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(Cohtmlm xtqvLittt VOL. XXVIII—NO. 227 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1886. PRICE FIVE CENTS Centennial Celebration of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence. The OoTtraon of the Thirteen Original State* Meet to Prepare for the Krent—What They Did and What They Propone to Do. Philadelpaia, September 17.—As b re sult of the movement on the port of the chief magistrates of thirteen original states seven governors of os many commonwealths met here to-day to arrange for a fitting observ ance of the centennial anniversary of the promulgation of the constitution oi the United StateB. This centenuary will occur on September 17, 1887. Ten states were represented. New Hampshire, Massachu setts and North Carolina were not repre sented, but probably will be by to-morrow. The following governors were present : Pattison, Pennsylvania; Lee, Virginia; Lloyd, Maryland; Stockley, Delaware; AVettmore,Rhode Island; McDaniel, Geor- giaj Sheppard, South Carolina. New York was represented by Lieutenant Governor Jones, New Jersey by a commit tee of the state legislature and Connecticut by ex-Governor Bigelow. At the Continental Hotel Governor Pat tison delivered a brief address of welcome. There were present also many distin guished visitors from the various states and the citizens’ committee of entertain ment. After Governor Pattison’s speech the party divided into pairs and marched down Chestnut street to the old state house. Here the party halted in the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed, and standing under a canopy of red, white and blue, listened to an ad dress Of welcome by Mayor Smith. Carpenter’s Hall, the old hull where in 1774 the first colonial congress met, eleven provinces being represented, was next vis ited. Here also a meeting was held. The governors ranged themselves around a large table near the centre of the hall. Richard K. Betts, one of the oldest mem bers of the Carpenters’ company, of the city and county of Philadelphia, welcomed the visitors, and briefly reviewed the his tory of the time-worn meeting place. Hampton L. Carson then delivered the oration. The business meeting of the governors was called to order by Governor Pattison. Governor Lee, of Virginia, was invited to take the chair. Mr. Carson was elected secretary. Letters were read from the governors of North Carolina, New Hamp shire and Massachusetts, regretting their inability to be present, ana assuring the governors that they were in sympathy with the movement. , Colonel J. E. Payton, who origi nated the. idea of the celebration, and who has charge of the arran gements was invited to the stand to make any sug gestions which might have occurred to him. He said it would be a good idea to have every state in the union represented at the celebration next September by a regiment of soldiery. It seemed to him that the young men would avail them selves of this opportunity to participate. On motion of Governor Pattison the organization was made permanent. The governor suggested also that a committee, consisting of the governors of thirteen states and representative citizens from those states be appointed to prepare a plan lor the celebration. On motion of Governor Stockley the chair appointed a committee of five mem bers to draft a plan. The governors of Pennsylvania,Delaware, Rhode Island, Maryland and Georgia were pointed. . recess was then taken to enable the committee to prepare a plan. During the session at Carpenters’ Hull resolutions were adopted that each state and territory be invited to unite in the preparation for a proper national celebra tion of the federal constitution, to be held in this city in September of next year, and that the president be invited to formally communicate to congress at their next meeting the fact that his administration closes the first century of the constitutional government, and to urge upon that body the propriety of taking measures to render the celebration worthy of an occasion of such dignity and impor tance; that the executive of every stab- and territory in the union be formally communicated with and urged to press upon the attention of their people the fit ness of their hearty co-operation. A resolution was also "passed requesting that delegates from the diil'erent.states and territories be sent here to meet on Decem ber next to orgunize a permanent organ ization, with power to devise plans to secure a celebral ion worthy bf the event. Resolutions were also adopted looking to the appointment of a committee of citi zens to co-operate with the permanent organization, extending sympathy to the earthquake sufferers in South Carolina and thanking the Carpenters’ Company for the use of the hall. LIKELY TO RUN OUT. Only Four Days’ Supply of Liquor on thiml In tin- Wont urn Association. appo A 1 pulling corporations to pay employes weekly in lawful money; tne abolition of