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op Georgia—Executive Dep’t,
Attanta, the Qa, August, 4,1800.
the following general assembly ol 1889
act, in accordance with
of the constitution, to-wit:
to amend Art. 7, Sec. 1, Par. ], of
of 1877, and the act of 1886,
thereof, so os to include widows
soldiers in the aid therein ex¬
and for other purposes.
1. Be it enacted by the genera,
of the state of Georgia, That the
article approved 7, section October first, paragraph 19, 1885,
constitution of 1877, be ana tbs
the hereby amended by adding thereto
end of said act the following ■
“And for the widows of «uch Confeder¬
Confederate as may have died in the service
therein states, or since Iron
received service: or disebseecontrast
apply provided, that this act
to such persons os were
at the time of such service and have
unmarried sinee the death of such
husband, so that said article 7, sec-
para the 8Tapli 1, of the constitution of
follows: act “To amendatory supply thereof, shall
limb the soldier*
a or limbs in the military
the Confererate States with sub¬
artificial limbs during life, and to
provision for such Confederate
as may have otherwise been disabled
injured in such service; and
of such confederate soldier*
have died in the service of theconfed
or since from wounds receiv
or disease contracted in the service.
That this act shall only apply
widows as were married at the tim
death of such soldier husband.
“And be it further enacted, That
shall be agreed to by two
the members elected to each of th*
thesame shall be entered ontheii *1
with yeas and nays taken tbeiwo
governor shall cause said ameoa
each congressional district for tw<
11 Cl previous nWAvri A to n Al. the « next - - * genera
and the same shall be submitted t<
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or printed on tneir ncK
“Ratification” or “Non-ratifies <
they of the may choose to vote, and il ’
electors qualified to vote;
of the general assembly votiig
vote in favor of ratification, ’
amendment shall become a part , i
7, section 1, par graph 1, ofttt
amendatory of the state, thereof, and and the said the act* J
gov »
make proclimation thereof,”
3, Be it further enacted, That al, .. %a
parts of laws in conflict with this
the same are hereby repealed.” >
November 4;, 1889.” -ry I
I, John B. Gordon, govern
state, do issue this, my proclama-'
amendment declaring that the foregoing
to the constitution if
for ratification or rejeetios-*
of the state at the general
be held on Wednesday, October
Governor: provided in said act.
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J.B. Gordon, Governor.
8etv Ex. Dept.
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GRIFFIN-
1 -olnts About the Metropolis
m gome .Middle Georgia.
.XgHffin U " is the aud county is situated seat of m Spalding the centre
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iLttirtion i Empire State
£SST— g ’ of the great
AMtadwtHs* meet -*•»* and are —a earned **
* “Tleatcet success, classes and is thus seeking able to of
ducements to all a
BBd T \ Vi Thn * ^ th * rett
growth that has about
a last
..Utlon ein<* the census.
and inere,u,ing raUroftd fttcil
" ^cond point in importance on
'TV i . rXoiid between the and capital its ol
*“ *’ fortymileedistant,
"'“T 2 S o miles away; an
nml I nnniMffi it""" 1 *** w «*t by
,1* Savannah, principal Griffin and city North on the
railroad ; the
Midland and Gulf railroad, one
mg*. long, built largely through its own
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twiirise, and soon to be extended to
tBl) the systems of the Northaest
dtrert connection with the great East
Bcasee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
another road graded and soon to be
If bringing in trade and carrying out
manufacture^- half
Griffin’s record for the part
proves it, one of the most progressive citiss
be South.
Ithu* built two large cotton
representing *250,000, and shipping
over the world.
It has put up a large iron and brass
y. a fertiliier factory, a cotton seed
mill, a sash and blind factory, an ice
ottting works, a broom factory, a
itctory, and various smaller enterprises.
. H ha* put in an electric light plant
which the streets are brilliantly lighted.
It has opened up the finest and
granite quarry in the State, for
ballasting and maendimuing purposes.
It lias secured u cotton compress with
all capacity f >r its large aud increasing re
ceipts of this Southern tuple.
It has established a system of graded pub
schools, with a seven years
rcroud to none.
