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| J. H. ESTILL, President, )
killed ox the rail.
A N 2XPB?SS TRAIN RON DOWN AT
A STATION.
Tho Fngneer of tha Second Train Not
F l B gged t oon Enough—Ha and Hla
F.rercan Burned Alivo-Tha Station
Master Goes Mad and Decamps.
Twenty Thousand People at the
Scene of the Wreck.
Paris, July 26. —A collision lie tween ex
press trains occurred at St. Maade to-night,
in which fifty person* were injured and
three carriages wrecked. Both train* were
returning from a musical festival at Fou
tenoy.
SIXTy INJURED.
Paris, July 37. 3a. m.—A dispatch from
St Maude, dated 1 o’clock this morning,
says that sixty persons were injured and
that fifteen dead bodies have been recov
ered. Most of the dead victims are leg
less, their limbs having been crushed
olf ’ through the jamming together
if the seats. Fully 20,000 onlookers are at
the sctme. Many relatives of the victims
are assembled at the railway station, aud
heartrending scenes are witnessed as victims
ore extricated from the wreck. The driver
and fireman of the second train were burned
alive. It is reported that the station master
has gone mad and decamped.
The second train crashed into the preced
ing tram before tae latter had left Bt.
Mande station. The guards’ van and the
three rear carriages of the fast train were
wrecked and caught fire from gas. The in
jured occupants were shrieking In despair
and other passengers hurriedly left the train
aud assisted in extricating the victims.
Soldiers nl-o aided the fire brigade to quench
the flames aud rescue the sufferers.
Gi-OOM AT DAYTON.
Three Killed a r >d Four Dangerously
Injured ia the i rash.
Dayton', 0., July 2d. —This ha3 been a
day of glo m in this city, causing mourning
in many families over the disaster to the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad
excursion train at Middletown last night.
Three persons were killed outright. Will
iam Matthews, aged 18; Miss Lidia Freyer,
aged 23; Frank Bimoner, aged 17. Four
are in a critical condition at
Bt. Elizabeth’* hospital: Josepu B. Cleval
a mechanical draughtsman, left arm
crushed off at the shoulder; Frank Patter
son, aged 31, left arm amputated above the
elbow; Joseph S. Hwyerly, aged 25, of
Pottsville, Pa., spinal injury, and James
Murphy, aged 50, terribly injurod in the
small of the back. Miss Mary Reese of Os
born, 0., was also badly injured.
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
After leaving Woodsdale the coupling of
some cat s became damaged, and the train
was delayed in order to patch up. Again
at Middletown the train was stopped to fur
ther repair the damage. There is a curve at
Middletown which hides a train slanduig at
the depot from the view of a train from the
south. A flagman was sent back to flag
the oncoming.freight, which was moving at
a high rato of speed and was heavily
loaded. The engineer of the freight saw
the flagman, put on the bi akos, reversed the
engine and apparently aid ail ia his powor
11 stop his train, but the impetus was too
great and a moment later an awful crash
sounded.
Freight Trains Crash.
Dayton, 0., July 26. — A rear end collis
ion of “Big Four” freight trains occurred
near Hellion, 0., this morning, wreck pig a
number of ears and scattorb g goods all
around. The engineer and firemen jumped,
but it is not known hether they were hurt.
The road is blocked.
STfcUOK BY A LANDSLIDE.
A Cloudburst Btmted the Rush of
Earth and Rock.
Golden, Col., July 26. — A torriflo wash
out and landslide combined occurred last
night on the Colorado Central road. A
cloud burst about three miles west of Idaho
Springs on the mountain and struck tho
railroad track at a place called Fail River.
The water rushed down the side of the
mountain, carrying with it an immense
amount of sand, gravel and great looks. It
struck a cabin on the hillside, in which a
man named Brooks was sleeping, aud wiped
it out of existence.
THE MAN NOT SEEN SINCE.
The unfortunate men has not been seen
liuoe, and it is probable that Ms body is un
der a piie of debris which covers the railroad
track. After strik ng the cabin the slide
continued down over the Colorado Central
tracks, covering it for a distance of 40(1
feet to a depth of fifteen feet with tightly
racked sand and boulders. Over 156 feet
of track were completely washed away.
SAM SMALL’S AB-iENJE.
Bis Failure to Enter the Sanctum
Gives Rise to Comment.
Atlanta, Ga., July 26.—Considerable
comment has been aroused by the prolonged
tMer.ee of Sara Small. Ho loft before the
f ret issue of his paper, the Herald, and was
expected back last week. “He is looked for
d& y.” said one of his friends to-night,
m is really coming back to Atlanta to
nve, and is going to take charge of the
paper in earnest. He was expected Friday,
Jttt was detained by important business.
. connection with the paper is b nil fide,
aua not a temporary makeshift or an
flvertising dodge. He has been sending
"hwrial matter every day or so, and thero
■ Ecound for the talk about bis not coni
g hack.” It is given out by a friend of
r ’ email’s that his going back to uewspa-
F -work i a B tro nK iy opposed by hi* family
thn. 'Mbnate friends. In Ids experience,
oat business is painfully connected with
itiemian and intemperate associations,
v Partners in the newspaper enterprise
®’. BoW ever, seem to have confidence that
“ e will come back.
AN ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRAIN.
Two Boys Obstruct the Track Six
Aviles from Petersburg.
