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Veatlhulcd Limited, Through Pullman .Sleepen
between New York and New Orleans, via Wash
ington , Atlanta and Montgomery, and alRo be
tween New York and Memphis, viR Washington.
Atlanta and Birmingham. Dining Cars.
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Sleeping Cars between Atlanta, New Orleans and
New York.
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man Sleepers between New York and Atlanta via
Washington. On Tuesdays and Thursdays con
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81, and on thes^dates Pullman Bleeping Oar will
be operated between Richmond and ttlaniaQpOa
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lanta to Richmond with through sleeping car
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INDIANA FOR McKINLKY.
Platform Demands Ilonest Money, Re
ciprocity and Protection.
The Indiana republican convention,
in session at Indianapolis Thursday,
instructed its delegation to St. Louis
to vote for William McKinley for pres
ident, with scarcely a show of opposi
tion from tho people who had beon ex
pected to make a bitter fight on the
Ohio man. Tho instructions wont
through with a rush, which surprised
even the moHt enthusiastic friends of
Mr. McKinley.
There was no unusual display of en
thusiasm, although McKinley’s name
was repeatedly and enthusiastically
cheered.
After speaking for protection and
reciprocity and praising the republi
can party, the platform Bays:
We are firm and emphatic in onr de
mand for honest money. Wo believe
that our money should not be inferior
to the money of the most enlightened
nations of the earth. Wo are unalter
ably opposed to every scheme that
threatens to debase or depreciate our
currency.
We favor the use of silver as cur
rency, but to tho extent only and un
der such regulations that its parity
with gold can bo maintained, and in
consequence are opposed to the free,
unlimited and independent coinage of
silver at a ratio of IC to 1.
Believing, os we do, in a protective
tariff, the leading issue before the peo
ple, we favor the nomination as presi
dent of the United States of the man
who perfectly represents a protec
tive tariff and the cardinal prin
ciples of the republican party;
a man who has devoted his life
to the defense of the country in
war and in peace; a man who, with
the resistless shibboleth, “protection
and prosperity,” has challenged tho
attention of the commercial world and
won the support of every patriotic
workingman of our country; whose
life and work, open as a book, are in
themselves a platform, and whose very
name is magic—that loyal American
citizen, soldier and Christian gentle
man, William McKinley, of Ohio, and
the delegates to tho republican national
convention selected by this body are
directed to cast their votes for William
McKinley as frequently and continu
ously as there is any hope of his nom
ination.
THE 54TH CONGRESS.
ROUTINE OF HOUSE AND SENATE
BRIEFLY CHRONICLED.
Summary of Bills anil Resolutions
Presented and Acted Upon.
TOE HOUSE.
Tho committee on ways and means,
through Mr. Diugley, reported to the
house, Wednesday, a concurrent reso
lution providing for the adjournment
of congress on tho 18th iustaut. Tho
reading of the resolution was greoted
with applause. Mr. Dingley asked im
mediate consideration of tho resolu
tion. Mr. Whoeler, of Alabama, asked
that the mutter be allowed to go ovor
until tomorrow, but Mr. Dingley
moved tho previous question, which
was ordered by an overwhelming vote.
Tho spoaker was about to put the
question on tho passage of the resolu
tion when Mr. Wheeler asked if fifteen
minutes’ debate was not allowed on
each sido of any proposition upon
which tho previous question had beon
ordered?
The Speaker—Tho chair is of the
impression that debate has boon Jind
between tho gentlemen from Alabama
and Maine.
Mr. Whoeler—No debato at all, Mr.
Speaker ; no debate. Only a request
that the resolution go ovor until to
morrow.
Speaker—Tho chair doesn’t desire
to rule arbitrarily upon any matter.
Mr. Diugley asked and obtained
unanimous consent for the gontlemau
from Alabama to address tho house for
live miuutes. In that time Mr.
Wheeler attacked tho republican ma
jority for a violation of its pledges
made in the campaign of 1894, to re
lievo tho people of the country from
tho conditions under which they are
laboring. Nothing whatever has been
douo in that direction, and no,w it was
proposed to adjourn within a fort
night, thus abandoning all hopo and
opportunity of accomplishing any
legislation.
The resolution was agreed to with
out division, tho announcement being
greoted with applause.
