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VOL. I.
THROUGH DIXIE.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEFLY
PARAGRAPHED
Forming* an Epitome of Daily
Happening's Here and There.
A he ivy frost w:is reported throughout
north Texas Thursday.
The first colored people’s fair ever held
in Virginia was opened in Richmond
Thursday.
Tire Fionda world’s fair convention
voted to raise sloo,o#o for au exhibit at
the world’s fair.
Thursday’s dispatches report that
General Lee continues to improve slowly,
and is able to take light nourishment.
H. M. Hall, Jr., of Florence, Ala.,
■was, on Thursday, appointed receiver of
the Farley National Bank of Montgom
ery, Ala.
lleuld’s bark mill and Singer’s mill, at
Lynchburg, Va., were destroyed by tire
Sunday. Loss $150,000; insurance $50,-
000.
M. Weil & Cos., dealers in clothing,
Nashville, Tenn., were burned out Sat
urday night. Loss $1,000,000, believed
to be covered by insurance.
Jack Mullin, of Buchanan county,
Virginia, convicted of intimidating voters
at the last presidential election, has been
sentenced to six months’ imprisonment
in jail and to pay a fine of SSOO.
Considerable interest is excited at Ro
anoke, Va., by the discovery of a large
vein of zinc glance in the mines at Bon
sacks. The vein was found in the
ninety-foot level and is nine feet wide,
thirty feet deep and extends indefinitely
in line with the main ore body.
The express office at Durant, Miss.,
was robbed at about 1 o’clock Saturday
morning by three masked men. They
got the drop on the express agent and
his helpers, had the safe unlocked, and
took all the money they could find and
left. They secured about three thousand
dollars. No clue.
The largest steamship that has ever
entered the port of Savannah, arrived in
the harbor Sunday morning. She is the
Spanish steamship Martin Saehz, Captain
Tural, 2,335 tons register. The steam
ship. which is anew and remarkably
handsome vessel, will be loaded with
11,000 bales of cotton.
A dispatch of Saturday from Middles
borough. Ky., says: The management of
the Middlesborough Town company and
of all the allied companies operating in
this development, have, in a body, ten
dered to the shareholders in London the
resignation of the positions held by them
in each of the companies.
A Chattanooga dispatch of Saturday
says: Only one steamboat, and that a
light draught, now plies between the city
aud upper or lower river points. The
river now lacks but five inches of being
as low ns it has ever been in the memory
of the oldest river men. Navigation is
practically abandoned, and with no im
mediate prospects of relief.
A Nashville, Tenu., dispatch says:
Adju'ant General Norman on Saturday,
began issuing checks to companies for
their services during the Briceville trou
ble. It has been decided to allow each
company a small amount for armory pur
jx>ses, but to use the bulk of the $25,000
appropriated by the legislature for state
militia in a monster state encampment, to
be held next spring.
Thursday at Abinton, Va., before Judge
Kelly, of the circuit court, argument was
begun for anew hearing in the now far
famed Baker murder case. Thirty or
more reasons were given why anew
hearing should be granted. The ques
tion of anew trial is the topic of the
hour through all the country, and there
is a great diversity of opinion as to
whether the prisoner will hang in No
vember.
A dispatch of Sunday from Waco,
Tex., states that the district court at that
place, in the case of the state of Texas
to escheat Thco Mullison of real estatp
acquired as an alien, has been decided in
defendent’s favor upon the ground that
the law was directly in opposition to the
reciprocity treaty with Great Brttiain,
the place of defendant’s nativity; also
upon other rumors of technical errors i/i
its passage.
A monument was dedicated Sunday in
Beliefontaine cemetery at St. Louis to
mark the last resting place of all worthy
members of the St. Louis lodge No. 9,
Benevolent and Protective Order af Elks,
w ho desire to sleep their last sleep there.
The statue is the gift of Colonel John A.
Cockerill, of The New York Advertiser.
Assisting in the ceremonies were dele
gates from many cities in the country.
A Jackson, Miss., dispatch of Friday,
says: Attorney General Miller decides
that the theft of the registration books in
Pontotoc county, cannot deprive the
electors duly registered four months be
fore the coming election from the right
to vote. The board of supervisors say
they can order a duplicate list made from
the best obtainable sources subject to the
revision of the board of election com
missioners.
