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Newspaper Page TextTHE MACON'TELEGRAPH I MACON, GA., THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 6. 1894. lull r, | illicit't FOREST FIRES STILL RAGING Tho Small Towns of Minnesota and Wisconsin Are Suffering for Food and Medicines, , DETAILS OF HORRIBLE SCENES On* Man With an Eym Burned Ont Car rying Another Who Has Both Feet Burned Off— Appeals for Aid Sent Out. Cloquet, 10 a. m.—The smokesls so dense that it is Impossible to see clearly twen ty feet away. Even buildings are Indis tinguishable across the street The smoke Is so dense that the' pain resulting to the eyes is almost unbearable. It Is utterly impossible to distinguish even faint outlines of buildings 400 feet away. The appearance la that of the densest fog, and / vessels arriving from down the lake report navigation a very serious matter and collisions narmwly averted. This smoko is believed to be from fires In brush and dead timber in the imme diate vicinity of Duluth. In all, about 600 refugees are now listed here by tho re lief committees and the lists are not com plete as yet. Nearly 200 people have al ready been sent back to Hinckley and Sandstone, who are not included In the above lists. More wHl be sent down to day. The temporary relief fund sub scribed here grows and now reaches over 110,000, of which all but $100 from Two Harbors, a little village near here, comes from Duluth people. It ‘s estimated that hot less than $330,000 or $400,000 will be re quired to keep the poor people until they can get some returns for their own ta bor on farms next summer. Many are going to work here In this vicinity on railroads and in the woods and mills. On arrival of a train over the DuluUi South Shore and Atlantic railroad at noon today came the statement that at the village of Marengo, ninety miles east of Duluth, the bodies of six persons were found, who had been burned to death dur ing the night. Offers of aid to sufferers, both in cash and goods, are ••coming in from distant states. Taoomo, Wash., tel egraphed this morning, asking if aid was needed, but vna answered by the mayor that Minnesota would be aple to take care of all and to rehabilitate the destroyed property to a large extent REPORTS STILL COMING. Duluth, Sept 6.—Reports still come in from towns to the southward reporting fresh fires springing up. Early this morn ing It was reported from tho railway Junction and saw mill town of Carltdn, twenty miles south of here, that fire me muced the town, but later, after strenu ous work, it was beaten back. Brief roos sages from surrounding towns are as 111- lows : Kerfick—Fires surround the town, but there is no wind at present, and so long as quiet continues the town Is safe. Most of the people have left. South Superior—The fires near this town last *£1£ht were all put out Rumors are current here that Iron Rivers, Wis., Is burning, but they ore probably not cor rect. In this city tho smoke is more denao and pugnent, showing It to be fr^ rearer fires than any yet. *&. * TELLS AN AWFUL TALE. Plrte City. -'Minn., Se-s*. 5.—A courier rode Into khls cflty late yesterday of- tttnbon •wCfch tui urgent request that medical aW and supplies be forwarded at once Ho Mora, a small town twenty miles weift of -here. The messenger. Henry Luther, wW that a down refu gees from Pokama were dying for need of medicine's. A call o* volunteers was mode. «>n\l In ten minutes Drs. Ntorton, Perkins and Allen and Miss Maggie ' McLeod, a -twined nurse from Toronto, Can., who has bceai ministering to the Buffering -here, announced that they were ready to go. A team of horses was hitched ito a farm wagtail and at 6 o’clock tho start wa3 made. As the rood -was crowed bv the trail of lire their way la extremely difficult, many trees obstructing the way. The 9tory told toy tihe messenger brings to light hitherto unpublished horrors of the do- vnstation. Mom Itself escaped desrru'.