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/■\ mi Ik win County News
Ollirial Organ of Irwin County.
A. Ct. DeLOACH. Editor and Proprietor.
THE CONGRESS.
THE NATIONS’ LAW-MAKERS RE
SUME OPERATIONS.
Tho Proceedings of Both Houses
Briefly Epitomized.
THE SENATE.
Senator Bate, chairman of the board
of visitors to West Point Military
academy, presented the report of tho
board to the senate Thursday, The
report takes a strong ground in favor
of the change of the law which will
increase the number of cade.ts to 469,
or one cadet to each senator and rep¬
resentative, and twenty for the presi¬
dent, instead of the present number,
which is about 250. It is admitted
that this increase would probably re¬
sult in a larger number of graduates
than could find officers’ places in the
army, but it is suggested that as
the additional cost would be very
slight, the country could well
afford to increase the number for
the benefit to be derived in a purely
educational way. Discussing the wis-
dom of the change the board says that
a part of the number graduated every
year could be retired to private life,
remaining, however, subject to the
command of the country. The board
suggests that these West Point cadets
would make excellent military officers.
While the board has nothing but
praises for the theoretical instruction
in the academy in most respects, it
finds fault with the halting English,
the lack of facilitv of expression on
the part of many cadets, which is
“painfully apparent.” Mr. Cochran’s
motion to recommit the urgent defi-
ciency bill, with instructions to strike
out the appropriation for the income
tax, was defeated—yeas, 49 ; nays,
ygg
The senate was not in session Satur-
day. presided
Vice President Stevenson
over the senate Monday. The urgent
military academy and fortifications
appropriation bills were received from
the house and referred to the commit¬
tee on appropriations. After some un¬
important business the canal bill came
on. Mr. Turpie offered an additional
amendment for the appointment of
three competent engineers—two of
them army engineer officers—to make
a survey and estimate of the canal on
the line proposed by Mr. Menocal. At
the conclusion of Mr. Turpie’s speech
a short executive session was hold and
the senate adjourned until Tuesday.
In the senate Tuesday, Mr. Dolph,
in reporting adversely a general land
grant forfeiture bill, expressed the be¬
lief that congress had no power to for¬
feit these lands, but that the right to
them was vested in the railroads.
Even if congress had the power to for¬
feit them, it would be unjust and un¬
equitable to the railroad companies.
Mr. Gallinger (rep.), of New Hamp¬
shire, presented a resolution inviting
the annexation of Canada. In present¬
ing the resolution, Mr. Gallinger said
it had been written by one of the best
known subjects of Great Britain, a
strong advocate of continental union
and a member for nine years of the
dominion parliament. He asked the
reference of the resolution to the com¬
mittee on foreign affairs. Mr. Lodge
introduced a resolution calling
on the president for the corres¬
pondence in the extradition case of
General Ezeta and asked for its pres¬
ent consideration, but Mr. Gray, of
Delaware, objected. Mr. Hill then
took the floor and made a speech on
the rules of the senate. He said:
“The sentiment of the country mani¬
fested through the press, the pulpit,
the rostrum and any other avenue
through which public opinion is usu¬
ally communicated, seems to desire
the adoption of some new methods of
procedure here whereby necessary leg¬
islation may be better facilitated. The
demand for a change reflects the deep
conviction that time is unnecessarily
wasted, that useful legislation is
at times unreasonably obstructed
and that the concessions of a
majority do not find adequate and
prompt expression in the enactment
of laws essential to the welfare of the
people. I assert that the privilege of
unlimited debate in a legislative body
is inconsistent with and destructive of
the right and power of legislation.
Such a condition of affairs naturally
forces compromises and concessions of
doubtful propriety as a condition of It
any legislation before permitted.
is not an open secret, or at least it is
largely believed that during the recent
tariff debate many concessions were
made and amendments accepted to
the bill for the very purpose of avoid¬
ing interminable debate, which was
threatened or proposed by some of the
minority. It is believed that the
present affords an opportunity for the
accomplishment of the supposed inno¬
vation, especially when there is not 1
now pending in the senate any generr
political measure upon which '
usual interest is centered arm
demanding protracted discussion. ”
At the conclusion of Mr. Hill’s
speech, Senator Harris gave notice
that he would call up the Shiloh Park
bill Wednesday, and Mr. Turpie re-
flumed his speech on the Nicaragua
bill.
