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IN BUB ! Current Occasioned bj i or War Reports. miTIIK IE1CH S2MN.UI Marehaadia* Emm 1 * —Vis Iran u4 FI*. R*mI* Vw* —Failure*. NO REPORT YET GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS. ' Co.’s weekly r«t»»w Nei .feer peace nor mu i changed the onward cur- lineal. Order* for mere 0,000 gold (torn Europe any drift toward strin- ■ for money, and traaau- if aboat $1,106,000 par Lpt in ckeok any question lurroncy, while txportsof Vre coatanned with a rata higher and tho demand of Iha front industries / eipanakm. Prompt ac- i senate and tha houso hae all fear ef embarrassment ^conflicting .purposes at Wash- Tbe government is making without-any waste of time, while eaauring •everybody Ihnt it looks 'for a psaodSul .snttlemont and hqpoa that itepanfiarataons may prove unnecessary. The backbono'of the situation is the eiress of merohandine exports, inoro than 941,000,000.in-February with an Increase or $ f 2(»0,000in raiscellnoeous product*, 92,100,000 1 in provisions, 94,500,000 in cotton-and $7,000,000 in ibreadstuflTa compared with Inst year, ■and 910,100,000 in all products. In Jw» weeks -of Marnt exports have been i per oeu4'larger than last year and ‘ prta bora gained but H.7 percent, pugh -especially swollod by ro of India rubber, sugar end The outgo of cotton surpasses pactations though the price was ger last weok and the export de ad apparently paid no attention to Varket fluctuations. Receipts from [plantations oontinue much greater than at theeoiresponding date from the largest crop heretofore produced, so that the guesses about the future crop .are now the mein rolianc* of specula tors. i Wheat -also moves in spite of all •peculation. Exports for three weeks from both ooasts were 10,639,125 bush els against 4,688,441 bushels last year. Tho price has varied with conflicting reports, but olosed Jo higher for the week. Wool shows no change in quota tions,'though eastern markets are ex tremely dull and transactions were only 2,062,300 pounds this week agynst 10,891,000 pounds Inst year. Little encouragement appears in the lharket for cotton goods with print cloth 1-lOc lower than a woek ago and standard .grades undersold by many of less note. The demand is large, but not large enough. In woolen goods, on the oontsary, the material advance in prioea has raised the only obstacle to inoreased transaction. Pig iron is nnolianged, and so are finished productions, oxoept wire nails, which are 5 cents per keg woakorj.and steel rails, which aro said to be sold at |17.60 at the east by some estab lishments. * Eailuros for the weok have been 208 in the United Statos against 216 last year. ABM.T BILL PREPARED. It Coaftemplales That <bv Army Shall Have 104,000 Mm. The most interesting propositiomyet made by the war department to meet the contingencies of the future proba bly has just-been completed. It is the preparation of a bill providing among other aeotione .for tho placing of tha army on .a war footing for tho full strength of 104,000 men. The bill has been oarefully gone over by the war department, and was introduced in the house by .Representative Hull. In view of a possibility of a conflict with Spain, oonaidarablo interest cen ters just now in the strength of the military foroe that, can be callod on in rasa of naoaasity. Acoordiug to the Inteat reports the total organized strength of the militia of the United Statos is 114,862, While the numbor oi man avaiahle for military duty (organ- ized) is 1,081,830. And Net Kapectcd Delbrc Thursday o» Friday. A upaeial from Washington Monday sajrs: It can be stated positively and authoritatively that the report of the Court of Inquiry on the Maine disaster hod not be»jn rocoivod up to noon to day. From the same authoritative source it enn bo stated that tha report is uot likely to be here before next Thursday or Friday, It is a material change from the ex pectation prior to thiB time. The caun of the delay is not known, but it is as sumed that the conclusions of the coart are not yet in each event form to war rant their earlier preseatation here. 