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VOL. VI. NO. 10. STATE GEOLOGIST AND GOVERNOR HAVE A GOOD SCHEME. BULLETIN TO BE ISSUED ONSUBJECT Will Contain Valuable Information on Koad Construction, and May Solve Con¬ vict Lease Prolem. Professor Yeates, state geologist of Georgia, has inaugurated a movement for the improvement of every road in the state, and has already taken the first steps toward the materialization of his xdans. Professor Yeates is a strong believer in good roads, and he will exert every effort to make every thoroughfare in Georgia comfortably passable. Considering the unsettled condition of the convict question, the movement is particularly opportune at this time, and may aid in the solution of the problem of disposing of the state criminals. Professor Yeates has the hearty indorsement of Governor At¬ kinson in his pl&n, and their efforts may result in wonderful good to the l ural districts of the state. Professor Yeates will soon issue a good roads bulletin, which will largely aid in the progress of the work. The bulletin ‘will be compiled w ith great care, and will be largely conducive to the future prosperity of the state. Professor McCallie, assistant state geologist, will have charge of the bul¬ letin, and Las already begun securing data with which to begin. He will start soon on an inspection of the whole state, and the report of his observations will be published in this bulletin. The bulletin will contain informa¬ tion exceedingly valuable toward the construction of good roads. It will be handsomely illustrated, and will con¬ tain the most up-to-date methods for road construction. The pamphlet will contain practical lessons on the details of roadlmilding, will point out the best materials, and the most approved methods for grad¬ ing. It will make the work so plain that every man can understand it, and improve his property accordingly. Cop¬ ies will be mailed to every farmer al¬ most in the state. The soil of Georgia contains some very fine material for road construc¬ tion,which, if properly utilized, would make the very best highways in the country. Tho red shale, near Rome, is particularly fine for roadbeds, large quantities of which are now being used in and around that city. The chert is also very fine for this work, and the bulletin will locate and describe these natural materials, giving their quantity, how best prepared and laid. The-preparation of this pamphlet means an immense amount of work and a good expense, but the state will no doubt be fully repaid for the out¬ lay. If the convicts are ever put to work on the roads,and the directions of this bulletin followed, there is no reason why Georgia should not have as good roads as any state in the union. A wheelman could then ride from one end of the state to the other without any trouble, and general travel would be made much easier. FURNITURE WORKS DESTROYED. Big Factory Burned to Ashes at Cam¬ bridge, Mass. The furniture factory of Keeler A Co., East Cambridge, Mass., was vis¬ ited by a fire Wednesday night, and although the blaze was confined to the top floor, the loss will be about $25,000, fully covered by insurance. The top floor was taken np by the furniture just finished for J. Reed Whipple’s new Boston hotel, La Tou raine, which was of special design and very costly. This was all ready for shipment and was destroyed. Cobb, Bizzel & Co. had a large quan¬ tity of furniture stored on the floor liene’ath and their loss will reach $5,000. Wholesale Arrests For Murder. Six men and two women are under arrest at Trinidad, Col., for the mur- | fler i of c Deputies tv winiem lDiam ( jeen anti William Kelly, wlio were in search of cattle thieves, in 1896. Officers are in pursuit of two more men who are implicated. PDTYDER MAGAZINE EXPLODES. A Stroke of Lightning Sets Off Twenty Tons of the Compound. * During the prevalence of a heavy rain and thunder storm Friday after¬ noon the powder magazine at the Em¬ pire mine, operated by the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company, at Wilkes barre, Ta., was struck by lightning. A terrific explosion was so great that it shook the foundation of nearly every dwelling in Wilkesbarre. There were about twenty tons of powder stored in tho building. No one was in the building at the time hut John Higgins, who was driving by just as the <5xplosion occurred and who was instantly killed by flying debris. ¥WS