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VOLUME 19
9RIFFIN.
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Potato About the |Metropolfa
Middle Georgia.
(Iriffla m tire county seat of Spalding
ty fluorgiu, and is situated in the centre
tbe beet portion of the *rent Empire State
the South, where all of its woi mderful
yarird indnstriee meet and are carried
with great*.t eucceee, and to thoe abfe to
T iudu cement* to all claeae* .reeking a
and « profitable career. There are the
on. bu a growth that hae about
te population since the last census.
It ha* ample and increasing railroad
ties: the second point in importance on
Central railroad between the capital of
tate, forty miles dfetant, and it* princ
rnropurt, www urimpBiray. «*“
ine to Chattanooga and the West by way
ths Varannah, Griffin and, North
railroad; tbs principal city on the
Midland and Gulf railroad, one
mile* long, built largely through its own en
terprise, and soon to be extended to
and the systems of the Northaeet
direct connection with the great East
aseaee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
another road graded and soon to be
il bringing in trade and carrying out
and manufactures.
Griffin’s record tor tbe past half
proves it one of the most progressive cities
the South
It has built two large cotton factories,
representing $250,000, and shipping goods
over the world.
It hue pot np a large iron and brass foon-
y, a fertiliser factory, a cotton seed oil
mill, a sash and Mind factory, an ice factory,
ottling works, a broom factory, a mattress
factory, and various smaller enterprises.
It has put in an electric light plant by
which the streets are brilliantly lighted.
It baa opened up the finest and largest
granite quarry in the State, for building,
ballasting and macadamizing purposes.
It has secured a cotton compress with a
ull capacity for its large and increasing re
csipts of this Southern Maple.
It ho* established a system of graded pub
lie schools, with a seven years curriculum,
second to none.
It has organized two new banks, making a
total of lour, with combined resources of
half a million dollars.
It has built two handsome new churches,
making a total of ten.
It has built severed handsome business
Mocks and many beautiful residences, the
building record of 1869 alone being over
9160,000.
It has attracted aroun<’ its borders fruit
growers from nearly every State in the Union
znd Canada, until it la surrounded on every
aide by ocharde and vineyards, and has be-
- - AWM izISWIWM i ’» . r m
State, a single car load of its peaches netting
|1,280 in the height of the season.
It has doubled ite wine making capacity
making by both French and German methods.
It has been exempt from cyclones, floods
end epidemicis, and by reason of its topo
graphy Will never be subject to them.
With all these and other evidences of a
ive and growing town, with a healthful and
ulea stint climate summer and winter, a
hospitable and cultured people and a soi
capable of producing any product of the tem¬
perate or eeihi-tropie zone, Griffin offers
every inducement and a hearty welcome to
new citizens.
Griffin has one pressing need, and that is a
new 9100,000hotel to accommodate tran¬
sient visitors and guests who would make it
resort summer and winter.
Send stamp for sample copy of the News
aim. Sun and descriptive pamphlet of Griffin.
Parties who wish to Bent or Buy Stores,
Dwelling I Havn’t houses, Vacant lots and Farms, and
Those who got have enough of to the meet above the demand.
any to rent or
•ell would Sod it tor their interest to consult
me before disposing of them on or before
Sept. there 1st. I have only a few places left and
Simmons are bargains house in every one of them.
and lot, 7 rooms and 12
acres land in edge city limits.
100 acres land in edge city limit*.
18 *• “ inside “ “
53 •< « .< ., it
4 “ 7 room houae, Hill street.
“ 5 “ “ Poplar ffireet.
“ 7 “ “ Taylor “
1 “ Vacant, Taylor street.
% “ Stephenson place, 8th street.
287 “ 2 miles, best fruit farm in tbe
State, 180 on C. R. B.
acres 2 miles Good fruit form.
700 “ 5 *• from city.
1800 “14 “ “ “ good improve-
80 Large, fine vineyard.
% 7 rooms, Jossey place, near Hill st.
“ 5 Goulding “ “ “
1 “ 7 — Mis.Crocker’s Poplarst.
Also 16 to 20 house and lots and land in
Che town of Hampton on C. R. R. can be
bought low, and only 10 miles from Griffin
and 88 from Atlanta.
