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, THE KORNINQ NEWS, 1
} established IW, Incorporated 1888. y
J. U. ESTILL, President. j
CESARIO TO BE BEHEADED.
Carnot’s Slayer Sentenced to Die on
the Guillotine.
The Supercillious Orin Departs From
the Frisoner’s Face on the Announce
ment of the Verdict and His Features
Blanch—He Hallies With an Effort
and Gives Vent to the Usual Shout
of Condemned Anarchists.
Lyons, Aug. 3.—The second day of the
trial of the anarchist assassin, Santo
I’esario, opened with the testimony of the
soldier Leblano, who, while under arrest
for desertion, was confined in the hospital
at Cette at the same time Cesario
was a patient in that institution. Leblanc
related the purport of his chats with
Cesario while in the hospital and persis
ted in his previous statement that Cesario
had declared that the anarchists would
next kill a president or a king, and also
in his statement that Cesario had said
that lots had been drawn, and that he
knew those assigned to go to Lyons and
kill President Carnot.
Cesario denied that he had said these
things to Leblanc, though he admitted
that he had preadied anarchy to him.
Concerning the drawing of lots, Cesario
said that the anarchists retained absolute
individual liberty of action, and would
not execute deeds merely because they
happened to have been selected by hazard,
or for any other particular reason than
that of their own will.
THE ARGUMENTS.
At 9:30 o'clock the arguments began.
The prisoner’s counsel in his argument
said that Cesario had tied from Italy to
France to because he had been been con
demned in Italy. He came to t rance
without money and without a passport.
Under the circumstances his friends
were necessarily among the anarchists
who related to him the incitings to crime
which (.ori had inculcated in him. Ce
sar,o, he declared, was a mere instrument.
"No,” shouted Cesario, springing to his
feet “that is not true.”
The prisoner then in an excited manner
addressed himself to M. Debrueil, insist
ing that he terminate his argument at
once.
M. Debrueil, the presiding judge, de
nounced the prisoner and threatened to
put him outside the court room and keep
linn there during the remainder of the
trial it he did not remain quiet.
Cesario subsided.
THE QUESTIONS FOR THE JURY.
When the argument had been con
cluded the court gave these questions to
the jury:
“Did the prisoner, Santo Cesario, as
sassinate President Carnot, and was the
crime premeditated?”
Jhe jury retired at 12:05 o’clock and
were absent just thirteen minutes. They
returned to court and presented an allirm
ativo answer to both questions.
Cesario. who had been in the meantime
removed from the court room, was
brought back and the jury’s declaration
was read to him by the registrar.
At the announcement of the verdict,
the Kupercillious grin which Cesario has
worn most of the time during the trial,
disappeared like magic and liis face
blanched.
Attorney General Folchier demanded
the Immediate imposition of the death
penalty'.
There was silence for a moment, and
then the judge, in solemn tones, but with
a touch of harshness, pronounced the sen
tence that the prisoner be put to death by
the guillotine. As the sound of the
Judge’s voice ceased Cesario pulled him
self together—for a moment he was al
most limp- and in a feeble voice ex
claimed: “Vive la revolution.”
A FAREWELL SHOUT.
The gendarmes seized the condemned
assassin aud as they hurried him out of
the room on the way to his cell he did not
forget to shout, in a voice somewhat
stronger than his last utterance, the
meaningless words employed by all an
archists convicted of capital crimes:
“Courage, comrades, 'Vive IV Anarchic V’
A written statement of defense prepared
by Cesario and read to the court by the
interpreter, is a w andering and disjointed
production, containing the customary an
archistic affirmations that hundreds died
of hunger and exposure; that children
and women work fifteen hours a day for a
mere pittance, living upon black bread,
while the fortunes of the favored few are
squandered in luxury aud other familiar
platitudes.
A WANDERING STATEMENT.
"When a child,” the prisoner says in
his statement, “I believed in God; when I
became older I saw that it was not God
that created man, but that it was man
who created God. Though I have been
put a short time here, I have seen much
injustice. The strikers in the north,
after three months’ privation, were
toroed to resume work at the same old
starvation wages. After this act, the
authorities, not satisfied with punishing
those poor wretches, persecuted them,
and domiciliary visits were made to all
persons of our sect. Just as long as these
measures are employed so long
"ill we reply with the dagger
and with dynamite. The lust words
of tlie Chicago martyrs were: ‘Long
‘•'Vo Anarchy,' ‘Death to Society.’ Theso
words crossed the ocean and the moun
tains will resound with them everywhere,
nntu tiie sect’s ideal prevails. When no
longer starving workingmen are driven to
suicide, and when no longer the sect is
persecuted, but tho rulers and legislators
ate extirpated, then will come the era of
exploitation of the workingmen and hap
piness will reign supreme.’’
DEADLOCK AT CORSICANA.
The Congressional Convention Takes
1.244 Ballots Without Nominating
Dallas, Tex., Aug. B.—After 1,344 bal
;r|ts for the nomination of a candidate,
the congressional convention at Corsicana
1 l-'ourued at noon to-day to meet at Dal
ton Aug. 31.