the contract system on national, state and municipal works; the prohibition of the employment of children under 15 in workshops, mines and factories; prohibi tion of convict labor; assessment of gradu ated income tax. The party demands of congress the es tablishment of a national monetary system in which a circulating medium, in necessa ry quantity, shall issue direct to the people without the intervention of banks; that the entire national issue shall be full legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private; that the government shall not guarantee or recognize private banks or create bank ing corporations: that interest-bearing bonds shall never be issued by the govern ment, but when need arises the emergency shall be met by an issue of legal tender, non-interest bearing money; the prohibi tion of the importation of foreign labor under contract; the inauguration of national savings institutions; the acquirement by the government of all telegraph and tele phone lines and railroads. THE SITUATION AT CHARLESTON. An Ofllrtal Appeal fiir Aid—Another Nllqht Shock of Kurthiiimkc, Ktc. Charleston, September 17.—Last night as quiet. Work is going on activ bricklayers and plasterers are badly neededr The subsistence committees are now issuing rations to nearly 700(1 parsons. A large majority of these are colored. No case of distress fails to receive prompt at tention. An Ofllriiil Appeal for Aid. Charleston, September 17. — Mayor Courtenay to-day issued the following proclamation: City of Charleston, Executive Depart ment, September 17.—To the public: The city council of Charleston at its last regu lar meeting, on the 14th inst., took the fol lowing action: '‘Whereas, a terrible calamity has be fallen Charleston, vast and widespread in the loss it inflicts, far greater in extent than was at first realized; and whereas, it is evident that the liberal and spontane ous assistance which has come to us from all parts of this country and from England, and which is deeply appre ciated and grub fully acknowledged by ou people, will be wholly insufficient to meet our unexpected exigencies; Be it resolved, That the mayor lie re quested to prepare an address to the pub lic setting forth our condition and invok ing additional aid for this stricken city.” In making known to the general public this declaration of the municipal govern ment as t o the condition of our city at this time it seems unnecessary that I should add any words of my own. The unfortunate facts are before the country by t he statements of disinterested visitors from different parts of the land after per sonal observation, and are known here and deeply felt. 1 ask the press of the United States to give this proclamation the benefit of its far-reaching circulation. [Signed] Wm. A. Courtenay. Another Shock In Charleston. Charleston, September 17.—There was a slight shock of earthquake at 2:25 this • morning. . f, . - 4 j ... - To Inspect the Houses. Charleston, September 17.—The re lief committee to-night provided for the appointment of two master mechanics to visit every house of persons applying for assistance to rebuild, and to estimate the. amount of damages. A resolution was also passed providing first for the payment of small claims less than $200. For the lteneilt of the Ctinrehes, Washington. September 17.—Bishop Paret has issued a circular to the Episcopal clergy and congregations of the diocese of Maryland, recommending and requesting that in all churches diocese offerings be re ceived Sunday, September 26, for rebuild ing the churches of Charleston. Such ofl'er- 'ings may lie sent to Rev. J. H. Ecelest ui, D. D., 140 Paul street, Baltimore, who will acknowledge them, and the whole amount will be placed in the hands of the bishop of South Carolina to be used as lie shall direct. ^ FISHING AND HUNTING. An Attempt to Assassinate M. Bratiano, the Bulgarian Prime Minister. In Connuquen** of It* Opposition to thn Prime Mini.ter th« Nuwxp.pur OIBo. In llui-hm-eat I* Murk ml, and Two of thn Staff Wounded by at Mob—Thu Pollen Dluponw Them, Bucharest, September 17.—M. Bmtiano, the Roumanian prime minister, was shot at last evening by an assassin. Bratiano perceived the man’s intention in time to spring out of the path of his aim. The bullet struck M. Robesco, a member of the chamber of deputies and wounded him. The assassin was arrested and locked up. He confessed that for political reasons he intended to kill Bratiano.' The attempted assassination produced great excitement among the people. A crowd surrounded the building occupied by the only news paper here, which has been opposing the prime minister. They blamed the editor for it, and for assuming a hostile feeling against him, and smashed all the furniture and fi.tnjs belonging to the ooicttl They also savagely attacked and wounded two members of the staff, and were pro ceeding to destroy the edifice when the police became master of the situation and dispersed the mob. Itllsslll. AN ENTENTE COKDIALE BETWEEN THE THREE EMPERORS PARTLY ARRANGED. London, September 17.