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The Jones County News.
M. 0. GREENE, Publisher.
Middli Cnrgia & Atlantic Riltriad
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OFFICIAL DlitECFOfty.
JONES COUNTY OOVEHNMENT.
Judge Superior Court—J. C. Hart.
Solicitor General—H. G. Lewis.
Senator—Hon. W. H. Harriaon.
Itepreeentative—Hon. J. F. Anderaon.
Ordinary—R. T. Row.
Clerk Superior Court—W. W. Barron.
Sheriff—R. N. Bthidge.
County Treasurer—F. M. Stewart
Tax Receiver—J. A. Chilea.
County Surveyor—R. H. Bonner.
Coroner—R. B. Trapp.
Judge County Court—J. 0. Barron.
JURY OOMS.-W. A. Card, J. M. Mid-
dlebrook*. J. F. Barron, John Greeh-
am, E. I*. Morton.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION—
J. D. Anchors, Joe W. Barron, J. R.
Van Buran, S. A. Hodge, J. W.
Anderaon.
COUNTY SCHOOL COM —A. 'H S..
McKay, P. O. Plentttude.
CHURCH DIRECTORT. .y
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MJ3THIQDIST.
CLINTON amcUIT—R. A. Seal!
pastor; Clinton—First Sunday at 11 a.
m., and at night; Sunday school at 8
p. m., W. >H. Ilolaenboek, Snpt.
ST. LUKE—'Firet Sunday, at 8 p. m.
HOUND OAK~S«cond Sunday and
Saturday 'before, at 11 a. m.. Sunday
school at 10 a. m., E. Jf, Hunt, Supr.
JAMES STATION . _hd Sunday, at
11 a m., Sunday schOv. at 3 p. in.; It.
H. Kingman, Supt.
HADDOCK STATION—Saturday be¬
fore fourth Sunday, and fourth Sunday
night., Sunday school at 3 p.tn.: W. it
Farrer, Supt.
FOHTVII.TjE—F ourth Sunday, at 11
a. m., Sunday school at 10 a. to; It. H.
Bonner, Supt.
BAPTIST.
UNION HILL-Forth Sunday and Bat
urday before 11 a. m., T. H. Greer,
pastor; Sunday school at 10 a. m., It.
E. Hutohina, Supt.
NEW SiALEM - First 8unday and
Saturday before at 11 a. m., E. W.
Saminona, paator; Sunday achool at 10
«. m., J. H. C. Ethridge, Supt.
BLOUNTSYILLE—Third Sunday and
Baturdny before at 11 a. m„ E W.
Sammons, pastor; Sunday achool at 3
p. m.; It. T. Smith, Supt.
BLEM—Fourth Sunday and Saturday
before at 11 a. in., E. W. Sammons,
pastor.
It A ton IN - It OU15 H S Cl.
Broke Up In a liow In 'Atlanta.
Alisa Rogers Elopes.
Atlanta, Ga., May 10.—(Special.)—
The Baldwin-Rogers Comedy Company,
which opened a benefit engagement for
the Atlanta Artillery Monday, broke up
in a row in the middle of the perfor¬
mance tonight, and so the actors and
actresses were stranded in" the town.
The company is. playing in 'bad luck
lately and were behind in salaries.
Last night half a dozen bailiffs held
forth behind the scenes and the show
came near going up the fimne then, but
pulled through. Tonight O’Connor, the
funny mail, undertook to force the col¬
lection of his salary, by striking in the
midst of the show. Hie #15 was not
forthcoming and lie made a speech to
the audience, which caused a small
riot among the gallery gods, who
wanted their money back, but didn’t
get it. | , !j
To add to the confusion 'Miss Rogers,
the soubrette, eloped with the musician
last night.
THE ALGONQUIN FLOATED.
Her Cnrgo .Usd to JJg Removed to
Accomplish It.
Jacksonville. ,Ffal' Stay 10,—The Clyde
liner Algonquipf.'Wniidi ime has been stuck
in the mud for |.eft?\v past'thirty-six hours
eight miles this city, wsfs pull >4
out tonight at I o'clock^ It was neevssa'- ’
to remove the-vessel’s cargo of iamb at
to get her off! As soon as this lumber s
reloaded from the lighter*, the Aigon-
quin will proceed to New 1 York. The Ves¬
sel is not injured, anil not one of till
seventy-five passesgers left her during
tile long detention.
