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TORY PEERS IN REVOLT.
the government warned not
TO DEAL WITH ARREARS.
31adstonians and Parnellites to Rally
in Full Force to Take Advantage of
the Unexpected Split Salisbury
Bending Every Energy to Suppress
the Uprising—The League's Procla
mation Probable.
London, Aug. 10.—A number of Tory
peers threaten to reject the amendments to
the land bill introduced in the House of
Commons, especially the clause providing
for a revision of judicial rents. They have
also warned the government not to attempt
to deal with the question of arrears.
The attitude of these lords has
paralyzed the Cabinet’s action injjfurther
amending the land bill to satisfy the Par
nellites. The Gladstonian whips have sent
notice to members in the country to be
ready to return if the Peers mutilate the
bill, and the Parnellites have been ordered
to muster in full force. Lord
Salisbury and all tho ministerial
ists are exerting the utmost pressure
to suppress the revolt of the Peers. At an
imperial meeting at the Carlton Club to-day
the sentiment of those present was on tho
side of the Peers, but the general opinion
was that the government by threatening to
withdraw the bill could override all opposi
tion.
THE LEAGUE TO BE PROCLAIMED.
The Lord Mayor’s annual banquet to the
ministers was given at the Mansion House
th s evening. Premier Salisbury, in a
speech, said that the government hud done
everything to give effect to the country’s
mandate to preserve the unity of the em
pire. Extra powers had been placed at the
government’s command, and the country
had a right to complain if those powers
were not used discreetly but firmly. This
is believed to signify that the government
will proclaim the Irish National League.
All the speeches made abounded in gener
alities and were lacking in interest. Even
Lord Salisbury fell below his usual level.
Regarding Ireland he said that magical re
sults must not Ire expected from legis
lation. Ireland’s troubles were due,
to a great extent, to strong de
pressions of the conditions of human
prosperity which had been felt even in the
wealthy metropolis. While the govern
ment hoped that much would result from
legislative remedies, they were conscious
that they must look more to the increasing
prosperity of the people for a restoration of
the happy feeling between England and
Ireland which all so much desired.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
London, Aug. 11, 5 a. m. — The Morning
Post, in its comments on the speeches at the
banquet, says it wishes that I<ord Salisbury
had been more explicit with reference to the
application of the crimes lull.
The .Veins says if Lord Salisbury did not
mean to give the -undertaking of the gov
ernment to proclaim the National League
he used strangely misleading words. He has
often been more successful rhetorically, but
seldom has he spoken with more studied and
serious emphasis.
The 7'elegraph says: “Lord Salisbury’s
words will oe read with interest in Parnell
ite circles and in every branch of the
National League.”
Mr. Gladstone writes: “It is painful for
me to have tny attention called to the at
tacks made upon me by Mr. Bright. My
desire is to bear them in silence and to re
member only his patriotism and services,
together with his unwavering friendship
down to 1886.”
FERDINAND’S ADVENTURE.
Hia Occupancy of the Throne Will
Violate the Treaty.
Vienna, Aug. 10.—The Frenidenblatt, re
ferring to the departure of Prince Ferdi
nand for Bulgarin, emphasizes the fact that
his departure was not in any way due to en
couragement reeei veil from tho powers or
to the sanction of the Porte. The Prince’s
action does not accord with the treaty of
Berlin, and is merely an enterprise of Bul
garian adventure.
AWAITING HIS COMING.
Orsoha, Aug. 10.—M. Nntchevitieh, the
Bulgarian Prime Minister, accompanied by
the members of Prince Ferdinand’s suite,
has reached here, where he will remain until
the arrival of the Prince. It has been
arranged that the Prince shall land and re
ceive addresses as the new ruler of Bulgaria
at all the Bulgarian ports between here and
Rutschuk.
TURKEY’S ATTITUDE.
Constantinople, Aug. 10.—It is semi
officially stnt al that owing to the change in
Bulgarian affairs the Porte has abandoned
it > projected circular to the powers. It is
further stated that if Prince Ferdinand as
sumes the throne the Porte will expect the
potto..* to withhold their cognizance until
turkey recognizes the Prince.
GOES through PESTH.
Pesth, Aug. 10.—Prince Ferdinand passed
through this city this evening.
ENGLAND AND THE EAST.
Salisbury Discusses the Outlook at a
Banquet.
London. Aug. 10. —At tho Lord Mayor’s
banquet to-night, regarding Egypt, the
Premier said that England must see real
security in that country, that before the
British troops are withdrawn Egypt must
be free from internal sedition and safe from
external attack.
A large portion of the Premier’s speech
was devoted to the Egyptian and Afghan
question*. With reference to the latter
question he affirmed that England’s ami
Russia’s concessions were equal,
each side showing a desire to
uiuiutnin peace and to proceed
wir',l the work of civilization, in tho presc
riilam of which there was ample room for
" IT h England and Russia in Asia. He con
i hy expressing himself ms confident
tr.:t all dangers 1o European peace had
passed a way and that the Lord Mayor
would end liis term of office in a period of
profound tranquillity.
Germany’s Crown Prince.
London, Aug. 10.—The German Crown
Prince arrived in Edinburgh to-day, and
rt>eut the time in sight-seeing. Before the
Liiiee left London Dr. Mackenzie per
p rued another operation upon his throat.
L.eetrieity was applied to the larynx, and
••j 1 ’ last traces of the excrescence in the
throat were successfully removed.
Franco’s Only Chance.
