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ESTABLISHED! 1867.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
. On of thel features of Labor day in
Washington city was the. remarkable
feat If two riggers who climbed to the
head I of ' the I statue of the Goddess of
! Liberty on the; dome of tlie Capitol, one
of them standing erect upon top of Lib
erty's cap. They I placed a huge wreath
upon her head The forest fires in
Michigan and -Wisconsin are working
fearful destruction. There i terrible
wranghng among the Populist and the
two winars of the Democrats of Colorado,
I in tlieir i contentions now.' assembled.
Ther are mmf women delegates? in all
the nleetYngs-i Louisville has jOst lost
j $0,0(0 'by incendiary fires'. -Jfee fire bug
was caught in the act of starting the
fourth conllagration -The Chinese
kiovernment si nds troops and war yes
isels to Formosa -Russia will send a
fleet to Cdrea io look afterUhe interests
of Russian merchants The carders in
the Ciiobe milk! at Fall River will not re-
turn fr wort exceot at oiura.w;s, uui
; the Spinners.;
i Lowell, post '
The Lawrence mills at
(notices that work ip full
forceVill begin to-day The Cumber
land Jpulistslhrild their county conven
tion! :jaud. nominate a full ticket j.Maj.
W. 4-'Guthriej, who addressed the con
ventiln, refused to divide time with Mr.
Shaw?, the; Democratic', Congressional
nominee The first through train
reaches San Antonio on; the,- Southern
Pacific road since the inundation. ; Pas
sengers report a terrible state, of affairs
- f or lXJg miles or more. The prairies are
still covered . With water The grand
jury jat Memfhis is investigating the
lynching of ; !the six negroes. Feeling
' againfct the lynchers is running high- -Iabol
day was generally observed in
liew fi'brk, all jthe exchanges, banks and
publit' buildings . closed and 40,bQQ men
mardted in the labor parade Rich-
mcnt Va. , defeated Petersburg on the
diamond vesterdav by a score of . 11 to LN
; - Coreans are waging guerilla warfare
against the Japanese In. Tallapoosa
-eountyr AlaJaimes Ashely and hid son,
murder a man named Cross in a brutal
inanner because he had kissed the
former g uaiiguter. a posse is aner me
muruprers.
The Iforest
A
lynching h proDaole-
tires
entirely destroyed
HenrLley
Minn., a town of 1,700 inhabi-
iamVt The chirred and unrecognizable
;' ixxiits of -huadj-eds of "the victims were
"rxiriell ettrdiiy -A ; general rain be
gan falling yesterday - -The Spanish
Government issues a decree canceling
the reciprocity treaty between the United
iitaWs and l, .to take effect "the mo
ihent the United States applies the new
.customs tariff,' -Admiral Kirkland, of
this State, nowfin command of the South
- Atlantic squadron will take charge of
j theEuroiean: squadron. Jle is now on
his way from Cape Town to England for
; that i.purposef-U The tailors ; and 'other
garmejit workers of New York, Brooklyn
' "and lUistion strike, Twenty thousand in
New York, are'expected to be on strike
'by to night Congressman Meredith.
' of tirgiiua,;; i J about over his attack at
"diphtherial fj-Philadelphia; observed
. Saturday as . Labor day under a State
iaw4 Under orders from Washington
' nond of thej Government departments in
sn FrAneikco!h observed vesterdirtj as a
'.';"boliiay' Louisville was struck by a
:. small cyclone Sunday. No lives were
. lost lnd the damage amounted to only
.10.o)0 TheCount of Paris is rapidly
V growing weaker and his death is
nearlitiand pMr. Hester's cotton' crop
- report is published, lie shows that
though the 1893 4 crop was larger than
the one of lbla it was Deiow it in corn-
mercial
value -The Michigan car
worlds, employing 1,200
men, will close
dowrj- indefinitely Forty-seven . per
sons arepoisonjd at a wedding in Missis
sippi! One of them has; died Relig
ious Zeal runs high enough to cause as-
assination -io Yirginia-
Hon: Thomas
district of Gon-
: 15. Reed will stump the
trressnian Wikon, of West Virginia
.The American Pharmaceutical associa
tion is in session at Asheville It is im
; possiWe- yet to tell how. many hundred
people liave pqrished in the forestj fires
in tlie North w est.
Admiral Kirkland. ; 1
Washington Sept. 3 Rear Admiral
Henry Erben, commanding the Euro
pean squadron will retire on account of
Thursday next and on that day
w irriit iiaul down his flag: from the
r.i.r Cltiwi-sro. now in English waters.
1 Io will -return home at his leisure and
will niako NewtYork city his permanent
residence. Adtng Rear Admiral Kirk
ill snweed him in command of
- the European fltation. He was recently
.detrlehed from the command of the
South Atlantic
sLition and left his na.gr
shni the Newark, at Capetown, Atrica,
and! is now oil his waV to England. It is
exnocted that
j he will arrive at isputn
Ifew weets. until -yhich
ampton ia a
time'. Capt. -
lahau, commanding' the
Chicago, will
have command ot the sta-
.-4 inn.. Admiral
Kirklands home i at
f Hillsboro, NVC
Basf Ball.
' - X iLAJ)ELPHjA, Sept. 2 First game
Philadelphia. $; St, Louis 1. Batteries
tWeyhihg and Clements; Brieteristein
and Miller. , . '. ; j
Second game Philadelphia, 65
St.
Louis 2. Batteries Jones and Gfady ;
Haw ley and 1 winenam.
