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YOL. XXVIII—XO. 111.) COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: THURSDAY MORNING, AU(U'ST lssii. PRICE FIVE CENTS The Secretary of State Will Not Back Down, It lit Hi* Believe* the situation Not mi tirave 11* He- ported—'The Martial Prevalent In leva-. Sensational Itaninrs From the Front. Washington. August n.— Seci'etai-v parties getting; out the same are too well known. rheRevista Inter:v'*ioiuti pros pectuses were issued l>y ihildio Muli- 11a. o: 1’rogreysto Motor, . a gentleman of very oad reputation here and abroad, to gether with a man named Holderkeep. of New Era fame." A Wild Unninr. Ft. Worth, Texas, August 11.—The city was thrown into an intense state of excite ment this evening by a rumor, how it started, no one knows, to the effect that the Mexican troops in l’aso del Wirt, had tired on the American town of E) l’aso killing three Americans. The Proceedings of the Indiana Democratic Convention. Nomination of state Hflffirs- I loiloinnt Committee Ueeiile to ti'iu foiuressnian « ro\ton Uei Neo York lie ve no ( omen natetl. Bayard, ill an interview upon the status A?,A , lca , 1 IS ,'- Groups ol men of the Cut ting case in Mexico, savs that lie h . n i A • tUit ’ d'Mnihstng M"’. imm ‘ sees no reason why a satisfactory adjust- - e ^ g “ i' ntl ' lotR ' ''eon. ment of the difficulty should' not be reached. He has been assured that sucli was the desire of the Mexican government. Senor llomero, the Mexican minister here, said some days ago that his government would promptly settle the matter. Secre tary Bayard seems to think that the diffi culties in the way have been created not | so much by Mexicans as by obliging friends in this country, who, in ‘their efforts to ' embarrass the administration, have sug- . gestecl to the Mexican authorities . methods of opposition which perhaps they would not have thought of. Mexico’s attitude in the matter j it is claimed, has been greatly strengthen- ler their guns and march against the "greasers." The war spirit is on tin-in crease in this city, and the news about the Cutting case is awaited with the greate-t anxiety. In the event of war Ft, Worth would furnish its full quote of men on the slightest notice. IndianApoi.ts, Ind., August 11.—The democratic state convention met tills morning at 10 o’clock in Tomlinson hall. The nttendar.ee was large and the guile- 1 with spectators, lion. MICHAEL DAVITT. iilidn* Ilia i Oriniui-aii Xeav Yobi ed by the efforts of Mr ."Blaine’s friends to Davitt said to-day, speaking with reference Daniel \V. Voorliecs was elected chairman and W. J. Craig, editor of the Sc-minel, secretary. Jno. C. Nelson, of Cass county, was nominated for lieutenant-governor by acclamation. The other nominations were ns follows: Supremo court judge, John XI. Caffrath, of Tippacanoe; H. \V. .Moyer, of Monroe county, secretary of slate second ballot ; C. A. Munson, of Allen, state audi* tor first ballot.; Thos. IX. Byrnes, of Van- den burg, state treasurer. Following is tne i platform; * | First—Resolved, That the democracy of i„„ ncsf n \t., mi i. , ' Indiana cordially approves of the ailminis- Si. ^ h,.. haul trutiou of President Cleveland for its speaking with lelerence integrity and economy in the mn , been located. Friday afternoon Mrs. Atheson received a telegram from her luis- , band. ITc was then in Chicago, and in-; formed her that he was mi his way to Rrcinc, Wis. Since then nothing has been , heard. Yesterday the hotel safe was | : forced open. Just what t lie opening of the »hIt developed is not known. IViiWhI I’orcst Kitv*. Detroit, Mich., August 11.—Specials to the Triiuir.e say that the forest tires in tin i.ori h\\ ostei n part of the state are raging ti rribi\ and are mar Traverse City, The! ja’opb* .*re 'bgldjpg tho dames desperately, but: are unable to make any headway. ‘ Fences and underbrush are being destroy- i col. The runic paper reports the tires ns extending almost continuously along the. Central railroad from Bav Cil'y to Macki naw. Much valuable timber lias been do- ' stroyed and the end is not yet. The tire ex rends over « large area, and rain is the I only hope of extinguishing the flames. THE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS. his general reputation as a soldier in tho south he was remembered as our charge d’affaires at Vienna in 1853, at the time Captain Ingraham seized Martin Kostza from the Austrinn hrig-of-wnr Hussar. Af- What Is Transpiring on the Other Side ter over a year's residence in Mexico, with of the Waters. BIRMINGHAM, thews, home August Mat- of tin* Hflfast Riot*.