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Doings of the Chiefs and Heads of thf«
M Various Departments.
Hon. J. Sterling Morton, secretary
of agriculture, will make the annual,
address at the University of Tennessee
It is reported that the president in¬
tends to veto the river and harbor bill.
The senate will not under any circum¬
stances provide for adjournment until
the president acts upon the bill.
The house Wednesday morning
adopted a resolution for the adjourn¬
ment of congress on the 18th. Thia_
is a notification an the part of the’
house to the senate that it is ready to
adjourn. The resolution will rest in
the senate until that body thinks it
sees its way dear to adjournment.
That may be tbe first of June or it
may be the middle of July..
The secretary of the interior has ap¬
proved tbe report of Special Agent
Kobert L. Berner, who spent last sum¬
mer investigating the noted' Des
Moines river land grant. The amount
of indemnity carried aggregates about
$185,000. Only claims accompanied
by written evidence of title were al¬
lowed and only 130 out of 526 claims
that were filed at the department were
thjis favorably passed upon.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, again
introduced his bill prohibiting the
secretary of the treasury from issuing
bonds without the special authoriza¬
tion of congress for each issue. It is
the same bill he introduced several
months ago. The bill was referred to
the finance committee, where it has
lain unacted upon. The senator intro¬
duced it again with the avowed pur¬
pose of calling it up in the senate for
action without reference to a commit¬
tee. At the fir/it opportunity he will
move its consideration. That will be
a test vote. If it can.be taken up it
can pass. Senator Bacon intends to
push it.
Working foi; Savannah.
Senators Bacon and Gordon made a
Lard fight in the senate Tuesday for
th*» reinstatement of' the Savannah
harbor, appropriation, stricken out by
the senate committee. They didn’t
get the entire appropriation rein-”’
stated, but they saved the Savannah
harbor proper, for which nearly $1,
000,000 is appropriated. »
That portion providing for a deepen¬
ing and improving of the inland steam¬
boat channel between Savannah and
Beaufort was stricken out. The Geor¬
gia senators ‘When did well under the circum¬
stances. the bill gets to confer¬
ence Colonel Lester will endeavor to
Lave all the house provisions reinstated
and he may be successful. The great¬
est danger to Savannah now is that the
president will veto the bill on acconnt
of the very large sum it carries.
Adjournment Talk.
The prospects for a session of con¬
gress extending into made*the July are growing.
Senator DuBois prediction
that congress would be in session until
the 20th of July. At Saturday’s ses¬
sion of the senate Mr. DuBois intro
ducad a joint resolution instructing
the president that whenever, in his
opinion, the depletion of the
gold reserve required an issue
of bonds he should so notify the
congress and that no issue of bonds
should be made without the special
authority of congress. The resolution
will be called up for debate by Sena¬
tor DuBois. The resolution in con¬
nection with the bond investigation to
begin next week, will again open up
the bond and financial questions and
may lead to long and earnest debate.
It may cause the tariff question to be
brought up again and it is not impro¬
bable that another attempt will be
made in the senate to pass the house
tariff bill. With a reopening of all
those questions congress would be
forced to remain in session many
weeks longer.
Tffil lAjivil president, Service Extension Law.
by his signature,
Wednesday, extended the provisions
of the civil service law to 3,000 gov¬
ernment employes,increasing the num¬
ber of positions on the classified list
from 55,136 to 58,135 and with a few
minor exceptions between the extremes
of officials whose confirmation by the
senate is constitutionally requisite,
down to mere laborers and workmen,
governmental appointments are with¬
drawn as far as possible from political
influence and protected in their
tenure of office by the merit sys¬
tem. The president's signature,
cancelling all former orders issued and
substituting the new rules, was imme¬
diately filed in the state department
and went into effect at once, thus fore¬
stalling any possible action throughout
the country by appointing officials or
transferring employes or in any other
way evading the rules before being for¬
mally notified of them. From the
moment of its signature the new order
made all government officials directly
responsible to the commission This for ap¬
pointments and changes. revi¬
sion of the rules divides the executive
civil service into five branches as fol¬
lows: The departmental service, the.
SPRING sprint PLACE. COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. MAY 14. 1896.
custom house service, the postoffice
service, the- government printing ser¬
vice end the internal revenue service.
In the departmental service are
classified all officers and employes (ex¬
cept laborers aud persons who have,
been nominated for confirmation) in
the several executive tin’ departments, the
commissions, Indian railway mail servioe,
service, the District of Colum¬
bia, pension agencies, steamboat in¬
fection service, revenue cutter, ser¬
vice, sub-treasuries and engineer do
o«jtftu*juts and the forces employed by
custodians of public buildings, The
only-exception made in the treasury
department is in favor of those in the
life-saving servioe.
