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THE VIENNA PROGRESS.
TERMS, $1. Per Annum.
“Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fail Where They May.”
JOHN E. HOWELL, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XII. NO* 83
VIENNA, GA.. TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1894.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
GEORGIA STATE HEWS
Interesting Cnllings lor ths Perusal ol
the Casual Reader.
The goverbdr lias offcted a reward
Of SI 30 for tbo artest of Allen Strick
land who, on the 21 at of November, in
l’oik coUnty, killed AleXandet Met-
ritt.
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Captain Tip Harrison is busy send
ing to the ordinaries of the various
counties of the state, blanks fot the
soldier’s pensions. The work of paying
the soldiers’ pensions Will begin dn
Monday, March 12th.
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A one-horse fariHet near Sylvester
lifts sold thirteen bales of cotton, §40
worth of ootRj and §19.20 worth of
potatoes from his crop this yeat, attd
has meat enough to do him two years;
Corn, fodder, rice and potatoes ill
plenty for his own ii6e.
The Supreme Lodge of the Order of
the Golden Chain, which Concluded
iis session at Pittsburg, Pa., a few
days ago, decided to bold their next
meeting in Atlanta on the third Tues
day in May, 1898. In the election of
officers, which was the concluding bus
iness of the session, two Atlantians
were honored, Mr. J. M. Ponder being
made supreme prelate and Mr. G. S.
Prior a supreme trustee.
The jurors in the case of the state
against Elder McCutchen and Profes
sor Keck, Adventists, at Gainesville,
failed to agree and a mistrial was or
dered. The jury tied on the case and
stood six for acquittal aud six for con
viction. The jury' was composed of
eleven farmers and one merchant. The
case will stand for trial at the May
term, 1894, of the city court, when the
light will bo gouo through with again.
Judge Henry B. Tompkins recently
received a letter from the legal repre
sentatives of the bondholders of the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad in
New' York asking him to have the sale
of the railroad that was advertised to
take place in March, postponed. The
judge thinks the I>ostponement will
take place and will be either sixmonths
or indefinitely. There will have to be
another publication before a sale can
be made.
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One of the latest appliances invent
ed for assisting the agricultural de
partment in recording the state of the
weather is being placed in position at
the weather office nt Atlanta. It is an
electrical sunshine recorder. The in
strument records every minute of sun-
shin. It consists of two thermometers
and a column of, mercury. The ther
mometers so manipulate the column of
mercury as to complete an electric cir
cuit. when the sun is shining. When
the circuit is closed the machine regis
ters on a sheet in the office of the
weather bureau.
In 1888 Noah Parker was convicted
of manslaughter in Newton superior
court and was sentenced to eight years’
Service in the penitentiary. The gov
ernor has granted him a pardon. The
pardon order recites the fact that Par
ker has served six years, and that the
judge and solicitor urge clemency on
the ground that they believe he has
been sufficiently punished. They state
in support of this that the man who
was killed was a desperate character;
lhnt. he had several times threatened
Parker’s life, and at the time of the
killing was using threats toward and
was attempting to injure Parker’s
mother.
The February examination of the
Georgia state board of pharmacy took
place a few days ago at the state capi-
tol. There were ten applicants for li
censes, of which number six passed.
Dr. O. B. Hartzog, of Atlanta,' who
graduates next month in the Atlanta
college of pharmacy, secured the
highest, mark, passing as pharmacist
and obtaining a percentage of 89 de
grees ; R. O. Hood, of Harmony
Grove, Ga,; L. C. Newman, Alabama;
IV. M. Caldwell, Chipley, Ga , and H.
T. Mash, Jr., of Savanuah, passed as
apothecaries, .and Dr. R. H. Nippier, of
Atiautn, secured a license ns druggist.
The board adjourned to meet at Amer-
icus on Mar 7th.
the Piedmont exposition park for the
sum of §105,000 be adopted on condi
tion that the present owners ef the
Piedmont park donate to the Cotton
States and International Exposition
company not less than §75,000 of the
stock of the Piedmont Exposition
company. A further condition of such
purchase or agreement to purchase said
land is that the said Cotton States an"
International Exposition company
shall secure bona fide subscriptions of
at least §200,000 and obligates itself to
expend said amount in buildings and
other improvements on said grounds,
which are to become the property of
the city of Atlanta. ”
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Will Rebuild (lie Rond.
The Tvbee railroad situation has
been settled nt last. At a meeting of
the bondholders held nt Macon,
proposition from Mayor McDonough
and others to rebuild the property for
the §40,000 of certificates, which the
court authorized to be issued, was con
sidered favorably and accepted. Re
ceivc-r Comer, it is said, favored the
proposition, as did all those interest
ed, but as this amount Was in excess
Of the bids w’hich have been made on
a Cash basis, Mr. Comer said he w ould
first have to consult Justice Jackson
and get his permission before the plan
colitd be carried out. There is little
doubt that Justice Jackson will
his consent to the payment of the
§40,000 certificates for the restoration
of the property. This does awwy with
nil the subscriptions which have been
made. The work Of rebuilding the
property will begin as soon as the con
sent of the court to accept the propo
sition has been obtained.
Thrifty Colored Farmer*.
Worth county has her thrifty color
ed farmer who raises enough provis
ions at home to do him and makes
few bales of cotton besides. Early
county Las several of the same class.
