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A Meeting of Business Men in Wash
ington Looking to Develop
ing the Southern States,
WANT MORE TO COME THIS WAY
(Speeches nntl Report! Front the Various
^Stales Setting Forth tho Aflvailt-
“S«> They Claim to In-
duce Immigration,
W Washington, Aug. 30.—Euslncss men
f horn the Southern states met In con
vention this morning at Willard's hall
to Revise methods for the Investigation
anti development of Southern invest-
mc*nts arid resources.
One of ttielr objects is to secure the
estnbil.rhment of a permanent exhibit of
Southern resources in Washing-ton,
with an auxiliary bureau In which the
various investments likely to secure
capital may be recorded, with all par
ticular. una thus establish a reliable,
medium belnreen Northeri capital ond
t'he rich fields for development in the
South. * « ^
With a view of making the conven
tion a success, miny of the commercial
bodies In the Southern cities appoint
ed delegates to represent them.
The convention was called to order
at 10:30 o'clock by Hon. Samuel Black-
well of Alabama, the third auditor of
the treausry, who. as chairman of the
reception committee, made a brief open
ing speech.
address of‘ welcome.
After the Rev. B. B. iBagley had
prayed appropriately, Hbn. John wl
Ross, prevalent of the board of commls-
S?£™ 0f th Ju strict Of Columbia, de-
«X» re< k an ^ dreus of welcome. He said
®>* district commissioners were
- SJS of ter ?h te ' d \" * to ? "'ovement. and
spoke of the mineral and other re
sources of the "New South." He had
^M„' VOnJered wh >’ *t was that the
,, -fellows of New Eng-
' \ **<■£*«.» middle states did -no't se<dc
hr- their fortunes in the South Instead of
W t, Th7 e nmieeJ h f ltS ““"P dteadvan-t^Sf
* f °r n permanent exhibit
L ^aZ e wXh 0 ^J h Se“ a T°hTm S
r
Ihe wl!bf « h unt S S n * the resources 01
an'lagonirf^ rn th ^ 0 ™%Xn b0< ” e3 *™
Jentfmml d aTOlamo followed this
The movement, he sold, was one or
tirnneirse possibilities. It w»s
immense wealth thult lay hidden i.n
needod bo be brought to the surface “
Mr. Blntekwell was eleai<Hl
rary -ctwiirman and T. L. Barrel? 5 ^
:W ® temporary secretary.
Free Banco offerii a fSlton*”*
vldlng for bhe apjroBbtmerrt of a com*
^erTop^fl33
?h?‘d 11 P ern ranorvt aosoetatiSTfSi.
the development of the -lindusartTi 5?
sources of Hhe South. This
■was adopted unanimously lton
On motion of -Mr. Yancey of jri.-iri,?,«
^“•^Cr C f%r^'4
SP Evont, North Oarolln'a; p n
Jaifes. South Ca-roll/n’a; D. M. ScovITe
.^i. ersolfre{rret ' in “t being able to
•ttand were read from Vice rresldent
Stevenson, Secretory, HwtwTwj
A letter from B. H. avnmpr nMlri
tnrL" C 0he Board of Trade of’wasfhl
jm Interrupted by Mr.. Irvine
of Alabama, who claimed that Mr
ISSSfi* .reference to "loud-mouthed
were injuring (the
regular lines were running: only to B.
tlmore, Norfolk and New Orleans
our Southern eeapbrts. We did not
nave general Southern direct trade with
foreign countries, which has been .the
dream of the South for over half a
century, and for which successive ef
forts and failures 4iave been made,
“The cause of failure was different a.
different 'rtmes; want of capital to build
«team ships, dearth of available products
for cargoec, imperfect terminal fucili-
ules, and the non-negotiability of South
ern exchange abroad. The*e conditions
changed in the 80’s.
“Since then new lines of regular
eteaji^iips have been put on <ut Bruns-
iWick, SUvann-ah. Pensacola. Newport
News, Port Royal. Galveston and Mo
bile. and added lines at too»l'h Baltimore
nd New Orleans.
-“The surplusage of tramp steamers
hxs furnished the sfhtpping; the South
anil West have ample cargo, if concen
trated. to load a dozen lines of steam-
era constantly;'there are terminal Ta
mmies at all of our ports, and South
ern exchange In negotiable anywhere.
w , for tlle marvelous reaults: In
1892 the bureau of etntlstica
■at Washington showed by Its official
reports that Soutllern experts grew
389.000.000, against 381.-
090.000 In the rest of the country, and
that Southern Imports Increased 20 per
:4-
who „„ c
South, was out of order, os was anv
other political crittcism. 3 any
The tfhatemian promptly ruled t-hsii*
Mr. Irvine’* point wus w^ll 55lv2n
“ nwh "
tlon had >no right to suppress anyphlntr
poitfcail reference might coiha
Jind reaffirmed his UeSSo? 4 Wrd *
AdSXSKSLSl «* commltitee on ere-
detlalsakimFrMng as delegates fJwU
•the South was adopted. wTfhtn "m^?™
Nor n raL r n V F ! " S 0hat I
Northern. Eastern and. Western bodies
ih rt »M m hi nVl , tarIrtn ’, <been *2ct<mded
fadminted to the floor hut
•wlshoift the right ‘Bo vote. *
VICE PRESIDENTS NAMED.
