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{IE WILL VISIT ST, LOUIS.
MAYOR FRANCIS MAKES THE INVI
TATION VERY CORDIAL.
fhe Whole State Represented as Ea
ger to Do Honor to the Popular Chief
Magistrate—Mrs. Cleveland and the
Cabinet Also Included in the Invitation
-The President’s Speech of Accept
ince.
Washington, July So.—The White
flouse presented an animated scene this
itternoon on the occasion of the reception
ol the delegation from Missouri to invite the
President to visit St. Louis during the State
Pair in October next. The delegation num
bered nearly one hundred persons, repre
senting all the interests of the city of St.
Louis, as well as the principal sections of
the State. It was headed by Mayor Fran
cis, of St. Louis, and included ex-Grov.
Campbell, ex-Gov. Brokmoyer, Charles
green, B. N. Anderson, Mr. Conoley, Robert
White, S. C. Majors, Dr. Gray, Mr, Itozier,
J. J. Russell, C. N. Mitchell, Maj. C. C.
Rainwater, John G. Brest, Jamas W. Vena
(colored), George Castlenian, John S. Mof
fatt, Col. J. C. Butler and Dr. A. J. Mullen.
Several ladies also accompanied the party.
The President received them in the library
and shook hands cordially with each.
Mayor Francis marie the presentations
and when all had been received addressed
the President and invited him to visit St.
Louis during the first week in October.
MAYOR FRANCIS’ SPEECH.
Mayor Francis said:
Mr. President—lt was my fortune sixty days
a?o. accompanied by twenty-five representative
citizens of St. Louis, to supplement and earn
estly endorse, in behalf of tne people of that
city, an invitation extended to you to attend the
nnnual encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic, to be held in ihe city of St. Louis dur
ing the last week of September next. The suc
cess of that mission in eliciting from you a
favorable response was highly gratifying to the
people of St. Louis and of Missouri.
The disappointment late consequent
upon your letters of declination was
(lfpp and all-prevailing, but co-extensive
with it was a sentiment of sincere approval of
the patriotic motives which prompted you to
such intentions. The citizens of St. Louis, irre
spective of part 3% nationality or race, in mass
meeting assembled the day after your letters
were received, with one voice enthusiastically
resolved to extend to yourself and to your esti
mable wife a cordial invitation to visit this city
during the first week of October next, and
instructed their Mayor, with a commit
tee of fifty citizens, to convey and
deliver th* same in person to you. Assemblages
of like character were promptly held in almost
every county in the State, indorsing and em
phasizing the action taken in St. Louis. Dele
gates wore appointed at those meetings to pro
ceed to the capital of the nation and thereto
express to.the Chief Executive in a manner as
effective as words and form would permit the
warmth of the greeting which awaits him
from the people of Missouri in the
metropolis of the State. We are here, therefore,
sir. in obedience to the mandates of our people
icpresenting all sections of Missouri, ten* com
mti -i il, manufacturing and agricultural in
ti i‘ sir, and reflecting the desire of every city,
town and hamlet within her borders, to urge
von and Mrs. Cleveland to favor us with your
jnesente. This invitation emanates from th 4 *
p opb. your sovereigns ami our -, and not from
any organization, civil or military, political
or religious. It is the spontaneous out
burst of a community that never
siufers its reputation for hospitality to lie as-
P*Tsed, and it is a vigorous and feeling protest
r>m a generous host against the ab
s lute declination of a distinguished guest,
to be the central figure of an in
v.ted company. The reasons wh}’ you should
visit the West, arc even stronger now than on
former occasion wh *n your reply
ivus a favorable one. Whether viewed
horn our standpoint or your own
our appearance before you. in largal.V increased
number:*, •• nningns we do from even the most
ivniote r.vtiona of the State, furnishes an in li
catioi*v,p the feeling prevailing at our homos.
Tbf* people of th** West revere the h'gh
office of the Chief Magistrate of the nation
“ n 'l th-ir locality and patriotism impel them to
uuiior him who fills that exalted position Es
pecially is it so when the man
vyoo <M'cu]d“.s it performs his duties with
N 's lorn, fearlessness and patriotism which
snaraoteriaes your administration. No organi
' ;i -.: o.wover strong, and no occurrence how
important, will be required to mid interest
b* l ‘’c • si on of your presence. The people of
W
vast i!iml)ers to meet, and welcome you in the
commercial center of the Mississippi Valley.
a*■ have designated the first week
n October as the time for your
v.'-i't hvan>** we thought that time would lv*
st uiient and agreeable for you, because
it is th< .vcnso.i when our fall festivities are at
height, when our trades pageant gives its
nocturnal display, when the mvstcrious veiled
prepuet, surrounded with Oriental splcn
j°|‘, makes his annual visit, when
fJllr s treels are brilliantly illuminated by
niches of blazing lights and on a scale
niHgniflccncQ never approached, when our
•*M'sitlun and agricultural and mechanical
~r'r ' “‘’* t tie greatest ofits kind on the conti
: t ire in progress .and because, finally, it is
| , ‘ ■' •‘•n when the sturdy yeomanry of the
’'“l the bulwark of the republic, and the
k'i“v st contributor to its wealth, caii with
i .1 detriment to their agricultural interests
* in our cit> r to do you honor,
u. Uu.vever, another time would better
•uu your itvlinrition or engagements your
; ,, ; , oine would 1< none the less genuine. The
1 ' *i ‘"'l Louis, tlie State of Missouri, and the
people of riic West, s;.y to the President of the
united states, ‘Honor u with your presence,”
tc-d to Grover Cleveland, the fearless
man who so ably fills that high office. ‘ Come
111,1 " our guest.”
1 Sics* remarks were frequently inter
j* u ib dby applause, the reierenoes to the
and wisdom of the administration
being loudly cheered.