A well-attended alliance meeting was
held at Raleigh, N. C., last Saturday.
Ex-Senator Norwood, of Georgia, detail
ed his plan as a substitute for the sub
treasury plan. It was not well received.
The meeting adopted a resolution endor
sing the action of the state of Georgia to
obiaiu deep water in Skvannah river and
requesting North Carolina senators and
representatives to vote for a sufficient ap
propriation to secure deep water at Sav
annah required for the exports and im
ports of the west.
Staff af §a k $ cM,
A Chattanooga dispatch says: A
vigorous and significant movement is on
foot in this city looking toward the en
c uragement of Scandinavian emigration
to the south, and particularly to this
section of Tennessee. The Chamber of
Commerce Saturday night took the initia
tive by appointing a committee of five
prominent citizens lo confer with the East
Tennessee and the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad managers to obtain the
lowest possible rates for the prospective
importations. The Chamber of Com
merce is advised that 8,000,000 of the
Scandinavians can be induced to locate in
the south.
MURDERED BY HER COUSINS.
Tragic Death of a Heroic Young
Lady.
A tragedy occurred near Unionville,
Ga., twelve miles from Forsyth, Friday
afternoon which resulted in the death of
Miss Lizzie Gossett, a beautiful young
girl of seventeen. Mr. J. C. Gossett, the
father of the murdered girl, is a large
planter. On an adjoining farm lives his
brother-in-law, Edward Thomas, who
has four sons. He has had trouble for
some time with the Thomas boys, of
whom there are four, J. R., David, Boner
and Jake. The matter culminated late
Friday afternoon as above stated. The
evidence before the coroner’s jury was
substantially as follows: Three of Mr.
Thomas’s mules got into J. C. Gossett’s
plantation, and he put them in his lot
and sent his nephews word to come after
them and pay the damages. Three of the
boys came, John and Dave bringing
their pistols. They went into the
field where the girls were holding the
mules, and demanded them, but the girls
asked for the money to pay damages.
The boys refused to pay, and attempted
to run the mules over the girls in order
to get them loose from them. The
children’s father came out, when John
Thomas and he got into a scuffle.
The young lady, Miss Lizzie, went to
her father’s rescue, when Thomas grabbed
a gun belonging to Mr. Gossett, which
was sitting against the house, and shot
her just above the region of the heert.
The young lady staggered backward and
exclaimed: “Oh, Lordy, papa, he has
killed me with your gun.” Miss Gossett
lived for about an hour after, dying in
great agony.
DID NOT MATERIALIZE.
The Proposed Cotton Seed Trust
Falls Through.
A meeting of the planters of sea island
cotton was held at Charleston, S. C.,
Thursday. It was attended by most of
the planters on John’s, James, Ediston
and Wadmalow island, the area were the
Carolina long staple is cultivated. After
a full discussion, it was decided that the
plan to combine in order to prevent the
sale of sea island cotton seed was imprac
ticable, and the project was therefore,
abandoned. In the discussion
it was stated that during the past
session anew variety of cotton had ap
peared, which wa9 grown from green
seed, and was entirely distinct from Sea
Island, but which, nevertheless, had a
staple of from one to one and a half
inches. The opinion was expressed that
in a lew years the variety would formida
bly compete with Sea Island. This ends
the attempt to form a combination
against the sale of Sea Island cotton seed,
which is purchased in South Carolina by
long staple cotton growers of Georgia
and Florida for planting purposes.
THE DAVIS STATUE
is Finally Accepted by the Com
mittee.
A Jackson, Miss., dispatch says: The
committee appointed to pass on the ac
ceptance of the marble statue of Hon.
Jefferson Davis, for the vestibule of the
monument of this city, on Tuesday finally
decided, by a vote of fifteen to seven,
five not voting, to accept the same. The
association accepted this decission and
paid the contractor in full for the monu
ment. The statue had been previously
paced on its pedestal in
the monument by the con
tractor, there being no ceremony attend
ing the same, nor will there be any, as
th 3 ceremonies were virtually had when
th 3 monument was unveiled on June 23,
1 ist. The reason the statue was not ac
cpted on arrival was because many
thought it was not a good likeness of Mr.