_, T . h< 4 v !°* Pf^ldents selected by she
stale devegatlone are as follows: >Ala!
Ixinra, J. P. Johoson; Arteaiosas w rt
Vtnchin-heller; Ploridi. D. H Yancey-
Georgia, Levi Ballard; Maryland, jr’
M. Carter. Jr.: Loulslna. <W. H. av-e-
-MtaslBstppt, S. D. Lee: Mhianm. D ’ B ’
Burnes; North OjroDna. E. A. Evers’-
South Carollno, T. S. Parrnr: Tenae-i
ece. A. A. Arthur; TV;a*. E. P. Mar-
•JSf: Virginia. IV. B. G-ay; West Vir
gin,a, J. L. Berry, and (he District of
Columbia, S. S. Yoder.'
After a committee on plan and scop •
had been appointed -to arrange a plan
for n permanent organization and **he
eaUhUshmertt of a perntmem Boufh-
ern exhibition in Washington, the eon-
aenU; n t0 ok a rdeess until 3 o'clock.
At , o Cluck the convention met to
„° r n appropriate subjects. A
i," f-°m Hamilton DLaton of Phlla-
.i™ 1 ttl * development of the suga-
n-y-aatry i„ the south was read by one
'' a ,8cl ‘e>a>'Ie-a. Mr. Dbrton pre-llct-
.1^1/, l wa r •‘question of but a short
the flouth would supply the
s? n , >m r for eugar.
One of the secretaries read a paper
lM?c r w 1 \very lIf t° f Geo ** 11 , fa >' G >l-
In 1*90 direct trade was only- begin
ning from Southern ports. At that ci.n»
cefit.. ;igainst 5 per ceiit. In the rest of
msnt t>Untry ' A fl,ae Start for our ™>ve-
-rn IS93, the depressed year, our fop
elgn business fell oft with that of other
parts of the country.
"But the official report of the bureau
of aUtiatea of 'the year from June, 1S93,
u "J'o 1S94 L Bh0 ' ra some amazing re
sults Of Southern direct trade.
‘Jncrchsee in exports of Southern
po-rts over $31,000,000.
.f?' i ' lre ,.* xl>orta in 1891 ton to
*892,143,511. with a total increase over
She previous year, 1893, of 311,478,353.
"So. we see tlhe South enjoying the
marvellous distinction of doing at (If.
term ports am Increase of 331,754,306 *n
her export business out of the 344,478 -
353 Increase in :0he export business of
the w'hole country.
« lls a sU'Pvfb vindication of our
Sou'thern direot trade movwmen't, and
^n irresisjtfbae onc!ouru®ement for the
South to keep ft up.
“The Cotton States and ImternuMonn!
ExposfMan of Atlanta. G-a., is on this
grea»t Sou!:'hern direct trade line, and
meant to enlarge our ’foreign trade wltfh
Mexico, Cemtral and Souidh America
and the Wesc Indies, ■whose commerce
goes.mainly to otlher countries.
“Congress has given the Chicago
worM'h Pair goverm-memt buHiding to
the Atlanta Exposition and appro
priated $200,000 to move It, land put i’t
up ’in AiWanlta «and run a national ex-
Wbtt. The writer visited the commer
cial bodies of twenty-four ■takes, and
all 'dftem, rocogntizln'g their own inter
est w this development of foreign com
merce through thialt growling and vlital
element of our transportuitJon repre-
senked In dlroet trade ^teajmdhfp lines,
have urged ‘theflr ata'tes to exhibit at
said exposition) (their advantages for
foreign bualmeas, and instructed their
sKmoiCors 'and representatives in con
gress to vote for Che mittonoil exhibit,
•Which secured It in a dull 'Lime, with a
depleted tidaxrury and a rdtrenchmmut
udml'olstration. The exposition direc
tory wiHld Immediately send envoys to
thewe Southern countries to get theiT
co-ope tuition.”
The next paper read .was that of Cupt.
Hugh OoiQuitlt on iTlorldh Pfhoaphuteo,
as ibllows:
. “Up to the time of the 4'l»covery of
South Carolina phosphate rock, the
world's supply had been limited. With
out (going into figures and dates, I will
SHOWS’ eiiy that the consumption of
commercial fertilizers increuaed at a
terrific pace. Alter the war the South
was^ compelled to seek now methods of
cultivation and commenced to use'com
mercial fertilizers. David Dickson be
came the great Georgia farmer by using
Peruvian guano, land plaster and salt
made into a mixture. The prices of all
materials .was enormously high.