It lots organised two new banks, making
total of four, with combine*! resources
hull a million dollars.
It has built two handsome new
making a total of ten.
It has builfc>everal handsome
blocks and many beautiful residences,
building record of 1889 alone being
VI 50,000.
It h*s attracted aroun*’ its borders
growers trom nearly every State in the
■nd Canada, until it is surrounded on
side by ochards and vineyards, and has
come the largest and beat fruit section in
State, a single car load of its peaches m
11,280 in the height ol the season.
It has doubled its wine making capacity
making by both French and German methods
It liar been exempt from cyclones,
unit epiddmicis, and by reason of its
graphy will never be subject to them.
With all these and other evidences of
ive and growing town, with a healthful
deusant climate summer and winter,
»o»pitable and cultured people "and a
capable ol producing any product Of the
perate or semi-tropic zone, Griffin
every inducement and a Hearty we me
new citizens.
Griffin has one pressing need, and that is
aewf100,000 hotel to accommodate
*ient visitors and guests who would make
resort summer and winter.
Send stamp for sample copy of the
and Sun and descriptive pamphlet of
Parties who wish to Rent and or Buy Farms,
I Dwelling han’t houses, enough Vacant to Iota meet the
Those who got have of the above to rent
sell it any their interest to
wonld find to
me before disposing of them on or
dept. 1st. I have only a few places left
(her* are bargains in every one of them.
Simmons house and lot, 7 rooms and
acre* land in edge city limits.
100 acres land in edge city limits.
18 “ inside “ “
$8
4 7 room house, Hill street.
at 5 “ “ Poplar Taylor street:
7 “ “ “
i Vacant, Teylor street.
287 “ 2 miles, beet fruit farm in
State, 180 on C. B. miles B. Good
acres 2 fruit farm.
700 “ 5 “ trom eity.
1200 “ 14 “ “ “ good
scots
80 “ 5 “ Large, fine vineyard,
ft “ 7 rooms, Joesey place, near HU
Vt “ 5 “ Ooulding “ “ “
1 “ 7 lbs. Crocker’s Poplar
Also 15 to 20 honse and lots and land
the town of Hampton on C. B.». can
bought and 38 from low, and Atlanta. only 10 miles from
G. A. CUNNINGHAM,
Beal Estate Agent.
FASION
The Mark Down
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Hi) M Tnjdt Ampi F»
l^ere -Where lovely bonnets, flowers toques ever and bloom; hats abo
with ribbons, tips and waving plun *
And where the lowest price is round.
1 MRS. L.L. BENSON.
20 HILL UTBEET.
ajlOdiwtl
JY VATABTED-AN ACTIVE MAN for
section. Salary *75 to *100, to
gay incorp represent orated a successful N. Y.
aS?*’ i* to rappty Dry Goods.
lfnir 7i •**-* to consumer* at
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TERRE HAUTE.
The Supreme Connell Very
liberate in Action.
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They Went Through the
Report Clause by Clause.
Tin Delegates Realize Thslr
Under the bn of the Federation
Railway Em ploy a* the gtrlka on
New York Central Coo id Mot Havo
Ordered—Labor New*.
Tmia Haute, lad., Aug.
Whether the Hew York Central was
be tied up. so far as it was in the
of the Federation of Railway
to accomplish that result, or-
Mr. Powderly and the Knights
Labor v.-rre to be refused the
for Yvhk-h they have asked so
and of which they atand so much
need, were questions which up to
Monday morning were still
The members of the supreme
were the first to put in an
in the dining-room of the hotel
morning, and the last one had
fasted aud gone before the first of
regular guests had come down
There was a look of seriousness on
faces which betoken the fact that
realized the gravity of the issue
thfly the dining-room were about to they face. Immediately Upon
paired to the suite in which their
ous sessions have been held and
In an informal discussion.
It was not until 8:80, however,
the council was formally called to
and nt the same time word was sent
the representative of the United
to await important advices which
ly be passed, ready in bat an still hour. Delegate This period
kept guard over the door, and
were no signs that a decisive ballot
been reached. Hew complications
evidently have arisen, for when
hour had passed, word came from
source that it would be noon or later
fore the anxiously awaited
ment would be made, while from
other source came a suggestion that
press fishing representatives if they could inclined safely go
were so
supper time.
