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ruary Series. to take.
member the first Series issued to Qriffln Stock¬
holders earned two dollars and twenty cents
per share.
C. H. JOHNSON, Agent.
Griffin, Ga. Jun. 2d, 1890,
tsS- Call and insure your property betore it
burns. " ,
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CENTRAL CITY.
Call at once. Don’t delay.
C. H. JOHNSON, Agent.
r.. 0 r p_|_ 3 6 and to nfini.
r ■ wi wuio j
6 room boom and 80 acres land .with fisb
pond on it and good orcard.
60 vacant lots, with wide streets, in beau-
tifnl oak and kickory grave, on Hill street, in
A and % mile of passenger depot. Time wil
be given if desired. This property
I1LL DOUBLE 1 IN VALUE
in next three veare.
The J. 11. Iirawner 7 room house and 2
acres land. Also, 4 acres and 18 new doable
room houses. Will give a bargain in this
and is a good paying investment.
56 acres inside city, V4 in woods. Beautiful
grove—can be cut up into lots and sold inside
of six months for over double present price.
• Adam Jonee house and li* acres land. A
No. 1 orchard and valuable place.
Mrs. Charlton house and 4 acres, Hill St.
Female College houses and lot, 21k acres
land. Will be divided if necessary.
Houses and nice building lote on Hill, Pop¬
lar and other portions of the city and sever-
aijtore houses FOR SALE.
rent SSSR wul be attended to promptly. houses to sell or
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FEATURES FOR 1890.
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DOR MOREY!
The Old and Worn Out Vaults to
be Rebuilt.
The Appropriations Committee
Have Reported.
Congress will bo Called on the Expend
About •330,000 at Once, to keep the
World of Burglars from Making a Bold
Bald for tho Nation’s Money—They wilt
bo Burglar Proof.
Washington. April 31—Tho appro¬
priations committee have reported a tall
appropriating $330,000 for the purpose of
rebuilding tho old vaults in the treasury
departument. New steel linings and new
double steel doors ore to be put in. As
the vaults now are, it is claimed that the
most inexperienced cracksman, with a
few ordinary tools, could burst them
in a few minutes and get off with all he
could carry. It seems that the vaults in
which about $250,000 of paper money is
stored, are the weakest, attention and these will
receive immediate as soon as
the bill * A heavy guard
passes congress. around the vaults, and
<s Kept corridor stationed of the building
every treasury
is patroled glay and night bv armed
guards. But even with this tho govern¬
ment's hundreds of millions are not ab¬
solutely safe, for it would be easy for the
guards to get in the vaults, should' they
combine and decide to do.so. But the
very best and mo6t reliable men have
been selected for made guard absolutely duty. The burglar new
vaults will be I
proof. _ .
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
Showing the Condition of Things from
Kansas to Louisiana.
Washington, April 31.—During the
past week there was more than the usual
amount of rainfall in southern Virginia
and North Carolina, and thence west¬
ward over Kentucky, Tennessee, ex¬
treme northern portions of the gulf New states Mex¬
and still further westward to
ico, including the southern portions of
Missouri, Kansas and Colorado. Heavy
rains also occurred in the extreme south¬
ern portions of Louisiana and Texas.
In the gulf states crops Texas were generally state that
inproved. Reports from In
crop conditions are generally good. retarded
Arkansas the heavy rains have
work ; crops are late, and com planting work
unfinished. In Louisiana no farm
lias been done in St. John’s Mississippi parish, ow¬ all
ing to the backwater. In
conditions were favorable for the present
-toge of crops, and for farm work on up¬
lands. In Alabama, warm, dry weather
has enabled the farmers to make good
progress in planting. In the south At¬
lantic i^fa^^bie°forcropei states recent rains have though fLfna proved the
m it s —1
planting of cotton was retarded by rams
during the week.
Too ■ bi«k to Thrive.
Statesville, N. C., April 21. —The in-
.nformed ernal revenue there agent five at this illicit place distille¬ was
were
ries within a radius of two miles in the
county of Wilkes, near the Iredell line.