THE INVITATION ACCEPTED.
In response the President said:
n > to your very complimentary and
n*‘> and IresH will lx* very brief and practical.
•“* time you did me the honor, with so many
ritv f'l i • °' v C * f ' 7/ ‘ MS to invito me to your
I 1 *t wa an invitation which should not
1 , “'"i 'I feltthat .you hod something there
1 Y’lch you were deservedly proud. You hud
P .y ;,!l [ locality there which it was only
fw. / Jn*t that you should wish
t hief Magistrate of the* coun
••I, b> see and appreciate. Of this
' ni'g I nave remarkable proof. It was not at
Gin ' 7 s 11 v V* conv inoo me of your gn*|
sincerity tliat so many of your good
' sf, ” ,, .'d come here at this inopportune
l,; ';'! r " bring this Invitation, and yet you don't
; I - mv fnucli it has pleased me to see you
' * h**ersj. M y desire to come to see you
•> an ivasedeaeh day. I don't feel now that I
v ' 7 otherwise than accept your invitation.
*, * V 1 fl Pl'laustj. The arrangement made lie
!,7," as entirely free from any complications,
n ' l ,! ''‘'*ent*'d no likelihood of any You on*
ft "“ that I agreed to visit the city
uni. ' Laiita early in October. I
Ul , M l'ej\l: of this liecause when
j ' -‘bout to determine upon the day when
i„V ' ,s:t you this Atlanta visit must, Is* taken
, ’' on ;id*>ration. However, this is a matter
1 m be arranged afterwards. Luckily wa
' !'!• i.i vof time. I shall Is 1 glad to lu***t or
~ i j‘,7l >^*| d with a eommlttee of your citizens,
, 'J Hie date ami make arrangement* in d
‘ ait tlie thing muut be done. I will come,
t* 1 *is point the President asked Mayor
. aueis whnt. would be tile most attractive
> r i the lair week. Thu Mayor replied:
1,..V day of the month, when the Veiled
p, 1 1 ,k**t |*arad will occur, but If .you can't be
, J'V 1, * miffht communicate with the Veiled
V „,,1 "* mune way to postpone Ills visit as
MM'limsc ] ,M)Kt r^ l,lKl y°urs.” [Laughter and
*e • Mayor alao enjoined the President
P ~ to bring Min. Cleveland, and
' i resilient responded: “She will not lot
hie forget her.”
i m members of the Cabinet and their
bhea arc alao included in the invitation.
litttffnittg |
KANSAS CITY’S DELEGATION.
Kansas City, July 25.— At 4 o’clock this
afternoon the special train bearing the dele
gation which is to present to President Cleve
land an invitation to visit Kansas City this
fall, steamed out of the Union depot for St.
Louis. The train, which consists
of a special engine, baggage
car, four Pullman sleepers and din
ing car, will run via tho Missouri Pacific.
\ andalia, Pan Handle and Pennsylvania
loads and will reach Washington at 7
o’clock Wednesday morning. If there is no
accident the ruff will be the fastest ever made
between Kansas City and Washington. The
delegation, which numbers about one hun
dred, is a representative one, being
composed of busiuess men and
manufacturers, without respect to
party, and is headed by Hon. C. M. Allen,
President of the Board of Trade, who, with
George F. Winter, will join the party at Co
lumbus, O. Mr. Allen will deliver the ad
dress to the President. Several of the com
mittee are accompanied by their wives and
daughters. The invitation, which is beauti
fully illustrated, contains 21,000 names,
which were obtained in seven days by five
young men. Although Mr. Alien, Chairman
of the committee, is a Republican, the dele
gation is iri no sense political. It is a repre
sentation of Kansas City business life, and
would require a tally to determine whether
Republicans or Democrats are in the ma
jority.
ST. PAUL WANTS THEM.
St. Paul, Minn., July 25.—Action has
been taken toward appointing a committee
to invite President and Mrs. Cleveland to
visit St. Paul during their coming Western
trip.
COERCION DENOUNCED.
Twenty-eight Prominent Liberals Sign
a Vigorous Protest.
London, July 25.—A protest against the
Irish crimes act amendment hill (the coer
cion bill) has been issued over the signatures
of the Earl of Granville and twenty-eight
Libera! people, including tho Earl of Rose
bery, Marquis of Uipfcn, Earl of Kimberly,
and Earl Spencer. The protest denounces
the act as a source of lusting irritation, and
of hatred and mistrust of tho law, and de
clares that the measure deprives Irishmen
of individual rights and creates and stimu
lates the growth of secret societies.
In the House of Commons this
evening Mr. Morley asked what had
happened to explaiu the proclamation
of the whole of Ireland since the Govern
ment had assured the House that it was as
well obeyed in some parts of Ireland as in
any part of Great Britain.
Mr. Balfour, Ciiief Secretary for Ireland,
replied that he had no reason to change his
opinion that parts of Ireland were
as quiet as parts of England.
What tho Government had done
was not to apply the whole crimes act to
Ireland generally, but only sub-sections
dealing with rioting, unlawful assemblies
and obstructions of the police.
Mr. Sexton asked whether the Executive,
before issuing the proclamation, distinguish
ed the counties where it was necessary to
prevent crime from those where it was
necessary to punish crime.
Mr. Balfour said that in evert' case in
which the county had been specially pro
claimed the proclamation had been issued
because the government believed in the
actual existence of crime or intimidation.
THE LAND BILL.
The House then went into committee on
the land bill. Upon taking up the first
clause, extending to leasers the benefits of
tiie act of 1881, Mr. Parnell proposed an
amendment. The bill, as it stands, gives
the option to a tenant or a landlord to make
application to the court to fix the rent. Mr.
Parnell urged that the tenant alone should
have tiie right to apply the period of such
applications to lie limited to three years.
