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THE CLEVELAND PROGRESS.
Jiy JOE JI. REESE. DEVOTED TO THE MINING, AGRICULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OE CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY A NO NORTH-EAST GEORGIA. TERMS: 31.00 Per Year
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CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1896.
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THE HOUSE.
The house wits mainly oeoupiod
Wednesday in the consideration of
the Binaker-Downing contested oloo-
tion case, Mr. Cook, of Illinois, re
suming his argument in favor of Biun-
ker. The dobato continued until
night, though several motions to ad-
J23p j journ wore interjected and defeated
during the discussions. The debate
was participated iu by Mr. Lacey, Illi
nois, in favor of Downing, and Mr. Dal-
zell, Pennsylvania, who gave reasons
for not assenting to tho report for un
seating Mr. Downing. Mr. Hepburn,
of Iowa, and Mr. Connolly, of Illinois,
strongly favored tho seating of Mr.
Iiinaker. At 8:20 o’olock the house,
by a voto of 13!) to 35, recommitted
the case to tho committee on elections
No 1, with instructions to recount suoh
parts of the vote deemed proper.
In the house, Thursday, Mr. Prince
reported from elections committoo No.
2 tho contested caso of Cheatham, re
publican, versus Woodward,.democrat,
from tho second district of North
Carolina, rocommendiug that tho sit
ting member, Mr. Woodward, retain
his seat. The report agreed to, the
house then resolved itself into com
mittoo of tho whole to consider privato
pension bills under tho special order
adopted last week.
Tho consideration of those bills was
interrupted to roceivo the river and
harbor appropriation bill from the
senate.
On motion Mr. Hooker, of New
York, tho senate amendments were dis
agreed to and n conference ordered.
Messrs. Hooker, Herman, of Oregou,
and Catchings, of Mississippi, were
named as conferees.
Later in tho day Mr. Hepburn, of
Iowa, entered a motion to reconsider
the voto disagreeing to tho senate’s
amendments to tho river and harbor
bill and appointing a conference and
Nos. 31 and 82, Exposition Flyer, Through Full- I the matter went over until Friday.
An hour and a half was occupied i
after the opening to Tuesday’s session
man Sleepers between New York aiul Atlanta via
Washington. On Tuesdays and Thursdays con*
sectionwill bo made from Richmond with No.
81, and on these dates Pullman Sleeping Car will .. „ .. .
ft* * “of -low*. Chairman
of tho committee on printing, to ex
clude from tho permanent record cer-
lanta to Richmond with through Bleeping car
will be to leave Atlanta by train No. 32.
No*. 11 and 12, Pullman Sleeping Car betweea
Richmond, Danville and Greensboro.
W. A. TURK, 8. H. UARDWICK,
Gen’l Pass. Ag’t, Aas't Gen’l Pass. Ag't,
Wasuinoion, D. C. Atlanta, Qa.
W. B. RYDER, Superintendent, Chaelott*,
North Carolina.
of the houso iu disposing of a motion
9- H. GREEN,
Cen’l Bapt.,
Washinoton, D. C.
J. M. CULP,
TralBo M’g'r.
Washington, Ik
•mem? tvns a ttititi m our town,
He wasn't wise a bit;
His business kept u-going down—
An advertiser? Nit.
—Boston Courier.
Mrs. Cawker—It Is said that the Falls
ut Niagara lire wearing away rapidly.
Mr. Cawker—I don’t tvouder nt that.
A great many people take a hack at Ni
agara Falls.—Harper’s Bazar.
•‘May I take this sent, madam?” said
the traveling man to a lady in the rail
road ear. "No, sir," said the female,
witheringly; "I have been keeping It
for a gentleman.”—Yonkers States
man.
”1 would be mighty willin’ to work,”
Mr. Dismal Dawson explained, “if I
was only able.” “You look able-bodied
enough," said the sharp-nosed lady.
“What is there to prevent you work
ing?" “Me pride.”—Indianapolis Jour-
Dlsappolnten Guest—I thought you
said there was an extensive view from
your hotel? Disappointing Landlord—
Well, you cun see the moon, can’t you?
—Somerville Journal.
“Marie, your father must like me; he
lent me .$20.” “No, Charlie; he told
me lie expected it would cost him some
thing to keep you from coming here so
often.”—Chicago Record.
She—Y’ou know you would be just as
happy If you didn't kiss me. He—But
do you suppose I nm sellish enough to
think only of myself?—Rebobeth Sun
day Herald.
