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OLD PLATFORM By Kentucky Democrats Assembled at HARDIN WITDDBEW FROII GUBERNATORIAL RACE V- . , ' , .... , " ; . : - . 1 ' ' ' ' " - A Week of Wrangling Over Nomination For Governor, Republican State Administration Condemned, r After a week of wrangling and ten ineffectual ballots, the Kentucky dem ocratic state convention in session at Louisville took an adjournment Satur day until Monday. Itwaa a few min utes before midnight when the motion to adjourn was declared carried, and every man in the cenvf ntion hall was heartily glad that a day of compara tive rest was in eight The first feature of the day Saturday was General Hardin's sensational with drawal from the race. At a highly interesting stage of the morning pro ceedings, when the tension was great, and there was much talk of the proba bility of the Hardin forces withdraw ing because of the rulings of the chair and the adverse decision of the credenj tials committee, General Hardin sud denly appeared, and in- an impassioned speech declared that he would with; draw from the racev Harmony and I he party's good wete he declared, more to. him than his per sonal ambitions and to prevent the trouble impending he would withdraw Whether this was done in good faith or not is open to con jectnre, but it was so taken until the Stone people raw that Goebel would surely be nom inated. Then they rushed a lot of votes to Hardin and drew a lot of Har din men from Goebel, preventing the 1atters nomination. Nine other ballots were taken after that, the dreary sing , song of the roll call 'and answer being up until abont 11 o'clock. On the tenth ballot the vote etooi: Stone, 376; Hardin, 363; Goe bel, H6. Btfnehad led on most of the ballots, with the other two alternating in sec ond land third places, There waB, however, very little differerice between the ral strength of the jhree men, a few v-tes being scattered about each tirae.in the hope of creatine a divef fcion. ' . The Platform Adopted. Thefolatform adopted by the con vention for the presidential campaign of lDOOcads in part as follows: "Tbe'cmocrats of Kentucky in con vent ion ipsembled, reaffirm, without the slighVst qualification, the princi . pies and policies declared in the dem ocratic clonal platform adopted at Chicago itl896. "Our fib in bimetal! ism is vindi cated byi events. The necessitv for. the xHoration of the double - standard s. acknowledged by the president nd congress in 1897 when a conjission was sent to Eu- was sent to Jin - rope to entrtt other nations to aid in esuioiiBuiuHimeiaiiism, ana me iau nre of the c mission to secure Euro pean co-ope t ion confirms the friends of free coinaj in their belief that re lief can onlypme by the independent action of theinited States. The pres ent legal ratijf 16 to 1 is the only ratio at whicbimetaltism can be re stored and ojosition to it is confined i l i v : ? i.ii! : 5 . i to those any ratio wheoppose bimetallism atto! hja Ia&lUOCToraWwsigeT anosewhtTedTof the United States by the democratic or ignore the asons which led three national convfcions to adopt i. "We denoaa the present republi can national iministratiori for its reckless extraance in the conduct of public affafc for its cruel and in human neglecii its treatment of our noldiers and srrs during the Span ish war; for i complete subordina tion to the jterest of organized - wealth ; for itt-otection and encour agement of trisrand combinations, and especially; its appointment and retention in oe of an attorney gen eral devoted tche interests of trusts and combinatit. President I?er Uujlng- nns. A London ajial saysj The govern ment of the Sci African Republic, according to a patch jo The Daily Mail from Itoi ig ordering large quantities of ri from Italian firms for immediate sment FEVER SPREi AT 8ASTIAG0. Thirty-Three Cnd Fire Deaths Make the It18oFar. Thirty-three s of yellow fever with five d eat hive been officially reported at Sant since the begin ning of the prest)utbreak. One of the deaths occur0 the Fifth infan try. Tho other ! fatal civilians. cases were Captain Fabric, popular medical officer, died Sund For three days Cubans the past week conducted Motio demonstra tion, the festival cn Juan, in honor of the victory won- by the Amer ican troopa over tpaniaT(js TO STOP AT hoN PIRST. Admiral DeweT'a 1TH1 Touch At the Ha,, The Boston Herag that Admiral Dewey will visit B ana be enter tained there bef ort goes to New York, this forecast V based on tbe reported statement ae United States consul gener Halifax that he had received wbrd,t from Wash ington that the 01A Wiu mke Halifax -its first Afv gtopping place. . . REAFFIRMED In State Convention Louisville.