- tlon and the human beings whose lives ore ebbing away hi Its limits received their injuries at Pllccville, nine miles to the -north. Lute Saturday night the lenders of those who fled from there arrived n<t Mura. They were burned, tout not badly. Nevatriheloas they kept Dr. Lewis, the only physlcl.vn In the neighborhood, busy and made serious Inroads Into Iris stock of liniments and medWnes. All Monday fcney suagglcd In, but Monday night a band of fifteen half-cboked human belngj stumbled in to -the village more dead than alive. They had not had a mouthful to e$-t since Saturday night and In toeir reas- OR-toereflt condition lost their wiy In the tangle of tolackemed Btuinps. One man with an eye burned oat and the cth*r nearly sightless, but despite his agony, the wbrcmgont of the party, was carrying another whose feet h.ul been burned off. A worntam had taken off her skirt to keep the flies and mosiul- tos from her bleeding hea l. Dr. Lewi* did all he could to alleviate the agony bf the unfortunate*, but his inodtclnos gave out and finally he, alter three days of lncessanft work, surcumbcdavnd was unable to do more. Then the ap peal tor aid was sent. The courier also n.iid six more bodies were found ut Po- k-ima yesterday. There were )is Inhab itants In Pokfitiut. Twenty-two bodies of the dead heve been found. FIVE BURNED TO DEATH. Winnipeg, (Man., Sept. 5.—Fire Is burning bn tooth stdee of Rainy Lake and along Rulny river. Large tracts of timber have been buwied on the Cana dian Hkle. A WMB arid four* children were -burned to deaftto. The five Jumped the Rainy river from the Minnesota to the Canadian aide. All settlers back of of Rainy river have been burned out, losing everything. and several lives have been last. BAKED GAME PLENTIFUL. Aiihlsnid. Wis., Sept. 5.—(Homestead•'rs near Marengo reporlt (twenty-eight deer burned In one bunch whore they had hutklle together In a green thicket and Buffura-ted. Baked rabbits, partridges and porcupines *axe numberless. In s QUMd five miles square 4n the town of Marengo thlnty-two homestead-th lj*t everything, and but flhlrty houses rent tin. Provision* have been already sent -to Marengo. DUpitobea from Sanborn today an nounce: This irim Is nil night, but It been u hard fight The town Is full of refugees. The majority of thbue peo ple h«ul to nrun for Uhe4r lives and only ved Dhe clothing filmy hud on. There were u’bout twelve or fifteen houses be* tween Sanborn and Bib on that were burned. ‘No (trains have arrived since’ Saturday and we do not expect any be fore nexjt Friday or Saturday. James Barga-n, who walked In from Shores OrosMing last ivight, rejMrts that place in a im-c.w’i-oiw condition again. Flren were (burning within a few feet uf 'the town last night, but the absence off -wind gave :£he people a good fight ing ohan-ce to save property. The Brule correspondent telegraphed the following (tonight: “News has Just bean roce4ved of (the burning of honte- 'eaus and logging camps along the fires This is the news from the vicinity of Pont Wing and Cle-avcAlau: Informa tion flnom Porft<VVtng this morning is to the effect that nearly one-third of that place has been destroyed by the fires, but the fire Is advancing on other sides. The place Is no* >e«t but of danger. Tnon River, a thriving town mid'way beaweeni -Ashland und Duluth on the Northern Paiciflc. has anticipated the march of .the fire mud sent out a small reglmem of voluntteer firemen this af ternoon to cut off the flumes by build ing back fires. iron River was com pletely wiped out by fire tiwo years ago and -the citizens are alert. Qleavedau Is the Object of anxldty (to* night. THE ROOTS OF TREES BURN, fft is not knlown ho-w ShlloCi has faired. Fire Chief Scott of the Ashland fire de partment. has been out all day super vising the wtork and providing battler protection agaibndt ttoe advancement of the fires upon Ashland. A bntak wind set in this.afternoon, causing consider able exettment and apprehension from everyone. Tho paftfti of -tilie fires has thoroughly destroyed vegetation. Fires can be seen totaling from Ashlund very plainly. It Is almotft ImiloaattMe to ex tinguish them, ns die very roots of the trees burn and coals become' imbedded bemxUth *the trunks of the trees. It ra Oaimgenoais to leave Ashland for over three miles. The moot critical position of the day was between 11 a.ml 4 o’clock, when ithe wind -was strongest. If the strong winds of today continue tomor row. lire® will break out again In nil of -the burned districts. GREAT DESTITUTION On account of the large amount of destltu'tl'jn to look after there has been no orguoration for looking after set tlers thiat ’are placed among the miss ing. It will probalbly be several days bdPore an organized effort along thut Hne can toe put fonah. At Shores Cross ing, which -was burned ait the same time Phillips went up in smoke, deter mined efforts were neccsairy to prevent a second burning Hast nflgh’t and today. Three hundred -men, thoroughly or ganized, 'are keeping back tho flames from the newly constructed houses. The flames wore witlrin 300 fedt of the town at one time last night. This illus trates (the fact thait one or two burn ings does not prevent a repetition of fires. ■ FIRE SURROUNDS AITKEN. Aitken, Minn., September 5.