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Iii ALLEGED SHORTAGE!
Mr. Spofford, the Librarian of
Congress, Talks of the Affair,
We Says It Is Not the First Time a
Public Officer Has Been Held Up
to Odium tor Offenses Not
Committed. M isstatements
and Distortions.
Bv Southern Associate l Froie.
Washington, I), C, August 21.?
Tho accounts of Congressional l.ibra
tiuu tSpollord, whielt have beeu under
iuvestigutiuu by tbu Auditor of tho
Treasury lor tho btutu und other De
purtuioutt-, Biuee lust Jatiuary, are Haid
to show u Bburtago of ut luust $85,000,
h In- shortage is puul to exist lu the
pay roll accounts of the library, und in
euloitiou to tin;- is u discrepancy in lno
copyright und notirob feu BCOouutr.
The accounts nave been examined by
an expert lu tho ollico ot Auditor Hol
conib uud bis report is believed to have
uecu curried to President Cleveland,
ot Gray Uitblca by Akaietaut beoietujy
Huuilin, ol the Treasury Ih-purtuieut,
v. ho went to 1mb coltugu ut iWuriou.
Muse., a lew liuye ago to spend bis
vuoation, At tho Treasury Depart?
ment uo information whatever uuu bo
Jeurnud regurdiilg tlie'uiuller, the olli
oiala deoliug to discuss it.
Mr. Spoiiord uun sbowu tho stale
uieuiH regarding hiaaccuuuta uud uiude
the following ?tstetueul:
*?lu u mutier involving bj many par
ticiilars, both i f niirsiutotucui* uuil ut
di-iortiou ol fuels, it run only bo eaid
innt this is uot the Ural time, uor ia it
likely to Le the lust, thut u public olli
cial has beeu held up to odiuui fur of?
fenses uot committed.
Stripped ol all seusational itatemeuta
the whole mutter rusts upou uu admit?
ted oouiusiiiu -ii Boeouuta, growing out
of thu extrem-! pressure coustuutly
npou iho Librarinu dl t'ougruss und
ltegteter ui Copy lights to tue whole
cuuutry. 'I bis neglect has been owing
to the lact that while tho dully aud
?.-.ii- bUBlntss ol deciding upomuud
is-mug oopyrights, uud the almost iu
eetaaiii deuianilH upou the Librarian
fur lufortuatiuu by Congress mid the
public cuuuot bo postponed, the mutter
ol uccouuta can bu uud bhould bo de
fayed. I
i'liB charge of hoving received illegal
lees is basaler*, The copyright law
diHtiuotly pi uVuIob Ihut tor ceitilyiug
a copy of a copyright record, there
ehuil be collected 6U cuuts. '1 lie appli
cutiuus ior such recorda me very num?
erous, becuuBu of thu constant litiga?
tion involving copyright property,
'lbe (uruiatiiug ui uettilted statements
us lu bow the record Munds is uo purl
ol regular correspondence, but
la to meet sj eeiul demands for
evidente to deland or institute suits iu
voiviug copyright property. The
eburgee lor ibis labor, about 50 cents
an hour, fairly repruat-uts what lbe
Ooverumeut pays in clerieul salaries,
and the search teea charged are regu
larly recorded iu the c-nuLi book und
I uui luto the Treasury, thus reim
Liiisiug the lioverunieut tor it- own
expenditure on tbeet) special searches.|
"As to thu statetueut that Irauduleut
vouchers buve been presented, the
lacts ure thut two lulls, one fur i?2~>
und one lor shout ifc<,marked iiuplieutc
were reuderetl iu the accounts ol tbe
library,the duplication not haviug|beeu
deiurtuiuud either by myaell or by tbe
olerk having these accounts iu charge,
Tno umuiint uverdrawu whs ut ouco
auiuie good uu utleuliuu being culled.
"Regarding payments of suiuries, it
la true that the Librarian bus lor a
<oug time secured larger services for
the library uiuler appruiiriutiuiis f.or u
larger sum Iliad paid, and this uuder
the authority of thu law which pro
-vuledtiiut wbeoover tho dunes ol u
clerk ut u bigber grude can well be
performed by uuu ol u lower it ahull be
lawful to employ more thuu one within
the limits of the appropriation made.
Acting uuder IblH, 1 have lu good fullli
ciup uyud, in oases where no expert of
edt-ijmile experience waa found tor a
vacancy, two perilous lor thu rulury of
one put son lor a much looger time
ui.in the limits of the appropriation
made. This has secured for thu Uov
?i lu.cut mtioli uiore service."