Paris Aug. 10.—The radical newspapers
h"r violently criticize tho nro-Bismarekiau
policy of Signor Crispi, the new Italian
•.'tinier, and urges France to ally herself
■I taly with Russia, by doing which, they
'* v - she will ho enabled to dispose of the
t'Otitral European alliance.
Given to the Irax.
London, Aug. 10.—The Judges of the
J'l.iilee yacht roue have decided that the
trux wu Lh winner
She JUofttin# ffeto#.
RIVALING THE PIEDMONT.
The Horticultural Society Invites
Cleveland to Macon.
Atlanta, Aug. 10.—Thp following invi
tation was wired from Canton, Ga., to day
to President Cleveland:
His Excellency Grover Cleveland, President of
the United Sta tes:
The Agricultural Society is now in session at
Canton, m this State, and by its unanimous
action this day we are appointed to invite your
excellency and Mrs. Cleveland, together
with the members of your Cabi
net to attend the annual
fair of the society to be held at the city of Ma
con, beginning on tbe 24! h uf October and con
tinuing one week. The exhibit will be a magnifi
cent display of the agricultural and industrial
resources or the State. It will be attractive
and instructive, as Georgia represents the best
agricultural success at the South. It will be
our pleasure to entertain you
and present you to tbe people of
our State, who will welcome you most cor
dially to all the hospitalities of the occasion.
L. F. Livingston,
S. D. Bradwell,
J. G. McCall,
J. H. Bi-ack,
C. L. Moses,
J. W. Granade,
R. A. Nisbet,
J. 0. Waddell,
W. J. Northern,
1). C. Barrow,
James Barrett,
Committee.
HE WILL VISIT MEMPHIS.
Washington, Aug. 10.—The President
to-day assured Senator Harris that he would
visit Memphis, Tenn., during liis contem
plated Western and Southern trip this fall.
Senator Colquitt is here to look
after some minor departmental busi
ness. He had a pleasant inter
view with the President to-day, in which he
told tho President all about the final ar
rangements for his visit to Atlanta. Senator
Colquitt returns to Atlanta Friday night.
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS.
The Greatest Gathering Ever Held in
the State.
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 10.—The great
est farmers gathering ever held in North
Carolina finished itssecond day’s exercises at
Mount Holly to-day. It w ill continue until
Friday night. More than 2,500 people are
in camp. Nineteen hundred went on excur
sion trains from this city, and the total at
tendance to-day exceeded 5,0i>0. It will be
more than double that to-morrow. To-day’s
speakers at tho Farmers’ Institute were
Dr. J. W. Lewis. Dr. H. B. Battle, Col. L.
L. Polk, editor of the Progressive Farmer,
Col. Julian Allen, a Northern man and
Union veteran, and for twelve vears a lead
ing farmer of Iredell county, flon. S. M.
Finger, State Superintendent of Education;
Hon. Walter L. Steele and Hon. E. S.
Stamps. To-night the grounds are bril
liantly illuminated and throngs are
dancing. The most remarkable exhibits at
the fair are cereals from Buncombe county,
including rye nine feet high, and timothy
more than six feet high. Among the manu
factured goods is a magnificent full line of
cotton stuffs front tbe McAdensville mills
in Gaston county. No Southern concern
has ever shown its equal at any national ex
position.
A COAL MINE TILT.
The East Tennessee Road Answers a
Charge of Discrimination.
Washington, Aug. 10.—The East Ten
nessee railroad and other respondents to the
complaint of the Hock and Petroe, coal
miners and operators, which respondents
were charged with refusal to furnish cars
for the complainants because of an interest
held by the respondents in a rival coal mine
make answer throqgh their attorneys
that the complainants are the lessees of
the mine of which J. SI. Heck, an uncle
of one of the complainants, claimed to lie
part owner and lessee; that J. M. Heck was
formerly president of the Coai Creek and
New River Company, and that he failed to
satisfy tho stockholders; that proceedings
are now pending to secure a settlement and
that J. M. Heck is tho real instigator of the
pending complaint, said complaint being
m furtherance of an attempt
to make use of the Interstate
Commerce Commission as a weapon of de
fense against tho demands of the Ooal Creek
Railroad Company. The respondents deny
any rosoonsibifity for the acts of the Coal
Creek Company. The respondent’s cars and
engines are sent over the Coal Creek road,
but are forbidden to be run beyond the mine
of the Excelsior Company, which is about a
quarter of a mile from the complainants’
mines.
MOBILE’S HARBOR.
The Depth of Water Increased 12 Feet
for $1,370,000.
Washington, Aug. 10.—Maj. A. N. Dam
roll, United States Engineer, submits tho
following estimates for expenditures upon
river and harbor improvements in his dis
trict next year: Warrior river, Ala., $85,-
000; Tombigboe river, Ala,, and Misissippt,
below Vienna, $0,000; Tombigbee, below
Vienna, $12,000; Black Warrior, *200,000;
Old Tower creek, Miss., $7,000; Moxubee
river, Mins., $10,000; Pascagoula river, Mias.,
$55,000; Pearl river, Miss., between Edin
burg and Carthage, $11,000; Pearl river,
Miss., from Jackson to Carthage, 820,000;
Pearl river, Miss., below Jackson, $30,000;
harbor at Biloxi Bay, Miss, $37,500; Mobile
harbor. $411,000. Of Mobile harbor he
says the improvements began in 1337,
there being then five and one half feet of
water through Choctaw pass. There has
since been extended by the general govern
ment $1,870,000. A seventeen-foot channel
has been obtained from the city to the sea.
