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ESTABLISHED 1826.
MACON. GEORGIA TIJESBA'
furious waters.
People Drowned in Their
Houses in West Virginia.
TWENTY-THREE LIVES LOTT.
A Cloud -Hu rtt Sweeps tlio Courtry With
3Iuny Klvere, and IJom Va*fc Dam*
ng«) to Life and Property—
Graveyards Deatroyed.
Gnances o{ the government, placing the sur- euridge of Kentucky, llrewer, Brice, Bucks-
plus at one hundred and twenty-nine million lew, Burns, Burnett. Bynum, Felix Camp-
dollara. This, lie said, th-tild arrest the at- bell, Caiupbi 11 of Ohio, Timothy J. Camp-
tentiou of the country. It represented un- hell, Chandler, Carlton, Caruth, Otcblnga,
necessary taxation druwn from the people Chipman, Clardy, Clements, Cobh, Cockr.tn,
and pi ed uu in the Treasury. It was tnxa- Cullius, Compton, Cothran, Cowles, Crain,
lion levied upon the products of labor. Cox, Crisp, Cu.l.-rson, Cumminga, Dargan,
It was iniquiions, This enormous Davidson ol Alabama, Davidson ol Florida-
amount of mnu y was constantly lowering Dibble, Dockerty, Dougherty, Dunn, Elliott,
{ trices and piling enormous burdens on la- Euloe, Ermentrout, Fisher, Pitch, Ford, For-
tor and increaMtig Ihe benefits of the privi- nc y, French, Gav, Gibson, Glass, Grimes,
leged class. Unw long would it be before Hall, litre, Hatch, Ilayea, Heard, Hemphill,
stagnation would occur and bankruptcy and ' Henderson, Herbert, Ilolman, Hooker, Hop-
ruin flock together over the land? The ma-1 bins of Virginia, Howard, Hndd, Fnlton,
joritv had attempted to bring before the j Johnston of North Carolina, Jones,
llou«e a bill to reduce this taxation and les- Kilgore, Lafl’oon, Lagan, Landes, Lane,
JELYfrM
x*k—twelve pages.
VOL. LXII1. NO. 16.
WILLIAM’S TOUR.
Pittsburg, July 20.—Tlie Chronicle-Tele
graph spei ial from Wheeling at noon says
the loss of life fiom the cloud burst last
night is about twenty-five. About fifteen
bodies have been lound so far. The mouey
loss is about $160,0P0. The greatest loss of
life was a ong Wheeling creek and at Tria-
tlelphit. Search this morning resulted in
the discovery of a number of bodies near the
latter place. Most of them were found
among drift which had coliect-d at Elm
grove The body of William Gaston, aged
sixtv years, a prominent and wealthy person,
was'found near Elm Grove. Ilis wile’s re
mains were found two miles below Elm Grove
banging on a barbed wire fence. 'I liehody
ef Charles Caulbell, of ihe Wheeling News
I, tter, aged fifty, was found amoug drift
wood. Mrs Jane Fay and her two grown up
daughters, Alice and Mary, were discovered
a short distance below Triadelphia, and ihe
bodies of two brothers named Gorman were
found in a meadow, where they had been
hurled by the furious wuters.
SHOCKING DETAILS.
Wheeling, W. V., July 20 — Later and
authentic details from Triadelphia show the
destruciion was more appalling than any
where else. Fifteen families are homeless
and s.ved nothing but what they had on.
Half of this village of 6 0 inhabitants w as
swept awav, hut nil hut those before named
escaped to the hills. The storm extended six
teen miles cast of West Alexander, P.., and
the scene all along the way is one of desolation
and inconceivable horror. Where Triadel
phia school house, a large builiiug of six
rooms, stood, the creek is now a raging
flood, and not a vestige of even the fouinla-
ti n remains. The whole south half of the
town has tlisspp -ared as clear aa if it never
existed. The Wheeling relief committee,
which recently raised lunds for the Rowles-
burg sufferers,’expended the haluticc forpro-
visions anti sent them to Triadelphia.
The Baltimore ant! Ohio rai.way, Pittsburg
division is p actically destroyed for fifteen
mi es. Reports are coming in from all parts
of Ohio ounty this morning, indicating that
the storm was more disastrous to life and
property in the country. It cannot be stated
at this hour how many lives have been lost.
The loss in this city is known t > be ten, with
a number reported missing. Caldwell’s Run,
which passes through (lie eighth ward of the
city, was the scene of the greatest havoc.
Th'rrc houses were swept away and all the
iumatc« were drowned. They were Mrs.
Barbara St«!*»ll and son, Homan Stensell,
Alice and Annie Wingerlol Miltonburg, O.,
nieces of Mrs. Stensell, John Human and
Mrs. Thomas Hawley and four children. Her
husband was in the yard aud ras swept on a
hundred yards dowu the stream, but man
aged to reach the bank in safety. Only two
bodies have been recovered, those of Alice
Wingcrt and Mrs. Stensell. Mrs. Johnson,
a widow aged sixty, residing at Clinton, this
county, died from fright.
Later dispatches from Wheeling say twen
tv-three persons are known to he drowned.
Among tne number ana the aherUT of Mar
shall county. The cemeteries were washed
out aud coffins with bodies floated down the
river.
IN OHIO.
