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VOL. IX. MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., AUGUST 7,1896. NO. 35. Aa PUNCTt OU can fin.! my de? scription in any of the little books dis? tributed by our firm, nud should you look it np, you will dis? cover that ruy p:cturo occupies the pince of Honor on tile second page nuder tho bending, in lurge, black letters, "A High Gruie Ladies' Wheel," the high crude, of course, applyiug to me and not to the ladies 1 defy any one to produce a moro perfect specimen of the bicycle kind than I wai when 1 loft tho'mAnufuctnrer.s' on a beautiful May morning just two mouths ag;). They were proud of me at the shop3 5 indeed, 1 think thero was something about my graceful frame and polished enamel finish that made rn3 stand out as one apart from the thousands of other wheels nround me. Tho first journey I took wis when I left my na? tive city and was shipped with many companions to Washington. 1 liked this beautiful Capital City of jours, and longeJ. for a spiu on the smooth asphalt pavements, but it -teemed for a time that I was doomed to disappointment. I was t:ikon to the bicycle school, where I spent most of my days watch? ing the strange antics of beginners, tht> earnest efforts ot tho*o who had takei> several lesson--, and the lofty, though sometimes uncertain, air of the oaes almost reajy to ride in the a*, reet. In all of Ibis I had eo part, I was a nev wheel, and must wait quietly un? til pnrcha.-ed. Sometimes my indig? nation would be aroused by tho rou^h treatment bestowed upon the poor old machines, on which thy legiuners were taught, by their inexperienced riders. How they slammed those wheel? around! Why, olten I have se::n the <:iouud 6trewn with riders with the uverturuel wheels under? neath them. Sometimes, though, the wheel got on top, uni then tho rider usually was hurt a little. 'finn agaiu, somo lew of tho wheels who had not quite lost all their spirit would get tired of the endless jerkingand clutch? ing, and spin nrouud tho track until the scholar b2came puralyzed aud help? less with fear, and then plunge through nu open cate or up a brick wall, with the rider screaming: "Instructor! Instructor ! Help!" Those were risky tricks, though, for you stood an even chance of getting hurt yourself. Day after day 1 watched these eights uutil I was weary of it all, and beyond inakiug a lirm resolution to throw my? self down a precipice before descend? ing to such work, I did nothing for several week?. At last one beautiful morning?I remember well it was May 10?the manager of the place came ic the park, accompanied by a very pretty girl and an older lily whom I took ta be th9 girl's mother. They came over to tho rack in which I stood, aud drawing me out he said: "Here is ex icily what you want, mies: there is not a finer wheel in the city. Look at that frame, good and strong, beautiful y finished . Light weight, just lift it, not twenty-nvo pounds, all the bearings turned from tool steel?' The girl's pretty face was a study n she looked np and down in an anxious eilort to find the different parts tc which the manager referred so glibly. "1 like it," she said at length, "don't you, mother? You sea," turn? ing to the man, "I havo been about a month trying to buy n wheel. ] thought it woul.l be quite easy, but we have had a dreadful time. Besides having gone to about twenty places ourselves we have had at least thirty agent?, who heard wo wanted a whee1) come after ns, and the most puzzling part of it all is that each one says al the others aro perfectly worthless. Sc mother ami I malo up our minds tc give them all the slip, and that is whj we came here this morning. Lot uc take this wheel, mother." The mother approached me, tried tc look critica1, gave me a gentle shake, Rnd said: "Well, it seems to b3 a goo 1 strong one. 1 do hopj you won't h ive an j accident?." That very afternoon I was sent tc my new home, a magnificent brown, stone on Connecticut avenue, and in i few days I knew all about the family, for gossip is rife in the servants' hall, in a little room adjoining which I wai kept. My young mi* tress was named Bes sio Bainbridge, she was the oulv?an needless to 6ay overindulged?child o wealthy parcntn, and just now, o course, she was suffering from a bat case of bicycle fever. Almcst every evening after dark tb< devoted father and mother would sit ont on the porch and watch Bessie anc ree strugglo up and down the street. A joung friend of hers was teaching her to ride, and of all patient and de voted instructors that handsome mai took the lead. He was a nice fellow, too, and never seemed too hot or tiree to invent suitable answers to thc par ents' endless questions as to