. Isom is about 22 year pf age and married.; . The Vigilant Defeats the j Britannia.. Banook, Ireland, July 17. The Vigi lant acquitted herself gloriously to-day in her second confcost over the Royal Ulster Yacht club's course of twelve turns for the Rear Commodore's ' cup, valued at $'250 and a cash prize of '$125. Some of the lustre of her victory was lost by the failure of the Britannia to finish. But nearly three-quarters of the course had been sailed when the Britan nia carried away: the-; jaws at her gaff and limped baeknoinle. The lead of the Yankee yacht was then about six min utes J and. as the breefce i was,' steady 1 all idayjl she doubtless would have increased her advantage several minutes in the last turee legs. ; Strikers jWreclc a Mine. ' j . COttOtfA, Ala., July 17. The Lockhart coalimlnes near here were partly de molished yesterday by dynamite Ex ploded simultaneously at two points- John Kelly, a miner, and a number of mules iwere killed. lhe; mines, were badlv wrecked. ! The deed IS charged to strikers. ' - -: !' - ; Bucklen Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts. Bruises. Sores, Ulcere. Salt Rheum Fever Sores Tetter. Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is jruaranteed to bo perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 35 cents per so. 1 For sale b BobR Bellamy, DEBS IN JAIL. PROCESS FOR CONTEMPT, M ISSUED AGAINST HIM. Howard, Keliher" and rRpeera In cluded in the Order The Case to " j ; be j Heard Monday The De fendants Refuse to Oire Bail Though Friends - Present Urge Them , to Do So. Chicago. July 17. The reports that additional proceedings were likely he4 taken by the Federal authorities against President Debs and his associate officers of the -American Railway union had the effect, of bringing a big' crowd to th United.Statea Circuit court room in the Government ' building this ; morning. Judge Seamans, of Milwaukee, presided in the absence of Judge Grosscup. Debs was present at the opening of court, ac- jcompanied by W, W. Erwin, jthe noted Criminal lawyer ' of St. Paul, A." 81k maker, of St. Paul, ErwioT9aw asso ciate and by S. S. Gregory, of this city, who. was the leading counsel of Prender gast in' the lunacy proceedings that fol lowed the assasin's conviction and has been retained as special counsel for the union.:' ; f. As soon as a few minor cases bad been disposed of Mr. Gregory stepped to' the bar, announced the presence ot Debs and inquired whether the hearing was to go on to-day. Judge Seamans replied that the case would proceed as soon as District Attorney Mllchrist was ready. At 11 o'clock the district attorney, ac companied by Edwin . Walker, special counsel for the Government, and George It. Peck, special counsel for the Santa Fe road, appeared- Special Council Walker then opened the proceedings proper with . a brief statement. He said he was desirous of presenting to the Court an information against certain people on behalf of the United States ' Government and to ask that a writ of attachment be Issued for the persons named therein. In addition, another information was offered in beM half of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road, this road being in the hands of United States receivers. The informa tion in behalf of the Government, he said, set forth that on July 2nd, Judges Wood and Grosscup issued an injunction restraining Debs and his associates from interfering with inter-State commerce or with the transportation of United States mails, or from exercising terror or vio lence against railroad employes engaged in their work.. Personal service of this injunction was made on the defendants, but in spite of it they continue to call out men and ordered strikes on lines within the. city of Chicago and the dis trict adjacent thereto and within the ju risdiction ot the court, ihia violation has continujed-daily, and it might be 6aid hourly,) and the Government desired such action and such punishment as the court might see fit. f The lengthy information was then read by District Attorney Milchrist. It sets forth the facta already stated and quoted scores of telegrams sent by Debs after the ! injunction had been issued. These have never been published and had evi dently come into the possession of the Government within a , few" hours, under circumstances that! counsel would not explain. Some wereaddregged to Phelan, the Cincinnati organizer, ust sentenced for contempt by Judge, laf t; others to U.. McAuluTe, at Milwaukee; others U Liv ingston, Mont., others to employes of the Chieago,,15urhngton and yumcy, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Big Four and Santa Fe