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BATTLE AT TBACT CITY,
Miners Make a Desperate Effort to Lib
erate the Comets.
Bullets Fly Thick and Fast-
Killed and Wounded.
-The
Another desperate attempt was made
nt midnight Wednesday night to liber
ate the convicts at Tracy City, Tenn.
Tho stocknde was attacked by about
I seven hundred miners, but were re-
I pulsed by the guards. In the fight one
miner was killed and fi ,- e wounded,
two of whom may die.
TUB OLD GRIEVANCES.
, After the destruction of the stockade
last summer and the liberation of the
convicts, the miners at Tracy City
were in high glee. For a time they
labored under the impression that they
had forever driven the convicts out of
the mountains of Grundy county and
that they would no longer be forced to
contend with that obnoxious class of
labor. However, it was but a short
time until the zebras again bobbed up
at tho mines in an increased number.
Tho stockade had been rebuilt and
strengtnened, and an additional guard
force had been employed. A spirit of
revenge still lingered in the breasts of
many of the younger and more head
strong element. They talked over
their alleged wrongs while at work in
the mines, discussed them in small
. groups and at last began to hold secret
meetings in the wooded fastnesses.
One Sunday about a month ago, a
meeting was held by these malcontents,
ami at its conclusion a couple of dyna
mite cartridges were exploded as a sig
nal that the attack would soon be
mnde. Some two weeks ago, another
meeting nt which there were about
thirty miners were held and the plan
of attack agreed upon, which was that
attempted to be carried out on Wed
nesday night.
Early in the day the Tracy City
agents of ihe Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company received what they deemed
reliable information that th(*stoekade
would be attacked that night. This
information was at once conveyed to
the officials at the stocknde and to
President Baxter in Nashville. That
gentleman at once notified Adjutant
General Fite and the troops were or
dered tube in readiness to move at a
moment’s notice. A telegram was
sent to Warden Burton, who was
’u Nashville on business, and he
left at once for the scene of
trouble, arriving there about 11 o’clock.
Deputy Shriver had not been idle,
and when liis chief reached the stock
ade, he found about forty men on
guard, amply supplied with ammuni
tion. Pickets had been posted outside
of the stockade and spies had been de
tailed to ascertain the time and meth
od of attack. It had been brought to
Ihe attention of the deputy warden
that the attack would be made at 1
o’clock in the morning of Wednes
day. Shortly after dark, great
black clouds banked up against
the sky and ns the night wore nn-
they began to roll nnd the light,
ning to flash. It was an ominous
_ scene, and just such a night as would
suit the dark purposes of the malcon
tents. The convicts were restless as
the guards moved to and fro, and
seemed to realize that probably the
long looked for opportunity to regain
their liberty was about to come. They
had heard of the threatened attack,and
as they lav in their cots, discussed it
in whispers.
THE KNOCK AT THE GATE.
A few minutes before 11 o’clock
Wednesday night Deputy Shriver,
Sheriff Sanders nnd ex-Sheriff DeJar-
nett heard a loud knock nt the stock
ade gate. Instantly the ponderous
gate swung back on its hinges and
there, in the gloom, stood three men
heavily armed.
“Upon what terms will you release
the convicts?” asked the taller of the
men, a strapping young fellow of about
twenty-five years.
“They will not be released at all,”
replied the brave deputy. ^
“Well, we’ll have them,” said the
leader, at the same time saying that he
and his companions represented seven
hundred miners, and that theo had
the dynamite and the arms to do it
with. Then he held up in his hand a
dynamite cartridge, and was on the
eve of making a threatening move
ment when the deputy warden and the
sheriff seized him and dragged him in
side the gnte and closed it. As soon
as their companion was seized, and
before the guards could get their
hands on them, the other two walked
rapidly away, brandishing their arms
as they went. Sheriff Sanders order
ed the guards to fire upon them, but
for some reason this was not done.
SHOTS FROM EVERY SIDE.
The captured miner had hardly been
gotten inside the little room near the
gnte before the guard heard the patter
of the leaden hail from a score of
weapons. By a preconcerted signal
the shots came from every side of the
stockade and the garrison was-for a
moment carried completely off their
"feet. The miners had closed on the
stockade and were actually poking the
muzzles of their gnns through the
portholes. In an instant the guards
were at their posts, and then the salute
from tho outside was answered by a
volley from the “ins.” The miners,
however, had the advantage as the
light on the inside enabled them to see
every movement of the beleaguered
guards. The latter, however, took to
the upper portholes and then the bat
tle raged furiously for a few minutes.
Fully five hundred shots were fired,
and every man on the inside expected
every moment to be his last.
Deputy Shriver had climbed to the
second story of the stockade, where he
could look down on the besiegers. He
had hardly gotten into the room before
a miner saw him in the lamplight and
drew a bead on him. Shrivel, how
ever, saw his game and both fired al
most simultaneously. Shriver was shot
twice in the right side of the face, while
his adversary, who proved to be a
minor -named Bob Irvine, fell dead in
his tracks. In the meantime the captured
leader, who proved to be a young
miner named Joe Grantham, had been
released by Sheriff Sanders and the
guards upon a promise that he would
go out and stop the firing. He played
the traitor, however, for after his re
lease, Guard Walden received a full
charge of several shots in his chest,
stomach and bowels, the shot coming
from a gun stuck through one of
Hi? portholes. The leaden balls
from the stockade began to
grow too hot, and when Irvine had
fallen a victim to Shriver’s unerring
aim and several others had been seri
ously wounded, the besieging party
broke for a near hill overlooking the
stockade, where lor an hour or so they
4inul down on the guards.
About 12 :30 o’clock a. m. rain began
to fall and the tiring, though continu
ing at intervals, hud no effect. By day
light the miners had disappeared.
AN ARKANSAS CYCLONE.
