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i THE MORSINU NEWS. i > / J. li. ESTILL. President. J OUR EXHIBIT AT PARIS. EUROPE’S DECORATIVE SENSE FAR AHEAD OF OURS. American Constructive Sense Far Ahead of That of the Old World— American Artisans Much More Intel l.gxr.t in the Application of Means to Ends. [C opyright, 1889, by New York Associated Tress .l Paris, May 11.—A study of the universal exposition for the purposo of comparing products into which design enters discloses two iruths concerning American growth. The classification in which these truths are r; arent comprises everything iu the man ure ure ot which beauty is blended With usefulness. The first truth is that the Vu.ei iean constructive sense is superior to the Eur rean, and second, that Ameri can decorative sense is inferior to the European. The American has surpassed the European in mechanism but the sense of beauty is dull in the national breast. American artisanship, Breaking broadly, when brought face to face with Eu opean artisanship, is more intell gent i:. he application of means to ends and in •directness of method and economy of labor, hut is crude and almost illiterate in taste. Elitnin te from the A nerican exhi it ma chinery, g>ld and silversmithing and the urt of the lapidary and glas-niake-, and thero is no American art remaining upon which one Mn linger with sa is faction. Even such countries as Italy ft id Switzerland, w >ere c af, in wood carv hg is active, and Roumauia, Servia and Greece, none < f the n. in close touch with modern thought, display beautiful produc s of tue 1 om. The continental countries, oe industries ar old, retain the suprem a v which their guilds and schools created. ENGLAND'S SHOW. V. gland, until very modern times, ad li and aim .*st exclusively t trade aud to uu f act urea a l -pertaining ratner to the ;• . a;ties of civilization t an to the a orn :mu* of life, ha- accepted tuition from •les w ose spirit is more artistic than her*. LTer p. rcelains, furniture, metallic pr ducts, tapestries, carpets, paper hang * g , velvets, sil s, saawls and brocades c n .titute an impressive portion o{ i.er entire exhibit to catalogue l rich require.? a large volume 1 <• 'h of t iesa divisions of her lab r she •it-the teaching of Germany, Franc -. H< iad and Belgium. If England ha learned from artistic Europe h >w to blend bca-.ty with usefulness, ane has had no oc '.siou to ad it *ha? the people who wre t and n her their po.itical liberty have created iu even a century a national spirit in form v and beauty and able to meet rat ons le* fr* f\ celledively or individually, in this 1 Meat field * f human toil Tt e prohibi ts i which parliame t sent over to our refathert concernin' manufactures we • avo removed throughout the range of ■ trioily mechanical products. THINGS WE FAIL TO SHOW. Within the month that has glorified the centenary of our civil inde* e deuce we cannot < ffer at the congres of the word’s sr ill j voitary ex on pie of American porce- T , fine text ies, suj>erior bro z u s, artistic ran: Ipulnt’on of v . ood, decorative paper and leather. We oflf?r machine.- that c wri'e-'ard talk, machines that pr frm all the labors <gt the field and that f o.ve most of the pro be ms of the factory. In un ege of physics, dbtinguis ied by the dcoverv f no ne w pri icipal, we have •v tenisbed.science itself by new combina tlo s of principles a >d bv the creation of ••'■source:* for tue conve ie ice of ma kind. *. we have added scarcely anything to the beauty grace aud expose of idolisxn. A SHORTSIGHTED POLICY. While justly boasting of our rank as uuo. a lies, chemists and electricians, we *’dl pay transportation to E igland for our nab\e furs, skins, leather aud cottoi, and *ir - content to p y afterward second trans ’ nation, and the manufacturer’s pric-i a-i i us the customs tax for products into hour own raw materials have been turned. Add to this the yearly ‘bail of money unnecessarily lo*t, n i!ions annually paid for decorative manufacturers from every factory of Eur.pe, and of t£e reviving east, an ap n; xi i ate estimate may o made of the cu!o sal penalty we pay with incompre heusibie stup dity for failing to develop the Ki-ise of fr* : m, color and composition in our own youth. THE MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN. There ure American j>orcelafns and wall papers which might have been ex ibi*ed h re with safety, as showing promise if not achievement. The glas* exhib ted has commanded candid, even e ithusnstic prais . lu the treatment of jewels and in tie i .Vintion or and coration of small ar ticles of ornament or personal use the American exhibit is undoubtedly superior. hre is a surp-i i ig exhibi of industrial oi from Russian artist* iike La eery, wt died two \ ears ago, Liberaon, Po* *n. Ura zeheff and Bachtdering the sculptors. T.iese Rjssian bronzes, whether single Ag ue or gr uf*s, possess r markable dra matic qualiti* s, and have and li<*aer and free dom f modeling that entitle them to a P 'vre m fl e, rather than industrial arr. In decorative tie tment g* ld, silver and J* 1 in etching and enameling the Am rican exhibit stand* first in simplicity, * rnes-, elegance and suggestirencss of , as "ell as t e iugeniouanes* with ! llrfl use and beauty are associated, while end! ss copying of exhiust patten s prce da in European . ork hops, the American designer nunitesting di comment in the *• o i,n ,f types wortli preserving 11 1 <> iginality and imag nation in the (r ation of new ones po-e dag es ential rusi.f beautc. The Tiffany exhibit in* t • uceg native ideas of dec ration, taken f ‘ukl from the India,* and dave’opecl, planting R i leasing contrast to h* British n, ‘ c 1° I*l designing, wh ch is flabuily re peaLi g the siff patterns of India, hack ■( yd a t th* Indiau and Colonial exhibition ‘. ,Mt - Vf * Ar ago and worked to subsequent txhauation at Kensingtou. THE UNIVERSAL GOLD PEN. wp •Upplied an intelligent world i rending, writing and speaking ina chines, we bavaalso given t e only uni nl .P 1( ? veDf but witb this rom the decorative and industrial art of impr-ITo in on'y on* to an en<l. It la i credl should b* content to occupy a ui JiTriT "'•*B 'ifioent p aition. Tha sal *xj >ow* that our part ii vl U 1 Ulltl England has taken it f r i l: 6 !’ to artist countries si lf . * orem<fn and trained artiHa n. t„,. h i,,cat * *rt museums and established raw *, rt , " cho **• ÜBar thu c*ntra of h.r U l „,, mat S , J lU \, Kbe ''*ban educating her w ‘ of ll ttr ® •“]'“■ *“K thu >n m.ml. T- fa “ .® rtu • nl 'o U Prt ;v„ c./TTaar for art training of labor. u.., UN U *" ng in a *mall way invr l- i*rrr. y .