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VOL. I.
THE WIDE WORLD.
GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC AND
CABLE CULLINGS
Of Brief Items of Interest From
Various Sources.
I lie American Pomological Society
met Tuesday in Washington, with a large
attendance.
Pullet carriage factory, Belair, Md.,
was totally destroyed by tire Friday
morning. Loss, $95,000.
'1 wo railroad trains collided in Prus
sian Silesia, Tuesday, and ten persons
were killed and many injured.
Attorney General Miller has directed
that the second libel tiled against the
Chilean steamer, Itata, be dismissed.
The steamer Eras, from Bremen, which
sailed from Southampton for New' York
Sunday, has on board $1,250,000 in gold.
The mills of the Lyons Paper Mill com
pany, of Lyons, la., were destroyed by
tire Sunday. Loss, $75,000; insurance,
$30,000.
Dispatches of Tuesday states that the
English government has officially re
cognized the provisional government of
Chile.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
that Agop Pasha, former minister of
tinance, was ihrowm from his horse. Sun
day, and killed.
A cablegram received at the navy de
partment Tuesday from Admiral Belknap
announces the arrival of the Charleston
sit Yokahoma, Japan.
Several thousand Italian citizens
paraded in New York in celebration
of the twenty-first anniversary of the
entrance of the Italian army into Rome.
It is stated that the king of Roumauia,
upset by the queen's illness and court
intrigues, has imparted to the Roumanian
premier and others his desire to abdicate
the throne.
The Atlantic transport line of steam
ship, between Baltimore and Loudon,
Rave arranged to start a line between
New York and London. The first steamer
leaves November 21st.
A dispatch to the Associated Press,
under date of Santiago, September 21st,
from United States Minister Patrick
Egan, confirms the published reports of
the suicide of President Balmaceda.
Sir James Ferguson, Bart., political
•secretary of the foreign office. h> sheen
appointed to the office of postmaster
general ofEnglaud, made vacant through
the death of Henry Cecil Itaikes.
The pressers of the Cohnnsy Glass
Works at Bridgeton, N. J., quit work
Monday morning on account of a reduc
tion of $3 per thousand ou their ware, and
the employment of non-union workmen.
Congressman Washington Curran
Whitthorne, representing the Seventh
district of Tennessee, died at his home,
near Columbia, Monday afternoon, lie
has been on the decline for several years.
A Dutch journalist one of the survivors
of the wrecked Italian stesmship Troam
ma, says the crew, headed by the first
officer, basely deserted the captain, and
that they clambered like rats oa board
,the Thersalia.
The appraisers in the case of the steamer
I taut reported to Judge Ross Tuesday
fixing the value of the vessel at $60,000
and the arms at the same nupßint. The
vessel was ordered released on filing
bonds double the amount.
A statement prepared at the treasury
department at Washington Monday shows
that the receipts frern customs at New
York for the first twenty days of the
present month were $6,531,757. The
receipts for the corresponding period of
3890 were $9,371,395.
The president LasappointedJLieutenant
Colonel John W. Barlow, Captain Thos.
W. Symons and Prof. A. F. Mormon, as
members ot the Mexican boundary com
mission, which is authorized by cougress
to relocate the existiug frontier between
United States and Mexico west of
the Rio Grande.
The tending boys at the Cumberland
Glass Works, BridgetOD, N. J., refused
to work with the Jews and colored boys
Monday morning, placing iron bars
across the gates and threatening to stone
to death any Jew who attempted to go
ito work, six Jews were discharged by
the company, and the boys returned to
work without any further trouble.
Nearly three thousand employes at the
Hint and green glassworks of Whitall,
Tatum & Cos., at Milleville, N. J., were
loqked out Saturday as the result of the
'tending boys* strike against the employ
ment of fourteen Jews. No employes
are working except clerks iu the office
aud freight handlers. The lockout is the
most complete ever known in that part
of the state.
The announcement of the assignment
and suspension of 6. V. White A Cos.,
of New York and Chicago, was made on
the stock excharge at New York Tups
ii*v morning. Mr. White says the f il
ure was due to long speculation in corn
and cot in stocks. The liabilities of
the firm are very large, but only a few
hundred shares of stock are outstanding
<on contract.
