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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
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E, 0. TRAMMELL,
Editor and Proprietor.
1018: $1 per year in Advance
Official Organ of Crawford County.
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business outlook.
HID A Co.’s Trade Review for the j
Past Week. | |
, II. G. l)un & Go. . a review ot trade for
p week ended A pi i • i says, usiness
lures occurring throug.iout the coun-
r during the last week number for the
li ed States 17 1 ; Canada,ol., total,2C'8,
kinst 218 week beioie. Another week
|dgs additional proni ot actual im-
[vemunt in 'uisiuess at inanv^ points,
ile slackness at a few is explained by
^es obviously local and temporary.
is at, s me points bad weather and
iissable roads still retard, while at
prs where that condition has passed
Igorous revival is seen. The entreme
UprietM ■ for Cotton still depress at the
and the production of iron in
demand has caused the failure of
onAonipmy fudpebs. and brings the closing the usual of revival several
luilding, Spring and demand
for for material
^■bme one points as yet is is larger it reported than usual as checked and at
& expected strike. Money marked
inue abundantly supplied and easy,
i no trace of the pressure often seen
it April 1st and while at most points
Ueinand is only moderate, at some
ortance of an increased demand is
rteil.
two theories advanced.
_ EBusiness wo theories exist regarding the state
■ which fin.I pvn™.
^■iticriM phat trade has vVent dKnonoinfod ex-
■e“rJm, to some X r 1° u v . n XX .c r.ri
bemin of unknown X T, Hunt;,,, ^.1 X,T whieh ^
md in P t Lamm
in cart deferred f ? nf ;
w E
I'irtnieots shrinkage in sales. But - |
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giL.iu xolume of indebtedness left
real estate speculation at the west
south and influence here of bad crops
tuiancial depression abroad.
to support them much evidence that j
. ■^tual business transacted,all branches
^■sidered, is greater than ever before at ,
i ' eaSim ll * spite of all obstacles and ;
■nplamts. !
^Fa.cs ■s of wool at all the principle . exceed mar-j last
for the year thus far ■
■»r.s, indicating larger manufacture,
■ipments of boots and shoes now exceed ,
■t year’s. Coal is dull but firm. A
Bter tone with larger sales is seen in
■n, for the output has been reduced
■00 tons weekly, and an improved de-
■nd is seen for plate, structural
t iron. Speculation has been
■onger, wl 5 it advancing 3$ cents, corn
■ uts anti 9 itton 110 with smaller re-
pta, O 1 is 1 cent higher, but
lower. Money has been very easy and
It ign exchange a fraction lower, though
Iportu. fall a little behind last year’s for ed
k week. Treasury shipments exc O
If ipts for the mouth thus far ove s- a
lllion dollars.
CALL FOR TROOPS.
polled Fighting Between Cowboys
and Sheriffs in Wyoming.
Manning telegrams w'ere received at
fcrJTaSr^f'oS
LwwX The Vctini “so-arnor ,5
rominn UtUted” recitin- these farts brieilv
quested States troops P tu be
at to the . peace’hav^grown ,V 0 „ce tjtc dis
rbera of the ao nu-
srous as to be bevond 5 Senator the control of
state officials Carey and
arren immediately called on Acting
of War Grant General I
and the party at j
reunirod to the executive niau-
t he nresident directed the I
troons disnatehed to the scene
noneia > 10 o does weanes
morning . sent a telegram to General
, commanding department of Da-
ort McKinney trwpafron. the troub-
to the scene of
ROBERTA. CRAWFORD COUNTY. GA APRIL 15. 1892.
NATIONAL CAlTi'Ai • Jt
What is Being Done in Congressiona
Balls for the Country’s Welfare.
PROCEEDINGS FROM day to day BiuKviA
TOLD—BILLS AND MEASURES UNDER
CONSIDERATION —OTH K! 1 N< >TES.
THE HOUSE.
Friday,—I nterest in the tariff risen--
siou is steadily on the decline and th<*at
tendance in the hous& Friday morning
w;ls small. On motion of Mr. McMillin,
of Tennessee, a resolution was adopted
directing the committee on public lands
to examine into the circumstances under
which certain leases for parcels of ground
in Yellowstone National park were made
jn March, 1889, by the secretary of th«
interior to the Yellowstom* Park Associ-
ation, and why they wire afterwards re
scinded and the same granted to one S.