Davis. Since the contractor has put it
into position, however, and cleaned it
up, the resemblance to him is much
greater than at first. He is represented
standing delivering a speech with one
hand extended. The pose is graceful,
and the work is a magnificent piece oi
a eulnture
STRANGE COINCIDENCE.
Parnell’s Strongest Opponent
\lso Died Suddenly.
A London cablegram says: Coupled
with the announcement of Parnell’s death
Tuesday night was the news that Sir
John Pope Hennessy, member of parlia
ment from north Kilkenny, was also dead.
Hennessy, it will be remembered, im
mediately after the exposure in the
O’Shea divorce case in December.
1890, contested the north Kilkenny
election, backed up by Parnell’s op
ponents, and defeated the Parnellite
candidate, Vincent Scully, by 1,147
votes. This was a great, and possibly
the greatest, test of the strength between
the Parnellites and McCarthyites. and
the defeat of Scully, no doubt, counted
for a great deal in the future series of dis
asters which befell the Irish leadei.
Hennessy died at Queenstown rather sud
denly. His death is said to have been
due to the mental and physical strain to
which he was subjected as one of the
consequences of the political contest in
North Kilkeonr.
TRENTON, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16,1891.
THE ECUMENICAL.
Meeting of the World’s Metho
dists in Washington.
TheEucumenical Methodist conference,
which assembled at Washington City
Wednesday is one of the most remarkable
religious bodies ever convened in Amer
ica. The conference, as the name im
plies, is composed of all the various branch
es of Methodism established throughout
the world. Five million Methodists are
watching with the keenest interest, the
deliberations of th'is great gathering of
their most prominent men. This is only
the second conference of the kind, the
first having been held in London just ten
years ago. The conference is on a very
large scale. It is made up of 500 dele
gates, 300 from the various Methodist
churches in this country and 200
foreign lands. The list of churches that
is represented is interests.: as showing
the largest number of divisions of Metho
dism which flourish. The delegates are.
divided into the eastern or foreign sec
tion and the western or Amer
ican section. The eastern
section comprises twelve churches, of
which the strongest is the Wesleyan
Methodist church, in which body the ma
jority of all English Methodists are in
cluded. It has seventy-six Relegates, led
by Rev. T. B. Mephenson, D. D., who
is president of the Wesleyan Conference
of England. In tho delegation are many
men noted both in and out of Methodist
circles. Some of them are the Rev. John
Bond, the Rev. Hugh P. Hughes,
Thomas Barclay, a wealthy manufacturer
of Birmingham; Henry J. Farmer Atkin
son, M. P.; Percy W. Bunting, M. A.,
editor of the Contemporary lieoieic, and
J. Bamford Slack.
These are the other churches in the east
ern section and the size of their delega
tions: Irish Methodist, 12; Methodist
New Connection, 12; Primitive Metho
dist, 30; Bible Christian, 10; United
Methodist, Free, 21; French Methodist,
2: Au stralian Methodist, 9; Independent
Methodist, 2; Wesleyan Reform Union,
4; South African Methodist, 1; West
India Methodist, 2.
Of the 300 delegates apportioned tc j
the western section, the Methodist Epis- j
copal church supplies the largest num- ;
her, 126. This is by far the strongest !
organization of Methodists in the world, j
and to it nearly half of all Methodists \
in this country belong. The latest re
ports show that its members and proba
tioners are 2,283,154. Next to the
Methodist Episcopal church in strength
in this country is the Methodist Episco
pal church South, which separated 4
from the former in 1845, the
dividing cause being slavery.
The communicants of this body number
now 1.182,288 and its delegation in the
Ecumenical conference will consist of 64
bishops, ministers and laymen. The
separate colored churches to have repre
sentatives in the conference are five in all,
and their aggregate delegation is 48. As
there will be a number of colored men
among the delegation of the Methodist
Episcopal church they will form a promi
nent feature of the conference. These are
the principal colored churches and their
delegations: African Methodist Episcopal
18; African Methodist Episcopal Zion,
15; Colored Methodist Episcopal, 9; Af
rican Union Methodist Protestant, 3.
