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iJ. iEORGIA NEWS ITEMS Interesting Happenings In the f?tate Gathered at Random. Truitt*# Cotton Mr. George W. Trnitt, of Tronp county, who antagonized ihe mill esti- mate last year by cue which only miss- ed the truth by a few thousand halos, is again in the Hold. “I figure ont,” said he, “that the crop bo now coming into market will not over 9,250,000 hales. This is tbo maximnm. There are conditions aheal of ns which may pull even this eiti- mate down “For 19012 w-e w,ll again have a short crop. The exodns of negro labor to engage iWother callings, the indif- ferenee whiniralways fs seizes upon them when there plenty-in the land, will keep the crop down. The desire of land owners to increase their acreage will be more than offset I y the failure of the negroes to work. •Aiitugtrt Mill# Shut flown. The King and Sibley Mills, Angus- fa’s ftvo largest cotton factories, have been! temporarily shut down. They will >levote two weeks to n ak ng some repots and hope that in this time the priceol cotton goods may have changed so a, to have enabled them to rim again without serious loss. Oijg ^ini* Stork Exhibit PromUwl. feature of the Southern Inter- stall, fair, to be held in Atlanta, lint bas r,i ( imUittle attention during the past eJ^Hpriuterest OumB■;« and one that bids fair eiven^Wsimilar to aud faivsBll feature.! at former be the Mock exhibit. Already njqdfctions pri^leut have been received from ^Kr breeders aud stock raisers nil the Country for every inch of su^kom staRef on the grounds, ill be bnilt if nec«s- RKf^ockaien o w to aeeom- Ib'clfl,, who wish to exhibit; ieorg »’* “Noble Example.*' T. A Cl l«^er just received from Mr. L, nbertm, chairman of theoxecuj- tive rosimittee of one hundred in New York, fays; “Ibe noble example olf OeorgAis wo* becoming au inspiration t^) our in other parts of the country. We argnow seeking to orgauizi more than ofo northern slate essentially on thi ’ I’' an - Y farther extract says: “The pros- pc it i>the coming llie harvest is far from natiM fiAory , wanted, emaciated peasant farmer*, tbeir men being dead, Jfpve not been .able to properly }>refit*, their lands. In many in- stu they nnvfc not »»e< n to procure the proper seed in proper quantities. This condition necessitates crops far below the average. Ami now I*, “PI*"*, ,hat drought may return. There can bo no doubt that the situa¬ tion after next November will bo in¬ tensely 'distressful.” Faction# Most A%r ce. Chairman F. G. duBignon, of the Democratic state executive committee, rays that Chatham couniy comes with¬ in the receut provisions of the state Committee with regard to organization. i'llalham has been unable to get a new executive committee so f.ir, owing to ‘ho disagreement between the local factions, which has been quite bitter, Mr. duBignon informs tho of both factions that they must edmio fo somo agreement within the nextjfew .lavs, and if they fail to do eo, lie {rill K.rder au election held for the purpose -f selecting an executive committee. Bo far the local factions havo been; nn- able to come anywhere near an agree¬ ment. i , America, xiay Build Plant, Unless the A irginia-Carolina Clfem- icai company decides to operatej its fertilizer plant in Americas a local company Mauds ready to build bnc. The splendid plant which was built mid operated by a home company was sold to tho great gu mo trust. A (tear ago one of the buildings was burned and since that time the plant h - , n closed down aud much of the machine- jy removed to Macon. To Cate For Troup*# (Irave. S< me days ago the Young M cn's Business League of Dublin inaugnrat- ,-,l a movement to exhume the remains of Governor George M. Troup, which are buried just over the line of 1,aureus in Montgomery county , .and riinter them in Dublin. To do (his the consent of his njear- est relatives was necessary It. and alii J but o,ii , as gwen . assen . . * o V' . F _ ' *! uB • !" ues a P le 0 11 I,," [Tt 8 0 o *- In 0< A J )r (f 1B congussmeD, can o , s f i nl, o fierals e preseu and a other ie prominent re n erni cit . zjjus 8 to TJ o\erno c ias nl«*be ,n n ^ A! Dnbf _Jr )a . ' , pijope Ie tax omrv- PK wts ■ ■'ll 17 I . _ ’zism OIL ! j- *«# 'll ii v . 