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A COMPROMISE TARIFF BILL
Fair Progress Sow Being Made by
the Conferees.
It Will Be Two or Three Days Yet,
However. Before an Agreement Oan
Be Announced as a Certainty- Sugar,
Iron Ore and Coal Still the Principal
Bones of Contention.
Washington. Aug. 2.—The democratic
tariff conferees held an unusually long
session to-day, lasting from 10 o'cloek
, m , until 1:30 p. m., and then, after a
few minutes for lunch-, continued through
the afternoon. No agreement had been
reached up to the noon recess. The con
ferees said, however, that fair progress
was being made. One of the House men
*aid it would take two or three days yet
before it could be said with certainty that
a bill would be agreed on. As heretofore,
aucar, iron ore and coal are the items at
issue.
As to iron and coal, there seems to be
good grounds for the report that a sliding
Kale compromise is under consideration,
hr which the 40 cents per ton duty will be
reduced for four years until entirely ex
tinguished. It is understood that this
plan commends itself to the President
and Chairman Wilson, as it will in time
bring a realization of free raw materials.
JONES HOPEFCL.
Senator Jones came out of the tariff
conference committee room about 12
O’clock to-day and said that the conferees
were still at work and he hoped that a
basis of agreement might be found. He
said that umto tbat time there had been
Bothing done with a view of preparing a
report, and he could say that nothinghad
been agreed upon absolutely. He indi
cated that there might be some changes,
but maintained that the Senate cenferees
knew they could not depart far from the
Senate bill. He believed the House confer
ees were beginning to realize this, feature
of the contest, and intimated that some
schedules would be rewritten. There
seems to be a general feeline among mem
bers of both houses that a compromise
between the conferees will be reached
within a day or two.
THE CALL FOB A CAUCUS.
Chairman Holman of the House demo
cratic caucus committee conferred with
Representative Springer as to the pro
posed caucus to-day, and then authorized
the following statement:
■While the call for the caucus is signed,
It has been considered desirable, after
consultation with Mr. Springer, that the
caucus be deferred until the conferees
reach the conclusion that there is no hope
of breaking their deadlock. There has
never been the remotest desire to inter
fere with the conferees in their effort to
reach an agreement. The caucus was
proposed and will be held only as a means
of considering a remedy when the chance
of breaking the deadlock is hopeless.’’
THE COMPROMISE BILL.
In the compromise tbat it is suggested
may be agreed to, an effort will be made
to meet the complaint that the ad valorem
gives the sugar trust a special benefit in
addition to the one-eighth differential.
There is no probability of the one-eighth
being taken off.
As to coal and iron ore, a proposition is
made to accept the Senate rate of 40 cents
a ton for this year, with a provision for a
gradual reduction, until at the end of
four years all duties shall be abolished.
These propositions have not been agreed
.to, nor are they the only ones being con
sidered. but they appear to be the most
promising Whatever the Senate yields
on these three items, however, is apt to
take so much off what the House might
otherwise expect to get as to other sched
ules in the bill. As far as tariff legisla
tion may effect the public, there
are other schedules in the bill
of greater importance than those
which are in public dispute,
but as public attention has been directed
toward these they are the questions at
issue, and therefore there is more politics
in them. On account of this situation the
House may sacrifice matters of more real
consequence in trying to get concessions
on sugar, iron ore and coal.
PROGRESS.
When the tariff conference broke up
this afternoon, the House members re
ported to their friends that substantial
progress was being made, but as usual de
clined to state in what particular.
One of tne House conferees said to-day
that an agreement on coal, iron ore and
sugar would certainly be reached either
Saturday or on Monday next.
One of tihe Senate conferees said to-day
that the billis now in such shape that an
agreement, can be reached very speedily
if the House wishes, or the whole bill
may be defeated if the House insists on
it.
WISLLMAN ON THE ICE.
Tbe Ragnvald Jarl Oruehed to Pieces,
but He Pushes On.
