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The Jones County ) News. LU/:
. C. GREENE, PUBLISHER.
THE 54T1I CONGRESS.
routine of house and senate
BRIEFLY CHRONICLED.
Bummary of Blits and Resolutions
Presented and Acted Upon.
THE HOUSE.
The house hold a two hour’s session
Thursday and everything was “busi¬
ness” from tho start. Mr. YVadsworb,
republican, of New York, chairman of
the committee on agriculture, reported
the agricultural appropriation bill and
Mr. Grout, republican, of Vermont,
the District of Columbia appropria¬
tion bill for the year ending Juno 30,
1897.
Mr. McCall, republican, of Mnssa-
chusetts, from elections committee No.
3, reported its unanimous finding that
David Culberson, democrat, was en¬
titled to his seat as a representative
from the fourth Texas district, J. H.
Davis having abandoned tho contest of
which he gave notico to the clerk, and
resolution to that effect was agreed to.
Mr. Jenkins, republican, of Wiscon¬
sin, reported from the s imo commit¬
tee its unanimous report of the sitting
member in the contest between Rosen¬
thal aud Crowley from the tenth Texas
district, stating that he would call it
up for consideration Friday. At that
time Mr. Rosenthal will be granted
the privilege of the floor for au hour
to present bis side of the ease.
A resolution reported from the com¬
mittee on interstate and foreign com¬
merce by Mr. Doolittle, republican, of
Washington, to transmit to congress
the report of the board of engineers
appointed by him to investigate the
Nicaragua caual.
The speaker announced the assign¬
ment of Mr. Wellington, of Maryland,
to the committee on labor and of Mr.
Belknap, republican, of Illinois, to
the committee on railways and canals.
Tho following bills were passed:
Directing the pension bureau in claims
by widows for pensions to accept as
evidence of the soldier’s death p>roof
of his unexplained absence for seven
years; incorporating the Daughters of
the Revolution in the District of Co¬
lumbia; transferring to tho state of
Nebraska tho military reservation of
Fort Omaha for a school of instruction
of tho national guard of that state;
to reorganize tho customs collection
district of Alaski; to open the forest
reservation of Pike’s Peak, Plum Creek
and the South Platte, Colorada. in the
Cripple Creek district, to the location
^Sfifsh ifHkj mining claims; confirming certain
entries of “offered” lands In the
states of Alabama, Mississippi and
Arkansas.
The house, at 2 o’clock p. m., ad¬
journed until Friday.
Friday, the house in committee of
the whole entered upon th3 considera¬
tion of the bill making appropriations
for the District of Columbia for the
year ending Juno 30, 1897. Much of
tho time was spent in discussing the
provision reported by the committee
for opening to competition the gas
nnd electric lighting of tho city of
Washington, each of which is now, it
was asserted, practically a monopoly.
Objection was made to the provision
on the ground that it changed existing
law, and, therefore, had no place on
the appeopriation bill; such provision
should be made in a separate bill. The
chairman of the committee of the
•whole, Mr. Tayne, republican, of New
York, ruled that the provision was a
change of existing law, and it was
stricken out. Before finally disposing
of the lighting schdules of the bill the
committee rose and tho house took a
recess until 8 o’clock for the consider¬
ation of private pension bills.
The following wero passed earlier in
the day : Authorizing the secretary of
the treasury to exclude from the oper¬
ations of the revenue law, except ns to
the paymeut of taxes, brandies made
from all frnits as well as that made
from apples, penehes or grapes, as pro¬
vided in the present tariff law ; cliang-
€ tg the time of holding district nnd
cuit courts iu the northern division
tho eastern district of Tennessee ;
_
joint resolutions to permit the Society
of Christian Endeavor to uso the white
house lot during its national convention
in Washington, next July; authorizing
the secretary of tho navy to appoint
ex-Naval Cadets RyaD, Morris and
Wells as assistant engineers.
The contested election case of
Rosenthal vs. Crowley, from the Tenth
Texas district, was settled in favor of
the sitting member (Crowley, demo¬
crat,) upon tho unanimous report of
the committee on elections No. 3.
Mr. Rosenthal did not avail himself of
tho privilege accorded him Thursday
of addressing the house for an hour in
his own behalf.
At the night session of the house two
private pension bills were ordered laid
aside with a favorable recommendation.
The session lasted two hours and a
half, tho major part of the time being
cobsumed in filibustering by tho oppo¬
sition. The houss at 10:30 o’clock
adjjurned until Saturday.
