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Sttttrtajj VOL. XXVIII—NO. 252 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER iSSli. PRICE FIVE CENTS Further Details of the Disaster at Sabine Pass. »c Town a Complete Wreck nod the Destli Roll Startling—Touching 'Incidents of tint Horrible light—Johnson’* llayou a Scene of Terror—The Storm In England and Ireland. Houston, Texas, October 16.—The Post’s itnflf correspondent at Beaumont last night telegraphs some interesting details of the great deluge at Sabine Pass, lie says that at places where the water was never over eignt inches deep since the town was set tled, two years ago, the flood was nine feet deep. The new house of Bradley Garnet was swept away with his family of five persons. After floating two and a half miles the house landed on a ridge back of the town, all intact, and nobody hurt. Boats that left Beaumont to succor’the dis tressed, took large quantities of drinking water, there being nothing but salt water for ten -miles around Sabine Pass. Mrs. John Stewart and her daughter were separated at their home when the flood struck the town. The daughter seized a feather bed and the mother a win dow frame, and thus supported them selves. After being out all night they landed at Aurora, on the lake shore within a half mile ol each other, each supposing the other had been lost. They traversed fifteen miles before they were found. Postmaster Ward, of Beaumont, has tel egraphed Postmaster-General Vilas asking permission to distribute the Sabine Pass mail from Beaumont, as the postmistress and her assistant at Sabine Pass are both reported drowned. To give some idea of the velocity of the wind, a silver spoon was blown from the residence of William Harris to a distance of twelve miles. Mrs. Junker’s body was found this morning and a casket has been telegraphed for from Orange. Mr. Marse Braussard lost #25,000 worth of cattle. The same reports say much more than that. All the cattle not lost will die, as nothing is left for them to subsist on, salt water covering everything. Mrs. Otto Brown floated twenty-five miles on a feather bed. She had her child with her, but it benumbed and died in convul sions. During its struggles it knocked the mother into the water. The waves pitched Mrs. drown back on the bed. She was finally found in a little inlet and was saved. Captain F. A. Hyatt and William Guy re port that they had a singular experience as members of the relief committee on their way to the Pass. The trains on which they were traveling, stooped the dump five miles from town. The water all around this neck of land, on which is placed the track, was fully eight feet deep. The hands of Messrs. Hyatt and Guy were blistered from fighting snakes, which liter ally covered the dump for a distance of five miles. There were thousands of water moccasins from the overflowed dis trict, taking refuge on this narrow stretch of land, and every step across had to be fought tnrough twisting serpents, many of them deadly stump-tailed mocca sins larger than a man’s arm. Wildcats, also maddened at the water’s fury, rushed pell-mell upon pedestrians, while coons and every variety of animals snapped at passers-by with hydrophobic rage. Many times pedestrians left the dump and swam around angry reptiles rather than try to pass them. Capt. Hyatt alone killed over 160 snakes during his walk of live miles, which consumed about ten hours. Guy says no money eoulu tempt him to take the trip over again. In stepping about in the dark be was tripped up and thrown by a snake two inches in diameter and fully live feet long. At a meeting of the citizens of Beaumont, held to-day, for the purpose of organizing relief measures, Mayor Calhoun was chosen presiding officer and a general relief committee was organized with Mayor Calhoun as permanent chairman, Mr. Wiess as permanent treasurer and Alexander Wynn secretary. This general committee is sun-divided into a committee for the registration of sufferers. H. W. Smith is chairman of the finance commit tee, B. F. Edward is chairman of the com mittee on supplies and Mrs. T. II. Laughour is chairman of the committee on clothing. A large number of ladies and all the min isters of the city are on this committee. H. W. Green, the chairmn , is a special committee on procuring houses and shel ter. Special committees consisting of white and colored citizens have been ap pointed to look after the colored sufferers. A committee of five have been appointed to take a steamboat and gather up the fur niture and household effects floating in Sabine lake. Before adjournment the gen eral committee had a vote of thanks ex tended to Judge Hull, president of tile Houston Post Publishing Company, for his prompt donation of #100 for the Sabine sufferers. The committee on finance were instructed to solicit inncls and supplies from all sources ®and will gladly accept old clothingor auythingthat can he used by a destitute people. Mayor Calhoun has issued the following: Beaumont, Texas, October 15.