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, GA„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1894.
THE HOUSE.
Everything was quiet about tho sen¬
ate Thursday, and but little interest
seemed to be taken in the proceedings
either by tho senators or by the spec-
tators. Mr. Hunton, of Virginia,
moved to take up the bill for tho es-
tablishment of a University of the
United States at Washington, D. C.
Mr. Hale, of Maine, objected to tho
consideration of the bill at this time,
but suggested that it be referred to the
calendar under a rule of the senate
where it could be debated in some
way.
The second week of the present ses¬
sion of congress closed with the session
of the house Friday. In that time
there have been passed three general
appropriations for the year ending
June 30th, 1896, carrying a total of
$143,718,204, nearly one-half of the
annual expenditures of the govern¬
ment, aside from the permanent ap¬
propriations. Besides these, an ur-
gent deficiency bill for the current
year has been passed, carrying a total
^ making a grand , total . . , of .
6145,7-4,799, appropriated thus far at
thls “»«»■ The pension approprm-
t.on bii was discussed for four hours
f1u « n S the day and then passed with-
out amendment. Chairman Outh-
t sported the army appropriation
blB for 7 ear ending June 30th,
pand it was placed , on the calendar
lb ? resolution introduced by Mr. Hitt
asking the secretary of state for the
correspondence relatnig to the prom-
P a y Great
Brl al " 6425,000 on account of claims
mad G h g Banadla11 sealers growmg out
of th , « sea f al controversy,
waa favorable reported from f the passed com-
m'ttee on foreign affairs and
T h f house then took a recess unhl 8
°. , c locb 1 ’ P rlvate P eDslou bllls to be
sulered , at the evening session. The
attendance was slender throughout the
day, and scarcely more than a corpo-
r,d 8 guard answered at roll call at the
opening of the session. held
No session of the house was
Saturday. landed in
The Carlisle currency bill
the house Monday, and, to the sur¬
prise of its advocates, finds itself fac¬
ing a storm of opposition, which may
cause it and all other ships of the
financial or curr ency ilk to go down
beneath the. waves of diversified and
diverging interests, which have already
developed among the members of the
house, and iff the lobbies there was
much skirmishing, accompanied by
dire threats during the session.
The debate upon the currency plan
proposed in the Carlisle bill, reported
from the committee on banking and
currency, was begun in the house
Tuesday according to the notice given
by Chairman Springer. Objection was
made to Mr. Springer’s request for
the unanimous consent that the gener¬
al debate should be closed with the ad¬
journment of the house for the holiday
recess, and it began with no agree¬
ment of limitation in sight. The first
speakers were Messrs. Springer, chair¬
man of the committee on banking and
currency, and Walker, who advocated
the adoption of his bill, which, he
said, he would offer as a substitute for
the Carlisle bill.
BOWEN WAS KILLED.
Fatal Termination of a Prize Fight in
New Orleans.
A New Orleans special says: Andy
Bowen, the lightweight pugilist, who
was knocked unconscious Friday night
at the Auditorium Club in a glove con¬
test with Kid Lavigne, of Sagiriaw,
Mich., in the eighteenth round, never
regained consciousness, and died at
7:15 o’clock Saturday morning. La¬
vigne and his seconds and timekeeper,
consisting of Pugilist Jim Hall, Sam
Fitzpatrick, Martin Murphy and
George Consadine, and also Referee
John Duffy, were at once placed under
arrest, and are now in custody.
THE DEADLY BLOW.
In the eighteenth round Lavigne
rushed and landed hard on the wind
and neck three or four times. Bowen
swung wildly and Lavigne sent his
right like a rocket and Bowen fell as
limp as a rag and was counted out
while the crowd cheered.
Bowen was picked up and carried to
his corner. He was dead to the world
for several minutes. He struck his
head on the floor in falling. After
being taken to his corner he remained
rmconscious and the crowd which
pushed around the ring became fright¬
ened. He was removed to his room
and physicians partially restored him
to consciousness. Bowen was fatally
hurt, however, and died as stated early
Saturday morning.
Lavigne was at once arraigned in
court. He was held in $10,000 bail. All
the accessories—Duffy, Consadine,
Murphy, Jim Hall, Fitzpatrick and
Layton—were held in $5,000 bail.
Professor Duffy gave bail and Hall
and Fitzpatii k also were released.
