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VOL. VI, NO. 362.
FOR BONDS!
The Mass Meeting at the
Court House.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.
A Strong Committee Appointed to Start
the Campaign.
THAT OPINION OF SOLICITOR REEVE
Attracts Great Attention Al)
Over the Country.
TALKS WITH PROMINENT LAWYERS.
They Do Not Think There is Anything
Wild Cat in the Scheme—A Card
From Commissioner.
Now for bonds !
Three weeks from tomorrow the elec
tion occurs and Floyd cannot afford to
let the bonds be defeated.
And she will not.
Last night the mass meeting was held
in the city court room, and it was de
cided to wage an earnest campaign.
A committee was appointed which will
be added to, and they will go right to
work. They will meet in the county
comissioner room at J 9 o’clock this
morning, and begin adding to the com
mittee, preparing circulars for distribu
tion, fixing for a big barbecue on elec
tion day, and other work in the interest
of bonds.
The people are interested and are
going to see that 2,632 votes and more
are polled for bonds. It requires two
thirds of the last registration, not two
thirds of the last vote as some suppose.
A few minutes after 8 o’clock last
night Mr. Halsted Smith moved that
Col. T. W. Alexander be chairman and
put the motion. It was carried unani
mously. Mr. Alfred Harper was made
secretary.
Mr. W. A. Wright was requested to
state the objectc of the meeting,
which he did in his always felicitious
manner. He said that every man, white
and black should be interested in the
matter of bonds for Floyd. There is a
floating debt of about $37,000, and be
sides this the proposed bond issue was
made of small enouzh denominations to
be used as a local currency. He said it
had been suggested that this would
solve the state bank question.
Mr. Halsted Smith made some good
suggestions as to how to be sure of
carrying the question He wanted cir
culars printed and sent out over the
county. He also wanted figured out the
difference between tax that would have
tofbe paid if the bonds are not carriedjand
if they are carried. He also wanted two
good men at each precinct on election
day to see that bonds were voted for.
He moved that Col. Alexander, W. A.
Wright and M. M. Pepper be appointed
a committee to attend to this.
Capt. Pepper thought Mr. Smith’s sug
gestions were good. He also suggested
that a big barbecue be held on that day,
and that a finance committe be appoint
ed to aid in the matter.
Mr. J A. Spullock wished to hear from
the chairman or some of the others as
regards the law on the bond election.
Col Alexander thought the committee
mentioned should be larger. He also
called attention to the fact that there
must be separate ballot boxes—one for
congressman and one for bonds.
Mr. John M. Vandiver was for start
ing a subscription list at once, and said
he would give S2OO.
The chairman said he thought the
committee should first be appointed,
and then let them prepar for expenses.
Mr. Smith moved that Col. Alexan
der, W. A. Wright,M M. Pepper, J. D.
Moore and J. M. Vandiver be made a
executive committee to map out the
campaign, and that they be empowered
to add to their number.
Judge R. R. Harris moved that the
committee be increased to thirteen, the
five mentioned adding such men as they
desired.
Capt. Pepper moved that Judge Harris
be added to the committee.
Mr. Vandiver suggested that ten col
ored citizens be made a committee to
assist.
Finally as amended, the motion pads,
ed, giving the committee power to in
crease the number and to make all the
arrangements for furthering the inter
ests of the bonds. The number was in
creased to seven, and Capt. Pepper re
fusing to serve, the following gentle
men were named as the committee:
R. R. Harris, J. A. Glover, J. D
Moore, W. A. Wright, J. M. Vandiver,
Halsted Smith and D. B. Hamilton.
Crockett Campbell, colored, was put on
the committee of colored citizens. 'The
committee will meet at 9 o’clock this
morning in the commissioi ers room.
SOME INTERVIEWS
With Prominent Attorneys on That Bond
Decision,
■ What will be the effect of Solicistor
Reeve’s decision?
