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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. , • -it ■ 7 .11