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VOL. XXXI. NO. 2i9 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2*2 18*9. onsru. 1 Few Dars Longer XYILL WE CONTINUE OUR GREAT CUT PRICE FROM THE STATE CAPITAL HON. ADOLPH BR %NDT DROPS DEAD AT ROME. The Western and Atlantic Lease in Hr.use—The Commissioner of Agri ture Bill Postponed Till Next Tuesday—Other Notes. AND HVLOXTIlSrC3- SJXLE. Atlanta. August 21.—[Special.]—A special from Rome aouounces tne sadden death of Hon. Adolph Brandt, of this city. He was a delegate to the grand lodge, I. O. O. F., now in session in Rome, dropped dead in the hail of the grand lodge at 11:15 this morning, while making a speech. It is understood the sudden death wa3 due to heart disease. Col. Brandt was a native of Augusta, born December 30,1347. He was the son I of a German Jew who was an artilleryman in the Austrian army, and alterwards j came to Augusta, where he has been, as a citizen, held in high respect. Col. Brandt was admitted to the bar in An gusta and served in the legislature from | Richmond county in 13S4 5, where he took i prominent rank. Hs removed to Atlanta j at the expiration of his legislative term. ! ana has since been engaged m the practice i of law as a member of the firm of Weill & j Brandt. He was an Odd Fellow and a Knight of j Pythias. He was at one time master of j the grand lodge, I. O. O. F., and grand i representative to the sovereign grand | lodge. He was also the grand chancellor 1 of tne Knights of Pythias of Georgia, and i representative to the supreme lodge of the i wor.d. For a few days we offer Pants at 25 and 40 cents seventy-five pair Knee a nai Tt wo nunared pair Hilt grade ai a nominal price. Bovs’ Windsor Ties. thiesai goods. 10 cents each, for two days only. See the many bargains we offer in every department. We are anxious to get room and clear our shelves before moving. ook out foi our great Shirt sale on Monday IN THE HOUSE. The house went into committee of the : wfaoie to consider the Slate road lease bill. ! Mr. Fleming presided. Mr. O’Neiii’had tne floor and spoke on j his amendment to section 8, providing j that the bias should be submitted to the ; legislature. He urged that the matter was so im- portaet that the legislature should pass i upon it, especially so as the road was open j to all bidders, whether competitors or not. i Mr. Johnson, of Floyd, spoke in favor of the amendment offered by Mr. O’Neil:. The State road lease contract should be made by the legislature. It should not be submitted to a commission. He predict that in twenty years the State road would have to be double tracked to do the busi ness. He did not want to see the road fall into the hands of men wiio would let it run down. He was opposed to the sale of the road. The amendment was adopted—ayes 49. nays 4S. Mr. Felton moved to reconsider. The chair held that other business would have to be transacted before tne motion would be in order. The next thing in order was the amend ment by Mr. Harrell, of Webster, provid ing that bids should be submitted for tne purchase of the road, at the same time bids for the iease were submitted. Mr. Berner raised tne point of order that the amendment was not germain to the title. \ The chair held that the point was not well taken as the title nad not been adoptee. Mr. Harrell spoke on his amendment, i He said tne state’ ought not to own a rail- I road, and said the road had cost in discus sions—proper discussions—hundreds of | thousands of dollars. The main argument | in tavor of the sale was that the owner- j ship of a road was not one of the proper ! functions of a state. The state had as whom this matter is turned over, instead of being turned over, as in 1370, to Rufus Bullock and his gang.” [Great applause]. Mr. Felton said 'he income from the State road at -335. GQ0 a month would pay the state debt in aess than twenty years. But he expected it to be leased for $40,009 I per month wcich, in twenty years, wou.d pay the public debt and leave $1,500,000 in i the treasury. He said that with its magnificent term: nai facilities in Atlanta and Caattanooga, ! no road could compete with it. The gentleman from Webster should ■ have thought of these terminal facilities in his gloomy imaginations. But when he talks about the road he seems to have a sort of delirium tremens. Snakes, monkeys j and wild beasts are continually around ■ him. If the road was sold in twenty years and j there would be no school fund and there would be another debt. He likened the State road to a goose that laid golden eggs, and s-nd Mr. Harreil wanted to wring the neck of the goose to get at the treasure. He said New York owed her greatness to the Erie canal built by the’ state, and owned to day by the state. He was surprised ac his friend putting himself in the position that the state should not own property. Mr. Felton said 130 members had an nounced against the sale, and ninety one- hundreatha of the people were against the sa:e. Mr. Harreil, he said, did not expect to pass the measure, but he wanted to get ,l on the record” so chat fifty years from now some patriot turning the leaves could see that Mr. Harreil, of Webster, had fa vored the sale. [Laughter ] He was willing to set aside a page for the gentiemon from Webster to have a re cord made. Lease the road, 3sid Mr. Fel ton, and fifty years hence ha would not object to the saie. {Laughter.] But Mr. Felton said that at the end of the fifty years the tieople would have re ceived $29,000,000. and would still have the road. Mr. Harreil replied, showing that the interest account’ was greater than the rental account, and Chat the state was los ing money by holding :he road. The Harrell amendment was voted on and lost by S7 to 31. Mr. Felton gave notice that he would move a reconsideration of the O'Neil amendment. The committee arose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again. Bills ou First Reading. By Mr. Hurt—To incorporate the Union Point and Eiberton Short Line railroad. THE PRESIDENT'S TOl’R. ■WARMLY WELCOMED BY CIN C INN ATI PEOPLE. Large Crowds Greet tiie Nation’s Ruler all Along the Route—The President Makes a Little Speech and Leaves for Indianapolis. Cincinnati. August 21.