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VOLUME 19 » ■Jt. •' GRIFFIN. * * Some Point* About the Metropolis or Middle Georgia. — Griffin is the county seat of Spalding Coun¬ ty, Georgia, and is situated in the centre of the best portion of the a rest Empire State of the 8outh, where all of Its wonderful and varied industries a»eet and are carried on with greatest success, and is thus able to of- e r indu cements to all classes seeking a home aBd a profitable career. These are the rea- onsfor a growth that hoe about doubled .Herniation situ* the last census. It has amide’and increasing railroad facili¬ ties: the second point in importance on the • Central railroad between the capital of the Wtate, lo^ty miles distant, and its principal seaport, 25# miles away; an independent lne to Chattanooga and the West by way of the Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama railroad; the principal city on the Georgia Midland and-Gulf railroad, one hundred miles long, built largely through its own en¬ terprise, and soon to be extended to Athens •hud the systems of the Northaes t direct connection with the great {last Ten uessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad system; another road graded and soon to bo built; ail bringing in trade and carrying out goods and manufactures. Griffin’s record for the past half d cade provesitone of the most progressive cities in thedouth. It has built two large cotton factories, representing $250,000, and shipping goods over the world. It has put np a large iron and brass foun¬ dry, a fertiliser factory, a cotton seed oil mill, a sash and blind factory, an ice factory, bottling works, a broom facto*/, a mattress factory, and various smaller enterprises. it has put in an electric light plant by which the streets are brilliantly lighted. It has opened up the finest and largest granite quarry in the Btate, for building, ballasting and macadamising purposes. It has secured a cotton compress with a nil capacity lor its large and increasing re¬ ceipts of this Southern staple. It has established a system of graded pub¬ lic schools, with a seven years curriculum, second to none. It has organised two new bankB, making a total of four, with combined resources of half a million dollars. . It has built two handsome new churches, making a toted of ten. It has built several handsome business blocks and many beautiful residences, the building record of 1880 alone being over ?150,000. It has attracted around its borders fruit growers from uearly every State in the Union tub Canada, until ii is surrounded on every side by ochards and vineyards, and has be¬ come the largest and best fruit section in the State, a single car load of its peaches netting $1,280 in the height of the season. It has doubled its wine making capacity; making by both French and German methods. It has been exempt from cyclonee, floods and epidemicis, and by reason of its topo¬ graphy wffi never he subject to them. With all these and other evidences of a lire and growing town, with a healthful and '•feasant climate summer and winter, a hospitable and cultured people and a soi* capable of producing any product of the tem¬ perate or semi-tropic tone, Griffin offers every inducement and a hearty welcome to new citixena. Griffin has one pressing need, and that is a new $100,000hotel to accommodate tran¬ sient visitors and gneetswho would make it a resort summer and winter. Send stomp for sample copy of the News and 8n» and descriptive pamphlet'of Griffin. Loot Bill to lor Sale and lo Rent. (room house and 80 acres land .with fish pond on it and good orcard. 60 vacant rots, with wide streets, in beau¬ tiful oak and hickory of grove, depot, on Hill time street, wil in A and % mil# passenger be given if desired. This property VILL DOUBLE IK VALUE n next three years. „ The J. M. Brawner 7 room house and 2 acres land. Also, 4 acres and 18 new double room houses. Will give a bargain in this and is a good paying investment. 56 acres inside city, 14 in woods. Beautiful grove—can be cut up into lots and sold inside of six months for over double present price. A Adam Jones heuae and 10 acres land. No. 1 orchard mid valuable place. Mrs. Chariton house and 4 acres, Hill St. Female College houses and lot, 2tt acres land. Will be divided a nsoessary. Houses and nice building lots on Hill, Pop¬ lar and other portions of the city and sever¬ al store hennas FOB SALE. Persona having lands and houses to sell or reAt will be attended to promptly. G. A- CUNNINGHAM, Beal Estate Agent. LIFE Of THE HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS. BT , MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS. To Bi SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY The prospectus and complete outfit ter can¬ vassing will be ready immediately. Agents Wishing Desirable Territory on this great work will please address, as soon as possible, the publishers, BLLFORD COMPANY, -22 East 18th Street, HEW YORK 'ITTANTED—AN YY ACTIVE MAN for each section. Salary $T« to $100, T. Company to lo¬ cally represent a successful N. cost, to enroll paid members hytil GOO now enroIfed, $l00,000 EmpireC^ ;). References _ exchanged. "(eredtt well" Box SlWff. Association, rated) T. ’ V r f I I REVOLUTION Said to Be Organizing in Mexico Against President Diaz. The Movement Is Undoubtedly Widespread As far as the Border States Are Con- eemed—The Strong Centralising Tend¬ encies of the Dins Government the Cause—The President May Shortly De¬ clare Himself Dictator. San Antonio, Tex., June 26.—Be- ports which are absolutely reliable have reached. San Antonio of seditions and the revolutionary movements going on in states of Mexico borderi ng* te t* die Bio Grande, and it seems the utmost folly for the papers, however friendly to Mexico and the Diaz administration, to longer suppress the news. The movement is not confined to any one locality, but it is undoubtedly wide¬ spread as far as the border states are concerned. A Threatening Condition. ------------ Constable Martinez, of the state of Nuevo Leon, with an escaped Mexican convict, arrested here a few days ago, haii returned and describes a threaten¬ ing condition of governmental affairs observed all along his route from the Bio Qrande to Saltillo. He says that at nearly every station and sidetrack along the Mexican National railroad hs saw crowds of men congregated and excited¬ ly the discussing rebellion against the advisability the of joining Federal gov¬ ernment. When he left Laredo Monday morn¬ ing information a courier had Just arrived bearing of a band of fifty men, well the organized Bio Qrande and armed, who had crossed from the Texas side, en route to some point in the Interior of Nuevo Leon, where the revolutionary forces are massing in large numbers to first that march state, and on SaltiHo, the the capital of route contingent of President Diaz’s army stationed there to suppress mutinies. Adi the telegraph lines in Mexico are under rigid control of the Federal government, and it is practically information impossible pertaining to to get the any uprising direct in that state. Cause of the Trouble. The cause of the trouble is the strong centralizing which tendencies of the Diaz gov¬ ernment, evidence of^Diaz^mtentiona are, it is claimed, an Ico. g ctator very^sbjjirt- Gen. Reyse, governor of Nuevo Leon, heretofore not a very strong supporter of Diaz, has been offered the portfolio of the ministry of war which has had the effect of quieting his discontent, and Governor Qerza Galan, of Coahuila, who has always been an avowed enemy of President Diaz, has been in the City of Mexico for the past several months, where it is claimed that he is being re¬ strained by force, almost amounting to imprisonment. SIMPLY A REV OLUTION. Ae Leader of the Lower California Filibusters Telle His Story. San Francisco, June 26.—Walter G. Smith, governor general of the organ¬ ized filibusters, whose attempted raid upon Lower California was recently e^ posed, has returned to, his southern home after a week's sojourn in this city. While here he told the full story of the filibustering The Chronicle. movement He to a reporter of oolonization compafly says at the the English bottom which was of the scheme whs In fact simply a revolution. Scott, t he gener al manager of mization company, first broached Diego. bject Scott to him, Smith, at San is a member of the En¬ glish Lower Royal California Engineers two and years’ came leave to on a of absence which has expired and he is on his way to India to join his regi¬ ment. Smith says: “Scott wanted a number of Ameri¬ cans to locate at Ensenada, to citizens takd up residence Mexico. there, At and become of the proper time an upris¬ ing of and the people would take arms ammunition being smuggled United States. into the independent territory An govern¬ ment was to be set np in Lower Califor¬ nia, with Ensenada as the capital. “I accepted Scott’s proposition, and Cali¬ at bir invitation made a nip to Lower fornia. If the scheme had been carried out I would have made a clean $50,000 toy Ban the Diego operation. I intended My printing office to Kn- at to remove senda, where I was to start official a daily pa¬ per that would become the organ of the new independent govanuaest. a fore ward Hill in San Diego. Gen. Hill with the Michigan volunteers is the of the rebellion. As he was expert military valuable affairs we looked upon him a man for Scott’s scheme. accompanied looking the me