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DEBS IS OUT AGAIN.
he gives 97,000 rond asd is re
leased prom jail.
Still Claims That His American Railway
Union is Growing- Dob’s Trial is Set for
September—Judge Woods Siad.
Chicago. July 23.—A motion was made be
fore J udges Wood and Grosscup in the
1 nited States court this morning to dismiss
the charges of contempt of court against
I’resident Debs, Vice President Howard,
Secretary Keiiher and Director Rogers, of
the American Railway Union. The case was
argued at great length, but not finished.
The first move was made by Attorney
Gregory for the defense, who asks that hit
clients be released on account of an in
sufliciency of evidence. The judges called foi
the reading of the information, and answei
thereto. The reading of these documents
was long and tedious. The information
charged that Debs and his associates con
tinued interfering with the employes of rail
roads and ordering strikes after he had
been enjoined from so doing and contained
a long array of telegrams purporting to be
signed by E. V. Debs, ordering out and en
couraging strikers at a date subsequent to
the serving of the injunction.
The defendants entered a flat denial and
disclaim all knowledge of the telegrams pro
fl''' i. They averred that they had no pow
er to order a strike, but could only advise,
and if their advice was accepted it was vol
untarily done. Upon these statements the
argument was based.
A Set-Back far Debs.
Chi ago, July 21. - Debs and other officers
<?*’ the American Railway Union met with a
d> • ii'-'d reverse today in their light against
the pros, cution for contempt in the United
States court. The court decided that the
answi ,- fil< d by the defendants is not a suffi
cient reply to tile charge of contempt, and
th motion of their attorneys that they be
discharged was overruled.
Tomorrow morning the court will hear the
evidence of the government to sustain the
contempt charges and defi ndants will be
given the opportunity to produce evidence
in their defense.
Th, argmm nt in the case was finished
shortly li fore 5 o’clock this afternoon and
the de. ; ion <>f the court was announced by
Jud;->. AVooG after he had conferred a few
minutes with his colleague. Judge Gross
cup. In substance. Judge Woods said:
”Thi_' main point alleged is that a con
tempt case, like this, is a criminal pro
ceeding' and th" notion is to discharge the
r. : i.nd< nts on the ground that their an
swer drnying tile contempt is conelusiv. .
It is n s • that a procedure like this is crim
i’ 1, t. hni ally, but not essentially. It is
sn Incident in the main case in equity un
■ 1 I y ihi government. No
case h en cited 1 -re in v. hich the federal
court has sustain, d the proposition put for
v i: 11. the c.tt- f r the respond, nts.
If , fling s’s ild happen to change our
min ’• ,!■ ring the further coursi of the ease,
tl." <] -f, .. '.Hits will have the benefit of the
chai: .\s it is now, we are certain to
rul- th it the r is not complete. As
tl:-- ' is to li further exnm’ned. it is
well c "it ;’l <p lions bo kept as free as
I> -sib 1 . i ", inions from the court, and
wo .vili, tl "tt sere, not give any extended
opinion."
Ji i e V no,i-i then nsl-t- I the attorneys in
tl.,- < " - to ■ ! how long it would require
to liar the evidence on the charge of con
t jiw't. .*• lio <!’.! not wish to remain in
the city |> - :;osted that the matter b<
i" :r,-d to a i . i-b-r in chancery to take
1 ti. . y. This su stion met with favor
<>: th.-. tins, ) f-r t .- defense, but the law
y< ■ • <h govomiuvut opposed it.
Mi’ iirisi sail the evidence for thi
\■■ r: "i"i': could be all presented in a
d ; ' th" most, while Mr. Gregory sug-
so '. i t- it the c.’s be given to a master
v ;■■■ ; to r--;o;t in thirty days. The
co in ily d. id 1 to go on with the case
n. ,riling, with the understanding
■ did net make rapid progress, it
to i m ist, rat any time. Dur
i: i - .on Edwin Walker, special
. I o, the v< rnment. made the sug
i i that it v ,s within the power of the
< i1.,-- to end the trouble by declaring
t; ••ike off. They are still in contempt,
h- s id, ,:i.i the gov, rnment is in possession
of inf .n ination that the injunction is still
being violated.
Ji: ige W is said that if there are furth
er vi da'i ns of the injunction a supple
ments: tr.fo: inution can be tiled and the
; will find themselves in a much
■ . .- i m than they would otherwise
b in.
\ Gregory denied that it was
wito.i: if" p'A.r of his clients to declare
tne :■ rike of,’, or that any trouble which
- :-t on the railroads is under their
control.
A\ J that th subject was dropped.
Ont on Koikl.
