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BBIFFIN, GEORGIA, U S. A.
Griffin is ths brat, and most promising little
ity in the, th. Its record for the past
half decade, its many new enterprises in oper¬
ation, building and contemplated, prove this
o be a business statement and not a hyper-
olical description.
Doling that time it has built and put iuto
most successful operation a $100,000 cotton
actory and" with this year started the wheels
of a second of more than twice that capital.
It has put up a large iron and brass foundry,
a fertilizer factory, on immense ice and bot¬
tling works, a sash nnl blind factory a
broom factory, opened up the finest granite
quarry in the United States, and now has
•ur largo oil mills in more or less advanced
stages of construction, with an aggregate au¬
thorised capital of over half amilhon dollars.
It is putting up the finest system of electric
ghting that can be procured, and has ap¬
plied for two; arters lor street railways. It
has secured another railroad ninety miles long,
gad while located on the greatest system in
th* South, the Central, has secured connec¬
tion with its important rival, the East Ten¬
nessee, Virginia and Georgia. It has obtnin-
d direct independsnt connection with Chat
tanooga and the West, d will break groun
ua few days fora fourth road, connecting
with a fourth Independent system.
With Its five white and four colored church
.<p,*t.Ua*r i reoenrijr completed a. $ 10,000 new
Presbyterian church. It has increased its pop-
illation by nearly one fifth. It has attracted
around it# borders fruitgrowers from nearly
every State in the Union, nntil it ie now sur¬
rounded on nearly every side by orchards
and vineyards. It has put np the largest
rnit evaporators in the State. It is thehome
of thegrape audits winemakingeapacity has
doubled every year. It has successfully in
augurated a system of public schools, with a
seven years curriculum, second to none.
This is part of the record of a half decade
and simply ah owe the progress of an already
admirable city with the natural advantages
othaving the finest climate, summer add
winter, in the world.
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 have at alow estimate between 6 000 and
7,000 people, and they are all of the right
Sort—wide-awake,,up to the times, ready to
welcome strangers and anxious to secure de¬
sirable settlers, who will not be any less wel
corns if they bring money to belli build up the
Wn. There is about only one thing we
eftTi, 1 iy justnow, and that is a big hote 1
We have several small ones, but their aceom
modatious fare entirely too limited for our
•sine s, pleasure and health seekig nguests
If you see anybody that wants a good loca¬
tion for a hotel in the South, just mention
Griffin.
Griffin is the place where the Griffin News
s published—daily and weekly—the best news¬
paper in the Empire State of Georgia. Please
enclose stamps in sending for sample copies,
and — —. n __hi will %_ have ^a to . be i . changed 1_ _ __ ... y | in M a . f. few — months ♦ 1, n
• embrace new enterprises commenced and
ompleted, HSi
-■ HE HARVEST TIME
(-AT-)
MBS. L. L. BENSON'S.
Come see Harvest our Opening Bargain here, Show,
The Time is
When all may reap el at prices low,
And nothing will be
file cotton form picked you’ll by honest hands,
graceful every shapes with see, silken bande.
The
And dainty Filigree.
The Rainbow sheds its colors here
In every light and the shade.
And leaves .... npe Spews as i autumn sere.
In tints that never f
Here ever bloom the lovely flowers,
And all that Fashion plans.
And feathers from the Peacock bowers.
Turned into Juno fans.
Here Bonnets of Lace, Felt and Straw ,
And ____land Hate at Cape all new,
The pettiest you ever saw,
And very cheapest too.
Then dome unto onr harvest show,
The carnival of Art,
Where yon may reap what we shall sow,
That we may reap enr part,
THE
MITIAL LIFE IMIilH ID.
OF NEW YORK.;
000, Organised Paid in 1848. Assets organization aver $126,000,
members since over
Paid rain members memoers in ibiooo, 1888, $15, »i.i,-
eompany is the the largest in
tb* adtAptages it ofiers to be
it the safest, cheapest and best
, . w _ MANGHAM’S SONS. Agts
■Iv7dyw«m4p.
DEV C80P TURNIP SEED!
IB the hart varieties, bought direct from
»lot P usrrs and OILS at the low-
[iw the DRUG LINB. Cal! and
J.N. HARRIS A SON.
CHANGING PRAYERS.
The House of Deputies Continues
the Work of Revision.
BURIAL AND MARRIAGE SERVICES.
Tile Iowa Delegation Uniformly Opposes
All Proposed Changes—Reference to
the Deity Eliminated from the Mar¬
riage Service Collect—-A Possible Ten¬
dency Toward Romanism Checked.
New York, Oct. 24.—The house of
deputies continued its work of revision.