GRAY, JONES COUNTY, GA., MAY 16, 1895
CONVENTION’S
FIRST SESSION.
they CONVENED AT THE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH.
THE JAM AND HEAT WERE SOME-
THING TERRIFIC.
Judge ll«rnl*on UiiuiiiiuoiiNl.v He-
clioNcn President.
By Southern Associated Press.
Washington, D. C , May'10.—The tiro
session of the Southern Baptist Confer¬
ence was held t his morning at 19 o’clock
.vt the First Bnip 1st Church ott Sixteenth
street. The church was well filled long
bifore that hour, tnd when, at 10
o'clock, Judge Haralson, the presiding
officer, arose and cal'ed for order, every
seat on tlie floor was taken, and the gal¬
leries were beginning to fill up. The
people kept coming, however, long after
every available inch of space was filled,
and standing room was soion at a pre¬
mium. Tbe great heat caused the people
to be very uncomfortable. Fans and fold¬
ed papers and hats were used to ere tie
artificial breezes, but the morning was
close and torrid, and the enthusiasm i.t
the Churchmen alone kept them in th or
places throughout the exercises of tlie
day. Tlie meeting wa* called ti ordei
by President Haralson, and tlie religious
exercises that preceded tlie regular order
of the day were conducted iby Dr. T. E.
Skinner, of North Carolina. A hymn
was first sung, and thin Dr. Skinner
read from tlie Scripture* and offers J
prayer. Hie 'then cal ltd for suggestions
for a hymn from the people, ami a vote,,
was immediately raised to propose, ”1
Lox’e Thy Kingdom, Lord.’’ At once (he
singing was 'begun, liefore the organ
could be started, and for two stanzas
.the song was raised without any accoin-
panimeut whatever.
Then President He raison said; that d.e
me ting would go ahead to. organize the
convention; until that was done no one
would be regarded as entitled! to the
floor. He turned the mutter of effecting
the organization over to the secretaries
Win, he said, knew more than he dnl
about tihte details.
Dr. Burrows, the chief secretary, read
out the lists, prefacing them with the
statement that the maximum) number
entitled to seats on a financial basis
was 813; tlie number of representatives
of associations elect 401, making a to¬
tal of ail delegates of 1.214. Jl tt then
gave the detailed fist of each State, as
they were brought to the front footing
as follows:
Alaioania, entitled to 51, of whom
15 were present-, Arkansas, entitled to
13, present !>: Western Arkansas and
Indian Territory, entitfled) to 2. present
2; District of Columbia, entitled to 5,
present 5; Florida, entitled to 11, pres-
cut 11; Georgia, entitled to 119, pres-
eat ItM: Kentucky, entitled lo 191, pres-
cut 101; lamisiana, entitled to 10. pres-
cut 10; Maryland, entitled to 73, pres¬
ent 73: Mississippi, entitled to 30, pres¬
ent 20: Missouri, entitled to 29, present
29; North Carolina, entitled to 40,; jues-
ent 4ft; Wei-tern Oarolimi, entitled to
8. present 3; South Carolina, entitled to
53, present 53; Tennessee, entitled to
3!), present 39; Texas, entitled .to 21,
present 20 ; A'irgina, entitled to 132,
present 132; Mexico, entitfed, to 1, pres¬
ent 1; China, entitled to 1, present 1.
Total of 813 entitled to vote, with a
total of 7(85 present.
When these preliminaries had been
completed President 'Haralson called
for the election of officers, and Dr. El¬
lis at once patois! his name in nomina¬
tion. The nominations wore closed im-
mis'Jiately and Judge Ha raison was
unanimously re-chosen president of the
convention, which office lie lias filled
since 1889. He made a brief speech,
thanking the conference for the honor,
and expressing his belief that the con¬
vention would be a complete success if
every delegate would lend bis co-opera¬
tion to tbe officer*. He railed atten¬
tion to tlie rule which forbids applause,
and declared that be should strictly en-
force it. The time at tire disposal of
the delegates is short, and there is
more work than ever to do. In addi¬
tion. this i* the 'first time the confer¬
ence has ever met in Washington, and,
as fully two-thirds of the delegates have
never visited Washington before, it is
likely that very many of them would
want to go aroundl the city to see the
many sight'” die feairedi that thlere
might be a necessity for cutting off one
of the daily sessions, else one of two
things might happen: either the [icople
would be deprived of seeing much they
hail come to see. or there would be no
convention. So the question of dally
-sessions would be referred to a com¬
mittee, who wkiijM confer with Dr.
