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He Wns a Retired Associate Justice
ol the Supreme Court.
He Was Nominated by President Grant
in 1870. A Lawyer of Great
Ability. He Passed Uon a
Great Many Important Cases,
Deatli From Paralysis.
i:v Soullieru Auanoiato I frits*.
'Washington, August 19--Associated
Justice Mim i: ? rriin-.l ? ol the United
(Mates Supreme Court, tlied nt Lako
Uiuuewaska, N. Y., to-day. The di?
rect cause of bis death was paralysis,
but be ban been much an luvuild dur?
ing ninny years,
William Sttoug, sou of tlio Rev, Wil?
liam Lighthouse Strong, was buru in
B?rners, Tollaud county, Cooneotiotit,
May 6, 1808, He \iaa educated at tbe
I'luinheld Academy and Yule College,
graduating ot the ago ol '20 years.
After a brie! career iih school teacher,
be rcturucd to New llaveu and grudu
uled from the luw st'bool of Vale. Re?
moving tbeuco to rinladclphiu be wits
aduuttod to Ibe bar in 1832.
Tbe young lawyer obosc Heading,
l'n., for 1ns borne ami entered upon tbe
pructico of bia profeaaiou. In 1847,
Having taken au aotive interest, lie wan
?leoted to represent the district iu
<)oup,reHs and served two terms. He
then returned to the ? practice of bis
orolessiou and iu 1857 ?u ? elected a
judge ot tbe Supreme Court of l'euu
fylvuuiu for u term of tifleeu years.
?iu October let, 18G8, be resiguetl that
?position uud resumed his practice at
Ibe bar.
While a member of tbe Supreme
Couit of tbe Slate tbe deceased justice
?won a reputation lor judicial learning
?.bat extended Inr beyond its limits,
and stlieu in 1870 i'resident Grunt
transmitted bis in.uje with that of the
into Juatice Hrudluy to tho Seuute for
t-oufirmatiuu an Associate Justices of
the bujiieme Court of the (Jutted
.states there whh a very general fueling
of satisfaction among tbe uioniburs ot
Ilia proluesiou. Ou tbe l?th of January
1872, Mr. ilustieo Strong auuouuceti
the decision ol the court ntlirmiug tbe
?constitutionality of the lugnl tender
cuts and Justice llradiey concurred in
? lengthy opinion.
liut tlio legal tender question wus not
(be only cue of importunee growing
?ut ol the war, in tbe settlement ot
?r. uicb M r. J u.utiee Strong took a promi?
nent part, '1 In- constitutional nuiet.d
sneule, mteuded to crystaii/.e aud pru
eerve the results of inn war, aud the
Congrcssiunal legislation necessary to
<.'i\e these coustil utional provisions
force und ofTeot were before tbe cotut,
ju Liddow vs. i .irrest, Mr. .Ittstice
bti prepared tbe decision an?
nouncing tlint under tbe couiiscution
?net 17. 1802, u decise and sale ouly
esitiblisliuti a eontiscati >: dunug tbe
?life of the one for whose utleuse tbe
land was condemned and sold.
In Tennessee vs. Jjavis, bo delivered
<be opinion of the court establishing
the principle tbnt tbe judiciel power
vf tbe I tilled SlateM, embruo'.ug alike
the civil uud orimtual cases urisntg
?uder the Coustitnlion ami tbe laws ol
the United States, uud that tbeir re
snoval (rod u Stute to a Federal court
??viis no luvueiou of Stute domain or
power.
in Virginia vs. Hives, lie also pre?
pared thunpinion of tbe Court holding
ibut tbe elleot of tbe constitution,
?which authorized tho enactment of tbe
statutes for tbe rotuovul into the Fed?
eral Court of civil suits or prosecutions
?gainst any person who was denied or
could not enforce in State Cuints uny
rights secured to bliu by any law pro?
viding lor ibe equal rights oi Citizens
Ol the L*tilted Status, was to place tbe
colored nice, in respect of civil rigbts,
upon a levul with Ibe wbltos.
in es pitrte Virginia, Judgo Strong
en nun i.ecu (lie decision of the Court,
that whoever, by virtue of public po
sitiott under a Slate government de
girived auothor of life liberty, or
property without tbe process of law,or
denied or took uvray the equul prolec
turn ol tint laws, violated the constitu?
tional inbibltlou; tbat his act, as suub
olbcer, was tho act of the State; Ihat
power was given to Congress to en
force its Provision by appropriate
legislation; aud tbat such legislation
must Bel, not upon tho ul ?-?: e. ; thing
called tbe State, but upon tbe porsous
Who are agents ot tbe stale.