why Bes eie couldn't ride along liko the othei girls did, and what made the whee wobble so, wasn't something tho mat ter, and hadn't they bette* go back ti ired rl ire:. the man nnd compl&;n, and was he sure there was no danger. Tho last time Bessie had run iuto tie tree box it looked from whew they sat as though she might have had a serious fail if ho hadn't caught her in time. As I say, ho was wonderfully pa? tient, for Bessie, to tell the truth, was very stupid and had a silly little way of grabbing one of my handle bars tightly and throwing all her weight on that same side, which was enough to mako any self-respecting wheel turn her over in the gutter. I must con? fess I did this numberless times, and also played a lew other little tricks on her, one of which?turning into the pavement when the rider is trying to mount and turn .you out?is a great favorite among the ladies' wheels. Later on, however, I got to like Bessie, who was as clever off a wheel as she wa3 stupid on, and Bob, as they called the young mau, was my friend from the ti rid. So in ab Kit a week we began to make a most harmonious trio, and then Bob would bring his own wheel around, and that made pleasant com? pany for me. One thing I objected to from tho first, aud Bob agreed with me I think, was a friend of Bessie's who came to tho hon.se almost every night aud Eat with her parents calmly sipping some ecol drink, and encouraging us by dalling out from time to timo how such anl such a thing might be avoid? ed, or how to act nuder certain cir? cumstance^. Then he would aid to the comfort of tho parents by a low remark to the effect that "Bob Rich? ards didn't know a thing about a wheel," nnd sometimes ho would keep Bessie's courage up by promising to take her for some long rides aa Boon as she had mastered the wary bioycle. I didn't like him and Bob didn't, and Bessie?well, wo couldn't tell about her. I only know after we had put in an hour's exhausting labor she would got off to rest, and, leaviug Bob to se9 to me, would run up tho steps lo ask if Mr. Meredith didn't think tho was doing better, anl wasn't it en tirdy Bob's fault that she fell over that last time; tho thought he had hold of tho wheel, aud when she found ho hado't, ol' course she fell off, and il was a mean trick to play her ! Aud thea the whole party berated pool Bob, whose solo offence seemed to be a desire to hasten her progress1. Bob never would say a word in hil own behalf, but I used ta even np matters by going very carefully when 1 felt him let go, until Bessie woul cry out in delight, "Oh, look at me I am riding beautifully!" aud Mr, Meredith would say languidly "Bravo! Now remember what I tole you about tho pedals." And then 1 would lose my temper and step sui denly in a bit of mud, and off wonk go Bessie before you could 6ay Jaol Robinson. She didn't know a thing about mak ing herself mistress of a wheel. Al she wanted was to sit on and ride. Sho was oae of tho^9 girls who wil never manage anything unless, ma; be, a husband. "All things come to him who waits!' And so at length Mr. Meredith, whi had been doiug the waiting to perfec tion, had Bessie come to him with th glad news that sho could ride splendid ly now, and couldn't they make uj some parties nnd go out on tho road Then we had several very pleasan ride?. Occasionally there would bi quite a crowd, but very often we wen only four, Bessie with Mr. Meredill sud Bob relegated to her chum, a Mis Grey, who really was a beautiful rider I did not like this arrangement, a Mr. Meredith rode one of those gaudy conspicuous affairs that no really nio wheel would wish to bo seen with ii the street, but Bessie and I were quit friendly about that time, and I wa trying to please her by giving as littl trouble as possible. Before long Bessie became con vinced of tho idea that she was a fam ous rider, and suggested that we al take a trip to Cabin John Bridge, heard Bob advise her to try a shorte run first, but then Mr. Meredith cam up and said it *ould be delightful and of course Miss Bessie could do i easily; there wasn't a better rider i the city, aud he fixed on th9 next da, for the trip. The next day dawned clear an warm,and we se. out about 1.3'J o'clock I must admit that Bessie looked e pretty as a picture in her dainty sui1 with its many buttons aud jaunty car. Before we started Bob came up to me as he always did, to see that all m parts were secure and firm, nnd tim no pebbles or bits of dirt were aerate! ing against my chain. He did not loo particularly pleased over the trip, an indeed I fully agreed with him that i was far too loug for Bessio to attempl At length we wero spinning merril along. X was determined to act m best, so took tho lead, with that