1 com start to finish, the vote stood:
jj'irke 87, I'oindoxter 33, Abbott 12 and
arny io. it is certain, as matters now
*’ oid, that neither of these candidates
4'et the nomination. It is thought
adjournment to Dallas will aid Uurke,
" !{°®e homo is here.
1 lie adoption of a 16 to 1 silver ratio
"solution by the convention created
0... indignation among the Cleveland
I" upic 0 f ij a) i as They held an indigna
' on meeting this afternoon and passed
'■ solutions denouncing their delegation
‘ or voting for that
business Firms Burned Out.
City, Mich., Aug. 8.-The busi
hs |H)rtion of View wan burned
‘'v rimming. The loh in ettitnatod at
DEATHS OH THE GIBBET.
A Negro Swung Off at Haleigh for
Murdering a Negress.
Raleigh. N. C., Aug. 3.—Orange Page,
colored, the murderer of Rosa Hay
wood, an aged colored woman, paid the
penalty of his crime on the gallows here
to day. The execution was private, qnd
w r us witnessed by about fifty persons at
the county jail here. A large crowd of
curious people assembled outside the in
closure. Rage broke down and sobbed as
he was being led to the gallows and had
to be assisted to the place.
Prayer was offered by a clergyman,
after which Page prayed himself in a
rambling way for five minutes, avowing
his hope and faith in his salvation. After
the noose and black cap had been placed
over his head he made a sign that he
wished to speak and the cap was re
moved. Page then said that lie hoped to j
meet all his friends in glory and shook
hands with the officers and said good-by.
The trap was sprung at 11:20 o'clock and
Page was declared dead in sixteen min
utes. He died of strangulation and it
was a remarkable fact that no convul
sions of the body r were noticeable.
On the night of Jan. 16, Pago and a col
ored woman named Nancy Smith, who
was his paramour, murdered Rosa Hay
wood, with whom they were lodging, and
stole a sum of money which she had in
her house. Both were convicted of
the crime and tho Smith woman was
given a life sentence in the state prison,
which she is now serving.
A FORGED STRIKE ORDER.
Overton Denies That He Ordered the
Stock Yards Men Out.
Chicago, Aug. B.—The contempt case
against President Overton and the other
officers of the stock yards lodge of the
American Railway Union, was heard to
day by Judge Grosscup. Overton, in his
answer, said the circular calling
upon the stock yards men to
strike, and which forms the basis
of the contempt charge was
a forgery and was not issued by the
union. He did not sign the circular nor
authorize anyone to place his namo to it,
that the lodge did not authorize its publi
cation and took no action concerning it.
He denied that at any time he counseled
violence to non-union men, but said he
had on several occasions dispersed crowds
to prevent violence.
Mr. Dixon, the new district attorney,
not being familiar with the case, asked
for a continuance, but the court refused
to grant a longer postponement than to 3
o’clock this afternoon, to which hour tho
hearing was adjourned. The judge dis
charged the prisoner upon his answer,
reseriing the right to reinstate tho case
in the event of the filing of new and suffi
cient information.
CORDAGE WORKS CLOSED.
The Trust Said to Have Decided to
Lessen the Production.
New York, Aug. 8.--Five hundred men,
girls and boys, who were working in
Tucker’s mill, a great rope walk that ex
tends from Flushing to Myrtle avenues,
along Graham street, Brooklyn, have
been locked out by the United States
Cordage Company, otherwise known as
the cordage trust. This is the second time
within a year this big mill has been closed
to labor, the employes only returning
to work in April last at a reduction of 10
per cent, in their wages, after being
locked out for more than five months.
The company also controls the Wall mill
aud the Waterbury mill in Brooklyn,
which closed down a few weeks ago,
throwing nearly 1.000 hands out of em
ployment. Those who are locked out say
the company has determined to lessen tho
production of cordage throughout tho
countrv.
LBIT OFF WITH A FINE.
Denver Strikers Who Stopped Mails
to Go Froo on Paying $lO.
Denver, Col., Aug. 3.—ln the United
States district court yesterday afternoon
seven Grand Junction railroad men were
convicted by a jury of retarding the mails
by refusing to handle trains oil which
there were Pullman cars. Judge Hallett
fined them $lO and costs each. His
leniency surprised the American Railway
Union men, who had watched the trial
closely.
A large number of Trinidad strikers
will now be tried.
BIG CROPS IN TEXAS.
Corn Surpasses All Previous Records
and Cotton Fine.
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 3.—People coming in
from various counties in Northern and
Middlo Texas report that the great rain
which set in yesterday was general every
where. They say that the corn crop sur
passes anything ever known in the his
tory of Texas farming. Cotton is as fine
as could be. The whole agriculture of
Texas is in an exceedingly prosperous
condition. Everybody is praying for con
gress to pass the tariff bill and adjourn.
WANTED FOR FORGERY.
J. M. Lewis to Be Tuken Back to
Charleston From Baltimore.