—Amid booming of cannon and cheers from the vast concourse gathered at the Central station, the president arrived here at a : quarter after 10 o’clock, owing to an acci- ; dent to the engine of the train in front of j the western express between Baltimore and Washington yesterday. Crowds were j assembled at ail stations en route and j heartily cheered the president, while j some pushed forward to shake hands. The president retired at midnight last | night and slept soundly. He took early ; breakfast, the meal being cooked by an j old colored servant of the late John W. j Garrett, and successive presidents of the j Baltimore and Ohio road He is the same j man who accompanied ex-President Cleve- | land on his wedding tour. At Greenfield, i Ohio, a card was handed Mr. Harrison j with the words: “We wish you the earth \ and a safe journey." A crowd of several i thousand stood and cheered themselves ; hoarse, while the general stood, hat in i hand, waving his greeting. “Oh, Mr Harrison, please say a word,” j cried a woman, but the train carried him j away too soon. The morning was spent j in reading the papers and talking over old | war times with Gen. Morgan, Daniel Bans- j deli aad Capt. Meridech. Tne par>y consists of President Harri son, Attorney General Miller, Private Secretary Halford, Secretary Rusk, Hon. John B. Elam, Coi. J. B. Black. General Thomas G. McrgaD, commissioner of In dian affairs: Hon. J. I. Irwin, of Indiana: Hon. Daniel M. Ransdeil, marshal of the District of Columbia; J. B. Cockrum, assistant district att orney of Indiana: Hon. William M. Meredith, chief engineer of engraving and printing, and an Associated Press reporter. Marshal Ransdeil handed Private Sec retary Halford a request orought by a mac ail the way from Johnstown, from market was also stronger. A fair specula tive business was transacted. The corn market opened at about the closing prices of yesterday, was firm for a time and advanced i to $c, ruled weaker, declining ie, became quiet, and closed s to tc lower than yesterday. Prices for oats were held steady at the same range as yesterday. In hog products only a moderate trade was reported and a steadier feeling pre- ! vailed. Fluctuations in prices were eoa- j fined within a narrow range. Trading was i almost exclusively in contracts for Sep tember, October and January, on the tke I vr ‘ 10 - e tke range of prices ruled higher, more particularly in mess pork, and the market closed 3teady at about outside figures. Pork advanced 121 to 15c for near deliveries. Ribs ruled 5c higher. HAMPTON’S WISE WORDS. THE NEGRO EXODUS WILL NOT HURT THE SOCTH. Republican Effort* to Break the Solid South Will Fall—Southerners for Local Self- Government Abuve All Else. Don’t Favor Protection. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE. Washington, August 21.—Senator Hampton, in an interview here to-day. =° d ihat the republicans were making an rt to break into the solid south by in- said effo: ... ky in- ! ^oduemg economic questions, but taat it ! would fail. He said: “As long as the matter of iocai seif- j government demands onr attention oar clal from South Pittsburg] Tenn., says: A ^°P* e cannot be divided on this issue, t to assassinate Deputy I tates Marshal Sam Hughes, took place at Whiteweli, twenty miles up the valley from this place, yesterday evening at 6 o’clock. The deputy marshal had arrested John Topton for wildcatting and had left him with an accompanying officer, and i had gone farther down the river to arrest j . - _ . ... , some of his colleagues, when ha suddenly -©ndency is piore lively to be the other ,t guns They 7 a - v ’ “Pwmliy m the mining and manu- Uuited States Marshal Hughes Has Call. Nashville, Tenn., August 21.—A ciai from South Pittsburg] Tenn., says. _ bold attempt to assassinate Deputy United Whether a man is a protectionist or a tariff reformer, the safety or welfare of his home is paramount to the tariff.” “Do you think that there is a growing protective sentiment in the south?" “No," the senator replied. “I think the ran upon two men with shot guns They told the officer to stop, and on his refrains’ to do * so, one them, i John L. Hobbs, fired at him in a space j of three yards Flight of the buckshot took j effect. Tne officer pulled his revolver as the wouid-be assassin ran off, but as it re fused ro work he could not snoot. He was not fatally wounded. A day book in his coat pocket saved hi3 life. The buckshot passed through the back aad into his j breast, just about the heart. Hobbs and j the wildcatters were a 1 from Grundy I county, and were selling liquor on the j mountain near Whiteweli. They have | been defying the officers for some time ! and Officer Hughes attempted the arrest with the above consequence. His wounds were dressed this evening aad he took his prisoner to Chattanooga to-nignt. THE FARMER*’ CONGRESS. The Last Day’s Proceedings of the ventioa at Montgomery. measures. By Mr. Rankin—To amend the act cre ating a board of county commissioners of Goraon county. A bill to provide a stock law for three districts of Dooly county, passed, IN THE SENATE. A memorial from Forest Camp No. 3, confederate veterans of Chattanooga, Tenn., praying that the general assembly authorize the governor to sell a certain plot of ground in Chattanooga, belonging to the state, for the erection of a confed erate monument, was this morning pre sented to rhe senate by Mr. Bartlett. He aiso introduced a bill to that effect. The special order of the day, the bill making the office of commissioner of agri culture elective, wa3 taken up. The committee report had been ad verse. A minority report was read advocating the measure proposed by the bili, arguing that the appropriation annually made for the agricultural department would be more judiciously expended should the office by made elective; that the farmers ; of the state who pay for enormous quanti ties of fertilizers should select the person News From Opelika. Opelika, Ala., August 21.