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THE VIENNA PROGRESS. ?7 TERMS, $1. Per Annum. Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.’ JNO. E. HOWELL, l Lacy a. Morgan, f VOL. XI., NO 3G. VIENNA, GA„ TUESDAY, APRIL L 1893. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. "WASHINGTON GOSSIF. Happeninffs from Day to Day in M National Capital Appointments in the Various Depart ments—Proceedings of tlie Senate. THE SENATE. The presentation of petitions at the present extraordinary session was stopped at Mondays session at the suggestion of Mr. Gorman, and those petitions that may be received hereafter are to be filed with the secretary of the senate to be presented at the next regular session. The question as to the admisssion of the three men appointed as senators from the states of Montana, Wyoming ahd Wash ington, was submitted in the shape of ma jority reports from the common privileges and elections in favor of their right to seats Mr. Chandler offered two resolu tions, which went over till Tuesday, one calling on the secretary of the treasury for copies of orders, regulations, manifests and certificates prepared and issued in execution of the immigration act of March 3, 1893, and the other instructing the committee on immigration to inquire into the con dition and character of alien emigrants and into the working of the new immi gration law with power to sit during recess and send for persons and papers. The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Call in relation to the commission authorized by the last legislative appropriation bill to examine into the civil service of the executive branches of the government wa3 called up, and after some discussion, was without action. The senate theu proceeded to executive session business and soon adjourned. At Tuesday’s session of the senate, Mr. Vance, chairman of the committee on privileges and election?, in behalf of the majority of the committee, submit ted a report ou the case of the lion. Lee Mantle, finding (hat he is not entitled to his seat as senator from Montana. The report was signed by Messrs. Vance, Grsy, Palmer and Mitchell. As in the enseo f the majoiity report, presented Monday by Senator Hoar, the minority report deals directly only with the claims of Mr. Mantle, but both are in tended to cover as welt the cases of all three of the appointed senators—Man tle, Beckwith and Allen. The ques tion presented, according to the mi nority report, is, could the covernor of a state appoint a senator at the beginning of a new term, the legislature being in session and refusing or failing to elec:? The report quotes the constitutional pro vision and act of 18G6, relative to the election and appointment of senators, and then contends that the original terms of senators must begin by being chosen by the legislature. Resolutions to proceed to the election of secretary, sergeant at-arms and chaplain of the sen ate, who are not to take office until the 30th of June next, and nominations for those offices respectfully William R Coxe, of North Carolina; Rich ard J. Bright, of Indiaua, and Rev. Dr. William II. Milburn were offered by Mr. Gorman and laid over until Wednesday. Notice was given by Mr. Hoar that he would call up Wednesday the report of the committee ou privileges and elections as to the three senators appointed by the governors. Mr. Hoar also offered resolutions, which went over, instructing the committee on privileges and elections to investigate the allegations of criminal embezzlement made against Senator Roach, of North Dakota, and to report what is the duty of the senate iu relation thereto. After a short executive session the senate ad journed. ■** The senate galleries were crowded Wednesday morning, the spectators be ing attracted probably by the expecta tion of a discussion on the pending reso lution for the election of officers, for the admission of the senators under appoint ment by governors, or for the investiga tion of the charges against Mr. Roach, of North Dakota. There was, however, less than the usual number of senators in attendance. Mr. Hoar called up, as a question of privilege, the resolution re ported by him from the committee on privileges and elections, declaring that Lee Mantle is entitled to be admitted to bis seat as senator from the state of Montana. The resolution was taken up and the senate entered into what prom ises to be a protracted debate. Mr. Pugh delivered a constitutional argument iu support of the position taken by the committee. The discussion that follow ed was participated iu by senators ou lrotli sides of the chamber, most of them indicating concurrence with the views of the minority of the committee, adverse to the admission of the three senators. The question went over till Thursday. 1 hursday’s session of the senate was devoted almost wholly to the debate on the question of the admission of the sena tors appointed by the governors of the states of Montaua, Wyoming and Wash ington, after the legislatures of those states Had ndjourned without making regular elections. Mr. Mitchell, repub lican, of Oregon, and member of the committee on privileges and elections, spoke for nearly three hours in opposi tion to the majority report of the com mittees, which favors admissions in de fense of the minority report, which de nies the right of state governors to ap point senators under such circumstances. At tlie conclusion of Mr. Mitchell’s speech, the matter went over, Mr. Tur- pic having the floor when the sucject next comes up. After an executive ses sion the senate adjourned uatii Monday. to be a very slippery person. He is dow engaged in turning himself into a mer chant from a laborer. To such an extent is this the case that Assistant Secretary Spaulding has written a letter to collec tors oa the Pacific coast to stop the fraud. The senate was in executive session Monday morning for upwardsof an hour, and the greater part of that time was consumed in a discussion relative to the injunction of secrecy on the treaty with Russia that was recently ratified by the senate. The injunction was not, how ever, released a,though the majority of the senate is in favor of it, and the pro position also meet3 with the approval of the state department. The senate Thursday confirmed the following nominations: Thomas F. Bay ard, ambassador to Gerat Britian; Wil liam T. Gary, of Georgia, attorney of the United States Southern district of Georgia; Joe S. James, Northern dis trict of Georgia; George J. Dennis, of ( alifornia, attorney of the United States Southern district of California. Thomas