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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
VOLUME XVI.
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are otherwise made.
Gko W. Betas j W.T. Diokkn.
BRYA> &; DICKER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
McDoNOBon, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States District
Court. apr27-ly
J AS. Iff. TURNER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the United States District
Court. marlfl-ly
g J. REAGAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDoirocon, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend all the Courts
at Hampton regularly. Ofliue upstairs over
The Weekly office.
J P. WALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonouuh, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. octs-’79
A. BROWN,
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. jaul-ly
A. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Get 8, 1888
Jno. D. Stl .. art. | R.T. Daniel.
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GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Tlie Industrial Development in the
Week Ending May 14th.
The Tradesman, Chattanooga, Tennessee, in
its review of the industrial situation in the
South for the week ending May 14, 1892, states
that the tenor of a majority of its reports from
oil sections of the South indicate a slight im
provement, and there is not so much complaint
of hard times as heretofore. Out of 400 letters,
350 report some improvement, and the balance
still take a discouraging view of the situation.
The most important event of the week was
the annual meeting of the stockholders of tho
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company,
and the absorbtion by tbat company of the De-
Bardeleben and Cahaba Coal|and iron compa
nies, the consolidated company being one of the
largest coal and iron operating companies in
America. Reports indicate that Southern fur
naces continue to make inroads in Northeastern
markets and a slightly better inquiry for South
ern iron has manifested itsfelf.
The textile plants continue prosperous and
two new large mills are reported for the week.
The development in cotton oil enterprises
continue without interruption. Tho lumber in
terests are unchanged, aud there is very little
improvement in the market and le.-s new plants
than for months.
Qener&l business in the Sonth shows a slight
improvement, and building operations are un
usually active.
Fifty-nine new industries were established, or
incorporated during the week, together with 7
enlargements of manufactories, and 21 import
ant new buildings. Among the new industries
reported are brick works at Henrietta, Texas,
an $85,000 cotton compress at Montgomery Ala.,
canneries at Millport, Ala., and St. Petersburg,
Fla., steam cotton gins at Whitewright, Texas,
an eltotric lighting establishment at Augusta,
Ark., a fence company at Sumter, 8. C., an t
fertilizer fac ori s at Orlando, Florida, and
Marion, Va. A 450 barrel flouring mill is
reported at Vernon, Texas, and a roller pro
cess mill at Big Rock, Tenn., and ice fac
tories are to ba built at Corrigan and San
Antonio, Texas. Among new iron working
plants are a hardware and machinery company
at Birmingham, Ala., a stove factory at Knox
ville, Tenn., foundries and maohine shops at
Bardwe 1, Ky., and Kenova, W. Ya., a horse
shoe factory at Max Meadows, Va., and a ma
chine shop at New Berne, N. C., a $20,000
loather munufacto y at Atlanta, Ga., a new iron
mine to be opened at Mt. Pleasant, N. C., a
coal mine at Louisa, Ky., a mining supply
company at Birmingham, Ala., and a $30,090
construe ion company at Atlanta, Ga. Furnace
manufacturing w. rks will be built at Decatur,
Ala., a manufacturing company organized at
Harriman, Tenn., and San Marcos, Texas, a
company wi'h $150,000 cipital established to
make agricultural tools at Talbotton, Qa., with
branches in other Southern cities, aud a $50,-
000 oil company chartered at Mo gan owe, W.
Va. Cotton seed oil companies are reported at
Little Rock, Ark., capital $1.50,000, at Marlin,
Texas, cap tal $40,000, one with $30,000 capital
at Farmersville, Texas, and at Memphis, Ti nn..
and fertilizer fa -tone, at Columbia, S. C., and
Pent, Fla. A $50,000 organ company will be
established at Athens, Ga., a SOO,OOO pump
factory at Little Rock, Ark., a $203,000 tobacco
company at Reidsvill ■, N. C., and a watch fac
tory at Dallas, Texas.
The textile pants of tho weik include a
bleachery with SIOO,OOO capital, near Augusta,
Ga., a knitting mill at Americas, Ga., an SBO -
000 cotton mill at Opelika,and one wiili $lO 003
capital at 3 uslcaloosa, Ala. Among wood
working plants arc a carriage factory at Knox
ville, Tenn., furniture factories at Pal atine,
Tex., and London, Tenn., lumber companies at
Wilton, Arlt., Brownsville, Tenn , and Wheel
ing, W. Va.; planing mills at Ball Play, Ala.,
and Belfleld and Friendly, Va., aud novelty
works at Roanoke, Va.
