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AMBASSADORS INSTRUCTED TO SOUND. ATTITUDE OF EUROPE ON CUBAN QUESTION. UNCLE SAM READY TO INTERVENE. Government Official* Wish to Know, How ever, What the Result Would lie Hefore Taking Action. A Washington special says: Officials of the state department were very ret icent Friday when asked concerning a report in circulation that definite in structions have been given all our for eign ambassadors and ministers in European countries to sound and as certain the attitude of European gov ernments in case the United States intervene in case of Cuba. While denials were made by some of them, others intimated that the United States was ready to assume the position taken by President Grajjj in 1874, shown by the instructions of Secretary Fish to Mr. Cushing, although it never appears that these instructions were carried out, and there is no knowledge of what Spain would do in tho premises. It is pos sible that Minister Woodford will have a different report to make. It can be stated, on information re ceived here, that there is no truth in the report that Lord Salisbury has sent an unfavorable answer to a sug gestion that the United States should interfere, the fact being that he has not replied at all to the attempt of our ambassador to sound him on the sub ject., and that his attitude gives reason to believe he will not oppose such ac tion as our interests may make neces sary. Minister Woodford’s instruc tions are to intimate to Spain that the United States will intervene unless the situation in Cuba speedily improves. These were the instructions which were given Mr. Cushing by Mr. Fish, and it is understood that the attitude of the United States is almost identi cal with the position taken during General Grant’s administration. Then, as now, the good offices of the United States had been tendered to Spain, to bring about a settlement of the war, “but,” said Secretary Fish, “the well intended proffers of the United States were unwisely rejected by Spain.” The secretary reviewed the situa tion, which presents many similar phases to that which exists now. President Grant, said the secretary, regarded independence as the only so lution to the Cuban question. ANGIOLLO EXECUTED. Castillo's Assassinator Meets Death on the Garrote. Advices from Sebastain, Spain, says: Michael Angiollo, who shot anti killed Senor Canovas del Castillo, the prime minister of Spain, at the baths of Santa Agueda on Sunday, August Bth, was executed at 11 o’clock Friday morning, according to the sentence ef the court martial imposed upon him. Angiollo heard calmly the news that he was to be executed, but he appeared to be surprised at it, and bitterly com plained of the frequent visits of the priests, declaring that they would ob taiu nothing from him. He declined to enter the chapel, say ing he was comfortable enough in his cell. An executioner from Burges performed the garroting, just prior to which Angiollo responded: “Since you cannot get me out of prison, leave me in peace. I myself will settle with God.” ONE DOLLAR WHEAT. &Jiort Crops of Foreign Countries Cause of High Prices Here. Friday 90£ @ 90|c was bid for Sep tember wheat at the opening on change at Chicago. Even at this price an ad vance of 91c since Thursday offerings were few and far between, and the market continued .to run up to 91 io. Higher prices at Liverpool, bullish crop estimates from Minneapolis and widespread damage to crops in Hun gary were the main factors when the regular trading began on ’change. Dispatches said wheat at Minneapo lis had touched sl. New York wired that wheat acceptances by cable were simply enormous, sixty-two boatloads being taken for export at New York and tweutv-eigbt load? at other points, all for England. AZCAKRAGV SPANISH PREMIER. Queen Regent Names th General as Can ova*' Successor. The queen regent of Spain, Friday, conferred the premiership upon Gen eral Asearraga, who is also minister of war. The cabinet will not be modi fied, but it is expected that there will not be instant dissensions. It is well understood that had Sa gasta, liberal, been appointed to suc ceed Canovas, there would have been wholesale resignations. It is said that General Weyler’s resignation is now in hand, hearing an “if” in reference to Sagasta. The belief is expressed that Sagasta would have received appointment but for Weyler’s threatened resignation. HANNA AND GAGE DISAGREE. Trouble Over Appointment of Customs Cllector at New Orleans. A Washington dispatch says: There is a scrap between Secretary Gage and Mark Hdnua with McKinley as referee. The trouble is over the attempt of Hanna to have A. T. Wimberly ap pointed collector of customs at New Orleans. Gage opposes the