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( ESTABLISHED 1850. i j J. 11. KBTILL, Editor and Proprietor.) BUCKNER’S LIVELY BABY. A. young recruit on the floor OF THE CONVENTION. Chairman Carlisle’s Speech Pointing Out the Golden Opportunity Now Before the Democracy of the Nation —The People Looking to the Party to Reform the Tariff Laws. Louisville, May s.— The Democratic State Convention continued in session until a late hoar last night. After the nomina tion of Governor, addresses were made by Greene O. Smith, Lieut. Governor of In diana, and Dr. E. D. Standford, of Louis ville. After the speeches the band struck up, and a number of ladies walked into the convention. Behind them W'alked a nurse bringing a handsome baby. One of the ladies was Mrs. Buckner, and the baby was the next Governor’s son and heir. The applause was tremendous, and the baby was greeted in a most enthusiastic manner. “Bring the baby down here and let us see him,” shouted some of the crowd. CARLISLE’S SPEECH. Mr. Carlisle, on taking his seat as chair man, said: “For the first time in a quarter of a century the responsibilities of the gov ernment are on the Democratic party, and it must meet them in a spirit of brave and unselfish patriotism. If it ever had preju dices it must forget them. If it ever felt the spirit of faction it must silence it. This prescribes nobody, coerces nobody, but it bases party organization on principles and makes party action honest. This is not an appropriate time or place for an elaborate discussion of the question, and I sludl not attempt it. That will be done during the Progress of the can vass, and I hope it may be m my power to take an humble part in it, not as a candi date for any office, directly or indirectly, at the disposal of the people, but simply as a Democrat profoundly convinced that the best interests of the country will be pro moted by the combined ascendancy of Democratic principles and methods. [Aj>- plause.] THE HOPE OF THE PEOPLE. “I believe, gentlemen, that a large ma jority of the people are now looking to the Democratic party to protect them and their property from the encroachments and spoli ations of what is called a fraternal govern ment on one side and from threatened de predations of agrarianism on the other. It is the. only practical organizaon that has helped to promote the growth of the country daring the whole century of the government’s existence. It is the great conservative force of the country, and it is stronger in num ber to day than it ever was before, while its purjwses are as patriotic and its political fruits as sound as they were in the days of Jefferson and Jackson. If the people can not rely upon the strength and courage of tlieir party for the protection of their rights of person and property, and the preservation of their political franchises, where shall they look for safety? REPUBLICANS UNTRUSTWORTHY. “Can they trust the Republican party ? That party has thoroughly demonstrated its incapacity to govern a free people in times of peace,'and it must go the way of its Federal progenitors. [Loud applause.] Gen tlemen, is it not a singular fact that a strong feeling of sympathy should exist between those who want a government and those who want no government? While one faction advocates governmental interferences in all affaire of the jieople, an other faction opposes this kind of govern ment. The man who belives that it is the right and duty of the government to take the earnings of one citizen, by taxation or otherwise, and give them to another, differs very little from the man who denies the right of property altogether. [Cheers and applause.] NOT JUST. “If the government may rightfully com pel you by law to give any part of the pro ceeds of your labor or your skill to another man, why may it not, with equal right, Compel you to give him your horse or your land? The fact that this is done indirectly ami under the guise of taxation does not in the slightest affect the question of right or wrong, but it greatly increases the danger to the people because they are less likely to detect and resist spoliation when it is committed through this iusiduous process, and if the government may collect money by taxation and then ili '“le it us bounty and; subsidy to individuals or corporations engaged in particular indus tries in order to make their private busi ness profitable, why may it not collect it and distribute it among particular classes of people in order to equalize it and thus ac wmpiish all that Socialism and Comtnun ®n are demanding? BUT LITTLE DIFFERENCE. "There is so little difference in the princi ples and results between n fraternal govern ment and mob government that it is not "orth while to express a preference. We must, oppose both or wo must abandon all that our party has contended for and relin Irish all it has hoped for. ” tariff pledges. n ßeferring to party lines he said: “The Uemocratic party stands pledged in a most solemn manner to revise the tariff and lighten tile burdens of the people. Upon bus pledge it elected a President in 1884, and •is bound by every consideration of party po.icy, of public interests, and of good faith to the people to stand by that pledge.” , Inferring to President Cleveland, he said: the country will bo very fortunate if it 'an always secure the services of an exocu- ? v ® 80 thoroughly devoted to the real in terests of the people and so just and im partial in the execution of laws as the Present one is.” taulbee squelched. The convention resumed its session this morning. Discussion on the resolutions uni l Platform was at once taken up. Congross ian Taulbee objected to the clause relating •i 1 resident Cleveland's veto of the pension 'in. and there was a discussion between Mr. nulls* and James McKenzie, the present secretary of Ntuto. Mr. Taulbee was finally it upon by the convention and the resoln uon.s were adopted. I he ticket was completed, as follows; Lieutenant Governor—J. W. Bryan, of Lovington. Attorney General—W. U. Hardin, of Mer °'> county. —Gen. Lafayette Hewitt, of Har- Treasurcr- Richard Tato, ,,r Franklvn. .