In the custom house service are clas¬
sified all officers and* e.mployes in any
customs district whose employes num¬
ber as many as five. In the postoffice
servioe are classified all officers and
employes in any free delivery post
office.
In the internal revenue service are
classified all officers and employes in
every internal revenue disteict except 1 ,,
of course, as in‘ other eases, mere, la¬
borers. ,
The number of classified places ex¬
empted from examination has been re¬
duced from 2,099 to 775, which are
mainly positions of cashiers ; in the
customs, .postal and internal revenue
services. Indians employed in minor
capacities in the Indian Bervice are
necessarily put in the exception list.
The only classified positions it} Wash¬
ington which will be exeepted - fro.m will
examination under the now Jules
be private secretaries or confidential
clerks (not exceeding two) to the pres¬
ident and to the head of each of the
eight executive departments.
TOPICS OF TRADE.
Bradstreet’s Weekly Summary 'of
Business Conditions.
Bradstreet’s review of trade fqr the
past week says:
“Relatively the unfavorable situation features
of the general businSss this
week include unseasonable cool
weather, which at some centers has
cheeked trade. In Texas further im¬
provement in the cotton crop outlook*
has stimulated jobbers to send out
travelers to anticipate demand. The re¬
gion of which Chattanooga is the com¬
mercial center is enjoying the results of
an extension of the truck gardening in¬
dustry. Savannah’s rosin and turpen¬
tine receipts and shipments are quite
active. The outlook for wheat in
eastern Oregon is brightest and the
like is true of Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa. More important staples for
whieh prices are higher are cotton,
print cloths, indian corn, oats, lard
and coffee, while quotations for pork,
coal and lumber remain practically
unchanged. A sale) of wool is re¬
ported at Boston at ‘lowest prioe
on record,’ from which it may
be inferred the bottom has been
reached. Wheat flour, wheat, sugar,
petroleum, bessemer pig and foundry
irons have likewise been shaded in
price. The evident though gradual
increase in the volume of business
during the past two or three weeks
shows itself in an enlarged volume of
bank clearings. The aggregate for the
week is $1,135,000,000, or 15 per cent
more than last week, but . only
7-10 of 1 per cent larger than
in the first week of May, 1895, al¬
though 25 per cent larger than in
the corresponding week of 1894. As
compared with the like period in 1893,
the week’s total clearings show a de¬
crease of 11 per cent; and as con¬
trasted with 1892, a decrease of 7.8
per cent. There are 267 business fail¬
ures reported throughout the United
States this week as compared with 254*
last week, 224 in the week one year
ago, 198 in the first week of May, 1*894,
and as compared with 210 in the cor¬
responding week of 1893.”
A STRIKE IN SAVANNAH
Among the Wharf Laborers of the
Ocean Steamship Co.
There is quite a row in progress on
the Ocean Steamship wharves at Sa¬
vannah between the laborers and the
officials. The officials have just de¬
cided to put on a permanent gang
of 100 men to be paid off every
Saturday night, instead of em¬
ploying all gangmen and truckers
by the hour as has been done hereto¬
fore. Extra help when needed will
also bo employed by the hour. The
men if anything, are able to make
more wages under this arrangement
than they were before. They are pro¬
testing, however, because heretofore
they had the whole thing in their own
hands, and a man could take his turn
at working, then knock off and loaf for
a while.
The negroes are mad because their
arrangement was broken. They want
the old schedule, at so much an hour,
so they can work when they please
and quit when they please.
So far, only about fifty of tbe gang
of 100 havo been secured, and there is
quite a shortage of men on the wharf.
The other laborers have struck. About
100 or 150 of them published a card
saying they would not go back to work
unless satisfactory arruugements were
made.
J. Fenimobe Cooper began to write
under the pet name of “A Traveling
Bachelor.”
“Tell tHe Trtitli.”
THE 54TH CONGRESS.]
RCHJTINE OF HOUSE AND SENATE
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BRIEFLY CHRONICLED.
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j-m,,.. Summary of Bills and . _ Resolutions „ . , , I
Presented and Acted Upon. j
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THE HOUSE. **i
The committee ... on ways ..... and means/
through Mr. Dingley, reported to resop-j the ,
bouse, Wednesday a concurrent
lution providing for thf adyournmenj: ;
of congress on the 18th instant. The,,
readmg of the resolution was greeted
with applause Mr Dingley ashed im-i
mediate consideration of the rfisolu- j
tionr Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, asked !
that the matter be allowed togo
until tomorrow, but Mr. -Dingley
moved the previous question,- which
was ordered by an overwhelming vote. |
The speaker was about to put thV,
filiation on the passage of the resolu- |
taonvthen Mr. Wheeler asked if fifteen;
minutes debate was not allowed on
each -side of any proposition upon
whieh the previous question had beep
' ‘1 The- Speaker-The a , m, chair is of the
impression that debate has been Alabama had
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Mr : Wheeler—No debate Tv at all aU ’ Mr !