Chicago. Aug. 2.—A cablegram was re
ceived in this city to-day from Tromsoe,
Norway, announcing that Capt. Emil
Pedersen, Engineer L. Winship and H.
Westfalt, mountaineer and cook, and one
sailor of the polar expedition, which left
that place in May on the steamer
Kugnvald Jarl, under command of Waiter
Wellman, have returned to Tromsoe on a
whaler. They bring information of the
loss of the Kagnvald Jarl on May 24. The
accident occurred some time after the
'■'ssel had left Dane island, near Spitz
bergeu. A great field of pack ice was
encountered, and the boat was ground
to pieces. Mr. Wellman and his party had
sufficient warning of the impending de
struction. to enable them to escape to tbe
■cc with the greater portion of their sci
entific instruments, alumnium boats,
provisions and dogs.
Mr Wellman and party, with the ex
ception of those who reached Tromsoe
t" day, resolutely set out in search for the
Pole. T hey were then within a few de-
Vf' ss of the latitude reached by Lock
"_ood of the Greely expedition. The loss
of the Kagnvald Jarl will greatly hamper
the enterprise, but it is probable that an
other teat will be fitted up at once and
dispatched to the relief of the party.
SOUTH OMAHA’S STRIKE.
All t he Packing- Houses Forced to Sus
pend Operations.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 2.—Ail the packing
bouses in South Omaha were forced to
'lose to-day by the strike of the cattle
* nd hog butchers. Over 10,000 head of
botrs were received at the yards to-day,
ut the paoking houses instructed their
nni Vtrs n 9 l 10 huy at any figure. The
way trading done was by shippers,
xh, ® offort was made to-day toward a
~ lement of the strike, and the situa
0D was practically unchanged.
IDAHO’S POPULISTS.
dominations Made for Oongrenman
and Governor.
fioise, Ida., Aug. 2.—The populist con-
Vf -.‘tion to-day made the following nomi-
Nation t:
*■ or Congress—James Gunn of jßoise.
cor Governor—K. J. W. Ballentine of
“ClLfcvue,
convention declared against fusion
Voti " lhe democrats by ari unanimous
I lie resolutions declare in favor of
’'oinan suffrage
AN EARLY MORNING FRACAS.
Ex-Policeman Dyer Fired On by a
Negro.
A shooting scrape early this morning,
about 12:30 o’clock, at East Broad and
Perry street lane, came near resulting
serionsly forex-Policeman C. W. Dyer.
Two strange negroes have been making
it decidedly disagreeable in that neigh
borhood for several nights past, and last
night Detective Bossell was telephoned
for to go down and arrest them. He was
not at the barracks at the time, and ex-
Policeman Dyer, having nothing to do,
answered the call.
He went to the place with two spotters,
and ■ the two negroes who
had been the cause of the
tro üble were soon located. D.verand the
spotters started chasingdnem down Perry
steet lane. In a moment one of the ne
groes said to his companion’ "Don't
run any further," and with that he turned
about and faced Dyer and the
spotters. As Dyer came up. and when
he was within about twelve teet of him,
one of the negroes fired his pistol directly
at hun. As he fired a second shot Dyer
fell to the ground, and the negro fired
two or three more shots, thinking he had
hit him The two negroes then escaped.
Ex-Policeman Dyer, however, was not
hurt. \\ hen the first shot was fired he
fell to the ground to escape being hit, and
in this way he avoided injury. A search
was made for the negroes this morning,
out they could not be found.
A Fine Dog Returned to Her Owner.
Detective Mose Lilienthal did a good
piece of work yesterday in recovering a
line Irish setter, lost by Mr. J. J. Thomp
son last October. The dog was found in
the possession of a farmer in Screven
county, who had bad her for some time,
and was very iotn to give her up Mr.
Thompson was overjoyed at the recovery
of his dog. The dog is registered, is of a
very fine breed and valued at $l5O.
