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Testimonials from the lending physicians
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legislators, fessions stockmen, men of nothin all pro¬
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These glasses have tvon the admiration of
all who have used,them. They can be worn
>»if length of time at one sitting and give a
marvelous clearness of vision. They stand
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IMITATIONS.
The market is full of imitations, reptesenterL
to be the same as Hawkes’ new crystallized
productive enses. Thgjte positive imitations, injury are in the most case s
of to eyes o
the wearer. Many dealers will recommend
inferior spectacles and eye glasses, and those
at lower price, which afford more prbflt to
themselves. , .
All eyes fitted with these famous glasses at
the drug store of Harris & Son, Griffin, Ga.
every pair warranted. uovitMewGm.
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Griffin, Ga,
CAPITAL - - -...... $50,000
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THE WEE TRIAL.
Rome’s Sensational Case Being
Heard in Court.
The Case Exciting Great In¬
terest in Every Quarter.
QftvtUious A i lv© Ucfenid
Attempting to <>i*f Certaiu J)am-
1 uz Kvt<len©e—Chan^ea of Succ«m.
How the Case la rrojrt'kdttnj—Tlie be-
b-mU»t ifpearp Tir* 4*
ftoLii., Ga.. March 31.—When court
adjourned Monday afternoon, the jury
had been scut out.in order lo hear what
Dr. cJieCall would" tesUfy, fii • defense
objected to his evidence going in, as it
was not -proper for it to be submitted.
Judge Maddox nmiduiiced that lie
would hear from' both side. Tuesday
morning when court-met in' Ihc
it 8 -.30 o’clock
Captain CA Rowell, for the defense,
made an exhaustive argument oil the
imulmfesibility of the evidence.
\ While the men inside the room were
fanning themselves with their hats, nu¬
ncio) is negroes, unable fo get in, stood
looking in at the windows, their hats,
leaked by yesterday’s rain,- .smoking in
the warmth of the springtime sun. They
.were content to Stand through the
morning glaring upon greatly the handsome
woman, who .seemed bored by
the legal arguments. increased by several
The audience was
ladies, attracted by the novelty of the
trial.
The clerk of tlie court busied himself
with back work while the arguments
were in progress; but the lawyers were
in their element, turning and returning
the leaves of law books seeking authori¬
ties for the points they listless would make. inat¬
Mrs. .McKee stemeci ami
tentive during the tedious argument,
and her husband looked .even more wor¬
ried .than lie did on drank yesterday, and tlie
father—well, he in every word
that was uttered, for they might mean
life daughter. or they might mean death to his
Mr. McOheiiny followed. Cant. Rowel l
in arguing the point of law. He.argued
for the state, and did not conclude until
10 o’clock.
He The testified next witness he was had Dr. been W. D. called Hoyt.
that to
see Mrs. Wimpee on Tuesday, the 30th
day of September.
llo agreed with Dr. The McCall that said it Mrs. was
arsenical poison. witness
Wimpee died from inflamation of the
stomach and other organs.
Tlie witness thought this inflamation
was from die effect of arsenic. Witness
saw%tV? powder which ou the put shelf in his and picket. put if
ii: a paper, was
He saw marl s.of the.bpx on the shelf.
Mrs. had Tliortlpson taken irtuu gave the shelf.. him the Witness
she
put it in his pocket and gave it and the
pow der he had taken to Mr. Richards,
instnicting White. him to give them to Profes¬
sor
Dr. T. 31. Holmes testified that lie was
called in to consult with Dr. McCall and
Dr. Hoyt ott the 3rd of October.
He agreed that Jlrs. with Wimpee tiie other two gentle¬
men was
from arsenical poison. Witness was
present at the autopsy and saw the
stomach, and Mrs. the Wimpee. intestines taken from
the body of
The appearance of tlie stomach indi¬
cated that!he woman had taken arsen*
icfi 1 poison. Witness said Mrs. Wimpee
died from arsenical poison.
Dr. Holmes started to fell something
that Mrs. Wimpee had said to him, but
object ion was raised, and tlie jury was
retired.
He then said he knew she was going
to die, and Mrs. Wimpee seemed very
weak, and her mind at tinns seemed
wuluidmig,' tmiixss'STie those iviis 1 rmi-sl up.
On .one of occasions she said
something about this woman. Some
one present said, ‘-You -ought to have
her punished.”
