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* THE NEWS. TOCCOA, GEORGIA. WASHINGTON, D. C. MOVEMENTS OF TIIE PRESIDEN1 AND HIS ADVISERS. APPOINTMENTS, DECISIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. It is estimated at the treasury depart- ment that there has been a decrease of $ 13,3U0.000 iu the public debt since the first of September. The board of the navy yard, the com¬ ; mandant, appointed to investigate the navy purchasing system, has adjourned is after efficient deciding that the present system and only minor changes in the direction of reducing the number of vouchers checks, etc., can be made with- out detriment to the service. .... I he secretary of , agriculture, . , _ Rusk, , , has returned to \Vashington after an inspec- tion of mills for the manufacture of su- gar from sorghum cane by the new d.fu- non process, which was lately subsidized by congre-s by an appropriation of $80,00d to encourage experiments m the industry which now has about a dozen e-tubl.shrnents in the United . t 'tt s. becietary Rusk reports that the pioce-ss looks uke it will be a failure, and unless some improvements are made ie is vt ry dou »tful about the profit of making sugar from sorghum cane. The Postal and Cable Telegraph com- pany will open offices simultaneously all over the south on Thursday. The com- pany is ten years old, and has fifteen or twenty thousand miles of wire, reaching from Portland, Me., to California. It has forty or fifty lines from New York to Chicago and has invested altogether $12- 000,000. It is owned by McKay, tho Califomia bonanza millionare, whose Wealth is estimated at thirty millions, The other leading stockholder is James GoriPn Bennett, proprietor of thc New York Herald. The newly appointed minister to Hav- ti, Frederick Dougla*, and party sailed for the West Indian Islands on the Uni¬ ted Himes steamer Kearsarge from Brooklyn navy yard Tuesday morning. The oust-unary salute of seveuty-llvo gu s was fired in honor of the minister. M Secretary Tracy, rather unexpectedly >nday evening, relieved Captain Sheph- ar l from command of the Kearsarge, aud replaced him by Commander W. H. Whiting. No explanation is furnished at the nany department for the change. l’os ina-ter-General Wanamaker ha> issued an order abolishing the postoffice at Luverney, Ala. A colored man wai recently appointed postmaster, and thc citizens, it is said, showed their appre¬ ciation of him by boycotting him in every way, and finally iu burning down the old building which he had succeeded, with great difficulty, in securing for a postofficc. In view of these facts, Mr. Wauamakcr decided that the 500 inhabi¬ tants of thc place could go three miles for mail and do without a postoffice for a time. Tho debt statement issued Tuesday shows the decrease of the national debt during September to have been $13,685,- 094.25; decrease since June 30th, 1889, $6,591,u90.49; total cash in the treas¬ ury, $637,540,530.01; total interest bear- ing debt, $872,602.261.81; total debts of all kinds, $1,636,774,868.82; debts less available credits, $1,070,055,530,96; legal tender notes outstanding, deposit $346,681,016; certificates of outstanding, $15,- 275.000; gold certificates outstanding, $116,675,349; silver certificates outstand¬ ing, $276,616,715; fractional currency, $0,915,090 47. The following president on named Saturday appointed the postmasters: Charles C. She its, at Decatur, Ala., vice L. II. Grubbs, commission expired; Fe¬ lix G. Lambreth, Florence, Ala., vice Bessie McCallister, resigned; Columbus, Browning, at Dalton, Ga., vice Jefferson T. Whitman, removed; Joseph P. Smith, at Thomasville, Ga., vice II. M. Sapp, resigned; Thomas W. Hicks, at Hender¬ son, N. C., vice R. 1». llendetsou, re¬ moved; Mts. Ada Hunter, at Kingston. N. C., vice W. J. Barrett, removed; Samuel II. Vick, at Wilson, N. C., vice N. M. Gay, removed; I). J. Taylor, at Pocahontas, Vn., vice J. L. Deaton, re¬ moved; John H. lffunt, at Ashland, Va., office having become presidential; Am¬ brose II. Lindsay, at Portsmouth, Ya., vice VV. A. Fiske, removed. A dispatch from ■Birmingham, Ala., says: “Six hundred miners at the Coal- b< rg coal mines of the Sb ss Iron and Steel Company wc-ut out on a strike Tues¬ day morning. The company has been paying fifty cents per ton for mining and fifty cents at slopes where the vein uas thin. Lu-t week they notified the Rico of a reduction to fifty cents at some of the slopes, where they had been pay¬ ing fifty-five, ami at a meeting of the miners a strike against the reduction was ordered. BIRMINGHAM’S REPORT. FOUR MEN KILLED—TWO BY ACCIDENI AND