—A dispatch from Vienna says that Count Kalnoky, Austrian minister for foreign affairs, has returned to Vienna from Gastein furnished with the rudiments of an entente cordiale between the three empero.'S on tile Bulga rian question. “Russia” the dispatch says, “recognizes the European character of the Bulgarian question, while laying stress upon her special interests in Bulgaria.” The Vienna Political Correspondence says that Gen. Baron Kauibars, military attaclie of the Russian embassy at Vienna, has been appointed Russian diplomatic agent ut Sofia. Gen. Kauibars 1b admitted ly the best informed foreigner living con cerning tho military affairs of Austria. A St. Petersburg dispatch announces that General Kauibars has started for Sofia. itary the czar at Brest-Litoo.sk have con cluded. The idea of holding a conference of the powers at Constantinople to consider tho Bulgarian question is ripening THE GENERAL’S MISSION. St. Petersburg, September 17.—Tlie Official Messenger says that the mission of Genera] Baron Kauibars to Sofia is to acquaint himself with the condition of af fairs in Bulgaria, and by his counsel enable the Bulgarians to extricate themselves by peaceable anil orderly means from tho critical position in which Bulgaria lias been placed by recent events. England* AN ALL NIGHT SESSION.. London, September 17.—The house of commons was in session until 4 o’clock this morning considering the supply bills. Many items were adopted after much bickering. The chairman frequently called 'upon the PariiiiUitc members tb observe the courtesies of debate. IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. London,September 17.—Mathews, home secretary, denied in the house of commons this afternoon that Jos. Chamberlain would be guarded by a police inspector during his contemplated tour on the conti nent. Lord Randolph Churchill stated that if the consideration of estimates were con cluded to-morrow the government pro posed as the course of parliamentary busi es-; Monday first the report on the supply, then the appropriation bill, before taking up the second reading of Parnell’s land bill. Sir Ferguson, under foreign secretary, denied that England was forming a coal ing station at Thaso. gathered near the hospital, and Mr. Fulton set out to seeuro the protection of the mili tary. He waB stoned on his way, and not permitted to return, and no soldiers were sent to protect the mission. On May 8 a mob piled straw and faggots against a building occupied by Mrs. and Miss Fulton, and a little daughter of the former, upon which the inmates fled, and the house was looted and burned. The ladies sought refuge on boats, but the mob threatened to destroy any boat that should receive them, and after some delay they reached a point whore Mr. Fulton had been compelled to remain. Two days later they were put on boats and conveyed to Canton. The value of t lie property is about $5500, and Consul Seymour is pressing a demand for the payment of this amount in damages. The second case is of a more recent nute. Sunday, June 6, in the absence of all tho gentlemen connected with the M. E. Mission hospital, at Chung King, and while only one lady was present, a mob collected, broke down the gates, threw stones at a lady, one of which cut open her index linger its entire length. While she was otherwise injured about the head and arms. Complaint was made to Hie officials, but the matter was treated lightly. “This is a serious case,” wrote Mr. Denby, “and may bo a test one. It grew, as i all our evils in China do, out of troubles in the United States.” Still later, July 19, a mob attacked the mission property at •Chung King and destroyed it. Mr. Denby filed a protest. GATE CITY GOSSIP. A Obiqib-r III’AirliU'iiU—A Negro Hoy Killed I.> Hminimi l ml but s Hull—A Fall frinii u Train 1 Seveiituoii-Foot !)ni|i. Fite. Special to Enquirer-Sun. Atlanta, Gh., September 17.—This morning Leonard Jones, a ton-year-old colored boy, died after several days of great suffering. The cause of his death was very singular. Tuesday afternoon Leonard and two other boys were racing with their hoops. As they reached a street corner Leonard collided with u ! plumber who was carrying a long vod, known as a water key, with which j the water is turned off in the water-locks. | The boy ran full tilt upon this iron rod, I the end of it striking him in the stomach. I tie fell to the ground, crying with pain. He was taken to his home, ami after two [ days and nights of suffering, died this morn ing. Jim liill, the negro mail with whom the orphan boy lived, gave information at police headquarters, and swore out a war rant. charging .1. A. Rush, the plumber, with murder. An inquest was held, and tlie jury found a verdict of accidental death. The autopsy disclosed a terrible bruise on the abdomen, and the lower por tion of the bowels were Imdiy ruptured. Full Seventeen Feet. Atlanta, September 17.