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GOTHAM AND THE FAIR.
first Mamma of th pi-
TBB nance committee.
poteen of the Twenly-Five Finan-
E ' r p- 3 selected By Mayor Grant in
Attendance— J- Pierrepont Morgan
_j Edward Simmons Chosen
D ' 3 " 0O0lt ““
Permanent Chairman.
K,w York, Aug. 20. -Eighteen of the
twentv-flve financiers selected by Mayor
r rnt to comprise tue finance committee of
the world’s fair attended an inaugural
held this afternoon in the mayor’s
' e-” Mi and his of money were represented
t he ' gathering and the unanimity
cf feeling whs very encouraging
jlayor Grant, whose face depicted
■ .. ■•„. felt. Tim following is a list of
.‘h* member* "f the committee who at
j many of them having come from
r homes to lend tneir presence
io the “meeting: Jay Gould, Jesse
Seligman, Eag-no Kelly, August Belmont,
Ii llabcock, Calvin S. Brice,
William L Bub. John 11. Inman, Robert
l)u lap H ck. feller. J. Elward Simmons,
Charles Siewart Smith, president of the
Pham her of Commerce; Oswald Otten
da-fer editor of the Stuats-Zeitung:
Fittlerick A. KurscheuP John McKesson,
... Hom-y B. Hvde, president of the Equit
able Life Assurance Society; Herman Oel
richs and William Steinway.
mayor grant elated.
The proceedings were opened by the
mayor. He expressed liis thanks for the
fupr „rt and ene mragoment given to the
oßiect in view hy the attendance he wit
nessed. Bv oversight he had omitted to
place on the committee the name of one
cent'oinnn i minently fitted to act thereon——
J Pierrepont Morgan. Mr. Ottendorfer
at mica offered to resign in favor
of Mr. Morgan, but this would not
be listened to by the other members, and a
motion to mcreaso the number of the com
mittee to twentv-six by adding Mr. Mor
gan, was earned at once. It was uext pro
posed that the committee organize by the
selection of a permanent chairman, and
August B'Tinont offered the name of Samuel
I). Babcock. Hi3 election followed by a
unanimous vote.
ACCEPTS THE POSITION.
He relieved Mayor Grant, and addressing
the committee said that the honor which
hal been conferred on him was as unex
pected as it was undesirable. Still he would
iiot iet his disinclination to act sway his
action. He wculd accept, and in doing so
expressed the hope that the deliberations of
the body would he as pleasant and unani
mous as were the deliberations of the com
mittee on the plan and scope of the late
centennial on wtiich ha had served during
its existence.
The next business in order was the selec
tion of a treasurer, and J. Edward Simmons
was chosen by acclammation. J
President Smith of the chamber of com
merce suggested the appointment of a sec
i rotary, an 1 placed in nomination George
Wilson, secretary of the chamber.
Mr. Belmont thought tcere was no neces
sity to appoint a secretary at this meeting,
and offered an amendment providing for
the appointment, instead of an executive
committee, which committee, he
thought, should select the secre
tary The proposition was discussed
and Mr. Smith finally withdrew his motion
and joined in the one for tho apnointment
ot an executive committee, w'hich was
thereupon adopted. Being informed that
hie duty of naming tho members of this
committee would devolve upon him, Chair
man Babcock, after' brief consideration,
announced as such: J. Pierrepont Morgan
chairman August Belmont, William H.
\anderbilt, Cnarles Stewart Smith and
John H. Inman. Mr. Vanderbilt has notified
the committee of his consent to act, but he
i at present abroad.
NECESSITY OF BAISING FUNDS.
t/> T \f 6Se i )r i eliminaries having been attended
h.’.v . , s ? man made au a I,lress iri w hieU
f Pr T : 1 llCtU '“ 111 the matter of
U " tu -' ,h necessary for the succoes
ubmUbZ 8 r t 0f t u° ereat eveilt - He
! £,* 1 dfin m which he assumed that
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C“£KSWAS
s,!e s^nTh ysLu “
nAstockl ‘ , , tha amoun ‘ mentioned,
interest 7 0Ul1 c °mmand 2 per cent!
Xsl York TV, guara " toed b y Ow city of
to owe, ~*. • Clt y B houd bo authorizad
of Macttothlf l " T 3ibili ‘y by the passage
tne tet e ?t„ end S th e next session of
nemot from !l “ U t - TLe s!ock sh(,uld be
be Mked tI cfiL ? 1 *! 0 "- Hougress should
scheme at tfi! “ , Its . lto ,rty support to the
'G „T n ia De ' When
skod to mil ' fbspe the people should be
‘be stock be divided
W‘licVneraliv ha sl \ Sh . areS - Whoa ‘be
to ■ bavo la ~ in opportunity
If any tw remamd r of the st .ck,
market. ‘ nain c °uld find a read}’
REIMBURSEMENT OF THE CITY.
questionof a hrw r t^ llf > nan . consid9r ®d the
I S Bhoultl be reira
would ultimate^ 0 lnfc Ja sai,i lhat tbe city
bfbmMin gserJctrf T wner 01 a
iOf what wl ,, . He placed the fitrftre
! 500.00, hnd°t; t , aine<i fr ? m exhibitors at
- *,(job,ooo^wouid r Z^ s a V*}.o,oool
c- asmg s-oot ° uld be devoted to pur
[Par, which J. ' > ,, l ’ er , cent, above
(’ out,landing 4 d 6ave $6,000,-
inaugurated 'tj 011 , tlia tair had
income f,* !xi c lc PlrcMl the annual
be regard, u-t v'w J. 0 .? a ,‘ f’oo,ooo, which
tthe _?, a^ci^atlon * This could
dividend, and ,vi, ment - of a 6 per cent.