Chicago, July 25. Debs, Howard. Keliher
U ■ It vers. < f the Ameri -an Railway Union,
;ir ,. a, liberty under bail, pending the
h< tring of the various cases against them.
’l’liis afternoon they Were required to give
J7,g.> 1. ar. , covering five new indictments
in’ addition to the contempt cases brought
by the government and the Santa Fe 1ai1....
.... I. The h< -ring of the contempt cases
was continued until September sth, and it
1- the purp > e of the defendants’ attorneys
■;<> fo-ce ali ing on the indictments be
fun t’.,- coup-nipt eases are again called.
At thi morning’s session of the United
States ciiuit court the judge entered a
formal ruling denying the defendants' mo
v, qu.'.sh. He held that the railway
union committed unlawful acts in inter
fering with interstate commerce and he
proposed to find out what connection the
defendants had with it-
The ease was postponed on account of the
illness ,’f the government’s attorney, Ed
ward Wilker. The attorney for the Santa
J’e railr. ad attemtped to force a hearing
cd h"- complaint, but the judge thought
he ought n >t to be forced into taking two
doses of the same medicine and put off both
cases together.
While court adjourned at 11 o’clock this
morning, it was 4 o’clock this afternoon be
fore the bonds were furnished.
DEUS FOR CONGRESS.
Kill Fallow Members Propose to Run the
Agitator for Kepresentativc.
Chicago, July 2'l—The board of directors
cf the American Railway Union held a
meeting th s morning at the R. vere house
<bl j to call a convention oi the
t j,,p i< of the uni'm, to be held in this
c =t ‘\ugust Ist. '-lie convention will be
a-:' - , by one delegate from each local
-1 . lilv in the Strike district, and this
W ill determinie whether tne
f : . vjn i ontinue or be abandoned. Each
flel, : .te -..i1l be instructed by his union
be,'?r< attending the convention how his
co p nos fe-1 i n the question and he
will i>- given full authority to act for
th in. This v.ill relieve the directors ot
dir.-et r« sponsibility and incidentally ac
v : I :i iie purpose of Howard, Kelihei
and Rovers without laying them Hable
to ~:i.- .< ■ , as- of contempt of Court. At
j, o t this is tl •ir opinion.
. oin i.< went into session at 10
oh .v and sat until after 12. further
than i. >ui g the call for a did gate con
vention . ithing but routine business was
tran.-acted.
The members of the board went from
the Rev-re house immediately on adjourn-
C nt and attende I a meeting of local strik
at Uli.-h’s h 'll. The hall will com-
Dstsbly .-"at about p "pie, but on this
ox-,Ron it held over 2,000. The chorus
wii ‘i wnt up upon I ebs’s entrance couid
, I.- rd several blocks away. The hear-
htg of committee reports had given
ic,'. ~y to the demand for a speech
f- .n-i tb.e union’s pr< .sident and he was not
r tict >n giving it. He told his fel
" ■ men that if the ruling ot
... Woods were correct in the United
t; ; ■ ci. :it court, tb.e laborer was no
‘ L , r ;l fr. e man, and had no right to
, q ..nJ protect himself, but was a
n sieve to capital and had no right
;n i a a his employer ordered.
1 not believe the ruling of
the judge was sound,'but that if it was.
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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA GA. MONDAY. JULY 30, 1864.
the only thing left to do was to muster
their forces and carry to the polls a man
who would bring about an amendment
to the constitution which would give them
the liberty.
“Debs for congress,” was the cry on all
sides after this speech.
The directors say that the strike situa
tion will remain as it is until the conven
tion of August Ist, at which the future
tactics will be decided upon.
An Increase in Workmen.
Chicago, July 26.—There was a noticeable
increase all round today in the number of
workmen in the strike district. Tire Allen
Paper Car Wheel Company, of Pullman,
which started yesterday with twelve men
had a force of eighteen, and seventy-live
Holland laborers. Half of the usual force
were at work in the Puliman yards. This
is the largest force at work in the yards
since the strike began. The biggest slump,
however, took place at tD e Illinois Central
shops at Burnside, where 450 men, almost
two-thirds of the whole number employed
at the time of the walkout, reported for
duty.
D<‘i>:irture of tile Troops.
The Third Brigade of the Illinois National
Guard, which has been on duty in this city
since the strike began, left for their nomes
today. No specials were ordered, extra
coaches being attached to regular trains for
the accommodation of the troops. The Cam
bridge, Morline and Genseo companies Jett
on a Rock Island train at 10:30 o’clock and
the Freepoint, Galena and Rockford compx
nies departed via the Illinois Central at 2
o’clock p. m. The first brigade, numbering
2,000 men and including three regiments, a
troop of calvary and a battery, re.na.n.s
on duty under command of Brigadier Gen
eral Wheeler. These troops are stationed at
South Chicago, Kingston, Pullman, Wes;
Hammond and the stock yards.
