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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
VOLUME XVI.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
|JK. «. J. CAMPBELL,
DENTIST.
MoDonouoh Qa.
Any ono desiring work done can lie ac
commodated either by calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
Gko W. Bbtajj j W. T. Dicks*.
BRYAN A Illdt l >,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States District
Court. apr27-ly
|A». I*. TCJRMKR,
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. marl6-ly
jjl J. REAGAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, 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. Office upstairs over
The Weekly office.
J F. WALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
givin 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 ol
Georgia and the United States District
Court. janl-ly
H A FII.-I.es,
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, Octß, 1888
Jno. D. Stkiv art. | R.T. Daniel.
STEW ART A MAIN I EE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Griffin, Ga.
JOHN L. I'VE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Gate City Natioal Bank Building,
Atlanta, Ga,
Praotices in the State and Federal Courts.
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M. E GRAY. Sup’r
TRAIN ROBBERS KILLED.
Another Drama Enacted in the Flor
ida Express Robbery.
Dispatches of Wednesday from Jack
sonville, Fla., state that there has been a
desperate fight between three fugitive
express robbers and a posse five miles be
low Palfttka. One robber was killed and
one wounded. Tho two are in custody.
A Palatka special says: “About 12:JO
o'clock Wednesday a hatless negro stag
gered into the courthouse and said:
“‘Corae to Buffalo Bluff-robbers.’
“Deputy Sheriff Upson aroused his posse
and a special train soon left with them.
At 11:30 a. m. George Wurtz and T 11.
Wigg, the guard placed by tho sheriff’s
posse at Buffalo Bluff bridge saw three
men coming from the south on the railroad
track. As the first passed three feet
ahead of the others the guards called,
‘Hands up,’ and the first one obeyed.
The second and third drew their revol
vers and the guards knew that the des
perate robbers were facing them. Firing
was begun by the lobbors and a bullet
grazed Wigg. Wurtz fired his shotgun
loaded with buckshot and Williams fell.
The man in advance then ran toward
Palatka, the other man ran backward and
was shot in the leg by Wurtz.
BEHIND A TREE.
“An engine load of young men com
posed the special, and among them was
Dr. Benjamin B. Morgan and Mr. Wil
lard, of the express company. This spe
cial now arrived on the scene. The big
man of the robbers had taken to (he
swamp. They pursued him, and suddenly
a ball ripped through Dr. Morgin’s vest.
He saw tho robber behind a fallen tree,
and fired his shotgun, loaded with buck
shot, and Saunders’ murderer had met his
doom. Both bodies were laid on the
bridge, and afterwards brought into
town on a passing freight train. A posse
with deerhounds is pursuing the other
man, and Superintendent Myers and party
on a special train to their as
sistance. Captuie is almost certain. Buf
falo Bluff bridge is on the St. Johns river,
five miles south of Pa'atka.-”
MORE TERMINAL NEWS.
Drexel, Morgan & Co. Asked to Take
Hold of Affairs.
A New Y T ork dispatch of Thursday
says. For several days a quiet move
ment has been on foot am ug security
holders of the Richmond Terminal to
request Dre.'.el, Morgan & Co. to take up
the reorganization of the Terminal com
pany. A circular letter addressed to that
house has been very numerously signed.
Spencer Trask, John B. Bloodgood and
others have been quite active in the mat- I
ter. A conference committee was ap
pointed and a nr. eti g held. The com
mittee was comprised of J. C. Mahon,
W. 11. Goadley, G. F Stone, Samuel
Barton Sweromc, U. B. Schley, W. L.
Joseph Blagden, Ilermau Clark, L. L.
Monson, G. Foster Peabody, J. A. Ruth
erford, J. H. Davis, Ilonry Clew 3 and
Jobn Bloodgood. The icsult of the meet
ing was unanimous upon the adop ion of
the resolution asking Drexel, Morgan &
Co., to undertake the reor an zatioa.
Siam's Sacred Elephant.