appointment on the ground that Wimberly demanded of Mrs. Marthilde Guile, of New Or leans, the honor of her daughter as the price of appointing her to office. BANKERS ADJOURN. Joseph C. Hendrix, of Now York, Suc ceeds Lowry, of Atlanta. The twenty-third annual convention of the American Bankers’ association oame to an end at 1 o’clock Thursday lafternoon. According to precedent, First Vice (President Joseph C. Hendrix, of New York, was raised to the office of presi dent. George H. Bussell, of Detroit, received a large majority of the votes oast for first vice president. SHERMAN MAKES ANSWER To Japan** Note Hegimliiiß the Annexa tion of Hawaii. A Washington dispatch says: Secre tary Sherman has submitted to the Japanese government an answer to Japan’s late note relating to the an nexation of Hawaii. The answer was delivered to Mr. Hoshi, the Japanese minister, last Saturday. It is his reply to Japan’s note of July stli, which up to that time had not been acknowledged. Mr. Sherman’s answer is marked by a friendly expression toward Japan, which gives special satisfaction in view of the somewhat strained rela tions resulting from the previous cor respondence. It reiterates the posi tion heretofore taken by the secretary of state as to the right and propriety of annexing Hawaii to the United States. With this, however, is coupled an assurance that the interests of Ja pan in Hawaii will be safeguarded. It also expresses satisfaction at the plan of arbitration between Japan and Ha waii on the question of Japanese im migration to Hawaii. Minister Hoshi has cabled the sub stance of the answer to the Tokio gov ernment and the full text of the an swer has been forwarded. It will not reach Japan until September 7th, and no action may be taken until the text is before the Japanese foreign officer. The Japanese legation is reticent over the dispatch, although there is no effort to conceal the satisfaction felt over the friendly spirit displayed throughout Mr. Sherman’s answer. The attention of the Tokio government has been particularly directed toward these expressions of good will. NO SCHOOL HOOK UNIFORMITY. Committee Authorized by the Georgia legislature Make Recommendations. The special committee appointed by Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, in in compliance with a resolution of the legislature, to investigate the matter of purchasing schoolbooks in the state and to recommend a plan for securing cheaper books, held a meeting in the state capitol Thursday and mapped out its report. They have recom mended a plan which they think will reduce the cost of books, but it is not the governor’s plan. Tho governor has been writing and talking in favor of uniformity in school books ever since the question was first agitated and the committee has gone against uniformity. The plan recommended by them is a much simpler one, and will not in any way involve the state in the book pub lishing businsss or commit the state to the exclusive use of any particular line of books. It declares in favor of en larging the power of the county boards of education, of incorporating those bodies, and authorizing them to pur chase books direct from the manufac turers and sell them to the children at first cost price. This is known as the Ohio plan, because it was adopted in that state some years ago, and has been in successful operation ever since. The main object of the commission was to do away with the heavy profits of the middle man, without in any way revolutionizing the present course of study. To do this the county boards are instructed to do their own buying in the future, except in such cases where the retail dealer will sell at the list price. In either case the county is to become responsible for the book bill, and, therefore, will be able to secure a larger discount from the publishers. The present discount is from 20 to 25 per cent. This report was agreed upon unan imously by the commission after a lengthy session and a full discussion of the matter. OFFICE-SEEKERS IN WAIT. President Will Be Greeted By Them On His Return to Washington. A Washington dispatch says: Presi dent McKinley is storing up a large sized disappointment for himself. He will find it on his return to the white house. And it will be in the shape of the old guard of office-seekers whom he left behind. There may not be quite as many of the old ones, but what the old guard lacks iu identity it will more than make up in numbers. When the president left for his va cation he conceived the delusion that during his absince the old guard which had clamored unsuccessfully for spoils would be, not exactly frozen out, but melted out, and report from Platts burg has it that he has been hugging that fond delusion to his breast. TICKET