113.50. ( H»n. #»lil P. Shannon P>-»<1. Hon. Jolm P. Shannon died at El- berton disease, Sn lie nday morning of Bright’s had been ill for some months, but his death was not etpect- *o soon, He retired Saturday night baling died »bo>tt as well as usnul. rather suddenly at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, Shannon Colonel was born in Elber- ton in 185) and has been ono of El- barton's most prominent and beloved Mi*ens., dentlal He was at one time a nrosi- elector of the eighth d.strn it, * "be* 1,e flrst Cleveland Tl,,a was a Candida h,s nl o for *l mo - »«* ” y l>°- M* 1 °«oe. Three years ago he was ? f * he Kn ’S b,B of n ° nor ,°. f the l!n,,e<1 SlBt, ‘ ! '- B!,tl I* , reC8 f ^ was re-elected to (hat |P OB1 ;,, 'iou, < Ntlii ml I Jo i*d ISM* The finance committee of the Mon¬ roe oily council met nnd opened the hid* for the purchase of the issue of $10,1)00 school bonds. Inquiries had been made by bond people over the country and ranch interest was manifested in the sale. There were '"•A'’* bh’s handed in . to the commit- tc< ’- an< ' of * b "“ ) 1,10 1,1,1 <> f Mr. R ihy the Roblneepi, of At aotn, was found to be highest, offering a very handsome premium on the C per cent bonds. i Fanner.® ta Btrct. Th-i Cotton Grower-’ Protective As rociatiou of Columbia county will met t and organize at Appling on Sep teruber 2Dlb. Four fifths of the farm- <*rs of tho comity are expected to nt- tend. There will also be a delegation from the Augusta exchange and board of trade. Also a delegation from Thom- Colujmh a county is ono of the tavg- est c >tton growi.ij counties in tho > tatc. T»rt>ior To Sprnk lit Amorim®. lion, John II. Trayor, Populist nominee for g irornor, will speuk in Americas on the 27th iusf. HEAR AT OTHER POINTS. Number of Victim# of Storm nnd Flood OuUliie of City of Galteiton, Following is a revised list of people killed in the gulf coast storm otttside of Galveston: At Arcadie, one; at Alvin, three; on Choco | ato C reek, four; at Mnrvil, , hree; on Mustang Creek, one; Area- n , ne j AngletoD, six; lirookside* ^ wo . Columbia, f°u r » Dickinson, ten; #t Hitchcock, 42; League City, three; flt Morgan Point, two; at Patton, 23; Ruint an t 0# 21; Rosenberg, 19; Rich- mondf 18; nt Sandy Point, eight; at SeBbrook(1) 13; at Virginia Point, 13; Mos „ ing Section, 15; at Velasco, five. ar „ id tot> , 2 10. 10 SHIELD A “FRIEND.” fthottago of *20,01)0 1# Found Aftor Sul- rldo of n Hunk Teller. A shortage of $20,009 in the Union National hank at Chicago was discov- ered Monday through an investigation prompted by the suicide Sunday of i, }eo r e° ,, S Forbe _ , *; ■••’Her . of the bank, . ' I,(,r bc8 , wro,< a farewel no,e to hlB IU0, 1 lcr 1,1 nhich , , he said. - i w,.* weak and let the one I con- f" 3 ”*' 1 ni ? beHt fr,e “ a « et mto f ou jl °- 3 , havo " ot hnn R,nce 1,16 of September and do not , know where lie is,’ fi orbe * 80,0 crlm -> tbo bank officials , be ' lev<1 was 111 coverln * “P ,bo ac ' ' C0 | ln ' B of ,bo ‘‘to 01 " 1, ri;,cre<1 t0 ’ / GUEAT IMUTAIX RECLINES. / KijglnnU Tlnwlly S,>ml. an Answer t« line- .tan Proposition to Quit I'ekln. A London dispatch of Thursday says: “Great Britain's reply to tho Russian proposition for the evacuation of Pekin was sent two days ago, and, as the Associated Press forecasted, Great Bi priior itain declines to evacuate Pekin to receiving satisfactory gnnran- from the Chinese government for U|e“fnlfillment I of certain conditions." ------—-- (wrnegie Rives Check For $10,000. Tbe Carnegie Steel company, at P ttsbnrg, Ta,, has contributed $10,- Of 0 to the fund for the relief of Gal- vc stop storm offerers. * ORDERS rf NO! 777u ISSUE! am . I - Ch«ffre Withheld b>» ,r «' ,,on « *® and I ^rivi" ln Chine.. Aff.»ir« Averted, A Washington special says: The ctisis that was near at hand Wednes- (layover , ,, the evacuation ,• proposal , of; , . the Russian government has been averted for a time at least, and the diplomatic side of the matter has be- come again « the object J of attention. Th6 oHer to (}encral chaffee to leave at once, which was expected in gome quarters, did not itmie Thurs- lay. Instead, earnest efforts are making to arrange the preliminaries f or (He negotiations which are expected finally to settle the Chinese troubles, SOUTHERN BOOKS SELECTED. fconth CuroUna Htata Board of Education Make# Clean Sweep. The agitat on for southern ...... books for southern children has had an effect on South Carolina state hoard of edn.