These are the other churches included in
the western section, with the size of
their delegation: Methodist church in
Canada, 24; Methodist Protestant, 9;
United Brethren in Christ, 7; American
Wesleyan church, 6; Union American
M. E., 3; Free Methodist, 3; Congrega
tional Methodist, 3; Primitive Methodist,
3; British M. E., 3; Independent Meth
odist, 2; and United Brethren in Christ
(old constitution), 2.
The gathering illustrates in a striking
way the strength of Methodism in this
country. The Methodist churches have
been growing very fast, and nearly a
million communicants have been added
since the first Ecumenical conference was
held. This increase alone is about the
same as the full strength of Methodism
in England, where the sect first saw
birth.
The program for the entire conference,
which extends from October 7 to Octo
ber 20, has already been mapped out and
the subjects of the different essays and
addresses have been assigned. Nothing
gives a greater idea of the great scope
which the conference proposes to cover
than this program.
. These are some of the subjects which
give a good idea of the range of the dis
cussion: Essays on “Ecumenical Metho
dism” will be delivered on the present
status of Methodism in the western
and eastern sections. There will
be followed by addresses by
speakers from the different bodies repre
sented. “The Christian Church; Its
Essential Unity and Essential Catholic
ity,” will be fully discussed. The essays
under this topic will be on “Christian
Unity” and “Christian Co-operation,”
each to be followed by a series of ad
dresses . This, in fact, is the arrange
ment which will be carried out through
the entire conference. There will be
one essay in each of the morning and
afternoon sessions, each to be followed
by a scries of addresses on the same sub
ject. “The Church and Bcien ific
Thought” will undoubtedly be product
ive of a great deal of interesting
discussion. Bishop John B. New
man will deliver a memorial sermon
on John Wesley, the great founder of
Methodism. Two days will be devoted
to the topic, “The Church and Her
Agencies.” One of the subjects under
this head will be “Woman's Work in the
Church,” and it is just possible that the
addresses which follow this may bring
out the question of woman’s rights to be
represented in the government of the
church, which is now a vital issue in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Under the
topic of “Education,” a very large varie
ty of subjects will be discussed, from ed-
ucation of an elementary kind to higher
education. “Romanism,” its present
position and its political and religious
power will also occupy the at
tention of tho Conference. The tem
perance question, “Social problems”
“The church in her relations to labor
and capital,” “The moral aspects of labor
combinations and strikes,” “The moral
aspects of combinations of capital,” and
“The obligations of the church in rela
tion to the social condition of the peo
ple,” will be given attention. “Mission,”
“War and peace,” aud “The church and
public morality,” are some of the topics
which will occupy the attention of the
delegates in tUe closing days *J the con
ference. These subjects una’er the last
head ought to be especially interesting:
“Marriage and divorce laws,” by Hiram
L. Sibley, and “Ihe attitude of the
church toward amusements. ” The con
cluding day, Tuesday, October 20, will
be taken up in a studv / “The Out
iwvk.”
THE WIDE WORLD.
GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC AND
CABLE CULLINGS
I
Of Brief Items of Interest From
Various Sources.
The Olympic theater at St. Paul, Minn.,
was burned Friday. Loss, SIOO,OOO.
In a riot in Rio Janeiro Friday, several
persons were killed aud many injured.
Queen Victoria will raise to the peer
age the widow of the Right Honorable
William Henry Smith.
The Olivet & Roberts Wire Company,
of Pittsburg, Pa., on Friday made a re
quest to its creditors for an extension.
By an accident on the Hudson River
railroad, near Hyde Park, N. Y., Satur
day, Arthur Small, fireman, and two
brakemen were killed.
H. S. Mann & Cos., dry goods dealers.
Rochester. N. Y r ., failed Friday for SIOO,-
006. H. B. Claflin, of New York, is the
largest creditors, $20,000.
Fire in New York Thursday destroyed
a five-story brown stone mansion, at 101
Fifth avenue, owned by Mrs. Haywood
Cutting. Logs $200,000.
A cablegram of Saturday says: It is
estimated that no fewer than 22,000,000
peasants in Russia are now destitute and
must be taken care of for the next ten
months.
The extensive placing mills, factories,
warehouses, sheds, composing the
plant of Messrs. Meel & Wampler, at
McKeesport, Pa., were completely de
stroyed by fire Sunday.