India’s Duties on Cotton.
At a meeting of the vice regal coun¬
cil at Calcutta, India, Monday, James
Westland introduced a bill imposing
•■ertain duties upon cotton. In intro¬
ducing the bill Mr. Westland said that
without the imposition of such duties
as were proposed, only a miracle would
produce financial equilibrium. The
duties imposed would go into effect
immediately, so that the state would
receive the benefit of large shipments
of cotton from England,
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.”
GUNS IN COURT.
A PAGE FROM THE HISTORY OF
THE DARLINGTON RIOT-
A South Carolina Military Company
Gains a Case.
After the dispensary troubles in
Darlington county, S. C., last April,
Governor Tillman determined that he
would punish tho military companies
of the state which did not go to Dar¬
lington in obedience to his orders,and
disarmed several of the companies in
various parts of the state. He made
a demand upon the Washington Light
Infantry, of Charleston, for tho arms
nnd equipments, as the property of
the state. The company promptly
surrendered all the property of tho
state as requested, in its possession,
but replied that the stand of arms in
its possession was by the paramount
law of the United States, devoted to
special use of the company.
Governor Tillman would not accept
this explanation, and wrote that he
would take the arms, and to settle this
grave legal difference the company
sought the United States court, and
their solicitors filed in June last a bill
in equity in tho United States circuit
court for the district of South Caro-
lina, praying for an injunction, and
asking the court to interpret the law
of congress, under which the arms
were entrusted to the Washington
Light Infantry.
The bill was brought by the officers
and members of the company against
“Benjamin R. Tillman, claiming to be
governor of South Carolina,” and
others. Judge Goff granted a restrain-
ing order of June loth, and the case
was heard by consent in Baltimore in
September last, and the public has
been awaiting the decision of the court
with great interest. In his farewell
message to the legislature Governor
Tillman spoke of Judge Goff as hold-
ing back tho decision and denounced i
it as Goff’s “dirty trick.” But the
decision has just been filed..in thte
United States court at Charleston and
establishes the right of the Washington
Light Infantry to the arms given the
stated the special use
A COTTON LEAGUE.
Another Scheme for Advancing Cot¬
ton to Ten Cents.
All sorts of schemes have been sug¬
gested for controlling the cotton mar¬
ket and increasing the price of the
staple. It is admitted that tho surest
means of accomplishing this result
would be to cut down the production,
but no effective way has been found
to make the farmers act together. A
cotton man has written a letter to
The Charleston News and Courier
advising the thorough organization of
the farmers to control the production.
He says:
“Our farmers know perfectly well
that a crop of 6,000,000 bales will
bring more money to the producers
than a crop of 10,000,000 bales. Let
them form at once a “10-eent-cotton
league” in every county of the south.
Let every member bind himself in
writing to plant only one-half the
acreage that he planted last spring.
Let each farmer not only act as a vigi¬
lance committee of one to see that his
neighbors carry out their pledges, but
invite their insjiection of his own
fields, so they may be satisfied that he
has done likewise. Let every farmer
who refuses to. bind himself with the
rest, or who, having done so, breaks
his pledge, be vigorously ‘boycotted’
as a traitor to the community.”
EVERGREEN’S HEAVY LOSS.
A $100,000 Fire Plays Havoc With
the Little City.
At Evergreen, Ala., fire broke out
Wednesday night in the Racket store
and spread rapidly, destroying fifteen
buildings, including the Evergreen
Hotel and the postoffice. Over a dozen
firms were burned out. The loss will
approximate $100,000 with perhaps
about $25,000 insurance.
Children Cremated.
The home of Rev. Solomon Becker-
man, at Cleveland, Ohio, caught fire
early Monday morning. His two lit¬
tle daughters, aged seven and eleven
years, were burned to death. Other
members of the family had great diffi¬
culty in escaping.
A Telephone Patent Void.
At Boston, Mass., the United States
Circuit Court, in the case of the Unit¬
ed States versus the Bell Telephone
Company, has handed down a decision
declaring the Berlinger ( telephone pat¬
ent void. /
A Missouri AJaiik Goes to the Wall.
The Citi^ns’ Stock bank, of Monday. Slater,
Mo., made an assignment also
The doors of the savings bank are
closed. The latter, it is said, is safe,
and as soon as collections are made i*-
will be opened.