- - 1We call attention to the iccompe riepublican ' ad' lency of the present ministration in Ktentutkyj to the abuses In scandals in the mabftgement of penitentiaries and assylums while under republican control, and we commend the wisdom of the last gen eral assembly of Kentucky in the en actment of laws which secure the wise and economical administration of the penitentiaries and other public tutions of the state under control. -"We bclieVe the tru til n iaigo aaaccooua u vi adopted and pursued by the party, chref among which are the d monetiation of silver by which the Volume of currency has been kept be fow the demands Of business and thu jenactnvent and enforcement of vicious, Unwise End unpatriotic legislation; 6Uch as the protective tariiff laws known aB the McKInley arid jbingley bills, whereby tfcere is a discrimina tion In favor of corporate wealth and against individual enterprise. "We favor the destruction of the re sult as well as the removal of the causes. The re-establishment of in dependent bimetaliam at lfc to 1" and the repeal of the protective tariff laws Would do more to cripple and destroy the organiztion and operation of 'the trusts than any otherjaws. rtWe believe the law in Kentucky known as the anti-truVt tew should be so amended as to make unlawful any agreement, combination or arrange ment by corporations or indiVluals un der Which in the carrying on of any business the prices charge should thereby be fixed, controlled or regu lated. "We Indorse the amendment to the state election law passed by the' last democratic general assembly of Ken tucky over the vetb of a republican governor. We declare the amendment to the law to be in the interest of fair and honest elections. Its faithful en forcement will render impossible the commission of snch frauds and rob beries as were perpetrated in this state in 1896 whereby the ttill of the people wa overthrown and the state lost to William J. Bryan. "We indorse the provision of the bill passed by the democratic general assembly of Kentucky tp prevent ex tortionate, unfair, discriminating and ruinous freight rates by transportation companies, which bill was vetoed by a republican governor; and we likewise indorse the provisions of the bill pass ed by said general assembly to insure competition in the sale of school books 1 ior tne use of the children of this state. 1 the purpose of which bill was to de- I - a j i . . . i stroy the extortionate and, oppressive prices now maintained by the school book trust in this state tfnd we pledge the democracy to such revision or amendment as-.time or necessity may show is beneficial to the School child ren of this state. . . "We hereby express our continued confidence in William J.. Bryan and national convention of 1900. We recommend to the democracy of Kentucky J. C. S. Blackburn as the successor of William Lindsay in the uu uea states senate "We indorse the war carried toetto cess for the freedom of the enslaved Cubans; and we appreciate and honor the courage and heroism of our Sol diers and sailors therein engaged uut we declare the condnct of the present national administration as to the Philippines to be repugnant to every line of the bill of rights, the constitution and the declaration of in dependence." Havana's Customs Receipts. Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohu announced Saturday the customs re ceipts at Havana for the week ending June 17th, exceed those of any pre vious wee for lsua by $9,600. r RECRUITING STILL 0ES OX. The Army Is Now Up to Igal Maximum of G5.000 Men. Itecruiting officials at the war de partment say the work is progressing witn pleasing rapidity. Becruita have been received at the rate of 1,000 per weekfor the past three weeka and there are now at San Francisco about 5,000 recruits awaiting transportation to thePhilippines. The army is now practically recruit ed np to its legal maximum of 65,000 men, but it is understood that the re cruiting at the present rate will be kept up for some time, or at least till the department receives further ad vices from General Otis. . : ... BIG CHEMICAL COMPACT. Corporation At Barberton, O., Has a Capi tal Stock of S 4 5,000,000. There is a big corporation back, of the enterprise to establish a soda ash factory at Barberton, Ohio. The two leading spirits in the corporation, which is to be known as the Columbia Chemical Company, with a capital of $15,000,000, are H. C. Erick, of the Carnegie Company, and John Pitcairn, of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company. TAUVVAGE'ST SEKfAON The Eminent Divine's Sunday Discourse. ... . k . . ik' i . i ' . 