roads. -&11 urged men to go out and stay out. One dispatch read: ; "It will take 1 more than injunctions to move trains. ! Get the rden out' This was ad dressed to W. F. Smith, Grand Junction, Col, Many other dispatches were' of the samje tenor. One; said: "Do not be frightened by troops, injunctions or the subsidized press. Call your men out. This is a contest of plutocracy against the masses, and we will win and protect our Supporters. The court interfered at this point.with the suggestion that i it did not want to hear anv more dispatches, enough had been read to indicate a persistent vioUv uon Oi tue injunction. The district attorney proceeded to read a resume of the loss of property occasioned by the mob. during the past two weeksr of assaults upon engineers firemen and others who continued at work and of interruptions of traffic that had occurred since the Injunction had zone into effect. President Debs listened with close attention. The readme of the information occu rred over one hour, and at its conclusion the district attorney contended ' that the defendants were clearly in contemps and should be attached and punished. Mr; Peck counsel of the banta reroaa, stepped to the bar and read another long information, charging the defendants with intftrferinsr with the operations of that road and likewise asking for a con timnt attachment. The court asked the defendants, if they were represented by counsel, r Mr: Gresrorv responded. He said that rjphs was in court voluntarily, although itj was understood that this would be an ex parte application. The Government did not deem best to charge either of the four defendants with personally partici pating in violence, nor had a case been stated that was cognizable in a court of equity.! With considerable heajc ha said that he did not understand that tne oov ernmeiit's information was for the pro ieetion of the jcajjroads or that the move jment was to be used "as an agency to vindicate the property, rights ot rjtpads. That seemed to, be what Mr. ecK wantea but it would be very unfortunate if any action of the court gave color to that claim. ! The entire country was con cerned in this piatter nd t must be kept free of bias. (Mr. Walker responded that the Govern ment did not propose to protect railroad property except so far as inter-State commerce and mails were concerned. To this the judge added; "We are not here for any otffer purpos&? Continuing. Mr. Walter said that the Government represented all the people, the defendants included, and it would not lend its authority to the protection of raurpad property, except within the lined indicated. ! Finally the court cut the discussion short by ordering the issuance of attach ments for contempt against ueDs, ttor ard, Keliher and Rogers, but instructed the ynited States marshal to waive eer vice on the understanding the defendants would voluntarily surrender at the bar of the court at 2' o'clock this afternoon. When the court met at 2 o clock How ard, Keliher and Rogers were present, but President Debs was not on hand. His name was called, and there being no rmnnniP. it was decided to stay proceed- in on nnt.il he nut in an appearance. The afctnrnftvn wr beeinninz VJ Ret a wiuu impatient, when at 3:3 O ClOCK ijeua came into court Wanting for breath. ; Attorney Erwin asked the indulgence of five minutes consultation and the court acquiesced. After the presence of the defendants .was - announced to- the bench. Attorney Erwin exploded a bomb shell by stating that if t the defendants were compelled to give bail on the charge of contempt they would go to jail, for the bail already demanded on the in dictments found in the District court had exhausted their own ability m that direc tinn. Unless the court accepted their l own recognizances then it was a matter of jail and nothing else. Mr. ErwinJ made an impassioned speech, saying that at the proper time the indictment would be demurred ; to and the issue would be raised whether the unchecked opera tions of capitalistic tyranny could introduce the methods of a British monarchy. These men had never com mitted any act of violence. The con science of the court was ing whipped to resort to extreme and unjustifiable methods. : .. . 