—Fires are around three aides of this town and the fire deportment Is -at work. One boy Is* reported burned to driath from the township of Ntordlanti. There is hot one foot of untournfed land from Alt- ken to Mille Lac Lake, a distance of twenty mllea south, -while the extent of t-ho burned district north and south through the pine woods is unknown, but settlers for fifty miles reported fiVe beyond them and burning fiercely. COM pleTjsly WIPED OUT. ~ lOhlppewa, Falls, Wis., Sept. 5.— Fisher Mcadowa, near Es'tella, a small •etJtkhnenft. wna -wiped out today. The fire to said to be runntlng towards Mur ray, Where danger Is apprehended. LOOKING FOR BODIES. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 5.—A message from Partridge, on -the East Mlnireedta railroad, says thtut at 6 p. m. a special train left there for Dululh bearing the forty tof thirty explorers that left here dayi ngo under the leadership of W.T. Bailey to scour the country on both eldes of ithe track Ihto wh^ch no one else hajd penetraited. Bailey reports thait he discovered twenty-three bodiefc of settlen* scattered over a wide ex- terit at country. Moat of them were Identified. They -were all burled with out even being placed In a bbx. Six dhlldren and two women, who were in a dtettf'ttuite condltdon. wore found and are bedng brought An. On the train nre oWa Mrs. Blldeau and Mrs. Lefevre, fitch w-lth (two children, all of whom (wre picked up at Sandstone. Nothing but a adod. wind Is needed to fan the (forest fires around Cartton, a place of 1,000 tovhflJMtartts. twenty-^two mlletj west •on the Nail thorn Pacific. Into a blaze ■thait Will destroy the tbwn. ABOUT 625 LIVES LOST. (Pine Olty, Mln-n., Sept. 5.—A careful estimate of the number of lives lost a* Hlnckhy places the tatn-1 at 275 nnd tho tolW In Itch burned district at 625. EVENTS IN ELBEUTON/ The Schottoi Open Auspldous'y—New Oatton Coming in—Death Eleberton, Sept. 5.—(Specfal.)—The El- berton Institute opened Monday under flattering preopeom, with tho largeut attendance of any fall term in the his tory of the college. Prbfes»ar Thomas, tho new proMont, has been here Bey ond days, and he is recognized as one of the iberit educators in the shite. A large number of students will matrtcu- hi*to nexit -week. There Is a fine dorps of tei-ohers at the college and there ‘ already a large music class. The People's hlght school, under Profes sor Looney, opened up under good pros pects. Good teachers are In all the " partments and it bids fair to bo an oellent school. Mr. J. W. Herndon, a prominent farm er of this county, bought In the first bale of new cotton of the season. He sold to the firm of Gardner, Arnold & Co. T cents per pojnd. Today Mr. Tom Wall, another enterpria lng farmer, brought in the second bale. Mr. J. I. Chandler, a populir citcen or Elberton, died at bis boefie Monday morn- liHf at 10 o'clock. He has many relatives in Kiberton to mourn his death. It has cast a gloom over the town. SACRIFICED HIS LIQUORS. Market, Tex., Sept. 5.—A great rc- v-viii under the auspices of the Method* kH (tonnil has been going oa here. Among the coaverts was J. W, Brooks, a sal'xm keejier. To prove that lie was sincere iu his profession, Brooks took h‘n **utIn* stock of liquor* out into the public square, poured the liquors out and set fire to the boxes and barrels. He also consigned all his licenses to the flames. JS. crowd of 300 wltne the performance, which wax condu with Impressive religious exercises singing. Tho stock of goods was val ued ut 41,000. THE VIGILANT WITHDRAWN. Cowes, Sopt. 5.—The Prince of Wab wired fr«»ui uoadmrs this morning that h** approved of the decision of the sail* log committee of the Royal Yacht Squadron *o accept Mr. Gould's witl drawrtl of the Vigilant’s challenge f< the Cape May cup. A DRAW FIGHT WAS DECLARED Dempsey end McCarthy Fight a Twenty Round Contest Which Was All in Jack’s Favor BUT THERE WAS NO VICTORY D.(npa.y Did All the Fighting, and th. Twenty Hound* Came to a Close With McCarthy fladly Dlsflg- ,«ted but Still In Che Ring* CONTEMPT CASES • AGAINST DEBS And the Directors of the American Railway Union Called in the District Court. A BRILLIANT ARRAY OF COUNSEL One Hundred Witnesses Summoned—The Defendants to neTrlod In a Body — 1 Telegrams Ordered to Bo Brought Into Court* New Orleans, Sept. 6.