Xtitkcly and announce llteir division
lat"”.
Judge Haralson said lie hoped that
the delegate* would! not make very long
specehes. and not try to entrap him in
any pnrtiamentary tangles, in con¬
clusion. he said he hoped for no other
honor in this life than that which had
been conferred upon him so frequently. the
kludge illarabon announced com¬
mittee on order of business as follows:
H. II. Harris, of Virginia: I. T. Tyclie-
ner. of Georgia; B. B. Willingham, of
Virginiav r T. B. Bell, off Tennessee, and
W. 11. Whites!tt. of Kentucky, and the
committee withdrew to consult.
Noin^jatiori* presidents, were four then number, made for the
vice in us fol¬
lows: ’.r. Taylor Ellison, of Virgimi; W.
•T. XoMioti of Georgia; Rev. T. II. Kil¬
patrick, Jaine* (if Georgia: L. B. Ely, of Mis¬
souri: I\ Eagle, of Arkansas;
Joshua Leverjng. of Maryland; B. H.
Carroll, of Texas; J. T. 8. Parks, of
Texas.
Ex-Governor Northen insisted .upon
withdrawing hfe'name. While those pro¬
ceedings were going on District Com¬
missioner Ross arrived and was cscort-
ted to the platform. During the. prog-
rese of the nominations Dr. Eaton, of
Louisville, moved) the that ballot tbe of Secretary
be directed to cast the in¬
ference for Dr. Parks, of Texas, for
first vice president. Dr. Parks is one
of the five surviving memliers of tlie
conference of 1845. The ballot was re¬
quested, however, and it appeared that
the rtill-s prohibited tlie effort. The
chair ruled that the by-laws were
strietly in contradiction of tlie motion,
Imt be suggested that a way might be
found out of the difficulty. So Dr. Eat¬
on made hi* motion in such form tiiat
the chair could wink at the law, which
he did gracefully, and on a viva voce
vote 1:1m tjbxas veteran wh!s unani¬
mously elected first vice president.
Tellers were then appointed nhmes, to take
tlhe vote on fllve other and
while they were counting the ballots
tlie convention unanimously re-eh-cted
Dr. Lansing Burrows and (). I’. Greg¬
ory ns secret*)lies. President Haralson
then introduced Vommissioner H< ss,
who made a brief address of welcome.
Dr. (’. Meador, moderator of the
district conference, spoke in welcome*
on behalf of tin- Washington churches,
lie was followed by Itcv. Dr. .I. It. Sani-
pey, of Kentucky, of the Southern Sem-
nary, who made a ringing address in
response to tlie hearty \v eh anno extend¬
ed to tile delegates, lie made a happy
reference to the l-ite war, and declared
that the Southern po.:|,!e have tlie
warmest feelings for those of tlie North.
The committee on order of business
reported in favor of two sessions each
for today, and. tomorrow a morning and
evening session. No recommendations
were made as to Monday. Tlie report
was adopted, and tlie following com¬
mittees ivpiKiinted to arrange for me¬
morial service to be held next Sunday
in memory of Dr. Broad us Henry Mc¬
Donald of Georgia: ('. S. Gardner, of
South Carolina, F. II. Kerfoot, of Ken¬
tucky. Franklin Wilson, of North Caro¬
lina, and George Cooper, of Virginia.
Rev. Dr. 11. L. Moorelrouse, correspond¬
ing secretary of tlie American Baptist
Home Missionary Society, was invited
to the p.atforin and made an extended
address on the subject of work to he
done among the colored people in the
South. There is little more original mis¬
sionary work to be done among them
now. he said, as that has been prac¬
tically done, flic colored people in the
South are most enthusiastic and most
earnest Baptists. They have organized
and are in good standing, hut their con¬
ventions. hteJVii faKeni into civil condition
that they need a great deal of aid in
rehabilitating their conference*. They
ape addicted to debate and they ac¬
complish lithe or nothing when they
assemble. The Board of Home Mis¬
sions, therefore, waits to take hold of
colored conventions and help, them out.
