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BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD.
VOLUME 23_BIRMINGHAM, ALA., SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1897. NUMBER 166
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE
—
Although the Dullest Month of
the Season,
INCREASE IS THE ORDER
From Detroit to Seattle and the Lakes to the
Gulf.
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REPORTS OF CROPS ARE ENCOURAGING
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Demand for Goods Is Unusually Strong
Iron and Steel Situation Quiet, With
Prices at the Lowest—Marked In
crease in Export of Breadstuff.
New York. July 30.—Fradstreet's tomor
row will say: The exceptional fall de
mand for staple merchandise which
Brad.-' I reels announced lasit week has in
creased, although not conspicuous at
some of the larger eastern cities which k
is approadhtrjg, is notably so at points in
the Mississippi and Missouri valleys and
in the larger wheat growing states. A
special investigation by Bra dstivet’s :
this week allows that incicustd purchases j
by country meifchants in the rig.on spev't- ;
fled, based on the prospectively l.uge ;
wheat crop at home, In the face of short ’
Wheat crops abroad, ha.- increased bus.
ness with west, i n jobbers from 10 to ID i
per cent., compared with fail trade at a i
like period last year, in ■ total volume I
of this r.iew busines is not large, but It is
unusual in this, tne dull month of the
year, and it is growing. A number of
western implement factories are unab.e
to flj. all their ord-rs for nearby delivery,
one order for shoes alone at tSL Louis
calling for $35,000 worth of goots.
The depression among jvoolen owners
is little affected by the prlo « ot chevii. s,
ai.lJ woolens have begun to rise, pointing
to profit in handling high-priced wools.
The greatest relative improvement !
among jobbers and wholesale lines is at
Chicago, Kansas City. Omaha, St. Paul
end 'Minneapolis, although a.t other
points, notably in Texas, there Is a pro
nounced 'feeling of confidence la an eaily
revival of demand which is beginning to
Bhow Itself.
A large number of trunk lines report
Ithnt they are carrying more merchand.se
than one, two or three years ago.
Fewer mercantile industries than ex- ,
P'.cted have beer.' compel 1od to close on ae- ;
count of lack of coal oil account of the
strike, the present strike causing higher
prices for fuel.
The iron and steel manufacturers are
more unfavorably i.situlJted Ilian any- ;
one el»?. Bessemer steel and '.billets mis
throe at the lowest price ever kniwn, the
latter at a shade urJlr $12. awaiting the
demand which has begun to show I'tse r lo
staple lines cut merchandise.
The shutting down of cotton mills lo
force a reduction of stocks on hand has
already stiffened prices and with exisilng
conditions in other lines of buslrie-s the '
outlook is for a better request for cotton
goods and for iron and steel In t'lie early
autumn. The most favorable feature of
trade is its slow, conservative, steady ex
pansion, it being base-id on t.h«? inciva ed
wants a rid larger consumptive o i J> ■ <’ ty
of the agricultural cominui itv Tor whom
the prospect is brighter than It has b n
for six years.
Practically the only decrease in quota
tions 'this w ek are for iron and steel;
prices of oa:s ar.d print cloths are un
changed. Th list of advances is longer
and more significant, including prlc s
of wheat, flour wheat. Indian corn, lard,
sugar, live stock, cotton, woolen goods,
lead anil nails.
Exports of wh at (wheat flour included
as wheat) from both courts of the United
States and from Montreal this week
amount to 2,343,021 bushels, compared
with 1.978,000 bushels last week, 2,f4S,000
bushels in the week a year ago, 1.460.000
bush Is two y ars ago, 2.977.000 bushels
three years ago. and as .contrasted with
5.622,(KKi bushels In the corresponding ,
week of 1893.
There Is a sharp falling off In exports I
of Indian corn this week. the total
amounring to 1,802,175 bushels, compared
with 2,298.000 bush-is last week, 1,495.000
bushels in the week one year ago, 694,
000 bushels two years ago, 119,000 bushels
thr e years ago, and as compared with
1,693,000 bushels in the like we-k of 1893.
Th-rc are 185 business failures report
ed throughout the United States this
week, 'rather less than recent weeks.
Last week the total was 220, in the week
last y-ar It was 294, and two years ago
It was 221, but inthe corresponding week
In 1894 It was 220, and In 'the like p-rlod
of 1893, 459.
AS DUN SEES IT.
