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MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 23, 1800.
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MSUl' POWDER EXPLODE-
L, PEOPLE BLOWN INTO ETERNITY
F AND FORTY WOUNDED.
L.,i„...lrod K««®r Powder Blown
* , Powder .Wlll-Blre Horror
"I re.don Kerry ll«ml-'nl!n
(Ire flexion Wrecked.
oonnuTL Julj IS.—A terrible ex-
. YicurreJ late this afternoon at
r ,wioO occur* ... * ui. M i
ihinz-
tua-1
J U I
feisrsari. v —
J . “ *o the eTdetmck. where a car
Cain* SOO keg. of gun oewder .»
EiW A* the e.r. struck there wa.
fc£j5 a oar containing' N00 keg. of
Ijj.; powder exploded, making 1,800 keg.
l^r'eODY BLOWN TO ATOM.
Wtiltom l'rauly. a brakeman in the
,, rr “e Of the Little Miami, wa. .tandlng
I 1 "„ of the empty car. when the ox-
|S»” occurred. Hie body mu«t bare
It , blown to atoms, although no trace
l»Idh« vet been found. Fire other
Iperson., .uppoaed to be of
ILtvder company, ware killed,
FThe King Powder Company and
Ip.,,,.' Cartridge Work., have worka on
ILh side, of the rirer along the railroad.
In. explosion occurred on the south
I side and the destruction wat enormous,
libers are a number of cottage, occupied
| br workmen in tbo powder factory, and
I situated close to the track. These were
1(1,stored by the exploeion and their in-
I mites injured. Twelre or fifteen girl,
lit work in the cartridge factory were
I crippled by the explcnion. The railway
I muon or freight hoiue belonging to the
1 Little Miami railroad, together with oil
I Ike adjacent building, were set on Are
lad totally consumed.
■ DBRADFUL hatoc wrought.
. Tin havoc wrought by the exploeion of
Itbeiixteen ton* of powder i* dreadful
■Tlie track and ties of the railroad are
Ifiirlr torn out of the ground, and a great
I hole* ploughed in the ground. Peter*
■cartri ig« factory waa burned to the
1 jround, nothing but the amoking ruin*
I remaining to mark the spot where the
I building stood.
I 4s soon as the news reached this city,
■ibout 6 o’clock, a relief train waa dia-
Ipatched to the scene of the disaster, with
IMjjerintendeut Peter* and a large party
■of surgeons on board, and relief wa* af-
|forded the suffereraas soon as possible.
CAKJ.NU irOtt THS iaJVSZV.
Ths work of searching for the missing
|iad caring (or ths wounded it now pro-
‘ g. As most of the girls who were
u _ 4 [ live at Morrow and South Le-
Ibsnoo, it is most probable that tbay will
■Wttksn to their homes in these places.
I Peters’ cartridge factory was a large
Ihiiding and folly supplied with a rent
I amount of costly machinery. both for
I the manufacture of shells and the load-
Ikgof shotgun ammuniii'x:, ami n mi**-
■fores of employes was at work at tne
■time ths explosion occurred.
"* raws from King’s mills at 9 o’clock
, tie that ten bodies havo been
Inkeuftom the ruins and thirty are
known to be wounded. Definite nows is
■mure likely to swell the list of casualties
I than to diminish it.
SCKXB or UTTRR DESOLATION.
Tne Pan Handle train,due here at 0:80
o’clock this craning, arrived at 11:45
J o’clock, the delay of fire and a (matter
I hours being caused by the accident at
1 King’s station.. The passsugsre or
I the train say that the wrecked
I district presents a scene of utten
I desolation and give the further informs-
I tion that, in the dwellings shattered by
I the explosion, an unknown woman had
I her back broken by the shock and an
I infant child was killed. Ths reports of
I ten killed and thirty or forty wonnded
| are also confirmed.
THE WHOLE REGION AFIRE.
A messenger of the Adams Express
I Ca on the local train of the Panhandle
I roed arrived from the scene of the cx-
I plosion at a quarter before 1 this morning.
I “• •ays when he pasted King’s Mills sta-
I ton at 11:30 it was bright as day all
I around. Everything combustible was
burning, and the people everywhere for
I * great distance around were fighting
I the tire, lie says Peters' cartridge
I [* c ^ry ws* a large three-story brick
I building, and that it waa atill burning,
I aeyethe roadroaslor of the Little
I Miami road got on at that station, where
1 m had been for several hours.
three Kami Lira blown up.
The road master's information was that
ther# were thrse families living in a lit
tle cottage near the place of the explo-
**°n, smT that six hours' diligent search
Ud foiled to find any trace of them. lie
I toid, furthermore, that all waa confu-
•ton there, and that auch a thing a* aacer-
I baity nau,e * waa next to an impoasi-
An incident related by him was that
'-‘gnt or ten girls (n the cartridge fac
tory sated themselves from the (lame*
ny Pitching hold of a rope that happened
to hang from ths house to the ground
■Pu sliding down. HU story Is that
more than ten were killed.
UxaNNATt, July 10k—Twelve were
« aud fourteen injured at the ex-
pionon yesterday ut Khig’s Mill.
THE hTORY OP AN RYR-WlTOttS,
J**. Proctor, a well-known resident of
toluuiLua, a*rived in the city on the
1 en n*yleauiu train at midnight. He wae
on «ys witness to the allair and gave a
T ' Ti ‘J account of the explosion. ’Hie
pentienian was still suffering from the
‘iiecisof his experience and trembled
when talking,
1 * ,a rdly know how I can describe
the awful occurrence. 1 aui still dazed
*r< , m the effects of tho shock. 1 was
v MUng ? friend near Kin.;’s Mill, and
ounng the afternoon sauntered up the
V*. lf l e cartridge factory. I In*
•pected^it thoroughly and chatted with
w . l ‘* e workmen tor quite a while.
. V .A on . 1 *® ^ rc Ubt train cauie along I
*tart(»d toward my friond’a house, winch
« n r»r tho kill overlooking the works.
2 reaching the top of the hill I turned
wound just *§^ the freight train was
taking a running start to the sido track.
saw a braketnan on one of ths cars as
“icy shot on to the side track, and he
JJJ having his hand to some one on the
unin * » «aw two detached cars bumped
*?*in»t what I supposed was an empty
<** on the side track.
... T|,E HKKMKD TO OPEN.
