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XXII. THE LATEST NEWS. CLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Beth Home ant'. Foreign, Briefly Told. Ncwsv Southern Note*. At Adnirsvilie, Ga., a little child, three miles in the country, swallowed carbolic acid and will probably die. 'The medicine had been left as a wash. f The Cherry Colton Mills at Florence, Ala., declared a quarterly dividend of 3 per cent. This mill makes a specialty of fine yarns,and ts running twenty-four hours a day. The State militia, who have been under ■arms at for Charleston, the W. Va., for a week or more purpose of suppressing any outbreak of the striking miners In the Elk- horn region, were dismissed to their homes. A son of Dr. Banks nr.d a negro boy were killed l»y lightning near Dadeville, Ala. The boys were at « grindstone In the yard when the bolt struck a tree and passed to where th- boys were standing. They were both killed instantly. At Columbia. R. C.. on Wednesday, a State conference of about 100 of the representative negroes of the State met to discuss the out¬ look for the coining constitutional conven¬ tion. The conference was held with closed doors. The negroes adopted along address to "the people of the United States,” appeal¬ ing for th« negroes’ right under the consti¬ tution. The negroes will organize for the coming election. The Exposition. Advices from New Jersey indicate that that State will he represented at the Cotton States and international Exposition. Gover¬ nor Werts has issued a proclamation urging the people to take immediate action to this end. The newspapers have taken up the matter in earnest and the exhibit is expected to bo attractive. Washington. ville, Henry Clay England, a lawyer of Rock¬ st uok Md., by and electric a well known citizen, was ac car on the outskirts of Washington and instantly killed. Ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio, who has administration recently visited Washington says that the will soon take aggressive RC- tlon in favor ot Venezuela. tach Secretary Herbert has determined to de¬ Constructor Fernand and Civil Engineer Asserson from the New York navy yard, af¬ ter carefully considering their explanations of the serious frauds practiced in their de¬ partment. Labor. all Wages In the woolen and worsted industry over tho state of Rhode Island will be in created duriug the present month from to 32 per cent. The rod mill of the Steel and Wire Compa¬ ny, Wedesday at Braddock, and Pa., resumed work on the other departments will be started in a few days. About 800 hands are employed. Foreign. The Queen has signed the proclamation "dissolving A2th Parliament and fixing August as the dale of assembling for the new Parliament. At Limerick. Ireland, a wholesale poison- lug case four has occurred among the Laurqli Hill nuiis, of whom partook of poisoned custaid. Two have died, aud ethers who ate of the poisoned dish are dangerously ill. A disastrous conflagration occurred at Prorierode, a village at Hesse Nassau. Three hundred and fifty houses were destroyed aud t n n of the villagers were killed while seeking to rescue their valuables. Two thousand persons are homeless. --4*#-- Crl;ne. Daniel Werling. who killed his wife, Bar¬ bara, at the Pittsburg Market House on April 17, 1894, wa* hanged at that city on Thursday. Daniel Ackerman, a resident of Smith M.ils, N. J.. on Friday stabbed his wife and him, Mrs. Ackerman is dead, and the mu i 1) dying. The supposed cause is jealousy. James Pittman, a negro, has been arrrested nt I’datka, Fla., for robbing the postofllce of registered matter. Ho worked next to the uostoffice and entered it at night by using false keys. In the Nobles murder trial at Jefferson, Ga., Mrs. Nobles and Gus were convicted in the firri degree ami sentenced to hang on August 16th. Mary Fambles was convicted with a recommendation to life imprisonment. Deb’ey Nobles was acquitted. Miscellaneous. Fire lias destroyed 230 houses in tbe town of Sambrow, government of Lomsha, Poland. Two thousand people are rendered homeless by tbe conflagration. A poll of the press of Iowa sbow 9 that every Democratic paper In the State, with only two exceptions, is opposed to free sil¬ ver coinage at 16 to 1. Five firemen were burned to death or smothered in a^bnrning livery stable atile- troit, M«eh., on Thursday, one fatally injur¬ ed by jumping. The fire damage was $60,- 000 . At New York, Recorder Goff sentenced Vincenzo Vino, wife murderer, to be electro¬ cuted some time during tho week beginning Monday, August 12th. at Sing Sing. In a drowning accident just off Bluff Point, on Lake Keuka, N. Y., live persons lost their Ines. Terry Tufft, with his wife and three children, were in a sail boat when a strong wind capsized the boat and the whole party were drowned. The bodies were recovered. At Chicago, Judge Woods modified the sentence of Eugene V Debs from one vear in jail to six months, and eight others, directors of the American Railway Union, from six mt nth? to three. Tbe sentences are now as the court originally imposed them. Tbe Supreme Court of Kansas has render¬ ed its decision in the ease of Mrs. Mary Lease against the members of the Board of Charities, in favor of the defendant. George C. Clark, who was appointed to succeed hej as a member of the Board. This effectually removes Mrs Lease from office. Two little girls were ground to pieces un¬ der a motor la Cleveland, O., Friday after¬ noon. They were Stci-a Selilaubeeker, aged 8 years, and her cousin, Eleanor Grop, aged 7. They were crossing the street and stop¬ ped on the car track to pick up something Grant Kerns, the motorman, was arrested, charged with criminal carelessness AGREED TO DIE TOGETHER. 