TWO MURDERED, A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., says: Death reaped a harvest m Jefferson county Friday. During the morning Geoige Estes got caught in the fly-wheel of the rolling-mill at Gate City, and was beaten to peices. W. Benton, an era- p oye of the Pullman Car company, wss walking backwards behind a car in the Georgia Pacific yard. The car was dis¬ connected and moving slowly, and he He was trying to stop it with a crow-bar. felt across the track and his body was cut in twain. Deputy Sheriff Ivifig Yanu was shot and instmtly killed by John Steele, a negro, and four hours later his murderer was overtaken by a posse and his body riddled with bullets, lh; mur¬ dered deputy was one of the most popu¬ lar officers iu the county. ORDERED TO STRIKE. FOOLISH PROCEDDING3 OF A BRIKLATERS’ UNION—TROUBLE EXPECTED. Between .three and fou. - hundred men were thrown out of employment at by a strike ordered by the Bricklayers’ union at New York, on Monday. Some of the contractors have been using brick and cement made by Peck, Martin & Co. Peck, Martin & Co., employ at their works, four non union men, (colored teamsters.) and it was to compel the dis- charge ordered. of these men that the strike was Some of the contractors are placed in a bad position, as they are un¬ der time contracts, and alto under con¬ tracts to use bricks of Peck, Martin & Co. s make. The workmen ail side with the contractors and are loud in their de¬ nunciationof the union and walking di-legates. lockout. There is a prospect of a long THE LEGISLATURE. BILLS PASSED BT THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A bill to amend the act establishing the city court of Newnan; to incorpo* the Thomasville and Suburban Railroad company; ja-per to prohibit the in sale of cotton seed in epunty quantities less than five hundred pounds between Au- gust 15th and December 15th; to regu¬ late tue sale of liqu *r in "Wilkes county; to establish a dispensary in Oglethorpe county for the sa.e of liquors for inedici* nal purposes, the grand jury to appoint the seller; to prohibit the Union sale of liquor within three miles of Baptist Church in Spalding couuty; to create the office of county solicitor for the county court of Wayne, the solicitor to be , appointed , , by the governor; to change , tbe tlTnc °. f holdin * ™ UT }.J n S " eVfc a c ° UQ t>' i to incorporate the Citizens’ bank , °/ Lastmnn; to tmend the charter of thc P aD r> 1,ultOQ to incorporate . Count y ***** the ^.lroad Catoosa com- Raxl- road company; to incorporate the Washington and Lincoln Railroad corn- Orchard three . miU; pro hibit.on bill for HU1 . a bdl prohibit the sale Qf farm productg * after night in Spalding c „ unt . a airee-milc prohibition obi for TeamonBapdstChurchinCabin’sdis- £, bill in- trjct o{ Sl ding toU nty; a to corp0 | rate the Paulding County Building mjt Loan A880ciat ion; to prohibit the sa !e of intoxicating, spirituous or malt liquors M or bitters in any quantity within , 0 ur mi!es of upper and lower Coal City cb urches in Dade county; to incorporate )he Union Poiut and Elberton Short Line Railroad company; to incorporate the Woodville, Penfield and Oconee Val.ey railroad; to incorporate the town of Waycross and to con.'er additional pow e rs; to incorporate the Dalton and Ste- vemon Railway company; to regulate the 8;i i e of liquors in Teliair county; to amend the act creating a board of com- lt issioners of roads and revenue for Fay- ette county; to amend tbe charter of the city of Athens; to authorize the rnunici- pal courts of the city of Athens to im- p0 se fines to the amount of $500, or to sentence for a tenn of twelve months; to amend an amended charter of Mays- ville, Ga.; to authorize the trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church, Colum¬ bus, Ga., to sell certain lands held by them for church purposes; to amend the charter of LaFavette. Walton countv. A bill to prescribe thc process of in¬ dictments aud special presentments against corporations; to make it penal for persons in weighing cotton to use untested weights; to incorporate the i>auk of Blakely; to prohibit the sale of liquor within two miles of Braswell acad¬ emy, in Morgan county; to incorporate the Ocean Pond and 1st. Mary’s Short- Line Railway company; to prohibit the destruction of game in Colquitt county: to incorporate Thomasville; to incorpo¬ rate the citizen’s bank, of Eastman; to incorporate the town of Adell, in Berrien county; to better protect the lands in the 785th district, known as the “tick- skillett,” in Schley county, so as to pre¬ vent stock running at large; to make the 