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VOL. 111.
DEATH AND DISASTER.
Former Particulars of the Death-Deal
ing Storm on tlie finlt.
Scenes of Horror and Misery.-The
Heath List Increased to 2,023.
A New Orleans Special of Fridaj
says: Tlie lull the greut storm
is now told. Every settlement in its
path has oeen visited, every survivor
interviewed and has told his tale of its
terrors and its heroism. The news
papers of the city are at last able to
publish a list oij, tin? dead, which is not
likely to require many changes or ad
ditions. The only doubtful element is
the loss of life at Cheniere Caminadu,
where 77G bodies have been recovered
and buried. A few are found from day
to day in isolated localities, but the
general sentiment is that nearly all
that are likely to be found have been
discovered, and that the others have
been swept to sea in the great tidal
wave. This leaves some doubt ns to
the exact number lost, as the popula
tion of the settlement at the time of
disaster was not known.* Father Gon
deraux, the parish priest, has furnish
ed a list of 822 known to be dead. The
estimate of the loss runs from this fig
ure to to 1,200 for the Cheniere prop
er, and 1,300 for the whole district.
In the Bayou Cook section the nura
be of bodies recovered has been 131 as
follows:
In Bayou Cook 37; Bayou Skate
37 ; Grand Bayou 26 ; Bayou Ferrand
7; Bayou Chalard 1; Cypress bay 16
and at Tropical Bend, on the Missis
sippi river, eighteen miles distant
where they floated from the swamp, 17-
There are 183 other persons still miss
ing who have not been seen since the
storm. Their bodies are supposed to
be lying in the swamps or were swept
to sea. A large number of searching
parties are out looking for them, but
as the swamp grass is ten feet high, the
search is a very difficult one and the
bodies are discovered mainly by the
horrible stench they send out. It will
be difficult to identfy them,not only be
cause of decompositionbut because they
have been badly disfigured and eaten
hy the gars and other fish and crabs.
This makes the total loss in the Bayou
Cook country 316, two-thirds of whom
were Austrains from Dalmatia.
On the coast islands, seventy-eight
bodies have been found on the Chand
leur and 115 on Cat and Ship islands,
probably all from the wrecked vessels
in Mississippi or Chandleur sound.
The loss of life from the shipping will
be heavier than was at first reported.
Already 184 bodies have been report
ed, and there are still many vessels
missing whose fate is unknown. Both
on the islands and on the Bayou Cook
swamp, the stench from the dead bod
ies of men and cattle is most offensive.
BURYING THE DEAD.
The Louisiana state board of health
has sent lime and other disinfectants
to be used where the dead are lying.
An appeal was made to the board to
bury the dead, but a majority decided
that this was not within its province
and that the burying must be done by
the parishes. The Slavonian Society,
of New Orleans, appointed Coroner
Settom to bury all those found in the
swamps at its expense and erect slabs
over them giving their names. This
is being done. Only a few additional
losses of life were reported Friday,
except at sea. They are: Creole Gap
5; Doe island 3; Slidell 3; Wrens
island 2. The list of the dead is now
given as follows by districts:
Cheniere Cominada and neighboring
settlements, 1,312; Bayou Cook coun
ty, 316; Lost from shipping, 184;
Grand Isle, 27, lower coast of Plaque
mine, 47; Lake Borgne fishing camps,
47; Louisiana Coast island, 73; Mis
sissippi sound,, 73 ; total, 2,023.
This may be increased fifty' or sixty
by other losses on missing vessels. In
addition to those vessels reported lost
Thursday the following are known to
be wrecked with the following lives
on them: Corinne, 5; Hope, 5 ; Anne,
4; Covella, 2 ; Victoria, 4 : Nabella.
o ; Roma, 3; Clementine, 1; Idonla,
-5; Georgians. 2; Rosalie, 4. The
Rosalie’s men were found lashed to the
side of the vessel, but dead. Other
wrecked vessels are the Pauline, Made,
Messenger, Danielo, Mary B. Villara,
K St. Barthomew, lydilare, Dema, St.
George, Beddecke, Julia, Sarah and
St. Helena.
HAD LARGE FAMILIES.
Of the 822 dead at Cheniere Camin
ada whose names are known, 496 were
children. The Caminada people are
famous for large families. Mr. Lafon
lost his and fifteen children, Aiser
Petre his wife and ten children and
August ‘Bonamour his wife and ten
children. The families of the three
Valence brothers, who lived together,
John, Aulome and Perie, consisted of
six grown persons nnd twenty chil
dren. Of these twenty-six only one,
John Valence, survived.