5. A. Field* Kill* His Wife and Child and Then Commits Suicide. 8. A. Fields, until recently editor of the Post at Polo, Mo., cut the throats of his wife and baby with a razor, and then ended his life in the same manner. The bodies were found in a garden 200 yards from the house of his father-in-law. five miles from Mead- ville. Mo. Fields and his family were visit¬ ing there at the time. A note was found in Mrs. Fields's pocket saying that everything Thomas. they had was to be left to her mother) Mrs, It i? evident that Fields aa l his wife ha l agreed to die together, for she went into the house after they ha l left it. put on an old dress, anl then went back to be killed. Fields wa? a lawyer by profession and wa? about thirty-five years of age, but had made a failure of his uracuce. Two years ago he attempted his own life by throwing himself out of a second-storv window. ztovemor tireenhalge has vetoed more bills than any other Massachusetts Governor .Within the memory of man The Toccoa News. DISASTER IN ATLANTIC CITY. Tragic Closing of the Annual Reunion of the Elks. A frightful accident terminated the Ells festivities at the Inlet Casino, Atlantic City. N. J., on Wednesday night, In which a large number ot persons sustained injuries more or less severe. It was at 9 30 o'clock when Grand Exalted Ruler the Buffalo Bodj Meade D. DetWiler, of Harrisburg, had (in .'shed his address at the openiug social ses sion of the Elks and was about to Introduci James J. Armstrong, of New York, when i cracking sound was hoard, and the mass of h'Jrhanity was preeipitatet to the ftrst flodr, a distance of twenty-llv feet. Men. Women and children were piuQgec into the hole and upon one anotlier. Th< cries shrieks and groans were deafening ;ui< the direst confusion reigned. Au alarm wat 5 immediately sent out, and all the physiciam gallantly rushed to the rescue of their injur- ed brethren and friends, indifferent to the danger that confronted them, as they did not know what instant the remainder of tin* pa- vilion While the might bfiry them beneath its ruins. work of rescue was going on the lights on the first floor became extinguished and plunged the place into darkness. Men ran to the car barn of the trolly road near by and obtained n number of headlights from the cars. These were most Useful in assisting the work of the resellers. The work of extricating the injured proceeded rapidly, and by !2 o'clock they had ail been removed to the hospitals or their hotels. A visit to the scene of the accident Thurs- day morning showed that one of the big and worn pillars holding the floor hud given way and the weight on the floor gradually pres- sed the other pillar sufficiently to weaken it and the fioor opened like a trap in the centre. The floor, however slipped doWu gradually and the disaster was thus not so serious as it would have been had it crashed through suddenly. who The injured are all the people were the first to reach the lower door. Mayor Stooe condemned the building aud directed the building inspector to have it torn dowu and also to make an investiga- tion of the unfortunate affair. At the Elks’Grand Lodge session Thurs- day morning an air of gloom pervaded the meeting room. A committee was appointed to look into the condition of the injured with power to render whatever assistance they deemed necessary. Those seriously hurt are improving, ex¬ cepting Frederick Klaproth, fearfully the Camden musician, who was crushed be¬ tween the beams. He is still alive, but is in a critical condition. The only other person who was reported as being critically hurt, Mrs. Rockwell, of Philadelphia, was improved and will re¬ cover. It appears that many people who slightly were reported as seriously injured were only bruised. There are now in the hospital: Besides Klaproth, Leopold Frye, of Philadelphia, had a leg broken; Dr. Frick, of Roanoke, Ya., leg fractured and internally injured;’ Anton E. Dimon, of Camden, musician, leg broken; Prescott Erkmau. of Mt. Holy, N. J., leg fractured; Monroe Barry, of New York, leg broken; Mrs. J. Melville Jansen, wife of a member of Carm-ross Minstrels,of Philadelphia, leg frac¬ tured. At the Elies’ headquarters tfa,e clothing and jewerly cident recovered gathered from the -sarnie of the ac¬ the wore together ahd mid delivered to owners upon calling describing property. d GREAT FLOOD OF BUSINESS. It Is Out of Season in July. However, This is a Curious Year. R. G. Dun A Co., in their weekly review ol trade, say: A business flood so strong and rapid that the conservatives fear it may do harm, is out of season in July. But the sea¬ sons this year lap over and crowd each other. May frosts and frights, it is now evident, kept back much business that would naturally have been finished before midsummer, and the the delayed culmination of one season gets in way of efforts to begin another on time. But the volume of business, however it may be measured, is remarkably large for ^the month. Cotton has not changed, though specula¬ tion still turns wholly on prospects, regard¬ less of enormous stocks carried over. In Europe the manufacture lags but here it is satisfactory. The weekly output of pig iron was 171,194 tons, having risen 13,970 tons in June and other furnaces “have gone into operation sinco July 4th. The rapid rise in prices has brought into’ operation many additional works, and there is still a rush