—In view of the urgent, and dire necessity of the hopeless and despoiled people of Sabine Pass I request immediate help in their be half. Any kind of aid is invited—provis ions, clothing or money. They are with out menus of any kind. [Signed] B. P. Caluoun, Mayor of Beaumont. Chairman Greet, of the committee on lodgings, has already made 100 refugees comfortable for the time being. Trains which went toward Sabine Pass as far as the track allowed returned here at, 8 p. m. Fifteen bodies were recovered on higli land, called Back Ridge, west of Sabine, aiul were burkh Six bodies ot women were re covered on the west shore ol the lake, two colored and four white; one being that or Mrs. W. A. Junker, of Carl-sail. Mr. Junker is still missing. The steamer huniiy P. returned from Johnson’s bayou, La. , to Orange, and reports that those drowned at that place were chiefly colored people. The deaths at Sabine Pass and vicinity will aggregate more than 91), and at Johnson s bayou about 85. Only three houses are lelt fit for Human habitation, though perhaps a dozen are standing in a precarious con dition. The people who escaped with their lives are completely ruined finan cially, many of them not being able to provide themselves with the bare necessi ties of life. A telegram from the mer chants of Galveston to the relief commit tee savs: ^ “Galveston subscribes $1000. Draw on Ball, Hutchings & Co. for that amount. The Mexican schooner Hercules is mgn and dry at a point called Oil Ponds. Her captain, James Guibelando. reports that he was bound for New Orleans with IUS mahogany logs, which are now supposed to be lost. The cap tain and crew were furnished by a railroad company with passes to Aew O’rleans and left to-night. A circular will be addressed by the finance committee to the principal business houses in the lead- ing trade centres of the country asking as sistance. While the subscriptions from local and neighboring points have been free and liberal, they are sufficient only to supply the requirements of a few days, il '-oe- sireri to urgently impress upon the people of Texas and elsewhere the immediate ne cessity of responding at once to the de mands of this calamity. Conservative esti mates place the loss at such figures that it will require from #70.000 in T 100,000 to meet the emergencies of the ease. At .lollnsou's lluynii. New Orleans, October 10.—A dispatch to the Times-Denioerat, dated Johnson’s Bayou, lash evening, savs: The village of Johnson Bayou is a high ridge on the sea- coast, and the bayou from which it takes its name runs through the inhabitable section, in which is also situ ated the post office station known as Rad- ford. They are in Cameron parish, on the Louisiana shore, six miles east of Sabine Pass. The bayou is nineteen miles in length and varies from one to four miles in width. The ridges face the gulf twelve feet above the sea level, and in the rear is a dense and impenetrable marsh. The population on last Tuesday morning num bered 1200 souls. To-day 86 of that number are counted with the dead and 40 of their bodies have been recovered and consigned to graves in shell reefs, while the decom posing corpses of the remaining forty-live lie festering in the marshes. Radford was very thickly settled and populous. It boasted of its cotton and cunc plantations. It was the head of navigation and its stores were many, principally those run by J, Pavetoe, who also operated a gin and turned out 800 bales of cot ton produced in tliis section, and the other stores were owned by A. B. Smith &Co. and J. Griffith, general merchandise dealers, and other small merchants constituted the com mercial community. Cotton and sugar are the chief products of thu ridges, which are composed of the richest and most fertile grazing country, and the parish has 8000 head of cattle and horses owned by the thriving community. Communication with the outer world was through two steam vessels, both owned on Johni oil’s bayou and Radford, while a fleet of trading vessels plied off the bayou. At 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon the storm de scended upon the bayou; the waters rising with the wind, swept through the lower stories of the buildings, driving the affrighted people into the attics and upon the roofs. At 10 o’clock the first ridge, twelve feet above the sea level, was ten feet under water. House after house fi ll in, or was swept away, either burying the doomed people in the debris or hurling them into the hissing waters. The cotton gin and stores next succumbed, and Radford and Johnson's bayous were destroyed as completely as if an invading army imd done the work. Il was a night of terror described by the sur vivors as appalling. The people could only cling to each other and pray for mercy and for the souls of those whose despairing shrieks rang in their ears. For twelve hours the storm raged over the devastated settlements and then came a lull. Hope revived as the waters receded and the storm passed away, and the sur vivors gathered on elevated points view ing the scene of desolation around them. Houses that stood the actions of the storm were completely