Jut-tice Strong was designated by the
dlectdial commission net of 1877 as oue
<if tbe judicial members of tho famous
tripartite Irihuual wbioh passed upon
tbu contested Presidential election of
2t>7'J. iu lsMl Mr. .histice Strong,hav?
ing reached the ugo at which, under
the Constitution, retirement iroiu the
V.eucb alier ten years' ol service there
a>U is peiBiitled, retired, und hail since
Iben made Ilia home in thin city. Jus
lien Strung was n prouiiucnt resident
?I Washing tun, taking an active inter
?at in heiievulotit und religious pro?
ject a.
He was a ruling older in (bo Church
?I Ibe ( ovenuut, und u leading officer
tu the Atuuiicuu Hible Society aud in
tbe American Tract Society, usually
presiding over their annual gatherings.
\Vhcu i .du. Hooth, commander in chief
<if tbe Salvation Army, visitod Wash?
ington in 1801, He wns (irexenteti lo
the vast audience which gathered to
jreot bim iu Convention bull by Jus
tlce Strong, iu these lines he will bo
sadly uiissod.
Iu 1830 Justice Stroug luarrioil Pris
cilla Lee at Kaston, Pa., by whom ho
had a family of oue sou aud several
daughters. The sou died ii 1892; two
of the daughters uro married aud re?
side in l'cuusylvauia; two uuuiarned
daughters have been their father's iu
11111?to compauiou* since the death of
their mother some years ago.
VICTORY FOR THE. WEAVERS.
A Spirit of Compromise Prevails
Among Employers and Strikers.
liy Southoru Asioeiuto.l I'roas.
PHILADELPHIA, Aup.ast li*?Appear
atieee today point to uu early endiug
ol tlie tugraiu eaipot weavers strike,
which ou Wudnesday will begiu the
sixth week of its existence. The action
of tlio liriu of Joseph Taylor .V Sou iu
aiguiug the 7> pur cent, udvauoo scale
to taku etl'ect ou September With, it is
believed, been tbe meaus that will
brin,: about the result.
A spirit of com promise has eutored
iuto tbe niiud* of the strikers, aud iu a
uumbcr of mills to -day tbe proprietors
were waited upon by committees of
their late employes, who tendered tue
employers the same terms tipou wlnoh
Taylor & Son bad brought about nu
adjustment of the difficulties.
Mmp meetings of tlio strikers were
bold this morning aud tbe outcome was
a deoisiou to return to work if the
muuiifacturcrs agruo to put the cdvauco
scule into effect on September 10.
It was stated to <luy that Samuel
White and Thomas iJoggs. Urge mauu
I focturors, have signed the odvauee
scale to take BtTeol September ltitb.
The iirikera huiiouuco that severs!
other mnuufactiirers bavs signed the
i scale couditioualiy , agreeing to pay the
advance on September ltitb iu caee ccr
I tain manufacturers do likewise.
Millie, lor ft100,0011 Hauiagra,
By Sou thorn Assooiatsd fros*.
PniLADELl'liiA, August 19,?.lames
ElversoD, Jr.. general manager, uud
Charles ii. Lieustie, editor ol tue Phila?
delphia inquirer, appeared before
Magintrnte South this r.ftcrnoou in
uuawer lo a charge of oriuiiual libel
preferred agaiuet them by State Suua
tor Charles A. Porter. Mr. Potter,
who was on tho witness stand for
ubout au hour, declared tiiut pubiiea
(ions in the lucjuiror which reflected
upou hira as a contractor uud it citizen
were untrue. James Llversou, Sr.,
publisher of tho In juiror, la also ID
eluded iu tho charge, but ho is iu
Purope. Tbe accused were held in
SI.(100 bail eacli for court. Mr. Porter
brought the suit on Saturday and a:
the same Utnu instituted ? civil suit lor
SI 1)0,000 damages,
Lord \t olnclry Wilt Nnccoed Hie
llnfir of < am Ii ride/,-.
Uv Southern Asaocmlo i Pros'.
London, August 19.?Hon. William
St. John iJroderiek, L uder {Secretary
of State for War, formally announced
to the House ot Comuions to day that
Field iiarsliol Lord Woiaaley would
succeed tlio IMiko of Cambridge as
coniwander-in-ahief of tbe Biitish
army.