‘!, at h "; 1 tllo H "B“ r > t y to do in qu.. i,i„ Ul "*®r the aim of her uucon- Huiiable commercial instinct. roiuios THAunu> labor tr,ln * J l*bor In now ■ - *. dyoratWe lnduatry that we can artiaana of u Ttf- fany house a few years ago were nearly all foreign born or trained, ad one-third of them are so now. The chief designer, who is now in Paris, was a pupil of the free art school, whose existence is due to the f re sight and national spirit of Ft ter Cooper, but he has had also foreign tra ning The chief designer of the Gorham Company is an Englishman ad was trained i . Eng land. His chi f associate is a Frenchman A large number of their most reliable ar tisan according to their re presentative here, are foreign by birth or extraction. The Britannia Company, according to its representative, has been developed into a great factory of ai tißtic products only by the empl yment to a con adorable degree "f foreign-born, or foreign-trained labor. What tue art schools of France had to do with retaining for her the first place in beautiful maiuf -ctures can be learned ii a little volume by Comyns Carr. The debt of the Unit and States to foreign skilled labor is est kno vn t the American artist, but all who nave had per oual knowl dge of the difficulties that en compass the development of taste in manu factures will agree that, while in the past we have been almost totally depend nt upon this labo~, tie American artisan, if given an opportunity, s )on distances his alien comp t to • iu originality, kee.mess aud in ventiveness. THE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT. When the educitional exh bit can be comparatively considered it will le fonnd that artistic jjeopl* begin tr aining the eye when they bgin training the mind. The c ild learns to thin < with his bauds when he begins to think with his head. Deco a tive manufactures are mout profitable. In the fu ure of American industry, when the training of eye and hand is univers lly eitab ished in our free schools iu place of many abstract subjec s, of which it is im possible students shall acquire an amount of knowledge practically useful, then will boa natural benefleient distribution of talent into various artist crafs. The profession of law' and medicine and the counters of merchants, now all over crowded ith under paid men, will be re lieved. and wo shall bee rao as independent of foreign c u i ries in manifold produc s blending beauty with uses as we are now in food supply, motive power and machinery. ' Margiket F. Sullivan. English Strikers Win. London, May 11.—The Allan Line and Anchor Lino have yielded t > the demands of the.r striking employes. The other steamship companies are expected t > follow. FRENCH WEAVERS’ STRIKE. Paris, May 11.—Ten thou and weavers employed in the cotton factories in Tniz/, department of the Rhone, have gone on u strike. Fears are entertained that the strike wil: extend to Lyons. Boulanger Talks cf Revolution. Lovdon. Mav 11.—Iu an enterview to day Gen. Boulanger said: “If the French government into d*d to orolo g the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies until next yea:* its action would bo equivalent to a cou > d’etat agai 9 universal suffrage, and i would be the duty of every citiz *n to rise ii opposition.” Ho declared t a he would no le the last man to rise in case such action should be taken by the government A New Panama .:cheme. Paris, May 11.—Z> Paris says the gov ernment haidecid and to appeal to the gieat liuancial h >us *, the banq le des Ecompte for assistance io its sciieir-e to is*ue sls, 000,003, 25 franc b mds repayable at 100 francs within seven tv-five years, to provide for the temperary needs of tee Panama Canal Company. Carnot Banqueted. Paris, May 11.—The municipal authori ties gave a bat qiet in honor of President Carnot at Hotel de Ville this evening. There were 65u guests present. Mutually co i.plimentat y chei were made on the success of the ex ioition. Minister Stallo’s Retirement. Rome, May 11. —Juige Stallo, the retir ing United States minister, rwlay pre sented his letters cf recall to King Hum bert. Tolstoi's Successor. St. Petersburg, May 11.— M. Dnrnova, director of charities, will succeed the late Count Tolstoi as minister of the interior. Sickened by a Sirocco. Rome, May 11.—The pope is suffering from the effects of a sirocco whioh has been prevailing for some days. Evictions Imminent. Dublin, May 11.—Evictions are impend ing on the Sweeny estate, which adjoins the Oipbert estate. DUTIES ON WOOL. A Decision by New York’s Collector of Customs. New York, May 11.—Collector Erhardt this afternoon decide 1 a d.s?>ute cf long standing between the New York customs authorities and mere ants. The decision in volves nearly $1,500,000 annually, aud is the result of soveral investigations. I voices of ra t ufactured worsted g iods have been fou .and by the appraiser to contain la ge quantities of wool, and have therefore bee i auprai ed under aecti >n 303 of the tariff law, which cads for a duty of 35 ce ts per pound, and 3o per cent, al valorem, on all w olen goods under the value of 80 ce ts per pou .and. The importers claimed that the goo is contai iei only “combed” wool, a id should co ne in u der the section classifying “blankets, wool hats and all good* made in knitting frames," and calli g for a duty of from 10 to 16 ce ts per pound on worth fioin 30 cents to Ho cents. Two invoices brought by th'4 City of Par sand Umbria wpre the bad* for t ie decision, which is adverse to the importer*. Collector Erhardt notified the importer* that they might appeal to the {Secretary of the Treasurv TUMBLE OF AN ENGINE. Two of tha M n on Board Fatally Injured. Birmingham, Ala., May 11.—A switch engine on the Alabama Great {Southern n ad, on the outskirts of this city, jumped tha track to-day and fell down a lb-feet embankment. John G.addon, a one-legged engineer,was mas ml ho badly that be will die, and Will iam Burr, who was riding on the engine, lo*t both leg*, aud will also probably die. James N. Cosgrove, a car coupler, was hurt. The engine was badly wrecked, and cars being switched to other traces were over turu'nl and smashed more or less. A Poatofflce Boobed. Washington, May 11.— The postoffloe department ha* receive! information that the postofttce at, Natchez, Miss., was entered by bu glare last night and ail the stamps and money taken. Purchases of Bonds. Washington, May It— The bond offer- I gs to-day aggregated Hb r UOU, ail at 106. ail accented. The Morning News. GERMANY’S PROBLEMS. THE SAMOAN CONFERENCE PRO GRESS.NG SLOWLY. A Proposal to Appoint Premiers In Rotation for Long Terms Not Well Received—The Labor Troubles Caus ing the Government Anxiety—The Workmen’s Insurance Bill. (Copyrighted. 