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THE VIENNA PROGRESS. TEEMS, $1. Per Annum. Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.” JNO. E. HOWELL, I LACY A. MO ROAN, f VOL. XL, NO 51. VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1893. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. AMERICA’S CAPITOL. IT WILL EE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD IN SEPTEMBER. Story of the Grand Old Pile—Burned \Onee by the British, It is Now l Finer Than Ever—Its Centen nial to bo Celebrated. HIS is an era of centennial celebra tions and mutiple- centennials, tri- centennials, and the like, and next September, -while the World's Fair Quadro-Centennial is still in full blast in Chicago, the sion ?rs was composed of David Stewart, Dan el Carroll and Thomas Johnson, as e amed above on the silver plate, and the second, appointed 1795, of Gustavus Scott, William Thornton and Alexander White. The advertisement for'designs for the Capitol stated that it was to be of brick, with a conference room and a room for the Representa tives, each to accommodate 300 per sons, with a lobby or ante-chamber, a Senate room of 1200 square fee* area, a lobby and twelve rooms of 600 square feet area each for committees and clerks’ offices. Many designs were discussed and re jected, but on April 5, 1793, President Washington gave his formal approval to a plan submitted by William Thorn ton, of Philadelphia, one of the Commissioners, becanse “grandeur, simplicity and distinctness were com bined” in it. Accordingly to Thorn ton was awarded the first premium—a the wings, completed the rounds and dome, and, in fact, perfected the whole building. It remained un changed as he finished it in 1827, save for minor repairs from time to time, until 1851. The first public record of a proposition to extend the Capitol by means of new north and south wings is found in a letter of the late Jefferson Davis, then a member of the Senate Committee on Public Buildings, addressed to Robert Mills, the artist and architect, dated April 3,1850. In answer to this Mills favored the pro posed extension and submitted designs for new wings and a new dome. Dater in the same year Congress ordered the extension to be added, and at the be ginning of 1851 Thomas U. Walter, of Philadelphia, was chosen by President Fillmore as the architect to control the work. The extensions contem plated an addition of 187 feet at each end of the old building, with hexastyle S36MKIWW United States Government will turn aside from its official labors for one j building lot in the new Federal city j porticos on each wing, day, according to the present arrange- and .8590 in money. But Stephen ! Work was at once begun on the ’ ’ Hallette, also of Philadelphia, who was ! foundations, and the corner-stone of awarded the second prize for the next \ the new south wing was laid by Presi- ment, and commemorate in Washing ton the founding, a hundred years ago, of the American Capitol, of which j best plan, received the same, instead I dent Fillmore on July 1, 1851, nearly $11,455,000, including the which were built at an outlay of 8800, 000. Counting in the art works within it, but leaving out of the calculation : the furniture and also the grading and improvement of the grounds, the Cap itol has cost in all $16,000,000.—New York Recorder. terr9ce :i A SCORE OF BEAD firemen. Horrible Catastrophe Tales Place at lie World’s Fair Grounds. The Unfortunate Men Canght on a Burning Tower. A Traveling Gown. A New York belle who will travel this summer with a party of friends has one oastine which is “wholly and . , , ... , in tenselv old Parisian,” and is illustra- , A homble catastrophe occurred at ted herewith. The stuff is a rotigh red wool, very soft and fine. The full skirt —not too full—has fonr bands of heavv foil THE UNITED STATES CATITOL AS IT IS TO-DAY. President George Washington laid the J of merely $250, as was offered, and oorner stone on September 18, 1793. thus was placed on an equal footing This founding of the Capitol—the with Thornton. Thornton was not an architect. His design was an ideal sketch, very pleas ing to the eye, rather than a practicable plan, and was unaccompanied by any drawings of elevations or sections. A board of consulting architects de cided that there were six valid, material and insurmountable objections to it. Hallette was thereupon directed by Jefferson, then Secretary of State, to alter Thornton’s plan. Thus the two designers, Thornton and Hallette, must be credited about equally with the honor of drafting the plans for the American Capitol, although after all, owing to still further modifications, subsequently made, the finally accepted plan, to quote the words of Washington, was “nobody’s, but a compound of everybody’s. Hallette, however, was appointed to the official post of Architect of the Capitol. In July, 1795, the foundations of the north and south wings were begun, and the walls of tho north wing were raised in March, 1797, to within ten feet of their intended height, andjin 1800’the present Supreme Court room fifty-eight years after the laying of the original corner-stone. Architect Wal ter