NOT MURDERED. Anderson’s Wife Found in the Poorhouse and He I* Released. Sheri# Shirley, of Tuscaloosa conn tv, Ala', received a telegram Saturday j from the sheriff of Shelby county, saying that Lucinda Anderson, wife of George Anderson, supposed to have been murdered by her husband and step-son, is in the poor house at Columbiana and as the husband accordingly claimed, j Anderson son were . • released from jail. TIMES. LAST SESSION OF HOUSE. Speaker Signs Tariff Act and Appoint* Standing Committees. The last session of the house was marked by many interesting events. In addition to the final act of the speaker in affixing his signature to the Dingley tariff bill, a bill providing for the creation of a currency commission was crowded through in the closing hours and the spectators who throng en the galleries were treated to a con¬ tinuous, if not very brilliant, fusillade of oratory for several hours. The house recessed until after the senate had adopted the conference re¬ port and one minute and thirty-one seconds after the house reconvened the engrossed bill was signed and on itB to the president The demon Btratlon whlch mftrked theso events were enthusiastic. When the presi¬ dent’s message came in recommending the creation of a currency commission, it was answered by the republican leaders with great promptitude. By means of a special order, the Stone bill, introduced some days ago, with the approval of the administra¬ tion, was brought to a vote after an hour’s debate. Considerable feeling was manifested on both sides. As the final net of the session the speaker announced tiie appointment of the committees. At 8:55, when the reading of the names was concluded, Mr. Gronvenor, from the committee appointed to wait on the president, announced that they had performed their mission. The president returned a congratulatory reply. Then, at 9 o’clock, the speaker de¬ clared the house adjourned without a day. TEXT OF COMMISSION MESSAGE Which Was Sent to Congrent by the Pres¬ ident and Failed to Pass. Following is the money commission' message in part which was transmitted to congress Saturday by President McKinley and which was accepted by the house, but tu.-ned down by the senate: ‘‘To the Congress of tho Putted States— In my message convening the congress In extraordinary session I cnlled attention to a single Buhjoct—that of providing revenue adequate to meet the reasonable and proper expenses of the government. I believed that to lie the most pressing subject for settle¬ ment then. A bill to provide the necessary revenues for the government has already passed the house or representatives and sen¬ ate and awaits executive action. Another quest ion of very great importaneo Is that of the establishment of our currency and hank¬ ing system on a better basis, which I com¬ mented in my inaugural address. "Nothing was settled more clearly at the late national eloc.tion thnnthedetormination upon the part of tho people to keep their currency stable in value and equal to that of tho most advanced nations of tho world. The soundness of our currency is nowhere questioned. No loss can should occur to its holder. It is the system which be simplified and strengthened, keeping our money just as good as it is now with less expense to the government and the people. “The sentiment of the country is strongly in favor of early action by congress in this direction, to reviso our currency laws and remove them from partisan contention. “This subject should receive the attention of congress postponed at its special until session. the It ought not to be regular ses¬ sion. “Therefore, I urgently recommend that a commission be created, non-partisan in its character, of to different be composed of well-informed citizens parties, who will com¬ mand the confidence of congress and tho country because of their special fitness for the work, whose duty It shall he to make recommendations of whatever changes in our present hanking and currency laws may be found necessary and expedient, and to report their conclusions on or before the 1st day of November nrxt, in order that the same may he transmitted by me to congress for its consideration at its first regular ses¬ sion. “It is to he hoped that tho report thus made will be so comprehensive all and sound ns to receive the support of parties and the favornble action of congress. At all events, such a repott cannot fail to be of