That question is being asked and
answered all over the country. It is de
clared that it will solve the state bank
question. Some papers and people are
arguing that it will result in the wildest
of wildcat schemes; that it will be worse
than what have beer called “wildcat
state banks. ’’ The Baltimore American
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE
and other papers state that it will result
in the greatest of financial chroubles.
Some Romans in discussing the ques
tion yesterday took the view that the
state should throw restrictions around
the counties to prevent the idea being
carried too far, though what restrictions
were not mentioned. As it is, the con
stitution of the state fixes the maximum
limit of bond issue for each county to 7
per cent of the taxable property. It also
states for what purposes bonds can be
used.
A Tribune reporter asked several
prominent attorneys their opinions as to
whether further restrictions should be
placed, and if so v hat.
Col. T. W. Alexander said: “I have
not thought about that feature of it
much, but it appears to me that the con
stitutional restrictions are sufficient
to make such issues absolutely safe. If
more restrictions are wanted it can only
be accomplished through constitutional
amendments, and n:thing can be done
at present. In the - meantime, other
counties will watch Floyd. lam for
bonds. ”
Major R. T. Fouche said: ‘‘The con
stitutional restrictions are sufficient to
insure us against any wildcat schemes.
If the law is followed, I do not see how
any loss could come to anybody.”
Judge Branham said: “It’s a matter
that will regulate itself. If the bonds
are not readily interchangeable with
money they will not form much of a
local currency. They could, it is true,
be handled by many people, but about
the only use a merchant would have for
them would be to buy some produce,
perha s. If he cannot put the nonas in
his bank and have them credited to bis
account as money, he can have little use
for many of them. People want the best
money that is to be had, aud they are
going to have it. These bonds will do
good; I am for them, but the matter of
currency will regulate itself. If you
have too many bonds, or if they are not
freely accepted, they will be bought up
and held as an investment. Suppose
you owe a man in New York SIOO, and
have SIOO in bonds,and the bank doesn’t
take them as money. You must sell
them to somebody for money. Suppose
there are a hundred people in your fix
wanting money to send off. Don’t you
see that, somebody or somebodies Jmust
take them as an investment? And so
it will be over the state should every
county issued such bonds. If too many
bonds are issue it will simply result in
them being shaved and bought up by in
vestors. ”
FURTHER DETAILS
Os That Decision of Solicitor Reeve From
a Western Paper.
Floyd county, Rome and Capt. R. G.
Clark are respossible'for the springing
of a sensation in the money world .
That decision of Solicitor Reeve in re
ply to a letter from Capt. Clark is being
discussed by the papers from Maine to
California, and it is declared the state
bank problem is solved.
Here is a clipping on the subject from
the Detroit News that gives additional
information on the subject:
Washington, October 11.—The Cleve
land administration has solved the cur
rency problem. The repeal of the bank
tax is not necessary in order to increase
local circulation. This is the construc
tion placed upon an opinion just deliver
ed by the solicitor of the treasury, at
the request of Secretary Carlisle.
The request for information came
from Floyd county, Ga., in a letter ad
dressed to the comptroller of the cur
rency by R. G. Clark,a banker in Rome.
Mr. Clark stated that the county com
missioners proposed to issue county
bonds bearing a low rate of interest, in
denominations of $5 $lO and S2O, to be
used for local currency. He asked
whether such action would conflict with
the United States banking laws.
Solicitor of the Treasury Felix A.
Reeve advise ! the secretary that any
county has tle right to issue bonds
when not in contravention to the con
stitution of the state As to the state
bank tax act of 1875, Mr. Reeve says
that the word “county” is not enumer
ated among the taxable bodies, and
therefore county bonds are not subject
to the 10 per cent tax. Mr. Reeve also
held that the word “notes” could not be
regarded as including county bonds.
A talk with Solicitor Reeve by your
correspondent this morning procured
from him the further statement that
whether the bonds issued by a county
bore interest or not, his opinion would
apply the same. Thsese bonds, he ad
mitted, could be in denominations as
low as sl, and could be used as a local
circulating medium.
