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.XXII. THE GRIFFIN CONVENTION. AN AUDIENCE OF 5,000 PRESENT. ^he Convention Adopts Free Silver Resolutions. Populist Welcom¬ ed With Open Arms. One of the most remarkable conven¬ tions which ever met in Georgia ns- Hembled ou Thursday at Gi iffiu. With but few exceptions delegates were present from every senatorial district •in the State, One hundred and four counties were represented by delega¬ tions. t nV hen the convention called , was to ’order at the Griffin opera house, at 10 o’clock, the capacity of the house, more Uiau 1,000, was strained in the effort to veat those who gathered there in great crowds unable to gain admittance strug gled in the stairways and sidewalks fur entrance. AA'hile the meeting was com¬ posed overwhelmingly of Democratic friost representatives, including many of the prominent Democratic leaders of the State, notably II A. Clay, chairman of the State Democrated executive com- ttiktee, there were a great many Popu lists on hand who showed by their •demeanor that they were willing to join in the effort for the restora¬ tion of silver to its full function as a standard money metal. They wc-e perfectly fl’hey quiet and deeply interested, refrained from an expression of their views and were perfectly satisfied that the committee of resolutions of 12 should be composed entirely of rock- iribbed free coinage Democrats. They made no speeches in the convention, J'ut unanimously voted for the resolu tions reported. It was unanimously ac¬ 'resulted cepted as a fact that if to-day’s action in bringing the Democracy of ot the State to a- full and enthusiastic defense of the principles for which it is contended the party has struggled so many years, many of the recalcitrants xvhojiave left the party would be read\ to return and join in the defense of its principles. But (D one apple of discord was thrown into the convention and that developed Suddenly at the morning session just when the convention was about to take a. recess. {, Mr. Gardner, of Pike, a former repre¬ sentative in the Legislature, who has been elected as an independent, intro¬ duced a resolution intended to have tlie effect of debarring Populists from the participating day and confining the work of withstanding exclusively to Democrats, not¬ metallic League the S; aiding County Bi¬ requiring all who were in favor of free coinage to send dele¬ gates from the several counties without regard to party affiliations. ! ,Previous to this a resolution had been introduced and adopted requesting a!) resolutions to be referred to the com mitteeon resolutions without debate, But Mr. Gardner manifested remarka¬ ble persistency in forcing his resolution lo a vote over the protest of the chair- ’htati and the members that it must go t*o the committee on resolutions. After endeavoring in vain to secure a hearing •and protesting against Populist affilia- jtion he was compelled to yield fo the demand of the chairman, Patrick AValsh, that the resolution be referred 'to (he commiPc on resolutions, t The convention wafe adjourned tc bear Senator Morgan and iu the mean¬ time Captain ltedding, who is the fa tlx i of the election reform law passed b\ the last Legislature, arrived in Griffin. He was informed of the claims of Mr Gardner and openly announced that Mr. Gardner held a position of post¬ master in his county and that he had taken advantage of his absence to throw an apple of discord in the con¬ vention. ) “Gardner will not,” said he, “dare misrepresent our delegation when 1 am present this evening and if he does l will tell the reason why and show the tie that binds him to the financial poli- cv of the administration.” H u re enough when the convention met Mr. Gardner did not open his mouth. Cap¬ tain Redding was there awaiting an op- portunity to reply but Mr. Gardner was not heard from, raising even no objec¬ tion to the unanimous report of the committee on resolutions. And so ended the only “incident” of the day. And when it was found that Mr. Gardner was a postmaster the con¬ vention broke into general laughter. When the convention organized it chose J. J. Hunt, president of the Spalding County Bi-metallic League as temporary chairman. Permanent or¬ ganization was effected by the election of Hon. Patrick Walsh as permanent president, and Mr. Douglas Glessner as secretary. At 11 o'clock the convention took a recess to hear Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama, who spoke in a grove near by, no bouse in the city being large enough to hold the crowd of nearly 5,000. ne spoke for three hours. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED On re-convening the committee on resolutions, composed of twelve Demo¬ crats, Capt. Evan P. Howell, chairman, submitted its report. The resolutions were unanimously adopted. They ratify the platform adopted at the Memphis bt-metallic convention, and declare: “That we favor the immediate restora¬ tion of silver to its former place as a full legal tender standard money equal with gold, and the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 and upon terms of exact equality. “That while we should welcome the co-operation of other nations, we be¬ lieve that the United States should not wait upon the pleasure of foreign gov¬ ernments or the consent of foreign cred¬ itors, but should themselves proceed to reverse the 'grinding process' that is destroying the prosperity of the people and sho^jd lead by their example the nations of tfce earth. “That the rights of the American people, the interests of Afflfflican labor and the prosperity of Affiffiffaff indus¬ try have a higher claiffi tfftfiSPfffisider- ation of the people’s law fBkk??3 than the greed of foreign creditofs: or the avaricious demands made by ‘idle hold¬ ers of idle capital.’ The right to regu- 1 lie its own monetary system in the in- n-rvst of its own people is aright which no free government can barter, sell, surrender. This reserved right is a part of every bond, of every contract i,i J of every obligation. No creditor or claimant s'ku set us a right that can The Toccoa News. take precedence over a cation's dbliga- tions to promote the welfare of the masses of its own people. This a debt higher and more binding than all other debts and one which is not only dishon¬ est, but treasonable to ignore. ‘ Iiesolvedi further, that public office is a publifi trust; and that the use of P a pUbfic e f n°t r imSnt fn^he t°r- mould 1 n g se i n est of plutocracy tends to sap and de¬ stroy the rights and liberties of the masses. “Whereas, it is important to organize to enforce in one State the declaration of principles announced in these reso- lutions, therefore “Resolved, that we call upon the peo¬ ple of this State to organize in every county and militia district with the ob¬ ject in view to secure representatives, State and national, who will favor these principles, and who will in good faith carry them out without straddling or evasion. “•And to this end the chairman of this convention shall appoint a vice presi¬ dent from eacli congressional district with two from the State at large, sub¬ ject to the ratification of this conven¬ tion. Pleach vice president shall see to the organization of bi-metallic clubs in each county in this State, and each connty shall see to the organization of militia districts and wards of their rc- spective counties and cities. “The said vice presidents shall Con¬ stitute the State executive committee of the bi metallic club3 of the State.” In confornity with the instructions of the resolutions, President Walsh an- nounced the committees. Addresses were then delivered by Jas. tV. Robert son, ex Congressman Henry II Carlton and many other lead¬ ing Democrats. Among the speakers was Hewlett A. Hall, the law partner of Governor Atkinson, who is still confin¬ ed from his recent attack of appendici¬ tis. At 0 o'clock the convention, amid much enthusiasm adjourned sine die. LATE WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Will More Bonds l>e Issued? A Stir- prise Pending from President Cleveland. 0ur Regular Correspodcnt ] "Will there be another bond issue, oi an extra session of Congress? Those questions are being discussed, notwith¬ standing Secretary Carlisle’s statement that there is nothing alarming about the government's finances. It is known that the bond syndicate wants another issue of bonds, which undei their contract would have to be sold to them at the old price, if issued pre¬ vious to October 15, next, and that it expects to get it. Prominent Demo- mats have protested against another issue of bonds, advising instead the calling ot an extra session of Congress, if the Treasury finds itself tumble to get along until the regular session. Bu t there is no certainty that Congress, which tvill be strongly anti-administra¬ tion, would provide the money in time, even if an extra session were called. It is predicted that unless there should be an unexpectedly large increase in the revenues of the government within the next three months the gold reserve "ill have to be encroached upon to meet ordinary obligations. Meanwhile there is always danger (hat the gold speculators may draw the gold out. According to the latest story current iu Washington, President Cleveland is about to spring a surprise on those Democratic Senators and Representa¬ tives who still refuse to abandon their advocacy of the free coinage of silver, and to endorse the “sound money” policy laid down by President Cleve¬ land and Secretary Carlisle. r J Ins surprise is to be the removal of every 1‘ ederal office holder appointed ou the recommendation of a silver Senator or Representative, ns fast as meu re- commended by “sound money” Demo¬ crats can be agreed upon to take their places. That would be an Andrew Jackson sort of policy sure enough, but, iu view of President Cleveland’s civil service reform professions, it is difficult to believe that he really eon- templates putting such a policy into effect, although prominent members of his party believe it and endorse it. too. Should such a programme really be carried out it would mean a change iu more than half of the Federal officers • u the South, unless the men who now hold them should placate the adminis- i ration by declaring for “sound money. Suck a policy would make certain President Cleveland’s control of the next Democratic National con- vention, but it would all the same be a very serious mistake both for him aud his party. It would not be the first time, and nor the second, that an ad- nmiistiation has tried to muzzle the opponents of its policy. But in no case in which (his muzzling process has been restored to, has the adminis¬ tration which tried it or the party it represented been the gainer thereby. It is obnoxious to the American sense of fair play. Argue with a man