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THE
IENNA PROGRESS.
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TERMS, $1. Per Annum.
“Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They Wlay.”
JOHN E. HOWELL, Editor and Proprietor,
YOL. XII. NO. 5
lirOTTT^TI TTIkT* TlVTTrTlTfn e ir nr TY n ty
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1893.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE
TO BE SEEN' AT THE FAIR.
3^ Specimens of Fre»Ii and Salt
Mater F'ish—Hare Marine Pro
ducts—Anglers’ Appliances
of Every Kind.
I HE exhibit of the
United States Fish
Commission at the
Fair is displayed
chiefly in the Gov
ernment Building,
in which it occu
pies about 15,000
square feet of floor
surface in the north
end of the building. It is located be
tween the exhibits of the Departments
of the Interior and Agriculture. In
addition to this space the commission
maintains a live fish exhibit in the
aquarium annex of the Fisheries Build
ing, the annex being circular and hav
ing a diameter of 125 feet. The total
ell, with the co-operation of the com
missioner. In the scientific inquiry
section are to be found illustrations ol
mter capacity of the tanks is 140,000
GALE FISH.
gallons, of which 40,000 are devoted to
the exhibit of marine animals and
plants. The surface of the glass iu
the front of the aquaria aggregates
tbout 3000 square feet. Iu the center
of the uquarium building is a large
pool containing a mass of rocks, over
which water is conveyed, and which
ire ornamented by aquatic plants. The
iquaria are in two series, with a wide
passage way between. The pool is
twenty-six feet in diameter, and,
ilthough not deep is large enough to
maintain a great number of fishes, in-
the marine library and fish culture
station at Wood’s Holl, models audit
lustrations of the vessels of the com'
mission, specimens of the seines, trolls
nets, dredges and other collecting ap
paratns, together with wire rope used
in dredging operations and the other
accessories for scraping the ocean hot
tom. The apparatus used in sorting
and preserving collections is also
shown. There is a model of the sound
iug machine used in deep sea work and
there are examples of the varions tlier
mometers used in physical observa
tions. The results of scientific ex
plorations of the commission appear
in the form of charts and models of
the areas over which the vessels have
made their investigations. Iu the
cases preserved iu alcohol or in a dry
state are many curious animals, both
from the deep sea and from the sur
face—the cranoids, corals, crabs,
pen, starfish, sea robins, the various
invertebrate animals that form
the food of fishes and foramini
fera, sponges, gores and mollusks.
In this latter class extensive series of
oysters are exhibited, which show the
rate of growth on different kinds of
bottoms, the method of attachment of
the spat, the injuries brought about
by star fish, grills and other enemies
of the oyster. AYhen it is considered
that collections have been made
depths greater than three miles, it will
be evident that the apparatus success
fully used in such operations is of
great public interest. This division is
rounded out by a collection of about
150 flexible casts of fishes pointed from
the fresh or living specimens and re
produced with exceeding faithfulness
and skill.
The apparatus used in the fisheries
is well illustrated by means of models
and full sized specimens of vessels,
boats and canoes, together with many
A GKOUP OF SEA LIONS.
luding several sturgeon and other
srge fish nearly five feet in length.
?he number of kinds of animals kept
live in the aquarium is not far from
150. These have been gathered from
rarious parts of the Mississippi valley,
he great lakes, the Atlantic Ocean, and
,’ecently a successful shipment was
ironght from the Pacific iu salt water.
The 40,000 gallons of salt water were
♦fought from the Atlantic in tank cars
it one time, and each car of the com-
nission bringing a load of fish in-
ireases the supply by about 2000 gal-
ons. The experiment has proved so
luceessful that the sea animals, tube
rorms, star fish, king crabs and many
ither fishes have reproduced since
heir arrival in Chicago.
In the fresh-water section may be
iound all the well-known kinds of
Tout, the pike trout, rainbow, lake,
ochleven, black spotted, the grayling,
rliite fish, black bass, pike, pike perch,
laddie fish, tench, buffalo, fresh-water
Irum and a host of other fishes known
o the augler and fishermen. The
narine tanks contains sheepshead, sea
obins, tantog, sea bass, croker, spot,
icup, swell fish, bur fish, file fish,
ikate, shark, remora, sailor's choice,
mnuer, mummyehogs, several kiuds
)f sea turtles, ciabs, anemones, whelps,
itar fish, lobsters and pompano, bo
lide some viviparous perch and other
ish from California. It is certain that
ully two-thirds of all the people who
inter the grounds visit the aquarium,
ind it is usually a matter of great diffi
culty to pass through the crowd of
risitors in that building.
