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VOLUME XXVIX.
COUNCIL OF
A! "’ * auam -
Ol IS GET TOOK HER.
Preparing for South Carolina's Con*
stHiitlofia! Convention,
The convention of the “forty,” the
first democratic' body in which Till*
munites and auti-Tillmanites have as
nemhled in harmony and with equal
representation, convened at Columbia,
th G,, Wednesday afternoon. Twen¬
ty, eight out of the thirty-five counties
were represented by eighty delegates.
The novel spectacle was presented
during the day of political antagonists
who, up to a few weeks ago, were
vehemently denouncing each other,
hobnobbing and consulting in closest
Among the prominent Tillmanitea
present were Congressman McLauren,
Hetmtor MoCaJin, Finley, of New York, Senator
of Abbeville, Senator Harri¬
son, of Greenville, and Representative
MnHwoney, of Hampton. Among the
lenders of the opposing faction wore
cx-(!ongressman < Guvoiioih Hagomi George and Johnstone, Sheppard,
United .States District Attorney Mur¬
phy and Editor Gonzales, of The
Columbia State.
When-the convention was called to
order by Senator Kirkland, of Ker¬
shaw, ex-Lieutenant Governor Maul¬
din, the last of the antis to hold that
office, nominated Lieutenant Gover¬
nor Zimin* man for chairman. He
was tiDaniiBoufdy elected. After the
appointment of a committee on plat¬
form, the convention adjourned until
S p. m.
On reassembling a stirring speech,
emphasizing the duty of reconciliation
of the-'faction, which was one of the
convention’s features, was made by
th# venerable T. G. MaNussiok, of
Union. J. T. Robertson, of Abbe¬
ville, made n report for the platform,
committee.
The Basis of Agreement.
We cordially welcome other aid and
invite the co-opcratioriof all who favor
a combination of the wisdom and pa¬
triotism of tho state, regardless of fac¬
tions, in the task of reconstructing
our organic laws. In common with all
patriotic people' of the state,we lament
that tho democratic party, of the state,
bo boon long united and invincible, has
torn asunder by strife and its
unity endangered by the bitterness of
factional spirit. The causes which have
led to these unhappy results need not
now bo considered,and should not now
bo discussed. In view of tho coming
con dituhoiial convention,iu order that
the honor of the state may be preserv¬
ed and the Welfare of the people pro¬
tected and promoted, it is of vital im¬
portance that factional lines be ignor¬
ed, if not obliterated in the selection
of delegates to the convention. Thus
and thus only vnu tho new constitution
become tho bond and seal of union
among tho people of South Carolina.
Therefore, wo recommend:
1. That in the election of delegates
to the constitutional convention, only
men of prudence and patriotism bo
cliosen; and that they be divided
equally between the factions as here¬
tofore when existing un far as -practicable;
equal division is impossible',that
such fair division bo made m will best
subserve the great purpose of securing
white unity and a non--partisan consti¬
tution,
2. That we arc unalterably and irre¬
vocably pledged to the supremacy cl
Anglo-Saxon civilization in every part
ftud department of ;>nr government to
bo secured by fair and constitutional
method*., But this can only be ac¬
ple. complished by the unity of our .peo¬
3. We .have unbounded faith in the
people, mi 1 1 confidently trust them to'
select delegates to tho constitutional
convention to represent their opinions
with an eye single to their fitness for
the great work that will confront thorn.
Wilho convention a a chosen, the peo¬
ple will be satisfied with tho constitu¬
tion it will adopt.
-t. To put- the objects of this confer¬
ence into pruetic.-d effect nud to pro¬
mote the aoc< .iiplidun* nt thereof, wo
recommend tlm appointment of a state
working committee to be composed of
two from each count j - <mc from each
faction alio,-< duty it shall be forth¬
with to prepare and promulgate ft plan
of orgauir.ation of all democrats iu the
state who are in sympathy with tho
objects and ; nrpov * herein declared,
and that this committee work in con¬
junction with all other committees
having the same olqeots in view, being
always subordinate to the state demo¬
cratic executive committee.
Respectfully submitted,
J. Townes Hobertson.
Delegate Appels opposed the recoin
momliitiou for an equal division in the
comditutionnl convention, but after
speeches from George Jpustone, Mur- j
plir and Burn, l>i* amendment to lusti
tutc whelmitjgly “1 quitablo” for “equal" wus over- ;
defeated.
The dcbiife of the night was caused j
by tin- i-bji.-etion of Bev. J. A. Bligb,
ot Newberry, to the appointment of a
campaign T, committee. Rligh explained
ii.nl' vuV X '.\ U A '\ 00 -u
tteii V - ■ 1,■ 'unf" 11 •, ' 'll ’*'“u , nr< '
1 hat , , o .1 q.o,nt urnffh, r won d lm the
formation of a n*-w party antagonistic
to the regular democracy. He went ««
far fta to intimate that ho would leave
the convention mlhfcr than be it party
to such action. Senator .Finley re
M-ntcd the uinitituition that any attack
on tin; tb-no-cr.icy whs cuntcmplatcd,
and ffite. eprmffi,, *r,>m ( Monet Mur
< bar ./••‘ton, and
’ 5i " H**‘ tic
' s ' - ■' !
