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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
Foreign Notes.

Emperor William will visit Queen Vic
toria at Osborne house on Aug. L.
Emperor William has purchased the
Castle Urville, in the Matz district.
The British government has decided to
adhere to the proposal for November
sitting of parliament.
Mr.. Gladstone is better. Monday after
noon he attended u garden party. The
queen was also present.
The czar will open the Mini Novgorod
fair on July q. Preparations are being
made on grand scale for the event.
Queen Regent Christina of Spain, has
started for San Sebastien. 1t is reported
that the Prince of Wales will visit her
there.
The losses by the fire of Saturday in
Con stantinople amout to 81 ,00O 900 There
Is an insurance of 1853, $50 in British com
panies.
The Grand Duchess Xevia, eldest daugh-
ter of the czar, will marry the Grand
Duke Alexander Michaeloyitch, her sec
ond cousin. 1t is n love match.
A new dramatic soprano appeared in
Paris in "The Jewess." She is Mile.
Fierens, and has powerful voice, we'll
An American girl, Josephine Neuderoff,
who has been studying music in Berlin,
committed suicide here Tuesday Her
mind is said to have been affected by over
study,
The man who fired a revolver outside
the Elysee Monday while President Carnot
was passing from his carriage to the
palace, was examined by physicians and
pronounced insane.
The Paris Gaulies mas advices from
Africa which state that the natives have
routed and it is feared cut off the retreat
of the French expeditionary force now in
the upper Niger country,
For the first time since its foundation
Hebrew, Professor Julius Bernstein, has
been elected rector magnificus of the Hu. 10
university Up to within comparatively
short time no Hebrew was permitted even
to teach there.
Mr.. Stanley is making rapid progress
toward complete recovery Tuesday he
took drive aud returned much benefited
by his outing. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Stanley and Surgeon Parke. The
drive occupied three hours.
The North German Gazette denies the
report that Chancellor Won Caprivi has
advised Emperor William to shorten his
tour in Norwegian waters owing TO polit-
ical Developments The program of his
majesty's trip, The Gazette says, has been
only slightly modified owing to the
weather .f ..t
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
A Mother,. Ea,,.. NT,staLa.

DAYTON, Tenn, July IA terrible
mistake was made sunday morning by
Mrs. John Stuck, wife Of carpenter
living in Dayton. Mrs, Stuck is the
mother Of twin babies about seven or
eight months old, which have been
dangerously sick for several weeks, and
the mother, worn out by watching over
them, made the sad mistake Sunday
morning Of giving one of them carbolic
acid, thinking that it was u dose of
sweet oil. The mistake was immediate
ly seen, but it was too late. The baby
fingered until Monday, when it died.
The mother is nearly crazed with grief
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
West Virginia OH Territory.

WHEELING, W. Va, July 17,-1A gi-
gantic scheme to develop the oil terri
tory of this state is under way, with J.
g. Blaine, S. X. Elkins, Senator Cam
den and the Standard Oil company be-
hind it. The intention is to sink line
of wells from Warrington across the
state through the West Virginia oil
fields to Eureka. Over 100 wen have
already been put down, and the Stand
ard is to erect tanks with tothl capac-
ity Of 800, 900 barrels and pipe line.
Nearly 3. 100000 has already been ex-
pended in the preliminary work.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
DISASTER IN FORT LA FRANCE,
Further Accounts of the Recent Great
Fires There.


PORTLAND, Me-, July III. H. Ham
lin & Son of this city, have received
letter from their repl sentative ut st.
Pierre. Martinique, dated June q, Civ
ing later particulars of the great dis
aster at Fort La France. The fire began
about 1880 a. III. June %, spread rapidly
before high wind, and by the follow
ing morning had ravaged along the sea
shore from the western side of the
Savannah to the Riyiere Levassor. More
than 100 buildings were destroyed,
and with the exception of very small
portion the antique city Of Fort La
France is In ruins. Many people per-
ished and twenty-five bodies have been
recovered.
Three quarters of the thickly popu-
lated area of the city Is destroyed, and
seyen-eights Of the people, numbering
from 5000 to 1900, are homeless. The
demand made upon those who were
saved had reduced them to almost the
same state of destitution. Money must
be had Immediately or the distress ut
Fort La France viii, become actual
-starvation.i Gaudalonpe has sent the
steamer Alcyon with food. Tie Bank
of, Gepe has reTnittei B 1000 francs AS the
first instalIhent Of a elief fund from the
sister isle The letter makes an appeal
for help to generous americans,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
ssr,ou. Trouble in Nowroundland.