The effects of the storm at the Che
niere are seen only in the destruction
ot all the houses, but the geography
and character of the country are
changed. The settlement formerly
faced Barataria bay. The wash
ing away of its front has made it face
the gulf of Mexico. Chandleur island
State of tluiY |te.
has ceased largely o be an island, the
storm washing away the soil and leav
ing it merely a reef covered in ordi
nary tides. A number of lmyous have
changed their courses, while lakes or
bays have been enlarged or lessened.
horror’s climax.
Terrific nswasthe work of the storm
elsewhere, on Cheniere Caminada it
reached a climax of horror. Cheniere
is one of that group of islands which
extend along the lower coast, and to
which belong Grand isle, Tam
loilier and Lost island. It’s a long,
Jn "\ flat strip of earth, about three
miles long by one in width. It was
one of the old haunts of LaFitte and
his band. Of late, it was a station
for fishing boats. It contained one
town, Caminadaville, of about 1,800
population, the majority of whom w ere
fishermen, and all of whom did a great
deal of business with New Or
leans through the firm selling fish in
the French market. The destructive
work of the elements no where finds
better exemplification than at Cam
inidaville. The condition in which
this once prosperous little town is
now left is appalling. On Sunday
evening there were 1,200 dwelling*?
within its limits, but only twenty-five
remain standing, and of these, there
is not one uninjured. The mute ap
peal of these shattered heaps of de
bris is irresistible. Even the coldest
heart would grow sick to behold them.
The sympathetic scene is beart-rend
;ug.
BURYING THEIR OWN FAMILIES.
It is no unusual thing to see great,
rugged fishermen, bronzed and hard
ened by a life of almost constant ex
posure, embrace each other in tears.
All had shares in the losses of the
storm. Not one of them could claim
exception from the universal depres
sion. There were a thousand duties to
be attended to, and they had little time
to spend in conversation.
So long- as the festering dead lay un
bnried, one did not have the heart to
detain them from their work. Just
imagine fathers and mothers bury
ing their sons and daughters, and chil
dren, in their extreme sadness, bury
ing their dead parents. Everywhere
one could see graves, wherein as many
as ten people were buried. Some
were drowned; others killed in the
wreckage. There are bund eds of
bodies that are still unbnried. Some
are under the wrecked buildings,
while the balance are floating on the
bosom of tlie bay of Caminada.
Beneath some of the wrecks there
are many decaying bodies, but they
cannot be taken out and given even
a rude Christian burial. The brave
little band of grave diggers is exhaust
ed. They have already buried in the
rude graves on the island 950, and are
still burying what bodies they fan
find.
Imagination would be out of place
in describing that scene, for the cruel
truth itself surpasses anything possi
ble to the fancy.
THE COTTON CROP.
Official Report of the Department of
Agriculture.
The report of the statistical divis
ion of the department of agriculture
at Washington makes cotton show a
decline of 2.7 points from the Septem
ber condition, which was 73.4, as
against 70.7 for this month. The con
dition of cotton in the month of June
was 85.6, declining to 82.7 in July
and to 80.4 in August, losing from
that time to the present 9.7 points.
The retrogressive tendency has been
persistent during the season. Roports
from the most fertile parts of the cot
ton belt are far from hopeful. The
Texas crop of 1892 and ’93 was about
31 per cent, of the entire crop of the
country,* and the October report of this
department of 1892 showed a condition
of 77 per cent, as against 65 per cent, for
1893. The percentages of . the states
are: Virginia, 93; North Carolina,
76; South Carolina, 62 ; Georgia, 76 ;
Florida, 84 ; Alabama, 76 ; Mississippi,
73; Louisiana, 71; Texas, 65; Arkan
sas, 71 ; Tennessee, 59.
The October condition in the states
of Virginia and North Carolina is the
same as that of September,'>hde Texas
has gained two points. Reports from
the eight remaining states indicate
declines in condition from 1 to 10
points. The state averages for Sep
tember were: Virginia, 93; North
Carolina, 76; South Carolina, 63;
Georgia, 77; Florida,Bs; Alabama,7B;
Mississippi, 78; Louisiana, 81; Texas,
63 ; Arkansas, 80 ; Tennessee, 66.
