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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: SATURDAY MORNING, JULY JO, 1887.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. XXIX—NO. 184
Twentieth Day’s Proceedings of the Ad
journed Term.
in tlie School System l’ro|io»eil— I'liar-
tl . rs Granted—'Ilie Hoforinlim Prison Hill—The
Insurance Hill.
Atlanta, July 29.—The house was called
t 0 order at 9 o’clock by Speaker Little.
A motion that an hour and a hall' be de
voted to new business was adopted.
The committee ou education having re-
portod favorably on Mr. Dennis’ education
biii. entirely revising the whole school sys
tem of the state, and his bill providing for
tin establishment of teachers’ institutes,
400 copies of each bill were ordered printed
tor the use of the house.
The committee on printing have report
ed favorably upon Mr. Calvin’s resolution
providing for the publication daily of 200
copies of the abstract ollhe journal for the
use of the mem bevs of the house. The res
olution passed.
tinder the. call of counties for the intro-
auction of new business, a large number of
bi ns were introduced. These are of a gen-
end nature, aud those local bills of most
importance areas follows:
Mr. Howell, of Fulton—Amending the
charter of the Atlanta Home Insurance
company.
Mr. tV eat, of Habersham—Amending sec-
tion 2040 of the code so as to exempt from
levy and sale one yoke of oxen.
Mr. Parker, of Hart, incorporating the
Hartwell Loan and Savings Bank.
Mr. Mathew's, of Houstou—Amending
section 4579 of the code so as to exempt
from its provisions persons who observe
Saturday as Sabbath.
Mr. Felton, of Macon—Incorporating
the Montezuma Steamboat company.
Mr. Way, of Liberty—Prescribing pun
ishment for tearing down or defacing rail
road notices.
Also—Amending section 708 of the code,
so as to require engineers on locomotives
to blow their whistles for four huudred
yards before crossing a public road.
Mr, Sims, of Lincoln—Providing for the
pnyment of Jurors who attend court, in an
swer to summons, and who are excused
from service not at their otvu request.
Mr. Little, ot Muscogee—Extending the
charter of the Geoigia Insurance Company
for thirty years.
Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee—For the re
lief of the Mutual Reserve Fund Associa
tion.
Mr. Harrison of Quitman moved that
the resolution allowing sub-committee
of penitentiary to employ stenographer
at a cost not exceeding $250 lie taken up
and acted upon, the. same having been fa
vorably reported by committee on finance.
The resolution was passed.
The time allowed for reading bills the
first ti ne having been consumed, the house
again resolved itself into a committee of
the whole for consideration of Dr. Felton’s
reformatory prison bill.
Mr. Clay of Cobb, and Mr. Arnheim of
Dougherty, consumed the remainder of
the session in speecnes against the bill.
.Mr. Ham, of Hall, moved that the com
mittee rise and report progress.
Mr. Harrell, of Webster, moved that, tire
tv .-.l-.y.Uiec vise and report that Uu. ffiU. iff;
riot'pass. Under tte rules, Mr. Ham’s mo
tion had precedence and prevailed.
Dr. Felton moved that further console!-
ntion of the bill be postponed until Thurs
day next, when it will be the special o-
tier. Carried.
Adjourned.
The senate convened at 10 o’clock, Presi
dent Davidson presiding.
Mr. Powell, of the 22d, moved that the
insurance bill be recommitted to the
finance committee. Ctvried.
Mr. Lewis, of the nineteenth, moved to
reconsider the resolution appointing a
joint committee to investigate the state’s
interest in the Western aud Atlantic rail
road in Tennessee for the purpose of in
creasing the committee. Carried.
Following hilis were read the third time :
To incorporate the Buena Vista innan
aud Savings Bank. Passed.
To incorporate the town of Williamsburg,
in Calhoun county. Passed.
To incorporate the new Life and Water-
power and Granite Railway Company.
Passed.
Mr. Hancock, chairman of the railroad
committee, submitted a report recom
mending the bill to be entitled an net to
incorporate the Grifiin. LaGrauge and
Western Railroad company bo read a sec
ond time and recommitted to that com
mittee.
A bill to incorporate theWaycross Air
Line. Passed.
A bill to incorporate the Atlantic. Bir
mingham and Great Western railway.
Passed.
Adjourned.
HE SERVED ON BOTH SIDES,
Anil Must Ho Without n Tension.
Washington, July 29.—The secretary of
the interior to day denied the claim ot
William Hedgspetb, ex-private in the
Forty-second Indiana volunteers. The
case is an uncommon oneand has been the
subject of much discussion among the
officials. Hedgspeth was captured in 1SH3
and confined us prisoner at Andersouville.
Alter remaining in captivity five months
he enlisted in the confederates, he says to
escape starvation, and so informed his fel
low prisoners, and that at the first oppor
tunity be W'ould desert and ii possible
make his way back to his old
command. Alter a short service m
the confederate army he carried
out this intention and finally reached his
old regiment, in whioh he served until dis
I.oss of life at a Fire.