HALIFAX, July l7.-Fresh trouble Of a
most serious character has broken ont
between the French aud English on the
New foundland coast. 1t is said that the
Newfoundland cruiser Fiona fired q
shot across the bows Of French fishing
brig which had refused to obey the
cruisers signals TO lay TO, the French
vessel having been discovered taking
bait on the south coast. The story has
not been confirmed, but color Is given
to it by the hurried departure Tuesday
of her majestys ship Bellcrophon and
two other lnen-of-war. ~
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17

MINNEAPOLIS, July II. The announce
ment was made Tuesday night that the
four big Minneapolis breweries have
consolidated with a capital of 81 ,0O0, 600
The firms are the John Orth Brewing
company, the Heinrich Brewing COM
,pany, d. Noerenberg and the Germania
Brewing company. The above are the
sole shareholders in the new concern,
which will be known as the Minneapolis
Brewing and Malt company. New and
larger buildings will be put up at once.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
TMists enc L.lon,a TAlI.

NEW YORK, July 17.--The Herald's
Washington special says it is understood
that the delay in publishing the Behring
sea correspondence is due to the fact
that Secretary Blaine wishes to include
in it his latest letter to Lord Salisbury,
which has not yet been laid before par
hament. The letter is said to be of the
lingo" type. 1t is full of American
isms," and twists the lions tail without
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK:

bankruptcy of the United States treasury.
They fail to take into account $l56,OO0, ,0OC
of cash credits and $46,0O0,00O sinking
fund
Under a court decision in favor of the
Wabash against the Chicago and Western
Indiana, the Canadian Pacific will gain
an entrance TO Chicago over the Wabash
tracks
Professor John w. Heston, principal OF
the preparatory department of the Penn
sylvania state college, has accepted the
superintendency of the Seattle, Wash,
public schools
Mrs. Williams, who last week killed her
two children, at Rutland, VT, said she
wanted to join her husband, who was
killed few weeks ago, and did not want
to leave her children
The "Christians" are about to remove
to Bethany Park, Ind, the cid Virginia
church of Alexander Campbell, with its
odor of antiquity and memories of the cell
ebrated founder of the sect.
William Pescheck, aged 10, of Green
Bay, Wis. stole drayload of miscellane-
GUS freight, little by little, from c. AN.
railroad cars there. Goods found at his
home and his mother, a washerwoman,
arrested also
Lewis Blanton, colored, of Versailles,
KY, struck his sister over the head with
beer glass, severing an artery. The wo-
man almost bled to death before sur
geon could be secured, and is yet in crit
ical condition.
The Indianians have another spasm OF
disgust at the state government that ex-
hibits no energy this warm weather in the
who run the justice mill of that common
wealth. The papers are storming again.
Wilson Patterson, bridge builder,
whose home is in Detroit, and who was
employed on the Hooking Valley railroad
bridge in course of construction over the
Olentangy river, near Columbus, o., was
killed by being struck with portion OF
the frame work of the bridge
A band of lawless Mexicans are terror
izing the people in the vicinity OF Las
Vegas, New Mexico, and the United
States government has been appealed to.
Crops have been destroyed, houses and
bridges burned, agricultural implements
broken and many people shot.
The squaw and pappoose of Geronimo,
the Apache chief, were baptized in the
Catholic church of St. Thomas, Mount
Vernon, near Mobile, Ala, ON Saturday.
Father O'Grady performed the ceremony.
Geronimo and many of his Indians were
present in full war paint and expressed
great satisfaction at the performance.
The squaw received the name of Maria
and the pappoose that of Frances.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
Fred. prentlce FnIls Again.

ASHLAND, Wis, July 1.-THE at
tempt Of Frederick Prentice, the well
known land speculator Of this place, to
obtain land in the center of Duluth val.
ued at s! 900, 900, is again unsuccessful.
Judges Nelson and Miller have rendered
a decision in favor of the defendants
the Northern Pacific Railroad company
the Duluth Street Railway company
and others.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
AsI.ooo. 600 aIlnneapolI. Flre.