ground to Ensenada both and after over w® cluded that the scheme wju feasible. Is my opinion that it would have been success had not Soott taken so men into his confidence. He talked tirely toe much/_ Assassinated by His Brother-ln-L»w. Little Rock, Ark., June day two brothers-in-law, John Mom and Morgan living Denham, eight both prominent of ers, burg, miles north quarreled about the cutting of meadow, and Moss gave Denham flogging. home, Denham About noon, Armed as with Moss was Win¬ ing chester rifle, fired shots a two at from a thicket by the roadside, mid second shot struck Moss in the At ham last fled accounts the forest. be was dying. t o _ A Sens Ibis Girl. Foktbess Monboe, Hampton, Va., June with W. Delaidnine, of aou, dar-ghter their and collided nephew, With were when boat 'a vejLei. Mr. Delaplaine’s son and all three were daughter remained in the boat and eived. Woman Dies for • Dog. Cioi v v. O,. .Tnno 26.—Mrs. erine L5agk... 37, while to ii a , oriie track, dog who struck was tr t on ; u t *...■ -;<l was a •p*n-lL;.-u. train instantly at the killed. avenue crossing and STJ3SI GRIFFIN GEORGIA THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 2« 1890. BROAD ASSERTIONS- Tillman Speak* of Thing* that Infuriate the People of South Carolina. the Columbia, S. C., June ,,26. —Not since days oaused ot such reconstruction ripple ot rule, excitement has any man a on the political arena as has been made by Mr. Tillman, who spoke in this city ' to It would a vast be assemblage futile of both factions. epitome to attempt an ot his speech. He charged the politi¬ cians leprosy, of and South defined Carolina that frith office political seek¬ as ing for money, and the money that they could make by being in office. In the course of hie remarks, Tillman said: “Before the war you had good government, because your officials were men of honor and sought office for the honor oi it. Since the war they have sought office for <he sake of the pay. Before the war Hayco resigned his seat in the United States senate and came home to be governor at a smaller salary. Since the war what have you seen? A. governor clerkship under resigning the Us office to accept Wash- a government at ington judge at a resign larger his salary 1 Ton the bench have seen a seat on to go to congress because the salary was larger! And id you have seen a congress- railroad man r< his seat to accept a position .use the the salary was They say I took charge of \ rosy back. I don’t take it rub it in on ’em.” Tillman says this is the aristocracy of South Carolina, and these assertions have kindled their wrath, and denunciations of him and his methods are loud, and rebound with the echo. Tillman fears them not, and says he is rejoiced at the prospect that looms before him ; that he feels safe in asserting his'belief that he will be South Carolina’s next governor, and has an abiding faith that fanners, at the polls, will bear testimony to his ut¬ terances of warning from political profli¬ gacy. The camp is at is harmony will made prevail. Uen. Hampton here, am d a ringing speech in op- position to 3 Tillman Tillman ; ; Gen. Gen. Earle and otn- era also spoke. The anti-Tillman side are endeavors hopeful, and win will the use their very best to fight. LAWYER S AND FA RMERS. The Alliance of North Carolina Bold the Bolus and Drive. Raleigh, N. C., June 25.—The Farm¬ ers’ Alliance, days through its secretary, certain sent Out, a few ago, cards with pledges to be' made by all candidates. This matter became very Col. prominent H. C. Jones, by reason Democratic of the fact a date for the congressional nomination the sixth district, refused to make fledge. This caused much stir, and ?rogressive Farmer, state organ of Jones’s Alliance, refusal publishes sign an editorial these pledges, on CoL to which it says: ‘We believe that a fanner will from the sixth district to congress. the lawyer candidates are not better the methods now being used to their nomination, their election be a calamity. Farmers, and all ople in the sixth district, now is ae to show your hand. If you want good united farmer action, in congress, him there, you can, put If you not, you may expect to toil on, and poorer every year. Take your Thore is no uncertain sound in note of congressional warning, and district can be applied everv in the country.___ ALL HOPE ABANDONED. The Rescuers Still at Work, but they Expect to See their Comrades Alive. Dunbar, Pa. June 25.