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~^ BIG STONE GAP, WISE COUNTY, VAT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1894. | NO~8. [vol. ii. I ? 1?. C,. L. *lfi??"<J. BCHMOND& RICHMOND, LAWYERS. _ _ YA. BE cn ? i JOS. L. KELLY. I AVERS. - OFFICES IN AYERS BUILDING Cis' Ston? Cap. Va. _ ^VILMAM wallis, ?nRNEY-AT-LAW AND CONVEYANCER, B5C Stono Car. Vs. . ?.r 1.4* SoCittJ ?I ; ... ... ? el -. : F" h a. v/. SKEEN, ttorney at-law, fei^ S!:"ir> Gap, Virginia. R, T. IRVINE, I ^TORNEY AT-LAW. i Ia i .. ... Seid Bnlitfinjr, We?d Ar?:,*-, j ? jr. stono Gap. Virginia. L. TURNER MAURY, Ittorney-at-law. Big Stone Cap. Virginia. (WALTER E. ADDISON, ff tor key-at-law. j ( 31 - in Sr !.. :? Kntl <:??<*. ! ;jg Stono Gap. Virginia. :. . r.o: i ' ?? ??.. r- r ?vj, ?TIna C.H. T> BURNS & FULTON., |ttorneys-at-law, j >. - . .v. * uti'MMckftiwon i'?3n'.i*?.?Ad I & j ? iv: ???!.. JCS. C. S.tTNCK, JCAN. M ATH EWS & MAYNOR, ^torneys-at-law, *ig S:o;ic Gap, Virginia. jktt?n:i*n t?Coll' :tlons n ::<'. freaipt KcmllAnta. j ,?g**?)?!,n'iscC 'J. ? i mji.i.k;i,K?rUi ALDCnSON & MILLER, ttorne ys-at-law. I pt nU?i to *l! l>?i?iBOfHM>trnsJ?il i? us. Ad- j r?.? dtlicr **.'i*e C. M . Va., *r Norton. T*. ! -???~ ; M. G. ELY, ttorney at-law, j Turkoy Cove, L*?7t Oo., V?, J. VV. KELLY, YSICiAN^uSURGE?N, ! 00r? |n |i, ui; ?.yrr?. Bljck, ! Blci Stone (hip, V!r?!ril?. Roopeml PVo.i.i.t ly to (;.?.!)-, R*th ?.iy ?ml Niulit. 13-if i C. D. KUNKEL, YSICI AN am> surgeon, i pig Stone Gap, Virginia, i.u: rli'lnitv. M. H. REEVE, M. O. PESTS DISEASES OF WOMEN EXCLUSIVELY. :te: Main St. Bristol, Tenn. DR. j. C. PR UN ER, DENTIST, Room No. 9, Contra! Hot?L ''? '' < ? ? ? tho .'i Sf'ji.Jity in Mrh '' ' *? " ? ? : * '?erriet*? ?he?n!d ? ??? !'t fc ,u. -. ,1.-.; dar? iuiimg S. W. TH ACKER, [vu engineer and surveyor, pig Stone Gap, Virginia. C:U ?">1 l.-.n-l Work r, SneciaUr. .'r>i> ?*? tlj*, V* ! r..., *-*t? City, \'n. [CKSON & BLANK EN SH'lP, j ttorneys-at-law, | Jonosviile, Virgflnia. L*"'.' '. ' ' * - ?' ' ?-i - ? i?: -.1! 1 S. D. HURD, RCHITECT, B'g Stone Gap, V^. SPECIFICATIONS UTI, AN D ESTIMATES ; F -T "BCUTRIi is 4 1MIOK??CH ART1ST.'C HASSER f"HG PALKCE, JonesvUls, Va., W* COuK, PROPRIETOR. I *'* " !^ ,,<, :>l i ot'! vf S?ulUwMt. ; ??? '"' " '.: *K?????i3fn uk\ fondecud tr,8:., . ... ' r?\ti t? roKa|Rl- ; K , , sal?rtU?. Karg, e4?. ' ???'-L,'"'"' aiUnttaa j(i??n t? ??? tbtw co?aft?n?y?. ? i mmnliiiin m MARLER H?NGSED. II? Talked for Ten Minutes on the ScaflP.?M But Did Not Confess Pjxeville, Ky., Teh. ia? The sheriff read the death warrant to Marlea* at 8:3? o'clock Friday morning-, and ho was dressed for the execution. He slept very little during- the night and prayed most all the morning-. The con? demned man was allowed an hour by Sheriff Colson, which he devoted to talking- with his sisters and spiritual advisers, lie was vory nervous. The drop fell at 11:05, and Marler was dead in tbirtooa minutes, fie talked for ten minutes on tho scaffold, but did not confess. Marler's is the first legal hanging- that has ever occurrod in Bell county. The crime for which Bob Marler paid the penalty was the murder of Mrs. Mary E. Bowdon, who was at the thee keeping- a board? ing house for miners at tho Mingo mines, near Middlesborough The deed was done on' Monday, August 28, 18?3. As the early train on the Middlesbor? ough Belt railroad was going from the town to the Minjfo mines, and when about one-half the distance had been made, the few passengers In the one coach of the train were startled by a report of a gun. a crash of a window pane and a cr}* from the lady passen? ger. It whs found that a bullet tired by some one on the outside had passod through the window within a few inches of the head of the conductor, j John Chapman, and had struck Mrs. Bowdon, who was seated on tho j opposite side of the car. The wound j was mortal, the unfortunate woman j living only about twenty-four hours I after it was inflicted The train was Stopped, but nothing could be seen of the murderous miscreant who had fired ! the deadly shot. A clew, which after? ward proved important, was, however, discovered. Rain had fallen tho night before and the ground was consequent? ly soft Near an old stump alongside the railroad tracks were found as of J one man who had worn shoes which | were not mates. Tho shoe on the one ! foot made a plain track, while that on j the other showed that it was sledded with hob-nails. The track was fol? lowed to near tho home of George Mar? ler. With that clew for a start, the officers brought to light a murderous plot in which the Marler brothers, Ucorge and Fob, were the principals. The Mailers had a quarrel with Mr. John F. Long, a lumberman, over a settlement, hong was supposed to be on the train, and Bob Marler, when he fired the shot, mistook tho conductor for him. The Marlers were tried and Bob found guilty aud sentenced to death, his brother being given a life sentence An attempt was made to lynch tho