11 : . z . i f. Jr :rA 'Vtr. .m V Ua M Mankind Picture! Potent For Good or Evil as the gabjeets Ara Good er Bad Praise For Oar Artists. Copyrlgbt. LonU Klopech, 18SS.J TisHixoTO, D. C Dr. Talmage shows in mis discourse now art may oecome one j rf thm mttiiK. .rxi fv, Kin.i i art may become one id almloi; Tof the TiiajwTTffi text is Isaiah iL 12, 16. "The day bf the Lord of Hosts shall be noil all i ftiMMntKk :: , 1 - nciBtes ara or. sma reiwatsa 19 -tn i IcltitftS tn!th ol the trivial, accidental. sentlmen Bntlfliell tal or worldly, but mr text shows that God scrutinizes picinres. aad whether they are gcod or bad, whether used for right or J. artUt a pencil and the; engraver's .fcnife . . . ' i : . - - binAmVvf ,mA t. fr.vi. Iiffo- . AftS the V,hVs "and TJSmSnA -ffA-J"0.11 ht, cva.nfi55: i al.uva wanted the flnirrlno of the easel: nr L'riniru. rn lh 11 ia aaii 11 in ariiim iih tx. i " "rf - 1 ci T f t . i- 1. -i . i-n i i : 'up by God's eternal trith. when f ayJthit '. room ybaS ulreiSlbg houses that which j woaia ue onenstve 10 gooa peopieu tne ngares pictured were, alive in your parlor. cannot with a group of friends deliberately stand before and discuss, ought to hare a knife stabbed into it at tbe top and cut clear through to the left. Fllny, the, elder, lost his life by going near enough to see 4be Inside of YesiAviusand.tbeiartaer yn lean siHh'd .'off fltottl tbS.bitbin ferttter M Vin tne better. vKover till the books of the last day are opened shall we know what has been tbe dire harvest of evil pictorials and unbecoming art galleries. Despoil a man' imagination and be becomes a mere carcass-,.,. The .pboWwtndhw?,!f. Engllsli jttnd AmViVr-ttn bltifefljii wbiQh thejowliea- brazen actors and, actresses la style ipfuUr Jng to all propriety? ha? mhdb & broad path Wti&tll Ior multitudes of people. But so have all tbe other a rt3 been a times ub? orned of evll't . How . has mus.io been, he droggled? Is tteie any placS 99 low WiVtA la di88ol-nSj5 that into it has not been Carried David's barp, and Handel's organ, and Gottechaik's piano, and Ole Ball's vio lin? and tbe -flute, which though named after so insignificant athlng.as the Sicilian, eel. which has RevBn.jspptB.ph b$ side Wk feh hHissl fb? tn'oUidfids of years has ha'd an exalted mission?-Architecture, born in the heait of Him who made the worlds, under its arches and across its floors, what bacchanalian revelries bare been enactedl It is not against any of these arts that they bavo boon so led into captivity I "What a poor world this would be If it were not for what boy text calls ''plash.t pictures!'? t refer to" your mlmary and inin'e When I ask if yofif knowledge of the Holy Scriptures has not been mightily augmented by the woodcuts or engraving in the old family Bible which father and mother read out of and laid on the table in tho old homestead when you were boys and girls. Tbe Bible Bcenos which we all earrv-In our minis Wert not ftbtttin from tftU Bible typology , but from the Bible pic tures. To prove the truth of it in my own case, the other day 1 took up the old family Bible which I inherited.. n Sure, .enough', what I have enrridJ5 iny blind of Jacob's l3.d'dbr Was exactly the Bible engraving of Jacob's ladder, and so with Samson carry ing off tbe gates of Gaza, Elisha restoring tbe Shunnmmlte's son, the massacre of the Innocents. Christ blessing little children, the crucifixion and the last judementt Mv idea of all these is that of the bid Bible en gravings which I scanned beforg ! Seuld read a wofd ?f hat is true With hthe-tenths Of you. It I could Swing bReh the Boor bf your foreheads-, I Would dh&.tbotI'.yo$L ar WalkinJ? picture, ftlleriesi - The great In telligcncV abroad tib6Ut the Bible did not tome from the general reading of the book, for the majority of the people read it but little, if they read it at all; but all the sacred scenes have been put before the great masses, and not printer's Ink, bnt the pictorial art. must " i -'-" ttcnievementt Fifsti balotnr hAnrxl tnt the fnvorvd few-, and even engraver's plate or woodeht for teillibns ttn thillt'onsl What ovfcHrB'elmlng ?6iiciehtftry on the Biblet rhat te-eniorcements for patri hrch's, prophets, apostles and Christ: What distribution of Scriptural knowledge of all nations, in the pt!Uihiis HEd engrav ings Iherefrtni bt liolman Hunt's "Carist lh the Temple," Paul Veronese's "Mag dalen Washing the Feet of Christ;"; Ra; phael'p i "Mtebatt the AVch bg'6l,!?. Albert . pprer'a "Dfigoh of the Apocalypse." Miuhael Anselo'a "Plairue of the Pir Serpents," Tintoretto's "Flight Into Egypt," Bubens's "Descent rFrom the Cross,-" Leonardo Da Vinci's "Last Hapi per." Claude's "Queen of Shebft," Bellinra "Madonna" Rt MilaB, OrcagnaS Last Judgment,!' nd hundreds of miles bf pic; tures, II they were pnt ItUiheyiUtistratinrf, displaying, dramattelhg irradiating Bible truths;untllthb Scriptures are not to-day to much on paper as on canvas, not so mucuin ink as in all the colrt bf the spectrum. In 1833, fwrtfi from Btrassburg, Germany, thtre came a child that was to eclipse In speed and boldness anything and everything that the world bad ever seen Bine the first eolor appeared on the sky at the creation, Paul GustaveDore. At eleven years of ago he published marvelous lithographs of his owbi Payihjt