—H»- »n«l tniistnlailnry - Ills Item- Irmimcnt oftlii* Mlltf Itotriin Ii) tlie ant UG. show that Mr. Bayard has acted with pre- to.tffie differences that seem to exist among i aaeinent ofnational affairs and rceoini/e enutancy, and has b en too exacting with Insh-Americans with regard to the forth- i .f j e res deffi a id the members of his Mexico. Mr. Bayard himself feeis strong- coming convention of the Irish national j lU) „ e t foithrid and lintriotic servants ly in the matter, and said, with much ini- league, that in his opinion they would he I c U, ntt , , Hip .1 ,A. J nt ’ pressiveness.that he considered the princi- satisfactorily settled. "Now that we 1 pie involved in the Cutting affair to he one the American people with us,”said he made no difference whether 'he was an The rioting has its roots in religious nntag- i ^ U ' “’tata'"""™cloved ungel of darkness or an angel of light, but f P^.v takenotice that the light- k . a ^. r oannot be better perpetuated than ,t did make the greatest^ jios- ; by the steadfeat observanie <Jf his conoilia- pray take notice that the light ing Ibis time is between the Orangemen and the constabulary and soldiers. The constabulary made themselves particularly j detestable to the Belfast Orangemen in an I affray about two months ago, when they ' ._ = shot down two Orange leaders. Here is a j citizen for an offence committed in the point which I have not seen made in any sible difference to tbe American people whether tbe contention raised by the state department in his case should be maintained or not. Mexico claims in Cut ting’s case the right to try an American United States, and Cutting has actually been convicted and sentenced for publish ing a libel in Texas. Secretary Bayard thinks this raisea the gravest possible ques tion between the t.vu countries, and if American newspaper. Under the castle rule in Ireland police from the south of Ireland are sent to Ulster and police from Ulster are placed on duty in tho south. It is because the British fear that Orange Mexico's claim were once conceded no . constabulary will sympathize with their American traveling in Mexico would he fellows, and Catholics with Catholics, or safe. Mr. Bayard is deeply iu earnest in yet there may be some Tory scheme be- his determination to resist the position hind such an arrangement." posit taken by Mexico, and he expresses full confidence as to tbe popular approval of his course. “My countrymen," he said, with evident feeling, "will not be deceived by parti san misrepresentation. They will recog nize the gravity of the question involved, and will never consent that one of their fellow-citizens shall be tried by a foreign power for an offence committed in'this , „ ■ , , , , country. Suppose Cutting had stabbed his lence to prove that home rule would be Mexican ri m on Texas soil, instead of fatal to the 10,000 Orangemen in Ireland, merely attacking his reputation. Does but they impress the masses of the English any one pretend that Mexico could have very differently. They see these so-called tried him for murder? Certainly not.” loyalists shooting down constabulary and The case, Mr. Bayard thinks, is too clear soldiers dressed in the queen’s uniform, for equivocation, and he has uo idea of re- they strongly question their loyalty, treating from the position taken bv the de- C hurchill and Chamberlain instigated these partment weeks ago. when it demanded i riots, but they little thought that they Cutting's release. The secretary will not c.i-cnf imr-n F rnnkenstam whom M.«v How would you cure such a state of affairs ?" “Let the government put down the Or angeman with the same strong hand they have ruled the nationalists. The state of aflilirs in Ulster will end with home rule. It will aid to bring about home rule. Some of the Orangemen sincerely believe that, under home rule, they will be persecuted and hunted down, so they use such vio- anticipate the action of Mexico, but he evidently looks for full reparation from that country. THE CASE IN A NUTSHELL. .luilif'i Brui-k bin'* 111* VUiV' -m tin* ( nttinir Case — Wlmt lie Thinks uf the I*ros|ieefs of War. Dallas, August 11.—Judge Brack, of El Paso, was in the city to-day and was inter viewed as to the state of feeling on the frontier, "it is mixed," said he, "but the rule is that all the business men at El Paso are opposed to the present state of affairs Were creating a Frankenstein whom they cannot control." A DELAYED DOCUMENT. I'ri'-Ucnt lii'innvt'il a Fnltnl Stnti Marshal. Washington. August 11.