Rice is said to be the staple food of
nearly one-half of the human race.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Dun £ Co.’s Review ot Trade for the
Past Week.
E. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of
trade says:
Contradictory changes in business
are quite in order at this season.
Neither the larger orders in some
branches, nor the depressions of prices
in others, afford a safe indication of the
general movement. But the working
force does not lessen more than usual
for the time of year, the demand for
goods does not seem to diminish,
though in most departments it is con¬
siderably below the capacity of works
in operation, and the volume of busi¬
ness transacted is a little large in com¬
parison with last year than in Novem¬
ber.
“ The detailed reports regarding the
chlef industries are not altogether en-
c °uraging. The iron output increased
during tho month of November and
" ns 168,762 tons weekly December 1st,
against 162,066 November 1st, bnt tbo
increase in stocks unsold was 50,149
*°ns, which average 11 ,i 00 tons per
wee k> indicating that the increase m
production during tb,e month of No-
vei nber was not supported by the de-
™ an d for products. Accordingly prices
lave been declining, the general aver-
age of articles quoted being only 54.9
of the average in October, 1890, against
'~ on the H rS t of December. The
Pittsburg market shows most weakness,
Bessemer pig being^ quoted at $10.15
aud _8 ra y forge offered at $9.30, and
l:,r 11011 selling at 90 cents, but in
structural forms the eastern demand
18 sufficiently large to cause a slight
advance in beams.
Cotton goods are demoralized by
some reduction, and by the announce-
m en ^ °f a 8 rea t auction sale of 27,000
. By Bliss, I abyn & Co., and the
P le °e s
^regularity in various staples increas¬
ed although print cloths are steady,
Money comes to New 1 ork in
large amounts, making the transfers
By the treasury to New Orleans-to
l°°k a little fanciful, and no increase
a PP«ars m the demand for commercial
^ oans ’ ,,-except in transactions on ac-
coun t °f the sugar trust in order to
^J o^jMertain purchases of the gas
Ifc'ty ^n Brgfddyn Hardly ever has
there beeti.-Ss little call for strictly
mme * C2a l ^ es a the 5 ft * week will time. amount Lx-
ties on London account, and as long
as this continues outgoes of gold must
be expected.
“The failures for the past week have
been 349 in the United States, against
329 last year, and 30 in Canada
against 40 last year. ”
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The first practical test of the bene¬
fits of the recently discovered anti-
toxine as a cure for diphtheria, was
made at St. Louis,Tuesday and proved
a succeess.
Byron Myers and George Wheeler
have been arrested at Caldwell, Idaho,
for counterfeiting. Wheeler is thought
to be the head of a gang operating ex¬
tensively. Myers is a farmer.
A private cable received at New
York Tuesday announces that White-
law Reid’s malady has continued to
grow worse since he arrived in Egypt,
and that his condition now is alarm¬
ing.
The courthouse at Lewiston, Ill.,was
totally burned early Saturday morn¬
ing. Most of the records were saved.
The building was erected in 1839, and
Abraham Lincoln delivered a famous
speech in it in 1858.
The Bethlehem, Pa., Iron company
has received the whole contract for
the armor for Russia’s two new war
vessels. The contrrot calls for over
12,000 tons and means a full year’s
work in the armor department.
The Portsmouth company’s mill at
South Berwick, Me., which has been
shut down for the jjast six months, re¬
sumed work Tuesday. About two hun¬
dred looms are in operation and the
mill will be running at full capacity in
a few days.
A Yirden, the oldest and largest
wholesale and retail merchant at Jack-
son, Miss., has made an assignment,
naming W. R. Harper and A. 0. Jones
as assignees. Assets $55,000, liabili¬
ties not stated, but thought to be
heavy.
In the South Carolina house of rep¬
resentatives Mr. Thomas, of Richland,
exploded a bombshell by offering a
resolution asking why the state treas¬
urer had paid out $31,000 for state
printing to the Columbia Register,
Governor Tillman’s organ, when only
$20,000 had been appropriated.
The coal miners employed at the
Nottingham works, on the Wheeling
division of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, have accepted the proposed
reduction of 9 cents a ton in wages,
pending a settlement. for the Pitts¬
burg district. This is the first break
of the miners in the district.
Superintendent Byrnes has filed
charges against the members of the
New York police department, Captain
Schmittberger, Sergeant William O’¬
Toole, Detective Sergeant W. R.
