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THE MACON
MACON. GA., SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 1. 1894.
THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE SOUTH
The Contention at Washington Devising
Ways and Means to Build Up
This Section.
SOUTHERN INFORMATION BUREAU
And & Permanent Exhibition of 0«
Reionrcai at Waihln|lon Among
tb« Plana «ngfaa<ed—Immi
gration DUeuaaed,
Washington, Aug. 31.—The second
Q'nd last day’s session, of Che conveii»
Uon for the development of Southern
industries was opened by an add rest
by W. P. Vinoenhaler, Arkansas com
missioner of mills, manufacture and
agriculture. When 'Mir. Vdn-aeudiidter
concluded. W. Seymer White of Fred
ericksburg, Vo., chairman of the. com
mittee ou plan and scope, presented
tae report of toe committee, prefacing
it toy a protest against an Impression
that the convention waa intended to
••boom” the South. Such wad not the
intention, said Mr. White. This senti
ment was applauded. The report
was in the form of a series of resolu
tions, id substance as follows:
That permanent organization be ef
fected toy the settlement in Washing-
tor, D. C., of si permanent bureau for
the exhibition of all tile resources of
ihe Southern Suites; ito receive, cata
logue an, properly list ull properties,
with, authentic information concerning
them, and such exhibits as may be sent
in, lor the general information of capi
tal and labor .that may desire to settle
in any section of the South, and to
promote immigration to die Southern
states. The expenses of the bureau
are to be paid out of a fund to be con
tributed pro rata toy fiuch Southern
states as may -take part in Its estab
lishment and organization. A small
entry fee is to be required of all par
ties listing property for sale. As an
adjunct to the central bureau in Wash
ington, it Is provided 'that there sliall
be a bureau for each state in the
• South, to be composed of the commis
sioner of agriculture or labor or immi
gration of that state and such assist
ants as' he may appoint. AH proper
ties to toe listed at the central bureau
through the eubbureaus in eact ata-be.
On thd sale of the properties listed a
smaill commission is to be paid, to be
applied to -the expenses of the bureau
or to the reimbursement of any stfl'to
that may have contributed to its sup
port. A committee of one member
from each state and the District of Co
lumbia is provided for to perfect the
details of the "pda n of organization.
3. The convention shall adjourn to
meet in Washington at such time ns
the committee of each state shall de
termine. The governors of the various
Southern states and the commissioners
of the District of Columbia) are re
quested to appoint as delegates to the
adjourned conveution ten citizens ,from
different sections of their states and
ten from the District of Columbia, giv
ing preference us liar as possible to
members of the present convention.
The governors of the Southern states
^ure requeued to attend the meeting in
Washington, and a committee-of one
from each sta'te and the District of Co
lumbia are directed to perfeet all the
details of a plan for i;he perman -m or
ganization of a bureau of advance
ment and advertising, and the promo
tion of Immigration to the South, and
have it Teady to submit to the proposed
Washington meeting.
4. The resolutions cordially indorse
the movement inaugurated and the bill
pending in- congress looking to the
erection of a government building in
Washington for a permanent exhibi
tion of ail the states o>f the Union.
The report Immediately developed
crlaldam.
' Charles Satlett of Virginia intimated
that contributions from the Southern
states could not be depended on.
B, F, Clayton of Florida contended
that the report was not calculated to
advance the purposes of tlie conven
tion. He thought tiiait those present
able to do what they had been called
together to do. The committee should
have prepared a plan for permanent
organization, but they had suggested
action which would give a political
complexion to the subsequent conven
tion. He opposed the mixing of politics
and business. The governors of the
Southern states were not the proper
persons to carry out the ideas ad
vanced. There were some Southern
governors whom he would ivot trust.
(Loud applause.)
ALaj. Robert W. Hunter of Virginia
defended the committee. He declared
that "aefiber Mr. Clayton nor Mr. Cat
lett had suggested a practical substi
tute. The committee had suggeH:ed the
only practicable plan. This corn-
tlon, he said, wa« but nn initial move
ment. The South did not care
Poles, Hungarians and Anarchists.
(Loud applause). A convention that
would at track the attention of
world, and that would bring good
imgr.rau was needed. There had been
a ‘contest for Atlauta, he said, but
Washington was the place to hold the
convention.
Mr. Beardsley of North Carotin
made on earnest plea for the adop
tion o»f the report. He held that the
establishment of a permanent harp
would do away with the “boom” ic__
atid prevent thUt miBn'prraniaition to
proapecKlvi Investors.
