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THE VIENNA PROGRESS.
2
TERMS, $1. Per Annum.
“Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.”
JOHN E. HOWELL, Editor abvfB
VOL. XII. NO. .36
VIENNA. GA., TUESDAY. MARCH 27, 1894.
PUBLISHED WEE1
GEORGIA STATE NEWS.
literatim Cnllings for the Perusal of
Ki|»i*-2ii will soon have a new depot.
Tlie citizens there have been working
for il some time.
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Piko county people are agitating
the question of building a new oourt-
honse at Zebulon.
Twelve thousand dollars delinquent
slate and county taxes remains to be
collected in Sumter county.
There will be less idle lands in Polk
county this year than ever before.
Every available acre is being utilized.
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A very promising move is now being
made to establish an oil mill in Perry,
and thereby keep the cotton seed at
home.
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Americus business men are trying to
orgnntze a co-operative body for estab
lishing a telephone exchange on that
pluu.
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A movement is on foot to organize
n stock couipony for the purpose of
starting up a canning factory at
Dublin, with a capacity of 2,500 cans
per day.
Gover Nortben has offered a reward
for the capture, with proof to convict,
of the parties setting fire to the court
house at Franklin, the county seat of
Heard.
Rome hill posters will hereafter be
required to pay a registration tax and
will not be allowed to post bills pro
miscuously without consent of proper
ty owners.
Governor Nortben has received the
resignation of Captain McMaster, of
die Burke Eight Infantry and a mem
ber of the state advisory board. His
business is of such a pressing nature
that lie cannot givo the necessary time
to these two places.
The instructions in reference to quar
terly payments for public school teach
ers’ salaries, etc., have been arranged
in the form of a circular and will bo
sent out ail over the state. Other cir
culars on tho snmo line will also be
issued in a few days.
The National bank, of Brunswick,
opens for business under telegraphic
npproval of Comptroller Eckles. The
new bank has complied with all the
legal requirements previous, to the
opening. Organization was perfected
l.y paying in $150,000 ns cash capital.
In five districts of Bibb county
there are 8,500 persons who are re
quired under the law to pay poll tax
w hose names do net appear on tho tax
digest of the county. Therefore, these
8,800 persons do not exercise the right
of suffrage, and do not pay any poll
tax to the coun tv.
1’repartitions are well under way for
tho entertainment of the next annual
eouveutiou of tho American Street
Railway Association, which meets in
Atlanta next month. This convention
will bring into Atlanta’s gates all of
the prominent railroad men of the
country who are interested in local
transportation.
Tho sixty-second annual commence
ment of the medical department of the
University of Georgia at Augusta will
take place at the Grand opera house
on Monday, April 22nd, The orator
who will address the twenty-five gradu
ates will bo Bishop Atticus G. Hay-
good. William E. Boggs, D.D., LL.
D-, chancellor of the university at
Athens, will present tho diplomas to
the young men.
At the sixth annual encampment of
the department of Georgia, Grand
Army of tho Republic, at Savannah, a
resolution was passed recommending
that Atlanta be chosen as the place for
holding the national encampment in
1895, and that the delegates to tSe en
campment be instructed to east their
vote accordingly, in case such invita
tion should be extended by the city of
Atlanta.
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Columbus is Considerably worried
because the Georgia Midland and Gulf
railroad has discontinued its double
daily passenger service between Co
lumbus ana Atlanta. Train No. 60,
which has been leaving Golumbns at 3
o’clock p. m., and No. 53, which has
been arriving at 12:27 o’clock p. m.,
were taken off, and now Columbus has
not a train to Atlanta and the east af
ter 11 o’clock r. m. Not only is pas
senger travel seriously iuconveuienoed,
but the mail facilities are badly crip
pled. Poor business necessitated the
discontinuance of the double daily ser
vice.
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A report has been received at SavaiH
nak that Justice Jackson is to be trans
ferred {<> the sixth judicial circuit, and
that Justice White, the recent ap
pointee of the supreme court, is to be
assigned to the Savannah circuit. The
Central’s litigation will, therefore, be
removed from Justice Jackson’s juris
diction aud will go under charge of
whoever is appointed to the fifth cir
cuit. The attorneys interested are very
sorry to see Justice Jackson lose the
ease, but they do cot think it will ma
terially affect the litigation. There
will be little doubt, they say, abont
Justice White’s ability to master itii
a very short time.
Commissioner Bradwell ha* called a
meeting of the commissioners of the
Summer Normal school, to be held in
Atlanta on the 24tli of March. The
state refused to appropriate anything
lor this purpose at the last meetiug of
the legislature, but Captaiu Bradwell
is going to try to raise money from
other sources. There is now in the
bands of the committee on finances of
the Summer Normal school one thous
and dolfcrs, which is the Gilmer fund.
This will run the school for four weeks.
The following are the members of the
cut of schools, Havauuak; Rev. Dr. H.
H. Battle, Shorter college; Lawton
B. Evans, superintendent of schools,
Augusta; Chancellor Boggs and Capt.
Bradwell, who isebairmau of the body.
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The date of the camp of instruction
at Griffin aud the time when the com
panies shall go there have all been ar
ranged and the governor has approved
of them. The annual camp will be
held at Camp Northen from May 21st
to June 14th. With the date of the
encampment fixed and the nrrauge-
incut of the tours perfected, the mili
tary boys are all happy and can begin
to anticipate the joys of camping at
Camp Northen iu all tho beauty of
frehh spring. The Fifth Regiment
band of Atlanta has been secured for
the entire encampment, l'liis is au
enlisted band, and its members are
soldiers of the state. The same per
diem as last year will be allowed both
the officers and men, and the regula
tions enforced during the camp of 1893
will lie in force this year.