Baltimore, Aug. 3.—J. M. Lewis, a well
dressed man of 40 years, was arrested
here to-day. He is wanted in Charleston,
S. C., for having committed a large for
gery. The man was accompanied by his
wife and child. The prisoner refused to
talk, beyond saying that be Had had some
trouble in Charleston. Ho will beheld
for South Carolina requisition papers.
FIRED BY STRIKERS.
The Coal Shafts of the Mining Build
ings at Fulton Burned.
Fulton, Mo., Aug. 3.—The coal shafts
of the mining buildings at, this place were
destroyed by fire early this morning.
The loss will amount to #40,000, with but
little insurance. The tire was the work
of strikers The sheriff expected an at
tack, and had a guard about the build
ings, but the inceudiariesoutwitted them.
Traffic Resumed After Forty' Days.
Portland, Ore., Aug. 3.- The Oregon
Railroad and Navigation Company has
sent out a train for the first time since
June 24, when the Mood in the Columbia
river destroyed tho road bed for many
miles. The damage lias been repaired.
Wise Withdraws.
Richmond. Va., Aug. .'(.—Representa
tive George D. Wise writes a card to-day
withdrawing from further contest for re
nomination to congress by the democrats
of tho Third district.
Business Blocks Burned.
Marion, Iml.. Aug. B.—Fire this morn
ing destroyed a quarter of the busluess
portion of this town. The loss will ex
-1 teed fIIKI.UOO.
SAVANNAH, GA„ SATURDAY, AUGUST 1. 1894.
TO FIX CP A TARIFF BILL.
The Conference Committees Finally
Agree to Agree.
A Probability That the Senate Will 1
Get the Best of the Negotiations.
Senator Jones Drove the House Con
ferees Into Showing Weakness by
Moving to Report a Disagreement
on the Bill.
Washington. Aug. 3.—The conference
committees have finally agreed to agree.
Up to yesterday there was still conten
tion and bickering, and no agreement
seemed possible. Senator Jones moved '
to disagree and report such a disagree
ment to the Senate and House. The
House showed the weakness of its posi
tion by urging Senator Jondß to withdraw
his motion. The Senate has since dicta
ted its own terms. The new bill will un
doubtedly be a compromise between the
Senate aud the Wilson bill, but it will re
semble the Senate measure far
more than that which came
from the House. It is not likely
that any report will be made before Tues
day or Wednesday? It is given out to-night
that the compromise on sugar is more ad- |
vantageous to tho trust than the Seuate
schedule. It gives4o percent, on raw
sugar under No. 16 Dutch standard, and
40 per cent, ou raw sugar used in refined
sugar, with an additional one-fifth to the
reiined article.
But no specific report as to schedule
can be regarded as authentic. The only
thing which seems reasonably certain is
that an agreement is about reached. So
much a conferee said this morning.
CONFIRMED BY MEMBERS OF THE CABINET.
By the Southern Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 3.—After the cabi
net meeting to-day four members an
nounced, each to a different person, that
an agreement had been reached by tho
Seuate and House conferees on the tariff
bill. The basis of the agreement was not
disclosed, but one of the most distin
guished members of the cabinet said to
the Southern Associated Press represent
ative: “You can announce that the
President will sign a tariff bill within ten
days.”
'the explanation of this report, which is
current at the capitol, is that a sugar
schedule has been agreed upon, and has
been accepted by the House conferees, as
follows; Forty per cent, ad valorem on
all raw sugar and the same amount on all
refined sugar, the duty to be collected,
however, on the basis of the saccha-ine
strength. In addition to this there
is to be a differential to the refiner of
one-fifth of a cent a pound and a discrimi
nating duty against those countries that
pay an export bounty on refined sugar
equivalent to tho bounty so paid. It is
understood that the government will
also regulate in some way the prices of
foreign sugars so as to prevent any at
tempt to juggle with the quotations.
THE SENATE CAfSES THE HITCH.
“Everything,” said one of tho House
conferees, when a recess was taken to
day, "is looking well. Both sides are
working hard, and propositions and coun
ter proposition are being continually
made. There are no differences between
the House and Senate conferees. If the
matters in dispute were left to us, they
would be settled in an hour, and the
House bill would bo tho measure agreed
upon. Bat the Senate conferees are not
at liberty to consult their individual
preferences. They know they must agree
upon a report that will be adopted by the
Senate, and that it is not advisable to
change the Senate bill too radically for
prudential considerations. Just how far
the Senate will go in tne direction of a
compromise is not known. Armed with
this knowledge, the rest of the work
would be comparatively easy.”
"To what have the conferees devoted
their time during the sessions of this
week?” he was askod.
“To consideration of the coal, iron ore
and sugar schedules. The other sched
ules are only considered incidentally.”
“When do you expect to roach an agree
ment on those disputed points!”
“I can only say in a personal way,” ho
replied, "that we are gradually making
progress. I should not be surprised if a
general understanding were reached on
coal, iron ore and sugar by to-morrow
evening, or by Monday at the latest.
With these once determined we can settle
the other schedules in forty-eight hours,
and be readv to call on the republican
members of the conference uot later than
Thursday of next week.”
DENIALS UT THE CONFEREES.
