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THE VIENNA PROGRESS.
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JOHN E, HO SELL, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XII. NO. 45
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY. MAY 29, 1894.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Any other State.
CONGRESSIONAL, I LATEST TELEGRAMS
The United States is the only coun
try spending more for education than
for war equipments.
A stoneless peach has been culti
vated in California. It has an insipid
flavor; and is of no value except as a
curiosity.
DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH
HOUSE AND SENATE:
The Aiiglo-Saxon race is in posses:
sion of one-third portion of the earth
and rides over 400;000,000 of its in
habitants.
There is talk in Washington of
forming a magnificent park from that
section of the reclaimed Potomac flats
w hich lie below Long Bridge.
The Discussion of Important Measures
Briefly Epitomized.
Ex-President Orton, of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, declared
that the English language was twenty*
jive per cent, cheaper for telegraphic
purposes than any other.
The Boston Herald is authority for
the statement that it is contrary to
the School Commission’s rule to wash
the windows and floors of a Boston
school oftener than once a year.
By order of the postal authorities
the final “h” in the spelling of towns
and cities ending with “burgh,” has
been dropped in official communica
tions. The general public ceased us
ing “h” at the end of Pittsburg and
Harrisburg twenty years ago.
The popularity of novels is proba
bly nowhere so great, declares the
New York Tribtie, as in Australia. It
is said that ninety per cent, of the fe
male and seventy-five per cent, of the
male frequenters of the public libra
ries read novels almost exclusively.
All Europe seems to have the exhi
bition fever, and some sort of a World’s
Fair is to be held in every European
capital during- the year. And the
epidemic is spreading lurther ahead.
Alexandria is preparing a national ex
hibition of ancient and modern Egypt,
to be open in that city during the
summer. It is to be a complete ex
position of the modern life, social, in
dustrial, and artistic, of the land of
the Pharaohs, and also of much of the
country’s wondrous past.
The new catalogue of the romances
in the British Museum begins with the
l scord of the unique and priceless
manuscript of “Beowulf,” and tells of
tho escape of the manuscript from the
conflagration at Ashburnham House
in 1731; and of its still having a fail-
pretension, despite all the scholars, to
be the very oldest poem in any modern
European language—a monument of
English which is asserted to be hun
dreds of years older than the first lit
erary stammerings of the Romance
language, and. probably much the
senior of any Teutonic literature.
The house, Tuesday, went into com
mittee of the whole on the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill.
The house at 12:30 Wednesday again
took up the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation oil], Mr. Dear-
mond’s amendment to strike out the
appropriation for the civil service
commission being under consideration.
A motion to strike out the para
graph appropriating $6,000 for travel
ing and other expenses of the commis
sion was lost, 54 to 40. This closed
the consideration of fhe civil service
schedules, the net result being that
the last paragraph only remains in the
bill; appropriation for values for the
commissioners and clerks having been
stricken out previously. Notice Was
given that a seperato vote will be call
ed for when the bill is reported to the
house.
The house, Thursday, went into
committee of the whole, and discussed
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill.
CONDENSED INTO SHORT AND
BRfcEZY PARAGRAPHS;
And Giving the Gist of the News t’p
to the Time of Going to Press.
WASHINGTON NOTES j THROUGH TIIE SOUTH'HEWS in GENERAL.
WHAT IS GOING ON AT UNCLE
SAM’S HEADQUARTERS.
The gentle art of shoplifting is on
the increase, according to Mr. White
ly, the great Loudon provider. It is
sad to think women of the middle and
upper classes are said to be the chief
offenders, although it is difficult to
credit such a statement. One of the
commonest tricks is to have several
largo pockets in a dress into which
things can bo pushed easily without
incuriug observation. Very often
long, loose cloaks are worn. It cannot
be urged that kleptomania is the rea
son for these thefts, because the shop
lifters usually hunt in couples, one
engaging the attention of the atten
dant while the other does the thieving.
For every man caught at the work
there are three hundred women 1
Russia is evidently not a paradise
for photographers. Every amateur
photographer in that country has to
communicate with the police and se
cure a license. If he happens to be
seen photographing in the vicinity of
a fortress, he stands a chance of being
dispatched on a free excursion to Si
beria, whence return tickets are not
supplied. Of every picture taken a
copy mnst be given to the police and
another copy filed for reference, and
the police have the right at any time
of the day or night to enter your dark
room nud examine everything therein,
as well as to search all your photo
graphic paraphernalia. Furthermore,
all dry plates have to be imported,
and each box is opened and every plate
examined.
Says the New York World: “It is
now pretty generally known that there
is to be a great celebration at the
close of the nineteenth century, and
the ushering in of the twentieth. A
great deal of effort is being made to
carry out a very unique, though grand
plan. It is proposed that the Colum
bian Liberty and Peace Bell be rune
on the spot where the shepherds heard
the chorus of angelic voices proclaim :
“Peace on earth, good will towards
men." The idea is to have the bell
connected to all parts of the world by
telegraph and cable. Then, at a spe
cified time, all telegraphic business is
to be suspended, every congregation
in the religious world to be assembled
in its place of meeting, eaeh having a
wire connected with the Jerusalem
wire, and simultaneously the bell be
rung and the message of “peae?” be
£asiied over the earth.
the senate.
