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VOLUME 18.
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t, GEORGIA, U. S. A.
s ''—*—
a is the beet and most promising little
a the South. Its record lor the poet
e, its many new enterprises in oper-
- and contemplated, prove this
i business statement and notahyper-
J description.
p that time it has built and put into
1 operation a *100,000 cotton
r and with this year started the wheels
nd ot mqre than twice that capital,
i pnt op a large iron and brass foundry,
r factory, aa immense ice and bot-
• works, a sash aul blind factory, a
factory, opened np the.flnest granite
f in the United States, and now has
r large oilftulti in more or less advanced
sol construction, with an aggregate an-
ed capital of over half amdhon dottMW.
ntting np the flnest system of electric
r that can be procured, and has ap-
d for teo charters for street rail ways. It
s secured another railroad ninety miles long,
shile located on the greatest system in
i South, the important'rival, Central, has secured com
i with its the Eaeff
, Virginia and Georgia. It hasobtain-
1 direct independent connection with Chat-
, and the West, and will break ground
% tow days for a fourth road, connecting
with a fourth independent system.
m Witilits five white and fonreolored ehureh-
, ittias recea^jr completed a *10,000 new
rch . It has hugMaed its pop-
1 by nearly one fifth. IlffiKs attracted
“ *ts bordewi fruit growers from nearly
ate in the Union, uutilit is now sur-
nded on nearly every side by orchards
! vineyards. It has put up the largest
lit evaporators in the State. It is the home
jj of the grape and its winemakingcapecity has
doubled every year. It has successfully in-
angurated a system of public schools, with a
seven years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of the record of a half decade
i simply ah ows the progress of an already
admirable city, with the natural advantages
of having the finest climate, summer and
winter, in the world.
r Griffin is the county seat of Spalding coun¬
ty, situated in west Middle Georgia, with a
healthy, fertile and rolling country,1150 feet
' above sea level. By the census of .1890, it
will Hive at alow estimate between6 000 and
7,000 people, and they are all of the right
sort—wide-awake, up to the times, ready to
i and anxious to secure de¬
sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel-
I money to help build np the
io% ano cant is a uig nova-
small ones, but their accom¬
modations an entirely too limited for our
business, pleasure and health seeking guests,
If yon see anybody that wants a good loca¬
tion tor a hotel in the South, Just mention
Griffin is the place where the Gbiffi.n News
s published—daily and weekly—the best news¬
paper IntbeEmpireState of Georgia. Please
enclose stamps in Sending for sample copies,
and descriptive pamphlet of Qriffln.|
This brief sketch is written April 12th, 1889,
and will have to be changed in a few months
o embrace new enterprises commenced and
completed. - .
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
HEIIHY C. PEEPLES,
attorney at law,
HAMPTON, GEOBgIa.
Practice# in all the State and Federal
aurts. octflddwly
. JOHN J. HUNT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GRIFFIN, GEOROM.
^Office,31 Hiil Street, UpStairs^ovwJ.
fHOS. R. MILLS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Will praetice in the State and Federal
‘ Office over George & Hartnetts
nov2tf
JOHN D. STEWART. BOBT. T. DANIEL.
STEWART A DANIEL.
attorneys at law,
Over George A Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga.
mm praetice in the State
n
CLEVELAND & GARLAND.
dentist*,
GRIFFIN, i : GEORGIA.
,
D. L PARMER,
attorney at law,
WOODBVBT, GEOBGIA.
’Tv Coti^ion* ft ,p^Wty. ■ ____
,*• r LOOK!
inlr tiiaiM *
1250 acree Land in 18 mites> ot city,
on river and creeks, in Smites of depot
A. k F. RR. T room hones. 6 dottbte
good condition and hand* sufficient on
lSs:'«':ss.i!r±:w
10 “ •* “ “ “ “
Houses and vacant lots too numerous
A. CUNSINOHAM,
A DELUGE!
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Al-
most Swept Away.
OTHER TOWNS FLOODED.
A Waterspout Causes a Large
Reservoir to Burst
STREAMS MADE RIVERS,
Dwellings, Railroad Tracks and
Bridges Swept Away.
MANY BODIES RECOVERED.
FIRE ADDS TO THE HORRORS OF THE
TERRIBLE SITUATION.
i ■-— • '
A Heavy hum of I.lie Attend* the Ctltn-
' Hj at Kvpry Point—The ConamaugH
Valley Onw.Long Stream of Wreckage.
