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pn. .ft JSITION OF CAMPOS
MKANi BUTCHERY.
Move Creates Terror Throughout
Lit
) A special correspondent of the At¬
lanta Constitution now in Havana writ¬
ing under dnto of January 18tb, says:
rTho deposition of General Campos has
W 1 spread general terror throughout Ha-
r j vana aud tho cities aud towns of Cuba,
for it is universally taken as meaning
that a policy of blood has been deter-
mined upon.
It moans that Spain will call upon
her butchers.
The Olivette this evening was crowd¬
ed with Cubans fleeing from Havana.
Tho developments of yosterday and
today will drive into the insurgent
ranks those who had hoped that Spain
would grant autonomy. The recall of
Campos has brought a crisis iu affairs
which is most critical.
General Gomez,now near Batabano,
reflected tho. all prevalent opinion to¬
day when he declared:
“Since Spain puts up the blaek flag,
Cuba will meet her. We call upon the
civilized world to stop the slaughter
of womeu and children determined
upou by Spain. There can be no
longer doubt of what Cubans should
do. They must fight for their wives
and for their homes. If Cubans
abroad will do their duty, as well as
those at home, freedom is ours.”
The deposition of Campos means the
practical wiping away of of the auton¬
^^■ieded omist party, for now it is generally
that all hopes of autonomy
iBR ttu^mtivo been swept away. The only al-
left to residentsof this island
jsRto choose between Spain and the
" jjfliurgents. will be
T l , inler . command , the , ,
any war
pressed with the greatest possible
vigor Ihe new capiam-general will
de all in his power to earn the com-
menuiitiou of the Spanish government,
and that will iu all probability result
in a policy of extermination.
THE FLYING SQUADRON.
Its Destination Not Definitely Known
by Outsiders.
A cblo letter Ih.t
though the destination of the flying
squadron caunot be definitely known
until it is nearing the point fixed by
the sealed orders under which it sails,
it is an accepted fact among the offi-
cers of the equadron that its course Re-
will be towards the West Indies.
port save that the fleet will proceed
either to Bridgetown, Barbadoes or
Port of Spain, island of Trinidad,
which lies directly north of Venezuela.
The officials at' the admiralty when
questioned , on the ,1 subject , • . protest * that *i,o*
they are in entire ignorance of
the squadron will be sent, but a
be stated that within the admiralty
circles it is taken that, as it has been
decided to send the vessels to the
-wthwest, their course will be some-
^pommissioned near \ enezuela. The squadron
for three years, and it
is not intended that it shall be station-
ed long a t any one point,
Ultimatum Presented to China.
The government of Great Britain
has presented an ultimatum to Chin*
demanding the opening of the Weat
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jISHER.
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ILLUME OF HOUSE AND SENATE
JIEFLY CHRONICLED.
ry of Bills anil Resolutions
resented and Acted Upou.
THE HOUSE,
[the announced house, the Wednesday, appointment the of
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Bn, 5o of Utah, to the committee
lands in place of Mr. Cur-
■Ransas, resigned. On motion
IBowers, republican, California,
was passed authorizing the sec-
f of the interior, regulations to
*d by him, to permit the use of
Lif way upon public lands for
Jurposo of generating electric
George B. McClellan was de¬
■ ed eleoted from the 12th district of
C ew York. A “free home” bill mak¬
ing actual residence on railroad land
(grants unnecessary where the lands
have been fenced and improved, was
passsed. A bill granting an American
register to the steamer Miami was also
! passed. On motion of Mr. W. A.
(Stone, republican, Pennsylvania, the
house went into committee of the
whole on tho pension appropriation
bill.
There was an interesting episode in
the house Thursday, inspired by Mr.
Grow, republican, Pennsylvania, who
declaaed that the New York chamber
of commerce in a pamphlet printed by
that body and widely circulated had
cast reflections upon the good faith of
the house. He sent to the clerk’s desk
and had read the extract from the
pamphlet which follows:
“Then came the Alabama claims and
tbe fisheries dispute, the first being
decided in our favor and the latter
against ns, each side accepting the de¬
cision and paying the award like busi¬
ness men. Then came the seizure of
Canadian sealing vessels by the United
StuteB in Behring sea, which was arbi¬
trated and about $400,000 awarded to
the owners of the seized vessels, which
had not been paid, owing to tbe failuro
of congress to make an appropriation
therefor aud which we are in honor
bound to settlo without further delay.”