“WE APPLAUD THE RIGHT AMD CONDEMN THE WRONG.”
moeraey, Mr. Hiigh ceased to
kick, declaring that he understood
that the committee was simple to eo
operate with th« state cxeeutire com
jonrned. Altogether it was a sweetly
peaceful body and. a tremendous -sne
Cess from that point of view. Th
Tillman-Hemphili "in compromise pro
gramme was effect adopted, but
whether Tillman and Evans will con
seat for the forty to assume th* work
and gam the credit of carrying it out
“ —*•*”■
OEE1CEUS MET THEM
And Two of r» Bang of Would-be Train
Itobbers Killed,
Cue of the most daring, and at tho
same time most unsuccessful attempts
at train 'robbery, occurred at 2:30 it.
ni. Wednesday in the southern portion
of Kentucky, when 'six men undertook
to rob the southbound No. 3 Queen
and Uresent train, which left Cincin¬
nati at 8 p. m. Tuesday night.
One of the six was lulled outr ight,
another died within two hours, and a
third, giving the name of Miller, '.now
lies severely wounded, and the others
nave not yot been heard from. Tho
train was delayed reached not more than ten
minutes and Chattanooga on
time. 1
The reason for this summary dis¬
posal of a body of (rain robbers is
found in the fact that some intimation
of their purpose lmd been given : to
.
tho railroad or express authorities,
and that Mr. T. Ft. Griffin, who serives
uk a superintendent of police on fho
Southern road, bad with him t'wo
trusty assistants.
-The train had just reached the son',th I
cud of tunnel No, 9, which is one Hi | ile
north of Greenwood, when the robbdrs
signalled it to stop. They hod scarffie
U di clOs. d their purpose until Mr,
Griffin and his assistants on the train
began offensive operations and in ton
minutes three of the robbers had bit¬
ten the dual, the other throe hi si
flown, and the (rain 'was speeding.o)n
its' way. Not ft single injury was su?t
t'ered bv any one on the train.
TEAM OH INTRODUCES A BILL
To Prevent Discrimination on Ac conn if
of Race or Color. i
A bill introduced in the Mussaolml
setts legislature by Bepresentati vtf,
YVamoh, the colored member of tlus
committee on mercantile affairs of tliej thd
legislature which recently visited in'
south, relative to discrimination
public places on account of race or;
color, was judiciary. given a hearing by tl<c com¬
mittee on Tho bill proposes
to amend tho present laws so as to
make a person liable to fine or impris¬
onment, or both, if ho makes a dis¬
tinction, discrimination or restriction
on account of color or race, or causes
such to be made. The party who may
be so treated may collect. damages by
civil process and it is proposed to
erase the words “good cause” from
tho present statute. No decision was
reached.
THREE WEEK’S ARMISTICE.
Anil It Applies Only to Certain Lo¬
calities.
A special dispatch from Shimonoueki
mtB the three weeks’ armistice agreed
to between Japan and China applies
only to the localities of Moukden, tho
gulf of 1’{•chili and the Bh&ntnng pen¬
insular,
A dfspill eh from Hhiinono&ki to the
I’"!! Mull UnuUr says that the pros¬
pects for peace arc* very favorable. A
conference has been held between the
•b'piit *-M plenipotentiaries and Li
Flung Gluing's son-in-law, the latter
acting oil behalf of tho Chinese envoy.
A dispatch from Hong-Kong says
that the Japanese arc bombarding the
city of Tm Wan Too, the .'capital of
Formosa.
FVVE TRAIN ROBBERS BAGGED.
Bteodliouiuls Played tin Important
Partin Their Capture.
Five men arc now under arrest at
Cripple Creek, Col., charged with th?
robbery of the train on tho Florence
and Cripple Creek railway. - They arc
Bob Taylor, Frank Wallace, Lon Van -
nick, W. 8. Crumley and James Gib
son, Vauuiok, Crumby and Gib
son are employed at the Strong mine.
W. S. Crumley is the man who drove
the hack at Colorado Springe when
General Tapmey was taken from the
..Vlumo Hotel to tho outskirts of tho
city and tarred and feathtred, Bloeii
hounds -played an impoltaut part iu
tracking 1 he men.
IRON 'MEN IN CONFERENCE.
Appointed to Consider
Wages, Discount Rates, Etc.
