Newspaper Page Text
THE OGLETHORPE ECHO ' : I
Volume XXII.==Number 22.
AYER’S
THE ONLY
Sarsaparilla
ADMITTED
READ RULE XV. si
“Articles®:
ff«D /f#\ A,R U Ityw^dan- erous or 0J gj Si
V^\SiAC M e -
\vC\/,5 0^ 3X'v/ o tensive, medi- also O;
9 parent c ;
ernes, nos- g:
truias, and c;
empirical preparations, whoso oi
ingredients, are concealed, will ®j
not 1 j 3 admitted to the Expo- 9i cl
si tion.’’ Si
c-iiiso Ayer's H is Sarsaparilla a standard was ... pharmaceutical admitted ho- JJj ~:
t i y .a •pnmikm. nr.«l all tiiat ; a family medi- gi
o;
c
r t the O
WOlILD’ 3 FABR. g;
J. L. JOHNSON,
Attorney - at - Law,
LEXINGTON, GA,
/^VFFJCE upstairs over postoffice. Will be
\ / in Lexington on Friday evening and Satur¬
day of each week.
BENJAMIN GILHAM,
.^.ttoriiey - at - Law,
LEXINGTON, CA.
Officee in Court house with W. M. Howard.
PHIL. W. DAVIS
Lawyer,
LEXINGTON, GEORGIA.
Office upstairs in Court house.
M. J. NICHOLSON,
Practicing * Physician,
Obstetrician and Surgeon,
* NTIOCII GA. Chronic and diseases of wo
xtL men and children a specialty. Has taken
special course in nervous diseases and diseases
of eye and ear. Has been offered one thousand
dollars for his treatment of blood poison.
WILL CARTER,
ZF'a.sHiona'ble Barber
('otlege Avenue, Alliens, Ga.
A CORDIAL invitation is extended our Ogle
xjL thorpe friends to visit us. We will give
them the best of work and the most polite at¬
tention. Shaving reduced to 10 cents.
ROANE * HOUSE )
LEXINGTON, GA.
MBS- B. E. KOANE, PB0PBIETBESS.
"T* ATES, $2.00 per day; ciiizens single meals, 50 cents.
XV Special rates to of the county, EV
ery effort made to please guests in p very partic¬
ular. .Porter meets all trains.
Jester’s Restaurant,
Broad St., Athens, Ga,,
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
X TAVING opened my restaurant for the winter
11 months, I solicit the patronage and of the for pub¬
lic. Fresh fish and oysters served sale
at all times. Full line of fruits always on hand.
W A. JESTER, Prop.
The Hungry Fed!
T HAVE opened a Restaurant at 105 Jackson
1 street, in rear of M ichael Bros.’ store.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS.
Will be glad to receive the patronaee of my
Ogl etborpe friends and the public generally.
COBB
Jackson Street, ATHENS, CA.
ABSOLUTELY FREE
A Rnsiiifss Education to Some
Worthy Boy or Girl.
rw-'HE JL Georgia-Alabama Business College of
Macon, Ga , believed to be the largest in
the Southern States, generously proposes to give
without charge a thorough course in any matts
t r ia! art and to one worthy Interested boy or girl parties of < tgfethorpe apply
county, requests to
AT ONCE. [sept28
EoRGIA, Oglethorpe Dismission.—Whereas, County.— A pplica*
\JT tion for Letters of
W. M. AIcCannon, administrator cum tegtamento
aunexo, on estate ol Robt. Coxe, dec’d, applies
to me for letters of Dismission from said estate:
There are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
persons interested, to show cause, if any they
can, why said letters should not be granted on
the first Monday in April, BACON, 1895 Ordinary, This 8th day of
January, 1895. J. J. O. C.
f'i EORGIA, Oglethorpe County.— a pplica •
VJT tion for Letters of Dismission—Whereas,
A. T. Brigbtghtwell and W. O. Findley, execu
tors o«; estate of O P Findley, dec’d, apply to
me for letters of Dismission from said estate:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
persons interested, to show cause, if any they
can, why said letters should not be grant sd on
the first Mon ery in May, 1895. This 18th day of
February, 1S95
«J. J. BACON, Ordinary, O. C.
f'i * EORGIA, Oglethorpe County .—Applies*
T tion for Letters of Dismission.—Whereas,
W 8. Faust, executor on estate of Mrs. Rebecca
Butler, deceased, applies to me for Letters of
Dismission from said estate: These are, there¬
fore, to cite and admonish all jiersons interested
to show cause, if any they can, why said letters
should not be granted on the first Monday in
May, 1895. Ihis, Feb. 12, 1895.
