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TTTF JL XJ. JZi MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 5. 1891. IN THE TRACK OF THE FIRE DEMON Wot a Human Habitation Left Stand ing For a Stretch of Twenty- Six Miles. HORRIBLE SCENES ON ALL SIDES Bodies of Men, Women, Children, Horse* •nd rstile'Mark the Coarse of the Fire Flem!’* March of Destruction. Duluth. Minn., Sept. 4.—In a stretch of territory twenty-six miles long and from one to fifteen miles wide, not a single human habitation has been left standing, except a section house at Mil ler, and in every part of tile track of the flumes bodies of men, women, chil dren, horses and ca»;tle were found. The position of every body found out side of Hinckley allows that shelter of some kind was sought by the sufferers und the dead are foundin holes, behind overturned stumps, trees, marshy de pressions, and in every wuaer course. The general shape of the fire-swept dls- totets is like a huge cigar, with a south western end itfxmt Mi.*$ion creek uud the upper terminal a few miles cast of FliiLiysou, or ItuHedge. From This a Humber of -branches extend uorthward to beyond the tracks of The Eastern (Minnesota, railway, The work of the flames has been complete and cyclonic in onoracter. Where the fire held sway not a jingle tree is standing, except as a blackened stump. 'itaousands of ov erturned <ircvs are lying prostrate and the roots were burning fiercely up to last evening when the welcome rain fell. A careful canvass reveals the fact thst seventy-two settlers’ homes, out side of towns, fell. As near as,can be learned TheJe were 500 people in these homes. At Brookdale, a little town on the Eastern Minnesota, road, south of Hinckley, about ninety persons took refuge In the water ot a small creek. Out of 'this place sixty-seven dead bod ies were taken and buried and some thirty living persons Were- rescued, some badly burned. Conductor James Sargent of the 9t. Paul aud Dulu'th railroad has bc**n working for the rail road with an imporvtsed train consist ing of i'hree handcars spliced together with planks, picking up and Identifying the bodies of the dead. All the bodies were carefully examined, and. in many oases fully identified, and in every case a complete record was made of every thing that could possibly lead to lden- fifioa'tion. , By the Duluth relief committees the most remarkable work has, been done. Without regard to age, sex or social standing, hundreds of people, including those of the very highest social stand ing. have been working-day and night since Saturday night, having organzed thoroughly Into all needed sub-commit tees, and have In a systematical way taken care of men, women and chil dren. Special committees have been caring for the children. Over $8,000 has been given for the relief, and goods and clothing valued at as much more have been given. 8. A. Thomason, who wentoift on the burial train yesterday has returned. AO tho way down the trainmen almost had »o throw people off who wished to go along and take in the grave sight. Alt Ftmlaysoii a paTty headed by Ed. Finlayson dropped oft and went east several miles, visiting among other places the Bllledeaut farm, where the bodies of three children were found. The rest of the family had gone to Bandstone. A party headed by Fred Reynolds dropped off near Ekunk Lake nod got 'the bodies of Mrs. Lind and three children, whose homo was half a mile west of the track. The train picked up the bodies of LitMe nnd El der, two operators of the North Ameri can Telegraph Company, who had been sent out to the scene of the trouble. The train picked up eleven bodies, In cluding that of General Passenger Rowley of the Winnipeg railroad, near the track. It was learned Unit Pine Lake, a settlement seven miles west of Finlayson, was un'touched, hut nothing ha/? been heard from Sand Lake, a settlement away from the railroad, and It is fearM It has gone up in smoke. Another body was discovered In the mud at the edge of Skunk Lake, but ft could not be gotten out. At Miller, A. A. Farrington and Robert Forbes head ed parties and started for Sandstone, and have not «inoe been heard from. Thomson Hester headed a party that picked up seven bodies in the Wester- land cellar, half a mile west of the wreck. Another party, headed by Lynch, goT the bodies of Ed. Green- ireld's five children, a half mile south of the wreck, near the track. The burial reached Hinckley at 6 p. m. The coroner of Pine county said there wore J87 bodies already ] ricked up in Hinck ley alone, with more to follow. They were plied up in boxeB and coffins -near the track, like so much cordwood. FOOD FOR THE SUFFERERS. f A Special 1 With Supplies and Medical ReCHef Sen* to Hinckley. Hinckley, Mima., .Sept. 4.