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VOL-NV.
STATE NEWS ITEMS
CEILED from many sourc S3
briefly paragraphed.
Hippenings of General Interest to
Georgia Readers.
The Cnvier and Woodb.-rn railro: d,
iJraen mile* Savannah long, connecting and Westem w th
ftffer on the Woodbarn,
miiroad and running to m
Bulloch, has been completed.
The senate bill amending the last
river and harbor act so as to widen
,id deepen the channel over the ou er
jar at Brunswick, Ga., was taken from
tie calendar and passed before lhe
idjonrnment of congress.
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The University of Georgia is minus
■college paper. The editors of The
Bed and Black, dissatisfied with the
iction of the faculty in compe lling t wo
ci their number to withdraw from the
paper, met and decided to resign their
places.
There will be a Grady day at the
Cotton States and International expo
(ition. President Collier will fix the
to, probably in October. Mr. Gra¬
dy ma sponsor for the first Piedmont
exposition and devoted liis wholo tim©
to it while it was under way.
Tom Wright, the ox-deputy United
States marshal of Murray county, who
Bonder indictment for the murder of
Henry Worley, and for the attempt to
tog Worley, has been indicted for the
Border of Hosea Jones, colored, of
Murray county, several years ago.
The blanks which were sent out by
the internal revenue office for the col¬
lection of the income tax are coming
into Collector Trammell’s office at At¬
lanta in large batches. Under the
toss passed, March 1st was thelastday
lot making returns. Congress has
extended the time until April 15, how
pet. Many of the people did not nee
in the papers that tho time had been
atencled and therefore sent in their
ictarns ns was first fixed by law. Col¬
lator Trammell says that he hopes
that the people will not wait until the
lift day for making their returns.
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A Washington special says that the
’n hh department has decided to estab
a southern department of the army
*t Atlanta very soon. Colonel Liv
Wgston, Speaker Crisp and the sena
bis have been urging it for some time.
Wcretary fife Lamont says that it will be
thing to do, and indicated by his
•pcech that it had been determiped
The formal order for the :s
pblishment of this department, with
phpiartei'B at Atlanta, will he issued
pty tuoiiths soon. This and it was is believed talked of that several the
a go,
Mtw was practically decided 1 ist
jJ®, out remained in abeyance.
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I fhe American Cotton Growers’ rs
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•oeifttioii of Elbert met at Elberton
P™-organized as follows: President.
L Jr; p- Martin; secretary, Rev. "J.
U L Heard, ^ i executive committee, James
John W. McCalla, Z. A.
‘M. Ben Almond, S. M. Me whom,
|' [, ” T>eadeyler A strong and delegation Martin consisting J. Crnw
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L, Iw " d0,e as “footed 8 ate from to attend each militia dis
I ’ the state
Lj.- tori'll 011 t’ at 8 Atlftnta {ar in the near be fu
P interested mers seem to very
in reducing the cot
L, ero P t or this year, and will cer
J use much less guano.
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0 agreement was reached few
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t' Tm i the committee of the
Look Vo ' n yfontgoiuery ers „f u !e Savannah, railway Ameri- the
and
fee ^sdeeree , m g the appeal from Judge
for the sale of the prop
Bem ' w uroli the appeal to the su
wIli° ^r Blt e i i Wl!1 tobeSold bo withdrawn in and the
L? the next.
e decree was granted m
|iao Nfelhv 11 e 8°Ifotions K>osil1 have been pend-
6 ° ? P arti es, rep
M p eeiv ^rs fe. H. Hawkins
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Pgwfoch Ntia5°., Eu the fo road and might be be per
rrtler ]i reorgan
l * 0 »lvnttv L„ thls tigation and it
lit qae wtion recent meeting that
was finally settled. *
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I If tll y tate Exhibit.
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licsj’, ev at mced its by the educa-
6 °f? dtcd ■ significant recent meeting
r fte « t-i of the
the Plans of the ex
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Nebrtt ? p fotion carried,
ofo*aiure F‘T r of $17,000
y for a state ex
tton States and Inter
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NiWT ait0r 011 wil] lhe not be such a
tte q a , f’ deluding resources
•Jaits k? Iept Uncler the the depart- reat
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p^ttof jjP “Ivertised t° the full
a i! r,r0priatioll and the
aouer ‘'i i' to PD&tetl > for this
bw'V will j. 1 md
in such a way
CW. greatest amount
p-422*^X35 fhe commis-
Conyers Weekly
>n at that time. The people of Geor¬
gia have enough confidence in the
wisdom and ability of the commission
to know that the money will be fairly
divided and that after this division is
made the amount that each depart¬
ment gets will be applied to its legiti¬
mate use without extravagance.