8. Huntley. Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee,
moved that the house go into commute
on the cotton bagging bill. Mr. English,
of New Jersey, opened tho debate in a
spech against the bill. At the
mag he said it was well to consider
the end. There was a jute trust in Cm 1
cutta absolutely controlling the output
of raw' material. The moment the (buy
was taken off of jute American inamifac-
turers were placed at the mercy of that
jute trust. Then bagging could be pro-
cured for 6-cents a yard until our munu-
facturers were broken up, but when that
was accomplished the screws wou'd be
put on and he would go back to gunny
at, 35 cents a yard. Mr. Hemphill, the of
South Carolina, spoke in favor of
pending bill. Under the existing law
the cotton planters of the southern states
were taxed 10 cents on every dollar in-
vested in the the cotton bagging indus-
try in the United States. All talk about
the combine of Calcutta, thousands of
miles from the United States, was not
pertinent to the subject when it wa«
remembered that in 1890 the manufac-
turers of cotton bagging in the
United States had formed a combine
which th ^ r * n tbc P ric e U P. fror "
or seven cents to thirteen . or fourteen . cents
a yard. ,rhf! cotton-raisers of the south
asked to be relieved from this burden of
Mr. Simpson, of Ken s »s,
nounce 'l himself as nn absolute free
'«<!«, »" d he made a speech in accord
with his declaration. General debate hav-
img been concluded, the bill was read
*- 1W. Of or.
gia, in charge of the bill, moved to strike
out the clause which makes free “hoop
j n „ that “for the purpose of supplying from
an ,- »j e ficiency in revenue arising bill,
t ^ e ac p’—here follows a free-silver
]yf r Turner raised the point of order
j ngt t ^ e amendment, and it was ruled
^ Messrs. Elliott, of South Caro
McRae, of Arkansis, and Chuk
^ Alabama, favored the removal of
duties from cotton ties. Mr. By-
^ ^ Indiana, moved to amend
t b e bill by striking out the words “for
baling purposes,” and insert “for baiu g
c0 ^ton;” that the bill will put on tiiefree
j. gt boop or band iron or steel, wholiy or
„ ar jj a u v manufactured into hoops or ties
^ f b a ]j as , co tton. Mr. Terry, of Arkan-
offered au amendment placing on the
f re g ]}st saws brushes and screw-' used in
irfl ^j ri „ cotton gins. Mr. Turner’s
nmendr , ent t o strike out was agreed rejected, to.
^ ^ Bvmim’s amendment was as
^ }( j so -yj, r p evr y’ s \i The committeee
“ ’ the bill to the
. ose nn( ; veporte notice that he
. M( j. . ' Turner gave ^ Satur-
as f Qr & votc on ,be bill
, , Jhe house th en took a recess until
g o’clock the evening session to be for
^ con8 id er ation of private pension bills,
Saturday.—M r. Turner made the
eluding speech on bis bill placing cotton
bagging cotton ties and cotton gins on
the free list Saturday. Mr. 1 urncrspoke
forcibly in favor of the bill and in genera)
denunciation of the McKinley ac , am
W x
srlS« w.“t5T«»
O’Neill of Missouri, democrats; voted in
the negative. rhe following is th text
of th. bill as paused. "That the fot-
exempt lowing articles, when imported, shall be
from du.ynamely: cloth and all similai ma
cotton, suitable gunny for cotton, com-
terial covering of flax, jute
posed in whole or in part or
Jute butts, softeners cards, roving and other frames, machinery, winding
frame., and used the mauu
&du» purchased abroad in
of tagging for cotton; gunny
cloth and all similar materials, suitable
f° coveriog cotton; cotton gins an
r hoop band
P a *-t a thereof; and also or
wn u or hoop J d gtee l cut to length,
1 y manufactured into
^ fo . b iia ‘haLtinga.” „ purposes, with
without ouckk es „ r Mr.
or
Shively, or Aurtiano, irom the committee
on ways and means, reported a bill to
reduce the duty oil tin plate and it wa«
refirred to the committee on the whole.
