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Toe Crawford CQDBiy Heralfl
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
W. J. McAFfcE, Editor and Proprietor.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER ANNUM.
Official Organ of Crawford County.
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA.
Entered at the postofficc at Knoxville,
Ga., as second-class matter.
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/ -The present standard car coupler isue
feribed as a huge iron hand, whost
fingers can he oparicd from the side ol
the car and closetl by the impact of an¬
other car. This is the safety drawhead
the railroad employes are asking for. and
this is what many railroads are putting on
their new cars. The hirer, tier Age hopes
that the change will put a stop to the
slaughter of braksmen.
: The fear which so many men have of
contagious disease- and the desire to
lessen the risk of < xposure to mysterious
microbes, lias led the municipal authori¬
ties of Nordhausen, a small town in
Saxony, to issue an edict that ail bar¬
bers and hair dressers shall, under legal
penalties, disinfect, their instruments
every time after they have been used.
This use’of antiseptics illustrates as deli¬
cate a phase of apprehension as is shown
by that editor of a New York magazine
who uses gloves when he reads maim-
scrips. A similar instance of care is
shown on the part of some of the exam¬
iners in the public schools. The children
work out examples ou their slates, and
the examiners have to look over the
problem as performed by the children.
A few years ago one of the assistant su¬
perintendents contracted, or imagined
that he contracted, a slight case of blood
poisoning in handling the slates, After
he had recovered lie had a pair of rub¬
ber gloves made, and whenever he had
to look over the slates he always put on
gloves.
L Trouser?Pressed Weekly,
• “A few days ago we sent out circulars
to a great many gentlemen in the Bach
Bay and elsewhere, stating that we would
ipress one or more pairs of trousers every
jweek for a year, sending for and retun-
*ing them, for tile sum of $19,” said a
swell tailor to a Boston Herald reporter,
k “Have you had many responses '”
r “Twenty-five or thirty gentlemen were
an yesterday, and every one gave me* his
address and a $10 bill. Beside that we
ihave received many written acceptances
to our invitations. For example, here is
one from a distinguished surgeon on Bea¬
con street, who incloses his check, and
requests us to call for his trousers every
Saturday morning. Why it's a great
thing for gentlemen who desire to keep
their pantaloons from bagging at the
kuees. They are not put to one-tenth
the trouble they are in preparing their
laundry for the wash. They always have
fresh looking trousers to put ou, and it
costs them only twenty cents a week,
even if they have only one extra pair to
send.”
“How many pairs of trousers on an
average do well-dressed men have in con¬
stant use?’’
“Oh, from three to five. Some men,
with not an extraordinary wardrobe,
have as high as fifteen pairs doing service
at the same time. That is not counting
the men who wear fancy clothes, some of
whom appear in one particular pair of
trousers ouly three or four times before
they cast them aside. It is not an un¬
common thing for a man to come and
order from us half a dozen pairs at one
time.”
“What is the usual cost of pressing
trousers?'’
“Fifty cents a pair. Bo you see at $10
ii year, even supposing that a man sends
in only one pair a week, we are not coin¬
ing money out of the business. In fact,
we are now doing it a loss.”
“Then what is your object?!’
“Well, in the first place, wedoenough
pressing now to keep a force of men busy,
and. if we have forty or fifty more cus¬
tomers the business will pay. In the sec¬
ond place, we attract people to the store.
They come here to see what sort of *
place it is, and if they can trust us with
their money and their clothes, aud yot
may be sure we will induce them to comt
again. For the high class of customer:
vve cater to $10 is a small amount to pay
for having their trousers kept in good
condition a whole year.”
Not a Leap Year.
Nineteen hundred will not be a leap
year, because the leugth of the year is not
exac tly 365^ days. It is really a little
less (eleven minutes aud fourteen sec¬
onds), and as the difference keeps in¬
creasing from year to year, it is necessary
to drop out the extra day every hundred
years or so, so as to bring the calendar
right. Even this correction is not quite
exact, but it will serve for a great many
centuries, so there is no pressing need of
reform.
