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the gypsy
AT THE DOCK
With a Heavy Cargo of Freight, the
Little Steamer Ar-ives at
Macon All Righf.
OCMULGE6 NAVIGATION ; EASY
KO auritlon That Freight Baste c«
Hun the Hirer With Befetj*-t
Very Jolly Party W*e That
Which llettue Gypsy.
The tteamer Gypsy la here. Sharp at
10 o'clock yesterday morning she tied
ud at the toot o* Seventh street after a
Ion? and somewhat eventful voyage
from Dublin.
She had aboard some 80,000 pounds.of
freight, nearly three cur loads, and
about thirty passenger*. This Is the
first cargo of freight which has come to
Macon by way at the Oomulgee river
for very many yean and proves that
the contention of Morrison Hogers and
Mr. George Harris that the Oomulgee
ran be made available as a freight way
for JInceon la ahenlutUy correct.
Gypsy had many obstacles to over
come. In the flrst place the 1,000 cases
uf tomatoes from the Cca cannery at
IluwklnsvIHe and the other freight had
loaded her down until she drey about
thirty Inches'of water. This draft was
Increased by nearly six Inches by the
big party of Macon people who went
down Thursday evening to the East
Tennessee bridge to come up with the
little boat, then the waiter was within
nine Inches of the lowest paint reached
In live years, the channel was full of
snags and stumps and Caps. Miller was
absolutely Ignorant of the river. • AU
these combined made the progress of
the Gypsy slow, but despite all difficul
ties she arrived In good shape.
I had a talk with Oapt. Miller tllter
be reached M'aaon and asked him about
the river. "It Is a good river,” he said,
"and with a few thousand dollars spent
In clearing the channel of obstructions
the Gypsy and even bigger boats can
navigate her In almost any stage of
water. The Ocmulgee between Macon
and Hawklnsvllle compares favorably
with any river I've sailed. There are a
great many obstructions, It Is true, blit
none which cannot be cleared away with
the expenditure of comparatively Mttle
money. On the trto up tfrom’Haivklna-
vHle the Gypsy's cargo was equivalent
to about 200 bales of cotton."
The Gypsy is a pretty little craft, well
buitt anti more of a passenger boat than
a freighter, ahetona twelve mate rooms
with double bertha, a cozy little saloon
and a line forward berth deck. She Is
a stern-wheeler, and her wheel Is turned
by two engines, one on each side. With
the proper stage of water she caw make
till teen miles an hour with ease, so Capt.
Miller claims. Running light she draws
from fifteen to twenty Inches of .water,
while with u full outgo she will float
easily In forty Inches.
Her regular crew consists of J. U.
Miller, mauler; iff. T. Walton, engineer;
Virgil Lasse'ter. colored, pilot; Hardy
Perry, colored, fireman; a cook and two
roustabouts. In addtlon to his crew she
had as volunteers this trip Mr, E. J.
lilackshear and hls fiddle, Capt. Miller’s
lather and a friend.
She will remain In Macon until after
the Dixie InKeratate Fair, In the mean
time carrying freight to paints down
the river when she can'get a cargo and
in the times toabween running excur
sions down the river. Her first excur
sion will be given today, when the
Gypsy will atant at 3 o'clock <1iIb (Sat
urday! afternoon going as far down as
possible and getting back at dirk. On
account of rains Uo country the river
rose about four feet yesterday, so there
Is plenty of water.
So much for the business part of the
trip. There was another side to It, <md
a mighty pleasant one, too. Mr. R.
Storrison Rogers Is to blame for It. lie
had Invited a number of ladles to go
down to the East Tennessee bridge
Thursday evening to medt the Gypsy
and at 3 o'clock a special engine and
passenger car pulled out from the East
Tennessee depot with that laudable
purpose In view.
Aboard -the car there were, among
others, George W. Duncan, wife and
sun, Hat R. WUnship, wife and daugh
ter, Miss Irene; Mr. R, M. Rogers,
Misses Bessie. Jala, iDelllo and Mattie
Regers, Dr. H. McHafton, wife and
eon: H. M. Wortham, wife and Mrs
h. A. Jordan, Sirs. Isaac Wins hip,
Capt. T. L. Massenbexg, Capt. A. O.
Butts, dipt. A. F. Parrott, Mr, T. C.
Drew. MoJ. E. E. Winters, Dr. J. C.
Johnson, Mr. A. D. Schofield, sir. C.
D. Whin, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Austin, Mr.
J. W. Cnbanlss, N. 8. Outler, Capt.
G. D. Allen, Dr. J. H. Heflin, C. 8.
Sanders and the Telegraph man. In ad
dition to these were a round dozen of
big white watermelons, several boxes
of fine sandwiches, a keg and various
Jugs and bottles of anti-malaria.