The export of specie from rtie port of
N-e*f York for week ended Sept. 19th,
amounted to $919,720, of which $105,-
008 was gold, and $814,-
712 in silver. Of the total exports,
$812,160 in silver weut to Europe, ami
all the, gold and $1,552 silver t > the
West Indies. The imports of specie
amounted to $1,585,443. of which sl.-
534,823 wa old. and $50,620 sHver.
A dispatch from Wichita, Kju., says:
The first victim to suffer at the hands of
the boomers of the new territory is Al
Staff of Cl a k f|gf.
'Glazier, a Santa be conductor, who wn
badly cut and otherwise injured Mond tv
morning by an enraged in bon' is rain
Some of the boomers had m> tick< ts, and
Glazier demanded the extra 10 cents
levid in such cigcs. This cans and trouble.
A number of iinters were arrested and
are in jail at Mulvane.
The secretary of the treasury, on Mon
day, located the site for 'lie n \v i uhl-k
--building at Rome, da., by acc p ing the
bid of Samuel Faulkhomer of the siti
offered at the rorntr of Fotnth avenue
and East First street. The lot is 150 'eet
on Fourth avenue and 100 le t ii East
First street. The price pnid was $9,000
There was a lively competition for the
site, the principill competitor against the
Faulkhouser or H. A. Smith site, being
that of John N. Sheibly. on East Second
street, which was offered for $9,100.
Mrs. E izabeth Border Biddle, the
widow of William S. Biddle, died Sun
day evening at her home in Philadelphia,
at the age of 92. Mrs. Biddle was a de
scendant of a distinguished family, her
father being Judge Joseph Hopkinson,
author of “Hail Columbia.” Her grand
father, Francis Hopkinson, was a signer of
the declaration of independence, and her
greatgrandfather, Thomas Hopkinson,
was a member of the provincial council
and judge of vice admirably under
George 11.
Superintendent Owen, of the bureau
of immigration, at Washington, was iu
f rmed on Monday tnat the New York
Cential Railroad company had directed
ihe dismissal of all its alien laborers.
This mca's those laborers who work on
the road aDd whose residence is in Can
ada. Agents of the treasury department
have Lad considerable trouble in prevent
ii g violations of th alien contract law
by Canadian laborer* who work on rail
roads. crossing the boundary between
the United Slates and Canada, and by
Canadians who come to the United
States and work by the day in shops,
and then return home at night.
TRADE REVIEW.
Dun & Cos. Send Out Another
Encouraging Report.
Dun’s weekly review of trade says the
hot weather at the west is worth to the
country many millions every day. Each
clear and cloudless day places millions of
bushels of corn beyond the possibility of
harm from frost, and a great part of the
anticipated crop is already safe. Large
crops mean that the farmers will be ena
bled to purchase more freely of the pro
ducts of other industries, and will pay
this fall a vast amount of indebtness.
In four months, ending September Ist,
about 26$ per cent of the mort
gage debts on farms in Kansas,
or about $10,000,000, had been paid.
Several hundred millions will thus be re
turned to lenders, who will powerfully
affect all markets by their efforts to find
anew use of their money. Meanwhile,
gold is also coming from Europe, and
though foreign banking institutions are
doing what they can in self-defense to
restrain the movement, they fail to pre
vent active buying of American securities
by foreign investors. With money com
ing for stocks and bonds, as w r ell as for
wheat and cotton, and with the liquida
tion of farming indebtedness, the pros
pects for business this fall are unusually
bright.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE CITIES.
Actual improvement is seen in nearly
all cities for the week. At Phila
delphia business is more active, aDd the
iron markets stronger as well well as
trade in jewelry, paints and glass, though
the improvement in the demand for dry
goods is not felt by the manufacturers.
It is especially noteworthy that collec
tions are improving at most points aud
that money markets are, on the whole,
comparatively easy, although the crops
to be moved are enormous and the actual
movement unprecedented.
TIIE IRON TRADE.