A Town Nearly Annilated and SeTen
People Killed.
News was received at Little Rock,
Ark., Tuesday of a fearful cyclone in
Fourche valley, Scott county. The
town of Boles 'was almost entirely de
stroyed. Seven perrons were killed and
a large number injured. The path of
the storm was a half mile in width and
everything was swept before it.
A dispatch from Osage City, Mo.,
says that a cyclone passed over that-mty
Thursday morning. It is reported that
the storm worked destruction of life and
property.
MILES OF WRECKED HOMES.
The Result of a Terrific Cyclone in Mis
sissippi and Arkansas.
Houses Scattered to the Four Winds
and Hnndreds of People Killed.
DISCUSSING GOLD.
. Wjahicgton special says: The gold
atron Tuesday is considered to be
CARLISLE’S STATEMENT.
He Has Something; to Say in Regard to
the Financial Situation
Gold Will Be Paid for Certificates as
Long as it is Available.
A Washington special says: Secre
tary Carlisle, Thursday night, made
the following statement regarding the
financial situation. In the exercise of
discretionary power conferred upon the
secretary of the treasury by the act of
July 14, 1890, he has been paying gold
for the coin of treasury notes issued
for the purchase of silver bullion, and
he will continue to do so as long as the
gold is lawfully available for that pur
pose. Under this process the govern
ment has been and is now paying gold
for silver bullion and storing the silver
in its vaults, where it is as useful for
any purpose of circulation or redemp
tion as iron, lead or any other commod
ity?- The government, in the first place,
issued a coin treasury note in payment
for silver bullion, and the coin tres'
ury note is presented at a snblxeasury
and gold is paid out for it, so that the
effect is precisely the same as if the
gold was paid direct instead of silver
in the first instance. About $800,00
of the gold, which was withdrawn from
the subtreasury on last Tuesday for
shipment abroad, was paid out on
these coin treasury notes. No order
has been made to stoj> the payment of
gold upon these notes; nor has any
one been authorized to say that such
an order would be issued. The pur
pose of the government is to preserve
its own credit unimpaired and main
tain the parity of the two metals by all
lawful means.
“In view of the existing legislation,
the only question for consideration is
us to the measures that ought to. be
adopted to insure the accomplishment
of these purposes, and upon this ques
tion, there is, of course, room for wide
difference of opinion. The total stock
of gold coin and gold bullion now in
this country, including what is held by
the treasury as well as what is held by
the banks and individuals, amounts to
about $740,000,000. "When I came
into the treasury department on the
7th day of March, the amount of gold
on hand had been reduced to 8987,000,
but by arrangements with western
banks, it was increased until on the
first of April it amounted to nearly
$8,000,000. The heavy shipments be
gan to be made, and two days ago we
had only about $40,000, but now it
amounts to $885,000, after deducting
what was withdrawn from the sub
treasury Thursday for shipments.
“Arrangements are now in progress
by which more gold is to be procured
from the west, and I hope that a suf
ficient quantity will be secured to keep
the gold reserve intact. There is gold
enough in the country 1,0 meet all the
requirements of the situation, and if
all who are really interested in main
taining a sound and stable currency
would assist the secretary of the treas
ury to the extent of their ability, the
existing difficulty would soon be re
moved. ”
In addition to this statement, Secre
tary Carlisle said $800,000 in gold had
been taken out of ,the sub-treasury in
New York Thursday for export. The
class of money paid, into the sub-
treasury for this gold withdrawal in
cludes $400,000 in gold certificates,
which to that amount did hot reduce
the gold reserve because they them
selves were practically gold.' So the
actual gold reduction of the day was
only $400,000, leaving the balance as
stated above. This is the first consid
erable amount of .gold certificates paid
into the sub-treasury for. gold’export
for many years and encourages the
treasury officials to hope that the Milks,
seeing the situation, wiH’ continue to
present gold certificates' in part pay
ment at least for gold withdrawn for
export. ■ i
SERVIA’S NEW KING.
Alexander Takes Charge of Affairs and
Arrests ^he .Regeiits and Ministers.
A cable dispsts^.of Friday from Bel'
gfade s'atei that’King Alexander ha? ar
rested the regebts aud ministers of Ser
via. He* has declared that he has at
tained his majority, and has assumed
the governorship of the country. The
arrests were made at a great banquet
given at the pilaco to celebrate King
Alexander’s success in passing the exami
nations prescribed for Servian students.
At midnight, while the festivities were in
progress, the king proclasih'ed that he
had attained his majority .and had,
with the skuptian, assigned the govern
ment of the coyglry. . When the
deposed regents and ntinistera
heard the proclamation, they were
dumfounded. The king and his advisers
acted promptly, and soldiers in waiting
placed the regents and ministers under
arrest. The army is loyal to the king.
Long before daybreak the king proceeded
to the brrraCks, where he was received
with joyous acclamations and expressions
of loyalty. A new ministry was appointed
with M. Doketch as prime minister. The
king then issued a decree dissolving the
skuptian, and writs for a new election
were sent to the various, constituencies.
The act of Alexander appears to meet
with the approval of the population.
A Meridian, Miss., special says:
When a heavy clond gathered Wednes
day afternoon and threatening clouds
lowered, the thought uppermost wa6
that a cyclone was brewing and when
time went by and Meridian escaped, as
if by a miracle, news was anxiously
awaited from other points. Rumors of
eyclones'throughout Jasper and Clarke
counties were rife, but not until the
delayed New Orleans and Northeastern
train reached the city at 1 o’clock a.
m., could particulars be obtained.