—A specif train out by the citizens of Minne apolis bearing supplies and m*Mlcal relief to the suffering people of Hinck ley and vlclnSty hud on “board eleven physicians and surgeons with a full supply of drugs and instruments uivd fifty canvas cots. Pine City was (he ma£n objective point, for it was here that The relief supplies were to be dls- krtbmed and the temporary ho^lpuis h id been opened. The medical commit tee were met at the depot by the he. rule 'JUte wife of Dr. * Bornum. Uie local physician, who with her husband had been working day and night from The time the flrot victims were brought In until both were almost completely WtJTO OUt. ”Gh. we’re so glad you oorae,” almost sobbed tho little woman to Dr. Mc Donald as he mopped from the train. The pluafortn was crowded with in quisitive but glnvi-loOking people wKh blackened and ecurred Paces sod ban daged hands and arms, bearing patoetfc witness of the terrible experience. Near the end of the platform mkt'j a coffin box, in whtcu was enclosed (he remains of what was once the general passenger 'a’gcnlt of the Winnipeg and Du'lu-th railroad—O’Rowley. The poo: fellow was onoe one of the passengers on Engineer Root's ill-fated (rain, and the body was found yesterday morning a a’iibrt distance from the burned tra’in, but so charred and disfigured that Its identity was only established by the 'Initials printed on the Inside of the burned fragment of a. linen, col lar. He had been In the habit of com ing down from Duluth every Saturday and ©pending Sunday wirfi his Tamil at Merrlam Park, 'ami was#*m his way home when he met death. The oorrospondent found Malt, not withstanding reports received, matters retaking to the number find condi tion of ’the wounded fund ithe necessity for sup plies had been greatly exaggerated as Oar ns Fine City was concerned. In stead of 200 wounded to be oared for there was n ban* uv-n':y, and many \»f ihese had not been seriously hurt. A the injured have been -brought In, too, ■said It wus learned that even those at Duluth scarcely outnumbered those-ult Pine Cfty. It appears ’cfewt It was -a clean-cut calse of either life or death. Most of those who escapdl did so with AllTtle or no’iperceipltible hunt. The most severe fend dangerous oases to Pine O'jty had been taken to the improvised hospital! a)t -the rink, and here nBne of .the medical relief corps set to work while the other thvo wenft on to Hinck- h?V. Only about 'twelve paJtieflt* were bfetng cared for at the rink, but, nil in all, (they presented a pitiful hctirtrend- Ing spectacle. Nearly all fehe patient* fere Sca'mWnavtfems. Two women who •lost all their relatives are maniacs as well <aa dangerously burned. Between Pine City and Hinckley the country was«-sWept bare of everything living or green. A'c Hinckley 'only about a d’ozen, of-the itenits put up by tire state author files were occupied. Thebe Is n-c.t a building left standing. Every person feherfe waa engaged in recovering, Iden tify Eng or burying the ddad. HORRIBLE DETAILS. The Number of De-aJd Bddles Reaches Four Hundred and Fifty. Pine CUcy, Minn., Setpt. 4.—The gen eral CortunRtee in charge of the re lief work here made tt report W the dead bv>dles recovered itlhua far as fol lows; Hbncldley 271, Sandstone 77, Mil ler rotten called fttndvtona Junction) 13, biij.veen Skunk Lake and Miller 12. Pokama 25, to lumber camps 50; Weal 450. Oho»Uls. are aft work nefer Sandstone. A party from Duluth under Jjeneu Bailey came down to help bury the dead, and while searching around n noon came upon tt gang wuo had broken open and rific-d some safes, nnd when Bailey and his party met them tfev. had Jun found a cistern from which they ihaU hauled fifteen dead bodies and had robbed them of joweHry, rings, ■trinkelis, etc., and were throwing <tho bodtas\t»ck foito the well. Bailey and hit3 party were unarmed and the g Mauls tofek t>o itfheirr heels and escaped. A frame .powder magazine, aft Sand stone, a portion of whlclh waa left standing nnd which was empty, was torn down for en&ltftfO&l for coffins. The fire was seen by the Sandstone people four (hours bdflore tt struck the