G. A. CUNNINGHAM,
Baal Estate Agent.
DEALER IN
Tli list, Mist ai
Cleanest Gils
IN : THE : MARKE T
No. 9 .Hill Street]
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s s GEORGIA.
THE POOR JAPS.
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Starvation Said to Be
Them In the Face,
Owing to tho Failure of the Rice
Crop This Year.
Matin Speculator* Taking Advantage
the Situation and Hobbling Up Wliat
Little Tin re Is to Hold If for Rxcesaiv*
Price—Many Heaths Reported Among
the Poorer Classes.
Chicago, Aug. 2 ,— Paul Schrautn, a
rearqhpxd. Wednesday. of Jolqp. Japass, araiswj.
In regard to the failure
last year s rice crop in Japan, he said in
an interview:
“In consequence of the failure starva¬
tion has been rampant ia all the large
cities of Japan, and, a.s if the number of
deaths for want of v food in Tokio alone
were not enough, there had been for
some time prior to my departure, July
8 , an average of ten suicides a day, so
severe were the sufferings. In ths big
cities men fell in the streets from ex¬
haustion, and so often that the sight be¬
came a very common one.
“Of cour.-ie, this sad situation exists
solely among the poor—the rich, those
that can be comfortable in the midst of
such want—get along as well as ever.
But while this misery is due directly to
the failure of the rice crop, the situation
the speculators,
price ought up all the
- is 100 per cent,
gutter than it was one year ago. And
stil l, notwithstanding the high grice and
lators refna^itosell^ * 6 e specn Specn '
of the present to sell, hoping* hoping for a failure
-- —* r-—■ crop, crop; when when the the price will
advance much higher.
“So sore was the situation some weeks
before I left that the government,
of through rice abroad—from brokers, purchased China, 80.000 tons
where. But foolishly India, any¬
sightedly, the very and short¬
rice to be government ordered the
sold at auction. This was just
what the speculators wanted, for they
Outbid the poor and locked up the pre¬
cious grain in their storehouses. ”
“Are the speculators foreigners f”
them “Indeed, if not. The natives would kill
threatening they the were. As it is, posters
lives of the speculators
if they refuse to sell the rice are daily
posted up in the exchanges. The short¬
age was due to the destructive typhoons
which last year swept over the island.
The present crop is m good condition,
but should there be a recurrence of the
typhoon the crop will also be destroyed,
and then God help them.”
THE NEWFOUNDLANDERS.
Come Under the Eagle’* Wing.
Montreal, Ang. J. Y. Brayley,
one of the foremost Irish merchants in
Newfoundland, has arrived here on
bnsinosSj mission and, connection it fa with said, the on islandere’ a secret
m
troubles. In an interview he said that,
from an- acquaintance with tee whole
colony, themselves many of the people express
nexation with as the strongly United in States favor if of there an¬
question not a which satisfactory is settlement of the
anxiety which the the island, island. l* now now They causing causing so so much muen teat
on >n argue
if there is is to to be 1 any change or allegi-
ance at all tll it it fa is better to be united with
the United States, which they believe
will prove better to their interesta, and
at the same time they gain a market of
60,000,000 people for what they can
iroduce, their while if they joined with
Canada gain would be a market of
only of-war 6,000,000. It was an English man-
and not a French one which
closed np Baird’s lobster factory on the
French coast, and English vessels are
responsible for most of the acts which
are causing the present trouble.
THE PRESI DENT AN D CABINET
Will Probably Attend the Grand Army
Reunion In Motion.
Boston, Ang. 2. — The committee
which visited Washington for the pur¬
pose of having an interview with Presi¬
dent Harrison and urging him to come
to Boston during tne National encamp¬
ment of the Grand Army of the Repbnc
returned Wednesday, having accom¬
plished its mission. The president says
le would positivelyvisit Boston and be
such, here on however, Ang. 12. that His engagements are
he will be unable
to remain here long and will probably
leave Boston Wednesday, tee 13th. Me
will arrive on Monday evening or early
Tuesday, decided. but by what route has not
been He will probably be
companied Proctor and by Secretaries Noble, Tracy,
Bask.