cireu wheel of Mr, Meredith'*", leaving Bo and Miss Grey to follow. All wen well for about four miles, and the Bessie began to weaken. She wastirec very tired, as I could easily tell b the feeble way she pushed on my pea als, butene was determined not to gi? up before Mr. Meredith, and own Bob right, oh, no. Suddenly she gave a cry, something between a gasp and a scream. "Ob, look?in front of us?tee thnt drove of cows!" "They won't hurt you," said Mr. Meredith, in a superior way. "Come on." "But my wheel -it always?always shies at cows," gasped poor Bessie. Mr. Meredith's lip curled. "I real? ly can't face those cows," said Bessie again, between gasps. "Lelia come and ride in front?then you and Mr. Meredith can run into them first!" I gladly slowed up in pursuance of this idea, for Bessie was too tired to have the slightest control over me, and dropped behind with Bob. "Bessie, you nre tired to death," he exclaimed injudiciously. "I'm not," replied Bessie, furious at once. "But I'm afraid of those cows; wait till you see how this wheel shies!" "Keep it pointed straight andi be? lieve it wilt go by all right," se id Bob soothingly. "Let us get off and rest, I am as tired as?" "No, I won't get off; I'm not a bit tired." "Take the centre of the road then," said Bob, as we neared tho meek looking cows. "They can't hurt you, I'm on their side; don't go up on that path or you'll get a puncture sure." That gave me an idea. Bessie was tired ont and too proud to own it. Sho would certainly fall oft if she did not get down in a few minutes. A puncture would be an excellent excuse for resting. Then, again, she had said twice that I shied at cows?well, I would make her words true. Without further hesitation I ran down a little incline in the road nnd made for the by path Bob had warned us of. Crunch, crunch, biff! A slivery feeling along my tire, an agonizing cry from Bessie. "Ob, Bob! Bob! Look ; I told you !" In a moment Bob was beside us and had lifted her to the ground. "Your tire is punctured," ho said briefly. "Wait a minute, let mo think what to do." I felt a personal interest in tho affair, so let my breath go out as slow? ly as possible, until at length Bob said: "I have it!" and pulliug out his knife he ripped a puncturo in his own tire that put mino to shame. Then he shouted to Meredith and Mi63 Grey, who came flying back. "What is the matter?" they cried. "We both got in a bad bit here," said Bob, "and have punctures in con? sequence. Will you two ride on to Cabin John and send something after us?" "Yes. I guess we had better go on. No use of our losing the ride, you know," said Mr. Meredith, but Miss Grey would not agree to that, so they finally decided to ride back to Bessie's home anrl send the carriage after her. And then off they went, and Bessie, whr. was utterly exhausted, began to cry a little, and Eob found a cooling place under the lree3 and was trying to comfort her, much to my interest, when I suddenly discovered that I wns slipping from where Bessie had inse? curely stood me up beside a tree. Down, down 1 went, until seeing a nice, soft spot I fell over on my Bido and lay there contentedly for about an hour. I was aroused by Bob's voice hailing a farmer driving ny in a wagon. After some talk the farmer agreed to take them in town. "Why, where is your wheel?" I heard Bob say. "Isn't it against that big tree? I put it there about ten minutes ago.," said Bessie, and her voice eouuded strangely happy. Then Bob went looking round until he found mc, and having ascertained that beyond tho donated tire I had no injuries, he packed me with his own wheel in the cart and then he and Beasie climbed in by us. As we drove slowly toward town I heard Bob say in a low voice : "We will have to get a tandem, now, Bessie, clear," and she answered : "Yes, Bob, but do you know I like thia wheel of mine anti want to keep it always even?with a smile?if it does shy at cowe." And Bob laughed haopily and said, "We will always keep it and it shall have a braud new tire to morrow." "How about your own?" asked Bessie, with a twinkle in her eye. "Mine shall have a new tire, too," said Bob. "I feel like giving presents to everything and everybody, 1 am so perfectly happy, Bess." Then in the early twilight of n sum* mer's evening we all drove into Wash? ington together.?Washington Post. Cure for Sean lil. Here is a cure for a terrible disor? der of the mouth, commonly called "scandal:" "Take of 'goodnature' one ounce; of a herb, called by tho Indians 'mind your bnsines?,' one ounce; mix these with a little 'charity for others,' and two or three sprigs of 'keep your toneue between your teeth.' Application : The symptoms are a vio? lent itching of the tongue and of