Watts—That Is a pretty good story
you tell, but It won't work. Weary
Watkins—Course It won’t. D’you ’spose
I’d be travelln' around with it If it did?
Indianapolis Journal.
"Mary, TTI follow you to the utmost
ends of the earth.” “No, you won’t,”
said she, calmly. "Why won’t I?” “Be
cause I’m not going there,” she replied.
—Boston Globe.
“What are you crying for, child?”
“Lolo hurt me.” "How. pray?" “I
tain matters inserted by Mr. Wlioolor,
of Alabama, for which it was asserted j
by Mr. Perkins ho had received no
permission. Mr. Wheeler contended
that he had a right to insert tho mat
ter complained of, but tho houso voted
otherwise and by a vote of 154 to 74
tho matter waB ordered to be excluded.
Mr. Cooko, of Illinois, called up tho
contested election case of Binaker vs.
Downing, from tho sixteenth distriot
of Illinois. Tho majority report finds
that Binaker, republican, was elected
and that Downing, democrat, was not
olected.
Before tho dobato began Mr. Evans,
of Kentucky, gave notice that when
the caso wbh disposed of ho would ask
the houso to consider tho bill reported
from tho committee on ways and means
to repeal what is known us tho “free
alcohol law.”
Mr. Bicliardson, of Tennessoe, en
deavored to secure recognition to move
adjournment so that members might
attend the unveiling of tho Hancock
statue, claiming that it was a privi
leged motion and could be mado at
any time. The speaker ruled, how
ever, that a gentleman could not be
taken off tho floor even by a privileged
motion.
The basis of the election commit
tee’s recommendation was error made
by election officers with no charge of
fraud or ballot box stuffing in the ease.
The returns of the voto as finally can
vassed gave Mr. Downing a plurality
of forty-nine. The committee thinks
that Mr. Binaker was entitled to the
certificate and the seat, having figured
out that his plurality was thirty. The
minority dissent from this. Mr.
Moody, of Massachusetts, joining with
the democratic mombers and recom
mending that a recount of the votes
tie ordered and that the contest be
recommitted to the committee for that
purpose. The discussion of tho oaso
occupied the remainder of the day’s
i session.
THE SENATE.
The river and harbor bill was passed
in the senate Wednesday, leaving only
three of the annual appropriation bills
to be acted upon. These are the Dis
trict of Columbia bill, the fortification
bill and the deficiency bill, but before
either of them is taken up the Dela
ware senatorial election caso will have
to be disposed of, and to that caso
Thursday and Friday were assigned.
The amendment which had been
was going to hit him with my fist, when previously offered to the river and
he ducked his head and my fist hit the harbor bill by Mr. Gorman, of Mary-
~ “ ~ land, limiting the expenditures under
the bill to $10,000,000 a year, was, after
a long discussion, laid on the table by
a vote of 40 to 23. An amendment in
tho same seDse, limiting tho expendi
tures under contract to 20 per cent,
was offered by Mr. Bate, of Tennes-
!ng of those X rays- Shadbolt (sheer- and met the ]iko fato with a vote
lug off)—No use, Dinguss; you’ll make 0 j d g. and then, after a some-
no X raise from me tills time.-Chicago wLftt bittor encoun ter of words be-
Trlbime. 1
wall.”—Etoile Beige.
T envylTings wTiene'erlie sings,
So much does he deserve;
1 ’Tis not his voice makes me rejoice—
I envy him his nerve.
—Judge.
Dinguss—By the way, Shadbolt, talk-
tween Mr. Allen, of Nebraska,
and tho chairman of tho committee
on commerce, Mr. Frye, of Maine,
tho closing speech in advocacy of
tho bill and response to criticisms of
it was mado by Mr. Frye, who stated
somo facts iu illustration of tho im
mense growth of the railroad aud
river and lake oommorooof tho United
States. The railroad freights,he said,
had boen out down within tho last
twenty years from 3$ cents a ton a
mile to 3-4 of 1 cent a mile; and yet
the people wanted cheaper freight*;
and for that reason tho intelligent
people of tlm United States were
everywhere asking for river and har
bor improvements.
Tho vote on the passage of the bill
whs: Yeas 57, nays 0.
On motion of Mr. Fryo tho senate
insisted upon its amendments and tho
following conferees woro appointed;
Messrs. Frye, Quay and Yost.