19th day of January, Lee's birthday, a public code; holiday; to amend section 534 of the to provide when liens and transfers shall take effect as against third parties; to amend the charter of the Tra¬ ders bank, of Atlanta; to change the Eatontonand Machen railroad to the Mid¬ dle Georgia and Atlantic railroad; to es¬ tablish the office of state bank examiner; to incorporate the Toccoa banking com¬ pany, with a capital of $50,000 to $100,* 000; to amend the charter of Colquitt; to amend the act recently passed reduc¬ ing thc number of trustees of the State university and fixing their compens ation at $4 a day and mileagej so as to cut out the compensation and leave only actual expenses to be paid by the state; to in¬ corporate the town of Richland, in Stew¬ art county; to incorporate company;'"to the Georgia Investment and Bauking amend the law constituting the board ol pharmacy; to prohibit the sale or manu¬ facture of liquor within four miles ol Independence church, in Wilkes county; oi to prohibit the sale or manufacture liquor Wilkes; within four prohibit miles of Pope*s chap¬ el, iu to the sale oi manufacture of liquor within two and two-third miles of Moore’s Grove Baptist church, iu Clarke county. A bid to incorporate the Montezuma & Flint River Steamboat company; to au¬ thorize . Fairburn issue to bonds to build a school house; a sti ck law for Sumter county; to incorporate the Bank of Brunswick; i-nd to incorporate the Atlanta Seaboard Railway company; a bill to give wa er works companies or muni¬ cipal corporations the right to condemn the right of way for mains; to give the county commissioners of McDuffie two dollars a day each while in session; to incoiporate the Commercial Bank of Ce- dartown, Ga.; to inc u porate the S it llo I'rausport .lion company; to provide for the pi\ment of the insolvent criminal costs of the justices of the peace, nota¬ ries public and constables of Hancock couuty; to provide for the creation of a board of commissioners of roads and rev¬ enue iu Telfair county; to amend the charter of the Albany and Bainbridwe Railroad company; to amend tne charter of the Nortn and South Shore Line Railway company; to amend the charter of the city of Greensboro: to authorize the ordinaries of the counties of Ware and Ciincti to have the line between the two counties plainly marked; to incorpo¬ rate the town of Jeukinsburg, in Butts Couuty; to authorize and require the Jasper; registration of all voters in the countv of o;hers from to prohibit stock drovers' or the allowing lands their cittle to tres¬ pass upon of another in Jack- son County; to amend the act iucoipo- rating the Cherokee Wesleyan Institute, located at Cave Springs; to incorpora-e the Albany ar.d Cordele Railway * Com¬ pany; and to incorporate for the towu of Still- more other purposes; to amend an liquors aetprohib ting the sale of intoxic ding within one mile of Midway Church, in Gwinnett County; to prohibit the sale or mauu.’acture of spiritous liquors within three miles of Nazareth Pr -testant Methodist Church in Gwin¬ the nett County; to repeal the act reducing County"; w rk on roads in Johnson to the town of Early County; to prevent the runningat large upou the land of another, whether enclosed or unenclosed, in the 998 dis¬ trict, G. M., in Randolph County, of all cattle and stock; to incorporate the Ellijay Street Riilway Company; to provide compensation for the cltrk of the Superior Court of Bibb County for expenditures certain made by him in sending Court* records to the Supreme to amend the ch irter of the city of Dal¬ ton—another bill to amend the same charter; for the protection of game in the county of Giynn; to amend the char- j ter of AdairsriU.e, Bartow county; tc Loan incorporate the Metropolitan Savings and I company; to amend an act "to iq. corporate the Atlanta Mutual Insurance company; to aradnd the charter of the 1 town of GnytoD, Effingaam county; tc I provide for the payment of imolv eQ{ turnkey fees of the sheriff of Brrke county; to amend an act to consolidate and amend the several acts concerning the incorporation of Brunswick; to au¬ thorize the mayor and council of the city of Forsyt to issue certain bonds; to | rohibit the manufacture or sale of spir¬ ituous, malt, or int xicating liquors within three miles of Summerous Chapel Methodist church, in Murray county; tc provide for the funding of the bonded debt of Clarke county; to authoriz-* and require the mayor and council of Cuth- bert, Ga., to levy and collect a tax for educational purposes; to prohibit the manufacture or sale of spirituous, malt or intoxicating Cumberland liquors