ttown, and everything was packed up In readiness to move to Rtfttle river, east of the Village. Before any one was anva/re of the real danger the fire come upon the 'town, from tho Utorth* west and due went, tind firing tttie town tns-lde of five -minutes caused great ateTin-. .Many were unafble'to reach tfhe rtver and dic’d in the'streets. A black smith wus burned to a crisp in h'.v* chPP, where he was Shoeing a horse. So sudden was the fire thaft not a thing -was saved, nnd in thirty minutes tihe whale town was swept off the earth. Those who reached the river remained most of the flight. The survivors are entirely destitute and hfe-ve not even any clothing tb their backs, except such as Is provided by the relief a>m- mkttee. Whole ramifies are wiped out. President Sam Iiill of the Eastern Min- ne.+otu. railroad came up from Hlnck'.Oy this morning and took cl northern tral-n over tihe 9t. Paul and Duluth rqad. (Mr. Hill 'took the Duluth road to with in a- mile of Sandstone anu walked over. The Mg Eastern Minnesota bridge over 'the Kettle river has a steel aroh 180 feet long and is Mill intact, though the wooden approached ore burned away. “The scene o! death and ruin along the road Is a -terrible one,” c-ttid Mr. Hill. "Not a sign of life Ib anywhere to be seen; all is a blackened, charred mbss of ru-lns. Dead animals and hu man belhgs are everywhere an<l they are bulled wherever found. In one old well was found twenty-five snakes and forty or fifty field mice, all In together afive. There were many peculiar feat ures of the fire. In one place, where all alae was burned and blackened all around we found a wagon with the bay 3n 'the box Intact, while the horses were dead. Theffe.is yet to be cloeed up on the Minnesota river a gap of twelve miles between Hinckley and Duluth, eight miles of which are between Sand stone tmd Hinckley. There lire four roller in the direction of St. Cloud which will be closed by tomorrow. I noticed •In one place that freight car wheels were melted, while mot 300 feet ajvay was another car untouched." Judge Nethaway of Stillwater hes been one of the most uotlve oneo In re lief work and has been all over the sur rounding country. He found the fam ily bf Jack Robinson, man, wife and eerven children, all dead and hferdly rec- ofrtzflfble and also found J. O. Roewley, passenger agent of the Duluth «*nd Win nipeg road, seven miles northwest of Hinckley today. He came to a spot where a farm house had stobd. In front was a well and over to the left could be seen five human, bodies and several dead animals. Judge Nethawny went at once to tho well ito see if any one w«» in there end found In the bottom a little 8-year-bid bay in eight inches of water, who had lived there since Bfl'tui^dny. He was pulled oi*t anti said he hod been put down there wnen the fire was seen and an "awuful smoke hud passed over him nnd It was awful hot.” He asked the Judge tf he knew where h-fs fatftttr and mother were and his dog. Judge Nethaway took him on his back to where lie could be fed, while other panties went back after the five bodies. A GREAT DAY FOR DEMOCRACY Leaders of the Party Made a General Attack on tho Enemy’s Camp. the coinage of gold and silver on a parity free of mintage. 1 believe the parity can be maintained at 16 to 1, and savor t‘i»b until it be clearly demonstrated that it cannot'." PRIMARY IN SPAULDING. Griffin, Sept. 4.—(SpeclaU—The result of today’s county Democratic primary was as follows: A1. p. Morris for sheriff; J. ; C. Brooks, treasurer; »\V. J. Elder, tax receiver; P. H. Well, tax collector; W. M. Thomas, clerk; T. R. Mills, J. A. J. Tidwell and D. L. Patrick, county commissioners; Tom Jordan, surveyor, and W, T. Latta, coroner. The primary was the meet excising one over held here. CLEVELAND AND SOUND MONEY Blijor Bacon Made On* of Ills Strong and Earnnl Speech*! In Warreuton —Uen. Ev«m and Mr. Turner In Hall County* DKt GOODS MARKET. N’pw York. Sept. 4.—Biislne.* Inn been /nir In till tleieirtmenU of dry stood* tra<le. With eonimU«U*i hoi;*-* the chief requMt lias been for spot >too<ls for <|Ulck shipment. Printed calicoes are In very light stock and some make* without a package. All makes of kid finished cambrics are firm at 2 5-8 cunts. Drown and blenched cottons In free movements, ns are col ored ?oods. Gingham* and donio*t!v* in cowl request Clothing woolen* in good demand for spring weights. Print log oloth* in good demand at 2 7-8 cents l.d and declined. ASSASSINATED BY A NEGRO. Max on, N. c.. Sept, t.