- and in adopting books to be in the public schools till July 1, it has made a clean sweep. A Ya., firm gets the contract ^Stories. famishing all the readers and UHL ma ll of these books are by southern ^■s and the special history provided Kns, indorsed by the Confederate who have taken a lively in- this matter. No L other books hso selected can 1 used in the K>f the state. ADEL. BERRIEN COUNTY, C.A., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2!. 1900. LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE Formulated by Hon. W. J. Bryan and Transmitted To Chairman Richardson, of Democratic Noti¬ fication Committee— Its Germane Points. Following arc the germane features Mon. W. J, Bryan s letter accepting (he Dembdratio nomination for presi¬ dent which was given out Monday: Lincoln, Nr», September 17.— Hon. James D. Richardson, Chairman, and Others of the Notification Com¬ mittee of the Democratic National Convention—Gentlemen: In accept¬ ing Ibe nomination tendered by you on behalf of the Democratic parly, I beg to assure honor you of my appreciation by of the great conferred upon me the delegates in convention assembled, and by the voters who gave instruc¬ tion to delegates. I am sensible of the responsibilities which test ttpou the chief magistrate of so great a nation, and realize tho far-reaching effect of the questions in¬ volved in the present contest. Iu my letter of acceptance cf 1896, I made the following pledge: “So deeply am I impressed with the magnitude of the power Vested by tho constitution In the chief executive of tho nation and with the enormous in¬ fluence which he can wield for tbO benefit or injury of the people, that I wish to enter the office, if elected, free from any personal desire, except Ibe desire to prove worthy of the confi¬ dence of my countrymen. Human judgment is fallible enough when un¬ biased by selfish considerations, and, in order that I may not be tempted to nse the patronage of the office to ad¬ vance my personal ambition, I hereby aunouuce, with all the emphasis which words eao express, my fixed deteftnina* tiou not, under any circumstances, to be a candidate for re-election, iu case tins campaign results in tny election.” Further reflection aud observation constrain me to renew adopted this pledge. The platform at Kanstis Oily commands ihy cordial and un¬ qualified approval. It courageously meets the issues now before the try, nnd states clearly and without ambignitv the parly's position on every question considered. by a convention which assembled on j the anniversary of the signing of the i declaration of candor, Independence,it independence breathes ] the spirit of nnd patriotism which characterizes those, who, at Philadelphia in 1776, prownl- gated the creed of the republic. Having in my notification speech discussed somewhat, ut length the paramount issue, imperialism, and added some observations on militarism and the Boer war, it is sufficient at tbi< lime to review the remaining plonks of the platform. TtttisT questions;. The platform very properly gives prominence to ibe trust question. The appalling growth o! (luring combinations in restraint, of trade the present administration, proves conclusively lacks that (ho Republican party either the desire or the ability to deal with the question effectively. INTERSTATE COMMERCE. The Republican party bas tently refused to comply with tbo ur¬ gent request of tho interstate merce commission, for such an en¬ largement of tho scope of the inter state commerce law as will enable the commission to realize the hopes arous¬ ed by Us creation. The Democratic party is pledged to legislation which will empower the commission to pro¬ tect individuals and communities from discrimination, and the public at large from unjust and unfair tiausporfation rates. tfie financial plank. -ppo platform reiterates the