Another defense of the report
made by MaJ. YdDcy of Florida,
prophesied that the Southern states
wouM make appropriations for
support for a permanent bureau,
argued for Washington a« the proper
yxi e for the burvau: it would be neir-
er Northern people whom the South
hoped to reach.
Mr. Conklin, of Mobile, AJa., 1
°ut -emphatically against the report,
which h*- wild, wrm on the plan of cir
cumlocution in office. If the m
wu-* going to b® submitted t-> legisla
tive enaeiment and the governor*
t‘ie ^r-ab-s, it would never amount
anything, The executive pigeonholes
would absorb It. if another plan,
businee* plan, were adapted, the c<
'^nilon would secure enough mon
before jny legtekitur* met to carry out
praefton! Ideas for which the
w*ntlon wms called
L. Q. C. hirmr at 31fev*Mppt »j*>k
of the retort He contended that tit-
present meeting was not a representa-
tiv oody. vVhoit wile wanted was a rep*
heids of the Southern states, who rep
resented the popular vote of he people.
Fnb convention was looked on with
suspicion by newspaper and puoiic
men, and, to divert tills idea, a perma
nent representative body should be ot-
ganizedi.
Mir. Barrett of West Virginia thought
that the delegates to the permanent
convention) should be appointed by
ojmmercial and Industrial bodies and
farmers’ organizations.
Mr. Cbayton of Florida said that
from tlie moment the govemcxrs of the
■ vies made appointments of delegates
the convention the movement would
w a political one. (Applause). He
thougbt the business men should take
hold of the idea and exclude politics.
That part of the report as to the es
tablishment of a permanent bureau of
exhibition at Washington was adopted.
W. R. Irvine of Alabama, offered an
amendment providing thoit the perma
nent exhibit should too supported by
aunu-aj contributions of $10 eateli from
all Southern business und other bodies
Instead of toy such .Southern states as
take part in Its estaWHshtment This
amendment- was lost
The remainder o»f the first section
WBjfc then adopted in its entirety, and
the second eeotion was agreed to with
out opposition. The section providing
that t!ie governors of the several states
and- the (board of District commission
ers shall each appoint ten delegates to
the adjourned convention was adopted,
with the cllminnitlon of - the clause giv
ing preference to the members of the
present convention, and the addition
of an amendment thh't business mon
shall have representation at the ad
journed meeting, (but tbait tho voting
power of each «tate shall be equal.’
Tlie section toa-t the convention ad
journ- to meet in- Washington was also
adopted, as was also nn amendment
requiring the governors to appoint as
delegates men representative of the
imdiutiriea'in: their several states,
Mr. Irvine of Alabama offered an
amendment to provide that before any
industry Is listed It shall be indorsed
by the state bureau, boards of trad©,
town oouclls or three banks. This
was laid on JTihe table.
The report, as' amended, was then
adopted, and a recess taken until 3
"’clock p. m.
At the afternoon session a number of
papers were read by L. Q. C. Lamar of
Mississippi, T. F. Barram of West Vir
ginia, William Edgar Rogers, on “The
Neglected Coal .Fields of the South,”
and B. F. Clayton of Florida.
Dr. William C. Day of the United
States geological survey told the con
vention about the mineral resources of
the South. He told of wonderful de
posits in the mountains dt all the Sbuth-
ern states, and his talk proved so Inter
esting that a special, resolution- of
thanks for his information was adopted.
‘‘Virginia and Her Resburces” was
told of by William Catlett. He called
particular attention to the great fields
of martoie and slate which were over-
ookedjby builders in the city of Wash-
lngtonTVho brought these things fibm
Vermont and Pennsylvania at double
freight rates.
Responding for Georgia, (Mr. Claude
N. Bennett, private secretary to the
secretary of the interior, gave many
facts from bis personal knowledge of
the state, and many figures taken from
the latest census reports, going to show
that Georgia still sets pace in Industrial
progress'that entitles her to be known
as the Empire State of the South.
He stated .that in southern Gf*rgia
one man, last year, made a peach crop
whose gross receipts were $65,000; that
the census of 1800 showed a production
of 5.500,000 bushels of rcjches; that the
Georgia peach was quoted in New York
like stocks and bonds; that the state
produced annually more than 2,000.000
bushels of apples, large quantities of
pears and other fruits; that the marvel
ous sweetness and productivity of the
Georgia watermelon have long been the
wonder of the Union, and that manv
small fortunes have been made In these
fruits and In other lines of truck farm
ing.