The sanctity of a white elephant dates
from the earliest period of Buddhist
history. One of the proudest titles of
tho King of Siam is “Lord of the White
Elephant.” In 1882 a real white ele
phant, one who excelled all of his fel
lows in beauty, was brought into Ban
kok with all the pomp and ceremony
"that could possibly have, attended the
arrival of an Emperor. He was quite an
albino, the whole body being a pale red
dish color, with a few white hairs on the
back. The iris of the eye, the color of
which is held to be a good test of an
albino, was a pale naples yellow, in fact,
more red than yellow. The next day he
was blessed and baptized in presence of
the King and all the nobility. One of the
high priests of the ceremony then pre
sented the sacred beast a piece of sugar
cane, on which was written the ele
phant’s name in full. The beast readily
devoured it—proof that he had accepted
the honors conferred upon him. The
following is a translation of the inscrip
tion that hangs over the stall of this
sacred Siamese elephant: “This elephant
is a lineal descendant of the angels of
the Brahmins. A perfect beast in color,
hair and nails; a scion of a high and
noble family; acquired by the power and
glory of his Majesty, the King of Siam.
He is a source of power and attraction
for rain: the purest of pure crystal and
of the highest value to his owner, out
King.” The elephant’s constant com
panion is a white monkey from Ceylon.
—[St. Louis Republic.
A HTNT AT 12 P. M.
Maud—Do you feel the cold?
Chollie—No, why doyouask?
Maud—O, I don’t know. I was just
wondering whether you do or not, as it
is very cold outside.—f Argosy.
DONE WITH AN EXPLETIVE.
“You can’t get your postage stamp to
stick, 1 see?”
“I can’t, by Jupiter!”
“1 run do it. hx am!”
M’DONOUGH, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1892.
THROUGH (JKORGIA.
Interesting Notes Gathered From Here
and There Over the State.
Representative Blount has induced the
secretary of war to detail an offl :er as
military instructor at Gordon Institute,
Barnesville.
* * *
President Walter B. Hill, of Macon,
bus just issued the programme for the
annual convention of the G orgia Bar
Association which convenes Wednesday,
June Ist.
♦ * ▼
W. A. Winburn has been appointed
passenger agent of the Central railroad of
Georgia to succeed Sam H. Hardwick.
The appointment will take effect June
Ist. Mr. Winburn is nt present chief
in the traffic department.
* * V
The stockholders of the Atlanta Con
solidated Street Railway Company have
every confidence in the present manage
ment of that company’s aff urs, and they
expressed that confidence in the re-elect
ion a few days ago, of the company’s
officers.
V V V
Another important step in the progress
of education has been taken. The State
Normal college was organized at Athens
a few days ago, and a president and fac
ulty were elected, and the courses of
study decided upon. Arrangements have
been made for a good summer’s work,
aud the school will open on the 11th of
July.
* * *
The case of the Columbus Southern
road brought to test the constitutionality
of the Glenn railroad tax bill, in which
the supreme court of Georgia de
cided against the railroad and in
favor of the peop'e of the State, h is gone
to the supreme court of the United
States. There is involved in the result to
tho people of thestati over throe hundred
thousand dollars a year, which the peo
ple will save if the act be sustained by
that court.
* * *
According to the Sparta Ishmaelite an
anarchist agitator is an work among the
farm hands in Hancock county. The
fellow is a stranger. His work is confined
to the negroes principally. He goes about
the farms and addresses the h inds, urg
ing them to refuse to work for less than
a dollar a day, telling them that when
the third party got in power it would
secure them such wages; that his party
intended to divide up the laud and give
them half of it.
* * *
A mass meeting to consider the prop
osition to build a free bridge across be
Chattahoochee river was held at It' swell,
Cobb county, Tuesday. The mee i.g
was one of the largest ever held m the
town, between eight hundred and a thou
sand people being present. It was de
cided to appo nt a joint committee from
Fulton, Milton and C’obb counties to con
fer with the ordinaries and county com
missioners and ask for appropriations to
build the proposed bridge.
