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THE * TOCCOA NEWS AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL. VOLUME XX. TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. Tie News ol lie World Condensed Into Pitliy aid Pointed Parairaplis, Interesting and Instructive to All Classes of Readers. Two Typhoid fever is epidemic in St Louis. hundred new cases Saturday. An Indianapolis dispatch of Saturday says: Cleveland's official plurality in In¬ diana is 7.085 votes. Alexander II. Wyant, the famous American landscape painter, died in N-w 1 ork Tuesday morning, aged thirty-six years. A special of Saturday from De9 Moines ssye: Iowa's official vote is complete and is as follows: Harrison. 219,375; Cleve¬ land, 196,403; Weaver, 20,616; Bidweff, 0,322. A speciat of Friday from Lakewood, N. J., says: Mrs. Cleveland denies the story telegraphed over the country that the had a narrow escape from death in a runaway accident. A Washington special of Friday says: Rev. John W. bcott, the venerable father-in-law of President Harrison, is critically ill. His advanc'd age, ninety- four years, render the family anxious as to the outcome of the attack. The lumber firm of Bills & Koch, To¬ ledo, O., assigned Monday. Liabilities, $150,000; assets csinmed, $88,0(10. I nfortunate wheat speculation on the part of the senior member of the firm is snid to be the cause of the ftiilure. The London Daily Telegraph, in Mon¬ day’s issue, announces that the Cynon Tin Plate Works have resumed after a sus pension of three months. There has been a general resumption in Swansea, Morrison and Llanelly districts, resulting from extensive American orders. A special of Saturday from Tacoma, Wash., says: Three of the five robbeis who robbed Kosyliu’s bank, of $10,000 last September, have been captured. The prisoners gave their names as Peter Macolbs, Mason Huntington and Hal¬ stead Huiith. A posse is now in pursuit of the balance of the gang. A di-patch from Silver City, N. M., says: At Lone Mountain the largest body of silver ore ever struck in New Nexic > is bring opened. It is believed that $20 per ton will be the average of 500.000 tons of ore, which have been re¬ cently taken out. John Brockman, of Silver City, is owner of the property. The joint committee on immigration of the United States senate an 1 house of representative held au executive sessiou at New York Saturday. The question discussed was a proposition to com| el all steamship compauh s carrying immi¬ grants to make a manifest of all passen¬ gers carried by them to the customs au¬ thorities in this country. A New York special of Saturday says: Henry Clews, who represents the major¬ ity stockholders of the Richmond Ter¬ minal, lias written a letter to President Oaktnau demanding immediate and thorough investigation of what he terms a “monstrous steal” that made Richmond Terminal stock sink in value $46 000,000. He urged that the Georgia Central deal be made a test case. A special of Satuiday from Little Rock says: Secretary of State Chism his re¬ ceived the official vote of (very county in the state except Mississippi. The t ■- tal vote for pr< sident wai as follows: Cleveland, 87,057; Harrison, 46,859; Weaver, 11,881; Bidwell, 1,340. C eve- land’s majority over all, 27,520. Miss¬ issippi land’s majority county’s vote will increase Cleve¬ to 28,000. A London special says: William O’Brien, Irish nationalist, who represents Cork City in the house of commons, has writ¬ ten a letter which was published Satur¬ day, in which he vehemently j rotests against the tvictions of tenants that ate impending upon several estates in the counties of iriigo and Mayo. Tie makes a strong appeal to John Motley, to pre¬ vent “sordid wicked business.” The most dramatic series of trials ever known in Toledo, (>., came to an cud Friday evening win n Councilman Geo. 31. Dorn r was found guilty of bribery. The grand jury indicte I seven members of councH on this charge. Six of them are now under conviction. The seventh, Rainsen P. Swain, turned state's evi¬ dence, and his testimony was largely in¬ strumental in convicting the others' Dispatches of Monday from Santa Clara, Cal., state that the heaviest storm of wind and rain that has occurred there for many years is now prevailing. No damage has been reported so fur beyond the loss of a couple of fishing boats. Trainmen on electric cars runuing to a cliff observed rockets being sent up some distance out to sea. There bring uo tugs or life saving service here, no re¬ sponse could be made to the signals. A special of Friday from RatoD, N. 31., says; The men iu the burning Bb'ssburg hundred, mine, numbering over one doned all escaped thr ush an aban¬ shaft. All the mules and mine cars were destroyed. These mines arc operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, an l are the largest in New Mexico, the average production be¬ ing about seventy-five cars per day. About five hundred men are thrown out of work. The “Brakers. " tbe elegaufc and costlv summer residence of Cornelius Yuuder- built, at Newport, R. I., was distroyed by fire Friday night, The character of the furniture and decorations may be judged from the