The proposition to substitute the Kyries
fdr the Lord's prayer in the burial ser¬
vice was adopted. Various unimportant
amendments went through, mostly with
but one negative vote—that of tlie Iowa
delegation. *
A change in the special prayer for
Thanksgiving day was can led.
Tlte Marring© >**rvi«v.
\\ hen the resolution concim ing in the
new collect in the marriage ,. ervioe was
offered nnuh surprise* was occasioned
by Dr. Hale, of Iowa, offering an amend¬
ment changing the phraseology of the
collect., making it read “they may abide
togethe r in love,” instead of “Thy love."
This amendment was. after some de¬
bate, agreed to, and the resolution of
concurrence was adopted, although sev
eral delegates strongly holy igiv opposed opposed the in-
troduction of the communion into
the marriage service.
of The next proposition voted upon was
a similar character, viz.: Tiie intro¬
duction of the communion in the burial
ceremonies.
A 'JVmlemy Toward Roman ism.
The debate disclosed great opposition
to this change on account of its ten¬
dency proposition toward finally Romanism, and by the
was defeated the
following vote: Clerical—Ayes 34, nays
14. divided 3. Lav—Ayes 18, nays 18,
divided G, the lay vote defeating the
proposed The Iowa change. deputation in the af¬
voted
firmative, being its first vote for any of
the propo-ed changes.
Three other unimportant amendments
were adopted, with concluding the the work of
concurrence upper house.
The next general convention will be
held in Baltimore and the present one
will adjourn to-morrow.
A Second Hamburg Horror.
London, Oct. 24. —The body of another
murdered girl has lieen found at Ham¬
burg. The victim in this instance was
She had been out-
was horribly mutil-
the murderer has
been discovered. It is suspected he is
the same man who killed and mutilated
the Hensen girl. Whde it may not be
that the fiend of Whitechapel called
“Jack the Ripper” has done this work
(me certainly as terrible has evidently
begun operations at Hamburg.
A Unique Verdict.
St. Louis. Oct. 24.—The coroner’s
jury rendered in the Chambers-Bowman tragedy
“Frank the following unique verdict:
J. Bowman < nine to his death
by willful and felonious shooting.” No
reference wa3 made as to who did the
shooting. show The testimony all went to
fatal that just Chambers prior to the firing reached of the
shot by Bowman
for the pocket where he usually carried
a pocket. pistol, No pistol was found in the
The Marysboro Murder Trial.
Dublin, Oct. 24.—The man Cole, the
first of th • prisoners tried at Marysboro
for the killing of Inspector Martin, has
been found bv (be jury guilty of man¬
slaughter. lather McFadden and the
others accused will probably receive the
same verdict. Sentence has been re¬
served. Lawyer McDermott has re¬
served a number of points against the
case, the choice of the jury, the charge
of the court and the rulings ilings of * the " judge.
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Ill© It.Irhstuu’H Tame Opening.
Berlin, Oct. 24.—The opening of the
relchstag was an unusually tame affair,
little interest being manifested in the
proci edings by those present. The em
perors plause speech received references but faint the ap¬
ami the to fair
prospects for peace was allowed to pass
in grim silence. At the conclusion of
the speech, no quorum being present,
Ixxly adjourned.
Kane Nominated l>y the Republicans.
New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 24.—
The Republicans of the Third assembly
district have unanimously nominated
P. M. Kane for the assembly. He is
the Democrat who introduced the ballot
reform bill in the last legislature, and
who was defeated for a renomination by
fchft the Dp Democrats. m nr ruts. He 1 has »h« Iv'pti been nriniiriA'Ail nominated
also as an Independent candidate.
PaiirAniepiraiif) in Chicago.
Chicago. Oct. 24.—The pan-American
delegates visited the various points of
interest down town, including the board
and trade, and witnessed the operations
of the fire department. They were then
taken to Durham’s stock farm, near
Elgin, where dinner was served. They
were banqueted at the Grand Pacific
last night. They now go to Milwaukee.
f'er.alieit fn tin* Flames.
Lexington, Mo.. Oct. 24.—The resi¬
dence of ex-Mayor who Ballard was burned.
Mrs. Ballard, was of unsound
mind, perished in the flames. She was
alone in the house, and it is supposed
that she set fire to it and then went
back to l ed. as her charred remains
were found in the debris of her room.
!M*uevol«nt l oHtikl Clerks,
New Orleans. Oct. 24.—The annual
convention of the Mutual Benevolent
Association of the c mted States Postal
clems began here, President McKee, of
Rahway, is N. J., flourishing presiding. condition. The. organi¬
sation in a
California Very W*t.