The house spent another day Satur¬
day in the consideration of the Co¬
lumbia appropriation bill without
conclusion. Amendments were agreed
to reducing the price of gas to con¬
sumers in the district to 7o cents per
1,000 feet and of electricity for light
or power to rates not exceeding 75 per
cent of those in force on January 1st
wbt. The appropriations for private
^^arities were the subject pending of an attack
led by Mr. Hamer, and that
the house, at 4:25, adjourned until
Monday.
THE SENATE.
The features of the senate’s session
Wednesday was Senator Tillman's
speech on tho pending bond bill, and
the report of the committee on foreign
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Condition as Reported
for the Past Week.
Reports of industrial aud businoSs
conditions for the past week, iu all
parts of tho southern states, show that
a slight increaso in tho price of ootton
is being used as an inducement to
planters to increase the acreage. From
present indications the crop will bo
much larger than that of last year,
Fertilizers are now in setivo demand.
The irom men seem to be satisfied
with the condition of the market, as
there has been no further lessening of
pig iron quotation, and the demand
continues to be fair. Southern lum¬
bermen give more encouraging re-
peorts each week. It seems as if a heavy
trade rray be expected during the
spring nnd summer. Reports that
cotton mills are turning out goods in
excess of the demand aro not confirm-
ed in tho tho south, where ihe mills
continue to find a ready market,
Prices, while low, are steady.
Among important new industries in-
corporated or established in tjj 0
southern states during tho week are:
The Buckingham Mining nnd Milling
company, of Richmond, Vn., capital
#100,000; the William Solntff & Sons
tannery, at Louisville, Ky., to cost
#80,000; the T. R. Thomas Lumber
company, capital #50,000, of Prescott,
Ark.; the Internationa! Creosoting and
Construction company, of Galveston,
Tex., with #50,000 capital; Texas Oak
Leather company, of Tyler, Tex.,
capital #40,000, and the International
House Construction company, $i5,000. of
Houston, Tix., capital
Tho reports of new textile mills in¬
clude a #150,000 cotton mill at
Charleston, 8. C., a 12,000 spindle
mill at Roanoke Rapids, Va., a $50,-
000 mill at Charlotte, N. 0., and
others at Rome and Sparta, Ga., and
Pittsboro and Winston, N. C.
There is also reported bicycle works
at Little Rock, Ark., brick works at
Fitzgerald, Ga., a canning factory at
Harrodsburg, Ky., and a coal mining
and coke, company at Thacker, W. Va.
Cotton delinting works are reported
as to be built at Wilmington, N. C.,
gas works at Marietta, Ga., an ice fac¬
tory at Miami, Fla., and machine
works at DeLand, Fla. A paper mill
is to be established at Sugar Land,
Tex., soap works at Easley, S. C., a
tobacco fretory at Little Rock, Ark.,
and woodworking plants at Florence
nnd Jackson, Ala., LaGrange and Lit¬
tle Rock, Ark., Springfield, Ky.,
Starkville, Miss., and Roderfield, W.
Va.
Among enlargements of industrial
plants are: Machine works at Bir¬
mingham, Ala., cotton mills at Bir¬
mingham, Ala., Coleridge, N. C., s,nd
Lynchburg, Va., and lumber mills at
Rome, Ga. New buildings of the week
include a $10,000 auditorium at Bir¬
mingham, Ala., a $25,000 business
block at Asheville, N. C., and one to
cost $20,000 at YVheeling, W. Va., an
$8,000 church at Tuscumbia, Ala., a
$20,000 school building at Euparlee,
Ga., and a $90,000 office building at
Memphis, Tenn.—Tradesman (Chatta¬
nooga, Tenn.)
BUTLER HEARD FROM.
His Paper Tells Wliat Carolina’s Poli¬
cy Must Be to Insure Fusion.
Senator Butler’s newspaper publish¬
ed at Raleigh, N. C., contains the fol¬
lowing editorial:
“Senator Pritchard said on the floor
of the senate that North Carolina was
a republican state and that the repub¬
licans would carry it with an honest
election. If this is Senator PritchardV
opinion why should he want co-opera¬
tion with the populists in the coming-
campaign? We have an horn st election
law now and the next election will
probably be fair. We note also tha
Senator Butler told the senate
that North Carolina was a sil¬
ver stato and would not give
a single electoral voto in the nex
eloction to any goldtmg for presi¬
dent. Butier is right, North Caro¬
lina gives eleven votes for a president
who stands right on the silver ques¬
tion. A majority of tho votes in North
Carolina indorso the resolutions adopt¬
ed in the stato silver convention lust
September that no man not avowedly
for free silver should bo supported. If
the people’s party shall co-operate
with any other in the coming campaign
it will bo on the basis of this coming
resolution. The people’s party unless can¬
not co-operate with any party
tho latter is willing to co-operate on
tho principle and advance tho groat
cause.”