J. AliisoD, of North Carolina, marshal of the United States Western district of North Carolina; Frank L. Everett, of Georgia, Marshal of the United States Southern district of Georgia; William H. McCabe, postmaster at Coshocton, Ohio. Onr Treaty With Russia Criticised. No treaty has come before the senate in late years that has secured more public attention than that which was re cently concluded between the govern ment of the czar and the United States. It has been severely criticised by its op ponents and said to be the first stroke against the liberty of those who fiec to America to escape political persecution. Iu the past two or three executive ses sions of the senate, there has been quite a debate over the proposition to release the injunction of secrecy and permit the people to know exactly what it contains. A resolution was introduced recently to rem >ve this injunction of secrecy, but it was referred to the committee on foreign relations, and that committee has not yet reported. The majority of the senators want the matter made public for the rea son that the text of the treaty has been wrongly stated by the public prints and the senators have been, as they claimed, unjustly criticised. Monday 7 n Nominations. The president, on Monday, sent to the senate the following nominations: Felix A. Reeves, of Tennessee, to be so licitor of (he treasury; Joseph A. James, United States attorney for the Northern district of Georgia; William T. Gary, United States attorney for (lie South ern district of Georgia; Frank Leverett, of Georgia, United States marshal for the Southern district of Georgia; James B ackburn, of Kentucky, United Slates marshal for the district of Kentucky; Thomas J. Allison, of North Carolina, United States marshal for the Western district of North Carolina; Samuel T. Fisher, of Massachusetts, to be assistant commissioner of patents; Robert E. WilsoD, of Mississippi, to he register of the land office at Jackson, Miss.; Samuel E. Morse, of Indiana, to be consul general of the United States at Paris; C. W. Chancellor, of Maryland, to be consul at Havre; Allen B. Morse, of Michigan, to be consul at Glasgow; Geo. F. Parker, of New York, to be consul at Birmingham. The following nominations for postmasters were also sent in: James E. Brown, of Newnan, Ga.; William N. Dunbar, at Augusta, Ga. ; John P. Kerr, at Asheville, N. C.; Henry J. Tugele, at Martinsville, Va. New Nominations. Mr. Cleveland sent a batch of nomiua- tinns to the senate Thursday that will meet with approval from all parts of the country. Following is the list of nomi nations: Thomas F. Bayard, of Dela ware, to be ambassador to Great Britian. Mr, Bayard is the first citizen of the United fc-tates who ever has ever been given the title of ambassador. Engl.md recently elevaled her minister to the rank of ambassador, and the United States now does likewise. Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of the United States: James D. Porter, of Tennessee, to Chile; James A. Me Kenzie, of Kentucky, to Peru; Lewis Baker, of Minne sota, to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador; Edwin Dun, of Ohio, now secretary of legation at Japan, to Japan ; Pierce M. B. Young, of Georgia, to Guatemala and Honduras. Consuls of the United States: L. M. Shrffer, of West Virginia, to Stratford, Ontario; Harrison R. Williams, of Mis souri, to Vera Cruz; M. P. PendletOD, of Maine, to Pictou; TheodoreM. Stephens, of Illinois, to Annaberg; William T. Townes, of Virginia, to Rio de Janeiro; Claud Meeker, of Ohio, to Bradford. Newton B. Eustis, of Louisiana, to be second secretary of the legation of the United States nt Paris; John M. Rey nolds, of Pennsylvania, assistant secre tary of the interior, vice Cyrus Bussey, resigned; Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., of Ohio, to lie solicitor general, vice Charles F. Aldrich, resigned; John I. Hall, of Georgia, assistant attorney general, vice George H. Shield- 1 , resigned. [TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. Tie News of tie World Condensed Into Ply amd Pointed Paragraphs. Interesting and Instructive to Classes of Readers. All ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Genera! M'lxwell. Thursday, appointed 1S8 fourth-class postmasters and of this Dum ber eighty-five were to fill vacancies caused by removals. The president sent tlie following nom inations to the senate Tuesday: George D. Dillard, of Mississippi, to be consul general of the United States at Guay aquil; Ezra W. Miller, of South Dakota, to be attorney of the I'nited States for the district of South Dakota. A letter from Secretary Morton has been addressed to every bureau in the departmentof agriculture,asking whether any reduction c ,u!d be made in the num ber of his employees without impa rmen| of the public service, it being desirable. In the interest of ecouomv, to lessen the expenses of the department. The following fourth-elas? postmasters were appointed for Georgia Tuesday: Adairsville, Bartow county, George B. Elrod; Buckhead, Morgan county, Dr. Ellis H. Ad ms; Fairmount, Gordon county, William II. C. L'oyd; lleard- mont, Elbert county, Wilburn II. Mat tox; Sharp Top, Cherokee couniv, Charles C. Worley. The enforcement of the Chinese exclu sion act causes the treasuiy offioia's much trouble, as the Celestial proves himself INMAN’S BIG DEAL. He Makes Another Heavy Purchase of Tennessee Coal and Iron Stock. A New York special says: In Wall street the lightning never strikes twice in the same place, hut John H. Inman docs. About five years ago he made the biggest deal in Tennessee Coal and Iron company’s stock, which, up to that time, had ever taken place. Ou that occasion he bought 11,000 shares from William Duucan, of Na-hvi.le, and so soon as the purchase became generally known, Ten nessee coal boomed, enabling Mr. Inman to realize over $100,000 profit on bis trade. Saturday lie discounted his deal with Mv Du can, buying for himself and associates 22,500 shares of the same stock from Colonel D. F. DcBardeleben. For several months past it has been common talk in Wall Greet th t Colonil DeBardeltben owned over 60,000 shares of Tennessee coal, and it was thought by some that the recent heavy decline wou'd force him to dump his holdings on a falling market, and thereby involve bim iu serious financial embarrassment. The colonel has proven his ability to take care of himself, even in Wall street. By this deal with Mr. Inman he gets about $600,000 in cash and still remains the largest individual stockholder in the, Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. THE