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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-16
A THUNDERSTORM.
Wilkesbarre's Low Lands Flooded and
the People in Terror.

Wilk esbarre's Low Lands Flooded and
the People in Terror.
WILKESBARRE. Pa, July 15.-A terrific
thunder cloud burst over the Wyoming
valley late this afternoon, and in a few
minutes every inch Of low land was covered
with water. The rain came down in sheets
amid binding flashes of lighting that
struck terror to the hearts of the citizens.
Every cellar on Canal street was flooded
and thousands of dollars worth of goods
damaged.
washout on the Pennsylvania railroad
delayed passenger trains, while the New
Jersey Central trains were compelled to
come into the city On the Lehigh valley
tracks.
The Jersey Central railroad crossing at
Market street was completely submerged
with water. In the surrounding section the
full extent of the damage cannot as yet be
ascertained. but it is supposed to reach
several thousand dollars.
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LONGEST FAST ON RECORD.
John Roth Dies After Going Sixty
Days Without Food.

Days Without Food.
GALENA, ILL.,, July 15.-John Roth, who
outdid Tanner in his celebrated fast, died
yesterday at the county asylum, having
passed his sixtieth day of total abstinence
from food or nourishment, except a small
quantity of water, which was forced into
his stomach mechanically every twenty
four hours. For such an absolute fast his
record is no doubt the longest
ever.smade Recently Roth worked at
Scales Mound, near this city, till attacked
by progressive paralysis two months ago,
which incapacitated him for work and soon
made 1t impossible for him to eat. After
week Of fasting he was brought to the
county asylum May %. and there fingered
for fifty-three days without food.
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FATHER AND SONS KILLED.

Sudden Closing of the Gates Left
Them in the Trains Path.
CHICAGO, July 15.-Hugo Blindsee, aged
so, and his two sons, Hugo, aged 6, and
Max, aged IL. were struck by a train at the
crossing at the corner of Paulina and Kin
sic streets last night and fatally injured.
The sudden closing Of the guard gates
penned the unfortunate trio helplessly on
the tracks In front Of the coming train.
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Warashoro Waifs.

WAREsBoRo, GA, July 15-On Monday
morning T. D. Brogdon and Miss Jennie
Hall were married at the home of the brides
father. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. T. D. Stallings. The bridal couple
Immediately left on trip to Jacksonville
and other places.
The Waresboro Sunday schools will spend
July 90 on st. Simon's Island
The Waresboro high school opened Mon
day under fair auspices. Prof. E. G. Cook
is the principal
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SESSION OF THE SENATE.
The sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
Considered.

The Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill
Considered.
WASHINGTON. July 15.-The Senate this
morning resumed consideration of the sun
dry civil appropriation bill at page so, the
first item being one of 100000 for survey
ing public lands, and the committees on ap-
propriations recommending an increase Of
that amount to 100000.
Mr.. German explained the amendment
by stating that the object of it was to
throw open to settlement lands, intended
10y tho act of October, 1885, to be reserved
for irrigation.
Discussion Of this amendment lasted until
8 o'clock, when. without disposing of it. the
Senate adjourned. A large part Of the de-
bate was upon the management OF the
geological survey.
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AN OIL MILL FOR MILLEN.
Alliancemen of Several Counties Sc
lect 1t as the Site.

Allianc9men or Several Counties Sc
lect it as the Site.
MILLEN. Ga, July l5.-Pursuant to ap-
pointment, the committee of alliancemen of
Scriven, Richmond, Bulloch and a number
of other counties met at Millen this morn
ing at 10 o'clock to discuss plans and loca-
tion for a cot on seed oil mill. The meet
ing was unanimous in the selection Of
Mllen as the site. A committee was ap-
pointed by the chairman, consisting of
one from each county, to work up
plans, etc., to build the mills. A
committee was appointed also to secure
grounds for the mills. This committee
went immediately to work. III. A. Lester
and J. H. Daniel gave the eight acres to
build the mills on. Martin V. Calvin is
chairman of the committee appointed to
draft plans. The town is thoroughly in
sympathy with this movement
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ALBANY's STEAMBOATS,.