The collection in the Government
Building was intended to show the
of the fittings and instruments asso
ciated, with them, the pounds, seines,
weirs pot seines, easting nets, dip
nets, trolls and dredges used for tak
ing fish, oysters, clams and other ob
jects.
The lines used by commercial fish
ermen are to be found in great variety,
from the sinew and grass lines of the
Indians and Esquimaux to the best
quality of silk lines for the capture of
salmon trout, bass and other game
fish. They are supplemented by large
exhibits of rods, reels, hooks, etc.,
many of which have been lent to the
commission by prominent manufac
turers. The collection of artificial
CAST OF A 120-POUND TARPON’.
flies made by Chas. F. Orvis, of Man
chester, Vt., numbers nearly 1000
specimens, and is associated with pho
tographs of fishing waters and angling
scenes arranged by Mrs. Mary Orvis
Marbury. Two striking features of
this exhibit are the boats fully equipped
for the pelagic capture of the fur seal
and for the whale fisheries. For this
portion of the exhibit also Mr. Henry
W. Elliott lent the commission his ex
tensive series of water color pictures
of seal life and AJaskan scenery, and
from Dr. G. Brown Goode was ob
tained a fine series of pictures of game
fish, accompanying his workpnblished
by the Scribners in 1830.
One principal object in this portion
of the exhibit has been to show the va
riations in fishing apparatus from the
crudest forms in use among primitive
people to the most recent devices of
scientific anglers. The subject is like
wise further illustrated by means of
enlarged photographs and cartoons as
well as statistical charts.
The exhibit of the United States Fish
j Commission was the first department
ready for the inspection of the public,
and is certainly proving - to be one of
the most popular.—Washington Star.
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
Tiie Daily Routine of Both Houses
Briefly Epitomized.
man of whom would pledde “his life,
fortune and his sacred honor” to abide
by the decision.
AT TIE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Sixteenth Day.-The house joint jJ GOTEHlieilt M ROlltillB
the House and Senate Discussed.
What is Being Done to Allay Finan
cial Depression and Bring Relief.
calendar. A question of precedence
I between Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, and
I Mr. Peffer, of Kansas, as to which
houKTEENTH Dat. In the senate ^v a s entitled to the floor, was
Tuesday morning Mr. Allen offered an decided in favor of Mr Stewart,
amendment to Mr. Voorhees’ repeal who then offered to yield his right-
bill in the form of a provision for the jf Mr. Peffer desired “particularly to
coinage of silver at the present ratio ; address the senate. Mr. Peffer de
clined the offer, but said that he
would he very much pleased if he
could proceed now. [Laughter. ] The
vice-president, however, took Mr.
Stewart at his word and recognized
Mr. Peffer. Mr. Peffer thereupon
-proceeded to address the senate on the
silver question. He requested that he
should have
resolution as to town sites in the Cher
okee outlet was reported in the senate
Thursday morning and an attempt was
made to have it passed but objection
was made and it was placed on the Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo-
DULL BUSINESS.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL. ; growth of the south.
Dun £ Co.’s Repoit of Trade for
the Past Week.
K. G. Dun & Co. ’s weekly review of
trade says: There is a rift in the
clouds. Faint and indefinite signs of
improvement are all the better because
they come, not from p^j^dy delusive
Condensed iroin Our Most Important
Telegraphic Aflyices
pie and Their General Welfare.
hopes or from_.
but :
aid,
And Presented in Pointed and Reada
ble Paragraphs.
of 16 to 1, under the same conditions
enforced as to the coinage of gold, and
directing the coinage of the silver bul
lion now in the treasury. It was re
ferred to the finance committee, as was
also the bill introduced by Mr. Peffer
for the reduction of the salaries of all
of the government employes from
§1,000 and upwards by 15 and 20" per
cent. Mr. Yoorhees, chairman of the
finance committee, then addressed the
senate in advocacy of the bill reported
by him last Friday, discontinuing the
purchase of silver bullion. Yoorhees’
speech was listened to with the great
est attention. Such a scene as
was being witnessed in the sen
ate chamber is rare. It is like
ly to become historic. There was not
an inch of space left in the galleries.
Rows of people three deep lined the
aisles and they were fringed against the
wall in a black mass. On the floor
every seat was occupied. The sofas
were crowded with the leaders in the
house on both sides of the financial
question.