R. G. Dun & Co. In their weekly re
view of trade will say: Dispatches from
almost every northern city of Import
ance report, without exception, improve- 1
ment in business and from Detroit to
Seattle and Portland splendid crop pros- I
pects. The task of adjusting the busi
ness and Industries of the country to con
ditions created by a new tariff law his
progressed with gratifying rapidity and
case. Even the strike of miners prob
ably forwards the adoption of the uni
formity plan which promises to remove
most of the causes for such struggle.
Much confusion Is caused by events
seemingly contradictory by closing of
large cotton mills, when many other
works are starting and by d cline’in some
prices when others are advancing, hut
the balance is unmistakably on the right
side.
The most Important event since the
passage of the new tariff, which was gen
erally anticipated a week ago, has been
the marked increase in foreign d-mand
and advance in price for wheat, which |
has risen 4% cents during the week with
western receipts for the first time ex
ceeding last year's, with western rail
roads besieged for cars, and with At
lantic exports of 1,718,738 bushels (flour
Included) for the week and 6,351.178 bush
els in four weeks against 6,917,865 last
year. With heavy contracts for ship
ment, exceeding 1,100,000 bushels on a
single day, Liverpool reports of a ship
ment from America to Northern Bohemia
and French markets excited speculative
sales.
The fact that corn exports exceeds last
year’s, although the price has advanced
to 32.87 cents. Is further proof that for
eign demands are substantial. With
crop news still favorable produeere may
more than last year on wheat, which
probably realize Something like $8,000,000
mi ars a great difference in purchases by
agricultural states.
Corn also advanced 1.25 cents and cot
ton a sixteenth, though reports as to
yfeM are good.
The Industrial sky is pa.Nly clouded tiy
coni and iron difflcuitL'S and bv (he clos
ing ot some la’igo cot‘on roilij Having
run for months far ahead of consuming
demand on cotton bought at compqrailvo-'
ly high prio-s the mills see nh-ad a large
crop and aheap cotton, and It is but a
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rational way to halt production and clear
off accumulated stocks at tiie see-ton
when vacations are common and begin
the new year on its own basis.
The woolen manufacture a ns wen
wholesoim and nn.u. , - •
•tariff conditions, and while they have m t
a ready demand the advance In prices
ii not heavy. Largv* contract's have al
ready been mud . Selling of wool at
Bouton, where the speculation has been
most active, is suggestive, amounting ;o
*8.848,000 pounds for .he week, and at three
chief markets to 11,084,500 pounds. Sal a
for four weekp have be. n 46,109.200
pounds, 22,538,500 domes ic. against 7.211,
350 pounds in all last veirr.
Delay in the iron industry is pantly be
cause wages have not been settled at all
works, though nc many, but partly b -
cau>e steady risirrg demand doea not ye:
raise prices. In some products* prices are
h. shade lower, notwUlvsJanding a large
demand, owing to competition between
works, bu>t Bess mer is n shade higher.
In structural wo;>k, plates, sheets and
bars for the enormous operations of ag
ricultural implement worki* the demand
increasi s. and for rolling stock owing to
a!hunda.nice of crops.
Failures Tor the week hav* be n 2:{6
In the I nited States, against 281 last year,
nnd 2S in Canada, against 40 last year.
RESENTED AN INSULT.
R:c?vn rnd. Va., July 30.—In the V. in
cho.stcr corpora ion case today J. p. Whir
wore, o lawyer, denounc d a sia.1 - meet
of Tt. U. Byrd, the opposing counsel as
falsv. Byrd asked Whitacre if he meant
to call him a liar, and receiving no imme
diate $p:nvcrr threw an inkstand a t Whlt
ar!'\ striking him under the 1 ft ear.
AVhitacr^ is Miff< ring from concussi m of
!h° brain, • nd hIs c>ndl ion tv serious.
Byrd was released In $5,000 bond and fined
$50 for con t-empr.
WILL no IN 'BLAST.
rshpcmlngv iiMch.. July 30.— Vh? Exn'
sicr furnace, on • of the pH st c! nr
k ki1. iron furnaces In the count.v. w 11 go
ia Flat? on Monday nex>i. after elgrt
ihoiith‘3’ idleness.
DEBS AND HIS NEWYCHEME
fiayslt Tk Tnduslrlal. Social and Political,
nnd Will Soon Haven Nalional Plat
form to Star..! On.
Chicago, July 30.—The New Tim s on
Monday will contain nn ar.llcle by Eugene
V. L>efos, in which ho says:
“The social dt-mooracy ia Industrial, no
dal nnd political. It Is at once national
ami Interna'tlonal. Politically speaking,
It is a party within and /or i.self. Within
twelve months its national represen u
tives will ha'W formulated n national
political platrorm, similarly the various
nta'.e representatives will have adopted
state platforms alnd .foe municipal repre
aer'olivos local platforms.