A wreck occurred on the Albany and
Susquehanna railed Thursday near
Binghampton, N. V, by the second sec
tion of a train running into the Jfcrst sec
tion at a curve in ihe road. (*e man
was killed and several injured.
At the annual reunion of the New En
gland survivors of rebel prisons held at
Worcester, Mus 9., Saturday, a committee
was appointed to frame resolutions deny
ing the published statement of the late
Jefferson Davis, that northern prisoners
in southern prisons were treated no worse
than the exigencies of war demanded.
A desperate attempt was made to hold
up a south bound passenger train on the
’Frisco road, 100 miles north of Paris,
Texas, at 3 o’clock Sunday morning.
Several shots were tired. Conductor Carr
knocked one of the robbers down with
his lamp just as tire man was preparing
to tire with his pistol in the conductor’s
breast.
Exports of specie from the port of New
York for the week ended Oct. 10th,
amounted to $838,217, of which $5,730
was gold and $832,617 silver. Six hun
dred dollars in gold and all the silver
went to Europe and $5,130 in gold went
to South America. Imports of specie
during the week amounted to $3,754,494,
of which $3,735,602 was gold and $lB,-
892 silver.
The October report of the statistician
of the department of agriculture at
Washington relates tc yields per acre of
grain and the condition of corn, pota
toes, buckwheat and tobacco. Estimated
average yields are: Wheat, 15 bushels;
oats, 29.3; barley, 25.8; rye, 14.4. The
condition of the corn crop is 92.5;
buckwheat, 92.7; potatoes, 91.3; to
bacco, 93.8.
At a meeting Thursday at Lansing,
Mich., of the State Farmers’ Alliance,
the following resolution was adopted
without a dissenting voice: Resolved,
That we, the Farmers’ Alliance and Indus
trial Union of the state of Michigan,
endorse the Ocala platform, and further
declare to the oppressed toilers of Ameri
ca that we are unyieldingly in favor of
independent political action as outlined
at the Cincinnati conference.
Dispatches dated September 27fch,
which reached London- from Amoy, a
seaport town of China on the island of
the same name, announce that there has
been serious rioting forty miles from the
town of Amoy. The population of Amoy,
amounting to about three hundred thou
sand people, is in a great state of excite
ment. The riot was caused by fiscal
abuses. Several mandarins and other
officials were killed by the rioters. The
riots have have been quelled.
A Military Novelty.
A vegetable cartridge shell, which M
entirely consumed in firing, is now
coming into general use iu the French
army. The cartridge has scarcely half
the weight of one with a metal shell;
the cost is considerable less, besides the
inconvenience of removing the shell after
each shot is avoided. At present the
eomposition of this military novelty is
fcent a secret.—r At. Xouis lievublic.
BURIAL OF PARNELL.
The Mortal Remains of Ire
land’s Chief Laid to Rest.
A Dublin cablegram says: The re
mains of Charles Stewart Parnell arrived
at Kingstown at 7 o’clock Sunday morn
ing. After leaving London there were
no demonstrations along the railway
route until Chester was reached. Here
large deputations from Liverpool, Man
chester, Preston, Newcastle-on-Tyne and
oiher places joined the train. Parnell’s
colleagues in parliament, including John
E. Redmond, of Wexford; John O’Con
nor, of Tipperary; Joseph Nolan, of
Louth; Henry Campbell, of Fermanagh;
Dr. James G. Fitzgerald, of Langford,
aud James J. O’Kelly, of Roscommon,
extended greetings to various deputa
tions. The funeral train reached Holy
head about 2 o'clock. Eager groups of
people had collected on the quay to
watch the transfer of the coffin from the
train to the mail boat (appropriately
named the Ireland.) The voyage across
St. George’s channel was quickly made,
the train arriving at Dublin station ar
half-past 7 o’clock. A vast but silent
crowd, with uncovered heads, awaited
the train as it rolled into the station.
Upon being removed from the train the
case was tuken from the coffin, which was
then lifted into the hearse, the panel
glass exposing the coffin to view.