'Judge ; Seamans set .the trial of e. contempt cases for next Monday orning at 10 o'clock. He fixed the ad- itional bail at $3,000ach and ordered the four men to be held in custody of the United - States marshal until the ""yfil been approved. At aaa o clock p. m., atter a con ference with their attorneys. Debs an nounced for himself and the three other defendants that they would go to i ail and refuse to give additional bail, on the ground that their bondsmen in the other cases had been so bitterly attacked by the press that they felt a great deal of hesitancy in asking any more citizens to go additional bail for them. A score or more of friends clustered around them- and urged them to recon sider their determination. One of the number said that he was worth $500,000 apdwould go bail for the entire quar tette." Others offered to become individ ual sureties for the "several defendants. Debs, however, was obdurate, and in hi3 determination he was supported by his associates. In the meantime the orders of commitment were made out by the j clerk of the court. Marshal Arnold had been summoned, and with him he brought Deputies J. W. Forsythe and G. rl. Jones, i A hnal effort was made to in duce the defendants to accept the proff ers of their friends, but without result. At 4:dQ o clock Marshal Arnold es corted them to an open carriage in which they were driven to the county jail on the North Side. On their arrival at the jail the prisoners were courteously received by Jailor Morris and Jail Ulerk Whitman- The marshal did the intro ductory honors and the prisoners shook hands cordially with their new custo dian. ' No feature of jail methods was, however, relaxed in their be half. At the demand of the turnkeys they held up their hands and submitted to a search. They were deprived of all valuables and then led to spacious and roomy cells in the debtors' depart ment. President Debs and Vice presi dent Howard were assigned to No. 5, and Rogers and Keliher to No. 6. It was ar ranged with the jail officials that meals should , be served from a neighboring restaurant, and the prisoners were then left alone for the night. The Situation at Birmingham. Birmingham, Alaf. July 17. The sit uation to-day is not noticeable for the quiet. The additional features to the casualty at 6lop No. 3 was the finding of the dead bodies of a Frenchman and a negro this morning. The, former was one of the attacking force, the latter a miner. JSo other wounded have been reported, i 1 Last night companies of the First and Second regiments, Alabama State troops, were ordered here by Governor Jones and to-night are camped and on special details. Fifty men are at each of the six slopes and mines of the Tennessee Coal and iron company, with J50 m re serve in camp at slope No. 4 with Gat- ling guns. All railroad shops in the city are guarded to-night by detachments of the soldiers, as is the union depot, with heavy reserve. Sixty-two arrests within the past fifteen hours have been made and the men are now in jaiL No firing or other incendiary acts have been committed so far since the attack oil. slope No. 3. ' - - ."' A tremendous indignation meeting of the citizens was held to-day, at which all representative citizens were present. A committee of twentv-hve was ap pointed on public safety here to-night. Capt. S. u. Weakley reported to the Government he was ready with 150 men. subject to his call. Governor Jones was endorsed for . promptness in placing troops on the scene. The Governor has suggested to Judge S. E. Greene, of the Criminal court, the necessity of calling an early session of the court and impaneling a grand jury on account of the arrests. ' i ' Strikers Returning to Work. Chicago,! July 17. A largely attended meeting of railrood strikers was held in. Uhlich's hall to-day to 'hear the reports of the committees selected to re port the condition -of the strike on the roads they formerly worked for. Some of the reports were not as indicative, of success as the leaders expected. A for mer Nickel Plate employe reported that more than half the strikers had returned to work. The majority of the strikers are now BwitchmenJ trackmen and shop workers. A committee of Illinois Central strikers from Harvey asked for an order to re turn to work, but permission was re fused. Vice President Howard made a speech in which he claimed that four fifths of the switchmen, trackmen and shopmen were still out, 40 per cent, of the engineers and 25 per cent, of the firemen. He declared that the roads were operating 90 per cent. ' of the pas sengrer trains and 25 per cent, of freight. He closed by saying: "Mr. Rogers and I have got to go into court now and it is possible that we may have to go to jaiL We can even be kept there, though a writ of habeas corpus may, liberate us. The way to end this thing is tor every workingman in Chicago to drop his tools complying with the law, hQweyerg' 'The Sans' IQotton Reyiew. ! New Yokk, July 17. The Sun'g Cot ton review! says: A rise in Liverpool, European and Southern buying, lopal covering caused an advance