Morninig News vs. Electric Railway
The Morning News Base Ball Club de
feated the Electric Railway nine yester
day at Collins park in a well-contested
and highly interesting game by a score of
6 to 3. The feature of the game was
the battery work of King and McAvoy
of the Morning News nine. The battery
for the Electrics was McDonald, C'olina
and Walsh.
ATTACKED ON THE STREET.
The Female Operator of the Western
Union the Victim of a Blow.
Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 2.—The whites
and blacks of the capital city are consid
erably wrought up on account of a mur
derous attack- on a lady here Tuesday
night. The lady- operator in the Western
Union telegraph office closes up her office
at 8 o’clock p. m. She started for her
boarding house atthat hour Tuesday night
and had not gone three blocks from
her office, and not two blocks from the
main business street of the city, when
someone stepped out from behind a large
oak tree on the edge of the sidewalk and
dealt her a terrible blow on the left side
of her face. For a moment she was
dazed, and for another moment she was
face to face with her cowardly assailant,
who made no further attempt to molest
her, and ran rapidly toward the business
center of the city.
The lady was taken to her home and
Dr. Betton called in, who dressed her
wounds and sewed uy> a gash in her fore
head. While her wounds are very pain
ful they are not regarded as serious. The
lady says her assailant was a white boy.
She saw him as he stood before her after
the assault, and watched him as he passed
by a street lamp in his flight.
As soon as the nows was received up
town a posse of indignant gentlemen
started out in search of the dastardly
scoundrel, and it is well for him that they
did not find him. Going in the direction
where the outrage was committed and not
knowing whether the guilty party was
white or black, a negro barber, G. H.
Cabule, with a handkerchief around his
neck and carrying a coat on his arm, was
arrested and locked up on suspicion. He
was. however, discharged without trial
on Wednesday'.
As no crime of this character has been
committed in this community, the entire
population—white and colored—is very
justly indignant. Dr. W. J. Gurnee,
backed by other colored men, offer SSO
for tbe conviction of a negro of the crime,
and $25 for the conviction of a white man,
as the assailant of the lady.
The lady came here last year, and by
strict attention to business, courteous
treatment of all, and dignified and
womanly bearing has made friends of all
who know her.
United States Marshal E. C. Weeks,
will make Tallahassee his headquarters
for the present.
MACON S COMING FAIR.
Preparations to Give President Cleve
land an Ovation.
’Macon, Ga., Aug. 2.—The people of
Macon are already preparing for the re
ception of President Cleveland on the oc
casion of his anticipated visit to Georgia
and the Dixie Interstate Fair in October
next.
The details of the work of preparation
have been placed in the hands of a special
committee from the exposition company,
to which wiil be added a large number of
the most prominent men in the south.
Senator Patrick Walsh and other members
of the Georgia delegation will be asked to
act with the committee, which has been
instructed to spare no expense in order
that the reception may surpass in mag
nificence and enthusiasm anything here
tofore attempted m the south.
On the occasion of the opening of Geor
gia’s great exposition in 1894 it is ex
pected that every southern governor wiil
be in the procession.
OKLAHOMA'S DEMOCRATS.
Nearly a Dozen Candidates for the
Congressional Nomination.
Guthrie, O. TANARUS., Aug. 2.—Red hot times
prevailed at the democratic electoral
convention which was held at the town
of El Reno yesterday. The report of the
resolutions committee precipitated a long
battle between the administration and
anti-administration crowds. The resolu
tions, as finally adopted, indorsed the ad
ministration. declared for free coinage of
American silver and demoded that con
gress at once pass a tarifr bill based on
the Chicago plattorm. The convention
then began balloting for delegate to con
gress, with Hon. Joseph Wesley of Guth
rie in the lead. There are nearly a dozen
candidates. ___
BEN'S BARROOMS.
Local Authorities Restrained From In
terfering With the State Dispenser.
Charleston. S. C., Aug. 2.—At Aiken to
day Judge Aldrich signed an order re
straining tbe local authorities from inter
fering with the state dispenser, in thedi's
cliarve of his duties. The order was
made returnable on Aug. 9. and will prob
ably result in a decision upon the consti
tutionality of the dispensary law of 1893.
under which Gov. Tillman claims that he
has the right to resurrect the dispensary.