to buy before prices facturers advance further. Influential manu¬ are sending out warnings that the rise may easily do mischief, and prices have in fact advanced nearly 6 per cent, in two week? but are stiUJIS per cent.'lower than in forms Oetober, 1892. The demand for structural is enormous. Bessemer pig has ad¬ vanced to $14,40 at Pittsburg, and wire nails to $1.55, both higher than in October, 1892; grey and forge to $11.25, structural beams to 1.5 angles fo 1.35. AVool is still advancing with enormous sales. As the sales are about four times the weekly consumption, it is obvious that the market is essentially speculative, but the rise abroad has set the country ablaze so that AVestern holders are asking even higher prices than heretofore. Scarcity of domes¬ tic wool helps them aud the enormous sales of foreign only compensate for the reported decrease in the domestic clip. But buying by most manufacturers is already affected, and at the prices uow asked for wool, some manufacturers are doubting whether a cor¬ responding value for goods can be realized. Openiug prices for many light weight goods show great irregularity, perhaps a majority being on a par with last year but some lower and some higher. Cotton goods continue; active and strong, with comparatively little difficulty as to labor. Tho Northern mills have taken little over 100,000 bales in the past three months, since cotton was below 7 cents, but with cotton bought cheap foi five month* ahead, they are able to do good business. It is not the season for activity u boots and shoes, and orders have tallen off Priees of shoes, leather and hides are ai stiff as ever. for Foreign trade is not encouraging, exeepi July showing a largo decrease. The failures for tho first four days of Julj show liabilities of $1,258,500. of which $336,. 434 were of manufacturing and $702,066 o! trading concerns. CONDITION OF THE CROPS. Cotton Improves 1 3-10 Points Since June. Fine Wheat and Corn. July returns for cotton make the average .'ondition S2.3 against 81 in June, an im¬ provement of 1.3 points. The condition July 1. 1894. wa? S9.6 and the same date in 1893, 82.7 points. The averages of the States are as follow: Virginia. 100; North Carolina. 74: South Carolina. 84: Georgia. nessee 92. The July returns of (be statists lan . of f the Department of Agriculture by the eorres- pondents thereof, make the following aver- 65.8; ages ot spring condition: whea., 102.2: 9 c.»ts, ?'.K,' r co 83.2: t o r winter rye. 82 . 2 ; spring rye <i;al. rye. 7; barker, 91 . 9 ; nee, otpo^tojweompared 84 . 4 ; pouter, 91.5. tola.cQ, 8, . ^aage with 1.94, 107.?, and of tobacco 84.8 per cent. The re- port on •'-’reag® 107as 0 compared with th P the ry, shows area <^mS l «^if^nd W h^i C nff^nine-ease 000~ of 6 aer_ The condition ot winter wheat is 62.8, against7L1 in June and 83.2 last July. The condition of spring wheat 102.2, azalnat 78.8 in June and 68.4 in July 1894. TOCCOA, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1895. ENDEAYORERS MEET IN NATIONAL CONVENTION. Fifty Thousand From Every Corner of This Country Pour Into Boston. By midnight Wednesday nearly 50,000 Christian Endeavorers were in Boston, Mass, attend the grand convention. During the ytcrooon tbe business portion of th. city was crowded with bands of Endeavorers, marchingwiththeirgripstotheirheadquar- ier * and an singing °?. their hymns, ’ or strolling the decorations, , examining The grand convention opened at 7:30 this evening and at 9.15 simultaneous meetings <» Bo—, Cambridge and SemervUechurch- Among the most important* was the fcetkely temple, at which Rev. Geo. E. fforr, gr., D. D., of'Bostou, presided and welcomed the delegates. The subject of the evening, “The Religious Press,’’ was discussed by Rev. Wm. Hayes Ward, D. D., of New York city. Rev. A. E. Dunning, D. D. ( of Boston* followed upon ‘The Relation of the Religious press to Christian Endeavor.” Jamaica Plain extended its local greeting to the En- dbavorers with a graud union rally at the Jamaica Plain Baptist Church. Rev. Ralph M. The Hunt, pastor, presided, Christian mass meetings of the great Endeavor convention began at 9:30 Thurs- day morning in Mechanics’ Hall and the tents. Endeavor and Williston. Long before that hour Mechanics’ Hall was packed to the doors, and when Musical Director Percy S. poster, of Washington, rose to lead the open- jhg praise service, hundreds of people thronged the rest of the building and the avenue unable to gain admission. President Francis E. Clark. D. D , occupied the chair, Rev. Smith Baker, D. D., of Boston, conduct- ed devotional exercises, and after singing a hymn of welcome, written for the occasion by Rev. S. F. Smith, D. D.. author of ‘-Amer- j C a ” Rev. A. II. Piumb delivered the wel- come of the city. Hon. S. B. Capen then welcomed the delegates, Governor Greenhalge delivered the wel- come of the Commonwealth of Massaehu- 6ett3, The response of the board of trustees ol the United Society of Christian Endeavot and visiting Endeavorers, was delivered bj Rev. E. R. Dille, D. D.. of San Francisco. The meeting closed with the reading of th* report of General Secretary John AV. Baker, of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, The report showed a total of 41,229 so¬ cieties, with an individual membership from every clime and every nation, with skins o) yelTow, varying color,of which 489 are red, 20.300 art 109,400 are black, and 343,560 art white; in all, a great inter-racial brotherhood of 2,473,740. Upon the missionary roll ol honor are the names of