J. J. BACON, Ordinary, O. C.
" EORGIA, Oglethorpe County.—A pplica
T lion for letters of Dismission.—Whereas,
Wm. F- Adkins, administrator on estate of Ed
ward Jack so c, dec’d, applies U» tne for letters of
dismission from said estate: These are, there¬
fore, to cite aud admonish all persons inter¬
ested to show cause, if any they can, why said
letters should not be granted on the first Mon¬
day in May, 1895. This Feb. 4, 1895
J. J. B ICON, Ordinary, O. C.
Money Loaned.
I HAVE just completed arrangements by which
I can loan money cheaper than ever. Call or
write within thirty days.
BENJAMIN GILHAM. Lexington.
LEXINGTON, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 8 , 1895 .
EMPIRE STATE NEWS
The Sponsor of the Piedmont Ex¬
position to be Remembered.
A DAY DED1CATD TO GRADY’S MEMORY.
Watson Addresses a Large Audience at Au¬
gusta — Heavy Failure in Macon.
Other State News Condensed
lu Short Paragraphs.
Atlanta, March i .— 1 There will be a
Grady day at the cotton states Inter¬
national Exposition. President Collier
will fix the date, probably in October.
Mr. Grady was sponsor for the first
Piedmont Exposition and devoted his
whole time to it while it was under
way. The executive committee yester¬
day instructed the chief of construction
to advertise for bids for the woman’s
building which will probably be a per
mant structure. Miss Elise Mercer, of
Pittsburgh, is architect. Supervising
Architect Gilbert was instructed to pre¬
pare plans for a tobacco building and
a fire department building.
THE HON. THOMAS E. WATSON.
Addresses a Large Audience in the Opera
House at Augusta.
Augusta. Ga., March 1.—Hon. Thos.
E. Watson, populist candidate for con¬
gress in the t«nth district, and who
claims to have been elected to the seat
which Congressman J. C. C. Black
holds, addressed a large audience in
the opera house last night.
For the first time in any of his popu¬
list speeches, Mr. Watson arraigned
the republican party last night as well
as the democratic. His speech was con¬
ciliatory throughout, and he said he
deplored as much as anybody the dis¬
sensions and bitterness in the district.
He made a plea for harmony- and for
more friendly criticism of himself by
the people. His speech was principally
devoted to the financial question, and
of course advocated the retention of
gold silver and greenbacks. His speech
was well received and will have good
influence in healing dissensions in the
district. It was the most conservative
speech Mr. Watson has ever made.
Mr. Watson made no reference to the
special election which is take place in
this district because of the res ignation
of Congressman lilaek to allow Mr.
Watson another chance at the congres
sioual seat.
HEAVY FAILURE IN MACON.
S. Waxellmum & Soil, One of the Largest
WhoSe.aler. In Georgia, go Under.
Macon, .Ga., March 2. —Judge Harde¬
man, of the superior court, lias ap¬
pointed a receiver for S. Waxelbaum &
Son, one of the largest wholesale dry¬
goods houses in the state of Georgia.
J. W. Cabaniss, cashier of the Ex¬
change bank is the receiver. The ap¬
plication was made by S. Waxelbaum,
the senior partner as against his son
Joseph Waxelbaum, who wanted the
business to continue. Wakelbanm and
his son were burned out a short time
ago, sustaining a complete loss of the
stork on hand. The assets, including
amount of settlement with insurance
companies, are about $350,000; liabili¬
ties $210,000. Financial depression is
cited as the cause for having a receiver
appointed at this time.
THE FIRE AT WAYCROSS.
Twenty Thousand Dollar Blaze With Many
Small Losses.
Waycross, Ga., March 2.— Yesterday
morning about two o’clock a destruc¬
tive fire occurred here. It was discov¬
ered in the grocery department of the
Waresboro trading company, from
which it spread. The principal losses
are: The Trading company, $8,000, in*
surance $5,500; W. J. J. Cannon, $1,500,
insurance $500; M. W. Spence, $2,000,
Dr. J. M. Spence, $1,500, no insurance.
GUBERS AND MEAN WHISKEY,
The Cause of a Negroe's Death in the Sta¬
tion House at Columbus.
Coijjmbub, Ga., March 2. —Isaac Ter¬
rell. colored, was found dead in his cell
at the station house yesterday. He was
arrested for drunkenness on the streets.
The coroner’s jury rendered a verdict
of death from apoplexy, produced frqm
eating gorgingly of peanuts and then
filling up on mean whiskey.
Would Have the Sale Postponed,
Macon Ga., March 5.—Jndge Griggs
yesterday heard argument on the ap¬
plication of Simon Ilorg & Co., of New
York, for a postponement of the sale of
the Georgia Southern and Florida rail¬
road, which was fixed for today.
GEORGIA NEWS IN BRIEF.
