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tiOh and inquiry that should establish
the purity of his actions and his nor
SOnal honor. P''
One oCner, occupying Il high place in
the councils of the party to which be.
long, has suffered himself. month in
and month out, to be charged with
crimes and misdcmeauors for which IL
guilty. he should have been cordemnnJ
under the laws of his State and have
lad meted out to him the fullest meas
mro OF It's punishment. This man is y
republican: Shall | now remain
silent? sit just and honest to remain
III my seat silent because one who is
accused OF crimes and refuses to seek
tp ~. TInulcatlo !, Is a II publican. and
oe or"1 hepuoiican the recognized leader
or my party? Neither deconcv nor
honor would permit me to do so
90 not know whether the rhorroc
MADE against the chairman of the
National Republican committee are
Grue or false, but do know they have
Deen made by Journals Of character and
sisamaiag i,Sa..g again, and. again, and do
s6lats q tfsy l.ls femafned SilenT ama sss1
neither sought nor attempted to seek |
opportunity to vindicate himself from
them. do know that as great Re- |
/ 'oiicdn leaucr nc owed 1t to the great |
?" rty at whose head he was either to |
brand them as infamics or to prove |
their falsity, or he owed it to that par
" to stand aside from its |. .dership.
, lie has not done either, a1d for this
denoroce him. The Republican party |
cannot afford to follow the lead of a
branded criminal. He has failed to
Justify himself, although opportunity
ana ample time has been given. lie
remains silent. His silence under such |
Is Il confession of guilt |
AN honorable man does not long daily |
when his honor is assailed. He has de-
ayed too long to justify belief in his
innocence, and he stands Il convicted
criminal before the bar of public opin-
on.
Under such circumstances he should
DC driven from the head Of a party
whose very life his presence imperils.
The Republican party has done enough
or It's pretended leader. Let him be
'elagated to the rear. 1t is no longer a
question of his vindication. 1t is now
question of the life Of the party itself
Kennedy read his speech from manu-
cript, occupying about half an hour in
is delivery.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, August 81,
haunted house is exciting peoplcoi the
city of DEBORAH and promises TO disclose
tragedy OF the darkest kind. Inc
house was ocIIpied bya young woman
and man named Johnson. The Wo-
man gave birth to IL child which was dls-
posed of by some means, as yet un-
known. Shortly after this woman !,
screams were heard in the house. ana
from then OF no one has been seen OF
| heard on the premises. rms WIS
three months ago. Tine household
goods remain untouched. 1t is Thought
| by the authorities that both the woman
md babe were murdered by Johnson
an apparition has been seen, IL is III
legged, 10y number of the bes' people
of the city, large crowds congregatius
near the house nightly. Investigation
| is being made.
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versation in the conference had led Inn
to believe that he would not be :, canIi.
date and that gentleman had arterward
told nm that he would not be. lie had
TOT tauthorlZed the use of his name in
the caucus. He said that he had heard
SOmethlug of letter he had received
iie mad received no such letter. tthe
NalkerSVille meeting he had said that
captain Shells action had puzzled him
put he would not say that it was wrong
III MN. lie never saw the manifesto
| II. tne conference. lie hadtalkcd with
captain Shell about one. He would
say IN justice to Captain Tillman thas
Wllen ne had heard him abu rd he had
defended him and hadSaid when he h,' !
heara MS motives questioned that lie
had declined to run most emphaticallv.
The Greenville News. OF September ,
In commenting on the above 81 IS.
Dr. Ii: Nj. Smith says he did not say Mt
walkers Cross RoaGs what the Green
vile Daily News reported him as hay
GanmiHiR q ord dT SAY sSbelMI lMIrffiY ffiYs iL
uleehfllle News says he said at V,Il,N
els cross RoadS he said what was m
true. Major w. "A. Hunt. of this civ
says ne heard DR.. Smith SAY al Walker
SrosS loads what the Grrrnville News
says ne SAID and what Captain Shell
says Is untrue. Lieutenant Governor
Mauldln says that he was at Walkers
cross Roads and heard DR.. Smiths
speech tho e and that the report of that
SPeech IN the News is correct. we
nave not seen John i. Erah,'rtt, county
.na.rinan or this county, but the re-
porter who obtained the inrorm,tinu
on on Whlch the report of the Walkers |
NioSS hoatS meeting was based rccriv- |
tu most OF that information from Cnn.
,;li l5Tamlett. We are informed fiat
that gentleman stands bv his statement
made to the News rep0rtrr and s.,tS
Dr. Smith did say at Walkers Cross
hoadS what this news, rcpoI Il |
that he said. We are fu ncrinforu. j |
Inat Ferry Smith, of the Walkers G. I,ys
LOADS neighborhood, is aroiher man
Wh0 understood DR.. Smith lust as Ma
jHE hunt. Lientenant-f.nr-rn AI.nI
4 in and Chairman Bramle;t understood
MN, and that there are scores. and
perhaps hundreds. OF men who will say
said ''''' "0
rms is one of the most interesting
;0mpllcated and peculiar DEVELOPMENTS
th.S interesting, complicated and ne
;'lliar campaign. The gentleman we
nave quoted say DR.. Smith said atY ak
RS Cross Roads that he, Tillman. Shell
otackhouSe and Simpson got topeth-
II and divid Il four fat Offices amone
hem in advance. Captain Shell saws If
Dr.. Smith said so he said what WASN'T
rue.
Df; Smith says he didn't say so, but
hat he said something very different
That is what we call Oh the whole a
'ery pretty kettle of fish.
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MACON, Ga, September 1.-THE Tele-
graph says the corn crop is estimated at
500 100000 bushels In 1889 it was 3
100000 bushels, the largest ever har-
vested. The average crop for five years
past has been 1,8O0,0OO,00O bushels. The
large surplus from last year renders il
probable that the supply will not fall be
low the average, notwithstanding this
years shortage. The oats crop is poor
i'm quality in many localities and will
not exceed 575,0O0,OO0 bushels, against
ISL 100000 bushels last year, which was
the largest crop ever grown. PROVISION:
have advanced, owing to the increased
price of corn. Hogs for January deliV
cry at Chicago are % per cent. highe
than last wears prices
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HE FELT AWFUL QUEER.
The Hair Raising Experience of a TeIe.
graph Editor.