—Mr. Jjme. Martin. Hvimc aero*, the state line in South Carolina, while asleep In bed at his home Tax shot and killed Sunday niche by a negro. A posse Is In pur. •nil of the murderer and If caught he will tw lynched probably. Wlarrenton, Sept. 4.—(Special.)—Hon. A. O. Bacon addressed a torse au dience here tbddy, composed-of Demo crats and PopuHsts. Tho speech was one of his best and he received Wi« commendaiUon ot all who heard It. No srronifer ar*umont haB been made for Demborucy tihan the one so forcibly presented by him today. The speech will surely bear good fruit nnd has placed the party of Y/atrren county under oWgatlnna to the eloquent speaker. * •A'l the oonclusSon of ilaj. Bacon's ad dress, In beautiful tones ho Intro duced Hon. J. C. C., Btack,- who ft>r two hOura, in a style peculiarly his •own, gave un exsoounlt of tila stewnrd- shlip land enthused ihls hdirers as he on'iy oao. Tae reception accorded both speakers wus cordial nnd this was undoubtedly a big day for Democracy to Warren. GEN. EVANS AND H. G. TURNER. GalmavJlle, Sept. 4.—(SpeclUll.)—Gen. C. A. Ewans nnd Hon. H. G. Turner spoke here today at the court house to about 600 people. Genera 1 ) Evans was Introduced by Dr. Oelln In a very happy manner. Gen- Evans 'began ep.-alting- at 11 o’clock and spoke for two houru. He spoke at length on tho 'tariff. He de dared himself in favor ot sound money and asulnnt the free cotnsvge of stiver ait ithe rn'tlo of 16 to 1. His speech was weW received. (At the close of Gen. Evans" speech 'the Hon. H. G. Turner was enMvu- plastically Introduced by Col. H. H. Perry. Mr. Turner said the tariff Question is 'ihe great Issue affecting all. On the money question he sulU repeat edly: "I stand .-HiunrcHy on the Devno- oraiiijc platform of ’92 alt Chicago, and of ’94 In 'tihe state coovonkkm at At lanta.” His speech avals the ablest eu posSKl’on of the financial question ever delivered 'to Gainesville, and had wonderful effect. G-A'KRARD ’AT HAMILTON. Hamilton. Sept. 4.—(Speelnl.)—Hon. Louie F: -Gojrturd-and; Oapt. W. A. LOttle of Columbus spoke hero today from 10:20 a. m. to 2 p. m. on the Issues of the day. A large and enthu- eJaiatlc crowd attended. Botlh genqiemen ndvwoa'ted all the principles of Che Chi cago platform. Mr. Garrard has a good following In 'Shis county, ond will get at least a portion of Ms vote tn the assembly. Hr made a strong speech for himself and for Democracy. Mr. Little spoke In response to a re quest ot the county Democratic execu tive commlilteo. His address wn» • pa triotic and purely Democratic. T.V.s- oounty will go largely DemooroJttc tn the October eteetton. BIG DAY AT MONROE. Monroe, Sept. 4.—(Specltfl.)—Hbn Joe James and Luctus Mtddlobrooks ad- dreesed Utile people here today. As to currency, Mr. James adVoanted such coinage ns would give every dollar a equal purchasing power and contended fflin't the ratio was tmmateTiuiJ. Mr. Mlddlebrooks contended chat the Geor gia plaitform required the free coinage of silver wlwrtf the proper time urrtvell tor eudh oalaage. Mr. Mark Irwin, Populist, (billowed the Democrats, and advocated the currency plank of his party. COX AT COVINGTON. Covington. Sept. 4.-(SpeclaI.)-Capt. J. M. Pace, chairman of the Democratic ex ecutive committee of Newton county, In troduced the lion. A. 11. Cox, who spoke here today at the court house to a large audience. Hie speech was one of lino thought and full of good advice to all tried Democrat*. It had the right Democnitto ’ring about It. Hts victvu on the money question and the argument he made embraced the bi metallist doctrine according to the sound money construction of the platform. Hl- was, throughout his speech, thor oughly In accord with the administration. THE DAY AT CAUROLI/TON. Carrollton, Bcpt. 4.—ISpeclal.)—Ono of the largest of audiences greeted Hon, It, L. Berner nnd Hon. J. It. Conyers hero to day. It Is estimated that over 1,200 peo ple were out. Mr. Conyers spoke first. He advocated state banks burning notes for an Increase of the currency and stood on the Chica go and' Georgia platforms. Mr. Berner followed, molting a strong appeal lor pure Democracy. CAHANIHS 18 NO BULKER, FamtevUto, Slept. 4.-<r3pcetui.)—lion. W. C, Glenn and Hon. T. B. oitxmlss spoke here today to a crowd of Sf« Dem ocrats. Both opposed sliver unless coined on a parity with a-l'l President Cleveland's name was loudly cheered every time It was mentioned. ALABAMA NOMINATIONS. Nominations tor Congress In All tho Districts by tho Democrats. Montgomery. 