'f-uooKLYX, ! Sept. . 3. First game-
Brooklyn, 6: 'Louisville, 4. Batteries
Lueid aud Dailey; Knell and Z-ilinej-.
Second ganie Brooklyn. 9; Louisville,
3. Batteries-
Daub and Kinslow;
Inks
in twiner. .
)ALTMOKE.
Sept.
3. First
game
Itiniorei 13; Cl-veland, 2. Batteries
Luri emu wuiii5vu: ouLiiv cjii auu
onnor.' I .
Second came Baltimore. 16: Cle ve
nd, 6. Batteries Uawkes and Robm-
edn; Y oung and Zimmer.
ji t w x ouiv, oept. j, r irst game
New York, 16; Cincinnati 2. Batteries
Meekin, Clarke -and Far rell; Fournier
and Memtt. 1
; fenni1 tramp NpW ftrk fi: Hinir..
Tiiti 4,- Batteries Rusie and Tarrell;
liforxrr and Merritt.
RcisTOX. Sent. 3. I irst game Boston.
5i Chicago, 4. Batteries Staley and Gan-
F.ll . I -r.rl CVii-irar ; ' .
-zeii: lirimtn ana oennver.
I Second eaniie Boston, 11; Chicago, 4.
itteries Niqhols and tranzeii; xiutcmn-
sbn and Schriver.
miTSBCBO, Sept. o. rutsourg, za;
"Washington-, 1. Batteries Gumbert and
jugdenj Maul and. McGuire. j
I Russian Fleet lor Corea.
3 Sf . Petersbcrg, Sept. 3. -A Russian
-Siuadron will! soon start for Corea. It
m said that there is no intention! on the
jjlart of the Russian Government to inter-
4 io be sent to Corea merely to protect
Russian merchantman. .
A FEAkFUL holocaust.
' ' ' '
INDESCBLBABLB HORRORS
OF THE FOREST FIRES.
Town After Town Wiped Out of Ex
istenceInhabitants Fleeing for
Thei litre OTertakeit by Hun
dreds by the All Devouring " ,
Flames-Charred Bodies -j""
Found Every "Where
Kaia at Last.
Ironwood," Mich,, Sept. 3. Tremen
dous forest fires are prevailing through
out the upper peninsula of Michigan and
Northern Wisconsin. ..Tlie district be
tween Watersmeet; and . B-semer, over
fifty milesJ is a mass of .-eething flames,
and homesteaders are making desperate
efforts to escape. Gogebic has been de
stroyed and it vis expected that Wake
field will experience a similar fate. Iron
wood, Bessemer, Hurley and Saxon are
surrounded by fires. There is very little
water and thousands of men are out
with picks and shovels and succeed in
keeping the fiames back only by throw
ing dirt upon the burning stumps and
brush. - j "
Hinckley,, Minn.. Sept. 3. A general
fain is falling to-day"and quenching the
burning embers of the immense forest
fires that did so much damage ; in this
city Saturday afternoon and night. The
blackened ruins of two or three brick
buildings is all that remains standing of
the once prosperous town of Hinckley,
with its 1,700 people and its busy rail
road and lumbering interests. This is
to day a place of mourning,and the
burial of the charred and unrecognizable
bodies of the hundreds of victims has
saddened thei survivors even more than
the disaster itself. The fire was so over
whelming in ' its immensity that none
could in the first terror of the moment
realize how greiat was their los3. Each
was so intent on saving his own life that
little thought was give to the disaster in
general by most, although many cases of
heroism have been reported. Thebodits
thus far recovered have been placed in
rough pine boxes for burial and the ma
jority of them have been buried witnout
their being any knowledge of their ident
ity. - s - ..
Ishpemts,! Mich., Sept. 3. The
gravity of the situation from the forest
nres continue I to increase every hour.
The long continued drought displays no
signs of abatement, while every morass
adjacent to the bity is aglow wi.th flame.
A dense cloud) of smoke envelops the
country for : many miles, obstructing
business and offering constant menace to
travel. Dust
and ashes are falling in
showers,
The volunteer lire brigade is
divided into
convenient squadsT' which
are doing emective
work. The . district
Bradford farmland
lyingbetween j the
the Dead riv
er, to tne nortn, is a vast
fen filled with underbrush and is now a
lake of fire. J Tlie same is true of the
course cf the jCairo river, Consternation
prevails at the Salisbury location, to the
south. The I force on special duty there
is offering a . stubborn resistance and
may yet save: part of the (suburb from
total destruction' Sagota ' and f lood
wood on thej Milwaukee and Northern
are being hourly threatened, also Ewen
and neighboring towns on the Duluth ex
tension of thejDuluth, South Shore and
Atlantic railway. j
Much credit is due to the railroad for
its service to the suffering. Box cars
are furnished and into them the house
hold goods pE the homeless are jbeing
taken. No obe is yet reported missing
from Ishpeming, but the rapid approach
of the destructive i element and the in
flamable condition of vegetation cover
ing the immediate surrounding, together
with a vitiated atmosphere and a tem
perature registering at blood heat, cause
the most profound solicitu U. j.