The bill, as it passed the houso, ap
propriated $10,594,718 and authorized
contracts for thirty-two projects in
volving an aggregate liability of $5K-
721,210. As it was reported to tiro
senate the amount appropriated was
$12,614,550. That sum was increased
by various itoms put on in the senate,
including the provision for tho deep
sea harbor in southern California.
The senate, at 0 o’olock p. m., nd-
jourued until Thursday.
Tho senate bill to restrict immigra
tion by tho application of tho illiteracy
tost was tho occasion for tho delivery
of two speeohos iu the senate Thurs
day, ono against and one for the bill.
Mr. Gibson, of Maryland, spoke iu
opposition and Mr. Nelson, of Minne
sota, in advocacy.
Mr. Gibson attributed the instiga
tion of the bill to the American Prp-
teotivo Association, which ho charac
terized as a secret, oath-bound, rod-
lettered, dark-lanterned, loft-liandod
organizaiion. Tho real purpose of tho
bill was, ho assorted, hostility to tj^jJ
Catholic church.
Mr. Nelson defended tho bill ,qn
account of the necessity of restricting
immigration and denied that rae
American Protective Association or
hostility to tho Catholic church had
anything to do with it.
- No action was taken on the
having boon taken up for the sofa piir-
poso of having thoso two speeches de
livered.
Tho discussion of the question of
Mr. Dupont’s title to tho seat in thbt
senate from Delaware came up agaiy.
When it was suspended two er three*
weeks ago it was with the understand-,
ing by unanimous consent that it was
to ho taken up again after tYo passage
of tho river and harbor bill, and that
the final voto was to be taken at f 5
o’clock of the seoond day. When Mr.
Gorman roferrod to that unani
mous consent agreement, Mr. Mitchell,
of Oregon, in charge of tho resolution,
admitted tho correctness of the state
ment, but addod, suggestively, that
what tho particular final vote would
be on would bo determined thon.
Mr. Platt, of Connecticut, made an
argument in fuvor of Mr. Dupont’s
right.
Tho following bills were passed:
House bills to settle titles ontho Arre
dondo grant, Florida; senate bill for
monuments to tho revolutionary gen
erals, Franois Nash and William Da
vidson, of North Carolina, $5,000 for
each.
Tho pension bills ou tho calendar
were taken up and passed very ex
peditiously, to tho number of sixty, iu
half an hour.
After a short executive session tho
senate, at 5:55 o’clock, adjourned
until Friday.
A vote was had in tho senate Satur
day afternoon ou tho Dupont election
caso. Dupont is tho man who claims
to have boon elected to tho senute from
Delaware. Ho clairnH that tho presi
dent of tho slate souate, who was ac
ting governor—tho governor having
died—had no right to vote in the elec
tion of a sonator, but tho president of
tho senate, who was n democrat, did
voto and prevented an election, mak
ing tho senatorial voto u tie.
Dupont claimed to bo electod,
though he had no certificate of election.
The populists, including .Tones and
Stewart, voted or paired against Du
pont, and tho souate, by one majority,
refused to seat him. The voto was 31
to 30.
Senator Bacon called up his bill to
prevent tho secretary of tho treasury
from making any further issues of
bonds without tho special consent of
congress, and delivered an hour’s
speech upon it.
Tho Georgia senator called special
attention to the fact that tho peoplo
are now paying $10,000,000 a year in
terest on tho issues of bonds reoontly
mado without tho special authority of
congress. He also guvo figures show
ing how tho gold reserve had boon de-
. pleted by $10,000,000 within twenty
days, and predicted that under tho sys
tem i nauguratod by the treasury another
issue of bonds would probably have
to be mado in tho very near future.
Senator Bacon wovo into his speech
the argument this bond question
makes upon the financial question. Ho
was listened to attentively, and was
interrupted several times by Senator
Gray.
Mr. Butler, of North Carolina, com
mended Mr. Bacon’s speech and called
attention to a bill which he (Mr. But
ler) had introduced early in tho s«s-
sion prohibiting tho issue of bonds
without tho oousont of 'oongress. Ho
gave notioe that ho would, ou somo
future day, ask tho senate to take up
that bill for consideration. Mr. Hill
objected to having tho time farmed
out in advance.
TRADE TOPICS.
General Business is (Julet and Feat
ureless.