demand contained in. the Chicago platform for n n American financial system made by tho American people for themselves. The purpose of such a system is to restore aud maintain a bimetallic levol 0 f prices, nnd in order that there may g 0 „ 0 uncertainty as to the method of rog t or j D g bimetallism, the specific de- c i nra tinri in favor of free and nnlimit- ed coinage at the existing ratio of 16 to 1, independent of the action of otk- er nations, ib repeated. Now the Republican parly, for the '’ of mP the ' °P double el, ly abandons standard, its and adyo- cacy m- dorses the monetary system which it ha „ 80 0 ft en an d so emphatically con- detuned. The Democratic party, on the contrary, remains the steadfast INDIANS THREATEN TROUBLE. p,., in Colorado xfen.c. Hetil.iw In San M.gu.-i c«n,ir. An Indian outbreak is threatened in San Migncl county, Colorado, accord- ingt0 a *i ifpatc h received by Governor Thomas Monday. The information Avas contained in a letter from the poetmaa- ter at Cedar, Col. The governor sent a telegram to the secretary of the interior demanding that steps be taken to protect the set¬ tlers. Telegrams to Indian agents and game wardens asking them to investi¬ gate affairs at Cedar were also sent by the / governor. The nearest troops are t Duche8 ne. Utah. Price of Coal Advances. The effects of the anthracite coal miners' btrifce have already been felt j n Chicago. Every dealer in the city raised the price Monday from S6.25 to 57, This is only the beginning of what is expected if the strike continues. ,,0O<! from ^ Galveston 0r l l ’ sUtes that . the .. News city now has a fairly good water ser- vice, will have eleetno hghts in part of the business portion at once and that * f«w street cars are running. ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM. advocate constitution, of the gold and is silvef coinage of the and nut willing that other nations shall determine for us the time and manner of restoring silver to its ancient place as a standard money. The ratio of 1(1 to 1 is not only the ratio now existing betwoou all ilio gold and silver dollars iu circula¬ tion iu this country, n ratio which even tho Republican administration has not attempted to change, but it is the only fotio advocated by thoso who are seek¬ ing to reopen the mints, The demand for a constitutional amendment providing for the election of senators by direct vote of the peo¬ ple appears for the first time in a Democratic platform. New eoudith its have made it imperative that thepeoplo be permitted to speak directly in tbo selection of their representatives in tho senate. The platform iudorsos tho principle of direct legislation. This is already applied to the more important ques¬ tions iu nation, stnto and city. The platform renows the demand for arbitration between corporations nnd their employees. I Cnnhot too strongly emphasize the importance of tho platform recom¬ mendation of the establishment of a department of labor,with a member of the cabinet at its head. The Chinese exclusion act lms prov¬ en an advantage io the country, and its continuance and strict enforce- ment, as well ns its extension to other similar races, are imperatively neces¬ sary. The party expresses its pride in the soldiers nnd sailors of ottr wars, and declares its purpose to deal generously with them aud their dependents. A liberal policy is natural depends and necessary in a government which on its citizen soldiery, instead of a largo standing army. . The Democratic party is in favor of the immediate construction, owncr- *bip nnd control of the Nicarnttga onnnl by tbo United States, T here will bo a popular acquiescence 11 the demand for home rule, and a territorial form of government in Alaska nnd Porto llico. Both are en- to local self-government and representation iu congress, The recognition contained in both 'ho Democratic and Republican plat- fo. ms of tlio right of the Cubans to independence principle removes the general involved from the domaiu of partisan politics. It is proper, liow- over, to consider whether tho nccum- jdisliroent of this purpose can be safely entrusted to tne Republican ar af, cr it has to tho allure¬ ments of