San Francisco, Oct. 24,— More rain
has fallen in the state this month than
in any previous Octolier, and, on the
whole, it las been beneficial to crops.
Mnwltsnrons DLajij»*araiipe*,^
Trenton, Oct. 24.—Brewer Rue, a
well known contractor, has disappeared, Liz¬
taking with him some $6,000. Mrs.
zie Cleary is also missing.
A Cambridge Wedding.
Boston, Oct. 24.—Bev. 8. A. Elliot,
son of President Elliot, of Harvard, was
married last night to Miss Francis Hop-
kinson ofCamt mbridge.
(;>teag» Get* a Cate'er.
Ialags, Oct. 24.—Kittredge. catcher
for Quincy, has signed with Chicago.
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GRIFFIN GEORGIA. FRIDAY- MORNING. OCTOBER 25. I88K.
THE EARTH STILL REVOLVES
Seresn ir.vllle Dlsni>|»<>iiite<l Because the
World llliln’t KiO l.mt Night.
Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 24.—Con¬
siderable excitement prevails in the
vicinity of Screamersville, Spottsylvania
county, at the Adventists’ camp meet¬
ing in that place. Those gathered there
predicted that the world would come to
an end last night and if not last night
certainly before the end of the month.
A number of fanners have left their
homes, turned their stock out on the
commons and are living at the Ad¬
ventist camp. Others refuse to work
and only go home at night. Many have
not sown their fall wheat on this ac¬
count and say they will not put the a single Lord
grain of seed in the, ground, this as About
is certainlv coming arattSngat living year.
fifty pei-sohs are confidently at for camp waiting end of
patiently and tne
tiie world.
A Locomotive’* Roller Explodes.
Wabash. Ind., Oct. 24.—At the
Granger crossing of the Cincinnati, Grand
Wabash and Michigan and the
Trunk railroads the boiler of a Grand
Trunk engine exploded, instantly kill¬
ing Engineer Thoi imas Callahan and
Fireman John Maddock. Low water
in the boiler caused the accident.
Two Men KIIlet! by a Train.
New Brunswick, N. J,, Oct. 24.-
Sailor J. Neil, aged 23, of London, Eng.
belonging to a steamer plying plying on Lak
Erie, and a young man. name unknown,
were instantly killed by ay the Boston -ex¬
press train at' Metuchen. Their bodies
were terribly mangled and thrown a
long distance.
A Cane Ru«h at Rutger*.
New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 24.—The
Rutgers sophomores and fresh men had
a cane rush, and tore down the wooden
fence on one entire side of the campus,
because the rush gate had, been newly hung.
The cane -was a tame affair, owing
to fear of college discipline.
Wyoming - . Wonderful Growth.
Washington, Oct. 24.—Francis E.
Warren, the governor of Wyoming ter¬
ritory, lias filed with the secretary of
the interior his report for the year ended
June 30. estimated'at The population of the terri¬
tory is from 1)5,000 to 105,-
000, as against 9,118 in 1870.
Died of Smallpox in a Street Car.
Louisville, Oct. 2j,—A child named
Marks, died of what is supposed to be
smallpox in an oast bound wund Jefferson
street car at Third and Jefferson streets.
The car load of passengers decamped as
soon as the nature of the child's malady
was discovered.
A Hi cycle Road Race.
Rochester, iVL/V/M 1501 JC.Il, A*. N. Y., A . | Oct. V/VV. *1. 24.—C. V2. J •
Iven, of the West End Bicycleclub, won
the road race from Buffalo to this city,
i roaring the line fully two miles ahead
of all competitors. He did sprained weaken. a wrist
thirty miles out but not
Sigmund Silverman Shoots Himself.
New York, Oct. 24.— Sigmund Jacob Silver-
man, 32 years old. a son of Silver-
man, the wealthy silk merchant, shot
himself at his residence. His body was
discovered on the floor of his room with
a bullet in the right temple.
Hradlaugh Dying:.
London, Oct. 24.—Mr. Charles Brad-
laugh, the well known political and
social reformer, and a member of the
house of commons for Northampton, is
very ill and it is feared that he is dying.
The Great American Doctor Dead.
Paris, Oct. 24.—Dr. Philippe Reicord,
the celebrated French surgeon, known
in Paris for many years as the "great
American doctor,” is dead. He was
born in Baltimore on Dec. 10, 1800.
Paused an American Derelict*
Liverpool, Oct. 24.—The steamship
Scythia, which arrived from Boston, re¬
ports having passed the American ship
James J. Lowell, derelict. Nothing was
seen or heard of the crew.
14 , ooo Feet with a Paraclinte.
London, Oct. 24.—It is claimed that
Devey, the balloonist, descended with
the aid of a parachute from a height of
14,000 feet at ind landed in safety at Wol-
verhampton.
