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LETTER FROM 10NDQN
"What’s Going on In the Mod
ern Babylon.
CASTLES' CASE GAUSES COMMENT
The Action of Magistrate Newton In Fix
ing the Americans* Hall at One Hundred
end Fifty Thousand Hollars Is Accepted
an the Comt's Belle! In Their Uullt.
Ambansadur llayard Ploa-ed.
[Copyrighted, 1896, by Associated Press.]
London. Oct. 24. —The weather con
tinues unsettled; snow to the depth of a
foot has fallen in many parts of Eng
land.
The money market, the wheat market
and the presidential campaign in the
United States continue to interest the
business community, and from the hon
eyed utterances of the inspired press it
would seem that there is more truth
than the German press will admit in the
stories told of agreement between Great
Britain, Russia and France.
The stag shooting in Scotland is nearly
over, and the •‘champion bag” went to
Lord Tweedmouth, who shot 157 head
during the season.
The United States ambassador, Mr.
Thomas F. Bayard, who has been visit
iug the Earl of Leven at Glenferness, is
said to be much pleased at the fact that
he has shot a royal, which is considered
a great advance over his performance
while grouse shooting in 1895, when, it
is alleged, he accidentally 4b >t a man
who was beating up the bird/.
The last work which the late bishop
of Canterbury was engaged upon was
the preparation of an answer to the bull
of Pope Leo XIII on the Anglican or
ders, of which Dr. Benson said:
“The positiveness of the assertion may
have still effect with some who mistook
the kindliness of a personage for a thaw
ing of the frozen church policy to which
he was committed.” >
The late primate denied the pope’s
■contention and asserted that Rome has
not as accurate knowledge as England
concerning the Anglican, and declared
that the bull moves all English church
men not to be decided by any assertions
which have not historically created the
widest and deepest separa ions, but to
live in better faith, in firmess and for
bearance.
Threld May Succeed Benson.
The gossips still select the Bishop of
Winchester (the Right Rev. Anthony
Wilson Threld, D. D.) as Dr. Benson’s
successor. Dr. Threld was born in 1825
and educated at Oxford. He was rector
of St. Giies-in-the-fields from 1857 to
1867. vicar of St. Pancras from 1869 to
1877, cannon of York in 1871, was con
secrated Bishop of Rochester in 1879
and was transferred to Winchester in
1893.
The showing made by the Kennel
club at the Crystal palace this week was
the largest on record. There were 3,237
entrances of quality of the highest or
der. A novelty in the exhibits was
Pekiniz spaniels, which were on sale
from $75 to $750. In the coolie class,
the celebrated dog Southport, by Per
fection, valued at £5.000, won all the
prizes. George R. Sims won the cham
pionship in the bull dog class, with his
dog Barney Barnato.
The strange case of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter M. Castle of San Francisco still
causes much comment, and the action
of Magistrate Newton in fixing their
bail at $150,000 is accepted as the court’s
belief in their guilt. Whether this is so
or not, it is a remarkable fact that an
Englishwoman of high position, charged
with a similar offense, was immediately
bailed in only SI,OOO. She is a Mis. M.
A. Scotte, a lady of the manor of Salop,
near Shrewsbury, and was charged on
Wednesday last with stealing five plated
candlesticks from a hotel.
At the twenty-first annual exhibition
of the British Dairy Farmers’ associa
tion, at LJ-ington, during the past week
were over 7,000 entries. A special ef
fort was made by the Earl of Powis to
induce the British dairymen to imitate
continental methods. His model dai
ries, Swiss, Italian and French, were
shown in operation beside the British
dairy.
The Duchess of Newcastle has estab
lished herself at the East End of Lon
don in order to devote her spare timo
entirely to the poor. She caused to be
erected the house called St. Gertrude’s
Home, where all unfortunates can find
help.
Empress Frederick to Vldt Queen.
The Empress Frederick is to visit the
queen at Windsor in the middle of No
vember, and will stay in England a
month before going to Berlin for the
winter.