At 10:30 Monday morning the tarifl
bill wns taken up, the pending question
being the first item in schedule “C,”
metals and manufacturers of iron and
steel, placing iron ore on dutiable list
at forty cents per ton. Mr. Aldrich
criticised the finance committee for
reporting the amendment,and recalled
the promise of Senator Mills in his
speeches in New England in the cam
paign of 1892, that whenever
the democrats returned to power they
would give to the manufacturers of
that section tree coal, free iron ore and
free pig iron. Mr. Mills said that so
far as he was able he was in favor of
giving to the manufacturers of New
England not only free wool, free coal,
free iron ore, free pig iron and all raw
material free, nnd that if he had liis
way he would convert every custom
house into a school house to teach the
truth to the people.
In the senate, Tuesday, Mr. Waleb,
of Georgia, rising to a question of
privilege, referred to a publication in
the morning paper ofs a dispatch from
St. Paul, Minn., stating that the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
had adopted a resolution condemninL
him for having introduced in the sen
ate a bill to punish, with twenty years’
imprisonment, the obstruction of
train carrying the United States mail.
He had, he said, introduced no such
bill. He had introduced a bill to
protect the United States mail,
but be had had no intention
of having it apply directly
indirectly to the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers or any other organi
zation of workmen. He recognized
that labor had its rights as well as capi
tal or corporations. Having served
his apprenticeship at the printer’s
trade, he had never seen the day when
he did not sympathize with the labor
ing people of this country. Mr. Walsh
then read the bill. It’s title is “To
Protect the United States Mail,” and
it provides that any persons who shall
rob, or attempt to rob, or malic-
ously obstructor retard for the purpose
of robbery, the passage of any railroad
train on which mails are carried, shall
be punished by imprisonment at hard
labor for not less than one nor more
than twenty years. The bill was read
the first and second time and referred
to the committee on postoffices nnd
postroads. At 10:30 the tariff bill wns
taken up. The finance committee
amendment plncing iron ore on the
dutiable list at forty cents per ton,was
agreed, to without division.
In the senate, Wednesday, Mr Kyle
introduced a resolution, which went
ov’er declaring it as the sense of the
senate that the United States should
not use force for the purpose of re
storing to the throne the deposed
queen of the Sandwich islands or de
stroying the existing government. The
tariff bill was taken up at 10 :30 the
pending question being paragraph 117,
relative to the railway bars of iron or
steel. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, with
drew the finance committee amend
ment and moved to make the duty
seven-twentieths of a cent per pound.
Mr. Gorman then addressed the sen
ate. During the delivery of Gorman’s
speech the drop of a pm could almost
have been heard, so deep was the hush
upon the chamber. The definition of the
position of the democrats and the ar
raignment of their political adversaries
was given in impressive words, and
when Mr. Gorman closed at 12 o’clock,
after having spoken exactly an hour,
with the warning that the opposition
on the other side could not obstruct
the progress of tariff reform the gal
leries burst into a whirl of applause,
and quite a number of democratic
senators, first among whom was Mr.
Brice, hurried forward to congratulate
the Maryland senator. Vice-President
Stevenson quelled the confusion with
his gavel, aud warned the galleries that
demonstrations of approval or disap
proval would not be tolerated. Mr.
Aldrich replied to Mr. Gorman and
was followed by Mr. Teller, who, as a
test question, moved to lav the tariff
bill on the table. The vote resulted,
yeas 28, nays 38.
In the senate, Thursday, Kyle’s Ha
waiian resolution was laid before the
body for action. After a short discus
sion, Mr. Hoar asked unanimous con
sent that the resolution be adopted
without further debate, bnt Mr. White,
of California, objected, and the resolu
tion was laid aside. At 10:30 o’clock
the tariff bill was taken up, the ques
tion being on the tin plate paragraph,
pending an amendment, being the one
offered by Mr. Aldrich to make the
duty 1J cents per pound.
Serious riots, cansed by the striking
miners, have occurred at Centralia,
Odin arid La Salle, Ohio.
A successful operation for the re
moval of a cataract from one of Mr.
Gladstone’s eyes was performed Thurs
day. Mr. Gladstone stood the opera
tion without anaesthetics, and is how
doing weil.
A Knoxville special says: The ccial
miners’ Btrike in the valley of East
Tennessee will soon be off, ahd all
miners at Coal Creek will return to
work, about 150 in number. The
miners at Olliver’s will, in all proba
bility, also go to work. This will
leave only the Jellico miners out. The
supply of coal will soon be abundant.
The California populist state con
vention nominated the following tick
et: Governor, J. V. Webster, of San
Luis Obispo; secretary of state, M.
McGlynn, San Francisco J commission
er, John S. Dore, Fresno; treasflrer,
F. N. Barton, Placer county; attorney
general, Louis Tnchele, Los Angeles;
superintendant of public instruction,
W. A. Richardson, San Francisco.
The twenty-first annual session of
the national conference of charities
and corrections began at Nashville
Thursday, President Lucius S. Stores,
of Michigan, presiding. The Hon.
