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VOL. VLL OLD PLATFORM REAFFIRMED By Kentucky Democrats In State Convention Assembled at Louisville. HARDIN WITHDREW FROM GUBERNATORIAL RACE. A Week of Wrangling Over Nomination For Governor. State Administration Condemned. After a week of wrangling and ten ineffectual ballots, the Kentucky dem¬ ocratic state convention in Bession at Louisville took an adjournment Satur¬ day until Monday. It xvas a fexv min¬ utes before midnight when the motion to adjourn xvas declared carried, and every man in the cenvention hall was heartily glad that a day of compara¬ tive rest xvas in sight. The first feature of the day Saturday xvasGeneral Hardin’s sensational with¬ drawal from the race. At a highly interesting stage of tho morning’s pro¬ ceedings, xx'hen tho tension xvas great, and there was much talk of the proba¬ bility of the Hardin forces withdraw¬ ing because of the rulings of the chair and the adverse decision of the creden¬ tials committee, General Hardin sud¬ denly appeared, and in an impassioned speech declared that he would xvith- draxv from the race. Harmony and the party’s good were, ho declared, more to him than his per¬ sonal ambitions, nnd to prevent the trouble impending he would withdraw. Whether this xvas done in good faith or not is open to conjecture, but it xvns so taken until the Stone people saxv that Goebel would surely he nom¬ inated. Then they rushed a lot of votes'to Hardin and drew a lot of Har¬ din men from Goebel, preventing the latiev’s nomination. Nine other ballots xvere taken nfter that, the dreary sing song of tho roll call and answer being up until about 11 o’clock. On the tenth ballot thevoto stood; Stone, 376; Hardin, 3C5; Goe¬ bel, 316. Stone had led on most of the ballots, xvith the other txvo alternating iu sec¬ ond and third places. There was, however, very little difference between the real strength of the three men, a fexv votes being scattered about each time, in the hope of creating a dix-er- sion. - The platform Adopted. The platform adopted by tbe con- veution for the presidential campaign of 1900 reads in part as folioxvs: “The democrats of Kentucky in con- vention assembled, reaffirm, xvitliout the slightest qualification, the princi- pies and policies declared in the deni- ocratic national platform adopted at Chicago in 1896. “Onr faith in bimetallism is vindi- eated by events. The necessity for the restoration of the double standard xvns acknowledged by tbe president and congress iu 1897 xvhen a commission xvas sent to Eu- rope to entreat other nations to aid iu establishing bimetallism, and tho fail- ure of the commission to secure Euro- pean co-operation confirms the friends of free coinage iu their belief that re- lief can only come by the independent action of tho United States. The jires- ent legal ratio of 16 to 1 is the only ratio nt xvliicL bimetallism can be re- stored aud opposition to it is confined to those who oppose bimetallism at any ratio and those who misapprehend or ignore the reasons xvhich led three national eonx-entions to adopt it. “We denounce the present republi- can national administration for its reckless extrax-agance iu the conduct of public affairs; for its cruel and in- liuman neglect in its treatment of our soldiers aud sailors during the Span- ish war; for its complete subordina- tion to the interest of organized xxcalth; for its protection and encour- agement of trusts and combinations, and especially for its appointment and retention in office of an attorney gen- oral devoted to the interests of trusts and combinations. I’resident Kruger Buying Guns. A London special says: The govern¬ ment of tho South disputch African Republic, according to a to The Daily Maii from Home, is ordering large quantities of rifles from Italian firms lor immediate shipment. FEVER SPREADS AT SANTIAGO. Thlrty-Tlirce Cases and Five Deaths Make tho Kecord So Far. Thirty-three cases of yellow fever with live deaths have been officially reported at Santiago since the begin¬ ning of the present outbreak. One