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THE VIEN PROGRESS / TEEMS, $1. Per Annum. Hew to the Line, LSthe Chips Fall Where They May.” JOHN E HOWELL Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XII. NO. 9 VIENNA, GA.mTESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1893. PUBLISHEi) WEEKLY. lIPE-SAVINCt. METHODS OFTHE MEN ON COAST AND LAKE STATIONS. An Interesting Pen and Pencil Sketch of the United States Life-Saving Service as Shown at the World’s Fair. OSSIBLY the hardy life-saver in the ser vice of the Gov ernment is the least talked abont and most interesting man in the Federal service, says the Chicago Record. A new occupation has been found for the fisherman in the winter months where before he had to rely on the profits of the fishing season. The United States is the first Nation in 1 he world to establish and to maintain a life-saving service. It has already had its effect in fostering navigation, and since 1872, when it was founded on its present basis, hasproved a grand success. On the English and French coasts stations have been setup at dan gerous points for the mariners by vol untary contribution of ship owners. Neither the British fior the French Governments takes any interest, pecu niary or otherwise, in this work of charity and protection. The marin ers in distress are left entirely at the mercy of salvage companies. The life-saving service of the United States is under the direct control of the Federal department and is one of the growing organizations of the Gov ernment. Within the last decade the increase in the value of the service, according to departmental statistics, hns been enormous. The total num ber of disasters in which the life-savers have had anything to do since the for mation of the corps has been 6450, the total value of the vessels wrecked $71,- 367,850, the total value of cargoes $33,342,469, the total amount of prop erty involved $104,710,319. By the live-saving stations alone of the prop erty involved $78,821,457 has been saved and only $25,888,862 lost in wrecks. In all of the 6450 wrocks there were 52,879 lives in danger, of which number only 627 were lost. The of the crew receives a salary of $65 a month, and the keeper a salary of $900 », year. The crew is under strict discipline. Daily drills and rigid ex ercise is exacted. The stations on the Atlantic coast are manned from Sep tember 1 to "May 1. During the sum mer months the men fish in the vicinity and may be called together at THE OLD MOTAR. any time, although not on regular duty. On the great lakes the sta'tions are manned from the opening of navi gation in the spring until closed late in the fall. The static ns on the Pacific coast are-in service all the year. There is a regular system of promo tion for the men. Fr om the keeper down they are numbered. In the absence of No. 1 the next man, No. 2, is commander of the crew. From sunrise to sunset the 10,000 miles of sea and lake coast of the United States is patrolled. On foggy days the men are constantly on duty and walk the coast -with lighted torches as a warn ing to laboring vessels. The night patrol is divided into four watches and two surfmen are picked for each watch. The patrols on the Atlantic coast connect and form a continuous line from the far-eastern cost of Maine to Florida. When the patrolmen from different stations meet at the boundaries of their territories they exchange cheeks, and these are for warded to the captains at each station as an evidence that the whole coast has been covered. Each man carries a beach lantern and several red Costan hand-lights. Upon the discovery of a VIEW IX THE LIKE-SAVING STATION, WORLD’S FAIR. ratio of lives lost to the lives endan gered and of the property destroyed to the property involved in wrecks has been wonderfully lessened in the last twenty years. , Every year Congress appropriates $1,000,000 to the life-saving service and every years new stations are built and equipped. The only Nation on the globe that supports even one life saving station aside from the United States is the Turkish Empire. The Sultan has established a station on the Bosphorous to protect the Oriental mariners from its dangerous reefs. LIME-CUTTING TACKLE. The sea and lake coasts of the United States, exclusive of the coasts of Alas ka, have an extent of 10,000 miles, protected and patrolled by the Gov ernment’s life-savers. Upon these coasts there are 262 life-saving sta tions, of which 199 are on the Atlantic coast, forty nine on the great lakes, thirteen on the Pacific coast and one on the falls of the Ohio at Louisville. The stations are all placed at points of navigation. From the eastern extremity of the coast of Maine to Race Point* on Cape Cod, a distance of 415 miles, there are sixteen stations. In the Revolutionary days the Massachusetts Humane So ciety was formed, and life-saving was its aim. This organization is still in existence, and watches for wrecks on the coast of Massachusetts. On ac count of this protection the general Government