'The government has made no forth# purchases of warships, but its negotia tions in that lino have been productive 'of at least on important result, name ly, in establishing that unless (the bat tleship General O’Wiggins becomes tho property rtf tho United States it will uot be sold at all. Spain, at is confidently asserted, will not be able to secure this war vessel, nor are her chances any hotter or as good as those of tho Unitod Statos. Practically the Hnmo condition pre vails iuh to tho Argentino armored cruiser Han Martino, which will become the properly of this government if it passes from the bands of Argentine, IS THE FA It EAST. fifty-fifth congress Kind. M any Nontfccrn r'ottnn Mills Market Tor Their Product. Three new cotton mills arc under course of construction near Home, each of which will have n capacity of 30,000 spindle*. The products of these mills ore mainly common prints and shooting. For this class of goods tho mill owners find a great demaud in Egypt, Osina, Japan and tho other countries of the far east. It is a fact that every yard of goods that has been made in the south during the past six montiha has been exported to these countries. A better price is obtained there, apd it is said that the class of goods now being made by the mills of tho south is especially suited to the usages of tho people of the east, Many of tho southern mills have never sold a yard of their product in this conntry. Tho business is all trans acted through foreign agencies. By exporting this class of goods to for eign countries the manufacturers are enabled to keep the price of tho high grade goods up. The goods exported are of n class that finds slow sale among tho American people, although it is prized very highly by the nation alities for whom it is especially manu factured. AWi EXTERNAL EXPLOSION VUIMir Oi* Report of the Maine Court of rtuiulr)’. .'A-special to the Ags-IIorald from Washington, Monday night, says: I huvo it from authority that is undoubt edly good that the report of tho board rtf inquiry on the Maine explosion is 'that it was the result of n sub-iunrine wine, or external explosion. While the president has not yet received the roport of tho board, he has been in formed of what it will contain. Tt is probable that the president will communicate with tho Kpauish govern ment tomorrow, and as it iH not prob able that he will get a satisfactory re sponse, lie will sond u message to ’.ongress before tho end of the woek, giving nil the fncts, and leaving it to congress to mnko a declaration of war. The date of his message to congross, howover, doponds upon the response from tho Hpsuisb government. The president will not act with un due haste. Ho would avort war if that ho possible, but ho will put tho honor and courngoof tho United Htntcs above all things. SPAIN SHUTS OUT THE NEWS. ^ that ho might effect a settlement with- , out congressional interference.... The ! subject of Hawaiian annexation also ! came in for attention today. Mr. Wil- ! liams, of Mississippi; Mr. Adams, of The Senate-Monday. Dnring its sossion of three hours to- _ , day the senate passed a considerable i Pennsylvania, and" Mr. Berry, of Ken- number of bills from the general cal- I tacky, all members of the foreign af- cndar. among the number being one | committee, made speeches upon authorizing the construction of sight »h e subject, new revenue cutters not exceeding in aggregate cost the sum of $1,025,000. I The Senate—Tliuiwilay. The national quarantine bill was made j The senate today passed bills as fol- the regular order of business and will | lows; To pay to Stewart College (now be taken up probably on Wednesday. 1 the Southwestern University), located Mr. Hoar called up e resolution l B t Clarksville, Tenn., 826,600 for dam Press Censors Must Exclude News ot Warlike Preparation*. A dispatch to tho World from Madrid says: Instructions have been given since Friday night to tho press censors to stop all foreign and domestic press telegrams—and even telepho: sages—containing nows impel the government, Unnutbori ze of unval and military propt movements of war vessels, par the flying squadron, of the pur vessels of war and stores abr especially interdicted. Heretofore no stop had lieo to prevent the Madrid press fr fishing frequent and abundant i tiou. Tho saino press oensor stop telegrams sent from Madr newspapers in Amoricn, Engl France whon they contain nav is deemed likely to creato alar: IKON FOR UOVF.HNMK1 Major Kulnrs Dead. George W. Raines, major in the United States army and captain on General Scott'B staff in tho Mexican war, formerly of Angustn, died at Nowburg, N. Y., Monday. Ho re signed from tho army in 1856, and whon tho Confederate powder mills wore finished in Augusta in 1862 he took clinrgo of them. The site of the powder mill is now occupied by the Sibley cotton mill, hut tho old powder house remains stnndiug as a monu ment, ami at its baHo tho deceased will probably And his last resting place, it hoing his often expressed wish. Tho CVnrilolo Cli .litAuqun. Frof. A. F. Wave, superintendent of the public schools of Cordole, is in Macon, in the interest of mnttors relat ing to the Cordolo Chautauqua, which will bo hold on tho tirst woek in May. A splendid programme has been nr- rangod. One of tho great attractions of tho chautiiuqun will be nu