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LEXINGTON, GA.
CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD.
Federal and Confederate Veterans
Will Meet There in September.
Secretary Lamont has decided upon
the main features of the official exer¬
cises authorized by congress in the
dedication of the Chickarnauga and
Chattanooga national military par .
The ceremonies will begin on the bat¬
tlefield of Chickarnauga September
19th, and will comprise the formal an
cement of the opening o t e
boh & department, repre¬
park by the war orations
senting the government; two
by speakers of national prominence,
and the proper military display. 1J
the following day exercises in continu¬
ation of the dedication, relating to
the battles of Lookout Mountain and
Missionary Ridge, will be held at
Chattanooga with somewhat similar
place at Chattanooga under cover of
adequate capacity, to be provided as a
prudential meaaure. The secretary
will arrange to have all the armies rep¬
resented in the battles participate in
the dedication by setting apart the
night of September 19th to the Imon
and Confederate armies of the Tennes¬
see, and the aight of the 20th to the
armies of the Potomac and northern
Virginia. Tho regular army will be
represented by the lieutenant general
and a detachment of troops. The So¬
ciety of the Army of the Cumberland
will hold its regular annual reunion at
Chattanooga on the evening of Sep¬
tember 18tb, preceding the dedication,
and to this all official visitors and rep¬
resentatives of the other army socid
ties will be invited.
NEW ENEMY OF COTTON.
A Destructive Pest Brought Over
from Mexico.
The department of agriculture at
Washington has just issued a circular
to cotton planters relative to » new
and very destructive insect that has
been brought across the Bio Grande
from Mexico into the cotton belt of
Texas and which, during 1894, seri¬
ously injured the cotton crop over a
territory of about five thousand square
miles. It punctures the bolls with its
beak and Lays eggs in the hole thus
made. The grubs hatch and ruin both
the seed and fiber, thus destroying
annul taneously both products of the
cotton plant. the
The Texas legislature, at sug¬
gestion of the agricultural department,
s* diacuasing the question of quaran¬
tining the cotton from the infected
•action and the enforcement of the
remedial work by act of law. T he de¬
partment of agriculture has appointed
a tkillfui agent, who is located at
Brownsville, Tex., and who will study
the life, history and habits of the new
pest and experiment extensively with
remedies during the ooming season
under the direction of Mr. L. O.
Howard, chief entomologist of the de¬
partment. Inasmuch as the insect is
Dew to American cotton planters, there
is much yet to be learned about its
habits before practical remedies can
be suggested. This insect is now in
Texas and threatens to spread to other
cotton states, and the entire south is,
therefore, interested in tho problem
now confronting the Texas legislature.
ANOTHER RECESS
Token by Tennessee’s Law Makers for
a Breathing Spell.
The Tennessee legislature took a re¬
cess from Friday until April 22d.
Finding that it had nearly 2,000 pages
of printed evidenoo to digest, the com¬
mittee on the governor’s election made
the request and the recess resolution
went through with but little objection.
The penitentiary committee will also
continue its investigation during the
recess. The senate killed the bill reg¬
ulating the charges of telephone com¬
panies, only six members voting for it,
while twenty-ouc voted against it.
Mr. Ledger wood’s bill raising petit
larceny to stealing $100 was passed.
Under the operations of this bill the
number of convicts in the state peni¬
tentiary will bo greatly reduced.
Tho house refused to allow the state
printing committee to investigate dur¬
ing the recess. A resolution revoking
the authority of the revenue commis¬
sion was adopted, but its effect killed
by a motion to reconsider, which was
entered on the journal.
An excellent photographic counter¬
feit of the $5 note of the American Ex¬
change National bank, of New York
city, has been discovered in the money
sent to the National bank redemption
division of the treasury for redemp¬
tion. The note is of tho 1893 series,
cheek letter F, with the portrait of
Garfield upon it. A warning has been
sent out by Chief Hazen, of the secret
service.
THE LEXOW EXPENSES.
A BUI Introduced in tbe New York
Legislature for the Cash.