Mr. McCull, of Massachusetts, re
ported from the olection committee
No. 3, contested election caso of Yost,
republican, versus Tucker, democrat,
from the tenth district of West Vir
ginia, in favor Tucker, tho sitting
member. Mr. Miller, republican, of
West Virginia, from elections commit
tee No. 2, roportod theensoof Thomp
son, populist, versus Shaw, democrat,
from tho third North Carolina district,
and it was unanimously recomraondod
that Shaw’s title to the seat whicli ho
holds bo confirmed. The report was
agreed to. Tho house thou went into
committee of the whole to consider
private pension bills.
Members of the houso will horeaftor
liavo clerks all tho mouths of the year.
They will have clerks at homo, as well
ns when in Washington, such olerks to
bo paid by tho government. The
houso so voted Friday after an inter
esting debate. Most democrats, as
usual, voted against tho bill, yot every
democrat hoped it would pass and
every one will draw tho salary and
employ a clerk. Indeed a clerk is as
necessary to a representative to prop
erly attend to his business as to a sen
ator. It is right that they should havo
them. Yet over a hundred members
voted against providing each member
with a clerk at an annual salury. Tho
majority of them votod “no” because
of tho fear of cenauro from thoir con
stituents. Yet evory ono will draw the
salary for clerk hire. The feature of
the bill is that members draw the
monoy tliomselvos,certifying that they
have agreed to pay out tho same for
clerk hire,
TOE SENATE.
A difference of opinion developed
between the two Florida senators, Mr.
Call and Mr. Pasco, Wednesday, as to
tho resolution of Mr. Call requesting
tho president to protest against the
execution of the American citizens
taken on board the schooner Competi
tor by a Spanish gunboat.' Mr. Call
wanted immediate action. Mr. Sher
man moved to refer the resolution to
the committoe on foreign affairs. Mr.
Call protested, saying that “with death
hanging over American citizens” the
senato should act. Mr. Pasco differed
with Mr. Call, saying ho had had sev
eral interviews with the secretary of
state and had learned that Mr. Olney
was doing everything possible in all
of this class of cases. Mr. Call ex
pressed vigorous disagreement with
his Florida colleague. Tho resolution
was referred.
Senator Vest took advantage of the
bond resolution discussion in the senate
Thursday morning to express himself
on the subject of the administration’s
efforts to control tho democratic
national convention. The resolutions
to investigate the recent bond sales
were passed by an overwhelming ma
jority, notwithstanding the vigorous
opposition to them on the part of
Senator Hill. Though the Now
York senator has consumed many
days in speech making in opposition
to them, he was able to muster but five
votes besides his own. They were
Faulkner, Gray, Mitchell, of Wiscon
sin, Palmer and Quay. The iuvesti-
galion will bo in tho hands of the son-
nto finance eommittoo aud may con
sume much time.
The senate spent all day Friday de
bating tho Santa Monica, Cal., harbor
schemo in the river and harbor bill.
The senate committee wautH to spend
three million dollars in improving
Santa Monica harbor. Tho California
senators want tho money spent on San
Pedro harbor,a few miles further south.
Both are near to Los Augelos. The
government engineers reported in fa-
vov of San Pedro; private engineers
reported in favor of Saute A1 mien.
Tho latter port has largo docks buill
by the Southern Pacific railroad. Tho
laud about the barber is largely owned
by Senator Jones, of Nevada. Tho in
dication nre that tho senate will vote
in favor of Santa Monica by a small
majority.
Tho greatest part of tho session of
tho senato Saturday was occupied by
Mr. Pliito iu setting out the advan
tages possessed by San Pedro over
Santa Monica, fora deep sea harbor on
tho coast of Southern California. 11 ii-
argument is to be answered by Mr.
Frye, as chairman of tho committej
on commerce, which has incorporated
in tho river and harbor bill a largo ap
propriation for Sunta Monica.
After tho rivor and harbor bill war
laid aside tho unobjeoted bills on the
calendar woro taken up and somo thirty
were passed. Among them was the
senate bill appropriating $25,000 for a
monument to Gen. Nathaniel Greene,
on tho battlefield of Guilford Court
house, N. C., fought March 15, 1781.
