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THE MONROE ADVERTISES
FORSYTH, GA.
Official Organ of Monroe County.
BY McGINTY A CABANISS.
The banking capital of the United
States ia estimated at $5,150,000,000,
the greatest in the world.
Professor Edward Orton, an Ohio
geologist estimates that it will take
3 000 years to exhaust the coal field of
of that State.
In 1900 the National Capital will
have been established at Washington
100 years, and in celebration of that
event the holding of a “select” expo¬
sition is already being advocated by
the Star, of that city.
William T. Walters, the art connois
sour of Baltimore, throws open his art
gallery to the public each autumn,
charging a nominal admission fee,
which is devoted to charity. A large
sum is raised in this way for the poor
each year.
It is only a comparatively short time
since the culture of hops was intro¬
duced in the State of Washington, and
yet. the State now claims to have the
largest hop plantations in the world.
In tho Yakitna Valley there is a plan¬
tation embracing 600 acres, and several
tracts in that State as well as in Cali¬
fornia cover more than 350 acres.
Says tho famous Washington cor¬
respondent, Rene Bache: A Justice
of the Supreme Court gets $10,000 a
year. The Chief Justice receives
$10,500. Tho salaries are not suffi¬
cient to maintain the dignity suitable
to such positions. They do not com
pare favorably with the emoluments
of judges of high courts in England.
Yet, for tho sake of the honor, many a
great lawyer has been glad to sacrifice
ten times tho income earned in prac¬
tice at the bftr.
Tn Franco there is a very stringent
1bav providing for tho registration ol
foreigners at tho Prefecture of Police.
Out of tho 120,000 resident in the city,
how’ever, only about one-third have
complied with tho law; and there is
considerable curiosity ns to what the
Government Avill do. On the one hand,
]t can scarcely pass by such flagrant
disregard of the Isay, and on the other
it seems impracticable to institute
\jigal proceedings against 30,000 peo¬
ple or expel them from tho city.
Ifcftfy*ttrttmave tho substantial back¬
ing of Germany in the effort to get.
upon her financial pins, and German
bankers are to aid in reconstructing
her monetary system. All Europe,
and especially France, understands the
significance of this seeming parental
regard for an impecunious ward. It is
not love for Italy, thinks the New
York News, so much as watchfulness
of France that inspires tho generosity
of the Fatherland, aud in this action
there is further evidence that the
young Emperor is a statesman of
greater discernment than he has been
credited with.
those who are interested in the sav¬
ing of coal wastes and the suppression
of smoky chimneys will find suggestive
figures in the report on the mineral
industries of the United States, show
ing what enormous quantities of coal
arc consumed in the cities of the coun¬
try. Noav York in 1889 received for
consumption a little more thau 3,800,
000 tons of anthracite and over 1,850,
000 tons of bituminous coal; for
Philadelphia the respective amounts
for the same year were about 3,190,
000 and if20,000 tons; for Chicago,
1,450,000 and 3,220,000 tons; for
Boston, 1,240,000 and 525,000 tons;
aud for Brooklyn, 1,800,000 and 200,
000 tons. Any contrivance that will
reduce these enormous amounts by
aiding smoke combustion will be a
blessing.
An important case for savings banks
has just been decided by the New York
Court of Appeals. A man named W.
R. Tobin, who had some money in the
Manhattan Savings Bank, kept his
passbook in a trunk in his room.
Some one got hold of it, went to the
bank, drew out $930 and then put the
book back in the trunk. When Tobin
found this amount charged on his
book, he went to the bank, where tho
cashier showed a receipt for it signed
“William R. Tjbin.” Ifobin pro¬
nounced this a forgery. The cashier
told Tobin that the man who bad
drawn the money had answered all the
necessary questions as to the names of
his father and mother and birthplace.
Tobin insisted on drawing his monev,
but the bank would not make good the
$930, under its rule, which savs that
“officers and > clerks will endeavor to
prevent frauds on depositors, but all
payments made to any person produc¬
ing the proper deposit passbook shall
be good and valid payments.” Tobin
sued the bank for the $930 and got a
verdict. The bank appealed and the
general term has finally decided that
it must pay the amount over again.