—It is now days since the miners were and though them, every all effort has been to rescue vanished. hope of finding alive has It was in these similar dispatches those a few days ago sounds to made by men work in the mine, were heard, but it now believed to have been falling lock or coal. The carefulness with which the are working is shown in this: The are not thoroughly permitted tested. to advance until air is of the opinion that they are wh§re line of coal should be. If coal is the rescuing party can all go at the rate six feet an hour. But this is ture, and time, only, will reveal the condition of the loved ones. RAILROAD SOLICITORS Making their Headquarter* in vi lie—Reasons Therefor. Thomasville, Ga., June 25.—J. Forrester, president of the Melon Atlanta and Chattanooga, route gives the Central, the Western Atlantic, the L. C. and St. Louis all business, and the other roads are in consequence, and some of the have given up the fight against odds. • “V"’;..... ... Most of the railroad solicitors making their headquarters here the melon season. It is more of them to quit and soliciting for their spective routes, it is not known just how matters will end. . SOUVENIR OF THE WAR. An Old Document Held in High by a Confederate Veteran. Atlanta, Ga., June 25.—Private liam H. Mitchell has just had his which he has since preserved the through all trying years of the days surrender, as a souvenir of the eracy. When walked' paroled, he and two panions from Farmville, Va., their homes in Georgia. Here is the “To whom it may concern: This is certify that the bearer hereof, H. Mitchell, Co. A, 38th Georgia, this day given his parole not to bear against the government into of the States, or enter any military thoritv, “Pafoled by order of Lieut.-Gen. U. Grant, Farmville, Va., April 15, 1865, J. B. Fairblkks, Captain Assistant Provost. Marshal.” with Fatal Results. Comtmb’a. ri; C., June 25.—During firing of ho artillery lu salute of the at the cal ploded meet-! g re, one cannot! E ward Bane, a young r.'.O 1 L r; ts blown off. both l< 1 was otherwise ' f- tic lost one arm, had ■ - :ul was terribly, ; -fd one arm wa* badly burned. GETTING REM. The Brazilian Republic Prepar¬ ing for Self-Government. The New Constitution Ready to Be Acted Upon. . -r- Parliamentarism No Longer Ksists—In¬ stead the New South American Repub¬ lic Adepts a System ot Government Trussed After That Now in Operation In Duels Sum’s Domain*. PREPARING FOR fiELF -GOVERNMSNT. Brazil's New Constitution Beady to Be Aotod on by the Assembly. Janeiro, May 81.— The new con¬ stitution has been elaborated by some of the most notable jurists, consuls and specialists in Brazil, under the immedi¬ ate supervision of the ministers, who certainly present in a fair measure the talent ana experience of the country. This constitution will be the funda¬ mental law of the land only after the constituent assembly shall have ap¬ proved it, which approval all feel is not the likely to be withheld long, aa neces¬ sity of legalizing the government just as soon Immediately as possible. decreeing of the after the election constitution there shall be an for senators fortner, and deputies—sixty-three each and of the three for state ~ district—and 000 of the latter. capacity. place in their bauds the functions the government exercised by the latter since {he change change effected effected on on the the 15th 15th of of No¬ No- vember vember last, last, and the assembly will at 0 once nce select sel the new chief of state, who erward promulgate it as revised. Sub¬ sequently the two chambers will assume islative their respective bodies. functions as regular leg¬ contained The following in the arrf constitution: the principal ideas Parliamentarism ceases. Brazil responsible adopts the American system of a executive, with secretaries responsible only to him and to the people. The senator or deputy who is chosen a secre¬ tary loses his seat. The first election of the president will be in November next, by congress, but the constitution estab¬ lishes shall be that hy this election of subsequently Tim means electors. peo¬ ple select electors in proportion to their delegations in congress. Each state has of the electoral shall elect, choosing from the three - who largest number per¬ sons may have the of votes. After this, ip case no one is yet elect¬ ed, congress shall again jr vote, dropping thfr third i— -—'* * who have so that the majority preside__________ of the votes cast. The i ctod for six yearn, i for the next ten years secretaries succe *. for The i i are ineligible the presidency presided dt terms of office, The senate shall be vice president of republic. In case of th« oAcdSnall absence §* ox < ;h or the president his i speaker I toy the of the rice house presi- i Bert by the rioe , the president _______ana Of the tupremo tribunal lastly by of justice. _____ Great Rejoicing. Washington, June 26.