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VOL. I. Gewal (My Directory. SUPERIOR COURT. N. L. Hutchins, Judge; R. B. Bus sell, Solicitor General. The superior court meets the first Mondays in March and September. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. J. D. Spence, J. T. Lamkin, S. L. Hinton, James S. Dobbins, James T. Jordan. Regular quarterly sessions first Monday in March, June and De cember. JUSTICE COURTS. Ben Smiths —J. T. Wood, J. P. ; J. A. Hawthorne, N. P. Court third Sat urday. Berkshire —William M. Jordan, J. P.; J. R. Cain, N. P. Court third Saturday. Bay Creek— C. D. Jacobs, J. P.; J T. McHvany, N. P. Court first Sat urday. JL Cates —T. A. Pate, J. P., Webb, N. P. ; court second Cains— T. J. Kilgore, J. P., J. M. Pool, N. P.; court third Saturday. Duluth— G. H. Barker, J. P„ A. H. Spence, N. P.; court Thursday before the fourth Saturday. Harbins — A. J. Bowen, J. P.; Robt. Ethridge, N. P.; court Saturday before second Sunday. Mt. —C. S. Maffett, J. P., J. R. N. P.; court fourth Saturday. ■PbwiNS —J. T. Baxter, J. P., C. P. "Jiekson, N. P.; court Friday before fourth Saturday, Lawrenceville —W. M. Langley, J. P., J. M. Mills, N. P.; court first Fri day. Martins —J. R. Baxter, J. P., J. F. Wilson, N. P.; court fourth Saturday. Pinckneyvillk —A. J. Martin, J. P., J.W T . Haynie, N. P.; court Wednesday before third Saturday. Pucketts— W. S. Hannah, J. P., C. B. Pool, N. P.; court second Saturday. Rockbridge —J. A. Johnson, J. P., E. J. JJason, N. P. ; court Friday be fore the third Saturday. Sugar Hill— J. E. Cloud, J. P., J. A. Higgins, N. P. ; court Friday be fore the third Saturday. COUNTY OFFICERS. B. Whitworth. k ■ Sideeior Coi'RT —D. T. Cain. A. Hasslett; Deputy bherift W. J. Xribble Tax Collector _ b ' C . Martin; Tax Receiver, D. C. Hawthorne. Treasurer —A. W. Moore. Surveyor —R. N. Maffet. Coroner— J. T. Hadaway. \ CITY GOVERNMENT. ' Mayor —S. J. Winn. Treasurer —J. D. Spence. Clerk— J. M. Mills. Marshal— A. N. Robinson. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS. ABeival —G,, C. &N. (East bound) —8:49 a. m., 6:25 p. m. West bound 6:25 p. m. Departure—7:4o a. m., 8:30 a. m., 6:00 p. m. Sunday Mail —Arrives 8:49 a. m., 6:25 p. m. Leave Office —B:so a. m., 6:00p. m. The time given in the foregoing is Eastern Time, which is 3"4 minutes faster than sun time. FOREIGN ORDERS. Money orders will bo issued from Lawrenceville postoffice on any coun try in the world. For cost of issuing apply to postmaster. POSTAL NOTES. The fee on a postal note iB 3 cents. No note for over $4.99 issued. EDUCATIONAL. County School Commissioner — W. T. Tanner. Board of Education— S. T. McEl roj, Chairman ; L. F. McDonald, M. E. Ewing, J. F. Espy, T. L. Harris; meets subject to call of County School Commissioner. CHURCHES. Methodist —Kev. W. A. Parks, P. C. Services first and third Sundays. Baptist— Rev. J. B. S. Davis, P. C. Services second Sunday and Saturday before in each month. Presbyterian— Rev. Chalmers Fra ser, P. C. Services fourth Sunday in each month. epworth league. R. W. Peeples, Pres. ; Miss Anna Born, first vice Pres.; Miss Annie Winn, second vice Pres. ; Miss Cora Holland, third vice Pres.; T. M. Hol land, Sec. ; W. J. Peeples, Treas. ; Miss Annie Winn, organist; meets every Friday night. i. o. o. f. —no. 21. Offioere—W. M. Langley, N. G.; T. R. Powell, V. G.; R.B. Whitworth, Sec. ; L. Brand, P. Sec. ; J. H. Shackle ford, Treas; W. E. Brown, Ward.; C. H, Brand, Cond.; S. P. McDaniel, S. S. G; A. N. Robinson, O. S. G.; T. A. Haslett, R. S. N. G.; L. F. Mc- Donald, H. S. N. G.; W. T. Tanner, R S. V. G. ; L. E. Winn, h. S. Y. G.; T. D. Collins, R. S. S.: C. J. Born, L. S. S. ; W. A. Davis, Chap. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. Officers — C.H. Brand P. D. ; R. J. Bagwell, Die.; L.M. Brand, Vice Die.; M. A. Born, Asss’t. Vice Die. ; J. P. Byrd, Reporter; E. K. Rainey, F inan. Rep.; J. L. Moon, Chaplain; D. T. Cain, Treas. ;J. H. Shackleford, Sen tinel ; W. A. Davis Guide. Meets Semi monthly-first and third Friday nights—at Odd-Fellows Hall. MASONIC. Lodge No. 131 (Lawrenceville)— Officers: Jas. D. Spence, W. M.; S. A. Haygood, S. W.; J. M. Patterson, <T. W. ; J. K. Jackson, S. D. ; S. A. Townley, J. D. ; W. H. Patterson, Tyler; meets first Tuesday in each month. Mt. Vernon Chapter No. 39, R. v A. . M.—J. D. Spence, H. P. ;J. T. K. ; W. L. Vaughan, S.; S. C. H.; B. L. Patterson, ISSBKjjt- M. Patterson, R. A. C.; L. Y:§S:':|KBley, Master Ist V.; W. J. HBIgM aster 2d V. . A. '1 Putt.-r-oii, V. ; J. W. Mitclu-11, St c. ]■’y). iti v !>.-!. >l' t r:,• t li'.r-i ' M Buaajan• -m-n mouth. man, look out for two great rAlcohol and Nicotine. They you of your vigor and manhood The Lawrenceville News. washingmmi|TES '" xi <M > m.ibU* The of the tariff did not accomplish first meeting Tuesday. Yoor hees, of the and Chairman house eon ft !