It is declared here that the state bank
problem is now settled, and that it will
be an easy matter for the counties to
provide the people with all the money
they require. The only possible chance
of conflict with the United States au
thorities on this question would be in
tne manufacture of these bonds or notes
in a form resembling United States
currency, as in the case of the Missis
sippi bonds recently seized. This, it is
said, could be easily avoided by warn
ing the engravers not to imitate any
work in use by the United States.
A Card From Commissioner.
Editor Tribune: Dear Sir: I frankly
confess that I cannot understand why
our populist friends throughout the
county are circulating the report that
the board in selecting a day for vote on
bonds did so to help out Congressman
Maddox; exactly the reverse is the case.
We wanted to save all an extra trip to
voting places as they could rote while
there already to vote for congressman.
I wish to say the board was elected from
among the people and believe in equal
rights to all and special favors to none in
the broadest democratic sense. One
word to those who may be inclined to
oppose the issue of bonds. The expenses
of the county have to be met; there is
no way to avoid that; then why oppose
the bonds, the easiest and best way of
liquidating the debt. I should always
support that plan or way that would
make it the easiest on those who have
the burden of taxation to bear, especial
ly while in favoring them I would reap
an equal benefit.
ROME, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1894.—TWELVE PAGES.
KNOCKED HIM DOWN.
Miss Mary Loper, Who Was the First
Woman in New Jersey
TO DON AND WEAR DIVIDED SKIRTS,
Was Assaulted by a Prominent
Young Frenchman.
SHE DID THE FITZSIMMONS ACT
And the Gay, Young Parisian May Be
Likened to Creedon —Licked in
the First Round.
New York, Oct. 16.—Miss Mary Lo
per, who is credited with being the first
woman in New Jersey to adopt the <
vided skirts as a part of her regular at
tire, was the victim of an attempted as
sault made by Laurent Million, a young
Frenchman, son of a wealthy family,
who is now in the Bergen county jail
charged with the crime. Miss Loper is
known all over the country. She lives
about a mile from Hackensack. Her
costume at all times consists of a pair
of boots or shoes, as the occasion re
quires, the divided skirts, a short jacket
aud a masculine hat.
Miss Loper has considerable trouble
over her radical notions about dress.
She has been driven from the churches
because she persisted in wearing the
unconventional garments to the service.
The story told by Miss Loper to Justice
Cumming was that' she called at the
Million house. There was no one at
home but the son, Laureant. She says
she did not know this, and entered the
house as usual.
In the conversation that followed,
Miss Loper made a manly fight against
her assailant. She hit the young man
a number of blows and finally knocked
him down. Her dress was somewhat
torn. She got out of the room while
Million lay ou the floor, and escaped be
fore he recovered.
FIELDEN GIVES UP.
Lost Hopes sos Anarchy’s Success—Turned
to Farming tor Happiness.
Chicago, Oct. 16.—Samuel Fielden,
the anarchist who was pardoned while
serving p, life sentence for participation
in the Haymarket riot in 1886, has con
cluded to turn farmer. Since his re
lease from the penitentiary, Fielden has
been driving a beer wagon, and having I
saved some money is looking around
for a farm to purchase. Fielden said:
"I will not change my views on eco
nomic aud social questions, bnt I have
not spoken at a public meeting for a
long time, and do not expect to. I don’t
expect it to come during my lifetime,
so I might as well get some satisfaction
out of life, and I think I can find it
better and easier on a farm than in the
unsatisfactory life that a working indi
vidual must now endure in the city.
The time was, of course, when I hoped
for better things in tne condition of the
people. That improvement was my
millenium, but as I do not expect it to
come during my generation, I will turn
farmer.”
THE SADDEST OF ALL.
Fifteen Florida Fishermen Were Lost in
the Storm Last Week.
Apalachicola, Oct. 16. The sad
dest feature of the recent storm was
the loss of 15 fishermen, all white, on
Sand island, about 10 miles from Apa
lachicola. It was known that these
men were caught in the gale, but until
, Saturday it was hoped that they had es
caped. Since the gale subsided search
ing parties have been looking for them,
and Saturday three members of the
party were found dead. The corpses
were swollen and so badly mutilated
I that they could not be identified. The
! bodies were buried on Sand island,
where they were found. There is no
doubt now that the entire 15 lost their
lives in the storm.