within three miles of Union Pre-bvterian church of ra Murray the county; to prohibit the jidge county court of Putnam county from practicing law in the tnal of die- dememor cases; to provide a system of public schools for the town of Social Circle,in Walton county; to prohibit any person or persons from catching fish ■with seins and nets in the waters of Gum swamp and Sugar creek in the counties of Telfair and Montgomery; to amend the road laws of this state, so far as re- lates to Emanuel county; to amend the charter of the town of Hartwell; to au- thorize D. Whilehel and A. W. Pass to erect gates across a certain road in Hall county; to author.ze the mayor and al- dermen of Savannah to establish harbor lines on the Savannah river from the cross tides above to the sea. BILLS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. The Governor has fixed hi* signature to the following bills originating in thc House: An act to amend an act to incor¬ porate the town of J-fferson, in thc couuty of Jackson; approved August 14, 1872. An act to amend sections 2783 and 2783 (a) of the code so as to inclule among the public holidays the 19tli of January and for other purposes. An act to amend the charter of the city of Macon so as to provide for the im¬ provement of its streets. An act to amend the charter of the city of Macon, and the several acts amendatory thereof, and so far as to authorize the mayor council of the city of Macon to issue bonds in the amount of two hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose of packing, paving and seweraging the streets of said city of Macon. An act to incorporate the Piedmont Loan and B inking Company at Gainesville. An act to prevent the running at large upon the land of another, either enclosed or unenclosed, in the 431st district, G. M., of Clay Coirnty, of all horses, mules, cows, hogs, sheep, goats, etc. An act to prohibit the sale of spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors within two miles of Brawelle Academy in Morgan county, Ga. An act to prohibit the killing and destroying of game in the couuty of Colquitt. An act to amend and change tl the town of Hawkinsville. a to incorporate the Ocean, Pond & St. Mary’s Short Line Railroad comuany. An act to better protect the lands and farming interests of the 785th district, G. M. in Schley county, Ga. An act to incorporate the Dahlonega & Dawsonville Railroad Co. An act to provide when transfers and liens shall take effect as against third parlies. Also these bills originating in the senate: An act to amend an act, to incorporate the Waycross and Air Line railroad. An act to declare all escapes from the penitentiary negligent, proceed immedi¬ and to require the governor to ately to collect the damage now fixed by law for each escape and for other pur¬ poses. An act to prohibit the sale of spirituous, malt or vinous liquors by the gallon or large quantities in the county of Harris, unless the seller shall pay a tax of twenty-five dollars to the county, and obtain the written c msent of two- thirds of the bona fide citizens, fie.hold¬ ers within three miles of the locality where the same is sold. An act to amend an act entitled an act to establish aboard of commissioners for the county of Bibb, to define their duties, and for other pur¬ poses. An act to incorporate the town of Richmond in thc county of Stewart. An act to authorize and require the mayor and aldermen of the city of Mil- ledgeville to elect three freeholders as city assessors, to prescribe and define their duties, and for other purposes. A HUGE COMBINE. TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA CAPITALISTS TO UNITE IN A BIG SCHEME. A number of prominent Tennessee and Alabama capitalists have for several days been in consultation in Nashville, Tenn. i with a view to organizing a mining aud manufacturing company, which will be the largest iu the south, exceeding even the Tennessee Coal and Iron company. The gentlemen interested left for Ala- hama Friday, to effect a corporate organ¬ ization of the company. The deal is the most important which has occurred iu that section. The plan embraces the con¬ solidation of the LaGrange, JStna, and Warner Furnace companies, the Roane Iron company, of Chattanooga, the Wayne County Iron company, and other properties, hix furnaces, now in opera¬ tion, are involved in the deal, aud many thousand acres of fine ore lands in Hick¬ man, Stewart and Wayne counties. The main object is to manufacture charcoal, non and steel on a big scale, and to es¬ tablish a steel rail mill. The ultimate object is reported to be the consolida¬ tion of all the