An important Decision.
The days of looseness in elections in
Georgia are over. The multitude of
contests be ore lhe house of representa
fives and those which have followed as a
result of the elections of county officers
have opened the eyes of the public to
the loose methods that have prevailed,
and have, in consequence, resulted in
some judicial decisions that will be of
value in the future. One of the most
interesting and one of the most im¬
portant points passed upon has been
as to the necessity of judges of elec¬
tions being sworn. This point, it will
be remembered, was debated at some
length before the house elections com¬
mittee during its recent sitting at the
oapitol. It came up in connection
with the contest from Gwinnett county,
but the committee’s decision affected
not only that case, but others.
After several hours’ deliberation the
committee adopted a resolution declar¬
ing that it was essential to the validity
of an election that the managers take
the oath prescribed by law, and that if
any manager at a precinct had not
taken the oath that precinct must be
thrown out.
. Judge Hart has gone into the mat¬
ter thoroughly, and the position he
takes is an endorsement of the posi¬
tion of a majority of the committee,
which is, that election managers must
be sworn. His decision is the first
rendered on this point in Georgia,
and will he read with great interest
throughout the state.
Sold to the Southern.
It has just been made known that
Mr. John H. Inman has sold theAshe
ville and Spartanburg railroad and the
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia
railroad to the Southern. Mr. Inman
and his family for a long time have
owned a controlling interest in these
roods. The contract price calls for
the immediate payment of a consider¬
able amount of cash and also $2,000,000
in securities of the Southern Railway
Company. The Southern took charge
of the roads immediately and will op¬
erate them in connection with the
main line of the eastern system run¬
ning from Atlanta to Washington.
These roads are well known proper¬
ties and are considered some of the
most valuable lines of all the connect¬
ing links of the Southern in that sec¬
tion of the Piedmont region.
The Asheville and Spartanburg is
the road thax leads up from Spartan¬
burg through the delectable summer
lands of the Blue Ridge mountains,
and is one of the Southern’s chief
lines to the most popular region of
health resorts in the country.
The Asheville and Spartanburg forms
tho link that leads from the southern
coast cities to the mountain lands and
gets all the business in the summer
time from Augusta, Savannah,Charles¬
ton and other points. It is also the
Southern’s most direct route from At¬
lanta to. Asheville. The road is 108
miles in length, including the line that
runs over to Hot Springs, to which
direct and speedy schedules are made
in summer pver the Southern.
AIRS. VANDERBILT’S DIVORCE,
She Gets the Kids and a Big Lump of
Cash.
Judge Barrett, of the New York su
preme court, has granted a decree of
absolute diverse in favor of Mrs. Alva
E. Vanderbilt from her husband, Will
iam K. Vanderbilt, the well-known
millionaire. As all of the testimony
and the report of the referee have
been sealed, no facts can be ascertain
ed as to the parties who are impli
cated with Mr. Vanderbilt. Although
a libera! allowance has been granted
Mrs. Vanderbilt, there is no record of
the sum which her husband has agreed
to give her. The only paper the pub
lio can examine is the decree of
divorce, Mrs. Vanderbilt is to have
the care and custody of her three
children.
A RUSH FOR FERTILIZERS.
Demand for Tags from the Com mis
sioner’s Office Increases.
Within the last few days the farmers
have begun to buy fertilizers in larger
quantities than they have been buying
them this season. "This is shown by
the increased number of fertilizer tags
that have been issued from the office
of Commissioner Nesbitt within the
last few days. if
It has looked all this season as
the amount of fertilizers to be used by
the farmers would not be half as large
heretofore. The tags have been in
as weather
rarest demand since the pretty the
set in, and now it is thought that
amount of fertilizers that will be used
this year will be over half as large as
that used last year.
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CONYERS, GA., SAT CRD AY, MARCH 9, 1895.
WASHINGTON iiOi'ES
ITEMS OF NEWS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Sayings and Doings' of the Official
Heads of the Government.
