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W. 1 BEARS MD JAMES D. RUSS, Editors.
•LET THEBE BE LIGHT.”
VOLUME XVIII
BUTLEK, GEORGIA, TUESDAY.-AUGUST 21, 1894.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 In AdvancS
One-seventh of the territory O)
France is composed of forests.
American watdhes are fiOV madi
equal to those that come from Switz
erland.
• The eoflioraed assets of the Both-
scliild family in Europe are not less,
it is said, than $2,000,01)0,000.
At Washington, alleges the Detroit
Free PresB, there is a list, of all the
known Anarchists in the world, and
their place of residence- when last
Regard from. The French Government
; a similar list.
Tho Japanese'In Hew tori have
formed a society to promote the wel
fare of their people in that city. The
first step to he taken will be to estab
lish a free night school, where leotures
-on pertinent subjects will be given.
The Southern States are said tt
contain at l^ast 70,033,033 acres of
"waste land which might be devoted to
the production of rice. This would
increase the present annual crop of
237,033,003 pounds to 70,000,030,003
pounds. -
In Nanking, China, a poor man can
limit his food bill to two cents a day,
and on $1 a month ha can support a
family and lay up money. A good
farm hand can be hired for $12 a year.
A man can be well fed and well dressed
on a dollar a month.
ate Bill in Toto
RATHER THAH CONTINUE TO
FIGHT FOR ITS OWN
Special Measures Passed Placing
Sugar, Iron Ore and Coal
On the Free List.
It is estimated by the New Fork
Witness that $1,503,033 worth of fire
works are imported into the United
States each year—three-quarters of
which are used on the Fourth of July.
How many boys bid farewell to fingerr
or thumbs is not stated. j
Judge Colt, of tho TJlr.7#a States
Court of Boston, has denied the appli
cation of Shebaxto Saito, a Jap, for
naturalization papers. Ho holds that
Japanese, as well as Chinese, are ex
cluded by the expression, “whita
men,” in tho Chinese exclusion act. -prompt consideration of such motion
Monday the hoose democratic cau
cus adopted a resolution, by a vote of
130 to 21, discharging the house con
ferees from further consideration of
the tariff bill and agreeing to the sen
ate bill. The resolution also pro
vided - that sugar, coal, iron ore and
barbed wire should be put on the free
list by means of separate bills, which
it is purposed to report from the ways
and means committee at once. The
resolution in its full text was as fol
lows :
Be8oived, That it is the sense of this
canons thnt the order heretofore made
requesting a conference with the sen
ate on the disagreeing votes of the two
honses on honse resolution 4,864 be
rescinded; that the conferees hereto
fore appointed on the part of the
house be discharged from further duty
in its behalf and that the house recede
from its disagreement to tho senate
amendments to said bill and agree to
the same.
Besolved further, That the honse
shall at once proceed to the consider
ation of separate bills placing the fol
lowing articles on the free list, viz.,
sugar ic all its forms, iron ore, coal
and barbed wire.”
The committee on rules is requested
to make an order providing for the
land bills.
It is proposed to establish-an inter
national marriage bureau, with head
quarters in Berne, Switzerland;- for
the purpose of regulating marriages
between natives of different countries-},
and so doing away with, the anomalies
and cruelties which at- present too
often result from marriages between
aliens.
There is a dearth of good poetry it
these times, according to the poetical
editor of a New York magazine. . He
says that the demand for it has for a
good while been greater'than "ths-sup
ply and he believes that the’pro
ducers of it have been discouraged by'
the newspapers. For years -past ’-'a
number of papers have often taken
occasion to sneer at a graat deal of
the poetry thrown on the market, aql
the younger posts especially have felt
disheartened under the slighting re
marks t>f writers who ware unabb.-_to_.
gident
| How the Bill Was Passed.
