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THE (’LEY EE AM) PROGRESS.
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By JXO. Jt. a LEX.
DETOTF.D TO THE MIXING, AGRICULTURAL
AND EDUCATIONAL J
OF CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY AND NORTIT-EAST GEORGIA.
TERMS-. One Dollar Per
Tear,
VOL. IV.
CLEVELAND. Will
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If, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER J5, 189').
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CAPITAL NOTES.
GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of Dio Chiefs anil Hoads of tho
Various Departments.
Secretary Olnoy has received nu in
timation of tho willingness of Franoo
to rcleaso John L. Waller from prison
as an act of graciousnoss to tho United
States, but as an acceptance of thiB
might prevent this government from
subsequently demanding an indemnity
for his imprisonment, a condition
a clerk or chief of tho station or ho
1 may bo discharged and some other
j person appointed, but ns soon as ho be
comes tho clerk in the station he is in
cluded in the classified servico and pro
tected by it.
| Tho civil service commissioners say
that if the new plan works ns well ns nn-
' tioipntod by them and tho postmaster
genera), that it will result in placing a
j largo number of postoffioos under tho
! civil service rules.
CHICAGO AT ATLANTA.
Illinois Receives a Royal Welcome
from Old Georgia.
1 Illinois and Georgia joined banners
' at Atlanta Monday and the two states
| will henceforth have a common scnli-
* meat. Their citizens mingled at the
BOILER EXPLODED.
BUILDING WRECKED AND MANY
LIVES LOST.
Fearful Collapse of The Journal
Building at Detroit.
At about 1) o’clock Wednesday
morning tho boilers in tho Journal . .
building, at Detroit, Mich., exploded | lm8 largely disappeared. Autici
TRADES TOPI OS.
Previously Reported Advances In
Prices llnve Boom Gheeked.
Bradstrect’s repwt onbmsiness con
ditions for tho pnSPwcoltBays:
“Tho interruption of-geuoral trade
throughout tho, .qpuntry iuoidout to
the election has "been temphasized by
unusnally mild weather w hioh ohocks
demand for eldtlifcg, aeavy woight
textiles and othomjleaSouablo goods,
Except for iron, s^fil and»ottou, the
larger portion of advances to priooB of
eommodities reported? since March
which Waller, it* is understood, does j exposition and talked of everything
not agree to, 'the prospects are that . under the sun that conduces to good
tedious diplomatic negotiations are tellowqjiip.
the last recourse.
The attorney general of Tennessee
and Mr. C. G. Matthews, of Tho Mom-
phis Commercial-Appeal, arrived in
Washington Sunday morning and on
Monday had an interview with Secre
tary Olney regarding the arrangements
for the extradition of Ward, the fugi
tive Memphis forgor, who is under
arrest by the authorities of Honduras.
Although tho United States has no
extradition treaty with that country,
the authorities seized Ward and held
him to await the arrival of tho neces
sary papers.
Word has reached Washington that
George Wallace Jones, of Iowa, tho
oldest retired United States sonator
living,, and the contemporary of James
Monroe, John Quincy Adams ami An
drew Jackson, is about completing his
long-expected autobiography ami will
have it ready for the press in a few
weak*. Tho announcement will ho re
ceived throughout tho country with
lively iuterest, for the epochs covered
aro so far back ns to be fresh and new
to renders of today,and Jones is known
to possess a greater f'-nd of personal
reminiscences o' publio men .and
things of national ndVe in tho long ago
than anybody else now surviving.
Secretary.. SJorton’s Report.
Secretary Morton is.now engaged in
can products. He has given sjTOotal
attention to this question .during the
paid year, and bn$, "tbroiwh. the consu
lar service tnld tn qtju'r.wayji, obtuiuodT
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They talked of tho trials
of war; they talked of the blessings of
pence and they talked of tho sunshino
tho future will bring.
It was the grandest celebration that
has yet beau experienced on tho
grounds of tho Cotton States,and In
ternational Exposition. Early in tho
morning the famous First, regiment
from Illinois formed in line and took
up tho lino of march to the exposition
grou mis.