Fifteenth Day.—Among the bills
introduced in the senate Wednesday
was one by Mr. Pasco, as a substitute
for the minority bill of the finance
committee (proposing silver coinage at
20 to 1). The substitute proposes a
commission of three citizens of the
United States to ascertain and report
before January, 1894, the intrinsic re
lative value of gold and silver, and
that on that report the secretary of the
treasury shall fix and determine the ra
tio. The resolution offered Tuesday by
Peffer, inquiring of the secretary of the
treasury as to the conduct of national
banks in refusing to pay promptly in
currency in checks of depositors, was
then taken up, and a motion to refer
it to the finance committee made by
Mr. Hoar. Mr. Voorhees favored a
reference of the resolution, and said
that it would not be buried in the com
mittee. Messrs. Manderson, Kyle and
Hill opposed it, and insisted on the
adoption of the resolution. Mr.
Goiman spoke against its adoption.
The discussion was cut off by the ex
piration of the morning hour and the
resolution went over without action.
Mr. Hoar made an argument against
Mr. Butler’s amendment to the na
tional bank circulation act—repealing
the 10 per cent tax on state
bank circulation. At the close
of Hoar’s remarks the • national
bank circulation bill was laid
aside without action and the report of
the committee on privileges and elec
tions in favor of seating Lee Mantle
as senator from Montana was taken
up but, without action on it, the sen
ate, at 5:45 o’clock, adjourned until
Thursday leaving the Lee Mantle case
still open.
Sixteenth Day.—The five-minute
debate in the house on the Wilson bill
began Thursday morning with a speech
by Mr. Waugh, of Indiana, who spoke
for repeal as to the interest of bi-met
allism. Mr. Somers, of Wisconsin,
favored bi-metallism, but would not
ote for unconditional repeal. Mr.
Johnson, of North Dakota, spoke for
silver. Mr. Pickier, of South Dakota,
asked unanimous consent to change
the voting order so as to take a vote
Monday on the amendment confining
free coinage to the American pro
duct. This was objected to by
Wilson, in charge of the admin
istration bill. Mr. Pickier then
tried to arrange for a vote on the
American product free coinage propo
sition after the Wilson bill had been
passed, but again objection was made.
He then proceeded to criticise Presi
dent Cleveland as being under English
influence. Lucas, of South Dakota, and
Mr. Hartman, of Montana, spoke for
free coinage. Mr. Barthold, of Mis
souri, declared for repeal and the ex
tension of bank circulation. Mr.
Henk, of Ohio, spoke for uncondi
tional repeal. Mr. Heard, of Missou-
was against the Wilson bill, hold-
that the people were entitled
something more. Mr.
Dingley, of Maine, advocated the
repeal of the purchasing clause. He
had voted for the Sherman bill only
because it contained restrictions that
would postpone the evil day.
Surgeon General Wyman, of the
marine hospital service, received i
cablegram Wednesday from the hij
rean officer at Antwerp, Belgiuij
stating that the new cholera
there average two daily.
Dr. Wyman, of the marine hospij
service, has been notified that cholij
is present in St. Petersburg in ej
demic form. There is no immigratl
from St. Petersburg. The Russ
authorities do not allow emigrant:]
, pass out by that way.
, • , , * " nd a “ en A h ' 0 Six hundred and thirtv-six thousj
hearing (such as he hud given to other , onnce of silveE were offe ' red for Ea ,l
senators), as he represented at least a . the tre department Wednef
mil linn and ft half nf voters WHO be- I ■
1st
million and a half of
lieved just as he did.
OUR LATEST DISPATCHES,
TAe Happenings of a Day CAronieM in
Brio! and Concise Paragraphs
And Containing tie Gist of the News
From All Parts of the World.
at prices ranging from 76 cents tc]
3-4 cents an ounce. The
amount was declined at the prices j
ed and 75 1-4 cents tendered.
Ex-Minister Blount slipped
Washington Tuesday afternoon
has since that time been almost |
continual conference with Secre
Gresham. He is looking splencj
and is in excellent spirits. The re
J which Minister Blount makes
1 course a secret.
The committee on ways and nl
I held its first meeting Wednt"
morning. All the members were ]
I Lit
ent. Chairman Wilson was aul
ized to appoint sub-committees, cl
and other employes. Tuesdays j
Fridays were fixed as the regular ■
tions have been sent out as a itj
a recent hearing on the snbjtH
delegation representing Misti
river interests.