over 5,000 societiei from 35 States, seven territories, seven pro¬ vinces aud four foreign lands. Each social has given not less than ten dollars to its own denominational home or foreign missionary board for the cause of missions. The total amount as reported on this roll of honor is $149,719. In addition to this amount ol money which has been given by these 6,- 551 societies enrolled upon the honor roll, $190,884 has been given by these same so- cities for “Christ aud the Church” in ot’nei ways, making a total of $340,603. In the Iasi 6ix years, 816,355 new members have added to the rolls. Three great meetings were held during tha day in the three places prepared. In the afternoon the Christian Endeavorers met in rallies according to their denomina¬ tions in the halls, tents and city churches. ; fi m m Mi •i-T K.,v *4 I U\v } ? l w m REV. DR. F. E. CLARE. (Founder of the V P 8. of C. E.) Tim first National Convention of the Young held People’s Society of Christian Endeavor wai In Portland, Me. (its birthplace), u 1882. Tho membership tnen was 481, com prising six societies. At the twelfth conven. tion held in Cleveland, Ohio, in June, 1894 28,741 societies, with a membership of 1,724,. 400, were represented. Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark, of the Williston Church, of of Portland, Me., was the origina¬ tor the society. Being desirous of inter¬ invited esting the young people in church work he them to his house and talked to them about it. and their enthusiasm being aroused, ho asked them to sign this pledge: “Trusting in ihe Lord Jesus Christ foi strength. I promise Him that I will strive to do whatever He would like to have me do; that I will pray to Him and read the Bibla every how, day, and that, just so far as I know throughout lead my whole life. I will endea¬ vor to a Christian life. As an active member I promise to be true to all my duties, to be present at and to take some part unless aside from singing in every meeting, hindered by some reason which I can conscientiously Jesus Christ. give to my Lord aud Master, If obliged to be absent from the monthly consecration meeting, I will, If possible, send au excuse for my absence to the society.” The first name subscribed to this pledget was that of W. H. Pennell, who has ever since been prominent in the society. It vrast not had long similar before every church in Portland,’ ton a Church society, A member of Willis- moved to Lincoln, Neb., and carried tho idea there, Another membei moved to South Hadley, Mass., and startec throughout n society there. And so it spread, not onh this country,but to foreign coun tries, until it has reached every civilized country on tbe globe, and, in fact, sonv which are not civilized. Mills Moving South. ^ he Tburlow Manufacturing Company, ot Chester. Pa., concluded a deal for the pur- and ham, will Ala., at formerly once used from is a soap Chester, fa^crl, Pa. remove 5.000-spindle-cotton-mili} to Birniinuham a The shipment of the machinery will begin at once, sept. 1st. and tne mill will be in'operation by , j. R. Gotten, president of the Tburlow Manufacturing four Company, recentlv made a months’tour of the South, and decided t h.it this section is to be the future seat ol - >,je cottOH manufacturing industry of Amer- kiC His company already has cue mili in North Carolina, and contemplates the loea- °' ae ' 19 ’ b9 * MeS lhe ° ne in Birming ' * ^ Many German newspapers severely crftf- eise the expenditure incurred by the Kiel festivities THE NEW WEATHER CHIEF. Willis L, Moore Has a Forecasting Sys* tem of His Own. Willis L. Moore, who has bees appointed Chief of the Weather Bureau at WashlngtoS by Secretary Mortofl, was chosed because 6l his remarkable ability as a weather fore^ *5* 3 *3 \ tVEATHER CHIEF WILLIS L. MOOBE. caster. He has had charge of the Chicago weather forecasfing bureau for years, and has a system of his own, which he has kept a secret, but which he will apply in the future totheolficiai forecasts. The result, it is expected, will be more faithful predic- tions thau have ever been made before. Chief Moore entered the service when a boy, and is familiar with the details of all its branches. He is a Eenubliean in nalitics. CORNELL’S CREW BEATEN. The Trinity Hall Men Won at Henley by Seven Lengths. Cornell’s attempt to capture the grand 7. Challenge Cup at the TT Henley . (England.) , re- gatta ended in a fiasco. Tho Ameri- cans led their competitors, 1 ’ the Trinity J Hall crew, grandly' in the second heat of the lace until three-quarters of the distance had been covered, Then an accident dis- ftbled one of their men and they were thrown out of the competition. The struggle is finished as far as Cornell is concerned, and finished without a genuine test with a single one of the English crews. The Americans took the lead over Trinity Hall at the very start and maintained it with every indication of winning until the mile post was nearly' reached. The Cam¬ bridge men were gaining slightly', but Cor¬ nell’s lead was then more than half a length. Fennell caught a crab, and the oar handle struck him a blow in the side which completely disabled him. His companions tried to help him, and made three attempts to row on without his aid, but this was Impossible. The Ithaca lads rowed themselves to a standstill. The long, surprising stroke of their opponents thor¬ oughly wore down the shorter, snappier stroke of the Americans, and in the end the Trinity Hall men finished seven lengths In front, in the fast time of seven minutes fifteen seconds. The