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■* i m sM - VOLUME 18. GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, U. S. A. Oriffln W the Iwst and roost promieing little in the South. Its record lor tho pant itr enterprises in oper¬ |i«Jf decade. its many new ation, building and contemplated, prove this tea business statement and not a hyper- o olical description. built and put into During that time it has most suceessial operation a $100,000 cotton artory and with this year started the wheels of s second ol more than twice that capital. It, has put up a large iron and brass foundry, fertilizer factory, an immense ice and bot¬ a oul blind factory, a tling works, a sash broom factory, opened up the finest granite in the United States, and now has nuarry less advanced our large oil mills iu more or stages of construction, with an aggregate au¬ thorised capital of over half amilliondoUars. It is putting up the finest Bystem of electric ighti ng that can be procured, and has ap¬ plied for two charters for street railways. It v. |,as secured another railroad ninety miles long, and while located on the greatest system in the South, the Central, has secured connec- tion with its important rival, the East Ten¬ nessee, Virginia and Georgia. It has obtain¬ ed direct independent connection with Chat¬ tanooga and the West, and will break ground na few days fora fourth road, connecting with a fourth independent system. With its five white and four colored church* et, it h»s recently completed a $10,000 new Presbyterian church. Ithas increased its pop¬ ulation by nearly one filth. It has attracted around its borders fruit growers from nearly every State in the Union, until it is now sur¬ rounded on nearly every side by orchards and vineyards. It has put up the largest ™1 ruit evaporators in the State. It is the home of the grape audits wine making capacity has doubled every year. It has successfully in¬ augurated a system of public schools, with a seven years curriculum, second to none. This is part of the record of a half decade and Bimpiy shows the pregress of an already admirable city, with the natural advantages of having the finest climate, summer and . winter, In the world. griffin is the county seat of Spalding coun¬ ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a healthy, fertile and rolling country, 1150 feet above sea level. By the census of 1890, it will have at alow estimate between 6 000 and 7,000 people, and they are all of the right sjjrt—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to welcome strangers and anxious to secure de¬ sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel¬ come if they bring money to help build up the ..wn. There is about only one thing we need badly just now, and that is a big hotel. We have several small ones, but their aecona ’ modations are entirely too limited for our usine s, pleasure and health seeking guests. If you see anybody that wants a good loca¬ tion for a hotel in the South, just mention Oriffln. Griffin is the place where the Griffin News s published—daily and weekly—the best news¬ paper in the Empire State of Georgia. Please enclose stamps in sending for sample copies, and descriptive pamphlet of Griffin.) This brief sketch is written April 12th, 1889, and will have to be changed in a few months o embrace now enterprises commoneed and ompleted. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY. HENKY C. PEEPLES, attorney at law, HAMPTON, OKOUgL. Practice* iu all the State and Federal I octSd&wly JOHN J. HUaT, * ATTORNEY AT LAW, •BIFFIN, tlEOItCJU. Office. 31 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. H. White’s Ciothlm' Store. mar22d&wly THOS. ft. MILLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office over George & Hartnett’s eorner. nov2tf JOHN n STBWABT, BOBT. T. DANIEL. STEWART & DANIEL. ATTORNEYS AT LAW Ovjtr Georg* <fc Hartnett’*, Griffin, Ga. Will practice in til# State and Federal curt*/*■ f * : ' * julylSdtf ■" ' * .* CLEVELAND & GARLAND, „ DENTISTS, GRIFFIN, : : : GEORGIA. D. L. PARMER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WOODBFBT, GEORGIA. Will Pprompt attention given to ail business business practice calls. in til the Courts, and where ver W Collections a specialty. HOW! NOW! NOW Money Wanted for the Stark Plantation. 