A Washington special of Wj
day says: As viewed from a trl
standpoint the general financial]
WHIP KAY—GULF 3F MEXICO.
methods and functions of the United
Mates Fish Commission in its relation
;o scientific inquiry, fish culture and
she fisheries, three of the principal
divisions of the Fish Commission or
ganization. The amount of money
available for this purpose was about
B90,000. Preparations were begun in !
1890 under the direction of the com
missioner, through his representative, i
Captain J. W. Collins. In December,
1892. Captain Collins severed his con
nection with the United States Fish
Commission and Dr. X. H. Bean, the
Assistant in charge of the division of
fish culture, was nominated, as repre
sentative and approved by the Presi- ;
dent. Through the admirable and j
painstaking supervision of Dr. Bean,
A Straw Hat For a Horse.
To protect the horse in hot weather
' some thoughtful man has cut holes in
I an old straw hat, thrust the horse’e
j ears, through them—and there you
apd the intelligent co-operation of Ins ; flre wh should not a horsc wear a
assistants, tlffi exhibit at the Fair has , hat tbis boiling bot weather? Protect
been brought to a start of perfection . bis bea d. You need his brains as well
JgJf >1° r l 8ttw ? ed ; .^ arCb ’ I bis muscles, and stewed brains are
1893, the office ot the exhibit was j of no use to aIlvbody . Don’t cut vonr
rnoynd from Washington to Chicago, ; aew straw bat up> but do something
and the installation ot the collection to kee the Worse’s head cool.-New
was actively begun. j York Herald.
The exhibit illustrating scientific I —
inquiry was prepared under the diree-
Paper was in use in Egypt as far
tion of Mr. Kichard Rathbun, and that ! back as 2300 B. C.
THE HOUSE.
Fouetkenth Day - .—The house pass
ed the senate bill in aid of the Cali
fornia Mid-Winter International ex
position. Mr. Johnson, of Ohio, in
troduced his interconvertible bond
bill and had it referred to the bank
ing and currency committee, with
leave to report at any time after the
silver debate. The silver debate was
then resumed, and Mr. Brickner spoke
in faYor of the repeal of the purchas
ing clause of tho Sherman act. Mr.
Mallory made a speech in opposition
to the unconditional repeal of the pur
chasing clause of the Sherman law. He
did not believe that this repeal would
restore confidence or remedy the evils
which now existed, Mr. Hopkins of
Illinois, charged the democrats with
partisanship in mapping out the plans
of procedure for the consideration of
this great question, and then proceed
ed to speak in favor of the Wilson
bill. Mr. Lane, of Illinois spoke in
favor of free silver.
Fifteenth Day.—The bouse met at
10 o’clock Wednesday morning, and
the silver debate wa6 opened at once
by C. W. Stone, of Pennsylvania, who
spoke for repeal and adjured the mem
bers to disregard partisan feeling in
dealing with the subject. Mr. Covert,
of New York pleaded for uncondition
al repeal, and comparing silver to a j
faithful servant fallen into bad habits,
held that nothing would suffice to re
store it but the goldcnre. Mr. Fitch,
of New York, followed in the same
line. Daizell contended for the re
peal of the purchase act and ascribed
all difficulties of the present situation
to democratic hostility to the tariff.
Mr. Hatch, in speaking in favor of
free coinage, advocated a cancus of
democrats of the house and seneate to
The Western Brass Foundry, at St.
Louis, Mo., was burned Thursday.
The loss is very heavy.
F. C. Turner & Co.’s sash factory at
Mobile, Ala., a two-storv brick build- j ing days.
ing, was burned Thursday night. Loss Chairman Wilson Thursday np
§20,000; insurance §10,000. ed Henry Talbot, of Illinois, cle:
The Standard Oil company has pur- the committee on ways and mean
chased a lot in Spartanburg, S. C., j Talbot Yvas employed in the sam
and will erect three oil tanks with a pacity under the chairmanship of,
capacity of 25,000 gallons each. Spar- rison and Mills, and since the fij
tanburg will be made a bulk station congress has been connected wit'
and distributing point. interstate commerce commission.
A London cable dispatch says: At Assistant Secretary Curtis h;
the regular weekly meeting Thursday structed special treasury age:
of the directors of the Bank of Eng- construe as liberally as possib
land, it was decided to raise the bank’s laws as to the packing of cott
rate of discount to five per cent. This passenger steamers. These
is an advance of one per cent.