It is, however, too narrow and should be
widened at least 100 feet.
A PAYMASTER SENT HOME.
Mu). Bash’s Lost Funds Never Recov
ered by tho Government.
Washington, Aug. 10.—By direction of
the Secretary of War Maj. Daniel N. Bash,
Paymaster of tho United States army, is re
lieved from duty and ordered to his home to
await further orders, Maj. Bash is the
officer who was robbed of $7,300 at Antelope
Springs, Wyn., March IN, ISB7, by Charley
Parker, a cowboy, no part of the money
ever being recovered. The robbery was
perpetrated while the Major and his escort
were at, dinner, and he is held not to have
taken sufficient precautions to protect his
funds. _
Bond Offers.
Washington, Aug. 10.—Five million
four hundred and sixty-two thousand dol
lars in \ x 4 per cents were offered the Treas
ury to-day at prieos ranging from 110 flat
to 112.
Secretary Fairchild this afternoon ac
cepted the offer of the Suffolk Savings Bank
of Bouton to sell SUM,OOO registered per
rent bonds t 110 flat. All the other pro
posals wore reject'd, u-s the rates were not
considered favorable.
The Treasury Department to-day received
applications for the prepayment of interest
on bonds amounting to $3,810,550, making
tho total to date $9,998,800.
To boa Free Delivery Office.
Washington, Aug. 10.—The post office
at Danville Va., will become • free delivery
office Oct.. 1.
SAVANNAH, GA„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1887.
WISCONSIN’S DRY FIELDS.
THE RAIN STORM NOT SUFFI
CIENTLY SEVERE.
Many Parts of the State Pretty Well
Soaked, but Others Still Sorely in
Need of a Wet ting—Forest and
Meadow Fires Still Burning in Many
Districts.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 10.—Last
night’s storm was pretty general through
out the Northwest, according to reports re
ceived at the railway offices and signal sta
tion. At Milwaukee, Green Bay and St.
Paul the rainfall was a quarter of an inch.
At Duluth and Lacrosse only a trifle of rain
was reported. Rain was reported
this morning from the Hast
ings and Dakota division of liie Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. The
long drought in this State may be consid
ered as broken.
forest fires extinguished.
Reports from tho timber districts, where
the forest fires were raging, are to the effect
that the rain has checked the progress of the
flames and given relief lor the tune being.
Specials from the interior of the State in
dicate that the windstorm which accom
panied the rain was very violent and that
much damage h:is resulted in consequeuce.
Stacks and buildings were leveled ou all
sides.
A FARMER KILLED.
Frank Johnson, a farmer living two miles
South of Wuupori, was buried under the
debris of his barn and killed.
At Portage a large number of buildings
on the fair grounds were demolished. A
number of bridges in Fon du Lac county
were swept away.
A regular panic ensued on Horicon
Marsh, which was filled with haymakers
when the storm struck, and tents, wagons,
haystacks, etc., were sent flying in every
direction.
POINTS NOT REACHED.
Chicago, Aug. 30. —Last night’s storms,
which broke the drought in Wisconsin to
some extent, did not reach Michigan, nor
the southern portion of Wisconsin, North
ern Illinois and Indiana. Affairs there are
still as bad as they well can bo.
GLOOMY IN the EXTREME.
In reviewing the drought situation tho
■Journal says to-night: “The outlook for
the agriculturists of Illinois, Indiana. lowa
and the southern portions of Michigan and
Wisconsin, is gloomy in the extreme. These
naturally splendid and fertile territories,
undoubtedly including some of the finest
und largest granaries and food stores
of the North American continent,
have for fourteen months been
subject to tho visitation of a drought to
which a parallel cannot be found within the
range of the oldest living inhabitant’s recol
lection. During the past few weeks this
state of things has been intensified in the
district mentioned, and much injury to
growing crops has resulted. In many places
the fields are absolutely and hopelessly
burned out. The public parks are devas
ted with dryness. Grass lands have probably
suffered the most. The destruction is not
uniform, though where crops were planted
late in the season the owndrs will probably
not realize the cost of the planting. Where
the seed was put into the ground early
enough a somewhat less disastrous result
may be hoped for. Of the necessary food
for live stock there will be an appalling
dearth, and thus the prices of milk,
meat, butter, cheese, and other farm
products inav be expected to rise to an
altogether unprecedented height. The effects
for a year to come will be felt in all quar
ters of trade and business, as well as in the
agricultural districts. The railroads will
feel it. Already the Burlington and Rock
Island road has given up the corn in tho
territory of this great system. The
grain will not be there to ship, neither will
the fattened stock be there to haul to the
Central markets. Already farmers are dis-
] losing of herds of half fattened swine, and
even horses and cows are being disposed of
for 2p per cent, of their ordinary value.”
THE BURNING THUMB.
Detroit, Aug. 10.—A gentleman who
traveled yesterday through the burning
“thumb” of the lower peninsula says
meadow and hush fires are burning every
where. Acres of cut grain and miles of
fencing have been destroyed. Several barns
and a number of cattle are re
ported burned in the interior,
nut definite news has not yet lieen
received. At night the'seene is wild and
weird. Isolnted houses stand in the centre of
burning fields and their destruction
seems certain. The farmers are suffering
greatly. At the straits of Mockinack the
smoke is so dense that much trouble is ex
perienced by vessels in making the passage.
In many parts of the State the fires are
small aiid scattered but the total loss will be
heavy.