707 acres land, wcU wanted and timbered, «4 miles from Griffin, on Ga; Midland BR. Good neighborhood. Stark house, grooms, 2 story 1 acre. Cen¬ trally located. Good house for boarding, foi rent titer the 1st ti Slept., it not sold. Other houses and lots, and lands insidt rity and near limits. New is the time to buy before it advances any higher as it certainly wflU Property is lower now than it will evei TS*!ACRES near city limits, part wood hind Openings, branches, Ac. Fruit of &li Mod. Large, beautiful dwelling and out¬ house., [mg, Ac. Also 1250 acres, good dwel- house, out-houses, mules, corn, fodder, Ac. um com min and present growing orop on said place. Parties having property to sell will do well tolet me know it, as I have applications ev- tyday. Will take it on option if desired. G. A. CUKHIKGHAM, Real Estate Agent. THE KNIGHTS. Is the Once Great Labor Organi¬ zation Doomed? The Membership Small and the Treasury Reported Empty. An Intimate Friend of tlie General Master Workman Say* Mr. l’otvderly Contem¬ plate* Retiring and Taking Up the Prac¬ tice of Law —Hurry’* E v.il Order Also Said to Be “In the Soap.” Philadelphia, Aug. 14—It is again announced that General Master Work¬ man Powderly contemplates resigning. the It is said that he realizes that or¬ ganization of the Knights of Labor is doomed, and that the truth can no longer be concealed, Its membership is so shrunken that it would be hard even to approximate its actual roster, and its funds are at so low an ebb that bank¬ ruptcy is bound to ensue if deliveranoe cannot soon be had. The Headquarter* In Danger. The beautiful headquarters on North Broad street, this city, that cost $45,000* cash, may have to be mortgaged, and gencies, even sold, and at the an early date modest to meet exi¬ ditures will have present to be eat down expen¬ still farther. 2 onrderly Won’t G > to Paris. commissioner of xposition, tlie order, because <ff the though impoverishnn it has bee—— —. .. his mind solely on account of which he was given notice would be heaped upon him by the continental Anarchists and Socialists in the inter¬ national workingmen’s congress at Paris, yet the true reason is simply a lack of funds. HU Salary. Luring his stay at the headquarters here he encountered delay in the receipt of his salary. At the Indianapolis con¬ vention he voluntarily suggested a re¬ duction of his own salary the the les lessened from $5,000 of a year to $3,000. At fc rate salary »ry he he will will receive rece: just as much as if the former rate were” theoretically .con¬ tinued. Force of Clerks Cut Down. However, with the reduction of salary there is a reduction in the amount of work to be done. The duties of the grand nominal. master The workman force of are clerks now merely at the headquarters handful. The has functions been cut of down the general to a secretary and treasurer have been com¬ bined, and the work of running the ma¬ chinery of the order has beoome purely mechanical and perfunctory. Preparing to Resign. says of ie law, and fs now prepared to hang out his professional shingle. Disheartening. The ranks of the knights in the in¬ dustrial and manufacturing centers Jersey, throughout iu New Baltimore, England Wilmington, and New this in city, New Pittsburg York City and and the west, its vicinity, as well as have been depleted to an extent that is disheartening order. to the friends of the Dissolution Kverywhere. The dissolution of assemblies has taken place bv the hundred almost tnd in the former strong¬ holds of the once all-powerful knights the name and purpose of the organiza¬ tion are a thing of the past. Only a Few Lett la Philadelphia. In this oity—the head and center of the knights' organization and seat of its rolls tftree years ago scarcely 2,000 remain. Only a few vet¬ erans are left to hold the name of the organization The Chicago Session Significant. The recent session of the general ex¬ ecutive board at Chicago was more sig¬ nificant than it was supposed to be. The local dissensions in districts Nos. 24 and 57 needed some outside quieting influence, to be sure, but the real fact is Mr. Powderly found that the order was actually neglect, and dying conceived ont in