She replied, her mind wandering as
she spoke:. “Oh, no; let her alone.”
The judge ruled the evidence inadniis-
«i i de, Tcvcrpt—Gw-t—p ar t tiiai e l -dc
Wimpee knew she was going to die.
Tlie jury was Dr. returned Holmes and this tesfi 7
wonv given. was then ex
C lists t.
Mr.. W. S. Richards wa s swo rn-.
He had ieen given ti c jar by I)r,
Hoyt, and iiad placi 1 if i:i the safe oj
W. A. lihudy’s store. No citebut the
witness- knew the edwbrmitron to the
safe, and the safe was not opened until
n ext mo rning.
When Dr. Hoyt called witness gave
him tlie jar and saw him seal i! Up, after
which he reiurucd it to the witness, who
carried it in person lo Athene anil iufh-
ed it over to Brafeasar IT, C. White.,
Live Stock Insurance.
New Castle, Pa., March 31.—The
farmers and stock raisers in this section
ere in trouble over a company styling
itself “Tlie Union Mutual Livestock In¬
surance Company of Pennsylvania.”
Two or three years ago agents of this
company came here and insured the live
stock of hundreds of farmers. The
farmers afterward became.suspicious o 1
its workings, and ceased to pay their
dues and assessments. clause'hi They their failed, how¬
ever, to observe a policies
that the holders must pay dues so long
as the policies were not returned. The
company, has sued the holders under
this clause to recover back dues, and
seventy-eight judgments liav'e already
been issued against as many faripArs, higher
Some will carry the cases to a
court on the ground several that the company
has failed in instances to pay for
stock that was insured and died.
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A Hank Falluro.
Atlanta, March 31.—A special dis¬
patch to Tlie Journal, from Eufaula,
Ala., says: The John McNab bank, the
oldest private bank in eastern Alabama,
or perhaps in tlie state, or south, failed
Tuesday, It was a definite groat surprise and
shock, and nothing can yet be
learned, fapt. J. W. Tullis is receiver,
and O. L. Come r attorney. Their list of
depositors is large, and embraces all
classes, as the bank had everybody’s con¬
fidence. W. N. Reeves vice was president. president,
and J. H, Reeves was
■ SENATOR PALMER ILL.
Ite i■> Ihoaleiml with l*iiluiuonl» Ln-
gtmkr.4 liy l.u
Chicago. March 31,—Senator John M.
Paliuer is'.slsk at his home iu Spring-
field, and, owing to his advanced age,
fears are entertained in regard to the
outcome of his iliness. lie has been af¬
flicted with s cold for two or three days,
whiejr inis now developed into a well
defined case ef “ia grippe,’ and has
been compelled to take to life bed.
Gen. Palmer's 13 years never weighed
heavily upon bint before, but advice*
from the physicians Springfield ate to the effect that
are worried at tlie out¬
look. particularly as there were symp¬
toms of .pneumonia, or wlmt have the
appearance of this dread disease de¬
veloping, The r
weather is also against the sena¬
tor, it having been rainy and muggy at
at Palmer the state capital four for many days. Geu.
has had Or live years of
hard political campaigning aud ho is
literally tired determined, out at the present. How¬
ever, lie is to come to Chi¬
cago and fulfill bis engagements here, if
such his a thing if it is is possible, possible and for he him will keep
Word to out
of bed. .
The son of Gen^ Palmer’s law partner,
Mr. Shutt, telegraph**! from Springfield
that tlie senator would leave Springfield
thing’was Wednesday night for Chicago, if such a
possible.
Several members of the Democratic
county ceritral committee, together with
a number of Cook county legislators,
went to Springfield to implore the sena¬
tor’s presence here lief ore the mayoralty
fight is over. These men want Gen.
Palmer here, even if it is necessary to
carry him to and from the train on a
stretcher. This illustrates the desperate
character of the municipal campaign
now Unless raging.
the senator is much better, life
physicians dragged Will certainly not allow him
to be from his bouse to come to
a city where people are dying at the rate
of Carter nearly Harrison’s two hundred daily. Palmer
friends say
is merely shamming sickness in order to
avoid entering into a local fight here;
but there is no foundation for such a
statement. He is willing, so he lias in¬
timated, to risk his life in helping out
the regularly nominated Democratic
ticket. •
AN UNUSUAL ACCIDENT.