He said that In a short dlstaneo of
Atlanta there 1« a mbuntoln of granite
surrounded toy several thousand acres
of granite reaching further down In tho
earth than man has vet g-one. He As
serted that in northern Georgia there
are various quantities of mart))* <xf ev
ery color, unexcelled by the best orud-
uct of the famous Carrara mines. He
briefly referred to other minerals, show-
ing that the hills of the state contain
nearty every mineral except silver, and
that In mineral development tho re
sources of the state have Men barely
tbuched.
■Some of Mr. ■Bennett's specially strik
ing statements showed that the general
development of Georgia in industrial
transportation, hortlcultrail, mineral,
lumber and commercial Interests had
increased from 50 per oent. to 100 per
cent..-from 1880 to 1890, as shown by
the census of 1890.
“Savannah. Georgia, Is the largest naval
stores In the world, and next to the larg
est shipping point for* cotton—New Or
leans, I,a., alone preceding her. Georgia
leads the Union in the production of na
val stores; the product given In the con
bus oM890 was $4,260,000, while North Car
olina came second with a product of
something less than $2,000,000.
“The cotton manufaturing product in
Georgia Increased from $6,000,000 in 188) to
$12,000,000 In 1830. The number of spindles
ineireased from 189,000 In 1880, to 115,000 in
18*0. The one city of Augusta alone man
ufactures $4,000,000 worth of cotton goods.
She Is closely followed by Columbus,
with Atlanta coming third.
“In •UrfcOtnxl manufacturing Atlanta
leads the state with a product of over $13.-
000,000, which has Increased since 1880
from less than $5,000,000.
“In 1880 Georgia had 2.432 miles of rail
road; In 1820 she had 4,557—an increase li
railroad building of nearly 100 per cent, to
ten years.
“Between the two last censuses the
product of chemical fertilizers In Georgia
Increased from 1X1.000 to $5/100,000.
“The timber product In 18V) was worth
$5,000,000; In 1890 it brought $9,8©),000.
corn crop- is over 30,000.0u9 bushels a year.
The cotton crop in 1880 was 800.00) bales
In 1890 It was 1.191,000 bales.
“Mr. Edward Atkinson, I believe.” Mr.
Bennett continue*!, “h.is estimated th
the chicken and egg crop of the South
worth more than the cotton crop. Abo ..
this r do not know; I do know that the
growth of chickens increased between 1SS0
and 1890 from 2,000.000 to 7.000.000, and that
ergs Increased from 7.000.000 dozens t(
11,000,000 dozens. The production of buf
ter increased from 7400,000 pounds in 1880
to 14.000.000 pounds in 1850.
“Between the tenth and eleventh
suses the total farm products of G(
Increased from pfl.Wi.djO to X83.000.900
gain of 24 p*r cent. The total manufact
uring products Increased from $36
to ^.OO.OOff—a gain of nearly 190 per
The number of people employed I
manufacturing establishments of the state
lncrea>-cd from 24.000 to 56,000’'
Said Mr. Bennett:
“Th*- multiplication of the small farm
It* the best sign of well distributed proep*
ity In an agricultural section, in 'J
there were in Georgia 3.400 farms cental
lng over 1.000 acres each. In the ten »u
reading years this number decreased
2,700, while the number of farms end
fifty acres Increased from 48,W» to 70,O'
showing that In Georgia the brawn
REVIEW OF TRADE
FOR THE WEEK
INFAMOUS CRIME
■IN INDIANA
Exhausted Stocks Fending Tariff Leg
islation Created Activity in Large
Wholesale Circles.
The Wife of a Prominent Citizen of
Huntington Abducted by Two
Black Brutes.
BUT THERE IS STILL SLOWNESS STORY OF HORRIBLE TREATMENT
Certain Lines, J3ua to » He adjust meat of
Conditions Brought About bjr tho
New Tariff Law—Mills Re
ceiving Heavy Orders*
New York, Aug. 31.—R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
The activity which. camo with ex-,
liausted stocks, and was Increased by
the removal of the uncertainty ul)ou.C
tlie tariff, has continued wltji * heavy
entries of foreign goods since (the bi.il
became a law. Bu't the people -who
know best are saying ‘‘Improvement
will come,” rathe# than “Improvement
has come.” Tho gain is now yet what
had been expected, and business if
good in comparison with .last year, is*
still poor In comparison with years pre
ceding. Presumably, there has no»t
been time to feel the full effects of the
change, and a gradual gain will be
more healthy aud encouraging than a
spusmodlc rise; but the expansion of
commercial loans has suddenly ceased,
prlcee of manufactured products show
weakness rather than strength, aud
there has been ti reaction in the stock
market. August lias ouded. tout the in
terior demand for money still merely
•balances the receipts of superfluous
currency from Eastern points, although
cix\ps are now offering quite freely.
