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f TABLI9H*D 1850. j H HTIU., Editor and Proprietor. | GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. r wWS OF THE TWO STATES PARAGRAPHS. in Mod loon County— * s,or -„>ring Kntttllrd on n ( „ u nty LJtily by the Sting of * , , jiter Dollar Swallowed *“ v ll e Negro. * ‘ CKOKC.IA. .. r \. ior federate soldiers of August. i s •** , *®*’lL- Manufacturing Company, of T * O' '* .' |to liutid twenty cot- WB** ,n tv. Mu-h., who i huri-b of Quitman, j ! • - family, and euter- r jo}n>® ’ in( j. 4 if.n Columbus, who 1* .t 1 ' ... . i. n-i iies every Sunday at a> ' ‘ r V z>) to 137 verse* of the - .•mnion school is *■“ ' , ~ r „ paper of Atlanta, has T' ' ?, tca-t among the blacks in tee . .■ irv.tm the kilting of gtbej-a ■■ , t ~,, ttiat -<*ine inornin/ the ' 1 , to tind the enraged ne | re:.- ■'*. < Female I T f -s Pre.-ident of that in i'-•■-' i‘. 'v, m'.'nor. of Luhonia. Ga. He i '.... of n„- University of Georgia, I ;u a teacher. Dr. Mel!. 1 . i inr friend. Key. Wilde elated with the nom evel md "t Nt m 1 ->rW. j -*' 6 _ r;l( .dtdate for President of reverend gentle • ~: turn of bia dis v ,r*e harnjiion, of Worth 5,1 ’’,. . ut into the woods, some two , j . to attend to some hark _ f< r horse collars. He * !! an,) was dead in a few • |j . i,filter, who alone was with B ' ; . , :. into the cart and droye to . • hiid of M. O. w.t- k 11 ' iat a saw-mill a few ■ i-t Saturday. The ...der one were playing * tV - ! were, and a very large e cinlJ, mangling its child was buried at T ANARUS, , r , ... travelers of Macon have ,;, ’ . | i ; ,pt J. K. Mal ory, of the Fast r'. \ iriitna .in i Georgia, a iietition “ ),,! ", drummers to ride upon tr< . the Macon and Brunswick l ' | j.,. , ic prohiniting |iassengers on ... vi.irk- a great disadvantage to a-k to lie allowed tlie l was a 1 ting Sunday aftcr , V f ... \ . ‘.ranch of the National . f . . n j'r. II IH-mpsey presided over p„. 1, . Tt- object of the" meeting wa- to • .represent the branch in the . ... i . . n!n n i.t Boston on Aug. IS. T nj iicof Mr. .lotin F. Armstrong wan put f, r .i ir--.and he nas unanimously elected by j, ni>: n. Mr. Armstrong attended the . . nention in Philadelphia, t private letter from Wavcrosa, daterl July . - ,f the crops: I hue now traveled save three, in the First is,, n I Hi-triet-of Georgia and all the bor. 0 rr ,,,„:.,.H0nda, and I am assured that _ known for many years. 1 ura is in" |' >~t all danger. Cotton is su itrh,iß<l. without acalamity to it. will yield sminei All other field products are z. I no trtiid that the farui (isail over tlie state are equally blessed, u Menmger: Ac aooa aa Hcvelmd wa- nominated, Mr. risear Beilieh. of M i on. f,r anlerl a congratnlato rv letter, comdied in fitting terms, to the Gov ernor at AH iny. N. V. Last night's mail Brought the following response, signed by the Pre-t ;• ssal candidate: '*l have received v.mr kind letter and heg to assure you that I fullv apiwate the expressions "of hearty i t* I thcreiu contained. Very re|>ect fullr.i. roer t lev eland. To si-ar Kedlirh, on-1. A. schonenian." Mr-. I A'exiinder Smith, who lives a few B , from Washington, was slung by some poisonous insect, and suffered very great I v from it. The sling was in I lie temple, and fiu-ed great swelling over the entue Isslv. Ihr tm as swollen to double its size, so She could -. ari .dy articulate, and her limbs imleven bauds and feet wen- considerably in to n. Iter symptoms were very alarming. The poi-on also eau-ed nettle ra-ii to break •at all orer her body. Dr. Andrews treated the ease and relieved the sufferer. It is not kno n positively what kind of insect in— fl-eieo the sting, hut it i- thought !i wa- either ibeeoran m-.s ! that rc-eiuhies a Iks'. The Insect was not -ecu distinctly. Brunswick //snt/.f: The rice fields on the Altamalia and MitdU river- l<u>k exceedingly fine, nod 1 here are several persons here who i for months investigating the prac ticability of erecting a rice mill here this fall. The money ran lie secured for a null adapted for our circumstance-, liut the difficulty has been to get machinery that would suit—that •noil We know parties who haw teen al work at securing a nee mill for ve many letters on thesub i-: and are -till engaged in the hunt for suitable machinery, ami when the requisite m rbie. ry i- found-and it w ill l>c—then the rocmilwi Igo forward. lint we fear it will subscriptions from in f Nl —. duly 21: Perth hv- nva led and darkened with "grief threekiaies . in within lute more .- t ago Mr and Mrs. C. Pen i innocent babe. Last Thars-lav cveniugthe H in dus of Mrs. Wil liam li. ffen.-tl w.:,- ronsignea to tlie grave, t.-trrlay little Gusi-ell, infant eliilil of Mr. xn i Mr- i> M Ih erl-. p.i-.-, .| from life, and a- -i.rnd i! - ti.omuig.—ln undertaking iim the altitude of Kastman as eompared * M icon the Ttlturttpk and aso-’o,r. n re.-eiit i--tie. makes a mistake la •} -.. . tutide of Maeon i- 4lu feet nud " * i tinan ? feel. Asa matter of fart Ut- i t -. ..f K..-tman is about 500 feet, anil is ib-att r than that of any poiul from Macou “b'wi.n dcnce Madison JB<f *-v M i-ter I',miime Hndiston, a thirteen vear-, : -no t . | Brols-ton. comes to the ir. i- a . urio-uv. It is a large bird * “Ck-.i.i --e lav this week. He was * o.ut in ti ' itbing. when his attention s! , lr: ‘ -1 hi a singular looking fowl a •tort disian. e ilown stream. He ran home, - ague, ant 1 icgi- I what proved to be a -- Tk. tb it l v actual measurement with ts;uare. w - 4 feel high, and i feet s Indies in-m 1.1 j, liw ;i - a l>eautiful bird, be ' tthu., with the exception of a r on us wings and tail, i. • . . aim to know, say ttiat it was a , * - ‘ rk. ai. ui- surmised that it was o' 'y" -• l-ari- by the recent heavy wind wwwtnai j mm i over this section. , ' -: On Wednesday night of *n-k i- ■ -r.--t man named 4 harles Mash •arn-:. under p-eul'.ar circumstance*. •• M, rrynian. of Honda, has lieon visiting ' ' 7 1 Herring Quinn About i * r ,. k 1 V ' nl * ~, Mrs. li.well Quinn arose r ; 'j r -it- e. : s-oae water, aud t er v , i! u ‘ 1 Mi— Merrvman's room fi’ r ' ; ll ‘° a bright moonlight .i ' ' n " " ' ' ,r ed a negro kneeling lie r , '• .On calling her husband the -itr . ri-pt iiaocr iho U-,1. Failing to arouse “ r ‘ ■"rite went after him. In the * o o'' 1 ‘tt.-ro darted out of the house, * ■ o nad been at last aw ak ,.t.* l: '. ‘ 1 )- r '- ot. The negro was orer- ErvVi- " UIC house, and the I " v r , , was arraigned liefore Justice . ' He ng questioned he ac- H... - •' I- intentions towards Miss v :ie>t character. He ■ to jail to si and his trial at the tiseth* I .’ l l:- ' u l* ,rior Court. During the *f-rr h'" wa! * ln the room, and even * ' sue. the voung lady slept, un- I'aUie " '■’ la,i * :t ' r ttlueb threateued her— t : a: 1 •*> ' and Ted lad named 7'' r ' I r " 11 i:lit before K.qmre T. T. k™ i , ' fiarge of stealing a horse a colored mail. After -a.: u,""- ! '' mon was committed to ansaer the ch.xrge.of simple larceny. rr --' r.dence Moexino News. July , t£ o '. ; :ii >r town yesterday morn r.vol l"*' : '' tr a ! from "avannah ar tticce** , '* 1 ' , w observed jierched upon ■vn- -iii - . 1 ”' 1 ; Hu’smoke-stack. The of tr„ tr;! 'n stopped 1.0 flew to the roof W*t’er ‘ ' ri t u ' l,!lu -. there to collect bis -'V' I '"'' a: ' | meditate U|K)n Ins “dead the irs ■ : **V * lustle of the engine, when vj, ‘ . 7 ' Jr: *. . M-cnied to remind him of hi* oi \ ‘ rv ;, " r lu ' hastily scrambletl to the •Mil ilw i ■ * " CTP remained concealed train wa- beyond hearing. He then t th. and enjoyed it, no ta*t ' an tml.mued extent. It is supposed pUug to fly acro-s the rail f■. Y • w.,-. i-. t;.t- en the j-reM-ure of the air v: .|',l. ■“ -J 1 • sit; ,u until the train arrived ~e “ay hare ridden quite a a. t-i o' . 44 ,lie lr*a does a Fleming and Josup.— T.<-' . ‘ r " ‘-‘ ape<l from the Jesup jail i3|tw ■■ a! ‘d ran auray. The remain n. t .", .' rv l 'aught before they sueceedevt in *i been ." r , i '*‘' As JCt the former have o. IP . * rr hut the authorities in Ma- E,-> ■ ‘'i' , li ’, vannah and TVayrroM have i ri■ 10 out for them, tine of the ffl -: K - , 7 i "° liCrs fiad in jail several 9U-o • ailing his trial for murder.—A. W. cf |ii„ o° r towra,and MissCarne Little, n:veo . ": u ‘. were married this week. They rv-, 3 '. “ -,< ‘ U P yesterday morning, and wiil 6r. , K ' me time. The charming little c nc?; ~"7 Ur 'ow n last year, and maile a ***e>ne,i i J. n V °f the popular and inueh s*t 'D'lcgrnom. They have the sincer h-r It. f„v! 