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‘ i militia is the smallest in this It nnmbe|Nl29 mam. mm A efrimed the so-called Russian A-' thistle, but the Russian » not* weed. John Jacob Astor is quoted by the UK** York World*as saying that phalt is the best material for street Says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat: have been diversi¬ fying their crops this year, and are more prosperous thau ever before in the history of the State. They are comparatively out of debt and will ham fatted razor-backs to kill for bristtnas.” m The country known as Korea re¬ sembles many other Oriental regions la the fact that tfie name which for s use to designate it is but little Known in the country itself. The name “Korea” was originally “Korie," the title of a trivial State on the penin¬ sula, but the Japanese and Chinese applied it, in various forms, to the •ntire country. The true official title Of “Korea” was adopted when the various peninsular States were con¬ solidated ia the fourteenth century. It is “Chaosien” or “Taiosen,” and means “serenity of the morning.” The extraordinary prevalence of tholera and the high percentage of mortality in Western Russia and the adjoining Austro-Hungarian provinces 4>f Galicia and Bukowina are due, in j great measure, maintains the New : York Times, to the dense ignorance of the people as well as to their habits of ilife. Even in the capital city of Bu kowina the physicians and sanitary Officers have to contend against the prevalent belief that the doctors ad¬ minister poison to their patients, with intention of killing them. On this isocount new cases are conoealed, med leal rid is repelled, and the attempts «>f offioers to enforce unitary rules are thwarted. Among suoh people an 'epidemic of cholera muet run its ^oourse, and the infected provinces of Galicia and Bukowina will be fortun¬ ate if the disease shall not beoome ep Mamie in them, as it appears to be on the other aide of the Russian boun¬ dary, where the conditions for the and surrival of it have tw area more favorable. oon tains between four and re hundred million# of people. With tributary provinces it is said to • tha enormous population of 537, ,dBQ, Since the beginning of our ’eminent we have coined all told m ril 461,000,000 silver dollars, not Ending dimes, halves end quarters, I U the whole oould be gathered riher end carried to Chine there old not be enough to give a dollar Mtr of Us inhabitants. Chine ia V rally ►kb. supposed to be very poor. M Carpenter, who has traveled ■afN^ that ia Chins, it believes, on the ia a rich country, isjmsi te, require a vast amount to * tmeiwa— i It is true there are Uotu of poor, but there ere of .well-to-do and mil fratively rich. There Mae where jewelry is y worn, end where the ere more has eeen thou* brocaded silk lined tside of the laboring women Be ooet and silk pant aloons. tvs society sent of Re to in their port of York Tribune, l «us sent to them to . . -*•- V* ;>? * ^SUMPN the legislature GEORGIA'S LAW-MAKERS MEET AND BEGIN WORK. Routine Business of Both House and Senate-Bills of Interest. The new Georgia legislature assem¬ bled at Atlanta Wednesday morning. The house and senate met at 10 o’clock elected officers and proceeded with regular business. The nom¬ inees of the democratic caucus held Tuesday night were elected in every instance for the offices in the house and senate. The most important development in connection with Thursday’s session of the general assembly was the extension of invitations to each of the candidates for the United States sfenate to deliver addresses to the body. The governor’s message was read and the count of the vote in the state election was about half completed. The roll caH-of coun¬ ties began and nntil late in the after¬ noon the general assembly was kept listning to the monotonous reading of the returns. Captain Tip Harrison, of the executive department, kept the official tally sheet and in making ad¬ ditions the tellers were assisted by Captain Futlow, of the tax department. The official connt footed up as fol¬ lows: Governor—Atkinson, 121,049; Hines, 96,888. Secretary—Candler, 124,862; Nance, 92,764. 125,295; Comptroller — Wright, Kemp, 92,641. 125,161; Treasurer — Hardeman, Jones, 93,012. Mehaf Attorney—Terrell, 125,125; fey, 92,9301 Commissioner 124,^69; of Agriculture—Nes¬ bitt, Barrett, 92,945. Governor Atkinson’s majority is 24,- 161. a SESSION OP THE HOUSE. The house of representatives Hardin, was called to order by Hon. Mark the clerk of the last house. An affec¬ ting and heartfelt prayer was/ offered o by Rev. Dr. Hillyer. After tiii oath the members of the house took the of office in batches of ten. The oath was administered by Hon. Seaborn Reese, jndge of the Northern circuit. The election qt a speaker was then proceeded ywffli. Fleming, Richmond, Hon. W: H. of waa put fn nomination by Mr. Bayton, of CelbowL-Jktrr Boyd, of McDuffie, nominated Hon. Mel I. Branch. The balloting was immediately proceeded with end showed the presence of 162 