6ept. 4.—In the Second district Hon. J. F. Stcilllugs was re nominated by ucolainatlon. In the Fifth Hon. J. E. Oobb was re nominated by acclamation. The con vention Indorsed the Chicago platform nnd tho construction placed on It by Cleveland. The nominee was Instructed to vote to uphold Cleveland to hla course In (Nd* aud currency. The Third district convention, after nominating Gou. George P. Harri son, paused resolution* unqualifiedly Indorsing tho present administration, the "people's president,’’ and closed with: "We commend his for Ills un faltering Integrity, hi* bold adherence to tho right, b'» uncompromising fealty to his party and to his country; and we look forward for such results from hi* administration as shall secure the fulflllmeu! of our pasty’s pledges ot Republican misrule.” HARlukON SUCCEEDS OATES. Columtiue, Sept. 4.—A special to tho Enquirer-Sun grates that the conven tion of Ithe Third Alabama congress ional district, held at Union Springs today, nominated unanimously Gen. G. P. Harrisoa of love county to tho full uilexpiivil term of Governor-eleict IV. C. Oates In . bite Fifty-third congress and, also, for the full ’term of ithe Fifty-fourth congress. CLARKE RE-NOMINATED. Mobile, ’ Sept. 4.—The first congress ional district convention mpt here today aud re-nomlna'ted Hon. It. H. Clarke, who had no opposition. The conven tion adopted s resolution which suys: “Wo heartily Indorse the administra tion of Grover Cleveland ns wise, pn- triotla and. in all things, lending to the Interest# of the people of the whole country.” THREE MORE GOOD MEN. Birmingham, Sept, 4.—O. W. Under wood of Jefferson wit* nominated on the first ballot for congress from this, the Ninth, district William (1. Denson of Etowah on the first ballot in the Seventh. •Manila Wood of Dallna In the Fourth district on the twelfth ballot. Gen. Joe Wheeler was unanimously nominated In Mio Eighth. In the Sixth district there socma to be a deadlock. Bankhead leads, with Foster itecoud. Long toll'd and Chap man fourth. Six ballots were taken, and no nonfiBallon may bo renched for two or tbrtge days. SOUTH Ot&OLriJA NOMINATIONS. Columbia, Sept. 4.—The Democratic executive epiwmi'ttco met here tonight and tabulated the vote of tho recent primary. Following tire congressional nomina tions: First district, William Elliott; Second district, W. J. Talbert; Third dHarriet, a. C. Latimer, incumbent; Fourth district, Stanyarn Wilson; Fifth district Dr. T. J. strait. Incumbenit; Sixth district, John L. MctLnuren, In- cumben'.;" Seventh district, Dr. J. w. Stokes. BOOKLESS JERRY’S CAMPAIGN. Wichita, Kan., Sept. 4.—Congressman Jerry Simpson opened Ills campaign in Mils city last night. Ho devoted most of bis time to the ‘'Republican enemy,” charging the Republican minority in congress with the icspoiiHlblllty for much of the legislation of the Fifty- third congress. To bhe Populist mem bers he credited the Income tax annex to the tariff blill, find said It was the only measure pissed in the interest of the masses, and he alleged that the people could expect no relief unless they elected Populists to con grass who are pledged to give tile country a cur rency bowed not only on gold and silver but on all the wealth of the people ot all Che land. Mr. Simpson spoke iicart- lly of woman suffrage. He was, appa rently, remarkably well and spoke with a strong voice nnd without effort. A SOUTH CAROLINA HORROR. The Criminal n White Man, the Victim a Negro Woman—Lynching Feared. Cheater, 8. C., Sept, 4—One of tho most horrible crimes ever perpetrated In any community has lust coma to light, linring occurred on lust Thursday In the eastern portion of thia counly. Claude Rives, a young while mail, committed tho crime, Ills victim being a negro’ woman, who would have be come n mother In about two months. The body was found In a few hundred yard* of Rives' home, with the skull crushed, the throat cut from ear to car and tho clothing burned up to tho waist. Rives' friends got him nwny nnd brought hint to this place, where he was placed In Jail tills morning. Gov ernor Tillman bus ordered Ihe military company to accompany tho prisoner back to tho scene of the crime to hold an inquest. Tho pcopid, both white and black are no highly Snrensed that lvwh- Ing Is feared. STEVE CLAY AT MADISON. Madison. Sept. 4.