Every member of tho conference denies
that there has been any agreement, but
suttieient has leaked from the conference
room, and through such sources that
there cau be no longer any reason to
doubt that they have agreed as
to what they will do when the
time comes to act. The House con
ferees have always nold that
there was hidden away in the schedule of
the Senate bill a protection to tho trust
that greatly augmented the differential
oi-o-eighth that was given them and they
have contended that this should be re
moved. U|Km this basis they demand
that the text of the bill should be
changed and in a spirit of concession the
Benato. to that extent, yielded. As now
prepared tho sugar schedule will provide
for the levying of the following duties:
On all raw and refined sugars, 40 per
cent, ad valorem, the samp rate as here
tofore. hut with this difference, that the
duty will be based, uot on the price per
pound, nor the mere pound of the article
purchased, hut upon tho saccharino
strength of the sugar found in the total
amount. If the sugar is raw the duty
will tie collected upon only tho pure su
gar that it contains, and when it comes
to the collection of the duty on refined su
gar, instead of the collection being made
upon the valueof therellued article, it will
ho haagd upon the value and amount of
pure sugar necessary to make the refined
product.
NO HIDDEN PROTECTION.
In this way, it is claimed, there will be
absolutely no hidden protection for tho
trust, ana that nothing will accrue to
them through the process of refining. The
refiner will lie given a differential duty of
one fifth of a cent a qiound on refined
1 sugar, ami a discriminating duty levied
| against such countries as pay an
export liounty on refined sugar, equiva
lent to the amount of that bounty. It is
figured out by those who advocate this
duty that it is not any better tor the
trust than the former schedule,
although this is denied in other
quarters. It is also said that
the House conferees will accept this as a
solution of the problem, and that they
will claim it as a victory because it does
away with the alleged hidden protection.
The uext step after the House
agreed to accept this schedule
was to find out if the refining
interests would take it. it U understood
that tho senators who have cared for this i
interest wore consulted, and that they re
luctantly accepted the schedule as the
best that could be had and agreed that it
would not be antagonized
If this schedule Is finally determined
upon to-morrow -for there is always the
possibility of a change at the last mo
ment—it is quite probable that the
remainder of, tho bill may be speed
ily disposed of aud there is a
hope that the full conference may be
had Monday, and the report mado to the
Senate early in tho week. The most of
the day was consumed in a consideration
of the other schedules, and there is now a
pretty clear understanding as to what
shall be done with tho rest of the bill.
RUMORS OF RE.IKCTIOtf.
It is said to-night that tho Louisiana
Senators and Messrs. Allen and Kyle,
the latter representing the beet sugar in
dustry, will not accept tho proposed
schedule. If this is true it is not appar
ent how tho democrats expect
to pass the bill. There is no pro
vision in the schedule for the bounty for
1*94, and both the Louisiana senators
have declared that unless this bounty is ;
put in the bill they cannot support it. It \
is probable that by to-morrow night the ;
situation will have crystallized into some- i
thing tangible and that the outcome will
be known with some degree of definite
ness.
Two Nominations.
Washington, Aug. 3.—Tho President
to-day sent to the Senate the following
nominations.
Ellis Mills of Virginia, now consul gen
eral at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, to be
secretary of legation and consul general
of the United States at that place
J. M. Martin to bo postmaster at Ocala.
Fla
Bland’s New Revenue Scheme.
Washington, Aug. 3.—Representative
Bland has introduced a resolution in
structing the committee on ways and
means to report a hill placing all sugars
on the free list and for raising $100,000,000
revenue by an income tax. Mr. Bland
says this independent tariff bill will bo
pushed in case the general tariff bill fails.
Atlanta’s Exposition Appropriation.
Washington, Aug. B.—Tho bill intro
duced in the Senate this week by Senator
Gordon, appropriating #200,000 for a gov
ernment exhibit at the cotton states fair,
to be held at Atlanta next year, was re
ported favorably to the Senate to-day by
Senator Walsh, from the committee on
quadro-ceuteunial.
Secretary Herbert Goes Home.
Washington, Auer. B.—Secretary Her
bert left Washington to-night for his
home in Alabama, where he will remain
until after the state elections on Monday.
Gold Reserve a Little Lower.
Washington, Aug. 3.—Further engage
ments of gold to day, $400,000 from
Canada and SIOO,OOO for export to Europe
at the New York sub-treasury, reduced
tho treasury gold reserve to $52,139,000.
Senator W alsh Goes to Rockbridge.
Washington, Aug. B.—Senator Walsh
left to-day for Rockbridge Alum Springs
to join his wife, who is there ior her
health.
TENNESSEE’S TRIUMPH.
Republican-Fusion Combine Snowed
Under.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 3. —Partial re
turns from the principal countios in the
state show that tho democratic notniness
for judges of the supreme court have de
feated tho republican-populist fusion
ticket for judges by good majorities, in
this city the Australian system is tho law,
and 140 names were on the ballot.
THE KianT AROUND MEMPHIS.