T; jtwl to re ieem v>f e,n “ nS , woul I be de
-01 the stock at Ihf ‘be second msiallme.it
l ßtoc- k would havft lJ D t ' ven ‘y years ail the
® sked that r ? tlred - Mr. Helig
l°, r conslleration* a udqi * si ‘ i, P 1 5 r Reived
l‘ llls plau, wi t i.„Vw 1 - Waa 80 ordered.
Reived win ° tbers submitted and to be
v h ? ‘wn, the executive
W Action of fh„ be a9l£ed t 0 111 nko
n Ue ‘bm J , , most feasible and
t Th Pamphlets 541 . Pamphlet form.
t [ m *:.b f . bo distributed among
fluent action ‘ bole committee for
L Upon Mr v. • *
was voted
sub s ™Cfr;;i X . mem b e ™ of the
L bat® expenses .v U ‘° meet the ini
a,‘“ immediately after-
h’ ef! ’‘“rtily cheered au an-
Sr d ,t : ' h,s ha ,1 apww“ Babco <* that he
b ni> Y 1 a olieck for *IO,OOO donated
rresideut i K sun.
fc rc efferr (i'tha of ‘b o chamber of com
‘be chamber
L"* &oc epte,l n,,u C ?. mtni “ ee - Theof-
P t.H, win h lj a ‘.44 ‘He executive com
r fsfuocn. meeting there to-morrow
L Brrrw^ 1 " “ D^ aßtrouß Failure.
w, 'o w&s anrv.V„4, —flerhardt
of th e dHsS!^ 1 ‘J'Creceiver in the
d? r^'
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”**• $6,000 md*7i actual MSetS
IPjf Jllofning §frto£.
KILRAIN’S ARREST.
An Effort to Spare Him a Trip South
at Present.
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 30. —There is au
effort being made to obviate the necessity
of Kilrain going personally to Mississippi to
give bail for his appearance at the naxt
term of court. Owing to the present session
expiring noxt Saturday, it will be impossi
ble to try Kilrain at this term.
The effort is the securement of some
reputable citizen of Mississippi to go his
bond without requiring bis presence. In the
event of failure to accomplish this scheme,
Kilrain will be forced to accompany De
tective Childs south on Thursday.
WANT TO BAG THE RAILROAD.
Joseph White, Kllrain’s lawyer, is author
ity for the above, and is also of the opinion
t hat tho authorities of Mississippi are not
anxious to prosecute Sullivan and Kilrain,
but are after the Queen and Crescent
railroad's charter. Detective Childs als i
said that it was not Sullivan and
Kilrain they were after, but they had to get
the fighters to fight the railroad company.
If tho arrangements to savo Kilrain the
journey south fail, the fighter will appear
Thursday before Judge Duffy, as the writ
of habeas corpus is made returnable that
day.
SULLIVAN OFF FOR BOSTON.
New York, Aug. 20. —John L. Sullivan,
accompanied by Jack Barnett, left this city
this afternoon for Boston. A large crowd
assembled at the Grand Central depot to
see the champion off.
henaud’s trial.
Purvis, Miss., Aug. 30. —The trial of
Bud Renand for abetting the Sullivan fight
began to-day, but after some legal prelimi
naries the case went over until to-morrow.
The grand jury has been dismissed. No in
dictmonts were found against Charles Rich,
Capt. Jamison, Supt. Taylor or General
Manager Carroll of the Queen and Crescent
system.
STOPPED AT THE FRONTIER.
Two German-Atherican3 Have a Hard
Experience in Europe.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 20.—E. C.
Hill, widely known among florists as presi
dent of the National Floral Association, has
just returned to Richmond, Ind., his home,
from a trip to Europe, and reports that
while en route from Belfort to Basle, in
company with Robert Gorge of Painesville,
his train was stopped at the neutral line
between Frauce and Alsace-Lorraine,
and he and his companion
were arrested as spies and they and their
baggage were searched. Their passports
were disregarded and they were not allowed
to cross the line. Mr. Hill says the German
officers were ohstinato and brutai in their
treatment of him. They were denied the
privilege of continuing their journey, al
though there was nothing whatever to sup
port the suspicion against them, and they
were compelled to hire a French peasant to
take them back to Belfort. Their treat
ment will be reported to the state depart
ment.
LAIRD KILLED BY THE KNIFE.
Blood Poisoning Followed an Unneces
sary Surgical Ope ration.
Hastings,Neb., Aug. 20. —Something of a
sensation was created by the report of the
autopsy on tbe body of the late Congress
man Laird. This examination brought out
the surprising fact that Mr. Laird was a
sound man physically. Every vital organ
of his body was found to have been in a
healthy condition. He was feeling well
aud with his vital organs unimpaired it was
only a question of time when
he would have been restored to
full vigor. This was prevented
by the most unhappy circumstances. Emi
nent physicians had declared that Mr. Laird
was not suffering physically aud that a
surgical operation was dangerous aud un
necessary, and yet his death is attributed
directiy to the operation performed just a
few days before his death. Hi3 death was
directly attributed to blood poisouing
caused by the operation.
ORONIN CASE EVIDENCE.