Enlargemi nts of cotton oil mills are reported
at Jefferson and Rockda'e, Tex., and Port Gib
son, Miss., of a furniitiro factory ut Harriman,
Tenn., and lumber mills at Brunswick, G i., and
Piedmont, Ala. Among Jhe important new
buildings of the w ek are a bank at Litile
Rock, Ark., businc s blocks at Brunswick, Ga.,
Chattanooga, Tenn., Louisville, Ky., Mon*
gomery, Ala , and San Antonio, Texas, a mill
ion-dollar union depot at Nashville, Tenn., u
$ 0,600-government building a Selma, Ala.,
ichool buildings at Asheville, N. C., Austin,
Texas, aud Wopsm, Miss.;' and warehouses at
Chattanooga,Tenn., Louisville, Ky.. and Little
Rock, Ark.
OF INTEREST TO GROCERS.
Litigation Over a Combine and the
Verdict of a Jury Thereon.
A case of much importance to the
grocery trade was decided in the circuit
court at Nashville, Thursday. This was
the suit of W. C. Collier, a large retail
fancy grocer, against F. O. Morris and
others, composing the Wholesale Grocers'
Association, for $25,000 damages. Col
lier’s complaint was that the wholesale
grocers had formed a combination to
control trade, and that he was forced to
buy through local grocers bee mse of an
agreement of the members of the associ
ation that they would not buy from any
manufacturer or dealer who sold to the
retail trade, and that this caused the
manufacturers to refuse to sell to him.
He placed his damages at $25,000.
Judge McAllister instructed the jury that
the combination of 1883 and 1890 was
unauthorized and illegal, for the reason
that its tendency was to restrain injuri
ously the legitimate trade and commerce
of the country; that if the plaintiff, Col
lier, had sustained actual damages in his
business as a consequence of the combina
tiou.hc was entitled to recover. But the
jury was instructed that the plaintiff
was not entitled to recover simply be
cause this combination was made. Iho
foundation or gravamen of th» qlaintiff’s
suit was the actual and special damage,
resulting for him. That, if the jury
should find, from the evidence, that no
actual damages had been sustained by the
plaintiff, he could not recover, notwith
standing the combination. The jury wax
not satisfied that there had been any ac
tual damages, and brought in a verdict
for defendants. Another suit is in court
to break up the alleged trust.
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M’DONOUGH. GA.. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1892.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
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CONSIDERATION —OTHER NOTES.
TIIE HOUSE.
Wednesday. —Air. Sayers, of Texas,
presented the con'erence report on the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill in the
hou-e Wednesday. Mr. Sayers explained
that the bill as agreed to appropri
ated about, $250,000 more than it carried
when it passed the house. Mr. Dingley,
of Maine, said that tbat was true, but
that the $250,000 was made tip princi
pally of two items, which, had they been
brought to the attention of the house,
would have been incorporated in the
measure when it was originally under
consideration. The conference report
was agreed to. Mr. Be'.tzhoovcr, of Penn
sylvania, demanded the regular order.
Mr. Watson, of Georgia, appealed to
him to withdraw the demand in the in
terest of fairness. There seemed to be
some understanding between the two
sides of the house, that recognition
should alternate, but the thiid party had
received no rccogui'ion, although none
of its members had made objection to
the requests for unanimous consent. He
wanted to get an opppotuuity to call up
the resolution requesting the ways and
means committee to n port on the sub
treasury bill. Mr. Beltzhoover
said that he had called for the regu
lar order without reference to
anyone or any measure. He thought
that the house should go on with its reg
ular business. Mr. Watson gave notice
that hereafter alliance members would
object to all requests for unanimous con
sent, and he emphasized this notice by
objecting to Holman’s request that the
call of committees be dispensed with.
Several bills were reported and referred.
The house then went into a committee of
the whole, Mr. Lester, of Georgia, in the
chair, on the sundry civil appropriation
bill.
