North Carolina Newspapers

. ' . - . ." J - : V .... ....... ..." .... . . . . ... . . 7T- " vol: xii. . SALISBURY, N, C.WBDNESD mm a- J 'J' -t L&Um BLAND : - PASSES AVAY Hissorri Cczgressmn Dies At Ilis Ilsas Near. Lebanon. . ' UNIQUE POLITICAL CHARACTER brief Summary 0f the Sixty-Four - Years of His Life Father of the Silver Cause. Congressman Richard Parks Bland died at his home near Lebanon, Mo., at 4;30 'o'clock Thursday morning, peacefully and without apparent suf- feting. -' ' p ; Mr. Bland returned home when, con- - yi gress adjourned in March and soon J"" suffered a relapse from an attack of the , , . ' grip. ' ' : i . - ' , HON. RICHARD P. BLAND. Distinguished Statesman and Congressman from Mis souri, Who Died Thursday. For more than two months he had been confined to his home and his health gradually declined. He thought he would not survive the attack from the - first and showed . his thorough knowledge of his condition."' On the third of this month Mr. Bland suddenly grew worse, his sons, who were in school, were summoned home and for the first time the public warinfprmed of his critical condition. - From time. to time since the patient - showed signs of improvement, but he continued to grow weaker. Sunday and Monday last he presented an im proved condition and Monday after noon Strang hopes for his recovery were entertained. ' ' ' At about 10 o'clock Tuesday night, however, he fell asleep and continued in that condition until death. The strain on Mrs. Bland's nervous pystem has been very great and her fvAr'tfarinhdtits effect Mr. 'iiiatid left no life insurance and died a comparatively poor man.' ,Mrs. Bland has s received several dozen messages of condolence from admirers -of her husband all over the country. : Private Secretary Bell has notified the clerk of the "house of representa ' ' tives of Mr. Bland's death, requesting him to appoint a committee of "mem ' bers to attend the funeral. Promi nent friends of Mr. Bland throughout tbe country have been notified of the funeral arrangements. FULL -TICKET NOMINATED - At Second Day'a State Convention of ' Quaker Democrat. - A special from Harrisburg,-Fa., rays: The contest before - the demo cratic state convention for supreme court judge ended. Thursday evening "with the unanimous nomination of -Judge S. L. Mestrezat, of Fayette county, on the twenty-eighth ballet. .Charles J. Beily, bf Williamsport, permanent chairman of the convention, was nominated by acclamation for jvulge of the superior court, and Bep resentative William T. Creasy, of Co lumbia, vas the unanimous choice for '" state treasurer. ' , : .- 'v - TTATSOX AtT 1I05G KONG. Admlrat Takes Command of the Aelatle laadron,' Believing Barker. . ' Atluiir&l Watson has arrived at Hong Kong, and being on his own sta tion, took command of the" Asiatic t quadrca, relieving Captain Barker of the Oregon, who has been in charge since Admiral Dewey sailed' from Ma-- w .' - v . . - .-: 1 Jiptaiu Barker will return to the d-SHtes on a mail steamer and r-- ; , ly be pUced os lctT. S , , - r. : ......... Y - .... "VT tTalque Character. ' Mr. Bland was one of the most unique characters in American politics. He was commonly known as "Silver DickM Blandr and was as frequently called the father of the silver cause. He was a typical farmlr, in dress, in manners and in his general habits, always simple, unassuming, easily ap proachod, and. cordial. , - - i He was .born ' near .Hertford, Bjr. An gust 19, 1835, received an academic education, remored to" Missouri in 1855, thence to California, and thence to that portion of Utah now Nevada,' locating at Virginia City, practiced law, was interested in mining opera tions in California and Narad a, was county, treasurer of Carson county, Utah. Territory, from ,1860 until the organization of the state - movement of Nevada; returned to Missouri in 1863, located at Rolla, Mo, and practiced law with his brother, C. C. Bland, un til he removed to Lebanon in August, 1869, and continued his practice there, was elected to the,43d, -44th, 45tb, 46tb, 47th, 48th, 49tb, 60tb, 51st, 52d, and 53d congresses, and .was elected to the 55th congress as a silver demo crat, receiving 24,605 votes; against 19,754 votes for T. D. Hubbard.r re publican, and 1,467 votes for J.' H. Steincipher, populist ; ' . Candidate For President. That,' in brief, is a summary of his 64 years of life. At the last demo cratic national convention in Chicago he was a prominent