Tuesday. —In the house, on motion of
Mr. Peel, of Arkansas, the senate amend¬
ment to the Indian appropriation bill
were nou-concurred in. On motion of
Mr. Raines, of New York, a bill was
passed to codify, simplify and amend the
existing laws relative to the execution of
declarations and other papers iu pension
claims. Bat this was done only after a
roll call, which was necessitated by th>-
desire of Mr. Bailey, of Texas, to disclose
the presence of a quorum.
Wednesday. —The house committee
on appropriations, Wednesday, listened
to an appeal by Representative Allen, of
Mi-sissippi, immediate in favor of appropriation his resolution of
asking an alleviate the coudi<
$50,000 to ion of the
flood sufferers in Mississippi and
Lama. Mr. Allen urged the committee
to take action at once, as the people
along the river banks were in a terrible
condition, and asked re lef from tho
government. Telegrams received by
Mr. Allen from C’olumous, Mississip-
pi, state that over one hundred
persons were drowned in one county
and already sixty bodies h ive been re
covered from the waters and many ot’ii-r>
can be seen floating on the surface. Ili-
people, be staled to the committee, who
had suffered were probably people poorer in
actual money than any in the
country and while they had homes and
means of subsistence they had little to
give in the aid of others. At the sng-
gestion of Mr. Holman the resolution
was referred to a committee which will
take prompt action upon it. Allen has"
also received a request from his district
asking the secretary of war to provide
1,000 tents for the homeless people.
The tents will no doubt be promptly called for
warded by the department. Dailey
up the bill to grant the right of way
through the Indian Territory to the
Gainesville, Oklahoma and Gulf railroad
company. The point of no quorum was
made. Mr. Dailey demanded the veas
and nays, lne roll call resu tc-i l i yea
130, nays 3. There was no quorum anc
a C8 ^ ot f* 10 house was ordered.
THE the senate senate.
Friday —'1 he senate resumed consul
eration of the District oi Columbia up
propriatiot, I,ill. The elau-e under eon
Bideration was that making t*n apprnpria. nations!
tio„ for the enter,aioment of the
encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic next fall. The question I Mr. MvMi w ,s on
lin’s substitute (appropriating $100,000
for the purpose), and requiring the
amendment was lost and Mr. vicMillm
substitute,appropriatingoutofi]iefieas- $100,000 for
ury of the United States
subsistence and quarters for visiting old
soldiers attending the encampment, resoln was
agreed to. Mr. Quay offered a
tionrestricting the use of the appropria-
tion to tho subsistence and quarters of
visiting soldiers—excluding those resid-
ing in th“ district. It. was agreed to—
yeas, 43; nays, 5. The amendment
as agreed appropriates out of the United
States treasury $100,000 to pay for the
subsistence and quarters for such honora-
bly discharged non-resident union sol-
dier*, sailors and marines who served in
the late war as may attend, as delegates
or otherwise, the twenty-sixth annual
encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic in the city of Washigton. The
bill was reported to the senate. Mr. Cal!
tried to get in an amendment for the
benefit of the Little Sisters of the Poor,
and as it was ruled out on the point of
order,jhe moved to strike out all items for
charity, so as to have the whom subject
passed upon in conference. M . Vest
had also something to say Joseph’s in 5? orphan an
appropriation for St.
asylum, and spoke of two sisters of that
asylum standing evey day at the doors of
market bouses with their baskets.
asking, i era y, v
, „ . .
day our -HsSS ai y ue . rJ-iS '
itVoZilz, .... e oi ««i
down drunkards (prov.d. d for lu an .tern
of 000 tor a temporary home for sol
d,ere and ,ation) and these poor, unfort-
unate boys he would give the money to
Call s motion, so as to nave tne wnoie
matter of charities revised by a coofei-
ence committee. Mr. Allison, in charge
of the bill, saw no reason why if J<«eph congress
made an appropriation for St a
a«ylum it should not also provide for St
W-ept s hospital. There were also the
Washington asylum, A«oc.ated Chari-
tias, Children s . 1 y rnade;andif
for which no.provision^ was
one was put in the bill, what answer
could be made, he asked,to the demands
of all thc otheis. Mr. Voorhees declar-
ed that he « n»l willing to ahirk ro-
8poBgibili(y on a of orde r. It was
always iu order to care for the help¬
less and poor. It was always in order
to care for children; to take them in out
of the streets, to take them out of temp¬
tation and out of the storms of vice and
trouble. The Little Sisters of the Poor,
who went from door to door soliciting
charity, were doing their duty; it was a
grave question whether the senators were
doiug theirs. The point of order of Mr.