The Lexow committee expense bill
introduced in the New York senate,
provides for the appropriation of $67,-
434, divided as follows: To Charles
btewart Smith, treasurer of the Cham
ber^of Commerce, to John W. $17,500 Goff, for advances
maue, $11,250; to
William A. Sutherland, $7,500as conn
to Travers Jerome,
$o,62o, to 1 rank Moas, $5,625; to
Henry Grasse, $2,500, as assistant
counsel fees; to Lucius A. Waldo, $7,-
434, the senate stenographer, who act
ed for the committee.
ConurPT methods are not near as
certaiu to win as honest ones.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
CULLBD FROM MANY SOURCES
BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED.
Happenings of General Interest to
Georgia Readers.
Augusta’s digest of taxable property
has been completed and shows a total
of *22,519,000 divided as follows:
Bealty, $16,688,350; personalty, $5,
931,382. The Increase over last year
is$116,584, not a bad showing fora
dull year.
* * *
Governor Clarke, of Arkansas, has
signed the bill passed by the legisla¬
ture of that state appropriating $10,000
for a state exhibit at the Atlanta ex¬
position. The Iron Mountain rail¬
road will duplicate this amount.
Half a dozen gentlemen from Ne¬
braska were in Eatonton recently look¬
ing to the purchase of homes for fifty
families in that section. They were
shown the lands in the county by some
Eatonton gentlemen and seem favor¬
ably impressed with them. They state
that they will probably make some
purchases, One of the gentlomen, it
is said, represents Governor Northen’s
immigration bureau.
From a reliable source, it is learned
that the recent survey of tho outer bar
at Brunswick gives a depth of sixteen
and one-half feet at dead-low water,
making twenty-three feet at ordinary
high tide. This is two and one-half
feet more than was shown by the pre¬
vious survey. Colonel Goodyear has
demonstrated that dynamite is the
proper instrument for deepening bars
of this character and the value of his
experiment will force proper recogni¬
tion from the engineering world.
Judge Speer, at Savaunah, has ap¬
pointed President John R. Young, of
the Atlantic Short Line, reoeiver of
that property, Mr. Marion Erwin,
representing the Central National
Bank of New York, which has a $50,
000 lien upon the property, filed the
bill for receiver. The present owners
failed to sell the Atlantic Short Line
to the Macon and Dublin for $250,000
and the receivership followed. It is
believed that the road will now be
sold.
A deed was recorded a few days ago
in the office of the clerk of Bibb supe¬
rior court from Alexander Brown and
W. G. Bowdoin, of Baltimore, convey¬
ing the Macon and Northern railroad
to the Macon and Northern Railway
company for the sum of $1,000,000 in
cash, bonds and past due coupons of
the road. The deed covers the road
from Macon to Athens, a distance of
107 miles, and all of its property, con¬
sisting of sidetracks, rolling stook,
rights of 1,50*0 way, franchise, terminals,
etc., and shares of the capital
stock of the Middle Georgia and At¬
lantic road.
A call has been issued by the chair¬
man of the committee on arrange¬
ments for the convention of Georgia
manufacturers to be held in Atlanta
May 7th and 8th, to all of the manu¬
facturers, requesting their attendance.
The committee of Atlanta manufact¬
urers appointed by the Chamber of
Commerce to call the convention and
arrange preliminaries, has held regu¬
lar meetings, and the work is well in
hand. Subcommittees have been ap¬
pointed to attend to different details
and promote the success of the con¬
vention. The secretary of the organ¬
izing committee, says: “Tho conven¬
tion will be well attended, and ex¬
pressions from more than 200 manu¬
facturers indicate that the dolegntes
will easily agree to main questions.”
The death of Col. James W. Scott,
proprietor and publisher of the Chica¬
go Times-Herald, will cause the deep¬
est sorrow wherever that prince of
newspaper men was known. Here in
Georgia bis death will be felt as that
of a personal friend. He had always
manifested deep interest in the south.
Au illustration of this is shown in his
friendliness to the exposition move¬
ment at Atlanta, especially as it was
manifested in the Herald’s great
write-up of the enterprise and the spe¬
cial train by means of whioh he scat¬
tered thousands of copies of that edi¬
tion through the south. The Herald
was the first great northern newspaper
to give the exposition such recogni¬
tion, and the people of the south ap¬
preciate the act and the spirit which
prompted it.