Work on the Boats to be Begun at
Once, With the Money on Hand.
ALBANY, Ga, July B.-The stockholders
of the Albany Steamboat Company held an
important meeting here to-day. After a
report from different committees it was de-
cided to begin work on the steamers at once
There is Sc, 200 an hand now, and more will
soon be subscribed. The people of the upper
Flint are determined to have the benefits of
a line of steamers.
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TWO DEAD IN THE CAB.

An Engineer and Fireman Die To-
.gether in a Collision.
ROCHESTER,. N. Y, July 15.-Walker W.
Harris of Buffalo and William Callapy of
Hinsdale, N. Y, engineer and fireman of
West Shore freight train, were killed in a
collision between their train and train on
the Western New York and Philadelphia
road at the Genesee Valley Junction "Y,"
four miles south of this city, this morning
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RUSSIA'S HEBREWS.

The Government Pepering Measures
Against Them.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 15.-There is
strong irritation among the anti-semitics
owing to the fact that some of the prisoners
convicted in Paris of being implicated in
the nihihst plot are Jews. Stringent
measures against the Jews are being pre-
pared by the authorities. These include
the suppression of the newspaper NoUoSti,
whose editor has been warned thst he must
settle his affairs and leave the country by
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AUGUSTUS MURDER CASE.

The Brother-in-Law of the Drowned
Girl Held for Trial.
AUGUSTA, GA, July 15.-In the case Of
Lucinda Sims the negro girl whose throat
was cut, and whose dead body was found in
the river, the coroner's jury to-day found
verdict Of deliberate and willful murder,
and charged her brother-in-law, Oscar
Johnson, with the crime. A white man
named Smith was arrested in connection
with the affair, but after examination was
discharged There is no doubt of the guilt
Of Johnson in the minds of the community.
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saw.mill Hands to Strike.

ASHLAND, WIS, July 15.-Fifteen hun
dred saw-min men employed here gave
notice TO their employers last night that un-
less their demands for ten honrs work, in
stead of eleven, and without a correspond
ing reduction In wages, was granted by
July 1S they would walk out and close
every mill in the place. The mill owners
will resist the demand.
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The chootaw Lottery Scheme.

New ORLEANS. July IA special to the
Ttmes-Democrat from Paris. Tex, says:
"lt seems that the proprietors of the Choc-
taw Orphan Asylum Lottery Company
have not abandoned their scheme yet.
They declare that the United States gov
ernment has no right to interfere, and that
they intend to proceed to hold a drawing
and test their legal rights"
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FIVE NEGROES SHOT DOWN.
'ney We're Running Away From
Their Employer,

'noy were Running Away From
Their Employer.
NEW ORLEANS. July 15.-A special to
NE Tunes Democrat from Merrouge, La,
ays; Sunday night twenty-five laborers
rom the plantations of A. Heffner, near
vakridge, Moorehouse parish, and whose
Mssage ne had paid from North Carolina,
Lul6 Their homes and commenced under
SI Ever OF the night to make their way into
'nfot county, Arkansas.
PURSUED BY POSSE.
=. ,dIney were pursued by posse Of friends
mI; Heffner, and this morning were
puhu lying In ambush. When notified by
ue posse that they were surrounded by a
CRY OF men who would do them no harm
slu only asked their return to their homes.
sty Icy expressed willingness to return, but
"nen ~ the posse went forward to meet them
.IoL re negroes, led by one bold trouble-maker,
il lliPIiieu nre on the posse, and for one minute
no some fine shooting.
FIVE SHOT DOWN.
me posse returned the fire and the result
1S IIat i've negroes were killed. Running
10y from men who have brought labor
III I'm North Carolina the past season. their
Ky OBJECT being to beat planters out of
.a lleIr passage to Louisiana, has become too
''infnon during the past two months y
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End of the Cloakmakers' strike.

New YORK, July 15.-The cloakmakers'
strike was ended this afternoon by the
manufacturers agreeing to discharge all
the non-union men, with the understanding
that they would be taken back as soon as
they joined the union.
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GoRMAN ON THE WATCH.
The Republicans Won't Be Able to
Spring a Surprise.

