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She Is the Speediest War Ship of
Her Class Afloat.
Crossos the Ocean Fron? the Needles
to Sandy Hook in Six Days, Twenty
three Hours and Forty-nine
Minutes. A History of
the Performance.
Nkw 1'obk, August 2. -Tuo United
States Commerce Destroyer, Columbia,
next to Mmueapolis. the fastest war
? hip of her olassalloat, arrived hero to
<lay from her race against time across
lue Atlantic. No war ship ever built
crossed the ocean 111 the same time,
Tliese are the principal figures:
'lime from the Noeilles, Isle of
Wight, to Sandy Hook Lightship, six
days, twenty ttiroo hours, forty-nine
minutes.
Course, 3,112 knots; nvorngo hourly
spied. lS..",:t; best hourly run, ?M.tii):
List four hour run, SO.50.
'lhe daily runs Were from '2 p. m. of
July 2Gtli, ut the Needles, to noon of
(he following day, 105 kuots, and to
uoou of each sncoeediug day :07, 17u,
4">7, !"..">, 48 ; aud f ?"> to Sandy Hook
Lightship at 8 lil a. m. today. On
July 30th, at '2 a, iu., it was a.jually
uuil a stot ui tbreuteued. Tba wiuti was
h. W. by W.: heavy sens name over the
Vow-, and for low hours its- speed was
reduced to eight knots nil hour. In
tlie evening ol t!iu same day, iu lati?
tude 4?;.''?, longilnde ti-.-u, the Co- !
Ittuibia ran near au iceberg, wluoli was
?loul 150 yards 10U yards wide
and l? feet high.
1 ho Columbia took in a pilot -100
miles east of Sand)' Hook, only alow
jug up sultlciently for tiio purpose,
tsbe passed Quarantine shortly before
noon, reporting all well board and
dropped anchor in Ihn North river less
tbnu au bciir later.
Her four gr??t luniiols were covered
with salt oryatala where they were uol
tilack with smoke. Sooi coveted tue
upper atruotnre aud her hides were
?meared and ?treaki t with rust, her
decks wore covered with coal dust, aim
cinders aud altogether she looked u"
though au early soouriug :it the navy
yard would he the best thing for her.
t 'apt. Ueorgy W, Sutnuer, said to a
reporter:
'?I consider her run aoross very sue
ceasful. We uame under natural
draught. It was a smooth run. though
?we hud a httiu rough weuther, Wc
? lowed down only once before hos i
?ess. We met some fog, but weul
through it hi lull speed with our eight
boilers aud Ihren screws, lhe wind?
were varyiug, but westerly generally.
We bad on whai w? call battle batches
throughout, making us watertight for
Ward.
lhe vessel was somewhat down at the
bend when we star o I despite the fae:
?hut wo lmd our trimming tanks uit
ti'led. I I,is is because ol the natural
trim when her hunkers are full. She
Is a good boat though. The roll was
only 10 degrees t?i starboard aud 17 to
iioit. She rolled, however, from to
It7 degrei a
The coal consumption, the captuin
?aid, varied from 21M.I to '2 10 tons a day,
?bout one hall that uned by lUe
Cuuarder Lucaiiiu iu bo trips from
Liverpo< 1 ovei ? c mrso of about 3,0 '2
knots whose best average speod >>u u
record trip was ill.HO.
POPULISTS' CONVENTION.
J. S. Coxey, of ''Coxey's Army,"
Nomina.ed for Governor of Ohio.
liv Soutliorn Ataociuteil t'-a <.
Ooi.ruiu -, Ohio. Aug. 2,?The plat?
form repoited by the Itesolutious Ooin
miltee was materially changed by the
]Populista' Stute Convention tins morn
ing. Ah booh as tlitt resolut ? ns were
read Tom Fil/.simmous, of Clevelaud,
en admirer of Covey, Haid the resold
lion iudorsmg Coxey's good roads iii"i?
bad been placed at the b ittom of the
list in order to belittle Coxey, He
moved tiiut it be put iu the second
place.
