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, YESTERDAY
IN WASHINGTON.
Secretary Herbert Will Attend the
Review.
Secretary Carlisle Makes a State.
I
meat as to Free Gold.
The Number of Office Seekers is Falling
Off Considerably.
Washington. D. C„ April 20. —The
President toady appointed W. Luther
Pratt postmaster at Bloctou, Ala., viee
Conelius Cadle, resigned.
Mulford M. Pepper, Home. Gu., viee
Z. B. Hargrove, resigned.
Comptroller Hepburn has appointed
Heavy M. Halt; Jr., receiver of the Ala
bama National Bank, Mobile, Ala.
Secretary Herbert was much better to
day, and was only prevented from re
suming his duties at the navy depart
ment by the inclemency of rite weather.
His improvement removes all doubt
about his trip to Humpton Roads, and
he will leave here some time tomorrow
for Annapolis, where the Dolphin awaits
him.
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Chief Justice Fuller, of tlie Supreme
Court, called at ithe navy department
today and personally informed Assistant
Secretary McAdoo that he would be
unable to attend the naval review,
owing to the press of business before
the court.
A telegram was received at the navy
depaicmout today from the euperinten
dent of the maritisge exchange, New
York, siting that the steamer Yucatan,
♦vhidh arrived yesterday, reports that
she sighted the Spanish fleet with the
Columbus caravels in tow Sunday last
off the extreme south coast of Florida,
and if the fleet has not met with ad
verse winds they should reach the Roads
today or tomorrow.
Secretary Carlisle tonight made the
following statement regarding the fin an
ci al situation: In the exercise of the
discretionary power conferred upon tla
Secretary of the Treasury by the act
of July 14, 1890. he has been paying
gold for the coin treasury notes issued
for the purchase of silver bullion, and
he will continue to do so as long as he
has goM lawfully available for that
purpose. Under this act the government
has been and is now paying gold for
silver bullion and storing the s'lver in
its vaults, where it is as useless for any
purpose of circulation or redemption as
iron, lead or any other commodity. The
government in the first place issued the
coin treasury note in payment for silver
bullion, and'than the con treasury note
is presented at the sub-treasury ami
gold is paid oait for it; so that the effect
is precisely the same as if gold were
paid directly for silver in the first in
stance. About SBOO,OOO of gold which
was withdrawn from the sub-treasury
on last Tuesday for shipment abroad
was paid out on these corn treasury
notes. No order has been made to stop
the payment of gold upon these notes,
nor has any one been authorized to
say that such an order would be issued.
. The purpose of the government is to
> preserve its own credit unimpaired, and
■ the uarftv of the two metals by all
Vatrful means within its power under
puny circumstances. lu view of the
vxnsting legislation tho only question
flor consideration !s as to the measures
that ought to be adopted to insure the
accomplishment of these purposes and
upon this question there is, of course,
room for wide difference of opinion.
The total stock of gold coin and gold
bullion now in this country, including
what is hold by the treasury as well as
what is held by banks and individuals
amounts to about $740.0011,000. VI hen
I came into the treasury department
on the 7th day of March the amount
of free gold on hand had been reduced
to $987,000, but by arrangements with
western banks it was increased until
on the Ist of April it amounted to nearly
$8,000,000. Then heavy shipments be
-an to be made and two days ago we
had only about $40,000. but now it
amounts to $885,000. itfrer deducting
what has been withdrawn from the sub
treasury today for shipment. Arrange
merits arc now in progTps> which
more gold is to be procured from the
west and T hone tliat a sufficient quan
tity will be secured to keep the gold
reserve intact. There is gold enough
in the country to meet all the require
■wienits of the situation, and it all who
are really interested in maintaining a
sound and stable currency would assist
the Secretary of the Treasury to the
extent of their abilities, tho existing
difficulties would soon be removed.
In addition to this statement Secretary
Carlisle said that SBOO,OOO in gold had
been taken out of the siib-troasnry in
New York today for export. Ihe class
of money paid into the sui'drca stiry
for this gold withdrawal included $400.-
000 in gold certificates, which, to that
amount, did not reduce the gold reserve
because they themselves were equally
gold. The actual gold reduction of the
day was only $400,000. leaving tint
out as above stated. Thia ls o'.£
considerable anjonnt of gold certificates
paid into the eub-treasury for gold ex
port for many years and encourages
treasury officials to hope that the banks,
seeing the situation, will continue to
present gold certificates in part payment
at least for the gold withdrawn from
export.