members. The vote was as follows: Fleming, 123. Branch 29. The dem¬ ocrats on the floor broke into a storm of applause and the galleries joined in. Messrs. Behnett of Wayne, Branch, of Columbia, and Bookwell, of Chatham, were appointed elected a committee the to escort chair. the newly speaker to As he walked down the center aisle of the house, Mr. Fleming’s populari¬ ty was proven. Democrats and popu¬ lists united in giving him an .ovation. As soon as order was restored Mr. Fleming made an appropriate and feeling apeeoh of aooeptance.. election The next bnainem war the of a olerk. Mark Hardin received 123 votes and hie popnlist competitor, Mr. Irwin, of Rockdale, 42. For messenger of the house, Smith, of Coffee Harris, (dem), received (pop) 120 38. votes, and of Cobb, Captain Moses Martin wm elected doorkeeper, reoeiving 115 votes, to 31 oast for Mr. ffiuioe, populist, of Gwin¬ nett.* Hon. Clarenoe Wilson, of Clsy, was elected speaker pro tern. The popu¬ late nominated H. G. Eden field for thie position, and he received 22 votes. A committee wm appointed to wait on the governor and notify him that the house was duly organised and ready to receive eay communication he might desire to tend. A resolution was adopted providing for a committee of nine to nominate a chaplain of the boose—the house to vote on the nomination. Just before adjournment a resolu¬ tion was offered to allow the door¬ keeper a Gfasoook,\objeeted page to assist him. Mr.Wal¬ ton, of on the score of eoonomy. His motion to dispense with the page was voted down. Hon. E. P. Hcqrell, of Felton, in¬ troduced a resolution tendering the of the hall of the house of repre tatives to Hon. Patrick Walsh to an address on Thursday evening at 8 o’oktok. It was unanimously oar* ried. After the selection of eeata tha house adjourned at 2 :20 o’aioek. < 2d Dat—T he session of the boose of moraiag with prayer by Bev. Mr. Hurst, a member from Walton county. that By resolution it wm determined moat to joint sion at eleven o’clock to the vote to ton rear of the ball of the tha m. 0. Bacon, of Bibb eounty, on Monday Mr. evening, for the same purpose. Rockwell, of Chatham, also'in trod need a resolution tendering the use of the hall on Wedneeday evening, at 8:30, The to the Hon. Henry G. Turner. house concurred in a senate resolution do appoint a committee of three from the senate and five from the house td elected determine what officers are to be by the members of the gen¬ eral assembly. Shortly after half past ten the governor’s message was by Mr. re¬ ceived. It was read at once John D. Munnerlyn, Jr., one of the new reading clerks of the house, who has a remarkably clear and melo¬ dious voice—something unusual in legislative bodies. At five minutes after eleven while the , governor’s message was being read the doorkeeper-announced the presence of the senate. The senators were preceded by two darkies from the executive mansion bringing the vote of the dif¬ ferent counties in a big clothes basket. Then the senators filed in, headed by President Venable and Secretary Clif¬ ton. A committee of two from the senate and three from the house was appointed to open the returns. They were Senators Broughton and Becks, and Representatives Barnes, Mell and Hogan. 3d Day —There was quite a flutter of excitement in the house of repre¬ sentatives Friday morning over reso¬ lutions introduced by Mr. Pittman, of Troup, calling for the immediate res¬ toration of silver to its former posi¬ tion as a constitutional money of final payment by opening our mint to the free and unlimited coinage of all silver bullion produced by the United States, independently of European dictation, and witbont waiting longer for inter¬ national agreement; the free and un¬ limited coinage of both gold and sil¬ ver to be resumed at the ratio now fixed by law, and the coinage of both metals to be continued until some other ratio may be fixed by a law which shall also provide for the free aud unlimited coinage as aforesaid, and the immediate repeal of the fed¬ eral tax of 10 per cent, on the bills of state banks of issue. When the resolntion had been read, Mr. Pitt¬ man made a few remarks npon it, saying he wanted it to come before the members so that the sense of the body could be obtained in a straigbout vote in which there was no dodging. He asked that the resolution be made the special order for next Tuesday. After a breezy discassion the resolu¬ tions were tabled. Mr. Neely, of Burke, introduced a bill to amend the constitution so as to enlarge the ex¬ emption from taxation, touching places to religious worship or burial and all buildings erected for use as a college or seminary of learning. Mr. Awtry, of Cobb, introduced a resolution au¬ thorizing the speaker to appoint a committee of five to examine into the condition of the Northeastern railroad, and to snggest any needed legislation for the road. Mr. Middlebrooks, of Newton, introduced a joint resolution to enoonrage the building of an inter¬ national railroad running from the United States