condemned man, but the militia was called out aud the mob re? pulsed. MR. BLAND e4;itort Over tho Succcns of His Silver Ho Decline* Now to illako Any Modifica? tions or ConcesHloua. Washington, Feb. 10.?Representa? tive Bland is so elated over the support which Iiis bill has received that he de? clines now to make any of the modifi? cations or concessions which Thursday he volunteered as a compromise. The bill, therafore, objectionable as it is, Will pass the house probably Monday, j Tho only purpose of the opposition j made by eastern democrats is to con- j vince, as they say, the business inter? ests of tho country that the eastern democracy still remains pledged to sound money, and that the silver heresy is advocated only by tho democracy of the south and west This, they says, is the only reason why the3' keep up their opposition. The administration has failed to eomo to their rescue, and there aro not enough republicans who will vote with the anti-silver men on i Monday to defeat the bilL Mr. Bailey, author of the resolution doolarlng it the sense of tho house that Secretary Carlisle has no right to use the money obtained by the bond salo for tho purpose of meeting tho expend- j itures of the government, said Friday j afternoon that the passage of the Bland bill would make unnecessary at this time the adoption of the resolution. There are various reasons for Mr. Bailey's sudden change of plan. One is the announcement that the elections j committee is anxious to call up one of . the contested election cases, and since it, unlike the judiciary committee, is j privileged, Mr. Bailey would probably find it ditiieult to bring- his resolution J before the house. Again, Secretary ! Carlisle's tacit acquie&conce in the Bland bill, so far as the first section is concerned, makes it nocessary for tho house to pass tho Bnile3r resolution, os- i pecially as thero is a probability that \ the son ate may adopt a similar roaolu- | lion, offered by Senator Quay. A Parson Polioenian. Bahboubsville, Ky., Feb. 10. ? R?v. J. H. liioks, pastor of tho First Baptist 1 church, of this city, has been appointed j by the city council as policeman in tho Third ward, to succeed James Bow- j man, indicted for killing William Reed? er. This is the first ease on record of a minister, engaged in active church work, accepting a position of this char- , acter. His church may take action in i tho matter. Pension Swindler Sontrnced. Springfield, 111., Feb. io.?Wm. W. ; Woods, of DeSoto, who claimed to have served through the Mexican war in place of his uncle, Isaac Burke, in the Fourth Tennessee regiment, Friday entered a plea of guilty to making false pension claims, and was sen? tenced to one year in the penitontiary. j I.lbby Prison Anniversary. Chicago, Feh 10.?-Union ex-priaoners ' of war took Libby prison, on Wabasli avenue, by storm Friday. It is the thirtieth anniversary of the historical tunnel escape from that prison, and in commemorating- the day and evont the veterans held an ail-day reunion and ; reception. One hundred and nine ofii: , eers made their escape, but since the close of the war death has reaped quite a harvest in their ranks. There are only a few living, and only a small part of that number were in attendance. They spent most of tho day in looking over the thousand relics of war times. A Ebzsavu in Kansas. EiiroEJA,Kau,; Feb. 1^? The worst blizaard and snow storm experienced I hero for years prevailed ail thiy Sun >d<ty. The snow i.s twelve to fourteou inches deep, with no appearance dt abating. FOREIGN NOTES. The Russo-G-erman Treaty Is Not* a Foot. A Big Pari? Bauk In tho Liquidator's Ilandii-Bnmorvd Death of Kin* Lo bongrnltt-The Gruad Old Mau In Pari?, Cblpper and Sprightly. Berlin, Fob. 12.? Tho Russo-Gorman treaty has been signed for both coun? tries. Paris. Feb. 12.?On the demand of the Bank of Franco the Banque D'Escompte has been placed in the hands of a liquidator. As already cabled to the Associated Press. Baron Soubeyran, ex-depnty and a director of the Banque D*Ee compte, wtvs arrested on charges con? nected with the management of tho bank, and the directors resigned on the Bank of Franco demanding a'judi cial liquidation. Paris, Feb. 12.?Mr. Gladstone and his party arrived hero Saturday morn* inpT from Hiarritz and wore Tvelcomod by numbers of people who had gath? ered on the platform. The British premier was in oxcolitat spirits and left at 10:30 r- m. for London. Cat?10*7}!. Feb. 12.?It is rumored j here that. King Lobengula i? dead. Lcxi>ow, Fob. 12.?A dispatch to the Daily News from Vienna says: An oftl cer of the general stai? has been ar? rested charged with the grave crime of j forging checks to the amount of 20,000 j f/orins. Tho officr belongs to a hi^rh | family, but he was a persistent gam- j bier and is also alleged to have had a j liaison with an actrcaa. A KENTUCKY FARMER Murdered Near Klktoa?Tha Coroner's Jnry rinds Two Ifien Guilty. Elkton, fKy., l ob. 12?Tho dead body of John Koyd, a young farmor living a few miles north of this place, in Todd county, was found near the home of Mrs. IlarriH, a widow. The coroner's inquest adduced evidenco as follows: John Boyd, tho murdered man, was seen in company with "Dandy" Gibson, known also as "Dandy" Grower, and James (iibson, who is alao known as James Jones. Tboy had been to Ed j Stokes' distillery and oil tilled up on ? whisky and then went, to tho home of the widow iiarri:-. Tho mo.