value to the executive branch of the govern¬ ment, as well as to those charged with pub¬ lic legislation, and to greatly assist in the establishment of an improved system of ft nnnr-p. WintiAM McKinley. “Executive Mansion, July 24, 1897.” “UN REPUBLICAN,” SAYS BING REE Michigan Governor Sends n Sarcastic Message to McKinley. Governor Pingree, of Alichigan, wired the following message in dupli¬ cate to President McKinley, Senator Burrows and Congressmen Corliss and Spaulding, of Alichigan: “I regard tho duty on lumber, hides and sugar as unrepubliean, unpatriotic used and largely un¬ fair. The lumber now goes into small homes and farmhouses, nnd to a class already overtaxed The laborer wears twice as many shoes as the millionaire and must contribute twice as much on hides. u rt must use as much su^ar and pay as much toward the duty on, sugar. It is ^‘^"“capiUaTtherichtowarf government.” port of the MURDERED TiTeIR HUSBANDS. Hungarian Women to Suffer Death for Wholesale Poisoning. The trial of twelve women and two men charged with wholesale pois¬ oning, was' concluded at Buda-Pest, Hungary, Friday and sentences were passed upon six of the prisoners. Four of them were condemned to death, one to penal servitude for life and one to a term of six years’ impris¬ onment. The series of crimes which occurred in the Hodmezoevasahely district ex¬ tend over some years past. The vic¬ tims were in most cases married men, who were killed by their wives, the motive for the crime being generally a desire to obtain insurance money. BIG PLANING MILL IN FLAMES. Town of Fayetteville,Tenn., Ha* a •40,000 Itlaxe. A forty thousand dollar fire occurred at Fayetteville, Tenn., Iriday. The losses and insurance are: Lernis A Williams, planing mill, loss $25,000, insurance $8,000; Atlantic Lumber company, loss $12,000, insurance, $7,000; Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Lonis railway, four cars; Middle len nessee and Alabama railroad, two cars, The mill employed 75 men. STATESBORO, GA„ THURSDAY. .HTJ.Y 20.1897. SHE REFUSES TO ACQUIESCE IN HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION. IT WOULD PRECIPITATE TROUBLE. Annexation Would Bender Present Kxtst lug Treaties Between Hawaii and Japan Void, Kays the Protest* That Japan will continue to oppose the Hawaiian annexation treaty is con¬ clusively shown by the latest protest of the Japanese government under date of July 10, which was made pub¬ lic Monday. Japan’s reply is in part as follows: Sir—Replying to your note of date the 25th nit, regarding the proposed annexation of the Hawaiian Islands t.o the United States, I have the honor to inform you that I communicated its substance to Count Okotima, from whom I am in receipt of telegraphio instructions embodying the views of the imperial government in relation thereto. Taking note of what you said in re¬ ply to the representation I had the honor to make on behalf of my gov¬ ernment with reference to the neces¬ sity of maintaining the status quo of Hawaii, the imperial government has no hesitation in admitting the predom¬ inant influence of the United States in the Hawaiian Islands. In their opinion, however, the very fact that such predominance has existed so long unquestioned might be urged as area son against the disturbance of the status quo, more especially as practi¬ cally the whole population of Hawaii acknowledge the paramount impor¬ tance of the relations of their country with the United States, while it is un¬ derstood that only a small fraction of their number favor annexation. From this it. may be reasonably in¬ ferred that “the predominant and paramount influence of the United States” which as you remark, “has been the one essential feature of the status quo through three quarters of a century in which the constitution and government of Hawaii and the commerce of the islands with the world liavo undergone notable changes,” furnishes on the one hand the umplost guarantee against anything inimicnl to either the United States or Hawaii, while on the other hand it obviates the necessity of a change in existing conditions which will injuriously af¬ fect the interests of others. FLANAGAN ON TRIAL. Murderer of Sirs. Allen and Miss Slack Before tho Bar of Jnntice. Edward C. Flanagan was put on trial for his life at Decatur, Ga., Mon¬ day morning in the DeKalb superior court. There was a big crowd in Decatur, but little excitement and very little