It is reported that a petition has
been filed at Montgomery, Ale.., by
tbc bondholders of the Savannah and
Western railroad for the removal of
Mr. H. M. Comer as co-receiver, and
the separation of the property from the
Central Rnilroad of Georgia. The
movement comes through the Central
Trust eompauy, of New York, and is
probably taken ns a matter of policy
to secure a segregation of interests
which aome of tho holders of the Sa
vannah and Western rnilroad bonds
regnrd as not identical. Mr. Comer
is now co receiver with Capt. R. J.
Lowry, of Alljnta. It is not believed
that the petition is base 1 upon want
of confidence in Mr. Comer, but is a
movement looking to a divorcement of
the interests of the two roads.
BUSINESS REVIEW.
Report of Trade for Ihe Past Week l>y
Diiu Sc Co.
R. G. Dun Sc Co.’s weekly review of
trade sayR: Week by week it is found
possible by au increasing number of
concerns to revive production with a
general range of prices the lowest ever
known, many with a doubt how long
they will bo able to operate. Tims tlie
measure of resumption by works or
hands or hours of labor is not a mess
•ire of tho revival in business, either ns
to quantity or values of goods distrib
uted. Prices of commodities are this
week on tho whole, tho lowest of w hich
there is any record, having declined j
per cent in March and averaging 11.8
per ceut lower than a year ago, so that
more than a third of the decrease iu
volume of all payments is due to decline
in prices of tilings consumed.
Six more iron furnaces have gone
into blast this month, in part beeanse
prices of finished products are a shade
lower, and further contracts have thus
been secured. Pittsburg gets the lion's
share and has most of its works iu op
eration.
The number of failures this week is
214 in the United States against 150
last year, and 55 in Cauada against 30
last year. Tho absence of important
embarrassments is still most encour
aging.
H0UK NOMINATED.
lie Contests Gibson’s Yote and is Suc
cessful.
A Knoxville dispatch says: The re
publican executive congressional com
mittee of the second congressional dis
trict of Tennessee, after a two days*
session, declared John C. Holtk tlie
republican nominee, There were two
republican candidates,Houk and Judge
Henry R. Gibson, A primary election
was held March 10th to select a candi
date. The face of the returns showed
Gibson to have a majority of 1,089,
thus making him the nominee. Houk,
the present incumbent, contested the
nomination of Gibson. A canvass of
the returns was made, which resulted
in 1,700 votes for Gibson and 200 for
Honk being thrown out, thus leaving
Houk a majority of 804 over Gibson
and giving him the nomination. Gib
son bays ho will abido the action of
the committee aud will run, claiming
to have received his nomination from
the people;
BONDHOLDERS PROTEST.
They Pass Resolutions Against Bland's
Seigniorage Bill.
Purchasers of the $50,000,000 United
States new 5 per cent bonds met at the
Union Trnst Company, New York
city, to protest against tho Blnnd seign
iorage bill. President Williams, of
tlie Chemical bank, presided and the
following resolution was adopted.
Abont twentv-fivo of tho leading New
York bank presidents and private
bankers were present.
“Resolved, That in the opinion of
the representatives of the financial in
stitutions of New York who subscribed
to the S50,000,000 5 per cent loan and
made it a success, the coinage of silver
seigniorage would endanger the finan
cial stability of the government and
would inflict upon a suffering peo
ple }>ernicious and unnecessary legisla
tion which would be far reaching in its
disastrous consequences. ”
DAMAGE BY HIGH WATER.
Right Inches of Rais Flood tho Missis
sippi Talley.
The damage to property in the Mis
sissippi valley by storms and floods
during the past week is beyond calcu
lation. Bridges have been washed
away, houses wrecked, railroad tracks
displaced, farm land has been flattened
out, especially in the bottoms, and
crops have been delayed, where before
every prospect for an early and highly
favorable season for farmers and plan
ters was anticipated. During two
days the precipitation at Memphis
reached about eight inches. There are
eleven railroads entering Memphis, and
every one of them has been subjected
to washouts.
Preiuiergast Respited.
A Chicago sjweial says: Prendergast
has been respited until April 8th. Re
spite was granted by Judge Chetlan,
pending a determination of Prender-
gast’s sanity. When the .judge an
nounced his decision, • demoniacal
grin took imssession of Prendergast’s
countenance and he turned from one
face to another with a leer of satisfac
tion. He was quickly ushered out of
the courtroom and returned to jail.
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
Drill of tlie SonWs Progress and Pros
perity Briefly NoM
Happenings of Interest Portrayed la
Pithy Paragraphs.
A severe storm struck New Orleans
HEAVY SNOW FALL
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Affairs ol Goyeraent and News 0!
tlie Departments Discussal
Reported in Smith Dakota, Wyoming
aud Nebraska.
A special from Omaha says: Reports
from Wyoming, South Dakota and Ne
braska indicate a tremendous fall of
snow,blocking railroad cuts aud delay
ing railroad traffic everywhere. At
Speeriish, 8. D., the thermometer is
T2 degrees above zero, with colder
weather in prospect. The Union Pa-
,. . . , . . „ , , , ciliic is in Very good condition, but
Monday night. All telegraph wires are the Burlington is badly hampered,
down and it is feared that great dam- Wcflt of pine Bluff ther / ia sjl . of
age has been done along the coast and j snow
for some distance inland.
