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HAMILTON, GEORGIA.
• A’d the train journals and newspapers
sqteak of the splendid business outlook.
Big crops, increased railroad earnings,
and the influx of a tremendous amount
of English capital, are among the signs
«f the times.
T.’C old Hup Tonawanda, one of the
fnirt oi l dipper liners and a very
popular boat in Philadelphia, lias fallen
a victim to a storm, but in her old days
•lie h id become a coal barge, and passes
awn y “unwept, unliotiored and un
*u ig. ”
Th : Niagara is to be bridged again.
The Canadian Pacific Railway has de¬
cided ‘ . build the bridge, and thus to
wcurc advantageous connection with six
lead og Am:, m i a: I roads—as well as
a good deal of the business now done
exclu-ively by American roads.
The life-saving crews at I.owes, Deb,
did g and work in rescuing shipwrecked
(tenon, dating the recept storm, No
less than two hundred lives were saved
l»y tiie-r efforts from the hungry Sea.
The Unit'd Stales Life-Saving Service
ik .t nobly useful isuti: ution.
A g og: a phi a! expert has figured
out that l >7 the Nicaragua canal tho
(list :m ■ :: >m N -w York to Honolulu
will ) : s!i >: ‘ ■ i • i .'r un 14,250 to 6588
miles, vhile tin voyage from Liverpool
to tho Hawaiian capital will be cut
down from 1 1.080 lo 9156 miles.
It b nothing cow for Hunan (’atlio
lics i i d’lU rcnl parts of Europe to in
•ciub.'e l :g-'tli<T for th:' iliscuisian of
large in a congress, but tho
first n.-'i'ting of '.bis kind among the
Roman ( .Rholies of North America
will be hid i i i Baltimore early in No
v ember.
A L >a i > i statistis-i m figures that 80,
000 A m :eaus lauded in England the
past -uuimer, the expenses aero is averag¬
ing in : > than $!')) dollars <ach, and
that upon the lowest calculation they
(ii eel r ■ i $21,oi), ODD in Europe on
fail w a i and.at hotels, without count
hag th !u i.aoy spent in purchases.
•f.t~
The antin'! of tho Spanish authorities
*d a pri/. ■ of $’5 > * A for the best literary
work, written lit any of the principal
European languages, in celebration of
the fourth < mteuary of the discovery of
Amori. a w a stimu'ui to literary effort
si. h 1 . Hr 1 rely offered for intornalion
at competition, feomq American ought
to take tail prz\
At nd'ituiel criminal in England
must i • allowed to see three Sundays
betwe-m Ins sentence and his execution.
<»f course he can thus be hung in a lit
t over tv, > vve-diL but the three Sun¬
days must pm over il h head before the
gallows cl tarn him. The custom ii a
telie of m- I.cm! times, when a tuiin
hud w is alio we 1 that much of a respite
o prepare f >r I ‘nth.
Anli iuL m Fin n's icivid plea foi
the establishment of an order of mendi
rani monks i:i the Episcopal churc.i in
England and th' United States meets
*ijth 1 very chilling response from tho
church organs, After mercilessly ridi
ruling tic whole i lea, the Churchman
says that, even if such an order were
desirable, it cm.Id not be founded by a
well-paid, well fe 1 archdeacon.
The d.'stgucr.r employed by the Brit¬
ish A linlr 1 tv are striving to bu.U a
nrw type of warship which will com
hlne tix• miximum quali'iei of speed,
strength, s'ability and fighting power.
Th,.' R'-u ".va, a barholte ship carrying
sn armament of 69-ton guns, will be, it
IS c x peeled, the closest approximation
to that i las! which has ye: been made.
Probably there will have to be a long
series of improved and remodelled Re¬
nowns >t,- th* problem can be sati*
factoid* worked out. Rut the aim is
©cie which ran be ccminen led to Ameri
r. n designers empiayed upoa the new
narv. The New York Tr b tnc consid -
mih*. a.irti .1 to, U,.
j-.iU.fy ■ r .. department
xiadeto , , . set
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t ngi’r best tab*m i wo.k rn design
.U ..leaves- . without reference to cost,
*. .* (.««.. straag
*s; aat most powemtl r , . bi tlc-lup „ ..
stoat.