Appe.al siihtained.
Debs et al., in the United States circuit
court here, under the bill filed July 2d, in
behalf of railroads represented in the Gen
eral Managers’ Association, were brought
to a sudden and temporary close today by
an order from Judge Woods, who is now in
Indianapolis.
in the case of the American Railway Un
ion the same prayer was presented, and
the whole case, including Debs and his
brother officers and the union, will go to the
court of appeals as soon as bond is filed.
The application for the appeal was made
by Attorney General Gregory in a letter to
Judge Woods written two days ago.
Tke Poorest Mini iif the World
Can write to me and receive by return mail,
in a plain envelope, sealed, free, a prescrip
tion with full directions for a speedy, per
manent anil private home cure for Eost
Manhood, Nervous Debility, Atrophy, Night
Losses, Varicocele, etc. I will furnish the
medicine, if desired, cheaper than it would
be put up at a drug store. Address G. B.
Wright, Box No. 1826, Marshall, Mich.
STRIKERS ARMING.
Tlie Number Increasing D«lily and
Trouble 1k I’enreil.
Uniontown, Fa., July 25.—The strikers of
the southern eml of the coke region were
marching again today, an armed body pass
ing Cool Springs en route to Scottdale,
where a mass meeting was held this af
ternoon. The number of armed strikers
in the region is increasing daily and the
fact is creating much alarm. At daylight
several bodies of men assembled at Cool
Springs, where armed companies have
been drilling for several weeks. After a
drill, all left for the meeting. The strikers
assert that they have the right to bear
arms. Complaints against Sheriff Wilhelm
have been tiled with the governor by the
Frick and McClure coke companies to the
effect that the proclamation is being defied
and that Sheriff Wilhelm is making no
effort to stop it. The sheriff yesterday re
ceived a communication from the governor
concerning his ability to cope with the
trouble. He now says he will organize
bodies of deputies and require the disarm
ing of the strikers.
Ari’EYING THE TORCH.
Railroad Property llirrncd nt Mem
phis—W orkmen Assaulted.
Memphis, Tenn., July 23.—1 n the last
twenty-four hours there have been three
attempts, partly successful, to burn rail
road property, and two engineers, who
worked through the strike have been as
saulted.
The first incendiary effort was on a
Missouri Pacific ear. The car, which was
burning when the Hames were first discov
ered, is a total wreck. Half of another car
is also burned. Hail the tiames got head
way the gas works would have been
wrecked.
About thirty minutes after the discovery
of the first lire a Kansas City, Fort Scott,
Memphis and Birmingham box ear, which
stood near the middle of fifteen cars on a
track within a few feet ’of Dryden & Yates’s
big flour mills, was found to be on tire.
Prompt work of the fire department saved
the mills and the cars, one of which, how
ever, was totally destroy- i. Officers on
duty near the fires saw six men emerge
from behind the Tennessee breweyy and
take to their heels.
Rioters today gathered around the men
who were at work in the yards and made
threats. One engineer was assaulted with
• i long knife. James Walsh, an engineer
who has charge of a Kansas switch en
gine, was felled by a blow with metal
knuckles.
Set a Trestle on Fire.
Meridian, Miss., July 25. —(Special.)—Last
night, as the i.astbonnd Alabama and Vicks
burg passenger train, No. 2, running forty
live minutes late, was nearing this city,
trestle No. 23 was discovered to be ablaze
at both ends. The train was running at a
high rate of speed. The trestli • is on a
sharp curve. There came near being a dis
astrous accident. The enginee'-, on rounding
the curve, discovered th- burning bridge
and immediateiv reversed his lever - ar. 1
applied heavy air brakes. The engine came
to a standstill a few fei.t from the open
bridge. Investigation developed the fact
that the trestle was set on lire by unknown
parties, and the track had been greased a
hundred yards on the west side of the tres
tle. Just one week ago an attempt was
made by ambushers to assassinate Con
ductor McElroy and a negro brakeman of
a freight crew, a few miles below the scene
of last night’s occurrence. The ambush
er,s fired upon these parties, almost mor
tally wounding both. Bloodhounds were put
upon their trail in each instance but to no
avail. The suspects are supnosed to be
former employes of the road who lost th ir
places during the recent strike. The rail
road authorities are making diligent efforts
to capture the guilty parties.
TROOPS ON GUARD.