fact that in a single hall were $200,000 hung tapis tries estimated to be worth or more. The silver, jewels and other valuabUs of like nature, were placed in safes by the servants and are probably ail right. Estimates place Mr. Vanderbilt's less r.t not less than $600,000. A the Philadelphia iwpott spsriY says: Because of heavy tax which ih- French government threatens to iiiijm-c upon petroleum after January 1st. i->y3. one of the greatest lushes ever seen among petroleum Both exp'-ru and s is ! cn-fis now i- progress. steam sa un¬ being hurried around fn-iu the ne *.h i or mg ports in order that tbe vcsk* s urn- reach France cr dear the custom h u*e L of ore new yejti'* dsv. The syppiv of tonnage 1 as not been adequate to the de¬ mand and New Y. rk has been called upon to make up the deficiency. A special of Tuesday frrni C'hevcnnp -ays : The final count of Carbon county vote makes rhe Wyoming legislature re publican on j »iut ballot, which will ir- -ure the election of a republican to the -enste. I' is said, however, that the democrats and populists will have con- r >: of the lower house, and will unseat i r. timber of republicans, elected, before conscn ing to meet in j >int session, so as to elect a democrat or a populist senator. There is also a hitch regard’ng Dr. Oz- bfr;;eV t ik ng his place as governor, for wl icn there is no supervision under the constitution. GEORGIA AT CHICAGO. Legislators Gaze Upon the Architectu¬ ral Panorama of the World’s Fair. A special of Frid iy irem Chicago saysr The Georgia legislature saw the world’s fair in a snow storm. They would not have been deterred by a blizzard. There has never been anything on the earth to approach this exposition even in its pres¬ ent stage, and it is not probable that it will be repeated for a century to come. The magnificent architectural panoramas spread out on the shore of Luke Michi¬ gan were such that only the most exalted imagination alone could conceive, but find no parallel for. The party reached the Windy City in time for breakfast at the Auritorium. At 11 o’clock the Georgims went out on private train to the fair grounds. Judge Bryan, a special commissioner of the ex¬ position, accompanied them, Busses met them at the gates and they wi re driven everywhere in the grounds.. Sev¬ eral buildings were entered and viewed from end to end. GRAND BEYOND IMAGINATION. The scope of the exposition is grand beyond imagination. That septem of wonders so boasted of by the ancient world would be airnost commonplace even in a combination beside the vast modern marvel. There is one building in which a dozen structures like Georgia’s state capitol could he stored ° awav. The cost of the fair buildings when finished will be eight millions, and they are all nearing completion with the ex- cept on of a few state and foreign struct¬ ures. Fifty nations and thirty-seven colonies will be represented and every one of these fifty *foieign nationalities has its own home. Thirty-one states and two territor.es have their individual buildings. But Georgia’s name nowhere appears. Her noble motto, “Wisdom, justice, mod¬ eration,” nowhere greets the eye and thrills the patriotic hearts of her repre¬ sentatives. They would have been deeply mortified had it not been for the convic¬ tion that the state will avail itself of the rare opportunity. During the drive around the grounds a snow storm came in from the lake, but the southerners muffled up well and took it gleefully. All were deeply impressed oy what they sa v, and every member of the party realizes that Georgia will be making a mistake if she does not seud an exhibit here. r Ihe only questiou is the method of procee ling. Returning from the grounds, Governor Not then, Speaker Atkiuson, Colonel Bill Smith, of Gwinnett, Camp, of Douglas, Colonel Wrean, Judge Bryan and others made brief speeches iu the special car. Governor Northen strongly urged the legislature to do ullrin their power to get an appropriation for a stat > exhibit. Colonel Atlunsou su'd that Georgia ought to have a fitting display of her resources here. TREASURY FIGURES. Uncle Sam’s Expenditures and Reve¬ nues for the Fiscal Year. Uuited States Treasurer Nebeker has submitted his annual report f. r the year ended June 30th last: Net ordinary rev¬ enues of the government for the fiscal year, $354,937,784, a decrease of $37,- 674*663, as compared with the year be- • ore: net ordinary expenditure’, $345,- 023,230, a decrease of $10,319,354; in¬ cluding public debt, total receipts for the year were $684,019,289. $"’86,401,296, and the ex¬ penditures, According to the revised estimate the total stock of money of all kinds in the country on Juue 30th was $2,374,334,049, an increase of $150,000,000 in a year. Of the aggregate stock of money at the end of the fiscal year $771,252,313 was in the treasury and mints, leaving. $1,603,081,- 736 in the b inds of the people. The holdings of the treasury increased $50,- 000,000 and the amount in circulnt.ou $100,000,000 during the year. The issue of Unite d S tate- paper ourreLCy amount¬ ed to $3i6 , f26,583,exceeding that of previous any year. The funds of the treasury show there was a working b.laucc of cash and de¬ posits in the banks amounting to $207 110,452 ut the beginning of the >ear, and $165,718,157 at the end. Of the former auv unt $119,000,000, and of the latter, $114,500,0h0, was gold. The amount of the public debt is given a« $1,545 968.591 on June 30. 