Three More Men and a Team of Horses
Mixed Up in the Crime.
Chicago, Aug. 20.—The police have
secured soma important evidence in the
Cronin case. It is said to be to the effect
that on the night of the murder a pair o f
horses belonging to O’Sullivan, the ice man,
now in jail as one of Cronin’s murderers,
were attached to one of his ice wagons and
were driven rapidly to the vicinity in which
the murder was committed by three excited
men; that the horses were driven up in
front of a saloon in Lake View at
about 9 o’clock; that they were covered
with foam, and that the men in the wagon
went in and had a drink. It had been sup
posed ever since the murder that these
horses remained in the barn all night that
night. The police admit the substantial
correctness of thes e statements, but de
cline to speak further about the matter ex
cept to say that neither of the men in the
wagon is in jail. .
a woolen Company assigns.
The Failure of Brown, Stoese & Clark
the Cause.
Providence, R. 1., Aug. 20.—The assign
ment of the Phoenix Woolen Company of
East Greenwich was recorded to-day. The
assignment is made to William A. Walton
of this city. The mill is owned by uoseph
Dows, and the embarrassment is brought
about through the failure of Brown,
Steese & Clark, which firm held Dows’
note for a large amount, the custom of
Dows being to give his note to the Boston
firm and receive from them his consign
ments of no >l. Shortly before their failure
the Boston firm held Dows’ paper for 8100,-
000. At the time of their collapse, Dow s
had received but $37,030 worth of wool.
AN INFLUX OF ARABS.
Beventy Thousand Ready to Come to
This Country.
New York, Aug. 20.—Twenty Arabs of
both sexes, who came on the steamer La
Normandie, are detained at Castle Garden
until the Turkish consul can be consulted.
It is said that there are 70,000 Arabs await
ing to come to this country, provided these
twenty are passed through.
Richmond's New Sheriff.
Richmond, Tex , Aug. 20.—The opposing
factions having agreed upon Ira Aten of
the state rangers for sheriff, the county
commissioners to-day elected Aten to that
office. The Houston Light Guards h ive
been relieved by the state rangers. Many
leading “Woodpeckers - ’ will leave the
county. The governor has left the scene.
A Letter Carrier Arrested.
Richmond, Va., Auer. 20.—Postoffice In
spectors CoghlU and Wilde arrested A. S.
Hooper, a letter carrier in the Richmond
office, this evening on a charge of robbing
the mail. A decoy letter was found iu his
I possession. t
SAVANNAH, GA„ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1880.
HARRISON STARTS WEST.
DEER PARK LEFT BEHIND JUST
BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
Secretary Rusk, Attorney General
Miller, Ex-Senator Davis, Wife and
Daughter, Private Secretary Hal
ford, Capt. Meredith and Capt. Brown
in the Party—Washington Deserted.
Washington, Ang. 20.— Attorney Gen
eral Milller will accompany tho President’s
party as far as Cincinnati, but will not stop
there, going direct to Indianapolis. At 4
o’clock the Presideut and Mrs. Harrison,
Mrs. McKee and the baby took a drive.
Benjamin H. McKee has a slight cold and
the doctor attended him on his return from
the drive, but thought the little man would
Vie bettor to-morrow. Hearin g what tho
doctor thought of his condition detained
the Harrisons a short time from going to
Mr. Stephen B. Elkins’ cottage, where an
afternoon tea was given in their honor.
AN AGREEABLE HOUR.
The President and Mrs. Harrison and
Mrs. McKee went over and spent a very
agreeable hour, conversing with friends
and making new ones. Mrs. Harrison wore
a blue and white striped China silk and Mrs.
McKee was attired in a pink and white
China silk elaborately embroidered iu front.
Amoug the other guests were Attorney
General Miller, ex-Senator Davis, wife and
daughter, Private Secretary Halford and
wife, and Capt. Brown.
on the train.
At 10:30 o’clock to-night the President,
Private Secretary Halford and Attorney
Geueral Miller walked down to the car
“Baltimore,” which was side-tracked here.
Secretary Rusk and Capt. Meredith ot the
bureau of eugraviug and printing jointed
the party. At 11:3d o’clock the car was
attached to the western express, which im
mediately started for Cincinnati.
rusk goes to deer park.
Washington, Aug. 30. —Secretary Rusk
left Washington this afternoon for Deer
Park, Md., where he will join President
Harrison and accompany him to Indianapo
lis. All of the members of tho cabinet are
now absent from the city, and, with possi
bly one exception, none are expected to
return for several weeks.
Uncle Jerry Husk is announced in the
paper published this evening by the local
G. A. R. men to be one of the companions
of Corporal Tanuer in tho special train in
which that hero is to be taken to Milwau
kee .Saturday, but Uncle Jerry shrewdly
slipped out to Deer Park, and will go to
Milwaukee via Indianapolis. He had no
desire to travel with Corporal Tanner and
Col. W. W. Dudley
drawback on jute.
Treasury Instructions to a Collector
of Customs.
Washington, Aug. 20.—1n answer to
certain inquiries made by the collector at
Charleston, S. C., relative to the drawback
on jute bagging imported as covering for
cotton In bale.-, the Treasury holds:
1. That the official supervision of the
lading should be as careful and thorough as
possible.
2. Whenever it is found impracticable for
the exporter to give in the preliminary
entries the uumbers of the various brands
of bales in each lot, it will be sufficient if
the numbers are statod in the inspector's
return.