Thau vaiid* of People Home)esi and In
.
i»r.- Otetre**—MUsjl ot RaSroad Track
tfmter tVnter—'Landslide Reported at
Ialliy, sutten—Til* t*n Will Reach
Miinotts.
Pittsbobg, June 8. —The most appall¬
ing calamity this country has ever
known, if the reports from the scene of
the disaster are true, occurred Friday
evening at Johnstown, Pa. Fully 1,500
delithat persons are said to roaring have perished by a
came down upon
the towns of the Conemaugli river, from
the great reservoir just above Johns¬
town.
The'Stricken City.
mountains, Johnstown lies the in Pennsylvania the Allegheny rail¬
on
road,’seventy-nine _ miles east of Pitts¬
burg. of It is a mining 8,000 and inhabitants. manufacturing The
town some
Conemaugh river passes it on one side,
and Stonv fork or South fork on the
other. The reservoir lies about two and
a half miles northeast of the town and
was one of the feeders of the old Penu¬
lake. lt was formerly known
'
200 to 800 feet above the
level of the town, three and a half miles
long and over a mue wide. In some
places it is 100 feet deep, so that it is
really the most capacious reservoir in the
United States. A dam, from 700 to
inspected once a month. It is wrtwn
that something of the nature of a cloud
burst must- have struck the dam, or it
oould not have been broken, as it was re¬
garded as exceptionally stfong.
1 Wins* Down.
All the wires are down, toads bridges impas¬ are
swept away, the mountain
sable and Only meager details of the
calamity are obtainable. But justify enough the is
known with certainty to
Wmtement that many hundreds of lives
have been sacrificed.
Hundreds of Victim*.
The telegraph operator in the Penn¬
sylvania railroad tower at Sang Hollow,
twelve miles west of Johnstown, says he
counted more than seventy-five dead
bodies float by in the river. How many
went by after darkness came on it is im¬
possible to say, driftwood Eightv-five floating persons past
were counted on
Florence. that only two roofs
One report states
in the, whole of Johnstown remained
above water. Pennsylvania railroad of¬
ficials aver that 200 dead bodies were
counted in the stream near the doomed
town, while several other towns on the
Conemaugh and Stony fork furnished
their scores of victims.
How the Water) Th ®* n »
Johnstown, June 3.—At 7:40 a m. the
waters were subsiding rapidly, It is
no exaggeration to say that there are
mourners in every family. Thousands
ftr a missing; it is certain ttuit lmncircus
have been lost. It is impossible to de¬
scribe briefly the suddenness with which
the disaster came. heard at Cone¬
A warning sound was rush
maugh a few minutes before the Of
waters came, buir it was attributed to
some meteorological disturbance. and no
trouble was borrowed because of the
thing unseen. As the low
noise increased in volume, however,
Came nearer, a suspicion of danger be¬
gan to force itself even upon the bravest,
which was increased to a certainty a few
minutes later, when with a rush
mighty stream spread out in width,
then there Was no time to do
to save themselves. •
Many of the unfortunates
whirled into the mitisi ot the stream
fore they could turn around. Men,
women and children is thought were struggling that
the stream, and reached it Johnstown,
of them never
a mile or two below.
At Johnstown a similar scene
enacted, only on a much larger scale,
as the population is greater and
sweeping whirpool rushed into a
mass of humanity. It was Shades a twilight of
terror, dosed and in the gathering of horrors
ing parallels a panorama in the history of
has few and then the waters
Bulties. Now the
wash against one side of
and then to the other side, carrying and'this
them their human freight, the banks
version enabled those on
rescue many.
Other Town* D*rȤtatid.
The course of the torrent from
broken dam at the foot of the lake
Johnston the
with
water
asL«gagM ;g ,
river. It has aot ^
habitants. tftth.laid'thMfoar-fifth a of it
SW Foar miles iSJS»%rbSnS!T* further down cm the
CT un
cent of the h<mses being on a flate
was the
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. MORNING. JUNE 4.188P.
of spreading its force. of the It flood contained and the breaking
2,300 inhabi¬
tants, and must be almost wholly devas-
Woodvate, with 2,000 people, lay a
audits cluster ot sister towns—Cambria
City total and Conemaugh borough—with a
ground population and stretched of 89,000. along the On right made at
the river verge were the immense iron¬
works of the Cambria Lon and Steel
many other huge industrial establish¬
ments on the b eak of the river.