Speaker; no debate. Only , a request * ,
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•Speaker—The chair doesn’t desire,
to ru'e _ , arbitrarily ... .. upon any matter.., ..
Mr. Dingley asked and obtained
five minutes. In that time Mr.
Wheeler attacked tbe republican ma
jority for a violation of its pledges
made in the campaign of 1894, to re
lieve the people of the country from
the conditions under which they are !
laboring, Nothing whatever has been
done in that direction, qnd now it was
proposed to adjourn within a fort
night, thus abandoning all hope and
opportunity iegislatioi, of accomplishing .any
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The resolution was agreed to with
out division, the announcement being
greeted with applause. Massachusetts,
Mr. McCall, of re
ported from the election committee
No. 3, contested election case of Yost,
republican, versus Tucker, democrat,
from the tenth district of West Vir
ginia, in favor Tucker, the sitting
member. Mr. Miller, republican, of
West Virginia, from elections commit¬
tee No. 2, reported the case of Thomp¬
son, populist, versus Shaw, democrat,
from the third North Carolina district,
and it was unanimously recommended
that Shaw’s title to the seat which he
holds be confirmed. The report was
agreed to. The house then went into
committee of tho whole to consider
private pension bills.
Members of the house will hereafter
have clerks all tho months of the year.
They will have clerks at home, as well
as when in Washington, such clerks to
be paid by the government. The
house so voted Friday after an inter
esting debate. Most democrats, as
usual, voted against the bill, yet every
democrat hoped it would pass and
every one will draw the salary and
employ a clerk. Indeed a clerk is as
necessary to a representative to prop
erly attend to his business as to a sen
ator. It is right that they should havo
them. Yet over a hundred members
voted , against providing , each member
with a clerk at an annual salary. The
majonty . . of them , voted “no” because
of the fear of censure from their con
stituants. Yet every one will draw the
salary for clerk hire. The feature of
the bill is that members draw the
money themselves,certifying that th6y
have agreed to pay out the same for
clerk hire.
THE SENATE.
A difference Of opinion developed
between the two Florida senators, Mr.
Call and Mr. Pasco, Wednesday, as to
the resolution of Mr. Call requesting
the president to protest against the
execution of the American citizens
taken on hoard the schooner Competi
tor by a Spanish gunboat. Mr.
wanted immediate action. Mr. Sher
man moved to refer the resolution to
the committee on foreign affairs. Mr.
Call protested, saying that “with death
hanging over American citizens” the
senate should act. Mr. Pasco differed
with Mr. Call, saying he had had sev
eral interviews with the secretary of
state aud had learned that Mr. Olney
of this doing everything possible Mr. Call in a'l
class of oases. ex
pressed vigorous disagreement with
his Florida colleague. The resolution
was referred. ;
Senator Vest took advantage of the
bond resolution discussion in the senate
Thursday morning to express himself
on the subject of the administration’s
efforts to control tho democratic :
national convention. The resolutions
to investigate the recent bond sales
were passed by an overwhelming ma- |
jority, notwithstanding the vigorous !
opposition to them on the part of
Senator Hill. Though the New
York senator has consumed many !
days in speech making in opposition
to them, he was able to muster but five
votes besides his own. They were
Faulkner, Gray, Mitchell, of Wiscon¬
sin, Palmer and Quay. The inyesti-
gation will be in the hands of the sen¬
ate finance committee and may con
,eume much time.
The senate spent all day Friday de
the Santa Monica^ Cal harbor
scheme in the river and harbor bill.
three Th%senate committee wants to spend
million dollars in improving
Santa Monica harbor. The California
senators want the money spent on San
Pedro harbor, a few miles further south.
Both are near to Los Angeles. The
government engineers reported in fa
vor of San Pedro; private engineers
reported in favor of Santa Monica .
fp be j a tter port has large docks built
by the Southern Pacific railroad. The
land about thobarbor i a largely owned
b f Seiltttor JoneB) of Nevada. The in
d oation are that tbe 8enat6 will vote
in favor of Santa Monioa by a small
ma j or jt v y *
The r cate8t part of the session of
t £^> i e nate Saturday J was occupied by
Mte in 8et ing out the advan
tage9 ° po886Ssed by J Kan Pedro over
Santa Monica, for a deep sea harbor on
the coa8t of Southern California. His
argument is lo be aU8wer0d by Jttee Mr.