The Hummel family, of Brooklyn,
pre still advertising in the New York
Herald for their sisters, who disap¬
peared twenty-two years ago. There
ie WQtbins go perennial &s hope,
THE MONROE ADVERTISER . FOR SYTH, GA-. TUESDAY, APRII. 10, 1894.-- EIGHT PAGES.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL .
Conflejsei from Oar Host important
Telejrapliic Aim
And Presented in Pointed and Reada¬
ble Paragraphs.
The Bt. Rev. Michael Joseph Offane,
bishop of the diocese of Trenton, N.
J., died suddenly at the Episcopal res¬
idence.
fable dispatches report a great con¬
flagration in .Shanghai, China. More
than a thousand buildings, large and
small, were destroyed.
1 he factories of the Woonsocket
Rubber Co., at Woonsocket, R. I,
and Millville, Mass., after two months
idleness, will resume operations on
April 16. Twenty-six hundred people
will be employed.
Four men were killed in the coke
regions Wednesday afternoon during
the riots between the strikers and
workmen. One of the killed is H. C.
Paddock, one of Frick’s managers at
Scottdale. More fatalities will V;e
likely to occur before order is re¬
stored.
Fire at Philadelphia destroyed the
mill property owned by Rump &
Brothers, manufacturers of table cloths
and counterpanes, fronting on Hunt¬
ingdon street and extending from
Palethorpe to Hancock streets iu the
heart of the Kensington mill district.
Total loss, $240,000. Nearly 400 per¬
sons are thrown out of employment.
The general society of the Sons of
the Revolution, which will hold its
annual meeting in Baltimore on April
19, will pay a visit to Annapolis and
hold a sjiecial session in the old senate
chamber, where Washington resigned
his commission. Governor Brown lias
tendered the use of the senate cham¬
ber and the entire state house for a
patriotic celebration.
The New York Herald's Lima, Peru,
special says: “On the death of Presi¬
dent Bermudez his cabinet sent in
their resignations to tho first vice
president, but the second vice presi¬
dent, backed by Caceres and the sol¬
diery, took possession of the palace
and commenced issuing decrees.
Thus Peru has two presidents, a con¬
stitutional one, Senhor Solar, and a
revolutionary one, Colo Borgono.”
Dispatches from Pittsburg, Pa.,
state that eleven thousand strikers are
bivouacing at different places between
that city and Scottville and it is gener¬
ally believed numerous raids will be
made on the company stores. About
300 deputies are standing guard at the
different works. Their forces are scat¬
tered and should an attack be made by
one of the big mobs, it would be cer¬
tain death to offer resistance.
Practically complete returns from
the Rhode Island election show that
Brown, republican, for governor, will
be elected by fully 4,500 plurality. It
the has democratic been a republican landslide and
rout is complete. The
entire republican state ticket is elected
aud the legislature is overwhelmingly
republican Last vear the democrat"
controlled the house, having forty
representatives, This year they will
have only four.
A cable dispatch from Paris states
that another diplomatic scandal is ex¬
posed. It arises from an article in
the Figaro, attributed to M. Flourens,
ex-minister of foreign affairs. In this
article it was charged that the govern¬
ment, when M. Jules Ferry was pre¬
mier, and Baron de Courcel was
French ambassador to Germany, were
subservient to Prince Bismarck and
sought to form an alliance against
England.
Bismarck was eighty-one years of
age last Sunday, and the day was cele
biated by Germans with great enthus
lasni. Every post brought letters and
gifts to Friedrielisruhe, the home of
Bismarck, and these came not only
from all parts of the empire, but from
wherever German is spoken. Twelve
ladies presented Bismarck with an il¬
luminated address upon which was a
heading reading: “To the Founder
of German Unity.”