J; Judge Muik, of Clevelaud, said
tin re bad lieeu too much Coxey is tu in
the convention already Tins brought
Coxey to bis feet. The lawyers, be
?uiii, have been running things in this
eouutry io the exclusion of the mass en
for some lime. They are trying In
run this convention. The additions to
the platform include (he following:
Declaring il treason to issuo interest
bearing bonds in timo of peaoe; thai
the trial of Debs was n subversion ol
the riKht togtrial by jury, and demand?
ing that all public monopolies be na?
tionalized; favoring lhe Stale control
of the sale of intoxicating liquors with?
out profit; declaring .:i favor ol the
flection of all State und National of
facets by direct vote of the people;
favoring the eight hour system ol State
?Juiploy ment. lint two names were
l>re-ont(il lor the noimi ation lor (lov
ernor. These were lid Stark, of Cleve?
land und Jt S. Coxoy, oi Cautoii,
Coxey was nominated, the vote stand*
fog B20 for Coxey to M lor stark. The
convention then adjourned at:', p. in.
Don't leave for thesoashoreor moun?
tains without ono of our "covort" ovor
OOatf, made for cool evenings.
Ntciior.H & VValtjAOB,
li/.i Main street.
Bv Southern tasoetatad Prsis.
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
Happenings in and Out of That Beau?
tiful City.
By Southern Associate I Pr?s*.
Washington, Aug. ? A telegram
was received from Uod. Coppioger at
army headquarters to day cuuliruiiug
the report from I'ocatelln via Omaha
was received this morning. It further
stated that (leu. Coppiuger's cavalry
are now camped at Marys Vale, aud
that tlie infautry have boon halted went
of iho Teton range to await further
orders.
Cuulideuoe, tho dispatch says, baa
been restored and the settlers aro re
turning borne.
The luitod States monitor Ampbi
trite arrived at Sonthuort this after?
noon from Charleston, 8. 0? to take
the North Carolina uaval reserves on
their annual cruise.
The II r<lt ograpliio Ollioa of the
Navy I'epartmeut gives warning tliat
logs from a raft lost trout a tow of the
lug Asher .1. liudsou, oil' Thimble
shoal at tho enlrnuco to Hauiptou
Itoads, form dingerous obstructions to
navigation iu tlie vicinity of Cape
Charles aud (be lower part of Chesa
peuke bay.
Information received at tho Navy
Department shows ttie coast defenso
vessel Monterey to ho somewhat re
markoble with respect of economical
1180 ol fuel, in her recant voyuue'from
Callao up the l'aoill? coast, sho was
limited to tue usoof twenty-two tous of
soli coal a day and managed On tills
allowauce to run at the rute of from
Ji il to .'jo uiilee iu each twenty four
houre,
The cruiser Ihiltimore sailed from
Yokohama yesterday tor Nagasaki,
Acting Secretary MaAdoa sent tho
following telegram this after uoou to
( apt. Summer, of the cruiser Colum
bin: ''The Navy Department BXteuda
to you, the oilieera ami men of the
Columbia its congratulations ami
thanks upon the result of the ruu from
the Needles to Sandy HooK ligUUbip,
thus making an unexpected record fur
a new ship."
William A. Meudenhal, a district
pojicemau, has resigned and left the
city Minier a cloud. A vwirruut has
I ueu issued tor Ins arrest on a charge
of ubtuiuing money tiudor false pre
tenses. It is estimated that hu ha?
victimized friends and acquaintances of
about !}2,ll mi. His downhill wus due to
the race tracks serosa the river. Mr*.
Meudeubal brought her husband's
badge to the Ktat 10 U-boUhO and gave
notice of his Might.
Tho consolidation of tho Washing?
ton aud Georgetown t'uhlo Street Hall
way Company with the Chase Electric
Line Compaoy, i? reported to have
been practically accomplished and tlmt
iliere will bj a reorganization under
the uame of tin- ' npitol 'Traction Co ,
with a capitol stock ol 83,000,01)1). l he
Washington and (ieorgolowu Com?
pany, composed of local capitalists,
owns the olilest lines in the city and
the Chevy < haso hue is owiiiil by a
<. uliforma syndicate, whioh owns vast
tracts of land northwest ot tho city o.?
lar as ti>e il -tnot Ime. The con?
solidated company will extend its lines
and operate tliem as one system,
\ Kerciver lur Ibo '?Italutri Catllr,"
Uf Houtneru Associate.! I'rasi.
Chicago, August 2. ? Hoheit 1'.