The causes of deterioration in condi
tion are the same ns those reported in
the department report. The weather
conditions have not been favorable.
Protracted and prevalent drought, ex
cessive moisture in some places and
various insect enemies of the plant
have all contributed toward producing
the low conditions reported. A favor
able autumn is the only hope of im
provement. The weather conditions
are favorable to successful picking in
most parts.
Riotous Strikers.
A cable dispatch from Paris says:
Striking coal miners started riots
Monday evening at Levin, in the de
partment of Pash-de-Calais, and a
Drucort, in the department of Eure.
In both the military and police quick
ly dispersed the crowds. Nobody was
in mred.
TRENTON, GA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13,1891!.
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
The Drift of Her Progress and Pros
perity Briefly Hold
Happenings of Interest Portrayed in
Pithy Paragraphs.
•
The large livery stable of the E. I.
Everson company at Louisville, Ky.,
was destroyed by fire Saturday morn
ing. Forty-five horses were burned
to death. Some of the animals were
very valuable. The loss on the horses
and vehicles is estimated at $20,000;
insurance, $12,000; loss on the build
ing $7,000; insurance not known.
Twenty-nine new cases of yellow fe
ver were announced at Brunswick
Monday, and four patients discharged.
There are several cases on St. Simons.
A number of cases in the city are very
serious. There are rumors also of
several cases of smallpox, but nothing
official. Recapitulation—Under treat
ment, 187 ; discharged, 83 ; dead, 16.
Total, 286—5.6 per cent. The weather
is fair and warm.
Four hundred miners, who have been
out on a strike for two months in the
Coal Creek and Briceville districts, re
turned to work Monday morning, as a
compromise with the companies, which
was a ten per cent reduction in the
dollar, and one dollar off on house
rent. The reason given by the miners
for accepting the compromise was that
their wives and children were starving
and that they must feed them.
A Jackson, Miss., special of Monday
says: Governor Stone has received
information from Hon. H. M. Street,
speaker of the house of representa
tives, and one of the most prominent
insurance men in the state, confirm
ing what the governor has already;
said contradicting the burning of gins
by white caps. Colonel. Street states
that he does not know of a single gin-1
house in the state that has been burn-1
ed by white caps or supposed to have!
been burned by white caps.
The trial of the sixteen soldier*
charged with the lynching of Richardj
Drummond at Briceville last August*
was commenced at Knoxville
through habeas corpus proceedings,
before Judge SneeoiY'df the Shox?
county criminal court. A number of
witnesses on both sides were examined,
when the defense offered to rest its
case, but the prosecution objected on
the ground that three important wit
nesses were absent. The state was
given two days to produce them and
the court adjourned until Thursday.
A Harrodsburg, Ky., special says:
The jury in the case of H. C. Pass
more, for the murder of Richard Bax
ton on October 25, 1887, returned
a verdict Saturday morniug for ac
quittal, being out less than a half an
hour. This is the fifteenth court the
ease has been put through. Asa re
sult the jury stood seven for capital pun
ishment, four for life and one for ac
quittal and they have been growing
more lenient every court since.
ease has cost the state over $30.U00,
several jurymen being taken from ad -
joing counties as well as witneses.
Advices of Sunday state that New
Orleans has raised a relief fund for the
storm sufferers of about $75,000 in all,
aud steamers, luggers, skiff's and
trains have been sent in every direc
tion to extend relief. The, only new
development is the intelligence from
Bayou St. Andreas, leading from the
the Grand isle district, that there are
a hundred deaths along that section,
making 1,660 deaths between Chen
iere and Bayou Cook. A great many
people are leaving their former homes
in the storm-stricken section, and flock
ing to New Orleans.
The Nashville Safe Deposit and
Trnst Company made .an assignment
late Saturday night for the benefit of
its creditors. The total assets are
$224,056.56, while the liabilities amount
to $224,056.56. The American Na
tional is a creditor to the amount of
$9,500, the Continental National, of
Memphis, $5,000; Fourth National,
$10,000; First National, of Nashville,
$5,000, and Nashville Trust Company,
$9,500. The cause of the failure is
due to the fact that the company could
not realize the cash on their assets. It
is claimed that the creditors will be
paid in full.
Judge Gary Nominated.
A Chicago special of Friday says.