gutted. There was no food nor drin t, salt water having invaded everything. Then there began a search for the dead; those whose bodies lay pinioned by the ruins of houses were speedily re covered. Prom out of the marshes more corpses were taken and likewise buried. Tiie death roll was then made up as fol lows : Mrs. Prank Turner and two chil dren; Mr. Locke, wife and seven children • old Mrs. Locke; Mrs. W. Ferguson and three children; Bradford Berry and daugh ter; Mrs. Albert Lambert aud two chil dren; eight children of Samuel Barwiek; Mrs. Shell Walley and four children; Geo. Stivner and four children; Mr. Franchall, wife and grandson: Mrs. S. Gailier and four children; a child of Alonzo Smith ; Mrs. Tooeiiake’s four children ; Jack Tooehake and seven children: Mrs. Haw kins and three children, and Dr. George Smith, wife and four children, all white persons. The colored victims were Oliver Johnson and wife; Jack Lewis, wife and brother, anil Richard Hamberiek, wife and five children. During the morning a regular packet stern wheel steamer, Emily P., arrived it Johnson's Bayou and brought to Orange as many persons as she could carry, in all about sixty. Not one of them had any thing but what they stood in. Many were minus hats, shoe anil dresses. Their wants, however, were promptly supplied by the good people of this place, ami the refugees made comfortable for the night. To-morrow the steamers Emily P. and Lark will return to the bayou and will make regular trips until all are brought to a place of safety. The people, save a few who have large stock interests, say they have abandoned the place forever. They are deeendauts of a race of people who made Johnson’s bayou a vast orange g ove. Frost came and ruined them, and then they turned to cotton and sugar, and stock only to meet the lute of t.huir fore fathers. Of 8000 head of stock which once the bayou boasted, 6000 are drowned, while the remainder will die of thirst, as all tiie water is salt. There is no estimat ing the loss, as there is no way of ascer taining the valuations. Hence it is suffi cient to say that the towns mu destroyed and abandoned. Swept Out of Existence. Galveston, October 10.—Further par ticulars of the great disaster at Sabine Pass and Johnson’s bayou are constantly being received. The situation has not been ex aggerated in the least. A correspondent who has just returned from Sabine Pass telegraphs from Orange that the turky buzzards are soarbing over Sabine for miles around on land and water. It is one vast ehanial house. The town is swept out of existence. What was a prosperous village when last Tuesday dawned is now a center of wreck and desolation. There are 127 persons missing and supposed to be dead, Only about twenty-five bodies have thus far been recovered. There is not one sound house in the town of Sabine. The residences of Dr. Gilliland and Editor Mc- Clanahan are tiie only ones that can be repaired. Every other house is an abso lute wreck. This in brief is a story of the storm. Innumerable touching, heartrend ing stories of the storm are related by the survivors. One house containing fourteen colored persons was seen to go down with a crash and every one of them was lost. Incidents are related of husbands lashing wives and children to floating wrecks and then seeing them killed by heavy logs be ing driven against them. The damage to property can only be estimated by the value of the town, for all is lost. The Sabine and East Texas rail road is washed out for a distance of ten miles The lies have floated off and the rails are twisted like wires, the effect of the great hurricane. Millions of dead fish were cast up by the waves and thousands of birds also strew the ground. A young woman in a perfectly nude state was found roaming around on the prairie five miles from Sabine. She was demented and could not tell her name. When the government boat Penrose reached Sabine Pass yester day Cob Umbas Martee was found rowing around the delta, looking for the bodies of his family. He said: ‘•Myself, wife and three children were clinging to a floating roof, which was gradually breaking to pieces. One of the little ones went, and then another. I was holding tne youngest, and soon my wife said ‘good bye, husband; I am going.’ 1 could not reach her The pic<i of root supporting her broke off and she sank before my eyes. I held on to the youngest child, named Pearl, some time longer: The child addressing me said’ ‘PapaT'm tired, won’t you walk with me?- The piece of r'oof 1 was on was now crumb ling to pieces. 