The Jonesboro Election Case.
The decision of Judge Richard H.
Clark at Atlanta in the Clayton county
election case has been affirmed by the
supreme court. The case was carried
to the supreme court by Joseph E.
Brown, the populist candidate for
sheriff. Trouble arose at Jonesboro
over the refusal of some of the local
managers to count the votes and re¬
port it for consolidation with the re¬
turns from other preoinots. On this
accouut the vote of one precinct of was the
thrown out, changing the result
election. A mandamus proceeding Judge was
instituted by Mr. Brown, but
Clark, after hearing the caee, refused
to grant the writ. The matte* wjuj
carried to the supreme court with the
result that the judgment of the lower
court was affirmed.
Cross Bills Against the Central.
The Central Trust company, of New
York, through Judge Henry B. Tomp
kins as attorney, has filed a crose
in the United States court at Savan¬
nah to secure a decree of foreclosure
against the Central Railroad and bank¬
ing company under the consolidated
mortgage of $13,000,000 for which the
Central Trust company is trustee. Of
these bonds $5,000,000 originally in¬
tended to redeem the tripartite bonds
are with the Central Trust company,
and $8,000,000 are deposited as secu¬ bill
rity for the floating debt. The
alleges default on the interest amount¬
ing to $1,200,000.
The object of securing this decree of
foreclosure is said to be to bring about
a sale of the property for the purpose
of reorganization on account of the
fact that tbe decree of foreclosure on
the tripartite mortgage is now hung
up in the United States supreme court
on an appeal by the Southwestern Rail¬
way company.
Insurance Companies That Put Money
In Georgia Securities.
Here are the insurance companies
doing business in Georgia that have
made investments in this state. The
facts are furnished by Comptroller
General Wright and are giveD, as will
be remembered, in response to a re¬
quest of Governor Atkinson,
Many of the companies, both life
and fire, doing business in this state
do not invest in Georgia bonds and
Georgia securities. Of the fire com¬
panies, all are required to make a de¬
posit with the treasurer of $25,000, in
either United States bonds or Georgia
bonds. Many make this deposit in
Georgia bonds, probably because they
can obtain these bonds at a less cost
than they can the bonds of the United
States; so this purchase cannot be
properly classed as investment. Twen¬
ty-nine companies hold bonds in this
way. companies doing business
Of all the
in the state not one is prohibited by
charter from making investments in
Georgia securities or real estate.
Those companies that do invest here
are apparently well satisfied with the
investment. This is shown by the
fact that they have placed a good pro¬
portion of their investments hero.
Of the life companies, the New York
Life leads in the amount invested,
haying $1,416,666 in the bonds of
Georgia railroads, and $607,000 in
loans on Georgia real estate.
The Mutual, of New York, has $1,-
778,131 in state, county and city
bonds, and $103,550 in loans.
The Equitable Life has $1,250,000
loaned on Georgia real estate.
Other life companies that lend
money this way are: Manhattan, $30,
000 in loans; Maryland, $78,000 in
loans; Mutual, of Louisville, $55,180
in loans; Penn Mutual, $134,800 in
loans; Provident Savings, in real es¬
tate, $81,563, in loans, $38,000 ; Trav¬
elers’, $442,100 in loans, $G7,675 in
bonds.
Those whioh make no investment in
Georgia in any shape are: American
Union, Brooklyn, Connecticut Mu¬
tual, Germania, Home, Life Insurance
Clearing Company, Massachusetts Mu
taal, Metropolitan, Michigan Mutual,
Mutual Benefit, Nederland, North¬
western Mutual, Phoenix Mutual,
United States, Union Central and
Washington Life.
The fire companies which have pur¬
chased Georgia bonds for investment
or have put money in real estate qr
other securities here are :
The Aetna, with $25,000 in state,
county or city bonds; the Atlanta
Home, with $195,172 in bonds and
$348,400 in real estate; the Continen¬
tal, $100,000 in bonds; the Georgia
Home, with $265,826 real estate and
$478,772 bonds; German American,
$25,000 in real estate; Home, $50,000
bonds; Macon Fire, $53,243 real es¬
tate. $94,000 bonds; Southern Mutual,
$207,000 stocks, $621,985 bonds; Sun,
$25,000 railroad bonds.
