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crops in the cotton States, as far as anyone may reasonably do such a {, thing, and have received many com
 munications from entirely reliable
 parties in every part of the cotton
 belt. The crop is nowhere above, and in all save few favored local. ities, is below the average, Texas
 having suffered probably more from
 unprop tious season than any other sechon. The Texas crop will,
 in all probability, be less than two million bales, and the entire crop, in my humble judgment, will bare ly reach seven million, five hun dred thousand. Recent rains were of no benefit The staple will weigh very light on account of long drouth, with labor and cost expend- ed on an increased acreage last year We will make only about 400,00 more bales of cotton, thus materially increasing the cost of production, and, therefore making it important that we should receive as near as possible, it's intrinic val. ue. l advise cotton growers to market their cotton as slowly as
 ICssi)i ot to conflict with com mercial engagements. The surplus on hand is smaller compared with demand than ever in the history of cotton. The necessities of the world demand your product. You are masters of the situation if you will make judicious use of the van tage ground. The increase of acre. age was used effectively against you last season by your sagacious enemies in accordance with the ad- vice of large number of the most prominent planters. I shall con tinue to advocate the decrease of cotton acreage, and an increase in the product of food crops. Itls no argument for the Southern planters that there is no money in corn and meat, as long as he does not raise more than he can consume himself, and has none to sell in the future. At 8 convenient point I will call you to assemble in convention to further consider the advisability of decreased acreage as a means of de- stroying this annual surplus, which is the most efficient coadiutor of the cotton bear, which he adroitly uses year in and year out to de- press the value Of our product, and to rob us of the proceeds of honest toll.
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RETURNS FROM cHicoT.

We are indebted to Judge ]. F. Robinson for the official vote Of Chicot county in the late election. The entire straight Democratic ticket was elected, as follows:
 For Governor-Dan W. Jones, 65l; H. l.. Remmel, 157; A. ". Files, ?; J. W. Miller, 5.
 Prosecuting Attorney 10th Jud- icial Circuit-Henry W. Wells, 72l. Representative-H. A. Johnson, 242; H. F. Holt, 612
 County and Probate .Judge-Z. T. Carlton, SIS.
 Circuit Clerk-P. K. Savage, 161; Johnson Chapman, 692.
 County Treasurer-R. M. Gaines, s27.
 Sheriff-Jas. B. Hill, S3l.
 Assessor-R. S. Ralph, CPS; Henry Hardin, 234.
 Surveyor-J. B. Daniels, S27.
 Coroner-T. s. Fitzgerald, l24.
 For license, 639. | Against License. l46.
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THE OFFICIAL VOTE.
Final Returns Show That the Demo crats Polled Their Full Strength While Only Few Repub-
 licans Voted.

Messrs. A. B. Grace, & Y. T. Knox and Carl Stubblefield, Election Com missioners, completed their official canvass of the vote of Jefferson county in the State election held Sep tember ', late Friday afterneen The official count shows the vote to be as follows:
 Governor-Dan W. Jones, ,59S; H. L. Remmel, 6S9; A. ". Files, 36; J. A. Miller, r.
 Secretary of State-A. c. Hull, 1,64l: H. A. Reynolds, G29.
 Treasurer-Ransom Gulley, 1,637; A. A. Tufts, 5G5.
 Auditor-Glay Sloan, 1,671; J. F. Mays, 572.
 Attorney General-E. E. Kinswor- thy, ,66l; E. H. Vance. 593.
 Land Commissioner-J. F. Ritchie, l ,699; N. X. Saunders. 5G3. TCommissioner of Mines, Manufac- lures and Agrlculture-W. c. Vim cenheller, 1,676 c. T. Duke, 564. Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion-Junius Jordan, 1,7l0; Chas. Cole, 542.
 Chief Justice-H. G. Bum, l,G6S; Jacob Treiber, 557.
 Associate Justice-S. P. Hughes, ,6S2; Oscar D. Scott, 565.
 Senator Eleventh District ". P. Grace, 2,359
 Prosecuting Attorney-S. c. Mar tin, 2.29G.
 Representatives-McH Williams, l, ,6lO; w. c. Street, l,43l; w. E. Sal lee, 1,621; H. E. Helve, 475; S. ". Dawson, 50l; 2. II. Caldwell, l79; W. Campbell. 237, J. A. Bnin, l67.
 County Judge w. D. Jones, 2.56S. Circuit Clerk A. Mccoy, 2364.
 County Clerk-F. B. Flanders, 2,396.
 Coroner-N. l.. Cook, 2ALt7.
 sherif-C. H. Trlplett, l,7Ol; J. W. Owen, 6S5.
 Treasurer-J. Y. Saunders, 2,412.
 Assessor-J. H. Shelby, 2,420.
 Surveyor-John !. Martin, 2,442.
 For License-1, ,264.
 Against License-S12.
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THE POLICE COURT
Played to a Crowded House Thi Morning. A Big Batch of Prisoners Before Judge
 Brown.