A special from Beaufort, 8. C.,
says: The British steamship, Arco,
with idiosphate, f or London, is ashore
on Caps Lookout. The vessel is not
leaking. The sea is smooth. If good
weather prevails she can be floated.
In the federal eourt at. Birmingham,
Ala,, Judge Bruce grauted the motion
of the district attorney to discharge
the federal jury box on the ground
that it had teen irregularly drawn.
The court ordered a new jury box to
be filled. He said he did not know
w hether he would summon a new grand
jury or not.
A suit somewhat out of the regular
order of such affairs has been entered
in the Chattanooga courts. It iB a suit
by the Etowah Mining Company, of
Etowah county, Alabama,»to compel
the Peeples estate and others to pur
chase the property of the company as
per the Valuation set upon it by the
company.
Logan county, Va., citizens state
that the Hatfield-McCoy feuds, which
terrorized that vicinity a few years
ago, has broken out afresh, with indi
cations of bloody times ahead. The
renewal of the trouble was brought
about by a visit of Frank Phelps, of
Kentucky, leader of the McCoy fac
tions in the old feuds, to Peters Creek.
The suits involving the validity and
scope of the general tax law of the
state of Tennessee, which have been
pending in the supreme court of the
United States for several months, have
been sent back to tlie state courts for
disposition, without nn expression by
Xotts of Interest Concerning the Peo
ple and Their General Welfare.
The President sent to tlie senate
Wednesday the nominations to be post
masters of W. T. Cheatham, Jr., at
Henderson, North Carolina; aiid Of
W, P. Anderson, at Palatka, Florida.
The state department has received a
cablegram from Minister Baker, con
veying a message from the eonshl at
Greytown to the effect that the Brit
ish marines had been withdrawn from
the Mosquito territory, and affairs are
now quiet there.
The fact—hot generally known—that
Postmaster-General Bissell has beaten
the record as a manufacturer Of demo
cratic postmasters of the presidential
class. From March 4, 1889, to March,
12, 1890, inclusive, Mr. Wanamaker
appointed 1,698 presidential postmas
ters; from March 4, 1893, to March 12,
1894, inclusive, Mr. Bissell appointed
1,720. This shows that Mr. Bissell has
beaten Mr. Wanamaker by 22 in the
same length of time. Mr. Wanamaker
hail beaten the record up to his time*
Governor Tillman, of South Carolina,
had an hour’s interview with Cominis-
- sioner Miller, of the Internal Retentte
the federal bench Upon the merits^ of Bureau, at the Treasury department
* « ,r ' 41 “* 4, '“ Tuesday morning. Tho conference tvas
about recent liquor seizures by federal
officials in South Carolina. It was de
veloped that there was nO eohfiict bf
the statute. There are three of tlie
eases
4u tho United States court at Knox
ville, Toun., Judge Key sentenced
Henry Cummings and George Shipman j antliority between the state authorities
to jail for six months for contempt of j of South Carolina aud the Internal
Court. They are miners formerly pm- j Revenue Bureau. Tillman left with a
ployed by the Mingo Mountain Coal j perfect Understanding of the situation,
company at Middlesborongh. The ’ and apparent y well satisfied with the
company is now in the hands of a re- ! interview.
eeivor appointed by the United States
court.
The street cur lines of Savannull are
iu the midst of a rate war. The City
and Suburban railway has made a cut
of 3 eehts. The Electric Railway Com
pany say they will not meet the cut.
Some time ago negotiations were pend
ing for a consolidation. They were
calleit off, however, and it is thought
the cut was made to try and force tho
electric railway people to terms.
On a petition of the Birmingham,
Ala., Trust and Snvings Company, as
Representative Rlantl; of Missouri,
wishes it understoood that the com
mittee on coinage, Weights dud meas
ures; of Which he is chairman, has not,
as a body, waited upon Secretary Car
lisle to give tiny pledges as to their
futtire action in case the seigniorage
bill should become a law. The indi
vidual members, he says, may have
spoken with the secretary and assured
him that if the bill were signed, there
would be no further silver legislation
by this congress, but that if they did
this it was iu their personal capacity
trustee for the majority of bondholders 1 auti without any authority from the
of The Age-Herald Company, the latte! - ! committee.
Corpofatioh has been, by a decree bf : Neiv York I’ostHAst.fs.
eourt, placed iu the hands of Frank V. j Since the begiuniUg bf tlie present
Evans, as receiver. The paper will j session of congress, only eight nomi-
continuo to be published regularly j nation of New York postmasters have
with Mr. Evans in direct control of its been confined by the senate. . There
editorial policy and business affairs.
The Howard Harrison pipe works;
yf the Birmingham, Ala., district,
has made the first shipment to Phila
delphia, I’a., on a contract recently
made by them with tho city conucil of
Philadelphia for 100,009 tons of iron
pip?*. The pipe is to be used for water
mains. Iron men of the district are
glorifying over the fact that Philadel
phia is buying her pipe from Birming
ham.
A Lexington, Ky.. dispatch says:
Major Horace Means, who is one of
the leaders of Colonel Breckinridge’s
political opponents, declares that a
wealthy widow residing in Washington
went to Mr. Wilson at the time Miss
Pollard woe begging him to take her
suit, and told him to go ahead with the
case and that she would back Miss
Pollard to the amount of five thousand
dollars.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says:
Colonel D. S. Troy, one of the most
prominent politicians, one of the most
successful business men and one of the
foremost lawyers of the state, bos cre
ated something of a sensation in Ala
bama politics by stating to a reporter
of The Montgomery Journal in no un
equivocal language that he does not
see liow it is possible lor tlie democ
racy of the state to conscientiously
are iibw pending before the commit
tee to which they were referred, forty-
eight nominations, ten of which were
sent to the senate on the assembling
of congress. For this reason, Post
master General Bissell has been
unwilling, in many instances,
to recommend nominations to
offices in New York state on the expi
ration of the commissions held by re
publican postmasters, until he has
some intimation of the fato of those
already sent in. Neither ot the New
Y’otk senators ever visits the post office
department or recommends the ap
pointment to any candidate, notwith
standing the fact that the department
has invited them to make known their
wishes regarding postoffice appoint
ments.