Madame Antonio Navarro has given
up her residence at Tunbridge Weils,
and is shortly to leave Wimbledon,
where her last child.was born, for her
new home on Broadway, Worcester
shire. Madame Navarro has taken a
fine old house on a lease of 21 years, and
has already spent over £I,OOO in im
provements and decorations.
The business of the principal We»t
End theaters continues good. M s’-
Fortescue, at the Standard theater, Ims
done fairly well. The music nails have
been crowded owing to the u.msudiy
strong attractions, as the most popu ar
variety artists seek a London engage
ment at this season, with a view to lu
crative employment in Christmas pan
tommes. Mrs. Patrick Campbell h-
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been ollereii the lend in U. Bernard
Shaw’s “The Philander.”
Wilson Barrett’s novel founded on
“The Sign of the Cross,” is to have the
advantage when published of an intro
duction by a high dignitary of the
church of England, wherein will be dis
cussed the devotional dramas. Mr.
Gladstone’s letter on the play will be
reprinted in facsimile as piel'uco to the
book.
Beerbohm Tree, who has been play
ing a remarkably successful engagement
in the provinces, has now settled defi
nitely the details of his American
tour. The business department of the
company will sail for New York on
Nov. 7, the company itself following a
week later. The itinerary will include
Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
New York, Brooklyn and Boston.
A NEW TOWN IN ALABAMA.
Northern and IVeatei-n People Tahii.g Up
Their Residence Mt •AlaiueilH-
Selma, Ala., Oct. 24.- I The town cf
Alameda, in Cla:ke county, six miles
south of Seim , has just been born. It
is located on the lands of the National
00-operative association, a colonization
society, and is being settled by northern
and western people. Besides a large
number of immigrants, who have al
ready arrived, a committee represent
ing 100 families in the vicinity of Bay
City, Mich., was present.
The ceremonies were presided over by
the president of the colonization society,
aided by the county officials and officials
of the Mobile and Birmingham railroad.
Mr. P. W. Beach, general manager of
the Hamilton Lumber company, whose
plant is on the site of the new town,
was elected president of the town cor
poration. The secretary of the associa
tion says the population of the new town
will reach 2,003 by March 1 next.
The colonists have paid or are paying
for their lands on the installment plan
and will turn their :-.tt;’iitio i to agri
culture and to manufactu, a portion
of their payments being reserved for
the erection of a i multure factory,
broom factory, canning factory, etc.
HENRY WILKERSON KILLED.
One of the Dauntless* Crew Struck by a
Shot From a Spanish Gunboat.
Jacksonville, Fia., Oct. 24—On the
hurricane deck of the filibustering
steamer Dauntless is a great stain that
was made by the life blood of one of
the vessel’s crew, killed by a shot from
the Spanish gunboat Contramastra, dur
ing the filibusterer’s last voyage.
On the morning of Oct. 18 the steamer
was leaving a point on the northern
coast of the province of Pinar del Rio,
after having landed her third cargo of
supplies for the insurgents. When ten
miles off the shore the Contramastra
bore down upon them and the Daunt
less was forced to her best speed.
Shot after shot was fired by the Span
iards. The little vessel was gaining,
when a cry from the pilothouse and a
crash of wood indicated that one shot
had struck. The captain rushed for
ward and found that Henry Wilkerson,
a member of the crew, had been struck
and cut in two.
Driving ahead at full speed, the
Dauntless finally got out of range and
escaped the Spaniard.
MURDERED BY SAVAGES.
Austrian Scientist an*! Four Others Slain
on the Solomon Inland*.
San Francisco. Oct. 24.—Details of a
massacre on the Solomon islands were
brought up from the South seas by the
Oceanic Steamship company’s mail
steamer Monowa, which hat just ar
rived at this port f roin Australia via the
Sandwich islands.
The victims of the bloodthirsty sav
ages were members of a party of Aus
trians who had been taken to the islands
by the Austrian man-of-war Albatross.
The party was under the leadership of
Henry Baron Foulton von Nerbeck. an
Austrian scientist, who had visited
many groups of Islands in the South
seas and had numerous exciting expe
riences w’ith the natives.