of tbe deaths occured in the Fifth infan¬ try. The other four fatal cases were civilians. Captain Fabricns, a popular medical officer, died Sunday. For three days the Cubans the past xveek conducted a patriotic demonstra¬ tion, .he festival of San Juan, in honor of the victory won there by the Amer¬ ican troops over tho Spaniards. TO STOP AT BOSTON FIRST. Admiral Dtset'l Flagship Will Touch At the Hub Soon. The Boston Herald says that Admiral Dexvey xvill visit Boston and be enter- tained there before he goes to New Y'ovk. this forecast beiDg based on the reported ',‘atement of the United States co i mnercl at Halifax that ikgtoji tse had r peoi'le of 1 Ltwxja 'jirect from will make Hai/trt h V, V' 1 I'm - 1 nie'irrtiAfiPpiug pl v.» j thH 4 t . J r / 6 i r A * • 'w “We call attention to the incompe- tenoy of the present republican ad ministration in Kentucky; to the abuses in scandals in tho management of penitentiaries and assylums while under republican control, and xve commend the wisdom of the last gen¬ eral assembly of Kentucky in the en¬ actment of laxvs which secure the xviso and economical administration of the penitentiaries nnd other public insti¬ tutions of tho state under democratic control. “We believe the trust is the result, iu a largo measure, of the policies adopted niul pursued by the republican party, chief among which are the de¬ monetization of silver by which the volume of currency has been kept be- loxv the demands of business, and the enactment and enforcement of vicious, unxvise and unpatriotic legislation, such as the protective tariff laxvs known as the McKinley and Dingley bills, whereby thero is a discrimina¬ tion in favor of corporate wealth and against individual enterprise. “We favor the destruction of the re¬ sult as xvell ns the remox-al of the causes. The.re-establishment of in¬ dependent bimetalism at 16 to 1 nnd tho repeal of the protectix’e tariff laxvs would do more to cripple and destroy the organiztion ami operation of the trusts than any other laxvs. “We believe the laxv in Kentucky knoxvnas the anti-trust law should he so amended as to make unlawful any agreement, combination or arrange¬ ment by corporations or indivitials uii- der which in the carrying on of any business the prices charge should thereby be fixed, controlled or regu¬ lated. ■ “We indorse the amendment to the state election laxv passed by the last democratic general assembly of Ken¬ tucky over the veto of a republican governor. We declare the amendment to the laxv to be in the interest of fair and honest elections. Its faithful en¬ forcement xvill render impossible tbe commission of such frauds and rob- beries as xvere perpetrated in this state in 189G whereby the xvill of the people xvas overthroxvn and the state lost to William J. Bryan, “We indorse the provision of the hill passed by tho democratic general assembly of Kentucky to prevent ex- tortionate, unfair, discriminating and ruinous freight rates by transportation companies, xvhich bill xvas vetoed by a republican governor; aud we likexvise indorse the provisions of the bill pass- ed by said general assembly to insure competition in the sale of school hooks for the use of the children of this state, the purpose of which bill xvas to de- stroy tho extortionate and oppressive prices now maintained by the school book trust iu this state—and xx-e pledge the democracy to such revision or amendment ns time or necessity may show is beneficial to the school cbild- ren of this state. “We hereby express our continued confidence in William J. Bryan and favor bis nomination for the presidency of tbe United States by the democratic national convention of 1900. “We recommend to tho democracy of Kentucky J. C. S. Blackburn as the successor of William Lindsay in the United States senate, “Wo indorse the xvnr carried tosue- cess for the freedom of the enslex’ed Cubans; and we appreciate and honor the conrage nnd heroism of our boI- diers and sailors therein engaged, But we declare the conduct of the present national administration as to the Philippines to lie repugnant rights, the to every line of the bill of constitution aud the declaration of in¬ dependence.” Havana’s Customs Receipts. Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn announced Saturday the customs re- ceipts at Havana for the week ending Juno 17th, exceed those of any pre- vious week for 1899 by 89,600. RECRUITING STILL GOES ON. The Army In Now Up lo Legal Maximum of 05,000 Men. Recruiting officials at tbe war de¬ partment say the work is progressing xvith pleasing rapidity. Recruits have been received at tbe rate of 1,090 per xveek for the past three xveeks and there are now at San Francisco about 5,000 recruits axx-aiting transportation to the Philippines. recruit¬ The army is now practically ed up to its legal maximum of 65,000 men, but it is understood that the re¬ cruiting at the present rate will be kept up for some time, or at least till the department receives further ad¬ vices from General Otis. BIG CHEMICAL COMPANY. Corporation At Barberton, O., Haft a Cap!- tai stock of •< 5 , 000 , 000 . There is a big corporation back the enterprise to establish a soda ash factory at Barberton, Ohio. The leading BpiritB in the corporation, which is to be knoxvn as the Columbia Chemical Company, with a capital of $45,000,000, are H. C. Erick, of the Carnegie Company, and John Pitcairn, Glass Company, ASH BURN. OA SATURDAY, JULY 1. 1899. It EE MON OF ROUGH I! ILEUS. Governor RoojcT.lt Rrcrivr, n Great n«- eei.lion at Las Vegas, N. M. Governor Roosevelt arrived at Lns A egns, New Mexico, Saturday nfter- noon, to attend the first annual re¬ union of the Society of Bough Riders. The popular colonel was greeted ns ho stepped off the ronr car with tremend¬ ous cheering from 5,000 people massed around the depot. The noted New Yorker was clad in his Rough Rider uniform and was easily recognized by the crowd. He xvas almost lifted bod¬ ily from his feet by the press of per¬ sons anxious tb grasp his hand. He looked in excellent health and seemed to appreciate the hearty enthusiasm of the people who greeted him. As he w alked down the depot sidewalk a line of Rough Rider veterans saluted and joined in the general ovation. When Colonel Roosevelt came op¬ posite the Hue of Rough Riders he be¬ and gan shaking bonds with the troopers gave them a most cordial greeting. During the rettuiou meeting Gov¬ ernor Roosevelt xvas elected an honor¬ ary president of tho association for life. Colonel A. 0. Brodie, of Pres¬ cott, xvns elected president," and Lieu¬ tenant Fame, of Cerrillos, secretary for tho ensuing yonrj Captain W. II. H. Llewellyn, first vice president; Lieutenant Goodrich, second vico (resident. The governor was ordered to bo brought before the meeting, xvas ap¬ prised of his election and responded in an eloquent address. Thero xvns quite a spirited contest for the selec¬ tion of the place to hold tho next an- ual reunion betxveen Oklahoma City and Colorado Springs, The former city had decidedly tho best of it, the vote standing 89 to 121. Memorial services xvas the first thing on the rough riders’ reunion program Sunday. They were held nt 11 o’clock a. m., nt the Duncan opera house and Rev. Thomas A. Uzzelle, pastor of the People’s tabernacle, of Denver, preach¬ ed the memorial sermon. TAMPA HAS EXCITEMENT. A Nprio minor XXnH Killed During n tiftlCMTll At Tampa, Pin., Saturday afternoon M. J. Christopher, colored, editor of the Union Labor Record, was shot and killed. Several days ago Christopher pub¬ lished a scurrilous article about Po- lieemnn W. W. Woodward, who had some trouble in arresting a negro wo¬ pher man. Since the publication, Christo¬ had been hiding out, but Satur¬ day he aud Woodward met. A fe.w xvords ensued and then came u general fight. Christopher was armed, and had several armed negroes with him. A number of xs Lite men xvere close by, nnd ran in, while Woodward was heat¬ ing the negro, and a shot xvas fired, which resulted in the dentil of Uio negro. No one knows who fired Ure pistol, but it is said that Policeman Woodward did not. After the fight several