The police court presented very unusual appearance this morning about fifteen offenders were before Judge Brown, charged with various crimes.
 The first case was against Frank Wright (white), charged with vio- lating city ordinance. His case was continued until 1 o'clock this afternoon.
 James Russ, John Mahar and Frank Smith tall white). were each fined $20 for vagrancy, they having neither silver nor gold. and will be compelled to work on the streets.
 Harry Childress (colored), charged with disturbing the peace, was fined B.
 Mary Eliza Johnson (colored) was taxed $9 for fighting.
 stephen Brown (colored) was let off with fine of $5 for disturbing the peace.
 Ira Jones. a chum of stephen Brown, attempted to release his friend, stephen, from the clutches of the law, and for this act of indiscre- ton was fined $l0.
 Bettie Richardson (colnred) charged with petit larceny, will be tried this afternoon by Judge Brown.
 0. Badnebough, charged with as. sault to kill, and George Coleman, charged with assault and battery, will both he given a hearing this af ternoon.
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AN APPEAL FOR CHARITY
By the Charity Committee of the
 Ladies Hospital Association.

The Charity Committee of the Ladies Hospital Association desire to make public appeal for contri- buttons for the relief of two families in destitute circumstances. One fam fly, composed of husband, wife and four children (the eldest II years old), reside in a rickety old shanty in Greenville. The wife Is sick, the husband has suffered q relapse of malarial fever, and the family is without help, food or adequate clothing. They are in the most needy circumstances-absolute desti- tution-and must have immediate help.
 The other family resides on a shanty boat, near Cady's mill, and their condition is but little better than the family in Greenville.
 The committee is in need of money, food and clothing for these families, and we appeal to the people of Pine Blug to contribute liberally and inn ately for the relief of these des- titute people.
 | All contributions should be made to the undersigned.
 MRS. T. E. ATKINSON,
 MRS. k. H. NJ. MILLS.
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MAY GO TO ENGLISH CAPITALISTS. Electric Franchise of the Erie Canal
 on the Market.

NEW YORK, Sept. l5-Negotiations for the sale of the Erie canal electric franchise to an English syndicate will re- suit i'll the installation of complete system of electric traction within a short time.
 What has interested English capital in this enterprise is the possibility of ship ping grain from the northwest direct to Liverpool by an sllwater route and ef- fecting 9 great saving in time and freight charges. Only one transfer will be required, and that will be in New York harbor, without the necessity of elevator storage. The saving will be not only in high railroad freight charg- es if the grain is brought to New York by rail, out on the old water route of el- evator charges at Buffalo and slow haul age by mules through the canal with more elevator charges at this port
 The use of electricity to run canal boats is but palt of the extensive plan to eheapen the rates from the west to the east and then to Europe. It con templates direct service from Chicago and Duluth by the use of steel canal boats after the type of the six that were built last year i'll Cleveland and made one trip to this port With the aid of floating elevators the canalboats can be unloadeded into ocean steamers in the harbor without the necessity of storage
 This was the plan that the New York capitalists had i'll mind when they se- cured as a gift the franchise that the Engiishmen are to pay $8,oo0,0 900 for They did not get very far along before they met the allpowerful opposition of the New York Central railroad and the allied trunk lines that monopolize the traffic into New York and have been steadily running the canal A few fig ures tell the story. In 1885 the canal carried 69.0o0.0 600 bushels of wheat from Buffalo to New York The last year it only carried LOGO coo bushels.
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4 BURNING MAN. CURSED GOD AND WAS sTRICK. FINED BY AN INEXTIN-
 GUISHABLE FIRE That's the Story Sent Out From Pine Bluff By Golored
 Preacher.