The recent maiterial Increase In the de
mand for commercial loans appears to
have been due to payments for sugar
imports, for whisky taken out ofboud,
and for Imported goods taken out of
custom houses, and had dropped off
sharply. The unavoidable conclusion
is that the desired increase in domestic
distribution has not yet reached such
proportions as ito -influence the loan
market. The mllis-urc swtft running full,
though tho stoppage a<t Fall River looks
-every day more like tin effort of the
operatives to force curtailment of pro-
orgia
(Continued on page 4.)
Tha Fnopie Aronird »nd a Lynrlilsgli
Ccrtnln If Hie Brutes Are Cap
tured—Chilly Reception to
Ida B. Wells, Colored*
i;
Huntington, Ind„ Aug. Sl.-One week
ago 'Mrs. Ellen wflddleton, wife of a
prominent citizen, disappeared and to*
turned yesterday In a pitiable condi
tion. She tells a pltful story. She *ay«
site was abducted from her home by
two men, who placed her and her child
in a closed carriage and drove over Into
Ohi’o. where she was confined'In n
•house near a strip of woods and Closely
guarded by two negroes. During the
daytime she was locked in n dark cel
lar. Her child was token from her and
they told her they had murdered It.
"*La«t Friday night dhe was again
placed in a carriage and driven to with
in a few miles of her home, when sly*
•was put out and told to go home, say
ing that her child was alive and that
thfey would keep It.
{The woman is almost dead from re
peated abuses. The outrage haa created
the wildest excitement In the surround
ing country and hundreds of citizens
have deserted their business to join In
the chase of the black brutes. The in
famous crime has made the people
speechless with rage, and if ‘die scoun
drels are caught they will surely be
lyncihed. It would require u regiment
of soldiers to restrain the mob in its
present temper.
Posses armed with Winchesters and
shotguns are scouring tlie_country in
every direction and it is believed the
brutes will be captured.
'Ida B. Wells cf Memphis, who is on a
••lecturing” tour In Indiana, preaching
against “Southern outrages’* will re
ceive a chilly reception when she strikes
Humington.
abdomen and lodging In hta liver. Over-
street pronvptly returned tho fire and
the shooting became general. Griggs
was shot in the side. Griggs, after
being wounded, attempted to escape and
made a da«h through the door. He
was followed and caught in the woods
near by. Oapt. Brown was sent for,
and when he arrived on the scene the
negro wan on his knees -pleading for
mercy and was sum-finded toy men
with drawn revolvers. Capt. Brown
begged the men not to commit any rash
act and let the prisoner toe dealt with
according to Jaw. They were persuaded
and the man was taken to Flncahtle
for safe keeping. Mr: Overstreet’s
wound Is of a serious nature and fears
are entertained for his recovery. •
JEALOUSY AND LOVE.
A Wreck of Humanity Ends Ills Dream
of Bi.ss.
THE SITUATION
AT BLUEFIELDS
The Transportation of American and
English Prisoners to Graytown
by tna Spaniards.
PROPERTY WILL BE CONFISCATED
Bonham, Tex., AUff. 31.—A horrible
murder aud euretda wa* committed in
(own tide mornSut; between 3 unit
U o'clock. ID, I). Mclvultt, a candy
maker, who trad lost b»Ui legs ami a
I>.m ill' mm hand In a Kansas lil.zxurd,
was In love with .Mia. Kosa Marlin, n
woman w.iih live children, who had sop
united from her husband and applied
lor u d.voivy. In the divorce ease
KuHt was n witness, but hu took um
brage at something aud refused to les
tlfy. He boarded at tho same Uousi
with Mrs. Martm. least night he sent
Mrs. Martin a note, asking ucr to np
oglze to him for deceiving him. Mu 1
returned a verbal answer that slm was
too sleepy to see him. Mrs. Martin re
tired with tier 1-year-otd baby and M>s
Maude lUco.
About U o'clock M'.ss Illce was awak-
cued liy the baby crying. Lying on the
Hour was Mrs. Martin, with tier throat
cut. ,lty lior rule, with Ids left arm
around nor and hi* right trend holding
ii razor, wus the body of Mclvultt. Both
were dead. It la supposed that -Mc-
Kullt llrst brained lt.s victim with tin
ox found near, and then cut her throat.
Mrs. Martin had three children here
aud two lu Kansas. She had lived
hero eight months. Mclvultt had been
here n short time.