An msunt later there was a rumbling
■ahd the very ground beneath
w*med to ojen. I saw a puff of smoke
ohowed a second later by another, and
cars disappeared. The station and
P dwellings seemed to
.• and the work of destruction had
.J JW» commenced. A11 this occurred
ywaer than 1 relate, and l stood r*- t.«l
ground. 1 had no idea, of cot..
of the full extent of what oouircd. I
-•-.i not rvalue *u 1 kuvw that uiauj
lives were going out, but was powerless
to lend any aid.
“Then dense volumes of flame and
and smoko came pouring from the doors
and windows of tho cartridge factory,
and I saw men. women and children
tearing at each other in frantic endeavors
to escape. The explosion and fire at the
cartridge house seemed to be simul
taneous
AFIRE ALL OVER AT ONCE.
It didn't catch on fire in the ordinary
way, but the flames seemed to penetrate
the doors and windows from all sidea
A dwelling house below the cartridge
house was blown from its foundation
and dashed to the ground. In this build
ing a mother and child lost their lives.
“How long I stood I don’t know, but I
managed to make ray way to tho scene
and where others were also gathering;
The scene wot one of the most awful I
ever witnessed. The railroad tracks
were twisted and torn like 60 much paper
and tho telegraph poles and wires were
burned like so much tinder. A car load
of coal about sixty feet distant caught
fire and burned up. We got to work as
toon as possible,
GETTJRG OUT THE VICTIMS.
I know we got full twelve women and
men from the powder house. There was
not one but was injured or brui-ed. They
seemed to 1m oblivious of the surround
ings and I do not think they realized,
wlmt had occurred. Some were burned
and others were cut and bruised by tho
force of the explosion. To add to the
terrible scene, there was a constant
snapping of cartridges and the rescuers
wero in danger of being killed at any
time. 1 don't want another such expe
rience as long as I live, and I hope I
never may witness another such catas
trophe. I don’t know how many were
killed, but am of the opinion that ten at
least lost their lives. The number of the
wounded will le double that."
1UADB 1IAD UV THIS If HAT.
Struggle of an Engineer With Ills
.Suddenly Demented Fireman.
Janesville, Wia., July 14.— Engineer
Stephen Hoteling had one of the most
exciting experiences of his life on the
Chicago and Northwestern road, north of
this city. He runs tho Green Bay day
express from Janesville, and while near
ing Watertown, on the north-bound trip,
his fireman stepped back iuto tli* tender
to take on coal, for a supply to Fond du
Lac. Hoteling noticed that his fireman
did not return to the cab for some time,
but supposing that he was trimming the
coal back on the tender, he thought it
nothing strange, until the train
was moving at full speed. The
fireman had not returned, the steam
commenced to lag and the furnace fire
was getting low. On sped the train.
Thrse minutes passed and the engineer
drew the curtains to ascertain the cause
of the absence of the fireman. He dis
covered his assistant lying full length
face downward on the coal, struggling
in a wild and frantic attempt to move
large blocks of the coal.
Realizing that something was wrong,
Realizing that something was wrong,
he hastened to the fallen man,and turning
him over diacovered that be waa either
in a fit or wild with madnear. The fire
man clinched with the engineer, and the
latter, taking in the eltuaMnn and be
having he was wrestling with a ma
man, hold him down close. On sped th
exi re**, although at this time tli
»*••* in the furnace had **«Haw*ted
itself, and the speed of the train* was be-
ing n<»roej»tihly slackened. Soon the
motion of the train had become so
slackened that the attention of the train
crew was attracted, and thoy went for
ward. The position of the engineer was
discovered, and he was released just as
tbs madman seemed about to prove vic
tor. The engineer being released stopped
the train, and a brief investigation re
vealed that the fireman had been over
come by the excessive beat, aud was
crazed. The train was run back to the
station, and the unfortuuate man turned
over to the doctors. The man lay iu an
unconscious condition for twelve hours,
when the symptoms of consciousness re
turned.
A RACE WAR IN CAROLINA.
A PARTY OF WHITES AMBUSHED BY
BLACKS IN "BLOODY BARNWELL.”
A White Po»»e On the %V«y to Arreat
the Anibiibhera Fired On—One
Negro Killed—miltary felled
Out and Quiet Itcatored.
SWALLOW RD V?P MY TIIK SKA.
A Yacht's Crew Shipwrecked and
Only One heft to Tell the Tale.
Portsmouth, N. H., July 15.—Satur
day lost the small yacht Marion, belong
ing to the Bay View Yacht Club of South
Boston, left Boston in charge of Capt.
Vernon Locke, with E. t’. W. Kimball.
A. F. Goldsmith and Benjamin Cobb of
Boston for a two weeks’ trip along the
boast. About 9 o'clock Monday night
the yacht struck a sunken ledge oft Rye
Beach. Tho captain ordered all liands
into the tender, a mere cockle shell,
which capsized, throwing the men in the
The four men managed to get astride
the keel of the tender where they waited
for three hours,the sea continually break
ing over them, when Kimball was
washed off and drowned. Capt. Lock
and Cobb tried to work the boat toward
the shore, but to no avail, and as the
captain was trying to climb on to the
bottom of the boot again he was washed
away. Goldsmith and Cobb floated for
some distance, when a huge wave
washed them both off. Cobb sucoeedod
in reaching the boat, but Goldsmith was
not seen again.
This morning about 8 o'clock a fisher
man picked up Cobb in an exhausted
condition and brought him here. Capt
Locke leaves a wife and several children
in south Boston. The others were un
married.
1 III! \t YO.V1INGVALI.KY DKLI’GRD
A Cloud ltur*t Canvarta Nlllra of Ter.
rllory lute » Great Lake.
WiLKJCSBARRE, Pa., July 15. —A ter
rific thunder cloud burst over Wyoming
Valley late this afternoon, and in a few
minutes every iuch of low land for miles
around was covered with water. The
raJn came down in sheets, while the
crash of thunder and vivid blinding
flashes of lightning struck terror to the
hearts of the timid. The street* in the
Blacxville, 8. C., July lfl.—fSpecial.]
—Is rebellion rampant in Harwell county?
It looks so. Has not the recent octuplo
lynching in the county satisfied the
negroes? If tho indiscretions of to-day
are not theexageration of incensed white
men, then it looks as if the negroes have
been incensed to resistance of the law.
The reports are that all the negroes in
tho Kearsse's section, where the trouble
occurred, have Armed themselves.