A New Chinese Treaty.
The senate committee on foreign re
lations has been considering an im
portant Chinese treaty negotiated by
the now Chinese minister and Secreta
ry Gresham. The treaty was sent to
the senate some time ago, and
refered to the" foreign relations
committee, where it has been
fully considered and discussed in all
its details. It is said that it docs not
meet with the approval of some sena
tors who are members of the committee.
It is understood that this opposition,
while considerable, has not been suffl-
endorse the administration of Mr. cient to prevent its being reported
favorably, though possibly With some
amendments. As negotiated, the
Cleveland.
The North Carolina state commis
sioner of agriculture says it is now
certain that the sales of the commer
cial fertilizers in North Carolina, ont-
side of the trucking districts, will be
much less than thoso of last spring.
The amount of home-made fertilizer,
mainly compost being used, is found
to be much greater than ever before.
The farmers are far ahead with their
work all over the state. The fine
weather has permitted work to be
done almost without intermission.
The commissioners of election met
at Charleston, S. C., and tabulated
the vote for congress in Charleston
county. The official figures are: Izlar,
democrat, 3,019; Stokes, populist, 129.
W. Gibbs Whaley and John Gary Ev
ans appeared before the board and
moved to throw out al{ the ballots poll
ed in the city on account of irregular
ities. Frauds were specifically charged
in the fourth ward, which polled 400
votes. The charges were proven false
by affidavits and the protest was dis
missed.
The initial stop has been taken at
Birmingham toward the organization
of the Daughters of Confederate Vete
rans, The ladies of the city met for
the purpose of offering to assist in
taking care of the veterans who will
attend the reunion in April when it
was suggested that they call them
selves the danghtera of the Confeder
ate Veterans. From this the idea of
organizing a national association with _
this name grew with favor until it was I
resolved that steps be. taken to .organ
ize such au association. during the re
union in April.
treaty practically sets aside and super
cedes the Scott exclusion act and the
recently enacted Geary law. It is an
migration treaty and provides for the
admittance of Chinese immigrants un
der restrictions. It also has for its
object the protection of Chinese al
ready in this country.
SENATOR COLQUITT BETTER.
Some Improvement In His Condition
and Hopes lor His Recovery.
Latest advices from Washington
state that Senator Colquitt is much
better. The improvement in his con
dition has been wonderful. Early
Thursday morning he showed signs of
improvement and for the first time
since his attack indicated that he
would have food. Several times dur
ing the day he was able to take food
in the form of soup and to drink milk.
While he is still unable to speak, his
brain is perfectly clear and his actions
and expressions indicate that he feels
he will continue to improve.
Dr. Walsh thinks his improvement
is wonderful, and hopes that it will
continue so. The members oi the
family are much relieved at the favor
able change in his condition, aud now
confidently expect the improvement to
continue. While they realize that ho
cannot entirely recover, they are hope
ful that bis life may lie spared to them
for months aud even years.
A Little courtesy coats nothing,
but it always returns a handsome
profit.
Mo. by Wants to Be President.
An El Paso, Texas, dispatch says:
John I. Mosby, the celebrated cavalry
leader of the Confederacy, in an in
terview announces that he will be a
candidate for the presidency at the
1 next election.
OUR LATEST DISPATCHES.
The Happenings ol a Day CbronicM in
Brief and Concise Paragraphs
And Containing the Gist of the New*
From AU Parts of the World.
The most unique spectacle of the
World's Fair in Chicago is to be re
moved to New York. The famous Fer
ris wheel is to be located on the vacant
lot on Broadway, between Thirty-
seventh nnd Thirty-eighth streets. Mr.
Ferris himself came to a favorable
decision after looking over the pro
posed site.
The suspension of the New London
and River Platte bank at London, Eng
land; is announced. Capital stock,
£1)500,000; of Which half is ordinary
stock; half preferred. Of the total
stock, £1,044,935 has been put up.
The authorities of the bank have pe
titioned for the compulsory winding
iip Of its affairs.
Three thousand negroes attended a
state convention at Birmingham, Ala.,
to Consider the question ol emigration
to Africa. Resolutions were adoptid
to the effect that, as the white men
brought the negroes to America, they
ought to pay their fare back to their
native land. Bishop Turner Was pres
ent and advocated emigration.
A New York dispatch says; Drexel,
Morgan k Co. announce that the hold
ers Of mote than 75 per cent in amount
of Various bonds of the Richmond
Terminal and allied companies have
assented to the modified plan of reor
ganization of February 20, 1894.
Holders not assenting by April 9,1894,
will be admitted only on terms granted
by the committee.
A Memphis dispatch says: That sec
tion of the Mississippi valley west of
the riVcr presents tlie appearance of a
Vast inland sea. The steady downpour
of rain has flooded the whole Country.
Kludges liaVe been swept away and
farm lands inundated. Tlie damage
will rfin up into the hundreds of
thousands of dollars. The railroads
haVo been the greatest sufferers.