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 3.—Official re
turns of tho election for this county show
the straight democratic ticket to have
gone through complete by majorities
ranging from HIT to 4,725. The averago
falls about 1,200 short of the majorities
secured by the democrats in the Presi
dential election of 18H2 in the other
counties of West Tennessee, nearly all of
which have been heard from, the demo
crats have hold their own barely.
In some counties the fusionists have
elected this county ticket, while the dem
ocratic nominees for the supreme bench
have received large majorities. This is
the case in Obion county, where thp dem
ocratic supreme court gets a majority of
•100. This indicates that tho populists
have, sacrificed the republican supreme
court nominees in order to get in the pop
ulist candidates for local offices.
In Maury county. Middle Tennessee, in
cluding the city of Columbia, the demo
crats hat e made a gain of 1,300, which off
sets the loss in Shelby.
Hon. William 11. Carroll chairman of
the state democratic committee, to-night
figures that the democratic supreme court
candidates get a majority of 20,000, which
is 5.000 greater than President Cleveland
received in 1802 The returns now in,
however, indicate a still greater majority,
and there is no possibility that returns
not yet received from isolated counties
could defeat the ticket.
CAROLINA CENTRAL.
An Attempt to Bo Made to Fores the
Seaboard an 1 Roanoke to Pay Up.
New York, Aug. 3. An adjourned
meeting of the first mortgage bondhold
ers of the Carolina Central 1!allroad
Company was held this aftornoon at tho
office of A. J. Ondordonk, lio Wall street.
,1. Augustus Johnson presided, and those
present represented a*l .088,000 worth of
bonds, of which sum almost two-thirds is
held in this city.
The meeting was held to ascertain
what means can he devised to make the
Men hoard and Hoanoke Railroad-Company.
now r in control of the Carolina Central
make good its default of the interest on
the first mortgage bonds. It was decided
to enlarge the legislation committee by
appointing another Baltimorean. This
gives the Monumental city a majority of
one in tho committee. The apjiointmcnt
will bo annonneed by the chairman at
the next meeting.
It was also resolved to increase the
powers of the committee so as to permit
of their negotiating with the Seaboard
and Koar.oke road. The committee will
uext meet ou Aug. 17.
Fleeced and Then Bounced.
Augusta, Ga.. Aug. 3. George Sink
field, a negro, who went on to New York
last week to invest in green goods, and
was duped, was to-night dismissed from
his place as a deacon in the Thankful
Baptist church.
Valkyrie Sold at Auotlon.
Greenock, Aug. 3.—Lord Dunra van's
yacht Valkyrie was sold at auction, as
she stood iu her dock, this morning. The
vessel was knocked down at iOBO. Her
boats aud sails were sold separately and
Xetcbod low prices.
DYNAMITE (IX TliK RAILS.
Diabolical Attempt to Blow Up a
Train at Enrcka.
The Locomotive Badly Damaged by ;
the Explosion The Failure of 10
Tons of Dynamite in a Cur on a Side
Track to Explode All That Saved
183 Passengers From Being Blown
to Atoms Train Robbei'3 the Fiends
Behind tho Murderous Plot.
St. Louis, Aug. 3.- The Texas express
on the St. Louis and Sau Francisco road
left the union depot last night at 8:25
o'clock About 9:80 o’clock, when the
train was nearing Eureka, in St. Louis
county, tlirty miles from the city. Wells
Fargo Express Messenger Ferguson
started to go from the car in which ho
was at work to the one immediately in the
rear. At the door he was met by a masked
man with a drawn revolver, who com
manded him to hold up his hands and in
form him where the key to the safe could
be found. Ferguson immediately drew a
pistol and began using it. The robber re
turned the tire and put a ball through
Ferguson’s shoulder, and another through
his hand. He then jumped from the train
and escaped. Ferguson thinks he wounded
the robber, but is not certain.
A REMARKABLE ESCAPE.
The most remarkable feature of last
night's attempt at train wrecking at
Eureka was the escape of the entire train
aud IHB persons upon it from absolute de
struction. The desperadoes, who were
undoubtedly accomplices of the fellow
with whom Express Messenger Ferguson
had a fight, forced open a car
of dynamite that stood on the
side track below tho station
at Eureka and stole two big dynamite
cartridges that were intended for heavy
blasting in quarries and mines. Each
cartridge was capable of tearing to pieces
tons of solid rock. They were placed by
tho dastardly bandits on the rails, the
intention being to destroy the train and
plunder the richly laden express car, aud
probably the passengers.
It is a miracle that the entire train was
not hurled to destruction, for tho miscre
ants who attempted to wreck it placed
the cartridges within a few feet of a car
which contained ten tons of dynamite.
Then they secreted themselves and
waited for the train that was due to ar
rive a few minutes before 10 o'clock. The
train left St. Louis at 6:30 o’clock and
was only a few minutes behind, the de
lay having been caused by the shooting of
the express messenger by one of tho rob
bers.
THE EXPLOSION.
When the forward wheels of the engine
rolled on t tie cartridges there was a terri
fic explosion, which lifted the machine
from the tracks and tore tho massivo
pilot from the bolts riveted to tlie engine.