Chicago, July 29.—At 2:40 o’clock this
morning fire was discovered in the bakery
of Chris Heffcru at 3105 Arches avenue—
tnree-story aud basement and brick tene
ment. For a time the fire mouldered and
nothing serious was thought of it. Shortly
after 3 o’clock it was discovered that a
number of people living in the building
were either d;ad or dying from the effects
of smoko and flames. Firemen and police
hurried into the building and soon began
bearing out unconscious bodies uutil elev
en people h >d been removed. Then it was
found that Marin Trugo, aged 2 years, was
dead. The list of injured people is as follows:
Nelson Trugo, Adel Trugo, Nelson Trugo,
jr., aged 12years, Della Trugo, aged9 years,
Lizzie Trugo, aged 11 years, Joseph Trugo,
aged 10 years, Mr. Bonner, Mrs. Bonner,
Phillip Bonner, aged 7 years, and an un
known girl. Mrs. Trugo, Mrs. Bonner and
three others will die. The (ire started in
Hoffern’s baker shop, in the basement,
and to. caused by a pot of boiling lard
being up.et. Hefferu and his family occu-
pied tlie second story, but they all escaped
in safety. The unforlunate Trugo family-
lived on Uu- floor above, in the rear, while
the Bonners lived on the top floor.
The four surviving Trugo children were
badly' suffocated, and their recovery is
doubtful. Ncl on Trugo attempted to
lower his wife and 2-year old baby out of
tlie socoud story winnow, but the rope
was too short and woman an J child hung
suspended in mid-air surrounded by
flames. Captain Cowen, of truck H, seeing
their perilous position, rushed up a ladder
and attempted their rescue, but a sudden
outburst ot smoke enveloped them and the
captain, woman and child foil in the
flames below. Willing hands drag
ged them out, and the cap
tain was found to be terribly burned
about tlie face, hands aud feet. He also
inhaled a large quantity of hot air and is
thought to be fatally Injured. The mother
was so badly burned that she succumbed
to her injuries a few minutes later. The
young girl named Annie Drew, aged 18,
who boarded with the Trugo family, was
carried down stairs by a fireman. She is
badly injured, but will recover. A pot of
grease boiling over on the stove was the
cause of the fire.
BEFORE THE INTERSTATE COMMIS
SION.
A Humorous lain I'alK-r Trc|i»ml l»> Major J. H.
Cummins.
Washington, July 29.—In the case of
W. II. Heard, the colored man who com-
plnined to the interstate commerce com
mission against tlie Georgia Railroad Com
pany that he was refused first-class accom
modation and compelled to ride in the
“Jim Crow” car, responded demurs to the
complainaut’s petition upon various
gromioB, and questions the juristion of the
court, and then without waiving either de
murrer or plea, proceeds to answer the
complaint. It says: “Petitioner claims
thal he was not permitted to ride in a iirs-
clars coach ol the responded, but was com
pelled to ride in what is known on said
Georgia railroad as the ‘Jiin Crow’ ear.'’
Respondent replied that it has in no way
given or authorized such a designation of
any car on its road, and if when complain
ant says thal the caron which he rode is
known ns a “Jim Crow” car, ho means to
say that respondent is anyway responsible
for tnis designation and implied
e mtcuipt for its inmates, respondent de
nies sucu allegation. At the Augusta olid
of icapondont's main line there is an ui-
couimndation train running out of Augus
ta twenty-five miles mid spoken of popular
ly as “the picayune.” A 1 the Atlanta end
a similar traiu ’is known to its patrons and
dwellers along the line as “the goober.”
But these designat.ons or nicknames uro
merely' effusions of popular pleasantry- be
yond control of respondent. and considered
by respondent lip to tnis time (perhaps
erroneously) as entirely Innox'ous. If any
of respondent’s cars have been spoken
by evil-disposed persons as
“Jim Crow ’ cars lespondent is not
aware of it, but prays if the fact is shown
to cxi t l hat commission of its large
powers extend to such ease offered appro
priate and adequate relief to the respond
ent. The answer further avers that the
,-ars provided foi colored passengers arc
eq- ally as safe, comlortable, clean and
w--h ventilated and cared for us those pro
vided for the whites. The difference, it
says, if any, relates to matters wsthetical
only, and consist in higher ornamentations
■Hid matters of that sort, rather than in
those which affect substantia! conditions
of safety, comfort and convenience. The
paper is signed by Jos. B. Cummings, gen
eral counsel of the Georgia railroad com
Gill Clll GOSSIP.
The Events of the Day in the Capital of
the State.
Kitlenlimir Pnriloncil — A .IusHIIhMi- I'oivlitdtiifr.
Knllroiuls Hamniroil liy tin Itain.