A Stand Pipe Hursts anil Causes Mucli
Ilamnge.
Defiance, O., March 31.—The stand
pipe of the Defiance water company col¬
lapsed suddenly doing much damage.
The pipe was 140'feet long and 24 feet
in diameter, ami stood on a foundation
of solid masonry. The lower 50 feet oi
the pipe was torn into fragments one
great piece being burled against tlie
pump-houso 100 feet away, crushing in
the sides of the building, while tlie wa¬
ter and debris carried it nearly buried
the pumping engines and boilers. En¬
gineer Killior was in the pump-room
anil his brother and child were in tlie
boiler-room. The engineer was struck
in the face by a brick and badly cut.
The brother, seizing the child in his arms,
jumped stack, behind the strong brick smoke¬
just Where in time to escapo tlie rush oi
water. the pipe parted from tlie
base, the heavy stone masonry crumbled
under the force of the water, and the
one-eighth inch steel plates were curled
up like paper. The engineer’s house wae
wrecked, and his wife and mother-in-
law slightly injured. A vacant house,
filled with water pipes, Was struck and
its contents scattered.
—It is supposed that a great quantity ol
ice having formed during the winter be¬
came wedged on the upper side of tlw
pipe, into the and the pumps beneath forcing the immovable tlie water
plug space
of ice was too great a strain upon
the pipe. The water company is owned
holders by private persons, most of its stock
being Newv York men. The lost
is about §25,000.
PENSIONS TO GEORGIAJaTDOWS. 1
They Kill Not bo Pal <| for Some XttHtbf
Owing to’the Small Appropriations.
Atlanta, March 31.—The pension*
for the widows of confederate soldiers
will not be paid for some time yet. Tin
reason is that there are more applications
for pensions than.tli ere-is mosey to pay
them with.
It seems that there will be over 4,0(K
applications. for the The of act $1 Off,to passed each provided widow,
payment
and appropriated only $60,000 for that
purpose.
To pay the four thousand $100 each
would require §4<>0,0lK).
It is evident, therefore, that under the
present state of affairs all of the appli¬
cants cannot be paid.
Register of tin 1 Tr e nsui y.
Washington, March 31,—'The politi
--cian s n re Avandemig Whether Hari iwn fe
going to remove Gen. Rosecrans from
the position of register of the treasury,
but as yet there are no indications that
“Old Rosie” will have to go in the neai
future.
“The dead ducks,” otherwise known
as Republican ex-members of the house,
who are badly in need of jobs, think i'
pretty rough that a rank Democrat, win
is also drawing the pay of a retired gen¬
eral of the army, should be allowed to
keep his position in the treasury depart¬
ment, but there are two reasons why
Harrison has not made a change in this,
office. One is, Gen. Rosecrans is popu¬
lar with ex-soldiers of both parties, and
the other is that lion. Chauncey M. De¬
pew desires his retention. The latter is
probably understood the more that applicants potent influence. for tlie If
is po¬
sition are trying to influence the presi¬
dent through Secretary' Foster.
Ne w Corporal i ous.
Chicago, 'March 81.—The United,
States corporation bureau reports the
weekly list Of new, completed corpora¬
tions in the United States for the week
ending March 2,7, l$Uj, as follows: Total
corporations, 307; total capital, $176,436,-
570, distributed as follows: Mercantile
and manufacturing companies, 158,
§25,832,470; banks ((other than national)
and investment companies, 12, $460,000;
National banks (organized weekending
March 23,) 6, $556,000; gold and silvei
and other mining $23,072,500; and smelting com¬
panies, 20, coal and iron
companies, 7, $2,571,550; light, best pow¬
er and transportation, 16, $5,678,000;
building and loan associations, 28“ $106,.
130,000; miscellaneous, 60, $12, 136,050,
GKIFFIN GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING APRIL 1 \m
FINANCIAL CRISIS
On** is Now Rending in Konlli
America.
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A Haytien War Announced as
Probable.
What the I.oiitluu Cxhla A.Mrfvex Say It*-
garUinjj; Southern il«jinWi«** — Their
Credit Nut UltfU—Grav* Foeslhlllty ol
More rauii-4—London and P*il» Fin an*
ciei6 Ucmnlii 1’ueuay* * fc
-■
Nkw Yokk, March 31.— A Wall street
special from Ixuidou says:
Special telegraphic advices just re¬
ceived here slate that the condition of
affairs in South A merica are in a bad
way financially.