The agent made an appointment with
his informer to meet him, and accompa-
lied by Deputy Collector Harwell, left
Statesville for the meeting place. The
guide failed to show up, ana the agent
fUlll and his lUS UCjJU deputy WJ rode 1 UUD out UUli towards w*roxuo Wilkes. * ’
They met two deputy storekeepers. The
wore riding along the road with
voods ° n ° u ° « de < when e *s ht sh ° ts
were fired at them in The quick agent’s succession horse
oy men in ambush.
eared and fell back on him. By and keep¬ the
ing the horses between them
.voods, the officers got away. The agent's
horse was struck in the jaw with a rifle
jail, and the revenue agent got a slug
wT
John P. Squire A Co. Shut Down.
Boston, Mass., April 21—A strike has
been inaugurated at John P. Squire &
Co.’s pork packing establishment in East
Cambridge. Between 700 and 800 men
are out. Squire notified about ninety they
men in the killing department that
need not come back to work until noti¬
fied. These men, it is stated, are Knights
of Labor, and their local organization weeks
held several meetings, about two
ago, at which it was decided to demand
an increase of one dollar per week per
man, and full time the or week. ten hours Squire a day, did
and six days to the shut down.
not allow it, hence
United Confederate Veterans.
.CHiCAMAUflA, Tenn., April B. 21.—By or¬
der of Governor John Gordon, of
Georgia, general commander of United
Confederate Veterans, there will be held
in Chattanooga a general reunion of all
ex-Confederates on July apjwiffted 3, 4 and 5, next. the
The local committees for
purpose of locating the Confederate lipes
and commands on the battlefield of Chic-
amauga, invite all Confederate soldiers
who participated in tha battle to co-ope¬
rate with them on May 13, next, and
succeeding days, in the proposed work,
the object being that visiting comrades and
at the reunion may „„ easily find re-
cognize the groun ind where they fought.
THE PAN-AMERICANS
Sleep Under Blankets the First Night of
Tlieir Southern Tour.
Fortress Monroe, Va., April 21.— The
members of the Pan-American confer¬
ence slept under blankets the first night
out from Washington on the southern
tour, and some of the early risers of the
party looked forth upon the broad walks
at Fort Monroe breakfast glistening the with frost. the
After upon train,
members of the conference proceeded to
the fort, where Commandant R. T. Frank
and staff received them. The building
and roonj where Jefferson Davis was at
one time confined, were regarded with
strong interest, and the aboard party then sailed
(town Hampton Roads the steamer
Dispatch. They touched at Norfolk.
An hour was spent at Portsmouth navy
yard, where Commodore Weaver and
ataff conducted the party aboard the
a«w war exhibited ship Baltimore. Lieutenant
McCrea the working which hurl of two 250
gnat fourteen-ton guns,
pound sheila eight miles.
Sailing back to Fortress Monroe m the
afternoon, points were shown where the
Merrimac played havoc with union ves¬
sels until the Monitor stopped bar work.
Late in the evening they started on a
special train for Richmond.
GU1FF1N, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL 22 1890.
ELZY’S BAD RECORD.
Committed Four Murder* aad About
Twenty Bobberies.
Birmingham, Ala., April 21.—The last
of the murderer Ben Elzy, who
hung here last Fii lay, were: “I’m
to Je-us. I’ve iieen a great sinner,
my incident nine are all forgiven.” just An unu¬ the
occurred before
A colored minister named
Peterson, who had been the scaffold spir¬
adviser of Elzy, was on the
and, addressing the crowd,
“I am a poor man. and for two
I have neglected my work in or¬
to save the soul of this poor sinner.
am out of money, and if the crowd
; will contribute something for my
. I shall he very -around grateful.* the
He passed his h e through
and received several dollars.
“Now we are ready,” he said to the
and a moment later the drop fell.
Elzy was hung or the murder committed of J.W.
a white man, in
1889. The condemned man
a full confession. He haul com¬
four lnurd rs and about twenty
and other small crimes. Four
ago he robbed and murdered Mrs.
near Mapleton, Ga. He also
a white man about a month
the Meadows murder.
robbed and murdered an Italian ped¬
near this city. He was the leader
an organized band of negro robbers
murderers. Four of his gang were
him at the Meadows murder. One
them was hung two months ago, an¬
sent to prison for life, and still About an¬
is in jail awaiting trial.
months after the Meadows murder,
was aneited for highway robbery.
after his arrest lie confessed the
of Meadows, and gave the names
iris accomplices. He Elzy was only twen¬
years old. commenced steal¬
when Ire was nine, and committed
first murder when he was about the
of eiglite n.__
PAY TR AIN WRE CKED. .