Jim Ross, living on Colomokee creek
works his own lands, runs half a dozen
plows, sells corn and meat, and rides
to town in a basket phaeton behind
horses of his own raising. Joy Moses
gave his notes for §2,500 and §3,000
for the purchase of the J. H. Wade
farm, three miles from town, a few
years ago, has paid every cent of it and
can make as good paper at the Blakely
bank as anybody. Levi Mosely
another colored man, is well-to-do and
responsible. These three are not all
the colored men by long odds in Early
county who, by their industry nnd
good management, have accumulated
properly. And what is more valuable
to them than their lands, homes and
other possessions, is their good names,
as honorable, peaceable and worthy
citizens.
Animal Wonders of Madagascar.
The Dai!)/ Railway Times has the
following to say about tho proposed
purchase of the Marietta and North
Georgia railroad by the Norfolk and
Western: “The Marietta and North
Georgia and the Atlanta nnd Florida
railroads are to be joined to form a
trunk line with Atlanta as the central
point. The Norfolk and Western is to
rebuild a line from Norton, the junc
tion point of the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad, to Knoxville, where it
will connect with the Marietta and
North Georgia railroad. The last named
road is to be sold under foreclosure
March 3d and it is the purpose of the
Norfolk and Western to purchase it
nnd thus form the contemplated line to
the southern coast.
The Manufacturers’ Record expresses
the conviction that the time is not dis
tant when gold mining will be carried
on in the south, especially in Georgia
and Nurth Carolina, as a paying in
dustry. It says that these states pos
sess vast quantities of gold ore, which,
though of low grade, will abundantly
repay the working under the improved
systems now in use. Before the won
derful discoveries of gold in Califor
nia in 1S19 these mines were worked
and paid. The excitement then drew
nearly all the miners to the Pacific
coast, but some of these southern
mines continue to be worked and are
running today, taking out a good deal
of gold, and saying nothing about it.
They tire managed for the sake of the
product and not to sell 6tock and
bonds.
The Atlanta city council by vote have
decided to purchase Piedmont park for
the use of the Cotton States Exposi
tion. The report of the committee hav
ing the matter in charge and upon
which the vote was taken was in part
as follows:
“That the proposition of (he Cotton
Sfstes and International Exposition
company to sell to the ciiy of Atlanta
An extraordinary natural history
has Madagascar, delares Canon Tris-
tram. One would suppose that this
would be that of Africa, but it is
unlike as to prove that the island has
been separated from Africa for an im
mense period of time. Its animals
and plants, as well as its people, have
a far greater resmblance to those of
India than to those of the near main
land. The monkeys and the lemurs
of Madagascar are not to be found in
Africa, while all the great African
animals of prey are absent. Among
the lemurs is one known as the aye-
aye, the formation of whose digits is
unique. The egg of an extinct bird
of Madagascar is fifteen times tlie
bulk of that of an ostrich, and yet
the bird itself does not appear to have
been larger than the New England
moa, an extinct bird to which it had
an affinity. This same peculiarity
runs through all the birds of Mada
gascar. The water birds and sea
fowl are, of course, those of Africa,
but there are one or two extraordi
nary«excep t ion s. The beautiful snake
bird, allied to the cormorant, is an
Indian species. There is also a water
ben which is peculiar to Madagascar,
and which has the remarkable feat
ures of a long tail and long foot.. It
is a great puzzle to naturalists. A
group of cuckoos is peculiar to the
island, with no relations in Africa or
India; while a bird allied to the
thrushes is not African, but is allied
to a species in the Mauritius and all
the Mascarene islands.—[Trenton
American.
Theke is an interesting anomaly on
a ranch near Burbank, Cal. A gen
tleman who moved out recently from
the city and commenced farming on
a small scale for the benefit, of his
health, bought, among other stock,
a cow and eight young pigs. After a
while it was noticed that the pigs
thrived and rapidly grew fat, while
the cow seemed to be eating her head
off and giving no milk to speak of for
family use. The cause was soon dis
covered in the fact that the little
porkers were in the habit of sucking
the cow, and the latter seemed to en
joy it immensely. In fact, when she
was shut up away from the pigs she
mourned as though she had lost her
offspring.
A most remarkable case of theft
was in Whitfield County, Georgia.
A family living in the country left
their home for a few months’ visit.
When the family returned there was
no house, no barn, no stables and no
fences, while a large bole had been
dug where the house had formerly
stood. Suspicion pointed to a man
who occupied an adjoining farm, and
after a rigid examination it was
learned that he had first entered the
house and stolen the cook stove.
Then he took some other articles.
His next move was to take the bal
ance of the furniture to town and sell
it. He then appropriated the fences,
and later the outhouses to repair his
own fences and buildings. Embold
ened by success he tore down the
dwelling-house and sold the lumber,
and, not satisfied with stealing the
furniture and house, he began to ex
cavate the ground in order to fill a
low place upon his own land.
In Cuba a woman never loses her
maiden name. After marriage she
adds her husband’s name to her own.
In being spoken of she is always
called by her Christian and maiden
names. To a stranger it is often
quite a task to find out whose wife a
woman is. Never hearing the wife
called by the husband’s name, one
naturally does not associate them to
gether. The children take the names
of.both parents, but place the moth
er’s name after the father’s- >
THE HEWS IH GENERAL
RUMORS OF WAR.
! AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CoDdRnsed from Oar Most Important
Telegraphic Adiices
And Presented in Feinted and Reada
ble Paragraphs.
Reported Fighting Between Russian
nnd German Troops.
Rumors of a battle between Russian
and German troops on the frontier
have been current in military circles
in Moscow for several days. One ver
sion of the fight is as follows: A squad
ron of Russian dragoons saw r. party of
Prussian Uhlans making a target of a
The Hyckla mill of the Calumet j frontier post on which the Russian arms
Woolen company, the largest mill at displayed I he Russian com-
Bridgeport, Conn., has started up af- I “* nd fl er requested - the Prussians to
ter a shut down of six months. Two L? to P flr > n 8 at the P ost - , r , he Prn . 6sl ™ s
i i * i lgnofed the request. A skirmish fol-
hiiudred operatives are employed. ; ° 1 , ^
1 . i I lowed in which several men on both
While experimenting with chemicals gides were killed The Kussians pur .
Dr. A A. Hutchins, of Clyde, O., had i gQed p rU8g i an8 f 0 r some distance
both his eyeS blown out and received i 8 r ter tke d
other serious injuries. He will ptoba- j ‘ °
bly die. The building in which he was j
conducting his experiments was almost j
completely wrecked.
A train on the Illinois Central rail
road was derailed three miles from
Durant, Miss. The smoker struck a
broken rail and with the ladies’ coach
was thrown down a high embankment.
Bevei'e injuries wel'e inflicted Upon
nearly all the passengers.
The will of Joseph Keppler has
been filed fot - probate. It is dated
January 7, 1894, eleten days before
liis death. The executors are the
Allairs ol Goyernmsnf and Mi of
Ite Departments Disenssei
Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo
ple and Their General Welfare.
SOUTHERN NEWS .ITEMS.
The Drill oi Her Progress and Pros
perity Briefly Noted.
Happenings of Interest Portrayed in
Pithy Paragraphs.
A fire at Hilton’s steam saw and pla-
. ,. . . . ning mills, at Wilmington, N. C., de-
widow, 1’auiine, the son, Udo, Louis j stroyed the planing mill, dry kiln, six
C. RaiwTU-r and Ed«nr<l Stiecdits. . ], OJ cafs, offices, a largo quantity of
O. Raegefier and Edward Stieglits.
His entire estate is put in trust during
the life of his life. On the death of
the widow - the entire estate goes to the
children, share and share alike. The
estate is valued at §500,000.
Governor Patterson, of Pennsylva
nia, has planned a trip to Florida. If
nothing happens to prevent it he will
from Philadelphia, in company
with Secretary Harrity, Adjutant Gen-
enral Greenland, Attorney General
Hensel, J. Henry Cochran, of Wil
liamsport ; Colonel E. De Y. Morrel,
of Philadelphia, and Colonel Eollin
H. Wilbur, of Bethlehem. The party
will be gone about two weeks.
At a meeting of the fusion demo
cratic state central committee of Kan
sas at Topeka a call was issued for a
state convention to meet in Topeka,
July 3, to place in nomination candi
dates for state offices. The commit
tee ignored the proposition of the stal
wart committee for a compromise for
the differences between the two fac
tions of the parties, and it is possible
that two democratic state conventions
will be the result.
The petition for secession of the
silver states, which has been in circu
lation at Georgetown, Col., but after
wards withdrawn, recites that the un
dersigned declare the government of
the United States in the establishment
of an infamous banking system that
eats out the substance of the people,
increases all forms of indebtedness,
centralizes wealth and has resulted in
the building up of a plutocracy that
aspires to govern the nation.
The National Electric Light Associ
ation met in its seventeenth annual
session nt Washington with 250 dele
gates in attendance, including most of
the prominent electricians of the coun
try. In his opening address President
E. A. Armstrong, of Camden, N. J.,
said that 2,300 central stations had
been established aud that the associa
tion represented two hundred million
dollars of capital, supporting 100,000
men and as many families.
The report telegraphed from George
town, Col., that citizens of that place
were signing a petition in favor of the
silver states seceding and joining Mex
ico, proves to be a canard. The lead
ing men of Georgetown, which is in
the heart of the silver belt of Colorado,
say they have not heard of any such
movement and declare that nowhere
in the country can people be found
more loyal to the government and con
stitution than those of Georgetown.
The trial of the case of Mrs. John
Bibbelup Martin (Victoria Woodhull)
ainst the trustees ot the British
museum, the plaintiff charging the
trustees with exposing upon the shelves
of their library books containing state
ments libeling her character, has been
concluded. The jury brought in a
verdict awardin'! Mrs. Martin Tl dam
ages, but the court reserved judgment
pending argument of counsel upon
points arising from the jury’s answer.
Joseph Don Jan was tried iu the
United States district court at Balti
more on the charge of violating tlie
postal laws by sending a threatening
card to Vice President Stevenson. Tho
jury returned a verdict of guilty and
Judge Morris sentenced Don Jan to the
penitentiary for eighteen months. The
man is evidently not strong minded,
but showed from his actions and
bis desire to run the country
that he was of that class of cranks
which are liable to become dangerous.