It is a surprising fact that notwith
standing the output of pig iron is almost
equal to the largest ever known, the
price grows more steadily and stiff, and
a decidedly better tone is observed in all
important markets. This has been no
ticed for a month or more, as a sure in
dication of a very large and healthy con
sumption of iron. But during the past
week there have also been rumors of a
warlike tone from Europe, which ha 9
affected the iron markets of the United
States.
A more obvious cause of improvement
is that stocks and bonds are stronger,
and consequently, the railroads have more
money for the purchase of rails, and there
it a better prospect for the building of
new railroads, snd for extensions.
The woolen manufacture is doing re
markably well, particularly in worsteds
and dress goods, and the demand for
dress goods notably exceeds the present
supply. Print cloths have advanced a
little, and it is believed that this hw
been the largest season ever known in
prints.
Business failures occurring throughout
the country during the past seven days
number 210. '
THE STORY DENIED
That the Catholic Knights Hy
pothecated Bonds.
A ChattauoogA dispatch of Sunday
says: The supreme officers of the Catho
lic Knights of America deny the state
ment ti.at they hypothecated $156,000 in
sinking fund bonds; also the report as
to the irquest for a receiver. They bor
rowed $50,000 on bonds. They paid
ouly 51 per cent interest. They say they
are able to pay every demand, are per
fectly solvent, an 1 have $120,000 addi
tional in the sinking fund. As to the
rumor of the appliealion for n receiver,
the officers say it came from disaffected
persons whose aspirations have not been
gratified.
TRENTON, GA., FRIDA Y. SEPTEMBER 25,1891.
THROUGH DIXIE.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEFLY
PARAGRAPHED
Forming an Epitome of Daily
Happenings Here and There.
The superintendent of the census places
the amount of Tennessee’s mortgage in
debtedness at $40,421,396.
It is said tliafrMoses Baumgarten, of
Charlotte, N. C., who was reported to
have committed suicide in Charleston,
died of heart disease.
Postmaster Trasher, at Edwardsville,
Ala., was arrested Friday, charged with
using the mails illegally. He has been
corresponding with greeugoods men.
Fire at Fort Worth, Tex., Tuesday,
destroyed the Ellis hotel, a five-story
structure and the three-story annex,
together with the contents, valued at
$130,000. Total loss, $150,000 insurance,
$22,000.
Rev. R. F. Bunting, I). D., of Galla
tin, dropped dead on the train at Le
banon, Tenn., Saturday. He was chap- <
lain of the Texas Rangers for four years,
lie became a Presbyteiian minister after
the war, and was located at Rome, Ga.,
four years.
A Mobile dispatch says: Frank Clor
gue, president of the Bank of Maine, of
Bangor, Me., and his brother, E. V.
Clorgue, of New York, organized the
Mobile Trust Company, Tuesday with
$500,000 capital, to do a trust and gen
cneral banking business.
The Cleveland and ten business house*
were burned at Sheffield, Ala., Sunday
night. The fire started about 7 o’clock,
orginating in the rear of the building,
The buildings are a total wreck. The loss
is about one hundred and ten thousand
dollars, with light insurance. The fire
is supposed to be entirely accidental.
A Los Angeles, Cal., dispatch of Mon
day says: A second libel has been filed
against the Chilean steamer Itata, at San
Diego, by United States Marshal Gar
dener, for $200,000, for damages sus
tained in bringing the vessel back from
Chile. The case will come up before
Judge Ross, in the United States court.
A Knoxville dispatch says: The state
ment is positively made by the citizens of
Coal Creek and Briceville that the con
victs in that region will be released *o
surely as the legislature adjourn without;
taking some step looking to final removal
of the convicts. No one ventures an
opinion as to when it will be done. They
will be set free this time if they are dis
turbed at all.
A Chattanooga dispatch says: At
Hornville, a postoffice a short distance
beyond the top of Mission Ridge, th*
storehouse and entire stock of goods of J.
H. Yarneii. was distroyed by fire Monday
night, as was the office and mail. It is
supposed f,o be the work of
as there has been neither fire nor light
about the house for twenty-four hours.