Senate joint, resolution for a com
mission to determine tho cost of se
curing for tho United States the chan
nel iu Atchnfalaya bay, Louisaua.
Houso bill concerning the distilling
of brandy from fruits having been
reached, Mr. Harris, of Tennessee,
suggested that it bo passed ovor. Some
discussion ensued and the bill wont,
over without action.
Among the propositions whicli wore
submitted, and which went over till a
future day, was a joint resolution in
troduced by Mr. Pettigrew for suits
against the directors anil stockholders
of the Union and Central Pacific rail
road companies, and a joint resolution
WASHINGTON NEWS.
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL IN
PITHY PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of (lie Chiefs and Heads of the
Various Departments.
Hon. J. Sterling Morton, seorotary
of agriculture, will make tho annual
address at tho Uuivorsityof Tennessee
on June 9. .
It is reported that General Lee
leaves Lynchburg, Va., for Washing
ton ou May 15th to rocoivo his final
instructions with a view of immediate
departure for Cuba,
It, is reported that the president in
tends to veto tho river and harbor bill.
1 lie senato will not under any circum
stances provide for adjournment until
tho president acts upon tho bill.
Tho houso Wednesday moruing
adopted a resolution for tho adjourn
ment of congress on the 18th. This
is a notification on tho part of tho
houso to the souate that it is ready to
adjourn. The resolution will rost in
tho souate until that body thinks it
sees its way clour to adjournment.
That may bo tho first of Juno or it
may bo tho middlo of July.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, again
introduced his bill prohibiting the
secretary of tho treasury from issuing
bonds without tho speoial authoriza
tion of congress for each issuo. It is
tho samo bill ho introduced sovoral
months ago. Tho bill was roferred to
the finance committee, whoro it lias
lain unacted upon. Tho senator intro
duced it again with tho avowed pur
pose of calling it up in tho senuto for
action without roforonce to a commit-
teo. At the first opportunity ho will
move its consideration. That will bo
a tost vote. If it can bo taken up it
can pass. Souator Bacon intonds to
push it.
Adjournment Talk.
The prospects for a session of con
fess extending into July aro growing.
nator DuBois made the prodiotion
of course, ns in other eases, moro la
borers.
The number of classified places ox-
i empted from examination lias boon ro-
! dnoed from 2,099 to 775, which aro
; mainly positions of cashiers in tho
oustoms, postal and internal revenue
services. Indians employed in minor
j cnpnoitioB iu the Indian service nre
; lieoessarily put in tho exception list.
1 The only classified positions iu Wnsh-
| ington which will bo excepted from
! examination under the now rules will
| bo private secretaries or confidential
! clerks (not exceeding two) to the pres-
I idcut and to the head of each of the
I eight ex, emiv ■ ,' •om-lnv nts.
COTTON CROP LAUGH.
introduced by Mr. Dubois, providing I that oongross would bo in session until
that no government, bonds shall b
issued under any existing law until th
president shall havo communicated to
congress in a mossngo the facts show
ing the necosBity for such issue, and
^i^^ss^J|ou^eiL^^ol«e« required" an isBuo
o’clddc p. * the"senateKldjo'n-rt!Ud , ‘fffl-' b’f '-tfbfirts ho should so notify tho
til Monday.
TRAIN WRECKERS AGAIN.
Ono Child Killed and Over Twenty
Persons Hurt.
Tho northbound New York and
Florida limited express on the Florida
Central and Poninsular railroad was
thrown from tho track at Anderson, a
small station ton miles south of Sa
vannah, Monday, by a misplaced
switch.
Tho entire train with the cxcoption
of tho body of the ougino was derailed
and rolled over an embankment.
One child wns killed and twenty-six
people were injured, none of them
fatally.
Tho train was mado up of ono first-
class coach, one second-class coach, a
smoking ear, a combination baggage
and mail car and Pullman sloopor, and
was running at tho rato of thirty-two
miles an hour. The switch was turned
and locked and tho switch targot
shifted, indicating that tho train was
on tho straight track.
At the first shock of tho ongino leav
ing tho track, Conductor J. Z. Glnss
seizod the air-brake and sot tho brakes,
bringing tho train almost to an instan
taneous standstill, as it loft the track,
and preventing the telescoping of cars.
There were 208 passengers on the train.