| Sraph Editor.
| ATLANTA, GA, Sept. 2.-Mr. Tom
| Murphy, telegraph editor of the Allan
ia Journal, is glad that heis alive to-
| night, He had strange experience to
day While in the discharge of his daily
duties. ''
lie had opened a number of tele-
grams, read them, wrote heading for
! them and sent them to the printers
"Ien ne mad hair raising experience.
lie opened Il telegram read it as his
eyes grew big with orror, and then
gettlng up he went over to fellow
workers desk and said very earnestly,
DO iuuh Hhou -,'~---a .->-.- s'.----..----
mo, what makes you think SOP"
"Just read that" and Mr.. Murphy
sho ed the telegram under his friends
nose while he wiped cold beads Of per-
spiration from his reeking but massive
brow
The telegram was from Augusta,
Mr.. Murphy's former home. 1t read
something like this:
journal, Atlanta, Ga: Ship the body
of Thomas ID. Murphy on the next
train. See that it is enclosed in a neat
casket and we will pay all expenses
Chronicle"
Mr.. Murphy was pulling his hair to
see if he was really alive, when he
opened another telegram, and then it
was all that he could do to make him
self believe he was not Il corpse.
1t was from his father, and asked
that the body of his son be sent to Au
g. ia on the first train and he would
m It it with some of his friends al
CovingtOn.
The Chronicles message was answer
ed by Mr.. Murphy, telling his old pa
+ Or that he was the livelieSt corpse
His father and his friends had lef
Augusta. so Mr.. Murphy waited unit
the down train left, and took paSsag,
upon il to meet them at COvington.
The old mans feelings can better bt
imagined than described when he me
his son in the flesh. well and healthy
instead of meeting his lifeless body.
Mr.. Murphy is at a loss to know how
the report of his death reached Angus
ia.
He says it makes u fellow feel awfu
queer to read about his own body bein,
, put in a neat caSket for burial
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4 Cannon Spiked.

