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VOL. I.
The world’s coinage in 1890 showed a
falling off of $10,000,000.
The freight movement in the United
States may be simply expressed by say
ing it is equal to 200,000,000 tons
hauled one mile each day of the year.
In the last thirty years Canada has
added 1,500,052 to her population. In
the same length of time, signiticantiy
compares the San Francisco Examiner ,
the United States has added 31,443,227
to hers.
There are in Sweden, according to the
last census, 143,669 more women than
men, being equal to 1062 women for
every 1000 men. Most women in Sweden
marry between their twentieth and
twenty-fifth year.
The returns show that there has been
an immense apparent decrease in crime
in Great Britain in the last quarter of a
century. In 1864 there were 2800 con
victs in the various penal institutions.
In 1890 there were but 729. Since 1882
eight prisons have been diverted to other
uses.
Barillas has forgotten the late of his
predecessor of like name, Barrios, and is
playing dictator in Guatemala. If the
history of his own country affords him
no admonitions, remarks the Philadel
phia Record , he might observe current
events in Chili. This a bad season for
tyrants. : -
The Danish Society for the cultivation
of heaths, with the support of the Gov
ernment, is rewooding one hundred
square miles of heath in Jutland. The
work was begun in 1886 with one square
mile. The society now numbers 14,000
members and is enthusiastically supported
by communities and private individuals.
Last year it purchased plants to the value
of $16,000, and about $67,000 are an
nually expended for planting and culti
vation of heaths.
Malarial- "• w - 0
quantities of quinine will be pained to
know, believes the New Orleans Picayune ,
that in the manufacture of this drug there
is quite as much misery as in the disease
which it alleviates. The making pro
duces cutaneous eruptions accompanied
by a fever, the vapor from boiling solu
tions being the chief cause. Some can
not work in cinchona. About ninety
per cent, are more or less affected.
Blondes are more susceptible than
brunettes.
The white population of Hawaii is de
creasing rapidly by emigration, aud the
natives are diminishing in uumoers by
death. Yet the islands have now more
population than at any previous census.
The increase is mostly in Chinamen.
“The late Kingdom of Kalakaua is ap
parently more likely to become a prov
ince of the Chinese Empire,” solilo
quizes the Philadelphia Rxord, “than to
fill its manifest destiny of becoming that
outlying California County, of which the
San Francisco newspapers have long
been dreaming.”
The agricultural department at Wash
ington is doing a good work, asserts the
Boston Cultivator, in propagating a kind
of bacteria that arc exceedingly destruc
tive to the cabbage worm. As soon as
the bacteria fastens ou a worm, it begins
to destroy it by sections, aud continues
until nothing is left but a little spot.
The worm dies almost immediately after
its attack. The bacteria is preserved in
gelatine and can be seat thus to any dis
tance. It propagates so rapidly that
when once introduced it soon spreads all
over the fields, and in a year or two
tnrough an entire neighborhood.
That the army of the unemployed is a
growing one in this country, may bo
from the following statement by the
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, United States
Commissioner of Labor: “It is prob
ably true that the time has arrived when
every person in the United States who
desires remunerative employment cannot
find it. Five hundred thousaud people
must compete for 460,000 places. What
I am saying has nothing to do with the
great army of the unemployed, which
through all ages has hung upon the out
skirts of civilization. lam dealing sim
ply with currents in the way of occupa
tion.” In face of the facts from a sta
tistician so careful and capable a3 Mr.
Wright, asks tie Ati mta Comt\t'cho
what becomes of Mr. Atkinson’s cheer
ful assertions to the effect that cmploj
ment is to be had by every capable per
son who wants it?
State of fa. k letni
THE WIDE WORLD.
general telegraphic and
CABLE CULLINGS
Of Brief Items of Interest From
Various Sources.
Jonathan Steward, of Trenton, N. J.,
made an assignment Monday.
1 he Alabama state fair opened Tuesday
at Birmingham and will continue two
weeks.
Advices of Tuesday from Almeria, in
Andalusia, Spain, report great floods in
that vicinity.
The river Shannon has burst its banks
in county Limerick, Ireland, inundating
large tracts of land.
Cable dispatches of Sunday say: The
severity of ths storm in the English chan
nel is unprecedented.
The province of Granada, SpaiD, was
visited by a terrible storm Monday. Im
mense damage resulted.