- illness. Senate -r as also al - sent. Thtju^j^^^Vpurely infor to in lstls, was intro- BHH! the senate Monday by Sena tor Gordon. It provides for the ad mission of foreign exhibits to the United States free of duty, and for the preparation of medals for competitors at the United Stateß mint. This is the bill intended to supplement the bill appropriating $200,000 to the exposi tion. The sundry civil appropriation bill for the fiscal year, 1895, reported to the senate Monday from the committee on appropriations, aggregates $35,- 061,685, being an increase of $2,538,- 301 over the bill as it passed the house and $95,683 over the estimates on which it was based. One of the prin cipal items of this increase is $200,- 000 for the government exhibit at the Cotton States and International expo sition at Atlanta, Ga. In view of the disturbed and threat ening state of affairs in the relations between China and Japan, the state department has intimated to Charles Denby, the United States minister to China, now in Michigan, that he bad better return to h s post. Though this is necessary, it is rather hard upon the minister, who has taken leave from his duties for the first time in nine years, and has been home only three weeks, whereas his leave was for sixty days. The bill providing for a pension of SSO a month for General James Long street, the confederate commander, on account of wounds received in the Mexican war while he was serving as a major and paymaster in the United States army, was introduced in the senate Wednesday. General Longstreet receives a pension of sl2 a month un der the general pension act for the re lief of Mexican war veterans. He asks that this be increased, because of his advanced age, wonnds received and to tal disability. Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, and General H. V. Boynton, who are members of the executive committee of the army of the Cumberland or ganization, decided Wednesday to postpone for one year the reunion which was to have been held at the Cbattanoogabattlefield September 19th and 20th. The dedication of tho field, which has been acquired for a govern ment park, has been postponed until September, 1895, to give time for the erection of monuments by states whose troops fought there, and it is thought best to hold the reunion at the same time. A delegation representing GOO of Kelley’s cotnmonwealers, accompanied .by Colonel Tracey, commissioner of charities, waited on the district com missioners Wednesday and asked to be sent home. The men stated briefly that they had been deluded into com ing here and that they were now at the point of starvation. They sug gested that a freight train be run as far west as Denver, or even farther, and that the men be allowed to drop off as they arrived in the places where their homes were. The commissioners promised they wonhl do all in their power for the sufferers. Cost Uncle Sam $3,400. In the deficiency bill there is ap propriated to Major J. C. C. Black and Thomas E. AVatson, of Georgia, $1,700 each to pay the expenses of the contest brought by Mr. Watson for Mr. Black’s seat. Major Black’s bill pre sented to the committee was for $2,500 fees and expenses of his lawyers. The account as filed with the committee, is in gross, and does not contain any statement of the amount each re ceived. The committee cut down the account and allowed $1,700. Tom Watson’s bill is for $1,700, the total amount of which was allowed. His bill is itemized and shows SSOO goes to McKniglit & Guerry, AVashington law yers; John T. West and B. M. Gross receive fees of SSOO each and SIOO each for expenses in coming to Washington to argue the case before the committee on elections. May Involve European Nations. It is believed at Washington by the state department officials that if the war between China and Japan drags along for any length of time Russia and Great Britain and possibly France, may be drawn into it. All three countries have possessions in Asia. France is not at all friendly to China, and would probably side with the Jap anese in the trouble. She would prob ably be assisted by Russia, who even now, state department officials believe, has secretly assured Japan of her sup port in the controversy.. Great Brit ain is on the most intimate terms with China, and would probably side with that empire, especially if Russia and France were to assist her antagonist. A European war would follow, and the greatost diplomacy would have to be ex ercised by the United Staaes in taking care of its interests all over the world, It is also believed that if Japan and Russia have made any agreement in regard to this matter it is that the lat ter country be given a seaport in Co rea, which could be made the terminus of her transcontinental railroad. Rus sia is extremely anxious to acquire a port on the Pacific which would not be closed by ice six months in the year, as is the present terminus of the road. It is to her interest, therefore, to side with Japan, and it is believed that, notwithstanding her repeated aud at the same time ostentatious attempts at mediation, she is secretly supporting the mikado in the stand he has taken. China Orders Torpedo Boats. A special cable dispatch from Berlin says: The Chinese government has ordered the construction of four tor TKI.IURTi |«\\S FSiiort and Interest to Our Readers. There were seventy-nine fresh cases of cholera at St. Petersburg Sunday and forty-nine deaths. The epidemic is abating somewhat. The Michigan republican state con vention met at Grand Rapids with 929 delegates in attendance and 5,000 peo ple in the audience. Governor Rich was renominated on the first ballot. It is officially announced that in consequence of the prevalence of chol era the mobilizing of the reserves and the customary autumn military ma neuvers in the vicinity of St. Peters burg, Russia, will not take place this year. A special