special says the effect of the speeches
in Congress on "Wednesday last by Con-
greS@man Cannon. and the diSgraceful
scene following, have just begun to be
felt throughout his district. Both Re-
publicanS and Democrats alike ccnSure
him in strong language, and the bad
break he made will cost him a great
many votes among the better class of
people who feel that the Fifteenth dis
trict has been disgraced and hWnil!at cd
by it representative. The outlook ut
present is that he will lose every coun'
ty in his district. There are fourteen
Republican NJ vspapers III this district
that refuse to support Cannon, and they
have a wide influence.
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ment.
NEyns OgI, 80, "A Sss5su ..,D
~ csIV
official rpnort oF'tbo cnfio,, -,,.l>,> rs -, ,
Tinted St,tc.. f,, ,ho onn,n,nro;oI y ,,a.
,,,,,r;,,, .,;,,, 49,, ',N y @ o'''
N'"',''S WIN '''c Close OF August, iH%'
made up by Secretary Hester.
The report states .lat the total crou
omoun,. T., -ait,,, ,>,I,.
tha ,,, ''''-- oa'''' cNceuu'nS
,''I ''"E'S' GRO? ever grown by zoo, 'S9
DaIGS, ana the crop OF last year by 81
o3-. IN" statement will bear the
closest scrutiny.
Inc report OBJECTS To the method of
deducIinT the cotton consumed in the
ooic'lcf! cotton ports from the totals
ot Ii!c cotton shipped across the Ohio.
mississippi and Potomac rivers. The
secreCarX =, mas obtained reports from
his Stairmrn, Inn, ~ n.; r,l" Ti"ia'is Iil,C
elemrnt nr thn nlt,N,otn ,rC oqn'"tn M, single
Southern conSump'ion '''G, for the he IU,al n.st
year is reported ut 5i5. 1853 bales nr;iinst INST
ISL, ,215 last year.
The number of mills in operation is
2IO. with 1,6iJ,19l splndlcs. Thirty
nine new mills, with 2iI .Stl spindlcs
have commenced work during the vear
and ID new mills have been completed
and will be ut work this fail. Forty.
four mills are idle, Number of which
expect to start up again at an early
date.
The total number of mills in the
South is now i.Ij, with ,O,SI9 looms ard
1,Si?.29l SpindleS. The increase of
spindlcS during the pas; year is e0uiyal-
cnt to nearly one half of the entire
number reported in the South by the
census Of 1880. The census OF that wear
showed iGI mills, with 16l go spindles.
The gain within the past ten wears
has been lr2 mills with .2G6.:11 spin
QleS, the increase in the number of
bales OF cotton consumed having been
30. .G.o or more than $50 per cent.
with reference to the cotton move
mcnt for Tie year the statement makes
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In u Storm of Fire,


MAUCH CHUNK, Pa, August 3O.-A
Partyiof moonligl eXcursionists s OH the
SWltchback Railroad here barely escap-
ed with their lives last night. Mrs.
H1hsataSs o. MY@iQrd, the wife Of the
ed astorIn, an1yenl E1l5F 5isyis
aides were In the he
mentit burst upon them m ali Its fury.
Forked lightning played over the burn,
ir . mines, the electricity communica-
| tcu with the ever arising gases, and for
miles the scene reSembled that OF Il
b "Ling prairie. While the merry
m% ;e ) were admiring the sight Il fierce
b igh II blast lighted up the noun
tans. Closely following came Il terrific
peal of thunder. 1t appeared us if the
leavens had opened up and swallowed
| the hotel and its surroundings. Ladies
swooned and even the bravcst Of the
~ tlemen present held their breath,
| knowing | ot which way to turn. y
folfcd tongue of fire passed completely
through the house, entering at the rear
of the ballroom and emerging at the
front, tearing away everything in l. :
= tn and completely SCATTERING every
article of glassware in the bar. Every
body in the house was stunned, several
II ore injured Ivy the shock, but luck
lily none were SeriOulv hv"t. The storm
was one of the newest ever eXDcricn
ced in this locally. The party wcr,
, ,, compelled to wait until morning before
making the return trip, as the storm
continued for several hours.
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Three Men KilIe by Foul Air.

New YORK, Sept. AT 9 o'clock this
morning three men were sutfocated by
deadly gasses in an old cesspool on sta
ten Island. One was employed to drain
out the receptacle and clean out the cess
pool. Suspicious indications led a sec
ond to investigate and re was FOLLOWED
lsy the third, who saw that the first two
needed assistance. All were poor labor
ing men.
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Eatnl Railrnal WrccI,

PITrsBURG, Sept. IA special to the
Chronicle Telegraph from Warrington.
w. Va, says: EARLY this morning a
freight train ran into the "Spick up on
the Baltimore and Ohio just east of
Warrington, causing a terrible wreck
Engineer Cordell and an unknown man
were killed and sixteen cars were piled
on top of each other. The wreck took
fire and the cars and contents wcr(
almost totally destroyed. Traffic was
DELAYED several hours"
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One SteD Too Ear.