Spring Surprise.
WASHINGTON, July 15-Senator Cor
man, the tactician of the Senate democrats,
is not thrown off his guard by the seeming
republican indifference to the force bill.
He is just as alert as though the republicans
had adopted a rule and agreed to put it
through at once and to follow in with the
force bill Immediately. Unless he receives
unquestionable assurance that the force
tariff bill and every other bill as fender
to keep the force bill off. Senator German
is in position to know the inwardness of
all the republican plans and will profit by
his information
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TENNRssEE's DEMOCRATS.
The State Convention Meets at Nash
vile.


NASHVILLE, TENN, July 15.-The demo-
cratic state convention was called to order
al IL o'clock to-day by the chairman of the
state executive committee, who after, ,Imak-
ing short address, announced the name of
Hon. N. w. Baptist of Upton county as
temporary chairman and j. ID. McLin of
Davidson county as temporary secretary.
The temporary chairman assumed his duties
and the roll was called for the selection, by
congressional districts, of the committeeman
on permanent organization, credentials and
resolutions.
At the afternoon session the only bust
ness transacted was the hearing of the
report of the committee on permanent or
ganiZation. Congressman James ID. Rich
ardson was made permanent chairman and
E. B. Wade, an allianceman, chief secre-
tary.
The platform was submitted at the even
ing session.
THE PLATFORM.
The platform indorses the administration
of Grover Cleveland, denounces the McKin-
ley bill, demands free coinage Of silver and
denounces the Importation of pauper labor.
1t declares that the agricultural inter-
ests are the mainstay and support of
our government, state and federal.
IL arTaigns and condemns the Republican
party for its legislative discrimination
against this class, which has greatly re-
duced the price of farm lands and products,
for its corrupt grant of large subsidies to
special corporations, for its revolutionary
methods to perpetuate its powers, for its
reckless squandering Of the public
money for party purposes, for its
corrupting and debauching of the American
franchise, for its efforts to foment sectional
strife and thus disturb the business of the
country; for its efforts TO foster combina-
tions, unlawful trusts and monopolies, op-
pressive to the great mass of the people; for
its attempt to pass a force election bill, or
federal bill, designed to engender a conflict
between the races of the south and to
strengthen and entrench monopoly; for its
utter disregard Of the will of the people in
unseating legally elected democratic repre-
sentatives, and its shamelessness in denying
the right of statehood and territories fully
qualified for admission by the number of
their citizens because they are democratic,
while they admit other territories as states
with much smaller population for the
reason only that majority of their voters
are republicans; land in contrast with all
this and the weak, vacillatin0, selfish
strife producing and labor dissatisfying ad-
ministration Of benjamin Harrison, we
present with pride the administration of
Grover Cleveland, marked as it was by
high moral courage, exemption from
nepotism, jobbing and speculation" The
balance of the platform refers to state
issues.
THE GUBERNAToRIAL CANDIDATE.
One ballot was taken for governor as
follows:
buchanan Observation-Disclosures. .759
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Constantinople's Big Fire.

CoNsTANTINoPLE. July 15.-The fire on
Saturday in the Stamboul quarter destroyed
1000 houses and ruined 125 timber mer-
chants. 1t is feared that many lives were
lost
The losses by the fire amount to 100000.
There is an insurance Of 963, $50 in
British companies on the property de-
or
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Raum Must Face the Music.

WASHINGTON, July 15.-Congressmau
Cooper Of Indiana, finding Speaker Reed
aud his committee on rules unwilling to re-
port his resolution providing for an investi-
cation Of the charges against Commissioner
Raumappealed to-day to the House. This
may move Speaker Reed to report.
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FRANCE AND THE CONGO.
Preference Rights Claimed Under
Former Treaties.

FI6l5IBHC6 IhIRuI5 OIdIIuBU UuU6r
Former Treaties.
PARIS, July 15.-Documents relating to
the Congo state have been issued to the
members of the Chamber Of Deputies They
include list of letters from the president
of the Congo International Associa-
tion, written in 1884, giving
France preference rights to buy
territory, aud letter from the chief of
foreign affairs of the Congo state written in
April 1887, admitting that the Congo state
could not be ceded to Belgium without
recognition Of the preference rights of
Franco.
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A BUSINESS BLOCK BURNED.
The Total Loss 100000 and the In
surance Only $4,000.