The speaker went on to speak of the
work to be done in antagonizing tlie
proselyting effects of die Catholic church
among colored people, and gave an elo¬
quent sketch of the history of the re¬
ligious movement in the South. Reports
were then, called! for. T. P. Bell, cor¬
responding secretary and treasurer of
the Sabbath school board, presented his
report. It showed that receipts hava
lieen $53,034, as against $48,53!) last
year. This does not include $4,595 re-
oeived from the "missionary day” col¬
lections in the Sunday schools. Aid Iras
been given to schools in Texas, Arkan¬
sas, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana,
Florida, North Carolina (State conven¬ North
tion), Western North Carolina,
Georgia and' Tennessee. The board rec¬
ommended appoimtimeai't of a committee
on young people’s work, and! report was
referred to the committees on Sabbath
Schools and Young People’s Work.
The work of the Foreign Missions
Board was presented by R. T. Willing-
ham, corresponding secretary, anid refer-
red to the Committees out Papal Fields,
Pagan Fields and Financial Policy. The
total amount, given for the cause In the
pa*st year was over $129,000, but ex- „
peases for collecting it; in tlie States
reduced the receipts of-the board to
$125,417. This was more, by $20,<8)0,
than the receipts of the previous year,
and $15,<KH) more than any previous year
in the history of tlhe convention, ex¬
cept, of course, the centennial year. Of
all the fund* received by tbe board,
92 cents on the dollar went to the mis¬
sionaries. Only 8 cents on the dollar
was used for expenses, and this includes
also the cost of the Woman’s Missionary
Union in Baltimore. The Woman’s Mis¬
sionary Union raised $5,397 foreign to board war i
Liquidating the debt of the
and the State societies contributed to
the general fund $24,933.
Tlie debt of the board has been reduc¬
ed from #30,(881 ito less than $20,000.
At tlhe close of the year there were in
tlie foreign mission field 85 churches,
114 out stations, 95 missionaries, 30 or¬
dained natives, 59 unordained native
workers membership 3,493; worship, Sabbath
school pupils!,503, 22 houses of
15 diay schools, (with 707 pupils. Tlie
Haitives contributed $0,459. for the Home
I.T. Tiehener reported Missionaries
Mission Board as follows:
425, increase 44; and more than in any
vear of the board’s history. Baptized
5,921, increase 1,451, and 572 more than
have been baptized in any one year
since the organization of the conference.
Receipts $88,084, Icing $15,399 larger
than last year, ana greater than any
previous year, except the centennial
The board began, this year with a debt
of $6,763. May 1st it had been reduced
to $1,100.
The general statistics of tlie conven¬
tion ylere given, in a compilation by
Dr. Lansing Burrows. He showed the
following totals: District associations,
702; ordained ministers, 9,907; churches,
17,803; membership, white, 1,431,041;
colored churches, 12,838; membership,
1,317,130; aggregate membership, 2,-
748,171. After the reading of these
reiK>rts the convention adjourned until
evening. this evening at 7:30
The convention met
o’clock, at which time the report of the
Committee on Conference with the Home
Missionary Society was received and rati¬
fied. At 8 o’clock the annual sermon
was preached by Rev. George B. Eager,
of Montgomery, Ala. At Its conclusion,
the interests of the Southern Theological
Seminary were discussed, and the conven¬
tion adjourned to meet at 9 a. m.. Sat¬
urday, at which session the representa¬
tives of the Committee on Tithing, of
the Committee In charge of the report on
Sunday school work, and on representa¬
tion are to be presented. At 12:15 tomor-
row the semi-centennial historical ser-
mon will be delivered by Prof. W. H.
Witsett, D. D., of the chair of church
history In the Southern Baptist Theolo-
gical Seminary, of Louisville, Ky.