Bond Purchases.
Washington, Oct. 24.—Bonds were
purchased by uie treasury department
as follows I per cent. $340,500 at 127;
4J pei cent. 48,050 at 103j.
The Twelfth Juror Secured.
Chicago, Oct. 24.— 1 lie twelfth juror
in the Cronin case is B. F. Clark, a real
estate broker,
Governor Foraker Better.
Columbus, O., Oct. 24.— Governor
Foraker is much improved.
Th© Weather -
Rain, slightly cooler; northerly winds.
NUGGETS OF NEWS.
Murderer Peter Baranovski was
banged at Pottsviile, Pa,
The agreement for a loan to the Bul¬
garian government signed. by the Vienna
Landerbank lias been
The banns of marriage of the Prince
of Monaco and the Duchesse de Rich¬
elieu have been published.
The shah of Persia has granted a
charter to a Russian company to estab¬
lish a commercial bank at Tauris, with
a branch at Meshed.
It is stated that arrangements have
been mad© with the Rothschilds for a
new Russian loan, which will be offered
to tiie public about the middle of De¬
cember.
The czar and his family have donated
400,000 roubles for the sufferers by the
famine in Montenegro.
The secretary of the treasury lias made
the following appointments in the inter¬
nal revenue service: James J. Frazier,
storekeeper and gauger, Twenty-thin}
Pennsylvania,
The coal agents decided not to advance
rates for the present.
"The rales of the road” were consid¬
ered by the maritime conference,
returns from i
a SSSSSSaS and * thousands ’* of
away —am ws\ \
destroyed.
POLISH CfRCH WAR
Factions Fighting Fiercely in the
Streets of Plymouth, Pa.
RESISTING POLIOfe AND BIBH0P.
The Adherent* ®f p>U»er Wnruegarl,
Who Had Been Deposed by Bishop
O Hiu-a, Kefo.o to «We Up the Church
and a Blot Heoult*—Tho Chief of Police
and Others Injured; '
W ilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 24.—Three
months agq Bishop O'Hara deposed
Father Waruegari: from the Polish
Catholic church' at TKateWtU and after¬
ward unfrocked him for unbecoming
conduct.
The congregation split in two factions,
one forcibly keeping possession of the
church Yesterday and parsonage buildings. bishop
afternoon the ap¬
of peared the properly. at Plymouth He to deputized take possession Father
Mack to act for him. Police protection
was secured and the party went to the
parsonage. On being refused admit¬
tance the police lettered down the
doors and arrested six of the inmates.
A Fierce Fight.
While the prisoners were being re-
moved to the station a large body of
their friends appeared and a desperate
attempt attempt for tor their their release release was was made. made.
In the fierce struggle that ensued
Chief of Police Michael Melvin had his
leg broken and his back injured. Two
other officers were badly cut and all will
be disabled for some time.
Martin Welch, a saloon keeper, the
leader of the rioters, was shot, but will
probably injured recover. less Several severely. others were
more or
The town was greatly excited, and ru-
mors that sever: ■al lives had been lost
were circulated. It is now believed,
however, that none of the wounds re¬
ceived in the melee will result fatally.
Manager Phillips Has Recovered.
Pittsburg, Oct. 24. — Dr. W. 8.
Foster, of this city, returned from the
east. He says: “I had a long talk with
ex-Manager legheny Baseball Horace club. Phillips, Mr. Phillips of the Al¬ is
now as well mentally as he- ever was
and on Thursday of this week he will
be released from the insane asylum in
Mercbantville, N. J. Mr. Phillips’ ail¬
ment was acute mania, not paresis, as
reported. He will stop in Philadelphia
two weeks, visit his mother at Mt.
Holly, after which he will visit this
city en route to Grand Rapids. Mich.,
where he will remain throughout the
winter. He will be able to engage In
light business in the spring.”
A Plague Stricken Village.
Cleveland, O., Oct 24.—A The village ‘special of Wood- from
Freemont, says:
ville, this county, is terribly afflicted.
Nearly one-third of the 800 people in the
town are victims of typhoid fever and
diphtheria. deaths from Last typhoid week fever there alone were and ten
nearly that numbe* leading from diphtheria.
Dr. Busch, the physician of the
place, has some fifty cases under his
care. Great excitement prevails in the
town and business is entirely suspended.
Woodville having no board of health
the state board was not notified of the
scourge until last week.
Accept, the Arbitration of tHe Pope.