All the forward part of tho machine was
wrecked and twisted, and although it
was able to carry the train a
few miles beyond it was so badly
wrecked that another engine had to be
procured. The eutire train was severely
shaken, the windows broken aud the
packages of letters thrown from the
boxes iu the mail car. It is wonderful
| how the carload of dynamite escaped.
The explosion tore a great hole in the
earth, wrested the rails from their fast
enings and liung the ties in every di
-1 rection. it tore open one side of
i the dynamite car and exposed to view
tons oi tlie powerful explosive, though for
| some unaccountable reason this vast
amount of dynamite, with energy enough
to blow an entire city off the earth, did
not explode. If it had, not a person in all
those 183 passengers would have escaped.
DEBS FOR GOVERNOR.
The Strike Leader Muy Bo the Popu
list Nominee in Indiana.
Chicago, Aug. it.—The American Rail
way Union adjourned at 10 o’clock to
night after a most turbulent and unsatis
factory meeting. Ostensibly tho object
of the meeting was to consider the causes
leading to the great western strike, and to
rind out tho present status thereof,
but there is a general Impression
among close observers that the real ob
ject of the meeting was to bo found in a
boom for Eugene V. Debs for the govern
orship of Indiana. This is, however,
strenuously denied by tho leaders of the
American Railway Union, wiio declare
that this report was circulated by ene
mies of Presideht Debs to Injure him
in the eyes of the laboring
classes. The convention throughout
was strongly political iu character and
there was much more talk of the populist
party iu tho two day’s deliberations
which ended to-night than there was of
the rights of labor. It is certain that
should (’resident Debs care to run for
the chief magistracy of the Hoosier
state at the next election on
the populist ticket ho would receive tho
support of the party almost to a man.
When approached on this subject to night
by a reporter. President Deb ; denied that
lie had any political end in view, lie had,
he said, only the good of tho laboring
men at heart.
AN ADDRESS TO VOTERS.
The most important action taken by the
convention was t ho issuing of a general ad
dress, the title of which was “A resolu
tion to tho voters of the country.” The
sentiment of this address, the text of
whi h the convention declined to make
public, was almost entirely political,
advising every laboring man to turn
out at the polls and vote the ticket of the
People's party. The resolutions gener
ally arc acainst monopolies, ar.d give rea
sons why the strike should not
he declared off in favor of
individual strikers on the dif
ferent railroads. Tho alleged
unwarranted interference of the federal
authorities is enlarged upon. Tho state
ment is made that the strike would have
been successful hut for the action of the
federal authorities Instigated by the rail
road corporations.
The sentiment of the convention was
almost unanimous that the strike leader
should become a political factor and
li ader.
Ralph Phillips of Fort Scott, Kan.,
George 11. Mawman of Chicago, B. B.
Kelly of Livingston, and J. A. Martin of
I,a Junta, were among the delegates who
made enthusiastic speeches favoring the
populist idea.
The gist of their speeches was that as
it had become difficult for the people to
get justice through the courts and that
as the methods of the o/ar were being set
up in America, It was time for tho work
ing people to call a halt.
Jailed for Obstructing Malls.
Springfield, 111., Aug. B. George Will
iamson, Charles McComas and C. K
Bradshaw, nil of Danville, pleaded guilty
to obstructing the mails and wore fined
9tSi and costs each to day in tho federal
court They wore sent to jail in default
of payment.
LAST APPROPRIATION BILL.
Tho Senate Passes the Oeneral Defi
ciency Measure.
Washington, Aug. 8. The last of the
appropriation bills the general defi
ciency passed the Senate to-day, and
will now go to a conference, in which the
disagreeing votes of the two Houses will
be reconciled and adjusted. Seven out of
the fourteen appropriation bills have al
ready I*eome laws through the signature
of tho President. These are the fortifi
cations, pensions, military academy, naval
academy, pox to Alee, diplomatic and legis
lative. The other seven are still iu the
President's hands awaiting approval, und
the rest in conference.
TAXATION or HANK NOTES.
The House bill to subject national bank
notes and United States treasury notes to
state taxation was allowed to be taken up
in tho Senate to-day on tho assurance by
Mr. George, deni., of Mississippi, who had
reported it from tlie Judiciary cominittoe,
that it would not occupy more than fif
teen minutes. After twice that length of
time had been spent upon it, attention
was called by Mr. Hale, rep., of Maine to
the fact that the silver populist senator
from Nevada, Mr Stewart, was about to
make a speech ujion it, and probably to
offer his free coinage bill as au amend
ment to it; and Mr. Hale remarked that
tho bill could not bo disguised of in fifteen
hours or in liftoeu days.
Mr. Stewart laughingly admitted tho
correctness of Mr. Hale s guess; and the
effort to pass tho bill was given up for the
day tlie deficiency bill taking its place
ami going through to its final passage
about 6 ::.u o’clock p. in.
The House bills for tho admission of the
territories of New Mexico and Arizona as
stales w ere reported from the committee
on territories and are now on tlie calen
dar, from whieli they may be taken at
any time and passed.
mills makes an explanation.