Walker was appointed receiver yest>r
iiny of "Holmes Castle," which bus be?
come so notorious as the soeue of so
mauy alleged murders. The receiver
was appointed iu accordauou with the
l imet of a 1 ill Died by Frank H. and
Peyton 11, Cbaudlor, ol tho real estate
lirni ot ?hundlea a (Jo., who some
time ago bought a noisier'.- certificate
lor the properlv from the former
owner, William II. Rose, who will be
entitled to u deed of the property May
I next, when the equity of redemption
expires, unless, in the meantime, there
is a redemption of the property.
Judge liortou entered au order giv?
ing the receiver authority to borrow
money if necessary to put the buildiug
in a leuautable condition and to issue
receiver's certificates if be so desired.
I he receiver is ordered to collect tlie
rents and secure as much revenue from
the property as he can.
Mr*. ? orio-ii timitlod i? nlvorr,-.
Bv Boutlieru Asnoei.tta l Pro?*
Nkw Vom;,August 2. Judge Gilger
sleeve, in tiio Superior Court, signed a
iberee to day granting .Mrs. <Mlio (Jor
hell au absolute divorce from her bus
band, Pugilist James J. t orbett. The
decree was signed upon the reooui
nicudation of Huleroe Jacobs, wno
heard Ibo testimony and who reported
that the evidence showed that Corbett ?
bud been guilty of improper conduct I
with a woman named Vera.
The decree provides that Cor bet 11
shall pay Ins one $5,20(1 a year [
alimony. In case .Mis. Corhett remur
ries she will forfuil the alimony, sue
In ttiilliori/.ed Id resume her maiden
name of Oll e Lake and can remarry.
( orbett cannot teinairy until his wife
Is deud.
FOR DYSPEPSIA,
IndlUP'tlon, Kiel Stomuctl disorder*, take
RUOWX'S IKON HITTttliS.
ah itcniors kofip it,si per hoiiie. uenuliiehai
utile mark ana croajcu red Imeson wr&ppas.
What Dim and Bradstrcct's Havo
to Say on the Subject.
Tho General Advance in Many Pro?
ducts Causes Reluctance to Pur?
chase. On the Oilier Hand
There Has Been An In*
crease in Wages.
BvSoulhoru Associate I l'rn?s
New Yoiik, August 2. 11. U Dunn
.V Uoii weekly review of traile to-iuor
row will lay: Tbe year's business will
be uuiuli atlunted by lint urops unit tliu
moat bopuful estimate (alia below a (uli
yield, except for coru. Larger stocks
tbtiu were immediately wanted bare
lieon tnkeu liy trttdors as prided wore
advancing, uud those tuiui to limit
future orders. The general advance
in many producti also uauses reluctance
to purobase, aud Iba dietribution ot
tbe pust ball year has been lu part to
uiuku up for stock a aud individual sup
piies depleted during two yuur.i of
economy.
Ou the otiior band, tbero ban been
enormous iuoreu->i) in tlio working
force und u considerable moreaio in
wages, which euablea people to buy
more freely. Apprehension of moue
tary disturbance baa been qnite pushed
neide. Strikes of some ituporiencc ap?
pear, hut dll not yet threaten to hist
ioiig, though a strike of coal miners
for a tiuio may alloc! this trade exten?
sively.
Ali ilio indications show midsummer
lassitude. For lllH tirst tinre slUCO the
rise in prices of iron products began,
then- have been suuiti OOUeeasious to
retain bustuess.
Tbe murket (or pie ia ?itiiot, and on
the whole remarkably strong, with ibu
prospect ol increased output. Fiuisbe I
products ure generally strong, witb
more demand tbau can at present he
met for plates ami for bar. Business
in cotton gdotls baa boon tlie largest iu
July for several years, reckoning do
liverioa, bit! not large as to now ordere.
A further advance of one-quarter ceui
por yard baa been made with eotiiit
blenching and brown goods and prices
are iirni for shoe's ami drills, wbile
colored cottons are quiet, with ooeu
sin mil advauoea.
The demand for nioro wooleuu ban
been loss active, with some disappoint
tueut observable,
The failures for twenty live days of
July have been smaller iu liabilities
than a year ngo, amounting t<i
727, of which S2.021.822 were ol mailt]
facttiring ami 8G,titid,5t>'l of iradiug
concerns, while the liabilities laet year
were $0,010,778, of which 61.500,520
were of maim fact it ring und Sl.'t '? I," 11
of trading oouoetTn. I'ailurus for tbe
week have beeu 261 in the lluitcd
Stales, against 280 last year aud js in
I Canada, against II laet year,
Nuw 1'okk, August 2.?Liradstreet's
to-morrow will suy:
The week presents a large volume ol
trade iu many hues, the ru?h of
orders for steel and iron leads in in
turett. displaying remarkable strength.