— Thiscommu- tJV is needing rain very much indeed. The county court has been the center of attraction this week with the colored population. The Rev. C. B. Newsome, colored, was up before his honor, W. C. Robinson, on three different charges. He took an appeal to the circuit court, which convenes the 4th of November, next. There are several invalids from a dis tance here, trying the virtues of the min eral well, and are greatly improved in health. On yesterday Opelika received her first bile of new cotton. It was raised and brought to market by Mr. J. M. Parker,of Marvyu. It was sold at auction and pur chased by Messrs Hudmon Bros. & Co at 11 cents, and stored in Frazer & Co.'s warehouse. The protracted meeting of the M. E. church has been closed, after receiving seventy-one into membership. Captain R. M. Green and wife, of this & iace, and their son, D. A. Green, ot irmingham, left this week for New York and Chautauqua lake. They will spend the entire summer north. The city council held a called meeting yesterday afternoon, to discuss the city's condition aad to straighten several of our streets. Work has begun on a new two 3tory brick building on the vacant lot between Pena & Co. and A. N. Ligntfoot, on north Railroad street, which will add to that portion of the town very much. Miss Evie Phillips left to-day for her floaie in Montgomery. Misses Thornton, two very attractive young ladies of Montgomery, are the j guests of Mrs. J. F. Adams, on Calhoun ! street. C. J. Suddetn, contractor of the knitting ' factory, says he will have the building ! completed and machinery up and running by September 15. It will give employ- j ment to 100 hands. much business to start a hotel or a factory j that an official in nnrr.nfititifln with rifci7An.=Y nr tr. Hn a than twpnt.v ar Tne old school friends of Mr. Harrison at the Marine University, had a friendly chat with him on arrival. The Central Union depot was packed to its capacity wnec the president and party arrived. Cheers followed upon his arrival at the Burnett House. He was at once escorted to the parlor, which was elaborately deco rated with Aawers. Here a public recep tion began almost immediately. The president stood before a table on which was an elaborate floral design. Among these who have held receptions in the room are the prince of Wales, the Hungu rian patriot, Kossuth, Jennie Lind. Presi dent Lincoln. General Grant and General Sherman. Mayor Mosby made a brief welcoming address, to which the president replied as follows: Mr. Mayor: I thank you and the people of Cincinnati for wnom you speak for our kindly welcome. It would be pleasing to me to speak of recollections which your remarks and this city recalled, but there is neither time nor opportunity for that. Cincinnati, however, more than any other of its class in the country, is to be the home city. The first callers on the president after who controls the inspection thereof; and. the committees had been presented were Montgomery, Ala., August 21.—The Southern Interstate Farmers’ Association closed its annual session here to-day. The subj sets discussed to-day were the de pression of agriculture, causes, and should | colored people move elsewhere, aad we facturing districts. The interests of the states of Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama particularly are advanced by low duties. They can produce iron and coal much cheaper than they can be produced in the east. Protection only assists eastern man ufacturers to keep up this rivalry. With out protection the rivalry would be greatly lessened. Less protection and more capital will go to develop the industries of the south. Seeing this, I do not think our j people will be led off by thi* j question. The efforts of the republicans j will be in Virginia, Tennessee, North Car- I olina, and perhaps Alabama. I do not i think they will meet with success in either. The exodus of negroes from North : Carolina, if it keeps up, will hurt them ! there, but they could not carry the state, i anyhow. Mr. Harrison’s appointments in I the south have been of a character to ! strengthen U3 in resistance of any attempt ! made upon the southern states. T know it i has been so in South Carolina, and I pre- I same it is the same elsewhere.” ; He thought inconvenience but no Injury j would result from :ae extensive negro | exodus in the south. “We,” he said, “would giadly see the of short staple upland ever auctioned here : in competition with citizens, or to do a was disposed of at 10 o'clock this morning mercantile business. He said the circum- in front of the board of trade building The bale weighed 579 pounds, and the cot ton was of fine quality. It was raised by D. D. Massey, a planter cf Jefferson county, living near Monticello. In honor of the occasion, this bale was placed on a two horse wagon, and, preceded by a band of musicians, was driven through the principal streets. A great crowd gathered at the board of trade building, where C. H. Smith, secretary of the board of trade, called for offers. Bids began at 10 cents a pound, and after spirited competition the bale was finally knocked down to John Furchgott & Co., of Jacksonville, who bid 17 cents. It will be shipped to New York to-morrow. The Clyde Line will take it free. Ty-Ty s First Bale. Ty Ty, Ga., August 21.—[Special.]—The first baie of the new cotton’ crop was re ceived here to day. It was brought in by N. B. Whittington and sold to J, L. Ford for 101 cents. An Old Dentist Dead. J Savannah, Ga., August 21.