M'K INLEY JNOTI M liD.
C03I3IIXTEK CALLS AT II IS HOME
IN CANTON. 1
Senator 'Thurston Acts a Blaster of
Ceremonies. . ,
Th& por4nitteet consisting 'of one
vpfcmbt? from each state and territory,
-'jsielet? d at the St. Louis ooiiTentioa
: to convey Io Major McKinley the ofB-
ci'rI notification of bit nomination. ar.
iivd in Canton, Ohio, on a special
'train , rom Cleveland y at' H :30
-o'clock Mondaymorlog.They were
i6r"a'iiMtatio&''-T ' reception
' committee - composed of -' tome of
. the foremost citizens
of Canton, and
wero driven in open carriages toMsior
M t 1
w...u.v7 vciusuvt, m.iivuipuiB4 uj I
a mounted escort. The mAnnmtinna
at Major McKinley's were simple.
Seventy-five chairs were placed on the
front lawn under the trees facing the
house. On the rear lawn a large tent
bad been erected, and in it was a long
tabl on which covers were laid for
100 guests.
At ten minutes past twelve o'clock,
when Iho notification committee reach
ed Mnjor McKinley's house, they were
greeted with tremendous cheers. ' Ma
jor McKinley met them outside the
gate as they alighted from the car
riage, and 6book hands warmly.
Senator Thnrston delivered the no
tification speech, which was received
with much enthusiasm and applause.
ArYwtnrr ftK. 1 1 i' n n ZJ3 -
....... -.. ViUll lUlUD li BHtU
"Governor McKinley, we are here
to perform the pleasant duty assigned
ns by the republican national conven
tion recently assembled in St. Louir,
that of formally notifying you of vour
noraination-as the candidate of the re
publican party for president.
"Wo respectfully request your ac
ceptance of this nomination and ap
proval of the declaration of principles
aVlopted by the convention. We as
sure you that you are the unanimous
choico of the nnited party, and your
candidacy will be immediately accept
ed by the country as an absolute on nr.
an ty of republican success.
"Unt your nomination means more
than the endorsement of a protective
tariff, of reciprocity, of sound money
and of honest finance, for all of which
you bovo so steadfastly stood. It
means nu endorsement of your heroio
youth, your fruitful years of arduous
pnblio service, your sterling patriotism.
Christian character and tho purity,
inieiuy and simplicity of your
public life. In all these things
you are the typical American;
for nil these things you are the chosen
lender of the people, .God give you
strength to so bear the honors and
meet the duties of that great office for
which you are now nominated and to
, which you will be eleotod, that your
administration will enhance thedignity
and power and glory of this republic
and pecuro the safety, welfare and
happiness of its liberty-loving people."
-f When SonatorThurston had finished
Governor McKinley, who was standing
a few feet from him and slightly in his
rear, stopped forward and was greotod
with thunderous applause. Major Mo
Kiuloy read his speech in a clear, far
reaohing vcico. It was listened to in
tently and he was" oompelled to-halt
i i
several times uy reason 01 iouu cneers
and applause. Major. McKinley said,
among other things: V
"Senator Thurston and Gentlemen
of tho Notification Committee of the
Bcpnblican National Convention--To
be selected as their presidential can
didate by a great party's convention,
representing so vast a number of the
people of tho United States, is a most
diRtinpnifilipd honor, for which I would
not conceal my high appreciation,
although deeply sensible of the great
responsibilities of the trust and my
inability to bear them without the
generou'j and constant support of my
fellow countrymen.
"As is the honor conferred, equally
arduous and important is the duty im
posed, and in accepting the one I as
sume tho other, relying upon the pa
triotic devotion of the people tci
the best interests of our be
loved country and the sustaining care
and aid of II im without whose support
all we do is empty and vain. Should
tho people ratify the choice of the
great convention for which you speak,
my only aim will be to promote the
public good, which in America ia al-
j ways tho good pf the greatest number,
the honor of our country and the wel
1 fare of the people. -
"The auestions to bo settled in the
national contest this year are as seri
ous and important as any of ther great
governmental problems that have con
fronted us in the past quarter of the
century. They command our sober
judgment and a settlement free from
partisan prejudices and passion, bene
ficial to ourselves and befitting the
honor and grandeur of the republic.