3. The sworn statement of tho exporter re
quired by tiie regulations should be made
by the activo shipper who has knowledge
of the fact.
4. The agents or atterneys should not be
allowed to sign the final entry and the oath
of tho exportation when the exporter him
self is present at the port of shipment.
Special Chinese Flags.
Washington, Aug. 20. —The Secretary
of State is informed that his imperial
majesty the Emperor of China, has ap
proved for the use of Chinese legations and
consulates, an oblong yellow flag bearing a
dragon ia a dark blue and a sun in red; aud
for the use of Chinese merchants a triang
ular flag of the same design.
Purchases of Bonds.
Washington, Aug. 20.— The bond
offerings to-day were as follows: $7,000 4s
at 12S and $3,000 at 106%. All were ac
cepted.
A STORM SWEEPS ST. PAUL.
Two Inches of Rain in Three Hours—
A Building Destroyed.
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 20.—The storm
which prevailed in this city last night and
this morning was one of the worst ever ex
pori3nced here. It was at its bight at
about 3:30 o’clock this morning, when it
amounted almost to a hurricane. Two
inches of water fell between the hours of
2 o’clock and 5 o’clock, and the lightning
furnished constant and vivid illumination.
At Eau Claire, Wis., the lightning struck
a large agricultural building on the grounds
of the Nortnwestern Fair Association, de
stroying tho building, together with several
thousand bushels of grain and a lot of
machinery. The loss is SO,OOO. Several
houses in that vicinity were struck and
badly damaged. At Duluth the total dam
age was SOO,OOO.
JOHNSTOWN'S STATE FORCE.
Universal Opposition to Its With
drawal at Present.
Johnstown, Pa, Aug. 20.—The Iribune
to-night has the following in regard to the
proposed removal of the state force: “There
is a universal feeling iu this community
that the state could do no greater act of injus
tice to the people of this valley than to with
draw its forces at this time. Scarcely a
day passes that bodies are not recovered and
many streets, cellars, alleys and lots are
covered four or five feet deep with disease
breeding filth remaining to be cleaned away.
Who is to do it# Tho people hers have not
the means. Are they to be left in their
present helpless and miserable condition?
Surely the commonwealth of Pennsylvania
cannot afford to treat any of her children
in such a way!"
Four Miners Killed.
Pittsburg, Aug. 20.—A special from
Charleston, W. Va., says: “Frank Morris,
John Ileil, Janies Obuier, and Brodie Mor
ris, miners, wero caught boneath a fall of
slate in the mines of the Cannellton Coal
Company, in Fayette county, last night,
and instantly killed. Several others were
wounded, and others had narrow escapes.”
J. Randolph Tucker Out of Danger.
Lexington, Va., Aug. 20.—The attend
ing physicians of Hon. John Randolph
Tucker to-night report that his condition is
extremely favorable and pronounce him
out of danger.
A Cyclone North of Cuba.
Havana, Aug. 20.— There are indications
here that a cyclone is raging to north of
this island. A telegram from Sau Domingo
reports that tha barometer has fallen greatly
them.
SOUTH FORK DAM
Strong Probability of a Fishing Lake
Being Ro- Established.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 30.—The general
impression that the South Fork dam would
never be rebuilt appears to bo erroneous, as
there is strong probability that a fishing
lake will again be established in that local
ity. A member of the fWhing club of that
name said to-day that the belief that South
Fork dam had been abandoned by tho club
was a mistaken ilea. The club, he said,
could not afford to lose the money it had
invested in real estate in that locality. The
property was worth fully $200,000, and if
the fishing rosort was not re-established
the whole investment would become almost
a dead loss. The intention was not to build
a dam of tho size of tho ono destroyed, but
one which would make the lake much lass
in size so that in the event of tho barrier
again giving wav no destruction to life
and property would follow. No move in that
direction will be made until the damage
suit now pending against the stockholders
is sottied, either by being paid or com
promised. The object is to establish a fair
sized pond capable of holding a good stock
of fish.
"I AM BICK UNTO DEATH."
A Southerner's Explanation of the
Sentence in the Brierly Letter.
New York, Aug. 20. —The New York at
torneys of Mrs. Maybrick received this
morning from an anonymous correspondent
a letter explaining the use of the expression,
“I am sick uuto death,” in Mn. Maybrick’s
letter to Brierly, and upon wliich Judge
Stephen placed much importance. The
correspondent writes: “I yield to the so
licitations of friends to communicate with
you on behalf of Mrs. Maybrick.
You will learn from southerners that the
sentence 'Sick unto death,’ used in the
Brierly letter, and construed by Judge
Stephen to mean darkly ail intent to kill,
is a southern vernacular in common use
among women in the Gulf and other states,
to express any painful illness, however
slight it may ho. She would say, ‘I am
sick uuto death,’ if merely suffering from
sick headache, or sickness of stomach. To
expross dangerous illness she would be very
apt to say ‘very ill, or very sick.’"
Tho attorneys will submit this evidence
to the British home secretary.
A BLACK BILLIARDI3T.
Death of the Man Bald to be tho Best
Player of His Race.
Charleston, 8. C., Aug. 20.—James
Dennison, the most expert negro who ever
handled a billiard cue, died here to-day,
aged 53 years. He was known to the south
ern world ns “Pug," and in the days of
pocket tables and the early days of carom
tables could discount almost any man in tho
south. He had hosts of white triends, who
offered to send him north to give exhibition
games, but be always declined, preferring
to live here. He never took up a cue, how
ever, with any except white men. Before
the war he won a diamond cue offered by
one of the billiard table muauLeeturers ior
making the famous double-round Jxieket
shot. When the award was made it was
not known that he was a negro.