T. K. IlliliMilitiur Pardo mil.
Atlanta, July 39.—T. F. ltidonhour, of
Columbus, convicted of malpractice in of
fice as justice of peace ill exacting $(1.50
uuproper costs in 1.885, having paid the fine
imposed and since that time having prop
erly demeaned himseli, was pardoned by
the governor to-day at the instance of a
large number of the leading citizens of Co
lumbus for the purpose of removing his
disabilities.
The governor to-day refused pardon to
C. H. Simmons,one of the notorious Au
gusta bank robbers.
Hot Off Lightly.
Atlanta, Ga., July 29. -Reports reach
here lo-nighi of an outrage at Forsyth ofa
revolting nature. All old man named Aus
tin, who some weeks ago gained notoriety
by walking all the. wuy from his home to
see the governor, is reported to have made
ail outrageous assault upon his 9-year-
old daughter. Thu latter fold tlie
story and the whole town arose
iu indignation. Austin was whipped
with a buggy trace as long as he could
stand it, then sent out of town on the first
train to escape lynching. It is said that
an immense crowd was at the depot, w lieu
he was put on the train. He went to
Griffin.
The foregoing is the story ns told by pas
sengers urnviug on the night train. At
this late hour fuller particulars or verifica
tion cannot bo obtained.
UtdlroniiN llamam-tl hy tlie Itiiins.
Atlanta, July 29.—The rain ceased for
a short time this afternoon and the sun
shone lor a fow minutes, but clouds soon
formed again and rain has been falling
stoutly ever since. Reports from all quar-
t -s bring news of washouts on railroads
and delayed trains anil mails. The train
ou the West Point road carried no mail cur
to-day, and Columbus is shut off from
mail‘ facilities. The Georgia fast
train arrived here only a few minutes
late, hut reported a dangerous condition of
the road and and impending washout. At
the culvert below Greensboro the engine
was detached from the train andruiislowly
across to test thu track, after which the
cars were then pulled across. Near Cov
ington a long trestlolwas found in a danger
ous condition. The fast train for Au
gusta left at 2:45 with serious doubts about
getting through. The slow train from Au
gusta, due here atl fi, arrived at 8, having
been obliged to transfer the passengers
and baggage across the washout at tue
trestle four miles below Covington, the
train bound for Augusta coming boot
Tin* I.nnTOhoreiiioii'H Strike.
New York, July 29.—The strike of the
longshoremen on North river promises to
be a brief one. At the meeting held last
evening a largo number of them expressed
strong opposition to its continuance. The
mou in the employ of the National line
are the only ones ou actual strike. They
refused yesterday morning to work with a
number of lion-uuion negroes employed
bv the company. All longshoremen on
North river on Monday night refused to do
furtuer nigh; work for less than HO cents
pet hour am! have done no night work
since. All except the National tine men,
however, are working during the day. A
committee ot men on the National line
called on Superintendent Andrews to-day
and offered to return to work for 20 cents
per hour for day work and lb ceuts per
bpur for night work if non-union men were
hai-ged. Andrews refused to discharge
tf • non-union men.
■his afternoon a number of union long-
si: rem-':i of thu National line returned to
;k in eomnsny with non-union mou.
Outers would have returned but there was
not sufficient vacancies for all. The strike
is'practically over, at least ns far as the
National line is concerned.
THE THUNDERER SPEAKS.
flic Rights of Allrn IjAihI Gwiioi--, in Ai
London, July 27. The Times of this
morning has an'oditoriRl a column long mi
Attorney-General Garland’s opinion on tlie
act forbidding aliens to acquire real estate
in the territories. The article says:
“The act is not likely to operate inju
riously upon any important present British
interests in America. In the future it can
hardly be equally neutral. 'The territories,
though at present not to he compared in
population or realized resources with tlie
statos, cover an enormous area hiding in
calculable riches. Unless this act had
been passed the enterprise which lias al
ready exhibited itself to the great benefit
both of America aud of British subjects in
Texas and other state, might naturally
have produced like results in more than
one promising territory. The limitation
of alien shareholding is certain to have the
material effect almost immediately in cur
tailing mining undertakings.”
It predicts similar action upon the part
ofthe state legislatures, and from this as
sumption proceeds to say : “If the repre
sentative bodies in America should so de
cide, with the fait regard for vested rights,
they can’t be upbraided as being inspired
by the temper of Chinamen. The uncon
trolled liberty of acquiring lands, which
aliens commonly have enjoyed iu the
United States, is not a European custom in
an unqualified state, il is not bestowed by
British law, and on t.iio continent in gen
eral an alien finds it difficult even to own
the house he inhabits, if America choose:
to repress a lien land ownership, it will
discover plenty of precedents in European
Jurisprudence. The policy of such retro
gression toward exclusiveness is another
matter. However guarded restrictions may
FACTS FROM
What Is Transpiring on the Other Side
of the Waters.
i tlio IIoiinc or (tmimons-llanl nn Heiily.
Itoiihimrrr Hunts (o Fight—Sllllrr Titan Kv<»r.