Politicians of the state say this
throws down tho gauntlet to the re¬
publicans ami that it is evident tho
latter party has rejected Butler’s propo¬
sition to support only silver men and
say further that it forces the silver is-
sue squarely upon the republicans and
that the latter must accede to the
populists’ demands or get no populist
votes.
CENTENNIAL COMMISSIONERS
Named by the Woman’s Board In
Tennessee.
An important meeting of the execu-
five committee of the woman’s Ten-
nessee centennial board wus held at
Nashville and a resolution was adopted
under which the wivesof all governors
in the United States were made state
centenni il commissioners. woman’s
A genera! meeting of the
board will beheld in a few days at which
time these nominationsw.il be ratified
and then the commissions will be for-
warded to the ladies thus elected. It
is almost a certainty that the stock-
holders will postpone the centennial un-
til May 1838. at their next meeting,but
that means u greater exposition and
that everything will he ready the
omening day There are six immense
buildings now going up and they will
be completed by June 1st, this year,
GRAY, JONES CO., GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY (», 189«.
uffairs relations in regard tho recogni¬
tion of Cuban insurgents. A resolu-
Bon was offered which dircotod that
the views aud opinions of congress be
8en * *° president,
Wh «n the *?°n» te convened Friday
. Wft s technically a continuance o.
tbe session of Thursday, as a rcocs
was taken Thursday night ihe silve:
B°nd bill, therefore, had immediate
of way with Mr. \ ilas, democrat,
" isconsin, rocoguized to speak.
There was a very meagre attendance
nnt ^ ^ r> ^llou, populist, Nebraski,
attoution to tho absence of a
quorum. This necessitated a roll call,
which bought senators from commit¬
toe and cloak rooms aud disclosed 40
seu atois prism*, one more than a qno-
run! - Air. Vilas then addressed tho
“It. will, said Mr. Y tlas, doubt-
K 8 ' 5 uever bo necessary to tho to house, discuss but this it
ns came
ma N he said it deservod its fate
strangled by silver. It was but the
fraudulent pretext to response to tho
exigency which it professed to meet,
and to reasonable suggestions of tho
president, which it denied, while it
avowed their wisdom.
“With the exception of provision
for emergency certificates—which
ought to stand in tlie permanent stat¬
utes—the house bill contained nothing
commendable; everything else was but
mockery of the legislation demanded
by our fiscal conditions. And so
i.gaiu, as n year ago, partisanship or
imbecility, or both, has stricked con¬
gress with paralysis, aud the rescue cf
business prosperity from its recurring
peril has been thrown upon the execu¬
tive.
Mr. Vilas divided the silver advocates
into threo classes: First, thoso who
were interested in silver mining; sec¬
ond, heavy debtors, nnd third, thoso
who believe in the principle of bimet¬
allism. Of the first class ho said that
they were few in number, but wonder¬
fully potential; of tho second, that
they might deserve sympathy if they
did not shock it.” The third class ha
regarded as honestly mistaken, and to
them ho addressed his argument.
At Saturday’s session of tho senate
the froe coinage substitute for the
bond bill was passed by a vote of 42 to
35. By an agreement arranged at
Friday’s session all debato was cut off
at 2 o’clock and the vote on tho substi¬
tute was taken. Twelve senators wero
paired. The struggle was ended at 3:15
o’clock and adjournment was taken
until Tuosday.
JUDGE PAYNE IS FIRM.
Says a County Commissioner Was
Bribed and Will Provo It.
A Chicago special says: Judge
John Barrington Payne quickly ac¬
cepted the challenge of tho county
commissioners, issued at their meeting
recently, calling for proof of his state¬
ment made during a public address at
Springfield, that a “pull” with the
commissioners of Cook meant immu¬
nity from punishment of criminal of¬
fenders by corruption of tho grand
jurors selected by the commissioners.
The superior court judge openly ac¬
cused Thomas J. McNichois, a promi¬
nent republican member of the county
board, of having accepted more than
$100,000 for the purpose of influenc¬
ing a grand jury in a case where a
man was charged with murder and not
indicted.
Judge Payne produoed a sealed en¬
velope, which he said contained a
check for $300 and indorsed by Com¬
missioner McNichois os tho recipient
of the money which was paid him for
the above purpose. The accusation
created a sensation in the county
building and the commissioners anx¬
iously await the reply of Mr. McNich¬
ois, who is in Springfield.