The run down to the bridge was made
at the rate of a mile a minute, more or
less. The trip from the bridge-was not
made quite so fast. The Gipsy -was Hed
up hard and fast to a big tree about
fifty yards above the bridge when the
Vpeotat arrived, and a rush was m
for her.
Col. Cabanisi looked at the river and
saw how low It win. made some In
quiries of the bridge keepers, Just
about as though they wanted some
paper discounted, and then bame to
the conclusion that the security offered
for reaching Maoon Thursday night by
boat was not sufficiently good end so
decided he would not make the trial,
bin would come hack by train. Mrs.
Wortham and Mrs. Winshlp came to
the same conclusion and returned with
him.
The balance of the party clambered
down the steep river banks, walked
across a long teetering plank and were
soon aboard. The Shore fasts were
cast off and the Wg Wheel at the stern
of the Gypsy began to revolve. She
wj i on the home stretch with the Jol
lied Jot of eea dogs and pretty nauti
cal miidens that any Georgia river
boat ever saw. The anti-malar la, sand
wiches and watermelons were not for-
t • :~i.
Along post the sombre banks of cane
brake and thick u Oder growth, with
their back ground of giant hard wood
trees Will Hi characterize the Ocmulgee
swamp. trie Gypsy cautiously felt her
way. Capt.Miller on the hurricane deck,
Laraeter at the Woeel and the judge
with a tong cane in the eyea of her
sounding the river bo as to keep her
In the channel.
The prsaongera bad got comfortably
settled, with the graceful forms of
George Humean and Nat Winshlp act
ing as Ganymedea flitting from group
to group wiuli foaming beakers of
Cook's best an'td-mararla, and were
Just solidly enjoying themselves when
the Ohlp came to a sudden stop. She
had gotten out of the channel and her
nose was sticking In a sandbar. Capt.
Miller and a roustabout got into the
dinghy, which, by the way, is a flat-
bottom batteau, and began to search
for the channel. He found It after a
while, and the Gypsy was backed off,
changed her course and made her way
up stream. It was difficult to keep to
the channel for two reasons. In the
flrst place, nobody aboard, the boat
knew Where It was except after various
experiments, and when it wus found It
was frequently so full of snags and
such that there was no room for the
Gypsy. After the first two or three
battles with sand bars and searches
for the ohamne.. Which was Invariably
found all right, -Ohe passengers paid
little attention to them, but went on
with the business of enjoying them
selves with gusto and success. The
ladles knew all the popular songs and
sang them. Messrs. Duncan nnd Win
shlp performed their unique nnd beau
tiful skirt dance, and In the Intervals
when Terpsichore and Apolto were not
tn the ascendancy, watermelons and
anti-malaria tvere the attractions.
'At Intervals of half an hour or so the
order for all hands to lay aft bo as to
bring the boat down by the stem would
be given, the festlvtcles would cense
momentarily and all hands would duti
fully look at the paddle wheel until the
sand bitrtk or snag was safely avoided.
So passed Che d'ay until along about
supper time, when Oapt. Miller start
ed to run the river where the channel
Should have been but wus not. We be
came so mixed up here that It was
■deemed aJlviaabie to h»ul the boat into
the channel by main strength. A Ion*
rope iva a tied to a tree and the other
end ivas taken to the windlass.. Then
came calls tor volunteers to twin the
capstan bars. The way Messrs. Rogers,
Outler. Duncan, WinshTip and others
wa.ked the boat over ohe bar was s
caution. Old sailors couldn't have
done it better.
When we bad gotten Into deep Water
again It was unanimously decided that
we did n't want to get to Maoon before
yesterday anyway, so a request was
made to Captain Miller that we Ue up
for the night, which tie granted, and
there we were tn Che middle of the
•wa-mp.
Talk ciU>ut a Jolly ttowe. J-olly was
no name for It. Everybody was happy
and rain nor mosquitos, of both of
whldh 'there was quite a fe»w, had no
effect.
.Mr. Bkfctehear Bot out Ms fiddle, and
wish "Johnny In 't’he tLowground," Ar-
karwaw Tmvelcr." Snowiblrd on the
Aiih-bank" and other good old dance
music made the woods and canebrukes
ring wKih melody, while the merry men
nnd maddens made the Gypsy shake
with >the rhythmic patter of their feet
ami the ^cesunw, bear nnd coon tor
mites around watched the scene In
open-mouthed wonder from their leafy
coverts. . , _
Then there were charades nnd last of
nil a lodge of the ancient and magnifi
cent order of Ocmubsee ctutfinh was
opened and «the bizarre and Interesting
initiatory service® of itflnt old organiza
tion were performed wfth several of the
young ladies ns lntittutef.