THE KAISER REACHES ROME.
He 1» Greeted with Great Cordiality by the
King.
Rome, April 20.-The weather is bril
liant and the city presents an extremely
animated appearance. It is estimated
thaJ not less than 150.000 visitors arc
in the city. The decorations everywhere
are* the most sumptuous and everything
indicates a desire on the part of tho
people to show their loyalty and joy
over the coming twenty-fifth anniver
sary of King Humbert’s marriage.
Tffie German Emperor and Empress
arrived at 1 this afternoon. Ring Hum
bert. and Queen Margharita met the
imperial visitors at the station. Ihe
greetings between the Emperor and
King Humbert and the Empress and
Oueen Margharita were most cordial.
After the greetings were over the pro
ceiion formed and drove to the Qmn
nil The people along the route bailed
foe imperial and toyal personages wtth
great enthusiasm and bands of all re„i
STnts played the Prussian national
hymn.
Wni7~MEET its debt.
Chattanooga, April 20.-An interview
with State Comptroller Harris >•« tomor
row's Times will say that for the first
time in Many years the state of Ten
nSsee will in July meet the semi-an
nuM interest on its bonded indebtedness
instead of borrowin any money, and that
the state is now entirely free from a
floating debt. The taxable properties of
the state have so largely increased
duping the past ten years that extraor
dinary expenditures amounting to over
$3 000,000 have been paid, m addition to
ordinary expenses, out of the revenues
without an increase of the tax rate.
The revenue this year will qxceed $1,500-.
000 The state has never been, since
the'creation of its debt in as good finan
cial condition as at present.
K, OF P. SESSION CLOSES.
Officers Elected and a Banquet of 1,000
Covert Given.
Mobile, Ala., April 20. The session of
the Grand Lodge of the Knight* of Py
thias of Alabama, came to a close today.
The following officers were elected: E.
B. McCarty Demopolis. Grand Chancel
lor; William Vaughu Birmingham, Grand
Vice Chancellor: Bennett Lomax Mont
gomery, Grand Prelate: Louis J. Adler
Uniontown. Grand Keeper of Records
and Seals; Jacob Grid, Montgomery, (re
elected thirteenth time) Grand Muster
of Exchequer: John H. Donahoo Tala
degn, Grand Muster at Arms;
J. .1. Hunter, Hamburg, grand inner
guard; J. Is. Thomas, Mobile, grand
outer guard: Judge John 11. Dlsque,
Gadsden, supremo representative. The
grand lodge decided to build a Pythian
orphans home, also to reduce represen
tation to the grand lodge to one member
from each lodge. Tonight a banquet
was given at the Princesss theatre where
covers were laid for 1,000 persons.
Speeches were made by city officials
and leading members of the order.
A “REAL CUTE" ELEPHANT.
He 1* Only Forty Inches High, but He Per
form* Many Good Feats.
Dwarf members of the human family,
as well as their second cousins, the red
haired orang-outangs, who are ou exhi
bition among the freaks in Huber’s Mu
seum, are so stirred up by the homage
visitors pay to the "kid" elephant that
they are in a state bordering on demen
tia.
The baby elephant is as oblivious to
the professional jealousy he has in
spired as he is to the cajolery of the
half dozen young women who spend
half their time sprinting on treadmills on
the platform he occupies. Although
scarcely three feet high this infantile
pachyderm has all the gravity and good
sense of an elephant as large as a small
house.
Though he has been in this country
only a fortnight, he has already become
with the American peanut,
which he gobbles down by the handfulls
while blinking his beady eyes aud switch
ing his tiny tail. No one —not even
Huber himself, who has seen a good
many elephants in his time —can tell the
age of this four-footed pickininny. His
keeper, a swarthy Arab, thinks the baby
is almost six months old. He also says
the little fellow was brought up on
spoon victuals.