—The following i . . letter was received by the senate in secret "! *'! tory council and patriotic teachings to tho end that the efforts of all true demo cratic citizens may be directed to a faith ful application of their grand and ennob ling principles that conduce to the welfare and happiness of a liberty-loving people. \Vc also profoundly deplore that during a brief period of time, the nation, and par ticularly the democratic party, lias suf fered the loss of four other eminent citi zens in the persons of the gallant leader, Geo. B. McClellan, the purolmd wise states men, Horatio Seymour, the superb hero, Winfield Scott Hancock, and the more recent demise of that discerning states man, sagacious counsellor and a profound political philosopher, Samuel J. Tilden, The career of these illustrious men may well serve as examples for those upon whom shall devolve the responsibilities of leadership. Third—Resolved, That the taxation of the people for other purposes than raising revenue for the expenses of the govern ment economically administered is robbing under the “forms of law. We are, there fore, in favor of a reduction of the present unjust tariff to a revenue basis, and we hereby reaffirm the princi ples laid down in the Chicago platform on that subject and heartily endorse the ac tion of the democratic representatives in congress from this state for their fidelity to the cause of tariff reform. Fourth—Resolved, That the action of I lie democrats of the house of representatives of the forty-eighth and forty-ninth con gresses in declaring forfeited and reclaim ing from railroad corporations about 100,- 000.000 acres of land is hereby heartily endorsed and approved. Sixth—Resolved, That we favor a finan cial policy under which gold and silver coin and paper money readily convertible | Chicago, July 11.—A little before 10 o’clock this forenoon the defendants in the Anarchists' trial marched in Judge Gary's I crowded court room headed by August ! Spies. The prisoners nil looked smilingly i and comparatively unconcerned, and ! greeted their lady friends with smiles, i They lmd scarcely taken their seats when ! a young lady with a basket on her arm ! we.it along the line and presented each of j them with a bunch of flowers. One of the papers this morning stated that 1 Mrs. Black, wife of the leaning counsel for tin* defense, supplied the Anarchists * with their morning bou pu ts. She was i (pioted as saying in a florists shop, ‘1 Want these for the poor saints in the criminal : court. The dear martyrs are being sorely 1 abused by the tyrants now and I fear • something will happen to them; hut if anv- j thing does happen there are thousands ready to tear their oppressors to pieces.’’ i It was decided that Assistant State's At- j torney Walker should open the argument, : Z.**M V. of the defense, t<> follow, to be suc ceeded by Ingham for the prosecution, Foster and Black for the defense, and G'rinneli to close for tie state, in the order i named. This result was not arrived at witk' t.t considerable discussion. Walker began by saying that in this re- I public all men stood equal before the law ■ and vT.ou the perpetrator of any crime stood before the bar for trial the goddess j of jWRi* was indeed blind until his guilt j had her-ii proven, no matter whether he i v as i s* eia.ist or anarchist. The verv law which he had desired to “throttle” now stood his protector until his guilt was show::, and in this case the proof had made the defend ants guilty beyond tbe shadow of a doubt. Walker then addressed him self to the jury, to which he paid th«* usual compliments, lie next called their atten tion to several definitions of the phrase “beyond a reasonable doubt.” He quoted from a number of authorities to show that when the mind is convinced as to the guilt of the defendant no fear of the punishment the jury might be called upon to impose shpuld affect their judgment in declaring liiiai. Mr. i*-elected to the house of commons'for Fast Birming ham without opposition. The liberals at the last moment withdrew their candidate, Alderman Cook, leaving the field clear for Matthews. London, August 11.—All the new min isters have now been re-elected to the house of commons, every one unopposed. The withdrawal of Alderman (.'onIt, the liberal candidate, from the contest against Mr. Matthews in tbe east district of Birm ingham is said to have been due to the radical-union opposition aroused by Cook's correspondence with Arthur Chamberlain, brother of the radical leader. this cost of kngi.and'h war scare. • suit of the action of congress known to him, and for reasons which do not rc- tlect creditably upon the policy of the ad ministration respecting our relations with Mexico, he has come to the conclusion, bis friends say, that it would be a waste of time t<« rt main there any longer. minister .Jackson's amhition. He bad an ambition to promote closer commercial relations between the two countries, to enlarge particularly southern fields of trade, and by wise and persistent effort to unite the two nations in closer bonds of friendsnij) while