Number of Railroad Officiate More or
• leu Injured.
Augusta, Ga., April 21—The pay
on the Gainesville, Jefferson and
railway, containing Superin¬
Hemphill. Roadmaster Robin¬
Treasurer Richards. Supervisor Beil,
Sfcubb, of the Georgia railway,
General Manager Wiikens. of the
of Gauge, the and Route Agent Hurl-
Southern Express company,
overturned yesterday afternoon
1 ug Tavern, and ail of the officials
were more or less in jured.
Supervisor Beil was iu« worst hurt, re-
a severe con: us on on the head.
jured Hemp ill was painluliy
about tho i ip», and Treasurer
had his knee and ankle badly
The train was running about twenty-
miles an hour, when, from soma un¬ '
cause, it turned over. The in¬
were brought to Augusta last
and taken home on Utters. None
them are thought to be dangerously
.
_
AN UN WILLING BRIDE
With Death Unless She Mar-
ried at Onoe.
New Haven. Conn., April 81.—Henry
a widower, aged 28 years, this called
the home of ^Miss Burt, of city,
induced her'to go riding with him.
drove out into the country with her,
according kiU to the story she tells, he
to her unless she married
at once, when, through fear, she
Foote, she says, proceeded
her to the residence of the Rev.
Hubbeil. a Methodise minister
Hamden. There the ceremony was
After the marriage Foote
to New Haven and left the
woman at home. Proceedings
divorce were immediately begun,
the unwilling bride has been sent to
where she will be out of
rea ch.
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
With St,300.000 to Build
Packing Houfte* There.
San Francisco, April 21—The Union
Yards company, of San Francisco
been incorporated with a capital of
to establish stock yards for
ijtock of ail kinds for
to a number of packing
to bo established in vari¬
coast cities. and two of
costing $400,000 each, are to be
at the stock yards, which will be
at Point Pinole. The head of
company is D. J. Hedges, presid-nt
the stock yards at Bio,ix City, Iowa.
also stated that packing houses will
established at Los Angeles, Ban Diego,
8 eattl e and -Taeoma . - -
0I8C0VER Y AT NAU VOO, ILL.
Old W.ll 1,000 r.et Deep—Supposed
Re lie of Mormon Bogii
New York, April 21—A special to
Times Star from Nauvoo, 111., says:
This town original is famous as. tbs old-time
of the Mormons. Friday,
workmen excavating in the
of tho ruins of at. Mary’s con¬
discovered an old well over 1,000
deep. It is believed to be a relic of
Mormon regime and to be oonnected
subterranean passages. If possible,
will be explored.
Itsix« of Terror at Santiago, Cuba
Havana, April 21.—A reign of terror
in Santiago, owing to the dar¬
raids of two bodies of bandits, who
been ravaging the country. The
recently and engaged in a con.iict
the kill guards authorities three of the latter
-u. The thereupon
to take severe measures for the
pursuing oi the bhndits, and troops are
them. It is sta.e 1 that
fear of the bandog is so great that
persons have tied from there and
estates, and gone to the city for
Remembered by HU Imploy«>*
Buffalo, N. Y., April 81—Mr. W. G.
resident manager of the Ameri¬
Press association, who leaves here
for San Francisco, where he is
establish a branch for the Pacific
business of the association was
with a solid silver tea set by the
of the office. The Press club
give Mr. Benton a farewell recep¬
____
Reward Net Any Toe Largo-
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Apr03 1.—Mrs.
the flagman’s wife, who jumped
of bed and ran up the track in her
elothffii with a red IsntoriL and
a passenger train from dash¬
into the rocks which had fallen qn
track near Garrison's, has received a
tor $100 from the New York Cen¬
Railroad company,
Ti ait m.
Chauncej M. D<‘{k>w Has Some¬
thing tp 8ay on the Problem.
He Thinks Education and Sav¬
ings Banks Would Solve It.
Hew toe Ob arch ie to.Hontb Might Uri
a Helping Hand in the Great Work— The
Place for Hemo-Sookers—Katraet frees
a Speech Metis Before ea Aleut Sue-
elation la Now York City.
* New York, April 21,—Cheuncsy M.
