Newspaper Page Text
TRY AN AD. IN THE TIMES!
A Big Ad, Will
Sell You it Goods:
It attracts new customers and holds
the old ones. I’eople will forget you
and your goods if you don’t constantly
“jog their memory.”
A Little Ad. Will
Bring back your stray animal,
find a purchaser for your house and lot,
horse and buggy, or anything else.
TRY AN AD. IN THE TIMES!
EMPIRE STATE MB
A Week’s Happenings Gathered
From All Parts of Georgia.
MANY IMPORTANT EVENTS NOTED
Commissioner of Agriculture Nesbitt, Who
Has Recently Made a Visit to South¬
west Georgia, Says tho State Will Yield
au Unusually Largo Fruit Crop This
Year—Crisp Cancels His Hates.
Atlanta, April 14.—Commissioner of
Agriculture Nesbitt thinks that Georgia
will yield an enormous fruit crop this
season. In addition to the reports which
have come to him from all sections of
tlio state, he has recently made a visit
to southwest Georgia, where he in¬
spected the crops and examined gener¬
ally the agricultural prospects for this
year. Ho returned to his office Monday
morning.
“I was much struck,” he said, “with
the fruit conditions about Albany. The
people in that pint of the state have re¬
cently gone into tiie business very heav¬
ily, and I think will make a success of
it. They are awaiting very anxiously
the decision of tiie United States su¬
preme court in the case argued Terrell some
time ago by Attorney General
and Judge Allen Fort, regarding the
rates for fruit transportation. No de¬
cision lias yet been made, and from pres¬
ent prospects it will bo delayed until
the gathering of the crop and its ship¬
ment.
“Crops of all kinds' are in good con¬
dition through toe section I visited.
Cotton is np iu most places, nnd there
is generally a good stand of corn.”
THE DEBATE AT ALBANY.
Ex-Speaker Crisp and Secretary of the In¬
terior Smith Meet For the Fourth Time,
Albany, Ga., April JO.—Secretary
Smith and ex-Speaker Crisp held their
fourth joint discussion on the coinage
question here. The Georgia Chautauqua
is in session here, and the throngs of
visitors already iu tlio attendance crowds that on its ex¬
ercises added to were
dumped into the little city during the
morning by six different railroads, made
tlio audience one o.f the largest and
most intelligent yet addressed by the
champions of the cause of sound money
anil free silver coinage respectively. Turner’s
Albany is in Congressman sympathies of tlio
old district, and the
crowd were apparently about equally
divided. The speaking Secretary took place Smith in
tho Chautauqua tent,
having the.wiituuiig.
The 31111s at Columbus to Resume,
Columbus, Ga., April 11.—It is offi¬
cially announced that the Eaglo and
Phenix mills will resume operation
on May 1, and the 2,000 idle operatives
will be given an opportunity of return¬
ing to work. That the majority of tiie
operatives will return to work, there
seems no doubt, and even if many of
them will have gone to Alabama City
by that time, the mill officials can easily,
secure help elsewhere. However, there
does not seem to be much doubt but
that plenty of help can be secured here
at home. Tlio woolen department of
tlio mills will start up on April 20.
Judge Crisp Cancels His Dates.
Atlanta, April 14.—Judge Charles
F. Crisp lias canceled liis dates for
speeches and left at noon for Washing¬
ton. He was complaining of pains who in
liis chest ami called in a doctor,
made a thorough examination of tiie
ex-speaker and advised him to give up
liis stumping for tiie present. Mr. Crisp
had a date for Tuesday at Lexington
with Secretary Smith, but upon the
physician’s advice, concluded to give it
up. The ex-speaker month expects and to return liis
to Georgia next resume
campaign. _____
Attempt to Burn the Savannah Po*toffice.
Savannah, April 9.—Incendiary at¬
tempts were made during the night to
bum tiie Savannah postoffice and also
tho large 4-story brick building occupied
by tlio Hoyle Grocery company, and
Luilileu & Bates music house. The
buildings are in different parts of toe
business section of tho city. It is tiie
general impression that the fire of
Wednesday morning, which destroyed
$200,000 worth of property, was also due
to incendiarism.
Railway Surgeons to Meet In Atlanta.
Atlanta, April 9.—Dr. C. M. Drake,
ciiief surgeon of tiie Southern railroad,
has issued a call for a meeting of tho
surgeons of tiie Southern railroad and
(lie Alabama Great Southern railroad
to meet in Atlanta on Monday, May 4,
for the purpose of organizing a railway
association of the surgeons of these
roads.
_
Two Negroes Found Guilty of Murder.
Irwintox, Ga., April 13.—David
Camming anil Arthur Holloman, the
negroes who killed Mr. Arthur Stanley
in this county last August, have been
found guilty of murder and sentenced
by Judge Hart to be hanged ou May 15.
Consumption Cheated the Gallows.
Albany, Gil, April 15.—Thomas H.