Both Sunday and Monday in
the delegates were so would emphatic require but
statements that it
brief period to finish their business
it is apparent that the report of
committee has struck a snag. It is
ticeable, moreover, that in the
remarks of the delegates outside
conference chamber since Sunday,
has been laid upon the fact that the
that they will fight
for the closely ,
been too coax
Surgaat Indorses Powderly.
“I indorse Mr. Powderly," public remarks says
Sargent in the latent
has made on the queetion, “with all
heart, and I want to say that he
ordered, K therefore, another
The Control Strike.
Under the law* of the Federation
such strike as that now on with
Central company could have been
dered. That the council is
sive of a collision with the Central
also true, but the trouble has been
find aa origin indedendent of the
onec_______._________ “We between the devil and _ _
are
deep sea, but we have gone so far
we are bound to reach a conclusion
will be satisfactory to organized
to capital, and to the public.”
Czum of th* Delay.
The crowd in the lobby of the
waited patiently but throughout sign from
morning, no until 17:80, came when
committee room
doors were opened and the
filed out. It was sunn developed
they were going through by the clause; report
the sub-committee clause
the final clause had reference to the
tion recommended aud that until
was reached the matter would . be
tically in statu quo.
Th« Situation* .
Hew York, Aug. 27.—The
along cally the Central owing Monday was the
unchanged, the to from
ers all awaiting news
Haute.
BAD RESUL TS O F A STRIKE.
Sick and Destitute Families
with Eviction.
Brad dock, Pa., Aug. 27.—The
of 600 miners in the mines of the
York and Cleveland Gas Coal
at Turtle Creek, three miles from
which has continued since of May 1, is
yet settled. A meeting the
Which almost was riot, held and Fridiyr number night, of ended
a a
werehnrt, wanted though none seriously. to work
minority the company’s compromise to return and
oaused bad blood.
> Another
night to Supei and
go certain the best terms he would
The committee conferred with the
perintendent, who offered the miners
compromise, which wo* gieeting declined, and
was decided that no will
called until May 1,1891, unless it is
quested by the company or by
miners.
Th* company will attempt to start
the mines with other men and
feared there will be trouble. The
of 2,000 employes in, the
and Pennsylvania Gas Coal
mine* at Irwin has also been on
has May 1. An epidemic of th* typhoid miners
broken out among
over Preeident sixty serious J. B. case* Rae. are of reported. the
Mine Woikers of America,
by Vice Preeident Turner, went to
satisfactory arrangement can be
Six of 400 notices of eviction
Sunday, four days' hut the company, compelled after
rive ten and notice, were family
cannot evict any
fore Wednesday next
President Rae will endeavor to
the throat company of eviction. from If carrying out
he cannot,
GIUFFIN
reeult seriously It 1s feursd. Fifty tem¬
porary bouses
United Mine- ...... ob the lot* do-
nated bv men. Fifty tents
will also be set up if the threat of *vio-
tion iffs ia carried guarding out. the tbe Fifty town town deputy to restrain sher-
are
the etrikera from any manifestation itation of
violence.
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BOSTON OIGARMAKER8.
Thr** TkMMal laylcyw Strike Again**
thn “Team” System.
Bos Von, Aug. 97.—Ths meeting} of
the Central Labor union, held here Sat¬
urday evening, was addressed by M. F.
Everett, of the Binghampton striking
eigarmakers. ployee bad struck He stated that 8,000 em¬
» of cigarmaUng, against and »howed the “team" that
system in Binghampton of
the lowest rate
wastes had in the United States pre-
The meeting unanimously adopted
resolutions extending sympathy to the
strikers and condemning the action of
th* manufacturers and authorities in
procuring the arrest of the cig sneakers’
representatives.
Ciunnnakers’ union, Ho. 97, at its
meeting tion of the Sunday Binghampton listened strike to an explana¬ bv Mr.