A n umber of leading bar iron nwinu
faclurcra Illinois-aud from Ohio, Pennsylvania,
other states were in con¬
ference at Cleveland, O., Wednesday,
to consider wages, discount rates aud
other questions of interest to the
trade. A committee of live wus ap
pointed to formulate plane bearing
upon these adjourned subject* after which the
conference pending the re
port of tho eommittoe.
The Davis Will Contest Settled,
The great Davis will contest at Bntte,
Mout.. involving *7,000,000, perhaps,
him ended bv mutual consent between
the heir*. Tho will has been admitted
Vo probate und ft decree of distribution
entered subject Auite«t to revision iu the event
of t(tr a„- :r within cue J year by
*'""»*"'«*<* 1 • . . ,, t(J . ..
ft K r et men .
Serving Notices of Eviction,
An order ban been received from
Judge Sandborn authorizing ai United
Marshal White Omaha. Neb.,
j,, to the Winnebago reservation
an j r-utve notices of eviction os two
huudsed amt ««»<?tity.flvc mutter* who
i-.e<!*ipy tcnaicd tew.te »« thiMM^rrstiog,
JESUP, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1895.
’ COTTON GROW ING I N THE SOUTH
a Some 8, „ slon ,, F Corrc ~
_ f; ‘ ™“, * ’
»*»»**“ tn Regard Thereto. f
,T m ::z
P ,lr P ose of decreasing the area
Joan ted on cotton tins year, in order
that a smaller crop may be put on too
world. But a little
reflectrou will show tha utter .mpossi
!' lh 9. of effecting the desired purpobo
‘™ tbero^as vZZcTJf
a '
Ld. "hi .Snu’,®“ there are thons Zt
■
now Idvantagoof was the time to rdrmt rosnSe heavilv to
£d’the uke whLth?i the P wffi S rise i
feated. The low price of cotton is
itself working the cure. There is no
need for any concert of action,
for the men who have been using three
or four acres of land to grow a bale of
cotton cannot grow it in this way any
longer and live. Cotton as a solo crop
is done forever, just os wheat as a sole
crop is in the north. The man who
makes anything from cotton hereafter
must be a farmer, and not a mere
planter, gambling on the chance of bo
much fertilizer giving him so much
cotton. Ho must learn how to accu
runlate fertility in his soil, while get
ting increasing crops from it, and must
learn tho fact that the only way to rest
land is to keep it at work between sale
crops growing peas and crimson clover
to feed stock for raising manure for
the corn and cotton, so that the old
time practice of dribbling a little fer¬
tilizer in the furrow, for im¬
mediate effect, ean be forever
abandoned, and a generous broadcast¬
ing of the manure for the benefit of
the soil take its place. Of course the
change cannot be made all at once,
but it behooves all farmers whoso in¬
terests are in the cotton crop, and with
whom as a matter of necessity the cot¬
ton crop must be the money crop, to
begin to take measures to make it
really a money crop, the surplus crop,
but not the sole dependence for pay¬
ing all the expenses of the farm.
Tho fact that land ean bo brought
up to a high state of fertility by a
proper rotation of crops, and the use
of the cheaper forms of mineral tcrtil
izere, phosphoric acid and potash,
without tho purchase of the expensive
nitrogen, has been abundantly proved,
where the leguminous crops, like peas
and clover, have been grown between
the sale crops. Now the time to
begin to get our lands into such a
proper rotation. The southern field
or cow pea will do more for the lands
of the southern coast plain than any
plant yet discovered, ns by its growth
tho farmer is enabled to get free from
the air tho nitrogen which is so costly
when purchased in a commercial
fertilizer. Cotton needs for its
growth a well balanced fertilizer
in which potash liasja prominent place,
with a proper percentage of tho other
elements of plant food to enable the
plant to use the potash economically.
On land where no peas or other legum¬
inous crop has been grow n, it will be
jneeesswry to use a complete fertilizer,
jbut jofjpeas if we have clover previously the land grown by the a crop aid
or on
■pt mineral fertilizers, there will be no
iihe peed to buy tho costly nitroge n for
cotton crop. But it will noi do to
hssume that because the peas or clover
vjml ijiitrogen help tho land in the matter of
that it will keep the laud per¬
sfclvcs ennially fertile. The peas are thora
fliospliorio greedy consumers of potash and
l acid, and these being sup¬
plied to them they will get the rest.
i Therefore, if we want to start our
h-jud in the proper rotation for the
growth tial of the cotton crop, it is essen¬
that wo start with the pea crop,
n'id supply it with tho essentials of its
growth. Lot its start then this spring
apd tbhn sow bushel tho peas broadcast, and not less
tbjem a 300 paivuda per acre, apply to
of acid phosphate
aiqd fifty pounds of muriate of potash,
or ) 200 pounds of ICainit per acre.
TMs will give us a good growth of
pea)?, and tho best use we can make of
thejse hoy peas will bo to turn them into
or ensilage for feeding cattle.