The baby is as docile as a Newfound
land dog and wunders about the platform
at his own sweet will. His trunk,
which is about twenty inches long, is of
the thickness aud flexibility of a link of
garden hose. He is just teaching him
self to trumpet, and his efforts in that
direction are as shrill and quavering as
the notes from a cracked clarionet.
He has mastered a lot of cunning
tricks, one or which Is to drink from a
bottle. Every time he accomplishes this
somewhat difficult feat he expresses his
delight by executing a rude sort of horn
pipe. He is passionately fond of lemon
ade, which to some indicates that he is
fitting himself for a season with a cir
cus.—New York Advertiser.
Newnansvllle, Fin., June 5, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs -I wish to give my testimonial
n regard to your valuable medicine, P.
P. P., for the cure of rheumatism, neural
gia, dyspepsia, biliousness, etc. In 1861 I
was attacked with bilious muscular rheu
matism. and have been a martyr to It ever
since. I tried all medicines I ever heard
of, and all the doctors in reach, but I
found only temporary relief; the pains
were so bad at times that I did not care
whether I lived or died. My digestion be
came so Impaired that everything I ate
d sagreed with ine. My wife also suffereiL
so Intensely with dyapepsla that bar life
was a burden to her; she would be confined
to her bed for weeks at a time; she also
suffered greatly from giddiness and loss of
sleep. Some time In March I was advised
to take P. P. p., and before we (my wife
and I) had finished the second bottle of
P. P. P.. our digestion began to improve.
My pains subsided So much that I have
been able to work, and am feeling like
doing what I have! t done before in a num
ber of years. We will continue taking P.
P. P. until we are entirely cured, and will
cheerfully recommend it to all suffering
humanity. Yours very respectfully,
J. S. DUPRISS.
REALLY WONDEI FVL'
The Klnetograph Which Edison Will Ex
hibit at Chicago.
Chicago, April 19 —Thos. A. Edison has
finally announced the nature of his indi
vidual exhibit. It is tbe kinetograph, the
last of a series of wonderful inventions,
displayed in connection w'th the most ver
satile group of phonographs ever prougbt
together. It is to the eye what the pho
nograph Is to the ear. A mechanical re
tina which stores away a living picture to
be reproduced in ail its action, every move
ment faithfully shown al any lime and In
any place. With the kinetograph it Is
possible to show in Chicago Clmuncey
Depew delivering » speech aboard the
flagship Chicago :n New York harbor. Not
a photograph of arrested action, but the
living man, his every gesture, the play of
expression on his face, the movements of
his lips. It will transmit ami reproduce
motion of any kind for any distance.
TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS
Are unpopular. But there is one form of
trust against which no one has anything
to say. That Is the trust which the pub
lic reposes in Hood's Sarsaparilla, and
the best of it is the trust is fully justified
by the merit of the medicine. For, re
member, Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures.
Hood’s Pills are purely vegetable, and
do not purge, pain or gripe. Sold by all
druggists.
nearly a hundred miles an hoi;r
Electric Cars to Make Fast Time Between
New York and Pbilodelphla.
Pittsburg, I’n.. April 19.—11. Sellers
McKee, one of tho Pittsburg capitalists
who brought the Brooklyn Elevated
road anti who is president of a syndicate
controlling the electric systems in about
twenty cities, said today that it would
not be long before an electric line will
be built from New York to Philadelphia.
“The run," he said, "will be made in
one hour, with but one stop, which will
be at Trenton. This is about half the ■
time now taken by tbe fastest passen- ,
ger trains. To accomplish this the road 1
will be inclosed with a high fence, and ;
no grade crossings will be permissible, i
Even with these precautions, watchmen ;
will have to be stationed at short in
tervals to guard against intrusions on
the inclosed grounds and keep a close
inspection of the track.
"The cars and rails will be of special
destgii and very heavy in construction,
with the cars built so as to bring the
centre of gravity near the track level, j
The engines and motors will be of spec- I
ial pattern and extra power. All these |
difficulties. I am confident, the ingenuity I
of George Westinghouse will surmount.” :
THE VETERANS CONVENE.
Houston, Tex.. April 20.—Between I
3,000 and 4,000 ex-Confederate veterans
were in attendance at the opening meet
ing of the reunion, which is presided
over by ex-Governor L S. Ross, com
mander of the department of Texas.