St. Ci.aiusvii.le, 0., July 20.—This place
and vicinity were visited lost evening by a
most terrific thunder storm, with violent
winds sntl rainfall that eclipsed the average
water spout. .Grain fields were laid waste,
grain swept away and growing coni i> not to
be seen. The Bellaire and St. Ciairsvillc
and the tjl. Ciairsvillc and Northern tailroad
arc aluio$t entirely washed out. The incom
ing tr,in on the Baltimore and Ohio was
stranded at Echo aud the traiumen and pi
stagers escaped as thcyiicst could with their
lives, the w.itcr, filled with drift, running to
the headlight of the engine. Several narro r
escapes are reported and it is feared a num
ber of lives have been lost. As yet it ia im
possible to estimate the loss, but this place
and vicinity are damaged not less than
$160,000.
RAILROAD LOSSES.
The line of the Pittsburg division of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad will have to be
practically rebuilt from Elm* Grove to the
Pennsylvania State line. Six costly bridges
were wa-hed away, and the track waa lifted
away from its bed and twisted into all shapes
for miles at astretch. In some places it ia
impossible t say what damage has been
done. There is only nu occasional gap on
high and solid ground, but the en
tire lied ia badly washed. Of course,
interest centres in the wreck of the Balti
more and Ohio bridgea over Wheeling creek
“ "sin street and the fatalities which at
tended that diaaster. Several of those on
me bridges were doubtless ntrangers in the
attracted bp curiosity, and their ab-
wnce is not noticed. So far as can be defi
nitely known there were four men and three
""vs not since heard from on the bridge
when it washed away? A 13 year-old son of
r.*U,J*l Ritchie aud 13 year-old boy named Ed
die Hathaway are misaing. The creek ia itill
dangerous wire bridges caved in. Telephone
•ml telegraphic wires arc down. The fall of
water from 6 to 6:65 p. in. by the gauge was
tvs inches. It is impossible to give any de-
Sjjy ®* the losses to-night for the reasons
,-■-“°e who suiicicii cannul estimate
ineir own losses si yet, and every resident
J* 'b* low ground suffered damage ranging
from $ldo to $ 0,060, while those on the hills
,, 1 valuable crops, fences, etc. The Balti-
more and Ohio company's loss
reach $15u,000 at the lowest
estimate. The county lossses
, bridges and school houses will go at least
5® *•6,010; the Wheeling narrow gauge rail-
road «5 (joo no,| th e Natural gas company ol
Meat Virginia $66,000; Chambers A Cp., Elm
urow coal works, $$,000 The city, on wash-
nil', bridges, etc., $5,0i 0; St. L. & C. railroad
> Wheeling aud Elm Grove railroad
*> UA) H. C. Hunter, brick manufacturer,
Jrt™! Front A Birehey, furniture dealers,
Bus city, $35,000.
flit's* oFuaraksuilATIVKl.
sen the inflow of money into the treasury.
By amendments made in committee of the
whole, the relative rate of duty had been
placed at forty-two dollars aud ninety-nine
centB on the hundred. This moderate hill
had been met by a storm of denunciation
and charauteriz d ns a free trade measure.
Was forty two dollars and niuety-uiue cents
an tlie hundred free trade? \\ hat Slate had
live per cent late of taxation? In the ma
jority of States it did not exceed one dollar
on tne hundred. The tariff of 1846 bud been
pokeu of as a free trade tariff. Mr. Mills
hen took up the hill in detai', beginning
<ith the chemical ichedules, where the rate
of duty had been reduced from $32.87 to
$2 i.l7. On earthen and crockeryware the
reduction had been $7 on the hundred. They
called that free trade. If $50 on the hundreil
was tree trade, in God’s name what was pro
tection? Sugar showed next to the largest
redu- tion in the bill, largerthan in hemp,
j'lte, iron and in everything except wool,
et the nill had been called a sectional meas
ure. To get six millions of protection on su
gar the government had to collect fifty-eight
millions of tariff duties. In provisions ihe
reduction was one dollar on the hundred.
More ft e trade. It was less than one dollar
in cotton goods. Was not that moderate,
the duly still remaining at $39.07? lathe
wool schedule the reduction was $20 on the
' uutired, a- d most of lira! li.ll lu-eii caused
yplacing woolen the trie list. Manufxctur-
r- would get free wool and forty per cent,
protection, or five per cent more than -tlicy
ow get, and still they say the hill ia a tree
rade in a-ore. Articlca union tiug to $20,-
(00,(Km had been placed on the free list, aoii
i ,,390,0.0 ot that was wool. Cotton hud been
the chief product of this couutry, >e» the
Re ubliean parly had put it ou the free list,
and yet they were right. But when it was
proposed to touch wool the combination that
made tlie protective tariff was struck, and
they said: ‘‘You shall not touch it” The
next article on the free list was tin plate,
$6,760,000, not a pound of which was pro
duced iu this country. The committee pro
posed to give this money to consumers, yet
their action was called free trade. If that
was free trade, make the most of it. Salt was
next, because few people were in
terested in its manufacture. The
committee was stigmatized as free
traders lor putting it on the free list. Bur
lap was not made in this country, and It had
been placed on the free list. Hemp and
jute made up $1,700,000 of the free list.
With all the milk that could be given this
baby industiy, it bad failed to grow. It was
dying and must toon disappear. The Re
publicans had used the same argument in
favor ol striking down the sugar industry.