A publication Signed by a number of
brominefit pfroliitntioliists of Jackson,
Miss.; lias beeii issued to the friends of
prohibition iu Hinds county; asking
for a local option election lo determine
whether the liquot traffic in that County
shall be any longer allowed. Petitions
are now being circulated for signers.
It takes a petition of one-third of the
qualified electors before the board of
Supervisors can order such election.
Tlie greatest excitement prevails
throughout the city Of Santander aud
only the presence Of a strong force of
trobpS petroling the streets and sta
tioned at every convenient, point pre
vents disorder and bloodshed. The
explosion of Wednesday night was the
result of carelessness or accident in re
moving what remained of the cargo of
dynamite in the submerged hull of the
Spanish steamer Sabo Macliicoco,
which blew upon November 3d last.
A Columbia, S. C., special 6ays:
Governor Tillman has returned from
Washington. He denies emphatically
that KiB visit had any political signifi
cance; btit said that he had become
tired of having conflicts of authority
between the United States revenue of
ficers and the state in the mattei* of
seizing and handling contraband lilj-
iioirs. He says that he and Commis
sioner Miller had a clear understaifd-
ing, and that the matter* was satisfac
torily adjusted.
General W. L. Cabell, one of the
migrated Louisiana Lottery Company,
has returned from Honduras. He re
ports two or three revolutions on hand
and one general election for president.
Dr. Arlos is the leading candidate and
will Undoubtedly be elected. He is a
close friend of BOnilla unit Bograil and
has their active support. General
Cabell considers Bogran the ablest man
in the republic and one likely to shape
largely the public affairs of that coun
try in the near future.
At Nashville, Tenn., Judge Ander
son has decided the case of J. M.
Overton, under indictment for misde
meanor in entering into the coal com
bine. The case was decided upon an
agreed statement of facts to the effect
that th 3 defendant had entered into
the contract as charged, and that the
combine handled exclusively Ihe out
put of sixteen mines. The judge de
cided that Overton was guilty as
charged, and fined him $250. A num
ber of other members of the Combine
are under indictment.
Judge Simonton has filed a decree at
Charleston, S. C., dismissing the com
plaint of the Richmond and Danville
railroad. This suit was similar to the
other railroad tax cases heretofore de
cided. In each case the roads claimed
that their property was over assessed
for taxation. They paid tile amount
of taxes on what they considered a fair
assessment, and then brought snit
against the county sheriffs and treasu
rers to restrain them from collecting
the remainder of the taxes. Judge
Simonton decides that the railroads
hate ho remedy at law against the al
leged over assessment.
John E. Stinson aud E. H. Rogers,
cx-operators for the Western Union
Telegraph Company at Dallas, Texas,
have filed suit against the company for
$20,000 each, $10,000 actual and $10,-
000 exemplary damages. The two men
bring suit on account of having been
placed, as they allege, on the black list
of the company as discharged for
drunkenness. They allege that this is
defamatory of their chaiacter, besides
taking away their means of livelihood,
as they have no other occupation, aud
a Western Union employe cannot, un
less reinstated by the company, get
employment in any other telegraph
concern.
Governor Waite Was indignant.
A special from Denver, Col., says:
Gov. Waite lias informed a committee
from Cripple Creek Hint tlie sheriff
had lied to him about the condition of
affairs at the camp. He was indignant
and told the committee in the most
emphatic way that the troops would
have to come home. They urged that
violence would ensne and life aud prop
erty would not be safe a moment. At
length the governor agreed to with
hold hia final decis'* - "
The fish which escapes from theho^fc
seems always the largest.
'FEMAfcS SUFFRAGISTS WIN.
Tlicy Scm* a Victory in the Massachu
setts Legislature.
A Boston dispatch says: Women suf
frage in Massachusetts has at last
scored a significant and signal tri
umph: . That tfiamph came when the
house ot^prest^tS*iYes, after nearly
two hotirtf“debate Tiy a yea and nay
vote of 110 to 84, passed to a third
reading the substitute for an adverse
report of a committee giving munici
pal suffrage to women. At the time of
taking the vote the house was crowded
to suffocation with women, who showed
their excess of gladness by long-con
tinued hand-clapping and uuintelligi
ble historical cries.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL.
Condensed from Our Most Important
TeleirapOifi Aflriccs
And Presented in Pointed and Reada
ble Paragraphs.
Commodore William Whitting, re
tired United States navy,died Monday
morning at his residence in New York
city.
The New York Chamber of Com
merce has unanimously adopted a pe
tition to President Cleveland request
ing that he veto the seigniorage bill.
Ftre at Philadelphia destroyed tho
mill property owned by Rump St
Brothers, manufacturers of table clotlis
alid counterpanes, fronting on Hunt
ingdon street and extending from
Paletborpe to Hancock streets in the
heart of the Kensington mill district.
Total loss, $240,000. Nearly 400 per
sons ftre thrown ont of employment.
Mourning for Kossuth is general in
Bmla Pest, Hungary. Every man lins
crape on his hat. Women wear only
black garments. Black flags hang over
the fronts of the house of parliament,
the badks, the university buildings
aud the clttbs. Many provincial towns
have gone into mourning as deeply as
has the city. A dispatch from Vienna
says tho police there hate forbidden
the Hungarian Club to display tile
black flag.
A Detroit, Michigan, special says:
James Wellington Brown, a poly
gamist, with the phenomenal record of
twenty-six Wives in the state of Michi
gan alone, and with other wives being
heard from at times in other parts of
the United States, bus again come in
to public notice through Ihe inquiries
of two of his hitherto unrepotted
wires. Four of his victims were resi
dents Of Detroit and two of them lived
in the same ward.