For several weeks the postoffiee officials have been much annoyed by letters from parties in North Caro- lima making inquiries in regard to 2 report current in that Stat0 of q man who had cursed God, at which time he was stricken by the Almigh- ty with fire, since which time the blasphemer had been burning with an unquenchable flame.
 The other day Postmaster Hud- son, in one of these letters, received the following clipping:
 A TERRIBLE CONDITION. Wilmington Record.
 We clip from a private letter re- eeived from Pine Bluff, Ark. the sal news that a white man living in Pike county Was out in his orchard about three weeks ago cursing God because of the drought While in the act he caught fire and has been burning ever since. He cannot die nor can any one extinguish the fire He cannot move from the spot but can talk to any one who comes near him. Hundreds from all over the county are going out to see him.
 Its a terrible thing tp fall into the hands of an agry Ged."
 From a letter to Rev. w. H. Bishop from Rev. J. Lowe, F. E., Pine Bluff, Ark.
 The clipping was enclosed in the following letter:
 EkDn N C Gonf Q 1NQe To Postmaster, Pine Bluff Ark.
 Enclosed you will find an article clipped from the Goldsboro Argus. Please state whether it is true or not, and oblige,
 ". S. LANE.
 Postmaster Hudson says he has received at least fifty letters similar to the above in the last few weeks. These letters became so numerous that he finally dropped the Rev. Lowe, of this city, postal card, in- yiting him to call. When the Rev. Lowe called at tie postoffice win dow Mir. Hudson showed him one of these letters, with the newspaper clipping enclosed, and asked him what he meant by sending out such reports from Pine Bluff
 The colored pastor stated that he first read of theeeAbaining man" in the Globe Democrat. and like most of the benighted readers of that rad cal sheet, solemnly asserted that he believed it's report was true, and so believing he had written an account of it to friends in North Carolina.
 Don't you know that 1t is not true?" said the postmaster to the colored pastor. and straightway the latter hung his head and said that he had read it and thought the Globe Democrat had told the truth. The postmaster then proceeded to show the pastor the error of his way, made some reference to an improper use of the mails, and the latter de- parted, Il wiser and more truthful man.
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The FIrst Report.

EUREKA, Cal, Sept. 15.--A train on the Mad River and Arcata road went through the Mad river bridge Sunday wit six cars loaded with passengers and dropped 30 feet into the dry bed of the river. Annie Holt and Sandy Cameron were killed and ten others seriously injured. The accident was caused by the giving way of span of the bridex over which the train was passing. Four persons in all were killed. In addition to those already named Miss Kirk of Riverside and an unknown child were taken from the wreck. Some were fa- tally injured.
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SAYINGS OF BRYAN.
Some Gems from Recent Speeches of
 the Matchless Orator.

Our cause is the cause in which the whole family is interested.
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 Civilization is wrapped up in the solution of the money question.
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 My friends. it is not more taxes the people want, but more money to pay taxes with.
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 We have got to decide whether the American people will run our finan- ces or turn our government over to n syndicate to take care Of.
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 The issue today is an issue between the idle holders of idle money and the struggling masses who produce the wealth and pay the taxes of the country.
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 The American people are the only people who have the right to say what the Americans shall have for legislation. ffi
 The gold standard could not live for one day in any nation under the sun without the aid of the money owners and the money changers to keep it in existence.
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 The gold standard has never re- ceiyed the indorsement of any class of people except those who prosper as society is destroyed by rising dollar.
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 The Republican party pledges It. self to secure bimetallism, which, oi course, is denuneiation of the gold standard. If the gold standard Is good. why should we get rid of 1t?
 ri If the gold standard IS good, why did not the Republican party pledge itself to keep Q gold standard? but' no. it pledged itself to get rid of the gold standard just as soon as other nations will help.
 IF have believed at all times that mower could safely be entrusted Tn the hands of the American people The inherent virtue which resides in the people, the intelligence of the people, the patriotism of the people l-ali these manifest themselves in every hour of danger. ri Men who used to wait to have party managers tell them wha' ought to be done. are now telling party managers what they ought ts ldo. Men. who in ordinary times made their opinions to fit into part. creeds, are this year male thei creeds conform to their deep convic tions.
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 Controls Both 1heaters.