LANDSTORD. CHESTER COUNTY, sept.
News reaches us that Fin Cureton,
the "olored ferryman at I4andsford. on
here, lost his fifth cmiu ny 'il~N'tyMrp
on the evening of the 31st ult. This
clild, daug lter. known 10y the some
what ridiculous name of"SwCet Cheese,
was aged about IL years. She was en-
gagged in throwing leaves in the river
and catching them us they lloated past
the rear end of the ferry boat, which
was anchored at the shore. Becoming
careless. she leaned out too far, and
losing her balance, fell into the stream
The body has not been recovered.
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Killed by an Electric Wire.

CINCINNATI, August 30 Thomas
Dow, aged %, n lineman of the Brush
Company, was standing on an iron. lire
escape and was about to run Il loop into
Il second-story window. He caught a
live electric light wire and instantlyfei.
back dead on the fire escape. His righ'
hand was nearly burned off.
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Glass R,owers in Augusta.

AUGUSTA, Sept. g.. Thirty-five glass
blowers and their families arrived IN
Augusta to-day from Philadelphia ana
Camden 60 work in the Augusta glass
works wS!ch VIII start up IN the neX'
ten days. They will manmacture Dot
ties of all xmas.
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THE COTTON CROP.

Eli" Total Number of Bales and the Mov.-
ment.
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A REPUBLICANS WRATH.
SENATOR QUAY DENOUNCED BY a
CONGRESSMAN.

An Ohio Member of tho House Vents His
Rage at tho Defeat of the Force Bill and
Pours Out the Walls of His wratl, Upon
tho Devoted Head of the Senate.
WASHINGTON, September 3.-In the
House to-day in the course of the de-
bate On the majority report in the Clay
ton-Breckinridge contested election
case from Arkansas, Robert Patterson
Kennedy, Congressman from the 9Th
district OF Ohio, made a tremendous
J sensation by a bitter attack on the
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GOT A GRIP ON THE MASS.
INFLUENZA LAYS OUT A CATEO-
LIC CHOIR AT TRENTON.

The DowaGer Empress OF Germany
Better in the Morning, but Worse at
Night - A Majority of the Ofacers
and Men on the United States Man.
of-War Enterprise Down With the
Epidemic.
TRENTON, N. J., Jan. Sowing to the
prostration Of several members Of the
choir of the Church Of the Sacred Heart
it was impossible to celebrate high mass
to-day. With the exception Of the hottest
weeks in summer, high mass has not been
omitted in years before.
Rev. Thaddeus Hogan. the pastor Of the
church, alluding to the matter, said that
the influenza had become so widespread in
the city that 1t seemed wise TO offer public
prayers for its abatement. He announced
tTi dunn, or three days devotion to the
Sacred Heart for the next three days.
ILLNESS OF THE EX-EAIPREss.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.-The dowager Empress
Augusta, who is suffering with influenza,
had bad night, being unable TO sleep. Her
fever, however, is rather diminished. EN-
peror William, on returning last evening
from a shooting expedition to Traschen-
berg, drove direct 20 the palace and saw his
mothers body physician. At noon to-day
the emperor and empress called to inquire
about the dowager empress condition.
FRANCHISES ILL.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.-Prineess Bismarck and
Princess Rottenberg are seriously i'll with
La grippe. Many deaths are reported.
This evening the condition of the Dow
ager Empress Augusta changed for the
worse.
INFLUENZA ON THE RNTERPRIsE.
LONDON, Jan. 5.-The United States
steamer Enterprise has arrived at Plym-
outh. A majority of the officers and the
crew have the influenza SIX Of the crew
have been sent to the naval hospital.
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FLORIDA PHosPHATEs.