Governor Altgeld himself was in tho
saddle and was at thu head of the
parade. Ho even took upon himself
the oomninud of Dto ( nrndo at limes,
Joj, being a precise man, whenever lie
saw tli6 line gp ting irregular in its
farmatien during the ‘Course of tKe
pal ode he would turn in his saddle and
give orders for them to “close up.”
Governor Altgeld seemed to lmvo his
heart in tho day’s business. He went
about it as a man of oonvictiousSnid
sober judgment.
Tho parade to the grounds was <by
far tho most imposing (list lias yet
been seen during the course of the ex
position. Tho first regiment of Illi
nois showed up splendidly. They
wore in their uniforms of gray and
thoir baud of eighty pices made stir
ring music all aloug the way.
The day was bleak aud cold, but
tlioro were great crowds along tho lino
of march tq gaze at tlyui wherever
the preparation of bis. annual report, they went. Thyy wore cheered all
It is understood that lie ‘will dwetl^lW p4®S*h, (lie line and fvere the feast'of
length upon tho qngstipn of the ox- tho.day. The! procession Ip/t tho city*
tension of foreign markets for Amori/* *»»*' llVeTalook ». id. and- mtrrobod oilt.to
—A—rr *»-- — .Ihe’grcnnda. „»It was on6 of t’he long
est paphdea seen in Atjautiyjn mqpy'
wqpks. '( > . f • A
, After the 'exe^ctrfgiof t *llli,pois fifty
tips .eeldlcrjitap-* in review-Vi.-,
with terriflo force. A portion of tho
building, about 40 feet wide, immedi
ately collapsed, burying scores of peo
ple iu tho ruins.
Four dond and several injured woro
soon taken out. A great many girls
and women were employod in tho
building. Thero wero probably a
hundred or moro persons in the
wrecked porti >n. Tho following is a
list of the dead as far as can be ascer
tained at present: Two unknown men,
two unknown girls, John S. Derby,
Lizzie Tupley nnd lleury Larvier.
The list or injured is a long one,'
nnd it is probable that some of those
most seriously hurt will die.
Shortly after i) o’olook tho ruin
hrokn out in flamo and tho stifling
smoke seriously impeded the firemen
in their work of roscuo. It is posi
tively known that at'tho timo of tho
collapse, tho stereotypora engaged on
the 11 ft lx floor were Michaol Word,
AHliur Lynch, James (Ross, all three
of whom went down in tho wreck.
In tho third story was tho Habliin
Electrotype Foundry, in whioh thero
were some half dozen men. In the
top story was tho Journal’s stereo
typing department, whero four or five
men woro busy. As near as can he
lenrnod thero woro from 25 to 80 at
work in tho building exclusive of those
who may have boq^ injured while
passing on the street.
Twenty .Six Dead. /
Twenty-six dead bodies have al
ready been-tukon from the iuins'of the
Journal building, and tho search still
goes on. Later dispntohoa. are to tho
effect thnt there ere yet twenty mias-
fhg, swelling tho probabio list of^lcad
forty or fSrly-livq.; beaiflos thoso,
nineteen persons wero' sSriousIy in
jured, two of them fatally, *'
Tho d^iul tints far taken from' the
-JiiisJaregisTBllowBi, Adblph Sohrie-
ber, Jr^JIihu Cordon, Kittle Leon- M/tii-ly %* Duiul.h 'fit
arde Ml* Kona.Morgan, JAtHtvPreUep*’' ftiqne^jkptiye;
tion of this information, and among
other points will indicate the import
ation of catering to the foreigu de
mands, pointing out that in no partic
ular product is this country free from
competition.
Need Confederate Records.
According to Commander Bush, su
perintendent of the naval war records,
the first volume of thin publication has
provod to ba so popular that the do-
mand of the publio for it cannot be
met after congress is supplied, even
though people are willing to pay for
tho publication. He recommends that
the issue be increased. In his report
to Secrelnry Herbert tho eommauder
says tho second volume is now in thu
hands of tho printer nnd two more
volumes will ba issued during tbo year.
The onliro ] ublieation will make be
tween twenty and thirty volumes, nnd
iu view of the enormous work of this
compilation it is recommended that
the office be reorganized and a bonrd
created, composed of one naval officer
and two civilians, tho latter to insure
im| nrtial judgment of the manuscripts
to be included ami insure a uniform
lino of policy.
