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“Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.'
JOHN E. HO WELL, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XIL. NO. :i)
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, MAR(TI 20, IStU.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
GEORGIA STATE NEWS.
Iiiierestini Cnilings [or tlic Perusal el
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•» The Heard county court house at
Franklin has been burned, together
with all the records. It is supposed to
have been set on fire. The loss is
about twenty thousand dollars, besides
burning the postoffice and contents.
Nothing was saved.
* * *
Captain Tip Harrison is now busy
paying out pensions to veteran soldiers.
The amount paid out by the treasury
'department the first day was some
thing over §20,000 and many brave
old veterans, who fought under the
cross and the stars were made happy.
* * *
An effort is being made to have
flrand Master Workman Sovereign, of
the Knights of Labor, deliver an ad
dress to the workingmen of Macon.
There are Several thousond of them in
the city. Saverign is said to be
good orator. If he visits Macon he
can rest as shred that lie will receive a
royal welcome.
Dr. Francis IT. Bloodworth, of Sa
vannah, lias been commissioned first
lieutenant and assistant surgeon of the
Georgia volunteers and assigned to
duty with that grand old corps, the
Chatham Artillery. As the examina
tion of officers at tho present time is
rigidly conducted, the appointment of
Dr. Bloodworth to tbiB honorable po
sition carries with it a marked degree
of compliment.
+ * *
After a wrangle of about ten days
over the location of the International
and Cottog States’ Exposition, to be
held in Atlanta, in tho fall of 1895,
the matter has been definitely settled
by a compromise committee appointed
by the different elements, and under
the terms of the compromise the city
appropriated outright §75,000 in cash
to the exposition. The settlement
proves entirely satisfactory to all ele
ments, and was unanimously ratified
by the directors of the exposition.
* * *
The amended motion for a new trial
in Dr. J. B. Hinkle’s case has been
filed at Americas. Twenty-seven
grounds of error are alleged, all but
three of which pertain to matters of
admission of evidence, instructions to
jurymen and points in Judge Fish’s
charge. Three of the grounds consist
of sensational charges by affidavits
against three of tho Hinkle jury, G.
W: Kinard, B. H. Harris and C. C.
Alexander, who were heard by various
peisons to soy tilings inconsistent with
their views of impartiality when quali
fying as jurors.
* * *
(Jfnrtfia Phesphaie.
A thorough study of the phosphate
and mar] deposits of South Georgia is
under way. Some months ago, Pro
fessor Yates, state geologist, made ar
rangements with the United States
geological survey to get Professor
Eldridgo assigned to work in Georgia.
Professor Eldridge stands at the head
of phosphate experts in this country.
Last week he was detailed to make a
thorough examination of the phosphate
section of Georgia. After a confer
ence with Professor Yates, in which
the plans were outlined, Professor
Eldridge went to Boston, Ga. He
was there joined by Mr. McCollie, as
sistant state geoligist. They have
gone to Decatur county and will work
from there all tho way around to
‘Brunswick. Numerous discoveries of
phosphate deposits have been made in
south Georgia and it is believed that
beds as rich as those in Florida will be
found in the lower tier of counties.
Special attention is to be given to the
murl deposits in this survey.
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The Itt. it <3. Knilroud lo be'Solrl.
The Mobile and Girard railroad, with
all of its property, both in Georgia and
Alabama, will be sold in Girard, Ala.,
which is just across the river from Co
lumbus, in September next unless the
first mortgage bonds with interest
ninountingto$l,109,000 is paid. Judge
Bruce in the United States circuit court
at Montgomery, Ain., has rendered a
decree to this effect. The decree was
on foreclosure proceedings in behalf of
If. II. Epping, of Columbus, trustee
for the first mortgage bonds, against
the Mobile and Girard company. The
decree was strongly resisted by George
Moore, of the Montgomery bar, on
behalf of the stockholders, and was
insisted on by Louis F. Garrard for
Mr. Epping, trustee. The principle is
§1,000,000 and the interest §109,000.
Judge W. T. Newman, of the United
States circuit and district court, will
open court at Columbus for a hearing
in this ease on March 24th and will
issue a confirmatory decree. The Mo
bile and Girard company is very valu
able property and is one of the best
roads coming into Columbus. It can
not be predicted whether the purchase
will be made by the Central system or
by outside parties and operated inde
pendent of the Central.
* * *
Death of lion. J. S. Davidson.
Hon. John Shelton Davidson, who
died suddenly at his home in Augusta
(it heart failure, had been out of
health for the past year and the last
three months has rapidly been de-
eliningwitha complication of diseases.
He had been to New York recently to
consult with a specialist, but was not
benefited by the trip.
He was born iu Augusta June 17,
1S46, and has lived there all his life.
He graduated at Asbury institute,
Twiggs county, Georgia. He studied
law with Major Barnes in 1886, and
was admitted to the bar before he was
twenty-one years old. In 3 873 he
formed a partnership with his brother,
William T. Davidson, which still ex
ists. He was a successful lawyer and
from his practice he saved consider
able money, and leaves an estate val
ued at Slob, 000.