Mr. ?poU'ord bind that instead of
there being only twenty fo n persona
employed lu thu library us had bueu
?taltd there were uotuully thirty eight,
the law requiring thirty.
"To those iTlio know anything uf the
multilm ions iluliea thrust upon the
Jibraiiau'' coDlluiied Mr. Spoilord, "it
Mill uot appear atrangu that 1 have
asked lor u separation of the duties of
register of Copyrights, which should
be under thu charge of a distinct bond?
ed official connected with the liorary of
Congress Irom those of librariau, so as
to Secure lbe full benefit ot the pubii
eatioue recorded uuder tbu copyright
Jaw.
"ihe net result of tl o wholo mutter,
so far as now Been is: That thorn will
lie due the treasury about S-'-'.i'OI) on
adjustment of copyright aud salary nu
counts, although no absolutely lluui
audit lins beeu yet reached. Tbe
amount due, I urn uf course, ready to
/my immediately,"
Mr, Spnih.ru said in coucIubi'ou that
be bud received no intimation ibut Iii?
suffices were likely to be dispensed
^B.tb by tho l'residuut. Uo added that
had received only tho most
courteous treatment at the bauds of tho
cxoctitive officials. Mr. SpofTord was
appointed br Ahrahatu Lincoln iu lbo-l
tu his present ollico.
A GRUESOME SORT OF TALE.
Queer Antics of a Man Suspected of
Stambuloffs Assassination.
Curious totdiruouy has como out iu
tbe investigation of the Bulgarian uor
eminent iu tbe Stum Indultmurder usko.
Out) witness Mutca that threu uights
before tliu attempt three young tueu
were uoticed iu the cemetery whore
M?j. PaoitZO is liuried, It is generally {
supposed that liio murder was a direct
revenge for the death of I'ouitza, who
wus exoouted by orders of StaiubulotT,
alter executive cleiueucy had been
grunted the uniitury ollouder.
The story goes that oue ot those
meu 11tit 1 bared bil breast, threw him
suit to the ground, aud rubbed his
nuked body ugutust the grave of ['nu?
ll zu, nt thu Hutuo tiuio invoking henveu
tu md him iu his enterprise. With dis?
heveled huir no 1 disordered olotbiug,
the meu wore secu to leave the ceiuo
tory galloping awuj* ou their ponies.
This testiujouy comos from uu indis
pittuhle source, nnd teuds to show the
superstitious aud ruveugeful character
of the Bulgarians.
THE PLUG TOBACCO MAKERS
Hold a Secret Meeting in St. Louis.
Will Manufacture Cigarettes.
1jt doutlieru AaaociatuJ Praia.
Si. Loi is, August21, As u result of
the secret meeting of plug tobacco
manufacturers held at the I'luuters'
liotel this morning, nt whioh iiuii.
I'ntil J, Sorg, uf LVTiddletowu, <)liio,
presided, the 1'. J. Lorillard Tocacoo
Company, of dertiey t ity; I', j. .iorg,
Liggett a Myers aud thu Drnuiinoml
Tobacco C'ouipuuy, of >-it. Louis, will
engage iu the inuutifucttire ol cigar
et lea iu oppositiou to the American lo
bueoo Company us soon us piauts cnu
be iustalled.
Seventeen manufneturerb were pres
cut und it is prohuble that as a result
all will embark iu the manufacture of
cigarettes shortly. Those iu uticud
auoe, iu udditiou to the St. Luuis men,
were: 1'ierre Lombard, New York;
Hubert McUiuuis, ?New York; I' .1
Sorg, Middletown, O; Oreu Seotten,
Dutroit; LS Way, Detroit; L II Mayo.
Uicbmoud, Va. n Ii ISowinun, Lyucb
burg, Va; Thomns Atkiutou, Uicb?
moud, Va.
DEMOCRATIC DIFFERENCES.
Cleveland and Hill Men Divide Honors
Evenly in Rochester.
By Southern Associate i t'raaa.
KociiBSTKit, N. Y., August 21.?