NEW ORLEANS, July ia special to the
Picayesne from Denton, Tex, says: Fire
this morning destroyed one of the principal
business blocks of Denton. The loss is
100000 with insurance of $4,000. The
fire engine was out of order. The heaviest
ing and stock. $2S, 900; c. A. Williams, dry
goods, building and stock, SIS. 1000, and Mrs
Kowskey, $1,000"
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peath in Baldwin.

MILLEnGEvTLLE, GA, July 16--Maj
u. NJ. Erwin, one OF Baldwin's highly-hol-
ored and respected citizens, died last night
from a stroke OF paralysis He will be
buried with Masonic honors tomorrow.
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The French Shooter Insane.

PARIS, July 15.-The man who fired the
revolver outside the Elysee yesterday while
President Carnot was passing from his car
riage to the palace was examined to-day
by physicians and pronounced insane.
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Coneressman Lester III.

WASHINGTON, July 15-Congressman
Lester Is quite i'll at Charlottesville, Va,
where he went to spend Sunday. His
daughter telegraphed Congressman Crisp
this evening that her father was sick in
I<l
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A GOOD WORD FOR INGALLS,.
He Presides Over the Senate With
Great Fairness.

He Presides Over the Senate With
Great Fairness.
WASHINGTON July Ex-senator Ingalls,
announced to the republican caucus last
night that he would not play the part of
Speaker Reed in the presiding officers
chair, unless expressly instructed SO to do by
the republican caucus Senator Ingalls, has
re eived many compliments from democrats
upon the fairness and impartiality with
which he has presided over the Sem
ate. Senator Harris, the parliamentary
leader OF the democratic senator's, is quoted
as saying that Senator Ingalls, in the chair
has proved to be the Carlisle of the Repub-
lican party. Senator Ingalls, is very proud
of this praise and of the reputation which
1t has given him. He does not propose to
put himself voluntarily in a position where
democratic senators would be as unwilling
to vote for a resolution Of thanks to him at
the end Of the session as democratic repre-
sentatives will be to vote for resolution Of
thanks to Speaker Reed.
STATED HIS POSITION.
When the republican senator's were talk
ing last night about the first problem in a
change of rules, show shall we stop fllibust-
ering on the new rule itself % Senator Hoar
said: "Tbe presiding officer of the Senate
has power under the present rules of the
Senate to declare a motion dilatory and
refuse to put it" IA proposition from which
no one dissented openly, and Senator
Ingalls, remarked audibly, "As presiding
officer | should not exercise such a power
unless l was instructed to do so bv the re-
publicans of the Senate" He was not in
structed to do SO and will not be for some
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Our Pension Army.

WASHINGTON, July ia letter from
Pension Commissioner Raum. sent to the
Senate in response to the resolution OF in
quiry, shows that the number of pensioners
40 all the agencies was 5S2, ,429 on May 80
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BoODLER DEMPSEY RETURNS.
He Gives Bond for His Appearance in
Court If Required.

NEW YORK, July 15.-Ex-Alderman
Charles Dempsey, of the Doodle board of
1884, who was connected with the passage
of the Broadway railway franchise, and
who has been sojourning in Canada for
some time past, made his appearance at the
district attorneys office to-day. He came
back to give bail and wait any further de-
velopments in the matter of the indictments
against him. His bonds are being made
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BEaR1NG SEA CORRESPONDENCE

Harrison Believed to be Reading Every
Page of 1t.
WASHINGTON, July 15.-Chairman Hit
of the foreign affairs committee, who put
through the House, at his friend Secretary
Blaines request, the resolution calling upon
the President for the Behring sea corre-
spondence, feels disappointed because it has
not come in yet. 1t was all ready at the
state department when the resolution was
passed last week, and was sent at once to
the white house. Apparently the President
is reading every one OF the hundred type
written pages, blue pencil in hand.
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A MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
A BIG WAREHOUSE IN RUINS AT
MINNEAPOLIS.