St. FAU14 ! Minn., Sept. 6. A corre
spondent of jthe Pioneer Press at Hinck
ley says: line latest vennea reports 01
the number!
of dead do not materially
alter the former estimates. In fact, that
estimate is proving remarkably exact,
considering the confusion of the first
day. One j element that makes close
figuring yry difficult, is the fact that
bodies seerf in the woods and along the
track are not infrequently reported to
the two points and sent out from
each as among its dead. Then, too,
the tendenjey of; the occasion, bad aa it
is, js to exaggeration. However, elimi
nating these doubtful elements as far as
popsible, jtroni its . approxithation the
Pioneer Press is convinced thiat the total
is as nearly exact as possible. Thenum
ber of dead at Hinckley is placed at 200.
The Piorieer Press correspondent has
actually Icoiinted 194 of these. The
figures are is follows: Hinckley 200,
Sandstone 62; Miller 12, between Skunk
lake and Miller, 12, Pokegama 28, In
lumber camps and scattering (estima
ted) 50. r, -
Yardm aster David WilUams, of the
Duluth road ! received a message as fol
lows: "Thexe are 150 persons at Sand
stone wititout food or shelter. For God's
sake get them out of therei." !
Within! an incredible snort time ;ara-
master Williams was on the way to
Sandstone. Theehtire road, after the
burned district was-reached, was ,pa
troled and the engine kept "up a contin
ual whistle to that any persons who were
nearby Would come at once to tne tracK.
When the tram arriyed at aanascone
l -.., n-
junction,! or Miner, as ic is generauy
called, it was met by nearly tne entire
population of sandstone and Miller j ine
depot p I iatrorm at Miller had f been
burned and "there was not a house left
standing 'any where in view. About 170
people were, taken! aboard, and a mes
senger was sent to aanastone wno in
formed the people pf the arrival of the
rsliet. v ery tew remained out inosa
with loved ones lying dead. There was
no attempt to care for tlie dead who lay
scattereawitn irregularity inrougu vne
streets of the town. nverytning in
flammable at Sandstone was destroyed,
and to day's investigations brought the
number of dead at tiie place up to sixty-
two, with
twenty-one people missing.
The scene
at Sandstone was heart-
rending
The streets of the town were
j-.only linef
of sand between heaps of
ashes. Within these lines lay lorty
bodies scattered at random, and twenty-
two more rwere found dead in the out
skirts of the town and in the hollows and
marshes toward the river bant. Ihe
bodies were lying exposed to the sun and
rain alike and were rapidly becoming
decomposed. They were identified as
far as possible, and will be buried to
morrow, he puiutn people are mog
a'ter the care and relief of the people on
the line nortn Oi ninciey. xuey wo
ing their work well ana wui see tnai no
one of the gving is allowed to suffer for
food or clothing, tme 01 marvciuus
circumstances of the anair is me et
of no many cattle I and horses. Many
were absolutely unscathed, though no
one can tel( how they escaped the ordeal
of fire. - - - - j" ' : :
Prs'E Citv, Mich. Sept. 3. When the
forest fire teached Hinckley an Eastern
Minnessotai train from the South bad
fust comej in- and the people panic-
stricken flsjeked to it for safety. A num
ber of box (jars were coupled on and filled
and covered wjthmen, women and
children.- In all there was a motly crowd
of about 450 or more people. The train
pulled out Jjust ahead of the fife and suc
ceeded in ;ultimating reaching Duluth.
This circumstance, while fortunate in a
degree that cannot be estimated, has
made the confusion greater, for it is not
" - 1 " -!:.:,' . - - .
known who escaped in this way, and
many people are reported dead ; who may
be in safety. Had not this 'number of
people, largely women and children, left
the doomed city when they did, the loss
of life would have vastly increased.
Probably 200 people left town on foot
or on vehicles plunging into the woods to
the north, across the Grindstone river,
which skirts the town on the north.
They wereliterally fleeing before the
pursuing demon of fire. Over the hill
that rises behind the Grindstone is a
swamp and to this most of the people
with teams headed, but it proved no
protection. The fire gave them no op
portunity to go farther. Some aban
doned their teams and ran into the lower
portion of the morass, but the fire sought
them out. Not one was left to tell the
tale, and there yesterday morning
in a space of little more than four
or , five acres were counted over 130
corpse. There . were---families -j of five,
Fix and seven, the- mother surrounded
by her little ones, cut off; by the most
horrible of deaths. Nearly all the bodies
were nude, the fire having burned every
vestige of their clothing and blackened
and charred many of the corpses beyond
recognition, and whole families were
wiped out as they were and some of the
bodies completely incinerated. (Identifi
cation is absolutely out of the question.
The most sorrowful feature of the hor
rible fatality at Hinckley is the thought
that had the situation been realized
in time not a single life among the resi
dents of the town need hav been lost.
The great northern gravel pi b wheie only
100 sought safety is about ten acres in
extent and broad and long ' enough and
deep enough to have sheltered every
soul in Hinckley with all their domestic
animals. There is a pool of water of
considerable depth, The banks are bare
of grass or shrubbery and there was no
inflammable material near the brink on
the side from which the fire came. Those
who did seek this have passed the hours
of their inforced imprisonment in com
parative comfort. I I
Tids morning a detail of regulars from
Fort Snelling, under command of Capt.
