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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-18

name and standing in the church has
made hosts OF friends for him even
among those who do not believe with
him in his ideas OF evolution. The
courage of conviction has many attrac.
tons forthe masses OF men. They admire
II and will forgive much to him who pos
sesses il. Prof. Woodrow has shown that
he possesses this quality at its best,
and has also proven himself TO be a
true aud sturdy protestant and an hon
orable adversary. and has won upon
the members OF his church so that a
majority OF them would willingly confer
upon him the highest honors. He has
been consistent, siaunch and true, and
these are the qualities the Presbyterians
admire mos. in men.
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New Orleans ., Atlanta q.

Special Dispatch 10 The Appeal
NEw ORLEANS, La, May 17.-Today
the smallest crowd saw the prettiest game
OF the season. New Orleans again defeated
Atlanta, but tho victory was not sure until
the last man was out. Both sides batted
hard and ran bases with daring, and just
shade better fielding on the part OF New
Orleans decided the game. Whalen Of
fered busters and travelling caps to Atlanta
in case they won. and they worked hard.
The features were the batting work, the
playing Of Atlanta's outield, the New Or
leans inheld, aud Illusions striking out
Honeman, Quinn and Martin succession in
the ninth inning. Manager Whalon did not
take the Atlantis 10 Birmingham tonight,
and will hold his team here until tomor-
row afternoon. Birmingham Is shaky and
Is writing home for money to prop IT, Its
failure 10 pay guarantee has placed IL In
default, and President Wharton tclegrapbs
from Mobile that Mobile is ready to step
in. Texas is shaky, also. and Mobile and
other clubs could be strengthened from
there. The Southern League cities have
been telegraphed TO as TO dropping Bir-
mingham and admitting Mobile. In case
the Leagues agrees Atlanta will play IN
Mobile Sunday. New Orleans and Atlanta
have already voted yes. Chattanooga opens
here Sunday.
oPFfctA Al scopR
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GREAT DAMAGE DONE.
Railroad Bridges Washed Away al
Towns Flooded-Some Losses.

Railroad Bridges Washed Away and
Towns Flooded-some Losses.
KANSAS CRY, NO., May l7.-Tonighfs
reports regarding today's storm indicate
that it was more serious than at first
thought. The railroads are the chief suf-
ierers. The spans OF the Rush Creek
bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul road, near Liberty, No., were
washed away and trains between Kansas
City and Chilicothe have been aban-
doned. The bridge is 200 feet long and
eighty feet high and it will take day or
two to repair it. The Kansas City, ST.
Joseph * Council Bluffs tracks are sub
merged twelve inches for a long distance
near Parkville. The Hannibal tracks are
also under water near Liberty, and a Rock
Island passenger train was delayed an
hour thereby. The passengers and train
men had to get OIL and wade knee deep TO
clear the track. All eastbound Rock Island
trains 20 from Kansas City via st. Joseph
TO Cameron. The Union Pacific is badly
damaged near Manhattan, Kas. where the
Kaw River is thirteen feet above low water
mark. Ii is feared that when the rise
reaches Kansas City il will flood the West
bottoms, The Missouri Pacific is badly
demoralzed in all directions, and its trains
are from two TO four hours late. Several
bad washouts are reported between here
and Little Blue, and some small trestles
are In danger. The evening trains were sent
out almost on time by all the roads, but they
all expect 10 have hard time getting
through TO their destination. In this city
the Eighteenth street cable line was
stopped six hours on account OF the flood,
and the power-house on the Tenth street
line was so badly flooded that the water
had 10 be pumped out Of the boiler-room
for several hours TO keep the machinery
in operation. The Twelfth street line
stopped for over an hour on account Of the
water flooding the conduits in the eastern
city limits.
Between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets
for distance OF two blocks in the Eastern
part OF the city the entire surface is under
water. The floors OF nearly all the dwell
ings in territory are submerged, causing
great inconvenience.
In Kansas City, Kas, II is estimated that
sos. 900 worth OF damage has been done.
In Armourdale a number OF cottages were
flooded, while on Split Log Creek there /,
an area OF ten acres that is now lake from
FIVE to twenty feet deep. The house Of
NJ. Hisler was flooded to the ceiling and
the family was rescued by the neighbour
with difficulty.
A heavy rain set in at Sterling at
o'clock last evening. continuing through
out the night About live inches Of wate
iell. flooding cellars, houses and barns sit
uated In low ground. Tho water In thu
streets is from six inches to two feet deep
There has been no such rainfall since 1877
Some hail fell in the vicinity, but no dam
age TO crops Is reported.
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"onlMEs OF NORMANDY"
Its superb Rendition Last Elght-Miss
Courtney Thomas.