Charges Against Kansas City Justices.
Kansas City, Oct. 16.—The grand
jury returned 10 indictments against
Justice of the Peace R. W. Latshaw
and two against Justice W. H. Browne
for malfeasance in office. The evidence
before the grand jury showed that Lat
show assessed wholesale fines against
keepers of disorderly houses and appro
priated the funds to the amount of $lO,-
000. Browne was guilty of a like of
fence. The indicted men sire prominent
Democrats.
A Meeting of Lumber Men.
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 16.—There
was a meeting of the manufacturers of
yellow pine lumber, whose products are
shipped from the ports of Jacksonville
and Fernandina, at the board of trade
rooms in this city. The meeting was
for the purpose of organizing a branch
of the Southern Lumber exchange, re
cently organized in Savannah, Ga.
Alabama Statesmen at Work.
Montgomery, Oct. 16.—Senator Mor
gan and Governor-elect Oates have ar
rived from Washington to participate
in the congressional campaign. Dis
cord in the party has jeopardized two
Alabama districts, but it is believed
that with proper efforts the Democrats
can carry all.
Three Killed at a Crossing.
Buffalo, Oct. 16. —John N. Scatch
erd’s two daughters, Dorothy and Em
ily, 11 aud 5 years of age, and Miss Em
!ily B. S. Woods, his sister-in-law, were
killed at a grade crossing of the New
York Central belt line. Mr. Scatcherd
is the well known Republican politician
and the state committeeman from the
Thirty- third district.
THE SUNNY SOUTH
Prospers and Grows Like the Oft-Quoted
Green Bay Tree.
ENCOURAGING ARE THE REPORTS
New Industries Starting Up in
All Sections.
ADVANCED PRICES ONLY ARE NEEDED
Over a Million and a Quarter of New
Capital Invested in the South
the Last Week.
chatTaNOOgA, Oct. 16.-—The Trades
man, in its report on the industrial Con
jon of the south for the week ending
1 Oct,. 15, says:
| Southern lumber interests are receiv
ing needed attention. Organizations
are being perfected with a view to pro
mote better understandings between
buyers and sellers, and to aid in obtain
ing remunerative prices. Cotton is com
ing into market in excellent condition.
Coal and iron are in active and increas
ing demand, and new textile mills and
enlargements of existing ones continue
to be reported. An advance in prices
is only needed to make the south more
prosperous than it ever has been.
There are, reported. 38 new industries
as established or incorporated during
the week, together with nine enlarge
ments of manufactories, and 15 impor
tant new bu flings. Prominent among
the new industries of the week are: A.
company with $500,000 capital, organ
ized to develop mineral lands in North
Carolina; a $200,000 cotton mill at Win
ston, N. C.; the Key West Light and
Power company, of. Key West, Fla.,
capital $125,000; asloo,ooo improvement
company at Mobile, Ala., and the Hor
ton Deep Water and Artesian Well
company, of Dallas, Tex., capital, SIOO,-
000. A $60,000 cotton mill is reported
at Lincolnton, N. C.; a $50,000 cotton
mill at Rock Hill, 8. C.; the Houston
Pressed Brick company, capital, $30,000;
has been chartered at Houston, Tex.; a
boat building company with $25,000
capital organized at New Orleans, La.;
a $20,000 manufacturing company at
Galveston, Tex., and a SIO,OOO pencil
company at Charlottesville, Va.
Cotton compresses, three in number,
are to be built at Temple, Tex.; cotton
mills are reported at Jacksonville, Ala.,
and High Falls, S. C.; canning factories
are to be built at Eagle Rock, N. C. and
Memphis, Tenn.; flouring mills at Mag
azine, Ark., and Roxie, Va.; a tannery
at Buford, Ga.; tin plate mills at Bir
mingham, Ala., and Louisville, Ky.;
tobacco factories at Fulton, and Owens
boro. Kv.; and woodworking plants at
Lakeland, Fla., Gulf, N. C., New Al
bany, and Greenwood, Miss., Winston,
N. C., Dickson, Tenn., Hampton, and
Petersburg, Va., aud Central City, and
Matewan, W. Va.