He was grand master of the grand
lodge of Masons of Georgia, wlYeh
office he was called to from the floor—
an unusual honor—and he has held
that office for eleven years He served
in the senate of 1883-84 as senator
from the eighteenth district, and was
unanimously elected president pro tern,
of that body. In 18-80 he was again re
turned to the senate by his constituents
and was elected president of that
body, which office he held until lo87,
since which time he has devoted him
self to his profession. He has been
treasurer of the Episcopal diocese of
Georgia for fourteen years, and has
held other positions of honor and trust
in the state and church. He was a
member of various orders, but of all he
loved the Masons best. He leaves two
brothers, William T. and Albert II. Da
vidson, both of Augusta. He was presi
dent of the Augusta board of educa
tion, which office he has held since the
organization of the board. He was
city attorney and counselor for a large
number of corporations, and was one
of the ablest lawyers at the bar. He
was a natural orator. Mr. Davidson
was a public-spirited and prominent
citizen, highly regarded, and his death
is a big loss to Georgia.
A DUTCH COURTSHIP.
Peculiar Betrothal Arrangements In
Holland.
Wlien a Dutchman falls in love ho
straightway goes to the parents of his
adored one. Then, if lie be considered
eligible, he is asked to take tea with the
family. On such occasions he has the
delightful satisfaction of sitting next to
his charmer. Then -informal dinners
Slid home parties are arranged on his ac
count. In this way tho youug folks get
acquainted with each other. As soon as
the wooer feels sure that his love is reci
procated he asks the father or the
guardian to make a betrothal bargain
with him. He knows that his suit is
sanctioned by the older members of the
family. That he has been permitted to
call at the house and has been enter
tained there is sufficient evidence that
he is acceptable. When they are
actually engaged they may seem fond
of each other in the presence of others.
In fact, they will have no private occa
sions for demonstrations of adoration.
Whenever and wherever the youug wo
man goes with her affianced she is ac
companied by an elderly relative or a
companion of her own sex of middle age.
The betrothal arrangements include the
settlement of money affairs and an under
standing of their financial, business and
social prospects. Then cards are printed,
both names being given and also the day
for the reception, which as a rule takes
place at the fiance’s house in the after
noon, from 2 to 5, the usual calling hour
in Holland. Those cards are sent not
only to friends, but to the slightest ac
quaintances on b->th sides, who are all
supposed to acknowledge them, either
by sending letters of congratulation, or,
if living iu the same town as the fiance,
by presenting themselves on the day of
the reception. At this reception the
lovcis urc decked in their best clothes,
and for hours they stand beneath a floral
canopy bowing and shaking hands and
listening to congratulations. Of course,
the parties most interested feel
nervous, for nothing i3 more talked
about in Holland than a new en
gagement. The relatives of the pair are
especially pointed in and lavish with
their criticism. Within a fortnight after
reception day all congratulatory calls
must be returned. In cities the lovers,
chaperoned, of course, drive together in
a coupe to the homes of all their frieuds
and intimate acquaintances, while with
those whom they know slightly they
only leave their cards. In small places
and iu the country they repay the recep
tion calls walking arm in arm, as is the
Dutch fashion. If the prospective groom
lives in an adjoining town the receiving
and calling ceremonies are repeated
there. In such case the young woman
is the guest of her future parents-
in-law. Some of the younger genera
tion allow the young man to remain at
home all the time during the visit of his
fiance, but in former firms the accepted
custom was for him to go for the night
either to the house of some friend or to
a hotel. Iu all public places, as con
certs and theatres, the young couple
have a chaperon, either an eld
erly relative or some friend,
whom they also have to take along
when paying calls on relatives living in
other places, for it is the rule that the
young girl and young man must be made
acquainted with all the uncles and aunt3
on both sides. A very protty custom
among the Dutch is the exchanging of
engagement rings, which are narrow
bands of plain gold, with the initials of
the betrothed and the day of the be
trothal engraved on the inside, worn on
the left hand during the engagement and
on the right after marriage. Dutch en
gagements extend over a period of from
two to five years. During this time the
young woman gives up all amusements
iti which her fiance doe3 not participate.
If he is not of the dancing sort she re
trains from the amusement, however
much she may desire to engage in the
figure. She never goes in company any
where if he is not present, and when
they go together to a ball uo gentleman
will ever ask her for a dance without
formally' gaining his permission. The
prospective groom is likewise bound
to respect tho inclinations of his fiance,
and to absent hiir >;lf from places that
he formerly frequented, such as the club
and bachelo- ,l; -
Kovv to Dry Wet suoes.
When, without overshoes, you have
been caught in a heavy rain storm, per
il a ps you have known already what to do
with your best kid boots, which have
been thoroughly wet through, and which,
if left td dry in the ordinary way, will
be stiff, brittle and unlovely? If not,
you will be glad lo learn what I heard
only recently from one whose ex
perience is of value.
First wipe off gently with a soft cloth
all surface water and mud; then while
still wet,rub well with kerosene oil,using
for the purpose the furred side of Can
ton flannel. Set them aside till partially
drv, wheu a second treatmeat with oil is
advisable. They may then be deposited
in a conveniently warm place, where
they will dry gradually and thoroughly.
Before applying Freneh kid dressing,
give them a final rubbing with the flan
nel, still slightly dampened with kero
sene, and your hoots will be soft and
flexible as new kid, and be very little af
fected by their hath in the rain,—[Har
rier’s Bazar.
The story ot the life of the new Lord
Mayor of London (G. R. Tyler) calls to
mind the story .of “Dick” Whittiugton,
sometime the incumbent of the same
office. He started in life a very poor boy,
and when fourteen years old was em
ployed as a messenger in the great paper
making house of William Venables, the
partners in which furnished, it is said, to
Charles Dickens the originals of the
Cheeryble Brothers, the philanthropists,
in “Nicholas Niekieby.” The boy ad-
boy
vanced in position slowly, but surely, and
he is now the head of this great manu
facturing concern. He is noted for his
extensive charities, and he lias given
many a hoy, poor as he himself once was,
an opportunity to better his condition.