Air. Balfour accepted the amendment
with a limit of two years, Mr. Parnell
agreeing.
Air. Darnell proposed to extend the opera
tion of the clause to all leases, except those
in perpetuity.
Mr. Chamberlain supported the proposal,
but the government opposed it, and it was
negatived. The government amendment,
extending the term to ninety-nine years,
was agreed to.
SUPPRESSION of tiie LEAGUE.
The Cabinet council to-day considered the
reports submitted by Air. Balfour on the
proposed suppression of the National League.
The Cabinet approved the proclamations,
Imt postponed all further application of the
crimes act until the effect of the proclama
tions has been seen.
The Dublin Executive advises the prose
cution of William O’Brien for tho speech ho
made yesterday at Luggaciirran in which
he incited the people to defy tho act. An
Inspector of Police warned Mr. O'Brien be
fore he began his speech.
The Radical Unionists are incensed at the
government for putting the act into whole
sale operation without consultation or con
cert, with the Unionists. Mr. Chamberlain
haw warned the government that tho Radi
cal vote will not support their action unless
the Dublin Executive directed the exercise
of the powers of the act with mildness and
discretion.
Air. Balfour’s explanation in the House of
Commons shows that the warning has been
accepted. The proclamations over tho
greater area of Ireland are not operated ac
tively but as mere measures of precaution.
The Parnellites propose to raise the debate
to-morrow, attacking the proclamations by
a motion to adjourn.
TYNDALL’S ANTI-GLADSTONE SCREEDS.
Pr< f. Tvndall publishes another anti-
Glaibt on t letter, making the candidacy of
isii-G. u. Trevelyan on tiie Lilieral ticket for
the Bridgeton division of Glasgow the occu.
sion. Prof. Tyndall uses the following lan
guage. “Something lias been gained for
the cause of healthy political action
when Sir Grerge O. Trevelyan, whoso
presence hitherto lias been dry rot
in the tissues of Unionism, takes his proper
place under his appropriate muster. I must
renew my solemn protest against tiie scat
feted loyalists of Ireland being handod
over to the tender mercies of the Romish
hierarch and the Irish National Iseague.
Were necessity to arise 1 would I"') inquired
to go beyond mere protest against so
Infamous a consummation. To what pass
have we comet Liberal England and Lib
end Scotian l fouled in the meshes of one
perverted intelle I, Sir < JeorgeO. Trevelyan
ha* abandoned tiie company of men of
truth and honor to follow the fortunes of a
lioHi'v rhetorician who sets at naught the
plainest dictates of jxditical morality.
Constable Underwood, of Naas, County
Kildare, Ireland, lias resigned as a protest
against the criuiits act. His departure for
Dublin whs made the occasion for a de
monstration. ...
County of Antrim has been proclaimed
under the crimes act.
THE LEAGUE AT CORK.
Cork, July 25.—The mayor presided at, a
public meeting of the National League to
night, In opening the meeting he said that
the cause t f Ireland would proceed despite
coercion, and that if the Dengue was unable
to hold public meetings it would meet in
prvate. Great enthusiasm WHS manifested
during‘he meeting, with which the police
made no attempt to interfere.
Panama’ct New Loan All Subscribed.
Paris July 25.—Paris jiapers declare
that the new Pauama loan has already been
subscribed hi full.
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 2<, 1887.
NEW ENGLAND'S FLOOD.
MILL PROPERTY CONSIDERABLY
DAMAGED BY THE RISE.
All the Rivers in the Vicinity of Dover,
N. H , Higher Than Was Ever Known
Before in Summer—Many Bridges
Carried Away—lron Works at Mad
ory Badly Damaged.
Dover, N. H., July 25. —A1l the rivers in
this part of the State are higher now than was
ever known before in summer. The freshet
in Lamprey river at Newmarket this morn
ing carried away a large part of tho old
dam of tho Newmarket Cotton Mills, and
also the foundation of the No. 1 picker mill.
The engines and derriek employed for some
timo iu constructing the new dam wore
swept away.
A dispatch from South Berwick says five
members of a fire engine company there,
and a horse hauling a hand tub, while en
route to the fire Saturday night, were pros
trated by lightning, tho men being insensi
ble some time. One of them had his feet
burned. The horse was knocked down'
Cocheco river is rising rapidly, and the
depth of water rushing over the dam is
fortv-two inches, the highest ever known
here in summer.
PATH OF THE RUSHING WATERS.
Boston, July 25.—A special from Great
Barrington says that the greatest damage
by the storm was in the valleys of the
Green and Black Grocery rivers, the major
]X)rtion of the Hood passing down the latter
river, causing greater destruction on the
New York side. Hillsdale was the first vic
tim of the overflow. Bridge after bridge
was cast from its foundations with a force
that crushed tho staunch timbers and
left them dangling and plunging in the
eddies until cast upon the shore.
IRON WORKS DESTROYED.
The iron works of Madory at this point
was wrecked. The large foundry of the
concern on the West side of the Black
Grocery river, however, withstood the
shock and managed to hold together, yot its
foundations were badly damaged, as was
also a large amount of vnluuble machinery
and stock. Half a dozen employes who
worked bravely to save part of
its contents had a narrow escape
with their lives, they being submerged
almost to their necks lit one time. A big
bridge spanned the stream at this point in
front of the foundry, aad after vigorously
withstanding the force raging against it be
gan to crumble at its eastern end, whore the
water surged over and cut under the mas
sive stone work. The abutment was com
pletely wiped out pud the sixty-feet bridge,
which was worth #omo $40,000, also went
Twenty-three bridges at least have been de
stroyed and the total loss is estimated at
$50,000.
ROADS WASHED OUT.