\ After tho roading of tho house jour
nal Monday,. Mr. Sayers offered a joint
resolution extending until the 24th in
stant, the provisions of the joint reso
lution carrying forward the appropria
tion's upon the basis of those for the
past,year. The joint resolution was
passed. District of Colombia business
was undertaken, bnt discussion ol the
first bill called up was interrupted
by. the introduction of tho ex
pected order from the committee on
rubs relating to the consideration of
thh tariff bill and cognato measures,
which was proposed by Mr. CathingiT
It provided, first, that it shall be in
order after the passage of the order, to
move that the action of the house re
questing a further conference on - the
tariff bill be reseinded; that the con
ferees be discharged from further duty-
in connection therewith, add that the
house agree to the senate amendments!
in bulk,, which motion shall be debated
two hours, when the vote on its adoption:
and tho motion shall be indivisible.
General leave to print on the subject
fi'given'for ten days. Second, that iT
shall be in order after the introduction
^order to present in the honse
with o;
be a blow at tariff reform from which
it would not recover for years to
come.” (Long and continued ap
plause.) At the close of Mr. .Crisp’s
speeoh\there was great noise, eon r
fusion and excitement in the hall.
Then Mr. Wilson arose and cor
rected a statement he had'made in his
.opening speech to the effect that $100,-
000,000 worth of raw sngar.had been
purchased by the sugar trust in antici
pation of the passage of the sugar
schedule of the' senate bill. He had
been-mistaken, he afterward learned.
Tho trust had purchased 448,000 tons,
amounting in dollars and cents to
about $25,000,000. In conclusion.
Mr. Wilson said this was not a time
for democratic enthusiasm. It was
plain democratic necessity. But if the
democratic party was to live—if it
did live—it would not lay down its
weapons until it had made .it impossi
ble in this country to lay bnrdens on
one class of our citizens for the en
richment of another. Mr. Wilson then
demanded a vote on the resolution.
The yeas and nays were ordered and
resulted—yeas 182, nays 106, present
and not voting, 3. The democrats
who voted against the motion were
Messrs. Cockran of New York, Cov
ert of New York, Davey of Lou
isiana, Dunphy of. New York,
Everett of Massachusetts, Gorman
of Michigan, Hendrix of New
York, Johnson, of Ohio, Meyer, of
Louisiana, 'Price, ,of Louisiana, Tars-
ney, of Missouri, and Warner, of New
York. The populists voted for the
motion. During the afternoon there
were many senators present, and most
of them remained until tho bill passed-
Among them were Messrs. Brice, Gray,
Chandler, Davis, Coke and Patton.
THE PEEK. .LIST BILL,
Mr. Wilson then immediately rose
and offered the first ol the separate
free list bills in accordance with the
resolution adopted by the caucus. It
provided for the free 'admission upon
its passage of bituminous coal, shale,
slack and coke. The Vote upon the
bill by tellers wns 78 to 47. Hr. Beed
raised the point of no quorum and
Mr. Wilson demanded the yeas and
nays. Tho bill passed. Yeas, 160; nays,
104; answeringas present, j: Twenty-
one democrats voted against the bill os
follows: Messrs', Alderson, of West
Virginia, Bankhead, of Alabama,Boa't-
ner, of Louisiana, Burns, of Missouri,
Crain, of Texas, Davey, of LouisiaiiS, -
Denson, of Alabama,- Edmunds, of
Virginia, Epps, of Virginia, Eribbs,
of Pennsylvania, McKnig, of'Mary
land, Oates, of Alnbamh, Eerily,
of Pennsylvania, Bobbins, of Alabama,
Swanson of Virginia, Tucket of Vir
ginia, Tyler jof Virginia, Wise of Vir
ginia, Weadock of Michigan, Wheeler/
of Alabama, and Wolverton of Penn
sylvania. Mr. Hatigen, of Wisconsin'
was the only republican voting aye.
The'free iron b.re bill was next .on the
programme. It passed^—yeas' 163 to
•102. ' The democrats voting against it
wife: Messrs. AldersoU. of Westr
.Virginia, Bankhead of. 'Alabama,
Beltzhoover of Pennsylvania,
Boatner of Louisiana, Davey of Lousi-
ana, DenBon of Alabama, Edmunds of
Virginia, Meyer of Louisian^ Oates
WASHINGTON NOTES
NEWS CONCERNING THE VARI
OUS DEPARTMENTS.