the the west of through plan hold¬ points, ing sessions instead of of the at board headquarter at different •rder to counteract that tendenoy. Not Properly Represented. Morris I. Wheat, of the Iowa state as- semblv. is the only general officer from a the locality west of Detroit, Mioh., and he fills position is merely of worthy nominal. foreman It which is re’ marked that the members of the general executive board are, with one exception, is from the minor only great points, industrial and that Pittsburg center repre¬ sented thereon. One Plan of Reconstruction. tic Mr. revival Powderly of the proposes Knights an of enthusias¬ Labor in "has the coming been adopted autumn. to check One method that the process of of utter disintegration in dues and the is the remission arrears reconstruction the of lapsed usual fees assemblies for charter without and reinstate¬ Charging ment Foreign Fields, But even this fails in attaining the object designed and to the be only in conducting hope left the managers propaganda seems in and foreign fields. a new Some degree of success in this direction has been achieved of late in England, France, Belgium, Sweden, Norway and Australia Powderly’* Plan. During the ensuing unless he winter resigns, Mr. Pow¬ ad¬ derly proposes, throughout what is left of to the vocate order the introduction of the eight-hour work day, ballot reform, the seizure of the anthracite coal lands by the gov¬ ernment, and the establishment of a publio Besides telegraph these movements system. conciliatory ad-, ancement toward the powerful trade unions will be continued with a view to cementing the ranks of labor on the general principal of self-protection. War> the Knife. War to the knife has been declared gainst the Philadelphia coal iron and oompaaiea. Reading tilread and and Jhe knights have been instructed to sign labor any paper disclaiming allegiance positions to unions in order to secure in the Beading's employ, and after their G1UFFIN, GEORGIA. THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 15. 1889. secret organization shall have beoome strong unexpected enough then to show fight in an emergency. Barry's Rival Ord.r. Meanwhile Barry’s rival order of the Knights of Labor and the improved and purified order of Uriah begun H. by Stevens the original lan¬ as¬ sociates are guishing for want of members, and the various families of knights, taken oolleo* tively, are in a bad way. ’The Open Trades and Labor Union*. The open trades and labor unions, holding their own, < 1 * ner making steady progress in the country. MONDAY, AUGUST 28, This Is the Day Fixed for Mr*. Maybrlek’a Execution. Liverpool, Aug. 14—Monday, Au¬ gust 26, has been fixed upon as the day for the execution of Mrs. Maybrick, who was last week oonvicted of poisoning her husband. Mr. Lincoln, the American minister, and nearly the whole signed American colony the in London, have petitions to home secretary for a reprieve for Mrs. Maybrick. Member! of paflia tionswith the the he home home secretary secretary are inti- mate express the belief that he will postpone’action in the case of Mrs. Maybrick until the last moment, with the idea that she may yet confess. This was the course Mr. Matthews pursued in the cose of Lipaky, and while the whole pardon English nation innocent woe howling the for this as an man, murderer his mime, and very Mr. ungratefully Matthews confessed vindi¬ was cated. The maneuver, however, twice; Mrs. can Maybrick hardly be has expected undoubtedly to work been posted, and if she is guilty will be led to expeot a parden up to the moment she ascends the gallows, and so a confession is hard¬ ly Brierly, among the the possibilities. of G Mrs. May¬ interview paramour Monday, declared brick, in an with lasted that his intimacy the woman only a short time and that their rela¬ tions oame to an end On the 21st of March. assuming He that blames the intimaoy Judge Stephen in for during all the period was covered prog¬ by ress the trial. Brierly has sent to Mrs. May- brick’s that solicitors the accusations a statement against tending the to prove due to conspiracy the woman are a on part mies of of female Mrs. Maybrick. intriguers The who are petition ene¬ circulated in Liverpool in behalf of the prisoner has