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PROGRESS.
By W. IK BRICE.
DBTOTED TO THE MINING, AGRICULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTEbRftTtf OF CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY AND NORTH EAST GEORGIA.
TERMS-. One Dollar Per Year.
VOL. IV.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.
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MISSOURI ACTS.
CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY,iGA, FRIDAY, AUGUST |C>, IS‘)r,.
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The democratio etato convention of
. Missouri was called to order Tuesday
j morning, at Pertlo Springs, by Vioo-
| Chairman John H. Carroll, lie stated
the purpose of the convention and iu-
i trod need Hon. ltiehnrd P. Bland as
4 :* p temporary chairman. Mr. Bland bo*
gnu on a speech which laBtcd but a
few minutes. He stated that it was
the desire of the delegates that the
slate committee should bo enlarged,
and he hoped that this enlargement
would be made in snob a way as to
leavo no bitter feeling or disappointed
hoi>es.
After the usual oommitteos had been
selected the convention took a recess
until 2 o’clock p. m. The committee
on resolutions sprang a surprise by
('looting as their chairman Congress
man Do Armond, of Bates county, and
they immediately began their labors.
The committeo ou permanent organiz
ation decided upon Hon. U. P. Bland
for permanent chairman.
The convention reassembled at ‘2
o’clock and the temporary organiza
tion was permanent. It was recom
mended I lint the present state com
mittee bo enlarged by the addition of
one cu tn in it team an from each congres
sional district and by the election by
the convention of four committeemen
at large, niakiug the total committeo
thirty four, instead of fifteen, as at
present constituted. The proposition
was carried.
The Resolution Received.
The resolutions committee's report
was read and adopted. The preamble
and resolutions are as follows!
“The federal constitution names
silver and gold together as the money
metals of the United States.
"The first coinage* bill passed by
congress under the constitution msd
the silver dollar the unit of valuo and
admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio
measured by the silver dollar unit.
“From the beginning of the govern
inent, following a policy formulated
by Thomas Jefferson and firmly
tabliahed by Jackson, the democratic
party has been the party qf bime
tallism, favoring tho free coinage of
both silver and gold nt the national
minis, ami oppe^d to fornHtig out io
W. B. KYDF.K, Suportninniei
North Carolina.
Charlotte,
f. II. GREEN,
Grn'l Sttpt.,
Washington, d. C.
J. M GULP,
Traffic Mn'gr.
Washington D. (
ALABAMA MINERS ON A STRIKE.
They Object to Piling Up tlio Coal on
tlio Cars.
The colored and white miners work
ing for tho Sloss Tron and Steel Com
pany, at tho Jtuffuer, Ala., ore mines,
went out on a strike Wednesday after
noon for au advance in wages. Thero
are about one hundred and fifty men
employed nt these mines, and nearly
all of them are negroes. A committeo
from tho men, composed of throo ne
groes and two white, went to Superin
tendent Ooodsen and made known
their request. It was refused and tho
(t riko was the remit.
One of the white miners states that
t'jo cuuso of the strike was for an ad
vance of 5 cents per car, and tho tak
ing off of tho six-inch pile on top of
the carload, lie says that company is
now paying 55 nnd 00 cdnts per car
for the ore mining. Recently it lias
been demanded that the men load six
inches above a reasonable level of tho
car. Tho strike is for an advance of
from 55 and GO cents to GO and G5
cents per ear, and tho taking off of tho
six inch rule.
He said also that the committee who
had carried the miners' request to the
superintendent had been summarily
dismisaid from tho company's service
Thursday nnd had been given orders
on the company's office for all amounts
due them.
Tho negroes seem to 1 o determined
in the fight, so ho said, and have be
gun taking out their tools.
The situation at Brookside, Cardiff
and Brazenl remains unchanged. Only
a few men are at work, nnd they are
said to be loading the coal dug out be
fore the striko began.
WIIIT/CCAPS IN TEXAS.
They Post Notices Demanding Thai
banking c rporations the government’s
sovereign power of issuing and con
trolling the money of tho people.
"Tho not of 1875 demonetizing sil
ver was surreptitiously passed, with
out tho approval or kuowledgo of the
American people, nnd from tho time
when tho effect of this act in fastening
upon tho country tho singlo gold
standard was understood, the demo
cratic party had consistently and per
sisteutly urged that the grievous wrong
ho righted.