—The Braail- has received a adopted pro- the great ‘ prevails throughout Brazil. It is frami after the constitution of the United States, and will be submitted for proval vember to next_ the general congress in SULLIVAN GETS O FF EASY. He PlSads Guilty to prise Fighting and is Pined * 800 . St. Louis, June 26.—A special from Purvis, Miss.. Tuesday afternoon, said: John L. Sullivan this morning pleaded guilty to the indictment of prize fight¬ ing. mediately He was paid, fined and $500, liberated. which he im¬ He was is now holding a reception. Miko DanoTzn, Too. Purvis, Miss.. in June indictment 26.—Miko Dono¬ van is included the found against John L. Sullivan. A QUAD RUPLE H ANGING. One White Hon and Throe Negroes Rx- . seated at Memphis. Memphis, Tenn., June 86.—The first quadruple execution in the history of Memphis took place shortly before noon Tuesday. The victims were Frank Brenish, a white man, and Parker Har* ris, negroes. Ed. Carr They and were Hardy all banged Ballard, on three one scaffold. ___ Sarrendet* Only to Cupid. Baltimore, June 26.—Cards are out for the marriage of Capt. Murrell and " ’ ‘ “ this remem- of the steamer Missouri, which rescued in mid-ocean the passengers of the sinking steamer Danmark.________„ Big Fire at Cerlllos, N, M. Albuqurgue, M., N, M., June 20.—At Cerrilloa, N. place, a town the about fifty- miles from this entire busi¬ ness Monday part night was causing almost entirely loss estimated burned a at $100,000____ C ONGRESS . One nnndred and Fifty-First Day, In the senate—The agricultural college bill was passed, with an amendment di¬ viding the fund* between colored and white pupils of a state. The conference repart on the dependant pension bill was admitted, and conferees appointed on the tortiSoAtions bill. The Cox obaequiee were postponed until Thursday. the After a short exe"tttive se s sio n senate ad- jcuraed. houM—The In the Atkinson tell, con¬ firming cert sin rights in Washington to the Pen::'; Railroad company, was debated mo:. adjourned. / the day. Without action the bouse ON THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL to Tie Up t*># Kos.l from Chicago •» New Orleans. Cinclvsatl June 25.—The following Press dispatch wao received Chicago Tuesday morning: As a result of the strike of the Iowa of the Illinois Central at 1 this morning eighteen trains standing upon the tracks ready to out, while twelve trains were scat¬ along the dlvLion which should bconln at that hour. Brotherhood Grand Maa- of Willdusoa, of the Trainmen, will be here this The strikers an positive that will approve of their action, and that a eettlement is reached soon the Illinois Centra? system from Ohi- cogo to Nev,' > i ..u.- will be tied up. The looai n»id the repre¬ sentatives from the eaburban train ser¬ vice held a meeting last night and de¬ clared their wttUn^ne^a to strike at a moment’s notice. The yardmen also de¬ clare their readiness to strike. A meet¬ ing of all the empl <ye: in tho called operative for department of company t» 10 o’clock this momiii ;. The trainmen, fmght engineers and firemen, will switchmen, crossing the downtown guards, etc,, freight yards rendezvous^ at 7 o'clock this morning, and committee will he appointed to wait on General Superintendent Sullivan and state their case. If his response is un¬ favorable they will c all a meeting and form some plan for p emament conduct. Superintendent Ol .lwell expresses the opinion that the offic e .-a of the company will recognize the ju. i'.ceof the strikers’ demands as soon as tr ey have an oppor¬ tunity to investigate them. Only Hall Trains. Allowed to Ron. The Illinois Central strike has as¬ sumed serious proportions, inasmuch as it now involves the immense suburban traffic of the road. A meeting of the strikers was held early this morning, at which the men decided to stop the run¬ ning of all trains except thoee carrying the United States mail. trains Accordingly, in this as fast morning as the they suburban came were sidetracked, and it was not long before the tracks were completely blocked and up, suburban trains, freight trains, through and way passenger trains being mixed in almost inextricable confusion. The last suburban train arrived at the depot at 8:30 a. in., aud the men an¬ nounced that that would be the last su¬ burban train to come in or go oat until the question as to Superintendent Rus¬ sell’s retention was decided one way or the other. At present the strike effects the road only from that Chicago unless to Kankakee, they gain bat their the men say point they will tie up the entire system Chicago to New Orleans. A conference between the men and the officials of the road has been called for 8 o'clock this afternoon, At 10 o’clock the strikers agreed to let the express car be attached to the mail car of the Bt. Louis train, At 10:15 the two cars and an MlSea. engine en pulled out, no coaches being attacl LARGE MAIL RO BBERIE8. la Nine Konth* *800,000 Is Secured Be¬ tween Council Bliftr* and Davenport. Chicago, Juno 28.