The Edinburg Evening News de
clares tha: Mr. Gladstone has resigned,
to take efi’ect at Easter. Also that the
premiership was offered to Lord Rose-
berry, wh ) declined it, and was then
offered to Earl Spencer, who accepted
Though the condition of Mr. Glad
stone’s eyes is regarded as a su fficient
reason for his wishing to lay down the
cares of office, it is not believed to be
the real reason for his resignation, if
the present report that he has resigned
true.
The trustees of the Brooklyn taber
nacle have not acted on the resigna
tion of Dr. Talmage, and it is now
said that he will remain. The doctor's
farewell pennon announced for Sunday
may be t irned into a jubilee sermon.
Within the past few weeks the trustees
have rnDed §60,000 to pay on the
church debt, aud the collections have
increased so that they fnlly meet the
running expenses of the tabernacle.
The pastor feels very much encour
aged and it is now predicted that he
will remain for life.
The Salvation Army of the United
States and England has large coloniza
tion schemes brewing for Mexico. A
syndicate of capitalists interested in
the work of the army has purchased
from the Mexican government 200,000
acres of land in the state of Chiapas in
southern Mexico. A member of tbe
syndicate has sailed for England, where
he is to meet Gen. Booth.’ It is ex
pected plans will now be perfected by
which 5,000 families will be put on tho
great tract working under the direc
tion of the officers of the army.
dfessed lumber and sash and blind fac
tory! Loss estimated at abou §25,000;
insurance §15,000. Saw mill was not
damaged.
Despite reports current to tbe effect
that Judge Key will resign as United
States judge from eastern Tennessee,
he has announced that he will never
resign, but will hold his position for
life. Judge Key was appointed by
President Hayes in 1879, and has
served continuously ever since.
The jury in the ease of F. J. Wood,
Jr., charged with embezzling nnd mis
appropriating the funds of the late
Ninth National bank of Dallas, TexnB,
after being out three days brought In
a verdict of acquital. The case occu
pied the court for two weeks and was
ably contested on both sides.
The Odd Fellows of Alabama are
going to erect somewhere iu tbe state
a widows’ and orphans’ home. The
project has been discussed for some
The members of the democratic
caucus are very secretive, and the
chairman had laid special stress upon
the necessity of secrecy as to all that
takes place until the hill is finally
agreed upon.
Judge Cox in the equity court has
declined to issue a mandamus to pre
vent the pension commissioner from
reducing the pension of Judge Charles
D. Long, of Michigan, from §72 to§50
a month.
Congressmen are discussing the fate
of the Bland bill when it reaches the
president. It is accepted that the
senate will pass the bill although the
administration may make a hard fight
against it.
A dispatch has been received at tbe
state department from Minister Thomp
son, at Rio de Janeiro, stating that it
was reported that the insurgents had
captured Lop a. The name is probably
misspelled, and is understood to mean
Bapo, a town on the coast eight miles
out of Desterro.
A cable message received nt the navy
department from Rear Admiral Boham
confirms the report of the arrival of
the government dynamite cruiser,
Nictheroy, in Rio barber, where she
anchored. The admiral says, in his
dispatch, that it was reported that the
rest of the loyal fleet will arrive at Rio
from Bohia February 22.
The president has sent to congress
another bulky batch of Hawaiian cor
respondence. It includes President
GENERAL EARLY DYING.
A Report From Lynchburg That He Can
Live Only a Few Days.
General -Iubal A. Early i6 gradually
sinking at his home in Lynchburg, Ya.,
and his physician states that he cannot
survive many days longer. General
litzhugh Lee, of Rockbridge; General
W. H. Payne, of Warrenton, and Gen
eral Dabney H. Maury, of Richmond
with Senator Daniel, called to see him,
He had an interval of consciousness,
during which he recognized and talked
with General Manrv.
SEIGNIORAGE BILL PASSES
Tbe Measure Goes Tbrongb by a Majority
of Thirty-Nine Votes.
The Opposition Present a Solid Front
to the Last.
By a vole of 1G8 to 129, or a majority
of 39, the Bland silver seigniorage bill
passed the house at 5 o’clock Thursday
afternoun. Thus the long fight has
ended by a victory for the silver men
in the house. It was a close call, how
ever. To the very last moment the
eastern democrats and republicans re
fused to vote and it was only by the
aid bf the speaker’s vote that a quorum
was secured bn the adoption of the or
der from the committee on rules.
With the exception of two hours
debate, the fight in the house was one
continuation of roll calls. The oppo
sition offered all sorts of amendments
calculated to prevent the passage of
the bill, but each and every one of
them wjs voted down and Mr. Bland’s
bili, as amended by himself, was finally
passed.
It provides for the coinage of the
seigniorage and for the coinage of the
silver purchased under the Sherman
Dole’s letter to Willis, already pub
lished, and Willis’ reply with seyeral ,
other communications. Willis, in his lnw - 11 further provides that the treas-
lctter transmitted to Secretary Gres- ! ur 7 notes outstanding, issued for the
ham, says: “This" letter will, on m y j purchase of this coin, shall be redeem-
part, end the correspondence upon th ’ ~~
subject. ”
Superintendent Kimball, of the life
saving service at Washington, has re-
| ceived a telegram from the keeper of
the Dodies (North Carolina) station,
7. - . , , , i •l’ouich ii>oriu Carolina station,
time and it is now stated hey are look- j statin thflt the 6chooner rl ' rcnce C .
ing for a desirable location. One of , Megee, of Philadelphia, from Port
the smaller cities or towns in the slate jT Florida, to Baltimore with
will be selected, probably Jasper, Ala. j phospliatej went nshoro near the sta .