Democratic caucuses in thu city ol
Rochester ami tho cottutry districts
ol Monroe COUUtJT were held lust
evening, uuder uu uriutigemeul m?de
by the state Committee, looking to
the paoi?oation oi the Hid and Cleve?
land factions of the party. Ihe re?
sults, as a whole, were surprising aud
showed thut the quarrel between
the factions, which hail been at daggers
druwu for several years, hud Uot been
thoroughly barinouized. Iu leu of the
twenty wards of the city each faction
wub successful, and in the county as a
whole the same proportion marked the
result, the Cleveland meu currying the
Tust aud Third Assembly districts,
and the Hill meu (he second and tuurtb.
This will make uu even break for Statu
committeemeu, Divided ou the lines
of Senatorial .lisiricts the Hill men will
curry the Forty third und thu Lleve
luud meu thu Forty fourth.
Hot in I'n ran 11 ?t I'm in IC n l> Ij ? ras
llv Souttferu Associated l'ros?,
Sew LticiiMONU, Micb., August 21.?
The Sheril. and his jiosse, together
with railroad detectives, are hot ou the
truil ot the live robbers who hoitl up
tho Chicago and West MiohlgttU train
near Fenuville lust night, i hey have
tracked the gang four miles towards
Allegau, The entire county ban been
aroused aud posses are out in every
directum. A now brass lantern, which
was used in lluggiug the truiu, was
found this morutug uear the scene of
the bold up. Section men also fouud
a Colt's navy revolver of 44-ralihre,
All six chambers were loaded und there
was u clot of blood on the barrel. L'bu
railroad oflioiala Oiler a reward of
SI,HOD for the arrest of the robbers
und Allegan county ofllcials also offer a
reward.
An \ ii.iiiiii.it II ii ii a. Ilobberr.
llv Bonthorn Aumiuiato 1 Press.
I SPIIIXOFIRLI), Mass., August 21.?A
hold attempt to rob the National Hank
was made this noon, During the noon
hour the hank is olosed aud thu burg
lurw, taking advantage of the absence
of the employes, prtud open the corri?
dor door with a "jimmy." but did uot
happen to reach tbe vault beforo the
hauk clerks returned.
Id? runt ttabin l'liuii|>il?'sa uf Mil for
<.mutt.
.Solid silver shirt waist sets, 4Go.
Solid silver link OUtV iutttons, 20c.
Solid Hiiver book markers,4U and 80o.
Solid niiver sugar, gravy aud orauge
spoons, Otto,
Solid siher sonvouir spoons, It'.lo.
Solid silver hair pins, ??a
Solid silver bolt buckles, 79o,
Silver Uniab Trilby hearts, IOo, I
Silver titiish buckles, 10, 15 and 2,*.c.
Abovo prices arc about hull euiue
goods sold elsewhere.
Levy linos.,
Modoru liargaiu Store, 174 ALuu streut,
Matters of Great Importance to the j
General Public. I
Naval Orders. The Civil Service Ex?
tended. $IOO,000 In Gold With?
drawn. Senator Harris III. Re?
arrangement of the Justices
of the Supreme Court.
Ur BOUtheru Associate, I l'ron.
Washington, August 21.?Tho case
of John L. Waller, ex-Consul id the
I'n.ted States at Teiuatavc. Madagas?
car, aud uow iu prison iu France, has
as: limed u phase that jiistities tho GOV
crumuut iu the belief that Waller's
days of confinement is nearly emled
uud that he will 6oou bu restored to
liberty.
1 ustrnctioos were sent to Mr, Fuslis,
July Bist, to press hie etuplmtie request
for a copy of the record of evidence on
which the ex-consul was declared a
feiou. Mr. Fustis failed to seoure the
record, aud ou August Otb further in
Btruotions were sent bun even more em?
phatic tiin 11 ttie Hrst. Comiuunicatious
received Irum the ambassador tell of
his etlorts to secure a copy of the
record from the French Ministry for
lortigu Atlairs nud ol his several fail?
ures through tbe leniporistiug policy
pursued by the authorities. Alter eon
bidet able delay aud repented requests
he nas been furnished a copy ol the
charges and speulUcatious and ol the
sentence imposed upon Waller.
He then renewed his demaud for a
copy of tho evidence and was at lirst
told that it would lie grunted very
hiiuu, as the record bud been received
in France. But. according to his
latest advices to this Government, the
French Ministry has told him, with
that luck of consisteuoy which appears
to have marked the entire negotiations,
that the record of the evideuoa is in
Madagascar ami cautiot be luruisbed
without great delay.
