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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. VOLUME XVI. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report mi ABSOLUTELY PURE PROFESSIONAL CARDS. jjH, S. P. CAMPBELL, DENTIST. MoDonovqb Ga. Any ono desiring work done can 1)0 ac commodated either by calling on me In per son or addressing me through the mails. Terms cash, unless special arrangements are otherwise made. Gxo W. Bar ah | W.T. Dicksn. BRYA.H A DICHKII, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, t he Supreme Court of Georgia and the United States District Court. apr27-ly | AS. 11. TI'RYER, 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 j; J. REAGAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia Special attention given to commercial and othercollections. Will attend all the Courts at Hampton regularly. Offiue 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 given to collections. octs-’79 A. BROWN, * ATTORNEY AT LAW, McDonough, Ga. Will practice in ali the counties compos ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the United States District Court. janl-ly j j A. PEKPI.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, 0«t 8, 1888 Jno. D. Ste.. akt. j R.T. Daniel. STEWART A BANIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Grieein, Ga. JOHN L. I’VE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Natioal Hank Building, Atlanta, Ga, Practices in the State and Federal Courts, THE ~04 ?l '% ,Ur^WVA ' Jr * ■*' % fEIv;Cr «7 s»^ .!_: in u ' ..; „ oT E N **• So'iic'i'ilc I•jijr/ r k^H&wtu j //orel>c^CMAn/U<000&^,T q “ \ '*^M^^"° Mt ■\ 8 G> '< MISB.I “i/tX-i ~bvf I Augusta i Tt os\aaoi a\ \ TTZyT *B™y»'«*oit£ v^lc*gpA^SHKy r*o V'T'/t**' * - tTFd *'tw! wiw owaiß;- f »*s ir, .^a{^ g^jt»wi»Tiiirß East Tenn., Virginia and Georgia Ry. SHORT AND DIRECT LINE TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. PULLMAN’S FINEST VES TIBULE SLEEPERS BETWEEN ATLANTA & KNOXVILLE MACON & CHATTANOOGA BRUNSWICK & ATLANTA W IT HOI X <H A AC] i_ Direct Connections at Chat tanooga with Through trainsandTullman Sleep- , ERSTO Memphis and the West, at Knoxville with Pullman Sleepers for WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK. FOB FUHTHEB IFWMiBW AVMHI, I.W.WRENN, CHAS. N. KICHT (MBl. Pata. A*-„ A. H. P. A EFOimtE. ATUWA Georgia Nlidlnntl A Gulf It. It. SOUTH. Leave McDonough 7:00 a. m. Arrive Greenwood 7.27 “ “ Louella 731.7 “ “ Griffin 8:05 “ NOBTII. Leave Griffin 4:00 p. ni Arrive Louella 4:40 “ “ Greenwood 4:48 “ “ McDonough 5:05 “ M K GRAY. THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED Anti Forty-three Men Hurled to Their Death. A Cincinnati dispatch says: One of the most fearful accidents in the history of this vicinity was that of the fall Wednesday of a bridge which was in course of construction over Licking river, between Covington and Newport, Ky. Forty five workmen were on the struc ture. So far a 9 is known only two es caped unhurt. Others were either killed by the crushing of iron and timbers or wero drowned in the water. The cause of the accident is surmised to be the weakening of the wooden false work The high river had washed out the earth about the supports, and it is claimed that one of the contractors said a day or two ago that he was afraid the structure would not stand under the weight of the heavy material. Wednesday a force of forty-throe men wero engaged in putting in place the heavy iron work on the main span. Suddenly there was a cracking sound of breaking timbers, a swaying of the structure and the headlong plunge of the whole mass into the muddy waters of Licking river fifty feet below. It was almost like the foundering of a ship. Very few forms were to be seen strug gling on the surface, the others were drowned or crushed by the material. In a short time the river was lined with rescuing parties on both sides. Tho bodies of the following were recovered: Richard Gorman, Covington; Thomas Burke. Ohio; William Hartner, Jeffer sonville, Ind.; John O’Neal, Covington; Cbaries Schampor, Robert Baird, Cleve land; Thomas Downing, Newport; Dick Spooner, Newport; Fred Brent, Cincin nati; Charles Deveneck, Newport; James Johnson, George Burge, N. W. Burton, Dennis Harlow, B. F. Phelps, C. F. Pa£fenbach,B. Thomas, Pittsburg. Those missing are: Frank Muir, Charles Farro, William Barton, William Alvis, Harry Kramer, G. E. Sheehan, B. Krantz, Ed Nolan, Ed Sullivan, Dan Brinkley, Pat Murray, J. J. Murray. Andrew Baird, Cleveland; William Wilson, inspector; John Phillips, New port; Elmer Barber, W. D. Robe, IleDry Oliver were fatally injured. Three of the men were only slightly hurt and two escaped without a scratch. The bridge was being built by a Cleve land, 0., syndicate which has in view the building and operating of the Belt electric line of street cars in Covington and Newport, in connection with the Cincinnati line. It crossed the river at Twclth street, Covington, and was to be used for vehicles and foot travel as well. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. 'Die Iml nst ri nl Development in the Week Ending June lMtli. The Tradesman, Chattanooga, Tennessee, in its review of the industrial situation in the South for tho week ending June 18th, states that the reports received from its correspond ents throughout the Southern States are gene ra ly encouraging. The confirmation of the agreement to consolidate the large mining in dustries in Tennessee and Alabama has been announced during tho week, th» furnaces and mines throughout, the South are mostly in full operation, slid the active development of the textile industry, before reported, continues on a large scale. The amount of tho damage caused by tho re cent floods, and rains in the Mississippi val'ey is now generally known. The first feeling of docouragement seems to have passed away, and there is a general belief that increas' d prices fo.- cotton will do much to offset the pecuniary losses which have been sustained. Fifty-eight new industries are reported as (B tablbhed or incorf orated during tlie week, to gether with four enlargements of manufacto ries, and eleven important new buildings. Among the new indtisirics reported are a $150,- 000 brewery at Birmingham Ala., brick and tile wot ks to cost <65,000 at Columbia, 8.C., and others at Houston, Tex., and Keyser, W. Va., canneries at Mil brook, 8. C., Memphis, Tenn , and Petersburg, Va., a <50,000 cotton compress at Mineola, Tex., and cotton gins at (told Hill, Ala.. Jackson, Ga., and Bethel anil Lancaster, Tex. Electric lighting plants will be estab lished at Cleveland, Tenn., and Front ltoyal, Va., a SIO,OOO excelsior factory at Bessemer, Ala., a 200 barrel flouring mill at Decatur, Tex., and one at Miltbrook, 8. C., a harness factory at Atlanta, Ga., and an ice factory at Eastman, Oi. A lock factory is reported at Florence, Ala., engine works at Knoxville, Tenn., and machine shops at Atlanta, Ga., and Hart-ell’s, Ala. Iron mluos are to be op ned at Bow el , Ala, Oxford, N. C- and llosn.y, Va., a brown stone quarry near Chittnnooga, Tenn.. s phosphate c .mpatiy with <3,000,000 lias been rharte e i at Ocala, Fla,, and a rice mill of 200 barr Is daily capacity will be built at Westlake, la., a $400,0(10 cot ton and woolen mill at Mar ble Fal 8, Texas, and new cotton mills at Co lumbus. Ga., Shelby, N. C., Gaffney City, 8 C., Memphis, Tenn., and Houston, Texas, a tobacco factory at Nashville, Tenn., a furmtnre fac tory at Loudon, Tnn , and a lumber com pany at Elizabeth City, N. C. A planing mill will"be built at Cordeie, Ga., saw mills at War ! ren, Ark., Blythe,Miss.. Dyer.-burg and Loudon, ; Tenn., Hid Grove, Va., and Coketon, West : Virginia. saw and shingle mills at New Orleans, L uisiana, and Pittsburg Texas, and spoke works ai Buford, Ga. Water works are to be built at D. land, Fla-, Collier ville and Milan, Tenn. Among the enlarge ments reported for the week are fire brick works at Cleveland, Tenn., cotton mills at Co lumbia, Tenn., a manufacturing company at ' Charlc-ton, 8. C., and a lumber mill at Gifford, | Ark. The new buildings reported include a business house at Koauoke, Va., college and school buildings at Athens. Tenn.. Beo tsboro, ! Ala., Seguin. Texas, an I Louisville, Ky., the | las- roc st $75,000 A' $200,000 court house will be built at Braidcn Toan, Fla., a $25,000 hotol at Llaoo, Tex., an 1 one at Buford. Ga., and a warehouse at New Orleans, La. M'DONOi'GH, GA.. FRIDAY. JUNF. 24. 1892. NATIONAL CAPITAL What is Being Done in Congressional flails for the Country’s Welfare. PROCEEDINGS FROM DAT TO DAY BRIEFLY TOLD —BILLS ANb MEASURES UNDER CONSIDERATION —OTHER NOTES. THE HOUSE. Wednesday. —After the transaction <f some routine business Wednesday morn ing the house went into committee of the wholo, Mr. Creary, of Kentucky, iu the chair, on the fortification appropriation bill. Mr. Brcckenridge. of Kentucky, in charge of the bill, brieliy explained its provisions. It appropriated $2,412,876, being $1,362,427 lc-s than the amount of the bill of last year, and authorizes the secretary of war to make contracts for certain work involving the further ex penditure of $1,376,600. The appropria tion made for the enlargement of tli water and islet arsenal ahd for finishing and assembling eight, ten and twelve inch sea coast guns at that arsenal, the committee on appropriation believed to be amply sufficient. The bill also appro priates $151,000 for the enlargement of the heavy gnn (arriage plant at the Wa tertown arsenal, Massachusetts. Thursday. —The house went