Mr. Hunton, rising to a personal ex
planation, said ttiat in tho Washington
Post of to-day It was stated that when
the resolution of Senator Chandler was
under consideration yesterday Mr. Mills
in his remarks was aiming only at demo
crats iu his strictures, and among the
democrats referred to were his colleague,
Mr. Daniel, and himself.
“1 did not make tiny statement at all,”
replied Mr. Mills. “The remarks cred
\ ited to mo are wholly unauthorized by
;me | never opened my mouth cm tbo
j subject, p and never dreamed of tho sen
ator or his colleague in c onnection with
the amendment which I proposed to offer
It never entered my mind that either of
them was capable of dishonest actions.
Both are honorable men and friends of
mine, and have been over since 1 have
been in public life.”
“1 was certain the senator would reply
as he did,” said Mr. Hunton,considerably
mortified. “I desire to say for my col
league and mv self, however, that we are
not interested iu any coal mine or rail
road.”
Tho conference report on the river and
' harbor bill was presented, and wont over
j till to-morrow.
zVfter a short executive session, the
Senate adjourned uutil to-morrow at
noon.
WORIC OF THE HOUSE.
The Conferenos Report on tho River
and Harbor Bill Agreed To.
Washington, Aug. 8.- The House was
in session for three hours this afternoon,
and the net result was tlie passage of a
hill directing the payment of SIO,OOO
to Representative Heard of Missouri, for
legal services to tho old settlors, or west
ern Cherokee Indians, out of their funds
in the treasury, and of a bill providing
for the payment of about $40,000 of 8 per
cent. District of Columbia greenback cer
tificates.
Tho conference report on the rlvor and
harbor bill was agreed to, and a confer
ence was ordered ou tho sundry civil ap
propriation bill; also upon the bill regu
lating the printing aud publication of
public documents.
Mr. Blair, rep., of Now Hampshire In
troduced a Joint resolution dire ting au
Investigation by the department of labor
into the lynch in,.s of the past ten years,
the cause thereof, etc., which was re
ferred to tlie committee ou labor.
The last two hours of the afternoon
session were devoted to the consideration
of bills to reclassify and regulate the
salaries of clerks in the railway postal
service and In Hist and second elass |Kist
oflices, but no action was taken ou cither
of them. The House voted to adjourn
over from to-day until Monday. At 5
o’clock, under the rules, the House took a
recess until - o'clock, the evening session
to be dovoted to the consideration of pri
vate pensions hills.
At tiie evening session nine private pen
sion hills were reported with favorable
recommendation, and at 1(1 p. m. tho
House adjourned till noon Monday.
DYNAMITE FOR DISPENSARY.
An Explosion at Gaffney, 8. 0., Loaves
a Hole In the Ground.
Gaffney, S. C., Aug. 3,—Early this
morning a seeming attempt to blow up
the dispensary with dynailiito was Hiado.
The explosion occurred a few minutes be
fore 1 o'clock, and was heard for a con
siderable distance. The dispensary is In
tho heart of the town, and occupies a por
tion of the building known as the
Alliance warehouse, in the other parts is
a general store. Justice of the
peace office and ware room. The building
is of corrugated iron, and is isolated No
j other building is nearer than fifty feet.
The bomb or cartridge was placed within
twenty feet of the building and just
around the corner from tho entrance to the
dispensary. No damaged was done to the
building. The ooly perceptible evidence of
an explosion as set n in the morning was a 1
hole in the ground. There was no one in
the building at the time. The keeper of
tho dispensary lives out of town, aud
went home after closing last night at <1 i
o'clock. Most people say it was done ;
lor a Joke, merely to “scare Tillman i
a little.” Others shako their heads and j
say nothing. In fact the people here, as a 1
rule, will not express themselves openly.
Tho entire town with but two or three
exceptions, arts “antis.” There are some
blind tigers iu the neighborhood.
Atkins Out for Congress.
Nashville, Tenn.. Aug. 3. D. C. At
kins, ex-commissioner of Indian affairs
under ['resident Cleveland’s first admin- |
lstration. has announced himself a cindi- ’
date for congress in the Eighth district,
in opiiositiou to Congressman Kuloc.
A Uulet Wedding.
Lyons, Ga., Aug. 3 \ very quiet mar
riage took pluco here yesterday. The
contracting parties were B. C. Ganoy, u
merchant, and Miss Nora Patrick.
1 DAILY. 110 A YEAR, |
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I WEEKLY. TIRES A WEEK, $1 A YEAR. )
LI HUNG CHANG DISGRACED,
The Emperor Divests Him of the Yel
low Riding Coat.
The Emperor Enraged Because th*
Viceroy Allowed Japan to Get
Ahead of China Id Preparing tot
War The British Representative
Expected to Exert His Influence in
Favor of the Viceroy Soldiers Be*
headed at Tien Tsin for Desertion.