This passage ... having been read, , llr.
( row demanded to be allowed to speak
ftpon it, as a question of privilege, an d
was proceeding to speak when
Crisp made the point that the .pilm-
•10 qucaUes-ol
um.ubl)B~llj>Ou Mr. Grow qsftte^ e d that roe since House ro-
uiviliiicn 01
were questions of privilege, one upon
the whole house was much more a
question of privilege. This Mr. Crisp
combatted, but Mr. Grow continued to
speak and said that he would make it a
question of personal privilege.
“The board of arbitration did not
award a dollar of damages,” Mr. Grow
declared.
“If that had been done, it would be
dishonest not to pay it and it is a re¬
flection on the house to say that suoh
au award was made and not paid.”
Here the speaker ruled that no ques¬
tion of privilege was presented,whore-
upon Mr. Grow took his seat, saying:
“Well, I am satisfied.”
The house resumed tho consideration
of the pension bill and an order was
adopted that general debate be closed
during the day and the bill under be taken
up by paragraphs Friday the
five-minute rule.
After a debate continued almost un-
interruptellyover five days tho general
pension appropriation bill for the year
ending June 30, 1897, was passed by
the house Friday afternoon,which then
adjourned until Monday. The day’s
debate was conducted under the five-
minute rule, the bill being read by
paragraphs for amendment. None that
was material was adopted, Mr.Bartlett,
democrat, of New York, enforcing his
announced policy of opposition to
further extension of pension legisla¬
tion by raising points of order against
them. By the same device he suc¬
ceeding in having stricken out of the
bill tho provision reported by the
committeo that “during tho fiscal year
it shall be necessary for a widow, iu
establishing her claim to a pension
under tho provisions of . the act of
1890, to prove that she is without other
mean8 of support than her daily labor;
? provided, ^ that before she shall be en-
itIed to pension under the provis-
ion8 Q f saul law she shall prove that
her net j ne0 me does not exceed $o00
per annum.
Mr. W. A. Stone, republican, of
Pennsylvania, in charge of the bill,
announced that its passage ante-dated
day8 th ® P a8 ,* a f e of a similar
of the la8t f tw0 . •
blU ln elther P revl0U8
trangaote d wa s the passage of a joint
rego \ llt i on providing for the distribu-
of un delivered sets of the naval
recordg of the rebellion
^ me , ga( * v e was received from the
- Jent a ki pt legislation to
enable the attorney * general to prose-
, ^ ; reference rp f eren oe to to the the
gr “? t f l f t i r “ Zl r Ja fnZendeuce ' g
J h .® n c
was the «nhiecl subject of of Chan Onaplain affi Couden’s uouaen s
prayer at t h e beginning of the session
an d his invocation that this govern-
men t would do what it could to aid in
gecuri J liberty to the Cubans was
f u b - a waTe of applause, prob-
w ^ th fi gt tjme that guch a demon-
eTer followed a prayer in the
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THE 8ENAXB '
Mr Mulg> democrat, Texas, took
the floor in support of his resolution
introduced Tuesday concerning silver
eto - Th ®. resolution Provides
that the outstanding , legal tender notes
shall not be retired, cancelled or fund-
GRAY, JONES CO., GA!, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1805.
ed into interest-bearing bonds, bnt
shall be kept in circulation ; that the
whole of the silver bullion now in the
treasury shall be coined as rapidly as
possible—the coins for the seigniorage
to bo paid out in current expenses and
the rest in the redemption of treasury
notes issued for its purchase; that
whenever there is a deficit in the treas¬
ury, legal tender notes shall be issued
to meet current expenditures and
shall be destroyed when returned
to the treasury, that all laws authoriz¬
ing the sale of interest-bearing bonds
shall be repealed; that it is the estab¬
lished policy of the United States not
only to keep all kinds of money issued
under its authority at par, but to re¬
quire all creditors, public and private,
to reoeive gold and silver coins in pay¬
ment of all obligations where the
terms of the contract stipulate for coin
payment, and that it is the duty of
the secretary to pay United States
notes in both gold and silver coin.