Opium paid $4,680,(109, and it had been
placed ou the free list. Cotton ties and
bristles, the latter produced iu Russia, had
also been placed on the tree lit I. A too,I
iroduet, currants, that concerned no labor
n this country, had been placed on the free
list Yet the committee had been taunted
with being free traders I Their opponents
said, “if you want anything free, take a free
drink of whisky.” [Applause.] Taxes on
express companies, on telephone companies,
on ail the wealth ol the country have been
removed, but none of the taxes on labor had
been removed. Wool grew on sheep; there
had been much sympathy expressed (or
sheep, but the Democratic party sympathized
with men. It wanted cheap clothiug (nr the
people. The Republicans wanted the duties
kept so high thai neither wool nor woolens
could be brought in. With a product of
300,000,000 pounds and a need of 600,000,000
what were we going to do? The Democrats
jirono ed to let in wool free and let our
workmen make it up into clothing. The bill
was intended to benefit the condition and
increase the wages of laboring people.
(Applause.) The government should not
meddle with the people; they could take
care of themselves; they were the most in
telligent and best people in the world and
csuld give employment to all laborers if
Congress would but let them alone. Why
should we not have free raw material aud
have an opportunity to contest on equal
terms with foreign manufacturers? We
would have a fair field and an open fight.
It Is Declared to Have No
Political Significance.
WILD RUMORS IN THE FRENCH PRESS
Lanlnim, Lutlmm, Jaiwler, Lee, Lynch, Mc
Donald, Mahoney. Maish, Mansur, Martin,
Matson, McAdoo, Mc( lainmy, McCreary,
McKinney, McMillan, Mcit^e, Mahone, Mills,
Montgomery, Mncre, Morgan, Morae, Neal,
Nelson, Newton, Norwood, Oates. O’Frrell,
O’Neall, ot Indiana, O'Neill, of Missouri,
Outhwaite, Peele, Pennington, Phelan, Pid-
co-. k, Kayner, Rice, Richardson, Robertson-
Rogers, Rowland, Russell, of bins,
saebusetts, Rusk, Sawyer, Seott-
Scnev, Shaw, Shively, Simmons,
Smith, Snyder, Spinola, Springer, Stnhl-
necker, Stewart of Texas, Slc-vart of Geor
gia. Stoekbridge, Stone of Kentucky, Stone,
of Missouri, Tursney, Taulbec, Thompson of
California, Tillman, Tracey, Townsend, Tur
ner of Georgiti, Vance, Walker, Washing
ton, Weaver, Wheeler, Whitthorne, Wilkins,
Wilkinson, Wilson of Minnesota, Wilson of
West Virginia, Wise, Yoder and Speaker
Carlisle—162.
THE NAYS.
Nays—Adams, Allen, of Massachusetts,
Anderson, of Arkansas, Allen, of Michigan
Arnold, Atkinson, Raker, of New York
Baker, of Illinois, Bowie, Bciden, Biugham,
Bliss, Iloothman, Bound, Boutelfe, Bowen,
Brewer, T. II. H. Brown, of Virginia, Brown,
of Ohio, Juo. R. Brown, Brunran, Buchanan,
Burnell, Burrows, Butler, Iiutterwortb, Can
non, CasweU, Cheadle, Clarke, Conner, of
Ohio, Crouse, Cutcheon, Dalzell, Darlington,
Davis, Delano. Dinghy, Dorspy, Dunham,
Farquhar, Felton, Finley, Flood, Fuller,
Funstoo, Gaines, Gallageri Gear, Gest, (lot---
Grecnman. Gunther, Harmcr, Hughes, Hay,
den, llendersoiidpf Iowa, Henderson of Illi
nois, Herman, Hires, llitt. Holmes, Hopkins
of Illinois, Hopkins of New York, llouk,
Hovey, lluutcr, Jackson, Johnston t.f In
diana, Keane, Kelley, Kennedy, Ketchum,
Kerr, LaFol.ctte, Laidlaw, Lsiru, Lehlback,
Lind, Lodge, Long, Lyman, Mason, McCoinas,
McCormick, McCullough, McKenna, McKin
ley, Merrynmn, Milliken, John II. Mofla'.t,
Morrill, Morrow, Nichols, Nutting,
O’Donnell, O’Neill of Pennsylvania, Op-
borne, Owen, Parker, Patton, Payson, Per
kins, Peters, Phelps, Plum*', Fost,^ I’u gsley,
Keed, Rockwell, liomeis, Unwed uussill of
Connecticut, Ryan, Sawyer, Scull, Seymour,
Sherman, Sowden, Steele, Stephenson, Stew
art of Vermont, Struble, 8ymes, Ezra It.
Taylor, Jas. 1). Taylor, Thomas of Kentucky,
Ihouias ot liiiuuis, Tuuums of V/i.lOL.
Thompson of Ohio, Turner of Kansas, V»u-
dever, Wade, Warner, Weber, West. White
of Indiana, White of New York, Whiting of
Massachusetts, Wickham, Wilber, Williams,
Yardley, Yost—149.
The lolloping naira were annonneed in fa
vor of tlie bill—Hogg, Whiting of Michigan.
Beiiuuiit, Perry, Giovcrand Granger; against
the bill. Randall, Ileiatand, Davenport,
Spooner, Browne of Indiana, and \\ ood-
bum.