The eitizens of Noreross have sub¬
scribed $2,250 for the purpose of build¬
ing a cheese factory.
The Swainesboro News, which sus¬
pended publication sometime in De¬
cember, has resumed publication.
Two bets were made at Thomasville
Thursday that McKinley would be the
pext president of the United States.
A contract has been let for the erec
tion of a $2 000 school building n Ar
ing on O .a r e p ac. o i j re
cent y urne: .
Eastman will hold an election for the
purpose of issuing bonds to the sum of
$10,000 to establish a system of public
schools and build a high school and
academy
Within the last few month* * loan
association has placed $300,000
mortgages on Bullock county farms
These mortgages are all made payable
in gold at the present weight and fine
ness.
There is a negro woman living with
in a few miles of Dawson who is bnt
twenty-two years of age and has nine
children. She has given birth to twins
at four different times. The father of
all these children is but twenty-four
years old.
THOSE WHO WILL NOT RETURN.
Senators Whose Terms Expired on the Ad¬
journment of Congress.
Washington. March 5. —The senators
whose terms expired yesterday on the
adjournment of the fifty-third congress
are Messrs. Hu tier, of South Carolina :
Camden, of West Virginia ; Carey, of
Wyoming; Coke, of Texas; Dixon, of
Rhode Island; Dolph, of Oregon ; Hig¬
gins, of Delaware; Munton, of Vir¬
ginia ; McLaurin, of Mississippi; Mc¬
Pherson, of New Jersey; Manderson,
of Nebraska ; Martin, of Kansas; Pow¬
er, of Montana; Ransom, of North
Carolina ; Shoup, of Idaho; Walsh, of
Georgia; Washuburn, of Minnesota,
and Wilson, Iowa.
ENDORSE CRISP FOR DELEGATE.
The House Proposes Him as a Representa
tive to the Monetary Conference.
Washington, March 5.— The follow¬
ing resolution was presented in the
house at a late hour last night by Mr.
Bailey, democrat of Texas, aud passed
without a dissenting vote amid ap¬
plause—Mr. Richardson, democrat of
Tennesse, being in the chair :
Whereas, It is the earnest desire of the
house of representatives that the speaker shall
be one of the delegates to the international
monetary conference on the part of the house
of representatives. is
Resolved. That the Hon. Charles F. Crisp
hereby requested to designate himself as one
of the three delegates to be selected by him in
pursuance to the provision of law.
REVENUE MEN ON THE RAID.
Five Illicit Distilleries Captured In Ran¬
dolph and Cleberne Counties, Ala.
Anniston. Ala., March 4-Govern¬
ment officials haye just returned from
a raid on the boundary between Ran¬
dolph and Cleberne counties, within a
radius of four miles, five illicit distil¬
leries were found. One had a capacity
of 150 gallons and was run by steam.
A running fight was had between the
operatives of the last one ami the ofii
cials but no officer was hurt, Two of
the moonshiners were thought to have
been wounded. A great deal of beer,
whiskey and mash was destroyed and
the officers have the offenders located.
WITH $10,000,000 OF CAPITAL.
A New Railroad Corporation of the State
of Virginia.
Richmond, Va., March 5.—Mr. E. C.
Machon, of New York, president of the
Old Dominion construction company,
arrived here yesterday ar.d paid the
charter fee on the Chesapeake, Shen
duu and Western railroad charter. He
gave out that the company would prob
bly spend $8,000,000 in Virginia. The
projected route of the road is from some
point between the Potomac and the
York rivers to the West Virginia state
line. The authorized capital is $10,
000,000 and the corporators are mostly
from the valley of Virginia.
BASE BALL MEN CONVENE.
The Southern Association Holds a Meet Ing
At Nashville, TVnn.
Nashville, Term., March 5.— The
Southern association of baseball clubs
met here yesterday. President Nicklin
reported that all teams had complied
with t he requirements of the thousand
dollar deposit as a guarantee to play
the season out. Trustees were named
to take rare of this fund. A board of
directors to settle finally all disputes
was named A schedule was adopted
fixing April 25, as the day of opening
the season.
THE NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD.
'Ihe State of Georgia Will Sell the Hoad at
an Karly Date.
Atlanta, March 1.— Some time
ago tlie state of Georgia took control
of tlie Northeastern railroad to secure
itself, the state having guaranteed the
road's bonds. Under an apt of the last
general assembly the governor will sell
the road at an early date. The road’s
indebtedness to the state is 82(10.000.
Delegatca to the Monetary C onference.
Washington, March 5. — Speaker
Crisp has announced the appointment
of Representative Culberson, of Texas,
democrat, ip place of Mr. Catching-s, of
Mississippi, aemoorat, as heretorfore
announced, and Representative Hitt, of
Illinois, republican, to serve with him¬
self as delegates to the international
monetary conference.