Paris, Oct. 24.—The correspondent of
The Figaro at Rome says that General
mission Ignatieff has arrived Russia there on a special
from to the Vatican,
bearing, the it is said, an autograph letter
from czar accepting Balkan the arbitration lrbitratioi
of the pope in the question, anu
leaving his holiness free to convoke a
congress which, in or adopt any other course
his judgment, will be the es¬
tablishment of a modus vivendi between
Russia and Austria.
Wilson Barrett Paid HI. Duty.
Boston, Oct. 24.—Mr. Wilson Bar¬
rett, the English actor, paid to the col-
:enttv used shipped to this
country and now in the production — J -~“ —
of his plays. Mr. Barrett feels that in¬
justice has been done in this matter, for
the reason that under a former treasury
ruling all such material could be en¬
tered here free of duty as “tools of the
trade.”
Tli© Classification of Cotton.
New York, Oct. 24.— Last week the
members of the Cotton Exchange voted
on a proposition of inspection to repeal the present
system and classification of
cotton. The vote was cast to ascertain
the feelings of the members on the mat¬
ter. The result was 19 for the repeal
and 100 against it. The board of mana¬
gers held a consultation. That body has
now decided to let the system now in
use prevail for the present.
Chicago Mildly Approves.
Chicago, Oct. 24.—The selection of
Morgan to the' honor of orator by the
Harvard senior class is regarded by the
college colored men here and as a compliment with mild to
the race meets
approval. The Harvard men spoken to
on the subject do not believe that the
precedent will be followed, except at
long intervals, by other classes to which
colored men may belong.
Tiie Berlin Budget.
Berlin, Oct. 24.—The imperial bud¬
get presented in the Reichstag provides
for a total expenditure for all purposes
of 1,208,644,735 marks for the next fiscal
year. vnnr The The “ordinary ----——----- and permanent”
xpem mditures amount to 749,614,835
ring” larks; the “exceptional marks and and the non-recur¬
81,349,597 marks. marL-c, “extra-
ordinary” 277,700,307 o-- -AA on?
Scrap Iron Failure.
Cleveland, Oct. 24.—Leon Wed, a
dealer in scrap iron of this city, made
an assignment to Emil Joseph. The
liabilities are stated at The $50,000; assets
unknown, but small. Erie Railway
company are said tq be the heaviest
creditors, claiming *12,000,
The Lero Floated.
Baltimore, Opt. 24. — The British
steamship Lero, reported aground near
Bodkin point, floated after being
lightened. She win proceed for _ Rotter¬
dam after reloading.
Athens, Oct. 24.—Two handled Cre¬
tan insurgents who to were wen farced forced to ' flee
have taken refuge in
They arrived ind utterly utterly destitute d
but wera well cared sd for for by by the the inhabi-
. ;
HILL EULOGIZES CLEVELAND
At the Hc«llu| *f the New York Benin-
©r*tt« Club*.
New York, (X-t, 24.—The convention
of the New York state league of Demo¬
cratic clubs was called to order in the
large dining hall of the Hoffman house.
Nearly all the counties in the state were
represented.
It was announced that Governor , 1 ill
was in the hotel. A committee was ap¬
pointed to escort the governor before
the convention. When the-. turned
with the governor he address con¬
vention. In the course of his speech he
said: “The longer the present adminis¬
tration continues in power the more it
will show ivhat a wise administration
was that of Grover Cleveland. (Ap¬
plause.) Grover Cleveland fulfilled the
nlnrliroo pledges nf of lilo his tvoet party.’ yt
A letter from ex-President Cleveland
- - as loudly platform applaudeu.
The congratulates Grover
Cleveland for the “wisdom and bravery
with which he fought for the tariff re¬
form and true Democracy in 1887 and
lievefitto be a defeat as honorable as
platform any ---victory victory of of denounces his his predecessors.” predecessors. the subsidizing The I he
also
of steamship corporations.
Young Woman’s Christian Association.
Baltimore, Oct. 24.—Tiie tenth bi¬
ennial international conference of the
Young Women's Christian association
of the United States and British prov¬
inces of America met here. It was
opened by Mrs. Springer, of St. Louis,
the retiring president, who introduced
the new president Mrs. Clarence Beebe,
of New York. Mrs. Joseph Elliott, of
Baltimore, made an address of welcome
which was responed to by Mrs. Springer.
Mrs. J. D. Dana, of New Haven, and
Mrs. Crutcher, of Louisville, were
elected vice presidents of the confer¬
ence. Reports associations. were read Boston from reported the dif¬
ferent
that since 1887 they had added five de-
partments, viz: the tl travelers aid, tern-
perance and social purit; purity, school of
domestic economy, school chool of cookery,
and department for physical education.
Tha Site fur Talmagn - * Tabernacle.