Thu statement that this government
had done all thut couht be done to
bung the Waller to u speedy ndjitst
nient is unquestionable. The demand
for Waller's release would have been
made this mouth if the Statt Depart?
ment hud uot been actuated by a desire
to obtaiu for bim the indemnity due
lor the confiscation Ol the rubber con?
cession. According to the view tsken
by the 1'retudeiit uud Secretary Olnoy,
compliance with u demand for Waller's
immediate release would practically
have ended the case, and left little
ground for a eluiui for indemnity,
It is the desire ol the Government to
make its ell'orls to secure the freedom
of Waller dependant on the intention
to obtaiu indemnity, nud thus make
thu French do lull justice to the im?
prisoned mau. Aa mutters uow stand
Wallet's prospects ate very hopeful
and bis released is 1 1 < i, even if the
indemnity tails to bu lurtheoiuing.
Ihe utnoliut of the indemnity to be
asked will be more than a million dol?
lar.*. The exact mini cannot be useer
turned, and tho probabilities are that it
baa not been determined on. Tho re?
port that Waller is dying of consump?
tion in prison is giving tho Slate De?
partment some uneasiness, but the in?
formation is not believed to be strictly
accurate as the latest letters from Wal?
ler said thu chills ami lever from w hich
he suffered bud left him and that his
health was much improved,
Measures were taken to day by act?
ing Secretary McAdoo, of the Navy, to
plate iu service within a very short
time the gunboats now under con?
struction at Newport News, Va., und
also the cruiser Boston uud the old
Corvette Adams, now at Mate Inland,
California. A conference of the Uu
nan Chiefs composing the Board on
Construction was held in .Mr. Mc
Adoo's office this moiuiugi and plane
lor hurrying up the work 01 preparing
these vessels for sea were discussed,
Tho fecliug of uuessiuess tirpectmg
the safely ol American citizens iu China
and tho likelihood of revolutionary
tiotiblo iu South American and Central
American countries oru thu reasons
that actuated Mr. McAdoo iu his de
sire to plucu tlieso vessels 111 commie
siou promptly.
Work is also to bo hurried on the
plans tor the two new buttle t-hips on
Iborized by the last Congress, ami it is
understood that tlio coutraota for their
construction will ho let ami their build
tug beguu iu a few months.
Owing to the death ol Justice Jack?
son, it became necessary to muku a ru
arrangement id the nsEigumeut of Jus?
tices ot the Supreme Court to the
several circuits. lips bus been done
by Chief Justice Fuller, und to day it
was received at the olllco of the Clerk
ol tbe Court, The following ure thu
assignments! First Circuit, Justice
t.'lui ; Second Circuit, Justice Brown;
Third Circuit, Justice Shiras; Fourth
Circuit, Chiei Justice Fuller; Fifth
Circuit, Justice White; Sixth Circ uit,
Justice Brown ; Sevi nth Circuit,,! >ialico
Harlan; Figlith Circuit, Jnstice Brew?
er; Ninth Circuit, Justice Field.
Movements of naval vessels have been
rc'iorted to the Navy Department to?
day as follows: Monocuey nailed Irom
Chefuo lor Chemulpo. 1 lie Marble
head aud Alliauce left Gibraltar for
Algiers,
The Hau Francisco nrrivoil at Havre
and tbe Mououguhola at Hampton
Roads.
A telegram from Admiral Bunco won
receivod stating that be would lake bis
HiMiadrob for target praotiee iu a day
or ku aTter which bu would vnnt Port?
land, roportiug there about thu first of
uuxt week.
Washington, August 21,?Lieut. W,
H. Fletcher has been ordered to the
Atlanta, Liout.-Conitnaeder A. lt. II.
Lilley, Liotits, P. Singer uml <'. U.
Hurlow, 1'asaod Asaistaut Engineer A.
Ourbuga und Assibt mt Fugiuoor W. U.
Day nnd W. C Herbert have been
ordered to oxaniiuutiou for promotion.
Souator Harri?, ol TennosBOC, waa
takeu ill at his rcaidouce in tbis oitjr
lust night, and for a time w?s iu a so
r hui? couditiun. To day Lie physician
reports him improved, aud,in his upiu
i j:i, out ot daugcr.
?The Treasury Department m in?
formed that 8100,001) in gold was with?
drawn (or export to day, reduciug tho
gold icservo to 8101,130,000,
The ollico of Clerk of the Court waw
oloaed to-day in respect for the late
Associate Justice Strong, ret in d, whose
luuernl took place ut Heading, Pa,
Tho President to day issued an order
extending the civil service rules to iu
elude ull printers und prcBsmcu iu the
Executive Department,
THE FARMEHS' INSTITUTE.