charcoal furnaces in Ten¬ nessee and Alabama in a tremendous combination. It is said that the amount of b instal- i 1 S h\<n SOI , GENERAL NEWS. CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS , AND EXCITING EVENTS. NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE—ACCIDENTS, STRIKES, 1JRES, AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST. An extensive strike of dock laborers has begun at Rotterdam, Holland. Five persons were drowned Friday in pond near Fall River, by the capsizing of; a boat. The Temple of Heaven, at Pekin, con- taining the dragon throne, has been de- stroyed bv fire The recent flre . h temple / 0 ( heaven, in chi ^ wa8 of incendlsr ' or ietn. 8ev- cral ma(i - arrc have been _ ‘hooner capsized Monday \~ e 8c Urie on . t> Port Ont., and eight e - near Rowan, P erg ODs were drowned, A number of branches of the National league in the counties of Waterford and Tipperary, Ireland, have been suppressed, Ihpresentatives of the shippers and strikers at Rotterdam, England, had a conference Tuesday, but without result, The firm of Gibson Parish & Co of Chicago, Ill., was forced to apply 11 * for a receiver on account of the embezzlement of $39,000 by Harry F. Clifford, their bookkeeper. that A the dispitch from Marion, Iud., says has caused prevalence such of dipththeria the there alarm that public schools were ordered to be c’o3ed Tues¬ day for one week, About a dozen deaths have occurred. Fire at Buckley & Douglass’ mill at Manitee, Mich., Wednesday afternoon, hnd destroyed over a million feet of lumber three hundred feet of docks and tramways. The loss is estimated at $125,000. August Belmont, of New York, has ordered $500,000 in gold for export. The a^sav office does not know where the gold is to be shipped. Belmcut & Co. also refuse any information about it. General Samuel D. Sturgis, U. S. A., died at his home in St. Paul, Minn., on Sunday. He graduated from West Point, in 1840, along with George B. McClellan, Stonewall Jackson,Stoneman, Pickett and many other famous Boldins On Thursday morning flames broke out in Emery’s big soap factory, at Ivey Dale, Ohio, and soon got beyond the control of the department. The large buildings were completely gutted, and it is estimated that the loss will be in the neighborhood of $125,000. A boiler used in a quarry at Wrights- ville, Pa., exploded with terrific force Saturday. Mrs. Lerniel Barnes was killed instantly. Her head was blown from her body. Her husband had his skull fractured and cannot live. A small building was blown to atoms. Shipping circles at Baltimore were somewhat disturbed on Monday, at a yellow fever flag displayed on the British steamer Recta, Captain Lowe, which ar¬ rived in ballast from St. Lucia. West Indies, to load for London. She is at quarantine with three seamen sick. Action has been commenced by Attor¬ ney General Tabor against the assembly ceiling contractor, John Smith, in the supreme court of Oneida county, New York, to recover $250,563. The Albany county slier If on Monday arrested Smith, who gave bail in $5'),000. A cable dispatch from London says: The deficiency in cotton stock strength¬ ens the corner which has now assumed a serious aspect. It is reported that the chief operator in the corner has made arrangements to send thc bulk of cotton tendered him to Havre, and thus starve the Liverpool market. At a meeting of the creditors of Gib¬ son, Parish & Co., of Chicago, Parish Gated that Clifford, the absconding book keeper of the firm had carried off between $40,000 and $100,000 of the firm’s assets,, and he was inclined to think the latter figure nearer the correct one than the former. Leon Leonardi, Italian private banker, at 41 Park street, New York, disap¬ peared on Monday, leaving his clients in the lurch. They xvere principally of the laboring class. Nothing was left in thc bank except the safe and all the furni¬ ture of Leonardos residence was sold. His depositors number 800 or 900. Early Thursday morning, Laflin & Rand’s powder mills, at Cresson, three milts below Pottsville, Pa., blew up. The explosion was terriffic iu force. Three workmen were killed and a num¬ ber of other workmen injured. Nearly all the window' glass in Cresson was shattered, and the concussion w r as sensi¬ bly felt in Pottsville. J. K. Tallier, leader of the gang who robbed the train on the Sonora railroad, near Nogales, Ariz., a year ago last May, and who killed Conductor Atkinson and Fireman Forbes, and who was subse¬ quently convicted of the crime aud sen¬ tenced to death, w r as shot early Monday morning by Mexican authorities at Gu- avamas. The tin plate