Brooklyn, Oct. ' 4 —The new site
for Trimage’s tabernacle is a very
fine one. It ii in a commanding
position stand the and the new of tabernacle prominent wifi
on corner two
streets, which is much preferable to the
old site, which was hemmed in by sur¬
rounding buildings and was not at all
prominent. Clinton of avenue the finest and Greene
avenue are two avenues
in the city, and the new tabernacle will
stand upon the corner of those avenues.
With a frontage on one avenue of 118
feet and on the other of 200 feet, and a
probable addition which of fifty latter feet will on extend Clin¬
ton avenue,
tion and also for congrega¬
room a parsonage.
The Hot Poker Plan.
Fargo, N. D., Oct. 24,— Two men
gained midnight, entrance bound to the and Fargo postoffice the night
at clerk, Harry Milton, placed gaged hot
a red
poker on the sofos o his feet and com¬
of pelled the him vault, to door. give up In the the combination vestibule
of
the packages. vault were While forty the or burglars fifty registered
were
opening these Milton released himself,
secured a revolver, and shot at the men,
not, however, until they had had time
to blow out the light. They the' knocked
him down with a blow on head and
escaped, securing not to exceed $125 in
currency.
A Street Car Hurled Sixty Feet.
Wichita, Kan., Oct. 24.—A collision
occurred on the crossing of the Santa
Fe cutting ami Electric and bruising Street railway, the Misses seriously Allie
and Sadie Munn and internally injuring
Nellie Henderson, of Oswego. Kan., ..who
was visiting here. The accident oc¬
curred in tiie curve of the Santa Fe
track. A grove anticipating of trees prevented danger. the
engineer from burled the
The street car was a distance of
sixty feet by the engine. About fifteen
persons were more or less in jured and
eir escape from deatli was almost
miraculous.
The Seventh Day Adventiflt*.
Battle Creek, Mich.. Oct. 24.—The
Seventh Day Adventist conference in
session here is attended oy delegates
from twenty-eight states and territories “the
and Canada. Mrs. Ellen G. White,
spiritual prophetess,” and is intellectual present, and leader is still of this the
sect. . The work of the church is being
pushed Switzerland, in New Turkey. Zealand, Germany, Russia, Greece, Nor¬
way, south Africa and in the south and
northwest portions of the United States.
Woman's Clmuto in South Dakota.
Minneapolis, Oct. 24.—Miss Susan B.
Anthony has returned from South Da¬
kota. In an interview she raid: “The
state of South Dakota is the place of all
others in the United states to which we
are going liound to turn by its our constitution attention. sub¬ The
state is to
mit the question of universal suffi rage a
year from this time, and we are g
to concentrate all our forces in i that
state from this time on.’
\\ title Playing with a PlstoL
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 24.—Jake
Matile. a well known young man about
town, While playing with a Dull his dog pis¬
tol discharged its of contents into off. head,
blowing the (op his head There
are two theories. One is that he com¬
mitted suicide and another that it was
accidental. He had rectntly runaway
with a grocer,and married daughter father of Jo. eph Hud-
ion, a the had not for-
jiven his daughter.
A Lone 8trik*> Knded.
La Salle, Ills., Oct- 4— After nearly
six x months months of idleness the miners here
and in the Oglesby di“...... difficult ami i’eru with mines the have
settled ' their ' ' e-. opera¬
tors and work will be resumed. The
advantages to the wage workers is that
they have obtained a raise of 2i cents a
ton above that offered them May 1, sup¬
plemented gain by whatever from they may con¬
sider the “sticking to their
principles."
Switchmen Get SB a Day,
Evansville, Evansville, Ind., Ind., Oct. Oct. £4. 24. — — The The
places of the Louisville and Nashville
switchmen who struck have nearly all
been filled with new men and freight
has begun to move around the belt. The
company will pay new men $5 a day
and board as long as the trouble lasts
to give them steady situa-
JOHNSTOWN ’ RELIEF.
First Meeting of the Commission
at Philadelphia.
HOW TO DISPOSE OF THE FUND.
.1 ohn Y. Huber Hlrnti a Lilli. Infor¬
mation—An Orphan.’ Trust Fund Es¬
tablished—Williamsport Want* SUft-
000—The Claim* of Buslnm* Men Con¬
sidered—The Scheme Adopted.
Philadelphia. Oct. 24.—The first
meeting of the Johnstown relief com¬
mission in this city was neld in the sec¬
ond story of the Manufacturers’ club
with closed doors. Only the members
of the commission were permitted to mi¬
ter the room, and all of these were pres¬
ent with the exception of Mayor Fitter,
who was attending to important official
business on board the French ship
Arethuse. Governor Beaver, at whose
call the meeting ing Kremer, was held, Johnstown. presided,
and Secretary hand, ary and Kremer, acted of or secretary juumivnu, of
was on as
the meetihg. It was not until the meet-
took a recess that the represents-
Govaruor Beaver’* Great Haste.