1889 by the New York Associated Press.) Berlin, May 11.—The Samoan confer ence held a plenary sitting to-day, begin ning at 2:30 o’clock and concludi g ai 4:45 o’clock. Iu their report the committee on the government of Samoa agreed upon a constitutiona council composed of native chiefs, elected by ua ives, the council to be nominated by a ministry in which each treaty power shall have one representative. Difference has arisen over Germa iy’s projiosal that the powers ap point a premier who shall be vested with the office for several years. The proposal appeared to imply that the German nonii nee should fl st hold office and be succeeded by a l American and the by an E glish premier. The committee also disagreed on the formation of a legislature. The dis cussion of the conference had no definite result. C >unt Herbert Bis marck indicated that the premier pr ject was of loss importam e than a proper co stitufcional council. Ihe delegates riiscu*s l harmoniously the details of the consular regular ons and the ques tion of tue i nprovemet of the ha- bor of Apia. The com nittte was instructed to resume oonsiderai on of the points in dispute. ' The termination of theconference now seems re note, owiug t > the mass of de tails on which the committee is ordered to report. STRIKE OF THE MINERS. The mi ;ers strike is assuming great di inensio s, there being fre-h accessions to tho strikers every day. It is now est mate I that there are 100,000 hauls out of work t .roughout the Rhenis i Westphalia dis tricts. The emperor returned to this city hurriedly ou Wednesday to consult with Prince Bismarck, wtio presided at the special council. The emper r is deeply ccncerned over the strike movements now pervading the country, and does not con ceal his sympathy with the workmen, although he is determined to sup press disorder. A tir she cabi iefc councils on vVednesdav and Thurs day the emperor approved a report advising that the i fluenee < f the govern ment be directed to the e plovers t<* come to terms with the men. The cabine’s anxiety for a speedy s-ttlement of the miners’ strike is highte.ied by the gro • ing dangers of industrial strikes in busi .e s c •ritei*>. The Berlin mason-; an.l ca pe iters and sover l other t ades are out claimi g Gfi pfennigs an hour, with a working day of nne hour-. A* H imburj., Fraukfort-on the-M&iu, Crefeld, Nurnberg a-td Ii -enof the strikers h-*ld out under much suffori. g. An important diet ncti >n bet ween t ie a i tafcion in the mining and in other indu is that the former is in the mealtime i.ot as-ociated witii the socialists, while the latter a e closely rela'cd to them. The dread in government circles is that the miners will b easily drawn within t. e circle of the Belgian socialist miners’ so cieties. ANARCHIST AGENTS MAKE PROMISES. Already anarchist agents from the Char leroi and Mons mi ers nromi-e the Bxhuin and men assistance. Ihe report of the English unions offering succor is un true, but the unions’ committee have joined in a j and t ao[>eal to the miner lof Great Br.t aln, which it is expected will elicit at lea-t an expression of mora: support. The au thor! ies freely p© init m eti gs of the strikers, at which a notable feature hith r to has been the denial of all solidity with the socialists. A society pt raded in Bo hum with red fla®* but were regarded with indi Terence. The gen* ral attitude of the strikers, apart fro n their claims, evokes sytnpat iy. Public sympathy concerning their claims al>osi les with the men. Since 1880 the coal tridd has ) eon immensely pros erous. The pro duction and sales have increased over 75 per cent. The values of mining shares have rapidly risen, wbi o the waties of thu men remain at an average of 2 shiliugs 6 ponce per day. Their request to obtain an advance of 3 !>crice pe day, working eight hours, fi ids unaniranu* app oval exc pt from the more abject orga -s of tbo empl yers. A num ber < f mine owoe s signify their willing ness to grant the demands. Failing an early assent by Krupp and t o larger com panies, the emperor will receive a deputation of colli *rs, probably pub licly, to ex ress his sympathy. The men are aware of his sentiments At the termi iat.i >n of th ir meeting they shout; “Hoch Kaiser.” It is not u.dikelv that he will vi-it the strike districts if the trouble continues to spread. The g<)vernment has decided not to pro claim th > mining districts in a state of siege. Ihe mine o Anois l ave l.el i a meet i ig at Essen and resoivud to negotiate with the strikers. The mine owners at Dortmund announce that they will grant a i increase of wagon if the strikers will resume work, but declare that the mens demand for a working uay of eight hours is not justifiable. workmen’s insurance. The Reichstag ha* parsed for the second time the aged workmen's insurance biii, aiopting the measure sutatiutially |in the form approved bv the committee. The F>rompti ude of its pa-sage was due to the ; bsence of many op *osing the deputies. When the house reassembled on Tue®d y it was dilfi ult to i btai i a q orum. While the donate wan proceeding several me nbo is left, 'ihe |p esid *nt’s at tention was drawn to the claim that the H u-e lack and the number to justify a vote, and an adjournment was ake i. The g >v ernme.it ince ised at this f-r m of passive obstruction, caused the members to know that the session would be pr longed until the bill was parsed in its entirety. The nationals keep al >f in tne and bate. The co ‘ervativc'B app ared in great©, force, and fought sevetai clause* In a half-hearud style. Ti e g *vernmeDt’s triumph i due to a reluctant sacrifice of principe by the m* tional li cral*, wh so failure to actively o;>- i>oee the bill is mai Iv trace ibl > to ihq in fluence of Herr Von lbs migsen, wh.in urn succumbed to the seductions of Prluce Biamarck. KING HUMBERT’S VISIT. The ofßc.al prugrsmmo f r the visit of King Humoert of Italy is as follows: O i the arrival of the king on My 21, a recep tion, followed bv a ba quet, will be given at the palace. On M*y 22 there will be a parade of troops at the Temp.chof, aid in t e evenin the etnpe or and h,s royal guests will be prwnt at the opera. On May 23 t .ere will lie a ptrade at Pots dam, followed bv a dinner at the Italian embassy. On Mav 24, military maneuvers will in held in Berli , .fir which tbo two mouarc s will visit Kuurn©sirille, dine en famille with Prince Albert of Prus 6ft and drive through the city. On May 25 King Humbert will vi-it the exhibitl >n of appli noes for the prevention of aocide.its, aid s farewell b mquet will be given at Ue naiaoe in the