Tiffin in September run a ent-a-way
har-row over the stubble and sow crim¬
son!. clover at the rate of fifteen pounds
per’ acre. This will grow during the
winter, and can bo plowed under in
ihe spring for corn, and the same dose
of fertilizer it.
Among tho corn plant pen?, and as
soon as the corn is off plow all under
and sow the land in winter oats with
peas for hay again, and plow the stub¬
ble for cotton the next season fertil¬
ized again with the same cheap fertil¬
izers, and sow crimson clover all
through tlie cotton at the last working,
to be out for hav in the Bpring ftud
the land put in corn again. You will
boob find that if you keep stock enough
to use up the forage you will grow* that
tiro long you will have home-made roa
rniro enough to cover your corn field
over Broadcast, and finally you will
need no artificial fertilizer except the
dressing to promote the growth of the
renovating crop of peas. The, rotation is
planned for the purpose of accumulating
fertility Tor .the cotton - crop, and at
the ettnio time grow crops that will pay
expenses and give a profit besides. I
can point now to men on tho sandy
fields of the south who are practicing
! a similar plan, and who, while grow¬
ing over a bale of cotton per acre, are
making 00. to 75 bushels of oats per
acre. *10 to DO bushels of corn, keep
well-bred stock and have smoke¬
houses full of bacon, grown and cured
as cheaply as the western farmer can
grow it, Their cotton, whatever the
price, is a profit. W. F. Masses.
Git Mlit iu Ashes.
Tl« Blautcrs’ ml mill at Groenvilio,
Mias.-, has bm-u burned to the ground,
In two hours the vast building, seed
li u . s and all the stock of oil, seed,
ml cake, acre it, n*h.-s. Lose,
insurance. «LV>00« 1'hie i#
th# fourth stentsautlv# Br$ tn «,*'«*!*•
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WASHINGTON NOTES'
ITEMS OF NEWS TICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
. nm . .
’ i n(?s am ° " Sii ° 1 1
Heads of the Government,
-
D - Tillman, of Tennessee, the
ntJW ^inn-ter W* W«hin to Ecuador, S,t»rJ».y and Mrs. (or j j
e to»
Now ^ orls - whence they will, sail for ,
South America.
Ch-neral Mat W. Hansom has left
Washington'-for the: Oity.-bf Mexico, to
assume his now position as United
States minister there, He" called-' at
tbc 'state department Saturday and
-aid good-bye to Secretary Gresham.
from whom ho received his final in
dructioiiK.
The state department has been, ra
sently advised that three shipments of
irms have been made within tho past
few weeks from the United States to
insurgents in Cuba, In one case arms
were sent from Philadelphia to Savan
uah. They were transferred at that
point to small fishing smacks,
Tiie government has decided to sur¬
vey tho Armstead land, owned by it in
south-western North Carolina, with a
view to placing it upon the market
within a few months. The tract
amounts to about 82,000 acres, and it
is said to contain valuable minerals.
Tho government originally became
possessed of the laud by taking it for
debt.
Comptroller Bowler has decided that
the “bullion roll” of the treasury de¬
partment is no longer legal and the
sixty people, mostly women, upon it
were dismissed Saturday. These ladies
were employed in counting money
sent in for redemption. The work
will have to be done by details of
clerks from the several bureaus. Many
affecting scenes were witnessed when
the final discharges '.were made.
The cruiser Montgomery has been
ordered to join Admiral Meade's
squadron. This will give him seven
vessels—tho New York, Minneapolis,
Columbia, Cincinnati, Atlauts, Italeigh
ami Montgomery—the largest* squad¬
ron of modern vessels seen on any
station for many years. The Mont¬
gomery is now at Mobile, Ala., but
will start south as soon as she coals.
At what point she will join the squad¬
ron is not known, but probably it will
be at Colon or Port Limon.
The official monthly statement of
the treasury receipts and expenditures
for March, which was issued Monday,
shows that the treasury has been near¬
ly able to hold its own during the
month. The excess of expenditures
over receipts were loss than $750,000,
for the fiscal year, to date, the defi¬
ciency is stated at $80,000,000 in
round figures. Tho receipts show an
improvement over February of about
$3,000,000, while the expenditures re¬
main about the same as for February,
Secretary Herbert has decided to
increase our navy by the addition of a
submarine, torpedo boat, Uroposals
for this vessel were invited m May,
1893, since which time the department
bus made a thorough investigation of
this type of a vessel. The contract
for the craft has been awarded to the
John P. Holland Torpedo Boat-Com¬
pany, of New York. The contract
calls for a vessel 80, feet in length, di¬
ameter 11 feet, and displacement, when
submerged, 1381 tons. The vessel is
to bo constructed of steel of domestic
manufacture and fitted with engines,
boilers and machinery of domestic
make, and is to have a speed of fifteen
knots iu light condition, fourteen
knots awash (partly submerged), and
eight knots submerged. This will bo
tho first vessel of this kind ever con¬
tracted for. The French have made
efforts in this direction, but have not
yet succeeded in building an efficient
submarine boat.
