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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. * * * 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. * * * 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. * * * I fhe American Cotton Growers’ rs - •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 ' 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. I IJar/ ^ * * * 0 agreement was reached few ILi!! a 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 t v r i'" , -fomWeton, 1 ,' 1 ! respect 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. * . I If tll y tate Exhibit. ; 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 - Nebrtt ? p fotion carried, ofo*aiure F‘T r of $17,000 y for a state ex tton States and Inter . NiWT ait0r 011 wil] lhe not be such a tte q a , f’ deluding resources •Jaits k? Iept Uncler the the depart- reat 6 '*i!l C 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. —--- - - w steamship ‘ -rvlce. ‘' North . , ' i c* ‘ pam . The { ‘ t steam -‘hip Company ‘ . ship service in P-d between Quebec _ 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, - 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 _ 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.