Mr. Mills spoke extemporaneously
and was given close attention. He
first drew attention to the long con¬
tinued antagonism to silver and the
present locking up of the accumula¬
tion of silver in the treasury vaults,
due, he said, to the powerful influence
in this country claiming that the pre¬
rogative of issuing money should be
given to corporations, to expand and
contract as they pleased. The national
bank idea was not a democratic idea,
the democratic policy favored the re¬
tention by the government and the
people of the money-making preroga¬
tive.
Mr. Mills showed the contractions
and expansions of the circulation made
by the banks, and said this system was
now to be perpetuated by further is¬
sues of bonds.
Mr. Mills spoke for about an hour.
At the conclusion of his speech Mr.
Peffer took the floor ou the bond bill.
In the senate Thursday, Mr. Allen,
populist, Nebraska, called attention to
the indefinite postponement of his bill
prohibiting American citizens from
receiving foreign titles, decorations,
etc. It occurred through an over¬
sight of his and he asked that the
measure go to the oalendarfor consid-
ation as the people did not believe in
this undemocratic practice and wanted
it stopped. The request was agreed to.
The Cuban question came up briefly
when Mr. Call offered a resolution di-
recting the secretary of state to send
to congress all dispatches from United
states consuls in Cuba concerning the
ni- eaent. Cuilom, 5 -."-
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ented a resolution
the
nient for as to
natnr.nUz.ed TTnited States
Armenians birth were allowed to visit
Turkey; whether their families living
in Turkey were allowed to depart for
the United States, and whether Ameri-
cans living in Turkey had the same
rights as were aooorded to citizens of
Great Britain, Germany, France and
Turkey. republican, offered
Mr. Sewell, a
resolution in regard to the policy of
tho United States on the Monroe doo-
trine.
There was some discussion of the
Call resolution. Mr. Frye pointed out
that the resolution “directed” the seo¬
retary, with the usual proviso that the
information was to be given if in ac¬
cordance with public interest. Mr.
Call insisted that it should be for the
senate to determine what it wanted.
Mr. Sherman Baid such requests
should not be made at a time when the
uprising exetended all through the
island of of Cuba. It might prove a
serious embarrassment to our consuls
to have their official advices male pub¬
lic. It might possibly subject them
to prosecution by the Spanish or the
insurgents in the locality of the con¬
suls.
Mr. Call gave notice that he would
move at an early day for the discharge
of the committee on foreign relations
from further consideration of the res¬
olution for the recognition of the Cu-
bans as belligerents. He would do
this, he said, in order to bring the
senate to a direct vote on the question
■without further delay.
Mr. Call consented that his resolu¬
tion, calling for information, go over
for the present.
Mr. Hale then addressed the senate
on his bill authorizing the postmaster
generftl to contract with the Pacific
Q a j,i e Company r for transmission of
government messages between the
t, ., . States Topulist and Hawaii Nebraska,
Alien, fa¬
vore d a cable to Hawaii, but opposed
the pregent b : ll on the ground that he
feared that the present arrangement
proposed would lead to disagreeable
complications.
Disease Microbes
of lire bacteria of diseases. It was he who
found that the virulence ot bacteria could
be so diminished by cultivation as to be
no longer fatal, on inoculation into sus-
ceptible animals Then followed the dis-
covery that animals thus inoculated were
protected against the disease, even when
afterward inoculated with virulent bac-
^ Tlle nest stcp was the discovery
that the blood-serum of animals thus in-
transferred to other ani-
ma ' 8 ’ W0 " ld • , '°, !cct t] ,’ cm fr °. m tl,e V'"f
disease From these discoveries, in which
1Vte ,,r led. but to which other biolo-
gists f contributed, has come a great revo.
u! jon iu tbe defence of man against
disease microbes.