The Eiffel tower, which nas been closed
tine* the Paris Exposition, is about to be re¬
opened. It has been overhauled and refitted
hs to platforms and other accommodations for
the public.
AT THE CAPITAL
WHAT TEE FIFTY-FIRST CON-
’ GRESS 18 DOING.
APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT HARRISON—
MEASURES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The house consumed Friday in discuss¬
ing Waddill-Wise contested election case
from Virginia. The hour of 5 o'clock
haring arrived, the house took a recess
to 7:30 o'clock, the evening session to be
for the consideration of private pension session
bills. The house at its evening
did no business, but the few members
present resolved themselves into a de¬
bating society, the subjects being * ‘pen¬
sions” and “war claims.”
In the senate, on Friday, after the morn¬
ing routine of business, consideration ot
Jhe Montana election case was resumed;
and as no senator took the floor the yeas
and nays were ordered on the resolution,
and the vote was about being taken,
when Mr. Evarts rose and suggested desired that
if no senator ou the other side to
speak, he would make the closing argu¬
ment in support of the committee’s re¬
port. The bill went over till Monday,
and the senate, after a brief executive ses¬
sion, adjourned. Saturday, immedhUe-
In the house, on
lv alter reading the journal the consider¬
ation of the contested election case of
Waddell against Wise was resumed. The
majority resolution, declaring Waddell
entitled to the seat, was adopted. Yeas,
134, nays, 120: and that gentleman ap¬
peared at the bar of the house and took
the oath of office. Public business was
then suspended, and the house proceeded
to pay fitting tribute to the memory ot
the late James Laird, representative adjourned. from
Nebraska, and at 4:50
The calendar was taken up soon after
the senate assembled on Saturday and a
number of bills were passed under the
five minute rule. The only bill passed the of
importance to the public service was
senate bill to increase the efficiency and
reduce the expense of the signal corps de¬ ot
the army. The bill transfers to the
partment of agriculture the weather bu¬
reau, leaving the signal corps of the ar¬
my to remain in the war department.
The weather bureau is to consist of one
chief and such civilian employes as con¬
gress may annually provide signal for. is The en¬ be
listed force of the corps to
discharged from the army on June 30tli,
1891, and such portions of the force as
may be necessary shall be transferred to
the department of agriculture. The
signal corps is to consist of one ma jor,
four captains (mounted), and four first
lieutenants (mounted), with pay and al¬
lowances of like grades in the army; and
the enlisted force of the signal corns is to
consist of fifty sergeants. The senate
then adjourned. pervaded the house
An air of sadness
chamber on Monday, when the speaker’s Draped
gavel called the body to order.
iii black and ornamented with a hand¬
some floral design the seat so long occu-
pied by Mr. Randall, recalled to members
the fact that their old colleague had
passed away forever. A crayon portrait
of the ex-speaker hung in the lobby, also
tastefully draped with emblems of
mourning. Butler, in his
Chaplain Rev. J. G.
opening prayer iu the senate, on Monday,
made a touching appeal in reference to
Mr. Randall's death. Mr. Cameron rose
aud offered the following resolutions:
Resolved, that the senate has heard with
deep regret and profound death sorrow Hon. the
announcement of the of
Samuel J. Randall, representative from
the state of Pennsylvania.
Resolved. That the senate concurs iu
the resolution of the house of representa¬
tives for the appointment of a committee
to attend the funeral of the deceased, and
that a committee of live on part of tin-
senate be appointed by the vice-president.
The resolutions were agreed to, and
Messrs. Quay, Allison. Dawes, Yoorhecs
aud Eustis were appointed The a committee
on-part of the senate. senat e pro¬
vided for a committee to attend .Mr.