immediate cause of Cornell’s defeat was the collapse of Fennell, who rowed No. 6, and who tumbled from his seat at the finish in a dead faint. The loud claims to “fairness,” “gentlemanliness” and “sports¬ manlike fond conduct,” boasting of which they Englishmen are so of when are victors, were well negatived by their conduct at the conclusion of the race. The crowds on the river banks and in ihe boats along the shore were frantic with de¬ light at Cornell’s unfortunate situation. The Britishers were wild with delight when Trinity passed Cornell at the three-quar¬ ters post, but words failed to ex¬ press their degree of enthusiasm when Trinity Hall won and Cornell trailed along past the grand stand. Then the Cornell men were received with hisses. They stopped rowing before they passed the judges, Out.” who The hoisted the sign “Not Rowed band played “God Save the Queen” as the crowd cheered itself hoarse, and poor Fennell lay as if dead in the bottom of the Cornell boat, while his nearest companions splashed water in his face. The general opinion is that tho Cornell crew were hopelessly climate over¬ trained, and that there was no or malaria about it. SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS. Notes From the Great Industry in New Sections. The Union CoUou Mills, at Monroe. N. C., will have to be sold under foreclosure of a $50,000 mortgage, ihe stockholders having faded in their attempts to -aise that sum of money. The roof is being put o?. the three-story. 125 bv 100 feet addition of the Raleigh Hosie¬ ry Y:)'••! Mills, am) 10.900 new spindles will be put in by August 1st. The mill will 1hen have in operation nearly 25,000 spindle?. N. W. Baker and associates, of lb no Wing. 0., contemplate the building of a cotton mili at or neat that place, to cost about $100,- 000 . Captain The organization of a company by W A Post aud others, to build a cottoo-mili at the town of Grantviile, Gl. is iu progress. Wattesboro, S. C., wifi have a cotton mil soon It lias been chartered as the Colletor Cotton Mills Company. The Cotton-mill of the Minneola Manufac¬ turing Company, af Gibsonvll’e, N. C., has added a lot of spinning and quilting machin¬ ery. sixty Crompton looms, electric Lights, etc. mill wii! The Scotland Neck. N. C., cotton plant and dc add a dyeing equip* 1160 * to its its own dyeing hereafter. Citizens of Winder. Ga.. held a large and enthusiastic meeting Saturday to discuss the building of a large cotton factory. A largf amount was subscribed, and the factor} building will soou be built. The Atlanta. Ga., Exposition cotton mills will equip their weaving-rooms with humid¬ ifiers. There is a noticeable increase in the pe; t eut. of knitting mills among tbe new nulls now beiug built iu tbe South,and that branch of cotton goods manufacturing will be more extensively carried on hereafter. oiadstone Still For Home Rule The Westminister Gazette London a few messa « e to P eo P Ie - to 56 U P°> magic lantern sliders, together with cartoont and election news at the National Liberal Club. Mr. Gladstone complied with tbe re¬ quest by sending the following: “Above ail ether present purposes vibdL cate the rights of th? House of Commons a* the organ ol tha nation, and establish tha honor of England as well as consolidate tha strength of tbe Empire by conceding th«ju» tice and constitutional claims of Ireland.” -—- Six Persons Drowned. A special from Tialnapantia, Mexico, says that a waterspout in tbe mountains above lea used almost the crropbte inundation of that , pla-.e. , Th_ T , _ flood wa^be ..w. . p. „ f the village of Ruaedeos. and s-x p-sons were drowne* - A PULLMAN OF SLEEPING Pilgrims and Priests Telescoped by a Second Section. Many Never Awoke. The Engineer Asleep. tn the early hours of Wednesday morning there occurred au accident on the Grand Trunk road at Craig's Road, Quebec, that Has seldom been excelled in horror by any Similar event in Canadian railway annals. A special excursion train crushed into an- Other train Of the same kind preceding .it and killed sotfie twenty people, while the Wounded are numbered in the Vicinity o! tWo score. The trains that came in collision werfe special excursion trains filled with pilgrims en route from Sherbrooke, Richmond ano Windsor Mills, to Levis, where they were to cross over to Quebec and proceed to the shrine at St. Anne de Beaupre, and wore following one another with an interval of some The twenty first minutes between them. train reached Craig's Road sta¬ tion, About which 3 is fourteen miles west of Levis to’ take o’clock, and stopped at the tank water. Due precautions were taken and the semaphore thrown to danger sigual for the following train. Only the trainmen Were out and about attending to their duties The Pullman in the rear was wrapped in si¬ lence and the sleepers were unaware of the terrible fate that was rushing upon them. ond Suddenly there was a great crash—the sec¬ train coming at full speed had dashed Into the rear Pullman of the first section Every berth in the Pullman was wrecked and some of the occupants who were killed, never knew what happened to them. They died Bleeping. Others awoke to their horrible surroundings ing and and position, maimed, bleed¬ the bruised, conscious of little else but agony that racked them It was an aw¬ ful scene. The work ol rescue began at once. The colored porter ot the Pullman cat Balmoral received fatal injuries, and has since died. The following is the correct list of the dead: Charles Bedard, mail clerk. Hector McLeod, Perkins, engineer, Richmond-, Richard L