Atlanta and the Atlanta bound train going be they can’t but cause a discouraging ini
back to Augusta. 1 assengers tropi . .ugusla prison that foreign energy unu money
report that they crossed tin* culvert below m**, beginning to be regarded suspiciously
A .Y fusing Witm-vs.
Chcago, July 2'.).—Wilson G. Baker, real
estate broker, who agreed to testily for
the prosecution in the boodle case has dis
appeared. Baker negotiated the sale of
the reform school property, making the
bargain whereby the land \v id to be let go
by the county for £50 000 if £5000 additional
j was given tc/lie divided among the county
j commissioners. Ripper, the county meat
contractor, subsequently offered £0000 pre
mium to tin: commissioners and Baker’s
bargain fell thr ugh. His reported to
day that Baker is in hiding at Pewaukeo,
Wis.. where his expenses are being paid
by Commissioner Wren, Van Belt and
ol her defendants until the present trial is
ended.
Greensboro ou a track propped up will
rocks, the road bed having sagged two
feet, and tiiat it is probable that the train
returning to Augusta would be unable to
recross it. __ ^
H. W. him x G>.\ V..*v:*m.
NEW York, July 29. It. G. Dun Co.’s
review of trade for the week say's : Foreign
commerce is still unsatisfactory, while in
domestic trade the usual summer dullness
is increased by a variety of causes. Large
bank clearings and railroad earnings fail
t> reflect the present state of business,
which is in many branches characterized
by uncertainty and hesitation. The clour-
ings represent • 1, speculative dealings ; 2.
settlements of business done from one
to four months ago ; 3, current
cash transactions so that activity in
speculation or large payments in past busi
ness often swell clearings when new legiti
mate business is decreasing in value. Kail-
road earnings, since the inter state law af
fected rate /afford no reliable indication of
the value of traffic, and the publication of
tonnage statistlos lias bom to a large ex
tent suspended, which has significance.
Low prices delay the movement of wheat,
and injury to corn, ha/ and some
minor crops produces uncertainty.
Meanwhile, foreign imports it
New York continue larger than
last year, while exports for lour weeks
past have been S per cent, smaller, and
official reports show ai» increase of 7,000,
000 for J.me, iu all imports, against a dc-
ere:.-e of nearly £3,000,000 ou all imports.
For the throe mouths ending with June, 1
ne excess of merchandise imports was
£141,533 92. Wheat, con., oats, oil, beef
and nogs are lower than a week ago. Rt d i
winter wheat 79! cents at New York, j
is the lowest July prict on record. Pr.cus |
London, July 29.—llealy’s suspension
will last a fortnight.
Alter Smith’s appeal in the house of
ommons, last night a conference was held
between the government and the opposi
tion. resulting in the itarnelli ca consent
ing to allow clause 1 of the land bill to he
lisposed of. Prolonged discussion will
inly arise when clauses 21 and 22 arc
taken up.
John Bright has consented to preside at
t he banquet to lie given by unionists to
L^rd Ualdington.
In the house of commons this evening,
on motion that clause 1 ns amended stand
ns pan. of the land bill, Dillon moved its
ejection, lie said it the rest of the hill
was altered so as to do substantial justice
ilie tenant the objection to the clause
would, to some extent, be met, but the Pur- . -
nellites had no assurance that tiiis would * •
done. Much had been said about the
bill taking away slock in trade of the agi
tator. Lie would rejoice to see thal hap
pen. Sir William Vunon Harcourt
considered it a pity that
when a message of peace was
sent to Ireland the government, chose to
infuse into it this drop ot tlie bitter. The
•luuso in question was designed to make
jj action easy. It was n blemish on the
bill, and the government would be wise
even now to remove it. Balfour thought
the government had done everything they
could in equity to provent evictions being
harsh or cruel if the clause assisted in
checking tho monstrous system of indem
nity which now prevailed in Ireland. It
would he a blessing and a source of con
tentment aud prosperity to Ireland. A
motion to retain tho clause was carried by
a vote of 43 to 117.
UNION LABOR PARTY DIVIDED.
Tin* Two City Fact Ions at OiIiIn anil Not to In
Reconciled.
New York Times.
The lion and the lamb of the union la
bor party declined to lie down together
last night .it Clarendon hall, although tho
evening had been set. as the time for a
grand reconciliation ot the two factions,
instead, one division looked over the
other, criticised its personnel and went
home. The other held the fort .and voted
the leaders of the first out of tho county
com mitteo:
Rot h the rivals for the first place in tho
party. William Martin and George I). Len
non were on hand, with a numerous fol
lowing. Martin tried to secure the une of
the wine room, the party’s hall at present,
but Lennon a month ago had secured it
for four Tuesday evenings in succession.
He posted a sentinel at the door, and his
friends presented tickets of admission
when they entered. The Martin forces
looked over the other delegation ne
it filed by, declined to fraternize with it :
and after holding a short con
sultation on the sidewalk, determined to
leave the adversary in possession of the
fi Id. They will meet at Clarendon Hal l
jreparo an appeal ot
their case to Joel I. Hoyt, of Jamestown,
f the state committee, and if he declines
to heed it, they will send delegates of their
own to the ‘ Rochester convention of
August 10.