'heir numei-ous Jesup friends r tßtur * welfare and happiness. T> ... _ FLORIDA. At l *° f m P* Are to be extended. ei> * negro, while playing with ttoati, lln -hnt two dollar pieces in hi* u ' r "'anlß *otne one tickled hitm, . c atl -mpted to laugh, oue of once his thr oat The doctor at At . * half *“ Uon of c " tor oil - Sunday rowdies visited E. A. Pitted hni . . re * ,Jencc ' which is almost com ,BO' Jet occupied, and maliciously frwa I iasferm n af ,y “ paint on the ‘ogitiitc ODe ot ,l *e rooms, render h at ir „ *° remoce the plastering from One and 7 an<l iit. Coffin*' iL.i” 1 * e ‘ k a UtUs non of the widow ew ton-m , u ?h ne4r Pl *“t City, was bitten by a > ih<Si*£ ee A i “. Awl death resulted o{ the'kf. Thu *• lhe ■** oad Jks same h ** occurred recently in tottsn a ae-r^s l^ortloo<l. After the child was iy** Urge tßii W “ m#de for fhe snake and fcUsfi. * i ‘Uii-grown ones were lound and Siwtnnali Fort Dade J f**tnger: The post office at Fort Dade is now a money order office, and money order* can be drawn as soon as all the ncces sary papers hare arrived. This is an evidence of the rapid development of our section. Two years ago the mail was carried on horseback, and one post office supplied all of the Fort Dade section. Now we have a multitude of offices and a prospect of a railroad at an early day. Tampa Tribunt: The Republicans came near doi:-g a very ridiculous thing at their mass meeting last Saturday by indorsing the Independent platform. They "did not seem to be aware that that platform denounces the Republican party as foam-capped with fraud." If it had not lieen for one individual in the meeting the indorsement would have been made. After the blunder was discovered, ihe meeting became so much afraid of the resolutions that they failed even to indorse Blaine and Logan, and laid the whole matter on the table. Gainesville Z'.n'/y Bee: An old negro walked up to the post office window yesterday and asked for a money order application. It was given him. and he drew up the paper for ten dollais and handed it back to the clerk, who proceeded to draw the order. The order iieing drawn the clerk handed it to the darkey and a-ked for the ten dollars; in response he drew forth from his pocket an old greasy tiftydollar Confederate bill and demanded "the change.” The clerk informed him that under the pres ent administration he was not aliowed to take that class of money, and gave it back. The ~k ' rv seemed much surprised, but carefully folded the bill and put it in bis purse as iie marched out with a "two for a cent” look upon his face. ile(*x|K-cts to vote for George VV asbington at the coming election. State Politic*. S. B. Hatcher, of Columbus, is in the race for the Skuatorship of the Twenty-fourth dis trict. On motion of George Culberth, T. C. Ham wus elected as alternate for c. F. Staten, and Capt. D. K. A. Johnson for Matthew Roberts. Thomas G. Crawford and James D. Smith were duly elected delegate* to attend the Mate Convention, and B. Jlaloy aud L. E. Roberson as their alternates. The Democracy of Richmond county held a mass meetingat Augusta Mondav night ami instructed the Gubernatorial delegates to vote Dr hot. McDaniel. The delegates to the Eighteenth district Senatorial Convention are instructed to vote for John S Davidson. Echols county correspondence Mukmsu News. .July I'J: In response to the ca I of lion. •1.1. Prescott, Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Echols county, the Democratic party assembled Saturday at the court house, lor tlie purpose of selecting del egates to attend the Gubernatorial and Con gres-ional conventions. At the Democratic mass meeting held in Brunswick last Saturday, Hon. G. E. Dart was unanimously renominated to represent Glynn county in the General Assembly. The meeting was the largest and most enthusiastic political gathering ever seen in Brunswick. It is understood that the Republican* will not place any one in nomination. It is re|>orted that the friends of Messrs. Hammond and Mynatt, teeing Douglass county for Jackson as between the three,have determined to fuse their strength against him by either an attempt to send aso-cailed unin stru- lcd delegation, or to send a delegation half for Hammond and half for Mynatt. In deed, ( apt. Jackson openlv charged in ins ad dress at Douglaasville Monday that such was the programme against him, and it was not denied by either of the other gentlemen, both of whom were present and made speeches. With regard to Congressional delegates, W. K Bamberg moved that the Chair appoint six delegates, two for Judge Merslion. ,two for Hon. A. Pratt Adams, and two for Capt. S. D. Brad well. The motion was lost. The sen timents of the ieopte being about equally di vided la-tween A. Pratt Adams and Capt. 8. Dowse Brad well, a compromise was proposed an>l finally oflfected, to t*en<l one Adams man and one (tradwell man. and on motion of T. < . Ham the name of C. F. .Staten was intro duced for tlie Adams ticket, aud Matthew Roberts for the Brad well ticket. THE NEW YORK STRIKE. Conflicting Statements of Employers as to tlie Number of Men Kngaged in It. Nkw York, July 22.—As nearly as could be ascertained from the conflicting statements made by the employes and em ployers to-day, there were nearly TOO bricklayers and 1,100 laborers on a strike, The employes, at a meeting to-day, ap pointed committees to visit all buildiugs throughout the city on which bricklayers and laborers are employed, and report the condition of affairs at a meeting this evening. The strikers denv that three fourths of the Master Builders’ Associa tion have thetr contracts so framed vvtih architects and owmers. that their time for completing the work can be extended the same number of days as tho strike shail exist. They admit, however, that a lew members may have such con tracts. So men have as yet been em ployed in the places of the strikers. One of the largest builders in the city said to-day that tho members are unani mous on the question of bolding out, and that as soon as certain buildings arc com pleted those members who yielded to the demand for nine hours will join their col leagues in resisting their employes. He thought that they could succeed, notwith standing the acknowledged strength and wealth of the labor organizations. Many builders who are not members of the asso ciation have refused to grant the nine hours demand. A STRIKE ORDERED ENDED. St. Lovis, July 22.—Information from Belleville, Ills., the centre ot a large coal mining districts here a considerable num ber of miners have been on a strike recently for higher wages, is to the efTeet that Charles Nesbit, President of the Miners’ Union, has declared the strike off on ac count of the destitute condition of some of the miners, and the latter will resume work at the old price of cents for dig ging. Several operators have been will ing to accede to the demands of tho men lor 2 ceuts, but most of them stood out, and, as no concert of action could be agreed upon, there has been quite a dis turbed state of affairs in the district, and much distress. ENABLE TO PAY THEIR HANDS. Providence, July 22.—A1l depart ments ot the National Itubber Company, of Bristol, are shut down this morning. The company owes its workmen for June and for as much of July as has passed. Shipping: Interests Seriously Affected. Washington, July 22.—Questions are constantly arising at the Treasury De partment under the operations of the Dinghy shippiug bill, and action on them is delayed because of the absence of the Commissioner of Navigation. The de partment has heard nothing from Mr. Fatten, the gentleman appointed to that office, and it is not now known whether or not he intends to assume its duties. As many of the questions involve important questions of construction, etc., action on them is important, they have been referred to Mr. Dingley, the author of the bill, for such suggestions as he may deem proper. The luisin- ss of the new division created by this bill is represented to be most urgent, and the delay conse quent on the existing state of affairs is said to be seriously affecting the 6hippiug interests of the country. Florida’s Metropolis. Jacksonville, July 22.—C01. Bisbee and ex-Scnator Conover have pone to Tallahassee to manipulate the Republican State Convention, which meets there Thursday. Many delegates are passing through the city en route to the same point. It is considered certain that the convention will indorse the Independent nomination. An unfortunate white woman made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide to-day. A visiting colored infantry company from Brunswick, Ga., escorted by two colored companies of this city, paraded Bay street this morning, making a credi table appearance. A Noted Abolitionist Dying. riTTSBCRG, Pa., July 22.—Jane Gray Swisshelm, a noted abolitionist and advo cate of female rights, is dying at her home at Sewickley, Pa. On Saturday, July 12, she was taken ill with a com plaint common to her in summer, and since then has been growing steadily weaker, until last night, when she lost consciousness. Mrs. Swisshelm was born in this city in 1815, and her yfe has been a most eventlul one. For forty Tears she has been a regular contributor for many leading papers of the country. A Great Buffalo Hunter Killed. Kansas City. July 22.—At Dodge City, Kansas, late last night. Deputy Marshal Mathers, notorious as "Mvsterious Dave,” shot and killed Thomas Kixon, a Deputy Marshal. The murder was the result of an old feud. Mathers fired four shots, any one of which would have been fatal. A cow-boy standing near was also shot in the knee. Nixon had the reputation of being the best buffalo Apater ou the plains. W Cincinnati Saloon Keepers Sued. I Cincinnati, July 22.—Four hundred [ and two saloon keepers were sued yester j day for $lOO or $2OO each, according* to the kind ot liquor 6old. This action was brought about by the failure ol over 2,000 saloon keepers to pay for their annual licenses under the provisions of the Scott law. For All Nervous Troubles. “Benson’s Capcine Porous Plasters re lieved my sciatica.” Congressman Guen ther, of Wisconsin. 