1 told the little one to kiss mo. She put both her little arms around my neck, gave a big squeeze, and just then a wave dashed us oil ami I saw her no more. Great God, why didn’t I go down too?” lie was pressed to coon board the Pen rose, but refused, saying: ‘'Here among these lagoons are [lie bodies of my wife and children and hero will I stop until I can find them.” No tongue can tell how people have suf fered during the past few days. In many cases the dead ones are considered the lucky ones. Late reports from Johnson’s bayou bring the terrible intelligence llmt 86 persons are now known to have been lost in that settlement; and it is greatly feared that, the list will be swelled to 100 or more, thus making the total number of of victims by the hurricane at fully 200. Reliable information from Johnson’s bayou arrives slow, nil the roads being im passable and only two boats are running to that section. The destitution of the survivors, of whom there are over 1000 around Johnson’s bayou and Radford vil lage, is described as something awful. They lost everything and are without food, drink and clothes. Arrasa the IVliters, London, October 10.—The gale and floods which began Thursday night along the south and west English and Irish coasts continue, having extended far northward. Many reports of bridges and buildings swept away are constantly coining in. In Ulster, Ireland, the storm and floods seriously impede railway traffic. Many small vessels have been wrecked. Tile loss of life ashore so far has not been great. The British hark Bollport has been wrecked off Skelligs island, on the south west coast of Ireland. She was being towed by the tug Game Cock when the hawser parted and the bark was thrown on the rocky shore and destroyed. All of her crew perished. The British ship Teviattolate, which sailed from Cardiff, Wales, Thursday last, was wrecked during tiie storm on Car- matlien bar. There were on board at the time twenty-e ght persons. The life boat rescued nine of the passengers. The oth ers, among whom were the captain and officers, left in the boat, and but two of them succeeded in reaching the shore alive. The other sovenl een perished. 4 A. M.—The great hurricane which has just passed over England and Ireland was accompanied by til : heaviest rain storms within memory. During last night there were many collisions and wrecks, aud a number of channel fishing boats were stranded. The beach at Brighton presents a spectacle of destruction. A torpedo gun boat at Portsmouth dragged its anchor and driftedlinto the mud, but was afterwards rescued by tugs. The glass roof of the Il Fracombe Hotel was broken and bath houses washed away. The storm was very lurious on the Irish coasts. The streets in many of the towns were Hooded. Com stalks were blown away and corn standing in the fields destroyed. The damage fir immense. There have been destructive floods in Wales. in a gratifyinurarul prosperous condition. The aim of the members is to make it second to no similar organization in the state. ON ’CHANGE. An Irregular Market, with Some Prominent De l-Ilium. New York, October 18.—To-day’s stock market presented the same general fea tures as that,of yesterday, the principal activity being confined to a few specialties, while the general market was compara tively dull, and its fluctuations slight. Coal stocks were the chief features; and, while Lackawanna and Delawure and Hudson, with the bituminous coal roads, were strong, Jersey Central was weak, and Reading barely steady. The other special ties which displayed marked strength were Manhattan nickel plate stocks and Ohio and Mississippi; the proposed arrange ment with the Erie stimulating the price of the latter. Northeastern was specially weak to-day on heavy selling. Lacka wanna was the leader of tiie market. The| depression in the Jersey Central is due principally to the publication of the rumor that in the reorganization proposed an assessment of 16 per cent, would he levied upon , the stock. The opening was strong, the first prices rang ing generally from i to 1 above the closing figures, while Jersey Central was ? higher. Tne market developed much irregularity and feverishness in the early trading, which, however, disappeared. The mar ket moved up in union. The gains, however, were generally lost by noon, after which there was less business and alternate advances and de clines until the close, which was firm. Tiie final prices show irregular changes, though a majority of the active list are high. T ie conspicuous net de clines comprise Jersey Central 1 ; |, North eastern Hand Manitoba 1. Nickel Plate common, howover, is up 24, preferred 21, Lackawanna 1.1, Hooking Valley 1',, Dela ware and Hudson 1J. Sates 432,030 shares. COREA. A City Almost Exteriiitmitisl hy Cholera. CmCAao. October 16.—A Times special from San Francisco says: “Private ad vices received in this city stale that cholera is still raging in Corea. No idea can be .farmed of the extent of the scourge. It has more than decimated the eapitol, where, out of n population of 200,000, the | death rate runs at the frightful average | of a thousand per day. About ] as many Coreans as there are ! people in the state of California have been | swept, away already, mid it is hard to say , where the plague will stop. Corea is de scribed as “an appalling pest spot.” Never I was there a more frightful record of j ravages of disease on mankind. The story j of the plague of London is beggared by what if now going on in Seeoul. They are j beginning to give over the task of burying j their dead and the city is threatened with j positive extinction. Tim Chilli mi Strike. | Chtcaoo, October 16.