—Dr. R. i Parsons, said to be the oldest practicing I dentist surgeon, died at his home in this j city to-day. Dr. Parsons was born in Northampton, Mass., in 1306. He was itaness were not such now as to justify the state iu holding the road, and the consti tution of IS i < prohibits the state building any others. It is necessary in this day for a road to build branches to protect itself. The State road cannot do that, and has to suffer in consequence. It has no power to protect itself against rivals. The time is near when it will be stranded high and dry as a local road, and will be an expense to the state. The East Tennessee is its competitor. It is proposed to extend the Marietta and North Georgia to Atlanta and take away one-sixth ot the value of the road, and one-sixth of the income. He spoke of the Central s Kansas City connections, which diverted freights. He called attention to the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus. He understood there was a movement on foot to make a shorter line from Dalton to Chattanooga. The people near the line of the State road are deprived of transportation facilities because the State road cannot build extensions and branches. The road ought to be sold, so a new owner can build branches. At present it is a dog in the manger. The sale of the road would wipe out the public debt—a con summation devoutly to be wished. The interest saved could go to the schools. Mr. Davi 3 , of Elbert, asked how $S,000,- 000 could be gotten for the road. Because, said Mr. Harrell, the purchaser educated in Cincinnati and Philadelphia. In 1344 he came to Savannah, aad, until a i , ^ . - . » few months ago, has oeen practicing his : CO£U< ^ bmld branches and protect the prop- - - - - - ■ • • erty. [ Applause.] Mr. Henry asked if the road at $35,000 a month would not, in twenty years, pay I $S,000.000. ! _ Mr. Harrell said yes. and at the same time the rental would be $420,000 a year and the interest account $460,000, and in ten years the state would be out $400,000 and own a wrecked road—wrecked by the circumstances that environ it. Mr. Harrell said the bill, as it stood, was I and allow | neitner fish, flesh nor fowl, and he did not believe it was understood. He said the fight between the people aDd corporations was on and the people demanded protection. Mr. Davis, of Burke, spoke in favor of j the amendment offered by Mr. Harreil. ' The sale would wipe out the state debt. The State road costs more than it cemes ! to. He showed by figures how the state I had lost iu her various railroad ventures. He also called attention to the way the ! present iease was made—$35,000 was offered and $25,000 was accepted for the road. Georgia refuses to let the Marietta and Norta Georgia come into Atlanta to ^ _ ___ compete with the Western and Atlantic— county fair in 1S90. and j I s directly due to that of Lewis Brothers. | the state becoming a monopoly. But he he matter of making a j The Nottingham mills will also suspend. : predicted the Marietta and North Georgia ; Items From Ty-Ty. Ty-Ty, Ga., |August 21.—The Alliance . . _ _ people are going to make a lively fight on j talized at $600,000, with 1400 looms, em- the cotton ginners this season. Mr. J. B. 1 lnnn profession. Several of the most imoortanc | instruments used by dentists were of his ‘ invention. FAILED FDR A MILLION. The Wauregan Cotton Goods Company Makes an Assignment. Providence, R. I., August 21.—The Wauregan Cotton Goods Company to-day decided to suspend payment their goods to go to protest. The company has two mills at present in operation, one at Wanregan. near Plainfield, Conn., capi- Herron has bought him a small engine ploying 1000 hands; the other, the Not tingham mills in this city, capitalized at which he will attach to his gin, and has I $300,000, with 2300 spindles and 556 looms, already given notice that he will gin cot- i and employs 600 hands. Treasurer Taft is ton at twenty-five cents per hundred, | also secretary and treasurer of the Pone- n-Iim-cflc — i „ m q Vi mills ’ n PYvr* H/»n ft The* - hoc a whereas the other gins have always charged eighty cents. Mr. Herron is now putting his machinery in position, and will soon be ready for business. Thursday is the day set apart for a big meeting of the Worth County Agricultural Association at Sumner, to discuss the feas ibility of another also to talk over the mah mills in Connecticut, that has capitalization of $1,500,000. Bradstreet j thinks Taft's connection with this last mill will place it in danger. The Wauregan company's liabilities are placed at $1,000,- 000. The assets, according to the com pany's figures, are 32,000,000. The failure j county display at the coming state fair, Mr. W. E. Williams displayed, on yes terday. another ODe of those large melons. It was grown by Mr. James A. Williams, and tipped the beam at sixty-five pounds. It was of the Jumbo variety. Mr. W. K. Glover has sold his saw mill after finishing up Irwin county’s big bridge, and nas come back home and bought another small mill, and will soon open up business near town. He is a man tnat cannot remain idle long at a time. Rev. H. C. Golding is carrying on a pro tracted meeting in town this week. Mrs. T. M. Maund returned home from Dawson yesterday morning,where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. M. Moore, for several days. The farmers are all about through sav ing fodder. Next comes the cotton and hay, of the latter of which there should -e great quantities saved and forever stop tne shipment of eastern hay to this beau tiful southland, the natural home of the — .at succulent grasses that ever grew and a.,owed to go to waste every year, just for the -ac a of gathering and saving. The Thornton worsted mills wen: under to-day. Their trouble is caused by the failure of Brown, Steese & Clarke, wool would come into Atlanta. He showed how the State road was liable to be depreciated in value, having compe- dealers, of Dedham. Mass. Brown. Steese titlon growing, and yet being unable to laving in his gift more than twenty appointments and tne dis tribution of salaries .amounting in the aggregate to $35,000 per year, snouid take his commission from the people. A motion was made to disagree to the committee report and debated by Senators Harris, of the Third, Boyd, Strother and others. Senator Shannon then moved that in order that the Farmers’ Alliance, now in session at Macon, might be heard from on the subject under consideration, and that certain senators, now absent, might have the privilege of voting on the bill, it be displaced as the special order of to-day, and set for Tuesday. Carried. A bill by Senator Strother, to incorpo rate the town of Hapeville, was read aad referred. The same senator introduced a bill to amend section 4263 of the code, touching the flliDg of pauper affidavits. The following bills were passed: To secure speedy jury trials in cases of nuisance, and to declare nuisances ail fac tories, mills, etc , which operate to the annoyance of the citizen.