to Sonth America. Mr. Middlebrooks also introduced a bill to provide for a general and uniform registration law. His bill makes the collector of each county the registrar and makes it his duty to register each voter when his tax is paid. Mr. Rook well, of Chatham, introduced quite a shower of bills of a local character. Mr. Hodges, of Bibb, as chairman of the committee to report the offices to be filled by the legislature, rendered his report. They are a chief justioe of the snpreme court, a judge of the Angusta circuit, the Brunswiok cir¬ cuit, the Flint, the Macon, the Mid¬ dle, the Ocmulgec, the Pataula, the Southern, the Northeastern, the Talla¬ poosa, the Western and the Northern. The soliotors to be elected are for the Northeastern, the Tallapoosa and the Southwestern. The joint resolntion to appoint three members from the sen¬ ate and five from the house to notify Hr. Atkinson of his election and pre¬ pare Several for his inauguration was adopted. import¬ other bills of minor ance were introduced. The house oommittee ‘appointed > to nominate a chaplain for that body reported the name of Bev. R. W. Eaka, who was unanimously 4th Dat— The elected. of both bouse sessions and senate Saturday Pittniui were short Ip the house Mr. moved to take from the table the resolutions intro¬ duced by himarif bearing on the silver question, for the purpose of fixing arid a date for their consideration. He that any date would suit him. The bourn was not, however, ia a mood to transact any business, in view of the impending inauguration exercises, motion a vote .of 64 to 03. following Speaker Fleming anaouaoed the oommittee oa Harrison, of Quitman, Fooche, of Floyd; Battle, of Barnes, of Richmond * 13 __ v ell; Caldwell, G&reath,of Meriwether; BertowTiril, GOas, of Houston; of Coweta t I of Lincoln; Hol brook, of Fra of field; Mansfit id, of Fanuii of Lumpkin; or StM#r.# 5as Nat Sfersvasr Harris nominated Judge Senator T. J. Simmons for chief justice. He was elected for the unexpired term of eix years from January 1st, 1893. Sen ator Wilson nominated Judge Spencer Atkinson for the unexpired term of associate justice, and he was elected. He was also elected for the full term. Hon. J. L. Hardeman was nominated by Mr. Giles, of Houston, for the un¬ expired term of Judge Barttlet of the Macon circuit. He was elected for that and also the full term. Mr. J. A. Barnes, of Richmond, nominated Hon. E. H. Calloway for judge of the Au¬ gusta circuit, and he was ej ected. Mr. W. A. McDonald, of Ware, , nominated Hon. J. L. 'Sweat for judge of the Brunswick circuit. He was elected and then the joint session dissolved until 3 o’clock and the house adjourn¬ ed until a quarter before three. / • SESSION OF THE SENATE. At 10 o’clock the senate was called to order by Hon. H. H. Cabaniss, sec¬ retary of the last senate. After prayer by Rev. Mr. Watkins, the members advanced to the clerk’s desk and the oath of office was administered by Judge C. J. Wellborn. Mr. Cabaniss then announced that the next thing in order was the elec¬ tion of officers. Senator Broughton nominated Hon. W. H. Venable for president and Hon. N. E. Harris seconded the nomination. Senator McGarity, populist, nominat¬ ed Senator Chas. E. McGregor, and B. H. Brown seconded the nomi¬ nation. The vote resulted in Mr. Venable’s election, he receiving 33, and Mr. McGregor 6. ✓ E. A committee consisting of Mr. N. Harris, W. C. Beeks and W. G. Little were appointed to escort Mr. Venable to the chair. Mr. Venable returned his thanks in a neat speech for the honor, and prom¬ ised fairness and courtesy to all mem¬ bers, no matter to what party he be¬ longed. For secretary of the senate, Mr. Sheppard nominated Hon. William Clifton, of McIntosh, and Mr. Little seconded it. Mr. Sneed nominated, Mr. F. M. Waddell, of Meriwether. Mr. Clifton was elected. Mr. Star nominated R. E. Wilson for doorkeep¬ er, and he was elected. Mr. Williams nominated Mr. Flynn Hargett elected. for messenger, and he, also, was Governor Northen notified the sen ate of three contested seats, that of Mr. Whitley against Bion Williams, A. M. Baxter against 0. H. Brand, and L. G. Hardman against T. S. Johnson. A resolution was adopted in the sen¬ ate allowing President Venable to ap¬ point three gallery doorkeepers and six pages. 2d Day —All of the senators were in their seats Thursday morning continued look¬ ing none the worse from the onslaughts made upon them by the various seekers for office. After prayer by ted the chaplain a resolution was adop¬ asking the house to meet them in joint session at 12 m. to count the vote for governor and state house offioers. A similar resolution was received from the house and concurred in. The president announced the following committee W. on R. privileges and Cum¬ elec¬ tions: Little, Bryan mings, W. C. BeekB, Harris of the 3d, J. J. Upchurch, G. W. Tatum, W. J. Morton, J. E. Meroer and B. H. Brown. The annual message from the governor was received and read. Mr. Bryan Cummings introduced the first bills. They the are a bill to amend the the is¬ section of oode relating to suing of citations before setting aside a year’s support, and a bill to require corporations to allow executors and administrators to draw dividends and transfer stock. 