candidate for the nomination for president and after the nomination of Mr. Bryan could have been nominated for the second place, but wired Governor Stone to withdraw his name, as he considered it unwise to name ooth of the candidates from west of the Mississippi, Mr. Bland's closest friends say that he has never been himself since he was defeated for the presidential nom ination. Although he was in the last congress he did not show the energy or combativeness of former years. He still kept his hold on his district and was re-elected to the next congress by a handsome majority. .. - - BREESE IS RE-ARRESTED. Death of One or Ilia Bondsmen Had Bli Surety Inadequate. "W. F. Breese, president of the de funct First Nationalbank of Asheville, N. C, who was tried and convicted of embezzlement at u special terra of United States court in April and given ten years' imprisonment, and who was out on bail pending appeal, was taken into custody by a United States mar shal at his home in Brevard Thursday morning. Thw arrest was : because Breese's bond had become inadequate by reason of the death of one of his sureties a few days ago. ARE AFTER ETAKS. Fenslon Attorneji Are Anxlooa To Have Commissioner Impeached. A Washington dispatch says: The pension attorneys are going to take their fight on H. Clay Evans into! congress. Several ,days ago Captain Evans came. out, in an open statement attacking the attorneys and claiming thatjthe action of the O. A. B. posts was inspired by the attorney sharks. Corporal .Tanner and others who have been leading the fight in secret have come into the open and claim that' Evans is -liable to impeachment and that impeachment charges will be filed against him in the next congress. LEFT- SPANISH PRISONERS. Inaurronte' Forgot To Take Them Along In Their Dasty FIlKhU v Dispatches received from Manila Thursday state that Captain Cable, of General Wheaton'a staff; with three companies of the Twenty-first regi ment, reconnoitered in the direction of Imus. The rebels,, who were ap parently expecting an attack, retired, leaving behind them twenty Spanish prisoncxi, who jointd the Americana, TLMAGE'S SE-RMOM. The Eminent Divine's Sunday Discourse. f Subject! Choice of Celleffo'Kelleloat Tot '.. erance Adrocated 'AU rabcelicat Chnrehea Are Good and' Afe Elfektns the Same. Praieorthy fend. ' ' CopjTlght. Vonia KlopscJ 1S39.J . ' Washixotox, D.C!r-la this sermon Dr. raknage diseosses a .topic. which will In terest domestic circles everywhere. The text Is Genesis Xiil.. 8; "Let- thrr he oa trite, I pray thee, between me and thee and between nry berdmen and thy herdmev. Is not the whole land before thee?" .Uncle and nephew, Abram and Lot, both Kous, both - million aires, and with tuch rge flocks of bleating sheep and lowing cattle that their her dm en got Into a figbtt perhaps 'about the best pasture ot abooi the best water privilege of because the cow of one got booked by the horns of the others. ' Not their poverty of opportunity, bat their wealth, was- the cause ot con troverav between these two men. . To Abram. the glorious old Mesopotamtan Sheik, sQch controversy seemed absurJ. Jt was like two ships .quarreling for sea room in-the middle ot the Atlantie Ocean.' There waa a vast rcaeh of country, cornfields, vineyard, harvests and plenty of room in Illimitable acreage, "Sow," says Abrams "let u agree to differ Here are the moun tain districts, swept bythe tonic sea breeze and with wide reaching prospect, and there is the plnin ot the. Jordan-, with tropical .luxuriance, iou may bate either-' L3t who was not as rtah as Abrdni, and might have been expected to take the second choice, made toe fl rat selection and 'iza modesty that must havjiade Ahram smile .said lob1 .- - ". ' 'xod'ffiRJf :' have the totiil Hhd the ike Moepvctl f Will tnW the. Valley bt the Jordan, ita hit its luxuriance, 'orcein titfds&nd Ihb river tA water, the r1'4cfc4 Hd th- enjM cllrnJite. nrid leg .wealth im ' joiBafurahiet' 00 the controversy was forever settled and preat-souled Abram carried out T the suggestion Ot the text: "Let tbere be no gtrlfo, I -rsy thee, be tween me and theo, and but ween thy herds men and t by kerdmpni Is nfit the Whold laud before thbe?'. .... 