the colonial idea aud aban¬ doned its earlier faith in the natural and inalienable rights of man. The reasons given by Washington, Jefferson and the other statesmen of that early days in support of the doc¬ trine we should maintain friendly re¬ lations with all nations, hut enter into entangling alliances with none, are even stronger today than they were a hundred years ago. We cannot con¬ nect ourselves with European nations, and share in their jealousies and am¬ bitious without losing tho peculiar advantage which ottr location, our character and ottr institutions give us in tho world's affairs. The doctrine enunciated by Monroe and approved by succeeding presi¬ dents is essential to the welfare of the United Stales. By iuadv'.rtcnce the income tax plank agreed upon by the resolutions com¬ mittee was omitted from the platform a? read and adopted. The subject,how¬ ever, is covered by the reaffirmation of the Chicago platform, and 1 take this occasion to reassert my belief iu the principle which underlies the in¬ come tax. iMrnnuniSM. The subjects, however, treated in this letter, important as each may seem in itself, do not press so imperatively for solution as the question which tho platform declares to be the paramount issue in ibis campaign. Whether we shall adhere to, or abandon those ideas of government which have dis¬ tinguished this nation from other na¬ tions and given to its history its pecu¬ liar charm and valne, is a question the settlement of which cannot be delayed. No other question can approach it in importance; no other question demands such immediate consideration. CREMATED IN NURSERY. Six Sal%'atIon Anny l’eoplo Lose ThoJr J.iv'e# In a Fire at Cincinnati. A branch nursery of the Salvation at No. 403 East Front street-, burned Monday evening six persons were killed, two fatal¬ injured and four serionsly injured. the dead bodies were burned to a AH the victims and thoso injured in the nursery, except one, Hawkins, who went to the res¬ of his orphans. There wore twentty the nursery on the upper floors at the of the fire and eight of them es¬ without injury. THE I. 0. 0. F. GRAND LODGE Hold# 11# Pf-venly-Sixth Commnnicatlon In Richmond, Virginia. The seventy-sixth communication of the sovereign grand lodge, Independ¬ Order of Odd Fellows, commenced Richmond, Va., Monday. The at- was large, the enthusiasm and the weather perfect. The bids fair to be the most suc¬ in the unnals of the great or^ BILL ARP’S LETTER. Passing Away of Friends Causes Bartow Man to Ruminate. THREE GAVE UP LIFE ON SAME DAY Tliey Were Colonels Moore, Mynatt nnd l>r. Goetclilu. Alt GOiiil Hea. How like a Imtlerlly onr thoughts flit from flower to flower feeding upon the ever-chauging mental foods. Sometimes they soar to heaven or nes¬ tle among tho stars, but their home is here among our people, our friends and kindred nnd tho concerns of our daily life. Who has not wondered how he canle to bo thinking of this thing or that and traced it back to somelhiug wholly irrelevant, but lead¬ ing it on by shadowy Hues. But a lit¬ tle while ago I was sadly thinking about the sudden death of three more of ray good friends—friends whom I loved and everybody loved who knew them. Mr. Moore, of Au- tmrn; Colonel Mynatt, of Atlanta, and Dr. Goetchius, of Home, left ns on the same tho day. They were good men nnd world was made better by their presence. Goetchius, I was thinking especially ajbotit Dr. the preacher, whose jour¬ ney and destination was so suddenly changed, for lie had bought his tickot for Tallulah Falls, there to spend his vacation, and was to take the train at 3 o’clock. He rose from his bed at 2 and at 3 ho was dead and his spirit soaring heavenward. Then I thought about Mrs. Barbauld's lines thut fit so well! “Ltfel we linvo been long together In pleasant and In cloudy weather; 'Tls hard to part when friends aro dear, Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh or tear. Then Steal rtWny—giVo llttlo warning; Choose thin') own time, Say not goodnight, but in some brighter Him o Did me good morning.” Then I ruminated about that, won¬ derful woman. How she was the first to write story books for the children nnd hymns for the