Randall's funeral and Tuesday, adjourned. Sher¬
In the house, on .Mr.
man offered a resolution, which was
agreed to, directing the secretary of the
interior to communicate to the senate the
report of Jesse Spaulding, railways, the govern¬
ment director of Pacific as to
the general management of such railw ays.
Mr. Hawley gave notice that he would
trv to call up the Chicago world's fair
bill Friday.
The Montana election case was taken
up Tuesday, and Mr. Morgan addressed
the senate. lie was follow ed by Yanee,
Hoar and Daniel. Without concluding
his speech, Mr. Daniel yielded for a mo¬
tion to adjourn, and after an agreement
that a vote would be taken at 5 o'clock
Wednesday, or earlier, if the senate
should be ready. The senate at 5:50 ad¬
journed.
NOTES.
The secretary of the treasury has or¬
dered that Commander Bowman II. Mc-
Calla be tried by court martial.
The river and harbor bill is expected to
be reported at once, It has been com-
pleted, but its features are yet a commit¬
tee secret.
The first meeting of the lioard of di¬
rectors of the world's fair was held in
Chicago Saturday night. Edwin Walker
w as elected temporary chairman.
Mr. Grimes, of Georgia, petitions on Tuesday
introduced a batch of from citi¬
zen of western Georgia, asking the congress
to open up to navigation Point Chattahoo¬
chee river, between West and
Franklin.
A gold medal was on Saturday pre¬
sented to Joseph Francis in recognition
of his services iu the construction and
perfection of life-saving apparatus. The
presentation took place in the blue parlor
of the white house, and Senator Evarts
made the speech.
Btishvhead.the big chief of the Chicka-
saws. who is visiting Washington, was so
much pleased with Major George Barne-'
speech on Indian rights when the Okla¬
homa bill was up for discussion, that he
has caused to be transmitted to the mem¬
ber from Augusta, Ga.. a letter of thanks
from his people.
The senate quadra-centennial and ordered commit¬
world’s tee met Friday morning reported with tin
fair bill some
amendments. A sub-committee, consist¬
ing of Senators Hiscuek. Hawley and
Daniel was appointed to make the bill
conform to the expression of the wishes
of the committee and to draw up the re¬
port.
An interesting hearing was had Friday
morning by the house committee on agri-
riculture upon the Butterworth bill to
prevent dealings in options anti futures.
The present delegations from the New
York produce and cotton exchanges.
Chicago hoard of trade, New Orleans cot¬
ton exchange, ail protest against the pass¬
age of the bill which has already beeu
recommended by the to nmittee.
The inter-state commerce committee,
by Bragg, commissioner, decided two
cases of the New Orleans cotton exchange
vs. the Illinois Central Railroad company
and seventeen others, and the Cincinnati.
New Orleans. Texas and Pacific Railway
com] any and ten other?, involving tin-
relative reasonableness of rat s on cotton
from interior points iu the < otton grow ¬
ing country to New Orleans aud to north
ern and eastern mills, relative iatos on
compressed and uncompressed transportation cotton, aud
relative methods of
competition of the different lines in op¬
posite directions. The points decided
are too numerous to smmarizo, but the
commission corrects by adjustment of the
relative rates from Jackson and Meridian,
Miss., to New- Orleans.
The senate committee, after a session
of an hour anti a half Monday afternoon,
reached a conclusion regarding the silvei
bill. Three propositions were agreed to.
1. That the secretary of the treasury slial.
buy $4,500,000 worth of silver bullion
monthly, and issue not s in payment foi
the same, the notes to be redeemable in
bullion or lawful money. 2. That nation
al banks shall be allowed to issue notes
to the full par value of the bonds de¬
posited to secure their redemtion which
would add ten per cent to the- value ol
national bank currency. 3. That the
$100,000 retained by the treasury foi
the redemption of treasury notes be pq|
into circulation. Th<- committee will
meet the house committee and endeavor
members to come to the an body, understanding with the
of to he reported to
their respective caucuses for adoption.