Thursday. —ln the house Mr. Oates,
(as a privileged question), from the com
mittee on judiciary, reported back the
substitute for Wutsou’s Pinkerton detec
tive investigating resolution. The sub
stitute resolution recites the allegation
that a certain organization, known as
Pinkerton’s detectives, have been em
ployed unlawfully and to tho detriment
of the public by railroad corporations en
gaged in the transportation of the United
States mails and interstate commerce and
directs the committee on judiciary to in
vestigate said Pinkerton detectives. The
ci mmittee is given the usual powers as to
summoning witnesses, etc. The resolu
tion was adopted and the house wait inUtr
committee of the whole on the sundry
civil bill.
Friday.— The house got into a tangle
over the old Sibley claim Friday, and
became so tied up that adjournment was
had early and nothing done. The dead
lock c msed the sundry civil hill to go
over and as a consequence the silver fight
is postponed. Speaker Crisp laid before
the house a letter from the acting secre
tary of tho treasury, transmitting an es
timate of the deficiency in the appropri
ation for pensions for the current fiscal
year of $6,674,832 and recommending
that the deficiency be supplied by reap
propriating that sum from the unexpen
ded balance of $8,834,079 lemaining to
the credit of pensions for the fiscal year
of 1891.
Saturday.— Only routine business was
transacted in the house Saturday.
Monday. —The house spent nearly the
entire day Monday in discussing silver
indirectly. The anti silver men had
heard of the contemplated effort to
amend the sundry civil bill so as to pro
vide not only for the recoining of uncur
rent minor coins now in the treasury, but
also for the coinage of $100,000,000 worth
of silver bullion there. It has been stated
that the proposed amendment had been
shrewdly drawn with a view to prevent
ing its being ruled out on a point of or
der. Tracey, of New York, sounded the
alarm and for a lime there was a very
pretty little scramble. He saw that if it
was in order to provide for the recoining
of uncurrent coins, it was also in ordei
to provide for coining the bullion on
hand. He was, therefore, for striking
out the whole business. The house was
in committee of the whole, with Lester,
of Georgia, in the chair. Tho house ad
journed without the chair giving any de
cision. Mr. L ster questioned members
on the fl mr pretty freely, in order that
ail that bore upon the question might be
brought out.
the senate.
Wednesday —ln the senate, Wednes
day, Mr. Sherman, from the committee
on foreign re'ations, reported two amend
ments to be offered on the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill, one being
to increase from $25,000 to $30,000 the
international bureau of American repub
lics; and the other to insert an item of
SOS, 000 for the payment of the United
States’ share of the expenses of the pre
liminary survey for a continental railway
recommended by the International Amer
ican conference.
Thursday. —Among the bills intro
duced and referred in the senate were
the following: By Mr. Dawes, author
izing the president to proclaim a general
holiday comemorating the 400th anni
versary of the discovery of America,
October 12, 1892. By Mr. Hiscock, to
encourage Amercan ship building ex
tending to the steamship “China” (of
the Pacific Mail Steamship line) the
same privileges as has been ex
tended to the City of Paris and the City
of New York. Mr. Call, of Florida, of
fered a resolution (which went over with
out action) for the appointment of a joint
committee of the two houses to inquire
into the condition of Cuba and the islands
known as Greater Antilles, or Windward
or Caribbean islands, and their commer
cial and political relations with the
United States, and to report such legisla
tion as may be expedient and necessary
to improve the commercial and political
relations of the jieople of the United
States and those islands.
Friday. —ln the senate the river and
harbor bill was reported back from the
committee on commerce, with amend
ments and with report (as required by
the r< sclution of ih? senate) on each item
in the bill. Mr. Frye, the chairman of
that commi’tee stated that the bill was
one for two years and that no river and
harbor bills would be reported fn m that
committee the next session. He gave no
tice that on Tuesday ho would ask the
senate to proceed with its consideration.
As a result of much preliminary work,
while the river and harbor bill was pend
ing in the house 'lie senate rnmmi'tee on
commerce was able during the day to re
port the bill back to tho senate with all the
amendments which it regards as necessary.