has not found it neces sary to establish stations except at places where wrecks are unusually fre quent. Between Sandy Hook and Cape May on the New Jersey coast, where the coast-wise trade is congested, there are forty stations. Between Cape Henry and Cape Hat Leras is a danger ous spot for mariners, and in the 121 miles of coast there are. twenty-five stations which form s complete chain. At »ob station there is a crew of HfM sssa <H)4 6 top?:: M MZ wreck, a vessel in distress, or one run ning dangerously near shore, he ignites a hand-light, which givts a brilliant red flame. This serves as a Warning and tells of assistance at hand. The greatest work the service has accom plished has been in the line of warning vessels off shore and preventing dis asters. The uniform is simple, consisting of a blue blouse, a cap with the letters U. S. L. S. S. embroidered on it, and coarse flannel trousers. The badge of the service is a life buoy on which a boat hook and an oar are crossed. The men picked for the service are mostly fishermen from the locality where they are to do duty. They are men who knowevery inch of the ground they are to cover and know every bump in the bottom of sea within a mile from land. There used to be great loss of life in the service, but the danger gradually diminishes as new inventions are made. No patrolman on his lonely watches on the beach can shirk duty. When the stations are placed so far apart that pa- trolmendonot meet, each surfman car ries a clock with a dial that can be marked only by means <*f a key, which also registers the time of marking. This key is secured to a post at the end of his beat and he is required to reach it tef bring back the dial prop erly marked. Ida Lewis was made famous by her daring feats of bravery at the Lime Rock light in Newport harbor long be fore any life-saving station was in the vicinity. Equal feats have been ac complished by the surfmen, but as it was in the line of their duty their deeds have been lost in the every-day humdrum. The forerunner of the ser vice were the sheds which were built by the fishermen on the Atlantic shore, where they kept a boat, mortar and life-lines. The door was always locked, but in case of a wreck the house was broken into by the first man on the scene and the boat was hauled out to The one roan who was drowned at tempted to ride on the roof of the car, but was washed away in the great waves. The appropriation made by Congress for an exhibit of the life-saving ser vice at the Fair called for all kinds of boats and equipments used in the ser vice. There are two large self-bailing and self-righting mahogany life-boats and several old-fashioned vessels. The self-bailing boats are the ones chosen by the service. The average boat weighs 1200 pounds, is twenty-six feet long and the beam measures seven feet. The self-righting and self-bail ing boat is too heavy to be hauled on the beach and is mainly used on the lakes. A track and a sloping plat form is needed to launch it success fully. The life-saving car carries all the equipments of the station and can be readily hauled by the men. The life-saving station at the Fair will be maintained even after the term of the Exposition. The situation has been found to be better adapted to the service than the old one an 1 the post will be removed. The crew which now mans the World’s Fair station belongs in Ludington, Mich., and will return at the close of the Fair. This crew, the best drilled on the lakes, is com manded by Captain John Tufts. The members of the crew are Surfman J. F. Pratton, M. W. Grinnell, J. Nelson. F. Carlson, B. Carlson, O. Wilkinson and J. Mitchel. They are detailed on regular life-saving duty while here, Drills are given every Monday, Wed nesday and Friday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock. On Saturday an exhibition ot life-boat capsizing and righting given. The exhibition on Monday, WedneS' day and Friday consists in the full work of saving ship-wrecked sailors, The surfboat is maneuvered on th« beach, a line is fired over the wreck, the whip and hawser are sent out and then breeches buoy. In this the men one at a time, come ashore. At the end of the hawser printed instruction! are given in English and French. The life-saving station and the ex hibits at the Fair are under the super vision of Lieutenant Charles H. Me Clellan of the revenue-marine service, assistant inspector of the life-saving service. He is the author of several books relating to scientific life-saving, and is the inventor of most of the ap paratus used in the service. He rep resented the service at the Cincinnat: Exposition in 1887, the New Orleans Exposition in 1884, and 1885 and the London Exhibition of 1883. GEORGIA SEWS Hems of General Interest All Oyer tlie statd Biggest of All Searchlights. A searchlight of 375,000,000 candle- power, set up at the World’s Fair, is the biggest and most powerful electric searchlight in the world. It dwarfs into insignificance by comparison the 100,000 candle-power