The court of sessions has convened ! tion. The crew of ten men were saved
in Charleston, S. C., with Judge in life boats
Townsend presiding One hundred j The secr( ; t of war has received
and forty-five criminal cases are to be from Second Comptroller Mansur his
disposed of forty-six of which are deeision in the case of Genoral Sick]
brought under the dispensary law.
The world’s sugar plantations pro
duce every year 0,000,000 tons of
sugar,
The dispensary cases will not be
handed to the grand jury, however,
till it has finished its other business.
Representatives of commercial bod
ies of Birmingham, Mobile, Montgom
ery, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
met at Montgomery and decided to
issue a call urging all the towns in the
state to organize commercial associa
tions and to send delegates to the state
convention of the commercial bodies
in Alabama to meet in Birmingham on
April 25th, for the purpose of forming
a permanent state organization.
A rate war on an east bound freight
has broken out among the railroads at
Memphis. The withdrawal of the Lou
isville nnd Nashville from the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association
precipitated the row, and nt a number
of notices of a 10 cent reduction on
freight to all eastern and foreign points
were posted on the bulletin boards.
The Louisville and Nashville did not
meet the cut, but will probably do su.
The starving people of Starr county,
Texas, have received comparatively
light assistance in response to their
appeal to the world for help. Their
condition cannot be described. Many
ranches have been deserted and a num
ber of deaths from starvation have oc
curred. Cattle and other live stock
have died by the thousands. The
county is literally burned up and water
for domestic purposes must be lianled
loug distances.
The federal authorities at San Anto
nio, Texas, have been notified that a
delegation of about fifty Chinese are
on their way to Texas from Mexico.
Tbe party is now expected to reach the
border at Pedrns Negras and will at
tempt to smuggle themselves across
the Rio Grande at that point. They
are all laborers and were engaged in
railroad construction work in south
Mexico until a few weeks ago, when
their camp was visited bv an American
who contracted to land them all safely
in the United States for §50 per head.
A notable ease is being tried in the
superior court at Raleigh, N. C. It is
that of Josiah Turner, who, twenty-
four years ago, was editor of the Sen
tinel, the leading democratic paper of
| North Carolina. He was put- in jail
by the state militia iu Orange county
by order of Governor Holden, that
county being under martial law. Turner
brought suit two years afterward against
Holden and got judgment for §8,000
damages. Holden was impeached nnd
convicted, and afterward lost his mind
and died. Turner did not get his
money and now sues Holden’s widow
for it.
Samuel Spencer, C. M. McGhee and
Henry Fiak, receivers of the East
Tennessee, Yirginia and Georgia road,
have issued a circular to the employes
of the entire system, announcing a
general reduction in wages, effective
April 1st, of engine and trainmen,
switchmen and shopmen whose wages
were restored February 1st. The re
duction is 10 per cent. Of employes
whose wages wore not reduced under
former orders there is a reduction of 5
per cent. Of employes whose wages
were reduced under former orders 5
per cent, an additional 5 per cent, cut
will be made, or 10 per cent, in all.
The Southern Association of whole
sale druggists, including representa
tives of nearly all the leading jobbing
houses in the south, finished its annual
meeting at Memphis after a two
days’ session. The officers chosen to
serve during the ensuing year are: P.
P. Yanvleet-, Memphis, president; D.
D. Phillips, Nashville, first vice presi
dent; M. A. Falls, Atlanta, second vice
president; F. W. Schumacher, Waco,
Tex., third vice president; A. G. Cas
sells, Vicksburg, Miss., secretary; J.
C. Lyons, New Orleans, treasurer. It
was voted to hold the meeting next
year in Atlanta not earlier than Tues
day of the second week in February.
ed in silver and silver certificates.
Uhe passage of the bill means much
for silver. The majority of 39 in its
favor shows how the sentiment in the
house has changed since the Sherman
law was repealed. This fight over,
the house will now spend several weeks
in passing appropriation bills which
are on the calendar. The bill to re
peal the 10 per cent tax on tho state
banks will be considered.
which, while setting forth strong con
stitutional arguments against the qual
ifications of any retired army officer
to enter congress, finds that General
Sickles cannot be divested of his re
tired pay, amounting to §5,625 an
nually, and continues to hold his mili
tary office.
After conferring upon the subject,
Secretaries Lament and Herbert have
decided that there shall be no more
contests nt foolbnll between tbe cadets
at Annapolis and West Point. The
action is taken because of a conviction
that the inter-academie matches are
detrimental to discipline and to tlie
studies of the cadets. Orders have
been sent to tbe two academies to this
effect.
The senate committee on finance , K til[ inadequate to employ the circula-
met Tuesday morning only to adjourn , t; on available, and the withdrawal of
promptly, Mr \ oorhees stating that • abont J60.000.000 from the New York
bill was not ready. The J market by the sale of government
BUSINESS REVIEW.