developing more outlets Ibr the commerce of both Mexico and tbe United States. In his attempts in this direction lie docs not seem to have been seconded by tbe authorities at Wash ington. Both in congress and tho state department a disposition has been shown to throw cold water upon enthusiastic aspirations of this character, and disheartened and discour- ag< (I by the failure of his hopes, and see ing no likelihood of their realization in the immediate future, General Jackson lias come to the conclusion that there is I The papers hi-iv aiv imbliHhmir wit limit liHle to he ^hIih-(1 for him by prolonging I comment the parliamentary report just Ins stav outside ol his own country. It is j issued, showing the cost of the merchant vessels hired bv the government in the I spring of 1385, when it was believed there l would be war with Russia. It has long i since been apparent that there was no real ! prospect of war, and that it was only a scare, mostly on paper. Nevertheler a very expensive scare and the Eng-| press’ was mainly responsible for it. ; was lish press was mainly respc urging the government to take active, measures. This may account for the ab sence of editorial comment on the enor mous i xpeuditure now made known for the r 1 -* time and which in America would have been a mutter of much public in terest. The government hired altogether fifteen merchant ships for transports and eruheis. some of the best kuown'being the America, the Oregon, the Umbria, the Alaska and the Arizona. For these five ships ah ne the amount paid for hire was possible, in view of tin* complications which may arsse in the Cutting case, that it will be desirable for Mr. Jackson to re main at his post for some time yet; but if be does, it is said that it will be only from patriotic motives and not because he has confidence in the conduct of the case in Washington. quill THE WIRE-GRASS HERO. , C. Ontt's Nmillnutoil forth** Fiftieth Con* lie is the Favorite Ami no if Kuiiflits of tho The lhin<|oet. Special to Enquirer-Sun. Eufaula, A la., August 11.—Hon. W. C. Oates was renominated by acclamation to day for the fiftieth congress. He had no opposition. After the convention he in- . , iMtedallthedeltgates.eighty-nineinnum- 1 beiTMN^is paid to tm^C unard^icompany j )tr ( 0 a Banquet at Sheriff Dick Long’s p " r ' u w ' r hotel, the National. for tin nione lor the short time n use .eRID.ORO, or nearly $200,000. The government also wont to great ex pense in fitting up t hose vessels for mili tary service. The total amount expended for titling and unfitting was about $2,700,- 000. and the whole cost of vessels used in this way was a little over *7,000,000. RUSSIAN FINANCES IN A MAP WAY. Lie guilt oft fie criminal letter was received by tne senate in secret i . Vi iT. ;\... ; session and was referred to the committee ? tat . es notes now provided for by buy, shall on judiciary. Van V. Richardson, whose be the circulating medium. \\c insist t hat nomination to be marshal of the eastern ! .wthe _shall • , , district of North Carolina, gave rise to the They say that if anything wrong has been senate resolution, was confirmed by the done by Mexico the matter could he easily genatu on ttle 2d of August: negotiated and settled oy the two got cm- Department ok Justice, July 27,1880.— merits without al tms bluster and creating p ri . si(l( . nt pl .„ tempore of the Senate: °f hard feeding. | Sir—I have the honor to acknowledge the ‘W hat is the understood ^ statement of receipt of a copy of the resolution passed facts as discussed in £1 Paso? “Well, under the Mexican laws where one man commits an offence against an other, the party complaining «ocs before a judge and asks that the opposite party be summoned for a ‘reconciliation." This ‘re conciliation" is not in the nature of a suit, but is a kind of warning that the law will be resorted to if the proper reparation or amends are not made. If they are made the matter drops there, but if not the trial is then entered into; Cutting, as tlie worlu knows,published an article in his paper re flecting on Medina, a Mexican. 