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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.