-it Important witness before the coroner's jury was a man named Harris, son of the widow, tie stated I that when the three men started to I leave the house thoy were all very drunk, and when thoy had gone only a j short distance a quarrel ensued, which ! resulted iu Jonas pelting Boyd with rocks. After the fight the three re tum od to tho house for a short time and again left together. This was the last seen of Boyd until his dead body was found lu the woods by J. M. HIghtowor whllo out rabbit hunting. The body was stiff, and had ovidont ly been dead several hour.?. It was taken to a oabin near by. Over tho left oyo was a largo black bruise that had evidently been reads by an instru? ment that had a smooth surface. Tho noso had bled profusely. A sim? ilar blow had been rcce ived on the I right cheek. The absence of tho two young men. Brewer and Jones, was conspicuous at the trhil and in tho neighborhood, and it is generally be? lieved thoy hare fled the country. All the evidence indicated their guilt, and the jury rendered a verdict recom? mending thoir immediate arrest end an investigation by the grand jury. FOURTH MURDER, Huxrmn Lifo Con till tins to Ho Cheap Around Uirru'nghsim. Birmingham, Ah:., Feb. 13.?Paul Lo? casio, ou agod Greek merchant, is in jail for the murder of his wife. Shortly after dark Sunday night residents in the neighborhood of where Locasio lived heard piercing screams, and rush? ing out saw Locasio dragging the pros? trate form of his wife across the street When he saw the people coming ho fled, pursued by a large crowd, who caught him. The police arrived in time to hurry Locasio to jaiL The woman had a wound threo inches deep in hor head. Beside her lay a heavy spade, which was covered with blood. i>ho died shortly after- < ward. Tho only cause known for tho j murder is that it resulted from a j domestie quarrel. Locasio acknowl- j edges the crime but r?fuae3 to talk further. This is the fourth murder in and around Birmingham within two days. -o. ?? Francs May Lobs the Panama Canal, j Panama, Feb. 12.?If no satisfactory i arrangement be reached before October the Panama canal will pnsn definitely from the hands of Frenchmen, is a fact not to be disputed. The Columbian government is disgusted, and will ou no consideration whatever renew tho franchise if it be again allowed to lapse. Child Snrnsd to Death. HopcrNSTiLLE, Ky., Feb. 13.? While playing with a party of children at hor home, east of this city, Lizzie Turner, the uino-yoar-old daughter of James Turner, accidentally ?et fire to her clothing at the grate, and was so ter? ribly burned before the flames could be extinguished that she died In a few hours. Ths Straw Caught Flra. Mahtissvili.e, lud., Feb. 12.? Mrs. Shircmuu started to town with hot bricks in the loose straw to keep her feet warm. The straw blazed up unex? pectedly and her olothing caught fire, burning her frightfully before help ar? rived. Her recovery is doubtful Two Coal Boats Bunfc. Bellairk. O., Feb. 12.? The steamer Josh Cook, of Pittsburgh, ran into a Baltimore & Ohio railroad bridgo pier here Sunday afternoon, and sank twq coal boats and one barge, containingp about 75,000 bushels of ooaL &o lives were loafc. "Wotstar In Clay. ? Concokp, If. EL, Fob. 12.?Carl Con? rads, tho Now York sculptor, has ju;i?t completed the clay model of Webster from which tho new mar bio statue or* dercd by tho last legislature will bo made. Competent judges pronounce it ?no of the fiite.it works of art ever seen in the state. _ FIFTY-THIRD^ CONG?ES?. Beoond 5*e*>?2on. . JfMiumntoW, Fob. c?S?m.*ra?The fetferal rieottona repeal bill occtr>Jod the entire ses? sion of the senate Monday. 3eoi>t0f Chandlot | ; concluded his speech, which was extended j t through the pMt ttro or three weeks, and was j iollowed by Senator Palmer, wha argued that ' the law having entirely failed oi its purpose, and being generally obnoxioua, should be re. pealed. An animated controversy of the fran? chise qualifications of tho stato constitutions of Mississippi and Massachusetts took place between Senators Prye aad Ho*r on one side and Senators Gray and Bate on the other. HotfSK?The speeches on tho MoCreary Ha? waiian resolutions Monday were rather pep? pery. Gens. Oates and Whseler, of Alabama, were warm in plaodlts of the president's Hawaiian policy. Johnson, of Indiana, with a magnificent pair of lungs and eoathhcg a emo? tives, sailed into tho qcestien as if out for a scalp. Patterson, of