The*' anuounceme.it of the result Van
greeted with applause and it was with some
difficulty that Mr. Mills succeeded in quiet
ing his enthusiaitio colleagues long enough
to enable him to make motion to reconsider
and table, which was carried.
INCIDENTS OF THE BALLOT.
During the call of the roll, interne interest
was manifested on the floor, and many mem
bers, provided with roll-calls, kept tally as
each vote was announced. The first member
in regard to whose vote there was some
doubt who was leached upon the call was
Mr. Anderson, of Iowa, who was elected as
an independeutwlth Republican proclivities,
aud as he cast bis vote with the Democrats
those gentlemen vigo/ously applauded him.
The next man whose vote gained him a
round of applause was Mr. lllias, of New
York, and os he cast his vote against the bill
it was the Republican side that psid him the
compliment. Mr. Fitch, of New York,
when his name was called, replied
with a vigorous affirmative, which
gained him hearty greetings from the Demo
crats which were counterbalanced in a few
moments by Republican applause, when
Mr. Greenwau, of New York, answered iu
the negative. Mr. Merry-man, of Hew York,
was also applauded when he voted agmiust
the bill, but the greatest demonstration ac-
i Franco that It Means (lie Dlsarm-
t ,.t that Country—A Quarrel
Hit Ilio Vatican Over the
Italian Vist—Natalie.
• e «b ot Mr. Mills--Fawns* ot the Tariff
Hill—Randall's Letter.
Wakiunuton, July 21.—Crowded galleries
**d a rood attendance of members on the
floor greeted Chairman Mill* this morning as
rose in his place to eloee the long debate
n» ’he tariff LIU. Promptly at 11:30 a. m.
Ih * hill was called up, and Ur. Mills, after
offering two amendments, intended to correct
typographical errors in the bill, moved the
hrevions question on them end they were
sdopud.
SPEECH OP ML MILLS.
Ht then proceeded to address the House,
beginning by stating the condition of the
Coj yrlb\s by New York Associated Press
Bkri in, July 21.—Emperor William ban
quets to night at the Germany embassy in
St. l’elcrsbnrg. Only his staff, members of
tlu- emlutssy and a few German residents
®iII be present. To-morrow the Czar and
Czarina, the Russian grand dukes and other
members of the imperial family will lunch on
board Emperor William’s yacht. Tlie Em-
ju ror and his visitors will afterwards review
the Russian and German squadrons before
Ct"iisudt and then return to Peterhoff for
and parting banquet. On Monday the
G< rural squadron sails for Stokholm.
Tlie ]<• litical accomplishments of the Em
peror’.) visit remain unknown. Sentiment in
official circles tends toward the belief that
the nferview has not determined anything,
but i, reflect haa been to lessen the strain
betv - the Berlin and Petersburg foreign
official*, but it Is worthy of note that while
(fur' and Count Herbert Bismarck exchange
confidences at Peterhoff, the North German
Gazette and other organs
■ RENEW THEIR ATTACK
ncaiuei “the Russian spirit of aggression.”
An article in the North German Gazette on
Thursday denouncing I’ansl tvlsm as
a menace to the peace of Europe,
was ■ worthy of the warmest
period of the anti-Russian pres* campaign,
h checked operations on the bourse and
caused a slight decline in roubles. Its oh-
nim was to show that the policy ot Bismarck
lias not changed by courtesy of the visit ol
Empemr William to the Czar. The Gazette
iiIho treats the interview ns a friendly mani
festation, implying no deviation from Ger
man :Blicy or sacrifice of German iutereat.
I he Kreuz Zei ung explicitly denies that
any question had been resolved at Peterhoff,
or this anything had been done affectiug
existing treaties. Diplomatic circles are
cuuviin-ed io ihe sniue effect and regard the
interview with indifference.
Emperor William’* tour of the leading
"itrut of Europe is certainly in the interest
peace for the time being, prolonging,
Democrats of Jones In Convention—Dele
gates Selected The Desolations.
Clinton, July 21.—The Democrats of
Jones county assembled in mass meeting
in the court house in Clinton for the pur
pose of selecting a new Democratic execu
tive committee, and for the purpose of se
lecting delegates to the different conven
tions, and Mr. J. W. Siocumb was called
to tlie chair an i J. C. Barron was el- cted
secretary. The new Democrat c execu’ivc
committee was selected, and fixed upon
August 3rd for the nomination of a repre
sentative in the Legislature. The follow
ing are the delegatts to tlie different con-
ventions;
Senatorial: Dr. O. K. Gibson, J. C. Bar
ron, L. Balkcoin, T. W. Duffy, a. H. K
McRay, J. M. Middlt brooks, John A. Ad
ams, J. M. Hunt, James Baker, G. W.
Conner, Sr.
Congressional: J. \V. Barron, K. V.
Hardeman, R. C. Lester, R. II. Kingman,
Dr. W. P. Glover, Dr. J. W. Anderson.
Gubernatorial; H. B. Ridley, J. R, Van
buren, Richard Johnson, R. T. Ross, J. A.
Pitts, Dr. R. B. Barron.
Resolutions were adopted recommending
all of the Slate house officers for re-elec
tion. Tlie meeting endorsed Col. Jaintw
H. Blount for Congress nnd proposed tlie
name of Col. R. V. Harden an as Presi
dential elector for the Sixth Congressional
district. The meeting then adjourned.