Sayings and Doings of the President
and Members of the Cabinet.
The enrolling of the tariff .bill was
completed Tuesday and the committee
on enrolled bills is now comparingI it
with-the original text from which‘ it
was copied. — —-■ ■
The departure of the president -for
Gray Gables, Thursday' has set all;
sorts of rumors jjfSing. It is reliably
stated, however,^Jhat he Vrent on the
advice of his.phyhician, on account of
a slight attack'bf malaria, from which
he hasTbej^sajS'ering sbveraljdays. It'
is believed'that he will affix his signor ,
tnro to the tariff bill.
By .a vote of 32 to 18, the house bill
for free sugar w'ds sent to the commit
tee on finance, Thursday. The other
three bills, known as the “pop-guns, ”
were also referred by a vote of 35 to
17. The eighteen votes against refer
ring the sugar bill to the finance com
mittee were by democrats, who be’r
believed that to refer it meant ltd
death.
Beports received at the treasury de-j
partment Tuesday morning front
whisky producing centers, state that
there is a great rush to take whisky,
out of bond at the old rate of 00 cents'
a gallon before the hew tax of $1.10,
per gallon becomes operative. At
most of the largo distilleries, the:
Whisky in bond has already been';
gauged, ready upon payment of the
tax, to be withdrawn. A conservative 1
estimate places the amount of whisky
in bond at 60,000,000 gallons.
The conference committee of the two I
honses concluded the cons-deration o:
the sundry'civil appropriation
Tuesday a'Bjj will report an ngrei
There is 'a comBiomise on th
amendment for ahe payment
of the victims of the Ford theater dis
aster, .which; however, . provides the
necessary appropriatioTL ' The same: is
trne of the amendment'for the Atlanta
exposition. The amendment concern
ing thOtdonaiion of 1.000,000 acres of
lands ♦ ^Various arid litnd states for the'
jencouragSwnt of' irrigation remains
in the bill,'but in amended form.
It is likely that tho fate of General
Antonio Ezeta ; ex-vice president of
"tlvador, who' is now a refugee on
pHrd the United ■ States gun-boat
onnington, will be decided by the
courts of California. It is Understood
that the state, department has come to
'-the conclusion that the charges which
have been preferred against General
Ezeta and his three companions are
too. serious- in their character to he
overlooked, and it has accordingly
issued a preliminary warrant to Dr.
Gttzman for their arrest.
. The fotlr members of the royal HdW-
diiah Commission, who Visited Wash
ington to secure redress for Queen
internal Revenue, $160,000,000; mis
cellaneous, $20,000,000; postal serv
ice, . $86,427,748. I he estimate
of revenue under the tariff bill
as passed by the house made a total
of $442,085;-177.32, divided os follows:
Customs, $124,657,429; Internal rev
enue, under present laws, $160,000,-
000; Internal revenue, additional un
der honse bill, $53,000,000; Miscella
neous items, under present laws, $20,-
000,000; Postal service, under present
laws, $94,427,748. The estimate of.
revenue under the house bill as amen
ded and passed by the senate
July 3, 1894, exceeds in the
aggregate both the two previous esti--
matesiand gives the following showing:
Customs,”$179,251,142; internal reve
nue, as above stated, $213,000,000;
miscellaneous items, as above stated,
$20,000,000; postal service, as above
stated; $84,427,748. Total, $496,678,-
890. Ibider tho,-: house bill the ad va
lorem rates of duty showed a decrease
of duty amounting to. $73,716,023,
and. under the senate bill the de
crease of duty is shown at $19,122,310.