evezaiiM. SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1889. Wohlgemuth’s arrest. The Wohlgemuth incident will probably result in a admission by the foreign office that the action of the Swiss officials, al though irregular, was par ly jus itied. The ii q dry instituted by ihe B rue authorities •hows t at ihe arrest of Wolgeinuth was regular, and disc edits his story The Bundesrath decree, expelling Russian dynamiters, will assist ii bringing about an agreement between the govern mem*. Advices from East Atrica say that. Capfc. Wds-mann will make another attack on Bushiri on Monday next. He hop s to cause a decisive rout of the rebels. Dr. Peters has ch rtered the steamer Meera, and is preparing t > leave Z insibar. Cipt. Witsmanu has instructions from Berlin to prevent Dr. Peters from venturing into the interior t rough German territ >y. It is supposed that D - . Peters will persist and try to penetrate from Lamu, wuere he has been recon nolteiig. Pastor Stoecker is at Geneva. He says that who he leturnsto Berlin he will re sume political life. A WEEK WITHOUT RAIN. Crops Over a Lartre Region Unfavor ably Affected. Washington. May IL—Following is the weather crop bulletin for the pat week: The week enking May 11 was unusually warm throughout the northern states, tbs average dally temperature rauging from 9° to 15* above no mal, while in the south ern states the temperature was seasonal) o. being slightly co ler than usuil along the Gulf and S>u’h Al ia tic coast. The southern states ther mal c onditions a e about normal. Tue weather for the week b en in irked by an entire Absence of rain t roughout the southern states and the Ohio valley, this area of no rain being larger than that of a y other week since tne u uiug of the weather crop bulletin. Light showers < ccurred over New E 'gland and the Middle At la tic states, and gene ous rains, although usually less than the normal for the we k, are reported from Wisconsin, .Mi .ne ta, Dakota, lowa, Nebraska, Kan sas and N rt uvesfc Missouri, winch doubt less improved the crop ooi.ditioni in those sections. Toe week has still further r duced the seasonal deficiency in rainfall t rougnout the Ohio valley, where the pre cipitation has ben les. tiian 40 , r er cent, of no mal There has been an exce-s of rai i fall for the season along the Atlantic coast south of New E igla and aud from Texts northward t> Dakota. Ihere is a shgat and ticienev ii moUturs in the east and west ern portion of the cotton region, aid a large deficiency in the easo. al rainfall f om Mississippi and Alabama northward to Michigan. CROPS INJURED. The weather during the week generally throughout the southern states and central vaile>s eas b *en uniavorable to crop*, ow ing to the deticieno/ of rain. This t.ai l>een especially the case in the Ohio valley, where a total absence of rain, combined with unu ually i igh temperature, ha< aug mented tue drought conditions | reyi ufiy reported, and some da nage has re abe t to to whe.it, oits aud to barley alo ig Ohio river. The reports from the cotton belt indicate that the entire seoLion is iu need of rain, and owing to cool nig ts it has bean fun i necessa' y to replant cotto i in some plac -s. Tue con iiti mof the frui crop is euc ur aging in a l sctio s, N w E igland and the middle Atla itic states reporting the fru t crop as excellent, while in Tennesse? and Alabama fruit ha< been slightly injured by a light frost. SCOT H-IRIBH. Closing of the Congress Incident to the Organization. Columbia, Tknn., May 11.—-The la<t day of the Scotch-Irish congress was opened by a stir, mg extemporaneous speech by Hon.-Benton McMillan, who said that not a single member of thn ScotCh-Irish race, so far us he knew, had ever been an anarchist or socialist He then referred to the des latioa in the sou h twenty-five \ears ago, when there was scarcely a farm left fe iced from Kentucky to the gulf, out (*f wh.ch the Bcotcn-Irlih had produced its prase it fl >uri*hing condi tio * aided, and encouraged by their brave women, and now the iro i of the south manufactured in Connecticut, fur ishel the screws that drove dow the lid of the Englishman’s coffin. Hi* speech met with a warm reception from t.e audience. Dr. John Mclntosh spoke on “John K >ox in 1 dependence Hall.” It was announce i t at a permanent organization bavi g now been f wmod those wishing to become mem bers of t ie society are to contribute to the literature or pamphlet wuio w >uld cou t in the proceed! rr, should address A. C. Floyd, secretary, Columbia, Te n. The A the aaum mstituto schools threw open their doors to the visitors, and the fir-.t Sco ch-Irish congress dosed app *- priatelv with “Auld f>a ig Sine,” sung by the largo audio ce, tuc ba id loading. GOAL MINES CLOSED. Tho Operators Bound to Cut Down the Wages of the Men Pittsburg, Pa., May 11.—Up in the four th pool, on the Monogahela river,a num ber of mills which have continued in opera tio.i since the almost general shutdown wan ordered on Monday will close. The operators Kay they will rot resume until the miners agn-o to work for 2 • euts per busnel, a re duction of hdf a cent per bushel. This mean* a reduction ail along the river, as shippers have refused to let ai.y more contracts for loading in the fourth pool except on ihe 2-oent b s.s. **l and *u’t know lust what will be the result of this move,” remarked on© of the large operators t<*-day, “but a* far as we are concerned we propose to keep our mine* closed u til the miners agree to accwp t e reduction. The price of Oilin the l >wer markers ha* not i.jcrea'od and the in lications are that they will remain as at present.” PAYMASTER HMITH’S CASE. A Court of Inquiry to Meet at Now York This Wesk. Washington, May It— This afternoon Secretory Tracy ordered a court of inquiry to meet at the New York navy yard Tues day morning to inquire into the facta and circumstances connected witb tie ca* of Pas ed Amu ta t Paymaster Hndtb, who recently absented himself without leave. The court will consist of (Japt. Henry Erren, Paymaster Eiwin Putnam and/ A. H Nichols, aud C pt. George C. Held ol the marine orps a* recorder. Fish Given His Liberty. Auburn, N. Y., May 11.—Jarn*aD. Fish, ex-presi ient of tb© iiarin© Bank of New York, was re leaned from prison t is morn ing, and in company with bis todaughters startl'd for New York. He is in tf e best of health aud refuses to be interviewed. Halford Bn Route to Atlanta. Washington, May 11.