SCALPERS LOSE. A Permanent Injunction Against Their Selling Special Kate Tickets. In the famous case of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway vs. George E. McConnell, etal, Louisville & Nashville vs. Duckworth, et al, aud Western & Atlantic Railway vs. Duckworth et al, Judge Clark handed down an opinion Thursday morning favoring the railroads. This case arose over the handling of the special rate Tennessee Centennial tickets by the scalpers of Nashville, and the above named railroads asked for an injunction to restrain the scalp ers from handling the tickets. The court giants a permanent injunction. PUGILIST SLAVIN’ IS LOST. Was I.list Seen In the Chllkoot, Pass In the Wilds of Alaska. A letter received at San Francises from the head of Lake Bennett sayr that Frank Slavin, the pugilist, is lost in tlie wilds of the northwest. Or August 5 Slavin started back, alont from the lake towards the summit oi Chitkoot Pass to find a number of arti eles lost fl'om his pack. Up to August 9, the date of the let ter, nothing had been heard from bin and grave fears for his safety are en tertained. NEW RAILROAD PROJECTED. The California Southern Will Begin Operations Soon. The California Southern Railway j Company, anew line in course of j construction from Biggs Station on the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company’s lines, south through Sker- j man, Wasco and Crook cotinties to Pineville, a distance of 120 miles, will be in operation about September 5 as far as Wasco, that much of the line having been completed. COMMENT OH DOLLAR WHEAT LONDON PAPERS EXPRESS THEIR OPINION SARCASTICALLY. “UNMERITED LUCK,” SAYS ONE. “Wpslprn FniTHPi’s Will See at Once That High Prices Are Compatible With a Gold Standard.•• A special cable dispatch from Lon don says: The fact that the price of wheat has reached $1 a bushel in the United States has produced consid erable excitement among grain specu lators and others in London. The sec retary of the Baltic said: “Of course we have been caught largely short. The rise in the price of wheat makes a somewhat hysterical market. The rise of six pence in the price of barley, for example, Satur day, was due to no assignable cause. There is no speculation here, as it is known on Wall street, although there is some speculation at Liverpool. Tho secretary of the corn exchange remarked: “There is no speculation here, as such transactions are generally known. There has been a disposition on the part of the outside public to bear the market; but the brokers have dissuaded their clients from so doing. The rise iu prices yesterday morning and today was not due so much to “dollar wheat” as to the buying by France, where threshings are proving disappointing. Our millers, too, are short.” “The brokers have not made much,as they held no stocks; but it is needless to say that the rise of half a crown in the price of what yesterday, makes the liveliest times on Mark Lane. The Americans have apparently got it their own way.” The Westminster Gazette, referring to the rise in the price of wheat, says: “Dollar wheat” is an unmerited stroke of good luck for President Mc- Kinley’s government, which ought to have been overtaken by swift calamity for shamelessly paying election debts to the trusts by the passage of the Dingley bill.” At the same time the Westminster Gazette finds comfort in the allegation that “the Bryanites are made to look foolish,” and adds: “The western farmers will see at once that high prices are compatible with a gold standard, and the destruc tion of Bryan and his panacea is bound to follow. But if President McKin ley’s supporters are wise, they will not for a moment imagine that when they dispose of the silver craze they will dispose of the revolt against the capit ilists who have never used their power so ruthlessly as since the late presidential election.” The Westminster Gazette then pro ceeds to denounce “the extortions” of the new United States tariff', which, it adds, is one of the worst and most fruitful sources of corruption of public men and public servants.” In conclusion The Westminster Ga zette says: “The degree of success which has attended Bryan shows that Americans are becoming alive to the rottenness of something, and the next time the cam paign will be directed less to the gold standard tliau to the standard of pub lic life.” FIVE CHILDREN DROWNED. Bumped Into the Water From a Float. Sixteen Were Rescued. Five children were drowned in the harbor at Toronto Sunday afternoon by the capsizing of a float. " ' The float was made of rough timber and used for conveying workman from the mainland to the breakwater, a dis tance of about 100 yards. The float is worked by chains attached to the bank on one