Levi L. Barbour, of Michigan, read
the report of the committee on state
board of charities, in which the report
said that much trouble had come from
the. great influx of indiscriminate for
eign immigration.
On account of the scarcity of coal
tho Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad made an experiment of trying
to run the locomotive of the fast mail
train from Chicago with coal oil. The
oil exploded at Kewanee, scattering
the burning fluid over the engineer
and fireman. It is thought the engin
eer is so badly burned that he cannot
recover. The fireman was also badly
burned about the face, neck and
breast.
The Edgar Thompson steel works at
Braddock, Pa., have closed down in
all departments but one, and that will
likely close in a few days. The cause
is lack of iron and coke. The scarcity
of iron results from the shut down of
so many furnaces. The blowing out
of so many furnaces and the conse
quent scarcity of iron may cause a shut
down of the Carnegie plants at Du-
quesne, Pittsburg aud Beaver Falls,
throwing over 20,000 men in all out of
employment. Over 2,500 are now
idle.
In the federal court at San Antonio,
Texas, Jack Davis, a well known citi
zen of Eagle Pass, was found guilty of
attempting to bribe Bpb Dow, a cus
tom house officer, to smuggle thirteen
Chinamen into the United States from
Mexico. Dow testified that Davis of
fered to pay him $50 per head for get
ting the Chinamen across the river.
The celestials were to be employed
near Bracket in picking cotton. The
sentencing of Davis was temporarily
suspended.
President E. G. Ernest, of the New
Crieans board, and chairman of the
committee on arrangements, has issued
a circular seating that it has been de
termined by the general conference
committee of the commercial organi
zation of the city, with the consent of
the Hon. G. W. Clement, permanent
chairman, and the members of the ex
ecutive committee of the south and
west trade congress, to postpone the
convention called to meet in New Or
leans on the 12th day of June next, to
a later date, which will be hereafter
determined upon.
ALLEN 1). CANDLER
APPOINTED AS GENERAL PHIL
COOK’S SUCCESSOR.
Gov. Northern Tenders Him the Secre
taryship of State and He Accepts,
Hon. Allen D. Candler has been ap
pointed secretary of the state of Georgia
by Govern or Northen. The appoint
ment was previously tendered to Judge
Sam Harris, of Carrollton, but he tele
graphed the governor thanking him
for the honor conferred upon him, but
declined the appointment. He gave
no special reasons, but his friends say
that he has decided to enter the race
for congress from the fourth district
against Charlie Moses.
Colonel Candler is one of the most
prominent men in Georgia politics. He
was born in Lumpkin county, Novem
ber, 14th, 1834, the family having
come from England. .Allen Candler
was graduated from Mercer Universi
ty in 1858. He read law, but before
practicing entered the army, serving
as private, lieutenant, captain, lieuten
ant colonel and colonel. He has served
several terms in the state legislature,
and was a member of the forty-eighth
and fifty-first congresses.
When Col. Candler was elected to
congress it seemed that he was leading
a forlorn hope, bnt he won his tight
against An. independent. In that cam
paign he won the soubriquet of “The
Plowboy of Pigeon Roost.” He de
clined to stand for rocleetion, volun
tarily retiring to private life. He has
always been a public-spirited citizen,
identified successfully with farms,man
ufactures and railroads.
ON THE WAR PATH.
Reagan Wants the Governorship.
A Dallas, Texas, special says: The
formal announcement of Judge John
H. Reagan, ex-confederate postmaster
general, that li: is a candidate for gov
ernor, although expected for ten days,
created apro'ound sensation. A mouth
ago, as published in the press dis-
] atches, he declared he was against
President Cleveland, in a proclama
tion. No m«u has a stronger or more
enthusiastic following in Texas than
Judge Reagan, and he is looked upon
ag a venerable father of democracy,
Armed Miners Put Deputy Sheriffs to
Flight
Two hundred and fifty striking
miners marched from Washington,
Ind., to Littles, seven miles north of
that place Weduesday morning, armed
with 100 Winchester rifles, and had
one wagon load of ammunition, pro-
visions sufficient- to last them thirty
days and camped at the mine. In the
afternoon, in a battle between the
striking miners and those at w-jrk in
the Littles nsi Lie, a number were
wounded, two > fatally. Six deputy
sheriff's were disarmed and pnt to
flight. Serious trouble is fpgred. A
company of state piilitia jg ip reading
at Evansville to start at call to fljs
mining resigns. ' - ■ ,
Comment Concerning Transactions in
the Various Departments.
The president; accompanied by Sec
retaries Carlisle and Gresham and Cap
tain Robley Evans, of the light house
board; arrived at Rich’s wharf on the
light honse tender Violet at li:15
Thursday morning.
The senate bribery committee; Thurs
day, took np the sugar trust feature of
its investigation. The first witness was
E. J. Edwards, better known ns “Hol
land;” the New York correspondent of
the Philadelphia Press.
The democratic managers are be
coming impatient at the time being
consumed by the republicans in the
discussion of the metal schedule and
are beginning to talk among them
selves of the advisability of prolonging
the hours of debate.
The ministerial crisis at Paris is
following its normal course. President
Carnot received; collectively, the for
mal resignations of the cabinet, which
they declined to retract. The presi
dent pressed General Mercier to re
main at the head of the ministry of
war and, in a conditional way, he
assented.