Of this number twenty-six were among
tho list of injured, thougli it is proba
ble that many moro received slight in
juries and were not included in tho
list.
The confusion at tho wreck mado it
impossible for somo timo to get at tho
injured. No official statement can bo
obtained from tho officials of the road, i moment 0 f its signature the new order
Tho statements of tho conductor and ma do all government officials directly
engineer, however, show that tho j rosponsiblo to tho commission for ap-
disastor was tho result of a deliber- pointments and changes. This revi-
ate plot to wreck tho train. Tho j sion of tho rules divides the executive
place chosen was closo by a tres- 1 service into fivo branches ns fol-
tlo crossing the ditch, which wsh ! lows: Tho departmental service, tho
about six feet deep. The probability | custom houso service, tho postoflice
is that the plan was to put tho train
into the ditch. As it was the rear car
went over tho trostlo into tho water.
The tide, which ebbs and flows in tho
ditch, wns out and there was very lit
tle water in it. In a short while the
tide began to como iu and covered the
lowlands.
20th of July. At Saturday’s HOB’
lof tho sonato Mr. DuBois intro-
OTaJj'a joint resolution instructing
the Jftresldont -that whonovor, in his
Opin^ij, thq depletion
Slay Reports from tlio Department oT
Agriculture.
Tho cotton report to the department
of agriculture at Washington for May
relates to tho progress of planting and
tho proposed or contemplated acreago.
Tho proportion of tho contemplated
area already planted on tho 1st of May
was 87.9 pur cent., which approximates
very closely tho breadth usually plant
ed at that date, which is estimated at
88.2 per oout. Tho estimates for tho
several states aro asfollowH: Virginia,
70; North Carolina, 80; South Caro
lina, 90; Georgia, 90; Florida, 100;
1 Alabama, 93; Mississippi, 92; Louis-
; hum, 95; Texas, 85; Arkansas, 84;
I Tennessee, 73.
Tho returns of corresponding agonts
in regard to contemplated acreago iu-
j dicate a considerable increase over the
j area planted last year. Tho percent
ages by states aro as follows: Virginia,
107 ; North Carolina, 117 ; South Car-
| olina, 111; Georgia, 113; Alabama,
111; Louisiana, 109; Arkansas, 123;
Florida, 143 ; Mississippi, 110 ; Texas,
115; Tennessee, 127 ; Indian Territo
ry, 169; Missouri, 141.
The average of tho country is 114.
Flanting has been earlier than usual
in most of tho cotton states, but much
complaint is made of drought in a
largo area in North and South Caroli
na, Georgia and Alabama, retarding
the germination of tho seed.
Iu a few counties in Texas the Mex
ican weevil is reported as doing con
siderable damage. As a gonoral thing
the plant is said to bo in good condi
tion, with favorable season.
of
congress and that no issue of bonds
should bo mado without tho special
authority of congress. The resolution
will bo called up for debate by Sena
tor DuBois. The resolution in con
nection with tho bond investigation to
begin noxt week, will again open up
the bond and financial questions aud
may lead to long and earnest debate.
It may oauso tho tariff question to be
brought up again and it is not impro
bable that another attempt will bo
made in tho senate to pi s i tho houso
tariff bill. With a reopening of all
these questions congress would bo
ioroed to remaiu in session many
weeks longer.
Civil Service Extension Law.
The president, by his signature,
Wednesday, extended the provisions
of tho civil service law to 3,000 gov
ernment employes,increasing tho num
ber of xiositions on tho classified list
from 55,136 to 58,135 and with a fow
minor exceptions between tho extremes
of officials whoso confirmation by tho
senate is constitutionally requisite,
down to more laborers and workmen,
governmental appointments aro with
drawn as fur as possible from political
iuflnenoo and protected in their
tenure of ofTieo by the morit sys
tem. Tho president's signature,
cancelling all former ordors issued and
substituting tho new rules, wns imme
diately filed iu tho state department
and wont into effect at onco, thus fore
stalling any possiblo notion throughout
the country by appointing officials or
transferring employes or in any other
way evading tho rules beforo being for
mally notified of them. From tho
TILLMAN IN FLORIDA.
He
Addressed u Large Crowd at
Gainesville.