The town of Merced Falls, Cal.,
was destroyed by fire Thursday. The
Merced woolen mills, valued at $125,-
000; Nelson’s flour mills, §25,000;
and the warehouse of the woolen mill,
containing goods worth §50,000, were
burned. The town has about 150 in- tion of the eoun try shows in;pro
habitants, mostly employes of the slight perhaps, hut believed
mills. * permanent. Bank failures hav
The free silverites held a meeting at ! entirely ceased, banks that
Cooper union, New York City, Thurs- are resuming business,
day night. There were 3,000 persons P°” red out ° f ^country is
present and much enthusiasm was die- and a general Reeling of confid?
played. 1 Resolutions favoring the free
coinage of silver were adopted.
Speeches were made by Hon. W. J.
Bryan, of Nebraska, John G. Boyd
and Gen. A. J. Warner.
The directors of the first national
hank of Dayton, Tennessee, have de
cided to suspend the payment of de
positors for sixty days and a circular
to that effect has been mailed to the
depositors. The assets are more than
double the liabilities, hut the strin
gency in the money market makes the
stoppage of business necessary. The
bank hopes to resume in two months
or less.
Fire broke out Thursday afternoon
in South Chicago. A gale was blow
ing and the flames quickly swept
through five blocks to the lake. Most
of the buildings destroyed were frame
dwellings occupied by employes of the
large steel mills of the Illinois Steel
company. Two hundred and fifty
houses were burned and 7,000 people
were made homeless. The money loss
is estimated at a million dollars,
A dispatch of Thursday from Fort
McKavett, Texas, states that the nu
merous cattle ihieY r es and smugglers j Montgomery; on cotton shippe
who infest that section of the upper Troy via Montgomery to New
Rio Grande hoi ler, are being rounded j a rate not higher than 50 ce:
up and that there is much excitement hundred, and on class goods
over the arrests which have already
been made. Sheriffs from Yalverde
and the surrounding counties have
been out night and day for the lust
week; in all, about fifty men. The
"hunt is not over yet, and more arrests
are exected to follow in a few days.
The appraisement of the personal
effects of the hanking firm of E. K.
being restored.
The treasury officials are now]
cussing a plan to supply the thre
ing deficiency in the treasury, ti]
rid of the accumulation of 6,000
of silver bullion and supply the i
try with $150,000,000 of new enj
cy. The cash ballance on last
day dropped half a million. T
stant fill in the cash balance*
tracted the attention of Mr. C
again and he has several plans
consideration to relieve this
pressure. One of these plans
issue of temporary loan cert
against the future revenues,
as are regularly issued by th
ish government, hearing 1 per d<
terest.
A Washington special of Ti
says: The interstate commerce
mission, by Commissioner Clei
has rendered a decision in the cil
the hoard of trade of Troy, Alai
the Alabama Midland and Gil
Central railways, et al. The def
i6 in favor of the complainnnt ai|
| rects that the defendant roads res
their tariffs so as to give Troy a rj
cotton not higher than those
:k.
I case
[wing
irom .Louisville, Cincinnati
Louis rates not in excess of
Columbus, Ga.
Members of the Georgia di
in congress Thursday morning
a telegraphic appeal from a
committee of Brunswick,
immediate aid in the way ofpr-
- . or money. Congressman Tu 1
Smith <£r Co., of Columbia, Pa., which -whose district Brunswick liei
failed recently, shows their affaire to
he in a deplorable condition. The
cash on hand with the securities will
amount to less than §4,000. The de
posits amount to §151,000, and the
claims of preferred creditors, not de
positors, to over §69,000; so that, un
less the latter are set aside as fraudu
lent, the creditors will get next to
nothing.
A dispatch of Thursday from Little j effort will he made to furnish
Rock, Ark., states that a movement is medicine out of the epidemi
on foot in that state to have the gov- the disposal of the bareau
ernor call an extra session of the leg- j be thus utilized. This con
islature. The legislature abolished the taken under consideratigA and it
convict lease system at its last session hoped that a favorable decision will he
and only appropriated §30,000 to reached.
maintain it the next two years. This Eleven .IliiJorit.T in iheSenitr.
fund is likely to be soon exhausted, ‘ That the bill for unconditional re-
the state being nnabie to hire them peal will pass the senate is quite as
out. The session is to be called to certain as that it will pass the house,
enact legislation that will enable the The supporters,at the Yoorhees bill
state to use the convicts in building j confidently-' claim eleven majority
long conference with Surgeon '
Wayman after receiving the til
The object of the conference w^
certain if help for the unfortua
izens could be given by the marl
pital service. Surgeon Genel
man was very sympathetic anf
ised to do all in his power to
the miserable condition of ti
people who are left in Brunswj
the
, im-
that
any of
pwick.