* * *
A petition has been filed for the privi
lege of establishing a new electric plant
in Atlanta. The incorporators ask to be
mado a body corporate under the name
of the Pennock Electric Motive and
Light Company, with the usual privileges
incident to such corporations The prin
cipal office of the company is to be
located in Atlanta, and branch offices are
to be estrhlished in other localities. The
capital is named at $500,000 cash to be
gin with, and $1,000,000 as the limit to
which the amount may be raised.
* v •
President Waddell, of the State Agri
cultural society, is enthusiastic over the
prospects for the fair to be held in Ma
con this fall. He has been busy for the
last two months in organizing agricult
ural clubs as adjuncts to the State Agri
cultural soc ety. In speaking of his work
Col. Waddell says: “The counties of
Whitfield, Bartow, Elbert, Hancock,
Sumter and Talbot are absolutely certain
te have a magnificent county display at
the fair. Never before have wo had as
good a showing on the first of July as we
have at this time even at this early date.”
The work of making the state fair a
grand success is being pushed and the
result will be such a fair as the Bocicty
has never had before.
* * *
Judge Claiborne Snead and the other
officers of the Third Georgia regiment
have issued this call for the annual con
vention: “Pursuant to a resolution adopt
ed at our last meeting at Covington, the
next reunion of the regiment will take
place in Athens, Ga., on the 19th and
20th of July, proximo. Through the
courtesy of Colonel M. Slaughter, assist
ant commissioner of the Southern Pass
enger Association, arrangements have
been consummated for reduced rates
upon the certificate plan for transporta
tion over all the railroads of this state.
That is to say, 3 cents* per mile going
aud 1 cent returning, upon exhibition of
proper certificate, or in other words, 4
cents per mile for the round trip.”
* * *
The Encampment Opens.
Tuesday, the 24th day of May, year of
our Lord 1892, marks an epoch in the
history of the military companies of
Georgia. On that day the permanent
encampment grounds at Griffin, which
bear the name of Georgia’s governor
were formally taken possession of by the
state. The First and Third regiments,
under the watchful eye of Colonel George
A. Mercer, the commanding officer, took
formal possession for a week and will be
followed by other companies of the state
in the order mapped out in the pro
gramme. It was a great day for Griffio,
a great day for the many visitors wno
were there, a greater day for the boys in
camp. The little city had on her gala
att re, and right royally did she welcome
the governor, his staff, and the soldiers
wh i are to be within her gates.
* * *
nr SMsnnnh A pprnprlati...
The appve.at alarm of the Savannah
people, and of all Georgia, over the re
ductions the senate made in the Savannah
harbor appropriation of the river aud
hirbor bill,says the Atlanta Oorutitution,
is without cause; S ivannah’s appropria
tion is all right. The senate’s action will
] not deprive the harbor of one cent of
I money. In tho bill, as it passed tho
house, there was n provision p'uoiug Sa
vannah harbor u d r :he c intract system.
That is, the bill authorized the secretary
of war to give out a contract for making
in Savannah harbdr a twenty six fool
channel at a cost of $3,000,000. Thoro
was an appropriation of more than $40:).-
000 to be made immediately available.
This latter appropriation was reduced
about 25 per cent.; All the other har
bors were reduced in like proportion.
The reduction, however, will not affect
the work at Savannah at all. The con
tract for deepening the harbor will be
given out and the work commenced nt
once. The money appropriated in the
bill will be the first piid to tho contrac
tor. The work will go on and appropria
tions will tie made by each congress, to
be paid by the secretary of war to the
contractor in accordance with the agree
ment to bo made between tho two. Thus,
the cut of the senate only makes the first
payment smaller, but will not affect the
completion of the work, nor will it de
lay it.
* * *
Railroad, vs. Lumbermen.
It is entirely probable that a sweeping
change will be made in the estimated
weights by which the vast volume of
lumber freights is gauged. This is a
matter of great importance to both rail
roads and lumbermen, and the decision
of the railroad commission in the case
now pending will be looked for with
mre than ordinary interest. There was
a hot discussion on this subject bofore
the r lilroad commission a few days ago,
and the facts brought out on both sides
made it very plain that some change from
the present system is desirable. 'I he
matter came up on a petition from Mr.