, trom Petersburg, Va., says: “This
niug a daring attempt was made by
ireo b ,ya to wreck a passenger train for
aft rl ?° which left Petersburg shortly
cbstructi > o?f Ck ’ b y. Placing spikes and other
from iw? I ‘ 8 „- Hn th " track n short distance
Pctersh six miles north of
natfT- . The obstructions were fortu
"“nt LTa-iV 1 ™ 6 the e^iueer *° P
n short Ai Sol< * ent " The b °y s were arrested
they W vi aD °f from the railroad, where
7 nad jeen lying ooueealed.”
Y-ca_d for Shooting: a Switchman.
‘he negro N who?h , ; Ju !? 26 -~ John Brown,
John (tapU 0 shot and mortally wounded
man J! 6 ** a!1 Illinois Central switch
nipht bv-
With Win.k > °! > ° f 500 ma,k *d men, armed
**• cuun lituto yard. Ud C ° “ tred iQ
DEPEW ON THE PRESIDENCY.
Ha Expects That Harrison Will Be the
Republican Nominee.
London, July 2G.—An interview with
Chauucoy M. Depew was published hi a
London paper this morning. Mr. Depew
deprecated a suggestion that he was likely
to be the man to champion the republican
cause in the next presidential election. He
believed that President Harrison would
carry the election. “Secretary Blaine,” be
continued, “is the strongest man politically
and most popular, but still, in my belief,
Harrison will be nominated. That is my
decided opinion. When asked who the
democrats were likely to nominate—Mr. De
pew, premising that he spoke a year In ad
vance of the nomination, said he believed
Mr. Cleveland was the most likely candi
date, but that tne democrats would not be
as unanimous for Mr. Cleveland as republi
cans were for their candidate.
GOOD TIMES COMING,
Bad times would disappear under the as
sured prosperity of the farms.
“Do you argue then that the republicans
have suffered ail they will suffer on account
of the McKinley law and that now it is the
demooruts who will smite hip aud thigh?”
“Just so. The McKinley tariff will do a
very great deal to carry the election for the
republicans, especially will the reciprocity
clause do a great deal. The American
people are now seeing that by
means of that clause we shall be able to do
great things from a commercial point of
view with the states of Bouth America.
Until the McKinley bill was passed the
United States had been paying $ 100,000,000
a year to Boutli America. Mark, that this
money was paid through London.
THE NEW ORDER OK THINGS.
“We got raw material from South Amer
ica through London and Germany and paid
for it in cash. Now wo shall got the samo
amount or more, but by means of the Mc-
Kinley reciprocity clause we shall be ena
bled to sell manufactured goods in return.
In other words, we shall pay in kind. Eng
land aud Germany w ill lose what America
gains.”
"Mr. Harrison would win on the tariff
and silver question?”
“Certainly. The republicans erred in
passing the McKinley bill just before the
election. The worst effects of- the
bill all fell at once just in
time to cause republican defeat, but it
was not a democratic majority, but a
majority of democrats and cranks. Ameri
can politics were very mixed then, now
they are clarifying and the benefit of the
McKinley bill are being felt. As an illus
tration the farmers alliance is an outcome.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
"Now let me pass to what will be the
second plank in the fight for tha presi
dency; I mean the silver question, or bi
metallism as you would call it iu England.
Upon this question the republicans are prac
tically unanimous, while the democrats are
divided' among themselves. I suppose
there will bo some subsidiary questions in
volved. 1 take one instance. Thero wi.l
be the questiou of the negro
vote in the 6outb. The southern
states elect democrats just now. The re
publicans say that if the negroes oould
vote as they wish, without interference and
without manipulation, they would vote the
republican ticket. So we want to have the
election taken under fed teal officers, not
under the officials of each state, who at
present manage the negro vote. You can
understand that tha democrats will oppose
this.”
“One last question, Mr. Depew. Why
have American railroad securities been
going down recently on the stock exchange?”
“I can explain that in a sentence. TheteDd
downward is merely temporary. We have
sent $73,000,000 in gold to Europe within
tho past few months and money went west
to move the crops. Consequently the resulted
stringency of gold in Ne York. When
that occurs rails go down. Now good crops
are assured, gold is returning and American
rails will shortly be better than before.”
SPRINGFIELD'S SWITCHMEN.
New Men Brought In and the Old Ones
Threaten Trouble.
Springfield, 0., July 20. —The situa
tion in the Big P> ur switchmen’s strike has
assumed serious proportions. General
Superintendent Peck arrived last nig.it, and
men to supply the places of the strikers
have been ooming all day. About fifty are
here, accompanied by fifteen special
officers appointed by Gov. Campbell
yesterday. Supt. Peck met the com
mittee this foreaoon, but failed to reach an
adjustments the company refused to accede
to the demaud for a raise of wages to the
Cincinnati scale. At noon the company
posted notices in the yards declaring the
strikers discharged and direoting them and
ail their sympathizers to call at the office
and get their money. The discharged men
declare that before the r families shall
suffer they will create trouble in an effort
to prevent the new men going to work.
PRANCE S.OO?-! IN TAHITI.
The Death of the King Gives the
French Sole Control.
San Francisco, Cai.. , July 2(s. —Tahiti
is now a French colon}’ except for
individual rights, and is entirely under the
French government. This news comes by
the harkentine City of Pafete, which ar
rived here yesterday. The facts
are embodied in an announce
ment by King Pomare V., the last of his
dynasty. King Pomare died June 15, aged
52 years. The islands were annexed to
France in 1880, and for this, it is said, King
Pomare received $12,000. By the terms of
the annexation the royalty ceases to exist
with King Pomare’s death, and no king can
succeed him. The heir-apparent, Prince
Hino 11, was placated by a gift of 12,000
franos.