fabthi inif of what he did for Milton's "raradiseLost," emblazoning It on the at tention of the world, be takes up the book of books, the monarch of literature, tbe Bible, and in his pictures, "The Creation of Light." "The Trial ef Abraham's Faith," "The Burial of eafab," "Joseph Sold by His Brethren," 'The Brazen Serpent," "Boaa and Buth," "David and Goliath," "The Transfiguration," "The Marriage In Cana," "Babylon Fallen" and 205 Scrip tural scenes In all, with a boldness and a grasp hnd almost supernatural afflatus that make tbe heart throb and tho brain reel and the tears start and tbe cheeks blanc-Tt and tbe entire nature quake with the tre mendous things of God and eternitv find the dead. I actually staggered down the steps of the London Art Gallery under the power of D ore's "Christ Leaving the Trae torium." rrofess yon to he Christian man or woman and see no divine mission in art and acknowledge Ton no obligation either in thanks to God or man? It is no more the word of Gad when nnt before us in printer's Ink than by skillful laying on or colors or aesigns on meta. tnrouca incision or corrosion. What a i lesson in morals was presented by Hogarth, j mo jiaioier. ta am two pictures. i ne Bake's rrogrese." and "The Miser's Feast," and by Thomas Cole's engravings of tbe Voyage. or Human Life and the "Course of Empire," and Turner's "Slave Ship." uod in art! Christ in art! Patriarchs. prophets and apostles - in art I As eels in art! Heaven In art! The world and tbe church onsrht to eome to the higher appreciation of tbe divine mission of. pictures, yet the authors of -them have generally been left to semi starvation. West, the great painter, toiled , inunapprecintion till, being a great skater, - wnwa on tne ice ne zorroed tne acquaint once of General Howe, of the English army f insti- tby jvonld rather bare pospeesion of that z 't'fAv w ' .. . thai lh'? k kC!nHMFfha kM An appreciated? : . tdemoeratio ZaT'otVnt T.Vft 'nrt-" , When,! bear a ra an Is a painter, I have The roW"ers bf tfffiMltf tw0 WFr2Jff . .4 . . .v w .ijuiiiJtt. C.lTtL ..; J ! crreatness of his soul and the other of com- is tne result. "51ft-"f?" i 5,iM,ratihri t&.iMb&Ai of m bddo. BxiL 4b a!I... I xenpectaDie pajior or pauug.ari ku; i r.irU,Jii,j-r hKT-tl-iKli k. CO I'VULJCO I tA h U a ' I BU 1C D3AM ICCn 111 Sli M C UB Tt III C1J I VI . "l?"Air rf - Rome of IhS mVhtleat have 1 I ' M V W " fc IUJV.IIiniiuA V.UW.J. . I I i . rf . aua tne cpeats oi. yo.ur oouseooia.,,.. pioc ture thaJty bavatO .bflLnft lji, sblhowhai feclVM Slabs. bHhann a pubilo hall you who. through coming to admire West as a f clerer skater, gradually came to appre-' Mate as tnaeh tbat which be accomplished by bit bund as by bis beel, Poussin, the mighty painter, was pursued and bad nothing wittt which, to defend bimseU against the mob but the artist's portfolio, which be held over bis bead to keep off the stones hurled at bin; The pictures of l8nJ ' El were sold for f.M,iKMi a .ftfhldiith. fabulous Sams of money aller bis death. Ms "Alejone" a piece of Stilton cheese, ! Vritm in lUi thra ven 4600 pictures ! wIUialiylestrdTsir H 111 tt oI tZZ" ZJlu It Z ,1 , iiLI uTynZZu to spefid bahcu of their tlm in JtnocKo !M WV A PlL: . 1 ! naries it wai bfdered Xt: lament that all pietarea Of Cbrts ttnrrnedl - Painters were mo kadlv treated rrLr"Tn?viiJ3L irri rrrrr. V 'S"k 0t "l U tCUtlU tutr itww I 'iviuh clear down oat of the sabumity or taeir art and obliged to glx accounts of what they did with their colon. JIre oldest lcmllfc.0 .J j 21T.f:7.j wide recognitiOB, Tbe first toijslonaries td pxlco made the fatal mistake of destroy,' be a painter, except in ' rare oceasloD. mea?9 poverty MO -m been1 narajv iDesieaa Oliver. .Goldsmith vbad "haf ffJ.Sfeii P hl tne soar over ms.ieif i weoc jRuy wnera. no hand closeiy pressed over the pa en. The - world renownel tishop Asbjury had a salary of $61 a rear. Painters are not the otly ones who have endured t.lhO-lackrt of appreciation. Jt ben of wonltti llik3 hh&zt thMf tfnag the suffer.nc men of -art. They nrt n complaint: they make no strike for higher wages. But with a keenness of nervous organization which almost always charac terises ftel9 thMe, artists, suffer more than any btie but Gold can iiiklizji; tiiet9 needs be aconcertea enort ior the suffeN ing. artists qf. Amcrion" .not gentimenta! diBCOttrse.a 'OtttWhat we ,qwo t,o.,art sts: but concracts that will jjlvjl thrM A liveli? hool; for I am in full sympathy with the Christian farmer who was ver busy gathering h'a fall apples, and some cne asked him to pray for a poor family, the father ml whom bn4 broken bis leg, and the busy farmer saidr "I:cann8t st6p n,8!f 10 pray. ;Oni you .can ga u.ojv,intp iai jseliarlndtrat sojbs tbrhed.beef'afadbdtte: ana ecus a au uoiaiocs. xuuiuaii i ui do now." ' .. ,r Artists .may wish for eur prayer?; bjit fhej' ,also vt;fipt