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VOL. VII.—NO. 372.
SUES FOR DIVORCE.
Mrs. Maud Allgood King Wants Her
Maiden Name.
, THE PAPER WAS PILED YESTERDAY
I
Charges Her Husband With
Cruelty and Intoxication.
ISAYS HE HAS BEEN DRUNK A YEAR.
Also, That He Contributed Nothing to
Her Support, and Got Into Finan
cial Difficulties.
I Yesterday morning in Atlanta Judge
Marshall J . Clarke, representing Mrs.
Maude Allgood King, filed a suit for
divorce for his client against John S.
King.
The domestic trouble of Mr. and Mrs.
King have cause a great deal of talk,and
rumors of divorce proceedings reached
Rome, where both parties are well
known some weeks ago.
As Miss Maude Allgood, Mrs. King
was a pupil of Shorter college and after
-4 wards she made numerous visits to rel
atives here. A member of one of the
oldest and best families of North Geor
gia, wealthy and being bright and ac
complished she made herself very popu
lar with all. Mr. King was for quite a
while soliciting freight agent of the E.
T., V. &G. railroad here, and it was
while occupying that position he met
Miss Allgood in Rome.
For two or three years the couple
have lived in Atlanta, King bolding va
I rious railroad positions. It is said that
financial differences with the company
were settled by Mrs. King several times,
and that trouble of the same nature
► which she refused to mend is res ponsible
for his departure from that city.
’ In her bill Mrs. King alleges that she
was married to King in 1890, that for a
year he has been in a state of habitual
intoxication, that he has been guilty of
cruel treatment towards her, that he
failed to contri mte anything towards
her support, she had to pay her own
household expenses and most of his per
sonal expenses, and that she has fre
quently extracted him from financial
difficulties in which he became involved,
and which would have caused his ruin.
She alleges that he has frequently
threatened to kill himself and that be-
I cause of his cruelty and bad conduct she
I separated from him six weeks ago.
£ She asks that her maiden name,
1 Maude Allgood, be restored to her and
that she be given tjie custody of her
B two-year-old daughter.
I SWEETHEART’S FATHER
’ Murdered by a Mississippi Young Man.
| Burners That He Was Lynched.
M Meridian Miss., January I.—Z. T.
|j Bilkman, a respectable young man con-
B fessed yesterday that he killed William
■ Sanford last Saturday night in Kemper
L county. Bilkman was courting San-
F ford’s daughter. A relative of Sanford
F objected. The daughter is said to have
known that Bilkman intended to kill
him.
Unconfirmed news from Kemper
county says Bilkman has been lynched.
FROZEN DYNAMITE
Explodes and Kills Six Negroes Near At
lanta Yesterday. __
w Atlanta, January I.—James Gray,
James Alexander and James Fletcher,
all negroes, were instantly killed this
afternoon by explosion of dynamite six
miles from here. They were working
on new penitentiary site. Gray was
throwing forty-five pounds of frozen
dynamite it ignited. Shock felt
in city.
WHITECAP LEADERS.
They Were to Have Met Yesterday in
Lk - Murray County.
F Dalton, Ga., January I.—There was
to have been a caucus of whitecap lead
ers in Murray county today, to make
H public their side of the stories that have
been printed of their doings. No news
has been received of the action taken,
but it is known the meeting was set for
today.
CEDARTOWN ELECTION
For Mayor and Councilnien—Dr. W. H.
Williamson Mayor.
Uedartcwn Ga., January I.—The city
election passed off quietly here today.
Dr. W. H. Williamson was elected
mayor over Col. W. K. Fielder, present
incumbent. W. R. Beck was re-elected
I recorder, and the following gentlemen
1 were re elected councilmen: E. Brad
k ford, E. B. Russell, H. V. White, Thos.
■ Griffin and T F. Burbank.
E Republican Senator.
I Omaha, Neb., January I.—John M.