Tennessee, exhertad a 'little in the president's faTor, and th*n Bou 'telle let loose. Ho punctured the president's policy in aooentuated end salted adjectives. Tho finale of the speech was rathe* bUier, and' showed that degree of warmth which was' bound 10 effervesce aft*r having been re? strained. Washivotos, Feb. 7.?Senats.?The senet* finance committee, Tuesday, deelded not to hear orally any of the interest* eJTeoted by the Wilson tariff bilL The OaIo wool men were on hand ready with their tale of woo, but bad only trouble for '.heir pains." Senator Pettigrew in? troduced an amendisont intended to bo offered by him to the Wilson tariff Bill, providing for the appointment of a cemmissioc of nro per? sons, to be known as the easterns commission. It is to be thu duty of the proposed commission to cather data concerning tariff rates and their ciTeoi on industries In this and other countries and report iheir findings to congress. Houss?Tho republicans wero determined Tuesday that tho MoCrcaT rc6clutica endorsr ing the president's Hawaiian policy should not pass unleas there was a quorum of the demo? crats present, and therefore, after the Blair resolution declaring fer.nnnexttticin, the resolu? tion of the republican minority of tho foreign I affaira committee, arraigning tho president for his courae in the HiTrniian matter, and Mr. Weed's motion to recommit tho McCreary.reso lutioue, with instructors to Investigate the subjcot, had been voted down, the republicans refrained from voting on the MeCreary refla? tions, and as but 100 democrats showed up for the resolutions, and one against it, that was eighteen lees than a quorum. Washington, Ftfb. 3.?Sd-catb.? The senate Wednesday by a vote of 39 yons to 2? nays pass? ed the bill to repeal the fodcraj oloctionlaw^Tho 88negative votes wero oast by the republican*. The 33 affirmative vote1; wero cast by S6 domo? crats, by Senator Stewart, of Nevada, and tho throe populirtf, Kyle, Alloc and FerTer. The nill Ls precisely in terms and letter tho measure, heretoforo passed by ibo lower house. AH that ig now required to give it forco of law is the president's signature, whioh w!Il bo promptly forthcoming. The senate at C: 15 o'clock, after a short executive session, adjourned until Thursday. Hols." ?McCreary's resolution favoring President Cleveland's Hawaiian policy passed the house Wednesday. The roto was on party linen, with tire exemptions?Mosers. Oarnmmga and .vickles, of Now Yofh. who voted with the republloans. Otherwise tho democrats voted for the resolution and the republicans agair.at it. The populists were divided, Messrs. Bell, Boen, Davia, L??v!a, Harris, Pence- and Simpson voting with the republicans, and Messrs. Baker (Khk), Cannon (CaL), und Kern (Neb.), with tho domocrale. Tho Bland bill was then called up by Mr. Wand, and he moved to go into com? mittee of the whole for its consideration. There was no quorum present aud the hcime adjourned until Thursday. Washington, Feb. o.-SusATE-Thi? right of the secretary of the treasury to lesua U. 9. bends at this time was again up Thursday. Sen? ator Stewart's resolution came up under the rules and a motion made by Senator Butler, cf South Carolina, to refer it to the committee <vj judiciary, proved tho only opposition. Senator Quay took a decided stand in favor of disposing of the matter In open senate instead of referring it to a committee from which it world never emerge, and intimated chat Senator Sherman gave to ttio country an apparent justification of Secretary Carlisle's action, when the Ohio sen? ator clearly know it to be Illegal. Adjourned until Monday. Eo?SB?The deadlock on Mr. Blend's silver seiqniorago bill was broken n'ter four hourj of continuous filibustering. Thursday, wheu, by a voto of i'fl to 4, the h:?u.-ie carried Mr. Bland'3 motion of going into the committee of the whole for consideration of his bin The eastern doui oorats and the mass of the repubil ana made a determined Opposition, but Mr. Blr.ndwasatl last vl.tori.ius. On the final vote 26 republicans and all the populists voted with, him, wuiie 22 democrats who were present joined with the re? mainder of the republicans in refusing to voto. Washington. Feb. 10.- Sknatx-Noi in ees sicn. ? House? After 3orec unimportant routine business Friday ?ho .':~'is? wen: intocommittee of the TYh:>ie for tlu consideration of the sMrjr. ioraue bill. TH>: entire day in tbD house wos consumed rn debate eu tho Bland silver seiga iorago, the speakers bein^ Messrs. Blaud, C W. Stono (Pa.). McKolghaa, Harter and Kil gore. It to expected that a vote on the bill will be reached by Tuesday, at the furthest, and Mr. Blur.d is confident that it will pasa This opinion is generally soared by the leaders on both sides, although there probabiy will be somt modifications of the bill. WAsnTy?ioN, Feb. 12.?Srkatb?Not 1ns? sior.. House?Tho house adjourned Saturday mornlr.e out of respect lo the memorv* cf Ju?tf-n Bock. It.