BLAINE’S PLANS.
He Will Remain at Bar Harbor as
Long as tho Season Lasts.
Bar Harbor, Me., July 20. —Secretary
Blaine went to ride with Emmons Blaine in
an open carriage, unaocompanied, and the
secretary held the reins. They drove for
an hour and a half on the country roads,
returning to S ’ay wood at 12 o’clock. A
member of Secretary Blaine’s family said
to-day that tho recent reports that
Secretary Biaiue was seriously
ill and was likely to retire permanently
from public life, are entirely without foun
dation. Secretary Blame will remain here
as late as Bar Harbor is comfortable for a
residence. He then expects to go to Wash
ington and enter upon the duties of his
office.
NEWPORT NEWS ABLAZE.
5 wenty-eight Houses Destroyed—Four
Deaths trom Fright.
Richmond, Va., July 26.— At Newport
News last night about 11:30 o’clock fire
broke out in a feed store on Lafayette
avenue between Twenty-seventh and
Twenty-eighth streets and before its prog
ress could be staved a whole block, com
prising twenty-eight houses, was destroyed.
The Washington hotel, a three-story brick
building, was among the number. Two
ladies aud two children died from fright.
SEIZING THE SEALERS.
THE REVENUE CUTTERS HAVE A
LIVELY TIME.
Several cf the British Vessels Inclined
to Attempt to Ignore Warnings
from American Cutters—When They
Do so They are Seized ar-.d Turned
Over to the British Cruisers.
Victoria, B. C., July 26.—Sealing has
certainly stopped in Bering sea and all the
Victoria fleets are now on the way home.
Entrance to Bering Bea is effectually
blocked, and ia now patrolled by five
American and two British war vessels.
Last night the Victoria sealing schooner
E. B. Marvin arrived from the
north, having been seized by
the United States cutter Rush
and turned over to tho Nymph, the latter
giving the Marvin orders t> sail direct for
this port arid remain here. The Marvin
was notified at Sand Point by the Rush,
that sealing was prohibited in the sea, and
after being furnished ith a copy of the
proclamation of President Harrison, was
ordered not to attempt to go into Bering
sea under penalty of seizure.
No attention was paid to the
warning and Capt. McDougall
sailed for the sea, determined to wait until
notified by a British vessel. He was over
hauled as state ! at Ounalaska afterward by
the Rush and taken captive. The Marvin’s
officers say that nearly every schooner has
received notice, and they will certainly be
seized if they attempt to enter the sea after
being warmed.
BROUGHT UP BY A SHOT.
The Marvin brought news that on July
7 the Bealor La Nymphs of SanJlFrancisco
was fired on by the Thetis, between St.
George aud St. Paul islands. Bhe tried to
esoape from the Thetis, but was
brought jip by a shot. Another rchooner,
whoso name is unknown, was also
fired on, but succeeded in escaping.
A few hours after the Marvin arrived the
schooner Walter L. Rich entered the har
bor. The captain of the Rioh says he was
about to enter Bering sea on July 33, at
Unimak Pass, when he was met by the
United Btates gunboat Thetis and handed a
copy of the proclamation. The captain
was then warned of the consequences
should be ignore the warning. The Rich
cruised off the pass for several days and
then started for Victoria. She got twenty
one skins after being notified by the Thetis.
The American schooner Albert Walker,
whose owner is at Kodiak, was also warned
at the same time a* tbe Rich.
SEVERAL SCHOONERS IN THE SEA.
Several schooners are said to be already
in the sea. A number of them are intend
ing to go and hunt seal on the Russian shore
aud defy both the United State3 and British
men-of-war.
At 1 o’clock this morning, July 26, tbe
schooner Ainokaentered tho harbor here.
The captain i eports that seventeen British
and American sealing schooners were caught
June 30 off Alitaka Bay by the United
Btates steamer Thetis and warned not to
enter Boring sea on pain of instant seizure.
The captain of tho Aiuoka decided to übide
by tho order and returned to Victoria, but
some of tbe schooners intended to try and
enter Bering sea and hunt seals on the Rus
sian side. The Ainoka left for Alitaka Bay
June 23.
EAR TIiQ.UAKE AT EVANSVILLE.
The People Flee In Affright Into the
t-.treets.
Evansville, Ind., July 26.—The most
distinct shock of earthquake ever felt here
occurred at 8:28 o’clock this evening.
It was preceded by a rumbling noise
resembling distant thunder. A moment
later a violent quaking occurred, lasting
several seconds. The motion was lateral,
apparently from north to south. Windows
rattled aud buildings swayed perceptibly.
The populace Hed m affright into the streets.
Every open storo in the business
center and private residences were
emptied of their occupants. The
congregations at all of the churohes
rusiod pell rnell into the streets without
waiting for the benediction. Serious panics
occurred at several churches. At tno First
Baptist a number of ohildren fell down the
steps and were hurt, but none seriously.
No fatalities have yet been reported.
HUNS AND POLKS UGLY.
They May Attempt to Raid the Fur
nace at Steelto.i.
Harrisburg, Pa., July 26.— The situa
tion at Steeltou is considered rather serious
to-night. The company to-day siarted up
the No. 3 furnace which had boon banked.