After prayer by Rev. Henry Aves, the
chaplain, Maj. W. H. Crank welcomed
the old soldiers, the response being by
Governor 'Ross. The Toxas Veterans,
survivors of the war of 1830, which freed
Texas, are also in session. They were
welooine by ex-Cougressmau Stewart.
An organization composed of the sons
of the Texas veterans was also organ- i
ized.
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, AfRIL 26, 1893.
RAIN, WIND AND
SNOW PLAY HAVOC.
The Wires Down and Grea
Damage Done.
The Indications Are that the
Storm is Increasing.
Ten Inches of Snow on the Streets of
Minneapolis.
Wilmington. N. C., April 20.—A south
west gale reached a velocity of thirty
eight miles per hour today. No material
damage lias been reported except at the
Island Beach Hotel, a summer resort
on an island in Wrightsville Sound,
about a quarter of a mile from tho
oeenn, where it is said that great dam
age was done to an aunex, 300 feet long
and containing 100 rooms. The un
completed cottage of Rev. Robert
Strange, ou Wrightsville beach, was
blown down. There was no loss of life.
A small cyclone was reported a few
miles east of this city, overturning ve
hicles and destroying fences, but with
out serious results.
A GALE ON THE LAKES.
A House Washed Away and Twenty Lives
Probab.v Lost.
Milwaukee, April 20.—Lake Michigan
is being swept by one of the worst
easterly gales experienced in years. The
sea is running very high and tugs are
unable to venture out of the harbor. A
small vessel is ushore at the head of
Juneau avenue. Tho worst features, of
the gale at this port is probably the
loss of twenty lives by the washing
away of a house over the crib at the
terminus, of the new water works tun
nel. No men are in sight and it is
believed that they were swept away but
may be in the air lock below.
Five or six men can be seen clinging
to the machinery and timbers of the
water works crib. The water is sweep
ing over them. It is thought others
may be dead in the chamber below from
lack of air. The life saving crew have
been unable to render assistance as yet.
It was definitely ascertained tonight
that fifteen men were in the crib which
was washed into Lake Michigan this
morning. Janies Miller is the only sur
vivor. The dead are: John Mcßride,
William Pruesener, George Gregg, Jas.
Murphy, Joseph Pezol, Gustav Liko
witz, Peter Soons, William Marion,
Charles Johnson, John Healy, Frank
Brown, John Donovan, Edward Cam
ber# in.
THE STORM INCREAING.
Chicago, April 20.—High winds, ap
proaching cyclones in severity, and ac
companied by rain, snow and hail, have
again played havoc with telegraph wires
throughout the West. Neither company
has a wire further west than DasMoines,
a.nd it is difficult to do business with
that point. Throughout lowa, Wiscon
sin. Western Illinois. Nebraska. a.nd
Missouri, the wires are practically use
less aanl communication is cut off from
Mississippi and Louisiana. East of
Chicago also the wires are either down
or largely useless and heavy windstorms
are reported from Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania. The meagre reports
which have been received indicate that
the storm is rather increasing than abat
ing in severity.
ECHOES OF THE CYCLONE.
Ono Man Wai Killed by the Fusilade of
Hailstones.
Meridian, Miss., April 20.—A cyclone
struck Pachuta. Miss., at 7 o’clock last
night. Great damage was done to prop
erty, and it is feared several fives
are lost. The same cyclone struck De-
Soto, a town of 500 inhabitants, five
minutes later. The extent of the dam
'age at DeSoto is reported very great.
All wires are down.
Meridian, Miss., April 20. —Passen
gers on trains arriving here today bring
details of a fearful tornado that crossed
Jasper aud Clarke counties yesterday
afternoon. It originated in Jasper conn
ty, thirty-five miles south of here, and)
travelled northwesterly, leaving death
and destruction in its track. The plan
tation of Dr. Krouse' was swept clear
away. Krouse was badly injured and
his son’s skull was crushed. In m
cabin on the Krouse plantation a negro;
man. h’s wife and nine children were
imprisoned iu the ruins of their cabin
The wreck caught fire and all wee I
burned to death. Near Barnett two
negroes v4>re killed. All along the;
thirty miles of th<‘ cyclone’s path lire;
strewn the carcasses of all (lescrptiousr
of five stock, while the crops are ruined '
T'ne loss will reach into hundreds iff
thousands of dollars. There is no such
thing as accounting for all the casual ;
ties to human beings.