Eberett. The union voted to advance
$800 to the, strikers. -
Huston Lungshurumm.
At a meeting of the Longshoremen’s
Assembly Charlestown No. 7174, Knights of Labor,
in Sunday evening, the
secretary with was instructed to communi¬
cate the general executive board of
the Knighte of Labor, authorizing them
to draw on the assembly's treasury
should financial aid be required in con¬
nection with the Hew York Central
railroad strike.
Threat** t* Lay Up Ship*.
Melbourne, Aug. 87.—The slpp own¬
er* of Melbourne and Sydney, wboee
business has been greatly interfered
with by the demands of the seamen’s
union, letter held a conference and addressed
a to the union refusing to employ
any officer belonging to the union on
the ground that such a court* would be
utterly letter added subversive that the of discipline. profits The of
the trade under average and that
are 5 per cent.,
as th* a compliance would with the annual demands loss of of
men entail an
£800,000, the vessels. the only alternative labor is to lay
up Non-union is
abundant in Sydney.
Bundtas Men Kart.
St. Louis, Aug. 97.—George E. Wil¬
liams, Central special railroad, agent of the New York
who has been ia this
a city several days engaging men to fill
the places of the Vanderbilt strikers,
has np to date sent 875 men east, j
THE SI LVER QU ESTION.
▼lew Taken by For--i C u Financier* of th*
Uilteil StON IzCflslttloa,
New York, Aug. 27.—Among the
passengers cm the steamship Ip LaBour-
th« treasury. Mr. Knox, wto has been
spending much of his time while in
Europe with officers oi the Bank of En¬
gland, and other the Rothschilds, prominent financiers, the Barrings
was
asked how Euro; opean bankers viewed
the silver legislation of the United
States.
H* replied that that while it was recog¬ sil¬
nized in Europe the advance in
ver would haVe a tendency to raise the
price of cotton, cereals and other silver pro¬
ductions of countries having a
currency, the legislation which has
caused the advance in the price of silver
was looked upon, with favor. He said
that as Engttnd was doing the interna¬
tional exchange business of the world on
the basis of the pound storting, which
yielded her bankers large and commissions merchants, and she profits natur¬ to
. ally would do all she could to continue
th* than gold pound sterling policy standard, would rather
facilitate a which
bring between about he silver direct conntries. banking relations
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BICYCLE RECORD BROKEN.
Iren Mew Iwk t* Chicago la 14 Day* t
Hoar* and »5 Minute*.
Chicago, Aug. 87.—The bteyd# record
between New York and Chicago has
of been broken by Long Edward Chickley, a
■indent of the Island Medical col
Chickley thirty rode into Chicago,
fourteen days and tout six hours and
twenty-five minutes, better or seventeen hours
and five minutes than th* record.
rider In addition traveled to lowering much the record distanoe, th*
and much a harder greater roads than Nell-
over His
•on took. rout* lay from New York,
which and from he toft there Aug. south 9, into to PhUa^HMa, Uteteteton
about parallel, Connellsvilto. he passed Following ;hrcmgh Peun- the
fourth Wheeling,
sylvan to •* to TIM and from there
to Columbus, O. He then had an al¬
most sirel ght line UMtoCbleu to Chicago.
A Lever Baletdee.
Grand Rapids, Aug. 87.—A. Wood¬
ruff fell in love with a charming young
in country girl of Grand Rapids township,
tout she would have none of him. Sat¬
A urday he made a final appeal, and, be¬
at ing volver flatly refused, he whipped out a re¬
and fired twice at the object of
his affections. She fell, but through
fright. turned the Thinking pistol he himself hod killed and lodged herbs
on
a bullet just beneath the heart. He
cannot recover.
Wagon Factory Fir*.
a Peoria. HI., Aug. 87.-At 12-85 Mon¬
it day morning th* immense wagon works
known as the Hanna wagon works, lo¬
cated in the extreme north end of the
city, were discovered to be on fire. Not¬
withstanding the efforts of the entire
fire department,, the entire works were
is destroyed. The value of the buildings
was $15,000, the machinery worth at
toast $20,000, and with the lumber
yards the loss will aggregate nearly
$60,000. ___
Mo More Indian* fer Shews.