1 ; . . . . - . DsXthts m list d?adiS Ot the nine teenth fentttrv hhd in thhr beauliful land, Which was called America, after Americus Vespucius, but should have been called Columbia, after its discoverer, Columbus, we have a wealth of religious bHvilege and worship and . all. styles , of architecture what opulence of ecclesiastical oppor tunity! Now, while in desolate regtons there mny be only one ehtirehj Jh the opulent districts jf this tJoUntfy there 1J finch a prOfusldnhat there bughl td be nd dlfflchlty lh making a selection;,,, Jo ilht . aboht Vje&fcnen W or between Utttrkniai bf bnjrthrglipalndhiifehts, or as to baptismal fcOa'cS, or a handful 'of water as compared with a riverful. . If Abram prefers to dwell on the heights, where he can get only a sprinkling from the clouds, let him consent that Lot have all the Jordaa in which" td Immerse himself fcet there be hd strife; t pray thW, betwebil mb and thee and be tween my herdsmen Ind. th hbrdsmehl - Ji hnt therhofe iini before ther" , Estt'eelally Is IlttaKltunate when famU !fe!low angry discussion at the break fast or dining or tea table as to whioh is the best church or denomination, one at one end of the table saying he Could never endure the rigid doetrines of Pres&ytprii anism, fne at thd bthef end, Feapaidfag" that she never ttUld fitAn.1 the fofmaol febiWopaey, And bije.at. 'one. side, of ,th tRlesnyiM he 'did nbt understand how anybody could bfear trie netfe Id the Metho 'dtst churchi aha ahother declaring all the a'tlists' bigots. There are hundreds of families hopelessly split on eceleslastlclsm, and in the middle of every discussion on such subjects there is swindling ot ladlg nation, and it needs some oldffUfeef ibrAni to come and put his fbetSh the loaded fuse before the explosion takes place and say: 'Let there be no' strife, I pray thee, be tween me and thee and between my herd men and thy berdmen. Is not the whole land before thee?" I nndertRke a subject neve undertaken" by any other-pulpit! for it is ah exceed; lngly delicate subject, and if hot fig htly handled might gireserloris ofTCiisSH biit I approach it Without the slightest trepida tion fr I ara sure I have the divine direct tb in tho matters I proposo ,td psenti it Is a tremendous 'qnestlon, asked all over Chitlsteridemj often asked with tears and feeb and hoart breaks and Involving the peace bf families, the etorual happlhesS of ihany souls, tn matteiri of uhufcll attedd ahce should the wile go with the husband tor thtt husband go with the wife? First, remember that all the evangelical churches have enough truth in them to save tho soul and prepare us for happlners on earth and in heaven. I will 30 with you Into any well selected theological library, and I will show you sermeus from minis ters In all denominations that set forth man as a sinner and Christ nB a deliverer front sin and sorrow. r That is the whole tibspel. Get that into your soul ahd Yod are fitted tot the here and the hereafter. There are -differences, we admit, and Sore rlehomi nations we like better than others; But suppose three or four of ns make solemn agreement to meet each other a week flrom how in Chicago on important business-, and . ohp goes by the New .York Central Rail road, another by the Erie Railroad, another bythe Pennsylvania Railroad, another by the Baltimore and Ohio Railread. One goes tins way oecanee the paoumalps are grander; another takes this because the cars are more luxurious; another that be cause the speed is greater; another takes the other because he has long been accus tomed to that route, and all the employes are familiar.- go far as our engagement to meet is concerned it makes no difference If we only get there.. Now, any one of tho innumerable evangelical denominations; If you practice Its teaching although some of their trains run on a broad gauge and some on a- narrow gu age will bring yon out at the city ot the New Jerusalem;. It being evident that you will be safe in nny of the evangelical denomlnatinna r " proceed to remark, first.' if one of the mar ried couple be a Christian and the other not, the one a Christian is bound to go any where to a church where the unconverted companion is willing to go, if he or she .will go to no other. You of the connubial partnership are a Christian. You are safe lor the skies.1 Then it is your first duty to secure the eternal safety ot your lifetime associate. Is not the everlasting welfare of your wife Impenitont, or your husband impenitent, of more importance than your church relationship? : Is not the condition of your companion for the next quadrillion 01 years a migbtier consideration to vou A- W a! am . a- r iuau lueKrauacauon 01 your