1 he ar ticle was published in Mexico, where both parties live. Medina had him summoned for a ‘reconciliation,’ and it was en tered into, Cutting promising by the senate in executive session on yes terday, as follows: “ Resolved, that the attorney general be and he hereby is directed to transmit to tlie senate, as .soon as may be practicable, the originals of t he copies of all official pa pers. correspondence and reports in posses- : sion of the department of justice concern- j ing the administration and conduct of the office of marshal for the eastern district of North Carolina from the first of Jan nary | 13S5, to this date.” In reply, I beg to state that there are no official papers, correspondence and reports in the possession of this department touch ing the matter spoken of in the resolution, since the first day of January, 1885. If the resolution grows out of the matter of the marshal of . ulv _ ._ 0 to say that on in both the English and Spanish Ian- the president authorizes me to state that guage. Instead of doing this the Mexicans gue p suspension was made for tho sole rea- elaim he violated his reconciliation by son t j )at jjpi j e ft his home in Raleigh in retract what he had said by putting in his suspension of J. B. Hill, Esq. own paper four times a retraction agreed tlie district named, 1 beg Itavt be ifrompfly applied in the payment of the national debt and that taxation shall be re duced to the end that largo accumulat ions in the treasury beyond the proper necessi ties of the public service shall not occur, thus assuring an honest and economical government and Relieving the people from I unnecessary and oppressive taxation, i Seventh-Resolved, That the state gov f eminent of Indiana in ail its departments | has been characterized by prudence, ec»n- ! omy and wisdom, and we cordially endorse the same. , Eighth—Resolved, That the democratic | party of Indiana is now, as it always has been opposed in manciple to all sumptua ry laws and prohibitory legislation, but ii is in favor of just and proper measures for regulating tbe traffic in intoxicating liquors under a license sys tem designed to repress the evils of intem perance, aud it favors a reasonable in crease of the license tax, discriminating between malt liquor and wines and dis tilled spirits, so as to place the highest license on distilled spirits, the proceeds of such tax to be applied to the support of tiie common schools. Tin* N«*vv York Rc|iiil*llnii.s. w«n,x ^ -- *;L7TGc*'nLV;in t rv- , son iiiul inn mu ms i.« New York, August 11.—The republican making only one insertion of his npolo^ 1884> * hile he was marshal of the l nited state coinIlli ttee to-dav decided not to hold in his paper and Hurt * “} , States, and went to the republican statc convention this year. :*way place and in a small CODV ention of the first congressional dis- • ^ erwardcame across the river - trict in which he had lived before his re- < mxio., IMiomiuuftxl. i *1 ■ saassstesfisjars s':« d -1,v.,».> -n., ie Mexican language also, tive canvass succeeded in having himself democrats of the first \ ii„iiiiu.district n- say that they proved that he appointed by said convention, a delegate for congress type. He afterward came across the river . r j c { j n , v |,i 0 b he had lived before his re- and reiterated his charges in English, and ( , nova i to Raleigh, tiut from which he had the Mexicans claim that he had them - ‘--- -- printed in the They further say that they proven rnai lie appointed by saiu CUUVCIIUUU. »1 uuicgttM.- I . lumntinn had' circulated with his own hands in to the national convention at Chicajro, and | h ' acclamation. Mexico ten copies of the papers contain- that ho attended such convention in the ing these reiterated charges against Me- , capae ity of a delegate and participated in ON ’CHANGE. dina.’ ‘What do you „ , , : the proceedings 'of the same. Y cry re think of the prospect of S p ec tfully, A. H. Garland, war? • , I “I, of course, know no more about it I than anyone else. There are men who . want to see it, but, as I have said, the bet- ter class of citizens in both countries don’t want any war and believe the better judg ment of the people may avert it.’’ Judge Brack formerly lived at Sherman, where he was a prominent and well known attorney. He was on his way to Galveston from El Paso, where he has lived for the last few years. Attorney General. THE MARYLAND TOBACCO CROP. A U«’i nil hcrlim* in 1 li«* of Stork* It Will I! a nil.v It**; Hi Mon* Than Fill) lh*r frut. an A\i*frtifi*. Baltimore, Mn., August 11.—A gentle man who is an experienced tobacco planter in Calvert county, states tliat there will only be half a crop in that and other Mary land tobacco growing counties of Anne Arundel, rit. Mary’s, St. Charles, Prince George’s and Montgomery. The fai.ure is attributed to the almost incessant and heavy rains that have occurred during the inuu, ac.v., xxv. e w»v . . summer season. Last year’s crop which ing is the original libelous article published being shipped to Baltiinore is up to by A. K. Cutting in his paper, El Centi- the gen end average of inspection of forty CUTTING'S OFFENSE. The Libelous Article f'»r WI1M1 lie Ar rested. El Paso, Tex., August 11.—The follow New York, August 11.