1891, and $1,588,464,144 on June 30, 1892. Loans testing on the credit of the United 8tatcs were cut dow-D from $1,005,806,560 to $968,213,810, while those secured by full deposits in the treasury increased from $540,190,031 to $620,245,304. A SLICK RASCAL. A Clerk in the Sub-Treasury at New Orleans Comes to) f*rief. A Washington special of Friday says: United States Treasurer Nebeker is advised of the arrest in New Orleans of J. L. Montieu, cash clerk in the sub- treasury at New Orleans for pilfering money bags containing silver. Each bag contains 1,000 silver dollars, and it was the duty of Moutieu to c. unt the money, put it into a bag and sign the tag. He i\ a* detected by the assistant treasurer taking one silver dollar from each bag he put up. He made a confession, :a\i gr, however, that the total amount : his pilfering would not reach $500. The assistant treasurer has gone before i..v gvaud jury and expects to secure an 1: diet meat ag.vnst Moatieu. He has or- kied a recount of al! the money in the Nesv Orleans sub-treasury, about $10,- JOO.OOO in ail. It will take a month to count it aud will be an cxpecaive under* taking. TOCCOA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1892. THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH. Notes ot Her Progress and Prosperity BrieSy Epitomized And Important Happenings from Day to Day Tersely Told. At a democratic jubilee at Magnolia, N C., Fridav, Mrs. Lea?e was burcei in effigy. In the Alabama state senate, Saturday, a memorial asking congress to adopt measures to promote the early comple¬ tion of the Nicaragua canal atid its con¬ trol by the United States was adopted by a unanimous vote. The Memphis, Tenn., Passenger Asso¬ ciation has collapsed and as a conse¬ quence of that rates on all trunk lines leading cutting out city are demoralized. The of rates commenced in earnest Saturday. The experiments of rain-making which was begun at San Antonio, Tex., Friday afternoon by Professor Dyrenforth and party, were kept up until 3 o’clock Sat¬ urday morning. The result demonstrat¬ ed the success of tlxe theory of producing rain by means of concussion. A syndicate has purchased a large tract of phosphate land in Polk county, Fla., paying $60,000 cash. E T. Wal¬ ton, of Wilmiugton, Del., is president, Air. Reynolds, of Atlanta, Ga., is vice president, and G. A. Limastree, of Wil¬ miugton Del., secretary and treasurer. A Columbia, S. C., dispatch says: In the house Monday a volumnious prohi¬ bition bill was introduced, prepared by a committee of leading prohibitionists of the state. Its provisions are very strict. If be any this prohibition trill is passed/ it will one. A strong fight will be made against prohibition. A Columbia, S. C., special says: Ma¬ jor Eugene B. Gary, of Edgefield, was, on Saturday, elected by the legislature to succeed Judge Joseph Kershaw, as judge of the fifth circuit. He is in his thirty-sixth year and with the exception of Justice McGowan will be the youngest judge the state has ever had. One of the most disastrous fires that ever visited Lynchburg, Va., started early establishment. Thursday morning in OraighiU’s fertilizer wii d Owing to a strong north¬ west the fire soon got beyond con¬ trol of the firemen and in a few minutes a number of large business houses were iD ashes. The loss is estimated at $150 000 with $100,000 insurance. A San Francisco dispatch of Saturday says: A cut of one-half the regular freight rates on the Pac fic mail steam¬ ship liue on freight to Champerico, San Jose de Guatamala and LaLibertad is announced to commence December 5tb. The cut is occasioned by the competition of the Spanish-Americau Steamship Com¬ pany. The Southern Express Company held its annual meeting in Savanuah, Ga., Monday morning and elected officers as follows: President, II. B. Plant; vice president and general manager, M. J. O’Brien; vice president, M. F. Plant; secretary and treasurer, G. H. Tilly; gen¬ eral auditor, C. L. Loop. The business of the company was reported to be in a flourishing condition. stove'in A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch says: A the pay car on the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville railroad exploded Friday at Luttrell, severely, if not fatally injuring Paymaster Clayton. The day was very cold and the porter had filled the stove too fu 1. Gases be¬ ing unable to escape, one end of the car was tota'ly wrecked. Another man was injured but not seriously A Raleigh dispatch of Saturday says: A schooner capsized at Brook’s landing on Thursday night. Of six men who were on board four perished, while the other two, Hayward Dove and Erwin Green, were rescued Friday in a terri¬ ble condition. The four victims were G. E. Richards, William Willoughby, Henry Gaylor and a boy whose name is not known. Their bodies were recov¬ ered. The town of Winston, N. C., which last week suffered a