During a performance in a theater
at Lucca,- Italy, in tho province of that
name a gentleman Upon entering his
box, found it the doorway ft botnb
with a lighted fuse. He seized th9
burning ftise, and by crushing it iu
his hand; pfit oht the fire. The bomb
was turned oVer to the police authori
ties,who had its contents analyzed. It
was found to contain together With
gunpowder, nails, bullets, bits of iron,
etc., a quantity of picric acid.
A special from Denver, Col., says:
Governor Waite has ordered the troops
back from the Cripple creek district
to their respective armories. This
action was the result of a telephone
conversation held by the governor with
Adjutant General Tarsney, who re
ported that the miners were ready to
arbitrate and would not go out in bat
tle artay in any eyeiit. Asked if or
dering the troops back to their armo
ries mean t that the militia would dis
band,Governor Waite smiled nnd said,
“We will wait and see.”
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
lor the Past Week.
A review of tbe indds trial situation in the
South for the past Week allows that tlie South
ern iron furnaces are finding a market for their
outputs, and that whi'e the prices are still very
low, the iron masters are slowly increasing the
number of plants in active eperafion. and re
port that thero is but little accumulation of
stock on hand. The coal produc rs arc s*eadi-
ly at work, but t-how no disposition to iocrc&ee
their production, in view of both existing de
mand and present prices. The textile industry
is prosperous. New mills and iinprov ments
in old ones are reported from week to week.
Lumber men are having an increased demand,
but prices in many instances, do not give a
fair profit. In mercantile business trade is in
creasing, and in financial circ’cs a sufficient
supply of money to meet present demands is
reported.
Thirty-seven new industries were cstabl shed
or incorporated during the week, -prominent
among Which are! The Trad-rs Co., of Clarks
burg, W. Va-, capital $1,000,000; the Fairmont
Grafton Gas Co., of Fairmont W. Va , capital
$300,000; the Mountain Va! ey Coal nnd Coke
Co., of Birmingham, Ala., capital $45,000; the
Fait field Granite Co., of Blair’s, S. C.,
capital *100.000, and the Ilea Bros. Co., of
Louisvilie, Ky., snap manufacturers, capital
$15.0c0.
Flour and grist miils are to be bailt at Mel
low Valley, Bogersville and Proitton, Ala., cot
ton mills at Bouglassville, Ga., and Jackson,
Tenn., an iron foundry at Covington, Ky., and
ice factories at Pelham and Thoma ton, Ga.
Woodworking plants are reported at Cedar
Bluff, Ala., West farm and Tallahassee, Fla.,
Cordel-, Ga, Sanf rd, N. C., Charleston, S.C.,
Efin. Knoxville and Huntington. Tenn., Port
Norfolk, Ya., and Wheeling, W. Va.
Waterworks are to be built at Middleburg,
Fla., Vienna, Ga., Weatherford, Texas, aud
Farmville, Va. Among tbe new bnildings of
the week sro churches at Valdosta, Ga*, and
Staunton,Va.: a $40,000 courthouse at DeWitt,
Ark.; a *25,000 railway station at Ashland, Ky.;
a music hall at Savannah, Ga.; a $24,000 school
building at Waycroes. Ga., and residences cost
ing $20,000 each at Galveston, Texas and Sa
vannah, Ga.—Tradesman (Chattanooga,Tenn.)
ROSEEERRY TO WED,
He Will Take to Wife Princess Maud
of Wales. v
A special cable to The New York
Sun says: “It is learned from an au
thoritative quarter that the queen and
the prince of Wales have given their
consent to the Marriage of Lord Rose-
berry with princess Maud, of Wales, and
the official announcement may be
expected any day. This was the busi
ness which caused Roscberry’s urgent
summons to the queen’s presence on
the Saturday before the announcement
of Gladstone’s retirement and the lays
terious hobnobbing of the ministers on
the Sunday following. How the radi-
ealu will relish the leadership of the
prince of Wales’ son-in-law, who pre
sumably, will be peculiarly susceptible
to courtinfluences, remains to be seen.”
THEHFFY-THIRD CONGRESS
,, ,
Lonh Kossuth Dead.
Advices from Turin, Italy, arc to
the pffect that Louis Kossuti, the
-ian patriot ,is dead. 1
Tbe House sui Senate Called to Order
io Regular Session.
Daily Summary of Routine Business in
the Two Houses.
THE HOUSE.
After short routine work in the
house, Monday, the sundry civil bill
was taken up and it was agreed that
debate on the pending amendment re
lating to the Missouri river commis
sion should be closed at 2 p. m.
After a general debate in the house
Tuesday morniug the sundry bill was
passed. Provisions in the bill affect
ing the management of the Soldier’s
home, which was opposed by General
Black, of Hlinois, one of the
board of managers, were ruled out
on a point of order. Tbe amendments
agreed to increase the total of appro
priations by $214,741, making the total
$32,521,124. Mr. Patterson thencalled
up the O’Neill-Joy contested election
case from the eleventh district of Mis
souri, and demanded tbe yeas and nays
and they were colled. The vote was—
yeas, 150; nays, 4. Mr. Patterson
offered a resolution, which was
agreed to, revoking nil leaves of ab
sence except for sickness, and direct
ing the sergeant-at-arms to telegraph
absent members requesting their pres
ence. He then moved that when the
house adjourned it be to Thursday at
12 o’clock. This was agreed to—148
to 33—and at 3:55 o’clock the house
adjourned.