here, though the crop news was favorable and the state of speculation was dulL There in a steady spot demand. One hrm says: ..spot sales at uver- pOfU axe moderate 8,000 bales; but if the redueiibn pf the world's visible sup- h reDorted on Saturday next, is as large as ithas been for two or three weeks past as compared with each previous week, it would show before "the first of September ! that a much smaller supply thaa was predicted sevef months ago . wouia - do m signi on that date. The amount of pew cot u "i ' t i ton to appear in August will have some influence, whether it is large or small, as it may indicate, as compared with last year and previeus years, whether the crop js an early or a lace one in xexas. Another firm gaidj "We fear that a substantial and lasiiag improvement in prices can only be expected as a result of bad crop news, which at this moment eeems decidedly scarce." , -Shedding is reported in southern Texas, where rain is needed. . Two Lives Savetl. " 1 Mrs. Phoebe ThomasTof-Junction City, Til. . was told bv her doctors Rh had con sumption and that there was no hope for her. but two bottles ot Dr. King s New Discovery completely cured her and she savs it saved her life, Mr. Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida St. San Francisco. Suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching con Rumotion. tried without result everything else theo bought one bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thankful- It is such results, of which these are samples, that prove the wonderful efficacy of t his medicine in-Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at E. R. Bellamy's Drugstore. Regular size 50c. and f 1.00. A MILLION DOLLARS VOTED FOR DESTRUCTION OF THE RUSSIAN CACTUS Amendment to. Inter-State Commerce Act The Bankruptcy Bill; Passed oy the House Hallway Cor- J po rations to be Made Citl zens of the States More Appropriation Bills uo to uonrerence. i fl . SENATE. . ' - : Washington, July 17. The Senate passed the Senate bill to amend the! tIn ter-State Commerce act of February 4, .1887. It adds to section 10 of that act these clauses: I : - t '-.. "Whenever any common carrier, sub ject to the provisions of this act ip a corporation, such corporation may! be prosecuted as for a misdemeanor under any of the foregoing provisions of jthis section, and upon, conviction ; shall, be subject for each offence to a fine not ex ceeding $5,000. .j Lj 'Whenever- an indictment shall be found under the provisions of this1 act against a corporation the service of iiny writ or other process thereupon, or!- for the prosecution thereof, shall be suffi cient if a copy of such writ or process be delivered to and left with any officer or agentjof such corporation resident ini the Judicial district wherein such indict ment may be found." I 1 It also repeals so much of section 10 of the act as provides for punishment by imprisonment. . The consideration of the Agricultural Appropriation bill was resumed and Senator Hansbrough, of Dakota, i of fered an amendment to insert ; an item appropriating $1,000,000 for thei destruc tion of the Russian thistle. j The amendment caused a - four hours' debate, j In its course Senator Cockrell moved that cockle burr and Canadian thistle be included in the extirpation measures, and Senator McLaurin,; of Mississippi, moved to include cocoa grass. These were rejected and Senator Hans brough's. amendment was agreed to yeas, 37; nays, 24. ' i . i : lhe Indian Appropriation bill was then taken up and went over till to-morrow. A conference was ordered on 1 the Dis trict of Columbia Appropriation bill. The Senate,-after a short executive ses sion, at 5:20 o'clock adjourned until to morrow. . i HOUSE OF REPfiESENTATIVES, The Senate amendments to the River and Harbor Appropriation bill were non- concurred in and a conference agreed to. lhe liankruptcy bill, coming over from yesterday, was passed, yeas, 127; nays, 81. ; . ' -, , . . j- u nder the call of committees, three public building bills were reported land placed on the calendar. The rest -of the day's session was devoted to the con sideration of bills called up by the Com- minee on tue judiciary. j , The Senate amendments to the Legis lative,Execujtive and Judicial Appro priation Trill were non-concurred j in, ordered printed and referred to the Com mittee on Appointments. I lhe House bill declaring that for; the purpose of jurisdiction all corporations shall be deemed to be citizens of any States into which their lines extend or in which they shall do any business, was next taken up. It was amended by add ing after the word "business"" the follow ing: "as t" all causes which may arise in said States and Territories: against all corporations." j I lhe Mouse then, at 4:45 o clock, , ad journed untrl to morrow at noon.' UNABLE TO AGREE. The Tariff Bill Conferees Make no Progress Objections to Missis sippi Treasury Warrants To Begin Coinage of Silver Dollars Mr. Cooley En- j dorses the Presii-; dent's Course, I Washington, ouiy 17. The full con ference committee on the Tariff bill, i in cluding the Republican conferees, met at 2 o'clock in the room of th Senate Committee on Finance. Prior ! to their meeting, it is said 'that Senator jGorman and one or two other Senators, who have acmeved prominence tor their conser vative" course ifl? the construction of i the Tariff bill, called the Democratic mem bers into acemmittee room and warned them again that under, r,o circumstances must they recede from thc-amendments the Senate had made to the Houses bill. Should they do so and thereby change the complexion of the Senate bill, ! the conferees were to'd that upon their shoulders must rest the responsibility for the defeat of the bill in the end. The conference adjourned at 3:15 o'clock until 1 o'clock to-morrow, without doing anything beyond discussing the general situation, mere is little likelihood of an agreement, and the general impres sion of those who were in the committee room is, that the report when made will De a disagreement on ail the essential points. It is also said that the House conferees would standing out, because the President is behind them and is in si8ting that the House bill and not that of the Senate shall become the tariff law of the land. - - -1 x . - Secretary Carlisle this afternoon $obk action in $ne controversy now m prog ress petween uovernor Stone, of Mjss- and4lsslPP1 and Ohiet llazen, of the secret service, as to the illegal action of j the State of Mississippi in issuing warrants for 5, $10, and 40, similar in general appearance to United States money. I He instructed Special Agent Burns, of i St. Louis, to proceed to Mississippi and con fer with Governor Stone, the object be ing to have the objectionable warrants withdrawn from circulation and ! re played by others that' do 'not possess! the u : i 1 1 , . . - - z 1 " L ' yujecuofiauie cnar.ctprisuc 01 tnoso now in circulation." tn the meantime, Chief llazen has become possessed of the plates from which the warrants were struck r.tT. Secretary Carlisle, it is understood,: w giye direction wjtpin a few daj s to, re-1 sume, to a limited extent, the coinage of standard silver dollars at the mints of the United States. ,- Since the repeal of the Sherman ' Silver Purchase law! last November silver coinage has been virtu ally suspended, only about 500 eilver! dol lars having been struck off bearing the date of 1894. This coinage of silver for the remainder of this year will not prob ably exceed $2,000,000. Its coinage will not effect the amount of money in circu lation, as for every dollar of silver coined a $1 silver certificate will be retired.! The. coinage, however, will increase the suver seigniorage now in the treasury but; still a mm.'. ' . . a. ancoTweu. ibis now amounts to apoui $55,000,000. ; j. The compilation of the official data taken on the trial trip of the' cruiser Minneapolis shows her to be not) only the fastest 6hip in the American navy, if novin the world, but faster - even i than was supposed. When the trial was com pleted last Saturday the rough calcula tion made pf her time placed her Bpeed at 23.05 knots per hour, but the correc tions made by naval experts show that she accomplished the wonderful average of 23.073 knots. This will be her official rating, and on it the premium for excess 1 of speed will be allowed. At the rate of (50,000 for each one-quarter knot of speed developed in excess of contract requirements, her builders, the Cramps, of Philadelphia, will secure $414,600 in premium?. . ' Hon. Thomas M. Cooley, x-chairman of the Inter-State Commerce Commis sion, whose eminent standing as an authority on constitutional . law gives great value to his opinion, has written to the President as follows: "Ann Akbob, Mich., July 15, 1894. "President Orover Cleveland: ' "Honobed Snt: Now that the greatf strike in which your official intervention became necessary has been clearly shown to be a failure, I beg to be i allowed to express my unqualified satisfaction with every step you have taken in vindication of the National authority and with the restoration of law and order which has followed or is now in progress. The caution aud deliberation with which vou Lhave proceeded are. I think, worthy. like the accompanying firmness, of high est praise, and I am specially gratified that a great and valuable lesson in con stitutional construction has been settled for all time with remarkably little blood shed. You and the Attorney General also have won the gratitude of the coun try, not for this generation only, but for all time, and that God may bless you, for it is the sincere prayer of ' : Your obedient servant, k Thomas M. Cooley." COMMERCIAL NEWS. Stocks ana Bonds in New Tork Grain and Provision Markets ' - V of Chicago. New York, July 17. Of to-day's sales of 162,341. shares. 