A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch says: It
has been ascertained that Coxey and
a large number of his followers have
decided to take a trip through the
southern states as 6oon as his mission
in Washington is fulfilled. This de¬
cision was arrived at a day or so ago,
and the trip will bo made Avith a A'ieAv
of converting as many southern people
as possible to tho ideas advanced by
Coxey, as at present figured out by
Coxey.
Advices from Honolulu say that a
petition will soon be sent to President
Cleveland advocating the annexation
of the Hawaiian Islands to the United
States, providing an annuity, to be
mutually agreed upon, shall be settled
upon Lilioukalaui, the deposed queen.
This petition will be signed by leading
natives, members of the cabinet and
members of the native societies. It
has even been stated that Lilioukalani
will send a trusted agent to Washing-,
ton to lay the matter before the presi¬
dent.
Mrs. Margaret Walker, aged 53, was
hanged at Liverpool for the murder of
her husband. The murder was one of
the most brutal and revolting in the
criminal annals of Great Britain. She
killed him for paying attention to an¬
other woman. Mrs. Walker, who Avas
of masculine build, chained her hus¬
band to a bed-post iu one of the upper
rooms in their house, and for four
months administered to him daily a
beating, finally finishing him by bat¬
tering his brains out with a steel chain.
MILITARY CALLED OFF.
Governor Tillman Proclaims that the
War is Over.
A Columbia special received Thurs¬
day night says: The troops have been
withdrawn from Darlington and Flor¬
ence and will be paid off and dismiss¬
ed. Governor Tillman received infor¬
mation from General Richbourg that
the “insurgents haA-e dispersed,” that
peace and order are restored and the
civil authorities are now able to up
hdld and enforee the laAv. The gover¬
nor accordingly issued a proclamation
declaring that the two counties are nor
longer in insurrection, and resing tc
the civil statue.
Th* best thing about a debt jg iti
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AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
Affairs ol Gorernira! and Hews ot
lie Departments Brasil
Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo¬
ple and Their General Welfare.
The house committee on agriculture
has perfected the Hatch anti-option
bill and directed Mr. Hatch to report
it to the house favorably. The vote on
the bill was 12 to 2.
The house committee on banking
and currency agreed by a note of 9 to
4 to report favorably the Cooper bill
subjecting to state taxation of national
bank and I nited States treasury notes,
The president Tuesday sent to the
senate the following nominations: Jno.
B. Brawlev, Pennsylvania, assistant
register of the treasury; George A.
Howard, Tennessee,, auditor of the
treasury for the postoffice department.
The senate consumed two hours
again Wednesday in an effort to dis¬
pose of the nomination of Henry W.
Long, to be register of the Florida
land oftice. No voting quorum ap¬
peared, and the senate adjourned with
the case still in statu quo.
A Washington special says: The an¬
nouncement of the appointment of
Hon. Patrick Walsh as senator was
very much of a surprise to Georgians
at however, Washington. The appointment,
is generally approved. Mr.
Walsh is an able, patriotic Georgian,
who has labored earnestly throughout
his active career for the upbuilding of
the state’s prosperity.
It is stated upon good authority that
the Earl of Kimberley’s explanation ot
the situation given to United States
Embassador Bayard, at an interview,
concerning the carrying out of the
findings of the ‘Behring sea court of
arbitration, were entirely satisfactory.
A bill giving legal operations to the
provisions of the court’s findings will
be presented to parliament and every
effort be made to expedite its passage.
The senate committee on foreign re¬
lations met Monday morning at 10
o’clock and remained in session until
the noon. Secretary Gresham was before
committee ftmch of the time, and
the Behring sea question and the bill
to regulate catching seals in that sea
and the Northern Pacific, were dis¬
cussed in detail. Morgan was directed
to report a bill to the senate with fav¬
orable recommendations and urge its
speedy passage.
General Grosvcnor, of Ohio, intro¬
duced a resolution in the house Tues¬
day afternoon inquiring by what right
the railroads and telegraph lines have
been seized in South Carolina. He
read in connection with the resolution
a telegram from the New York Re¬
corder, asking where its correspond¬
ent was “at.” It seems that the pa¬
per’s correspondent at Darlington
could not get his special off to the pa¬
per, the telegraph office having been
seized by the governor, .