Shot Dead by His Son.
Bristol. Tenn . Aug. 2.-Chris Evans
was killed by his 17-year-old son, Bud, in
in Hambley county, near Bull's Gap, to
day Evans was drunk and had shot the
boy with a Winchester rifle
Populist Nominee for Congress.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 2.—The populist
convention nominated W. E. Streud
for congressman from tbe Fourth district.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1894.
AN ARMY OF BABIES.
Spain’s Little King Commands the
Smallest Soldiers in the World.
Seven-year-old Veterans-They Shoot,
March, Play Their Own Music and
Do Wonderful Drills.
From the New York Press.
San Sebastian, Spain, July 20.—There
has just occurred here a ceremony and an
incident that probably has never before
been witnessed in the entire history of
the world. It was accompanied with ail
the pomp that surrounds the Spanish
court, and was unique in its purpose and
its meaning.
Last week the queen regent, the baby
King Alphonso and the entire court left
the ornate palace in Madrid to take ud its
summer quarters here, where a palace of
enormous extent annually awaits the
coming of the royal party. This is the
full limit of the summer outing that is
permitted the youngster whose mission is
to rule over Spain. The king is an ordi
nary Spanish baby, having a fat phleg
matic face, a high, protruding forehead
and noticeably thin body and limbs. He
rose to the dignity of pantaloons about
eighteen months ago, which brings more
forcibly to the eye the fact that the un
happy ruler is rather more that slightly
bowlegged.
This blemish in the physical perfection
of their sovereign the loyal Spaniards
affect not to notice, although the dress of
tbe king is particularly adapted to mak
ing it prominent. He invariably wears a
black satin shirt and knee breeches, with
long black silk stockings and patent
leather pumps, except where he is clothed
jn elaborate regalia, jeweled chains and a
rich array of gold lace and gems—the
dress of power
All this came to San Sebastian with the
balance of the royal retinue, a fortnight
since, when tbe king prepared for the
unique ceremony that attracted to this
ancient city such a crowd as has been
seldom seen here before.
HE IS 4 SOLDIER NOW.
The event was the introduction of his
infantile majesty into the army of the
kingdom. For several montlis baby re
cruits to a regiment have been brought
together, uniformed and drilled, in antici
pation of this occasion. In all there were
700 of these nursery soldiers, their age
ranging from’,s to 8 years, and their sta
tion in life from the b-year-old son of Gen.
Tolaviega. one of the foremost military
men in Spain and the commander of the
fortified castle at San Sebastian, to the
sons of day laborers and other artisans.
The youngsters were at first gathered
in small squads of ten. and were drilled
by officers regularly detailed from the
castle. After becoming sufficiently pro
ficient to follow tho prescribed military
step, they were then put mto companies
of seventy. Finally, when they had ac
quired the ability to march properly they
were brought into the form of a regiment,
consisting of ten companies, of seventy
members each. They were then marched
en masse until they were absolutely per
fect in their step—although with the
automaton movement that distinguishes
our West Point cadets.
Up to this point they had not been uni
formed, but now they were furnished
with suits of blue, surmounted by red
caps similar in shape to those worn by
the Spanish regulars. The style of the
uniform is that of a dress suit, swallow
tail coat, elaborately trimmed with gold
braid and buttoned across the chest with
gold frogs. A gold stripe runs down the
side of the pantaloons, gold epaulets are
on ihe shoulders, and the hat is trimmed
with gold braid. The buttons bear a like
ness of the king with his name in relief
around it. Tne dress of the officers dif
fers only in the quantity of decoration,
the cloth being almost entirely concealed
by heavy gold lace.