New York, Aug. 87.—Indian Com¬
missioner Morgan has superintendent written a letter
to Gen. O'Beirne, of
emigration, issued instructions to which that be say* that Indians he has
no more
shall be taken from the reservations by
traveling shows. This action is taken
because Indians by of the the alleged ill-treatment of
proprietors of traveling
to A Fatal FaU.
New Yorx, Aug. 27.—Hugh Little-
Uejohn, john ns fell of ex-Speaker from the balcony Dewitt C. of Lit- th*
BayTiew bouse at Gornaraie. L. L, Sun¬
WEDNESDAY
WHIT E REPU BLICANS
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Of Murtk Carolina fiUzt Row *kri» Own
Bout, tit* Jtegzw*
astir Raleigh, with negropoBwclans N. C., iug. W.-’Yise aud city
to the state convention. From
sation with some of the their leaders, it
been learned that sentiment
the delegates is overwhelmingly in
of demanding a share at the
and the downfall those
white men who MWq so long ruled
blacks. It Is said that after the
tion gets these, organised, and #iH the declare negroes that will
nounce nounce rnese, ana win uecu
and not the white men, represent r
Republican party is Q»y North Carolina. <
The leaden leaders say say they have havt
that the president he intended to treat
negroes fairly, of but wHte was Republican* misled by
statements the
and went assured to Washington, him thtt after Urn the
of nerroes to adv position of
The negroes now ray that if they
find straightforward vtliite
as candidates, they will nominate
of their own race, and will vote for
John S. I*eory, colored, is a
for congress from the third district.
will receive the support of the
which may be equivalent to his
CONVENTION OF GOVERNORS.
Th* Matter of Direct Trad* with
will l>« Considered My Them.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug-
John B. Gordon, in compliance with
request of the State Farmers’
has invited the governors of all the
ton growing growing states, ati who will each
point six deTegai ttes from their in in this this
states, to meet in in convention convention <
on the 10th of next September, direct trade, to
sider the matter of
freights, matters relating and handling to weights, It is
cotton.
pected that the cotton states will be
represented on that occaaon. the
The farmers of the south are
red parties in this matter, and
sentative itative men me from every southern
will no doubt tie here. This cotton
convention originated in the
and it is safe to say that th*
of all the southern will states, through
representatives, will be beneficial adopt the farmers measures of
to
south.
The Compound lord BUI.
Washington, Aug. 26.—The big
lobby, employed by Squires dt Go.,
been spending money lavishly on
ulants and refreshments, and Reed
promised and their to allow few a final vote. friends
men northern
determined, if possible, to prevent a
They will fillibuster, is and if Reed
them off in this, it said they will
in large numbers from the house,
leave it without a quorum. The
ern bers members of telegrams have from received all large the
over
petitioning them to assort to every
they will do all they can to defeat ft.
They de not Want to Strtko.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 86.—The
ors of weeks the Georgia asked Pacific for railroad, increased
four ago,
a change in the length of runs, and
few outer minor concessions,
were referred to the general officers
the Richmond and Danville road.
so far, the request has been totally
nored. The men say they do not
to go out, but say “we will have
strike unless something is done.
petition has been ignored, and we
going to strike if they keep all that up.”
general participation by the
employees would hoped likely prove a will
adjusted thing. It without is trouble. that matters
Another Crazy Man on the Train.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 26.— 1 The
thought him, robbers and the and murderer* fellow
after poor
froto the rapidly moving train on
Kansas railroad, City, and Memphis dashed and through
crying, away
woods, to “Save the me! save
He had been cvmductor and
him that there were men on the
who intended to rob and murder
The conductor saw he was insane,
did nil he could to pacify him.
ticket was from Texarkana, Tax.,
Selma, Ala. Nothing further has
heard of the unfortunate man.
Smallpox Spread!Off.