Alabama’s Mining Section Still in a Bad way.
soldiers Not ithdrawn.
Birmingham, Ala., July 23. (Special.)—
Quite a change was made in the camps on
Avenue A yesterday. Almost three-fourths
of the First .Regiment were relieved from
duty and were allowed to go home. Their
places were tilled again, however, com
panies of the Third regiment, which were
ordered to report here Saturday, as stated,
and which began arriving yesterday at
noon.
The Mobile battalion, consisting of the
Mobile Rifles company, Loipax Rifles,
Gulf City Guards and the Mobile Cadets
departed yesterday afternoon for their
h nee. The boys were much phased to set
(lli i for their homes and they were in a mos/
joyous mood. They reached home, bariiffg
acebhnts en route, al an early hour tidis
morning. /
General J. W. Whiting and staff left on
the same train with the Mobile battalion.
Tiie following companies of the/First
regiment remained in camn but left later
today: Ge irgiana Rifles, C >n< cuh/Guards,
of Evergreen. I’olard Light and
Greenville Rifles /
The first compallies of the Thij'd regiment
to arrive in the city were Company G, the
Southern Rifles, of I nion Springs, under
command of Captain W. 'V- Fuller, and
Company E, the Pelham Guards, of I nion
town, under command ol /Captain Vaiden.
The first named brough/ about forty-one
men, and the latter fo/ty-two.
The following companies in the Third
regiment arrived yesterday afternoon and
last night and are now stationed, for the
time being, in the camps on Avenue A:
Company B, Talladega Rifles, under com
mand of First Lieutenant W. H. Boynton;
Company D, Anniston Rifles, under com
mand of Captain R. D. Allen; Company K,
Huntsville Rifles, under command of Cap
tain J. H. Sheffey; Company C, Etowah
Rifles, of Gadsden, under command of Cap
tain Hirschburg; Company E, Pelham
Guards, of Uniontown, under command of
Captain Walden; Company G, Southern
Rifles, of Union Springs, under command
of Captain Fuller.
Governor Jones said to some prominent
citizens today, who discussed the situation
with him, that “as long as the strike was
not called off the reign of lawlessness here
would continue, and that it would be nec
essary to keep troops here to enforce the
law. Troops would, therefore, remain in
Jefferson until the strike was called off.
The bulk of the troops would be camped
near Ensley City, but those in the city
would be removed when the preliminary
trial of the I’ratt mine rioters was over,
as citizens’ organizations had opportunity
to arm themselves.”
He also said, In answer to an inquiry,
that “he might send a strong force to
Blocton to protect laborers who desired to
go to work there in a day 'or two. The
strong force in camp in the city was being
held here in view of such contingencies as
well as the general situation throughout
the district.”
MINEI’S IN REVOLT.
ilio Convicts at Tracy City Mutiny and Re
fuse to tome Out.
Nashville, Tenn., July 27.—(Special.)—The
state convicts at Tracy City are in revolt.
The lives of tw'o men have already been
lost and two more men are fatally wounded.
The news was received by the state au
thorities at a late hour this afternoon.
The two hundred convicts in Aline No. 11,
■at Tracy- City, mutinied this morning. Cap
tain Nelson and two guards went into the
mine after the convicts, but when within
about fifty or a hundred yards 'of the con
victs, the strikers placed a. keg of powder
on the car with a lighted fuse. Then they
started the car toward the guards. The
powder exploded about the time it reached
the guards. Nelson, a guard, was killed,
and two other guards were wounded.
Fete convict, was shot and
killed by a. guard. Seventy convicts are
still in the mines.
»The Nelson referred to. is AV. H. Nelson,
deputy warden. He was a member 'of the
last legislature from Maury county, and
was appointed deputy warden after the
legislature adjourned. Captain Dyer, the
warden, is away from the mines. So the
killing of Nelson leaves the guards without
a head.
Mr. Nelson and the guards were on their
way into the mine when the killing 'oc
curred. All but seventy of the convicts
were induced to come out by 5 o’clock. At
Ijrst upwards of two hundred had refused
to come out. It was not thought that the
assistance of state troops would be nec
essary. The ‘free miners are quiet, and it
is n'ot thought they will cause any trouble.
The mimes of the injured guards are Far
rell and Thurman.
yirikirs Sent to Jail.