Determined action on the part of the
white men and the prompt response of
tho men of Barwell very probably averted
further trouble.
Thus far one negro has been shot to
death and two white men are seriously
injured. Kearsse, a weolthv former,
was shot in tho eye. His brain is thought
to be punctured.
The provocations which led to the race
troubles are themselves interesting and
show the determined disposition of the
colored people of tho Kearsse section to
resist the law. The trouble had its origin
in a race trouble which has already been
reported. (
STARTED AT A FISH FRY.
The facts are that about two weeks ago
a parly of young men, about eight or
ten, went on a fish fry. At the.«e friea
the fish are cooked on the banks of the
river, and the members of the party nec
essarily have to leave their boats while
at dinner. A number of negro
men took poaiersion of the young
men's boat, notwithstanding they had
been told not to use the boats. Upon the
return of the young men they remon
strated with the negroes for taking the
boat without permission, when one ne
gro, E. Priester, became olfei.sive to tho
white men.
For his insulting and abusive language,
he was struck with a buggy whip by
Kearase. Enraged by the blow the ne
gro retaliated, and in the fight which
ensued Kearsso waa severely injured.
The young men of the party went to the
rescue of their friend, but before they
could reach the offender he made good
his escape. With the party, everything
was at an end teu»|*orurily.
WENT TO WHIP THE NEORO.
Several nights afterwards the whites
went to Priester’s house to chastise him
tor his insult to Mr. KmIw. Ca their
arrival at ths house, they found noons
at horns except his parent* After mak
ing a careful search they gave up.tbe in
vestigation. (As they were about to leave
ther u ere fired upon from ambush. At
least thirty or forty negroes are supposed
to bare been in the ambush party. Be
fore tho white men oould assume a de
fensive poeitioo, four of them were
wouunded. Upon the return of the ring
leader of the ambuahers, whose name
was Grant, it was decided to arrest him.
MET wmi A VOLLEY.
Accordingly, a posse fcurrounded
Grant's house and detailed one to Inquire
. wbcri.or ahy one v»i dura They re-
{ ho verbal reply, tmt instead a vol
ley of buckshot from a window which
was suddenly thrown open. The garri
son of negroes fired into Ui* puss*. Goa
of the bullets took effect on Kearase,
wounding him fatally. A Mr. CTsech
was severely wounded.
A volley was shot into the window
with fatal effect upon Grant, one of the
inmates of tho house. Just as Grant at
tempted to jump out of the window he
was shot. He fell headlong out of the
window, and this morning he lies on the
grouud, his head partially imbedded in
tho earth.
PIERCED BY FORTY BULLETS.
At least forty bullets pierced his body,
and liis breast presents the appearance of
a seine made of humanity.
This incldent.lt wa* thought, would
stir the armed negroes to open rebellion.
Couriers were sent for help, and by the
prompt and hearty response of 100
men every thing was quieted.
Today the ring leaders escaped into the
swamps, and us negroes have boon shown
tho determination on the part of the
whites no further trouble it anticipated.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE AFFRAY.
Most of the detachment of militarv
who wont to Keane at the pleading call
from the |*eople, have returned from the
scone of the trouble. The Associated
Frees representative saw tho captain of
the relief squad, and from him obtained
the latest news from tbo scene of tho
race conflict Ho said: “I have not the
slightest doubt but that there would
have been very serious trouble at Keane
had our squad not arrived promptly on
tho field. The news that aid had been
sought, aud was coming, was soon
diffused, and the negroes, if they at any
time had dcsperate.intentions, abandoned
them for the present at least
THE TROUBLE AT AN ENtl
"The show of determination on the
part of the whites of the county has, it is
thought by all, had its effect on the
negroes and no further trouble is antici
pated. The negroes have all returned to
their work. Eleven negroes ambushed
several young white men, but they have
si! left the county of their own volition,
end cannot be found. The body of
Grant, the negro who was riddled with
bullets, was viewed by many of the
negroe* There is no excitement in the
neighborhood. The colored women, who
sre generally the most boisterous, talk
quietly about the conflict. If possible
the ambushers will be arrested. Koarse
is probably family wonnded. Medical as
sistance from Charleston has been tele
graphed for tbe wounded. Several white
men were wounded but are getting along
welL"
lower portions of tbs city wsrs flooded
to a uepUi of six inches, every cellar on
Canal street being flooded, end thousand
of dollars worth of goods damaged.
A washout on the Panusylvtiuia rail
road delayed tbe passenger trains, while
ths New Jersey Central railroad trains
were compelled to ooms into ths city on
the Lehigh Valley track* The Jersey
Central croesing at Market street was
rounding the station,
the damage cannot aa yet be ascertained,
but it will foot up several thousand
dollar*
An Knllre Family Burn**.
Valparaiso, July 1A—Ths residence
of John llamlet, near here, was burned
Mr* Hamlet and four
children, the eldest 8 years, wsrs burned
to doatb. The house eras consumed.
of health
id that cholera has re-
thirty-one communes of
DBOtFNKD WHILE BATHING.
Ths Unfortunate Death of Cemme-
gore Troxt*"*'* «•».
Norfolk, Vs., July 18.—Thomas
Truxton, ths 15-year-old son of tbs let#
Commodore W. T. Truxton, United
States navy, by hia second marriage,
was drowned this afternoon while bath
ing st Fort Norfolk with two young
impsnlons, Bradford Harwell, son of
fc W V Jl 1 ir.ll
Lieut-Commander W. E. Burwtil, United
.States navy, and Pinckney Payne. Both
of these young lads made a gallant at
tempt to save young Truxton. Burwell
nearly k»t his own life in doing six
Payne bed Truxton's head out of the
water but a dog which was op ths fort
jumped into tbe water and forcing
Payne's head undar the water com
pelled him to looes bis hold on Truxton
who sank and was seen no mor*
Stanley Continue* Weak.
London, July 15* —Mr. Stanley con
tinues lib I>r- Park says that be is very
weak. The qiiern s**nt a ru-s-ize by tel
egraph making inquiries to his condi
tion.
FR1K CALLS FOU FACTS.
Wants Itlalns to Shew How Ills
Selisiiia .Bay bo IQtdi to Work.