Frink, Patrolman William Mulcahy
and Ordinanceman Bernard O’Reilly,
John Townsend and K. Iliokey.
Charges are for bribery and corrup¬
tion.
FINAL HEARINGS
OF THE HOUSE BANKING AND
CURRENCY COMMITTEE.
Great Interest Manifested In Currency
Discussions.
A Washington special says: Great
interest was manifested Saturday in
the closing hearing of the currency re¬
vision before the committee on bank¬
ing and currency of the house.
Secretary Carlisle was present at the
opening of the session. The bankers
to be heard represented two widely di¬
vergent views, President G. G. Wil¬
liams, of the Chemical National Bank
of New York, representing the pre¬
vailing view among bankers, while
President W. P. St. John, of the Mer¬
cantile Bank of New York, represent¬
ed the eastern view favorable to silver.
The presence of Mr. St. John had
drawn Senator Teller to the hearing,
anxious to hear the views of an eastern
man.
Chairman Springer read a letter
from President Poul, of the York
National bank of York, Neb., en¬
dorsing the Carlisle plan. Represen¬
asked tative why Johnson, letter (rep.), chosen of Indiana, be
this was to
read when many letters giving differ¬
ent views were received. It was ex¬
plained that this was the only letter
from a national bank endorsing the
Carlisle plan. There was some spar¬
ring over the latter and Mr. Springer
withdrew it.
Largest Deposits in This Country.
There was added interest to the
statement of Mr. Williams, who opened
the hearing from the fact that the
bank of which he is president has the
largest deposits in the United States,
if not the world.
“The situation is one requiring
firmness and common sense,” said he.
The first problem in our clumsy and
conglomerate financial system is the
disposition to be made of our legal
tender notes.”
He urged that these notes should be
funded $50,009,000 at a time until
they were eliminated from our fiscal
system. Bonds at 3 per cent should
be received as security of national
baffktrot-es on a'basis of par for the
bonds, the government to have a first
lien on the assets of the bank. These
notes should be redeemable in New
York city and when issued in sufficient
volume and being readily convertible,
would furnish adequate elasticity to
the currency. The tax on the circula¬
tion of national tanks should at once
be removed.
Baltimore Plan Not Safe.
As to the Baltimore plan, Mr. Will¬
iams said it would be safe in large
cities, but it might start many mush¬
room banks merely with - a view to
issue notes, and the failure of such
banks would cause loss to the whole
system. Conservative and well man¬
aged institutions hands would absolutely re¬
fuse to join in meeting the
losses sure to arise frrm these mush¬
room banks.
After funding the legal tender notes
and giving a new national bank issue,
Mr. Williams said the next step was to
look after the silver certificates and
Sherman notes. The latter were am¬
ply protected by the one hundred mil¬
lion in the treasury. As to the silver
certificates, congress should pass a
law redeeming them in silver bullion
at its market value at the discretion of
the secretary of the treasury, and it
might be well to similarly redeem the
Sherman notes. With these changes,
our currency system would become
absolutely sound and our banking sys¬
tem the most perfect ever devised.
During the absence of the mem¬
bers of the minority it was decid¬
ed to report the Carlisle bill without
amendment. Several members of the
majority gave notice that they wished
to amend the bill, but it was agreed
not to do this in committee. It was
decided to report the bill to the house
and allow amendments to be offered to
it when it comes up for consideration.
No action was taken binding the ma¬
jority to support the measure in the
house or to support any amendment
that may be offered.
DEFAULTER SEELEY
Waives Examination Before a United
States Commissioner.
Samuel C. Seeley, the New York
bank defaulter, was taken before
United States Commissioner Wirt for
preliminary examination at Chicago
Thursday. President Crane, of the
National Shoe and Leather bank, was
present and outlined the crime, and
Seeley was held under $20,000 bom?
He waived examination and said W
had no one who could give bond for
him and was taken back to his cell.
Miss Sherman Married.
The wedding of Miss Mary Stewart
Sherman, the.only daughter of the
senior senator from Ohio, and James
Ivers McCullum, was solemnized at
Washington Thursday.
Let your regret over the opportun¬
ities that came to you and were
slighted by you bo turned into a read¬
iness to grasp those that are to oome.
1.00 A Year.
VOL. V. NO. 43.