JACKSON RELICS. Tennessee’s Governor Urges tlie Legis lature io Purchase Them. A Nashville special says: Governor Turney, Wednesday, sent a special,mes sage to the legislature urging the appro priation of $15,000 for rbe purchase of the relics of Audn w Jackson, now at the hermitage. The Ladies’ Hermitage As sociation his an option on these relics which will expire in a few iponthi, • Doxey opera house, at Anderson, Ind., burned Thursday. It was one of the handsomest in the state. The packing firm of Swift & Co., Chi cago, has increased its capital stock from $7,500,000 to $15,000,000. The exports, exclusive of specie, from the port of New York for the past week were $7,463,007, against $7,078,885 in the corresponding week last year. W. W. Stout, postmaster at Morrillton, Ark., disappeared Saturday a defaulter. The inspector has found a shortage of several thousand dollars. Frank Nicoline, miller at Jordan, Minn., made an assignment Tuesday for the benefit of his creditors. Liabilities, about $100,000; assets, about $70,000. The supreme court of Indiana began the hearing of oral argument at Indian apolis, Wednesday, in the Iron Hall case appealed from the Marion superior court. Physicians at Detroit stopped a train load of immigrants Tuesday until they could investigate whether any of them were sick. The cholera scare is on again. Stephen Broad well, one of the most dangerous counterfeiters and forgers in the United State?, died in the prison pen at Bellevue hospital, New York, Tuesday. Fire Sunday morning totally destroy ed the Standard theatre building and the fur store of J. S. Douglass at Winnipeg. The theater had not been used for some time. Loss $40,000. St. Barnabas Protestant Episcopal church, at Baltimore, Md., was entirely destroyed by fire, together with its con tents Wednesday. The rector states that the loss will be about $60,000. The five-story building occupied by Snedicor & Hathaway, manufacturers of hoots and shoes at Detroit, Mich., was destroyed by fire Sunday. The loss will be nearly $150,000. About one hundred persons will be thrown out of employ ment. Burglars broke into the Savings bank at Pawling, N. Y., early Tuesday morn ing and burst open the safe and secured $500 in money and $10,000 in govern ment bonds. They were subsequently captured and the money recovered. The carding and spinning, packing stock and boiler and building belonging to the plant of the C.mden Knitting Company, in the village of Camden, N. Y., were destroyed by fire Wednesday. Loss from sixty to seventy thousand dol lars. Cholera has made its appearance again in St. Petersburg, Russia, and it is known that fata! cases are of daily oc currence,although the authorises have not resumed their policy of last year of mak ing a regular daily announcement of the new case3 and deaths. It was reported at Pittsburg,Pa. Satur day that the Standard Oil Company and the Rothschilds had effected a combi nation to control the Russian oil business, the purpose being a division of the for eign refined oil trade and the regulation of pricesin the upward direction. Frank Marshall’s elevator at Chicago was totally destroyed by fire early Tues day morning. The building was stocked with one hundred thousand bushels of oats. The loss will be about $100,000. The building and contents were insured for about three-fourths of the amount of the loss. The Kirk Bells raeing stables at Mason City, la., were burned to the ground Monday evening. In the stables were Storm, 2.08 1-4; Brown John, full broth er to Storm; Storm Bird, Red Clay and several other valuable horses. The en tire string was valued at $50,000. Cause of the fire unknown. The Delmonico building, Nos. 20 and 22 Broadway, N. Y., has been sold at auction to Jame3 A. Patterson for $280, 500. This was thought to Le a great bargain, as the building was valued in appraisals at $400,000. The Delmoni co restaurant will be moved out on May 1st. A Winnepegdispatch of Tuesday says: Messrs. Bourge and Ch8ffev, respectively chief accountant and the postal clerk of the northwest government, have been suspended. It is understood that their defalcations amount to thousands of dol lars and there are intimations that others are involved. About thirty of the finishers and put- ters-out in A. B. Martin’s Morocco shoe factory, at Lynn, Mass., requested an in crease from $10 to $12 per week. They were refused, and on Monday left the factory. It is feared that unless some satisfactory settlement is soon made it may precipitate another big strike. The gold exported from New York Tues day amounted to $500,000, and all of it was taken from the subtreasury. The loss of so small au amount does not even cause comment in treasury circles, ns the free gold at the command of the treasurer now aggregates more than $7,000,000, and the treasury is gaining gold each day in its ordinary business transactions. A S’. Petersburg, Russia, cable dis patch says: It is stated in an official re port issued Wednesday that on an aver age of 150 new cases of cholera and one death from that disease are reported every week in the government of Pole- dia. Quite an extensive trade is carried on between Poledia and Austrian Gal icia, and also between Germany and Po- kda. The New York Times Publishing Com pany, of New York City, was incorpora ted Weduesdav with the secretary of state. The capital stock is $1,250,000, and the company is formed to publish ‘‘The New York T.mes,” and any other newspaper or newspapers, daily, semi weekly, weekly or otherwise, magazines, which it may hereafter acquire or estab lish. A special cable dispatch of Thursday from F^ris, states that the new French cabinet has resigned, after having been in office for only eleven weeks. The ad veise majority o: five votes cast by tha chamber on the liquor amendment was more or less a surprise to the government and after due deliberation the ministers decided to regard it as a vote of want of confidence and their resignation fol lowed. A New York sp cial of Thursday says: The junior security holders of the Cen tral Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia will apply to the courts of the state for a stay of proceedings to the foreclosure of the mortgage securing the 7 per cent tripartite bond', having ar ranged with a New York guarantee and indemnity compapv to purchase for their scpcqnt tl?e gaid tripartite bond* as soon as the order of the court staying fore- cosure proceedings has been obtained. John L. Word? Merrill, of the whole sale tea and coffee house of Merrill, Rit- tenhouse & Co., Kansas City, Mo., is the nephew and claims to