Secretary of Agriculture Hon. J. Ster
hup, Morion Delivers an Address.
liv Houttaaru Asiooiata i l'r?<i.
Manassas, Vo., August 21,?The see
ond suutial session ot iho Farmers' lu
stitute ol iho Righth District was be?
gun here thia morning. The attend
aucc is large, representative farm' rn
from all over lbe district aud all tho
prominent persons advertised to pur
tioipate in the exerciees being present.
The exerciesa have proved iuteuselj
interesting,
Representative Meredith delivered
on address of welcome aud was followed
by Secretary of Agriculture ,1. Sterling 1
Morton.
Tho Secrelury'a nddreea were inter?
esting from start to finish and pro
voked no end of applause und some
amusement, He expressed himself us
being very favorably impreased by the
hue appearance of that portion ol Vir
ginia which he hud visited.
During the cnurao of his address, in
makiug a comparison, he hud uooasiou
to rt ler to the Garden of Eden, After
drawing a word picture of that place
be went on lu siiy that there were no
tariffs there, and added, incidentally,
us it were, without 11113- show of levity;
"But perhaps it would have been a
good thing for US ull il there had beou
a tantl on serpents,"
Tho Beeretary was followed by 1'rof.
Milien \\ hitnev, of thu Depurtmout of
Agriculture, ou au address on lbe
relation ol physical properties of soil
to crops. Henry L. Alvord, Chief ol
the I'any DiviHloUof lhy Department
ol Agriculture, who is engaged 111 the
dairy business in Fairfax county, was
the next speaker, 'i bis suasion ol the
institute, which ie being presided over
by Hon. S. Welford Corbin, will be
continued until to morrow evening.
WIRE SPARKS.
Abbreviated Telegrams From All Parts
ol Ihe World.
The cablegram has beeu received at
the London ofliuos of the Wealeyan
Missionary .Society: "Cheugtu Com?
mission inadequate. Officials nnpli
cated. Disturbances spreading. He
barding Pukien massacre, the Meth
odist people urgo strong government
action. Hum- lorwarded cubic to Lord
Salisbury."
A Berlin dispatch says a paascnpcr
steamer on Iho Kgine came into collis?
ion with n --tuug of barges in tow of u
tug near Mehium to-day Mukiug one
of tho barges uud drowning eight per
sons.
Ihe strike of juto workers 111 Dundee
is spieadiug rapidly, 'Ihirteen thous?
and workers went out yesterday 111
addition to .. 100 or more who struck
Tuesday, 1 ho strikers uro orderly,
giving the police 110 trouble.
Four more bodies have been token
from the hotel ruins at Denver,making
nineteen, Coroner Martin deolaroa
that ut least a dozen more bodies are in
the ruins,
Npcclnl "nl? <*f Our I mire NIOCll to
Aul 10 run ine luvsuiuri. num
V'lilr in Illicit 1'iin lei.i r.
Few choice things id muslin under?
wear ut half price; fuiv while ami
colored waist ut 25c; lawn wrappers
worth 32, now SI,50; wrappers from
ON- up, best si white quilt, now 7."ic,
the S1.5U white quilt now 81, Hem
bunts and odd pieces ui lawn, crape,
cloth and salines, worth 12) and 100,
I now 5o; lawus aod white goods worth
t'i and 8c, now In; silks worth 50o und
G0c, now 25c, Hargaiur, in White goods,
dress goods, liueu towel.-, dumuHk und
sheeting. B. A. Saundkiis,
To t.'Uiati tint HtiaiMuaas
I am offering my entire stork of
boots and shoes at uud below cost.
Mus. B. Kathei ,
uuglo lui llii Church strict,
"Newest Discovery"?Ext. teoth; no
pain. N. Y, D. Booms, 102 Alain.
Ex-Gov, Campbell Again Becomes
Tlie Standard Bearer.
Declined the Nomination Time and
Time Again, Bill He Was Not
Listened 1 o, and Was Placed
At 1 he Head ol The Ticket
Uv Acclamation.
Ry Southern Associated t'ross.