“Lennon picked up a lot of tramps ir;
City Hull park,” said Martin, “and brought
them up hero. Of course we won’t meet
with them. Rut we’ll have delegates at
Rochester all the same.”
Martin has a letter from Joel I. Hoyt
urging harmony, and declaring that tho
. r „ ogar
In itself the jealousy of alien ownership
though natural, is not a sentiment upon
wbifili it is safe to rest a system of legisla
tion-. In fact, there cun be net a quosri.m
Ur (;/i majority of owners uo entered as
ah. * -vilt remain, if IB all, nsFVmeticai.
citizens. Our chief surprise at the recent
law is the mistrust it evinces not so much
of sojourners as of the acclimatizing power
of America. The American nation might
have been supposed too sure of its ability
to absorb foreign elements in f * itself to
care tu compel them lo begin hy offering
reluctant allegiance. ’’
Hard On lleuly.
London, July 29.—The Daily News, com
menting on the scene in the house of com
mons last night says: “Nothing can ex
cuse llealy, who hy his outrageous be
havior has seriously injured the cause
which otherwise owes him much.”
HouInHirer Want* to Fl«lit.
Paris, July 29.—Boulanger’s seconds,
Count Dillon and General Faurot, have left
Clermont Ferrand with the challenge to
ex-Premier Ferry to fight a duel.
London Karen.
London, July 29.--The race for Good
wood stakes was won by Somers’four-yoar-
nld bay colt Carlton, Leopold Doroths-
ehild’s* four-year-old bay colt Beaver 2d,
and E. Nenson’s four year-old hay colt
Stanislaus 3d. There were live starters
Sillier Than Kver.
Paris, July 29.—General Ferry, min
ister of war, has forwarded a oireu
lar to the different commanders
of the army, forbidding military
bands to play Boulangiat airs. Ron
lunger yesterday sent his seconds with a
challenge to Ferry to fight n duel on uc-
. ount ofa speech made by Ferry at Epinal
recently attacking Boulanger. _
THE PRESIDENT KEEPING COOL.
ranged 7J to 7SAc. in Move’
cember 1884. But with that,
lower prices has been re
month for sixty-two years.
Ne w York and oats at 32c.
an average of 1.35 do not e»
Rly
uber and De
except
•oided
Corn
and beef and
courage farm-
TIm* Stork Murk
New York, July 29. -The stock market
t«» day was very nearly a repetition of that
of Wednesday, the bears and traders ham
ring stocks all around the room, and the
close of business saw a very material de
cline from last night’s figures. Much ex
poctation had been indulged iu hy holders
that the improvement of yesterday would
be continued, but the market curly show'* J
u (hop in tendency, and notwithstanding
some, purchases by Lonuon, steadily d *•
ciiued. Tnis was very discouraging to the
bulls, and they began to throw over
their stocks, advantage of winch •
was quietly taken by the bears,
and at one time in the afternoon
a state of semi-panic was produced, aided
hy all sorts of rumors, which had a de
pressing tendency. Buyers became sellers
| and il became current tha . t hat intere.'-t
i was liquidating. A noted privihge broker
i w;»- i eported to huv* been down on his
I cij.-miners, and the dividend on Missouri
: Ae-ific, it was said, would be reduced to *
I per cent. Western 1’iiiun. Missouri Pa
Northeastern and Pacific Mail were*
lay, and gnu
ii
Mo
any
spec l a
is io buy largely ol product! of other in
dustries. * ttyeenhdioii in cotton halts since
the syndicate failures.but prices weaken d
again* yesterday and coffee yields shade
dealers’ meeting light and uncertain dis
tributive demands. Sugar rLos little with j iiVrgcr, and in t»
publication of bullish statistics. Handlers | j, 0 .^. s
of rice are not overworked. Oil fell to54 ;c.. ]
but has recovered little. Coni agents an- j
nounce an advance- of 10c.. for August 1 lc., I
and that trade G supported by an incrons ■,
ing demand. Cotton goods meet an un- I
usually good demand and prices are stiff* j
In woolens ordecs scarcely suffice to open
the market, except in cheviots, which j
and coalers in the afternoon, but the lev
ish aud unsettled condition of tlie market,
ai .the close, gave an imp! cs.-fion that the
nears wanted an advance. '1 he first sales
were made at irregular changes of slight
tractions only from Inst evening s quota
t ions, and the mark'd was quiet though
generally heavy. The tone, which graau
u illy developed into a decided weakness, i
marked dealings as the weakness increasm! j
amount of business done la cunu
afternoon when tin
[lined complete control Iran*
actions were very targe. A sudden droi
was made shortly aftei noon, from whicl
there was a feeble rally
Threv lYrMM* Killed.
Chicago, July 29. An InterOcean
from Richmond says : A terrible
...cidtut occurred near this city to-day in
which three persons and two horses were
killed and the fourth person badly injured.