The Terrible Seen** st Bolivar,
Bolivxb, higher here Pa., June 8.—The water
was than waa ever known,
and two-story house#, bams, stables,
whole forest of trees, outhouses, smoke-
bmpfiit, rafts, inverted railroad skiffs bridge,* driftwood county bridge**, by
and the
acre, from all of which imploring hands
were held out to those on the banks,
ed willing down bat the impatient swollen to help,‘have of float¬
torrent the
Conemaugh. but for Information the received is
meagre, most part accurate.
• At I.ockport.
twenty AtLookport, people have two miles been east, taken more from than the
flood. Theflrst great rush of water reach¬
ed hare at 7 o’clock Friday evening.
This came from the burst dam above
Johnstown. It came like a frenzied
realize whirlpool, it they and before in its the people Fortu¬ oould
. were grasp.
ground nately the escaped, people living At on o’clock the low-lying
driftwood 7:30 A great
pile from of it shriek was swept shriek along, and for
“Help! help! upon God’s came
for sake!’’
The homfled spectators on the shore
saw three women* to one of whom were
clinging apparently two children, neither than of infant whom
was mdre an
The rapidity of the current and the
position gether with of the the raft lack in of facilities the stream, to¬
for res¬
cuing, thinking precluded in the the possibility and the of ever
passed sight, matter, raft
out Of the screams of the
women and children blending in their
pleadings around too for bend. aid long after the craft was
The stream then became (hick strewn
with men, woman and children clinging
to all sorts of temporary means of salva¬
tion and Wo men and a woman clang the
madly emulating to the tops the of females huge frees, in their
men
shrieks to give. for Just help at that dark it was lad not possible noticed
a was
clinging alongUne to a log. James Curry secured
and ran to the river bank.
The noose of the lasao fell over the boy’s
neck and shoulders and a moment later
the drenohed poverty stricken little fel¬
low was haule d to the b ank.
' Dae Hundred Bodies Recovered.
Leader PrrrsmjBG, June 8.—A special to the
from Greensburg, Pa., says:
At 10 o’clock Saturday morning 100
Ion. Only 200 houses remain and the standing
in the oity of Johnstown, water
at this writing is thirty feet deep on the
main streets. Sat-
A special from Johnstown at 0:45'
urday morning said:
The fugitives are returning to the
place where a few hours ago where they all were
happy and prosperous, but is
How desolation, and in a few hours more
the work of of systematically searching begin. The for
the victims the flood Will
water estimate is still the too extent high of to the even devastation, attempt to
but the city is a complete wreck, and it
is certain the loss of life will be im¬
mense.
Completely Wiped Oat.
W. N. Hays, supervisor of the section
of the Pennsylvania railway covered by
the flood, telegraphed at 10 o’clock Friday
night to Superintendent Pitcairn as fol¬
lows: “The destruction is terrible. The
dump at Johnstown is gone between the
bridge and tower, west of Johnstown, entirely at
scone points the tracks are .car¬
ried away and road bed gone. The river
for three-quarters of a mile above the
the bridge is filled with buildings and
forty feet high, and is on fire,
burning furiously, ariously, oontrol, ana I is r entirely estimate be-
yond our cannot
the amount of damage. I walked over to¬
night from Johnstown to literally Sang Hollow, wiped
four miles. Johnstown is
Superintendent Pitcairn, who is at
New Florence, sixty,five miles east of
Pittsburg telegraphs that over one hun¬
dred men, women and Conemaugh children furnace passed
Sang Hollow, two at Only forty-
and two at New Florence.
seven of the one hundred and over
passed New Florence, The loas of ljfe
and property will be terrible.
. Forry-Scven Bodio* Paw Nlnovah.
A special from Ninevah at 6 a. m. Sat¬
urday morning, said; Pennsylvania railroad
At this hour the
track is clear and all right up to here.
There were forty-seven bodies seen
passing hare in the river at 7 :80 iu p. p. m. XU*
Friday, and the loss of life above re
have been appalling. Here some s jrofia- f fifteen
houses are wrecked, and a number
mates from the agricultural disfriots
jured. . _
In the KloklmlBltM Valley.