"Failure to accomplish this object
has resulted in the steady apprecia
tion of gold, a corresponding fall in
tho prices of commodities produced by
tho people, a heavy increase in the
burden of all debtors, public and pri
vato, tho onrichmont of tho mouoy
lending class, paralysis of indust
and impoverishment of tho people and
unexampled distress in all gold stand
ard countries.
"Experience lias shown that while
under tho singlo gold standard thero
may bo an occasional revival of busi
ness activity, accompanied by en
hnneed prices of a limited number of
commodities, such revival is duo to ar
tificial and temporary causes and can
not permanently alloviato tho suffer
ings due to falling prices brought
about by tho appreciation of gold and
au adequate supply of primary or re
demption money.
"Duty to tho people requires that
tho party of tho people continue the
battle for bimetallism until its efforts
are crowned with success.
"Therefore be it resolved, That we,
the democrats of Missouri, in conven
tion assembled, demand tho free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold,
into primary or redemption mouoy, at
the ratio of 10 to 1, without waiting
for the action or approval of auy other
nation.
"2. Resolved, That wo arc irrevoca-
bly opposed to tho substitution for
metallic money of a panic-breeding-
corporation-crodit currency based on
a single metal, tho supply of which is
so limited that it can be cornered at
any time by a few banking institutions
in Europe and America.
"8. Resolved, That we are opposed
to tho policy and practice of surren
dering to tho holders of tho obligations
of the United States the option re
served by the law to the govornmout
of redeeming such obligations in either
silver c« in or gold coin.
"4. Resolved, That wo are opposed
to the issuing of interest-bearing bonds
of the United States in time of peace,
and especially aro we opposed to plac
ing the treasury of the government
under the control of any syndicate of
bankers and the issuance of bonds to
lie sold by them at in enormous profit
for the purpose of iup,)lying the fed
eral treasury with gold to maintain tho
WORDS OF CONDOLENCE.
Telegrams from Friends of the Late
Justice Pour Upon Mrs. Jackson.
Throughout tho entire day Friday
telegrams of condolence from nil over
North America poured into Nashville,
all tendering sympathy to tlio family
of tho late Justice Jackson. Tele
grams were received from nearly every
member of tho federal judiciary, from
United States senators and represent-
lives, and from personal friends in
privnto life. President Cleveland
wired tho following:
fir?,/,Ann's Ray, M«nr., August 9.—To Mrs.
owell E. Jackson, NhsIivHIg, Tenn.: I deeply
lnpntliiKo with you in your terrible birtMivo-
ent, while 1 mourn tlio death of a devoted
i i»d and tho nation's loss of a wise and up
ght judge, a useful citizen and i»n honest
all. OlU'VKU CliKVKLANO.
The Nashville bar hold a meeting
and appointed a committeo to draft
resolutions of respect to Justice Jack-
son. Chief Justice Fuller wired Den
ial Jackson requesting that tho funer
al services ho postponed until Monday
morning in order that lie might at
tend, and in accordance therewith
10:80 Monday morning was Jixed as
tho hour of tho funeral; services to bo
at Bello Meade, Goutral Jackson’s
home.
Tlio pallbearers will bo^Associato
Justice Charles N. Blntchford, of
Lynchburg, Va. ; Judge Charles E.
Fenner, of Now Orleans; Judge W. T.
Taft, of Cincinnati; Judge Maxwell,
of Cincinnati; Chief Justice 1). L.
tSnodgrusfwai the Teunessco supremo
cotirt; .Judge Thomas H. Malone,
Judge M. Dickerson and Colonel 11.
M. Douk.
Chief Justiees Fuller and Brower
left Sorrento, f Me., Friday afternoon
for Nashville ty attend Justice Jack-
son’s funeyvf.
No rospoiftiert* have been received
from any of the other justices although
it is supposed that Justice White, who
is iu Washington, and Justice Brown,
who is in Jamestown, R. L, will also-
attend. Thero will be notliiug official
iu tho arrangements, it beftfe tke$rnojw
tioe of the court not to invest tho fu
neral of a deceased member who 4 ilios
during tlio recess with any official for
mality.
NEGROES DRIVEN OUT.
Moro Trouble by tho Italian Mob at
£ Spring Valley.