■ min-
lames
|tiona
re all
old
poor
Ld the
Idated
fation.
fol-
railroads to be owned and controlled
by the state.
The New Orleans Clearing House
Association met Thursday and took
action on the proposition made to is
sue clearing house certificates for
small sums to take the place of cur
rency. The recent action df the banks
left the planters without the money to
move the crops and a plan to over
come this state of affairs wag thus ren
dered advisable. After discussion the
following plan was adopted: Issne cer
tificates of deposit to pengogs having
money on deposit, payable to them
selves or bearer, in sums of §5, §10
§20 or more, aDd make the certificates
payable through the clearing house.
without the three new senatoas from
the western states, who may or may
not be in their seats at this time. There
are eleven senators who have not as yet
annouced their final determina
tion as to how they will vote. Of these
seven are said to be wavering toward
unconditional repeal and four towards
the substitute. A great deal would
seem to depend on the vote in the
house, the size and character of the
majority the Wilson bill receives. It
is decisive and unmistakable, the sen
ate will probably be careful not to
have the wrath of the country direct
ed at that body, as it surely will if they
long delay matters.
that a
per-
solated
Pres-
occur-
'by the
being
e has
fever
hours
we have
n ti Several cases,
which have been announced upon the
street are absolutely false.
A. Y. Wood, Secretary.”
Monday night twelve coaches full
left over the Brunswick and Western,
and later the East Tennessee train
went away jammed. About 3,000
people wiil leave and this alone will
prevent it Bpreading rapidly if at all.
Ravages of Cholera in Rnssia.
A supplementary official cholera re
port issued at St. Petersburg, Russia,
Thursday gives the following statis
tics of the ravages of the disease in
the affected governments during the
past week: Orel, new cases647, deaths
213 ; Cossacks of the Don, new cases
498, deaths 202; Koorsk, sew cases
296, deaths 103 ; Yiedimir, new cases
156, deaths 52 ; Lomza, new cases 52,
deaths 22; Moscow, new cases 72,
deaths 24; Viatka, new eases 47, deaths
22; Voronezh, new- cases 30, deaths
23.
No Fever in Tampa.
State Health Officer Porter, of Flor-
Keassnring News from Brunswick.
The Brunswick board of health an-
Charloston’s First Dispensary.
The first dispensary for the disposal ida, issued an official proclamation to j Bounced at noon Thursday that there
>>f the Palmetto jag was opened in the public Monday in which he states ; were no new east s of lever of any
Charleston, S. C., Tuesday. From 10 that there is no yellow fever or quar- kind. Harris died at 11 o’clock Ved-
-‘’clock in the morning tiljl 7 p. in., antinable disease at the docks in Port nesday night. The child, whose ill-
the legal hours of closing, J fifty-five Tampa, in Port Tampa City, in Tam- ness was reported as suspicious, is
pa or at Ybor City, and that the estab- i convalf'seent, and it is denied that it
lishment of a quarantine against this
section of the state is entirely unnec-
citizens were supplied with toddy
bearing the state’s official tralie mark.
There was quite a crowd of heople at
the opening of the state’s barfloom,
is a cute of yellow fever at all. The
situation is encouraging and reassur-
the public at large,
Clark’s thread mills at Newark, N.
J.. which have been shut down for the
past three weeks, resumed operations
Wednesday morning on three-quarters
time.
Silver took a jnmp upward Tues
day, the London quotations as sent to
the treasury department being §0,7634
per ounce. This is two cents higher
than Monday’s purchases by the de
partment, which amounted to 165,000
ounces at §0.7425 per ounce.
The Findlay, Ohio, Bolling Mill
Company, employing four hundred
men has resumed operations. The
men have signed a contract to accept as
much cash ns can be paid by the compa
ny and time cheeks and notes payable
in sixty days for the remainder. Other
mills in Findlay will resume on a like
basis.
A cable dispatch of Wednesday from
Constantinople states that owing to the
prevalence of cholera in Russia, the
Turkish government has ordered five
days’ quarantine against all vessels ar
riving from Russian ports. Excep
tions will be made, however, in the
cases of vessels from Batonm, Odessa
and Sebastopol, which will not be
subjected to any quarantine delay.
A New York special of Tuesday says:
The belief is steadily growing in the
stock exchange financial circles that
the Sherman silver law .will be re
pealed. This, coupled wiilffi the con
stant arrival of gold, has created quite
a little bullish sentiment on the board,
and operators are more willing than
for some time past to buy stocks. As
a result, the market after opening of
business, began to harden and prices
rose 14 to If per cent.