The men at work are principally colored
men. This lias angered the Hungarians
and Poles who worked at the
furnace aud they threaten to over
power the deputy sheriffs and raid the fur
nace. There was a report that the Bessemer
mill would be started to-morrow, but the
management is yet undecided on thi9. It is
expected that at least 1,400 men will be at
work to-morrow, as applications for em
ployment to-day were numerous. The men
at the Loohial works are still out, the pro
prietors having refused to sign the scale,
LIGHTNING HIT3 A STEEPLE.
The Congregation in the Church in a
Panic of Fright.
Greenville, Pa., July 26.—This morn
ng while Rev. J. C. Sculler was delivering
his sermon in the United Presbyterian
church, a sudden storm arose and the high
steeple was struck aud badly shattered by a
thunderbolt. There were over fOO people
in the church, and a panic followed that
was only quelled by the pastor and other
cool-headed persons demanding that no
rush be made for the door. Many
women screamed and fainted when the
blinding flash was followed by the crashing
of the steeple, but outside of several slight
shocks no one was injured. The congre
gation then j oined in a prayer of thanks
giving for their marvellous escape and
were dismissed with a tremulous bene
diction.
A FOOL AND A GUN.
He Points It at a Picnic Party an and Kills
a Woman.
Wheeling, W. Va , July 26.—While a
crowd of private pick nickers were enjoy
ing the music of a mandolin club Andrew
Height came up with a shotgun and Joseph
Faynoy took it from him, at the same time
asking if it was loaded. Height said it was
not, aud Fayney pointed it toward the
crowd and snapped it. The gun was dis
charged and Miss Sarah McGowan caught
the most of the contents in her face and
died in ten minutes. George Wentyll will
lose one of his eyes and his face was badly
torn, and Miss Kate McKinner was wounded
in tho hip,
India's Famine Averted.
Calcutta, July 26. —Rains have fallen
in Northwest India, averting the famine
that was feared.
SAVANNAH, GA„ MONDAY, JULY 27. 1891.
MME. CON STANS’ ESCAPE.
The Butler About to Use a Chisel
When He Saw the Fuse.
Paris, July 26. —The identity of the per
son or persons who sent the infernal machine
received yesterday by Mme. Constans, wife
of the minister of the interior, has not yet
been discovered. According to the latest par
ticular* the book in which thejexplosive was
concealed appeared to be a Catholic prayer
book. The book, accompanied by a letter,
was found by Minister Constans on Satur
day morning on hi* desk. The hand
writing on the envelope was so much like
the writing of one of his nieces that he con
cluded the letter wa* intended for Mme.
Constans, and he therefore sent both tho
book aud the letter to bis wife.
THE MADAME’S ESCAPE.
Mme. Constans on receiving the book
found the leaves stuck fast together, and
handed it to the butler to open. The butler
wo* about to use a chisel o:i it when he
noticed the fuse affixed to the leaves.
The book was then turned
over to the police, by whom it was cau
tiously opened, wnen the cavity was dis
closed in which was concealed 300 grammes
of fulminate. A few grains of trie fulmi
nate, when tested in the laboratory, ex
ploded with a report like that of
a cannon. A book similarly pre
pared reached M. Etienne, under
secretary of the colonial office, and another
was received by M. Treille, director of the
colonial health department, M Treble was
put on his guard by a few grams of the ful
minate dropping out of tho book. There is a
vague suspicion that the missives were sent
by a retired naval surgeon, who has a griev
auce.
MIXED WITH BUCKSHOT.
The fulmiuate wae mixed with buckshot
and inclosed in a tin box, around which
were two bands of parchment similar to
bands around bonbons. While leing so
arranged the covers of the book were pulled
apart. M. Girard, an analysis!, thinks
that only a madman would have
risked his life m prepar.ng such
an apparatus, which was formidable
enough to bring down a house and make a
50-foot hole in the ground. M. Triel and M.
Etienne had previously received letters
signed by a Bordeaux doctor, threatening
them with death. The navy surgeon, who
was suspected, has committed suicide at
Toulon.
BOUL AN GISTS ROUT3D.
Anarchists Break Up a Mass Meeting
of the General’e Admirers.
Paris, July 26. —A Boulangist demon
stration held to-day was attended by 4,000
persons. M. Deroulede, in a speech eu
logized tbe steadfast patriotism of Gen.
Boulanger. A resolution was
put demanding that the
French government recall Ambassador
Herbette from Berlin, and that the govern
ment treat Germans in France as Germans
treat Frenchmen in Alsace-Loraine, but the
resolution was drowned in uproar. A free
fight ensued, a crowd of anarchists entering
the meeting hall aud putting tha Boulang
ist to rout.
FRANCE’S BAILORS.
After a Concert at Bt. Petersburg a
Crowd Escorts Them to the Quay.
St, Petersburg, July 20.—Two hundred
French sailors from t®e visiting fleet of
French naval vessels to-night attended anon
cert r>y the Slaviniski choir, to which they
had been invited. Tbe whole audience de
manded the “ Marseillaise” which was sung
to the Russian words as a welcome to the
visitors, all present joining in the singing.
After the conclusion of the concert a vast
crowd of citizens accompanied the French
sailors to the quay and raised a storm of
cheers as they embarked for Cronstadt.
SALVADOR’S MINISTERS.
The Legations in This Country and
Mexico to be Merged.