—Ed Hill, colored, workman on the new capitol building, fell to-day. sustaining severe in juries. He fell a distance of seventeen feet and caught oil nil iron girder. The in juries are not dangerous, though painful. ' Full From n Train. Atlanta. September 17.--Frunk T. Ryan, of this city, fell from a moving train an the Richmond and Danviile road, lie The Funny Gubernatorial Canvass Be tween Two Brothers. They are Spunking from I hr Same Platform and Sloop In Ihu Snmu Hiiuin -“An Insult to On* sn Insult to lloth”—TbeCoinpronilNonn the Fiddle tju.stloil —Playing ItuetN Together Alter the Pub lic Spunking. e was on a platform and a sud den lurch of tlie train on a curve threw him off. He was left at Cowpens and will come to Atlanta to-morrow. His injuries are not dangerous. CIVIL SERVICE CHANGES. l|iple nits lo he t!) -Iiiduod tij the Smile Slu rd—The Horn’ll of Examiner* I. f'lovo'.und Will Kill if it Don't It.tin. Chicago, September 17.—The members of the Western Export Association (whisky pool) ut a meeting to-day adjusted all their difficulties and every member of the asso ciation signed a general agreement. Tlie Nebraska Distilling Company has been re admitted and is now a member in good standing. The price of spirits from to morrow will be $1.12 for raw goods, which is an increase of 2 cents on tlie gallon. An immediate assessment has been made for a fund to take care of all goods which cannot be sold at full prices. A full inventory of all the goods on hand shows only four days’ supply in the warehouses. The supply on hand never was so small, and the officers of the association are jubilant. Every distillery in the country is now under control of tlie pool. » THE LABOR PARTY. To .Nominate u Full Ticket lost. Louis. I Prospect House, N. Y., September 17. i —President Cleveland’s party concluded, in spite of the threatening weather of this morning, to make a fishing and hunting expedition, arrangements for which hud been made. They were conveyed down the Sarunac lake on a steam launch, and alter a carry across the country, they took sail boats and were transported up the Racquette river arid into the Big Tupper lake. The river trip afforded the ladies an opportunity to fish for picke rel. These fish grow to an astounding size in the Racquette. The rendezvous will be at Mark Moody’s, on the Big Tupper lake. Moody has a wide reputation as a deer hunter, and he has agreed to give tlie president and hisfriendsa huntto-morrow. If tlie weather holds good, the chances are that the party will succeed in killing a deer. It will, at all events, prove enter taining to tlie ladies, and that is one of the main objec s Acc unpanying the pr s- dent are Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Folsom, Col. and Mrs. Lamont, Dr. J. G. Rasman, of Brooklyn; Howard Agnew, of New York, and Signor Morgani, of New York. Much to the regret of the party neither Col. Belo, of the Galveston News, nor Charles F, Cutter, of New York, were able to ac company them. They were originally in cluded in the list. New llulii'hlus. FRENCH USURPATION IN THE NEW HEBRIDES. Melbourne, September 17.—Exciting reports have been received hove of arbi trary French action in the New Hebrides. R v. Mr. Macdonald, a Presbyterian mistionary at Havannah Harbor,in a letter to Lieut. Marx, of the Britisli gunboat Swinger, says that the French Hebrides company have seized the lands of the native Christian mission, alleging prior title, and that, the French commandant threatened thu natives with armed force if they resisted. The com pany also claims lands of other British subjects. Mr. .Macdonald asserts that the French practically exercise sovereignty over the island. A collision between the natives and the French is imminent. Threats have been made against Mr. Mac donald and native Christians, and he de mands assi-.tance fon the English squad ron. The premiers of the Australian colo nies are ubout to hold a conference to con sider the situation. Spain. SPANISH TREACHERY. Madrid, September 17.—Three officers belonging to the Spanish army at Barcelona have been arrested and imprisoned for leading a band of soldiers to join the Carl- Lsts. Franc*. A DEAD DUC. Paris. September 17. -The Due <le Ca/c - is dead. __ ^ ON THE TRACK. Washington, September 17.