be the first heir of the many times millionaire, John L, Woods, of Cleveland, O., who died at his winter home in Augusta, Ga., on the 27th. There are but few heirs apparent to the splendid f rtune which the dead man leaves, ageregating something like $15,000,000 and the bulk of the estate will probably be divided between five or -ix people. A St. P,.ul, Minn., dispatch of Sunday 3'vs: Two prosecution? will he begun at once against the parties charged with en gineering the coal combine. This was decided upon at a conference between At- lorney General Childs and the investiga- tb g committee. One of these suits will be in the state courts, and the defend ant?, E. M. Saunders and J. J. Rhodes, will be charged with perjury. The sec ond prosecution will be in the federal courts under the anti-conspiracy law’ and wi,l have as defendants all the prime movers in the combination. The Elm street Methodist Episcopal church, at Scranloo, Pa., which was partly destroyed by fire December 31, las’, at a loss of $lc0,000, and which had been almost reconstructed agism, was burned Monday morning. The s’ructure is now a complete ruin, noth- ng standing of the walls but the tower. It was only through almost superhuman work by the firemen that the parsonage and adjoining residences were saved. It is estima'ed that the loss will reach uliv $125,000, on which there is $30,- 000 insurance. The lire is believed to lave been the work of an iuceudiary. GROWTH^oL THE SOUTH. THROUGHOUT THE SODTH Notes ot Her Progress and Prosperity Briefly Epitomized And Important Happenings from Day to Day Tersely Told. The Industrial Development During the Past Week. Tho review of the industrial situation in the South for the past week shows the organization of a cotton mill company at Birmingham, Ala., with $300,000 capital,' hy the Smith Cotton Mill Co., of a saw and planing mill plant at Tallulah Falls, Ga., to cost $150,000, hy Stone & Bebe; of a cotton compr ss at Tine Bluff, Ark., costing $100,000, by It. E. Hunter and associates; of an Improvement Company with $100,000 capital, at I ampa, Fla., by It. W. Eas ley and other?; of the Wadley Diaw Bar Con struction Company, at Macon, Ga., with $100,- 000 capital; of a’ saw and planing mill at Or ange, Texas, to cost $100,000, by M. A. Gilmer; of the City Ice Company, with $60,000 capital, at Augusta, Ga., hy W. H. Brannon and others; of a coal and coke company at Burke's Gar den, W. Ya., with $60,000 eapi’al, by Jos ph Moss and others; of a construction company with $50,000 capital, at Dallas, Texa -, by G. M. D- Grigsby and associates, and of an o 1 mill to cost $50,000 at Beeville, Texas, by J. J. Welden and others. Forty-eight industries were established or incorporated during the week, together with three enlargements of manufactories, the build ing of water worki iu seven cities, and thirteen important new buildings. Among the new in dustries not already referred to are a brewery at Augusta, Ga., by Otto Bauch and other a can ning factory at Macon, Ga.; cotron gins at San Marc s and Arlington, Tex.; a $25,000 develop ment company at Jonesboro, Ark,; clrctrical companies at Lake City, Fla., Cuero, Gonzaiis and Seguin, Texas, and flooring mills at Jones boro, Ark., and Edna, Texas. An ice factory is to be built at Nacogdoches, Tex., a foundry and machine shop at Gaines ville, Fla., a $35,000 cotton oil mill at San Marcus, Tex., phosphate works at Wdliston, Fla., a knitting mill at Shnqulak, Mbs., and a trunk factory at Petersburg. Va. Among the woodworking plants es a Wished during the week are lumber companies at Charleston, and Harisville. S. C., and Rockville, Tex., saw and planing mills at Albertville and Gurley, Ala.. Hinesvillo and Taylor’s Creek, Ga.. and Buck- bannon, W. Ya.; a spoke and hub factory at Shuqulak, Miss., and a stave faciory at Mem phis, Tenn. There is also reported enlargements of a foundry at Beaumont, Texas; factory at Beu- nettsville, S. C., and a Inmber mill at Mobile, Ala. Water works are to be built at Bate-svil c, Ark., Key West, Fla., Fort Valley, Ga., Dan ville, Ky-, Greenville, Miss., Gaffney, S. (J., and Lynchburg, Va. Among the new buildings are business houses at Athens and Lumpkin, Ga., Covington, Ky., Donaldsonville, La., and Salem, Va.; c church at Bock Hall, S. C.; a college at Sherman, TexaB, ani an opera house at Macon, Ga.— Tradesman, (Chattanooga, l’enn.) LINCOLN NOTIFIED That His Resignation is Accepted and that Bayard is His Successor. Secretary of State Gresham sent the ollowing letter to Minister Lincoln at London by Thursday night’s mail : “Washington, March SO.—Hon. Robert Lin coln, United States Minister to Great Bri ain.— Sir : I duly laid before the pr sident your let- 'cr of the 25th ultimo tendering yonr resigna tion of tue office of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, and 1 am now directed hy him to inform you that it has been accepted. In doing so the president directs me to make suitable expression of Ills high appreciation of the ability, efficiency and zeal with which you have fulfilled the missions of your office, and his sincere regret that your retirement deprives tlie government of one of its most honored of ficer?. The president trusts that yon will find it convenient to a continuance of the perform ance of your functions until relieved by your successor’s entrance upon his duties. “Tlie Hon. ThomsB F. Bayard, of Delaware, has been nominated and confirmed today as ambassador extraordinary and minister pleni potentiary to her Britanic majesty's govern ment, tint designation laving been conferred in pursuance of a provision contained in the act of congress of March 1. 169 j, and in view of the action of her majesty in appointing Sir Julian Panncefote to be the first ambassador to the United States. “I take this opportunity to assure yon of my highest personal regard. “Wai.tf.u Q. Gresham, Secretary.” DR. TALMAGE’S GENEROSITY. He Liquidates the Floating Debt of Brooklyn Tabernacle. Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage made the fol lowing announcement Sunday morning in the Brooklyn tabernacle: “As you all know an iffort is being made in this church to pay off the fl rntiug debt, con sequent with the necessity of building three great churches, two of them hav ing been destroyed by fire. I wish to do my part, and now I subscribe $10,- 00J to pay the last $10,000 of ths entire floating debt.” This statement means that the congregation has raised $10,000 to meut the debt of $20,000 which the hutch must pay before April 1st. The rumor that Dr. Talmage was contem plating leaving Brooklyn has been quiet ed by his gift to the church. NASHVILLE’S NATIONAL BANKS Comptroller Hepburn Reports AU the Others Safe. Mr. Hepburn, comproller of the cur rency, Tuesday morning expressed the opinion that there was no danger that the other national banks in Nashville would be affected by the failure of the Commercial National bank. According to the information received at the de partment in Washington, he said, -the failure of the Commercial bank was not a bad one. Bank Examiner Jacob M. McKnight had been placed in charge. He reported that the capital of the bank was impaired to the" amount of $250,000. Damage from Ice Gorges. Dispatches of Tuesday state that tlie breaking of the great ice gorge in the Delaware river ai d the consequent sub siding of the wa'er on farm lands along the Delaware reveals damage th-t wiil require years to remedy. It is estimated that the. total loss from the frtgUet amptiut-s to $1,000,000. Sunday morning, at Tyler, Texas, fire destroyed the the Wimberly and Phillips buildings,adjoining each other. The total loss will reach $100,000. Fire at Moss Point, Miss., Wednesday morning, destroyed fifteen buildings in the business quarter of the town. Loss estimated at $30,000; insurance, $10,- 000. The Plug Manufacturers’ Trade Mark Association met in Louisville, Ky., Wed nesday, and re-elected the old officers and executive committee for the coming year. Saturday the well known hotel, the Maxwell house, at Nashville, Tenn., was sold at chancery sale for partition. A. H. Robinson became the purchaser for $200,000, and assumed a debt of $53,- 000. At Atlanta, Ga., Monday, Mrs. Ham mond, who is charged with aiding and abetting the defaulter, Lewis Redwine, was required to give a $2,500 bond UDtil the grand jury could look in to the case. She is now in jail, having failed to give the bond. James P. Dobbins, of the firm of Dob bins & Dazey, cotton factors, at Nash ville, Tenn., which firm assigned a few days ago, has called a meeting of all the firm’s creditors for April 11,in Nashville, with a view of arriving at a settlement of the firm’s liabilities. At Atlanta, Ga., Tuesduy morning, Col. B. F. Abbott, representing non-resi dent attorneys, filed an intervention ou behalf of the holders of the exchange bonds in the cise of the Boston Safe De posit Company vs. The Marietta & North Georgia Railroad, et al. A St. Augustine, Fla., special of Sun day says: Sevins Smith, J. C. Horsfall, William Sugdon, Quint Smith of Eng land, and C. II. Fillimer of Texa?, have juEt closed the purchase of the Jupiter Island Spanish Grant of 15,000 acres on the Indian river and have contracts to set it in pineapples. Porterfield, cashier of the suspended Commercial National bank of Nashviiie, Tenn., was arrested Thursday afternoon on a warrant sworn out bv Bank Exam iner McKnight. Porterfield gave bond in the sum of $10,000. The charges are perjury and making false statements to the department, Sunday morning the thriving town of Lynnville, Tenn., was swept by a disas trous fire, which wiped out almost the entire business portion of the town. The total losses are $40,000; insurance not kuow’n. The Lyunville Bank and Trust Company escaped. Lynnville is in Giles county, on the Louisville and Nash ville railroad, fifteen miles north of Pu laski. Governor Turney, of Tennessee, has appointed John A. Lloyd, of Soddy, liandltou county, to be commissioner of lab: r and inspector of mines for two years. Mr. Lloyd is a Welshman by birth, fifty-five years of age and has resi- di d in Hamilton county thiity-one years. He is a practical mining and civil en gineer and well qualified for the posi tion. The tug, Mascotte, owned by J. C. L. Engle, of Jacksonville, Fla., valued at $18,000, went ashore on Cumberland beach Thursday afternoon, causing the death of Steward Bowen, Fireman Bosen and leaving Captain Potter in a dying condition from their efforts to swim ashore through a raging sea and biting northeast gale lashing the water to a tre mendous height. The Columbia, S. C., Carnival Asso ciation has decided to hold a carnival on the 17th and 18th of April. There will be military contests for prizes, bicycle contest?, etc. There will be a street pi- rade in which distinguished society leaders of both sexes will be asked tc appear iu English hunting costumes. The carnival wiil also mark the inaugu ration of the electric street railway. Oliver Saunders living about six miles from Neillsviile, Wis., discovered his house on fire early Monday morning. He aided his wife and one child out, return ed for two other children, one son, six years old, and the other three, and Dever came out. The three bodies were found in the ruins after the fire was extinguish ed, in a horribly charred condition. Their limbs were entirely burned off. Mr. Saunders was sixty years of age. A telegram received at Tuskaloosa, Ala., Monday evening from New York, states that the purchase money for the Tuskaloosa, Northern and the Tuskaloosa belt railway has been paid, thus com pleting tho Wooifolk deal, which will result in the extension of the Northern through the Warrior coal fields and ths completion of the belt line. The tele gram further stated that bonds of the road have been sold and the money is now in hand to begin the work of con struction. A Chicago dispatch says: Arrange ments were completed Tuesday for the great gathering of the McLems in Chi cago in June. This will he a unique and memorable occasion, being the first re union of a Scottish clan on this side of the Atlantic. All McLeans, everywhere, without regard to present manner of spelling their name, together with all connected with the family by marriage, are under invitation to be present. There will be a grand reception banquet and other int risling ceremonies during the week of the gathering. A Raleigh, N. C., special of Monday says: It has been arranged with the prosecuting officers of the state and the counsel of S. O. Wilson, chairman of the people’s party state committee, who stands indicted for belonging to a sec ret oath-bound political organization, that Wilson shall, in the superior court, cuter the plea of nole contendere, that no judgment shall be pronounced, and that Wilson shall pay the cost. 