Varneji’s loss is from $1,500 to $2,000.
Insurance SBOO.
A Chattanooga dispaich says: What
promises to be a sensation developed
Monday. The county clerk subpoenaed
the officers of the land companies doing
business in the city to appear and show
cause why they should not pay the five
liundred-dollar state privilege license
under the law of 1889. The county
and city have the right to assess
the same tax, which would make $1,500
per year for each company, aud $4,500
for each company for the past three years.
Many of the companies declare they will
go out of business. At a meeting Mon
day the real estate men decided that they
would test the constitutionality of the
law. Considerable interest exists. An
other meeting will be held Saturday
morning.
THE SOVEREIGN LODGE
Of Odd Fellows Meet in Grand
Encampment.
The seventy second grand encampment
of the sovereign graud lodge of the Inde
dependent Order of Odd Fellows was
opened in Masonic Hall in St. Louis,
Mo., Monday. Grand Treasurer, Isaac
A. Shephard, of Philadelphia, reported
the financial status of the order, and
commenting upon the figures, said they
showed an increase in receipts. The
number of initiations last year is shown
to be 68,050. The net increase in the
United States and Canada during the
past twelve months is 37,000. The total
membership at present is 672.339. The
revenue for 1890-91 is $7,244,337. The
pecuniary benevolence distributed was
$4. 000,000. He also referred to the
growth in popularity of the degree of
Rebecca, which now numbers 13,000
ladies.
A PROTEST
From County Delegates to the
Recent Saratoga Convention.
A New' York dispatch says: Delegates
of the county democracy organization to
the state convention at Saratoga, held an
adjourned meeting st Cooper Union
Monday night aud adopted a protest
against the action of the state committee
and state convention. In this protest,
which will be presented to the county
committee of the organization, the dele
gates say that they were the only repre
sentatives of the democratic party from
this county elected in Accordance with
the Cassidy resolution of 1871, and that
in depriving them of representation in
the convention, the state committer ac
ted arbitrarily and contrary to the reso
lut on adopted by the state convention of
1884.
CROP REPORT.
Uncle Sam’s Weekly Weather
Bulletin.
The weather bureau’s crop bulletin for
week ended September 19th, says: It
has been a warm week east of the Rocky
mountains, the greatest excess in tem
perature occurring over the central val
itys where warm, dry weather was most
reeded for the ripening of corn. Over
the greater portion of the corn region the
daily excess in temperature ranged from
0 degrees to 8 degrees, aud this high tem
perature, attended as it was by almost
c -ntinuously clear weather, must have
forced the ripening of corn, which had
been retarded in growth daring the three
previous weeks of cool weather. In the
cotton region the temperature was slight
ly in excess. There was a general
deficiency in rainfall over the whole
country east of the Rocky mountains,
with the exception of a few limited lo
calities where local showers gave more
than the normal rainfall. These sin dl
areas are located in North Carolina, Tcx
a, eastern Michigan and northwest lowa.
There ivus an almost total absence of raiu
in the lower Mississippi, lower Ohio, aud
lower Missouri valleys. Heavy local
showers occurred iu the east gulf states
and lower lake region, w hile very light
showers were reported from all other dis
tricts.
GENERAL, REMARKS.
Virginia—Conditions were excellent for
the growing crops, though the weather
was rather too warm the past few days
for tobacco already cut.
North CaroliDU—The warm, sunshiny
week was most favorable for all crops and
farm work. Cotton is opening more rap
idly, though picking is not yet general.
South Carolina —The high temperature
and excessive sunshine scalded and rus
ted the cotton, shedded the young fruit
aud earned immature bolls to open. The
damage is believed to be more than for
merly reported.
Alabama—The rains of last week
greatly benefited all crops. There is no
material change in the condition of cotton
since the last report.
Mississippi—Growing crops are suffer
ing from dry, hot weather. Cotton
harvesting is in progress; the staple is
good, but the sunshine is opening imma
ture bolls. Rain could not materially
benefit cotton.
Louisiana—The weather was generally
favorable and there is a slight improve
mout in the prospects, though all crops,
especially cane, need rain. Excellent
harvesting weather. Cotton is opening
rapidly aud well nnder way.