Many pnpers of value havo been ob
tained during the past year. Tho re
ports of Ilia Union commanders nre
full and fnirly complete, but it is re
gretted thnt the Confederate records
are not equally so. Great difficulty
has been experienced iu collecting tlio
latter, partly owing to the fact that a
largo part of the Confederate archives
were burned at tho close of tho war,
and it is hoped thnt tho publication of
tho first volume will bring additional
material to the department.
Civil Service Extended.
Tho president Friday approved an
amendment to tho civil service rules
which will result iu bringing many
postil asters nnd their employes within
tho classified service. The addition is
ns follows:
“And whenever, by order of the
postmaster general, auv postofliee shall
be consolidated with and made a part
of another postofliee whero free deliv
ery is established, all the employes of
tho office thus cousolidatee whoso
names appear on tho roster of said
office approved by the poBtoffico de
partment and including the postmaster
thereof, shall from the date of said
order be employed of said free deliv
ery office and the persons holding on
the date of said order tho position of
postmaster at the offico thus consoli
dated with said free delivery offico
mny he assigned to any position there'
in nnd given any appropriate designa
tion under Die classification act which
the postmaster general may direct.’’
It is the intention of the postofliee
department to consolidate many offices
throughout tho country. This consol
idntion will not necessarily do away
with the offices hut will establish them
as stations of some central point.
Tho poetoffico department inteuds to
make experiments in this direction
It is probnble that presidential offices
ns well as fonrth-clasa offices will bo
included in the consolidation.
The order does not mean, however,
that when any office is consolidated
with another that it will be Served as a
free delivery office or station. Tt will
receive and distribute its mulls ns
present, The postmaster may become
The review of the bond was a grand
nnd glorious display of Chicago’s mili
tary. Tho regiment was then marohed
home. Illinois day will not soon fade
from tho memories of those who wit
nessed it at the Atlanta exposition.
The exercises of tho day in the audito
rium were full of interest.
COTTON CROI* SHORT.
Reports to the Department of Agri
culture for I Ills Mouth.
Tho cotton roturu to tlio department
of agriculture nt Washington for tin-
month of November shows an average
of 155.0 pounds per acre, distributed
by states ns follows: Virginia, ID!);
North Carolina, 108; South Carolina,
111; Georgia, 152; Florida, 14.8; Al
abama, 185; Mississippi, ICO; Louisi
ana, 177; Texas, 161; Arkansas, 18*3;
Tennessee, 181; all other states and
territories, 20 k
A largo majority of tho correspond
ents oomplain of a short yiod, many
reporting “a half crop,” poorest ill
thirty years or something similar. The
lry weather, which had principally
destroyed tho top crop in many lo
calities and injured it everywhere, lias
boon favorable for picking so that tho
fibre is generally reported clean nnd
in good condition.
The dnniugo from drought is not
confined to particular statc-H, none be
ing free from it.
President ThomnH Estrada Palma,
the head of the Cuban revolutionary
party, will viait Washington within
the next few days. It is expected that,
his visit will result in a moro definite
ine of policy regarding wl.at Cubans
will suggest upon congress ns the most
lesirnble course for tho United .State',
to adopt. -Mr. I’alma is not only
president of tho American branch of
ihe Cuban organization, but ho lias
eeently received u commission from
he. insurgent government in Cuba,
constituting him their official repre-
utative in the United States.
I-OUR MEN KILLED.
Low Water In a Locomotive Causes a
Fatal Explosion.
A special from Warwick, N. Y.,
says. The Lehigh and Hudson sn-
gino No. 13 blew up Sunday with ter
rific force and killed four men. ’Ihe
dead are Herbert Iieetncr, fireman;
William Cooper, engineer; Martin
O’Neill, conductor, and James L.
Sloan, brakeman.
The forco of tho explosion win so
great that tho boiler was thrown from
the trucks, but the latter remained, on
the rails. Tho victims of tho accident
were hurled in all directions, their
clothing stripped from their bodies
and the tattered garments fell in
branches of trees along the tracks,
where they remained hanging.