They touch every interest of our
common country. Our industrial
supremacy, our' productive capac
ity, our business and our com
mercial prosperity, our labor and its
rewards, our national credit and cur
rency, our proud financial honor and
our splendid free citizenship the
birthright of every American are all
involved in the pending campaign, and
tLu every home inthe land is direct
ly and intimately connected with their
proper settlement. Great are the is
fcues involved in the coming election
end earnest the people for their rights
uud determinations ' "
Steamers Selred by Uncle Sam.
The steamers Three Friends and
City of Richmond were seized by the
customs authorities at Key West Mon-
i - r ' ' '
TRADE CONDITIONS.
Bradstreet's
Review or Business for
: the
rast Week. '
Bradstreet's review of trade for the
past week says: "A more hopeful feel
ing ia trade circles wjthrn'the past ten
days, explained as due to the adoption
of a gold plank at SU Xton'm, has been
given nndne weight Interviews with
merchants in staple lines at twenty
five of the more important distributing
centers show that aside from the in
creased strength of wool in the hands
f interior holder, reflected at Boston i
and Philadelphia, an improved demand
for hardware at Providence, for cloth
ing and shoes at '" ABaltioiortv
shoes and' dry" good at ,31c mpti,
and in similar lines aft St.
Louis there km been i no , improve
ment In trade. . At Chicago, there is a
more hopeful sentiment, but no in
crease in bnsinees A canvass of lead-
.WM
" jvuwcto at important cuiea 6nows
no exception of a revival in general
trade until aftei election, and at some
points no real improvement is ex
pected until next year. There are 218
business failures reported throughout
the United states this week, a striking
decrease as compared with a week ago,
when the total was 265. One year ago
the week's total was 115.
"The volume of general trado is no
larger than last week. In some lines
it is smaller, notably at Pittsburg and
Kansas City. Midsummer dullness
characterizes operations at almost all
points. Relatively, the greatest activi-:
ty has been among eastern dry goods
jobbers, who have sacrificed prices to
reduce heavy stocks of cotton goods.
Restricted production of print cloths
at Fall River is likely to be follow
ed by similar action at Providence and
at Augusta. New England rubber
manufacturers are curtailing produc
tion, and the situation and outlook in
Iho iron and stcol industries are less
satisfactory, with a prohibitive cut in
price pf Bessemer pig iron and the
probability of tho billet combination
reducing quotations, and lower I prices
for ooke. In addition, there are ro-
duced prices for leaf tobacco, petrole
um and cotton, for wheat, wheot flour,
oats, pork, lard, sugar and coffoe."
CHASED THE COBIMODORE.
A Revenue Cutter Fires Upon
the
Fleet Filibustering Boat.
When the steamer Commodore left
Port Tampa, Fla., Thursday noon she
was followed by the revenue cutter
McLane, tho latter having orders to
PirxjaprannMorton of the Unm.
mod ore Raw the MoirjSfifTin Iniirnnii u
crowded on steam -and," a liYelxJapalUrrTMrn
tieiran & iho COinniodof eHlaTnea Ihe 1
McLane sent four solid shot after the
filibuster, and tho latter came to.
The McLane's commander searched
the Commodore, but nothing contra
band was found. 1 ;
The Commodore was allowed to go
and the-McLano started back to port.
Six miles down the bay, however, the
Commodore came to and was ap
proached by throe schooners. Nearly
a hundred men and scores of boxes of
arms and ammunition were transferred
from the schooners to the Commodore.
The McLane's commander, saw this
transfer by means of his glasses, and
again pursued the Commodore. The
McLane gained at first and fired
on the Commodore repeatedly, but
the shots fell short. The poer
ful engines of the Commodore
soon told, however, and she be
gan to forge ahead. When the boats
passes St. Petersburg the Commodore
wai leading the McLane six miles. As
the McLane has no coast pilot she was
oompelled to lay to during the night
and that faot enabled the Commodore
to make good her escape.
CCN FEDERATE MEMORIAL
The First Exercises of the Week Held
at Richmond Sunday.
The exercises of confederate reunion
week began at Richmond Sunday
evening jwith a memorial service at St.
Paul's Episcopal church, where Presi
dent Jefferson Davis and General R.
E. Lee worshipped during their resU
dence in Richmond. The church was
crowded to its utmost capacity.
The pew which President Davis
occupied while a member of the
congregation was draped in the Con
federate oolore, red, -white and red.