WASHINGTON, D. C,
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
AND IIIS ADVISERS.
UPPOZ.VTMf NTS, DECISIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS
OK INTEREST THOM TUB NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Secre tary Tracy, Friday, formally ac¬
cepted the cruiser Charleston.
Secrctniy Tracy Wednesday afternoon
awarded tue contract for building proposals two
< f the 2 , 000 -ton cruisers, the
f< r which were opened on last Saturday,
to the Columbian Iron Works and Dry
Dock company, of Baltimore, for the
sum of $1,225,000. The contract for the
third o je will be awarded to either Har¬
rison Lor-ing, of Boston, or N. F. Pal
mcr & Co., of New York, each of whom
bid $074,000.
The collector of customs at Norfolk,
Va., has asked the treasury department
for instructions in regard to the practice
of Liverpool cotton merchants of send¬
ing men under contract from that city to
Norfolk for the purpose of buying and
grading cotton lor the English trade.
I lie immigrant inspector for the state of
Virginia reported the matter to the col¬
lector as a violation of alien contract la¬
bor, and the collector wants to know
what he can do about it. Treasury offi¬
cials arc divided in opinion in the mat¬
ter, and it will probably be referred to
the solicitor for settlement.
The following dispatch was sent from
the executive mansion, on Saturday af¬
ternoon, to Governors Melletta and Miller,
of North and South Dakota, Bismark,
North Dakota: “The last act in the
admission of the two Dakotas as states
in the union was concluded this after¬
noon at the executive mansion by the
president signing at that moment the
proclamation required by law for the ad
mi-sion of the states. The article on
prohibition, submitted separately in each
state, was adopted in both. This is the
first instance in the history of the nation¬
al government that two states North
and South Dakota, entered the union at
the same moment."
The government directors of the Union
Pacific railroad have reported to the sec¬
retary of the interior that in their judg¬
ment the interests of the United States
demand early action by congress to se¬
cure payment by the company of its in¬
debtedness to the government. The gen¬
eral plan of settlement first suggested by
the commissioners of railroads, they as¬
sert, has never been successfully attacked
They express their firm conviction that
the, interests of t \c United States de¬
mand the passage of a bill substantially
like that pending when the last congress
adjourned. The report is signed by
George E. Leighton, John T, Plummer,
Jesse Spalding, Rufus B. Bullock and
Janus W. Savage.
The Washington Star Wednesday says
that the civil service commission .ffiave
decided to ask the district concernAl attorney to
prosecute all persons in the
preparation and distribution of the polit¬
ical assessment circular recently sent by
the old dominion republican league to
Virginians in the government service.
Those persons not employes of the gov¬
ernment will be prosecuted which provides under that section
12 of the service, nc
person shall in any goveri ment building
solicit or receive contributions for any
political purpose. The commission
holds that a person not connected with
tho government may ask for and receive
money from government employes fora
political purpose anywhere except in a
government building, but that where the
occurence takes place on government
property, or where letters are sent to a
government building, those concerned
are liable lo prosecution.
Th e order of Postmaster-General
Wananviker, dated Wednesday, was
promulgated Thursday, fixing the rates
for the government telegraphic service
during the current fiscal year. The
basis tor day service is ten cents for ten
words, and a half cent for each addi
tiounl word for distances under 400
miles, with a sliding scale of increase for i
distances greater not than exceeding 400 miles. twenty For J
night words, messages fifteen for all distances, and i
cents
one-lmlf cent for each additional word.
The date, address and signature are ex¬
cluded from count both day and night.