“Wntratat of Public Instruction— *TJ • * of Fay otto county* of Laud Oflico—Thomas Corbett, “-'MfCracken county, t l'\! fill above, with tho exception of yU'cnior and Lieutenant Governor, are "1 !T? nt incumbents of the offices for 1 lu T "ere nominaled. The convtn *’ iriri adjourned sine. ilir,. Hauls in Canada. hv. l ,!o AW ’ v ' Out., May A— Mr. Mulrock, n !, 'il lll, ' nt member of Parliament and lead p® i, ,r "'to citizen, bus introduced a bill in ....Jriinent embodying some of the provts- BuseoiUnited States Intel state com- MU,. The most important provision iti'iouii discrimination in rates. It is sub -lu, tr , y tho long aud short haul section of ’ united Rfairs law. fljc illorning ffrto£. MILLIONS IN IT The Elyton Land Company Holds Its Annual Meeting. Birmingham, Ala., May s ; —At the fif teenth annual meeting of the stockholders of the Elyton Land Company to-day the following resolution was offered by Col. D. S. Troy, of Montgomery, Ala., and unani mously adopted pursuant to recommenda tion of President H. 51. Caldwell, of this city, in his annual report: Resolved, That the directors be and are hereby authorized to expend the sum of $1,000,000 in the erection of a rolling mill and such other manufacturing enterprises as in their judgment may be expedient, the time and mode of invest ment to be at the discretion of the directors. The company’s new enterprise will all be on the co-operative plan. All the profits above a reasonable rate of interest on the capital invested are to be divided annually among the employes. The money will be spent in the rolling mill, stove foundry, loco motive works and buildings for other smaller industries. The President’s report showed that the company’s assets are $15,000,000, and that last year’s sales amounted to $4,800,000. The original invest ment and capital stock were only SIOO,OOO, During the past year $1,320,0(50 in cash dividends have been paid to stock holders. The 81oss Steel and Iron Company to-day closed a contract for the erection in North Birmingham of two 125-ton iron furnaces to be located on property bought from the Coalburg Coal ana Iron Company at North Birmingham. The furnaces are to cost $450,000. Five hundred coke ovens are also to be erected. - AN APPEAL TO THE CODE. A Mexican Ball Room Scandal Follow ed by Challenges. St. Louis, May 5.—A special from the City of Mexico says: “Senor Vereero Armesto is the name of the Spanish Minis ter who cuts such a prominent figure in the prospective dual. He has been Minister to slexico one year. Ho escorted sliss Bazaine to a ball Saturday night and feels that lie must fight to protect her good name. Senor Noreiga, the offender, has determined to lay the trouble before the Spanish govern ment, and Is collecting material to take to Madrid, with a view to have the Minister recalled. Tho trouble at the ball is only one of a series of grievances, Senor Noriega’s friends claim. They cite particu larly the Minister’s course in introducing the bull fighter Mazzantini in Mexican so cial circles and making him a social lion as an imposition on Mexican hospitality. An attempt is being made to have the Minister expelled from the club. In the meantime the Englishman Baron is impaiently awaiting for Senor Noreiga to challenge, as he slapped the Spaniard in the Casino ball room when the latter accused him of undue liberties with Miss Bazaine. Senor Noreiga was on the reception committee, and his caution to Mr. Baron about his style of dancing is defended on the score of his offi cial position. Sympathy is expressed for 51iss Bazaine on account of the notoriety she has received from the affair. MAINE’S FLOOD. All Business Along the Swolen Streams at a Standstill. Bangor, Me. , May s.—The water remains very high. The bridge piers are being slowly undermined. All the elevators which are run by water or steam have been shut flown The Maine Central railroad officials think that they will be unable to start a train for St. John under two weeks. The wash outs at Costigan, Kingman and Maltawamkeog continue to grow larger. Houses are starting from their foundations all along the river and thousands of dollars worth of household property has been washed away. Piscataquis river rose twenty-five feet, making the highways impassable. The new woolen mill dam and the last of the great Campbell dam at Sangerville have Deen washed away, suspending mill operations for a long time. A car load of mail matter for provincial Eastern Maine and Aroostook points which was forwarded from here to Portland yes to.ixlay to go to Enstport and St. John has been returned, the steamer refusing to take any but the most important letter mail. Storehouses for the mail sacks will lie re quired if the blockade continues much longer. FIVE NEGROES SHOT. Four of the Number Dead and the Other Badly Wounded. Wilmington, N. C., May s.—This morn ing six negro boys, 13 to 17 yearn old, were at the wharf of the Wilmington compress, preparing to go across Cape Fear river to 'shoot rice birds. One named Grant Blest, had borrowed a double-barreled gun from a negro man,which he savs had no caps on the tubes and he did not know it was loaded. While in the act of blowing out ono of the tubes the hammer fell and one barrel was discharged, killing instantly Edward Smith and B. Fillyaw. Ben Conoly and Ed Fillya w were also sliot and died soon after. Another boy named George Best was wounded in both arms, but it is likely he will recover. Grant Best surrendered himself immediately after the shooting and claims it was acci dental, which is generally believed, as ono of the wounded boys is his brother. SECTION FOUR. Memphis Fails to Put It in a Very Bab Light. Memphis, Tenn., May s.