church aud how her 1 fc children was spent-in tlio schoolroom among lire that she loved. And then I recalled thut beautiful hymn thatsho wrote: “How blest tho rtghteou.i whon ho dies, When sinks tho weary soul to rest. How mildly Imam tho closing eyes, How gently heaves the expiring breast.” And then I thought of the words of Balaam, Upon which tlmt hymn was founded, “Ohl may I die the death of the righteous and may lily last end bo like His.” Aud this reminded me of those other words of Balaam? “What bath God wrought?” That was the first mes¬ sage sent over a telegraph wire. It was sent from Washington to Balti¬ more by Miss Anna Ellsworth, the daughter of the commissioner of pat¬ ents. She had been very kind to Professor Morse and bo had promised that she should send the first mes¬ sage. This was sent on the 24th day of May, 1844, and two days later Balli- the second messago was sent from more to Washington, announcing that James K. Polk had been nominated for president. I I remember all this, for was in college then. But still the people were incredulous and waited for the mail train to bring (ho news. Then I ru¬ minated on the hard lot of great in¬ ventors, and how Morse spent all of his small estate and received but little encourngoment, beiug so utterly poor that he had to go without food at times for twenty-four hours, and how lio pleaded with congress for three years in vain for an appropriation to help him perfect and build a line to Balti¬ more—and bow at the very last, when he was in despair and had given up all hope, congress did at midnight, on the last $30,000, dav of the session, Ellsworth liass Hie bill for and Anna came runn ing to him in delighted haste aud told him the good news. What an agonizing life he had led during all these yearB, for he had been refused help nt home and had been to England and to France fn search of it and found it not. jssitras i. “r — it was refused and he was constrained to sell to private parties, en invention that Boon came to be worth one hun¬ dred millions. But he died full of years and full of honors, aud even France made him a donation of 400,- 000 francs. What a wonderful man— perhaps the greatest all around that ever lived—-for he was a painter of d>s- tinotion and renown, the pupil and Ihe peer of Allston and West and fhe city of Charleston was hi* best friend and patron and has now bis portraits of Monroe and LaFoyette. He war a sculptor, an architect, a philosopher and a poet, and would have-, reached the top in all had he not become so ah sorbed in harnessing the U ;htning. As a matter of course he was kept in litiga¬ tion several years and other parties tried to steal Ins invention, but the supreme court of the United States did finally affirm everything that ho claimed. He died in 1872 in his eighty- first year. rested for awhile Here my thoughts Goetchius and then returned to Dr. and the many other friends who havo gone before and have left me almost alone. How fondly onr minds cling to the friends of onr mates—aud youth—onr schoolmates and college every now and then wo hear of an- other who has dropped out gf jine, nnd liko tbo barber in n barber shop, >>ld Father 'litno .wki-pers "next.'* My dcnr old friend Jim Warren still lives to greet me whon I come and so does Chess Howard and Dr, Alexander and his brother and Evan Howell. Then I recalled the grand and bcauti- fnl words of Ingalls spoken in his eulogy ''The on Senator Beck. right to livo is, in human estimation, the moBt sacred, the most inviolable, the most iualieu- nble, The joy of living in such a splendid and luminous day as this is inconceivable. To exist is exulta¬ tion. 'To live forever is onr anblimest hope. To know, to lover to achieve, to triumph, is rapture; and yet wo urn all under seutence of death. Without a trial or opportunity of defense, with no knowledge of the accuser or the nature and causo of the accusation; without being confronted with the witnesses against us, we have been summoned to the bav of life and con¬ demned to death. 