While all this wus »oln« on Dr. Mc-
Ha'tton was proving himtseK the boss
fisherman of the party. Capt. Butts,
Mr. Wonthaon. Mr. W-lni* and the Te4e*
gmph man 'were the cowteetant*. Thlf
is how the score stood:
aitflfch. Eeto. Bites. Nibs.
McfHMton 20 7 2 0
Wtontham. .... 1 0 10 17
BuJbte 0 0 1G 24
Winn 0 0 37' 48
tec-graph Man. ..0 0 40 73
AT THE MILLS
The New Bedford and Fall River Mills
Are-All Idle for Lack of
Operatives. >
A LONG STRUGGLE IS EXPECTED
Total 27 7 110 162
There was a rumor current aboard the
Gypsy tUvut the doctor rubbed hi3 bait
with a rabbit’s 'cot ami another that
the fish were Charmed toy Ills beautiful
voice. Neither rumor could be traced
however to any reliable source.
Everything must come to an end, and
at last bed time came. The Mate rootna
were given tip to the ladles while the
genltlemtin made uhemaeive* comforta
ble on cots, tables and the like. Every
body seemed datermltred that George
Dunoan sWouldnt Sleep, and they even
resorted to Che knife to keep him
mwake. , ...
The trip yesterday morning was with
out particular Incident except on en
deavor to solve 'the question as to how
to satisfy the appetites of thirty hungry
people with one emhll cocktail and two
large watermelons. AU (hands were busy
on this problem when the mellow whis
tle announced to the people of Macon
that the Gypsy wa* off the mouth of
Walnut creek. It whs ultimately rotved
by several membeis at PutzH’s a little
later.
When the landing came In sight there
was « big crowd In waiting, Including
one of Co), Daisy Price's United States
mull wagons. Mr. Duya hud out one of
MaJ. Winters' care.
It was a happy party that walked up
the gang plank, and the flrst trip of the
Gypsy will linger long In the mind* of
muny people as a mighty pleasant ex
perience.
AN OUTLAW’S BLOODY WORK.
Two Men Lying at the Point of Death
and a Lynching Expected.
Washington, Aug. 24.—A special to
the Post from Bluefleld, W. Vu., says:
A desperate fight occurred here this af
ternoon 'between Vinson Shnder, a
moonshiner, and a twnse of officers. As
a result Chief of Police R. H. Baldwin
and Deputy MUrehal Brown ore lyin at
the point of death, and Shrader will
probably be lynchod before morning.
Shrader Is a Tazewell county outlaw
und yesterday wounded a critiHtable who
tried to arrest him at Graham. After
tint occurrence he took to the woods
about wo metre Grom Bluefleld. Chief
of Bailee Baldwin learned .of Ms where
abouts today aril set oaft to capture
him. He was acoompanled toy Deputy
Allen Brawn and Wlllhrm G. Baldwin,
the noted detective, who is a brother
of use Bluefleld chief Of police. The
pombc round Shrader's biding place
stv-jrily before dark. They expected to
take him by surprise, tout as they Weal
thily approached he opened fire with a
Winchester.
The officers Chen fired on the moon
shiner und a fusll-rde mis kept up tor
thirty minutes. The chief of police was
shot thjtaugSi the stomach and Deputy
Brown wa* shot through the grain. De-
teotlve Daldnvln waned Injury and suc
ceeded in arrowing Shrader. The wound
ed men and prisoner were brought to
BIueflcd-1. There Is'intense excitement
here and on Immense crowd has gath
ered. Threats of lynching ShraJar in
case either of Che bfilcem dies are freely
nMde.
5MPRISONED AND CREMATED^
Scuttle. Wash.. Aug. 24.—A dispatch
received from Franklin. Wash., wiya a
fire In the slash level of a mine this cf*
t*nv»n troprto/ned all the uses work
ing there. Thirty-seven corpses have
been brought to the surface sip to 2
o'clock p. as.
Ths Ststs Hoard of Arbitration heft Sew
Bedford WltUonl Any Sstlofnelory
Iteeulla—Fall lllver Lockout
at sympathetic Move.
New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 21.—The
stats board of arbitration left the city
this morning, but did not shite ki des
tination. The members are not well
satisfied with the results of their visit
to New Bedford. With the mill men
firm, conservative and reticent, little
was to be learned from them, while the
help, viewing things only from their
standpoint, are apt to be slow about
ncoepUng arguments from ube board.