Into com mittee of the whole—Mr. Blount, ol Georgia ,in the chair—upon the tin plate bill. The bill engrossed the timo of the house during almost its entire session Notwithstanding the importance of the bill, little attention was paid to the de bate. The exodus to Chicago had begun, and the rcturu from Minneapolis was slow. The hall was practically d< sorted throughout tho session. Mr. Bunting, of New York, spoke for over an hour in fagor of the bill. Messrs. E. B. Taylor, of Ohio, and Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, each occupied neatly as much time in opposing it. Messrs. Atkinson, O’Neill and Huff, of Pennsylvania, each spolf*' briefly against the bill, and Mr. Hemp hill, of South Carolina, addressed him self to the financial question, and urged congress to enact legislation which would relieve the people of the south from bur densome legislation, under which they were now suffering. Without action on the bill the house adjourned. Friday.—' The conferees of the river and harbor bill reported a disagreement. The house adopted a resolution to insist on the disagreement, and the bill was again sent to the conference. The pri vate claim bill, known as the Sibley bill, was then taken up. After a short time spent in filibustering upon it, the house came to the point, when no quorum voted, and, in ordor to csca >e from the stifling atmosphere of tho chamber, took a recess until 8 o’clock, the evening ses sion to be for the consideration of pri vate pension bills. The house failed to break its usual Frjday night’s record Various efforts were made by the champ ions of private pension bills to bring their measures before the house, but each (ffort was unavailing, and the house ad journed. Saturday. —The house appropriation committe'e on Saturday completed the last of the appropriation bills. Just be fore adjournment the general deficiency was reported. The amount appropri ated by the bill is $4,780,535, of which amount $910,000 is for the census bureau during the next fiscal year. During tin present session of congress appropriations nave been made to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the support of the gov ernment during the current and prior fisci 1 years as follows: Act of March 8, 1892, census, Indians, etc, $428,664; act ot March 13,1892, urgent deficiency,sl,22B, 636; act of March 18, 1892, department of agriculture, $160,000; act of March, 1892, public printer, etc., $479,641; act of June, 1892, pensions, $768,882; mak ing a total of $9,985,273. The cemu act of March, 1889, limited the cost of taking the census to $0,400,000, exclu sive of the cost of printing. There has been already appropriated toward the work, exclusive of printing, $7 825 000, and the sum appropriated in the bill re Dorted is $600,000. THE SENATE. Wednesday. —ln the senate, Wednes day, in presenting a petition from Riley county, Kan., in relation to the prevalence of lynch law, Mr. IMTer stated that from newspaper reports the practice was grow ing in all parts of the country, north, south, east and west. Many poor people —particularly colored people—are being hounded and hunted and hanged or shot to death when merely suspected of crime. It was time, he thought for tho American congress to take action in that matter, and he hoped that the judiciary commit tee, to which the petition was referred, would report promptly. A conference was ordered on the diplomatic and con sular appropriation bill, and Messrs. Hale, Allison and Blackburn were ap pointed conferees on the part of the senate. The bill to provide for the free coinage or goto ana stiver was taken up and Mr. Palmer moved to strike out all of the bill except the first section which fixes the standard of gold and silver dollars,makes these coins legal tender and permits the owners of silver or gold bullion to have it minted for their benefit and without charge. Mr. Morgan addressed the sen ate in support of the bill. The silver plank in the Minneapolis republican platform was, he said, a step to the front in the way of the restoration of silver as a money metal. It was st 11 timid and irresolute and dealt in equivocal phrases. But it seemed to cut loose forever from the single gold standard of the senator from Ohio, and to demand the use of both gold and silver as standard money. The people had the right however, to expect that the democracy would, in Chicago, step to the front and demand not only standard silver money equal with gold, but that silver should have the right of free coinawe. After a brief free silver sp.ech by Mr. Cockrell, with out action on the bill or on Mr. Palmer’s amendment, the senate, at 4;40 o’clock adjourned. Thursday.