25 cents, MAINE'S COMING BURIAL. IN DEPEN DENTS CUT OUT A WIND ING SHEET OF BALLOTS. A Good Fit Made Certain by a Careful Measurement of the Plnmecf Knight’s Record—The Democratic Ticket Not Formally Indorsed, but to be Sup ported at the Polls. New York, July 22. —A meeting of the Independents opposed to Blaine was held to-day m the University Club Theatre. For an hour before the time fixed there was an unusual stir in that generally quiet locality, and inside the corridors of the little theatre a consultation of Inde pendents was busily carried on. Among the more prominent faces noticeable were those of George William Curtis and Carl Schurz. The latter was the centre of an interested and animated group. Clarence Bowen, of the Independent, and other of the seceding members of the Brooklyn Y'oung Republican Club were present. The Secretaries made up a list ot those who were to be present, which showed that Massachu setts was more numerously represented than any other State except New York. A few from New Jersey and Connecticut, and some from more distant States were on the roll. Admission to the hall was by ticket, but any one signing the following formula, which was furnished on a printed slip to each applicant, was given a card of admission without further question: “Disapproving of the nomination made by the : Republican National Convention at Chicago as unworthy of support, aud be lieving that the interests of good govern ment and ol' public morals demand the defeat of the Republican candidates for President and Vice President, and be ing therefore resolved not to vote for Blaine and Logan, I desire to take part with other Republican and Independent voters In the conference to be held at the University Club Theatre,on Madison ave nue and Twentv-sixtb street. New York, Tuesday, July 22, at 11 a. m.” THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATES. Among the Massachusetts delegates were the following: From Boston. George W. Hale, F. C. Lowell and J. B. Gardner: from Cambridge, Jabez Fox, George W. Wright, F. V. B. Kerr. Col. T. W. Higgin son, A. M. Howe and J. B. Thayer; from Concord, Samuel Hoar, Arthur J. Fuller and Messrs. Chapman and Hudson; from Fall River, S. Borden; from New Bedford. F. B. Gummere and W. C. Lamson; from Brookline, Theodore Lyman; from Qnincv, E. 8. Huntington, Josiah Quincy, W. B. Rice, William Everett and Mr. Slade; from Woburn, W. B. Killen: from New ton, Col. A. A. Pajie, J. R. Canter, J. F. Ober, F. F. Ramon and J. S. Farlo; from Chelsea, A. B. Bosson; from Dedham, F. J- Stimson; from Lexington. Cornelius Wellington and C. S. Osgood. There were also delegates from New Haven, New Jersev. Rhode Island and Pennsvlva nia. The hall was well filled when the meeting was called to order. The National Temperance Society circulated a memorial in the conference asking it to take cognizance of the alco holic liquor traffic, and requesting that it would not indorse the “saloon plank” of the Democratic platform which says: “Wo are opposed tc sumptuary laws which vex citizens and interfere with in dividual liberty.” Among other prominent persons pres ent were Benjamin H. Bristow, W. C. Beecher and Francis C. Barlow. The members of ti e Independent Executive Committee, of Massachusetts, were all present. They are: Charles R. Codman, President; Moses Williams, Secretary; and Pbineas Pearce, Winslow Warren, George Frederick Williams aud Mansfield Strong. CURTIS CHEERED. The appearance of George William Cur tis on the platform elicited cheers and applause. Mr. Curtis called the meeting to order near noon, and welcomed the delegates. He read the eall for the con ference, and when he reached that portion of it which related to Republicans "who will not vote for Blaine and Logan,” he was interrupted by heartv applause. Charles K. Codman was elected Presi dent. The list of Vice Presidents and enroll ment committee was read, including Carl Scburz, Gen. Barlow aiul C. J. Bonaparte, of Maryland. The nominees were all elected. Col. Codman made an address, in which he said: You confer great honor on me in choosing me to preside over the deliberations of not a body of officeholders, but of citizens, xvliosc only desire is for the good of the whole coun try. We have decided to cast aside party affiliations for the time being. The nomina tion of the Republican party for the Presi dency is an iusuit to American manhood. BLAINE’S BAD RECORD. Blame has not cleared his record from the charges that lie used his public office for pri vate gain, amt we fear that he xvill continue liis u-ual method; ttiat he will prove no dead head in any enterprise he may embark in. We make no charges against his private charac,- ter, bnt Blaine is not fit to be President of the United States. There is no great issue clear ly defined between the two parlies, so that we have to confine ourselves to the question of the fitness of the candidates. We shall not give up our right to condemn and denounce lawlessness and oppression in the South more than our right to condemn political dishonesty in the North. We shall exercise both of these rights. We shall not support Blaine, nor shall we support any of the many who justify the Copiali murder—if indeed such a man can lie found for wdioin any one would ask the suffrages of the people. We respect tho convictions of others; but for ourselves wc say that it is just as impossible for us to support Blaine as it is to lie or steal. ASSEMBLED FOR BUSINESS. We are assembled to-day to confer together ami to consider what practical action u e shall take. We have one purpose in view, and as reasonable men we desire to act together; bnt we shall cot, 1 think, make any attempt to demand pledges or to bind consciences. What ever is done here—a man is free to follow his own course—no pledges will be asked, and certainly none will be given. For myself Ido not hesitate to say that the defeat of Blaine • should be compassed by all honorable means. It seems to me that the cause of good govern ment. of cure p. lilies,of Aniericar. character, requires it to be done. There is but one way to do it, and that wav must be obvious to ns all. We desire first of all a President that is incorruptible, and if, beside that, he is able nud independent, so much the better. We hax - e nol far to go to And a man who is all this. It has been said recently by some ot the supporters of Blaine that no" Democratic President was ever able to resist the pressure of the party managers. CLEVELAND ABOVE CRITICISM. It may, perhap*, be true, and possibly some Republican Presidents have been open" to the same criticism, but there is certainly one Democratic official who has shown his ability to successfully resist ail pressure that would interfere with a faithful performance of ofti eial duty, and he is non Governor of New York, and the Democratic candidate for Pres ident of the United States. When Mr. Codman had concluded, Mr. Schurz moved that a committee be ap pointed to act upon the resolutions and addresses. This was carried. Mr. Curtis read the communication from the National Temperance Society, referred to above, and it was referred to the Committee on Resolutions. Horace E. Deming, of Brooklyn, said lie believed that this conference would leave behind it some work that would show that it intended to do some fighting during this campaign, ne moved that a com mittee be appointed to report a plan of permanent organization. This was car ried and the committee was appointed, with Mr. Deming as Chairman. The com mittee retired for consultation. LYMAN’S TRUST IN CLEVELAND. Col. Theodore Lyman, of Brookline, Mass., made an addaess. He said: I have no objection to Dartiee. It is a dangerous thing to lie an Independent for sev eral reasons. There is even the risk of be ing calico a “crank.” But we can only go so far with a party. When a party oversteps the bounds of decency it is our duty to leave it. When a party fails to fulfill its mission it will die. Wo want an honorable and able man for President, and I believe that Gov. Cleve land is such a man. Thos. R. Bacon, of New Haven, said: The independent movement has grown to enormous strength. It has twice defeated Blaine’s Presidential aspirations within the partv. We are told that Blaine was nomina ted bv wire-pulling, or the machine, and we fear that that is true; ana If the Republican partv has reached the point xvhen it takes a man'of such damaged reputation as Blaine, it is time for somebouy to bolt. Col. T. W. Higginson, of Cambridge, Mass., said that he had never seen a more gratifying assemblage. It reminded him of gatherings that took place in the times of the anti-slavery agitation. That move ment was successful, and he believed that this would be. Continuing, he said: I have severed all allegiance for the time being to the party to which I have belonged since its birth. If at the end of ten years I find mvself the humblest member of anew party I shall accept it as inevitable. I think that bolting is a good thing sometimes. The speaker declared that the weakest part of the enemy was Blaine and the strongest force of his own army was Cleveland. As the Committee on Resolutions was not ready to report a recess was taken. THE MOVEMENT WIDESPREAD. When the conference reassembled, the Secretary made a statement in regard to letters received by the New York commit- SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1884. tee from citizens in various cities, from Maine to California, showing an extraor dinary number of signers to the declara tion of Independence. Mr. Quiroby, of New Jersey, said that to save the Republican party Blaine must be beaten, and that for every Democrat in New Jersey who would vote for Blaine there were five Republicans who would vote for Cleveland. J. F. Claflin, of Illinois, said that there was a strong Cleveland element among the Republicans in the West. President Seeley, of Amherst, also made an address, in which he said that he was not prepared to join the Democrats, but was in favor of choosing a separate can didate. He also made a plea lor temper ance principles. THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE. The Committee on Permanent Organi zation recommended that a national com mittee be appointed, and the Chair ap pointed the following: From New Y'ork, Carl Schurz, Theodore Bacon, John H. Cowing, Charles P. Miller, R. R. Bowker, George W. Folsom, Ethan Al len Doty, George Walton Greene and Horace E. Deming; from Massachusetts, William H. Forbes, Joseph Tucker, Joseph H. Walker. Samuel Hoar. Pbineas Pearce, George V. Everett and Winslow Warren; from Connecticut, Simon E. Baldwin, 0. P. Armstrong and H. W. Farnham; from New Jersey, Daniel Drake Smith, Simeon Huntington and W. G. Peekham; from Pensyivania, Stuart Wood and Joseph Parrish. Chair man