Sante Fe, N. Al., July 22.—The fourteen
strikers arrested at Raton two weeks ago
for contempt of court have been found
guilty by Judge Seeds and sentenced to
terms varying from fifteen to twenty days
in jail. An order has also been issued by
Judge Seeds approving the actions of the
receivers of the road in discharging
striking employes of the Sante Fe and
in filling their places with new men, and
ordered, further, that all the employes of
the road in New Mexico who may hereafter
fail to perform their usual duties shall be
deemed as having voluntarily quit the com
pany’s service, and that new men employed
in the places of these men shall be kept
in the service as long as they are competent
and perform, tjieir duties satisfactorily. |
and that no persons who have been guiltj '
of-contempt of court in these cases or w.'jft i
nen-.irter interlere witn tne operations a.s 1
the road in any manner shall be re-emplo;A ,
ed by the receivers. |
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FOREST FIRES RAGE
And Bare Walls at e About A1) That, is Left
of the Town of I'hillipH.
Phillips, Wis., July 21).—At daybreak this
morning a dense smoke covered an area ot
forest a. hundred miles square and the
eerier vas this desolate, fire-swept little
city. More .than 2,5JC persons have lieu
to the forest cr to the villages near by.
The town this morning was a heap ot
ruins and the smoke was so dense that tin.
headlight cf a locomotive could not be
seen liity feet away. Three relief trains
reached Phillips soon after 6 o’clock this
me rning.
I’ioviHionH for the Destitute.
As soon as he arrived Governor Peck call
ed his staff together and directed the work
us unloading th<J provisions. There were
several carloads of food and a warehouse
was opened in one of l lie few buildings
that are left standing in the town. Through
the dense smoke Governor Peck started out
on a tour of inspection. He soon found
two walls of masonry which marked the
place where two banks had stood. On in
quiry it was learned that the vaults ot
the banks contained $52,0u0 and Governor
Peck immediately swore in a dozen meiv
to guard the money in the vaults, lhej/
w< re armi d with Winche ters and ordereu
to r< main on duty in two shifts, day and
night. /
The loss by the great conflagratiofi In
Its entirety is difficult to estimate/ Out
of 800 buildings in the town, only /thirty
seven remain. B. AV. Davis, of t,li/ Davis
Lumber Company, estimates the total loss
at $1,500,000, with scarcely half yt the full
amount covered by insurance. /
Till- Lows of Lilly
There is no way of estimating the num
ber of lives lost in the Are, and even after
forty-nine hours have passed no one can
be found who venlures an/ opinion of the
loss id' life. When thy people fled be
fore the wave of fire tiiey became sepa
rated and can give n</ account of each
other. /
It is known that /ixteen persons per
ished cn a raft that/burned in the bayou.
The charred bodjy of Anton F. Lentzer
can be seen in the/wreck of a brick chim
ney. The man was attempting to carry
his trunk from / burning dwelling, when
the brick chimryy fell on him, crushing out
his life. /
As the fire /wept towards the bridge a
number of cl/ildren were seen to take ref
uge in the Zig lumber yard. Their cries
were heariyby others who fled towards the
water, bu/ the children have never been
found. /
Os th/ sixteen persons who lost thei
liveC dti the raft that burned in the
bayou/eight are yet in the water. The
body Zof Frank Closs, a machinist, was
foun/1 under a pile of driftwood at noon
tod/y. The bodies of his wife and chil
dren were recovered afterward.
/ Bi-nr<-!iing for the Drowned.
/Dynamite was exploded all day in the
/bayou, and a number of bodies were raised
/by this means. Jim Lock’s body was
brought to the surface. He was the
butcher who was drowned with his child
in his-arms.
The true story of this ill-fated raft has
never been told. The only man who ttflls
a comprehensive narrative of the horror
is Joseph Bollen, a lumberman. He was
standing' near a boathouse when a num
ber of women and children came toward
him. There were three or four men fol
lowing. They wont to tb.e raft and at
tempted to push it from the shore, when
it caught lire. Some jumped into small
boats and others remained on the raft.
All these perished. As the boats were
overloaded they sank. The raft burned
to the water's edge.
.More Bodies Found.
Stevens Point, AVis., July 29.—Late this af
ternoon two additional bodies were taken
from tne bayou at Phillips, making ten in
number.
SARGE PLUNKETT.
A NATURAL INCREASE SHOULD POP
ULATE JHE SOUTHERN CO UNTRY.
Fathers Should Divide Up the Great Old
Plantation* and Settle the Child
ren in Homes of Their Own.
For The Constitution.
Smart people say that we need emigrants
to the south—Brown and I have been study
ing to find some other way of populating
the country.