address by Hon. W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska. There's Money In This liiislnens. Tho shipping of cattle woHt from Americus continues. A dealer closed a contract Tuesday for the delivery of 1,000 head. There iH money in stock raising; indeed, there is a protit to be made ill many other ways besides 5- cent cotton. “There are more ways to kill a dog than by choking him with butter.” Money aoa rooe for Cuea. A relief fund of 8#,033 and twenty- one oar loads of provisions and clothing collected in Missouri, Kansas and Okla homa for the starving Cubans of Ma- tanzas were forwarded south from Kansas City Sunday. These relief measures are being carried out under the management of the Kansas City Star. Making Usm on Hnndsy. The Bethlehem Iron Company's ord nance works were working Sunday for the first time in the oempany's histo ry. Work on guns, carriages .and ar mor for the government was under way. The plant is running day and night and over 2,000 hands ace .busy. Way bs Connected With Spanish Question. The St. James Gazette, comment ing upon the mobilizing of the French fleet, suggests it may be connected With the Spanish question, and says; “If trouble between Spain and the United States should become acute, it would precipitate issues of great mo ment for France.” Bob O'CoHnell, Harry Kesly and Joe Ward, three long term prisoners, made their escape from Coulhurg Thursday night. They made their escape through a tunnel. Furnace* Near Homo, CJn., Ncci Contracts. Information comes from liable source that a governme named Hensley Iibh been at Boi and vicinity and niter inspeol product of the Round Mount, company of Round Mountai has placed orders not only to: iron on hand, but for tho entii for the next three months. A special dispatch from Roi Hays that the three big furnace near that place are in full bl are making big shipments daily' Bethlehom, Fa., for the use of eminent. Special orders hnv Buod to the railroads to rush inents on through freights hundred tons were shipped furnace alone one day last we dispatch states that the go sent a special agent to Ruuu .evory ton of iron suitable foi making that could be secured. Government Agent Hensley is not .Alabama to place furthor contracts. A MUslMlppI Sheriff Killed. In a shooting affray at Sanntobia, •Miss., Sheriff W. J. Bray wor killed and Deputy Sheriff Homer Gilmore wue dangerously wounded. The row begnn between Ashley Cooke and Gil more. After Gilmore lmd been shot twice by Cocke, Sheriff Bray .ippeared on the scene only to meet the deadly aim of hie antagonist, who shot him through the heart. lug pro- iily their debts or quit the servioe of the city. Romo's Cotton Receipts. Rome’s cotton receipts to date foot up 63,901 bales, against -60,977 for last yenr. It is probnble that little of the staple remains unmarketed and thut not lunch more will be received. .Eighteen Indio* of Snow. The most severe snowstorm of the season prevailed in Montana Sunday afternoon. Eighteen inches of aaovy fell between 1 and 6 o'clock. Culled lo the lloor and Kdlod. Nonr Thomas, Monday, Win. Eni- breo shot and killed Ellis Martin, Jr., both colored. Jealousy was behind' the tragedy. hpnin Buy* a Cru wir. The Daily News’ Rome correspond ent says that Spain has bought tl* .cruiser Garibaldi from Italy. Prominent Physician Head. Dr. Hugh Hagan, one of the most prominent and successful physicians in Atlanta, died Tuesday msr.ir.ng. A Murderer Surrender*. .Terry E. Cnrter, who shot and killed Frank D. Black at Lumpkin, January The Argentine Republic has bought 22, 1896, has surrendered to the an- tbe cruiser Vnreae. The United States thorities. wanted to purchase both of these ves- sels, but was too late. Headquarter* Established. The headquarters of the department of tho gulf have been established in the Austell building, Atlanta, the en tire sixth floor of the structure having been rented by the army officials. To Meet in Macon. The Georgia Epworth League State Conference will convene in Macon, on April 7. * Senator Davis, of Minnesota. ha9 one of the flnefit Napoleonic libraries in the world. It comprises more than 800 volumes. Mr. Davis bus been collecting it for years. reported by him from the judiciary committee providing for the submission to the legislatures of the various state* of a proposed amendment to the con stitution of the United State* relative to tho succession to the presidency. He desired dimply to place in the record pertain information bearing upon the Buccedd and briefly to impredd senators with the desirability of passing the resolution at an early date in order to remedy a manifest defect in the consti tution. The ITon»e. This being the second Monday of the month, it was