Codman and George Claflin, of Illi nois, were added to the eommittee. Then Carl Sehurz, in behalf of the Com mittee on Resolutions, said .that there was no intention to make a platform for anew party, but only appeal for honest govern ment. George Wm. Curtis read the address, which is of considerable length. Mr. Curtis was frequently interrupted by ap plause, and when he had finished the reso lutions were adopted without dissent. THE PLATFORM. The following is the platform of the In dependent Republican party: The paramount issue of the Presidential election of this year is moral rather than po litical. It concerns tlie national honor and character and honesty of administration rather than general policies of the govern ment, upon which the platforms of the two parties do not essentially differ. No position taken by one platform is seriously traversed by the other. Both evidently contemplate a general agreement of public opinion on sujeets which have been long in controversy, and indicate an unwillingness toJdec!are,np6n other and cardinal questions, views which, in the present condition of opinion, might seri ously disturb tlie parties within themselves. Parties indeed now cohere mainly by habit and tradition, and since the great issues which have divided them have been settled tile most vital political activity lias been the endeavor of good citizens in both parties to adjust them to living issues and make them effective agencies of political progress and reform. The iudespensablo necessity of this course has long been apparent, for in a time of profound ]>e:ice at home and abroad tlie most threatening national perilis an insidious political corruption, mercenary and de moralizing in spirit and tendency. HOAR'S TAT DESCRIPTION. The result of what is well described by Sen ator Hoar, of Massachusetts, as "the shame less doctrine that the true way by which power should be gained in the Republic is to bribe the people with the offices created for their service, and tlie true end for which it should be used, when gained, is the promo tion of selfish ambition and tlie gratification of personal revenge.” But tliis doctrine lias produced results which are still more alarm ing. A corrupt spirit and tendency lias so rapidly developed that tliev seek po litical power not only *to gratify ambition and revenge, bnt to promote private gain. They deride appeals to tlie public con science, defend the soiled reputations of pub lic men by a bold assertion that all public men are equally guilty, declare that success in ob taining eminent position disposes of every im putation and suspicion of wrong-doing’and, despising all practical measures to reform the system of official patronage which fosters dis honest politics, makes a great party nominally responsible for prolonged and " monstrous frauds, and proclaims that it is tlie duty of every citizen who for great and beneficent ends lias habitually supported ihc party to regard the success of the party at au election, without regard to tho characters of those whom it selects as its executive agents, to be a supreme national nece-sity. A FATAL TENDENCY. A tendency more falal to the country’s wel fare cau’t be conceived, and when by public indifference or. misunderstanding this cqrrupt spirit is aide to demand that t* e country shall approve, it by according to it the highest "bom r in its gift, every patriotic citizen must per ceive that no duty could be more pressing, vi tal ami imperative, than that of baffling and defeating this demand. If the Republican C onvention had presented a candidate whose character and career were pledges of a reso lute contest with tlie tendencies that we have described, if they had foretold stern dealing with political corruption and vigorous cor rection of tlie vast abuses which a long and undisturbed term of power by any party is sure to breed. if the success of the candidate had promised inflexible honesty or adminis tration, purification of the government and the elevation of the party standard, every Republican voter would "have gladly sup ported the nomination; but these are pre cisely anticipations which the nomination forbids. BLAINE ABSOLUTELY UNFIT. It offers a candidate who is an unlit leader, shown by his own words and his acknowledged acts, which are on official record, to bo unworthy of respect and confi dence; who has traded upon his official trust for his pecuniary gain; a representative of men, methods and con duct which the public conscience condemns, and winch illustrate the very evils which honest men would reform. Such a nomina tion does not promise in the executive chair inflexible official integrity, calm and wise judgment, sole regard for the public welfare and au unshrinking determination to promote reform in the civil service, and ceaselessly to pursue and punish public robbers of every kiud and degree. The Independent voters have generally snpported the Re publican nominations as more surely promising reform than those of the Democratic party. The Independents, however, ca tins t support a nomination which is tlie culmina tion of a tendency they would correct. The Republicans cannot hope that under such leadership as we have mentioned the abuses of tlie past can be corrected, or the party re formed. We are very proud of the great record and services of the Republican party, but not with our consent or connivance shall the record be disgraced. DANGER OF DKSPOTIBM. Every party must lie consistent ly renewed by the intelligent in dependence of its own members, or it will sink from an agency to secure good govern ment into a remorseless despotism. The Re publican party first sprang from a moral sen timent. It was the party of political morality and personal liberty. It appealed directly to the conscience of the citizen, but, like all par ties, it was a political agency, unt to be wor shiped, but to be carefully held to the spirit and purposes on which and for which it was organized. “1 do not know,” said Mr. Seward 30 years ago, when he left the Whig party to join the Republicans; “I do not know that it will always, or even long, preserve its courage, its moderation, and its consistency. If it shall do so, it will secure and save the country. If it. too, shall become unfaithful, as all pre ceding parties have dune, it will, without sorrow and regret on my part, perish as they are perishing, and will give place to another truer one. This reasoning must not be forgotten. It is with a profound convic tion of its wisdom that Republicans, faithful to their party, but holding with the great Re publican fathers that political morality and purity of administration are more precious than "tlie party, are more constrained to op pose the Republican Presidential nomination in tho interest of what they believe to be pure Republicanism, of the publ c welfare and of tlie honor of the American name. OFFICIAL HONESTY AT STAKE. The Republican nomination has for the time superseded all other issues, by raising tlie question of official honesty. This question can’t be avoided except upon the plea that the official character of the candidate need not lie considered, and that in order to secure the party the present members of the party ought to vote for any candidate who lias been regu larly nominated. Th's is a plea beyond which party madness cannot go. Acquiescence in it would require tlie surrender of the sclf respect of every voter. There could be no candidate so unfit that this plea would not demand his support, and Re publican success justified by an argument which defies public conscience, would be the overthrow of the vital principles of the party, and show that the spirit and character which created iis great traditions are rapidly per ishing. THE REAL IBSCE OF THE CAMPAIGN. . Upon the practical questions of the tariff and finance, and other questions upon which both parties are divided wiihin themselves, we also are divided in opinion. We shall vote, therefore, in the choice of Representa tives and other officers according to our indi vidual opinions of their political views and their personal character. Divided on other questions we are united in the convic tion that the foundation of the office and the holder should be pure, and that the highest office in the country should be filled by a man of absolutely un suspected integrity. As there is no distinctive issue upon public policy presented for the eonsiderat-on of the country, the character of the candidates becomes of the hit best import ance to all citizens who do not hold that party Tictory should be secured at any cost. While the Republican nomination presents a party whom we cannot support, the Demo cratic party presents one whose name is the synonym of courage and honesty, and of ad ministrative political reform. He has dis charged everylofficial trust with sole regard to the public welf are and with jnst disregard of mere partisan and political advantage which: with the applause and confidence of both parties, have raised him from the chief execu tive administration of a great city to that of a great State. GUARANTEES OF REFORM. His unreserved, intelligent and sincere sup port of reform in the civil service has firmly established that reform in the State and cities of New York, and his personal convictions, proved by his official acts, more decisive than any possible platform declarations, are a guarantee that in its spirit and in its letter reform would be enforced in the national administration. His high of duty, his absolute and unchallenged official integrity, bis inflexible courage in resisting party pres sure and public outcry, bis great experience in the details of administration, amt his com manding executive ability and independence are precisely the qualities which the political situation demands in the chief executive offi cer