Lord Lausdowne, Secretary of State
for W ar, in making a ?iniilur ?tateiuuut
in the House of Lords, euid that tlie
latter would relinquish comiuuud ol the
army on the 1st of November instead
of the 1st ol I ?et.it. it, as bad been
I originally arranged, This cbauge, bis
Lordship added, was made in order to
comply with the desire of the Duke to
complete the autumn inspection ot the
army.
t|iiaratiiteiieil Paaaeiiarera Dieiuissctfi
Uv : o-i tt.L i :i Associate i l':
New York, August 19,?'Ihe two
saloon pnsseugers uml twetity two
Chinamen, who were detained at ymr
utitiuu from It.e Ward Line steamer
Seneca which arrived from ilavuna last
Muuiiiiy. were today released Irom
llollmun Island uud transferred to the
Ward Line pier ou tug Governor
Flower. There were twenty live pas
seagera dotaiued, hut one of them, Hurt
K. Hyde, showed symptoms ol yellow
fever und was isolated, and the buluncti
\ of the passengers were itieu kept live
days Winner to make sure there would
be no further duugur. Hyde died at
htvinliuriiB Hospital on Friday anil his
body wa? cremated on Sunday, There
was ubbolntely no trace of lever symp?
toms iu the other pusseugcrs aud all
danger is now passed,
old l.iiirrn ltd Tu I rin Postponed.
By Southern Asdoeu.ts.i Press.
Philadelphia, August 19, Tbe
joint special committees ot the City
Councils, which was appoiuted to tap
resent Pbiladelpbia ut Ibe Atlanta ex
position, held a meeting tins afternoon
and decided to postpoue the statt ol
ttio Liberty Pell from here, from Sep?
tember 11 to Oclnhor 1. 1 his action
I was taken at tho request ol Atlanta
citizeua, who, it was .stated at tbe
meeliug, wiil bo able io givu the Lib?
erty Hell, and the (Jounuiltnanio party,
a '"better reo?ntiuu alter the turtuoil
of the opening day." No action iius
been taken iij the court iu the applies
lion of suvernl Philadelphia cm.'.ins
for an injunction to prevent tue tukiug
of the bell to tho exposition.
"Nowest Diuenveiry'' ? Kxt. teeth; no
pain. N. Y, D. Looms, 102 Main.
Children -Cry for
Eight Burned and Crushed Bodies
Are Lying at the Morgue.
Ten More Are Known to Be Missing.
The Boiler Exploded With Deafen?
ing Sound, The Force of
Which Demolished the Rear
ot the Budding.
llV Southern Ai40.-i.tta I PrMJ.
Dbnvkk, Col.. August 19. ? Probably
twenty live muu, women uud children
perished by uu explosion of tite boiler
iu the Oiiiury Hotel on Lawrence
street shortly idler tuiduigbt tins
morning. Half it dozen others ure in
jurat) at the hospital. Eight burned
uud crushed bodies are at the morgue.
Ten more are known to be buried iu
the l um?, tint seventeen persona arc
j rcportoti ^missing altogether, VVitb
deufou'tig Bound and terrilllc force the
eutire rear portion of the buiiiliug wus
demolo<hed. The rear and side walla
crumbled like a toy bouse. Soon after
wards the mass ol limbers, brick and
furuiture caught tire, cremating matiy
ol the victims who lay helpless. Their
piteous appeals for help cuiild not b?
responded to beenuse ol tbtt tbnntis.
] bo known klllud whose bodies have
been recovered ure: K, C. ijreeues,
assistant aupenuteudeut of construe
tion ut the Stute Capitol und bis wife,
\\ ho acted us clerk ut tho b?te!; t ieorge
Hurt, of Denver, a contractor on Ibe
Chicago Kock island and 1'ucitic mad;
Fred llubbold, ol Lisbon,,lown, guest;
I'. J. MoOioekey, of Lougiuout, t ol.,
guest: Will Richards, ol. Donver,;ele
vator boy ; tiuk uown woman.
l.'ukunwu child !l \eurs old. The
ouly means ol identifying the body of
the wouiuu is by a gold band ring
with the imtiuis "'11, U." engraved
there m. Among those wo urn missing
und supposed to be still iu lbs rums
are: l'etc-r Uuuiry, owner ol the hotel
uud Superiuteudeut id Construe!luu
at tho State Capital; Gen. Charles
Adams, of Denver: dames .Murphy, a
prominent Demooralic politician ol
Omaha,
E VV Edwards, butcher, Dpuvar; A
,1 llluke, N J Corsou, F Frenob,oouuly
treasurer of Qilpiu county, Colorado;
Mrs U I! Wolfe, Grace Wolfe, ., years
of age, of Lincoln, Neb, LS 1 Lurch, ol
Ulaekbawk; uiikuown woman; three
nokuowo chambermaids. The injured
uro M L Lelaun, Joseph Munall,
Alex Irwin, Frod Colemau, .Nathan
LMirgess, Hud Hopkins.