searchlight on Mount Washington, hitherto the great est in existence. With the exception of the reflecting lens mirror, which was made in Paris, this great light is entirely of American manufacture. The height of the light is ten feet six inches, and the weight 6000 pounds. It is so perfectly balanced that a child could move it in any direction. The reflecting lens mirror is sixty inches in diumeter, three and one-quarter inches thick at the edges, and one- sixteenth of an inch thick at the cen ter. It weighs about 800 pounds. The maximum current at which the lamp operates is 200 amperes. This gives a THE BIG SEARCHLIGHT. total luminous intensity to the re flected beam of about 375,000,000 candles. The light was successfully tested at Middletown, Conn., before being sent to the World’s Fair.—New York World. Chinese Regard for Beasts ot Burden. Chinamen have such regard for beasts of burden, such as an ox and the mule, that they make companions of them when alive and never use their meat for food when they are dead. These animals usually live in the same building with their masters, but in a separate apartment, which is especially devoted to them. They are not required to eat at the family table unless they wish to, and meals are served in their rooms without extra charge. They are expected to report any incivility or inattention on the part of servants to the master of the house. A pair of oxen can reside in I the house of their master and enjoy the water s edge, ready when the fish- ! all the privacy they would have iu a ermen should come to man it. There j stall of their own, and a sensitive and were no such inventions as the life lines' t retiring mule is never in any danger now in use in the ’20s, and the brave fishermen worked against great odds. The first rescue with the imple ments similar to those the Government life-savers use now was off Sandy Hook on January 11, 1859. The British schooner Ayreshire, with 202 souls on board, mostly Irish immigrants, was wrecked about 300 yards off shore late at night. The natives of the fishing settlement were aroused and with their mortar sent the life line to the imperiled boat. In the metallic car 201 of the 202 passengers on the ill-fated schooner were safely brought to shore. This mortar with the ball that carried the line are on exhibition in the life-sav ing station at the Fair. The rusty iron ball has a long history. It struck the deck and went crashing through the timbers. The vessel sunk and was in the course of time buried in the sands. In 1875, during a heavy storm, the wreck was uncovered and washed on the shore. Between the old timbers of being Herald. intruded upon. — Chicago Odd Collectors. Philadelphia possesses a collector of horseshoes, Boston a gatherer of bricks, New Orleans a collector of sugnr sam ples, Louisville a gatherer of sample flasks of whisky, but Nebrsska beats them all. She boasts of a man who takes locks of hair shaved from the heads of noted criminals which he labels and indexes with great care— Kate Field’s Washington. Montgomery county will hi lie hanging on Sept. 29. Fi\ r will pay the penalty for mnr * * + The Brush Electric Light of Savannah with $250,000 cl gobbled up the Peoples’ Elect' company and the Electric j company. * • * John McGarrity, eighty-sixyears of age, died in Carroll county iecently, leaving eleven children, one lundred grand-children and thirty-sit great grand-children. * * * Orders have been issued to n»e con tractors to hire more hands ai'l push the work on the South Bound I’Vir all it is worth. There are lively/ times just now nil along the line of thlf ( road. * * * It Lucy Cobb Institute openY. with the largest attendance ever km. rn in its history. The increasing poeslari- of the institute is a high trim a, to the ability of-Miss Mildred Bather- ford the principal. * * * The Middle Georgia Military and! Agricultural College has added ; bus iness department to its curricflum, and shorthand, typewriting and >ook- keeping are taught all the cdlege classes without extra charge. Tie de partment has become very popilar with the students who are takin, vantage of the opportunity o: them in that line. nti t' itsY l A Hot to for Everyday Life. Here’s a motto which, in the opinion of the Atlanta Constitution, is i for evervdav life: rood ‘•Tickle the earth and make her grin— The more you tickle, the more you win. '’ The army medal given by the Duke of Cambridge for Jong service and hr5 foniui ths iron brfU firmly i»* 1 good posdnot ha* been aw&rtiftd to 150 bmUkd, Iks Ills which brought! HhBMffit&issiohftd cSiesrs and men ba< theisoise m sshibitiom | tesfiftf Brimb ««jr< A request on the part of tli*?m_ ities of Brunswick for permissioiLo use the arms and ammunition of t; e state, gave rise to some sensational rV- mors. There was no occasion anxiety. The telegram which was ceived at the executive depart-me simply asked iiermission to equip, wi the guns in the possession of t Brunswick military companies, tl? guards thrown around the city by thi health authorities. The permission was promptly granted. * * * The old cannon which has lain al)»ut Courthouse square since the Indian v ar of ’39 until recently, has disappears!, and will soon lose its identity if lot seen after. The traditions of a couitv should be preserved. This old cannm has been associated with DeKalb br so long that it is well worth the attri tion nesessary to put it again in tie park at the courthouse. We learn thit the cannon was carried to Stone Moui- tain to celebrate for Cleveland. Lit it be brought back.