RAIN IN MONTANA.
The Forest Fires Put Out After In
flicting Heavy Losses.
Helena, Aug. 20.—A heavy rain, which
was general throughout the territory, fell
all Sunday night, and the forest fires which
have been raging for tbe last week aro
checked in most places and put out in
others. Tha fires originated from two
causes, lightning and camp fires, and
millions of feet of the most valuable
lumber in the territory has been destroyed,
as well as valuable ranges burnt over.
Owing to the drought this has proved an
incalculable loss to stockmen, who have
hail iu some instances to lake their cattle
into the British line, where they are charged
a good round price for grazing privileges.
TERRY’S KILLING.
Attorney General Miller Receives a
Detailed Account of the Tragedy.
Deer Park, Md.,Aug. 20. —The Attorney
General has received a detailed account of
the shooting of Judge Terry, which agrees
iu every important detail with the gen
erally published accounts. Having con
sidered two telegrams to-day from Cali
fornia in relation to the same affair, he lias
sent word to District Attorney Carey to
use his own discretion in aiding tbe defense
of Deputy Marshal Nagle, who did the
shooting.
SIOUX BORDERS QUIET.
The Good Effect of the Assured Open
ing: of 11,000,000 Acres Already
Seen.
Chamberlain, S. D., Aug. 20.—A lieu
tenant, with a small dttail of soldiers from
Fort Sully, has jqst completed a trip along
tho edge of tho Sioux reservation, and re
ports everything quiet, with not a “boom
er" in sight. The good effect of the assured
opening of 11,000,000 acres to settlement
can be already lelt, and a wonderful in
crease in all classes of business is plainly
noticeable.
SELMA BTILL STIRRED UP.
The Incendiary Negro Editors Not to
bo Found.
Selma, Ala.. Aug. 20.—Selma is still
stirred up on account of the race trouble.
Warrants of arrests were issued to-dav for
Bryan, Clark and Jones of tbe Inde
pendent for inciting race animosities, but
they could not be found ia the city.
Four colored persons were arrested this
evening for obstructing the service of a
process by the sheriff, and their trial will
come off in the morning. Tho military is
kept in readiness for any emergency.
SCALE OF THE GLASS WORKERS.
The Largest Firm in the Country At
taches Its Signature.
Pittsburg, Pa. , Aug. 20.—The Chambors-
McKee Glass Company at Jeanuette, Pa.,
the largest glass plant in the United States,
signed the window glass workers’ scale to
day and will continue in op ration. The
other manufacturers declare that they will
not sign. The workmen are confident that
the strike and lockout will be of short dura
tion.
NEW YORK’S DEMOCRATS.
The State Convention to be Held at
Syracuse Oct. 1.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Aug. 20.—The
session of the democratic state oommittee
to-night was of short duration. Business
was done with a rush, tbe session lasting
exactly eleven minutes. A resolution to
have the next state convention held at
Syracuse Oct. 1, at noon, was carried
unanimously.
FARMERS OF THE SOUTH.
OPENING OF THE IN i ER-STATE
CONGRESS AT MONTGOMERY.
Delegatee From a Dozen Southern
States Present—President Polk of
North Carolina Delivers an Address
on the Difficulties Which Farmers
Encounter—Mortgage and Lien Laws
Discussed.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 20—The
Inter-State Farmer’s Congress met hero at
12 o’clock to-day. It is composed of dele
gates from a dozen southern states, in
cluding Virginia. The president, Col. Folk
of North Carolina, called the body to order.
The address of welcome in behalf of tho
state was made by Commissioner of Agricul
ture Kolb, the governor being unavoidably
absent, and Gou. J. VV. Sanford delivered
th# address of welcome in behalf of tho city.
Gen. William Miller of Florida responded
for the association.
DIFFICULTIES of farmers.
In the afteruoou Col. Polk delivered an
address devoted to the difficulties which the
farmers encounter. He referred especially
to the combines and trusts, and emphasized
tho vast power of the combined capital
allied to corporate power. He declared
them the most dangerous meuace to our
free institutions and to the liberties of tho
citizens. He said: “The farming interests
feel that tho withering blight of discrimi
nating legislation has already paralyzed
their energies.
NEGLECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
“They feel that through,the indifferent, if
not willful policy of tho government, they
have boon made the helpless victims of tho
monopolistic conspiracies, and have been
filched of the earnings and profits of their
honest labor. I, for one, shall rejoice to Bee
tiie day when the farmers of the south and
of the whole laud shall, with ono
voice, demand the same protection
for the products of the farm as is
extended to the products of any othor class
of our citizens. ‘Equal rights to all and
special privileges to noae,’ is ono of the
fundamental principles underlying our
form of government, and upon which wo
must reform, reconstruct and re-establish
the economic system of our civilization.
restoration of the equilibrium.
“And first a restoration of tho proper
and just equilibrium between the great in
dustries of the country is necessary. Wo
must have more fanner legislators, more
farmer congressmen, more farmer gover
nors, more farmer presidents, and a higher
and nobler type of moral manhood in
the high places. Our form of govern
ment and our free institutions are
on trial, and among their advocates and
defenders done will be. fonnd more laitliful
than our body represents here to-day. We
have come up out of our humiliation. Our
positions are the results of honest toil and
our hands are unspotted by rapine or
plunder of the helpless.