Reynolds, who shot and killed George
Cox in this city Dec. 31 last, has just
died of consumption. He was to have
been tried at the term of court now iu
session. X
Killed a Salvationist.
Kansas City April i<> 3.-J _t A. a Jones, Times
an eniplove of the Western Union Tele
graph company, shot aud killed George
Franklin, a member of the Salvation
Army, shortly before midnight at Jones
home.’ Jealousy caused tho tragedy.
Julies i, ,, UI a. la r ge,
Adventist College Burned.
Parkersburg, W.\ a., p ,, „
- ..
8-story college buil ing o t e even
Day Adventists, at Newark, 18 miles
above this city, caught fire and was
totally destroyed. Loss, $ 12,000; lusur*
Wice/*8,Q0a
Vol. IV.
JOHN A. COCKERILL DEAD.
The Famous Journalist Stricken With Pa¬
ralysis While In a Barber** Clialr.
New York, April 11.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Cairo, Egypt, says:
Colonel John A. Cockerill, the noted
journalist, was stricken with apoplexy
while iu a barber’s chair at a hotel hero
and died shortly afterwards.
Colonel Cockerill was one of the most
successful and widely known newspa¬
per men iu the United States. He en¬
tered the profession when a when mere boy,
and except for the period as a
drummer ho was at the front in the civil
war, lie continued iu it, rising ever
higher to positions of greater authority
and wider usefulness. Colonel Cockerill
was at one time editor of the Washing¬
ton Post, the Baltimore Gazette, the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, the New York
World and the New York Commercial
Advertiser. In.1893 he went to Ja¬
pan as correspondent of Tlio Her¬
ald and his work there im¬
mediately attracted worldwide atten¬
tion. His dispatches and letters in The
Herald on China, Japan and Corea, and
the stirring events of the last year in
those countries were read with intense
interest. Colonel Cockerill left Japan
only a few weeks ago, after the mikado
had bestowed upon him one of the most
coveted decorations, that of the sacred
treasure. He was resting in Cairo for
a while, studying the Anglo-Egyptaiu
campaign before leaving for home,
when he was suddenly stricken down.
Colonel Cockerell was quite well
known in Atlanta and news of his death
created profound sorrow among those
who knew him. As president of the
National Press clubs lie went to Atlanta
to attend the auupal convention iu 1894.
His hitter editorials against the south
attracted the attention of those with
whom lie was thrown. By liis magnetic all
manners lie won the friendship of
and the hospitable from manner in which after ho lie
was treated drew liis pen,
returned north, many kind words, lines
and stories about the south.
THE COTTON ACREAGE.
Estimates From AU Southern States Show
That the Crop W ilt Be Large.
Nashville, April 10.—Tiie Southern
Trade Review has answers from cor¬
respondents iu all the cotton states giv¬
ing estimates of acreage for 1896. The
planting is fully under way in tlio far
south and will bo very soon iu full
operation over the entire section.
Iu Tennessee the arcreage will not be
increased.
Extensive planting is probable but on the
river plantations of Arkansas, cot¬
ton will not bo so much a monopoly
crop in that region as formerly.
In Louisiana the opinion is freely ex¬
pressed that tiie increase of cotton acre¬
age will not exceed 10 per cent, while
more corn will be kk iated.
In Texas the planting is backward
because of wet weather, blit the in¬
crease is expected to reach probably 20
per ceut.
The increase in Mississippi is esti¬
mated at 5 to 10 per cent.
Alabama reports with a probable increase
of 10 per cent a proportionate in¬
crease in corn.
Georgia reports 15 per cent increase.
In Florida thoro is a large increase, as
orange growers awaiting tiie revival of
trees killed by frost will utilize the laud
in cotton.
A large increase is reported from
Soutli Carolina.
On tiie whole the increase is not much
larger than can be accounted for on tlio
ground of natural development, and
there is a marked tendency towards di¬
versified crops.
A DOCTOR ASSASSINATED.
A. H. Williams Shot and Killed Near His
Home In Hendersonville.
Nashville, April 11.—Dr. A. H. Wil¬
liams, a prominent young physician of
Sumner county, was assassinated close
to liis home in Hendersonville.
Dr. Williams had just left his resi¬
dence to see a patient. Mounting his
horse, lie turned toward the Gallatin
pike and was about to ride off when two
shots were fired iu quick succession.
Eleven buckshot struck Dr. Williams
under tho left arm and he fell from his
horse.
Two stores 50 yards away were tided
With people, who dart ran from out behind just the in time
to see a man office
near where the murdered man fell and
make his escape in tiie darkness. Dr.
Williams was barely alive when friends
reached liis side. He expired almost
immediately. understood that Williams
It is Dr.
has been fearing trouble for some time
from lawless characters whom he had
offended. He was well an upright, influen¬
tial man and was connected. He
was 35 years old and leaves a wife and
several children.
A C lerk of Court Dio*.