Ctaritral Kansas Corn Crop Rutnod.
Arelinb, Kan., Aug. 2.—It fa
admitted at last that all the
corn crop of central fa
ruined. No matter how much rain
falls hot winds have blown for three
local days rains and stalks are shriveled. Only
have fallen for over a month,
and the pr&ries are so dry that fires
break out daily. The hay crop fa an en¬
tire failure as well as the fruit crop. A
it large rains acreage of wheat plow. will be put in if
rushed enough market to fear Stock fa being
to in of lack of food.
The drouth is considered the most sev¬
ere in twelve years and there fa no sign
of it being broken. —
Given the Laugh by Wreck ere.
Halifax, N. S., July 81.—Cabled in¬
structions were received by tee naval
authorities here Wednesday night, or¬
dering shall Instantly that her majesty's ship Comas
drive off tee proceed to Anticosti to
plundering the piratical wreck wreckers of the who are
daho of its valuable steamship An Ot¬
tawa dispatch that cargo. the Canadian
states
cruiser Wakeham was sent to the wreck,
but her officers and crew failed to drive
off the wreckers, who, numbering
laughed nearly 100 , are exceedingly commander bold, and
at the of the
cruiser.
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An Appeal to Irish Sympathizer*.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 2.—President
Fitsgerald, of America, of the Irish National League
has issued an urgent appeal
to all sympathizers with the cause to
to the ledlately home transmit office of the all available league in funds Dub¬
lin.
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Hanlan Challenge* Gaudaur.
Duluth, Minn., Ang. 2.— Edward
lenge Hanlan, for the oarsman, has issued a chal¬ Jake
a three-mile race with
Gaudanr for $1,000 to $2,500 a aide.
Hanlan pot np $210 as a forfeit. •
ALAB AMA POL ITICS.
A Phenomenal UuuveuUun—Herbert at
the Front Again.
Democratic Montgomery, Ala., August 1.—The
convention held here was of
peculiar far is phenomenal proportions, and so
as known, was a surprise to tee
most sanguine—in all respects.
The executive committee’s recommen¬
dation as to temporary officers was set
aside, and the convention, by a vote of
81 to 27, elected a chairman to suit itself,
who was anti-Herbert. This was taken
aa a test of the anti-Herbert strength,
and the friends of the other candidates
thennmde an effort to adjourn the con¬
vention until September llth. By a close
vote this failed. Then a proposition was
offered to abrogate the instructions of
the counties to the delegates. This prop-
oaitiott enwumel jut Mur hours’ time,
when it was tabled by a vote of 80 to 85.
Then an effort was made to adjourn and
that failed.
col. Herbert’s name was then put be¬
fore the convention, when a painful
pause ensued—no one Baid a word—no
other name was placed before the con¬
vention—when the silence was broken
Col. Herbert was nominated bv accla¬
mation! The result surprised Herbert
gam It a victory after continued balloting.
is now claimed that Herbert will be
re-elected. The anti-Herbert leader pre¬
sented a petition, signed by thirty-two
delegates, asking the ohairman of tee
congressional executive committee to
recommend Peter Mastin for temporary
chairman. The chairman did not recom¬
mend him, and all except one of the
signers voted for and elected him. These
men Herbert, pledged he themselves to act against
and would have been defeat¬
ed had they kept their promise.
A CARD THAT IS A CARD.
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He Proposer to Reruzcltate, Rejuvenate
and Rehabilitate, Etc.
Columbia, 8. C., August 1.—Here is
the unique longing announcement. It expresses
of the ambitious office-seeker,
and is signed by Samuel Colgan, of tee
local county of Edgefield, and fa printed in a
paper;
To the good people of Edgefield; The
wind bioweth where it Ifateth, and no
man can tell whence it comes, or whither
it goeth, but I am not that kind of a cat.
I am a Ben Tillman cat, and if elected
beautify, county commissioner, propose to reform,
adorn, resuscitate, rejuvenate
and rehabilitate Edgefield county from
the edge of the water up to the top of
the rocks. I am a laboring man, and
haul wood. If not elected, I can haul
on. I would say more, but I am a man
of few words, and full of trouble.”
Careleunem of m Nogro Driver.