Western manufacturers have been
obliged to purchase eastern Lillnis to
incut their orders. Less cootideiice is
placed in lust week s rumors of humous
uamagt! to spring wheat crop iu Min?
nesota aud the Dakotas, and another
conspicuous feature of the week is the
evidouco of reviving oonlidenue oil the
part of W estern und Northwestern iu
terior merchants now that the corn
und spring wheat crops promise well.
This is sbowu plainest at Chicago,
St, Louis. Milwaukee aud St. 1'aul.
where ordor demand und sales to buy
i rs in person huve increased to a strik?
ing extent. At tbo South general trado
remains aa good us previously noted,
Nashville und (mlveston reporting
material gains, Ihme is a butter out
look and feeling at Charleston, but
el*ewbi<re midsummer >|tiiet rules.
All Iho mills are busy at Augusta.
Delay in paying tho sugar bounty ef?
fects trade very uuiavoralily in Louis?
iana, At iurn'' Eastern centers tliero
arc no tdinnges beyond a better demoud
in leading .-tuple- lines, based ou im |
proving lntorior demand for full etocks,
, bure are 221 failures in business ru
ported to Bradstreel tins week, as com?
pared with 209 tlirotigbont the United
I Slates lust week, 220 in tho week one
I year ago and 450 in Iho cor responding
1 week of ls-.iil. Iu tho like week of I 892
the toial was only I.">.">.
A I.uro- Sorely,, Hani. | rail II re.
lit >o:illieru Associate I Proas
London, August 2.?The Standard
announces the iuilure of .Messrs. I'ru
telli a Uiueon, c.inducting one of the
laigest nud oldest Imtiks in fjouua,
1 heir liabilities nie very largo. The
tirm heeama involved iu buuvy bear
operations in Ituliun rents to such au
?stcut that Ihey wore unable t>> moot
their liabilities, und consequently were
compelled to close Ibuir doom.
i it,-in ii in u ? iu.t? Ituvwii svltli No i ill era
UV Southern Assnuiami Press.
15r.iti.ts, August 2. A disputch from
Paderborn, Westphalia, euya that
liglittiiug struck a company of soldiers
I al drill mi thn district ot in- ?enueva
nod most of the men were prostrated.
Kigbl of tbem uru in u dyini; conditiou.
Choice Michigan buy, timothy aud
mixed on track will bo sold cheap, D.
P. Heid A liro.
MORE EVIDENCt DISCOVERED.
Holmes and Qu ul.m, It Seems, Are
In a 1 ip hi Place.
I'.v Boutlisrii Associate, t I'raaa.
Ciiic.vdo, August _'. -Inspector Fit/.
Patrick mid Clnel Baduuoeb hud au in?
terview with Airs. < .'umhin in her cell
nt the llnrrison street statiou tins
morning us n result ol whiohthu woiniiu
w?s taken to the lloltuei castle lit Mix
ly-thiril and Wallace streots.
'there the forty ?ras joined by [eiiitis
T, Conner, husband of Mrs. .lulia Con
mit, who is alleged to beouebl Holmes'
victims. Home furniture was found by
the workmen who had been digging iu
the basement, and this, it is believed,
belonged to Mrs, Conner,
When the police arrived at Sixty
third street ifiev immediately began
an examination ill the rooms formerly
occupied by Mr. ami Mir. Qjliulau.
They wore iu Mrs, Quiulau's room
three hours, anil nt the cud of that
time Chief Batlouocb refused to tell
what evidence bo had procured.
'?Yon mav say. however," lie paid,
?'that wo have lull lid sumo now evi?
dence Which is vcrj damaging to both
Holmes and Qliiulau, What it is I am
uut tiow ut liberty to tell, bul it is tue
must important we have yet [otind and
when made pubin- there will bo less
ridicule of the department's work."
l he chief aunuuueed that ut the con
elusions of to-day's digging the w ork
ol excavating in the cellar, of tho castle
will ho stopped,
a <':? in nri-il I iraIII?ti I l?ff?
By Southern A-<>> intet] Pres?.
RtoitMONU, Ya., Augtinl J. .\t tho
meeting of It. E. Leo Camp, Confede?
rate Veterans, to-night Commander
Cray submitted n Istler from Mr. S.W.