thousand ne¬ groes thronged (lie streets, and many of them were armed. They made threats, nnd a large posse of deter¬ mined white men xvns placed on duty armed xvith rifles. The police force xvas doubled. Peace xvill bo main¬ tained if possible. Christopher xvas custodian of the large government wnrehousentTampa, and as such government officer it is claimed that the affair xvill be reported to Washington arid the department asked to take a hand in tho investiga¬ tion. CLEVELAND STRIKE ADJUSTED. Men Will ISo llflliutatcd and Kuuning <»( Cars JteRiimeri. An agreement betxveeu tho big Con¬ solidated Street Bailway Company of Cleveland, O., and its striking cm* ployeea xvas reached Saturday evening. The agreement provides for the hearing of grievances and a resort to abitrntion in case the men and the company cannot agree and it also pro¬ vides for the reinstatement of practi¬ cally 80 per cent of the old men nt once, ihe remainder except those xvho have been guilty of violence, being placed cn the xvniting list. Condition of Spain’s Rank. The Bank of Spain’s report for the weekended June fifth shows the fol lowing changes; Gold iu baud, in- in circulation, decrease, 1,120,000. Gold was quoted Haturday at 23.22. MANY WERE INJURED. Troops Were Compelled to Fire During Kpfinixli Biota In 8 arrtjfoaaji. Many people xvere injured during the rioting Monday at Saragossa, Spain. Seventeen persons are report¬ ed to have received daxigevoxis wounds. The troops were obliged to fire on the people. Martial laxv has been declared nt Valencia anil fighting has occurred nt Grenada, xvhere the troops charged and xvounded several people. Anti-budget demonstrations have also occurred at Burgos and Toledo. MARTIAL LAW IN SPAIN. Kioto,!* Demonstration In Snragosztt He- suit. In Caii.n, Out the Hlllt.r,. A violent demonstration against tho budgetary proposal of the Spanish government took place at Saragossa Monday. The mob pillaged the Imild- ing of the Saragossa consul general and stoned the gendarmes severely on guard, several of whom were in- jured. The disorders increasing, the troops were ordered out and charged the rioters. Martial law was then pro- A SCHEMER IS KRUGER According to a Declaration of Lord Chamberlain. TRANSVAAL PRESIDENT SCORED He Is Accused of Deliberately Hunting Trouble—-Entire Question Is Reviewed. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of stnte , . for , the colonies, . addressing ,, . the unionists of Birmingham, England, Monday evening, reviewed carefully .L.!,,,i Iu the com so of his speech lie said that owing to tho enormous military prepnratious of the government of the South Aricaa republic, Great Britain had been compelled to iucrcase the British garrison iu Capo Colony and Natal, entailing an additional expemli- ture of £500,000 annually. “If the reforms which Lord llipon proposed in 1891 had been accepted,” said the minister, “there would have been no raid and no crisis at tho preR- ent time. But the raid tied tho bands of the government and 1 prevented tho application of pressure. ’ Mr. Chamberlain said the govern- ment hail tried to establish friendly relations with President Kruger, but all their advances had been received with contempt. He (lion proceeded to eulogize Sir Alfred Milner, govenor of Cape Colony and British high cotnmis- sinner for south Africa. After denouncing in (ho strongest terms the attitude ninl actions of tho Boers, Mr. Chamberlain, xvith great de- liberntion and emphasis, said; “The Transvaal's enormous secret service fund has procured it friends and advocates in every country. The way the British subject there is treat- ed is not only a menace to them, but interferes with our prestige among the natives, who now regard the Boers and not the British as the paramount poxver. “Besides the broaches of the Lon¬ don convention the Transvaal is flag¬ rantly violating the equality Hint can- X'entiou xvns intended to secure. Its government in a festering sore, poison¬ ing the xvhoio atmosphere of South Africa. Tho Dutch in Cape Colony and Natal would bo in tho