Atlanta, Ga., August 1.— A two-mule
syth dray was mashed to pieces at the For¬
fel&irg street Wi crossing. The driver was
ft ui sf ftThi ^ imalriei kh it apte-
gine Point approached freight train on one the side other. and a West The
on
mules became track frightened of approaching and backed West the
dray upon track. the The dray demolished,
Point was
the mules knocked down, and the driver
was almost thrown under the train. He
barely escaped with a few bruises.
Nl*ht Service In the Atlanta Poetoffice.
Atlanta, Ga., mail August 1.—The public
can now get their from the postoffice
from from 7 7 o’clock A'/»lrv/»lr in in fVia the mnvnini* morning until until 11 11
o’clock, p. m Postmaster Lewis has
been at work arranging details for a
night service in this city for a month or
more. This fa a great convenience to the
traveling clerks public. in There postoffice, will be a dozen
night the and mail
will be delivered until 11 o’clock every
night.
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A Whit* Prisoner K Ills a Negro Prisoner.
Birmingham, Ala., August t —John
McG&rity, killed a white prisoner in the county
jail, Leeds. The a negro prisoners prisoner named Will
work in two the jail yard, were when doing Mc-
some
Garity provocation suddenly struck turned and without
the negro a terrible
blow on the head with a shovel. The
negro lived about two hours. McGarity
murder was in jail fellow for assault with intent to
in the city a chaingang. prisoner while working
The Crop* sr| Fine.
Sparta, Ga., August 1.—The prospects
for good crops have greatly increased in
the past week. The rains come in good
time, and cotton, w her e planted eylv
and well -worked, fa in fine condition.
Corn, in portions of the county, fa re¬
markably the good. There fa every indica¬
tion that farmers this year will make
a will good living. their Many of our best farmers
fatten hogs this fall, find thus
make their own bacon and lard.
The Midland Division.
Columbus, O., August 1.— The Colum¬
bus and Cincinnati Midland railroad, af¬
ter this date, will be operated to Midland
City, as a division of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, to be known as the Mid¬
land Division of the Baltimore and Ohio,
S. S. Peabody division superintendent.
Depot and Freight Car*’Burned.
Morganton, N. C., August 1.—A very
destructive fire occurred here, which en¬
tirely consumed the Western North Car¬
olina railroad depot, six loaded cars, and
also a large amount of freight that was
in the t del depot, ~ Several small wooden
buildings The fire near the depot wore burned,
fa supposed to be the work of an
incendiary, mated $ The railroad’s n loss is esti-
at 12 , 000 .
Bound Over for Purloining a Bible.
Chattanooga, Tenn., August 1.—A
colored minister named John Adams was
tried before a justice on the charge of
fraudulent breach ot trust He had bor¬
rowed a Bible from the prosecutor in
1887 and had failed te return it. John
was bound over to appear before tbe
circuit court______
Only Five Yean la the Penitentiary.
Buchanan, Ga., August 1.—Morris
and George Lee were tiled here for tbe
murder Of Wyatt William*, at Felton,
Ga., and were found guilty of man¬
slaughter the Md sentenced to serve fire
years in penitentiary.
- ■■■• Oar Murder altar two Yeas*.
Lit* Oak, Fla., August l.-Kelfay
Stewart, colored, waa hanged here for
the murder of John Hawkins shout two
yean ago. It fa estimated that 2,000
people witnessed the execution.
Elizabethtown, Ky., had a $35,000 fin
Thursday.
The Woman’s Christian Temperance
Union closed Ha tabors at Asheville, N.
C„ last Thursday.
61UFFIN GEORGIA SATUR DAY MORNING. AUGUST 2 1890.
JEWS IN RIM.
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Hereafter Th*fr Haw Will,, Be a
Tory Hard One ■jf to Hoe.
The Edicts of I OS2 Against
Them to Be gnrorc-d.
The Rerun Will Ite 'Stint Ov.-r 1,000,000
Hebrew* Will Seek R om,-* t: *«u li.-re.
Three Remaining Wig U<. OuiapalLe .1 to
a HeitM — i*«>ii>it>it :».»«k
Laborer* ITnUiu-Otfcef Foreijgu New*.