J M. Cul", assistant traffic manager
of the II chm .id and Danville rail
road, a king liat the estimated weights
on shirgle - oe raised from 350 to 540
poir ds p r thousand He showed that
tb ae ual weight of green shingles is
r om five to six hundred pounds, and his
fig ires were substantiated by weights
s i unitted by Mr. Goodman, tho traffic
manager of the Savannah, Americus and
Montgomery The lumber men
did not deny this, but, when their time
came, they proposed to follow Mr. Culp’s
lead, and go him one better, by showing
that the estimated weight of 4,000 pounds
for dry lumber was from 1,500 to 2,500
pounds higher than actual weight, on
kiln-dried weather boarding, ceaiiog,
etc. The result of this scramble will be
watched with interest.
* * *
The Flr«t toiler Paid.
A few days ago the East Tennessee.
Virginia and Georgia railroad sent a po
lite invitation to the tax crllectors of the
counties through which their road runs,
saying that if they would be in Atlan n
Wednesday they would be paid the county
tux for 1891, under -ftfe Glenn bill. A
number of the tax collectors wero on
time, and they soon found that Mr.W. 8.
Dickson, of Knoxville, was ready to re
ceive tho tax collectors. It required some
time to get. through with paying off
because there was $60,000 to be paid,
The railroads still hold the Glenn bill
unconstitutional, and to test it further,
have carried the case to the United Suites
supreme court. Therefore, each tax col
lector was required to sign the following
receipt:
Atlanta, Ga., .May 25, 1802.
Tlio East Tennessee, Virginia and Georaia
railroad company has this day paid to me the
sum of dollars, the amount of taxes levied
and assessed against its property for the year
18.1 by county, together with the
interest thereon.
Ili s money is paid by said company under
protest and with notice that to pav the same
over to any qtiier person, or to tile state or
county for Which I am acting, of said county
notifies me that it intends to sue for tlie recov
ery of the same, it claiming that the act un
der which it pays said money is unconstitu
tional aud void.
Tax OollectO r
All of the tax collectors wiio were paid
signed the receipt, and said they would
pay the money into their respective coun
ty treasuries, and tako the chances on
the law being declared unconstitu ional.
Colonel Glenu was present and he was
the proudest man in the assembly to see
the tiist money paid out under his bill.
He was solid with the tax collectors, soo.
Every one of them present insisted that
he is the man to lie made attorney gen
eral .
BROTHERHOOD OF ENGINEERS
Adjourn After a Two Weeks’ Session In
Atlanta -Chief Arthur Re-Elected.
After a two weeks’conference in Atlan
ta tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin
eers of the United States adjourned Tues
day. Much important work looking to
the interest of the order was transacted.
The attending delegates together with
the members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary
were royally entertained by the local com
mittees and citizens of Atlanta, and all
expressed themselves as much pleased at
the many courtesies extended them.
At the last day’s session officers were
elected and installed. Grand Chief Arthur,
who has been at the head of the brother
hood for eighteen years, was re-elected
for a term of four years. A. D. Young
son was re-elected assistant grand chief
engineer for two years. The next con
vention will be held in May, 1894.
Biennial conventions will bo held here
after. instead of annual meetings. In
vitations have been extended to the broth
erhood to hold its next international con
vention in Indianapolis, Minneapolis,
Columbus, 0., Grsnd Rapids, Mich.,
Schenectady, N. Y., and other cities.
Schenectady aud Grand Rapids seem to
be the favorite cities. The invitations
received are accompanied by letters from
the mayors of the respective cities and
governors of the several states^
LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS
Are in a Muddle and Will Send Two
Delegations to Chicago.
A dispatch of Wednesday from Baton
Rouge, La., says: A final effort to har
monize the differences between the Me-
Eoery and Foster factions by a sub-com
mission of the rival state central com
mittees has just concluded, and has
tailed. The McEuery committee ha*
issued a call for primaries on June 8 to
elect delegates to the state convention at
Baton Rouge June 14 to select delegates
to the national democsfctic convention,
snd to nominate presSd' ntial electors.