Greenfield, Mass., July 25.— 0n the
Fitchburg railroad, between Millers Falls
and Ervinc, six nates, are twenty-five wash
outs and eleven landslides. Some of these
washouts are from 25 to 50 feet deep and 40 to
50 yards long. One heavily loaded passenger
train is caught between the washouts, and
the passengers will have to lie transferred by
teams. Railroad men say its scarcely
possible that the road can bo traveled
short of two weeks, The country roads are
as badly cut up as tho railroads and the
damage to bridges, mill property, dams,
farms, and stock can hardly bo approxima
ted in figures. All of the before mentioned
slides and washouts are within a radius of
six miles of Miller’s Falls.
GOV. SEAY’S CLOSE CALL.
A Falling Electric Railway Wire
Burns His Horse To-day.
Montgomery, Ala., July 25.—Gov. Seay
was the victim of a peculiar accident this
afternoon. He and his private secretary, J.
K. Jackson, were driving down the main
thoroughfare of the city when one of the
guy wires which support the over
head cable of the electric street rail
way broke and fell to the ground,
striking the Governor’s horse. The wire
was heavily charged with electricity, and
tho horse liecomlng entangled, was scuocked
and burned to death in a tew minutes. Of
course a second later the wire would have
struck the Governor and Mr. Jackson in
stead of the horse. The accident lias created
great uneasiness about the safety of the
electric car system.
HARDIN’S VENDETTA.
The County Judge Warned to Leave
on Pain of Assassination.
Hariusburgh Ills., July 25.—The latest
feature of the Hardin county vendetta is an
anonymous communication in writing to
County Judge Jacob Hess to leave the
county. Similar notices were served upon
Logan Belt and James D. Belt 1 >efore they
were assassinated. Judge Hess is a brother
in-law to Radclilfe, who was with James 1).
Belt when the latter was assassinated, mid
who was one of th** four defendants cleared
in the Belt Hambrink murder trial. This
notice to the county judge has caused great
excitement, being construed as defiance of
the law, and the rover heat is likely to caui*
more trouble.
AN OPEN SWITCH.
The Carelessness of Freight Train
Hands Causes a Wreck.
Milwaukee, Wis., July 25.—A special
from Hudson, Wis., says a south-bound
passenger train on the North Wisconsin di
vision of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneaixi
lis and Omaha railway ran into an oiien
switch at Cunilierland Station to-day. Jin
gincer John Donohue and Fireman Web
ster were killed, and Baggagemostor Alur
phy was injured. The engine, express and
Ixiggogo cars were wrecked A freight
train nail been sidetracked to await the
passage of tie* passenger train, and the
freight hands failed to close the switch.
A Murdereua at 7 Yeara.
Greenville, S. C., July 25. -Virginia
Hudson, aged 7 years, a negro child, was
jailed here to-day l'or murder. She killed a
child one year old in Butler township on
Saturday and then threw the body in a well.
She struck her victim over the head with n
board till it was dead. This is tho youngest
murderer ever known in that section. Her
imprisonment is merely a matter of form.
A Powder Mill Blown Up.
Thomastiin, Me., July 25.—The Warner
powder mill blew up this morning at 8
o’clock. The hands had started up the
K -rm lling mill, in which were thirty keg*
ot powder, three minutes previous to the
explosion. George Bhepperd, aged 30, a
workman, was killed, lining literally torn in
piwres. The same mill was blown up a year
ago. :
A Cheese Train Wrecked.
Port Jervis, July 25.—A washout oc
curred on the Erie railroad last night, the
track being curried away w hile a train was
isueiug over it. Twenty cars loaded with
cheese went into the ditch.
NO TRACE OF McGARIGLE.
Chicago’s Police Unable to Find Hide
or Hair of the Boodler.
Chicago, July 25.—Tho escape of ex-
Warden McGarigle was the topic at police
headquarters and the Sheri IT's oflice to-day.
Tiie unsuccessful search which begun early
Sunday morning, lias resulted in nothing.
There is no clew as to tho direction taken
by the notorious boodler, nor has anything
been discovered to settle the question
whether lie had started for some foreign
shore or is still in hiding within the city.
Marino men are not inclined to the theory
that McGarigle made his escape on the lake
Saturday night. The wind was blowing
fresh from the northeast and very few ves
sels of any description left port until after
daybreak.
SQUEALERS ON THE STAND.
The escape of McGarigle gnvo fresh zest
to tho trial of tho boodle commissioners to
day, and tiie jam of spectators were afford
ed the spectacle of two prominent contract
ors, moved by liojie of immunity, testifying
in detuil liovv they and twelve defendants
had, month after month, robbed the county
of thousands of dollars. The contractors
were Henry C. Clybourne, a gravel dealer,
and William Kolze, a wealthy farmer, who
supplied milk to various county institutions.
In one instance Clybourne furnished about
$12,000 worth of material for a road to the
county insane asylum, and to obtain the
contract, e.zqiended over $7,000 among
the defendants. The county eventually
had to pay the $7,000 as Clybourne
added that sum to his hill. Two station
agents of the Milwaukee and St. Paul road
were paid a couple of hundred dollars apiece
to certify falsely in regard to the number
of carloads delivered.
Farmer Kolze, tho milk contractor, was
the person who engineered the petition for
the road, and who afterward distributed
much of the bril* money, retaining SBOO for
himself. Kolze corroborated Clybourne,
and also told how the milk coutructs cost
him about $2,500 each to obtain, but that in
the end it all came out of tho county
treasury. The testimony of both Cly
bourue and Kolze was confirmed in numer
ous particular by other witnesses of the
defendants. Tho worst blackened by the
day’s evidence was the Wurdeu of the
asylum, H. C. Varnell.
MRS. LOGAN’S INJURIES.
She is Now Pronounced Improving in
Every Respect.
Bloomington, 111., July 25.— A message
to Com. Sweetzer, of tho Deportment of
Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic, re
ceived to-day from Dr. Roberts, of Carbon
dale, 111., Mrs. Gen. Logan’s physician, says:
“Mrs. Logan’s injuries are very, serious.