Depew presided at the regular monthly
meeting of the New York Association of
the Yale Alumni, at Deimonico’s, aad
made an impromptu speech upon the
south, touching upon some of the things
he had seen In during his recent trip to
Florida. discussing the race problem
he said education and accumulation
would solve it, as it would remedy the
evils of New York city’s bad govern¬
ment. There ere in New York, he
thought, 100,000 persona as ignorant and
illiterate as any negroes in the south.
He heard more about Hherman's march
to the sea and the Battle of Lookout
Mountain during his trip than anything
else- Sherman's march, he believed,
will live longer in the memories of the
people of the south than any other ac¬
complishment of the civil war.
In relation to the negro question, Mr.
Depew “The said: is badly treated in the
negro not
south so far as his physi rel&tion to
the community in whioh he lives is con-
cemed. it he leaves politics alone he is
treated probably better than he is here,
because ho has opportunities in the south
which dest things he bps that not happen here. Gns of the visits sad¬
to me are
of educated negroes to my office, who
come to me complaining that there is
nothing for an educated negro to do in
New York. There ie s large section in
the south who say, ‘solve the race prob¬
lem by picking the whole islands population the up
and carry them to the of sea,
to Central America, to Africa.’ But
the more intelligent southern people—
the ones not moved by theories or by
any speculation, the problem but who are
facing of the de¬
velopment of their Eight-tenths state—say the of the ne¬
groes must stay.
community say, 'We cannot get along
without them,’ and then the question
comes which nine-tendis don’t know
how to solve; ‘how io get along with
them.’ The two forces which seem to
be which working working—for - and they • are the only two
are any solution of
the question, are education and the ac¬
quisition of property. Education is
rapidly and tha solving the problem throwina in the SUSnJ way
at laawluu
ties in another church—and way. Supplement educa¬
tion with the the negro is
ence—and immensely susceptible lihn to Christian moral influ¬ influ¬
forca upon
ences which come from the sentiment of
the community which site down upon
and frowns upon anything not of a high
moral Character, and add to tliat the ac¬
quisition of property, and wherever that
exists I find the problem solved.
“A man with 45,1*00 can go to the leg¬
islature and sit in the municipal councu.
have They confidence are happy to in him. have him But do the it They diffi¬
culty is in accumulating the money, for in
money I believe matters it be the negro im|>erative trusts nobody. duty of
to
this government to establish a postal
savings bank in every poe(office in the
south. system with [Applause.^ a provision I tor believe interest that to a
encourage lated, that to deposits the should of the be south formu¬
so negro who
has $1 will, instead of going without
work until that dollar is spent, deposit it
in a savings bank and reuoubl# his work
to get ano her dollar to add to it [Ap¬
plause.] closing Mr. Depew said: “The
In net
result of this visit to ths south, to my
mind is just this, that the south is the
bonanza of the future. We have devel¬
oped all the great and sudden opportuni¬
ties northwestern for wealth, or most of them, in
our states, and on the Pa¬
cific try, with slope. ths But best here, olimate 1 sav In vast the world, coun¬
with conditions of health which are ab¬
solutely untouched, unparalleled, with vast forests
with enormous veins of coal
and iron, which have not known any¬
thing with soil, beyond that their under original proper cultivation, conditions,
tor little capital, can support a tremen¬
dous population; with conditions in the
atmosphore and for comfortable living, win¬
ter summer, which exist nowhere
else in the country; and that ti to be the
attraction for the young men, who,
going oat frees to»- farms' so seek etou?
farms, migration and from in ths abroad—for settlement not I do by im¬
not
think that that will go that way—but by
the internal immigration from qur own
country it is to become in time, and in
our time, the as prosperous ss any other sec¬
tion of country, and as prosperous
by [Loud a and purely prolonged American cheers.] development.”
THAT BAT TLE IN K ENTUCKY.
Na Official Information Boootvod at
Frankfurt—Hard to Got.
Frankfort, Ky., April Si,—Addition¬
al news has Iieen received here to the ef¬
fect that members of the state militia
have been ambushed at Black mountain.
The companies there are from Harrods¬
burg and Lexington, with a few of the
governor a guards from Frankfort.
Hon. Beu. Lee Hardin received ad-
ricee from Harrodsuurg at 9 o’clock that
four of the members of the Harrodsburg
company were killed.