the mouth, which invaribly takes placo while you aro in company of a species of animals called gossips; when you feel a fit of it coming on take a spoon? ful cf ihe mixture, hold it in your mouth, which you will keep closely shut till you get home, and you will find a complete cure. Should yon ap? prehend a relapse, keep a small bottle ful about you, and on the slightest symptoms repeat the dose." A Famous Hand. It is computed by a statistician o! the curious that Queen Victoria'* hand, which is said to be a handsome one, has signed more important state papers and been kissed by more im? portant men than the hand of any other Queen that ever lived. THE NEW3. Th? two negroes who attempted to assassi? nate Col. C. T). Hunter near Bulma. Ala , were lynched-Victor Nottingham and Edward Wilson were sentenced in Norfolk to five years in tho penitentiary for the murder of Allen Jones-Guy Smithy a boy, was ar? rested in Huntington, W. Vn., for horse stealing.-A small boardwalk at Atlantic City collapsed, nnd several young people were badly hurt.-Two passenger trnins on tho Illinois Central, while running nt full speed, collided Two wero killed and a number injured.-The Columbus Buggy Company, of Columbus, 0., Wade ru assign? ment.-The death list nt the Atlantic ( ity disaster is now placed at forty-four, of whom foity have been identified'?ft has been found that Frank Donnell!, who was sup? posed to hRvo leaped from the steiuner Poca? hontas into the James Uiver, was murdered. -William Hawkin*, a bartender, was killed in Chicago by J. G. English and his sister Nellie. Ibi had deceived the gir'.-? John Webster bhot his mother in Laport, Jud., becRuse she refused to give 1dm money. -J. George Smith, manufacturer of spring and iron bedsteads, at Chicago, made an as? signment to A. B. Tobias, an employe of the firm. Assets aro given nt 555,0 U and lia? bilities * 18,000 An unknown woman riding r biko ran down and kided Wm. Klink in Chicago.? Frank Owens, a brickmason, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who had been working in Kent, O , re? ceived his pay and went on a spree. He waa arrested in Akron, O., while intoxicated, and attempted to hung himself in his cell at tho city prison with his suspender. He was dis? covered and cut down before harm was douf. ? Two mew robbed a faro bank nt Newport, Ky.-The East Chicago Iron and Bteel Company, of Hammond, Iud., has made an assignment-Ilert Green, colored, con? victed of the miinter of Miles P. Mitchell, near Whiteville. Hnrdcman county, in De? cember last, was hanged at Jackson, Tann. -Henry Lyons, who killed his wife near Mt. Pleasant, W. Va., went to tho home of his mother and committed suicide Charles De Heart, a farmer in Patrick coun? ty, Va., who had given Information to rev? enue officers about moonshiners, was found dead in a field shot through tho head. The Pennsylvania Kniiroad Company has de? cided to stop all work on its lines wherever possible, in order to reduce expenses The Dennison Deposit Bank at Dennison, O., made nn assignment. Liabilities over 510J, 000; assets M0,l 00-Joseph Greidlor, ol Minnesota, a crack bicycle racer, was Wlfcd on tho track at Lima, O. George McConnell, grand kee* sr of re? cords and seals of K. of P. of Oregon. ha.s disappeared. His accounts are short ?2,00). -The main auditorium of the Frankford Musi'' Halt, in Ffnukiord, a strbarfc-ot Phila av** *? ? delpbia, wa3 destroyed 'hy* fl re. The loss will amount to $20,003. Tho origin of the fire is unknown The building wa9 50 by 150 feet.-A. G. Elliott & Co., paper man? ufacturers lu Philadelphia, mado nu assign? ment.-Judge Tillinghast, of the Appellate Court of Providenco, B..I , directed tho en? trance of a dec/eo forfeiting tho charter of the Commercial Mutual Fire Insurance Com? pany, restraining tho president and other officers of the company from transacting any Insurance business In the name of tho com? pany, and appointing James C. Collins, Jr., receiver.-Sheriff David Douglass nnd an unknown highwayman wero found dead in tho woods near Xavada City, Cal They had probably killed each other.-Fifteen miners were drowned, several other lives were lost, thirty-six persons wero injured, many of them by lightning, and property valued at 5100,000 destroyed ia the storm thnt 6wept over Pittsburg and vicinity Monday night The storm a'so did great damage in other parts of Pennsvlvani i. Edward Burl h-jk, ona of the robbers of thu Cripple Creek stage coach, has been caught. -Tho Civic Federation of Chicago, claims to have wholesale evidence of police cor? ruption in that city-Two masked mea robbed tho Illinois Central Station nt Walker, a station between Springfield and Clinton in Illinois. Agent Cimpbell was ehot nnd probably fatally wounded hy tho robbers. -Colonel John Hallam, ar. Arkansas at tomey, shot and fatally woundod Kev. Vi". O. Forbes, a promiueut Baptist minister in Texarkana, Ark.