To-day for tho first time since her injury
she was turned upon her right side with soft
pads under her injured left, arm. Her left
shoulder was crushed by the wheel of the
buggy running over it. The whole arm to
the elbow is bluckened with bruises, and the
foreurm to the wrist is slightly injured.
Her head was stepjiod Upon on its top and
left side, the horse’s snod foot tearing
the scalp loose in a concentric shape, mak
ing a wound throe and a half inches long.
The skull is uninjured. She has suffered
exceeding pain at the shoulder and along
the course of the arm. We rejoice to say
that she is improving in every respect.”
WAGES OF COKE WORKERS.
A Sliding Scale Under Discussion at
the Conference.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 25.—A conference
of coke operators and Knights of Labor
miners is being held here to arrange a
sliding scale of wages. At the session this
afternoon the miners submitted a scale
fixing the rate for mining at $1 per 100
bushels aud coke drawing 80c. per 100
bushels, with $1 50 as tin* basis of the selling
price of coke. These figures are the same
as those that were paid previous to the
strike when coke was selling at $2, so that if
the selling price is reduced to $1 50 the mime
wages will lie paid ns when the strike com
menced. If, however, the selling price ot
coke is reduced to $1 75 then the cokers
would lie entitled to an advance in wages
according to their sliding scale as presented,
which proves that they shall get an ati vance
for each rise iu the selling price of coke.
The Almalgatnated association miners are
not represented at the conference. Nearly
all of the works in the region were in opor
ation to-day.
Knights at Coney Island,
Nf.w York. July 25.— The annual picnic
of District Assembly No. 4(t, Knights of
Labor, at Coney Island to-day was not so
successful ns had been expect'd. Instead of
40,000 participants, as it was thought, there
were only 4,000. General Master Workman
Powderiy, who was announced to speak, was
not present. Rev. Dr. McGlynn and Henry
George were there and were received very
warmly. Iu their addresses they went over
the same ground that they havelieen stand
ing on since they came before the public.
District Master Workman Quinn presided
at the formal meeting.
Ice Wagon Hands In Luck.
New York, Julv 25.—The drivers and
bcljicrs employed Viy the Alutual Benefit
Ice Company struck successfully this morn
ing for an advance of wages to sls and sl2
per week reapectlvely. Heretofore the
drivers and helpers were receiving sl2 and
$lO per week. The men employed by sev
eral ice companies throughout theeffy in
tend to strike for a similar advance.
Changing tho Gauge.
Butte. Mont., Juiy 25.—A special from
Spring Hill, Mont., says: Tho great work
of changing the gauge of the Utah ami
Northern branch of the Union Pacific
Railroad to tho standard, from Silver Bow
to Pocatello, Avon made in a few
hours to-day. The distance was 240 miles,
divided into sections of six miles to each
gang. A purse of $35 far the quickest lime
was won by Foreman Bowling in three
hours and forty-three minutes. This beats
the record. A special train was run on the
return trip from the South, at the rate of
forty-threw miles per hour, after thochunge
was made.
On tho Wrong Tuck.
Richmond, Va., July 25.—T0-night there
was a meeting of the city Democratic Com
mittee, and attention having been called to
a series of articles lately written by Lewis
H. Blair, a member of tho remimlttea, and
which appeared in the New York fndi'jim
rlrnt, charging the Domoernts in the South
with fraud in elections aud intimidation of
negroes, and advocating mixed schools and
similar doctrine*, the committee unanimous
ly adopted a resolution requesting Mr.
Blair to resign. Mr. Blair is a wealthy anil
prominent business man of this city.
Nantlcoke'e Fatal Slopo.
Wii.krsbarhe, Pa., July 25.—Another
disaster occurred this morning in the fatal
No. 1 slope of the Niisquclianiui Coal Com
pany nt Nantlooke. Gas wiu* ignited by a
bla*t and three miners were eo I sully burned
and crush's] that there Is trimll hojieof their
lives. One of them lost four brothers in
the same mine hi 1885, when twenty-six tnen
were entombed in a drift, where they still lie.
CHINAMEN BURNED OUT.
LOS ANGELES FIREMEN LOTH TO
SUBDUE THE FLAMES.
Twenty-five Buildings Which Had
Housed 1,000 Mongolians Destroyed
—But Very Little Insurance on tho
Property Forty-Eight Horses Perish
In a Blaze at Gotham.
Los Angeles, Cal., July 25. —Yesterday
morning about :i o’clock fire was discovered
in a gambling den in Chinatown. The fire
companies which wore ordered out soon ap
peared, but the slow action of the firemen in
getting water on tho flames seemed to indi
cate that they wore not over-anxious to save
tho buildings. The fire continued spreading
until it consumed twenty-flvo buildings,
which a short timo before had housed
1,000 Chinamen. Intelligent Chinamen
place the loss at from SIOO,OOO to $175,000,
but outsiders estimate tho loss at loss.
There was but little insurance on tho build
ings. Only a few (lavs lief ore the fire agents
of the Insurance companies in Han Fran
cisco enine down here and canceled tho in
surance policies, saying that with tho exist
ing fooling against the Chinese the risk was
too great to continue tho policies. The ori
gin of tho fire is unknown.
FORTY-EIGHT HORSES BURNED.
New York. July 25. —Fire broke out this
morning in the building Nos. 43 and 41*
West Tvveflth street, in which 100 horses
were stabled, and forty-eight of them were
burned to death. The building was occu
pied by Fleishmann’s Vienna Bakery, the
basement being used ns a mixing room, the
first floor as a storage house for delivery
wagons, and the second and third floors
were tilled up with stalls occupied by 100
homes used in delivering bread t hroughput
the city.
a naphtha storehouse aflame.