SPRINUKIBI.D, Ohio, Aiitjnat 21.?lu
spile of Jumes IS, Campbell's earnest
and repeated protests, that biafrieuds
must uot nominale, him nx the Demo?
cratic candiduto lor (loToruor of Ohio,
ns he couht not make the race lor
vai ions reasons, the ex-Uoveruor wua
put ii*. tho head ol the ticket hy
uoclauiatiou against his will to-day hy
tho 500 delegates to the Sialu oouveu
tiou, The nomination wan forced up hi
thu Mittler county Olau while hu wan
in the midst of a speech aud in the act
ot !*rc11 Minie the iiume of Judge I'eck,
of Cincinnati, lor the home honor.
Then cnuio a graooful acceptance
and the rest ot the linket ?ras made up
ou the nci'latuaiiou order. Senator
Brico won his point ot having only a
roatllrmation of tho uatioual currency
plank inserted iu tho platlorm, "sound
money" winning hy the Hound majority
of 2?? when Ihe free nilver auielldmeut
to the plallorm was put to thu conven?
tion.
At 10:80 slain Chairman Al. A.
Smalluy called I ho convention to order,
lie retrained from making a speech
himself.
Prayer was offered by Bov, S. I'.
Breekiundge, uud then amid more
cheers, Seuator ( alviu S. Brioa was
presented as temporary chairman and
mid i es -eil the convention.
The references ot the Senator lo the
money question were loudly applauded
und equal ? ii 111 n h i us in was luauifeatod
when the speaker prouoUUCud ills
eulogy upon President Ulovelaud.
?lust as soon as ho had concluded the
ropott tho Oonituittec on (Jredeutials
was called (or. In the Butler county
contest the report fuvoriug tho seating
of thu contesting delegation, houdud
by Hon. ,lamuH IS, Campbell, and of
the contesting delegation from Uuya
hoga oonuty (Clevelaud), A minority
report iu fuvur of (he regular delega
tion from ('le\eland wan presented
amid mingling cheers, groans und
hisses hy 1'hil Crowe, ol Uardiu,
lit thu Springfield contest, ihe
majority report uns again the sealing
of the delegation beaded by lion. ',>.
1'. '1'bomas, who was Hi ice's competitor
tor the Sonatorship six years ago. A
minority report was also presented in
ihe micrest of tho Thomas faction and
a ttow of argument was inaugurated.
A roll call by counties was ordered
on ihe question ol Keating the Cleve
iaud delegation. Tho ballot resulted:
Ayes, !M>7; nujs, Slil'.l; and tho result
whs received with great cheering.
Thu convention refused to teal the
Thomas delegation from Clarke, county
by a decisive vote. Tins iliHposed of
t Ii e contents and the report ot the
Committee ou Permanent Organize
tion continuing the temporary organ
i/.atiou was adopted with a shout.
I rank Html, thu free trade apostle of
Toledo, iheu presented tho 'majority
report of tho Committee on Resolu?
tions. It read:
I'l. VIT'OltM.
Tho Democratic party of Ohio in
convention assembled points with satis?
faction and pndu to the wisdom oi
action of that party of thu last two
years and results accomplished accord?
ing to its promises, to wit: Tho repeal
of the Republican legislation known as
the Shuriuuu law, the uu American
federal election law and thu McKinley
law, from which repeals have resulted",
returning prosperity to the country tu
such an extent that even the Uepuhli
onus ate oblige 1 to recognize tbe same,
Wo congratulate President Cleveland
that his earnest effort in favor of the
repeals ol the vicious laws and the up?
holding ol thu credit ol the country
has been successful.
Wu c ingratulate our Senator, Hou.
Calvin S. Unco for the earnest support
ho has giveu to tho President in these
mat (eis,
When we consider the facts that the
Democratic party from thu Republi?
cans iu is* 12, u ban I. nipt treasury thut
il inherited from them the vicious cur?
rency aud turill laws which hid pto
pared and finally produced (he panic
of 1808, wo insist ttint it is entitled to
tho thanks oj the peoplo for thu cour?
age with which it has attacked and re?
pealed (he laws.
Wo rcailirm the following portion of
the seventh plank of the last National
Democratic Convention:
MAYER & CO.,
PEA I IT.S IN
Railroad. 5(eamboal and
Mill Supplies.
4 arm t> West Market Square,
Norfolk, Va..