cier,Richmond; fireman, Richmond, Rev. J. L. Mer- Rev. F. P, Dignan, Windsor Mills; Mr. Cogan, Richmond; Miss Valin. St. de Joseph Levis; de Levis; Miss Phaneuf, St. Joseph Mrs. J. B Cayer, Danville, Miss feame Delidourte, Shefford; aunt of Miss Valin O’Ferrall, unknown, Capleton. St. Joseph de Levis John The injured number 28, all having French names, and belonging in the Province of Quebec. it is hard to say where the blame for the accident rests. It has been suggested that J?55^°!m) rieep and thus have S ^ 1 missed k RV ® c the \ ozecl warning of * to pemaphore whereabouts. and was unconscious of his be the only theory Indeed, this would seem to that can be advanced, but a strict investigation will be held at once lo determine the responsibility, HE IS ACQUITTED. DR. SHEMWELL A FREE MAN. The Jury Out From Saturday to Mon¬ day. Close of a Noted Case. The case of Baxter Shemwell for the murder of Dr. Payne at Lexington, N. C., was given to the jury late Saturday afternoon. At 8:30 Monday morning the jury returned their verdict of ac¬ quittal. The prisoner stood firm and cool to hear the verdict. AVhen he heard it his face brightened and seemed to grow larger. Tears came to his eyes and a smile to his face. His little boy Dermott was by his side, As the prisoner took his seat the little fellow, fell upon his neck and cried, the pris¬ oner hugged him. There would have been a shout from the court house had it not been for the timely warning of Judge Boykin. Mrs. Shemwell came in first after the prisoner was dis¬ charged, she clasped her husband in her arms and held him for some min¬ utes caressing him. Ail his friends congratulated him. Mr. Watson for the defence contin¬ ued his argument Satuiday morning, and from all reports it xvas a splendid effort. Judge R. F. Armfield followed for the defense and B. F. Long closed the case for the state. Saturday’s argu¬ ments by these well known lawyers would be well w'orth reading but for lack of space we must say “no.” WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE Spanish and Chinese Gossip from the National Capitol. Spain now has her turn at the demand business. She isn’t making a demand that the United States shall apologize, but her minister has been instructed to ask that this government will officially disavow the senti¬ ments alleged to have been expressed by Ambassador Eustis in an. intererview pub¬ lished by a Paris newspaper. Ambassador Eustis ha3 already repudiated that alleged interview, which he branded as a fake, out that has had no effect upon the Spanish min¬ the ister, who has gone to Massachusetts for purpose of presenting his demand to Secre¬ tary Olney in person, not caring to deal with the subordinate who is in charge of the State department. The Spanish minister proba¬ bly knows, in common with everybody expressed, else, that Ambassador Eustis never for publication, the sentiments credited to him in that interview, but he doubtless thinks it a good opportunity to get the U. S. government to officially say that it does not sympathize with the Cuban rebellion, or something to that effect. If it be true that Secretary Olney has been listening to the seductive buzzing of the Presidential bee tfaq Spanish minister may bagorry he made that demand as the Secretar^nay see in it an op^ byj portunity to give his candidacy a boost making the American eagle let out a scream or two. It is more probable, however, that the denial of the interview by Ambassador Eustis will be considered a sufficient answer to the demand. Spain would do well to be very careful, about such demands. This government is, of course, neutral, but there is little doubt that an overwhelming majority of the people in this country sympathize with the Cubans and would at a pinch help them throw off Spanish rule. For the first time the Chinese question is locally a live one iu Washington. The Chi¬ nese colony has been increased so rapidly that some of them have had a struggle to live and play fan tan. Some of the boldest of these sought to boom the laundry busi¬ ness bv cutting the prices to tbe extent o! about 20 per cent. This fstirred up the high¬ rest of them and it is said that Chinese binders have tried to kill several of the Pjfjce cutters, but that s all among themselves. The question has been brought home vO the com- munity by the issuing of an appeal by the big steam laundries requesting the peop.e not to patronize the Chinamen, and stating that if they do wages of American laundry employes will have to be cut. Lack of money is the chief canso -i suicide in France, WANT THE LIBEL LA \VS CHANGEI The Virginia Press Association Makes Recommendations. The Virginia Press Association at its meet Jdg at Blue Ridge Springs adopted ihe re port or its Committee on Legislation as fol JoWS: To the President aud Members of the Virgin¬ ia Press Association: inasimich as there was no session of the Legislature in 189l-'95 your committee wa? unable to accomplish any practical work ofs legislative character. Your Instructions con cerning the preparation of a bill on the sub |ect islature, of libel, have to be presented to the next Leg and been carefully considered, while we deem it inexpedient to offer to this meeting a formal measure, believiug that barrass your adoption of such a measure would em rather than aid the efforts of yout committee next winter, we nevertheless re¬ commend the following resolution, as the sense of this association respecting this most important subject: Resolved. That in the opinion of this asso¬ ciation the libel laws of Virginia