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rrr*M ORNINU NEw s . * ( r *Lbsd ISW. incorporated IDBB.V jjjj-jnx. i'rwuoent. * 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 iST- i.JOTJsra 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^' zf - - ”**• $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.