-foro the Adjournment Mr. Onthwaite, as dean of the Ohio delegation, presented to tho hoesr; tits reaolttti >ns of ropret on the death of Judge Hottk, which h>\d been adopted by the delegation at a meeting in Speaker Crisp's rcorr, j;?st before th? meeting of the houso ihe ?=poaher announced the appoint? ment of '.ba fo'Io?\ in< opmmitteo, to take, order for the KUpori?Uefldoncy of the fitn^rjl, and to os.'ort the remains of the deceased to their place Of burial, Dayton, O , in accordance ni:h tho terms of the resolution: Mesyr?. Hare, Spriniror, Bryan, Huiick, McKa4^, ISitia (Ore.) and Ritchie._ BIG BLAZE At H?cdor*.-!n, Ky. Tvro I.arsc Tobacco Warehouses Unro. ?SNBKfiSQN, Ky.. Feb. 12.?A most destructive conflagration of incendiary origin broke out on Main street between Fourth aar Fifth streets, in tI;c- large tobacco Btemmery of Barre tt & Ran kin, wh'ioh rapidly ??rnintinteated with the Scoper stenunery, corner or! Fifth, also consuming the brick residence cf .\Ir3. Priest and Messrs. Lumber, Withers and Steve Sruith, involving' a total loss of about 8135,000. The flumes spread with o;ro.it rn pidity, aod over 100,000 pounds of re? cently purchased laaJ tobacco was de stro^'ed. Fortunately most cf this valuable property was insured na foilows: IV.r rett ? Rankin. SS2,300* Socpar, 003; Lambert, if5.000; Withers, jhoOOj Mrs, Priest, ?1,3J0, aud Steve Sinith. 51,500. a Priest's Siv.cc'a Lnw-ut. ?03&kf-k, N; J., Feb. It).-?An eld will | has been found in the invc father Cor- J rignn's papers. It was made seven years a$;o and glytjs ui! htspi; pertjr, unconditionally, to Ids oanrch. Ps'ther Gorritjran's "lunr, will, mr.de on .iiinuary 5, iour days before his death, i? now being- contested by a n-see. on the ground of undue influenc*. It is disr cussed whether the old Trtii shall re-? place the new ono. if t;::-:t is set aside, j \ hclora Kotcpnears i*-. V. -rinw, ! WAJtSAW; Fob. iO.?TiK-rc has been a! recrudesct-no-j oi ol^oleru h^ro, and! many deaths have occurred, low? -^.?y Vo'o ci: V?exnau Snfiru^o. j Dn?Moie'RS, Ic-, Fob 9.?The senate j suffrage eomrutttae Thursday reported ; favorably on a bill jfriiitinfr tCcroon | the ri^ht to vote in sch-vd eleciiohs, i and also pi-ovidh;.? a rC*>ustiUitional j aoioudineat allovdng' avorueu to vuto in ' j all elections. Tho bill was made a! special order for next Tuesday, SILVER BILL Mr. Dlar.ci's Measure is Taken Up in the House. Thie Calntiire of Tf>? Sefirateraffe Serma to Ii? Qcite a Papular Iti^ Among Con Crcs?Ki?n, and It Is TKoa^bt Tiiat It Will J??raJj lib Ordtrsd. WasmifOTox, rob. f.?The free sil? ver men of the kou*e Thursday wou the first victory of their campaign for the coinage of silver, as proposed in the Bl?nd seigniorage p.ct, by muster? ing a quorum. Speaker Crisp hud his named caiied and voted with Mr. Blanch His vote was unnecessary, as the recnlt of the vote war, ITT in rnvor of taking up the Bland bill and four against ifc, showing the pi-cseacc of two more votes than was necessary to make a quorum. The speaker's actiou indi? cated that he is friendly to siiver, and that Mr. Bland can depend upon tna committee on rules {or a cloture reso? lution if tho filibustering of tho anti silver opposition becomes dangerous. The new pornt,.-; for argument that come up under the bill ore discussions of the legality of the proposed coining of the so-called seignoirage. aud the condition of the treasury with respect to the issue of bonds for the restoration of the gold reserve. An objeccionnblc feature of the bill is the ccaipuliory clause which direct* the :-ocretary of the treasury to ir hV.o at once the entire amount of certificates against the sei^n?..irage. This objec? tion was met by Mr. Bland Thursday with a fctateracnt that it would not be necessary to issue the entire amount at once, aud that he was willing to make the issue of certificates proportionate to tho capacity of the mints. The second section provides that when treasury coin notes are presented for redemption, they shall lie redeemed in silver in case the silver coir, in the treasury exceeds the amount of gold coin. This feature of the bill i? strong? ly opposed by eastern democrats; and' from the remarks of Mr. ?ailey and other silver men, it Is mere thin prob? able that some modification of this sec? tion will be made, the nature cf wiiich will bo to protect existing treasury notes from enforced redemption in sil? ver. Opposition to 1 Hr entire project of the coining of seigniorage that will be made on the floor of the house is based on the argument of certain bankers who point out that nearly all ths 5150, 003,oao of treasury notes issued by tho government ere held by national banks as a portion of their legal reserve Against these 5150,CCD,000 of treasury notes the entire amount o'.' silver now in the treasury* is pledged. To reduce this by issuing certificates against $55,000,000 of it as alleged seignorago is to reduce the value of tho collateral that much. The