J. C. Barron, Secietary'
CIIIKF JU8TICIB FULLER.
( Applause.) The Democratic party'intended curded a gentleman wa* that tendered to
to appeal to the virtue and intelligence of Mr. Nelson, of Minnesota, when Ira answered
the couutrv. Money was being poured into
his district in Texas to beat him for re-elec
tion to lira Fifty-first Congress. But he
wanted the country to know that the people
of his district were not for sale. The
committee bad reduced the duty on steel
rail* from $17 to $11 per ton and it was
charged that this was an effort to destroy an
infant industry. ....
In conclusion he referred to the suit of
clothes produced by Mr. McKinly during
his speech. He said that he had entiling to
take buck, lie had irquired into it and had
found that that $10 suit had been protected
to ihe amount of $4.03. He had heard thal
that suit wss to be protographed and used iu
the campaigu. lie wanted it photograjihed
in the brain of every voter the fact that that
$10 suit was protected to the amount of
$4.03.
At the conclusion of Mr. Mills’ speech,
which was tumnltuou/dy applauded, all of
the amendments were agreed to, with the
exception of that on cotton ties, ou which
Mr. McKinley demanded a yea and a nay
vote, which wa* ordered. It resulted, yeas
170, nays 124, and the amendment stands as
wa * agreed upon in committee of the whole.
Mr. Gear, of Iowa, (Kep.), voted with the
Democrat*. Mr. Randall waa paired with Mr.
When the ycaa and nays were ordered on
the final postage of the bill, Mr. Sowden, of.
Pennsylvania, obtained recognition, and said
that bis distinguished colleague, Mr. Ran
dall, who waa absent from Ihe llouie by rea
son of severe illness, had sent him a letter
which he wished to bsve read at this time.
The letter was read, a* follows:
July 19th, 1888. Hon. W. n. Sowden,
House of Representotivea-My Dear Sir: ff
the vote ou tlie Mills tarifl hill is to be taken
Saturday, 21st inst.. I fear my strength, by
reason of recent illness, will not permit of
my presence in the Uonse on that day, and
If absent 1 want you to secure me a pair with
some one who favors that bill, as I would, if
present, record my vote iu opposition to it.
Give this immediate care, as 1 do not wsnt
to be misunderstood. I want it annonneed
and distinctly known that I am opp ted to
the passage ol the bill in question. Yonra
truly, 8AMrELj.RANDAI.l-
The letter was londlv applauded by the
Republican members of tbe Uonse.
THE YEAS.
The roll call was then proceeded with.
Tbe following is the detailed vote:
Yeas—Abbott, Allen o( Mississippi, An-
denonof Iowa, Anderson of Mississippi,
Anderson of Illinois, Raker, Bankhead,
Barnes, Bairy, Biggs, BUsensrd, Bland,
Blount, Breckinridge of Arkansas, Brack-
to his name in the affirmative. Mr. Sowden,
ot Pennsylvania, came in for some Republi
can applause at he voted “no.”
Alter tlie roll bad been called, but before
the announcement had been made the
speaker directed the clerk to call his name
and he voted in favor of the bill.
Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee, moved that
when the House adjourned to-day it lie to
meet Wednesday next.
Mr. Houtelle moved as this was the twen
ty-aeventh anniversary of the Rattle of Bull
Run, the House should take a recess till 8
o’clock. This motion was voted down amid
a chorus of applause and laughter from the
Republicans and tbe remark from Rogers, of
Arkansas: "Thia ia your Waterloo.”
Mr. McMillin’a motion to ad j: urn till
Wednesday wa* then rejected upon a yea
and nay vote, and the House, at 2 6’cloik,
took a recess until 8 o’clock this evening,
the evening session to be (or consideration
of Indian depredation claims.
The evening session of the House was de
voted to consideration of a bill, to provide
for the adjudication and payment ot claims
arising from Indian depredations. It pro
vides that such claims shall be adjusted by
commissioners to be appointed by tbe Presi
dent and to be known as the Court of Indian
TU* Kill was paaieit and the
ilouse, at 10 o'clock, adjourned.
THE RILLING OF KL'STON.
Development* llefore the Coroiier— Smith
Held for Murder.
Sava-nnar, July 21.—[Special.]—Tlie
coroner’s investigation to-day of the Hinith-
Rnston tragedy resulted in Smith’s being
held for murder. The only witnesses whose
testimony was heard at the inquest were the
murdered man’s cousin, who was standing
by him when he was shot, Policemtn
Michael, who arrested Smith, and A. W.
Corker, who boarded at Smith’s
bouse. Tbe testimonyshewrd it to be a
premeditated attack. Smith shot bis victim
from behind, and every one of the fire bul
lets went into the brain in the space of a
man’s hand. The testimony did not show
that Smith was in any way justifiable, and
the jury rendered a verdict charging him
with wilful murder. He was committed to jail
this afternoon and to-night bis wife and
child*en visited him in his cell.
While no effort was made at the inquest
to nnveil Smith’s life and that ol his wilt, it
wa* shown that there had been an intimacy
existing between tbe murdered man and Mrs
Smith of which the husband waa not ignor
ant. Sentiment is against 8mith and th*
shooting is denounced aa one of the boldest
crimes that has ever been committed here.
The funeral of the murdered man wUl take
place to-norro* from the new Houston
{treat Methodist church.