BROKEN AT CEDAR RAPIDS.
Cedar, Rapids, la., Aug. 10. — The long
drought was broken at 0 o’clock this even
ing, when a heavy rain commenced, guar
anteeing a magnificent corn crop in this re
gion.
PEACE IN HAWAII.
The New Ministry in Control and the
King a Nonentity.
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 10.—The
steamer Australia arrived from Honolulu
this morning, bringing advices from the
Hawaiian Kingdom down to Aug. 2. No
disturbances of any character are reported.
The new Ministry are in complete control.
The new Constitutional party lias placed in
nomination candidates for Nollies and Rep
resentatives. Nearly all are men of prop
erty and old residents of the Island,
but are generally of American birth or par
entage. The King’s chamberlain has issued
a public notice that after Aug. 1 no debts
on account of His Majesty King Kalaknua
and the royal household will lie nyognized
unless authorized in writing by the cham
berlain. F. H. Hayselden, son-in-law of
cx-Premier Gibson, was arrested on the
j charge of forgery.
CUBA’S CAPTAIN GENERAL.
He Offends the Spanish Minister of
the Colonies.
Madrid, Aug. 10.—Oen. Kalamanoia, the
recently appointed Captain General of
Cuba, while at LaGratija, publicly ex
pressed his intention to suppress brigandage
and corruption in Cuba, and allow
no political patrons at Madrid to
protect rogues and officials who made
Spanish rule unpopular in the West Indies.
Tlie remarks offended Senor Bulaguer, Min
ister of the Colonies, nnd he tendered hi*
resignation, thus putting the government in
a dilemma. Premier Sagasta is trying to
effect a reconciliation between Geti Bala
! runnels and Signor Balaguer in order to
t avoid a crisis and it is reported that he 1* in
j a fuir way to *ucets*d.
A Scorcher at Chicago.
Chicago. Aug. 10. biseven hoursto-itay
the temperature in this city rose 20’ until ait
3 o’clock this afternoon the record was 96"
in the shade.
FALLING WALLS.
Three Firemen Killed and Several
Fatally Injured at St. Louis.
St. Louis, Aug. 10.—The most terrible
catastrophe that has befallen the fire de
partment in its history occurred this morn
ing about 9 o’clock. The walls of the ruins
of Bishop & Spear’s peanut warehouse,Nos.
510 and 512 North Second street, fell at that
hour and carried with them a portion of J.
Alkires & Co’s wholesale grocery house. In
the ruins were Inu'ied a number of firemen,
two of whom were taken out dead. Another
is buried beneath the debris and beyond
doubt is dead. A siiectutor is dying at the
hospital, and several firemen are at their
homes or at the engine houses suffering
from severe injuries.
the crash.
A number of firemen were engaged rais
ing ladders to get water ou the smoulder
ing peanuts when suddenly the w alls of
Bishop & Spears’ building wavered and
crashed. Then down came the north wall,
and with it a portion of Alkires’ south
wall, tearing out Alkires’ south side right
in the middle. Us the middle and north
walls came down the front of the peanut
warehouse fell out, and the extra pressure
from the side walls forced tho debris out
into the street. There was a great cloud
of dust and smoke from tho burning
peanuts. In the crash the firemen went
down without a erv, so quick was the col
lapse. When the first shock was over it
was found that all the firemen except Me
Kernan, McDonald, lloell, Faldtman, Do
fore and Zimmerman, had got off. The
dead are:
Barney MeKernan.
Frank McDonald.
Chris Hooll.
The injured are:
James O’Brien, fatally.
.Jacob Feldtman, severely.
William Zimmerman, severely.
Mat Before, slightly.
TEN BUILDINGS BURNED.
A Factory and Nine Houses the Struct
ures in Ruins.
Memphis, Aug. 10.—The Eagle Flour
Mills, on the comer of Vance and Tennes
see streets, were burned this morning. Tho
loss is §OO,OOO and the insurance $15,000.
STARTED IN A PRAIIIIE.
Chicago, Aug. 10. —A prairie fire which
broke out about 5 o’clock t his afternoon in
tho vicinity of Eigbty-mnth and Halstead
streets, resulted three hours later
in the total destruction of the
Weber wagon works, at the corner
of Eighty-first and Wallace stroets,
the Auburn school building just across the
street, a two story flat adjacent to the
school building and” four cottages on Wal
lace street. North of Eighty-first street, were
burned. The Superintendent of the wagon
works estimates the loss on the works at
.*150.00 ). The insurance is $75,000, distrib
uted among about twenty companies.
A FACTORY AND NINE HOUSES.
CoNoono, N. H., Aug. 10.—JFire war dis
covered in flic second story of the shoo fac
tory at Wolfboro last night, and before the
flames were extinguished tho building and
nine dwelling bouses wens destroyed. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The shoe
factory was the largest in the State, and
employed nearly 500 hands. The loss on
the factory is .*'-’O,OOO, the loss on stock is
$40,000, with $12,000 insurance. The dwell
ing houses were occupied principally by
factory operatives. Tliq whole loss by the
fire is placed at #1:25,000. The insurance is
small.
MUSKEGON’S MILL FIRE.
Muskegon, Mich., Aug. 10.—'The mill
fires in this city y*terday resulted in a loss
of over 5,000,000 feet of lumber, owned by
Stimson & Fay, Mann & Cos. and others.
The total losses aggregate nearly $120,000,
on which there is fair insurance.
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
An Address to be Published Arraign
ing the Democracy.