Tanneries Shut Down.
’ihe Fayetto Shaw- Leather Company,
of Boston, Mass., haH sent orders to
the four big tanneries which it oper
ates in Wisconsin lo shnt down for
sixty days nnd take out no bather or
put in no hides during that time.
The Fayette Shaw tanneries employed
about 500 men at this season of the
year,
eorge II. Soule, George Shaw, Willie
Ilnwes, James Boss, William W. Dun
lap, Henry Lnrivero, unknown boy,
supposed to lio John Bowman; Carrie
Bauer, llattio Hillier, Minnie Liese.E.
L. Riogor,unidentified man, Walter P.
Snxby, Mioliael Ward and Ernest
Parkis.
Tho causo of tho disaster has been
definitely ascertained ns a boilor ex
plosion, but what caused tho explosion
is Btill a mystery. Thomas Thomp
son, tho ongineor, was painfully in
jured. Ho said ho conUl assign no
reason for tho explosion. City In
spector McGregor says ho inspected
thu boilers last August and found
Diem to bo up to tho requirements.
Home of the employes in tho building
assert that tip) boilers wero old and
known to bo unsafe.
Tho scenes around the wreckage
wero heartrending. Parents, broth
ers, sisters, wives and friends of the
entombed victims stood anxiously by
aud ns a dcuil and mnngled body was
brought into tho open air a shriok
would go up by those who wero near
nnd deur that would ponetrato that
entire section of tho city.
THOUSAND’S SLAIN.
Bloodthirsty Turks Make Many Ar
menians Victim*.
Tt is stated at Constantinople that
Buliri Pasha, who was dismissed from
a governorship owing to his ill treat
ment of Armenians, on tho represent
ntions of tlio British ambassador, Kir
Phillip Currie, nnd who, on Saturday
last, was deooratod by tho Hnltan with
the grand cordon of Die Osmnni Eh
order, is to lie appointed to command
the Turkish troops going to Zoitoun,
Tho unrulier of victims of tho Bai-
burt massacre is now reported to bo
1,500, and it is estimated that Die
total number of Armenians, men, wo
men nnd children killed during all tlio
most recent massacres exceeds 10,000,
and that Die total is constantly being
added to.
Consul Hnmpson announces Dint be
has found trusty persons to distribute
the funds collected for the relief of
the suffering Armenians of the Sassoon
district, and, therefore, the relief
work there interrupted by the forced
retirement of tho American mission
aries whoso lives wero in danger will
be resumed.
It is estimated tlint during tho past
week or ten days three hundred Ar
menians lmvo been < xiled, without
trial, from this city, arid the police aro
still engaged in making arrests.
Dun raven’s Complaint.
Tho Field,.- published iu LondoD,
gives a four-column statement from
Lord Dunravou relative to the contest
for the American cap. Lord Danraven
says ho does not think that tho De
fender sailed on her load water line
length. Tho burden of his complaint
is that Die Valkyrie was crowded cud
handicapped by tbo excursion boats.
pations of a oontinuaiiua of advance in
prices and demand this year, tlio out
growth of tho notivity jAwo ami throo
months ago, have mot with disappoint
ment. But there is liftlo rensoii for
tho reaction in.jftttlcment by many
who discuss buBiififfis ciffiditioUB. The
sontimont of traders generally is that
tho outlook premises ffei nctivo spring
trade nnd with that holiday season will
prove satisfactory.
“Bank olearipgs throughout tlio
United States for the wfcek aggregated
$1,221,000,000, a gain df 3.C per cent
over the proceeding weeji. The fall
ing off daring tho weok In comparison
with the like total in 1802, when the
volumerof business WRH,yeny h6avy, is
less than 5 per emit. It 1h to -^noh ex
hibits ns this, together with grontly
inereaaed railway earnings, (ho heavi
est iron and ateol production on reoord,
widespread advances of wages and
I riecB for cotton nnd ,cotton goods
promising prospeiity dfiring tho com
ing season that thoso Hhould.look who
havo felt only disappointment in tho
falling away of demanfi sinoe Septem
ber.