Assistant Attorney General Thomas,
for „ the oatoflfice department, has giv
P
eu ont the statement regarding the
i ; 1l ’ Uoi T ialiv just passed, which pre
! Y ents express companies from carrying
otter y matter,
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A statement prepared at the immi¬
gration bureau shows that the total
number of immigrants arriving at the
ports of the United States during the
seven months ended February 1,1895,
was 113,375, as against 189,582 for tho
seven months ended February 1, 1894,
a decrease of 76,207 or 40 per cent.
Comptroller Eckles has ordered Bank
Examiner Johnson to take charge of
the First National bank of Texarkana,
Tex., which closed its doors Thursday
night. The capital of the bank is
$50,000, and on its last report held
$60,000 in loans and discounts and
owed depositors and other debts
amounting to $45,000.
The bureau ef engraving aud print¬
ing has printed and delivered at the
treasury department $15,000,000 of
the coupon bonds, and $10,000,000 of
the registered bonds sold to the Mor
gan-Belmont syndicate. The syndi¬
cate has paid In about $38,000,000 in
gold and received receipts for the
same, but as yet has not expressed any
desire for the delivery of the bonds.
The receipts, of course, carry interest
from their date, and to all intents and
purposes can b6 negotiated and passed
from hand to hand the same ns the
bonds could be.
During the last session of congress
there were referred to the senate com¬
mittee on finance a total of 178 meas¬
ures and documents of various kinds
pertaining to the financial affairs of
the government. Action of some kind
was taken with regard to forty-seven,
leaving 131 still standing on the calen¬
dar. Most important among the
measures upon which the committee
failed to act may be classed the prop¬
ositions to prohibit the future issue of
bonds of any kind, tho repeal of the
state hank tax and to provide for the
temporary deficiency in the revenue
by the free coinage of silver.
The treasury gold reserve stood
Tuesday at the close of business at
$91,636,000. The slowness with which
the syndicate is paying in the gold is
causing some comment. While it
would bo untrue to say that a hitch
has occurred between the government
and the syndicate as to gold being paid
in, it is strictly correct to say that the
treasury officials are vexed at the ex¬
actions which are being made by the
bond purchasers. It is intimated that
the treasury situation had some con
nection with Secretary Carlisle’s de¬
termination at the last moment not to
accompany the president to. North
Carolina.
Amendments to Civil Service Rules.
Further amendments have been made
in the civil service rules with the ap¬
proval of the president. One of tho
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amendments gives the commission au¬
thority to reject the application of an
applicant who has been guilty of in¬
famous or of notoriously disgraceful
conduct. Prior to this amendment
the commission only had the power to
refuse certification in such cases. Age
limitations have been prescribed for
the new classes brought within the
classified service by the recent exten
s j 0IK These limits are for messenger
0I f or assistant messenger not under
j j eighteen, for page or messenger boy
no t under sixteen nor over eighteen
I years c f a ge. A proviso has been
j j a( jded which authorizes Washington transfers from
one department in to an
| ot jj er without examination, After the Bounty.
| gug a r Planters
I Claimants for the sugar bounty pro
| [ v ; ( ^ e( | f or |,y congress in its closing
^ oul , g are no t allowing grass to grow
j UI1( jer their feet. The bill carrying signed
; bounty payment clause was
i ^ tiie president shortly before noon
I Tuesday and Wednesday morning’s
j mail brought to the treasury depart
I ment several claims for sugar bounty.
I It will be some time before bills the
i appropriation can
j j p e properly digested and to see whether what
t [ le y J 0 contain,
j the amounts appropriated are imme
! ; tely available or come out of the
a
appropriations for tbe next fiscal year.
Shou jd „n the items carried ia the
generaldefieiencybillbepayabledur- fiscal the deficit will be
i n „ this year
swollen some $8,000,000 or $10,000,000.
Alreac ly the excess of expenditures
over the receipts aggregate more than
^000,000, with indications of an in
crea8 e during April next, because of
the heavy interest payments of from
§12,000,000 to $15,000,000.
More Battleships.
^ nava j appropriation bill, which
wa8 disposed of by the house agreeing
to all the amendments imposed by the
senate, authorizes the secretary of the
navv to enter into contract for the
construction cf two sea-going, coast
line battleships, of about 10,000 tons
displacement, to cost, exclusive of
000 each, one of them to
be built on the Pacific coast.