A special from the Salt Lake, Utah,
says that, in speaking of the conven
tion of the western and southern
states, which he has been petitioned
to call, Governor Stone said that he
would be glad to do anything that was
essential and proper for the well be
ing of the south and west. He said
that such a convention for the consid
eration of questions affecting particu
larly tohse two sections without refer
ence to the east, might result benefi
cially.
A New York special of Tuesday says:
The silver men are going to carry the
fight into the camp of the gohlbugs.
They have engaged Cooper Union for
their headquarters and they will hold
a mass meeting there and demand the
fulfillment of one of the pledges upon
the strength of which a democratic
president and congress were elected
last November. The meeting will he
under the auspices of the executive
committee of the Chicago silver con
vention.
The Italian government is taking
steps to punish the officials who are
held responsible for not preventing
the recent rioting in Rome. The mas
sacre of Italians by Frenchmen at
Aigues-Mortes on Thursday came as
sudden thunder from the clear interna
tional sky. Already it has become the
subject of volnmnious correspondence
among the foreign offices of the Triple
Alliance, and during the next few days
probably will he made the most im-
poitant incident in this dull season
among the Continental powers.
The Michigan Peninsular car shops
at Detroit will he shut down for three
months. The shops have a capacity
for building 100 cars a day, and be
fore the financial stringency arose
employed six thousand men. All office
employes will be laid off without pay,
and all superintendents and chiefs of
departments will he on half pay. An
official of the company says contracts
can be secured easily enough, but
railroad companies are not able to pay
for cars and the shops cannot be run
on credit.
Governor Peter Turney issned a
proclamation Monday addressed to
the people of Tennessee concerning
the recent assassination of a soldier
named Langherty, and the subsequent
lynching of a miner named Drum
mond, at Briceville. He says they
were cold-blooded murders and out
rages that cannot he passed unnoticed.
He says time, expense and labor will
not be spared, and the perpetrators
who are guilty of murder in the first
degree will he hanged if the law is
enforced.
Owing to the stringency of money
and general depressed condition of af
fairs, the city of Birmingham, Ala.,
Wednesday night voted to issue city
paper. Scrip or promises to pay bear
er will be issued in denominations
from 25 cents np. It is estimated that
§75,000 at least will be issued in this
form. The bond sale the first of next
year will liquidate the paper which
will be discontinued. The interest
and bonds to he taken up between now
and Janury have been provided for.
The Memphis, Tenn., cotton ex
change held a meeting Tuesday and
passed resolutions calling upon con
gress to unconditionally repeal the
Sherman law without delay. The fes-
olutions state that “we believe that
the repeal of this law will renew con
fidence, create a better and more sat
isfactory feeling in the minds of the
mercantile community and instill new
life into financial affairs. Every day’s
delay in this matter by congress, in
tensifies the strained condition of af
fairs now prevailing and retard re
covery when the law is finally retard
ed. ”
The Industrial Deveiopement Dur
the Past Week.
A review of tho indnstrial situation in .
South for the past week thowg a further fallii
off in iron production, there being now but t
blast furnaces in operation out of twenty-fi
in the Birmingham district, and four out
twelve in the Chattanooga district. Mills I
over the South are running on short time, son
have closed on account of failure to procui
currency, and some are issuing Bcrip for pa;
rolls, maturing in ninety days. I
There is falling off in the' demand for mi
chinery, but in new industries there is an ii
crease over the preceding week. During th
week there were forty-five new manufactorii
organized in the Southern States, chief amon
which were the American Economic Bode
Company, of Savanuah, Ga„ capital $125,000
the Economy Noveltv Manufacturing Compaq
of Charleston, \V. Va.. with $100,000 capitL
ind the T. Dumas Furniture Manufacture
Company, of New Orleans, La., with $75,001
tapital.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, TennJ
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS
Tbe Drift ot Her Progress and Pros
perity Briefly Noted
Happenings of Interest Portrayed ii
Pithy Paragraphs.
A Cut of Ten Per Cent.
Eight thousand machinists, pattern
makers, molders, roller turners and
laborers in Pittsburg, Pa., district
have been notified of a reduction of
10 per cent in their wages. The cut
is vigorously objected to, and a strike
is openly talked of. The proposed
reduction affects the employes of 26
firms in Pittsburg. A special meeting
of the varions trades interested will
be held immediately, and a course of
action decided upon.