Petersburg, Va., Aug. 10. —The Repub
lican State Committee, with a number of
prominent Republicans, met iu conference
at Senator Mahone’s residence lftst night,
and were in session all night discussing the
political situation and the subject
of an address to the peopje •of the
State. Favorable reports were made
from the different districts as to the oondi
tion of the party. Thcconferem-e adjourned
this morning, ha ving delegated to (Jen. Ma
hone and a committee the duty of preparing
an address, emliodyhig a platform or
principles. This address has not vet,
been made made public, nut
it is undcrsloodto arraign the Democratic
Legislature for failure to settle the debt
question, and to declare the ability of the
Republican party, if restored to power, to
settle the debt satisfactorily. It also ar
raigns tho Democratic party of the count ry
for its failure to abolish tho tobacco tax:
to pass the Blair bill, and for other alleged
shortcomings.
WHAT A MEMBER BAYS.
Up to a late hour to-night the address had
not been made public and all efforts to
obtain any definite idea as to its character
have lieen futile. A member said to-day
that the address will review the platform
of the Democratic party adopted at Roanoke
and arraign that party for its legislation,
both national and State, and especially
for its failure to abolish the
revenue tax on tobacco. It will charge the
Democracy with defeating the Blair educa
tion bill, opisising protection and failing to
ettle the State debt. It will declare that
*he Republican party is able to
fettle the debt ns soon as it
shall he res tore! to power and
st will promise repeal of the revenue svs
iteni and the fostering care of protection
und public education. It is probable that
the address will not lie out for a day or
two. It is further reported that Gen. Mft
hone made a long speech claiming that the
debt can lie settled if tho bondholders are
met in the pro.icr spirit.
JAIL BIRDS SEEK LIBERTY.
A Pistol Induces Them to Retreat Into
Their Cells.
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 10.—While
Sheriff Charles 11. Lacy was absent at tho
funeral of his wife to-day there was an at
tempt on the part of tho prisoners at. tho
Atlantic county jail at Muy’s Land
ing to escape. They were led
by a housebreaker named , Slocum,
who, with an iron pump handle lieat a hole
through the ceiling and! thus gained an en
trance into the attic. They wero disco vend
by Deputy Hhcriff Moore and County Clerk
Evans, who, ut the (mint of a pistol, drove
Hlocurn and the others bock ana placed all
the male prisoners in separate cells.
Boycoytting a Prohibitionist.
Nashville. Aug. 10.—Willis McDear
mon, a school teacher near Babattia, Jack
s'll! county, found bis school house guard'-I
by a moli yesterday morning who refused
him admission on the ground that be was a
Prohibitionist. McDeortnon opened another
school house- The Anti-Prohlbitine' f i in
stalled a now teacher, and the pupi led
according to the parents’ views on t..-> ques
tion.
HOW THE CROPS SHOW UP
A DECLINE IN THE CONDITION OF
CORN IN SOME STATES.
The Condition of Spring Wheat Very
Low-No Change from Last Month
in the Condition of Oats—The Pros
pects of the Cotton Planters Still
Very Good.
Washington, Aug. 10.—Tho August re
port of the Department of Agriculture says:
The prospect a month ago was for a very
heavy crop of corn, and the rate of yield
about the average. Its condition in all the
States of the Atluntic coast is now unim
paired and of very high promise in Texas
and Tennassoe. The conditions have de
clined materially in the central corn region,
however In the valleys of the Ohio and
Missouri, where two-thirds of tho crop is
grown and the commercial supply is pro
duced, a very heavy reduction Ims taken
place, which has made the national average
80.7 instead of 97.7 last month. The cause
is the long continued drought which has
been severest in Kansas, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio And Michigan. Nebraska has been
scorched on the southern border, and lowu
and Missouri have escaped with compara
tively light loss, as have the more northern
States. The seven corn surplus States stand
as follows: Ohio 82, Indiana 04, Illinois (15,
lowa 90, Missouri 80, Kansas 00, Nebraska
75.
SPRING WHEAT.
The condition of spring wheat, which was
reported very low last month from the
ravages of the chinch bugs, is not improved
in August returns, but has fallen off very
slightly, the general average being 78.8, two
points less than thp August
returns last year. Dakota
has made a slight gain and stands highest
in condition. The average for Wisconsin is
73, Minnesota 74, lowa 72, Nebraska 77, Bn
kota 88. In the extreme East and on the
Pacific coast the condition of spring wheat
is high. There is no report of winter wheat
for the present month, as it is too early to
obtain results.
In the oat crop there is no change. A
part of the breadth was harvested at the
list report. The condition averages 85.0,
which indicates a crop slightly under tho
average.
The barley crop promises to yield rather
lietter than was feared last month. The
Eastern product averaged higher condition,
but is reduced slightly since the last report.
The average is 80.2, indicating nearly an
Average yield.
The buckwheat area appears to bo prac
tically the same as last year and uverages
about 93 m condition.
POTATOES POORER.
There is a great reduction since July
Ist in the condition of potatoes, almost en
tirely the result of the drought. There is
no material decline on the Atlantic or Gulf
const, but the injury is severe in the West.
The loss during the month as reported is
fully 20 per cent, of the prospective crop.
The fruit crop is very poor. There will
lie few apples outside of New England nnd
New York. There will be a partial crop in
Michigan. In tlie Ohio river States tho
harvest will he nearly a failure.
The hay crop is also greatly reduced in
the West” The general average is 80.
COTTON.