Washington, July 18.—Senator Frye,
in reply to Secretary Blaine’s letter of
the Uth insfc, has written him as follows:
Your letter leaves me in some doubt
ss to fact* I assume that your views
are contained in what is known as the
Hnle amendment. But you know, for
instance, what the Latin repubUca will
receive of ours free from duty in com
pensation for free sugar. I assume that
that amendment was the result or
thorough investigation. Tho difficulty
about it is this: The amount of sugar to
be received from these states would be
comparatively small, and the consumer
of sugar would receive no benefit from
it. Your letter to mo extends this idea,
of reciprocity to Cuba and Porto Ricos
I admit that if sugar ia received free
from these island* as well os from tho
•le would by
Litin republics, the people would by
benefited, and sugar would lie practlcalle
free. But will Spain admit into those
islands free of duty the list of article®
named in that amendment? Of cours-
we could not enact a law more favorao
ble to Spain than to the republics. Do
you know what Spain would exchangf
tor free sugar, and can you give a list or
the articles she would receive? A bettet
way, probably, would be to moke a li*
she would receive containing one for al
these countries.’’
NINE IT1ILKVOF LAWTBBNS.
Llslillnz Hie Giieats to tne Wedding
ofMD» Ktlm«r t« Mr. Ituttor.
Saratoga. July 10L—The spacious
summer residence of Mr. Chaoneey Kii«
mer of 9 Eeast Fifty-aerenth street. New
York, at Rock City Fills, in Saratoga
county, was the seen* of a largo and
brilliant assemblage lost night, the occa
sion being the marriage or his grand
daughter, Miss Mary Ashman Kilmer,
daughter of the lato Clarence B. Kilmer,
to Mr. Walter PrentLs Butler, son of the
Hon. Janies P. Butler of Saratogu
Spring* The ceremony was performed
bv the Rev. P. 8. Allen, pastor of tho
fnst Presbytcriau church in Saratoga.
After congratulations tbe bride and
groom led tho way to the wedding
supper. 1 hero was a service of ref i esh-
tnent* both in the house and in the
grounds, which wero brilliantly illumi
nated and decorated with flowers and
Chinese lanterns, while a full orchestra
played. Chinese lanterns bad also been
strung all along the road from Saratoga
to Rock City, a distance of nine miles, to
guide and light the way of the hundreds
of coming and departing guest* Tho
bridal presents were numerous and of
great value. On* of Mr. Kilmer’s gift*
noitU tills deeds to z beautiful esWifi*
on Gresnfild avenue, in Saratoga, thor
oughly furnished, “from clothes pins to
a splendid piano,” and with solid silver
a *|iicuuiu muu ■(••,>
table service* It will be occupied by
the young couple immediately on their
return from the wedding tour.
TO CON VBY ERICKSON TO SWEDEN
WILL SPAIN SELL US CORA?
A SENTIMENTAL STORY OF THESPAN-
ISH GOVERNMENT’S INTENTIONS
Alleged Vl*li to Tills Country of Two
Mpaiilvh Contnilsklonera Sent t
Feel tlir American Fulae—'Why
Spain Jlay Sell*
New York, July 18.—A Washington
special to the Prers says:
Senors Hipolito Blunts snd Policarno
Blunoz, constituting a special commis
sion from the Spanish government, havo
visited Washington within the past few
day* Their movements have been very
mysterlpu* To-night ths Press corres
pondent discovered the mission of tbs
strangers. It Is a quasi-dinlonmtic one
to ascertain the feeling, both on tbe part
of the (torernraent of the United States
and of the Cuban resident* here, as to the
possible annexation of tbe island of
Cuba to the United State* Puringtbeir
stay in New York, where they arrived
l*Bt Monday, they thoroughly canvassed
the views of the Spianish-Anierican ele
ment in that city aud found them almost
unanimous in favor of annexation.
THE HKNTIMK.NT IN OPalN.
Scnor Munoz, In conversation with
your correspondent, said: “Prior to our
departure from Sprain we were fully
aware of the change in the Spanish cab
inet, and now that Senor Canovas do
Castilla has assumed the office of prime
minister we may fully expiect an almost
complex- and formal recognition of ths
republican element in Spnin. Tho re
publicans there, or thou# who favor sn
overthrow of the monarchical rals, are
almost universally in favor of disp^ing
of ths island of Cuba to ths United
State*" , .. . _
*• What price Is sat upon the Island V
“That I am not prepared to say, ss our
negotiations have not yet reached that
climax." was the reply.
‘And do you thins that $100,000,000
The K*htlaitel|iUta or the Ualtlroore
Will Tran»|»ort tlie Inveuior'a Hod jr.
Washinoton, July 14.— Secretury
Tracy to-day decided to revoke tho will
ing orders of the Bstex, »«» far as they
applied to the transportation of the re-
mains of Inventor Erickson to Sweden,
and to have cither the new cruiser I i-iIh-
tlelnhia. or hcar-Adrniral Ghcrsrd's ling-
ship, the Baltimore, to perform that
service. Tlie latter will probably be
icoted, as she can be more rv.diiy pre
pared for the voyage, ^he is now at
would reach tbe limit?"
•*Ob, no; not by any means
“How about $200,000,000 ?”
“1 am almost positive that Spain would
give this offer a very serious considera
tion. You sac, the feeling which per
vades the present Spanish government is
a conciliatory on* It tends toward
establishing perpetual peace with all na
tion* Tbs object Spain has in ascertain
ing the disposition on the pert of ths
United State# to acquire Cuba is that it
sees* way to relieve its ovsrburdened
finances, settle iu international disputes
anil place it more on * par with other
European nation*”
•*\V hat immediate effect on Spain
would ths cession of Cuba product? 4
“None in the very Immediate future.
But, with the money that can bo im
mediately obtained from the sale, Spain
would be placed in a position to secure a
long projected alliance with France and
the eventual absorption of Portugal and
h«-r manifold colonial interest* The pro-
I jeer, no doubt, may mmSA to many z
| hHirbraincd one. but among tho repuLli-
1 cans of Portugal and Spain it has long
i encrifthed. You mytakemy vvoi
! for it mat the present cabinet ct h, ain
j only;!.« initiative of a thoroughly di
I’hiTj republican mov
ktuUr
j take pi
Bath and will be in New York in a week
or two. In case she goes to Europe, ths
Philadelphia will take her t.laco ou tho
north Atlnntlc sqadron. That verse! is
now at Philadelphia awaiting her ar
rangement, and when it is all in place
she will go to New York to complete her
equipment.
Secretary Trmcy said today that the
Philadelphia can be fitted out for sea
service In about four weeks, and though
while her future movements are still un
determined. he was inclined to send her
to Europe with the body of Erickson.