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RUSSIA AND THE JEWS.
Application of the of ISS l Ordered
by the Government.
London, Aug. 2, Times says:
The Russian govi has ordered
the applications of edicts of 1882
against the Jews, edicts have
hitherto been held abeyance. Ao-
cording to these Jews hcuei-fofth
reside in certain to Noue will
tied to own _or hire it for
„ cultural The order in¬
ndes __j within towns and hun-
dreds of villages that ve large Jewish
populations. to hold No Jew will 1 « allowed
shares in or k mines. The
law limiting the of Jews to
sixteen provinces enforced. No
Hebrew will be to enter the
army, engineer, to practice m or law, to be
an or to em any of the other
professions. They i also he debarred
from holding posts the govern-
meat. The inforce; t of the edicts
will result in the Of over
1,000,000 Jews from country,
Russian Women In kleh Harems.
Much excitement in-the south
of Russia over the brought by a
Russian woman eg from a Turkish
harem at Rizah, many Russian
native women, country, decoyed or " from their
are in harems,
There seems to be' doubt of the
truth of the woman's it, as it is
customary tend Russian for the Twjrish held agents ts to 1 at-
fairs in towns near
the frontier, and after tee fairs peasant
women are often repotted missing, al¬
though, the parties, owing to the humble station of
tee authorities have never
made much inquiry, if, indeed, Russian
officials do not share fin the nefarious ,
traffic.
BRITISH SOLDIERS* GRIEVANCES.
Hereafter They Will Moot Likely Make
Them Known.
It is customary in the British army for
the inspector general, at certain inter¬
vals, to ask the men on parade whether
they have any complaints to make. This
m i mw Ioto som
Ka6Tit?iiccS> however, there ever ftuiUnKng wem.
fa a movement among
the enlisted men in London, Aldershot
and elsewhere to present complaints as
to have long-standing attracted the abuses, attention some of which
of even the
higher members of the service. As yet
no visible token has been forthcoming
that the abuses are likely to be reme¬
died, that but there are reports to the effect
since their alarm over the grenadier
templating guards' meeting the authorities are con¬
a reform that will obviate
the more serious of the causes of com¬
plaint.
Loudon Doek Laborer*.
The Dock Laborers' onion, which now
numbers 50,000 men, unfurled their
banner Thursday amid great enthusi¬
asm. The union has been brought to a
hi^h orts state of of Burns, efficiency lillett, 7 by by the Mann tirele and
other organizers, though when the pro-
ject that t the “ was attempt “ first started * bring ' many ’ . thought
to about solidar¬
ity trying among build the poor dockers was like
to on sand foundations.
The members at the union now sub¬
scribe $2,500 weekly to their treasury
fond.
The Law Toe Slow.
The Morning Post renews its attack
upon the abuses connected with the ad¬
ministration of the law. The judges
Md all subordinate officers are accused
of laziness and of wasting time. The
result of the slow methods employed in
transacting nine hundred business fa that the courts
are cases in arrears. The
proposal tional judgeships, has been made The to create Post addi¬
but shows
to overwork but underwork on the part
of the judges.
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Poverty In Ireland.
London, Ang. 8.—A sad story of dis¬
tress from poverty and the harsh en¬
forcement of law comes from the Irish
coast. The fishing season has been bad,
and many of the dwellers on Blasket
island, off the Kerry coast, were nnable
to pay their rent at the appointed day.
A sheriff, gunboat therefore landed; and tire
the island. thirty Md bailiffs and seized 100 police the on
the posse boats
of the unfortunate fishermen. As the
gunboats departed with tire only means
of livelihood of the half-starved popu¬
lation the scene was a heartrending one.
The despairing fathers Md husbands
gazed gloomily at the receding vessel,
while the children and women folk
wailed Md cried alond in their
Disorders la Samoa.
Sydney, N. W. a, Aug. 2.—The
steamship Lubeck has arrived here from
Apia, Samoa. She brings advices to the
effect that rumors were prevalent in
Apia previous to her departure of dis¬
orders in a number of Samoan villages.
In the opinion of Europeans these disor¬
ders point to the necessity of three
treaty for powers forming a proper govern¬
ment Samoa__
Flood* In China.