The past month has lieen favorable to
cotton except that tho rainfall has been un
equally distributed in pointof time, drought
threatening at one period and damaging
floods following. In the eastern belt an ex
cess of moisture predominates as a factor of
depreciation. The weed is therefore large
and sappy and fruit fall appears
in some fields seriously, and
in some cases rust appears. In
Louisiana similar conditions have pre
vailed and only very zpartially in Missis
sippi. Texas lias been too dry, though the
drought has not as yet been disastrous or
severe.
A GOOD STAND.
The prevalent status of the crop is very
good for the first of August, while the re
ports recognize this as a critical time and
fear the effect of subsequent drought upon
the green and sueculent condition of the
plant. In a comparison of ten years the
August condition is only exceeded by that
of I*B2 and 1885, one producing a largocran
and the other an un .er the medium yield.
Tile general average of condition is 93.8,
which is lower hy over three points than
that of July. The State averages are: Vir
ginia 94, North Carolina 98, South Carolina
95, Georgia 94, Florida 90, Alabama 93,
Mississippi 90, Louisiana 94, Texas 87, Ar
kansas 97, Tennessee 95.
THE CATERPILLARS.
The first brood <W caterpillars has ap
peared in several States, but is not generally
mentioned in the returns. It is reported in
Orangeburg and Berkley, Mouth Carolina;
in Calhoun, Taylor, Dooley and Laurens,
Georgia:in Hall, ami Dallas, Alabama; Star
key, Lawton, Issaquena and Kltookihbee,
Mississippi; in Red River, Bossier, Richland,
Natchitocnes and Ilscrville, Louisiana, and
in Htephens Cainp and Jackson, Texas. The
boll worm is much less frequently men
tioned.
TOBACCO.
The tobacco crop is in high condition in
the sooil leaf Stales, averaging nearly 100,
except in Wisconsin. The snipping and
hutting districts of the West make an un
precedented report of low condition,
as follows: Tennessee 70, Kentucky
59, Ohio 55, Indiana 50, Illinois
52, Missouri 00. In view of the
heavy reduction in acreage only a small
fragment of the usual crop may lie ex
|wcted. The official Investigation in progress
will determine authoritatively the breadth
cultivated the present year.
A BROKEN AGREEMENT.
The West Virginia Central Multiplies
Its Claim by Throe.
Baltimore, Aug. 10. — Tj-day in the
United States Circuit Court the attorneys
<>f the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg
Railroad Company against the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, for violation
of contract, increase! 1 their claim for dam
ages from $50,000 to SISO,(XX). The declara
tion nllegi-s that an agreement was modi!
between the two companies Jnn. 19, 188],
for nil interchange of coal cor*
nnd for mutual transportation of freight to
end from the junctions of the roads at Pied
mont, W. Va.; that the defendant agined
on a retain rebate, which it decline 1 to full
fill; that the plaintiff lost $3,500 by reason
of the violation of that part of the contract;
that the defendant’s violat ion of contrail
caused a loss of wile of 150,(XX) ton* of coal.
All the Langston Evidence In
Petersburg, Va., Aug. 10 — Tho evi
dence in the Langston murder trial was
concluded to-night with testimony intro
duced bv the prosecution. The defense
inode numerous ob jections and noted several
exceptions to the rulings of the court, lit
rebuttal, tin 1 prosecution showed that sev
eral of the witnesses who testified for the
defense were not on the spot when the shoot
lug occurred Instructions will lie asked for
to-morrow and will no doubt elicit an elab
orate and isousei on.
A ROW AT CHAUTAUQUA.
The Association and. the Cottage
Owners at Loggerheads.
Jamestown, N. Y., Aug. 10.—'The annual
mooting of the Chautauqua Assembly Asso
ciation broke up in a row to-day between
tlie authorities of the association and tho
cottage holders. It was agreed, after con
siderable squabbling, to permit the cottage
holders to vote, but no proxies would
be accepted. A. C. Wade, of James
town, who owns a cottage, tried
to vote. After considerable talk,
President Miller ruled Wade could not
vote. Then came cheers and hisses. Presi
dent Miller also refused to put a motion tty
Mr. Wade appealing from tho decision of the
chair. Mr. Wade then put. the motion him
self and his position was sustained by a
large vote. Everybody now talked and
there was utter confusion. President Miller
declared tho meeting adjourned and
Mr. Wade moved that Mr. Gale, of
Chautauqua, be made chairman and this
motion was carried. President Miller
ordered a policeman to arrest Mr. Wade.
The officer would not do it. Mr. Gale took
the choir, and Mr. Wade moved the repeal
of some portions of the by-laws. As Mr.
Gale attempted to put tlie motion ho was
dragged from the platform and arrested.
Wade was also arrested. Tlie meeting then
broke up in the wildest confusion.
WATTERSON BANQUETED.
He Tells the Difference Between Poli
ticians and Journalists.
New York, Aug. 10.—The Press Club of
this city gave a reception to-day to Col.
Henry Wattorson, of the Louisville Courier
Journal. John A. Greene, President, wel
comed Col. Watterson to the club. Col.
Wattorson gave an interesting dissertation
on newspais-rs and newspaper men and tho
iueompnt ability of journalism mid politics.
“The politician, n he said, “has to keep
his path divergent from the ways of vc
racily, whereas the journalist on the other
hand is always trying to tell tho truth, and
tell it before any one else does.”
Brief addresses were also made by Gen.