A Bent the Monetary - Conference.
There is little likelihood, consider¬
ing the attitude of England and the
administration in this country, of a
bimetallic conference. Tho "subject
was taken up at the cabinet mooting
Tuesday, and while little was given
cut enough was made public through
official sources to glean tho fact that
Sir. Cleveland denies to himself the
power Wolcott to appoint delegates under the
resolution, or to commission
those named by the house and -senate.
Tho language of the resolution is that
nine delegates shall be appointed
whenever there is an international
conference “called with a view to se¬
cure international fixity of the rela¬
tive value between gold and silver,”
etc. Mr. Cleveland claims that- Eng¬
land disavowed her intention of going
into any conference* looking to the
coinage of silver, and that sueli a con¬
ference, therefore,.- cannot have for its
primary object the fixity of the rola
live value of gold and silver.
Spain Comes to Time,
. Reports that the Spanish govern¬
ment is taking steps to meet the re¬
quests of the United States in (In- Al
hanca affair, that the commander of
the offending chip has boon relieved
from hm ship and that order.-, have
been scut to the other Sjunmh ctun
mund.-r- in Cntmi waters to ob-„ rvo
tho requirements of iaicrnatiouid law.
and to refrain from improper interfer¬
ence with the ships of the United
States or other foreign nations, has
caused much gratification in official
circles nt Was-Iungtou. Although tho
state department officials decline to
admit 1 In fuel, there n reason to be¬
lieve that the®; matters have been'
©©nimuumated to them either through
j 1 “Bed States Minister Taylor at Mate
j tul, or through Sfnor Muragua, tho
' ^pHniah mim-ter «f the impitol. Thore
I If 1,0 'bf-poAitioS in any quarter to
' ww tent Mmtimem m*
satisfactory ns far as they go, and that
the incident has already passed into a
phase where it will yield to adjustment
by ordinary methods of diplomacy.
TRADE NOTES.
Bradstreets’ Report of Business for
the Past Week.
Bradstreets’ business'the report pLt on the Condition ‘
of week savs
“General trade for the third week
in succession continues to show evi
donee of improvement. In no other
diteoti™ i, (hi. ,,, pkiol,
as te the tendency of prices. A week
ago encouragement had been obtained
a generally unexpected advice
“ cotton amt wheat. Following tht^n
s ’?^ t reaction, cotton market, the week lUrt-het has witnessed
a urm improve
ruent m wheat with a sympatnetie
influence m corn and oats, the effect
ol ' vk eh » greatly ■ emphasized this
week by advances in quotations, not
only for coke, but prospectively for
iron ore and for Bessemer pig iron, for
steel billots and actually for manufac
lured iron at western markets.
Higher quotations for cut meats west
are the outcome of restricted 'supplied
of cattle, and this is behind the fri¬
creas ed demand for shoes for fall de¬
livery, as quotations for leather con¬
tinue upward on the comparative
scarcity of hides,
“Firmness in cotton, with the late
advance, has shown itself in higher
quotations, not only for print cloths,
but other varieties of cotton goods,
some fortnight of them being &0io. higher than
a ago.
“A moderate improvement is an¬
nounced from Memphis, Nashville,
Birmingham, Atlanta and Augusta,
dry plantation goods, groceries, hardware and
supplies feeling the change
most. At Chattanooga and Savannah
the* trade is quiet, hut at Jacksonville
there has been a decrease in volume.
The movement in dry goods at New
Orleans has felt some increased de¬
mand, but shipping interests continue
disturbed. The season is backward at
Galveston, with trade only fair.’*
FRED DOUGLASS’ WILL.
The Document Filed With the Reg¬
ister in Washington,
Tho will of the late Frederick Dou¬
glass was filed with the register of
wills at Washington Friday iu answer
to the petition previously filed by llo
settft Sprague, daughter of tho Lowin de¬
ceased, to require the widow and
H. Douglass, one of the sons, io dis¬
close tho extent of the estate. The
will is a brief document of two type¬
written pages and is dated August 20,
1880. To Ms wife he leaves tho estate
situated near Washington, with all of
its furnishings, and also bequeaths her
his writings, books, . pictures, paint¬
ings, horses, carriage?, etc. Top
thousand dollars in United States
bonds and $1.0,000 in money is given to
hie daughter, Rosetta Sprague, and to
his eons, Lowin, Frederick and. Charles
Douglass, the remainder of his prop¬
erty, each to receive an equal share,
which, says the will, will amount to
about 000 each. The will bears
the signal urcs of but two witnesses,
and the laws of the district require
three. -The validity of the will is not
likely to be questioned,
RATES SOUTH OUT.
The Seaboard Announces « $10 Cut to
Georgia, Points from Now York.