—Decatur Record. * * * Savannah is rapidly becoming a manufacturing city. A few years ago there was hardly a manufactory of any kind there. Now its manufactured products are all important items in its year’s business. The introduction of manufacturing-industries brings busi ness, makes a market for material, gives employment to skilled labor and adds to the worth of the city. Savan nah’s manufactures for the last year approximated $7,000,000. Within the next decade and the introduction of manufacturing industries at the rate they are now springing up, it will more than treble that amount. * * « The Tybee railroad may be equipped with electricity when it is rebnilt. It is known that the Central railroad officials considered the idea of equip ping the road with electricity once be fore, and made investigations as to the cost of equipment and operation. The cost of electric railway supplies was much greater then than it is now, and the idea was abandoned. It is said that the Central officials are now con sidering the idea of engaging with one of the street railway companies of the city to equip and operate the Tybee line. Doubtless they would prefer to make a complete sale of the road, but this is not likely. * * * Sumter county has a small elephant on her hands just now in the persons of a number of prisoners convicted at the last term of the county court, and sentenced to terms in the cliaingang. For the past several years the county has leased her convicts to the Ocmul- gee Brick Company and various lumber companies, but just now none of these want additional labor and consequent ly the prisoners are allowed to remain in Americus in jail, a burden and ex pense to the county. There are several strong, able-bodied men among the number, who are under sentences of from one to two years, and the county would be glad to entertain a proposi tion from any reliable concern looking to the lease of these convicts. * * * An Ontlibound League. United States deputy marshals have brought to light a peculiar oathbound union of illicit distillers with head quarters in Murray county. It has a membership of nearly 2,100. The ob jects of the association are to protect the members from the government and to encourage the manufacture and sale of moonshine whisky. Whenever a member of the union is arrestee! it is the duty of the other members to see that he is released. If the marshals get one witness to swear that he saw the man making whisky, three or four of the members of the union would come into court and swear to having seen the prisoner at another place at the time he was al leged to have been at the still. Each member was bound by an iron-clad oath, signed in blood, not to give any information that would lead to the ar rest of a brother member. And he swore to kill any member who did in form on another. In this way they hoped to protect each other from the revenue men. But their secret leaked out and now prisoners are carried to Atlanta for trial to get them away from the influence of the union. * « * Special Report ou ( ottuu. The season has now reached a point where an estimate of the yield of cot- ion can be made with some accuracy, all crop reporters were requested to subinit estimates of the condition of the crop in their respective sections for thUpftst week's weather bulletin, and a summary of the results follows : It will be remembered that the seas on opened with a considerable increase iu cotton acreage, 'not far from 10 per cent. The spring was late and cold, giving the crop a poor start. More favorable weather followed in May, but a severe drought set in the latter part of June and the early part of July, which did much injury. Again in August there was a period of defi cient rainfall. The unfavorable features of the weather seemed to be most marked in the northwest seetioo of the state and here, as a result, we find the crop in lowest condition. Reports from this section give in every case a shortage of the crop, varying from one-third to over one-half, with an average value of 43 per cent. - i. In the eastern section the conditions were farily good until the hurricane of August 27th and 28th and the heavy rains which followed. These so dam aged cotton as to bring it at present to nearly as poor a state as in the northwest, the average shortage being 41 per cent. The south and southeast sections make the best showings, with short ages of 24 and ’22 per cent, respect ively. Other sections of the state re port shortages