THE TRUE AMERICAN.
“Removed from contact with foreign
ideas and foreign thought, tha anglo-Saxon
of the south stands to-day the highest typo
and purest representative of the American
idea of free government and civil liberty.
The work before them is as prodigious in
its accomplishment shall be grand and
glorious.”
The address was listened to with earnest
attention and tho speaker was frequently
interrupted with outbursts of applause.
MORTGAGE AND LIEN LAWS.
There was an interesting discussion of the
mortgage and lion laws, participated in by
a number of dalogatos.
Resolutions were offered and referred
recommending the u e of cotton bagging
and declaring against the use of juto; als >
commending the state commissioners and
the Secretary of Agriculture. Mr. Rusk,
for their efforts iu the behalf of the cotton
bagging.
ANTI-JUTE RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were offored
and referred:
Whereas, There is an effort made by the
combines and trusts to;Uefeat|the expressed w ill
of the cotton planters us given out by various
conventions of their representative men as to
tlm use of cotton hugging as a wrapping for
our present crop of cotton; and
Whereas, Its use will encourage home in
dustries and manufactures, and
IVheukah, We regard it as an infringement,
of personal liberties to say the producer shall
not choose bis own wrapping for his products,
and
Whereas, It may be to the interest of the Liv
erpool Cotton Exchange to encourage jute bo
because it is grown iu tVie English do minions, wo
regard it to the interest of Americans to use her
own cotton and savo millions of capital to our
own country. Therefore, be it
BetolveU. first. That we are determined to re
commend the use of cottou bagging to our cotton
planters, and that we will nut uw) juto bagging
under any circumstances.
AY solved, second, That we return thankß to the
several commissioners of the southern slates
and secretary Rusk for their interest in behalf
of the cotton planters in securing the co-opera
tion of the American cotton exchanges in
recommending the uo of cottou as a wrapping
and equalizing the rate of taro so that the
actual weight of the bagging or wrapping rep
resents tho tare.
Senator Reagan is down for a speech on
transportation and its relation to agricul
ture. Hon. W. J Groene of North LT.ro
lir.a will speak on the grape industry of the
south. To-night’s session Is devoted to
hearing au address from Dr. Leroy Brown,
president of the State Agricultural College,
on the subject of “Industrial Education. - ’
A great many delegates urrivod to-night,
and the meeting will lie much larger to
morrow.
WANT IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Local Relief Inadequate to Meet the
Needs of the Flood Sufferers.
Pitthburo, Pa., Aug. 20.—A special
from Parkersburg, W. Va., says: “Tho
victims of tho recent disastrous flood on
Tucker, Tygart, State, Little Saudy and
other creek valleys are many of thorn in
sad need of help. They are house
less aud homeless, and but for tho
charity of their once poor neighbors the
hid farmers, their suffering would bo ter
rible. As it is, the dram upon the resources
of the farming communities which escaped
tho floods is too groat to be long withstood.
Towns aud villages are doing ail in thoir
power to relieve them, but their assistance
is entirely inadequate.
WINTER COMING ON.
“While the deprivation and suffering is
great at this time, it will probably be
greater within a few weeks, when the
weather gets colder. There are miles of
desolate territory, with scarcely a house
left standing aud not a vestige of crops.
Tbe homeless women and children aro shel
tered among the hill farmers, while the
me u aro searching for workover the deso
late couutry. Token altogether, tho out
lock for these poor people during the coming
winter is a gloomy one.”
Mrs. Flack Seeking a Divorca.
New York, Aug. 20.—Mrs. Flack, ac
companied by her niece, appeared at the
office of herlawyera, Messrs. Evarts, Choate
Sc Beamans this afternoon to make ar
rangements for applying for adivoroe front
her husband, Sheriff Flack.
Mlta. MAYBKICK’3 CHANCES.
A lleport in the Commons that, Bhe Is !
Sure to Be saved.
London, Aug. ‘JO.— It was reported in the
House of Commons to-day that the doath
sentence of Mrs. May brick was certain to be
commuted.
It is stated that in an interview yesterday
Alice Yapp, the nurse, alleged that the
prisoner once sent a girl to the chemist with
a prescription of her own writing, and that
the ohemisi refused to (ill the prescription,
on account of the poisonous nature of the
ingredients, and then informed the police of
the circumstances.
lIKTt BROTFIEU-IN-LAW’S HOPES.
Michael Mavbrick, the brother-in-law of
Mrs. Mavbrick, in an interview yesterday,
said that nothing would please him better
than to see the prisoner liberated by Homo
Secretary Matthews. Ho denied that he had
placed the girl Yapp in his brother’s house
as a spy. lie was on the host, of terms
with the prisoner and did not
think during the trial that, she would ho
convicted. He did not think tho prosecu
tion desired conviction. So confidant was
ho of acquittal that ho bad packed up his
clothes in readiness to catch tho first train
for London after the trial.
NO LIGHT TO OPEN LETTEBB.
England’s Postmaster General Prom
ises to Punish Offenders.
London, Aug. JO. —In the House of Com
mons this evening Postmaster Ueueral
itaikos assured Mr. lloaly that there was
no warraut in existence authorizing the
postal oflicials to open letters in England or
Ireland. If letters were opened, he added,
proof would soon be forthcoming, and the
openers would lio liable to criminal proceed
ings.