The Italian miners qJ flprihg Val
ley, Ill., Tuesday, made an attempt to
carry out their resolution of Monday
«> »,n %
fng-Wflft .ViTy, amt tfm result was .me
of tho most disgraceful outrages over
perpetrated in Bureau county. It was
dono under protection of tho mayor
and policemen. Innocent wonion and
children were driven from their homes
and insulted and thoir trunks and be
longings dragged about and despoilod.
The affair outside of Spring Valley
has created a sensation and tlio news
spread rapidly. Condemnation of the
proceedings is coining from every
quarter. Tho "location” presented a
dismal scene during the latter part of
tho day. Wagons were hurrying about,
gathering up household goods and
carrying theta off on all tho principal
highways.
During part of tho time, Martin
Delmorgo, tho Italian mayor, accom
panied by several Italian members of
the police, were on the grounds watch
ing the proceedings. Mayor Dolmargo
said ho was thero to see that the ne
groes got away peaceably, but if this
was his purpose he did not accomplish
what he went. for.
Governor Altgeld lias interested him
self in this matter. In the afternoon
Sheriff Clark, of ITinceton, received a
massage from the governor asking for
information on the nibjoot. Ho wish
ed to know what was being done by
the officers of tho law. Sheriff Clark
replied giving a brief history of tho
events, being substantially in accord
ance with the United Dress reports.
Ho also said the authorities in Spring
Vulloy were doing nothing and that
ho had never been called upon by tho
mayor fur assistance.
JUSTICE JACKSON
DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME
in west Meade.
THE BUILDING FELL
And Many Workmen Thereon Caught
In the Crash.
An eight story building in course of
construction nt tho northeast corner
of West Third street and Soul'll Fifth
avenue, New York, fell Thursday
morning nnd a number of tho work
men were carried down ill the ruins..
Eighty odd men wore working in the
building. The great majority escaped.
One was taken out dead, and four in-
WASHINGTON NOTES
GOSSirOFTHE CAPITAL IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of tho Chiefs and Heads of the
Various Departments.
The Distinguished Jurist Had Boon
Declining for Over a Year,
ouimina. xue Kreiiwiiiiioruy eaumitju,
Tlio steamship Umtirin, which Rolled
<Tnotice Howell E. Jackson, of tho jured, but nlivo. A dozen or more nro for Europe from New York Saturday
United Slates, supremo court, died tu'sHing. | morning, curried $202,930 in | odbnrs
Tlinrsdny afternoon at 3:45 o'clock. All of tho dend, injured nnd missing nnd $739,850 in Bilvcv nnd the Trnvo
Justice irtokeon lmd been critically ill 'wore workman, plasterers, cnrpentein , $105,000 gold coin nnd $10,400 silver
nt his homo nt West Mondo, Tonn., aud clootricnl fitting men. bnrs.
near Nnshvillo, for scv.rrnl dnys nnd his A policemen was lionr tho scene | ’Ji 10 Ms'iehnnls’ Nntionnl linnk, of
when tho nooidont oeenrred. He mid bus been authorized by
ho heard tho roar of the falling build- thu oomptruller to resume business,
ing and immediately after it saw a Tlio lmnk suspended \pril 27lh, 1805,
horse running away. i hut has fully complied with the oondi-
Hurrying towards tho animal, ho tiollB j, n xroneil by tho comptroller of
saw tho cloud of dust near Third street the enrraney and its capital slock is
ami turned towards it. There lie saw **
two men struggling in a pile of debris.
He pulled tho moil out and began to
release a third when tho floor beneath
death was expected nt any moment.
Since his return from ^Vnshingtoh,
Justice Jackson lmd slowly declined,
and though at tmiuHJt has Roomed that
thero wsb a clmnoe of prolonged life,
thut hope was abandoned Thursday
morning and the end came during the
afternoon.
Howell Edmunds Jackson was born
in Paris, Tonn.. on the 8th of April,
1882. Iu 1810 ho
PoU Notices D
Negroes Leave.
A bad state of iiffiirs is reported as
pr< vailing in Delta county, Texas,
which adjoins Lamar county on tho
smith. One night recently every ne
gro was notified that he must leave
the county nt once or ho would bo
taken out and hanged. Notices were
posted in*orming white men who un
dertook to protect them that they
would meet with the some fato. This
caused a perfect stampede among tho
negroes, who began to movo out of
the County st once, ulthongh the citi- I 'j• “7,7gold monometal 1 ism,’
zeiiR (ffered them every protection. ■ - • -•
In n j ad ius of five miles 2,000 acres of
land, crops and all were abandoned
and contracts for another year abrupt
ly canceled. The while-cappers, or
whatever they were, continued to post
threatening notices and not a family is
left. Some negroes who owned valu
able farms have remained behind to
sell their lands for whatever they could
get for them. One colony of negroes
owuinglOO acres of the best land in
the county have os vet got no offer for
it, although it is well worth from $25
to $50 per acre.
parents to Jackson, and was graduated
in 18-18 at tho AVust Tennessee College.