—(Speclol.)-Hon. A. B, Clay addressed one of the largest audi ences ever gathered at the court house. He made a good speech of two hours, which, was enthusiastically received. He advocated bimetallism at the ratio of F, to L' LAWSON ON THE PLATFORM. Montlcello, Sept. 4.—(Special.)—Hon. Thomas G. Lawson spoke here relay end stood squarely upon the Democratic plat, form as adopted at Chicago. OUERRY AT BAINBRIDOE. B&lnbridge, Sept. 4.—(Special.)—Hon.-t B. E. Russell and Dupont Guerry spoke here today to a large crowd. Both of these gcntleoven advocate the coinage of gold and stiver on a parity. JUDGE MADDOX AT BUCHANAN. Buchanan, Sept. 4—(Special.)—Judge Maddox spoke here today. His speech wax pronounced Oi best ever delivered In this place. Among other things, he said-. -T am tor A SMALL BUDGET OF FOREIGN NEWS The Situation in The East Becomes More Ominous as the Days Go By. CHINA iS MASSING HER TROOPS Th* Am«r!can Consul in lhiU||hBl Mity Hav* Gotten litmaolC In Trouble By Taking Two Japnn*** ipUt la flandi Loudon, Sept. 4.—A dispatch from Shanghai to tho Central Nows gtya: A largo uumber of Chinese recruits are arriving at Tien Tnln, where they are receiving ttMtr arms and equipment*. Tho provlnco ol Shnu-Tung Is showing much discontent and little or no sym pntby with tho war against too Japan aud is withholding too men. and sup plies which have been demanded of that section of the country. The au thorities of tho province, speaking In tho name of tho Inhabitants, regard the war like the actions of Japan as di rected against tho government nnd not against too pco-ple of China. On tho contrary, too people of Miinchurin are Intensely nntl-forelgn and nrgo tho most nctlvo opposition to tho Japanese, A mun was arrested ot Nling-Poo a day or two ago ns a Japanese spy and was tortured by having hl» ankles .broken. It has turned out that too mun was not a Japanese at all but a nnttvo of »outhopn China, who was on a pit- grlmgu to Foo-Chow. Two Japancso who wero arrested In tho Shanghai set tlement as spies wero surrendered yes terday to tho native officials by tho American consul. Tho foreign po-pu- latlou of Shanghai: nro very indignant at this notion. JTho Chinese authorities claim tho right to arrest Japanese with in the Unfit# Of ttie settlement. Tho Unlled States govetrnineiit lias Instruct cd Its consuls not to Interfere In any way In tho difficulties between Ohluu and Jnpnn. THAT IRISH FUND. Tho Circular Asking Funds Turns Gut to Have Been a Forgery, London, Sept. 4.—Tho subscriptions of Mr. Gladstone, Lord Tweodinouth and other English Liberals to tho Irish parliamentary fund, In respouso to n circular slgucd “Justin McCarthy, Wil liam O'BrlciU, John. Dillon nnd T. I’. O'Connor," bus led to mqulry, which proves thnt tho circular was a flrgory, designed to oomprotnlse tho MoCnrtliy- ltafi. O’Brien declares thnt ho knows nothing about tho circular. McCarthy accepts tho responsibility of taking tho English Liberal*’ contri butions, hut repudiates the circular. Dillun writes tout no appeal has been made I" any Eagllshmaii, much less to any member of tin- government, under too knowledgo or approval of tho corn- mittco of tho Irish party. Ho declines to express an opinion as to whether tho contributions of Gladstone qud Lord Tivecdmouth ought to bo accepted, hut expresses hope that tlio Imeldont will not Increase too scandalous wrangles of which Ireland has become thorough ly sick. In l-egnnl to tho statement made by Timothy Honly that tho Parnellltes hail been promised 2,000 pounds out of toe national treasury, Dillon says It Is an absolute falsehood. Healy himself, ho says, knows (hat there Is not tho slight- foundation for such n statement. SENATOR JOME3 A POPULIST, The Nevada Senior Senator Hira Left the‘Republican Party. Washington, Sept. 4.