.The roeetlug of last night happened
to oome at Just tho opportune time,
und when both sides expressed a desire
to hear the board's decision, the board
belt It was a great step accomplished
In ureaktug the Ice. The board regrets
the tenure ot toe inauufaevurers to at
tend, hut Und some consolation In Mr.
Crapo’s presence. They expect to bo
able tp accomplish something in the
way of a settlement at a not very dls-
iunt aa'.e. If they cun uocompiieu a
settlement, the board's proffers of us-
slslunce would be hailed with joy uy
null men, operatives und everybody
else in town.
Seoretury Ross stated this morulug
that he did not ththk Unit the confer
ence at las; evening mas of a great
deal of vojue or importance as a medi
um for drawing the contending parties
together, and he did not expeo; that it
would du trulttul In results. Ho
thought tuat me presence or the repre
sent edves of toe liuoe organizations
was a puDltc demonstration or the tact
that they desire--to do houoruote und
above board in their course, uud that
they ure desirous of bnugtug tlio
strme to an end. 'tie takes exception
io some of the stawmetma of air. crapo
lu regard to me rain men of tills city
desiring to pay higher wages. He says
that up to 1888 It wus undoubtedly
true that the spinners of this city re
ceived more pay than those of other
textile- centres, but that in that year
mere was a general leveling. At that
time the cotton '.rude was In u flourish
ing .condition, end an advance was
nude in wages. It Is noy,- true that In
no pkicc are then-ages of splmiurs 5
per cent, below those m this city, hnd
there <rre some centres where they are
sngnily in excess of what they receive
here. The pay of spinners here u't the
reulietton would oe considerably less
than thut of 'spinner* of Lonsdale und
Berkley.
Many of the operatives of (hls city
look upon the action of the Fall Itlver
manufacturers In deciding upon a lock
out us a move In sympathy with the
mill men of this city. They think It
was taken because ot the pledge ot the
operatives to usds, tile New Bedford
strikers. They profess to ho pleased
with their course, and regard It, In n
sense, ns a victory. They think It is
likely to react upon the mmufdctur-
ers themselves, ns they believe that a
Vilely udrnncc In prices and sharp de
mand fdr goods is sure to follow toelr
course. With a better tone to the mar
ket, the manufacturers will want to do
business, atul will uccede to the de
mands for a resiorrition of the, old
schedule.
If the mills of this city yield the Fall
River mills will speedily follow suit.
The Bennett mills paid off their help
this morning. This Is the last money
they will receive for some time. If the
strike were !o be settled (tomorrow, tho
help would receive no money till Sep
tember 7th. The time of the pinch
will now begin to develop.
At n meeting of the manufacturers
Thursday afternoon, It Is said, only
seven or eight mill men were In ut
tendance. ,
The ilfth day of New Bedford's great
industrial battle opened with much lets
of change In condition and outlook than
many had hored. The rumors that tha
Bennett nnd Columbia mill* are to open
their gates on Monday to allow such ot
toelr employes n» desire to return to their
work 'at the reduetlo l, are confirmed.
This Is a disappointment to those who had
hoped that toe mills would follow tha
trad cf the Howland corporation. There
are many who And encouragement In toe
belief that a aplrlt of hotbloodcd conten
tion Is Slowly giving way to a recogni
tion on alt sides that the crisis Is one
which demands earnestly and temperate
consideration, toe results of conference
last evening were In doubt, far abort ot
expectations of the more sanguine, but
It certainly accomplish!,1 somethlna In
the direction of conciliation and may set
in action a train of co-clrcumstancea that
will lead to a settlement of the d'-Sfui.
ties in which the rights ot tbs parties st
issue will be recognized.
STRIKERS AT SC .SCO (IK.
Suncoek, X. E, Aug. 24.—The strlkn
at tin: mills here has ■(trend somewhat
and tt Is expected tv,ll further spread
tomorrow. X lalair agitator strived
from Fall River yesterday, nail It is
stated that he was the reuse of nearly
loo splutter of tho China mill coining
out ut 1 o'clock. T'he spinners. In the
Webster mill als > struck, us did three-
fourths of the weavers In the Webster
trail und nliDtit one-Imlf of those In the
Pembroke. A large number of others
did not go Into the strike, and there
has been no disturbance as yet.
"It Is the policy of the mills here,”
said Agent Jeivctt, "to follow Fall
River strictly. When they ndvunce we
do, anil it Is the same In regard to re
ductions. If we do out move la the
case qf un Increase the employes de
mand it and we always comply. The
cut litre was to Fall River orice*—11
per cent, on wtsrisg and 10 (sir cent,
otherwise. Our weavers under this
will average from to (7 x week.