According to Brown’s figuring Atlanta
should have a population of 200,000 in ten
years if not another person was to move
there from other places. This would be a
low estimate of the natural increase by
births in that time. There should be one
thousand new homes yearly for the next
ten years built for the new married couples
of Atlanta’s own sons and daughters. If
you. are good on figures you can soon see
where this would put the city in a few
years, '.remembering that it is such a
healthy place that but few need be sub
tracted on account of deaths. It has re
solved itself, after Brown and myself have
given much thought to the problem, that
all you have to do ,s to get the young
folks to mate off and then wait. The same
will do to apply to the whole southern
country—the rural districts may be de
pended upon to perform their part in this
good work.
This is no wild speculation and there is
no wild experiment in the order of popu
lation it will give—like produces like. AVe
have figured that it would be the nice
thing to do to establish a bureau for the
encouragement of matrimony instead of a
bureau tor the encouragement of emigra
tion. There is no doubt but what there
is a growing tendency among men to re
main bachelors and it is just as true that
the young women have learned to dread tbe
responsibilities of motherhood. The causes
which create these conditions should be
sought out and remedied. France was
upon a down grade to decay, because of
this disposition to live single and even now
thinking Frenchmen are alarmed for their
country. \Ve want Americans, and Brown
and I have figured that the government
should furnish forty acres and a mule to
every young couple who marry and wish
to settle down and prosper their country.
AVe don’t want so much talk about the hard
times and we don’t want the question of
“style” to affect the matter of increase.
\\ e know some couples Who would scorn to
have more than two children because they
have heard some fool say it was “unfash
ionable” and naughty. These same simlin
heads would break their necks for twenty
children if some other fashionable author
ity was to give out that twenty was the
proper number. This following of the
fashion is mighty strong in some people
and 1 mention it here to show the wisdom
of encouraging fashions to the best re
sults.
The great old plantation will soon be a
thing of the past in Georgia and I think
of all the south. A division among heirs
is the cause of this. An old plantation
of a thousand acres divided among ten
children builds ten homes, and pretty soon
the “birds begin to fly from their nests,”
is it were, and other little homes are built
tbout on the hundred acres as they were
ipon the thousand, and so as a
natural increase of families the
tjreat old farms decrease, till
h ■ south will bloom and blossom under
'be touch of her own sons and daughters,
:Ui rejoice that a providence shielded them
'Em a taint of foreign “isms” that have al
<.iJ-y began to blight in other sections.
(> tie Gai den poured her st ream of human- /
i’Xnto the great west until even that grea/
saiion, with al! its “roominess,” groans
Ct h- tin- weight of a too speedy and inn
butter] increase. The south has received
Sweet-of emigrants, in the meantime; of
gasp, anc country can be proud, and/thesc
been verj".uitr ua much O|> y to an
"I ecpfi'in in tills matter of emigration
John, bty native born southerner./ Every
He tip i of tin' riffraff of Europe/that goes
tilUUier sections the more sure/y secures
t.M ■■ south an influx of the thfliking, bet
tiwelass of emigrants. The south is the
C'ling section, ... she is the best, if we
m-i;.. haste 510v.1,. in emigration schemes .
amjkeep well in view the motto for our j
guihnee, “Wisdon, Justice and modera-
Tire is no "nothingi/m” in these re
jncqiAi jot; oq.w hios sshpsoj ‘hujqsn.i oiij,
•p[.: oqj j" iioinrStisa/ur qSnojoql u .lojjt?
aw) iitAi -iotß pus ’/ti tuojj
- -'.it' .iui: }:iot[iiZ auioo ii;a\ .\'iu.>id y
•.i.i,{ a.ioiu .ou;jij.t( /tioqv Jtfiq ano j-uaq y u
po4 9.vi iiiji •oa/i[ Apua.qt: aau si: qcns
ii.nl A'uxitu si: cq /tuoopAi Xiaixtq u ut utof
pp'Ai. suo a'uoao j/qi satis tun j pun ‘saouiip
Isoq A’tu jo aims ■sj[.ieiu
n, are welcome to carry
to other climes'? If you
ues of persons in accounts
i and outrageous acts of
le disturbances, you will
>f going slow on emigra
hat emigrants from the
government. , The Rus
■ government. The Rus
satisfied with anything,
5 of more liberal govern
come here and live in
nent. Respectable for
e remark upon the demor
jreat cities of the west,
ion couid best be denomi
/ t"il as a “conglomeration.” it is a mis
i;e to presume that these restless spirits
3 the men who fought “mid Siege!?’
'lie that Siegel iiad a lot with him and
tre were many besides in the yankee
,ny, but ail of these n >w living are draw-
i 1 pensions or laying up in soldiers’ homes,
’ese restless spirits are emigrants—eml
.nts who were run after by agents and
.ded down with flaming advertisements
(the great northwest. AVith the results
; ii so far, I think that in this emigration
itter we should let “moderation” be our
ide.