“By far the greater part of the oritU
clams have been directed against the
‘colonization scheme,' and there are still
those who Insls that this is all there ig
to the movement, or at least that ihis is
its chief purpose.
“To all of these lee it be said that the
propose id colonization scheme is simply
one of the fea <ure? of the government and
has been assigned a special department
known as the colonization department,
there 'has nev r been any intention to or
ganize isolated colonies, and rhey who
have worked themselves In showing the
fate of oth'if colonies and predicting
calamity are wasting time."
CONFESSED HIS CRIME
And Said He Was Going to Glory—A. F.
Clarke’s Heath Is Avenged
by the Law.
Livingston, Ala., July 30.—(Special.)—
John Johnson, colored, was hanged here
today for the murder of A. F. Clarke
last Dec mber. He confessed on Lhe gal
lows that he assassinated Mr. Clarke,
but said he had religion and would go
to glory.
HIS SIAMESE MAJESTY
Received With Befitting Honors On Ar
riving at the English Metropolis.
London, July 30.—Chualongkorn. king of
Siam, arrived off Spith ad this morning
In the Siamese royal yacht Macha Char
key, with the royal suite and a large ret
inue of servants. The Bri.ish warships
Inflexible, Alexandra, Calliope, Hero and
Victoria, receiv' d his majesty with the
salute reserved ter royal visitors. The
Duke of York and Admiral Sir Newell
Salmon, commander-ln-chlef at Ports
mouth, were on board the iMachl Char
key and welcomed the king to England.
All tire shipping in the harbor was gaily
decorated with hunting. A large crowd
gathered in the Victoria railway station
to await the arrival of the king. The
Scoi'ls Guard was drawn up as a guard of j
honor, and his majesty on alighting from ,
the train was welcomed by the Duke of
Cambridge and the Duke of Portland,
who drove with him to the Buckingham
palace, escorted by the life guards. A*
the palace the king was welcomed by the
lord chamberlain and his staff In full i
uniform. The king was immediately ,
conducted to his apartments. The king \
was heartily greeted by the populace on
his way from the station to (he palace.
GUlDY OF MURDER
Is George W. Pritchard, Says the Mont
gomery Coun'ty (Coroner’s Jury—
Others Implicated—True
Bills Found.
Montgomery, Ala., July 30.—(Special.)
—After two dsys of Investigation of the
killing of Rev. P. P. Patterson, who was
shot In front of the altar In a negro
Baptist church In this place on Wednes
day, the coroner’s jury returned a ver
dict of dea'th by the hand of George W.
Pritchard, and that Rev. A. J. Stokes,
Rev. P, T. Brown, William Gracey, Mace
Coleman and Calvin MIcou are accom
plices. The grand Jury returned Indict
ments against the same parti s on the
same charges.
YELLOW JACK ON BOARD.
Washington, July 30.—The surgeon
general of the marine hospital service
has been advised of the arrival of the
Norwegian bark Nore at Cape Charles
with a suspected ease of yellow fever on
board. He has also been Informed that
two cases of fever developed on the ves
sel at Kingston, Jamaica. The bark was
sent to the quarantine station on Fisher
man's island.
FOR LACK OF MATERIAL.
Natchez, Miss., July 30.—The Natchez
cotton mills have pusted notic-?e that
work will he suxpond-d after 'tomorrow
on account of lack of raw cotton to work
oh. Three hundred people will be thrown
out of employment.
THE JAPS WILL ARBITRATE
Formal Acceptance Made Known
to President Dole.
THE ONE STUMBLING BLOCK
Which Is Protested bv the Japs Is the Tax on
Sake Insisted by the Hawaiian
Legislature.
Washington, July 30.—The Japanese
government has accepted the offer made
by Hawaii to.arbitrate the dlsput
the two countries. The state «1 *- !
partment has been informed of the offer
and n* acceptance. The MjbjteiS lot*
arbitration will include not only :ho dif
ficulty over the landing of th« Japanese
immigrants, but will also include .’th» r
disagreements between th1* two coun
tries, the most important of whir 1 is the
imposition of the Sake tax on Japanese
liquor greatly imported and consumed
by the Japan se In Hawaii.
I he acceptance »n me offer o:* arbitra
tion, a brief synopsis of which has b*-c*n
cabled to the Japanese minister here and
given th- state department, states that
the Japanese government uci*i pte arbi
tration in principle and is prepared to
enter upon a settlement of pending dif
ficulties.