It has increased the fatal of the house bill
by $1,981,143 and made decreases to the
amount of $868,000, making a net in
crease of $1,123,143, and the total of
the appropriation made by the bill im
provement of river was $350,000. There
was a general reduction of all the appro
priations in eases where contracts were
authorized to be made for the comple
tion of work. Them is a long list of
items of increase ahfi some new appro
priations, rangiug in amount from five
hundred dollars to a quarter of a.million.
Among larger new 'Jem is one of $200,-
000 for Lake Washington canal, Wash
ington, aud $250,#00 for the Dalles
boat railwin Oregon. Among
the principal 'toms of increase in
thescurthem states are as follows:. Cum
berland Sound, Georgia, $7,500; Cape
Fear river, N. C., $100,000; Roanoke
river, N. C., $35,000: Black river, N. C.,
$10,000; Indian river, Fla., (new appro
priation) $25,000. Appropriations made
by the house were decreased by the fol
lowing amounts: Charleston, 8. C.,
$100,000; Savannah, Ga., $125,000;
Rappahannock, Va., SIO,OOO.
Monday.— For the secoud time within
less than six months, the United States
senate was called upon Monday morning
to mourn the law of one of its
members, and to pay a last tribute of
respect to the memary of the late Senator
John S. Barbour, of Virginia. About
an hour before noon, the remains of the
deceased senator were brought to the
capitol from his home near by. The
body was enclosed in a black cloth-cov
ered casket devoid of silver ornaments
save a plain silver plate, bearing the fol
lowing inscription: “John S. Barbnur,
Born December 20th, 1820, Die!
May 14th, 1892.” The chamber was
arranged for the ceremonies in
the usual manner, seats being
arranged for the cabinet, the supremo
court, the house of representatives, the
general commanding the army, the diplo
matic corps, the senior admiral of tho
navy and the commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia. The dead senator’s
chair was draped in black. The chap
lain’s opening prayer had only one direct
allusion to the occasion—a rendering of
thanks “for the true and faithful life
spared so long.” Immediately after tho
journa. of Friday last was read, Mr.
Kenua rose, .and in the absence of Mr.
Daniel, of Virginia (absent on account
|pf sickness), anueujei'd in feeling re
marks the death of Senator Barbour.
Mr. Kenna closed by offering the usual
resolutions of sorrow and respect and for
the appointment of a committee to accom
pany the remains to their final resting
place at Poplar Hill. The resolutions
were adopted and the following senators
appointed as the committee: Daniel,
Kenna, Gorman, Walthall, Carlisle,
Stewart, McMillin, Cullum and Wash
bum. The senate then took a recess till
12:30. When the senate reconvened
crowds had filled all tho galleries lx
cept the diplomatic gallery. At five
minutes before one, Captain Bassett, the
ancient doorkeeper, announced tho ar
rival of the speaker and the house of
representatives, and the members of that
body, headed by Speaker Crisp and Clerk
Kerr, entered the senate chamber and
took places assigned them on the demo
cratic side of the chamber. Next came
the chief justice and justices of the
supreme court. The members of the
cabinet, headed by Secretaries Blaine
and Foster, next entered and took
the chairs reserved for them, Presi
dent Harrison himself being absent from
the city. The cabinet was followed by
the diplomatic corps, the members of
which took scats behind the justices of
the supreme court. Then some members
of the family of the dead senator—three
ladies and three gentlemen, in deep
mourning—came in and took their seats.
Last of all came the coffin, borne by Cap
itol policemen and preceded by members
of the committee of the two houses wear
ing white scaris. Although the dead
senator was not a professed member of
any church or denomination, his wife had
been a Catholic, and the religious cere
monies were conducted at the re
quest of the family, by Bishop Keane,
rector of Catholic university. This was
the first occasion in the memory of the
oldest officers of the senate, when Cath
olic clergy offici »ted In such a manner in
the senate.
notes.
The senate committee on civil service
favors the dismissal of all employes who
are not naturalized.
Tho president, on Thursday, nominated
to be postmaster Benjamin J. Carter, Ce
dartown, Ga., and Franklin McC. Brown,
Brunswick, Ga.
Mr. Justice Harlan, of the United States
supreme court, and Hon. John Morgan,
United States senator from Alabama,
have been elected by the president ns
arbitrators on the part of the United
States in the Behring sea arbitration.