45,700 were in Ameri can Sugar,' 45,245 in Distillers and 19,- 700 in Chicago Gas, leaving over .52,000 for the entire railway list and other In dustrials. The feature of the market was the heaviness of Distillers, the stock breaking from 20 to 18 J. Considerable long stock came out on the way down and the decline was not checked until just at the close, when there was a rally to 19 on coyering of shorts put out early in' the day" for room account. The weak ness was due to Washington advices that the compromise on the distilled spirit schedule will be unfavorable for - the trust. Chicago Gas dropped 2i per cent to 74J to 74, on the announcement that the Chicago Common Council had given a franchise . to the Universal Gas company, the latter to furnish the city with gas at 75c per thousand. . American Sugar first ad vanced 1 per cent, to lOli, fell to 99i, recovered to 100$ and declined to and closed at 99. the lowest point of the day. The stock is still sensitive to Washington news, the early rise being due to the reiteration of the old reports that the trust wili; set the protection it needs, while the weakness near the close was the result of the rumored disagreement of the conference. "Bulls on the stock Srofess to believe that there will be no ill unless the trust is taken care of and in the event of legislation failing at this ! session the company will go ahead under the old tariff which is even more favor able than the proposed Senate bill. The railway list held well until the last hour or so, when a dec line of i to 1 per cent, occurred in sympathy with the weakness in the Industrials. Pullman fell 1 J per cent, to 158$ and Evansyille and Terre Haute 2 to 51. The feeling on railway stocks is by no means bearish and even the professional operators on the short side are not inclined to follow up the. weakness of Distillers and Chi cago Gas by sales of the railway issues. The reported formal disagreement of the tariff conference committee was ex pected in view of the wide ' difference known to exist between the House and the Senate over certain features of the bill and, therefore, the bears i were unable to make any capital out of this latest development in National legis lation.1 It is still believed by the Street that a way will be reached to dispense with the matter before long. A better inquiry for bonds, both Government and railroads, is having good effect on the stock market. V The closing was rather weak, owing to the heaviness of the Industrials. The net changes were losses of i to 2 per cent. Big Four, Reading and Canada Southern rose i per cent, Manhattan li, Baltimore and Ohio 2 per cent. Reading was higher on rumora that the prospects for the re organization had improved. The demand for railway and miscellaneous mortgages continues brisk, and a further advance in prices was recorded. Business was more active. J j Chicago, July 17. Disheartened and disgusted bulls were the sellers of wheat to-day. Nobody wants to hold it now that the pressure of a new crop is begin ning to make itself felt. How big the crop is, is a matter for individual pref erence. The Government makes the total yield in the neighborhood of 385, 000.000 bushels. The Praire Farmer says it is 490,000,000 bushels. There are any number of guesses between the two. The Trade Bulletin's estimate of 460,000, 000 bushels was a matter of gossip to-day. Probably the weakness of to-day was the result of pondering over the various statistics. With arrivals of new wheat increasing and little if any improvement in the foreign demand, the most rampant bull was inclined to pull in his horns to? day. September wheat opened at from 57 to 57fc, sold between 57 and 57i to 57Jc, closing at 57ic bid, a .net loss of f to fc from yesterday. 