After being graduated there, ho spent
tw * years in tho University of Vir
ginia. In 1858 ho received a diploma
at Lebanon law school, and began to
practice law at Jackson. In 1851) ho
removed do Memphis, and was twice
appointed a judge of tho atato supremo
court. On reluming to Jnoksbn in
1878 ho was elected »i representative iu
tho legislature in 188(1.
Ho was elected to tho United fit a tea
senate from TenUcHsce for the term
begiutiing March *L,188I, but resign
ed iu 188G. InMiircIi of that year ho
wns appointed U ( l I’i'fesiflhnt Olovohiml
United Klutos <I«triol judge for tho
western district lif TcnneBsoo, nnd af
terwards nespotlta justice of tho su-
prenie court o/lr'lto United Rtntoa.
Among his lnw^fiiiiiiil sola was hear
ing matters at MA.Con .connected with
tho Central rsiirood reoeivSnihip.
A JUKOH TACKS.
Nijya the VotPiUcl I^M1 ss Flagler’s Case
Was jfliange.l.
A Washington special says: Ho
llowed interest in the unfortunate
shooting affair, ill which Misa Flagler
killed tho boy Ernest drown, is aroused
by the publieiitiotl of a-card from (loo.
J. Ar. Horsey, a fnitinbex of the coron
er’s jury, charging^!] ;*t tho verdict
Bgreod upon wnS 1 Changed at tho tug-,
after H had been sicncd and given h>
tho court crier. ' Alfr. Horsey snys:
“When tho jury was ready to an
nounce its verdiot that verdict waa
concluded with tho soutsneo: ‘Wo do
think that tho shots were fired care
lessly and indifferently. ’ I believed
that tho wording was snfilciont to car
ry the oaso to the grand jury, other
wise I should not have signed it. After
Coroner Ifamniell and AssiHlnnt Attor
ney Jeffords rams into tho jury room,
Mr. Hosh Ferry, counsel for the de
fendant, entered in company with
Mis* Flagler, and then Iho crowd came
crowding in. Mr. Ferry heard what
was said nnd remarked to Ootonar
llnmmnll that something should ha
added to tho verdict. Mr. Ferry then
reached over nnd, picking up tho pa
per on which tho verdict was written,
and already signed by nil Iho jurors,
handed it to Mr. Hammett and sug-
gested that tlinso words ho added:
‘And from tho evidence; wo cannot
hold the prisoner.’ Mr, Hammett
(hen wrote these words before the sig
nature, and turning to tho jury, said'.
‘Gentlemen, is thin satisfactory V Four
of tho jurors nodded in tho affirma
tive, hut myself nnd one other mem
ber of tho jury remained silent and
gave no indication of our opinion. * *
“I was, whon on the jury, and still
am firmly of Iho belief that Mins Flag
ler should he brought heforo the grand
jury and that that body should consid
er the evidenco nnd decide whether
Miss Flagler should ho prosecuted. 1
wish today further Hint Coroner Ham
mett nHsnrod mo that all tho facts con
nected with the ease would he brought
to tlie grand jury. My intention in
holding out was, and still is, to disa
gree willi any verdict that would sit
Mish Flagler without tho jurisdiction
of tlio grand jury.”
YOUTHFUL MURDERER.
A Hoy of Twelve Kilts His School
mate.
At Houston,Fla., Albert Tillif, aged
12, killed Amiio Avant, ngod 9, as
(hoy were returning from school. Tho
hoy knocked tho girl on tho head witli
a ligbtwood kno, dragged her body
into the woods and partly covered it
with leaves.
It seems that Tillis, father of tho
boy, and Mrs. Avant, who in a widow,
had quarreled, nnd Tillis had ordered
his sog not to allow the little girl to
walk with him from school any more,
even if ho hud to kill her. When the
children left school tho boy told An
nie not to walk with him. Tho little
girl enmo on, howover, and then, in
obedience to hiH rather’H commands,
tho boy picked up a liglitwood knot
nnd killed tlio child. The Tillis and
Avunt families nro well to do.
veil with Ilia gave way and lot him down into tho
basement. Ho was terribly bruised
and it, is feared his back was broken.