Thorn 9»*mi to Bo No Protection Ouir*
nnteori by tho Wsr Voisola Hoorcrl
st Tltnl Port—A (tail Htato
ot Affairs Hf«|»orioa. /
ducft&oa in *ox\ler to lift priced and
reduction of waged imnecessary. So
far cloths have advanced a quarter,
but -without a corresponding advance
In other goods, lin'd wlbiAe.-Chc.demand
is encouraging it does not compare with
ye*aru before toe lj’slt. Nefriher in co'lton
or ‘Wooten mills .lua inhere appeared nn
increase In prouctlon. In woolens or
ders for spring goods of certalhi quall-
tlc8 have been quite large, buyers con-
olira-Ihc- that prices are about as low as
they wl«il be.
The demund for products -of iron and
steed has InOresum'd, but prices -tend
downward where any change appears,
as there is not enough business yet -to
employ the worlds In operafciun
An encouraging sale of 40,Oo3 bun
dles colt, on <we* in com petit ion with
foreign tics during free duty warrants
toe -hope 'that current prices In other
branches may be low enough tq. roee*
Uie coming rivalry, u<nd a sale of Mee-
aba one or $3.25 delivered at lower lake
ports is reported.
There is a better demand for struc
tural work, enough ane considerable
oontoUot for Cuba was broken off by
One advance in Spanish duties.
Failures are eiKl few and small. For
■the itMrd 'Week of August reported ito-
bl&tfeb were $2,976,618, but for toe three
weeks only $8,214,470, of which 32,845,-
238 were of munufaoturlng and $3,384,-
414 of trading concorn.s. The average
•was only $li,52i per firm failing. The
failures 'this week 'have been 188 In the
United States, against 256 last yeaT,
and 40 in Canada, against 29 last year.
BRADSTREBT’S REPORT.
New York, Aug. 31.—Bradstreete to
morrow will say: At all but a fe>w dltlea
from which wiKClals 'telegrams are re
ceived favorable influences are tfliown
•to -have been at work, retsullhig in still
further Improvement In, the -business
sLtucidpn since hhe tftiulem'enit of 'the
tariff situation. Now Engiluud woolen
mills are now reporting orders for
he:t<vy wools. Prin'ts a«nd dress woc/lens
ure selling .freely, a-ud there :has Ik 1
<tnd is 'an Increased demand for funds
at terner eaaiern centiA«, but not on/ly
for WTindravvuls of goo<ls from bond,
tout <to -ineot WcreoBed offerings of com
mercial papers. Thus far funds to move
crops have m>t gone West as freely oh
anticipated.
An exception bo toe improvement jn
demand in stujpie lines In (Western und
Middle States is reported from Provi
dence. The 'Soutin A'tkiiytlC cktles und
Blrmitvghaim alon'e do n*>t report
large vo.ume of busyness, but toe char
acter of oobion snlpm'-ntos in the
future wall determine the volume of
purchases. It Is noteworthy that the
financial condition of Texas merchanlta
is said to Le better -than f<
One of ‘toe meat int'-re.-nlng trade
features consequent on toe now tariff
is reported from G'alvewton »thalf. an ex
port order -to the West Indies for 10,000
barrels of flour taui been 'cancelled by
re i » n of the Spanish rctu-Ilaitory duty.
Galveston’s Uinma trade expects tp be
hurt .» vi , own'lg >to toe /i<-k <>{ re
turn cargoes for fruit st**.i
At Boston a fair fa.il business 1« do
ing in dry goods; firmness characteriz
ing cotton fabrics prices owing to
New Bedford and Fall River .4,rik
At P.hllnd«tphU -sugar is advance
J. and it
ocks
arry heavier
Tob.
improved do si-md since th«
lemen-v of the tariff qu.sjirlon.
onerdl trade at B Otlmoro Is quitt
>uraging ow4ng to toe somewhj
xptcudly large number of buym
ill knet from the J5.jufc2» ami Wc*t,
>se purcliwft'-s have r* waited in quite
Improvement over last week.
COKE PLANT STAKTDM UP.
Union town. Pa., Aug. 31.-The coke
plant of tin* Stewart Iron Company,
near hen*, started up iu full blast to
day. This pbint wus one of the first
in thin region to cioso down after the
str.ke iK'gain und it ix the Inst In tl)
section •<> start up. Superintendent
VauDuscn said tins morning he had
birctl tilB men from the ianL*> of the
strikers.
SWEPT INTO ETERNITY.
A Swollen Srtcam Carries Death and
Destruction Before It.