MINNEAroLIs, Mimi, July f7-The
large seven story ware house Of the
Security Warehouse company, ON First
street and Fourth avenue North, owned
by Wood & Morse, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire, together with its con
tents, Tuesday afternoon, entailing "a
loss of nearly 81 100000. uS Sna
The burned ware house was used as
storage aud transfer ware hVslse. and
was one Of the largest establishments Ut
its kind in Minneapolis. II eost about
$50, 900, and was insured for SO 900.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
"Rro.kv" smith Resp,ted.

COLUMBUS, O., July l7.-Governor
Campbell, at noon Thursday, respited
"Brocky" Smith, who was to hang
Thursday night, for the murder Of
Bridget Byron in CINCINNATI, last Au-
gust. The execution il deferred to Aug.
20 in order to give the supreme court a
chance to pass on motion to file petit
ton in error
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
RUNAWAY NEGROES KILLED.
Overtaken in Louisiana swamp and
Worsted In "a Battle.


MERaoUdE, La, July iT.--On Sunday
night twenty-five laborers from the
plantations of A. Hefner, near Oak
Ridge, Morehouse parish, and whose
passage he mad paid from North Caro-
lima, quit their homes and commenced
under cover of night to make their way
into Chicot county, Ark. They were
pursued by posse of friends of Mr..
Hetner, and Tuesday morning were
found hiding in dense thicket. t'rF
When notified by the posse that they
were surrounded by n party Of men who
would do them no harm, and only asked
their return to their homes, they ex-
pressed willingness to return: but when
the posse went forward to meet them,
the negroes, led by one bold trouble
maker, opened fire ON the posse, and for
one minute did some wild shooting.
The posse returned the fire, and the re-
suit WIS that five negroes were killed.
The running away Of men brought from
North Carolina the past season, their
only object being to beat planters out Of
their passage to Louisiana, has become
too common during the past two
months .s. .
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
Big Fire Al Dsnton. TEX.

DENTON, Tex, July 17.-one of the
principal business blocks of Denton,
was burned Tuesday night. Loss about
$l00, 600; insurance $4,000 The heav-
lest losers are: A. Graham, dry goods,
$3.50 G. A. Williams, dry goods, $lS,-
900; Mrs. Kowsky. 5000.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
A MORN Riot.

CHARLESTON, s. c., July IA riot
is reported near Kears, in Barnwell
county. Three hundred negroes armed
with new rifles are said to confront
twenty-five white men. One negro has
been killed. Assistance has gone from
naiuhborinn towns
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17

PoMERoY, o.. July l7.-Three miles
back of towr Wed.lzsiay morning gas
was struck at aspt., Of 400 feet. 1he
pressure WAS 50 stlVng that the tools
were blown Ont of The well; oil, rock
and dirt being blown high in the air.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
Tho nostest Dag At IinnnIl

BUFFALO, N. Y, July II. Tuesday
was the hottest day Of the feas1n. The
thermometer registered los degrees at
3 o'clock y. IN. Several perlpns we've
ovsrc 1me by the heat and seat 70 the
hospitals. ..-.4. r..
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
PARTICULARS OF THE ACCIDENT