—Among tin; changes in the civil service regulations 1 to be submitted by the commission to the I president lor approval upon his return is one regarding the organization of tlie de partment board of examiners. As at, present organized, this hoard consists of twelve examiners selected from the various departments, who must attend to tlie duties of the board, in addition to their : own regular work. Consequently, they find it almost impossible to keep the com mission's work m line, it, is proposed to reduce the number of members from twelve to seven,and give them no other : duties to perform. They will lie. here- i tofore, selected from tlie different depurt- , incuts, and will receive no increased com- I pensation. It is further proposed to have all the ; papers in the post office and custom service sent to this board as re-organized and passed upon at Washington. Under this I arrangement all the applicants will be judged by tlio same standard and uniform- I ity of standard obtained. Finally tho | commission will recommend that a pre- I scribed and uniform time and place tie j established for departmental cxatnlna- ! lions in the various states. In this way, ] applicants will he examined on t lie same day all over the country. As their papers j will be sent to the board in Washington ! for examination, they will receive the same attention. i The commission does not apprehend that j the president will interpose any objections to their recommendations. ON CHANGE. Chattanooga, Tenn., September 15.— Tlie campaign in Tennessee this fall is most remarkable. Nothing like it was ever seen before in tho politics of any country. Two brothers, Robert and Alfred Tavlor, are rival candidates for tlie governorship. They aro making the can vass together. “Bob,” as ho is universally called, is the candidate of the democracy and Alf is the standard-liearer of tlie ro- publicans. Usually a political contest, in Tennessee is a series of personal invective, long drawn out, and often the issues of the canvass are lost sight of. Tlie campaign this fall, howevor, has all tho points for a very fine comedy. I fit could be reproduced on tho stage with one-quarter of the realism of the original contest it would ■ be bound to have a long run. The brothers arc on the best <>f terms and are constantly chuffing ami joking each other, to the amusement of tlie crowds that follow them wherever they go. They belong to one of tho best families ill Tennessee nnd both have a natural gift of oratory. During the last few days Aif’s voirie lias failed him, and realizing Hint, Bob was gaining ground ou thu stump in consequence, he nit upon a plan to chock- mate him. The idea was suggested bv an experience of Uol. Dick Menefeo, of Ken tucky, in a congressional race many yearH ago. Col, Menefeo had served one term in congress, and having had a taste of Wash ington political life his heart craved for more. Ho was a very popular man in his district, a part of which lay in the moun tain region, and was confident of success. Ilia rival, Judge Hogan, wasa very shrewd men, however, and when, early in tlie last days of tile canvass, Menefee visited the mountains on horseback, lie found that ail of liis old friends in that region were pledged to vote for Hogan. He could not understand it, but, he saw that unless lie could do something to stem 'lie tide his defeat was certain. He soon learned that, the'.secret of Judge Hogan’s popularity was that he played the violin at parties. Menefee was lor a time at, his wits’ end, but onojdiight lie found a large company gathered in a country school house with his rival playing away as hard as he knew how. Calling one of t he most influential men in tlie room to one side, Menefee said quietly: “Judge Hogan plays very well.” “Yes,” was the reply; “we like a man who is not above coming around and furnishing music for us.” “1 notice that the Judge plays with his left hand up here,” said Menefee. (Hogan was left-handed). “Why," said the influ ential citizen, “what do you mean?” “Nothinglmuch,” replied Menefoe indif ferently, “only he always uses his right hand when he is in Lexington." This story went over the district very rapidly. The'well known jealousy existing between t,lie city and country Indued it along, mid lino of Mr. Blaine’s arguments in advanc ing his protection idoas. He quoted from the Courier-Journal and other papers to prove that the last democratic house failed do its duty and relieve the burdens of tween Cowpens and Thicket,y, 8. C., ’this-* *•«**• • »«'*«» W--*.0V6Xw. 1 (.ftlmfnfdy de- evening. He Market mol l.urm- Sales New York. Sep' - 17.—At tlie stock feated. Alf. Taylor lias boon playing the Ad dling game on his brother. He has loft two or three political meetings early on account of his weak voice and furnished dance music for parties. Both of the brothers are fair musicians and know how to handle a violin. Bob got onto his brother’s dodge very soon, however, and retaliated by visiting half of I he house along their route, kissing the babies and promising them all birthday presents when they grew up. These hidu issues, so to speak, began to tell on tlie constitutions of tlie brothers, and a compromise lias been arranged. Bob is to stop kissing the babies unless Alf is present and can come in for iiis share of tlie glory and also agrees not to speak quite so loud or long until Alf’s voice g-, t; into better condition. Ill addition Bob nays lie will not mention Cleveland’s civil service policy again during the campaign. For these concessions Alf lias agreed to stop fiddling except