Those which make no investments
are:
American, Commercial, UnioD, Im¬
perial, Liverpool, London Globe, Lon¬
don Assurance, Niagara, Norwich
Union, North British and Mercantile,
Northern, Pennsylvania, Phoenix of
England, Phcenixof New Yoik,Queen,
Royal, Sun Mutual, Westchester, LioD,
British-American, London and Lanca¬
shire, Caledonian, Mechanics’ and
Traders’, Connecticut, National, Del¬
aware, Orient, Fire Association (Phil¬
adelphia), Palatine, Phoenix (Hart¬
ford), Germania, Scottish Union and .and Ma¬
Mutual, Girard, St. Paul Fire
rine, Glens Falls, Greenwich, Hamburg,
Bremen, Western, Hanover, Williams¬
burg City, Hartford, Insurance Com
pany of North America, Lancashire,
Mutual.__
APPEAL TO THE LEGISLATURE.
Pensacola Offlclal* W’ant the Spanish
Grant Squabble Settled.
The city commissioners of Pensacola
have prepared a memorial, to be sent
to the Florida legislature, wherein
they pray that a law be enacted vest¬
ing title to the Spanish Grant tract in
the provisional municipality of Pensa¬
cola, to be held and used by it for the
benefit of commerce; and that the
said provisional municipality be au¬
thorized and empowered to sell parts
thereof as it may find expedient, sub¬
ject to such conditions as may be
necessary to advance tho commerce of
the port without injuring the channel
of the bay and interrupting the navi¬
gation thereof; and to quiet the titles
of those persons who have, in good
faith, expended money in improving
parte of the said tract, upon such
’■terms as are reasonable and just.
Wreckage From a Lost Steamer.
The forward gangway shutters of
the wrecked steamer Chicora were
landed at St. Joseph, Mich., Monday
by a fish tug. It was picked up ten
miles from shore. Another tng brought
in a piece of the wreck with the name
“Chicora” painted uponTt. The heavy
rains are making the ice into slush
and close watch is being kept along
the shore for the bodies.
WASHINGTON NOTES
ITEMS OF NEWS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Sayings and Doings of tho Offlclal
Heads of the Government.
No provision has been made in any
of the appropriation bills for the ap¬
praisement and sale of the naval res
ervations of Florida, Mississippi and
Alabama, recently turned over to the
interior department, and nothing will
bo done with them by the general land
office. The abandoned military reser¬
vations will be appraised and disposed
of as rapidly as possible.
Owing to the troubles in Cuba, the
mails for that country and vicinity
have fallen off to such an extent that
the postoffice department has permit¬
ted the Plant system to make one less
trip per week from Savannah to Tampa
by rail and the same permission has
been granted on the steamboat line
from Tampa to Cuba. In consequence
of the prevalence of yellow feVer in
Cuba the department is making pre¬
parations to fumigate mails from all
tropical countries, which is an unusual
precaution to be taken so early in the
season.
Secretary Herbert had decided to
award the construction of two of the
torpedo boats to the Columbian iron
works of Baltimore and one of them
to the Union iron works of San Fran¬
cisco, but subsequently he changed his
mind and awarded the contract for
building all three of the sea going
torpedo boats to the Columbian iron
works of Baltimore, Md., awarding
none to San Francisco, as was at first
intended. The boats will be of about
138 tons displacement and will have a
speed of about twenty-four knots. The
vessels, exclusive of armor, will cost
$97,500 apiece. The Columbian iron
works were the lowest bidders.
Annulled the Contract.
Secretary Herbert has annnulled the
contract with Johg Gillies, of Brook¬
lyn, for the New York navy yard dry
dock and advertised for proposals to
complete the work. The contract was
made November 17th, 1892, the dock
to be delivered to the government in
thirty-two months. The price to be
paid was $462,619 and up to date pay¬
ments to the amount of about $165,000
have been made to Gillies. It has
been a foregone conclusion for some
time that the contract would never be
completed and several days ago the
department permitted other builders
to take measurements with a view to
estimating on the remaining work.