The Foster call was issu l d
Monday. This causes a contesting dele
gation in the democratic convention.
A CYCLONES WOKE.
Wellington, Karra- a Heap ol Ruins
and a Scene ol Death and Disaster.
THE DEAD AND DYING UNDER MASSES OS
BRICK AND MORTAR —INCIDENTS
OF THE CALAMITY.
A disastrous cyclone struck the town
of Wellington, Kan., Friday night which
plowed its devastating track through the
business part of the town, killing and in
juring hundreds of people and destroying
an immense nraount of property. A hi avy
storm of wind preceded the cyclono
about half an hour. A few minutes after
9 o’clock the cyclone struck the city,
coming from the ou liwest. There were
no premi n tory iig s. Everybody was
indoors and the cloud passed with its
destructive rush and awful roar. Wash
ington avenue, principal business street,
is lined on both sides for blocks with
mini. To add to the horror, fire broke
cut among the debris of Colouel Robin
son’s block. A solid block of brick
buildings containing half a dozen
stores and the postoffico and print
ing i ffices lies a tumbled heap of bricks
and mortar. No reports have been re
ceived from other points. Wellington is
the county seat of Sumner county, and
Ins a population of over ten thousand
inhabitants. It is in the center of a
thickly settled agricultural district. It
is the most promiuent town in southern
Kansas.
FURTHER DETAILS.
A special dispatch of Saturday from
Kansas City gives further details of tho
cyclone horror and says: The cyclone of
last Saturday night was terribly destruct
ive in its i Herts. Fifteen persons are
known to have been killed, and an in
vestigation of the wrecked buildings has
only been bnrely commenced. The cy
clone did not do much damago until it
rea<bed tho center of tho town. On
Jefferson avenue it destroyed the Luther
nu church, but only unroofed residences.
Its most, furious work was done within
the compass of four squares bounded by
Jefferson avenue, Avenue C and 3cvcnth
and Ninth streets. Every building
in those four iquares was demol
ished and wrecked. Fortunately, resi
dences in that locality are not numerous,
otherwise the loss of life would hnve
been much greater than now appears to
be. Tho Phillips house, a hotel, was de
molished, and seven dead bodies hnve
been taken from the ruins. Tho work
of rescue there is just only begun. The
home whs well filled with guests, and
the lois of life in the houso is thought
to be great. The offices of the four local
newspapers—The Monitor, The Press,
The Voire and The Mail—were destroyed.
Thu Wellington foundry was demolished,
aud Mis William Asher and her sister,
Katie Strnham, who happened to be
passing there at the time, were buried
in its ruine and killed. Their bodies
have been recovered. The destruction
in tho northeastern part of the city has
alto been great.
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
The following is a complete list of the
killed as far as known: Frank D.
Campbell, James Ilastie, Leonard
Adamson, Ida Jones, Mrs. Asher and
sister, Kittie Strahau. Professor Mayer
and Horton Upson are missing and nro
probably killed, Lieutenant W. French
and Cadet Samins, of the Salvation
Army; Mis. Murphy and n child named
Mattie Hodges are badly injured. <!as
Stoner, Gus Colby, Dick Weaver, Carrie
Mitchell and Ed Forsythe each received
injurii s more or less serious. Tim streets
are impassable and nothing but ru n ex
ists everywhere. At least twelv:, bodies
h ve already been taken out of the ruins,
and something less than seventy-five arc
injured. Men are working everywhere
trying to rescue tho imprisoned ones.
No ono now can realize the extent of
the catastrophe and dajlight will alone
reveal the saddest scene of the ruin and
devolution ever witnessed in southern
Kiin--aB. The Cole and Robbinson block
ruins took fire and strenuous efforts are
being made to rescue the people known
to lie buried there. It is now believed
that the list of the dead will number be
tween twenty and thirty, and the injured
about seventy.
The most appaling scene was that at
the Phillips houso, whero a bull was in
process when the cyclone burst. The
dancers were given little opportunity to
escape from the toppling structure. As
the building began swuying in the ter
rific gale, the people in the crowded ball
room made a frantic rush for the doors.