“To illustrate the rajpld increase in
the use of commercial fertilizers, Mr.
Colquitt stated that in 1868 Georgia
used only 20,000 'tons of commercial fer-
tlnzers. In 1872. when an accurate
sttttwnerot was first made, 60,000 tons,
the volume of consumption multiplied
Unt i* ! P ri? 8D1 there wero 325,000 tons in
spected 'by the state, and at least 60,000
tons were used that were not inspected.
fi rlce * n * 872 was Per ton; in
1881 it was not over $30 per ton to the
farmerjin fact, not over $25 for am-
monlated feritAUzcrg. while acid phos-
f, haa «”<!• sold for nett over
$18 to $20, even loss.
oZSn Uv u en ;5 y ' nve tD th| rt y yeara South
Carolina had a practical monopoly of
the dome-tie marke'ts and lartrrtv roc-u-
la’ted (the price foreign. y c
“The first discovery of phosphates In
Florida was made In What Is now
known as the Pease Rii-er district, and
Sj'fjjsj 1 ln tl !° bed of that stream,
. of Aitlnffta. who was an ex-
?ui r i e Sf e<i m “ nuffl clurer of chemical fer-
SS&SbJtS fln s l t0 ut,IIzo *t*>e territory,
and located « fine mroporty; others fol
lowed and the Industry rapidly devel
INDIANAPOLIS
FOR THE KNIGHTS
The Pythians Will Hold Their Next
enrn’al Encampment There
In 1896.
THAT BRITISH FLAG INCIDENT
Tho Pretent Enenuipment Wu One
the Moat Succettful Ever Held<
Officers Blected For the En
suing Year.
'I 1 ’'!’ 01 ? 1 careful catlmntcs Jlr. Oolqulft
the vWJ 8 u ifi " many solcct localities
snli » eld 111 nn average of 3,000 to
5.000 tons to tho acre. While he Is at
* e ,~n that by going deep enough
aOhMynrttory w4l) yield an average if
«.ooo tons fo the acre. Of course nr
presentjprtoe* 4t would not pay to mine
t except in favored localfitlea. Bartow
■'tjMjOMtonvUI centre of the Land
Pebble territory, and is near the Jioul
watens of the Pease river, or creek
the natives call it." “■
, L -, C ', •rrtne. repreaentlng the Com.
merclal Club of Mobile, spoke aa follows
(the Bubject of commercial organizations
SSder ftaetiSSB. th * m tacc ^ tal
"Possibly no city can learn by the exne-
rlence of others, but each mtit at^mble
and struggle for the light and the right
n Its own way. Yet. at the rlak of crib
lelara, I will tell you how we did It, and If
the ston- of our success can help other or.
jwtftlone. you will acquit ua of boast-
"Mobile, In 18»>. lacked everything mod
n. except a reoltzing sense of her condi
tion. A few or her younger spirited m-n
conceived the Idea or a club to promo'e
the city a interests. To this end they
•ought a general membership rather than
rge fees and striking methods (always
wily). By putting the fees at only to
cents per ntonth. about 500 members were
secured In a short time by 'agitation
through the pres* and by public meetings
The money was a smell feature of the
pun. ns the club annually raised many
,,m es the amount of fees for advertising.
But the purpose waa to Interest all
=s.j in the development. Within a
year the result was that c lethargic pub-
"e spirit was changed to a general d's-
ntent with the general condition of at
.-.irs. Citizens universally become oon-
v.rt, to progress, and by •» a perfect
system of electric railway service sup.
Planted the old systems and a competitive
line came Into the field with ten miles
service, making the total of forty
"A Ural-class and unexcelled water sop.
ply was obtained. Many streets were
paved. Two electric companies vie with
each other In Illumination. Factories have
been established, opening our eyes to
what can be done In new lines of Indus
try. New railroads are reaching towards
our port to share with our three trunk
linen, these great advantages of our port,
(Continued on page '4.)
Washington, Aug. 30.—Iudlanapoljs
will be the place selected to the blennl
#1 encampment for tile Knights of Py
thias in 1896. This has been practically
decided on through the withdrawal
the other contestants for the honor, but
Mlneajwrtis.
NotwlThstading the failure af
railroad companies to mike low rates
to Washington, 70,000 people tove visit
ed tho city since the Pythian encamp-,
meat began.
In the big parade on Thursday, the
Toronto division of tho uniform rank
carried a British flag, had this has
been one of' the principal topics
comment among the Pythians from
this side of the line. MaJ.Gcn. Carna
han. chief commander of the uniform
rank, Is <1 staunch suppdrter of -the ac
tion of the Canadians. He says there
is not a division In the order more
loyal to its Interests or takes a more
active part in its affairs. This is the
fourth consecutive encampment which
this particular Toronto division has at
tended. Gen. Cnrunhan says It was
perfectly proper for them to carry the
union Jack, and ho fields that It would
have been Just as proper for the Cana
dians ito -have objected when, nt the
encampment ln Toronto in 1886. all the
divisions carried the 6turs and stripes.