—For over nine months past constant complaints have reached the chief of poetofflee inspectors here of the loss of checks, postal orders, money, etc., while in transit between Council Bluffs face and Davenport, Iowa. The total value of mail matter lost is over $500,000. The inspectors detailed on the case discovered that mail pouches were stolen at Wyandotte junction, where the mall matter on the Rock Island road is transferred to the Burlington Chicago. road One for cent, of its contents the bottom of a Well. checks Another, and containing drafts nearly discovered $050,000 in of was a vacant house. Six railroad employes at surveillance. Wyandotte junction Four of were them, placed however, under Wilson managed Green to slip and away. The L-.y other two, A. D. were ar- rested Monday and held for trial in $50,00( i,000 each. 8ULLIVA N-JACK SON MILL. A Rumowtbat It is to Take Plaee os l ir ginla Soil Washington, June 26. —It is reported that the Sullivan-Jackson prize fight will take place almost under the shadow of the capitol. It will be a contest with made gloves, for and tho fight. arrangements are being There is talk of an extra session of the Virginia charter of legislature aleading Washington to rescind Athlet- the io dab. This is the same crab that has the Sullivan-Jackson fight in hand. 1 legislature when it p issed the charter did not know what wae in it. The charter gives all sorts of privilege*. The dab will first have a boll fight. The Sullivan-Jackson Virginia soil.___ fight will take place on Waylaid and Bordered. Mosticello, BL, June 26.—As Har¬ ley Russell and his wife were returning to their home in halted a buggy the Saturday outskirts night, of the city they by were Calvin Holden at and Albert Dunham. Dunham seized the horse and Holden drew a revolver, mid with curse fired dt Russell. The ball pene¬ trated his right side, and, passing be¬ tween the ribs, produced a wound from whioh Russell died. Holden and Dun ham have been arrested. Trial pf the Cotton Belt Train Robbers. Texarkana, Ark., June 20. — The trial of tho Cotton Belt train robbers was resumed Monday, and Mrs. Rat- diffe gave her testimony, which agrees with her statement created already published. Her evidence great excitement, and when she had finished the court re¬ manded the prison ore to jail without ball. them It here, w;w not and thought the three safe to keep men were chained together and taken to the jail at Clarksville. End of a Long and Disr.stroas Voyage. New T?orx, June 26.—The German Monday bark J. C. Varna, arrived here with a cargo of coffee and spices valued at over $400,000 East Indies, from after Penang and Macassar, four months. The a voyage and of over captain mid the first officier died on the vqyago vessel was brought into port by Second Officer Spreen, a man 28 year* old, after much suffering from sickness, starvation and mutiny by the crow. Poisoned Perk. Berlin, June 2C.—Sixteen persons have been by poisoned diseased at Elberfela, Ger¬ eral many, of them eating in pork. Sev¬ are a very serious con dtttoo. E1H Tlffi TOO Serious fiebeliton RapoiW in Northern The Movement Regarded With Much Anxiety At ttie Siamese Capital ns tl* Leader is a Sian Who Recently Commanded a Sim¬ ilar bat Lea* Fortunate Out bleak—Close Call fur Sara Bernhardt from nn Over- dee# of Chloral . R-dELU ON I N SIAM. OppresalT* Taxation Causes the People te Revolt. London. June 86.—News baa been r»- ceive l of a very serious rebellion in Northern Siam, provoked by the op- presstre taxation - - levied on people. The province In which the rebellion has broken out adjoins Burnish, the most recent addition to the British empire in Asia, and is said to have suffered about equally oppression. from The Burmese King raids of Siam and is native of one the wealthiest in the world, with money wrung from his .subjects, and his yearly income is enormous. The leader of the present rebellion commanded a similar outbreak last autunn, when he was de¬ feated and compiled to retire to the forests. This time the movement is much more formidable and is regarded with anxiety at the Biam eee capital. LONDON'S LOR D MAYOR Accused of SaeriAela* the Dignity of HU OHee—HI* Reply. The lord mayor of London, in answer¬ ing sacrificed s criticism to the effect that he had the dignity of his office in signing a memorial under Cardinal Man- *, says that cardinals have been re¬ nted all over Barone, since the loss of > temporalities of the holy s6e, as de- cardinal h** written a letter expressing hti earned sympathy with the cause of Home Rule for Ireland, a subject on which British Roman Catholics ate very much divided ___ BERNHARDT’8 _CLOSE CALL. Ilia Narrowly Rsoapes * Doath from an Overdo** of CbloraL Upon returning to her hotel after having performed at Her Majesty's theater Monday evening Madame Sara Bcraliardt suffered from on attack of irsoinui*. Fin iin. - herself unable to go to sleep she uf ehto.