The structure w«a to he an office and
warehouse building, tho property of
John Ireland, real estate dealer. It
is supposed that one of the supports
in tho centro of the third floor gave
way nnd let' tho upper stories fall,
crushing tho lower floors.
Wlmt adds to the eoufitsiou is that
a number of the men who were en
gaged on the building noon after tho
accident oeenrred left the scene. This
makes it impossible to slate just hew
many men are actually misBing and
tho true number will not hu known
until these have reported to tho fore
man.
The mins fill the centro of the
building with broken timber, twisted
iron girders and columns, brick, laths
and phisler. It makes a mound na
high as the second floor and is a mass
an dense and hard lo handle iih n bank
of clay.
It is slid* that sovop men were at
work in tho. cellar directly under tho
centre of the wreck. Tho building
was filled with plasterers, electrician,.,
pluiuhoiH, gas fitters and laborers.
Contractor I’nrker and Foreman Soig-
mnnn have both been nrrestod.
It was raid at tho scone of the disas
ter that the cause wan ujidnubtly tho
overloading of-tlio sixth floor with
plaster ami Jjuihliug material. (
wreckage of the collapsed"eight story
building nt West Broadway and West
Third streets was systematically bo-
gim.
But one of tho missing men lias re
ported, and it is believed that at limit
ten bodies will lie found in the ruins.
Tho bodies of two more victims
were discovered in tho ruins shortly
heforo noon Friday. One was identi
fied aa that of Michael Flynn, llis
body was drawn from beneath a mass
of wreckage on the first floor. Tho
other body waa not identified. It was
found beneath the first, floor.
The body 'of the Kixlli victim iH
thought to he that ol* Michael OMlure,
a laborer, of 112 Walworth street,
Brooklyn, No positivo identification
Iiiih yet been made.
The revised list of tho dend mid
missing ns furnishod by the police is
iih follows: John JIurkc, Brooklyn,
plasterer; Claus Feterson, oloctrician,
Ne \ York ; Charles Smith, electrician,
New York; Michael BnVngo, plasterer,
Brooklyn J Michael Flynn, laborer,
New York; Michael O'JIare, laborer,
Brooklyn.
The minniug: I’atriok Gasilin, la
borer, Brooklyn; I'ntricU dunlin,
plasterer, Brooklyn; James Grosso,
Now York; Edward Hanley, plasterer,
Brooklyn; John Murphy, laborer,
Brooklyn; Christopher O’Bourke,
Brooklyn; Augustus Phillips, New
York; George Smith, iron worker,
Now York; Wm. Unvote, Brooklyn.
Additional resolutions ware adopted
instructing tho slato committee to cull
a convention not later than April 1 th
to elect delegates to the national con
vention, also sending congratulations
of the Missouri silver democratic con
vention to Senator Blackburn, of Ken
tucky.
The resolutions were adopted amid
cnihusiaslic applause and without a
dissenting voice. The delegates from
Iho different congressional districts
then named their candidates for nddi-
lionnl members of tlu slate committee
and they were unanimously elected.
CROI* GUI LOOK IMPROVES.
Mare ami More Favorable Conditions
Report oil Dally.
The weekly report of the local fore
cast official of tho condition of the
crops in Georgia indicates that the
farmers of the stato will have plenty
this year.
The following is the report of tho
official for the stato at large:
The rainfall of tho past week was too
heavy in the southern section, whilo
in liio northern portion of tho state
the showers were so light and scatter
ed ns to he of hut very little benefit.
In the central counties the amount of
moisture wns needed. Temporuturo
was normal in the southern and slight
ly below normal in the northern half of
the state. As a result of tho dry weather
corn in the northern counties line suf
fered slight injury, nnd while tho out
look is not quite so promising asit was
very recently there are still encourag
ing prospeeta for a large yield. Iu the
central and southern counties an im
mense corn harvest is already assured.