Bradstroet’s weekly business ’roviow
says:
“General trade throughout tho
country remains quiet, wholesale mer
chants ooutinuo conservative and the
distribution of general merchandise
is almost of a hand-to-mouth charac
ter. South and southwest business
reiunins dull and featureless—un
changed from last week. At larger of
eastern oeuters travelers aro preparing
to Bturt out,but tlio unfavorable features
in recent weeks in ropseot to cotton,
wool, stool and iron industries show
no changes. Collections continue un
satisfactory. ltelativoly tho rnoBt fa
vorable reports as to tratlo this week
oomo from Illinois, Missouri, Kansas,
Iowa aud Nebraska, Jobbers supply
ing that region report tho demand for
hardware, shoes, dry goods and no
tions moro active aud that mercantile
collections have improved.
“Becent rains have had a very favora
ble iufluonoo on crops iu Kansas and
Missouri. This lias tended to make
merchants regard tho outlook more
favorable and to stimulate purchases.
“Iu addition to a better fooliug aud
stronger values for leather aud hides,
steel rail mills have sold two tons of
product this your t.o ono ton last year.
The fact that fowor pig iron furnaces
aro turning out as much, if not moro,
iron this mouth than last, indicates
that an unexpectedly largo vol
ume of contracts had been placed
prior to tho late nominal advance iu
quotations. Tho recent average week
ly commercial ddhth rato is continued,
with a total of 265 business failures
throughout tho United States this
week, against 267 last week aud 210 iu
tho woel( one year ago. More import
ant changes iu quotations for staples
include advances for nails, cotton and
oats, and decreases for pig iron, wool,
.potrolmuu, flour, wheat and pork, with
lly unchanged or shadod,
the charaoturof tho Halo. ”
NAVAL MILITIA.
So? tho Jack Tars During
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The programme for the summer ex-
eroises of the naval militia organiza
tion in tho various stntos has boon an
nounced by tho navy department at
Washington.
Assistant Secrotary MoAdoo, of tho
navy department, will probably lenvo
Washington on tho Dolphin ou June
15 and spend two weeks inspecting the
naval militia organizations of Georgia
and North Carolina.
A monitor wdll ho detailed from
Juno 15th to June 30th for the Georgia
and North Carolina militia organiza
tions, and during tho same period a
cruiser will be given for tho use of the
Louisiana and South Carolina militia.
Ono week will be spent in the waters
of each state.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL IN
PITHY PARAGRAPHS.
SPANISH CABINET ACTS.
Formal Remonstrance Against Uncle
Sam to bo Drafted.
At tho cabinet counoil hold in Mad
rid tho duke of Tetuan, minister of
foreign affairs, was authorized to draft
a formal remonstrance against tho atti
tude of tho United States in regard to
Cuba, which will be presented to the
government at Washington, and it is
probable that Sonor Depuy DoLome,
Spanish minister at Washington, will
also bo instructed to protest personally
against tho policy now being pursued
by the American government.
It was also decided that tho govern
ment should send 40,000 troops to
Cuba in September.
WILL MYERS CAPTURED.
The Murderer Is Said to Ho iu Custody
at Boswortli, Mo.
Will Myers, couvictod of murder
and sentenced to hang for tho killing
of Forest Crowley, at Atlanta, Gu., is
reported under arrest at Boswortli,
Mo. A telegram wuh received iu
Atlanta Saturday stating that Myers
was being held ut Boswortli for identi
fication.
Deputy Sheriff Greene was sont on
to bring tho murderer buck to Atlanta.
All the Atlanta officers are confident
that the man is Myers, aud Sheriff
Barnes thinks ho has the nervy young
murderer at last run to earth.
An Important Court Decision.
The chancery court of appeals ren
dered a decision at Knoxville, Teun.,
Saturday iu tho ease of tho three C’s.
railroad vs. Johnson City. The suit
was for $ ,fn ,000, voted by the city in
bonds to (h road. Tho court decided
in favor of lie city, from tho fact that
tho amount was moro than 10 por eont.
of the taxable value of tho city, and
nonseqjieutly could not, under the
state laws, issuo bonds to that umount.
Southern Hardware Jobbers.
Tho sixth annual convention of tho
Southern Hardware Jobbers’ Associa
tion opened at Lookout inn at Chatta
nooga Wednesday. Tho attendance
was about one hundred.
Dolnga of the Chiefs aud Heads of tin
Various Departments.