The service was led by ;the rector of
the church, Rev. Hartley Carmichael,
D. D., and there were with him in the
chancel Bishop Capers, of South Car
olina, and Bishop Peterkin, of Wes
Virginia. The former bishop read the
lessons. The latter preached.
Governor O'Ferrall and his staff, the
latter in uniform, were present at the
services. The body of the church was
occupied mainly by Confederate vet
erans and sons of veterans in uni
forms, and by Daughters of the Con
federacy., and there were present many
persons of distinction from all parts of
the south.
A BRUTAL. MURDER.
John McCulIougU Charged With Kill
ing Ills Wife.
Mrs. Iota McCollough was brutally
murdered near Riverdale, a station, on
the Atlanta and Florida railroad in
Clayton county, Ga., last Saturday
morning.
John R. McCollough, her husband,
is locked up at police headquarters in
Atlanta and a coroner's jury has found
him cuilty of the murder of tiis wife.
The crime is one of the most: brutal
that ever shocked the lawabiding peo
ple of Clayton county, and McCollough
would doubtless have fared badly at
their hands had he not been quickly
removed to Atlanta for safe keeping.
Georgia and Alabama Earnings
The approximated gross earnings of
the Georgia and Alabama for the third
week in Juno were $20,017.15 ; for the
.
S..' , 1. . . 1 - . - -
VETERANS GATHER.
" - 1 i
Til US. "G KK AT
ANNUAL REUNION
.AT'KlCHalOXD.
Address of Welcome and Response by
General Gordon.
The confederate reunion, opened at
Richmond Tuesday with charming
weather, e'ear acd cooL An immense
throng of people was present and" the
exposition ground?, where the conven
tion istfceing held in a large anditori
m erected 'or the purpose; was crowd
ed. v The auditorium is handsomely
decorated. As General Gordon, show-,
ed hf face on the rostrum at the morn
ing eervices a mighty confederate yell
went up an4 the battle scarred veteran
received an Ovation. -
GovernorjO'Ferrall and other dis
tinguished men went up and pressed
his hand, the band, played "Dixie"
and the people shouted.
Before the convention was called to
order General Gordon was presented
with a gavel) made from a tree from
the battlefield of Chickamauga. Key.
J. William Jones offered prayer to tho
"God of General Leo and Jefferson
Davis." The general, without making
a fpeech introduced Governor OTer-
rall,who on behalf of Virginia welcomed
the delegates,
j Governor O'Ferrall said :
1 "Veterans! and Confederates: You
were enlisted in these bands wjio wrote
their names in glorious skies and carved
them deep into the temple cf fame.who
made the cause of the south so imper
ishable and the renown of her armies
so fadeless. Jit was neither conquest
nor power for which you fought ; it
was in defense of home and the rights
for which thel founders of this country
fought which were d'ear to you. You
were rebels, so were the fathers of con
stitutional liberty 120 years ago. You
fought to sever your connection with a
: i " 1 1 i ...
uuiou wtoso Donus were galling; so
did the men now immortalized in song
and Etory whn they snapped the cord
of British allegiance in 1776.
"Ycu had in you a spirit that would
not tamely submit to wrong and dared
to eb ert itpelf in front of the grim
vieaged might, which came to you by
ancestral heritage, or, foreign born,
you imbibed i from the air you
breathed." J
He closed with an eulogy of Lee
and called attention to the fact that
Ibe-motmment to him would be erected
with
ade llampton came in and
was received wnn cneers lasting
several minute?. At the conclusion of
the governor's address Richard M.
Taylor delivered ah address of wel
come on behalf of. the city of Rich
mond, j
General Gordon responded in a fee
ing speech. He said:
"You will not wonder that I am lit
erally overwhelmed by the flood of
emotion which! this scene evokes. As
we look upon the grizzled locks and
furrowed brows of these stalwart men,
who thirty years Ego were Boldiers of
an army which! they immortalized by
their deeds; when their presence in
Richmond so vividly recalls that heroic
era in which they were tho heroic ac
tors; when we Iremember tho position
of Richmond jof Virginia, throughout
whose borders and ever whoee
homes the tides of war swept
from first to last with their
wildest and most destructive floods;
when we recurjto the dauntless prow
ess of her sons, and the fortitude and
almost martyrdom of her glorious wo
men, who for our sakee, stripped their
homes of the simplest comforts; when,
I say. all these deathless memories
hrill us afresh1 as we gather again in
this long beleaguered and ever beloved
city, how utterly inad?quate are the
words of our lips to express the emo
tions of our hearts!
