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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. VOLUME XVI. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report ABSOLUTELY PURE PMOFmsiONAL CARDS. |J». C». P. CAMPBELL, DENTIST. MoDonouoh Qa. Any ono desiring work done can bo ac rrommodated either by calling on me in per son or addressing me through the mails. Terms cash, unless special arrangements 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. STEWART A BANIEI,, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Geiffin, Ga. | 011 N E.. TI E. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Natioal Bank Building, Atlanta, Ga. Praotices in the State and Federal Courts. —— East Tenn, Virginia and Georgia Ry. IS THE ONLY SHORT AND DIRECT LINE TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. PULLMAN'S FINEST VES TIBULE SLEEPERS BETWEEN ATLANTA & KNOXVILLE MACON & CHATTANOOGA BRUNSWICK & ATLANTA WITHOUT CHANGE. Direct Connections at Chat TANOOGA WITH THROUGH TRAINS AND PULLMAN SLEEP ERS TO Memphis sad the West, at Knoxville vv Itli I* ullin n n Sleeper* for WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK. rOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDREBS, B.W.WRENN, CHAS. N.KICHT Gu’l. Pass. Agt., A. G. I’. A. CNOXVILLE. ATI*A»TA 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. Georgia Midland Jt Gulf R. R. SOOTH. Leave McDonough 7:00 a. m. Arrive Greenwood 7.27 “ “ Lonella 755 “ “ Gritfia 8:05 “ Mara. Leave Mffii 4:00 p. m. Avetve Lee el la 4*40 “ " Okeaowoed 4i48 “ “ McDonough 6:05 • M X GRAY, Sup’t M’DONOUGH. GA.. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1892. NATIONAL CAPITAL. What is Eeing Done in Congressional Halls for the Country’s Welfare. PROCEEDINGS FROM DAY TO DAY BRIEFLY TOLD —BILLS AND MEASURES UNDER 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.