^ generally or the manifest injury of the public health. To amend the act creating a board of county commissioners for Liberty. To prescribe when petitions for certio rari shall be presented for sanction. To amend the act to carry into effect the last clause of article 7, section 1, para graph 1, of the constitution, which refers to the provision to be made for the widows of disabled confederates. A bili to provide for the election of four additional trustees for the State University by the alumni association, was, in view of the passage of the act reducing the num ber of trustees, withdrawn by consent. Adjourned. Legislative Notes. Atlanta, August 21.—[Special.]—The Atlanta and Florida directors, the new board, met to-day and elected R. F. Mad dox, president; Cecil Gabbett, first vice- S resident and general manager: E. W. tarsh. second vice-president; R. J. Lowry, treasurer; J. K. Brunner, secretary. Mr. Gabbett says he will make a first-class road of it. His election as manager started the rumor that the road had been scooped by the Terminal, but President Maddox stoutly denies it. The investigation by tne joint legislative committee of the operations of tne West Point Terminal in Georgia in the purchase of the Central and the lease of the East Tennessee, began this afternoon with the examination of General Alexander as to the purchase of the Central. In reply to the questions of the committee, he gave the whole history of that transaction, be ginning with the Georgia company, giving substantially what has appeared in the public prints. Pat Calhoun and Colonel Williamson were present. the resident members of the Ohio com mandery of the Loyai Legion, of which the president is a member. He greeted these companions with a kindly grasp, for he knew they had all, like himself, passed through the fiery furnace of war. Then followed the public as rapidly as they could be marshaled. At the end of three quarters of an hour the president was driven to the builders’ exchange at Sixth and Vine, where Presi dent Allison welcomed him farmers’ organizations be encouraged. Gen. Wm. Miller, of Florida, led in the discussion of the latter subject, and made a strong tariff reform speech. The com mittee on cotton covering, Hon. W. J. Green, of North Carolina, chairman, sub mitted the following report, which was adopted: Recognizing the fact that jute bagging, which has heretofore been exclusively used by cotton planters as a covering for their product, was daring the past season most unnecessarily raised in price nearly a hundred per cent by manufacturers of Chat material, and recognizes likewise that such arbitrary and cruel rise in prices could have only been made possible by what is known as trusts, and inasmuch as under the spur of such wrong, suitable substitutes have been discovered for cotton covering, your committee do most earn estly recommend to every cotton producer throughout the land the abso lute discontinuance of jute bag ging when ever a substitute can be obtained. Your committee goes further, and proclaim that this recommen dation, whether viewed as a retaliatory measure or one simply of seif protection, is equally justifiable, and that they recom mend like action or non-use when possible of every article which has been placed or shall be hereafter placed under trust for the purpose of excluding competition, and thus enabling the projectors' to fix their own prices on the same. Col. L. L. Polk, of Raleigh, N. C., was re elected president of the association and Hon. L. A. Youmans, of South Carolina, was elected vice president from the state at large. Ail the vice presidents were re elected. G. F. Vandiver, of Tennessee, was elected secretary. Resolutions were adopted urging the importance of of securing legislation for the advancement and protection of the would be willing to suffer any reduction in the elective college and congress that might result from their departure. It would make things a little harder for the present generation, but would be the sal vation of the future. I would gladly vote to appropriate $50,000,000 for the purchase of Cuba or some other place in whien they might settle.’’ . agricultural interests. President Harrison responded by saying: The association adionrned to meet in “I have laid upon myself the innovation of i v= upon avoiding public speaking on this trip, but : I cannot refrain from saying a word in ap i i preciation of yonr kindness. I rejoice in | the prosperity and development of your j . great city, and hope it wili always be a ; , city of prosperous and happy " homes, ! whether rich or poor.” I The president was then driven to the j 1 magnificent new building of the chamber I ■ of commerce, through the doors of which j a great mass of people poured, engulfing ; the members before they coaid have their j j special reception. Thai building was | ; elaborately and ornamentally decorated j with a profusion of national flags. Lowe 1 j Emerson, vice-president, delivered the j ] welcoming address, and referred to the magnitude of the city’s trade. The presi- : dent replied as follows: i “Mr. President and