and convince him, if you can, but don’t shut his mouth by thieats or by force. I believe that this story has been put afloat more as a bluff’ than with any serious intention to really carry it out. A STRANGE THING IN KENTUCKY. No Whiskey to he Made In the Blue Grass State For a Whole Year . At .. a meeting .. hel, . , , at , Lnusvdte T last , week M the leading distillers of Kentucky it w.i3 decided to make no whiskey in the s*.ne during the season beginning Juty l. jsUo.and ending July l. 1896. on condition that ninety per cent, ot the distillers in the State so* elect. Seventy-five percent of the distillers have signified their willingness to shut down, and those at the head of the movement have no doubt that the remaining 15 per cent neees- sary wilt readily fall into fine. At the meet- ing it was shown that the stock of whiskey at present on hand throughout Kentucky is. 85,000,000 galions white the demand is very light. Deer, which seem to know that thev *re protected during the summer months, are frequently seen feeding with cattle in uastares 011 in U Lancaster Liancastcr, N , tt H * - TOC'COA. GA.. THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1895. T Ij zmnnm I iTTinrn N LUnLIiJUl H V lllillU H IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM 31 ANY POINTS, Important Happenings, Both Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. Newsy Southern Notes. killed Wincey Davis, a six-year-old girl, was the by lightning Sunday while standing in open door of her home in Chattanooga. Improvements costing $40,000 will be made at once at the Brookside Cotton Mills. Knox¬ ville. Tenn. The capacity of the mills will be increased 50 per cent. Constable James and Farmer Johnson, of Ardelia, Mo., were deadly enemies and both went armed. They met Sunday near town and both fired. Johnson fell dead with a bullet through his heart, James surrendered and claims self-defense. At Jackson, Tenn., Thursday last was the hottest day experienced for many years. The themometer registered 98 in the shade. W. H. Hill, one of the oldest and most re¬ spected citizens, tell dead todav, overcome by heat. Labor. At BeUaire, O.. Monday morning3.000 coal miners in Ohio county, West Virginia district, quit work and asked for an advance of wages Irom 51 to CO cents per ton. The Donalson Iron Company, of Emaus, Pa., has voluntarily increased the wages of ifs 400 employees 10 per cent., the increase to go into effect August 1st. * ------ Foreign. A boating accident in which six persons lost their Jives occurred on Ormesby Broad, near Yarmouth England. A cable dispatch from Calcutta announces the death at that place of the Rev. Jas. Lid¬ dell Phillips, the widely known Baptist mis¬ sionary. An explosion occurred Sunday in a pow¬ der magazine at Tivoli, eighteen miles north¬ east of Rome. Five persons were killed and several injured. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Stefano Stamhuloff. ex-Prime Minister of Bulgaria, died at Sofia, from the effects of the wounds inflicted upon him Monday- evening when he was returning to his home from the Union Club. The latest returns of the English election show the election of 229 conservatives. 42 unionists, 62 liberals. 28 anti-Parnellites and 6 Parnellites. The total gains thus far are ; Conservatives 40. unionists 11 and liberals 10, making the net unionists gain 44 scats. Crops. In Georgia peaches and watermelons were never is beginning more plentiful and fruit of every kind to ripeu for the market. Mr. Cobb Lampkin made a trip of 101 miles through the counties adjoining Athens, Ga. He says that never in his life has he seen such crops and that lie did not meet n singlo man who was grumbling. The corn crop is especially flue and all crops are doing well -..--«• -------- The Silver Movement. Memphis The executive free silver committee convention appointed held at the a meet¬ ing at Chicago on Thursday. Sentiment ex¬ pressed seems to be that it would not he pol¬ icy to form a new political party at this time. The leaders seem to favor a campaign of ed¬ ucation. Washington. The Treasury gold reserve has declined, as the result of gold exported and heavy re¬ demptions, to $10(*>.S07,000, the loss sincf Thursday being $133,000. Upon application of Attorney General Jor¬ dan the Bank of Norbourne, Mo., has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The Car- roll County Bank, at Dewitt, Mo., has also met the same fate. This makes three banks collapsed in the same county, within one w-eek. Every other bank in the county is iu first class condition, ---*«►--— Miscellaneous. A Santa Fo freight train, bound from Den¬ ver to Colorado Springs, fell through a bridge just south of Menu merit, Cot., killing three •persons, fatally injuring three and seriously injuring lilteen others. The killed are : Jim Childers, foreman bridge gang. Mrs. Cooper, wife of stationary engineer. Un¬ known tramp Tbe family of C. C. Newton, en route from Marion. Did., to Arkansas, and encamped near Anna, III., have been poisoned by eating toadstools, which they supposed were mush- rooms.. Two little girls, aged 13 and 17 res¬ pectively, and a boy. aged fifteen died. The mother and two other children are not ex¬ pected to live. BARNS AY ILL 15E FULL. If the Harvest Proves as Good as the Prospect Is. The weather crop bulletin issued by Director Bauer for the part week says that the crops m about two-thirds of the State are