F / ’ h cbairmall of tbo comi
o C0 mmer ce ’ > which has incorporated l
- the nd barbor bill la
river a a e ap .
propriation for Santa Monica .
After tho river and harbor bill was
laid aaide the unobjected bills on the
' feenate bil1 appropriating $25,000 for a
monument to Gen. Nathaniel Greene, Court!
Qn ho battlefleld of Gailford
>ouse, N. C„ fought March 15,1781.
, Senate joint resolution for a com
mission to determine the cost of se
. \ for ^ United stftteB tho chan .
j in tchafal baV) Louisana.
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of brandy from fruits having been
reached, Mr. Harris, of Tennessee,
suggested that it bo passed over. Some
discussion ensued and the bill went
over without action,
Among tho propositions which were
and which went over till a
future day, was a joint resolution in
troduced by Mr. Pettigrew for suits
against the directors ahd stockholders
°f the Union and Central Pacifio rail
.road companies, and a joint resolution
introduced by Mr. Dubois, providing
tha t no government bonds shall bo
issued under any existing law until the
president shall have communicated to
/Agngress in a message the facts show
r iiig the necessity for such issue, and
until congress shall authorize it. At 5
o’clock p. in. the senate adjourned un¬
til Monday.
AGAINST DU. WH1TSITT.
Resolution Aimed at the President of
the Southern Theological Seminary.
An the second day’s' session of the
Southern Baptist convention at Chat
tanooga the business was principally
taken up w i tb the appointment of va
r j 0U8 committees,
The morning proceeding was the
introduction of a resolution by Dr. J.
S. Coleman, of Kentucky, in reference
to tbe expressions of Dr. W. H. Whit
Bitt) pres ident of the Southern Baptist
Theological seminary in his utterance
ori t be r jt e 0 f baptism. The resolution
wa8 a8 follows:
Kesolved, That a committee of one
from each state comprising the con
yention be appointed to report back to
f b j 8 bo dy what relations exist between
f b j 8 b ody and the Baptist Theological
Seminary, and if the convention has
control of the teachings and actions of
f be f ormer .
The resolution was adopted without
a des senting vote,
Dr. Kerfoot, discussing the condi
tion of the fore i gn bo ard, declared
that lhe time had come when 80me .
thing must be done to meet the emer¬
gency. The debt of the board is about
$30,000. At least $15,000 was sub¬
scribed to help liquidate this debt.
McKINLEY GETS MICHIGAN.
Result ot the Republican State Con¬
vention.
The platform adopted by the repub
Hean state convention of Michigan asks
f or with Hm restoration reciprocity of a protective tar
as a necessary sup
plement aqd says:
“We are united in favor of the nom
illation of William McKinley, of Ohio,
by the republican party for the office
*4 president of the United StateB, and
hereby instruct the delegates seleoted
at this convention to use all honorable
means to secure his nomination so
long as his name is before the national
convention.
1 ‘We are unyielding and uneompro
mising in our demand for sound
money. We are in favor of the use of
gold, silver and paper dollars in our
currency, all maintained at a parity as
to purchasing and debt-paying power.
“We are opposed to any proposition
that involves the depreciation of any
portion of our currency, and therefore,
are opposed to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver by this country alone,
under present conditions, believing
that such coinage would destroy the
parity and depreciate and contract the
currency.
“Tho resolutions also expressed sym
pathy with the people of Cuba in their
struggle for liberty.”
General Bussell Alger, Thomas J.
O’Brien, of Grand Bapids; John Dun¬
can, of Calumet, and Mark S. Brewer,
of Pontiac, were elected delegates to
St. Louis.
A In Advance
THEY WILL BE SHOT.
THE MEN CAPTURED ON THE
COMPETITOR DOOMED
Unless the United .States Interposes
Quickly in Their Behalf.
The passage of the death sentence on
the men caught on the filibuster, Com¬
petitor, it is stated, is liable to bring
about a crisis in relations between
Spain and the United States.
It is understood that this govern¬
ment will not allow the executions to
take place without earnest and vigor¬
ous protest against the summary man¬
ner in which the trial was conducted.
Secretary Olney several days ago
sent instructions of no uncertain tone
to Consul General Williams, and these
formed the basis for the representa¬
tions made by General Williams to the
court martial Friday. Every effort
is being made to prevent the execution
of the sentence until this government
can make a thorough investigation on
which to base appeals or demands.