foractical. help,, from men who cau gita theSisrorfc: I tod have hadrd scores of sermons for all other kinds of suffering men and women, but we need fermons ibat make pleas for the suffering men and women, of American art. Their work is more true to nature and life than some ?f. thi; mftaerbleeea that ha pek come immortal on ( tne otner siae oi iixa sea, but It is the fashion of Americans to mention foreign artists and to know little or nothing about our own Copley and Alls ton and Inman nnd Greeoough and Ken sett. Let the affluent fling out of their windows and into tha backyard valueless daubs bii cantas ahd call ill these' splendid but uhrewarded -rceri knd tell thenl.td ndoirri ybiiif wallsl fldt only itti, that, whlc4 Shall please the -tftst.8, but enlarge the minds and improve the morals and save1 tbe souls 61 those who gaze upon them. AU- Amerlcan cities need creat galleries of art. not only open anuualJy for a few days on exhibition, but which shall stand open all the vear rotincb and from earl mornlnix hntil lfl fVSlncfe ftt night and free to all wh Would come and go. What a preparation for the wear and tear of tbe day a. five.. minutes, look la the morning Kt sonuS piHttite thiU.wlll opbii ,A door into sdme larger realm than that in which our copulation dailv drudeel Or what a good thing tbe halt hour of artistic opportunity on the way home in the even ing irom exuaustion tuat demands recn potation for mind and soul as well as bodyl Who Will do for the city Where, yod live what W: W: Corcorad did for v7a3h- ifafctbh and fc,bat Sthert liit,aohd for Boston end Philadelphia and New York? Men of trealtb; If you are, too modest to! buHdlttnd-endow Such A plapeduMng ,vour lifetirrie, Whyjoflt geto.fHitt iron -safe and take out your last will and testament ana make a codicil tbat shall build for the city of your residence a throne for American art?. Take soma of that money that would otherwise spoil your children and build an art gallervtivnt ifii M5w? mint -- me forever! not Onl with aront masters bt haintihtf who Are" rrdnflr hiit with the. gret juasters wh rtrd trying .td lite": nnaalsywih the admlratbn and love of tens of thousands of people who, unable to have fine picturesof their own, would be advantaged: . By your benefactions build yOhr ba rhdnhmeiiM arid flgt JeaVd it t3 ao whims of others. Some of the best peo pie sleeping In Greenwood have no monu: ments at.aMLol;ome;runibling stone that in a few yfcara will lfet thd fain tfasil out name and epitaph, while some men whose death was the abatement of a nuisance have a pile of Aberdeen granite high enough for a ktnff nnrl piilncimn Annnoh f AmKaMnnH o -0.. -wmwmqu vuiuaiiaaa a Bernnh. , Oh, man of large wealth, Instead of leaving to the whim'of others your monu mental tomrbettiertttiott and epitaphol ogy; to bs looked at when foeopls af goinrf tdaad frO .Ut the biirial.ei others, buUd right aown tzt the heart of bur great city: or the citywb'ere you litej an Immense free Reading room br a ffee musical con servatory or a free art gallery, the niches for sculpture abloom with the risend fall of nations and lessons of courage for the, disheartened and rest for the weary and life for the dead, and 150 years from now you will ; be wielding influences In this world for good, How much better than white marble; that thills yod if yod put 5?our hand on it when you touch it in the cemetery, would be a monument in colors, in beaming eyes, in "living possession; in splendors which under the chandelier would . bS glowing and warm and looked at by strolling groups with cata logue in hand, on tbe January night when the-necropolis where the body sleeps Is. all snowed under! The tower of David was hung wlln 1000 dented . shields, of battle, but you, oh man of wealth, may have a grander tower named after you. one that shall ba hung not with the symbols of car nage, but with the victories of that art which was so long ago recognized in my text as "pleasant pictures." Oh, the power of pictured -1 cannot deride, as some have done. Cardinal Malaria, who, when told tbat he mast die, took his last walk through the art gallery of his palace, say ing: "Must I quit all this? Look at that Titlanl Look at that Corregglo! Look at that deluge of . Caracci! Farewell, dear pictures!" 