There are ----; seven surnames in Ashan- a .
tee corresponding to the days of the
week, as follows: Kwaeie Indicates a
man born ob Sunday, Kudjoe «n Met¬
day, Kwabiaa on Tuesday, Kwaku on
Wednesday, Yao on Thursday, Koffl
&
are aM all accented on on the Anal turn
liable.
----
Let yonr discourse with men of
business be short and comprehensive.
CAPITAL NOTES.
GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON IN
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
Doing* ot the Chief* and Heads of the
Various Departments.
J3S£Sa
the senate bill repealing the law bar-
ring from appointment in the army or
navy any person who formerly held a
commission therein and afterwards
joined the Confederacy. The military ‘
academy J bill was agreed to.
Secretary Hcrbort will appear , before ,
the senate committee on naval affairs
in obedience to the summons of the
committee, to give what information
ho may have in h.s possession relative
to the contracts made by the navy de-
partment of Harveyized steel in armor
tor naval vessels. The proceedings
will be conducted on tho basis of the
Chandler resolution.
The announcement by tho Westmin-
ster Gazette (London) that the British
government is about to reopen nego-
tiations with Venezuela on the bound-
ary question puts an entirely new face
upon the condition of matters at Wash-
ington and is causing a good deal of
talk as to its bearing upon the presi-
dent’s Veneznla message,and the events
which have followed it.
It was expected that tho senate
committee on foreign relations would
report tho Monroe doctrine resolu-
tion to the senate Wednesday, but ac
tion was deferred until Friday, when
a special meeting will be called. The
delay was partly due to a Hawaiian
cable hearing given during the early
hours of the session, aud the decision
of Mr. Turpie to still further consider
the subject before taking definite and
positive action. All members of the
committee were presont but Mr. Mills,
ti^ ti Tho ns SatZavToml »a urday completed Ld thi tne .nnrm.ri. rg irgency ncy
deficiency appropriation lull. It car-
rips a total Offictfof of <14 415 922 divided as
follows: tho public printer,
8583,000; „ol. d.p.rto.ot, 838,000;
treasury, $449 987; .District of Co-
nimbi*, $34,059; vdar department,
$366,578; navy department, [$34,500; $810;
interior department, depart-
ment of justice, *5,714; k-ates_L judicial
United 0 mirl*.
the fol’owing circular, modifying the
conditions for payment on the adver-
tised bond issue.
“Treasury Department, Office of the
Secretary, Washington, D. C., Janu-
ary 15, 1896.—Treasury circular (No.
3,1896,) dated January 0, 1896, invit-
ing proposals for the purchase of
one hundred million dollars ($100,-
000,000) of United States 4 per cent,
bonds, is hereby so modified that after
the payments of the first installment
of 20 per cent, with accrued in¬
terest, as required in said circular, the
remainder of the amounts may be paid
in installments of 10 per cent, each and
accrued interest at the end of each
fifteen days thereafter; but all ac¬
cepted bidders may pay the whole
amount of their bids at the time of the
first installment, and all accepted bid¬
ders who have paid all installments
previously maturing may pay the
whole amount of their bids at any
time not later than the maturity of the
last installment.
“Accepted bidders, who pay tho
whole amount at the time of the first
installment, or at any date thereafter,
as provided above will be entitled to
receive, at the date of the payment,
tho whole amount of bonds awarded
to them, and accepted bidders who
pay by tho installments will be enti¬
tled to receive at the dates of such
payments the amount'of bonds paid for.
(Signed) “J. G. Carlisle,
“Secretary of the Treasury."
CRISIS APPROACHING IN CUBA.
The Newspaper* Not Allowed to Issue
Extras.
Specials from Havana under date of
Jan. 14th state that owing to the dis¬
turbed condition of the country
through which the railways pass and
the danger of attack by the insurgents
110 trains are being dispatched in any
direction. The authorities have start-
ed a popular subscription for the re-
lief of plantation people whose crops
havo been destroyed by the rebels,
The sum of $61,000 was raised the
first day.