of the government, to resist corporate mo nopoly on the one hand, demagogue commun ism ou tlie other, and at home and abroad, without menace or fear, to protect everv right of American citizens, and to respect" everv right of friendlv States bv making political morality and private honesty the basis of con stitutional administration. CLEVELAND THE MAN FOR THE HOUR. He is a Democrat who is happily free from all associations with the fierce party uiffer ences of the slavery contest and whose finan cial views are in harmony with those of the best men in both parties, and coming into public prominence at a time when official purity, courage and character are of chief im portance. lie presents the qualities and promise which the independent voters de sire and which the great body of Repub licans, believing those qualities" to be abso lutely indispensable in the administration of government at this time, do not find in the candidate of their own party. Such indepen dent voters do not propose to ally themselves inextricably with any party. Such Republi cans do not propoec to abandon the Republi can party nor to merge themselves in any other party. BOUND Tff DEFEAT BLAINE. But they do propose to aid in defeating the Republican nomination,which, not for reasons of expediency only, but for high moral and patriotic considerations.with a due regard for the Republican name and for the American character, was unfit to be made. Tliev desire not tp evade the proper responsibility of American citizens by declining to vote," and they desire also to make their votes as effec tive as possible for an honest, and pure, and wise administration. How can such voters, who, at this election, cannot conscientious ly support the Republican candidate, promote the objects which they desire to accomplish more surely than by supporting the candidate who repre sents the quality, spirit and purpose which they all agree in believing to be of controlling importance in this election? No ritizen can rigntfulli- avoid ttic issue or refuse to cast bis vote. The ballot is a trust. Every voter is a trustee for good government, liound to answer to his private conscience for his public acts. This conference, therefore, assuming that the Republican and independent voters who for any reason cannot sustain tlie Republican nomination desire to take cause which under the neces sary conditions and constitutional methods of Presidential elections will most readily and surely secure the result at which they aim, respectfully recommends to all such ciiizeus to support electors who will vote for Groycr Cleveland, in order most effectually to enforce their conviction that nothing could more deeply stain the American nanie aud prove more disastrous to the public welfare than tlie deliberate indifference of the people of tlie United States to increas ing public corruption and wautof official in tegrity in the highest trusts of tlie govern ment. Mr. Williams, of Massachusetts, in a few remarks, criticised the action of Gov. Long, of Massachusetts, and Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, in indorsing Blaine alter having denounced him in the convention, and he denounced the rule of the convention which compelled delegates to stand by the choice of the party. NO TICKET FORMALLY INDORSED. Mr. Everett, of Quincy, Mass., offered a resolution naming Cleveland and Hen dricks as the nominees of the conference. It was laid on tho table, and soon after the conference adjourned. After the adjournment of the confer ence the National Committee went into session, and discussed a plan for a perma nent organization, but no definite action was taken, and the matter was referred to a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Deming and Miller, of New Y r ork, and l’earce, of Massachusetts, to report a plan. It was also decided to have an Executive Committee of ten, who shall haye power to increase their number. They will be appointed ln a day or two. Reports from general committees in various States were received, and it was thought that the most efficient work could bo done in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts, and strong efforts will be made to defeat Blaine in those States. The sentiments expressed show that a majority of the members are in favor of conducting the campaign in an independent manner, with, perhaps, con ferences with the Democrats to avoid pos sible collisions. NO POIsITICAIi MJTCMINK. A Civil Service Commissioner Defends tlie Committee Against a Serious Charge. Washington, July 22.—A Democratic statesman being interviewed to-day said: “Just at this critical moment, when Blaine is looking towards the South to make up for any Josses sustained through the action of the Independent bolters, the Civil Service Commission announces that much of the patronage cieated by the past session of Congress must go to the Southern States, it being now their turn for recognition under the law. Mind; I do not mean that the commissioners in tentionally arranged it so as to have the appointments go to the South at this particular time. It is rather the result of circumstances, but it will have an effect upon the election all the same. The Democrats acted unwisely in creating so much patronage when, they know that its use would effect political ends. They knew that the Civil Service Commission would have to distribute the appointments through the South if they complied with the law,and it would have some effect upon the election, yet they created more new government positions than has any Con gress since 1860, except in the extraordi nary case ot the establishment of the new pension office. Of course the examina tions will be fairly conducted. As the Democrats in the South are, as a rule, better educated than the Republicans in the same section, the appointments will go largely to our party. This renders the situation still more dangerous, for as soon as the appointments are all made the stump speakers will ge to North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Louisiana and argue the fairness of the Republican party, calling upon their civil service ex perience to bear them out. and then say: “Gentlemen, to vote the Democratic party in, is to vote this noble reform out.” By this means they have a chance to carry two or three Southern States. They are now laying the foundation for this work by creating the impression, and making it widespread, that the Demo crats, and particularly Hendricks, are openly declaring that the civil service law will not be regarded if they are suc cessful. This will be a great issue in the campaign. Wait and see.” COMMISSIONER EATON PUTS IN A DE NIAL. The attention of Commissioner Eaton having been called to this subject he said that was no foundation for such a hope No person, whether an leader or other citizen, had tried to influence the commission in re gard to its relations to appointments at the South or elsewhere. If such attempts should be made, w-bich he had not the least reason to suspect, it would be open ly resisted and publicly exposed. If 6uch an attempt should be made it would be utterly futile. It was not true, as the article suggests, that appointments in the South were now, or had lately bpen, more in arrears than in the North, West and East. It is not true, as the article suggests, that more appointments caused by recent legislation in ratio of popula tion would go to the South than to the other sections of the Union. The commission paid no attention to political opinions or pending elections, and would continue to have the same regard to the merits of can didates and the claims of every State un der the legal rule. The pending election has not made, and will not make, the least difference. It is impossible for such use of the pa tronage to be made as the article sug gests without the Commissioners know ing of and being disgraced by it. He was sure that no Commissioner would plead either ignorance or innocence if such an abuse should happen. He ventured to declare, without qualification, that noth ing ot the kind can happen, and certainly it has not in the least degree happened. Gorman Ont of the Race. Washington, July 22.—Senator Gor man, of Maryland, has withdrawn from the contest for the Chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee. He says that he has enough to do as Chairman of the Congressional Committee. This nar rows the contest down to Wallace and Barnum, with the chances in favor of the latter. • Deft in Teller’s Hands. Washington, July 22.—The President left the matter ol the Commissionershlp of the new Labor Statistics Bureau to Secre tary Teller to-day, preparatory to leaving to-morrow for New York. It is now be lieved that a Western man will get the position. Lynch Nominated for Congress. New Orleans, July 22.