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VOLUME 19 9RIFFIN. — 1 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] *■ s s GEORGIA. THE POOR JAPS. ' . ___ 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. _ 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. ........... ii i . •. 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. -”------ ,, . 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. _ 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. - .....fr s - 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*. ' i i n i. i in fii es ^i. .. . . _ 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. _ 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. _ 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 ............-................................................. 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. 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