He is a member of sevoral of tho city
guilds, and his wealth, despite his large
gifts to charity, is reckoned at upward of
£2.000.000.
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SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
Tbe Drift of Her Progress and Pros
perity Eriefly Noted.
Happenings of Interest Portrayed Iu
Pithy Paragraphs.
“Number One Iron Ores of North
Carolina,” a preliminary report by H.
C. B. Nietze, assistant state geologist,
has been issued. It contains 240 pages,
is profusely illustrated and is valuable.
A large edition will be issued.
By order of general commanding,
Adjutant General Moorman has issued
an order announcing the death of Rev.
Dr. Thomas E. Markham, late major
general and chaplain general of the
United Confederate Veterans, aged
sixty-five years.
Grand Master Soverign, Knights of
Labor, addressed a large audience at
Jacksonville. He denounced the poli
cy of Secretary Carlisle and the ad
ministration in issuing bonds. He
also criticized Judge Jenkins becauso
of his strike order. The address was
well received.
Governor Carr, of North Carolina
received a telegram announcing the
death of Captain Adam Warner, asso
ciate shellfish commissioner and com
mander of the state oyster patrol
steamer, Lilly. He was appointed
three years ago. His home was at
Washington, N. C. Before the war he
was in the West India trade.
The Mobile and Girard railroad,
with all of its property, both in Geor
gia and Alabama, will be sold in Gir
ard, Ala., in September next unless
the first mortgage bonds with inteiest
amounting to §1,109,000 is paid.
Judge Bruce in the United States cir
cuit court at Montgomery, Ala., has
rendered a decree to this effect.
B. W. Page, formerly president of
the Merchants’ National hank of Ft.
Worth, shot and instantly killed A. B.
Smith, formerly cashier of the same
bank. Page was alone in a room used
by the bank to wind up its affairs,
when Smith entered to talk over some
affairs. The result was a fight in
which Smith was killed. The men had
several business quarrels and a person
al encounter.
The holding of the tri-state fair iu
Chattanooga has been deferred one
year, owing to the postponement
of the dedication of the Chick amauga
and Chattanooga National and Milita
ry park till the fall of 1895. With a
capital stock of §100,000 a much more
elaborate exhibit of the mineral, agri
cultural and other resources aud inter
ests of Alabama, Georgia and Tennes
see will then be made.
B. F. Dowd, yardmaster in the south
Nashville yards of the Louisville and
Nashville roads, has been arrested on
a warrant charging him with obtain
ing money under false pretenses und
forgery. It is charged that Dowd has
been carrying a dummy on his payroll
since December 10th and has fraudu
lently obtained about SI,200 in this
way. Dowd has offered to make good
all losses. He was released on bond.
A Montgomery, Ala., special says:
The funeral of the late Judge Stone,
chief justice of the state supreme court,
was largely attended, there being delega
tions and representatives present from
nearly all the leuding cities and towns
of the state. In some towns business
was practically suspended during the
progress of the special funeral ser
vices, which were held at the same
hour that the funeral occurred in Mont
gomery.
The Bank of Chester, S. C., has as
signed to John J. Hemphill and J.
Lyles Glenn, for the protection of
creditors at large. President J. J.
McClure had just returned from New
York, where he went to get funds to
carry the bank through the summer.
After a full consideration of the situ
ation the directors decided to close the
bank. The depositors will be paid off
in full and the stockholders will not
suffer.
Bessemer, Ala., is in luck. The
large fire brick plant at Bibbville, Tus
caloosa county, is now being moved to
Bessemer, and is being located just
south of and adjoining the present
works of the Bessemer Fire Brick
works. A new main building 80x150
feet is being constructed for the addi
tion. It will be fitted with the latest
improved machinery. The improve
ments will give employment to about
100 additional hands.
The Rev. C. G. Jones, pastor of the
First Baptist church, of Chattanooga,
has created a decided sensation by at
tacking the character of General Jnbal
A. Early. He declared in a sermon
that if there was anything good either
in his course, as a man or as a soldier,
history had failed to note it, and that
he hoped the dead man’s memory
would rot with his bones. The dead
officer was given an unmerciful review.
The congregation was indignant and
many declare that they will never enter
the church again.
The Birmingham Rolling Mill Com
pany has jnsi purchased 30,000 tons of
steel blooms in Ohio, and has taken an
option on 20,000 tons additional. This
steel is transported to Birmingham to
be rolled, and is much the same sort
of an arrangement as carrying coal to
Newcastle. The ores in the Birming
ham district make as good steel as
those of any other section of the land,
and nothing but the lack of money to
put a steel mill on a paying basis pre
vents this enterprise from becoming
one of the most important of the dis
trict.
A Nashville special says: For over
two months experts have been in Lewis
and Hickman counties looking into
the reported discovery of beds of
phosphate in these counties. They
have examined about 75,000 acres of
land and found ore of the richest
quality at many points, and ore all
over the section. Samples have been
analyzed and found to be over the re
quired percentage of phosphoric acid.
Nashville citizens and the Southern
Iron company have been quietly gath
ering in the land containing the de
posits and over 75,000 acres already
have been purchased.
The state of South Carolina earned
a decisive victory over the railroads in
the United States circuit court at
Charleston, Tuesday, when Judge Si-
monton filed a decree in the much-
litigated railroad tax enses. Last year
the assessments on all the railroad
property were arbitrarily raised by
the board of equalization. The rail
roads refused to pay the taxes on the
increased assessment and carried the
case into the United States conrts.