Charles Alexander, Dan Durry and
Sergt. Pullian were killed from Harrods¬
burg. The fourth man’s name ti not
known, brother
Mr. Hardin ti a of Attorney
General Hardin, and has hopes that the
report is not true.
Not Official.
Adjt. Gen. Hill hms received no offi¬
cial information in regard and to the trouble Harlan
between the militia the
county faction. He says the reported
trouiie occurred fifty md»s from any
delay telegraph in regard station, and official then will be some
to news.
The militia, under (.apt. Gaither, con¬
sist of sixteen men from Lexington,
twenty from Harrodsburg, It is and three
from Frankfort. suspected that
trouble has arisen from an attempt to ar¬
rest one Wifa HowaiJ and one of his
nings, have been to r taken -s-ue under him. Jennings guard, Prince¬ was to
to
ton, ▼anted on hti way V to MLsouri, where he is
*
Grain. Pork PruUne.s, Oil aad Masai
Have Adv -.arrti—Stuck* Stranger.
New Yu ye. April 21;—R. G. Dun A
Company s weekly review of trade says:
A season of extraordinary speculation
has set in.»Grain, pork products, cotton,
oil sud sugar have advanced, the latter
in tire spite duty, of the proposal to lumber, remove the en¬
spits of the ana rapidly spruce also, in
of building increasing eight-hour interrup¬ strikes.
tion by-
The general average of prices for com¬
modities ceift. have advanced .8 of one per
in a week, and 1.7 per cent, in
three weeks. Stocks have also been
stronger, and reports of trade which are
influenced rather by prices at which
goods buaineMi are transacted, sold than by the volume of
cheerful. At the are time uniformly there ti more
same con¬
tinued evidence of an actual increase
over last year in the volume of business
transacted.
Wheat was started upward by reports
of injuries in winter wheat states. At
New York the satis hate been 134,000,-
000 bushels, probably ths largest week’s
transactions on record. Corn has ad¬
vanced, “in sympathy,” two and one-
fourth oente, and oats one and three-
fourth cents. Oil has advanced four
and one-half cents without known oc¬
casion. Pork has risen $2 per barrel.
There ti not a corresponding improve¬
ment in the industrial condition. Wool
has been firmer at Boston, without
change in prioe, and very dull and in¬
active at New York and Philadelphia.
In the gtxws market no improvement ti
seen.
Cotton manufacture does not thrive
the better tor the advance in the ma¬
terial, with goods unchanged in price,
and print cloths only 8.8c, for «4§. The
boot and shoe industry ti clearly thriv¬
ing, and leather and hides are both a
shade firmer and in more active de¬
mand. * But the eight-hour strikes in
•
many cities have already arrested many
extend building operations, that the and are expected to
so market for glass ti
already affected unfavorably, and also
the demand for structural iron. The
iron business shows no improvement
In steel rails large orders are pending,
and it ti thought they can be placed at
$38. Bar iron ti dull and depressed.
cities Substantially give all the reports from other
of business. an encouraging Boston record of the
state At improve¬
ment continues; retail dry goods trade ti
large, and domestic and causes hides better higher. jobbing At trade, Phil¬
are
adelphia th&re ti especial activity in
drugs the and chemicals, and the past week
was Lest for a long time in groceries
in Chicago the reports the usual great increase
movement of grain and dressed
beef, lake shipment* of dry' grain being
double last year's, and goods sales
falls fully behind, equal to but last year s, while iti clothing clothing
Collections there w fairly satisfactory.
Louis also notes are improvement, generally good. 8t.
prompt collections, and expectations fairly of
rains rapidly. help farmers and seeding ti going
on
It ti especially noteworthy that there
ti no serious monetary pressure any¬
where. easier Money Philadelphia, it*quiet'and and eaav at Bos¬
ton. at steady,
with plentiful supplies, at Chicago, St.
Louis, Milwaukee and Omaha. Cleve¬
land and Detroit only reporting some
closeness.
Exports of products in March appear
to have increased ful.y 5 per cent over
last, year, and pro aoly exceeded ex¬
ports by $V00,0i;0, but thus far in
April exports have fallen about 19 per
cent, below last year’s at New York,
while imports show an increase of 12 1 -2
per cent.