, the period of trace, but it is now
r cognized as purely a social (unction. The
E.inpci or is simply paying his first visit to
the beads of the states with which he desires
fi^Rtyate amity.
MEANING OF MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
TUe foreign press gets absurd rumors that
I- lUSSisto be overpowered, that the Czar
juind tfic .central alliance, that a Congress
Use Berlin treaty, that Em-
; 1. r unreed to combine to uproot
ihy, whither German Soeialists or Ras-
siuu ..Nihilist*. All alike are fictions. Tbe
FrMMl:'papers are especially excited over
the rumor that France is to be disarmed, ard,
associated aa It is with tbs increase of miU-
tary activities ia Alsace-Lorraine. Movement
ot troops from the interior toward the Iron•
tier and the reinforcement of the garrisons
at Straaiburg and Metz, it ia regarded as sug
gestive of a scheme to surprise France. The
r- I abject of these movements is to prepare
for extensive manouvrrs srouml Metz during
the Emperors visit to Alsace-Lorraine about
the middle of August. The manouvres will
Iu- on a gigantic scale, engaging 120,000
troops, and will be a significant demonstra
tion, intended to, imprest upon the French
that they should urge malcontents to accept
Alsace-Lorraine by Germany as perpetual.
I’BOTEHT FROM THE VATICAN.
The Emperor’s projected meeting with
King Humbert is fixed for October. Under
lira instigation of Prime Minister Crispi.
Kiac Humbert baa asked the Emperor to
visit Rome and tlie latter haa assented. The
Pope, being apprised of this, has sent a vig
orous protest to Bismarck, declaring tlie
Emperor’s presence at Home would be an
act ol hostility, especially during the pend
ing crisia with the Italian government. Car
dinal lUmbalo. tbe papal secretary of state,
Iim also sent circular* to Bavaria and Aus
tria asking them to use their influence with
those government* to advise Emperor Will
iam that his interview with King Humbert
must be at a place remote from Rome. Mgr.
Gallimberti sought a conference yesterday
with Prince Henry and tbe German ambas
sador at Vienna and made an urgent repre
sentation, declaring that an interview with
King Humbert in Rome would render the
Pope’s position intolerable and probably
precipitate his departure. Signor Crispi
holds that there has been no arrangement
that no ruling sovereign should be received
in Rome; that
IN DEFERENCE TO CATHOLIC SENTIMENT
Monarch* meeting Victor Emannel have
been sanctioned by the presence at the
Quirinil, and the Vatican boa not failed to
draw advantage from this fact, using it a* a
proof that the Italian government’s occupa
tion of territory wa* not difinitive even in
toe ejti of Italy. Signor Criapi, it i* under
stood, attaches the greateat significance to
the matter.
Tbe National Zeitung quote the Italia,
representing the views of the Italian gov-
enmient- to tbe effect that the Emperor’s
visit will be a guarantee of Italian unity.
Emperor William, in bia address
to the Reidhslag, approved the
•tUsnc* ,«*tif»H lislv ami
if Ira now hesitate* to come to Rome', he will
contradict his declared policy. In resolving
to visit King Humbert, tbe Emperor has
given proof that he understand* the situa
tion. Thus argues the Italia. On tbe other
band, Cardinal Rambalo allude* to the ser
vice whfch the Vatican baa rendered the
German fUernment in influening Catholic
partiesfortiembers of the Reichstag, ami
ask* Bismarck to modify tbe programme. It
la thought in official circles that ihe Vatican
will defeat Criapi on this point, that tbe in
fluence of the Prince Regent and Emperor
of Austria will be brdnght to bear in o der
to indnee the Emperor not to go to Rome,
And to select Milan or Florence as tbe place
ol meeting.
Tlie Nelson Case.
Atlanta, July 21.—Two dsepatcbea
were received at the Capital City Bank to
day from Jacob Ilaaa, who is in Canada
for the purpose of having Nelson brought
back to Atlanta. Tbe dispatches say that
NeUm ia under armt and that the out
look is encouraging. Whether this means
that the outlook for getting Nelson back
to Atlanta is encouraging, or that the pros
pects for a settlement are bright, no one
aeema to know. It is said that if Nelson
cannot be brought back on tbe charge of
le-rjunr, an effort will be made to nt him
back to Atlanta upon the charge of taking
stolen goods into Canada.
Wan tad. tfiOO cords oak woodT W. R. Ivey, ti
ROM SLEEP TO DEATH
E x plosion on an Ohio River
Tow Boat.
SEVEN SLEEPING MEN .KILLED.
Ou© Man Die* Willi IIin Wife’s Name on
11 in Ltp» and Another Just After lie
Uud fenid, ”1 Shall Soon be at
Home.”
The Seuato Confirm* the Nomination by n
Majority of 'i weuty-oiie Vote*.
Washington, July 20.—The Senate
dosed its doors at 12:30 aud proceeded to
formal consideration of the Fuiler ease. At
o’clock he upper lobbies and committee
rooms were cleared and the occupants were
driven down stairs so that the doors and
windows might be opened without risking
betrayal of the secret proceedings.