It also reports waterworks at Apa
lachicola, Fla., and Abbeville, S. C.
The enlargements for the week include
a corn mill at Columbia, Tenn.; engine
works at Bristol, Tenn,; a can factory
at Roanoke, Va.; an oil mill at Forsyth,
Ga.; a shoe factory at Piedmont, Ala.;
cotton mills at Tuscaloosa, Ala., Char
lotte and Raleigh, N. C„ and a tobacco
factory at Statesville, N. C.
Among the new buildings of the week
as reported, are a bank building at Som
erville, Tenn.; a business house at Har
riman, Tenn.; a hall at Roanoke, Va.;
a $36,000 hotel at Wheeling, W. Va.; a
jail at Morganton, Ga., and warehouses
at Louisville, Ky.
MR. EASTMAN’S BILL.
He Would Better the Conditions of Rail
roads and Employes.
Chicago, Oct. 16.—Sidney C. East
man, a prominent Chicago lawyer, has
drafted a bill to be presented to congress
at its next session which will go far to
wards terminating the ceaseless strife
between railroad companies and their
employes. The bill takes the form of
amendatory clauses to the act entitled:
“An act to regulate commerce,” which
was approved Feb. 4, J 887-.
The chief provision is for the licens
ing of men employed in the more im
portant branches of railway service, and
provides a heavy monetary penalty for
the companies that give work to an
employe without a government license.
Other provisions of the bill deal with
the question of the duration of con
tracts between men and employers, the
settlement of certain classes of disputes,
and the penalties attached to the diso
bedience of the provisions of the pro
posed act. Copies of the bill have been
mailed to employers and employes, and
a few of the recipients have written to
Mr. Eastman giving their views on the
subject.
Mr. Eastman says that his object is
simply that of a citizen who has the
welfare of the entire people in mind.
He is not connected with any labor or
ganization or railway corporation. He
thinks the bill will better the service
and the pay of employes.
GROVER WILL WRITE.
No Danger of the President’* Failure to
Support Senator Hill.
Atlanta, Oct. 16.—The Constitution’s
special correspondent at Washington
writes as follows:
“News received at the Democrat’o
campaig.n headquarters from all sections
oi tne country is ot the most encourag
ing nature. The Democrats are certain
to have a majority in the next house.
The senate will also be held. In the
house there will be a majority of about
five. Many Republicans here concede a
Democratic majority.
“The greatest interest is centered in
New York. Hill is practically certain
to be elected. The talk that Mr. Clevo-
xauu is encouraging me maepeiiuent
movement is the merest bosh. At the
proper time Mr. Cleveland will write a
letter endorsing Hill, and advising all
his friends and all Democrats to vote
for him. I have this from absolutely
reliable authority. Though the fight is
a hard one, Hill will win and the Dem
ocrats will hold their congressional
strength in New York.
“One in position to know put it this
way to me tonight:
‘Mr. Cleveland is anxious that Hill
should be elected simply because he
leads the ticket and it is important to
the party to win. All the Democrats
employed under this administration
having votes in Now York will vote the
straight Democratic ticket, and loyally
give Hill and his associates on the ticket
their support. Mr. Cleveland will sig
nify the Earnestness of his support of
tJi§ ticket by a considerable contribu
tion towards defraying the expenses of
the campaign. He will make it evident
that he qas no secret desire that Hill
should be defeated.’ ”
MAY SUE THE SENATOR.
Mr. Squire of Washington Will Be Asked
to Account for Trust Property.