The complaint continues that cotton is
small and backward and in the north
ern oonutics it lma made little or no
advancement during the week; but
taking into consideration tho fact that I . . ,
there is a remarkable absence of such ,
evils as lice, rust and boll worms, there i tl,e Amou.Uor SHht.OOO,
is every reason to hope that the crop The Kov. 1. DoWitt lalmage filed
will eventually turn out much above j f° r proUnto Friday morning with the
the average. surrogate of KingH county N. Y. f the
will of hiB Into wife, Susie, lhouocu-
TROUBLE IS RENEWED. ; nicnt boro the <lute of September 80,
! 1875.
Italian Miners Refuse to Permit Ne- Th „ wi „ „ iveB the oet ate of tho tes-
gro Miners to Go to Work. | t (trix al>so lutely to her husband, who
Trouble 1ms again broken out among i(j nm q e fio i e executor of the will with-
the miners at Spring Valley, Ill., and oa t bond. A schedule annexed esti-
mob law prevails. Tho pence agreed mfttes u 10 Ta l uo 0 f the estate to lie
upon WcdncMbiy is ineffective. Iho : $;t0,000 ill real property and $130,000
Italian miners refuse to permit the no- ( j u personalty, u total of $100,000.
gro miners to go to work, 1
MRS. TALMAGE’S WILL FILED.
rty
WILL TOUCH THE DUTTON.
resident Cleveland Will Start the
Kxponiflon Wheels.
Governor Bullock, of Goorgia, chair
man ol tho committeo on coromouies
mid ceremonial days of the Cotton
Slatea and International exposition,
called oil tho president at, Buzzard’s
Bay Tuesday to request him to press
the ehotrio button to start tho wheels
in the exposition nt Atlanta, Septem
ber IHlh, nnd also to tender tho ser
vice of the Guto City Guard, tho
crack Georgia millitnry company,
an honorary escort from Washington
to Atlanta and return on October 23d
when tho president and his cabinet
will visit the exposition. Tho presi
dent assured Governor Bullock that ho
would take great pleasure iu pressing
the button nnd starting tho wheols ou
tho 18th, and from Gray Gables or
wherever ho might ho ou thut day. As
to the escort tho president said ho
fully appreciated tho compliment ten
dered by the military company but
his desire to avoid display oowpollod
him to declino the honor.
MISS FLAGLER UNDER HON'D.
Surrenders Herself to tho District
Crlmbiat Court and is Released
Miss Kliznbetb Flagler, who allot
and killed Ernest Green a Tew days
ago, surrendered herself in the district
criminal court at Washington Wednes
day, and was released on $10,000 hail
to await tlio action of iho grand jury.
Her bondsmen are John Cassell, a
wealthy real estate broker, mid Gene
ral Robert McFccley, ex-commissary
general, U. H. A.
It in stated that this notion in in ac
cordance with an agreement mode by
the prosecution and defense imme
diately following tlio verdict of tho
coroner’s jury.
uninjured.
Americans lmvo sent n cable (lis-
patcli to President Cleveland protest
ing ngiiins! the notion of Minister
Ucuhyin consenting that Iho British
consul should represent Iho United
St at oh at the inquiry into tho outrages
on Christians at Kuehong. They ro-
eommoud that tho commission of in
quiry la' reformed and Hint an Ameri
can ofiloihl of adequate rank bo made
a member of il, whilo Chinoso officials
who were ill any way implicated in
tho massacre he excluded. Tho dia-
pntoh concludes by urging that tho
commission ho escorted to Kuehong
by marines.
Wm. II. Seymour, United Stntos
consul al Palermo, Italy, writes to tho
slate department that, the fruit raising
industry of tho United Status seriously
thronleiiH that of Italy. Between
1,00(1,001) and 1,500,000 qunintals of
tho 5,000,000 quintals exported go to
the United Stales. Tho increasing
production of oranges and lemons in
tho United Slates, however, not only
removes the hope of increasing expor
tation to this country, but it onuses
tho fear that evontually, and at a time
not far distant, Italian Unit must give
way to a considerable extent to tho
American product.
Tho inauguration of a series of naval
evolntiouH and atrntogio maneuvers
greater than ever attempted before in
this country was marked Wednesday
by tho departure of tho cruiser New
York, Montgomery and Cincinnati
from New York to Newport. For Iho
next two months those vessels, with
syyeral ichors belonging to the north
Allhutie sfplftdron,'will excento a ma
rine program, extending from Hamp
ton Ronds, Va., to Hnltfnx, N. S.,
whioh will include a strategic nttaok
on New York and the working out of a
number of problems prepared by tho
naval war college.