ecclesiastical tuny w uuy years? a man or a woman that would stop halt a minute to weigh preferences as to whether he or she bad better go with tho unconverted companion to this or that church or de nomination, has no religion at all, and never has had, and I fear never will nave. Yon are loaded np with. what yon suppose to-be religion, but you are like Captain A"r JDlsner, wbo Drougnt back from nls yot age ot discovery a shipload or what ho .supposed valuable minerals, yet, Instead of being silver and gold, were nothing- but common stones of ths field, to be hurled oui as nnauv useless. Mighty God! In all Iby reafm is there ne man or woman processing religion, yet so stolid, so unfitted, so far gone nnto death that there would be any htsitaney in surrendering all preferences before sneb an opportunity of salvation and heavenly re union? - If you, a Christian wire, are an at tendant noon any church, and your one-"" verted husband does no; go there b' bo does not like its preacher, or it? ' or Itr architecture, or us ,uaco crowding, and iroea not ta an ' opportunity,! nat n t)osuiveiy,wu4enngs pUUrchiwi M till sorts of creeds and of all atous of "covernment and all forma of pany lilm somewhere else, ehaage your shureU -relations. -T Tkevyanr hymnbook Some with yoa to-day. 8ay gooaty to your friends in the .neighboring pews, airi-o with him to any one of a hundred churchy till his soul Is saved and he joins you intfo march to heaven, - tore important than that rlntf on the tjllrd flngef of your left hand It is that your heavenly Father com' tnand the anel of 'mercy; eoneernlnj ypf hnstiahd ei bis cnversidn; as id tho, para ble of old. "Put a ring on his hlfld.' 'No letter of mora- im rrt . ar ccc.fp 8 :b the creat city, ot Corinth, situated on what ts called the "Bridge ot the 8ea, ind kit'tening with sculpture and gated Mlhastylo of brass the magnificence ot which the following ages have not been ible. to- successfully Jraitate And over tbadowed by the Aero-Corinth us. a fortress. f tock 2003 feet bigh--I say no ietter eve same to that great city uf more importance iban that letter in which Paul pats the twd startling questions! "What knowestthou) 0 wife whethe thod shalt save thy husv band? Or h5w lraowest -thou, O manj whether .thou shalt save thy wife?". The Jearest saerlflce on the pan of the one Is cheap tf ft rescue tke other. - Bottle go to the- smallest; weakest, most insignificant ebnrch on earth-and be copartners la eternal bliss than pass your earthly memV. bership In most , gorgeously attractive ehureh -while youf eertlpttttlSd stdyi but side of evangelical rfivliegei fletrer have the drowning saved by.asctiw br a sloop than let him or beir fed dd wo while Voti sail tty la Ihe gilded eablns ot a lli estie oi Campania. : : j -? I Seoond remark: If both of, the marrle iouples be ehrlstlarisi btit one b ei natur nr fednstinlctedi that IE 43 - itapoisioje I njoy the services of a particular deno-n-loutlon, nnd thn otter I not so sectar'an vrpuncinious, let the one les particular . u. t f . t M.I A riiUW H M nri t ri bne dnyiiiliidUoa)I6VdndiSai Chfistlani jis 'ahothef, and I think I , must .Have beerf Born tery.ne.ar.th.eW.ffiJike iw.soifimn toll 0! the gpfcceoaT liters and I HM th Spontaneity of the Methodists and I like the Importance given to the ordinance of baptism by the Baptists and I like the free dom of the Congregationalists and, I like the neywnnmut and. the yubllme doetrlne bf the Fresbvtgfians ind I like many f the others Just as rniich as .any I batd men: tioned arid Mould UApblly live attbreaelf and did ahd be bdrted Xfpin any ot Jhend, But others are born with a liking so stout, so unbending, so inexorable for some de nomination that ft Is a positive necessity they have the advantage of that one. What they Were Ihtchded W be In eeeleslasticisot was writteii lii tJie sldbs bf .th kit .. ciadl.e; ft the father and "mother .