-Ephraim Glover, a prominent citizen of Hnddonfleld. N. J., wai Instantly killed by being struck by tho At nntic City expiegs on the Camden nnd At? lantic road.-Edward Johnson struck John Hildeberg. of Perth Amboy, N. J , a blow in the jaw that killed him.--Jame9 Casherega, alias George Wilson, was hanged in tho fed? eral jail at Fort Smith, Ark , for mu-dering s man named Thaclc for tho purpose of rob? bery. Ho protested his innocence on the gal? lows.-Andrew Todd, of North Adams, Mass., was arranged before United States Commissioner Fisko in Boston on a charge of robbing a postal car at Newport, Vt., and was held for court.-W. C. Burt, of Aus? tin, Tex., murdered his wife and two little children, and placed their detxC bodies in n cistern.-A number of persons wero killed and injured ii a railroad wreck at tho cross? ing of the NV .a9t Jersey and Atlantic City rail? roads on the meadows just oUsi lo of Atlan? tic City. Fifty people wero overcome by tho heat ii St. Louis. Of these ten died.-Wm. Fi ik of Carlisle, P.i , lins been arrested Iq Chi cago on a charge of forgery.-Two mssket men shot George Hetzler, a saloonkeeper ii < in '-irinati, who ref. sed to give np his mon y One of tho robbers was arrested.-The Ai: dent and Honorable Company ot A tiller reached Boston, from their excursion t England and France When the eteame had reached her berth, a letter from Mayo Quiney was banded to Colonel Walker, i which the company was congratulated on il safe return.-Revised lists of the dead an injured by the railroad wreck on the mead oas near A'lantic City show that forty-seve persons were killed and forty-three Id ju rei George F, Hauser, who had charge of th signal tower near where the Resident oectu ed, was arrested (.ending the Investigate by the coroner's jury. Tho Turkish government hus.mude forme complaint to Greece abont the shipment c arms to Crete and tho cpr aranee of nrme< bauds in Macedonia It ls sui i th j power will send a collective note lo Greece on then atui.'jects. Fifty Excursionists Killed Near Atlantic City. ABOUT A HUNDRED INJURED The Reading Express Crashed Into the Pennsylvania Excursion Train Where the Two Roads Cross at Grade About Four Miles Out From the Famous Seaside Resort? Heartrending Scenes. The most awful disaster in the history of Atlantic City, N. J., occurred Thursday evening just outside the city limits, when a hundred persons were mangled in a railroad collision, half of whom are believed to be dead. The Reading Railroad express which left Philadelphia nt 5:40 o'clock for Atlantic City crashed into a Pennsylranla excursion train at the second signal tower, about four miles out from Atlantic t ity. The Pennsylvania train was returning to Brldgeton with a party of excursionists from that place, Mill? ville and neighboring towns. It was loaded with passengers At the second signal tower tho tracks of the two roads cross diagona'ly. The Reading train was given the signal but it either failed to work or tho speed of the express train was too great to bo checked in time. It caught tho excursion train broadside and ploughed through, literally cleaving it in twain. The engine of tho Reading train was shuttered to pieces. Every car was jammed to its fullest eapacity. As soon as the news reach d Atlantic City tho utmott consternation prevailed, but the authorities wero equal to the emergency. Be let trains were dispatched to the scene loaded with physic! ns and cots. As quick rs the bodies were recovered they wero car? ried Into the local hospitals and undertak? ers' shops. A general fire-alarm was sound? ed aud the department promptly responded and aided in tho work of digging for the victims. Telegraph Operator Arrested. William Thurlow, telegraph operator in tho towcr-hous?, was arrested and held pending an inquiry. Tho responsibility tor thc accident cannot now bo fixed. It is said that the Beading signal was dis played and that the whistle of tho train was soinKtbri. The Reading has the right of way at the crossing. Train Load* of Victims. The first Rea,ling relief train boro into Jersey City twenty-seven mangled corpses men women and children. The next train, an hour later, carried fifteen of the maimed nnd wounded, and two of these died soon after reaching the city. As train after train arrived from tho sceno of the wreck, the 1 inltarium, which does duty as the city hos? pital, WM soon crowded. Meanwhile others ot the dead and injured were being carried to the private hospital at Ocean and Pacific avenues. Edward Farr, engineer