Sam Tanhouser has tired of the tin
sel and tribulations of an American
consulate. He was appinted by Presi
dent Cleveland several months ago to
protect the American flag at Matamo-
ras, Mexico. Tuesday he forwarded,
through Colonel Livingston, to the
state department, his unqualified res
ignation. He asks to be released by
June 1st.
Senator Berry, of Arkansas, deliv
ered a notable speech in the senate ad
vocating the adoption of a cloture rule
by that body. He said if he had
enough senators with him he would
adopt it at once. He declared for ac
tion and speedy action, and said that
every senator, whether he be demo
crat or republican, should listen to
the demands of the people and pass
the tariff bill without delay.
Sold It for $3,275.
A telegram Tuesday night from Chi
cago to a treasury offieialsconfirms the
rumor that Secretary Carlisle sold the
government building in the world’s
fair grounds before his departure down
the bay to fish. It seems that ten days
ago he sent a special agent out
to Chicago to dispose of the build-
-upon the best terms possible.
The agent had an offer of $3,275 for the
building and sold it at that price,
though it is less than 1 per cent of its
cost, which was $400,000. However,
this was the best offer and it went ait
that price to the Chicago Salvage Com
pany. This company wire that it
would resell it to the government for
$25,000, and that is, perhaps, what the
government will have to pay to get it
again. But Colonel Livingeioti ,i^de
termined to have it, now that he Suds
it can be moved to Atlanta ahd erected
on the grounds there at a total cost of
$65,000, which includes every expense.
Before The Sub-Committee.
Messrs. J. J. Spalding and Clark
Howell, representing the Cotton States
and International Exposition, to be
held in Atlanta in the fall of 1895, ap
peared Monday morning before the
sub-committee of the appropriations
committee of the house and gave full
details, facts and figures concerning
the exposition. The committee also
had before it Mr. Bickford, secretary
of the board of managers of the govern
ment world’s fair exhibit at Chicago.
Mr. Bickford, in reply to the question
as to the advisability of the removal
of the government building from Chi
cago to Atlanta, stated that he thought
it entirely feasible and well worth con
sideration. It was shown thut the
building, which cost $375,000, could
be transported to Atlanta and re-erect
ed at an approximate cost of $100,000.
The sub-committee, which consists of
Livingston, Brookshire, Robertson,
Coggswell and Cannon, communicated
with the secretary of the treasury con
cerning the ownership of the building,
which it had been reported had already
been sold by the government. Tho
treasury department replied that the
building still belonged to the govern
ment and that the secretary of the
treasury had done nothing further
than to consider a proposition for its
sale. The committee seems to be fa
vorably inclined to the removal of the
building to Atlanta and the authoriza
tion of a government exhibit.
TRADE NOTES.
Business of the Past Week as Re
viewed by Bradstreet’s.
Bradstreet’s review of trade sayH:
“This week is the third in succession in
which there has been no material gain
in volume of business and practically
no improvement in prospects for trade
in the near future. Continued uncer
tainty regarding tariff legislation re
stricts trading in 'futures’ in all staple
lines. This is largely responsible for
the reduction in the volume of bank
clearings.
“The general industrial situation
does not improve, although the strik
ing New York and Patterson silk weav
ers, who have been out three months
and have lost over $1,250,000 in wages,
have gone back to work. The coal
conference at Cleveland failed to settle
the miners’ strike, and the situation as
to fuel supplies continues to grow
worse. Shut-downs of industrial con
cerns, restricted transportation opera
tions and seizures by railroad com
panies of coal on track are increasing
and large quantities of foreign coal
have been engaged for delivery on the
Atlantic seaboard. The number of idle
men through strikes still remains at
about 225,000.
Trade is slow ^n all lines at Phila
delphia and Baltimore, at neither of
which is the trade for the near future
encouraging. At the south such cen
ters as Charleston, Nashville, Mem
phis, Atlanta, Birmingham, Mobile,
New Orleans and Galveston report the
jobbing trade practically at a stand
still, there having been no improve
ment within a week, and a sluggish.,
demand. At Augusta drugs are rela
tively most active; at Chattanooga-
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
FROM SOUTHERN STATES.
Our
Culled and Condensed From
Daily Dispatches,
Colonel Fred G. Sinner, who was
colonel of the old First regiment during
the war, died at Charlottesville, Va.,
Monday; aged eighty-two years. He
was born in Maryland and was edu
cated at West Point.
The military court of inquiry sent to
Charleston by Governor Tillman to in
vestigate the condition of the militia,
apropos of their refusal to go to Dar
lington, during the recent dispensary
riots met Tuesday, but did nothing.
A disastrous Conflagration visited
West End, the most popular suburban
summer resort on the outskirts of New
Orleans. The financial loss will reach
a hundred thousand dollars and the
insurance will almost cover the loss.
The Oceaii Steamship Company and
the Central railroad have cut rates on
freight from New York to Augusta,
Ga., from 25 to 40 per cent, to take
effect May 25th. The ent is made in
view of the tight times and with the
view of increasing business.