Courtney Thomas.
Robert Planquctic's Immortal compost
ton. "Chimcs Of Normandy" even In the
hands Of amateurs skilliully ,iaincd, weaycs
itself around and into the inner Icccsscs Of
the human heart attuncd 10 rich melodies.
A second production 81 the Opera, under
the auspices Of the Amateur Athletic Asso-
citation, and Z, the hands OF the association's
selected members and friends, was given at
the Memphis Theatcr last night
II was superior Performance from first 10
last. with no sighting, no ignoring OF detail,
neither was there any lack Of sympathetic 10
Spouse from the vast ns.ombago sitting un-
der the shadows Of the sixteenth century n.
fusion.
Strangers 10 the parlonablc timldty aud
stag fright attaching to initial appearances
land majority Of tho stage people did 10
fact I'm themselves Ia the throc, OF this try
ing experience on Thursday EVENING" their
backs upon the natural uncertainty Of pfo-
cccdlng when frat confronting glar.ng foot.
lights aud a sea Of dubious, anxious faces,
cast aud chorus took hold Of their work with
n grit aud finish that was surprising and ~
frcshing Where COMMUNICATION was called
for aud deserving ON the first evening mort
invited criticism last evening where ap
plausc was bestowed In measure, out 81
appreciation of the awful circumstances
Thursday II was the spontaneous out
burt last night Of hearts aud
mind. carried away with marvellous accom-.
plshmcnts 81 those drawing TO the
| mi.crly thruwdncss. official cupidity, no.
/ biiiys courage aud peasant simplicity Of
/ 800 years ago. The socnrs aud incidents
may have been wrought from the authors
elastic, vivid Imagination, they may have
come TO him m inspiration, through n
drfam OF ~ the growth Of days week. and
mouths Of study. but last night they wcr
the most impressive rcalisms The haum.
scarum, but Food-hcartcj scrpolctic. the
digniiyd production oi noble maidcnhood.
Gcrmaino. the sclfimporlant yet manly
Hem, the hypocntIoal, coNarlly. love sick
fisherman, GrcnichcuN, the ghostly, gold wor-
shipping Ga.pari, the pompous stupid iiailli;
the ro,siping peasants, male aud female.
all those were living, moving being, TO the
paironiFlnF thronc, last night They were
hctualitics which could not be- shaken while
the play was ON, nor until the last cn,orc
had been uptuously given and responded
90, and the man or woman at your side had
disturbed the wondcrmcnt by q whisper,
"oh isn't u splendid" till the unsympa.
thctic aud uncomfortable man had risen aud
moved up the aisle TO the door. or the bois-
ferrous gods of the gallery had begun 10
chatter crunch peanuts aud break en- host
for the stairway.
Miss Courtney Thomas wa, the Germaine.
She was an ideal reproduction of the authors
Mnrchloncs'. Her hgurc, her face. her man.
ncr her ease aud wonderful etscc gave her
uncquivocal hincs, Tor the parL llcrvolcn.
the creature Of bcnclccnt nature and pains
taking indclntiuiblc cultivation. made
her mislfcss OF the situation In musirnl scorc.
tie hbri'o and its rrqui rcmcnis were met
and conquered With tho facility Of a cato.
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"COTTON."

The receipts yesterday were about the
smallest Of the season, 81 bales, against l3l
bales on the same day last year. The sales
we're l25 bales all taken by spinners. The
market remains quiet and steady, and the
stock on hand has been reduced TO II, us
bales, against 81. los bales on same day last
sason At New Orleans the spot market is
firm, with futures unchanged Liverpool
declined l-iGd, aud futures I 10 . points
on a dull market At New York spots aud
futures are steady, with futures unchanged.
Al New York the bears claim that the adj
vance In cost hes finally brought the market
60 a point where actual consumers are fall
ing back upon their resources and leaving a
great deal Of cotton upon the hands Of spec
ulalors, who must sell against IL promptly,
while the bulls stick TO Il that the entire
break j. due TO manipulation on the part OF
the foreign syndicate, which Is simply TAX
ing measures to enircnch Itself more Sc
curcly against the severe battle laid out to
o-cur at the end Of the crop ycar
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VERNE ouT.vHRNE.ED.
James Gordon Bennett Gees to Khar-
toum.