Wreaths and other floral tributes literally
covered the top of the hearse and piled
around the coffin case. As the hearse
moved from the station a body ot police
formed in front of the procession. As
the march progressed the crowds grew
denser, yet they kept clear of the line of
procession along the whole route to Cas
tle Hill, where the serried ranks of peo
ple occupied every inch of space,
LYING IN STATE.
The city hall was reached at 8:30
o’clock. A violent rain storm streamed
down as the coffin was being born into
the hall towards the catafalque. It kept
raining in pitiless torrents for hour after
hour, yet the number of the vast throng
struggling to force their way to the city
hall was not reduced in the slighest, or
was their eagerness one whit dampened.
From 10 o’clock till 2 o’clock in the
afternoon a continuous stream of people
poured into the city hall. It is estimat
ed that 40,000 persons availed themselves
of the last opportunity to pay their
respects to the illustrious dead. The
ceremony of lying in state was to have
been closed at noon, but the crowd was
so numerous that the closing of the doors
was postponed till alter 2’clock, and eveu
then hundreds were obliged to go away
disappointed. At a quarter to 3 o’clock
the procession started, led by the exec
utive of the leadership committee. Fol
lowing came the bier, drawn by six coal
black horses, surrounded by parliament
ary colleagues of Parnell. As the coffin
passed, almost hidden in flowers, every
head in the vast assemblage was uncov
ered.
Behind the members of the Dublin
municipality came those of the provin
cial corporations, trades societies and
other organizations. Borne forty thous
and people had passed through council
hall during the four hours the body had
lain iu state, and most of these joined the
procession, forming into line, six abreast,
wherever a gap iu the procession permit
ted them to go. By 4 o’clock the police
became overwhelmed by the power of tho
ever-increasing crowd, and by the with
drawal of a portion of their force, who
went to try to clear a way for the funeral
at the entrance gates to the cemetery.
When the first part of the procession
reached the lower gate, at 5 o’clock, it
was found impossible to penetrate the
dense masses. In a struggle with the
onlookers the police were obliged to
abandon the attempt to drive them
back. The surging crowd around the
gate seeking to see the cortege met a
great contending wave of others trying to
enter.
A LITTLE CONFUSION.
A scene of great confusion ensued.
The procession for the time wps checked
and thrown into disarry. It was decid
ed to close the lower gate, and this was
effected amid great disorder, just as the
hearse reached the spot. The hearse was
then taken to the upper gates. Here the
coffin was removed and placed upon a
platform in order to enable those in the
procession to the file around and have a
full view of the bier. At 6 o’clock fast
falling dusk found the procession still
filing past. There seemed no likelihood
that the stream of marchers would end till
far into the depth of night, so orders were
given to remove the coffin to the side of
the grave. A body of Clan-na-Gaels suc
ceeded in clearing the way to the grave
and formed a circle within which were
grouped the lord mayor of Dublin, the
civic dignitaries, parnell’s colleagues in
parliament and relatives. The crush
around about was terrible.
THE BURIAL AT SIGHT.
Darkness bad set in. The noise o i
shrieking women, the cries of children
and the cries men struggling amid the
crush, made inaudible the voice of the
clergy, recitiftg the ritual of the Church
of England. At the grave liev. Mr. Vin
cent, of the hotunda chapel, and Rev.
George Fry, of Manchester, officiated.
They were obliged to cut the services
short, as the crowd broke into the pro
tecting circle and overwhelmed the inner
group. Some time after, in the dead
darkuess, when the crowd had thinned
away, the more intimate friends again
grouped themselves around the grave,
deposited wreathes thereon and took a
last view of coffin.
George W, Truitt, a well-known cotton
grower, says that the cotton crop of tin
E resent year will tall fully one-third short of
tst year. He thinks three hot days—August
10, 11 and 12—did the cotton great damage
and was the cause of the decrease. H
estimates that the crop of the South was cut
off 1,500,000 bales by. that hotwava.
MANIFESTO
By the National League of Great
Britain.
A London cablegram of Sunday says:
The National League of Great Britain has
issued the following manifesto:
Six months ago the members of this
executive committee were appointed by
Mr Parnell to advance the cause of Irish
independence in Great Britain. Fighting
under many difficulties, we held our
ground and rallied every Irishman who
remained true to the principles for which
our leader lived and died—the principle
of an independent Irish party and an in
dependent Irish parliament. Ireland has
received a blow by his death from which ■
she will not recover for a generation.