* The Marion Phosphate Company
had $200,000 of first mortgage bonds
sold at Savannah Tuesday at public
ontcry for the purpose of taking up
some outstanding notes for which they
were pledged as security. They were
bought in by a syndicate composed
largely of the stockholders.
A Raliegh special says: Congress
man W. H. Kitchens publishes his sec
ond letter in the populist organ. In it
he announces that he has left the dem
ocratic party forever.and will hereafter
cast his fortunes with the populists.
This removes the donbts which many
of his friends have entertained that so
fire-eating a democrat would ever leave
the party.
James Middleton, Sinclair Middle-
ton and R. S. Halleford wore shot and
killed in Harlan county, Ivy., Wednes
day in a fight with Gilbert Saylor,
Bert Hensley and Noble Hensley, all
well known. The difficulty is said to
have occurred over the wife of one of
the men. The survivors have fled to
the mountains and a sheriff’s posse is
pursuing them.
M. A. Spurr, president of the de
funct Commercial National bank, was
placed on trial Tuesday in the federal
court at Nashville on a charge of certi
fying the checks of Dobbins & Dazey,
■when that firm’s account was over
drawn. A jury was secured and tho
prosecuting counsel stated that they
expected to prove that Spurr certified
checks for $136,000 when he knew that
the firm had not the money in the
Sbank. The taking of evidence then
vbegan.
The boiler of the Harris mill, which
is located a few miles cast of DeFuniak,
Fla., exploded with terrific force
Tuesday morning. It was blown
through the roof aud deposited some
200 yards away. The mill is almost a
complete wreck. The fireman, J. H.
Davis, was instantly killed nnd horri
bly mangled. John Cody, one of the
mill hands, received probably fatal
wonnds about the head. Several other
of the mill hands received painful
scalds and wonnds.
\ BRIEE SUMMARY OF IMPOR
TANT HAPPENINGS
Showing What Is Going On In Our
Own and Foreign Lands.
WITH WINCHESTERS
EIGHT MINERS ARE SHOT
DEATH BY DEPUTIES.
More than Twenty Wounded -The
Victims Were Hungarians.
A special from Fayette City, Pa.,
says: A battle occurred at daybreak
Thursday morning between Washing
ton Run deputies and about 800
strikers. Eight strikers were killed,
and sixteen wounded.
The strikers have made two ineffect
ual attempts during the past week to
bring out the men working, but were
not successful. Arrangements were
made Wednesday whereby the strikers
from the fourth pool would meet the
Yolighioglieny men and attack Wash
ington Run in a body. Several hun
dred men left Fayette City at 11 o’clock
at night and were joined by other
squads from nearby points. The
Youghmen, principally Hungarians
and Slavs, numbered about one thous
and strikers,and headed bv the Smith-
ton brass band they marched along
the public road, fronting the works.
The deputies,who had been reinforced
during the night, were fortified behind
two box cars. As soon as the men
turned into the road fronting the
works a deputy stepped forward aud
shot a man'who had stumbled and
fallen into a ditch, killing him
instantly.' This was the signal for a
general fusilade from the deputies.
Three times they fired into the air,
and then discharged their Winchesters
into the body of the strikers, who had
not leit the public road. Eight fell
dead and a number were wounded.
The strikers fired but a few shots, then
broke and ran for a wheat field above
the works. The deputies continued
firing asl ong as the fleeiDg strikers
were in range. The men killed were
all foreigners, urincipallv Hungarians.
FRITZ IN WASHINGTON.
His Army of Industrials are Few but
They Mean Business.
Michael Fitzgerald, with his band of
forty-three, arrived in Washington
Tuesday afternoon and took up quar
ters in a small chapel annex to the
Mount Zion Methodist church, a honse
of worship for negroes, in the north
west section of the city. The chapel
is just abont large enough to accom
modate the industrials and equipped
with wooden benches, which the men
are using for beds. The dele
gates are by far the most intelligent in
appearance of any of the armies of the
unemployed that have reached the
city. Fitzgerald says his men do not
expect to stay more than three or
four days. They have a petition to
present to congress, but have as yet
made no plans concerning the manner
of presenting it. The petition is
sales of hardware are improved, and at (; strongly socialistic in its nature and
Savannah nayal stores are firmer an-j, £ oeB much further than tho Coxey
lighter.” j plans. Fitzgerald says his men are in
! sympathy with Coxey, bnt that they
Fill your body with beer enough t are not in any way connected with
and yr.m_ jicdv will soon fill a bier, ■ him or his army.
By the disastrous fire in Boston,
Mass., 137 buildings were totally de
stroyed, 22 partly burned, 464 families
burned out, and abont 2,300 persons
rendered homeless. This is the report
of the district fire chief after a poll of
the district. The loss is abont half a
million.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, in session at St. Paul,
Minn., took np the election of officers
Wednesday, there being several vacan
cies. A. B. Yonngstoo. of Me-dville,
Pa., was elected assistant grand chief
and T. S. Ingraham was re-elected
first grand engineer, or recorder.
The trial of Erastns Wiman at New
York for appropriating the funds of
R. G. Dun & Co., has been set down
for trial before Jndgo Barrett in the
court of oyer and terminer on May
28th. Mr. Wiman will be defended by
ex-Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F.