given over, under tli6 rules, to the consideration of busi ness relating to the District of Colum bia. The District business was con cluded at 4:30 p. m. A few senate bills were passed, and at 5 o’olock the house adjourned. The Senate—Tuesday* Aftor the passago today of numer ous bills from the calendar, tho sen ate began tho consideration of the measure providing for a national sys tem of quarantine. Little beyond tho reading was accomplished. Some desultory diseussion occurred on an nu amendment offered by the commit tee, but no progress being made on tbo general bill.... The bills passed woro the following; To authorize the Pensacola, Alabama & Tennes see railroad to erect n bridge across tho Alnhnmn river in Wilcox county, Ala. To establish a light house at the Pass of Capo Fear river, Wilmington, at n cost not to exceed 370,000; to ex tend for tho uses of tho mail service tho plan to adopt the return postal card of tho Unitod States Economic company. A bill to rogulnte the col lection uml disbursement of monies arising from leases made by the Sen eca Nation to Now York Indians was passed.... A measure providing that Unitod Statos marshals and distriot attorneys should continue to HU their rospoctivo offices till the appointment nnd qualification of their successors, was passed. On motion of Mr. Fair banks, of Indiana, the senate at 3:46 p. in. went into executive session and and at 0:25 p. m. adjourned. Tho llou.e. The house agreed today to consider the bill for the relief of the legal heirs of the viotima and Burvivors of the Maine disaster as soon as the roport ol the postoffice appropriation bill, which was taken up today, is out of the way. Mr. Loud, in oliarge of the poBtofflee bill, explained its provisions briefly. It carried 898,962,300, being 8968,901 less than tho estimates and 83,296,962 more than the appropriations for the current year. Mr. Bromwell made an extended speech against the appropria tion for special fast mail facilities from Boston to Now Orleans. During gen eral debate on tho bill the members generally took advantage of the latitude allowed in committee of the whole to discuss various political questions, and tho debate .accordingly covered a wide range. At the conolusion of the de- liato an arrangement was made to close general discussion until tomorrow at 3 o'clock. The Senate—Wednesday. The legislative session of the senate today was confined to the passage of a few bills largely of a local character. The national quarantine bill was not considered.... The senate committee on foreign relations today agreed to recommend that the Hawaiian islands be annexed by legislation in open ses sion and agreed upon a joint resolution for the accomplishment of this pur pose, which Senator Davis was au thorized to report to the senate. Later, in the senate chamber, Senator Davis reported a joint resolution providing for the annexation of the Hawaiian islands. The joint resolution went to the calendar. 'the amendments made by the house to the bill granting a right of way to the Omaha & Northern Railway company were agreed to and the bill passed.... After other minor business the senate went into execu tive session.... At 12:55 the senate re sumed business in open session. Bills were passed as follows : To extend one year the time for the construction of the Denison & Northern railroad through the Indian Territory; to pro vide for submitting te the court of olaimx for determine ion the rights ot the Delaware Indians in the Cherokee nation, the Mississippi Chootaws in the Choctaw nation, the Chickasaw freedmen in the Chiokasaw nation and inter-married persons in the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Cherokee nations; and relating to the selection of inspectors of the hulls and boilers of vessels.... At 2 o’clock the senate went into exec utive session and at 4:20 p. m. ad journed. The H u**. The poatoffice appropriation bill, which was technically the t ubjeot be fore the house, was almost lost track of in the senate today. Numerous topics were discussed, but for the first time the Cuban-Spanish question, which had been kept in the baok- ground heretofore, forged to the front. Mr. Cochran, of Missonri, brought the question into the arena, and in the course of the debnte that followed Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, took occasion to deny emphatically the stories afloat to the effect that the president desired an earlv adjournment of congress, in order ages done by Union troops during the war; to authorize the erection of a statue of the late President Lincoln at Gettysburg, Pa., to cost $60,000; to prohibit railroad oompanies from charging more than 3 cents per mile for carrying passengers