The court, in a leDgthy opinion, de
cided that the assessment was not un
constitutional and orders the receiver
to pay to ihe state the balance of
taxes due, and also the costs of the ac
tion.
THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS
Tlie House sue Senate Callsfl to Order
in Regular Session-
Daily Summary of Routine Business in
the Two Houses.
THE HOUSE.
Monday being District of Columbia
day, the house engaged in the consid
eration of matters relating to the dis
trict.
The house, at 1 o’clock Tuesday, on
motion of Mr. Sayers, resolved itself
into committee of the whole on the
sundry civil oppropriation bill, Mr.
Lester, of Georgia in the chair.
The house, at 1:10 p. m. Wednesday,
on motion of Mr. Sayers, went into
committee of tho whole on the sundry
civil appropriation bill, Mr. Lester, of
Georgia, in the chair.
After passing the bill giving the
officials of Oklahoma the right to lease
school lands, the house, at 12:50
Thursday, took up the sundry civil ap
propriation bill, iu committee of the
whole.
OUR LATEST DISPATCHES.
Tlie Happenings ot a Day Clmmiclei in
Erie! aud Course Parasxap
And Containing the Gist of the News
From All Parts of the World.
;tiie senate.
In the senate, Monday morning,
Mr. Blanchard took the oath of office
as senator from Louisiana. Mr. Pcffer’s
resolution for the investigation of the
newspaper statements a a to senators
having been engaged iu stock jobbing
speculations in the sugar certificates
laid before the senate, and on motion
of Mr. Gormon was laid on the table,
by a vote of 33 to 27.
After some routine business in the
senate, Tuesday morning, on motion
of Mr. Gorman the committee vacancies
were filled. Mr. Bate was made chair
man of military affairs, Mr. Blanchard
chairman of the committee on im
provement of the Mississippi river.
The Bland seigniorage bill was then
taken up at 12 :30 and Mr. Stewart ad
dressed the senate in advocacy of it.
After routine morning business,
Wednenday morning, the senate re
sumed consideration of the Bland
seigniorage bill. At 2 o’clock air. Har
ris called attention to the agreement
to take a vote on Mr. Allison’s motion
to reconsider the vote by which the
seigniorage hill was passed to a third
reading, and a vote was ordered, re
sulting : yeas 28, nays 45. Upon the
announcement of the vote, Mr. Mun-
derson moved to recommit the bill to
the finance committee, with instruc
tions to strike out the second section.
Mr. Manderson’s motion was defeated
by a vote 44 to 227.
In the senate, Thursday, a resolu
tion was offered by Mr. Gallinger, re
publican, of New Hampshire, and laid
over temporarily, calling on the secre
taries of the treasury aud interior for
the names of all clerks appointed, pro
moted, reduced or dismissed in their
respective departments since March 4,
1893, with the state to which each is
credited. At 12:30 o’clock the Bland
seigniorage bill was taken up and de
bate continued. After a number of
speeches had been made Mr. Harris
arose and, in his most impressive man
ner, said: “Mr. President, the Jiour
of 2 is recorded by that clock (point
ing to the clock over tho main door-
wuy), and at that hour the unani
mous agreement of the senate is that
the final vote shall be taken on the
passage of this bill. I ask for the
vote.” Mr. Davis, republican, of
Minnesota, asked that Mr. Pettigrew,
who was at the time addressing the
body, should be allowed to finish his
speech. Mr. Harris—I object. If I
were to yield to the senator from South
Dakota I would feel bound to yiehl to
other senators. I yield to nobody.
(Laughter.) Mr. Kyle, populist, of
South Dakota, asked that Mr. Petti
grew might be allowed to have all his
speech printed in The Record. The
presiding officer, Mr. Vilas, declared
the question to be, “shall the bill
pass?” The vote was taken and the
bill was passed—yeas 44, nays 31. When
the result was announced there was
handclapping ’in the crowded galleries.
A joint resolution heretofore intro
duced by Mr. Harris for the appoint
ment of a committee to be composed of
the secretary of the treasury, secretary
of war and the attorney general for
the settlement of the claims and coun
ter claims between the United States
government and the state of Tennes
see arising out of the transfer of rail
roads was taken up and passed. After
a short executive session the doors
were reopened at 3:30 o’clock and
executive business was resumed and
continued until 4:10 o’clock, when the
senate adjourned until Monday.
ATCHISON IN~DANGER.
The Savannah Cotton Mill has posted
a reduction of ten per cent in wages.
The spinners have quit work and may
close the mill, throwing 100 operatives
out of employment.
An opinion has been handed down in
the supreme court of Virginia of great
importance to the commonwealth and
its creditors. The decision, in brief,
is that the entire coupon contract is
void.
According to dispatches received
from Rio, Admiral DaGama is or
board the Portuguese war ship Mine!
lo, with 500 of his sailors and marines.
The dispatches say that the refugees
will be carried to Portugal.
The Rhode Island republican state
convention met at Providence and re
nominated Governor D. Russell Brown
without opposition. Edwin Allen was
nominated for lieutenant governor and
Charles P. Bennett for recretory of
state.
A dynamite bomb exploded Thurs
day afternoon inside of the chief en
trance of the church of La Madeline,
at Paris. The man who threw the
bomb was killed by the explosion, and
a number of others were seriously in
jured.
A special from Roanoke, Va., says:
Colonel John Hampton Hoge, late
consul to Amoy, China, but who got
no further than San Francisco, from
which place he was recalled by Presi
dent Cleveland, has renounced his al
legiance to the democratic party and
appeared before the republican city
committee and tendered his services to
that party.