Nashville, April 14.—R. C. Wil¬
liams, the circuit court clerk of Smith
county, is dead. A few days ago he
shot and seriously wounded Garrett C. is W. Gar¬
rett at Carthage. Williams recover¬
ing, but 1ms been suffering
with nervous prostration trouble. and pneumo
uia ever since the
Killed His Little Sister.
HaRRIman, Tenn., April 13.—By the
careless handling of a gun, Jesse Jett, a
young man of this place, killed his little
sister. He was fingering a rifle iu tiie
presence of the child when it was dis¬
charged, the ball passing through her
heart aud producing instant death.
A Boy Commits Murder.
Knoxville, April 11.—Ham Richards,
a )5-year-old boy, fatally stabbed W.
J. Barker at Fish Springs, in Carter
couutv. c The trouble was the result of
^ feod and VM precipitttt9d b a
dispnte over gumc poultry.
—---
Boogi.t by ii.ul.ken.
El Paso, Tex., April 11.— The Rosen
felt Trust Canal, 34 miles long, irrigat
•"» ™»7; % «““ W "‘"' -7 ,E “ U *
»
-------
victory For the Strikers.
Denver, April 10.—The striking
nor thern Colorado coal miners have fe
f ^ work the United and the
jj ars hall companies haviug made the
coucessioiia demanded.
BULLOCH TIMES.
-
Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, Thursday, Apr. lb, 181$.
THE MARTHA SEIZED.
She I* Charg.il With Violating the N.«
trality Law.—Story Of U.r Crul.e.
Key West, April 10.— Tlio schooner
Martha, that left this city on tlio night
of March 81, with arms and ammuni¬
tion, has been seized by tho collector of
customs for violating Section 4,1587 of
tbe revised statues of toe) Upiled district States, for
having departed from thisi
eertiflo#to foreign pefts^rithout first obtaining .article a
of register An ap¬
peared iu the EqSMOr- Twnffl&M Wed¬
nesday, describing a trip to Cuba on
the schooner Martha by G. M. Mathes,
editor of said paper, anil on the Strength
of said article the collector seized the
schooner. Thompson,
Subsequently, Frank M., affidavit
one of the crew, swore out an
to tho effect that he lupl shipped on toe
schooner which he Martha to to be go paid to Cubag-and j£s retai for n
was on
to this port* Hi# states uoirit tliatjhesehoeaer oiriOubft. April
arrived on the 1,
and on the next day they reached too
shore about 9 o’cjock at-night, and that
the captain went ashore, but returned
almost immediately. On Friday, April
8, iu the morning, they lauded at Car¬
denas. The same night they started for
the bay, but were compelled opposite to put
back. They came to anchor
the lighthouse near Cardenas.
Saturday morning they got under
way and went off shore and about dark
that evening they were chased bv a
Spanish cruiser, but eluded tho cruiser
by rounding her stern. They thou
shaped their course for Key West, ar¬
riving here Sunday night, April 5.
DEMOCRATIC TIMBER;
Ex-Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania a* a
Presidential Possibility.
Cincinnati, April :0 —The Com¬
mercial-Gazette prints a communica¬
tion, with a Philadelphia date, from
Hon. W. G. Harrity, chairman of tiie
Democratic national executive com¬
mittee, in support of er-Governor Rob¬
ert E. Pattison of Pennsylvania for as dem¬
ocratic candidate the presidency.
Mr. Harrity Democratic says:
“Tiie candidate must be a
man of broad views, undoubted integ¬
rity, and with an inflexible purpose to
meet the highest demands of the posi¬
tion. In.Mr. Pattison will bo found nil
of tho qualifications of such a leader.
Nothing in called his privnte for life explanation, or official
career has au
though his every hostile act has been closely
scrutinized by and desperate po¬
litical interests in more than one excit¬
ing “Twice canvass. general elections has he
at
carried the Republicanism city of Philadelphia, tho
Gibraltar of of the coun¬
try, for the position of oity comptroller.
The office of governor of the common¬
wealth of Pennsylvania has been filled
by a Democrat but twice in tho last 35
years, and each time a victory was won
with Governor Pattison ns tiie can¬
didate.”
NO GREATER NEW YORK.
Tiie Mayor of Brooklyn Returns the Bill
With His Disapproval—His Bensons.
New York, April 10.—Mayor Wurs
ter of Brooklyn lias returned the
Greater New York bill to the legislature
with his disapproval. Ho says that ho
does not seo anything in tho condition
of Brooklyn to Warrant the necessity for
such a bill; that the bill is incomplete,
inasmuch as it does not provido for a
consolidated government of tiie three
cities (New York. Brooklyn and Long
Island City) and because it does not pro¬
vide for a referendum. A majority of
toe legislature may pass the bill over
the mayor’s veto.
MANIFESTO ISSUED.
Bimetallists Urged to Redouble Their
Effort* to Educate the Country.