It also authorises the construc¬
tion of six light-draft, composite gun¬
boats of about 1,000 tons displace¬
ment, and fixes a limit of $230,000 for
each, not more than two to be built at
one yard; and three torpedo boats, to
cost not exceeding $175,000 each, one
to be built on the Pacific coast, one
on the Mississippi river, and one on
the gulf of Mexico. A provision di¬
rects the president, if he finds that
these ships cannot be built at. a fair
price at the places mentioned, he may
authorize their construction elsewhere
in the United States, 'lhe bill c lies
an appropriation about $2,000, OOJYL-aS
tbau when it passed the house.
Talk of an Extra Session.
A cabinet officer, it is said, is au¬
thority for this notable statement, the
accuracy of which would be question¬
ed were it not for the source from
which it comes. He said:
“There is a general assumption that
it is definitely deoided that there will
be no extra session. The decision is
erroneous. Whethi r there will he an
extra session or not depends upon
circumstances. The public is not
aware of the fact that the president
almost decided last Sunday that there
should be an extra session. The subject
was considered by the cabinet. The im¬
mediate cause was the sundry civil nml
deficiency appropriation bills. The pres¬
ident was very much disposed to veto
both of them. At one time he had
nearly decided to do it, but he con¬
cluded that it would be better to allow
the country to have rest for a time,
and to wait the progress of events, and
not to call an extra session, But, if
there shall be a run upon the treasury
gold, and the reserve shall be depleted
in spite of the arrangement which has
been made, to protect the gold, the
president, unquestionably, will con¬
vene the next congress as soon as that
fact shall be made clear or probable.”
This statement is of much signifi¬
cance, and the public will watch the
treasury gold reserve with increased
intensity.
SPINNERS AND CARDERS
At Fall River Combine and Will Cre¬
ate a Striking Fund.
The Mule Spinners’ Association at
Fall River, Mass., has voted to affiliate
with the carders’ union and the new
move opened up a new era in trades
unionism in that city. The spinners’
union has not been gaining in mem¬
bership for some time through the
supplanting of mules by ring frames,
but its large fund has been reserved
aud it still retains a dominating influ¬
ence in the matter of wages in the cot¬
ton trade. The present carders’ union
has been growing.powerful under con¬
servative leadership, and its member¬
ship has been increasing steadily. The
affiliation of these two bodies strength¬
ens the bauds of the operatives by
combining u greater number of skilled
employes. The basis of affiliation is
the creation of a common fund from
which members of -the union- will be
paid during a. strike or lockout. The
membership of the spinners’ union is
about 750 and that of the carders’
about 1,400.
ALABAMA COTTON GROWERS
Meet and Take Action Regarding Re¬
duced Acreage.
A convention of representative Ala¬
bama cotton growers was held at Bir¬
mingham to take action on the plan
recommended by the American Cotton
Growers’ Association, held recently in
Jackson, Miss., to reduce the acreage
of this year’s crop as the only remedy
to raise the price of the staple, de¬
cided to cut down the year’s produc¬
tion by 50 per cent. The decision be¬
comes operative provided three-fourths
of the cotton growers of the south
agree to it. The 50 per cent, idea has
become general throughout the south,
associations for the purpose having
been formed in every county seat, and
there appears to he little doubt that
the necessary number will sign;
UTAH’S -STATEHOOD.
I’he Constitutional Convention Elects
. Permanent Officers.
The constitutional convention in
Bessicn at Salt Lake, Utah, elected
permanent officers, with John Henry
Smith at their head, as agreed on by
the republican caucus. The democrats
made no nominations and the election
of officers was mostly by acclamation.
The following resolution was adopted:
“Resolved, That we, delegates of
the constitutional convention, for and
in behalf of the people of the pre
posed state of Utah, do hereby declare
that we adopt the constitution of the
United States.”
A Big Mining Deai.
John E. Smith has sold his one
fourth in the Moose mine at Cripple
Creek, Col., to J. K. Maynard, of
Utica, N. Y. The amount of Btock
held by Smith was 162,000 shares and
the price paid was at the rate of 50
cents a share, or $81,000 cash. Mr.
Maynard placed the value of the min¬
eral in sight -at $256,000. Dividends
to the amount of $84,000 have been
declared in the past twelve months.
This sale was the largest spot cash
mining deal ever made in Cripple
Creek.
