The morning times., 1896-08-18
We've got some broken lots of SHOE.
marked nt 'qa,ck sale" prices.
SAkS g. COMPANY,
Pa. Ave. 4 .rh 81. ..-ak>' Corner"
TOLD BY TRAVELLERS.

DR.. William Rawlings of sandersviIle.
Ga, spent last night at the Metropolitan
Hotel while on his way TO tie polytechnic
which meets next week IN New York.
He is resident in the Tenth Congress
sfoDai district OF Georgia, which IS the
place whence Poputist Candidate Watson
halls.
The doctor is a brother OF the Hon T. T
Rawlings, who has held almost every gilt
OF The GeorsIa people with the exception
OF the sovernorsnp, and me Is now INA king
the race Tor solicitor general Dr. kaw-
hbgs says thIt the silver sentiment IS tx
ceedngly strong IN hi district ard that
undoubtedly ". H. Fleming, the regular
Democratic nominee for Congress, VIII be
elected IN his district, and that bryan ard
Sewdll Will receive Il large ma Jonty LII
the State.
Fleming is Il popular young lawyer Of
Augusta sat Ur. RI wings ami the
people are enthusiastically nj favor of him
us tneir candidate He Is Il splendid Ia lker
in fact j specimen Of the good OLD Southern
orator OF anti belluIn times He viii make
his mark III Congress II elected and will
take a stand ainong the foremost tebaters
Oh the floor of the House
Charles Il. Guthrie OF Seattle, Washington,
Is at the Shoreham OH his first visit to the
East. lie Is Interested ia aiming industries
at various points along the Facilic coast
and also in Alaska acd Mexico.
Alaska is exceedingly rch in mineral
wealth. said Mr.. Guthrie last evening
and as the country is developed the United
States viii realize how valuable Is its
G:li r:i-Caaatfian territory Shortly before
I left Seattle Swedish labOreF, who had
left the city pernilcss about d year before
returned with 2Ss Pounds OF gold, the re-
suit or his PROSPECTING III Alaskan fields.
He struck u rich pocket which led TO q
thick vein and soon had twenty men work
ing for min at SO day. The amount
he paid out in wages aggregated 81 4 900.
and he cleared $50 600 from his MP
Stanley b Cummings of Lima ohio, ar
rivesii the cit Last enipg ami registere,lat
rived IN the city Las; evening and registered
al the Ebbitt House. He has heea farming
for the past ten years near Lima, bug re-
Gently uii was discovered on his farm
and he disposed oi the property AZ 4 good
figure TO u syndicate. Nr. Cummings de
serihed the burning OF an Gil tank near his
old hnine w5ich occurred On the morning
be left
1T was about 1 O'clock he said ..anL
Ii terrific storm was raging bolt OF
lightning struck somewhere i'll the viCiu-
icy. Iud every one WIS aroused from sleep
by he uaisr- In "a few minutes j mighty
column uf lire shot up in the air and Sc
Knew lhat ne 90 tOo barfelC Gil tanksiteated
on the keinpsr farm. operated by the Stan
dard oil Company WAS On fire The place
was a roaring furnace in few seconds AMI
no orc could 90 within several hundred
ipet of il. Rivers of filming oil flowed in
all directions.
--Thre. other tanks situated nearby were
gnited ausi THE IRE fighters had 70 flee
for their lives 1t was an awful but ut the
same time glorious spectacle. EInbdnk-
meals Ur earth have been thrown around
the section OF land on which the tanks ares
situated 50 that the burning oil may he
KEPT from doing any damag TO the sur
rounding property
II. l. .IObSon OF Richmond Va, is visit
ing Washington and is making the National
h temporary Headquarters In CONVERSE
ton last evening Mr. iobSon said: Rich
mond wants the Bate Abbey badly, and
Will work for the honor Of having this
great Confederate memorial built within
her precincts. till The decision OF this ste
committee is made Nashville is our oEIy
formidable opponent. hut. acCordin. 20
our view OF the matter. there can be Only
ore decision III choice between tla' Two
cities Certain histor icai associa tons
connected with Richmond render the city
peculiarly fitted To he made the site for
VI ~ WAT atftN. ana tht tob" Oi tHe
building. we think, has cone to a reaiizats,d
of the advantages 10 he derived rom
putting the structure there The Con
iederste veterans who attended the recent
reunion at Richmond are enthusiastic in
their praises of the hospitality OF the PEG
pie, and of the beauty OF the city.
This has helped the Virginia city's
cause eoass.e raib.y. and throughout the
southern States POSTS and camps of Con
federate Amy and Navy veterans are
passing resolutions in favor OF the estat-
l.shmeat of the abbey at Richmond
Z. T. LowDdes of CfarkSburg. W. Va,
a prominent attorney. was at the Ehbatt
House for a few hours Yesterday lie is a
brother of Lloyd LowndcS. Governor Of
Maryland.
Mr. LOwrdes was mentioned last Year as
i sGod caDtii tla &c for the guheraator,3t chair
of West Virginia. but declined to make tie
race He is Soing North on brSIns - Con-
nected with some railroad property IN
which he is interested.