deposited in the corner-stone a sealed jar containing parchments and coins, newspapers of the day and a manuscript written in the autograph of Daniel Webster, containing these words: If it shall be hereafter the will of God that this structure shall fall from its base, that its foundation be upturned and this doposlt brought to the eyes of men, bo it then known that on this day the Union of tho United States of America stands firm, that their Constitution still exists unimpaired and with all its original usefulness and glory, growing every day stronger and stronger in the affection of the great body of the Ameri can people, nnd attracting more and more the admiration of the world. And all here assembled, whether belonging to public life or to privato life.with hearts devoutly thank ful to Almighty Ood for the preservation of the liberty and happiness of tho country, unite in sincere and fervent prayers that this deposit and the walls and nrohes, the domes and towers, tho columns and entablatures now to bo erected over it. may endure for ever. God save the Unitod States of America. Daniel Webster. Secretary of State of tho United States. Webster was the orator of the day, and his address, requiring two hours for its delivery, was one of his most masterly efforts. physical mncleus of the Government— wns in a great measure tho founding of the city of Washington and the per manent establishment of the Kepublic. The grand building itself, moreoyer, one of the most impressive and impos ing public edifices in the world, has come to be regarded as a National heri tage, replete with rich historic asso ciations and memories, in which every American citizen has an interest. Hence the coming celebration of the beginning of that magnificent old pile is likely to prove an event of excep tional interest. The exercises, so far as they have been agreed upon, are to include a parade, participated in by the Presi dent and his Cabinet, the Senate and House of Representatives, the Supreme Coart, Masonic orders, societies and civic organizations and detachments of the Army, Navy nnd Marine Corps, historical representations and spectac ular displays, an opening address by President Cleveland from a stand erect ed, at the east front of the Capitol, near the southeast corner of the old nolth wing, followed by other orations con cerning the laying of the original cor ner-stone, the history of the construc tion of tho Capitol, its cost and im portant events that occurred within it, and their effect; a balloon ascension, music, grand illuminations, fireworks, etc. When the original corner-stone was laid, a century ago, the country around Washington was a practically unbroken wilderness, and the act was performed and witnessed by a small assemblage oi people—few, indeed, in number, but strong of faith in tho future great ness of the American Republic. George Washington, as Grand Master of Vir ginia Lodge 22, of Masons, not less than ’ asPresidontoftheUnitedStates,wasthe j ftn( j Library room below were 1 Before the close of the year 1851, leading spirit of the occasion. The ; q^ted up for the reoeption of the Sen- 1 the foundations of both wings were procession, under command of Clot- j a ^ e and House, respectively. ! laid to a depth of from fifteen to forty worthy Stephenson, marched “two j ip be 0 ] d 80U th wing walls w^re be- feet, and the basement stories were abreast in the greatest solemn dignity, ] ffUU j n 1803. Bricks for the interior finished. In December the western with colors flying, music playing, drums wer0 made upon the ground, 'front of the center or old building, beating and spectators rejoicing” from ^ft er eight years of energetio labor containing the library of Congress, the “President’s Square”—now Wash- bcdb 0 ] d north and south wings was accidentally destroyed by fire, but ington Circle—to the site of the Capi-1 were finished in 1811. The plans for this was promptly restored the next toL After the usual Masonic cere-; tb8 ro t U nda and central section were year in connection with the new work, monies, tho President deposited in the a q out re adv in 1S12, when the prepa- In 1855 Bulfineh’s old brick and corner stone a large silver plate bear- ra t] ons for continuing the work were wooden dome—shaped like an inverted suddenly stopped by the war with Great Britain, and the work was not resumed until the restoration of peace in 1815. Then, too, had to be commenced the THE CAFITOIi IN 1827. black silk braid gimp woven and ex tremely lustrous. They are in gradua ted widths—and a truly novel touch is given by putting the narrowest of them at the bottom, the widest on top. The same style prevails in the trimming of the double pelerine falling over the shoulders. The waist is also fi.’i.