While traveling with an armed guard
over the mountains of the island, he
was set upon by bushmen and slain, to
gether wi'll four others. During the
desperate conflict that followed the as
sault, ninny of the party .were danger
ously wcu tided.
To Attend the I’ostal Convention.
Washington, Oct. 24. Postmaster
General Wilson has requested the sec
retary. of state to invite- all the coun
tries of the world to send representa
tives to the meeting of the universal
postal delegates in this city next May.
The pi s: master general will ask con
gress to make suitable appropriation for
the entertainment of visitors, who will
include manv of the highest postal of
ficers in the world. The amount will
be in the neighborhood of $200,030. The
conventions are held every six years.
About 100 delegates are expected.
Womun'A Home Minioinary s ociety.
• Springfield, Ills , Oct. 24.—The fif
teenth annual national meeting of the
board of managers of the Woman’s
Home Missionary Society, Methodist
Episcopal church, convened at the First
Methodist Episcopal church for an
eight-duys’ session. Twenty-one states
were represented with 140 delegates.
The address of welcome was made by
Mayor Woodruff and others. The re
sponse was made by. the president of
the board, Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk of New
York.
Six Hurt by the Fall of a Scaff.nld.
New York, Oct. 24.—Six men were
injured by the fall of a scaffold at Wee
hawken and may die. The i?en were
at work on the house of the Swift Pack
ing company, when one of the joists,
which supported the scaffold, snapped
from overweight and about 35 feet of
the scaffolding fell, carrying the men
down with it. The injured are: Ell
Decker, August Anderson; James Bragg,
John McDonald, John Bengal, Louis
GotcheL
Sooth Cat-olio* Dispensary Case.
Washington, Oct. 21. The South
Carolina dispensary case arguments
probably will begin in the United States
supreme court on Thursday.
the HOME TKIBUME. SNuMAY.
lIMMS NOH BRIDE
Married to the Crown Prince of
Italy, at Rome.
O EVENT OF UNUSUAL INTEREST
Fhe Civil Wedding Took Place In the
Ballroom of the Quirinal, After Which
the ItoynJ < ouple >V©nt too the Church of
Santa Maria Degll Angli, Where the
Religion* Ceremony Wa.-» Celebrated.
Rome, Oct. 24.—The civil marriage of
the Crown Prince of Italy to Princess
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Helene of Montenegro took place in the
ball room of the quirinal. Later the
young people went to the Church of
Santa Maria Degli Angli, whore the re
ligious ceremony was celebrated. The
cortege then returned to the quirinal.
The relatives of the princess, King
Humbert, Queen Margaret, the minis
ters and members of the diplomatic
corps and other notables were in at
tendance.
The gayly decorated streets were
thronged with people and the route to
the church was lined with troops.
The procession of 20 royal carriages
was escorted by cuirassiers. The newly
wedded couple were continuously
cheered by the crowds.
Military bands stationed at intervals
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along rhe route played patriotic airs of
Italy and Montenegro.
CONNEFF AGAIN DEFEATED.
Bacon, the English Champion Runner, Is
To«» Fa*t For the American.
Glasgow, Oct. 24.—F. E. Bacon, the
English champion runner, beat T. P.
Conneff. the American champion, in
the 2-mile run here. Bacon won by
16 yards in nine minutes and 41 seconds.
Bacon thus won all three of the se
ries arranged between the two men for
SSOO aside in each event.
Bacon won the 3-mile run at Dublin
on Ocr. 3 in 15 minutes, 29 3-5 seconds.
Conneff gave up utter covering one mile
ami 300 yards.
The second race, a mile run, was won
by Bacon, at Bolton, near Manchester,
on Ocr. i7, in 4 minutes and 35 2 5 s->?•
onus. He was 30 yards ahead of Con
nell at the finish.
A RACE RICH Al KOXSO T»O.
White Men end Negro.-* Fight an.l Sev
eral Are Badly It j lied.
Raleigh, Oct. 24.—A riot o curved in
Person county. The county candidates
spoke at Winstead. After conservative
speeches by R. B Bootie of Durham and
Colonel John S. Cunningham of Person,
S. P. Satterfield, Repub.ican candidate
for the hoti-e, made an incendiary
speech to the negros and caused them
to attack a white man, and us he
was defending himself from their vile
epithets they began to strike him with
sticks, and a general riot ensued be
tween several hundred white and ne
gro men.