toum.
NEW YoRK, May i7.-According 10 an
evening paper, New York nowspaperdom
and the great clubs are excited over the
latest news from Europe that James Cor
don Bennett, proprietor Of the New York
Herdld, has gone to Khartoum, capt.
tai Of Mahdi. lilo left Paris three
weeks ago, went TO Maneilles
then 10 Alexandria and this week
Is In Cairo. Two stories have been cabled
over in explanation OF this singular
Journey. One Is that at the Club Mere
ton, in Paris, one night-an organization
which resembles the famous eccentric
club OF Jules Verne in the character Of
many OF is n,embes-an officer who has
sccn service In the Egypt army said IL was
impossible for any foreigner toenter khar-
toum and depart alive. A discussion arose
In which were cited the many instances
OF clever Europeans who had disguised
themselves and IN this gafb penetrated the
most intolcrant and fanatic cities OF the
Moslem world. II eliminated when BEN
nett, who was taking an active part In
no conversation, declared that anyone
possessing sufficient brains and money
could visit the Mahdi and return un.
scaihed, and offered heavy wager that
lac could himself DO IL within the period
OF six months. Tho bet was promptly
accepted aud Bennett, accompanied by an
intimate friend, started forthwith upon
the hazardous journey.
The other story Is far more startling.
On the evening In question ut the club
mentioned, Bennett received a long dis
patch from a Carlo CORE. pondent stating
that lac had just received a visit from an
envoy of the Mahdi with import
ant news regarding Chinese Cor
don and that the latter was still
alive and kept u a close prisoner, tina.
the new Mahdi, by reason OF his reverse
on kordoian aud the Bahr-Al.Chazalan
and his loss OF the great province OF Dariur,
was willing 10 ransom Gordon for !, 900, 600
francs The next few days Bennett made
all arrangements for the trip and for the
payment Of the vast sum mentioned, and
with an intimate friend set ont for Egypt.
But little could be learned In New York
in confirmation Of the story. An editorial
OF the Herald stated that cablegrams from
Bennett had been received from Mareillcs,
Alexandria and Cairo, but that nothing
was known In the Office about his pros.
pcctiyo movements
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THE MEMPHISAPPEAL
DRESSED REEF.

A telegram from Chicago a few days |
since announced that Armour & Co., Of
that aud Kansas City, were about 10 test
the recently enacted law by the Legisla-
turc Of Minnesota, requiring the inspection
Of beef on the hooi within the State at the |
place killed. One OF two other States have
enacted similar laws Tho Tennessee
Legislature declined similar measure,
and bills TO the same effect are pending In
tun others. New York included. The de-
cision will be awaited with considerable
interest Tho prosperity OF the dressed
meat trade hangs upon It, except rs rc-
garls foreign trade. Aud II Is TO be hoped
the Supreme Court Of Minnesota may de.
clare Il unconstitutional. The whole
purpose Of this act is the prohibition
Of trade in dressed beef between Mime.
sofa and the other States Of the Union.
and Il In dressed beef a way may be found
10 prohibit other branches OF trade between
the States under prciexts oven more limsy.
To prohibit the importation OF dressed
meats from other States simply because
they knock down prices is an instance Of
the wonit kind OF spccial.class legislation,
n kind Of legislation that will work evil
only, and that continually. II Is truly
protection" run mad, aud once entered
upon might soon DO adopted for self
defense, or otherwise, by every State In
the Union. The true method Of meet
ing the situation Is not In more 70
s,ric,ions, bu, In greater freedom o
competition. When the railroads shat
Zee III to supply the shipper Of live siocl
with a compartment car Ia which tn
animals shall feed aud drink and les, q
ease, in which they shall lose ncilho
health nor hcsh, bui be delivered In SCUM,
condition ior slaughter, they will pa
dressed beef a, a disadvantage. simply bc
cause the live trade will furnish a ehcapo
and better article. Tha, Is the case her,
IN Memphis where the meat butch
cred and which has been fed Il
this nclghborEood Is much prcicuc,
by housckecpcn who know anyihin
about meats and AM able 10 discriminat
In their purchases. Honest butchers wi
make no prolcnse Of selling foreign "a
homo meats. And there arc many sucl
many who can be implicitly relied upon
Such butchers do not fear the compctiiio
Of the dressed beef dealers. They At
sure Of their trade because sure Of the
intelligent customers.
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memphis signs q New Player.