The great vaults of the treasury, in
which hundreds of millions of dollars are
stored have just beeu discovered to be
insecure. When Treasurer Houston came
into office he receipted for $771,000,000
from his predecessor. At present $100,-
000,000 of gold and silver is in one vault;
over $lu 0 . 000,000 of silver in
another, and $250,000,000 of paper
in the third. Treasurer Houston.
few days ago, conceived
the idea that these- vaults were insecure.
He, therefore,secured the services of an
amateur cracksman, that is a man famil¬
iar with the methods of burglars, to try
the paper money vault, in which $250,-
000,000 of paper are- stored. In just
seventeen seconds this man had made a
Irole in the vault, and in sixteen minutes
lie had made an opening large enough to
admit his body. This discovery created
a genuine stir in the department, and a
scare message was sent to the house ap¬
propriations committee. A hill was
immediately prepared authorizing the
construction of new* vaults.
UNDER WATER
GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI AGAIN ’NUN-
DATED LY A LUOKEN LEVEE.
A Greenville, Miss., special of Saturday
says: The levee which has so long been
on the point, great danger of breaking at Cat¬
fish near Connally plantation, in
Boliviar county, about twenty miles by-
land above Greenviile, gave way Friday
morning and from the latest reports re¬
ceived, the crevasse is from 1,700 to
1,800 feet and increasing. The water
reached Greenville about 3 o’clock Sat¬
urday is morniDg. The main business street,
now one sheet of water and the water
is making its wav over the sidewalks into
the stores. A great many people had to
vacate their residences to seek high Quar¬
tet 5 on account of the suddenrise.
NEAGLE FREE.
THE MAN w HO SHOT JUDGE TERRY IS SET
AT 1.1 BERT Y.
The celebrated Neagle habeas corpus
case from California, was decided by the
United States Monday, supreme court at Washing¬
ton, on the judgment of the
California circuit court being affirmed.
This finally disposes of all proceedings
against Deputy Marshal Neagle for *hc
shooting of Judge Terry in the railway-
station at Lathrop, Cal., on the 14th of
last August.
BLOWN AWAY.
AN IOWA TOWN COMPLETELY WIPED OUT Oi
EXISTENCE BY A CYCLONE.
A dispatch of Monday from Burling¬
ton, la., says: It is reported that Pro-
hetstown, Illinois, bos been swept away
by a cyclone. There are no particulars
except that twenty freight cars were
blown to atoms, and that the whole town
and was wiped from the face of the earth,
that many people were killed, The
wires are all down and further particulars
cannot be learned.
CURRENT NEWS.
CONDENSED FROM TEE TELE-
GRAPH AND CABLE.
THINGS THAT HAPPEN FROM DAY TO BAH
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CULLED
FROM VARIOUS SOURCE.
Belgian block pavers are ou a strike In
Baltimore. They want a rajpe from $2.50
to $4 per dav.
The stockholders of the Chicago
World's Fair Association organized in
Chicao-o on Friday
The president, on Thursday, nominated
Henry J. Ritchie as collector of customs
at St. Augustine. Fla.
Governor Jackson, of Maryland, has
appointed Edwin H. Brown, of Queen
Anue county, state Treasurer.
Five thousand dookman at BuritenW,
England, are out on » strike >n t urn-
queuce ot a demand for mereased »age .
There is a general strike ot the build.-
ing trades in Indianapolis. The work-
men demand shorter hours and better
pay.
It is said that Governor Filer, of Illin¬
ois, will call a special session of the legis¬
lature at once to deal with world s fair
matters.
The Gilbert starch works, at Oes
Moines, la., were burned Monday. Loss
$100,000. Three employes were burned
to death
Over a thousand coke ovens were shut
down indefinitely on Tuesday by the
Frick. Sehoonmaker and McClure Coke
companies.