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA SWEPT.
Savannah, Ga.. April 20.-Specials to
The Morning News from South Georgia
report that section of the state as being
swept by a terrific wind and rain storm.
At. Chipley eighty residences and several
barns were demolished. At Albany the
storm was accompanied by almost inces
sant flashes of lightning. A negro cabin
was struck, but its inmates escaped in
jury. Valdosta reports all crops, in
ci tiding cotton, badly damaged. No
other points have been heard from as
yet, and no loss of fife is reported. In
this city the wind and rain were ter
rific, but at noon the weather became
pleasant.
WORTH COUNTY SWEPT.
Savainnah. Ga., April 20.—A terrific,
windstorm passed over Worth county to
day. Mrs. Lawrence Duffy was fatally
anti several persons seriously injured.
Many head of stock were killed in the
fields and many buildings tlemolishetl.
Every building on Malcom Luke’s place,
near Alapaha, was blown down and
Luke and every member of his family
injured.
AL NIGHT IN THE STORM.
Fayetteville. Ark.. April 20.- At noon
yesterday 'a cyclone passed through the
valley just south of here, leaving a bar
ren waste behind it. Many families
were iu the storm last night without,
shelter, the houses having been carried
away. No lives were lost, as far as is
known, although a number of persons
were injured.
KILLED BY HAILSTONES.
Denison, Tex., April 20. —A cyclone
struck Kaney Hollows, forty miles west
of here, at midnight Tuesday night,
tearing down several houses and injur
ing several persons, some of thorn prob
ably fatally. Telegraphic communica
tion is destroyed. The Missouri, Kansas
aud Texas main line is blocked by trees
on the track. (The storm cut a swath
about 300 yiirdXl.widc, anil laid big tim
bers to the groiti'l- It is reported that
one man was kiln'd by hailstones.
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FORTY PfI’PLE KILLED.
Meridian, Miss.lApril 20. Over forty
people were kitletnVanil 200 injured in
the track of the riVlone in Jasper nnd
Clarke counties. Lvno course of the
storm was ihroughjbl, vast pine forest,
broken here and thiA by farms. Huge
Wees were torn out lkj\ho roots and cur
ried long distances lAthe air. Four
members of the faml ,pf William Par
ton. of Pachuta, i< J found a mile
from their homes. sa’Aied of clothing
and their bodies horrlW'A mangled. Par
ton’s baby wits e:irr:oiW , ’ij.lf a mile from
home and dropped uniw jYed.
SEVEN WERE
Little Rock. Ark.. .Aril 20.—News
was received today of a E'arful cyclone
that swept down Fourcii valley four
days ago. leaving death nA 1 havoc in its
Wake. The town of BolesWuxteen miles
north of Dallas. I’olk countyk was almost
swept off the earth. It isVtnown that
seven persons were killed. Y
TEN INCHES OF SN’bW.
Minneapolis. April 20.—The rainstorm
which prevailed here all day yesterday
turned to snow last night and today
from eight to ten inches covers the
ground and it is still fulling, accom
panied by high wind. The strata car
system is completely blocked its the
snow is damp and packs. Advices from
pointis through the state from Dakota
and Wisconsin indicate tbait the storm
is general.
SADIE MEANS' CASE.
What ths Old Pastor ot the Lady Has to
Say About Her Expulsion.
The action of the Second Presbyterian
Church, of Columbia, 8. C., in excluding
Miss Sadie Means for working in the
telephone office on Sunday, continues to
cause considerable discussion.
H. C. Fennal, who was once Miss i
Menns' pastor, publishes the following
card in The State:
The young lady was reared under my
pastorial care from a little girl, and I j
feel a paternal interest in her life and
character, and those who have used the
lash of discipline on her as a lamb of
my flock, shall not escape at my hands
with impunity.