“The featuro of the business wook
umoug tnrger eastern cities ia an im
proved- demand for textiles with in
creased strength in iron, at Pittsburg
after the rcoont ronotio?, At cities in
tho oontrnl western a moderate
volume of linsiuoss is *i
material -change,
’most numerous from'
fair business ieproporti
in shoos nnd rubbers,.*
weulher condition* Sl|i
a largor* volmna of
Kansas City tho oppfisi
tft the couecquoiiou
wnatlifer last month,
received - -yfr
Minnuapolil
is quiot-,''
.weather.
MOll LIBERATES PURVIS.
He Hnd Just Hern Resenteneed to
Ilnug.
The jail nt Purvis, Miss., wns broken
in Monday morning nt 12:25 by a mob
nnd Will Purvis, tho nlleged murderer
and whitoenpper, wns liberated.
Tho mob that, released Purvis wns
composed of about one hundred mon
armed with Winchester rifles ami pro
vided with keys. They surrounded the
courthouse, in which wore tho jail
guards, aud while they were hold at
bay. others of tho mob rawed off tho
combination and opened the heavy
doors.
Purvis wns taken out and left the
scene in a buggy, while a portion of
the mob remained on guard two hours
to provont the sheriff’s giving nil alarm
until tlio prisoner was well out of tho
way.
Purvis is a young negro who was
oonvieted in Marion county two years
ago, for lioing a whitecnp and murder
ing a companion who squealed oil Die
gang. Ho was sontenord to bang, but
through Die carelessness of the sheriff
fell through the trap of thu scaffold to
the ground unharmed, Iho rope hiv-
ing slipped off his neck. The sheriff
refus 'd lo hang the mail, and put him
back in jail, where ho lias since re
in silled.
Only a weok ago the mpreine o mrt
decided that Die prisoner sli m'd bo
resellleneed. The supreme com I mined
December 12Di as tlio date of I'urris’s
"Xseution. '1 lie failure of the last ef
fort ill his behalf created consider.iblu
exeiti men t.
BOOKER TO HEN.
Open Letter from Booker Washington
to Senator Tillman.
Booker T. Washington, who was the
orator in behalf of the uogro“rnoo on
the opening day of tho Atlauta exposi
tion, has written* to Senator Tillman,
of Son 111 Carolina, an onon letter in*
behalf of the negroes of* that -state.
The letter was inspired by this slafo-
ment contained in a letter of James
Oreelman it) tho Naw York World:
“An appalling faot that may not lie
obvious at a first glance is that tho
oourse proposed moans tho end of ne
gro eduoation and negro progress iu
South Carolina. This is openly ad
mitted by Senator Tillman aud liis
friends.”
Washington says bo appeals to the
a magnanimous and gener-
ROLLING MILLS CLOSE DOWN.
Fifteen It mid red .Mon Thrown Out of
Work at Birmingham.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch sayH:
Tho Birmingham and Gate City rolling
mills will close down for an indefinite
period, laying off moro than 1,500
men. Tho only reason givon by tho
local managers is as follows: “At a
mooting of the bnr iron manufactu
rers of the distriot it was decided; in
order to regulate or equalize tho sup
ply and demand, to closo down tem
porarily. This action is in sympathy
with tho manufacturers north of tho
Ohio river who have closed their plaids,
and is in accordance with tlio articles
of agreement of tho Manufacturers’
Association. ”
TIE IN KENTUCKY.
Leg’sluturo on Joint Ballot Evenly
Balanced Between tho Parties.
Tho Louisville Evening Post sajs
tho gouoral assembly of Kentucky will
bo a tie when it meets, and tho eloo-
tiou of a successor to Scuator Black
burn is a matter of oonjeoture, tho
democrats having 08 votcB nnd one
domoorntio populist vote, making 09.
Tho republioans will havo 08 and
ono republicau nllianco veto, making
a totul of 60. Tho republioans claim
that Lieutenant-Governor Worthing
ton will havo tho deoisivo vote, thus
insuring them tho sonatorship.
This is nu orror, ns tho lieutenant-
governor ns presiding officer of tho
senate caunot votu iu joint bnllot.
ADVENTISTS SET FREE.
For Months They Worked In Chains
by tlio Sldo of Tcnnossoo Felons.