are harsh and oppressive to the newspapers of the State and destructive of that freedom of the press recognized by the founders of this Gov¬ ernment as essential to the liberty of the cit¬ izen, and that we respectfully ask the Legis¬ lature of Virginia at its next session to so amend them as to embody among others the following First, in reforms: actions for libel, civil and crim¬ inal, malice must be proved and not assum¬ ed, against the defendant, on the principle that every man should be deemed innocent of an offence tiutil proved guilty. give Second. Require plaintiffs in libel suits to suits security by for costs, Qius discouraging fur blackmailing irresponsible persons who bring them Third. purposes. sha!I be given Actual and not punitive damages iu all cases uuless uia'ica shall be proven against the defendant. Fourth. The truth of a publication, when hiade in good faith for the public interests, without rna'ice aud for justifiable ends, sha'i be a complete defence. Fitih. Proceedings of courts, of official bod'es, and of public meetings, when accur¬ ately printed, shall be deemed privileged communications. Sixth. Aggrieved parties before entering suits should be required to make a written demand upon tho publisher for a retraction, specifying iu such demands tbe statements complamed of. If within three days a full and fair retraction is made with equal pro¬ minence as tlic alleged libel was published, or in case of a weekly or semi-weekly,’ in tho next issue of said paper, then the publisher shall be liable mil v fur -ml uni dam acres. BEAUT1FUL SENTIMENTS. What Mr. Cleveland Has !o Say of Married Life. A letter from President Cleveland,in which he speaks of his married iife os “one grand, sweet song,” has been brought to light by the news of the recent eveut at Gray Gables. In December, 1899, Col. Jco. Temple Graves, of Atlanta, Ga.. the southern orator Miss was sending out invitations to his weddmgto Annie Cothran, of Rome, Ga. He sene one of his personal friends, the ex-President aud Mrs. Cleveland, who were then residing on Madison Avenue. New York. Acknowl¬ edging the receipt of the invitation. Mr. Cleveland wrote as follows; “My Dear Mr. Graves We received the. card of invitation to your wedding a day or two ago. I am glad that your letter received only a few hours ago. justifies me. on behalf of my dear wife, and myself, to do more tliau to And, formerly notice the occasion. first of all, let ine a-sure you how much we appreciate the kind aud touching sentiment vou convey to us in our married state. “As I lookback upon the years that have passed since God, in His infinite goodness, bestowed upon me the best ol all lfri gifts— a loving and affectionate wife—alt eise. hon¬ or. the opportunity of usefulness, aud the esteem of my countrymen, are iu subordina¬ tion of every sense of gratitude and thank- fullness. “You are not wrong, therefore, when you claim, in the atmosphere, of fastcoming bliss! which now surrounds you, kinship with ond who can testify, with unreserved tenderness to the santifleation which comes to a man when heaven-directed love leads tne way to marriage. “Since this tender theme has made us kinsmen, let me wish for you and the dea.* one who is to make your life doubly dear to you, all the joy and happiness vouchsafed to men. “You will, I know, feel that our kindest! wishes can reach nogreater sincerity aud forod than when my wife joins in the fervent desire that you and your bride may enter upon and enjoy tbe same felicity which has made oui married life ‘one grand, sweet, song. Truly your friend. (Signed) “Grover Cleveland.” Ojlonel Graves has kept the letter in a white and gold frame hanging in his parlor af Manchester. Two years ago he wrote lo President Cleve¬ land for permission to publish the letter for its sentiment upon the domestic life of thl American people. Mr Cleveland, replying, said that although he had forgotten the ver¬ biage of the letter, he [left the publication td the “delicacy and discretion” of his friend. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. A hail storm throughout the tobacco¬ growing district of Connectieutt Saturday afternoon nearly destroyed the crop. Some places it fell two inches deep on the fields. At Galveston, Texas, on Saturday the first bale of the season, classed as strictly mid¬ dling, The was sold at auction to Kuhn <fc Fraus- sen. price paid was $100. Fire broke out Saturday in the Augusta, Ga., steam '.aundry. After a fight of three and one half hours it was subdued, having been confined to the building in which it started. Loss $23,000. Assistant Postmaster General Jones has issued an order to postmasters throughout the country forbidding the issue of money orders payable on their own offices. The order can be issued on a substation. The Tennessee Goal, Iren and Railroad (Wjpany has made another advance of two- thirci3 ieduction of last year in the wages of their workers fn the mines—this time among handlers of coal, cleaners of drifts etc. In the English elections Saturday the Lib¬ erals were badly beaten. Sir William Vernon lfarccu't was defeated in Derby. Tbe Con¬ servatives and Unionists will have 76 in the new Parliament, the Liberals 5 and the Par- celliies 4. Ac Detroit, Mich., the Michigan Malleable Ironworks, which employs between 200 and COO men, nearly all of whom are skilled Wc'Iiiaen.wlll voluntarily inoreasethe wages of its employes 10 per cent., beginning An gust 1st. Wincey Davis, a six-year-old girl, wa? killed by iigbtning Sunday while standing *n !he opeu