splendid, but not so good in the other third. The lack of rain in eerta.u sections causes the differ¬ ence. In the northwestern part of the State there were destructive storms during tin week, and lice are giving Sony? trouble in Dickens and Green¬ ville counties, where they were never known before. The past week is generally the hot¬ test ot the year, but the temperature averaged two degrees below the normal for the week. Cotton is small and about two weeks late. Corn is notdo- ing so well, but late eoru promises well. Watermelons are ripening fast, and the yield is good. Gardens have suffered in sections from the lark of tain, but generally are good. Tobacco curing is being done vapidly. The acreage of sweet j tatoes is tmsuaily large, aud turnip ~ has begun. :eg The First Bale of New Crop Cotton Sold in New York. The first bale of new croD Tex-is cotton trKsnliihvWmrtMw t r i ■ t , °‘ « ’ the cotton exchange v New v York . on Tuesday. m It was grown in Duvai county, Texas, and shipped by Leon’.Pons. of San Diago, to Leon A H. Blum, of Galveston, and by them con- Fa t “ a “ * s ?* l ^? rtz ; °f , . was bought by J C. Graham cents per pound. It was shipped by (ho steamship St. Louis, of the American Liue to Messrs. Meadows, Frost A Company. Liver- p ■ President Hoffman, of the Seaboard Ait Line, while in New York, said regarding the rumored sale of the Seaboard Lice to the Southern R. R "The story that our road ^lw^Gum°rue” President 0 Tt r R^gL b N S Aird^nV C Ut vT^ St. John, of tfae'Seoboard was shown an Atlanta teiegram, staling that 2°ttasShSlS^wi^ truthI L D 11 qUir ba ! u: ? d f”’: T, ,ro! "' re G - no no tr. thin d the report, aud you can deny it without Question. BAPTISTS IN BALTI3IORE. 1.0,000 of Them Gather in a Mammoth Tent. The delegates and visitors to the fifth In¬ ternational convention of the Baptist Youd" People's Union of America in Baltimore numbered 10.000 and were congregated at the Madison Avenue entrance to the Druid Hill Park. The interior of the big tent presented a gay appearance with myriads of American flags, Baptist Union flags, and English flags hang¬ ing from every post and pole in the place. Across the entire front of the whole choir gallery Isa broad piece ot the four colors that were selected to represent the four sections into which the inte-ort work of the Union is divided—green and blue for the South, red for Canada for the States West of the Mississin- pi and gold for those East cf the Miesissinpi. As Dr. Hobbs declared the convention open for business, a late delegation from Wisconsin marched into the tent and down the aisles singing “Maryland. My Maryland." President John II. Chapman congratulated the local committees on the excellent ar¬ rangements that had been made Tor the en¬ tertainment of the Baptists. “In this beautiful city of Baltimore,’’ he said, of “we are surrounded by the warm hearts our Southern brothers cheered by the bright faces of friends and gladlv note that even the far away pacific coast is with us. They have come across the continent to unite with us in the utmost deliberation which \te are “Growth to enjoy. has been ours in the past year that may well make the hearts of our faith¬ ful workers rejoice. The day of doubt and accomplished questioning, as regards the great Work to be fading by this organization is fast away. Closer and closer the hearts of our and young people are being drawn together as we unite heart and hand we appre¬ ciate more and more the great need or fellow¬ ship that this uuion makes possible The prophecies uttered at our first great conven¬ tion in Chicago four years ago are beiii" more than fulfilled.” On behalf of the churches of Baltimore Mr. Eugene Levering made an address of welcome in which he said that no convention of equal importance had over been hold here. F. Iu Latrobe, the absence officially of Governor Brown. Mavor c! welcomed the visitors and tendered them everything within the con¬ fines of the State. The audience joined the choir in singing “My Country. ’Tisof Thee.” The annual report of the board of managers was presented by Rev. Dr. Frank L.."Wilkins D. D.. General Secretar yof the Union. Addresses were made on “Culture for Ser¬ vice" by O. S. C. Wallace of Toronto, Out., and on “The Junior Society, the Hope of the Movement.” by Rev. Roland D. Grant, of Portland, Oregon. The afternoon session began with a praise service led by Rev. W. S. Roberts of Burling¬ ton, Vt. Frank Harvie Smith of Brooklyn, presided. Rev. Frederick L. Anderson. * ot Rochester, and the N. Y.. made an address on “Mon¬ ey Kingdom.” This was followed by an open parliament on systematic and proportionate giving, which was conducted by Rev. E. E. Chivers of New York City. The discussion was general and very interesting. “ The Bible method of winning souls” the subject of was an address bv Rev. Johnston Meyers D. I)., of Chicago. An open air par¬ liament with the subject, “What Has Your Society Done to Promote a Revival in the Church?” was conducted by Rev. S. A. Nor¬ throp, D. D., of Fort Wayne, Ind. The evening session was principally of a devo¬ tional character. The proceedings of the second day of the Bvptist Young Peoples Convention at Baltimore began with six sun-rise prayer meetings m various parts of the city. They were held at half past G and were largely attended. The Mammoth tent at Druid Hill park was fairly well filled at 9:30 o’clock, the hour named