From the conductor and others of the
train crew and passengers, the follow
ing particulars were learned:
The cyclone originated in Jasper
county, thirty-five miles south of Me
ridian and traveled in a northeasterly
direction with the peculiar whirling gy
ratory motions characteristic of cy
clones. A settlement of negro cabins
was destroyed and many of the unfort
unate inmates perished.*
Colonel Berry’s magnificent planta
tion was swept clean, but fortunately
none of his family were injured.. Sev
eral negroes on his plantation were se
riously hurt. Here the cyclone per
formed the freak of bodily lifting a
house from the ground, sweeping away
the floor and foundation, and replac-
the house were it originally stood.
Dr. T. J. Erouse, a planter of large
interests, was a heavy loser. Every
stick of timber on his place was car
ried away nnd every house demolished.
Dr. Krouse was himself badly Lor*,
and his son iS iyi,.^ ,at • v the point of
death from injuries received. Mrs.
Krouse nnd Miss Lizze Krouse were
rescued -from the debris unhurt except
from severe contusions.
Secretary Carlisle May Stop the Pay
ment of Gold for Treasury Motes.
A
situs!
easier than it was Monday, and the treas
ury (Officials are more confident. In the
minds of all. the impression has become
stronger that it may not be necessary for
the secretary to take any action, which
will change the present policy of the de
partment. This feeling was said to be due
to the fact that the announcement was
practically made that the government
would only as a last resort turn to the issu
ance of bonds. This fiim and determined
position of Mr. Carlisle has, they aav,
already had its benficial effect and so
soon as it becomes known that the secre
tary of the treasury has seriously consid
ered the advissbilty of stopping the pay
ment if gold coin for the treasury notes
issue^i
FOURTEEN MEN DROWNED.
Lake Michigan Swept by Disastrously
Heavy Gales.
A special of Thursday from Milwau
kee, AVis., says: Lake Michigan is be
ing swept by one of the worst easterly
gales experienced in years. .The sea is
running very high, and tugs are un
able to venture out of the harbor.
Fourteen laborers employed in Lake
Tunnel found a grave in the icy waters
<>C_ Lake Michigan early Thursday
morning. The dreadful storm raging
throughout the night had lashed the
lake into a seething mass of foam. Im
mense waves were rolled towards the
shore by a furious east wind and car
ried away the house built on the top
of the crib at the mouth of the tun
nel, in which the men were employed.
The house on the crib contained two
stationary engines and the tools used
by the men. It was built of heavy
timbers fastened with iron bands. It
was swept into the roaring waters,
however, like an eggshell, and its
parts were washed ashore.
A WHOLE FAMILY ROASTED.
A negro : on Dr: -Krouse’s place
with his wife and nine children, were
imprisoned under the ruins of his cab
in and fire, originating from the kitchen
stove, 6lowly roasted ' the unfortunate
w*retehes who pitiously begged that
death might come aud release them
from sufferings.
After leaving Krouse’s place, the cy
clone cut a swath three hundred feet
wide through a section of land densely
timbered. The heavy oaks went down
like a slieaf of wheat under a cloud of
grasshoppers anil all along the remain
der of the route the houses crumbled
like air castles exposed to the score!*
ing rays of the noonila^ sun. ' "
Three miles east of Barnett the wind
struck a neighborhood of frugal farm
ers. Tom Lett’s dwelling was engulfed
and he escaped with a broken leg,while
other members of bis family were
slightly bruised. John Smith had his
house swept away and escaped with
cuts aud bruises. From here for a
space of five miles the country is rather
thinly settled, but now the remains of
s'everal negro cabins and a wide stretch
■of felled timl>«r mark the cyclone’s
deadly march, while the luckless late
inhabitants of the cabins are nursing
their wounds in the brush.
At other places in the track of the
6torm a number of dwellings were
demolished but no fatalities occurred.
Twenty miles east of Barnett the
storm crossed the Mobile and Ohio
railroad tracks, tearing down the tele
graph wires and obstructing the track.
After crossing the Mobile, and Ohio
tracks north of Schubutta in nearly
the same track pursued by the cyclone
of a month ago, the storm struck
Bob Floyd’s plantation, unroofing
and demolishing a number of negro
cabins.
The fury of the storm can be better
imagined when it is stated that in
some instances common pine shingles
were driven through huge trees. Be-
yonnd Floyd’s place, the cyclone still
pursuing a northeasterly course, pass
ed through many- Yhieklv populated
settlements, but reports are coming in
slowly. Such as are coming, however,
indicate an awful loss of life and prop
erty. AH. along the thirty ffiiles of
the cyclone’s path is strewn - “the dead
carcasses of horses” cattle and all de
scription of live stock, while the farm
ing lands, witli crops just coming up,
are so incumbered with debris that it
will be impossible to till them this
season.
VERY HEAVY LOSSES.
Thf’loss in dolors .cannot be esti
mated with accuracy, but it will reach
into the hundreds of thousands. The
distressing feature is that those
visited by the storm’s fury are for the
most part small holders, farmers with
moderate means who lose all they pos
sess in the world, aud will be compelled
to start anew.' ' This is tin' third time a
cyclone has traversed nearly r the same
track in the past- two months, and ow
ing to that fact it is highly probably
that the major portion of the waste
thus created will not be rebuilt.
HAVOC IN FOURCHE VALLEY.
:. News was received at Little Bock,
Ark., AVedyesday, of a fearful cyclone
that swept down Foil the valley, Scott
county, a few days ogo^ leaving death
and havoc in its wake. The- .pews of
the terrible destruction was late in
reaching the outside world Yin account
of the absence Of railroads • and tele
graphic communication in the -port of
the state where it occurred. jThe town
of Holies, sixteen miles northeast of
Dallas, was almost swept* (iff the map.
Building, outhouses and- fences were
blown half a mile and -scattered in
fragments. Dozens of to^ps were up
rooted anil carried in front of the
storm.