ranging from 27 to 30 per cent. For the entire state there is found an average condition of 30 per cent below full crop condition. This is some 5 per cent in advance of last year, and, taking the entire acreage into account, would indicate a crop of some 100,000 bales more than that of last year in Georgia. While this, of course, is not offered as an accurate statement of the final returns, it is likely to prove rather less than more than the final figures, unless we have abnormallv early frosts. SOUTHERN NEW’S ITEMS. Drift ot Her Progress and Pros perity Briefly Noted Happenings of Interest Portrayed la Pithy Paragraphs. Taxes of I lie .state. The net decrease in the taxable property for the state as a whole is $11,064,745. Thisisthe first decrease in fifteen years and a study of the dif ferent items will, for the reason, be of special interest. The item of improved lands shows a decrease of nearly five million—to be exact, $4,930,622. Wild land also shows a decrease, amounting to $1,049,851. City and town property, on the other hand, show an increase of $857,474. Among the other items are: Bank shares, an increase of $647,876. Surplus in banks, decrease of $1,- 317,962. Gis and electric light companies, de crease $318,362. Building and loan associations, in crease, $240,256. Money and solvent debts, a decrease for the state of $2,946,299. Merchandise, decrease, $320,125. Shipping and tonnage, increase $11,501. Stocks and bonds, decrease, $1,401, 097. , Cotton manufactories, an increase of $1,0:6,989. Iron works, etc., decrease, $3,519. Capitil in mining, decrease ,$27,093. Housihold and kitchen furniture an increise of $34,314. Watclcs and jewelry, deorease. $12,993. Horse and mules, decrease, $75,894. Plan ta;ion nnd mechanical tools, de crease, $iol,746. Cotton corn,etc., for sale, decrease, $28x.7fc.. O.ier property, decrease, $182,810. Piopertv of railroads, decrease, $659 446. ' Properl.- of street railroads, an in crease of $19,457. The chrnge in the law of which the boards of equalization are done away with was mire largely responsible for the decreas' than any other one fac tor. The general hard times had, of course, something to do with the de crease,. but tie fact that the greatest slump is in rial property with no verv gret t decreas in the items of person al property shows that the abolish ment of the loards had most to do with it. Anolier interesting feature in this eonnecion. The state has lost 554,723 acres if land in the past year. There is returied less improved land by 313,123 Hires, and less wild land than by {241,5& than last year. This is quite a big iem in itself, as the av erage vajlue is about S4.25 per ac-rc. But tlie iquestiin is, where has the land gome? - i.pngua es ot Indians. In the neccntp.issued seventh annual report of tme bu. nu of ethnology, 3Iaj. J. W. Fowl ell, dinctor, comes to several new conclusions aiout the North Ameri can Indian?. Heholds that instead ol related diajlects, eiginating in a single parent langluage, key speak many lan guages belonging to distinct families, with no apparent nity of origin. The population alt the tne of Columbus has been greatly I exaggeated. As compared with- the vast: territi-v occupied and the abundant food suppy, it was very small, and nowhere) save pssibly in California, had it augmented mfficiently to press upon the food! supph Though the In dians had ovelrapreadthe whole of North America, the Europens found them in a state of equilibrium. With the acquisi tion of horsesi and fisarms, but not till then, many of tie tribes became nomadic. Agricultoe was generallv followed atnopig the ribes of what are now the Eastern U ited States, but nowhere were 'its promets sufficient to emancipate theip whoir from the hunter state. | A curious operation as been reported to the French Ophtfcalnflogical Society. A boy of thirteen, aftr injury to his eyelid, had it so ^everei; contracted that he could no longer clos his eye. Ac cordingly an inoijsion ws made in the eyelid and tiny fragmem of frog skiu were inserted in a kind u chequer work. It adhered perfect ly andthe wound wa3 completely healed ove. After about five months the i evelU recovered its power of movement. A iuy transverse line across the lid is the oily sign visible of the fragments', horrored from the frog. • The superstition about the number thirteen ha» forced the maiager of the Turin O; er » House to rnumber stail 13 and in Ike it 12a. Foraerly none ol the audi ? ce would occmy this sup posedly ui lucky seat, but the manager thinks heh--3 now exorcise! the uncanny spirit. Ax exati !>• ; °f the mutatbn of fortune occurred 'keretifr dijys ag> when the Supervistp of Soatna, C^I.