3d Dat— The senate routine of Thursday was an important Mr. Ven¬ able has not had time to appoint the various committees of the senate. Senator Roberts introduced a bill to amend tha act providing for a local board of trustees of the military and agricultural college. Mr. Wade in¬ troduced^ bin to change the constitu¬ tion so as to enlarge the exemption from taxation places of religious wor¬ ship or burial, and also colleges, in¬ corporated academies ami for other seminaries of learning, and to provide for its ratification by the people. The {jgerideatappointed Boyd and Meroer Messrs. oommittee Cummings, to a wait upon Governor Atkinson and no¬ tify him of his election, and arrange for hie inauguration. Tho governor sent to the senate for confirmation n number of county appointed judges and since oonaty the solicitors he had hat session of the all legislature. them, well The senate confirmed of as •ant in a toat the appropriation for tho f bo continued for the next two •• it with the m* iunar sp O'-af* Gel* K2 AA.-"flatm K ft t *'»*• S£fuSstt*dn: resolution ££*££ £b senate «*- was At II o clock the re paired to the hall of the boose of yep* resent&tives to elect judges and solicit ore. BRIEF TELEGRAMS. A CONDENSATION OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT DISPATCHES. Short and Crisp Morsels of General Interest to Our Readers. -Six tong of dynamite exploded Wis., in a magazine at Chippewa Falls, Sunday morning, causing $5,000 loss in property. It iB generally reported in Yokohama that the second Japanese army, military num¬ bering 25,000, have begun Port Ar¬ op¬ erations for the capture of thur. , A large Hungarian boarding house Laurel Run, Pa., was blown to atoms by dynamite at 3 o’clock Sun¬ day morning and three of the inmates killed outright, four fatally injured and a half dozen seriously hurt. Six thousand dollars’ worth of cedar logs, together with all the buildings of the Red Cedar Bucket Factory at Mur¬ freesboro, Tenn., were destroyed by fire Sunday, entailing a total loss that will be very great, and throwing one hundred men out of employment. Stern & Company, of New York, wholesale men’s furnishing goods, failed Wednesday and the sheriff closed them np on executions for $46,693. The liabilities are returned at $250, 000; the assets are not known. They claim to have a large stock on band. Inquiries made at the Chinese lega¬ tion at London regarding the re¬ port from Tien-Tsin saying that negotiations for peace between China and Japan were in progress at Seoul, the capital of Corea, show that they do not believe it probable that such negotiations would be conducted at Seoul. A dispatch from Livadia says that the operation of thoracentecis has been performed upon the czar with success. The releasing of liquid matter by puncturing has greatly relieved the patient’s breathing and the pressure around the heart. It is reported that there is no danger of imminent col¬ lapse. A dispatch received from Peterhead, a seaport about twenty-five miles from Aberdeen, Scotland, announces that the Swedish schooner Alene, loaded with gunpowder, which was at anchor near Peterhead, has been blown up. It is added that within two minutes after the explosion nothing was to be seen on the surface of the water but splinters from the schooner. All her crew perished. News was received at Fort Smith, Ark., by deputy United States mar¬ shals that the Cook gang of robbers who have been balding up trains and looting towns in the Indian Territory, raided Gibson station Wedneeday. They looted all the shops, escaping with considerable booty. The band then raided the cotton fields in the vicinity and robbed the pickers at work. They are being hotly pursued by Indian police and a strong posse of deputy marshals. A special from Princeton, Ill., says: The five defendants, including Mayor Lauer, who were given penitentiary sentences in the Spring Valley Pinker¬ ton conspiracy oase have been granted new trials by Jndge Sharp. prevails As a re¬ sult a high state of excitement and both the defendants and the action of the judge are openly denounced. It is considered that the judge unduly favored the defendants dnring the trial It has been impossible to against make a verdict stand in the court any Spring Valley and Ladd conspira¬ tors, store looters and rioters. A fast freight train on the Pennsyl¬ vania railroad Sunday evening crashed into the rear end of a work train at Oorydon station, killing three men and injuring many more. The work train was bound for Bristol, and stopped at A Corydon to take on more laborers. large number of Italian employes were on the open oars. While the men were boarding the cars around the feet the freight, eastbonnd, dashed curve and crashed into the rear end of tha workmen’s train. Many and of the had no time to