Thurston was nominated t night by re
publican caucus for senator to succeed
Manderson.
iKflfllrs Attack Fortugueae Gunboats.
London, Jan. I.—A Capo Town dis
atch says it is reported from Delagoa
lay that rebellious natives attacked
<vo Portuguese gunboats on the Inco
lati river, stopped* their progress and
filed the chief officer in command.
THE TRIBUNE WEEKLY
ACCIDENTLY SHOT.
The Hunter and Not the Rabbit Will
Die.
Sugar Valley, January I.—A young
man by the name of Childers, while out
hunting rabbits yesterday was shot in a
peculiar manner.
He found a rabbit sitting by a stump,
and taking the stock of the rifle, he
started to scare it up; when the gun
fired, the ball passing entirely through
his body. At last accounts he was still
alive but he cannot recover.
The store and entiie stock of merchan
dise belonging to Mr. Shahan, of Villa
now, Ga., was burned on Christmas
night." His loss is $2,000. No insurance.
TWO ASSEMBLIES. ' ~
New Mexico’s Lecl.lators Split Up Over
the Organization Proceedings.
Santa Fk, Jan. I.—The legislative
assembly of New Mexico has convened.
Republican members held a meeting
and swore one another in. Eight Dem
ocrats and four Republicans were recog
nized as members of the council and
sworn in by Secretary Miller, but the
Republicans claim that seven Republi
cans out of 12 were elected on the face
of the returns.
In the house, which consists of 24
members, the secretary swore in 12
Democrats, and declined to swear in
Christy, member-elect from Dona, Ana
and Grant counties for the reason that,
under the territorial law, was not eligi
ble, and that the house should judge
upon his merits.
After organization Christy and 14 Re
publicans, all claiming to be elected
upon the face of the returns, then left
the house and held a caucus which re
sulted in the organization of a separate
house of 15 members.
They called on the secretary to be
sworn in, but not finding him they ad
ministered the oath to each other and
proceeded to organize the house by se
lecting Christy speaker. The three
bodies adjourned until Wednesday.
Measures of a compromise are being
talked of and a satisfactory agreement
inay be reached.
CARRIERS TRANSGRESS.
San Francisco’* Mall Men Issued New Year
Cards, Which Is Forbidden.
Washington, Jan. I.—Let! er carriers
are by law prohibited from soliciting
New Year’e gifts, but the carriers of
San Francisco have gotten themselves
into trouble by disregarding this pro
vision. The postal regulations say:
“Carriers are forbidden to solicit in
person, or through others, contributions
of money, gifts and presents; to issud
addresses, complimentary cards, prints,
publications, or any substitute therefor,
intended or calculated to induce tne
public to make them gifts or presents;
to sell tickets on their routes to thea
ters, concerts, balls, fairs, picnics, ex
cursions, or pieces of amusement or en
tertainments of any kind; to borrow
money on their routes, or to contract
debts which they have no reasonable
prospect of being able to pay.”
The case in point is an address issued
by the “letter carriers of San Francis
co” extending wishes for a Merry Christ
mas and a Happy New Year to all.
This action has been brought to the at
tention of the proper authorities, and
an official reprimand at the very least
is in prospect for the offenders.
LEXINGTON’S CASH.
Carelessness Is Assigned as the Cause of
a Large Defljit.
Lexington, Ky., Jan. I.—The city
council recently employed two expert
accountants to search the city records
for several years back. It is stated that
they have found a shortage during the
administration of ex-City Collector J.
Hull Davidson of $14,736, and that an
other shortage under the administra
tion of Stephen G. Sharp, the present
city collector, will swell the aggregate
probably to $20,000.
It is stated that the bondsmen of the
collector and the ex collector have been
notified that the shortage must be made
good, and that they in turn have noti
fied the bondsmen of Deputy Collector
William B. Welsh, who was drowned
in the city reservoir last summer, that
the amount of his bond must be made
good.
It is generally believed that the worst
that Davidson and Sharp can be justly
accused of is negligence.