EXPOSITION BIDS OPENED.
Five Big Buildings for Atlanta’s Big
Show to Be Erected.
The bids for the manufacturers,
machinery, agricultural, electricity
and mineral and forestry buildings of
the International and Cotton States
Exposition, were opened at Atlanta
Tuesday morning, and the lowest bid¬
ders were awarded the contracts for
tho buildings. bidders, and the
There were eleven
five lowest bids on separate buildings
amounted to $105,631, which is about
$25,000 below the estimate placed upon
the bids by the exposition directors.
The five lowest bidders were as fol¬
lows:
Manufacturers Building—A Wilson,
Cincinnati; $35,600. %
Machinery Building—Atlanta Build- .
ing Company; $30,000.
Agricultural Building—Grace &
Hyde Company, Chicago, $16,800.
Electricity Building—Atlanta Build¬
ing Company, Atlanta, $11,231.
Minerals and Forestry Building—
Gudo & Walker, Atlanta, $12,000.
There were three bids on all the
buildings in a lump. The lowest of
these bids was made by Messrs. Dun-
gan & Powers, of Chicago. Their bid
was for $126,713, over $21,000 above
the total of the five bids that will be
accepted. opened by the
After the bids were
executive committee of the exposition
directors, they were referred to Messrs.
Bradford L. Gilbert and Grant Wil¬
kins to decide upon the successful bid¬
ders.
After thorough consideration and
deliberation the following bids were
accepted: Manufactures building, A.
Wilson, Cincinnati, O., for $36,000;
Machinery building, Atlanta Building
Company, $29,700; Forestry and min¬
ing, Atlanta Building Company, $11,-
231; Agriculture, Grace & Hyde, Gude Chi¬
cago, $16,800; Electricity, &
Walker, Atlanta, $12,000.
TO TEST THE INCOME TAX.
New York Merchants Employ Coun¬
sel for That Purpose.
The Now York Sun in its issue of
Tuesday morning printed the follow¬
ing in its editorial columns: “We are
enabled on the highest authority to
state that Messrs. Joseph H. Choate
and Clarence A. Seward regard the
new income tax as unconstitutional,
and that these eminent lawyers will
represent a large body of public-
spirited New York merchants and
business men, who propose to test the
constitutionality of the law in the
courts. ”
THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED
And Fifteen People Drowned—Many
Others Injured.
Particulars have been received of a
terrible accident near Ortzaba, Mex¬
ico. The P.io Blanco was on a boom
and the bridge over the stream was
crowded with people watching the
raging torrent. The bridge gave way
and the people were j "ecipitated into
the river. Fifteen men were killed
and drowned and fifty seriously
wounded.
A POLICE BILL
L
Appears to Be a Certainty In South
Carolina’s Legislature.
A Columbia, S. 0., special says:
The metropolitan police bill passed its
second reading in the senate Monday
night by a vote of 23 to 10. This was
not, however, a test vote, as to save
time it was agreed that debate should
be postponed until the final reading.
Some of the opponents of the measure
voted for it in order not to show their
hands in advance of debate. The su¬
preme struggle of the session will be
on this measure. The administration
is committed to it and there seems to
be no doubt of it going through the
senate finally.
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
McBride Succeeds Gompers—Indian¬
apolis Made Headquarters.
The first matter to come before the
Federation of Labor in session at
Denver, Col., Monday morning was
the selection of a place for headquar¬
ters, the convention having decided to
remove the same from New York city.
The cities of Washington, Brooklyn,
Detroit and Indianapolis were placed in
nomination. Indianapolis was selected
by a majority vote. McBride was
elected president of the American
Federation of Labor over Gompers.
Deep Water Project Perfected.
The capitalists interested in hurry¬
ing the deep water works at the mouth
of the Brazos to completion have been
in conference at Yelasco, Texas, nearly
all the past week and have completed
all necessary arrangements for finish¬
ing the capping of the jetties so as to
clear out the eighty or ninety foot
remnant of liver bar between deep
water in the harbor and deep water in
the gulf. The finishing tonohes will
be added as rapidly as possible.
Extradition Refused.
The United States legation at the
City of Mexico has been notified by
the Mexican government that it had
been decided to refuse extradition in
the case of Dr. S. J. McCurry, who
was held at Monterey for alleged mal¬
practice at Anniston, Ala.