In this computation articles that are
free from duty are excluded. The
following table in_ this connection
shows the'dutiable value under the
present law as $400,609,858.48, with a
duty of $198,373,452, the ad valorem
rale being 49.58 per cent-.' Under tho
house bill dutiable value, $351,041,963;
duty, $24,657,429; ad valorem rate,
35.51. Under the senate bill dutiable
vfliue7$463,447,163; duty,$179,251,142;
ad valorem rate, 38.68.'“
LATEST DISPATCHES
GIVING THE NEWS UP TO THE-
HOUR OF GOING TO PRESS.
A Brief Summary of Dally Happen-.
ings Throughout the World.
. „ Ml H || Lilliotikalani, of to prevent the recog-
of^kbama, Brice of Louisiana! Beiliy, bitiotf of the new republic, left fdf
of Pennsylvania, Bobbins of Alabama,
Robertson of Louisiana, Sjfanson of
Virginia; Weadcock o^R\lichigan,
Wheeler of Alabama, aid wise- of Vir
ginia. i The freeharbed wire bill pass
ed promptly—yeas 187, nays 84. Free
fengar passed—-yeas 276 to 11—and
(thehonso,-at 10:25 o'clock, adjourned
- until Wednesday . next. Those who
voted against free- sugar were Messrs.
Boatner, Davey, Meyer, Ogden, Price
and Bobertson, democrats, of Louisi
ana; Everett -and Stevenson, demo-
'fcrats, of Massachusetts; Harmet and
of Penflsvlvay i
Honolulu via San Francisco, Thursday
niglft over the Ohio and Baltimore
railfoad. Whatever.the exact nature
of theif mysterious misBioil to Wash
ington may have been, it seems certain
that it was a complete failure. An
nouncements made by individuals en
voy that they had obtained an appoint
ment for a hearing at the state depart
ment turned out to bo Untrue.
A special of Wednesday says: The
house bills putting coal, iron, sugar
abd-. barbed wire on the free list have
e to the senate. No one believes
SS Will be en
_ strike of the miners at
ring Valiev, I1L, has ended by. an
agreement between the coal company
and the strikers ns to terms. The
men will resume work at once.
A San Francisoo dispatch says: -'Up
lo Thursday evening the gunboat Ben
nington has remained outside the hnr-
hor, and no action had been taken by
federal officials as to the disposition of
General Ezeta and his three compan
ions.
Congressman Isador Baynor, of thfi
fourth Maryland district, whose; re
nomination has been unanimously con
ceded, has formally withdrawn from
the canvass and announced himself as
a candidate fot the gubernatorial nom
ination. -
Congressman J. 8. McCreary, - 'of
Kentucky, is out in a Iotter to a prom
inent democrat announcing him
self as a Candidate for United States
senator. Senator Blackburn wiil stand-
for re-election and-GoVefnor Bro'frn is
also, a candidate. •
The Japanese populace and
are.under complete official control.
Perfect order prevails among the tipttn
population. The Japanese "govern
ment enforces completes. seCreUy in re
spect to all of the military-movements,
and a vigorous censorship is:observed-
over the press aud other dispatches.
Passenger train No. 2, going West,
on the Atlantic .abd Pacific railroml,
was wrecked by a washout at Cubero.
N. M., Thursday morning; The eft
gine was ditched. James Norton, the
fireman, was ItiHed, and.William Nor
ris, the engineer)^ was dangcrouslyjn^
jured. So far as ‘ ~
were injured.
It was
HALLS OF CONGRESS
DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH
HOUSE AND SENATE.
What Our National Law-Makers are
Doing for the Country.
In the honse Monday a joint resolu-
ion was passed extending until the
24th instant, the provisions of the
joint resolution providing appropria
tions for pubHc purposes, on the basis
of those for the last year. The sedate
tariff bill was then presented and after
a lengthy discussion was passed.
The first item of business in the
honse Wednesday, after the reading of.
the journal, was the announcement by
the speaker that the committee on en-
roUed bills bad reported that the
amended tariff bill bad been pioperly
enrolled and that it had . been signed
by tbe speaker. Several -private meas
ures were passed and half a dozen in
definite leaves of absence granted
to members, aU on account of
“sickness” in the family. Mr.