Tho colobrated Rhea county, Tonn.,
Advoutiat trials wero closed nt Daytou
last Tfiiu'rsffhy, and rosultod in noquit-
tnlg in evorjj, onse. Theso people re-
(it»d Jtn emplqy cojtnsql, but ex Con-
ifrussutnu Snodgrass slid Judge tjowis-
Sheptiofd /eluhtdofcd to defend them*
Theso sovonth'’ day Snbbnth kooperB
linvo been imprisoned nnd worked on
tbo ohningong side by sido with felous
of tbo country. The charge against
them wns oreating a nnisanoo by open
ly and notoriously working on Sunday
to tbo hart of tbo publio morals.
etVifR fteinnud
on tbo whole the prospoot favors nu
notive spring 4rade. Mercantile aol-
leotions are improved ami in a number
of instances longstanding nooountaaro
boing paid.”
DR. BATTEY DEAD.
As a Surgeon Hla Fame was World-
Wide. .
Dr. Robert Battey died at his homo
near Rome, Ga., Friday afternoon.
Dr. Battey was ono of tbo most dis
tinguished surgeons in tbo south. He
was the originator of what is known
ns the Battey operation that is now
performed by tho groat surgeons all
over the oouutry. Ilis sanitarium in
Romo has been visited by patients
from every stato in the south, and ns
a successful praotitioner his reputation
has extondod to the remotest boun
daries of tho country.
Dr. Battey was born in Augusts,
Ga., November 2Gth, 1828. Ho re
ceived his medical dogreo from tho
University of Pennsylvania and from
Jefferson medical oollege in 1857.
During tho civil war lie served as n
surgeon in Dio Confederate army, at
first in tho field uud later in oharge of
various hospitals.
From 1878 to 1875 Dr. Battey was
professor of obstotrica in tho Atlanta
medical college, and from 1873 to
1870 ho edited tho Atlanta Medical
Journal. Ho was president of tho
Georgia Medical Asrooiation in 187G.
Dr. Battey wrote sevoral books and
paporH on surgery uud diseases of
women, many of whioh havo beon
copied in foreign languages.
If ever a man was a martyr to Ilia
profession or sailing, thnt man was
Dr. Robert Battoy. For nearly half
a century ho has labored assiduously
for the relief of human suffering, do-
voting every moment that ho was not
ongaged in tho aotivo work of his pro
fession, in studying, reading and in
vestigating.
Railr ad Deal Pending.
Tho Lookout Mountain, or Broad
Guage railway, will shortly, it is semi
officially stated, go into the hands of
the Southern railway, which will op- j
erato the lino for the benefit of visi- |
tors to the mountain as on adjunct to !
its own lines. The purchase has not i
yet been consummated.
_ oi'UeiU _ r ._
teinent that be n» actuate'
by a desire that tho stato in attempting
to rid itself of ono bnrdon will not
take up one ten timos more grievous.
ACCIDENT ON THE L. AND N.
Reports Bay Many Lives Were Lost In
a Collision.
A special from Nashville reooived at
2 o’olook Monday morning says; Tlioro
has boen on nocidont on thu Louisville
and Nashville road near Franklin,
eighteen miles south of NuHlivillo.
Many reports are in circulation, and it
is Btnted that both engineers and sovo-
ral passengers have beon killed.
It is impossible to learn tonight any
thing except that a Now Orleans train
and n freight train ran into each other
four lnilos south of Franklin, and that
inauy lives were lost, including five
passengers.
A COSTLY FIRE.
Three Quarters of n Million Goes Up
In Hmolco In Now York City.
Fire started in the building at tho
corner of Bleeckor street anil Broad
way, New York, at 9 o'clock Tuesday
night. Tho fire wns n disastrous one
and tho loss is estimated at about
$750,000. Tho entire block between
Broadway nnd Crosby street was laid
in ruins and tho building of tho Man
hattan Havings Bank on tho opposite
side of tho street, supposed to be fire
proof, was entirely destroyed. Some
25 firemen wore seriously injured.
The flro burned florcoly till 1 a. m.,
when it wan gotton urnlor control by
tho firemen.