He added that either she or tho Balti
more will certainly go on that mission,
snd that whilt the probabilities are in
favor of the selection of the Utter, the
matter will be left unsettled for a few
day* Tbe Essex will be ordered to the
south Atlantic station.
TUB COLOR LINK IN TUB G. A. R.
Quarrvl Koiwvvn ltlval Poaii In Nsur
OrUsna and s t oarl-JIartlal.
New Orleans, July 18.—A quarrel
between white and colored posts of the
Grand Array of the Republic has resulted
in an order from the commander-in
chief for *« court-martial to try Cupt.
Jacob Gray, poet commander of tho
department of the gulf, on several
charges preferred by Joseph A. Mower of
Fnst No. 1, and two members of the
Commander-in-chiefs tuff, recently sent
here to invsetigate the status of the rival
post* Tbs court will moot July 24 aud
will be presided over by Gen. A. S.
Badger, with CoL Frederick Speed as
judge advocat*
(HABIIHO.V HLl'B PENCIL.
Ilehrlnx
He Is I'alnc It ou Dial
Sea Correspondence.
Washington, July i&—[Special.}—
Chairman Hitt of the foreign affairs
committee, who put through tne House
at hie friend. Secretary Blaine'* request
the resolution calling upon the President
for the Behring sea correspondence, feels
disappointed because it has not come in
yet. It was all ready at the State De
partment when the resolution was passed
last week, and was sent at once to tbe
White Hous* Apparently the President
is reading everyone of the hundred tpy<
fM s, bli AM* “
written pages, blue pencil in band.
ANOTHER IIOODLS.lt BACK.
Ex-Alderman Dempsey Returns lo
New York to Ntand Hie Trial.
New York. July 1\—Ex-Alderman
Charles Dempsey, or the boodle board of
1884, who was connected with tho pas
sage of the Broadway railroad franchise,
and »•>« hoan enfaumina in Canada
for some time past mad* his'appearance
at the district attorney’s office to-day.
He came back to give bail and wait any
further developments in the matter of
the indictment against him. His bail
bonds are being made out.
You must not think that I am disloyal
rr.r ccustry In diorlooinar these mat
ters,'which must be made public sooner
or later; but the truth of tlie matter is
that when the republican movement
does corns there will be little, very little,
if any, opposition to it on tbe pert of the
monarch* The Queen Regent of Spain
is fully awaraof tlie proposed movement,
and from her, as well as from the rojal
household, only a passive resistance may
be expected. “
A BLOW AT BUILDING JOBS.
Bulldlns Bills
Reed Saya No Bore
Shall Pas* Thl
Washington, July 14—(Special.]—Mr.
Rood has announced today that no more
public building bill* should be passed this
session, not even thethirty-six whieh rot
through the committee of the whole.
There was great swearing st this to-night,
. i. • i!i\ al..- !.„• t• • • I* . (.« a • ' I
voted for the force bill to get their little
bills through, »
iof Cholera.
Why this changs in Spain’s de
meanor? For many years ha* slit not
absolutely refuted to listen to proposi
tions as to the cession of her principal
possession of tbe American continent?
“The policy of Spain to-day is much
mor* liberal than it has been for many
year* She has come to the conclusion
that eooner or latsr, in some way or
other, she will lose possession of her
American island. She sees that she is
losing prestige there day by day, and
perhaps within a very few veers s blow
may corns which will deprive her of Us
control. Sb* intends to make hay while
the tun shines; and you may depend
upon It that, seeing the inovitabl# must
come, she will make the most of a baa
bargain.
“A new captain-general of Cuba has
been appointed. One of hia special in
structions from ths home government
has been to sound the feeling of annex<
at ion on that island, and to report to Mad
rid with all convenient dispatch. It will
be impossible for ms to disclose just now
bow Spain intends to proceed in the mat
ter. 1 can safely (imlict, however, that
Itefore the year 1W0 shall have drawn to
a close negotiations will have been en
ured into between Spain and the United
States for tho transfer of ths island to
the latter.
“We can give no further particulars,
bat hero are our credentials from ths go»-
meat at Madrid." At he same thus
Senor Murua exhited paper* purporting
to autborizo their mission.
“But bow ia it that (he Spanish minis
ter in the United States knows nothing
of this Blatter?”
“Oh,” replied Senor Murua, “ther#
are many affair* of state with which ths
ministers accredited to foreign countries
sre not made acquainted.* and this con
cerning the sale of tlie island of Cuba is
one of them.”
It will be remembered tbst Senator
Call, st ths beginning of the present
session of Congress, introduced s reso
lution having for its object the annexa
tion of Cuba. He baa talked so long and
persistently upon it, that tbe Senate ap
pears to have become lukewarm. While
here Senors Murua snd Munoz have been
working very cautiously in official circle*
They appear to be sanguine that their
negotiations will succeed.
THE DEMOCRACY OPTE!tNi:^ KBl
Heeling of Hie Ntaio Conveutloir at
NasUvtlle,
Nashville. Tenn., July 15.— 1 Thedenw
ocratic convention was called to order st
12 o'clock to-day by the chairman of the
stats ext cutiro committee, who, oftor
making a short address, announced the
name of lion. N. W. Baptist of Tipton
county as temporary chairman, and J.
D. McLin of Davidson county as tempo
rary secretary.
The platform indorses the administra
tion of Grover Cleveland, th nouurss the
McKinley bill, demands the free cotnuge
niiucj uni, uci>iuik<b ' — r
silver and deuoU cee the imp'.rUUwD
of pauper labor. It declare* that the
agricultural interests are tlie support and
mainstay of our dual system or govern
ment, state and federal, and arraigns
and condemns the Republican j>arty for
its legislative discrimination against this
class, which lisa greatly reduced the
price of farm lands and products,
for its corrupt grant of large
sulwidcs to special corporations, for It#
revolutionary methods to perpetuate rta
power, for its reckless iqunndering of
public money for l>arty purpose-*, for its
corrupting and debauching of the Ameri
can fiatichhe, for its efforts to foment
sectional strife and thus disturb the
business tranquility of the country, for
its efforts to foster combinations, unlaw
ful trusts snd monopolies, op
press! vs to the great mass of the
people, for its attempt to pass the federal
election bill, or force bill, designed to en
gender conflict between the races of the
South, and to strengthen and entrench
monopoly; for Its utter disregard of the
will of the people in unseating duly and
legally elected democratic representa
tives, and its siiamelassnese in de
nying the right of statehood to
territories fully qualified for ad
mission by the number of their
cdtizen* becauso they are democratic,
wliila they admit into tbe union other
territorie* as state* with much smsllsr
population, for the reason only that a
majority of their voters are republican*
and in contrast with all this and the
weak, vacillating, selfish strife-produo-
ingand labor-dissatisfying administration
of Ben Harrison, w# present with pride
the administration of Grover Cleveland,
marked as it was »y high moral courage,
exemption from jotming and corruption.
