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THE VIENNA PROGRESS. 23 TEBMS,$1. Per Antonio. “New to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May." 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. •