of Sunday from AVausaw, Wis., says: News from the country is to the effect that forest fires are run ning in all directions, and destroying much property. All day long tho sun has been obscured by dense smoke, but this city is in no immediate dan ger. Twenty-five hundred men went to work at tho Illinois Steel company’s plant at Chicago Monday. The works have been close down since the rail road strike began. One thousand more workmen will be given employ ment by this company before the end of the week. Pawnee Bill’s wild west show, which has been nt Antwerp, Belgium, singe the exhibition opened, was seized Monday for debt. The cowboys were watching for the bailiffs and fled when tho first officer appeared. Most of them took the first train that would carry them over the frontier. The Italian government has received information from Africa that a battle was fought Tuesday between a force of Mahdists 300 strong and a detachment of Italian troops near Ivassala. The Mahdists were defeated and the Italians took possession of Ivassala, which they occupy. The Italian loss was slight. The Chinese embassy at London has received no confirmation of the report of a naval engagement on tho 30th ultimo. Some of the dispatches reporting tho engagement are dated Tien-Tsin, via Shanghai. The embas sy officials say that telegraphic com munication with Tien-Tsin is inter rupted. J. B. Sutler, a well-known man of Little Rock, Ark., for many years a banker, Sunday school superintend ent, populist leader and editor, is said to be a defaulter to the state board of missions of the Little Rock confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, of which he was assist ant treasurer. The exact amount oL his shortage is not known. Arfflj The strike at Gladstone, which 400 men were involved, practically come to an end. A ma jority of the men applied for Vork and signed contracts witSIUMI railroad companies and rendßHM&ciww|f|| ■ -■ . . sumod, business in the grain anucoal ttX - from that point. : : A London cable dispatch soys Winehelsen, presiding at a mjTiß , agricultural ' . i., , to : ti ers partly supported the This, he said, promised a strong party in the house of commons, independent of ordinary party lines and caring solely for the farming interests. Notices were served Monday by Samuel B. Foster, attorney in fact for several railroads, of damages claimed against the city of Chicago and the county of Cook for loss of property during the American Railway Union strike. The notices were served on the mayor, city clerk, the corporation counsel, the city attorney and on the president of the county board, the county clerk aud the county attorney. The members of the Southern Rail way and Steamship Association say that the recent meetings have resulted in securing a most satisfactory agree ment for the maintenance of rates. The essential feature is the provision that when any line has evidence that a company is giving a rebate or cutting rates, it can. on presentation of evi dence to the commissioner, demand a general reduction in tho rates, all round, to meet the case. A cable dispatch from Shanghai says: The statement that war has been declared between Japan and China is generally accepted here as correct. A Japanese victory, wherein a Chinese transport was sunk, was gained Wednesday. The Chinese loss of life was very great. The Chinese transport sunk belonged to the fleet of eleven steamers which sailed from Taku, Friday, July 20th, with 12,000 troops. Proceedings against Debs et ah, in the United States circuit court at Chi cago Saturday, under the bill filed July 2d, in behalf of railroads represented in the General Managers’ Association, were brought to a sudden and tempo rary close by an order from Judge AYoods. Debs and others appealed from the chancery proceedings to the United States circuit court of appeals, in which proceedings in the injunction was issued by Judges AVoods aud Gross cup. The appeal has been granted and Judge Woods’ order checks fur ther movements, but does not inter fere in any way with the matters o/ contempt. CHINA BUYING PROVISIONS, The Government Making Preparation for an Extensive War. Advicss from London state that En glish vessels now in port unable to se cure charters will be loaded with flour at the owners’ risk and sent to China. An order has been placed with a can ning conqjiany. for 15,000 tons of can ned beef, for the same market. The Rio Janffiro, which sailed a few days ago, toojr out a large cargo of flour, as did tis two proceeding steamers. fihineX.’ mw .h«nla-admit,»hill—Ha LAWRENCEVI f.LE. G EOR< JI A, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1894. LATEST DISPATCHES GIVING THE NEWS UP TO THE HOUR OF GOING TO PRESS. A Brief Summary of Daily Happen ings Throughout the World. William Eggert and Cenrad Eggert, composing the firm of William Egg ert & Co., tobacco merchants at New York, assigned to Theodore Rohrborg, with preferences aggregating $45,000. An immense warehouse at Hamburg, Germany, containing stores of cotton, wine, piece goods, furs and feathers, has been destroyed by fire. The loss will largely exceed a million marks. Advices from Corea say the Japan ese nre preparing to withdraw a part of their troops from Seoul, and rein force their army in front of Yasham with a view of renewing their attacks upon that place. A Chattanooga dispatch says: The