At the time of the drowning of
Welsh there was some talk of it being
suicide.
BKANDTHE CLAIM AS FALSE.
World’* Fair Officials Expose a Pretender
to an Award.
Chicago, 11l , January 2.—One of the
odd results of the World’s Fair is the
claim now made to awards by some who
were not even exhibitors. Officials of
the exposition have not as yet taken
final action in the matter, believing the
quick wit of the people will detect the
spurious claims. But to the case of a
New York baking powder, that has been
widely advertising an award, the atten
tion of the Chief of Awards for Agricul
ture, has been directed. He brands the
c’aim of this pretender as false, declar
ing "Neither the records of this depart
ment, nor the official citalogueof the
World’s Columbian Exposition, show
that this New York company was an ex
hibitor; consequently it could not re
ceive an award at the World's Fair.”
Those who fairly won their honors at
the fait seem disposed to treat this fraud
as any other fraud should bo treated.
The Price Baking Powder Company, of
Chicago, having received the highest
award, say they are convinc id of their
claims, and those of all other holders of
rightful honors, will be fully vindicated
j y the public.
ROME, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1895.—TWELVE PAGES.
EXTRA SESSION SURE
——— f
That Is, if Congress Fails to Take
Some Action.
IMPERATIVE DEMANDS FOR RELIEF.
The Republicans Do Not Take
Kindly to the Call.
WANT TO SIZE UP THE SITUATION
Before They Assume Legislative Respon
sibility—They Would Help Pass
a New Bond Measure.
Washington, Jan. I.—A caucus of
the house Democrats to consider the
currency bill will probably be called for
Friday or Saturday night. The exact
date will be determined by the prompt
ness of Democratic representatives in
returning after the holiday recess.
Chairman Springer is sanguine that as
the result of the caucus a currency bill
will be passed by the house on the fol
lowing Monday"’or Tuesday. Other
Democratic leaders do not take so hope
ful a view of the outlook and in fact
privately admit that the situation in
the house is decidedly muddled.
It is now hinted that if the opposi
tion to the Carlisle-Springer currency
bill cannot be controlled in caucus an
other substitute will be submitted in
the “ . e of getting the united action on
something. The Republicans stand
ready to support a bill giving authority
to tne secretary of the treasury to issue
low interest baring bonds to replenish
the gold when necessery, and it may
be that the Democrats may so divide
that such a proposition will eventual y
go through the house by a combination
of Democrats and Republicans.
The Republicans are not particularly
delighted with the outlook for an extra
session. The passage of a bond 111
such as described would probably obvi
ate the necessity of an extraordinary
session, and the Republican leaders
would then have an opportunity to
“size up” the material they will have
to deal with in the next house. But the
Republicans are seriously considering a
possibility of an extra session, and it is
quite likely that a conference will be
called before long to settle upon party
policy, so they will not be caught nap
ping if an extra session proclamation is
issued by the president. It is admitted
in confidence by Republicans that they
might be seriously handicapped if Mr.
Cleveland should pursue this course.
There are many Republicans who be
lieve strongly that if an amendment be
made to the tariff bill which will bring
more revenue the currency question
could be safely continued until some
time later. An extra session might em
barrass them, and with a sharp rivalry
over the presidential nomination before
the party many well devised Republican
plans might be upset. This is the gen
eral belief, and it amounts almost to a
conviction that the senate will defeat
any financial legislation, no matter on
what terms the house might be induced
to agree. An extra session, therefore,is
almost certain.
CONRAD’S TROUBLES.
——— AiA'
McKinley Pardoned a Noted Ohio Biga
mist—Thrice Married to One Woman.
Columbus, Jan. I.—Governor Mc-
Kinley has pardoned Benjamin Conrad,
who had served two years of a seven
year sentence in the Ohio penitentiary
from Cincinnati for bigamy. Conrad
was a wealthy oil operator of Pennsyl
vania and in 18T1 he married a lady in
that state. She soon left him and he
went west. He returned a few years
later and was informed that his wife
had obtained a divorce.