—The Interstate Commerce Commission concluded its labors to-day nfter hearing evidence from mer chants of Memphis, Louisville, Lexington and Little Rock to the effect that the en forcement of the fourth section would lie disastrous to commerce at the (shuts named. The Louisville and Nashville. Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, and the Chesa peake, Ohio and Southwestern roads were grunted two weeks to file argument* in sup port of their petition for a tenqinrary sus pension of section four. Representatives of river interests were in attendance and asked leave to present their ease in writing, which was granted. The opinion prevails that the testimony taken here has not impressed the commission adversely to section four. Bayard and the Fisheries. Washington. May s.—Secretary Bayard is preparing a cogent and vigorous reply to Lord Salisbury’s observations on Secretory Bayard's projiosal about tlio flshoiWs. Ho thinks he sues that the negotiations will re sult in a permanent settlement of the ques tions involved. It is what he is working for. He wants to avoid the enforcement of the retaliation act, which ho sees means war, for which we are wholly unprepared. Senator Colquitt arrived U>-da.y. An Editor Convicted of Libel. Quebec, May s.—ln the Criminal Court to-day Editor McGuire, of the Mercury, was sentenced to six months imprisonment and S3OO lino for libeling Mayor Langclier anil his brother. McGuire charged them with having received a large sum of money from a contractor for securing contracts in CIVIL SERVICE CHANGES. THE COMMISSION AMENDS FOUR OF THE RULES. The Principle of Compulsory Competi tive Examination for Promotion to bo Applied to the Classified Service - Old Evils Still in Force Except in New York. Washington, slay 5. —Tho Civil Service Commission to-day submitted to the Presi dent certain proposed amendments of rules 4, (>, li> and 21 of tho rules for the regulation and improvement of the axocutive civil service. All of the proposed amendments were ap proved and became at once effective. The most important of tho amendments was the following: Rule o.— Clause 2. And for the purpose of establishing in the classified service the principle of compulsory competitive exami nation for promotion, there shall be, so far as practicable and useful, such examination of suitable character to tost the fitness of persons for promotion in the service, and the commission may make regulations applying them to any classified department, customs office or post office under which regulations examina tions for promotion shaii be conducted and all promotions made, but until the regulations made by the commission in accordance herewith have been implied to a classified department, customs office or post office promotions therein may lie made upon any test of fitness determined upon by the promoting officer. And in any classified de partment, customs office or post office in which promotions are made under examina tions as herein provided, the commission may in special cases, if the exigencies of the service require such action, provide non competitive examinations for promotion. the evil still in force. In a letter to the President, transmitting the amendment, the commission says: “Ex cept in the customs district of New York all the evils resulting from the promotion system invoked when the civil service law was enacted continue to exist. Indeed, that system is still in force. Under it solicita tion may secure advancement of stupidity and laziness over intelligence and industry, jiersonal partly confer favors ujsin unw<irthi nessj prejudice retards the advancement of merit and partisanship rewards or punishes political action or opinion.” ■ THE FIRST APPLICATION. To-morrow these regulations will be ap plied to the War Department, and after they have been tried in that department, if found satisfactory to the commission, they will be applied to the Treasury Department and later to all of the other departments of the government. The adoption of these regulations is regarded as the most im portant action that has been taken by the commission since the civil service ink* were adopted. Commissioner Oberly was charged with their preparation and has de voted much time and attention to the task. TIRADES OF THE TIMES. The House] Declines to Treat Them as Breaches of Privilege. London, slay s.— ln the House of Com mons to-day, consideration of the question of a breach of privilege in the TYmes-Dillon case, was resumed. No member rising to speak on motion of slr. Lewis that the con duct of the Times was a breach, and that the House take notice of it, the Speaker put before the House the amendment of Sir Edward Clarke, Solicitor General, that the House decline to treat the Times publica tion as a breach of privilege. The Parnellites at once challenged a division. This resulted in a vote of 297 in favor of tho amendment to 219 against it. The amendment thus lieeame u substantial motion, and 51r. Braillaugh resumed the de bate. Mr. Gladstone on using was cheered. He moved an amendment that a committee be appointed to inquire into the charge of willful falsehood made against Mr. Dillon. CHURCHILL SCORED. He objected to Lord Randolph Churchill’s calling him the leader of tho party of sepa ration. He perfectly understood why Lord Randolph did not call it the party of home rule. There was a future before Lord Randolph in which home rule plans might figure as convenient to his purpose. [Cheers.] Turning to the question of privi lege, lie said it was unfortunate that the government proposed the present step against an Irish member whue inflicting upon the Irish people, by means of a per manent coercion lull a brand of perpetual dishonor. Why take the ease into a court of law? Was it certain that Mr. Dillon would get n verdict, whatever might be the proof, in the case where Parliament declared the charges against a member no breach of privilege? GLADSTONE CORNERS THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. Gladstone said the House was a per fectly competent tribunal, indeed the only competent one. The precedents were all on the side of the appointment of a committee. There wus the case of Mr. ' Butt, in 18!