-made special oil er placindjonqui the poor a£ flOja raoo jaw oae o’’ the ricl4t raen tU. A charleston dispatch says: State Constable Swan seized twelve barrels of liquor on the Clyde steamship wharves Tuesday morning. The trial justice refused to issue a search war rant for the goods in transit in accord ance with Judge Simonton’s decision. The liquor remains on the wharf, but in Swan’s charge. The leading colored men of New Orleans had a secret meeting Tuesday night and Wednesday morning fur nished the press with the resolutions adopted. A committee has been ap pointed to call on the governor at once and ask for troops for protection against the reign of terror existing in Jefferson parish, on the outskirts of the city. Mrs. Lottie Cummings was placed on trial in the criminal court at Knox ville, Tenn., for her life Wednesday afternoon. She is charged with mur dering her ten-year-o’ld step-son, Lou is, on June 9th, present year. She is accused of besting the child to death with billets of wood, and after cutting his throat, throwing the mangled body out of a two-story window. The New Orleans limited train on the Illinois Central road was held up shortly after 11 o’clock Wednesday night, just ontside the city limits of Centralia, 111., and in the battle which followed between the robbers and the train hands one of the robbers was mortally wounded and three of the train crew badly hurt. The thieves got nothing in the way of booty, but made their escape. A special from Canton, N. C., says: The most horrible accident known in this locality for many years occurred near Weather Station on the Murphy branch Monday. Six men were in stantly killed by the explosion of a boiler in L. J. Kerby’s hardwood saw mill. The explosion occurred about 11 o’clock and completely wrecked the whole mill. Not a piece of the boiler was left near the foundation. A Brunswick special says: The fol lowing resolution was passed by the board of health Wednesday: This hoard, upon reports of prac ticing physicians, officially announce that no new cases of yellow fever have developed in the twentv-fonr hours ending Wednesday noon, and during the same period of time two cases pre viously reported sick, have been dis charged and no deaths, making now but 17 cases under treatment. In the federal court at Charleston, S. C., Monday, Judge Simonton filed a decree in the suit brought by the Bichmond and Danville railroad to abrogate the reduced rates on liquors ordered by the railroad commissioner under the dispensary law. Without finally disposing of the matter Judge Simonton appoints R. W. Shaw spe cial master to take testimony as to whether the change complained of by the railroad is just and reasonable. The case of M. J. O’Brien, ex-su preme treasurer of the Catholic Knights of America, who is behind about $75,000 iu his accounts with the order, came up Monday for trial in the circuit court at Chattanooga and was continued. The charge was em bezzlement. Among tho prominent officials of the order in attendance were Supreme President Hine, Su preme Treasurer Hersch, Supreme Secretary Barr and Supreme Trustees Duffy and Walsh. The continuance was granted on account of the absence of an important witness. • A Memphis special of Monday say: Ex-Congressman Rice A. Pierce, the member of the executive committee for Tennessee appointed at Chicago Au gust 2d, has issued a call to the people of the state requesting all who believe in free coinage of both gold and silver to meet in their respective county seats Mod day, October 21st, and pass reso lutions requesting their senators and representatives in congress to vote against the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law, unless coupled with a permission to return to the coinage act repealed in 1873. A Memphis, Tenn., special of Mon day says: A reign of terror prevails among the planters and ginners all over northen Mississippi. The white caps have organized in nearly every county and posted notices in gins for- bidrling the owners from ginning cot ton until the price reaches 10 cents per pound. Several ginners have dis regarded the notice and opened their establishments for business. The white caps promptly burned them to the ground, and warned them that an other attempt to resume would be pun ished v» ith death. PHOSPHATE MINERS BLUE. Governor Tillman and the Commission ers Cannot Aid Them. A Charleston special says: One of the state phosphate commissioners made a tour of the phosphate mines Friday in the steamer Catherine. The Catherine first went to Williams is land, where the Pacific company has been carrying on operations. Then she steamed across to Buzzard’s island, where what is left of the quarantine station is to be seen. Out of Dine buildings there only one is left. From Buzzard’s island the commissioners went around to the works of the Farmers’ Mining Com pany. Besides having lost considera ble in its floating stock, the'Farmers’ met with much damage at the works. The expensive loading and nnloading apparatus hai been completely destroy ed, and there were other losses more or less serious. The next objective point was Coo- saw. All along the line wrecked ves sels high and dry were to be seen. At the Coosaw the commissoners had a convincing spectacle. Governor Tillman, arrived in Char leston Friday night. At a meeting of the phosphate commission held