•A number of Jives were lost, but a
correct report caiinot ’be obtained. It
is known that seven persons were kill
ed. Large houses were lifted off their
foundations as if they were, straws and
dashed to pieos. The path of the cy
clone was a half mile in width.
At Quitman, Miss., twenty-six miles
south of Meridian, on the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, the havyc wrought by
the cyclone near that village is greates.
than at first reported. The storm
barely missed Quitman, passing two
hundred yards north and tearing the
timber around. Reports of casulties
were still coming -iu„ ; • Though^ but
few were killed outright, yet^ several
of the wounded are not expected to
live.
_ nder the act of July 14th, 1890,
the situation will present a very differ
ent phai-e and the shipment of gold,
which is looked upon ss a means for
forcing the administration to issue bonds,
will come to an end.
The cabinet meeting Tuesday was to
consider, to some extent, the financial
situation, and it is believed that the sec
retary will be upheld in his advice to
stop for the present the payment of the
gold treasury rotes. -Under the silver
act of 1890 the government is compelled
to purchase each month 4,500,000 ounces
of silver and nt the same time issue notes
for the bullion received. There is nt
present outstanding of these notes $139,-
OQ0,000, and they are being constantly
redeemed in gold at the New
York sub-treasury. The redemption
in gold of these notes has been a matter
of accommodation on the part of the
treasury department, ns the law gives the
secretary dicrction as whether they shall
be r< deemed in -gold or silver. Now,
that the gold balance has been reduced,
the secretary of the treasury is consider
ing the advisability of using his discre
tion and paying these notes in silver.
If the secretary determines to take ad
vantage of the discretion given him by
the law, it will be a more difficult mat
ter for tbe New Y8rk brokers to obtain
the gold for shipment, as the stoppage
of the payment o*n the gold certificates
nnd the treasury notes would leave them
with less upon which gold could be ob
tained. The subtreasury in New York
at the end of each month makes a report
to the department at Washington show
ing the amount of the treasury notes that
have been redeemed in gold.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
from Day to Day in
National Capital
Appointments in the Various Depart
ments—Other Notes of Interest.
FOUR MILLION A MON I H.
In the reports of the ways nnd means
committee on the condition of the trea 1 -
ury up to January 31, 1893, a table is
given which shows that the subtreasury
redeemed the following amounts of treas
ury cotes in gold each month since June,
1892:
July, |5,108,900; August $5,019,000;
September, $1.759,000; October, $224,-
20u; November, $220,000; Decem
ber, $4,330,600; and January, $4.-
438,900, or a total of $21,130,800
of treasury notes redeemed in gold
for the past seveu months mentioned
For February and March it is said that
the redemption has averaged $4,000,000
each month From this it will be seen
that a considerable amount of gold can
be saved to the government, and at the
same lime the inability of brokers to o -
tain gold for theie notes will cut ffl
their m it ample means of obtaioing th
metal, as it is said that this ciass ol
notes U-s been largely presented by New
'York bankers in exchange for ^o!d.
TRADE REVIEW.
A Kansas Town Wrecked.
Tuesday afternoon, one of the worst
cyclones which ever visited Kansas,
struck Osage City, and in a short time
forty buildings were wrecked and sev
eral lives lost. About twenty persons
were seriously injured, many of whom
will probably die. The part of the
city devastated lies on the south side
of the tracks of the Santa Fe, and
comprises both business aud residence
buildings. Fully one hundred houses,
barns and stores in the suburbs are
completely demolished. Telegraph
aud telephone lines are all down and
the streets lined with debris. Damages
estimated at $850,000.
Report of Bnsiness for Past Week by
Dun & Co.
R. G. Dim & Co’* weekly review
says: The ruling fact in the business
situation is the outgo of g-Jd—$3,500,-
000 Tuesday, $1,000,000 more Saturday
—with the prospect of a large amount
Tuesday next. Treasury gold is again
reduced below $3,000,000 in excess of
the bullion fund, and there is more talk
of bond issues, with the old doubt
whether these would meet the real diffi
culty, which is the enormous excess of
imports over exports of goods.
Trade in cotton goods was rather dis
appointing in April thus far, with some
shirtings reduced and print cloths dull.
The boot and shoe trade is somewhat un
settled as to the advance of 2 1 2 to 5
cents, which some manufacturers obtain,
but many buyers refuse. In the specula
tive markets, cotton 1-4 lower,the press
ure of enormous stocks here and abroad
being felt ns should have been expected,
while reports of increased acreage come
from the south. In wheat, the Chicago
corner has forced above 80 cents, wbilff
70 cents would buy at New York, and
receipts at western ports of nearly
2,000,000 busbela,in four days. Prices
have advanced only 1-2 cent while corn
declined 1-2 cent, and oats advanced 1-2
cmt.
Pork products are 'a shade stronger,
also oil; but coffee weaker. The outlook
for iron at Pittsburg is not so bright, but
the glass trade is fairly good.. Trade at
Cleveland is good; ifl.ipanuf&ctured iron,
quite Urge, with a heavy decrease in
wool, rye, barley, lard, flour and cheese.
Trade in Milwaukee is good and St. Paul
and Minneapolis increasing, being es
pecially brisk in lumber. At St. Louis,
free collection in all lines are noted. At
Kansas #ity trade is good with large re
ceipts of cattle, and at St. Joseph active,
while at Sioux City, business is larger in
packing, dry goods and groceries, and at
Denver fair. At most Southern points,
trade is only fair, but s< mewhat im
proved at Little Rock, very quiet at'New
Orleans, with «.ugar strong and a large
demand for building materials. At near
ly all points, both North and South, col
lections are rather slow with somewhat
more active dunsnd for money at most
points.
The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the last
seven days, number 209, a3 compared
with totals of 233 last week. For the
corresponding week last year, the figures
were 226.
Tb LIE IN STATE.