of the Reading tr<ii:i, was killed outright, os was another road man who rode on the engine with bim. This man, whose name has not yet been learned, saw that tho collision was inevitable and leaped from the cab an instant before the crush. Almost at tho same instant the engine cut its way through and caught him directly in tbe path. His body and that of Parr were fi.uud under a heap of debris, but the engineer lay in what remained of tho cab and his right hand still clasped the throttle. He had been faithful unto death, and met it at hie post. Tho fireman on thc train had leaped a few seconds before and recaped with trilling injuries. Samuo. Thome, baggage master 0:1 the J Reading train, is among tho dead. James M Bateman, a Rridgetown undertaker, is known to be killed. He was In the third car and his bat was found lying among the mass of broken timbers. Riobard Trenchard, a Brldgeton machinist, and his wife aro both deni. Seventeen unidentified women, four men and a femalo child, all dead, we:e taken to the Excursion House. Fireman Kelley, of tho Reading train, was fatally injured. The excursion train boro five tribes of tho Order of Red Men?the Bridgeton, the Niag? ara, the Iowa, tho Ahwanetah and the Co hnn.-'ick?with their wives and children. The Work ol' Rescue. Thc scene at tho wreck was wildly pictur? esque. By the light of the moon and a few fitful lanterns the rescuers worked bravely, Axes and shovels wero plied with the great? est vigor, and at almost every half-dozen strokes a mangled form was brought up and laid tenderly on waiting pallets. A heap 0 bloodstained timbers turned aside by one of the rescuers brought to sight a woman's arm. It had been wrenched off Rnd the hand was .missing. It had been clad in a doiuty white linen glove, the sleeve of which Still dung to it. Not live minutes later a chance blow from a pick revealed a human heart that only a few short hours before had been throbbing with life. One woman whose body was recovered still held in her dead hand a plate bearing a picture of Atlantic City. It was unbro ker Scattered about tho ground near the wreck were mauy pieces of clothing, which had been torn from the bodies of the victims hats, dainty parasols, fans and gloves. Just ns one of the relief trains reached thi Pennsylvania depot with its terrible lom: one man who lay in a corner horribly in? jured, regained his senses for a moment. Rmi clasping his band to his head, cried in heart? rending agony : "Who rlU'.bUV Where an my wife nnd children?'' Mr. SweiKard's Report. A late report says that fourteen of the in jured have since diod at the sanitarium. Superintendent I. N. Sweigard, of th< Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com pany, places the number of dead at thirty seven and the injured at about tho sara* number. He sent a telegram toPbhadelphl. this evening which sal 1: "There were thirty-seven persons 'lilied a follows; Twelve women, twenty/^,, met two boys and two girls. About me Bam* number Injured." Died on Hearing the News. Tho ringing of tho flrcbells gave tho At? lantic City public the first intimation they received of tho disaster. The utmost excite? ment prevailed. Tho boardwalk was de? serted aud the crowds that surged about the two railroad stations rendered the streets in thoso sections almost Impassable. Mrs. Edward Farr, wife of the Reading engineer who was killed, when infoimdof her husband's tragic end threw up her hands with a frantio shriek and fell dead at the feet of her informant. LEVERING IS NOTIFIED. Th; Prohibitionist View of the Issues of tho Coming Campaign. Joshua Levering, of Baltimore, was offici? ally notified of his nomination for the Presi? dency of the United States bj tho Prohibi? tion Party. Prior to tho nollflca lon. tho Maryland Prohibitionists held thor State Convention, and nominated electors in the various J'arylaud dist.ri.-ts. They also pv raded th<-> streets of Un city with banners and music, the line of march terminating at tim Lyceum Theater, whero the notification meeting was hell. Tho theater was prettily decorated with national flags, the State colors and banners illustrative of the principles of tho Prohibi? tionists. The ho.ly of the honSQ was well filled, and on the stage Wire men prominent In all walks of lifts The meeting wns called to order by Hon. William Danlo), of Baltimore, after which Kev. Dr. J. E. Smith, also of Baltimore offer? ed prayer. Sun 11 rfield Baldwin, the per? manent chairman, then assn mod tho gavel, nr.l Introduce.! W. 0. Stewart, who as chairman on tho committee of notification, delivered the a dd res i Informing Mr Lever? ing of his nomination. Mr. Levering real from manuscript his letter of acceptance, which in part