American Protective Association has issued a circular condemning County Judge Whiteside, candidate for re election, and L. J. Sharp, democratic candidate for sheriff. The Association is fighting them bitterly. Judge Joseph Holt, who was judge advocate general of the army, and at one time acted as secretary of war, died at his residence in Washington City Wednesday. His death was duo indirectly to a fall sustained a few days ago, but to which he paid little atten tion. The first district congressional con vention of Texas met at Houston Wednesday and renominnted J. C. Hutcheson, to succeed himself. Ben Campbell, Hutcheson’s law partner, bitterly opposed the resolutions en dorsing Cleveland but despite Hutche son’s hatred of Cleveland, a qualified endorsement of the administration was passed. The Russian newspapers nre unani mous in saying that, whatever the re sult of the war between China and Ja pan, Russia will not tolerate any di munition of Corean territory nor alien ation of Corean independence. Rus sia, it is declared, will not permit any interference upon tho part of Great Britain or any other power, if such in terference endangers Russian interests. A dispatch from Halletsville, Texas, says: The tenth congressional district convention is hopelessly deadlocked. Seven hundred and two ballots have been taken%and all are the fame— Gresham, the present congressman, 30; Lane, 23. Both sides sav they will give way to no dark horse. Lane’s fnction wents tho candidates to go bo foia the people again in primaries. Cleveland will be nkfcost unanimously endorsed. H The lowa democrnti<r*state conven tion met atDesMouies and nominated &|e following ticket by acclamation : Vecreta^aH^Vstate, H. F. Dale, of I’olk fjsgipir, John W. SiWield, of L. W. White, of supreme judges, long term, John Cieggert, of Gordo; short term, Edward W. amchell, of Fre ; attorney-general, J. D. F. of Cherokee; railroad com- W. L. Barker, of Oseola. Hlhe executive committee of the ■kern Interstate aud Industrial • .vHinmigration AsKociitlion met at AA’ednesday. There was attendance of the members rep- HHBjng nil till- southern states, and, Bint! were i) number of proiui- Iron. I men present p present- leading roads of the south and west. A constitution and by-laws was adopted, and there was a general in terchange of ideas on immigration. Vice President Wickes, of the Pull man company, announces that the works will be started up at onco. Mr. AVickes said that about 800 men have promised to return to work, and tho repair department aud one or two oth ers will bo opened, and the official ex pects to have the entire plant in full blast within a short time. Applica tions have been received from about 1,000 of the old employes. This num ber ■ includes 600 special policemen, who have been guarding the works. Tie notice of the fedederal clerk of the Indianapolis courts to the various railroad companies in Indiana to ap pear and pay the costs of the several injunctions issued at their demand against the strikers, has developed the fact that the roads intend to resist the payment of the costs. They would be charged for copies of restraining orders, but say that these were part of a proceeding for the benefit and pro tection of the United States, and that no part of the expense can be lawfully charged to them. The North Carolina populist state convention met at Raleigh Wednesday, about four hundred delegates being present. It was called to order by Marion Butler, president of tho Na tional Farmers’ Alliance. The plat form adopted unanimously declares for free coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1. It denounces the repeal of silver coinage, reaffirming the state and national pop ulist platforms, denounces the refusal to use the silver as well as gold dollars, favors the abolition of national banks and the issue of treasury notes. THE GOLD 1$ MISSING. A Keg Containing $50,000 Mysteri ously Disappears. A dispatch received in Wall street, New York, Tuesday, from Paris, re ported the loss of a keg containing $50,000 in gold, which was part of an umount of $2,500,000, shipped from New York on La Touraine July 21st. The firms shipping the gold that day were Lazard & Frerer, $2,000,000, and Hiedelbaek, Ickleheimer & Co., $500,- 000. According to the dispatch the gold was taken from the $2,000,000 lot, as only thirty-nine kegs, each con taining $50,000, reached Paris on that consignment. The gold is suspected to have been lost or stolen between Havre and Paris. Movement of Specie. Exports of specie from the port of New York for the jpest week were $5,- 864,081, of which $5,314,040 were gold, and $550,0#1 silver. Of these amounts $5,800,000 gold and $533,794 silver went to Europe and $14,040 gold and. -SlillL— TRADE TOPICS. Report of Business for the Past Week by Dun & Co. R. G. Dun & Co. ’s review of trade Tor the past week says: 1 ‘The heavy outgo of gold, the fall of the treasury reserve and the price of wheat to tho lowest point on record and the increas ing uncertainty about the tariff have entirely overshadowed other influences. In some branches there has been more activity, but in others less, because events early this week led many to in fer that no change of tariff would be made. The internal revenue receipts ou whiskey suddenly dropped more than half, and sales of wool greatly in creased. But tho uncertainty is not