received 100,000 signatures. STRUNG UP AND W HIPPED. A Worthless. Saudusktau Roughly Handled by HU Indignant Neighbors. Sandusky, O., Aug. 14—John Green- wait, a worthless laborer, was severely dealt with by a hastily formed gang of White Gaps, near the Lake Shore depot, at 10 o’clock Monday night Greenwalt has a wife and four children, and spends his earnings on drink. A week ago the food during and the children day. Monday eating evening the the wife were food Greenwalt brought appeared them in and the took depot it when from them. This came to the ears of the neighbors and fifteen men, without disguise, caught neck the fellow, him put a rope lamp-post arouud his and strung to a He was left hanging until he turned purple, and then was let down. He was made to promise to leave town, and was es¬ corted to the corporation line, where he was style. whipped The family in approved cared White for in Gap the was police station for the night HARRISO N WILL BE THERE. TUe Preaideut to Spend Two or Three Days in Indianapolis Shortly. Indianapolis, Aug. 14—Information has been received from President Harri¬ son giving the positive assurance that he will visit Indianapolis the 22d inst, to remain two or three days. The occa¬ sion for his return will be the corner stone and the'visit laying of will the also soldiers’ afford monument, the presi¬ dent an opportunity to attend the re¬ union of his old regiment, the Seven¬ tieth Indiana, the date of which re¬ president's union has been convenience. changed to suit the Tlie of a Silly Canuck Editor. Ottawa, Aug. 14. — The Regina Leader, edited by Nicholas Flood Daven, Q. C., M. P., writing of the “Insolence of Yankee cruisers,” ex¬ claims; “Oh, for one hour of Palmers¬ ton or, better still, Cromwell. It was timidity pire and that invited destroyed the barbarian. the Roman We, em¬ ourselves, could raise a very large and much much more more devoted devoted army army than than the the United States, while a few regiments could be sent to us, and the English fleet could sweep American commerce from the seas. ” Eire at Trucker, California. Tbuckbe, CaL, Aug. 14—A fire here buildings Monday afternoon of Bridge destroyed all and the east street north of the railroad to the round house. Among the burned buildings were the Methodist and Catholic churches, El¬ lens’ lumber yard, Good Templars hall, two school houses, Irwin’s livery stable, the American hotel and thirty dwell¬ ings. The loss will reach $75,000. Many families are homeless. Smothered to Death. Cincinnati, through Aug. which 14—An embank¬ ment the new Scott street sewer, fell in in Covington, is being con¬ structed without warning at burying Eighteenth beneath street, its at5p. weight m. three Monday, work¬ men. Steve Denny, a married man who resides - at Greenup and Second, Williams was smothered to death, and John and Emmett Rouse sustained internal injuries. Don* it Mean a Race Wart New York, Aug. 14— A Herald me¬ dal from Birmingham, Ala., states mat the white people of Sumter county, Ala., are much alarmed because of the myste¬ rious actions of the negroes, who are holding and secret acting meetings, insolently buying fire¬ arms, toward the whites. The negroes outnumber the whites five to one. Pleasure Steamer Burned. Green Bat, Wis., Liberty lost entirely I over all, 18 feet wide, and was used as a she pleasure insured steamer. tor Her $7,000. cost was $8,000; was TBE CZAR^S VISIT. ^Americans Should Not Misinter¬ pret Its Meaning. Our Foreign Correspondent 8ays There'll Be War Notwithstanding the Humor* to ths Con¬ trary—Tho Gorman Frost Wuloora# the Aattrian Emperor os a Friend and Ally. Humored Alliance Between England and Germany—Foreign. London, Aug. 14—The simple mind¬ ed American reader who has caught the echoes of the German alarmist press and has become impressed witfrthe faroe of their reasoning, that the failure of the czar to visit the German emperor shows he wants war may innooently imagine that now, that it is definitely announced that this visit is £fi come off, those papers will drop their sanguinary tone. Nothing could be wider of the mark. His not owning, of course proved war, the but Ms coming proves war just same. The processes by which they demon¬ strate this proposition are