I'itua, presenting tu tho camp on lie
hall of his fatbur. Col. Silas Titus, now
on his death bed, a Virginia ling cap
lured oy the lluu Hundred aud
I'weutty second Now York Itegimeut,
at Fort Magruder, ueur Williamsburg,
iu I882<
It is not known to what command
the llag belonged. L'he camp returned
a vote of tbuilKs to Col, Inns, aud the
ling will be put lu the Confederate
Museum, lo ho op-cued in November,
in wbai ?as t'ie White House ol the
Confederacy.
a l,nrue I'rr.rui mm ilie sultan.
Jiv Bontueru Aisouiatsit Press,
Constantinople, August "2. ? It is
reported thai ilia Khedive of ICgypt,
who arrived here reseutly, lias bmuK?t
C?lbe Sultan a present ol f>Uli, 1)1)1)
pound i with a view ol Culistiug more
uolive Sympal iy uu the pari ol the lat?
ter in Hin :>yptiuu i]uestiou. .lhe
roapproaotimeul brought aiionl be
tween Unas i and Turkey and the e\
isting gootl rolatioua between Itussia
and Franco nave, it is thought,
piomptcd the 1.he,live n action.
A HrltliMlikl lit vim- It. ?,?_? m.
Itv ffoutbei a AsMoeintu i Preja
UAiiTiuom-:, August 2. Uev. l>r. L.
T. Towuaend, the celebrated Metho?
dist divine aud pastor oi the Ml, Vei
Uoli I lace yiiilutdist Church, has
tendered Ins resignation, t" take effect
at tho en I oi the present cdufereuee
year. Mr. ! iwuseild will leave the
untnstory outiroly ami devote Iiih time
tu literary work, as has been Ins desire
lor some tie past. Mr. I'ownseud
recently cam< here from boston,
DiBCbiirxuil Hi iha t:oroiier'? Jurr.
By fioutherii Aaao.Mlltil 1'nm,
Washington, Vugnst 2. Mis* Eliza
both Flagler, daughter ol brigadier
don. Dum i W. Flagler, Chief ol Ord
nance. Unite i tales Army, shot ami
killed a colored youth named Kruest
Oroeo, w m he detected stealing it mi
at the suburban resideuoe ol her futhor
about no ill I >. lay uud was discharged
by the oorou u this evening uu tho
ground that the homicide was iiuio
tootioual,
AiitMlicr Murderer llttiiaari,
1:> Southern Aaauciatc t Press.
Coiisicana, lex., Aug. 2?-K, T?
Whitehesd. alias Leo i homes, was
hanged In re t.> day for the murder of
,1, W. Farley, a year and a naif ago.
Whiteheud maintained ins innocence
to the last, ! lie oxeciiiion was without
especial interest.
LAST LAST THIS WEEK.
Embroideries, Laces, White Coods,
Dress Goods and Silks.
Line of embroidories and (louuclngs
at half i rice; striped and cheek mua
bn ut 5c, 1 ic; India liueus, from Co
up; colored l??ns, worth 8o, now So;
Hue colored hum, worth 12) and 15c,
go while thej last at 8o; Fronoh ging?
ham. w.>r'.:i I?">!?, uow be; cropo du
Veme, woith l'2|oa now -^e, all-wool
dress goods, worth ?0o, Dow 'J?c; all
wool batiste anil nun's veiling, worth
i 50c, now _'.'>.?, silk mixed drcas goods,
worth SI, now n.^: silks, worth 50cau I
, lido, closing price 85c; plaid Ringhams,
worth "'(', how I .so; muslin underwear
' iii special p: ice-. ducK soils fr >in r<\. 25
up. II. A. Sannders, 172 Mum streot.
' Shirt wuisfs at cut prices.
I Mil si ,| l ft,,, |
Every straw hat m the bouse will bo
cut this weok cheaper than ever. Wo
? re determined not to carry u hat
over, aud ihey must ail go by August
I?!b. tluliniun A Holucliuor, 100
.Main street.
"Newest Iliaeovery' ? F.xt. teotb; no
pain. N. Y, D. Looms, Ib'-i Maiu. ,
The Fair Election Convention
Meets in Petersburg.
The Plan of Organization for tlie Con?
duct ot Iho Canvass in Behalt of
the Non*Partizan Honest Elec?
tion Law Was Adopted by
This Conference.