for’^opening devotional exercises. A delightful breeze entered the tent coming from the region of Druid Lake and made the meeting place in striking contrast with the op¬ pressive heat of yesterday. With the ringing of the 1,500 pound bell the crowds surged in aud before the convention was rapped to order at 9:15 nearly every seat in the tent was occupied. The devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. L. O. Dawson, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. The report of the committee on important topics in the annual report was presented by W. T. Hellines, D. D.. of Omaha, Neb. It stated that “the union may justly con¬ gratulate itself on the rapid and relia¬ ble growth in all that makes for the unification, cultivation and wise direc¬ tion in service of our great constitu¬ ency. The past has been marked by gratifying improvements in all depart¬ ments of our great organization.” The report o fthe committee on im¬ portant topics contains this paragraph: “The large number of societies that have accepted the Baptist Young Peo¬ ples' Union form of organization indi¬ cates the appreciation of our constitu¬ tion as a working method for our Bap¬ tist young people. And we hail with pleasure the growing sentiment that the Baptist Y’oung Peoples’ Union is broad enough and Baptistic enough to hold in itself and to itself the Baptist young people in America, the Provinces of Canada ana we trust, in the near future, the Baptistic young people of the world What is good enough for «:ueh?o I ’?J«v a l.nd“ er, “ 18 g The programme was flagsnlnd changed so that the salutation of State minute reports of State and provincial unions preceded the historic address of Mr. Carrol!, of Texas. With a single hymn of divine worship intended by thous- ands of voices, the young ladies bear- ing the banners and the chosen speak- ers from the State unions marched through the aisles and on to the speak- ers’ platform, where front row seats had been provided for them. The flags had been arranged across the platform, producing a very handsome multi-col- ored effect. As the name of each of the 32 States and provincial unions was called a young lady would hoist a ban- net* high above the others and the chosen male representative would step forward and briefly review the work Sllte his territory WiSoSin fo-’the was^all/d mst year The of first and a gentleman from Milwaukee responded. He was so imbued with the desire to se- cure next year's convention that he for- fr fiie n t his auAct.ions text and talked of nothing Whfn hut o Wisconsin’ is c V delegation h concluded the sin^ine _., or ed a hit bv a son<r *o the tune of “Maryland My which was an invitation to Milwaukee, One of the most striking features was when Northern California was called The response came in boyish treble "»»* 51 rrf- 'U s ’" a " and his voice was shrill and penetrat- in- l" f He said: “I come 3,000 miles to et D uin the name of ’ 400 voude neon,e of Northern California Fureka is our motto.” He continued to speak the full minute and over. At the con- elusion of his speech there were great demonstrations and the performance was considered so remarkable that aelegates speaker's called for its repetition on the stand. The mouthful orator was escorted to the stand, where a chair was set out, on which he mounted. He repeated his speech and at the conclu¬ sion led the Colorado delegates in the yell about Denver being one mile near¬ er heaven than Brooklyn. The ap¬ plause was tremendous and handker¬ chiefs waved all over the tent. The climax of patriotism was reached when the District of Columbia was called. The banner of the delegation, a silk flag, of the Stars and Stripes, was waved by Miss Cory, while Rev Mr. Thomas, of Georgetown, delivered a pa¬ triotic address. Then the audience arose and sang “The Star Spangled Banner.” At the evening session there was a tremendous crowd under the giant can- vas, and thousands were turned away. The Convention declared against Sabbath breaking and also vigorously condemned the proposed Corbett-Phiz- si mmens prize fight in Dallas, Tex. C The board of managers have se¬ lected Milwaukee as the location of the '9G convention, while Brooklyn, N. Y., was the successful aspirant for the honor of entertaining the convention of Hie following year. The third day o’ the convention si Btpil'd Young Peeples Union of America in Balti¬ more began with a sunrise at'hajf prayer meeting in several of the churches past six. When the hell summoned the delegates to devotional exercises ai the tent at half past nine, it attra' ed only about 7.000 persons. The heat was intense in the inclosure. Rev. B. I). Gray, of Birmingham, Ala., conducted the opening services. Rev. if. W. Reed, of the executive committee, made a rep.-rt from the committees aud ou miscellaneous busi¬ ness in which he announced the decision of the board of managers, reached lute last night, which gives to Milwaukee, Wis., next year's annual eon volition and to Brooklyn, N. ¥.. the convention of 1897., An invitation o'tiered m the shape of a re¬ solution asking member.