The difficulty was brought on by the
inflamed mind of the negroes, the re
sult of Satterfield’s speech. Many were
badly wounded and blood flowed freely.
A number of white men were struck by
stones thrown by negroes, and three
were severely hurt. A pistol was fired
and the negro men fled. The white
men were not expecting any difficulty,
but information is that the trouble was
concocted in Roxboro by the negroes.
From what can be learned, a great
many negroes were injured.
Colonel Cunningham made a speech
to pacify the white men. He appealed
to them to allow their better judgment
to prevail over their anger, which had
resulted in an uncalled for attack, and
to lay aside their passion and prejudice.
His advice was followed by the white
men, and they quickly went to work to
get the names of the negroes who
brought about the trouble.
Roxboro is wild and nothing but abuse
is heard for Satterfield. Further trouble
is feared.
PETITION FOR A PARDON.
Lord Berestonl Think* He Has Suffered
>ufHulently For H|g Crime.
Atlanta, Oct. 24.—Governor Atkin
son has received, an application for a
pardon for Walter S. Beresford, the
noted lord who was sentenced to the
penitentiary from Floyd county some
time ago. The application comes from
the superintendent of the convict camps
at Kramer, at which camp Beresford is
located.
The petition for executive clemency
is signed by more than 1,000 citizens
and officials of Georgia, many of whom
are high in public life. The petitions
recite that Beresford is believed to have
suffered sufficiently for his crime and
his release is prayed for.
Seve-al mouths ago the state pardon
board considered the case of Beresford
and a recommendation was made to
Governor Atkinson that the convict be
pardoned. No action has ever been
taken by the governor, but some dispo
sition will likely be made of the case,
now that another and bigger petition in
behalf of the prisoner has been filed.
A HOLDUP IN NEW MEXICO?
Feared the Stage Het ween White Oak. and
San Antonio Has Been Bobbed.
San Antonio, N. M., Oct. 24.—The
stage from White Oaks has failed to ar
rive for two nights, and it is feared that
a holdup has occurred in the Oscura
mountains. Harry Rice, stationkeeper,
arrived here and reports that Wednes
day’s and Thursday’s stages failed to
arrive at the half way station, and that
his suspicions being aroused, he held
back the Thursday stage from San An
tonio and sent Albert Halleubeck on
horseback over the line.
Four miles from the mountain station
Halleubeck discovered three men armed
with Winchester rifles in ambush by.
the roadside and returned. It is be
lieved they held up the White Oaks
stage and were waiting forth > one from
San Antonio.
Death of n Well Known Repnbtlenn-
Canton, 0., Oct. 21.—Hon. W. H.
Miller, an oldtime friend of Major Mc-
Kinley, died here about 8 o’clock from
the results of a stroke of apoplexy. He
was the Republican nominee for presi
dential “lector in this congressiona' dis
trict. The committee has named his
son, Charles Miller, as the elector from
this district. Major McKinley called at
the Miller house to pay his respect to
the family shortly after the end came
Mr. Miller was a patent attorney of
prominence and had been conspicuously
identified with manufacturing interests
and church affairs in this city.
Want, a Receiver Appointed.
Charleston, Oct. 24.—1 n the United
States circuit court here Mitchell &
Smith, representing W. B. Strang &
Co., prayed Judge Simonton to uppoint
a receiver for the Greenwood, Anderson
and Western railroad, of which Ike
Brown is president. The complaint al
leges that Strang & Co., who have the
contract for building the road, have not
been paid for the work done by them.
The prayer asks that the lease of the
Carolina Midland road to the Green
wood, Anderson and Western be in
cluded as part of the property of the
latter liue.
Farmer, and l ie Buyer. In a How.
Waterford, Ireland, Oct. 24. A
quarrel has arisen here from the mer
chants buying pigs direct from the
farmers instead of through the Dally
bricken pig buyers. A number of the
latter waylaid four of the merchants
and beat them nearly to death. There
is great excitement and there are fears
of further disturbances.