Tracy and James N. Greenshiekls,
queen’s counselor, of Montreal.
The members and trustees of the
Brooklyn tabernacle held a meetinj
for the purpose of discussing the mat
ter of securing a temporary place of
worship. They decided to secure the
Brooklyn rink, on Clermont avenue.
It was likewise resolved to employ the
Rev. B. Fay Mills, the evangelist, of
Providence, R. I., to fill the pulpit
during Dr. Talmage’s absence.
B. F. Hughes, R. F. Wood aud
Charles O’Brien, leaders among the
commonwealers, who stole a Union
Pacific train at Montpelier, Idaho, last
week, were sentenced at Cheyenne,
Wyo., Wednesday by Judge Riner, of
the United States court, to five
months’ imprisonment in the Laramie
county jail. Twenty others were sen
tenced to four months’ imprisonment.
The Arkansas state prohibition con
vention adjourned after nominating
the following state ticket: For gov
ernor, Dr. M. L. Curl, Little Rock ;
secretary of state, Edward Pettie,
Stuttgart; auditor,William Kilpatrick,
Malvern; treasurer, Alex McNight,
Arkadelphia; attorney general, George
C. Christian, Eureka Springs; state
land commissioner, L. T. Austin, Jud-
sonia; superintendent of public instruc
tion, Louis R. Beck, Stuttgart.
The Switchmen’s Mutual Aid con
vention, in session at Evansville, de-
sided to cut down salaries and unnec
essary expenses. The grand master
will be paid $200 per month and the
vice grand master $175, each to pay
his own expenses. The secretary-
treasurer will draw $150 and edit the
official journal. Directors, delegates,
district organizers and members of
special committees will draw $5 per
diem for the time actually served.
The Pan-American Bi-Metallic As
sociation, composed of representatives
from the United States, South and
Central America and old Mexico, met
in congress at Washington Tuesday
morning in the grand army hall, un
der the presidency of Colonel A. C.
Fisk, of Denver, Col., president of the
association. The purpose of the
meeting is to memorialize congress to
restore silver to its ancient right at a
ratio not to exceed sixteen to one.
The Baptist Education Society, in
session at Saratoga, N. Y., have elected
the following officers: President, Hon.
W. J. Northen, of Georgia ; vice-presi
dents, Rev. Dr. W. R. Rothwell, of
Missouri, and Hon. Andrew MeLeisch,
of Illinois; treasurer, Josiah Levering,
of Maryland; recording secretary, Rev.
Dr. E. M. Potent, of Connecticut; cor
responding secretary, Rev. Dr. H. L.
Moorehouse, of New York; auditor, W.
N. Isaac, of New York.
A New York dispatch says: The
Kissel South Carolina Railway Com
pany announces that the holders of
the first mortgage consolidated bonds
may present their certificates at the
New York Guaranty and Indemnity
Company on and after May 24th and
receive payment for back interest,
less expenses. The Guaranty and In
demnity Company will pay $40 per
share for the new stock of the South
Carolina and Georgia until June 2d.
A settlement has been made with ex-
Mayor S. J. Willey, formerly master
of the exchequer of the supreme lodge
of the world, Knights of Pythias. Mr
Willey has funds of the order amount
ing to $59,476 on deposit with R. R.
Robinson & Co., bankers, of Wilming
ton, Del., who failed in May, 1893.
After a long controversy, the lodge
officials were about to bring suit
against Mr. Willey’s bondsmen, but a
settlement is made for the amount of
their bond, $50,000. The order will
lose the balance of the funds.
STILL AFTER BRECKENRIDGE.
Women Refuse to Decorate Confeder
ate Graves on His Account.
Political, confederate and social cir
cles at Lexington, Ky., are more ex
cited now than ever because a young
woman’s auxiliary of the Confederate
Association bad stormy meetings and
bad refused to decorate the confeder
ate graves because Breckenridge was a
member of the veteran’s association.
The president of the auxiliary says it
will take no part in the Breckenridge
case as a body. Mrs. A. M. Harri
son secretary, and her sister-in-
law, Miss Mary Harrison, vice presi
dent, of the auxiliary, -resigned
their offices today. They are se
vere in condemnation of Colonel Breck
enridge, and while they give no open
reason for resigning, they say plainly
it ought not be difficult to infer why
they quit the organization.
FIGHTING A BOOK COMBINE.
The Federal Grand Jury at Aberdeen,
Miss., After Them.
The federal grand jury, sitting at
Aberdeen, Miss., have found indict
ments against R. & T. A. Ennis and
George D. Baruard & Co., of St. Louis,
and Marshal Brnee, of Nashville, all
stationers, bookmakers and binders,
for entering into a pool, or combine,
to control the stationery aud blank
Iiook business in seventy-five counties
in Mississippi. It ie probable that the
state courts will :dso look into the mat
ter, aud a lively time is expected
OATES NOMINATED
FOR GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF ALABAMA.
End of a Hotly Contested Guberna
torial Campaign.
The democracy of Alabama has
chosen its standard bearer for tho
state campaign. Hon. William C.