Pittsburg, Kiskiminitas June a— river, Reports into
along the
the Conemaugh empties, are most
tressing. with The wreckage. river near The Saltsburg volume
filled unprecedented. The
water is with
bridge oonirecting Blairsville
ville intersection has been carried
tad with it a train the of bridg heavily to h old
nars standingupon e
vania All railway. of the in the
towns
valley are more or Ires
Among them are Livermore, and Avenmore, Saltsburg,
Apollo, populations Leedhburg from 8,000 to
ing Coketown ol is repeated as
aaafr,
plOMUjr du||1i|g*^ti|i
On the Klsktsslnltes Btver,
A telegram to The Leader from
gheny Junction, on .the West
vania railway, says: The
monnng a woman
■ ..Hi were rive* seen floating ptat of
, las 'on *
house reef. A gallant effort was
mbut it could no*
They must hare
not seen to pass oat
rrrerat this plaoe. The
town. provisions Tb for i at at Johiis-
and once
were heir destruction
with all $■ -i'" ■
The filmed has side¬
tracked . . cars on Liberty
street to be "h contributions
from citizei provisions, etc.,
for the viot
Nearly Two Bodies Recovered,
A tel B evah says that up
to noon »been taken from
the river at that
citizen*’ / Belief tiM^nteStol j Mooting. thSnS
oldcitvhaH, by the in
ed. ra Mayra Rtoraij waa largely attend¬
St*
the Coneraas liberality!
darte action action and and
rpSS&^afcd M 11
whilehis Braddockemployes
subscriptions 13.000. Li less than one hoar the cash
amounted to about *55,-
000 aad donations of several carloads of
provisions, madfe. Mayor clothing, MoCollin bedding, etc., were
for 200 coffins placed an order
takers with Pittsburg under¬
in response to requests received
from Johnstown.
Agoln WUMtt Its Bank*.
Boliver PrrrswoBa, June 8.—A special from
at 10 a jn. Saturday said the
river ha* fallen again into its channel,
and nothing in the stream itself except
its red angry color, shows the 1 ’
at last night, It has fallen full
feet smoe midnight and by niglil
have attained its normal depth at ail
points. From Greensburg
the limit of the present to trouble, Bang Hdlow,
of scores
with- people the conductors throng the stations pleading
of even gravel trains
to take them aboard, as they are almost
frenzied with anxiety and apprehension
in regard to their friends who live at or
tearful near Johnstown, the and strong men are as
as women, who join in the
re S k itiable sights and scenes multiply
more emaugh rapidly is than great cross-ties. valley of mourning. The Con¬
one
Those who have not lost friends have
lost their homes or their substance, and
poignant apparently for the the grief other. for the one is as
as
Would Not Heed the Wernlug.
Albert Harvey, who left Conemaugh
Loire Friday evening has just arrived,
through the great hills volume ana
of water struok Says Johnstown about
the 3:30
in afternoon. It did not find the
people from South unprepared, Fork as they had notice
threatening that the dam was
to go. Many, however, dis¬
regarded their houses the in notice and remained in
the lower part of the
0 k-atec, hnoe WHrtHfcbfWOTurfWmr' 1
Moodbod* Badly fiamagod.
The roadbeds of both - the Pennsyl¬
vania railroad and West Pennsylvania
are latter, badly especially damaged, from and Bolivia it will junction cost the
to Saltsburg, many thousands of dol¬
lars to repair injuries to embankments
alone,
An Aflfeetiita Incident.
A bit of heroism is related by one of
the telegraph operators at Bolivar. He
»: “I was rfaading standing on on the river
bank about 7:80 o'clock into Friday view. evening, It
when a raft swept must
have been the floor of a dismantled
house. Upon it was grouped two wo¬
men his mother and a and man. sister, They for were both evidently clung to
him As they at as though whirled stnpified under thp with bridge fear.
were
here the man oould have saved himself
if he had wished, by simply read ihing np
straotfire. his hand and catching the inn' nbers of the
.“He appeared to see this himself and
the temptation must have been strong
for him to do so, but in a second move
he was seen to resolutely shake his head
and clasp the women tighter around
their waists. Ropes were thrown out
from the tree tops, but they were unable
to catch them, eagerly though enough.. they Then grasped for
-the tines raft a tree
caught In this in their th swept and t dragged of after. ’ ’
way ey ou view.
In We*torn New Fork.