Indian Tertitory’a First Legal Ilmiglnff,
Ardmore, L T., Oct. 24.—Charles
Johnson, a negro, under conviction of
rape, lias been sentenced in the federal
court by Judge Kilgore, to be hanged on
Feb. 19, next. This promises to be the
first lawful hanging in the Indian Ter
ritory, as it will also be the first execu
tion for rape under -tho recently enacted
law
Moore App -lute I to SaoodJ.l Clayt in.
Washington. Oct 24—The president
has appointed George F. Moore, present
district attorney for the middle district
of Alabama to be United States attorney
for tli dib.rict, v.ce Clayton. removed
for active participation in politics.
Turkish Military Preparation*.
Constantinople, Oct. 24 —An irado
has been issue I levying a poll tax of
5 piastres per head on all Mussulmans,
and increasing the taxes on sheep, pub
lic works and education by 1 to 1% per
cent. These taxes, with the revenue
from the five projected monopolies, will,
it is estimated, produce 1,*00,003 Turk
ish pounds, which will be used for mil
itary purposes. These military prepara
tions, in connection with the tone of
the Turkish press against the Armeni
ans, have excited comment.
A Battle With Mooudi-tier*.
WiAteburg, Ky., Oct. 24 Advices
from upper Elkhorn creek. Pike county,
near the Leech county liue. tell of a
battle between four Unite.! States mar
shals and moonshiners. John Young,
a moonshiner, was mortally woutnted,
being pierced by three balls, and an
other “shiner,” whose name cannot be
learned, was probably fatally wounded.
The officers succeeded in cutting up and
destroying four stills, and captured five
moonshiners, who were taken to Jack
son for trial.
North Carolina** Fair Closes*
Raleigh, Oct. 24 —The thirty-sixth
annual state fair here has ended and in
point of exhibits and attend.nice was
one qf the best ever held. Bennehan
Cameron was re-elected president and
John Nichols secretary. At night the
marshal gave the grand annual ball at
the Capital club’s assembly rooms. One
of its features was the presentation of a
S2OO diamond pin to Chief Marshal Ed
ward McKissick of Asheville, by.the as
sistant marshals.
Found Blockade Whisky In Sheriff's Cellar
Winston, N. C., Oct 24.—Two reve
nue officers visited the home of Sheriff
Williams of Davie county and destroyed
four barrels of blockade whisky, which
were found in the cellar. It is charged
that the Republican sheriff expected to
nse the whisky in treating voters dur
ing the closing days of the campaign
ATKINSON MENTIONED
Georgia’s Governor May Enter
the Senatorial Race.
A SILVER MAN WILL BE CHOSEN
Legislature Is Almost Utianimoudy For
the White Metal, and the Person Who
Gets the Seat, Which Would Have Been
Mr. Crisp's Had He Survived, Must Be
an Advocate of Free Coinage Policy.
Atlanta, Oat. 24.—Ex-Speaker O. F.
Crisp’s untimely death throws the po
litical situation into chaos, and makes
the choice of senator a matter of great
uncertainty. The legislature is almost
unauimously for free silver, however,
and whoever is named will be an advo
cate of that policy.
Mr. Crisp was the choice of the Dem
ocrats of Georgia to succeed Senator
John B Gordon in the United States
senate, and would have been chosen to
that position by the legislature at its
approaching session had he lived.
Governor W. Y. Atkinson, who has
just been re-elected chief executive of
Georgia for a term of two- years, is
prominently mentioned as successor to
the senatorial seat which would have
been Mr. Crisp’s had he survived.
Should he enter and be elected, there
would probably be a contest for the gov
ernorship between Hou. Robert S. Ber
ner and Hon. A. S. Clay, chairman of
the state Demdbratic executive commit
tee. Governor Atkinson’s choice as
senator would render necessary a special
election for governor.
Crisp-'* mi th Debates Recalled.
Speaker Crisp’s death was not alto
gether a surprise in political circles, as
it had been known for some months
that he had not long to live and never
again could be an active figure in public
affairs. The speaker had several spells
of illness in Washington. He suffered
from asthma and later from heart
trouble.
