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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH ESTABLISHED 182fl. . I I jhr T» I‘ S r ** i>»* FlinUng Co* Publishers, | MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 23, 1800. L. 1Vr .‘‘ k,jr * * , * ft0 n Year. » (Sln^Io Cop), r i v i- < en(a. f 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, - ■■■■■■II. - M ■■