_
The senate spent an hour and a half
Tuesday afternoon in a fruitless dis¬
cussion in executive session over the
nomination of Henry W. Long to be
register of the Florida land office,
against whom Mr. Call is making a
fight. In this contest Mr. Call has the
support of the majority of the repub¬
licans, although Senator Dolph and
Senator Platt are against him. The
effort was made at the session to refer
the nomination back to the committee,
but this was opposed by Mr. Call and
his friends. No voting quorum being
present, final action was not taken.
Senator Gordon states that when the
sundry civil ajipropriation bill is taken
up in the senate he will offer an
amendment making an appropriation
for the construction of the federal
prisons provided for several years ago
but for which no appropriation has
ever been made. He further says that
as Secretary Hoke Smith is one of the
two members of the board to select a
site, he feels certain Atlanta will get
the southern prison. Augusta and
Dalton are, however, making hot con¬
tests for it. With Pat Walsh in the
senate, Augusta will stand a splendid
show, too.
The argument in the Watson-Black
contested election case was heard by
the committee on elections Thursday.
Judge Cross opened the argument for
Watson, Major Black followed for
himself and John T. West closed for
Watson. Messrs. Gross and West
charged frauds of all kinds in Au¬
gusta. Their charges were general,
being principally that more votes were
polled in Richmond county than
there were voters in the county.
Major Black held that they showed
no specific frauds and that there was
no evidence to show that he was not
fairly elected. The arguments were
brief. Mr. West, in closing, held that
Mr. Black was not elected; whether
the committee decided Watson was
elected or not, it should decide Black
was not elected. The arguments were
all delivered in good humor.
THE RISE IN SILVER.
Neither England or America Can Hold
the White Metal Down.
A Washington special says: Silver
is bobbing up again all over the world
with a buoyancy that clearly demon¬
strates that it cannot be held beneath
the surface. Neither England’s action
nor the acts of the present administra¬
tion of the United States government
can hold the white metal down. At
last the silver standard nations of the
American continent are rising up to
protest and to force England to recog¬
nize silver as it has been recognized
in the past. The Central and South
American republics are refusing to pay
interest on their bonds held in Eng¬
land, in gold, when England is at¬
tempting to make silver a worthless
metal.
Reporters Under the Ban.
A special from Tavares, Fla., says:
The third day of the Paekwood mur¬
der trial opened with a mild sensa¬
tion. Judge Broome, Avho is presid¬
ing in the ease, furnished it. He an¬
nounced that if any newspaper com¬
mented on the evidence he would im¬
mediately bar all reporters from the
courtroom. Plain statements as to
the evidence and rulings might be
furnished, but the suggestion of a
comment would be treated as contempt
of court.
KILLED THE BLAND BILL.
An Atteipt to Pass it 0?er He Presi¬
dent's Veta Fails,
Twenty-Eight Votes Were Needed to
Carry it Through.
The house voted on the question of
passing the seigniorage bill over the
president’s veto Wednesday afternoon.
The vote stood 144 to 114—not two
thirds, and the seigniorage bill is now
dead.
An analysis of the vote, however,
shows that eight more than two-thirds
of the democrats voted to pass the
bill over tho veto. With the republi¬
cans out it would have passed. The
144 votes in the affirmative were com¬
posed of 118 democrats, eighteen re¬
publicans and eight populists.
The negative vote showed fifty-five
democrats and fifty-nine republicans.
Speaker Crisp himself voted aye.
When he did there was applause from
the majority of democrat.
The fight was unexpectedly launched
upon the house. It was short and
quick, but it was wildly exciting.
When the housi met, a quorum of
democrats was present, and after seve¬
ral roll calls Mr. English, of Califor¬
nia, was seated. Then Mr. Bland
called tip the seigniorage bill and
moved its passage over the president’s
veto. Immediately there was great
excitement on the floor. As the clerk
read the bill Mr. Bland sat silently
chewing his wad of tobacco.