The formal letter of acceptance has
been sent to Hawaii and the conditions
of arbitration will be contained ihe.on.
These conditions are r.ot known h re.
Pending the arrival of details all oth« r
questions pending arbitration will te
discussed.
•The Hake tax, of which the Japanese
complain, is an increase of the duty on I
thin liquor from 16 cent? to $1 per gal.ion. j
This 'Lax was par.-' i by the Hawaiian j
legislature and vetoed by President Do-le !
that it is unconstitutional and in vi illation
of the treaty with Japan, w ho had rights
undsr the most favored nation clause, !
Th? 'tax was parsed over the veto almo-t j
unanimously, only or.»? vote being cast to
sustain the president. The pressure to
tax sake was from t'li-e saloon keep-era j
and manufacturers of liquor, as the j
Japanese us? this liquor almost wholly, to,
the exclusion' of oth r bevn ag s.
It is not expeobed that the .state de- j
pn.rtment will make mop than a forma! ;
acknowledgement of th? notice of arbitra- i
tion with Hawaii, th understanding be
ing that all future negotiations will ba
conducted by Minister Burk ar.d the
Japanese foreign office at Toklo.
TRAIN WRECKERS
Get In Their Work, and the Result Is *
Derailed Train and Four Persons
Killed and Others Wounded.
Cincinnati, July 30.—The Tims-Stai
speeial from Thornton, Ind., says tl’ie
Chicago express, o» tb> 0100100311.*
Chicago, Cleveland and St. Louis road/',
due in Cincinnati at 8:30 a. m., Wa-.:
wrecked at 7:30 near this plac*. Fou. j
men were kilkd outright and lour other:.
Injur d.
There was a deliberate attempt lo I
wreck the train, as a coupling pin war
driven into the switch so as to hold it
and throw the fast train from Chicago
to Cincinnati off the track as it neared
this point. The engine, mail, expr ss
and baggage oars ,wen 'thrown frorr
the Hack and wrecked. The coachc
and Wagner sleeping cars remained on
the track and non- of the passengers,
wen- seriously hurt, although they had s
lively shaking up. It is reported tha.
none of those in the cars that wer
thrown from the track were seriously
hurt.
Seth Winslow, of Gr ensburg, llnd.
the engla er, and II. C. Rickmore, ot
Indianapolis, fireman, and two others
were killed outright.
ON DIFFERENT LINES
Is the South Carolina Senatorial Contest
Being Carried On.
Easley, S. C., July 30.—The senatorial
meeting" today at Greenville was attend
ed by a large audience. Senator Mc
Laurin, was not as well received as a. ^
previous meetings. The trouble was oct i
casloned by a few friends of Irby and
Evans. Mr. McLaurin, in talking abou.
Calhoun’s views, said that T^xns was I
trying to appeal to the ignorance of th. !
audience, meaning the lack of familiarity j
with the writings of Calhoun. This, some j
one construed to mean a reflection upon
the audience, and McLaurin was criti- !
cised for the remark which he satisfac- j
toriiy explained.
Senator Titlman sent a telegram to |
ex-S»nator Irby in reply to an inquiry as j
to whether he was responsible for an '
interview In the Charlotte News In which i
it was said by Tillman that Irby was ;
probably dead and buried.
The senator (Tillman) telegraphed that
the Interview was a fake; that he had
seen no newspaper man while in Char
lotte and further that he was "hands
off" in the senatorial race.
Mr. Irby said he would have resented
the insult had not Tillman disclaimed
the interview.
Senator McLaurin said the day for fac
tional differences was at an end and ns
the reformers had got all their places
in the democratic platform there was no
need of factional lines now except to
get certain persons In office.
ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR HEMP
Raleigh. N. C.. JuJy 30.—A special from
Kittrell. N. C., to the News and Ob
server says: Miss Nancy Catlett, a re
spectable young lady living near hero
was raped by a negro yesterday. Her
assailant was captured and placed in
Jail. The people are excited and talk .
of lynching. The prisoner was brought I
before his victim and she promptly !.
identified him.
FELL WITH FATAL RESULTS.
Reno, Nev., July 30—A draw bar fell ,
from an east bound freight train on the '
Southern Pacific five miles west of Pal
isades, ditching ten freight cars and j
killing five tramps.
A MARKED INCREASE.
New York, July 30.—The total clear
ances In the United Stats* for the week
were $1,043,064,003: per cent. Increase 23.7;
exclusive of New York, $412,170,433; per
cent. Increase, 14.4.
WILL HAVE A PRESIDENT.