Horatio C. King, Col. John A. Cookerill of
tho World, Paul A. Dana of tlie Nun, Eras
tin Wiman and others.
Journalism, Col. Wattorson said, “Is
now here so much out of place in the
mechaniclsni of political movements, the
fact is, no man can mingle journal
ism and politics and remain strictly
honest. All the young gentlemen
on the press of my city 1 count as personal
friends, and I am prouder of that friend
ship than I would lie of that of the many
wnuld-to grout men who have personal axes
to grind."
BROKEN DOWN FIRMS.
Three Concerns File Schedules of As
sets and Liabilities.
New York, Aug. 10.—Orlando B. Hast
ings, a manufacturer of cardboard at No.
2ti Beckman street, doing business as Hast
ings & Todd, who assigned recently, filed
schedules to-day showing liabilities of t'.S 12,-
(KMI, nominal assets of 111.T.000, and actual
assets of $34,000.
The schedules of Otto Vom Feltt, n dealer
in pictures, show liabilities of $38,000,
nominal assets of $79,000, and actual assets
of $20,000.
When John Slade As Cos. made an assign -
ment to Walter S. Warren July 5 the ns
signer was directed to furnish bond for
$i?00,000. Tills he did not care to do aiuMo
dav Fred C. Chapin was substituted. Alfred
Kuilyand 11. K. Thurbor became his sure
ties. Mr. Warren makes affidavit that the
firms liabilities are $849,000, tho nominal
assets $1,200,000, and the actual assets SOO,-
000.
HENRY CLAY'S SON DEAD.
He Expires Suddenly While Superin
tending His Farm.
Lexington, ICy., Aug. 10.— John Clay,
the only remaining son of Henry Clay, died
at his farm near this city this afternoon at
U o'clock. He left the city at 1 o’clock in his
usual health, going home, and after dining,
went out to superintend repairs on
a pump. While giving instructions to
the workmen he fell deoil, without
any premonition,of heart disease. Mr. Clay
was 07 years old. He had no children. Ho
was married about twenty years ago to his
nephew’s widow, Mrs. Irwin. Col. Irwin
was killed at the I wit tie of Perryville while in
command of a Confederate regiment. John
Clay possessed hut few of the characteris
tics of his illustrious father, being a plain
farmer devoting much time to raising
thoroughbred horns. He became a Catholic
twenty years ago.
SCIENTISTS IN SESSION.
The 36th Meeting of the American
Association in Progress.
New York, Aug. 10.—The thirty-sixth
meeting of the American Association for
tlie Advancement of Science began at
Columbia College to-day. The retiring
president, Prof. Edward K. Morse, of Salem,
called the meeting to order, and Might Rev.
H. C. Potter inane the invocation, when the
chair was assigned to the president-elect,
Prof. H. P. Langley, of Washington.
F. A. P. Barnard, President
of Columbia 0)1 lege. welcomed
the association to New York. President
lyingley responded ami the regular routine
was pr'K'coded with. The retiring president
will deliver his address us such before the
association and to-morrow business will be
fairly begun. The sessions, which will con
tinue for ii week, will to lutersj>orsod with
trijw to pleasure resorts near the city.
IVEB’ STOCK NOT SOLD.
He Makes Arrangements with tho Cin
cinnati People.
New York, Aug. 10.—Tho announce
ment that a block of stock belonging to
Henry H. Ives would to sold at auction drew
a number of Wall street rnon to tlie roul es
tate exchange to-day. Tho stocks repre
sented a monetary value of $536,000. The
auctioneer was about offering the stock
wtii'ii he was requested bv a parly inter
ested to withdraw them, which was accord
inglv done. Tlie reason for the withdrawal
was that Mr. Ives hud made satisfactory ar
rangements with the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton people.
Vincent’s Trial.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 10.— Treasurer
Vincent’s trial was resumed this morning.
Nothing now or sensational was developed.
The testimony closed at 2 o’clock. This af
ternoon Slate Solicitor Lomax opened hi*
argument for the prosecution. He was fol
lowed by Attorney Falkner for the defense.
In the morning ex-Uov. Watts will make
the cloth ng speech for the defense, and At
torney Genorul McClellon for tho State.
A Cable Rate Ultimatum.
New York, Aug. 10.—It is officially an
nounc'd that tho Commercial Cable Coin
| tuny has notified the other cable companies
that unless rates ure advanced to 40c. u
wont within one week that it wijl make an
other cut, and ten days from now will take
titessjures at 12c. a won’
IPIUCKBIO A YEAR. I
J a CENTO A COPY, f
POLITICS AND THE NEGRO
A WARM DEBATE BY THE COLORED
PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Reu. Allensworth, of Louisville, Ad*
vocatea Independence in Political
Action—An Out and Out Radical of
Chicago Waves the Bloody Shirt—A
Platform Adopted.
Louisville, Aug. 10.—In the National
Colored Press Assix'iation Convention to
day the discussions brought about a division
as to which party tho colored men should
support. The llrst topic announced for dis
cussion was tho relation of “the negro-
American to the existing political parties.”
Rev. Allan Allensworth, of Louisville,
opened the discussion. He said the Ameri
can white mail did not understand
tho negro’s position. The trouble
was that when negroes asked for legal rights
a majority of tho people seemed to think
that they were asking for social privileges.
The negroes should in a measure be separate
from the existing parties, and teach them
what tho colored man’s rights should lie.
White men and colored men should
cultivate more friendly relations. W e should
teach the white men that, tho day will come
again when the negroes’ aid will bo needed
as it was in the past. If it hnd not been for
the part the colored man played the Uuioa
would not have been saved.