ls as fol? lows: Tho prod tots of tho soil?the mainstay of the nation's prosperity and wealth -aro so low In value In many Instances ns not to pay tho cost of production, leaving nothing foi the labor of the toiler or for tho cap'tal in? vestee". Many persons hold tho opinion that tl.e cause of this trouble is over-produc? tion Bat can such an explanation be true* Is not tin thou ht an impious one? Can any one who be'teves in a beneflcient Create believe, that Ho bestows bountiful harvest* to be vi curso rather than a blessing to man? kind? No. No. Peris1! the thought. The reason of all tho prevalent trouble In oui fair lt nd today is not overproduction, bul under consumption. That being so, when ls there a cause which prevents tho con* sump'lon of the n^ess^ries to say nothing ot the luxuries of life, comparable lo th* liquor traffic? We are told by the advocates of ono pf th? politi al pnrtio? that a high tariff Is the pan? acea of all our ills, and yet tho average an? neal receipts from the customs for the thret years ending .Tum* 30, 1394, when the 1(0 Kinley tariff bill was In operation, wert $171,000,030, less than >2 50 per capita ol our population. Others toll us that tho free nnd unlimited coinage of silvor will bo th' cure-all of Hie evils afflicting our people. B ls strange s'.ch an i lea should be entertain? ed wh^n the fa-t ls ro ailed that the tota' output of silver ia this country for last year was only SG0.009 OOO, a sum much less than the annual pr>li-t of tho familiar barr yard fowl. How ulterly insignificant ar? either ot these figur s compared to theil, 200,000 which it la reliably estimated ls th* direct yearly tribute tho people of this coun try pay to the support of the liquor traffio A stupendous sum and so largo rs to b? difficult of realization. It is nearly twico as large as tho ag.-regated capital of all oui national banks, or. to state it moro plainly, it ls equal to about 75 per cent, of the entln money, gold, silver, and papor currency ol the United States. Addresses wero also delivered by T. A. Stevens, of Pennsylvania; R. J. White, ol N w Jersey; Judge H B. Moulton, of Wash? ington, and Samuel DI vi . o' Michigan, chairman of the 1 /oLLit1 ? . Kstt<u'. Coin joitteo. CONVICTS IN MUTINY. Several tsBot Down hy the Garrison, at Leaven worth) Kan.?One Killed. A gang of forty convicts from the Unitei Stales Penitentiary were being worked ot tho prison farm on the Fort Leavenworth (Kan ) reservation when they became mn tinous and mest of them broke for liberty. The guards began shooting as soon as th* prisoners started, and this caused nearly al the convicts to stop running, most of then lying down to avoid being killed. George Yeast, six feet five i.iehes tall, tin leader of tho outbreak, refused to surrendel and tried to get into some brush. Six loadi of buckshot were emptied into him. and hi received his death wounds. Yeast is an in dian Territory desperado. S. P. Dovee refused to stop running untl he was shot in the hip and abdomen am was knocked down with tho but end of i pistol. His wounds may prove fatal. 8am Mulls gained tho Missouri Rive lank and was about to jump in when he wa Shot in the left teg and badly wounded. Thesbootthg caused a general alarm a the garrison and grounds. Tho pri oner shot wero long-term Territory horse thieve with bad records. TURKS' ATTACK STOPPED. British Marines Were About to Quell tl Erv. While the National Assembly of Crete wr sitting on Saturday, a panic occurred an the Turks prepared to attack the Chriatlani whereupon the comma .der of the Britis ironclad Hood lowered live boats with whlc to land a force of marines. Order was ro h.ored, however, before action became ne esssry. During the disturbances a Turk wi kil ed by another Turk. Three battalions of Turkish Infantry we landed , f lteiloo Saturday. Several ski n (shes have taken place between Itetimo at Iterakliou Sixty Cretan veduateors bn.-e landed < ate blUil TIDAL MW. Sweeps Away a Narabsr of Chin? ese Yillagl MiNY CATTLE PERISH. Four Thousand Persons Supposed to Have Been Destroyed bv the Sudden and Extensive lnun datlon-The Rice Fields Have Been Ruined. News of a terrible disaster, iuvolving great loss of life, has just reached Shanghai, China. A tidal wave, estimated to have been five miles in width, swept in from tho sea on. Sunday last, and inundated tho coast of Il al-hail, in tho northeast of the province of Klaug Sn. The damage done was very great. Many villnges wero destroyed, and it is estimated that at least four thousand people were drowned, lu addition, au ia meuse number of cuttle perished, tho rf?? fields trere submerg id and s'most totally de? stroyed, with the li suit that a famine is fear? ed iu that di.itri"t