Senator Tillman addressod an audi
ence of about 600 peoplo in the court-
houso at Gainosville, Fla., Monday, ou
tho financial question.
Ho spoke for about two hours nnd
some parts of his spooch woro received
with vociferous applause. His re
marks were along tho samo line as
those made in the west and elsewhere.
Ho denounced Cleveland and Carlisle
and referred to John Sherman as the
“arch fiend of hell,” who had caused
more suffering than any man on earth.
He reiterated the assertion that if a
plank providing for tho coinage of sil
ver on a ratio of 16 to 1 was not in
serted in tho Chicago platform ho nnd
tho stato of South Carolina would bolt
tho convention.
Ho positively deuiod tho report pub
lished in certain papers that he was in
Florida in tho iutorest of Senator Call.
Ho wns present at tho solicitation of
many pooplo toudored through Sena
tor Call. Ho drew a gloomy picture
of tho condition of tho working peo
plo and said ho was in receipt of a
letter from Chicago stating that why
ho had not been invited to Bpeak thoro
was because it wns feared his speech
might cause riot. Ho thought ho
would go anyway.
COINING SILVER DOLLARS.
Gold to the Amount of $2,000,000
Will Also Be Coined.
The presses at tho United States
mint iu Philadelphia, which havo been
stamping silver dollars and subsidiary
coin for two months, will shortly also
begin turning out doublo eagles. Gold
bars to the value of $2,000,000 ure
now stored in the mint and all this
will be coined prior to the annual
shutdown, which will take place on
Juno 30th, and lost for two weeks. The
eoinage of silver dollars and the sub
sidiary coin will, however, not bo
stopped altogether, tho order to coin
them not having been rescinded.
service, tho government printing Her-
vico nnd the internal revenuo service.
In tho dopurtmontal service are
classified all oilicors and employes (ex
cept laborers und persons who have
been nominated for confirmation) in
the several executivo departments, tho
commissions, tho railway mail sorvioe,
Indian service, tho District of Colum
bia, pension agencies, steamboat in
spection service, revenuo cutter ser
vice, sub-troasurios and engineer de
partments und tho forces employed by
custodians of public buildings, Tho
only exception mado in tho treasury
department is in favor of thoso in the
life-saving service.
In the custom house service are clas
sified all officers and employos in any
customs district whoso employes num
ber as many os five. In the postoffioe
service are classified all officers and
employes in any ijfr.tie delivery post-
uffmo. XmA,
In the internal service are
classified all officers’ and employes in
every internal revenue distinct except,
WEYLER RESIGNS
But tho Officials at Madrid Say Him,
Nay.
Tho report that Captain General
Woylor had resigned because of tho
action of tho homo government in tho
case of tho Competitor filibusters is
true, but it is not accepted with con
fidence by tho publio at Havana. It
; is understood that tho government ro-
j fused to accept the resignation and
| ordered General Weylor to remain at
his post under tho presout circum
stances.
In speaking of tho mattor Woyler
says:
“I am tired of the continuous menaco
and interference of the United States
in Cuban affairs. I came to suppress
a rebellion of bandits. Doath is the
only penalty which cun bo inflicted
upon bandits. If I am not allowed to
proceed in tho only way I think will
save the Spanish cause, I prefer to ro-
tiro and loavo to othors tho responsi
bility of tho loss of Cuba to Spain.”
FATAL FLAMES.
Tlio People Perish in a Big Lumber
Conflagration.
One of tho most destructive fires in
tho history of northern Wisconsin oc
curred at Ashland Sunday morning, in
which at least three persons lost their
lives. Tho fire started in W. R. Dur-
fee’s lumber dook. Nearly 20,000,000
feet of lumber was burned. The total
Iosb was $458,000; total insurance,
$350,000.
Mr. Depew calls Now York "th®
typical State.”
HOLMES HANGED.
THE MULTI-MURDERER MEETS
HIS DOOM.
Confessed at the Last Moment That IIo
Only Killed Two People.
H. H. Holmes was hanged iu Moya-
monsing prison, Philadelphia, Thurs
day moraiug. Tho drop fell at 10:12
1-2 o’clock.
It was not until a half hour later
that lie was pronounced dead. His
ueok was broken by tho fall. The mar
velous nerve of tho man never deserted
him to the very end. Even on tho
scaffold ho was probably the coolost
porson in tho solemn assemblage.