immediate result will be, they threaten, that ev? ery bank wiil at once proceed to re? deem its treasurj' notes in gold, and the ? old reserve, which Secretary Car? lisle has, after infinite tabor, succeeded in restoring to its normal condition, must be again invaded, this time even more disastrously than before. The outlook for tho pffosagc of the Bland bill, modified by its friends, seems excellent. It was nottceablo Thursday that many of the democrats who had been forced by President Cleveland into supporting tho bill for, the unconditional ropcal of the pur- j chasing clause of tho Shorn?an act I Thursday supported Mr. Bland. Of tho fourteen democrats in the Ohio delega tion fire, Messrs. Donovan, Hare, Ilioh ards, Pearson and Ritchie, who had: been unconditional repealers, voted for Mr. Bland's bill. Similar defections tro noticeable in other delegations. SOUTHERN TORNADO. I Tiro People Known to Have Been Killed | and Sfaah Property Destroyed. Memphis, Tenn., Fob. 0.?A tornado swept over ths northwestern portion of j Mississippi late Thursday afternoon, I and laid waste everything tn its path, j Plantations wcro devastated, farm- j rouses were wrecked, and the debris scattered ovor the country for miles J around. On tho plantation, of Col. tV. L. Nu? gent, four miles northeast of Green viUe, Miss., Win, Brady and wife, col-j orcd, were in their cabin,-which was blown down, killing the womao in-j stantly. Her husband was blown .sev? eral hundred feet, and received serious if not fatal injuries. Tire cyclone passed through Washington end ilolJ var counties, thickly populated with prosperous farmers, and it is feared the death list will be swelled when tha de? tails are known. 1 Port Hudson, La., Fob. 0.?A torna? do passed through this locality at 7i o'clock.Thursday, und left death and destruction in it*? won?. The liest place it struck was on Mrs. Lambers' planta? tion, formerly owned by (Ion. Uuea ton, about two miles northwest of here. A Negro child whs killed, and two barns, thivc cabins and the >.-in house were blown down and wrecked; Another Nogro child was seriously hurt and five other Negroes were more or loss injured. Tha damage on this place amounts to about ?5.000. The cyclone .struck the Chambers place, and destroyed five cabins. A Negro girl was seriously wounded in the head, and four or ?ve slightly in? jured. The damage ou this place amounts to about $1,000. 1 he track of the cyclone was svboct three hundred feet wide. and it leveled everything;in its path._ The Tarnor-n<?ir.ard Feud. MtDDT/rsboro, Ky.', Feu 0. ? fhecite ment runs high in Boil au,i Larlan counties over the killing of John :.nd Will Turner by Doc Nclin at H irlin C. H., as it is feared that the Hoivard Turner feud will break out again in all its fury. Tho feeling between the factious has only slept, and, since the execution of Wils Howard in Missouri it h is been intensified, tho Koivard&beliVviWg Wils to have been innocent and that he was hounded to death b} the Turners. AsexprcsspJ by h Rowr.rd: "Wils was innocent, and wv = mart . red to sat? isfy the Turners, and will be avenged.'' fco:*? ?o;r?la>tc.? Bikmixgsiam, Feb. ft-rTUe populists and disgruntled democrats succeeded In nominating Koib. The republicans kicked out of the harness. They will nominate a republican state ticket A small fraction, of the populists bolted, VAILLANT. I - Hi* Parisfan Ccrfrersa Load Hl? Tomb With Flowers, Aed Lsnd Ttla? as a H?rtyr-A Parla So? cialist Fcper A*aort? That There Aro ilorc Anirchint* in Th it (. icy 4 o D.ay Ibau JLver Beforu KjioWu. London, Feb. 12.?The decisive end of Anarchist Vaillant'e career by the guillotine prcces.h on M< ::i ay waa not so effective in stifling the activity oi hir, living" confreres as the French gov? ernment hoped it would be. The exe? cution of the v?\tifre?onie enemy of society-seems to have .stirred up the "reds" all ever E:>ropo, and hero in London as well. They hr.ve not fur? nished any forcible manifestation of their displeavjre at tho comm^cdtble precipitancy cf the government in cut? ting- off 11 Vdillaint** head, it is true, but they have not permitted the authorities to imagine for an instant that they have given up their unequal warfare nsralnftt social oviio. as they | view thein. I The Parisian confreres of VaHJaht evidenced their belief in his cived by i loading his touib with flowersaud hold? ing- meeting-1, at which the most ex? travagant forms of praise and adula? tion of Vaillaut were conspicuous feat? ures. Vaillant waslai^dcd as a martyr, j and tho pet-t bourgeoisie, or citizens of the reputable r.nd prosperous middle class who have become the particular proy of anarchists, were denounced in scathing" terms as being1 responsible for i all laws and institutions. Investigations hy the police have re- j vealed the presence in Paris of a great j many enthusiasts of the rattle-brained j type of which Vaillant was au excel- ! lent example and an attempt to emu j late his desperate daed would not be I surprising. The police are extremely ! I active in their efforts to destroy ev- ! ! ery possible opportunity for them to j j do so, but they have a herculean task ' I before them, rus they are learning1 in at- i j tempting to suppress tho dangerous 1 I hordo of bomb^throwers and dynamit- j I ors. A socialist newspaper asserts that thero are more anarchists in Parte to- ; day than there have ever boon in it.