in duets with his brother. THE FIDDLE COME TO STAY. Betas the violin has been introduced into the canvass I,hoy find that they can not ]nit. it out. Every where Ithey go they are compelled to take their violins with them and play a shake-down after tlie regular meeting of the night is over. The brothers’ duet played at the Read house here last, evening was a very amusing sight. Their parlors were crowded ana tiie two brothers Hat close together, sur rounded by their adherents. “Dixie,” “HLar-Hpatigled Banner,” “Old Kentucky House” and selections from the “Mikado 1 ’ were rendered in line style. It was im possible, amid the shouts of laughter and applause, to say which was the better man with the how. AtCleveland, Tenn., last week the broth ers addressed the largest meeting of the campaign. This is a republican strong hold, and Alf was in high feather. But Bob’s followers made up in shouting wliat they looked in numbers. While waltng to board the train at Athens for Cleveland u crowd gathered around the station. The sun was hot and tlie brothers sought tlie shade of a neighboring tree. Here the crowd followed them and the jokes flew pretty thick. “Alf,” said Boh, “would he lost if it were not for his little tariff and Blair hill.” “You don’t want to come out tot party oecause tne republicans are in tavor of inserting a prohibition plank in their platform. Ho advocates the Blair educa tional bill and came out squarely for the Hamiltonian theory of strong centralized government. He stated his case logically, and closed with a severe arraignment of Mr. Cleveland’s administration. He as sorted that the republican party was the party of progress and the young men of the south should make haste ana join its ranks. Bob was ail interested listener to his brother’s eloquence, and his reply was very happy. Referring to tho Blair bill, ho said: “ My fellow-citizens, did you evor hear of the republican party either doing or attempting to do anything for tho cause of popular education while it was in power? No. It is only when it lins been ejected from the administration of our government that, In u fit of despera tion it boginn to cast about for some scheme whereby to get a lever to raise it into pop ular favor. It hit upon the Blair bill, it Hays we have a surplus in the treasury, and forthwith proposes to devise this plan of education to tickle the poor man. I say to you that there is not a single dollar in the treasury of the United States. We have an unpaid debt. As long us that lasts the treasury will contain no surplus.” The applause was about evenly divided between the brothers, and each received several handsome bouquets. Back at the hotel that night there was a general recep tion. Partisans of each side jostled one another in I he crowd, and both candidates shook hands with democrats and republi cans alike. Boli and Alf produced their violins, and tlie reception closed witli a grand breakdown and waltz. There is some talk here of nominating the Rev. Mr. Taylor, father of Bob and Alf, on tlie prohibition ticket, and Mrs. Taylor, the mother, on the woman suf frage platform. In that event matters would become complicated indeed. Several days ago at Athens another feature was introduced into this canvass which promises to become a regular card. Some one alluded to it as the War of the Roses, aud the expression was'promptly caught, up by the crowd. It furnished the proper campaign insignia. At once the red rose became tlie badge of the republi cans and the white rose the emblem of democracy. It spread like wildfire, and wit bin 18 hours these historic decorations were worn in rosettes from one end of the state to tho other. Tlie ladies, too, are fly ing the colors of their choice. Ho it iB now u double campaign, roses and fiddles, and all canopied over by tiie best of good fel lowship and fraternal rivalry. An incident last night, while the broth ers were at Bridgeport, illustrates the spirit of tlie canvass from the matron’s standpoint. They performed as usual, and thou went arm in arm to the same bed. As they came down to breakfast this morn ing t e hotel proprietor's wife, a smiling old lady of sixty, approached them with a hunch of the rival roseB in each hand and said: “Col. Boh and Col. Alf, I’m not a politician, and I don’t know anything about politics, but I want you to accept these il avers because it makes my lrothei : heart glad to see two brothers making a canvass against each other, aud vet treating each other as lovingly as they fell nie you two do. Lot nig see yott shako uumis before you go.” They look the flowers, shook as desired, u:ui laughingly took the train for Titlla- miiia, where they spoke lo-niglit. lux, mr.gi; to-day Reading again engaged I strong about our Mexican diplomacy,” re- tlie largest attention, anti the sales are | totted Alf. “You most lie referring.to Mr. nearly one4 hi rd of the entirei amount | Blaine’s guano contracts,” said Bob, good St. Louis, September 17.