Shanghai, Aug. 2.— -The plain around
Tien-Tsin was submerged by the recent
overflow of the river Pei Ho. All the
roads in the flooded district were de¬
stroyed and the crops were ruined. All
communication was cut off. and for
■even days no news from Pekin was re¬
ceived at Tien-Tan.
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Four Firemen Injured.
Chicago, Ang. 2.— A $30,000 Maze oc¬
curred Wednesday northwest night in the brick
building L ke Md at Union tbe streets, occupied corner of
dozen a small manufacturing firms. Four by a
firemen of them, were Richard seriously Lynch, injured, and one
will die.
Burglars entered the Denver tick**
office of the Union Pacific Railroad com¬
pany, Mew open the safe aad secured
81,M0.
WILLING TO A RBITRATE.
Rrlreftor Think* She Ha* Maintained
' r .....Met- Dignity.
New tonic, Aug. 9.—A Herald spe-
rial from the City of Mexico, says Senor
Pou. the confidential agent of the Ezeta
government in Salvador says teat S .lva-
m
Ocean.
KCEVK OF THU mw.M' IVAS.
ior is ready for arbitration of her dis¬
pute with Guatemala. The galrador-
fans having Ivsen victorious on the bat¬
tlefield, dignity feel that they have upheld the
of their country, and while still
prepared honorable for fight are willing to agree to
peace.
The llouibsrdmsnt af Buenos Ayres.
London, Aug. 2.— A Buenos Ayres
ths dispatch dated Wednesday says that by
recent bomburdment of the city by
the naval fleet, serious damage was
done to many of tee buildings in the
patch vicinity also of the Plaza Victoria. The dis¬
killed says that 1,000 persons were
and 5,000 wounded. The ship-
ping in the harbor was not injured.
WORLD ’S FAIR NEW 8 .
What the Commission Has Done Up to
the Present Tine.
Chicago, Aug. 2.— Secretary Dickin¬
son, of tire National world’s fair com¬
mission, returned from his eastern trip
sub-committee Wednesday evening. He joined the
of the committee on
permanent ten days organization and attended at Philadelphia
New York, ago it# session in
Besides the Washington valuable information and Cincinnati.
tained by the ob¬
sults likely committee, to from Important re¬
President are come the trip.
Palmer has been convinced
that no time is to be lost in winhW
preparations here in few for days tee fair, to and he the will local be
a urge
board to go work at once. He will re¬
convene the National commission as
soon as the local board fa ready to re¬
final port plan* financial of buildings and make its
hoped, be done showing. by the This, it fa
September. may middle of
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Mr, Dickinson corrected two or three
reports of the doings of tbs committee
that have created considerable com¬
ment.
Gen. Goshorn has not declined tire di-
position of chief of ths bureau of
awards. Neither was Professor Goode
offered the position of the chief of
ths bureau of classification and cata-
ceed seven eight weeks require of labor.
or
“The sub-committee has gathered to¬
gether about the more important information
management of the world's
tain,” found said Mr. Dickinson, “than cm be
few days anywhere it will else in the country. In
a meet here to prepare wifi
its report, and President Palmer be
here to consult consult with with the the local local board. board.
“Tbe “The work work will will be be pushed pa with all
the vigor the president t can i command,
and I think this is one of of the most im¬
portant results of the committee work.
The travels of the committee have been
a wonderful advertisement of the fair,
Md have led to discussions that have
cleared away a great many misouder-
Phila¬
delphia and Kew York, that President
Palmer became convinced time was
a most important element in making
preparations Mr. McCormick for the fair. and others Gen. Gos- im¬
norn,
pressed thing on him the fact that the first
to do was to have made a classifi¬
cation of exhibits.
“Mr. Porter and Professor Goode had
been recommended as the ablest men in
the country to make this classification
Md he secured their service. The plans
of the buildings cannot be prepared un¬
til it fa known how the exhibits are to
be classified.
“CoL C. E. Gordon, a man of remark¬
able information concerning world’s
fairs, Gordon will will assist these gentleman. Col.
and stock exhibits. classify These the agricultural
will three men
have the entire work in hand and
they are days." expected to complete it in forty
or fifty
FOURTEEN BODIES RECOVERED*.