escape, beneath they awful were crushed to death the wreck. HOPE FOR ALEXANDER. The*!'rials In the Geer** Gaea Supposed to Hava Beau. The condition of the pe ror continues to excite hopes that the crisis of his disease has passed aad tost his recovery j bo possi b le. The following bulletin by Washington Monday Prince Canto* the Button minister to toe United States, from the minister of : “ 8 *. Y of his V Big Blau to t FROM •A NEWSY ITEMS PICKED UP AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. Sayings and Doings of the Official Heads of the Government. ________ Judge Cole has dismissed the peti¬ tion for habeas corpus in the ease of Smith, the stamp rdbber, and remand¬ ed him to jail for trial All of the inmates of the white house were vaccinated last Monday by Dr. O’Reilly, the president’s physician,as a necessary precaution in view of the ap¬ pearance of smallpox in the city. The program of the postoffice offi¬ cials is to prevent the correspondence of bond investment companies from being carried through the mails and the postmaster general will order crim inal proceedings instituted in every case brought to his attention. The United States supreme .court Monday reversed the decision of the circuit court in the case of John C. Eno, formerly president of the Second National bank, of New York, who was convicted of forgery in the New York state courts about ten years ago. The department of following state Saturday evening received the cable from Mr. Denby, at Peking: “Japa¬ nese troops entered into Manchuria.” This is the first authentic information that has been received by the United States government that any Japanese forces had entered Chinese territory. Several days ago, at Washington, a baby died of smallpox and from this source has sprung five others. The child’s father is an employe in the pen¬ sion office, and he communicated the disease to Judge E. M. Rucker, of the law department of the pension bureau, and William Owens, a messenger in the same bureau. Judge Rucker lives at a boarding house containing twenty six guests. Some have become fright¬ ened and left, while others are quar¬ antined. Another case of smallpox developed in Washington Friday morning. James L Parker, of Indiana, a law clerk in the division of tho interior department, where the other cases were reported, was the victim. Sec¬ retary Smith issued directions to have the department closed. This action was taken before the secretary was aware of the new case. Hd said that the order to close was on account of the fumigation of several rooms in the building which was very disagreeable to persons employed in the building. Secretary Carlisle will not make political speeches during the present campaign. The secretary had a con¬ ference with the president Monday morning in regard to the matter. The secretary told the president that 1 he had received a very large number of invitations to speak in different sec¬ tions of the country, and would very much like to acoept as many of them as he could fill, but there were a num¬ ber of important questions pending in bis department his that imperatively in Washington de¬ manded presence for some weeks to come. Secretary Herbert spent an hoar with the president Saturday morning which endeavoring to settle a problem has worried the naval authorities for several months and which must be disposed of promptly. Four impor¬ tant commands are to be filed—the superintendent of the naval aoademy and naval observatory, the commander in chief of the sontb Atlantic station, and the commandant of the New York navy yard, the latter becoming vacant of November 10th by the retirement Admiral Gherardi. Ordinarily these details would not cause so much con¬ cern, but at present they involve most of the higher officers of the navy and numerons changes are likely to result. They are Subject to Tax. * Secretary Carlisle has made public the decision of the attorney-general on the question as to whether counties have the right to issue interest-bearing bonds of small denominations for gen¬ eral circulation. The attorney-general says: “I have yours of the 17th instant, in which you request my opinion on the question whether the proposed issue of interest-bearing bonds by the county commissioners of Floyd county, Gu., will be in conflict with the banking laws of the United 8tates. You en¬ close the opinion of the solicitor to tho effect that such issue, if made, will not conflict with the banking laws of the United Btries, and, for the given by the solicitor, I concur in that conclusion. ' “As to the question whether bonds, if will be subject to taxation under sections 19 and 30 of the act of February 18, 1875, existing does not arise upon any facts now aad is one npon which my opinion is not asked. I express no opinion respect¬ ing it.” The decision doss tot pass upon tha will be sebject to the 10 per cent, tux oa currency. It is understood, how¬ ever, tost Secretary Garin' 1 tost they will bo subject to ttoa to like e as toe N-torriP It -.*- n i?--. M ■ .ssea