door of her home in Chattanooga; At Beiiaire. O.. Monday morning 3.000 coal miners in Ohio county. West Virginia district, quit work and asked for an advance of wages from 51 to CO cents pet too. der An explosion occurred Sunday in a pow¬ magazine at Tivoli, eighteen miles norih- ?ast of Rome. Five persons were killed and tevera. injured, The cause of the explosion is unknown. Constable James and Farmer Johnson, of 4 r( j elia Mo ( were deadly enemies and both W ent armed. Tbev met 8undav near town and both fired. Johnson fell dead with a bullet through his heart, James surrendered and claims self-defense, Nut cake made in India from rich, nutritions nnts is being extensively sold in Europe as far superior to oil cake or oil meal. NO. 39 TflUMPCT CALLS. Ram’s Horn Sounds • Warning Not# to the Co redeemed. S IN is deadly only when It can hide its face. Don’t pattern / after men. when you would please God. God Is still call¬ ing to some peo¬ v ple to do small \ things. ^ To say "Thy will be done,” means to say good-by to self. God’s warriors are always chosen from Ills worshipers. The only things we really know, are those God tells us. AY hen you shut your closet door, lock ft with a promise. Whatever Is gained In Sodom must be lost with Sodom. The rod never does good unless the hand of love holds It. Let us do right, and God will see to it that we come out right. The devil Is most like a Hon when he looks most like a sheep. It is the wolf In sheep’s clothing that has the sharpest teeth. It is never hard to believe when wo get on believing ground. We can only walk with God when we are willing to go his way. Our mission of sorrow in this life Is to show us our need of God. To make those around us want relig¬ ion, we must show them what it Is. Give thorns the right to live, and you make a law against killing snakes. Praying is sometimes done, when God wants us to first do something else. Some men whom God calls to preach misunderstand him, aud write essays. The devil has to work hard for all he gets in the house of a praying mother. The old serpent hasn’t grown an inch since he crept Into the garden of Eden. When the devil goes about ns a roar¬ ing lion he Is careful not to show his teeth. It Is a long step toward heaven to be born in a home where the Bible is loved. It Is doubtful If the man who makes a long prayer ever expects a quick an¬ swer. There Is something wrong with the preaching that won’t hit a sinner some¬ where. The man who enters the straight gate has to leave behind him all that is crooked. Whatever we undertake in the name of the Lord, is sure to have God’s help behind it We must do the thing that God tells us to do, before any other good work will count. The prayer that opens a window in heaven, can only be offered when God is worshiped. The Bible will not long remain a clos¬ ed book against the one who opens It to look for Christ Only the wise can profit by the expe¬ rience of others. A fool has to find out for himself that fire Is hot. In the Toy Business. Hamamatsu was quite unlike any oth¬ er Japanese town I had ever seen; the houses had a projecting upper story and broad overhanging roofs, and the principal trade seemed to be in toys. There were shops full of drums and kites, and dolls with all their belong¬ ings, and tbe thousand and one things which the Japanese delight in giving to their beloved children. As I passed tho little garden I saw what looked like a fearful atrocity—dozens of babies’ heads, pale and gray as if in death, cut off at the neck and impaled on short stakes, stood about the ground; but on coming nearer the mystery was ex¬ plained; they were life-sized dolls* heads of papier-mache, put out to dry in the sun before receiving their final coat of paint. The neighboring villages were pecu¬ liar; every cottage was protected from the winds by a high hedge of clipped yew, and the street seemed to pass be¬ tween two green walls, over which the heavily thatched roofs just peeped. The openings gave a glimpse of courtyards and eottage fronts where women and men were hard at work threshing their beans of many colors and spreading them on mats to dry, weaving blue cot¬ ton cloths, or winding off the skeins of shining yellow silk.—Harper's Maga¬ zine. fiflr Henry Layard. It Is but a few weeks since that Sir Henry Layard passed away. He was a man to whose abilities, achievements and personal qualities but scant jus¬ tice was done in the obituary notices which appeared at the time of his death. He did not “wear his heart upon his sleeve,” and those who had only a slight acquaintance with him may, per¬ haps, be excused for not perceiving tlsfc' stanch and genuine kindness of thai heart—a kindness which none of his friends could fail to experience; but his achievements and his career are writ¬ ten large In the history of the nine¬ teenth century, and the impetus which his researches and discoveries gave to the study of arc-haelogy—to say noth¬ ing of the Inestimable value of the light they throw on the Old Testament narra¬ tive—will never be forgotten or under¬ rated by those whose opinions on such subjects is worth having. Sir Henry Layard’s later years were chiefly devot¬ ed to historical, archaeological and ar¬ tistic research, and during his residence in Venice, where he spent a considera¬ ble part of every' year, he cam* to be regarded almost as an unaccredited rep¬ resentative of his country in that city. —John Murray, in Good Words. When a member of a brass band buys a new horn, all the other teem ben say it has a “mighty sweet tone/**' ’ __