'There is neither exculpation nor appeal. The tender mother cries passionately for mercy for her first born, but there is no clemency. The craven felon sul¬ lenly prays for a moment in which to be aneled, but there is no reprieve. The soul helplessly beats its wings up¬ on the bars, shudders and disappears. “But the death of a good man is not «n inconsolable lamentation. It is a strain of triumph and he may ex¬ claim with the Roman poet, 'Non omnis Moriar,’ and turning to the slleut and unknown future can rely with just and reasonable confidence upon that most impressive assurance ever delivered to the humau race, ‘He that beliavoth in me, though he were dead, yet shall ho live and whosoever liveth aud believeth in me shall never die.’ ” Mr. Ingalls might have added one more shadow to his dark picture of death by saying that he not only con¬ demned ub without trial or witnesses or an accuser,but the pitiless old rascal would not even give the date of our execution nor the manner of it. We are to die, that is certaiu, but when or how or where we know not. Think of Dr. Goetchius, dressed at 2 o’clock with pleasant anticipations of a rest at Tallulah, amid Ibe sound of falling waters that soothe the soul, blit with¬ in au hour ho was a kelploss, lifeless corpse. Senator Ingalls was a gifted man — not a word painter, but a thought en¬ graver. For years he was our enemy and harbored prejudice against onr people, but after be had visited Texas and studied the negro and his raeo traits, he returned homo and declared that he was unfit and unworthy of freedom or any political franchise. But enough of this. Now let me add that up to this date I have re¬ ceived oue hundred and seventeen copies of the poem that I asked for, and the number increases with every mail. They have come from every southern state. I began to write pleasant Words and thanks to those who have troubled themselves to please me, but I have had to stop, for uiyold eyes are weak and mv hand gets tired. I can only thank them all at once ami say how grateful I am that so many know what I did not know. It hum¬ bles my pride and tnkes away some of my vanity. Some of my scattered friends give the authorship to Miss Flora Hastings, Queen Victoria’s maid of honor, and some to George D. Prentice, and oue to S. S. Proutis, but the largo major¬ ity are correct in naming Charles Mackay. He was born in Perth, Scotland, iu 1812, and during our civil war was the American corre¬ spondent of The London Times. He easily stood first among the modern English poets, and was the author of many prose works.—Btnn Anr in At¬ lanta Constitution. BLOODY WORK CONTINUES. Vanatlcisl Chinos* Keep Up Wholeaal* Murder of Missionaries. A London special says: All the cor¬ respondents in Cl-iina are sending ter¬ rible stories of the wholesale massacre of missionaries and native Christians. It is asserted that during July between 15,000 aud 20,000 converts were mas¬ sacred in the northern provinces. Large numbers of missionaries are still unaccounted for. Native reports are subject to the most careful scrutiny, with the result that although there mny lio some aggeration, it is impossible to doubt ,n »—«« Committee Canvasses Wetnrns of the Re¬ cent Primary Xn South Carolina. A Columbia special says. The state executive committee Friday night can- vft88C d the returns of the late primary. >L vo te for governor was 88,775, ftt) Governor McSweeney’s majority OT i r Colonel Hoyt was 13,951. .GoU'riN James Tillman received 18,- g(;2 votes than Colonel Sloane f 0 /]\cj tenant governor. J. H. Wliar- ,j e / ea ted W. D. Evans, present ^ c ihairin% of 'he railroad commission, 'jbAcarborough Lieutenant Governor B, g. ^>ngre»s defeats James Norton f or by 1,071. IiA&KAWANNA MINERS OUT. Anticipate tho Great Strike Order By Thi«« A special from Scranton, Pa., says: On Friday, three days before the strike order went into effect, 15,000 of the 30,000 miners went on a strike; twenty- one of the ninety-seven collieries were forced into idleness and by noon Bat- urday nearly all of the collieries of the Lackawanna region were one by one forced to suspend, until only a few of them were doing anything at all and these few were badly crippled by shortage of hands. _ NO. 30. PURSES OPEN TO GALVESTON People of the Connfry Vie With Each Oilier In Extending Help. CASH