London, April 11.—The Bimetallic
league lias issued a manifesto urging
bimetallists, in view of the recent dis¬
cussion iu the house of commons, to re¬
double their efforts to educate tlio coun¬
try. The manifesto concludes:
“Great Britain having now approved
the principle of international bimet¬
allism, as necessary to the prosperity of
her commerce, the timo cannot be’far
distant when she will recognize that her
only true position is iu the van of the
movement.”_____
Schooner Capsized; Six Persons Drowneil.
Palm Beach, Fla., April 9. —The
schooner Seminole, from Titusville to
Miami, loaded with lumber, laths, sash
and blinds, was capsized in a gale off
Lake Worth inlet. The vessel belonged'
to E. W. Shuyler of Malabar, and beside
one sailor, whose name is not known,
had aboard as passengers two men
named White and Johnson, and a wo¬
man and two children, all white. The
boat lies bottom upwards beach to the south
of the inlet, and the on botli sides
is being strewn with wreckage. No
word lias been lionrd or sign seen of the
unfortunate crew and passengers, and a
babv’s garment and a little foot with a
few" iuclies of the leg have been washed
ashore. The presumption is that all
aboard perished. The Seminole is a
total wreck.
Ingalls Favors Carlisle.
Anderson, lad., -Ap'il 11.—President
Ingalls of the Big Four railway, was
here, and concerning national politics,
said ho believes toe Demoertus would
nominate John G. Carlisle for president;
that Carlisle is the only sound money
advocate with a good following in the
south aud west., Ingalls declared; for
himself that he fiever thought or being
a candidate.
In a Trance Four Day*.
Decatur, Ind., April 11.—After lying
four days in a trance at Pleasant Val¬
ley, Mrs. Lida Nelson has been revived.
Several hours after regaining conscious¬
ness her lower limbs and tongue became
paralyzed, She claims to have con
versed with Christ and saw many
strange visions. She is slowly recovering.
Killed Hi* Employer.
Xenia, O., April 11.—John Cotton, a
farm hand, shot Elsa Bryan, liis em¬
ployer, through tiie heart on the latter's
farm near Jamestown. Cotton became
enraged because told to clean the stable
better. He gave himself up and claims
Bryan attacked him with a pitchfork.
WAITING FOR WEYLffi
Maceo Sends the Spanish C im
mander a Message.
DARED TO OOKE OUT OF HAVANA
(be Cuban Leader Anxious For a t ight
With “lli« Butcher’*—A FersUteut Hu¬
mor That Campo# I* to Again Take Com¬
mand In Cuba—Cleveland Will Not Ueo
ognlze the Cubans as Belligerent*.
New Y t ork, April 15.—A special to
The World from Tampa. Fla., says:
Among the passengers arriving from
Cuba was one who left Havana last Fri¬
day in a coach with others for a short
drive in tiie country.
At Managua, 12 miles out, the coach
was stopped by insurgents, ami the
spokesman asked the driver if he recog¬
nized him. Upon receiving an affirma¬
tive answer the leader said:
“Return to Havana witii your pas¬
sengers so that they maybe witnesses tell Gen¬
to having seen me here, and
eral Weyler that Antonio Maceo is here
waiting for him. ”
Tlio party returned and toe news was
quickly spread iu Havana, but Muceo is
still nt Managua. and
There is a persistent minor here
in Havana that General Campos is to
return to take command in Cuba.
Large Expedition Landed.
Key West, April 15.—The Cuban
leaders here have received news flint
early Saturday the steam tug George
W. Childs landed a well in equipped'lili- Tiie
landing bustering said expedition have taken Cuba. place
is to on
the coast of Pinar del Rio. A column
of Macoo's Xrmy was on hand to re¬
ceive and protect expedition the .supplies. It
is stated that tlio was one
of the largest that has succeeded
• in reaching Cuba, Colonel Juan Monzoii
is said to have been in command, umi
he was accompanied by over Americans. 100 men,
fully half of whom were from various
Tho Americans came
states, and some of them had been mem¬
bers of the national guard. The muni¬
tions carried by the Childs are said to
have comprised 3,000 rifies, 500,000 car¬
tridges, several Hotchkiss and Gatling
guns, and many revolvers and machetes.
Clothing and medical supplies were also
carried.
Spain Warned by German Editor..
Berlin, April 16.—In regard to the
action of the United States congress con¬
cerning Cuba, the inspired Post ex¬
presses hope that the Spanish good cabinet,
in. the interest of maintaining Wash¬ re¬
lations with the go>vernn#j!ig at
ington, will prevent guy demohstrationn
apaiust the United States and keep the
public calm. Anti-American disturb¬
ances, The Post says, might enlarge the
Cuban situation into a general interna¬
tional crisis full of danger to Spain.
The Neuste Nachricliten expresses belief
that the Madrid cabinet will show the
greatest prudence and deliberation iu
judging tbe decision of the American
congress in the Cuban matter.
Spaniards Prefer to Fight.
London, April 15.—A dispatch from
Madrid to the Pall Mall Gazette says:
Seuor Canovas Del Castillo, the Spanish
premier, is ill and cannot be interviewed.