England has again been called upon
to come to tlie rescue, aud she is mak¬
ing large - shipments of gold %> that
centre.
There is financial distrust in Paris and
this city.
On Wednesday there were rumors that
several houses are troubled by large
Parisian banks of many year’s standing,
who have had their capital locked up in
unsaleable securities and advances upon
real estate.
It is further reported that houses with
large capital are temporarily tied up by
advances on South Americans.
Some apprehension is felt in ultra-
conservative circles.
A dispatch received in this city states
that rumors of a war between Hayti and
San Domingo are current. The old dis¬
pute—the boundary line qu estion —is the
cause of strained relations ol the two
countries. The Sail Dominican repre¬
sentative at Port au Prince has been re¬
called, and diplomatic intercourse has
ceased.
THE THIRD PARTY.
Prospect* of the May Conference of ft*
Leaders.
Cincinnati, March 31.—Capt. Power,
the national organizer of what is known
is the Citizens’ Industrial Alliance is
here to arrange for a national conven¬
tion to be held in this city May 19, to
organize a new politic al p arty with the
Farmers’ Alliance as a basis.
lie says that at least one thousand del¬
egates would be present, representing
thirty or more states.
Tb-: convention lias not the ipflorse-
ment of the great Alliance names, bin
individual members are taking an inter-
*Sst in it.
ASSAM WARRIORS VICTORIOUS.
Nearly Five ^ Hundred Goorhlm* Killed In
Hal tie.
London,M arch 31. —Official dispatches
received from Calcutta confirms the
truth of the disastrous news from Mani¬
pur, province of Assam, to the effect
that the force of Goorkhas had, after
twa days of fierce fighting, and a loss in
killed of 470, been defeated by the na¬
tives of t he province.
Rev. George Dana Boardmaii. of Phil¬
Berlin, adelphia, is a passenger on the City of
which sailed from New York for
Liverpool on Wednesday.
DAIRY MARKET REPORTS.
>AFaJ Store*.
8a va.vv ah. March. 31, -Turpentine firm; £7c.
Kc*4h firm at $1.45.
Ti**» uml Hugging.
Atlanta, .March 31.—Arrow t«eH$f.45. Bagging
Ik*. Okc; IKto, 7%c; 20 ), H^c; Uc.
Pfodnoi*
N*w York. March 31.--Fro.ir dull, but firm and
iwchaiiged; city mills extra, $‘i.lk)&5Ji5 for
'A est lu Minuc»ota extra $3 .GU^b 5.G7: suuer
fine- ^3.35^3./ 5; hue, $5J.GJ^3.40,
Whoa i — No. % re l wiu tor, 41.18,4 cash; May,
41.18; June and July, 81 . 0934 .
Com—No. - liiMi ; do May, 7334;
June and July, 7e)4-
t?aS^=^ro. -i mixed, t»0c cash; do May
^9*0. _*
New York Futures.
Theppauing a x 1 elosiox qutitiffif of cotton
future* in Ne$v York.
Nsw Yors, March. 31.
Opening. Clo^ng*
_____.... ... SSSift..—
Abril,... .......................b.71 . 4 ..
May...................8.80.*.........8.80 &
Jrrae.................. 8^---------------- JUa),*....
j uiy ........... 8WJ #.......« ^
August......... .................
i>**pbcinhcr............. ........ ......9.04^____ .
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November............. ...........y.Ob^,.........\ y.0d^, r ,, , rr . 9.04&.. ..
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January.----...... .......
* cbruM-y.......... — <$.......•**..&,
Cotton dull 8pot 9 c. Sales *J4,0 nXJ.
I-lkerpool Futures.
Theo.» 11 I 1 < jfi I cl jiia; fju>taU>rH of cottou
lututv* in LJverpooL
Ltymtrtou Mar;h. 4|.
ilurcii..................... Opening. Vlosi
Mun^iau April.......... 4.52
!
Apr.tJ .uH May............. 4. W
ttiivi Juu.f............ .4 58
JdUud audJftiy. ........... 4 01
Jui> au .» 4-MKv 5 Ul
Aos,ustati 1 O'-'i'i ember. .
uifb tsctointr
Oviobei* Ana November...
N./* cm bur <uti LMsymuber
I>eoemi>**r au 1 Jau-iflry ...
Jamiar> apti t t*DruRry.