The December grand jury is the one
which hns become notorious for tho al¬
leged solicitation and receipt of bribes
from bucket shop owners.
THE OPERATOR SLEPT
While Two Trains Rufhotl on Tlielr
Way to a Fearful Collision.
A head-end collision between two
freight trains on the Seaboard Air-
Line, jnst south of YVutts, in Abbe¬
ville county, S. C., caused a serious
wreck at an early hour Wednesday
morning. Train No. 22 was a through
freight with Eugineer Pinxon aud
Conductor Capeheart, northbound.
It passed ElbertoD, Ga., where tho
operator had orders for them, but he
is said to have been asleep at his post.
The orders for No. 22 aud No. 11 to
meet at Watts and the operator was to
have flagged No. 22 and given tbeso
orders. The train was running twenty-
five miles an hour when they struck.
The engineer and fireman of No. 22
jumped, but Juke Ellett, engineer of
No. 11 stuck to his post and was ter¬
ribly scalded.
The engines and entiro trains of
ears wero torn to pieces and the loss to
the road will be heavy. It will be
some time before the road is opened.
The blame is laid on the operator at
Elberton.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE OFFICERS.
All Were Re-Elected for the Ensuing
Yw
The woman suffragists in session pY
Washington re-elected the following
officers for the euusing year: Honor-
ary president,Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
New York city; president, Susan B.
Anthony, Rochester, N. Y. ; vice pres-
ident at large, Lev. Anna H. Shaw,
Philadelphia; recording secretary, Al-
j C e Stone Blackwell, Boston, Mass.;
treasurer, Harriet Taylor Upton, War-
re n, O.; chairman committee on or¬
ganization, Carrie Chapman Catt,New
York city.
As under the constitution, auditors
0 f the national association must be
chang' d every year, Miss Lucy Clay,
I 0 f Kentucky, and Miss Sarah Cooper,
0 f Sun Francisco, were newly elected
to those positions.
SENATORS VOTE
ON T 1 IK SUBSTITUTE TO THE
BOND HILL.
The Measure 1’asied by a Vote of
42 to 35.
The long struggle in tho senate ovor
the question of the free ooiuago of
silver terminated at 3 p. m. Saturday
in a victory of tho friends of silver.
Tho great fight was over (ho finance
committee’s substitutes to the house
bond bill.
At 2 o’clock the discussion was
closed in accordance with tho unani¬
mous consent arrivod at on Friday and
tho effect of that agroement was to ex-
cludo from consideration the numer¬
ous amendments of which notice had
been given from time to time since
tho reporting of the bill.
Much disappointment nnd bad fool¬
ing arose from this exclusion, which
seemed to take by surprise tho sena¬
tors who offered or favored thoso
amendments. Prior to point of time,
however, Mr. Morrill had offered an
amendment reservitig’to tho government
seigniorage on ihe silver coined, and
iho senate ha<l rejeoted it by a vote of
33 yeas to 44 noes.
Mr. Gortnon had also iu a short,
earnest speech moved to luy tho sub¬
stitute on the table, and that motion
was defeated—yeas 84, nays 43. Thou
tho concluding votes wero taken, the
free silver substitute being adopted by
a voto of 43 to 24, and the bill thus
amended passed by a vote of 42 to 35.
Its title was clanged so ns to make
it read: “To restore the coinage of
silver dollars and for other purposes.”
All the sections of the house bill are
struck out, and instead of them the
bill provides that Iho mints of tho
United States shall he open to tho
coiunge of silver, and that dollars of
412J grains Troy of standard silver
shall be coined upon the snme terms
and subject to the samo limitations as
regulate the coinage and legal tendor
quality of gold.
( It also directs the coinage of that
•portion of the silver bullion in tho
treasury that represents tho seignior¬
age, suoh silver dolla s to bo used iu
the payment of the current expenses
of the government.
It forbids the issue of national bank
notes of denominations less tlnn #10,
and it directs the redemption of green¬
backs and of the treasury notes issued
under tho act dollari of 14, 1890, in
standard silver or in gold coin,
at the option of the treasury depart¬
ment and their re-issuo as under exist¬
ing law.
How (he Senators Voted.