Hale and Lieut. McCoy and an army
surgeon came in from St. Paul. They
brought some tents, - but finding that
Adjt. Gen. Muehlberg sent up 100 State
tents,' the regulars turned hvand put up
fifty of them for the ref ugees.With reg
ular army expedition. The local physic
cians were about played out and there
was an abundance of work for the army
surgeon. There is little probability of
Hinckley ever being rebuilt into its for
mer prosperous proportions.; The Bren
nan Lumber company is not ex
pected to rebuild its plant, j Work
has been crowded this season in
the hope of clearing up all the timber
and anothor season would have been the
last. The company has jbut I about
12,000,000 C feet of lumber remaining
wh:ch is so located that it can be sawed
to better advantage at other points than
by rebuilding here at a probable cost of
from $50,000 to $75,000. The timber in
t le'vic nity is we 1 cut and burned off ai d
taereid no chance of any other company
coming in. Without an enterprise of
this kind there is no future for Hinckley
except as a junction point; The total
loss of, life will never be definitely known.
Turtle Lake," Wis., Sep! 3, Turtle
Lake was threatened all day yesterday.
During the afternoon a bad fire ap
proached the south side of the town,
fanned by a brisk breeze which was blow
ing all day. The entire male population
turned out and succeeded in saving the
town. Reports from towns; along the
Omaha line- between Turtle- Lako md
Spooner are very meagre. A passenger
train went up to Cumberland, about
fourteen miles north of here on Sunday
night, and has been unable to proceed in
either direction. GrantieLake, Baronette
and Shell Lake.the towns next north,wei e
wiped but and yesterday afternoon the
hamlet of Comstock, eight miles! north
of Turtle Lake, was destroyed. )! At all
these burned stations the railroad tracks
are burned and warped and no trains can
move. The telegraph wires are practi
cally useles?,though an attempt was made
to get them into shape. All wagon road
bridges are burned and communication
with the burned districts is practically
shut off.. i ll '
Ashland, W13., Sept. 3. Smoke and
dirt begrimed settlers of the forest I ha ye
been straggling' ii.to Ashland all fore
noon with tales of losses of home and
everything on their farms. They are
taken into homes and everything possi
ble is being done for their comfort and
relief. To add to the intensity of the
situation at Washburn, incendiarism
was discovered there, several fires; hav
ing been started in different portions of
the city. Five men have been: arrested
three of whom were caught in the act.
When the first men were f arrested,
rumors of lynchings were prevalent. A
large number of deputies were sworn in
and placed on guard at different parts of
t le city.
Hinckley, Minn. , Sept. 3. At 1 o'clock
this afternoon a baggage car cameip
from Pine City loaded with provisions.
The car was guarded by soldiers 6f the
First regiment. The men who had been
working since yesterday in the cemetery
without food were first attended to.
Then, the crowd of homeless refugees
who surged around the car were fed.
The, caboose which came up on the train
was started back to Pine City and it was
crowded with refugees. It was a pitiable
sight. These people had loaves of dry
bread which they had got from the sup
ply car ana they ate it ravenously. Many
of them had not eaten since last Saturday.
mi 1 - 1
iue oniy ousiness m progress is jury
ing the dead. Identification is an ex
ceedingly difficult-matter and most of
the so called identifications of ! dead
bodies are mere guesses. 11
Rain is falling-throughout the entiie
region to" day so that the danger of fur?
ther los3 by the-fire is over.
ashlaxd. Wis., Sept. 3. The anxiety
felt at Ashland for the safetyof Norttj
ern Visconsin towns was 1 somewhat
eased to day by reports of rain at nearly
every locality where the hres have ueen
worst.
GARMENT MAKERS STRIKE.
Twenty Thousand Workers la Cloth
iog Trades in-Kew York: Will be
' Out by Tonlht-Brooklyn
. and Boston to Join Them.
New York, Sept. 3. All the eastside
meeting places of the members of the
United Brotherhood of Tailors and the
United Garment Workers of America
of which the tailors are a branch, were
crowded this morning with strikers and
sympathizers. 1 he operators held a
meeting last night, and 1,200 men de
cided to go out on a strike. There are
now 12,000 finishers out, which will re
sult in throwing out 3,000 basters,
pressers, bushelers and tailors dependent
on them. i
It is expected that by to-night! or to
morrow 20,000 workers in the clothing
trades in tLi3 vicinity will be out. A
committee has been appointed, which is
conferring with a similar committee
representing Tailors' assembly No. 565,
Knights of Labor, with a view to aiding
in the strike. About 2,500 members of
of the United '.brotherhood of (Tailors
met this afternoon at .New Irving hall to
discuss matters relating to their; strike.
It was stated that 1,200 men went out
this morning, making altogether 3,000 in
this city and 6,000 in Brooklyn now on
stride. The object of the strike is to do
away with the sweating' Bystem at pre
sent in voeue. The men affected are
operators, basters and finishers. ; A num
ber of speeches,- asking the men to re
main firm, were deliver eu oy uw bwulu
leaders. i I -
During the meeting a circular was re
ceived from Boston giving notice of a
general strike in that city, i j-
LABOR DAY.
ITS FIRST OBSERVANCE
' A NATIONAL HOLIDAY
AS
Celebrated by a Rem arkeble Feat ot
Two Men Who Place a Wreath on
the Goddess of Liberty) on the :
Capitol Dome One Stands v
Krect on the Goddess' i
Head As Observed
In Other Citiea
Washington, Sept. 3. The first cele
bration of "Labor day" asa National
holiday was befittingly observed in the
National capital, . 1 i
The local labor organizations paraded
in four great divisions, eacbi,averaging
about 2,000 men. They assembled in the
vicinity of the city hall, and began mov
ing shortly after 10 o'clock. Nearly
every organization was headed by its
own band and the din of the conflicting
stjains. ..of .. xniisic was deafenings The
weather conditions were most favorable.