It is estimated that it will require 183
000,000 roubles to meet the necessities
of the famine in the Russian empire.
John Iloey tendered his resignation as
manager of the Adams Express Company
Saturday, it was promptly accepted.
The town of Dida, Russia, has been
destroyed by fire. Four hundred and
eight houses-of all sorts were destroyed.
A New York dispatch says: The im
ported thoroughbred stallion St. Blaize,
was sold Saturday at auction for SIOO,-
COO.
A dispatch of Monday from Bermuda
announces that a severe cyclone storm,
dangerous to shipping, is raging at Ber
muda.
General Miles recommends the mobiliza
tion of the National Guard at the world's
Columbian exposition, congress to foot
the bill.
The customs officers, at San Francisco,
made a seizure of 175 cans of opium Tues
day on the steamer Lakine, which ar
rived Saturday from Seattle.
_ The postmaster general has under con
sideration the es’ablishment of free de
livery service in Americus, Ga., and oth
er points in the South.
A dispatch from Breslau, capital of the
province of Silesia, says that five persons
were killed aud that many were injured
by the collision of an express train Mon
c*aX. cablegram of Tuesday from Madrin,
Spain, says: The workingmen of Valla
dolid have struck. Their demands are
for an eight-hour day, and not for an ad
vance in wages.
A cablegram of Monday from Dublin,
Ireland, reports that William 1 Redmond
has been selected as the Parnellite candi
date lor the parliamentary seat for Cork,
made vacant by the death of Parnell.
The wife of Hon. Ailen G. Thurman
died at Columbus, 0., Saturday evening.
The funeral will be private as will alto
be the burial. The interment will be
nude in the family lot at Green Lawn
cemetery, in that city.
A London cablegram of Sunday says:
It is officially announced that Right
Hon. Arthur J. Belfour, member of par
liament for East Manchester, and at pres
ent chief secretary for Ireland, has been
appointed first lord of the treasury.
The United States supreme court, ou
Monday, advanced the hearing of the
case of Boyd vs. Thayer, arising out of
the contest over the Nebraska governor
ship, and assigned it for argument on the
first Monday in December, after the cases
already assigned for that day.
The Chattanooga Ice and Bottling
I company passed into the hands of a re-
I ceiver Saturday* Liabilities not secured
I about twenty-eight thousand . dollars.
I The cause of the failure was the inability
I to meet notes in banks. The business
I will be conducted as heretofore by the
I receiver.
In the chamber of deputies at Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, tbe bill re
stricting the issue of paper money was
passed to its second reading by a vote of
100 against 12. Deputies also voted in*
favor of the abolition of the law render
ing abligatory the payment of tariff dues
in gold coin.
A Chicago dispatch says: The star and
stripes, it was decided Friday, are to wave
1,120 feet above the ground—higher
than a flag has ever waved before. It is
V> be done dimug the world's fair from
an American tower that will outdo Eiffel,
Paris. The builder is to be Andrew
Carnegie, of Pittsburg.
A dispatch of Tuesday morning from
London to tlic maritime exchange at New
York says that yellow fever is increasing
at Santos. One hundred vessels which
have not yet commenced discharging are
i ordered outside until their turn for dis
charoe. Vessels arriving are not admitted
I into Santo 9 harbor until berth* are availa
ble.
A London cablegram of Monday says:
Dispatches from Holyhc >d.state that ‘2OO
vessels, many of them much damaged,
have sought refuge at that port from the
storm. A gale has also been raging with
unusual fierceness about Queenstown.
About thirty crafts, large .mil small,
mostly fishing smacks and 'mall coasters,
have been driven ashore in that vicinity.
A Washington dispatch of Tuesday
savs- The secretary of the navy has di
rected the appointment of a court of in
ciuiry in the case of the United btates
steamer Dispatch, in order to determine
whether any or all of the officers ot that
vessel shall be tried by court martial for
neglect of duty, resulting in its loss.
The details of the court will be an
nounced tomorrow.
A dispatch from Ottawa, Ont., says:
It is stated in reliablejiUAtUrfl that Pre-
TRENTON, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23,1891.
inier Abbott holds in his hands the res
ignation of every member of his cauinet,
his ministers having tendered their port
folios to the premier in view of the con
templated reconstruction of his ministry.
All lie has now to and is to accept any one
of these resignations when he wishes to
make loom for new blood in lrs govern
ment.