removed, and much of the business done seems to be in the nature of insurance against possibilities. All the year it has been argued that gold exports have practically end ed, but the outgo this week has been $5,300,000, making the net outgo for the month about $10,000,000. Of all explanations given only one fits tho facts. With wheat at the lowest point ever known and moving from the farms very froely, while imports nre still restricted by doubts about future duties, gold could not go out if thero were the ordinary confidence in the future of enterprises here. But much was done to prevent that confidence by legislation hostile to lenders in west ern and southern states, and many millions have doubtless been called in by foreign loau companies and taken away. Still more has been done by the strikers, the depression of manu factures, the loss of railroad earnings, and the rapid decrease of treasury bal ances. Texti e industries have been perceptibly stimulated, according to dealers, by disagreements which many suppose may prevent a change of the tariff, and there has been more buying of cotton goods, with slightly higher prices for a few, notwithstanding the close of some important mills. The stock of such goods is, on the whole, quite large. “In woolens, thegoods famine which clothiers prepared for themselves by deferring orders, is suAh that impera tive necessities now keep most of the mills at work, and purchases of wool for immediate use are large. But there is no chance for the better ns respects orders running into the future, and, indeed, some concerns have withdrawn spring samples on which very low prices had been fixed and make no ef fort for trade at present. Sales of wool have been greatly swelled by specula tion in the belief that wool is not likely to decline in any event, but may advance sharply if tariff' cliangea fail. “Failures for three weeks of July compare well, of course, with the panic period last year, commercial liabilities being $6,317,096, of which $3,588,938 were of manufacturing and $2,483,011 of trading conc:rus. Commercial loans are expand ng but little, and great caution still maintains soundness. For the week tho failures have been 249 in the United States, against 386 last year, and 39 in Canada, against 23 last year. A WHOLE TOWN DESTROYED. The City of Phillips, Wis., Wiped Out by Forest Fires. Thirty-nine buildings out of seven hundred stand amid smoke and ashes on the site of what was a few days ago the flourishing city of Phillips, the county seat of Prince county, Wiscon sin, and ono of the wealthiest and most prosperous of all the towns in the timber regions of the state, and 3,000 persons are homeless and except those who have been offered shelter in the neighboring towns, whose people will themselves pass a sleepless night through the fear that the fierce fires raging in tho forests on all sides will sweep away their homes at any hour. At leaat thirteen persons are known to have lost their lives. All the dead were drowned in Elk Lake while trying to escape from the fire, except an un known man, whose body wns found in the ruins of the house of F. W. Sackett, editor of the Phillips Times. Tho property loss can not at this time be accurately estimated, but it will reach at least $1,250,000. The immense plant of the John It. Davis Lumber company is a total loss, amounting to between $500,000 and SOOO,OOO. On this property there is an insurance equal to at least four fifths of the value of the plant. Of the rest of the city about half of the property was insured. Many of the poorer people carried no insurance on their homes, and they have lost every thing. There were many fine business blocks and private residences in the city, and every one was burned to the ground. Many of the residences oost upward of $3,000 and were handsome for a city of this size. WAR FORMALLY DECLARED. Japan Apologizes to England for De stroying One of Her Ships. The Exchange Telegraph company, at London, says that war between China and Japan was formally declared at noon Wednesday by Japan. The Jap anese minister informed tho earl of Kimberly, secretary of state for for eign affairs, that a state of war existed between China and Japan. Lord Kim berly, immediately upon receipt of the notice from the Japanese government that war had been declared, wired all the British representatives abroad to warn the captains of merchant ships of the fact in order that they might form their cargoes and act accordingly. Any contraband of war comprised in cargoes will be handled at the risk of owners or charterers of the vessels. The Japanese government has instruct ed its minister in London to apologize to Great Britain for firing upon and sinking the transport Kow Sliuug, while she was flying the British (lag, and to inform Great Britain that the commander of the Japanese cruiser did not know the Kow Shting was a British vessel until after tho fight. Wellman’s Expedition Safe. Carl Siewer, the Norwegian arctic enthusiast of London, has received a telegram from the captain of the Er ling, a Norwegian sealer, which ar rived at the island of Tomslj, report ing that he had seen the Ihignvold Jarl in latitude 84, north, and all were weil on board. The Ragnvold Jarl fiusiyauiuiihtiiiiutii SOUTHERN SPECIALS NOTING THK MOST INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF THE DAY And Presenting