talk of lynching, as the people seemed to have faith in the court. Flanagan will first have to answer for the murder of Airs. Nancy Allen. His other victim was Miss Ruth Slack. Flanagan’s leading attorney made a determined but unsuccessful effort to obtain a change of venae. He at¬ tempted to show that the state of the public mind in De Kalb county was so intense against Flanagan that it would be impossible to secure a fair and im¬ partial trial for him. The motion for a change of venue, however, was suc¬ cessfully combatted by the prosecution and Judge Candler ordered the trial to proceed. MILLIONS INVOLVED. Secretary of Treasury Holds That Tariff Bill Was In Effect July 24th. The secretary of the treasury holds that the new tariff act waH in effect at the beginning of the day on which it received the approval of the president, nnd therefore became operative after midnight on Friday, July 23. Assist¬ ant Secretary Howell Alonday sent the following telegram to collectors of customs: “Department holds that new tariff law covers and includes all customs business of July 24.” Later in the day a formal circular of instructions covering more fully the department’s view on the subject was printed and mailed the customs in¬ spectors. CHRISTINA IS GRACIOUS. Messrs Taylor and Woodford Will Be Re¬ ceived by Spanish Ruler. The state department lias been in formed that a very gracious action has been made by the queen regent of Spain in consenting to receive Mr. Taylor, the retiring United States minister, and Air. W'oodford, the new minister, at San Sebastian, where she does not maintain a court in the usual sense of the term. The ceremony necessarily will be informal. This arrangement to meet Air. Taylor’s convenience was brought about through the courtesies and con¬ siderate offices of the duke of Tetuau. It is without precedent. COTTON MILLS CLOSE. Many Hundred People Will Be Thrown Out of Work. A special from Lawrence, Mass., says: The agents of the Atlantic nnd Everett cotton mills, respectively, have announced that operations will be suspended at their mills dnring the month of August. Both mills will close down. No reason is given by the agents for the shut-down, About 2,500 operatives will be affected. NO TRANSFERS FOR ATLANTA. Consolidated Street Railway Company Wins a Declaim Victory. Atlanta, Ga., loses in her transfer case. The decision of Judges Newman and McCormick squarely knocked the city’s claim of power to require trans¬ fers off its feet. It left it not a leg to stand on, deolaring clearly and defi¬ nitely that not upon a single ground upon which the city had based its claim for authority to force transfers was there legal warrant for the action. It went a step further. It made the remark that the power sought to be exercised went to the extreme munici¬ pal authority even under legislative authority. a* victory for the Con¬ It is complete solidated and thoroughly establishes the fact that the company has the right to name its own rate of fare within a certain limit. The decision not. only overrules tko city’s demurrer, but goes so far as to emphatically deny the right of the city to pass an ordinance requiring the street railway company to grant transfers. Most of the public and many con¬ nected with the case expected that the decision would be different. It was thought that a special master would lie appointed to investigate the case and that the end would not come in pos¬ sibly two years, bill the judges have surprised every one with a decision that settles the litigation, so far at their courts are concerned, dofinitoiy. CHOPPED WIFE’S HEAD OFF. Anderson's Kmall Son .Saps III* Father and Brother Di«l (he Deed. At Tuscaloosa, Ala., George Ander¬ son, aged sixty-two, and son, Wesley, aged fifteen, were arrested Friday on a charge of murdering tie former’s wife. A seven-year-old son of Anderson says that while the family were trav¬ eling through Jefferson, Tuscaloosa and Shelby counties, old man Ander¬ son held the woman while Wesley chopped her head off with an ax. He cannot tell where the killing oc¬ curred, but says lie can lead the way to the holo where the body was thrown in. Sheriff Shirley, of Tuscaloosa, is trying to locate the woman, Anderson claiming that she is in a poorhouse at Columbiana, and if she is not there the boy wili lead the way to where he saye tho body is buried. CU1IA IN A BAD WAY. London Olironlelr Correspondent, Draws