Uvalde, Tex., Aug. 31.—A terrible
catastrophe happened to thl3 thriving
town last nlgnt, and today there la
mourning in many hcraaeholds. The ca
lamity .was entirely unexpected. The
treatttieroua Leona river, swollen to a
raging torrent by recent rains, rushed
witnbut a inoment'u warning down upon
town, submerging and wrecking
many houses und drowning a number
of people. In this arid section such de-
Qtruoclveneat} toy the elements haa nev
er before been chronicled. In the ex-
cltment of the day it Is not definitely
known how many have been drowned.
Among the bodies that have been iden
tified are:
Mrs. Joe Hatch.
Alisa 'Mattie EdwardiJ.
Child of Mr. Maley.
Two Mexicans.
It was about 2 o’clock In tho morn
ing wh«*n the flood earner Just as the
storm 'broke out In the city a terrible
torrent of water rusiaed down the Le
ona river, overflowing the bankn of that
stream and flooding ‘ttic: lowlundu bn
either side to a depth of scyeral feet.
The east side of Uhe city is biflM. on
lowlands and was directly In the path
of -the water. All the houses In thin
part of town were submerged.
There \vere manv jniruoulous escaped
and the rescuers and rescued perform
ed many heroic aOtS,
iA.h soon us tho*e in the higher part
of tho town were made aware r/l the
terrible flood and dire conseqyoncea tho
work ’of rescuing began and was carried
out a a raplfliy an possible in the dark
ness. /
One Mexican family living on the
ranch of Mr. Schartz, flve miles be
low town, are supposed to have been
lost, no vestige ot the’ranch having
been left.
It Is feared that the Indiantda his
tory I« repeated. An earthquake shock
of some moments' duration wan dis
tinctly felt during the night. At one
place near the city about a quarter of
a mile of heavy cracks appeared on
each side of the Lutma river, having
apparently no bottom.
A track walker of the Southern Pa
cific, after having waded through water
up to hl« n«*ck with his lantern elevated
above hU head succeeded In feeling his
way far enough east to intercept a
westbound train and prevent Its plung
ing I nib t;he raging rtver wher** the rail
road bridge had b'r»*n destroyed.
News reached here late thto evening
that three families living below town
were drowned. The names have hot
yet been learned.
The loss of ttofc {Southern Pacific Rail
road Company is enormous, forty mile
of track and many bridge* having been
waehetl away. Over 100 ear loads of
material and 300 laborers left Ban An
tonio f>r the scene of the wreck thin
afternoon. The damage to the Bo
ern Pacific extended eastward about
aeventy-five miles from this city.
A rough estimate of the Iobh to prop
erty in general -and the railroad com
pany will, a* far as known, read;
$1,500,000.
SATANITA DECLARED WINNER,
Dartmouth, Aug. 31.—(After handsome
ly vanquishing tho biggest of England’s
crack cutters, the Satanita, over half
the course Y>£ the Royal Dartmouth
Yacht Club, the Vigilant lost the 'prize
through tho decision of the regatta
committee. It was certainly a race in
the British acceptance of tho term, as
there Is no time limit on yachting con
tests on thi3 side of the ocean.
It was the Vigilant's weather, In the
opinion of English experts. A light,
northeast breeze barely ruffled the sur
face of tho channel, bringing with It a
mist that gave away in the offing a
spectral aspect to things in general.
There -were throngs to see the Vigi
lant's first duel with Mr. Clark’s yacht
in tho contest l’or prizes of $250 und $15!)
under the auspices of the Royal Dart
mouth Yacht Chub. The courao was tri
angular, The first leg of about four
miles, was from Dartmouth range, dt‘
the entrance to the harbor, due south
to the Skcnic.s bell -buoy, thence In a
northwesterly direction *to a mark boat
off east 'Blackstone, about four and a
half miles, and thece to the westward
about a mile and a half, bark to the
starting i>oint.
Tho courao wa* sailed over four tlmea
and thus had eleven turns. The Sata
nita had a half minute start, tout the
Vigilant rounded tho Skerries-buoy tthe
first turn) two minutes and three sec
onds ahead. Rounding the same -buoy
bn the second turn the Vigilant was
nixteen minutes and forty saconds
ahead. It was now plain to the most
prejudiced advocate of tho cutter that
barring accidents and flukes the Vigi
lant was a clear winner, which con
servatives estimated would toe about a
half mile. The'flckle.wlnd fell almost
to a dead calm after the yachts round
ed the Skerries buoy. The Vigilant
was first around the east IU acta ton ft
boat. A breeze came out of the south-
stoufhwest as she laid her bourne for
the homo mark. The Satnnltn was in
shore and stemed to get a better
breeze, which enabled her to catch up
a little. The Vigilant ran Into a calm
streak. The S.itnltn held ti.o breeze
until she passed Nowstone, about a
mile from the starting point. The breeze
got around to the southward and the
Vigilant widened the gap botwaen h'*r-
welf and tho cutter. The wind fell again
and the yachts barely had steerage
•way. The Vigilant was far in the lead.