The supreme lodge of Knights of
Pythias at Its morning session today-
elected officers for tho ensuing term
of two years. Walter B. Rtchio
Lima, O., was promoted from supreme
vice Chancellor to supreme chancellor,
and he wan succeeded os supremo vice
chancellor by Philip T. Colgrove of
Hastings, Midi.; Albert Btclnhard of
Alabama was mado supreme prelate;
5, r L h’ S' wl L lte of Tennessee, who
htta held the office for many yours,
re-elected to be 'supreme keeper of
“ Ud ; Thus- G. Sample of
Pennsylvania, who was some time ago
appointed to fill .the vacancy of au-
pivme master of :tho exchequer, caused
‘by tne failure of Mr. w-iley of Wil
mington, Del., which created n defi-
oWhuyoffegn. was elected to
fill that office for the full term; A. D.
Gardiner of New York was nmde eu-
premenmeter-cit-urms; Jlr. Jas. Moul-
son of New Brunswick was elected bu-
?nfm’ 0 w ,a <r[. 0r °* llla ,nDcr Guard; and
John W. Thompson of Washington. D.
g., was majde supreme master of tho
outer guard; John A. Hlnsey of Wis
consin was made chairman of the
board of control. All of tho officers
were elected unanimously, with *he ex
ception of Philip t. Colgrovo as
preme vice chancellor. Bom opposition
}° llB ^ c ^ tl011 was manifested, rmt af-
a vote of 99 tp a il° W " vlatorloua
SOTVIOCa Were held at brl-
•Sg headquartera today : n memory of
Past Supreme Chancellor Btiur, Brig
bri U r I Sra2?’’ of 1 wtoeon » l n Uslivercd
Pvlhrtn d „ m a ' C ' jla ‘ flZ, "K Bluw C3 a
Pythian nnd member of congress. The
tVisconain dlvblon of Knights nttend-
11 body ', Tho Monroe band ren-
dc ‘od appropriate selections.
The uniform rank of the Pythians
vrauf and reviewed In itlie
o'f'n (?*■ 3 Ollornoon by Maj. a on
?nrnH°i d ,h°J th V ariny ' Not wlth*ioud-
the review was a repetition of
y< -' 9ler ‘ I - | v, a largo and enthusl-
□stlo crowd witnessed It. The Knishts
S irttbe^fun dross unlformsand
an excellent showing.
MANUFACTURER'S RECORD.
A Steady Improvement in (Business in
the tfouth.
Baltimore, Aug.'so.-^iK-dal reports
Manufacturer's Record from all
parts of i;he South indicate a steady
lmpiovemeut lit buBlness IntereatB
iSouthern merchants, who have 'been
m,^ tlln .? r ° durlns the w «k in larger
number tlum at any thru, for several
fl Ve 7 10 "' <l,<x, uraglng facts as
to the abundant crops, the good finan
cial condition of the people.generally
f~ 03 to the outlook for an unusually
largo volume of trade, while the settle-
{o C «tlmertt?l l ? rlf f nueatlon lias helped
mu JU * huslm-ss throughout Iho
enUre country;, me South especially
Is showing signs of more activity than
tit any time during (he past two years!
A lMUttper oi iinportum movement* in
railroad matters have uken place du
ring the Week, Including tho opening by
.he Atlantic Coast Line of a new route
to Augusta und the far South, the pur
chase of the Kju.vrn Shore railroad of
-Maryland by a syndicate of New Yurk-
ers, who will consolidate this road and
stoamsp lines, connecting It
wlUi Baltimore, und the preliminary
JS525S?!S“ i or t:i " building of the
fiftj-mlle electric railway between Bal-
tin lore ciml (h'ityrtjurjf.
The »Jle of 100.000 acres of timber land
to afaw York lumber openltora lllH been
reporusl and n giilatlons arc pending
ir .1 number of other large Iracts of
imtlT UUd m VJrt ° ,J * ' >jrl * ot the
Arnotig the Industrial enterprises rc-
“• Wvk are th <' enlarge-
i it and Improvement of u rolling mill
-i-f e ^',' 330.000; nn extensive 1111-
SSL25 klr *‘‘ lumbering operation by
Northeni capitalists In Alabanvi; In
r-.outh P-arolliti a company la form Inc
to build a 3150.000 Cotton mill; In G-or-
*v-,h ’ u W i. W ^ ,r . wo E k *'' mines,
-e trie light mi and lumber works;
n North Carolina, 330.000 for. Improved
sinnio' 1 " . 1 to i cotton mill, a
S10.CVI-) Uneydrd company, and gold
mining 'iperatlotMb *
JF h .i bueinos* situation of the
Soijth Indicates -i very marked change
fit the better, wfch a heavy Increase In
m !. k m mllr.rud carn-
invs Ilia a revival in industrial enter-
INVESTIGATING
THE BIG STRIKE
The Labor Commission Has Finished
Its Work and Adjourned to
September 26th.