His relatives, however, confirm the ex¬
istence of a communication from Presi¬
dent Cleveland. In the present state of
public feeling, it will be impossible for
the government to accept his offer.
Matters are very complicated, and while
tiie government will do everything iu
its pow’er to avoid a quarrel with the
United States, it will prefer to fight
rather than lose Cuba through foreign
pressure. Tlio coming cortes will grant
Cuba every reasonable franchise.
Spanish Newspapers Are Anjjrjr.
Madrid, April 15.—The newspapers
here are very angry with tiie American
juries and courts for acquitting the men
who were accused of being fllibnterers.
Tho Epoca says that if there is a conflict
between Spain and the United States
Spanish diplomacy will succeed in a
few weeks iu making the European
question interesting to all the powers
having colonies in the new world. Tiie
paper insinuates flint Spain will obtain
European aid. A majority of the pa¬
pers express tlio hope that tiie govern¬
ment will decline any mediation prof¬
fered by President Cleveland.
Cleveland 'Vill Not Act.
New York, April 15.— A special to
The World from Washington says;
“Recognition .of Cuban belligerency by
the United ?rates waits on President
Cleveland’s'successor.” said a promi¬
nent senator who had a conference with
Secretary Gluey not long ago, and has
since talked with the president administration, on the
same subject. ‘The
lias no notion of doing anything un¬
less there is a very decided change of
some sort, and yon need not look for tl
close of the campaigning results." season to work
any extraordinary
The Indiana I* All Right.
Washington, April 14.—The special
board consisting of Captain Picking,
constructor, anil Chief Engineer Ross,
which was appointed to make tho trip
from Port Royal to Hampton Roads ou
the Indiana anil thus make the final in¬
spection of that vessel, lias submitted
its report to tho navy department. The
board finds that there is no weakness or
deficit hull or equipment, machinery nor is there
any defect iu the of the In¬
diana. _______
Train l’lungei Through » Tre»t!«,
New Orleans, April 14.—A train
consisting of combination baggage car,
coaches and a sleeper, plunged through
a trestle at mile 33 on the Queen and
Crescent road, three miles above Voss
bnrg. Reports of the wreck aae meagre,
but the latest information received at
the main office at this point are to the
effect that six passengers were injured,
one seriously.
______
The President’* Children Improving.
Washington, April 11.—The Cleve
land children are rejxirted to lie coming
along nicely. The men ales lias obtained
no new victims in the family.
A WEEK IN WASHINGTON.
A Weekly Letter from Our Regular
Correspondent.
Washington, April 10,1800.
A more uneasy crowd than the ant-Mc
Kinle.v republicans in congress would bo
difficult to find. They know that Platt
and Quay are hatching up some sort of
scheme down in Florida, and they fear
that the reportsaboutQuay havinginade
a deal with McKinley are true, and yet
they are not certain enough to try to act
for themselves. These men don’t care a
straw about the personality of the candi¬
date. AH they want is to be witfi the
winner. It was because they though t the
Quay-Platt-Iteed combine was strong
enough to defeat McKinley and dictate
the nomination that they joined it. Now
they are in a quandry. They nre afraid
to try to moke deals with McKinley for
themselves until they know what Quay
and Platt are up to, and if it shall turn
out that they have gone over to McKin¬
ley they know that it will be too lute for
them to get any concessions for them¬
selves, ns with the support of Quay and
Platt McKinley’s nomination would be
assured and they would be left out in the
cold for not having guessed right. All of
which is nuts for the democrats.
President Cleveland mast find the nu¬
merous attempts that are daily made by
newspaper men anxious to earn their sal¬
aries to tell what he is going to do about
those Cuban resolutions, sent to him this
week, a source of constant amusement,
and so numerous are the stories concoct¬
ed that it will be almost impossible for
tbe President to do anything that will
miss all the theories which have been put
forth. Somebody will doubtless be able
to sn.v “I told you so,” but it will not be
because they have advanced informal ion
All that is known is that the President is
considering to determine whether there is
anything in the situation to call for any
action on his part.
The opinion of one of Pennsylvania's
practical steel makers, who is at present
in Washington, on McKinleyism is enti¬
tled to weight. This gentleman, Mr.
James Andrews, of Allegheny, said: “The
necessity of a high protective tariff seems
to have gone by, for in many lines we
have reached a point of cheapness in pro¬
duction that approximates the cost of
production in any of the European coun¬
tries. Take steel, for instance. I remem¬
ber when, as an apprenli’e, I was em¬
ployed in the first plant that, smelted
steel west of the Alleghanies and that it
sold for 44 cents a pound. Now it is
made for one cent a pound, owing to the
marvelous .improvements in machinery
and better transportation facilities. We
have much the advantage of England, for
our ores lie near the surface and can be
mined at a trifling expense, whereas they
have to go to great depths for their ores
and fuel. We can bring the Lake Supe¬
rior ores to the smelters of Pennsylvania
in vast qualities, and water transporta¬
tion is very low. Such natural advan¬
tages are not enjoyed by any competitor,
and hence in the making of steel we stand
on an equal footing with all the world.”