-thed with a row of braid. A hat of reddish brown—straw trimmed with three Al- satnn bows—one gray, one green, one the color of the gown itself, was sent home with the frock—and, along with a pair of glace gloves in six button length of the same red-brown shade, completes a traveling costume which ter noon Monday, which claimed over a score of victims. Tho cold storage warehouse of the Hercules iron works and ice and refrigerating machine manufactures was destroyed by fire and seventeen firemen lost their lives, while a large number were more or less seriously injured, some of whom cannot live. WITNESSED BT THOUSANDS. The scene of horror was witnessed by many thousands of people and strong men wept and women fainted as one life after another was swept out in their full view, hut beyond human aid. Tho fire was not generally ob served until about 1:15 o’clock, and within thirty minutes the great loss of hits the golden mean between tailor- occurred. At the first signal the made severity and over ornamentation, j fi remeH rushed up the huge shaft sur- That same fortunate young woman rounding the smokestack and when at owns one of the adorable new traveling ^he top, began preparations to fight cloaks in pale tan box cloth, made with the flames, which had first ap- a deep detachable cape that is lined peared at this point. Before the with silks, whose soft plaids repeat all h°se could be coupled a cry of hor- the colors of her costume. Of course, ror from the crowd below caused it is worn only in stress of weather— the firemen to look down, and the as when, for example, the winds of whole shaft below was found to bo en- Lake Michigan visit her too roughly; circled by flames. Instantly every before the party goes on later to Alaska, man realized his danger, but there when she stands in one of its mountain were few to find an avenue for escape, meadows, breast high, with flowers, One man suddenly grasped a hose or though snow lies white and thick in the shade and still hoods in white the • everlasting hills. For wear in New Mexico, whither also the party will journey, there are all sorts of blouses j to replace the stiff waists when the hot winds blow and the grasshopper be- i cometh a burden. They are of silk ! and light weight serge, even softer and more nncrnshable. They have full soft fronts and very deep cuffs as well rope, and half sliding, half falling, reached the roof ninety feet below, bruised and burned, but still alive. By this time the crowd below became wild with excitement, and weeping women and frenzied men rushed hith er and thither, wringing their hands in anguish over their inability to ren der aid. The firemen seemed to realize the awfulness of their position and some as turned down collars. And for the °f them moved back and forth along big cities in between, where my lady the edge of tho balcony ns if in search has already all sorts of social obliga- j of some means of escape. Suddenly tions, there are gowns galore, each worth half a column of description. SWAGGER TRAVELING GOWN. One blue silk has an immensely full skirt, perfectly plain, with a bodice of blue cloth, richly embroidered with emeralds. The belt is of emerald velvet ribbon. It fastens with a buckle of old Wedgwood ware set in a thin rim of gold. It is as big as your palm, and two long ends fall from it almost to the edge of the skirt. A Silver Cradle. The cradle presented by the ten antry and employes of the Duke of Portland’s Ayrshire estates on the oc casion of the birth of the Marquis oi Tichfield, March 16, 1893, is of a classical design, wrought in solid sil ver, eighteen inches high by twelve inches long, and forms a handsome ing this inscription: “This Southeast Cornerstone oi the Capitol of the United States of America in the-City of Washington Wiis laid on the lStii day of Sep tember iu the year 1798, iu the thirteenth of of American Independence, in the first year of the second term, of tho Presidency of re b u ilding of what the British had treorge Washington, whoso virtues in the , •, , ,1 civil administration of his country have been 1 earnestly endeavored to d stroy on as conspicuous and beneticial as his military j August 24, 1814, after the \Bladens- valor and prudence have been useful in es- | bur£ Races,” as the battle at that tabhshingher liberties, in the year of Ma- j , q been facetiouslv called, on sonry 5793, by the Grand Lodgeof Maryland, ; , , , - ... several lodges under its jurisdiction, and account of the speed and agility cus- Lodge No. 22. of Virginia, from Alexandria, played by the American troops in their Thomas Johnson, David Stewart, Daniel Car- re tr e at. ' The visitors had piled the roil. Commissioners; James Hobau. Stephen . . . , „„/t Haliette, Architects .••JoseptnL'iark, P. w. G. rooms full of cordwood, desks and M.—P. T.; Colleh Williamson, M. Mason.”’ chairs and set fire do the!* after satur- sugar bowl of «homely pattern—was removed, and the materials for the new iron dome, the crowning glory of the Capitol to-day, were contracted for. The greater portion of the interior was finished in 1857. The House of Representatives first met in the new hall on December 16 of that year, and the Senate in the new Senate chamber on January 4, 1859. Tho remainder of both wings was completed in 1861. Owing to the exigencies of the Civil with ornamental details appropriate to the occasion of the presentation. Seated at prow and stem are figures of _, . . , cupids holding in their outstretched War no appropriation was made for hands a cou le of tnrtle do other continuing the work on the new j emblemR of love being furnished in the dome in 1862, but through the faith . 