The killed are Joseph Rich, a farmer, aged
30, his baby and his wile’s mother, Han
nah Newcomb, aged 53.1 bis wife being the
onlv one that escaped alive. He drove on ! with no noteworthy change in rates, and
the' Pan Har.die crossing, at the western ; collections fair with improvement at one-
limits of the city, as he had safely done or two points. Speculation in tobacco,
many times before after hearing the > begins to advance prices. .
whistle, but this train was coming thirty . Business ladurcs occurring throughout
22; tot 11 I
the week
line
(|UH
move
In di
ri Gl
ut \ss,
Mom
at prices not higher than last year,
iss goods a fail trade is noted, lnte-
eports nearly all note existing did!
with hopes of aiarge trade hereafter,
v is in only fair demand
s imed and the lowest figur js more gen-
ally recorded at 2 o’clock. A alight rally
scarred in the Iasi hour, but the close was
.-avy at but a shade better than ihe low
day
round to pulp and Mrs. Newcomb had previous
one leg torn oft’ and her arms, body and
bead mangled.
flic llootlh* I rink
Chicago, July 29. -In the hoodie trial
to-day. McMichael, messenger of the
The* llopHUIc Riwister. county court, confirmed .d! ths previous
Bloomington, Ills., July 29. -The list of j damaging testimony against the defend-
fatalities by :-he Hopcdale wreck up to this ant relating to conversations that had
morning foots up ten and injured twenty- i taken place in his hearing, in which vari
>f whom it is feared three will die. I ous jobs wc
discussed and
All ofthe tt.u dc ad men were taken out of ; taken to prevent dissatisfaction and con
the wreck and it is surmised that several tractors from “squalling.” On one* occa
charged. Some years ago Hedgspotli ap- uja * — r. . . 4 ........ .
plied for a pension on the ground of disa- , n -*,. s al) i lour and caught him. The* spec- j the country dunhg tlie last week
bility contracted while in the federal ser- I horrible, as Rich was cut in two i tor liu l nited States P»2, Canada
vice. This fact was fully sustained. rh 4 e | and had his head caved in. His baby was 1.S1 against 172 last week, and 1<9
law provides that no one who aided direct*
lv or indirectly the enemies of the govern
meut in the late war shall he permitted to
draw a pension. Hedgspeth’s brief con
nection with the confederacy
made him amenable to the law.
His motive, it is said, cannot he taken into
consideration. Opinions by the dozen,
some favorable and others unfavorable,
have been written upon the case by di her
ein officials of the interior department. At
last, after a lapse of years, it reached the
secretary of the interior for final action.
The papers in the case, which are very
voluminous, include a strong protest
against the payment of the pension by
Commissioner Black.
An Kant M. Louis Strike.
St. Louis, July 29.—Little’s rolling mill,
the largest in East St. Louis, closed down
to-day on account of his strike among the
stokers. James Jones, son of the superin
tendent of the mill, was roughly handled
aud there were several little disturbances.
The proprietors of the mills say they can
Go-ie down for two week, to an ndvantge
ou Rceoant of havinq a surplus stock.
Four hundred men are made idlo by t“ e
action of the stokers.
The totlil
law amounted to 376,(Kk) slm
'.him; is lower and Now Ltil'll
.Si. I'iiul uud I/ickiiWiii.uit 2...
i Li. ihn 2}. Western * iniou 21,
trsl 2, Union I’nciflc IMlssm
Colorado coal tv, Reading, Oregon,
continental, Manhattan and <tanadi
urn It. and others smaller amount*
i busi-
s. Evorv-
I lost 31.
evade and
CIS. V C'en-
'ueit
1 i,
Trim •
Soutli-
uiatoga, July 29. First extra day’s
First race, all ages, j mile; Brinle-
won, Col. Givens 2d, Blessed 3d; time
Washington,July29. -Forthoflrsttime
during till! present week there was no
iiiisliioss at the white house to-day. which
made it necessary for the president to
come into the city, therefore he spent tho
entire day at hi:, country home, Oak.inw,
where the temperature is said to he at
least ten degrees lower than Rt the width
house, and where lie Is able to endure the
present, hot spell with decidedly nmv- corn-
fort than is possible lit his olilci il resi
dence. The president will remain at Oak-
view pretty much all the time until he
leaves the capital for ins southern
and western trip in October, lie may
coom into this city once or twice a week
to attend cabinet meetings, but it is not
believed that these meetings will he con
tinued with any regularity during the
-iimmer. Colonel Lnmonl will continue
his d iilv \ isl!r to the white house oattend
lo all necessary business, and all mutters of
importune I which may arise during tho
lu r will tie siilniiitt.nl bv him to the presi
dent in tin evening. Telegrams wi re re
ceived at the white house to-day saving
that commit!," s of citizens of St. i'aitl and
Minneapolis had been appointed to invite
tie: president lo visit those critics in, his
western trip. They will be submitted to
the president this evening, and it is inors
Ilian probable that he will request that the
committees nbuuilou their proposed trip
to Washington, and that instead an invi
tation he mailed to him It is, however,
regarded as settled thal these cities will ue
included in his western trip.
invlti'il lo stop in Mini In noiigii.