AN OUT AND OUT REPUBLICAN.
Alexander Clark, of Chicago, represent
ing tho Baltimore Commercial, said that
all inou were created free and should lie
entitled to equal rights. He was a Repub
lican, not a drop of Democratic blood was
in his veins, but the colored people should
not light any party or creed
hut labor to lieneflt them
selves. The negroes would be a mere cipher
as an independent party. They should ad
here to tile Republican party. If they did
not like to do this they should be ruled out.
The Republicans were going to take poaseß
sion of things again. They had merely
split over Jim Blaine and spoils.
It was their theft and dishonesty
that divided (hem last time. Tho Mug
wumps cannot amount, to much as they
form a company of sorehead reformers.
There never was a reform party that was
not a fraud. The negro who deserts the
Republican party is n traitor to the living
and dead, and it is a wonder that the ghosts
of the great departed statesmen who
founded trio party do not come forth and
confront them.
ALL DEBTS ALREADY PAID.
I). A. Rudd, of tho Catholic Tribune,
said tho negro owed no undying allegiance
to any party. For every service that the
Republican hail done for them they have
done two in return.
P. 11. Murray, of the St. Louis Advance,
stats si that so long as the negroes wero re
garded as the political enemy of any party
just that long would they have that [arty
to fight and oppose their interests. The ne
gro b not in a position to dictate to any po
litical party.
Dr. Rudd’s resolution, indorsing tho Blair
bill, was indorsed, as was also one extend
ing sympathy and greeting to Ireland as a
people, "who, liko the negro, have hoea
suffering ami struggling uuder the injustice
of man to man.”
THE PLATFORM.
Dr. Fitzhutler, of Louisville, Chairman
of tho Committee on Resolutions, submitted
the following report which wusudopted:
1. Wn deplore tlm conditions that make
thus convention a necessity, and while it
shall lie our effort to secure equal and com*
mon privivileges for all nationalities
in places nr public instruction, and demand
ing, as we do, indiscriminate rights on com
mon carriers, and in pints* of public accom
modation and entertainment, we have no
other reason to offer for this meeting of the
Colored Press Association than realization
of tho privileges, plcasurce anil benefits that
should bo common to our country regard
less of nationalities.
•J. The colored press can now comprehend
the ostracism and prejudice existing against
the colored man in the dark shadow of
American slavery as well ns the sufferers
therefrom, anil thetofore none ars
so well qualified to make an ap
peal against these evils as the
colored man himself and at tho same time
his honest and intelligent efforts will stand
as witnessed of his native ability enti
tling him to tho rights of citizenship.
Ccjtoh'fd, That wo denounco the acts of ths
Legislatures of Indiana, Virginia, Tennessee,
and other Htales, In making intermarriages of
the colored race with other nationalities a
ponal offense, especially while crimes com
mitted against colored women by white men
are overlo died as an unfortunate condition over
which the law and public sentiment lias no con
trol.
Received, That tho act re-ently passed by the
Oeorgia legislature making it a felony, punish
aliln by tine and Imprisonment, for any twinous
to teach colored children in a white school or
vice versa, Is the work of unreasonable and un
principled men who are a disgrace to the position
they hold and to our common country. Such
legislation is destructive to the nation's strength
in rebellion or in case of war with foreign na
tions.
/.■. so/red, That while organization is the way
to utilize our strength, we deem it impracticable
to attempt a national organization of the col
ored people to work politically, hut rather favor
the coinnu-noainunt of local organizations
adapted to the peculiar circumstances of places
and people.
Reeolveit, That the work done by the colored
press lias been of incalculable value by placing
tlie colored man in a more Just light before the
world, uml in many instances biased by the rep
resentations of unprincipled journalists.
fb-sotwd, That wo recommend the establish
ment of a national bureau of information to
ascertain the extent und nature of lawlessness
and mob violence against colored men, V t
adopt means for the betterment of the present
unfortunate state of affairs.
The following officers wero elected:
President—VV. J. Kiturnons, of tho Louis
ville American Baptitt.
Vice President—-J. H. Patton, of the
. Nashville Free Lance.
Hecivtarv —Rev. George F. Bragg, Jr., of
the Norfolk (Va.) Afro-American.
Treasurer —Alexander Clark, of the Balti
more ('om mon tvea Ith.
Historian—W. C. Chase.
The association adjourned, after a ban
quet, to meet in Nashville in August, next
year. _____
A Defaulter Arrested.
Chicaoo, Aug. 10.--John Me Martin, tho
defaulting agent of the Russell Manufac
turing Conifiaiiy, at McKeesport, Pa, who
left for ( amnia eight months ago, was me#
on the street to-day by President Russell, of
tho manufacturing company, who is visit*
ing here, anil was promptly locked up.
A Forest Fire in Germany.
Berlin, Aug. 10.—A forest fire is raging
in the Hertogeuwaki. Soldiers are endeav
oring to stop tiic progress of the flames by
felling trees, iligging ditches, etc., but so
far without success. The fire is viewed by
crowds of sight-seers from Berlin, Cologne,
Brussels and other places.
A Bark Sold for a Song.
London, Aug. 10.—The bark Albert from
Charleston for Rotterdam, before rejiorted
as having put into the Island of Carvo iu
d.strev, unu as having been condemned, has
been sold at auction for $lBO. Four hun
dred barrels of rosin and 1.15 b staves war*