Mr. Kenny,| Parnollito member of tho
House of Commons, will shortly draw tho
attention of tho government to tho condi
tion of Londonderry jaii to show that it is
fatal both to the prisoners and wardens.
PRANCE RED HOT.
England’s fiuDposed Alliance with
■ Germany Galls Her.
Pants, Aug. 20. — La Lanterne in an ar
ticle inspired by M. Guyot, minister of pub
lic works, refers to Col. Hassell's speech nt
the recent Mars-la-Tour banquet in Horlin,
and says: “It matters not to us whether
Lord Salisbury makes England Prince Bis
marck’s vassal or not, but it is intolerable
that ho should allow those representing his
policy to insult a friendly nation. France
will treat Lord Salisbury’s insult with the
contempt it deservos.”
STKABBUHG’3 KOYAfc GUESTS.
The Emperor and Empress Received
With Official Pobid-
Strasburg, Aug. 30.—The Emperor and
Empress of Germany arrived here to-day.
They were welcomed at tho station by
Prince von Ilohenlohe, Herr von Putt
kamer, tho burgomaster and other high
officials. The emperor inspected the Guards
of Honor and immediately afterward drove
to the palace, escorted by a detachment of
Uhlans. The route was lined by enthusias
tic crowds. Later the emperor received
the civil and military officials.
GUILTY FRENCH ARMY OFFICERS.
Fifty-Nine Participated in the Political
Agitations.
Paris, Aug. 30. —At a meeting of tho
ministerial council heldattheElysee to-day,
M. doFreycinot, minister of war, stated that
out of 20,000 officers of tlie activo army 50
had boon found guilty of participating in
tho political agitations, and had been dealt
with according to tho gravity of their
offenses. He also said that Jl non-commis
sioned officers had been cashiered.
A BOMB THROWN :AT HOME.
Six Gend’armes and Children Seri
ously Wounded.
Rome, Aug. 20.—Last evening a spheri
cal bomb ten cintimeters in diameter was
thrown from the rear of the Chamber of
Deputies into the Piazza Colonna during
the progress of n concert. The bomb ex
ploded wounding seriously six gend’armos
and children. A panic ensued, which was,
however, soon quelled, and the injured per
sons were removed to a hospital.
MALXETOA’S ItETUBN.
King Mataafa and the Natives Greet
Him with Cordiality.
London. Aug. 20.—Advices from Apia
report tho return to Samoa of ex-King
Malietoa and the other exiles. The ex-king
was warmly welcomed back by the natives
audhi3 owu (lag was hoisted. King Mataafa
also gre 'ted Malietoa with cordiality. The
German consul informed Malietoa that ho
was at liberty to do as ho pleased.
Cretan Ineurgantn Submit.
Constantinople, Aug. 20. —Dispatches
from Crete report that fifteen Insurgent
villages submitted to Ctiakir Pasha, the
newly appointed governor, upon his assur
ing amnesty to the inhabitants.
A MOHAMMEDAN PROTEST.
London, Aug. 20. —A dispatph from
Crete says that a Mohammedan memorial
has been sent to the sultan protesting
against the concessions demanded by the
Christians, and recommending that tho
privileges of Christians be reduoed and
that they bo disarmed.
Russianizing the Baltic Provinces.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 20. —M. Vaehne
gradsky, minister of iliiauco, intends to tax
Protestant churches in the Baltic provinces.
The c.iurches have hitherto boeu exempt
from taxation. This is one of a series of
reforms by which the government intends
to thoroughly Russiauize the old Baltic
German institutions and diminish the influ
ence of the German and Protestant clergy.
Rubinstein Crongratulated by tho
Czar.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 20.—Tho czar has
sent a telegraphic message to Anton Rubin
stein, the Russian pianist and composer,
congratulating him on the approaching
jubilee of his musical career. The czar has
also sanctioned the public subscription for
a testimonial to the great musician.
To Complete the Simplon Tunnel.
London, Aug. 20.—An influential Ger
man company has been formed, with a
capital of 300,000,000 francs, to complete the
Simplon tunnel. Tbe company has acquired
two Swiss railroads from Lucerne. Italy
will find 15,000,000 francs to possess one end
of the tuuuel.
invitations to tho Pope.
Rome, Aug. 20.—Many of the clergy and
laity of Vitteria, Valencia and Grauada in
Spain have offered the pope their hospital
ity in tbe event of his leaving Rome. It is
stated that he will certainly depart from
Rome in the event of war.
f DAILY, $lO A YEAR, i
i 5 ' 'ENTS A COPY. 1
I WEEKLY. $1.45 A YEAR. \
TAX XEIfS FAST OUTDONE
MARVEL GOES 67 DAY3 WITHOUT
EATING AND THEN DIES.
Occasionally He Drank a Little MilJc
or Water, But Swallowed No Solids
—He Was Reduoed to a Livinsc
Shadow and Covered With Sores
From Hia Confinement.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 20.—Robert
Marvel, alter fasting sixty-seven days, dieit
this morning. His case is so extraordinary
that it luu attracted the attention not only
of ‘die curious public, but of the medical
fraternity far and near. He was 8S
years old. On June 13 Mr. Marvel
ate his last square meal. Fop
thirty-six days he took absolutely
nothing into his stomach. On the thirty
eighth day lie bit off a piece of pie, but didL
not eat it. On the thirty-ninth day ho
drank a small quantity of milk, and ab
irregular periods has continued to do so.