Oates, congressman from the third
Alabama district, was declared by the
state convention at Montgomery to be
the nominee of the democratic party
for governor of Alabama.
The contest for the honor between
Colonel Oates and Captain Joseph T.
Johnson, of Birmingham, has been an
exceedingly hot one. Both men were
able an honest and had the confidence
of the people of the state. Either was
well equipped to make the state on ex
cellent governor. The question was,
which is the most available man with
whom to defeat B. F. Kolb.
Out of the sixty-six counties in Ala
bama only two reported with contest
ing delegations—Lee and Hale. The
executive committee spent a day listen
ing to the evidence in the two cases
and seated the Oates delegation in the
former and the Johnston delegation in
the latter. Each contest involved
many points of equity and custom and
volumes of evidence were adduced be
fore the committee.
The convention was called to order
by Hon. A. D. Smith, chairman of the
state executive committee, who deliv
ered a masterly address to the demo
crats of Alabama, exhorting them to
harmonize their views and to unite
against the common enemy. A com
mittee on platform and resolutions was
appointed by the chairman, to which
was referred a number of resolutions.
One of these was an eulogy of Senator
Morgan and a recommendation that he
be made his own successor.
Nominations came next in order.
Mr. Hall, of Baldwin, nominated Col
onel Oates. General Pettus, of Dal
las, placed Captain Johnston’s name be
fore tho convention. The first and
only ballot resulted Oates, 271 88-100;
Johnston, 232 12-100. Mr. Rhodes,
of Jefferson, arose before the vote was
announced, withdrew Captain John
ston’s name and moved to make the
nomination of Colonel Oates unani
mous, which was done amid applause.
STATE-HOUSE OFFICERS.
The following state-house officers
were nominated :
Secretary of State—James Kirk
Jackson, of Florence.
Treasurer—J. Craig Smith, of Dal
las.
State Auditor—John Purifoy, of
Camden.
After a hard fight over the nomina
tion of a candidate for attorney-gene
ral, William C. Fitts, of Tuscaloosa,
was chosen on the eleventh ballot.
CLEMSON COLLEGE BURNED.
It Was the State Agricultural College
of South Carolina.
The main building of the Clemson
college, at Fort Hill, S. C., caught
fire Tuesday morning. The main
building is a total loss. The dormi
tory, chapel and mechanical building
were all saved. The Clemson Agri
cultural College, so called from
Thomas G. Clemson, son-in-law oi
John C. Calhoun, who donated the
ground for its site, stands within a
stone’s throw of Calhoun’s old home.
It is the state agricultural and me
chanical college, and was established
in 1893, as the result of a long agita
tion by tbe farmers of the state.
More Ram at Johnstown.
A special from Johnstown, Pa., says:
The renewal of the heavy downpour o:
rain again alarmed the inhabitants of
the seemingly ill-fated Conemaugh val
ley. The rain had not been suffi
cient, however, to cause the rivers to
get wild again. No damage was done
and it is again thought that the danger
is passed.
Pennsylvania Republicans.
The Pennsylvania republican state
convention was called to order at Har
risburg Wednesday morning. Two
hundred and fifty-seven delegates were
present. General Louis Wagner, of
Philadelphia, was elected temporary
chairman, and the minor officers of
the convention were designated.
Victoria’s Birthday.
A London cable dispatch sajs: The
dawning of the queen’s birthday,
(Thursday) was celebrated by the ring
ing of bells and the firing of a royal
salute of twenty-one guns at Windsor.
Flags were displayed from the towers
of the castle, and the streets and
houses were decorated w : th bunting.
Taylor Confirmed.
The senate Wednesday confirmed the
nomination of Charles H. J. Taylor,
colored, of Kansas, to be recorder of
deeds in the District of Columbia.
The vote was 34 to 15. Taylor is from
Kansas City, Kas., and was appointed
through the influence of Senator Mar
tin, of Kansas.
Snow at Chattanooga.
Snow fell on Lookout Mountain and
Waldon Ridge at Chattanooga Satur
day morning and there was a fall in
temperature of 32 degrees.
French Ministry Out.
The French ministry was defeated
Tuesday on the miners’ eight-hour bill
and at once resigned.
Pepper as a Toni
The 'quantity of pepper, particu
larly red pepper, that is consumed by
the natives of tr'opical countries will
be deemed incredible to people who
live in more temperate regions, but
there is a physiological reason for
these sharp condiments.
The use of red pepper in the tropics
braces up the digestive organs when
impaired and relaxed by the great
heat. In other words pepper is na
ture's tonic against hot weather, aud
the more liberal use of it in summer
time might be beneficial even to the
natives of the temperate zones.—
[San Francisco Chronicle.
Australia has given up altogether
the maintenance of foundling hos
pitals and orphan asylums and has
substituted for this the system of
placing children in private homes
until such time as they are able tc
care for themselves.
SONG.
There’s beauty in the dawning light
And twilight fair or starlit night
* Has each its charm and grace ,
But lovelier still on earth to me,
The fairest thing my eye can see,
The beauty of thy face.
There’s calmness on the ocean's breast,
As deep and blue it seems to rest
’Neath bluer heavens above ;
But deeper, calmer still to me
Than ever sea or sky can be, ;
Thine azure eyes, my love I
There's music in the running stream.