Cioteu l.rin. y potN—niiddliiig uplun*i> 4 24 itkl.
tuleh 3.7W; iticiptslOO.
Chicago Market.
, CHicffo), ILircIl Si.
Wheat. Opeuia^.
December......... ....... _
July............ .....kmja t»H lOiii
Com,
December............ ...... - ___
May............. ’ 67^
July..............
OaU.
December.......... ...... —— ^____
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July ...............
Side*.
December.......... ....... ——*
Ray................ c.ot
July.. —...........
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becetaber.. k £
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Muy............... * ......7.1)2 C 90
July ...............
Pork.
Deeetober........... Maji
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GERMAN
Tl*r f I** <i" Huttt»t»'o i i fijfiii*
■ fw lies' , ii*
Dkih.IX, March 31.*-'; 3
peror t* going to the W.- * V '“Y <■
23d of April for noun Y . .noi-,
ing, ami, i ftef spe-nli g a l. « lay
there, ids majesty «nl p ; r - d o . vVs."
to Conn. Goerz, in upli i. .. .. ... -ho.
On bis estate*,. The et« > e ■ ..
Tuts Ijpeu r. p ried.gi • - . A < i-
Lormine If Mm l !l " ••=•»' t mi at
province ,*i nil thi ,.en. '.>.*1 le
before Kejdember.
Minister Vuu Bo t.ie’m r ’«• ut to
take leave of absence, a«*i ■ I ■■ -,Wuy
tilt autumn,-fur tlie sake of ' T •altb.
He will then resign, eahat .« Anil
uitpleasimtuesa arivin . fr<u. , < ixl
borrowings from the A a 1,3 f ■!.
'NoIkxIv in (jerma . . v , •• ex¬
treme radicals fikeii i ibv i dives
heewr received 35u,Dot> i.mi ■ mil of
tho tiueh'li fund, but tin- f o.i om n so
lNiinful tj'at it.can hardly lad i lead to
life resignation; that tin' Tvo; • rdr and
Caprivi did not accept Boettieh*'i‘* ■ tier
to retire a fortnight o„o i da partly to
their wish to show tlie ", rid ih ;t the
esteem in which they hold : , umister
remains unaltered, and partly lo their
aversion to even the aj+pearam-e of lend¬
ing any assistance to private intrigues
against him.
The affair has stirred up such deep
•irritation all over Gertnatfy that the ap¬
plication of the interest, as nell a* lire
adminfetratkui of the Guelph fund, will
hereafter have to be changed. The gov¬
ernment is already preparing a bill on
the subject for the Prussian landtag.
COTTON R^TES.
K.tllros.l- Ordered lo Port Jorltr Sheet.
for Ib* 1 >*«Uoii.
<5
Washington, March ill. —The inter¬
state conmierce comniwaion hae just an¬
nounced its decision in the case of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange against
the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas
Bailroad company, in an opinion by
Commissioner Morrison.
Complaint was made tliat tho railway'
company violates the act to regulate
commerce by charging higher rates on
cotton from Memj»iii.s and other points
in Tennessee and Mississippi to intended New Or¬
leans than it charges on cotton
for export and s h i ppe d from the same
points to Shreveport, La., w ithin the
port of New Orleans, ami that the rates
charged by it on both domestic
port cotton shipments and are offices not posted New m
its depots, stations in
Orleans.
■ Since the hearing, fhe railway eoni-
jpany has equalized rates on < o(toii to its
terminal stafioiWhi New Orteans, and,
therefore, no ovdfer mm liut it to do so
is neoesaar, : but an order will be issued
requiring it to post in its terminal sta¬
tions at New Orteans, in convenient
form for public inspection, New Orleans tlie rates in
force between its termini
and stations in Tennessee freight for and Mississip¬
pi, ns well as exp ,rt as oil
that which is not.
THE AGRICULTURAL HALL
Rout!) Carolina Will *.ll tlmt
Property.
COLCMBJA, 8/C., Match HI.—It is pro¬
bable that nt an euiii d:,t. (he valuable
agricultural properly "ill In- sold by tlie
state, and the lost vestige of the agricul¬
tural de|Sirtnieitt removed, Koui
ago tlfe property wa» placed in i be
hambeof real estate agetil. <>t Ibi.eity,
for sale. Instruct ion’s were given that
an offer of at least $l5,0ffl) must H* se¬
cured before the property could lie put
up for sale. They have seemed a tsina
fide offer of the $15,000 required, and
tlie property will likely i«‘ put up at
auction on next sale-s lay. Tin- gontle-
luan who makes the offer is very
young man.