According to Senator Smith, of N. J.,
the democrats of that state have no can¬
didate to urge before the Chicago conven¬
tion, and are perfectly willing to support
the man chosen by tbe convention. Mr.
Smith thinks the democrats can carry the
state this year if no mistake is made in
the platform adopted at Chicago, no
matter who heads the presidential ticket.
The man who thinks that Senator Gor¬
man does not still wiehl a powerful in¬
fluence in the Senate is not a close ob¬
server. Only this week Mr. Gorman got
up and made a few remarks against the
idea of abolishing postmaseers at coun¬
try postofflees which are in the vicinity of
large cities, and placing those offices un¬
der clerks from the city offlese. Note the
result. The senate added an amendment
to the postoffice appropriation bill limit¬
ing tbe postmasters who may bo abolish¬
ed to those who preside over postofflees
whieh nre within five miles} of the corpo
rate limits of cities.
As a rule democrats in congress do not
seriously rpgard,the stories concerning
Senator Tillman’s candidacy; for the dem¬
ocratic presidential nomination, which
his departure to make sonic speeches in
the west have given circulation, but per¬
sonal friends ol this gentleman say that
die really intends to be a candidate if the
silver men control the Chicago conven¬
tion. Well, anybody can be a candidate,
but getting votes enough to nominate is
quite another thing. Many democrats
in Congress think that Senator Tillman's
declaration of his intention to bolt the
Chicago convention if it does not adopt
a platform in accordance with his views
is of itself enough to bar him from receiv¬
ing any honors at the huuds of that con
vent ion.
Interstate Drill and Rifle Contest.
On account of the above occasion, a
rate of one fare has been authorized for
the round trip for all points within a ra¬
dius of fifty miles of Savannah, and one
cent per mile distance traveled from all
points (outside of above radius) in the
state of Georgia* to Savannah Tickets
to be sold thrde days of the third week of
May,'these days to be named later, tick¬
ets to bear final limit May, lBth, 181*4
The Central of Georgia Railway Com¬
pany will sell excursion tickets to Savan¬
nah as above.
«|”|RED I MOTHERS find help
in Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which gives and
them pure blood, a good apjn-tite
new and needed 8TR E N CTH,
_ j .TTf
Nn lm ** 17 *
WORK pf ^CONGRESS.
A Condensed Account of*’the DolfijfM of
Roth House mid Senate. '
Washington, April 9.— The senate
chaplain, Rev. Dr. Milburu, -referred
feelingly In his prayer to the illness of
the sonior senators from Indiana and
Alabama, Mr. Voorhoes and Mr. Mor
gan. Gallinger (Rep., N. II.) read
Mr. a
letter from the general secretary of the
Armenian Relief association referring
to the extreme urgency of the situation
in Turkey and asking appalling that steps sacri¬ be
taken to stop the most
fice in the history of the world.
The bill to repeal the compulsory
pilotage law was defeated in tho house
on n rising vote—52 yeas to 1J7 nays.
Washington, April io. —'Tho house
committee on appropriations reported
tho bill for fortifications and other
works of defense, for the armament
and for heavy ordnance, for trial and
service, for the fiscal year which begins
next July. Tho bill recommends spe¬
cific appropriations and in addition amounting authority to is
15,842,000, make
given to the secretary of war to
contracts for the further expenditure of
|5,542,000 by the engineer and ordnance
departments, making a total authorized
expenditure of $11,584,000. The war
department estimates on which the bill
is based, amounted to $8,043,000, so that
it is a considerable increase over those
estimates. The reports Hniner aocompahing of Ne¬
tho bill, made by Mr.
braska, say: Forty-ninth
••During the congress no of
appropriations were made on account
fortifications, their maintenance or ar¬
mament, and for tho 13 fiscal years from
1875 to 1886, inclusive, the appropriation
on tins account averaged only #640,750
per annum, and only #463,500 per and an-
nnm for the 14 years Including 1887
1888, for Which two fiscal years no spe¬
cific appropriations were made. The
bill reported contains appropriations iu
continuance of tbe policy adopted Fifty- by
the Fiftieth congress, and by the
first anil Fifty-second and Fifty-third
congresses. Tho appropriations by said
acts for the eight fiscal years 1889-1896
aggregate #22,489,224, or an average Of
$2 .h)J, 128 per annum.
The principal appropriations Gun iu and toe
present bill are ns follows:
mortar batteries, #5,200,000; sites and for
fortifications, repair of fortifications, #260,000; $50,000; preservation sea walls
and embankments, #17.975; torpedoes
for harbors defense, $100,ooo; armament,
for fortifications, #5,052,678; proving
grounds at Sandy Hook, N. .T., $88,000;
Watertown, (Mass.) arsenal, #43,500;
ordinance and fortifications board, #100,
000 .