through In dian Territory... Senator Bacon spoke in favor of the national quarantine bill. .... The senate then adjourned until Monday. The House. No political questions were discussed in the house today. The whole ses sion was devoted to the postoffice ap propriation bill. The questions which consumed tho major portion of the time related to the allowance for clerk hiro at postofflees and to rural free de livery. The house increased the al lowance for rural free delivery from $160,000 to $300,000, and defeated the proposition for increased clerk hire. The House—Friday. The house epent another day on the postoffice appropriation bill, but only disposed of two pages of it. Most of the day was devoted to a dobato on the merits of the pneumatic tube mail service In New York, Boston and Phil adelphia. and the advisability of con tinuing existing contracts. Without ^completing the bill, tho house ad journed. The House-Saturday. Tho house today passed tho post- office arpropriation bill, which has been under consideration since Wed nesday by n vote of 119 to 61. The main points of attack today were the appropriation of $30,000,000 and for railway train mails) and 8171i000 for special mail facilities from New York to New OrleanB. Those items annually attract more or less of o contest. This year the opposition seems to be less intent. All efforts to reduce the appropriation for railway transportation signally failod and the vote on the southern mail subsidy was 78 to 98, againBt striking out. By neat parliamentary manoeuvoring the opponents of the subsidy were prevents from getting a diroot vote on a motion to recommit with instructions. At the opening sossion of the houso today Mr. Dingley, thelfloor manager of the majority offarod the bill reported from the ways and means oommittee, providing for the free entry into this country of guns, ammunition and other naval supplies aud war material purchased abroad until January 1, 1899. He ex plained that the committee had unani mously reported tbe bill. It was asked for by the Beoreiarios of war and navy. The bill was passed without division. TRUMPET CALLS. Baa’s Horn Bounds a Warotn* Note to the Unredeemed. POLICY politi cian never faces an Issue. Truth is a dead certainty; yet It lives. In this universe of puzzles, tho greatest is God’s love for us. What men call results, are with God only begin nings. The weakest saint on Ills knees Is too strong for tbe devil. God alone cqn change us. Others can only bring out what Is in ns. “No man hath seen God,” but the heart sees farther than the telescope. We always know what a man Is when we know what lilsqfnllti says God Is. The only standard of measurement to determine fitness for heaven is Christ. BATTLE WITH A SNAKE. OLDEST RAILWAY MAN. He la u Character anil Possesaea a Wonderful Memory. The oldest railway mnn In New En gland If not In the country Is Water man Brown, who, though 80 years old. is still employed at Woburn, Mass., as gate tender, having been employed by the Lowell l-oad sixty-six years. He lost an arm In an accident while firing on the road In 1850. He Is eccentric and Is so renowned as a collector ot curiosities thut people all over New England send him presents of queer tilings. Among the curiosities he has is a bit of the first rail laid on the Low ell road in 1834. He has a model of the Stephenson, the first locomotive, and he owns the first engine bell ever made. He has 400 circus tickets In n trunk. They were given to him In the Inst thirty years and he never used them. It was only a few weeks ago that Mr. Brown received a small box con taining a solid sliver elephant, ar ranged with n pin to fasten It to his lapel. In the box was a note, unmis takably written by a woman. He was told the other day that there would be au assistant to help him soon and thut then whoever was In charge must be there every minute right at the gate. “Railroading Is getting too nice for me,” he said. “1 have to be here from 5 In the morning to 11 at night and Sundays. I can eat my din ner In Just seven minutes. I have my cap right by the chair where I can get it and the house Is right over there side of the track.” His memory, especially concerning the history of tbe road, Is wonderful. He said: “I guess people don’t know that the Boston and Lowell railroad was built more to carry freight than for passen gers. You see it was this way: In 1834, I guess it was, two men were driving nround in a buggy. They were looking over the ground with au idea to build a fifty-foot macadam road from Boston to Lowell, to team cotton over. The old canal wouldn't accom modate all of It even then. Well, just about that time they got wind of the engine Stephenson bad made and they turned to that instead of tbelr mac adam road. But I ran the first gravel train, yes (laughing), you can say that 1 ran the first gravel train on the road with oxen.”