—E. J. Halford, the President’s private secretary, ba* gone to Ailauia, Ga., for a short Tint to bis wife. TERRORS OF A TORNADO. THE WORK OF FRIDAY'S STORM JUST COMING TO LIGHT. Heavy Loss of Life and Property In Eastern Ohio and Woetern Penn sylvania Waters in the Ptreams Swollen to Flood Right and Turned In Rushing Torrents. Pittsburg, May 41, Reports of damage by last night’s terrible storm are coming in to-day fr. m all parts of Allegheny county, and in fact from nearly every place in Eastern Ohio aud Wsaiern Pennsylvania. Farms were washed out, houses, fences and trees along the ba. ks #'f streams swept away, and a landslide occurred on nearly every road leading out of Pittsburg. Two ohildren of Conrad Schaeffe*, aged Sand 7 years respectively, of Bpring Gar den borough, north of Allegheney, weie swept * way by a flood, and Mr. and Mrs. SciiaelTer narrowly escaped from meeting the sinie fate. Their house is 1 cated near the bank of Butcher’s Run, the scene of the frightful disaster of fifteen years ago, wh u 200 persons were swept to death by the angry waters. FLIGHT OK THE FAMILY. When the banks overflowed last night, the Schaeffer ho so Mas mo ed from its foundations, and the family left and sought belter under some trees. In ru .ning out of the bouso the children, who wire both girls, were caught by the current and cur ried away. Mi*. Be afferbeea os > frantic on seeing her children in the run that s t got in ih wa er too and was almost drowned. The bodies of the children were recovered. A phys oan was called to see Mrs*. Hchaeircr, ut it is n t thought th it she will r cover. Two otb''r children in the family woe saved. One boy, 17 years of ago, who ha l a broken leg, was compelled to remain in the bouse. Another boy escaped from the house, and was saved by holding to a fence. WRECKAGE IN THE STREETS. This morning East street a id M idi on avenue iu the Butcher's Ru i district were complete wrecks, while umborless cross streets were completely filed with debris. Cais were lying o i the track unable to be moved aud completely lem ed in by plank ing aud rubbi h. The wa or in the run rose so fast that the residents fear ed a repititio i of the dißlaster of 1874. and as aoo in the Urst shock pa Bed a ay aud the terrifi- and inhabitant* can ;bt their breat i t :ey im mediately made pre >ar itions to vacato the premise-*. Everyone was ab o save the l'ur itnre ou tue fl *t fl mi s, w lie the water washed and slashed In the cellar below. Fdv dets, b own colored ad dirty, lashed i < the cel ur windows in miuiatur - torrents. Ala genurnoerof bn etiers were heavily damaged. Their slaughter h use were ruined, while their stocks <>f meats were destroyed. Louis 'A •lieu’', ca-e was one of th< many. At on early hour this m rnmg Is ecured all tue hands he cou and atel wagons before the door and sfte.V lily filled them up. Sol ss und hntl as, and t iuif rants rolled above their knees, the persotr* ing workmen p'txlded ad waded lime and ooze almost knee deep an i tra in ferred the porcine property. BIMILAR EXPERIENCES ELSEWHERE. The same taie of terror and destruction comes from Haw Mill Run, VV od’* Ru !, Ch artier % Valley, West E id. South .'•in*, Pleasant Valley and the Ijaureuceviile dis tricts. Lightning played havoc all night long. A stabl * belonging o Fred H tmpk, o . Mou t Olivet, was struck and consumed. Fourteen horses and two cou w< niab'd. 'J'be loss is SIO,OOO. A H >utn side street car caught a bolt. The pas engers we e electrified but not ser.ouily U rt. lelegiapn and telephone wires were de ranged throughout a large section of country. The postal wires were all d>w lust night, and the Western Union was bad y crippled. Th.s morning trains were late on a!I roads but later on w**re running, except on the W'ohington and Pennsylvania branch of the Haiti i.ore an < Ohio. The rain fell for nearly three hours. The river rose throe feet in as many hours. TWO BODIES FOUND. The bodies of two me , victims of ’a*t night’s flood, sere found t is morning The remains of John Dougherty wer i dis covered at tne mouth <f a culvert a r Wood’s Run, wedg din net ween I >g*. Ho left his bom'* shortly after m.dnight to set* how high Die Wiitn* was, aod had g >ne but a short distance nloog the banns of tne swol len st ream when he was struck and carried away by a bri ig i whicn hud bee i wept from Its foundations. lie wa 52 years ef ege and married, ihe sec-nd fatality occurred in the Butcher’s Run district. Jo in Coch er went down in the cel ar of hls ii >uv* dm ing tne storm and did not return. W hen the waters s ibsnied Ins b *ly was found lying in tho coal vault. a tornado at Richmond. Richmond, Va., May 11.—A tornado swept over the lower and riion of this city t iis evening a >d < lew down a large wood© , building belonging to the Hie inoinl Chem ical Works. Fi e ioys had taken refuge i tlie bouse, one of w hom, James Quigly, was killed, liis brother Fiank wa so ba<ily ii j'red that ids life is despaired of. The remaining b y* and t**o negro lanorefs were also injured, but lets serious! y. AN EXODUS hit >M OKLAHOMA. A Number of Settlers Waiting to Enter the bloux Lands. Chamberlain, Dak., May 11.— A num ber of prau ie senoonsri arrive 1 in this city yesterday from the Oklahoma country and re camped north of the town on Ameri can era#*, where they intend to remain until the ttioux reservation is t ro vn open to settlers. Judging by reports tha‘ are being received f on along the lias, th'*e arrivals are but th*® beginni gof a consid erable exodus from the Oklabo ns country. SWEEP OF THE FLAMES. Several Firms Burned Out at Fort Atkinaon. Fort Atkinson. Win., May 11.—Cornish, Curtis & Green’* dairy manufacturing es tablishment, the Northwestern Manufactur ing Company’s wa ehouse, oocupl*l by Zeuguer fit Hoffman, lurolmr dealer*, an l adjoining coal sheds were burned t ii* rn r.i in/. Cornisb, Curtis & Grein’s 1 s® is $125,000, with $44,000 Insurance; Z ugner & Hoffman’s low is $5,00 J, with $2,000 in* suraiice. Additional Postal rtervlce. Washington, Mav 11.—Beginning Mon day, May 12. additional railway postofflee service will be established on the hne of the Chesapeake arid Ohio, und Virginia Mid ia and rai.r ads, between W shin ton, D. G\, and Cincinnati, 0., via Hunti gt<*n, W. \ f a., forming a through liuu of railway postofllce service in appArtineut cais be tween the c.tie* named Additional railway poatofflce service will also be placed on the line of me Chesapeake and Ohio railroad between Richmond and L'idton Forge. Va BPiEED OF THE CHARLESTON. She Develops 17 Knots on Ono of Her Unofficial Trials. Santa Barbara, Cal., May 11.