City of Mexico, July 26.— Salvadoran
letters state that the Salvadoran legations
in Mexioo and the United States will be
united, with the secretary here and minister
in Washington. Honor Guirola, the present
minister to the United States, will be give i
a cabinet position, and Senor Galindo, at
present minister of foreign affairs, will be
the new minister at Washington.
FSANCi’SNBW TARIFF.
A Maes Meeting at Paris Protests
Against It.
Paris, July 26. —At a mass meeting held
to day under the auspices of the committee
for the defense of the national food supply,
resolutions were adopted protesting against
the new tariff and approving a memorial
to the Senate to avert the “misery an i suf
fering threa sued by duties levied solely for
the profit of privileged interests.”
Stanley's Injury.
Geneva, Juiy 26. —Later information
from Murreu indicates that the accidont
which befell Henry Al. Stanley was not as
serious as reported, it was his left ankle
joint that was fractured. A bulletin issued
to-day says that tho pain has ceased, aud
that the patient is progressing favorably.
A Double Execution.
Paris, July 26.—The execution of young
Borland and his companion, Dore, for the
Corbevoi murder, has been set for 5 o’clock
to-morrow morning. The mother of Bor
land, also under the death sentence, has
been granted a reprieve.
Idle Hands Fire a Cork Factory.
Lisbon, July 26. —The employes thrown
out of employment because of the dull
times caused by the McKinley law, set fire
to the oork factory at Evova to-day. Great
damage was done.
fcix Crushed to Death.
London, July 26.—8 y the collapee of the
condensers at toe chemical works in Gates
head, six men have been crusned to death.
WHIT ELY’S REtPER WORKS.
The Mammoth Plant Sold to a Syndi
cate for Car Work s.
Springfield, 0., July 26.— One of the
most important Industrial purchases of the
year wns consummated here to-lay. The
East Street reaper works, the largest agri
cultural implement works in the world,
covering forty-six acres, and ranking next
in size to the Krupp gun works of Prussia,
was sold to a syndicate of capitalists of
Cleveland, Chicago and New York,
to be used for the inanu
facture of railway cars and supplies of
all kinds. The great works are a monu
ment to the ambition of William N.
Whitely, the famous Ohio “reaper king, ’
who determined to build the larges: reaper
work* in the world. Ho put $1,500,000 into
the buildings and machinery. The whole
plant was sold by the receiver to
the syndicate for two-thirds the ap
praised price, or *300,000. The new company
will be known as the Central Car and repair
Manufacturing Company, and will have a
capital of $500,000. It will be started up in
sixty days, wish a large force of hands, aud
will be tbe largest ear works in the United
States.
ANEGRO’S BLOODY WORK
FATHER, MOTHER AND SON KILLED
WITH A SCYTHE.
The Crimea Without the S ightest
Provocation—The Murderer After
Being Given a Drink of Water Im
mediately Made His Murderous At
t.ck on the Family—Neighbors Fin
ally Kill Him.
Paris, Kv., July 20.—Five miles from
Paris lived Nathan B. Conway, til years
old, his wife, about the same age, their
sous Charley and William, 33 and 38 years
respectively, William’s wife and
threo children and two nieces,
Misses Florence and Lucy Toages.
As they wore all sitting on the veranda
this morning a negro tramp named Craig
came up and asked for a drink cf water.
It was given him. He thereupon lifted a
rusty scythe blade and asked if it were not
a good knife.
SPLITS OPEN A SKULL.
Charley Conway nodded assent and the
negro, throwing down the cup of water
struck him with the knife, splitting his
skull. The rest of the family ran into the
house. Craig continued to hack the young
mau until ho thought him dead.
He then attacked the father who had
returned aud killed him. Then the mother
corniug up had her head split open and in
stantly died. After the negro had insanely
hacked her body in a dozen places, he
attacked William Conway, cutting him in
the head and on tho body as he ran.
THE NEGRO SHOT.
He had just struck Conway to the ground
when G. W. Barlow, a neighbor, attracted
by tho screams, came up and chot Craig
twice with buckshot. This saemed to have
no effect, but other neighbors came up and
a young man shot Craig with a pistol.
Craig ran, and falling beside a hay
stack, died in a few minutes from
the effects of the buckshot wounds. The
pistol ball had glanced around his head.
The Conways were orderly citizens and were
l eld in the greatest esteem. Craig said ho
had killed seven persons aud intended to kill
that whole family. lie has always been
known as a desperate fellow and was a
brother of Charles Craig, now under sen
tence of death in Cincinnati.
CHILE’S INSURGENTS.
The Captain of the Port of Iqulque
Talks Hopefully.
San Diigo, Cal., July 36.— The steamer
Montserrat put into port last night for
coal and proceeded north to-day. Carlos
Krug, captain of the port of Iquique, is
abroad traveling on account of illness. The
vessel left Iquique July 2, at which time
the insurgents had oontrol of everything
except the southern part of the country.
Capt. Krug sai l that it tho insurgents had
arms, which they are amply able to pay
for, the rebellion would end inside of thirty
days. He reports that the government is
issuing paper money to such an exent that
it is only worth three to one of gold. Ac
cording to Capt. Krug the insurgents
derive a revenue of over $2,000,000 a mouth
from tbe nitrate fields, which is used to
carry on tho war. A shipment of arms is
expected to arrive any day.
LEFT WITHOUT A CREW.