Mr. Tracy, of New York, rushed to
General Sickles to confer with him.
Tom Reed, Burrows, Boutelle and
Cannon conferred. As soon as the
reading was over General Sickles cried
out: “Mr. Speaker, I raise the ques¬
tion of consideration.” He tried to
argue his point and at the same time
everybody else in the house tried to
talk.
Finally the speaker overruled the
question of consideration on the ground
that the constitution provided that a
bill vetoed by the president should be
returned to the house in which it orig¬
inated, and that Avhen returned such
house should immediately proceed to
consider it. The house could, by a
vote, postpone, but the question of
consideration was not iu order.
When the speaker completed his
ruling Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, sug¬
gested in his usual sarcastic style that
he would like to haA r e additional rea¬
sons. “As the chair has stated be¬
fore, ” responded Speaker Crisp, * ‘when
the chair makes a ruling aud gives
reasons it holds that no gentleman has
the right to ask for any other and fur¬
ther reasons than those stated.”
“That is one of the later inno\*ations
of the chair,” facetiously remarked
Boutelle.
“That is one of the rulings which
has been made to resent what the chair
regards as impertinence,” quickly re¬
plied the speaker in firm and com¬
manding cifsairi'*^ad8t femes. Boutelle dropped in
his applause. Then there
Avere nouarries of “Vote, vote,” on
the democratic side.
Mr. Bland cried amid the furor that
he Avas A\-illing for an immediate A*ote.
The speaker put the question quickly
and declared that under the constitu¬
tion an aye and nay vote Avas required
and at once the clerk began the roll
call. The result of the vote was ayes,
144; nays, 114. Recapitulation: Ayes
—democrats 118, republic: ns 18, pop¬
ulists 8. Noes—eastern and middle
state democrats 48, southern democrats
7, republicans 59.
THE “WAR” IS OVER.
The Inquest Over ihe Bead Dispensary
Constables.
The latest advices from Darlington
state that the situation is entirely sat¬
isfactory. The inquest over the dead
constables was conducted at the rail¬
road station, which is under heavy
guard. The constables aa-1io Avere in
the affray all testified and were taken
back to Columbia. The evidence will
not be given out until the verdict of
the jury is rendered.
General Richbourg estimates the
cost of the expedition at $25,000. A
shortage has been discoA’ered in the
dispensary at Florence. Everything
has been amicably settled, however,
and the entire trouble is thought to be
at an end.
THE “WAR” IS OA'ER.
A special from Columbia says: The
mimic war into which Governor Till¬
man’s proclamation plunged the state
of South Carolina, seems to have
practically come to an end. Three
men were killed and four others
wounded during the five days’ “insur¬
rection.” The declaration and en¬
forcement of martial Irav in the coun¬
ties of Darlington and Florence, have
cost the state $20,000 in actual expen¬
ditures, and will entail the more ex¬
pensive legacy of a thorough reorgan¬
ization of the militia on difficult and
noA*el lines.
DOCTORS MEET.
The International Medical Conference
Assembles in Rome
The doctors of the world assembled
in Rome, Italy, in international con¬
ference. These great gatherings of the
medical and scientific men of the world
are held triennially, but, owing to va¬
rious unforeseen circumstances this
conference was postponed to the pres¬
ent date from last September. The
men Avho speak here represent every
phase of the medical and scientific
world. The official list of Americans
who will attend comprises almost two
hundred names—hardly equal to the
great attendance in Berlin in 1890.
MILITARY CALLED OFF.
Governor Tillman Proclaims that the
War is Over.
A Columbia special received Thurs¬
day night says: The troops have been
withdrawn from Darlington and Flor¬
ence and Avill be paid off and dismiss¬
ed. Governor Tillman received infor¬
mation from General Richbourg that
the “insurgents have dispersed,” that
peace and order are restored and the
civil authorities are now able to up¬
hold and enforce the law. The gover¬
nor accordingly issued a proclamation
declaring that the two counties are nr r
longer in insurrection, and resing to
the civil status,
OHR LATEST DISPATCHES.
file flappenla£s ot a Day Ciujaiclei ia
Erief and Coac.se Pamrapls
And Containing the Gist of the Newjt
From All Parts of the World.