ladies and gentie- : men: The figures which your speaker has j used in his address quite overcome me. The suggestions he raised bring to my mind many pleasant recollections. It was here at your crowded wharves and where ! floated great palaces upon the water I j had my first glimpse of a great city. To me, a country boy, it was wonderful sight, ; fessional days were spent here undsr’the guidance of Bellany Starr. Although but comparatively little of my later life has : been spent in yonr c ty, yet I feel that in ; your welcome to day you not only wel come me as an officer of the nation, but as a neighbor. ‘T appreciate the fact that I 3ee before me not only representatives in business, but loyal supporters of our great nation. I thank yon.” An hour was then devoted to a public reception, but the crowd was so great that when the police stopped further accessions from the door, there was still a long line of people who had not secured the coveted hand-shake. The president was then driven to the hotel for dinner and rest, and at 5 o’clock he left over the Cincin nati. Hamilton and Divton road for Indianapolis. Nashville next year. ONE OF THE FATED FIVE Charles Giblin’s Story of the Crime He is to : Expatiate. New York, August 21—The youngest of j the five men to be hanged Friday next is Charles Giblin, a slight Irish youth ] who, though twenty-five years old, has a ; face as smooth as a child’s. He is the 1 son of an Irish farming family and had i been in New York only a few weeks | before the fatal event of his life ha FOR THE CHILDREN’S SAKE. Bigamy. Prosecution, Divorce and a Ke- warriage at Baltimore. Baltimore, August 21.—In 1376 John W-ichteraaa Margaretta Beck were mar ried in Brooklyn, N. Y. They then came to Baltimore to reside. In 1382 the husband met aad fell in love with Ann Margaret Tayior, and despite all laws against bigamy, proposed marriage, i was accepted and took unto himself an- j other wife. Wachter for two years con- ! tiaued to reside in Baltimore, supporting ! two households, neither wife knowing of j the existence of the other. There were no i children by the first wife, but there were I three by the second wife. In 1384 Wach- I ter abandoned his legal wife and removed ! to Richmond, Va. The fact of the sec- j ond marriage afterward came out and Wachter was arrested on a requisition and j brought to this city. The grand jury then ] indicted him for bigamy. By the advice of his counsel, Wachter then entered into ! an arrangement with his first wife. He j made the plea that if the case was pushed i the children would be disgraced. Mrs. Wachter No. 1 was willing to with draw, providing the state attor ney’s consent coaid be obtained. That official was finally prevailed upon to eater a nolle pros, and at the same time Wach- ter’s counsel obtained a divorce from tne first wife. The las: act in this strange story of married life was enacted yesterday in the issue of a marriage license by the clerk of the court of common pleas to Wachter and the woman whom he pre ferred to his first wife. They were mar ried to day and the three children legiti matized. Baseball Yesterday. At Philadelphia—Philadelphia 11, Wash ington 3. Base hits—Philadelphia 13, Washington 12. Errors—Philadelphia 6, Washington 6. Batteries — Sanders and Clements, Ferson and Mack. At Cincinnati—Cincinnati 9, Columbus 3. ... , Base hits—Cincinnati 11, Columbus 6. He is _ married and his wife and ■ Errors—Cincinnati 2,Columbus 4. Batter- two children have been to see him in the jail. Giblin had a good education and not j WidneVand~Conaor. only can he talk well, but he can reason 1 and argue cleverly. Not in many years has there been a candidate for the Tombs gallows who was intellectually his match. He hates to die. out what he hates most is the death of the gallows. “That is shameful, disgraceful, ignomin ious,” he said, “and I am not resigned to such a way of dying. I am not a tough, I am not anxious to stand before the ies—Petty and Keeman; Gastright and e pob- ... ...... lie as going to death with the nerve of the Borne of my earlier pro- I bravo. My life was that of a hard work- j ing young man. I have been honest, sober and industrious. An accident | brought me to this unfortunate i pas3. I was going home that | day in February, 1538, with not an idea I in my mind of doing wrong to anybody. I | came to the bakery of Nicholas Goetz, at i 162 Houston street, and bought some cruil- ; ers and gave tne person who waited on ; me a |5 bill. The person who took my bill j called in Valentine Goetz,who kept a store ’ near by. Tnere was some talk about its ! being counterfeit. Now do you suppose i if I was trying to pass a counterfeit bili I j would be foolish enough to make a fuss | and be arrested for if? Yet that is i what; I did. I made a row and demanded ! it back. I threatened to call in a police- , man. When I 3aid I would get a po!ice- i man there was an attack on me. There j were three women and three men who j attacked me. Valentine Goetz drew a j pistol. I had no pistol. I did not carry I one. If I had been a desperate villain ; perhaps I should have had one. When I I saw Valentine Goetz draw that pis- j tol I struck it from him. I was knocked down. Valentine and I strug- At Cleveland—Cleveland 5, Pittsburg 6. Base hits—Cleveland 7, Pittsburg 9. Errors —Cleveland 0, Pittsburg 3. Batteries— Gruber and Zimmer, Galvin and Carroll. At Indianapolis—Indianapolis 6, Chica go 12. Base hits—Indianapolis 13, Chicago 16. Errors—Indianapolis 1, Chicago 2. Batteries—Russil and Daily and Sullivan: Dwyer and Fairell. At 3oston—Boston 10, New York 4. Base tuts—Boston 11, New York 10. Errors— Boston 4, New York 2. Batteries—Clark son and Bennett, Crane and Ewing. At Kansas City—Kansas City 3, Balti more 6. Base hits—Kansas City 12. Balti more 6. Errors—Kansas City 2, Baltimore 4. Batteries—Conway and Hoover, Kiiroy and Tate. NEW YORK SrOLK MARKET. & Clarke to-day filed in court a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Alliance Warehouse at Richland. Americas, Ga., August 21.