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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
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“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
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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. /