Payments of the sugar bounty under
the McKinley act on account of the pro
duction for the present fiscal year have
been practically completed. The bounty
amounts to $400,000. The amount esti
mated for the ensuing fiscal year is $50,-
000,000.
DESTITUTION AMONG NEGROES
Who Started Out to Colonize Okla
homa Territory.
Telegram* of Wednesday from Wi
chita, Kansas, state that fearful destitu
tion and starvation exists among the ne
gro colouists scattered through the black
jack country around Kingfisher, Oklaho
ma Territory. It is said that there are
500 or 600 families with starvation star
ing them in the face. The negroes blame
men who organized the colonies in the
south and charge them with misappro
priating funds which it was thought
would tide immigrants over till they
could raise crops. An urgent appeal has
been made to Governor Seay through E.
P. McCabe, the colored ex-auditor of
Kansas.
THE SOUTH IN BRIEF
The News of Her Progress Portrayed In
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs (
AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OF HAPPEN
INGS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAY
TO DAY WITHIN HER BORDERS.
The channel of Mobile bay now shows
twenty-three feet of water.
In a baseball row in Calhoun, Kv.,
Thursday, three men were fatally wound
ed.
The Tennessee Confederate Soldiers’
Home at the Hermitage, was opened
Thursday.
Forty thousand dollars have boen sub
scribed by the citizens of Tuscaloosa,
Ala., for a cotton factory. Work will
begin withiu thirty days.
Huntsville, Ala., will have a third cot
ton factory, costing SIOO,OOO, to bo
located in West Huntsville. Work be
gins at Once on tho erection of the build
ing?-
A Baton Rouge, La., dispatch says:
Governor Foster wfts inaugurated Mon
day with the usual ceremonies His
inaugural addnss is full of hope aud
promise.
Fire at the Edgewater stock farm near
Cynthiana, Ky., Sunday, destroyed three
barns owned by T. M. McGibbon. A
number of very valuable race horses per
ished in the flames. Loss, $20,000.
A. A. James, agent at Ellaville, Fin.,
of the Florida Central and Peninsula rail
road and Southern Express Company, al
so Western Union telegraph operator,
skipped Sunday with a $3,000 express
package belonging to Drew & Bucki, a
lumber firm whose mills are two miles
from Ellaville.
A dispatch of Monday from Norton,
Wise county, Va., says that Iru Mullens,
a lawless character, while driving across
Pond Gaff from court in Letcher county,
Ky., was fired upon from ambush. 110
was accompanied by his wife, brother-in
law, child and driver of his wagon, all of
whom with himself were killed.
Fire in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday
morning destroyed eleven residences and
two stores, one drug store and ono gro
cery. The area burned is on the south
side of West Adams street, between
Second and Third streets, and extends
south neuriy to Forsyth street. The
building* were mostly inexpensive wood
en structures, and burned like a tinder
box. The total loss is about twelve
thousand dolluis; insurance only $2,500.
The next annual reunion of the Army
of tho Cumberland, at Cbickamauga,
has been finally fixed for September 15th
and 16th. It will thus take place, the
week before the Grand Army encamp
ment at Washington, instead of the week
nftor. as fiist planned. General ltoae
craus, president of the Society of the
Army of the Cumberland, has informa
tion indicating a large gathering on tho
battlefield to inspect the work of estab
lishing a national park which ia new
progressing with great rapidity.
The supremo lodge of the United
States and Canada of the Knights of
of Honor, in session at Charleston, 8. C.,
Thursday, elected tho following officers:
Supremo dictator, Samuel Klotz, Now
Jersey; vice dictator, Marshall Bellamy,
North Carolina; assistant dictator, John
Mulligan, New York; reporter, B. F.
Nelson, Missouri; treasurer, John W.
Branch, Missouri; chaplain, Rev. 11. M.
Hope, Virginia; guide, John H. Han
cock, Kentucky; guardian, John P.
Shannon, Georgia; sentinel, J. W. Smith,
Massachusetts; trustees, George 8. Hall- |
mark, Florida; James Whitehouse, Md. ;
W. S. Cantrell, Illinois.
A Jacksonville dispatch of Sunday
says: A revolution in marketing the
Fiorida orange crop will be made ihe
coming season, when two fast steamship*
with a capacity of 20,000 boxes each will j
be placed cn route between Jacksonville ■
and Liverpool. Those vessels have re- j
cently been engaged in carrying oranges
from Spanish ports to these of the United
Kingdom, and have landed their cargoes
in better condition than any other ships.