Irown thinks that if we will go slow
? genuine yankees will move down south
.love away from the conditions they have
mght about. Now these are the fellows;
’ them come. There are already some,
them in our settlement, and such work
i 1 never saw before. They never tire
d they have a good chance to get tired,
• they have to do their own work—the
groes avoid them even in passing, and
t a negro in Georgia would work for them
ire than a day. A long New Yorker,
the name of Grant Dorn—named after
iieral Grant—has laid more negroes up
! • repairs since he came down to Ge irgia
an the most vigorous kluklux of the
K. period. He “does” them in a differ
t way, but the negroes say they'd as leave
shot to death as worked to death. These
e the sort of men to come south—a lit
■ money with their yankee energy soon
ts them on a solid foundation an(l they
g as ready to praise the section as any
e else.
Etut, to return to the natural increase
Ssibiiities, the southern white man is the
in for the south. I want to see them all
th homes of their own and children
dying at every door. Go ye arid multi
/ and cut the great old farms up and
vi le and keep on dividing. A father should
it be slow in settling- his children in
i.nes around him —give them off a few
Ires and watch them prosper. There are
;thers not ten miles from me now who
le howling for emigrants to come and
ilp them farm the thousand-acre planta
in while their own children are making
Irangements to get oft to Texas, where
’ey can get land. These arc strange
■hers. Settle your boys and your girls,
it the old farms up and.give them to the
iildren. It will soon be the season for
|i" Texas fever t<> start, and I venture
at a thousand less young men would go
|re this fall and a thousand more young
in and young women would get married
d settie'down if fathers would give their
ildren homes. Why a fellow waits
I after death to settle his children is the
•angest thing to me. Have the pleasure
seeing your children settled anil enjoy
> blessing of having the little grandchil
jn play around your knee. This is good
round. It settles the problem of pollu
ting the south—a natural increase will
Itivate every acre of ground in the south
twenty years if the young people can be
t rid of this eternal hard times idea
d made cheerful in homes of their own.
jo hope that I won’t hear of none of this
Ing westward this fall, and I do hope
rhat I will see no great demonstrations for
emigrants until every southern white nian
is settled upon a home of his own. This
is “wisdom,” it is ‘justice,’’ it is “modera
tion,” and settles a great question without
the danger of experiments.
I can’t see how I can avoid making men
tion of politics. I never saw the like.
Everybody is talking’politics and the woods
are full of candidates. Somebody is com
pelled to fall back when the election is
over—l am on the fence and trying mighty
bar I to stay there, while Brown is one day
a democrat and the next third party, accord
ing to the last speech he has listened to-
AA r e have always understood that when the
people were stirred up the country was
safe—it is mighty safe now, by that rule.
SARGE BLUNKETT.
CHINA-TA I’AN WAR.
China Orders Her Reserue* into Service
Japan’s Commander.
Shanghai, July 29. —The Chinese official
account of the recent engagement between
the Chinese and Japanese warships snys
that the Chinese iron clad, Chcn-Yu-En,
which is one of the largest vessels of her
class belonging to the northern fleet, re
turned to Kotz and escaped the Japan
ese. The latter, the report adds, captured a
dispatch boat and sank a transport. Six
other transports escaped.
Reserves Ordered Into Service.
Yckohanm, July 29.—Tli« army and navy
reserves have been summoned into service.
Chinese residents of Japan are fleeing in
large numbers. Reliable news has reached
Tckio that the main body of Chinese troops
crossed the northwestern frontier of Corea
on July 25th. In official circles everybody
is convinced that Chinese recent negotia
tions were a mere subterfuge to gain time
and concentrate her forces with a view
to combining witn the Coreans for an at
tack. It is rumored that the Japanese
skips have been fired upon again frofit the
shore
The King of < oicii.
Li Houi, the king of Corea, cuts very lit
tle figure in trie nontest. Ho is rhe twenty
eighth sovereign of the dynasty of Han,
and, though only forty-three years old, be
has been on the throne thirty years. He
/ KING OF COREA.
has a variety of titles, such as “Son of
Heaveir’ and “Kin" of Ten Thousand
isles,/ yet his hereditary claim and all
his grandeur did not save him the humilia
tion/ of being obliged to ask China's per
mission to assume rulership or pi> heavy
annual dues. The Chinese emperor has
regarded him as a vassal, but the king of
/Corea is so holy a personage in his uwn
country that it Is a sacrilege to even men
tion his name. He literally has no name to
Siv’ak of mi II he d '■■ . Th i his successor
allows him one. To couch him with an
iron weapon is high treason. One of his
predecessors, Tien g-tseng-f si-oung, dii d
from an abscess in the neck in isuu rather
than have it lanced. His present maje.-ty,
;>r suiniilily, shaves him.- If. on the other
hand, any subject touched fv the oil- -n -
hand has to always wear a brass nkiL ■ >
commemorate the- fact. His queen, who
belongs to the noble Min family, is nearly \
a year older than he. Their son. LI Tchok, j
the hereditary or crown prince, was born
February 4, 1873. Li fiotii lias a few ideas
of modern ways, such as introducing the
electric light into his palace. His time ;
i.. occupied in rei.gious celt-monies, j
Japan's < ommande:- in < liicf.