Bt. Petersburg, July 25.—A dispatch
from Nizhnee Novgorod states that the
large naphtha spring storehouse, containing
1,000,000 pounds of naphtha, nt Balochua,
twenty miles northwest of Nizhnee Nov
gorod, is on fire, and that the flames have
spread to structures enclosing other springs.
A northerly wind is blowing and the fire
is extending.
LOSS OP THE LAWRENCE.
Eight Hundred Lives Go Down in the
Bay of Bengal.
San Francisco, July 25. —The Pacific
mail steamer City of Rio do Janiero arrived
here last night bringing Hong Kong advi
oes to July 1, and Yokahamn news to Juiy
I*. By the loss of the steamer Kir John
lAiwrence in tho Bay of Bengal, Viefore re
ported, 800 lives were lost, mainly females
of the best families in Bengal, on
a pilgrimage to Juggernaut. From
May 21 to 2(1 u cyclone raged
in the Bay of Bengal with disastrous results
to shipping and was attended with gi'Ba t
loss of life. The storm was the severest i*x
jierionced in that quarter since 1888, judg
ing from the reports of vessels which
weathered it. Tin* passengers on board the
Sir John Lawrence numbered 750, the
officers and crew numbering 50.
LAW OF NATIONS.
London’s Lord Mayor Gives a Banquet
to the Delegates.
London, July 25.—Tho Lord Mayor this
evening gave a banquet to the members of
the conference on the law of nations.
Among the guests were Messrs. Phelps,
David Dudley Field, Cameron, Waller,
Hawlov, Halstead, Rrof. Baldwin, Prof.
Bntta, D. Dougherty, Col. Burr of Phila
delphia, W Dexter of Chicago, and Rev.
G. Hawkins of Nebraska. Mr. Phelps,
United States Minister, replying to the
Lord Mayor’s toast to his health, referred
with satisluction to the honor-America was
held in in the city of London, and said
there was no quarter in which Americans
more appreciated such honor than in the
groat centre of tho commerce end Intelli
gence of the world. The Lord Mayor then
proposed the “Jurists of nil nations,” to
which Mr. Field responded.
Pope Loo's Temporal Policy.
Rome, July 25. —The Xfoniteur publishes
the text of a letter addressed by the Pone
to Cardinal Hampolla June 15, when the
latter assumed the functions of Pontifical
Secretary of State, in this letter th<* Pope
explains fully the principles which he has
followed in tne government of the church.
He declared t hat, ho took ii|X)n himself the
mission to reconcile the people and Govern
ments of civilized States. Referring first,
to Italy, the Po[io develops the idea ex
pound's! in the Connstovy Allocution of
May 23, when he laid down os the basis of
pacification of Italy’s acknowledgment of
tiie independence of the Holy Sec.
England’a Great Naval Review.
London, July 35. —Papers hero concur in
the opinion that the review at Mpithead on
Saturday was the finest display of naval
strength the world has ever seen The Paris-
Figaro savs. “A long time must elapse be
fore it will Is* possible to again witness so
sujierb a collection of war ships. England
may Iw justly proud of tiie review. It,
was an imposing manifestation of her
strength and wealth.”
Start of the Thistle.
Olasoow, July 25.—The yacht, Thistle
sailed for New York to-day. A gale was
blowing when she took Her departure and
she proceed'd under storm sails. Her crew
numbers twenty-one men. Her owner and
tier designer will sail from Liverpool for
New York on tho steamer City of Rome
during the latter part of August.
Cluaeret and the Commune.
Paris, July 25. —Gen. Chi sc ret has pub
lished tho memoirs of his connection with
the Commune, fl'lie preface is a diatrlie*
again it the Thmrgeise. He, wurns tiie ruling
classes that if they drive the people to de
spair they will find the petroleuso of the
future more deadly titan the petroleuse of
urn.
Cliolora’B Sweep.
London, July 25.—Forty-nine new eases
of cholera mid 22 deaths from tho disease
were reported at Catania on Saturday. At
Franeofonte there were 14 new cases and 7
deaths; at Paterno, 12 eases and 5 deaths,
ami at, Aftemo 7 cases and 8 deaths. A few
deaths are also reported ill other towns.
Boulanger’s Supporters.
Paris, July 25.— M. Liner, author of the
Boulanger letters, promises to make public
the names of the eighty-four generals who
arc alleged to have pledged their support to
Gen. Boulanger in a coup d'etat alter his
duel with M. Cassagnac.
A Volcanic Eruption.
Malta, July 25. A violent volcanic
eruption has occurred on the island of
Gama, off the coast of Algeria. Streams of
lava are Issuing from the crater of tho vol
cano and tiie glare of the flames emitted are
visible for fifty miles.
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
A Negro's Leg so Badly Lacerated
That. It Will Hava to be Amputated.
Jacksonville, Fla., July 25.— This af
ternoon Willie Anderson (colored) was un
loading a car on the Jacksonville and At
lantic railroad near Centro Park, twelve
miles from Jacksonville, when the locomo
tive struck him, lacerating one of his legs
terribly. It is expected that it will have to
be amputated.
Anew channel was accidentally discov
ered to-day in Ht. Augustine Bay, and the
citizens think it can ho kept in good condi
tion by dredging. If this can bo done, Ht..
Augustine will become one of the seaports
of the east const.
The Florida Sub-Tropical Exposition this
afternoon decided to locate the exposition
grounds near the water works, and will
lease four acres from the city for the pur
pose. This location meets with general
satisfaction.
Yesterday morning at 10 o’clock Jacob
Cohen, who is one of the largest dry goods
merchants in this city, was married to Miss
Ilallio Halle, at the residence of the bride's
parents. The ceremony was performed by
Rabbi Kaiser, and was very quietly con
ducted owing to the recent death of the
bridegroom’s brother, who died in this city
a few months ago. Hail it not been for tiiis
reason the ivremony would have been one
of unusual brilliance, as both contracting
parties are well-to-do and am very popular
with everybody.