—Nearly all the senators who attended the Minneapolis convention were in their places in the senate Thurs day morning, but the first action of the body w.s to provide for adjouoment till Monday. Mr. Morri 1 ! addressed the s-‘ti nt e in opposition to the bill for the free coinago of gold ami silver. Mr. Stewart took the floor os soon ns Mr. Morrill left it. Taking up and replying to some of Mr. Morrell’s statements he said that the utterance of such noncscnsc would be come. lie should think, “damnablo iter ation,” after a lime. The press in com mercial cities was,he declared,subsidized and spoke only the lntiguage of the gold power, which was itself an ‘‘arrogant moloch.” The bill went over without action. Thehouse'bill defining options in futures and imposing special taxes on dealers therein was laid be fore the senate, and Mr. Wash burn moved its reference to the judiciary committee. It had been expected that the reference of this bill would provoke a somewhat bitter controversy, but that expectation was not realized. After a short disn.ission it. was referred to the judiciary committee. Conference report on the river and harbor bill was made by Mr. Frye, who stated that an agreement, had bcon reached on all but two amend ments—which were for a boat railway armind the dalles of Columbia river and fora canal in the state of Washington, to conneot the waters of Lake Washington with those of Puget sound. After a long discussion the senate insisted on its nmcudmcnls and agreed to a further con ference, and then the senate adjourned till Monday. Messrs. Frye, Dolph and Hansom were appointed conferees on the river and harbor bill. Monday. — The senate was in session for four and a quarter hours Monday. Although the attendance was very small, part of the time was given to the consid eration of bills on the calendar, a part to executive business and the chief portion to a speech by Mr. Call in support of the resolution heretofore offered by him for an investigation of railroad corporations and their interference in politics and elec tions. Senators Chandler and Gal lingcf expressed their gratification, that, the investigation if authorized at all, as they hoped it would lie, would take in the state of New Hampshire, the former as sorting that it would prove that Florida was not the only state where the evil ex isted, and the latter expressing the con viction that it would only prove the falsity of representations made by certain pi rsons in that regard. No action was tak'-n on tho resolution and the senate ndjourned to Wednesday. In the busi ness transacted that was of general intcr ist was the concurrence in the house amendment to the senate joint resolution authorizing the president to proclaim n general holiday commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America. It was to substitute the 21 «t for the 12th of October. notkb. The seuate judiciary committee, to whtcli the anti option bill was referred last Thursday, held its first session for weeks Monday, and after considering tho measure for two hours, adjourned until nixt Thuisday, when its consideration is to be taken up again and pushed to com pletion. It is expected now that the bill will be certain ly reported next wcok. In the senate, Thursday, Washburn, of Minnesota, who has ft bill similar to the Hatch anti-option measure, moved that the Hatch bill be taken from the table and sent to the judiciary committee. Tlrs was done. Washburn is confident his bill will pass. Other senators, equally well informed, say that it will not pass. A poll of the senate will be necessary to decide this question. The Appropriation Bill. The history of the first session of the fifty-second congress is practically made, and it is probable that from now on to the end of the session the efforts of both branches will be confined principally to the settlement of disputed points in the appropriation bills. These measures are really much farther advanced' than the simple statement of their parlia mentary status would indicate to the tin prncticcd eye. By an extraordinary dis play of energy the house has succeeded in passing every one of these bills ex cept the general deficiency hill, and is transferring them to the senate with such rapidity as to tax severely tho working capacity of the committee on appropria tions of that body, conseqently it appears from the record that the senate is far be hind the house in passing upon these im portant measures. No Reciprocity With Canada. In a state paper sent to the senate Monday an answer to the resolution of Fcbrurry 24th last calling for informa tion relative to reciprocity negotiations with Canada, the president sounds the death knell of that project and plants a mile post in American history by delib erately in effect recommending that con gress proceed to retaliate upon the do minion for its persistent denials