quite ingen¬ ious if not atriotly logical, hut with this American readers have li ttle concern. What is important, however, is that these sheets really express the convic¬ tions of a who large believe and growing that party in at hand, Germany, and with whom, furthermore, war is the wish is father to the thought. The Tone of the Conservative Freae. What is more significant than the vaporings of the ehronio war-mongers, is the tone of the Conservative press on the czar's visit. It is dear that what¬ ever augury of peace and good will such a visit would have been six months ago, even these influential and Conservative sheets derive little comfort from it now. It spontaneity is pointed is out laoking, that every it element is only too of and evident that the czar is coming to Ber¬ lin now because M. De Giers insists upon it, and Vyshnegmdaky, because the Russian finds finance minister, blocked his schemes on every bourse in Europe beoause refusing of to his return master’s the German obsti¬ nacy in emperor’s visit. Had to He Urged. That the czar required much urging and entreaty before he would consent to do the violence to his own feelings which the visit involves, is no secret in Berlin when his famous “Only Friend” the bonnes, the czar's tumbling finance on created. At that time his majesty an¬ swered in Russian, and such Russian as drove from his the frightened minister trembling When angry well master’s presence. all this is known in Germany, it is not at all strange that the coming visit should fail to be accepted everywhere as a white-winged messenger of peace. Devoid of Haiti Significance. The presence of the Austrian emperor in the German capital at present of course chance gives to the shout enthusiastic themselves Berliners hoarse, a but it is devoid of any real significance. Ail coming, are looking and speculation forward to to the the czar's out¬ as come is rampant Conference of Emperors. Berlin, arrived Aug. in 14— The emperor Monday. of Austria this city Among the distinguished persons who met Emperor Francis Joseph at the railway station were Emperor William, Prince Von Henry, Moltke Count Herbert Gen. Bismarck, Gen. and Von BlumenthaL The meeting between the two emperors was of a most cordial character. Upon arriving at the welcomed palace the by Aus¬ Em¬ trian emperor was press Augusta and ex-Empress Fred- Wcltomtd as a Friend. prominent The Reichsanzeiger, article, welcomes in an especially Francis Joseph on behalf of the German people as a friend and ally of Emperor William. articles. All the evening papers have similar The North German Gazette says the visit of the Austrian emperor will fur¬ ther insure the peace of Europe. The Opinions of tho Russians. formed 8t. Petersburg, here Aug. 14.—Well attach in¬ persons do not any political Emperor importance William to the and meeting Emperor be-“ tween Francis Joseph. It is held that the re¬ lations require between strengthening, Germany and and Austria do not that the Austrian emperor's Visit is merely an act of courtesy. Rumored Alliance. National London, Zeitung, Aug. 14— of According Berlin, to which The claims subject, to have the positive agreement information reached on the at the recent conference between Emperor William and Lord Salisbury, to all in¬ tents and purposes, amounts to an alli¬ ance between Germany and England. Memorandum Drawn Up. A memorandum was drawn np cover¬ ing the points upon which an under¬ standing was reached. It is certain that this memorandum provides for the contingency of a war In which either nation fines the might obligations become assumed involved, in and such de¬ an event by the other. Th. Saltan Threaten* to Declare War. London, Aug. 14—It is semi-officially stated that the sultan has notified Greece ____________ None of powers, the telegram, states, will port ooupis, the the aggressive Grecian policy minister. of M. Tri- prime Cretaa Demonstration la Athens. demonstration Athens, Aug. 14— made A here pro-Cretan Monday was in front of the residence of Prime Min- t Tricoupis. “ and .; The charged crowd refused by the to mm were upon darme military, Daring killed tile and melee several one Cretans gen¬ ts B alancer Guilty. Paris, Aug. 14—The se late court has found Geo. Boulanger guilty