8am Antonio, Tex., Aug.
i* much alarm felt here on account
th* rapid spread of smallpox. A
days ago there were only thirty-five. a few
but now there are about
ic not confined to the Mexican or
quarter* of the city, there are nt least
dozen serious case* in the
residence portions of the place.
authorities here have taken no steps
ease *is very fatal, and It is raging
Lockhart. It is feared that it will
tinue to spread.
The Poor People In Oklahoma.
Washington, Aug. 26.—The
destitution in Oklahoma has called
an investigation, and an inspector of
interior department has just
Secretary number of days Noble. of house-to-house He say*: “After
tion, I find fully one-third of the
need aid ; two-thirds of the fanners
seed wheat. Many are now in want
food. There is no work, gloomy. nothing to
and the prospects are territory The
treme south of the is not
so had.”______
She Were Breeches.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. trial 26.—After
days’ hearing, the of
Morton, the negro woman who has
male attire for a number of years,
minated at Lenoir. Use jury
a verdict of guilty, and Judge
sentenced her to be hanged October
in the town of Kinston. Her victim
a white woman named Julia
who was called out of her house and
dead, hind the assassin being concealed
a chimney.
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 96.—The
hands on the Wadsworth farm, west
3y& Mf
An investigation of the pasture
that a litter of young pigs bat been
tacked by the vultures, and three
them were in a conditio n.
AUGUST 27 1890
KNOW a
A Monument to Be EmUd to
Their Memory at JoliitoUi-vn
With Money Obtained by a Sato
of Relics of the Flood.
SeafCh Me Longer Med* for Ifodlea, Al-
though SO* gkoletouz me »u|<r**ed to
Beta the load—Ketlmate* “» te th*
Number *f Dead-Sad Mow* for a
Womeu Who'd Mot Koord of tl»* Flood.
Johnstown, Pa., Aug. 87.—The hor¬
rors of the Johnstown flood ef a year
ago tost May are continually revived ia
th* minds of the public. How aa
hibition of flood relics in this
up These a flood of paths) be
relics in te
within two weeks, and ia______
tained will be used Unknown ____
meat marked, “To the
Dead."
Oeareh Abandoned.
The search for bodies has been
doned, although 800 skeletons are
posed to b* still in th* sand.
on the Pennsylvania railroad
to notice the sandy plain which
for mils* above the Johnstown of
day. The flood made a clean sweep
ths valley, and here and than may
seen the aalf -filled cellar ways. Hot
vestige of the superstructures
Huge bowlders are scattered over
barren rotting plain, tree stump, stump, and occasionally wl which floated on*
a
miles on the escaping **A P bi?ck waters of
with Conemaugh. end Utld oared fa in.
_________ on*
turbed in the oenter of the Inks
just as it was found after the
had receded. This waste never
give up all its dead.
As a train pas s e s through th*
one uniform notices shape one-story scattered frame dwellings
among among They
more th* ‘Oklahoma*," imposing reel residences. western
or
1 by ths relief
mode the cold miserable days places last winter. of
of
The Stum* Bridge.
One ’.Jr landmark it Grt is ..... unlikely ESI ^ r to
appear. is celebrated st*B*
over whioh trim* cross tke
It is there that ths immense dam
posed of human bodies i and
was formed.
Kelt**.
The flood relics which ore to be
at hundred auction watches in Pittsburg in all styles tocluda and half of
metals, manufactured in all
for Johnstown had a big foreign
lation, peculiar attracted ia Hurt by the th* time iron marked works.
fact
all was t o’clock or^tout a few
after that
since. The list
relics of thickly every ooated description, with mad.
ty From are the breast-pocket of
aa
known dead man was taken a
woolen yellow sire, stocking. slightly They worn, aad a
were
wrapped in a small linen
with defaced initials. There are
coils of dark-brown hair, wrapped in
piece of faded white paper, on which
written: “Maud Jordons hair, riVen
her friend, Celia J. Rhodes, in
1887."
■ad Mot Heard ot the Flood.
A few weeks ago a poor woman
her three little children came all
way from Austria, expecting to
her kusbend at Johnstown. 8b*
told that he had been lost in the flood.
Mss* her of Head.