MAYOR HOPKINS ON'THE STAND
Chfcngo'f Mayor Drclnred Himself a
Hympaihlzor With tho Piillnmn
Striker*, Dot V>«d Ilia Au
thority Agnluit Violence*
Chicago Aug. 30.—Chairman Wright
of tho national tobfcr oommlnsioiv said
this morujug tiictX up to the luot of
this month the -board will hav.e expend
ed only $1,600 of the $5,000 which is al
lowed for expenses,
'Charles Stewart Wade, In the employ
of the Rock Island road, but at the
time of the strike a reporter for a Chi
cago momlug newspaper, was tho first
witness called at tho morning session.
Mr. Wade carefully examined switches
which liud been tampered with, and de
clared, from a previous knowketlge of
railroading, that no one but railroad
employes could have manipulated tho
complicated system, which was an in
terlocking one. Wade testified that ho
asked a man who was Inciting a mob
to violence hid employimept, and was
told he was vice-president of the car
penters’ union. In several Instances
he e.w cars overturned, and witnessed
acte of violence. The police stood idly
by and watched things without Inter
fering, showing evident Kympa'ihy with
the strikers. The witness reflated tho
case of a striker who pretended to be
wounded by 'the troops in order to work
up a feeling aglnst th?m, -hut on ex
amination by the witness It wn« found
tlie man Iliad not a- scratch on him. Af
terwards Mr. Wade was made a dp-
tain of the deputy marshals, und aa
such he and his men made numerous
arrest* of men engaged In rioting.
Homo of these ho recognized as railroad
men. 'He testified that on one occasion
a man was arrested for Intimidating a
workman by o> deputy marshal within
a few yard3 of a policeman, who would
not make the arrest lilnwolf. Numer
ous Instances wore then related of dl*-
turbances. In some of iMiluh non-union
men were beaten by strikers. Names
mX?. dates were given. On ono man a
policeman's club and a pair of brass
knucka were found. This man said he
kept those. “To tackle sciiibs with.”: Mr.
Wade twored tho police uumereUXillyv
amd asserted that tho deputy marshals
he commanded would certainly com
pare favorably with the city police, the
wordt two on his ito roe being ex-mem
bers of than body.
Richard M-ooney followed. Ho waa
present at the meeting of tlte Rock
Island employes atJUluo Island, when
strike was declared on that road. lie
testified that neither Debs nor Howard
advised the men to strike. Both were
out of the hall when tho vote was
taken. As a mason for striking, #Mr.
Mooney said: "Wclb I struck because
tho mtt struck. When they quit, I
quit.*’ Mr. Mooney related ft caao
where a deputy marshal was assaulted
by a mob while nearly 500 marshal*
stood by and did not Interfere. lie also
smw marshals stand by while curs wero
overturned, and told of Instances where
non-union men were assaulted for
working by acquaintances who wero
railroad strikers. “Deputy Marshal Da-
vldson," said Mr Moonfy, “bragged be
fore me of agjthur care on/ fire, and said
would flo it again. Another depu-
s.t t by and hoard him, but did not
say a word." Tho witness said that
beer and tobacco, were furnished In tho
yards to any mah disposed to bo rlot-
uos, and lnttmakod that the rallroiirl
furnished them. Ho himself hud been
threatened with vlolence^y two men,
ono of whom wore «u A. It. II button,
unless ho left hJa engirio Ho also heard
engineer forced lo take nn oath not
work, on penalty of having violence
done to him.
W. P. G'uyon, who waa a reporter of
Uio United Press during., the strike,
told what ho saw of tho destruction of
railroad property, 'He did not t think
railroad employe* were engaged in this
work. Ho claimed to haive boon naked
by vifther Dobs or Howard to help then;
apprehend rlotere. He had o*en heard 1 la and »hl» he paid. Several other mVr-
tho two bonds of tho American Rail- chants gave •^Alla.r testimony
way Union counsel against Btrlk«. Mr.
ton tonight to attend to Important
business of a public character.
Mayor Hopkins, the nex/t witness,
said In fhatfw to ta. quratiomabout Wie
conduct of ohe etty police, that so fur
aa he knew -they herd done wha't wna
requiped of iJtiem. He (loscribtM ],;^
tnl*it to the xceire of tho mob's work
on the Rock Itvand 'tracks, in company
vrtth Corporation Counsel Rubens and
officers of Bhe road. He observed many
overturned oara and other elynB of
disorder. He ordered sOl police on duty
uit t'he crossings where ctira were over-
•curnod suspended. He read several
communlc.ttbins from officers of vurious
roads commending the polloe force for
Sts work, draxvlu IIuKt of the North
western was quoted oh saying 'he hod
received perfect protection from the
Ohlbvzgd authorities. The mayor
thought several persons had either
been killed ouCrilgltrt or had died from
Injuries received during the strike.