The commandcr-in-chief of the Japanese i
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POLICEMEN IN A DUEL.
They Exchange Several Shots and
Both Die from Their WoaiHlK.
Selma, Ala., July 28.—(Special.)— A terri
ble tragedy was enacted in Selma today.
Police Officers Day and Clarke occupy the
same cottage. The former’s wife and the
latter arc cousins. At an early hour L»ay
arose and killed a rat with his pistol.
Tins aroused Clarke earlier than he wanted
to get up and he arose from bed in a bad
temper.
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at the table in his side r 'i the House eat
ing breakfast with his wife. Clarke told
him that ona or the other would have to
leave the house. Day arose to go and
walked down the back steps. AVhen he
reached tho ground, Clarke fired. Day ran
up the steps—though fatally wounded—
went intc his room, and grabbed his pistol
from the dresser. Both men met on the
front piazza. Clarke jumped backward and
fired again, shooting Day in the left breast
within two inches of where the first bad
entered.
Day then fired, and the ball entered
Clarke’s right breast, cutting a large artery,
from which he bled to death in ten min
! utes. Clarke put two balls under Day's
left armpit. Day lived about two hours
and died, but not before- making a state
ment that Clarke caused the shooting.
Clarke’s wife was visiting a few miles
in the country and when she came the
two bereaved women rushed into each
other’s arms and wept bitterly.
Cotton Contest.
No gcessrH will be received on the
cotton crop after Ingiist 15, LS’M.
The result ivill be made just
ns soon as we rci'eive the olltciul
Lgttres front the New Orleans Cotton
EiHinnge, which will he about Sep
tember Ist, next.
Let ,everybs>d y send in their s::b
«crjpiions with their guess before
August 15th. Don't forget the date.
THE CONSTTTVTION.
Penal Servitude for Life.
Paris, Jult 26.—Mcunir, the hump-backed
anarchist .and the associat -of Francois and
itovachoi, was placed on trial today for
having blown up the Case A’ery, in the
spring of 1892. Mciinir is supposed to have
blown up the case to avenge Ravaehol, who
had been arrested th.re by the police with
the aid of A’ery, the proprietor, and L’lTerot,
the waiter. Meunir was found guilty and
late this evening it was announced that he
has been sentenced to p- nal servitude for
life.
The jury admitted the plea of extenuat
ing circumsL'inces. Meunir evidently had
prepared himself for the death sent nee,
and after the judge ceased speaking, shout
ed tragically: “('ourage, comrades. This
state of society cannot last long’ Death to
the t yrants! Long live anarehj 1”
Killed Ail of I hem.
Los Angeles, Ca‘l„ July 26.-John Craig
last night drove to Gl< i-lale, five miles
from tills city, where his wifi*, from whom
he was divorced three months ago, was
snipping witn her brother, George Hunter
Arriving (a- re, h,. d.-libera "•! y shot and
killed b>th. iie thin returned to this citv
went to use of his father-in-iaw,
AAHllian . and kill . him. S'- t -
over his Taj body, he wicked to the dining
room and sh-q and Killed his mother j in-law.
He then lire l l two shots into his own fore
hen. I, I,nt fail i to kill him.- l!'. The
trouble was over a s itth rnent us property.
The Cage Sell.
A. ilkc:-:barro. I’a., J :l_\- -. An exploring
jat ty of ]>romin,-nt men was descending a
rh > ce fell t: ,n
?•■ i g
V-iihy ( omptuiy. was instautiy killed, and
t.,1"- others are lieliev.-d to be fatally in
jured as follows: Profes.:..r Joseph Borrell
Lehigh univ rsity; AViJli t , Smith, '■
■mtoii'lent of the Leh ■ i Valley (
Company’s works, ari l Frederick Jiereur.
Di.xeliarged from rhe Force.
New A ork. July 26.—The police board this
afternoon fam.l t’.ipt tin Doiu rtv and ex-
Wardmen Meehan and Hock guilty of h iv
ing re.-av".! monm for y ilitic d protection
and dismissed from tin? force