— A special from Bay St. Louis, Miss., says: “Theße publican Convention of the Sixth district to-day nominated J. B. Lynch for Con gress by acclamation. The convention was harmonious.” DEATH IN ATLANTA GAS. THREE LIVES LOST IN A TER RIFIC EXPLOSION. A Decatur Street Store Completely Wrecked* and People and Debris Hurled in £very Direction—Reunion of the Forty-Second Regiment and Other State Capital Newt. Atlanta, July 22*— A terrible gas ex plosion-occurred this afternoon in the store of Charles M. Barry at No. 170 De catur street, resulting in the kill iliing of two persons and wound ing seven others. Several work men were engaged running gas pipes into Barry’s grocery store, and while making a connection a large quan tity of gas escaped from a pipe under the floor of the building. With a view of ex amining some portion of the work that demanded their attention, one of the workmen struck a match. Instantly an explosion took place. The men were hurled into the street and the store was torn to pieces. TWO FATALITIES. William Madison, one of the negro workmen, was so badly injured that he died while being taken home. His assistant, named Carrington, wa9 picked up, terribly mangled, with a large hole in his head, which was thought to be of a fatal character. A negro woman named Anna Gates, who was in the store at the time, was thrown violently against the counter and killed instantly. When Mr. Barry, the "proprietor, was found he was seen on an upper shelf, wedged in between the rafters. It was found necessarv to raise the timbers of the roof up before he could be taken out. Upon examining bis condition it was found that one of his legs was broken, and that he was badly injured internally. TWO LADIES INJURED. Mrs. Barry, his wife, and Miss Marv Barry, his daughter, who were in the resi dence adjoining, were also badly injured by blows from flying timbers and brick bats. Mrs. J. A. Grace, residing on Gartrell street, barely escaped being killed by fall ing timbers. She was struck on the"head and in the face with bricks and pieces of wood, and while rushing out of a front door a wooden shed over the entrance tell upon her, throwing her to the side walk. Her life was saved by the prompt action of peopl# in the vicinity. A FEARFUL PICTURE. The scene ot the explosion presents a ferlful picture. The store is torn literally to pieces. The rafters from the roof hang downward. The roof has fallen in and is resting upon them while goods lay scattered in every direction. The floor is torn up, and in short the whole structure is demolished. The residence ot Mr. Barry is alse in part badly wrecked. Timbers and brick were hurled through windows, breaking out glass and demol ishing furniture within. Mrs. Barry and her daughter were knocked down by some of the flying timbers, and for a time both of them were thought to be seriously in jured. The dead and wounded are being well cared for. Carrington is reported to be dying at a late hour to-nigbt. REUNION OF THE FORTY-SECOND REGI- MENT. The reunion of the Forty-second Georgia Regiment, which took place to-day at I’once de Leon Springs, was largely attended. Fully 400 vete rans, accompanied by their wives and daughters, were present, as was also a large crowd from the city. At 9 o’clock the Forty-second Regiment assembled at the court house, and from there marched to the springs. An address of welcome was made by Mayor Goodwin and a re sponse by Judge Lowndes, of Calhoun. Their efforts were followed bv others from Col. William 11. Hulsey, Gen. Hen derson, Gov. McDaniel and Senator Col quitt. The dinner hour having arrived, the survivors with their friends partook of an excellent barbecue, prepared by Thompson. Dinner over a number of speeches were delivered by members of the command, and at the close of the day the regiment, under escort of the Govern or's Horse Guard, returned to the city. The Forty-second figured conspicuously in the battles of Tazewell, Cumberland Gap, Chickasaw, Baker Creek, Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face, Resaca, New Hope, Pumpkin Vine, Kennesaw, At lanta July 20,22 and 28. Jonesboro, Frank lin, Nashville, Edisto River, Orangeburg, Kingston and Bentonville. The regiment, entered the service commanded by Col.R. J. Henderson, who was afterwards made General, Capt. Hulsey taking bis place as Colonel of the regiment. Col. Hulsey later on was rendered unfit for service front wounds received in battle, and Capt. Lovie P. Thomas succeeded him, re maining in command till the close of the struggle. The reunion was a complete success in every way and was one of great enjoyment. THE THIRTEENTH’S REUNION. The Thirteenth Georgia Regiment sur vivors hold a reunion at Griffin on Aug. 19. Gens. Evans and Gordon have been invited to be present. Gov. McDaniel, with his family, has gone on a short visit to his home in Wal ton county. JACKSON VICTORIOUS. Information reached here te-night that Capt. Jackson carried Douglass county to-day, the primaries electing delegates favorable to him for Congress. longstreet’s place. While reports are abundant that Presi dent Arthur has asked Gen. Longstreet to send in his resignation as United States Marshal of Georgia, the General has not yot received the letter requesting his re signation, and has said little to any one as to what he will do in the event that he i9 requested to step down and out. Dis trict Attorney Speer and other Republi cans • installed about the government building state that there is no doubt upon the subject of Bryant’s succeeding Long street in a day or two at the farthest. THE WICKED CHIROPODIST. Edwards, the medicine man who was arrested a few days ago, at the request of parties at Richmond, ou a charge of hav ing too many wives, poisoning one of them, forgery, and other crimes of less or greater magnitude, is still in jail. Offi cers with a requisition for him are ex pected to arrive to-morrow. The indica tions are that he will be carried to Rich mond for trial. JULY’S WIND AND HAIL. Great Destruction to Crops and Build incs in Dakota. Sioux Falls, Dak., July 22.—Yesterday afternoon a destructive wind, rain and hail stoi m visited southern and east Dakota. At Carthage, near Iroquois, a strip five miles wide was cut by the hail. In Dell Rapids, twenty miles north of here, great destruction ensued. The lower portion of Crossman Bros.’ store spread and let the top story, occupied as an Odd Fellows’ hall, telescope down into it. Other stores were damaged. Two warehouses near the depot w r ere blown down. The Congregational Church and school house were demolished. The spire of the Presbyterian Church was blown off. A lumber-yard was wrecked and a number of dwellings destroyed. Crops were badly cut by hail, and telegraph lines were prostrated. At a town fourteen miles north a store was blown down and goods were scat tered over the prairie. At Sioux Falls there was no hail, but the wind did much damage. Of the crops, corn suffered the most, the loss being estimated at 9 per cent. At Valley Springs a flax mill was de stroyed and also a roller skating rink. A school house was unroofed, and the fronts of several business places were blown in. Fifteen structures were destroyed, but not one dwelling, though many of those were somewhat damaged. Lumber stacks were scattered in all directions. Two miles north of here a house and barn were blown down and two children injured, though not dangerously. At Beaver Creek, Minn., some damage was done to grain, houses, bams, and wind mills. A Norwegian church 10 miles south of there was blown down. A man and a boy were injured. An Engineer in Danger of Lynching. Huntington, Pa., July 22.—A girl named Boyce, aged 14 years, was run over and killed to-day on a bridge at Saxton, by a passenger train on the Huntington and Broadtop Railroad. Citizens of Sax ton became enraged at engineer William Grow, and a mob collected at the depot for the avowed purpose of lynching him. Grow, however, hearing of his danger, left Mb engine in charge of another person and escaped. Earthquake Shock*. St. Kitts, July 14.—Sharp shocks of earthquake were felt here to-day, but no damage was done. FIRE’S LURID GLARE. 8*.500,000 Lost by the Greet Con flagration at London. London, July 22.— The loss from the great fire Saturday at Crane wharf, Wap ping, a part ot London, it 19 now believed, will reach $2,500,000. Among the mer chandise consumed were 9,000 bales of wool, valued at $800,000; 200 tons of coffee, valued at $850,000, and 1,000 tons of pepper, a third of the entire stock in London, valued at $325,000. Besides this 1,350 tons of gum Tapioca, sugar, shellac, seed and other produce were destroyed. 6,000 ACRES OF GRAIN DESTROYED. Modesto, Cal., July 22. —A terrible fire raged Sunday in the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley. Thousands of acres of grain were destroyed. The farmers, after a well organized struggle, succeeded in checking the flames. The fire started again yesterday morning in a wheat field near here and an alarm was instantly telegraphed and telephoned to all available points. Two thousand men from different sec tions hastened to the rescue. The old fashioned prairie manner of fightiug fire with fire was resorted to, and at 3:35 o'clock in the afternoon, after a desperate struggle, the fire was got under control. The streets here and at Oakdale are filled with men with scorched faces and singed hair. Six thousand acres of grain and several large dwellings were destroyed. The loss is estimated at $150,000. GUANO works BURNED. Baltimore, July 22.—The works of the Zell Guano Company at Locust Point, with their contents, were destroyed bv fire this afternoon, causing damage now estimated at $200,000. The building was of wood, and a strong south wind caused the fire to spread so rapidly that the efforts of the entira lire department could not check it. The factory included a sul phuric acid department with lead cham bers of large capacity. When the roof fell there were seven members of engine company No. 12 on it, but all escaped without serious injury. Included in the stock was a large quantity of sulphur, the fumes from which nearly suffocated the firemen. The insurance is $85,000, placed principally In companies out of Baltimore. A BLOCK FACTORY BURNED. Gloucester, Mass., July 22.— Fire broke out this morning in Harvey A Farr’s block factory, which spread "rai>- idly and caused a loss of from $50,000 to $75,000 before it was controlled. The loss is divided among a great number of firms ami individuals, to the most of whom it represents their entire property. PROHIBITION IN POLITICS. Delegates to the National Convention at Pittsburg Hard at Work. Pittsburg, July 22.