8heathed arrows, which are suspended and patriotism of the contractors, at eacb 8ide> for0 and ftft AI the who continued placing the iron cast- ; t runs an rail with the Fl ings upon the dome at their own ex- : ]alld arms in the center on each side, pense and risk, the pound of the T , hlle the bo dv is eha8ed in re ii ef with hammer upon the Capitol ceased twining roses.' The addition of rock- not throughout the entire strug- ers 8Uggest8 th e apparent purpose of gle giving to the Union troops j the The side f are centered with and visitors m V ashmgton an assur- j ovftl pane]g> that in front being in bas- ance of the Governments belief in the relief> de pictmg a group of children THE CAPITOL AFTER THE BRITISH BURNED IT IN 1814. successful outcome of the strife. The spherical portion of the dome was completed in 1863, and on December 2d of that year Crawford’s colossal statue of Freedom was raised to crown it, and saluted with 455 guns from the forts surrounding Washington. In 1864 the eastern portico of the north one of the unfortunates, crazed by heat and fear, prefering death by that means, sprang firom the balcony. Every eye was turned upon him and the thousands who saw him held their breath as he fell. Several of his com rades followed and each was crushed to death on the roof below. The very horror of death riveted every one to the scene. It wns an awful faeination and the spec tators seemed powerless to take their eyes from it or to leave. The guards were powerless to keep the throng j back from the fire lines. The speeta- j cle of death became more awful us the I minutes passed and minutes seemed * almost ages iu length as the fire crept j swiftly up to where the remaining j firemen were huddled together. The j fire reached them; the awful crash I came; tho tower toppled for a j moment as though uncertain which | way to fall. Then slowly at first it j began to fall until it came down with i a thundering roar. The fire had eaten away the supports at the base and the whole mass was swallowed up in the awful roaring fnrnaee. As the greedy flames gathering in the fresh victims they rolled up toward the sky with re doubled ferocity. REVISED LIST OF DEAD. The complete list of dead as far as known is: Captain James Fitzpatrick, Lieutenant John H. Freeman, "William Denny, Phillip Breen, Captain J. A. Garvey, John McBride, John Cahill, Paul Schroeder, Captain P. E. Page, Lieutenant Charles Purvis, John A. Smith, John Campbell, Edward Fow ler, Jasper Sanford, of Buffalo, Ky., R. A. Drummond, John Murphy, Charles Hutton. INJURED. Those injured are: W. P. Mahoney, E. J. Frank, Frank BertinbuTg, S. Nordrum, Captain Thomas Barry, John Davis, William Lenehan, Martin Kim ball, H. Breckenridge, Marshall James I L. Kenyon, F. H. Donahue, M. Mur ray, William Fisher, W. L. Unch, J. S. Hainan, G. B. French, Fred Goetz. : A number of the injured will die. In all thirteen bodies have been re moved from the ruins. Besides these three firemen died at the hospital. The point near the smokestack, where many of the men were seen to jump, is covered with a mangled mass of | steam pipe and charred timbers fully I twenty feet high. It is now definitely known that a number of workmen em- : ployed in the building ascended the fatal tower with the firemen. There : were four or five of them known to have gone up the shaft with the fire | extinguishers. PANIC AMONG THE VISITORS. „ _ ! When the fire broke out there was a galley, supported ^upon two piUars, j arge num ber of world’s fair visitors in the house looking at the huge ice machines and the other exhibits in the building. The first intimation they had of a fire* was when the firemen rushed in and made for the roof. Iii an instant there was a panic in rush ing for the stairways. Some of the men thurst women and children aBide in their excitement and a number of ^hem were thrown down and badly bruised, though as far as known, none were seriously injured. A REGULAR FIRE TRAP. As a fire trap the cold storage ware house could not have been more per-1 morgue whore the inquest wan in pro gress was a horrible one. Swarms of people, some looking for friends and relatives among the dead and many more attracted by that morbid curios ity which is always manifest at fires and casualties, crowded into and around the charnel house. The in terior of the death chamber, heavy with the odor of burnt flesh, present ed a sight that caused many a strong heart to weaken. On the slabs en cased in guunv sacks, overspread with white linen, was all that remained of the gallant firemen who had yielded up their lives. Many women called— mothers nnd sisters of the firemen. They were told that it was use less to go below and gaze on the bodies, as there was no hope of identifying the dead. Their earnest pleading was in vain, except in a few cases, and even those who had hoped to relieve their uncertainty left only sick by what they had witnessed. Aft er the jury viewed the bodies of the victims, Coroner McHale decided to adjourn the inquest until Thursday. LOOKING AT THE RUINS. The most interesting exhibit at the world’s fair grounds Tuesday was one not seheduled in the official guide book. It was the ruins of the cold storage structure, and 10,000 people crowded around, eagerly watching the search for dead bodies. Early in the morning three more bodies were re covered from the ruins, but they were so badly charred and disfigured as to make recognition absolutely impossi ble. One thing seemed quite evident, however, and that is that the bodies were not those of firemen. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Development Daring the Past Week. The review of the industrial situation in the South for the past week shows the orj;aii zition at Aberdeen. Miss., by F. B. Jones and others, of the Anglo Shou hsrn Mineral Trust Compa ny, capital 41,000,000; of the Keystone Coal and Iron Company, capital $500,000, at Big Stone Gap, Va.; of the United States Cigarc te Machine Company, capital $100,000, at Fay etteville, N. C.; of the Jonesville Mill Company, capital $100,000, to build a cotton mill at Jon sville, S. C.. and of the Draughon Lum ber Company, capital $75,000, at Kingsland, Ark., by Hciirv C. James and associates; of the organization of brick works with $75,000 capital at Richmond, Va.. bv tho Bnrton Brick c om pany; of the Lake Lumber and Shingle Corn- pan.’, capital $60,( 00. at Chopin, La., by Geo. Lock and others; of the Investment, Loan and Construction Company.' capital $50,000, at Norfolk, Va., by Geo. W. Taylor and associates; of the Barnwell Oil Company, at Barnwell, s. C., by M. Brown and others, capital $50,000; of a tannery and shoe factory at New Orleans, La., capital $50,000,, by the New Orleans Shoe ai d Leather Company, Ltd; of tho San Mai cos Oil and Gin Company, capital $15,000, at San Marcos, Texas, by W. D. Wood and otb- d of tho lio.-ton Lumber Company, capi- lul $3>.00(J, at Boston, Texas, by W. \V. San ders and associates. Thirty-seven new industries were established or ii.coipirated during the week, together with five enlaaccmt nts of manufactories, and eight important ne t buildings. Among the new in- Instric s not above refe rred to, arc canning fac tories a’Spring vale, Ga., and Waco, Texas; a potent company a, Abbeville, La.; an THE SILVER CRADLE. centerpiece for either fruit or flow ers. It has the shape of a Boman electric lighting plant at Humboldt, Tenn prist mills at Spring Lake, F.a., and Berryviile, Va., and a mining company at linral Retreat, Va. Iron foundries are to be built at Tampa,Fla., and Montgomery, W. V.; a beet sugar factory at Covington. K\\, and a cotton mi l at Leaks- Villo, N. C'. Tobacco factories are to be bnilt at Pilot Mountain, Statesvillo and Winston, N C.; and an elcc rtcal supply factory at Atlanta, Ga. Among the wo d-worldng plan's of the w eek are lumber mills at Swansboro, N. C.; a sash factory at Bet wick, La.; saw and planing mills at Helena, Ark.. Olla, La., Aberde II, N. C., and Winche-ter, Tenn., and a stave mill at North Wiikesboro, N. C. There is also reported the prospective build ing of water works at Morristown, Tenn., Sun Antonio, Tex., and Bcrkely Springs, W. Va. The enlargements for the week include bottling works at Camden, Ark.; a steam cotton gin at Elmendorf, Tex.; a wooden mill at A hens, Tenn.; water works at Augusta, Ga., and a woodworking plant at Chari ston, S. C. Among the new buildings of the week are a $15,000 church at Gadsden, Ala.; a $20,000 en largement of a hospital at Augusta.G i.; a $20,- 0001 pera house at Georgetown, Ky.; school buildings at Dayton an I 8helhyvill\ Tenn.; twenty-five residences at Charlotte, N. C-, and a warehouse at Wilson, N. C.—Tradesman, (Chattanooga, Tenn ) BARDWELL EXCITED. Negroes Make Threats of Vengeance for the Hanging of Miller. There is some excitement in Bard- 1vell, Kv., though a strong effort is being made to keep the matter quiet. Tuesday it was rumored that negroes would attempt to avenge the death of Miller. The town has made arrange ments for a large number of Winches ters and plenty of ammunition, and in an incredably short time strong re inforcements could be secured. The Bardwell Star issued an extra which fixes the mutter of Miller’s guilt so conclusively that all the matter is set tled, but the town will not be canght napping. STRONG EVIDENCE. Chief Maloney, of Springfield, HI., received a letter Tuesday from Sheriff Cabell, of Dallas, Tex., expressing his belief that A. J. Miller, bung at Bard well, Kentucky, for the murder of the Bay girls, was none other than “Commodore” Miller, rapist highway man and murderer, who escaped from the Dallas county officers last Septem ber. Miller’s widow, who is now in Springfield, said she married him in Houston, Tex., but refused to talk further. A LEVEE CONVENTION after “solemn and beautiful prayer,” succeeded by Masonic chanting and another salvo of artillery, the com pany retired to a booth, where an ox of 500 pounds’ weight was barbecued, of which they “generously partook, with every abundance of other recrea tion.” The duty of erecting suitable build ings at the permanent seat of govern ment had been intrusted by Congress iu Philadelphia to President Washing ton and three Commissioners