To Recall the Atlanta.
Tlio navy department has prnotioally
decided to recall tho cruiser Atlanta
from her present duty of watching for
Cuban filibustering expeditions off tho
Florida const, nnd to substitute the
cruiaor Cincinnati in her plneo. It has
been considered best, however, not to
make the change at present, because
the departure of tho Cincinnati would
interfere with tho coming maneuvers
of tho north Atlantic squadron. Tho
ehnngo will take plneo very soon, how
ever, anil the Atlanta will return to
New York whore she will probably go
into dry dock, and then if sufficient
time remains nml there is no urgent
need for her services elsewhere she will
take tho Cincinnati’s plneo with iho
squadron.
Low Averages for Cotton.
Tho Auguat roport of thostatisticinn
of tho department of agriculture shows
a reduction in tho oomlition of cotton
during the month of .Tilly from 82.2 to
77.9 or 4.4 points. This is tho lowest
nverngo for|August over reported, being
half a point lower than the average for
August, 1893. The reason for the low
condition generally given by corres
pondents is excessive mom! lire, though
in Houth Carolina drought seems to ho
the principal enuHC of injury. There
is much complaint of grass and not a
little of rust, blight, worms nnd in
sects, enemies of tho plant. Hate av
erages of condition in the south are;
Virginia, 81; Ninth Carolina, 71;
Mouth Carolina, Hi ; Georgia, 57; Flor
ida, 92; Alabama, 81 ; Mississippi, 83;
Louisiana, 71 ; Texas, 71 ; Arkansas,
80; Tennessee, 89.
I'ostotnon Statement.
Tho postofllco department line pro-
pared a statement shoving tho receipts
of the twenty largest postoflleoH in the
United States for Iho second quarter,
ending July 31, 1895. Tho total re
ceipts of theso offices for tho quarter
was $0,794,000, an increase over those
for the Hamo quarter of 1894 of $-199,-
000, or 7 J per cent.
Only two offices show a docronso—
San Francisco, of $1,000, and Wash
ington, of $23,500—the latter because
of the enormous sale of Columbian
postage stamps to collectors in 1894.
The only oflico south of Washington
in the list of twenty is New Orleans,
with nil inoronso of $3,000. Rich
mond, Va., !h tho only southern city
in Iho next ton, with an incro.ise of
$2,500. Theso thirty make the grand
total of receipts $7,401,389, a net in-
croaso of $578,000.
Sugar Bounty Argument Ends.
Judge SemincH, of Louisiana, the
attorney of the sugar planters of that
state, made tho filial argument in the
sugar bounty heforo Comptroller Bow
ler Saturday. He asserted in i pening
that bounties, direct and indirect, had
been sanctioned by tho people nml
by legislation, after which he cited
iho power given by tlio con
stitution to congress to raise money
nnd to make appropriations. He
then quoted numerous authorities on
constitutional law to show that con
gress has m ver been restricted iu its
use of money. Following this he took
up iho question in to what was “n
publio purpose” nnd quoted many le
gal authorities, Iu this connection
lie said that for over a century no
court in the United Staten for any rea
son whatever, had ever nttimptod to
interfere with any grant of any appro
priation by congress.
Criminals Safe In Mexico.
Hon. Mutt W. Hansom, United
States minister to Mexico, culled at
the state department and had a talk
with Acting Secretary Adeo about the
embarrassments which confront tho
United Stntos government through tho
refusal of tho Mexican govermnnnt to
grant a request for the extradition of
Chester Row, tho fugitive Iowa em
bezzler, nnd hia brother, Richard Row.
Ah mailers now stand any criminal may
flee from the United Stales to Mexico
and secure himself.from extradition by
taking-out neutralization papers, an
easy thing in that country, where tho
purchase of property and tho declara
tion of iilloginnou to the government
is a sufficient qualification for citizen
ship. When Mr. Ransom returns to
Mexico ho will probably make an o -
fort lo have the naturalization law
amended so that it will not allow fu-
gilivua from tho eriminnl laws of tho
United States to boeomo citizens.
Meanwhile lie will ascertain the views
of Secretary Gluey ou (lie auhjeot. Mr.
Hanson iH much improved in health
and i xpoela to ho able to return to hia
post ii! a short lime. Ifo has been re
cuperating in North Carolina.
FOUGHT ONE ROUND.