Judge Gary, who presided at the trial
of the Haymarket anarchists, was
placed at the head. of the republican
judicial ticket for re-election. The
democratic convention some days ago
declined to endorse him, and instead
named for the place on the ticket Ed
ward Osgood Brown, the single taxer
who took a prominent part in the
movement for the pardon of Fielden,
Schwab and Neebe.' Judge Gary's re
nomination by the republicans whs by
acclamation.
Chicago Day at the Fair.
Monday was Chicago day at the
World’s fair. The fair officials estimate
the attendance at 725,000. Two peo
ple were killed while going to and com
ing from the fair, while the hospital
record at 6 o’clock showed a total of
less than forty slight casualities. Two
hours later the number had increased
to 125.
BRUNSWICK ASKS FOR AID.
Governor Northen Issues an Appeal to
Georgians in Her Behalf.
Last Monday Governor Northen re
ceived from Hon. Thomas \V. Lamb,
the mayor of Brunswick, who is now
at the head of a band of brave men
fighting the fever and starvation in
the stricken city by the sea, a letter
asking for aid for his people. The ap
peal should touch a responsive chord
in the hearts of every Georgian. It
gives the true situation of affairs in
Brunswick.
In response to this letter Governor
Northen has written the following let
ter to the people of the state:
October 10, 1893.
To the People of Georgia:
The following letter from Hon.
Thomas W. Lamb, mayor of Bruns
wick, ascribes fully the unfortunate
condition of the stricken city. Brave
and true to duty, as he has proved
himself during this dreadful scourge,
it is humiliating to him to ask the
charities of the people; but in the
midst of dire calamity he but dis
charges his duty to his unfortunate
people, in the absence of power in his
city government and provision on the
part.of the state to render aid abso
lutely needed. I appeal to the good
people of this state,once more, to come
to his relief through liberal contribu
tions in money and in provisions.
Respectfully, W. J. Northen,
Governor of Georgia.
-
The following is the letter received
by Governor Northen from Mayor
Lamb:
'To His Excellency, W. J. Northen,
■ Governor of Georgia:
My Dear Sir—Your favor has been
[received, with $6.40 included, for
which accept my thanks for and in be
half of the suffering of this city.
The conditions are daily growing
worse. It now looks as if every man,
woman and child in the city, except
those who have immunity from the
'disease, will take the fever. A great
many negroes are sick, many more
Shan we had in 1876, and I am under
the impression that it is for w r ant of
the’ white race to feed upon, although
there are many white people yet who
may have the fever.
7. it ->ying 4 for frost and aid.
Without the former, we must Lave the
latter, or starvation is inevitable. The
outside world does not understand
thoroughly our situation. In a few
words, it is this: No business; no
money ; city treasury depleted ; sick
ness and suffering • everywhere. We
are, therefore, compelled ’>for aid
from a generous public, *vvfiTch up to
this time has 1 kind ; but, with the
fever on the increase aud both money
and provisions coming in slowly, I am
compelled to appeal again for assist
ance. While we have as yet no dis
turbances among the negroes, should
they become maddened from hunger,
the whites would be powerless to de-
IWul themselves against such odds,
.jjlpprehend no danger unless in that
r Xent. I have, for want of proper
men on the police force, some twenty
four of the best colored men as police
men, to protect the houses of those
who have left the city.
My task, I can assure you, has been
anything but pleasant. lam trusting
in a kind Providenee to guide me in
these trials; and—please understand
me—l have not a word of excuse to
make for myself, but have feelings of
sympathy fc*r a few men who left
Brunswick in her dire distress and
said to a charitable people abroad,
“The people of Brunswick are not in
distress.” If they were in the city
to-day and understood the situation,
and should be struck with remorse,
they feel like praying to a merciful
Father for forgivness. You will par
don me, but I was anxious that you
should know that we had one or more
citizens who made the remarks referred
to in this letter.
I feel it my duty to keep you advis
ed of the situation, knowing at the
same time that you are doing all in
your power to assist us.
My clerk this morning w ? as stricken
with fever. It has no respect for per
sons.
With my best wishes, I remain (in
haste) Your friend,
Thomas W. Lamb, Mayor.
WILLING TO GO BACK.
The Striking L. k N. Shop Men Ask
for Re-instatement.