Signal service cypher messages are to be
charged at two and a half cents per
word. With reference to the above or¬
der, President Green, of the Western
Union telegraph, says: ‘The rate fixed
by the postmaster-general is undoubtedly
below cost, but I am not prepared to say
what the attitude of the company will be
till after the matter has had the consid¬
eration of the executive committee. The
reduction averages about thirty-three
per cent, from the old rate, which was
not a renmnarative one.”
The director of the mint has submit¬
ted to the secretary of the treasury his
annual report, lie says the value of
cold deposited was $48,' l H) a -712, of which
$31,419,778 eousisicd of the product of
mines of Tue United States, a falling off
in gold product of about one million
kss.sk •ssssa
$32,893,985 standard ounces of counting
value of $8,278,964 was classified as of
domestic production. Profit on the
coinage of silver dollars during
the year was $9,370,062 aud on
suhs idary silver coins, $82,987; total
coinage of silver dollars under the Bland
» r t,oNovcmVr. .889. «, »«H3,08S,
001 . and tot »l profit on silver coinage to
July L j88 g, $59,378,254; net profit af
ter deducting expenses for distribution
and wastage for eleven years ended June
». 18*1. »" Tho three
tor recommends legislation looking to
wards a discontinuance of coinage of $3
and $4 gold pieces and the three-cent
nickel pieces and -withdrawal from circu¬
lation of pieces of those denominations
uow outstanding.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA¬
RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
A CONDENSED ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS GOING ON OP
IMPORTANCE IN TEE SOUTHERN STATES.
The Few society, at Oxford, Ga., cele¬
brated its fiftieth anniversary Wednesday.
The anniversarian was Mr. G. D. Dor
ough, of Wetumpka, Ala.
The AnnistoD, Ala., News says that
“they have organized a ‘Sand Trust’ in
Birmingham. The combine has raised
the price of sand from SO cents to $1.25
per yard.”
Fire broke out Sunday morning in the
Schofield building, adjoining Hollings¬
worth block, on Poplar street. Macon,
Ga, and destroyed nearly 1 100,000
worth of property.
A receiver was appointed, on Friday,
for the firm of Kiinck, Vickonburg &
Co., for the last half century engaged C. in
the grocery business in Charleston, S.
Liabilities are about $70,000, and assets
nominally large.
A Key West special to the Times-Un¬
ion, of Jacksonville, Fla., says: Del Pino
Brothers’ immense cigar factory, contain¬
ing one million cigars, besides a large
quantity of tobacco, waa consumed by
fire Sunday morning.
It was reported Saturday that Mrs.
Longstrect, wife of Gen. James Long
street, was dying at Gainesville, Ga.
The announcement will cast a gloom
over the many aident admirers, both
north and South, of her illustrious hus¬
band.
Billy Ryan, lessee and manager of the
Casino variety theatre, at Birmingham,
Ala., left the city Saturday night for
paits unknown, leaving about $ 2,000 of
unpaid debts. Several members of bis
company are left without a dollar and
several week’s salary due them.
The state association of confederate
veterans of Alabama was perfected W. at
Birmingham onWednesday.-General president, E.
Puttus, of Selma, was elected
with a vice-president from cacli congres¬
sional district. One object of the asso¬
ciation is to build a confederate home in
Alabama.
A. Hirsh & Co., the largest dry good;
and milinery house in Birmingham, Ala.,
was closed on Saturday by the sheriff on
attachments aggregating $43,000. About
$ 20,000 of the attachments are in favor
of clerks in the store and relatives of the
firm. The Alabama National bank at¬
tached $19,000.
A passenger train bound east and a
freight train going west, on the Norfolk
and Western railroad, collided Wednesday
night between Liberty and Thaxtons,
Va., and both trains were wrecked. It is
reported that the .firemen and engineers
of both trains were killed. One passen¬
ger was also killed and many hurt.
Thomas G. Buchanan, a merchant of
Huntsville, Ala., was closed Wednesday
by attachment, as follows: Fechheimer
& Co., of Cincinnati, $2,500; Phil J. C.