—Chicago Chronicle. A Florida Story Belated by the Chica go Chronicle. Mrs. Byron Brown, who lives over In the West End settlement, five miles from Ocala, Fin., had an exciting set-to with a huge snake the other day that has made her n grent reputation ns a brave woman. She has n fine lot of poultry. She never gives a chicken away, kills one or sells one, much to the disgust of her husband, who is a prnetlcnl mnn, and' wants to see some money come in for tho big outlay in get ting the fowls. The other day while M: . Brown was In the house cooking son ee.78 for her husband's dinner she he. rd a terrible commotion In the hen yard. Running outslicsnw a huge snake devouring one of her pet chickens. She stood struck dumb with horror nnd pain—she was from Boston—and then her Yankee blood was roused nnd she determined that the “sarplut” should pay for his meal. Catching up 11 big stick, she struck at the snake, but missed, nnd the next moment the snake flow at her. She nimbly Jumped aside aud it missed her dress by nu inch. Turning tall the reptile sought safety in flight. Gliding down by the fence, It sought a big knot hole and started to get out. As Its folds disappeared through the hole Mrs. Brown was seized by a brilliant idea. Jumping forward she seized Its tnll nnd began pulling hack. The snake thrash ed vigorously, but couldn’t strike back on account of tbe boards. Mrs. Brown was struck by another brilliant Idea. With an adroitness pe culiar to women she tied the snake’s tall In a double bow knot. Then slip ping n big wedge of wood right behind It she drove a slake through the loops bo tbe snake couldn’t get back. Then going up to the other side she sought to kill the reptile. But hls nngvy Idas and threatening look were too much for her. She run Into the house nnd cajne out with tbe eggs that had been boiling nil this time, and were sizzling with bent. Getting the reptile excited sbe threw nn egg. The Bimlce struck nt It in nnger and madly swallowed It. Two or three more followed in rapid succes sion, the Infuriated reptile swallowing every one ns It enme along. At the tourth one the snake seemed to think it had had enough of this red-hot "Kind of food nnd wildly thrashed about trying to get free. Soon one of the eggs came through its under side, having burned its way through the snake’s body. Then another nnd another followed until nil were on the ground nnd a dying snake lay there. Mrs. Brown then waxed brave, and. getting a pine wood knot, pounded the reptile's head Into bits. If measured 9 feiit 5(4 Inches long and was 10 Inches around the middle. She saved the eggs nnd her husband remarked that day at dinner that she bud “allowed the eggs to get pretty hard,” whereat Mrs. Brown smiled. A husband Is like a tartey Is that ha has to be roasted before be gives a Christmas present. Base-ball players are always looking tor a chauge of base. The Breach Was Serious. Tbe fair young thing had only been married a short time, nnd she was In tears when she sought the home of her parents again. "It's all over,” she told her mother. “Harold and I have separated forever.” "Oh, it's not so bad as all that?” "Yes, It is,” nsserted the fair young thing. "I think 1 know. It was all be cause of a little question of economy, too.” "Economy?” “Yes. We both agreed that economy was necessary, and we were just afl nice and generous to each other as pos sible, until—until ” She burst into tears, and for a long time refused to be comforted. “Until what?” inquired her mother, as soon as there was an opportunity. "Until it came to the question as to whose bicycle was to be sold, for we were unanimous In the opinion that we could only afford to keep one.” Then the mother realized thut the breach was indeed a serious one. Pork Dangerous—Vea! Unwholesome "Pork Is the source of trichina; for this reason it should be cooked thor oughly. Hogs nre almost always fat tened so as to be actually diseased be fore killing, and we find here also a common souree of tuberculosis; it is' also generally believed that pork eat ing is a common souree of scrofula,” writes Mrs. S. T. Rorer in the Ladies’ Home Journal. "I certainly know that persons who Indulge freely i.i pork have very unhealthy, rough and easily irritated skins. Veal (equally Indiges tible with pork) may not contain rhe dangerous germs of the mature ux; the fibre, however, Is dense and dif ficult of digestion. Unless it be thor oughly boiled and chopped rather fine it had better not lie eaten at all. It should never, under any circumstances,, be given to children.”