Chattanooga yesterday released Apple
gate, Litz and Toohey. Manager Jim
Woods heard Of il and Immediately signed
Ioohey to play first base, which position
he will play today, Cassidy going to short.
The APPEAL respectfully submits that
this arrangement will not work. Cassidy
ought to go to third and Reccius or Cruso
to short. Cassidy is too tall a man to play
as short stop. However, today game VIII
settle the matter. Toohey is a valuable
acquisition. He was the surest batter in
the Chattanooga team, and every time he
went to the bat the local cranks trembled
in their boots. Now that we've got him
in place OF little Holland, who can't hit a
balloon, there ought to be no excuse for
losing more than one game out OF three.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-18

CAnSrom, the great iron master"
has jus, given another proof Of the
value Of protection 10 tho workingmcn
OF this country In a notice that he will In
a few days make an average cut in tho
wages OF tho men employed In his
steel works Of twenty per cent.
In the case Of tho best paid
men the cut will amour, to between
30 aud 90 per cent Of the present rate
Where now be all tho promises aud pledges
Of Carnegie aud Blaine during the canvass
Of last year, when they spent 40 much
time bowling over the workingman's pos
siblc condition In case Cleveland was
olecled9
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INTERVIEWS with members OF the Demo
cratic National Committee, printed in The
Nog York World Of Monday, show that
Calvin S. Brice is well backed for the
vacant Craftsmanship OF the Committee,
whereupon The Worldasks: "Can the Dem.
ocraic party--the supposed foe oil monop-
olies and the rising Plutocracy. hope to
make a successful fight under the field
marshalshp OF a millionaire railway mag
nate p
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where facilities are favorable and stop
making il where they are not. We would
have TO shut up some Of our mills, which
are now where they have no business to
be. The iron and steel manufacture would
be confined chiefly to the territory lying
between Ohio and Lake Superior to Ten
nessee and Alabama, and there is where
II ought to be-" Just what The APPEAL
has always contended for.
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n THE MISSISSIPPI CAMPAIGN

The Democratic party is very strong in
Mississippi and the candidates for Gov
ernor, each Of them, regard a nomination
as equivalent to an election. Some OF
them in this are, We fear, counting with
out their host. The Alliance and Wheel
Democrats, OF which there are, II is said,
more than $4,000, are very much opposed
TO the present administration and are,
II is understood, determined TO vote
against any man who Is regarded
as the successor by selection OF Gov.
Lowry. The Republicans are APP
prised Of this and are fully prepared to
support an Independent or Alliance ticket
II one Is put in the field. They are pre-
pared TO sustain movement like that in
Arkansas, which, headed by DR.. Norwood,
came very near to defeating the Demo.
cratic party and to dividing IL perma
nenlly. Such a movement should be
discounicnanced by oil good Democrats
and DO discouraged especially by those
who belong TO tho Wheel. But
something should be done by the
Democratic leaders also. II Is their
duty to placate as far as Is possible bodies
rs large and influential rs the Alliance
and the Wheel. The farmers who com.
prise these organizations can have no pur-
pose foreign 10 tho best interests OF the
Slate, and II they number rs many as
$1,000, being all white men, they number
within $1,000 OF the total Democratic
vote OF the State Us east last year
for Cleveland. Thirty thousand Of
these votes Joined TO the Rcpub.
lican vote (3O,Oo6) cast for Harrison
would elect an opposition ticket.
Therefore Il Is plain the Alliance and
Wheel men hold moro than the balance Of
power, and arc 20 be considered by
the Democratic party in the making Of
nominations OF course Il Is to BE- dcplored
that the Alliance aud Wheel men should
be turned from the legitimate purposes Of
their organization and DO forced or
driven into politics, but politicians
must deal with facts as they find
them, aud II Is fact that the
Wheel aud Alliance men Of Mississippi
mean TO DO heard from II the Democratic
nominations do not meet their approval.
The candidates for Congress present a fine
array o. honorable names. Among them
arc Gun. w. $. featherslon, Maj. Ethel
Barksdale, ex-Gov. ]. NJ. Stone, Gen,
Stephen u. Lee, Gen. VIM. T. Martin
Lieutenant Governor ID. Stands, exon
gresham II. S. Van Eaton, Gen. ]. II
Sharp, tho Hon. Henry l.. Muldrow, lat
Assistant Secretary Of tho Interior th
Hon. II. @. Patty, Judge J. b. Chrisman
Col. Joel T. Walker, r. II. Taylor. tn
lion. J. G. I.ongsircet and Gen. S. W. FeI
gu.on. Which ono Of oil these the All
auce and wheel men would support |,
impossible yet to say, but We make n
doub, rs the canvass by candidates pre-
crosses tina, will be made apparent
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-18