—Jack Dempsey and Billy McCarthy of Australia to night toujfht lu the iir^i.1 or the audi torium of the Athletic club. Both men were wirffully trained, the ex-nonpa reil having rltted htmeelf on the const of Georirtu stud hi the gmyanstuin of the Young Men's Gymnastic Club of this city. McCarthy has been in con stant training for two months at Capt. Smltih'a quarters, In the upper district f this otty. Both men entered the ring, followed by their seconds, each receiving a good share of applause, but the gireetlug giv en to Dempsey showed clearly that Ills friends were in the majority. The sou rest jvas confined to twenty rounds. In- etrested spectators were Bob Fitzalm- mouu und Stanton Abbott.. McCarthy and his seconds entered the ring at 9 o'clock, and was soon fol lowed by Dempsey nnd bis aids. John Duffy entered the ring a mo ment inter und took the position of ref ree. Dempsey was the first to weigh, fix ing the scales himself. Ho weighed 146 pounds. MoOurcny tented the stales, weighing 164 puuuds, 'She exact limit. Time was called dit 9:15 o’clock. The men advanced to the center of the ring and the fight began. First ruund-iJiacK led for the stom ach. Dempsey missed ilgut swing lor the head. Mack was on tile aggressive. Dempsey stored a body blow. Both fauded heavy swings on the head. Botn lauded lert on Jaw, and both ucoixd heavy swings. Second mound—McCarthy scored ,a right on the body. Both landed blows on the head. The Austwillun was fight lug nialuly for tlio hotly and Dempsey for *iihe bead. Dempsey missed a left owing for the head, but,caught die Australian oa the nose a moment, later. Dempsey' scored a heavy blow on the peek, ami landed on tho body u moment later, but received a left hander. McCarthy caught a heavy left hand swing on the Jaw. This was Dempsey's round. Third roumd—Dcm-pscy landed a left -n .tlie 10-WI- and the men clthctied.'Mc Carthy missed two vicious rights, but ran Into a heavy right on the Jaw. Dempsey landed another right on tho Jaw, nearly knocking McCarthy down. Tho Australian received terrible pun ishment in this,round. Deinsey scored n left on lire nose. Fourtlfc round—Dempsey landed a heavy left on his opponent's nose and' got away. Both men scored blows on tile head. McCarthy messed n left lead for the body. Dempsey lauded a heavy swing on the stomach, and the right a moment later In the same spot. Mc Carthy ducked into a heavy uppercut and gut If again with the right on tho head before he could recover. This was DempBey's round. Fifth round—Both men missed and y to Hhc ground. (McOj-rthy n «trlY f«l through the ynu r^l* , to lB nd it right blow. S. 1 ***" 1 reipealtcdly in this soored a lew on 'the nose turd «. right on the body. Demn- rtmhs r S?,a n0 iV h * IU landed fiFnt end left on the face. blxith roiymj—McCarthy was the ag- grearor Dempsey landed, a left on the Jaw Und on the ( txAly a moment later. 'Dempsey seemed ulblo to soore body blows at will. McCluthy avoided a heavy swing iihut mwrTy lifted Demp sey off the ground. McCarthy caught u left In the Jaw, buit mlsed a similar blow a moment later. Both men land- ©d hoavy 'body punches, fieverath rountj—-Tlii-e Tnon commenced Lmded a lieitvy toakly toloh\’ after t'he brc\ikawviy. Me- oartihy forced Dempsey inlto the ropes ami HUM a heavy righ t on the bt'ad. Dempsey scored a Stomach punch. Mc Carthy's swings were very wfld. Both men landod body Wows, hua McCarthy rcodived a viotous right wbnhout giving a return. Dempsey landed a right on race and li'.-.nl and bad much tbs beat of the round. Etghlth round—McCarthy clinched Vo avoki punishment. McCarthy missed a rtg-ht-band swing and 'tilie men nearly fell through ahe ropes. Deimps?y C on- ttnired Ms terrific right on t5ie body. Both men ktn-led lefts on the head nnd fea on the ropes. Beventl clinches In 'this round, mainly due to Dempsey's genersHship. Deintoeys landed two rights on the Jaw Just as time whs called. Ntnth round—Both men tanded bltAm on the head. Dempsey scored a right on the face, and as aims v.-.is called scored heavy Wit tend right on body. Tenth round—Both men landed body blows and Dempsey clinched. McCar thy lauded two heavy rights on the head, but got body ptmebMJa return. Dempsey scored ft fwdyl'punA that could be he»ir<l all over the afen.i und missed the return. McCarthy reertv-d two heavy rishts over the heart, und Dempsey clinched. Detiimey landed a heavy light on the nose and a left on the body. KlevenUi round—Do mosey landed Ms usual right body punch lend npsMl H again a moment later. The men clinched and Dempsey landed a rlgfci: on the nose. Donfpsey handed a right on the body and hit hti opponent one, cwo 'Xiree In the corner. The men were fighting very fair. Dempsey uu-gen- crar.