Ili-iscUtuii 111 i" inoelty.
JVaniiiNOTON, .'iare !i ill.---T.le- last
Brazilian newspapet i which arrived here
in the mails contained tittle else tliali the
discussion of tho reciprocity treaty with
the United StaU . - \STiiie the reimni-
stranees to tlie treaty are very loud aud
earnest, they come, friends of tin* treaty
assert, almost entirely from English,
French and German importer, who fear
loss of a largo share of trade to i he
merchants and manufacturers of the
United Stater. It appears from thy pa¬
pers, however, that the opposition to the
treaty is dying out, so tar as the public
is concerned.
The-Brazilian government is prepared
to carry the treaty into effect on tlie 1st
of April, and neces-arv instructions
have been issued to all the collectors of
customs.
Ih.Trit .rgliite-Call unlss t on. -------
•jAt'Ksosviujt, Fla., March 31.—The
interstate commerce commission
here Monday, to hear complaints of the
orange and vegetable growers oCVlorida
against the railroad and steamship com¬
panies for excessive freight charges on
those products. Tlie day was occupied
in taking testimony in thy suit of the
orange growers, railroad which commission is 'brought by
the Florida against
tbs Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway company et ah, praying for re¬
imbursement of Iff cents per box On or¬
anges from Jacksonville to New York
and other eastern lowered points, and asking
tbdt tho'rate' be from 40 to 25
cents per box.
Oi^t*n i.llioukulftui.
San l aANclsco, March 31.—The Brit¬
ish steamer Hounslow, luia arrived from
Honolulu with 4,200 tons of sugar. This
is stated to lie the largest cargo of sugar
ever brought lo Ban Francisco.
Capt. Gifford stated that Queen Liliou-
kalani was experiencing some difficulty
with bet cabinet, as the Reform party
was making ’ vigorous opposition over
several amKiintineiits. had He stated that
the party petitioned and desires for the recall his of
Minister Carter, re¬
moval,
Beat K.tate CMgreu.
Birminuhan, Ala.. March 31.—The
much talked of real estate congress is in
session here, with a fair attendance.
The organization being made Monday,
the meeting Tuesday morning was
ready to undertake the organization of
the national real opiate exchange, which
was effected after much discussion.
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Highest of all in Leavening Power—U. R. Gov't Report, Aug. ij, tl
Baki
ABSOLUTELY LY PURE PURE
Sal e in Griffin bv g. R
oust defense: -
A Practical Route for Torpedo
Vessels.
The Naval Department Study¬
ing the Coast Channels.
Tile Inland IValcr. lo bo t'tlllUMl by Hit
Torprdo l iaft—SUI[ni of W.r Not N"*vl-
S»bl. In TIioh. Channel.—A Kooont Et-
|>«rlmrnt—What Artlfirlal (baon.lt
Would to«t.
Wasuinqton, March 31.—-What fe
Bjiecially suggested in the navy juat now
"is that a torpedo flotilla could go by safe
interior routes a great part of tho way
from the Hudson river to the fit. Johu’»,
in Florida,
Indued, if some projects tto*v under
consideration for the construction of ca¬
nals for commercial purposes should be
carried out, an interior route, with but
few stretches of open sea, would be
available for much larger vessels all the
way from Uosfott to Brownsville. A
vessel could then start from Capo Cod
bay and, passing through the contem¬
plated cut at Sandwich into Buzzard’*
boy, traverse Long Island sound to New
York harbor, and thence by the existing
canal across New Jersey reach the Dela-
’
„ m„ h now contemplated , ,
would take her through to tiro Chesa¬
peake, and the route would then be down
Chesapeake bay to Norfolk harbor, and
thence either by the Albemarle and
Chesapeake or tlie Dismal Swamp canal
route to the ocean south of llatterM.