There are fitted with immense “fore and
aft” ventilation pipes which carry cur
rents of fresh air constantly through the
bolds. The first ship will reach Jack
sonville about October 20th, and will
make tile run in about thirteen days
AN OPERA HOUSE BURNED
To Forestall a Sunday Concert—Othet
Buildings also Destroyed.
The Grand Opera House at Ilazelton,
Pa., took fire at 4 o’clock Saturday morn
ing and in an hour the wholo building
was burned to the ground. In a short
time the Lehigh Valley freight depot, a
large building, and the stable of the Ha
zelton Machinery and Supply company,
tho Valley hotel, one of tho finest hotels
in town, the Riecbsard beer refrigerator,
Bohlanrler’s livery stables, Dr. Bow
man’s residence and office and the of
fice of Iloenig & Co., dealers in organs,
etc., were soon in flames and all except
the hotel and machinery and supply com
pany’s store were destroyed. Loss SIOO,-
000; two-thirds insured. A sacred con
cert was to have been given in the opera
houso on Sunday evening. This was
against the wishes of some, as it was
something entirely new to the town and
the supposition among the people is that
the opera house was set on fire by some
crank in order to prevent the Sunday eve
ning exercises.
A WAYWARD SHERIFF
Betnrns to the Scenes of His Former
Misdeeds.
About fifteen months ago W. J. Cow
art, sheriff of Marion county, Mi-s., who
gained national notoriety by officiating
at the Sullivan-Kilrain fight at Hiehburg
in July, 1890,suddenly disappeared wi h
about $1,900 of the county’s funds.
News reached New Orleans Sunday night
that Cowart had turned up in Purvis,
Miss. He explains his absence by saying
that he was robbed and abducted and
taken to Monterey before he knew what
was b ing done with him. Was left
penniless anil started to walk home, a
distance of 1,600 miles, which he covered
in three months.
IOWA’S DELEGATES
To (lie Chicago Convent on—Boies En
dorsed for President.
The largest democraiic convention in
the history of the stato of lowa assem
bled in Council Bluff* Wednesday. Every
county in the stato was represented,,’over
eight hundred delegates lieiug in attend
ance. The convention was distinctly a
Boies asHomblagc. Every delegate seemed
■thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the
occasion and to realize that united and
vigorous action was nec.-ssary in order to
convince tho nation that lowa is in earn
est in her presentation of Horace Boies
as a presidential candidate. Badges bear
ing the inscription, “For President of the
United Statos, Horace Boies,” adorned
the breasts of hundreds of delegates and
every mention of the name of the popu
lar governor was tho signal for tumultu
ous cheers. After organization, delegates
were selected and tho comuiittco on res
olutions made their report.
The platform iu part, says: We reiter
nte our devotion to tho priuciplo that all
meu are born free aud equal. We assert
that this does not mean oqca.-sarily the
phys cat, social or morn) equality of men,
but it does mean equal rights for all men
before the law and special privileges for
none. It means the right of every man
to put into his mouth the bread that he
i earns with his own hands and all of it
j without having it tolled or taxed for the
private benefit of any of his fellow men.
: And we denounce all such tolling and
and fixation as it exists to-day under the
| so-called protective tariff system. * * *
Trusts and monopolies with their im
poited foreign labor, are entitled to no
favor over our mechanics, wage workers
and farmers. We demand such Iree raw
materials for our factories, shops aud
forges as shall secure our emancipation
from industrial bondage. * * * Tho
democratic party of lowa recognizing
tho nation’s obligation to maintain a
sound and honest currency of equal
value in all its forms, and of suffi
cient volume to preserve a just
proportion between its purchasing
power and the cost of products of labor
at liberal wages; reaffirms its adherence
to the financial system of the fathers of
tho republic, based on equally free
bimetallic coinago and hereby declares
its unqualified opposition to all legisla
tion tending to reduce either of tho pre
cious metal* to a position of commodity
alone, by establishing either as a single
standard for the measurement of value,
Wc commend the faithful, honorablo
and tho successful administration of our
chief executive, Hon, Horace Bois.