In the house, Thursday, on motion
of Mr. Cox, of Connecticut, tho house
bill passed extending the time in which
the St. Louis and Birmingham rail
road company may build a bridge
over the Tennessee river at Clifton,
Tenn. Mr. Patterson, of Tennessee,
called up the O'Neill-Joy contested
election ease from the eleventh dis
trict of Missouri, to which Waugh, of
Indiana, raised the question of con
sideration. On a division there were
109 ayes, noes 1. The yeas and nays
were ordered. This showed 159 demo
crats present, 20 less than a quorum.
THE SENATE.
The vice-president having returned
to the city, presided over the senate
Monday. The seigniorage bill, signed
hr the speaker of the lions *, was re
ceived. It was signed by the vice-
president. Mr. Peffer presented by
request, bills for the. employment of
labor on public improvements and the
mptoVements of public roads. Mr.
George gave notice that he would ad
dress the senate Tuesday on the Ha
waiian question.
In tbe senate, Tuesday, Mr. Voor-
hees, chairman of the finance commit
tee, reported the tariff bill soon after
the reading of the journal. The duty
on collars and cuff's is increased from
45 per cent to 56 per cent ad valorem.
The only additions to the free list are
horn strips aud tips and coocanuts.
Section 105 which provider that the
president shall notify the Hawaiian
government of the intention of this
government to abrogate the treaty of
1875, has been stricken out. The
clause of that section repealing that
part of the MeKinley act providing
for reciprocal treaties has been
amended to read as follows: “That
sections 3, 15 and 16 of act, etc., are
hereby repealed and all agreements or
arrangements made or proclaimed be
tween the United States and foreign
gervernments under the provisions of
said sections are hereby abrogated, of
which the president shall give such
notice to the authorities of said for
eign governments as may be required
by the terms of such agreements or
arrangements.” The most important
change in the administrative features
of the bill is the action of the com
mittee in striking ont the words
“highest duty” as found in the
house bill and regulnting the rates of
duty on all goods coming in under the
similitude clause and substituting
therefor the words “lowest duty.”
This was the subject of a long argu
ment in the full committee, in which
Secretary Carlisle endorsed the pro
visions of the hotlse bill. The commit-
toe, therefore, has made change in all
goods enumerated or coming in under
the similitude clause will pay the
highest instead of the lowest rate of
duty. The sugar schedule is as fol
lows: All sugars testing not above
80 degrees, 1 cent; from 80 to 90
degrees, 1-100 of a cent for each
degree; from 90 to 98, 2-100 of
cent for each degree; all
sugars testing above 98, or above No.
16 Dutch standard in color, 1 of a cent
per Bound in addition to the duty on su
gar testing above 98 degrees. Whisky,
iron ore, coal, lead ore and opium are
unchanged. One of tbe republican
members of the committee, stated that
so far as the republican members of
the committee were concerned, they
did not object to the reporting of the
bill, but they were opposed to the in
come tax feature in it and the change
from specific to ad valorem duties.
Mr. Voorhees gave notice that he
would call up the bill for considera
tion on April 2nd. At 12:45, Mr.
George, of Mississippi, proceeded to
address the senate on the Hawaiian
question.
There was very little routine morn
ing business in the senate Wednesday,
and after it was disposed of unobject
ed bills on the calendar were taken np
and a number passed.
The senate adopted a resolution of
fered by Mr. Hoar Thursday, express
ing regard at the death of Louis Kos-
sid’* and tendering to the family of
the decosed the condolence of the sen
ate*. The senate agreed that when it
adjourned it be to meet Monday.
Dyiugor “Spotted Fever.”
News has been received at Nashville
that the family of J. M. Cary, living
iu the Twenty-tilth disirict of Carroll
county, Tenn., are severely afflicted
with ivhat appears to be spotted fever.
A few days ago the family, ten in
number, ate dinner apparently in good
health and before night four of the
number were sick, one dying that
night. Another died Monday night,
another Thursday night and still an
other Tuesday night, and, when last
heard from, fonr dthers of the family
were ill with tbe e*uie disease, with no
hope of recovery. v
SANTANDER AGAI
Dyuamite Explode* Kilj
men and Injuring i
Another fatal alccide
at Santander, caused ,
of dynamite. Ether
disaster that occmyw
the night of Novc/fol
the Spanish steanfer I
blown up by the expll
the large cousignme:]
aboard her, the wreck
vessel has been lying
the bay. It was discov
who went in search of ]
some of those who wer
time, and a considerably
dynamite was still in
was considered a mec^ tl
and the authorities dei^\ *, 'j
it removed. While a •-
were thus engaged ar,
curred, and ten of th^
wero killed and thirty-in
JUMPED FROM Wt
Narrow Escape ofSchoo? /
a Hurninr Bnii
The four-story publj
ing, in South Evanston
miles north of Chicago^
from some mysterious
completely destroyed. SL
stricken pupils, surrouu
and fire, took the desp"
jumping from the th
story windows to eaei*.
cd to be certain death,'j
ve.rely, hut probably not f
The remainder of the shifl
tained enough composu f
the pleadings of their tel (
firemen, were ’■client *
thickening smoke to fresi/i
*J.
REPUBLICANS VICT4
The New Jersey Supreme 4
in their Favoti
A dispatch from Trent
says: In the senatorial
Justice Beasley decides tha
ia not a continuous body
Adrian is not entitled to be ;
He says that Rogers’ title
This is a victory fc
THE DEMOOB
The democrats In
capitulated. Govj
State Comptroller-?