nil Epitome of the South's Progress and Prosperity. Mayo college, the leading education nl institution of northeast Texas, at Cooper, Delta county, was destroyed by tiro Monday morning. Loss is SIOO,OOO. The cause is supposed to be incendiarism. The fifth annual convention of the League of Southern Building and Loan Associations ndjourned at Chattanooga Friday evening. The league was in session four dnyH nt Lookout moun tain and was the most largely attended convention yet held. The North Carolina Steel and Tron Company’s property at Greensboro lias been purchased by a syndicate, represented by Gov. Black, of Penn sylvania, and Mr. A. A. Arthur, of Tennessee. It will hereafter be known as the Greensboro Iron aud Steel Com pany. A Columbia, S. C., special says: Monday Eugene B. Gary succeeded Associate Justice Samuel McGowan, making the composition of the su preme court two Tillmanites and one “conservative.” In view of thischange the Tillman administration has already begun steps to test the constitution ality of the dispensary act of 1893. Cotton men say that the Texas crop will average ten days earlier than last season, nnd that the Texas commercial crop, which includes the Indian Ter ritory cotton, will be 2,500,000 bales. Up to date Houston hns received 100 bales of new cotton, and Saturday In man & Co. purchased ut different points 250 bales of this year's crop. Several prominent farmers around Bridgeport, in Jack Hon county, Ala., have been notified that a new and pe culiar boycott is about to be placed on them. Hickory switches, accompanied by notices, to different farmers have been left at convenient places where they might reach the party to whom addressed. Naval stores factors, at Savannah, Ga., who have been holding spirits of turpentine until the market could be put at figures which would at feast equal the cost of production have combined with some large buyer, whose name is at present withheld, and a sale of 25,000 barrels is reported to have been made a day or two ago at 28 cents a gallon. This fixes the mar ket price. Receiver Comer has returned from New York. He says that little progress has been made on the Central’s reor ganization plan, as the heat has driven all the financiers and lawyers out of the city aud up to the mountains or the seashore. He positively denies all reports that the Southern railway is to control the Central aud reiterates his statement that it is to be operated as an independent line. A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch says? C. A. Benscoter has been appointed assistant general passenger agent of the Southern railway, in charge of the western system. Mr. Benscoter came to Knoxville from Pennsylvania in 1886 as chief rate clerk in the office of Colonel Wrenn He was afterwards made assistant to geperal passenger agent, and then division passenger agent without change of duties. At Macon, Ga., Judge Speer signed the consent decree for the sale of the Macon aud Northern road. The only particular in which he changed the consent decree was in reference to the minimum price. The decree, as drawn by flie lawyers, fixed $250,000 as the minimum price, but Judge Speer changed this and fixed the minimum price at $1,070,000. The sale will take place on the first Tuesday in October next. The railway commissioners of North Carolina at a meeting in ltaleigh, as sessed tho North Carolina railway for taxation, fixing the value atsl,Blo,ooo, the same as last year. This is on its capital stock and property. Its road bed is as yet exempt from taxation. The commission turned over to the state treasurer its assessment of all railway, steamship and telegraph prop erty, the amount being $24,500,000. The shortage of General W. 8. Fer guson, ex-secretary and treasurer of the Mississippi levee board, the in solvency of his bondsmen, his absence with no apparent effort to secure his return, the heavy taxes imposed for levee purposes and the large indebted ness of the board, have prompted the taxpayers to call a convention, to be held in Greenville, August 15th. Del egates from every precinct in the fonr counties comprising the Mississippi levee district are invited to attend. WILL I’AY COUPONS. Announcement by the Southern Rail way Company. The receivers of the Georgia Pacific Railroad Gonopauy at New York an nounce that the coupons from tho 5 per cent equipment bonds of the com pany due August Ist, will be paid at the Central Trust Company. Tho Southern Railway Company announces that, the coupons from the first mortgage 4 per cent bonds of the Washington, Ohio and Western Rail road Company, duo August Ist, will be paid at the office of Drexel, Mor gan & Co. Also, at the same time and place,the coupons, due Juiy Ist, on the consoli dated mortgage 6 per cent bonds o' the Richmond and Dauville Roilroad Company with interest thereon to Au gust Ist. • The New Cable Finished. Tho final splice of the Anglo-Ameri can Telegraph Company’s new cable was made at Heart’s Content, New foundland, at 11 o’clock Friday morn ing, Greenwich time, and the laying of the largest cable across the Atlantic was then successfully completed. A Scorching Wave. Saturday whs the hottest day New York city has experienced in thirteen years. The record is held by 1881, HALLS OE CONGRESS DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE. Wliat Our National Law-Makers are Doing for the