The weapons, consisting of rifle with
bayonet, a brace of pistols ana a cartridge
belt filled with balls, were all made espe
cially for tbe purpose and are all on di
minutive scale. The rifles are absolutely
perfect, quite as much so as those of reg
ulation size and bore. They are beauti
fully made, the stocks being of rosewood
and the barrel being ornamented with sil
ver. They carry a very small cartridge
and make an explosion like that of a fire
cracker or paper torpedo. The revolvers
are made unon the same admirable plan
and correspond in size with the dimen
sions of the soldiers.
DBCMMBRS UNDER SIX.
While the entire regiment is exceedingly
interesting, the drum corps probably de
manded more attention at the-parade than
any other portion of the regiment The
drummers are all under 6 years of age
and are most enthusiastic in their efforts
to make a noise, while the music from the
hand is most creditable for children of so
young an age.
In order to be prepared to take com
mand of this imposing array and show
that it is effective in the defense of his
nation, the king has been coached pri
vately in the innermost retreats of his
palace, and has been thoroughly saturated
with the meaning of the various
commands and the natural dignity, which
any or.e who has seen him realizes tnat
he possesses, has been brought up to the
military standard by the personal
teaching of Gen. Alveriez, one of the
most courtly and perfect disciplinarians
in the Spanish service. A special train
made the trip of 400 miles to San Sebas
tian in something under twenty-four
hours, which, for Spain, is hardly short
of the miraculous. As it drew into the
magnificent station it was met with a sa
lute from the castle and from the scores
of vessels anchored in the roadstead.
Along the line of the road for a mile the
troops were drawn up at present arms.
Two days after the arrh al of the royal
party the king formally took command of
his army on the broad esplanade. The regi
ment, two deep, extended along the front
of the sea wall, aodstood thus at rest for
an hour before the royal commander put
in an appearance.
THE KINO APPEARS.
Finally a full-sized orderly on a full
grown horse dashed across the esplanade
and saluted the lieutenant commander of
the regiment, aged 7 years. He an
nounced to that officer that the king was
at that moment emerging from the palace,
and would reach tho foot of the line in ten
minutes. Then he saluted, wheeled his
horse and dashed away again. The
lieutenant colonel, mounted upon a beau
tiful pony with a long, white
tail that swept the ground, gave
an order to bis lieutenant, the
drums burst into a long roll, the cap
tains of tbe various companies called
their men to arms and in a few moments
tho line was dressed perfectly and every
rifle was held over tbe shoulder at exactly
the same angle. There was a moment of
suspense, and then came the sound of the
clatter of hoofs at a distance, a cloud of
dust was seen down the road and rapidly
emerging from it the royal cortege. The
horses were at a gallop and were not
reined up until they were a few yards
irom the line of soldiers. A crowd of
over fifty thousand people was with dif
ficulty held in check on the opiiositc side
of the esplanade.
Just before the royal carriage stopped
the lieutenant colonel of the regiment
gave the order for present arms, and al
most as one person the entire 700 brought
their rifles to a vertical position before
them. The maneuver was greeted with a
storm of applause from the civilians, and
before it aied away the landau containing
the king and Gen. Tolaviega started on a
trot down the front of the line. At the
carriage passed each company its captain
saluted gracefully and just at the right
instant, and the king witn his personal
staff of richly attired officers following
behind, swept down the entire length of
the esplanade.
REVIEWED HIS TROOP*.
Arriving at the end of the line, the king
alighted from the carriage and mounted a
richly saddled horse. The horse was just
a trifle larger than an ordinary pony,
beautifully proportioned and perfectly
white, with white mane and tail. The
king looked like a perfect commander
when he sat erect in the saddle and turned
the patent leather tips of his infantiie
boots just sufficiently inward to save the
side of his horse from contact with his
golden spurs. Gen. Tolaviega. withdrew
to a position among the officers of the
castle and the entire esplanade was given
up to the infant brigade
Hiding some fift,\ feet ahead of his
staff, the king then walked his horse
back again the length of tbe regiment,
being a second time saluted, and then
took his stand under a purple silk canopy,
his staff gathered about him. and the reg
iment prepared for the march past.