In a few well ohoson words ho
proolaimod his innooonco of nny mur
der, including that for which ho was
convicted nnd hanged. He declared
that tho only wrong doing in tho tnk-
ing of human life for which ho oould
be held responsible consisted in tho
death of two women who had diod ns
the result of criminal operations at his
hands. Ho did not name these vic
tims.
Holmes spent the greater part of his
last night on earth writing letters. At
midnight ho went to bed and slept
soundly until 6 o’clock in tho morn
ing. It took two calls to awaken him.
Promptly arising, he reoeived a visit
from his spiritual advisers. They ad
ministered last sacrament and left
him until 9 o’clock. During their ab
sence he ate a breakfast of eggs, dry
toaRt and coffee.
At 10:02 o’olook the sheriff called
together tho official jury and after escli
man had answered to his nnme and
subscribed to the certificate, the sol
emn march to the gallows was boguu.
As tho gathoring stood iu tense si-
lenoo beforo the scaffold, a murmured
sound came from behind tho partition
ereoted immediately back of it. It
was the dolorous ohaut of tho two
priests accompanying the doomod man
to tho scaffold. They were uttering
tho Psalm Miserere. At 10:08 o’clock
they mounted tho fatal platform.
A moment of prayer elapsed and
then Holmos stepped to the front of
tho scaffold, and resting his hands ou
tho ruil before him,made his statement
of innooence. It was received in ab-
s#lato iKfence. f^r
Holmes’ Last Speech.
Holmes’ speech was as follows:
Gentlemen—I have very few words
to say. In faot, I would appear to
acquiesce in my execution. I only
wish to say that the extent of my
wrongdoing in taking human life con
sisted in tho doath of two women, they
having died at my hands ns a result of
criminal operations. I wish to state
here, so there can be no chance of
misunderstanding, that I am not guil
ty of taking the lives of any of tho
Pietzel family—the three ohildren and
Boujamin, tho father, of whose death
I was convicted and for which I am
today to be haugod. That is all I
havo to say.
As tho lost syllable fell from his
lips ho turned to his attorney, Mr.
Rotan. Clasping the right hand of the
young lawyer, Holmes placed his left
on tho other man’s shoulder, and, gaz
ing into his eyes, said in a loud voice:
“Goodbye,”
Then he carefully buttoned his coat,
and nodded to the sheriff.
Without an instant’s delay his hands
were bound behind him and tho black
cop adjusted. Sheriff Clement placed
the nooso about his neck, and after an
instant of terrible stillness the oraak
of the bolt rang out like a pistol shot
aud tho murderer had mot his doom.
Consciousness left him instantly,
the doctors said, although his heart
continued a fooblo beating for 15 or 20
minutes. After an examination had
boen made by several physicians
Holmes was pronounced dead, and the
swinging corpse was cut down.
BIG INTERESTS CHANGE HANDS.
Coal Mines and Railroads Sold for
Throe Millions.
Tho Bell, LowiH & Yates Coal Com
pany, at Buffalo, N. Y., has sold its
plant, worth about $3,000,000, to u
syndicate composed of Now York capi
talists, and somo stockholders of the
Buffalo, Rochester nnd Pittsburg rail
road. The syndicate is headed by the
Now York Guaranty Trust Company.
Tho salo includes all tho mines in the
Reynoldsville region, Pennsylvania,
and they are thought to be tbo best
coal-producing mines in tLia country.
Included in tho salo aro forty-seven
miles of railroad, tho Falls Crook and
tho Reynoldsville nnd Falls Creek.
Theso lines feed all tho railroads
lending out of tho coal country, Tho
property will bo transferred to tho
new buyers about Juno 1st. It is un
derstood that Adrain Isolin, of New
York, is at the bead of the syndicate
purchasing tho property.
Texas Delegates to Chicago.
Governor Culberson of Texas baa
appointed the following delegates to
attend tho meeting to consult regard
ing the exhibits to bo placed in tho
.Southern States exposition at Chicago:
J. B. Donohon, of Clarksville; F. W.
Malley, of Huler; S. W. Dixter, of
Houston ; Sidney Smith, of Dallas, aud
Sam Webb, of Albany.