Captain General CampoR subscribed
$2,000 to the fund, and other officials
also sub-cribed liberally. 'I housands
of people whose homes have been
destroyed are flocking into tbe citie s,
Iu order to avoid creating alarm
among the people of Havana the news-
papers have been notified by the au-
thorities that they will not be allowed
to issue extras.
JAIL BREAKERS AT LARGE.
Prisoners Overpower the Jailer and
Escape.
Six prisoners confined in the Han¬
cock county jail, at Sparta, Ga., over¬
powered Jailer Stewart Thursday
morning and escaped. The jailer car¬
ried breakfast to the cells as usual
and was assaulted as he entered the
jail. A fierce fight ensued in which
the prisoners wr*’ successful. Mr.
Stewart could get no one to his aid
and though he fought with all the vim
he could possibly command the pris¬
oners outnumbered him. and made a
quick break for liberty.. As soon as
he could recover him-jclf tbe jailer
notified the sheriff and town officers
and a ptsaee was immediately formed.
SNODGRASS’ AFFIDAVIT.
The Chief Justice Relates the Clrcum-
stances of His Fight.
Tho cnBe of the state against S. L.
Snodgrass, chief justice of the state of
Tennessee, was called Friday morning
in the circuit court at Chattanooga,
The state announced ready for trial,
as did the defendant, asking, however,
a postponement on account of the ab-
senoe of a material witness.
he “ ad ®.f he ^ rst Stat em f“ t he ha s y ot
m ad ® " lth reference to . the episode . , in .
^ , h ‘ c ^° 8 h .°. t R - Bea * lcy ; In
tis affidavit . , tho chief justico , says
‘The meeting between tho prosecu-
, and affian t Was P u f'! y acoldeutal ;
When they did . , meet defendant called
proS ecutor’s attention to a recent li-
beloua publication about defendant,
wll icb the prosecutor had made, and
denounced as false,as he had the right
to do . Ho t words passed between tho
defendant and the prosecutor, and a
difficulty eDsued, in tho course of
wb ioh the prosecutor mado a demon-
s t ra tion, us affiant honestly believed,
to draw a weapon with which to kill
affiant or do him great bodily harm,
and affiant honestly believed that he
did intend to kill him or do him great
bodily injury. armed and
“Affiant believed he was
in the act of drawing his weapon, and
npon such belief, honestly entertained
from the conduot and demeanor of tho
prosecutor, affiant drew his weapon
and fired two shots, one of which took
effect in the arm of the prosecutor.
A.s soon us affiant discovered that he
was probably in no further danger
from the prosecutor he immediately
ceased to fire, and did not fire another
shot.”
After hearing the affidavit Judge
Moon stated that he could not, under
the rules of the court, consent to a
postponement for longer than three or
four days, because he would call the
civil docket Monday or Tuesday, and
shat he would not consent to call up
criminal business after he had dis-
mi98ed i UrieS «d woind “ P the
cnml nal business of the term.
He He then then ordered ordered a a continuance continuance until unm
Jg* "“S *“», ^ i
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next t g rm ju j g0 Snodgrass was
very anxious for trial, but could not
Bafe j y have it until he had secured the
testimony ^ of witnesses now in New
York
TO WED HIS NIECE.
eneral Ho--loon Announces His En-
„..gement to Mrs. Dnmutck:
’ “rriday night General Benjamin
Harrison formally announced his en¬
gagement to Mrs. Dimmick at the
Fifth Avenue hotel, New York. There
was a crowd of newspaper men and
others about the hotel shortly bofore
9 o’clock, when Secretary Tibbetts
appeared and handed them the follow¬
ing: “General Hairison authorizes
the announcement that he and Mrs.
Dimmick are engaged to be married
and that the marriage will not take
place until after Lent.”
Colonel Tibbetts refused to further
discuss the announcement and al¬
though the ex-president was upstairs
to his room at the time he denied him-
fi'ilf to all newspaper men. Colonel
Tibbetts said that General Harrison
would remain in the city until after
Sunday, when he would go to Indian¬
apolis and from there to Washington.