Government Not Paying Expenses.
Washington, March 2. —For two
thirds of the current fiscal year (ex¬
cluding the amount due the treasury
sinking fund) the expenditures of the
government have exceeded the receipts
by $30,275,000 as shown by the treasury
official statement of receipts and ex¬
penditures issued yesterday.
Queen HI Sentenced.
Honolulu, March 4.- A correspon¬
dent was informed yesterday morning
by a cabinet officer that ex-Queen I.il
iuokalani has been sentenced to serve
five years in prison, and to pay a fine of
$5,000. It is understood that the sen¬
tence will not he changed by the presi¬
dent.
Captain R- G. Fleming* Soccewor.
Savannah, Ga., March 5.—It is re
ported h§re that Mr. George W. Haines
will succeed Captain R. G Fleming as
superintendent of the Savannah, Flori
da and Western railway. Mr. Haines
i* now superintendent of the limns
. , , i
w,c an ' es r “ ra l ,
seed For Drought Sal-erer^
Washington, I). C., March 2.—The
senate inserted in the sundry civil ap
pr i a tion bill an amendment appropria
ting $300,000 for seed to be
^ the people whose crops were
stroye< ; by drought last summer.
Leonard Svott. the FuhH.her, Dead.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 2.—Leon
ard Scott, founder of the Leonard Scott
publishing company of New York, died
here last night of chronic bronchitis,
aged 85 years. The remains wil be
forwarded to New York today. ,uil«g'
Judge Lincoln F. firlzban: Dead.
Salem, Mass., February 28. —Lincoln
F. Brigham, ex-chief justice of the su¬
perior court of Massachusetts, died yes¬
terday aged 76 years.
CONGRESS REVIEWED
Work of the Three Sessions of the
Memorable Body.
SILVER, TARIFF, AND BOND MATTERS
Summary of the Work of Both Branches
of That Honorable Body From the
Extra Session to Present Time.
What Has Been Done.
Washington, March 4.—Congress ad¬
journs at noon today. Both branches
have been in continuous session since
Saturday, night and day. All the great
appropriation bills were in the hands
of the president at daylight this morn¬
ing. The grand total of appropria¬
tions, subject to some few changes, is
found to be $497,994,604. This is di¬
vided among the bills as follows :
Agricultural............. $ 8.303.750
Army..................... 23252.038
Diplomatic............... \ .575 <>5~3
District of Columbia.... 5.916.533
Fortifications............ 1.904.557
Indian................... 8.970.948
Legislative.............. 21,900.000
Military Academy....... 464.261
Naval................... 29,100,000
Pensions. ............... III 381.570
Postofflce................ 89.545,997
Sundry civil............. 47.140.00J
Urgent deficiency....... 2.3 .7.321
General deficiency...... 8 , 000,000
Miscellaneous........... 500 000
Permanent.............. 113.073,950
Summary of Work Accomplished.
Washington, March 5.—The three
sessions of the fifty-third congress, ex¬
piring at noon today, were dominated
by three controlling issues.
The first by the silver question. The
second by the tariff question. The
third by the financial question.
On the 7th of August, 1893, the con¬
gress convened in extraordinary ses¬
sion for the avowed purpose of repeal¬
ing the compulsory silver purchase pro¬
vision of the law of 1890. This was the
silver session.
Mr. William L. Wilson, chairman of
the ways and means committee, pre¬
pared a bill in conformity to the recom¬
mendations of the president’s message,
and on the 28th of August, 1893, this
measure passed the house. The senate
in the meantime had been preparing,
through the committee on finance, a
substitute bill, and cm the first of No¬
vember this senate substitute received
the approval of both houses and be¬
came law by the approval of the presi¬
dent. This measure, and the repeal of
the remaining vestiges of the recon¬
struction federal election laws, closed
the important work of the extra ses¬
sion.
Tho Ileveralon of tlio TarlfT.
Upon its meeting in regular session
in December, 1803, congress entered
upon the consideration of the reversion
of the tariff. The Wilson tariff bill,
passed by the house February 1st, 1804,
was set aside for the Jones-Gortnan
cdtnpromise tariff bill, adopted by the
senate on the third of July, 1804, after
four months’ debate, and the house
was given the option of the “senate
bill or nothing.” It took the senate
bill and sent it to the president on tlie
15th of August, 1804, President Cleve¬
land permitted the hill to become infor¬ a law
without his approval, and in an
mal manner communicated to individ¬
ual members of congress his dissatis¬
faction with the inadequacy of the
changes made in the tariff system.