The vote remuias under the iujnnotion nt
secrecy, but is understood to be as follows in
detail:
Yeaa—Bate, Berk, Bcrrv, Blackburn,
Blodgett, Brown, B .tier. Cameron, Corkrcll,
Coke, Culloni, Davis, Farwell, Faulkner,
Frye, George, Gorman. Gmy, Hale, Hamp
ton, llearlt, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of
Nevada, McPherson, Mitt hell, Morgan,
Pasco, Payne, Pugh, Quay, Ranson, Reagan,
Riddlehergcr. Turjiie, Vance, Vest, Voor-
hecs, Waithal, Wilson of Maryland.
Nays—Blair, Bowen, Chain! er, Dawes,
Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Hawley, Hoar, In
galls. Mandersoii, Painter, Platt, Sabin, Saw
yer. Sherman, Stewart, Stoekbridge, Teller,
Wik'D, of Iowa—?0.
Paired, in the affirmative—Call, Colqnitt,
Eustis, Harris, Kenns, Plumb, Saolsbury—7.
In the negative—Aldrich, Allison, Chase,
Uiscock, Morrill, Paddock, Stanford—7.
Senator Spooner was absent and not
paired.
The speaking in the cue was by Kdmuds,
Erurtx and Stewart and bv Farwell and Cal-
lorn in defense of Mr. Falter. The Dem-
ocrata did not speak.
M’RAE.
Delegatee Flertcil by Telfair Democrats—
- Resolution* Adopted.
McRae, July 21.—The Telfair connty
convention was called to order at 10:30
o'clock by Col. W. J. Williams, chairman
of the executive committee, who was made
permanent chairman of the convention,
anil Col. John T. Bright wu elected sec
retary.
The object of the - meeting being the
election of delegates to the varioua convcn
tiona, the following were elected:
To the Gubernatorial convention: A. In
Byala, George Bright, D. W. Cameron, J,
B. Wilcox and D. C. McLenan.
Congressional convention: Dr. H
Ryala, Thou. H. Greggory, W. I*. Bowen
and W. S. McDuffie.
Resolutions indorsing President Cleve
land, Governor Gordon, the State house
officers, Senator Colquitt and Congrcesmi-n
Crisp and recommending Col. D. M. Rob
erts for judge and James Bishop for elector
were introduced in a neat aud eloquent
speech by Mr. George Bright, assuring all
of them a hearty and liberal support in the
approaching elections, and were unani
moualy passed by the convention.
Stabbed a Fellow-Workman.
Atlanta, July 20.—Ken bin Maya drew
his knife and savagely cut Jeff Hamilton,
a brother workman on the grounds of the
Jewish Orphans’ Home tnia afternoon.
The participants in tbe difficulty weie
negroes and they were engaged at work
grading off a lot. Mays, it seems, claimed
that Hamilton wu using bia wheelbarrow.
This Hamilton denied and the men then
engaged in a fight. Mays picked up a rock
anil threw it nt Hamilton, who ran and
took refuge under a house. He wu fol
lowed by Mays, who, drawing his knife,
cut Hamilton twice. Both ol the gashes
were in Hamilton’s arm. One of them
commenced near the shoulder and ran
down the arm to a point below the elbow,
and the other wu a deep guh on the in
side of the elbow. Mays then put his leg*
in motion and escaped. Hamilton was car
ried to Dr. bmith’s orug store, where his
wound* were dreased by Dr. Brodron. The
wounded negro )o*t considerable blood be
fore the flow wu slopped. His injurie* are
not regarded u fatal.
Louisville, Ky., July 20.—The explosion
of a steam pipe lhat supplied the engine
from tlie boilers caused the death cf seven
men of the crew of the tug boat Convoy at
:40 this morning. The accident occurred
twenty-six miles up the river near Westport,
IikI. Most ol the men were asleep at the
ore.
The following is a list of the victims: Wm.
Page, shout twenty-eialii years, residence
unknown; Wm. llurrigan, eighteen years
old, residence Soho, Pa.; Robert Jones,
about thirty-five years old, msrried, resi
dence Jack’s Run, Pa.; Wm. Iligely, forty-
two years old, married, residence Allegheny
’ Ity, Pa ; Charles Luster, fifty-nine years of
age, residence Jack’s Run, Pa.; George Mc
Cann, (wenty-four year* old, residence Pitts
burg; Willi m Kelley, about thirty fire
years old, re-idence u known.
When the boat reached Westport, 26 miles
up, everything, according to the first rnato’s
J’. writ running smoothly. He took a
Ik hack tn the cabin and found all quiet.
He stopped ami laikcu toa friend, Geo. Mc
Cann, who was lying in slower berth nearthe
door. Th<- hitter half rose in hia bed nnd re-
ninikid, “I’ll a-on be at home with my
family.” Then he laydown and went to
sleep. The mate returned to the pilot honsa
and was louveraing with Captain Reno, the
pilot. They were then two miles above
Westport. Suddenly t< ere wu a terrific et-
plo-iuu, the whole boat b fame envelopid in
steam aud the nincliiiiery stopped. Tlie
captain, who had been uleep, hurriedly-
dressed, called his men and mado prejmra-
tiona to land. The yawl was lowered, a Hue
isken on, and the boat towed ashore and
made fast to a tree.