All told h j has drunk not to' exo ed ono
gallon of milk in the sixty-seven days
that have elapsed since he began to fast.
A LIVING SHADOW.
The faster was reduced to a living shadow.
Incredulity has been excitod, but there is
no occasion as Dr. George Hasty, a well
known physician of this city, has regularly
attended him. A groat difficulty in treat
ing him lias been Ids determination to resist
all proffered aid. After fasting a full month,
he one day arose from his bed and
seizing a pan of water that stood near,
drank some of it. After that milk and
water were left near hun, and occasionally
be would rise aiui drink a little. During
tho last week Marvel was bod-fast except at
times, when ho would spring up and wander
about tho house and porch. Sores came upon
him Ly reason of his long confinement, and
evidently Marvel had not only suffered long
but severely, though everything possible
was dono to relieve him. Ilis fast is this
longest on record.
A WIFE FLEES WITH A PRISST.
Mutual Admiration Ends ln an Elope
ment to Europe.
Chicago, Aug. 30.—The wife of million
aire “Mike” McDonald, a noted ex-gambler
and politician, is missing. Mrs. McDon
ald disappeared from her home, at the cor
ner of Ashland boulevard and Harrison
street, a week ago last Friday and, though a
small army of and tectiVes iiave been retained
tndiscovor her whereabouts, they have suc
ceeded only in obtaining her diamonds,
pawned or sold somewhere in the east. Id
is supposed that Mrs. McDonald is now in
Europe. Il is being reported this evening
Unit she had as a companion a C'atholio
priest who, it is said, has sluco beou un
frocked by the cliurcti. Tho priest is sup
pled to have had a parish at .South Chicagw
or some suburb in that locality.
HOW THEY MKT.
The story is that Mrs. Mel) maid became
acquainted with the priest while he was on
a visit to St. Jaraiath’s parish, of which
she was a member. He became infatuated
with her; the admiration was reciprocated,
and the elopement was planned and exe
cuted. Hugh Muiianey, McDonald’s c >ach
man, took Mrs. McD maid from her house
in a carriage last Friday, but said nothing
of it until a week had elapsed, when he
told Mike McDonald, adding that he had
promised to keep the matter a secret for a
week.
A MIBBINO BARK.
She Ib Supposed to Have Been Lost
With AU on Board.
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.—The British
hark Ona way, Capt. Anderson, which sailed
from this port in June for Bilboa, with a,
crow of fifteen men and 124,000 gallons oC
crude ]>otroleuin, valu 'd at #3,695, is be
lieved to liave been lost, as nothing has
been heard cf her since she pissed out of
tho Delaware capes. The captain’s wife
and two chiKlren accompanied him.
BRUNaWICK'3 WIRE BUDGET.
Three Men Have a Bad Fall—The Pied
mont Fair Exhibit
Brunswigit, Ga., Aug. 20.—-William
Grooufluld, li. Pritchard and Benjamin
Oroon, three wnito men, wore sawing off
piling at tie new East Tennessee docks
when the staling gave way, precipitating
them into tint wator lie low. In their descent
they clutctreW at a platform above and tare
it lose fr >m its fastening, bringing it down
on ton of them. Workmen rushsi to their
rescue and extricated them from thoir
poi ilous p isitlon. Pritchard Had two fingers
mashed off, and the other men were some- 1
what bruised, but uot seriously hurt.
GLYNN AT THE PIEDMONT.
Glynn county is going to make a credit
able exhibit at the Piedmont exposition.
To-day a number lot prominent and en
thusiastic citizens met and organized tho
Glynn County Association, with Mayor
Colson as chairman and Edwin Brobston a
secretary. Committees were appointed for
different work, and application was made
for a large space. The city council at a
meeting last night donated SIOO, or more if
necessary, cause. The exhibit
will be iu the form of a ship laden with thy
products of Glynn county.
AMONG THE ALBANIAN3.
The Elixir Given a Trial—The Theft ol
a Lunch Coat S4O 95.
Albany, Ga., Aug. 20.—At the earnesf
solicitation of Henry Pearson, a negro wh
has not walked in three months, being
afflicted with rheumatism, Dr. W. L. Davit
administered tho Brown-Sequard elixir oI
life to-day, inject iug it into the negro’s legt
and arms. Within three hours the uegrt
could walk. The ultimate result is anx.
iously awaited.
Hairlson and Tool, young white men,
stole a lunch basket out of Abe Odum’s
wagon yesterday evening while it was
standing in Cook’s wagon yard aud ate the
old gentleman’s two days’ rations. Odum
swore out a warrant. The prisoners pleaded
guilty at the trial to-day aud were fluod
146 95 each.
A Store Attached by Creditors.
Irwinton, Ga., Aug. 20. The store of
N. B. Prico of Commissioner was closed bj
an attachment taken out by Dannenberg &
Doody of Macon to-day.
Irish Sunday Closing.
London, Aug. 20.—1n tho House of Com
mons this evening Mr. Balfour, chief secre
tarv for Ireland, announc'd that it would
be impossible to pass the Irish Sunday clos
ing bill at this session.
A Severs Storm at Paris.
Paris, Aug. 30.—This city was visited by
a violent storm to-day. A thunderbolt
struck tbe Eiffel tower. No damago was
done.
A Stranded Warship Floated.
Malta, Aug. 20.—The British man-of
war Sultan, which went ashore some time
ago, has been floated.