His ill health, however, did not be
come a matter of public notoriety until
last spring, when, during his debate
with ex-Secretary Hoke Smith. His
physicians advised him that it would
imperil his life for him to continue the
debate, which had attracted great state
as well as national interest, by reason of
the fact that it involved the position of
the Democratic party of the state on the
silver question as well as the senator
ship from Georgia, for which the ex
speaker was an active candidate. Tho
silver men won their fight, and Mr.
Crisp, had he lived, would have been
the next senator from Georgia.
He was a forceful speaker, a man of
great tact, and possessed of qualities
that eminently fitted him for leadership
in a parliamentary assemblage.
His first prominence in national affairs
camo from the skill with which he led
liis party in several warm election con
tests.
Hi* Election to tho Speakership.
The prestige he then acquired led to
liis election to the speakership after one
of the most memorable canvasses in the
history of the house.
His chief opponent was Senator Roger
Q. Mills, whom he defeated after a
strangle which was so prolonged that the
hou’ of representatives, contrary to
custom, assembled on the opening day
tyith the question of its next speaker
still in doubt.
As speaker Mr. Crisp was fair but
firm. His rulings have been upheld,
and though sometimes they were sub
ject of considerable criticism from his
political opponents, he always com
manded their respect and confidence.
He was a pronounced advocate of the
free coinage of silver, and on one occa
sion his casting vote as speaker saved
the defeat of a free coinage bill. On the
other hand it was largely due to his
firmness in ruling that has shaped the
Sherman repeal law through the house
and defeating a formidable filibustering
movement led by Mr. Bland of Missouri
and others.
Mr. Crisp was an Englishman by
birth, and in his early life had been
identified with the stage.
Battleship Oregon Ready For S©a,
San Francisco, Oct. 24.—After weeks
of preparation, the new United States
battleship Oregon is ready for sea. She
was ordered out. some weeks ago, but it
was discovered that her turret ma
chinery was out of order and would not
work. Then it was found that her com
pass would have to be readj in ted. Now,
however, everything is in ship shape on
board. She will steam over to Sausi
lato, and if there is no fog she will pass
out of the golden gate. If there is fog
she will wait for favorable conditions.
Ex-Secretary Foster Reaches Frisco.
San Francisco. Oct. 24. —Hon. John
W. Foster, who negotiated the treaty
between China and Japan at the close
of the iecei>t war. arrived here, accom
panied by Mrs. Foster, from Washing
ton, D. C. Mr. Foster is on his way to
Hawaii, Japan and China. It has been
hitherto announced that he was going
to Hawaii on a delicate diplomatic mis
sion. but it is now stated that his real
mission concerns only Japan and Chinn.
He will sail oti the Hong-Kong steamer
Peru on Monday.
AN OVATION TO CARLISLE.
Secretary «»f th« I’rca-Miry the S<jc-
4*ml ll. a of Speech!**.
Bdwl'ng Ghee::. Ky., Oct. 24 —This
city never before Veld such a crowd as
has come hern to hear Secretary of the
Treasury Carlisle m ike the second of
his series of Kentucky speeches. Dele
gations of gold standard Democrats
from ail over tne Tnirn district are here
and many silver men, but up to the
present time there has been no evidence
of any attempt to offer an indignity to
the distinguished speaker.
However, unusual precautions have
been taken to prevent any disturbance.
Mayor Mallory has sworn in a large
number of special policemen, who are
stationed at various points in the opera
house, and they have instructions to
nse vigorous measures in the event any
one offers to iuiult the speaker in any
manner.
| -Mi t.'.e morntng Mr. Carlisle received
a constant stream of callers at his hotel
and was accorded unusual evidences of
esteem in which he is held in southern
Kentucky. Among the distinguished
men here are United States Senator
Lindsay of Kentucky and ex-United
States Senator J. F. House of Clarks
ville, Tenn.
Hon. John S. Rhea, silver Democratic
candidate for congress in this district,
has relinquished liis announced inten
tion of demanding a division of time
with Mr. Carlisle, but announces that
he will answer Mr. Carlisle’s speech on
the streets in front of the opera house as
soon as the secretary concludes.