The stairways and halls were immediately
filled by crazed men and women, who
tore at each other in their mad rush for
the open air. With the crash of the walls
about and over them, there arose a great
wail of despair from the imprisoned and
doomed multitude.
As tho timbers crashed down upon the
struggling merry makers, their hoarse
cries were throttled by the weight of the
mass of timbers above them. Then came
the silence of death and insensibility,
only to be followed, a moment later, by
the shrill blasts of the tempest, as it
rushed on to other destructive work, and
the agonized shtieks of the injured or
dying who were pinned down in a mass
of debris. Those who escaped from the
building began immediately the work of
rescue. Some of those who fled from
the building left wives and sweethearts,
husbands or brothers behind. These
they sought in the pile of bricks and
timbers. As fast as the bodies were
taken out they were surrounded by e
crowd of anxious jieople, who v.iuly
tried to identify their mangled remains.
A meeting of the Salvation Army was
in piogreas in a hall near the RobinsoD
block. The falling walls of this build
ing crushed the hall aud it is known that
two were killed. It is probable when the
wreck is cleared away it will be found
many more perished. It was past timi
fur the army to adjourn, but the storn
kept the meeting in. One of the mem
hers was engaged in prayer when the
cyclone struck the Robinson block. Be
fore Any of the soldiers could rise Iron
their knees the walls of the buildinf
g tve way «ith a crash. How any o
tuem escaped alive is a marvel.
Seven persons at the residence o'
E-quire Smith wi re badly injured an
tic: whole number may at aoy time b
added to the list of the do id
BUSINESS REVIEW
For Past Meek as Reported by It. G.
Dun & Co.
11. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade (or
weekending May 27th says: Business
failures neenring during the week num
ber for the U ited States 185, Canada 13:
total 198 ag- inst 192 week before. Bet
ter weather has wrought a quick improve
ment in business nt many points. Tho
floods still make some troublejsnd threat
en more. Country roads which nobody
can travel prevent distribution and col
lections, and fears about the crop in
many quarters still check purchasers.
But the area over which these influences
were felt was relatively narrow and is
narrowing while more cherring weather
throughout a greater part of the country
has given a decided stimulus to the trade
and greatly changed crop prospects.
Other conditions arc generally favorable.
Labor is, on the wtiole, well employed
with lather less interruptions from strikes
than is usual at this season.
The mouey markets are everywhere
well supplied aud easy, and at several
points an increasing demand is noticed.
At Baltimore southern trudo holds out
beyond expectations. At Philadelphia
general improve ment is seen. There is
little new in the great industries though,
other than standard brands of iron are
much depressed. Farm implement
makers have resumed. Their demands,
with better weather, are greater, and tho
demand for structural iron is large.
Heavy sales of steel cotton ties have been
made at 2 cen’s delivered, the lowest
price ever known. Cotton mills are
doing more business than in any otbi r
year, and print cloths are firmer, for
stocks are low. The shipments of boots
and shoes continue to exceed lust
year’s aud are but 3 per cent below the
highest ever known for the year thus far.
Speculation in cotton has been active
with a sixteenth advance and sales of
569,000 bales. Hoods and bad weather
tending to lessen production.
Nothing disturbs the money market
and the notion in cougre-s on silver is
not expected to amount to anything.
, The treasury has paid out $500,000 more
money than it has taken in during the
week. Merchandise expor sure large and
for the week have exceeded last year $4,
500,000 or 17$ per cent, while the in
crease in imports over last year is a rail.
AT GRANT’S TOMB.
A Member of Lee’s Staff Delivers a
Touching Oration.
A New York dispatch says: Tho fuud
for the Grant monument has been com
pleted. That was the announcement
made, amid the cheers of the multitude,
at tho Memorial Day exercises Monday
aftoruoon in front of the tomb of General
Grant. The crowd was a very largo one.
Tho program of exercises was very im
pressive and appropriate. The principal
orution was delivered by Colonel Charles
Marshall, who was chief of staff to Gen
eral Lee, the confederate commander.