-? history, and declares thev are thor- ! oughly organized to wage a persistent and systematic. wai;fare upon society. In contrast to this statement in a re j port from Rome that Orispi's soldiers in Sicily have eifoctualiy stamped mit the uprising: among1 the aery Sioiiiaus, which was started and fomented by the ! anarchists. Many of the anarchist:-! j have sought refuge in flight. Several. I hundred of them aro said to have taken ] I passage to the United States arid South i j America. Jn London the police think ! they havo evidence of the plotting* I of anarchists toencouragean-uprising among the unemployed, i At a meeting of several thousand Idle i men at Tower Hill early in the week j tho speeches were of pronounced au-1 archistic flavor, and the police wvre I threatened with extermination if they 1 interfered with proposed meeting oi the unemployed^ Half a dozen professional anarchist agitators directed the meeting, and I jrave it its lawless aspect Since than ! ; the police have wen t xtru:r/ie:y active in trying tu ferret out the lead ? ers, and it is probable that a number of ! them will be arrested in few days, j i The police are amazed at the number of anarchists in the city, but sre confi? dent of their ability to 'drive them away from tho city, as much, for the protection of the misguided unem? ployed as the preventibr of a repe? tition of the dospcrate outbreaks that have ocourrcd on tho continent. I _ BUTTER WO FiTri'S SPEECHES. The Democrats Wilt Refuse to Make Ap? propriation', ro Print Tlr in. Wa 3hingt0n, Feb. 12.?L?.::nocralic members of the house committee or. ap? propriations declare that they will re? fuse to make appropriations for or to permit the work of printing .\iaj. i'en linttorworth's World's fair speeches under appropriations already made, j The report from New York that the | Cincinnati ex-congressman was revising the speeches which he made in con nee-' tion with the YVoild's fair with a view ! to having them printed at public ex- j penae hois brought out an authorized announcement that if the speeches! come to congress in any form whatever j they will net he printed. It is stated that Mai Butterworth, acting under the impression that all oi the speeches made at public gatherings [ in connection with the World's fair were to be published as public decu i ments by the government, Is complet? ing the manuscripts of tho revision and expects them to make quite a book. ; Most of the speeohes were delivered at j banquets, congresses and business meetings in connection with tho World's fair. _ The Rebels Win n Fl^ht. Washington, Feb. 1:2.?The navy de? partment Saturday received the follow? ing cable: ,4Eio, Feb. 9.?This morning there was a sharp engagement at A rein Point, resulting in some insurgent suc? cess. Ue.m: v\>." Are'.a Point is .? projection oi l^r-ri not far from Ni:'.. ruy, which is In the ?aaie part of the \lzy of Rio de Janeiro. Apparently Areiu Point would be ?'? good place for laud operations againat Kietheroy. t'le.-Wor F?< ei 9;>:cch. EayOit", Mich., Feb. PA?Waiter Sirr.*, the A. P. A. lecturer who was arrested in Appleton, Vfis,, on February ?h is? sued an opon loiter bit Saturday to Gov. Peck demanding protection by that of? ficial and demanding that the right of free speech be protected. Sims informs the governor that he intends to deliver a lecture at Kaukauna, Wis , where his address was interrupted last month, that between one and two thousand m^n will go with him, and that if they are not given protection by thd author? ities thi-y will project ?tehiselye?. A full ir. vest krat Jon of the Kaukauna and Appleton aiiair>. is al^o demanded. The Dublin cotton compress, at Dub? lin, Toot, valued at $150,000, has Peon burned. The property has been the subject of litigation for some time be? tween local parties and a consolidated com nan v. a Bravo r<<sni?D, oo ?u Errand of Sovlnja Lives. Foiled by Bullets. Houston, Tex., Feb. 10.? Thursday night at the high bridge over. White Oak Bayou, train-wreckers removed the rails and fish-plates on the Missouri. Kansas and Texas railroad. Whon tea passenger train came along, th'j engiu<s passed safely over, but the baggage and mail coaches jumped the track and rolled dowu the bank, followed by ti.e pmoker, which landed on top or thoin. The wreck presented a frighnfal ap? pearance. Joe Elliott, a braket^en. w;?s neni back to flag a freight train which won Boon due. He had not proceeded a hundred yards when a volley from am? bush was tired upon him. Four