Special Dispatch to tbe Virginian.
Prthiihhukii, Ya., Aus. 'J. ?-The
"houust oluuitou" confluence adjourned
hist night lo 10 o'clock (inn morning,
but it trtin 11:45 whuu t'hnirmau Btl<
lord nipped tho body to order, und
hh 1.1 hu hud just come from the cumin ii
tee which was ooneitleriug the nun
pal tn.au ulactioii law, and liti had been
asked by sutue tuetubers of thu com
miilee to formulate an anieoduieut or
Substitute lor n portion of tho lull they
wore cousidei nig. Ihe Migguiltimi,
Mr. Huford said ho hud innde, nn*t thu
approval oi a number of the committee.
Mr. iiiiiord ?aid ue the ooumittee
would bo couaideriug the bill for some
time he would nsk that some goullo
tliau take the chair uulil hu could bo
hi'iii .1 on tho biibhtiluto ho had pro?
posed.
Mr. 8, Ilrowu Allen Haid it was uot
usual In discuss n report while if was
in Iho bauds of tho oouiruittee, and hu
moved that thu Uoilteruuce adjourn
until the committee was ready to re?
pot t. Geu. Walker favoroil the sug?
gestion made by Mr. Alien und thu
confereuou adjourned until 2 o'clock
p. m.
When tho conlerouce roeonvonod ul
2:110 o'clook (Jnairman Ii. I'. Huford,
Mini us there may )>o some matters that
hu uiigbi wisli to disousa Im would ask
i ol. Tbuuias Goode to (uku tho chair.
Col. tloode suggested tbut HUUlO one
else be called to thu chair. Mr. J, X.
Mm ton was thereupon called to tho
chair,
lien, Field, chairman nl the commit
lee appointed to formulate u non-par
ttzau election lnw, said his couimitiee
wan reatly to rdpoi I.
Copt. Ii li. Cooke suggosted that
the committee on plan ot organization
should make 11 h report tirsi, Mr.
Qaskiu llobson, chairmen ol dm com
milieu, Iboroiipou subniitted the fol?
lowing report which was adopted.
PLAN or OPMAXIZA IION,
For iho conduct ol tho canvass iu
ho (ml I of the oou-Parrizau honest
elcctlou law adopted by Una oou
fcrciicu.
I. I hero shall bo lour porsoUS, (Jol,
J, K, Miller, E. P. Huford, W. I.
Simp on sud Col. .1. 11 uiti[? ii?ri Iloge,
who shall bu State steoriug commilioe,
. hargud with all matters pertaining lo
I ho conduct of the cnu vats, and especially
with power I., deoilid and designate iu
case ol controversy who is thu oaudi
dull- thai tin- friends ol tno law ought
tu support, nod that snob eeudidalea
luciudiug those whei'O there is no con
troversy ore suitably pledged to the
pi opi r suppol t oi the mine, and thu
said committee is charged expressly
with the illlty of iie-igiiaiing a person
in any county und corporation of thu
dilute not named by tins conference,
who shall be charged with the supreme
control nud conduct "1 I e cauvass iu
any Blieb COUUly or corporation.
II, The persona nauied by this con
forence and who may lie named, us
provided iu the proceeding section 01
dm plan of organization, shuli he
charged with tho organization ol their
respective ci.tics ami corporations,
und the immediate conduct of the can
vass therein, unices or until relieved ul
duty by an improvised county or cor?
poration organization liy the friends of
nie proposed law adopted by tins con?
ference, and id the event of such an
organization tho same shall be
promptly reportod to tho Slate stcoi
iug committee,
.M:. I.. 1'. Huford bind he was much
obliged to tn>> conference fur putting
him on l he committee, but lie did hot
think he should bo on it first because o!
his youth, and secondly liHcause lie
was so Minuted with bis owu
business thai it would bo impossible
for him to serve on tho eoinmiltee. lie
would, liowevor, bu willing to do uil he
could in the way of stump speaking,
etc, Mr. Buford suggested that srme
one olsu bo pluced on the committee in
ins place. He thought Captaiu E, It,
Cooke would bo a siiitablo pei.'ion to
put in bis place. Mr. I. I). ('. De
Jarnette begun to discuss tbu bill, 1
when bo was informed bv tbe oben
tbut n dismission of the bill wus uot in
order. 1 he ijiiHsiiou boforn tbu oon i
forence now was thu resignation of Mi. 1
Uufolti us ti member of tho committee. {
I >no of tho delegates Ktiggustcd that
in.: name of Gen, James ('. W'ulkur be j
nlaoed on tbe committee in place of >
Mr. Humph.:. Iloge. Mr. I logo ad
dressed tbe council briefly und said he
id noli preferred for (Ion. Walker to be
put in Ins idacc. (!eu. Walker wan
thereupon substituted for Mr. Hugo
aud the resignation of Mr. Huford was
not accented. Gen. .1. (1. Field, chan
man of the committee to formu?
late a nou-partieau election law,
in addressing tin- conference, said Hie
commiiice hud discharged its duty.