Chairman T. A. Goodwyn, of the
Alabama state Jeffersonian democrat!
executive committee, has called a meet
ing of that body to be held on Sep
tember 7th in the city of Montgomery.
The call announces that matters of im
portance will be considered and acted
upon.
Pensacola, Fla., for nine years has
been under a provisional municipality
government, appointed by the gover
nor of the state. At the first city elec
tion held Tuesday since 1S84, William
E. Anderson was elected mayor. There
was hut little contest, all the candi
dates being democratic.
A Nashville dispateh of Wednesday
says: J ere Baxter has secured back
ing and will at once proceed with the
completion of the Nashville and Knox
ville railroad, which is intended to run
from Nashville to a point on the Cin
cinnati Southern. The road is already
in operation from Lebanon to the
Crawford coal field, a distance of fifty-
six miles, having eighty-four miles to
be built.
The board of health of Charleston,
at a meeting Tuesday, determined to
send one medical sanitary expert to
each of the three railroad junctions
leading to Charleston via Lanes,
Branchville and Yemassee. The ex
perts were at once detailed for work
and dispatched to these places with
instructions to inspect all incoming
passengers on every train. They are
accompanied by detectives to aid them.
A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch of
Monday is to the effect that Major
Fink, receiver for the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad, says
that a cut of the salaries of the em
ployes of his road is a sure thing. All
salaries will be reduced to from 10 to
30 per cent. He says the earnings of
the road for the past month have de
creased §100,000. The cut will per
haps gc into effect September 1st.
A Raleigh special says: On Mon
day Governor Carr honored the requi
sition of Governor Northen for five
noted desperadoes, who have, as a
gang, committed many robberies in
various counties. Their names are:
Henry Seabolt, A. J. Seabolt, Sylva-
nus Seabolt, Ray Seabolt and John
Ray. They are all in jail at Murphy,
N. C., having fled to Cherokee county
upon pursuit in Georgia.
Charles A. Bonin, for years joint
cashier of the Louisville and Nashville
and Nashville and Chespeake and Ohio
railroads at Cincinnati is missing.
Experts are examining his hooks and
say that his shortage, if any, will not
exceed §1,500, making his disappear
ance a mystery. The shortage of
Joseph R. Patton, the missing super
intendent of the Cincinnati River and
Transfer Company, was found to be
§1,300.
A strike of printers was inaugurated
at Richmond, Va., Monday. The
compositors in the newspaper offices of
the -Dixjjatch and Times refused to go
to work. This course xvas decided at a
meeting of the Typographical Union
held Monday evening. The trouble
grows out of a disagreement over the
scale of prices on typesetting ma
chines and shorter hours between the
Newspaper Publishers’ Association and
the Typographical Union.
A Savannah special of Monday says:
The quarantine authorities have sent
two vessels from Tybee roads to the
government station at Sapelo. The
British steamship Mura had smallpox
'aboard. The other, a bark from Cien-
fuegos, an infected port, ivas sent as a
precautionary measure. No vessel
from an infected or suspicious port is
permitted to come up to the city.
Steps have been taken to enforce a
most rigid quarantine against Tampa
and its suburbs and Brunswick.
General Turner Ashby, camp No. 2,
confederate veterans, of Winchester,
Va., spent Wednesday upon Gettys
burg battlefield. The visit of these
veterans of Lee’s army was utilized l>y
the United States government commis
sioners, for the purpose of marking the
position of'nineteen confederate com
mands, composing the regiments of
Johnson’s brigade, of Ewell’s corps,
Smith’s brigade of Early’s division and
the Stonewall brigade of the Second
Virginia Infantry, Carpenter,s Virgin
ia battery and Crenshaw’s battery of
Pegram’s battalion.
A riot occurred at Gilberton, Pa.,
Tuesday which grew out of a dispute
between the borough officials and the
Schuylkill Traction Company over the
right of the latter to lay its tracks
through the town. The citizens tore
np the tracks already laid and the rail
road company sent a party of armed
men to the spot in charge of one of
its special officers. While negotiations
were progressing for a . settlement, a
wordy quarrel arose between the citi
zens and. the railroad company’s arm
ed men. The result was a regular bat
tle in which two men were killed and
several dangerously wounded.
** Worth makes the raau.”
The poet much mistakes;
Worth makes the woman—
The man he merely breaks.
To Open the Cherokee Strip.
The president Tuesday issued his
proclamation opening the Cherokee
stirp to settlement at the hour of 12
! o’clock, noon, central standard time
Saturday, I6th of September.
Everybody should read the paper and
keep up with the times.