—The usual crowds | of idlers remained in the vicinity of the packing houses and besought all the men | who oquld be reached not to go to work. | Many applicants for work, however, went ! out on the regular and special passenger j trains and were landed at the doors of the j packing houses, which were guarded hy j armed patrols. The strikers stopped a • wagon-containing the clothing and bed ding for the Pinkerton men just outside I the city limits to-day and handled th j driver roughly, throwing the clotliin} ; into tiie street The Total Cotton Crop. j New York, October 13.—The fourteontl annual book of cotton statistics, c un pile' by Mum Latham, Alexander ft Co., u i New York, just published, contains es-i in itesof this year’s cotton cron from m- n 2300 correspondents through:} it th t ■ i' i j ern states. A summary of the esrim i - ' makes the total crop of this year 6,2 ) I bales. Judge Hoyt Declines to Make the Raca for Mayor. t Deterttvr'8 Omul Work llnrry Hill’s UnUroiu'. Fern's of mi Mill ilo in 11 In Million County Jail- V youthful Moonshiner.—The Vigilance Com. ■liter -Tlu> Atlanta Lrttllcry, 1 tc. Atlanta, Ga., October 16.—On the 9th oflnst month a gang of negroes boarded an Air Line passenger train at Spartanburg, South Carolina, and when Conductor Mooney asked for tickets, they refused to pay. saying they proposed to go to Char lotte without paying a rod cent. Just ns the conductor pulied'tho bell cord, one of the negroes threatened to kill him. The train slacked up, and with the assistance of the train hands the men were ejected, but not before pistols were drawn and the air filled with profane language. Asthelast ofthenegvoes was pushed from the platform they opened fire on the conductor and train hands. The coaches wore riddled with bullets, but no one was hurt. As soon as the conductor reached the next station he made out a written report of the affair, which was transmitted to the general manager of the road at once. Im- niediately after receiving the information, Superintendent Berkeley sent for detective Fellers and out him upon the cose. The detective went at once to Spartanburg but was unable to ascertain the names of any of t he negroes, neither could Conductor Mooney give him any information of value. The negroes had become alarmed at their work aud managed to keep themselves mi- f known. Detective Fellers, however, felt 1 certain that he could unravel the matter, and with that sin w,tireless pace which is pe culiarly li is# own,he went to work. Monday lust he secured the names of the entire parly, and then ascertained that every one of them had been in Spartanburg on the night of the 19th of September. With this to work on the detective soon had seven of the negroes arrested. He worked the eane successfully, and hits strong evi dence against the men. On Wednesday night while he and his assistants were trying to arrest the leader ot the gang they were fired upon, but escaped un harmed. The detectives returned the fire, mid feel sure they succeeded in wounding the negro, as a quantity of blood was found on the ground. The entire crowd was taken before a trial justice and re hatred to’ give a bond. The railroad officers are very much pleased with de tective Fellows’ work. The Vivl I a n it linn mil tn-. Atlanta, October 10.—It is understood that the Young Men’s Prohibition Club have organized a vigilance committee and will begin to hunt up the blind tigers. The liquor men, however, know who is who and are ns well organized as can be. A fellow without the password is compelled to go dry while the wet man grenses his whistle with the redeye. The blind tigers are difficult to locate. Austell Insurance C'nnimny. Atlanta, October 18.—At tiie next ses sion of the general assembly application will be made to incorporate the Austell Insurance Company. Tim capital stock of the corporation will be #209,000. The gen tlemen composing the company are W. W. Austell, Raul Itomare, W. J. Garrett, S. M. Inman, R. H. Richards, Elgin Loeh- raneand Stephen A. Ryan. Hurry Hill’s Railroad. Atlanta, October 16.—Meeting clever Captain Harry Hill to-day, he said: “I hope to complete the Union Point and White Plains railroad, and will begin work again next week. I will nuver give it up.” That means the road will be built. A Youthful II"oiistiiorr. Atlanta. October 16.—Yesterday, in the | United States eirouit court, a lad 16 years l old, named Stringer, of Hull county, was arraigned for illicit distilling. While the | evidence would have been conclusive j against the boy, on account of his age the j ease was nol prosed. A Ntwro i’oronor. Atlanta, Ga., October 18.—There are so many white candidates out for coroner t that it is feared David Toby Howard, a negro, will be elected, the white vote be ing split up so badly. It is understood that - an effort will be made to get some of the ! candidates to withdraw. A.Smith Clayton's It. him. j Atlanta, October 18.