Ritlmtivd, Va., July 30.—The bunl
alumni of the University of Vlrg'.n'a m;t
today, and by a large majorl'y IndrraxI
the i* operitton to create 'the posli.on of
pitsic’ent of the university.
7 ,£sr • at
WITH THH COMING OF DAWN
Hope Fled From the Hearts of
the Marchers, .
MUCH HOPED FOR STRIKE
Of Dearmitt’s Men Did Not Materialize and a
Day of Hard Work Was Wasted—
Ray of Hope Still lingers.
Pittsburg, July 30.—After a tong and
weary night of wailing to learn the re
sults of the meetings of the miners of
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
company, the camping strike’s wer- a lot
of disappointed men today, for the ex
pected slrike of the Sandy Creek Plum I
Creek and Oak Hill miners did not oc- I
cur. The ir.lner3 did not quit work as
they promised to do last nignt. and all ,
the mines were in operation today. Un
til daylight the indications were mat
the strikers had won and no more coal
would he mined until the strike was over,
but the dawn brought disappointment.
In tlie vicinity of Sar.dy Green and Oak
Hill mines anxious inquiry was made
about Plum Cre^k. At the two meet
ings last night the leaders announced
that the Plum Creek miners would come
out and no more coal would be dug until
the strike was over. What grounds
these statements were based on it c-uld
not be learned, but they must have been
unfounded for at 3:30 this morning 200
strikers, after making a demonstration
at the Plum Creek mines, went into camp
at the Negley postofllce, one-half mile
from the tipple, where they remained un
til 4 and left only when they learned all
the miners had gone in again and yes
terday's work was fruitless.
At Sandy Creek a small body of strik
ers watched a majority "f the miners
who attended the meeting last night go
back to work. The main interest in the
strike, so far as the Dearmitt men are
concerned, is at Oak Hill, two miles from
the camp. The strikers thought this
mine would strike, but this morning the
Oak Hill miners boarded the company’s i
train at Turtle Creek as usual and j
started for the mine. A number of :
strikers were camp.d along the talk and
a- the train hauling the men passed
along the track four of the strikers
jumped on the cars. Two of the miners
beli:ving the-strikers were about to make
an attack jumped from the cars and
joined the strikers.
These two were the only Oak Hill
miners who started from Turtle Creek
for the mine and did not gr> to work.
The min-e officials say that Including
the^e two men no-t over six per cent, of
th Oak Hill miners are Idle and their ab
f-sr.ua is caused by sickness o-r'Something
other than the strike.
What the march.rs will do is not
known, but from indications given by
the speakers yesterday It i-' believed that
large bodies of strikers will be brought to
the v icinity of the Dearmitt mines and
tho dcnv-rstr^tlon-? will be kept tip.
Much credit Is'given the l.adei. and
the strikers . a tile good order which has
oeen maintained and the Indications tare
that there will be no vio-Pnce. Thu men
are not drinking and perfect 6rd:r is
maintain: 1 in. 'tfoe camp.
Secretary Warner claimed this after
noon that nil of Dearmitt’s mints would
fc? idle tomorrow.
Not a p iu d c-f coal was mined at San
dy Creek today and not more than fifty
rrt'n were working at Turtle Creek.
Tills afternoon he urdered 'tents for the
strikers encamp d t ear D. armltt’s mires.
The striker.?, -fo' said, would not II ave
until the m-?n quit work, if they camped
‘there for a month.
President Dearmitt deni 1 Warn r’s
statement that the men went out at Tur
tle and Sandy Creeks today. H ■ claimed
that all of tho miners wer? at work.
Tagai proceedings are to be tak'n
against th? marching coal m'neis uni- ss
-they disband ard go to th- ir horn s. Th's
■was decided on till? afterrtron, and Sher
iff Harvey Lowry will b? exported to see
to it that the assemblages are disband d.
Wh-i’i? the marches on the mines of the
New York and Cleveland (Its Coal corn
party have not been as effective as the
miners’ officials could wish, it is evident
HiatAhe marchers are making an impres
sion upon fh? employe? of the company.
Today there was posted in the viclni y
of Turtle Creek, Sandy Creek and Plum
Creek mines a proclamation issued by the
sheriff, commanding that all person?shall
refrain from assembling or congregating
upon th- nublic highways or thorough
fares of Alleghenny county or interfering
with the peace. All are commanded to
r,'.lre to their respective homes or places
of residence, or be d-alt with- according to
law.
President Patrick Dolan was asked
what foe thought of .lie proclamation. Ho
laid he did not care how many proclama
tions were issued so long as the trace
was kept, which, he said. It was intended
'to do. He expressed himself as having
no fear.