loss of $450,000 by two fires, with $300,000 insurance, again lost heavily Thursday. The hotel Zin- zendorf, which w’as opened nine months ago, and which cost complete over $125,- 000, was entirely burned. It was wooden building of great size and elab¬ orate design. It was owned by a stock company and was one of the handsomest southern hotels. There is some $60,000 insurance. The Hartwell Railroad Company has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Judge Newman in the United States der court at Atlanta, Tuesday, issued an or¬ charge appointing E. B. Benson to take of the propet ties of this line, which is a branch of the Richmond and Danville road, and which runs from Hartwell to Bowersviile, Ga, The re¬ ceiver will take charge of the property on December 1st, and operate it for the court. There was a conference S iturdav be¬ tween Governor Holt, of North Carolina, aud the state boaid of the world's fair managers at Raleigh, at which it was de¬ cided that the $25,000 which the last legislature appropriated out of the direct tax fund, but which at one time the gov¬ ernor decided could not be so used, is now found to be available. This relieves ail the trouble and a fine exhibit from the state is assured. Active work will now go on, orders to that effect having been given. A Montgomery, Ala., special says: Captain R. F. Kolb tbe appeared before a special session elections of joint committee on privileges and of tbe legislature Monday and gave his reasons for the passage of the election bill, introduced in the senate by Senator Goodwin, one of his supporters, authorizing any quali¬ fied elector of the state, to contest the offices of the governor and other state officers. Captain Kolb spoke for half an hour. His argument was taken up in specific ted details election. as to the frauds inauguration commit¬ in the The of Governor Jones will take place on Thurs¬ day next. A meeting of the opposition will be held vuj the day preceding. Counsel for tbe workingmen in the tfonspiracy suits entered in the feuer al courts at New Orleans have filed a de murerandan answer, and upon that have asked to be immediately dismissed. The workingmen aver that they did not enter into any conspiracy to injure the trade or commerce of the city; that they are or¬ ganized for lawful purposes; that they did not instigate acts of violence; that they did not seek to cripple the trade of the city; that they have a right to work for whom they please and a correspond¬ ing right to cease work whenever the conditions of labor are not satisfactory to them. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Development in the Past Week. In regard to the industrial situation in the Somh for the past week the advance in cottou of one and one half cents sme • Nov. 1, adding as it dors $22,5;>0,000 (estimating pivsent stocks at three million bales) to the material wealth of the South, is having its effect on every branch of industry. The marketing of the crop confi ms statemeirs as to the existing shortage and a further advance may be exact¬ ed. The Southern nulls have marked up prices about 5 per cent for their product, to meet the increase-in the vain- of tire raw material. Sev¬ eral new cotton m 11s are teporte l for the week. Preparations are making for the blowing in of several furnaces in the iron district to meet the steady demand. All hut three in the Birming¬ ham district are now in blast. Ii creased activity is reported in the :umber market, aud Tex-a re¬ ports shortage in manufactured cypress. There of is a general complaint equal that the the available demand supply freight cars i- not to from iron, coal and lumber shippers. The general outlook is very pn noising. Forty-nine new industries were established or incorporated during the week, together with 4 en argements o‘ manufactories, and 14 in por- tant new buildings. Anion,* the ucw industries reported at^i brickworks with $25,(00 capital at Atlanta, Ga., a canning factory at Fort Val¬ ov, Ga,, a $300,000 cement factory at Texar¬ kana, Tex s, a $25,001) cotton gm company Owensboro, at Dallas, Ky., Texas, $60,000 a grain development elevator at and a company at Covington, Ky. Flour anu grist mills will be built at Epes Station, Ala., Cadiz and Coving¬ ton, Ky., Shelbey, N. C., and Allendale. tb C., a $30,000 ic ■ factory at Fort Valley, Ga., and ono at Charleston, W. Va.. a foundry and ma¬ chine shop at Camden, Ark., coal mining com¬ panies organized at Cov.ngton, Ky., a $50,000 quarrying comp nv chartered at Newport, Ky., and ong at Flovilli, Ga. Houston, Texas, A $10,000 gas lifting company Columbia, at a chemical manufactory at S. C., a $200,000 manufacturing company at Cov¬ Tenn. ington, Ky., and a paper mill at Memphis, Cot on mills are to be built at Opelika, Ala., Flovilla, Ga., and Chick Springs, S. C., and a knitting mid at Knoxville, Tenn. A shoe factory is reported at Augusta, Ky., a s one sawing mill at Sanford. N. C., a tannery Tenn., at Casa, Ark., a tobacco factory at Memphis, and a $25,0o0 Witer gas company at Richmond, Va. A barrel factory will be built at Norfolk, Va., a carriage factory Chareston. at Bruns- wi k, Ga., a furniture factory at \V. Va., and saw and planing m ils at Bridgeport, Canollton Hamp onville, Huntsville and Pollard, Ala., Ky., Statesb to, Ga., HuntmgtOD, Tenn., The Waco, xas, and Cowan’s the Depo-, Turn. enlargements for we k include an electrical plant at Greeneville, Tenn., a pack¬ ing house at Wheeling, W. Va., and a tobacco buildings factory at Statesville. reported N. The C. Among Trade the new as to man, are n armory at Richmond, Va.. factories at Tampa, Florida and Kv., Pittsburg, Va., house a church Witt, at Bowling Green, a court at De- Ark , hotel, at A-hl ra'fi Ky., and Rich¬ mond, Va., a tannery at Newyort, Tenn., and a warehouse at Houston, Texas.