-al. took wnat proved to attond- be so overdoes When her asitu di'H-overed her too famous actress appeal'd to l«? in a dying condition and pnr : < i:s!ta t ore hurriedly tram f„.n-U A i ;t r jierri -tv ..t t.V effort application lasting n -m; I, u of ful resaedi*:-:. time Bernhardt do^Iy to recover. :* Ml.ox-iM Asiatic Cholera. M ;t -if rid. - The commission of medical wtp rt . went by the government to the pr ivi ic > of Valencia for the p«r» P which f '“‘ *’» hav tovartigniing l,tea ’ the igtiitiln tlfo dl rai cose to be co.naii idwo reports pestilence find its origin te uncertain. Foreign Notes. MaJ. WixMnanu arrived in Berlin from the east coast of Africa. A general strike of masons, carpenters and bricklayers has occurred at Bnura. At the approaching consistory the pose will raise to the cardtnalate three Italian prelates and the archbishop of Vienna. Heligoland. England will retain a consular agent in fications Germany will not erect forti¬ there without consulting Ra¬ gland. An exploflon of firedamp occurred to a eollery at Baarbrucken, Hhenlah Prussia, several killing th-ee men and Injuring others. Austro-Hungarian The loretfpa budget was voted by the confidence deputations, and a vote of in the war minister adopted. The pope sent to Cardinal Manning, on the occasion of the latter’s silver jubilee, his own jubilee medal, and the pontifical blessing. Emin Pasha, with his convoy, has left Mpwapws. An English caravan, under Lugsrd, is about to start from Mombasa for Uganda ■ fha Brazilian government________ lished quarantine against all arrivals from Spanish sad African ports on the Mediterranean. Trii ‘ripoll Is being devastated by locust*, The e decomposed , bodies ____________ of the Insect* fill the wells, infecting the water and render¬ ing it unfit for use. Sara Bernhardt confesses a platonic lore for Henry M. Stanley, and says Mm “ would jump at the chance to accompany him to the heart of Africa.” The 150th anniversary of the creation of the regiment of thp Gardes du Corps waa celebrated at Potsdam. Emperor Will¬ iam rode at the head of the regiment. The Mew Sooth Wales subsidy to the San Francisco. mall will cease after No¬ vember next unless the American sub¬ sidies towards the service are continued. The Swiss National rath has decided to hold an extra session, beginning Septem¬ ber 28, to consider the questions of revis¬ ion of the constitution and of the customs. A farmer named McNamara was shot from ambush and and mortally wounded at Ennis, Ireland. The The assassin used a ahotgun. crime s waa the outcome of agrarian troubles. The Hungarian finance minister and the Rothschild syndicate hare entered into an agreement for the conversion of 808,000,000 florins of ? per cent, paper rentes Into 4 per cent, gold rentes. The inhabitant# of Heligoland fear the Germans will build * pier at the Island, thus destroying who the means of livelihood of the boatmen now convey passengers to and from the shore. CoL Bradford, the now chief commis¬ sioner of the London metropolitan police, has Usaed an order forbidding the mem¬ bers of the fores from holding meetings for the purpose of agitating their griev- &QC60. Daring the jxogrees of a magisterial election at Kalocaa, Hungary, a mob made an attack upon a voting station, bnt were repulsed hy gendarmes. Three of the attacking party were killed I and eight others wounded. Several severe shocks et earthquake hare occurred in the vicinity of the Black Fortst of Transylvania, creating great consternation among the in habitants, The ti - • > Raseacn at ■*£23$, • - " 8:30 Chi* m Keighley says t from the! to-day. Hope has again lo of the taken out alive. not tell what obit he hope* to by 0 good o’olock SB ET I is as es that some of the _ The whole town fa ore flocking * to the rectioaik * All the in ^ itomik down Ttoutrifit AJWU *V* - - -- have been aid the searchers Tho rescuing party b which te very loose. ' areeagntr it* t - - — will meet the In Regard to Fro WownSi&H statement ■M Jk j}ji$£X % ceatiy ex, .. the i Decide, b If we w ». on the f _ L $ /Hie ?SbJhS»i stew._ 1 toe on T * v 8^-a ." m#*®' 'T jut. M ltio members on would hare < in his views 1 do so. ■ - ■' . - Mr. Blaine i ment^o ports gaff*.?" of the sugar of any duties on our McKinley publicans who was the ’ remainder ‘ “complicate i city law and (flection L. order mayor to succeed ] I whfl# MS’ on his way um do*- , ; ...... m mm