"Were any of your police In aynt-
f«hity wKlv 'fhe rtrlkers?" aakod Judge
« orlhliiBtan.
"I oould not say aa to thait. I sup
pose some of them were. As far as iohe
i'ulliivan strikers .ue concerned, I am
In ey.mjiaithy wish tihom myaOlf. I do
not think, ihowever. 'utu't“any of ithe
city polloemen- allowed their sympathy
'to Interfere with their duly.”
"Have the officers of the American
Railway Union ever given you twy in-
(onnUilnn leading to the arrest of
'rioters?"
"Yes. they have."
The mayor then cited five caaes ot
of wDlittl BhiPs hud been done. He said
Manager Eag-tn kept itthe police busy
going Ito potinta an the various roads
only to find when 'they got then: that
there wus no 'trouble. He 'then Md
about Ills unsuccessful efforts to bring
abouit arbitration. "I want ito say."
said the mayor, "ln regard ito a at tie-
m-en't at'tnlbmed to Mr. Egan, namely,
'that the told me he was surprised that
I should be u messenger hoy for the
AmeriOjn Railway Union,' that ho
most emphatically did not any anything
of the sort to me. I would net have al
lowed him to do so. I wish also to any
that I did not pretest against the order
ing of federal 'troops here. I waa not
consulted when they were brought
here."
ft has ‘been esalted in the press, 1
said Judge Worthington, "that you ap
plied to Mr.. Debs for ponmlsslon to
move certain trains. Is that true?'
“It 1s not,"
Mayor Hopkins was then excused,
and Chairman Wrigh't rend Who follow.
In’g formal notlco of adjournment:
"Tills commission has now heard all
Witnesses Who have been suggested by
tho various parties Interested in this
controversy, except g few whoso tentl-
mony would ho simply cumulative upon
points that have been covered. A't the
opening of this hearing It .was stated
that the commission was to decide at its
clone whether ft had time at Its die-
posal to listen to pantleB orally who had
remedies for the labor question to Of*
fer, or suggestions na ito the legislation
nnd matters of that character. So muah
time has been taken nn lit the hearing
of testimony bn the facta relating to
the late difficulties that the commission
cannot nt present take up the secon
dary branch of the Investigation. Tlte
commilmloner* iwlil adjourn to meet ln
Washington, Wednesday, ,September 28,
nt which time it will be glad to receive
In writing any suggestions aa to the so
lution of the nuestlona Involved In the
lh'to controversy, lit will at thait time
hear any parties who may deslro to be
heard relmtlve to the fact* Involved, and
It may. after a oaretul cxumlnaittnh of
the tesfJmony which has'been offered at
this hearing, conclude to call further
w.'tnesaes to supplement nhy 'testimony
whlcli has been given on either sldo.
slptemher 26."“ t ' ,nd8
POLICE INVESTIGATIONS.
Some of Now York City's Officers Being
Shown Up In Bad Light.
Now York, Aug. 30.—After two postpone,
ments tho trial of Police Sapt. John T.
Stevenson, who Is charged with collecting
blackmail from down town merchants
during tho period that he waa in command
of the Leonard spuad, waa finally begun
before tho board of polloo commissioners
this foronoon. Ira Shafer and cx-Ash!h-
tant District Attorney Vincent nro coun
sel fpr tho accused captain. There arc
nineteen charges which Capt. Stephenson
was called to answer.
Martin II. Edwurds, a produce merchant
at 193 Duane street, testified that during
the year ho hnd shipped fruit to flteph
onsons rcsldenco in Trent*nt at tho
quest of Pollcemnn Thorn, who said
^as from Stephenson. He had also at dif-
ferent times, paid money to Stephenson’)
officers. On cros«-exa>mlnatlon Mr. Shnfek
tried hnrd to make Mr, ISdiwurdu admit
what he paid Stephenson for, wan for the
privilege of violating the law.
“No,” said tho witness, “I paid because
I hnd to, Just as I would do If I was held
up by a highwayman with a pistol at
my head.” Mr. Edwards testified that ho
had not been obliged to pay tho pollco any
money for sidewalk privileges since the
Lcxow committee began Its invcstlga
tlons.
Louis F. Bemholtz, produce merchant
of 335 Greenwich street, had erected an
awning In frot on his store in 1891 and had
been stopped by the police. Stephenson’.*
ward-man told him it couW k» fixed for
MURDERED MAN
LOCKED IN A CAR
His Body Found Several Days After-
ward By a Switchman in
Mobile,
A SLIGHT CLUE TO THE SLAYER
Dual l« Kentucky Between Two Men
Who (tunneled About Women
Attending hrecklnrldge
Meetings,
Mobile, Ain., Aug. 30.—Tho body ot %
murdered umn was found this morning
lu cur No. 11,-1 HO of tbo Kansas City,
Kort Scott and. Memphis ndlrottdl
scaled und comuinlng grain consigned
to Cleveland Bros., tbls city. Tbo car
readied Here over the Louisville and
Nashville road via tho Birmingham and
Kansas City read. Tho car was sealed
on both sides with seal 183 of tbo Mis
souri, Kausos and Texas railway, and
the seals weto oovered with blood.