Tlie Train Bearing Jefferson Davis’
Remains TVill Stop in Atlanta.
The train that is to carry all that is
mortal of Jefferson Davis from New Or
leans to Richmond for its last rest will
reach Atlant a on the afternoon of May
29th. The casket that contains the bones
of the dead Ex-President of the confed
eracy will be taken to the state capitol
where it will lie in state for several hours
that afteinoon, The train will leave on
the night of the 29.b, delaying but two
or three hours in Atlanta, and will go
direct to Richmond, where the final
burial will occur on the 30th.
There will be quite an appropriate
celebration of the event at Richmond.
All of the camps of the confederate sur
vivors will turn out from all sections ol
the state that day to witness the inter
•sent. It will be one of the grandest
days Richmond has ever experienced
since the days of fright'ul warfare
around the old city that was the home ol
the confederacy.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTS.
Secretary Herbert is confined to his
rooms by grip. He was unable to go
the navy department AYednesdav.
Georgia postmasters appointed
Thursday were: Hancock, Burke
county, J. Z. Daniels; Lang, Carroll
county, W. T. Bichard.
Tho president Thursday appointed
the following postmasters: Thomas
J. Boss, Flagstaff, Ariz; James H.
Menefee, Arcati, CaL; George AY.
Harris, Wardner, Ida. ; John Eddy,
Bloomington, 111.; Samuel A. Mc-
Knight, Flora, 111.; Albert J. Ostran
der, Galesburg, 111.; Harry E. Wescott,
Lacon, HI.; J. H. Brown, Leroy, 111.;
Alvin Scott, Jr., Naperville, HI.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding, Tues
day, telegraphed the collector of cus
toms at Port Townsend, Washington,
that there was no authority for taking
bond for the importation of Chinese,
claiming to be returning merchants.
Chinese unable to prove to the satisfac
tion of the collectors of customs that
they are of the exempted class must
not be permited to land, nor transfered
to other vessels in the harbor pending
examination.
The cablegram long expected from
Minister Egan, as to the nature of the
crime committed by the refugees who
sought an asylum in the United States
legation at Santiago, Chile, was re
ceived Tuesday at the state depart
ment. Its contents were not made
public, but there is a growing belief
that the minister has not been sus
tained in granting the right of asylum
to the refugees under his protection on
the ground that they are not political
offenders.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin decided
a peculiar case Wednesday. An Amer
ican citizen moved to Canada tempor
arily, carrying with him his effects,
among which was a colt, two months
old. He returned two years afterwards
and the collector at Cape Vincent, N.
Y., charged him duty on the colt, as it
had materially advanced in value.
Mr. Hamlin decides that, in such cir
cumstances, when the value of the ani
mals has -been increased by natural
growth and not by any process of
manufacture or other means, animals
of domestic origin were entitled to free
entry.
A telegram sent by Secretary Mor
ton to the president of the Chicago
board of trade and others in reference
to the crop reports have been' the sub
ject of much interpretation. The sec
retary authorizes the statement that
there will be no radical change as to
the basis and mode of compilation
in the division of statistics; that the
report relative to the conditions of
growing crops for April, 1893, was
based on unusually full and detailed
returns from a dual corps of corre
spondents and from other sources.
Correspondents, viewers and apprais
ers report to the department condi
tions by percentage, using 100 as the
standard, 100 representing a complete
normal condition.
World’s Fair Pontofllce.
Postmaster General Bissell has is
sued a notice to all postmasters that
there is now in operation in the gov
ernment buildings on the grounds of
the World’s. Fair a branch of the
Chicago postoffice, known as the
World’s Fair Station. This station
will make regular collections and de
liveries, through its own letter car
riers, to and from all points of the
fair grounds, and will transact money
order and registry bnsiness as well as
all other bnsiness pertaining to a first-
class office. Postmasters are instruct
ed to use every proper means to give
publicity to this information in order
that persons intending to visit the fair
may, if they so desire, have their mail
addressed to the World’s Fair Station.
Tbe Classified Service.
The ninth annual report of the civil
service commission was issued Wednes-
day. The commisioners urge that the
classified service should be extended
as rapidly as prcticable to cover every
position in the public service to which
it can be appropriately applied, ns for
instance, to clerks and other employes
in navy yards, the almost entire body of
officials in the District of Columbia, and
the internal revenue service and the cus
tom houses with their employes. They
earnestly desire that some such bill as
that introduced in the last congress to
take the fourth-class postmasters out of
politics may become a law. The report
shows a surprising growth of the num
ber of employes compared with the
growth of population. The percentage
of the growth of the public service in
ten years has been nearly double that
in population.
Slate Railway Couimisnioncrs.
The fifth annual convention of state
railway commissioners met at Wash
ington Wednesday at the rooms of the
the interstate commerce commission.
There was a large attendance, includ
ing besides the delegates a large num
ber of representatives from the Ameri
can Accounting Officer’s Association.
George M. Woodruff, of Connecticut,
called the convention to order. Per-
manen organization was affected by
the selection of Mr. Woodruff as
chairman, AA’illiam S. Cantell as vice
chairman and Edward S. Moseley sec
retary. After an address by AYood-
ruff, the committee appointed to ar
range an order of business submitted
its report. Peter Adey presented flu
report of the committee on reasonable
rates, which was adopted. Similar ac
tion was taken on the report submit
ted by James C. Hill, of A’irginia, on
congressional action in regard to safe
ty appliances. The committee sug
gested that the acts for which it was
appointed having been accomplished,
it should be discharged, which was or
dered.
Wonders of Olden Times.
Nineveh was fourteen miles long and
eight miles wide,the whole city surround
id by a wall 100 feet high, so thick as
to furnish ample room fi r three chariots
t) he driven abreast around the top
Babylon was fifty miles within the walls,
which were seventy-five feet thick and of
the same height as those of Nioeveh
This monster wall had twelve openings
or gates, which were closed by enormous
brass shutters every evening at sun-down.