of EPID EMIC OF Oft ME. a Grant Record for Blood¬ shed the Fast Week. Ghioabo, Aug. 14—The oily’s record of crime during the past week is a long one. forgery, Frank disorderly Fay, charged conduct with and burglary, other offenses, his life started in his the oell ball by by shooting attempting im- own self and trying to beat liis brains out against Then the prison Capt walls. James Kounlau’s m came drunken assault upon his wife and siek daughter witii a knife. Both women were The dangerously colored people’s cni picnic last Mon¬ day also witnessed a double murder. Richter- the A stook day or yards, two plunged later John his knife into at the heart of Adolph Whitman. shot The his same stepfather, day James John MoGann. Dolan fatally liceman, Monday attempted Mary Danks, suicide wife by of shoot¬ a po¬ volver. ing herself with her husband’s re-* The papers of lost Friday and Satur¬ day had no less than six affrays to record. Officer Freyer was shot dead on his beat at Harrison and Clinton streets ly unknown assailants. On Friday Frederick Harvey was shot by pled Joseph the Simms, house a painter, With him. who ©cou¬ same and About Mike the Quinlan, same time Alex. Kennedy into dispute in which Quinlan partners, got shot and a was injured, A few probably hours later totally. Napoleon Perry took two men to a resort on Third ave¬ wounded nue, and by was unknown there shot and totally an man. Nels Nelson, of the Tewea Ice com¬ pany, was assaulted on North State street on Friday night, and in the fight that ensued he was stabbed four times. The same night a well-to-do merchant, Charles F. Harder, ended a bitter fam¬ ily quarrel by shooting hia wife and then committing suicide. Chicago is a candidate for the world’s fair in 1892;__ HAD FAITH EVEN UN TO DEATH. Negroes Walk Into a Fiery Furnace Be¬ cause the "Prophet" Bade Them. Birminoham, Ala., Aug. 14 — The most remarkable religious craze per¬ vades the negroes near Bessemer and the country intermediate between that rapidly For growing time place and Birmingham. old named Tobias some Jackson past has an been negro claiming himself Daniel the Prophet, pro¬ as and and doing things. all kinds The of darkies singular, in wild this section queer ignorant and superstitions, are and Jackson’s actions and the great power which he claimed to have been invested with owed the simple-minded negroes. Saturday last last he he persuaded three young negro men that they were the representatives of Bhadrach, Meshach and Abednego, the three children of faith who entered the fiery furnaoe of Nebuchadnezzar of old. He proclaimed that a furnace where iron was melted and cast into all kinds ot forms was the fur¬ nace of Nebuchadnezzar and that they could enter it and pass through without the smell of fire. The three negroes calling themselves the three children of Israel, under the influence ately entered o! their the gate new of prophet, the cupola deliber¬ of the furnace and rushed headlong before they could be stopped into the white heat When of the they melting failed iron. to Jack- comb out son the prophet proclaimed that he saw them rising in tho air with the smoke of the furnace, attended by angels, the and said that they would revisit earth again to next meet Sunday. at churoh The next negroes Sunday pro¬ and pose awaiting the descent of the three children pray, of Israel. The mother Of one of them said when asked about the matter: “I feel jes as sho my boy is in heaben rs if I’d don’ been dar an’ seed ’im. Jackson the furnace prophet eomman’ he ’bleeged him to walk ’bey de ’im.” fiery an’ ter Flint Glass Factories Resume. Findlay, O., Aug. 14.—The five flint glass ations factories this morning, of this city after resumed the usual oper¬ summer shut-down, with 648 hands. The six window glass houses and the lamp lar chimney Sept shop thus will begin increasing the regu- s season 1, the number of hands to 1,500. No trouble expire and a new scale will be put in, from which trouble is apprehended. Panic on a Bridge. Montreal. Aug. 14.