Tho Seaboard Air Lino has announced
that «, $10 cut in the first-class passen¬
ger rates to Atlanta,.and the principal
points in Georgia, North and South
Carolina, has been made by it, and
that tickets purchased fit the cut rates
«re Ft good for thirty days from issue.
is understood that the Seftbeoj^l
Air Lino claims that it has been boy¬
cotted, or cut off from reaching cer¬
tain points by some of tho teg lines
whoso tracks it has to use to some
extent. This boycott, the Seaboard
people say, was unjustly instituted,,
ami there was rothieg left for them
to do but to make a rate that would
bring an increase in trawl sufficient
to make up for the loss the boycott
entailed.
SILVER ADVANCING.
The Demand for If is Active and Cot
ton is'Going Up Also.
A New York special mijs: The mar¬
ket for silver is unusually active and
nt tho board certificates rose to 67 L
The sates of 20,00i> ounces is reported,
Commercial advanced to 65 j and Mex¬
ican dollars to 52.
Tho demand is quickened by the
proclamation of armistice by the em¬
peror of Japan, which led to tho be¬
lief that pftae'e is near at hand. China,
it is supposed, will have to pay heavy
tribute in silver. Another reason for
the rise is the belief entertained in
some quarters that England will join
in the bimetallic conference, Tho
buying for speculative account bus been
quite large of late, but there is' also a
better inquiry for legitimate purposes.
POISONED SUGAR AT AUCTION
Cargo of One Million PoniiUs, Alleged
to.Contain Arsenic, Sobl fora Song,
The million pounds of sugar brought
to the Philadelphia port by and the steam¬ which
er Ite mas, from Hamburg,
it was alleged contained enough ar¬
senic to poison half of the papulatioa
of the city, was sold at miction by the
government for 3-1,000, which amount
nbi>ut covers the dut T The sugar waa
purchased by FT. H»1FV, <i Migftr
broker oi I hdadclphin.
Before the sale it was announced
that the I'l't-wwh of tho state board of
health and city board had analyzed a
portion of the sugar, but failed to find
any vaine trace of araeuio. The appraised
of the sugar was *17,725 and the
uencral value of the goods *23,263.
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Tub polar currant* cantata lew *nU
liiE. tnm tin equate*.
Subscription $1.09 Per Year.
PLANT SYSTEM
BRUNSWICK UNO WESTERN RAILROAD COMPART.
TIME TABLE 67.
10 TAKE EFFECT AT 3 40 A. 51 riUNDAY, MAW. 3rd, 1805,
mwmmri ■* HunAi> rf.
No, t XoT St j No. 1 No. 2 i No. 4 i
bi cjSu 4* SS p| ftp STATIONS, ml |||0 m if £
1', «5»! M. 1 A. M | B, *3 A '
7 43: .... & w st, tmz:: ror.: •.
s tm| s 18 3 15: :.::3r«SXfc:: Hr*n-o m: .. I f.*<
IS Tfi
t 7 24 t H *5 ....... juniftlea —. ■. •• US
f t fail t 48i f o »!■' 03! ......W*j-n«s*«t'»....... .........Atkinson
TB»! : .....*•
f f 0 13: ....... .I.ulaton........ m
US US III
f @ Sf7j 552s:n2BSsSe 55. ..... Schlattervitle...... f o IT -5117 .......
s 8 4*7 iSjAr-. ......Wayerosa......... Lv 60*1 4 50 S..........
6 2« 4fi .....Wa wrote........ Ar h 5 <’•: e 4 *i> .......:
f 1 ) 44 ; K* ...... .'..Waresboro .. .... S443: r42ir
fin or ..... Millwood;.. f 4 23; f 4 os;.,.......
no isj V-‘ .....Mi? Donald......... f 4 15; f 4'flrti -■.....
tl > 30 NW; t 11 •
10 @51 301 42 f 3W; S3Tj.......
f 10 45j Mile Tost..... II U8 4B f'3-29;........
to -Hi I ........ CHruy’s ........ M S»j 32<!.....
rww ... W illaooocheo m f 3 24-..;.......
f» 10 1 essSSk • • ■ . Alapatia .... ..... t 3 1? f PtF'’''- 3 1 • ’
fils! . ........ K.ilgm;! f »1|; f 2
11 M '• .. — BrookaiiSd ..... J1 aw
> ?>f - ' -v - * •. -• '»'* » S 11 43 50 . Ar .... Tifton ..... —Lv .5
■ 0 S3t)i........ ur V.',\ fizeej tisr v * ......-Tifton....... ....Ar
y! t ........ Ty Ty ... rise t 2 ip ........
7B 0 4»! •“Hlli fill . ..... Sumner f ta2.;' i. % Otif........
« 7 10} hit ......... Totffim f 1 ;u fir-;i.......
% 7 45} (4:: 12 ,*b; t 1 38! ........ .NaheUit...... ! t A i: 147 ......