StlU Another Victim of the Baltimore
Collision Missing.
Baltimore, Ang. 2.—The Patapsco
Thursday surrendered the bodies of two
more of the victims of Monday night’s
terrible catastrophe. They were Maggie
Eller, 14 years old, C., of 43 N street, N. W.,
Washington. of D. and Willie Haas,
7 the years old, this city. Every one of
missing fa accounted for except
Laura Wooden, 18 years old, who fa still
missing. The total number of
ed bodies now fa fourteen.
A Question of Color.
Mobile, Ala., Aug. 2.—Virgil Harris
Harris, colored, Md John Beeder,
white, were implicated in the burglary
of Jerry O’Connor’s store, at Whistler,
Ala., in October last. Harris Md Beeder
called O’Connor to the door, and while
Harris covered the man with a pistol
Beeder Both went indicted, through the cash drawer.
were Md Harris, the ne¬
gro. was at the last term of court sent
up Beeder, for the twpnty white years. Wednesday,
Md got only five man, was The convicted,
marked tbe great difference years. between judge the re¬
punishment plices in the inflicted crime, whereupon upon the accom¬
one of
the jury answered, “Well, judge, we
did not try the negro."
F-iiHer Fatally Shot. s
Jackson, Miss., Ang. 2.—A private
telegram from Friar Point, Miss., re¬
ceived here, announces the fatal shoot¬
ing of Freeland Chew, editor of The
Gazette, of that place, by State Senator
J. W. Cut«er. who fa a candidate for the
constitutional convention, No particu-
lars arc gives, but ne wspaper criticism fa
supposed to have provi yoked the affair,
The H ’.' t'um government has ordered
the applt'-otiou of ti e edicts of 1889
against th<-Jews. It will result in the
•xpub-ion of over l,Uri,fl90 from tire
oountry.
ONLY CIVILIANS.
The Military Telegraph Opera-
tors of the late War.
D«clsion of the Houae Commit¬
tee on Military Affairs.
Although Not Soldier* They Max Have
Saved the Union—Doe* the Interstate
Commerce Law Give Aetor* a Fair Show.
A Reelproeltr Resolution In tbo Na¬
tional House - National Naira.
TELEQRAPHER 8 NOT 8OL0IERS.
Tk* Reuse Committee ou Military Aflhlra
Reports A«*lnz« Their Bela# So Hated.
ber Washington, Aug. 2.—For a num¬
of years past an earnest effort has
been made by those interested to secure
the passage by congress of a bill giving
a military status to telegraph operators
who served on the Union side daring
the war of tbe rebellion.
A bill was reported in the Forty-
eighth congress placing the war oper¬
ators on the same footing as other mem¬
bers of the army. Similar bills were re-
geried Fiftieth during congresses. the Forty-ninth The house and
mittee military affairs com¬
on of tbs present
seats from the reports made to previous
congresses wherever it fa declared that
were “ ta *
tegrai The committee part or the holds army. that
performed tee services
erators during by the the military of telegraph op¬
both war tire rebellion,
were and it reports interesting hill white and defines important,
a their
»oees their to give them a cer-
service—a reward
... OSS not propose to change
^rtm^ar|«rviwt the facts as they actu-
Brare Men Were Tliey.
The committee says tee men of such
service were of unusual intelligence, and
showed thomselves possessed Indomitable of a cour¬
ageous No spirt who and served pluck.
showed men with the army
treits .themselves possessed of these
to agreater degree. They put up
their instruments many times on the
skirmish line, and frequently almost on
the lines of battle. They went with ths
advance Md were often the last to leave
an abandoned position, even when it
meant capture and imprisonment.
Som* were killed at their posts of
dr*~-------------*-* * ’
defenders; (&m*
rank, bnt not the real rank of officers.
Their Dalle*.