Country. The committee on patents, to which Saturday’s session in the house wns accorded by the committee on rules, was unfortunate, in that the first bill presented by Chairman Covert met with such opposition, that after a brief discussion, the house voted to adjourn. Before adjournment, however, a joint resolution was passod extending until August 14th the provisions of the ap propriation bills for the year ending June 30, 1894. The joint resolutions under which the several departments are now operating will expire on Tues day and six of the appropriation bills aro still in congress. An unusually long list of private bills was passed, including those which had been acted upon favorably at the Friday night pension session. After the reading of the journal in tbo house, Monday, Mr. Tolbert, of South Carolina,tried to learn from the speaker whether or not the committee on coinage, weights and measures, and on banking and cnrroncy, had a right to pigeon-liolo his resolution directing them to report a bill for the free coin age of silver ..t the ratio of 10 to 1, and a bill providing a new financial system. Ho was not successful. Tho speaker referred him to the rules for information desired. Mr. Boutelle presented a resolution recognizing tlie new republic of Ha waii on the part of the congress of the United Stntes and supported it in a brief speech. Ho offered it ns a ques tion of privilege, but the speaker ruled thnt it wns not such, and it went to tho committee on foreign affairs. The committee on military affairs were given tho morning hour for the pre sentation of business for considera tion. The house wns two hours in a dead lock Tuesday over the river and har bor bill, aud it is intimated that it may either fail altogether, or its further consideration be postponed till next winter. Mr. Hatch presented the conference report on the aggri ctiltural appropriation bill, showing an agreement on all items except the, senate amendment, appropriating sl,- 000,000 for tho extinction of the llus I sinn thistle. The house, at Wednesday’s session, agreed to the confereuee report on the amendment mnde by the senate to tho agricultural appropriation bill, appro priating one million dollars for tho extinction of the Russian this tle in tho northeast. Tho senato re cedes from its amendment, thus aban doning tho appropriation. At 12:30 tho contested case of Moore versus Fuustou, from the second district of Kansas, was taken up. A majority of the committee reported in favor of unseating Funston, republican, and giving the seat to Moore. It was agreed that the case should be debated four hours, and the voto on the resolution seating Moore be taken be fore adjournment. TIIK sexatk. Vice President Stevenson resumed bis duties as president of tho senate Monday. A number of bills wore passed ; also tho house joint resolution continuing tho general appropriations up to and including August 14th,1894. In connection with this joint resolu tion, it was stated by Mr. Cockrell, chairman of the committee on appro priations, that, of the thirteen general appropriation bills, eight had been agreed to in conference and sont to the president. Ho did not know whether they had been signed yet or not. Of the remaining five, three were in conference. In the senate, Tuesday, the confer ence report on the Indian appropria tion bill was presented and adopted and a further conference ordered on the amendments that had not been agreed to by the conferees. At Ip. m. the senate proceeded to tho consid eration of the sundry civil appropria tion bill. In the senate, Wednesday, Mr. Chandler offered a resolution, which went over, instructing the senate com mittee appointed to investigate the charges of bribery against senators to inquire into the facts connected with the organization and history of tho Dominion Coal Company, of Nova Scotia, for the purpose of ascertaining whether such company was formed or is being conducted by reason of any ossurauce that the tariff duty on coal shall be repealed by congress, and if so to ascertain who gave such assur ances, whether or not any officer of the government, or any member of congress is or was interested in such company, aud what action, if any, has beeu taken by any person in fulfill ment of such assurances. CHINA’S INNING. The Japs Attack Yaslian anil arc Re pulsed With Heavy Losses. Advices from Yashan state that the Chinese are strongly entrenched there, aud repeated attempts have beeu made by the Japanese troops to dislodge them. In every instance, however, the attacking forces, after hard-fought engagements, were repulsed with heavy losses. A portion of the Chinese sol diers engaged in these battles were the best troops of the Northern army of Viceroy Li Huug Chang. The Chinese losses were small. The North China News confirms the report of fighting at Yashan. It says that the Japanese brought up for the attack every available mau, almost de nuding Seoul of troops. The success ful defense made by the Chiuese was directed by European officers. A let ter from Hun Kow says that the out break of hostilities has revived all tho native fanaticism of the Chiuese. For eigners are insulted openly and vio lence is feared. A Girl's College Burned. Unknowu persons set tire to the Presbyterian female college, at Win chester, Tenn., Monday night, and it was entirely e<»usumed. The bnildim. .. —■ . — Jm- —aaJi NO. 40. THE BILL PASSED AND ATLANTA GETS $200,000 FOR HER EXPOSITION. No Opposition Expected From tlta House on the Measure. The appropriation bill for the Cot ton States and International exposition passed the senate in the committee of the whole Tuesday afternoon without a single objection or even a question be ing asked on either side of the chamber. The sundry civil bill was under discus sion the entire day and at 4 :45 o’clock the exposition clause was reached. It was tho last in the bill. The full text of the clause was as follows: “Cotton States and International" Exposition, at Atlanta, Ga., Section 3—That the expense of the selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, care and return of articles and mate rials to comprise an exhibit illustra tive of the functions of the govern ment of tho United States, to be made at tho Cotton States aud International exposition to be held in tho city of Atlanta, in the stßte of Georgia, in the year eighteen hundred and nine ty-five, of which not oxceeding $5,000 may be expended for olorieal ser vices, $150,000 to be disbursed by the board created by section 16 of the act approved April 25, 1890, entitled ‘An act to provide for celebrating the 400th anniversary of the America by Christopher by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures and tho products of the soil, mine and tho sea in the ckkof Chicago, in the stato of the jurisdiction, powers of the said board are hereby States and International exposition under all the provisions of law which governed tho gov ernment exhibit at tho World’s Co lumbian exposition ; provided thnt the foregoing sum shall be apportioned among the several departments of tho Smithsonian institution and tho fish commission by tho secretary of tho treasury, and such apportion shall Vie made final and shall ho so made by him as not to create a deficiency and shall cover every expenditure on tho part of tho United States, including tho return of such exhibits except as main building erol ,, J OP myself a oamli ment exhibit at tlid^'i 1 ’ I '. exposition and its transportation, fr£ v so much of tho material thereof asr' be available, and tho re-erection iji tho site selected for tho said Cotton States and International exposition, including the purchase of such new material as may he found nec essary, $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to bo dis bursed by the secretary of tho treas ury ; provided that if it be found im practicable to take down, transport and re-erect said building for the sum herein appropriated, then the secre tary of the treasury shall cause a new building to bo erected upon said site of the Cotton States aud International exposition for the government exhibit at a cost not to exceed $50,000, for which purpose the amount herein ap propriated shall be applicable. “Provided further, That the United States shall not be in any manner re sponsible for the conduct or manage ment of said exhibition, nor shall it be liable in any manner for any sum on account of the erection of any build ings for the Cotton States and Inter national exposition or for the expenses incident to, or growing out of said ex position. ” THE DISPENSARIES OPEN. Tillman's State Bars Are Again 111 Full Blast. A Columbia, S. C., special says: The state bars ore now doing business at the old stands all over the state and the state wholesale dispensary here is bard at work filling orders to the re tail shops. The reopening has beon accompanied with not the slightest ex citement and so far the liquor situa tion in this city has not been changed in the least. Saloon keepers, or what tho govornor calls “four-eyed tigers,” have been selling whisky as usual and there was no pretense of concealment. Official and non-official fluids are be ing “dispensed” with equal freedom, but the sales of the latter have been nominal. How long thiß condition will prevail nobody knows. Not a whisky constable is in the city. The governor is absent on his campaign tour and there is nothing to annoy the “tigers.” Some of them say that they will close up shop Saturday night, but this is taken with a grain of salt. Others boldly assert that the govern or’s sole idea in reopening the official bars is to dispose of and realize on hia stock on hand and that he will make no effort to rigidly enforce the restric tive features of the act of 1893, until it has been declared valid by the state or federal courts. SLEW FOUR PEOPLE. An Enraged Husband’s Diabolical Deed. Wednesday night John Craig drove from Los Angeles, Cal., to Glendale, five miles distant,where his wife, from whom he was divorced three months ago, was stopping with her brother, George Hunter. Arriving there, he deliberately shot and killed both. He then returned to Los Angeles, went to the house of his father-in-law, William Hunter, and killed him. Stepping over his dead body, he walked to the dining room and killed his mother-in law. He then fired two shots into his own head, but failed to kill himself. The trouble was over a settlement of community property. REFORMERS IN NEW ORLEANS. The City’s Politics to Be Purged by the Protective League. A New Orleans special says : There is a prospect for genuine reform in municipal polities. The executive com mittee of the Citizens’ Protective League have formulated a plan of ac tion against certain city officials^