The voto on tho passage of the bill
was as follows:
Yens—Messrs. Allen, Baoon, Bate,
Berry, Blanchard, Btowd, Butler,
Call, Cameron, Cannon, Carter, Chil¬
ton, Clark, Cockrell, Daniel, George,
Harris, Irby, Jouesof Arkansas, Jones
of Nevada, Kyle, Mantle, Mitchell of
Oregon, Pasoo, Peffor, Perkins, -Petti¬
grew, Pritchard, Pugh, Roach, Shotip,
Squire, Stewart, Teller, Tillman, Tur-
pie, Vest, Voorhoes, Walthall, Warren,
White, Wilson—Total, 42,
Nays—Messrs. Allison, Baker, Bur¬
rows, Cuffery, Chandler, Davis, Elkins,
Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, Gear,
Gibson, Gorman, Hale, Hawley, Hill,
Hoar, Lindsay, Lodge, McBrido, Mc¬
Millan, Martin, Mills, Mitcboll of
Wisconsin Morrill, Murphy, Nelson,
Palmer, Platt, Proctor, Sherman,
Thurston, Vilas, Westmoro—Total 35.
The pairs of the twelve senators not
voting were announced as follows:
Blackburn, democrat, of Kentucky,
and Cullom, republican, of Illinois;
Dubois, republican, of Idaho, and
Smith, democrat, of Now Jersey;
Hansbrough, republican, of North Da¬
kota, and Aldrich, republican, of
lihodo Island; Gordon, democrat, of
Georgia, and Sewell, republican, of
New Jersey; Wolcott, republican, of
Colorado, and Brice, democrat, of
Ohio; Morgan, democrat, of Alabama,
and Quay, republican, of Pennsylvania.
The long struggle was over at3 p.m.
and tho senato at 5:15 p. m. adjourned
until Tuesday.
The bill now goes to tho house for
concurrence in Iho substitute and the
next move, after tho house refuses to
concur, will bo tho appointment of a
conference committee.
IIARRITY’8 GALL
For the National Democratic Conven¬
tion to Assemble in Chicago.
Tho following is tbo official call of
tho national democratic convention:
Philadelphia, January 24, 1896.—
Tho democratic national committee
having met in the city of Washington,
D. C., on January 16, 1896, has ap¬
pointed Tuesday, July 7, 1896, at 12
o’clock, noon, and chosen tho city of
Chicago, Ill., as the place for holding
tho democratic national convention.
Each stato is entitled to a represent¬
ative therein equal to double the num¬
ber of its senators anil representatives
iu the congress of tho United States,
and each territory aud the District of
Colombia shall have two delegates.
All democratic conservative citizens
of tho United States, irrespective of
past political associations and differ¬
ences, who can unite with us in tho ef¬
fort for pure,economical and constitu¬
tional government, are cordially invited
to join us in sending delegates to the
convention, W. F. Habbitt,
Cbrn. Dem. Nat. Ex. Com.
S. P. Shebiun, Secretary.
Memorial from Mississippi.
A memorial unanimously passed the
house of representative of Mississippi
asking congress to grant belligerent
rights to Cubans and requesting Mis¬
sissippi senators and representative*
to so vote.
A GENERAL STRIKE
Inaugurated on 1 lie Chicago nnd South¬
eastern Railroad.
A special from Lebanon, Ind., says:
The Chicago nnd Southeastern railway
employes struck Saturday for bnck pay.
Business is suspended over the entiro
system.
When the striking shopmon an¬
nounced thoir intention of obeying tho
law nnd committing no doprodntions
against officials tho company’s property tho
of tho road believed them and
the property was loft unguarded
Saturday night. It proved to bo a
grave mistake, for at 3 o’clock Sunday
morning tho caboose traok, looatod at
Iho west end of the yaid and adjoin¬
ing the shops, was discovered to l>o a
mass of flames, Regardless of tho
prompt response and heroio efforts of
the department, every caboose in tho
yard was destroyed, and it was with
great difficulty that the shops wero
saved.
Word was received from Westfield,
a stntiou twenty miles east, that the
depot at that place, together with a
largo amount of freight, wont up in
smoke. The fires aro undoubtedly the
work of iucoudiaries, aud tho com¬
pany’s officials say it is tho work of tho
strikers or their sympathizers.
Thu condition of the strike is un¬
changed. Not a train passed over the
line Sunday.
Frank 0. Reagan, the company’s at¬
torney, has received mlvice from tho
general offices to spare no expense in
investigating the fires and he now has
a corps of men working on the case.
The leader of tho strikers is jubilant
and says the men had nothing to do
with Saturday night’s fire, but that
they are the result of the engines be¬
ing fired with wood. It is rumored
that tho trainmen will join tho strikers
unless an adjustment of the difficulties
is reftchod at once.
SPAIN DEFIANT.
SHE WILL IGNORE ANYTHING
THAT CONGRESS MAY DO.