Minneapolis, Oct. 16.—A local paper
says that in a few days papers will be
filed in a lawsuit which will involve the
title to real estate valued at nearly sl,-
500,000, and will call upon United
States Senator Squire, of Washington,
for an accounting of property intrusted
to him. The plaintiffs are Colonel Wil
liam S. King, of this city. Philo Rem
ington’s famous antagonist in the his
toric suit of years ago, and Philo Os
good and John N. Goodwin, of Ilion,
N. Y.
A quarter of a century ago King and
Remington were close friends. Years
ago they invested heavily in Western
real estate, one of the deals being the
purchase of a large amount of property
where Seattle now stands. When the
financial crash came, this property was
given to Remington to hold in trust.
Subsequently Remington, -who died a
few years ago, intrusted the property to
Squire, his son-in-law. Squire, accord
ing to the story published, never made
an accounting of the old trust. The
property, then worth a few hundred
dollars, is now worth millions.
LEFT NO TRACE.
Not a Clue Found to the Virginia Express
Robbery Friday Night.
Washington, Oct. 16. Not the
shadow of a tangible clue to the iden
tity of the men who accomplished the
remarkable feat of train brigandage in
Virginia Friday night has yet come to
light.
Every rod of ground between the
river and the scene of the robbery has
been threshed over, with the result that
the remains of a campfire, with a bag
bearing the label of a Washington
bakery, was discovered in the woods.
The express officials, accompanied by
Messenger Crutchfield, from whom the
express funds were taken, have return
ed here.
Superintendent Moss, of the Adams
express, said he had received no addi
tional information. Another official
who was with the detectives down the
line, said no arrests had been made,
and there was not as yet a trail. Mr.
Crutchfield declined to talk of the rob
bery.
THE MOON PICTURED.
The Beit Photograph Yet Made Just Out
in California.
San FRANcisco, Oct. 16.—Scientific
camera artists on top of Mount Hamil
ton have made the finest negatives of
the moon ever registered on sensitive
plates. Hills, valleys and craters that
have never been noticed in direct obser
vations through the telescope are per
ceptible, and these men on Mount Ham
ilton have been able to see lunar objects
one-tenth of a mile in diameter in cer
tain conditions. The negatives are five
inches in diameter.
It was found that an exposure of two
seconds was sufficient for the brighter
regions, and was even more than suffi
cient for the intensely bright. An ex
posure of four or more seconds was not
too much for parts.
The enlargements of the photographs
were made at Prague by Professor Wei
nek, who writes:
I became convinced that such photo
graphs were of sufficient size and ade
quate sharpness to constitute an import
ant advance over the earlier and excel
lent results of Rutherford. Warren, Deda
R and Draper. They show numerous de
tails not discernible with the microscope
By comparing these photographs with
others made in the past and still others
to be made in the future, astronomers
expect to settle the interesting question
as to changes of the moon’s surface.
Prof. Holden is convinced that there are
such changes.
AT HEADQUARTERS.
Both Parties in New York Are Active in
Campaign Matters.
New York, Oct. 16.—Senator Faulk
ner, of West Virginia, was in confer
ence during the morning with John
Boyd Thatcher, at the Democratic state
headquarters. Both gentlemen were
said to be engaged on an important
statement, which will probably be given
out at once.
At the Republican state headquarters
the air was iull of acth ’.ty.
The most of the work is being di
rected to the preparations for the mon
ster mass meeting next Wednesday
night.
U*e<l''r>y>iHinite tor livvvnge.
Moundsville, W. Va., Oct. 16.—Au
attempt to blow up the new Mounds
ville waterworks with dynamite was
made during the night. Five cartridges
were exploded, shaking up the sur
rounding country, but doing no very
great damage. It is believed that a
discharged employe is responsible for
the outrage.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
i ACROSS THE WATERS.
The Russian Holy Synod Made an Extra
ordinary Concession
IN THE CASE Os PRINCESS ALII
She Wanted to be a Member of
Her Husband’s Church
ANDTHECHURCH MADE CONCESSIONS
She Considers the Religion She Renounces
as Good Enough—China’s War News.