J. Bernard Kremer, the of flood Lancaster, relief
secretary of ‘ state
mission, places the number of of deed i
8,148. The Johnstown Tribune
it fifty more. The list was mad* up
the following methods: A
of ths survivors, conducted under
auspices of the state commiweion;
directory prise; lists published published by byprivat# The
Tribune and Democrat; letters of
quiry from all parte of the
morgue records, furnished records of tit*
th* teries authorities. at by clergymen
A young man spent several months
sifting the material and comparing
lists with 6,200 or more sworn
ments which bad been mad* to the
commission.
Grand View Cemetery.
in A the lovely Grand spot View is being made which of the
commission purchased cemetery for the
a piece of "750 unknown deed.
grave has a marble marker, upon
u engraved the word “unknown."
PEACE IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
Guatemala and Salvador B eside
Had Enough of War.
New Yore, Aug. 27, -Tbe
City of Guatemala special dated
25, says:
day Th* for plenipotentiaries the time. The assembled
last party in
ference consisted of Mr. Misener,
States minister; Senor Arillaue,
a of Spain; Mr. the -Reynaud, minister
representatives, France, and German with and
Nicsrsngua together the
potentiary of and also
of Costa Rica in company with
Golnrda, the official delegate of
dor.
Fsoee Mow Belgss.
They met at the presidential palace
have a conference with President
las and his cabinet to ratify and
the bean preliminaries preparation ot peace, for the which
in last
dap. being The informed president of received the
and, that object
Um call, said he was ready
ratify the of foreign agreements, affaire. and with hi*
retary Senor
ana, signed the protocol. Highly
fied. the ministers then dispersed.
Monday the American minister,
company with the Spanish
will go to Salvador to present the
to Provisional President Ezeta. aad
quest Mm. in the name of the
matic body of Central America, mid
to* sake of humanity, to ratify the
liminary agreement and conditions
Msovpiw.bj As the treaty OtulciBili. te said be
to Tery
able to Salvador it is thought toes* is
doubt of Crete's resignation, and
sanction of all Salvador.*
da Mteeaer. will go The to SalvadriF United '
i
Thetis token
NEW6 IN OfliE-
A S!e»S*a tie* ot lira, mm
Vartuaa Suiq-rtz.
MaHand**** 1 ' *** <M * ot> * tlu * (ur (>hU>
Th* mtuloDus of Indiana puli*, tnd.,
have struck far higher aalarto*.
Conductor John Ganitau fell under tb*
ear* near Nortonirllk, Xj. fhi l.
The huziacss {Kitta. st J*v.d s k<-, Kjr.,
was ing. nearly destroyed by lire n-tnday mora-
The National encampment of the Bone
ot Veterans te In session nt St. Joseph,
Missouri.
Georgs William*, of Turnout, O., hunted
for water lilts* la tka Sandusky river and
area drowned.
after Emperor William embarked for home
a brilliant banquet nt
yltrn ol th$ cur.
The freight steamer Mantmorr,
tor Boston, pat to at
With The turps Bricklayer*' on fire. anion a* Imliauapoito I
refuses to take part hi the September cele¬
bration at that place.
Louisville Timothy Holland, ?/ of Nashville, a
and »bvUle hrakeman, fall
from a train. Ha will die.
Several thousand people attended the
Mmi'ContenoUl calibration gt ^inr 1 ! |
church,” near Seymour, lad.,
Rev. B. ». Rawlins, D.D.. of ML Vi
non, Ind., hoe accepted th* assistant *
tor*hip of Th* Western Christian Advo-
In a fit of anger Joseph KUteatan, a
Cleveland, O., tailor, threw a heavy pair
gfebean at hi* 14-year-old son and killed
Preparation* te strike an balm nSfoad
by th* demand* trainmen for on th* Monon If
their Increased wags* an sot
Th* temperature te parts of Pmaeyi.
vania changed from th*
noon to the pres*
Josh Chian, th* writ known horseman,
rith Intent
The Holmes county teachers cl o sed thslr
four week*’ aamton at Miltorahurg, O.,
Saturday. Th* meeting was a mooses ia
everyway. everyway.
While John Erwin, a ■summer, was
•truck felling a Use near ride Decatur Ind., he was
oa the of the th* head with
large limb and killed.