His Niece by Marriage.
Mrs. Dimmick’s full name Is Caro¬
line Lord Dimmick. She is the daugh¬
ter of the late Mrs. Lord, the eldest
sister of General Harrison’s first wife.
She is the widow of a naval officer.
After her husband’s death she lived
for some time with her mother in
Pittsburg. Mrs. Lord died during the
time that General Harrison was presi¬
dent.
Mrs. Harrison thereupon sent* for
her favorite niece and namesake to
come to the white house, and made
the young widow her private secretary.
During Mrs. Harrison’s illness, both
at the Adirondacks cottage and in the
white house, Mrs. Dimmick was her
faithful and devoted nurse.
CAMPOS FORCED TO RESIGN.
Rumors Cabled from Cuba Seem to
be Verified.
Minister Dupuy de Lome, Spanish
minister at Washington late Friday
afternoon received a cablegram from
tlie duke of Tetuan, minister of for-
e jg n 8 ff a irs at Madrid, saying that
“the official news from Cuba and the
B tat e 0 f the insurrection are as satis-
factory as telegraphed previously. In-
dependency of the military action the
government has authorized Martinez
Campos to resign his command to
General Marin and return to Spain in
consequence of the conduct of the po-
litieal parties of Cuba contrary to the
policy of the commander in chief,ask-
j n g a change in the way of conducting
the war.”
Senor de Lome does not think the
change in command at this
w jU have any injurious effect on the
campaign. Spain has shown a readi-
ness to agree to the retirement of Gen-
eral Campos on the request of leading
loyal ha’s citizens of Cuba, who found, ns
been stated, when General Campos
was first sent to Cuba, that he was
disposed to be lenient with the insnr-
gents. He was frequently criticised,
however, justlv for being too concili t-
tory. As shown by its dispatch the
government is perfectly satisfied with
the state of the campaign generally,
and does not borrow any trouble as
long as the rebels are controlled with¬
in a small territory.
Tobacco Factory Burned.
A large tobacco factory owned by
the Stultz-Spariow Tobacco Company
was destroyed by fire at Murtinsvilie,
Va., Tuesday night. Loss, $25,000;
insurance, $5,000.
VOL II. NO. 4
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
T j, e industrial Condition as Reported
for tho Past Week.
Reports as to southern industrial
Qn j business conditions for the past
week show quietness with slowly in-
creasing activity. The lumber mauu-
faoturers are a good deal encouraged
by the placing of some largo orders
f or f u t ure delivery, and by the in-
crease in the export demand, which
»ud but little is heard of cutting prices
to effect sales. The announced deolino
in the price of southern iron was de¬
counted and has had little effect, os-
peeiallyasthelabororgauizationBW.il
not contest the reduction in wages
whic b follows the lowered price. If
iron production continues at its pres-
ertt t be ooai mines will be kopt
iu operation as at present, and no
chan g e will be made till July next, the
beginning of a new year for tho labor
un i ons . Less has been heard than
u9ua l during the past week of the or-
gan ization of cotton mill companies
aad the building of new mills. The
re p 0 rtB received include a $140,000
cotton m j]l a t Shelby, N. C., a $100,-
000 co-operative cotton mill at Fay-
etteville, N. C., ’ and a knitting mill at
Wovcross, Ga. Tho number of mills
ac tj v0 operation is larger than ever
before, the’condition and no complaint is made as
to of cotton manufac-
turing in the south,
The following new industries wore
established or organized in tho south-
ern B tates during tho week: The
.