—While the Wellington canal crowded bridge with over foot ' the Lachine was passengers Monday a tug ran into the bridge, seri¬ ously damaging the structure. A panic ensued among the people on the bridge, and before the river police could reach the scene a number of women and chil¬ injured. dren had been It is trampled thought that upon and badly no one was fatally hurt._-_ Arrested in Canada. Rockville, Conn., Aug. 14—Fred. H. Seharf, the absconding carriage dealer, has been arrested in Montreal for forgery. place has The First number National bank of this u of notes with endorsements said to have been forged by Seharf, and Cashier Kite and Depu¬ ty Sheriff Dickinson traced the fugitive to Montreal and secured the arrest. Dead Body Identified. of Brooklyn, the N. killed Y., Aug. by 14.—The train Sunday body woman a night, near Greenwood cemetery, has been identified as that of Mrs. George Thompson, of 402 West Thirty-second street, Ne w York. _ Died from Distemper. Brazil, IncL, Aug. 14 —Sunday night of James this city, Spencer, died from living blood six miles poison. north It was caused by a wound on his face ooming in contact with a horse having the distemper. & ' A Soldier Suicide*. t Rotman, Peekskill, private, N. Y., Company Atfg. 14—Lansing D, Seventy- fifth regiment, committed suicide Mon¬ day by drowning himself in the Hud¬ son. He l ived in Bnffalo. y Wotersponr In Nobraeka. Fawner Cot, Neb., Aug. 14— A waterspout Monday afternoon flooded everything. Bridget are gone and much damage done but crops ore not seriously injured__ Killed By a Bs-e Ball. Knoxville, Tenn.. Aug. 14—Hence Monroe, a colored youth, was killed here hy * tW|] fffcr ifrinfl him fit tfrjn REST FOR HAYTI. War Likely to Be Abandoned Dating the Hummer Benson. A Decisive Battle Fought But a Few Days Ago. General Hippolyte’* Faroes Attack These of President Legitime Near th* Latter’s Palace and Are Com palled to Retreat. Tl»o Loss on Moth Sides H«nvjr— Hippo- lyte’s the Grentor. New York, Aug. 14.—The war in Hayti, it is expected, will be abandoned during the summer season. Gen Leri- time, president, will oontinue to hold the oapital of the republic, while Gen. Hippolyte, leader of the northern party, has been compelled to abandon bis forti¬ fications near Port-au-Prinoe, and has retreated to the south. fought A decisive few days and bloody not bottle than was three miles a from President ago, more Legitime’s palaoe. sides, but, The according loes was to heavy the cablegram on both received bv from Consul Port-au-Prinoe, General Deslandes, Monday, Hippolyte’s Haytian the larger. was s marching Gen, Hippolyte his towards had succeeded the southern in of Ha;.............° army part from Bouquet, Port-au-Pnnoe. a village ten miles He had due north about ing 10,000 small men, force fairly of well artillery, oquipped, composed includ¬ a of Gatlings and howitzers. of Port-au-Prinoe BtfMvvIHHPi to ascertain, if possi¬ ble, the The -exact strength of the southern army. outposts, consist parties about three of infantry, miles from reached Por' , while the main force, under polyte, La Croix continued de Bouquet to enjoy oamp life at oluding Legitime everybody called out able his reserves, in* to carry a gun. Very formed. many Companies of his men pushed were not uni¬ the were to front rapidly and daily skirmishes be¬ tween the outposts of the two parties took place until the rainy season set in. son, and decided to attack wUv? Utf iUvli formed his which were to sides. Drouillard and Freero, tions to the eastward of the capital, were fortified when the command to ad¬ vance The was northern given inarched beyond the fortified ________troops sd places, and about and were two a ha It miles fro were met suiting fierce and in tikxxiy the hasty b of retreat lyte. the Haytian Such is the information at consulate here. Consul General Deslandes said to a reporter that it was very doubtful whether Hippolyte would attempt an¬ other attack on Port-au-Prinoe. Mr. Deslandes said that Frederick Douglas, the new minister from the United States, would start tor Port-au-Prinoe early next month. _ Row Between Orangemen and Catholics. Kingston, Ont, Aug. 14—There was considerable excitement here Monday growing Orangemen out of of the the celebration relief of by Deny. the Some of the Orange speaker denounced the Jesuit estates act, and got into con¬ troversies with Catholics in the crowd. To, srasusKii add to the ill-feeling several young sons and clothing, they .ss&s* alleged, br