In s barroom fight at Frankfort, Ky.
G. R. Burnett, a
wm fatally euL He
with hi* wile and child.
At Nicholaevilto, Ky., Walk Clark,
a Luoien negro, was slightly eut ia the breast by
Dickerson, a newsboy, with whom
he had been interfering.
A pretty creole widow,
was shot down near Goshen, lad,, by a
nay-haired negro brute named ‘'Bud"
Monroe, for refusing te atamy him.
Bill Worthington,
Wabash Georg# G. Stockton, cashier of the
freight office at Lafayette, Ind.,
teariariag. oempaay’e Solas large amount of the
money. Th* story told: Be
played pekar.
An I n di an ap olis physician reports to the
booed of health that than te
Th* oontmetieu dis of diphtheria from
e a s e is
portions of the state.
A new hotel is now being erected at
Portree* Monro* which will be second
only ia ooet aad style to Mr. Flagler’s ho¬
tel ot 8t. Augustin*, Fla. Th* new hotel
will have eleven elevators.
Copt Healey, of the revenue cutter
Bear, has ordered th* release of the
sere of th* seised seeling ■ c ho os e r , Mattie
nut ofdiitd tbi vm$i to proceed to
Sitka, where the cess will be tried.
At Hartford City, Ind., a terrific gas ex¬
plosion occurred at the Crescent building Paper
oompeay’s works that shook th*
te its foundation. William Beextea was
burned terribly aboat th* head aad arms.
Snow still remain* oa th* ground I* teg
Yoeemlta region. Many mountains in the
Sierras are still covered twenty feet deep
sad the result te that th* melting mow
keeps tbs streams fall sad to* waterfalls
are superb.
There was a paste ia to* Hueaos Ayres
stock market Saturday oa rumors that
th* mortgage bank would suspend pay¬
ment of interest, and cabinet rhengee
Gold is 157. Troops ere under arms
nightly in La Plata.
Wayne county, Ind., Democrats and Bo-
publicans met at Cambridge City to fas*
aad beat th* regularly nominated Sopub-
Uean ticket But th* fare was too abort
and an explosion occurred before th*
scheme could be effected.
At Goritoe, Ind., pretty Lulu Taping,
16, clad in a bed spread, slid down a rape
from to* second-story window of her
home and joined her lover, James Wal¬
lace. They were driven to Albion, Mick.,
where they were married.
Tbs grand eommandarjr of the Ohio
KuighUt Templar* h&a cion*! It# annual
session, too forty-eighth, la Toledo. Will¬
iam B. Meiiah, of Cincinnati, was steeled
grand commander. Th* next Ohio con¬
clave will bo hold la Cincinnati.
Th* body of William H. Los was found
under the debris of the ruined ear depot
in Philadelphia. This make* too sixth
victim, and fours are entertained Hurt to*
body of William Cathearf, a salesmen tie
redding near by, will also bo found in
dobris.
Ky., Saturday, Aldorsen Johnson, toe
Mind negro who shot hi* mother-ia-Iaw,
was sentenced to two years in ths peal-
tentiary. Dave and Jim Caldwdi, for
highway robbery, were given two aad
seven years respectively.
The scene of tb* Tongue river gold ex¬
citement, Montana’s though property ia Wyoming,
is on border, aad many bslieV*
extends Into that state. Th* excHoaont
in northwest Wyoming has radfehed fever
heat, and a regular stamped* from Day-
ton and Sheridan has set in.
Th* Manchester, N. H., Union tails of a
new order which has started out with a
promise to pay the first man who joins
$1,000 as
paid in by others, and then No. 2 will take
his chance, and eo on as long a* fools can
be found te part with their money ia tote
way. ._
A scaffokl upon which seven men were
at work, fell sixty-five foot down a fur¬
nace stack st the Carr-I jowrey glass works,
near Baltimore. Three colored men
jumped to the ground. Two bricklayers
managed to grasp supports in their ds-
seen*., but two others—Richard K. and
Eduard F. Faithful, brothers—fell to th*
hnffrHin of