1 As the day of the Lord of Hosts, accord ling to this text, will scrutinize the ple i tures, I implore all parents to see tbat ' 1b j their households they have neitberln book nor newsnaner nor on math anthin that will deprave. rietures are no longer the exclusive possession of the affluent. mere Is not a respectable borne in these cities tbat has not specimens of woodcut or steel engraving, if not of painting, and your whole family will feel the moral up lifting or depression. , V - " Blblea DUtri bated la llexleo. During tne last twenty years the Ameri can Bible Society has put Into circulation In Mexico 600.370 iWes, Testament and portions of the Bible. - In certain Parisian restaurants a quar ter is charged for the use of the tahi. cloth neeieci, pooriy ioa. 6EN. GORDOirS HOME BURilS niSTQUIC BC1LDI5G, ; "SCT11EE. llilD" ISBEDCCED TO ASHES. HEROIC-WORK OF BRAVE I0HEH. fcWe Belles Were Boi1 fie ifisibriS M& pftlaUal cotinfrf , home - of General John ft fjfbf doii "The. Sutherland," was totally de stroy by fire Wedesday night." The loss is inestimable, for the'mag nifleefit nbine; every room tftnlslied in the most gorgeous ashioil with relics of threfe Or four renefildoiisi cannot b ieptaced!; - "The Sutherland" wc3 h home' of Geneal and Mrs. Gordon for thirty years. It was located in Kirkwook, Ga. four miles from Atlanta, and is bhe bf the Most charming and de lightful retreats about Oetirgia's c&pU 1 fcity- For years the hospitality of He' home bUcb was rbverhial, nd it was there that man? hbtisfe' p'a'rtiesi many receptions and notable gather ings were held. The fire originated in the cellar. TUb , flames .were first discovered by the faithful old cook; h6 was the pnly person in the house at the time. Mis. Gordon and Miss Caroline had walked from .the house . across the spacious lawn tb the ffoift gste when they heard the cook streaming Chili thb hotiSg Was on fire. , : . . t THb gliirnf wijs heard bf neigtlbbts and friends who riishgd io the lire with all possible haste. CountrymSfl, driving along the road from the day's fisit to the city, sprang from their teams Arid Went to the rescue. Hun df feds f 8rked wltfa Btrngth almost superhuman; bht the grand bid bdildi ing crdmbled dnder the eating flame arid fell in bne ho'tir tittt the fife was first discovered. The women of Kirk wood played a heroic part in the conflagration. They worked from the moment they reached the home until it became necessary for men to hold tlie'm awfiy froffl. the tet- tering and careening roof and walls: Miss Caroline Gordon, daughter of General Gordon, carried out a trunk packed with valuables which she could not possible lift again under ordinary circninstanees. In the eteitement and frenH , bi the situ&tibn' wbflieti fafl dbwfi steps with hea'vy'pieSesf furiii ture and brick -a-bfafc'k we'iiiflg itiote' than 100 pounds. And while this heroio work saved thousands of dollar s-of furniture, there was itiuc)i more lost than saved. : The bid-fashioned canopied bed of rosewood that for generations lias beeH iealbtisl guarded by the Gordon family, was intact, not a ScftUcn De: ing received to mar its beauty. The. bed weighs several tons and is mas sive beyond imagination, but it was brought out of the building by a doz en ineflj who tore away a portion of the wall &M brought the piece ill safety to the lawn. Al( of the wearing appiirel w3 sKvedV Is the clbtfying he'd', been pack ed, in,, truntfi. GeherMl Gbrdiiii . dtiA his family were to leave next week fof Virginia, where they were to spend the summer. nn i " " sr,T,A' V- X ar oU'vA''fttltiuiimuuu oT'DTe" trip all the clothing had been packed tip, the rags rolled up and the furni ture, and all the upholstered pieces had been wrapped and much of the bfie-a brae and little pieces that were dear to the family had been" packed in boles. This for ton ate situation made it possible to save a vast amount of property thftt, otherwise would -have been impossible. The valuable library of General Gordon was saved with the loss of but a few volumes. The books were brought out by the women and child ren, and they show little of the rough handling they were given. In the rush and excitement the manuscript of General Gordon's new book wfts tidt overlooked, and every sheet was saved. v General Gordon was absent at the time, being on. a visit to his farm in the southern part of the lstate. The insurance carried on the resi dence was only $6,500 and the insur ance on the furniture was $4,000, mak ing a total of $10,500. SOT PBACTICABEfE. Ager Declares m Farmers' Trust Is Oat. of the Qaestloa. - Joseph B. Ager, president of tho Maryland state grange, was before the industrial commission at Washington Thursday. He said tbat a trust among the farmers snch aa was suggested by Mr. Havemeyer was impracticablo owing tha difficulty of getting . the farmers to hold np prices. Speaking of colored labor he said it was unrelia ble because of the natural indolence and indifference of individuals of the colored race. Liquor he regards as the great bane of that people and re sponsible for nine-troths of the crimes committed bw them. Banna Denies a Report. Senator Mark Hanna has flatly de nied the report sent out from "Wash ington that he intended to retire from the chairmanship of the national re publican committee. ' - Cremated II la Own Soa. : Gary Booker, a negro, is in jail at Jacksonville, Fla., charged with the murder of his ten-year-old son. The coroner's verdict was to the