Supplemental to the passage of this
tariff law, the senate entered upon a
profitless and inconclusive investiga¬
tion of rumors that senators had been
improperly influenced to vote for the
senate sugar scedule and had speculat¬
ed In stocks of the so-called “sugar
trust company.”
Lock of Financial I.eKtalation.
The third and last, or “financial” ses¬
sion of the fifty-third congress has hecy^
especially marked by the refusal at
both bouses to put into legislative
shape the recommendations of the pres¬
ident for the alleviation of the string¬
ent financial situation.
The president in his annual message
called attention to the continual deple¬
tion of the gold reserve and complained
that though it was “perfectly and pal¬
pably plain that the only way under
present conditions by which this re¬
serve, when dangerously depleted, can
be replenished is through the issue
and sale of bonds of tl\e government
for gold, congress has not only thus far
declined to authorize the issue of bonds
best suited to such a purpose, but
there seems a disposition in some
quarters to deny both the necessity and
the power for the issueof bonds at all.”
The Fate of il IlHiiklnz Bill.
The banking and currency committee
of the house, with the approval of the
administration, submitted a financial
measure which among other provisions,
materially modified the National bank¬
ing laws and repealed the restrictions
on state bank circulation. This bU\
was defeated by six majority. It was
followed by a second message from the
president, received by both houses of
congress December 28th, in which tho
president said that whatever m;g
the the
plan proposed , by him, he was ’now
convmccd that Us rempt on by the
conyress in the advanced stage of the
financial situation necessitate:! addi
tional or different legislation.” He
once again recommended the passage ;
of a law authorizing the issue of low |
interest bearing bonds to maintaiq the |
gold reserve. 1 be banking and cur
fency committee responded to this sug- j
gestion by offering on the first of Feb-
1895, a bill to “authorize the |
secretary of the treasury to bonds
to maintain a su mien go < - '
u BO ’"' ‘ e>p to redeem an: re ire ri • .. a • | |
What Led to the Bond l#«ur.
After only two days’debate this bill
was also defeated On the by a next majority day the of j
twenty-seven. he
president informed congress that
had negotiated a conditional of dollars sale of of j I
over sixty-two millions
four per cent coin bonds to a syndicate I j
la rgeiy representing foreign capitalist*,
MORGAN WAS FOUND GUILTY.
Sentenced to Serve Eighteen Year.4 In the
Virginia Penitentiary.
Stafford, C. II., Va.. March 1.—At 4
o’clock yesterday afternoon the jury
reached a verdict in the Acquia Creek
train robbery case, after being out only
ten minutes. The verdict reads:
“We, the jury of the indicted prisoner, Chas.
Morgan alias Charles Augustus Morganfleld,
find him guilty as charged lu the indictment
aud fix his term of confinement in the peniten¬
tiary at eighteen years.”
The execution of the sentence will be
suspended until the fifth day of April
next to enable Morgan’s counsel to ap¬
ply for an appeal.
The commonwealth announced that
it was ready to try Charles J. Searcey,
Morgan’s accomplice in the robbery.
Searcy was brought into court and
through his counsel asked for a con¬
tinuance. No objection being raised it
was so ordered. Tltere are four other
indictments pending against Morgan.
The verdict meets with general ap¬
proval.
THE FIGHT IN THE EAST.
Story of the Defeat Given the Uh\nene R®
ccntly Near Tu l*Ing Shan.
Tokio, March 2.—Field Marshal
Oyama reports tiiat on the morning of
February 24, the first division of the
Japanese army about Kai Ping defeated
the enemy near Ta Ping Shan. In the
afternoon of the same day a force of
about 13,000 of the enemy with twenty
guns began an attack from Peimaitaz,
Tonchahotz, Faoyanaim.
After a heavy cannonade we attacked
their centre at three o’clock in the af¬
ternoon and repulsed them driving them
toward lvingcow. Our loss was 20
killed, 250 wounded including seven of¬
ficers. The enemy lost 200 killed.
Number of their wounded is unknown.
Natives state that the Chinese came
in full force 20,000 strong led by Gen¬
erals Sung Ma, Sliang and Chang Sung.
TRAGEDY IN ALABAMA.
Detail, of a Killing That Occurred Near
Warrior. ,
Warrior, Ala., March 5.—At the
“Gray Goose" saloon, five miles from
this place, yesterday, John Franklin,
the proprietor, shot and killed William
Howard. The place is in lSlount ooun
ty and as a law of the state prevents
selling whisky within five miles of
Warrior, Franklin put up a liar at the
point above referred to. Yesterday
among others, Howard was at the
“Gray Goose” and after taking several
drinks refused to pay and after a few
words, knocked Franklin down and
ran. Franklin grabbed a pistol and
followed shooting Howard through the
back and stomach, killing him. Frank¬
lin is under arrest. Howard leaves a
wife and five children.