Who did it? The “session” of tho
Second Presbyterian Church, sustained
by the Charleston Presbytery in their
inconsistent zeal for the proper observ
ance of the Sabbath. I say inconsistent
zeal, because:
I. I venture the assertion that these
tribunals have strong men within their
bounds and under their jurisdiction who
are violating every eommaudement of
the decalogue, and who are allowed to
go on in sin without the mild censure
of admonition, while they make a public
example of a worthy orphan girl because
she sits in her quiet office at the tele
phone exchange nnd manages the wires
in obedience to orders.
2. I affirm that the zeal manifes.ted
in this case of discipline by the bodies
above mentioned, is extremely inconsis
tent, because the ve.ry men who inflicted
tins censure are “particeps criminis” in
tho violation of the law of the Sabbath
by these railroad trains that run every
Sabbath dtiy.
How is that? In this way: The
Synod of South Carolina, with other
Synods, are in control of tho Seminary
at Columbia and its funds. Those funds,
which amount to a considerable sum,
are largiJy invested in the railroads
which run their trains on the Sabbath
day. “You don’t say so!” 1 do say so,
and the, Synod of South Carolina, of
which the Charleston Presbytery forms
a part,, is aiding these trains to run by
the use of her money, and gets her in
terest on the money thus invested.
Tn the last analysis, the Synod of
South Carolina, including the Charleston
Presbytery, is making money in a pub
lic way and on a large scale on
a Salibath day, and this is all
that Sadie Means is doing in a
very quiet way and a very small scale,
as she sits in her secluded office and
manipulates the telephone wires.
“O, consistency, thou art a. jewel.” ff
the law of the Sabbath was violated by
Sadie M4ans, it is violated by the Synod
of Smith Carolina, including the Charles
ton Presbytery, and it is now “time for
judgment to begin at the house of God,”
; or, as 1 would express it, it is time for
['the judgment of God to bo visited on
. the Charleston Presbytery, sinoo she has
sandtioiu'd the cogsuro against. Sadie
Moans while guilty of the same sin in
1 an aggravated degree.
How can T avoid asking the pointed
question of the inspired apostle: “Thou
. bat teachest another teachest then thv
self.”
"Thou that prenohost as man. should
' not steal. Dost thou steal?"
'! “Thon tilwit mako.st thy boast of the
1 law dishonorest thou God.”
A woman was brought to the Saviour
’ and accused of violating tho moral law.
'and ho al first did tint, notice the aeou-
J sa.tion. But they continued asking what!
I they should do with her. “And ho lifted'
. himself up and said unto thorn, he that
is without: sin among yon. let; him first :
least, a stono at her.” The miserable I
i seribos and Pharisees had been vio-i
Uniting tho same law, anil were convicted I
in lheir consciences, and in Ihoir guilt"
and shame they sneaked out. one by
one: but judged by their own rule they
should have boon stoned on tho spot.
Look up. Sadie! Your character is a«
; consistent and ns pure ns those who
I condemned yon. If tho Charleston
Presbytery insists that yon must quit
I your office ou the SnbhnHi day, then a
i righteous God will demand the Synods
’ miirt take their money out of the ha-nds
lof tho unholy trains, or remain under I
I tho st.igmu of Sabbath desecration fori
the sake of tho money there is in it.
T do not, son how any Presbytery in I
Ithe Synod of South Carolina can sane- |
I tion ihe discipline of any tnemlior of tho j
church as long as her own ruin in this;
I regard is unrepentod of. unforsaken and j
j unfoirtiven. 11. c. Fennal.
FIRE IN WARDNER, IDAHO.
! Business Portion Burned and Many Sus- '
foyers Nord Help.
Sentie, Washington. April 21.—A i
Waldner, Idaho, special says: The bus- :
iws portion of this city is in ruins. A ,
' hundred people are homeless. Tho fire '
started in tho Lamson’s clothing house
between 1 nnd 2 o'clock Thursihi.v tnoru- I
i’ng and tho flames had full headway i
before discovered. Before any systematic [
work could be done by the volunteers I
tho fire had spread to adjoining build- I
lings By 2:30 the entire population was j
lin the streets fighting the flames and
endeavoring to save their effects. By,
3 o'clock it was evident the business ;
portion of town was doomed. Tho firn- i
men worked heroically in prevent the
1 fire from spreading and, by tearing down
buildings succeeded in '•hcocking lh.o
flames before they reached the residence
par' of town.