ANB PROVISIONS POUR IN Condition of City Is Still AppalHngf and Unearthing of Dead Bodies Continue—Anarchy Ended. From all parts of the United States and many portions of England many thousands of dollars ore pouring into Houston for the relief of Texas’ desti¬ tute storm sufferers. Train loads of provisions nnd clothing are also hurry¬ ing towards Galveston, and those of tho refugees who have arrived in Houston are being made as comfort¬ able a s possible. Estimates of tho number of dead still vary. Mayor Jones, of Galvoston, main¬ tains his opinion, given earlier, Hint tho number will be no less than At* thousand. Property losses are mount¬ ing higher ns further details arrive and somo estimate for the city of Gal¬ veston reach as high as twenty million dollars. There are 25,000 liomeles. people iu tho city to be taken care of, nnd it is a question whether Galveston can or will rebuilt. There seems to be n disposition on the part of the leading citizens, howover, to start res¬ olutely where tho storm left off and raise a new city from tbo ruins of the old. Tho military is patrolling the streets nnd looting has been given a set-baek. Several additional cases have been re¬ ported where vandals have boon shot down while robbing the dead, but troops aro rapidly gaining contxol of the lawless demont. Though tlio city appears to be piti¬ lessly desolated, the authorities and the comme.rcinl and industrial interest# aro sotting their forces to work nnd s start has at least been made toward tho resumption of business on a mod¬ erate scale. Tho liquor saloons have at least temporarily gone out of the business, aud every strong-limbed man who has not bis own humble abode to lock after is beiug pressed into service so that, first of all, the water service may bo resumed, the gutters flashed and the streets lightod. The further the reapers dig in the ruins the greater becomes tho increase in tho list of those who porished as their homes tnmblod about tbeir heads. On the lower beach Thursday a search¬ ing party found a score of corpses within a slight area, going to show that the bulwark of debris that lies straight across the island conceals many more bodies than have already been accounted for. Volunteer gangs continue their work of hurried burial of the corpses they find on the shores of Galveston at tho many neighboring points where fatal¬ ities attended the storm. It will probably bo some days yot, however, have boforo all the floating bodies; found nameless graves. Along the bench they are constantly boing wash¬ ed up. Whether these are those %bo were swept out into tho gulf and drowned, or ore simply the return ashore of some of those cast into the Hca to guard against terrible pesti¬ lence, there is no means of knowing. The city still presents the appear- ance of widespread wreck and ruin. Little has been done to cleaT the streets of the terrible taugle of wires and the masses of wreck, mortar, slate, stone aud glass that bestrew them. In various parts of tho city the smell of decomposed flesh instances is still apparent. Wherever such are found the authorities are freeiy disinfecting. Ex-Millionaire a Bankrupt. David D . Mackey filed a petition in b k * t f in the United States court at Evansville Thursday. HU4.iabdi- * £ ~ s* - BANNA ADDRESSES H00SIERS. Senator Oreeled lly Audience or 5,000 At M.Iplii, Imllanft. Benator Marcus A. Hanna addressed the Republicans of the ninth congres¬ sional district of Indiana at Delphi, Saturday. A large crowd had assem¬ bled at the train and a procession es¬ corted the senator to the courthouse square, where be addressed, an audi¬ ence of about 5,000 people. Congress¬ chair¬ man Charles B. Landis acted as man of the meeting and introduced Benator Hanna, who was greeted with great applause. Mobile Citizens Contribute. The Mobile cotton ex o sub- scriptiona for Gnlvestoq r tut- ed to 8580, and the pah tiou to §1,515, without »n \Bi beiug done. The revenue ter norm has been ordered from Mobj Galveston. _ Sends Tn Governm#** Tho 3a vy department lit tbe gunboats Bancroft, no London, Conn., and the tu| ft t Pensacola, Fla., toi proof veaton, Tex., to furnish wt f((0 to >U« 9tom sufferers,