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn-) UNLUCKY BANK ROBBERS. They Made a Big Haul hut Were Quickly Captured. A most daring bank firobbery occurred Tuesday aftuuoou in Allentown, N. J. Two young men entered the Farmers’ National bank aud, with drawn revol¬ vers, demanded all the ca-h on hand. Cashier Hutchison and an assistant were the only employes present, The weapon was held at the he^d of each and one of the robbers backed up this forcible demand with the words: “We’ll blow your heads off if you don’t turn nil your stuff over at once.” Cash¬ ier Hutchison quickly complied with this request and handed over about $2,000 which lay on the counter before him. Then one of the robbers compelled ihe cashier and clerk to go to the wall and turn their heads while the other rub¬ ber walked out of the door and into the street, Ilis accomplice quickly followed. In a moment the ca-hier and clerk ru.-hed out into the street af er the robbers. The cashier had grabbed a pistol in the bank and immediately, on gaining the street, began firing at the fleeing thieves. The robbers returned the fire and the exchange Hutchinson of shots and the cries of and his clerk soon aroused the village at d almost immediately a score of persons were in pursuit. About two squares from the bank the robbers were captured. Threats of lynching were made. They gave their names as J. B. Morris and Frederick Smith, and were at once removed to Freehold jail. The money given to them by Cashier Hutchinson was recovered. HARRISON’S MESSAGE Will be Delayed Owing to His Present Affliction. A Washington special tffliction of Tuesday says; Owing to his present the presi¬ dent will be unable to complete his an¬ nual message to congress in time for the submission to that body on tbe opening day of the session. will The present indie i- tions are that he be precluded from making any progress whatever during the remaining days of (he present week. Consequently it is more than probable tbai the comple¬ tion of the message wiii le lelryed until (he end of the next week o; the be¬ ginning cf the following week. Th president will probably send a brief mes¬ sage to c mgress Monday explaining why the reguiar message ri delayed. It is learned on good authority that the annual mes-atte wid be about the same length as that of last year and will iDC u le a c-mi- p’ete r» view c.f the pr«sent administra¬ tion. It wil 1 contain about fifteen thous and words. coo. necticut, as determined by the state board of canvassers Wednesday afternoon, shows that Cleveland received the largest vote ever cast for a presidential candidate iu the state. The total vote of the state for president was 164,825, and Cleve- land's plurality over Harrison is 5,570. The tot si vote for goveraot is 164,479. Luzeen B. Morns, democratic candidate lor governor, has a majority of £95 and a win. plurality over Governor Samuel M. Er- republican candidate for governor, of 0,024. Othor democratic state effi* 3,000. cers bs'/e maj<5rlties tfautperg from £84 to PINKERTON INVESTIGATION The Senate Committee Gels Down to Wort Testimony of Robert A. Pinkerton, the Chief of the Army. The committee of the Uuited States senate appointed to investigate the work¬ ings of the Pinkerton detective agency, with special reference to the IIom<stead troubles, met in New York city Saturday morning. Robert A. Pinkerton and Cap¬ tain Hind were on hand to give testi¬ mony. Mr. Pinkerton was called first. He said they sent 30G men to Hometead last July, and all those sent from New York were American citizens and of good character, and be thought those sent from Chicago were also. He had insisted, the witness sud, that his men should be sworn in rs deputy sher¬ iffs and that agreement was made. Counsel advised him that they had the right to have their men sworn in ns peace officers, whether they were citizens of the state or not. Pinkerton said that Captain Hind, who had charge of his men at Homestead, told him that the Pinkertons were fired on before the barges, in which they were, reached the works, and afterward when the steamer’s gang plank was run out to the bank. It was during the latter volley that the cap¬ tain was shot and not until then was a shot fired from the barges. The witness did not know who gave the order to fire, and thought that no order was given. In answer thought to a question, Pinkerton said that he that labor organizations were good in many respects and a benefit to workingmen. They had a right to strike, he thought, but no right