There i.i fouad tho well known chain of
North Carolina sounds, w hile along a
part of tip* South Carolina, Georgia and
channels, Florida coasts is a and similar system of
streams sounds, iu the
,rear of islands and bars. Still, between
the mouth of tho Nouso ami the mouth
of the Cape Fear river it might be ad¬
vantageous to make certain tidewater
connections. Between Cape Fear and
Gape Remain, across Long bay, there
would be an open stretch of sea to run;
but the fast turpedo boats would not be
long in traversing that distance. Flor¬
ida havipg leen reached, should the
Peninsula oatiul, now projected; be con¬
structed,, there would 1* a sheltered pas¬
sage to the gulf, and then another sys-
_ tern of tliinro^-iYte lagoons and bayo us would con¬
duct the nioutii of tho Rio
Grande.
little A few years ago Admiral Vixen, Luce; in the
steam launch made a voy¬
age through some of the coast line
waterways between New York and Nor¬
folk, which directed attention to the
value of this adjunct of defense for our
Atlantic seaboard. Now the revenue
cutter Lit M. Morrill, Lieut. W. S. Bald¬
win commanding, has made a contribu¬
tion to the same subject by a trip
through the inland waters oj South Car¬
olina from North Ed is to river to Charles¬
ton. The cutter had gone to the North
Edfeto for practice and .drill, and on at¬
tempting; to make her way out of the
river, found the breakers on tho liar
such as to preclude any idea of crossing
it. The idea was broached of going back
and trying Wadmalaw the inland route to Charles¬
ton from river, at tlie head
waters of the North Edfeto, through
New Cut to the Blotto nv p r, an dihence
through Tlie Wappoo to the Ashley.
experiment was made with great
success. The Morj-ftt is 145 feet long,
and draws nine feet; aud what, with the
sharp ed bends and and the shallows, she touch¬
now then, and had to be hauled
oil; but it waframptydenionstrated that
a vessel of that draught eould etetwn
through this route with comparative
ease.
A t urfi edo hunt like the Cush i ng draw s
only n little over five feet of water.
Hence she could pass through channels
where the cutter Morrill could not go.
Even the new torpedo cruiser of 800 tons
*- wa;> , m |y p, j raw nine* feet. But regard-
ing this inner line as mainly useful for
torpedo craft, it is' quite evident that it
would furnish an opportunity for hur¬
rying such vessels either north or south
to re-euforce a port attacked hy an ene¬
my. Nor would it bo necessary to make
such a fine continuous along the coast.
As has already heeii shown, there is one
stretch at tlie junction of North and
South Carolina where an interruption
would, in any event, occur. There are
various other portions of tlie route where
artificial waterways couhl only be cut at
enormous this lie the expense. with Particularly building ship w ould
case ca¬
nals between Delaware and Chesapeake
bay and across Florida. Even the Cape
Cod canal has been miv-b more than a
century under consideration, und pri¬
vate enterprise has repeatedly been baf¬
fled in tho effort to push it to success.
Nothing these would l etter suit flic projectors
of great undertakings than to shift
the cost of them upon the genetpl gov¬
ernment, under the plea that,they were
intended primarily for strategic pur-
poees. The real question at issue, how¬
ever, is not that of sending battle ships
by interior lines from one point of the
coast to another. Their sphere of action
is the open sea, and tbe relief which
they should should be by bt^Hg to a threatened port
an oce&n route on which
Jbey could go at full speed. Tlie true
uses of such an interior line would be
fora torpedo flotilla, and such craft
would be limited to a draught, even at
deep load, of from 5 to 5| feet, and to a
length 130 between perpeudiculara of per-
hspe There or 140 feet.
for ----are interior i already facilities^ furafehctl
only an little practice torpedo boat route, and
a is needed ip follow¬
ing it, so that it may be put to use in
camtw
Raragraphically presented. M
limn 'Bll» frem »l
' t Ovi- r'The
The Georgia military will encamp at ' ’
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N, PI Reed, proprieter of the Pitteburg ;i<
Gazette, ia nay fflt
MS. Shirk & Softs’ cotton nftll, -bm-
Pa., has been damaged by fiHfe
A heavy snowstorm is sweeping over
the northern part of Great Britain,
Sene In t* illaina lias recovered bis
health sufficiently fo return to his work,
Near Savannah four negroes were
as the result of a panic cm •
steamer.
Bit Saturday deaths occurred in5<ew____
on and eighteen on Sunday
from ti>e grip. 1 ,
Earl Granville, who has been sick for *
several weeks, is now reported to bo eh*
ttreJy prostrated.
Two 14-year-old youngsters died at
Pnririe du Chien Saturday from fxcem-
ive cigarette smoking.
daily Large shipments of California oranges
made to all parts of the union,
even as far east as Boston.