Effect of the Foreign Relations Com¬
mittee Report.
Advices from Havana stato thnt tho
nows of the action of tho foreign rela¬
tions comrmtten of the United States
senate was like a bombshell. Tho
Spaniards had rolied on assurances
that tho United States would rofuso to
recognize the belligerency of tho Cu¬
bans.
All cables intimating the commit¬
tee’s probablo notion were suppressed.
Frequont cablos from Madrid wero
published favorable stating there was The no proba¬ Span¬
bility of action.
iards felt secure and the Cubans had
lost hope of recognition.
The first step created a tremendous
sensation. Tho government refused
to permit the papers to publish New
York cables, but allowed the Madrid
cable, stating that tho oabinet held a
session to consider the action of the
committee in favor of the recognition
of beligereney. indignant.
The Spaniards are highly
Tho nowspnper organs of tho conserva¬
tive and reform parties denounce tho
action and refused to helievo that oon-
gress and the president will approve.
They declared if the United States
took such action they would lose moro
than Spain. Spain’s
They called ottention to ad¬
ditions to the navy and increase of de¬
fenses for Cuban ports, saying Spain
is prepared for any emergency. The
Cubans wont wild with joy. Many
foiled to understand that final action
had not yet been taken. The Cubans
declared all they wautod was an op¬
portunity to buy ships, arms and am¬
munition. They said the adoption
of the report meant victory for
the Cuban cause. The feelings
against Americans in Spanish circles
is increasing. There is little doubt that
further action by tho United States
will make their position uncomfortable.
The American residents would feel
moro secure if a worship wero pri sent.
Tho moral i ffect would bo great.
Germany is the only foreign nation
represented at Havana now. She lias
three schoolships in the harbor. The
French Hot is said to be coming. Tho
Americans declare Keeping tho war
ships away is an outrage.
Hiiinag ,11 IS CENSURED
Foreign Affairs Committee of the
House Condemn Ills Speeches.
Tho foreign affairs committee of tho
house Saturday reported a resolution
of severe censure upon Ambassador
Bayard for his Boston and Eden burg
speeches. It was done by a strict
party vote in committee.
“It is without precedent in history,”
said Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, a
member of tho committee, “for the
house to censure a diplomatic repre¬
sentative of our government. Tho
house is not a party lo the appoint¬
ment of our diplomatic officers. Tho
senate is, yet the senate has taken no
action in the matter.
“The house committee, not by a joint
resolution, but by a honso resolution,
censures Mr. Bayard without granting
him a hearing. It is unusual and
unjust.”
TO SUCCEED RUNYON.
Assistant Secretary of State Uhl Is
Favorably Mentioned.
The name of Edwin F. Uhl, the as¬
sistant secretary of stato, has been
mentioned prominently in the gossip
in regard to the appointment to the
ambassadorship at Berliu. His inti¬
mate knowledge of all matters under
diplomatic consideration with Ger¬
many would make his appointment
desirable.
'VOL H. NO. (i.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
(JOSSir OK WASHINGTON IN
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of the Chiefs and Heads of the
Various Departments.
The treasury gold roservo Wednes¬
day stood at #50,208,830. Tho with¬
drawals for tho day wore #110,000.
Tho house ways and means oomniit-
too Thursday ordered a favorable ro-
port on a hill extending tho privileges
of tho law relating to curtain kinds of
fruit brandy, to brandy distilled from
apples, poaches, grapes, prunes,
oranges, aprieots and berries.
In tho senate, Thursday, Mr. Peffor,
populist, of Kansas, introduced a hill
providing that where soldiers served
tirst in tho Confederate army or navy
and afterward enlisted and served in
the federal army or navy, their service
in the Confederacy shall not debar
them from pensions.
United States District Attorney Mac-
farlaue is engaged in investigating tho
ill-fated Hawkins expedition. The ar¬
rest of Garcia and other leaders now
in Washington for violation of tho
badly frightened ami it is hard to find
any one who will admit knowing any¬
thing about tho Hawkins or having
anything to do with her.
Tho house committee on military af¬
fairs, Friday, completed tho army ap-
propriatiou bill for tho coming
yenr. It carries an appropriation of
823,275,902, being #817,000 below tlm
estimates on which it in based, and
$123,21)1 over the amount allowed for
the current year. Tho Indian appro¬
priation lull h»»H been completed by a
Hub conunitteo of tho house committee
on Indian affairs. As at present ar¬
ranged tho bill carries a total, in round
numb'-s, of $8,478,000, a decrease
from tho total of tho appropriation for
tho current fiscal year of about
$ 400 , 000 .