A syndicate with $200,000,00^ capital
has agents at work buying up alt the lith¬
ographic plants in the United States to
form a trust.
The schedules of John F. Plummer &
Co., dry goods. New York, were filed
Monday. The liabilities are $877.000;
nominal assets, $1,041,548.
The Detroit Steel and Spring kind company, in the
the largest concern of its
United States, has suspended nominal. payment.
Liabilities $300,000; assets
Over two thousand persons have signed
a petition for the pardon of the three
Bald Knobbers in prison at Ozark. Mo.
The wives of the men are circulating it.
Bodies of Turkish troops insulted have Christians pillaged
Christian churches and
in the province of Candia, Crete. An
inquiry is being made into the outrages.
The Mill Owners’Association of Bom¬
bay has resolved to close spinning mills
eight days every month and weaving
mills four days every month for three
months.
The celebrated painting, sale-keeping “Angelus,” of the
byMillett, is in the its American
bank of Montreal, Canada,
proprietors not desiring to pay $30,000
duty upon it.
The striking ii' carpenter- of Chicago
threaten that the master carpenters per¬
sist in putting non-union men at work, a
general strike of bricklayers and masons
will be ordered.
It is reported from Fort Worth that
New Orleans will probably be the ship¬
ping point for the company that propose
to ship 150,000 beeves annually to Europe
and elsewhere.
The striking carpenters have Chicago’s
building operations at their mercy. The
only "carpenters at work are scattered
over the city iu small groups, and taken
altogether, they probably number less
than 500.
It is reported that inquiry into munici¬
pal finances of Rome, Italy, reveals a state
of bankruptcy exceeding the worst anti¬
cipations. The government declines
further to assist in averting the crash.
Numerous failures are expected.
Gautamala advices are that the steamer
Shake Hand, bound from San Jose for
Hamburg, went to pieces on the rocks
near Acajulla. The cargo, consisting of
10,000 sacks of coffee, valued at $-100,-
000, was lost.
The department of state has been noti¬
fied by the minister of France that the
French government, on the 4th instant,
in order to prevent the importation of
arms and munitions of war into Dahoney,
declared a blockade of the Dahoney
coast.
The hearing of the arguments in the
ease of the Capital City hank, of Atlanta,
Ga., against the defaulter Nelson and
others, set down for Friday in the su¬
preme court of New York, was postponed,
Justice Kennedy being called out of
town.
Ex-Governor Cornell, of New York, is
iu a bad financial condition. There are
judgments against him of about $8,000.
1 he sheriff has beeu trying several days
to find some of the ex-governor’s proper-
ty to levy upon tor $270 due for office
rent, but has been unable to discover any.
Maryland's State Teasurer, Archer, has
executed a trust deed for the benefit
of his bondsmen. The deed covers all
his property in Cecil and Harford coun-
ties. Estimated value below $50,000.
Treasurer Archer is now under arrest for
malfeasance in office. He will be released
on $25,000 bail.
Articles of incorporation of the Oregon
Railway Extension company have been
filed at Olympia. Wash., empowering
them to build 3,000 miles of r.dlroad iu
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon¬
tana. The company, it is understood, is
backed bv the Uuion Pacific.
Immense coal packets at Houcsdale.
Pa., owned by the Delaware and Hudson
Canal company, were destroyed by tire on
Tuesday, together with 25 loaded cars
and two thousand tons of coal in the
sehutes. The packets were about 900
feet long. Neatly 200 men were thrown
out of employment i>v the burning of the
packets.
A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
says: The city a few days ago appropri
ated $1,000 to be expended* on the streets,
and. authorized the employing of destitute
miners of. the city.
but when they were informed that they
were to receive hut $La< day they refused
to go to work,. demanding higher wages.
Exports of sjsecic. from. New York
during the week ended. Saturday. April
1 2th, amounted to $1,104,383, of which
$557.7.88 was gold and $540,075 silver.