The striking shop men of the Louis
ville and Nash villi road at Decatur,
Ala., realize that they have lost and
are now desirous of getting back into
their old places. Local officials of the
Louisville and Nashville company are
advised that the attorney of the com
pany at Decatur was called on Friday
night by the chairman of the shop
strikers, who said that the men were
willing to go back to work at the re
duced scale of wages. The proposition
was also made that if taken back the
strike of the shop men on the entire
system would be declared off.
The Reduction Accepted.
A Louisville dispateh of Monday
states that the employees of Chesa
peake, Ohio and Southwestern, have
accepted the ten per cent, reduction
and returned to work.
OUR LATEST DISPATCHES.
The Hapemnp of a Day Chronicled in
Brief and Concise Para Graphs
And Containing the Gist of the News
From All Parts of the World.
Attendance at the world’s fair Tues
day was 335,264; on Chicago day—
Monday—paid admissions were 713,-
646.
James Houston, for many years gen
eral manager of the Associated Press
in the United States, died in New
York Tuesday.
The Clarksville, Tenn., Farmers’
and Merchants’ bank went into liqui
dation Tuesday. Deposit ops will be
paid in full.
Thirty-five new eases of yellow fe
ver and two deaths was the official re
port of the Brunswick board of health
for the twenty-four hours ending at
noon Tuesday.
A general strike of the American
flint glass workers has been ordered.
This action is the result of the glass
trust declaring that all factories would
be operated by non-union men.
The entire republican ticket in In
dianapolis was elected Tuesday by a
majority not exceeding 1,500. The
average democratic majority two years
ago was about the same.
The British steamer Memnon, load
ed with 2,000 bales of cotton, took fire
Tuesday. The compartments were
flooded with water. The extent ‘of
damage will nbt be known until the
cotton is brought out.
A special of Tuesday from Paris
says: Count Ferdinand DeLesseps is
hourly expected to breathe his last. All
hope of improvement has been given
up, and it is believed death can be
delayed by the native tenacity of his
constitution. He is not expected to
live till daylight.
Word was .received Tuesday from
Tuskahoma, I. TANARUS., of a terrible triple
murder which occurred about forty
miles west of that city. The victims
were Choctaws. Governor Jones says it
was the result of the late political trou
bles and the men killed belonged to
the Jones faction. Particulars are un
obtainable at present.
A relief train of six freight ears,
provisions aud supplies for the fever
stricken town of Brunswick, Ga., left
Jersey City, N. J., Wednesday morn
ing on the Pennsylvania railroad via
Washington. It will reach its desti
nation in about three days. The train
carried a large amount of flour, sugar
and other staples, as well as tea, cof
fee, delicacies and medicines.
A London cablegram of Tuesday
says: The government has received a
dispatch from Rio de Janeiro announ
cing that one of the forts in the bay
surrendered to Admiral de Mellos.
The dispatch adds that the city of Rio
de Janeiro remains quiet in spite of
the fact that several shots from the
guns on board the rebel ships, sup*
posed to have been fired at the forts,
fell into the city. **
The Evening Record, a paper w hich
appeared in Ban Frnncisco, Tuesday,
the first time, and about the reliabili
ty of which nothing is known,
prints a st<yy to the effect
that the territory of Lower
California has been purchased from the
republic of Mexico by a syndicate of
American and English capitalists, who
propose annex the peninsular to
the United States. The alleged au
thority is William Wrendon, an En
glish capitalist.
After taking 5,182 ballots, the first
judicial democratic convention in ses
sion at Baltimore ended the deadlock
Tuesday by nominating as chief judge
Henry Page, of Somerset, and associ
ate, Henry Lloyd, of Dorchester. The
started to work two months
ago. It was made up of sixteen dele
gates and representing four counties.
Each county had a candidate. The
counties paired off, made combinations
and every vote stood eight to eight.
The political leaders, headed by Sena
tor Gorman, are credited with being
instrumental in breaking the deadlock.
The number of • ballots taken breaks
all records.
TWO RECEIVERS
Will Sow Direct the Affairs of the Cen
tral Railroad.
The Central Railroad Cempany co
receivership matter was disposed of
by Justice Jackson at Washington
Saturday. Upon the petition concur
red in by many bondholders and secu
rity holders of the system the court
appointed R. Somers Hayes, of New
York, co-receiver with H. M. Comer,
the present receiver, the ground of
the petition being the magnitude of
the interest at stake and necessary for
the division of labor, the appointment
in no wise reflecting upon the present
receiver. Mr. Hayes is the president
of the St. Paul and Duluth railroad,
and of the New York and Northern.