THE SOUTHERN STILL SPREADS.
Asheville ami H|»»rtaulmrg anil Hpertan
burg, Lilian and Columbia KnailH.
Atlanta, March 4.—The announce¬
ment Is made of the sale of the Ashe¬
ville and .Spartanburg and also of the
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia rail¬
roads, to the Southern railway compa¬
ny by Mr. John 11. Inman, of New
York. Mr. Inman and tils faintly have
for a long time owned a controlling in¬
terest in these roads. The contract
price calls for the immediate payment
of two million dollars ill securities of
the Southern railway company and
also a large cash payment. The South¬
ern railway company took possession
of both of these properties yesterday
THE CONDITIONS IMPROVED.
All Ili»|mrl nicnla of l ornmCrclul ItuMlnesH
Looking Up In lbs South.
New York, March 2.- -Ilradstrcets
today says:
Wnllc the course of general trade during tho
first two months of the current year has been
disappoint big. February ends and March be¬
gins with tangible though not as yet satisfac¬
tory signs of Improvement. Ills encouraging
to note that gains arc reported In tho volume
of trade at almost every southern city, not¬
withstanding advices from northern cities,
whose Jobbers supply southern and south¬
western markets, that low prices for products
had curtailed purchasing ability at the south
and southwest. At the west there is less en¬
courage me tit, improvement being reported only
from Louisville, Chicago, St. Lohls and St.
Paul.
TWENTY FOUR MEET DEATH.
The Ex »ct Number Killed In tlie New Mex¬
ico Mine ICxploMinn.
Okruu.os, N. Mex., March 1 —The ex¬
citement arising from Wednesday’s
disastrous mine explosion abated some¬
what today and the exact number
killed is definitely known. Twenty
four bodies have been recovered which
accounts for all the men except one, a
stranger, who was to commence work
Wednesday and who has not been
found. Most of the victims were bur¬
ied yesterday afternoon, making the
largest funeral New Mexico has ever
seen in time of peace.
THE RENO HOTEl, BURNED.
The Lelehmfed Nehrusbs Inn Wrecked by
Fire and Waler,
Norfolk Neb., March 2.—At 12:30
yesterday, fire broke out in the rear of
the Reno hotel. The wind was blow
ing a hurricane from the north and for
tt time it seemed as though the flames
would leap across Main street and de
stroy everything in their path. The
hotel is completely wrecked inside by
fire and water. Loss heavy.
New Orleans Herewmen Lhuur* tn-out.
New Oblkass, March 2. The screw¬
men of the port have effected a change
front, and from today will serew
cott ,,n in steamships for thirty-five
cents per bale on steam and forty-five
un sailing vessels,
Large Fhoffphat« Purchase In Florid*.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 1 ,-*»
Fz»f*t<frn have purchased8,590
acres of phosphate lands in, l*evy eoun
ty, Fla , paying therefor $65,009 cash.
A lartfc mining plant will be establish'
ed near Bronson,
Fontra<-t Goe« to a Cbietiffo Firm.
Washington. March I.—The contract
for the erection of the public building
at Newberne, N. C., was yesterday
awarded to Grace & Hyde, of b|iiyaKo¬
Ill, at $27,726.
Subscription $ 1.00 a Year.
J N o
i c u * il
Facts and Suggestions C . m orn¬
ing the Situation
ADDRESS TO GROWERS OF TEL
What the Depression in Due to. flow
Remedy it anti When to Proceed,
The Question Discussed l»y
Ope in Position.
Washington, March 4. —The
ing- is a copy of a letter written to
ton growers by Alfred B. Shepperson,
editor of Cotton Pacts, and secretory
the sub-committee on cotton of
senate committee on agriculture :
Washington, D. C\, March 2, 1805.
To the Cotton Growers of the South:
I have no pecuniary interest whatever in
cotton market and it is well known to promi¬
nent merchants all over the country that I
never have had any. As a close observer of
all matters pertaining to cotton. 1 have t hought
it would not be deemed out of place to present
to the cotton growers of the country some
facts and suggestions concerning the cotton
situation.
The price of middling cotton in New York Is
now 5 0-10 cents per pound against cents on
March 1st, 1804, while corn is now 46 cents per
bushel lu Chicago ugaiust &5 cents u. year ago.
The decline in cotton is over twenty-five per
cent, while the advance in corn Is thirty per
cent.
The New York quotations for cotton and the
Chicago quotations for corn, however, do not
really present the economic aspect of the mat¬
ter in Its strongest light, as the cotton grower
does not receive the New York price for his
cotton, but actually gets very much less, as
freight to New York and ull handing and sell*
Ing charges and the cotton buyers profit have
to be deducted so that the planter, at present
prices, only obtains about four cents per pound
for middling cotton, and the crop will not
average so high in quality as that grade.