—-Closer-to-my- Bosom-Come A. Smith Clayton has re- | turned from his summer rambles. He is | direct from New York, and reports a good time. Mr. Clayton is a charming writer 1 and it genial, social member of the fourth | estate. He twill remain in Atlanta. Ur The Co rial I'rtivi-leru f< n Lion. Atlanta, October 16.— 1 The Georgia division of the Travelers Protective Asso ciation held an enthusiastic meeting this afternoon at the chamber of commerce, with Air. Joe Hirsch, president, in the chair. W.S. Davis was elected secretary and treasurer, vice A. L. Waldo, resigned. Messrs. Lew llalzler and E. it. Watson, delegates to the national convention «t Baltimore, rendered tlu-ir report, showing a large increase in membership through out the country and the acquirement of concessions "rom railroads. Tiie follow ing chairr.i. n of the respective ommiltees of the < I -orgia di,: .vere elected: Out: •I'- I -w Ilidzler. On R dr-. 11. Il Watson. On Legislation A. C. Latnpkin. On Hotels—J. M. Skinner. A convention of all commercial travelers in Georgia was called to meet in Atlanta in December, and a committee was appointed-to is.-,tie an invitation and ar range the details. The committee, con sisting of Messrs. A. C. Lumpkin, Lew Flutzler, R. li. Watson. 0. I). Montgomery, J. R. Christian, Joe Hirsch and W. .4. Da vis, met, at the Kimball House this even ing and determined upon December 16 as the date of the convention. New York, October 16.—Mrs. Grant ro- ceivi-d from the publishing house of Chas. Ij. Webster ft Co., a cheek for #150,000 a few days ago. This is the second install ment. The first payment made from the profits of the Grant Memoir.i was in the form ot a check for #200,000, seat to airs. Grant sometime ago. “If onr suits are de cided favorably,’ said Mr. Wehstor to a re porter, “wo Hliall send Mrs. < Irani another check for #100,000 in a month. The suits to which 1 refer Rre those arising out of the unauthorized sale of our books by Wanamakor at Philadelphia.” . THE CHURCH CONVENTION. Wind whs Dour by tin- l’roti-stiint M|i1ni'0]hiHiiiin . Vislmlsy—The l'rn|iositloii to L'hungr tho Name of tin- Oliurcli Rejected. CHIOAOO, October 1(1.—The galleries and lobbies of the Central music hull were crowded to tiie utmost this morning when the Protestant Episcopal convention opened, ns it was known that the great debate on the proposition to drop tiie words “Protestant Episcopal” in designat ing the church would close. The discus sion was opened by Dr. Stringfellow, of Alabama, who argued for a postponement of the consideration of the question on the ground that the time was not ripe. Mr. McConnell, of Louisiana, bitterly opposed the proposition to change the name of the church, and Dr. Sheffield, of Virginia, took the same view. The debate was then closed hy Mr. Judd, who contended that the opposition did not represent the progressive spirit which should actuate the church. The church should take its broad mid true name, and this vvns not to he confounded with Roman ism. Mr. Judd spoke for twenty minutes, considering the question from nil points, and when tho hour of 11 o’clock arrived the debate was declared closed. The names of clerical delegates were called first and were quite evenly divided on the proposition, but the sentiment of tho lay delegates was more generally op posed to the proposition. The vote hy dioceses was as follows, forty-nine dioceses voting: A majority of clericals in seven teen dioceses voted aye, a majority voted no in twenty-two dioceses, and ten dio ceses were evenly divided; in forty-four dioceses a majority of the lay delegates in eleven dioceses voted aye, end twenty- nine dioceses voted no and in four were- equally divided. The report of the .joint committee on the liturgical revision was submitted ami laid on the table to await the action of the home of bishops. The report is one of unusual length, embodying numerous me morials for a revision of the prayer hook. The convention then uiljoiirncd until Monday. ON THE TRACK. Till* Apfirimrlilnv Rare*, of ttie Vtarylstol Joe key Club. I Baltimore, October 16.—The fall meet 1 ing of the Maryland Jockey Club will be gin on Tuesday next, the 19th Inst., nnd 11 Is expected it will be one of the most sue cessful ever rim at Pimlico. The late rain lias put the track in fine condition, anti every arrangement has been made to as sure an interesting week. For the six stake races 360 horees have been entered, l of which 69 are for the Central, 88 for ( Dixie, 17 for the Pimlico handicap steeple chine, 49 for the Oriole handicap, 50 for [lie Vestal and 87 for the Brcckenriclge, besides 7 subocribcrs for the Boaie stakes, 3 miles, , There will [lie but two steeplechase races . during tiie meeting. Th,' Hares id l.iitonIn Pnrli. Cincinnati, October 16.—Tho first race I atLatonia for three-year-olds anil upward, 7 furlongs, Dawn of Day won easily, Etsy B. 2d, Jim Nave 3d; time 1:304. Second race, for maiden three-year-olds nnd upwards, 1 mile; Kirlin won, Big 1 Three 2d, ilnrroilsburg 3d ; time 1:464. Third race, for three-year-olds and up ward, 1.1-18 miles; Gold Bar won, Berlin 2d. Fanteral 3d ; time 1:50. | Fourth race,for two-year-olds, 6 furlongs, Clarion won, Foster2a, Comedie 3d; time 1 1:18. I Fifth race, for all ages, 9 furlongs; Gray , Cloud won, Porter Ash 2d, Kaludlah 3d ; time 1:57#. Brooklyn .larky C uMi Him. New York, October 16.