—The Al liance men of Webster county are building 3 commodious ginnery at Weston. They put in an elegant sixty-saw gin, a mill --‘ £ for grinding corn and a cotton seed U seer. The work is almost completed. 7. ae Alliance men of Stewart and Web- p l r , are also erecting a warehouse at “ ca *and for the sale and storage of cotton and other produce. FLORIDA COTTON. souvilie Made the Home Market for Florida Raised Cotton. FarmU.?U" 1 LLE ’ FIa -> August 21.—The to-davU Y-ance Exchange of Florida Jack-tr-Ui flrst ste P towards making raised n-r’i 16 tae hoj fie market for Florida product tM ho For many y ears Florida’s wick anH 8 UL en sent t0 Savannah, Brans- will now ho °'r points, but Jacksonville Q0W hanal e the crop. The first bale Resumed Operations. Reading. Pa., August 21.—The sheet mill of the Reading iron company, which, under the name the Reading iron works, failed about six months ago, resumed work this morning. The sheet mill is one of the nine establishments comprising this extensive plant, and employs 275 hands. Within the next ten days eight other mills will gradually resume, and give employ ment to 2300 nands. Up to this time the company has received the signatures of over 2000 men who agree to for ego strong drink and membership in all labor organi zations on conditions of being given steady build branches, and being only 13S miles i long. Mr. Felton, of Bartow, spoke. Ha said ■ the question was worn out and thread bare. He would not speak long. Sub stantially the same bili had been discu33ed by former legislatures. The house was in favor of re-leasing the road, as shown by a vote on resolution , some days ago. He said the efforts to get the lease bill entangled with amendments was not the work of friends of the lease. He said Mr. Harrell was Extent of Business Done in Listed and Uu listed Stocks Yesterday. New York, August 21.—The stock j market to-day was somewhat animated, I steamships Collide. New York, August 21.—The British steamer Alene, from West India ports, which arrived today, reports that on August 6 the American schooner Lizzie May, Capt. Hutchinson, while at anchor at jeromie, was run into by the Haytian man-ot-war Toossaint Loaventare, and had a large hole stove in her starboard bow above the water line. The man-of- war left the same night without ascertain ing what damages had been done to the schooner. Capt. Hutchinson made a pro- --- . inconsistent in , - - , . - , . , Claiming at one time the road was worth I * est through the American consul SS.000.000, and at another that it was soon to become comparatively valueless. As to the possible decrease iu value, he emDlovment according to the conditions *4- at twent y years ago, when Bullock P 311 ^ - I He was glad the road was not sold. It has increased in value at least $3,000,000. He SDoke at length of the growth of the business of the State road, which has fol- Ran Away With a Priest. Chicago, August 21.—Mike McDonald, whose wife ran away with an ex-priest, as ul . lue a FP r °J ai °[ cl [ e w "emnamg fViooo aionofohoo loot nGht eld scheme and the understanding tnat nere- but the improvement was confined to less than half a dozen stocks, and those were i affected by special causes. The aoathy of operators continued and all classes seemed even more than nsual indisposed to make any move. The announcement of a deal by which Union Pacific obtains control of Navigation, served to keep that stock firm on a declining market, but the extreme ; fluctuations of stock for the day was only j ic. Trusts were again active, though the ! volume of business was somewhat smaller ! than usual of iate, and cotton oil enjoyed a reaction, which recovered some of its loss, and sugar also moved up materially. : The feature of the day, however, was tiie i activity and sudden rise in Northern Pacific in the afternoon upon the announcement 1 of the approval of the new refunding gied for the pistol. I got it. I had to i third. Time liol,. shoot or else wait and have them take it from me and shoot me. Valentine and his wife were wounded. Tne wife died. I am here for murder. Don’t you think it curious that the pistol was not produced at the trial ? I assert that after I captured i it and fired it, Valentine got it from me. I i could not have hidden it. Yet it disap- : peared and it was never proved at the trial that it was mine.” Westchester Races. Westchester, N. Y.,August 21.—About 7000 people attended the sec and day races. Tne weather was warm. The favorites got hit hard. First race—Three quarters of a mile; Glenmound won, Bradfordjsecond, Sir Joseph third. Time 1:164. Second race—One mile; Welfred won, Young Duke second, Bridgelight third. Time 1:44. Tnird race—Six furlongs; Gramercy won, Jersey Pat second,King's Own tnird* Time 1:154. Fourch race—One mile and a furlong: Brother Bar won, Fly ton second, Niagara third. Time 1:56. Fifth race—Mile and a sixteenth: Kings ton won. Cortez second, Joe Courtney _ixth race—Seven furlongs; Vivid won, Buckston second, Miracle third. Time 1-29. THE E (IPEROR OF GERMANY. VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS. Northern Pacific Railroad. New York, August 21.—At a special meeting of the Northern Pacific directors, held to-day, Williard’s scheme for placing consolidated mortgages on $160,000,000 was unanimously approved, and a special meeting of preferred stockholders will be held on October 17 to formally ratify the mortage. Twenty million of new bonds will beexpended on terminals at Tacoma, Superior and elsewhere and on additional equipments, and the balance of bonds will be substituted for obligations of the company and branch lines now outstand- related in these dispatches last night, said to a reporter this ’morning that he had received a letter from her dated Boston, i August 12. She was still infatuated with J the pnesc, and the only sorrow that she expressed on account of her act is tha' lowed the development of the state iu coal, ; her little boys are left motherless. Me- m arK!a PfP ! TA 1 j i -n » zr j: Gaugers and Storekeepers. Washington. August 21.