He then went to Cincinnati where,
in 1878, he married Emma Schrader,
and became quite a prominent citizen.
Subsequently he learned that his first
wife had not obtained a divorce, and he
at once seer red a divorce. He then de
serted his C icinnati wife and married
a Memphis woman who deserted him
and he returned and again married the
Cincinnati woman. The Memphis wo
man obtained a divorce from him, and
then he, for the third time, married the
Cincinnati woman. Then the Memphis
woman prosecuted him.
A PLUCKY GIRL,
She Walked Six Mile* Through the Snow
to Get Married.
Wilkksbarre, Pa., Jan. I. Miss
Anna Barker was engaged to be married
last Thursday night to Samuel Collen
back, who resides in Parsons, six miles
from here. There was snow on the
ground to the depth of two feet and the
mercury was at zero.
The electric road was blocked and
Miss Barker, not having the means to
hire a carriage, started from this city
at 7 o’clock p. m. to walk to Parsons,
where she arrived at 10 o’clock. She
found the wedding guests at the house
of her lover, and, after borrowing an
outfit of clothing, she accompanied her
intended to church, where they were
married.
Elevator Builders Failed.
Fremont, Neb., Jan. I.—The firm of
Seeley, Son & Co., contractors and ele
vator builders, have failed. They gave
chattel mortgages aggregating about
$2,000 to secure their creditors. Ow
ing to the financial depression of the
last few years they have been doing
littlp business. In an attempt to secure
their creditors, the members of the firm
have turned over all their property, in
cluding their homes. This firm has
built dozens of elevators in Nebraska,
Texas, Indiana and several other states,
besides oth ir extensive buildings in
Omaha, Fremont, Chicago and other .
ci tins. -
CALLS ON CLEVELAND
The President Was at Home to AU
the World.
NEW YEAR’S DAY IN WASHINGTON.
Custom Inaugurated by Wash
ington a Century Ago.
GRESHAM BREAKFASTS DIPLOMATS.
The Heads of Other Departments Kept
Open House to Their Respect
ive Subordinates.
Washington, Jan. 1. —The president
was at home to all the world who chose
to visit the White House during the
day, and the official family repeated the
annual object lesson in the simplicity
and impressiveness of American repub
lican institutions in the United States.
Representatives of foreign powers in
the splendor of their court dress greeted
the president in the names of their re
spective governments.
The army and navy paid their re
spects to their commander in chief;
members of congress to their executive,
federal officials to the head of the gov
ernment and the public at large t® th
chief citizen of the nation. s
It. minor details alone did the day’s
reception differ from any of its prede
cessors since General Washington, the
first president, officially inaugurated
the national ceremony in New York
city, 104 years ago.
The old Dutch custom so pleased him
that he inquired whether it was estab
lished or a casual one, and on being in
formed that the day was always honor
ed in New York, he exclaimed:
“Whatever change takes place, never
forget this cordial and cheerful observ
ance of New Year’s day.”
No day is sd notable in Washington
city.
Immediately following the president’s
reception, the secretary of state enter
tained the diplomatic corps at break
fast. The secretary of war received
the army; the secretary of the navy
opened his house to the navy and, until
night, official visiting was the rule
throughout the capitol.
The interior of the White House .was
decorated very much as it usually is
upon the occasion of official functions,
with masses of palms, ferns and other
dotted plants about the parlors, banks
of flowers on the mantels and curtains
of smilax before the mirrors. The oval
blue room, where the receiving party
stood, was profusely adorned ana all
the rooms wt re illuminated wholly by
electroliers aijd the weather was clear
and bright with brilliant sunshine.