Vest's amendment was withdrawn and
he thereupon reuewed his tftnendment to
increase the amount for St. Joseph’s asy¬
lum from $500 to $2,000, and it was
agreed to. The chapter as to charaties
having thus beeu amended, necessitating
a conference on the subject, Mr. Call
withdrew his motion to strike out tbo
chapter. The bill was then passed. Af-
ter a brief executive session the senate,
at 5:80 o’clock, adjourned til! Monday,
Tuesday —After the routine morning
business of the senate the resolution of
fered Monday by Mr. Stewart in relation
to the puichase of silver and coinage of
standard silver dollars, having been
taken up and amended (on motion of Mr.
Sherman) by inserting the words “and a
detailed statement of the amount pur-
chased each day,” Mr. Stewart proceeded
to address the senate on the subject,
Wednesday. —In the tenatc Wedncs-
day Mr. Dolph, from the com mittee on
foreign relations, reported back to (he
house a bill for the absolute exclusion of
the Chinese, with the senate bill as sub¬
stituted for it, and has given notice that
lie will call it up as soon as possible.
WORK OF THE FLAMES.
Jersey City’s Courthouse Burned -Dis¬
astrous Blazes at Other Points.
A fire occurred Wednesday morning while in
the city hall at Jersey City, A. J.,
the great crowd still waited about the
building to hear the result of the charter
election. Great excitement prevailed
among the large number of persons who
witnessed the fire, and many of them 6n
account of their defeat by the republicans, its
expressed the opiuion that the lire had
origin in some dire political plot. The
fire was of a mysterious character, as
there was nothing inflamable or likely to
cause flame iu the office where it origin¬
ated.
The pres«, stereotyping and composing Wash¬
rooms of the Evening Star office,at
ington City, were burned Wednesday
morning. Several large and expensive
presses were ruined. The rear extension
of ibe building—four stories—was com¬
pletely gutted. No estimate of the losses
has as yet been made but was: well in¬
sured.
The great mercantile house of Henry
Ellenson at Leavenworth, Kansas, was
partly destroyed by fire Tuesday night. nd
Thc building covered half a block >
was three stories high, and filled to the
roof with drygoods, clothing, boots and
shoes, the entire stock being value! at
$150,000. The stock of dry goods was
nearly all destroyed. The loss cannot
be estimated as yet. About $80,0.0 in¬
surance.
The Manitowoc Manufacturing eompa-
ny’s plant at Manitowoc, Vis., was jurn-
ed Tuesday; loss $-.00,000; insurance
$8,000. 1 wo workmen mo
thrown out of work. I he company mm e
theater, school, and church fuimtuie.
The smelter of the Butte and Boston
company, at Battle City, Montana, was
destroyed by fire Tuesday. The loss is
estimated at $250,000; insurance $00,000.
The fire was caused by the int nse heat
from the furnace. The eight O’liara
furnaces, six Bruckners and lour reverba-
tory furnaces were totally destroyed and
five hundred men were thrown out of era
ployment.
RAGING WATERS.
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The Tombigbee River Away Up and
p Ia jr in& Havoc all Altfng its Banks.
Dispatches of Wednesday from Mobile,
Ala., state that the Tombigbee river at
Demopolis, Ala., is rising at tho rate of
“ r ^ r - c t 2
* rbe Alabama Great
(1 , at |n ,. submerged
Southern railnav bark is i ear
Ep,. l .tation. and train, of that wtud are
, E T SM!8 road Merid-
I>mn..Mis». is surround-
ed l y J water and is practically an island,
ever railroad was hed out and nearly
ad t be wires are down. Every much
j the countrv js washed awav an d
- hotels in West
stock is lost _ Thc
ar@ d with water -bound passengers.
^ flr , t th h train for Mobile on the
^ & Q went out on Monday Eight, but
ra | Q began f falling again and it looks
n if th flood wouk i be greater than
. before .