Blovins Bros. Lumber company, capi-
j a j .$^000,000, at .Takin, Ga. ; iron
workg capitalized at $30,000 at Spur-
tanburg, S. C.; cooperage works, cap-
ita! $50,000, at Savannah, Ga., and
e beroot and cigar works, also wij-h
$50,000 capital, at Richmond, Ya. A
$25,000 cotton oil mil! is reported at
Sandersville, Ga. ; a $20,000 ice fac-
tory at Wuxahachie, Tex. ; a $12,000
fertilizer factory at Galveston, Tex. ;
a gjo.OOO sash aud door works at
Opelika, LittlL Ala. ; a Ark’., $10,000 stove factory
at Rock, and a $10,000
fence ^ comoanv ° P at Memphis jUtm l ,ul > Tent. J - enD -
There - also , reported ,
is new canning
° hrl, "“' i eog.no work. .1 Now
Orleans, La. ; a foundry at Shreve¬
port, La.; an ice factory at Plaque-
mine, La., and a paper box factory at
Baruesville, Ga. A peanut oil mill is
reported at Norfolk, Va.; a tannery at
San Angelo, Tex., and woodworking
pi Hilts at Micanopv, Fla., Elba, La.,
Greenville, Miss., and Warlick, N. C.
Tlia ee.V. rge ^verrks mentA for 4he We<jk Va., in r
elude glass at Alexandria,
a mining plant at Clarkesville, Ga., a
cotton mill at Augusta, Go., and lum¬
ber mills at Lutcher, La., and Ply¬
mouth, N. C. Among tbe new build¬
ings of the week are a $10,000 church
at Harmony Grove, Ga., a $175,000
railway station at Galveston, Tex., a
$20,000 hotel at Hallettsville, Tex., a
jail at Ooltewah, Tenn., and a 5-story
office building at Roanoke, Va.—
Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
PALMETTO SO LONS MEET.
Governor Evans Maks Many Recom¬
mendations in His Message.
The South Carolina general assem¬
bly convened in annual session at
Columbia Tuesday.
Governor Evans’ message was read.
He favors an income tax on incomes
of $1,000 and upwards. He does not
favor any reduction in tho phosphate
royalty. He recommends a commit¬
tee to investigate thd charges of Mr.
Willoughby in the penitentiary mat¬
ter. He recommends an appropria¬
tion of $25,000 for tho South Carolina
college, $50,000 less than is asked for;
$20,000 for the citadel academy, $14,-
000 less than is asked for. He sug¬
gests that the general assembly enact
the new fertilizer rate into a statute
prescribing severe penalties and for¬
feitures of charter of the companies
failing to establish it. He speaks
pretty harehly of the action taken in
the United States court rocently on
this matter.
The dispensary will he dealt with in
a special message.
He recommends that in the passage
of election laws adjusted to the new
constitution that the famous eight box
ballot law be allowed to remain in
force as a breakwater against negro
votes in case the federal courts should
invalidate tho suffrage clause of the
new constitution. He suggests a pro-
vision for a state exhibit at the Chica-
go cotton exposition,
The new registration bill was intro-
duced in both houses before adjourn-
ment. It is a long document and is
in accord with this new article on the
suffrage. The bill providing for the
reorganization of the state supreme
court also came in at the outset, the
idea being to endeavor to have the
election for the new associate justice
come off early next week. Many of
the more unimportant bills have al-
ready been prepared and will be in-
troduced in the next few days.
Ulot Against Honduras Under Way.
According to news brought by the
Panama steamer City of Sydney to
San Francisco, there is likely to be
another uprising in Honduras before
long. Colonel Drummond, an Eug-
lishman, is said to have some connec-
tion with the scheme to overthrow the
present government. The plot is be-
ing formed in Guatemala,
Ex-Congressman Smithers Dead.
Ex-Congre-Finan N. B. Smithers,
who was secretary of state under Gov¬
ernors Cannon and Marvel, died at
his home in Dover, Del., Thursday,
in his 7Sth year.
! Mr. Vanderbilt to Wed.
j ! It js reported in New divorced York that wife W T .
K Vanderbilt, whose
j I 1)ng wed married Miss Amy Oliver Bend. H. P. Belmont,
THE PLACE
FOR HOLDING THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
July 7til tho Date—The Contost Close
and Exciting.
The democratic national convention
will be held at Chicago on July 7th.
Such was tho decision reached on tho
twonty-ninth ballot by tho national
committee afscmblcd at Washington,
after a spirited contest, in which
Chicago won by a bare majority, with
St. Louis only two votes behind.
It was practically a fight between
tho free silver foiees on the one hand
and tho hard money men on the other.