—The Evening Star today suyu: "Today furnished tt genuine vsenaatlon in political circles by. th* statement that Senator John p, Jones of Nevada, who hus represented hie state In the United States senate 'for over twenty-one ye cars ae a Ropi-jbil- oarr, has formally lonounced nls alle giance to -that party and cast hla lot with the Populist*. ‘Senator Jones has written n letter to his constituents, which will be pub lished In Nevada tomorrow and will ibu the llrat intimation to the people of that atito that ho has doffed the Republi can garment* which he has worn with such distinction so many yeans and will don the gnob of the third paj-ty. His intentions have been kept secret from all but W# rawt Intimate friends, end It wa« hi* Intention to have the announce ment .first made public In hla political home paper. With this end m view Senator Jones declined today to speak of the contents of his letter, but It is understood that his chango ot politics Is baaed almoot entirely upon the ques- tion of silver.” Senator Jones left Washington) today for New York. His vote makes toe Ne vada delegation Staidly Popullmjo. rwnator Jones of Nevada nuMionscs tlio •puhllcfillon of his letter announcing hla parting: with the Republican party. It is addressed to Enoch Strother, chairman of tho Republican state central commit tee of Nevada. Mr. Jones says: “Having become fully convinooa that tho Republican party organization ,'s unaltera bly opposed to tho free coinage or silver at the American ratio of 16 to 1 or at all except with the consent or foreign governl menls and at ratio to bo dictated by tjhem, 1 have to announce that I can no longer net with that party. I have not arrived at this conclusion without extreme re gret. It Is always painful to sever as sociations of long standing, but fidelity to my own convictions nnd my Impera tive duty, as I see It, to the people of Nevada), who have long and creamy; honored me, compel* me to tills course. "To my constituents I need hardly say that whatever change occurred in the relation between tho Republican party and myself la not a change in me. My opinions are, In every respect, what they have always been. I hold today, with *)\ the earnestness of the day of my election, everyone of tho principles, for whoso support In the senate, I was.tho fourth thive honored by my constituents with a zeal In that bddy. I abate not an iota of my conviction** with reference to thw beneficent influence on American indus try of the policy of protection. A pro tective policy I regard merely ns a means by which <the people of tho country may secure to themselves the doing or their own work In such volumo and with such complete variety nnd perfect co-onllnatlon of Industries ae to afford uninterrupted (tmiploiymerit for all. But while Cully con victed of the moral and material progress made possible for our people by their do ing their own work, I am no lea» firmly of the conviction that In the absence of a monetary system ihat will admit ot the quantity of money contitantly keeping pace with demand, It is in vain to expect such progression.” Jones declares himself a protectionist^ but he holds that tariff and nil other Is sues are subordinate to tho quosiUon of the money supply, WR8T3DRN HATLWAT OF Al*ABAJdA: Washington, Bept, 4.—A special from Montgomery says: At a mcetln'g of tlio directors of the WesU'm railway of Al abama, held here today, George C. Smith of Bt. Louis vwia elected presi dent and general mu mixer. This will result In the retirement of flip former president, C. II. Phlnlzy, and* General Malinger E. I#. Tyler. Mr. Smith was formerly general manager nf the Mis souri Pacific nnd Iron Mountain rail way- system. , A SMALL CYCLONE. Louisville, Sept. 4.—A small cyclone Struck the HOulhwe«teru part of tills ct.y at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon and did JIQ.OOQ worth of d nn.ige. That the destructive cloud was too high is the only reason tin* terrible hcones of the cyclone of IS00 were not repealed. A* It wai the peopi • living ,|| t.im vicin ity were nearly frightened to death and several of them had narrow escapes from being killed. Happily, however, there were no fafalltlv.s atrendlng It. POISONED AT A WEDDING. Madison, Mia*., Sept. 4.—Forty-seven persona were poieoned at a wedding party laat Thursday ulght. Watt W. ‘Moore died yesterday morning and his brother very ill. The other* Ore re covering. The^doeiors say the people atlng bolle£ custard. WYClIUg. i J11* _ 11 were poisoned t>> WANT J'ACKSON TO FIOIIT. Sioux City, Sept. 4.—Threo prominent buxinees men of this ci-ty, repreceatlng the Sioux City AtlSvtfo Club, will leave for Chicago tonight to endeavor to get Jackson *o t>\ Ka tor the proposed fight Aero. TO REVIVE THE TREATY. Madrid, Sept. 4.—Jt is re-asserted that negotiations have been open I'd hero for a modus vlvendl, or for n now commercial treaty between the Spanish colonics aud tho United States, In view of tin* m<,procity I real y between Spain and tlio United* States. VIGILtAINT DAMAGED AGAIN. Cowes, Bopt. 4.