>i. when it was held that an accusation that members were hungry for pku*es to which were attached salaries and pensions deserved an inquiry. After citing a number of other precedents, in all of which the charges were less grave than those brought against Mr. Dillon, he challenges the government to establish a single precedent where the prosecution had been ordered without the House having previously condemned the act on which the prosecution was based. He uppenled to the government to alter their determination, which otherwise might leud to a crisis of most serious and momentous importance. The Irish members who had been maligned to an enormous extent asked for a particular course, which the inability refused, forgetting that they wen^Hiug [Parnellite cheers.) The govt i IMWiiM yet, on ground of reason, prudence and pre cedent, accept his amendment, showing the country that they hail determined at last to give the Irish members full .justice—oven indulgent juctice—seeing that their honor mid character were at. stake. [Cheers.] ANOTHER VIEW OK THE PRECEDENTS. Sir Richard Webster, Attorney General, admitted tiint Mr. Gladstone hail put the issue in the clearest possible way, but the opinion of the law ofilcoi s of the crown was unshaken. An examination for precedent* showed that there never w.is i\ case parallel to the present, that there never watt a case where the government directed a:i inquiry into a charge where tho authorship v.-a>, ad mitted and the party accused wf libel ex prcased a willingness to justify. [Cheeers.] Tho House had never dealt with a charge of falsehood as a matter of fact in which it should interfere. Not a single case existed ill modern times in which a similar libel U[k>u a irtomber of the House had been treated us a breach of privilege. If such a precedent should uuee lie estab lished there would probably be. a broach of privilege every W"ck. COLLUSION DENIED. He repudiated the insinuation that the proposal of the government was collusion of the grossest character. Although his name hod been forma]tv associated with the pro ,o. .. Mu. ... :. rV: > cn a . ..' SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1887. Sir Charles Russell and others to conduct their cases. The Irish members themselves could bo the chief witnesses, and they would have a chance to nmke a statement upon oath. It was idle to suggest that common just ice would not lie done in n case of gross libel. He appealed to the House to affirm that the course proposed by- the government was most honorable and adequate, and that the court of law was the proper place in which to deal with the charges. SMALLNESS OF THE MAJORITY. The majority on Sir Edward Clarke’s amendment was small, because many of the government's supporters bad not arrived, believing that, the division would occur later. The following Unionists voted with tho mi nority: T. R. Buchanan, member for West Edinburgh. Sir Thomas F. Grove, of the Wilton division of Wiltshire, A. B, Winter - botham, of tho Cereneestor division of Gloucestershire, Christopher Talbot, Mid Glamorianshire, and Sir Henry Vivian, of Swansea. These members are now classed by the government whips as Gladstoiiians. John Bright was absent. Lord Hartington voted with the majority. ON TO BERLIN. The Anti-German Feeling in Paris Leads to a Sensational Story. London, May 5. —Anti-German demon strations continue to bo made in Paris. A procession carrying a banner inscribed “To Berlin,” marched to the palace of the Elysee, the residence of Presi dent Grevy, where it was dispersed by police. Twelve of tho persons who took part were arrested. The Telegraph describes the anti-German demonstration in Paris Tuesday as serious. It says a mob in the neighborhood of tho Eden theatre, where W.agnor’s Lohengrin was l>eing performed, shouted: “A has rAI lemgne” (Down with Germany), “Vive la France,” “A Berlin” (On to Berlin), “A has Bismarck” (Down with Bismarck), “Give us back our clocks” (referring to Btrns bourg.) Last evening tho demonstrations were renewed. A mob composed of students and gamins marched about shouting. They halted in front of the Army and Navy Club and there cried out: “Vive l’armee Francois!” “Vivo Boulan ger!” “A Berlin!” Another mob went to tjie building occupied by the Russian Km liassy, shouting: “Vive la France!” “Vive la Russie!” ‘Wive l’alllance Russo-Fran caise!” The leaden of this mob then pro posed to their followers to march to the Ger man Embassy. The mob proceeded in the direction of the Place de la Concorde, singing the air “Lampions,” to the words of the song “ Nos Pendules", (our clocks) but it was stoppl'd by the police and turned away before reaching the German Embassy. The mob then returned to the Place tie l’Opera and there gradually' dispens'd. The manager of the Eden Theatre hail decided to suspend the perfi irmanoes of Lohengrin and of other productione of Wagner. THE STORY UNFOUNDED. Paris, 51ay 5. — It is serui-oilicially an nounced to-day' that the reports circulated in London of an anti-German demonstra tion yesterday in the Elysee here are with out foundation. The only arrests made were of those twelve persons taken into cus tody iluriiig the evening for rioting in the Place de l’Opera. No flag inscribed “To Berlin” was seen in any place in Paris. The government has decided to prosecute the publishers of the paper La Ilrvunche for publishing an article entitled, “Down with Germany.” and calculated to arouse a war like feeling among the French against Ger many. The publishers have been summoned to* appear before tho tribunal of justice Wednesday next. M. Lainoreaux, manager of the Eden theatre, in announcing tho withdrawal of “Lohengrin” writes that he produced the work in tho interest of art, and the reception accorded It by the French press and public shows that the production mot with the ap proval of all honest men. Von MUNSTER’S RETURN. 