Among other things, he said: “It is not
easy to express the thoughts that tho
scone before ine inspired in my mind—in
the mind of every man who understands
the full meaning of this occasion. Men who
were arrayed against each other in dead
ly strife are now met together to do
honor to the momory of ono who led one
part of this audience to complete and
alwoluto victory over tho other, yet in
hearts of the victors there is no feeling
of triumph, aud in the hvurts of the van
quished there is no bitterness; no humil
iation.”
After referring to the bitterness of the
conflict and the fact that the combatants
so quickly dispersed at the end of the
war, he said:
“No such peace us our peace ever fol
lowed immediately upon sucli a war hh
our war. The exhausted south was com
pletely at the mercy of the victorious
north and vet tho sound of the last gun
had scarcely died away when, not only
peace, but peace and good will, were re
established, and victors and vanquished
both took up the work of repairing tho
damages of war and advancing the c>m
mou welfare of the wholo country, as if
the old relations—social, commercial and
political between the people of the two
sections had never been disturbed.”
BIG DAY IN ROCHESTER.
Harrison and Flower Make Speeches—
-250,000 People Present.
Monday will ever be a memorable day
in the hist 'ry of Richester, N. Y. Never
before has the city been so crowded and
never before has it entertained such dis
tinguished company. Public and private
businc s was suspended and everybody
took n holiday. It is estimated that fully
250,000 people took an active part in
the various demonstrations. Of this
number fully 100,000 came from the sur
rounding c mntry. The president was en
thusiastically received everywhere and
was compelled to bow bis acknowledge
ments to almost continuous cheering.
The weather was bright and fair. The
feature of the day was the dedication of
tho handsome monument in Washington
square in hoDor of the soldiers and siil
ors of Monroe county who died in de
fense of iheir country. Speeches were
made by President Harrison and Gover
nor Flower.
COLORED CHURCHES UNITE.
The Zion and African Methodist Episco
pal Churches Combined Into One.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: Aftei
being twenty-three days in session the
African Methodist Episcopal church con
ference adjourned Tuesday to meet ut
WdmingtoD, N. C., in 1896. During
the last day’s session Bishop Turner stated
he bad received a telegram from Bishop
Harris, of the African Methodist Zion
church, agreeing to consolidate the tw.
.great bodies and call them the African
and Zion Methodist Episcopal churches.
A motion was made thet the name be
I adopted as it was a step toward organic
union. On the call of the roll the v. te
! was overwhelmingly in favor of consoli
' dation and the adoption of the name
Bishop Turner was then ordered to no
quaint the Zion church conference of this
action. It was agreed that the board of
bishops acquaint the separate churches of
their action and ask approval of it. 1
was slso agreed to adopt the book oi
discipline now used as a whole.
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NEWS IN GENERAL.
Happenings of the Day Culled from Our
Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
wn at is transpiring throughout our
OWN COUNTRY, AND NOTES OF INTER
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
At Chalons, France, Thursday, four
soldiers satdovrn on a chest of gunpow
der and began smoking cigarettes. An
i xplosion occurred and all four were fa
tally injured.
Advices of Sunday state that the chol
era epidemic at Srinagar. India, in Valo
of Cashmere, continues its terrible course.
In the last four days out of 1,731 persons
attacked 900 have died.
President Harrison has proclaimed the
treaty of reciprocity with Guatemala. It
goes into effect on the 30th of May. Its
terms are similar to those of existing
treaties with the West India Islands.
Two thousand workmen employed in
the Valladolid shops oi the Northern rail
way at Madrid, Spain, struck for a re
duction of hours of labor Saturday, and
are coercing other workmen to join tho
strike.
A cablegram of Friday from Paris,
says: Jurors likely to be drawn, for tho
trial of Rovachal at Montbrison for mur
der, nro pleading ill health in order to
avoid serving. It is now expected that
the trial will begin June 14.
The certificate of the National Lead
company, of New Jersey, which bought
all the had works of the country, was
filed at the county clerk’s office in Buf
falo, N. Y., Friday. The capital stock
is $30,000,000.