—Tho Vigilant hns met with another mishap. While mi passage from Portland to Cowes yes terday she struck a rock near llnK-n*- good Point and lost her ccntro hoard again. Howard Could aud Air. Royd, who wero sitting at'luuohemi, had a narrow m-ape from serious Injury. An tho boat struck tJio eruuk flow from the ccutrc board aud struck Hie corner of the tabic at which they wore fitting with such force os to break off a large piece of tho top of tho table. Tho cogs were torn from the windlass Wheels and the entire centre board apparatus was generally disarranged. dNMATlCfC IN A BAD WAY. Berlin, fcept. 4.—Prlnco Disjnurck’s houltli Is thought to 1m* Jeopardis'd by his anxiety over tho *x>ndlUon of his, wjfe, who hns been ill for weeks. Dr. Bchwcnnlnger returned today from n visit to Varsin. He reports that he found the ex-chancellor much depressed and in a slate of mental agitation that threatens seif.ous consequences, al though his pulse Is good and his phys ical condition fairly satisfactory* CHOLERA CAUSED A PANIC. Vlenau, Sept 4.—Numerous members of the Landwehr engaged in military maDeuvres In Buckowlnn, have been prostrated with an illness which re* snublcs cholera. It is stated that the merchants who have arrtved at Nljni Novgorod, Russia, to atteud tho great fjiY ;«n* I'-.mug <>u avomni -*f tin- mju<I Increase of cholera. Tho population has IxBcome panic stricken over the spread of the disease. DIRECTORS ELECTED. Montgomery, Ala . Herd. 4. —'The stockholders of th;» Athrnu and West Point and Western railroad held here today elected II. M. Comer, \Y. r. Hhellman, M. VL Smith. J. 31. Falkner. K. M. Green and A. M. Lady dlroeruto*. The? offices of prea’.ihmt ntul gebergC manager were consolidated aud <J. c Smith elected to fill the position. (NATIONAL BASEBALL GAMES. \A't Brofelkyn— It H B Brooklyn ... 0000000 1) 0—0 4 8 Oltfvtffcml ..0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0—8 12 0 Baitt«?rles—S'belni an'di Dally; Cuppy; and O'CSonflior. At New Yortc— K H K New York ....6 0 0 3 2 0 0 8—14 M S Pittsburg ....3 0 00 5 1 0 0 4—1H 15 fi Batteries—Meekln o/nd Farrell; Mcne- fefe and Huuden. Ait BaUlmore— BHE -DaltAmore ...,1 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 x—9 11 S Ohloa’g'o ......0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0-.1 U 1 Baltterloa—Hemlrtg +iid Robinson; Terry omd Bchriver. DEATH ON TIIE RAIL. Andrew Wright Moots With a Horribla Death. Andrew Wright, a negro 24 yearo of age, was run over and killed by an East Tennessee freight train early yes- toiday morning at Blake’s brickyard cross lug, Just below tlio Macon cotton yard. From Uio boat Information that could bo gained of tho affair, Wright was on tho train and in some manner fell be tween the curs. Both logs were rut eft aud his thighs crushed so lluit he died In a few Minutes after tin* accident. After being run over Wright crawled about flvo foot from tho truck, whom no wus found in » dying condition. Theft are several conflicting stories n« to the mann<t in uln.eli Wright's death was caused, ono of which is that he was knocked <»f! ihe train with a ploeo of ooai i»y om» of tin* train crew, but. iiotiiing could be'^nind to support the rumor, nnd the opinion of tho cor oner’s Jury was that Ida dt*iih was purely accidental. Fre'her -invmtiga- tton will be made, butvc.er. FLOYD RIFLES. of LleiDt. JMer Hns Hmji Accepted. The Floyd Rifle* h«M their regular 'monthly meeting Monday utk’n’t and ao cepteti nhe reelgn.etlon of First. Lieut. W. O. Ikficr, who tendered his rtsig- n.xtlon on account of removalf rvm ihs City. The nhme of Commissary Sergt. T. B. Dhcvv hns been mentioned as Ideut. Holer's successor# nnd will tu all prob ability be elected. He is popular wlih oh*? company as weil tin vrlvn every body else and a thorough soldier. A better selfotton ociuhl not be had. The Rifles will not llst?a to any talk of the resignation of Cap(- Jlaro.-rn.in, who recently been itrtcted major of tho Second Reyhnenfl. and will do all in their power io keep bbu With It Is seldom tf>it such etrjng tiffectlbn is Seen anM| men os Huh Wnifei binds Cipt Hardomun and the Hiflei lo- THE AGITATOR, J, B. Osborn. Will Air Ills Opinions the Court House Tonight. J. B. Ortborn. who h:m achieved tv notoriety a* a labor agitator# and v. h latest ^ff'.rt Is to bourn the P pull wifi speak xt the court bouse tonlgl Mr. Osborn spunks In Foro/h ul but will come duwa and «nllghten thos*.- who itc-I disposed to hear him night.