side and the breakwaters on the other. Sunday afternoon twenty-one chil dren, boys and girls, ranging from eight to thirteen years of age, crowded on the raft for the purpose of going to bathe at the breakwater. Half way across the channel, where the water is very deep, the raft capsized and all the children were thrown into the water. There were many boats in the neigh borhood, and these were quickly at the scene of the accident. All of the children were rescued except five. GOLD MEN IN CONFERENCE. Commissioners Appointed to Investigate the Currency Question. Hugh H. Hanna, of Indianapolis; George Foster Peabody, New York city;- A. E. Williams, Philadelphia, and J. W T . Fries, Salem, N. C., the sub-committee appointed by the exec utive committee of fifteen selected by the recent sound money conference at Indianapolis, held an executive session at Saratoga, N. Y., Wednesday and appointed commissioners to act on the recommendation of President McKin ley in relation to the currency ques tion. The names of the commissioners will not be given to the public until their acceptance is received. SWAPPED GOLD FOR GREENBACKS. Sub-Troaury Receives SSI ,000,000 of Yel low 3letal From a Bank. The National Park bank deposited $1,000,000 in gold in the United States sub-treasury at New York Wednesday morning in exchange for greenbacks. It is expected that the treasury's gold reserve will be increased in this way by banks which need currency in the shape of small bills for shipment to the sonth for harvesting the cotton crop. HEAVY BUSINESS THIS. Pennsylvania Bailroud Taxed to Its Ut most To Furnish Cars. A high official of the Pennsylvania railroad says that business is showing a material increase aud that the com pany is taxed to furnish the cars. Owing to the heavy grain movement which is now coming east there is a great demand for box cars. Whits there is not a car famine, there is a scarcity of oars and those that have been in storage are now being utilized. DROWN ALUMNI AROUSED. Sink*, an Appefll to Uphold tho Interests of the University. The following petition, which is to be presented to the Brown corporation at its next meeting at Providence, K. 1., on September Ist, is being circu lated among the alumni of the univer sity for signatures; “As alumni of Brown university, deeply interested in her welfare and jealous of her good name, we respect fully address your honorable body with reference to the action of the committee appointed by you to confer with President Andrews regarding the best interests of the university. ‘ ‘The recent correspondence between that committee and President Andrews has rightly or wrongly been interpre ted to mean that the president and faculty of Brown university are called upon to renounce their cherished rights of freedom of thought and speech and that the propriety of their expression is to be measured by its pecuniary value to the university. “This interpretation is giving Brown university a widespread reputation for intolerance and mercenary standards, inconsistent with her history and damaging to her good name and use fulness and is further giving color to the charge that our universities in general exist for the propagation of ideas favored by a certain class rather than o_f the discovery and dissemina tion of truth. “We cannot remain silent while our honored institution of learning is thus misrepresented. We, therefore, ap peal to you to take action upon the resignation of President Andrews as will effectually refute the charge that the reasonable liberty of utterances was, or ever is, to bo denied to any creature of Brown university. “We ask that by emphatic vote you shall announce to the public that en lightened toleration shall be tiro guide of our alma mater in the future, as it has been the dearest treasure iu the past.” FAURE’S DEPARTURE EXCITING. Bomb Was Exploded on the Route He Had Followed. Advices from Paris state that the departure of President Faure on his visit to the czar at St. Petersburg Wednesday was marked by scenes of intense excitement, accompanied by the circulation of the wildest kind of rumors. After his departure a bomb exploded along the route the president had followed, and although no damage was done, and in spite of the fact that nobody was hurt, the greatest excite ment prevailed for a long time after wards and the sensational reports had it that those who exploded the bomb had intended an outrage of a more serious nature. The president received an ovation from the public when he started on his journey to Russia, large crowds of people lining tho route from the Elysee palace to the railway station and greeted the president with enthu siastic cries of “vive la republique, vive la Russia, vive Faure,” etc. Ten minutes