- had eyes keen enough to see it They would not stop crying until they had put in their bands as a plaything a Westminster Catechism or the Thirty-nine Articles.The whole cur rent ef their temperament and thought ahd clafactef runs ihtd oM sect Of fell lohists ai naturally as the Janlfes Rlrerlntd the CfiMpfeike; tt would.lJejt toi-turp & itueh persBas to Me aayWb0 outside el that one eburch. .. , Now, let the wife or husband who Is not so constructed sacrifice the milder prefer ence for the one more inflexible and rigor ous. -Let the grapevine, fellow the rugos ities tutlBinuoeltleSSf hs fcai of Jlfckofyi Abram; the , richer In Tfi6cki bt Chrlstlad tween my berdmen and thy herdmen.f Is not the whole land before thee?' As you can be edified and .happy anywhere, go with your companion to the church to wbieji be .or she must t(J of.be miserabiej . RSoiafd the third! If th th& rtarrled fcottWH hi-b Vefy strohfe Id their sectarian-: Ism; lot theni dttehd thedlfferent churched prerei-red; It ,not nbfeessary, th4t ydji attend the same ehurcbt Beligibu Is b t we3d y6ui 1 consoionce and your God. Like Abram and Lot, agree - to dif fer. When on . Sabbath morning you come out of your home together and one goes one way ; nnd -the ' other the other, heartily, wish each other a good Bermfffl.aad a time of prdfltabl ddvdtidrij, ana when you meet again at the noonday repast let it be evident, each to each, and to your children, and to the hired help, that you have both been on the Mount of TransQgaration, although you went up( by different paths, and that yoit have botl been fed by tile bread of life; though kneaded, by . dlff0rent hands id different trays and bdked iri dlffcredt dtfeds. "But hdW .about: thd fcbitdren?' . I dal ofted asked by scores of parents: Let thefo also make their own choice: They will grow" tap witti revereedd fdfjoth the denomina tions represented by father and mother if you, by holy lives, commend those de nominations. If the father lives the bet ter life' they .ttilt hate the mote favorable; Opinion bf Ms denomination. It the mother lives the better life, ttey will have the more favorablo opinion of her denom ination. And some day both the patents will, for at . least ono service, go to the same church. TheC neighbors will say, "I wonder what is going on to-day, for I saw our neighbor and his wife, who always go to different ehorchea, going arm in arm to the same saaetuaTyV Weilj t Will tell yod what lids brought them together) arm in arm ; to the same altar. Something very lmpdftadt has nap pehed; Theif sen is to-day Uniting with the thilreh. He is Standing in the aisle: taking the vows bt a Christian: Ho had been somewhat warwttrdj and gdye father" and mdthbr a good deal of anxiety; but their prayers bate boon Answered in his conVersion; and as he stands in the aisle and the minister of religion says, "Do you consecrate yourself to the God who made and redeemed you and do you promise to serve Him all your days?" and with manly Voice he answers, "I do," there is an April shower, la the pew where father and mother sit and a rainbow of joy which arches both their souls, that makes ail dif ferences of creed infinitesimal. And tho daughter who had been very worldly and gay and thoughtless, puts her life on the altar of consecrntion,and as the sunlight of that Sabbath rt reams through the church window and falls Upon her brow and cheek, she loots like their other daugh ter Whose face was llldmined with the brightness Of another- World on the day When the Lord took her Into His heavenly keeping years ago. ' ... I should not wonder, If, after all, these parents pass the evening ot their life In the same church, all differences of ehureh preference overcome by the joy of being in the bouse of God where their children wero prepared for nsef alness and heaven. Bat I can give vou a recipe for ruining your children. Angrily contend" in the household that your church is right and the church of your companion is wrong. Bring sneer and caricature to emphasize your opinions, and your children will make op thoir minds that religion b a sham, and they will have none of it. In the northeast storm of domestic controversy the rose of Sharon and the lUy of the valley Will not grow. i"!gbt about apostolio succession, tight' about election aud free ageney, fight about baptism, flht about the bishopric, fight about gown, and sur plice, and the religious prospect! ot your children will be left dead on the field. You will be as unfortunate as Claries, Duke of Burgundy, who in battle lott a diamond the valae ot m kingdom, for la your fight you will lose the jewel otsairation for your entire u on sen 01 a. xnis is j&otninjt ag"" tne aarocaey 01 your own reli" ' nef." use au forcible aw telling illustration, am facts, but lot there ing retort, so it. rUiousneas, ; wroBjr and - - .". T'' grace, snouiq say 10 jjo?,-wnq,i guu op fcrhajler saie:, "Let tbfre Jbo . no strife, I tFalr theit tetweeh me ahd thee ind be r- in 1 "ii 1 JDiu lutai biiiwt.. BI