The report of the Committee on Con-
ference with the Home Mission Society,
says: “The spirit of the conference was
well indicated by the following overture I
of Southern members to those of the J
North: ‘Desiring to avoid aJll discussion j
of past issue on matters on which It Is
known that views of the brothers of the
North and South widely differ, we will, 1
In all sincerity, dovoto ourselves to the
task of securing for the future such co¬
operation as may be found practicable
without attempting at once to adjust all
differences. In making tills overture the
committee desire to state that the South¬
ern Baptist Convention Is not prompted
by any necessity of Its own work, or
that of its Home Board of Missions, but,
believing that the time has come when
It should enlarge its own work among
the colored people of the South, it enter¬
tains the hope that a proper co-operation
of the Home Missionary Society In Its
work already established will contribute
to the efficiency of the result."
The result was a resolution, unani¬
mously adopted, authorizing the Southern
Baptist convention to appoint a local! ad¬
visory committee at. each point where a
school of the American Home Missionary
Society is, or shall bo, established. This
advisory eommlttee shall have merely
the power of suggestion or management
of, and in return the Southern Baptist
convention is to enlist tlie aid and sym¬
pathy of the people of the South in the
work. Other details of the plan were per¬
fected and It was accordingly submitted
to the Southern liaptist convention for
confirmation. When the vote was taken
the scheme of eo-operatlon was unani¬
mously accepted. Tills Is apparently one
o*f the first of a series of steps toward
consolidating the practical work of the
Northern and Southern jurisdictions, and
tho result was welcomed with sincere Joy
by tho whole council-
A TRIBUTE TO LIVINGSTON.
11c Receive* u Worthy Textlinonlnl
from 4’lt ixeii* of Y'eiier.oeLl.
Atlanta, Ga., May 10.—Congressman
L. F. Livingston, of this district, re¬
ceived today a handsomely prepared
communication from distinguished Ven-
zuelans, which makes interesting read¬
ing as bearing upon existing complica¬
tions between that country and Great
Britain. It will be remembered that
'Mr. Livingston introduced the resolu¬
tion passed by tbe last session of Cou-
gress, demanding that Great Britain ar¬
bitrate its differences with Venezuela.
The letter received today, under date
of April 6th, is signed by Gen. (Medttro
Bello, Geronibo iSimonovi, Jose Flores,
Diego Blanca, Francesca Pedro, Ed¬
uardo Perez, Jesus Maria Romero, Ra¬
mon Benits, Juan Velasquez, Asquordo
Elores, and many other distinguished
Venezuelan's, a.nd is as follows:
“With our hearts full of gratitude we
have read iu El Tiempo, a Caracas il¬
lustrated paper, your splendid and bril¬
liant tiddres* before the honorable Con¬
gress of your country, in behalf of our
noble and beloved republic, now de¬
prived of a part of her territory
through European power, which de¬
spises Jniquitiouely our sovereignty as
a nation by making use of the detes¬
table iaw of strongest, and outrages
our national flag by snatching from us
our richest region, thus threatening our
national autonomy. We were well
aware that our northern sister, that
great republic we love and respect so
much, as the advance guard watching
for our rights constantly threatened by
European covetousness, would not view
indifferently the outrage Inflicted to a
sister republic by an European nation,
odious to tbe whole world, atnl whose
rapacity and insatiable avarice are well
known to all. By talking before the
Congress in such an eloquent and
worthy manner the vindication of the
rights of Venezuela against England,
that eternal usurper of rights belong¬
ing to nations less strong than herself,
you have been the faithful interpreter
of the old American character, and you
have taught ambitious England that
the free, noble and just nation of the
United States is ready to put into prac¬
tice for the benefit of her southern sis¬
ters the precepts of that sublime Mon¬
roe doctrine, tlie hope of all American
nations and the preventative of Euro¬
pean overflow.
Be sure that Venezuela will never for¬
get you, the noble representative ot
Georgia, and the throbs of our hearts
will always be of love and gratitude
for you. The work you have under¬
taken is noble and praiseworthy, and
just and noble causes are crowned by
God with the palms of victory. May
tlie Guayaua question be sttied by ar¬
bitration, if not, Venezuela will show
England that, although weak, she
knows how to handle the rifle, to hold
the sword, and that her sons are ready
to die with honor on the bloody bat¬
tlefields to protect the national dignity
and the sovereignty of their freedom.