The balance of tho platform refure to
state issuoc.
On. ballot w«. taken for gorernor. u
follows: Buchanan 759, Baxter 20, Tay
lor in, Psttison 570.
TARIFF KKFORH IN MARYLAND,
Large Heeling of County Tariff Re
form Clulia In Baltimore.
Baltimore, Md., July 15,—Eight coun
ties of Msrylaud have each organized^
tariff reform rlutx Ineso ciuba raw* in
conference today, in the room* of the
Maryland Tariff Reform Club iu Jiie city.
Janies Alfred Pearce, son of ex-United
States Senator Psarco. presided. There
were prcmmit at the conference, by invita
tion, “democratic friends of tariff re
form,” from those counties of the state
in which Imiu clubs have set as yet be»*n
organized.
After nn interchange of views con
cerning tho work already done, and up n
the necemity of oatnblivhing tariff reform
idem Cl®
, Mr. Cleveland i
gratified with thocviJen.es constantly
prerentinr themselves of the aetivu/
and organization in oM oc tariff
form within your state, and I hope that
the proposed convention will Le full of
encouragement to the friend# of the
causa”
Delegates to the conference were enter
tained at luncheon by the Maryland re
form club, In the evening a public
meeting was held and it was fairly nt
tended considering the eeason. The
speakers were: Buchanan Scldey of
Maryland, Charles F. Crisp of Georgia,
John J. Hemphill of South Caroline, W.
L Wilson of West Virginia, William
McAdoo of New Jersey, and Win. IX
Dyuutn of Indians^
HIRE initltouv LIEUTENANT.
Captured In m«Bl«*lppl and Brought
Rack to Birmingham.
Birmingham, July 18.— Superintendent
Agee of the Southern Express Company
and Deputy J. V. Jackson came in from
Columbus, Mia*, to-night with * man
UHumuui, Mail. >»•*<• •» «*•»<•
nuiMd J. K Wliwlow, alia, Charley
Davis who waa captured at Columbia,
loday. The prisoner ia idautiliod aa
ltuba Burro.. 1 chief lieutenant iu bU
train robbing sscapadei. The charges
agaimt him are murder and implication
In the train robbery at Duck Hill last
fall. The prisoner denies hia identity,
but thaofficer, are certain that bale their
man, and think hia captuie .van mors
important than Rub. Burrow.’ would
hav. been, aa ha ia under.tood to hava
been the brains of the Burrow, gang.
He li a rattnad, nice-looking fellow, and
talks walL
Tim riniMi nitcoitD hiiokb*.
John Both of Galena, III., J
After Bavins Fasted Slxtf Daye
Galena, Ill.. July 15.—John Roth who
out-did Tanner in his celebrated fast,died
ysetsrday at tho county asylum, having
passed his sixtieth day of total abstinence
from food or any kind of nourishment
except a small quantity of water which
was forced into bis stomach mechani
cally every twenty-four hour*
For auen an absolute fast, his record is
no doubt the longest ever made. Re
cently Roth worked at Sacies Mound
near thU city, nntU attacked by progres-
■ire paralysis two months ago, which
incapscistrd him from work, and soon
made it impossible for him to eat. After
a week of fasting he was brought to ths
county ssyluio on the 23d of May snd
there lingsred for fifty-thres days with
out food.
A PECULIAR Dot OLE CUILD.
HONORING FltltStONT’S MEMORY.
Flags at Hair Tlast on Lxeeutlva Ur-
part men! lluildingsin Washington,
Washington, July 14—President
Harrison to-day ordeied that the national
flag be displayed at half mast upon ail
the buildings of the Executive Depart*
The
Nearly FlvellunUr
Madrid, July lfl
that in tbo but twi
been 445 cholera
tlitfao ^51 have been faUl,
ment of this city until after Gen, Fre
mont's funeral.
THE nuealDRNT'a CONDOLENCE*
Lo* Angela*. CaL, July 14—Mr*
Fremont this afternoon received a mss-
sage of condolence from President Harri
son as follows:
“1 beg to extend to you my profound
sympathy in your great sorrow. The
death of Gen. Fremont bos revived tbe
memory of his greet and uniqus public
service* and will excite regret that tbe
nati' n did not give su earlur and mors
roiijtant expression of it.
-ntxjiuM Harrison,”
A Freak of Nature That Rivals lias
Siamese Twins.
Wifamac, IniL, July ilk—Four wmIu
Hi. ASJ L. W. BstScM, prerui
WHY REED IS N01'SMILING.
THE SENATE IS NOT BEHAVING TO
SUIT HIS NOTIONS.
Jfe Fears Delay In Action on the Tar
iff* III1I, Seeing In It the Possi
ble Defeat of the Force Hill,
Ills Pet Iniquity.
Washington, July 15.— [Special]—
Speaker Reed, usually so cheerful snd
chipper, looked sad to-day, H« did no*
like the Senate caucus of lost evening.
He did not like tho Blaine reciprocity let
ter of this morning. He left disappointed
at the slow and uncertain steps of tho
Senate republicans toward tho tran into
which he hopes to crowd them. He still
believes they will have to change their
rule so as to make them like his, and ho
■till thinks that they will pas* not only
tbe tariff but the force bilL
But there is always danger In delay,
and the speaker, with so many lieuten
ant# sounding the Senate all the time,
knows better than ouy other one ui.vo
that in this case delay means, probably,
defeat for his plan. Ho sre. that as yetj
whatever they may do in the future, tho
reluctant senators have not walked into
the pit he he# digged for them. They
have not accepted a change in tl
rules, and they have not determined —
take up the force bill. They have, to ho
sure, agreed to take up the tariff bill,
but that, MV. Reed thinks, should bo
brought up after tho election bilL
DOESN’T UU BLAINE’S SCHEME.