A movement has been set on foot at
Birmingham, Ala., to erect a monu
ment to the Confederate dead, and it is
intended that the laying of the corner
stone shall he a feature of the Confed
erate Veterans’ reunion to be held
April 25 and 26. The movement was
begun only a few days ago but already
a good amount has been subscribed.
Daniel C. Camp, who pretended that
he represented J. M. High it Co., of
Atlanta, Ga., and through forgeries of
that firm’s name, attempted to swindle
John Wannamaker and other well
known firms out of large sums of
money, was convicted of forgery at
Philadelphia and sentenced to six
years’ imprisoment.
A Raleigh special says: The secre
tary of state has issued the annual
statement of insurance companies do
ing business in North Carolina. It
slrews that forty-five life insurance
companies received §1,007,528 in pre
miums and paid §506,146 in losses,
and that sixty-six fire insurance com
panies received §898,606 in premiums
and paid §107,717 in losses.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Bank of England a statement was sub
mitted by Mr. Davis Powell, governor
of the bank, in which he expressed
regret at the necessity for the removal
of Mr. Frank May, the chief eashier.
Mr. May, he said, was removed, though
allowed to resign, for exceeding his
authority and committing great irreg
ularities in regard to making certain
advances to customers.
Judge B. J. Lea, of the Tennessee
supreme court, died Thursday at his
home in Brownsville, after a long ill
ness. As the term of the supreme
courtis nearing its close, Judge Lea’s
death made immediate action necessary.
Governor Turney, therefore, appointed
A. D. Bright, of Brownsville, Judge
Lea’s successor. Judge Bright will
serve until the first Monday in Sep
tember. The election occurs in Au
gust.
A deputation of printers represent
ing the typographical unions.of Mon
treal, Toronto and Ottawa waited on
the tariff committee of the Dominion
Government and urged the retention
of the present duties on stereotype
plates. The printers pointed out that
there was an abundance of plate mat
ter produced in Canada, which gave
employment to a large number of
printers, stereotypers and others, who
would be thrown out of employment if
the duty on American plates was re
moved.
FAIR EXHIBITS.
France Heads the List in the Amount
Shown and Sold.
Collector John M. Clark has just
transmitted to the secretary of the
treasury his report on the
customs’ administration of the World’s
Fair. The document is a com
plete history of the foreign exhibits,
and is the first authentic information
regarding tlie displays from foreign
countries.
The exhibits arrived through twen
ty-four frontier ports in the following
proportion: New York, 65 per cent;
Baltimore, 18; San Francisco, 5; Port
Huron, 2; Detroit, 2; Laredo, El
Paso, Tacoma, 1 each; Philadelphia,
one-third; other ports, three and two-
thirds per cent. Exhibits came from
sixty foreign nations, states and colo
nies, consisting of 162,600 packages,
valued in the statement of the exhib
itors at §64,797,693, and requiring
8,000 cars to transport them. About
The River Threatens to Do Fearful
Damage to Her Business Interests.
The city of Atchison, Kansas, is in
danger, not only of losing the Missouri
river, but the iron bridge which spans
it there and three or four railroads
which reach it from the east. For years
the stream has been cutting away the
banks above the railroads on the Mis- : 25 per cent of these goods remained
souri side, carrying several thousand in the country.
acres of land and much of the town France led all nations in the amount
site in east Atcbisoh. The original 1 of goods brought to the fair and sold
shore line was fully a mile from the , during its progress, while Germany is
railroad tracks. a close second. These two countries
To-day the distance is less than 100 sold two-fifths of all foreign goods dis-
yards aud the railroad companies are ; posed of during the fair. The aggre-
prepariag to tear up their tracks at an gate value of ail foreign goods entered
hour’s notice. Should the river cut : for consumption was §2,566,822, and a
through it would leave the bridge net duty of S217,320 was collected on
spanning a lake, cutting off all rail , these. Tlie government received a net
communication from the east. Every 1 profit of §602,152 out of customs at the
house, railroad depot, roundhouse, a ! fair, after deducting §234,634 for ex
lumber yard and a valuable pork [ penses.
packing plant in east Atchison would
be swept away. In addition, many
farms and forests would be engulfed.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
ot Goyernment and News ot
tlie Departments Discnssei
Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo
ple and Their General Welfare.
Civil engineers estimate that should
the worst happen, the loss would not
be less than §1,500,000, besides the
inconvenience and delay to business.
Men should keep their eyes wide j
open before marriage and half shut j
afterward.
Cigarmakers Take Action.
The cigar manufacturers of Ocala,
Fla., held a meeting and passed reso
lutions against the changes made by
the senate committee in the tobacco
schedules of the Wilson bill. Senators
Call and Pasco are requested to worK
to have the senate amendment defeat
ed so that the original schedule of the
Wilson bill may obtain.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for the IJast Week.
A review of the industrial situation in tho
South for tlie past week shows that the new in
dustries establisliel are somewhat Iter in num
ber than for the preceding seven days, but the
unusually large inquiry for machinery still con
tinues, and many reports are received as to in
tended improvements in manufacturing plants.
The principal matter of interest is the increas
ing desire among Southern lumbermen to bring
about Borne concert of action whereby prices
can be raised to a profitable point. It is be
lieved that an arrangement wid be made to
ihis effect. Furnaces and oro and coal mines
are runniDg to fall capacity, but prices are not
encouraging. The very favorable weather for
tbe season is being taken advantage of by far
mers, whose prospects for the future are more
satisfactory than those engaged in other oc
cupations.