Gloomy Picture of the Island. The correspondent of The Daily Chronicle Grande, province (Londqq). of in Santa Sagua Clara, La Cuba, vvritos to his paper a terrible account of the condition of affairs in the island. Both the government troops and the insurgents, he says, are suffering hor¬ ribly from famine und the ravages of smallpox and yellow fever, while butcheries of prisoners after inquisi¬ torial tortures arc of daily occurrence if the victims be suspected of with¬ holding information. Captain General Weyler, the corres¬ pondent says, I as shown neither mercy nor quanter, and has turned the campaign in Cuba into a near approach to that of duke of Alva on Holland in the sixteenth century. EXPLODING BOILER KILLS FOUR. Naptha Vapor Caufiod Accident— Beside* the Dead Others Were Fatally Hurt. At 6:30 o’clock Friday ev nyig an explosion occurred on the steamer Nutmeg State of the Bridgeport Steam¬ boat company’s line while she was lying at her wharf at the foot of South street, Bridgeport, Conn., and as a re¬ sult four men are dead, three others are thought to bo fatally injured and a number more are in a serious condi¬ tion. The men were all connected with the boat. Immediately after tho ex¬ plosion an alarm of fire was sounded, bat the flames were quickly extin¬ guished and the firemen had little to do but to assist and care for the in¬ jured. The explosion was probably caused by tho igniting of naphtha. SILVER AT BOTTOM PRICES. White Metal N;ikc$ « Now Record for Low tjnotntlona. A New York dispatch says: The silver market was unsettled Friday on the decline in London. Silver bars and Alexican dollars made a new low record quotation for the last two years. The decline since Saturday has been 7-8 for bars and 5-8 for Mexican dol¬ lars. RUSH TO GOLD FIELDS. Steamer Leaves Port Townsend With 330 Passengers for Alaska. A San Francisco spreial says: The exodus from the Pacific .coast to the Alaskan gold fields continues and in¬ creases as rapidly as the means of transportation will permit. The steamer Afexieo left Port Town¬ send Sunday with 400 passengers, all tuccept fifty being bound for the gold fields. All went well provisioned and equipped. Afany have supplies for a three years’ stay. The party was made up of men representing all call¬ ings and professions, including many time-scatred veterans who joined the similar rash to the gold fields in Cali¬ fornia nearly a half century ago. THE ROW BOAT UPSET And Three Detroit Voung Men Find . Watery Grave*. Three Detroit young men were drowned Snnday afternoon by the cap- ! sizing of a rowboat off Sngar island near the mouth of Detroit river. The drowned are: William W. Shier, Frank E. Russell, Jr., Edwin Stubenskny. Russell’s father and brother, who were also in the boat which upset, swam ashore, but narrowly escaped. LARGEST CONFERENCE EYER HELD MET AT WHEELING, W. VA. OBJECT WAS TO CONSIDER STRIKE. Chairman Gompera, ns * Committee of One, Will Make an IiiYestlgntlon. Operators Meet and Disagree. What is declared to be the most im portant. and largest gathering of the heads of labor organizations of Amer¬ ica ever held, met in session at Wheel¬ ing, W. Va., Tuesday. It was the conference of labor lead¬ ers called last week by President M. D. Ratehford, of the United Mine Workers, and approved by President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, of which the miners’ organi¬ zation is a part. The purpose of the conference was to aid in a speedy and successful ter¬ mination of the great coal strike. The first session of the conference was held at 1 o’clock. On motion of Mr. Sovereign, Samuel Gompers was chosen to preside and Secretary Mor¬ rison, also of the federation, was made secretary. Chairman Gompers then called upon the miners’ representatives to detail the situation. They were also asked to suggest in what mannor the other labor organizations could give their aid. President Ratehford, of the miners, addressed the conference at some length, had stating fully tho causos that led to the suspension of work in the bituminous regions, and presented tho conditions of tho miners who uro taking part in tho strike. In the course of his remarks it was believed that the hardest fight should be made at the works of the Cleveland and Pittsburg district. This was con¬ sidered fully as important a point as the West Virginia district. At this point a recess was taken for dinner. Upon