The Flames Started on the Second
Floor and Quickly Spread to Every
Part OF the Immense Structure-A
List of the Occupants and Their
Losses.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, July 15.-The
large seven-story warehouse Of the Security
Warehouse Company on First street and
Fourth avenue, north, owned by Wood &
Morse, was burned this afternoon, entailing
loss of nearly 100000.
The fire caught upon the second floor Of
the building and is supposed to have
been caused by spontaneous combustion.
1t soon spread to the upper floors. which
were filled with agricultural implements,
while on the fourth floor were 500 tons of
binding twine, which added fuel to the
flames. As soon as possible the firemen got
to work but were hampered by the intense
heat. 1t was impossible for one to approach
within 500 feet of the burning building
unless his face was protected Two men,
Mr.. Morse, one of the proprietors, and the
engineer, were rescued by means of ladders
from the fourth floor. They were almost
blinded and suffocated by the dense smoke
which overhung everything, making it i'm
possible to distinguish anything at a dis
lance of ten feet
SURROUNDING PROPERTY SAVED.
On the south side was the large store
house of the John Deere Company, which
was saved by heroic work.
just at the rear stood the Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway
roundhouse, in which SIX engines stood in
their stalls. They were quickly removed,
as it was feared that the house would be
crushed by the walls, but happily this was
not the case.
Upon the north stood a three-story stone
building owned by Matt Keys and occupied
as dwelling by a number of Jewish fami-
lies. This was crushed fiat, as was a one-story
frame building used as a shipping room, in
which was stored quantity Of machinery.
The burned warehouse was erected in April
of this year and was used as q storage ware
house and was one of the largest establish
ments of its kind in Minneapolis. 1t cost
$50, 900 and was insured for S35, 900. Its
proprietors say they will rebuild.
THE OCCUPANTS AND LOSSES.
The first floor was occupied as a shipping
room, the second by offices, the third by the
William Deering Company, the fourth by
the Appleton Manufacturing Company, the
fifth and sixth by general storage, and the
seventh by furniture. The losses are as
follows:
No+sz-uI Syo-lo-u
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a panaIon for ME-. fremont.

WARRINGTON, July 15.--In the House to-
day Representative Vandever of CaliforA
mia introduced bill granting pension OF
G. Fremont.
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Stanlev Very Ill.

LONDON, July 15.--Mr. Stanley continues
i'll. Dr. Parke says he is very weak. The
queen has sent message by wire making
inquiry as to his condition.
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FIVE SHOT DOWN.

clergyman Charged With Forgery.
NOR FORT WORTH, TEX, July 15.-Dr. w.
MItchell, pastor Of the Broadway Presbv.
,otsan ,o s church of Fort Worth, was arrested
geuay A. tor forgeries amounting to S25. 600
ne was placed in iaiI W V''''00
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Spain's Cholera.

MADRID, July 15.-The Gazette says that
in the last two months there have been 445
cholera cases in Spain. OF these 251 have
haen fatal
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A Negro Shot.

EAToNToN, GA, July 15.-Tom Lewis
(coiored) was shot Sunday night in the left
wrist by negro belonging to the M. G..
& A. surveying corps His arrest has not
been made vet
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Congressman Grimes Coming Home.
WASHINGTON, July 15.-Congressmaa
Grimes has gone to Georgia TO take part In
the struggle IN his district The democrats
of the House hope to see him returned.
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The Heli1oland Bill.

LONDON, July 15.-The Heligoland bill
passed its third reading in the House of
Lords to-day with only verbal amend
ment.
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Richmond No small TOWN

Yonndh YOhaoND, MOI VA, July 15.-Supervisor
onaiigz, g Oh this district says that he has Der.
hat for saded a up the census returns, and
5, ,ooD arS sHis Us city they foot up between
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Argentine Republic Finances.

BUENos AYREs, July 15--The financial
situation has decidedly improved. Nego-
tiations will be reopened for sterling,
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Gotham's New Aoueduct.

NEW YORK, July 16.-Water began to
flow into the city reservoirs through tue
new aqueduct to-day.
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Romeo New Bank.

WASHINGTON, July 15.--The National
Bank Of Rome, Ga, was to-day authorized
to begin business on a capital OF 100000.