Forty-eight sew industries were established
in the south during tbe week, prominent
among which are the United States Tobacco
Co., of Richmond, Va.. capital $500,000; the
Barbour Coal and CokeCo., of Phillips,W. Ya.,
capital $500,000; tbe Baltimore Blind Co., of
Wheeling, W. Ya., capital $100,000; the Porter
Broom and Lumber Co., of Parsons, W. Va.,
capital $100,000; the Corsicana Water Co., of
Corsicana. Texas, cspital $100,000. and the
Abbeville Cstton Mills Co., of Abbeville, W.Va.,
capital $100,000.
earning factories are to bo built at Union
Spring-, Ala., Tnllahoma. Tenn., Sulphur
Springs, Texas, and Richmond, Va. An elec
tric light plant will be established at Lampasas,
Texas, flour and grist mills at Monticello, Kv.,
Long Hollow, Va., and Clifton, Texas, a S50,-
000 hardware company is reported at Hunting-
ton, W. Va.. and ioo factories at Lake City,
Fia., aud McComb City, Miss. A brick com
pany with $100,000 capital lias been chartered
at Leesburg, Va., and a $ 0,000 builders’ sup
plies company at Roanoke, Va. Cotton mills
are reported at Anniston, Ala,, and Carrolton,
Ga., a phosphate plant at Gainesville, Fla., oil
mills at Carrollton and CecliraD, Ga,, and
wood-working plants at Maryville, Tenn., Terra
Alta, W. Va., Abbeville, S. C-, and Gastonia,
N. 0.
Waterworks are to be built at Shenandoah
and Winchester, Va. Among the enlargements
r- ported for the week are a flouring mill at
Mooresville, N. Y.. an oil mill at Austin, Tex.,
cotton milis at Columbus, Ga., and a wood
working plant at Lubberly, La.; also the fol
lowing important new buildings.- Business
houses at Wocdhaven, Ala., Cordele, Ga.,
Asheville, N- C., IT Hand and Ft. Worth. Tex.,
a$35,000 church at Petersburg, Va., a $30,000
hotel at Van Buren, Ark., an office build-ng at
Little Rock. Ark., and a school building at
Leesburg, Va.—Tradesman, (Chattanooga,
Tenn. I
The secretary of the navy has cabled
Admiral Benham. at Bio, directing
him to proceed at once with one ship
to Blnefields.
The house is making rapid progress
with the sundry civil appropriation
bill. WedneSday the clause appropri
ating §995,000 for work on the Savan
nah harbor during next year, was
adopted by practically a unanimous
vote.
The state department has received a
cablegram from Minister Baker, con
veying a message from the consul at
Greytown to the effect that the Brit
ish marines had been withdrawn from
the Mosquito territory, and affairs are
now quiet there.
Pension Commissioner Lochren has
issued an order directing in accordance
with the act of congress of December
21, 1893, that immediate steps shall be
taken to remove suspensions on pen
sions in all cases in which such action
has not already been taken.
Returns of the condition of twenty-
seven national banks in the state of
Georgia February 28, show the aver
age reserve to have been 40.72 per
cent, loans and discounts §7,124,000,
lawful money reserve §1,183,000, sur
plus fund §1,067,000, and individual
deposits §5,140,000.
The expenditures of the government
for the eight months and a half of the
present fiscal year have exceeded the
receipts §52,000,000, the figures being:
Receipts, §211,400,000; expenditures,
§263,400,000. This ratio, if carried
out to the end of the fiscal year, will
make the net deficit about §74,000,000.
The house elections committee de
cided Tuesday morning to take up the
contested ease of Thesher vs. Enloe,
from the eighth Tennessee district,
and Moore vs. Funston, from the sec
ond Kansas district, for consideration
on Friday. Arguments have been
heard in both cases. It was decided
that, after the 27th instant, arguments
would be heard in the remaining cases
on the committee calendar.
' The executive session of the senate
Thursday developed a difference of
opinion between Senators Call and
Pasco, of Florida, as to the propriety
of confirming the appointment of H.
W. Long, to be registrar of the land
office at Gainesville, in that state.
Long was appointed at the instance of
Mr. Pasco and Mr. Call objects to his
confirmation on the ground that he is
a personal enemy of his and raises the
point of the propriety of the appoint
ment of a man to office who is person
ally obnoxious to one of the senators
from the state from which the ap
pointment is made.
The house committee on agriculture
has decided to postpone until next
month action on bills providing for
the extermination of the Russian this
tle. The Hatch “anti-option” bill
was made the special order of busi
ness until disposed of, and its consid
eration will begin at once. The sense
of the committee has been taken and
shows that a majority are in favor of
some legislation of this kind. The
bill will be read by sections and per
fected, as the draft submitted by
Hatch conveyed only the idea, leaving
the exact terms to be discussed and
fixed by the committee.
Jnslicc White Installed.
With simple but impressive ceremo
nies befitting so important an occa
sion, .Edward Douglas White, of Lou
isiana, was installed as associate jus
tice of tbe United States supreme
court Monday. At noon, precisely,
the court, headed by the chief justice,
and wearing their silken robes of of
fice, entered the chamber. Mr. White,
also wearing a robe, came last in the
procession. When the court had open
ed in the usual form the chief justice
announced that the vacancy on the
bench had been filled and Mr. White
was present and ready to take the oath
of office. Mr. White then took the
oath and the ceremonies were at an end.
BLAND BILL PASSES.