Of the rotal ‘export $1,200 South in gold Ameri- and
$o4ti.2(L> in silver, went to
ca. Imports ot. specie foi the week
amounted to $38^,88.», of which$369.9,0
vvas gold and silver,
M. Mermiex,. editor ol the- i-vmrde, has
been acquited al the charge-of siurepti-
ton ly obtaining and publishing official
documents connected w ith the trial of
/ SL S^M* Harle'
Lock „, v , aud other ominant vvrk
^ action q! Mcrmies. ail
regarding the rase as-a. test of the liberty
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SAM RANDALL DEAD.
THE GUV-VT STATESMAN PASSES QUIETLY
OVER. THE &IVEK.
At five o'clock Sunday morning, at
Washington, the spirit of lion. earth. Samuel
J. Randali took its fright from He
had made a noble and heroic fight for
life, font -when, death came he went
off as in sleep. As the day opened the and the
people appeared upon streets,
they were met with the sid intel¬
ligence that the soul of the great
and noble democratic commoner had
loosed its mantle of earth and passed to
the great hereafter. A spirit of gloom
and sadness overspread t* city, and over
the masses of people who later wended
their way churchward, there was a lack
of brightness and buoyancy. Indeed, all
Washington was in tears. No man who
has ever served in the halls of congress
was ever so beloved as Randall. In all
the churches prayers went up for his
stricken family. In his death the demo¬
cratic party loses its greatest leader, the
south its truest friend, and the country
one of its greatest men.
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The news of Mr. Randall’s death be¬
came quite generally known during the
day. It was expected, aud therefore was
not so much of a shock, as it otherwise
would have been. A large number of
persons called at the residence during the
day to express their condolence.
The President and Mrs. Harrison
sent a basket of flowers with a note ex¬
pressing deep sympathy with the family.
Speaker Reed called during the afternoon.
He expressed his regrets, and to learn
the wishes of the family with respect to
the funeral services. Among other callers
were Secretary Blaine, cx-Senator
Gevrv, of Michigan, who stood next to
Air. Randall during the electoral count
proceedings; ex-Speaker Carlisle, Repre¬
sentatives Brock inbridge, Kentucky;
Springer, Illinois, aud many others.
Sergeant-at-Arms Holmes called, and
took charge of the remains for ;hc bouse
of representatives. They were embalmed
and placed in a casket in the room iu
which Randall died. It is said that the
dead man presents a life like appearance,
eqcept that he is emaciated and wasted
to a remarkable degree.
At 10 o’clock Mr. Wanamaker said
that the funeral had been fixed for Thurs¬
day morning. The arrangements will be
in charge of the congressional committee.
THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
The remains will be taken from the
house at 8 o’clock Thursday morning to
the church, where they eau be viewed
until 9:30, when services will begin. At
Laurel Hill cemetery the casket will be
opened and an oportunity given the
friends of the dead man to view-
the remains. Honorary pall bear-
ers have been selected. They are as fol
lows: George W. Childs, A. J. Drexel,
Col. Alex. Iv. McClure, aud William M.
Muller, of Philadelphia; ex-Gov. Andrew
Curtis, of Pennsylvania; Chas. A. Dana.
of New York; Senator A. P. Gorman, of
Maryland; ex-Congressman William II.
Sowden, of Pennsylvania: Representative
James H. Blount, of Georgia; Senator
John S. Barton, of Virginia, and Dallas
Sanders, of Pennsylvania. The active
pall-bearers will be capital policemen.
The silk manufactory at Northamp¬
ton, Mass., has the deepest well in this
country, that is, it is 3,700 feet deep
and eight inches diameter, but at a
depth of 150 feet from the surface ■
sedimentary continued sandstone was struck, which
the whole depth, and water
was never obtained. At St. Louis there
is a well 3,108 feet deep, which yields an
abundance of sulDhur water-