And music when the woodlands seem
Awake with songs of birds ;
But sweeter, dearer still to mo
Than nature's voice can ever be,
The music of thy words.
—G. Roxby, in the Ledger.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
More dead than alive—Heroes.
A repeating rifle — Plagiarism. —
Truth.
The rnle of the minority—That of
the first baby.
“One-half the world doesn’t know
how the other half lives.” Neither
does the other half.—Life.
He—“Here comes Mrs. Gadabout.
That woman goes everywhere.” She
— “Yes, except home.”—Harper’s Ba
zar.
Va—“Why is the leader of the choir
like a pine tree?” Pa—“Give it up.”
Va—“Both give the pitch.”—The
Hullabaloo.
Man shows bis teeth and growls;
bnt woman shows her teeth and smiles;
with far better chance of attaining her
object. —Puck.
Few people can stand prosperity;
but they are legion compared with the
people who never have a chance to
stand it.—Puck.
Nervous Wife—“I hear a burglar. '*
Nervous Husband—“Woo! I’ll crawl
under the bed and see if he is there.”
—New York Weekly.
“Er—has young Hill come into his
money yet?” “Come into it? Great
Scott, man I He’s gone clear through
it.”—Buffalo Courier.
There is nothing like a certainty;
and yet most people prefer the un
certain prospect of starvation to the
certain prospect of death.—Puck.
The whole system of right and
wrong hinges on the question whether
a disagreeable thing disagrees with
us, or we disagree with the disagree
able thing.—Puck.
Teacher—“Now, remember, that ia
order to become a proficient vocalist
yon must have patience. ” Miss Flip-
kins— “Yes; and so mnst the neigh
bors.”—Washington Star.
“You say you have been in Kansas
City. I suppose the place was built
almost wholly on bluffs.” “I guess it
was. There seemed to be little money
around.”—Buffalo Courier.
Mr. Gusher (a self-satisfied bore)
— “I can tell just what people are
thinking of me.” Miss Pert—“In
deed ! How very unpleasant it must
be for you.’’--Brooklyn Life.
An Irish lawyer said to a witness:
“You’re a nice fellow, ain’t you?”
Witness replied: “I am, sir, and if I
was not on my oath I’d say the same
of you.”—Oakland Enquirer.
“It pains me very much to spank
you, Johnny,” said his mother with
deep feeling, “and I shall have to turn
you over to your father. His hands
are harder.”—Chicago Tribune.
Elder Sister—“I’m writing to Amy ;
is there anything^ron’d like to say to
her?” Younger Sister (who hates
Amy) —“Yes, plenty; bnt you’d better
only give her my love.”—Tit-Bits.
Employer—“Boy, take this letter,
and wait for an answer.” New Boy—
“Yes, sir.” Employer—“Well, what
are you waiting for?” New Boy—
“The answer, sir.”—Harper's Bazar.
“Grandpa,” said Tommy, examin
ing critically the bald head of his an
cestor, “may I ask yon a question?”
“Certainly, Tommy.” “Do yon comb
your hair with a razor ?”—Texas Sift
ings.
“That's what I call bush money,”
remarked the daddy when he planked
down the cash for a bottle of paregoric
to take home for use among the in
fantile portion of the family.—Brook
lyn Life.
“I am collecting bills for Sugar,
Spice & Co.” “Collecting bills, are
you? Very well; I have two o^ three
of their bills which you are welcome
to add to your collection.”—New York
Weekly.
Mamma—“Why has Lucy gone
home so early? I thought she was to
stay all day?” Mary (confidentially)—•
“Well, mamma,I just found she wasn’t
a friend I could quarrel with.”—Kate
Field’s Washington.
Clergyman (visiting prison) — “So
you were arrested for passiug bad
money, my man I” Convict—“Not
exactly, sir! You see, if the money
had passed. I wouldn’t have been ar
rested.”—Philadelphia Record.
At the Great Chess Match: Dr.
Schweitzer—“Playing chess is like
making love—the knight tries to take
the queen; you are mated by the
bishop ; then oft to the castle—in' f be
air—and, alas I everything is in pawn I”
—Hallo.
Freddy—“Why won’t you fight me
if you ain’t afraid to?” . Willy (mov
ing off)—“I ain’t afraid, only I ain’t
going to have all the boys in the
block sayin’ I fought a feller just -be
cause I knew I could lick him.”—Chi
cago Record.
“What makes you look so uncom
fortable?” said one. young,writer to
another. “I’m thinking about what I
shall put in my next article.” “Think
ing!” “Yes.” “Goodgracious, man !
You mustn’t do that. You’ll spoil
your style.”—Washington Star. -
Making Their Lau<l Grow.
Owners of land amonng the Thou
sand Islands have a way of making
their lands grow, not in numbers, but
in size. An almost bare rock of small
dimensions is thus expanded into an
island covered with vegetation and
having space enough for a house of
comfortable size. The thing -is accom
plished by riprappiug, pile driving
and the importation of earth. Tha
work is often clous gradually, year by
year, until the laudowner has made
space enough for his house, an 1 after
that the island is extended as-Ahd
aeed arises. —Chicago Herald. •