- of the convention and all their friends to cor.se to Baltimore in 1897 and visit the Exposition, was unani¬ mously adopted. There was only one ses¬ sion in tli j teat, this being in the morning. In the afternoon, the various States held ral¬ lies at their headquarters. The board of ejections announced the re- election of I> ”. F. I. "Wilkins as general se¬ cretary; W. 11. Meiritr as business manager of the Baptist Union aud H. W. Guppy, of Chicago, as editor Mr. Reed announced that the nominating committee by some oversight, bad elected seven instead‘of nine members of the executive committee and ho asked permission to suggest John 11 Ghap- manand William M. Lawreni noth of Chi¬ cago, to fill the va r -aucies. They were both unanimously elected. At night there were four mass meetings, representing respectively the four great col¬ or divisions of the convention. The gold meeting, representing the Northern Stales east of the Mississippi River was held at Grace M. E. Church. Rev. D. V. MneLangJi- lin. of Detroit, presiding. Rev. Conley, of St. Paul, Minn., presided over the Blue meet¬ ing at Franklin Square Baptist" Church. His audience was made up of delegates from the Northern States west of tiio Mississippi River. Ar Brantly Baptist Church the Southern States were represented under tho green color. Rev. J. B. Gambrill, D. D.. of Macon, G.i., The presiding. meeting of the red—the Provinces of Canada--was held at the First Baptist Church, presided over by Rev. O. C. S. Wal¬ lace. of Toronto, Out, With services at the tent on Sunday night the great convention came to a close. THE SILVER COMMITTEE. A Resolution Adopted Recommending the Adoption of Bi-Metalic Leagues. The national silver committee of one from each State and Territory, appointed at the Memphis silver con- vention, finished itu work on Friday at Chicago. Judge Henry G. Miller, of Chicago, who acted as one of the judges of the Horr-Harvey debate, was selected as permanent chairman, and J. H. Acklen, permanent secretary. The following executive committee was named: A. J. Warner, of Ohio; A. Wal- cot-t, of Indiana; N. C. Blanchard, of Louisiana; Geo. E. Bowen, Chicago, I hree *«**• A. ;T. Rocker, of Colorado bureaus lor the dissemination of silver literature and the nromulgation 1 plalf0 ' m Wl11 be es ) ab - fished by the committee—one in Chi- cago, one in Nashville, and the third in n F n he f0,1 ° Wing reSOl “* Uo ns we readonted “Whether the single gold standard with increasing debt and consequent servitude for the masses of the people Shall be made perpetual in this country or whether the constitutional standard of gold and silver, with better prices for the products of labor and safer condi- Dons for business shall be restored, must be decided by the people at the election in 1896. “The issue is between the gold Stand- ard, gold bonds and a contracting enr- rency on the one side and a bi-metallic standard, no bonds and a sufficient currency on the other. Believing that the time has come when those who hold this issue to be JJ'sEfo^slmuld^iteHieir effort??!! eiplea, the executive committe, appoint- e June 7 d at 12 , t ie and Memphi£ 13, 180o, silver earnestly convention recom- m ® nds ;_ F'rst, The organization . t . of , , bi-metal- . ,, W leagues throughout the entire coun- tIv . which all those believe in the restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the existing r ^. t10 of °|. any t0 other | independently nation shall of be the invited action to' 3 °“ 1 ' becond, _. That committee of five be a appointed to take charge of this move- meat, to provide and distribute htera- tur«- to place organizers and speaker in the field, and otherwise to advance the cause o* bi-metallism as in their judg- K>oni they shall think best. “Third, Each member of the national committee is authorized to select a chairman for each county of his State, and riie chairman so selected may ap- point in each district of his county and 111 aud ?■«<* city, «ard three of members an incorporated to constitute town a con.y committee, which committee sh;i!i organize bi-metallic leagues. Where counties or States have already ac,fd - and organizations have been formed, said organizations shall be re- organized. The chairmen of the re- s P.c ctlve county committees shall con- stitute a ^ late committee. The f Treasury 7 DeDartinent Uepart nent has nas re,..med r. -, m ed the issue of , gold , cert.fleates, which have suspended during the period when the Treasury gold resmwe was below tiOO. 000 ,- serve was int^t ^ibe'treasury t has S< i' , «.io e i about $200 000 gold certificates'on gold ore seated mostly at United States minis. There are outstanding $48,376,006 in gold certifi- cates with $172,960 iu the Tteasuiy, the re- mainder being in circulation. TRAIN FEU FIFTY FEET. Twenty-four Freight Cars Break Through a Colorado Bridge. 1A/DCCI/ACC WntGlWit Dll rILtU CD TUIDTV InlnlT ETCT rttl. - Three Persons Killed, Three Fatally In- jureil, ami Fifteen Badly Hurt, Crushed Under the Debris — Passenger Train Had Safely Crossed the Bridge Twenty Minutes Earlier. A Santa Fe freight train bound from Den- ver to Colorado Springs fell through a south of Col 11 o clock a. m., killing three persons, fatally injuring three, and seriously injuring fifteen others. There were twenty-four cars in the train loaded with stone, lumber and timber. The bridge gang, consisting of twenty men, were working under the north end of the bridge. The train passed overthem and was nearing the other side, when the timbers gave way and the train went through into the gulch, fifty feet below. Nearly all the men working on the north end were thrown off and fell below. Mrs. Cooper, wife of Albert Cooper, the engineer of the bridge work, was sitting on a