The haze which softened tha suns rays
was welcome in itself. In ihe line of
procession were numerous floats repre
senting the various industrial processes
of the labor organizations in different
stages of progress. Old style Columbian
hand printing presses were "contrasted
with modern printing machinery. Horse
shoe rs, brick makers, bookbinders.bakers,
cigar makers, plate printers and numer
ous other mechanics exhibited their
handiwork in motion, and' various
grotesque features were added for the
amusement of the crowds, which were
very large, as all the public departments
were closed. m j
The most novel feature of the day
occurred at the top of the Capitol build
ing. The chief participants were Albert
Ports and James Grace, riggers employed
by the architect of the Capitol. Last
week" Ports distinguished himself by
climbing the gigantic figure of the God
dess of J Liberty surmounting the dome,
and placing there a circle of electric
lights which were used for illuminating
the dome during the encampment of the
Knights of Pythias. It waf the first
time a manhad stood there i since the
goddes3 was put in position. 'Ebia morn
ing Ports started in to remove the lights
and connecting wires with the assistance
of; Grace. They mounted the goddess
by means of a ladder held by Capitol
employes from the topmost window of
the dome. It was 5 o'clock aAm. when
they began and the risky work was com
pleted three hours later. By that time a
big crowd had collected in "the Capitol
grounds, watching the riggers, who
looked like flies crawling about the great
bronze figure.
At 8:30 o'clock Grace sat aside the
broad shoulders of the goddess and with
ine neip 01 Ports placed a eri&rantic
wreath on her brow. The wreath was
nearly 4 feet in diameter and was com
posed of palm .leaves, asparagus, roses
and carnations. Then Grace read an in
vocation to freedom, written bjr a Wash
ington woman Mrs. Louise Bailey. The
people, nearly 500 feet below.ould not
hear him, of course, but they understood
what he was doing." They saw him fold
the manuscript and then, to the horror
of many, Ports began climbing,to the top
of Liberty's caD. When, he- reached the
pinnacle ne hesitated a moment and then
slowly and carefully" raised himself to an
erect position. For a moment he stood
there in the presence of the crowd below,
witn jrrace stiu astride of .Liberty s neck.
Port3 made the descent as slowly and
carefully a3 he had made the ascent, and
ooth he and lirace reached the laud id 2
in safety. The wreath was allowed to
remain laboutXthe brow of the' goddess
until just before 10 o'clock, when Ports
and Grace repeated their dangerous
journey and removed it. j
Another quite notable feature was the
first introduction of Innc s' new cantata
"War and Peace," a spectacular musical
production, at the National Base Ball
park, in the hearing: of an appreciative
audience of nearly 10,000 people. (The
catchy use made of the wa r songs, North
and South, and the realistic effects .of
artillery and military inov amenta under
the direction of Capt. Domer, who com
manded the crack prize dr 11 cojhpany m
the District of Columbia N itional Guard,
supplemented by Innes' g eat band and
drum corns, made the presentation a
marked success. ' i 1 ; i
New York, Sept. 3. Labor's eieat
army made a grand triumphant march
through our streets to-day. The work
ingmen were out in full force. Every
preparation had been made to make
to-day's celebration one of the largest
and finest there has ever been in this
city. The Central Labor union had the
matter in charge, and it turned out a
grand success. Over 40,000 men were
in line when Grand Marshal William J.
O'Brien gave the order of march. The
phalanxes formed in Astor place and in
Ninth, Tenth, Lieventh, Twelfth and.
Thirteenth streets, and on both, fides of
Fourth avenue. The march began a lit
tle after 10 o'clock. The streets through
which the procession passed were lined
with people, who greeted the ; moving
Column with " enthusiastic cheers and
waving of handkerchiefs It was a tri
umphal march from beginning to end.
Tne day was a general holiday throag-
out the city. All the exchanges were
closed, as were the banks and other
places of business. The custom -house
and postoffice were opened a short time
in the morning. All the courts were
closed and so too the various branches of
the city government.
Though the majority of Brooklyn s
wage-earners either held quiet celebra
tions of their own, or went to neighbor
ing cities-to help their fellows there to
make the occasion a glorious one, enough
remained behind and took part in the
parades to remind the public that it was
Labor day. The chief parade was given
under the auspices of the Knights of
Labor. About 6,000 persons formed the
parade. "
ST. LOUIS. Mo;. Sept. 3. Labor day
was celebrated here by a parade ana
picnic of all the local labor bodies, ex
cept-the Typographical union. The
printers refused to participate in the
parade, is early all the public buildings
were closed. .
Cincinnati, Sept. 1. Labor fday, was
celebrated here by a street parade and
picnic in which the unions allied with the
building trades' counsel took part. Al
though the assemblies affiliating; with the
Central Labor union did not participate
as organizations, many of their members
joined the procession. f
Baltimore. Sect. .3 Labor's holiday
was generally observed here f to-day and
10,000 workmen participated in a grana
street parade and attended aieniCL at
Darley park. Business was generauy
suspended and many business houses
Highest of all in Leavening Povvlt Lat
I i i y
cession were handsomely decorated, and
tne day was in a great measure given up
to pleasure-seeking. j
Boston, Sept. 3. The observance of
Labor day was more elaborate in the list
of sports than in previous years and the
big procession in the forenoon was the
largest of the kind ever seen here. There
was a ereneral cessation of huaineraL in.