51. Flourens, Minister for Foreign Af fairs, gave a reception to-day. Among those present was Count Von Munster, the German Ambassador, who returned to Paris after absence on a furlough. Count Von Munster expressed pleasure at returning to France. Ho said that he was convinced, after the excitement over the Sohnaebeles affair calmed down, that courteous relations would continue to prevail between France mid Germany. M. Flourens, replying, said that pacific sentiments Had never ceased to inspire the action of the French Government during the entire controversy. The government having learned that, the Strasburg statue was to lie the rendezvous for students, patriots and Bonapartists, had strong guards of police stationed in the vi cinity. Guurrls were also placed around the German embassy, the outer portal of which was kept closed, the attaches of the em bassy having professed to feel alarm. The prisoners are almost all youths under 2(J years of age. BewWa’s Court Troubles. London, Way s.—The Pester Lloyd snya the Servian court troubles arose from King Milan paying marked attention to the hand some wife of the Ambassador of another State. The farts were magnified and mu licious rumors taken ad van! age of by ex- Prcinler Ristios, after an Interview with whom Queen Natalie dscided to leave the country. The matter has since been'ex plained and the royal couple have become reconciler!. Paris’ Exhibition to be Postponed. Paris, May s. — lt is reported that in con sequence of the refusal ‘of the European jxiwers to take jMirl ill the Paris exhibition the French government contemplate* post poning the opening until lb'.xi, in order to dissociate the exhibition from the celebra tion of the hundredth anniversary of the revolution. Subsidies Unsatisfactory. Berlin, Mov 5. —A Hamburg paper re ports that complaints are being mado of the failure of tin' system of government sub sidies to the steamship companies. The Vul can and North Gorman Lloyd Company complain of great losses, the advantages ex pected not having been gained. Hebrews Slain by a Fanatic. Odessa, May 5.—A Hussion fanatic ran amuck I were today and stabbed six Jews, killing two of thetn. Ho w.ut arrested in a restaurant, where ho attacked and injured a Jewish waiter. A mob of Jew* triod to lynch him. Vatican and Qulrlnul. Rome, May s.—The Pope lias summoned three Cardinals to confer with him upon the question of n roeoncilitttioa with the Italian government, and to arrange the conditions ujhjii which the Vatican will consent to negotiate. A 8 team or Sunk. London, May !i. —The steamer Asio, from Barcelona for Marsoilies, has boon sunk in collision with the French Transatlantic Company’s stcamar Aja/'do, from Cette for Algiers. Several jwsen.ters were drowned. Grain Brokers Fail. New York, April 5.-~Ckntthers & Cos., grain brokers, sus|>nded ttwlay. They were heavy dealers and their liabilities are probable hnavv, but no and dnite information LIFELESS IN_A MINE. ALL HOPE OF RESCUING THE MEN ALIVE ABANDONED. Fifty Seventv-Flve Chinamen Among Those Imprisoned -Heart- Rending Scenes at the Mouth of the Pit -Torrents of Water Being Poured Below to Extinguish the Flames. Nanaimo, B. C., 51ay 5. —All day yester day gangs of men were engaged in strenu ous efforts to subdue the flames in the No. 1 shaft of the Victoria Coal Company, where tho explosion occurred on Tuesday night. At 1 o’clock yesterday it was thought that they had the fire under control. The Mer riweather steam lire engine did good work pumping water from the harbor down the shaft, a hand lire engine having been taken down the mine to fight the fire from the level. It will lie impossible to make an at tempt to get at the imprisoned men until the (ire is subdued, for by doing so it would drive the gas on to the fire and cause a second disaster. RESCUE ALMOST HOPELESS. There is little hope of rescuing the men alive, but an effort will be made ut the first possible moment to reach the impris oned miners. Over one-half of the injured and imprisoned men leave wives anil fami lies to mourn their untimely end. It is esti mated that there are between fifty and seventy-five Chinamen in the mine. Jules Michael, one of the injured, stated that he was sitting in his cabin at siipjier in tho No. 2 shaft when he felt the concussion. All scrambled out. He became insensible. (Inly one of his four companions was saved. The dead bodies of tho otilers came up In the cage with him. ALL DAZED. Several of thorn> rescued hardly approeiale tlieir miraculous escape, owing to the dazed feeling which characterized all who mine out from the deadly pit. Michael was only fifteen yards from’the entrance to the shaft when flic explosion occurred. Ho repre sents it as something terrific. All became darkness. All day yesterday gangs of men were endeavoring to extinguish the flames in the No. 1 shaft, anil the th e there is be lieved to be under control. Fears are enter tained of a second explosion of gas, which might blow tho whole place up, anil old miners say that such a result is possible. If so the catastrophe would