May God keep you safedy.’’
IN THE COMMONS.
The AiigHiintinent of tlie Scotch Com¬
mission YViih l)l*eu**ed.
By .Southern Automated Press.
London, May 10, -In tlie House ol
Commons today Sir William Hareoun,
Oban cell ir of the Exchequer, refused to
fix a day to proceed with tlie motion to
alto dot a Scotch commission to deal wlln
certain Scotch 'bills.
Sir Donald MacFailand said: “If tV
matter be further delayr-d the Scotch
Liberal member* will have to reoonisid : r
their position toward* the Govern,
meait.”
Sir William Harcourt: “My amswer
is that it is entirely open to members lo
reconsider their positions ’’
THE GEORGIA SOUTHERN.
II I* Reported That the Re-orgunl-
izntlon Plan Ho* lieen Changed.
By Southern Associated Press.
New York, , May 10. It is . currently
t'vorted that the plan for the re-or-
gainzaition «.l the Georgia Southern and
1 h'ii.ia Railroad 1* lo Ik- changed and
modified so that they will issue a four
per cent, bond instead off n five per
cent. The reason for this is the de-
creased earnings, the net for the past
three or four month* not warranting
the issuing of a five per cent. bond.
Il is not illogical that South Carolina
should be in a ferment over her liq-
uor.
EXCITING SCENES
AT THE RACES.
THE II.YWTIIOH Y TRACK AVAS
RAIDED YESTERDAY.
THE SHEET WRITERS OF THE
t’llltHKfN HOOKIES CARRIED IN.
rile Local* Try Tlielr lliinila a n il
SiiD'er the Same Fnte.
Chicago, May 10. —Chief Deputy
Sheriff Peters, with one hundred depu¬
ties, raided the foreign book at Haw¬
thorn this afternoon just as tlie results
of the second race at Louisville were
called off tlie wire. Deputy Morgan, in
charge of the foreign book squad, took
tlie nine sheet writers, including Joe
Ulmati, and brought them to the city.
The horses at the local track were just
going to tlie post in the second race
when tlie raid was made; The word
passed rapidly to the local ring and
the twenty-eight bookmliikerw buried
their slates and got out of harm's way.
Spectators rushed out of the betting
ring and aeros* the iu-field to escape
what they knew not. Persons in the
grand .stand sat still w]aiti.ng. After
the raid oil the foreign book bad been
made several of the local books started
to post odd*, putting up their slate*.
It wa* a sorry move for twenty of the
bookies, bind' itheir assistants were
quickly arrested and takeu to town.
Just eight bookmaker* escaped, those
w-uo came over from Roby and cut in
today. No warrants were issued for
the track officials. Ed Corrjginn and
Secretary Kuhl did all in their power
to have the arrested liook makers
brought before the Cicero justice, so
that bonds could lie given. Deputy
Peters, however, took the entire outfit
to Chicago, bringing it before Judge
Ewing. 'The court said that warrants
were issued on complaint of tlie Civic
Federation, for alleged violation of
State gambling law. Each, defendant
wins released on his own recognizance,
to appear on Tuesday morning.
After the raid the spectators rapidly
dwindled away, taking every means of
leaving the track. There was no bet¬
ting made after that. Betting will be
continued as usual tomorrow, though it
will ho the last <lay of 4,he foreign book.
Tlie races today were above the average
and tlie track was fast.
First race, four furlongs, selling; Mis*
Mayme, 110, (J. Hill), 3 to 5, won;
Marshiaih second; Pete Clay third. Time
0.43 3-4.
Second race, selling, one mile; Our
Maggie, 100, (Gardner), 8 to 5, won;
Burrell’s Bilh+t second; Little Ed third.
Time. 1:41 1-2.
Third race, selling, one mile; Tremor,
90, (E. Cochran), wdn; Rossmore sec¬
ond; Hartford third. Time. 1:42 1-2.
Fourth race, four and a half furlongs;
Maid of Honor, 107, (Leigh), won: Kam-
sin second; Bon Soir third. Time,
0:55 3-4.