The temple of Diana at Ephesus, which
was about an even hundred years in
building, was 460 feet to the first sup
port of the roof. The largest of the
pyramids wai origimlly 481 fiet high
and 153 on the sides, the base coverin
eleven acres. The stones, which are
iu 208 layers, average sixty feet
length. One account sars 350,000 men
worked for twenty years in ftsbionin
the Titanic pile. The famom “Laby
rinth of Egypt” contained 300 rooms or
ch mbers aud twelve halls. Thebes.
Egypt, at the present time, presents
tuins twenty-seven miles in circumfer
e ce. The remains of many of the
tuildings, such as columns, arches, etc.
(-re of such gigantic size that no known
modern machinery would be equal to
tbo task of pulling them down, to say
nothing of putting them in their present
position. —St. Louis Republic.
Cartons Statistics of the Blind.
The people of Russia are more terribly
afflicted with the luflrmities of blindness
than any other race, sect or imtion on the
fice of the globe, the proportion being
21 to every 10,000 of population. In
1886 there was an official census taken
of the blind of Europe. These statis
tics show a remirkabte state of affairs,
especially in European Russia, the Cau
casus and Poland. In the countries
named there was a total of 189,872 per
sons who were entirely blind. The
whole of the remainder of Europe (mi
mind this includes the thickly populated
countries of Germany, Fiance, Spain,
Holland, Belgium, Great Britain, etc.)
only has a blind population numberin
188,812; while the three Americas,
North, Central and South, with their
islands, have le-s than 23,000 persons
who are totally bereft of sight.
In the Caucasus the women, especially
those of country districts, are more lia
ble to cecity than men, the proportion
being about 27 to 19. In Poland there
are 25 blind men for every 14 blind
women, ihe same percentage holding
good over the most of Russia in Europe.
—St. Louis Republic.
Coloring Bntter.
The most universally colore 1 artie’e is
butter, and it may with great confidence
be asserted that there is hardly a pouQd
of blitter sold at the present time in this
country which has not been doctored,
mostly by the aid of a harmless coloring
matter—annatto—in order to impart t
such butter a rich golden color. Butter
naturally varies much in color, according
to the season, the breed of the cow and
mainly its food, and it is but rarely the
natural butter possesses the color to
which the public is now accustomed.
The desire of those who introduced this
admixture was obviously to make their
produce appear richer and more enticing
to the eye than nature had intended.
One after the other the rest of the butter
merchants had to follow suit.—Food,
Drugs and Drink.
A Little Management.
Little Johnny—“I wish you’d ask papa
to get me a bicycle bofore you ask him
for that Paris boDnet you wu3 talkin’
about.”
Mamma—“Why?”
Little Johnny—“B-.cause if he buys
the bonnet first he’ll be too poor to buy
me a bicycle; but if he buys the bicycle
first, you’ll get the bonnet anyhow.”—
Street & Smith’s Good News.
The New Bread.
WIND AND SNOW IN IOWA.
Fighting the Dispensary Law.
A Columbia, S. C., special of Wed
nesday says: The fight against tho dis
pensary law in this state has been
brought up in the supreme court on a
case from Chester, where two bar
keepers ask that the city be compelled
to issue them a license for the year.
The new liquor law goes into effect
July 1st, aud the town refused to issue
a license later than that date. The
court reserved its decision until May
1st, when argument will be hoard.
A Terrible Blizzard Sweeps Over the
State Accompanied by Snow.
Advices from Marshalltown, Iowa,
state that one of the worst blizzards
ever known in central lows, this late
in the season, began at 4 o’clock
Thursday morning, the wind blowing
from the northwest with frightful ve
locity, the temperature gradually fall
ing and snow drifting three feet in
" places. Telegraph and telephone wires
are down badly and business is paral
yzed.
Latest News from Hawaii. -
The Kansas City Times in its hsue of
Sunday prints a special dispatch from
their correspondent in Honolulu, Hawaii,
via San Francisco, under date of April
9th, in which he says: “Tbe royalists
profess to be iu possession of facts rela
tive to the future actions of Mr. Blount,
in which the commissioner, in the name
of the United States, will reinstate the
deposed queen to the throne,”
The favor with which the new bread,
made with Royal Baking Powder instead
of yeast, has been received by our best
housekeepers and most expert bread
makers is really wonderful. “It saves
all the hard and tedious work of knead
ing and moulding,” writes one. “Less
than an hour from the dry flour to the
most perfect loaf of bread I ever saw,"
writes another. “Fush bread every
day,” says another, 1 ‘and that the lightrst,
finest and most wholesome, is something
to live for.” “We relish the bread bet
ter than the old kind;” “it is ahead of
any yeast bread I ever baked;” “the
bread was whiter and softer.” “Best of
all,’’ writes an enthusiastic housewife,
“we can eat the Royal unfemented bread
when freshly baked, or even when warm,
with perfect impunity. It is actually an
anti-dyspeptic.”
“This bread has a ‘nutty’ taste, that
is peculiarly pleasing,” writes still an
other. This is owing to the fact that
the active gas-producing principle of
the Royal is derived from tho pure
grape acid.
The great value of this bread arises
from the fact that in it are preserved all
the most nutritive elements of the flour,
some of which are decomposed and
destroyed bjlthe action of yeast. The loss
of these properties is what makes fresh
yeast bread unwholesome. The use of tbe
Royal Baking Powder instead of yeast
is found to make a finer, lighter bread,
devoid of all dyspeptic qualities. The
same gas—carbonic—is produced as
where yeast is used, but it is evolved
from the baking powder itself and not
from the flour. Thereby the bread is
made more wholesome and actually anti-
dyspeptic. The greater convenience,
where a batch of the finest bread can be
made and baked in less than an hour
with no danger of a sour or heavy
loaf, must be appreciated by everyone.