-ed his opponent at every point. Twelfth round—Dempsey had i .-early the bent of the twelfth round, hitting his opponent ut will. From rte thirteenth to twentieth round Dempeey dM -Ml the execut'.oo, landing right and left, but he could not kn**ck out Ms game opponent. The fight was declared a Jraw and the purse, 62,000, -.vas dirtied, BOliaUtDrNG TI1K CAPITAL. AmstenLim, Seqit. Tlio Dutch war ships nn- InnLapllng Mnlnt.nn, capital of toe Island of Isjtnljolt. Tlr-y have dmlMyed the raj.ill's palace* and have expelled tin* baJinez. Chicago, Sept. 6.—Tho contempt case against Dugeue V. Debs, George* W. Howard, Sylvester, KuUlhcr, L. %V. Hagers, Jmnes Hogan, W. 33. Burns, Leroy M. Goodwill, 1. W. Hlllott nnd J. F. MoVenn, directors of the American Railway Union, came up In tho United States circuit court 'toady before Judge Wood. The detendahte are accused of violating the injunction Issued 'by Judges Wood and Grosscup during the recent strike, which restrained the American Hallway Uulon uud ail others from auy Interference with the malls or with interstate commerce. It Is moot particularly urged Iff th* cases of 'the ollloers of ithe union that the injunction was repeatedly violated by sending 'telegraphic orders to strike and iu other ways. All of the defend ants Med answers In which they denied specifically the chargee preferred. Over 109 witnesses have 'been subpoenaed by the government, and the array of legal taleut on both sides Is a brilliant one. Ex-Distrlcti Attorney MlJchrist and Edwin F. Walker will load Iho prosecution,• while W. W. Erwin und 3. S. Cregory will appear for the defense. At 'iho opening of the court today, Attorney Erwin, for the defense, an nounced that ull were In court, except President Debs, who wits declared to be sick ut 59(9 Priucetou avenue in this city. The coupe decided that (Mr. Debs' piesenee was not necessary. Edwin F Walker, chief counsel lor the govern ment gold the court that since .Tilly 26, from which date tho contempt pro ceedings were continued, supplemeiriul information had been filed agttlusr Ho gan, Burns and outers. At that time the Judge on Uto bench dehled'a mo- ■ tion tnado by the diefcndmit*. Debs. Howard, Ketllhor und Rogers, to dis miss the charges. A'l'tornoy Gregory stated that the supplmtehrul caues would be proceed ed wWt tile saino way, a motion to dhmlss them being before the court. These are the. cases against tho re maining directors. lilr. Gregory said he believed tho court would-of course deny thuTnotlon, and the court said he would, and that If ho found on examining tho supple mental Informailou any reason for a different decree from Hint In tho orig inal case, ho would change his decree accordingly. OIr. Gregory then moved for a trial by Jury, but Judge Wood denied It. sn ilio ground that this was not u crim inal procc-t'ding. ■ Ex-Dlstriet Attorney MUdhrlst retld the supplcmentayl Information. At this polut, John D. Miller noted MA presence on behalf of tho Santa Ft, road, which is one of tho roads alleged to have been Injured by the notions of the defendants. Various legal points were raised, but Judge Wood declined to listen to them. Ho Bald: "The UHsenoo of all ihrae case* Is whether the defendants have vio lated un Injunction Ireued by the Uni ted States court. That Is the import ant puhjt In those oases." The court decided that Ml of tho cases against tho various defendants should bo triod as one. nnd the cose of tho Baste FV) should go along with those of tho government, and witnesses for one bo considered as witnesses for both. The drat witness called wns Edwin M. Mulford, manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company. He wns flukod to produce certain telegrams in court, tout refused -to do no until tlio court ruled on It. The court ruled that thep mu»t toe produced. Then u num ber of objection* were ramie by tho counsel for -the defense on lecholcal poln*ta. # They fought over every step of t«o way, nnd It wan evident that there would bo a bitterly contested lew,! to‘i»ttto. Finally, the wltnesn wn« permitted to rend a telegram which r>a<.4c J between Debs nnd Pbetan. Ob- jectlonn were offered io all telegrams on the ground that they were not sunil cfewtly Mcntiflod. 