The latest iniormatiou regarding the
catastrophe is tbat a 17-year old boy,
I liner 1'icrce, who was temporarily
placed iu charge ol tun boiler, was re?
sponsible tor tbe c-\plosiou. With the
boiler ut white heat he let cold water
into it, causing an immediate explo
stun, lie escaped uninjured, aud to
night was being bunted by an angry
people .
M, 12. Letzon, who was the lint live
man taken from the ruins, slap! ou tho
third Door, uud when found was en
ease i iti a conical mass of mortur ami
bricks that barely allowed freedom of
movement. Chief Roberts, of the Fire
Department, first discovered bim and
rapidly began tbe removal ol Ibe loas
ol material thut bccuicu to rest directly
upon his body. In beartreuding ap?
peals bo begged for something to end
his life.
Tho rescuers worked with u w.il and
in two hours bad succeeded in remov?
ing enough plaster und brick from tue
apparently lifeless body to allow h.s
removal. His lower limbs Mere
crushed, lint be will survive bis ter
rible ordeal.
About Hi o clock a woman's bead
protruded from a pile of building ma?
terial. A space was cleared urouud it
and when tbe foriu wan removed it was
discovered she was dead. Lyiug be?
side the body wus the corps ol a child.
The lireuieu kept bravely at wotk,
superintended by Mayor MoMurray
aud Police Commissioners fiogle,
Church and Wilson. In tbe afternoon
women volunteers camo with refresh
meuta for the workers.
At 5 u. m, the body of an unknown
muu wus recovered uu 1 t?Lcu to the
morgue. It was thought to be that ot
F, .1. McOloskey. Half an hour later
the remains of Conductor Hurt were
recovered.
Km hot in tbe morning were found
tbe bodies ol Mr. und Mrs. it. C.
Clreiuer, clasped in mi embrace of
du?th amid tuns ol debris.
Lixcitemeul in the city to-night is at
a high pitch. I'brongs of people crowd
police hendtjuarters aud tbe morgue to
seateh tor missing Inemis.
Hpecinl lillr III lltir I mire NtOCU to
A Ml ??? rattt III8 liiiiiiiiiri, > ,.,i
v.-lllr I? I ?, I. t'ii r < h liter.
Few cboico things in mnsliu under
wear at ball price; few white and
colon t waist at 25c; lawu wrappers
I worth $2, now 81.50; wrappers from
dSci up; best $1 white quilt, now 7?.-;
Ibe SI.50 white quilt now $], Hem
Uauts and odd pieces <A lawn, crape,
oloth aud sattnea, worth 12 und l?o,
now Be; lawns and white goods worth
f. and ^c, now to; silks worth 50a and
(lOc, now 25c. flargaios iu while goods,
dress goods, linen towels, damask uud
sheetiug. H. A. S\t I.NOKIIS,
Pitcher's, Oastoria.
THE COCKADE CITY.
Many Mailers lo Interest Petersburg?
ers In Norfolk.
Special nisp.il. H to tho Virgiuiau.
Pbtbksu?hq, V.\., August 19.? The
members of Ap'poiuattox Oommaudery, ,
Kuigbts Teuiplur, ol tins city, who are
contemplating going to Llostou to nt- I
tuud tho kriflunisl conclave there on]
Tuo-day. 27tblust., will hold a confer?
ence to KiutniM night, when the num
bor who will ao will be ascertained and
tbe route to be taken decided upon.
llev. W, A. Hi Goodwin, rector of
St. John's Episcopal Church in this
cry. is holding a mission si the Church
of the Good Sbi-'phord Memorial, in
Dinwiddio'county, which will be con
tinned during Ibe ourreut week. How
J. M. P.nloui and I?r. D. M. llrown, of
Ibis place, aru conducting a mission nt
Sui ry Court bous.".
Air. Viucenl luge, u former resident
ol Petersburg, now h prominent citi
zeu of lSultiniorc, is here on n visit for
the tirst time in eighteen mouths.
Mr. Charles i. CnrliOR, ol llicll
moud, und Mr. II. V, L. Dud. of Lam?
bert's Point, spent yesterday iu tho
uity.
Mr. .lames W. Couob, one of the
mull agents ou tbe Vtlaulic Const Line
lUUUlbg between WuatliUgtOU und
i liurleulou, S. ('.. is uouliued lo the
bouse from an fit tuck nt lever.
Mrs. H. S. jienisou, of Jacksonville,
Fla., accompanied by her little datigh
ter. was iu tho ciiy ic day tor a siiorl
while en roll I j] to Huston and Tbontuud
ihhiud l'urk. She expects to return lo
Petersburg on a visit to relatives early
in September.
hi. 1'.. Cosby,a prominent dentist
of tins city, who bus I con couiiued to
tbe 1 for Ihe past four woeki by
siokneeo, is out again.