PAh lCOGHho OF ne ACCIDENI
As Gathered by II Reporter from People
Who Saw 1t.
The particulars of the terrible holo-
caust, as CLEANED from eye-witnesses,
are as follows;
The local freight on the Little Miami
railway stopped at Kings station to
take out two cars loaded with powder
The engine cut off from the train and
cut in cut Of cars coupled on to the
powder cars. The brakeman, who was
young hand, either let his cut off cars
get away from him, or did not apply the
brakes soon enough, or the brakes re-
fused to work. and the cut off cars
struck the two cars of powder, which
were driven against three cars loaded
with soda ash.
When the cars struck there was an
explosion that shook the country for
miles about and tore the buildings
around to pieces, and in less than three
minutes there was second explosion,
and then the whole mass of buildings
was On fire, and before the occupants
had recovered from the shock Of the
first explosion, the second explosion
came, and the remaining houses were
torn to pieces. and i'll two minutes the
entire part of the town above the rail
road track was seething mass of fire.
As the flames spread, explosion after
explosion followed, and the alarm was
given that fire would reach the maga-
zines, which contained 100000 pounds
of powder, when men and women
gathered their children that could be
found and fed for the surrounding
b,lla fN, tlatr livaS. onI ,oonu - thaSa
were injured, some seriously, but they
We're not conscious of it until mile
from the Inflated explosion. 81
story Of an Eye-wtncss. &
Perhaps the best eyewitness of the
terrible explosion was Mr. Ry Jones,
one of the brakemen on the local freight
train, which was switching at the time
the explosion happened Mr.. Jones told
his terrible experience as follows:
THE train had stopped to run in
cut of cars and out two cars Of powder
The brakeman seemed not to hold up
the cut soon enough, or the brake
wouldn't work, and the cut went into
the pocket at rapii rate. When the
brakeman saw he could not stop the cut
he lay down on the roof and held ON to
the running board.
lHe Gul slIuSh llc lONueI CalSi anu
they run back until the powder cars
struck three other cars, when there was
an explosion. The air was filled with
sticks and debris of every description,
and believe it was blown thousand
feet high. | was holding ON brake on
my car, but was knocked fiat to the roof.
In less than five minutes every building
was on fire, and it was terrible sight.
haliava there were fully twenty pXnlO.
sions."
Frank C. Hunt, the Little Miami rail-
road agent, had Just tackled the cards ON
the cara of powder and come back mp 10
the station when the explosion took
place The freight house was blown
through the passenger station, com
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
GREAT REDUCTION
IN PRICES.

Gross barred muslin, worth cents, S cents.
White plaid musn sold for 12a cents, TO-
Victoria Lawn, former price Is cents now 119.
Very fine Victoria Lawn former price 20 cents, a.
Black Organde in pals formerly sold for 20 cents, 15
Striped Black Organdes worth 25 cents, 60
Nice large Turkish bath towels only cents
Good linen towels for
Beautiful line of Ginghams from 81 cents up
Challes in beautiful patterns for 5 cents.
Croquet Quilts worth 80 now 81 25 Still finer for 81 So
y Also all shoes and slippers greatly reduced.
Misses and Chldrens hose worth 10 CENTS
Very large line of Ladies Vests price 40 and SO cents
from 10 cents up.
Parasos and umbrellas at astonshly low prices.
We still have good stock of Chdrens clothing which
selling from 81 up Boys knee pants low 25 cents
you need of Carpets, Matting Art Squares it
will your interest examine my stock and get my prices.
will sell Atwood suit Clothes worth $1l for $8 fine
SIS suit for $40.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
CONGRESS-.
One Hundred and siNty-Ninth Day.

Ono HuhdFed anu "IAIJ -NIHIH H"J'
In the senate-Mr. Sherman reported a
bill from the finance committee to re-
duce the amount of bonds required of Ma
tional banks. The suRdry civil bill was
considered until 0 p m, when the senate
adjourned
In the -house-The bill to provide 6S6
more clerks Tor the pension office, to carry
into effect the defendent pension bill,
was passed, and at $40 p. m. the house
adjourned
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17

Gottfried Keller, the German poet, died
in Zurich, Wednesday, In the 7lst year OF
his age.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
FRYE TO BLAINE.
The Senator Replies to the Let
ter OF the Secretary Of State,
In Reference to Spain's En-
barge Upon Our Cereals.