Buffalo, N. Y., June 3.—
from different parts of .western
York Friendship, report heavy the floods Erie Friday bridge is night
-At
and no trains are being run. The
main between here and the wells
broken mid the town is .without fuel.
No lives have been tost
The railroad bridge between
ium apd Shippen was washed away.
Gleanaont branch qi the Western
York and Pennsylvania is in bad
dition. Larabee, The Pa., bridge i« in danger, at Newman,
on
of pressure of l ogs.
awes
i as'!® the river to all the logs above boom
up Up the river will
place which be forced into
boom. Tisa boom contains
feet of logs valued at $3,000,000. In
stream above the boom there are at
50,000*00 that nW feet of of the togs. togs will It is be
one
The loss will be serious and will
tate the closing during the season of
mills and entail great suffering on
people dependent on them for
ment. .
_
At Altouusu
Pa., June 8.—The
i mast
two feet in water in
Several railroad The bridges furnaces near here
flooded, swept awav. and $50,000 damage done. were
At Baystown the streets were-all
merited.
Ten families were driven out of
homes at Ports town.
Bellof gttboeriptiou Started.
Ptitsburo, June 8. -With the
edition the Times headed a popular
scriptionfofi for the relief of the victims
theWible
sd Press i announces announces that that
‘ nd be emit
and may will be
done 8.—0.
into tiie rirer after them. Through
him and the exertions of others ten
floaters wore found. Mr, Heffonsfatt
states that the loes of Ufe at Cambria
placed City, Johnstown at and* Conemaugh is
500.
.
Twenty-Five Feet sad Rtoing. .V ? v;
Ltnokbubo. Va., Jane 8.—There is a
great flood in James river, the‘river is
now foot reported- hour. twenty-five Many of feet the and factories rising
a an
and machine shops ou the river front are
flooded and considerable higherlhanit damage-has
been done. The rirer is
has been sines 1871.
Raltiing VUt.. •« .lour*. ■
storm Staunton, which Va, June 8.—The heavy
broke over this district on
imiu continued until Friday “
g, i>oure4 down fox A<
(towtuind dam aged.
Watching «t Puri bar*.
PmsMDBO, the June 3.—The great flood
m mountains The reached this eity at 8
a m. banks of the Allegheny are
for persons in t he midst o f it
S» Pittsburg Not Alarm.<1. >
PrrrsBtma, full June 3.—The Allegheny
nver is of debris and is rising. No
serous trouble from high water is an¬
being ticipated here. Extra precautions are
loss of taken, life however, to .prevent any
or property.
In W**t Virginia.
Pmdmont, W. Va., June 3.—Two
jundred rere driven families from near their the homes river by here the
flood. The railroads are under water
and 1800,000 d amage has been done.
The Juniata on a Tsar.
has Tibonb, Pa., June 8.—The Jnniate
overflowed its bonks and great
‘ tad two
Waal louts uu the Erie Road.
Warsaw, N. Y., June 3.—There are
heavy here. Allen’s washouts creek on the Erie, its east of
overflowed banks,
doing lum’ great damage to farm lands and
A Landslide Reported.
tensive Habbisbcbg, Pa., June '8.—An ex¬
landslide is reported at LHly’s
station, The water is said to be ten feet
over the P ennsylvania tracks.
CRONIN’S CLOTHES FOUND.
Thojr lVere Buried In the Ground—
Starkey to be Extradited.
htcago, June 8. — Dr. Cronin’s
clothing of has at been the found foot near of Fifty-ninth the mouth
a sewer
street. The pants, coat, drawers and
undershirt were buried in over a foot of
earth. The shirt bore the doctor's
lug, but in material, its plaoe containing was a vest of in much its
coarser
supposed pookets five this pennies vest belonged and a cigar. to It of is
one
the conspirators.
When the drawers were first discov¬
ered by the little boys a couple of
strangers dered them appeared to destroy on the the drawers. spot and and or¬
throw This away mandate the pieces. obeyed and
was no more
was thought of the matter until the oldef
brother was casually Both of informed these ot the cir¬
cumstances. men were
strangers in that locality.'
Pleaded Not Guilty.
Sullivan, Woodruff and Coughlin
were Williamson arraigned for the Friday murder before of Dr. Judge Oro-
nin and pleaded not guilty.