"Wo hohl to tho use of both gobl
snd silver us thu stnodurd mouey of
tbe country und recommend both gold
uutl silver without discrimination
iigiunxt either or charge for mintage,
tint tbu ilolliir unit of coinage of both
tu et a In mum bo of equal iuttiusic ami
exchangeable vultio or bo adjusted by
international agreement or by such
mi!.' legislation as atiall insuru the main*
tuiuaiiou of the parity of tho two metals
mid tho oqiinl power of every dollar at
all tliuoti in Iho pay incut ol debts, and
we deiuaud Ihrtl Iho paper currency
shall bu kept at pnr with aud redeem?
able in such coin."
VYo insist upon thia poiioy an cape
ei illy necrasory for the piotcctiou of
fitriuorH nud laboring ulassos, the Ural
and most dcfcusolosa victims of uu
?table money and lluotuatiug currency,
Tho reuiaiuder of the plutlortn re?
lates to .Statu allaira entirely.
iiic platiorui was hiiiiiuiI by nineteen
out ol twcnty-oiui members ol tho com
urn hm>, the difiiioiituiH being A. W.
Patrick, of l uscarnwae, und .1. W.
Lowii, of Champaign,
Theso tmhuiittoil the following mi?
nority report of the financial plain;:
"VY'e demand the immediate reatora
tl iu ol the Inw providing lor tbu free
coinage ami legal tender ol both gold
nud Mlvcr ooiue without dieoriinination
ugtiuHt either motul us provide I in the
constitution and without wuitiug tho
ninoiit of England or an}- olhor loreigu
nation,
the volo on Una ]iroposiid amend
mailt was: Ayo. 270; no. 525; majority
for "soiiuil money," 230.
After sovoral linn apt-cchoa for and
iiKiiliiRt silvur and the ndoptioii ot reso?
lutions of < 11 tlx rout kinds, thu Con?
vention went into thu noiiiiiiittiou of
tun dilleront Siuto ofiicen with the fol
lowing i oaiil!:
Por Governor, ex Gov ('umpbell;
Lieutenant Cloyernor, <l 11 Pearlee, ol
Hamilton county; Supreme Judge,
\\ 11 iiii.iii I' Money, ot Auglaisa; Stale
Auditor,.)limes \V fCuotl, of Muunlleld ;
Stale Treasurer,WT Sbober, ol Callm;
Attorney-<leueral,Ueorge A Pmrbauks,
of Franklin; Member of ISoiwd uud
lublio Works, H P 11 offer, of
TiiKi-aruwuH Bounty; Clerk Supremo
Court, .1 W Uruiksliantt, of Miami,
All by Bcolamatiou.
Tho couvtintioii adopted tho rooster
na tho embleti and nt 2:10 uiljuurnod
sine die.
it Colored Itnrirlnr ctiliml.
by Southern Assoi i .to i Press,
Atlanta, August 21, Euiile 15er
unrd, who he, a saloon ut Magnolia
and Elloit streula, shot a burglar who
was Iryiug to broak into his liar ibis
morning. The, burglar, Kotiert Jones,
colored, coufciaed that he had com?
mitted many robbcriea hero mid iu
south Oarolina. Ho died to night at
tho Qrady hospital.
An Invaluable
Family Remedy!
For Burns, Scalds, Cuts,
Wounc's, Chafes, Chaps,
Sore Mouths, Sore Throat,
Ulcers, Risings, Eczema, Ery?
sipelas, Skin Diseases, In?
sect Bites and all Inflamma
.. malion and Irritation.
^ A SPEEDY CURii.
Burruss, Son & Co..
BANKERS
Corurocrci.d and other business paper dis?
counted.
I.oan- negotiated on favorahlo term*,
i uy bonds au.i ottiur securities bought
auil sold.
Dopes ts received au I accounts in v.u.I.
Interest allowed on t me ileposits.
Bide liepo . i'oios lor rout. Charges
mo'ioi ate.
Draw i; i a of Exchange anil make cable
trim-far- to Lurope.
Letter? ol credit i - ui? i to principal cities
ui (ho ivorhl. ocii
WARNING.
The trump hto insurance agents who trms
to make you believe that any other regular
life innurauce cumpauy pay's aa large divl?
(lends ot surplus as the Norlhirusteru
Mutual, is ;:uilty of iloeoption by Ullug mis
leading HAllOd, which uo honoit mau
would employ or exhibit, as thoy are mado
up 13 cro.ito a falsa impreasion.
D. Humphreys & Son,
UEN'Ii AGENTS KOBTHWE.STSIINI
The Fireman Drives the Unguarded
Engine to Secure Assistance!