1 "■*"». *»e examine- tion or Mr. Mulford wjik continued. Nu merous other tcleyrramH slgnM “E. V Bebs were product. Tho witness had no knowledge of any of them save that they wore- filed In tho telegraph office, Juojc* Woods *wj<l the Kovermm nt would nave to offer supplementary - evidence to prove that tho telegram* were nctunlly F by Debs. All wer« paid for by tho Amvrlcan Hallway Union, ruvl bore initials showing that they were sent from the Revate house, where Debs boarded at tho tlmo the irie«>.i K f* was =ent A t^am whm read from division Superintendent Seal of tho Mobile • nnd Ohio railroad, asking Dobs to “please rs- leoso the boycott,” on that road. To this Debs replied that he woutfi do so If tho road was not a member of the general managers iisaoc laMon. On being assured ^ *** not * Debs •‘dlscd tho state of sclge on the Mobile «.n.i Ohio railroad. When court adjourned i>ntll tomorrow, Mr. Mulford was atilt on tho stand. GOV. WAITE RENOMINATED. DomociUls, Populists and Republicans Trying to Name CandMoitos. Pueblo, Col., Sept 8.—Tho state Pop ulist eouvcntkra of Ctforutlo reconvened tills morning. It reported In favor of seating tlio Wntte delegation from Ara- pko county. TUo autl-Watto people tried to precipitate a riot, but were compelled to restore order. The tem porary organtelio-n was mado perma nent and Governor Wnlto was renomi nated by aeel:imatl(*i. I’.tiiileiiue.i.um then broke loose In the hal. Eveny place on itho 'ttekat is being hot ly contested, bat the best of feeling pre- v.uto. Alt tnMirfstht Only *hreo eandl- daitos had -been nominated, and the out look wbs that the oonventU.n would r.at finiah atB labors before dayllsfht. The candJlaltre nominated up to midnight are: 'Governor. Davis H. Wal'.o of Pit kin county; lieutenant governor, S. W. H-anoxon of Aiuphoe county; state audi tor, 6. L. Lincoln at Boulder county; olerk of the supreme count, Thomas C. Kurtxof Moorchead: chief Justlco of the Bupreme count, Senxmve Snrfth ct Mln- nuanolia: usjootalto luutlce of the eu- preme count, John W. Willis of St. Paul. The waraM npprouen tu fusion was tho irommaltlon of J. W. Willis for asisncdnte Juauee, Willis is also on tho Populist ticket. JN VIRGINIA. Richmond, Sept. 5.—Thu majority fac- tlo n of ithe. Republican dbnuulttco of tills congresslotul dlstnlct today ttsued an address namliutlmr Judge Edmund WathJlIl for oongreas. The address de nounces (the ncitlon of the minority In o:i1llng n. Gletnjct convoittl'on to make u nomdnhtton. Tlw Itcpubltoan congTesslonjal con- vencton tor i»he El'gh'th district, which met nit Manassas Today, nominated P. H. McOauH Of Culpepper county on tho seoond hailtot. McO&uOl -wua tn'tcnuil amtW caheator «t Lynchburg tinder HanUion, arid Is a brother of tho Woll- Hnown opens mrrtrger, John A. Mc- Cv.ntl. JIN IVLABAMA. Birmingham, Sept. 6.—A epec-.Ul staff correepOndenlt Of t'he lAgc-Hemld. in'a. special: from Gulan, suya utter 105 bal lots for congressman *n 'the Sixth dis trict Tho convention adjourned uadi tomorrow. Banklrdud 11m In the lead. A special from OUlera says: William Ii". Ahlrhsh waa nomlrwited by tho Repub licans of tho Pounjit congrcslonul dls- 'tnlct 'lol ly. lAWnich Is m 'targe property owner ewd president of -the Montevallo Ooa-1 Oompiasvy. IN -NEW HAMPSHIRE. Concord, N. II., Sept. 5.—The Repub lican State convention met here today. Charles II. Bartlett Of MmrcCrest-er pre sided. 'honlre A. BuSlel of Laconia was nombn'a'jeil for governor. At tho Sec ond dlftrlot congressional Republican convon'tlon Henry M. Baker wits nom- liwiti-cl by uvi-l'un.utlon. ■ IN MISSISSIPPI. Boss Ohrlsitlnn, MdsB., Sept. 5.—The Sixth Ulstrlot Democratic convention is In a deadlock. Stockpile 15, Martin 9, Benny S, Goran 8. HARMONY GROVE WINS. Th« Winder UaaebaTl Team Defeated In cb Good Galnve Ye^Lerday. Harmony Grove, Sopt. 5.—(Spedal.)— Tht?re hIlm U’blg g*«nie of W.vst 4 b:ill hero ye.sdwvkuy between, Uw Winder team -and the local flret mine. The Winder team (h»aa irevw before -been dcf'M'ieil and put up tho be^t gajmc poiaalblc. Its baiutery coiuLstcd of 'Dun and Willi ford of Oomcr, and tbUr work w»ih good. Qutt’lllajn. "t'he one-^armed won-^ der." -suiwl lire ever rellublo Scott Juck- HOU whm Mil* Grove'H battery, «ml rl«*h(. nobly dbd 'they zuktaln thorn selves. Tho eoorc 'waa 10 »to 7 in favor of Ilurmuny Grovo. The boyw feel Justly proud of haviffg ‘the 11 rat g’.une evor taken from the Wlridera. WHAT 18 GOING ON IN WASHINGTON The Populists Welcome Senator Jonet Into tho Ranks of the Party of , Visionary Schemes. THEY NOW CLAIM THE WEST And Thai Will Hold th. Bnlnnss of Power in the Hen»t«—S«Yeral Re* publican* Bounced By Sec retary Corlltle, FIRE IN PIONDLEI’ON. BuMnctw Part of Half a Block in the T Pemlelton, S. G, s-|»t. 5.