Should they all go out, as seems prob
able, we shall shat down until they
wish to come hack. We have Im-cq run
ning at it loss for three mouths and
our storehouses are filled-"
REVIEW OF TRADE
IN ALL SECTIONS
The Lingering Uncertainty as to the
Tariff Bill It a Check to
Business.
BUS STILL THERE IS AN INCREASE
la We/irly All ttan, Which Imllrafr*
Til ut Uett«r Times WIU Follow
the final Dlnpotltlon of lh«
Tariff -111.
New York, August 24.—R. G. Dun k
Oo.'u review of tiude will any tumor-
raw Unit changes during tho past week
have not been definite nor very lm-
portaut. ( As the present final duels.tin
regarding tho now tariff Is assumed,
but not yet certainly kuown, part of
tho luMltntUm which appears may ho
attributed to tho lingering uncertainty
which must som terminate. Other
conditions, If not entirely favorable,
have at least not changed for the woraa
during the past week. Tho business so
tong delayed by tarltt uncertainties be
gins to come forward, jo that transac
tions In many departments mo huger
of Into und ou tho whole larger than
at too time of especial stagnation last
year, but It is still too soon to detcr-
itxue how far the satisfaction of post
poned demands will set ldlo hands ut
work, or ru-so the transactions toward
too normal volume. Rut It la a healthy
sign that the gum thus far 1» gradual,
uud not spasmodic or flighty iu appear-
once.
In all too great Industries some In
crease lu deniuud tor products has ap
peared uud the hoot uuil shoo truue
cont.uucs to lend others lu recovery,
us sU.pmeuts from tlio 1-lus; not outy
exceed lust year’s largely, but surpass
those In August ot previous years.
Economy appears here lu purchases of
cheaper (pmiittcs rather tuna ,tt pur-
chimes of fewer pairs or cases, und tho
demand is largely for speedy delivery,
1 reflecting unusual reducton of stocks.
Tho cotton muuufuctutcs which has
been, employing a larger proportion ot
us normal force than most others and
aecumulatitig goods greatly In advnueu
of current deumuds, has about 2(1,01X1
workers ou strike ut Full River uud
New Bcdtord. to resist u proposed re
duction of wages, and the nulls have
been closed, with too apparent expect
ation. that the d.lficulty will last some
weeks. A somewhat Increased demand
for goods has appeiUM, hut perhaps
not yet as great as many Imvu antlcl-
puted.
lu the iron und steel iitanufucturo
too demand for uulriied products In
creases, hut at present nut us large as
tho capacity-of the works which have
endeavored to resume -printIons, m
Unit toelr competition results lu prices
nearly ns low us liuvo been reached ut
liny tone. A moderate gain 111 trims-
actions is Been nt Flnludelpliln, though
finished products there ure weaker, and
ut Now York uo improvement jot ap
pears, while ut Pittsburg und Cleveland
there is more buying, hut at Chicago
considerable ires than of late.
Several more furnaces liavo gone
Into operation, notwithstanding llio
scarcity of water supply at Oouneils-
v.Ilo uml consequently of coke, and
prices ot pig Iren ure not further de
pressed. A moderate Increase Is seen
in the woolen mills lu operation, mid
ugents who lmvo offered spring goods
generally at a reduction of about 12 1-2
per cent, from last year's prices liavo
taken orders lor ooiisiderablo quant*
ties, hut there Is still grout uncertainty
about tho extent nnd effect of toro.gn
competition In ninny Important classes,
particularly of tho batter grades of
goods, und ns this must continue for
months tbs adjustment to now condl-
tkons must he gradual.
Tho money market continues to re
flect n legitimate Increase of commer
cial demand which comes mainly from
dry go-ids comofiBstoti bouses, but It Is
noted tlmt iiltliuiigh the lust week ot
August la nt hand the requirements
from the West ntifi South for crop mov
ing purposes arc by no means of ordi
nary maul tods.
The UttbUltiss of Anns falling for tho
second week of August amounted to
only 11,013400 and for the last lliren
weeks to only %7,202,070, ot which *2,-
UG3.2U9 were of manufacturing and
03,787,320 of trading concerns.
Tho failures this week hnvo been
234 In llio United States, against 410
lust year, and 29 In Canada, against
20 last year.
BHADSTREET'S REPORT.