—The delegates to the National Prohibition Convention are arriving on every train and a considerable amount of enthusiasm is manifested among them, ns well as the local friends of the movement. Dr. McDonald, of Cali fornia, seems to bo in the lead for the Presidential nomination, but the ad herents of G. T. Stewart, of Ohio, and ex-Gov. St. John are working hard for them. John B. Finch, of Ne braska, is the "nly one mentioned as tem porary Chairman, and no one is named for permanent Chairman except Miss Frances Willard, who may not be able to attend. The main feature of the platform will be prohibition and home protection. The resolutions will also favor civil ser vice reform; will oppose all mouopoliesand special privileges; will declare in favor of reserving public lands for actual sellers; will denounce stock and grain specula tion', and take high grounds in all ques tions of moral reform; will favor female suffrage and denounce polygamy. The delegates claim that the party can poll from 500,000 to 1,000,000 votes. DUDLEY PUTS HIS FOOT IN IT. Washington, July 22.—The course of Commissioner of Pensions Dudley, in at tempting to induce the Prohibitionists at Pittsburg to-day not to nominate a Pro hibition ticket, but to indorse Blaine and Logan, is regarded by politicians here as fatuous. Commissioner Dudley recently made a visit to Blaine at Augusta. It is probable that Blaine then commended Dudley’s idea that the Prohibitionists should be induced not to nominate a sepa rate ticket, and, if possible, indorse Blaine and Logan, but it is not believed that Blaine gave his ap proval to any such clumsy plan as that adopted by Commissioner Dudley. Dud ley was over anxious, and; therefore, over-zealous. He might have arranged with some of the delegates to .the con vention, before they they got to Pittsburg, to work up a Blaine boom in the conven tion. Instead of this, be hazarded every thing upon au attempt by himself to force his release upon the convention. Dudley feels so anxious about it because the Re publicans of Indiana feel that if the Pro hibitionists nominate a national ticket, their last claim of carrying Indiana will be swept away. A similar apprehension, more or less serious, agitates the Repub licans in all the Western States where the Prohibition movement hasmadeany im pression. LIEUT. GREELY AND HIS MEN. The Survivors Rapidly Regaining Their Old-Time Health and Strength. Washington, July 22.—Rear Admiral Nichols, Acting Secretary of the Navy, has received the following telegram from Commander Schley, dated at St. John, N. F., July 21: “The Surgeon controls all matters affecting diet and diversion of Lieut. Greely and his party. Acting under his advice Lieut. Greely and his men only leave the ship when he prescribes it. The men are always required to be on board at 8 o’clock at night. Lieut. Greely is spending a day or two in the quiet enjoyment of Consul Muller’s house, under the surgeon’s counsel. All of the party are well and gaining strength. Lieut. Greelv has never compdained of intrusion. The surgeons are especially careful and attentive to everything touching their health.” THE DESTINATION UNCHANGED. An effort was made by Gen. Hazen to have the Greely party'brought to Bos ton instead of Portsmouth, N. H., as had been decided upon, on the ground that it would be more agreeable to the members of the party, and more convenient to their relatives and iriends to welcome them. The proposition was laid before Rear Ad miral Nichols and Secretary Lincoln, who decided that there was not sufficient reason for changing the destination. They will therefore pro ceed direct to Portsmouth, according to the orders to Commander Schley. Secre tary Lincoln had a conference with Gen. Hazen this morning as to the disposition of the bodies of the dead of the expedition. It is probable that they will he taken to Governor’s Island, N. Y., and placed in charge of Maj. Gen. Hancock until a de cision Fhall be reached as to their final disposition. GOOD CHEER FROM VICTORIA. A Congratulatory Message Received by President Arthur and Replied To. Washington, July 22.-President Ar thur ha 6 received the iollowing cable from Queen Victoria: London, July ii, issi. 7o the President of the United Statei, Washing ton, D. C. : The Queen heartily congratulates the Presi dent and people of the United States on the rescue of Lieut. Greely and the gallant sur vivors of the Arctic expedition. She trusts that favorable reports have been received of the sufferers. H CaHle. TBE QCEEK - The President replied as follows: To the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Windsor Caetle: The President, for himself and for the peo ple of the United States, sincerely thanks .the Qneen for her most welcome con gratulations apon the rescue of Lieut. Greely and the survivors of his party, and is bappv to say that favorable reports are received as to tbeir health. The President takes this oc casion to express anew his high appreciation, and that of the people of the United States! for the timely gift of the Alert, which gen erons act added spirit and encouragement to to the expedition. [Signed] Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States. The Dynamite Plot in Russia. ienna, July 22.— Die Tagblatt’s cor respondent at Warsaw says: “Bardcrwski has confessed that the plot to kill the Czar and Czarowitch was arranged at St. Petersburg. On Bardowski’s informa tion more government employes and 11 students have been arrested at Warsaw. Among those arrested at St. Petersburg was Vera Filipoff, who is wanted for having made attempts upon the life of the Czar in 1879-1881.” Spain’s American Commerce. Madrid, July 22. — Negotiations fora definite treaty of commerce with the United States were opened to-day. Minister Foster arrived on Friday, EUROPE’S EYE ON EGYPT. Tlx# Conference Adjourns Indefinitely After a Brief Session. London, July 22. —The Egyptian con ference met to-day at the Foreign office. Earl Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, presided. There were present M. Waddington, the French Am bassador, Muslims Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador, Baron De Staal, the Russian Ambassador, Count Von Muenster, the German Am bassador. Count Karolvi, the Austro- Hungarian Ambassador, and Chevalier Nigra, the Italian Ambassador. The financial advisers of the several Ambas sadors were also in attendance. The con ference continued in session for only about one hour, when it adjourned sine die. It is considered doubtful whether it will meet again for a long time. marches in the desert. Wady Halfa, July 22.—Messengers arriving here from the oasis of Wall El Khatjeh report that Col. Colville and Mai. Wort ley with their Bedouin force had arrived at Berio from Assiout, which is 200 miles distant. Their horses were in good condition notwithstanding the great heat which they had been obliged to en dure. Col. Colville hoped to proceed southward to Selimah July 16. Selimah is nine days’ journey from "Kbarieh. The route lies through the very heart of the desert and there is no water fit to drink along the way. Col. Colville’s intention was to take 125 men with him mounted on camels, and also to take a camel train carrying water sufficient to supply bis force ten days and food for two weeks. He expected to direct his line of march across the desert by means of a compass, and hoped to strike the Nile at Arumara, some distance south of here. The Sbiek of llajeh thought that a collision with reliels would be probable at Ammara, but Col. Colville did not consider that this would prove of sufficient importance to make it necessary for him to change his plans. The messengers said that the inhabitants of the oasis were friendlv to the English of ficers and their force. A month ago, how ever, when Major Whortley’s advance appeared, 500 of the natives confronted it and offered feeble resistance, but they quickly dispersed at the sight of forty rifles of the guards. Col. Colville ex pects to reach Selimah July 26, and Wady Haifa by the beginning of August. GUNBOATS ON THE NILE. Cairo, July 22.—The number of gun boats between Assouan and Wady Haifa has been largely increased. GORDON REPORTED CONFIDENT. It is reported Zebehr Pasha’s messen gers to Khartoum have returned, bringing with them letters from Gen. Gordon, in which he says that b* is confident of his ability to hold Khartoum. LONDON’S MILES OF MEN. The Parade the Greatest Seen Since Vic toria’s ISeign Began. London, July 22.—The Telegraph says that the demonstration of the trades unions and others at Hyde Park yester day, in favor of the franchise bill, was the most remarkable and imposing that has been witnessed during Queen Victoria’s reign. Over 100,000 men marched in the procession with a decorum rising to dig nity. It will not do for the Peers to mock or undervalue its peaceful, simple methods, or decry it as a paid show. The Standard says that the behavior of the people was admirable, but the demon stration has not changed the political sit uation in the slightest degree. The judg ment of the silent, modest section of the community will not be affected. The Min istry should concern themselves with the sober majority, who stay at home aud think for themselves, instead of following brass bands through the streets aud pass ing resolutions. The Times this morning, referring to yesterday, says: “Yesterday’s spectacle was unique of its kind. It was a demon stration made for the people by the peo ple. It gave every sign ol' enthusiasm.” SALISBURY’S OPPOSITION. The Marquis of Salisbury, addressing a Conservative demonstration at Sheffield to-day, said that it was absurd to suppose that the members of the House of Lords, who were mostly landlords, had any cause to dread the agricultural laborers. He insisted ou Hie necessity of appealing to the electors before the franchise bill was passed, and said that tbe government insisted on the irauchise measure in its present shape because it desires a change of the tribunal before the matter was brought before the judgment of the people. Tbe government was afraid to ask the verdict of public opinion, where alone a verdict was legiti mately obtainable, but summoned a pro cession, imagining that 200,000 Radicals amusing themselves in London on a given day expressed public opinion. This at tempt to legislate by picnic had a danger ous side. Nothing was more dangerous for a popularly governed State than an attempt to decide public policy by de monstrations in the streets of London. FAILURES IN IIUSINFISS. The Milwaukee Rank to ray 00 Per Cent, to Depositors, Milwaukee, July 22.