Black, democrat, of Illinois, asked
unanimous consent for the considera
tion of the following resolutions:
“Whereas, the balance of available
gold in the United States treasury on
August 1, 1894, had been reduced,
despite the sale of $50,000,000 of gold
bonds, to tb-ysum of $54,975,607, and
whereas, there is in the treasury, un
used and available, an'amount of silver
equal to $513,880,682 American stand
ard coin and Value; and whereas, the
income of the United States does not
now equal its expenditures; therefore,
be it resolved, that the committee on
coinage, weights and measures be direct
ed to at once report to the house for its
consideration a- bill providing for the
proper use or? avail of tiie'ciaid sil-
resolutions were referlfcff
The'teeond morning hour was given to
, the committee on the judiciary.
Chairman Culberson called up the lull
'to ms& e . any contract hereafter made
for the payment of rffnej in gold, sil
ver q r coin, payable -n any legal ten
der,^ the Unite/ " ' " “
tion/of the bill
conn ereenco repoi
civil biU. AU agreeme:
the disputed
propriation of $105,'
Considera :
upted by. the
the sundry
is reported,
tins - the ap-
|or the fami-
b.
lies! ol. ihe- : twenty-one -Tiled at the
Ford’s theater disaster Vk^stricken
out- and a commission nppo'Hfrl to in-
_. igate and report upon their claims.
TJie appropriation of $25,000 for a
qijarantiue station at South Fbrt, N,
Of, was retained. The approbation
for tho purchase of the MahonVlot as
a/Bite for the government printing of
fice, Was stricken out. The appropri
ation of $200,000 for. the Cotton
States and International exposition, at.
Atlanta, was retained. The confer-
Miee report was agreed to. Mr. Say-
ri's presented the Conference report on
;he general deficiency appropriation
pill, which showed an agreement upon
points, except the appropriation
6f §l,809,539 to pay Pacific railroad
jndjpnents. Without that the agreed
bill carries a total of $6,202,903.
The Pacific railroad item gaye -rise to
a discussion which was not codcluded
when the house adjourned.
As a'number leaves of absence were
granted to members and the attend
ance npon the house Thursday showed
the general deparf “ '
iyes from the
1-ou.yno b:
the:
TRADE TALKS.
What Bradstreet Says of the Business
Outlook.
Bradstreet’s weekly trade review
gays: ' ' "i
“Evidence continnes to accnmnlate
that the earlier- portion of July wit
nessed the lowest'-point in the ebb of
the commercial tide, ilF the reaction
after the. moderate revival in the
spring; July bank clearings this year
furnished a list of twenty-nine cities
with larger aggregates than last year,
while the June reporFTurriished only
eighteen cities with totals larger than
in June a year ago.
“The practical cessation of various
severe industrial! disturbances of the
year has emphasized the tendency to
improvement reported by (telegraph
from manufactnring and com mercla l
centers tb.e past week. A further in
dication of the tendency to improve
ment is seen in the week’s advance of
50 cents per ton for steel billets, and
in the fact that the domestic wool mar
kets today are more in favor of the
teller than they have been for a year,
and that wool is firm at the \ 2 cents
advance scored in the last wee
“The New York stock n
strong in tone on renewed
tions of a tariff settlement,
nnexpected improvement in
earnings and the stopping of gold ex
ports os additional factors. i
“Southern railroad shares i attract
increased attention and favor fi-om the
relatively good conditions in that sec
tion.
“Boston repoits Massachnsett’s cot
ton manufacturers find business un
satisfactory, bnt manufacturers of
men’s wear, woolens, etc., report prod
ucts moviDg freely. Chattanocga ad
vices are that groceries ore moving
mor* freely, with collections fair,
while in Atlanta jobbers in nearly aU
lines report more activity in shipments
although rains have damaged the crop
yomowbiA JTrsorable weather,- good
'prospeA^and a bright outlook
aracterize the sitn-
at and Jacksonville,
the wEoiasale trade has ex-
A fairly good demand is re-
rket. is
■xpeeta-
ith the
-abroad
the outlook ' is mo:
South Carolina crops!