—A large amount of money which bad been placed on call at low rut is was called in this morning, the evident intention being to take advantage oi ; be hi ;iu r rates now ruling. This caused a throwing over of considerable long stocks, and although London was a free buyer again t • <> t.,\ the purchases failed to head the marKet, and tne afternoon wit nessed a generol decline, which was ac celerated in the lant hour I>y the bidding up of money. $10,(KJ0 being loaned at 40 per ceiit.,witii notasingle transaction between a loan at 22 per cent and one at 1<), but money closed 8 to 9. The first prices were generally i to j higher, but Beading and Kansas and Texas were each up l . and Texas Pacific ii. A moderate business only was transacted in the morning hours, and Maper. Your correspondent called on Cut- crop will reach over twenty thousand hogs- ojosed weak. The final prices show' trai ling in jail to-day and obtained it: heads, or twenty-five thousand at ine ut- fional declines for almost everything on “We caution advertisers abroad not to moa t. I the active list. Sales 217,000 shares. be deceived by flaming prospectuses oi ^ 1 m I — - ■— Spanish newspapers printed in El Paso t*>- i»r**|mrliur for h Lnrift* full. A Fair of Them Loin*, day and dated Paso del Norte All sucB Washington, August 11.—Arrange- Chicago, August 11.—About a week ago are frauds. Outside ot El J. entinel a. omce g are being nla ,i e a t the treasury de- p. F. Bradley, ex-manager of tin Pull- there is not a dollar s worth oi t) pe n nartment for a large call of bonds, in ail- man car works, mysteriously disappeared, del Norte. W e have the only we ‘J * rn dition to the regular monthly call of four and a most careful search has thus far and job outfit in this city and woul million dollars, to meet the requirements failed to reveal his whereabouts. The ex- merchants against the mongrel ftp* • ^ t j ie sinking fund. The exact date and ,citementoccasionedbythesuddcn*lepart- advertismg dodges resorted toby uouia-oe t of the ca ll have not been de- ur e. of Bradley had scarcely begun to ’ Spanish editors and publisnea on ine .... . , .... American side of the Rio Grande. During the past three months four abortive attempts have made by snide UrWSJ.iiJJLi IJit jl u.l 11UDU>> JIIIV f’ , vertisers. Two weeks ago several tnousaiiu Revista International prospectuses "ere printed in an El Paso printing office and circulated far and wide, great care, how ever, being taken to have none distrilmtea in Poso del Norte or El Paso, where the few days. The amount will be either ten or twelve million dollars, most probably the former. Death of .Minister lio|ikin*. Washington. August 11—A private cable dispatch announces the death of Rev. 'Mm-cs A. Hopkins, United States minister to Liberia. No particulars. ADn rumored that J. (' son, manager of tin* hotel Florence, of Pullman, had also disappeared. The au thorities of the Pullman company .-it first denied the report, and it was not until yesterday that anything definite could be learned. It has developed that Atheson left Pull man Friday morning without warning, j and that up t > the present time, he has not ON THE TRACK. ! Saratoga. August 11.—The weather was • clear and sultry. First race, for maiden two-year-olds, four furlongs; Maulee won, Belle Brock 2d, Yin- zant 3d; time, 1:05U Second race, all ages, one mile; Harry Bussell won, Hart foot 2d. Boomerang 3d ; time, 1:43}. j Third race, mile and three-sixteenth ; Ada D. won, Bunnaclc 2d, Bruno 3d; time, ! 2:071. Fourth race, three-quarters of a mile; Priiuu Donna won, Shamrock 2d, King i George 3d; time, 1:18. Fifth race, one and one-eighth miles over live hurdles; Glenarmj won, Puritan and Barr Oak dead heat for 2d place; time*, 2:07. ( lilnnro Kurus. Ciiicagg, August 11.—The weather was fair, the track fast, and the* attendance large. First race, three-fourth mile; Luna Brown won, Lady Longfellow 2d, King of Norfolk 3d: time l:lo|. Second race*, one* mile; Iloprdale won, Dawn of Day 2d, Emma Mantcy 3*1; time 1:12/. Third race, seven-eight lis of a mile: Mid night won, but it was found lm had lost Ids weight and the judges gave the race to Rice, Moonlight 2d. Nora M. 3d; time 1:29}. Fourth ra**e, one and one sixteenth of a mile, Rio Grande* won, Jin: Nave 2d. Myrtle 3rd; time 1:50. Fifth race, five-* ijht of i mile: Relax won, Linda Pavne- 2d, !• ioia Moore 3d: time* 1.03. THE SITUATION AT AUGUSTA. 0|M*r«itiv**s l.rioiiitf tlir t'it) - No slyiiN of a (<un» prom Ur. Augusta, August 11.—This is the first day of the lockout in the cotton factories here. The following mills are in the league: Augusta, Enterprise, King, Sib ley, Algernon, Shamrock and Riverside. All is quiet in factory settle ment-. Belief committees are looking after the needy families and move j: many people into the country or sending t tie in to other cities. The num ber of people sent out is 2738. To these are paid in wages *47,110 per month, not including offices and overseers. 