McWlUiamk* Glory. /
Mack, alias McWilliams, now- under
in arrest, Mrs. says Wilson’s he waa house, putting within up screens block
a a
of the Carlson cottage, when he heard a
Mrs. Dudley come in and talk to Mrs.
Wilson. ntyrking Mrs. in Dudley orphan stated asylum that she
was an on
Burling street, and she denounced a Dr.
Cronin very severely, who had attended
her husband. She threatened to get
even with him.
Hunting for Tom Whelan.
The police Whelan, are hunting high of Sullivan, and low
for Tom a cqusm
the ice man, and a brother of the sus¬
pended detective, There is a strong
picion that he is the man who drove
white horse that liauled Cronin
his hotise to the cottage where' he
butchered.
Starkey's Extradition.
’ A morning paper says the
of Williams- murder Starkey has for been complicity
the Cronin
upon, and the preparations are now
advancing for his arrest in Canada.
is circumstantial authoritatively against said that Starkey a is
case
the hands detectives of the,state’s in the attorney employ
the private
Dr. Cronin’s friends, than (J.
veloped against Coughlin, P.
van and Woodruff, the three already
ready indicted for the murder.
Orlgia of the Clau-na-GX*l.
Philadelphia, June 8.- The
publishes the following ooaceming
origin of the Clan-na-Gael:
The Clan-na-Gael is a secret
tion, and until the present
little was‘ever known of its
outside of its members. The name,
plies a gathering of the Irish clans.
arose from the ashes Of the old
brotherhood, after the failure of the
of that organization on Canada in
Fenianism and was when practically it became dead
that fiasco,
that it oould revolutionary no longer serve
poses of society » started a
a secret and was
IJewYork, became known as
“inner circle” of the Fenian
hood. -
Dread rapidly t
and gathered
brotherhood. When intelligent ifbegan n to
fee adopted the
During pand it its early life name the growth of
order was limited by the caution of
leaders, but in time politics got
its doors, and canning adventurers,
ing wh what a vast power it oould be
...... .....
joined sdite its tanka, ' and they let down
bare tea for a disturbing element.
Th* L*k* Oaterta Safe.
MojrvRK.iL, June a—Tliwe is no
s along the coast
REVIEW OF TRj
As Reported by R. H. Dan & Com¬
pany, of New York,
The Crop Proepects Continue
Unusually Good.
Basin*** at ell Points Continues Ler*« la
Volume, sail the Busk Clearing* show a
Decided increase Over Last Tear—Spec¬
ulative Markets Rather Teme—Business.,
Failures.
Naw Yobk, Ju ne 3—B. G. Dun A
Company's On whole weekly review of trade-aaya:
the the prop proepeote con¬
tinue unusually good, and the market#
are rapidly adjusting themselves to the
assurance of ample supplies. Business
at *11 points reporting continue* large
in volume, and the clearings through
banks show an increase of aboflt 12 per
cent over tost year, outside of New
York. ' * .i ’*,/*. h <
ooSK.SISKS2L1.eJJ2
over last year in exports from New York
and in imports at New York has been
about 7 per cent, for each, which Indi-
specie ftSTSLltaw movement thus for has nearly
not
settled the balance thus arising.
the Light next exports month, are that to be considerable expected for
so a
on account of securities sold. There is
the no o apprehension apprehension • of of . early disturbance in
if
six IX weeks weeks by gold exports, may not be
strong ‘ „ the en. fall. „ :h to iprevent During prevent the serious serious press¬ press- week
ure m Mm taken only past $200,006
in
1 paid out, i
exchanges favor New York,
at interior points is almost
do not improve at Kansas City and MU-
waukee, and banks report many drafts
returned unpaid at Cleveland, but the
creased. complaints The are speculative on the whole not in¬
been comparatively markets have
has declined lto, oats tame, to and though coffee com to.
while wheat, oil and pork products are
each a trifle stronger. No change is seen
oeat for the week.
About 10 per coni more than last
VARp’fl YwipiMI tc w asked fiulrrol for #nv Michigan % wool
d«»Mon in the -onrted qneetii
SlLW 'jzzt •L5“S5? AL™
1 rails at former at Philadelphia prices. The that impression bottom
. « have been encouraged reached, and sates steel
rail producers are by of
80,000 tons <» more during the week to
believe that the turning point has been
reached. business
In other branches of the out¬
look is encouraging. There are signs of
an cheese, immense with production full demand. of butter The and
duction of boots a and shoes is increasing, pro¬
of leather, but the visible supply i
lieved hides tobe abundant steadily and and diminishing, cheap. cheap. India
are tyts
rubber tor paraflne. is not very The firm trade at ‘ in sixty-six ' groceries cents is
gn
moderate.