New Interest in the Deposits in
Wakulla County.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, JAN 5.-The phos-
phate excitement in South Florida has
awakened new interest in the extensive de-
posits along the Ocklockonee river, south of
Tallahassee in Wakulls county, and land
owners are diligently digging. and have
brought several rich samples to Tallahassee
to be examined during the past few days.
George A. Lamb, one of the stockholders of
the Ocklockonee Phosphate Company, has
just had several large Jumps fished out from
the river bottom, which show a much
higher per cent. of pure phosphate than the
deposits along the river banks. 1t is said
that active mining operations will be begun
as soon as the Augusta, Tallahassee, and
Gulf railway is completed to Tallahassee.
The commercial drill, so brilliantly
rendered by twenty-eight Of Jacksonville's
fairest daughters, was repeated in this city
Friday night to large and appreciative
audience. The proceeds go for the benefit
of st. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church of
Jacksonville.
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LITTLE JOHNNY RYAN.
The True Story of a Dublin Boy Who
Has Just Come to America.

Ane Irue story OF Dublin Boy Who
Has Just Come to America.
B1om the Neo York World.
LONDON, Dec. 7.-LeSs than month ago
little Johnny Ryan was singing songs in
the streets OF Dublin. trying to pick up pen-
MES enough TO give him food aud shelter.
Some American tourists from New Orleans
who were sto piping at the Shelbourne hotel
amused themselves with teaching johnny
some 'darky" songs He had a sweet and
plaIntive voice and a very retentive mem
ory. After the tourists had gone Johnny
went to the pier at Kingstown, where the
Americans travelling between Ireland and
England have to wait for the Channel boats
and sung these songs to them. As result he
picked up more pennies in one week than
no would have earned in Du lin in a month
One day lady gave him a book of mis-
cellaneous American songs, and no man
aged to learn them all. Sometimes passen-
gers gave him books which they had no
other use for, thinking, perhaps, that he
might be able to sell them for a trfia.
Whether or not Johnny managed to sell he
books, he certainly read enough of them to
learn what great couatry America is for
boys and TO feel desire to go there He
was only IL years old, but he was an orphan
trying TO live somehow in city where the
American traveller sees more bitter poverty
than In any other city In Great Britain, ex-
cepting, perhaps, Glasgow.
Johnny saved enough from the coppers
which travellers at Kingstown gave him to
pay his railway fare to Queenstown, where
he was permitted by tue steamship com
panies to go aboard their tenders and sing
songs to homeward- bound Americans
Here his property aid his ambition to
board one of the great liners" positively
took possession of him. At last Johnny's
time came. Two weeks ago, while he was
watching the American mail put on board
the White Star line tender for the steamer
Teutonic, he sung to group of American
tourists who were purchasing little pl ants
of shamrock and some blackthorn sticks TO
take home to their friends The lads sweet
voice pleased the Americans 80 much that
one of them said TO him:
How would you like to go to America,
my boyT'
10, SO muchp' said Johnny, eagerly:
'do take me. I'll sing for you all the way
overn
The question which the passenger had put
to the boy in joke became at once serious
proposition. In less than ton minutes the
group of Americans had found out all about
little Johnny's lonesome lot in this world.
and he was actually on board the tender de-
parting from the land of his BIRTH perhaps
never to return. Before purchasing his
ticket the Americans gave the agent of the
White Star Line in Queenstown guar
antee that no trouble should arise about
getting him ashore at Castle Garden. One
of the gentlemen promised to take the lad
as one of his own children. and to see that
he got fair start in life In the land Of the
free
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PAY FOR SICK CoNGREssMEN.
A Resolution to Have Three Sworn L
Outside of the Capitol.

A Resolution to Have Three Sworn In
Outside of the Capitol.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Ex-Speaker Car
Isle has prepared resolution which be will
offer tomorrow. and which the House will
adopt, authorizing ex-Speaker Randall and
Representative Whitthorne of Tennessee,
democrat, and Wilber of New York, repub-
lican, to take the oath of office outside the
House Of Representatives. Speaker Reed
will administer the oath OF Office to Mr.
Randall in Mr.. Randall's bedroom. Any
officer qualified to administer oaths can
swear in Mr.. Whityhorne, who is in a
Savannah hospital, and Mr.. Wilber, who is
at his home at Oneonta, N. Y. Until the
oath of Office is administered members elect
can draw no pay after congress
meets, special act of congress giving
them their pay before that time, nor can
they draw mileage or stationery allowances.
Under strict construction of the mileage
law none of the three mentioned would be
entitled to mileage, but Mr.. Randall will
probably be allowed it, because he came to
Washington, if not to the capitol.