after the president’s departure, when the crowds were re turning along the route traversed by M. Faure, a bomb exploded at the corner of the Boulevard Magenta and the Hue Lafayette, in front of the Restaurant Duval. JUDGE FIELD BREAKS RECORD. Has Served on Supreme Court Bench Longer Than Any Other Justice. Associate Justice Stephen Field, of the supreme court of the United States, broke the record Monday for continuous service on the supreme bench, having served 34 years, five months and six days, or one day longer than former Chief Justice John Marshall. It is probable that his seat upon the bench will become vacant in the near future, and upon his retirement Attor ney General McKenna, according to the present understanding, will suc ceed him. MANGLED BY DYNAMITE. Georgia Farmer Placed tlie Stull' Under the Stove To I>ry. W r . B. L. Davis, a wealthy farmer living three miles west of Roekmart, Ga.,was killed at 5 o’clock Wednesday morning by the accidental explosion of seventeen dynamite cartridges. He had placed the box of dynamite under the kitchen s:ove for the pur pose of drying. The kitchen and dining room were badly wrecked, and the body horribly mutilated. Davis was 60 years old. ALASKAN BOUNDARY CORRECT. Official of the Coast an l 'Geodetic Survey Say* Linen Will Not Be Changed. In speaking of the boundary line between Alaska and tbe British possessions, General Duffield, of the coast and geodetic survey, said: “I do not believe that when the mat ter of the boundary lines between the two countries is settled there will be any appreciable change from the lines which are down on the map. Dawson City is 100 miles or mure east of the 141st meridian, which is the boundary line. The difference between the United State aud Canada surveys on the 141st meridian is a matter of feet only.” ARMY oFTHE POTOMAC Hold Their Twenty-Eighth Annual Item’.- ion lii Troy, N. Y. Great preparations were made at Troy, N. Y., to entertain the 3,000 visiting members and friends of the Army of the Potomac who gathered there Friday for their 28th aunual reunion. The city was ablaze with decorations and every ball and availa ble space has been turned into an ar mory for tbe accommodation of wel come guests. ALABAMA COTTON MILL CLOSED. The State’s Conviet Factory Iluns Out of Material. Alabama’s state cotton mill, at Speigners, which is worked by female and indigent convicts, w-ill he shut down in a few days on account of the failure of the cotton supply and the hands will be put to picking the sta ple from the state’s fields adjacent. Hitchcock’s Commission Signed. The commission of Ethan A. Hitch cock, of Missouri, as minister to Rus sia, was made out at Washington Fri day. The appointment dates from August 10. DNDERGUARDOF PINKERTONS THE OPERATORS DECIDE TO OPEN UP THEIR IDLE MINES. COURT’S DECISION AGAINST MINERS There Will He No More Marching and tho Selge Agninot DeArmltt lfa. Ileen Called Off. The decision reached by the opera tors of the Pittsburg district at their conference at Cleveland, 0., Wednes day night, to open their mines regard less of the consequences will probably cause serious trouble, according to lo cal coal men. It is the intention of the Pittsburg operators to engage. Pinkerton men to protect their non-union men. This action on their part will prob ably precipitate a terrible climax to the great strike, and the operators ad mit that blood will proliab'y flow. In speaking of the probable result of the operators’ decision,Rufus Cuddy, of the Cuddy Coal company, said: “If it is found necessary to do so a whole army of detectives will ho employed to protect our men, and if tho worst comes they will be supplied with gatiing guns and other equipments to convince the strik ers that we mean business. There wili be no delay in inaugurating this movement.” Mr. Cuddy’s statement is upheld by J. P. Zerbe, president of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal company, who said: “We are determined to operate our mines again in spite of tho strikers, and I see no reason why wo should not succeed. There are plenty of non-union workmen in the country who are willing to fight for their protection, although I am of the opinion we will be able to protect them ourselves. I think when the old miners find they cannot prevent the mines being operated they will go back to work again peaceably. The op erators' conference was adjourned to meet again next week in Pittsburg, at which meeting all the linns represented at Wed nesday’s meeting will bo present.” Decision Against Miners. A special from Pittsburg says: When court opened Wednesday morning Judges Stowe and Collier handed down a decision in tho injunction proceedings t f the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company