of the rights of American citizens, guaranteed by tho treaty of Washington in con nection with the navigation of Canadian canals. The failure of the reciprocity negotiations is due to the position taken by the Canadian rep resentatives at their recent conference in Washington with Secretary Blaine and John W. Foster, which, in effect, was that it would be “impossible for the Can adian government, in view of its present political relations and obligations, to ex tend to American goods preferential treatment over those of other countries. As Canada was part of the British em pire they did not consider it competent for the 4 om i n ' on government to enter into any commercial arrangement with the United States from the benefits of which Great Britain and its colonies should be excluded.” BURIAL OF GEN. STACKHOUSE. His Remains Sent to Little Rock, S. C., for Interment. The congressional committees charged with the duty of conveying the remains of the late General Stackhouse, of South Carolina, to the place of Interment, left Washington for the south over the Atlan tic Coast Line, at 10:57 o’clock Wednes day morning. There were no services at the late residence of the deceased. The party consisted of Senators Butler, Kyle and Gallioger and Representatives Till man, Lanbam, McKeighan, Lewis, Shell, Jolley and Waugh and the son and pri vate aecretary of the deceased. The arrangements were in charge of Door keeper Turner. On reaching Marion, 8. C., the remains were taken thence in a hearse across the country twenty miles to Little Rock, where the inteiment w*» made. TWO RECEIVERS Take Charge of the Affairs of the Rich mond and Danville Properties. SECURITY HOLDERS BROOME FRIGHTENED AND ABE FOR A RECEIVER—EXCITE MENT IN RAILROAD CIRCLES. At 4 o’clook Thursday afternoon the great Richmond and Danville railroad went into the bands of two receivers. At that hour, Judge Bond, of the United States circuit court at Richmond, Va., made the appointment on the peti tion of three creditors and security hold ers of tho company. These receivers are Fred W. lluildekoper, of Washington, and Reuben Foster, of Baltimore. The receivership comes about in this way: William P. Clyde, James Maben and W. H. Goadby, of New York, loaned the Danville $600,000 last winter to tide It over while the Olcott committee figured on a plan of reorganization. That was an emergency loan, and it was under stood at the time that theso three parties were to be protected, no matter what happened. They say that they aro tired of waiting for their money, und feared that they would never get a cent if some body ehe got a receiver. For a long time, tho Richmond and Danville has been slow to pay its bill*. A few days ago it was reported that the company owed the Western and Atlantic SBO,OOO on account of traffic balances. Claims of this kind can probably be collected. President Oakmnn stated that the officers and employes will uot he disturbed, but tho same staff will re main. Salaries will be paid, it is said, and all operating bills incurred during the past six months are to bo paid by the receivers out of fundß in hand. Theso recovers, by tho way, take charge imme diately. Every bit of tho Danville’s property is turned over to them. They are directed to give SIOO,OOO bond nrh, and to deposit tho Danville’s money in Richmond, Washington and New York banks. The case is set for argument in Richmond,before Judge Bond, on August 16 th. THE DANVH,LE’B FINANCES. On January 1, 1892, the books of the Richmond and Dnuvillo showed the fol lowing state of affairs : Bonds and guaranteed stock outstan ding in hands of public... ... .$69,927,661 Stock - unpreferred 10,707,854 B. and D., Oar Trusts 895,100 Georgia Pacific Car Trusts 647,724 Floating dobt 5,100,000 Total $87,277,839 This was on a mileage of 15,520 miles, divided among thirty seven roads, and a water line of 200 miles. The annual fix ed charges wcie $4,834,566.69, and the net earnings of the Richmond and Dan ville company, divisional and leased lines, for 1891, comtdled from official re ports, were $4,578,778.71, or about $140,000 in excess of the flxod charges. OLD OFFICERS AFI'OffITKD. Mr. Huilekoper has been ouc of tße Danville's vice presidents and is a Dan ville man. Mr. Foster is general manager of the York river line of steamers. These steamers ply between Baltimore and West Point, on the York river, where they connect with the railroad up to Rich mond. Mr. Foster is thoroughly familiar with transportation affairs. Thus both of the receivets arc practical transpoita tion men aud able ones. The follow ing orders were sent out Thursday : Office of the Iteccivers of the Richmond and Danville ltailroad Company -Circular No. 1. By decree of tho olrcu t court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia, the