20,000 MINERS
BATTLING AGAINST CAPITAL IN
THE PITTSBURG DISTRICT.
The Coal Operators Are Anxious to
Compromise.
A strike among the miners of the
Pittsburg, Pa., district is on. As a re¬
sult of the action taken at a conven¬
tion, secret orders to suspend and re¬
main out for the 69 cent rate were sent
wherever the constituency could he
reached by wire. The action was un¬
expected and bears out the threat of
the district officials that the operators
would not have twenty-four hours’ no¬
tice in which to prepare for the sus¬
pension. Ten thousand men are af¬
fected. When tile convention adjourn¬
ed every delegate having telegraphic
communication with his constituency
wired home that the strike was on. It
is stated that not another ounce of
coal will be mined in the communities
notified until the 69 cents is restored.
The plan was laid in convention to no¬
tify or confer with the association of
operators. The demand for an im¬
mediate strike was so strong that it
was ordered, and all other matters
pertaining to it were lost sight of.
LATEli ADVICES.
A special under date of March 7th
from Pittsburg says: The strike of
the miners of the Pittsburg district is
on in full force, and it is expected to
see a general suspension of work.
There are three companies whose
mines it is thought will stay these at work
and the men employed in mines
aggregate less than one thousand.
At the Monongahela ininos, near
Monongahela City, Wednesday night,
the men held a meeting, and after
completing the loading of a barge at
the request of the superintendent, quit
work.
All the miners of the fourth pool are
expected to come out. There is a good
boating stage, and the operators are
desirous of continuing work. Sorno
of them have proposed compromises,
but in each case the scales have been
rejected with the demand for the rates
decided upon by the convention.
WORK GENERALLY SUSPENDED.
Latest reports received at the
miners’headquarters in Pittsburg show
a general suspension of work through¬
out the district. From the report of
the commissioner of laboT, showing
the number of miners employed in the
district, it is estimated that the num¬
ber who are on strike is over 21,000,
and that the number employed at
mines where there will be no strike is
about 1,300.
The men are determined to win,
although each one will have to rely on
his own resources for support during
the suspension, as the organization lias
not the funds to pay the strike bene¬
fits.
TELKGRAPHIC SPARKS.
The Delaware legislature is still
dead-locked in the United States sen¬
atorial contest.
The Globe Moulding Works were
destroyed by fire at Chicago, causing
a loss of $75,000.
A dispatch to the Central News,
from Constantinople, announces the
death of Ismail Pasha, ex-khedive of
Egypt.
It is reported that the mills of the
United StateB Rubber Company, at
Woonsocket, R. T., will soon bo run¬
ning. The mills employ 4,500 hands.
At New Orleans, La., the old Me¬
tropolitan bank building has been
leased to a syndicate of gentlemen that
have formed what wilt be known as
the Bank of North America.
At Washington Oourt House, O.,
Judge Newby has granted the motion
for a change of venue, transferring
the trial of Colonel A. B. Coit from
Fayette to Pickaway county, Coit
commanded the troops who fired on a
mob to save a negro ravisher.
The Alabama Telephone and Con¬
struction Company of Selma has been
granted a franchise by the city council
of Birmingham, Ala., and will place a
plant in that city in opposition to the
Bell company. This new company is
owned and controlled by some of Sel¬
ma’s most prominent citizens.
At Chicago, Ill., the trial of Charles
J. and Frank R. Meadowcroft, ex¬
bankers on another of the dozen or
more indictments found against them
has begun. The indictment on which
they are beiDg tried charges them w-ith
receiving $637 from John Booth at a
time when they knew themselves to be
insolvent.
Uncle Sam in Charge.
The schooner Carolina, which was
seized at Charleston, 8. C., a few days
ago by the dispensary constables, while
endeavoring to land a cargo of whis¬
ky at one of the wharves, has been
taken possession of by a deputy United
States marshal, who is now in charge.
The arrest of the vessel was upon a
libel for possession instituted by the
captain ami owners of the Carolina.
The action will take the dispensary
law into the federal courts.
NO. 10.
RATE CUTTING INAUGURATED
By the Seaboard Air-Line as a Result
of the Boycott.
The sweeping reduotion in rates to
eastern points made by the Seaboard
Air-Line and the Southern Railway
and Stenmship Association set forth in
the following circular is causing some¬
thing of » sensation.