effect that the boy wo burned to death by hir faikM. EECMOX OF HOUGH Goreraor Itoesevelt Beelrea at Great He ceptloVat Las Trr. ' M. Governor Boosevelt arrived at L&s Vegas; New Mexico, Saturday after noon,, to attend the first . annual re union of the Society of Bough Bidera. The popular colonel was greeted aa he stepped off the rear car with tremend ous cheering from 5,000 people massed around the depot ; The noted - New. Yorker was clad in his Bough Elder uniform and was easily recognized by the crowd. He was almost lifted bod-, vfrom his feet by the press of per sons tnirn8 grasp his hand , He looked in eicie tefvndfeme'l to appreciate the hearty ebnifn the people who greeted Mm. ja.;ne walked dtn the depot sidewalk aline of Bough Bider veierttfi( saluted and joined in the general ovation. When Colonel Boosevelt came op posite the line of Bough Biders he be gan shaking bands with the troopers and gate them a most cordial greeting. During the reunion meeting Gov ernor Bboseteli was elected an honor ary president of the association for liftii Colonel A. O. Brodie, of Pres cott, was elected president, and Lieu tenant Dame,1 of CerflHos, secretary for the ensuing year; Captain Tf. H. H. Llewellyn, first vice president Lieutenant Goodrich, second vice president. , ' The governor was ordered to be brought before the meeting, was ap prised bi his election and responded in an' eloquent, Address There was quite a Fpirited "contest for1 the1 select tion of the placo to hold the next an tnal reunion between Oklahoma City and Cfclojitdo Springs. The former city had decidedly the best of it, the vote standing 89 to 121. ' i ' f Memorial services was the first thing on the jough riders reunion program Sunday. They were held at 11 o'clock a. itt.y At the run can opera house and Bev. Thomas A. tJMelle, pastor of the People's tabernacle, of Bentef, pteach td the memorial serinon. TAMPA HAS EXCITEMENT. A ftegto Edllor Was Killed Darta Cfetieral rfstaf At Tflmrfli Flu., Saturday afternoon M. a. Christopher, colored, editor of the fjnioh Labor Beeord, was shot and killed. " Several days ago. Christopbef pub" lished ascurrilous article about Po liceman W. W. Woodward, , who had sofile tfottble in arresting a negro wo man. Since the publication, Christo pher had been hiding out, btit Batttr day he and Woodward met. A few words ensued and then came a general fiaht.' : ' " ' Christopher was armed, and had aeernl Arffied fie&roes with him. A nftmber bl white teeh were close by, Ota. fan in: while Woodward M beat ing the neKf&: rtd a shot was fired, which resulted in the death of the negro. No one knows who hred the oistol. but it is said that Policeman Woodward did not. After the fight several thousand ne- er6s tbrotssed the streets, nd many of them were armed. They made threats, and a large posae Of deter mined while men was placed on duty arm d with rifles. The police force was doubled. ' Peace will be main tained if rossible. f!tiriRtother was custodian of the Irffe government warehouse at Tampa, ht kk kurh trovtnment officer it is claimed that the affair will be reported lb Washington-and the department IJJ asked t9Jke Jh Jn.tbgji yLTi'Ml " e wno. tion. -ree CLEVELAND STRIKE ADJUSTED. HI en Will Be Reinstated and Running of Cars Resumed. An agreement between the big Con solidated Street Railway Company of Cleveland, O., and its striking em ployees was reached Saturday evening. The " agreement provides for the fcfeflribg of grievences and a resort to abitration in case the men and the company cannot agree and it Also pro vides for the reinstatement of practi cally 80 per cent of the old men at once, the remainder except those who have been guilty of violence,' being placed on the waiting list. Condition of Spain's Bank. The Bank of Spain's report for the week ended June 24th shows the fol lowing changes: Gold in- hand, in crease 5,063,000 pesetas; silver in hand, increase, 3,773,000 pesetasjnotes in circulation, decrease, ; 1,120,000. Gold waVquoted Saturday at 23.22. RITE It BOAT SIXES. Apalaehee Supposed to Have Struck Sas-On Person Drowned. The steamer Apalaehee, one of the finest vessels plying the Chattahoochee and Chipola rivers, between Col am bus, Ga , and Apalachicola, Fla., went' to the bottom Saturday after noon opposite Wewahitchka, Fla., in twelve feet of water. The Apalaehee had on board a large list of passengers bound for different Florida resorts. Meager reports of the catastrophe stated that four persons were drowned, while in fact only one person perished. It is supposed that the vessel was out of her regular course, and struck hidden obstruction. RAGING RIO j GRAKDE. An Old Town On tho TesM Border Is Completely TTneVod A way. A dispatch from Austin, Texas, says: The old town of Carrixo, county seat of Zapata county, about midway be tween Laredo and Rio Grande City, on the Texas border, has