Quito a number of tho bids for bonds
received at the treasury nro directed
simply to the secretary of tho treasury
or Secretary Carlisle, and thoso letters,
with nothing on the ouvelopo to indi¬
cate Iho nature of their contents have
been and aro daily opened in tho ordi¬
nary routine of business. In some in¬
stances tho price bid has been, it is
said, ns high as 112, but this flguro has
been only for small amounts. As on
former occasions, the heavy bidders
will probably not submit thoir pro¬
posals uutil tho last day or so and como
in person with thoir propositions and
bo present at the opening. There
sooins at present no rousou to doubt
that the issue of #100,000,000 will ho
over subscribed, but whether at fignres
the treasury will accept remains to he
seen.
The Gar don Seed Bow.
Congressmen aro very much annoy¬
ed over tho hundreds of applications
thej, got from homo for garden seeds.
Their constituents do not understand
that the government no longer fur¬
nishes seed for distribution. Hereto¬
fore #DO,000 worth of seod have been
distributed annually among the con¬
gressmen to be sent to their constitu¬
ents. But last fall Secretary of Agri¬
culture Morton took it upon himself
to abolish the seed division of this de¬
partment. The congressmen have
raised a great row about it, nnd a res¬
olution instructing Mr. Morton to buy
seed has passed the house. It is now
ponding in tho senate. But should it
pass now no seed for distribution could
be gotten until next fall. It is useless
for the people to annoy thoir congross-
meiTwitli requests for seod. They can
get none, because there are none.
HONORING THE DEAD.
Services In Memory of Ambassador
Runyon in Ilerlln.
Memorial services wero hold at Ber¬
lin, Germany, Thursday in honor of
tl>« late Mr.Theodore Runyon, United
States ambassador to Germany.
All of the Ihreo hundred seats in
St. George’s chapel were occupied by
a distinguished congregation aud tho
imposing looking catufalquo upon
which the remains rested was buried
under floral offerings from the de¬
ceased statesman’s admirers, including
tributes of respect from Emperor
William, of Germany, the empress,
ex Empress Frederick, tho Gorman
foreign office, tho members of tho
diplomatic corps, tho American colony
and German friends of Mr. Runyon.
The Rev. Dr. Dickie made tho fu¬
neral address. It was ft touching trib¬
ute to tbo Americanism and sterling
virtues of the deceased.
IN THE COLISEUM.
At Chicago tlio Democrats Will As¬
semble.
The next democratic nominee for tho
presidency will bo named at the Coii-
scum at Sixty-third street und Jackson
park, Chicago. the sub¬
This was the decision of
committee of tlie national democratic
convention Saturday afternoon after a
session of over four hours, and it
means that an audience of not less
than 15,000 will be offered an oppor¬
tunity of greeting with acclamation
the name of the success til candidate.
It was also decided to locate tho head¬
quarters of the national committee at
the Palmer house. _
Bed Cross Not Granted Permission.
In spite of the urgent representa¬
tions of tho United States minister,
Mr. Alexander W. Terrell, at Con¬
stantinople, tho Turkish government
still hesitates to accord permission to
the American Red Cross society to dis¬
tribute relief to the stiff rera in Aua-
toilu.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
Jones County Government.
Jmlgo Superior Court—J. 0. Hart.
Solicitor General—H. G. Lewis.
Senator-Hon. W. H. Harrison.
Representative—Hon. J. F. Ander-
■on.
Ordinary—R. T. Ross.
Clerk Superior Court—W. W. Bar¬
ron.
Shcriff-R. N. Ethridge. Stewart.
County Treasurer—F. M.
Tax Receiver— «T. A. Chiles.
County Surveyor—R. II. Bonner.
Coroner—R. B. Trapp.
Judge County Court—J. O. Barron.
Junv Commissioners —W. A- Card,
J. M. Middlebrooks, J. F. Barron,
John Gresham, E. P. Morton.
County Hoard of Education —D.
Anchors, Joo W. Barron, J. R. Van
Bnran, S. A. Hodgo, J. W. AnderBon.
County School Commissioner —A.
H. S. McKay. P. O., Plontitude.
County Commissioners — W. F.
White, J. T. Speights, E. T. Morton,
H. T. Moore, John T. Glover.
Middle Georgia & Atlantic R. R.
TIME TABLE.
Ill KITmi Dm'mbnr 23 .
Read Dows, Heap Up.
p. j'l M.
00 7 IS a Citt. It. It. Lv. Augusta 8 30
__0 00 am" Lv Maoou Ar Ga 245
a. it | m. I*. M. 1 P.M.