Arkansas—Contiirad warm days and
cool nights in the northern portion of
the state have caused cotton to shed,
with a consequent further reduction in
its condition. Cotton picking has be
come general. other crops are
in good condition, but warm rains are
needed.
Texas—The weather was favorable for
cotton picking, which has progressed
rapidly. The staple is unusually long
aud clean. Showers have improved late
cotton, and the top crop in central and
eastern Texas. Prospects continue fair
over northern Texas.
Tennessee—Late crops are suffering
from the drought aud planting has been
suspended. Hay making and fodder
saving are progressing finely. Cotton
picking is under way. The crop is short.
Warmth and sunshine are required to ma
ture late corn.
Kentucky—Corn is maturing rapidly,
and is shout safe from frost. Tobucco is
being cut; the crop was seriously *dam
aged in Christian county by half. Pas
tures need Fall plowing is nearly
completed.
THE STABLES BURNED
And Many Valuable Horses
Roasted to Death.
A Dallas, Tex., dispatch says; Mon
day afternoon a tire consumed a half mile
of stalls at the Dallas fair grounds, be
sides the two large private stables of H.
B. Shinbom, of Houston, Tex. The
stables contained 261) stalls, aid there
were 200 horses entered. The stables were
built of such combustible material that
the flames swept them from the face of
the earth in thirty minutes, fanned by a
brisk wind. The scene during the fire
beggared description. Dozens of men
and stable boys were panic-stricken, aqd
made feeble efforts to save the horses,
harness and other track paraphernalia,
but the heat was so terrible that they did
little or no good, Mr. Sanborn lost
twelve fine Percheron aud Norman stal
lions, valued at thirty thousand to forty
thousand dollars. The trotting horse,
Wilkes, valued at $5,000, was led out of
his stall, but became unmanageable and
plunged into the burning stall, from
which he could not bo rescued. The
stables were valued nt $5,000 and were
partially covered by insurance. The
amount of feed, harness, number of sul
kies, et£., will reach SIO,OOO.
CP.ASHED INTO CATTLE CARS.
A Disastrious Wreck, but Only
One Man Killed.
A freight wreck occurred on the Pnn
sylvaoia railroad, two miles east o f
Greensburg, Pa., Sunday • morniDg, de
molishing forty freight and twenty cattle
cars. Engineer Rogers and Brakeman
Wadswor ii were fatally injured, and
Fireman R. E. Stan'ey seriously hurt.
Ihe wreck was caused ‘bv the freight
train parting on down grade and coming
t get her again. Befoie the tracks were
cleared, an castbound cattle train crashed
into the wreck, and twenty car loads of
cattle were killed. The wreck is one of
the worst ever seen. Gars were piled on
top of each other nearly one hundred feet
high. The loss will reach away up in
the thousands. An unknown tramp was
burned to death.
A LONDON BANK ROBBED.
Nearly a Million Stolen and No
Clue to the Thieves.
A cablegram from London, Eng., says:
Another heavy bank robbery was re
ported monday, but ns every effort .s
being made to suppress the facts, no
authoritative story can be told. So for
known, however, it is this: A large par
cel of bills, remitted from country banks,
has been stolen from the London and
Westminster bank, limited, which is an
important institution, having fifteen or
more branches in London. The amount
lost is variously stated from $750,000 to
$1,150,000. The matter has become pub
lic through notes to the banks and police
centers of the country, and through the
espionage over departing vessels at all
the ports of the United Kingdom. The
theory of the police is that no attempt
will be made to use the money in Great
Britain, but that it will be taken abroad,
most likely to the continent, where a
great deal of English money circulates.
A FORMER ROIJBERY RECALLED.
The actuat method of the robbery is,
to the public, entirely conjectural, but
the circumstances recall the clever rob
bery last February of a clerk of the Lon
don branch of the B >nk of Scotland, as
he stood at a public counter of the
Provincial bank. The thieves
obtaim J $60,000 by that haul and noth
ing has ever been heard of them or the
money. Quite recently it was re
ported that the Bank of England had
been robbed of £250,000, but that state
ment was denied by officers.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Florida Phosphate Miners to
Have a General Meeting’.