A-meeting was held this morning which
was ad-dressed by DlBtrict Presi-len-t Pat
rick Dolan. He wen:- over about the i
same ground that was covered in speech
last night, and added that all tho lat ir
organizations tn the country, with th ex- |
centlon of th? Brotherhood of Locomotive ■
Engineer^, were wi-h the miners in their
otrlke. He made an attack on this order, '
saying that owing to the Inroads of elec- I
trie railways and other m' ans of rapid
transit, the wages of the engineers would I
drop sooner or later, and then they would'
be asking aid from other organizations.
In other parts of tihe district strike mu’
brs are quiet. The strikers are awaiting
del ei-mments a mong the Dearml t men.
The Clark Shannon mine operaor.s have
closed their plant until the strike is set
tled
IN THE WHEELING DISTRICT.
Moundsville Mines Being Operated De
spite Desertions of Coal Cutters.
Wheeling, W. Va., July 30.—The strik
ing miners’ organizers in the Wheeling
district are making a desperate effort to
counteract the refusal of the men in two
mines of the Boggs Run Coal company
to come out, but it Is likely that the
Boggs Run break will precipitate others.
In fact the mine at Moundsville was
working today with a small force and
thirty-three of the seventy men at Elm
Jaie were at work. The Glendale oper
ators assert that their mines will resume
tomorrow morning with a full force. All
Lhese desertions are the direct cauBe of
the failure to bring out the Boggs Run
men.
Secretary- Lewis, of the Ohio miners,
(ad Organizers Anderson and Seizburg,
)T the Wheeling district, addressed a
meeting tn Moundsville this afternoon,
which three-fourths of the miners at
tended. The vote to organize a local
union of the mine workers’ union was
jnanimous.
It was claimed the men at Mounds
vIMe will stay «ut notwithstanding: the
Boggs Run break.
There was a decrease in the amount of
coal brought out of the Fairmount re
gion today.
MARCHERS BEING REINFORCED.
YVashirgtonv Pa,, July 30.—More than
SCO more minnr=» march' d to C ok «fc Sons’
mines today and are now t.icamped i.* ar
the mim/s. They are composed of miners
ar Finlayvillo an 1 Verutii on tho Balti
more aR'l Ohio rai'.road. Camp Victory
now oontair.-s 500 determined .men. The
r g u I a r p rocer i o. u-1 <i mo nstration- w e: e ,
he ld today and it is reported that arm d ;
fFputle.® accompanied a body of diggers j
on their way to the mine through the |
ranks of the marchers. They were p r- i
mite <1 to pass? through unm-okefited by
th • strikers. The campers are not at all
discouraged anti say the siege has just
b?gun. More tlvan Reventy-flve nie'i w r? I
at work at the Allison, min' today. Both
ih otrikers and operators say there is no
probability of ai.iy outbreak. $
MINERS MAKE A DEMAND.
Cent rev ilk*, la., JuEy 30.—At a m? ^
meeting which lasted all day the min ^
of the low field coal district of souit
lvwa, 700 to 800 in numil er. pass-d re/ *5? -
tions demariing the 1892-93 prico,s. anTif
accedeij to they will continue work, and
unices they arc they would be c-all d out
for a general Ruspensioiu It l>~li.?v*»d
the operators will grant their demand.
DESTITUTION AT HAND.
Danvlll . III., July 30.—Miners m »lie
Danville district are in destitute circum
st.c.nces. Over 500 families are reported t
wit hour means. Citizens and mary of the
operators «are contributing lib rally With
provisions and mor^cy. There Is no evl- j
dence that the strikers contemplate giv
ing in,
CONTRIBUTIONS SHORT.
Chicago. July HO.—Provisions f- r :he
relief cf the striking miners ot Jl'inois
are coming In very slowly. The relief
hcaduuhntera have been r;>enerl two days. 1
but nothing beyond a few cash cii 'i
butlons from labor unions have b en le
ce-ved.
thompsoFmus? die.
The Negro Assailant of I.ittle Nellie Law
<011, at Decatur, Adjudged Guilty—
O liters to Be Disposed Of.
Decatur, July 30.—(Rp ctal.)—Louis
Thompson, the negro rapist, who has
been, on trial the past week before- a gpe- i
ctal term of circuit cout1:, was tonight :
found guilty of nape as charged In the In- j
dictmtn.t. The death penalty was reborn- I
mend- d. The ..rial ha- had the interest of
Alabama.