The companies, with wonderful precis
ion, swung into line, ana with the band
playing the Spanish national hymn tne
little regimem fell into a review step and
came down the marble pavement of the
great plaza with a swing that would have
done credit to a body of full grown reg
ulars. and which upon this occasion,
called forth such thunders of applause as
would hardly be expected by the regulars
themselves.
The band dropped out of the line of
march when it reached the reviewing
stand and drew up alongside the king's
staff, where it remained playing patri
otic airs until the regiment bad entirely
passed. The king now returped the sa
lutes of the officers as they went by, and
when the last company had passed the
seat where the king stood the band swuug
around at the end and followed after
playing some admirable selections from
the operas. The regiment proceeded to
its barracks, which bad been especially
erected for it. where the privates were
all treated to a banquet, and the officers
dined a little later with the king in the
great banquet hall of the castle, feasting
upon delicate morsels of easily digestible
food as befitted their tender years.
GEORGIA CROPS.
Their Condition as Shown by Park
Morrill of the Weather Bureau.
Atlanta, Aug. I.—Of rain there is no
longer any lack in Georgia, save in a few
localities in the north of the state, where,
curiously, the showers of tne last month
have failed to fall. The rainfall lias been
much heavier in the south and southeast
portions than in the north and west. In
many southeastern localities too much
rain has fallen, and the prayer is for hot
sunshine. The lasi month shows the
marvelously great recuperative power of
nature; where, a month ago, it
was deemed impossible that half
a crop could be matured, the pre
diction is now made that tbe
crops will be, on the whole, as good as
have been made in years. This is espe
cially true of corn, for which the best
crop in ten years is predicted in the north
ern half of tbe state. Cotton has im
proved to a less extent. For this crop
there has doubtless been too much rain.
The weed has made extremely rapid
growth, bat fruit has not formed to a cor
responding degree, and even the weed is
turning yellow- in some districts. Cot
ton needs the Shu. The minor crops of
lieas, in all varieties, pinders. potatoes,
cane, sorghum, garden vegetables, etc.,
are growing rapidly. But all are much in
grass, as there has been little opportunity
of late to plow and work crops on account
of tho-wetness of the sett.
No complaints of unfavorable weather
have come from the northwest section
this week. The rainfall and sunshine
have been so well equalized as to make
the past week one of the best tbis season
for the general improvement of all crops.
It has been stated tbat the corn is now far
ahead of w hat was predicted during the
drought, and tho prospects now are that
a crop, be’ter than the soil has yielded
for years, will be the result. Cotton has
made wonderful progress, and is now in
good condition. Tbe bolls are a little late
in forming. Threshing is about over.
Melons are doing finely, and 4 good quan
tity has already been .marketed. Turnips
are being sown. The seasonable weather
has also turned the pastures to a
more satisfactory hue, and good grazing
is not so hard to find as it was two weeks
ago. Sorghum, peas and sweet potatoes
are in fine condition.
The weather conditions of the past
week have been unusually favorable for
the rapid growth of all crops in Northern
Georgia. Corn, under the ipfluence of an
abundance of rain, has continued to im
prove until it now gives promise of as
fine a yield as has been known for many
years. Cotton is blooming rapidly, and
taking on forms Although this staple
has improved very rapidly and looks nice,
planters fear that it is weeding too fast,
and will become sappy. During the week
many farmers have thoroughly cleared
their fields of weeds and grass. Grass on
pasture lands is growing nicely, and indi
cations are for a very large harvest of
ha.v. Turnip sowing is still in progress.
Ail vegetables and garden truck are in a
most flourishing condition.
The general outlook for fine crops is im
proving every day in the northeastern
counties. In a few localities. the situa
tion remains the same as that of a week
ago, with the additional growth, of more
grass. Cotton is low, but doing well and
if the present good season continues, it
will come up to a good average. and the
fruit will be abundaut. Upland corn has
como out considerably, and that on the
lowlands is now in extra good conditian.
The farmers, no doubt, feel much re
joiced over the appearance of the whole
corn crop and its rapid changfe to better
during the past two weeks. Rye is being
threshed with better results than was
expected. A good supply of turnips are
being sown. Potatoes are 'dolrg well.