‘
Chicago has become the third mtftnt*
faQturiag city ia this country.
NO. 12.
NEWS IN GENERAL
Happenings of the Day Culled from Ok
T elegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
WHAT IS TRANSPIRING THROUGHOUT OU*
OWN COUNTRY, AND NOTES OK INTER¬
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, says Sun¬ a
conflagration that broke out there
day last, did enormous damage.
Tho Steamer City of Fitchburg, of the
colony freight line, which arrived at New
Bedford, Mass.. Sunday from Newport,
was burned Monday morning.
A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch of Tuesday
mys: It has just leaked out that Gamble
Wierr, superintendent of police who died
suddenly three months ago, was poi
soned.
The legislature of the Brazillian pro¬
vince of Matto Grosso, according declared to
Wednesday’s dispatches, has
that state independent of the republic of
Brazil.
A terrible cyclone struck Cadoo, In¬
dian Territory, about 12 o’clock Monday
night, sweeping houses and everything
else in front of it, but luckily no one
was killed.
Au indignation meeting of about 350
negroes was held in St.. Louis Monday
night to denounce the recent trlplo
lynching at Memphis and burning at
the stake of a negro at Texarkana.
A London cablegram of Tuesday is to
tlie effect that Home Secretary Matthews
has decided to shortly release Mrs.
Florence Ethel Osborne, who is serving
a seutence for the theft of Mrs. Har¬
greaves's peals.
Spreckles’ enormous sugar refinery and at
Philadelphia shut down Wednesday,
all hands were paid oil. It was the cur¬
rent rumor that the purchase of the re¬
finery by the sugar trust was responsible
tor the move.
The democrats of the seventh district
of Kansas, now represented Monday by Congress¬ night
man Sunpson, at a meeting
adopted a resolution calling for a con
gressional convention to nominate a dem¬
ocrat for congress.
Attorney General Miller is making a
tour of inspection of the judicial districts
in the south. He will go as far as New
Orleans, and will make a short visit to
each of the principal cities on the route
from Washington.
A Buenos Ayres dispatch of Wednes¬
day states that the Montevideo papers
pronounce the London Times’ story rela¬
tive to the alleged negotiations between
Uruagua, and the United States for se¬
curing that island as a naval storage
place, an absurd calumny.
A cablegram of Saturday from Valpa¬
raiso says: United States Consul Mc-
Creery is authority for the statement that
Mr. Blaine has offered to Minister Egan
the appointment of minister either to
Paris or Pekin. Mr. EgaD, McCreery
declares, declined both offers.
The bureau of American republics has
been Qjftcuiiy informed th t the Mexican
j, overnmen t has not authorized theestab-
ffghment of the so-called Juarez lottery,
or guaranteed the payment of its prizes,
as advertised generally in the newspapers.
The Mexican government requests all
newspapers to give this denial general
circulation.
A New York dispatch of Saturday
says: The total visib e cotton supply for
the world is 4,310,403 bales, of which
3,733,363 bales are American, against
3,283,471 and 2,612,071 baits respective¬ interior
ly last year. Receipts at all
towns, 38,373 bales. Receipts at plant¬
ation, 41,505 bales. Crop in sight, 8,-
434,204 bales.
The ™ citv of Rio Taneiro J according ° to
“ T
di 1 tche ^mber was jn a 8tate f sei « eg .
d A of prominent military
an j nava l officers were placed under
arrest for having participated in the great
public manifestation in fav< r of President
Jtr- - - - »
s,e ™ pe,s ° mafflic,edwiibsmau
were discovered in overcrowded tenement
houses in New York Monday, where hun¬
dreds had beeu exposed. The health
officials fear the dread disease may be¬
come epidemic. The Brooklyn health
authorities are also anxious. On Sunday
they discovered five cases and they have
taken every precaution to prevent a
spread.
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
A Powder Mill Wrecked and Two Me*
Killed * Fearful Damage.
The Mosaic powder mill, near Scran¬
ton, Pa., blew up Wednesday morning.
The report of the explosion was heard
for miles around. Two employes named
Barry and Given were blown to pieces.
The damage to mill machinery and adja¬
cent houses is reported to be fearful.