Iho committee did not claim that its
work was perfect,but it bad disohurgud
its duty. The committee had heard
tho oral stAtomouts uf several gentle
liiuu iu tbu formulation ot tho bill.,
(?on. l u l l Maid ho now held iu hin
hand tlio bill whioh contained uiuoty
Roven seotious. "Wo tliink," said Udo.
Field, "llie bill as presented is worthy
id nur consideration, and i( carried out
it will allow evory iuau, rich or
poor, whito or black, to have his
ballot polluted fairly aim honestly. Wo
think if this law ia enacted by the Lok
iidaiurii, it will i'oriuiuly ensure au
Inmost uloOlioi), Mr. Hampton lingo
moved thut tbo bill be nod as a wholu.
11 was thou read by (ion. Field aud
Ibe secretary, Mr. W. II. .louuiugs.
After a protracted dismission thn
non-partisan uloction bill was adopted
as amended.
(leu. Field oll'srod tbo following reso
lution which was unanimously adopted:
WituttttAK, The corrupt use ul money
to inllueuco our elections is wide spread
ami has boon me alarming, and lands to
demoralize tho people and degrado the
public service, therefore,
Itemlvttt, That we nrgo upou the
pnopln and the Legislature of the Slate
I he enactment and enforcement of all
necessary laws against bribery and
other eoi nipt use of moudv in elections,
()u motion of Mr. H, Brown Allen,
tho coufercuco at 5:l? p. in., adjourned
siuo die.
Hon. diaries doc, ol Priuoo Clcorge
county, has sold for Mr. H. ?, Fanrot,
of Ohm, a trad of Tiki aoros of lumber
Inml hi DiUWiddiu county to Mr. .lohn
('. Freeman, of Itiobiuond. The price
paid for the property was fc?.O'.I? oaab,
The County Court ol Susses opoued
ycsteidav with a lurijo crowd in attend
anco. Mary Powell, colored, charged
with the murder of W illiam Mains, wan
indicted and the cane continued to the
September term of the court, .Iud|<o
.1. I'. West will deliver Ins opinion in
the contested election for tho Sherd!
uity ol N Otto way county some duy next
woek.
INGRAIN CARPET WEAVERS
Meet and Decide to Reject tho Com?
promise Offered.
Hv Boutberu Asiooiaw t Press.
i'liii.Aiii.i.iiiiA, August ?.?The
status of (lie ingrain carpet weavers
strike is UnchaUged, and II is evident
that the struggle between the strikers
ami tue proprietors of the forty unih
who refuse to i.ign the V' per cent, ad?
vance scale of wages will be protruded.
The Ibi) emphnes of .fudge Brothers
to-day held n meeting ami decided to
reject the linn's compromise oiler,
winch was to pay the 7J per cent, in
crease oil Sppleillbor 1st, provided the
employes would return to work now at
the old rale,
Theslrikois primary reason for re?
jecting (he oiler was that it would bo
unfair to the twenty oue maunfsoiurora
who have already Signed the advance
si-ale demanded, 'lhe sti liter.-, say the
manufacturers cauuul alVord to lore
orders and that lor this mason they
(the strikers) will eventually wiu,
In Two Hours.
Mi. t>. D. Lucy, a wt?-know
toi e maker o' Norfolk, testifies
that he was severely scalded
with steam, and that OURATOL
made a cuie in two hours. He
recommends il to all his friends
as an excrllcnt remedy for
scalds
Hoii -OkPo; <?r-i ami Cooks tbOuld
keep QUlt&'l'UIi on a s'ielf neat the
?tore. Nothing ?11 so quickly ro?
bes o tlie torture! ol a Ion u or a. ni t.
Try it mil you "ill never no with?
out it.