An Ocala, Fl,a., special of Saturday
to the Jacksonville Times-Union says:
The following call his just been issued
here aud sent in circular form ttf all the
phosphate miners and owners of phos
phate lands in Florida: “The imperative
necessity of concerted action among
phosphate miners in the state of Florida
hai induced us to call for a general meet
ing of miners and interested in
the sale of phosphate reck, it is sug
gested by some that we form a phosphate
exchange in the city of Ocala for mutual
protection and advantage. A full meet
ing is urged. Those interested will meet
at the office of the Blue River Phos
phate Company in Ocala, Florida, Octo
ber 1, 1891, at 3 o’clock, p. m.
The call is signed by the Euraka Phos
phide Company, E. W. Aguew, for the
Marion Phosphate Company and about
twenty-five other individuals and compa
nies. The imperative neccessity for con
cert of action is doubtless found in the
present low prices in European markets
and the great advance in freight to the
United Kingdom and continental ports.
The shipment of grain will probably keep
freights up for some mouths to come, and
eve iat the present theie is hardly any
tonnage olleriiig. A movement will prob
ably be mude at the coming meeiing to
control the monthly output of the Florida
phosphate miufes in the interest of the
operating companies and owner*.
BALMACEDA SUICIDES.
The Quondam Chilean Leader
Ends His Life.
Tne New York Herald , of Sunday,
prints a spec al from Valparaiso, Chile,
stating that Bilmaceda committed sui
cide Sa'urday at the Argentine legation,
in Santiago, by shooting himself in the
head with a revolver. The dispatch says
Balmaceda left Santiago August 29th in
hope of making his escape from Chile,
but seeing every avenue of re
treat cut off, returned Septem
ber 2d and went direct to the Ar
gentine legation his inteution being to
go aboard the vessel Condell, which fie
expected to find in San Antonio bay.
Upon arriving there he found the vessel
had sailed. Since his return to the Ar
gentin legation, in Santiago, Balmaceda
had been in an extremely nervous condi
tion. No one, wish the exception of the
Argentine minister and one other man,
who was devoted to the ex-president,
were permitted to talk with or even see
him. Senor Umburia had a long talk
with Balmaceda Friday night relative to
the latter’s ideas shout the advisability of
giving himself up to the junta. Rahua
ceda wept to bed about m‘d igbt. About
8 o’clock a. m., a pistol shot was heard
in the bedroom assigned to Balmaceda.
Breaking open the door of Balmiceda’s
room, it was found that he had shot
himself. The body was still warm.
Theie was a gaping wound in the temple.
SOME OF OUR GUNBOATS
May be Sent to China as an Ad
ditional Precaution.
A Washington dispatch of Monday says:
A week ago Secretary Tracy, after sum
moning a number of American war ves
sels in Chinese waters, remarked: “If,
however, American missions and Ameri
can citizens in China are to rely upon
gunboats for their protection, rather than
upon the Chinese government, our fleet
in those waters must be very largely in
creased.” Since that utterance events
have so shaped themselves as to indicate
the wisdom of preparing to meet an
emergency fori seen by Secretary Tracy.
While there is at present no formal alli
ance, yet the government of the United
States has reached an understanding with
the governments of Great Britain, France
and Germany by the terms of which, in
the event of failure of the Chinese gov
ernment to afford adequate guarantees
for the protection of the lives, property
and interests of citizens of these four
nations, that duty is to be undertaken by
the governments of the United States,
Great Britain, Germany and France, act
ing jointly.
BISHOP TURNER,
The Colored Divine, Talks Glow
ingly of Africa.