JW f 1 K .. Willingham f ! !•' 140 ......
(15 &wm ; P 1 r,7, .. ......!i«V:»........ ill 55! f 1 32 .......
IS: 12 12 12 3* 30i 2 IK* ... ...
A. H. A. m. 1 y. m . At M.
Pullman fi—Uvular SSeapins; stop. E’—Stop on St. sisnui. TUrvct- ii*< mnait. connection Coiumbii- made at V„*i Wayrrof-s wi'k Hi....., tbrnueh
Ka-ibviUe Cars for. l.o a Is. < NailivllU? and mi 1
via Albany anti Mann, Atlanta. CliaUanoogn, At. 1 .■»!•>. via Tirum.
To points, shown viaTlfton. tlmmrh Pullman r-nr service nn both day »ri,l nl^l.i tj.-.io*-. l»i
Chair rer-t commotionTor between Wayc.rots Now "Vork, ninl Jacksonville, Montgomery Tampa liatnbrldae. and Intermedium For time points and Iteetlnin*? oilu-r
cart via
information, call on nr address.
Geo. W. CotUea, 1). p. A, U. M. l)avi(l«m, Gen’i. Pass Agt. Deo. ’Y. Wu'n . l -
Brunswu-k. tin. Jaekwoavllle, Fla. Bftutswivk. «ia,
B. W. Wrens, Pasaenger Traffic fdamtgor, SSaVunrutl*. r-'a.
EMi’EItOR AND PBINCK.
Kuiser Wi liam Proposes a Cheer for ,
Bismarck.
Emperor William paid his promised
birthday visit to F’rinee Bismarck I
Tuesday, Tho emperor alighted from ;
his special train at Anmnehle. Ac
companded by his staff, he rode from
Amnm-ale to the Schwarsenbcok cross
roads, where ho mot a squadron of tin
Halbcrstadt, Bismarck Cuirassiers and
other troops, Fiadxig himself at the
head or the troops, tho emperor led
the way. to Friedrioharnhe, where ho
waa mat by Prince Bismarck, Tfi#
ox-chancellor drove in an open carriage
to the ground where tho troops were
stationed. He wore a helmet* and tec
uniform of Halbcrstadt-.
When tho emperor, at the head of
tile troops, arrived at the castle, the
soldiers lormed a half moon in an
opcu field. Tho rain fell heavily, but
the kaiser sat upon Jiia horse and
l rinee Bismarck stood by the side of
his carriage within tho curve of the
military crescent. I he emperor sain
ted Prince Bismarck and addressed
him as follows;
“Your serene highness, our entire
fatherland is prepared to celebrate
your birthday, in which celebration f
have the honor to take part today at
the head of tho army to which your
grace. belongs. The troops hero as
Bumbled are a symbol of the entire
army. Each field standard is repro
seated, and 1 recognize that behind
these troops is tho militia, comprising
ail the German people united. This
is the field standard of the elector of
Brandenburg, n field of success I
could not find a better i-ru cut for you
than n sword, a symbol of the inetrn
ment which youhelp.-dmy grandfather
to forge, sharpen aud wield. It is the
symbol of au historic tune, of “blood
and iron.” It is that means which
never fails in tho hands of kings ami
princes, also against home foes, and
as has, been tested, against foreign on
otmes. In memory of that memorable
time you will recognize the arms of
Alsace-Lorraine, which form the end
of a chapter of history of twenty-five
years. With that remembrance I call
upon the soldiers to present arms.
Prince Bismarck, hurrah!”
As the troops presented arms, the i
bands played, the soldiers shouted and :
I’rincn Bismarck cried. Kecovcring i
his composure, tho ex-chancellor said:
“I am unable to thank your majesty
for this unparalleled honor.” I
He then kissed the kaiser’s hand and j
Ms majesty urged him to mount bis ,
carriage, which Prince Bismarck did :
only when tho crown prince had first i
entered the vehicle and taken a scat to ;
the right. Then the ex-chancellor, j
escorted by the emperor, drove in front .
of the troops, ami, after the rounds ;
had been made, the troops filed past
Prince Bismarck, the emperor person- |
ally leading Bismarck’s Cuirassiers. i
A MASS MEETING.
Nashville Citizens Issue a Call for One
to Instruct Representutives.
The following petition and cad for a
mass .meeting has been circulated, in
Nashville on some of the streets
signatures;
Believing that present unfortunate
contest for the Office of governor has
come to ban state gricvauco which ini
perils our good name abroad, and
threatens disaster to dear interests at
home, aud seeing that the question t«
no longer one - t fraud at the p-lte, but
an innocent oana i -i*u: which was
general all over .the state, and applies
to b>-Ui parti'-, alsk-. wc, a,-democrats
of Davidson county, humbly unite ill
mill log a public rm-ctiuA «t the tabor
uncle iu tin city of Nashville <>n Tuts
day, the 3d day of April. nt
night, wb' may a form-ii way
la tuiyu o.R- .... mb. rs of the. general
; assembly, and - fpccndly tic members
,
; rt yp, <,nr coUBtv, for a redruw of
j grievanetw, % ending the contest and
Riviag Mr Esaus tbt . which tho
; rtturM i. H , , Vil? Gccfcil to. '
j • —
| Miners In Favor of Striking.