west' rn district of North Carolina and westorn district of South Carolina, the undersigned havo been appointed receivers of ail the railroads, property, assets and money of said corporation, with instruction* to take immediate possession of all such railroads, property, books, papers and accounts, and hold and operate tho said rail roads. In compliancs with such decrees we havo taken possession of all the system of railroads and property of said corporation, and assumed the operation theroof as tho officers ol said courts. With the approval of the court the of fice of tho receivers will ire maintained at Washington, D. C. The following officers are hereby appointed r W. 11. Green, general manager; Sol Haas, traffic manager : John W. Hall, treasurer j M. C. Figg. auditor- Their orders, as such officers, will be obeyed and respected accordingly. F. W. HUIDEKOPER, Ukuben Fosteb, Becelvers. What will happen to the Richmond Terminal and the East Tennessee is a matter of conjecture. All these proper ties are controlled try the same parties and that they are smooth Thursday’s developments would prove, if thcro was no other evidence. BIG WARRANTS Issued by Governor Jforthen for Hchool and Pension Funds. Georgia’s stale treasurer, on Saturday, received from Governor Northen two warrants covering disbursements of over half the state’s revenue for the year. One for $910,504.10 covers the school drafts fur the past year, and another for $400,- 003 covers the amount paid out on wid ows’ pensions. A third for $22,415 cov ers amounts paid out recently to redeem past due bon is which had not been pres ented to the treasurer until a short time ago. It should be said in this connection that the $910,504 is not all the school fund. The $200,000 poll tax, which goes into the school fun i is paid by county tax collectors to the county school boards and docs not pass through the state treasury. The school fund for the year just cl >sed was over one million,one hundred thousand dollar*. England at Chicago. A London cablegiain says: On the supplementary vote in the house of com mons Tuesday, granting £IO,OOO to the royal world’s fair commission, A. C. Morton (liberal), member for Peter borough, asked if in'ending exhib itors were satisfied with the arrange meets made by the commission, fir John Gorst, financial secretary to the treasury, replied that Ihe vote was in creased to £OO,OOO, in order lo give free space and render the exhibit worthy the United Kingdom. Mr. Morton said he hoped the government would do its utter most to make the British section a great fuccees. The vote w»s agrtod to by the house. ■>— IN OHIO The Democracy Hold Their Stale Con vention. The democratic - state convention of Ohio was called to order in Columbus, Wednesday. Allen W. Thurman was defeated for delegato at large. On a second test vote Frank Hurd wa9 sent under. In the platform adopted, it is declared that ‘‘the federal government, uudor tho last democratic administration, was so wisely, ec momieally end patriot ically administered, as to commend tho patty to the confidence and support of the American people, and to entitle it, in the interests of good government to a return to power. An effort wns made in the convention to have tlie election of do’ega'cs precede the adoption of tho platform, which would make tho policy of the convention f ubservient to tho men. This was defcat i d and the platform was first adopted. I’he section relating to the Chicago con vention declared “that confiding in tho careful judgment of the national demo cratic convention about to assemble in Chicago, wo hereby pledge our earnest and sordini support to its nominees for president and vice president, hoping to see a glorious and lasting victory us tho result of its intelligent action." As to the tariff and silver, the platform declared: “Wo are opposed to all class legislation, anti believe in a tariff levied for the sole purpose of producing revei ue sufficient to defray die legitimate expenses of tho govern ment economically administered, and we protest against the policy of so-called orotection, illustrated by the McKinley hill, ns championed by the republican party, and in the interest of agriculture mid labor, we demand reform of the present tariff and reduction of unneces sary burdensome taxation. Tho demo ratio party has always favored tho use if both go d and silver as money, and nstored to the people the silver dollar of our fathers, which the republican con gress demonetized in 1873. Denouncing ihe Sherman act of 1890 ns false in priu eiplo and dangerous in practice, and be lieving that both gold and silver should circulate as money with a parity main tained and willi equal rights and equal value, we submit to the wisdom of tho