Neither does ho get at the Chicago price the
corn he has to buy, as freight, and charges and
usually a large profit are added to the Chicago
price, so that to-day the southern farmer who
buys corn instead of raising it, has to 65 to 70
cents per bushel tor it.
Corn Is the most Important cereal for the
south us it-N abundance and cheapness Insure
ample food for the farmers and their animals,
while an insufficient supply and high price in¬
volve the opposite results. The southern cot¬
ton growers obtain a large proportion of their
grain and meat from other sections of the
country. Confronted now with a large shrink¬
age In the value of cotton coincident with a
great appreciation in the value of corn, the sit¬
uation seems to imperatively demand of the
cotton growers u reduction this spring of the
acreage devoted to cotton and an increase giv¬
en to food and forage crops.
The present depression in cotton is due in
great part to the very large stocks In European
and American markets and the fear that the
acreage in cotton will not be reduced this
year. Notwithstanding the fact that the
spinners have bought much more cotton than
last season, the stocks In European and Amer¬
ican markets arc four hundred thousand bales
moro than at this time last year.
The price of cotton is at the lowest point
since 1848, and u large crop this year would un¬
doubtedly Hcnd It still lower. Every planter
knows that present prices of cotton are much
below the average coat of production.
In view of the facts stated, l earnestly re¬
commend as manifestly for the fcfest interests
of the cotton growers of the country, a very
material curtailment of cotton acreage this
spring and an increase in all food and forage
crops and that greater attention be given to
the raising of live stock und farm animals
Food crops of every description should be
raised on all southern farms and cotton should
be made a surplus or money crop. It Is proba¬
ble that a modelato crop this year will sell for
actually moro money than a large crop.
Very respeofully,
Alfred B. siif.ppehhon.
BiSSELL LEAVES THE CABINET.
Hon, tV. I.. Wilson, of Wont Virginia Huc
cr«cin Him an hiilmnitoMionnral.
Washington, February 28. Postmas¬
ter General Bissell set ut rest all doubt
as to his purpose of remaining in the
cabinet by tendering ills resignation to
President Cleveland yesterday after¬
noon. This action was not taken has¬
tily. As far hack as the early autumn,
Mr- Bissell felt that Ids law practice at
Buffalo required Ids personal attention
and at that time lie notified the presi¬
dent that sooner or later be would be
compelled to retire to private life.
Nothing further passed between the
two gentlemen with reference to the
matter until tan days ago when Mr.
Bissell again assured tint president tiiat
he must soon resign Ids portfolio.
DUN’S FAILURE REPORT.
I>«olc|ed latrmw In l.lulfllltll'H Over Those
of a Year Ago.
New,York, March 4—R, (J. Dun A
Co., in their report of trade, say:
The failures of three weeks of February have
Shown liabilities amounting to $8.52:1,028 against
fll.420.4IS for the same weeks last year. In
manufacturing |2.5.»7.0fi0 against 45,010 H47 last
your, and In trading $5,2t'0.:l30 against $6,281,603
last year. Failures for the week have been
220 In the United States against 201 last year,
and In Canada 38 against 42 last year.
Veteran showman I’atuirK A way.
Jacksonville, Fla., March r>.- W. C.
Coup, the veteran showman, died yes¬
terday at Kt. Luke's hospital in this
city after a week’s illness of pneumo¬
nia. He was on a tour of Florida with
a show under the title of Coup, Cooper
& Company.
USIttfinen, the Irish Nationalist, Dead.
New Yokk, March 2.—Richard O’Oor
rnan, the eminent Irish nationalist,
scholar anil orator, diet! at 10 o’clock
last night at. ids home in this city, in
the 75th year of Ids age. Two years
ago he had a severe attack of the gripp
and his death wastho result.
fJ< ift’lt of He orj(t) II. Hoyden.
CtlK AQO, February 28. — George D.
Jioyden, one of the heaviest operators
and one of the best known members of
the board of trade, died in bis apart¬
ments at the Obion League club last
nitfht. after a short illness, of quinsy.
(IfTPland Preparing for Another Hunt.
Washington, March i. The indica
tions are that the president expects to
go to North Carolina on a fishing and
ducking trip shortly after adjournment
of congress, lie will go on the Violet.
Genentl Voet'% Kucee*»or in < on* reus
Gaiva, 111.» March 1.—George W.
Prince, of Galesburg, was yesterday
nominated on the 1,476th ballot by the
tenth republican convention to succeed
General Post in congress.
New York Treasury Balai
Nkw York, March 6.—Treasury bal
ance* : Coin, 166,768,000 ; currency,
|73,305,000.