At this point the committee decided to
call the race off.
It Is surmised that the decision was
somewhat Influenced -by the fact that
the Batanlta had no chance to win. In
regard to the conflict of 40-rnterx, the
committee had different opinions. It
decided that the 40-rater that was ahead
at tho end of the second round toe de
clared the winner.
The Royal Dartmouth Yacht Club
has the reputation of being the most
unfair yachting organization In Eng
land. The decision of their »• urnnittee
capaed the Time** and Field’s repr
" ntatlves here to indulge In very un
New Orleans, Aug. 31.—Tlie s ten in-
chip Itovor, from Bluett elds, at 4 p. m.,
M die* first ateiunshlp Vfeaefc&fcg New Or-
lcuiid winch vritneeued the traiupbrta-
tlon of the' American and English pris
oners to Glreytown. Mr. Ed. Thomp
son, first limit* of the Rover, In nn in
terview said that as already known
the English man-of-war left Bluofteld*
the day before the fra importation, leav
ing tho Columbia alone ta protect tho
prisoners and pre vent their im importa
tion. At the. present time, when thu
pulley of (lie American fove'.yn office Is
known, nothing would Juivu suited tho
English bjRLur than to skj American
a,ilium rescue .the prisoners, Eughsii
aud American both, and possibly bom
bard the town In such a way as to uo*
compl.uh'two purpose*, Unit Is, tho 11b-
erullou of tho English subjects in tho
hands of the ♦Spaniards and the cMlapso
of the American canal scheme in Cen
tral America. Tills may lie considered,
Mr. Thompson says, the truest explan
ation of Why tho Euglit'h captain left
Minefields at the must -ritical time,
while pretending to be on tho lookout to
Intercept the prisoners, should an at
tempt be niado to take them to Grey-'
town, when ho could havo ftca^iapllshed
the same purpose much easier in Blue-
llcljls waters.
Mr. Thompson says that several
hours before tho Yule left for Greytown
Capt. Summer was Informed ot the in
tentions of tho Spaniards, aud could
have acted In the matter if he had
wished to do so, but probably having his
lurttfuollous from our foreign office he
could do nothing but grit ms teeth at
the s’gilt of many of his personal
friends being taken away by force.
It is tho opinion In Nicaragua that
the Nicaragua Canal Company comvf*
slon is to a Ourt&n extent responsible
for the l’gimru of tho American govern
ment to d'splay a formidable foreign
policy. Tlie company has net lived up
to Its ooncwslon, but it wishes no coin-
plledticm between tlie United State's
and Nicaragua to arise for fear of los
ing tho concession.
TJm present situation in niiieflelds Is
as deplorable us ever. Indians und .!u-
nmlou negroes arc dally arrested, und
nobody is certain of lus Ufo or proper
ty, expecting every hour to bo Impris
oned «n Home frivolous charge. It Is
the present opin’on Iti BlttCfiold* that
tin.* property of nil foreigners who have
br<*n banished from Nicaragua or who
have left on their own account, Will bo
confiscated by the government;
At the t'lnn* tin* steamer Rover left
Blue field 8 the Columbia had left for
I'orf Lemon and the Marblehead had
Just arrived. Except tho fruit business
all other business Is. at a standstill and
pitrplo are continually leaving tho
place, niuefle.lds, built up to prosperi
ty by American enterprise and with
American capital, will boog cease to ex
ist If th© Spaniards are to rule the res
ervation. The steamship Yule t-amo
took from Grtkrtown the next evening
lifter leiiYi'ng Ulueflclds, bringing tho
news that Cxpt. Stuart of tho English
man-of-war had arrival at Greytown
and visited the prisoners at Greytown
prison. *
ftfOUX CITY PUTS UP.
Its Athletic Club Deposits tho Forfeit
For tho Corbott-.hickh'iAn Mill*
the
OFFICE FOR -REVENUI
Triple A
ONLY.
A RAD NEGRO »HOT.
Insulted a White We
Man. Whb Rc<
and Shot
id It.