Cudder, of Shelbyviile, Tenn., $14,250, $8,054;
Nashional Bank of Shelbyviile,
and Miss Jennie White, of Huntsville for
$2,500. It is said other attachments
will follow.
News comes from Spartanburg, one of
the best cotton-growing counties of North
Carolina, of a new cotton plant, which,
if it is as claimed, will make a wonderful
revolution in the agricultural and cotton
oil interests of the nation. T. Ferguson,
au experienced cotton planter, claims to
have a cotton plant which will produce
nothing but cotton seed without the lint.
The Soque Woolen mills at Clarksville,
Ga., which are in the hands of a receiver,
aI1 d which will eventually be sold, began
operation Wednesday, to be run by
oue 0 f the creditors,for one month, under
a g ran t from the judge of the superior
cmirt. The object is to get the property
cleaned up ami the machinery clean, so
that the bidders may see just what they
liave.
Richmond , , ,
The superior court of ;
county, Ga., has decided against who, _ a mini- 1
her of prominent citizens twenty ,
years ago, subscribed to the capital stock j
of the National Express and Transporta- 1
tion company. A test case was made on j
Wednesday in case ofWilbam II. Howard,
a prominent and wealthy cotton factor,
aud a verdict rendered against him.
This virtually carries the other cases with
it. The verdict is regarded as a great
hardship, although in accordance xxith
court decisions in these cases in all states
from Maine to Texas.
BURNING WIRES.
AN EXHIBITION OF THE POWER OF THE
ELECTRIC CURRENT.
A frightful exhibition of the power of
the electric current of the street railway
circuit was given at Cincinnati on Satui
dav a ] onsj t he line of the Mount Auburn
asjsss-ffsxs,™ sesStt ssazza*
and as it formed a circuit when resting
on the charged wire
the street lt the current terrifying. passed The through^iL wire be
The resu was aud sparkled and
came white with heat flashes
liame d with the blue and white
0 f au overcharged conductor. Confusion
„„ ,Se The bernmg Men
wire consumed and fell in pieces.
ran and women shrieked. Horses were
frightened and rushed away from the
dreadful Zlided. light. Wagons and street cars
bi, for.rhrt.tel 5 .he faffing nine and
ao where touched anv human being
n0 casualties followed.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
A STORY DETAILING THE MANNER IN
WHICH DR. CRONIN WAS KILLED.
A special dispatch from Winnipeg,
Canada, Saturday morning, says: ’’As¬
sistant State’s Attorney Baker, of Chi¬
cago, had a long interview with Bob
Heffer, and from him received a detailed
account of the butchery of Cronin.
Burke took a qu'et faicy to Heller, and
was very communicative with him, telling
him nuny details about the crime. He
told Heffer that Coughlin was the main
actor in the tragedy and had engaged
both him and Cooney to participate sand in
the crime. He told Heffer that
bags were used by two of the assassins
while the third wielded a common base¬
ball bat; that he was under the impres¬
sion that Cronin was being decoyed to
the Cottage under th? pretext that he was
going to attend a sick wom<»n, who was
represented to be at the point of death.
Four men were waiting in the cottage
for him. They listened for the sound of
wheels. At last the carriage drove up,
and an instant later the doctor hurried
up the steps and knocked loudly and
hastily as if he realized that his presence
was urgently required. Two of the as¬
sassins stood behind the door ready to
strike, while one of the others from the
inner room called out in a loud voice,
“come in.” The door was quickly
opened and the doctor strode in. The
instant he was in one of the assassins
slammed the door, while the other stiuck
the physician a terrible blow with a sand
bag. The doctor fell heavily to the
floor.” Burke always declined to say
who struck the first blow', and this fact,
Baker thinks, makes it quite clear that it
w r as Burke himself, else he would have
mentioned the name. He always spoke
about tiie four taking part iri the crime
and pounding the doctor at the same
time. The moment the doctor was
down, the whole four rushed on him,
and with sand bags and clubs pounded
the life out of him. The poor man
struggled, and moaned awfully. Blood
poured from his mouth, nose and eyes.