DENVER. Sept. i5.-Paxton 6 Bur- gess, managers of the Champion theater at Omaha, have leased the Tabor Grand theater of this city, which recently changed owners, and will take charge of the place at oncs The two thea ters will be run in conjunction. The contracts made by the old management will be carried out and the same general policy maintained
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4 Fatal Duel.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. l5.-A fatal duel between two pr minent planters near Livingston, Snmpter county, oc- cured Saturday. An old feud had ex- isted for years between II. c. Dooley and Samuel c Sibley, who owned ad. joining plan 'ations.' They met by acci- cident on Dooley's farm while out gum ming. The quarrel was renewed and An impromptu duel followed, in which Dooley was so badly wounded that he cannot recover.
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Eureka Lumber Company As-
 signs.

BEARDEN, Sept. 1.-The Eureka Lumber Company, of Harlow, two miles north of this point, made an assignment Saturday with prefer ences. This mill company is one of the largest on the Cotton Belt road and it is with much regret that Dr. w. c. Glidden found it necessary to make an assignment. Over 100 men are thrown out of employment, which is a great shock to this com munity, as all employees were wholly dependent upon the mill for a liv- ing.
 The assets are $40, ,000; liabilities between sl5,0OO and $20,oOO.
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GOVERNMENT BY PROXY.
A Condition That Puzzles Ii Hung
 Chang Explained.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-One of the questions that puzzled that very in Iquisitive visitor, Ii Hung Chang
 was how this Government possibly
 could run alone in the absence from
 the National Capital of most of the
 chief executive officers. His tradi- tional instincts and education. no matter how burnished up by inter- course with Western civilization, still
 left him associating the rule of the great Chinese Empire with the pres enee of the "Son of Heaven" i'll Pekin and carried out the same idea in re- gard to the presence of the executive of the United States in Washington. Earl Lis embarrassment on this question was not unreasonable, and those Ii questioned on the subject were just as unable to satisfy his curiosity as, probably, the majority of the public would be.
 The fact is that, though the Presi- dent of the nited States, in recent years, frequently has been absent from the Capital in the- summer months, the nation is never left with out an acting executive here. The practice, begun by Mr. Cleveland dur ing his first term and closely followed by Mir, Harrison, and again by Mir. Cleveland in his present term, has been to designate some special Cabi- net officer as the acting executive. He has full powcrs to represent the President in the event of any unfore- seen emergency arising in relations with any foreign power, this power being notably exercised by Secretary Blaine in the settlement of the Ital- ian incident growing out of the Mafia lynehings in New Orleans. Presi- dent Cleveland has tlree Cabinet officers to whom he delegates his power-Secretary Olney of the State Department, Secretary Carlisle of the Treasury and Secretary Lamont of the War Department There never has been q time during the summer when one of these three men has not been ou decks When Olney went away Carlisle stayed here. When Carlisle went, Lamont remained. If any eplREssesss essllaHgsfor ex- ecutise action, the other Cabinet officers Consult the man on deck. Mir Carlisle usually holds these con ferences at his house. and so also does Secretary Lamont, who seldom goes to the War Department in the dull season, and then only for a few minutes at time. Mir. Lamont is In charge now. If Lord Salisbury, through Ambassador Bayard. should cable m inquiry about the Venezue- Ian arbitration, the reply would go out from the State Department in the name of he President, but would be written by Secretary Lamont; of course. after communicating with Gray Gables. if the exigency seemed to justify it. No one but Carlisle. Olney and Lamont has ever been left in this responsible position by Mir. Cleveland, butthe fact that each in turn has been Acting President hns been well known to their Cabinet associates, though probably not so generally understood by the public.
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WIDESPREAD DYNAMITE PLOT
It Is Believed to Have Been Checked
 by Important Arrests.

It Is Believed to Have Been Checked
 by Important Arrests.
 LONDON, Sept 15.-[C Copyrighted, 1896, by the Associated Press. lit is gener-| ally believed here that the police by the arrests of Edward Bell at Glasgow on Saturday, J. Wallace and John F. Kearney at Rotterdam, and P. J. P. Tynan, (No. D Boulogne Sur Mer, France, have nipped widespread dyna- mite plot in the bud. At Rotterdam in addition to arresting Wallace and Ksaf- ney the police captured number of in- fernal machines and quantity of cor respondence which is said to incrimi- nate number of people, and which may result in further arrests in the near future. Bell was arrnigned at central police court today and after formali- ties had been gone through with, the prisoner was remanded until Wednes- day next
 A dispatch from Boulogne Sur Mer to the Associated Press says Tynan was arraigned there this morning before the deputy police prosecutor The pro- ceedings were confined to furnishing evidence of arrest and the establish- ment of identity which the latter fully admitted. Two Scotland Yard detec- tives were present at these formalities and eventually the prisoner was re- manded and taken to the town jail while awaiting arrival from London documents necessary to bring about his extradition.
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Association ef Iaunarymen.