Let me say to these gentlemen, who
in the name of this great people, bid
us welcome, that full and cordial as is
our appreciation of this splendid re
ception, we are in no sense surprised
at its princely magnificence. We are
not surprised because we know Vir
ginia and Nirginians.
For nearly 300 years on the banks
of this bistcTic river there have lived
and died in successive generations the
most chivalrioj of men and fairest and
noblest of women. At every stage of
her history, in the earliest settlements
through the colonial period and the
eventful life 'of the republic, it has
been Virginia's destiny to hold the po
sition of primacy and leadership in
every cause toi which her proud people
have given their allegiance.
Of all the public honors ever paid
to the wurld's! herof s. none have been
so unique in character as these heart
felt tributes offered by the southern
people. Were the recipients of these
honors, ex-soldier3 of victorious ar
mies, bringing to a grateful people
the trophies ! of their triumph?, the
world wonld comprehend the meaning
of such a welcome as is here extended ;
but they were not the victors in that
Titanic struggle. They are the shat
tered remnants of long-since disbanded
armies, which leave to posterity no
accretions of .territory, no receptions
of puolio wealth or of political power,
Tho legacy which thesq men leave to
their- children and people is a record
of untarnished honor and of the most
heroic defensive struggle in human
annals, and the sole compensation for
their services and sufferings in that
reward which noble natures feel, in
tuch recognition by their grateful
countrymen.
In closing, his address, General Gor
don said:
"And now; by the memory of that
white-robed army of comrades, who
have gona before na to the better
- - - y
day; and voicing the sentiments of the
incusana nere assembled, and of the
tens ol thousands who long to be with
us in ineir name ana as their repre
sentative, I lay at Virginia'a feet the
sincerest tributes of our grateful
ieaxis.-- - '.. . x---,-
SHORT OS PniCSS SEATS.
mere wm Chicago People
. Kepresentea on the Door. --The
subcommittee on general ar
rangementa, press and telegraphie fa
cm ties for Una. national, democratic
convention, consi8t!jg of National
ecretary 8btl?-j l Indiana s Mr.
Wall, of: Mil Wfe3.; 5 Er. -Shirley, of
juomsville, and Mr. Prather, of St.
Louip, assemblothat the Palmer house,
Cbicago,Fridaj morning for the pur
pose of further considering the mat
ters under tneir charge.
- It was stated; that the application
for press seats were largely inl. excess
oi tnose ef the or. Louis convention
and that' a pruning .down to meet the
facilities' would be necessary. Ser
jtfau-ci-Brm. iuaruo was caned : in
and beiind closed doors he sub-com-
mltteediscussed his announced deter
mination to make up his list of door
Keepers, deputy sergeants-at-arms and
all other officials having control of en
trances from applicants outride of the
city. I During - a brief recess at noon
ColoJel Prathpr said :
lonel Martin ha3 the nroner
We do not want people on the
docjrk who can be approached orwho
willntilize theirjopportunity to admit
friends and acquaintances without the
presentation of tickets. - This conven
tion must not be;run by outsiders and
the only way t oonfioe the attendance
io these who areientitled to admission
is to put strangeis on the doors who
will strictly attend to their business.
1 believe Colonel! Martin is right ; in
the stand he has taken and the com
mittee will sustan'him."
, TAR ieEL CONVENTION.
Democrats it North Carolina DerUr
for Silver.
The North Carolina democratic state
convention inhession at ; Raleigh Fri
day morning, is closing work being
the election of Tohn R. Webster, T. J.
Jarvis, E. J. Hale and A. M. Waddell
delegates at larj
The delegates
to Chicago without
instructions as t
presidential prefer-
ences, but are in6
ucted to vote as a
unit unflinchingl
, and at all hazards,
for the restoration of silver.
The state ticket nominate
governor.;
Robert M. Furman, for amfiTorVlfen-
jamin F. Aycock, for treasurer; Frank
I. Osburn, for attorney general ; John
C. Scarborough, for superintendent of
public instruction ; A. C. Avery and
George H. Brown, for justices of the
supreme court.
A BIG FAILURE IN OHIO.
Falls Rivet Company Goes to the Wall
$375,000.