State Treasurer-eh
missions as soon a _ C
supreme court wa
aVc already in p>
office.
Flood in Arkankbtte.
The greatest flood in
south central Arkansas, is nof®* if
that part of the state is rap c
proaching the condition of ad
ocean. It has rained almol
santly all over the state and ill
dian Territory for four days,
communication has .fcym entij
off from the south Wt^fexarkan
p*.neral of Kossuth.
The family of Louis Koss^
xpressed their desire that the'.]
the Hungarian patriot.shall be rj
to Buda Pesth and that the :
shall take place in thq Huugariu
itoL It is understood tiiat thj
will be taken to Hungary by |
Venice in order to avoid ite ]
over Austrian soil.
Strictly Business.
There was no fuss and flul
about the wedding of a Pij
woman this week. iShe had
washing floors atthejCity Ha^
on Wednesday inornf
her paLi a.ni ...ops’as |
in the forenoon she
janitor by announcing j
going out for a few ml
married, and in just fortj
he was back, the ceren
the nuptial kiss duly'
and resumed her scrul
probably appreciated tlJ
sometimes it is easier to;
than employment.—[Let]
Journal.
Japan, according toaned
completed, shows a pol
41.-089,940.
ATLANTA MARI
COKUECTEB WBrJ
UrocerCC. ’ ?V"'
Cutlee—lioxsted—Arbuckte’s 24. It;
case*.Lion 24.10c,LcverinK’s24 10c.
tra choice 21 choice good 20Jfc;t
common 17%al&J4c. Sugar 1
4%c; powdered 5 l /ic; cut l<
white extra U 4o; New Orient)* yi
fled 4*4V,c\ ye low extra (! 334*4:
New Orleans choice 45e; prime35^*40i
20@30c. Molasses—Genuine Cuba 3!
itation Teas—Black :55@53
40@60c. Nutmegs fiStgSoe. . Gloves*
t inuamon lO.i^ 12; ;C. Allspice 10(2111:;
ca ginger 18c. Singapore pepper 14
*1.00. Bice, Head 6c; gool
4*/c; imported Japan 5@5Mc. Salt—1
dairy $1.50; Virginia 70c. Cheese—<’** a*
White fish, half bbis. $4-00;
Mackerel, half barrels, $6-00@6.5
Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs *3.(1
tr.rpenUno, 60 bars, 60 lbs, $2.251
Candles—Paraflne 11c; star lie.
400* $4 00; 300* $3 00a3 75; 200s $2 0
5gross $3 75.Soda-Kegs,bulk d^epdo l|
5%c; esses, 1 lb 5 We, do 1 and itfbs 8c,"
Bide. Craokers—X3CX soda 5>4c; XX.
6%4c; XXX peari q,s«ersl 4 6J4caheU soda
7ci lemon cream #0; XXX ginger snaps 9c; c
hills flc. Candy—Assorted stick 6e; Fre* ,
mixed 12*12%. Canned goods-Condense-1 Mind
$6 00*8 00; imitation mackerel#3 95a4 00. fh
mon $5 25*550; F. W. oysters $173; L
$135; corn $2 60*3 50; ' tomatoes *2.:
Ball potash *3 20. Starch—Pearl 4c; Lumd
4w,t;"nickel packages $300; celluloid $3-001
Pickles, plain or mixed, pints $1 00a! 40; quarts J
$1 50*1 80. Powder—Rifle, kegs *3.25; %keg*
*1 90; % kegstl 10. Shot *1 50 per sack.
Flout- Crain nod .Weal.
Flour—Find patent $4 50; second patent!
$4.00; extra fancy $3.10; fancy $3 05; family
$2.50. Com—No. 1 white 52c. Mir-*
51c. Oats. Mixed 40c; white 43c; Texas :
proof 48c. Seed rye, Georgia 75*80e. I
H*v—Choice timothy, large Dales, . 95o. I
No.’ 1 timotbv, [large bales, 95c; choice I
timothy, small'balea, 9V; No. 1 timothy, small
bales. 80c; No. 2 timothy, small bales, 80c. I
Meal—Plain 52-; bolted 50e. Wheat bran— I
Large sacks 85c, small sacks 87c. Cotton- ]
#ec<l meal—$ I 3‘) per cwt. Steam feed—$1.10 |
per cwt Stock pe&a COaGSc per bu. White, ’
60a65. Boston beans $‘J.G5a3.75 ^ per buaheLJ
Tennessee, ♦1.75a 2.00. (h it*—Vearl |
Cunnirv Pradnrp. !r , '
Egg# llalliie. Bttllcr—Western ere*c ( ; ,
27''-.altlk- choice Tennessee 18*20c; other gnt v -
lilVLalSe. Live ponltry-Tnrkeys 8@)10c ' =* *
lb* liens 25 aud 27}jc., spring clueU -
large <5a35c; small spring 10al2;{c. liree ^
ponltvy—Turkeys lOalS^c;docks Hal5c;chfc_
eu* I0al214. Irish potatoes, 2-50(32.75)!^
bbl Sweet potatoes 7i'aT5c per bu. iionei
Strained 8al0c; in the comb 10al3t<c. Oni$
75ca*l 00 per bn. $2-30*3.75 per bbl. GabbJ
2a2/jc per lb-
ProvUion*.
Clear rib sides, boxed 6$£c; ice-cored t
10c. Sugar-cored h»ma lO^lS^ acoo
; to bmnd and average; Califorui« f 8 ’8/VJ. j
fast bacon 11 %c. Lard, l«k & £owpoun<)J
1 __>£•*
Local—fi* *
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