A lueotiug of li e lioard of Directors
ol tbe Virginia Normal and Collegiate
Institute, will lo beld September Ith
next, to elect a professor ol Latin uud
Creek. There are quite u number ol
applicants for Una professorship.
Air. J. Iluakiu liobson, wan iu Die
city to-day.
Charles Harri?-, alias Maj. Walker, a
negro who tins just served out a term
of lour mouths' imprisonment in tbe
city ja1 S for i.uoeny, wus to day turned
over to SlionlV Spencer, of fames City
county, wbere be is wauled for Ibe
liiroouy of a horse. Sheriff Speucei
loll this afternoon with Ins priuner,
'1 his ullernonn a horse belouging to
Gapf. -lohn S, Clary, which was buch
od to a wagon, took fright on Old
street unl run away, Tbe wagon col?
lided with a buggy, in w hich were
Mated .Mrs Frazer, uu.i another |ady
uml child. While neither of Ibeui
were injured, Ibey were all badly
frigbleued. The wagon und buggy
weie both badly broken.
ST AN TON ABBOTT DEFEATED.
Owen Ziegler Got tlie Decision in the
Twentieth Round.
Hv Southern As?.h-i?;?,i Press.
Uat.timohk, August 19.? Owen Zieg
ler, thu recoguized champion ot Amer?
ica) ami Stauton Abbott, the 13 ug lieh
ohampiou, met in a twenty round bout
before Um Eureka Athletic ( tub to?
night, 1 he contest was intended lo
praoticaliy decide Ibe light-weight
championship of ihn world, uud al
traded large delegations imui uear by
cities. tin- men weighed in this after
noon nl ?'? o'clock, when it was found
that Abbott was one pound under
weight ?122?but Xteglcr tipped the
scales at 1 17}.
In the sixth round Abbott got first
blood from '.icglor's nose and uud the
Philadelphia!! weak from u lerriUc left
band )ab iu Ihe face. Zieglei came
liuek strong und honors w. re even up
to the ibtit euth. Ziegler Iben com
meuced > ishiug ruattetii and Innied
the ollcnest,
J'm.in men wero fresh, but Zeiglor u
little de stronger ut the end of the
twenties!'. Abbott's lofI cheek was
badly swoleu. und hin shoulder cut
liom glancing blows, /.eigler's only
murks were a red spot on the stomaob
uml n buttered nose. J wo-'ottuce
gloves were used. Xiegler wa - given
tlie decisli u ou points ut the end of
the twentieth round. Ihe referee's
decision w..^ received amid the wildest
tumult, un l there were many lou t
cries tor a draw, A challenge to thu
winner from young Griflb was reud at
the ring side.
trial hi i lie Muring lalloi Itiotera
it. uii ll.
II? Hi titbern Associate I Press
Pins. i.ioN, Ills,, August 19,?The
preliminary trial of eleven Spring Val
ley moil i nnrged wit assaulting lbs
colored | opulation, was com meuced
before Justice Edward Fisher iu the
county court house luillding at '.' o'clock
this morning. The prosecution sum?
moned forty wituefses, winch number
lui'ludes many negroes, Manager Pal
/ell. and other prominent uitizeus,
Two more souused men wore brought
in this morning, making the total
number arrested lliiri >..
I.,i,nil I'liutt \? 111 Hit li,- will.
Bf .--iiulborn ASSOelatS I I'ross.
FnANKl out, Ky., August 19,?Gov.
Brown's rofuaal to allow thu G, A. P,
people lo iiso tlio Federal flags iu Ihe
encampment at Louisville bus attraotod
the attention of some ol tbe best law
veis in Ibe Mute, who declare they can
lind nothing in the statutes to benr out
tbe Bland the Governor ban taueu. An
effort will be made to get tho Hags in
spite of the Gororuor.
What Is Going on in and Around
the Capital City.
The Money Question Should Be Kepi
Out of the St.ttc Canvass, Says a
Prominent Democrat. The
Poet Priest in Richmond.
On "Bloomers."
Stinoinl Difpiitoh to the Virginlau,
RICHMOND, Vu., August Iii. i usltoii
u loader of thu sound money people
rid h warm supporter of the udmiuis
trutiou to-day what his faction muh
doing toward organizing lor the light
next ycur. Ho replied that as yet
nothing whatever hud been attempted,
lu bis opinion there is no occasion to
act with haste. Ho thinks u netter to
uwmt developments. I he gentleman
admitted lhut the free sliver sentiment
i? very strong in Virginia, especially
iu the country. It would, be tbiuka,
bo lud policy now l<. begin u campaign
on the money question, Ibis mailer
Should be kept out ot the OaUVSBS tills
full und utter tioi election ol members
ol the Legislature ibo llghl can begin
without in any way effecting Stutu
pounce. The gentleman Btated thai
I hero was greut work being done now
which will bo kepi up light along.