A special to the Cleveland Press,
fronx Akron, O., says that upon appli
cation of Erkine L. Babcock and the
Akron Belting Company, J. A. Long
has been appointed receiver of the
Falls Rivet and Machine Company, lo
cated at Cuyahoga Falls. The compa
ny has an indebtedness of $375,000,
with assets estimated at $615,000, in
cluding real estate, accounts, letters,
.patents, etc. In 1893 the company
was bonded in the sum of $300,000.
These bonds Will fall due on December
20, 1898, and are held
by the Central
Trust Company. Long gave'a bond of I
$250,000. Several notes of the com
pany have recently gone to protest.
This was the direct cause of tnis ac
tion.
TILL3IAN IN GOTHAM.
He Makes One of His Characteristic
' Speeches In New York.
Senator Ben Tillman, of South Car
olina, spoke at Cooper Union, New
York, Thursday night. He said the
newspapers were, mostly, liars, and
not a newspaper in New York would
dare print his speech on the sil
ver Question. - He declared the money
ed men of the east were thimble-rig
gers and that Cleveland was the tool of
Wall street '
It he were on the bond investigating
committee he would ask Cleveland why
he sold bonds at 104 when they were
selling in the open market at 117.
When half the audience Held up tneir
hands as indicating that they were for
free lilveryTillman exclaimed:
... I 1 J L V -11
. America ior Americans, uu io uca
with England and all other countries."
COLORADO SILVERITRS.
The New National Party Holds av Con-
. ventlon. -Five
hundred delegates of all politi
cal parties from two-thirds of the
counties of Colorada organized at Den
ver Friday, the first state conven
tion of the national silver party,
adopted a platform and elected delegates
to the national convention, wnicn meeu
in St. Louis July 22d.
The convention was harmonious and
enthusiastic. The platform is a strong
declaration for silver and declarea alle
giance to any other national party and
candidate for the presidency that ac
cords with this view on the financial
onestion. '--
Senator uenry ax. xeiier is enuoraea
for the presidency. '
Waterspout In West Virginia. 7
About two o'clock Thursday after
noon a waterspout waa experience
within a radiua of twenty-five milea of
Sisterville which lasted for several
houra. The loss to the city and vi
cinity by the waterspout will reach.
if
not exceed- SllW.UW. It tl I ear ea
MTeral vecieU wera loet oa Middle
d is VJJs
fJ J JLA M. Ht lUtV.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
GOSSIP OF Tno CAPITAIi
- PITHY PARAGRAPHS..
IN
Doings ef the Chiefs and Heads of iho
,1 - Vavrioua Departments.
President Cleveland left , Washing
ton at an ar)y hour Tuesday morning
to spend that summer . with his family
nleas something now entirelv un
foreseen should happen to chancre his
Diana, there is every probability of the
president leaving Washington Tuesday
morning next for Gray Gables, where
he will remain for the summer. The
coming week is likely alsoto witness
very general departure of cabinet
officials, whose presence at the capital
is not regarded by them as absolutely
necessary during the period of mid
summer heat and stagnation.
, -
Secretary Herbert has becun his
investigation into the cost of armor
manufacture in the United States. The
inquiry is the result of congressional
action directing the secretary to look
into the matter, with a view to submit
ting a report on the subject. Mr.
Fleishman, of the Carnecie comnanv.
JudgeMcCammon, counsel for the Beth
lehem company, and others interested
in armor manufacture were nresent at
the first meeting. - The hearing was
conducted behind closed doors.
The treasury Department has been
officially advised that the steamers
Three Friends and City of Richmond
were detained at Key West, Fla., on
the ground that they were about to
engage in a filibustering expedition to
Cuba. ' The vessels were overhauled at
sea by the revenue cutter Winona. On
he City of Richmond were 407 cases
of arms and ammunition, and on the
Three Friends a party of forty men,
among whom were Secretary Castillo
of the Cuban Junta in this country..
The United States district attorney
will investigate the matter and decide
whether they should be prosecuted for
violating the neutrality laws.
. "Plague Spot of Smallpox."
Advices received Monday by Sur
geon General Wyman, of the marine
hospital service, state that there are
over 1,000 cases of smalloox in that
isrfibttf n. ... wTf iu j uvea nura
inUeA SttearWftsai
making the rfeport states inat
1 1 -.t, nnaat. of I nbA trOm
PairalaCoaTrpiagtiT spbt or
smallpox" and he advises the quaran
tine offices in the United States to be
on guard to prevent the transmission
of the disease to this country.