'This is a happy solution of this political prose cution, and is satisfactory to the people. A resolution was introduced io th • Ti xis legis i tore Tu sday charging the road does a large lumber business. This is bound to grow less from now on. Eighteen mills closed last year. He ?u<rgested that something ought to be done to enable ti e c mpany to stand this loss. He did not ask tor an increase iu lumber or naval stores - except for short distances, to basing points. He was. very well satisfied to let the rates on these ar ticles stand where they are, hut wanted m advance on the genera} list. The lumbermen and i.aval store men ill over the state were present to resi'-t nv demaud of the railroad officials for increased rates cn those two commodities. It was with surprise and gratificaiion 'bat these tepreseatatives cjiscoY'-fed that J the transportation men were not after lumber and naval stores, but more par ticularly general traffic. The commission will take up the ar siment of the railway men in a few days and go through them carefully. ELLIOT SHEPARD DEAD. He Dies Suddenly While Under the Influence ot Ether. Colonel Elliot thepaid, editor of the New York Mail and Express, died sud denly Friday afternoon at his home at No. 2 West Fifty-?(cund street. New York city. His death followed the ad ministration of ether by Dr. Charles Me Burney/and the family physician, Dr. J. W. McLean, who were about to mike an examination to ascertain whether the colonel’s suspicion that he suffered from stone in the bladder was correct. Colo nel Sheppard has been in good health, but nearly a month ago he noticed symp toms that led him to believe that he was afflicted with stone in the bladder. His doctor advised him to at least submit to an examination and to undergo an oper ation should it be deemed mcessary. Up to Friday morning Colonel Shepard bad attended to his business in the U9U&1 way. colonel shepard’s death. About 1 o’clock Colonel Shepard said he was ready for the surgeons, and they, with the nurses, began the work of put ting him under the influence of ether He had inhali d the drug but two ot three times when the physicians detected dangerous symptoms and stopped the in halation. He sank rapidly and for time it was feared that be could not be rallied. Powerful restoratives were ad ministered. At the end of an hour’s work with oxygen, he was restored to partial consciousness and he continued apparently to rally until 4 o’clock, then without warning and for no apparent reason, he began rapidly to sink. The oxygen treatment was resumed, but it was of no avail. At 4:20 o’clock he died. He was unconscious, and his death was peaceful. The cause of the death given hy the physicians was oede ma of the lungs. SKETCH TIF DE CEASED. Eliott Fitch Shepard was born in James town, Cbatauqua county, N. Y., July 2 1823. He was educated at the University of the city of New York, admitted to tho bar in 1858, and for many years practiced in New York city. In 1861 and 1862 he was aide-de camp on the staff of Governor Edwin D. Morgan, was in command of the depot of volunteers of Elmira, N. Y., and aided in organizing, equipping and for warding to the field nearly 50,000 troops. He was instrumental in raising the Fifty- first New York regiment, which was named for him the Shepard Rifles. He was the founder of the New York state bar association in 1876, which has formed the model for the organization of similar associations in other states. In March 1888 lie purchased the New York Mail and Express. AN INQUEST ORDERED. The certificate of Colonel Elliot F. Sheppard’s death was sent to the health board Saturday. The cause of the death was given as “inhalation of ether.” Dr. John T. Nagle, register, would not ac cept the certificate so worded, and would not grant a burial permit. He sent the certificate to the coroner with orders that he m-.ke an investigation. DUBOSE IMPEACHED. The Tennessee House acts on the Case by an*. Overwhelming Vote. A Nashville, Tenn., dispatch says: Judge Julius J. Dub'se, of the Shellby county criminal court, has been impeach ed. The house followed the conserva tive plan of first investigating whether the charges, if tiue, were sufficient in law for impeachment; then a committee was appointed to investigate the truth of the charges, and it reported Saturday. There was a call for the reading of the testimony and the clerk had only begun the onerous duty of wading through forty thousand words of testimony when the house called a halt. What had been read sustained some of the most serious charges, and by a vote of 84 to 4 Judge Dubose was in iffeet removed from office and sent to the senate to be tried upon these charges. CONVENTION OF GOVERNORS. Arrangements Being Perfected for the Meeting in Richmond. A Richmond, Va., dispatch of Wed- ne-dty says: Arra gements for the pro posed cenvention of southern governors in the eff art to secure a proper recogni tion by the world of the stuth’s resour ces, which is to b: held here April 12th, is still being made. Governors Elias Carr, of North Carolina, and Jone9, of Alabama, are the only ones who have di rectly accepted the invitation. The fol lowing have replied to Governor McKin ney's invitation, sayingj.hey will attend if possible: Governors W. A. McCorkle, ! f West Virginia; W. J. Northeo, of Georgia; W. J. Stone, of Missouri; Frank Brown, of Maryland; and A. M. Stone, of Mississippi. Governors John Young Brown, of Kentucky, and Henry C. Mitchell, of Florida, have declined the invitation. BATTLE BETWEEN INDIANS. Cherokee Factions Fight and Ten Meu Killed while Many More are Wounded. A special from Fort Smith, Aik., says: A battle was fought Tuesday at ADtlers, I. T., between "Indian factions. One hundred and fifty men were on each side. Ten were killed and fifteen wounded. One side repres nted the Choctaw gov ernment, term'd the military, and the others are followers of V. M. Locke, who resists arrest, fearing he will be killed instead of given a trial by law. United States cffic: rs arrested nineteen of the leadtrs of the militia at 6 o'clock p. m. and took them to Paris, Ttx. All is quiet at present. In the Choctow elections last summer, there were charges of fraud and four men were assassinated. This led to a faction al war. THE INVESTIGATION STOPPED. Attorney General Oluey’s Orders Re garding the Gate City Bank Case. The investigation at Atlanti of the Gate City Bank defalcation by the United States grand jury has been brought to a sudden stop. Day and night, for days past. United States District Attorney Darnell and Captain Henry Jacks u have done herculean service in pushing this investigation. They have literally gone to the b !tom of things. Tuesday, At torney General Oiney wired Captain Jackson to suspend further action in the back ii.vts igalion until further notice, and hi3 reasons for putting a stop to the investigation are a theme for much spec* tlUtioo. GEN. KIRBY SMITH DEAD. The Famous Soldier and Teacher Passes Oyer the Riyer. The