Washington, April 11.— Tho house
was tiie only branch of congress in ses¬
sion during the day. Before the debate
on tho filled cheese bill was resumed a
resolution was adopted directing tlio
secretary of war to furnish a plan and
estimates for tho improvement of the
Nebraska side of the v Missouri n#< -r op¬
postte Sioux City, la. The filled cheese
bill was then token up for amendment
under the 5-minute rule.
Washington, April 13.— Tiie presi¬
dent has sent to the senate tlio nomina¬
tion of Fitzhngli Loo of Virginia, to be
consul general of the United States at
Havana, Cuba, vice Ramon G. Wil¬
liams, resigned. Mr. Hoar (Rup.. Mass.)
In thezenato,
from the committee on judiciary re¬
ported back Mr. Gail’s resolution pro¬
posing intervention in tho case of Mrs.
Muybrick. adverse report and
“It is an covers
only three lines,” explained Mr. Hoar,
“nnd I ask indefinite postponement of
the resolution.” briefly
Tiie report was road. It recited
that the proposed intervention was not
a subject within the jurisdiction of the
sonata. taken in
A vote was about to bo on
defiuitely postponing (Pop., tho Neb.) Call resolution suggested
when Mr. Allen
that it would be well to wait until the
author of the resolution was present be¬
fore disposition of the subject. There¬
upon tiie resolution went to the calendar
without action.
This was District of Columbia day in
the liouso. Some preliminary routine
business was transacted. A b'll was
passed to pay the heirs of John Itubei).
lftte United States attorney for tlio mid¬
dle district of Tennessee, $2,950, being
tho balance of compensation duo him.
Tlio house then proceeded with tho con¬
sideration of district business.
Washington, April 14.—The venera¬
ble figure of the senate, Mr. Morrill of
Vermont, reached the age of 86 years
Tuesday anil the event was referred to
in the opening prayer of the chaplain,
Rev. Dr. Milbnrn, who spoke in of body, the
white haired senator as hale
clear, sound nnd vigorous iu intellect,
esteemed by his brother senators, by his
country. of respect to Mr. Morrill,
As a mark
the senate directed that the chaplain's Shortly
prayer be inserted iu the record.
after the session openod Mr. Morrill
gave an added evidence of his vigor by
announcing that on Thursday next he
would speak on tiie necessity for addi¬
tional quarters for the national museum.
Mr. Squire (Rep., Wash.) was then
recognized for a sjieech on the need of
coast defenses.
Hi»liop llyau** Fuoerul.
Buffalo, April 14.— The funeral ser¬
vices over the remains of the late Bishop
S. V. Ryan were held in the Cathedral.
Archbishop Corrigan officiated at tho
poutiflei*! high mass and the sorrnou
was preached by Archbishop Ireland.
Prelates from various parts of the
United States aud Canada wore present.
Tlio body, at the conclusion of the cere¬
monies, was lowered into tlie vault in
tho Cathedral boride Bishop Ryans
predecessors in office.
A Murderer Electrocuted.
DaN.nemoka, N. Y., April 14.—J.
Zlauiel was put to death by electricity
in the state prison at Clinton, Zelamel
murdered his sweetheart by cutting her
throat with a razor at Johnstown ou
Aug. 1*0. 1895, on account of jealousy.
N“ither the murderer nor liis victim
could speak a wont of English. There
was no appeal from tiie decision of the
trial court, which was rendered in Feb
ruary last. The only defense entered
was insanity.
Two Hundred Killed In an Explosion.
Bulwayo, Metabelelaud, April 13 -
Ad vices received from Gwelo say that a
terrible explosion of dynamite occurred
ou Friday last at the Eagle Reef store,
near that place, aud that 200 Metabeles
were killed.
r»E TfMES JOB OFFICE
Is prepared Letter .to Heads, print
Packet Heads,
1 . •**"> Bu,l Heads and
v •• Statements,
Also— Envelopes, Etc.
Cards, Tickets, Party Programs, Invitations, Wedding
Invitations, or any
thing you wimt in tbat line. .
Satisfaction guaranteed at
THE TIMES JOB OFFICE.
n ARE Mi
Some Large Orders Received
by Southern Producers.
PROSPECTS OF A LIVELY SUItMEl
Wage. Will Not He Reduced Again M Wo*
Feared—Cotton Mill* Fully Finploff.
With tlie Exception of Those nt Colon*
bin—The Lumber Trade I. lucrcaoiag.
Ocnei'Ml Utisiness Good.
Chattanooga, April 14. — Reports
have been received at The Tradesman
office during the past week of industrial
and business affairs in all parts of the
south from more than 2,500 correspond¬
ents. (
The cotton mills in the south are fully
employed, with one important excep¬
tion, and in that case a striko will soon
be adjusted. Some large mills are com¬
ing into operation, and there are re¬
ports of more. Low uriced cotton is
move than offset by low prices for cloth.