Ex-MAYoR ADRIAN HEWITT startled the
guests at a recent banquet in Lon
don by assuring them that the Southern
States would ultimately be the center Of
the hardware trade Of the world. And it
is true. And IL is also true that II is that
thought that disturbs the dreams Of tho
Eastern iron masters and makes them
long for some special protection against
the South.
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III. g. a q. wharf a, Norro,n nu.nea.

NoRroLK. Va, MAY iS-A Gro tonight
destroyed the extensive docks aud ware.
house Of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
In this city. Tho origin Of the lire Is no,
known, but h thought to have been from
q cigar OF cigarette thrown IN the ware
house by q passenger who came of tho
steamer which landed At 3 O'Clock this
evening. The loss will amount 10 about
as. 900, and II only partly Insured. The
freight belonged principally to Norfolk
merchants
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-18

THE American colony in Canada Is in
serious jeopardy. Some Of the Dominion
law officers think that the extradition act
Just passed In their Parliament is reiroac-
tive. II this should turn out TO be the fact,
tho Doodle people from New York and
Chicago would have to join Mooney in
Paris. The way Of the transgressor is
hard
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-18

PnoF. wooDnow proved himself to he
'loyal Presbyterian" In Withdrawing his
name a. a candidate for moderator from
before the General Assembly Of the Pres.
byterian Church on Thursday. which Is
still in session nj Chattanooga lie saw
that his name was likely 10 create fresh
dissenSion and that, at the outset OF the
session Of the assembly, was not desirable.
That ho might have been elected there Il
no room TO doubt The superb oud per
sistent lghl he has made " preserve hii
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-18
Diamond Dust

ATLANTA, Chattanooga and Memphis
are tied up for third place. In a week
from now Memphis win be second. This
is a straight tip.
JENNY CARR is the best local umpire to
DO found in any Southern League city.
lie has only one arm, but he possesses a
level head. -New Orleans States.
MEMPHIs sent Telegram TO Vogel, re-
Gently signed by Walter Goldsby, offering
him place. Goldsby got ahead OF the
Bluff City day and bagged the game.
AeD Orleans States.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-18
MEMPHIS WINS OF COURSE
CHATTANOOGA RELEASES THREE OF
HER BEST PLAYERS.
The Texas League Busted Up, and Birm-
ingham Signs SIX OF the Fort Worth
Club Players-The Charleston Club to
Play Here Today.

Memphis won from Chattanooga yester-
day with comparative ease in presence OF
a small crowd. The game was without
feature beyond the home run by Brod-
erick, the first OF the season on Memphis
grounds. The score, 8 to l in favor of the
locals, tells the tale. Only five innings
were played, TO enable the visitors 10 catch
the New Orleans train.
OFFICIAL SCORE.
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Tnr Shah Of Persia Is soon again to be
the guest Of England, and this time at the
Queens expense. When no was last
a dcnilcn Of Buckingham Palace, where
he is TO be lodged tais time, he left the
most unsanilary evidence Of his presence,
1t was reported at the time, ON the carpets
Of his apartments lie may have learned
better since, but II not tho English people
will have to put their hands in their peck
cts aud pay for new carpets after no do
parts
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mcnr, Willard Wins.

NEw YoRK, May 1.-THE last hour
Of business on the New York Stock
Exchange marked the climax Of
one OF the most exciting chapters Of
Wall street history, aud closed the ierccsi
fight that has ever been known on the
floor Of the exchange. Henry Willard got
control OF the Oregon Transcontinental
COMPANY.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-18

A VERY exciting but unauthenticated
story reached US by Telegraph late last
night, which makes Mr.. James Gordon
Bennett the hero OF two adventures.
either OF which being successful. he
would on his return from Egypt to Eu-
ropo be hailed as the most adventurous
OF adventures.