General Williams Not Wanted.
It is positively asserted that if Con¬
sul General Williams returns to Ha¬
vana after his proposed visit to the
United States shall have ended, he will
bo refused his exequatur. General
Campos, the governor general of Cuba,
will not, it is asserted, receive him in
an official capacity, and this action
will be indorsed by the Madrid gov¬
ernment. While the Canovas ministry
in Spain has not demanded Consul
General Williams’ recall, the fact is
known to them that such a request was
twice made by the previous ministry
within thirty days before their disso¬
lution. An unwillingness on the part
of the present cabinet to strain the re¬
lations between the two countries is
said to be the only reason why a simi¬
lar request has not been made by them.
Should Mr. Williams leave the coun¬
try temporarily, however, advantage
will be taken of that fact to keep him
out by declining to permit his return¬
ing. The Income Tax Puzzle.
The treasury officials, in the ab¬
sence of the full text of the supreme
court decision in the income law, are
still groping in the dark as to its exaot
meaning, and have, therefore, been
unable to send out supplemental in¬
structions to collectors as to how the
act, that still remains, shall be carried
out. Collectors will have to be
guided until they receive offioial in¬
structions by their own best judg¬
ment. Many telegraphic inquiries,both
from internal revenue officials and pri¬
vate parties, are being received at the
treasury, and are being answered as
well as they can be with the existing
light. It is admitted on all hands, as
tho matter is more closely studied,
that much confusion must necessarily
arise from the elimination of mental
receipts from the returns, as this ex¬
ception will affect cognate questions.
Commissioner Miller is devoting his
entire time to straightening out the
tangle and hopes to have comprehen¬
sive supplemental instructions ready
for issuance at the earliest moment
possible.
Improvement of the Missouri.
Secretary Lamont has approved Mississippi the
project submitted by the
commission for the improvement of
that river from the head of the passes
to tbe mouth of the Ohio river, under
an appropriation of March 2, 1895, of
$2,665,000, and increased $8,000 by
unallotted appropriations of 1894.
The remaining unexpended appropria¬ second
tions are as follows: First and
districts, lower St. Francis, $88,000;
upper Yazoo, $100,000; upper White,
$53,000; lower White, $75,000; lower
Yazoo, $150,000; upper Tensas, $300,
000; middle Tensas, $100,000.
Fourth district, lower Tensas,
$182,000; Atchafalaya, $152,000; La¬
fourche, $90,000; Barataria, $60,000;
Ponchartrain, $150,000; LakeBorgne,
Construction and river repairs, first
and second districts—Restoration of
old work at Daniel’s point, $60,000;
new censlruction above Daniel’s point,
$130,000; new construction of Osceola
bar, $78,750; purchase of tow boat,
$30^000.
May Pay In Silver.
Careful inquiries, both at the Chi¬
nese and Japaneso legations at the cap¬
ital and of officials of the state depart¬
ment and officers of tbe navy, who, by
residence in both the contending
countries, have become familiar with
their customs and currency, seem to
indicate a strong probability that the
indemnity to be paid by China to Ja¬
pan will be paid in silver and not in
gold, though no definite official state¬
ment to the c-ffect has yet been received
at Washington. of value, to
Silver is the measure a
great extent, in both countries. Japan
nas not been called upon to negotiate
any European loan payable in gold for
the prosecution of the war. There¬
fore, she has experienced no especial
drain of gold. China, on the other
hand, being heavily indebted to Eng¬
land and other European nations, has
exported within the last few years large
quantities of gold, and the national
treasury does not now contain any con¬
siderable amount of this metal. More¬
over, silver is the only medium of ex¬
change in the Chinese empire, and this
being the case, it would be much easier
to pay the indemnity in that metal
than in gold. to
Some misunderstanding exists as
the meaning of the word “tael” in
which the indemnity will be paid.
The “tael” is not a coin, but a weight.