be the greatest re corded in the history of coal mining. NO HOPE OF RESCUE. AH hope of rescuing any one in tho mini's lias limn loug ago abandoned. It is thought that all men can do is being done to reach them. It was at first thought of cutting a ditch to salt water so as to attempt to put out tho fire in the No. 2 slinft by turning a .stream of water into it, but the scheme was abandoned. It would only flood the mine, rendering it practically useless for a year, and would banish Any nope there might be of saving tho lives of the men. heartrending scenes. Imagine the scene! The mines extend out from the short* more than a mile beneath the Wald's of Ahe harbor, and us one looks over the placid waves ho cannot imagine that be neath are imprisoned many dead fathers and sons of eighty families of this little city. Around tho shaft tho scenes are harrowing in the extreme. As each cage comes up anxious faoos look there for glad tidings that never come, and the hope that there is a prospect for seeing the dear ones who died tAAho pttet of duty is soon dispelled. THE FIRE ABATING. Nanaimo, B. C., May 5 , 9 p. m.— -The fire in the mines has considerably abated. A dense volume of steam arises from the air shaft, and until tho fire is completely sub dued it will be impossible to enter the work ings to ascertain whether the unfortunate men shut in are living or dead. Fresh re lays of working parties are being brought from Wellingtons, and ships in the harlior have also suppliro about sixty men, who are working nobly. A Doubly Fatal Encounter. Jackson, Miss., Muy 5. — A fatal shoot ing affray occurred on Capitol street to night between Col. Jones 8. Hamilton, lessee of the penitentiary, and R. I), (tain brell, editor of the Sword and Shield of this city- .Mr. Gainbrell was killed almost instantly, having received several shots In the head. Col. Hamilton is mortally wounded, being shot through the body. The cause of the unfortunate nlrair was an arti cle in the Sword ami Shield a few days ago severely criticising Col. Hamilton’s private and punlic character. Col. Hamilton and slr. uambrell were prominent citizens. A Water Works Crib Tottering. Chicago, May 5. —A statement is made here that the “crib” in I-ako Michigan is in a dangerous condition and liable at any moment to collapse and cut off the city water supply. The. foundations are excoeu ingly shaky and an ordinary gale of wind makes the structure rock like a cradle. It is said that for reasons of policy the |inst administration kept silent about its condi tion, but large sums of money were annually expended to brace the gradually weakening foundations and keep the tottering pile in place. Western Distillers. Chicago. May 5. —The Western Export Association has practically censed to ex ist, although its organization is held intact. Too many distilleries refused to come into the p<x>l. They therefore decided to pay no assessments, to pay no closed houses for the coming month and reduce the price of whisky from *1 Id per gallon to if <r>, de creasing the income of the pool $12,000 por day, or id,000,000 js*r year. They will now run at a daily loss, claiming that the prim fixed is below running cost. A Railroad at Auction. Cincinnati, 0., May s.—The Clint,taroi railroad was sold to-day at the United Htate* Court room in Covington, Ky., under an order of sale from the United Htates Circuit Court. It was bought by George C. Wood, representing the purchasing committee or the bondholders, for $440,000. The rood runs fi-om Richardson to Ashland, Ky., ilfty miles. It la understood that it is to become a link in the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad. A Wife Murderer Sentenced. Petersburg, Va., May S.—ln the Prince George county Circuit Court to-day Judge Hancock sentenced Holmes R. Puriear to lie hanged July 15 next, for the murder of his wife. Tho crime was committed in Din widdle county two years ago. liy a change of venue Puriear was tried in Prince George county and convicted. The case was takim to the Hupreme Court hut that tribunal af firmed the judgment of tlio court iielow. A Hank Cashier Arrested. Minneapolis, Minn., May 6.—D. E. Keith, Ciudiler of the Hank of Klkton, Dak., is under arrest there on a charge of robbery. Tiie bank is dosed and its fixtures have been attached for fax**. Death of a Railroad President. MEMPHIS, May 5.—F. M. White, for fif teen v eal* President of the Mississippi and WEST VIRGINIA'S SENATOR. Judge Faulkner Elected by the Legis lature. Charleston, W. Va., May s.—The Sen ate and Lower House met In joint assembly at noon to-day, for the purpose of electing a United States Senator. There were eighty nine members present. Forty-five were ro quired to elect. The vote was as follows: C. J. Faulkner, Dem., 48: Flick, Rep., 81; Barlvee, Greenback, 0; Camden, Dem., 1; It. S. Brown, 1; Whittaker 2. Mr. Faulkner was declared elected. Judge Faulkner is a son of the late Charles J, Faulkner, who represented Virginia and West Virginia in Congress before the late war mid served as Minister to Francs* under the administration of Buchanan. The Sen ator is by profession a lawyer and is Judge of the Thirteenth circuit. He is considered one of the ablest judges iu the State and is Universally popular. The election of Judge Faulkner was pe culiarly gratifying to Senator Camden's friends. He lias been u life-long friend of Mr. Camden and on the tariff, currency and all other great questions of the day his views and Mr. Camden’s accord. The vote whicJi divided his election was east, by a delegate from Mr. Camden’s home, Judge Kellar, and the election was brought about on on agreement entered into by Mr. Cam den's friends last. year. VIRGINIA’S DEBT. The State Unwilling- to Accept the Terms Offered. Richmond, Va., May s.