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floj 8
6 82 Lv....Merriwether....Ar 7 50,12 25
J !JJ Lv. .....Dunn Is.......Ar 7 80 12 05
Ar......Eat on foil...... Lv 7 0011136
1 40 10 Lv......Eatonton......Ar 7 05 1135
8 10 3 "• Lv......Willards......Ar ton......Ar 6 6 38 20 11 10 50 10
8 88 55 jV A1 ken
8 55 07 Ly......Maolien........Ar 6 05 10 35
0 00 12 Lv.....Shady Dale.....Ar rt 00 10 30
» 18 Lv ........Kelly........Ar 5 43 10 15
o 4<> 45 Lv... [ Brough tonvil!o...Ar 5 5 33110 15! 0 50 00
9 50 42 4 V......New horn......Ar
10 00 40 Lv....Oarmoi Junc.-.-Ar 5 05 ; 11 33
10 10 55 LV ...Hayes........Ar 4 65 0 21)
10 22 * 112 I,v Rtarrsvll'e.....Ar 4 45 0 08
10 47 I 13 Lv.. Covington Juno -Ar 4 271 8 48 47
10 50 »t Ar..... Covington l.v 4 25 8
iT 15 6 00 (TaTHTlT. Ar Atlanta Ev 30lTT5t
« 30 M. & N. Ar Macon Lv DIM A.M.
M. & N. Ar Athens Lv 2 23 A.M.
JOSEPH W. PRESTON, General Manager.
MB. BUN YON’S FlINHRAL.
Service* Held Over tho Boinulus of
the Ambassador at Ilerlln.
A funeral servico was hold over the
remains of Mr. Theodore Runyon,
late ambassador of the United Htntes
to Germany at his late residence in
Berliu Tuesday afternoon. Only tho
family and tho officials of tho Embassy
wore presout. The officials funeral
ceremonies were arraugod to take place
at Castle Momlijon on Thursday.
Tho Reiohaanzeiger pays a warm
tributo to tho memory of Mr. Runyon,
in the oourse of which it says:
“The imperial government Bin-
oerely re( T ts the doceaso of this
prominent statesman, whoso efforts
wore directed successfully to promot¬
ing and cultivating good relations be¬
tween Germany nnd the United States
and who understood how to win the
veneration aud respect of all who
came in contact with him, officially or
unofficially.”
STATE CONVENTION CALLED
Hy Populists or Tennecseo to Meet In
July Next.
Tho Tennessee populist state execu¬
tive commit toe mot at Nashville Tues¬
day and decided to call tho stato con¬
vention to nominate a candidate for
governor for July 2Bth, Bix days after
the national convention. lion. A. L.
Mims, who made tho raco for governor
two years ago, watt endorsed for first
place on the presidential tieket.
The committee decided to mako no
nominations for tho court of chancery
appeals, three judges for which aro to
bo eloctod in August, becauso of the
election being n non-political one.
Twelve delegates to the national con¬
vention were named, tho congressional
districts to name tho other.
POPULIST TICKET INDORSED
Hy tlie Republican Slate ‘Convention
of Louisiana.
Tho Louisiana republican state con¬
vention completed its labors at New
Orleans at 3 o’clock Friday a. in. and
adjourned sine die, after indorsing tho
ticket already nominated by tho popu¬
lists aud indorsed by the sugar repub¬
licans, with J. N. I’harr (sugar planter)
at its herd, for governor, und re-elect¬
ing Cage, colored, chairman of tho
state contral committee aud selectiug
tlie following delegatos-at-largo to tho
national republican convention: Wil¬
liam Pitt Kellogg, A. H. Leonard,
Henry Dernas, colored; Madison Vance,
colored. Kellogg and Leonard aro
out and out Reed men, while Demas
and Vuuco have been pronounced
McKinleyites.
A STATE TICKET
Completed by the Populist Committee
of Louisiana.
Tho populist committoe of fifty-two,
authorized by the recent convention
in Louisiana to complete tho stato
tieket in the interest of fusion, met at
Alexandria and nominated the follow¬
ing ticket:
Governor, Captain J. N. Pharr, of
St. Marys; lieutenant governor, J. B.
Kleinpeter, of East Baton Rouge; at¬
torney general, L. F. Suthon, of Ter-
ribone; secretary of state, J. W. Mc¬
Farland, of Clairbone; treasurer, John
Pickett, of Winn; auditor, H. P. Ker-
nochan, of Plaquemino. •
The greatest men have been those
who have out their way to success
through difficulties.