during tho coming au? tumn. On July 'Jo there sid lonly appeared in tlc Yellow So.i ii hugo bank o' water that was rushing shoreward with terrille velocity. Tho water of! the coast is shallow, and when the wave wits some distance away lt began tu comb, and the roaring could be heard for a great distance. From tho stories of eye-wlt aestes and the report of persons In tho coun? try back from thc const, the wave was five miles wida Thousands of tons of water were thrown for milos inland, and everything In its path was swept away. All the cattlo wero drowned, and the rico fields were obliterated It is expected that tho survivors will meet with a worse fate than death by drowning, for, with tho destruction of tho rico fields, famine will stare them In tho face in the au? tumn. Had it not been for the gradually sloping land under the water, the effocts of the wavo would have boen far more disastrous than they actually wero. This hal the effect of greatly retarding the progrojs of tho im? mense mass of water, which, had it been un? checked, would have swept far iulaud. In many cases whole families wero lost There is already much suffering among tho survivors, Who, miserably poor before tho disaster, ar^ now homeless and fo< It is feared that later details will add to the number of lives lost and tho extent ot tho damage done. HsJebau U situated opposite Yu-C'hnu Is? land, on ha coast of tho Kiang-8u province, which is on the Whang Hal of Yellow Sea. Tho surface is mostly level, which may ac? count for the great loss of life. Klang-Su is one of the most fertile provinces ot tho em pro, and exports more silk than any other part of China. The Yang-Tse-Kiang enters China through this province, the principal ;ity of which ls Nan-KUi. NEUTRALITY TOWARD CUBA. President Cleveland Issues Another Proclamation of Warning. The President baa issued a proclamation bearlug dato of July 27. again commanding citizens to observe neutrality toward tuba. The proclamation refers to the original pro? clamation of June 12. lH'.io, demanding au ob? servance of the neutrality lavs in P fpect of tho Cuban Insurrection, and gives notice that all violations will bo vigorously prosecuted. Ihe proclamation in full is as follows: By tho President of the United States of America, a proclamation Whereas, by a pro-la:r,ation dated tho 12th day of Jane, A. D 1865, attention wassailed to the serious civil disturbances nccompan led by armed resistance to the established government of Spain then prevailing in the Island of Cuba, and citizens of the United States and all other persons wereadmonlsbe l to a* siuiu from taking part in such disturb? ances in contravention of the neutrality laws of the United States; mid, Whereas, said civil disturbances and armed resistance to tho authority of Spain, a power w.th whu-h tho United Btatei are on terms of peace and amity, continue to prevail in raid Island of Cuba; and, Whoreas, slnco the dato of said [ reclame Hon said neutrality laws of the United State have been the subject of authoritative expo? sition ly tin; judicial tribunal of hist resort, and it has thus been declared that any com? bination of persons organized In tho United States for the purpose of proceeding to and making war upon a foreign country, with which tbs United State? are at peeee, anl provided with arms to be used for such pur? pose constitutes a "military expedition or enterpris"" within the meaning of sahl neu? trality laws, and that we do hereby solemnly warn all citizens of the United States and all others within their jurisdiction against vio? lations of the taid laws Interpreted as here? inbefore explained, and give notice that all such violations will be vigorously prosecuted. And 1 do hereby InvoLe the co-operation of all good eitlzens in the enforcement of sal 1 laws, and in the detection and apprehension of any offenders against tbs same, and do hereby enjoin upon all tho ex toutlve off! seri of tho United States the utmost dialgOOOS in 1 reventing, prosecuting, nnd punishing any infractions thereof. In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my band and caused the sea! of the United States to bo affixed. Done at tho city of Washington, this twen? ty-seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord onf thousand elgin hundred and nine? ty-six, nud of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-Unit (Seal) Qnovas CL.avti.axo By the President: itu haki) Outer, Secretary of State. A largo body of Mussulmans, supported oy Turkish troop*, engaged h plunging As mun district, Island of Crete, has leen attacked "y a force pf 11,690 insurgents. Tho latter drove tee Mussulmans and the Tirk ?f the district anl inflicted ious lost upon them.