(Cheers.) * * * Wo ’here
by instruct the delegates se
lected at this convention to use all hon
orable means to secure the nomination
for president of lion. Horace Boise and
the delegation to vote as a unit upon all
questions upon which the roll of states
called may bo in the national convention.
(Cheers,)
After the conclusion of routine busi
ness, the convention adjourned.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ACTS.
Tho New Hampshire the democratic
state convention to choose delegates to
tho Chicago ’convention assembled at
Concord, Wednesday. Oliver E. Branch
presided. Mr. Brunch’s address was
warmly received, the references to ex-
Presideut Cleveland being loudly ap
plauded. Delegate Urch, of Portsmouth,
created a sonsatiou by saying that he
came to represent those who had griev
ances against democrats who had held
and asp reel to further high honors
at the hands of the party. “I
charge,” continued he, Grover “Cleve
land snd his past administration
witli disloyalty and unfaithfulness to the
r»nk and tile of the democratic party.”
The speaker was interrupted by storms of
hisses. The excitement was intense for
a short time. When tho confusion sub
sided Chairman Branch ruled Mr. Urch
out of order.
The resolutions were adopted without
further objections. The ballot for dele
gates at largo resulted in nearly tho
unanimous election of Harry Bingham,
of Littleton; Frank Jones, of Portsmouth;
Alvan W. Sulloway, of Franklin, and
George It. Chandler, of Manchester.
Adjourned.
IN MISSOURt.
The democratic state convention of
Missouri to elect delegates to the Chicago
convention met at Sedalin Wednesday
morning. E 11. Horlon, of Piatte coun
ty, was chosen temporary chairman. Ho
addressed the convention briefly. Ap
plause greeted his remarks on the tariff.
, It deepeuel when he scored the national
I administration, and when he mentioned
the name of Grover Cleveland there was
great applause, lasting for live minutes.
Upon reassembling the committee on
resolutions made its report. The plat
form endorses the principles of tariff re
! form, denounces the McKinley bill, the
billion dollar congress and Senator Sher
j man’s bullion store bill; demands the re
i storation of parity between gold and sil
i ver; endorses the a I ministration of cx
j President Cleveland and requests the
delegates to vote for his renomination.
The resolutions were adopted.
The election of delegates resulted as
I follows: Delegates at large, Charles 11.
I Jones, Kt. Louis; Charles C. Moffett, St.
i Louis; W. H. Phelps, Carthage, and
i Martin L. Claridy, Farmington.
THE MINE CAVED
And Nine Unnfortnate Men Were
Buried Alive.
An appalling accident occurred at the
Auaconda mines at Butte, Mont., Satur
day. Twelve men were caught in a cave
in that took place from the 500 level
down to the 800. The ground at the
place where the accident occurred is
sloped more or less tffi the way out,
so when it gave wav at the 800 level,
all above, »s stated, gave way too. There
were a dozen men working m the slope
near the 500 level and at various distan
ces down from it. They were all caught
in the cave. Three of them were near
the top and were rescued alive,
but badly injured. The other nine arc
so covered with the debris, rocks and
timbers that life must have at once been
crushed out of them. Only meager par
ticulars are yet kuown.
line recommendation to huv white os
trich feather fans is they can be dyed
whan soiled.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
I>im k Co.’s Review of Trade for the
Past Week.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade
week ending May 18 fays: Business fail
ures occurring throughout the country
during the last seven days, as reported to
R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United
States 150 and for Canada 25, or a total
of 175. For the corresponding week of last
year the figures were 287,representing 214
in the United States and 23 in the Do
minion of Canada. The continuance of
very unfavorable weather throughout
n large part of the west begins to cause
apprehension regarding tho crops of
the year. As business of all kinds
depends largely upon agricultural
prosperity, halting is natural when, in
addition to a decrease in sides and col
lections, Which the bad weather immedi
ately cuuses, there is a fear that the
farmers in several important states may
meet misfortune. In all other respects,
the situation appears satisfactory, and at
most points the prospects for trade aro
considered more hopeful, so that a short
period of good weather would speedily
change the temper of business. Actual
distribution has gone on very fairly, with
less diminution on account of storms
than might have been expected.