Last of the Full Generals on Either Side During the Late War, General E. Kirby Smith, professor of Mathematics in the University of the South since 1875, died at Sewanee, Tenn., Tuesday af ernorm at 3:25 o’clock. For two years his health has been declining, and two weeks ago he was taken sick at New Orleans and was confined to his bed for five or six days, but recovered sufficiently to travel and reported nt Sewanee ready for duty Monday, March 19th. Two days after wards he caught cold. A relapse en sued. His condition was complicated by congestion of the right lung. Ear’y Tuesday morning he became to tally unconscious. His end was very peaceful. His wife and six of his family were with him. He died as he had lived, bright, strong and confident in his Christian faith and hope. For eighteen years past General E. Kirby Smith’s home has been at Sewanee on the beautiful Cumberland p'ateau, where General Smith has been professor of botany and mathematics in the Uni versity of the South. BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. Edmund Kirby Smith was born in St. Augustine, Fla, iu May, 1824. His father had been an officer in the United States army but had retired, became a lawyer and was appointed ju ige ot the federal courts of the Florida territory. When ten yers of age, his his father hav ing been sent to congress from Florida, ycung Smith went to school at the fa mous Hallowell school at Alexandria, Va. After six years here ho was ap pointed to West Point, completing his course there and graduating with honor in the class of 1845, with Fitz John Por ter. C. P. Stone, W. F. Smith, B. E. Lee, Gordon Granger, D. B. Sackett and many others afterwards distinguished as officers iu both armies. The record of his achievemsuts in the Mexican war and in the lato war between the states is well known. He was bre- vetted second lieutenant, Fifth United S ates infantry July 1, 1845, and second lieutenant in the Seventh infantry Au gust 22, 1846, for gallant and merito rious conduct in the battle of Cerro Go do. He was made captain August 20, 1847, and two years later, when the war closed, he was ordered to West P, int to assume the post of acting assist ant professor of mithematics in the National Military academy. When it became necessaiy to survey the new boundry established by the Mexican war he acted as botanist to the commission. In 1855 he was made captain of the Second cavalry and was constantly cn gaged in frontier warfare till the out break of the civil war. He opposed secession till it was part accomplished, but then offered his sword a 1 d bis life to the new government. Ilis offer was accepted and his promotion was rapid, as testified to by the list of his commissions. Colonel of cavalry at the first organization of the confederate government and army at Montgomery, 1861; brigadier general June 17. 1861; lieutenant general October 10, 1862; full general February 19, 1864. When the end came and the surrender at Appomattox General Smith left the United States until it could be seen whether criminal charges would be pre ferred against the leading officers of the southern army. He surrendered his ar my to General Canby May 26, 1863, and bade farewell to his devoted soldiers in solemn and touching address. He went through Mexico to Cuba, returuiug to Virginia and thence moving to Ken tucky. In 1866 Le became president of the Western Military acad: my, but two years later it burned and he became chancellor of the University of Nashville. After six years’ service in this position he went to the University of the South in 1875 and has since lived tbere. He held important command succes sively in Virginia, Tcunessee, Kentucky and the tians-Mississippi departments. In the first he was in the first battle of Manassas and tho last two conducted masterly campaigns. For his brilliant victory at Richmond, Ky., the confed erate congress voted him a resolution of thanks styling the action the only decis ive battle of the w^r. He lias been in poor health over a year. He is tho last of the full generals of the confederacy. He leaves a wife and eleven children, Kirby Smith, Jr., in Tens; Mrs. Buck, of Vicksburg, Miss., and nine who are still at home. ANNOUNCED TO TUE VETERANS. The fol’owiog general order No. 84 was issu'd from the headquarters of the United Confederate Veterans in New Or leans Tuesday night: “With the deepest emotion and heartfelt sorrow, the general commanding, announces to our brotherhood of comrades the sad news of the d-ath of one i f our beloved leaders, whose pure life, c vie virtues, martial achieve ments and stainless life, crown him as one i f the foremost Americans. General E. Kirby Smith, late commander e.f the western district of the United Con ederate Veteran', snd the last of the fall gene als of the confederacy has closed his illustri ns career, his noble spirit hiving passed into the mystery of death at 3:35 o’clock p. m. today. “The brilliant service and imp'-rishable deeds tendeied by him In tlie Mexican war, wreathed a duplet of fame around his brow and flashed h s name across the history of that epoch to rem i in undintmed forever. “In our titanic struggle, stricken down at Bull linn, he was one of ths fi.se officers whose blood was poured out Lom the sou h and he is sued the last order of our fateful war. He rose rapidly from captain to the rank of full gen rat and filled the successive military grades with matchless ab.lity. “Invested with plenary powers in the trans- Mississippi department as a military commander and as a civilian, he has left to his countrymen and to posterity a record for ability and integ- ri v which forever will challenge admiration. Dignified, modest, tender and of most lovable disposition, he was ia'ent upon everv measure which benefited his people or made prosperous our reunited country. “Hts funeral will take place at Sewanee, Tenn, on Friday, March 31st, at 12 o'clock noon, ai:d the general commanding desires that all honors be pa-d to his memory by the United Confederate Veterans. By order of “J. B- Gordon, General Commanding. “Geoeoe Moorman, “Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.” TRADE REVIEW. A BEGINNING. Resident—Think of openiug aa office in this neighborhood, ehSeems to me you are rather young for a family physi cian. Young Doctor -Y-e-s. but—er—I shall only doctor children at first. — [New York Weekly. SUBDUED. Lawyer (to kicking client)—Well, have you at last decided to take my ad vice and pay this bill of mine? Client—Y-e-s. Lawyer—Very well; (to clerk) .John, add $j to Mr. Smith’s bill for further ad- vice.mJPijek. Statns of Business for the Past TTeek Reported by Dun & Co. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: The volume of trade is well maintained and manufacturers are better employed with some increase in demand, where increase was most needed, nnd i n dioations are that the people do L gin to think of reducing purchase*. The treasury has been regaining gold, in spite of exports of $500,000 this week and some exports expected, but in view of the enoimous excess of imports since January 1st, it is scarcely reasonable to hope that further outgoes of gold are to be avoided. The stringency in the money market at New York and other points is largely due to slow collections, which ap pear fo result rather from severe weather than from any other form of commercial soundness. At Philadelphia money is close with dull collections. Iron is in better de mand and wool very firm. At Pittsburg steel is in better demand and an advance in glass is talked of. The shoe trade at Cincinnati exceeds last year’s 20 per cent and a better dry goods trade is seen at Cleveland; general trade is good, with large demand for structural iron, but col lections are slow. Trade at Detroit about equals last year’s, and at Indianap olis diy goods are active and manufac turer’s busy. General trade at Chicago is good and collections fair except at some western points, but moggy is in strong demand and partly because of ^ roads. Receipts of many products dined—wool, corn, and dressed tr per cent, hogs 52, cheese 54, cattl barley and seeds 20 and oats 14 per- Receipts of wheat are 125 per cent larg than last year; rye 60; sheep 80 am hides 15 per cent. Weather retards tra' at Milwaukee and St. Paul. At St. Lo money is unchanged with a legitinL' demand. Business is good at Kan: City and at Omaha trade isjjood. Joe reports a heavy trade. Denver is fair and at Salt Lak proving. At most southern points improve is seen, especially at Nashville and K uille, though money is somewhat c but at Louisville the outlook is favo~ At Atlanta collections arc slow, at M exports of coal and lumber increase money is in a tight demand, but at Orleans trade is dull with sugarjn demand and large exports of Btricted by the luck of ocean Jon ThouglTotneiMrbtM^il^’if'ni at delphia with more pressure to sell, mer is strong, and at most markets demand for manufactured products iron and steel seems to increase. Cop is slow at 11 3-4 for lake, but tin is a vancefl to 21 by speculation, while sales of lead has been large at 395. The western movement of live stock about equals last year’s. The advance in carpets continues and trade in knit goods is larger. Speculation in cotton fluctuates ab surdly with rumors about the English strike, hut the price is unchanged^ though stocks in sight exceed the proba ble demand for the year. Wheat has de clined la with sales of 16,000,000 bush- bushels at New York, though western receipts in four days arc over 1,700,000 bushels and exports are only 668,000. Pork and hogs are slightly higher, though lard is lower. Foreign trade continues to show a large adverse bal ance. Purchases in foreign account»do not as yet indicate reviving qualities in American securities. The business failures occurring through out the country during the last seven days number 243 as compared with 220 last week. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 231. A BOTTLED MESSAGE From One of the Crew of the Ill-Fated Steamer Jfaronic. A special from Norfolk, Ya., says: William Johnson, the winter watchman at Ocean View, Va., a summer resort near the mouth of Chesapeake bay, Wed- m sday afternoon picked up on the beach t that place a champagne bottle with several corks tied about its neck, and A-ith a letter enclosed giving alleged in formation from one of the crew of the 'inking of the White Star line steamer Saronic. The letter was: 3:30 a. in., February 19.—Steamship Narqnie, White Star Line, at Sea.—To Who Picks This Up: Itepurl when you find this to our agents if not heard of beforo, that our aliip is fast sink ing beneath the waves, and it is such a storm that we can never liv: in the small boats. One boat has already gone with her human cargo below. God let all in live through this. We were struck by au iceberg in a blinding snow storm and floated two hours. Now it is 3:20 a. m. by my watch, and the great ship is deck 1-vel with the sea. P. port to the agents at Bn alway, New York, M. Kersey <fc Co. Good- by ail. ' John Alsex, Cattleman. REGARDED AS A HOAX. A Liverpool cablegram of Thursday states that the officials of the White'Star^j Steamship Company regard as a hoax the^ message story. They state as to the sig-B nature of -'‘John Olsen, cattlemaD,” ap-“ pended to Ihe letter in the bottle, that-’ there was no person named Olsen on board the Naronic. They also point out that it was improbable that a bottle thrown from the Naronic at the time of - the accident Ue:cribed in the letter would have drifted against the gulf stream to the place where the bottle was found. THE DECISION EXPLAINED. Where Combination of Laboring Men is Held as Unlawful. A New Orleans special of Monday says: As the decision rendered by Judge Billings of the United States circuit court, rendered in the case of the United States vs. the Workingmen’s Amalgama ted council of New Orleans, growing out of the general labor strike of last No vember, is not understood in some cir cles, the following resume is given by request: The decision of Judge Billings main tains that combinations in restraint of interstate and foreign commerce by and between laborers are within the statute ox July 2, 1890, as well as combinations by and between capitalists. A combina tion among laborers to allow no work to be done in moving goods and merchan dise, which was being conveyed through the city of New Orleans from and to foreign countries and the demand of cer tain employes in certain kinds of busi ness was complied with, is within cer tain prohibition of the statute. That combination is none the less lawful, because attended interruption of com merce is attempted also and did compass the interruption of all the other kinds of business. The opinion further holds that mere refusal to work or a combina tion among many laborers not to work, with no attempt at intimidation by vio lence to prevent others from working would not contravene the statute. Choleba is takinga new start in ths delta of tue Ganges, taking a northeasterly courss —the same route by which it traversed Europe last year. Russia, especially, dreads its invasion, and is unabte to enforce any thing likt an ordinary quarantine,