—There wan & very dtorcrtroiw fire he^ yt. terthy and now half t block m the principal part t»f the *a>wn l* in rufcn3 The ftre ori*m «-1 in the ittorehouae of Edward HnriWi nnd cx»ende<l from ttorte to (the i> lAo^ttne. Th*' storerooms otf J. H. ft W. T. M /unco, »i *xt caught and was entirely conmiptfd. By hard work tthe furniture store -^wiied by if. P. fiiUon <wua oavni. HniH:»'g vH/xe an>l goofa were all !o»t. hir he carried $3,200 Incur: nee. Nearly every thing fn the portoffloe vraK euvod. Maunce’a kea !■ trinuted ax $3,000; irwuiancc $1,600. The Origin of *h' (Iif la jnktio'vn, but R la soppotMil t«i hi Vo been the work of an m • »/dhry. There ino no Insur ance on kb* lA.riofn*:- bull! uf or the one OQciii^ed. by Mounce, BIG FIIIE IN KNOXVILLE. Knoxville, Sept 5.—Knoxville has JUBt Buffered from the large*t tiro ex perienced iu years. At 3 o’clock ttols morning tho largo tobacco factory of W. 0. McOoy nud tho livery Htnblo of J. N. MaBee & Co., on Broadway, were entirely consumed. Them ivero h«*v oral horstn In tlio Every stable, and theso wero saved, but tho flno caninKes and bugles wore destroyed. iNothlng about the tobacco factory was waved. Tho loss Is estimated at. Jt-to.ouo; liiHiiram-c .<10,000. Tho orltflu of tho tiro is unknown. STRIKERS WILL WIN. New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 6.—A break occurred In the ranks of tho tnanufactur- ctm # toiluy whl« n will n*t*ult pr .-bibly In Iho re&'jinptlan of work In ail tho mill* here next week. The directors of Jie Brio, tol corporation met this afternoon for thu purpose of taking action, looking towards the starting up of the mills. Jt was prac tically decided to do so on Monday next und the overseers havo been notified to report at that mill Saturday. DEMANDED THE PLATES. But the Governor Told the Secret Bervlco Agent That lie Could Not Get Them. Jackson, Miss., Bept. 6.—W. J. Burns, the speclsl agent of the secret service bureau of tho treasury department, who h*aH bom here for nearly two months, toJlay made formal demand upon the feovernor and auditor tor the surrender the p<ate« upon which the npeclal war rants over which the controversy between the treaeury ilepartment nnd tho state of MlHMlcHtppl wero printed. Mr. Burns first called upon thq-"vwernor, who declined to surrender the plfftrt | \ then to Auditor Stone, who llkewlso deidlnod. Mr. Burns statM that he hod performed his duty by making the <]emenil ns di rected, and hod nothing further to do but make hit* report and await further orders. In converaition with Governor Stone to- night, he said It had never been his inten tion to violate any Untied Slates stituti or defy the authority of the government, but to carry out In good faith the statute of the state of Mississippi and to pertonn his duty under that law oa he understood It. Governor Stone further says that h does not believe any Untied States statut han been violated, but express** perfect willingness to abide by decisions of courts In the premises. It Is bel.'i the plates aro wanted In evidence la n suit against a St. Louts bank note com pany, which printed the warrants. • PREAClSsKS iTTcOURT. Tit© Gnuid Jury in* Chattanooga Han Summoned Ministers to Testify. Chattanooga, Sopt. 5.—A number of the minister* of this city bar© recently boon preaching moral reform pennon and they have made sundry charges <i to what the evil consisted of, nnd whet It was going on In this city, theL* stati monts being frequently very seusj tional. Id vftvr ef Iftrift tlw grand Jm has bad a numlier of llenn sumieoned to appear iiehffc them to testify about the irregularities complained of. Washington, Sept 6.—Populists hers are claiming that great results will fol low in the Western states from Senator Jones’ defection from tho Republican party. They claim that Idaho will go for tho Populists, but Senator Duboia denies this, and also asserts that nei ther himself nor am* other Western senator will follow Mr. Jones* example. Tho other slates which will elect sena tors this fall, and which, It Is claimed, will bo moiro or less affected toy the ac tion of Senator Jonet*, aro Colorado, Montana and Wyoming. Ut Is within the rungc of possibilities that all of tho stiitca may have legislatures con trolled by ithe Populists,' and Instead of sending (back Republican senators will, elect Populists. Colorado has al ready -been carried toy tho Populists. The members of tho house of represent atives from Colorado belong to