The Approaches to the executive man
sion were occupied by double columns
of army and navy officers, stretching
away from the portico beyd'hd the gates,
the red tasseled helmet of the military,
the yellow of the cavalry, the white bf
the infantry, and the black plumed
chapeaus of the navy, showed distinct
ly above the sea of dark blue uniforms
resplendent with gold trimmings, While
beneath the great portecocherC, car
riages rapidly deposited tlje brilliantly
attired members Os the diplomatic corps,
ana along the avenhe extending down
the side streets stood long lines of or
ganizations and private citizens await
ing their turn to shake hands with the
president, and crowding within sight
of the White House were thousands
who had been attracted by the gefy
scSne.
Promptly at 11 o’clock the
band, stationed in the main corridor,
burst forth with “Hail to the Chief” as
the receiving party descended thb broad
stairway from the private apartments
and took their places in the blue room,
the president being in the nearest red
room door, through which the guests
entered. At his right stood Mrs. Cleve
land, and beyond in the line were Mrs.
Gresham, Mrs. Olney, Mrs. Bissell, Miss
Herbert and Miss Morton.
Mrs. Stevenson was in North Caroli
na with the vice president at the bed
side of their invalid daughter, and Mrs.
Hoke Smith was ill. Back of the re
ceiving line were invited guests of Mrs.
Cleveland.
At 11 o’clock members of the cabinet
were received. These were followed by
members of the United States supreme
court, court of claims, court of appeals,
supreme court of the district, senators,
representatives, commissioners of the
District of Columbia, ex-members of the
cabinet, ex-ministers of the • United
States, officers of the army, navy and
marine corps.
At noon, the regents and secretary of
the Smithsonian institution, civil ser
vice commissioners, interstate commerce
commissioners, assistant secretaries of
departments and other officials were re
ceived; at 12:15 p. m., the Associated
Veterans of the war of 1846, Grand
Army of the Republic, Loyal Legion,
Union Veteran Legion and members of
the Oldest Inhabitants’ association of
the District of Columbia, and at 12:35
p. m., the public.
Shipping Clerk.
Knoxville, Jan. I. William A.
Schneider, shipping clerk for Cowan,
McClung & Co., a leading wholesale
house here, mysteriously disappeared*
from here last Wednesday night and
has not been heard of since. When
last seen he was drinking with some
friends and said he was going to his
home, three miles in the country.
Killing; in Fort Worth.
Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. In an
altercation on Tenth and Main streets
between Aiderman and ex-Police Officer
Martin McGrath and ex-Police Officer
Jim Rushing the former shot and in
stantly killed the latter. The exact na
ture of the trouble is not known, but it
said to have been the result of a fight id
McGrath’s saloon. . 1
NOT OVER YET.
Victims of the New York Police Will Sas
to Recover Their Money.
New York, Jan. I.—And now comes
the story that the trials and sufferings _
of ward men and police captains and
inspectors are not to be confined to
what the criminal law may give them
in the way of fines and enforced retire
ments to the prisons of the state. It is
said that keepers of disorderly houses,
proprietors of poolrooms and policy
shops are to form a sort of fast and
loose association for the recovery in the
civil courts of the money paid to ward
men, captains and inspectors for protec
tion.
The Lexow committee drew out more
specific testimony as to pool rooms and
policy shops than as to the disorderly
houses. For instance, Wardman Shal
vey testified to collecting, chiefly from
poolrooms and policy shops in the De
lancey street district, about $9,000 for
Captain Webb, about $6,000 for Captain
Doherty, about $6,000 for Captain Ea
kins, and only about $4,500 for Captain
Schultz
Schmittberger testified that the Bo
hemian Liquor Dealers’ association paid
him SBO per month, and that in the
Eighty-eighth street district he collect
ed about SBOO a month through Ward
man Gannon. He specified that there
were 10 policy shops there and three
poolrooms. He also swore that he pass
ed in from SIOO to $175 a month to In
spector Williams, who knew where the
money came from.