It varies in value according to the
price of silver. In Peking at the
present time one tael is equal to $1.50
in Mexican silver dollars, or 75 cents
in American gold. The silver is put
up in the form of bullion or ingots,
eaoh ingot containing silver to the
amount of from 20 to 50 taels. Be¬
yond the fact that strong grounds ex¬
ist for believing that the indemnity
will be paid in silver and that at no
time has gold been stipulated in the
negotiations, no further details are
obtainable at this time. The “tael”
whioh will be used as the measure of
value will be no doubt the Hai Kwan
tael, in which customs duties are paid
and whose value is as above stated.
WILDE ON TRIAL.
The Esthete and His Accomplice in
the Dock Together.
Oscur Wilde and Alfred Taylor were
arraigned for examination in the Bow
street police court at London Thurs¬
day morning. Wilde-was defended
by commoner Clarke, wl.o announced
that he would not croi s-examine any
of the witnesses until hey testified at
the trial of the charges against Wilde.
Counsel for Alfred Taylor examined
the young man Parker, vho admitted
that he had been guilty of heinous of¬
fenses with many persons besides
Wilde. Parker also admitted that he
had recovered £20 from persons whose
pursuit it was to extort money from
gentlemen.
A young man named Atkina was
called to the witness stand. In 1892,
he said, Wilde had asked him to go to
Paris with him as his secretary. He
went to Paris with Wilde and re¬
mained there a few days. They dined
together in splendid style. By Wilde’s
order he wore his hair curled. He de¬
nied that any misconduct had occurred
between them. Wilde had given him
a silver cigarette case, costing £3 and
asked him not to mention the visit to
Paris.
In reply to a question by the mag¬
istrate, Atkins said he had acted as
Wilde’s secretary for about half aB
hour when he was engaged in writing
some letters about Wilde’s play, “A
Woman of No Importance.”
A witness named Sherley related the
circumstances of his dining with Wilde
in 1892. Afterwards they had some
wine together in a private room, when
Wilde kissed him and flattered him,
calling him a “clever fellow” and the
like. He remained with Wilde
throughout that night. Subsequently
he had written to Wilde asking him to
terminate their friendship. It is re¬
ported Wilde has been ill since his
confinement in jail.
SAFE ARRIVAL IN LIBERIA
Of the Two Hundred Negro Emigrants
Who Embarked at Savannah.
News was received in Philadelphia
Saturday that the steamship Horsa,
which sailed from Philadelphia some
weeks ago for Savannah, and there,
took on board about 200 emigrants for
Liberia, had arrived at Monrovia, and
after safely landing her passengers
had proceeded to Barbadoes. From
the latter place she will return to
Philadelphia, from which city the next
contingent of emigrants will be ship¬
ped. They will come from various
sections of the south, and will be sent
out from Philadelphia because of bet¬
ter shipping facilities at that port.
Those who have gone to Liberia to
live have each been provided with a
piece of land and provisions for three
months.
OIL IN EAST TENNESSEE.
A Small Well Reported to Have
Tapped OH at 1,000 Feet.
Citizens of Fentress county, Ten¬
nessee, in the vicinity of Jamestown,
are very much excited just now over oil.
the discovery a few days ago of
It has long been said that there was
oil in the Cumberland mountains, and
several companies have been organized
to bore for it. They have been un¬
successful until this time, when, after
boring to a depth of 1,000 feet, oil and
gas spouted out to the top of the der¬
ricks. Then the solid flow of oil be¬
gan, running fully twenty-five barrels
per hour. Some* Pennsylvania men
have charge of it and have cut off the
flow until they can prepare to take
care of it. The well was sunk in the
Cumberland plateau.
-A Newspaper Man Dies.
James W. Scott, proprietor and ed
itor of the Chicago Times-Her ad,
died suddenly of appoplexy in his
room in the Holland house, New York,
Sunday afternoon.
ANOTHER TAX TEST.
A CHICAGO JUDGE GRANTS AN
INJUNCTION
To a Corporation Firm from Paying
on Their Income.
Id the United States court at Chica¬
go, Monday morning, Judge Showal
ter enjoined Siegel, Cooper & Co.
from making any returns to the inter¬
nal revenue collector under the pro¬
visions of the income tax law. The
restraining order was granted on a bill
filed by Gerson Siegel, one of the New
York stockholders in the defendant
corporation. The bill attacks the law,
and under the order granted by Judge
Showalter the government will be
compelled to take part in the proceed¬
ings to defend the operation of the
new law.