CHICAGO, Sept 15.-The Laundry mems National association convenes here today in annual session About 300 delegates from various states in the Union are present. The officers of the national body are President, Thoma A. zetz, Dayton, 0. first vice president, O. L. Goodhart, Chicago; second vice president, W A. Ponfilio, Los Angeles, Gal. third vice president. J O. Cassi- ty, Pittsburg, Pa fourth vice presi- dent, ". A. Haas, Louisville, Ky. sec retary, Henry W Stoer Cleveland, o. treasurer. Charles J. Miller. Philadel- phia.
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DROPPED FORTY FEET
Engine and Two Cars Go
 Through a Bridge.
FOUR PERSONS MEETTHEIR DEATH

some Ten or Twelve others Are So
 Fearfully Mangled That They Are
 Not Expected to Lise-AH the Pas
 sengers Were Hurt save One Man.
 The Wreck Was Complete.
 EUREKA, Cal, Sept. 10 Four persons killed and l6 seriously injured is the re- suit of the wreck on the Arcata and X Mad River railroad about five miles north of Eureka Sunday evening.
 The dead are
 Miss Annie Holland, Riverside.
 Miss Kingham, Blue Lake.
 Miss Fanny Gregory, Eureka .,au
 Sandy Cameron, trakeman. mo,
 The accident occurred to the reguIaser / passenger train, consisting of m engirA fa :, and two cars, which connected at tl ss Arcata wharf with the company ferry boat, Aita leaving here at , j: 30 O clock ?. m, bound for Korbet, the terminrh of the road. about 12 miles above Arcs- ta. The scene of the sccident was ,thtrncr company's bridge across Mad riyerhe r about halfway between Arcata and0ar Korbet. The train had run ont on them first span of the bridge, when without x;, warning the stringers gave way, letting ;, the whole train drop 4499 4499 feet sfs7s. .o .Ae gravel bed of the river, where the coaches were smashed -ao
 In the coaches were between 30 and ' 40 passengers, and all these, with the e.an exception of OuB man who i11rnpntl from the rear platform, went down nus with the train. The fortunate man was cli Louis Eyerdine. one of the owners ofjsy the Riverside sawnill. All the othen1 ha were injured and 10 or l2 are fearfulH n mangled and not expected to live tron
 Arelief train was sent out from Asr, cl cata as soon as the news of tho accids with was received. Extra medical help ~entiou sent from Eureka and from Arcata. .nds
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Shot Wiih Buckshot.

TERRELL. Tex, Sept. 15.-Will Smith. colored, was shot Saturday night with a charge of buckshot while resisting ar rest, on tine Moore place, two miles north of town. Five shots entered the region of the hip and one near the shoulder. Smith is under arrest charged with drawing pistol at another negro
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ADVICE TO COTTON GROWERS
Hector Diane Says the Crop Should Be Marketed as Slowly
 as Possible.

Hector D. Dane, of Athens, Ga, president of the American Cotton Growers Association, has issued the following address.
 In the discharge of my duty to you as president of your associa- tion, I have examined the cotton
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Leach Makes Confesslon.

DENVER. Sept. l5.-Walter Leach. who is accused of the embezzlement of $2100 from George Browning Wilber, a stock and bondbroker of Boston, was arrested with George Watson for the theft Of watch in jewelry store. Leach has confessed to large number of robberies which he has committed since leaving Boston.
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Cotton too TIis h.

NASHVILLE, Sept. l5.-The Nashville cottonmills shut down for six weeks. TAe present high price of cotton is as- signed as the cause. The mills have been running with short force for some time and the shutdown throws 200 hands out of employment. The full force is 1000 hands.
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Oilworks Destroyed.

KANSAS CrrY, Sept. 15..-The Kansas City Lead and oilworks, owned by Marsh Bros, was completely destroyed by fire shortly after midnight Sunday night The loss. which was first esti- mated from 10000 to s35. GOO. is now put down at nearer sl0O.000 Fully in- sured. A spark from locomotive is thought to have caused the fire.
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building north of and adjoining the compress building used for storing compressed cotton bales was saved. During the progress of the fire in the large building several hundred bales were rolled out of this shed