Nearly twenty minutes elapsed before he
ceased to gasp. Then the fiends stripped
the blood-stained clothing off of him and
one of them pounded his face so as to
make it impossible to recognize the body.
Coughlin then hauled the trunk over and
the body was crammed into it. One of
the quartette -went out and brought an
express wagon which had been left in a
convenient place. When they went to
carry the trunk out blood was dripping
from it and ran on the floor, and the
trunk was set down and these leaks
stopped with cotton batting, which was
found in the doctor’s instrument case.
The trunk and its contents were then
taken to the lake, Coughlin driving the
There was a boat at the point
expected, and they tried to shove the
out into the water, but it would
work. Anxious to get rid of the
some way, into Burke suggested that it
be thrown the catch-basin. The
suggestion was adopted.
NATIONA L THANK5G i VIN G -
PRESIDENT HARRISON ISSUES IIIS THANKS¬
GIVING PROCLAMATION.
The following proclamation setting day
Thursday,November 28th as a of
national thanksgiving was issued by
Harrison on Friday. B 7
the president of the United States.—A
proclamation. A highly favored people,
mindful of their dependence on the boun¬
ty of Divine Providence, should seek a
fitting occasion to testify gratitude and
ascribe praise to Him who is the author
of their "many blessings. with thankful It behooves hearts us,
then, to look back
over the past year and bless God for his
infinite merer in vouchsafing to our land
enduring peace; to our people freedom
from pestilence and famine; to our
husbandmen abundant, harvests, and to
them that labor recompense of their toil.
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison,
President of the United btates of Ameri¬
ca, do earnestly recommend that Thurs¬
day. the twenty-eighth day of this pres¬
ent month of November, be set apart as
a day of national thanksgiving and
prayer, and that the people and of onr labors coun- of
try, ceasing frum tho cares
tliejr work j n g day, shall assemble in
t j ie j r reS p ec tive places of worship and
^j thanks to God, who has prospered paths the
3 on 0lU . way an d made our
0 f p eacCj beseching him to bless
j he day ; to our present and future good,
mak j D it trv q y one G f tbunksgiving for
eac fi reunited home circle as well as for
^ nat j on a f } ar g e . In witness whereof,
^ j iave hereunto set my hand and caused
^ geal tlie United"" States to be af
q xe d. Done at the city of Washington,
£ rst . day 0 f November, in the
G f our [ or d eighteen hundred and eighty
nine, and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and four¬
teenth. Benjamin Harrison.”
A BIG KICK.
THE ROCK ISLAND,BURLINGTON & ST. PACT
ROADS WITHDRAW FROM ASSOCIATION.
The T Inti n ter State ’ Commerce Railwax
. j pTac tieallx
fic arrangeme
^a^menUnnuHed. the agreeme . No intention formal
ticeosdo « wiu loncrer
withdraw, QQ
the rules ( of Ae^ociation. *
bound by
special mee d™»o,^ mg 0 of \v*»Bfprn
west™
association as l
proposit.ons between the for .eiaboard the rMtoratm^of a ^ - •
, agreement could no^t d e
~
,„ rth( ,
sideration a* the regular mee 0
vember.
STOCKS TUMBLE.
the cotton seed oil combine having
CONSIDERABLE TROUBLE.
Calamity see ned to teach its cUmax
Thursday, for the bulls in the trust
stocks, on the stock exchange, at New
York. The grief was concentrated in
cotton oil crowd. Everybody was of pre¬
dicting an immediate advauce many
points in cotton oil certificates, based on
the rosy programme of converting the
trust into a corporation, and reducing the
capital from $42,000,000 to $30,000,000.
doubt of the success. But alas for the
frailty of promises and prospects in Wall
street, the popular expectation failed
sadly of realizition. Immediately cn the
opening of the market there was on over¬
whelming pre sure to sell. The first stile
was 41J, and from that point
a decide ips+?.gtly In ?
which had no check until the
price was hammered down to 301. This
tumble of five full points meant a
shrinkage of over $ 2 , 000,000 in the mar¬
ket value of the total capital
of the trust. The scene on the
stock exchange baffles description.