A PKOJirXEXT 1TIt5Eror rcHSRACTERlZED AS HlGHWAYMElfi JToreea Competitors Into Baakrvptey and .. Violates Laws Bverv Day Ball- - . " - roads Are Bespoasible, ; .": A Washington dispatch i dsi ihe industrial commission" at Jts meeting Saturday heat a A sUie'cleiit Iroia L. it. Lockwood, an oil producer of elien ople, Pa., in opposition to the Stand ard oil trust. ' Mr. Lockwood declared that this company had driven the in dependent teflners into" bankf tiptcf and eervitride and he deh6uheed the course ptirsuSd in severe lerttis. H held the railrbads especialltespohsi ble for this condition ot atuirfi. ',- Ooing jback to 1872, he referred ai length ih ft cbntraet tnadeby the truqk lines" of Pennsylvania with tZ$ SiMl ern Improvement Company. JJnder this contract, he said, the frieght rates on oil were doubled; and one-half the affiotiht COlleeted wfiB paid back as A rebite-not Ghly this, but the "con tf abt tottlpany receiH4 a . .Hko rebate oa the shipment bl all other compa nies. -This contract de declared, had, been secretly , continued by the rail road with the Standard Oil Company. If e Quoted A. JV , Cassett, the new presiden t of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company! jis testifyins- before the.in terstate railway comififlsbn tHat while ihe open rate to the public was $1.5(3 per barrel, the rate to the Standard Oil Company was 80 cents. Further investigation! said Mr.' Lockwood. had developed th$ flici that .the railtoftd companies actually received oily $5 ents. This condition of affairs had resulted for a time, according to the witness, in giving the. Standard com pany Jt profit of 400 p sent. while the Independent ferneries were being rap iflly driveK Mb bftnirttptc. . Ut. Lockwood was free in the use of epi thets, characterizing both the old com pany and railroad officials as highway men fn& brigands. , ; ; . , , ; . v "if foil have got 4o fcfl robbed," he ila!me1i-"it floeS tfot matter iMncll- whether ftn are teid Bp by t)icfe TJtr- pm wiih a pistol or by John KoCke feller with a railroad it is robbery all the same." . -. '' He said that men who had carefully analysed the tesiimony taken before the Hepbutn committee estimated that in sixteen months time the five trunk lines fef Pehhsylariia hftd.paid,.lo the Standard company 011,000,000 13 f bates. The railroad companies, he said, completely ignored the orders of the gtate commission to cease their discrimination in favor of the Stand ard company; fesr.ting then to the system of false billing. : . " Speaking of the remedy for the evil, Mr. Lockwood said it , was in public ownership of the railroads, and it was not to be fonnd in the courts the cotlrts were too slow and expensive. He considered all the railroads of the country as practically one gigantic trust, and asserted that they, were in control of our politics, contributing millions to elect ' legislators, sena tors and judges. - ; ; The afternoon session of the com mission was 'characterized by the de velopment of- differences among thS members as to the character of the tes timony that should be admitted. Mr. Lockwood made the . statement that J udge Albert Haight, of the New York court of appeals, had been elevated to his present position by the corpora tions through the use of corruption fund because of his action in what is known as the Matthews case a pro ceeding of the railroad combination against ihe independent refiner Foriner fngressrfian Phillips, pre siding, held that . the testimony was competent. In his statement b afore the commis-. sion Friday,. President C. K Dowe, president of the Travelers' Associa tion, submitted figures to show that the organization of the trusts bad re sulted in throwing 35,000 salesmen out of employment, and in reducing the salaries of $25000 more. He estimated that the annual loss to the salesmen on account of loss oi em ployment and. reductions aggregated $60,000,000; to the hotels, $29,000,000, anjj to the railroads, $27,000,000, be cause of the loss of patronage. FEYER CASE IN HAVANA. Varf ne Dies of Yellow Jack Dr. B runner. ToBeslg-n. ' A special from Havana says: A marine who was on duty at the Ma china wharf developed yellow fever on Thursday and died Friday. There are no new cases. The marines sleep in a small barracks on .the wharf, where they breathe the foul air of the harbor. ' v ,. Dr. W. T. Brunner, chief sanitary ofScer in Havana, will probably resign his position this month, the city . of. Savannah, Oa. , havin g offered him tempting Salary to take charge of san- ltarv Atlanta, W Eev. Dr. L. ..' text from Ieaiah lviii, 1: ' v.. and cpra not." ; . " T . The principal feature tf his sermon was an o attack upon the conduct of Mayor James G. Woodward, which was a severe arraignment from start to finish, and concluded by calling for the Impeachment of the mayor. - This feature cf his sermon irts built around the following statements which was aeflc-fflpanied by applanst bjr tlitf corigregation . cf . nearly two" thousand iicrstms present , ' " Tes, I am ashemed of onf mayorJ Our mayor is a libertine, Oar major is a sot. These facta are all known to the eotincil and need not bare me to declare them The time has come for the council to act There in not a single" defcent man in 'the dtr, in my judgnieSti whft does not repudiate our mayor and desire his impeachment It was at this point the applfiUse oc cnrUd: ; Ffi i Broughton did not let the vehemence of his arraignment sub side at any time, referring to 'm worse and more disgraceful occurrence of which I cannot even make mention from my pulpit1'" ''.:' ''.'. - . Mayor woodward, when informed of tho severity of Dr. Broughton'a ser mon as directed at him, fasdf the fol lowing statement: . ' ' - -5 " 'You may just say for me that I re gard Dr. Broughton's charges as abso lutely ridiculous, I ask the public to Juspend judgment until I can be heard, will Ipealt a! the proper time' CONGRESSMAN BLAND'S FUNERAL Serrteea Wero Attended By Thousands : . and IebanoiI Was OTorerowded. t Gttti ressraan Richard Park Bland was laid to rest fit Lebanon, Mo., Sat urday with befitting hon6tS: - Tbe town - - was overcrowded tffld thousands of personal friends were present to honor his memory. ; The funeral cervices were partici pated in hf thr. fflinistera of all de nominations whidh ftle. represented in -Lebanon. - - . The discourse was delivered by Key. MrV W. K. Collins, of the Methodist Episcopal church r-tutt was follMrtT by the ritual of the Knights of Tern- plar ana Masonic ffatermties. lion. W. J Bryan had a seat off the atage, but delived no eulogy owing : la Mrs Bland's Tequest- that only ministers take part in the services. ; ' The cortege was the longest and most impressive ever seen in south eastern Missouri, v - Saliirda rligbit President McKinley wired Captain Farri its follotrsi ' "It is with the deepest regret I near pt Mr. Bland's death. He was a mart of honest convictions, and a monument to the growing nation. Express my sympathy te Mrs. Bland and the family." ' - , - IMP SURPRISED THE TALE5T. Black Mare Captured tho Sab urban At Sheepsbead Bay. Saturday was a gala day at Sheeps headBay, N. Y., and it seemed as if all the town saw Imp win the sixteenth running of the great suburban handi cap, an event worth $10,000 Contra ry to the usual custom of comifig late to the races, the people were on hand early, and when the time. came for the big suburban the. crowd "was, the largest seen at Sheepshcad Bay in years, fully 25,000 being present. Bannockburn got second money, while Warrenton secured third place. FASTEST BOAT AFLOAT. Japan's New Torpedo Boat Destroyer Make Thirty-One Knots. A London dispatch says: .The new Japanese torpedo boat destroyer Ake bono, claimed to be the fastest ever built, was tested Satttrday by a three hours' run to the Nore and return. The new boat attained a speed of 31. knots, which is a knot ahead of the fastest destroyer in the British navy; JOHNSONS ISLAND SOLD. Ind Hade Famous as a Confederate Pris on Disposed of at Auction. A dispatch from Port Clinton, O., says -J ohnson'a island,Lake Erie, which was famous as a prison for confederate soldiers during the civil war, has just been sold at auction for $45,000,- The island lies in Sandusky bay, a few miles from the city of that name. CHARGES AGAINST ETANS. Ex-GoTcraor of South Carolina Aeeuaod of Illesrally Working- Convict. A Columbia, B. C, special says: The committee appointed by the legis lature to 'investigate the conduct of the penitentiary by. Colonel Neal. while superintendent, -and general irregularities, resumed its work Tues day, 'i.' ,'r'' So far the chief interest' lies in the letters of explanation from Senator Tillman, and the absence of any letter from ex-Governor Erans,against whom there is charged $175 for groceries on the penitentiary books, besides other matters, such as working a farm with a Denies a Report. Hanna has flatly de -nt out from Wash "d to retire from "ational re y- -.