happiest condition, but so long as the disease of hatred ninl suspicion prex'nils in the Transvaal it is impossible to stop the contagion. “Four times since independence xvns granted xve have been on tbe verge of xvnr with the Transvaal. It is errone¬ ous to say tho British government xvantn xvnr, but it is equally erroneous to say that tho government xvill drnxv back now that it Las put its band to the plow. We hope the, efforts that are noxv being made will load to an amicable arrangement, tor Great, Bri- tain only desires justice, but there comes a tiino when patience can hardly be distinguished from weakness and when moral pressure becomes a farce that cannot bo continued xvitliout loss of self-respect. I trust that time may never oomo in this instance, but if it does Britons xvill insist upon tho means to find a result essential to tbe peace of south Africa.” Tlio speech xvas xvarmly applauded. In reply to a vote of thanks Mr. Chamberlain said he felt strengthened and encouraged by their confidence aud support. Ho had spoken from tlie heart, because ho believed they had reached a critical turning point in the history of the cm- piro and that the whole world xvas xvatcbiug to see how they would issue from the difficulty. PORTO RICANS AS TROOPS. Thrao Hundred Fnllsfc fn Itattallon An- t lionized lly ~.Vnr Department. A special to The New York Herald from Washington says: Secretary Al- gorhas been advised by Brigadier Gen- oral Davis, commanding the depart- ment of I’orto Rico, that 300 Porto ruent. One hundred more men will be secured. RIVER BOAT SINKS, Apalachee SnppoEed to Have Struck a Snag-One Per non Drowned. The steamer Apalachee, one of the finest vessels plying the Chattahoochee and Chipola rivers, between Colum- bus, Ga., and Apalachicola, Fla., went to the bottom Haturday after- noon opposite Wcwabitchka, Fla., in twelve feet of water. The Apalachee had on board a large list of passengers bound for different Florida resorts, Meager reports of the catastropho stated tiiat four persons xvere drowned, while in factorly one person perished It is supposed that the vessel was out of her regular course, and struck hidden obstruction. HAlUia I)Cnif‘S 5 Report. ^ Hanni h „ fla „ d „. nied , h „ re)JOrt Beut ont (rom Wash- ington that he intended to retire from the. chairmanship of the national re¬ publican committee. Cremated ills Own Son. Gary BoDker, a negro, is in jail at Jacksonville, Fla., charged with tbe murder of bis ten-year old son. Tbe coroner’s verdict was to the effect that the l,oy was burned to dea^U by hie 'liOlMZ. KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS FINALLY AGREE UPON A CANDIDATE, CLIMAX OF A LONG Senator Won Victory On the Twenty-Sixth Ballot—Harmony Completely Hr stored. The wind-up of the most sensational convention in the history of Kentucky xvas reached at twenty-tire minutes past 10 o’clock Tuesday night, when State Senator William Goebel was do- olared the democratic nominee for KO b vernor ' After one week’s continuous session, marked at times by outbreaks, whose intensity Boomed to nugur riots in the „™„........... ,, P the party as a natural consequence, the nomination of Goebel was finally ^shod with harmony and the --el good feeling through prevailing, splendid hits xvou g. .eralship. He came to Louisville with hut a few moro than 200 pledged voteR , but by clever manipulation, his by brave, courageous lighting, by want,, attitude throughout the con- * cs b be lias impressed his personality 80 strongly upon the convention that all the manipulations of the shrewdest politicians of the state could not pro- vent his ultimate nomination. His victory is due to his own gener- ship nnd good sense. Twice before the Ann! coup lie held the nomination within his grasp. One was that open- ing ballot, when his Louisville loader wndo the mistake of breaking tbo agreement with tho Stone people, nnd then again, when tho skeleton lmllot Monday, when ho had a majority of the quorum voting. ibid Goebel been tho kind of n poli- tleian some of his enemies demanded pictured