Their duties were just as important
Md just as faithfully performed as
though service they the had United been sworn into tire
of States. These
men have come through their represent¬
ative have officers declared with a bill, legal and have asked
to It by enactment
that they were an integral part of the
army to be accorded a military status at
this late day, twenty-five years after the
’ormance of the service, which all
was to meritorious. By their bill
ask be enrolled and declared a
of the army of the United States
ef that period. Md also that they be
granted ative to commissions the assimilated of actual rank rel¬
rank held by
each, discharge and then a certificate of honorable
from the service, reciting the
character of service, as from the army
of Jhe United States.
committee would withhold no
would be unjust to those who also did
other valuable service service with with the the army,
while not actually in the army, to de¬
clare what the military they telegraph not, Md operators thus
were this late day were at
give them a military status
not held by them at the time, when
such recognition has been refused to
other branches of civilian employee who
served in different capacities with the
army.
Their Serritiez In II 1st 017 .
The history of their services fa al¬
add ready written, take and no legislation cm
to or away troth that history.
Their actual standing with the army
most time such always remain as it was at tire
services were performed.
These views are apparently shared ter
the war department, whose report fa
submitted.
Extracts from tbe Report on the BUI
Favorably Reported to the Hone*.
Washington, Aug. 2.— The bin re-
ported to the house by'the committee on
commerce proposing to amend the inter¬
state commerce law so as to afford the¬
atrical and other companies traveling in
pafties accompanied special rates on railroads, was
in its favor by an int
ment made 1
of Illiuofe. This
not cal only permits 1 _____
people companies, and societies but gives the all classes of
where same benefit
seven or more persons travel to¬
gether. In regard to the
claim being made that probability the bill fa wholly of the
in the interest of tee theatrical profes¬
sion, Mr. Mason says it fa not true, but,
if it were, there are many reasons why
that profession should be thus favored.
Under the increased rates of travel com¬
panies bers, have bad to be reduced in num¬
and many of the smaller towns
abandoned, the thus depriving many people
of best entertainments.
A Charitable Profession.
Mr. Mason argues further for the
theatrical profession, outside the ques¬
tion of public good, by calling attention
to the fact that within tbe last seven
years charity they have collected and put into
has over been $305,000, call and he says there
never a for charity In great
emergencies have that managers and actors
not been the first to respond.
Theatrical Travel.
From source# which Mr. Mason
deems reliable he has obtained tire fol¬
lowing theatrical figures showing the amount of
travel: Number of com¬
ship, panies 15; traveling, total 350; average member¬
distance number traveled of people, weekly, 5,250; 300
average mites;
total mileage, 65,150,000: cash ,
x&sastTs
or I
saud-mi
mease 1
RECIPROCITY RE8QU
Preside** to
Wednesday Washington,
]
New York, offered i
ways and i
expressed i
Spain and the *
tml America,
the products of
to secure to I
Imp
Uon touching the
upon sugar and mo
poned until the next a
JUtoMTO, »*» 1
queeted to can
tered into with I
and of the republics of i
America in regard to 1
of the reciprocal i
hereinbefore
appear to risA”
be prepar.
next session such
elusions as will enafa
the subject wit hout d
ORIGINAL PACK
The Senate Hill Agreed I
- isrensM
Washington,
reached in the <
adopt tire M
tffilg^StoLjSa drawn ter Senator
ered anywhere m a tta
without being subject
form in wh ___
be the adoption of tire 1
by the house, Tt
bill without tire
the senate. As t
It can be speedily ]
Federal Election I
Washington,
Hoar, chairman <
privileges revfa and <
upon the
election bill before
closeted senate. Wednesday in his
con
nsw York. It is n
or not tire bill will be
the senator’s return i
for which state
night.
FIEND'S METHOD
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nfatefWtwtM
Day Evansville, arrested lad.,
was on a
placed two dynamite
inches long, in a 1
the was sheaf about fell to apart be placed Md in
s&'ps’&wd out, time
killed.
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was <
brought tire back child. and wan He
the father and 1
and them bought,tire, in
the ry
would he fed into
girl’s Day fa father. ’
that very he
WARNED TO Ki
Canadian I
la Alazfci
Victoria, B. C., Ang.
been received here of
Seattle schooner
the United States
The White
a copy of a bond
not take firearms j
The Victoria schooner A* *«*
have been boarded by the «
warned of the to formal keep out of B
copy the« ”
to
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season by tire Un
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