that party. in Wyoming, the legislature chosen two years ago failed to elect a euccesa- to Senator Warren, because tho Pop ulists held <tho balance of power and a combination could not be formed be tween either of tho other parties, nono hiving a, majority of tho legislature* The same is true of Montana, where a successor to Senator Ganders could not bo chosen. It le ueaerted by Re publican senators' that when congress reassembles a motion will be made in tho Republican caucus to remove Sen ator Jones Atom tho finance committee, and ao replace him by a Republican free silver advocate. When Jones' colleague, Stewart, some time ago announced his with drawal lulu Tlio ’Republican party, l>.i held a place on the committee on ap- proprlatlou*. He was removed and Teller put lu his place. / The Populists claim thab with tho leectlon of Tillman from South Caro lina. mud such ucoeMions to their ranks as ©com 'to them now .absolutely cer tain, 'they will JioW tho balance of power In tlio senate in 'the future. / ARRESTED AN ENGRAVTDR. 1 Washington^ .Sept. 6.—Olilof Haxen of the treasury wicitot service received a message today announcing the arrest In St. Louis of Secretary Smith of the St. Lou Iso Rank note Company. Tills com|r.uiy, It Will-be remembered, print ed and engraved tho $G und $3 warrants of the Htuite of Mississippi, which bors ft mtiklng similarity to UnKed States money. The president of the company will be arrested when ho neturnsato SL Za>u1«. In 'tile meantime, the United Btii/tc© district attorney at Jucksoa, Miss., is pivparlng a coho against tho htato of MlMsIsslppl, Gov. Slone nnd othors, In tho stfino case. Tho Missis sippi oflldalH refused 'to call in the war-' rants, tout tho fact that they had been declared HlcgY.i1 by the general govern ment, it Is said, had tho effect of de stroying public confldeuco in them as money nnd 'the bank* refuse longer to take them. BOUNCED ST7VDRL REPS. I Worthington, Sept. 0.—Secretary Car lisle -today called for tlio resignations or Peter S. Garretaon of Wow Jersey, Jmnes p. Lowe of fMIg^jglppl, and Frank Millikan of Maine, nil chiefs of rivtoribn In the architect’s ofllce, treas ury department. Messrs. Leaver, iiar- rlngton, and Beatty, also ohlor«4 of divisions in tho treasury de partment, who resigned by request some months ngo, 'but who have been .riwnirjnued, wero today notified that their service* would bo no longer re quired after October 1, next. Tlio places will b«* filled by putting chiefs of di vision id 'the oonqri.ro!lor'n office, ap pointed by Secretary Carlisle, who have been WfMated out of office by the pro visions of the. treasury reorganization whloh takes effect October L HIS PLATFORM! * ' . MoJ. Owen Submits a Fow Planks ta His Populistto Friends. From the Albany Herald. MaJ. D. J. Owen of Ty Ty, the erst- whtl«» drummer, who Is known to every body In southwwt Georgia, was lu the city yesterday and was woo In compa ny with some of the Populists who had come to attend tho Populist congress- loin convention. 'But When the convention met bo was not "In It.** While the Populist convention wns yet In sessioiL u Herald scribe accosted the Major wtb— *«Look hen*, Major, you are not one of the third party fellows, are you? "Well," said bo, dryly, as ho took th© scribe by tho hand and winked Ills off eye at unotiwr man, "I told 'em that if they would take a few planks tht I could give ‘om nnd mix 'em In with theirs, ho na to have a platform that everybody could fttand on, I would go along with 'em mid guarantee w'd win the tight. I told 'em to fix thedr platform up right and make a man’s note legal tender, and whenever one of these banks or gold bugs refused to lake It nnd shell out tho money for it, make mu h re. fitSal n penitentiary offense. And as to the government owning the railroads, I told ’i-iu Just tho thing to do wns Just »4j make th#* railroads free nnd let everybody rid© frt-o nnd ship his stuff free. Then, to moke the thing complete, I fold ’em ought to make all the hush house* fr«« end >mi*d *«n t-> k*-op everything flnr- c’aHS. so that when the pOv>ple were ruling about they wouldn't l>e bothered about getting grub nnd a pla<e to sleep t told 'em that 'equal rights to none and special privileges to all.* was what they wanted, and that If they'd Just fix up that sort of a platform and send me to conqrena I'd goiruitse that .hat In *hr*»f tlm< I d start a train of sixty cars from Washington loaded down with gr^inbn<kN, snd would s< attr-r It all niong tho route from Washington to Ty Ty."