The business failures occurring
throughout days the country during the past
seven number 214, as compared
with 209 last week. For the corre-
sponding 246. week of last year the figures
were
INSURING CHILDRE NS’ UVE8.
Murder Practiced hj the Parent! to Se-
eure the Insurance Money.
London, April 21. —The vigorous cru¬
sade of the bi-hop of Peterboro against
the system of insuring childrens’lives
for the benefit of iheir pareuts has mere¬
ly revived a subject that has occasional¬
ly come ho.ror. before the former nuolic, but dropped
in very A detective, who
ti now writing the rem.nticeuces of hti
career, child bluntly says that a child insured
ti a dead, unless a miracle inter¬
venes.
In plain language the British Assur¬
ance company says to its clients: “We
know you will murder your children
whom we take risks upon if you can do
n who safely, paid but we detect have men on the watch
are to auch crimes and
will maten their cunning against yours.”
assurance business, and of course trade
must go on and sentiment must not be
allowed to block the wheels of progress.
Dr. Baker Fatally Bert.
Eufaula. Ala.. April 21.—The horse
of Dr. J. L. Baker, attached to a buggy,
4»camofrightefieii and ran away, throw¬
ing the doctor violently out and breaking
bis buck.
[ Hi« Pather.
Raleigh. N. C.. April 81.—Several
r’a> s ago Edward N Butler, a prominent
citizen of the town f Clinton was assas¬
sinated, while wafi. n t on a street in the
suburbs of the pla< e. out midday Ho
lived some ho: r . qiade a statement
that John .Siicnson- was his assassin
But a startling revcDtioh ha« jnst come
to light. Budi.iV - ii. aged fourteen
lias confe-sed that <• idiied his father
He said that Ins fail'* > *-.it him cruelly
and that provoi tho o c Fh > >> * kill atvful his father
As soon as ’ *• rn Dili rev¬
elation he fie*! fr -m community be¬
fore he could be apprehended.
South Carolina Nielon Grower*.
Charleston. Grower.-.' April 21.—The meeting
of the Melon association at
Blackville has resulted in securing a re¬
duction rf- rates from 13 3-10 cents per
transporting 100 to 36 cents. -This_ had makes New the cost York of
a car to
*86, against $103.95 last year. The crop
in South Carolina will be small this year,
as well infoimed planters say the acre¬
age will not be more than half what it
was last year.
Zmprror William*’ Liberality.
Berlin, donated April the 21.—Emperor of 20,000 William marks
hat sum
rod his private purs* to the German
spital at Zanzibar.
it. is announced at New Cumberland, W.
., that the deal transferring the sewer
« works to sa English syndicate, ti com*
■he’d Be u Tempting Monel for the Oe-
loalal Appetite «f Germany,* er Brea
Rueeta, Perhaps—Jehu Bull Met War*
rted by Hie DLeonteeted Children.
Mauley X.nnvee Parle for Brussels.
London, April II.—Another British
dependency has been made to ftol of
how little importance it ti to the home
government, or per hap* with what in.
difference its threats of severing the ties
that bind it to the mother country ere
regarded.
The Cunadiaoa actually thought Mm3
Great Britain would take up arms
against the United States because the
latter broke up the business of the Gump
dian seal fishers, and the inhabitants of
Newfoundland demanded war at onoe
with France about the rights to capture
a few lobsters.
Of course England had some difficulty
it in pacifying ti known her that bellicose the Marquis colonists, ana
of Salis¬
bury blue flatly that informed their threats the discontented of
nose demand¬
ing pendence autonomy or regarded even absolute with inde¬
placidity by were the government perfect
Treated Km Tee Klee,
Now Australia hse oome la tot a se¬
the vere snubbing, of and that the inhabitants island ef
western put vast an
demanding their autonomy very loudly, be¬
cause cavalierly by delegates parliament were treated Over *e
the four
months ago said delegates came to
London full of their own importance
and a schema for confederation. After
exhausting their patience and their
purses it finally dawned upon the gen¬
tlemen from the antipodes, that tney
were being made fools of, and that the
house of commons had not the slightest
idea of granting them the long expected
hearing. Various fiery
editorials have expressed
the Australian’s wrath, but the oolooiste
know,'as England does, that Australia
alone would be a tempting morsel for
the colonial appetite of Germany, er,
easily perhaps, even Russia, what and ti may be
conceived charms such a
prospect would have for the meat rabid
autonomist.