Manufacturers complain that thoro is no
margin for profit, but none of the mills
have shut down for that reason. The
new crop is in good condition aiid the
weather is favorable for its growth. It
is evident from the reports that a veiy
large area lias been planted, but it is
not time yet to make np reliable reports.
Southern iron continues to be iu large
demand. The combination among large
producers has made prices firmer, and
an advance averaging 25 cents has per been to*
for the various grades of iron
reported iu Birmingham. lively Prospects are iu
that there will be a summer
the furnace districts, and that quota¬
tions will be maintained if not advanced,
in which event wages will not be re- ■
duced, us was feared. Very heavy sales
of southern iron have been made during
tiie week, and some largo orders have
been received, so that, for some weeks
to come, there will be lunch activity
among iron producers.
The lumber trade is increasing in
amount anil prices are firm. Tho terri¬
tory in widen southern lumber is sold is
growing rapidly, as has been particu¬
larly noted by the shipments this spring.
Wherever a now market hardwoods, is opened,
either for pine, cypress of it
is always kept. The export trade is
very good, and is increasing week by
week.
General business is good, but there is
complaint of much competition nnd of
price cutting. Sprjjgg .lint trade of last lias been
au improvement for on the truck and year, frail
and prospects
growers uve favorable. This business is
growing to very large proportions iu all
parts of the south where railroa d taciU
ties are i i il'il 'll ■......**
Among important new industries or¬
ganized or incorporated during The week
are: The Atlanta Bicycle and Machine
works of Atlanta, Ga., capital #100,000;
an addition to the plant of tho Ohat#*
noogu (Tenn.) Foundry and Pipe work* Gna*o
to cost #100,000, and the Valdosta
company of Vuldostu, Ga., capital $60,
000. The Wilson Aluminum company,
enpttal $50,000, of Holcomb Rook. Vo,,
the West, Tropical Fla., the Electrical Murtiiisburg company Electrical of Key
company of Martiusburg, W. Va., and
the Spriger Oil and Gas company of
Wheeling, W. Va., eaoh with #50,000
capital, have also been chartered.
The Texas Automatic Houston, Light rompauy Tex.,
lias been organized at Smith-Dim
with #50,000 capital, the capital #40.000,
miek Lumber company,
nt Norfolk, Va. The Chester Mining
and Manufacturing company, capital
$25,000, lias been chartered at Roanoke,
Va., the Inman Compress company with
the same capital, at Augusta, Ga., a
$10,000 cannery is reported at Cooke¬
ville, Tenn., aiid the Calvert Compress
company, capital $10,000, has been es¬
tablished at Culvert, Tex.
There is also reported a foundry and
machine shop ut Owensboro, Ky. , mar
bio and granite works at Dallas, Tex.,
cooperage, works at Alexandria, La., a
$10,000 lumber company at Donaldson,
Ark., and a large sawmill nt Glostev,
Miss.
The new buildings of the week in¬
clude an #8.000 courthouse at Vernon,
Fla., a $10,01)0 jail at Lake City, Fla., a
7-story office building at Atlanta, Go.,
and one to cost $125,000 at Memphis,
Tenn., a $13,000 school building and a
$35,000 residence at Louisville, Ky.
MURDERED IN SALVADOR.
The State Department Demand* an Inves¬
tigation of the Death of Bonney.
Washington, April 14.—Robert Bou¬
ncy, an American citizen, was murdered
in Salvador March 28, and as a result
the state department has demanded •
full investigation.
Tiie case was brought to the attention
of the United States officials by Con¬
gressman Marsh of Illinois, who had
received a letter from Circuit that Judge his
Bonney of Quincy, Ills., saying
nephew, Robert Bonney, was engaged
in business near Sonsonate, Salvador,
and the statement had reached him that
his nephew had been killed.
Judge Bonney requested Mr. March
to look into the matter. The latter im¬
mediately presented the facts to Secre¬
tary Olnev, who cabled the United
States consul at San Salvador for his
knowledge of the affair.
Through Secretary Gluey, Mr. Marsh
received a copy of a cablegram from
Consul Mnrchmeyer, at San Salvador,
which reads as follows:
Bouncy shot March 28. Found dead
near Sonsonate. Parlies Thorough unknown. Sup¬
posed object, robbery. invecti
gatiou demanded.
Blot la Colombia; Two Killed.
New York, April 14.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Panama, Colombia,
says: A riot occurred in LaBoca among
a body of laborers employed ou the ca¬
nal. One man and one woman were
killed and many were wounded. The
troops were called out to suppress the
riot. The woman who lost her life wajl_
the wife of the mnrdfered man. 8107
attempted to wrest a bayonet from tfci®
bauds of a soldier and received a thrtBf
which killed her instantly.
The Arizona Statehood Hill.
Washington, April 14.—At a special
meeting of the house committee on ter
ritoiies the Arizona statehood bill was
ordered reported favorably to thehouMt