N. H. Marshall, a boot, shoe and hat
dealer, at Lynchburg, Va., has made
an assignment ; liabilties $4,600.
Paddock A* Fowler, fruit brokers
and general commission merchants, of
New York, have made an assignment.
The liabilities are estimated at over
$ 100 , 000 .
Four men were drowned in the Chat¬
tahoochee river opposite Columbus,
Ga., Thursday afternoon. Five men
were out fishing in a boat and attempt¬
ed to descend the slough near what is
known as No. 1 rock. The boat was
capsized and all except one man went
down.
The bodies of two negro men were
found floating in Mulberry creek, nine
miles from Selma, Ala. The two were
tied together with a rope, and their
ears were cut off. They ore believed
to have been the murderers of Miss
Jessie Rucker, iu Chilton county, sev¬
eral weeks ago.
Dispatches from Connellsville, Pa.,
state that the signal for a general
movement of the strikers from the
southern end of the region across
Younghiogheny river into the north¬
ern section has been given and the in¬
dications are that the strikers are mak¬
ing & decisive movement of the strike
and mob.
The annual convention of the South¬
ern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
was held in New Orleans and delegates
from most of the soutnern states were
present. The convention was held in
the old Royal hotel, one of tho most
historic buildings of New Orleans, and
the statehouse in the days of recon¬
struction.
The contract for building the new
county courthouse at Montgomery lias
been let and Birmingham got a good
share of the pie. Hopkins & Bros, were
awarded the plastering contract and
George F. Wlieelock was given the
galvanized iron work. The new court¬
house will be an exceedingly handsome
structure.
A special from Providence, R. I.,
says: In last year’s election tho dem¬
ocrats secured forty-one members of
the house, and fourteen in the senate.
This year they elect but three senat¬
ors and three representatives. Gov¬
ernor R. Russell Brown will have 6,000
plurality in the state. Brown’s vote
last year was 21,830, and Baker’s 22,
015.
A cable dispatch from Paris says:
The excitement caused by the explo¬
sion of a bomb in a restaurant on the
Foyou, Wednesday night, has not
abated, but rather increased, and the
fact that a bomb exploded in front of
the palace of Luxumburg, convinces
many that the original intention was
to blow up the senate chamber. Foyou
restaurant is badly Avrecked.
Coxey’s army gained 209 recruits at
Pittsburg, Pa., most of them Hunga¬
rians and SlaA’orians and densely ig¬
norant, with no knoAvledge whatever
of Coxey’s purpose. Some of Coxey’s
supporters fear that this clement Avill
make the army a disorderly body. As
it now stands the entire force numbers
about 500; consequently the question
of feeding and caring for the men has
become a A r ery serious one.
A Columbia, S. C., dispatch says:
The action of the state executive com¬
mittee of jjrohibitionists, Avhich has
adjourned, probably means a state
ticket in the coming campaign against
the Tillman faction. L. 1). Childs
presided at the meeting of the com¬
mittee. Heretofore the prohibitionists
have never been in the field in South
Carolina as a political party. The
committee issued an address calling a
state convention to meet in Columbia
in June.
The Norwegian bark Asia, lumber
laden, passed down the Mobile, Ala.,
ship channel Thursday from the city
to the gulf drawing twenty-two feet
and seven inches of Avater. The plan
of improvement under the present nfi
propriation contemplates a depth of
twenty-five feet in the channel and
this test shows that the government
Avork is being carried out skillfully.
Before this dredging of the channel
began the deepest draft vessel which
could come to Mobile was nine feet.
TO ARREST POACHERS
Unless England Comes to Time Regard¬
ing Seal Fisheries.