The receipt for making this bread is
herewith given, and housekeepers will
do well to cut it out and preserve it:
To make one loaf—One quart four,
one teaspoonful salt, half a teaspoonful
sugar, two heaping teaspoonfuls Royal
Baking Powder, half medium-sized cold
boiled potato, and water. Sift together
thoroughly flour, salt, sugar and baking
powder; tub in the potato; add sufficient
water to mix smoothly and rapidly into
a stiff batter, about as soft as for pound
cake ; about a pint of water to a quart
of flour will be required—more or less
according to the brand and quality of
tbe flour used. Do not make a stiff
dough, like yeast bread. Pour the bat
ter into a greased pan, 4£x8 inches, and
four inches deep, filling about half full.
The loaf will rise to fill the pan when
baked. Bake in very hot oven forty-five
minutes, placing paper over first fifteen
minutes baking, to prevent crusting too
soon on top. Bake at once. Don't mix
with milk.
Perfect success requires the most care
ful observance of all these details, and
the author of the receipt emphasizes
the statement that Royal Baking Powder
only can be used because it is the only
powder in which the ingredients are
prepared so as to give that continuous
action necessary to raise the larger bread
loaf.
To every reader who will write the
result of her bread making from this
receipt to the Royal Bakiug Powder
Co., 106 Wall street, New York, that
company announce that they will send
in return, free, a copy of a most prac
tical and useful cook book, containing
one thousand receipts for all kinds of
baking, cooking, etc. Mention this
paper.
Surprising the Gas Man.
The self esteem of the meter inter
preter of the gas company in Biddeford
and Saco ncieved a terrible bl« w at one
house last week when he v:as oa his
quarterly rounds. He rapped on the back
door of one house, which was almost im
mediately opened by a woman, who held
out a pail of swill for him to take. She
bad caught a glimpse of some one com
ing into the yard and thought it was the
swill man, whom she had been expect
ing for a week. The gas monopolist
and the swill bucket almost fell simul
taneously from the effects of the shock.
—Bangor Commercial.
An Experienced Parson.
Groom—“How much do I owe you?”
Clergyman—“Um—er—whatever you
think your wife is worth.”
Groom—“Oh, that’s so many millions
I would have to go on owing it to you '
Clergyman—“Well, callnround again
in a few years. Perhaps the estimate will
then be within vour means.”
A Pleasure Trip
Spoiled by sea sickness is a woeful disappoint
ment. This should be guarded acainst. The
preventive is Hostetter’e Stomach Bitters,
which, whether on the broad Atlantic or some
land-locked bay, affords an efficient protec
tion acaiust or remedv for mal de mer to the
voyager. Emigrants, tour.sts, commercial
traiclers find it a u eful companion. It re
moves dyspepsia, liver, bowel and kidney
irregularity and rheumatism.
A child to rent by the hour for entertain
ment purposes is advertised in a New York
paper.
Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys
tem by Brown’s Iron Bitters, which enr ches
the blood, tones the nerves, aids digestion.
Acts like a charm on persons in general ill
health, giving nevr energy and strength.
“German
Syrup
99
I must say a word as to the ef
ficacy of German Syrup. I have
used it in my family for Bronchitis,
the result of Colds, with most ex^
~ellent success. I have takenifti
self for Throat Troubles,
derived good results there)
therefore recommend it to i
bors as an excellent remed^
eases. James T. Durette,|
ville, Va. Beware o'f"
offer you “something just as good.^
Always insist on having Boschee’^
German Syrup. Si
We have twenty-eight cities, each having
more than one hundred thousand population.
The Skill and Knowledge
Essential to the production of the most per
fect and papular laxative remedy known have
enablel the California Fig Syrup Co. to
achieve a great success in the reputation of
its remedy. Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded
to be the universal laxative. For sa le by a 11
druggists.
Two Stepping StonesH]
to consumption are ailments we
often deem trivial—a cold ana
a cough. Consumption thus ac-
quired is rightly termed “ Con
sumption from neglect.”
Scott’s Emulsion
not only stops a cold but it is rS
markably successful where tf
cough has become deep seated.!
Scott's Emulsion is the
richest of fat-foods yd
the easiest fat-food to,
take. It arrests"*
and builds up healthy'
flesh.
Prepared by Scott A Bovrne, N. Y. All draggis
We are never so good as when we possess a
joyful heart.
For Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Stomach dis
orders, Ube Brown’s Iron Bitters—the Best
Tonic. It rebuilds the Blood and strengthens
the muscl es. A splendid medicine for weak
and debilitated persons.
Better bend the neck promptly than to
bruise the forehead.
How’s This f
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
rea
by
any case of catarrh that cannot be curi
taking Hall’s Catarrh Cura.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known if. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
* - ■*- * • • 11 m
iiong, and financially able to carry out any ob
ligations made bv their firm.
W est & Trdax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Waldinq, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, O.
Hall’s Ca;arrn Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. £iqhLby.all druggists.
Impaired digestion cured by Beecham’s
Pills. Beecham’s—no others. 25 cents a box.
Hood’s Cures
After the Grip It Restores
Health and Strength.
ULCERS
SCROFULA
RHEUMATISM
BLOOD POISONl
W
And every kindred disease arising from impure
blood i .-!>=-
cured by that never-failing
of allr '
and best of all medicines,
Book on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIO CO..
ATLANTA. OA.
g®eN5'e'S'e\»-e\»'0\S-e\5'e«''e'«W® r e''&'e'3
Did you ever
want a Tack?
want a Nail?
—fail to find either tack or
nail when you wanted to nail
or tack ? ...