First Governor Beaver made his ap¬
pearance, broad his crutch beating he a tattoo hurried on
the stone steps as
away. The reporter tried to “corral”
him, but with the adeptness of one who
has grown expert by long experience in
similar situations, rounded he slipped the by them, of
calling out as he corner
Walnut street, into Broad;
“Don’t stop me; can’t wait. Must
make next train.”
This didn’t explain what the rae3ting
was doing with the $1,000,000 hands and more the
that is lying idle in the of
commission, so when Francis B. Reeves
appeared he -was made the target for a
round nd of ot questions. questions.
They haven’t adjourned yet,” he
shoui uted as he broke away. And he sped
around and the the corner. corner, Neither was this an
exactly lucid explanation of the finan¬
cial matters that the public wanted to
know, so the reporters waited for otlier
victims. ;
John Y. Huber Talk*.
John Y. Huber was more accommo¬
dating and in though wind he with was feeling his overcoat sick,
he stood the
collar turned up and willingly told
what the meeting had dime.
“The first three classes of sufferers by
the flood Rave all been paid,” he said.
without “These comprised such the classes widows who were and
old people, property, These have as ail been paid in
accordance with the report upon their
condition submitted The by the committee
at Johnstown. commission has
now approved these payments and is
considering the question of paying tlte
remainder of the fund to tlte classes Nos.
4 and 5, which Class comprise No. 4 includes the propertied business
classes.
men who lost their houses and stores,
and Class 5 includes men of a little
property, such as clerks and other peo¬
ple who could not properly be put in the
preceding classes.”
A Committee from Williamsport.
A committee of citizens from Williams-
port appeared at the meeting, and from laid
before the commission commission a a petition petition
that city asking that $150,000 be granted
them for the relief of sufferers there.
One of the most important actions of
the meeting was the establishment of
an orphans’ trust fund, the aggregate
amount of which has not yet
definitely fixed -a-oj upon, upfjjl but which is ex¬
pected to pay all all the the children who were
deprived!' eprived „ their parents by the flood
of
the sum of $60 a year.
fled
sums
should be paid entire upon the first
payment. 1
Governor Beaver was forced to leave
early on account of an engagement ‘~
Harrisburg.
Tiie Scheme Adopted.
After adjournment it was learned that
it was resolved that our secretary 3_
as established by the board of inquiry,
on $500 and less there shall be paid i
sum according to the merits of each
vooc, not exceeding $400 on'tosses of
$4,000, and over $5,000 there shall be
paid according to the merits of each
case a between sum not $1,000 exceeding and $2,000 $600. there On
losses
shall be paid according to the merits of
each case a sum not exceeding $800.
Losses of over $2,000 shall be paid a pro
rata proportion of the amount remain¬
ing. But no payment shall exceed the
sum of $6,IKK).
In Class B.
In class 5 no claim of less than $20
case not exceeding $200. Losses of be¬
tween $500 and $1,000 shall be paid a
sum according to the merits of each
case not ’ exceeding $350. Loss of over
$1,000 of shall the amount be paid appropriated a pro rata propor¬ in the
tion
class after payment as above shall have
been made, but no payments shall
ceed the sura of $2,500.
Secretary Kremer also stated that
final reports had also been received from
the Lewiston and the Renova districts,
and that the accounts had been audited
and appeared as correct.
Condition of tit© Fund.
u„u«» ,420,000 of the $500,000 in the
first balance appropriation of $80,000 and thus in addition remaining to
the
the commission had the sum of $1,600,-
000 and the this five is classes. now being Tiie distributed first three
among holders;
classes fourtli comprise includes non-property those who lost
the class
all of their property, and the fifth class is
made up of clerks and others who lost
or less large
The secretary reported that claimants
in Classes _ - 1, - 2 and 13 (excepting as to the
amo •tints ;—‘ -------- appropi >riated to orphans)
been the board paid on of the inquiry, basis recommended in by
where change bad been except made some after
cases
reference to the committee on classifi¬
cation and distribution.
Young Universal!»t« In Convention.
nationai Lynn. Oct. 24. - The
convention of the young pete
jn the Firet Univercaiist ch
ass
NUMBER
ANOTHER INCLINE
Thr*« Uni Injured, Two
Runaway Cars at fiSht.