bim, ho would have the nomination on that vote and would have had plenty of preliminary expo* Deuce to sustain his demands. But instead, ho sent Chairman Redwine w oril that he would not have a nomi¬ nation by less thnn a majority of the bill vote of the convention. This won him friends, for it showed his fair- boss, nnd in the end it was n factor in bringing Lis nomination, The twenty-second ballot xvas most penerfully taken. After the result had been announced, one of the Goebel lenders introduced n resolution provid¬ ing that on the twenty-fifth ballot tho tho lowest man he dropped. Thero was another hard fight over ill is, an effort being made by the Hardin-Stone managers to array those forces against tho resolution. But the delegates had grown tired of the ceaseless struggle, and the vote was finally completed,ami stood 571 in favor of tlio resoluttion and 519 against it. ’Tlio end Was now in sight. Two ballots were to be taken before the t« a | ballot, xvhich xvas to determine which man was to lie dropped, and tlie two xvho xvoubl have to fight it The twenty-third and twenty- fourth ballots wore without incident, th « only diversion being tho injection several dark horses. Tt was 9 o’clock boforo the fatal twenty-fifth ballot xvas taken. The result xvns: Goebel, 383; Hardin, 377}, ,l nd Stone, 330j. announced Aecordirfgly the elinir xvonld that tho iinmo of Stone be dropped and the desks wero cleared for the twenty-sixth ballot, xvliidh was to nominate William Goebel. CIYDE STEAMER BURNS. Tho Pawned Totally Dostroyorl, lliif, All On Board Woro ftavod. The steamer City of Macon, which arrived at New York Tuesday from Sa¬ vannah, reported that on Monday slio passed the burning xvreclt of the Clyde lino steamer Pawnee forty miles from Capo Henry, picked Tho crew of 21 men was by the George W. Clyde. All hands xvere saved The Pawnee ...... Dft Brunswick . , on ,, Fri- . ^y , and Charleston on Saturday for Bosto "’ '» v^luaVHe cargo, ?? n ?ln tl0g fe et °! 1 ' lni,,er ' ^j' ,!r "s" t| e.H, .,27 bales , of hay six -SrstrHsw *vessel was valued at 8100,0 10, fu , J insured. PRESIDENT RETURNS HOME. Mr». McKinley Became III and Outing Wan Cut, Short. The President ahd Mrs. McKinley xvith the other members of the presi- dential party arrived in Washington at 10:30 a. m. Tuesday, and house, wero driven immediately to the white Mrs. McKinley, xvliose illness cut short the president’s stay at Adam*, Mass., stood the journey very well and was slightly better on arrival, She contracted a cold while in New F.ngland and the change of the wealh- er seemed to effect her so that it was deemed wise for her to return to the white house. POSTMASTER ARRESTED AflKnitult of Kxamindtion of tlio K«y Went, Office. As the result of an examination of postoffice'afi'nirs at Key West, Fla., Louis Otto, the postmaster, was ar- rested Tuesday on ehnrges preferred and by I’ostoffice Inspector Rosson, taken before United States Comrnis- sioner Crain, xvho placed Otto under 82,000 bond to appear before him for a hearing, PANDEMONIUM REIGNED. Democrat* Have Hot Times In Their State Convention, Trouble began with tho fall of tho at Monday's sossion of tho Ken¬ democratic state convention nt tho beginning of tbo sec¬ ond week of its labors. In respect of uproarious disorder it broke nil pre¬ vious records, though it already had a reasonably good credit for lack of ac¬ cord. Wltou the session began a demand was made for the removal of the po¬ lice. who had been present slnoo the disturbance caused on Friday by out- aiders'. 't he chair ruled it out of or- dev and refused tv) entertain atxap- *' or 1 “ ,ur « lh « crowd yelled and ,u . 11 ver v ‘’ fluctu, V T'!' t !’ P re ' - balloting vent a continuation of the for governor. The demonstration on Hie whole xvas good humored but do- h-rmined. Only once or twice was ill- dri ly delegate, came near resulting so- riously. convention made absolutely 'j’he no progress in its eight hours of continu- mis session. All it did was to a.ld an- other day of sensations to its long list. The convention went through the motion of taking two ballots, btit both , V oro mere farces. Not only did a hu ge number of the comities refrain altogether from voting, but the secre- taries did not pretend, in the great confusion that prevailed, lo catch cor- tho votes of those who did try to respond. From tho moment tlio gavel fell shortly after 1 o'clock until everybody got tired, nnd there xvns an shortly after li o’clock in the evening, absolute confusion reigned jn tho convention hall, EXPOSITION BUILDING M’llNS. Auditorium At Piedmont, I'ltrlc, Atliintn. Totally lly I'iro. The auditorium of tlio Cotton Htntos and International Exposition nt Pied¬ mont Park, Atlanta, xvns totally de¬ stroyed by tire early Monday morning and the immense building, which has echoed xvith the eloquence of lienrly every governor in the United Htntes and of President Cleveland nnd Presi¬ dent McKinley, is but a mass of char- red ruins. The fire xvns discovered nt 4:30 a.m. by the watchman, and is believed to have been of incendiary origin. Everything including in the building xvns n total loss, tlio scenery and wardrobes of the Exposition Stock company, xvhich has been playing nightly in tho theatre since the first -f June. Ft" fast and furiously did tho tiro gain headway that when the engines and hoso wagons of lire companies 4 -mil 8 arrived the entire structure was a mass of flames and doomed to do- struction. rt) INVESTIGATE TAXES. tlnoricla stntn Commission Assembles In Aflaiihi iiixl flctfln# H oi k. The Georgia state tax commission, acting under authority of the Ellis roH- olntioli adopted by tho last general IIB- semhly, mot Monday at noon in the senate chamber of tho state Capitol at Atlanta, All tho members of the commission wore present when Hon. Ed L. Wight called the session to order and an- liounoed that the business of the body woxxbl be taken up. The first motion xvns made by Hon. Roland Ellis, who announced that ho thought it wise and expedient that all sessions of tlio commission beheld Un¬ hind closed doors. After some discus¬ sion tho motion was adopted. MRS. BARROW SENTENCED. Woinjiri ( Imrgnd With K f <1 no pi ng 11.4 l»y fliii’ko Ortn Ton Yours. Mrs. George Harrow, xvhon arraign¬ ed before Justice Werner in the criminal branch of tho supreme court ’ lt £ 8W York - M“"<biy, pleade. ..... gin ly to the charge , of kidnaping Baby Ma¬ rion Clarke. Jnatico . ,,, Werner bitterly ...... denounced 1,10 and pronounced her crime oneof “consummate villainy,” and re¬ fused to defer sentence. “This woman,.” said Justico "Worri¬ er, “would ordinarily lie entitled to some consideration, but the nature of this crime shows her to be utterly de- of ) 1(jr nox BIG BLAZE IN TOLEDO. Italirofid and Olhcr Property to the Value of #500,000 Destroyed. Fire at Toledo, O., Monday destroy- ed the Michigan Central freight house, partially destroyed the Cincinnati, Hamilton aud Dayton freight house, burned 100 loaded curs and entailed a loss amounting to over 8300,000, a very small part of which was covered by insurance. A largo number of small buildings near the freight house were burned. The dock for several hundred feet is mined and xvill cost tho railroads thousands of dollars to replace. Two men were seriously injured. WANTED EXPERT ACCOUNTANT. Kiro fn fennaoola't City Hall Croatei Home Himpldon. Monday morning’s fire at the city hall in Pensacola, Fla., caused much of a sensation xvhen it became known that the mayor had mode the anounoe- meut he xvas negotiating for an expert accountant to check the books. The city council and board of public safety held an executive session Tuesday and interesting developments are looked for. NO. 47. MINERS BATTLE IN ALABAMA Three Negroes arc Sliol Down By Whites. WAR OCCURS AT CARDIFF Negro niners Were Attempting t«| Prevent Capture of a Member Of Their Band. A special from Birmingham, Ala,, says: Three negroes dead and one not expected to live, ih the result of a riot between the white and negro mi¬ nors nt tin* ore mines near Cardiff, in Jefferson county Tuesday. The dead nro: Ed Ellis, Jim