Fitzsimmons nml Corbett Havo n
Lively nml Unexpected Mooting.
Boh Fitzsimmons and .Tunics J. (tor-
hell onmc to blows in Fhilndclphin
Saturday night nt Green’s hotel.
Fitzsimmons had jnsl come down from
llio Winter circus, where lie had been
giving a bag-punching < xhihilion. Ho
wiih going over to the eating liar to get
a luncheon with his boxing partner,
Thomas Forrest.
Corbett, hiH brother Joseph, W. A.
Hr.uly and John MoVey, a iprmbor of
Corbett's company, were standing near
the clerk’s desk lit the end of tho l-nr,
iih Fitzsimmons and Forrmt passed in.
The Corbett party ' had been
’drinking and in a kpirit of
braggadocio Corbett attempted to
pull Filzsimmon’s nose. 'Hie latter
hnoknl away, hut Corbett followed up
and Fitzsimmons finally resisted, iu
a moinout th no was a general melee.
Brady picked up a chair nnd attempt
ed to brain Fitzsimmons, and tho lat
ter throw him to one ynidc, Oorbett’a
brother thou took a huiubiii tliij.gjinie.
Ho struck Fitz-imiWon in the month,
cutting his lip. Forrest enmo to Fitz
simmons’ assistance and ho and Joo
Corbett were tinseling about tlio place,
knoking chairs and tables to tho right
nnd left.
Mennwliilo Corbett wns trying to
get at Fitzsimmons and then MoVey
got into tho struggling crowd. See
ing tho odds against him, Fitzsimmons
picked up n heavy water decanter and
hurled it at Brady and Joo Corbett.
Tho (lying bottle went wide of its
mark, nnd striking n heavy iron col
umn, was mashed into thousands of
fragments. Aa soon as I hey could re
cover from their astonishment, tho
attaches of tho plneo rushed nt tho
struggling crowd of excited pugilists
anil attempted to separate them. But
it was a hard job and a reserve force of
police officers were called in and in a
few moments the men were separated.
Corbett and his party left tho place.
Fitzsimmons sat down to have his
luncheon, but bo was too excited to
enjoy it, and after partaking of a small
porlion of it ho gave up tho attempt
and went out for a walk, llis clothes
were somewhat disarranged and his
Hhirt torn. Ono of his hands wero
bleeding and it looked as if it had been
cut with a pon khifo, or Homo small
weapon, although tho wound might
havo been rnnde by a pieco of glass
from tho broken decanter. No arrests
were made.
MURDERER LEWIS CAUGHT.
Ono of Ills Pursuers Was Fatally
Wounded.
Sam Lewis, who murdered ex-Tnx-
Oolleotor Highsmith nnd his nephew,
John Davis, at Lemon City, Fla.,
about throo weoks ago, has boon capt
ured, but ho iufliotod probably fatal
wounds on one of his pursuers. After
the murder Lowis escaped to Nassau,
but tho English authorities had been
notified by cnblo nnd nn attempt was
mndo to arrost tho murderer. Ho
stolo a boat and came hack to tho
Florida coast, landing at Biseayno
hay, near tho scono of his crime.
Lowis was located Saturday morning
at 2 o’clock by Rev. McGregor and Wil-
linm Russell,and ordorod to surrender.
Ho showed fight and was shot down,
his leg being broken. Thinking Lewis
dond, McGregor approached and
turned him over. Lewis immediately
drew a pistol and shot McGregor,
probably fatally wounding him. Tho
outlaw dragged himself away, hut aid
cumo to McGregor and Russoll nnd ho
was trailed by his blood and captured.
Ho was carried to Jacksonville nml
lodgod in jail. James K. Marvin, wifo
ami son, wero arrested for harboring
Lewis. Lewis shot down Highsmith
nnd Davis bccuuso they refused to
kiiocl nml apologizo for a fancied iu-
sult. Lewis enmo to Florida from
Texas, whore ho is said to have killed
three men. He is a native of Ver
mont.
Stamping Works Durn.
Ono of the most destructive fires
tlmt has visited Newark, N. J., in
many yoars occurred Sunday nftor-
noon at tho extensive works of tho
Central Stamping Company. Tho total
Iohb is estimated nt $500,000. Tho
Central Stumping Company is tho
Newark branch of tho tin trust, whioh
has offices iu New York nnd manu
facturing plants in St. Louis nnd other
i cities.