New York, Aug. 21.—11 rad<treel* to
morrow will i I/; Serious Industrial
dls.urban-.es lu New England, drouth
In tho Central and the far Western
states, curtailing n-irly all staple
crap.-, met Oispj-KI-.il In (ill lid"* to
continue to buy lor nearby wants only,
fall to greatly Influence general trade
oguhtrliout tho country, '.he trend ot
which Is to further improvement. Tho
North western auite» cist of toe Mis
souri snd the Annul: ant Gulf coast
Southern states r■ pah., relatively, a
greater gain In the volume of traffic
snd lu the spread of that better feel
ing and confidence In & large volume
of biutbUs W tha toll, on which Im
provement d-pend*. Prominent among
toe evidences of expansion In the gen
eral trade Is this week’s hank clear
ing*, a total of |»2,0x1,600, a gain over
Hy. week of about 4 per cent, an-1 over
tbs libs-total ot Hit year, when cleir-
tngs got down o the low water mirk.
Increase of 20 p r cent.; but compared
with toe t'-t.ii in toe Uko week two
yqars igo, this week's aggregate clear
ing* show a decrease of 14 per cent. It
ts'uR. worto noting, as a sign of the
busin movement, that every city's
cluiHn*q o-tal tir the week Is Birger
than a -etr ago, except one. Gains In
Hearings aA wto'.iky mu Vets, L./a‘ -
vine. Cui Kinall, Parle nnd Lexington,
have naturally been expanded extraor
dinarily.
Th» gr-i'i-n ftpjiirentlnereare In volume
of b'js'.n*ss during ths week Is at Ht.
Janul*. Baltimore, Chicago, Ht. Paul Min
neapolis and San Francisco. At the larger
Eastern citleo there Is evidence of art In
creased confidence, that the autumn will
bring n largely augmented demand In
nearly ull staple lines, but Baltimore Ib
the only city in this group announcing
a decided Improvement. Southern buyers
having placed good orders for goods, no-
Hons, millinery and shoes.
General trade nt Southern cities betrays
no chango within a week In volume of
transactions or demand, business on the
whole being relatively belter than In
some other portions ot tho country.
There ts a better request for lumber
at Charleston, for hardware and machin
ery nt Augusta, rosin at Savannah and
whisky at Nashville. Prospective early
movement ot cotton Is expected' to stim
ulate trade In all staples. Jobbers nt
Birmingham, Ala. report heavier August
trade so far, than a year ago, and the
crop outlook In Louslana Is expected to
help business Interests there generally.
Texas court region crops ero said to have
been damaged by excessive mins. At
tempts of Now Bedford and Fall River
cotton goods manufacturers to reduce wa
ges ho.ve> caused strikes and lockouts, af
fecting nearly 30.000 employes; operating
3,000,000 spindles, over half of tho cotton
spinning capacity of the country. Pritlt
cloths have advanced He. as a result and
toe prospect seems to bo for n month's
suspension of operations, wtlh heavy loss
to employers end employes.
RATES SCHEDULE ADOPTED.
Tho Southern Railway nnd Steamship
Association Ended Its Work.
Manhattan Beneh, N. Y., Aug. 24.—
After ui three days' session too South
ern Railway nud Steamship Association
had a final meeting Into this afternoon
nud fortnully re-elected too old officers
uud adopted regular rates schedulo in
fOrco for (mother year . Inasmuch ns
there are eight or ten funds which hnvo
not signed the agreement, it ts uppat'-
-ent tout till too sore slots ore not yet
healed. Doubtless, however, a cion-
premise will ultimately be reached be
tween tho lltire lu Interest.
The chief points of difference over
tlio tariff through the Ohio liver gate
ways between the West and South are
toe bone of contention which has oc
cupied toe attention of the association
nt several meetings which have been
held since April 1, and iu tlio face of
repeated efforts on the part of members
Interested In peace nnd liiirmony, a
satisfactory conclusion 1ms uot uctnalljf
bean reached. The officers tons con
tinued lu charge for another year tiro
Joseph 14. Drown of Atlanta, president;
1. W. Thomiis of Nashville, vice-presi
dent; Col. E. It. Stuhlnmn, oofiuaU*
slouer; W. L. McGill, secretary, and
Mresrs. Thomas H. Carter nml John
Scrivtn arbitrators. Tho third member
of tho board of arbitrators, Ool. E. K.
ftbley. Is replaced by MaJ. J. W. Green
of Augusta.
Tho day hns been devoted to a ses
sion of a eommltteo Hint hns worked
steadily In the hope of urrlvtng ut an
adjustment of the difficulties tout seem
to prevent acquiescence by all the lines
in the association In the rate schedule
or the orholes of agreement as tech
nically designated. In too effort
reach unanimity of action there liuvc
been four meetings, two nt the Hotel
Waldorf, Now York, nml two bore nt
the Oriental hotel. While toe agree
meat lias now been declared effective
for another year, the following have
not signed It: Alabama Great .South
ern, representing tho Queen and Eras
nut system; the Seaboard ASr Line,
comprising rands running southwest
from Norfolk through North and South
Carolina; Mobile nnd Ohio, Memphis
und Chmleston and several mllior
rends. The mall nnd steamship lines
from Florida on (lie Atlantic ssalfoanl
have agreed on tho average role nt the
old figure of 35 cents per liox to linltl-
niore, Philadelphia nml New York, tho
all-rail lines, however, Indicating Hint
they will lnnko-'a slight differential.