eluding the publication of the evening
papers and all the theatres gave special
matinees. J
New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 3. The
chief feature in the observance of Labor
day in New Bedford, was the parade! of
ue various labor organizations, the
greater part of whom were textile opera
tives, and it was superior to anything
heretofore attempted in that direction in
this vicinity, and, coming as it did 1 at
the time of the greatest strike ever expe-
ncuueu nere, created a great deal of !;in
terest and thousands of people lined the
route of the parade. There were about
4,000 toilers in line; representing he
Typographical, Glass Blowers', Painters'
Brick Layers' and Masons' unions, ahd
the various ; branches: of the textile
trades. A noticeable feature of the prp
ession was 200 operatives and a brigade
of back boys carrying brooms. A num
ber of transparencies were displayed in
line, bearing on the present strike trou
bles. After parading over a long route
the paraders took boats for Palmerls
Island, just off the mainland, where a
gigantic clam bake was partaken of. All
strike matters were lost sight of in the
observance of the day. . . .'!
KIN& COTTON.
Summary of the Annual Report of
Mr. Hester of the New Orleans
Cotton Exphange.
New Orleans, Sept. 3. Secretary
Hester's New Orleans Cotton Exchange
report on the cotton crop was issued in
full to-day. i I - . v;
After stating that the crop for 1893-94,
was 7,579,879 bales, an excess of 849,542
over last year, he says that the largest
part of the gain was in the group of At
lantic States, consisting of Alabama
Georgia, Florida and North Carolina,
which ran ahead. The gulf States, Ar
kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Ten
nessee increased 351,000 bales while
Texas decreased 59.000. i
Mr. Hester puts the average commercial
value of the crop at $37.50 per bale,
against $42.50 last year, $37.50 in 1891
'92, and the total value was $283,118,000,
against $284,150,000 last year,, and $338,
82 000 the year before, showing the re
markable fact that while the output of
the last year has been 849,452 bales in
excess of the year before, its commercial
value is $1,083,000 less. '
Mr. Hester says that with an average
of 7ic per pound, which the crop brcught,
planters, as a . class, would have been
bankrupt; had they adhered to their old
policy of all cotton and little or no food
crops. In reference to acreage he says
the published estimates j are still unsatis
factory, and comments on the intention
of a change of the base of comparison on
that subject by the United States Agri
cultural Department being first made
known through an English source.
, From this inf orma1 ion the statistician
of the Washington Department has
written to a prominent member of the
House giving as his opinion that the cot
ton acreage of 1893 was 20,000,000 acres
or more than 3,000,000 i acres over the
heretofore yuuusneu estimates, mr. nea
ter announces the result of his investiga
tions in this . movement over a new sys
tem, saying that several hundred thous
and bales have hitherto been credited by
the trade to Gulf States which properly
belonged to j Atlantic States and that
fact shows that the seat of cotton pro
duction has not been moving westward
as rapidly as supposed, j
The commercial crop I in bales is given
as follows, in thousand bales for 1893-94:
Alabama 935, Arkansas 625, Florida 50,
Georgia 1,125, Louisiana 400, Mississippi
SO 6, North Carolina 425,: South Carolina
750, Tennessee 275, Texas and Indian
Territory 2,059; total j crop, 7,550,000
bales. -;
In relation to American mills, Mr.
Hester says the season has been any
thing but favorable.North or South. On
the heels of their largely decreased
takings for 1892-93 Northern mills 6howl
a further reduction for the past seasons
of 83.113 bales. The effect of financial
stringency and delay as to tariff legisla
tion also, decidedly were depressing in
fluences in this industry, and for th 1
first time since the war a set-back is t
be recorded.
Instead of an increase of 37,000 bales ,
which, with anything like last year'fi
crop would have resulted from bringing
into full play the new spindles added ih
the south at the close of last year and
the early 'part of the present season,
Southern consumption has fallen off 25j,-
666 oaies. The total takings Worth wefe
1,601,173 bales, against 1,687,286 lafit
year and 2,190,766 the year before, whije
the mills in the South show as their con
sumption (including takings from poris)
718,5la bales, against 743,848 in 18aa-'3
and 696,090 in 1891-'92. ,
Commenting on the outlook for cotton
consumption in the South, Mr. Hester
says that with a return to normal condi
tional, there is promise not only for an
increase of 62,000 bales per annum in tie
products of mills now in operation, but
tables show twenty-one new mills not
completed, with nearly 100,000 spindfes,
besides thirty-six idle mills with 130,000
spindles, a good part of which would! be
brought into play. In other words, the
South has 2,500,000 spindles with a cpn
sumptive capacity 82o,W0 bales per
annum. 1
Murdered For Ivi sains a Girl
Washington, Sept. 3. A special from
Birmingham,; Ala. , says: Near NewEite,
Tallapoosa county, this morning, James
Ashley and hi 3 son ltobert went into
a field where Robert Cross, a young
farmer, was harvesting. Robert Asmey
held Croes while his father fired seven
bullets into his body.Ashley fired as 16ng
as Cross breathed, remarking: "I jam
going to shoot as long as there is breath
in the damned rascal's body," Cross
went to church with Ashley's daughter
yesterday and kissed her. She reported
the matter to her father and the murder
resulted. A posse is. in pursuit of the
Ashlevs and if captured it is likely that
they will be lynched.
The Count of Paris Still Sinking.
London, Sept. 3. The Count of Paris
is rapidly growing weaker, and the end
is not far off. All of , the dying man's
family are at his bedside." Princfess
Waldemar, of Demark, and Prince !de
Joinville arrived at Stowe house last
evening, making this gathering of ijhe
Orleans family the largest since the
death of King Louis Phillippe, The
Count of Paris is conscious and awaits
the end with patience and fortitude.