Fifth race, selling, seven furlongte,
Booze, 1(H), (Bergen), won; Oakley sec¬
ond; La Joya third. Time, 1:28.
Sixth race, selling, five furlongs; Dick
Behan, 105, (Bergen), won: Collins sec¬
ond; Cossack third. Time, 1.02 1-4.
1MIE.SI HE N T S II E( ’ EFT ION.
The Son tlie rn RnpIlMl llrli-Kiitn 3,000
Strong, Clllleil on tlie Executive,
Washington, I) C., May 10.—The del¬
egates to the conference of the South¬
ern Baptist Church now iu session in
Washington, with their wives, daugh¬
ters and friends, 3,18)0 strong, were re¬
ceived by the President at 4 o’clock
this afternoon in the East room of the
White House. They composed the lar¬
gest body of |K*ople received by Mr.
Cleveland in tlie White House since bis
inauguration in 1893, and despite the
fact 11 1 ait lie was somewhat out of prac¬
tice as a handshaker, and the addi¬
tional fact that tin: day was very wurm,
lie stood the ordeal without any ap¬
parent fatigue. I)r. Stately, of Wash¬
ington, made flu* introduction*, accompanying and as
the delegates and those
them passed the President they (filed
into the private rooms which on the lower
floors of tbe mansion, had been
thrown open for their in*|K»"tion. The
reception lusted one hour and a half.
OFF FOR THE DRILL.
Tltc Fevillilea mill Morton Cadet*
I’n** Through Atlanta. En Route
for Mlnncniiollo.
Atlanta, Ga., May 1)0.—Tho National
Fencibles and the Morton Cadet*, of
Washington, D. C., passed through lure
today on th ir way to the Memphis inter.
.State drill. Oipt. Dorn ere i« in com¬
mand of the Feneiblee, and Lieu*..
Tralles has charge of the cadet*, C'apr.
Schilling having missed tho train at
Danville. Companies E. and H., of til's
regular troops, commanded by Col. W-
L. Kellogg, of the Fifth Infantry, who
will command all the regular* at ths
(encampment, left, here today on tho same
train in two special coache*.
NATURAL GAS EXPLODES.
The Front of n HulLling illiinn Out
noil Three People Killed.
By Southern Associated Prese.
Chicago, Ills., .May 11.—A terrific ex¬
plosion in tile big building at 10 Sher¬
man street roused the pople in that
vicinity and sliook the big !*>ani of
Trade at. 1:15 this (Saturday) morning.
When the firemen arrived, in less than
5 minutes, they found the whole front
of Die building blown out ami flames
bursting from tlie side and alley win¬
dows
The building was occupied as a lodg¬
ing house, which wa* run by Aug.
Ml'cbell, I'hree men were killed. JJow
many more have not yet been ascer¬
tained, but there are wild rumors afloat
of heavy loss of fife. Natural gas wa*
used in the building. Nine people badly
burned were res- ill*!, but four of them
will probably die
VOL. 1. NO. 20.
THE INDUSTRIAL
..CONDITIONS.
V HE VIEW OF THE l”ll VI) 10 FOR
THE PAST WEEK,
DISTINCT AM) I'ltOMUMia) KVI-
DliWES OF IMPROVEMENT
Angustil Factories Asking for Less
Money Than n tear Ago.
By Southern Associated Preen.
New York, May 10.—Brad'street’s to¬
morrow will any: The present week
brings distinct, and, in some instances,
oven more pronounced evidences of
improvement in 1 nisi ness, notwithstand¬
ing the increase of the wave of indns-
trinJ discontent and strikes for higher
wages, always the aceomi«niment of
an upward tendency to prices. Some
tittle gain in demand for either dry
goods, plantation supplies, or in collec¬
tions, which is more significant, is in¬
creased by a third' of ail cities report¬
ing.
Savannah expects next week’s carni¬
val to stimulate demand, and Augusta
states factories are asking for Uwi*
money 'than a year ago. Merchants at
Memphis, Ohurlreftom. Chattanooga and
Atlantia, have experienced a better de¬
mand, but at Birmingham, Newt Or*
loans and Gaivewtou buslines* remains
quiet or unchanged. Cotton goods are
not moving very actively at the ad¬
vance, buyers have supplied themselves
at lower figures. Fopulnr lines of prints
are relatively active. First orders for
dress woolens for fail delivery have
lieon taken, but the demand is moderate.