Chattanooga, July 29.- As it is proba
ble that the president, while either going
to or returning from Atlanta will pass
through Chattanooga, the mayor of Chat
tanooga, at tie. request of a large number
of leading citizens, irrespective of party,
lias seel ;i telegram to ihe president, invit
ing him to stop a day in Chattanooga, if
he accepts, his entertainment will include
a visit to Lookout mountain, a barbecue
dinner upon historic Missionary ridge,
and a grand review of the
citizens of east and middle
Tennessee, north Georgia and
north Alabama. Chattanooga being s.,
well supplied witli railroads, not less than
50,00b people will come here to greet the
preudent. There is much enthusiasm over
tin* probable visit. 'The mayor of Chatta
nooga is i republican, and was chief
postoffice inspector under Arthur.
The following is the telegram of invita
tion:
To Grover Cleveland, X’resident of the j
United States, Wasliingt
For people of Chuttanoog
majority should prevail.
,ff J. Cavanagh presided over tho Leu-
11011 meeting up stairs and announced that
all the assembly districts had been organ
ized and announced thoir choice of dele
gate to the stute convention. It grieved
him to indulge in personalities, ho suid,
hut it was fiis duty to uunounco that, at a
meeting oftho state committee at James
town a week ago Friday, William Martin,
oftho Seventh district, and P. C. McGuire,
of the Tenth, laid been chosen in their
stead. Martin and McGuire were also re-
lieved from organization committee, work,,
which wns intrusted to D. A. Root and L.
P. Dcland.
At the close of this feeling address James
A. Thompson moved that Messrs. Martin
and McGuire bo classed as a detriment to
the party and removed from the county
committee. lie charged tiiat. they had
worked against George in the lust cam
paign from improper motives. Mr. Thomp
son’s diction was emphatic and his motion
wont through with a rush. The Martin
and McGuire heads were chopped off uud
J. .1. M(-Quinlan and John Murphy were
selc eled to fill the vacancies.
T. V. Doyle had an omnibus resolution
that pleased the meeting migluly. . It con
demned Commissioner Newton ior cm-
plm ing alien labor in repairing the streets
ami depriving citizens of the chance to get
emp.oyniciit in the city’s highways,
uml also lor lotting out tlie work by
contract It Indorsed Senators Murphv
nn-1 Plunkitt and Assemblyman Finn fo/
what they did in the last legislature. Final-
)\ i pledged the support ofthe meeting to
t’ .imlldates to be nominated at the par-
l -'s invention iff R.iehester. Thi(j rosy;..
1 , was adopted cheerfully and thu
\, .-.vent merrily on. Itineludedamo-
t have a delegation of three mei -
j, of l lie county committee appointed o
urn. .-ink" the licit o' securing Saturday
: ' ,Inlays to the men employ, d by the
, i , s • ■ i 1 v departments. Mr. Kuv.n ugh
|. i;.e power to appoint Ihe three, blithe
did i use ii last night The mtmbors of
t' -onntv committee, at Clarendon hall-
1.. : veiling, were unanimously of life
o ,bi o.t that the Saturday half holiday law"
v.’. ji t securing to tlie laborers the bene
fit- E :ff wen-anticipated.
*. million to adjourn was carried, and
t.. .-".non phalanx marched off in
tr etmph. Tlie doings of tho evening have
re: ue-,-d tiiv compromise between the
fact ions out of Ihe unction, and have
no t.imorphoseil the Martin side of tilt
hoii. into the “kid glove” element of.' tin-
put', virile tie-Lennon forces become
the - b’hov:-: ” Each side has enough
ell u-gt.s against the other to make any set-
tin,. the difficulties impossible. Tin
Mar: in men sec use Lennon of packing last
night mooting nt.d with admitting that
lo M l- working the union label party in-
tie interest of the united labor parly. Or;
lb. other hand, it i“ assorted Hint by Len
non'... Iririiris that Martin and Msguin:
have < -ued their suspension from tilt
various uuiil...,.u.o.- ay Working against
the true Interests oftho party.
Biilii sides declare lliat they are fully or
ganized in all tile assembly districts. Two
sets oI delegates will be sent, to Rochester,
unless something I hat is not now foreseen
COniOH to JMHH.
Ui'ttinir Mot Wain.
Chicago, Julv 29. JiiHp'itchos from va
rious points in Illinois show that intense
heat prevailed in the central part of tin.
Mule yesterday. At Lincoln the lnorcurv
reached 102 in tlie shade, and several pros
trations were reported id Carthage. The
same temperature was reached, with one
or two prostrations. At Peoria the ther
mometer reached 100 and a number ot
prostrations, four of which will prove
fatal.
lmit«<l to Kalcigii.