11. Gt.vv Report 1
A SCANDAL BREWING.
A KALEIGH BUSINESS MAN!
WITH TOO MANY WIVES.
"Wife Number One. Upon tne Scene
,A Warrant for tbe Couple Issued
Labor Day Not Observed
Immense Crops on the State
Farms Hoke Secrestto
be Brought Back for
Trial.
Messenger Bureau, I
Raleigh, Sept. 3. f
Labor day was not observed here save
by the closing of the postoffice. Labor
ing men paid no attention to it and it is
doubtful whether many of them know
anything of the new holiday:
Dr. Cobb, who for some years has been
one of the assistant physicians at the in
sane asylum here, and who recently re?
signed, left yesterday for Goldsboro,
which is his home and . where he will
resume the practice of medicine.
Many years agoj while . John Nichols,
John C. Gorman .and John B. Neathery
were in the printing and publishing bus
iness here, thy agreed that the obituary
notices of those members of the firm
who died should be written by a survivor.
So when Gorman died Neathery wrote
the obituary, and when Neathery died
Nichols performed the same sad office.
Governor Carr and State Treasurer
Tate are delighted with what they saw
at the State farms on the Roanoke.
They estimate the yield of crops at 25
per cent, greater than . Superintendent
Leazar's figures. For instance, at the
Caledonia farm, from which Mr. Leazar
i expects 60,000 bushels of corn, Governor
iCarr says 75,000 at least will be gathered.
iLast year, the convicts were able to pick
sixty bales of cotton a day. Mr. Leazar
says he expects that this year they will
pick 100 bales a day. In a fortnight
Seventy-five more convicts will be sent
from the penitentiary to the farms, so as
o am in uarvesting the immense crons.
jx convict irom Mcuowell county ar- ;
ived at the penitentiary to day. j
io uay me term 01 imprisonment of i
& notorious wife-murder Hoke Sepi-oat '
ended in the South Carolina penitentiary, j
Governor Carr requisitioned for him and '
he will be at once brought baek to North j
Carolina, and will be tried. '
I Warrants have been issued here which .
will probably unmask a scandal. Twenty !
years ago a man and woman came here. !
The man has been ever since engaged in !
business. They came from the North. !
Two years ago a woman appeared, also :
from the North, who claimed to be the ;
lawful wife. She was here but a little I
while and left." Not many months aeo 1
s$e again appeared. With her was a
y)uth, who she said was the son of. the
business man. 2 It is rumored that on the
occasion of , both these visits the woman
nfas gien money. She has again ap
peared and has taken out warrants
against both her husband and woman
number two. As neither of the
latter are here at present, the papers have
not been served. Woman number one
has told several persons about the mat-
4-, . CJI 1 . ,
Kci. ouo says , mat numoer two can
enow no marriage license. : The war
rants charge fornication and adultery,
tpntir ine warrants are servea no names
ill be divulged. It had been expected
for some time that matters would reach a
crisis in this case. 'The persons concerned
have no relatives in this State or in the
South. - Woman number one claims that
f umber two was at one time a servant
i her employment.
Several North Carolina horses are en
jtered for races North this week; among
(them Baronet, who was ih the August
races here, and also Little Tobe. These
trot to-morrow at Fleetwood park.
John R. Gentry is in a race at the same
place next Friday, .
A Wag here says that in lieu of a bet
ter name the new Republican-Populist
party will have to be called the "Malun
geons." Many years ago this was the
name given the "know nothings."
The United States courts have within
the past few days filed three decisions
which haye immensely strengthened the
inter-State commerce commission. One
of these is that it has more power than
any of the courts in the matter of sum
moning witnesses from any part of the
country. Another is that the 4 -long and
short haul" clause, as established by the
commission, is good law.
.The fogs have been unusually numer
ous and heavy here recently. There is
too much moisture for the crops, that is
for cotton, at least. j
A chapter of the "Daughters of the
Revolution" is to be established in this
State. The "Sons of the Revolution"
have adopted rt solutions pledging their
aid to it. i
The Populist county convention will
be held here on the 11th. The Republi
can and Democratic conventions will be
held on the same day, the 15th.
The State weather crop report, issued
to-day, says that in the .Eastern district
some rain occurred on the 26th to 28th,
but on the whole the week was dry and
warm. Mornings were frequentry foggy
and sunshine during the day was dimmed
by haze or smoke on days which were
not cloudy. The weather was fairly
good for saving fodder in good condi
tion; pulling is about over at most places,
but will continue here and there for a
week more; a large crop has been saved.
Cotton does not seem to come up to ex
pectations. Some shedding is reported
and a little rust. The upper parts of the
plants are not as well boiled as the lower.
Cotton is opening rapid lj and picking Is
in' progress. Estimates of lower yield
than the average come from those sec
tions where cotton has been injured by
too much rain. The curing of tobacco
is nearly over. The second crop of Irish
potatoes is poor. Bugs - are injuring
collards.
Fire Bugs at Work.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 3. During the
past three days half a dozen fires of in
cendiary origin have been started in the
Western part of the city, destroying over
$50,000 worth of property. This morn
ing John Vester, a white laborer, was
found in a stable and according to an
eye witness, was preparing to apply a
piece of burning paper to the hay. The
police arrested him. It is thought he is
the lire bug.