He sees in Blaine’s recprocity scheme
s fir# brand, which may start a serious
conflagration on tbe republican side, and
jeopardize tbe tariff bill, certainly dc-
laying action on it, and so deferring
action on it until it will be impracticable
to pass the force biU.
No wonder Reed looked gloomy. It
seems to affect bis temper. It was
observod from the gallery that he, ap
parently not liking McKinley and Can-
non'* management of tbe defense of the
committee on rules from the charge of
Cooper, of Indiana, in his Kaum investi
gation resolution, whisked them into tho
republican cloak room, and gesticulated
at them ut a great rate, until McKinley
walked away.
M’KINLEY IS LYING LOW.
Doesn’t Fear Utalne’s Reciprocity
Scheme Changing Ills Tariff*Bill.
■Washington, July lfl—[Special.]—
McKinley has, of course, read all that
Blaine bus said about tbs McKinley bill.
TU-,inn’s la«t letter nublished
inaiut- mmiu HIV
including Blain,’, la»t letter publlihcd
(his morning, with its cunning attempt
to twist the non-committal maMagaof
the President onnwTine Blaine'a reci
procity report into anindoreement ot the
"ScKlnley, who dinee at the White
Hooae cn famille oitener then Biaino
dinee there in itate, know* from the
President's own lip, that h, considers
Blaine's scheme impracticable and lias
(riven reasons which, to high protection*
jits, seem concluaite against k. hut iic-
Kinlry saya nercr a wold about it for
publication. He is eaTine himsolt up
until tho tariff hill comes l ock to tliu
House, when ho may make tho meat
itrikinz speech uf lile life in reply to all
that Blaine lias said.
Neither Mr. >h
due. J1* •- !
BlaJno's reotprooty a
■ any of tin
in Mr. Hale's am U. kei t. th
ur.il UU in the Seuat* Ho .'ar^ the Sen-
ur.il UU ia the Seuata Ho far the Hen-
ale tinance committee, to which it was
referred, shows no signs of reporting it
favors by, although, aa, a matter of
courtesy to tne prouder, it wUI have to
he reported In somo way.
BLAINE WANT, A 1-1X0*11 IN TH* PI*.
But Dlmine will do hie best through
Hale and a taw other friend, to have it
nit in tha bUI in aoraa form ao that
ltlaine may get his finger in tbe pi* In
rill be helped byaome of tba
this ha w... v. —.—
anti-llarrison aaoaton just because the
President does not approve. The demo-
craU hava not datsrminad what they
will do with Blaine'a scheme, but in de
bate they will welcome Biaino as a re
cruit in the course of enlarged freedom
of trade.
IXGAI.I.x WON’T PLAT ItBED,
Ho Won't fee ADtoeraSTe Methods
Unless Inslrurled by tha Cauda.
\Va»nts<m>N, July ti—[Special }—
Mr. Ingalls announced lo the republican
caucus last night that ha would not play
tbe part of Seed in tba presiding officer •
chair, unless expressly instructed ao to
do by the republican caucus Mr.
Ingalla baa recaivad many compliments
from democrats upon tbe impartiality
with which ha presided over lh» senate.
Mr. Harris, tbe parliamentary leader of
tba democratic aenatora, U quoted as aay
ing that Mr. Ingalls in the chair baa
proved to be tha Carlisle ot the liepub-
Ingalls u verv proud of this phrase and
r .1,1 it has kiven him.
of tlie reputation which it has given him.
He does not propose to put himself vol
untarily in a poeitioo where democratic
aenatora would be as unwilling to eota
for a resolution of thanks to bluet tha
end of the session as tbe democratic rep
resentatives will be to vote for a resolu
tion of thanks to Reed.
Bo when the republican senators
were talking last night about
__ flnt problem in a change of
rulee, “How aboil we atop
filibustering on tha new rule itself," Mr.
Hoar said “the presiding officer of the
Senate baa power under tbe present
rales of the tjenate to declare a motion
dilatory and refuse to put it" (a propo-
.OUe. fsnm tarlilr'll tin APIA ilig Jinflhl
QIWIOIT aOU IVlimm tv |iu< ss |"«Jiw
altion from which no one dissented
openly), and Mr. Ingalla remarked aud
ibly: “Aspresiding officer I should not
exercise such e power unless 1 wae in
structed to do an by the republicans of
the .Senate.”
He wae not instructed todoao, and
will not be for some time.
COItnAN ON I1IN CI'AIID.
nent society people, bad loin to them s
double child, a moat peculiar freak of
nature. It is a pair of boy babies, whoso
aggregste wslgbt it Mean pound* One
child is perfect in every respect, while a
second is without a hea.C Its tower
limbs, body and left arm are perfect,
but the left hand ia without a finger. Its
right arm is merely a ruJi men lory
growth of three inches with a ballon tbe
end of it snd resembling in appearance
an index fingvr. Both children are well
and hearty and seem to be growing snd
developing ss one child. The attach
ment of the second child to the first is by
s fleshy union st ths upper snd outer side
of the umbilltcu*
Fraitre’s Hold on the l ppvr Nlaer.
Pakh, July lfl—Ribot, minister of for
eign affair*, has notified tbe | owera that
treaties have nwMri
tire elite!■> on tbe Upper
agree to the French protectorate,
fie trill Not Bs Caught Napping on
tha Pore# Hill right.
Washington, July lfl—{Special.J—
Gorman, the tactical leader of tne Senate
democrat* ia not thrown off his guard
by the seeming republican Indifference
to the force bill He is just as alert as
though the republicans had adopted *
rule and agreed to nut it through at once
and to follow in with the force bill Im
mediately. Unless he receives unques
tionable assurance that the force bill is
not to be token up, he will use the tariff
bill and every other bill as a fender to
keep ths force bill off. Gorman is in a
position to know tbe inwardness of all
the republican plans, and will profit by
his information.
Over Haifa ttllHon Petitioners.
Washington, July lfl—A letter from
Pension Commissioner Baum, sent to tbo
Senate in response to * resolution of in
quiry, *hnvi that the total number of
pensioner* at all agencies was 532,179, cn
May 30 U*t,
tppointrd
Civil Service Examli
for (be Souil
Washington, July lfl—Tbe civil sera
vice commission today impe l u > i
lowing circular:
“Tbe number of eligible* on the rois
ters of the civil service commission fur
the most of the Southern states is not
sufficient to meet tho demands of the ap
portionment for appointments in tho de
partmental service at Washinaton. There
is also a lack of eligible# for tha railway
mail service from most of these states.