1 Corn opened higher and firmer, but weakness soon - overcame the market. September corn opened at 43f c, sold be tween 43 to 43c and 42c, closing at 423 to 43c, a net loss of tq c for the day. Cash corn wa in fair supply and steady. - '. ' i Commission houses who generally do business for that part of the country where Oats are principally grown were selling to-day. . There was not much en couragement in this, nor was there any to be found in the surrounding pits. September closed with a loss of c from yesterday. - The usual dull, quiet session in product was seen to day. At the . opening there was a pretense of activity but it was not lasting. he start was hrm oq an ad vance jn live hoga. The rest of the day prices ruled steady. The close was un changed for September and October; 2c lower for September lard and 2Jc higher for September ribs, Attempt to Wreck a Train." Bonham. Tex., July n.Train wreck ers yesterday attempted to oitcn tne west bound passenger train two miles east of Dodge City by stretching a large steel chain across the rails. The obstruc tion was discovered by Sheriff Clancy, who was on horseback. He urged his animal in a break-neck pace towards the approaching train and succeeded in stop ping it within a lew iees 01 tne oostruc tion. -. - j -., Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov'bReport RAILROAD VALUATIONS IN THREE LEADING COUN TIES QF THE STATE. The Excursion to Canada The News ana Observer Purchased bv Mr. Holding for Himself Increas ing Interest in the Sena- . torlal Contest Inte resting Experiments "at the State Ex periment Farm. Messenger Bureau, Raleigh,? July 17. I his morning on the vestibuled train on the Seaboard Air" Line fifty-five perl sons passed here on their way to Canada on that road's personally conducted ex cursion. Quite a party left here, in cluding Rev. Drs. . M. M. Marshall and Bennett Smedes, ex-Mayor and Mrs. A If. Thompson and Mr. Charles E. Johnson. Tlie State board of . medical examiners me ; at J Morehead City to-day. Dr. .W. H. Whitehead is president; Dr. L, J. Pic ot, secretary. ery fine and seasonable rains fell in this section last night. The rain fall here wa an inch and a half. ' Two convicts arrived at the ' peniten- tiaiy to-day, one from other from Orange, the sWarren, the bitter being a iemaie. . ! ': ... Your correspondent was i. in error, it seens, in saying that Mr. J. N. Holding purchased jj the News and 1 Observer- for Edwards & Broughtoni He made the purchase for himself, it is stated. The newspaper iowed him $2,800 for paper furnished by the Falls of Neuse mills, of which he is the president. The sale has to tie confirmed within ten days. If his bid jof $6,710 is raised within that period, there will to have to be a resale. 1 . Raleigh District Methodist Episcopal conference begins at Oxford to-morrow. . Therej is much talk about, and interest in, the Jaris-Rans6m contest for the Senatorship. There is also-much talk about the Senatorial primaries, and opin ion as to their propriety and merit ap pears quite divided . ' 3- The Railway Commission to-day com pleted the !! statements which show the valuation of railway property in the va rious counties. Here are the valuations in three important counties: New Han overCarolina Central, $26,773; Wil mington, Npwbern and Norfolk, $60,042; Wilmington and Weldon, $151,937; Wil mington Seacoast, $51,440; Cape Fear and! Yadkin Valley, $58,752; Wilmington Bridge company, $78,854; New HanoVer Transit company, $7,795. ' V .Mecklenburg Charlotte.Columbia and Augusta, $163,719; Carolina Central, $164,609; Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio, $133415; Atlanta and Charlotte Air Lin3, $155,934; North Carolina railway not yet known. i Wjakef-Durham and Northern, $4,442 ; Raleigh! and Gaston. $333,549; Raleigh and (Augusta Air Line, $159,002; interest of Southern railway in Union depot at Raleigh, $10,000. v 1 A ! Democrat who has just returned f roof a trip to South Carolina says he f eela sure that Tillman will overwhelm ingly defeat Butler. He also thinks that life in the Senate will have a civilizing and refining influence on Tillman, and real benefit to him and his State. the Agricultural Experiment sta- me interesting experiments t with , as to digestion, are i in progress, being made by Professors Kilgore and Emery, i The dairy at the farm is a fine pne. ! 