WEEK’S NEWS CONDENSED
A heavy rain has broken the tiro; ; 'it
in northern Texas.
The Mississippi is now op- i to , avi
gation as far as Cario.
The Chicago sailed from Uibi alt i for
New York yesterday.
The postofiiee at Shiloh, N. J., was
burglarized last night.
The condition of Murderer Gentry at
Philadelphia continues to impr ove.
The drouth district of Nebraska was
blessed yesterday with a heavy rain.
The Norfolk, Conn., Iron works have
closed, throwing 300 men out of work.
Lord Losebery's condition is much
improved despite the condition of
insomnia.
The James river, at Richmond,
being frozen over for two weeks, ha >
been opened for navigation.
The weavers at the. Lancaster Mills,
Clinton, Mass., struck Monday morn*
ing against a reduction of wages.
Mrs. Isaac Hope, of Jtlissiield, Mich.,
has fallen heir to nearly *1,000,000 by
the death of an uncle in Africa.
Much damage was done by the break¬
ing of a dam across the Nahoning river
at Warren, O., last night.
Messrs F. and H. Fries, of Salem, N.
C., are interested in a new cotton mill
company now being organized.
Tlie accounts of missing Secretary
Gruchy, of the Buckeye Building and
Loan Association, are short 81,500.
A movement is afoot at Denmark, 3.
C., for the organization of a $50,000
stock company to build a. cotton mill.
A company lias been organized to
build a cotton factory at Siler City, N.
C., und work will commence at once.
The body of a man supposed to be
that of J. K. Seeley, of Springfield,
Mass., was found in Chicago yesterday.
Nine-tenths of district assembly No.
3 at Pittsburg will desert the old
Knights of Labor for the new organiza¬
tion.
Actors McKee Rankin and Patrick
O’Neill were arrested at Kansas City
yesterday for obtaining board through
deceit.
The Holt county, Nob., relief corn
mittee denounce as frauds persons so
lteiting- aid in the east for the drought
sufferers.
Six robbers were frightened away
from a Chicago hotel yesterday morn
inn after having entered the room of
three guests.
The house of representatives of Mis¬
souri defeated the bill against high
hats in theatres and churches by a vote
of 40 to 51.
W. IL Hazel, wanted in New York
for obtaining money under false pre¬
tences, lias left San Francisco in charge
of an officer.
The Fort. Mill, H. C., Manufacturing
Co., has decided to put in 5,200 addi¬
tional spindles, and order for same has
been placed.
A movement has been started at La
Fayette, Ala., for the erection of a cot¬
ton mill, and subscription books are
being circulated.
Secret service detectives in Chicago
yesterday arrested two men and a wo¬
man who have been engaged in exten¬
sive counterfeiting.
C. Donnelly, an Omaha, Neb., gam¬
bler, testified before the grand jury
yesterday that he had paid to an offi¬
cial 81,800 for protection.
Two skeletons, believed to be those
of two young tnen who left Kansas
City six years ago, have been found in
a cave near Comstock, Tex.
After an alleged humorous debate
the New York legislature has killed
Assemblyman Duncan’s anti-theatre
high hat bill by a vote of 18 to 42.
Empress Eugenie leaves England for
Corsica today to sojourn in AjaBcio.
The government is taking precautions
to prevent royalist demonstrations.
The contest over the will of Mary L.
Isbell at New Haven, Conn., was con¬
tinued until next Monday because of
the alleged discovery of another will.
The Galveston, Texas, bagging fac¬
tory has been put in operation again
with about 100 operatives. The plant
lias commenced work on a cargo oi
jute from India.
The Mammoth Spring, Ark., cotton
mills has secured contract to supply
the Arkansas state penitentiary with
clothing, in competition with eastern
and other mills.
Kaiser Wilhelm has nominated Em¬
peror Francis Joseph, of Austria Field
Marshal of Germany, to Ull the vacancy
caused by the death of Archduka
Albert of Austria.
The Vienna “Frembenblatt” claims
information from a trustworthy source
that Prince Lobanoff-Kostovski, Rus¬
sian Ambassador to Austria will be
Russian foreign minister to succeed the
late M. de Giers.
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Central News states that a
number of persons, mostly students,
have been arrested in Keeff and Odessa
on suspicion that they were engaged in
revolutionary plots,
Ex-Premier Uilloitti has appeared
before the examining magistrate of
Rome and denied the competence of an
ordinary judge to try him in connec
tion with the documents which had
been published by the order of the
chamber of deputies.
The war department of France has
completed experiments with a new #un
which is guaranteed for a thousand
rounds: After 3,000 rounds had been
tired with, the heaviest charges of
smokeless powder, the gun was found
in a fair condition.