selected ty bis;, The first Board et Co&unis- offerings. The obverse contains tho inscription, which runs as follows: “Presented, along with congratulatory address, to their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Portland by the tenantry and employes on his Grace’s Ayrshire estates, on the occasion of the birth of , . , ., -i, . | , ,, . .. , the Marquis of Titchfield, 16th March, tenals But, as Providence willed it, pleted. In I860 both wings with their 1893 Cessnock Castle, Cth Mav, the most important parts of the Capi- beautiful six porticos, two magnificent 1893 _» The BuppoTtiri „ piIlars stands tol escaped wholly uninjured. ; entrances and four grand stairways, j a base of ebo = verlaid wlth au The sandstone or freestone columns ■ were substantially done The interior oct agonal-shaped mirror set in a silver injured by the fire were replaced by | of the dome, decorated by Signor ; fram 3 ework) corncrs of ^ hich are welcoming a new-born babe with floral fectly constructed. The structure was Called to Meet in Baton Ronge by Governor Foster. A New Orleans special says: Gov ernor Foster issued a proclamation through the press Monday calling a meeting of the members of all the le vee boards of the state, the levee ; board of Arkansas and Mississippi and Clotworthy Stephenson is reported | ating the wood with inflammable ma- wing was finished and the dome com as having delivered an address “punc tuated by fifteen salvos of a cannon from the Virginia Artillery,” and then, 250 feet wide, and was constructed: United States engineers having entirely of wood, covered with staves, j cbar g e the ievees of the Mississippi The main body of the building was ! Ya jj £ .y The meeting is to be held at five stories high. In the center of i £ be s t a te capitol at Baton Rouge. The this rose a smokestack in the shape | annonnce ment of the governor’s action of a cupola to the top of which j caused considerable comment. The almost 200 feet. The base was of this cupola was about thirty feet square. About eighty feet from tue base «i .h a cupola mere was a balcony from which another square the mouth tower rose, culminating -,1 ,. , . , - 1 _ - _ — ' iiamcwuia, ai iuo I'uruaa ui nmu a,,; i cf the smokestack, where the fire v\as pillars of beautiful conglomerate mar- , Brumidi of Rome was also finished, f 8eated four fisrare3 of children. This ! discovered. The interior of this ble, obtained from the breccia beds and Architect Walters task was de- : beautiful ! . „..,i cn.r.WaA- iu Frederick Country, Md., and in j dared at an end. He was succeeded ; versm jth WO rk \\ London County, Va„ and othei’ details j by the present accomplished incum- catsd , Messrs. John Cameron & LT^rTtG t g m e great f Str o“ gth bent ; l Ir - Ed r ar< *. Clark who super- silversmiths, Kilmarnock, while and durability to the structure. Stone | vised the construction of the beautiful' - and iron were substituted wherever possible for wood and brick. Charles Bulfinch, of Boston, who served as architect from 1917 to 1839, laid the foundation of the centre build* ing os March 34,1918- so.'shed both : the illuminated address, standing on ' ' e, is tho Gilmour & Dean, side from 1382 to thejr completion ir> wor U of Messrs. The old portion of the Capitol, j ^ a= S 0TV ' completed in 1827, cost $2,483,941 ; American potatoes, tower aud around the smokestack were wooden beams and framework. It was at tho top of this cupola that the tire was discovered. It is supposed that the framework around the mouth of the huge chimney caught from a defect iq the flue. SCENES JT THE MORGUE, purpose of the meeting is the discus sion of a plan for the protection of the alluvial hinds of the valley. oaiono And Weekly Press Officers. The following officers wers elected by the Weekly Press Association of Georgia at Brunswick, Tuesday: S. T. Blalock, Fayetteville News, president; Walter Scott Coleman, Cedartown Standard, first vice-president; D. J. Thaxton, Middle Georgia Argus, sec ond vice-president; W. A. Shackel ford, Oglethorpe Echo, recording sec retary; Alfred Herrington, Swaines- , . . ... boro' Pine Forest, corresponding sec- The inquest on victims of the | retaTyj and p, -p. MoCutchen, Fr*nk- irfcqlg building, up to d^, oo«t apples find a gecd mnrket ifl t|?<j b e 8 aD . Tbe «oene at tU# j jjg Aufiftebt Kopfclittg SMffiHW* f WEATHER CROP BULLETIN. The General Condition of Crops Throughout the Southern States. According to the weekly weather bulletin issued by the department of agriculture at Washington, the weather the past week has been espe cially favorable for harvesting throughout the winter wheat belt. Rye and wheat is progressing in Ne braska and Minnesota, and the corn is reported as much improved and in good condition in the principal corn producing states. North Carolina—Cotton considera bly improved; cotton lice disappear ing ; all crops made good progress during the week. Virginia—All crops doing well ex cept cotton, which has been seriously injtired by lice. South Carolina—Rain greatly needed for cotton and corn. Georgia—Cotton continues to im prove, but is still late and below the average condition; corn is in extra good