to pre¬ vent other men from taking their places. When asked what pr« fit the Pinkerton agency made on sending the men to Homestead, he replied “We are out $15,- 000 .” He explained that his loss was caused by the seizure of 225 rifles and other property and the care or the men hurt in the battle. Chairman Gallinger suggested that Mr. Carnegie would recompense the agency, but Pinkeiton thought this was very doubtful. The witness admitted that it was sometimes customary for t ie Pinker¬ tons to pass themselves as workingmen and mingle with the strikers. Pink< r- ton said that he firmly believed that his men were needed on many occasions be¬ cause of the insufficiency of local protec¬ tion. He thought that the supiness of local au hority in strike times was large¬ ly due to political considerations. “Do you think that the violet ce com¬ mitted at Homestead was due to the strikers or to the rabble that wus attrac¬ ted there?” was asked. “I think it was committed by the strikers, their leaders, and the advisory committe,” was the reply. Pinkerton took occasion to deny that Charles Waupenstein, Pinkerton sup-rin- teudent, was an ex-convict, as charged by Mr. Bruce, in ev der.ee given in Chi¬ cago. He had been at one time chief of police at Cincinnati. PENSION FIGURES. Secretary Noble Famishes Estimates for the Next Fiscal Year. A Wsshingtun dispatch of 3Ionday says: Treasury officials view with some surprise the estimates sent up by Secre- taty Noble for pensions. They are, in their opinion, too small, but as it is their duty to put them in the “book of estimates,” in they go. Secretary No¬ ble’s figures in round numbers are $165,- 000,000 for pensions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, and $10,500 000 as a d< ficier.cy for the fiscal year 1893, which, with the appropriation of $147,- 000,000, brings up the pension money for the fiscal year of 1893, $157,500,000. The treasury department is now pay¬ ing out pension money at the rate of $13,500,000 a month. This makes the present rate $162,000,000 a year; but this rate is inert a-ing each month and unless the pension office stops work al¬ together and does not allow any new cases or increases, the rate it is estimated must inciease to at least $14,000,000 be¬ fore this present fiscal year is end- ed. Wben the fiscal year 1893 94 is reached, for which Secretary Noble says $1G6,000,000 will be sufficient, the pension rnt«*, it is believed by the best posted ' fficials in the treasury depart¬ ment, will be $15,000,000 a month, or $180,000 000 a year, which will have a deficiency of $14,000,000 for the second sers’on of (he fifty-third congress to pro- vide. THE TENNESSEE MINERS Coming to the Front Again on the Con¬ vict Question. A Nashville dispatch says: General Kellar Andeison, commandant of the garrison of state troops at Coal Creek, after returned spending Friday several night days in Nashville, to his post. He was asked if he anticipated any more troub'e and replied: “I cannot tell. I get it from what seems to be reliable sources that the miners are organizing, and they swear that the convicts shall not be sent back before Judge Turney becomes governor. r 'hey think that if the conviits are not at the mines when he enters upon his official duties that he will not send them back. It is understood also that a gTeat many refuse to join this organization.” OUR LIFE SAVING SERVICE. Ge “ eral S»»«mte„deot KimWl Makes ls Annual Report, General Superintendent , Kimball, of the 15fe saving service, states in his annual report that the number of disasters to vessels within the field of operation of 'he service during the year was 337. There were on board of these vessels 2,570 persons, of whom 2,500 were saved and seventy lost. The number of-ship- wrecked persons who received succor at ^he station was 747. Estimated value of the vessel* and cargoes involved in the disasters was $8,284,325. Of this anv--uot 0 $7,111,003 WSfcl? tefcWf was Mt saved. Tbo number was fifty, AN AGREEMENT PROBABLE. The Ultimate Success of the Monetary Conference Assured. A cablegram of Tuesday from Brussels says: The committees appointed by the international monetary conference to consider the proposals of Mr. Alfred de Rothschilds, will also consider the plans suggested by M. Levi and Professor Adolphus Soeller. Professor Suelber’s plan is to establish one gramme of fine gold as the international unit of value and to stop the minting of corns contain¬ ing less than 5.8065 grammes of pure gold. The circulation of coin of foreign countries of less than new standard will be prohibited by the countries sign¬ ing an agreement, will and gold coin of infe¬ rior value be withdrawn within five years. Private inviduals will be allowed to coin gold upon the payment of au agreed seigniorage, Gold certificates may be issued against gold held in re¬ serve. Professor Soelber’s plan also in¬ cludes the coinage of silver in the pro¬ portion of twenty value units of that metal to one of gold, but private indi¬ viduals will not be allowed the free coinage of silver. Of the comm ttee five are avowed bimetallists, six raonometal- lists and one is doubtful. It will sit twice each