—The central committee of the united labor party, com posed of members of the Knights of Labor, Central Labor Union and Trades Assembly, have issued a call for a conven tion October 7, to nominate a full city- ticket. Accompanying the call is a decla ration «f the principal aim of the party, as follows: To secure to laborers the full enjoyment of the wealth they create; to make indus trial and moral worth, not wealth, the true standard of individual and national great ness. In order to secure these results the party demands the establishment of bureaus of labor statistics: the reservation of public lands for actual settlers; the abrogation of all laws which do not bear equally upon labor and capital; the enforcement of measures providing for the health and safety of those engaged in mining, man ufacturing and building industries; the recognition by incorporations of labor organizations; the enactment of laws com- Tliu Anil-Saloon ltu|iul>llnins. j CHTOAOO, September 17.—The national | committee of anti-saloon republicans held j a meeting lust night. Albert Griffin was chosen chairman and J. C. Schaeffer secre- j tary. An executive committee was chosen, consisting of W. B. Jones, E. P. Wheeler, Gen. A. B. Nettleton, Albert Griffin and five others yet to be elected. They will be elected by the national committee as mem- i bers-at-lsirge irom delegates residing I in the vicinity of Chicago. I At the meeting the subject of campaign literature was fully discussed. It was ! decided to present memorials to the state I republican conventions and do all possible | to get the party to commit itself to temper ance everywhere. It was decided, how- ! ever, to work strictly witiiin party lines and to discourage all bolting and third j party movements. j. Matters in Miintiruiiii-rv. j Special to Enquirer-Sun. j Montgomery, September 17.—The | Louisville and Nashville railway are pre paring to receive Geronimo’s band of 400 i Apache Indians, due here to-morrow, en I route to St. Augustine and Fort Marion. 1 Cotton receipts for the week were ' 3700 ; middlings are 8 11-16; market strong. Made an Assignment. ! Danville, Va., September 17.—J. H. Stnnruck. confectioner, made an assign- i ment to-day; liabilities $.5000, assets $2500. Tliu Ku-.iilt ut Vuste Mae Louisville, September 17.—First race, i mile heats. First heat,’ Malvu R. won, Finally 2d, Effie H. 3d; time 1:16;.. Second he.it. Malva R. won, Effie H. 2d, Finalty 3d; time 1:1 • j j. Second race, all ages, lj miles; Wanderer won, Panama 2d, LaSylphid 3d; time 2:11 x Third race. II miles; Jim Gray won, Sir Joseph 2d, Silver Cloud 3d; time 3:09ip Fourth race, l mile; Pat Sheedy won, Legan 2d, Nora M. 3d; time 1:30$. CHASED BY THE CHINESE. AmurloanH Drivun from Their Missions in ttiiiia and Itadly Treated, Washington, September 17.—Minister Denby, at Pekin, has reported to the sec retary of state two ease*of recent outrage perpetrated by Chinese upon Americans. Ilev. A. A. Fulton and wife and Miss Mary Fulton, M. D,, all of the American Presby terian mission in Chinu, established a mission hospital and station at Kwai Ping, about 400 miles southwest from Canton. When they had expended a considerable sum in finishing up the buildings, placards appeared on the walls de claring that the “foreign devils” must go in three da,ys and their buildings mint be destroyed. The illiterate as usual were at the bottom of the disturbance. A crowd nearly one-third of the entire amount dealt in. Il lias been the most active stock for many weeks. Buying began at the opening and every story ever circulated in regard to Reading was trotted out and again made to do duty. Trading in tb Blaine’s guano contracts,” said Bob, g naturedly. “But what arc you going to do with the public domain, Bob?” asked Alf, winking slyly to the crowd. “Hell it and educate , - , . - those 400,000 ignorant Tennessee children mauider oi the list was active aud in I yoU are always talking about.” general a good feeling prevailed. Ad-j At this moment a hardy mountaineer ances were established in everything ex- j appeared on the scene. lie approached Alf and said: “I want a place under t ' ept Oregons and Pacific Mail. The open- I”*? being in last eve; fir most first eases i(fbi above well distribute | next governor.” 13ut before he could r ply Bob spoke up: “Here he is; what can .. If - . , . . . , I I do for you?” The crowd laughed, but business followed, but prices remained i ^ If got in a neat rejoinder by saying: “‘A sluggish until toward the end of the first public office is a public trust.” I cannot hour, after which they advanced smartly, promise patronage for votes.” Borne one \ reaction occurred just after the noon | ran <r a chestnut bell, and a minute later liour, but the advance was soon resumed, | theirrothers were boarding the train arm and about 2 p. m. the best prices of the day j j n arn3 and bowing their acknowledg- were reached, after which realizations car- J meets to the cheering crowd, ried everything but Reading back a small ; The ’gathering at Cleveland is typical of fraction, arid the market closed heavy, j w hat has met the brothers all over the Western In ion was the feature of the mar- j 8 tate. “Remember,” |said Squire Gant, in ket after Reading. ^CanaduBouthorn is up 1 introducing “our Alf” to the public, “that u, Reading 4, ainrothers fractions. Ore- | an insult to one of these gentlemen is an SHELVE IT. ! Oni'i* Amiin Mm Srn Knrpvnt Kng»««* tlir NiMvnjnipnr llop,' ) Nkw York, September 15.