Roanoke, Va., Aug. 31.-*A serious and
perh.ii* fatal shootln* affray .x^Hirred
at Blue Ridge Springs Thursday night
about 11 o'clock, in which Tivi-jr Ov-r-
Street, the watchman at the hotel, wa a
wounded by Henry Grtg^s, a eolored
•waiter at the hotel. Griggs was OTTOSt-
ed and would nndoubtf*dly hive been
lynched by the enrngc-d people had It
not been for Capt. Phil Blown, the pro
prietor of the hotel
The trouble arose from the fact that
for some time several of the waiters
have to«en guilty of indeei nt conduct
In the presence of Mrs. Terry, who has
charge of the dairy. The matter was
reported to Capt. Brown, who advised
that nothing should be done and warn
ed the nsgrues to desiit from Mjch con
duct. The offense was repeated, how
ever. and a crowd went to the r.tv<r/s
room for the purple of taking him cut
and thrashing him. Mr Overatreet
opened the d.*,r leading into the room
used by Origgn aral asked him to c me
cut, as they wanted v> see him. Griggs
urdcr ut SheUmopnd, Miss.,
I/aid at IMs D<»r.
Greenwood, Aug. 31.—An ind’g-
nation meeting wus held by the white
Citizens of tiheUfioound yesterday and
an affidavit was made ligainst T. B,
Cockrell for the murder of tlio two ne
gro women and negro man near Shell-
mound last Thursday ovouing. The
warrant Is in tlie hands of an officer
for Cockrell's arrest. 'Che sheriff has
offered $100 rewtird for tho fugitive.
T. B. Cockrell is a member of u family
of four brotlii-rs living in this county.
He is die magistrate for beat No. 2 la
this (Leflore) county, and held the in-
qui-st on the three murdered negroes
on Friday, It *s su'd that, during thu
inquest, whenever the negro child at
tempted to talk about the murder he
cut It off in Homo way. He left this
county ftaturdny evening and lias not
been hoard from since. Much feeling
is manifested by the best citizens of
the county, particularly near Shell-
mound, over tin? affa.r, and the murder
is to be fully Investigated.
COLORADO PROHIBITIONISTS.
Denver, Aug. 3i.—Th« state prohibition
convention today nominated the follow.
Ing ticket: Geoge Richardson, Denver.
Kovernor; Mary Jewett Telford, Grand
Junction, lieutenant governor; D. It. Hun
ter, Denver, secretary of state; David
Brothers, Golden, treasurer; John H. L^*ip-
< r, D nv'-r, attorney general; Professor A
B. Copeland, Greoly, superintendent of
public Instruction; Daniel McCarklll,
Pueblo, Judge supreme court; for con
gressman, H. R. Rhodes, Arvada, First
district and W. A. Illct, Grand Juntlon,
Second district*
New York, Aug. 31.—A* morplJig pa-
pdr of tiiik morning uunmnict-H the re
ceipt of two cerfilled checks for ^2,.*»00
uauli to its sporting editor from tluf
.Sioux Qlty Athletic Club ns a guaran
tee of g</od fniih o-n Its md for the pro
posed ('orbett-Jackson light.
Both nu*n were mdified of that fac»t.
Corbeit is play.ng In Provldwco and
Jackson is in (’Ihcngn. B»rih have al
ready agreed to tight In Sioux Glty,
providing tin*, rond.tions of tho match
are satisfactory.
It will, therefore, he comparatively
un easy matter for the club’s repre
sentative to arrange another mooting
between the fighti-rs.
HEBREW TAILORS STRIKE.
A Thousand of Thom Will Go Out
Brooklyn Tonight.
Now York, Aug. 31.—At sundown tonight,
1,0M Hftbrovr tailors of Brooklyn* includ
ing women, will begin a strike to relievo
themselves of what they call “task work,”
Impose*! upon them \ry the contractors.
The deolalon wub arrived at about mld-
ndgtit The strikers say they win have
the moral support of from 30,000 to 36,000
tailors of Brooklyn, New York. Jersey
City and Philadelphia. They say fh<it bu*.
In ess Is booming ntrw In their particular
line, and that In tho long run they aro
boviitd to succeed.
The Hebrew tailors are congregated nil
over the Hebrew quarter talking over tha
situation tills morning. All professed to
be veiy hopeful
GAIN IN OOKE OUTPUT.
OmuelUviUe, Fa., Aug. ill.—Tho
Courier says: Ooke pitnluctlon showed
a decided gu n last week over the pro-
tluotion of the previous week. There
was :ia Incrouse of nttirly 14,000 tou*.
The detailed n-p^/rt of the operation
und output of the reglou of the week
ending Saturday, August Lid, shows
lff.703 active uiui 4,811 Idle ovens, with
u total estimated pruduetttm of 121,005
tons. The shipments ^)r the we<*k ag
gregate 0,321 cunt. Ootnittred with the
■hipmeuts of the previous week this
was a net Increase of 300 cars.
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