The circular is from the general
passenger agent and addressed to the
local passenger agents. It roads:
“Norfolk, March 5, 1895.—Begin¬
ning this date, the Seaboard Air Line
takes pleasure in announcing to their
patrons throughout the south possibly
the lowest rates avor offered to eastern
cities. Following are rates to princi¬
pal points. Atlanta to Richmond,
$9.80; Petersburg, $9.15; Portsmouth
and Norfolk, $8; Washington, via
Portsmouth, $9.50; Baltimore, $10;
Philadelphia, $11.80; New York, $14;
Boston, $19.75.
“Approved. T. .T. Anderson,
“General Passenger Agent.
“E. St. John, Vico President.”
This is the first step in the fight
against the boycott and the Seaboard
people say they will fight It out on
this line if it takes all summer.
Southern railway people, however, the
take a very philosophical view of
situation and say in regard thereto:
“The Southern will maintain its
present rates between Atlanta and the
east. Those rates are upon as low a basis
per mile as any in the United States
and the service furnished by the South¬
ern is not surpassed oven by the famous
‘Limited’ between Chicago and New
York. It iH understood that the Sea¬
board Air Line’s rates are a combina¬
tion of rail and water, and the uncer¬
tainty of boat connections muBt neces¬ also
sarily enter into consideration,
the quickest time furnished—making
direct connection with the, steauur—is
forty-eight hours to New York. If
the Seaboard persists in this fight it
will have had considerable experience
before it is through with us."
FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE.
Democrats of Michigan for the Res¬
toration of Silver.
The Michigan democratic state con¬
vention met at Saginaw Thursday and
unanimously renominated Justice Mo-,
Grath for justice of the supreme oourt
and nominated for regents of tho uni¬
versity O. J. Pailthorp, of Petoskey,
and Stratton D. Brooks, of Mount
Pleasant. Tho platform is as follows:
“Tho democratic party in conven¬
tion assembled bails with dolight tho
rapidly increasing sentiment in favor
of the restoration of silver to the posi¬
tion it so long held in the monetary
system of our country and nuqualfied
)y declare in favor of tho free and un¬
limited coinage of silver and gold with
full legal tender power and. a. ratio of
16 to 1 and we invite overy patriotic
citizen of Michigan, regardless of pre¬
vious party affiliations, to join us in
an imperative demand for immediate
legislation to that end regardless of
the position of any otner nation with
respect thereto.” _^_
EXPLOSION OF NATURAL GAS.
A Business Block, at Anderson, III.,
Blown Into Smithereens.
Tho most destructive natural gas
explosion in the history of. the Indiana
gas belt occurred at Anderson early
Tuesday morning. A. $75,000 busi¬
ness block ou the courthouse square
was blown all over the central part of
the city. In the building were a num¬
ber of stores and business offices. Fire
followed the explosion, which was like
an earthquake, and the remains of the
debris began burning fiercely. Attor¬
ney Ballard and County Commissioner
Metcalf lived in the rooms above and
it is feared they have perished. The
loss on the building and contents is
total and will reach $400,000. The
fronts of all business houses in the
neighborhood of the explosion were
demolished, paved streets ripped open
and telephone cables torn down.
BANK ROBBERS FOILED.
One is Killed and the Other Captured.
The Cashier Wounded.
Adel, the county seat of Dallas coun¬
ty, Iowa, twenty-two miles from Des
Moines, was the scene of a bold bank
robbery Wednesday mof ning, followed
by‘the pursuit of the ameteur bandits,
the killing of one, the capture of the
other, and the formation of an angry
mob about the county jail threatening
to have the life of the living robber.
The funds of the bank were saved by
the presence of mind of the cashier,
who, after receiving a load of lead in
his body, swung shut the door to the
vault and turned the combination.
MANUFACTURI5RS OF JEANS
Hold Their Semi-Annual Meeting at
Knoxville, Tenn.
The Jeans Manufacturers’ Associa¬
tion for the southern and middle
states held its semi-annual session
at Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday.
Eighteen mills were represented by
delegates, representing Tennessee,
Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi and
Indiana and an invested capital of
$9,000,000. These mills are prosper¬
ing, notwithstanding hard times, and
stocks of goods on hand are reported
as only nominal. There have been no
suspensions and the mills are running
to their full capacity.