The miners of Iha DuBois, Penn.,
j aj«trict held a closed meeting Wcduea
q, lT> j.,„ t re f, T *rd to divulge Inroad," anv pro
endings. H has hmi how
; •v«r, that many n& of tk* mimpr* favor *
mm t** 1 sfim
NUMBER 14.
AN AH MI,STICK
WHICH JAPAN WILL ACCEPT ON
CERT A l N CON DJT 1 ON sj.
In th* Meantime Hostilities Between
the Two Nations Will Cease,
The followins^tciegrnm was received.
Friday afternoon by tin* Japanese h>
gution at Wu-hiuirtoii from tho -liq ,• -
esc foreign office :
“On the opening of the negotiations,
tho Chinese plenipotentiary proposed
an armistice, which tho Japanese gov*
eminent was willing to accept <ui fer¬
tain conditions. While tl, . i* * i
tion was going on tho untoward event
happened on the person of the Chinese
plenipotentiary. His majesty, the
emperor, having in view this unhappy
occurrence, commanded the Japanese
plenipotentiaries to consent to a tem
penny armistice without condition,
*j*B iw was communicated to the Ghineso
plenipotentiary.”
Confirmation of tho Armistice.
The London /' ; ee .*- :-.hv- if I!,,;'-’-!'
stood that official news of the armi-tieo
has been received in Loudon, and con
tains this dispatch from Phi monos, la:
“Li Hung Chang progresta s admirably
and the condition of liis wound is sat
factory. Letters of sympathy, presents
nud deputations continue to arrive from
u ji classes of the Japanese community,
'fho Japanese physician, L niguro,wln>
j w attending Li, patient. reports the favorable
progress of his Tim antweptio
treatment is fully effectual and there is
to discharge from th© wound. The
pulse and temperature are normal, and'
, to fiuther anxiety m-cd bo felt.”
The 7'ioo ..' is informed from Shang
ka'i: ' “Admiral lio bombarded tho
( , a8 , furts 0 f ,d Pescadores
island*!, on March ill. A thousand
troops were lauded and attacked the
SMme fort, which dominated the
others. Tho Chiu, so evacuated it, du
f j D g the night and the JajuMiow:- cn
terod it at 6 o'clock the next morning,
Thev turned tho guns on tho other
forts, but gut no j.plv. Ono «.r tho
astern forte cxplod -d teffir, if wan
taken. A thousand Chim re were mp
tured; the remainder vru -’Ion lb
mmpt > hi junk-. The Jai u * lost
ont , and twenty-seven wounded,
There arc thirlv-ono Japanese vessels
now at Formoaa. The black flaps are
st .j> j n ^iont to foreigners in the
‘'‘From Peking it is reported that
n nng Chfutffi* a .-.liiaat d- if d to
avenge the execution of his brother in
Tiou-Tsen nt th- be-*, inning of tho war,
The officiate in P*. cut t ir* , 11 . t •
; v The prospects of a M-tth-went are
as doubHu!, FYihcc Kui.ff
is much worn and lifts biffin five days
leave of absence.”
RATES SOI I II CUT.
rim Smtim.trd Aunonm- - a @i.u <’ut to
(Itargiii 'Points from New York.
The Seaboard Ai>- Lim-ha- >iMi<mn<*c.l
a $10 cur iu the fir-t pn iSssen
u?ra tcs to AUuntn. and the prim-qmi South
points in Georgia. North und
Carolina, bus been nm-i- I > it, und
that tickets pureiiafced at ih* cut rotes
llt .. ^ood 'ia for thirty darn it m u-.i .
It undfXi.timd that tie. s.-iib-crd
Air Line claims that it 1ms b- *. hoy
cotted, or cut off front reaching ml
tain points by some of - the l-t lin
vfaos,, track-’it rm« to > t*- m*
extent. This boycott, U r- 1 .11 1
anil"there" people' mir, aa n qi< L iitetJiutcJ,
was not! . u - Mi for ih-m
io d., but to nui,- n rule limt would
lying mi iticn a- * in travel sufficient
to uiuko up ter the low the boycott
Mlvt .... ' r Advance , ,
After the official prim had ■- n uxed
in Loudon at 39|, silver was quote 1 nt
last Tuesday, buyers forward
months until Decendwr In the opin
ion oi au eminent firm dealing m bul
lion all will bo held A the peace lu-ru
Itottena bs«wn« Chin*
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