Woolen machinery is fairly employed.
Wool is quiet, prices at the interior be¬
ing above that of April 1, and stocks at
Eastern markets Iredng in light supply.
The clip is late.
Dun’s Review.
New York, Mlay 10.—R. G. Dun &
Co.’b weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say: ’Ilie event of the 'week is the
demoralization of foreign exchange,
caamixl by enormous sales of Ismds
abroad. Besides a sale of #10,000.000
Manhattan. and other railroad bond*
through tlie syndicate, large purchases
on foreign account have lieen recorded
for some weeks, so that the aggregate
has exceeded #50,(KM),000 since the sale
of Government 1 Kinds.
This safety for the summer mean much
for all business, and tbe syndicate de¬
mands are so assured that It distributes
40 per cent, of the money advanced by
the associates, which relieves a large
amount to stimulate operations in secu¬
rities and products.
Grop prospects, also, have grently im¬
proved, and this is of still higher lmiiort-
o-mce, as it. will do much to determine
tlie character ami volume of all business
after summer umcertalnties are over.
In addition business is reviving, though
bill ugh the grain in great Industries is
retarded by many srtikes. The furnaces
in the Slienango and Mahomiing Valleys,
I'lbfidh were making 25,000 tons of iron
per week, have stopped, the and also the
Illinois Steel Works, largest Western
concern, so that works are directly
affected which produ<*d 23 per cent-
of the output April 1st. Tbe Amalga¬
mated Association also proposes a strug¬
over
The output of iron still excis'd* the
conMniniiption, weekly hut) htV fodlen 1lti .G5S
ton* in April to 150,554 May
1st. Bessemer pig has beet) raised to
$10.00 at Pittsburg arol the general!' de¬
mand for finished products doc* not
equal (In- recent output, but is distinct¬
ly increasing, bans and sheet* seeming
more largely, though structural speci¬
fication* an- disappointingly slow. The
most noteworthy gain i« in orders for
nIc< j ] rail*, 30,000 tons for the Penn¬
sylvania, and 50,000 for a western
road.
(loke pi-fslnotion stiiM bosons, (17,370
for the week, and 36,350. or 23 i>er
emit. in tin* past three weeks.
(lotton goods continue strong, mills
being well employed, and they hold lar¬
ger stocks than ever of raw cotton
bought at Dow prices.
Meanwhile commercial failures do
not equal last years’; the (liabilities lit
five weeks ending May 2 were $10,-
005,971, of which $-1,188,001 were of
manufacturing, and $0,552,110 of trad¬
ing concerns. Last year, for the same
weeks, tlu- liabilities were $14,758,407,
of which $5,002,210 were of manufac¬
turing and $8,500,315 failures this of trading 1 con¬
cern!*. The wleek ba/vo
been 227 in the United States against
200 last year, and 34 in OanaiBa. against
42 hist year.
arrested the preacher.
He Was Accused of Stealing a Small
Amount of Money.
AmericuH, Ga., May 10—A young min¬
ister was arrested here yesterday for the
theft of a dollar from one of the mer¬
chant* of till* city. The minister protest-
ed ills Innocence, but the merchant was
sure, and rather than appear in court,
lie banded over a dollar and the pros?*
cation was »top|ssI. It was believed that,
the man was Innocent
Being the purest baking powder made
it is the surest in the kitchen.
FIIXHlmmons Warns Corbett.
By Southern Associated Press.
Chicago, ill., May 9.—Robert Fitzsiai-
mono wireil this evening to Lawyer
Emmet Friend, of New York, request¬
ing him to see W- A. Brady, Corbett's
manager, at hi* ho el tonight, and no¬
tify him that if Corbett persisted in his
efforts to mnk ■ a match with Peter
Jackson In-fore the fight contemplated
in the Florida Club’s articles, Fitzsim¬
mons would claim the forfeit of 115,09)
now itt Phil Dwyer’s bands ns the sidi
stakes of Corbett and the Florida Club.
Lord Rosebery Should beware of drugs
that produce a lapse of memory.