In addition to this testimony, there
is a mass of testimony in against al
most every one of the police captains
from those who paid them; ana this in
dicates how many suits for recovery
might be brought. In many cases,
wardman, captain and inspector might
be sued jointly. A test case, and the
recovery of the money might lead oth
ers who have been silent to come for
ward.
MISSING MONEY.
A Jersey City Bank Cannot Account for
the Loss of Over 82,000.
New York, Jan. I.—There was a
stir in Jersey City banking circles
Monday when it became known that
$2,200 had recently disappeared from
on of the desks in the Hudson County
National bank, one of the oldest banks
in New Jersey.
The theft was not reported to the po
lice, but the bank officials placed the
case in the hands of the Pinkerton
agency. No trace of the missing funds
has been discovered.
The fact that $2,200 was missing was
first reported by Receiving Teller
Charles M. Horton, who noticed the
discrepancy when he began to balance
his accounts at the close of business
hours. A thorough search was imme
diately made and the clerks were kept
at work hunting for the missing money
up to midnight. A special meeting of
the bank directors was held and it was
decided to keep the affair quiet and to
make no report to the police, but to
rely entirely on the Pinkertons.
The bank has made no dismissals,
and claim they do not intend to make
any, because they do not suspect any of
their clerks. They think it was stolen
by some outsider at a moment when
the clei’ks were not looking.
’the bank has charged the $2,200 to
the profit and loss account.
COOK GANG LOCATED,
A Spy in Their Camp Located Them and
Reported Their Hiding; Place.
Muskogee, I. T„ Jan. I.—Simms
Bennett, a deputy marshal, came into
Muskogee at 4 p. m. and informed Mar
shal McAlester that he had Bill Cook,
Jim French and four other members of
the gang located. Bennett says he
slept with French in the old fort at
Fort Gibson. Bennett had been with
French and Cook in and around Fort
Gibson for several days.
Six marshals departed at once for the
locality in which Bennett left the ban
dits. Marshal McAlester has men sta
tioned on the railroad to report to Fort
Gibson at once. Cherokee Bill shot his
brother-in-law seven times Monday,
killing him instantly. Bill says his
brother-in-law has attempted his life
several times.
Fishback Has Hopes,
Little Rock, Jan. I.—The Arkansas
legislature will reconvene Jan. 8. Sen
ator Berry and Governor Fishback will
bo candidates for the seat in the United
States senate now filled by Berry. The
latter claims that 65 of the 67 votes
necessary to a choice are instructed for
him. Fishback claims 28 instruct* d
votes, and that 9 Populists, 3 Republi
cans and 16 Democrats in the senate are
uninstructed. Fishback is very popular,
and his friends believe that if Berry’s
election on the first ballot can be pre
vented Fishback can win.
Carried Away on the Ice.
Menodine, Mich., Jan. I.—Three
brothers, Frank, John and Martin Wo
esniak, were out in a small boat fishing
when the ice began to run. The men
became frightened and abandoned their
boat, trying to reach shore on the ice.
A floe on which they were, became de
tached and was carried out into the
lake. Several tugs got up steam and
started in pursuit. They -were unable
to reach the men on the floe, however,
and had to return.
Wagon Works Forced to th© Wall.
West Superior, Wis., Jan. I.—The
Labell Wagon company, of South Su
perior, was forced to assign Saturday
afternoon owing to' the trouble growing
out of the enforced suspension of the
■bank of South Superior Friday. The
company has quickly available assets
aggregating $190,000 and a plant valued
at SIO,OOO. Its liabilities amount to
$135,000. Steps are already being taken
to reorganize.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THEYEARJUSTENDED
The Industrial Conditions of the South
Very Satisfactory.
ALABAMA COAL IS JUST BOOMING.
Lumber Prospects are Growing
Considerably Brighter.
THIRTY-SEVEN NEW INDUSTRIES
Established During the Last Week of the
Year—Nearly a Million of
t New Capital.