In a few places tho soil is too wet for
melons, but, in general, they are in fine
shape. Late cabbage is growing nicely.
The past week lias been most favorable
in the western section. Crops of all kinds
are fairly jumping forward. The only
fear is of too much rain. Up to the pres
ent, however, the recent heavy rains have
generally caused nothing but improve
ment, and the improvement in the condi
tion of all crops is's decided one. Cotton
has come right along finely, has made a
good sized weed at last, and is generally
fruiting wpll. A little warm, sunshiny
weather, now, will continue to shove cot
ton along rapidly. On some plan
tations cotton is already in much better
condition than the most sanguine could
have expected earlier in the season. Corn
Is growing luxuriantly, both that in tho
bottoms and on tho hill tops. Grass has
been troublesome, not only in corn but in
all other crops, but there have been
enough fair days in most localities to en
able the farmer to kill it. Pons, potatoes
and melons arc doing nicely in nearly
every locality. Plerity of melons are al
ready ripe, and tbe quality is that only to
be expected in tbe genuine Georgia melon.
Rain and grass ane two important f:u
tors in Central Georgia at present. The
rainfall has been too heavy and too con
tinuous, affording no opportunity to kill
out grass and weeds. Asa result the lay
ing by of crops is delayed. The effect on
corn has been chiefly beneficial, anil a
good corn crop seems a certainty, in
some oounties they say the prospect is
better than it has been in twelve
years. .Fodder pulling will begin next
week. Cotton, however, has not been
benefited to the same extent Excess of
moisture lias. Indeed, stimulated a verv
rapid growth of the weed, but in many
eases the plant is turning yellow and tbe
growth of stalk is at the expense of a i
full fruiting. The sowing of tnrnips has i
also been delayed by the wetness of the
soil. and peas are in a very grassy condi
tion The condition of gardens has
greatly improved sinee the fains began.
Potatoes will likely make an excellent
crop in this section. The late crop of
melons will do far better than the early
or.e did Ribbon cape is growing finely,
and the yield will be excellent There is
now no lack of rain in this section, and
what is hoped for is a plenty of hot sun
shine.
Although the weather has, as a whole,
been favorable for the crops and planters
of the eastern counties, frequent heavy
rains have in some localities prevented
the proper working of the fields, and
many plantations are overrun with grass
and weeds. Cottouis grassy, yellow, and
sbedding slightly, but bids fair to give an
average yield. Fodder is ripening and.
with favorable weather, pulling will soon
begin Corn is in very fine condition, and
the yield wiil probably be satisfactory to
the farmer. Potatoes are growing
rapidly, and a few are large enough for
the table. Peas have a good s*and. but,
as is the ease with other vegetables and
crci a, arc aimost overrun with grass.
Sugar cane is flourishing. Gardens have
continued to improve, and there will be a
large supply of vegetables ready for the
market soon,
Although the frequent, and in many
cases heavy, rains of the past week have
not materially injured the crops of South
western Georgia, there would, no doubt,
have been more improvement in the gen
eral condition, had there been less moist
ure. All fields are overrun with weeds
and grass, as the farmer has had little
opportunity to work and clear bis fields.
Cotton in some localities is scalding,
while in others rust is complained of. A
few reporters say that cotton-worms have
made their appearance on river flat*.
Corn is about made and will be about an
average crop. Melons In most localities
have all been gathered and marketed.
Cane, peas and potatoes are growing
nicely and will give a fair harvest. Grapes
are in unusually fine condition, but there
is little of any other kind of fruit.
Heavy rains in the southern section
have delayed the pulling and saving of
fodder. Thunder and lightning was gen
eral, accompanying about every rainfall,
but no damage has been reported. Owing
to the heavy and .continued rainfall,
cotton has. in places, begun to rust and
shed. On most plantations, though, cot
ton is holding its own quite well. It is
generally receiving its last plowing, pre
vious to laying by. Corn, as a rule, is
only fair, yet it has been considerably
improved by the rains. Sugarcane, peas
and potatoes are doing well. Grass is
getting to be a nuisance in all of the
crops.