A Posse Was Hastily Organized, But
The Road Agents Had Disap?
peared. The Passengers Were
Badly Frightened by Vol?
leys of Pistol Shots.
Uy Southern Associated 1'rem.
GoTiiENiiuno, Neb., August 21.?The
Union Poodle traiu No. s, the east
bound ovcriuud li ver, arrived hero at
:'.;lo Uns morning with the passengers
in a shite ol great excitement, the ex?
press cur sliotlerod by dynamite and
riddled with bullets and the trainmen
badly seared. The train was held up
and robbed by bandits m a nut half
way between Brady's Island nud this
piaeu at 1 o'clook this morning, Tho
train was delayed about two hours.
The robbers Hugged ti e traiu, and
when it stopped they cut otl the engine
und ordored the engineer to accompany
them to the oxprcbs cur. lie was order?
ed to open tho car with a crowbar, bat
failed. Tho robbers thou exploded
several dynamite cartridges against the
car door, blowing it opuu and reducing
tho expresH messenger to submiBsion,
The sufo was also blown opou and its
contents taken. It is not known what
booty they secured. Tho robbers,
when they look tho ongiucer from his
engine, left the fireman on board un?
guarded. Ho took udvautage of his
liberty to pull open the throttle aud
sta led for this place as fust as tho
engine would go. W ben the bandits
saw ibe locotnotivo disappearing they
realized that assistance would soon be
on hand nud they hurried nloug with
their work, which was not so thorough
us It would otherwise have bonn.
They undoubtedly overlooked much
valuable ox press mutter. Upon the
arrival of the lirerunn with the engine
at thin point a posse was hastily organ?
ized aud returned to tho sccno of the
robbery, '1 he road agents had disap?
peared, however, and the train was
brought into Gothenburg, leaving the
posse to Wait daylight beforu taking up
the trad of tho robbers. It is believed
they arc few iu number, as thoy would
uot otherwise huvo left tho fireman
unguarded.
Aside from scaring the passengers by
volleys of pistol shots, no one on tho
train was hurt or molostod. The ox
press tnetseuger refused to make auy
??Intel.icnt as to the cxtont of the rob?
bery and the trainmen know nothing.
I he posse which is in pursuit of the
robbers is well armed aud thoroughly
acquainted with the county, and it is
considered certalu that the bandits will
he Captured or killed during the next
twenty-four hours. The traiu pro
ceded eustward at 4 o'ciook.
W. H. H. Trice & Co.,
Real Estate and Rental Agents,
29 HANK Hi'.
For Rent.
Resiliences--Two houses. Colonial avenue.
Liu Vert street, HU licmiuda street.
16 Charlotte ?licet, splendidly adapted for a
uimiilluK lio iM-, IV7 Church st.
? Taiewcll, lb ' harkHte,
?.a .New so.- t,21 Commerce.
1*9, ist iiat., u Hrawer.
el Konsn street. 2Jan 181 l'ulklaim nr cc
S3 a. Walks street. 503,61*1 Church street,
i is i liar ullv iir? t, k. Muln ? ., 14 room?,
Ida's?112,1 -l limit sirei-t.
I .is, if i3'?j t'burtli sire-t, 1?S Church street.
Ii uiV.i-n ?9 Kerg'isou .?--u-i.- -uu raikava,
12-iUibln avenue, i n Itenervolr aveuua.
-? u.:il vers Ui-?ual>:e oltiiat uu Mum street
St i- 7 hauls, street. 69, 71 Water sires-..
Corner Jaiacs Hint IIIkIi. k00111-. aiiuV,-.
...,\\ aiei -lrn-1.
o tol>er pi RS liute sin-i, K" Yarnicuth street,
lift', 169 Puke street, 107. 164 York. 123 York,
l,i r_e store 1 CuiiiiHTto sirctl.
More 206 Main street.
NOTICE!
Reduction for 30 Days.
All Men's, Ladies', Misses and Children's
Bargains in LOW SHOES offered at
S. J. Thomas & Co.,
aus-eod 2w 151 MAIN STllEEX,
aV*?Ai*s?>?SA>*?V ?? ??> -?a> *??> *** ?%''*?a>'0
0 Should always precede the pur*
A chase of glasses.
\ We exercise the utmost care in i
v furnishing the exact glass the eye f
needs.
This is the reason our patro.na
are universally satisfied. Eyes ex?
amined free.
OFFICE CLOSES AT 5 P. jVt,
