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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. • / -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 () f ( p ( . j )resSi ——--— 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. WA m % * zr o V 4f / ii 0k " y/£- m m ■y w Hf iff - k r § ym 7 r '? HON. SAMl'EL J. RANDALL. 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-