and sheet iron workers of Boston, Mass., and vici ity, have de¬ cided to leave the Knights of Labcr and organize an independent union. said The immediate cause of withdrawal is to be the support given by district assembly 30 and general offices to thc cigarmakcrs’ local assembly. A mass meeting will be held Tuesday to act upon the question of applying building for membership in the amalga- trades council. ST. LOUIS IN THE RING. EFFORTS MADE TO HATE THE WORLD'S FAIR IN THE METROPOLIS OF MISSOURI. j A well attended meeting of prominent fficials of roads centering at St. Louis, jlo., k being revealed taken the by fact them that in great the World’s interest rair and that active efforts will be made ly Ln them to have it held in that city. assessment of $1,000,000 on the rail- pads 11 likelihood will be promptly that subscribed will be exceeded and in sum iy prietors them. A meeting of newspaper pro¬ also brought out subscriptions largely in excess of the sum assessed pon them. The individual subscriptions f the daily papers are: Globe-Democrat, [20,000; \atch. $15,00d; Republic, Star, $20,000; $5,000: Chronicle. Post-Dis- 2 , 000 . A BRIDAL COUPLE KILLED. MBUSHED WHILE RETURNING FROM THEIR WEDDING TRIP. On Ya., Big Heart Brujnfield creek, Lincoln his county, Al and newly wife were returning home after brief wedding trip, when they were by a man who shot them both. Brumfield died in a few hours. is dying. He claims to have his a £ sassin, but refuses to say it w T as. It is believed that a formei of Mrs. Brumfield, who failed to her, is the murderer. DISCUSSING THE TARE. SOME RESOLUTIONS OF VAST IMPORTANCE TO COTTON GROWERS. The National Cotton committee and the Tare committee of the National Al¬ liance held a secret s< ssion at Atlanta, Ga., Monday night. It is rumored that the joint committees are preparing wide-reaching some instructions which will be in their effect. These arc instructions to til the pr.maries, wheels and unions, ad¬ vising and instructing them to ho'.d meetings and petition the governors of each of the cotton states to call the leg¬ islatures in extia ses-ion to suspend the processes of the courts for the collection of debts for six months, The object of this action, they say, is “to thwart and prevent the robbery planned and deter- mined against them.” The tare question and af¬ was discussed by (he committee, ter a careful consideration the following resolutions were adopted: “Whereas, The association of the American Cotton exchange met iu New Orleans on the 11th instant, and in conjunction with the va¬ rious commissioners of agriculture and representatives of the farming interests, did recommend that cotton be sold by net weight as a solution ot the tare question ■ And Whereas, The action taken by the New Orleans Cotton e±- change in favor of assisting the farmers to get paid'for the 8 pounds more cotton that each cotton-wrapped bale contains than the jute-covered bale is highly appreci¬ ated by the committee, and the determi¬ nation of said exchange to continue to contend for the Ctuse, in spite of the fact that many leading exchanges had de¬ serted it, is espec ally commendable, and will be co-operated in by the inti rests we represent; and, Whereas, The justice and equity of the farmer's claim on the tare question is b sed on the one fact, which stands boldly out undisputed and indisputable, that every cotton-wrapped bale actually contains eight pounds more of lint cotton than it would if covered with jute; thirefore, it is hereby Re¬ solved, That the action had by the Shreveport Cotton exchange be adopted in the present emergency, and every far¬ mer is hereby instructed when offering for sale cotton wrapped in cot¬ ton bagging, to demand payment for eight pounds more cotton than the act¬ ual gross weight of such bale. Resolved second; That this action is intended to supercede and take the place of all pre¬ vious action and instructions in regard to the tare question. In no case shall a bale of cotton be sold subject to a dock of sixteen pounds for cotton bagging, or twenty-four pounds for jute bagging as agreed upon in New Orleans, unless the cotton be sold at a half cent per pound in advance of the current price at that time and place. R.'J. Sledge, Chairman, Texas; M. L. Donaldson, South Carolina; W. J. Northen, Georgia; R. F. .Kolb, Alabama; W. L. Lacey, Mississippi; A. T. Hatcher, Louisiana; Oswald Wilson, Florida; S. B. Alexander, North Caro¬ lina; B. M. Hord, Tennessee; L. P. Featherstone, Arkansas. A TOUR OF INSPECTION. THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN DEL¬ EGATES TO BE SHOWN ABOUND. A train of Pullman