—The United States crui-er Charleston was pre vented bv f"g yesterday from a tempting the four-hour run prescribed by the govern ment, but she put to sea during the after noon and attained an estimated Hie*d of 17 1 knois with her propellers making 101 revo lutions to the minute. It has been deter mined f." run over a course -f about eighty miles, extending fn.ni Point Cone ption south to a point below Vetu n, iu order to accurat ly determine the distance covered apart from the records made by the 1 g on the *hip. The members of the naval board watched the e nduct of tho cruiser from tho bridges nud from the free board fore a daft; while others no ed tt.e record made by the log in dica.nms. When the announce nent was made that the ship was moving t the rate of seventeen knots ner hour, it was regarded as impr 'bahle, h it excennied the h ghost l.oix-K ei.b pai ed for the cruiser, aid pro vide Is o would maintain the name o un paid ivc rate under forced draught and her fully developed horse po er, it promised to place her among the speediest of her class in any uavv. NOT TO GO ON RECORD. No official test could be made of her speed and it will n> tgo ou record, but was ac cepted ns an t>pr xi nato teit of the Char est m, wit i 100 revolutions of her e - gine ad an estimate l (level pment of 5,000 horse power dur'ing the highest and velopment shown f thecruis r's sped. Sho cut her way through the water in a thoroughly clean manner and gave evid nee that her lines are perfectly adapted for t e speed which it Is no ' felt certain e will attain during the trial. Both engines worstd smoothly and gave assurance that under •be high pressure to be developed by tho forced draught will bo in coudition for tho (i a I tost. The crui'er will leave this morning and, provided the weather is clear, it is confi de tly expected that the four hour*’ tost will ba made. CONSERVATISM OF THE BUILDERS. The builders sti 1 hold to the view that a second . r third tr al may l>e necessary, as the firemen on board have not yet untie * go e the trial of feeding the boiler witn a forced draug .t and that tbeuiai hinery mav not 'et 1m entirely prepared for the de* ma ds w icti will bo m him upon it. A-; to the II al outc 'me, they a:e now free to de < lare thou beln f that the shin will be able, of tor o e or two trials, to meet the fall ro qu ■ remen ts made by the govorum*nt. (’hief Eoginoor L. It. Harris, serving as a member of tho naval examining board, I as l**on lncapacita'ed from serving on the hoard thr ugh illness uni was take i oil ••bore to-day f i treatment unde a i ord r i siuel bv G >”mod >re Ben am. Chi f E ginecr F. A. Wbson h is lieen appointed to fill the vacancy created on the board. ■ .v.ule U if Eng.neer A. Kirby Ims been appointed as a member of tho b ard of engineers to test the ho se power develop ment of the eugm l *. MACHINERY OF THE TEXAN. Washington, Mav 11. —Secretary Tracy to-day awardod to the Richmond Locomo tive Works, a c >ntract for supplying the • ►oi'ersftnd machinery of the battle ship T-xn , ii'*w I uiid ngat the No’folk navy yerd. The price fixed in fchn contract f* $fi;4,500. Tne Kichinond hidde • were In c • ion wi h h >me of the and oldest engine works in New York, Philsdel p'ua, WrtS.ongtoti and Baltimore, and the < ont act was award and to them at ter a cuefui inquiry wtdeh Hatinfled the depart me it of their ability to u dertake woi k of t ii* magnitude. h'e *retary Tracy was oD'ised to nw*a**d the contract to them, as it is in line w ith tho d*j a: t nent’s poIiOJT of en Arming the uutnlier of pi ivate establish ments (a able of bu lamg vessels and machinery, as well as locating them iu dif ferent sections of the country. A 810 COUNT OF OABH. Ill© Work Incident to th* Charge in the Treasurershlp. Warbiivotoiv May 11 —Th® B©cr*>t*ry of tho Treasury has E. B. Dnskarn, A. T. Hu itington and G. W. KoborUsm a committee to examine the book* and nwet* of the United Btatee treasury incidental to t he transfer of the office of treasurer from Mr. Hyatt to Mr. Huston. The latter took he oath of office this afternoon and will take charge Monday morning. The examination will include a count •f all the monies in the treasury vaults, ascw'rreati'ig nearly $300,000,000, of w.iich SUH,'IOO,OOO is in *ta dard *i\r dol ars, fib, ooo,ooo in gold coin and tho r mainder in United Mtatea notes, Naional In ok no e*, gold and iver certificates and fradio ml coin. This is a work of g eat mag itude and will take a to re of *ix?y exne. t count ers over four ino t * tune. The teller* cash wan c unted thtH afternoon, and there will l m no interruption to the routiuo busi ness of the office. Drawback* on Cotton Bugging, WaHHINOTON. May It. —M*<*r*. M*vo f collector a Norfolk; (Jage of the New York naval office, ad Ti gle and Rib di sk y of the treiaury depurtmont, have been iippu ntel a committee to i veslig to the question of drawback on cotton bagging, a dto suggest a plan whereby the obj-*c tions to the present system may te remedied. Harrison’s Outing. Washington, May 11.—Prs.il ant Harri son hf. VV'a.bi igton t.U mo lug on the United States steamer Dispatch for a c ui ei i Chssxpsaka b ly. He was acc na named by Hecretat ie W 1 dom and Rusk, Mrs. Har lson and his grandson, Banja niu H. Mclvo*. The parry wid return to Wash ington Monday evening. Roosevelt Accepts. W a hi? f NOT' *w, May 11.—Theodore Roose velt of New Yi k, appoi t*d a me-nher of the civil aerv.Cvj con mission, has written to the were ary of the co.nmisslou, stating that h* will accept a place on the commis sion. He says t a- be will he in the city ou Monday rn xtt > take the oath of oifloe. A Priest Arrested tor Rape. Raleigh, N. C., May 11.—Rev. Father J. J. Boyle, a < atholic priest of the church of the Hatred Heart, of this city, was arrested I ere to-nig It for rape on a young w man who in a member of bis church, and also iu orga ist. Ihe affair has created a tremendous sensation. A Shock of kartbquake. Anna pour, Md.. Mar 11.—A sh >ck, the vibrations tieiug from northeast P> south wes , supooled to t>e an earthqu ike, were f It at Ajiui ff’oli* this morning at 3:45 o'clock. ih t etiiblmg was acc .rota i**l by a 1 ud clap s th nigh something heavy had fallen ou the fl > >!*• of bouse, a Killed In a Coal Mine. Pittsburg, May 11.—An exoloeioo of fired imp octturreu in the 'iom's Hun mines of the Coartiei t Coal C mpa .y, in this O'*! ty, ttus moruuig, killing lour Hung*- wih A TARTAR FORWOLSELEY EX PRESIDENT DAVIS REPLIES TO RECENT ARTICLES. The One tn the North American Re view for This Month the Screed That Brought Forth the Answer Tli© British Gonoral Asked to Prove His Glittering Generalities. Nashvii.li. May 11.—The American to-uiorrow will publi b the following letter from Hon. Jeffers, n Davis. The letter was written in reply to a request made of Mr. Davis by K. W. Carmack, editor of the .American, f ra statement, in reply to Gen. Wol eley’s ai tide in the Keriexo for May, critioisi ,g Mr. Davis* course as presi dent of the confederacy. The letter of Mr. Davis In as follows: Hraitvoik, Mias., May H. 1899. Mr. E. tV. Cannaev; My Dkai Sis- Your kind 1© ter and a copy of the Norik American Review ot this month, for wards 1 by you, have both been received. 