1 Mention was . made yesterday of the burning of fifty bales of cotton. I The fire occurred at Clayton.' I r , , 1- it ;is said that thus far; the present season no less than forty persons hay been! killed by lightning in this State Base Ball, i j ' . New YorS, July 17. Washington, 2; New York, 7. Batteries Maul and Mc Guire; Rusie and FarrelL i', I ; Baltimore, July 17. Brooklyn,; 4; Baltimore, 13. Batteries Kennedy and Dailey; Gleason and Robinson. ! Philadelphia, July 17 Boston, 0; Philadelphia, 9. (The Bostons refused to abide by a decision of the umpire and the game was given to Philadelphia by a scorej of to 0.) ..Batteries Staley .and Tenny; Taylor and Buckley. V GEfrciNNATt, July 17. Cleveland, 16; Cincinnati, 7 Batteries Griffith, Cuppy and O'Connor; Cross and Murphy. St Louis,! July 17. Pittsburg, 5: St. Louis, 4. Batteries Ehret and Mack; Mason, Peitz and Twineham. Chicago, July 17. Louisville; 3; Chi cago 8.! Batteries Knell and Weaver; Railroad Employes Attacked by ' . j Strikers: .' . . ' ; Fort. WArjiE, Ind.', July 17. The new men employed on the.Port JWayne rail roads in the yards and as trainmen are hourly submitted to most brutal assaults from1 discharged men. J Last night Arthur Baldwin, a Nickel Plate switch man, was found in the yards insensible. Three other switchmen and a -call j. boy were! violently stoned. This morning Conductor Mulcahy, of the Pennsylvania road, was knocked down by a large rock and kicked in the face. Three switch men in the j Pennsylvania yards were clubbed and relieved of lanterns. Both Nickel Plate and Wabash passenger trains were stoned. Christian Hess, .the only rioter arrested, fired two shots at Capt. Bergman, of the city police, before he surrendered. ? Mr. Cleveland Again Invited to Georgia. Washington, July, 17. The President this morning received another of the many occasional invitations that have been, tendered him since his inaugura tion to attend Georgia fairs. This time he was asked to be present at the open ing of the Dixie Inter-State fair, to be held under the auspices of the Georgia Agricultural society at Macon, October 25th. He said he' would" try to go this time if possible. It was impossible for him pust novv to see eo far ahead. Politician Turned preacher. jApKSQNvrxxB, July IT. A special to the Times-Union from Orlando, Fla., says; Hon. E. M. Hammond, a promi nent lawyer and politician, of this place, has been converted and will enter the ministry of the M. E. Church, South. Mr. Hammond was a member of the Florida. Senate during the Call fight j and achieved notoriety by leading the anti Call Senators! from Tallahassee over into Georgia in order tv break a quorum and evade the sergeantrat-arms, j - , Ming n be or Ati tion so cattle these m a ' JOHNSON GREAT CLEARING Will Gomnce' Monday, J11111 16tti. WE MAKE IT A RULE NOT TO CARRY WUU8 nence the great reduction in prices we shall make. Our stock is all new. We have no old, last season's goods. Our various departments are replete with the most desirable goods. Our prices at ' all times am as low as any first-class house can make. We solicit trade, al wavs uiirantofiinP- 'nrf : ; satisfaction. We take pleasure in buv or nnt . TVnn't ;rr;6a tfiJa --j iu, Tallinn. o Johnson's Fashionable No. 111 Market Street. - Seeing is 30&vmgl COME TAYLOR'S - AND COMPARE PRICES AND STYLES WITH THOSE OF OTHER HOUSES; and judge' for yourself No We urged to buy. Polite attention. Everything must be sold on account of change of business, and everything has been marked down in prices. ;We can quote only a few of the many low' prices. 26-inch Silk Umbrellas, 98c 4, 5"and 6 inch butter color Lace 7c per yard. A fine Sailor Hat inlack white and navy blue, for 20c. Notions, Ribbons; Gloves, Mitts, Belts,. Buckles, Capes, Reefers, Hosiery, Dress Goods, and a . thousand of articles must be sold at ' " 7-.-- ' : .. TayJ 6rs 1 18 Market St., THIS r : .7 . r Bleached and Unbleached table Linens. j 1 ..., ' 56 Inches wide Unbleaetaed Table linen to be gold at. 31c a yard, regular ' prlee 45e per yard. . : '-'."" - . 66 Inches wide Irish Manufactory Bleached Table Linen at 45c per yard, regular price 60c. ( '.' ;.V . - 1 , ' 66 Inches wide Irish Manufactory Bleached Table Linen at 63c per yard, regular price 90c. . '''' ' . 62 Inches wide Unbleached Table Linen, round thread, at 75c a yard, regular . price 91. " 70 inches wide Bleached Table Linen, round thread, at 75c ayard, regular price Si. : . ' " 70 inches wide,reund thread,Bleaehed Table Linen at (11.22 a yd, regular prlee 91.65. Summer Ooods at a sacrifice. .' . O. E5 r. . LaFAYETTE MILITARY ACADEMY A High Grade Boarding School for Boys and Young Men. Full Preparation'for University, West Point or Annapolis. I " .7 ":" V I . FULL OOUKS1 IN MUSIC, ART AHD BU81MK88. FULL CADKT COBKBT BAND AND OKCHB3TKA. 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' ' '"' "' V Suit Made to Measure TILL SEPTEMBER, , We have too many goods on hand. They must be sold and only a few. days to dispose of them, conse- quently would state most- positively that profits are no' object. Come in and make Selection. . MUNSON & CO. 'I-:, I - ' ''ft
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 18, 1894, edition 1
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