cars, which, in it3 appointments and arrangements for jour¬ ney,is believed to be without a precedent in tho history of railroading, will leave Washington, D. C., on Tuursday, bear¬ ing representatives of American nations to the international conference to be held next month at the national capital. The party, as guests of the governm nt, are to be taken over a large section of the Uni'ed States, in order that they may see and appreciate, to some extent, the vast resources of tliis country. Congress, at its last session, authorized the secre¬ tary of state to invite delegates from all South and Central American nations to a convention to be held in Washington, November 14t b, for the purpose of discu-siug reciprocal, commer¬ cial aud financial interests of the countries reprssented, and appropriated $125,000 for the ex¬ penses of the convention. Under this authority, and as preliminary to the convention, the state department organ¬ ized this tour of commercial and manu¬ facturing cities of the United States, with the prime object of showing the visitors the great n;tural resources of the country. The Pennsylvania Railroad company agreed to undertake the task of arranging aud carrying on the details for this unprecedented trip. It is unique in at least two respects, namely, in that there will be no change of cars through¬ out ihc entire distance of 5,046 milos, and this will be the first known instance where railways have permitted an’entire train, with its own engine, crew, etc., to pass from other loads over their lines. The train will pass over the main lines of shirty d fU-rent railway corporations, passing Hire ugh the states of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut!, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wis¬ consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kentucky, twenty in all. V crew of twenty-six men will be rc- juired to run the train which, as it it ads, iepresents a cost of $150,000. WORK OF THE FLAMES. ME RESIDENCE PORTION OF GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN, BURNED OUT. A large part, and the best part, of the residence portion of Grand Haven, Mich., was wiped out by a great fire Tuesday morning. Among the buildings burned are the following: The Cutler hou e, one of the best ho’els in Michi¬ gan; the residence of Dwight Butler, beautiful place, filled with exquisite fur¬ niture, valuable pictures and works of art. The residences of Mrs. Slayton, T. A. D. Parris, George D. Sanford, Capt. McCullom, A. S. Kenzie. 1 hree churches were burned—tbe First Re¬ form d, Unitarian and Methodist. Be¬ sides these there were thirty residences. No lives were lost. The sweep of fire included both sides of Main street from Slayton’s grocery, wh- re the fire origi nated. to Ackely institute, and everything in its path was wiped out. The total loss is about $500,000, with a fair amount of insurance. BLACK BART FREE. THE NOTORIOUS TRAIN BOBBER BREAKS JAIL AND ESCAPES. A dispatch The Gogebic from Sfefsemer. Mich., says: mund ge robber, Rei- Holzhay, ot] /wise known as c”ail XTpriFoJek S hfs r e.c"pe from^’ » was brought here from Republic, where he was arrested some days ago for hold- mg up a Gogebic stage and murdering Illinois. one of its The occupants, Mr. F}eisbbein, o sheriff has called a posse to pursue the fugitive. Citizens art much excited, and are turning out iu larue numbers to ioia in the min hunt. SOUTHERN NEWS. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA¬ RIOUS POINTS IN THE SO UTH. ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS GOING ON OF A CONDENSED IMPORTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. excursion of business men. Fifteen miles of track have been laid on the Columbus Southern railroad, ine work is being pushed with great rap it ty, and trains will be run into Cussetta, Ga., in a few days. Hermitage The directors of the Ladies jssociation of Nashville, on Tuesday sent an invitation to the delegates of the in¬ ternational congress to visit the home of Andrew Jackson. The Hamilton couuty, Tenn., five per t’ent. twenty year bridge bonds on Tues¬ day sold to Forster, Leech & Co., oi Chicago, for 104 plus. The sale is re¬ garded afl most satisfactory. The village of Cambria, Cal., was al¬ most entirely destroyed by fire Tuesday. The post-office, telegraph and express 3 ffices were totally destroyed. The total loss is about $123,000; insurance about $ 12 , 000 . granted One of the largest charters efc t to any corporation in the south, w*as trauted by the superior court of Georgia, by which the Southern Home Building and Loan association, of