This statement cannot be taken as
literally correct, for several silvor men
finally voted for Chicago, whilo otner
votes were cast for St. Louis by hard
moneymen.
The freo silver men, who were bit¬
terly hostile to New York, made St.
Louis their rallying point, and
throughout tho entire twenty-uino bal¬
lots they were loyal to the city of
their choice. The splendid showing
made by St. Louis surprised tho best
posted politicians, as it was believed
that she could not rally to exceed fif¬
teen or eighteen votes; that sho would
then drop out of the race, and that
the fight would narrow down to Chi¬
cago and Cincinnati. That sho did
stay in the race and in tho concluding
ballots steadily increased her strength
shows how admirably her force was
disciplined. New York’s poor showing
did not surprise any one who was
familiar with the situation. It was not
that New York’s campaign was not
cleverly managed, for her delegation
neglected no argument that could fe-
cure her the support of the commit¬
tee.
Chicago’s steadily increasing gaius
indicated her ultimate victory. This
came on the twenty-ninth ballot, when
her vote of 21 in the twenty-eighth
ballot was increased by 5, thus giving
her a bare majority aud leaving Bt.
Louis a dangerous second, with 24,
while Cincinnati was reduced to 1.
New York’s 4 votes on this ballot went
to Chicago, as did also one of Cincin¬
nati’s.
The states voting for Chicago on the
final ballot were Connecticut, Dela¬
ware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Jorjjg
Kentucky, ?fai Maryl
braaii »'"N <:%? 1 ffUn phi re, North Caro-
lina, New York, Oregon, Pennsylva¬
nia, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Ten¬
nessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wis¬
consin, Alaska, District of Columbia,
Cincinnati had tho vote of Calvin S.
Brice, of Ohio. St. Louis had the
votes of Alabama, Arkansas, Califor¬
nia, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Mon¬
tana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Da¬
kota, South Carolina, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, Ari¬
zona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and In¬
dian Territory.
No Candidates.
The session of the committee was
remarkable in that during tho entire
session neither,in the committee room
nor about the lobbies of tho Arlington
hottd, was there the mention of n sin¬
gle name as a candidate for the presi¬
dential nominatione. It is the first
time in the history of the democratic
party that such a thing has oeeured.
In the whole broad land there is not
one man who has announced himself a
candidate. Even Mr. Cleveland, who
has been so often spoken of for a fourth
nomination, took pains to announce
to several committeemen who called
upon him that he would not be a can-
didate. Whitney, Stevenson and Hill
have taken particular pains to silence
their friends, and even Morrison has
retired.
RED CROSS BARRED.
Turks Refuse To Permit Any Distri¬
bution of Collected Money.
The Turkish legation at Washing¬
ton has given out tho following com¬
munication :
“The imperial government will not
permit any distribution among his
subjects, on his own territory, by any
foreign society or individuals, how¬
ever respectable same may be (as for
instance the Red Cross Society) of
money collected abroad. Such
interference no independent especially govern¬
ment has ever allowed,
when the collections are made ou the
strength of speeches delivered in pub¬
lic meetings by irreconcilable enemies
of the Turkish race and religion and
on the basis of false accusations that
Turkey repudiates. Besides, the sub¬
lime porte is mindful of the true
interest of its subjects and, distin¬
guishing between the real state of
things and the calumnies and wild ex¬
aggerations of interested or fanatical
parties, will, as it has done heretofore,
under its own legitimate control, alle¬
viate the wants of all Turkish subjects
living in certain provinces irrespective
of creed or race.”
Lumber Company Asstgns.
The Ketcham Lumber Company*
one of the largest concerns in the Inm*
her district of Ohio, has filed an as¬
signment in the Cook county court-
The resources are estimated at $500,-
000 an ■ the obligations at $300,000.
The creditors are mostly banks.
Receiving Teller Defrauds the Bunk.
It has just leakoiout that William
Witland, receiving teller of the Gran¬
gers’ bank, at San Francisco, has de¬
frauded that institution out of over
$12,000. Witland has disappeared,
and tbe surety company is now on his
track.