reassembling at 2:30 o’clock the conference again took up the strike question. Messrs. Mahon, Rea and Debs, who have been at work in tho Fairmont district ; Mr. Askew, who was fresh from the Norfolk and Western territory, and Mr. Sovereign addressed the meeting, the latter speaking at some length. The conference was held behind closed doorB. At its conclu¬ sion it was given out that a committee of five had been appointed to devise a plan for aiding the miners which would be reported at tho night ses¬ sion. Telegrams pledging financial aid for the miners were received from nearly all the heads of organizations that had been unable to attend on account of the short notice. Tuesday night General Little and Judge Owens held a secret conference at the Duquesne Club with Secretary William Warner and Organizer Came¬ ron Miller. It was decided that, President Gom pers shonld act ns a committee of one in arranging for sympathetic mass meetings all over the country on Au¬ 5th. Officers of the American Federation of Labor were requested to communi¬ cate with union organizations as to wliat shall be done to further tho plan outlined. Officers of the United Mine Workers are to arrange for the syste¬ matic work of one hundred labor or¬ ganizers in West Virginia, in which state and in Pennsylvania renewed efforts to make the strike general will lie made. The railway brotherhoods, except the engineers, are in hearty sympathy with the movement to make the strike effective. Mine Operators Dlsacreo. Eighty-nine coni companies mines, located in tho Pittsburg district, were represented at the coal operators’ uni¬ formity meeting at Pittsburg Tuesday. Tho operators who ship by river and those owning mines in the Westmore¬ land field were not present. Very lit¬ tle was accomplished. The old uniformity agreement with the new clauses inserted were report¬ ed on by a committee. The only sen Rational incident of Tuesday’s session occurred when Col. W. P. Bend pre¬ sented a minority report on the uni¬ formity agreement denouncing the procedure of the meeting in severe terms and bolting the conference. CROWDING THE PRESIDENT. Hoati of Anxloua Ones Gather About tho White House. A Washington special says: There was a great crowd at the white house Monday, larger than has been seen since the early days of the adminis¬ tration. It was “the charge of the folorn brigade,” as one of the officials pnt it; the last attempt of the office seekers to get a word with the presi¬ dent before he leaves Washington for weeks. Then there were a number of sena¬ tors and representatives who called to say farewell to the being president, promi¬ nent among these Speaker Reed. AN APPRECIATIVE SOLDIER. Pay* a Tarheel Eight Hundred Dollar* for Saving HI* Life Iu the War. A Raleigh dispatch says: During the wftr JeBB Snatherlv, a confederate Bol(lier {rom Montgomery county, saved the life of a New York soldier who was wounded. The woods had caught fire and the federal soldier called for help. Snath erly took him to a safe distance and provided him with water. Tuesday the New Yorker sent Snatberly |800. THROUGH GEORGIA. At a meeting of the executive com¬ mittee of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars held at Athens,it was decided to put a lecturer in the field, and abont $400 was subscribed for that purpose. The grand lodge will meet in Atlanta September 5th. * * * The commission in charge of Au¬ gusta’s proposed new waterworks sys¬ tem met for organization a few days ago. Now pumping stations and res¬ ervoir and niter will be constructed. The improvement will cost at least $250,000. * * * The board of directors of the Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Company met in Columbus the past week in an¬ nual session and elected the following officers: President, Charles A. Collier, of Atlanta; Secretary and treasurer, E. N. (’■lenience, of Columbus. Mr. Collier succeeds Judge Bigby, who was re-elected president two yeavs under the bylaws. * * * Ex-United States Marshal Harrell, receiver of the Woodburn and Cuyler railroad, lias just taken possession of the road, under orders from Judge Speer. The railroad was sob! to A. A. Adams at public sale for $26,500 in April. Only $4,000 was paid in and the failure to pay $22,500 in 90 days resulted in the United States taking charge of it again. * * * Captain William Forsyth, of the United States secret service, left At lunta a day or