The money markets are everywhere
easy, with a visible improvement in the
demand at a few points. Tho labor dis
turbances, which recur at this season,
though unusually numerous, do not yet
embrace n great number of men nor seem
likely to be prolonged.
The south has little to report at this
season, though Savannah finds tho out
look improved by the recent rains.
Business is light Ht Montgomery, quiet
at Little Rock and Memphis, and only
moderate at New Orleans, with sugar in
fair demand and rice active.
INCREASE IN EXPORTS.
Foreign trade in April was remarkable.
The exports of cotton, breadstuff*, pro
visions, cattle and oil am muted to $54, -
240,077 against $47,685,223 for the same
month last year, with a largo decrease in
cotton because of lower prices, but a
heavy increase in breadstuff* and cattle.
This month’s exports from New York
show a gain of twenty-three per cent
thus far over last year meanwhile the
imports of last year aro barely main
tained.
Reports about collections from all parts
of the country tire favorable considering
the wheather and the stato of country
roads. Wheat his declined 2£ cents on
sales of 40,000,000 bushels; instead of
$2 per bushel, predicted by the Farmers’
Alliance, the price on Thursday was 89£
cents. Receipts for week have been
comparatively small, but exports thus
far quite largo.
Cotton has declined a sixteenth with
sales at 447,000 bales, receipls aud ex
ports both being closo to last year’s for
the week. The government report shows
that sensational accounts of a decrease in
acreage has been, to say the least, some
what exaggerated. Corn rose a cent and
pork products weroslightly stronger, but
coffee and oil both declined. In the iron
trade the decrease of 7,570 tons in tho
weekly output in April bus improved the
demand and stocks unsold seem to be no
longer increasing, though prices gain
nothing and are so low as to be trying to
many producers.
BROKEN LEVEES
Result In the Inumlntion or the Missis*
slppi Valley.
A St. Louis di patch states that the
Bowman dyke, which protected a largo
section of lowlands on the north and cast
sides of East St. Louis, has broken and
hundreds of acres of land are now sub
merged. The residenters wero wnrned
and escaped. Much damage is threatened.
Bonner Care levee, eighteen miles
above New Orleans, broke Monday morn
ing at 2 o’clock. The operr'ng at last
accounts was 100 feet wide and five feet
deep.
Telegrams from Cahokia, 111., stato
that the embankment of the Conlogue
Bailway Company, about two hundred
feet long, has given away and the town
is flooded to the depth of several feet.
No lives have been lost, but a largo
amount of damage has beeu dono.
From New Madison, 111., the news
comes that Madison levee is broken and
all that protects the town from being
flooded is the Chicago and Alton em
bankment. The water is within two feet
of the top of this and if it gives way,
which it threatens to do in several places,
the town will be fl oded aud very serious
damage done. The levees guarding
Horseshoe lake a e threatening to give
way any moment and danger of a flood in
that direction is also eminent.
THE ILLINOIS OVEKFLOW.
A dispatch from Whitehall, 111., savsl
Commencing at Ilappyville, eight miles
west of this place, the Illinois river ex
tends from bluff to bluff, a distance of
four and one-half miles. The area of
overflowed land in this county alone is
fully seventy five thousand acres, haif oU
which has been in cultivation for years.
No crops of any kind will be produced
there this season. The water is still ris
ing and the small part of Sand Ridge,
north of the Chicago and Alton track,
that is yet above water, will probably
becoveicd. The water is within a fotfc
of the top of the draw table of the Chi
cago and Alton bridge over the lllino;*
river.
THE PRINTERS’ HOME
At Colorado Springs, Cal., Bedieateil
With Imposing Ceremonies.
Thursday was a gala day for Colorado
Springs, and the occasion the most note .
ble in the history of the city. Th.*
Childs-Drexel national home for printer*
wasdedicated.it beiog also the sixty
third anniversary of the birth of Mr.
George Childs, of Philadelphia, one of
the patrons of the home. The note t
philanthropist and party were presen i
and were handsomely received by th *
citizens; congratulations upon tlu*
events of the day being lavishly bestowul
upon him. Besides the party of Mu
Childs, the city had as its guests over site
hundred members of the Na ional Edito
rial Association, who were on their wuj
to the national convention at San Fran
cisco.