—-The sea ser* 1 punt has appeared in North river just off I Twenty-seventh street, unless Lieutenant I v osti r, of tlie man-of-war Minnesota, and | a number of other persons have been de- I < • jived by some log II was on Friday morning, and the nontenant's v^itch said o’clock. The surface of the water was smooth, aud Foster, who stood on the j \venty*in:veiiLli street pier had a fail* view* i ip and down the river. Suddenly a big object of u dirty gray color. 100 yards from i lie end of the pier, attracted his attention. Lieutenant Foster vouches that his vision was perfectly clear and accurate at the moment. Consequently, when he saw* the big object suddenly twist itself and lazily and leisurely proceed up the river he was convinced that his first idea that the object was simply a big log was an idea that was not up io the occasion. Then he says he thought it was a water snake es caped from some museum until he re flected that it was thirty feet long and nearly eighteen inches through at the thickest part; then he knew that it was the sea serpent, lie shouted to some long shoremen to look at it and yelled up to Quartermaster Main on the deck of the man-of-war to get the binocular and sec what lie could make of it. Meanwhile the . streak of gray went up the stream at the rate of two miles an hour, while tlie long shoremen gazed upon it wit h admiration. Quarterimuster Hum brought his big ma rine glass to bear on the object nnd f 1- lowed it along until it had navigated as far as the Twenty-ninth street pier. Just then a steam tug came snorting up behind it. The gray object, according to the lookers-on, seemed much frightened at this and slid down under the water out of the way and didn’t appear again, although Foster and the longshoremen waited long and anxiously for a second free exhibition. “I know these sea serpent stories are hard to believe," said Lieutenant Foster to a Bun reporter yesterday, “but I believe in this sea serpent because f saw it myself, and there were plenty of trustworthy eyes to corroborate my own. It wasn’t a porpoise, because there would have been fins to it. Its body wasn’t scaly, cither, but smooth and slimy, of a dark slate color. From the quantity of it I saw 1 should judge that it must have been fully sixt\* feet long. We couldu’t see the head or tail ourselves, but there was a commotion in the water about where the head and tail ought to have been. The body was round and tapering and proba bly eighteen inches in diameter in its stoutest part.” A longshoreman said he saw the head, which was like that of a snake. gon Transcontinental is down _„ f Northern Pacific preferred l. Bales 443,- 000 shares. lluHirtPKM Failures. New York, September 17.—Business failures for the week occurring through out the country during the last seven days as reported to R. Gk Du i & (’«>, o I !•<•■ mercantile agency, nu »!>' . for the United States 15 I as compared and 190 tin- | casualties in t • ! ada n r ; i .' 1 i seetii • • 'Hull “od j insult to tlie other,” and this represents policy of the campaign. There are no side issues in Tennessee this fall. The ques tion is simply between democracy and re publicanism, and both sides feel that the result will be a true test of each party’s strength. THE BROTHERS’ FRIENDLY RIVALRY. The brothers at the Cleveland meeting exerted themselves to the best of their l ist week | ability, trying to outdo each other. Aif ”ji ' list, of was the first speaker, and although his i. d in Can- i voice was a little hoarse he got in several In other sledge-hammer blows on his opponent, light. I He began ou the tariff and followed out the it, il of 185, A SrulliiiK lliitull. London, September 17.—The sculling nriitch between Beach, of Australia, and Gauilaur, of Canada, will take place to morrow. Beach is the favorite in the bet ting, five to two bein" laid on him. Ross and Luc, tlie American oarsmen, have i»*uud a challenge to row a double scull Tace with any two men in tlie ivorld for £200 a side. Congrussiomil Nominations. Washington, September 17.—James Phelan, proprietor of the Avalanche (deni.,:, tenth Tennessee district; ex-United States Senator Buckalew (dem.). for elev enth Pennsylvania; C. Newton idem.), flft li Louisiana on the 65th ballot. A Suuoeusful rniiiliduto. ! Annapolis, Md., September 17.—Among ! the successful candidates for cadetships was Wendell C. Neville, of Virginia.