as Catholics. Another incident was the the throwing Hotel of Frontenac, dirty water by a guest of upon a band ot young Britons, building. who were playing landlord in front of the The thought it wise to ejeot the guest from the hotel, in order to prevent an attack upon the building. Kpldemte of Diphtheria. Auburn, N. Y., Aug. 14—Hie board of health held a meeting Monday night to take measures against the spreading wifi of become diphtheria, epidemic. which, Within it is the feared, last three weeks twenty-one cases have been re¬ ported to the health offioe, and of these twelve have resulted in death. It was decided to keep a strict quarantine on houses where dipththeritio patients me confined, and enforce the rules of the state board of health in the matter of disinfectants.___ It W«* An Oversight. Ottawa, Ont, Aug. lA'-The mini* , ter of fisheries Monday received a dis¬ patch from the oolonial secretary of New¬ foundland expressing the deep regret of the Newfoundland authorities atth* refusal of one of their officials to recog¬ nize the modus vivendi license issued by the Dominion government to the icon fishing vessel Putnam. ..... m 2 excuse is offered that the refusal Oc¬ curred thr ough an oversight. Relieved to Have Killed Her Hasbaad. St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 14.—Harry See, a well known farmer of this township, was found dead Monday afternoon in his house with two ballet wounds in his body. family It is and believed in self-defense he was shot by in his a row wife who is cut and bruised and bears many marks of ill usage. She refuses to say any thing about the mat ter. Result of Raiding a Dog Fight. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 14—At an raided early hour dog Tuesday fight in morning the the police house a in the outskirts of upper toe city. story Sev¬ of a eral men jumped out of toe windows. One man tegs was broken killed, two others had their and several others were badl y injured. _ Sensation Exploded, , has Catlettsburg, been lynching Ky., Aug. at Pikevilto, 14.—There no as ---rted reported have have in arrived Monday's here from dispatches. Upper Men San- who dusky have heard of no Pik e county, and^ this is toe nearest telegraph tph < office > to Pikeviile. is a canard. Tsscott Mot In tho Michigan Pen. Hatch, Jackson, Mich., Aug. 14—Warden of the state penitentiary, denies that Tascott is oonflned in this prison. Tascott never was in Jnokson so far as known to the authorities < - - ANE -JP ,, Ho Is Boat an Which Fall, to | Iiexixgton, caused Ky,, Mo tion was the discovery of an i - a package sent to D. T. friction and revolt thus i machine ojumedtho packs Mr. Baxter was saj ‘ somebody,«» dynamite, ' package was loft it Sunday nothing afternoon in known DJT-# of sU^/^outra«A more r >« T?T v, ———*- ■■ ' i . atom ot At wind Atchison, Had., storm acoomn the three fart of, tbs m LKSSL™ mpm Car Shop. 1 . Huntingdon, Pa., 1 IS&CV together i pany, Stages of oua c— A Condensation ^ «*. oea.. - A dog fatally Winchester, O. -ssr thrashing ««*Ais. I Charles Whill thrown from a w Georg* Keif, < robbed of 000 in a An Indiai discharges ) Another I has been un * **“ gvYWBU* pn/iWttitifin On jussssp shotgun. James Jackson was h™ seriously Ky. injured by a tl Dawson, tho giving away of the Hoof of Chattanooga. wjr„ M CKwea __ at.. lav. ♦ i y» : * a tendance of 10,000. An 'old sstO s rt ’ * “ - Anderson Ind.. on ti and sentence .. ^ J EW ^ Tbs bark m tiuriag ft ,Tb1w *vuy rasas. Graff, of The Wheaton, girl’s train. In. of violasM bsmevrht C< Natfonrieon^mtion of ors at Columbus, Q., gives the survival of the fittest! membership of 5,400. Louis Klutt and wife, of Midi., were nearly beaten to 4 Stockholders of the T put In their ore on eastern! out to New York partis* tot Mrs. Margaret Wallace phis from tbs effects of T st. hJ AinlOSiOfl nf gn jjf* * ■ her VlTy husband. Hat I . n a fight at Toni Phelps, tssisti of that l charge ot embezzling the 1 "SSW*., shall and Tburber, surrendered to the .pi Th* Winchester, VA, jjggu sold ^0 %£*** w * rsr Edward LebJom, Fuller A Whltnsy, of I employer* of $7,000 and years ago Leblom was a b Fuller helped him (Jong I The grand j general seask Bben S. Alien hlmwlthi at his--- SKto known in his f ' J.lti