Rain continues to come in abundance to
the southeastern counties, and the crops
in many localities are now suffering for
the sun’s rays to relieve their drowning
condition. Cotton is shedding some, on
account of the continued wet weather.
Corn has passed the period of danger,
with a line crop, and most all of it bus
been laid by. 1-odder-pulling has teen
the order of the day on some plantations,
but will commence in earnest next week.
Butter beans are being shipped in large
quantities, together with a small amount
of peas. Winter turnips are being planted
by some. Rice is heading well.
THOM ASVILLE TOPICS.
A Fine Prospect for Good Crops.
Thomasville, Ga., Aug. 2.—L. H. Jer
ger. first lieutenant of the Thomasville
Guards, has been elected major of the
Fourth regiment. Maj. Jerger makes a
fine soldier.
Wolff Goldberg will move his mercan
tile business to Florida.
Mayor Hopkins and family, who have
been spending some weeks at St. Simons
Island, liavo returned.
The depressed times have had consid
erable affect on travel from Thomasville.
Most of the people who usually go away
are spending the summer at home.
Tbe health of Thomasville is excep
tionally good. Good water and a clean
town have ( one it.
Politics have quieted down for the
present. Tho people generally seem
satisfied with the drift things are tak
ing politically.
Thomas county made a good oat crop
and will make a big t orn crop. Hog and
hominy are taking the day in old
Thomas. A remarkable change has taken
place in this respect in the last ten years.
That’s why the farmers can thrive on 6-
cent cotton.
DESERTED BY DEBS.
He Leaves His Deluded Followers
to Shift for Themselves.
Chicago, Aug. 2.—The American Rail
way Union will not officially declare the
railroad strike off. Neither will it ad
vise the continuance of the struggle. The
members of tbe organization on each
road will be allowed to return separately
if they so decide, or remain out, but they
will receive neither orders or advice from
the union as a whole. This was the sense
of the delegates wbo assembled to-day in
this city to discuss tbe situation. The
convention was called to order this morn
ing by President Debs, and Secretary
Kcliher was present. Fifty-three ac
credited delegates were in attendance,
many of them from California, Wyoming
and Washington, Lack of funds pre
vented many of tho delegates from com
ing. .
CLEVER COUNTERFEIT.
It Is a $lO Legal Tender Note of the
Series of 1880.
Washington, Aug. 2.—The most danger
ous counterfeit of United States money
discovered for years is announced from
the treasury department to-day. Because
it is so difficult of detection from the gen
uine note the counterfeit is described in
minute detail by the secret service in
order to put the public upon its guard.
The counterfeit is of the *lO legal tender
note, series of 1880, check letter B, face
plate No. 2,350, back plate number 2,292,
signeu by W. S. Rosecrans, register;
James W Hyatt, treasurer, and bearing
a portrait of Webster, and a large round
red seal.
WYOMING'S REPUBLICANS.
A Full Ticket Nominated for State
Officers.
Casper, Wy., Aug. 2.—The Wyoming
republican convention to-day nominated
the following candidates for state offi
cers:
Governor-W. A. Richards
Congressman F. W. Donnell.
Secretary of State—C. W. Burdick.
Auditor W. N. Owen.
Treasurer Henry G- Hay.
Supreme Judge—Charles N. Potter.
Superintendent Public Instruction—
Miss Estelle Reel.
The platform declares in favor of free
silver and protection.
GOING BACK TO RUSSIA.
A Colony in Kansas Decides to Re
turn to the Fatherland.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 2.—Many of the
German-Hussians tielonging to what j s
known as the North Topeka Company,
in Shawnee county, have decided, on ac
count of the hard times, to return to their
old home on the Caspian sea Forty men.
women and children have left for New
York, whore they will embark for Ant
werp. and go thenee to Southern Russia.
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