VVilkksbarbe. Cut 24.
train of coal cars and a brack wen
ing hoisted up the Ashley pfiMN;
wire cable n>kc just as they hot
most reach.-’ - V- top at f*'”
barre mourn i - Thus fji
descended 1 In-,.i me at fri,
and were smashed into sma
at the, bottom. ** -----------------
There were three men on the I
VV. H. Adams. John
Ferguson, debris. all of whom the
the Strange to say, i
were taken out alive, but very * ”-
j ured. Adams and Roat will i
Ferguson the first may of its recover. kind jfe Tl
was
Attd Fl'Pftted PYCitelllCn £■ At
teBK52SSXW«r“~ Philadelphia. 24 .-The Penn-
inspected during their recent trip.
New York division between ?
wick and Dean’s. The secoi:
$100 was awarded to T. ‘ N, 1
the best ' division ‘i vision ou on
tween Columbia and
eial mention is also a
at the New York divii
and Schenck’s, and
the division between
and Coatesviiie on the
Johns^a-TW^
of Johnstown, removing Pa., ;unf Oct,
the
their reinterment in a y______. . ..
each and full dm X
grave, a e
each article body likely with to a memoran lead to * ~
will be kept ‘
Over $5,000 ha -
for continuing ’ '
and the wm^eogm^^wg,;
freely. days Work and
a few ]
The Brotherhood of
SKf‘ass?
suspended step daring '
St. Louis„ ..... ............_. in TTr
—:— ------------------------- ---
Ik* Bs
London,
k
—
| Fonad GaUtp.
degree. He was convicted mainly ou
the evidence of Dilliard’s widow© who
was Bartholomew’s paramour.
Slgaed by Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Get. 24,-lhe Cinciimati Tor-
Baseball and club signed and Knight, Harrington, of the of
ontos, Rhines
season. tiie Northv western | jf.....-..... League, to pi
For the World's Championship.
At New York- K.U.U.
New York.......H I « It 0 V-T» »
Brooklyn........0 2 3 I 2 0 6 0— S 11 $
-J?
Lynch and Gaffney.
A t PhiladeJphla—f ; A thletic.1.
L«l»«f Bare* - -
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 24. —The thoA
resulted as follows: a
First race, 1 mile-Katle life R, 1; Llttrall, 2:
Ruzanna, 9. Time,
Second race, 1 1-1# miles Dilemma, 1;
Clamor, 2; Lizzie D„ 3. Time, 1:53.
Fourth race, H mile-DoHlklne, 1; Camilla, ‘tf.
2; Lottie 8., 3. Time, 1:19.
Elizabeth Race*.
Elizabeth, N. J., Oct. 24.—The re¬
mits of the races follow: ®
.
First race. ] mile-Cracksman, 1; Reporter.
2; ! Lavinift LAVinta Bell, wiKiJ* 3. Time, lime, tri#*. lbti*
Second raee. 11-1« miles-Gny Gray. 1; Burn¬
side. 2; Hanwburir. 3. Time, IJbSH,
Third race, H mi ie-Sir .John, 1; Tulla Black¬
burn. 2; Civil Service, X Time, 1:1*.
Fourth race, 1 1-1B miles-Castaway It, 1;
King Crab, 2; Defaulter. :t Time, 1:53*.
Fifth race, 9i mile—Beil D’Or, 1; Meriden.
'SfShMaJSi. own
7,1 e, 3. Time. 1:1*.
PHILADELP HIA MARKETS.
Fries* on Uie Stock, Produce and Fotrcr
U«m Exchange.
Philadelphia. Gfct. 22. -The market was
firm. Pennsylvania sold at U, an advance of
araaiB»sa-tt»fts» hi- Reading Lehig was * Pacific ; :
tton were firm. The Northern qtocks
advanced. Traction sold at«.
Following were the dosing bid*
Lehigh N. Pae. com. Valley., g}' ssssui SSSP-M »
N. Pae. prei pref **
Pennsylvania.
Reading....... 22 bl# It
Lehigh Paul'."' Nav mi 5144 W.."n U. and B. T. *
St. . Y.andP— '■is®'.
The Produce
Feed was doll a id weak at 113&13 ner ion
>r fair to choice winter bran.
Flour and Meal-Demand for Rom was of
....... - ‘ " — Prices rated
safes at wa *3
tiding Minnesota clears and
straights at *3.75®4.75; Pennsylvania rolfer
process at western winter clears
and straights at $<©4.55; winter patents at
$4.S0©5; and spring do. at *4.S5@A5U. Rye
flour was firm at $3.10 per barrel for .choice.
Grain—Wheat at the opening had «0c. bid
for October: 81c. for November: SSn. for De¬
cember: 83c. for January. Corn had tfe$e.
bid for October. »4c. for November; 3844c.
£. 3E5U& £
for December; tor January.
, and closed at