To supply these deficiencies the commis
sion bss arranged to bold extra oxamb
nations at the places named below, oa
tbo dates specified:
“Lexington, Ky., July 23; Charlotte,
N. Cl, July 24; Louisville, Ky., July £4;
Nashville, Tenn., July 25; Columbia. 8.
C., Memphis, Tenn,, and St. Louis, Ma,
July 26; Little Rock, Ark,, and Macon,
Oa., July 28; Montgomery, Al*, and
Shreveport, La., July 30; Birmingham,
Al*, and Dallas, Tex,, July 81; Atlanta^
Ga., Aug. 1; Chattanooga, Tenn., and
Houston, Tex., An& 2; Knoxville,Tenn.,
and New Orleans, L*, Aug. 4; Jackson.
Mia*, Aug. 6, Oxford, Mis*, Aug. 7j
Examinations for the railway mail sera
vice only will be held at Richmond, Vo.,
July 22, and Lynchburg, V*, Aug. fl
“In view of a large number ot appoint
ments soon to be made those who pass a
creditable examination will very likely
receiveeerly appointment* Application
blanks may be obtained from the civil
service commission at Washington, D.
C., and may be printed to the exam*
iner, dnly executed at the time of exam
ination. No »pecial examinations will
be given a* tho above named places,
except for special pension examiner and
medical examiner for the pension bu
reau,”
STAYING OFF THE FORCE DILL.
Ths Tariff* Dtbnto I.lkclf Lrave no
Time for Anythin? i:i«e,
Washington, July lfl—[Special. ]-»
Inasmuch os all the aspirants for the re
publican presidential nomination in 1VJ3
(except possibly Alger) sre to take aa
active part, directly or indirectly, in tho
debate, on ths tend bill, the democrat
senators sre to have plenty of republi
can help, voluntary or involuntary, in
their attempt to ward off tho force bill.
They wUI get direct voluntary hilp from
Teller, Blair, Plumb and others
opposed to tbe proposed
traduction of Reedism in tha
Senate or opposed to the force till, jer
se but thoy will get quite ss rpuch keep
from Allison, Sherman, and personal
representatives of Harrison, Biaino,ReeJ,
McKinley, Allison and Blaine will join
hands to unharness McKinley sinco it
seems impracticable to defeat tbo t ill.
Harrison will tein with I.’rM and Me,
>• 1'w li !' i.-b ’A i’’. "UV :my
Blaine reciprocity in it. It this att< rnpt
thoy will have the partial cooperation of
Sherman,
The debate promises to l e be acrid if
not acrimonious and tho republican
managers will find it difficult to shorten
it. (S.-pt. I i, ii-tmed by coiwrvativo re-
I'liblir.-iti M'lMtcri ns th»> < arlt-ot day on
which tbo tariff bill can imm tho House*
The democrats are rejoicing that the
bitter personal Jtrloiuy of the republi
can cau'!.<l.it«*s will thus work to the
good of tho country.
WOULD PIIO'I Et T ’I IEE VOTER*
• 11 tit Ohio
Washington, July lfl —(Sp.vial. J-.
Guterser Cfespbcf! cf Obis i: quciSi
oa having said, when hereon Sunday,
that it the force bill should fos, bs
would deem it his duty as governor ot
Ohio to see that no hireling of Quay,
Dudley or Clarkson, in tbe guuo of offi
cers interfered with any citizen uf
Ohio in his attempt to exercise tho fran
chise, and, if necessary, he would call
out the 50,000 militia of Ohio to protect
the ballot box from these fuico Lilt
fraud*
DUDLEY’ PIGEON-HOLED.
A Chance Tlml He Ulll Not Get tha
Amerlctia Posfofllrp,
Washington, July lfl—[Special.]—
Ths Senate postoffice committee has
practically pigeon-holed Dudley's nomi
nation at Americas for the rest of tho
session. If Buck does not fight for Dud
ley, Mr. Wsnamskvr will appoint some
one else before the sdjournmvnt.
LOOKING WTO DUNNING'S CASK.
The commit!# is waiting for tho In
spector's report oa Denning, Mean
while, Buck makes counter-charge
TUB NEW RANK OF .4 11 ERICA
Open In tloiton With Newr
la Soon I
England and Southern Capital.
Boston, Use*, July lfl—Arrange
ments for ths establishment of tho :
National Bonk of America in Boston are
about completed, a very considerable
portion of the capital of $l,000,0v0 hav
ing been placed. Ths bank will have
prominent New England and Southern
capitalists in its directory, and will maka
a speciality of Southern business. Valua
ble Southern banking connections have
already been secured and it is expected
that the bonk will be ready for btaiueM
m thirty day*
SOUTHERN GRANTS RESTORED.
Killwir Lands In the South tilth-
,l. nit it •*> iii<
Washington, July lfl—(Special.]—
Ths lend forfeiture till which will pass
the Houso to-morrow restores to tha
public domain the following Southern,
railway grants: Coosa snd Chattanooga,
144,000 acres; Tennessoe snd Coosa,
100,000; Atlantic, Gulf and West Indian
Transit Company, Florida, 76,800; Mobile
and Grand Trunk, 5,885; Alabama and
Tennessee, 80,000 sere*
THE TWINE SUPPLY BURNED,
The 3Hnn«apolU Flro Will Ruu tha
Price Away up.
Mikxupous, July It—Tho burning
ot 6iS tons ot binding twine in thi, ciljr
.akri» will cum n ebnrp aj.inoe m
the price'ot that article, eepecialij- i
Northwest. It to eatimatod that the MS
toot represented from one-half to sann-
eigbtb. of tho entira amount on band in
th* twine citiee. and pricM will go up
from half (cut tooeer 3 cenu a I'-jun-l.
This rke will affect tha entire countrj.
The Temperature Wen, I p lo 109 In
Chicago, July i—Iteporta from Illi
nois towns tell of much .ufferin, to-day
from the hot wether. The temperature
TOM to lot to-day. Many well, an 1 >: a
ponds are going dry. At Gatoeluig there
were fire caeM of pro»tratlon, two pror-
iogfataL At Decatur th* thermometer
reached 103 ia th. shade, but no imwtr*.
tin tion, are reported. At Vimoo, I to| my
Sketiff Woodatand MreraJ other, wero
.rooms by the exceeHre heat.
AT SAXXA, cm.
Kt' -ucmr, July m-a to
day tl.o there..o.-ier rggnlerod 10,
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