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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. man