This action will lie of Interest to orange
growers, who bring to market their
product on October 1. Tlio executive
committee of the association will ho lit
session at the Oriental hotel tomorrow
for the consideration of many linportr
unt matters that need attention.
TO RE BOLD UNDER A DECREE.
Tho Property of tho Jacksonville and
Key West ltond Must Uo,
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 21.—A decree
was rendered by Judge Cull of the cir
cuit court, lu chambers this morning,
ordering the enio of nil too real 111111
personal property of tho Jacksonville,
Tampa uud Key West railroad. Thu
older was mitdo upon tile application
of It. U. Liggett, attorney for the coin-
plnLuunt, lu llio ease of Archibald Rog
ers vs, the Jacksmmilc, Tampa and
Key West Runroud Company.
Tho decree provides for toe sale nt
the main line of 39.37 miles, and side
tracks, consisting uf 5,117 miles ol
track; ulso nil ot tho rolling stock,
equipments, depot, terminals, etc., and
ull right and title and interest to pul
lie lands m ton slate of Fkirlda am
the rights to receive from the slate
und trustees of too Internal improve
ment ftmiYs deeds for public latuls on
account of actually constructed rail
way, hat which remained nncooreyed
Including the right to liavo and roeetn
deeds therefor.
Tho decree nlso orders the snln of
lands In various counties us follows
Four thousand three hundred amt
tlfirty-three acres In Clay county, 1,401
acres lu Ht. Jolm county, 183,.jii(| acres
In DcHobi county, 71,747 acres In Mnn
alee ounnty, 02,315 acres In Lee county
and 25,302 acres lu Polk county—
301,441 acres in all.-
The decree further provides for tloi
sale of debts against vanuu* purtlt
amounting to $7,300.10. The decree
gives the complalnaut pennlsslou to bo
a bidder at tlio sale, the purchase price
to be applied to h's Judgment. Tin
sale of toe property ts to lie subject to
the ilea* of seieral mortgage* to
IVmwylranlu company for lnsiiriineo
cu Lves and granting annuities, to tlio
extent that the same ure valid und
subsisting liens. The receiver, H. U.
Cable, Is Instructed to pay the com
plainant llie sum of gT.Utln uonr lu 111*
hands, to be credited ou the Judgment
and oil other fund* are to Ik; h"l<l by
tho receiver. The decree ol the court
continues the present recclversb.p.
FATAL GAB EXPLOSION.
PottsvIUe. P».. Aug. 34.—Shortly after
noon todsy on sxpleulnn at gim took
plies In ths srirlas at ths PlrtHdvIphli
xnd Ke.idlng Oxil snd Iron Company's
colliery st GOtotrton. by sWcb ofls nun
w.ts kill'd, one fatuity Injured ond Bine
others more or lew seriously burnt 1.
The man killed was Frank SIcCarmL’k,
lire bis at the mine. He leave* a wife
ond five children. The one fax dly In
jured ipm Lewis IUH, a l'glsh driver
bay.
ABOUT TO BOUNCE
C. J. H. TAYLOR
The Colored Recorder of the District
of Columbia It in a Feck
of Trouble,
VIOLATED CIVIL SERVICE RULES
follelMrf Contribution* From Employ**’
for 1'smpslgn Pur|io«n—Spi-etob
Clisrgo* Suitnlned by Dlreot
Toctlmon y—Caogrec*.
Washington, Aug. 21.—The case of
the colored recorder of the District of
Oolirmbhi,' C, J. 11. Taylor, who hns
been charged before the civil service
commission with sending circulars to
colored employes of too government
soliciting contribution:! for campaign
purposes, was laid before president
Cleveland by Civil Service Commis
sioner Proctor, who has bad charge
ol the matter. The report made in tho
case by the commission is a short one,,
but the testimony taken intakes a very,
bulky document. *
Besides Taylor, twonty-flve witnesses
were examined. Some of these wit
nesses Were 'sit first afraid to testify,
fearing they would lose their positions
If 'they did «. The commission could
nut guarantee to toe men -that they
would not be discharged from their
government places If (hey made state
ments affecting Taylor, because It had
no -power to do io, but they were In
formed that the comtuisslon would ex
ert Its Influence to prevent toe dismis
sal of any employe who appeared be
fore tt ns 11 witness.