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
CONDENSED FROM OUR MOST
IMPORTANT DISPATCISfiS.
Short and Crisp Items of General
Interest to Our Readers. .
Several warehouses have been burned
on the Fiume water front at Vienna,
Austria. The loss is j£300,000- Nope
of the near-by shipping was damaged.
Henry E. Smith & jCo., the largest
wholesale dealers in boots and shoes '
in Worcester, Mass.; have'assigned.
The liabilities amopnt to $200,0.00,'
and the assets are abint $240,000.:
Walter Wellman and party have ar
rived at Tromsoe, Norway, from the
Arctic regions, where their steamer,
tbe Ragnvold Jar], was recently crush
ed in the ice, compelling them to
abandon their attempt to reach the
north pole.
The police say that three of the an
archists arrested in the suburbs oi
Borne, Italy, were in a plot to assassin
ate Premier Crispi. - The bomb to be
nsed by the assassins had been pre
pared, and Giganti, of those arrested,
had been chosen to throw it at tho
premier.
A dispatch from Praetoria, in the
Transvaal (Africa) republic, says the
KaffirB are besieging. Aagtha, and are
treating the Boer population with
atrocions cruelty. Numbers of Boer
farmers are reported to have been
murdered by the score. An armed
force is hastening to the rescue.
The board of trade firm of Booge,
Frazer & Co., at Chicago have assign
ed. The fluctuations of the corn mar-
kes and the failure of the Hawkeye
Commission Company, of Omaha,
Neb., is believed to have caused' the
failure.- Booge, Frazer & Co. were
officers and heavy stockholders of the
Hawkeye edmpany.
The eighty-eight Coxeyites who were
captured in the police raid at Hyatts-
ported from Savanfmh, and' although £ Ue < M ^ek and committedtp
there is no improvement at Memphis, the house of correction as vagr^ts,
“v. . - were put to work Tuesday braiding
ged by rains, bnt Oharlestb^eporfcs W™??-
limber and naval stores marketsWc^^^^nsfatulion and
plenty to do during their three months
stay.
lumber and naval- stores markets
active. Neither Birmingham noriNew
Orleans advices. contain news of im
provement in demand, dullness char
acterizing the situation at both places,
and at Galveston trade is reported
slack in dry goods and notions.'*
GOV, TURNEY RENOMINATED.
Tennessee Democrats Hold Tlieii-
State Convention.
The Tennessee democratic state con
vention in session at $hshville, ad
journed after unanimously renominat
ing Governor Peter Tnrner. The
platform indorses the president afid
congrrss in connection with tho repeal
pfovSs federal election laws, recognizes
in Mr. Cleveland a wise, patriotic and
honest leader, and commends him to
the people without reference to differ
ences of opinion on political and
economic questions, h»rtily endorsing
his administration. The platform de
clares jn favor of a federal tax on in-,
comes,; in favor of the repeal of the
ten pel- cent, tax on state bank issue,
favors arbitration between labor and
capita);-
good roads for .the state,
increase the width of the
Fire, which caused'a loss of about
$250,000, broke out Wednesday after
noon on the-top floor of a five-story
■Brick' Building in New York city. The
building was occupied by B. C. WiU-
iams & Co., wholesale grocers, and the
damage to their stock will amonnt to
abont $225,000,- while the building
was damaged to the extent of $25,000.
The loss is fnHy covered by insurance.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The labor convention at.Colnmbns,
O., for the purpose, lof taking inde
pendent action in polities .was caUed
o order by President "McBryde Wed
nesday morning in the: Trades Assem
bly hall. The only approach toward
speechmaking was by Temporary
Chairman Bramschwtiger, who said
that the convention was only the re
sult of a movement anong the trade
unions all over the coin try in favor of
nnited and independent political ac
tion. j
A Washington speial says: The
next forty-eight hours will mark eitiier
the departure from Washington of aU
70 or 175 clpmonwealers re-
ipfisonment in
them who
Th ■