After payiug a high tribute to Parnell
it* concludes:
What is the duty of those left behind ?
What is the duty of the men who fol
lowed him?
To the last to struggle for Irish free
dom. It is said we fought for the mau
and not for principle. It is untrue. We
fought for the principle which the man
embodied. The man himself was indeed
the principle—the principle of self-re
liance and independence, which nothing
could sap, and to that principle we aro
staunch. Now, it is necessary that mem
bers of this organization should elect a
new president and anew executive, and
we invite branches in Great Britain to
take immediate steps to that end; We
urge our fellow countrymen not to des
pair. If victory seems distant, we ask
them to take for their motto the last
words addressed by Mr. Parnell to the
executive: “Hold on, fight on.”
RUSSIA’S FAMINE
Threatens Revolution—Terri
ble Stories of Distress.
Cable advices from Russia received at
Boston, Tuesday say that entire states
are being deserted on account of the
famine. They also assert that anew law
has been made forbidding the sowing of
seed this fall, so that the acreage next
year wili not be sufficient for the home
supply, still less for export. So great is
the distress that tho people have been
driven to pillaging each other, first set
ting fire to villages and then robbing
the inhabitants. The distress is a greater
menace to the government than all the
sflorts of the nihilists. The famine may
cause a revolution where the love of
liberty has failed. Aid is being sent in
by Holland Jews and nihilist societies of,
Armeuia. The latter have sent $4,300.
CAMPELL OBJECTS.
To the Unjust Criticisms of the
Newspapers,
A Washington dispatch says: The Star
of Tuesday evening publishes the follow
ing special dispatch from Columbus, O.:
Governor Campbell has telegraphed Hoad
iey, Lauterbacli & Johnson, his attorneys
in New York, as follows:
“Please demand from the New York
Recorder an immediate retraction of the
article in Monday’s paper, and as full as
can be made by thoir most emphatic lan
guage, to he printed in their next issue.
The alleged Ralph W. Wilkinson I never
heard of and his entire story is a lie with
out foundation.
“Jas. E. Campbell.”
no also sent to the Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette, the Philadelphia Press,
New York Press and Detroit Tribune
telegrams of like import.
STANLEY IN A WRECK.
Narrow Escape of the Explorer
and His Party.
A cablegram of Monday from Rome,
Italy, says: A Brindisi express, on board
of which train were Mr. and Mrs. Henry
M. Stanley and Mrs. Tennant, mother of
Mrs. Stanley, has been completely wreck
ed at Carovingo, nineteen miles from
Brindisi. The Stanley party was on its
way to Australia, where the explorer was
to lecture. They, with all the other pas
sengers on the train, escaped without in
jury, though they had a Darrow escape
from death. The express dashed into a
baggage train that was on the track near
Carovingo. Railroad officials have or
dered the usual investigation to be made
into the affair, with the view of fixing
the blame where it properly belongs.
A DEAD KING.
Karl I, King of Wurtemburg,
Gives Up the Ghost.
A cablegram from Stuttgart, says:
Karl I, king of Wurtemberg, died at 7
o’clock Tuesday morning. He was born
March 6, 1823, and ascended the throne
at the death of his father, King Wilhelm
I, on June 25, 1864. On July 13, 1846,
he married the Grand Duchess Olga,
daughter of the late Emperor Nicholas I,
of Russia. Prior to the year 1805, Wur
temberg was a grand duchy, but by the
peace of Presberg, it was elected into a
kingdom. A proclamation, signed by
the new king and all the ministers, has
been issued. It announces the accession
of Mfiihelm 11., nephew of King Karl I,
to the throne of Wurtemburg._
THE CZAR IN PERIL.
A Conspiracy Against His Life
Unearthed.
A London cablegram of Monday says:
“A conspiracy against the life of the czar
has-been discovered in Ivieff, Russia. A
printing press used iu the publication of
seditious literature has been seized, and
there is a serious outbreak among the
students of the university there who have
been given to violent revolutionary
speeches. Many of them have been put
under arrest, but the spirit of revolt is
s&read r g.”
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