Tho total loss is estimated at between
s(’>so,ooo and $700,000. It is thought
that, less than one-third is .covered by
insurance. A relief committee was at
once appointed and a call sent out for
food, clothing and blankets for the suf
ferers.
I It is not necessary to call a doctor for
I a cut or bruise; get Salvation Oil. Only
25 cents.
TO COLLECT
DATA ON COTTON.
Elaborate Arrangements Made by
the Sub-Committee.
The Governors and Consuls are to
Co-operate.
Ths Report Will Not Bo Made Till Late
in tho doming Season.
Washington, April 20.—Elaborate ar-I
rangements have been made by the sub- |
committee of the Senate Cmuipitlee ou |
Commerce, of which Senator George is I
chairman, to investigate during the sum
mer the depression that exists in the
cotton industry, ami to provide a remedy
for the alleged existing evil. Prelimi
nary thereto, the State Department last
August sent to each United States Con
sul in countries where cotton is either
grown or manufactured, a circular call
ing upon them to secure foreign statist
ics necessary for a complete understand
ing of the subject. iMany of those offi
cials have responded while others aro
derelict. A supplemental circular has
been issued and it is thought that the
branch of inquiry will soon be complet
ed. Among the data to be gathered are
the following: The area devoted to the
growth of cotton, the quantity raised, ■
both in gross and per acre: the amount
consumed in the country where raised,
aud the manner of consumption; the
quantity exported and where; the qual
ity grown, consumed and exported; thi
mode of cultivation, harvesting, mar
keting, ect; the cost per pound of pro
duction, und any other iiiformatiou bear
ing upon the subject.
In the matter of cotton consumption
the consuls huve bean asked to look
into the importation and exportation of
naw cotton, thread, cloitli and fibres tend- I
ing to displace cotton how far such dis- ,
placements extend and what means |
should be taken to substitute cotton for
such fibre as wool, hemp, jute, flax, etc.
This inquiry is to extend from 1800 down
to the latest year accessible.
The committee of the senate has re
quested the governors of each off’ tbe
cotton states to divide the states luto
districts and appoint some grower as a
representative to furnish the committee
with the information, it desires in con- j
formity with the circulars the committee ;
sends out. The qperies sought to be an
swered in these circulars are as follows.
The financial and material condition of
cotton raisers in the district; whethtw
in debt or not; if so. to what extent nnd
proportion of the solvent to the insol
vent. Comparisons are asked between
the present condition of cotton, raisers
and their condition, three, ton and twen
ty years ago. Each correspondent is
requested to state his views of depression
and financial distress, the average pro
duction of cotton per acre and whether ;
diminishing or increasing; the cost of |
raising, gathering and preparing for the >
market; a given quantity of cotton and ■
at what point of reduced production per
acre does the raising of cotton cease to
be profitable.
The enquiry, which is greatly elabo
rated, concludes with an enquiry as to
whether the low price of cotton has
caused attention to be paid to other
crops, and if so, to what articles, to
what extent aud with what result.
Lastly, whether the establishment and
increase of cotton mills in the state has
tended to increase rotton culture, and
caused better home prices to the pro
ducer. In addition to this the ooumuiC
tee has sent to experts a long circular
in which they ask opinions as to exist
ing causes and remedy; what action con
gress should take; whether there Is a
real overprodUftaion of cotton in the
sense that the world’s needs are fully
supplied, and if there are obstacles to
tbe spread of needed consumption, how
may they be removed. This circular is
very voluminous, and deals with every
conceivable phase of the ease.
The committee has employed Mr. A.
B Shepperson, of New York, compiler of
an Annual devoted to cotton, us an ex
pert to assist in the investigation. La
ter in the year the committee will visit
New York, New Orleans, and some man
ufacturing point in New England, and
will take testimony bearing upon the
production mid manufacture of cottion.
The report of the committee will not bo
made to the senate until late in the
coming session.
HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
Hon. James W. Husted, while serving
h's sixth term as Speaker of tbe Assembly '
of Ihe State of New York, writes:
"State of New York. Assembly Chamber,
Albany, Jan. 16, 1890.
“1 desire once more to bear my testimony
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I have used them for twenty-five years
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