—Assignee Geil fuss, of the defunct Manufacturers Bank, has made an announcement that the bank will pay 00 per cent, to depositors. Presi dent Conro and Vice President Hasbunek offer to assume all the responsibility and pay 100 cents on the dollar if the deposi tors will take 25 per cent, in October and the remainder in 25 per cent, payments in August of the three succeeding years at 8 per cent, interest. GRANT A WARD’S AFFAIRS. New’ York, July 22.—Judge Van Brunt to-day granted an order i>ermit ting Julien T. Davies, receiver of the firm oi Grant & Ward, to bring actions against such persons as ho deems pecuniarily responsible, and by whom sums of money are due to the firm of Grant* Ward, or to the receiver, or to whom the firm has loaned sums of money, whether secured or not. The petition says that some of the loans made by the firm are secured only by the promissory notes of the parties, others by collaterals, and some are without any se curities whatever. It is also said that the receiver has demanded the payment of such loans as are due, and many bor rowers, he says, have refused to pay them. BURNSIDE’S ROND SUED. The Government Brings Action to Com pel the Payment of #40,000. Washington, July 22.—Suits were entered to-day by District Attorney Worthington, on the part of the United States, against J. O. P. Burnside as prin cipal and N. L. Jeffries as surety, and against Eliza C. Hutchinson, executrix of the estate of Hayward M. Hutchinson, and R. G. Ingersoll, administrator of Ebon C. IngersolJ, to recover $40,000, the amount of the bond given for Col. Burnside as disbursing officer of the post office de partment for an honest and faithrul dis charge of his duties, he having defaulted In that respect. The bond is now sued to recover the full amount ot the same. Mr. Jeffries is the only one of the sureties living, and it became necessary to bring separate suits in the other two cases against the respective estates. France and China. Paris, July 22.—At a Cabinet Council to-day Prime Minister Ferry announced that the negotiations with China were making good progress. Tsung Li Y'almen. of Nankin, was treating to settle pending questions, and especially the question ol indemnity with M. Patroni, the French Minister to China. A speedv solution of the matter was expected. The French squadron would remain at Foo Chow un til the indemnity should be paid. Paris, July 22.—Two transports will leave Havre Aug. 10 for Oran and Al giers, with reintorcementß forTonquin. Gen. Millot, commander of the French troops In Tonquin, reports that there is much sickness among his troops. The Suez Canal to be Widened. Paris, July 22.—Count de Lessens President of the Suez Canal Company’ announces that the International Tech! nical Commission, which has been study ing the question, has decided in favor of widening the present canal instead of building another. The engineers connected with the Suez canal have notified Count de Lesseps that the plans for widening the canal in 1888 are completed. Sargent Asked to Run for Congress. Newburyport, Mass., July 22.—Ex- Minister Sargent, now here, has received a dispatch asking him to run for Congress in one of the California Congressional Districts. Massachusetts Republican Convention. Boston, July 22.—The Republican State Convention will be freid at Boston Sept, 3, j PRICE SlO A YEAR t l S CENTS ▲ COPY. j PLAGUES OF THE EARTH. CHOLERA AND YELLOW FEVER SNAPPING LIFE’S THREAD. Franc*’* Pe*t Give* no Evidence of Sab nldlns-Tonl.nl Panic Stricken at the arrival or 100 Coffln.-The Hldeou* Reminder* Removed from the City Yellow Jack Making Fearful Ravage* at Panama. Paris, July 22. —There were so deaths from cholera at Marseilles last night, and 2S at Toulon. A panic was created at Toulon last night by the arrival of 100 coffins which had been ordered from Marseilles. In order to allay the excite ment it was found necessary to send the coffins back. At a meeting of the Municipal Council of Paris the Director ot Public Aid de clared that no case of genuine Asiatic or sporadic cholera had been reported at the 1 aris hospitals. The deaths which had been attributed to cholera were reallv due to other causes. Between 9 o’clock and noon to-dav there were eight deaths from cholera at Mar seilles. There wore 14 deaths from cholera at Toulon to-day. The government has re yoked the order for military iiiatueuvros m the.south on account of the cholera. A case of cholera has bceu announced at Lyons. There were eleven deaths from cholera at Marseilles between the hours of 12 m. and 6:30 p. m. to-dav. Fewer cases were admitted into the hospital in that city, and fourteen patients left cured. Makskim.es, July 22.— There were 57 deaths from cholera here during the 24 hours ending at 9:50 o’clock to-night. During the interrogation of the Anar chist rioters here to-day betore Judge Tozelli the leader of the Anarchists was seized with cholera. lie was taken tothe prison hospital. CHOLERA AT VIENNA. Vienna, July 22.—Two eases of Asi atic cholera have been reported here. SPAIN'S CORDON STRENGTHENED. Madrid, July 22. -The government has strengthened the sanitarv cordon in the Pyrennees prevent the introduction of cholera. J Produce rTom Marseilles and Toulon will not be allowed to enter Gibraltar. RUSSIA PUTS OUT PICKETS. St. Petersburg, Julv 22.—The Rus sian Government has ordered a strict guard to be maintained at the frontier railway stations against the Introduction of cholera into the country. A SUSPECTED BRIG qUAUANTINKD. Boston, July 22.—The brig Clara M. Goodrich, from Havana, arrived here this morning. This is the brig reported as having yellow fever 011 board. She was at once placed in quarantine. Capt. Pray reports that he lias had sickness on hoard, but at the present time all hands are well. PANAMA COURTING DEATH. Panama, July 22.— The number of cases of yellow fever is increasing daily. A canal chid, a priest nnd two stall' officers died from tlio disease last night. There are 176 cases of dysentery in the city. The hospitals are crowded both here and in Colon. Seven deaths occurred In the canal hospital last night. The isthmus Is in a filthy condition and cholera is ex pected. As yet no precautionary mens ures have been taken to prevent the in troduction of that disease. A STORY OF ALFONSO'S TITLE, The Curious Revelation of Home His torical Searches In Family Mysteries. The revival of the claims of the Naun dorffs to the title of lineal descendants of Louis X VI., says Galignani’s (Paris) J/e -scnrje r, has set historical searches at work to discover family mysteries In other reigning houses. The writer ot a letter from Bayonne in the Fiyaro makes the revelation that King Alfonso is only a usurper on the throne of Spain, and that the real heir to the crown is the son of a supposed elder sister of Isabella, who was secretly brought up in France. The story is based on the idea that the birth of Isa bella was preceded by that of anqther Princess, who was declared to have died when Queen Christine gave a second time hopeot presenting Ferdinand 11. with a male heir. That hope was not, however, realized, and the second daughter, Isabel la, succeeded to the throne. The first daughter, says the writer, was brought up in France by a couple named Morales," and was married to a timber merchant of Bordeaux named Lufargue, * who died ruined, leaving his widow and a son. For fifteen years Mine. Lafargue sup ported herself and her son by keeping a small wood and coal store at Bayonne, until she inherited from Mine. Morales, her adopted mother, a sum of 50,0<)0f. and some documents revealing the secret of her birth. She went to Madrid to obtain a recognition or her rights, but, as might have been supposed, Queen Isabella was not disposed to acknowledge the relation ship, and had her expelled the country as an impostor. Bo far the storv may be the creation of the writer’s brain, but he then enters into more positive matters, which, if true, it would not be difficult to prove. In 1875, he says, Dorn Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, while traveling in Europe, went to Bayonne under the pretext of visiting Biarritz, but, in reality, to see Mme. Lafargue, who was then keeping a mod est grocer’s shop. lie was presented to her ljy M. Camille Moliuie, Consul for Brazil, and embraced her in the presence of several people, calling her bis “dear aunt.” He drove her about in bis carriage, with her son., during the. three days be re mained at Biarritz: and'two months later Mme. Lafargue anu the young man took passage on a steamer for Rio Janeiro. The son, who is 30 years of age, is now, save the author of this curious narrative, a Colonel in the Brazilian army. A Congressional Squabble. Ottumwa, lowa, July 22.— The Green backers and the Democrats of the Sixth District held separate conventions here to-day and both nominated J. B. Weaver for Congress. The delegates from Keokuk county protested and withdrew from the Democratic convention. A Salvation Army Barrack* Demol ished. Geneva, July 22.—A mob to-day at tacked the Salvation Army Hall at Bienne, and completely wrecked the build, ing. 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