Raleigh, N. (.., July 29.- A very large
and earnest meeting of citizens was held
here to-night, at which resolutions were
passed cordially nnd earnestly inviting-
President Cleveland to visit thDeity dur
ing the state fair in October. Arrange
ments have been perfected by which tlie
president can leave Atlanta on Wednesday
evening. October 19, on a sneeial train
arid arrive at Raleigh early Thursday
morning, October 20, if it will suit his con
nection.
Cal lie K i llfil to
New Ritt'F
valuable herd
lftioal faith, 1 wish to extend to you
Cleveland an invitation to spend
Second race, all ages,l 3*10 mile 1 -: Bluett
won. AnmJgum 2d, Brain 3.1, time 2:95. j a day at Chattanooga,while on ro
Third race, for maiden 2-year-olds, 5 fur* lanta.that you may visit Lookout Mountain
merchant, named
iless his bills were
more may be under it. The construction sion, when a hardware
train cars were each about half loaded with ; Busse sent word that >
ties, which caused the great devastation in paid he would take from Ins safe certain
the crash The trains struck within a fe\v *
feet ofa bridge, seventy feet jon^ and thir
ty feet high, from which several laborers
jumped and were saved with injuries. 1 he
great majority did not dare leap.
II.Ht In Vlrjfinh’.
Winchester, Va., 29.—The heat u -day
was intense. The thermometer reached
91. Such continued hot weather has not
been experienced for many years in thr
documents and turn them over to the grand
jury, CnmmissiomT Van Pelt became en-
ra:fed and wanted measures taken to have
Busse’s sttfe cracked tli.it evening.
1 Fatal Holler Explodon.
Houston, Tex., July 29. -The boiler of
the Houston Lumber company, saw and
, planing mill exploded yesterday, wreck
ing one-half of the building and killing A.
G. Wells, general manager of the eotnpa-
| ny, and Andrew Henry, engineer,
n v ny, and Andrew Henry, engineer, and
Thomas I Hensell, aged 76, well known ! Frank Wilson, laborer, is dying from his
longs; McMahon’s Voltigour Amanda W
ren colt won, Oscar 2d. Irma II. 3d; time
1:04;.
Fourth race, selling race, 1 mile. Nettle
won. Maggie Mitchell 2d, Burton 3d; time
1:11 Butler, rider of Roysterer was sus
pended till September 1st for cutting Esco
bedo.
Filth race, over hurdles. 1 1-lfi miies;
Glenarm won, Maggie Mav 2d, Ligirs 3d.
Time 2:10.1.
Yellow Fever.
Washington, July 29. Burgeon-General
Hamilton has received a telegram Irorn
Pas-cd Assistant Surgeon Guitcr^s, dated
K«*y West, July 28, saying that there have
been 173 cases of yellow fever and 11 deaths
to date.
Key Wkht, July 29. Nine new eases of
yellow lever have been reported by the
boaru of health since yesterday, but no
deaths.
id its beautiful and historical environ and
witness the prosperity of the most progres
sive commercial and manufacturing city in
Chattanooga being the centre
of an extensive system of railroads, vour tlie west. A com
visit here will best enable the people of ( orivev t he invitu
cast and middle Tennessee, north Georgia Washington.
'revent the NprcjuJ of
wick, N. .1., July 29.—A
f sixteen HoDtoin and J or-
d by Geo. W. Jtolf of thin
place, were killed fiv order of the I'nited
States inspector yesterday, tc» prevent the
spread of pleuro pneumonia, the herd be
ing infected with that disease.
Tin" l , n-vi'lcnt^n'ifTil" to Mislmlb*.
Nashville, July 29. -The city council
last night passed resolution endorsing the
mayor’s invitation to the president unci
Mrs. Cleveland to visit Nashville while in
mittec w»us appointed
ution to the president nt
and north Alatiama to puy their respect
to their chief magistrate. Chattanooga |
extends you a hearty and cordial welcome,.;
and its 10,000 citizens, representing by the
place of their nativity every state in the j
union, w ill feel honored by your presence
among them.
[Signed j A. G. Shari*,
Mayor.
I*i in
I.giiF <
London, July 29.
miiiiihikIh u Sld|l
i’rince Louis of Bath-
snberg has been anpoinb d to the com*
Yn ironclad Dreadnaught
IliMiktroiiN Uniu xml MiuihlerMorin.
Franklin Falls, N. IL, July 29.—After
three weeks of hot weather unequalled it;
this state, the most violent thunder storm
occurred last night, raging ten hours
washing highways and breaking do wc.
erups and doing thousands of dollars ot
damage.
Wushcd OvcrlMwril ami Drowned.
Mobile, Ala., July 29.—While the tug
maud of tlie British’ironclad Dreadnaught Key her was on her "way from Tampa to
over the heads of scores of seniors. It is I this port. Captain William Collins was
expected that the radicals will criticize the : washed overboard and lost. It happened
appoinsrnent in parliament. I at midnight Wednesday.