The Outfit of- An Extensive Fishery
JOE SALE AT AUCTION.
o1
WSDMZSDAY, JPT. 5tl, 1891, at It
o'clock a. m, we will sell by public aaction, at
No. 19 SOUTH WATBK 8TKKBT,
Large Seines and Lines, Gill and Shrimp
lets, Sundry Boats, Sails and Oars,
Faints, Ou, c. A general assortment of Ma '
rlne hardware. Flat form Scales, and many other
articles. .
sep3t Aactioaeera.
Cape Fear Academy
OPEMS SEPTEMBER 17th.
TBSPABKS TOfi BU8INKSS OB COLLKGK.
i well eanlDDed. Painatakinsr Teachers. Of
fers advantage of leading preparatory schools.
8area exoenses and enables parents to soDervM
morals oi sons at a some scnooi. oee uatajognea
in .Bookstores.
WUlUflUTUN UATJJCTT.
sep a lm " . Principal, uo Moru 4th BtreeV
W. A. JOHNSON.
Johtison
No. in MARKET STREET
WILMINGTON, N. C.
mini! nxmr'Domwpn ttt - -r-. .
I .
, nership, and advise the public of their
marKets ana purchase a complete and
Dro Goods, wnite
Hosiery, Millinery,
This Stock will be selected with frrtmfc
A f1 j . T
we reel comment in assuriner our fi-ianda
- - . a fcVUl.HU LfUUUO tuav UlCJ Will II 1111
Show mR106 desirable styhis of Foreign .and Domestic Manufacture in our
1 OURMILLINERY DEPARTMENT will be under a thoroughly competent and
tistic Trimmer whose long experience with leading .New York Importer has
fully qualified her for her work. . We ask a share of patronage from buvers al wavs
GUARANTEEING PERFECT SATISFACTION. PTnage trom Duyere' alway8
; " Very Respectfully, V j
WM. A. JOHNSON,
' CHAS. A. FORE:
The East
"PRICES
FEARFULLY DEMOLISHED. THIS WEEK WITNESSES A
, - . j!
;, RUTHLESS CRUSADE ON !-
-A.
Wash Goods,
Motions, Wool
and Everything in our store, nothing spared, the cheapest and
the most costly share the same fate. Descriptions and prices printed in newspapers
can t give the remotest conception of the reckless and stupendous reductions we
have made. Values abound that verily startle the salespeople as well as the cus
tomers. This rnagmficent move-ment will be a revelation to shoppers in this com
. munity. come while the varieties are in strong and serried array no hold-backs
. or reservations. Everything goes rolling in the closing out cost and below-cost
TUSTi Jrm5enuer we wlU only be here a few dava longer, and then we will move
FENNELL,
Front Street, Next Door North
ON FIRST FLOOR,
! - 1
; -"riSIS WEEK .!;:
j " . . . . , - J - .
w i . )v"'- " ; WE EXPECT TO OPEN OUR
iitlVV With a stock of SUITINGS andTROUS- ,
T it! i"9 ERINGS nowhere and on the
"a u & rjr f ' ' "' wavDoth ; j "f '
yV P Imported and Domestics.
wZT The "Frenchman" from Cork is on his
1 yy '''-t- A way?vhome from Europe and will greet
T yViv- J our patioffl with a genuine Irish smile.
?U.L MUNSON & CP.
P Mp. a pRiy:
jX JN WOMAN'S SHOES. ABSOLUTELY
LVt the chance of a life time. All Low Shoes
ftflrtf!S? OXFORD TIES, SOUTHERN TIES,
'y G STRAP SANDALS AND JULIETS
- 'jjl 'in Black and Tan, for Ladies, Mase and
jjj Children, will be sold regardless of
?! MjMl $jS profits. Seyeral weeks of warm weather
t yet. Buy a pair of our Low Shoes at
tvT about half price to finish out the warm
iJi season. "
cvh JTiv, OdlrrriA -
1 j Wincllinprice iln lr j ' 1
fo7Caah 10 per cent off. All Buggies, (except Tyson & Jones ;, Acimujwi. ior
Cash. Stock must be reduced, as I positively move: October 1, to store now occu-
H. L. FENNELL.
114 NORTH
I Horner School, Oxford, N. C,
-.'-'. - ---- r ;
i A Preparatory School for Boys.
'' .;.,nfmin at
rrttJtBSsTAl'iAnw'f"
rtiiicate from this school admltttng without
leg-Fox:o7cTr ot vn-gu, Two Orations of Cicero. I :
! Greek Pour books of the Anabasla. -i
li Mathematics algebra. Plane .Oeometry.
1 ?Z$TlZTa?e unUl he
PRICE 5 CENTS
C. H. FORE.
TO ANNOUNCE THEIR JCOPART-
purpose to visit very early thl Northern
Select Stock of
Goods, Notions.
Fancy Goods, &c.
pata hv wi mamU, l
" J "- tuviuucio VJL til 10 1X1 111. null
nnH vo .,ki; .ui. i -n r.
Slimmer Silks,
Dress Goods,
FORE & CO. j
of Purcell House, Wilmington, fi. C.
ids,1
viz: i HARNESS, TRUNJiS, uauo, etc.,
'.''.'- '-.'':;
The Horse Milliiier.
FRONT
8T. . :.; !:-
if ODSRATX COST. IMSTBUCTIOH THOROUGH
-t
examination to the Classical Department of any con
ha completed the abore course or its equlrafcnu .
- .
Fore,-
Raid
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