Rev. Dr. Moses Hugo wus to-day (or
thu lirsi time in Ins life a witness in
the Police Court, He was then.- uu
complainant ngaiust a lad UBined A.
Crawlord, alius \. Moon-. T no boy
went in Dr. Hugo Saturday evening
and told a very plausible story. lie
Min! be Menu lint ( I clerk just out ul
work and money und wanted to borrow
$:!. '1 ho Doctor let him have it after
the buy hod exhibited u telegram, pur
posting to be Horn his siHlcr, saying
she Mould ho Ii d bun money. Alter the
lad bud led tue Doctor uscortaiued
Irom the Wtsleril I'llloU olliec that the
telegram was a forgery. Crawford whs
the name given Dr. fl?ge and the buy
was found at a hotel registered under
the name ot Moore. Today bo was
given thirty days in jail.
it is not likely that Messrs Wiso ami
f'TourUOY will make application to
?fudge Colemon tins week lor a now
Mini for ibo women convicted of the
trurder of Mrs. 1'ollurd iu Luuenburg,
I'hcy have received a copy of tlio re
cord in the ousc, but Judge Orgain bus
not nent ihcm u slatembul ot the faots
iu the ease as thet expected, The gen?
tlemen will f o to Luuenburg und tuko
some deposit tons upon which to base
their application for u uew trial. The
counsel for the women will not talk
about their plans more than lossy they
iipt-ct to seen re a new trial.
1'be First Uaptist Church was
crowded with people veaterday morn
iug to hoar Hi v. Dr, J. H. Huwthorue.
He preached about the duty of min
istors. it Mat* expected that he would
s?y something about womcu bicyclists,
und be did. He condemned in strong
lauguage the bioomers. Dr. Haw?
thorne in Ins usual vigorous style went
lor tho.-e who huve seen lit to crilioise
his iittoreucea tin tins questiou.
Another distinguished preacher here
yesterday wo.s Rev. Father -loliu Li.
I'sbb, Hie poet priest, who
dolivorcd o Rsrmon un pinnacles
at St. Peter's Cathedral. The
hither, has recently Rreutly distin?
guished himself in the literary world,
tie gives most ol his time to t.-ucbin^.
ami ih u verv u nut It active speaker,
having a poor delivery und weak voice,
but his sermons arc true models ol
diction,
REVOLUTIONISTS REPULSED.
Tbc- Insurgents Lose Heavily and Fled,
Pursued by the Troops.
11 y Southern Assoaiata I Press
Havana, August 10,?Advices from
Santa Clara uro (hut Col, I'ulunca
routed at Lomasiguaney, in the Saueti
Spiritus tl strict several rebel bunds
under the commund of Rololl und Sun
che/. Suty rebels were killed, while
Ihe government foreos lust two killed
si.d eight WOUUded, 'I be rebels lied
into the province of Puerto Principe
snd were pursued by the troops, Bands
ol relielH under Suarez, Kayas, Meroha
do and l'uste are proceeding toward
t ampana, u town near the border line
ol toe provinces of Santa Clara and
Puerto l 'rincipo.
Col, Oliver reports from Reudios
that the troops under his commniui
hti i a buttle with the rebels near Rojus
ami thul the insurgent I >ss was heavy,
i he rebels attacked lh? Hemouu plan
latiou,but were repulsed by the opera
tnes. Dun; g tho tight twelve rebels
uud one of the operatives were killed.
A party ol insurgents cut the tele?
graph uppurutus at .\; .,:..?? last night
aud imt out the tires in the railroad
i Oginos, Another rebel bund attacked
the civil guard post at l.atuo Dei Cruz,
last night, It is roportod that the
rebels have burned the villugo of Ha
rajnalgs',
iWttlliows i Kcliraloiis, liisjilel 31 und
Spend a day iu Matbows. steamer
Northampton leaves Did Dominion
whuif Wednesday at t',::in p. ui", Porte
mouth ?M5, Pay L tie 7, (lid Point tf.
Leaves Ohl Domiuion wbnrf Thursday
?'. p. m., Portsmouth 5:15, Hay Line
5:30, Old Point G:30. Hound trip 81,
Cuildreu ?Oj. aug!7-3t
WIME SPARKS.
Abbreviated Telegrams From All Parts
ol Ihe World.