been swept a way by the Rio Grande flood. The Rio Grande is higher than baa been known for forty years, and it continue to rie rapidly. ; aero mm AT COLOLIBD PrJf ?cli A rrrA ArtrMml ii 7Tc Royal - TOcocs. Goes Ashore By DepuiAtions '--V '" Citizens. The tTnited States cruiser with Adxair'al Dewey on board Colombo, Island of Ceylon, at 6 o a. m. Thuraday from Singapore 15th, saluted the forts ashcr' lnioa.M-- aaluted by the latter ia retitjniuses ,beea An aid :da camp repryesenn1! governor oi wejiou, uonorabla Sir Joseph West Hidguyay.boarded a n I D!Wi t-t the Olvmoia a7 ce'eca; in ora wetcomt the admiral and Colonel Sav age, commanding that-troops, called at 10 o'clock. Thtf .visits" were returned by Admiral Dewey t H o'clock. HV was received at the jetty by a guard of honor and, amidst cheering, drove in the governor a carriage to prekxal with General Savage; -- ; . ; ' - , The admiral afterwards booked rooms at the Calloface hotel and re turned on board the Olympio at 0 o'clock. There he received a deputav tion representing the planters asso ciati'dfl and the chamber .of commerie and was presented with a ail ver casket and' an address as a memento of his visit. The admiral will remain in Ceylon abeat a week. He says he had a good Toyage from Singapore1 aad that hit health is fairly good. - The presentation of the casket to Admiral Dewey was made on board the Olyrnpia instead of in the council chamber, because his doctor had for bidden him to participate in any official function. " The admiral, replying to th addresai of welcome, said he wished he ccaldi reply in adequate terms, reciprocating , the sentiments exprensed, but, he add ed, he 0poke from his heart when he : said he deeply appreciated the welcome. . Admiral Dewey added that he would have the very acceptable present of tea distributed as desired, incidentally mentioning that he was a life-long tea drinker himself, and assuring the del egation that their address would be read at "muster" and afterwards framed and preserved. The casket, h remarked, would always be kept on his table, and he told the delegate that ha wonld report the matter to Lis government and describe the cordial ity of his reception. Continuing, Ad miral Dewey remarked: That cheer raised on the Jetty whea I landed went to the hearts of all of us. We are 14,000 miles from home, but that cheer will be heard In America, altbongti tbe way la which it touched me I thall never be able to folly express. 5 " ; The two nations wero never so closely allied by mutual sympathy and appreciation fcs now. The American people realized thla during the late -war, and you can Imagine) how those who were at Manila and met Hir Edward Chichester, commander of the Brit ish first-class .xrulser Immortallte, and bU gallant cornrades bold Jtb at feeling very deeply. If .:f- . -inTteA general conversation followed,and VihaT-wasting the ,"ADgio-Baxon un- j Geod the ftrosnerilr of the two afterSBo the delegation departed. , ion auc r countries, ( wiioii uotirs at . "esticated " 'J make crood utoaiA-ia aiitu u Li AS I Ufa Order la Supposed ; to Ifavef Placed TVJth American Company. It was learned Thursday that within a short time the plant of tbe American Ordnance Company, at Bridgeport, Conn., has been visited by a represen tative of the czar of Russia. ; . It is stated the ordnance company was asked by the representative of the czar whether the following order could be filled: One hundred field batteries, of six guns each; six and twelve pounders, quick-firo guns,, and 1,C00 caisson's and limbers. The valne of the order would -ba about $6,000,000. The officials of the ordnance" company refuse to admit or deny that such an order has been placed. ' . BIG FERTILIZER PL AST To Bo Pnt In Operation Hear Atlnntn, Gnstavus J, Swift, president of Swift k Co., of Chicago, controlling the largest packing houses in the world, has purchased the manufacturing plant of C. A. Smith k Co., located four miles' from Atlanta, Ga., on he Western and Atlantic railroad, and will make it the largest fertilizer plant in the United States. ' The deal, which has been in prog ress of consummation for , ten .daa, was completed Wednesday. 8TBEKGT1IEM3U DRETFUS'8 CELL Workmen Aro Flacing . Additional Bare Aeroea tbo tVlndows. There U absolute ignorance in Bennes, France, as to the arrival of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, The town la quiet. "::V,- Workmen hare completed placing additional bare across the windows of the cell intended for the prisoner. , The local newspapers are protesting against this indignity, asserting tbat Dreyfus ought to be treated merely as an accused officer and not as a crimi nal. . ' r - ' I
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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June 28, 1899, edition 1
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