3 hose mills consumed 3757 bales of cotton per month. At present there is no sign of a compromise. THE DROUTH IN TEXAS. Governor Iruluinl Gks fur \i<l for fhi* sufl' n r*. Galveston, August 11.—A special to tlie News from Austin says: Governor Ireland issued the following proclamation for the relief of drouth sufferers: “Whereas, it has been made known to me that on account of the unprecedented drouth which has prevailed in the counties of Brown, Coleman, C'alahan, Eastland, Stephens and others contiguous, many families are suffering for want of bread. Now, therefore, I, John Ireland, governor, confidentally call upon tbe people of other sections to contribute to the relief of their distressed fellow citizens by forwarding without delay funds to the* eouiitv judges of the several counties asking aid.” KKIiop WchI roiiMM*rat<*(|. Jacksonville, Fla., August 11.—Rev. Edward Gardner Weed was consecrated bishop of Florida by a council of the Protestant Episcopal bishops here to-day. Bishop* Ouintard, of Tennessee, presided. Bishop Elliot, of west* rn Texas, preached the sermon. The attendance was very large. Six bishops were present and dele gations of clergy and laity for several southern states. Colonel Oates seems to be a favorite of the newspaper men. Mojor B. F. Reiser, of the Opelika Times, nominated him, Colonel 1). F. McCall, of the Union Springs Herald, seconded it, and Editor Quillen, of the Clayton Courier, and M. M. Bran- | nan. a local journalist, were permanent sec- . retaries. H. D. Clayton, jr., was permanent It appears by a report just published here chairman, that Russian finances are in a worse con- p rolll the tone of the convention Colonel dition than ever. Not withstanding the Oates can hold the position just as long as extraordinary efforts that have been made - * •• ’ to increase the receipts from public taxes, the returns from the first four months of this year show a decrease over the cor responding months of last year of about *10.»Y.b.c . This would make a decrease of tJJ.OOo.'KH ,n the whole year. On the other hand, there is a steady increase of expenditures. The increase for the first four months of tiiis year was nearly $10,- 000,000. THE CUTTING QUESTION AND THE LONDON PRESS. English press reya-rts of the Cutting af fair and the action in regard to Me xico arc extensive and son * what alarmist in tone It has been the the past week, and has even occupi much more attention than the death of Mr. Tilden, who was passed over with a paragraph. The London Standard pub lished a special dispatch yesterday saying that Mexico is in a state of feverish ex citement. Specials on tin* subject from half a dozen different sources appear in almost all the Loudon papers every morn- ing. he wants it. A resolution endorsing his course was adopted unanimously; also reso lutions were unanimously adopted endors ing President Cleveland’s administration. WORK OF A WATER SPOUT. \ K.iilron I ItrUirc lh»mnu**<l >in*l (m.* s Pom ii Into a Cn Richmond, Ya., August 11.—Last night THE APPKAI!AN( 1 Naples, August 11 cholera have been di patients being fugitive 1 infected districts. of the Petersburg and YVelden railroad. During the storm a waterspout passed liiei" American topic for over and burst as it reached the railroad at Otter Dam creek, an immense volume of water sweeping away a long stretch of track aud the stone abutment of an iron bridge spanning tbe creek. This morn ing a through train from the south dash* *1 into the washout, carry ing down the engine and several cars. The tii-4 report was that the engineer, fireman and brukrmuii had been killed, but Inter in formation proved that the engineer escaped with « f* w bruises, and no other person was hurt. In (miisequence of the washout trains from the-outh were delayed. There were no trains over tills road to-day further south than Petersburg. It is expected that tin* road will be* eh or to-night. BI* limoniq August 11.- Later advices from the accident on the Petersburg and Weldon railroad, at Otter Dam creek, re port that two color* <! train bands are miss ing, and it is thought their bodies are buried undeni' uth the wreck of the ears troop*- iCHOLERA AMONG FRF TON (pH N. | Paris. August 11.- Cholera of a most I virulent form prevails among the French troops in Tonquin. Tin* chief of the medi cal staff has succumbed to tin disease. OF < HoLERA Four ease covered her** from til of e. the In del’a k. ri!v. The I. tin* Im- Mm which are . '-tundiiq A GHASTLY DISCOVERY. \m! in raiiiinui. July 31. The work of erecting •aire is progressing satisfacto- uifdii.g is to be on the sit* of iVeiit, l he outer wails of .*•.