A. L). itcatu, formerly ol AbUbv?Io
w?> drowned in tliu Capo I 'cur river ut
Wilmington, N. U., Siinduy, while
balbiug.
At tbe oflleoof Qoakier. Wood & Co..
New York, it is Htalcd tbat Uiuv will
ship 8750,000 lo 91,000,000 of gold by
Wednesday*! steamer.
Judge Mm l In wafl too ill to attend
court iu tlio Du rant trial yesterday
morning and Judge JJelcber, wbo ap?
peared iu bis Stead, merely opened
court aud at once onterud au udjouru
nieut.
Tlio ntoamcr City of Shofliol.l, from
St, Louis to tlie Tenueasee rivcr.Htruok
au obstruction iu tliu Mississippi river
buck of Cairo at midnight Sunday anil
sunk. No lives were lost mid toe pas
Hungere were taken oil by I bo Margarot,
Col. James Kilboiirno, ol Columbus,
O., Im? addressed a letter to tliu Dum- I
oorats ol hts county, who hnvn bcuu
put htni' bun lor nomination for Oov
nrnoi, ?uyiug Unit lie could not aooept
tbu iiomiuatiou if ottered, ou account
of business Hugagcuiouts.
A dispatob from Port Luis, under
dnte of August lT.HtiyH that the Kreuch
expedition that is marahiug ou
Autansrivo, the capital ol Madegascar,
him rulenfcd Mcviitnuapa. I ho natives
have secured a number of Maxim gune
which have arrived at the former place.
i he Hunk of Tscnma. Slate nf W'asdi
iugtou, (ormerly thu Tucomu Trust au
Suviug? Company, made u voluntary
assiguiuonl lor tue. benefit <>( its orud
ilors tb day. Tbe statsuieut shows tho
eaeli ou hand to bo .fill, und total liu
bilities 81170,000, of which 3230,000 ih
oily mouey.
i he Cily Conneil of Atlanta. Oa.,bai
rnlused lo allow the hhIoouh to keep
open later than ID o'clock at uigbt,
Tliu saloon keepers petitioned the
a lined for permission to run their
burs until IU o'clock at night during
tho exposition, To*day thu petitioii
was rofuscd,
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
Lieut. Wilson Detached. Remitted
?30?. "Ibe New Dry Dock.
Lieut. .1. Wilson has been do
Inched from the Naval War College
und grunted throe months sick leave.
lie has suffered rroni nervous ptoetra
tlOU.
Assistnut Seerotury Wiko, of tho
Treasury, has reunited .-: tut) of the liuo
imposed on the liritisli steamer Kunu
wa, which landed three stowuwuyB at
Newport News, V?. The steamer was
originally lined 8'JOO lot violation of
the immigrant law. Subsequently oue
of Ihe stowaways was captured uud ru
turned to ICuglautl. 'The balance of tb
original line, SUU0, will bo euforoea
against the btcamer.
The I'ort Royal, s. 0? drydock is u
Hticcess. A telegram conveying this
information was received at tho Navy
Department to day from Capt. tilu**,
president of tho l.osrd appointed to
lest the dock. The test lias heeii iu
progress for the pust thrcu days aud
the detailed report of the mutter will
bo made by the board.
PUT YOUR DFiliDS
?AND?
Other Valwbie Paper: in a Safe Place.
AT A COST OF ONLV Tji A MONTfl.
THE NORFOLK E?I JK
roil SAVlNtis AND TRUSTS,
in the KndiliiiK o. tin, Noitolk National Llauk,
luvites you to call ami luspaot their new
.-uta Deposit Vaults. Safes for rent at 43 per
annum autl upirarili Packages received on
storage. Deposit, of i\ uui apwards re?
ceive i on iutereat. t ill and m-t one of our
Savings Hank H.itfs. ol'I.N DAILY BXUEPT
SUNDAY, from 1U u in, to 3 p ut, .dso on
SA'l'l IIDAY s from 4 t.> ti u iu. Loans maiio
on real i state uud other security Settles
e.tales, uiida u iu am flduoiury i ? pacity.
r. VV. UKANDY. President.
OKO. I Al l , Vtce President.
C. HAKDi. Cashier.
WARN8r3G
The tramp lifo Insuraues gout* who tri-is
to make you beliefs thiit uu.v oilier rcRuiac
hf^ lUaiifuiiuti company pays -* large divi
deiiiU or surplus as tho Northwestern
Slutiisi, m Kudtv nt in loptiou bv usiug iu:s
leadtuK l'.AIlti.-i. which no honest man
wool '. omplny oi exhibit, as they tire mtuld
up 11 ornate a f.dsi lmpros.iou.
