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\ ■j. m A ♦ III. ^ * — PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT ;ERTA GEORGIA. E, 0. TRAMMELL, Editor and Proprietor. 1018: $1 per year in Advance Official Organ of Crawford County. the postomce . Roberta, 4 atered second-ciass at matter. in [ as , .... ....... - r— r ..... 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 - | ,, , c • . . 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. -- 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.