against the United Mine Workers of America, Patrick Dolan, William Warner and others. The preliminary injunction was made permanent, and the plaintiff was ordered to file a bond of $5,000 to answer for such damages as may be sustained by the defendants by reason of the injunction. Immediately after the filing of the decree and upon motion the court ordered a similar decree to be drawn in the case against the Bunola miners, in which an injunction had also been applied for. The indications are that the camp about DeArmitt’s mines will be aban doned, and there will be no more marching. Uriah Bellingham reached Plum Creek about noon Wednesday, and calling the men together,told them of the adverse decision of the court. He told them there would be no fur ther use in remaining in the camp, as no more food would be furnished. In order to follow up their advan tage, the operators held a largely at tended meeting at the Monongahela house and arranged for the starting of their mines, with or without force. If force seems to be unavoidable, it is l their intention to start a certain few mines under the. protection of depu ties and whatever expense may result will be shared pro rata by the mine owners. ; TENNESSEE HEALTH OFFICERS. A New State Association Organized At a Meeting In Nashville. About 50 city and county health of ficers of Tennessee met at Nashville Wednesday to organize a state associ ation. Dr. Albright, of Somerville, was made president. Dr. Albright appointed a committee on organization which recommended Dr. W. S. Nash, of Knoxville, for president; Dr. E. S. Raymond, of Memphis, for secretary; Dr. F. O. Johnson, Clarksville; Dr. T. E. Aber nathy, Chattanooga, and Dr. -T. B. Thornton, Memphis, vice presidents. The report was adopted. NO BIDS RECEIVED. The Mathews Cotton Mill In Alabama Was Not Sold. The Mathews cotton mill property at Selma, Ala., was again offered at foreclosure sale Wednesday at the upset price of $85,000. There were no bidders. The property had pre viously been offered twice at the upset prices of $150,000 and SIOO,OOO. It is thought the upset price will be re duced even lower and *ke property offered again. It is a valuable plant and for several years has paid hand some dividends on $900,000. The foreclosure was forced l>v the , failure ot the Commercial hank. Three hundred operators are out of employ ment awaiting a sale. INSANE HUSBAND’S DEED. Slays His Wife and Her Brother and Attempts Suicide. Sunday night at Nashville, Tenn., insane from drink, Robert Blum Rich, a yonng cabinet workman, murdered bis wife and her brother and then at tempted to commit suicide, inflicting wounds from which he will die. Rich is thirty-four years old and was married to Mary Oliva Porter De cember 25, 1887. He was a heavy drinker and did not get along well with his wife, from whom he separated last May. MOB SLAYS GREEN. He Had Killed a White Man and Fatally Wounded a Negro Woman. Two quick deaths and a probably fatal wounding marked the day at Lovett, Ga., a station on the Wrigkts ville and Tennillo road Sunday. Andrew Green, a negro, after shoot ing Lula George, a woman of his own color, killed George Heath, a pronji lient citizen, and was in turn killed by a mob organized to avenge the death of Heath, ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK. ' Mercantile Agencies lteport Great Im provement In Trade GoiuliUon*. Bradstreet’s summary of business conditions the past week says: “Special telegrams front trade cen ters throughout the country emphasize the growing prosperity of the farmer, due to higher prices for almost all ag ricultural products still in his bauds, and principally to a continuation of the demand which lias been conspic uous within the past few weeks. The volume of trade continues to increase and prices are hardening. Xu such volume of business, largely iu anti •- pation of requirements, Ims been re ported since 1892. Larger transactions have been had in dry goods, clothing and shoes with south and west in wagons and farm implements. “Another very favorable bank clear ing report is found in the total of sl,- 140,000,000 for the week, which,while it is 1 per cent less than last week, is 40 per cent larger than in the third week of August, 1896; 26 per cent heavier than ill 1895; 49 per cent larger than in 1891, and fully 55 per cent larger than in the like week of 1893, when clearings totals were re duced to very low figures, compared with the like period iu 1892, a year of large volume of business, this week’s total shows a gain of 13 per cent. Among 86 of the cities reporting bank clearings only 17 show decreases this week compared with the correspond ing period last year. Bank clearings at other cities than New York are 