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Stanley Goes to Breueela.
Paris, April 21. -Mr. Henry M. Stan¬
ley ieft hero for Brussels Saturday
luk morning. Ur.. Before leaving ......•xmrwnm-'ey- he said that
the strictures —— pf — the - French »y
annoyed by the hostile attitude pram, nor
of the
French Geographical society. Mr Stan¬
ley added tint be was Paris. pleased to be
spared a reception in Plenty at
them would be tendered to him in other
places.
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^Struck aa Ievbvry - A k*ltoene4.
London, April 21.—The steamer Um¬
bria, of the Cunard line, which arrived
at Queenstown Saturday morning,
lena, brought Opt. the crew Gunderson, of the hiufc, Magda¬
from Buenos
dalena Ayres, Feb. became 28 for Quebec. The Mag¬
ing been in collision water-logged with Iceberg after hav¬ and
an
was abandoned by her craw.
Porelga Note*.
An Italian East Africa company has baan
formed.
Princess Frederick Leopold, of Prumti,
bas given birth to a daughter.
Further consideration of the ChhMsa rell-
way question has been postponed.
The Shropshire canal sheds in Liverpool
have been destroyed by lira Loss £80,000.
A Tientsin dispatch says one-half of tha
population there ti suffering from the influ¬
enza.
The commercial treaty b et w een M«ri/v>
• nd Italy was signed at the City of Maxtio,
l-’riday.
It is announced that Emperor William tar-
tends visiting Lisuon and Madrid daring the
month of October.
The London Standard says that Belgium
nas abandoned the attempt to raise a Congo
state loan for £6,000,000.
The steamer Nortfacote ran down and
a cutter off Ostead, Belgium, and five of
those on board were drowned.
A meeting of journa.ists will bo Aid in
Parti to protest against the reent expulsion
of French journalist* from Rome.
A coaling "vessel irom Shields, bound far
London- h*» foundered at tea. Of the craw
t fourteen-only three were saved.
Heavy rains i rerail in New South Watia
The Darling river nas overflowed its hanks
and the town of Bourke ti inundated.
A dispatch asserts that the Polish Social¬
ists and Anarchists of Galicia are rampant,
and that a revolt will occur on May L
A railroad train waa thrown from tho
track.in the Werbig goods depot, Oermany.
One man was killed and sixteen injured.
In the bouse of oommons Samuel Smith’s
motion, in favor of a eonferanoe on bi-me¬
tallism, was rejected by a vote of 1M to IT.
Russia is making preparations to oonstrnet
a fort on the White sea aad to organise tor¬
pedo d*f«ns -*. Two mortar batteries will bo
added to tlio artillery.
The Brit,sii steamer Euclid was sank <
Hartlepool in collision with tha British
steamer Altyre. The captain aad three of
the crew of the Euclid were drowned.
A disastrous fire occurred at Noe Sandra,
by which 1&> houses ware destroyed. Tim
tire originated in the Jewish quarter, and ti
believed to have been started maliciously.
Emin Pasha is ready to start with hti ex¬
pedition. The Dorman company iatatati to
build railway* similar to tha pioneer rail¬
ways in MenegaL The surrey* are in prog¬
ress.
In honor of the jubilee of Geo. Pape, the
emperor personally congratulated the
general and presented him with a life-
size portrait. Afterward the emperor at¬
tended a banquet given in honor of Gen.
Papa
The Germania, ef Berlin, say* that tha
pope, on ibe-Occaaion of the visit of Aus¬
trian pilgrims to the Vatican, remarked to a
Catholic journalist: “Yon have a hard bat¬
tle to fight with Jewish journalists aad Free¬
masons.'
Herr Short, who was the Socialist candi¬
date for the reichstag la opposition to Pro-
fessor Virchow in the lata general rlrntlna.
has been expelled from Btrlia owing to the
violence of Us fficcti i in tha
socialistic-labor agitation.
President Carnot was
with unbounded enthusiasm. While
teg through the s t re et s a great crowd gath-
A ra ntractteffihmn
aad Corpus Chrtiti, Tax.
Mra John Claris aad
Canton, 0., era tying
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wit hout arranging for
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