A Washington special says: It is
learned land that unless Behring by May" 1st Eng¬
agrees to the seal fishery
modus vivendi, the United States Avill
proceed to arrest poachers in the clos¬
ed waters regardless of nationality.
The secretary of the navy has been
directed to assemble his fleet on the
Pacific station. In the meantime a
new bill will be pushed before con
gress giving authority to British naA*al
naval officers to arrest American
poachers if parliament passes a similar
bill acceptable to the United States.
A $2,000 FIRE.
A Blaze in Barry, III., Destroys the
Business District-.
The opera house at Barry, Ill.,
caught fire after a ball early Sunday
morning. The flames spread quickly,
aud in a short time destroyed the busi¬
district "
ness of the city. Among the
buildings burned are the city hall, the
engine house and jail, every meat mar¬
ket in town, the largest clothing store
in the county and more than fifty
buildings and stores. The loss is be¬
tween $150,000 and $200,000. The in¬
surance will amount oo one-half.
ON THE WAR-PATH,
Bloody Battle Between Indians and
White Men on the Reservation.
A delayed special from Elreno, Ok¬
lahoma, states that a battle occurred
Sunday between Indians and white
men who went on the open reserva¬
tion. Ten or twelve are reported as
killed. ~ Five companies from Fort
Reno and troops from Fort Sill and
Fort Supply were ordered to the seeno
Q. f the fight.
SOUTHERN NEWS
Drift of He Sontli’s Progress anl Pros¬
perity Briefly Notei
Happenings of Interest Portrayed in
Pithy Paragraphs.
A Columbia, S. C., special says:
_ lie strife and the apital
l is now over t
City has settled down to her normal
condition after the intense strain iuei
dent to the dispensary tragedy.
Three workmen were killed outright
by the collapse of a bridge at Bedford,
Yu. Eighty men wore at work on the
structure when it fell and wont down
with it. Besides those killed many of
the men were seriously injured and
some of them may die.
The Central Trust Company of New
York, is making another effort to oust
J. B. Glover from the receivership of
the Marietta and North Georgia rail¬
way, A petition to this effect lias
been filed in tlie United States court
at Atlanta by the attorney of the trust
company.
Two men were arrested at Sumter,
S. C., Tuesday, one named Cain, a
constable, engaged in the killing of
Normentin the Darlington row, and a
man who gave his name as McKnight
and claimed to be an officer, on his
way to Columbia with Cain under ar¬
rest.
A strike among the employes on the
government work at the Chickamauga
National park has seriously interrupted
that project and thrown several hun¬
dred men out of employment. The
trouble arose over the small fee
charged each laborer by the contractor
for medicinal services. Neither side
will yield.
In the federal court at Birmingham,
Ala., Judge Bruce granted the motion
of the district attorney to discharge
the federal jury box on the ground
that it had been irregularly drawn.
The court ordered a now jury box to
be filled. lie said he did not know
whether he would summon a new grand
jury or not.
A judgment for $130,000 has been
obtained against the North Highlands
Land Company by the Ely ton Land
Company, all of Birmingham, Ala.
The judgment was for five notes of
$55,000 and accrued interest since 1886.
The judgment is for the foreclosure of
certain acreage property in the north¬
ern suburbs which was sold the defend¬
ant company by the Elyton company.
A deed of trust has been filed by the
Lanier-Peebles Furniture company,
one of the oldest furniture houses in
Chattanooga, Tenn., in favor of credi¬
tors. The liabilities are named as
$10,700. The assets, though not sched¬
uled, are equally large. General dull¬
ness and consequent inability to pay
are given ns the reasons for this move.
The stock will be closed out at once.
The state conference of reformers
was held at Columbia, S. C., Wednes¬
day. It was decided to hold a state
convention of the reform faction on
August 14tl» to select nominees for
governor and lieutanant governor. This
will be after the regular democratic
convention. An address to the farm
ers was issued. Itesolutions were
adopted commending Governor Till¬
man’s course in upholding law and or¬
der in the dispensary troubles.