—Tho Legislative representatives on the debt commission to day submitted a preliminary ro|Kirt to the General Assembly of the progress of nego tiations. Various conferences held devel op'd the fact, that the council for the for eign bondholders Influence a majority of the consol and 10 per cent, bonds of Virginia, and that any agreement made with their commissioners will be accepted by the bond holders, and thus forever settle the debt question. No agreement has yet been arrived at, because tlu* demands of the English commis sioners were such that they could not be considered, the amount required to meet them licing greatly in excess of the net revenues of the Btate, and the committee felt compelled to make a for mal declaration that, upon the basis de manded by the English, it would l>o Im proper for the present negotiations to pro ceed further. The foreign representatives asked for time to communicate by cubic with their principals. This was granted, and the commission adjourned until Katur day. HOTEL PROPRIETORS OUT. A Bill for a Dissolution of Partnership Filed at Washington. Washington, May 5.—F. Tenney and W. H. Crosly to-day, through their attor neys, filed a bill in equity against Dwight Doolittle to dissol vo partnership and restrain the defendant from interfering with the management of the National hotel. The complainants stated that they sold Mr. Doo little a third interest in the hotel on his representation that he had successfully conducted a hotel in Norwich, Conn. They clinrgo that soon after tho partner ship commenced the defendant seriously injured the business of tho hotel by his liail conduct and impoliteness to guests. It is also charged that he has involved tho firm iu a lilioi suit through falsi* newspaper state ments and hits misappropriated moneys and falsified tho hotel books. Tho National Hotel is one of the largest and bent known public houses iu the city. It is a favorite stopping place for Congressmen, especially those from the South. EUNB OF THE RACERS. Mutuals Pay $622 25 on the First Event at Ivy City. Washington, May s.—The National Jockey Club events were: First Race— Six furlong. Patroeles won, with Anarch second and Pasha third. Time 1:1(5 Mutuals paid B<i22 25, only one ticket being sold. Second Race— Army and navy stakes; all age*; selling race; one mile. Adonis won, with Telle Doe second and Lalltte third. Time 1:48. The winner was bought in for $1,700. Tuibo Race— Brentwood stakes for 8-year olds; flvo furlongs. Omaha won, with Tonlquo second and Kalvini third. Time 1:08. Fourth Race Handicap sweepstakes; mile and an eighth. Ten Strike won, with Enigma second and Bonanza third. Time ] Fifth Race —One mile; for 8-year-olds and up ward ; selling race. Belmont won. with (Jlendon second and Frankie B. third. Time 1:44. Mu tuals paid $O4 10. 8 LEXINGTON'S RACES. Lexington, Ky., May s. — To-Jay’s races here were as follows: First Race- Six furlongs. Wary won, with Relax second and Bandbox third. Time l;80. Second Raci; tme mile and a quarter. Li bretto won. with lien Olocho second and Pearl third. Time 2:81. Third Race -One mile and seventy yards. ICntght of Kllerslio won, with Osceola second and Wnhoo third. Time 1:52. Fourth Race Half mile. Hattie B. won, witli Ocean second and Julia Johnson third. Time 58. MoCORKLE RELEASED. Ho Justifies Jud<?e Willis In Commit ting' Him for Contempt. Columbus. <>a., May 3.— Judge Willis has issued orders to tho Sheriff of Marion county for the release of J. B. McCorkle, a lawyer of Americas, who was sentenced last, week to twenty day* in jail and flncil saoo for contempt of court. Judge Willis in no way acknowledges that lie acted wrongly and Mr. McCorkle is only released at the urgent requests of his friends. Mr. McCorkle has admitted in a letter that Judge Willis was not as severe as the cir cumstances Justified, and says he would not have acted as he did except that he was suf fering with fever. CHINATOWN CONSUMED. * One of tho Famous Sectlone of San Jose Swept by Flames. San Jose, Cal., May f>. —The Chinese jxirtioii of this city wua destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The loss is $75,000. Tho insurance is $-10,000. ONLY A WOOD EIRE. Benson, A. TANARUS., May 5. —The following telegram has just been'received from Fort Hunchucu: “A jairty just returned from the Whetstone mountains report tliut the sup p**ied volcano there has turned out to be a wood fire started by Mexicans.” Southern Baptists. Louisville, May s.— The Southern Bap tist Convention liogins its session here to morrow. A thousand delegates are exjiect ed, many of whom have already arrived. Among those ore some of the most distin guished divines of the Baptist denomina tion. ____________ A Murderer Hanged. New York, May s. —Peter Hinitli, the condemned murderer of John Hunan, a night watchman, was Imaged here at 7 o'clock this morning. He had nothing to j ray ami no requests to make. His death was instantaneous. j PRICE 810 A YEAR.) 1 5 CENTS A COPY.f GIJAYMAS IN THE SHOCK. THE ESCAPE FROM LOSS OF LIFB MIRACULOUS. Hundreds of People Rush Into tha Streets Just In Time to Escape Being Crushed to Death Beneath Their Tumbling Dwellings The Smoka Seen Not From a Volcano. El, Paso, Tex., May s.—Besides the heavy shook at :i: 15 o’clock Tuesday even ing, tlicro is ample testimony that at least four other shocks have been felt; one aliout 11 o'clock Tuesday morning, and one about 5 o’clock Tuesday evening. One at G: 10 o’clock lost evening was felt very distinctly by persons on the second floor of buildings, and gas tlxturi** and other movable thingi were sron to sway. The slioek seemed to be of four or five seconds duration. Many per sons soy there was also a shock between 8 anil 9 o’clock Tuesday night. “Tho shix'k Tuesday afternoon was a heavy one,” said Uniteil States Signal Offi cer Twaddle. “It would have been called heavy even on the Pacific coast, where light shocks are frequent. Such shocks as that experienced here Tuesday are not felt on the Pacific coast oftener than once in IIN teen or twenty years.” Tho general opinion seems to be that the shock will load to the erection of more sulistantial buildings and perhaps prevent the eonstrtmtion of build ings over two stories high. IN ACTIVE OPERATION. Tucson, Ari., May s.