Lisbon, July 26. —Tha Chilean cruiser
Presidente Krrazuriz has arrived here with
out the orew she expected to ship at this
port, tho government and foreign consuls
preventing the programme being carried
out.
FLORIDA’S ENCAMPMENT.
The Men Praised for Good Discipline
by the Governor.
St. Augustine, Fla., July 26.—The fol
lowing wai promulgated to the troops’ on
dress parade to-night.
Camp Lorino, July 20, 1691.
The commander-in-chief desires to express to
the troops the gratification which it lias afforded
him to assemble them in a camp of instruciion
under the propitious conditions which have ren
dered this encampment an rawest success.
The troops have been peculiarly favored by their
valued instructions and the assistance rendered
by the officers and men of the regular army, for
which, as well as the courtesies extended by the
commander of tho post and his officers, our
grateful acknowledgements are tend-red. The
soldierly bearing, efficiency in the drill and goo 1
discipline of the troops, indicating a marked
and continued improvement, is a cause of pride
and gratification; but let us realize that, whilo
much lias been accomplished, much remains to
be done to bring tbe corps up to that degree of
excellence whin i is desirable. The ascertain
ment and appreciation of existing defects is a
gr-at step in that direction. Let eacn com
pany go homo with the full determina
tion to reap tho benefit of tbe
instruction It has receiveJ, to correct all
errors and cure all defects, so that the encamp
ment of 1892 will find the Florida state troop*
not oxcellod by the national guard of any other
state. Our thanks aroextended to the citizens
of St. Augustme for their kind hospitalities and
courtesies, and to the transportation companies
for liberal accommodations.
liy order of the governor and commander-in
chief. 1). Lano,
Adjutant General.
Gov. Fleming and family will remain for
the closing ball at the Casino to-inorrow
night.
MADE DARK_BY LIGRTN NO.
Two Gasome’ert Knocked Out of
Posit.on at St. Augustine.
St. Augustine. Fla., July 26.—The
electric shocks accompanying the storm
which passed over this city to-night caused
the town to be left in darkness. Tne light
ning struck tho gasometer, wrenching it t>
the extent of breaking the connect! us bo
tweeu it and tho generator. The mash also
wrecked the smaller generator. Tbe iron
columns of this and the larger were
wrenched and twisted out of position.
The damage is quite severe to the gas com
pauy. The eloctrio fluid played
pranks with the telegraph aud telephone
wires. Numerous calls were made on the
exchange, but no injury, other than making
things jingle, occurred. The wind struck
the headquarters of the Beoond battalion
aud mxdo tho tents ready for packing.
Many of the company tents collapsed and
lot the torrents of rain fall on the liovs. The
churches gave way to out-door attractions
to-night.
A Cottage in Flames.
GrantVii.i.k, Ga., July 25.— Last night
about 9:30 o’clock a negro cottage si’uated
iu ihe southern portion of the city was set
on fire by some unknown person, and the
house and contents were consumed. It was
occupied by John Meadows, a respectable
colored citizen. He had just paid for tho
bouse. There was no insurance.
A Negro Drowned.
Branford, Fla., Juiy 26. Robert
Washington (colored), while in bathing in the
Suwanuee river at this plaoe this afternoon,
was drowned. It is supposed that he was
taken with a cramp.
Hurt by a Fail.
Maitland, Fla., July 26.—C. N. Hallis,
while painting a tank yesterday, lost bis
footing and fell about twenty-five feet. He
is hurt very badly but will probably re
cover.
AN ALLIANOB RALLY.
Livingston, Calhoun and Moses Before
the Talbot Alliance.
Geneva, Ga., July 20. —CoL Livingston,
Hon. C. L. Moses, Hon. l’at Calhoun and
Editor Hurry Brown addressed an alliance
mass meeting of 2,000 people at Geneva
yesterday. Muscogee, Harris, Marion and
Taylor counties helped make up the crowd.
Mr. Moses was introduced, and for more
than an hour, with masterly skill, discussed
the great political questions now agitating
the public mind.
He was followed by Hon. Pat Cal
houn, who, in the discussion of the same
subject, fully sustained the exalted reputa
tion which he has won for himself as one of
the most distinguished of Georgia’s noble
sons.
At the conclusion of his speech tho vast
crowd was invited to a table over 300 feet
long, upon which was spread a bountiful
supply of everything.
After dinner, ns soon as the multitude
could collect uuder the arbor and become
composed, tho Hon. Mr. Livingston, trie
president of the state alliance, was intro
duced, and in a most happy anil aide
manner discussed, for übout two hours, the
principles of the alliance organiza
tion, which he claimed wore almost
identical with those of Jeffersonian
democracy. He discussed tho sub-treasury
issue, maintaining the position that it would
be the most effectual aud speedy measure
by which the country could be re
lieved from tho overwhelming financial
embarrassmout in which it is now involved,
and whioh threatens her in the near future
with still greater disaster,
QUAY NOT TO RESIGN.
He Will Remain In the Senate and on
tho National Committee.
Bkavrr, Pa., July 23.— When Senator
Quay’s attention was called to tho report that
he intended to resign from the Senate, he
said: “Well, somebody has been faking on
me again.” Ho then went on to say that
his health was good and that ho had no in
tcution whatever of resigning.
THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP.