1 comply with your request for a notice of the artiel-* by Gen. Wolseley, which is contained la that Review. Supposing that you have only des red a reply to paMHages specially directed again inyueif, it will be so limited. A year or so| since that ane writer publi lied an article co taming matter purporting to have been kAllied by mtt rcourso with (km. K K Leo, w.iile Ins guest during the war between the states of the America union. To those per sonally acquainted wltn (Jen. le *. who knew tits characleiLlic discretion, his strict regard for odicial courtesy, and the per sonal friendship and confide tint re lations which had long existed between him and Pres dent Davis, it was incredible that he should huve seize I ttie opportunity offered by the arrival of an itinerant foreigner to make such statements as wool afford m.iterial for the cynical criticism of the article referred to ou the administration of the confederacy. For the mandated host hty to me 1 could imagine no cause unless an etrroglous vanity had been wouudol by my failure to not ee his presence tn our country, a presence which it is m st probabl wanum.nown to me. My reply then made to his article exposed his historical errors, his baseh sM fictions, and acknowledged that I find previously known nothing of bun save through bis large prouders and small performance on a memorable occasion. In the article to which you now call my attention the adjutant general of the British a. my, Viscount Wolseley,With In creased venom, renews his attack upon inc and o|ietiH it witu the mean cover of a i.ypocr tical pretension of sympathy. Ilia arrogance here tofore ex dbtte I, was so exi r -me ms to be harm less, and nimely provoked contempt, while it suggested the Inquiry nut to me of whether m thought. unovrlmlgt* would tile with him. Now, having learned that facts am in ed "and tqsustain allegations, he follows ids depre catory remarks concerning me by hiieioiis hiaiemenlH. Where, when or how did Ive.- t-xpr has the opinion that 10.000 K field rifle* woud suffice for the confederacy? Whom, when yir how did 1 then mfuae to receive “80 .000 man offered for the Confeder ate service? - ’ Wnere, when and how was t e Fast Indian fl el" ever offer *d to me? YYhal hi-ans were rejected by mo wh in proposed by others for placing the fluances of the Confedscy on a sound ha is? The e are sp. olflnitlons of his arraignment. A here ar * the proofs? He express s regret that uo answer was putillshed in the Century to go forth with tna indictment# e/nint me, b-t was be restricted to a reiiaah of the articles th re published, and to the views evolved from his internal consciousness ? Why, if he wishe l to know the truth, ami to tell it did he not non suit more authentic sources of lnf< rotation, such an Admiral Hemmcs’ “Memoirs of Service Afloat," or the 'secret Service of the Conte h i ate Siabis iu Bump*,’’ by (Japt. Janes I). Bollock, the naval representative of the cjßftt(l**rat* states iu Europe, or “A History of the Confederate States Navy,’* by J. T. fleharpe, C. H. A., or the r port of MnJ. Caleb Huse, c.larged with the pi chaac and anipmout of ordiMUice and ordnance atoms, or of Gen. J. Yorgas chief of Ibo ordnance depart incut , or the re orts of the Treasury, War and Navy deportments of the confederacy, or the signal refutation by Sec -t.arie* Memmin/er and Iren holm of the silly refleet ion made after the war upo i a confederate governor for not having sent out the cott m crop of Ihfll as the basts of public oredil. In theso and elsewhere. exc -pt In the writings of sectional enemies or our disappointed candidate* for executive favor, Is to lie found concurrent evi dence of prompt and euergetic efforts to as jura large Importations Of arms and munitions, and at the same time the grossly misrepresented pohev of enrolling only meu who c >uld lie armed by drawing from a large amount of private arms in the country weapons to suoplement our defi ciency when the co fede.racy was organ!* td. Respectfully and truiy, Jcrrsitnos Davis. CAPITAL. OF TUB BTATB. Report oi .he Com mission of Agricul ture on tha Crop Outlook. Atlanta, Ga., May 11.—Trie commis sioner of agriculture has i-sued a very en cmi aging cro report for May. The report ■hows ail the \ arious crops inVicellent con diti n, but the moit taro able outlook of all is for the fruit r>rop, which the commis sioner decl res will be one of the ia gest and Ixwi ever known in f> orgia. The re port indicates a decrease In trie ar**a of wheat., which,with former repo ts, In iioat-s s te dy decli iej <f i ilerest .n the crops. The commissi nar does not regar 1 tht- as a dls o mregi’ig sig ’ as the G *orgia farm *r can not be expected to |>ersis in g .wing a crop with diHidvantageoiis conditions In com net it Jon with the vantj wheat fields of the nor in went. A CONVICT KILLED. The penitontiai y dejia* tment has reoelvel the official report of the accidental killing of a convict at the Chattahoochee camp Thursday eve ing. Ihe Chat ah ochee Brick Company ha< a tramway from the brick yard extending a mile down tno <’hat bat river, and a crowd of onvioti were riding o i the and rf train, wh* n a wheel of one of the cars broke, turni the car over and throwing out the 00. v f*t. Hev eral were hurt, and o >e, Frank Owe mb v, a negro, received Injuries frm which he died soon after The deceased wa* a burglar from C.ia toogaooa ty, a id was sent up in 1882 for twenty-one years. DEATH IN A WELL. The coroner this afternoon refused to hold an ino nest over John Gins ai, a negro who was killed in a well near the g as* works. Tie negro was digging the well and had it thirty-seven feet deep. H • went do wo tnis aftern on Immediately nfter a blast and never came up alive. He was overcome by t be gas. E. C. Hruffe riding near the car shed this afternoon - ben his horse stumbled and fell. Bruffey was caught under the animal arid had his left leg broken. Mr*. E. W. Halford, wife of the Presi de it’s private sec etery, and h.rdauvhrer, Mis, Jeanette, are her. a* (unU of Aesist anj Lh trict Attorney Anger. They 11 o returning to Indianapolis from Klurlile, where they speit the whiter. Hecreia y Halford left Washington hut night to join them here. PUSHIN4 A RAILROAD. ———• The Georgia Southern Orauu the Sa vannah, Florida and Western. Valdosta, Ua. , May 11.