How handy then a package of
H©MS TA
(All sizes to suit,)
and a carton of
HOME NAILS
(all sizes for home uses)
Mr, Dexter Curtis
Is well-known in Wisconsin as a manufacturer
of collar pads and boots for horses, ana is a re
liable business man.
“ Madison, Wis., Jan. 20,1S93.
Messrs. C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
** I cannot speak in too favorable terms of
the good qualities of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I
have had a bad cough for 2 years, coining on
after the grip. I tried physicians, went twice
to the Hot Springs of Arkansas, but all did no
good. I got a bottle of Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla and it gave me relief at once. The sec
ond dose seemed to go to tbe right spot* 1
afterward got 6 bottles, and have taken nearly
all of it, and know I am much better every
way.
“ So many medicines are alvertised that do
no good, I would not say anything in favor of
Hood’SparinaCures
any unless I was fully satisfied it was good and
worth trying. I believe Hood’s Sarsaparilla
is good.” Dkxtkr Curtis.
Don’t get caught that way again. All
dealers sell HomeNails and HomeTacks
Made solely by the Atlas Tack Corp’n, Boston
Warehoams.—B *on, KV-w York, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Baltimore, Sun Freiicieco, Lynn. /
Feetorlee.—Taunton. Ma*«. F*?rhavrn,M««i.
Whitman,Mam. Duxh »,Jdas*. Plymu-.i: Mace.
Si.
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE
WILL
NOT RIP.
Do you wear them? When next In need try a pair, they
will give you more comfort and service for the money
than any other make, Best in tho world. /
W. L. Douglas Shoes are made In all tho
Latest Styles.
If you want a fine DRESS SHOE don't pay $6 to $8,
try my $3.50, $4 or $5 Shoe. They will fit equal to cus
tom made and look and wear as well. If’you wish to
economize in your footwear, you can do so by purchasing
W. L. Douglas Shoes. My name’ "and price is stamped
on the bottom, look for it when you.buy. Take no sub
stitute. I send shoes by mail upon receipt of price,
postage free, when Shoe Dealers cannot supply ycu.
w. 1. DOUGLAS, Brockton)'Mass. Sold bv
BLOOD
WILL TELL, but to tell favorably on the sys
tem It should be pure. Now is the time to purify the
blood and thus guard against diseases Incident to
the Spring and Summer season. Lor this purpose no
WHISKY
AND OPIUM
HABITS CURED
At your Lome without pain or confinement.
Patients continue business while under treat
ment. Whisky and all other drugs stopped
immediately on beginning trea ment—do not
need them. No treatment yet discovered to
compare with it. Have given special study
and practice to these diseases for the past
twenty years, with continued and successful
increase in practice. Write for my book
of cures, free.
B. 31. WOOLLEY, 31. D., Dep’t A
Office, No. 104}^ Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Gi-
Do Hot Be Deceived
with Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the
bands, injure tbe iron and bum red.
The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Odor-
or glass package with every porch
DIAMONDS,
WATCHES and
SILVERWARE.
Send for our Catalogue.
J. X 3 . Stevens d? Bro.
4T Whitehall St. 9 Atlanta, Ga.
Cares Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sore
Throat* Sold bv all Druggists on a Guarantee.
HOMES FOR THE POOR
AND RICH ALIKE
Lari;e and small farms in Alabama, South
Caroii a and Georgia, for fale on Ion* time.
Special advantages offered to ten o- more pur
chasers lormir.ga co onv. Write for particu
lar to T. -I. FELDER, Atlanta, Ua.
OPIUM
to 20 days* No pay till cured.
DR. J.STEPHENS. Lebanon.Ohio,
medicine answers so well t
Dr. G. McLANE’S LIVER PILLS.
after a few years have passed out < ....
tlons and counterfeits without number have been
put on the market from time to time, but fail to give
satisfaction. The genuine Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills
have stood the test of more than 00 years,and sell to
day all over the civilized world. Honey refunded in
all cases where they fall to glve'satlslaction.
Sold by Druggists generally. Sent by mall to any
address on receipt of -.25 CENTS.
Fleming Bron.’ Co.,. (.Pittsburgh, Pa
MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS
H THOMSON'S!
SLOTTED
CLINCH RIVETS.
No tools required. Only a ’.iammer needed to drive
en.l c inch them eaaiiy and rftiickly, leaving the clinch
absolutely smooth. Enquiring no ho e to be made in
he leather nor burr for tlte Rivets. Thev arc strong.
lough and durable. Millions __ _
envths. uniform <»r assorted, j.ut up In boxes.
Ask jour dealer for them, or send 40c. In
for*' *
stamps for a oox of 100, assorted *ize*. Man’fd by
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO..
WAI.THAM. VIASS.
BICYCLES.
Complete line of hi?h, medic
cheap gradi Bicycled. Siundries of
ail kinds. Send itamp for catalogues
■iir and prices. J inmeu«*e U*irgaiu«
. ip Second-Hand Bicycle*,
Pneumatic and C umIiiom Tired. Tneomy ex
clusively bi ycle house in the South. Instalment etmi
to responsible parties. Send references. Ad 're«s.
Bit YCLE DEl’AItT.M’T, KOWItY HARD
WARE CO., E. 1*. dial I mu, Manager., No.
38 Peachtree Street. Atlanta, Ga.
Ian ideal family medicine!
|For Indigestion* Biliousness,
= Headache, Constipation, Bud
I Complexion, Offensive Breath,
1 and all disorders of the Stomacru
= Urer and Bowels,
I . RIPANS TABULES
I act gently yet promptly. Perfect
l follows their u=e. Sold
= (8vials),75c. Packaged
I For free samoles-nddn-'-T
i BIPA^CIIKM I CALICO., Sew York*
I Willi uicu »•» J “7 , _
J. A. DKLAP, Elizabeth, N. J
^ y Sixteen, ’93-
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