17 pier cent larger this week than in the like week a year ago, but at New York tlie increase is 56 per cent. “Prices of staples continue the fav orable movement of the past few weeks, with advances for wheat flour, wheat, new pork, butter, eggs, cheese, corn and oats. Hides are also firmer and higher. “Exports of wheat (flour included as wheat) from both coasts of United States and Montreal this week are the largest in any week since September 1, 1894, amounting to 5,218,004 bush els this week, as compared 4,460,000 bushels last week. 3,991,000 bushels three years ago, and 4,960,000 bushels in 1893.” TO PENSION DESERTERS. The Oucstion Has Been Submitted to th< President and Secretary Bilan. A Washington dispatch says: It is not improbable that official announce ment will be made in a few weeks of a radical change in the present attitude of the pension bureau toward pension claimants who had a confederate war service. Under the present constructions of the laws, any service in the confeder ate cause, irrespective of later service for the gevernment, is a bar to pen sion. Commissioner of Pensions Evans believes that if a claimant served in any capacity in the confederate service but later deserted or left its ranks, en listed in the Union army, served there in and was honorably discharged, it would be an injustice to refuse him a pension. He believes that having per formed honorable service in tlie union army, the past hostile services be overlooked. Assistant Secretary Webster Davis, whose decisions have been in the line of liberal construction of the pension laws, is understood to have similar views. The question has been referred to the president and Secretary Bliss for their approval. AN ADDRESS BY TILLMAN Will Bo it Ftaturo of si Mass Mooting: of Democrats In Brooklyn, N. Y. A committee of the “United Demo cratic Organization of Greater New York” has arranged for a mass meet ing at Ridgewood Park, Brooklyn, on the evening of August 31. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, is sched uled to make on address upon the “Duty of Democrats.” A circular has been sent out to labor organizations urging attendance in order that a de monstration may be made against “the serious and persistent assault now being made upon several of the fudamental rights of labor and of all honest American citizenship by the process commonly known as govern ment by injunction.” Armenians With Bombs. Tlie police of Constantinople have arrested two Armenians at whose resi dences they found two bombs. The prisoners confessed that they intended to use these bombs at the Russian and German embassies. MAY LEASE FOR FLANAGAN. Judge Camllcr Grants a Stay of Execution For Indefinite Time. At Decatur, Ga., Saturday, Judge Candler signed a stay of execution, in the case of Edward Flanagan which means indefinite life for the prisoner. After hearing the reading •’t several affidavits by both sides *‘ n the motion for anew trial, tbo court announced that it would not be able to take up the question for consideration for sev eral days. This means that Flanagan will not „he executed until after the question of anew trial im- hasa dec.vJtfd,and-even should it be decided against him he has another chaiice in supreme court. COIN COSTA RICA MONEY. That Government Appeals to the United States Mint Korean. Information comes from Costa Rica that that government has asked the United States mint bureau to coin 600,000 colons under the former gov ernment’s new system of coinage, fa vorable to gold. It will also seek to secure gold bars sufficient to coin an additional 400,000 colons. The colon is equivalent to 40 cents. The ratio at which the Costa Rican coinage is made is 32 to 1 as between gold and silver. APPEAL FOR CUBAN GIRL. Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe Ask interference. A special from New York says: Mrs. Julia AVarde Howe has appealed to the pope in a letter asking him to interfere to save Evangelina Cisneros, the Cuban girl who is said tobe about to he trans ported to the Spanish dungeon of Ceuta. Mrs. Jefferson Davis has written a letter to the queen of Spain, making s Similar request. ffl OFFERED FORMERS THE EXECUTIONERS OF THE NE GRO OSCAR WILLIAMS WANTED. THE SPALDING GRAND JURY ACTS And Now tho Governor of Georgia Takes Cognizance of Their PreMentinents and Offers Rewards. Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, has | offered large rewards for the men who , lynched Oscar Williams, the Clayton county negro, in Griffin, on the morn ing of July 22d. The offer is based on the same plan as that of the Ryder reward and contemplates not only the punishment of those actually in the mob which did the bloodly work, but also all those who aid iu preventing the detection of the guilty parties. ! The governor delayed his proclama ! tion because he wanted to let the | Spalding county grand jury investigate the case. As soon as he read the presentment of the giand jury, he and Attorney General Terrell got together and drew up a paper, wherein the secretary of state was directed to issue a proclama tion offering a reward of SSOO each for the arrest and delivery to tlio sheriff of Spalding county, or to any jailer in the state, with proof to convict, of the first two men concerned therein who are guilty of a felony, and SIOO each for the arrest and delivery, with proof to convict, of each subsequent party guilty of a felony; also that the secre tary of state issue a proclamation of fering a reward of $250 each for such parties as feloniously conspire or aid in preventing the detection or arrest of the parties guilty of the murder of said Oscar Williams; said reward to be paid on the arrest and delivery of such person or persons, with proof to con vict, to the sheriff of Spalding county or to any jailer iu the state. The lynching of Williams was one of the most remarkable that hrs ever occurred in Georgia. On July 17th he attempted an assault on the six year-old daughter of J. C. Campbell, a farmer near Lovejoy, and escaped. He was pursued for three days by a large mob of men and was caught at Barnesville, where a company of mili tia protected him in the jail there. Later he was taken to Macon under heavy military escort and lodged in the Bibb county jail. The news that a mob was forming in Macon to lynch him reached the ears of the sheriff and he promptly made arrangements for a secret trans fer of the prisoner to Atlanta. While en route to the latter city a mob took Williams from the train and put him to death. NEW MODEL FARM. Georgia Wants Land That Will Produc© All Kinds of Vegetation. The prudential committee of the Georgia State University, at Athens, has purchased a lot of land to he used by the department of agriculture for a model farm. The present model farm, adjoining Rock college, will now be put on the market and the trustees hope to be able to dispose of it for a good sum. The purchase of a place for a new model farm, while quite a surprise,has been contemplated by the trustees for a number of years. Up to this time they have always been pursuaded from buying other property because of the old farm. The Rock college property was practically valueless as a model farm, and the trustees have been de siring to get land that will produce all vegetation abundantly. At their last meeting it was decided to sell the Rock college farm aud buy better and mors fertile land. VIOLATED SUNDAY LAW. Georgia Railway Officers Indicted For Moving Freight on thA Sabbath. Tbe grand jury of DeKalb county, Ga., has found six true bills against the Georgia railroad for running freight trains on Sunday after the hours prescribed by law. The charges against the company are very plain, and tbe witnesses exam ined by the grand jury gave positive testimony that the company operated their through freights after 8 o’clocjs. in the morning oh the 7th, 14tli add 21st days of February last. TOBACCO FAIR ARBAXGEV. Florida State Organization Formed at a Meeting In Lake City. At a mass meeting held by citizens of Lake City, the Florida Tobacco Fair association Avas organized to hold a state tobacco fair in that city Octo ber 27-28. The following officers were elected: Professor F. B. Moodie, pres ident;.!. \V. IVny. iii'-t. JVI esidclTT; B. H. Palmer, second vice president; T. S. Chalker, treasurer; S. Boteler Thompson, secretary; J. E. Young, A. B. Hart, lb L. Geer, .T. O. Harris, and other wellknown citizens, board of directors. The citizens intend to work hard to make the fair a great success. 110118 THBOWERS ARRESTED. Armenians Now In Prison Are Certain To Ie Executed. Six arrests have been made as a re sult of the bomb explosions in Con atatinople Wednesday. All the prison ers are Armenians. All are certain to be executed. The author of the explosions which took place in the offices of the grand vizier is a native of Kalsarieh. His hand was seriously injured by the ex plosion. The police-are actively search ing the Armenian quarters for accom plices of the bomb throwers, aud the streets are thoroughly patrolled. WRECK KILLS SIX. Head-End Collision on the Louisville and Nashville in Illinois. A special from McLeansboro, 111., savs: News of a disastrous wreck on 1 the Louisville and Nashville railroad, one and a half miles north of Dahlgreu, was received Wednesd ly. At about half-past 7 a m. two freight trains, headed in opposite directions, I,collided, killing six men, all employes lof tho company, and demolishing the * engine and a large number of cars.