Judge Newman of the United States
court at Atlanta has signed an interlo¬
cutory decree ordering the sale of the
Cartersvillle Improvement, Gas and
Water Company. The company is now
in the hands of a receiver. The petition
for order states that the company iR
utterly insolvent and it is necessary to
sell the plant together with all the
property in order that the funds aris¬
ing therefrom may be applied to the
payment of the bonds.
The Manufacturer's Record pub¬
lishes letters from thirty large fertil¬
izer dealers in Florida, Tennessee,
Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama, North
Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina,
which show that less cotton is being
planted this year, and that more atten¬
tion is being given to food products.
Sixteen of the firms estimate that the
area of cotton planted this year will
be from 5 to 30 per cent less than last
year; eighteen note an improvement
in the general condition of business.
A state convention of coal miners
has been held at Birmingham, Ala.,
and a new scale of w-ages agreed upon.
It carries a general reduction of 10 per
cent with the condition that the oper¬
ators make corresponding reductions
in house rent, store and mining sup¬
plies, doctors’ hills, etc. The above
scale and conditions will be submitted
to the miners at large for their ap¬
proval. The reduction means over
$50,000 per month to the operators
who had threatened to shut down on
account of the low price of iron and
threatened anti-taritf legislation.
MONEY FOR CHER0KEES.
Their Claim Against the Government
Finally Settled.
B. T. Wilson k Co., bankers of New
York, have paid to the sub-treasury
$6,740,000 in final settlement of the
Cherokee Nation claim against the
government of the United States.
This money was placed to the credit of
the Cherokee Nation, the government
holding it for them, subject to their
order, as a trustee. It will ultimately
be paid over to the proper officials
of that nation when it will be divided
up per capita, each citizen of that na¬
tion receiving something less than
$300 as his or her share. This claim,
which has been the subject of consider¬
able litigation, arose out of the sale of
6,250,000 acres of land to the United
States by the Cherok-e Nation, for
which the government paid only a
very small portion in cash.
MORE WAR SHIPS.
England to Add 120 Battleships to
Her Fleet.
The Pall Mall Gazette (London)
says that a complete program of the
government in the expenditure for the
ensuing financial year of £17,366,100
in the naval establishment, as an
nounced in the naval estimates, in¬
volves the construction of thirteen
ironclad war ships, thirty-seven cruis¬
ers, sixty-four torpedo destroyers and
six sloops. The estimates for 1804
exceed those of 1893 by £126,000.
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MsmorisJ Day.
Memorial Day is observed in all of
the Southern eiates. It had its ori¬
gin iii the South, and was first pro¬
posed by Mrs. .Mary A. Williams, 11 k*
widow of a soldier of ihe Mexican and
Civil Wars, Major Charles J. Wil¬
liams, of Columbus, Ga. The first
observance, 1868, was due largely It)
the agitation of the subject by I ho
late Albert*Lamar, at that time editor
of the Columbus Sun, and to John
Martin then in charge of the Colum¬
bus Enquirer. The day was fixed on
the 26; h of April. This date has been
generally observed since its inaugur¬
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while Virginia and Kentucky and the
more northern of 1 he Southern States
observe May 10, as their flowers are
not abundant earlier. After t lie
Southern people had observed the
day for two or three years the cus¬
tom was adopted by the people of
the Northern States, and May 30
fixed as Memorial Day. The day is
observed with great pomp and cero
mony at all national cemeteries in
the South.—[Detroit Free Press.
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When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
In the cargo of a steamer which
recently arrived at a Pacific mimb<flPof ^|rt
from China were a
boxes of silkworms, in transit for
London. After lire steamer arrived
in port the worms began to crawl out
of faeir cocoons. Holes had been
bored in the boxes to give air to the
worms. They soon found the
holes, crawled through them,
and a number succeeded in reach¬
ing the deck, where they were
picked up by visitors. An en¬
terprising man on shore saw the
worms, bought all he could get, and
proposes starting a silk industry in
Oregon.
Skin
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by an impure blood, which will
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Unless removed, slight impurities
will develop into Scrofula, Ecze¬
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results of
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