A cablegram of Sunday from Paris states
that several eminent French lawyers
have been consulted upon the matter of
the release of the fund of the Irish parli
amentary party now on deposit in that
city. They agree that ihejiroblem is a
knotty one, and believe that the first step
must be the application to the court of
chancery by the heirs of Parnell and
th seof liig.cr, for Biggci was a trustee
of the fund at the same tune.
' A Petersburg, Russia, cablegram of
I U‘-sday says: In view of the possible
complications with China in regard to
Pamicr and other territory which it is
c aimed has been invad< and by Russia, the
governor of Trans Baikalia in eastern Si
beria, having lake Baikal on the m rih-
W' st and the Chinese M ngolia on the
south, has ordried the Removal of a I
Jews residing within a bundled kil me
er-of the fr>n i- Tl.j • insta' ■
it is claim'd, in order to keep the Jews
from acting as spies for China.
A cablegram of Tuesday from Erfurt,
Germanv, says: Since the extremists
have left the socialist congress and have
renounced all connection with the social
ist party, the programme before the con
gress has been rapidly adopted and with
out criticism. Tuesday the congress
jiassed resolutions favoring the printing
of socialist literature for the benefit of
the young. Another dispatch reports
that the scceders held a tumultuous
meeting at Berlin and many members of
the moderate party were expelled.
METHODIST STATISTICS
As Presented by the Ecumenical Con
ference.
Through Mr. McLaren the committee
on Methodist statistics made a report to
the ecumenical council, in recent session
in Washington D.C., which in subs' auce,
stated that the returns had been obtain
ed from all the churches represented in
the conference and tabulated, first geo
graphically, aud second ecclesiastically.
The term “Adherents” was included in
every case, ministers aud members as
well as families connected with congre
gations. In some cases estimates \yere -
aud*income cases they are below. While
no official statistics were adopted by the
London conference the figures show that
since that in the conference there has
been an increase of 30 per cent in the
Methodist believers. Some of the de
tails of the report were read by the llev.
Dr. Morley as follows:
The eastern section:
Europe—Ministers, 4,481; members,
915,234; adherents, 4,209,001.
Asia —Ministers, 533; members, 34,334;
adherents, 114,968.
Africa—Mini-ters, 294; members, 71,-
147; adherents, 288,376.
Australasia and Polynesia—Ministers,
786; members. 93,140; adherents, 488,-
183.
Eastern Section —Ministers, 6,094:
members, 1,113,905; adherents, 5,090,-
128.
Western Section—Ministers, 36,6'U:
members, 5,380,494; adherents, 20,281,-
975.
Grand Totals— Ministers, 42,69s; mem
bers, 6,494,399; adherents, 25,378 I<>4.
The report which was, as explained,
not quite complete, was criticised by
several members ; Dr. Turner, of i ng
'and, holding that it would, if adopted,
vitiate the returns in England.
THE PIEDMONT EXPOSITION.
The Republic Scoured for At
tractions—A Partial List.
The management says the South will
never have witnessed a greater exposition
than the Piedmont of the present year at
Atlanta, Ga. Money has been expended
with great liberality, and enterprise ha 9
brought together from the agricultural,
mineral and indu'trial kingdoms an ex
hibit great in scope and variety of sug
gestion. There will be the grand spec
tacular show, Bolossy Kiralfys “King
Solomon, or the Destruction of Jerusa
lem-’’ It includes 1000 performers and
a bullet of 250 girls-nil on one stage.
The world-renowned Mexican Ban , of
75 pieces, plays twice a day at the Pied
mont. At New Orleans it proved a
greater attraction than fireworks, races
or balloon ascensions.
Tbe greatest racers, runners and trot
ters ever seen in tbe South are stabled on
the Piedm. nt grounds, aud insure a great
season of racing.
Achille Phillioa, the great equilibrist,
■will be there.
The marvelous Cooper and his dog in
their balloon ascensions and daily drops
from the clouds, the i henomenal rooster
orchestra and other minor attractions cer
tainly make up a great li-t, and all to be
seen for fifty cents.
The exposition opens on October 19th,
and continue until November 7th. The
fare on all the railroads is one cent a
mile, and here are the dates of the special
days:
Grady Days—October 21st and 22d.
Drummers’ Day —October 23d.
Veterans’ Day —October 27th.
Red Men’s Day—October 29th.