Thompson, together with Walter Nevll '
and Ro-fu Blnford, commil'.-.-d a criminal
assault upon Nellie Lawton, a 12-year-old
white girl* and public sentiment was
aroused to such a pitch by the brutality
ot toe crime that a lynching was narrow
ly averted.
Thompson's attorney stated to a cor
’. spendent today that the case would be
appealed.
Thompson's accomplices will be tried, I
and as the evidence in all the cases are I
nearly -the same, the same result may be
exp; c ted.
WITHBATED BREATH
Anxious Citizens Await the Decision of
the JuT.v In the Flanagan
Murder Case.
Atlanta, Ga„ July 30.—Concluding argu
ment was made today In the Flanagan
murder ease and at midnight the Jury is i
out, having been in deliberation for nine -
hours.
In the little town of Decatur, where |
the trial is being conducted, a large -
crowd of
who are discussing the events of the i
trial and the nature of the verdict that
is momentarily expected from the jury.
While the excitement is Intense no
threals of lynching the prisoner have i
been openly made, but in the event th-re j
Is a mistrial, which would g;ea;i delay, !
the officers fear there will be mob vio
lence. The indications now are that
the jury cannot agree and a mistrial Is
anticipated.
Flanagan is locked in the Decatur jail,
guarded by a number of determined dep
uties who are heavily armed.
FROM SILVER MEXICO
Comf-s Cheering News of Prosperity—
Valuable Find ot Gold—Mure Hope
ful Feeling Exists.
City of Mexico, July 30.—A new go'd
mine has Itcen located on- the famous El j
Oro vein, In t'he state of M xic-o, and 1
prospects for a valuable property are
exo. Herat. The Esperaraza gold mine at
Tuclengo is taking out $160,000 in gold
monthly.
The government has taken measures
which wiill result in economies which will
Insure the eventual paym n-t of the g ild
Interest in October without in any way
crippling the public s rvice.
Th.re Is a more hopeful feeling in the
business circles, as it is recalled that the
country has never been more prosperous I
■than during the past years of the declin
ing value in stiver.
All >the remarkable progress has been
effected under apparently adverse con- 1
dltlons. La '-go amounts of exchange |
have been bought during the lust two
days.
DENTISTS OF THE NATION.
In Convention at Old Point Comfort—
Alabama Represented.
Newport News, Va„ July 30.—Th- Na
tional Association of Dental Examiners
began Its annua! convention at Hygeia
hotel, Old Point Comfort, today. At
the same time the replresentktlves of the
Dental Colleges of tlie United States as
sembled in annual meeting at the Hygeia.
Dr. J. T. Abbott, of Manchester. la.,
president of the national association,
called the body to order. The follow
ing states were represented: Alabama,
Arkansas, Connecticut. Delaware, Dis
trict of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
Jersey. North Carolina, Rhode Island,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Mississippi.
The morning session was largely taken
up, listening to -the reports of President
Abbott and Secretary Moker.
In the af-ternon the dental colleges sub
mitted a report suggesting changes in
the regulations governing the national
body In Its relations to dental colteges.
The National Association of Dental
Faculties wag called to order In the af
ternoon. fflS* report of the secretary oc
cupied nearly all the time of the session.
The business* transacted at the afternoon
session was of a routine character. Both
bodies will be in cession again tomor
row. , -
HIS LAST PRAYER GN EARTH
i
Was for Angels to Go With Him
on the Journey.
“DON’T LET ME FEAR DEATH”
Si/ £*ig- Newell in His Supplication With the
t Noose Round His Neck.
o --
pii MURDERER OF WRIGHT CRAWFORD
Pnvs tho Penalty of His Heinous Crime on
the Gallows—£r,et Review of the
Awful Deed—Tom Townsend's
Sentence Commuted.
Selma, Ala., July 30.—(Special!.)—Amid
Impressive ceremonies and witness-d by
about twenty people within the Jail, and
with pci haps 300 on the out ski;. Mills,
alias Pig Newell, paid th? penalty of his
crlmo today on the gallows. Services
were conducted In the cell of the doom- il
man after which he was led into the
tower, where th- ex 'cu'tlon was to occur.
Th preachers sai.g "My Latest Sun Is
Striking Fast," and after the reading of
the twenty-third Psalm, Newel, kn it
down/and began to pray:
IHc said: "Father In heaven, come and
go with me on 'this journey. Don't I t me
fear death. Th re Is a means to prevent
pate; let dl-ath pa-s t'hi nigh my body as
a ir.an walking through cal 1 water. Th »
Is nty last prayer oil earth. Serli two
angels down to carry my soul to heaven.
Amen."
His legs were then pinnion J.