THE SUB TROPICAL.
The organization of the Sub-Tropical Ex
position was completed here to-day. Fol
lowing are the officers: President, J. M.
Kreamor; First Vice President, Sherman
Conaut; Second Vice President, J. L. In
glis; Treasurer, J. M. Schumaker; Director
General. James H. Payne. It is intended to
have exhibits from all over Florida, the
West, Indies and Central America. Work
on the buildings will be pushed as rapidly as
possible, and it is expected that the oxposi
tion will l>e the best display of sub-tropical
products aver gathered. The capital stock
is $ 100,000, of which a largo proportion hns
been taken. The exposition will open about
Jan. 1 next.
KEY WEST’S FEVER.
The Weather Bad but the Disease Be
lieved to Have Run its Course.
Key West, Fla., July 25. —Seven new
cases of yellow fever have developed since
yesterday, but no death has occurred.
These new eases aro all among children.
The weather is not favorable to health, fre
quent showers falling during the day while
the sun is shining brightly and hot. It is
what is hero called fever weather, although
from the small number of strangers now
attacked the disease may be said to have
run its course.
CAPITAL CITY CRAYONS.
The Report on the Bondurant & Jop
ling Camp Unfavorable.
Atlanta, Ha., July 25. —Dr. Westmore
land has returned from the Bondurant &
Jopting convict camp, where he went on
an official investigation of the reports made
last week. He filed his report late tills
evening, hut it was withheld from the press.
It will he given out to-morrow. It is under
stood that the rejiort will dial severely on
the condition of this eainp and the manage
ment and treatment of the convicts.
The Secretary of (State issued a charter to
the Hawkinsville and Western railroad to
day under the general law. The road is to
run from Hawkinsville to Perry or Fort
Valley.
A land grant was issued from the Statu
to J. K. Hopfier to 2HK acres of land in (’am
den county, which was subject to heal
rights.
l'ite tax digest for 1887 of Glynn county
was received by the Comptroller to-day.
The total valuation is 188,<XK), showing
the remarkable increase over last year of
f581.,'{.12. Ware county shows an increase
of #172,25(1, and Thomas county an increase
of #1!12,25f1.
The Governor this morning ordered the
reward of $l5O for the arrest of B. F. Wil
liams paid to A. S. Carlisle, of Alabama.
Williams was arrested on a warrant
charging him with forgery committed in
Pulaski county.
GEORGIA'S SOLDIERY.
The Recommendations of the Military
Advisory Board.
Atlanta, July 115.—The Military Ad
visory Board met this morning at the rail
of the Governor for the second time since
it organization. The object of the meeting
was to consider the needs of Georgia’s mili
tary system and recommend such legisla
tion as is necessary. Those present were
tint Governor, Adjutant General, Col. John
fveely of the Governor’s staff Col.
Peter Reilly of the First Georgia
regiment, Col. C. M. Wiley of the Second
Georgia battalion, Col. Joel S. Printup of the
Eighth Georgia battalion, Capt. George M.
Napier of the Walton Guards, and ('apt. J
S. Simmons of the Hancock Vanguard.
The hoard after a long session prepared and
submitted to tlie Governor a memorial asking
iitm to urgently recommend tlie legislature
l< i appropriate J It',ooo annually to defray
tho expenses of the State ciucampmcnt, at
which ail the State troops could go into one
cami> at least one week in each year, and
the further appropriation of ♦ 115,000 for the
support and maintenance of the volunteer
troops. Col. Reilly of Savannah, lias been
persistent and enthusiastic in this move
ment, and is very hopeful of its success in
tho legislature.
AFTER A RAILROAD.
Tho Rome nnd Decatur Anxious to
Buy Out the Rome Road.
Atlanta, (la., July 85.—A called meet
ing of the directors of the Gisirgia railroad
wiu; held here to day. Efforts were made
to keep the proceedings secret, hut it leaks
out that the object was to consider a propo
sition of the Home and Decatur road to buy
the interest of the Georgia and Central iii
the Koine railroad at a figure which is not
stated. Those two roods own a controlling
block of stock in the Home railroad.
Gen. Alexander was present at the meeting.
The proposed purchasers agreed aim, p, |, U y
the minority stockholders out at a some
what lower figure, but asked an option on
tlie Georgia ami Central holdings for sixty
days. It was decided to givo them the
option on the understanding that the
minority stockholder* lie offered tho same
figure.
Col. L. H. Grant to-day retired from the
Presidency of the Atlanta and West Point
road. He is succeeded by C. 11. Phlnlzy.
Pensacola’s New Yacht.
I’knsacola, Fla. , July 85. Capt. illchard
Himpaon arrived to-day from New Orleans
with his handsome yacht, the Annie M.
Pensacola can now boast of the fastest
yacht in the Kouthem waters. Tho Annie
M. ha* borne this title against all competi
tors of espial size. Hhe is about seven tuns.
(’apt. Himpson will change bor name to the
Annie H.
James Cnulson, one of Pensacola's busi
ness men, died to-day of typhoid fever.
l PRICE Sin A YEAR. I
1 ft CENT* A COPY, f
| MEN 1 ANI) SEINES SEIZED.
YANKEE FISHERMEN CAUGHT TOO
CLOSE TO THE SHORE.
The Bchooners Give the Dominion
Cutter the Slip, But the Men In the
Small Boats Unablo to Get Away -
A Gloucester Schooner Seized at
Halifax.
Gloucester, Mass., July 25.—A tele
gram received to-day from United Stale*
Consul Cnrleton at Souris, Prince Edward’s
Island, states that the seines and boats with
all ttie crews of the schooners Col. J. H.