STRIKERS ENJOIN ED
From Interfering With the Great
Northern’s Property or T'rai
The atriko situation on tho Grcnt
Northern has taken a new turn. United
Htatea Judge Hanford has issued an
injunction restraining tlio Htrikers
from interfering in auv manner with
tlio property of the company or Die
running of trains. This places tin-
question iu a different light aud would
indicate that the people of tho railroad
preferred a atriko. No moro men have
gone unt. The American Railway
Union continues to hold nightly aes-
siotis anil has appointed strike commit
tees.
KICH GEORGIAMERCIIANT DEAD
Christopher Gray Pusses Away at Ilia
Homo In Brooklyn, N
-Christopher Gray, cue of tho oldest
wholesale and retail dry goods mor-
and Augusta, iu dead at the advanced
ago of seventy-five. Mr. Gray came
to this country from Ireland in I860
and went south and established tho
business which has grown to such large
proportions.
Good for North Carolina.
L. W. Holt bus given a contract for
500,000 brick for a $300,000 cotton
factory to be built nt Fayetteville, N.
0. Tho deed for tho si to is signed
nnd the faotory is praoticnlly com
moncod. A large bleaohiug mill will
also bo established.
A
Great
Battle
to Be Waged Between Now
and i8p5
TI1E PEOPLE’S MONEY—tlio col ns go -if
both gold amt silver, without discrimina
tion, which meant tho free coinage of liot i
ns opposed to tlio policy of contractual,
which has been dictated by England nnd
ndnptoa In Washington, and which levies
tribute on every product of tlio farm, on
valuations of all kinds audon alt compensa
tions for labor.
THE GREAT ISSUE NOW Is tho doubt#
standard against tho single slandnril—tho
a"0 n f both gold nnd silver as standard
money metals against keeping tlio currency
of the country on tlio gold basts.
wards making it boyond potadventure
that registration books should nlways
bo opon to publio inspection, but the
matter of regulatiug suoh details was
left to tho legislature. The ordinanoo
to pormit tlio stato to iisuo bonds in
ordor to loan money lo oomitios to got
them on a cash basis was killed.
ALLEN G. THURMAN DYING.
Physicians Say tin Cun Only Live a
Few Days Longer.
A special from Columbus, O., says:
Last Friday ex-Sonator Allan G. Thur
man fell from a sofa iu his library and
suffered injury to bis left hip which
was very painful at tho time, hut his
physicians fouud no bones brokon, and
though he suffered soverely on Satur
day, ho was better on Sunday, and it was
believed that his strong constitution
would enable him to withstand tho
shook. Tuesday ho was so much bet
ter that he wished to go to the polls
to vote, but at the ndvioo of his physi-1 chantH in Brooklyn, N. Y., Savannah
cian ho did not do so. Wednesday ho ” ' ’ ‘ ~ ’ ’
wes much worse, and Friday lie fell
into a stupor from which it *is alto
gether likely tbut. ho will not rooovor.
His son, Allen W. Thurman, says that
thero is littlo ground to hope that lio
will live moro than a few dayB. and
his death may occur at any time.
Klectric Patent Invalid.
The United States supremo court
Monday decided tho important case of
tlio Consolidated Electric Light Com
pany against the McKeesport Light
Company in favor of the defendant.
The court holds the Sawyer-Mann
patent invalid. Tho decision ^ub
handed down by Jn&tiOe Brown,
Men are never so easily deceived as
while they nre endeavoring to deceive
etberfti
WERNER OFFICE UNIONIZED.
Tlio Great Ohio Publishing Company
to Employ Union Printers.
The Werner Printing Company, of
Akron, Ohio, bus juBfc enterod into an
agreement with tho American Federa
tion of Labor by which tho firm will
employ hereafter no printers but
those who nre members of tho Inter
national Typographical Union. Tho
firm has been employing non-union
men in its composing rooms for a long
while, aud the announcement is i
groat victory for union labor.
Chickamuuga a Military Post.
Tt hus leaked out from a high official
source that tho government will ©stub
liwli a military post for both infantry
aud cavalry troops at Chiokamauga
park. But tho plans of the war de
partment are being joalously guarded
until after tho approaching session of
congress, from which a liberal appro
priation will be asked.