President Attempt* have been made to “bunco*
least Harrison, Gen. Nettleton, a*
otic congressman indlers. and others by - .
Span fell sw
A cabinet crisis is threatened iu Por-
tugal. plying Various rumors are currant itn-
the resignation of a portion m
even tho whole ministry.
The citizens of Richmond, Vo,, will
hold a meeting on Thursday to give «*- . *
proasion tho of public sentiment concerning -
death of Gen. Johnston.
Tlie British steamship UirinqiMSI, is
ashore on Ocracoko beach. North Caro¬
lina. Cjr ew all saved. The vessCll*
loa<lcd with 2,000 Ltalcs of cotton. - *
_
Ur. Stephen Addison Bartlett died in
Washington Monday fsum u stroke of
Tliomas H. Carter, ex-memlwnef
gress from Montana,^ has been appointed
vb^nL'f^.S?. 4
the general land office, office vice flvsif. re-
signed.
Tli* probabilities are, the political go#-,
srner* say, Dial ex-Reprosentative Carter ' ''
of Mon Lana, will be appointed commis¬
sioner of the land office, vice Graff, re-.
Another big iandniide is threatened in 41 '
Kansas City. On ncopunt bf recant rains
the i-aith has cracked along Terrace
street for tlie distance of several hun¬
dred feet.
Senator Palmer will go to Chicago
Wednesday for purpose of Aliingany
appointments made for him by the Dem¬
ocratic committee in the retnarkabte
mayoralty contest. ' rffl
Estes Cl. Ruthbone, of Ohio, at pre#ehf
chief rmstofflee inspector, has beentem-
demt the appointment of fourth assist¬
ed postmaster general, the offlcccre-
nted hy the last congreas. *
have Nearly 30,000 tobacco rebate clsimi
been filed, aud the treasury depart¬
ment is engaged in settling them. Ail
the rebate claims, it is estimated, will
aggregate nearly a million dollars.
Dr. Hclt-n L. Betts, of Beaton, who
to Berlin to study the Koch i
od, was an instructor on the sc win VS.
chine in Ohio twenty yeark ago. I
and hard work have advanced her.
In the apical of Jama* J. West, the
supreme court of Illinois lrns reverted
the judgment of the lower court. West
was under sentence of imprisonment few
overissuing stock of The Chicago Times.
Governor l’attfeon of Pennsylvania,
has signed tlie requisition for jibes *
Hughes of the Knights of Labor execu¬
tive committee, wanted in New York,
where lie is under indictment for extor-
tion wah— ____________, ahif-ftte
and conspiracy, ' ■■
•
Governor Ettgje has approved niacmS^^A- a ioinf
resolution urging Arkansas
grew to to use their inflneaoe- --
secure an amendment to tlie coustiiu- -
tion providing for tbe election of United
States senators^ tbe ,,
people. direct vote of the, .
Attorney General MUler heUU-thM
act Philadelphia providing for the new mint building
at contain* no exprees »p- ~r#
propriation for that purpose. The eff- *
rector of the mint will confer with the
secretary of the treasury regarding fife
ture action in the matter.
One of the officers of the Big Fear *
Railroad company, it Is believed, has
been indicted by the Federal grand jury -
at Indianapolis, for violating tbe Inter¬
state Commerce law by discriminating •
freight charge* for the benefit of a . ‘
shipper at LaFayette, Ind. An arreoi ia *
to follow, m*
After July next, it is likely that no'
silver dollars will be coined by t ho
but that silver certificates
will lie Issued, instead. The $2,500,000
coin in the tr:usury will be
recoined, and cer’ificat vfil bekSned
against the 2.60 . ■ sitTWi tetu s
now in the trea n* , ’ .tte *#***&**.
On account ■’ J' iere ’ ug a number
counterfeit V: certim esof these- *
rios of 1886, c i,mining »■.* vignette of
Hancock, in circulation, the troop-
ury department will suspend printing
this series of certificates, and issue a
series bearing the vignette of the ‘
Bern eta Windom. ........
rv
I'mtoftM kebbarj.
Ckdartowx, Ga., March!
has been getting In his week i
here. The posiofftce
Friday night and tbe
The lorn is at least two 1
in cash, and between!
dred-dollars in stamps. ]
work. ' * Jp Jr,
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