Washington, July 26,—As Gen. Clarkson
pointed out before he went to Fortress Mon
roe. the meeting to be held W ednesday is of
the national executive committee and not of
the national committee, aud Senator Quay
can resign his chairmanship of the national
executive committee without resigning his
chairmanship of the national committee
If Senator Quay resigns at all
on Wednesday it will be the secondary
chairmanship which ho will resigu. He will
not have a chance to resign effectively the
chairmanship of the national committee
until the latter meets at tho call of the exec
utive committee, probably in November, to
call tbe next uatlonal convention in May,
but It seems certain that Senator Quay will
not resign his chairmanship at all unless ho
is sure that either Gen. Clarkson or Col.
Dudley will succeed him.
RATHBONE MAY BE BEATEN.
Democrats Not Inclined to Confirm
Mere Political Wire Pullers.
Washington, July 26.— 1 tls just possi
ble that the appointment of Mr. Ratbbone
of Ohio to be Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General may not be confirmed by the .Sen
ate. Tbe attention of the democratic sen
ators is I ailed to the fact that Postmaster
General Wanamaker has put in Mr. Rath
hone’s charge not only the postmasters, but
the;; ostoliice iuspeob r*of whose charge Mr.
Rath bone has recently boon chief, and that
Mr. Rathbone, as apostolllce Inspector, was
a well-known politf al agent tu Ohio and
Indiana, taking his first lessons from Col.
Dudley and Col. llorsoy in 1880. Mr. Retb
bono is not only to help Secretary Foster to
get a Harris m delegation from Ohio, but is
to attend to similar work elsewhere,
having all the political power
of the po.tolfica department at his com
mand for this purpose. If the democratic
senators should cut Into this scheme with a
refusal to confirm Mr. Rathbone, it is prob
able tha’ enough anti-Rath bone republicans
would join them to prevent confirmation.
FIRE IN TEE BLUS MOUNTAINS.
A Large Number of Orchards and
Several Housss Burned.
Pacaville, Cal,, July 26 Fire this
morning in the Blue mountains burned
over a largo extent of territory. Thero are
a large number of thriving orchards re
cently planted in Gates canyon, besides a
number of residences, and, as seen from
town, the entire section is burned over.
The extent of the damage U not obtainable.
ENGLISH IGNORANCE.
Even the "T.mes” toes Not Know the
President’s Name.
New York, July 26. —According to a gen
tleman who ha* just returned from England
some cf the well-known men there are
densely ignorant of tho details of American
history. He told this story in support of his
statement:
“During the stay of Mrs. McKee and
Mrs. Russell Harrison in London, the Lon
don Timex gavj considerable space to de
tails of tlie reception given them, and on
one occasi ni spoke of Mrs. McKee as‘the
daughter uf Mr. Charles Harrison, Presi
dent of the United Btates.’ This caused a
good deal of comment on the part of Ameri
cans in Loudon, A few days after the pub
lication, occurred one of the dinners given
in honor of distinguished Americans in Lou
don, and Gen. Jainos B. Clarkson was one of
he after-dinner talkers. He professed his
ignorance of the details of E iglish poli
tics and expressed regret at the fact, but
said that he thought there were some recip
rocal conditions among Englishmen, as he
had eeeu tho name of Mrs. McKee’s father
printed as ’Charles Harrison, President of
the United Btates.’ This, ba thought,
should bo an offset for any errors he might
make in speaking of Englishmen and
affairs. A burst of applause and laughter
from the Americans present followed, and
when it bad died down a titled Englishman,
who had not joined in the applause, spoke
up: ‘And where is the jok: P Then the
Americans again applauded."
SKELETON GIANTS.
A Couple Found Bide by Side, But the
Woman’s Jaw Gave Way First
Chautauqua, N. Y., July 2.s,—ln grad
ing for an electric railroad to connect Lake
wood and Jamestown to-day, laborers
pi wed up, near Lakewood, the bones of a
man aud woman of remarkable size. Local
historians claim that they are the remains
of a prehistoric race. Whatever tbe real
facta may be, the affair has caused much
excitement in tins section. and
everybody has a theory for
tbe skeleton giants. One newspaper man
here brought home the femur and skull of
the man in a Hour sack, and has them on ex
hibition at Chautauqua to night. The cur
rent belief is that tney were white settlers
who fell in the French and Indian wars. A
very curious and suggestive thing about tbe
“find” was that the lower jaw of the man
wa* intact, while that of the woman was
entirely gone, showiug that womankind
was much the same iu prehistoric times as
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TALMAGE IN WISCONSIN.
HE PREACHES AT THE MONONA
LAKE CHAUTAUQUA.
Esther tbe Beautiful the Eubject of
His Text-The Presentation of a Pe
tition in Behalf of the Israelitlsh Na
tion Her God-appointed Work—Each
Of Us Has a Mission.