Franco and Argonaut wore seized yester
day off East Point, Prince Edward’s Island,
by the Dominion cutter Critic. It appears
that the versel’s floats were close in
shore, with seines set in the water
when the cutter appeared. The vessel*
cleared out and escaped the cutter, but be
fore the boats could escape they were seized.
Them was only one man left on the vessels
anil it is thought they will lie seized before
getting home as they will lmve to put in for
assistance. The France is owned by Capt.
John I. Sliolm and the Argonaut by Jtmie*
G. Turresboo.
A SEIZURE at HALIFAX.
Halifax, N. 8., July 25.—A dispatch
from Hhelbume says: The Gloucester
fishing schooner Annie VV. Hodson, Capt.
Morrison, was brought up the harbor to
day by Capt. Knowlton of the Dominion
fishing cruiser Advance. The facts con
nected with the vessel’s arrest, as given by
Capt. Morrison, are as follows: During a
fog yesterday the Hodson lost a dory con
taining two men. After boating around in
a vain search for the missing dory, she at
Inst mode for Shelburne harbor almut day
light this morning, and a boat was scut
ashore to make inquiries als>ut the missing
men. Just, as the Hudson was gutting un
der way’aguin she was boarded by a boat’s
crew from tin Advance and Capt. Knowl
ton, who took charge of her and brought
her into the harbor, where sho is now an
chored. Ttic charge made against her is vi
olation of the customs laws in not reporting
at the custom house. Capt. Knowlton de
clines to give any information about the
seizure.
MILEAGE TICKETS LEGAL.
Commercial Travellers Must not be
Granted Special Rates.
Washington, July 25,—Indecisions de
liver'd to-day, the Interstate Commerce
Commission holds that common carrier*
may continue the issuance of miloage pas
senger tickets, charges for which must tie
reasonable and just, and free from unjust
discrimination or unreasonable preference.
Pei sons belonging to the class known a*
commercial travellers are not privilege! 1 to
ride over railroads at lower rates than
arc paid by other persons. Whatever
rcasonJLle rates commercial traveller*
are made to pay other travelers may be
made to pnjr. To charge one more than the
other is unjust discrimination. And this is
true whether the tickets issued am ruileag.i
tickets or in some other form. The com
mission docs not regard the fact that com
mutation tickets ure put on sale at a given
rate to le one that entitles the purchaser of
a mileage ticket to complain of unjust dis
crimination if charged a higher rate. “The
circumstances and conditions,” tho opinion
says, “are not the same.”
carload rates.
The ease of Ht. Louis grocers against the
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company com
plaining that tlie difference charged upon
less than carload shipments ns compared
with full carloads is too great, has not yet
been decided, uli parties having assented to
a postponement to give Now York people
an opportunity to pul in like complaint*
against other roods. In this connection it
can Imi stated that. flv*i complaint* of thin
nature against Western trunk lines were re
oeived from New York to-day, but as they
iiad not been verified ns required by tho
commission they were returned. The ques
tion involved will not tie taken up again till
after the commission’s recess.
BUSINESS BREAKS.
The Louisiana Insurance Company Un
able to Meet It’s Obligations.
New Orleans, July 25.—Lucien M.
Geix, acting President of tho Louisiana In
surance Company, which suspended busi
ness to-day, filed a petition in court asking
for tlie appointment of a commissioner to
effect liquidation of the company’s affairs,
ami praying for forfeiture of the charter.
Tlie assets of the eoiiqouiy amount to #22,-
000, and the liabilities to #51,000.
Charged With Embezzlement.
Portsmouth, N. H., July 25.—Richard
H. Payne, a clerk under Paymaster' Put
nam at the Portsmouth navy yard, was ar
rested to-night charged witli embezzlement
of about #2,000 of tlm paymaster’s funds.
He was arraigned liefore United Htute*
Cornmisiianer Ituckett and plead not guilty.
Before further action was taken a detail of
marines arrived and Payne was turned over
to them for detention to await u naval
fsourtnmrlial and wus taken to the navy
yard under guard.
Cattle Men Pressed.
Fort Worth, Tex., July 25.—Attach
ments to the amount of #115,008 have been
run on the cattle firms of Curtis & Atkin
son, and E. K. W. limrd, of Henrietta,
Tex. Their liabilities are #550,000 ond their
assets #1,115,000.
'Hie Henrietta National Bank, with a
capital stock of #150,000 and deposits of #87,-
000, closed its doors at noon to-day. The
cause of the failures is the depressed condi
tion of tlie cattle market.
Cincinnati’s Republicans.
Cincinnati, July 25. —The Republican
primaries, held under the Baily law, to
night elected sixty-eight delegate* from
Hamilton county to tnc Republican State
convention. There were 1,700 votes cast for
fifty five delegates in Cincinnati. The
Hamilton county delegation is said to he a
unit for tbe-nomination of Gov. Foraker,
and ail are in favor of indorsing Senator
Sherman for the Presidency except thirteen,
who are noncommittal.
Toronto Disgusted.
Toronto, Ont., July 25. — Now that full
details of the race at Pullman, 111., between
Hanlon and Qaadanr have been published,
there has lieeii a marked change in popular
feeling since Saturday night. The general
impression is that the race was nothing but
a hippodrome. Thera was talk at first of
having a general jubilation at the Imy when
Han lan returned, with fireworks, music,
etc., but that is knocked on the head now.
Bloodshed In Kentucky.
Williamsburg. Ky., July 25. —A bloody
fight ls-gan in Bell county, which still pro
gresses. The Sheriff summoned a posse te
arrest a party of Turners living on Yellow
creek in that county, who resisted, and in
the fight which ensued George Thomas, of
tlie posse, and George Turner, of the other
side, were killed. Each side has been rein
forced, and the fight is raging hotter than
at first