ledge of rock watching the men work, when the tira- bers began to crack, and J. C. Childers, who was on the structure, sprang to save her. The leap was to death, as he had scarcely reached her side when the great mass of wreckage foil upon .them. Both were mangled and buried. Childers was foreman of the bridge gang. There was a moment of silence, and then came the hissing of steam and cries of the scalded men pierced the air. Fireman Frye was caught in his cab, but was pulled out. Two brakemen on the engine were scalded. As soon as possible a wrecking train was brought from Denver, bringing physicians and surgeons. All that was possible was done for the sufferers. They were taken to the hospital at La Junta for treatment. The bridge was of wood fifty feet high and 300 feet long. Twenty minutes before the accident occurred 4 ho Midland passenger train crossed the structure. The cause of the accident is unknown. The wreckage was piled up thirty feet, and it was thought that there were bodies still under it. It took two days to clear it away. About half of the bridge was taken away by the train in its decent. The killed and injured are: Killed—Jim Childers, foreman bridge gang; Mrs. Cooper, ■wife of stationary engineer; Winehers. unknown tramp. Fatally injured—Mark engineer freight train; D. N. Irby, brakeman; James Neal. Seriously' injured—Charles Halley, Frank Tom Shaw, Wallace Cooper. Charles Van Merter; Smith and Joe Williams, two tramps stealing a ride; J. W. Cole. C. C. Carpenter, Thomas S. Stenhouse. Charles Sargeant. As the engine neared the south end the workmen underneath saw the bridge rock, and shouted an alarm to their comrades. Before the danger could be realized the engine and twenty-four cars came crashing through. Mr. Cooper shouted to his wife, but the noise of the cars drowned his voice. AN AMERICAN COMPANY H3MORE3. Lord Mayor of London Entertains Augus¬ tin Daly at Luiu li. The Lord Mayor of London, f,ir Joseph Renals, entertained Augustin Daly’s New York company at lunch in the Mansion House. ft ent were'ThomasR Bayard, United States Ambassador, flL % W&k (* Mr.'i?triS‘Af'cTl- n . d ^ Ir * £ arte L h ’ s 1 / -j/ pus, Judge Daly, 1 fgpi&ftv . ay A Vj&A Mr.’and Mrs. Bwr- m' bohm Tree, Charles L Wyndhatn and Ellen Terry. JSL /l%- 1 r l l yor • 2SS2?$£f85 T.adv , ,i , Kermis to her seat " AUGUSTIN DALY. After toastinc llm Queen the Lord Mayor proposed the health of the President glvenFo?SaRTO?hW ™ofS KicanfSrally^the^Se?r“ English £“<££ they have always given to and actors. Mr. Daly made a brief response gave way to Mr. Bayard, who said that the center of the world’s hospitality was the Manson House, and the chief host of the \, orld wa 3 D?Sk, w'her/ho the greatest hSd seen heri- th“e grave of Hamlet. One of tages of England was Shakespeare. The honest and honorable occupation of Mr. Daly’s company was to interpret Shakes- peare, £? and their faithful interpretation was ot rdl >’ I | otabl « than their conception his great plays. Mr. Bayarl toasted the Lord Mayor and Lady Renals. VIGILANT GILANT A ANl>nPFRvm?nD»r.n ND DEFE N PER RACE, The Kace Begins. The Vigilant HakM : .«<kh.S arnia,. ™ l “ ‘ £^ f* 1 ”" k ln her flrst race agamstthe Deender, and was beaten v on hipsed time only two minutes and forty-five seconds on a thirty mile run. The official time was: elapse Defender—Start. 11:30:25; finish, ’ 2:49 05- Vigilant time, 3:18:40. Start, 11:30:50; finish 2:52:15; turd*i> J?T v e -a * ™«e was the «"* °* two ooa- for special $200 ° f Yacbt Club a silver cud The course was outside Bandy Hook when* the race trial with races Valkyrie and will the great intermktional sisted of beat^of 15 miles take place. It con- a to windward and on ome to the starting post. A WHOLE FAMILY SHOT. -——• 1 l,ree KJI, ed _ and More Wounded While Quietly Eating S, ; ter. At Terre Haute, a flag-station <\ ne Val- ley road, 29 miles north of New )rlean». the Gordlno family were seated at the sup- Por table . ,. when . Frank „ . Nosea „ and . another Ital ““- “ am * unknown, fired upon the faml- ly with a double-barreled shot gun. Rosie Gordino, Bennie Gordino and Charlie Cala- “ a U ’ ^JfatheTof U tl.e Vamflv^was^rioualv "aeed and^iv un d»d Three children ten years, and three months, were also wounded more or less severely by the murderer’s vol- s. known imovvn Imtit but it is is sunoosed ^uppo.ed to to bp be a a tvmVai typical Itallan feud ‘ --i - He Decides Against Sunday Ball. At Chicago, Jostiee Bail,this morning, ren- dered lus decision in the Civic Federation vsrs «* Bhioago Baseball Club ca.^, which wastriodtwo weeks ago. He fined Capt. A~v,u and his players $3 each and costs for playing bait on Sunday. NO. 40. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. Manufacturing Enterprises Under Way On a Large Seale. A large water-power in North Carolina has been purchased, and will be developed on a large scale. A $3,000,000 company has been organized in the same state to purchase an- other water power, and build a 15.000 spiii- die cotton mill.with the expectation of largr- y increasing the size of this mill. 1 In South Carolina, a $150,000 cotton mill company has been organized at Lancaster. and at Weldon. N. C., a contract has been let for a 12.000 spindle mill. Two eotton-seed-oil-mill companies hare been organized, one in Texas and one in South Carolina. Among other enterprises reported for the week were a basket factory to employ 100 hands in Alabama; a cotton ginning and compress company, to erect gins and presses in Arkansas; a $20,000 gold-raining company “and a large number of miscellaneous enter- prises throughout the South, Gold Fields of Alabama. The sum of $50,000 in cash was deposited in a Chattanooga bank for the purchase of gold fields near Heflin, reported to be fabulously rich in gold ore. An option of only seventy-five hours was given on the pro- perty, consisting of two hundred acres, but: the guarantee was raised in that remarkably short time and the deal closed. The new company will be capitalized at $500,000 and stock will be at once placed on sale, "Weekly Cotton Statistics, The Weekly cotton report from Liverpool sav * s: Total salaries of the week,48,000 ’ ’ bales, * American . . 15,000; ... trade takings, , , , including ... forwarded from ships’side, 45,000;actual ex- port 0,000; total import 17,000. American 13,- 000: total stock 1,481,000, American 1,834,000; speculators total afloat 62,000;Amerioan 30,000; took 200, exporters took 2,100. Found a Boulder of Silver. One of the largest silver nuggets on record Was found about four miles from Peach Springs, Ariz., several days ago. Two pros- their pectors, Williams Tucker, John Doyal, on way from Death Valley to the Colorado River, discovered a boulder weighing several hundred pounds and composed of nearly pure silver. The value of the find is placed at about $10,000. THE MARKETS. NEW YOKK COTTON FUTUBES. Cotton quiet. Middling uplands 7 00; middling gulf, T%. Futures closed quiet. Sales 27,900 bales. July.........6 76(5)77 December... .6 95(5)96 August......6 76@77 January......7 00(5)02 September. ..6 81@82 February ... .7 05@07 October.....6 86(6)87 March.......7 10(5)12 November.. .6 91(5)92 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Middling 3 11-16 Sales 6,000. Futures quiet Jan. A Feb.. .3 48<®49 July & Aug. .0 40@41 Feb.& March.3 49(5)50 Aug. A Sept. .3 42 b Mch.A April. .3 51 b Sept. A Oct. .3 44 s Apr. A May.. 3 52@53 Oct. A Nov.. .3 45 b May A June. .0 00 Nov. A Dec. .3 46 b June A July.O 00 Dec. A Jan. ..3 47 b CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE. WHEAT July.... 66)^ Sept........ 67 Ji corn— July.... 43j?£ Sept........ S cats— July.... 27% Sept.... tc pobjc— July.,.. 10 90 Sept.... ° LABD — July.... 6 35 Sept.... 6 49 BIBS— July.... 6 25 Sept.... 6 35 HOME COTTON MABKET3. Char- Col- Char¬ lotte. umbla. leston Good middling........... 7.25 1% 61-16 Strict middling..... . 7.15 7 6$ 6% Middling........... . 7.05 6% Strict iow middling 6.95 0% 6% Low middling...... 6.75 6 5-16 BALTIMOBE FBODUCE MABKET. Quiet, 25; Western super 2 50(5)2 75; do extra 2 80(®3 do family 3 35(6)3 60; winter wheat patents 3 75®3 90; spring wheat pat¬ ents 3 70(6)3 90 Wheat— Firmer. No. 2 red spat and July 68^(5)6814; ®7jSj}<5.67jAugust 67%<®67J^; 64j^(5)64k£; September steamer No. 2 red Southern by sample, 67(569; do on grade 65(568. cohn —Firmer Mixed spot and July 43%(S)49; August 48JY; September i8% asked; steamer mixed........; Southern white 50(551; do yellow 51 (5 52. Wilmington, good strained, N uS'firm, strained, i 173 ^£ ^; 1 22^; Spirits turneu- tine at 2 5 %. Tar firm at 1.30; crude lir*^ L2 ° ; SO,t ’ , * 80; N eommouTrfcorffi d l'rnurntmtffie «d Turpentme auiet 1 charieltuV-TurjLtiue firm uli at 25 1 - 2 . R “ Cotton h d ptrained firm 1 9 * Seed Om -New York-Cotton seed oil. stronger; crude 23 1-2 bid; yellow froleum pffiwphia nomilll^lneTlfw "GO- bSlk5 'M 7 %" ’ ™maeipma i.w, m in Dulk j.llGr5.15. 10«5 15 mvvinrT/mimin 1 1 ‘r>A(XO MARKET. * * Lugs—Common trash....... $3 00 to $4 00 Dark working .. 2 00 to 4 00 „ good 4 00 to 5 00 ... Fillers—Common and Nonde¬ r script.... .... 2 00 to 4 00 Medium... .... 4 00 to 6 00 s Good...... 6 00 to 8 00 .... s 8 00 to 12 00 ... Smokers-Common. .... 4 00 to 8 00 Goo*.... ... 8 00 to 12 00 Cuttera-CemmV: ... 12 00 to 15 00 ... 6 00 to 8 00 Medium .... 8 00 to 20 00 -Fine...... ... 20 00 to 35 00 Wrappcrs-tommon ... 10 00 to 12 00 ... 12 00 to 18 00 Good .... 18 00 to 25 00 Fhie ... 25 00 to 60 00 Mahogany....... 45 00 to 65 00 THE FAMILY MARKET BASKET. - p rtces of Some of the Commodities that are Offered In the Markets, Prices ranged as follows in the Charleston market on Saturday Niagara grapes 25 to 35 cents a basket basket! Concords are held at 25 to 50 cents a Apples 5 to 25 cents a dozen, 50 cents a crate, California oranges 25 to 00 cent 3 a dozen, California pears 30 to 50 cents a dozen. California apricots 15 to 20 cents a dozen. Lemons are sold at 15 to 25 cents a dozen. 25 Huckleberries cents a dozen, 35, 40 and 50 cents a crate. 5 to 10 cents a quart. Nee- t ™^, 15 aad 20 Cen tS a dozen - 1>ears 10 cents a dozen. t> Japan T plums, , fine, extra large, 25 cents a dozen. Cantaloupes and water! melons range from a cents upward, ■ a dozen. Cucumbers lOcentsVffil^n^^ts a’quart, 5 cents a bunch. Tomatoes 5 cents ° kl ! a 1 cent a 9 ,iart - Squashes bring 10 Vmnoh^ uwfi 1^^ c'nrn rr ots Onion 5 cents “.cents a buneb. a 5E»as £zsr on isw «5£ In tbe flsh and meat markets the prices ra dge very little. Whiting 20 and 25 cents * string. Sheephead 25 cents and upward. Porgies ^p^tefhS^elkblSjs^ntaa 15 to 25 cents a string. Grouper 8 pound airloin 15 cents and round 15 cents. Bib roast 12>f chtekSs cents. Lamb 15 cents. Pork loins, <Sen brine «i n tn no ,2 »° «> d and lowfa do-«^ $3 to * 4 4 EggS to to 15cente 15 cents a a do.en.