When the attorney f >r Siegel pre¬
sented the bill to Judge Showalter, the
latter asked for an explanation of the
application. “This is the last day
for the returns of the income tax
to the collector of internal rev
enue,” said the attorney, “My
client protests against his firm
making any payment of the income
tax or any report. He maintains that
the bill in its entirety is unconstitu¬
tional. All we ask is for an order re¬
straining the firm of Siegel, Cooper &
Co. from making its returns today. If
not granted the firm would be liable
to an imposition of $1,000 fine for
failing to make the return. ”
Judge Showalter took the applica¬
tion, and after reading it, made the
restraining order. A bond of $4,000
was at once tiled. By the issuance of
the order of the court the firm escapes
the payment of the fine, should the su¬
preme court, to which the question
will be carried, decide against the
complainant. all of
Mr. Siegel, in his bill, raises
the questions that are involved in the
income tax dispute, iucluding those
decided by the supreme court last
week.
UANOOLS’lt’S SHORTAGE.
The State of Alabama AVillLose About
$25,000.
A Montgomery, Ala., special says:
The state examiner has filed his report
as to the shortage of Probate Judge
Randolph, who left the state one month
ago, and whose whereabouts are un
known. The report shows that his de¬
falcation to the state is $25,000, which
includes about $4,000 of unreported li
cense money, The report does not
deal with trust funds, exhaustively,
but includes, in addition to the above,
two transactions involving $2,800. The
judge’s dealings with the county are
not touched upon at all, but the short¬
age is generally believed to be not
over $1,000. The indications from
this report and all known facts are
that the total defalcation will not go
much, if any, over $30,000.
SENATOR PALMER DISPLEASED
And Will Fight the Proposal to Com¬
mit Illinois Democrats to Silver.
Senator John M. Palmer has de¬
clared his intention of fighting the
proposed scheme of committing tho
Illinois democracy to free silver. Iu
an interview ho declared that he was
In the fight to stay and did not pro¬
pose to be beaten. This statement was
brought out by the question whether
he had read the recent interview with
prominent democrats as to his position
on the question. To this he replied
that he had, and that to the personal
assaults of Messrs. Heinrichsen and
Merritt he had no answer to make..
The interviews themselves, he said,
proved that the call for a state con¬
vention was a part of a carefully con¬
certed scheme to commit the party to
free coinage.
FRAUDULENT FLORIDA BONDS.
Ev-Governor Reed Gives Information
to Governor Mitchell.
In a communication to the Florida
senate Thursday, Harrison Reed, who
was governor of Florida from 1869 to
1873, asserts that fraudulent bonds
of the state are outstanding.
He says these bonds are designa¬
ted letter “15” and that interest
coupons are in the hands of vari¬
ous parties in Florida. These bonds,
ex-Governor Reed says, purport to
have been issued under his adminis¬
tration and he asks for the appoint¬
ment of a committee to investigate tho
matter, ascertain by whom such bonds
were issued and bring the perpetra¬
tors of the fraud to justice. The sen¬
ate appointed a committee to look in¬
to the charges made by the ex-gover¬
nor.
A CRAZY MAN’S ACT.
Ho Was Proprietor of a Cigar Factory
and Applies the Torch.
The large frame cigar factory of
Henry L. Stehman, at Rohrestown,
Pa., was destroyed by fire early Wed¬
nesday morning. Later Stehman sur¬
rendered himself to the authorities
and acknowledged that he had set the
place on fire and wanted to be locked
np. He was committed to jail. The
man is undoubtedly insane. The loss
is abont $7,500. Stehman is the son
of ex-State Senator John M. Stehman
Electrical Works Burned.
Clark & Wheeler’s electrical works
on the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western railroad, five miles west of
Newark, N. J., were destroyed by fire
Sunday morning. Over $50,000 worth
of motors and dynamos were de¬
stroyed, together with abont $30,000
worth of machinery. The total loss
will amount to about $110,000, on
which there was an insurance of
$38,000.