day. It is the general expect¬ ation that Mr. de Rothschild’s proposals will be accepted by the committee and referred to the conference and govern¬ ments with the modifications suggested by the schemes of Mr. Levi and Professor Soelber. One of the modieations will un¬ doubtedly be that all gold coins below the vaue of twenty francs be with¬ drawn from circulation and replaced by silver notes. The adhesion of the Ger¬ man delegates is considered certain, as Herr de Cleben, formerly president of the reichstng, approved the main lines of Professor Soelber’s proposal. The French representatives will also accept the Tirard, plan, which was communicated by M. French ex-minister of finance, and was favorably received by the French dele¬ gates before it was submitted to the con- terence. With the prospects of an catly agree¬ ment, nobody now talks of the failure of the conference, which at first was the only prediction. will likely It is reported that the conference conclude next week. The American delegates are disposed to support Mr. Rothschild’s proposals on the principle that half a loaf is better than no bread. POLITICS IN CHURCH. A Strange State of Affairs in Country Churches in North Carolina. A Raleigh special say3: The North Carolina Western 3Ietliodist conference convened Tuesday morning at Alliston, in the Centenary Methodist Episcopal church, Bi hop Hendrix presiding, third The attendance was large. The party and farmers’ alliance movement, not con¬ tent with disturbing political relations and quiet, is found to have also taken a hand in religious matters. 3Iost of the preachers are ardent democrats and mem¬ bers of trie country congregations, who are members of Gideons band, or, under its yoke, have declined in many cases tW pay" church have assessments received for and this a number only of pastors half their salaries. A reason number of about them have resigned their pastorate oh this account. FLOODS IN SOUTH AMERICA. Terrible Destructiou of tbe Property of Planters. Cable dispatches of Saturday state that the republic of Costa Rica continues to be swept by destructive flo ids. Not only have many lives been lost and much property destroyed, 1 ut the face of the landscape is bring changed in many places by vast volumes of water precipi¬ tated upon the hill, valley and plain. The foundations of mountains have been sapped by the floods, and enormous landslides hs.ve filled the ravines and c vered fertile levels with rocks and gravel. Hundreds of natives have seen their homes wiped out and their little patches of cultivated land obliterated, while many plnnteis have seen coffee plantations, which it t ok years of care and capital to start, utterly destroyed. THE ELEVATORS STOPPED Because All the Firemen Went Out on a Strike. All the firemen iu the New York Steam C< mpany’s great plant st uck Friday morning against a reduction of wages. The men left their posts one by on**, and before doing so they opened the dampers, letting great volumes of cold air into the furnaces and bringing the steam pressure down. The strikers are jubilant at the consternation caused. Before long the s’eam bad fallen thirty pounds from the regular p essure. The elevators in the Wcs’ern Union telegraph building had to stop running. In the general post- office electric lights went out, as there was not pr< ssure enough to run the dy¬ namos. The strikes’ places were finally filled, however, aud everything was soon in running order. EXPENSES OF OUR NAVY. Commodore Folger says He wiU Need $2,459,324 for Next Year. Commodore Folger, chief of the bu¬ reau of ordnance of tbe navy department, in his annual report, says an appropria¬ tion of $2,459,324 will be required by his bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894- Two million dollars of this amount will go towards tbfe armament of vessels authorized, $280,000 for fuel, tools, material and lab r expenses of tar¬ get practice, the maintenance of new proving ground, and proof of naval arma¬ ments, $50,000 for armiDg and equipping the naval militia and $60,000 for the general expenses of torpedo stations. Official Tote of Tennessee, A Nashville dispatch of Wednesday says: The official, returns of tbe recent election are now complete. Judge Tur- nev received 126,244; George Winstead, republican, 100.599; John P. Buchan- prohi* an, populite, 31,518; E. H. East, biticnist, 5,422. Turney’s plurality is 25,642; Turney over 11,2&HJf Boqkansn 94,724. Judge Turney lacked a msjori? if dYcr’aU. NUMBER 48. RICHMOND & DANVILLE R R. F. W. lluidekoper and Kruben Fo«ter» Receivers. Atlanta & Charlotte Air.Line Division. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains in Effect November 20,1892. NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No. 10. No. 12. Eastern Time. Daily. Daily. Daily. Lv A t lan ta (E. T.) 12 45 pm 9 20 pm B2523S32SSS32S3.S3BBSSB5B3gB523S Chamblee............ 952 pm Norcro88..............lt>Q3pmi Duluth...............1013 Suwaneo.............. pm 10 23 pm Buford............... 10 37 pm: Flowery Branch........I0 51pmj Gainesville ... 2 13pm 1110 pm ~H-5££SoooS Lula......... 2 32pm 11 36pm Bellton................1138pm; Cornelia.............. am! 12 05 Mt, Airy.............. 12 09 am Toccoa................ 