Dill, Adam Samuels. .Seriously wounded—Budolpli Wit- linms, George Thomas. The two laces came to a clash Into in the afternoon in Glasgow Hollow, where the negroes had congregated, armed with winchesters. A white man parsing along the road wftH hold up ft ml Ix'i'idm hoing ftbnsotl, was roughly hniullod. Thin news pooh spread and an finned body of whito minors moved toward the hollow. It is supposed that they went- around by ft circuitous route in tile mountains and onrne upon (ho negroes unoxpect- edly. lUntfltimlm’ MvhI to Fall. Ed Ellis, the ringleader, armed with a rilln and Colt's revolver, fell nt the first volley. A rilln bullet did the work. There was another volley nnd four of the other negroes fell. Jim Dill and Adam Hamnels died a fnxv minutes later after being removed to a negro house. George ’Thomas was shot through the abdomen with a Winches¬ ter ballot. He is not expected to re¬ cover. Rudolf Williams will live. The trouble started Monday xvhon it was thought that John Shepherd, who last wools assaulted Mrs. Monroe .Lines near Corona, was in that, com¬ munity. The negroes armed themsel vos to prevent his capture. Both sides w«ie arousod and only the timely ar¬ rival of a sheriff's posse prevented an outbreak. Tuesday morning tbo negro minora hold a mass meeting and refused to go work. They all belong - lo a secret or¬ ganization known as the “Knights of Africa” or the “.Mysterious Ton.” They keep rifles anil ammunition on hand nt all times. It was in the after¬ noon that they gathered in intention Glasgow Hollow, although with what is not known. Influential citizens say that Uio ring¬ leaders arc now out of the way, and they hopo to manage the other ne¬ groes. Ed Ellis, the head of the hand, and holding the chief ofllce In the secret organization, made a speech to the negroes just before his death, tolling them not to lmlicvo what the white officers had told them, and swearing that lie for one would got even with .Sheriff O’Brien, who on Monday at the point of a shotgun or¬ dered him to disperse his gang. .Shortly after the riot Sheriff O’lirien left Birmingham with a hun¬ dred armed men. Late reports say that the situation is extremely critical, and that the ne¬ groes are talking of avenging the death of their leaders. Sheriff OHrion, who was at BIoss- hnrg, received a message from Adams- *ville, three miles from that plaeo, ask¬ ing for protection. The mossago stated that an armed body of negroes wero gathered in the mountains threat¬ ening to make a descent upon (lie min¬ ing camp in the valley, lie dispatch¬ ed all the deputies ho could spare across the country. HOIITHEKN PROGRESS. Lint of Now fniltiiili'taft FMuMIhImmI tl»6 Vnnt WooK. The moro important of tbo now in¬ dustries reported during the part. work nro u 8(50,000 brick-making plant in Florida; coal mines iu Kentucky; tbrco cotton mills in Georgia and one eacli in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia; cottonseed oil mills ir. North Carolina and Texas; electric light and power companies in Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia; a fertilizer factory in Georgia; (louring mills in Arkansas and Tennessee; gas works in North Carolina and West Virginia; graphite mines in Alabama; ico factories in Alabama and North Carolina; an iron bedstead factory in Tennessee; lime kilns in West Virginia; lumber mills in Georgia, Kentucky and Month Car¬ olina; planing mills in Florida and Georgin; a rieo mill in Louisiana; a rope and yarn mill in South Carolina; a sash, door and blind factory in Georgia; a telephone company in North Carolina; a tobacco t-temmery in Virginia. Tradesman, (Chattanoo¬ ga, Teun.) HOTEL REDUCED TO ASHES. Popular Elder Hoo»« nt Indian Spring, 0(4., Burn* Down. About 7 o’clock Monday night the Elder House, one of the leading hotels of Indian Spring, Ga., was destroyed by Are. About 100 gnests were in the building, but all of them escaped. Only two were injured, and they slightly.- All of the baggage was lost, however, the guests having get into their rooms after the rive discovered. /