Dr. Henry S. Caiminer, sanitary in
spector of the marine, hospital, in his
report on the sanitary condition of
Santiago for the week ended Jpne 20
says that the total number of deaths
was eighty-six. Smallpor, he tays, is
now raging epidomioally, the total
number of cases as ar as known reach
ing up to about 900. The authorities
and citizens are doing all in their
power to prevent its ravages as far as
possible.
Mineral Industry Statistics.
According to official statistics just
issued by the director of the United
States geological survey, the total
value of mineral products of the
United States for 1895 increased over
$80,000,000 beyond the value for 1891,
or from $527,368,594 to $611,735,290.
This increase is considered a long step
toward recovery from the depression to
which the mineral industry; like all
others has been subjected.
The total value is slightly less than
the greatest recorded, which was over
$648,000,000 in 1892. In terms of
quantity produced instead of value
received 1895 is greatest, prices being
lower. The director declares that if
the record of the total values recorded
since 1880 be considered, the increase
from $350,319,000 to $611,795,290
is significant and gives a pretty
fair approximation to what . our
normal mineral product should
have been half way between these
dates or in 1888. The great products
of 1892 and of 1895 show the ease with
which the mines can respond to any
unusual demand; also, that the capac
ity is greater than the ability to mar
ket the product. With very slight en
couragement the product lakes a phe
nomenal stride. In 1892 and 1895 the
product most difficult to hold in check
has been iron. While the coal prod
uct is great, it is much steadier, in
spite of the extra demand for it in or
der to produce an extra supply of iron
The United State shared in the
general increase in gold production,
the increase ccminpr principally from
Cripple Creek and other new camps in
Colorado. The gain in the quantity
of petroleum and the increase in its
price formed one of the great features
of the year. Another noticeable fea
ture was the extension south
ward .of profitable producing
petroleum districts in the Appa
lachian range. Natural gas showed a
decline, the presure decreasing in all
the fields, thereby shortening the life
of each well and greatly reducing the
product, especially in Pennsylvania.
Almost all the remaining minerals show
substantial improvement.
j - -Decided
Against Old Glory.
In the circuit court at Campaign,
Hb, Judge Wright decided that the
state law requiring the national flag to
be displayed over every school house
in the state during schooLhours was un
constitutional and void. In doing so
he quashed the indictments which were
recently returned by the grand jury
against Governor Altgeld, the trustees
of the University of Illinois ana me
loflciiliof the city gchooli for TicU
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
lor the Past Week
According to reports from corres
pondents there has been but little in
crease in the volnme of trade the past
fill .
wee, jine midEummer dullness still
characterizes operations.' It was ex
pected that the adoption of the sound
money platform by the St. Louis con
vention would .stimulate business in
all directions, but while abetter feel
ing: exists no very "marked improve
menf in trade "conditions is expected
until the dull season iB over. ;
'The situation and outlook in tno iron
and steel industry ia still nnFattsfacto-
ry, rhere iff a slight increase rih the'
demand for finished prodactf, but
quotations srV lower;- -pricea having
peen cut to eeenre business, t
: The wire and cut nail manufacturers
at their meeting at Chicago, June 25,
decided to reduce their toutput durincr
the cummer months, but no action was
taken on the question of change of
rates. . -. , . '
The Inmber situation is a little more
favorable. In the yellow pine mar
ket the demand is moreactire and a
good export trade is reported.
; The textile business is dull and prices
are Jower than heretofore. Southern
manufacturers held a meeting in At
lanta to devise plans for the moving of
tock and curtailment of production.
A number of New England mannfao-
mrers nave aireauy decided on re
iricted production, and will run their
mills on short time during July and
August. , j ; i
Among the most important new in
lustries reported for the past week is
a $50,000. electric power plant at
Columbup, Ga., the Whaley Mill and
Elevator company, Gainesvilfe, Tex.,
capital $100, 000; the Basic City Vir
ginia Furnace company, capital $50,
000 ; the Cuero Power and Irrigation
company, Cnero, Tex.; capital $65,
000 ; the People's Cotton Oil company,
La Fayette,. La. capital $50,000, and
a 10,000-spindle cotton mill at Gaff
ney, S. C, to manufacture fine goods.