—Tne Georgia Southern railroad ero tad tb, Savannah, Florida and Wrsteru railway to-.lay, and a force of more than one liu .dred hands b - gan to lay rails southward, K >ough rail, for the cotnple'ion of flf'een miles have already arrived and serai al * arlo .da are be ing received dally. The eutirn liue from Valddata la bow covered with graders, cross tie tends a >4 bridge contractors, a.id It Is said that the foad to that point will be {DAILY *lO A Y KAIL I 6 CENTS A CORY. > WEEKLY *l.* a TOUofc f Dixie's Baptists. Th© Second D©y’a Leaslon or the Coat* vention at Memphis. Memphis, Tenn., May 11.— Baptist convention reconvened for ifm 90c >nd day’s session promptly at 0 o’clock this nierniug, with President Jonathan Uarals and in th© chair. .Th#procsedi *ga wer© opened with pray©* by Rov. J. H. Kilpatrick. Rev. Ur. Venable, pastor of th© First* liap. Ist church, in whicii the oonveuticsi w h hssomt led, male an addmS c,f wel come. He stated that he had Intended U do this yesterday, hut was co stantly kept; bu*y In utteudii-g to matter# Incident to biu position as pastor of the church at thus time. Ur. Henry MoDor.aM rosponded fn a happy and eloquent ►train. On motion of T. 11. Pritchard of Nrt,i Carolina tb© president was directe<i to appoint commit** tees on finis and place, iep rut, on YiQt presidents end on nominations. BALK or KIND WORDS. Hon. Julius Hill v or, ex-mayorof Atlanta* offered a letter fr mi the home liiauuoa board on Kind Wordy. O.i motion of J. B. Hawthorn, of Ah* lanta, th© order of butioe#* was suspended, a<d the paper which opposed the sale oC Kind Wordy was referred to a ‘•pccial com* mittee opmpowd of W. C. Cleveland of Ai a ami, J. B. Smrcy of Arkansas, C. A. Stakely of the District of Columbia, N. A* Bartley of Florida, J. H. Kilpatrick ot Geo gia, R. M. Dud ey of Kentucky, W. B, Re ok© of 1/m liana, J shut Levering ot Maryland (chairman), J. L Lawless oC Miss uri, C. Durham of North Carolina, C. Manley of South Carolina,P. J. Willingham >f Tennessee. J. B. Link of Texas, W. R, L. Month of Virginia, and VV, H. Wharton of Maryland. women’s work. The treasurer reported on women’s work* showing pay moots to foreig i mission boards to be 917,892. He anadn a speech# highly commending their and advo cating cloe co-operation of ail postors in nd vand rig thin work. Dr, Broadu* also S|M>kc warmly commending women’s wfti, J. H. Kilpatrick of Geo gia, reported ou tho treasurer’s report of the foreign mission board staling that the receipts showed an increase of 14 per cent., u iecteate of exponsea of 7rer o n and a decrease in agencies’ expenses of 24 percent ihe report was adapted. Dr. W. W. Landrum Introduced Rev. A* VV. Ingmar of Omaha, Neb., f rraallv pastor <>f tho Central Baptist church, lie < am© am a repreeeuuativu of the women Baptiste of the north. Dr. Htainback Wilson at Georgia told of tho good work done in his state by women- Dr. A. B. Milier heartily approved of all th<t had been sai l of woraeoM’ work anti enlarged upon th ir us 'fulness iu Arkansas. RECEPTION OF THE ENGLISH DELEGATION; The hour having arrived for the rerep tl n of the E iglish delegation, Dr. Hatcher of Richmond look the floor and addressed the cou vent ion. He *aid t ere was every reason v\ hy the Ba* tids in Am rlca a- on Id cultivate friemllv feeling for the Baptßt© in England. They had stood, liuKaid, “for freedo n of co .science and the funda mental principles of ihe Baptist erred’* Mr. Shaw was the first speaker. After thanking the conve tio for the c ourtesy and ki dnctM eftemlcd to his delegation ami himself be pßceedtwl in a brief way tar outline the hist rv an 1 condition of th© Baptist church In England. The pre blent of the convention then ia tnduced Dr. Edward Barker. Tue following com in it fees wer© an nou ce<J: Tim© ©nd nlac© of next meeting; report of Vic# president's nomin ations; on f re g population, irtcludiug Cuba add India©; on native white population; on woman’s repo-1. letters wero reail from the merchants and cot ton exchanges extending courtesies. Several other conimuuicaLious of minor in to est wore al o read. Rev. J. J. Taylor of Mobile submitted a report on papal fields. The report of th© committee was adopted. At the afternoon session the committee on relations with the Home Missions Bociety of the northern state# was appointed, with Dr. Rntcbard of North Carolina as chair* man. The remaining heum wer# consumed Irx discussion of the present aspects of the work in Fagan countries. In the evening two large mass meeting! were held in the First and Cent al Baptist churches in the interest of foreign mission* WORK ON THB 8., A. Sc U. ROAD. Thd Grading from Abbeville to Moßm In Progress. Mcßai, Ga., May ll.—The Sarannah. Americas arid Montgomery railroad Is lielng rapidly graded from Abbeville- to McK.ie. Horne fifteen or eighteen miles era now ready for the crranties. Mrasrs. Red* rnond & ItadclifTe, ami McL'.ui;hlin Brea, have the contr act for t ,n yia ling and have a f .rce of h mis and teens on the work. Redmond A Ra'lchffe hive eons, p.eled the 11. st ten iiillca next to A .be-llla and are now gra lime fro n ths E set Tan re s e, Virgini* and Georgia railroad west. Train* will. In all nrooabillty, lie r rnnln - between Mcßae and Americue hv the mid lie f July. Trie route b. tween Mcßa" and Hnvarrnuh la being s irveyad, ad the sorveying corps will reach Savan nah within llfieeu or t > e ity rlay, and aa soon as the line In locate.l the era llog will lie !.'■ _-un lietween Mcßae nnrl Bav r tit,ah. Me are. R dmo and Si Ri'lcliffe say they cart gri de the road to Hnvannah in da s. When this end of the road is cons, pleted, It will ojwn uj one of the best tur [M>ntioe ami .umber-eotirons In tne south, ad the ai. no eatimath g the advantage this hue will he to this section and to Harau* nali. MAJ, BB tNffH'H OA9B. J. Randolph Anders >n, a Commtaf eloner, to Take Evidenoe. Macon, Ua., May 11.—li the federal court to-lay the llrancb caw was t ken up, C 1. Mi.lerof Augu.ta, atosrney for th defe dant, appeared with a auripnuMio cortinnte showing the physical a m o MaJ. Branch, who, It Is alleged, is sick in Richmond. Judge Bper was n t -al,*- . 11 1 with tue repriaon ations of the a u’s attorney and issued an order appoint., lug J. Itando p i A dera-.p of Havau ah a commissioner, to take evidence why..Mejt% A .demon should unt be held in oon e nwfc I. this court. .Mr. Andrraon is Richmond, and w.U receive the order oorty i null week. /jjSfi CARQoIMA’3 WdlTd WUIMBH A Bwlft Trip beta Sad Llghtbooee by tae tWf O t'c.n ■ ive i . . .to ... i*e fife te senpC^ the Kava-mah MhW||K£| me lings.on ..f t " wiiio" and -I-or AaAr'Wlt'JgjWSWrT ' . sir l 4i<tten*hPa llio otf r< if ,::3 oiuuMß XtlMt CtUb Will uof.i.i, Aug l-*i|.4kaSMi ’ '■’* J'