Trade for (lie Past Week Was Very Ills
cour aging.
R. G. Dun & Co’s, review of trade
for the past week says: A waiting
condition of business is one in which
weekly fluctuations means nothing.
Business of all kinds is hesitating un
til more can be determined about the
future and meanwhile orders, which
will keep hands at work for a time,
are given nnd accepted, this week in
creasing, ns in some others decreasing
without affording reasonable indica
tions of the future.
Prices are again greatly depressed,
as low or lower than ever having been
made in wheat, siiver and some manu
factured products, and neither cotton,
wool nor raw iron has advanced.
The gutted money market s continue
to show that the volume of business is
the tariff
chairman and Mr. Jones, of Arkansas,
were the only democrats present, and
they retired at' once to the caucus,
leaving the republican members in full
possession of the committee room.
The republicans remained half an hour
discussing the situation and preparing
their plan of action. Nothing definite
was agreed upon.
The silver men point with gratifica
tion to the advance in wheat, cotton
and the stock markets since the pass
age of the Bland bill. Cotton closed
8 points higher Friday than it did Thurs
day. This was on the strength of the
probably early passage of the coinage
bill. Last fall, when the uncondition
al repeal passed the senate, silver, cot
ton nnd wheat all slnmpcd together,
and they have been going down, down,
down ever since, nntil the evo of fa
vorable action on the Bland bill.
Hawaiian Report*.
A volume of nearly eight hundred
pages, exclusive of maps, has been
laid before the senate representing the
testimony taken by the senate com
mittee on foreign relations, and their
findings of the facts thereon, under
the resolution directing them to in
bonds does not cause the expected
strengthening of rates. With gradu
ally decreasing shipments of merchan
dise to other countries, foreign ex
change rises and some exports of gold
a*re expected.
The volume of domestic trade does
not seem to increase. In all clearing
house payments the decrease is 44.6
per cent for the week, against 37.8 for
the previous week, and about 35.5 per
cent for the month thus far.
Cotton was a sixteenth lower, with
considerable trading; the receipts
from plantations still exceeding those
of last year, but tbe exports showed a
relatively large increase, while Ellison
reports -foreign consumption nearly
full. Takings of northern spinners
since January 1st have been 38 per
cent smaller than last year’s to date.
A further decline in silver takes the
price below the lowest previous record,
and is partly due to a heavy shipment
from New York during the week. The
treasury deficit in February is some
what smaller than in January, for,
though custom receipts do not enlarge
and for the month thus far are 36 per
cent less than a year ago, the internal
quire whether any, and if so, what \ revenue for the month shows some in
irregularities have occurred in the j crease over last year.
diplomatic intercourse between the
United States and Hawaii in relation to
the recent revolution. The report of
the majority of the committee was
prepared by Chairman Morgan, of
Alabama. It exhaustively reviews
tho facts, laws and precedents,
protectorate, and finds nothing irregu
lar in the appointment of Bloiinr, but
in effect says that the evidence taken
by the committee under more favora
ble circumstances leads the committee
to different conclusions than those
which he formed. This report is con-
industrial changes have been few,
but a little better demand for some
textile goods has started more mills
than have stopped. There is a better
feeling in fancy cottons, though some
goods are a shade lower. Woolen
dress goods are steady with fair de
nial d, and though orders for heavy
woolens and worsteds are light, they
are a little better, some agents having
made fair progress.
A larger demand gives encourage
ment in iron and steel manufacture
and increased the output of mills,
curred in as to all its essential findings j though it Is yet only 50 to 60 per cent,
by the republican members of tbe com- ! 0 f their capacity.
mittee—Sherman, Frye, Dolph and j Hence, fierce competition continues
Davis. They characterize it as an ex- j to depress prices, aud while the recent
ceedinglj able document, but they dis- j slight advance in steel billets and pig
iron has been lost, some other prod-
sent on live points.
Students’ Missionary Congress.
The great '-international students’
missionary congress convened in De
troit. The Students’ Volunteer Mis
sionary Society is composed of youug
men and women in the different col
leges of the country who have volun
teered their services as foreign mis
sionaries and are preparing themselves
for that work. Atleastl,090delegates
are in attendance at this convention,
and thirty colleges are represented.
Prohibition iu Iowa.
A prominent man, living near Oma
ha, Neb., has just received e letter
from Governor Frank D. Johnson, of
Iowa, in which he states that if the
Iowa legislature does not repeal or
modify the prohibitory law so os to af
ford relief for the river counties^ he
will call the legislature in extra ses
sion for that purpose. This is the first
declaration made by the governor or.
tbe subject,
ucts are selling lowever than ever.
Prices of commodities now average
about 1 per cent higher than a month
ago, but 11.7 per cent lower than a
year ago, and, excepting this year,
have never been as low on the whole
as they are now.
Failures during the past week num
bered in the United States 288 against
193 last year, and in Canada 51 against
37 last year.
The Bengal chamber of commerce at
a recent meeting discussed the resolu
tion that the best interests of the
country demand that the mints be re
opened. Afterwards the chamber adop
ted, by a vote of 69 to 15, an amend
ment to the effect that the mints should
not b9 re-opened. A feature of the
silver question in India is the abormal
movement of all produce towards the
ports, the object being to raise money
in Europe upon products so forwarded.
THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS
Tlie flonse and Senate Called to Order
in Replar Session.
Daily Summary of Routine Business in
the Two Houses.
THE HOUSE.
By a vote of yeas 167, nays 53, the
house, Monday, agreed to discharge
the committee on ways and means from
further consideration of Mr. Hatch'
anti option bill and send it to the com
mittee on agriculture for report. Mr,
Boutelle offered a resolution reciting
that the United States would not per
mit the representative of any govern
ment to remain in the capital who had
intrigued with its enemies for the
overthrow of its government; and
that the same rights should
be conceded to other govern
ments, even the weakest; therefore
be it resolved, that Minister Wil
lis be recalled and a minister sent to
Honolulu who will represent the senti
ments and wishes of the United States,
The speaker ruled that it was a ques
tion of privilege, and sent the resolu
tion to the committee on foreign af
fairs. Mr. Bland moved to take np
and discuss his seigniorage bill until
o’clock. A vote was taken and re
suited as follows: Ayes, 168; nays, 5
which was 6 less than a quorum. At
1:50 Mr. Bland withdrew his motion
and offered ore to take up the bill for
consideration, removing all limitations
of debate. This was agreed to by
vote of 119 to nothing.
The house was again without a quo
rum Tuesday on the Bland seigniorage
bill. Failing to obtain a quorum, Mr,
Bland withdrew his motion to submit
debate and the house proceeded to de
bate the bill without limit.
In the house, Wednesday morning,
Mr. Kilgore offered a resolution ask
ing the sergeant-at-arms if he had
withheld the salary of members for the
time absent without leave, if not, why
not, and whether in his opinion the
law could be enforced. It was ruled
out on a point of order. Mr. Bland
moved to take up the seigniorage bill
and limit the debate to 3 p. m. Thurs
day. No quorum voted and a call of
the house was ordered. A bare quo
rum was finally obtained, Speaker
Crisp voting to make it.
In the house, Thursday, Mr. Cum
mings, of New York, endeavored to
have the bill passed appropriating
money to rescue the wreck of th
Kearsage, but Mr. Kilgore, of Texas,
demanded tbe regnlnr order. The reg
ular ordeT was the vote on the adop
tion of the specinl order to limit de
bate in the-seigniorage bill to two
hours, on whieh the quorum failed to
vote Wednesday, and the clerk called
the roll. Exactly a quorum voted and
the special order was adopted, 166 to
Speaker Crisp having voted to
make the require number. The long
.struggle was over and a vote upon
Mr. Bland’s bill was finally taken.
The bill being read a third time, Mr.
Tracey moved to recommit the bill.
Lost, 72 to 166. The motion on di
vision received 72 votes in the affirma
tive and 160 in the negative. The yeas
and nays were called, resulting: Yeas,
132; nays, 167. At 4:40 o’clock, the
speaker said: “The question is, shall
the bill pass?'' In response thereto, a
mighty volume of sound rolled out
aye.” Some one demanded a divis
ion, which was had, resulting;
Ayes, 154; nays, 54. Mr. Tracy
called fpr the yeas and nays,
and the request was supported by a
sufficient number to secure them. The
roll was called, nnd at 5 :15 o’clock the
ote was announced : Yeas, 168; nays,
129. “So the bill is passed,” said tbe
speaker, following which there was
applause from its friends. The bill
appropriating $45,000 for the raising
of the Kearsage was then called np
by Mr. Cummings and passed unani
mously, The bouse then, at 5:30
’clock, adjourned.
A iff be property of Italy is
M WO,000,000,
iS assessei
THE SENATE.
In the senate, Monday, Mr. Mor
gan, chairman of committee on for
eign relations, reported the opinion of
the committee on the subject of Ha-
aii. At 12:40 tbe senate proceeded
to execute business, aud at 1 p. m. ad
journed to enable the. democratic sen
ators to resume their caucus meetings.
After the transaction of some unim
portant business Tuesday morning,
the senate, at 12:50, went into execu
tive session, nnd at 1:25 adjourned nn
til Wednesday.
In the senate, Wednesday. Mr. Voor-
hees ottered a resolution appointing
Mr. Mills a member of the finance
committee during the absence and dis-
bility of Mr. Yance. Ho asked im
mediate action on it, but Mr. Hoar
suggested that it had better lie over
till Thursday. It accordingly went
over. Mr. Frye then addressed the
senate on the Hawaiian question. The
senate at 2 p. m. went into executive
session.
The resolution offered Wednesday by
Mr. Voorhees, appointing Mr. Mills a
member of the finance committee dur
ing tho absence of Mr. Yance, was laid
before the senate Thursday morning.
Mr. Yoorhees withdrew it, saying: “By
request, indeed, by the demand of the
senator loom Texas, from which he
has refused to be persuaded, I with
draw the resolution.” Mr. Frye then
resumed his speech on the Hawaiian
question.
Skipped to Mexico.
A well known distiller, Wiliiam H.
Headly, of the Headly and Peck Dis
tilling Company of Lexington, Ky.,
is probably in Mexico, a fugitive from
justice. He left a few days ago and a
letter received from him states that he
has duplicated warehouse receipts, and
that his future address is Don Carlos
hotel, City of Mexico. It is impossi
ble yet to estimate the amount of the
forgeries. The banks at Lexington
claim to be secure.