The Czar in Greece.
c
Berlin, Oct. 16. —The Kreuz Zeitung
says the Russian holy synod has made
an extraordinary and highly important
concession in the case of the adoption of
the Greek faith by Princess Alix of
Hesse.
The princess refused to declare her
former religion accursed, or that her
conversion was due to the conviction
that her own religion was not founded
upon truth, as is required by the law of
the Greek church.
She merely made the declaration that
she had joined the Greek church in or
der that she might be of one faith with
her future husband, and the synod ac
cepted her declaration as sufficient.
China Was Willing, but Japan Was Not.
London, Oct. 16.—The Central News
claims to have the highest authority for
the statement that overtures looking to
a declaration of peace between China
aud Japan have been made, but that
Japan rejected the proposals made, con
sidering them inadequate. According
to the Central News, however, there is
every reason to believe that the pro
posals were eminently satisfactory to
China, and that her representatives sig
nified the willingness of their govern
ment to acquiesce in them.
Japan’s Parliament Meets.
London, Oct. 16.—The Star publishes
a dispatch from Yokohama saying that
a large number of Chinese prisoners had
arrived there. The Japanese parlia
ment, which was convoked for a seven
days’ session to consider war measures,
met at Hiroshima. Count Kusumoto
was elected president, and M. Shimada
vice president.
Greece Take Care of the Czar.
Athens, Oct. 16.—The government
has ordered the strictest enforcement of
the regulations in regard to passports to
Corfu with a view of insuring the safe
ty of the czar during his sojourn in
Greece.
Chinn Buys More Guns.
London, Oct. 16. —A dispatch from
Berlin states that a Hamburg firm has
purchased 100,000 Albani rifles, at 4
francs each, from the Belgian govern
ment, for export to China.
STRANGE INFATUATIONS.
A Preacher and His Wife Find More Con
genial Partners and All Agree.
Anderson, Ind., Oct. 16.—One of the
most peculiar and, at the same time,
sensational divorce suits ever filed in an
Indiana court has just been disposed of
by Judge Elliason granting Mrs. M.
Smith a divorce from her husband, Rev.
Dr. Smith, well known over Indiana.
Two years ago, while preaching at Win
chester, it seems that Rev. Smith be
came infatuated with Mrs. Fred Helm,
one of the leaders of his congregation.
She likewise became infatuated.
Mr. Helm strangely fell in love with
Mrs. Smith, and the result was a trade
in wives that raised quite a commotion,
and necessitated Mr. Smith’s retire
ment. All four moved to this city,
where they applied for divorces one
year ago.
The case caused quite a scandal in re
ligious and leading circles. Their pe
titions were not granted. In this trial
the testimony of Angels and the Deity
were introduced by Mrs. Smith in a
highly sensational way and manner,
and some very ludicrous testimony
brought out. Smith and Mrs. Helm are
now in Ohio, where he is preaching.
He is well known over both states, and
the peculiar case is attracting much at
tention.
IRON TRADE ACTIVE.
Pennsylvania Reports Progress All Along
the Line—Work of a Week
Harrisburg, Oct. 16.—Iron and steel
mills in this locality are enjoying an
era of unprecedented prosperity. At the
Pennsylvania Steel works the produc
tion of rails and Bessemer steel last
week was the heaviest for years. The
three furnaces in blast averaged nearly
300 tons daily. For three days the Bes
semer mill averaged 120 blows every 24
hours.
The rail mill made 4,000 tons of rails
last week, the largest production of its
history. On Thursday, 816 tons were
turned out —nearly a ton to every two
minutes. The company has contracts
for 100,000 tons of girder rails from the
Chicago Street Railway company, of
Chicago, and another large contract
from Covington, Ky. There are 4000
men employed in the steel works.
browned in the Tennessee River.
Knoxville, Oct. 16.- James Nelson,
aged 26, son of Recorder C. C. Nelson,
was drowned in the Tennessee river.
Nelson was in a frail canvas sail boat.
A heavy gust of wind capsized the boat
and Nelson was seized with cramps, and
another was added to the river list of
victims.