—lt is believed that a volcano is in active ojieration in Ran Jose mountains, on the border of SonoraJ M"xieo,alsiut seventy-five miles southwest of here. Yesterday afternoon a black, curling smoke was plainly visible, and all last nighi fires were intermittent, bursting into bright light and then apjiorentTy dying down, oiuy to burst out again. The true state of affairs is not known here yet. From, a private telegram from Fort Huachuca this, morning it was learned that Gen. Forsyth,, commanding that i>ost, would head an in vestigating expedition. ALBUQUERQUE'S EXPERIENCE. Albuquerque, N. M., May s.—This place, seems to have been on the extremes north cast. extremity of the earthquake, which, hail nearly spent its force lielore reaching here. The shocks at Haliinnl, about forty miles south of here, were more severe than here. Two tremors were felt, both moving in a northeasterly direction. Tiie first, oc curred at il o’clock Tuesday evening, pro ducing a iSlight oscillation. Then came a pause of nearly a minute, during which an omnious “something” in the atmosphere added n sensation of suffocation to the fi ing of awful suspense. This was broken a terrible vibration which created the most consternation. Si NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH. jS; People rushed into tho streets, in castu only in time to escape w ith their from tottering buildings. Habinal is onJflj the relics of New Mexican antiquity, the dwellings of the natives were so i\ aMj cncd by age as to full an cosy prey to B earthquake. A number of them were IcrvJH* to tho ground and the ilnmage,although not great in the vuluo of the buildings and household goods destroyed, wul prove a serious loss to the noor families whose homes were ruined. The Board of County Coinrnissionci’s were in session at the time of the shock. Tho officers and county fathers did not take time to go out of the building by the door, but got out through the windows. Hheriff Russell was one of the few who startl'd to go out by the door, but, was so affectedTvy the shock that ho required assistance or he would have fallen. A MILITARY MUDDLE. An Atlanta Editor Out With the Oat* City Guard. Atlanta, May s.—Yesterday Secretary E. B. Wilson of the Gate City Guard addressed a letter to Charles Atwood, manager of tho Evening Capitol, requesting him to surrender hitl certificate of honorary membership in the Guard because bin piusT had shown hostility to the company. Mr. Atwood print**! the letter and replied to it at length, bitterly denouncing Capt. Burke as a coward, and stating that lie (Burke) cx|>octed to make thousands of dollars out of the trip of the Gate City Guard to Europe, and also re flecting seriously on the character of Sec re-' tary Wilson, lie refus'd to give up the certificate, because he claimed that Messrs. Burke and Wilson, and not the company, demanded it. CHALLENGED TO EIGHT. .Mr. Wilson met Mr. Atwood on Alabama street this piorning and denounced him in the bitterest manner, calling him a thief and n coward and daring him to fight. Mr. Atwood fail'd to resent tile insult nrid wulkisl away. To-night the Gate City Guard held a meeting and adopted a series of resolutions denouncing Jfr. Atwood’s cliarges against Capt. Burke and Sec retary Wilson as wilful and ma licious lies, and branding Mr. Mr wood as a liar and slanderer. The resolutions affirm that, Secretary Wilßon re quested Mr. Atwood’s certificate of mem- I xTxhip in oiiedience to a resolution adopted by the conipony and re-demand the certirt cate. Tiiey also emiiody printed notice# clipped from the Capitol showing that pa per's fiings at the Gate City Guard from time to time. There will lie no bloodshed. GEORGIA’S CAPITAL CITY. Gov. Gordon Honors South Carolina’s Requisition for McNally. Atlanta, Ga., May s.—Last night tho Governor issued an executive warrant for McNally’s arrest under the South Carolina requisition on the ground of grave doubt as to the seriousness of the prosecution against him in Augusta, and tho failure or Mc- Nally or his counsel to appear here yeater ilay and make a showing or ask for a con tinuance of the hearing. A warrant was forwarded to the Sheriff of Richmond county, with instruction* to hold McNally till further orders. McNally was arrested toslay. McNally has been notified that he can have a hearing here next Monday as to u susjtension of tho warrant. The application for a requisition for John Chastain, charged with murder in ThorruM county and now under arrest in Kingstree, 8. C., was received to-day, und a requisition was issued. This explains the dispatch re ceived from Bheriff Hurst yesterday, asking that the requisition be forwarded at once. In the United States Circuit Court to-day Hiram D. Herring, of Gwinnett county, convicted of breaking into a registered dfs. tillory, was sentenced to eighteen months in the Alban v penitentiary and to pay a lineal *SOO. Swainsboro Siftings. Hwainsboro, Ga., May s.—Weleom Can ady, a farmer living near this place, had his barn, together with his corn, etc., and one horse burned this week. The ftre is supposed to have been tho work of an in cendiary. * At our last Superior Coart Judge Hine* dis|K wit of over 100 coses during the week. The high hopes of our people in the Savan nah and Dublin “Air” Line have aboul vanished. The frnit crop will be short in tlita connt v.