— First race, for three-year-olds and upwards, 1 1-18 mile j heats; first heat, Herbert won, Sam Brown 2d, Nettle 3d; time 1:7). Second heat, Her- i | hurt won by a length and a half, Uonzal- I ton 2d, Nettle 3d; time 1:51. j Second race, for two-year-olds, 7 fur- ! longs; Relax won a length before, Tin odo- | sius 28, George O. Bennette 3d; time 1:31. j Third race, 7 furlongs; King Arthur 1st, a neck before Hopeful, who was 2d, Henialay 3d; time 1:30. j Fourth race, for 3-year-oldHand upward, 3 miles; Benoza won hv H lengths, Ferona 2d, Little Dan 3d; time 5:231. | Filth race, for 3 year-olds and upward, | 1 1-16 miles; Ferg Kyle won by IJ lengths, j | Frankie B. 2d, Broughton Hd; time 1:50. Kirilins Against tlie C mission. ! Jackson, Miss., October 16.—Tho. rail- j I road commission issued a circular to-day, | calling attention to the fact that several I ■ railroads, among them tho Mobile and I Ohio and Vicksburg and Meridian, have ' refused to obey its rules and are isuiing | rates in excess of those fixed by the eom- : mission, and advising all persons who | suffer thereby to file their complaints with the commission, which will at once | put them into court. The line tor each j violation is #.500. KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Yestorday’s Proceedings of tin* Convention ot Ulilimond Richmond, Va., October 16.—When the general assembly of t he Knights of Labor resumed its session this morning the dis cussion of tho report of Dewey’s plan for tho establishment of a labor journal as an organ was resumed. It was expected that the debate on the subject would not be permitted to continue long, and that the report of the committee on laws on the re vision ofthe constitution, action on which had been interrupted by the election of general officers, would again be taken up. It was rumored that the committee on law hail changed the report on the revision of the constitution, as originally submitted, by a special committee, so ns to preservo intact district assemblies as they exist at present, and thus remove the objections raised against this clause of the revised constitution. The p[eneral treasurer, Mr. Turner, left hero this morning for Phila delphia, where there are more than #20,000 worth of money orders awaiting his signa ture. He will return Monday. The discussion on the newspaper project was brought to a close by an adoption of the motion to lay the motion on the table. The committee on law again got the floor, nnd that part of its report on the revision of tho constitution in relation to the duties of the general officers was adopted. Dis cussion of the clause relating to stale as semblies was in progress when the hour for noon recess arrived, and was resumed at the afternoon session. Mr. Powderly was not well to-day, and remnine 1 in his room most of the day. In his absence General Secretary LI ten mail presided. At this afternoon’s session the consideration of the report on tiie revision of the constitution as it came f ora the hands of Die committee on law was con tinued. Section 1, relating to the name, jurisdiction and membership, was passed without action. Section 2, treating of the meetings of the general assembly and rep resentation. was amended so as to change tiie tmsis of representation from one dele gate for each t housand members to one for every 3000. and to make the allowance for mileage payable by the general assembly. It was then adopted. Section 3, treating of the genera) assem bly .was adopted after two clauses had been amended so as to read “Any general of ficer, whether representative or not, is eli gible to re-election,” and “Any represent ative or past representative to this general assembly, or past general officer, is eligible to election for any office in the general as sembly except that of general master workman.” In the clause of section 4, relating to the duties of ollieers, an amendment was made by which in case of the death, resignation or removal of the general master workman the general worthy foreman shall succeed to nnd perform all the duties of and become the general master workman until the next session of the general assembly, when there shall be an election to fill thu posi tion. In Bection 9, relating to state assemblies, amendments were adopted hy which the formation of state assemblies is made op tional instead of compulsory. Further amendments were adopted by which the jurisdiction of existing district assemblies rem i , mu hanged, unless they themselves eon'- ut t, * a change. The general assembly h!ho resolved not to i:.i if *ro with the national trade dis- ti it', and an amendment in tiie section ilnting to them wan adopted, providing that no local assembly shall be compelled to join a district assembly, thus permitting the trade local assemblies to retain their independence. Another amendment that was adopted provides for i n interchange