Other new industries are as follows :
Electric light and power plants at
Jackson, Tenn., Pocahontas, jVa., and
Parkersburg and Sistersville, W. Va.,
a fertilizer factory at Greer. S. C. a
flouring mill at Comanche, Tex., grist
Ml i W-. m -
mills at Plum Tree.N. C.andSt. Peters-
imrg, xia., anu a ionary ana ma-l
chine shops at Grafton. W.r Va. A 1
stone quarry will be opened i at Mo- I
rtv .
Va,Ta rice mill will be built at Edge
field, S. C, a sugar refinery at La
Fayette. JLa., a cotton gin at Vicks
burg, Miss., and a cotton mill at Con
cord, N. C. Woodworking plants will
bo established at Brewtoo, Ala., and
Greenwood and West Point, Miss.
A $50,000 water works plant will be
put in at Peneacola, Flo., and others
will probably be constructed at New
Iberia, La., and New Martinsville,
w. va, - - t
The enlargements reported include
cotton mills at Forest City and Laurell
Hill, N. C, and a saw mill at Sher
wood, Tenn. j
Among the new buildings is a $10,
000 college, at Jackson, Miss.J a $45,-
000 hall at Richmond, Va., a $23,000
jail at Spartanburg, S. C, a $350,000
office bmldmcr at Atlanta, ua.j ana a
$26,000 Masonic temple at Montgom
ery, Ala. Tradesman (Chattanooga,
Tenn.)
COCKING. IjYNCIIKD
r
Tho Murder of Ills Wife and Slster-ln-
Law Fixed I'pon; Hlra.j
Joseph Cocking, who I was awaiting
trial on the charge of murdering his
wife end sister-in-law, was taken from
jail at Port Tobacco, Md., early Sat'
urday mornincr by a mob of his fellow
countiaus and hanged to a bridge.
Ccckiosr was born in England in
1860, . For several years he had been
the proprietor of a country store at
Hilltop, a hamlet 9 miles, from La
Platta, On the night of April 23d his
wife, Mrs.. Mary Cocking, and bis sis-.
ter-jn-liw, Miss Daisy Miller, were
murdered in their rooms; being
beaten and hacked- to death with
a hatchet. ' Cocking
found lying on tho
himself was
floor! of the
cellar, his clothing
blood, and several
bespattered with
slight scratches
abont his face and hands. His feet
were tightly bound with a piece of
rope. His story was, that two men
had entered the house, and, after as
saulting him, had bound him and
thrown him into the cetlar. i He ex
plained the abeence of the cprd about
his bands by stating that he bad sev
ered it by means of a peice of broken
glass. - r - ! i
An inv sfiation followed I
and it
was decided that Cocking was
the mar-
derer. A perfect chain of circumstan
tial evidence pointed to him and he
tras indicted. -
Several theories have been advanoed
by residents of the county, but the
real motive for the dastardly deed has
never been discovered. ;
WIIKRE SHALL THKY FIGHT?
llanagers of tne CorbetUSharkey Mill
Liooklnjc for Location.
Many people interested in the man
agement of pugilistic contests are Send
in tr telegrams over the country in
search of an available spot for the Cor
m n '
bett- 8harkey match, j Dan Stuart's
Mexican concession ia still fnrtherheld
in reserve. Several local and eastern
aoorts have been canvassing the possk
bili tie) of securing a location in Neva
da. Unless something unforeseen hap
pens there will bo concerted effort to
have the bhr mill Uke place in Nevada.
The state and federal authorities,
however, may not relish the idea and
mav dtfaattU aims cftbi fistio ca
BrlfarniIieaJnKj n-ni
-the 1 Qrrr 'Vri Vv" 8iT
ilV. Ol).
ALARMING liEl'ORTS
REGARDINQ THE " SPREAD OP
YELLOW FEVER IN CUDA. -
Extra Precautions Rein? Talrn
to
Prerenf Its Introduction Here.
A Washington - special says: Tho
most alar mine .reports from Cuba
with rtrpect to yellow fever cornea.
from Saguala Grande, whtre, the ma
rine hospital f eYrica is advised by iU,
iaa reporr, tbero are lortv-on cases
od four deaths. It- is expected that
within a Tery abort time the fever will
become ypidcnrier and if it does not "
become virulent in the city of Ha.
vaiia, in previous experiences win be
set aside. The department ha.. hnw.
i . . . " i ... .