after the governor’s arrival, it was decided that no arrangement would be made with phoshate companies which would TRADE REVIEW. Dun ort of Business for Fast Reek. B. G. Dun & Co’s, weekly review of trade says: Returns from every part of the country show a decided im provement. A hopeful feeling prevails, money grows abundant at speculative centers and is somewhat easier for commercial purposes. The number of estalishments reported as resuming work is thirty-one wholly, and twenty- six in part, still exceeds the number closing, thirty-three for the past week, besides ten reducing the force so that the hands' employed have somewhat increased. The num ber unemployed is still very large; the great industries are still far below their normal productiveness, nnd part of the resumption of work has been secured by lowering prices nnd reduc ing wages. But business is pulling it self together, and even the crop report has caused a little depression in stocks. The industrial improvement is largely in cotton, and otherwise appears scarcely moro satisfactory than last week. About two-thirds of the Fall River mills are operating, but at a reduction of about 10 to 13 per cent in wages, and there has been a sharp cut in prices of lending cotton goods. Several shoe factories have started in part, but orders are said to be not enough to keep half the force busy, though a distinct improvement is noticed. In all eighteen metal works have started in part and six wholly, while thirteen have stopped and four teen have reduced hands or wages. The outpnt of j)ig iron, September 1st, proves to have been 82,602 tons week ly, a decrease of 98,947 since May 1st, indicating that only 45 per cent of the productive force was employed. Sales of grey forge for $7 at Birming ham and of steel billets for $19.50 at Pittsburg, support the statement that resumption of work in many cases is at the expense of a great sacrifice in price. But in this industry business revives more vigorously at the west than at the east. An obvious effect of short crops is that railroad earnings may shrink with u smaller demand the coming year for iron products and for stocks. Abundance of money seeking loans on collaterals and call tends to render ths market indifferent to public abstention and reduced earnings. MAD RUSH FOR HOMES. not fn tfes y# uMsnteo a si segregate royalty foj rear of at lesrt ITSiOflO. The Chrokee Strip Formally Opened for Settlement. A special from Arkansas City, Kans., says: One hundred thousand people settled upon the Chrokee strip Saturday On the lines in tho vicinity of the various border towns the boomers had gathered in great numbers. As far as the eye could reach in either direction could be seen men mounted and in wagons and afoot closely packed to gether making a solid column 200 feet or more in the middle and tapering away to a mere streak of black in the distance. THE MAD RUSH OF THE BOOMERS." The scene when the column broke at the firing of the signal gun, and each individual entered to contend for a common prize, be imagined bet ter than describe Confusion reign ed everywhere. . closely were the contestants packet, together that the start was a hazardous one. Horsemen were unseated, wagons overthrown and pedestrians prostrated in the mad rush to be off. The cries of angered men, the- shouts of the racers, the clattering of hoofs, the rattling of wagons and the shrieking of locomo tives combined in a roar similar to that accompanying the progress of a tor nado. In the race many men were injured and some killed. Of the latter some met death by accident and two -*ero murdered. The details of the crimes are not known, but the dead bodies— one stabbed and the other shot through the head—tell the manner of death. Many dead horses have been found on the prairie. Some died of over-exertion, some were killed by fal ling in the race, and others received broken limbs in the rough prairie, were shot by their owners. FOUR POPULOUS TOWN'S. Saturday night the strip which twelve hours before was wholly de serted, was a populons country. Four of tho new town sites have populations estimated at 5,000 each. Others boast populations ranging from 1,000 ' to 3,000. Every desirable claim has at least one claimant and may have two to ionr. Contests will, of course, he numerous. POLK’S REMAINS REINTERRED. They Are Given a Sew Resting Place at Nashville. A Nashville special says: After forty- three years in the tomb, the remains of ex-President James K. Polk, for a brief time Tuesday, reposed under the roof where the happiest days of his life were spent, and then, followed bv civic and military authorities, state and federal officials, were conveyed to what will probably prove their final resting place. This is the second time the ex-pres- ident’s remains have been moved. When he first died, iu 1849, he was buried in the old city cemetery. Then the tomb at the Polk place was erect ed, and, on May 22,1850, the remains were placed therein. 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