Assignment of a I.cadvlllo Rank.
Tho Leadvillo, Col., Baviugs and
Doposit lmnk has closed its doors aud
made an assignment owing to a scar
city of ready money. The assignment
overs tho personal property of P. W.
Broeno, president, as well as all tho
bank’s cbuttolfl.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Groceries.
IlonBled coffeo 22.10 w 100 lb omob. Green
—Ghoico 21^; fair 20c; prime 19c. Sugar-
Standard granulated Co; off granulated
New Orleans whito 4%o; (lo. yellow
Syrup—New Orleans opon kettle 25(&80o}imxod
1‘2V?(^20o; BUgarhoiJBO 20@8f>c. Teas— Black
30@G5o; green 20(3500, IUco-Head Go;
choice b l / % c. Halt—dairy, Hacks, $1.35; do. bb!B.
$2-25; ice cream 00c; oommon 70c. Choose—
Full croam 11(311%°* Matches—05b 50c; 2004
$1.80@SI.75; 800b $2.75. Soda—Boxes Oo;
Crackers Soda B^o; cream 7c;
ginger Himpfi 8o. Gandy—Common stick
G3i”; fancy 12(3'.2%. OvstorH — F. W. $1.80; L.
W. $1.80. Powder—Rifle $3.Tr. Shot—$1*30.
Flour, Grain and Meal.
Flour, find patent, $4.70; second patent
$4.25; straight $3.70; fancy $3.00; extra fami
ly $3.35. Corn, whito 45c; mixed 44c. Oats, J
Whito 83c; mixed 30c. Hyo, J
Georgia 75o. Barley. Georgia rahed 85o. Hay, J
No. 1 timothy, largo halos $1; small billon 05c. j
No. 3 timothy, email balon 90c. Meal, ; lain 1
48c; bolted 40c. Wheat bran, largo Hacks 75c. j
mnall sacks 77%o. ShortH $1.05. Block Meal, $1
Cotton Hoed Meal 85o por 100 llm. Hulls, $0.
per ton. Peas, 75o per bu. Grits $2.80.
Country Produce.
Eggs 16017c- Buttor—Western Creamery, j
?Q(g)22%c; fancy Tenu. 15018c, choice 12%.
Georgia IO0J2%o. Live poultry—Tur- ;
keys lOallWu # lb; hens 25(327%o; spring j
chickens, J3%h152%; ducks 18020c. Dressed 1
poultry—Turkey b 15016c; ducks 120
A, chickens 10@12%o. Irish potatoes— j
Hurbank $3.0002.50 W bb<; 60a6)c W bn.
TenncsBce by. 40050c. Sweet potatoes l
40@45o bu. Ilonoy—Htrained 8010c; iu
Iho comb lO012%c. Onions 75c bu; bbls. $‘3. j
Cabbage lal%o.
Provisions.
Clear rib Hides, boxed 5%'*; ice-cured bellies I
9c- Sugar-Cured hann 10%012%c; California ,
fic. Breakfast bacon 10%. ba»(l—pest quality
0JJ£c; second quality 0%o; compound 5%c.
Cotton.
. i#ooal warkot clottod w-uk; mUWUug
AND J! A VINO
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THE PEOPLE In all the great contests In
which they are enguged against the exac
tions ol monopoly.
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COLUMNS. To moot the demands upon Its
•pace for news, The Constitution has In
creased its s!r.e to 12 pagos, 7 columns,
making 8! columns each week.
Tho Constitution's
SPECIAL FEATURES
Arc not to bo found In any other paper In
America.
The Farm and Formers’ De
partment, The Women’s De
partment, The Children’s De
partment.
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snub writers as HILL ARP, 8ARGB
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During tho whole dolay and fallura to
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son nnd out, the lull news. It has given
plain editorial utterances upon the effect of
the trimming and misguided policy of
wrcckago and moro bonds, which events
havo shown to bo prophetic in their unerr
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i Decided Against the Bell Telephone.
The United Htatos supreme court
lias denied tbo motion of tho Hell Tol-
| opliono Company to dismiss tbo appeal
' of Dio United Status in the oaBe
; involving tll<> Hpvliuer ppeatpflg iniorc-
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