A switchman In tbo LoulsvUIo nnd
Nashville yard, attracted by a stench
pi acceding from tlio cur, brake one seal'
and opened tho door. Tho body wus
lying on the grain nnd blood had soaked
through tho gridn and through tho floor
of tho oar. Tho coroner exunriuiod tho
budy and found eight wounds lu tho
back and sldo of tlte head, made with
a blunt Instrument.
Letters and paper, found indicate
that the dead mini’s namo was A. W,
Mason, and his home Joplin, iMo. Tho
deceased was about 45 years old, six
feet tall, and index linger of right baud
hud boon cut off at second joint it is
thought tbit (he man was knocked in
the head by a railroad employe nt tlio
•totloa repretonted by the number of
tho seal uud his body-put' into tho car
and sealed up by the murderer,
A DUEL WITH KNIVES.
A Man Killed For Remarks Madd
About Women and Breckinridge.
s£?£ lD,r f!i? , , A ! 1B ' 30 '“‘ A du el to tbo
death with knivps occurred In Clark
oouuty, near Boouesboro, yesterday
over the soandul torture 0 f the Ashland
coogri-twlomil oaptcet. John' King a
BreeWnrldgo nma, living h> Fayette
county, met on the highway Ills old
fr.cud, Ocorgo Cook, who lives In Clark
county. Cook said any woman who
wont to hour Breckinridge speak was
no bettor than a courieann. King dis
mounted fprni his liorw, saying tds wife
and daughters hnd heard Breckinridge.
Oimk ln.ilsbil It was a shame. Ho also
dismounted, both drew knives nnd
blood (lowed freely unlit Cook dropped,
having throe slabs Jn the breast. 'King
has escaped.
IS MORGAN CUir/TY,?
Guyon did not believe the large roads
kept a bhrak-lUt
Vlce-Presldefit George WT. Howard of
the American Riiilw.iy Union w3e re
called In rebutnal, In regard to tho
meeting at Blue Isi-ankl, at which It wan
aflleged yetfttordty'by WtyOft—rn that he
and used abusive language in regard
Gaorge M. PuMinan nnd counseled
vloleffce. Mr. Howard admitted that
applied an ob* -etie epithet to Mr.
Pullman, but i»:iId Iho epithet wus one
common u»«* a mong rllrond men. Ho
also to»rlfied that he said ho thought
ullmm such .i men, and that ho ought
be hung, but did not mean by this
counsel violence. He simply wanted
khow hit*' contempt fur the man’s
methods. A» quol«*d by himself, Mr.
Howard’s ettict lauguigo wus: “That
■ ought to be hung.” Ho cold
the crowd on ono occasion to beware of
t*jlh*d.id sleuths who tried to break up
lodges by arraigning tho OftmotK*« In
them against the PrateAteotA, and he
boptti if anybody f-Hugltt any of these
sleuths at their work they would “tup
them on th«* hojid with the round end
of a rolling pin.” Tho wit new Hubmlt-
ted a list of questions which he wished
to hive pun to $otm of the general
raanugere. The-. * nutations related to
the liaullng of mall tnliw with Pull-
mun enrs attached. He ai.o -wanted
Mr. Pullman recoiled. It te Improba
ble that the c>mml«w!on will hive a
chance to pm; hU nuestlona. Mr. How
ard dec*are4 that the OHr-ril Man*-
gem* Ajwoclatlon during tho strike
soiiidtt only to orueh the American
Railway Union.
Secretary Keiihe r of the American
Railway Union win called nt the be-
HaSSS ot the AfKmood seeslon. He
.estiiK-d as to tfrmling d»rr/iln tele-
.. , followed by V'tce-Pres-
!d *tit Howard, who wa* minj if the
in iIk . isfon ihr
Federal authorities were fuAtaniiillv
correct. He snid they wero.
Mr. Wright will i.vive for Washing-
WILL" WlTH^POPULfffTS 1 /
North Carolina Republicans Endorse th
Nominees of the Populist Party.
Raleigh, N. C„ Aug. 30,-The Republi
can state convention met here today with
93 of the 96 counties represented. On the
first day of this month the Populist con
vention met here and nominated W. H
Worth for state treanurer, WAT. Falrcloth
for chief justice of the supreme court,
and H. G. Connor, D. M. Purdies «nd
Walter Clark for associate Justice*. The
contest today was over the nomination
of the entire ticket for.the purposi
fusion with the Populists and Ib publlcan
parties during thlHjAJimpatgn. by a vote
of .154 to 30 the convention nominated this
ticket. The Intention Is to fuse on evci
offico and only have one candidate f«
each office to be voted for. the resolution
on sliver is at follows:
“We favor a financial policy, not In
favor of rnono-rnetalllsm, either of gold or
silver, as a basis of a financial system,
but International bimetallism to be se-
cured by strenuous efforts of the national
power to be direct against such foreign
n .1 ; .idhen? to the ;i!iikI** gold
dard under existing conditions with Inter
national agreement, we fa\or the fre«r
coinage of th** entire product of the Amer-
!"in mines at the ratio of 1*5 to I No*
and in the future all dollars should he
equal purchasing power, to the end that
suitable currency should be abunndant for
all wants, shall r/tcure to the people the
full results of their labor.”