The Associated Press is authorized bv
Mr. Clarkson, chairman of the republican
national committoe, tos y that a meeting
of the committee will bo held at West
hotel, Minneapolis, Saturday, June 4th,
at 11 o’clock a. m.
Isaac Rcmsen’s carriage manufactury,
Nos. 740 to 750 Grand street, Brooklyn,
N. Y., and fourteen other buildings,
burned Monday. Loss $150,000, of
which $115,000 falls on the carriage
manufacturing company. Insurance $85,-
000.
A cablegram of Monday from St. Pe
tersburg, Russia, is to the effect that tho
cabinet has decided that Jews who are
desirous of emigrating shall be provided
with a permit free of charge and ho re
lieved of military service. Other im
munities will alao be granted.
A terrific cloudburst flooded Webb
City, Mo., and surrounding country Mon
duy night. Water fell in great masses
aud flooded tho streets to the depth of
eighteen inches on a level. All lead and
zinc mines in tho city were flooded nearly
to their tops and the loss will be enorm
ous .
A dispatch from Hot Springs, Ark.,
says: The first business considered by
the Presbyterian assembly Wednesday
\vaß tbc report of the committee on homo
missions. They approved tho report
made by the executive comm tteo with
reference to the legacy of $50,000 left by
W. A. Moore, of Atlanta.
A cablegram of Thursday from Cal
cutta, India, is to the effect that cholera
continues its ravage in Serimigur, one of
the capitals of Cashmere. Tho popula
tion of the city i 9 58,000, and tho disease,
if it continues as fatal as at present, wilt
depopulate tho place. Deaths are oc
curring at the rate of 500 dai'y.
A telegram from Citv fays:
Two distinct tornadoes passed from
southwest to northwest to northeast north
of Caldwell Monday night cirrying
everything before them. One man is
known to have been killed and much
damage was done to farm property.
Funnel-shaped clouds were distinctly
visible from both Caldwell and Conway
Springs, but no details of destruction
huve been obtained yet.
A committee representing New York,
Philadelphia and London capitalists has
submitted a new plan of reorganization
lor the Marietta and North Georgia rail
road. The plan provides for the issue of
new first mortgage fifty year 5 per cent
b oids for $3,500,000, a second 5 percent
mortgage for $4,000,000 (interest to 1897
payable in incomes), income bonds
for $1,500,000 and $11,500,000 of stock,
of which $3,500,000 is preferred. The
proceeds from tho sale of $2,000,000 of
tho firsts will be used to retire tho
$1,389,000 prior lien bond* of 1881, to
settle receiver’s debts and provide for
betterments and improvements.
ANOTHER HOLD-UP IN FLORIDA
Train Robbers Again at Work—A Sus
pect Jiow in Jail Confesses.
A Jackaouviile dispatch of Tuesday
says: Only one of the Monroe junction
murderers is in custody, lie is in Or
lando jail sod has confessed. The other
suspects are not identified, but are still
held. The authorities refuse to give the
name of the man who has confessed and
will allow no one to see him. He has
furnished an accurate description of his
four accomplices and claims to have had
nothing to do with the killing of Saun
ders, the express messenger, and was one
of the men who boarded the locomotive.
TRET TRY IT AGAIN.
A Gainesville special Tuesday says:
“Alfred Dav.s, engineer of the swith en
gine at the Savannah, Florida and Wis
tern yard, was held up by two white mm
Tuesday morning at 2 o’clock. They
first made inquiries about the departuiu
of trains. Then they asked wheiher u*
not the train robbers had been caught
and what was known of them. The i
placing their pistols close to Davis’s head
they demanded all he had, which they
took from him. One wanted to kill him.
saying, ‘Dead men tell no tales.’ Tho
other objected, but ordered Davis to walk
off. Davis’s pistol was in the cab and no
one was down there at the time except
the night telegraph operator, who final! 1 '
came up town and told a policeman, bet
the policeman refused to leave his bea'
to notify th# sheriff, so nothing wa s
known of it until morning. Both men
were white and answered very close l
the published description of the Moarc i
junction train robbers. The authorities
are searching for them with a vengance.