bullets took effect in ins b<~dy. The crew iu the meantime, aided by passengers, wore at work extricating the men buried in the wrecked cars, and feared to go to the flagmen's res? cue. He, however, crawled, bleeding and wounded, back to the train, and Bow lies dying. In the mail car was Lou Morris, the agent, badly bruised and with several bones broken. His first th?u&itt was of his mail, and he requested tho re? porter to go by the post office and not? ify them that he had a big run of reg? ister*. H. Ration, the express messenger, was found m his cor with hh ribs broken and in a critical condition. J. YV. Carter, bagjgagemasterj was In? jured about the head and internally. A relief train wan made up hern und sent to the scene'. The wounded were brought in aud are iu the hospital Posses are on the scone and ^re-'.ex? citement prevails. FARMER DUNN Cancel* n Vvbt by Killing P. Br.-nir? ?ar HloKInnoy, Ky. McKnrx'by, Kv., Feb. 10.?Another bloody nmrdor was Friday morning added to the criminal records of Lin? coln county. A. C. Dunn, a farmer living In the suburbs of this place, shot and killed J. V. Brown, who was a tenant on his farm. Brown had rented a portion of Dunn's farm, but had become dissatisfied w'ih his bargain and sold back to Dunn his contract for 8100, which was to have been paid Pome days ago. Thursday Dunn told Brown to como to his house Friday morning, and ho would acttlo the debt. Brown went and received the contents of a double barreled shotgun iu his head just bo fore he entered Dunn's .yard. Brown's real name is Todd, hut he has lived hero for many years under his assumed name. Ho was a hard laborer, but loaves a large family in a destitute condition. Dunn g..vc himself up and was lodged in jail at Stanford. INCENDIARISM. ' '1 Eight Blazes Kti Porn, JTwo of Thorn Occurring Friday, Peru, Ind., Feb. 10.? The epidemic of incendiary fires which has prevailed in this city for tho past two weeks still continues. Early Friday morning two more were added to the list, making a total of eight The first Mrc was lha large warehouse of the Indiana .Y.an ufacturlng Co., which was totally consumed, entailing a loss of $S,000. Mo insurance. A drenching rain at the tino alone saved the water works plant and prevented a goueral conflagration. The second tire was a wagon shop, which was also totally de? stroyed. Loss, $1,oc?; no insurance. It is thought to bo the work of tramps, and tho motive robbery. Vigorous action is being taken to discover tho author. RUSH FOR GOLD. a Crotit Find Boported h\ t!io Jialnr La>e t>i*lrtci, In Minnesota. DULUTH, Minn., Fob. to.? There is a great rush Croat all parts of Minnesota and from Canadian border towns to the gold <ifcf.i,trlet of Rainy Lake, along the international boundary. People are flocking to the district by slod, dog trains, and on foot from all directions. All the buildings In the now town of Rainy Lake City aro overcrowded, and hundreds of people are sleeping in tents, with the tcmperaturo frequently reaching twenty to thirty degrees be? low zero. Rainy Lake City ie the cen? ter of the gold discovery on Minneso? ta coil, but the richest Oelde uro be \ lieved to be in Canada, north of the lake. ?-?. - Gen. 2aylor Dead. SA5 Antonio. Tex., Feb. 10.? Oen. ! John W. Baylor i6 dead at his ranch iu J Uvalde county, of paralysis, at the age i of seventy-two! He raised a regiment for1 the confederacy and captured Ari? zona from the federals, being appointed military governor of that territory an dor tho confederacy. He also served in the confederate congress from Texas, residing at that time at Lavaea. After the war he './as prominent in politics in western Texas. Vegto Soy's i^itsl 35mt Jackson, Tcnn., Feb. 10.?What vws Intended for a playful prank, resulted in a fatal one Friday afternoon to ivd Benson, a 16-year-old Negro bo)-, n ho was playing on Highland avenue with a little S-year-old white boy. A chain fastened to a telephone po?:t \\f\ used to hitch horses to was seized by Ben? son and swung around his nee?? ho saying to his youthful friend in a jok? ing way that he was going to hon? himself. Hcarcely had ho uttered tu ? words when his feet slipped from tit; curbstone and hisl>cdy hung but ovc tho gutter. Before assistance a: ri c*? bo was strangled to death. filiut Have Oar !T1 'nr. Washington, Feb. 0.?George ?. Parker, consul at Birmingham, hau sent to the state department an .ex? haustive report on the American wheat and flour trade in English midlands He estimates the increase in amount of flour received from the United States ia four years at 79.1 per cent ile sa v;,; "Nothing. seems more completely ea tablished than tho dependence of tho ?eoplo of Great Britain upon Ihe Tnited States for a considerable supply of breadstuff*, and this dependence is far more likely to increase than dimin? ish." ?Handel became blind ia his old ago, but the fact did not prevent his continuing the series of oratorioa th&t Uk&tlti him Uvtuwui