- . . Force cf Iojurtnts Czid to 11" Karr.bcrcJ Five Thzzzzz U Slz'jzlitsr Wcs QrczU A special from Ilanila says: After ' euttinsr tbe railroad and telerrtsrh tt Apaiit several exiles south, f cr t' y purpose of severing connection,-'' ths rebels' attacked OentfiM"MacArthur'0 lines at San Fernando at 4:33 o'clock -Friday morning. They met -'with an unexpectedly warm reception, and were repulsed with a , loss of seventy-five men, thirty prisoners and many wounded. ' The rebels' . f orco is estimated to have been 5,000 men. They advanced stealthily from the jungle north ot the1 city and then divided, with the. etl dent purpose of surrounding the Amer icans . " . . ..-. The outposts of the Iowa regimen - discovered the eriemy and retired ,to their lines, where the entire dltlsiet awaited in an intrenched positf eff The Iowa regiment and the Kansas' regiment received the first shock of the attaCZf Beservmg their lire untu . the enemy was within 600 yards, t?ia first volley of the Amsricans hit rebels, who returned the 15r yCZ'j t the tent of their line failing- to- ad vance. The Americans, who thoonghw ly enjoyed the novelty of the situation, awaiting the attacz, saiuea iortn anr the. insurgents thereupon turned any fled into the iunele. Our loes wa- fonrtecn men wounded, and the ma jcflfy dMbeni are only slightly hurt. General irunstan a origaae oi iuinr - sahs and Montanans; General uale'a brigade, the Seventeenth regiment and the Iowa regiment conswintea w force engaged. - - . , Aeumaldo is reported to have per sonally conducted the attack and prep arationt were made lor several uays to bring forward troops from Candababa, " and others from Dagupan were trans ported by rail.' - . - - Along -the front of tne Aaneaa regv ment thirty-nine dead were counted. The first news of the Filipino advance was reported" by a telegraph operator, who WCs sent to the bridge at Apalit to ascertain the cause; of a break in one of the wires. He ' was compelled to beat a hasty retreat under fire. A Spanish officer who hae been . prisoner in the hands of the rebels, and who, was released by Agninalda, has come through our lines to Manila, . He -claims to hare been a witness or the aseassination of General Luna. According to his story, , the ' rela tions between the two Filipino leaders had been strained to the breaking point because "of Luna a attempts trv assume control of affairs, and the final rupture was forced by Aguinaldo issu- ing secret crders to tne provincial governments. " . OUs Sends If ews of tho Assault. The following cablegram was re ceived at Washington Friday afternoon from General Otis: " V JklAwrxa, June 16. Aujutant Gen eral, "Washington: Northern insnr gent? concentrated Jarge force near San Fernando and early this morning; attacked MacArthur'a troops; enemy quickly repulsed and driven, leaving over fifty dead on field and large num ber wounded; .enemy n retreat ..Our casualties f onrteen wounded, mostly very slight Preparation for this at tack in progress several days, believed to be under personal direction ol A&il' naldo. :V , - -: 'J : ' Tiro Million reople In Chicago. Chicago' population, according to Chief of Police Kipley, has finally passed ' the two million mark and is now 2088,042. The figures are a re sult of the census taken by the police force. . . ; ::: : SATERS' FLAN APPLAUDED. OoTruor of Texas Receives tf any Lottor ' of Iadorseinent. ' Governer Sayers of Texas has re ceived a letter from the civic federa tion in Chicago relative to the p poned anti-trust meeting forgtem ber The letter stajtethat the association haa -received assurances from the governors and attorneys gen eral of thirty-three states that they will be in attendance, and that in ad dition thereto a number of mercantile agencies have requested permission .to be participants in the meeting, which will be granted them, " BOLASSES COSDINE PROPOSED. Forty XZouaeo Are Considering; tho Forma- -Ir ; ' - Uou of a Trust, , - ' It is reported in Wall street, New York, that another attempt to organize a combination of the leading concerns interested in the molasses trade is be ing made. -.. " " ' Iiepresentatives of forty houses have been invited to take the matter f nder consideration, - - It is proposed to bind the nerabri bf th9 orginirition s tilrty-yesr rrtenent and to lecatt the central 2r:rtcrr--J diitrilt' I worship, but would go 11 ycu w . .' - . V t i3