Mr. Carlisle arrived at the opera house
at 1 o’clock and was introduced by Ma
jor Wells Covington, 41 farmer of this
county. He was given an ovation and
began his speech shortly after the hour
named, no disorder occurring.
MONEY CAME TOO LATE.
Sad Story of a Missouri IVomau’a Salolde
at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Oct. 24. Mrs. Kate
Bascom of Clinton, Mo., killed herself
and her 4-year-old son at a lodging
house, on Oak street, by closing the
doors and windows of the room and
turning on the gas. She was without
money, but expected some by every
mail from her husband at Clinton.
Day after day passed, and the money
did not come and she became so despon
dent that she resolved to kill herself
hnd her son. The letter containing the
money arrived, and when the lodging
house keeper went to Mrs. Bascom’s
room with it, she found mother and son
dead.
Failed to Select a National Flower.
Asheville, N. C„ Oct. 24.—Congress
will not be asked at its session to adopt
a national flower. This decision was
reached by the national flower congress,
which evidently favored the columbine,
although it deemed it inadvisable to
make recommendations to congress, as
all sections of the country were not rep
resented in the meeting. The congress
has adjourned. A local committee, of
which Edwin A. Taylor of Asheville is
secretary, will continue the work for
the movement.
Dollars For Fifty Cents.
Norfolk, Oct. 24.—The sensational
story sent out to certain papers about
the arrest of W. W. Hall, manager of
the sound money league in Portsmouth,
under the -charge of violating a state
statute in selling Mexican dollars for 50
cents apiece, had only a slight sem
blance of truth. Mr. Hall, upon the
advice of his attorney, refused to recog
nize the authorities, and it was stated
that a warrant would be sworn out
against him, but none has been served
as yet.
Mr*. Drayton to We<l an Englishman.
New York, Oct. 24.—A well designed
rumor has gained currency in society
I circles here that Mrs. Astor will soon
announce the engagement of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Drayton, to an Englishman.
Mrs. Drayton, who is the divorced wife
of J. Coleman Drayton, has lately been
the guest of intimate friends in Eng
land and Scotland, and is now at the
apartments of Mrs. Astor on the Champ.;
Elysee, Paris.
Statement ot the
New York, Oct. 24 —The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes: Reserve, increase, $3,049,800;
loans, decrease, $6,019,800; specie, in
crease. $1,095,900; legal ten dors, increase,
$650,800; deposits, decrease. $5,212,490;
circulation, decrease, $lO 500. The
banks now bold $14,960,100 in excess of
the requirements of the 25 per ceat rue.
Wholesale Nvtimi Dealer* A**lgn.
Cleveland, Oct. 24.—5. Hayne-i &
Co., wholesale notion dealers, at 114
Saint Clair street, have assigned to Ju
lius W. Dutsch. It is estimated that
the liabilities will amount to $50,003
an<] assets $30,000.
Biff Rubber Factory Close* Down.
Springfield, Mass., Oct. 24.—The
rubber factory of Spaulding & Peffer,
at Chicopee Falls, has shut down in
definitely. The employes were informed
that if McKinley is elected they may re
port at the factory for work the morn
ing following, but if Bryan is elected
they will be notified when wanted.
Cottoll Granted a N.*w Trial.
Akron, 0., Oct. 24.—The supreme
court has granted a new trial to Romu
lus Oottell, who was sentenced to hang
Nov. 6 for the murder of the Stone fam
ily at Talmadge, last March. The case
was reversed on error in the judge’s
charge regarding the evidence necessary
to prove insanity.
Two Women Killed In h Runaway.
Elba, Ala., Oct. 24. —Mrs. William
Hanchey, Miss Elmira Hanchey and a
little child were riding in a buggy near
here when the mule became frightened
and ran away. When found by the
side of the road both woihen were dead
and the child had one leg and one arm.
broken.
A Suicide at Sumter.
Sumter. S. 0., Oct. 24.—J. J. Muller
shot himself through the brain. His
mind is believed to have been affected.
He was a German, but had lived in
Sumter for many years.
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