Of the five men convicted and sen¬
tenced, two are native born American
citizens,, and the third, William Kin
lea, described as an Irishman, is un¬
derstood to be a naturalized citizen of
this country. The state department is
informed that Owen Milton is from
Kansas, and that Alfredo Laborde was
born in New Orleans.
In all cases of arrest of American
citizens for alleged complicity in in¬
surrection, the United States govern¬
ment has insisted on civil trials for
those who were not captured in the act
of using arms against the Spanish
forces, practically conceding, however,
that those bearing and using arms
might This be tried by military courts.
construction complicates mat¬
ters in the present instanoe, as Milton,
Laborde and Kinlea are stated to
have been captured with arms in their
hands.
Secretary Olney* had a long inter¬
view with the president on the subject
Saturday morning, and on his return
to the state department sent telegrams
to Madrid and Havana.
It is understood that the friendly
offices whieh the state department is
exerting limited in behalf of Milton,of Kaiisas,
are to the complaint that the
decision was reached in a summary
manner, without giving any opportun¬
ity for defense, and too hasty to exam¬
ine into all the circumstances of the
case.
Effort to Delay Execution.
The effort now being made at Mad¬
rid and Havana is, therefore, to be in
the line of securing a delay of the ex¬
ecution for a sufficient time to permit
such an investigation of the Competi¬
tor incident as is demanded in the in¬
terest of humanity.
It is not thought that any attempt
will be made to secure a oivil trial for
Milton or any of his associates who
may be found to be bona fide American
citizens, the treaty under which such
transfers of jurisdiction have hitherto
been made appearing to have no bear¬
ing in the present instance.
Weyler Notifies Olney.
Tho report reaches Havana from the
United States that Captain General
Weyler has notified Secretary Olney
that the Americans captured on the
schooner Competitor will be executed
in accordance with the sentence of the
court martial, which tried them, de¬
spite the protest of Mr. Olney.
It is not known in Havana that the
captain general has done anything of
the kind. The only thing that he has
said about the case is that Consul
General Williams had presented a
claim that the Americans should be
tried by a tribunal, as they were not
bearing arms when captured. It is
believed that the matter will be de¬
cided at a cabinet meeting to be held
in Madrid.
A Washington special under the date
of Sunday night says: The president’s
time for action in the Cuban -matter
has arrived. He will not permit the
execution of the men captured on the
Competitor. Already he has commu¬
nicated with the Spanish government
in the matter, and he is said to be de¬
termined.
The affair is looked upon 1 as the
most serious complication which has
yet arisen, and it may lead to the dis¬
patch of the north Atlantic squadron
to Cuban waters within a few days.
Several cables have been passed, and
the president may send a Bpeoial mes
sage to congress on the subject within
forty-oight hours.
CONSUL LEE TAKES THE OATH.
Will Leave for Cuba as Soon as He
Gets Instructions.
General Fitzhugh Lee took the oath
of offioe and executed his bond as con¬
sul general to Cuba at Eiohmond, Va.,
Thursday. Tho general expeots to get
his final instructions from President
Cleveland in a day or two and it is
probable that he will go to Havana
next week. The general seems to be
in excellent health and says he does
not feel any uneasiness on aooount of
the climate of the islands. He thinks
that if he takes good care of himself
he will be as well there as at home.
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SOUTHEEN PASSENGEE AGENT,
Missouri Pacific R’w’y
and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
103 Eead House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
CHARLES Jf. KING,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPEING PLAGE, GA.
J. BATES,
• * Attorney-at-Law,
SPEING PLAGE, GA
Special attention to eoUeotiosi and
criminal practioe.
Y # L. WATTS,
Attorney-At-Law,
SPEING PLAGE, GA.
Prompt attention to all business.
L. HENRY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPEING PLACE, G\
Will praotice in the courts of this and
adjoining eountiaa.
J t S. FANN,
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
Solicits voui uatrnnaaa
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General J6b Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt atten¬
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samples of work.
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Livery Stable,
DALTON, GA.
I have bought the entire Livery
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solicit your patronage.
J j# P. BAGWELL, M. D.,
SPEING PLACE, GA.
Offers his professional services to tha
people of this section and solioits a
share of the patronage. ;
W W. ANDEKSON,
Physician and Snrgeon,
SPEING PLACE, GA.
Professional services offered to the
people of this section. Calls oheer
fuliy answered day and night.
J. A. PRICE, M. D.,
SUMACH, GA.
Will practice his profession in this
and surrounding oountry.
Will be at the Temple House on tha
first Tuesdays in eaoh month for t tho
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronio diseases.
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