D. Humphreys & Son,
UEN'L AOKMTd NOllTUWUSTEBn,
Burruss, Son & Co.,
BANKEES
Commercial and other btt-.inesi papor .hi
counted.
Loam- ueyotiutod ou favorable terms,
i ity Hunds and other seourttUM bought
autl uulil.
I Depos.tb receive I snd accounts invited.
lnteient nlluivod uu t.tue deposit j.
j Sulo Deponit . ut. for ruut. Charges
moderate.
Draw 11 Iis of Kiehauge aud make eubls
trautfer-i to Europe.
Letters or credit iisuod to principal titles
W tho ? orldi oc'iT
He Who Was Supposed To Be the
Cowboy Killed Him
The "Wild West" Craze Has Cost tha
Life of Another Boy. Two Boys?
Af,ed 9 and 12 Years Respec?
tively, Engaged in Real
Border Warfare.
I v Bontborn Associated Proig.
Tcnkiiamock, Pa,, August 1!\?The
"Wild Went" erase has cost tbo life of
another boy. A uumber of boys were
ptaving nt killing Iudiaua this morning
iu Mehoopuny tow uubip and 9 year old
Lenford Love was a redskin
und 12-year old Prrd Doty was
a envrbuy. According to all estab?
lished rules of boyhood lighting the
young "redskin" was to dio by the
baud of thu "cowboy" and Doty
placed a supposed ? nipty revolver to
the mouth ol little Love and
palled the trigger. Unknown to the
boys the revolver was loaded and the
bullet passed through the child's nock,
severing the spiuul cord and instantly
killing bim,
more or a Wonder*
Tiian Wb Claim.
O i Ii K Om an- Qlass Oo., [
11 .l.ii.Molo, Mu. I
Qttratol Itomody Co , Norfolk. Vo.i
Oetitlompu-After giving "OL'ItA
'lO;." a thorough trial personally
ami in on fin torlos. I Dud It more
or a WONDER t an you ola m- CUTS,
lit; ot. .. t ist are vary eonin oa
? au I in la:t every day oc.urrencea
lit on: plait--yield at ones to
"QUIIAIOI . I ha o kno.in it to
In a! a o.it in 1 ts t isU a day uud take
the lim from a BUKN iustautanoous
li. In ru t, not ou ? of our2?53rej?av.i!.
have LOST A DAY'S WOltK from
CU TSor Ill'hNS siucu we hegau to
i.su "QUIUTOL."
^ our. v. ry truly,
THE OCEAN QLASS OO. ,
T, H. PANCOAST,
Trea > rer.
f Should always precede the pur- v
A chase ol glasses. A
f. We exerc'or the utmost care In J
$ furnishing the exact glass the eye f
a needs. a
f This is the reason our patrons v
0 are universally satisfied. Eyes ex- f
1 amined free. A
AW? w i
J OFFICE CLOSL:S AT 5 P. M. .J
W. H. H. Trice 8lCo~
Real Estate and Rental Agents,
20 BANK HT.
For Kent.
Ilesiilf ii. ea?Two uuiises, Colonial uremia,
i ... Vorli street, liu buiiiiuu? street.
16 Cliui'lutle -'i.-vi, ?|>1< i.Jnil, ndujilcd for a
b.i...<lluit in. .-e. 1? Hu r Ii it.
n.t H.. i-h street. 2Jntt i SI l-alklana -tr.et.
.;. a IV alas strest, 501, MU Church street,
i.i5 i liar i.tt.- a rjci. 1.. M-lu , ., 14 r^nuu.
Flats?112. 121 Hau It ?Ircrt.
UM. _u.o.. i linn li SireH, IDS t'liurcli ttrest
u- inhi.t .ii as l-'ers-itou ?icu.ie.tur fatkare,
12 ; Ultibl avenue 111 ltc>er"iir aieuiio
-e.oial varv u. -i nl> e >>.tn ?. uii .Mhui ntrret.
Store??TT tlailk ?ti'tet. 59, 71 Water atveuc
Corusi James aud iii?i:. r.ooui* aliuVr.
W uier -iro-i.
o tot'or i>i s* Hute ?trott, 8T Yarniruth street,
I3H, iu;' fluke street, iu;. ist York, na York.
L r.^a sloiu -.1 Couiiuerc? ?.rn l
IN O T I C E l
Reduction for 30 Days
All Men a. Ladies', Misfes and Children's
iu and russett shoes uduged
Bargains in LOW SHOES offered at
S. J. Thomas & Co,,
ani-eod 2w _1M MAINJJTBEET,
MAYER & CO
PEAl EltS IN
Railroad. Steamboat an
Mill Supplies.
4 and 6 West Market Sqwae*^
Norfolk, V*.