*■ ive and will be kept I lie rk now goin tlie I lie wm’kon Friday la-*, tin re. wa within tin* masonry, in an ere perfect n ale skeleton, to vv tached a cross made out *») w* had been an inscription, but hie now. Almost immidhit' discovery tin* skeleton fell to the skull and boms can lie tin* ground. The the wall which wa? i is the parti- ait. twenty- mrse of this *; discovered •t position, u liich was at- «i*l on which . it i not legi- *Jy after the pieces, and n lying on ‘k* j* t*>n was found \cry Lear the altar. SIXTY THOUSAND AT CAMP MEETING. Omit Ifflliiioii* I.M'lt* nn-ut in IiIin*»i•%. Chicago. August 3.- A special dispatch from Oakland, ill., says: “Never since the time Lincoln and Douglas met in joint debate at Mattoon has there been such a large crowd of people gathered in-re as t hat which met on the Murdock camp meeting grounds yesterday. Long before daylight the people began t<» gatfn r on the grounds. In the afternoon the crowd was estimated at sixty thousand. It would lie no exaggera tion to put it at forty thousand. Bishop Dwight, of Boston, presided at the morn ing service and preached from the main stand to a congregation of t wenty thousand persons. Other speakers made addresses from other stands. Religious enthusiasm ran high, and the conversions numoered hundreds. WHY MINISTER JACKSON RESIGNED. S:*i<l Li H;iv<* Iti-m I>Luiih1* , iI at tin* Attitiul** of tin* stat** ID part in cut. Washington. August 10.—Though the state department is silent r* g.irding the re port of the resignation of Minister Jack- son at Mexico, his friends are not and af firm the truth of the statement. Accord ing to information received through pri vate sources, the Cutting matt* r lias had notiiing to *1** with the resolve of Mr. Jack- son to leave the diplomatic si rviee, though its subsequent phases since a peremptory demand was made for Mr. Cutting’s re lease* may have tended to confirm his un favorable opinion of the management *#f the state department. When Mr. Jai kson went to Mexico he had great expectations of what he Would be encouraged to accom plish. He is from Sii vunnali, and besides hmi'ti Mini II) ndlllis. Little Book. Ark., Augussl 9.—News was received to-day from Fayetteville that <'oionei fi. W. fluxion had become a maniac, and would In* placed in tbe insane asylum. Iluxton came to this state from imliana fifteen years ago. He established a woolen mill at Springdale, Ark., which wa- run on a largo scale. Sometime ago, h* v as nominal* d for renr* sentative by lli* republicans, and commenced a vigor ous canvass. Om* morning last week he appeared at the residence of Judge J. 11. Hal**, saying that God had commanded him to form a new party, and he intended to do it. He became violent, and iiad to lie s -cured and confined. Business tonifies and polities are causes assigned for bis menial downfall. \ Frthd lioiI«*r K\|>!<i,ifiii. Lexington, Ky., August 11.—An engine on the Louisville and Nashville railroad exploded her boiler this afternoon, making a total wreck of the engine. Engineer William Suckles, of Louisville, had a leg blown «iff*and died in a few minutes after being taken to a hospital. Pete Dair. the fireman, was injured, probably fatally. Ill** Spriuvr-lYrry <’hk**s. Danville, Vu., August 11.—The first of the eases in the late Martinsville fight be tween tin* Spencer brothers and the Terry brothers was concluded at Martinsville to- night. John D Spencer was tried for the murder of J. K. Terry, but was acquitted. The evidence showed that Terry was killed by another. The other cases will come up hereafter for trial. U hut I */tr*>'#»»«■’ lire flier Sh}*. Chicago, August 11.- Gen. William Hen ry Parsons, <»l the treasury department, W nington, who i> here attending the trial • »f hi> brother, A. P. Parsons, the an- archi-U denies in an interview this morn ing tnat tin* Parsons family has repudiated and disowned tin* defendant. The family, however, emphatically disavow socialism. I'rcMtli-rit ial \ |i|i*>i nl iiiciiN. Washington, August 11.—The presi dent to-day appointed Win. G. Langford to he associate justice of the supreme court of Washington territory vice S. C. Wing- ard. suspended, and Gustavus Van Hoore- becket to be United States attorney for the southern district of Illinois vice J. C. Con- nally, suspended. These were among the nominations left over. t l our! II«him* Iturii***!. Galveston, Texas, August 11.—The court house at Harden was destroyed by fire Sunday. All the county records were destroyed. The loss is incalculable, and much litigation is anticipated in conse quence thereof. Il'n* s«, «if Sriuitor llarri>. Washington, August 11.—Senator Har ris, of Tennessee, who has been seriously ill for some days, with a complication of dff* uses, is sufficiently recovered to be out