Chattanooga, Jan. I.—The Trades
man, in its report on the industrial con
dition of the south for the week ending
Dec. 31, reports that the condition of
the iron market continues to be reason
ably satisfactory. Production is large
and will increase. Few large orders
are reported, but many small ones pre
vent an accumulation of stocks. No
change in prices. Coal is in good de
mand. The output is now very large;
that of the Alabama mines is the larg
est ever known. Southern lumber
prospects are improving. RailfSads are
beginning to place orders, the export
demand is making itself felt, and or
ders ahead will keep a good many mills
busy during the winter. Small stocks
of poplar and cypress make prices very
firm with prospects of an early ad
vance.
It reports 37 new industries as estab
lished or incorporated during the week,
prominent among which are a $500,000
cotton mill at Hickory, N. C., and oth
ers at Macon, Ga., and Concord, N. C.;
a marble quarrying company with SIOO,-
000 capital at Stanford, Ky.; a large
sugar refinery to be built at New Or
leans, La.; a $50,000 construction com
pany at Dallas, Tex., and one with
$25,000 capital at Wichita Falls, Tex.
A flouring mill of 125 barrels daily ca
pacity is reported at Bluff City, Tenn.;
a $30,000 ice company has been charter
ed at Tyler, Tex.; a $20,000 coal mining
company at Birmingham, Ala., and a
SIO,OOO lumber manufacturing company
at Roanoke, Va.
There are also reports of a brewery at
Dallas, Tex.; electrical companies at
Arcadia and Tampa, Fla.; a fertilizer
factory at Wilmington, N. C., and
flouring mills at Elva, Ky., and Forest
City, N. C.
An ice factory is to be built at States
boro, Ga.; machine shops at Florence,
Ala., Louisville, Ky., and Chattanooga,
Tenn.; a mica mill at Houston, Va.,
and a granite quarry is to be opened at
Clarksville, Va.
Preparations are being made to build
a ramie mill at Tallahassee, Fla.; a rice
mill is reported at Orlando, Fla., a shoe
factory at Hickory, N. C.; a soap fac
tory at Madison, Ga.; sulphuric acid
works at Blacksburg, S. C., and wood
working plants at Melvin, Ala., Davis
burg, Bonhomie and Mississippi City,
Miss., Somerville, Tenn., Brenham,
Tex., and Houston and Roanoke, Va.
Waterworks are reported at Siloam
Springs, Ark, Greenville, Ky., and Bow
ie, Tex. Among the enlargements for
the week as reported to The Tradesman
are ice factories at Greenville, S. C.,
and Dallas, Tex.; a $50,000 addition to a
plumbers’ supplies factory at Louisville,
Ky.; a $75,000 addition to a Fort Worth,
Tex., cotton mill, and additions to cot
ton mills at Goldsboro, N. C., and Tal
lahassee, Fla. The new buildings in
clude business houses at Augusta, Ga.,
and Dallas, Tex.; a $20,000 clubhouse
at Ludlow, Ky.; a SIOO,OOO courthouse
at New Orleans, La., and a warehouse Z
at Dallas, Tex.
RAILROAD PURCHASE.
Th© B. & O. Bought One Line and. Per
haps, Another Deal Was Macle.
Uniontown, Pa., Jan. I.—On Satur
day the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company completed the purchase of the
Monongahela River road in West Vir
ginia, extending from Fairmont to
Clarksburg, a distance of about 30
miles. It is also said a deal is consum
mated by which the B. & O. gets pos
session of the West Virginia and Pitts
burg road which extends from Clarks
burg to Camden, on the Gauley, a dis
tance of 100 miles. This gives them a
direct line from Pittsburg to the latter
poiut.
The plan is to extend the line from
Camden to Charleston, through the in
terior of West Virginia, where it will
connect with the Chesapeake and Ohio,
giving the B. & O. a direct line through
a very valuable timber country. Both
these lines have been run in
with the B. & O. since the
of the "state line branch. The
will go into the possession
at once.
The Pennsylvania railroad
trying togrt possession of them
eral months. BHH
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