Tho sottlomont of tho Dupont elec
tion oaso in the senato Saturday re
moves the stumbling block in the way
of adjournment, but it looks now like
tho tariff mid financial questions may
bo opoued up again, and tho adjourn
ment of congress delayed indefinitely.
From tho committee on agru ulture
Senator Proctor has reported a bill to
provido for a direotor in chief of the
soientifio bureaus and investigations
in tho department of agriculture. This
official is to bo appointed by tho presi
dent and confirmed by the senate, at
a salary of $5,000 a year.
Tho action of tho president in sum
moning Mr. Alexander W. Terrell,
United States minister to Turkey,from
his Texas homo to Washington waHiiot
based ou any new or serious develop
ments iu tho Turkish situation. His
prosonoe at Washington is desired for
purposes of consultation, and the in
ference is givou that the matter con
cerns an official appointment.
Instructions have been sent by tele
graph to tho soveral collectors of cus
toms along tiio Atlantio soaconst to
look out for tho steamer Laurada,
supposed to bo engaged in a filibuster
ing expedition to Cuba, aud if sliu is
found to lie violating the neutrality
laws to soizo her. TIioho instructions
woro sont ou information filed at the
stato department by tho Spanish
minister. Honor do Lome.
A numerously-signed petition ad
dressed to tho committee on rules was
circulated iu tho houso Wednesday
asking that a day bo set aside for tho
consideration of the McCall bill,which
provides an educational tost for immi
grants, and for another measure look
ing to tho restriction of immigration.
Mr. McCall thinks thnt the petition
will bear 200 signatures when it is pre
sented to the rulos committee.
Tho resignation of Judge Nelson was
received at the white houso Friday
morning and after very skortcoiisider-
atiou the president decided to fill the
vacamyr by the appointment Jmly
Lochron without consulting with tho
latter. Judge Nelson’s resignation
was not unexpected, as ho has reachod
tho age of retirpment and has taken
advantage of tho law, which pormits
him to return his salary aftor leaving
the bench.
The goueral opinion is that tho
president will veto tho river and har
bor bill on account of tho vory large
sum it carrios. As a matter of fact, it
is all out of proportion to tho revenues
of the government. That, howovor,
conntH for little when almost every
congressman gets a slice of it for his
district. Bhould tho president voto
tho bill oongress will pass it over his
veto. Tho contest over this bill will
probably extoud tho session of con
gress lute into tho summer. Indeed,
tho leaders who have been taking early
adjournment now admit that congress
may remain in sossiou until tho mid
dle of July.
International Money.
The houso committee on coinage,
weights aud measures has deoidod by
a unanimous vote to authorize a favor
able report ou a resolution introduced
by ltepresentotive C. W. Stone, of
Pennsylvania, authorizing preliminary
procoodiugs looking to the adoption of
international coins.
Tho resolution providos that the
president bo authorized and requested
to invito an expression of opinion
from tho othor principal commercial
nations of the world as to the desir
ability and feasibility of tho adoption
of international coins to bo current in
all countries adopting them at a uni
form valuo and to bo specially adapted
for invoice purposes.
Carlisle Is Notified.
Socretnry Garlislo has received a
letter from Chairman Morrill of tho
senato finance committee, notifying
him of tho passage of tho Foffor bond
investigating resolution, and asking
the secrotary if lie desired to bo heard
orally or iu writing. Tho secretary
has replied that ho is roady to do
either or both, as the committoo may
direct, but he calls attention to the
fact that it will tako time to prepare
tho information evidently desired by
tho resolution.
At tho meeting of tho senate com
mittee on fiuanoe Tuesday Chairman
Morrill appointed a subcommittee of
five to investigate tho bond sales un
der tho Peffer resolution, naming for
that sorvieo Senators Harris, Yost aud
Walthall, democrats; Platt, republi
can, aud Jones, of Nevada, populist.
Cull Take Lands.
The secretary of the interior has
decided the caso of the Gulf uud Ship
Island Bailroad Company, which up-
poaled from the decision of tho com
missioner of tho general land office,
who rejected its indemnity lists Nos. 3
and 5 in Mississippi, for tho reason
that tho company was not entitled to
make selections under the act of 1874,
for lands relinquished under tho act
of September 29, 1890, and that
tho company must confine its selec
tions, under tho act of 1890, to oven
sections in indemnity limits. In a
voluminous decision tho secretary de
cided that Ihe company could take
lands in lieu of those relinquished un
der tho act of 1874 anywhere ’within
tho limits of the first forty miles of it“
grant, either in tho granted or indem
nity limits, and either oven or odd
sections, or both, which wore non
mineral and unappropriated at theduto
of tho selection; but its right to selec
lands in lieu of those relinquished un
der the set of 1890 will be confined to
the indemnity limits of tho first twenty
luileB of rond.