1237am; Westminster.......... 117 am Seneca....... Central....... tw Easleys....... tc Greeuville. ... 5 08pm CO t; Greers............... 00 w Well ford............. £0 w Spartanburg... Clifton............... 6 00 pm rf*- i: O* A Cowptus.............. 4* >4 Gaffneys.............. t'nA ^ Blacksburg ... 6 48 pm CA Grover................ ^1 C.K1 King’s Mo’nt'n........ Cl Gastonia.. ....... 57 am JO Lowell. . ....... 6 08 am Bellemont ....... 6 17 am Ar Charlotte . 8 05 pm 6 40 am -7 SOUTHWARD. No. 37. No. 11. No- 9. Daily. Daily. Daily- Lv. Charlotte...... 9 35 am; 11 20 pm Bellemont..... li 42 pm Lowell......... 11 52 pm Gastonia....... 12 02 am King’s Mount’n 12 28 am Grover......... 12 44 am Blacksburg 10 48 am 12 54 am Gaffney....... .... 1 Ham Cowpens...... 1 36 am Clifton........ 1 30 am Spartanburg... 11 37 am 1 56 am Wrilford........ 2 18 am Greers......... 2 35 am Greenville...... 12 28 pm 3 07 am Easleys......... 3 35 am Central........ 4 10 am Seneca......... 4 38 am Westminster.... 4 58 am Toecoa........ 5 40 am Mt. Airy....... 6 15 am Cornelia....... 6 18 am Bellton........ 6 41 am Lula.......... 3 15 pm 6 43 am Gainesville..... 3 33 pm 7 07 am Flowery Branch 7 36 am Buford........ 7 38 am Snwanee....... 7 52 am Duluth........ 8 C3am Nor cross...... 8 14 am Chamblee...... 8 25 am Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) 9 00 am Additional trains Nos. 17 an l 18—Lula ac¬ commodation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬ lanta 5 35 p m, arrives Lula 8 20 p m. Return¬ ing, leaves Lula 6 00 a m, arrives Atlanta 8 50 am. and daily, ■ Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 9 leave Lula 8 30 pm and 10 35 a m, arrive Ath¬ ens 10 15 p m and 12 20 p m. Returning leave. Athens, Nos. 10 and 12 daily, 6 30 p m and 8 07 it m, arrive Lula 815 p m and 9 50 a m. Between Toccoa and Elberton—Nos. 63 and 9 dailv, except Sunday, leave Toccoa 7 45 a m and'll 25 a m, arrive Elberton 11 35 a m and 2 20 p m. Returning, No. 62 and 12daily, except Sunday, leave Elberton 3 00 p m and 7 80 a m, and arrive Toccoa 7 00 p m and 10 25 a m. Nos. 9aDd 10Pullman sleeper between Atlan¬ ta and New York. Noe. 37 and 38 Washington and Southwest- era Vestibuled Limited, between New York and Atlanta. Through Pullman sleepers between New York and New Orleans, and between New York and Augusta, also between Washington and Memphis, via Atlanta and Birmingham, with uniting between Atlanta and Birmingham Pullman sleepers to and from Shreveport, La., via Meridian and Vicksburg. No. 38 connects at Spartanburg with Pullman Sleeper for Asheville. li be¬ Nos. and 12—Pullman Buffet Sleeper tween Washington and Atlanta,uniting between Danville and Greensboro with Pullman sleeper to and from Portsmouth and Norfolk. For detailed information as to local and through timerables, rates and Pullman sleeping ad¬ car reservations, confer with local agents or dress HARDWICK. W. A. TURK, S. H. Gen’l Pass. Ag’t. Ass’t.Genl. Pass. Ag t. Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga. J. A. DODSON, Superintendent. Atlanta, Ga. W. H. GREEN. SOL. HASS, Gen’l Manager. Traffic Manager, Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C. LEWIS DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW TOCCOA CITY, GA., Will praotioe in the oountiet of Haber¬ sham end Rabun of the Northwestern Circuit, and Franklin and Banka of the Western Circuit Prompt attention will be given to all business entrusted^ him. The collection of debts will have ■pea¬ ts! attention. No More Politics; A Ralcigli disputen says: The execu¬ tive committee of the North Caroliaa State alliance adjourned Friday night •ifter a tnree days’ session. It made a very searching investigation into the ‘tate business agency affairs, and made an order that the books of the agency were to be open at any time to any sub- alliance which is a stockholder. The state alliance org.n pledged itself in the future to deal no more in politics. California’s Vote. A special of Tu sday from San Francis co says: The official vote of all counties in California, with the exception of San Francisco, give Harrison a plurality of 6,422. Returns from all but nine pre¬ cincts in the city reduces Harrison’s plu¬ rality in the sta’e to 310, It is possible that when the official vote has been com¬ pleted upon individual electors the elec¬ toral vote m*y be divided between Har¬ rison and Cleveland^_ Expenses of the Cessna. Superintendent Porter, in bis annual report, again recommends that the cen¬ sus office be made a permanent bureau of the government. From the beginning of the eleventh census to the fiscal year, June 30, 1892, the total disbursement for the service amounted to $8,203,693. It is estimated that $140,000 will be re¬ quired to run the office from March to June 30, 1 893. __ New York City’s Vote. A New York special says: The board of county canvassers completed their work Monday alter noon. The number of votes cast for the bead of the democratic electoral ticket was 175.267, and for the first republican elector 98,974. This give Cleveland a plurality of 76.294 in the fit* Of l?Vw Ybik.