—Storekeepers and o-au^ers have been appointed as fol- j 1S70. fows: William T. Barclay, Fifth Tennes- , see; John Lingle, Will A. Wright, James B Templeton, T. A. Stewart. John D. I Loften. W. A. Randall, Wm. P. Blackwell, A. H. Rollins, Samuel S. Marks, Robert L. , McCrary, John J. Justice, H. H. Harwell, ; II K Winston and Marcus D. Stafford, all j in'the Fifth North Carolina district. 1 iron, marble, etc. If Georgia were on her death-bed and ! making her will he would advocate the sale] But, thank God, she is not dead or dying. She has increased in taxable val ues, including railroads, $25,000,000 in twelve months. The state was aever so i prosperous. Magnificent in her posses- j sions and in her nrospects, and yet the gentlemen from Webster, in his gloomy imagination, presents the picture of a dying state. Mr. Davis, of Burke, asked what guaran tee the state had that the same mistake would not be made now that was made in Donald says he will apply for a divorce. He is deeply moved by his wife’s deser tion, and bursts into tears when talking. What is that?” asked Mr. Felton. “Leasing for $25,000 when $35,000 was offered.” said Mr. Davis. “This,” said Mr. Felton, “we have down yonder. John B. Gordon, and that one- legged confederate soldier .the comptroller A Disastrous Conflagration. Sonoma, Cal., August 21.—Fire broke out here last night in a saloon. The flames spread rapidly, and in a short time a large portion ox the town had been burned. The bank, Masonic hall, batcher shop, Estes’ saloon, Finning’s real estate office] Gardner's barn and stables and many other buildings, were burned. It is im possible as yet to estimate the loss. During . the progress of the fire F. Duhring, a prominent merchant, dropped dead from excitement. after preferred stockholders were to re ceive all that is due them. Preferred rap idly advanced 1| to 69, and common 1$. Oregon Transcontinental followed. The movement was soon over, however, and the market later reacted, when a slight flurry in money sent the rate up to 6 per cent. The market closed dull and steady to firm, at a shade under the best prices. Final changes are generally insignificant. Delaware and Hudson is up 11, and North ern Pacific preferred 13. Sues of stocks reached 127,000 shares. CHICAGO MARKET. Racing iu ’ nglacd. London. August 21.—At the Stockton meeting to day, the race for the great gSfeValUappIausef old Nathan Barnett, . northern riger was won by Lord Zetland's ^ • TT j - J 4. J Cl 11 \ J nsnnn ►VlITT- ZIA’f PfftVAn Bob Hardeman and Clifford Anderson, to bay colt, Puizoa. I Review of Speculation in the Gram and Provision Market. Chicago, August 21.—With speculators | feeling as friendly to wheat as they were this morning, there was enough boil news I received to have put prices up a full cent had it not been for the persistent selling I by prominent local operators. It seemed impossible to get the price above TSie, and : buying orders at 7Se appeared to be so nu- j meroas that trading under that figure was inconsequential. Final closings for futures here were i to 4c higher, and the cash General Mahone Will be Nominated To- Day by Acclamation. Norfolk, Va., August 21.—Tne republi- i can state convention to nominate candi dates for governor, lieutenant governor j and attorney-general meets here to-mor- j row noon. The outlook to-night is that ! the convention will accomplish its work with expediency and without friction, as i ieading anti-Mahone republicans are tak ing no part in the convention. General Mahone will accept the leading place on : tne ticket. He will be nominated by ac- j ciamation. It is thought to-night that I Mahone will accept. Weather Probabilities. Washington,August 21.—Indications for Georgia: Fair, followed by local showers in the northern portion during the after noon and evening; stationary temperature in the southern, and slightly cooler in the northern portion; variable winds. For Alabama: Fair, followed by light ! local showers: stationary temperature, except in northern parts slightly cooler: ! variable winds. The 6ul:aa of 1 tirkey Will Warmly Wel come His Majesty. | Constantinople, August 21.—Tne sul- : tan's yacht wiiiicunvey a special mission, accompanied oy a large suite, to meet the emperor and emDress of Germany. They are charged with a complimentary mess age from the sultan to the German ruler. ; if is reDorted that a deputation of Cretans are going to Athens to solicit E nperor ! William’s arotection. j Strasbcrg, August 21.—After the mili- ! tary tattoo last evening, cro wds assembled at the paiace and cheered lustily in honor j of tne emoress and emperor of Germany. ; The imperial visitors appeared on the balcony and bowed their acknowledg- : ments to the multitude. To day the kaiser ; and his consort attended the military pa rade. the crowd again greeting their ap- 1 pearance with the warmest demonstra- I tions. The emperor personally requested the burgomaster to thank the people for the splendid reception accorded him. The Teachers Return. New York, August 21.—Among the I cabin passengers of the sceamer State of ; Indiana, which arrived from Glasgow to- i day. were eighty-five memoers of the ' North Carolina school teacners’ associa- tion, who crossed to Europe about two j months ago on a pleasure trip. > Saratoga Races. Saratoga, August 21. — First race— Five and a half furlongs: Pearl Set won, Mr. Pelham second. Milton third. Time 1:101* Second race—Six furlongs: The Lion won, Clarion second, Brait third. Time 1:16. Third race—One and three sixteenths miles: Cassias won, Ovid second, Royal Garter third. Time 1:43. Fourth race—Six furlongs: Bohemian won, Melodrama second, Amoe third. Time 1:17$. Fifth race—One mile and seventy yards; Maid of Orleans won, Sam D second, Snamrock third. Time 1:46$.