IT Uli.i, NOT SPOIL, AND WILL BE
WOftTU ITH WEIGHT IN Q0L1)
Wlll.N NKBOEO.
WARNING.
'l he tramp life insut anos aganu who tt?e-t
to make you belle n that an) other rogular
hf- insiiraiico i-ottpaiiy pay. as larue -Ii vi -
deud. or Hlir,dua ne ?:.?> Noi tliwe.teru
Mutual, ia nuiltv ol dooeptloo by uiiug luis
lenihiikC ItA I IU.S. widen no houtilt man
won I I employ or exhibit, as they are urn to
up t i cre.it.) a falsa Impreadou.
D. Humphreys & Son,
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MAYER & CO.,
IVEAI ERS IN
Railroad, Meamboat and
Mill Supplies.
4 anci 6 West Market Square,
i Norfoltc, Va.
The Latest Intelligence of Interest
From the State Capital.
Chairman Ellyson and tlie Slate Dem??
cratic Committee. The Sunday
Questian. I hu Gas House
Shortage aud What Lawyers
think About It.
HySoutlioru Ausoci.Uo I Proas.
Richmond, Vs., August l.~Chair
man Lllyaou bus not decided where he
will cull the Stute Democratic Com?
mittee to meet ami has perhaps given
little thought to the subjeor. It is
iisuul iu "oil" yeurs to cab the com?
mittee early iu September aud that
will bo dune tins timo no doubt. After
tbo fair election convention adjourns
the oauvasa will soon open up as the
m -u.-s wilt thou take shape. Up to this
timo only one nomination has beau
made; that oi .Mr. ltico in Charlotte.
To all appeurances Chief of Police
Howard is receiving the support of a
very largo number of people in bis
ellortu to enforce the Suuday law. Let*
turs have pourad iu to him by the bun*
dreds, praising him for what bo is
doing, aud vurions organized bodies
have adopted resolutions congratulat?
ing bitn upon Ins bold stand. All tea
scumble people admit that it will be
imposbihlu for tho Chief to stop tbo
inlay sale ot lupior or brauk ap
gambling, but bo can reduce ibo
Irerpionoy of these olletises to the
minimum. Notwithstanding the fast
that ,ni tbo barkeepers knew hint
Sunday tliut their places would bo
closely wutchod, 'some eight or ten
'io found opeu, aud no one knows
how many fulled to bo doloctod. Il is
said that muuy ol tho gamblers are at
business uguiu, having simply changed
their operations. This may or may
not be true. At any ruto it will hu
imparaMvely uu ea-y mutter for a
pur jo il lo get u drink of whiskey here
on Sunday. The feet Unit tbo police
ure now allowed to enter saloons lu
their citizen's clothes iu ordor to dis
nover what is being douo will keep
many out of the saloous on Suuday.
Many people have nil idea that there
is u greater shortage in the uccouuts of
the gashouse than the $2G,0(M) reported
uml another investigation will prob?
ably be made. U this is douo u juiut
special committee from tlie C?uoOti
will be appointed to look after the
work. Mr. Charles I'. Mokes p surety
on tho bond of the Into supei imeudeut,
W, C. Adams, bat many good lawyers
are of tho opinion that tie cauuot be
made to pay. hh tho proper city au?
thorities failed to do tlioir duty by
seeing that every thing at the gas house
was kept iu good shape.
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Real [state and Rental Agents,
?2'.) HANK ST.
For Kent.
Iteslden o?-HI llo't street.
iU7. iks Vurk Ktrast.
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Two uu* liousee, Colonial aTtinie, ?best
i.'lupet ?iracl.
*.i7 Mtikeatreet. Ill* Churtli streit
i \\a .a it reel, si l alklaun.
35 Walks ?treel, iW i liureh ftrivt
? Luvltl avenue. 401 Ha k utoiiho.
126 W'lioi. iiUy, 12.1 Ulldie avenue.
:;: Pert iton avsuue in Reservoir avenue
Flat*?I'll ll.iuk. P.'s i liurrli sireet.
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Dm. M?80, Pis, IBS Main sir ol.
M,,r<??;< Hank ?treel,69, 71 water ?iroe:.
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lii.i Puke ?ir. ei. Buie ttreet, October.
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counted. .
Loans uosotiato.l on favorable term*.
city Houds aad other aoouritlei boughs
! aud aold. , , ,
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Interest allowed on time deposit*.
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I moderate. ? .
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