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About The Jones County news. (Gray, Jones County, GA.) 1895-???? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1895)
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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 r j Ter _ jISHER. 1 m ' ONGRESS. r 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 'r 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 j, oago * ___ 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 -."- _____ 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 - 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.