The Former Asks the Latter what Infor-
She Would Concede should We Remove
the Duty from West Indian Sugar-Too
Late to Amend the Tariff Bill.
New YORK, July IA special dis
patch to The Press from Washington
says:
Senator Frye has transmitted to Sec
retary Blaine a reply to the letter of the
latter dealing with Spain's embargo
upon American breadstuffs. Senator
Frye asks the secretary what informa
tion from Spain he has, and what that
government would concede in case the
United States reduces or takes off the
duty upon sugar imported from Cuba
or Porto Rico. The senator requests the
secretary's opinion as to whether it
wotId be fair to Spain and her posses
sions to demand that they take Ameri
can breadstuffs in exchange for sugar,
while the secretary advocates the ad
mission from the Latin American re-
public of sugar in exchange for no less
than eighty-seven kinds of American
products.
In an interview with The Press CORE
spondent Senator Frye said he thought
it was too late now to amend the tariff
bill as Mr.. Blaine suggests. he Frye)
thought the happy solution Of the sugar
question, for the time being at least, lies
in the reduction of the present rate
from two cents pound to one cent.
The American planter will find in a
duty OF one cent pound ample protec-
tlon for his industry, when the fact Is
remembered that the improved ma
chinery of the present day makes a very
material reduction in the cost of produc-
ton rs compared with decade or even
less ago.
Part of Frye's Reply Verbatim.
WASHINGTON, July 17.-Senator Frye
in reply to Mr.. Blaine's letter of the
1lth inst, wrote as follows:
Your letter leaves me in some doubt
as to facts. assume that your views are
contained in what Is known as the Hale
amendments that you knew for instance
what the Latin republics will receive of
ours free from duty in compensation
for free sugar. / assume that that
amendment was the result of thorough
investigation.
"The difficulty about it is this: The
amount of sugar to be received from
those states would be comparatively
small, and the consumer Of sugar would
receive no benefit from it. Your letter
to me, extends this idea Of reciprocity
to Cuba and Porto Rico. admit if
sugar is received free from those islands
as well as from the Latinrepublics, the
people would be benefited and sugar
would be practically free.
islands, free of duty, the list of articles
named in that amendment? OF course,
we could not enact law more favora-
BILE to Spain than to the republics. Do
you know what Spain would exchange
for free sugar? And can you give a list
Of the articles she would receive? The
better way probably would be to make
the list she would receive the controlling
one for all these countries.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
Might Have Been Worse.

But short distance away are the
magazines of the Kings Powder com
pany, where $4,000 Kegs Of explosives
were stored. Not spark alighted there
else the calamity most have been inn
mensely magniied. This company loses
nothing save few tinder-ike, isolated
out-houses used for manufacturing The
Peters Cartridge company loses its en-
tire plant and offices.
The Little Miami at once dispatched a
train bearing assistance, and much
noble assistance was afforded. Physi-
clans were gathered up along the line
and were hastened to the scene.
The report of the explosion was heard
eight and ten miles away, and for quite
distance around the scene Of the dis
aster the effects could be seen in shat
tered windows and broken chimneys.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
by an Explosion of Thirteen
Hundred Kegs of Powder.
Twenty Five Thousand Kegs Stored
Near by Stand the Shock.
Twelve Killed Outright and a
Number Injured.

Kings Station ON the Little Miami Rail-
road Near Cincinnati, the Scene of the
Calamity - The Entire Plant of the
Peters Cartridge Company Wiped Out.
The Report Heard for Several Miles.
CINCINNATI, July 11.-One of the
worst accidents, with sweeping loss Of
life and property, that ever happened
along the Little Miami railroad, took
place at Kings station, twenty-seven
miles from this city, the location of the
Kings Great Western powder works
Tuesday afternoon. at o'clock.
-Four freight cars, two loaded with
nitrate of soda and the other two with
,25O kegs of powder, were struck by
others in making running switch.
Almost Immediately there was deafen-
ing report.
When the dense and overpowering
vista of smoke that attended the explo-
sion and hung about the wreckage had
somewhat cleared away, half dozen
lives had gone out and buildings We're
utterly blown to splinters or We're in
flames
The fire, besides its terrible destruc-
ton of life, destroyed six residences, the
office Of the company, the new offices,
shell factory, cartridge factory, box
factory, two ware houses, railroad sta
ton, freight house, eight cars and sew
eral small buildings.
The flames advanced greedily to the
north, rapidly consuming the dwelling
of Mrs Schneider, whose husband was
recently killed in an explosion at the
mill, also the houses of widow Rebecca
Dowdall, Frederick Kellar and James
Moss. II is believed that at the Kellar
residence the mother and two little
children persisted. Mrs. Moss is among
the dead.
Employees rushed from the neighbor-
ing cartridge factories into the rain of
bricks and blazing planks and heavy car
wheels that had been tossed like pebbles
high into the air. Some twenty-five
girls were employed in the shell factory,
a 90 by 100 sheet iron building 100 yards
from the track The walls rocked and
split, and the occupants rushed from the
structure in frenzy. Lottie Behr was
pinned by timbers to the floor, but was
rescued with shattered right arm inst
before the flames embraced the build
ing and consumed it.