“Tib," said Sheriff Lumpkin, “do you
realize what Is about to be done to you'.'’’
"Yes, sir.”
"You are going, Pig, where you have
never b©en before. Have you made your
pe.ee with Hod?".
"Yes, sir,” cam? slowly trom the tr mlo
ll: g lips'.
To the crowd the negro spoke through
tho window as follows: "What I got to
say is 1 war.lt to tel! you all good-bye,
and to prepare to meet me on Jordan's
shore. Where Is my father? I wan tt
see his face.”
From out of the crowd an old negro
lifted his hands, and the murderer said:
“Well, pa, if I don't se you any more
prepare to meet me in heaven.”
"I will," came front the old negro’s
throat, and several of the women In the
The diop fell at 12:24, and he was cut
down at 12:49. Sheriff Lumpkin pulled
'the trigger.
The crime for which New 11 was hung
today was the killing of Wright Craw
ford last Decern,her and attemp.lng to
'burn his body afterwards. He was con
victed by the county court and th deci
sion affirmed by the supreme court.
Last night Mi H. Rhodes, a prominent
young mechanic of Selma, arrival In the
city and registered at the Metropolitan,
vrbert o Flat: Herald reporter it.sir
viewed him on the hanglrg. Mr. Rhod a
gave the story willingly and the fans
gleaned are as follows:
"Pig” Newell was hung shortly Infos*
12:30 o'clock in the jail enclosure. About
twenty persons were on the ins Idbut
over 200 crowded windows and other
available places on the outside and suc
ceeded in getting a review .if tho pro
ceedings. Everything was conduct-!
smoothly and without a hitch. The
crowd was orderly and i sense of gen
eral satisfaction prevailed.
Pig did not confess his crime nor speak
of It on the scaffold. He prayed fer
vently and. turning to his aged 'uther,
he told him good-bye an 1 su’d thai lie
would meet him In heaven. He wanted
everybody to meet him on Jordan's
shore.
FULL ACCOUNT OF THE CRIME.
The crime fur which Pig Newell paid
the penalty yesterday was the murder of
Wright Crawford, a negro, who had ac
cused him of stealing ch'ckens. Pig
asked Crawford to go through the woods
with him to get one of th? chickens and,
when In its depths, he sh it his com
panion with a load of broken rocks put In
a shot gun. lie then piled rubbish around
him and set tire to the heap. All that
was ever found of the unfortunate vic
tim was a suspender.
Three days after Pig was arrested
while at work in n cotton field. Tho
crime was committed about t ight mlKs
from Selma.
He was convicted on his first trial, but
took an appeal which wes decld-d
against him. He th-n asked clemency of
the governor and this was denied him.
TOWNSEND COMMUTE!).
Another negro la in the Seim t Jail and
was to have been hanged yesterday, but
Gov. Johnston commuted his sentence
to life imprisonment. This ntgro is
Tom Townsend, who w.ts convicted for
killing a young colored lad at a dance
Christmas. Townsend, who was on a
spree, told the boy not to dar.e? any more
but the lad persisted, wh, ivuron Town
s' nd shot him. He took an appeal which
was denied him, but an appeal to Ih? gov
ernor secured a commutation.
Bif byTmaTdog.
Dnvid McGaha, a.Huntsville Lad, While ,
Playing With Other Children, Is Hor
ribly Lacerated—Madstone Applied.
Huntsville, July 30.—(Special.)—A chil
dren's party at the home of L. J. Wight,
a prominent cMaen of Wliitesburg, was
interrupted last night In a horrihle man
ner. While thh entertainment was at Its
height young David McGaha and several
other children stepped out Into t'he road.
Without warming « mad dog, foaming at
the mouth, bounced into the crowd of
children and bore McGaha to the ground,
biting him fearfully about the head and
arms. Thte palier.it was brought to this
city today, and for eh’-- fit at time In a
quarter of a century a madstone was ap
plied to the wounds. The wont? rapidly
adhered ';o the boy’s wounds.
JOHN HULL ACCEPTS.
London, July 30.—The Bullish foreign
office notified Ambassador Hay today
that Or-a1; Britain accepted the proposi
tion of the United Stat s for an interna'-, —
tvonnl conference on the question of tha
•peigalc ecaling in B-hring s-a. to be held
at Washington during iho coming au
tumn
FRED HAS IJTS OWN CONVICTIONS.
'New York, July 30.—Col. Fred Grar.it
has resigned a-s a member of ':he hoard oil
police commissioners of tills city. Dif
ferences of opinion with other members of
the board a« :o how tho lore? should be
run Is hhe reason given for hi; action
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