of working cards with trades unions agreeing to recip rocate by receiving Knights of Labor cards. The general assembly adjourned until Monday, when such portions of the revis ion of the constitution as it is determined to act on at the present session will be dis poned of. Business was transacted with such dispatch this afternoon that some delegates entertain hopes of an adjourn ment Monday evening. A number of dele gates left here for their homes to-day, hut the grent majority will carry out t heir de termination to remain until the work of the convention is concluded. IJ'TI'1'UI), UNEASINESS IN FINANCIAL circles. BERLlN^Oetober 10. —Towards the close' of business on the bourse to-day it was re ported that the imperial hank of Germany would raise its rate ofdiseount on Monday. The rumor aro"c from t h fact that A “mat ing thejbuuk committees lies been called for Monday. Ai: uneasy feeling prevails in financial circles over the extent of the German capital risked in Russia. The leading bankers have placed a full state ment ofthe position of G-rman investors in the bonds of Prince Bismarck and bavo received from him private assurances that the entente enrdiale between Germany and Russia remains undisturbed, and that a perfect understanding exists between both countries. Portioned hy tho ['resident. Washington, October 10.—The prosi dent lias pardoned Harwell Hodges, who was convicted in the first district of North Carolina of illicit distilling and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Thu pardon was granted at the earnest solicitation of the district attorney who prosecuted the ease, upon the ground that the prisoner had already suffered sufficiently, and his imprisonment for a longer period would result in a great hardship to ids dependent family. Sanitary 10 u 11 nil,. Atlanta, Ga., October 18.—Fearing an other epidemic in jail, Judge Newman passed an order to-day directing Marshal Nelms to receive the services of lJrs. W. F. Westmoreland and J. F. MeGaston to co operate with Dr. C. A. Stiles, U. 4. surgeon, to investigate and report as to the sanitary condition of the Fulton county jail. The judge desires to know exactly how many prisoners can be safely and healthfully confined at one time in the jail. .1 uiluT Hoyt DiTiint-H to Itun. Atlanta, October 16.—Judge S. B. Hoyt declines positively to make the race for mayor. He is an out and out Cooper man and will work for him. Tire Atlnuta Irtlllery. Atlanta, Ga., October 16.—Tho A tlanta Artillery have ordered about fifty uniforms. • It is expected that they will be received in time to allow the corps to appear noon the occasion of the inauguration of Gen eral John R. Gordon as governor. Kvory- I tiring considered, the Atlanta Artillery ’is Galveston, October 10.—The steamer j Robinin (British; is anchored outside the bar while completing her cargo. It was found to be on tire this morning. She has 500 tons of oil ealce and 3030 bales of cotton on hoard. The flames r aged fiercely for a couple of hours. It is thought the fire is now under control. Slur is an iron-clad j vessel of 2058 tons, and is owned by J. j Robinson & Sons, of North Shields, Eng- 1 land. I RllllIICHS lit II Sianllstlll. Minneapolis, Minn., October 16.—Bust- I ness is at a standstill, owing to the railroad strike. Nothing was done on ’change to- j day, owing to the difficulty in getting grgin [ handled. Tiie railroads cannot deliver at the mills or elevators, and nothing can be shipped out. \ Vessel Sunk. St. Johns, October 16.—Friday night the i : schooner Hmeline. hound from St. Pierre j to Bay Dispatch, struck on Dragon prom- ( I ontory i:i Hermitage bay, west coast of j New Foundland, and sank immediately. Tim captain and crow of six men were :ill i lost. t Small Slr!k». Key West, Fla., October 16,—The load ing ofthe Spanish steamer S:tn Juan has been delayed bv a si riice. If the matter'is not settled before Wednesday tiie consul will procure gangs of laborers from GaJ- veston. f'liiirleston tines to n Cirrus. Charleston, October 16.—There have been no shakes to-day, and the people have recovered sufficient confidence to turn out by tho thousands to a circus. The city is full of life and business activity. X Tlieiitrirtil Compiniy Strumled. Savannah, Ga., October 16.—The theat rical company which is playing “The Creole,” under the management of P. L. Mattox, is stranded here. Lillian Lewis, the star, and Cyril Searie are members of the company. Frankie's Work. Washington, D. C., October 16.—The president to-dav appointed Benjamin Fol som, of New York, to be consul of tho United States at Sheffield. Mr. Folsom is a cousin of Mrs. Cleveland. Another Shock. Charleston, October lft—There was a severe earthquake shock at Summerville at 6 o’clock last night. No damage was done. Su(tilcu Death ofii Rothcliilil. Frankfort, Obtober 16.—Mayor Kiri R itjichild, th • he id of t o gre it banking j firm, died suddenly to-day from heart dis- ' ease. t Fall lire. New Orleans, October 16.—B. J. West’s Sons, hardware and agricultural iinpie- ni -its, have failed. They make no state ment.