Atlanta, Ga., was incorporated, with authority to do business in Georgia or any other state. The authorized capital stock is $20,000,- 000 . A war among the boats on the Chatta¬ hoochee was inaugurated at Columbus, Ga., on Tuesday, and the half rate will prevail hereafter. Cotton will be trans¬ ported to Brunswick for fifty-five pounds cents a bale instead of per hundred as heretofore. The fight promises to be a lively one. The statement is now made at New Orleans upon what appears to be good authority, that irregularities have been discovered in what is known as the “babv” bonds, commencing at number 102,000. Nearly all of the “baby” bonds above 102,000 are fraudulent. The de¬ falcation already in sight will reach more than 1,200,000. The grand jury of the parish of Or¬ leans, La., met Tuesday aud investigated the state bond fraud. The session of the grand jury lasted four hours, and nine indictments wrere found against some person or p; rsons charged with fraud and embezzlement. No names are given, that but it seems to be well understood ex-treasurer E. A. Burke is a party in each case. Governor Fowle, of North Carolina, in re ply to the letter from the secretary of war, suggesting the removal of the In¬ dians at Mount Vernon barracks to the mountain sections of North Carolina, ex¬ presses disapproval of the proposition, rapid settle¬ as that section is in process of ment by tbe whites, and suggests that the Indians lie located on the abandoned lands of Vermont. The Chattanooga, Tenn., I 1 lines, pub¬ lished reports from seventy-five of ninety- six counties comprising thc state of Ten- U( ssce showing an increase of value of real and personal property of twenty-six million dollars over assessment of 1888, and an increase of one hundred million over the assessment of 1886. An increase of one hundred million dollars in taxa¬ ble* iu three years is unprecedented in any state in the union. The Mayo Bridge & improvement com¬ pany was chartered in the circuit court at Richmond, Va., on Saturday, The objects are to run a toll bridge between Richmond aud Manchester ar.d other points where. over Also the to James River and elec¬ else¬ construct steam, trical, horse aud other railways, to erect buildings, electric mills, etc., to furnish gas and light, to utilize water power, etc. The capital stock is to be from $50,000 to $100,000. Monday closed the Danville Va., to¬ bacco year. The sales of leaf tobacco on the warehouse floors for the year were 28,- 803,363 pounds, a decrease from last year's sales of two and a half millions. The average price was $8.75 per hundred. The decrease in the sales was due to a short crop. The sales of the manufac- Hired product since s January were $5,807,000 pounds, an increase over the same time last year of nearly two million pounds. A ROW EXPECTED IN KNIGHTS OF LABOR CIRCLES AT ST. LOUIS, MO. Important depositions bearing on thc great strike of 1886 were taken Friday at St. Loui®, and when the result becomes known in Knights of Labor circles, it is l kely to cause a tremendous row. The recent war between Mortimer T. Shaw, of that city, and Master Workman Pow- derly, in which a number of prominent knights of that city became involved aud which is bringing Master Workman Powderly and his entire executive board to St. Louis, is really the cause which ha* led to the present effect. The deposi¬ tions taken were from a number of dis¬ satisfied knights who, havingbeen inside of the affairs of the great strike have been able to give testimony of great im¬ portance to the Missouri Pacific railway, which will be used in defease of the damage suits instituted by the men pros- i cuted for the Wyandotte train wrecking. The depositions contain startling charges against the leaders of the knights, among other things is an alleged plot to blow up the big Eads bridge at St. Louis. NEWS FROM MEXICO. visited by TERRIBLE STORMS—CROPS RUrNED—MUCH SUFFERING. A dispatch from Mexico 6ays: The main force of the storm that visited Ba- ji° country within the past few days has abated, although in its track desolation is apparent on all sides. The second crop of corn, which was very laige, is a par¬ tial loss. This will entail great suffering among the laboring classes. Trains on the Mexican railroad are again running regularly. The town of Celaya still re¬ mains^ the lower undated. Inhabitants' living in streets have been removed to the old San Franciscan convent for safe¬ ty. Fields in the vicinity of Leon are all under water. It is estimated that the lqss. of cropg in Bajio country wilt be over $500,000. 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