It Goes Tiirengli the Senate hy a Majori
ty Vote of Thirteen,
Cheers oil the Floor and in the Galler
ies at the Announcement.
By a majority of thirteen the senate
Thnrsday afternoon passed the Bland
silver seigniorage bill. The vote stood
yeas 44, nays 31 as follows: Yeas
Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn,
Blanchard, Butler, Call, Cockrell,
Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, DuBois, Faulk
ner, George, Gordon, Hansbrough,
Harris, Hunton, Irby, Jones, of Ar
kansas, Kyle, Lindsay, McLaurin, Mar
tin, Mills, Mitchell, oi Oregon, Mor
gan, Pasco, Peffer, Perkins, Pettigrew,
Power, Pngh, Quay, Ransom, Koach,
Shoup, Stewart, Teller, Tnrpie, Test,
Yoorhees, White, Wolcott—44.
Nnys—Messrs. Aldrich, Allison,
Brice, Caffery, Carey, Chandler, Cnl-
lom, Davis, Dolph, Frye, Gallinger,
Gibson, Gorman, Hale, Hawley, Hi;
gins, Lodge, McMillan, McPherson,
Manderson, Mitchell of Wisconsin,
Morrill, Murphy, Palmer, Platt, Proc
tor, Smith, Stockbridge, Yilas, Wash
burn, Wilson—31.
When the result was announced
there was handelappingin the crowded
galleries, which breach of order was
rebuked by the presiding officer. Then
tho spectators began to desert the gal
leries; and the senate chamber resumed
its air of quiet languor aud respecta
bility.
The republicans who voted for the
bill were Messrs. DuBois, Hansbrough,
Mitchell of Oregon, Pettigrew, Power,
Quay, Shoup, Stewart, Teller and
Wolcott. The democrats who voted
against it were Messrs. Brice, Caffery,
Gorman, McPherson, Mitchell of Wis
consin, Mnrphy, Palmer, Smith and
Yilas. The three populists—Senators
Allen, Kyle aud Peffer—voted for it.
The bill now goes to the president.
No man knows whether he will sign or
veto it. Mr. Cleveland, himself, don’t
know. Mr. Bland and numbers of
democratic congressmen were at the
white house during the day to urge
him to sign it, but Mr. Cleveland gave
no indication of what he would do.
Whiskey, indta relation to the hu
man constitution, ia unconstitutional.
TRADE REVIEW.
Report of Business for the Past Week
hy Dun & Co.
B. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade
for the past week says: Evidences of
present improvement in business mnl
tiply, bnt confidence in future im
provement does not seem to increase.
Tnere is more business and a larger
production by industries, for the sea
son has arrived when greater activity
is necessary if dealers’ stock are to be
replenished, and those who cannot
make calculations beyond a few months
.are the more anxious to crowd as
much trade ns they safely can into
those months.
Undertakings beyond a short time
are not made with great freedom and in
spite of a larger demand, prices of a
larger demand, prices of manufactur
ed goods tend downward.
The most distinct gain is in iron and
steel manufacture. Xhe-output of pig
iron March 1st was 110,166 tons, hav
ing increased ten per cent during the
month, though it is still 37.8 per cent
less than a year ago. Shipments of
boots and shoes from the east are 14.8
per cent smaller than a year ago for
the same weeks, and purchases are
still mainly of medium or low-priced
goods.
In textile manufactures and dry
goods there are increased activity and
replenishment of stocks, as is natural
at-this season. But the demand thus
far falls much short of expectations,
and its character indicates economy in
consumption.
The volume of domestic trade shown
by clearings decreases for the week
only 17.4 per cent, outside New York,
and 34.9 per cent, here, compared with
last year. In foreign trade changes
are also for the better, exports having
been large, and for four weeks, 14 per
cent, larger than last year, while the
decrease in imports for February was
37 per cent. Thus, customs revenues
do not improve, aud for the week have
been 51 per cent, less than last year,
the decrease in internal revenue being
16 per cent.
Money is weak with further decrease
in the demand for commerical loans.
Failures are growing less important
and somewhat fewer also. For the
weqfc ending March 1st, the liabilities
for the week thus far were only §2,-
237,832 and for four weeks of Februa
ry, §14,886,091, of which §6,732,615
were of manufacturing and §7,697,127
of trading concerns.
The number of failures during the past
week has been 248 iu the United States,
against 193 last year, and sixty in
Canada, against thirty-two last year.
Scarcely a single one is of importance,
and it is gratifying that the conse
quences of great reverses last year
have been so far overcome.
DA GAMA YIELDS.
He Takes Refuge on a Portugese Cor
vette at Rio.
Official dispatches from Rio confirm
the reports that the insurgent Admiral
Da Gama has left his flagship and
taken refuge on board of the Portu
guese corvette Minded. The com
mander of the Portuguese warship has
cabled to the minister of marine and
colonies, asking for instructions in re-
gar d^o restoring the vessels, compris
ing the insurgent squadron, imder
command of Admiral Da Gama, to the
Brazilian government, to whom they
presumably belong.
Germany Coining Silver.
Advices from Berlin state that in the
bnndesrath Chancellor von Caprivi has
submitted a pioposition for the coin
age of 11,000,090 marks in 5 mark
pieces; 7,000,000 marks in 2 mark
pieces, and 4,000,000 marks in 1 mark
pieces. The chancellor stated that the
proposal was made because of the in
creased demand for such coins, and
also because the coinage of silver had
fallen below the authorized limit of
22,000,000 marks.
Wilson Homeward Bound.
A City of Mexico special says:
“Chairman Wilson has left Grenadal-
aria for San Antonio.