The appointment is received with
general satisfaction by all concerned.
Here is bo doubt that people raiser,
by a cycloue are able to move in h
highest circles. —[Chicago Inter Oeeun.
TRADE TOPICS.
Report of the Past Week’s Business by
Dun & Cos.
It is difficult to detect any signs of
improvement. While there has been
some addition to the number of manu
facturing establishments and the num
ber of hands at work during the past
week, it is becoming painfully clear
that the orders obtained do not suffice
to keep employed at full time even
the limited force at present engaged.
Reports from other cities disclose a
distinct check in business. There is,
on the whole, less activity and less
confidence regarding the future than
there was a week ago, and this is in
many cases attributed to the uncer
tainty regarding the monetary future
which the delay in the senate causes.
The stock of money' in New York
banks has increased rapidly, and the
retirement of clearing house certifi
cates at New York and at other cities
shows a great improvement in the
monetary situation.
Th§re is not as much encouragement
as might be desired in the industrial
reports for the week. An increased
number of establishments is reported
in operation, but the sagging of prices
in print cloths and some other cotton
goods, and in the more important pro
ducts of iron and steel, discloses great
ly retarded business. The demand for
iron products is, on the whole, less
satisfactory than it was a week ago.
Steel billets are selling at Pittsburg
for $lB per ton, and there is practical
ly no demand for rails.
In the manufacture of wool there is
still a remarkabble hesitation and
the demand for consumption is much
restricted, so that ths purchases of
wool at the principal market, notwith
standing some speculative buying,
have been only 2,026,995 pounds,
against 6,727,400 for the same week
last year. The movement of wheat
has been fairly large and the price has
declined about two cents, while corn
has also yielded about one cent.
Cotton is 1-4 cent higher, with other
distinctions in crop prospects, and
pork products are also somewhat
higher—pork, 75 cents per barrel.
Oil has advanced sharply, and after
some reaction closed 2 cents per barrel
higher than a week ago. It is possible
that the surplus currency in circula
tion has the natural effect of stimulat
ing speculative activity. Happily, the
changes thus far have not diminished
the exports of products, which con
tinue fairly large.
Failures continue to decrease in
number and importance, though not as
much as hoped. The number reported
for tne United States for the past week
was 320, against 184 for the same week
last year, and in Canada 45, against 36
last year. The disposition to include
all banking and financial failures with
those of commercial and manufactur
ing concerns during the past year, has
led tq estimates which do much injus
tice to mercantile interests.
THE VIGILANT WINS
The First of a Series of Races for
America’s Cup.
A New York special says: Bowling
along under a fair wind, the American
cup defender, Vigilant, crossed the
line at Sandy Hook lightship at 3:3Q
o’clock Saturday afternoon, winner in
the first of the international races for
the American cup. The Valkyrie ar
rived home almost eight minutes later
and both were at once taken in tow
by their respective tenders and hur
ried to their place of shelter off ,Bay
Ridge.
It was a magnificent contest from
navy points of view and demonstrated
for that day, at the superior
construction of the center boarder,
over the cutter ns well as the superior
yachtmanship of men, who handled
the English boat.
vtGUIiANT WINS THE SECOND BACK.
A special of Monday from Sandy
Hook, N. J., says: The Vigilant cross
ed the line at 2 :50 p. m., the Vakyrie
three minutes astern.
ALTGELD ENDORSED
In His Actiou Pardoning the Hay
market Rioters.
A Chicago special says: That the
democracy support Governor Altgeld
in the pardon of the anarchists, and
his denunciation of Judge Gary, was
publicly demonstrated at the county
convention Wednesday, When it
reached Judge Gary’s name for re
nomination, ex-Judge Moran, one of
the most respected jurists in the city,
was howled down and threatened with
personal violence when he presented
Gary’s name.
Religious Convention,
Second only in importance to the
great World’s Parliament of Religions
in the world’s congress was the evan
gelical alliance which opened at Chi
cago, Monday morning, and partici
pating in the proceedings are Rev. C.
H. Carter, the famous social reform
divine of New York city, Prof. Henry
Drummond, En Jinburg, and other
famous men in religious circles. Over
two thousand representatives of the
evangelical bodies participated in the
inaugural session, and the attendance
for the entire week bids fair to be very
large.
NO. 31.