condition, but needs rain; pota toes and cane promise well. Florida—General crop outlook very favorable. Alabama-—Cotton looking better, but is small, the bad stand does not promise full crop. Rain needed. Mississippi—General complaint of droughts; crops behind time and grassy in western portion of state. Louisiana—Cotton in need of rain. Cane in excellent stand ; cotton rather small and a little backward, but healthy nnd growing well. Rice prom ising where rain has fell. Texas—Cotton doing very well over the eastern portion of the state, but is suffering for rain over western por tion ; late corn damaged by dry weath er, but the crop as a whole very good. Arkansas—Corn and cotton much improved. Large quantity of hay saved and in good condition. Tennessee—Wheat threshing nearly completed; quality good; oats better than for years; corn and cotton grow ing nicely; tobacco doing well; hay crop large and saved in excellent con dition. Kentucky—All crops need rain; late tobacco not doing well; corn general ly fine. AGAINST THE DISPENSARY. THE OUTLOOK BRIGHTER. Each Day Finds the Financial Situation on the Mend. A New York special says: Notwith standing the flurry in the stock mar ket Wednesday, hank presidents and others occupying positions familiariz ing themselves with current conditions unanimously agreed that the general situation has improved and continues to do so. There is nothing in the financial situation of the coun try to produce such an unsettling effect. At several of the bankB it was said that considerable amounts of currency had been received Tues day and again Wednesday morning. One large Broadway bank received $500,000 in gold and. currency from the country. Some of the gold was received back from California. The Fourth National bank received $341,- 000 in currency with a lot more in sight. As an indication of the easier condition prevailing, it was reported that many country banks were remit ting currency to New York and get ting back some of their bills receiva ble which they had rediscounted three or four weeks ago, taking advantage, of course, of the rebate in the dis count for the unexpired time. The Portner Brewing Company has beer barrel on its shoulders and has dared Governor Tillman to knock it off. A keg of the stuff arrived at Charleston Wednesday from Charlotte, consigned to the agent of the compa ny in Charleston. Tho shipment was made purely for the purpose of testing the right of the state to prohibit the roads from carrying liquor to parties in South Carolina from points in an adjoining state. CONFEDERATE VETERANS. The Organization of New Camps An- nonaced by General Commanding. A New Orleans dispatch of Saturday says: The general commanding an nounces the fellowship of tho follow- ing-named camps in the organizatiot of the United Confederate Veteran! and their respective numbers, to-wit: Andrew Coleman, camp 301, Bryson City, N. C.; Wills Point, 302, Wills Point, Tex. ; Camp Colquitt, 303, Petersburg Fla. ; Benevo lent ex-Confederate, 304, J er- seyville, 111.; Jefferson Lamar, 305, Covington, Ga.; Beauregard, 306, Collinsville, Tex.; Camp Brooks, 307, Daingerfield, Tex.; St. Clair, 308, Asheville, Ala.; Charles F. Fisher. 309, Salisbury, N. C.; A. A. Greene, 310, LaFayette, Ala.; M. Farrell, 311, Winona, Miss. ; E. Giles Henry, 312, Canton, Miss. ; James Deshler, 313, Tmscumbia, Ala.; Stevens County, Tex., 314, Breckinridge, Tex as; Palmetto Guard, 315, Charles ton, S. C. ; Randolph, 316, Wedowee, Ala.; Catesby, A. R. Jones, 317, Selma, Ala.; Tom Hendman, 318, Newj. irt, Ark.; Colonel Charles F. Fisher, 319, Salisbury, N. C.; Camp Ruffin, 820, Troy, Ala.; Ike Turner, 321, Livingston, Tex.; W. P. Rogers, 322, San Saba, Tex. ; Camp Pickens, 323, Carrollton, Ala. ; Stoekdale, 324, Magncdia, Miss. ; David O. Dodd, 325, Benton, Ard.; Junins Daniel, 326, Littleton, N. C.; Henry D. Clayton, 327, Ashland, Ala. TEACHERS IN SESSION. The Southern Educational Association Meets in Louisvi'le, Ky. The Southern Educational associa tion met in session at Louisville, Ky., Wednesday. Many prominent educa tors were present. President W. F. Slaton, of Atlanta, Ga., called the ses sion to order. “The New Education” was the first subject under discussion, which was led by Prof. E. Marks, of Louisville, and participated iu by Prof. Price, of Louisville; Hon. J. H. Erwin, of St. Louis; Prof.' M. Roof, of Birmingham; Prof. Dabney Lis- comb, of the Agricultural college, Mississippi; Hon. S. H. Smith, of Kentucky, and Mrs. H. R. Echols, of Atlanta.' This was followed by a dis cussion of the “Best Means of Provid- — 0 Normal Instruction for • Teachers Now ia the Field.” led by Dr. Will iam H, Payne, of Nashville. The prea- oflSoMi were re-elected. A South Carolina Jndge Declares tl Law Unconstitutional. A dispatch received Friday nigh from Darlington, S. C., giving the re suit of the hearing in the applieatio: before Circuit Judge Hudson for ai injunction restraining J. D. Floyd who had been appointed liquor dispen ser for Darlington, from opening th dispensary, states that the judge hat granted a permanent injunction anc declared the law unconstitutional. Th judge gave an elaborate