Mr. Proctor declined to say what ths
findings of .the oommtislon were, but
it was evident Chat something serious
had been found In the charge* or the
matter would not have been laid before
the president tor notion.
The treasury net balance gained
12,606,000 today, standing at the close
ot business at 3126,243,000. Tho gold re
serve partook ot tne general favorable
condition and Increased nearly 3200,090,
footing up now 364,663.000.
HecreUry Car Hole and Attorney GenJ
oral Olney were dose tod trrnfl 6 o'clock
at lira department of Justice, etudyln*
over too hard knot* In the tariff bill
with a view to Secretary Carllslb’a is
suing a circular, letter of tnsirucllont
to collectors of customs, explaining ft*
doubtful schedules nnd Mo hidden
meaning ot wrongly punctuated para
graphs. Secretary Carlisle Is espe
cially anxious to And some law or con
struction by which bo can admit goods
'Wtiloh, under the present law, are dU*
Wible (now to bond), but which come
under the new tariff taw HVto toe United
States free of duty, wWhoul subjecting
tho owners to the expense ot exporting
inherit sind then reimporting them. Tine
government would gain nothing by do-
cldlug that the duties hud to be paid
under xtri MtoKInivy *11. us the goods
so pMeed on the free Nst could be re
ported and reimported, but the owners
would have to pay the expense. Tull
point wo* discussed- with Attorney
General Olney at length Olds afternoon,
and their decision in tho matter wilt
probably bo first announced In tho clr-
cul ir letter to collectors of custom*,
which Secretary Oarllslo will soon
Issue.
CONGRESS TO ADJOURN,
The House nnd Senate WIU Cloea
Doors Next Tuesday,
■Washington, Aug. 24—Tho (Milan of
of the senate toduy lusted until 1:26 p..
m and then adjournment was mado
u/vtli Mondty next. Tho general publlo
was excluded from too chamber dur
ing all but four minutes of the session,
the remainder of toe time being spent
benlnd closed doors. There wa* no test
as to whether or not a quorum of sena
tors w ls .11 really present, and, in fact,
matters wore so arranged la advauoo
by mutual agreement that tho question
did not ariic.
Til-’ milters discussed In secret *'-•»-
slon were not exclusively of ou execu-
tlr**character. On tlio contrary, eight
or ten bills, toroo of thorn bridge bill*,
wgre taken from tho calendar und
passed, und tlio concurrent resolution
for vhc udjoummont of coDgres* oi»
Tufidoy next ut 2 p. m. was laid beforo
the setMti ami pawed without u word
of opposition and without a.vw to too
negative. Tho seuato then adjourned,
until Monday.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Aug. 21.—The bound
p.ir-cd a Joint resolution today provid
ing for tho adjournment of congress at
2 b, m. oil TureikLy, August 28.
Another effort wa* made, ulso unsuc
cessful, to consider the IIIII bill for tho
exclusion and deportation of ollcn An-
nrclilul*. An amcndincut liad been
ogr-.il upon by the advocate* ot tho
tncuxure and tooso members who had
previously opposed It, defining nu An
archist to bo a pemon who advocates
tKt destruction by force of nil govern
ments or of the government of tho
UnMed fitntc*. Till* mxlsfled tho objec
tion* heretofore made, but Mr. Eogtists
(Democrat) of New Jersey entered nil
objection, and the bill ogiin went over,
this time probably finally for this ses
sion.
Two or three unimportant measure*
were pissed, and after s session of on
hour the house adjourned until 5ton-
diy next.
A PACER'S RECORD BROKEN.
Obknao, Aug. 14.—Jo* Pirchen, 2:06,
ha* at last tarted Che litter pings of
defeat, in the mutch race at Wj-nlng-
ton park 4oikiy the gre.tt pacer was
bt icon by Robert J.. 2:01 1-4, hi* lratcd
rtvul. tot three straight heats, but the
Utter was forced to han? up a world's
record to so*cob toe victory from too
Ml - curt (parse.
The tore* heuXa paced are toe fastest
ever made by a ptcer In a race—2:06,
2:06 M and 2:06 1-2—the aver**- being
2:04, and In that fact ntiny l\irch“n
people fl.-d some Hide con*otatfcu»0nt
the gelding won *'» rosily In ib** last
two hci-t* to encourage the belief to vt
ha*! he been Copsed out by Oer* he
might hare don ■ .1 still rrore w n lorful
pe’/oiulanr-.-. The mi h .v ., !’■:■ 1
purse of 10.(."JO .10-1 by 1 IU; -,1'U
ths ‘..vent of the N*Jr'.hwwtteiu Ur.-cdeiV
meeting. ,
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