Shanghai, Aug. 3. Dispatches have
been received confirming the report that
tho emperor has divested Viceroy 14
Hung Chang of tho Order of tho Yellow
Riding Coat, which is tho highest order
iu China, allowing the wearer privileges
next to those of royalty. Tho
emperor has freely expressed
his anger at the viceroy’s having
allowed Japan to get ahead of China in
preparing for war. The aot of the em
peror in divesting tho viceroy of this or
der does not necessarily imply his deposi
tion from office, but it has fallen like a
thunderbolt here, as it is feared that the
incident will lead to Li Hung's <o uplete
overthrow. Ho U regarded here as tho
only leader capable of coping with Jagwin
in tho inevitably ioug war. A crisis is re
garded as imminent.
THE powers behind THE throne.
The emperor has been influenced In his
nctiou by members of his family hostllo
to tho viceroy’s pro-Europeau initlcy.
It is exported that Sir Robert Hart, tho
British representative, will assert his.au*
thority and support Li Hung Chang.
The soldiers beheaded at Tien Tsin for
desertion pleaded in extenuation of their
offenso hunger aud exhaustion. Before
they were executed thoy were stripped of
their uniforms and their pig tails were
cutoff. Tho example has terrified the
army. z\n edict lias gone forth that the
army will receive double pay henceforth,
during the war with Japan, and a large
bonus bas been offered to officers compe
tent to navigate the Chinese naval ves
sels a nd transports.
CHINA ISSUES AN EDICT.
i guidon, Aug. 4, 3a. in a dispatch to
tlie Times from Tien Tsin. dates' Aug. J,
11 40 a. in , says: “The preamble of au
imperial edict just issued recites China’s
claims in Corea, its hundreds of yours’
suzerainty of that country, and the con
stant assistance It Ims rendered the
vassal king to subdue a rebellious.
China, it continues, recently sent forces
to Corea with this object in view. Japan,
without the right, also sent troops, and
refused tojwitbdraw them. She has further
sunk a transport carrying Chinese sol
diers, and her .Action has been condemned
by other powers.
“Tho emperor places all tho military
authorities under Viceroy Li Hung
Chang, who will protect the right of the
empire. He also orders the capture and
destruction of Japanese ships wherever
found.
“It is probable that a copy of the edict
will be communicated to the representa
tives of the foreign (lowers to-day.
SAFETY OF THE MISSIONARIES.
The Presbyterian Exeoutlve Com
mittee on the Alert.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 3. The execu
tive committee of foreign missions of the
Southern Presbyterian ehuroh met In
called session here to-day to consider the
question of tho safety of tholr misslon
| aries in Chinn, Japan and Corea. Tho
committee directed the secretary to tele
graph Dr. J. VV. Bachman, who is in
Washington, requesting him to call upuu
tbo Secretary of State, tlie envoys of
China and Japan and tlie board of mis
sions of the Northern Presbytoriun
church in New York, ami tako all neces
sary steps for tho protection of the mis
sionaries in those countries. A committee
representfhg the Northern .Presbyterian
church will have an interview this week
with Secretary Gresham in regard to the
safety of their missionaries.
BLUE FIELDS’ WARFARE.
The American Naval Commander
Ready to Harbor Refugees.
New Orleans, Aug. 3.—The steamship
Gussie from Bluoflelds passed quaran
tine at 4 o’clock this afternoon, and a
brief dispatch from there says that the
situation has reached a crisis at Bjuo
fields. Tho army sent from tho in
terior has reached the coast to sup
press the Mosquito Indians, and a
battle is momentarily expected. No
formal notice of attack has yet been
given by the Nicaraguan commissioner,
and the captain of tho Marblehead bus
sent him word, as a reminder, that
twenty-lour hours must ho given to allow
foreigners and non-combatants an oppor
tunity to seek places of safety. The cap
tains of the ships in harbor are preparing
to harbor tho refugees, and all is activity
aboard tho Marfilchead and throughout
the city.”
CATHOLIC TEETOTALERS.
Officers Elected by the Total Ab
otinenca Union.
St Paul, Aug. 3.—The Catholic Total
Abstinence Union to-day elected the fol
lowing officers:
President—-Rev. J. M. Cleary of Min
ncapolis, vice Bishop J. B. Cotter of Win
ona. who refused to become a candidate
for re-election.
hirst Vice President--.!. M. Eogueof
Philadelphia re-elected.
Second Vice 1 ’resident—P. J. McMan
nus of Scranton, I 'a.
Third Vice President—Mrs. f.enora M.
Ixiki of St Ixiuis Mo.
Secretary Kov. A. P. Doyle of New
ton.
Treasurer—-Kcv. William McMann of
Philiadulphiu.
SPARTANBURG'S DISPENSER.
Clrouit Judge Watts Decides That He
Needs No Town License.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 3.—Circuit Judge
Watts at Spartanburg yesterday released
Dispenser I-augston, charged with selling
whisky without a license for the dis
pensary by the mayor of l.aurens, Judgo
Wutts decided that the dispensary act of
IMI3 is constitutional, coining within tho
state’s police power and that the supremo
court had never declared it unconstitu
tional. Watts is a Tlllmanlte, and at the
last session of tho legislature defeated
Hudson, wlio had previously declared the
dispuusary law unconstitutional.