two ago tor Dallas, Texas, where he goes to assume liis duties as superintendent of the Dallas district of the secret service. Captain J. 51. Wright, who has held the post of assistant superintendent of the At¬ lanta district for nearly a year past, has temporarily assumed charge of the superintendent’s work and will hold the place until a permanent, appoint¬ ment is made. The Atlanta district embraces Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Alabama, and is one of the most important in the entire Recret service. II. 8. Perry, the murderer of Beley Lauier, now in DeKalb county jail, must bang. Tho supreme court has banded down a decision in which a now trial is refused. Unless execu¬ tive clemency is shown him Perry will pay the penalty of his crime on the gallows in the little jail yard at Deca¬ tur. The decision was prepared by Justice Lumpkin and assented to by Justices Simmons, Little and Fish, Justices Atkinson and Cobb dissent ing. The only bearing the opinions of Justieos Cobb and Atkinson may have on the case will be tho influence upon the governor in any appeal for a commutation of the sentence. * * * Comptroller General Wright has written letters instructing the tax col¬ lectors of different counties to investi¬ gate and collect any taxes duo the state and county under the provisions of the act of 1896 which went into effect in 1897, The law requires the payment of $10 ns professional tax by all practitioners of medicine, dentistry, law' and president of banks, express railroad, telegraph, telephone and electric and gas light companies. There are many defaulters and some are be¬ hind as much as ten years, never having paid anything since the passage of tho law in 1896. Of those who are behind all back taxes will be roquired before they can legally perform the functions of their professions and collect fees for such work and before the heads of corporations subject to such spec’nt taxes can legally continue the direc¬ tion of the affairs of their several in¬ stitutions. The property of the Georgia Alin¬ ing, Manufacturing and Investment company was sold at public outcry at Atlanta the past week for $24,805. The property is estimated by a promi¬ nent capitalist acquainted with the iron industry as being worth $1,000, 030 and is bonded for $500,000, with $250,000 underlying bonds, making nearly a million with other incidentals. It was bought by Captain Clifford L. Anderson, with the exception of the office furniture. It is understood that Captain Anderson represented some of the heaviest certificate holders and that the sum paid for tho property was just about enough to liquidate the costs of court and to satisfy other small demands with a view to preserving the property intact. The stockholders concerned in the movement which was represented by Captain Anderson will proceed at once to reorganize and to place this property on a paying basis. • * * The Waters of the Chattahoochee river are to be bridled to furnish elec¬ tric power for the entire city of At¬ lanta. A strong stock company, con¬ sisting mostly of New York and Balti¬ more capitalists, is under way of or¬ ganization, and this company will in¬ vest something over a million dollars in the materialization of their plans. They have carefully snrveyed the waters of tho Chattahoochee, and the engineers have pronounced tho (tower sufficient to supply a large current of electriciiy for the city. The company have decided to begin work at once, therefore, and the surveyors arte now at work. It will be perhaps four or five weeks before the survey is} com¬ pleted, when the construction of the plants will probably be begun. There will be three seperate plants at dif¬ ferent places in the river, each to cost in the neighborhood of $500,000. Only one of these plants will be erected, however, at first. As soon as the power therefrom is all taken, the others will be erected according to the demand. The company is not ham¬ pered for the lack of funds, and the concern is one of the very biggest that has ever been started in Atlanta. BY DAYID B. TURNLR SENATE PASSES THE MEASURE AND ADJOURNS SINE DIE. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE KILLED. The Purpose for Which the Kxtraordina* ry Houston of CoiigreH* Was Called Has Been Accomplished. The tariff hill passed its last legisla¬ tive stage at 3 p. m. Saturday when the senate by (he decisive vote of 40 to 30 ngreed to the conference report on the bill. An hour later the president’s signa¬ ture made it a law. The announcement of the result was greeted with enthusiastic applause by the crowded chamber. This closed the great labor for which the fifty-fifth congress assembled in extraordinary session and after stubborn resistance, at times threatening a deadlock, the senate concurred with tlio house in a resolution for the final adjournment of the session at 9 o’clock p. m. Thus the closing day was prolific of a series of momentous events. The president’s message for a cur¬ rency commission was revived, but the house bill creating the commission was not acted upon. An analysis of the vote shows that the affirmative vote was cast by thirty seven republicans, one democrat (Mg Enery), one silver republican (Jones of Nevada), and one populist (Stewart). The negative vote was cast by twenty eight democrats and two populists, Harris and Turner. Mr. Teller, silver republican, and two populists, Allen and Butler, were prosont and did not vote. One populist (Kyle) and one ab¬ silver republican (Pettigrew) were sent without pairs, which was equiva¬ t lent to withholding their votes. A long parliamentary battle over final adjournment followed the an¬ nouncement of the vote. The opposi¬ tion endeavored to score a point by compelling a vote on layiug the presi¬ dent’s message before the senate and succeeding in this, attacked the ma¬ jority for refusing to act on the presi¬ dent’s recommendation. The main desire of those opposing adjournment was to secure a vote on the Harris resolution calling on the president to stop the sale of the gov¬ ernment interests in the Union Pa¬ cific railroad. For fonr hours an acrimonious parliamentary contest was waged, gradually the tactics of the opposition were overcome and shortly before 7,, o'clock Mr. Morgan with¬ drew further opposition and the reso¬ lution for final adjournment was pass¬ ed. Complimentary resolutions to the vice president, Mr. Hobart, were adopted and at 9 o’clock the final scene was enacted by the formal ad¬ journment of the session. Signed By the President. The step necessary to make the Dingley tariff bill the law of the laud was taken at the white house when President McKinley affixed his sig¬ nature at 4:04 o'clock. The mem¬ bers of the cabinet wlio were in Wash¬ ington went to the white house about half-past three o’clock and assembled with the president in the cabinet room. A few moments before 4 o'clock Rep¬ resentative Dingley appeared accom¬ panied by Representative Huger, chair¬ man of the house committee on en¬ rolled bills. They were admitted at once into the presence of President McKinley, Sec¬ retary Gage, Attorney General Mc¬ Kenna, Postmaster General Gary and Secretary Wilson. After cordial greet¬ ings Mr. Dingley produced a beauti¬ ful pen and requested that it be used for the signature. The president ac¬ cepted it, appended bis signature to the bill, asked the date, and wrote “July 24th, approved,” and the bill was an act. EXPLOSION DOES DAMAGE. A Lumber Mill Wrecked and One Man Killed. A boiler explosion Saturday evening in the lumber mill of Kipp & Kiser, at Cortez, I’a., killed Pete Duff and seri¬ ously injured ten others. The mill is badly wreeked. A four¬ teen-foot piece of boiler was blown a distance of 400 feet. Two hundred men will be thrown out of work. GENERAL M’LAYVS DEAD. With One Exception He Wa* the Oldest Surviving Confederate Major Geneva!. General Lafayette McLaws, the oldest surviving Confederate major genera!, with one exception, died at his residence in Savannah Saturday morning. Death was produced by indigestion. General McLaws was born at Augusta January 15, 1821. He was graduated in 1842 from the United States milit'.ry academy and gained his first experience on the Indian frontier. In 1851 he was made captain of infantry and took part in the expeditions against the Mormons and Navajo Indians. He resigned his commission to enter the Confederate army as brigadier general. PROBABLY ANDREE’S balloon. Dutch Steamer’s Captain Saw Curious Object Floating on the Sea. A letter from Captain Lehman, of the Dutch steamer Dordrecht, appears in one of the papers of Rotterdam to the effect that he saw a curious object floating in the White Sea on July 17th, which was neither a ship nor a dead whale, hut resembled a balloon, and Captain Lehman suggests that it may have been Andree’s balloon he saw.