A SONG OF LOVE’S WAV.
ItYlist, sweet mistress, should there b«
’Twixt thy heart and mine this day?
There no barrier I see
Which Love may not kiss away.
Do thou waft one smile to me—
Love will find his way to thee!
If a rose should bar his path—
Thorny, with a jealous frowr,
Love such winning favor hath
He would quickly kiss it down j
Then would sweetly, tenderly
Bear it on his breast to thee.
Love will come his own to greet,
Though no light hi3 day adorns,
Through a world of roses, sweet—
Through a wilderness of thorns!
Lo thou waft one smile to me,
Love shall find his way to thee!
-Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A backslider—The crab.—Hollo.
A spark ofgenius—Wmningan heir
ess. —Truth.
The man who agrees with us doesn’t
come around near often enough. —
Rain’s Horn.
The stock exchange is where hope is
exchanged for experience. —Florida
Times-Union.
A man with an elastic imagination
is too liable to nse it for a conscience.
—Rochester Democrat.
This is a world of compensations—
men who lack long heads generally
have long faces. —Truth.
The worst of the rosy colors in
which some things are painted is that
they are not fast.—Puck.
“How much is this dress worth?”
,4 I really don’t know what it’s worth
—the price is §3.”—Hallo.
■ The pen may be mightier than the
sword, but it’s the uniform that takes
young women’s eyes.—Judge.
“Johnny, add seven apples to two
apples, and what will you have?”
“Colie, sir.”—Harper’s Bazar.
A dog’s tail is not necessarily a “has
been” because it always points to the
past.—Bimghamton Bepublican.
One reason why some men are so
lean is because they have thrown all
their fat into the fire.—Dallas News.
Tommy (with pride)—“My pa’s a
banker.” Willie—“An’ my pa’s re
ceiver for his bank.”—Chicago Rec
ord.
“The foreign husband is the absorb
ing idea!” said the American million
aire as he wrote the wedding check.—-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He—“Do yon believe in such a
thing as love at first sight?” She—
“Certainly. A hasty glance does
not discover imperfections.”—Boston
Transcript.
Hungry Higgins— “Wot’s -right
nowadays—t’ank you, or t’anks?”
Weary Watkins — “I guess tanks
would hit us about right. ”—Indianap
olis Journal.
The man who is always careful to
keep out of debt is seldom so well
supplied with the modern conveni
ences of life as his less considerate
fellow.—Puck.
He—“What would you do if I were
to kiss you?” She—“Are you very
curious to know?” HA—“Very!”
She—“Well, yon mighttry—and see!”
—Boston Traveler.
‘It makes no difference to me.” said
the old theologian, “whether I came
from a tadpole or a monkey. How to
get out of the scrape is what bothers
me.”—Newport News.
In the cannibal islands. Mother—■
“What is the matter with you, my
son? Have you eaten anything that
disagreed with yon ?” Son—“That is
why I ate him.” -Boston Transcript.
Tommy -“I guess he must be the
best dentist in town.” Papa -“Didn’t
he hurt yon?” Tommy—“No ; I just
went up to the door and my tooth
stopped hurting.”—Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
“Did you get anything from that
man you just applied to for help?”
“Only good advice.” “What advice
did he give you !” “I said I was cold
and h9 told me to go to blazes.”—-
New York Press.
The scarcity of food in Bage has
compelled the beseiged troops to re
sort to canines dished up in various
styles. There is a havoc among the
dogs of war in that locality.—Phila
delphia Ledger.
First Belle—“Then both Herr
Schulze and Herr Lehmann had made
her an offer of manage; which was
the lucky man?” Second Ditto—“Herr
Schulze, Herr Lehmann married her.”
—Oberiander Bote.
‘ ‘Have you had your new house in
sured, Mrs. Dwight?” “YeB.” “Your
husband i3 afraid of fire, then?”
“Mercy, yes; he will leave the house
any time before he will make one.”—
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
“How do you know that DeYere is
not in love with Mabel Sweetbriar?”
‘Because I heard him tell her the
other evening, when they came from
church, that he knew of a short cut
home.”—Detroit Free Press.
“Did you know that Miss Bjones
was going to marry young Smith?” “I
know it; but I cannot understand how
a girl as intelligent as she is can con-
ient to marry a man stupid enough to
want to marry her. ”—Brooklyn Life.
“Angels have wings, haven’t they,
grandma?” “I’ve always heard so.”
I heard Uncle Gerald tell Mademoi
selle she was an angel—in the shrub- __
bery this morning—and she hasn’t got
wings.” • / “No, but she’il have to fly.”
—PuDch.
“An’ is yonr man workin’ now, Mrs.
Mnllav?” “He is that, Mrs. Tooley.”
“Phwat do he be doin’, Mrs. Mullay?”
Coachm’ convicts, Mrs. Tooley.”
“Phwat’s that, Mrs. Mullay?” “Driv*
the Black Maria, 'shure, Mrs.
Toolev.”—Elmira Gazette.
Perils ol Life in India.
The Official Gazette of India prints
some interesting statistics on the lives
of men and animals which annually
fall a prey to savage beasts and ven-
-omons reptiles. In 1892 savage ani
mals killed 2963 persons and 19,625
persons were killed by serpents. Sav
age animals and poisonous snakes de
stroyed 81,668 head of sheep. In the
war ' that is made upon this life-de
stroying scourge 15,988 savage ani
mals were killed at a cost of 107,974
ror.p?.e«. The serpent hunters killed
84,789 snakes, for which they paid
9741 rupees.
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