The real reason for the most of the de¬
cline was probably’ because of the serious
disappointment which some prominent The
insiders felt at the annual report. is
showing of earnings for the last year
by no means flattering. For the first six
months the net profits were entirely sat¬
isfactory, but the last six months were
bad. The total net earnings for the
year amount to little over $1,600,000
which is at least $ 1 000,000 less than
, of the mills
officially predicted. Several
belonging to the trust have beeQ shut
down° on account of proving several un
piofitable, and it is said that
more will probably have to be closed for
the same reason. The corporation into
which the trust is to be resolved will be
known as the Cotton Oil C ompany of
New Jersey.
A REPORTED BATTLE
IN KENTUCKY IN WHICH SIX MEN ARE
KILLED.
A special to the Louisville Courier
Journal from Piueville, Ky., says: News
reached here that Judge Lewis came up
with Howard and his gang Thursday on
Martin’s Fork and killed six of the How
ard gang without losing a man. Three
of the men killed were named Hall, one
named Whitlock, the other two names
not learned. Friends of the judge say
that he is determined, Howard and and will, his never gang
quit his chase until
are all killed or driven from the country.
Both parties are being reinforced daily,
and more bloodshed is expected. to \
thought that Howard lias gone ir
ginia, but is expected to return. The
best citizens of Harlan county, Ky., are
joining Judge Lewis, and with such a
determined leader there is no doubt but
that the law and order party will come
out victorious, and break up the gang
that has been a terror to all eastern Ken¬
tucky for the last twenty-five years.
SUEING A NEWSPAPER.
MRS. MACKAY, OF CALIFORNIA, SUES AN
ENGLISH PAPER FOR LIBEL.
The action for libel brought by Airs.
John W. Mackav against the Manchester,
England, Examiner, came up for hearing
in the court of queens bench, lliursday.
The libel complained of alleged that the
plaintiff was a poor widow with two
children, and that she was employed when as
a washerwoman by Nevada miners
Mackay was first attracted toward her
and fell in love with her and married her.
The plaintiff contends that the words of
the article suggested that she was not a
lady of birth or education, and that she
was not accustomed to associating with
persons of good positi ons.
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A GREAT NEWSPAPER.
THE PIONEER PRESS. OF ST. PAUL, MINN.,
CELEBRATES ITS 40TU ANNIVERSARY.
————— »
The Pioneer Press, of St. Paul, Minn.,
celebrates its fortieth anniversary by is- -
suing Thursday ; morning an edition of
thirty pages, from its new thirteen story
building. The edition is chiefly devoted
to a historical review of the extraordi¬
nary development of the northwest for
the past forty years. The building, 110
feet square, represents an outlav of
$780,000, and is pronounced the finest
daily newpaper building in the world.
In Thursday’s issue will be printed from
about 400 personal congratulations and
editors throughout the United btates
Canada.
MUST BE PAID.
The Indiana legislature last winter
passed a law raising the maximum li¬
cense which the city of Indianapolis may
impose for the sale of liquor from $100
to $250. The supreme court Wednesday
affirmed the constitutionality of the law.
In another case it declared that a license
is Dot a contract, Indianapolis raised the
license to $250. Liquor sellers who had
taken out license at $100 previous to the
increase, contend that they should n«*t
be compelled to pay the increase of $lcC
until the expiration of the $100 license.
The court says their position is wrong,
and they must pay the additional $150.
BANK STATEMENT.
Following is a statement of the asso¬
ciated banks at New A’ork for the week
endiug Saturday, November 2d :
Reserve increase..... $ 8,800
Loans decrease........ .. 547.200 758,200
Legal Specie increase_______ .. 231,200
tenders decrease .. 1,299 600
Deposits decrease...... .. 16,300
Circulation increase..
The banks now hold $1,120,475 in ex¬
cels of 25 per cent rule.