Somite Steering Committee.
Tho republican Bonuto steering oom-
mittoehold a mooting Wednesday after
noon to consider tho order of business,
but was unable to como to auy conclu
sion, and adjourned to meet again Sat
urday morning. Tho soveral matters
for which attention is being urgod by
the senators were taken up and dis
cussed.
There appeared to bo a feeling that it
would lie uuwiso to permit tho calling
up of the bills for the establishment
of a uniform system of baukruptoy,
for the refunding of tho debt of tho
Pacific railroads iu like measures,
which will precipitate a prolonged de
bate. Tho immigration bill now on
tlio calendar appears to moot with gen
eral commendation, and tho commit
tee believed that it could ho called up
with reasonable probability of its
passago. This will probably be pro
vided for.
Tho bill to repeal the free alcohol in
tho arts clause of the present tariff
bill was also discussed for some time,
but no conclusion was reachod. Thoro
is a markod division of sentiment in
the republican ranks on this question,
but tho indications aro that tho com
mittoo will report to tho caucus in fa
vor of giving this mensuro a day at
court. Whether it can be passed is a
question tho committeo does not. pro-
sumo to answer. It is understood that
the Iiouho will pass the ropoul as an in
dependent measure, and if that is done,
tho concurrence of tho senate will bo
urged. All of these matters woro
permitted to stand open, however, and
an effort will bo made to dispose of
them definitely at tho next meeting of
the committee.
COLORADO’S REPUBLICANS.
Senator Teller Given the Directing of
tlioJj5ojn - Volos.
wlrSHu^^^^^B^^m^eSo^it^^f of
tho Colorado state republican conven
tion reported.
It was decided to let Senator Henry
M. Teller head tho Colorado dologa-
tiou. This was reported to tho con
vention and his nomination was mado
unanimous. Instructions to oast tho
Colorado voto according to his views
woro ulso passed.
The money plank adoptod by tho
convention reads: “We, therefore,
declare that the free coinage of silver
aud gold at tho ratio of 16 to 1 is for
tho time being of paramount and con
trolling importanoo aud tho most
pressing question connected with our
political duty and action. The doctrine
of bimetallism has never beon denied
by any national republican con
vention, but often asserted and
they who deny it aro false
to the party, and not wo, who will
maintain it. International bimetallism
oau only bo achieved through national
bimetallism adopted by the United
States. To tho maintenance of this
priuoiple, as well as to tho restoration
of silver as a money metal to tho full
standard of tho constitution, wo, us
republicans, pledge our most arduous
and persistent effort.”
At 1:45 o’clock a. m. tho convention
adjourned sino die, aftor appointing
Senator Tellor, J. W. Bookofellor,
Jumos Duuiug und Frank G. Gowdy
delegates at large.
BIG INTERESTS CHANGE HANDS.
Coal Mines and Railroads Sold for
Tliree Millions.
The Boll, Lowis & Yates Coal Com
pany, at Buffalo, N. Y., has sold its
plant, worth about $3,000,000, to a
syndicate composed of New York capi
talists, and somo stockholders of tho
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg rail
road. Tho syndicate is headed by the
New York Gnaranty Trust Company.
Tho sale includes nil tho mines in the
Iieyiioldsville region, Pennsylvania,
and they are thought to be tho best
coal-producing mines in this country.
Included in tho sale aro forty-seven
miles of railroad, tho Falls Creek aud
tho Reyuoldsvillo aud Falls Croek.
These linos feed all the railroads
leading out of tlio coal country. Tho
property will bo transferred to the
new buyers ubout Juno 1st. It is un
derstood that Adruin Isolin, of Now
York, is at tho head of tho syndicate
purchasing tho property.
THE DURANT CASE.
Prospect That He Will Not Be Exe
cuted Before Next Fall.
Tho bill of exceptions in the Durant
caso has been filed in tho supremo
oourt at San Frauoisoo. Tho distriot
attorney states that even should the
prosecution win every point ou appeal,
Durant oould not possibly be executed
before November or December. The
prospects are at tho best that tho exe
cution will bo thrown over into next
year.