A Boston, Mass., dispatch says: Bish
op Henry McNeil Turner spoke to a large
congregation of colored people Monday
night in the African Methodist Episcopal
church, on Charles street, ou his propos
ed trip to Africa, and in advocacy of the
migration of 109,000 or 150,000 of the
colored race to that continent. His ob
servation, he said, had taught him that
there was little hope for the oolored race
in this country; that the best thing c>
number of them could do was to go to
some other country, set up a government
of their own, and demonstrate that they
had in them native ability to administer
the affairs of state. In Africa he saw
such a country. It was rich in gold, sil
ver, precious stones and minerals of all
descriptions, such as a people starting to
govern themselves would need to make
them strong and mighty. He solemnly be
lieved that the black men and women in
America would finally be the instrument
to redeem and Christianize Africa and
plant on her soil one of the grandest gov
ernments the sun ever shone upon.
CAROLINA COTTON
Damaged One-Fourth by the
Heavy Rains.
A Columbia dispatch of Sunday says:
Reports from all over the state, received
by the weather bureau, show that the
damage to the cotton crop by the recent
heavy rains was not overestimated. Dur
ing the past week the rainfall has been
below the normal; temperature about
the average; amount of sunshine about
the average. The heavy rains which
completely saturated the soil, and in
many places ponded, together with the
hot sunshine for the past week, scalded
and rusted most of the cotton crop, and
caused many of the immature bolls to
open, aud thereby greatly decreased the
yield. From reports received from cor
respondents and from other reliaole in
formation the last report of 25 per cent
decrease is fully sustained, and at several
p aces the decrease in the production ia
placed at a much higher estimate.
THE WHOLE FAMILY DEAD.
A Result of a Disastrous Chic
ago Fire.
Fire broke out early Saturday morning
iu the three-story brick building at 549
555 Sedewick street Chicago, the upper
stories of which were occupied by a num
ber of families as living apartments. It
resulted in the death of seven persons,
and fatal injury to another. The dead
are Joseph Schalk, mechanic, aged forty
five; his wife, aged forty-two; their three
children, Annie, aged fifteen, John, aged
twelve, and James, aged eight; Robbie
Burns, aged fourteen, and a woman
whose name is unkuowp. When the
rooms of the Schalk family were reached
it was found that all were unconscious.
The family was smothered, not burned to
death. The financial loss is insignificent.
READY AND” WAITING.
Boomers Restless and Blood
shed Feared.
A special dispatch of Saturday from
Guthria, Oklu., says: Excitement grows
in intensity every hour. The road from
here to the reservation is lined with
wagons, buggies, horsenten and even foot
passengers. At Langston, negroes are
massed in hundreds aid armed ready to
take the Cimmaron valley by force, if
necessary. The crowd which has stood
at the line in front oj the land offices
since two o’clock Friday is getting rest
less, aud several shooting scrapes h ive
been narrowly averted.
WILL PROTECT HIM.
Assurances from the Briceville
Miners to Gov. Buchanan.
A Nashville dispatch of Monday says:
It is learned that Saturday eveniug,
when the fate of the penitentiary bill
became known, the members of the
miners’ delegation waited upon Governor
Buchanan and assured him that there
was no criticism of his conduct in the
affair; that they were aware he had done
everything in his power to promote the
legislation desired, and that no matter
what should follow every miner in East
Tennessee would go out of his way to
support and protect him.
A CRAZY MOTHER
Hurls Her Children and Then
Herself Into the River.
A Sioux Falls, South Dakota, dispatch
says: Workingmen on the railroad saw a
woman walk to the Great Northern
bridge, throw an eight-year-old boy into
the river, hurl an eighteen months old
baby after him and plungejntothe water
herself, Sunday. Boats reached the
scene and dragged the three bodies
ashore, but too late to stve the mother
and babe. The woman is the wife of a
contractor named > epro-icb, and had
become crazed on account of her hus
band’s busimss reverse*.
RUN INTO THE WAGON.
Three People Killed at a Rail
road Crossing.
A procession of wagons returning from
a nogro campmeeting at Liberty, S. C.,
were crossing the Richmond snd Danville
railroad about two miles beyond Ceutral,
Ga, Sunday, when the orth-bo.and
vestibule train came along and struk
one of the wagous containing two aeg*o
women, u child and a man. The
was torn to splinters, the two women and
1 child instantly killed, and the man sup
posed to be fatally injured. Strange to
say, the mule escaped with slight inju
ries.
NO. 22.