Then the Captain proceeded to the after
cabin, where the exph-iion occurred. Wil
liam Page lay near tlie door dead, blood
rushing from bis mouth and ears, and the
flesh scalded off his body. William Hnrring-
tou wss in his berili. Ilis death must have
been instantaneous, for he lay in the same
position u when he retired. Robert Jones
was on the floor and barely alive. He was
horribly hurried and lived but fifteen min
utes. lie died wi h his wile’s name on hia
lips. William Blgley wu atili alive when
found, but died in ten minutes. Charles
Luster wu tound outside the cabin lying on
his face. He wu not dead and told
them that he had ran oat
there u toon u he conld recover from
the shock of the explosion. He wu almost
baked, bia skin wu parched and little ieta
of blood stood out from the pores of his
body. In two hours he wu dead. George
MuCaim lay dead In exactly the iims posi
tion he waa in when the first mate left him
but half an hour before. Wm. Kelly wu
pulled out from under hia bunk and wu
alive, bat he wu also terribly burned.
Charles Chambers, tbe other man who aiept
iu tlie cabin, wu blown out of the door and
had a miraculous escape.
The officers of the boat can give no con
ception of the accident, and say the machin
ery wu inspected lut February, and was
then in excellent condition. An inquest wu
held this afternoon and all the bodies re
turned to Pittsburg.
BLAUK RULE.
rarmcn and the Tn**W.
From the New York World.
The World’s explanation of what protec
tion means to the farmere—that “they must
sell their producls in the cheapest markets
of the world and buy what they need in
the dearest”—ia deuieil by a tariff organ of
the West. Itsaye: “The farmer sella 90
C er cent, of hia products in the home mar-
et, where price* are u good u in any
market on tlie globe ” ,
But lira price in the home market isjirao
tically fixed by the maiket abroad. It hu
frequently happened that American bread-
stuffs and meat coaid be bought cheeper
in Liverpool than in New York.
It ia farther asserted that "price* of
manufacture* are far lower to-day than
they ever were under free trade.” Thia
country never had free trade. Tbe prices
of manufactures have diminished, owing
chiefly to the development of machinery
and other inventions. Bat the price of
nearly every protected srtide ia higher
here than it la abroad, in most case* many
per cent, higher than the mere difference
in the cost ol tbe wages.
Over-protection, a* embodied in a forty-
seven per cent, tariff, taxes no class of cit
izens so unjustly u it dors the farmers.
cant* In a bottle
[lv be
of Dr.
Ball’a Couch Syrup.
Why the People ot Crittenden, Arkansas,
Revolted Against It.
St. Louis, July 22.—Information has
been received from Crittenden, Arkansas, to
the effect that the grand jury, which has
been investigating the banishment of efgh-
tec-n negroes by an armed organization, has
made ita report. Tbe result fa tbe return of
nearly forty indictments. The grand jury
found lhat anonymous notes had been sent
to a numuer of white men by negroes giving
the whiten five days to leave the county.
Upon receiving these threatening epistles,
lira whiles met, armed and escorted out of
the county the negroes implicated. Among
those who received orders to quit the county
within five days were Col. J. F. Smith, the
leading merchant of Marion; Sheriff W. F.
Warner, of Crittenden county; J. If. Ste
vens,* blacksmith; L. P. Berry, a lawyer,
and 8. O. Mosby, a former magistrate of
Marion.
The grand jury succeeded in tracing the
anonymous threat* to the office of tbe county
clerk, David Ferguson, one of the eighteen
negroes banished. Ills office was opened
and fragments of anonymous notes, which,
evideutij, had not aecmed to be satisfactory,
were found on the floor. Experts pro
nounced the handwriting to be that of J. W.
Ramsey, a young South Carolina negro in the
employ of Ferguson as a clerk. The im
mediate motive for the sending of
the warning was fnnnd in the fact
that Ferguson and D. W. Is-wi*, the negro
county judge, had been indicted by a former
grand jury for habitual drunkenness, the
penally for which was removal from nffice.
The iuiention was to create a reign of terror
und break the force of the prosecution. Fer
guson was one of the Arkansas alternates to
the Republican convention at Chicago. He
waa serving his third term as clerk of Crit
tenden county, an office worth $6,000 per
year. The testimony before the grand jury
was highly sensational.
GOING TO MAKE A FIGIIT.
Georgia Republican* Disposed to Enter
the Field.
Atlanta, July 21.—The Atlanta Re
publican League will meet Wednesday
night for permanent organization. Lively
times are anticipated over the election of a
chairman, aa the Wimbuah and Rucker
factions have again shown their head* and
each will offer a candidate. Tlie club will
probably indorse Geo.' S. Thomas, the
white lawyer, for Congress. It is undi r-
stood that he will stump everv county in
Ihe dis’rict. He will probably challenge
Judge Sttwart to a joint discussion.
Everything goes to shop that the Re
publicans mean to make thing* lively all
over the State this year ana will do all
they can to bring oat a lull vote. A prom
inent negro politician iuforim the Tel
egraph that it is a mistake in sayiog they
will not ran a State house ticket. He <aya
he knows it to he a fact that a majority of
the “tate committee, which meets here on
the 26th, is in favor of putting out a ticket.
Arreement ot River and Iterbor Coufsrees.
Washington, July 19.—The conferee* on
tbe river and harbor bill have reached an
agreement, out have pledged thenuelve* to
secrecy in regard to the detail*. There i s
reason to believe that the Green ami Bar
ren improvements remain* in the hill, bnt
that its aUter proposition relating to Por
tage lake canal is stricken oat Both * ere
Senate amendments.