Madison, Wir, July 26.—Dr. Talmaga
preached this morning at a Chautauqua as
sembly on the banks of Monoua lake, neap
this city. It is a great gathering of peoule
from all par.'s of the northwest. His text
was Esther iv., 14:“ Who kuoweth whether
thou art come to tbe kingdom for such a
time as this*"
Esther, the beautiful, was the wife of
Ahastiems the abominable. The time had
come for her to present a petition to her in
famous husband in behalf of the Israelitish
nation, to which she had once belonged,
Bhe was afraid to undertake tbe work, lest
she should lose her own life; but her uncle,
Mordecai, who had brought ner up, enoour
aged her with the suggestion that probably
she bad been raised up of God for that pecu
liar mission. “Who knovveth whether tbou
art come to the kingdom for such a time
as this?” Esther had her God-ap
pointed work; you and 1 have ours. It
is my business to tell you what style of
people we ought to be in order that we may
meet the demand of the age iu which God
has cast our lot. If you have come expect
ing to hear abstractions di cussed, or dry
technicalities of religion glorified, you have
eotne to the wrong place; but if you really
would like to know what this age has a right
to expect of you as Christian men anil
women, then I am ready in tho Lord's name
to look you in the face. When two armies
have rushed into battle the officers of either
army do not want a philosophical discussion
about tho chemical properties of human
blood or the nature of gunpowder; they
want someone to man the batteries
and swab out tho guns. And now,
when all the forces of light ami darkness, of
heaven and hell,have plunged Into the light,
it Is no time to give ourselves to tho defini
tions and formulas and technicalities and
conventionalities of religion. What we
want is practical, earnest, concentrated, en
thusiastic and triumphant help. What we
need In the east you in Wisconsin need.
In the first place, In order to meet the
special demand of this age, you need to be
an unmistakably aggressive Christian. Of
half-aud-balf Christians we do not want
any more. The churoh of Jesus Christ will
be better without ten thousand of them.
They are the chief obstacle to the church’s
advancement. lam hi asking of another
kind of Christian. All tbe appliances for
your becoming an earnest Christian are at
your hand, ami there is a strnight path for
you into the broad dayiignt of God’s
forgiveness You inuy have come
here to-day the bondsmen of
the world, and yet before you go out of
these doors you may become the princes of
the Lord God Almighty. You know what
excitement there is in this country, when a
foreign prince comes to our shores. Why?
Because it is expected that someday he will
sit upon a throne. But what is all that
honor compared to the honor to which God
calls you—to be sons and daughters of tho
Lord Almighty; yea to be queens and kings
unto God? “They shall reign with him for
ever and forever.”
But, my frionds, you need to be aggress
ive Christians, and not liko thoso persons
who spend their lives in hugging their
Christian graces and wondering why they
do not make anv progress. liow muoh
robustness of health would a man have if
he hid himself in a dark closet? A great
deal of tho piety of the day is too exclusive.
It hides itself. It needs more fresh air,
more out-door exercise. There are many
Christians who are giving their entire life
to self-examination. They are feeling tboir
pulses to see wnat is the condition of their
spiritual health. How long would a man
have robust physical health If he kept all
tbe days, and weeks, and mouths and years
of hi* life feeling his pulse instead of going
out into active, earnest, everyday work?
I was once amid the wonderful, bewitch
ing cactus growths of North Carolina. I
never was more bewildered with the beauty
of flowers, aud yet when I would take up
cue of these cacti and puli the leaves
apart the beauty was all gone. You oould
hardly tell that it ever had been a flower.
And thero are a great many Christian peo
ple in this day just pulling apart their
Christian experiences to See what there is
in them.and there is nothing attractive left.
This style oi self-examination is a damage
instead of an advantage to their Christian
character. I remember when I was a boy I
used to have a small piece in the garden
that I called my own, aud I planted corn
there, and every few days I would pull ic
up to see how fast it was growing. Now,
there are a great many Christian people in
this day whose self-examination merely
amounts to the pulling up of that whioh
they only yesterday or the day be tyre
planted.
O my friends! if you want to have a stal
wart Chrls.ian character, plant it right out
of doors in the great field of Christian use
fulness, and though storms may come upon
it. and though the hot sun of trial may try
to consume it, it will thrive until it beoomes
a great tree, in which the fowls of heaven
may have their habitation. I have no pa
tience with these flower-pot Christians,
They keep themselves under shelter, aud all
their Christian experience in a small, ex
clusive circle, when thoy ought to plant it
in the great garden of the Lord, so that the
whole atmosphere could be aromatlo with
their Christian usefulness. What we want
in the ohurch of God is more brawn of
piety.
The century plant is wonderfully sug
gestive aud wonderfully beautiful, but I
never look at it without thinking of its par
simony, It lets whole generations go be
fore it puts forth one blossom; so I have
roally more heartfelt admiration when I see
the dewy tears in the blue eyes of the vio
lets, for they come every spring. My Clin
tian friends, time is going by bo rapidly that
we cannot afford to le idle. A recent stati
cian says that human life now has an aver
age of only thirty-two years. From
these thirty-two years you must sub
stract all the time you take for
sleep and tne taking of food and
recreation; thut will leave yon about
sixteen years. From those sixteen years
you must substract all the time you are
necessarily engaged in the earning of a
livelihood; that will leave you about eight
years. From those eight vearß you must
take all the days and weeks anil months—
all the length of time that is passed in
childhood and sickness, leaving you about
one year in which to work for God. O,
my soul, wake up! How darest thou sleep
in harvest time and with so few hours in
which to reap? Bo that I state it as a
simple fact that all the time that the vast
majority of you will have for the exclusive
service of God will be less than one year!
“But,” says some man, “I liberally sup
port the gospel, and the church is open and
the gospel is preached; all the spiritual ad
vantages are spread before men, and if they
waut to be saved, let tnemcome to be saved;
I have discharged all my responsibility.”
All! is that the Master's spirit? Is there uot
an old book somewhere that commands us
to go out into tbe highways and tbe hedges
and compel the people to come in? What
would have become of you and me if Christ
hod not come down off the hills of heaven,