The stock market, after a strong ad¬
vance has been depressed by realiza¬
tions, and the outbreak of a new war of
rates among the roads west of Chicago
is have * disquieting receded only feature, little. but as yet prices
a
The business failures number 215, as
the compared week previous. with 229 F<f last the week, oorrespond- and 252
ing week of last year the figure were
Huge Packing House Scheme.
stock-yards Minneapolis, which Minn., hive June 3.—The
talked of few- Minneapolis, so long been
and Which
were spring supposed of by real many estate to be the brain, off¬
reality. some Four hundred agent’s
are a men are
now packing engaged houses, in which grading to for be the in new
are oper¬
ation There by Aug. nine 10. ice houses already
are con¬
structed and full of ice. The yards, as
at present for graded, head furnish of cattle. accommoda¬
tions 10,000 The
company $5,000,000 expects the first to do The a business yards of
located about six miles year. northeast are
Min i: from
the center of ndirwHl i on ’' the “Soo’
road, and with connecting trains to the
Northern Pacific and Manitoba. Meet
of the beef for export will he shipped
over the “Soo” via Montreal.
A Royal Event.
London, June 8,— The Count flf Paris
tad his countess ountess celebrated celebrated thei their silver
wedding Friday. Friday. the Fifty Fifty guests royal royal person¬
ages were among of and with
the exception ' ’*•'*"' the queen members herself and
no
the tend. English There royal family 500 failed failed to to at-
were
. ...... of
France, comprising many the leaders
of the party, but none of these seem to
be anxious to have the legitimist
that they were present earned to France,
as the names of the French guests
carefully withheld and h& from the press Mrs.
McLellan daughters
specially invited to be present.
Washington, June a—Profiting
the reoent of the events wrecked at Samoa, Trenton when
treasure waa
covered borrowed by from means the of British a divin
Calliope, the navy department here
determined to equip each of our naval
vessels with a complete diving
atus. By older a submarine diver
also to be detailed as part of the comple¬
ment of each vessel in commission. Nd
trouble is anticipated in securing
ble men, aa there are always dire i
the crew who make good
Narrow Drowning.
Bat Cm, Mich., June 3.
8^?S£ towing two rafts
e
off
afternoon. The
" m
eredatl
*
.M
the past wsek.
House Friday.
&SZ3si& State Stetlseian V
Richmond
TheSL Louis b
with a capital .took o
Tlifl (
An answer has bcea fl
proceedings to en j
of that city, from !
Bon Hayden was
.
riding on hi
Francisco, i .. ________
Professor Basel, tb# E
worsted trance medft
al. riitVilj/i r*nnf jiii af «f fi
James Phelan, a m. „
gan Southern railway, v
WOUnded ^ f
Cterago
At Coalton, O , a I
with another. Milt I
k Welti
Tori-___‘ “ ..
^ OStiOH Etticl. 1
end hie a
able
Wedn. Byt
of Joe W
killed, ft .
Counties of Holmes, L_
son. O.. have shovTa m n4 $ t
Dow law that *‘
mmber of unites ”
The body of ai
John
from whom he
iLeusHartma
a high trestle of a
gum river atEliti,
Insane he was trying to a
fell off. His home was £
Oakland, Ind M ladle*
witn wie loaters a
their benefit, coil
secure the revoking
A meeting of
number of counties
Jefferson City for the
a state association 'for
raiiroau ireigut raves 1
which they are interested.
On account of
council and the stone
again been suspended on ti
city-ball. Thesub-ooal
lkms on the completed i
cyiillcei* trouble is
Tracy 1>«terrain. *
Washinoton, J
aSS*! '
istratiou- of
tion the vesa
or authorized to be 1
mu. iuo rUIlMMI waa i «
New York to be
have now been i
Amplii trite,
island. "She will!
navy mentof yard, the 1
Severity of rite 1
Wichita, Kan., «
first county jail and 1
iiintance
has been se
wltn two ci
b£K?XU«»
Bod oltholte. line .
thus far gone for