opinion, ii which ho said that the law is clearl unconstitutional, and that no one car open a dispensary at Darlington with out violating the law. This settlei this matter for the present, and thingi will remain in statu quo until the su preme court passes judgment on it. Jndge Hudson is accounted one o the very ablest judges in South Caro lino, and his decisions generally hole good. It is probable that injunctions will be applied for in the other counties where dispensaries are established, which case the state will he badly crip pled, even in the event that the preme court does not sustain Justice Hudson’s decision, for it will tie np this mammoth industry with expenses and interest on unpaid stock accumulating daily. A Columbia special of Saturday says: Investigation shows that the develop ments in the dispensary legal fight are not as favorable to the liquor men was thought. Floyd was appointed dispenser for Darlington county. „ Judge Hudson granted an injunction restraining him from opening the dis pensary on the ground that his peti tion did not contain the requisite num ber of names and the dispensary law was unconstitutional. The latter ground of the decision does not amount to anything, for the state su preme court has already decided that tho law is constitutional, which over rides Judge Hudson’s decision as to tho constitutionality. THE STATE WILL APPEAL. When Governor Tillman was asked to say something about the decision of Jndge Hudson, he replied: “I want to see the decision before I undertake to criticise or comment upon it. One thing is certain, we will appeal from the decision by tho quickest way pos sible.” Information has been receiv ed to the effect that several of the Darlington barkeepers have taken out United States revenue license, which under tho dispensary law, is prima facio evidence of the sale of liquor. DEFYING THE LAW. A North Carolina Drewery Will Force a Test Case. A special from Charlotte, N. C., says: The branch house of the Robert Portner Brewing company will defy the present liqnor law in South Caro lina by making two big shipments into that state of lager beer. The ship ments go to Greenville and Charles ton. The brewing company in Char lotte makes no secret of its intentions and has given it to the press for pub lication. These shipments will be made over the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road, which is under the control of the Richmond and Danville, this road having some time ago said that they would transport any liquors that might be put in their depots consigned to South Carolina towns. This will bo the first shipment made sinoe the dis pensary law went into effect and it is understood that it is for a test oase, as Governor Tillman has expressed the desire to jump on the Richmond and Danville if they carried out what they said they would do concerning his pet scheme. The outcome is looked forward to with much interest by a patient pub lic, who have been more than anxious to see this test made. THE REPUBLICAN LEAGUE. Appointment of Committees as An nounced by President Tracy. A Chicago special of Saturday says: President Tracy, of the national re publican league, has completed his ap pointments and announces them aa follows: Subcommittee of executive committee—James Manley, of Maine; L. G. Tailor, of Indiana; Jamas A. Blanchard, of New York ; T. F. Byrnes, of Minnesota; H. E. Tiepk«^_-jp^ Rhode Island; William E. Bilfey; of Kentucky; Isaac Trumbo, of California; H. M. Cooper, of Arkansas; J. Henry Gould, of Massa chusetts; William K. Burchinell, of Colorado; Henry M. Haigb, of Mich igan ; E. J. Hainer, of Nebraska; J. M. Miller, of Kansas; E. J. Judd, of Illinois; S. R. Hawkins, of New York; E. M. Smith, of Alabama, sergeant- at-arms, and John M. Thurston, of Nebraska, and James A. Clarkson, of Iowa, advisory members. Committee on Southern Question. —Judge Pray, of Iowa; L. P. Goodell, of Texas; O. L. Boncenkrans, of Wis consin ; H. W. Gardner, of Ohio; E. S. Ashcraft, of Tennessee ; John Flan- nagan, of Missouri; L. J. McCauley, of Pennsylvania; W. S. Ball, of North. Carolina, and H. DeB. Clay, of Vir ginia. . POPULISTS IN KANSAS Making Preparations to Reorganize the Militia to Their Advantage. A Topeka special says: The Popu lists took action Wednesday which in dicate their purpose to reorganize the Kansas militia in such a manner that it can be depended upon in the event of a condition of affairs arising simi lar to that which confronted them at the legislative session last winter to carry out populist orders. It will be remembered that the militia refused to obey orders to dislodge the republican house from the representative hall. The board of military affairs has or dered Adjutant General Artz to dis band the four companies in and about Topeka and to organize in their stead . four companies of cavalry. - . Nearly All Drowned. A cable dispatch from London says: Off Skegness a watering place on the coast of England, a party Saturday went from the village for a day’s sail in a yacht. They were caught in a heavy squall when some distance of shore, the yaobt oapsized and twenty-seven of them, men and women; were drawn*