Miners Name a Ticket.
Representatives of the miners of the
Birmingham, Ala., district met in
secret session, and after an all-day
conference passed a resolution endors
ing the Jeffersonian populist platform,
on account of its plank opposing con
vict labor in the mines, but declined
to endorse that party’s 6tate ticket.
They nominated John A. Loyd and C.
R. Bray, both miners, for the legisla
ture.
WILL GLADSTONE RESIGN?
Rumors That He Will Quit Again Re*
Tired.
The subject of Gladstone’s resigna
tion has been revived in a way sug
gesting that there may be some founda
tion in the report. The leading news
papers of London publish articles al
most identical in substance, indicating
that Mr. Gladstone will resign at an
early day. The reason given in each
case is that the premier’s eyesight is
failing so fast that his vision may be
come Wholly obscured if be does not
immediately retire from active politi
cal duty.
CORBETT ACQUITTED.
The Jury Bronght in a Verdict o( Not
Guilty in Short Order.
Slugger Mitchell is Great I j Pleased
With the Turn of Affairs.
A Jacksonville special says: Once
more the prize fighters ■ have gone up
against the “peace and dignity” of the
state of Florida as Governor Mitchell
would phrase it, and once more the
“peace and dignity” has been knocked
out in short order.
At 3:15 o’clock Fiiday afternoon the
jury in the case against James J. Cor
bett, charged with violating the laws
of Florida by engaging in a prize fight,
retired to make up a verdict. At 4:07,
or sixteen minutes later, the jury re
turned and the foreman handed the ver
dict to the state’s attorney, who read:
“We, the jury, find the defendant not
guilty.”
A broad smile spread over Corbett’s
face as he heard these reassuring words
and the sports who crowded the court
room would have cheered had they not
been informed by Judge Phillips when
the jury came in that he would send
any person to jail for contempt who
dared to express audible approval or
disapproval of the verdict.
Charley Mitchell was present when
the verdict was announced and he
leaned over and grasped Corbett by
the hand and whispered congratula-
tions. Mitchell, of course, considered
the verdict in the light of a practical
acquittal for himself, as a case against
him of a similar nature is pending.
There were four women iu the court
room at the time, two of them mem
bers of the “After Dark” company,
and they braved the wrath of Judge
Phillips to the extent of airily waving
their hands to Corbett.
The proceedings leading np to the
verdict were very tame. Court con
vened at 9:30 o’clock a. m. and the
state resumed the examination of its
witnesses. The attorneys for the
proseention tried to elicit testimony
to show that the fight was brutal and
to make the witnesses admit that from
the very brutality of tho contest Cor
bett and Mitchell must, have harbored
malice against one another. Tlie state,
however, did not make much headway
on this line, and it then attempted to
bring in the check for §20,000 which
Corbett received in public after the
fight. All of the witnesses had seen a
piece of paper handed Corbett, but all
were innocent of any knowledge of its
character.
JUDGE GROSSCUP’S DECISION
Knockout to the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Judge Crosscup lias rendered a de
cision in the United .Htates district
court at Chicago which will make the
interstate commerce law practically
inoperative, for the reason it will in
tho future be impossible to convict
any one for acts violating its provis
ions. The court held that General
Freight Agent James, of the Lake
Shore road, and Gordon McLeod,
agent of the Merchants’ Dispatch
freight line, the witnesses who refused
to answer questions put to them by
the grand jury, were right in the po
sition which they took and that they
cannot be compelled to answer. James
aud McLeod were asked questions
which were intended to draw out in
formation ns to illegal cuts in rates
made by the companies which they
represent. Both refused to answer on
the ground that the fifth amendment
to tlie constitution of the United States
gives every mau the right to refuse to
make disclosures which will criminate
himself.
From Judge Grosscnp’s decision the
government cannot appeal and the
railroads will not. Attorney A. G.
Safford, who represents the interstate
commerce, was greatly disappointed
when tho decision was announced.
He acknowledged the deeision cripples
the commission in so far as prosecu
tions are concerned.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Morrison has been interviewed upon
Jndge Grosscup’s decision. He was
fully apprised of the sweeping char
acter of the decision, but he thought
would probably render it impossi
ble, under the existing law, to convict
one man by the testimony of an ac-
mplice, unless the latter is willing to
testify. Said he, “the decision affects
the interstate commerce commission
the extent that it will make it diffi
cult to secure convictions. It will
have no other effect, for, of course, it
will still be impossible to secure evi
dence outside of the parties directly •
implicated. If the decision stands it
will pnt us back in the same position
where we were before the amendment
was adopted.” Commissioner Veasey
expressed views similar to those of Mr.
Morrison.
REORGANIZATION EFFECTED
By the Atlanta Consolidated Street
Railroad Company.
A Boston dispatch says: The deal
between the bondholders and the share
holders of the Atlanta Consolidated
Street Railway Company, having for
its object the placing of the road upon
sound financial basis, has been con
summated through the efforts of Mr.
Joel Hurt, the president of the com
pany. The shareholders have paid off
the entire floating indebtedness of the
company and considerably over ninety
per cent of the bonds have already
been deposited with the trust com
panies to be stamped. The deal means
much for the Toad aud places it free
from any floating indebtedness,