democratic party about to assemble in national convention, to deiclare a method by which that end may In: reached. Tho selection of delegates at largo was renched, ami was an interesting feature if the convention. The speakers were heered as well as the names whom they presented as follows: A. W. Thurman, Frnuklin county; L. T. Neal, Ross; Calvin 8. Brice, Allen; Robert Bice, Cuyahoga; John A McMahon, Mont gomery, and James E. Campbell, Butler. Brice, Cumpbcll, Neal and Bloc were de clared nominated. STATUS OF TRADE. Dun & Co’s Report on Business for the Past Week. The review of trade for the week code I Juno 17th, published by It. G. Dun A Co., says: Hot wcntlier and hot politics together have affected business at many points, but there is, nevertheless, an im provement both in actual trade and in prospect. One obvious cause is theswift improvement of the crop outlook. After weeks of soaking, grain lias now just the weather for most rapid growth. Floods etill makesoino trouble iu the lower Mis sissippi valley, but elsewhere throughout the west ainl northwest excellent farm prospects stimulate trade. At the east the demand for manufact ured products is largo for the season, and the settlement of many labor controver sies, especially in the building trades, while the four of thu long strike in west ern iron works also stimulates purchases of iron and steel products. The political movements have much encouraged conservative men witli re gard to the monetary future. The iron output June Ist was 175,174 tons weekly, only 2,712 tons less than May Ist, while the unsold stock lias decreased 20,427 tons. Iu spite of some increase at the south, the output is now 18,728 tons less than the greatist ever attained on March Ist, or about 9 per cent, but it is 28,000 tons greater than a year ago. At Pitts burg the demand for finished iron is good, the prospects of wage difficulties stimu lating, workers demanding last year’s scalo, and maufacturors are reducing. Hardware is very active. IMPROVED TRADE AT THE SOUTH. Improved trade is noted at Louisville and Nashville, and business holds on well for the season at Savannah, a decrease iu the production of naval stores being con templated. High water mark makes business dull at New Orleans, but sugar is quiet and steady and money plenty, with little demand. Butter weather and a decrease of only 12 per cent in cotton acreage, according to the most reliable report, have caused a fall of five-six teenths in that price, with sales of 813,- 000 bales, receipts and exports b-iug larger than lust year. Cotton spinners are taking more cotton than a year ago, and unsold stocks of goods arc compara tively small. Exports of products con tinue heavy for the half of June, 23) per cent larger from New York than last year, with a moderate increase in im ports. Money is everywhere abundant and unusually cheap, and complaints of collections fewer than usual. Business failures occurring throughout the country during last week number, for th United States. 153; Canada. 2(1; total. 179. AN EX-CONGRESSMAN KILLED While on His way <o the Chicago I’oii ventiou. A Memphis, Teen., dispatch says: Ex- Congressman Morgan was shot and killed in u'erowded train Saturday morning liy Henry Forster, an attorney of Memphis. Morgan beat Forster with his cane some time ago. Saturday ihey met for the first time since that occasion. 15 th at once pulled pistols and began firing, with the result that Morgan was killed. Pande monium reigned in the car. Many of the passengers were ladies, and they were terribly frightened. Joseph Berta so, a half breel Indian of tbe Pokagon tribe of Fottawattouics, <lie>t •t Boulh Bernl, lad., a few ilov- sin e at th* age of 110. He is jh>»iv-v*l/ known to UT* been lOu /ear* oU. SINGLE COl’Y 5 CENTS. THE SOUTH IN BRIEF The Sews of Her Progress Portrayed la Pithy ana Pointed Paragraphs AND A COMFI.F.TE EPITOME OF HAPPEN-* INCB OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAV TO DAY WITHIN HER BORDERS. Jnmrs M. Baker, formerly judge of the fourth judicial Florida district, died at .1 icksouville, Tuesday, ile was a senator from Florida and a Confederate congress man. Tho Sheriff's Association, of Alabama, met at Anniston Tuesday. There are sixty-six sheriffs in the state, and a large number of deputies and other peace officers, nearly all of whom were in at tendance. A Baton Rouge dispatch of Wednesday slates that the demociatic state conven tion has agreed upon a compiomise by which an equal division is made of all the appointments and the party stands united henceforth. Fire at Elizabeth, W. Va., Wednes day, destroyed ovir three hundred thou sand dollars’ worth of property. It broke out in the Independent bung factory, tho largest in the United States, which was destroyed. The loss was $250,000. The flames spread to Barnes Bros.’ & Hoff man's works. They were also destroyed. Recently the Anniston Pipe works sent out tho heaviest shipment of pipe Unit was ever hauled from a southern city. It was consigned to Lancaster, N. II , and consisted of a solid train of twenty-live cars, and was tho heaviest tnin load of pino that ever left a south ern city to cross Mason un Dixon’s line. A Savannah telegram of Sunday says: Three p issenger coaches and eight freight ears belonging to tho Richmond and Danville railroad, which came here in the course of regular business, were seized by local creditors of tho road Satur day. Other seizures will follow when ever property of that company can be caught in this section. A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says: Robbers attacked tho office at Stevens mines Monday night and murdered the bookkeeper, A. 11. Ross. They shot at young Stevens, son of the proprietor, but lie escaped. The robbers were four or live in number, and cone up while the men were quietly at work. It is not known how much they secured, but a deputy sheriff in charge of a posso has gone to the scene. H iker Bro.’s turpentine still, between Tifton and Alapaha, Ga., was destroyed by tire Monday morning. Over four hundred barrels of spirits of turpentine and rosin which had boon sold on Satur day hut not delivered were destroyed. The fire was so hot and dangerous that trains on the Brunswick and Western railway were delnyod until it had spent its fury. No estimate of the loss is given. The sub-associations of the General Turpentine Operators’ Association of Georgia, Florida and Alabama, met tho factors-iu private session at Savannah a few days ago and decided, in view of the piesent prices being so low, that opera lions wero conducted at a loss. Each operator showed a reduction in the working of yeurlings and old boxes of at least 2 per cent. '1 hey believe that this soon will have an effect on the receipts and a bciitficial result on prices. A Jackson, Miss., dispute^says: Judge Cooper, of the supreme court, on Wed nesday entered suit against the Alabama i.nd Vicksburg railroad for $4. 30. Tho circumstances were that the judge bought a ticket to Columbus, the road failing up to the time of the purchase of the ticket to note un its bulletin hoard the fact that the train was five hours late. When tlie delay was bulletined the judgo demanded the return of the money, i ffering to return the ticket, winch was refused. Hence the suit is intended doubtless to settle the rights of the pub lic and roads in cases of delayed trains. THE TITUSVILLE SUFFERERS Are Being Well Cared for-Incidents of the Disaster. Tbo following is given out officially to tbo public by the relief committee of Titusville, I’a., and speaks for itself: “The prompt ahd generous assistance given to our afflicted citizens in their re cent calamity by the people in all parts of the country is most gratifying. It is due to the public that we make a Btato ment of our condition as exactly and correctly as is possible. Six days after the calamity we have our relief commit tee* thoroughly organized and the distri bution of lood, clothing, bedding and other supplies progressing with system, and perfect order prevails. A large force of laborers arc employed in removing the wrecks from the streets and iu clearing up the remains of houses. Fifty-nine bodiis have been buried, and there are several persons still missing. We do not need clothing, food or other supplies. Our need will be for money to relieve these who have lost by the tire and flood and to repair the enormous destruction of property. The district devastated by tire t.nd flood extends through the entire length of the city, for about a mile and a hal.. Its breadth is from one-cighth to one quarter of u mile. The estimated loss of properly exceeds $1,000,009. The losses fall chiefly upon the poor and the laboring people. Within the bounds named there were more than 150 dwell ings, as well as many shops, manufacto ries and oil refineries, where the labor was employed. The loss of personal property in homes of the people was al most the total loss, while very many lost not onlv their houses and contents, but the ground on which they stood. The streets are, many of them, destroyed, and the loss in this particular and in bridges is very large. Everything possible is be ing done to alleviate the distressed, anl our people are recovering hope and spirit. The Census Count. The census bureau on Thursday finished its last count of the population of the country, according to the returns of the eleventh census. The population, in cluding Alaska and the Indians on reser vations, is 62,979,768. These figures are absolutely final, and not subject to change,