A. E. Holton waa elected chairman of
the state committee.
MILLS AFFECTED BY LOW WATER
Daulvltit/nvllb', Corny, Aug. 30.—Tho
mills at Wauregnn, DuliwiPflle, At-
tawjuga, WKbwnsopvllle aud oth.r
small placca oa bho Quluebaug and Five
Milo rlvora are running fivm tw*mty
to fifty hours per w»*ok, on account of
low Wter. The rivers are the lauqut
for over te yeirs. UiUesn rain fulls
•ooni aoim* of th? may be forced
ot atop entirely.
A Case That May Develop a Sousa*
tional Liaison,
— % *
Narthvtllc, Au«. 80.—Tobin Cnntrclt
nnd wlfo, Mrs. CnntreU's bcotljcr, W11-
Ilum C'rano, bavo all boon arrestsd nt
gOKMIiraU, Twin., onn charno uttiluck-
nn'IL Tlio niTosts ware made nt tho
Insji nee of Dr. G. H. Morgnn, nnd Uio
town la ull tom up over the Hemwtlon/
Dr. Jlorptu la uprontlhcnt and wealthy
pomon. Jlo nllcjtcM that lio has hoeii
of Into nmrti bCHot with attentions from
Mrs. Cantrell, ltci'emly lio wus sum
moned lo Uio Canton house, ostimslbly
to see a sick clf.Id. Ho found Mrs.
Unntrell ulonc, undressed nnd very
demonstrative. Just ut this point tho
htiHlmud hroko Into tho room ln u pre
tended nifo. Hltiee then, tho doctor
ways, Onntrell and Cniuo liuvo do*
mundod lance mnounts of money ns
t il' Prtoopf Ills sntety nnd their alienee.
ItoBOBOVIHo Is nil ngo« nnd lhero Is nn-
oMh>r version of llm slory, ln willed
tho doctor plays a less Innocent port.
TWO BOYS DBOWNDD. ’
Wnshtaffton, Auk. HO.-Capt. MoKny
of iho navy, in rlmiw ot the I'ort
Itoynl, S, G\, dry dock, tins Informed
lhe nnvy det^rtmant of u serious stonn
there on Aumtst 27. It «-n« Uio umrt-
rorodry or the great cyclone at port
nwyal In I8n:t. mo dook/tvoa not in-
Jmisl, hut Capt. McKay reiiotls that
two soils of Cnpb Elliott, a brodier of
&x-Repre«oirtnttve lllliott, wore lost In
‘ 10 water between the mnlulniitl uud
u> sea islands. The older of tho boys
os afterwards mcked up and saved,
bat Uio Ollier, nlioiit IS years old, and
a colored lud. who was with tho Elliott
boys In the boat, were drowned.
TROUBLE OVER SUI'l'LIES.
Qhlcogo, Ann. 30.-i-Thero Is troubto
nt Pullnun umoHR those who bavo lioou
associated In the work of dlstrilmtimr
supplies lo tin; needy. It Is,re,illy a
strife between tho American Railway
Union mid the workmen who did not
Join thfil ornnnlrzitlon. Tins trotiblo
arose ever tne appointment of Then.
Rohde ns chairman of Uio relief com-
nirltlce. JfeGulre. oeoratiU'y of the coni-
mlttee, elnlms that Jtohdo WUS’not rCL--
Ularly appoint,si ami that bJ*authority
to servo ettffio torn J. W. Hentboota
uud It. \V. Brown, Ihe leaders of tho
Strike, when It should have chine from
the Central coinmltlee, who had rtlarcd
of relief nrattefs.' It Is fprtlnr said
that tlie members of Ihe Ame'rleim Rail,
way 1,’ulon s''ok to «n!n control of tho
distribution of relief In order Unit none
but union men uiny receive the b -no-
fits of It. >
GREAT LABOR DEMONSTRATION.
N.-iv Bedford, Man., Auk. 30 As a
result Of.tbo fact that about T.oixt work
ers lu tins city nro out of employment
the labor day parade of next Monday
will be one of the Krentoot hcmotistm-
ever seen hi this city, If not | Q
Massachusetts. Every labor union in
Bedfonl will patlielisite. Tho
reaturo of ine particular novelty Will
be tin- turnout of women lnenib’ers of
to weavers and card unions, and
If tbc weather Is umsl tli.-y will como
out stroin; There Is n,i eliaugc- in tho
sfrtke situation ln tills city.