. A - j
ever, received no advice to the cfftct
that cholera has appeared any whero
on the island.
Tho present war and its relation to
the sanitary condition'of Cuba is re
ferred to in the last annual report of
Surgeon General Wyman and th
statements thero made will represent.
the conditions of this summer, onlv A -
a morei aggravated form. On thin
subjeot General Wyman then said that
tbe insurrection had mterfcred to a
great extent to a transmission of exact
information of the disturbed prov
inces, ana the normal condition of
health i in the island had been
largely modified by the presence
of a great body of non-immnnn Span
ish soldiers. These persons Lave taken
the diseao and added to the natural
number of cases annually prevaleni in
that island, the difficulties experienced
last summer will bemet with-again this
year. Accurate knowledge as to the
number! of troops stricken with thia
disease is denied by the Spanish cov-'
ernment The reports from Havana
hnwa im 4tal 9 1 ROO . t
mortality of 30 per cent.
ihls summer special precautions will .
be taken to prevent tho introduction
jvm vuua inio iue united estates 'of
yellow fever. Each of the four reve
nue, cutters patrolling tho Florida
coast carries sanitary inspectors to in
tercept fishing smacks and other vea-
seis coming from Cuba with
no intent
to enter; legally any port of entry, and
joo ior ine purpose ol interce
any returning filibnsterinosti
or refugees eeekin-ntto every sea
tiously. i Sanita- tho marmo
Mtrbeen or will W' fI,
GKORGI.t TO CHICAGO.
The State Delegation Will Soon
j Ba Off.
The Georgia delegation to Chicago
will leave for the convention within a
day or two. The state delegation will
assemble at Atlanta Saturday and bo
prepared to go early the next morn
ing, -j
The committee appointed to arrange
for the trip selected the Nashville,
Chattanooga j and St. Louis railway,
Ihe Louisville and Nashville and tho
Bvanaville and Terro 'Haute as the
route to the convention city. Ihey
will leave Atlanta at 8 :20 o'clock Sun
day morning on the Western and At
lantic I They will arrive at Nashvillo
that evening- at 6:25 o'clock and de
part at! once for Chicago. ' They
will arrive in Chicago Monday
morning at about the same hour
they leave Atlanta. It is not yet known
where they will stop, but tne neau
quarters of the delegation will be in
the Auditorium hotel. It was the in
tention bf the Georgia delegation to
stop at he Auditorium1, but it was
found, upon telegraphic mquiryi tuat
all the space had been taken at this
hotel aud it was impossible to find
quarters there for the entire delega
tion. ' j ,
From information that comes from
Chicago, the indications are that the
convention city will be overrun. The
crowds will begin to pour in at once.
Then the members of the national Com'
mittee, the early delegates and the
newspsper men will show up. They
are going from every section to sweu
the attendance. v
Atlanta and Georgia will send a
goodly quota of visitors in addition to
the delegation.
WHO WILL
IXany Candidates WUl M ; rresenwi
p At Chicago. I
Tisri U not only the inUrest aW
tsndant upon the adoption oi tne
platform at the democratic convention
atXhicago, but the various candidates.
whose strength In the. very nature
things is yet inndevelopeS, ill maka
the gathering the liveliest if not the
most sensational of reoent years.
The candidates and the oraer m
which they are now mentioned is about
as follows : T
Boies of Iowa; Bland of Missouri;-
TeUorbf Colorado; Matthews oi -Indiana;
Stevenaon ol Hlinois ; Black
burn of Kentucky; Campbell of Ohio;
Tillman of bouth Caroline;
of Pennsylvania; Morrison of Illinois.
. nfnt indications all of
these names with the exception of M,or-
xiaon and Campbell will be presented
on the first ballot. Ana aespwe iu
denials of Bnssell and Whitney, ono
or the other of them is likely to re-
in on the first ballot tne sona toio
- 1 0j tne gound money contingent, which
will approximate 300, leaving out the
yote of ;Pennylvanie,which is pledged
to Patttson, the Pemocratio ex-governor
of the state. J'
McEinlev's mother is now 87 years
of age, but alert and vigorous, mentally
and physically. She sees mucn oi uer
i distinguished son, and be waits on her
and walks with her each asj ne spemvj
alenco oi
m
Uad, but whota spirits ire iib ui to
IfiUad ttt& ' tioa ol U it.
expeditions,
edition, r T " ' " - ! wvw 4H'