Alliance Days— November 3d and 4th.
Fare on ail tiie railroads one cent a mile.
Mrs. Parnell Still Prostrated.
A Loudon cablegram of Monday says:
Mrs. Parnell is very weak and in a very
precarious condition. Drugs have to be
administered in order that she may
secure a liKle sleep. She is unable to
partake of any solid food.
THROUGH DIXIE.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEFLY
PARAGRAPHED
Forming an Epitome of Daily
Happenings Here and There.
I wo slight shocks of earthquake were
felt in Nashville, Tenn., Friday.
Commodore Duncan Nathaniel Ingra
ham died in Charleston, 8. C. Friday!
A mob of 300 men lynched three ne
groes at Clifton Forge, Va., Saturday
night.
The Mineral Fibre ('ompanv’s plant as
Salem, Va., burned Monday night. Lost
$5,000.
Governor Jones opened his campaign
for renomination in Birmingham, Ala.,
Friday night.
A Wa hiugton dispatch of Monday
says: Wilk'nson Call will bo the next
United States senator from Florida.
At Clarksburg, Mis*., Bond’s saw mill
boiler exploded Saturday, killiug Sam
Harold and Ephriam Elv, and mortally
wounding Allen Lindsley.
A dispatch of Saturday says: The
alarming reports of the situation in Bra
zil are denied. This budget for 1892, it
is said, will shoav a surplus of $15,000 -
000. ’
The Chickasaw Messenger, at Jackson,
Miss., owned and edited by Frank Bur
kett, State Alliance lecturer, burned
Monday morning. Total loss. lie says
it was the work of an incendiary, and
publishes a letter to that effect.
A Chicago dispatch of Saturday says:
The world’s fair board of finance and
control has decided to call a conference
of the representatives of the state world’s
fair organizations of the states to mei-t
with the board in Chicago, in December
next. The object is to unify and har
moniously arrange the work.
A dispatch of Saturday says: The
schooner Maggie Andrews, of Baltimore,
from Savannah, to Paysandu, South
America, is at Norfolk, Va., in distress.
The captain'says he lost his deck load of
lumber and had the-sails torn and split
and other damage done while near lati
tude 33 degrees aud longitude 76.
Three cowboys rode up to the First
National bank at Enterprise, Neb., at
noon Friday and juhiio ——— J —>- •*-
money. The cashier was threatened with
iustnt.death, and, at the point of a revol
ver, handed over $3,000 in bills. The
robbers wore n i^wsks.
A Nishville, *u., dispatch of Mon
day says: The supreme council of the
Knights of Wise Men, an insurance order
for negroes, is said to be on it-* last legs.
The grand treasurer, J. R, AValker, of
Nashville, ski some time ago, leav
ing his family and a large shortage in his
accounts. His family belief/ him dead.
The order has recently paid only a small
part of its death claims.
A dispatch from Tuskaloosa, Ala., says
that a contract was closed Tuesday be
tween Cap ain F. M. Abbott, repn sent
‘ ing Pennsylvania capitalists, and the
Tuskaloosa Coal, Iron and Land Com
pany, whereby the former undertakes to
build a railroad from deep water at Tus
kaloosa northward to the coal fields.
They also contract to build a coke plant
at Tuskaloosa. The scheme is to bring
coal to Tuskalo >sa by rail and ship it
down the Warrior river to Mobile.
A telegram of Saturday from Co'um
bia, Tenu., says: There was very little
excitement over the failure Friday night
of the bank of Columbia, and the Colum
bia Banking Company, owing to the
large surplus of assets shown by each
bank. Ihe bank of Columbia has assets
of $167,004,95; liabilities, $285,800.
President Ingram assigned $30,000 of
private property, making the total ex
cess of assets $211,204.95. The Colum
bia Banking Company’s assets are $316,-
020; liabilities, $254,428; surplus of
assets $61,191. It is thought the depos
itors will be paid in full, and in conse
quence there was no run on the remain
ing bank.
FLORIDA’S SENATORIAL WAR.
The Secretary of State and Governor
Fleming at Loggerheads.
A Tallahassee, Fia.. dispatch of Mon
day says: On Friday last John L. Craw
ford, secretary of state, attached his
signature and the great seal of the state
of Florida to the copy of the proceedings
of the joint session of the legislature
from April 21st to May 26th, inclusive,
certifying to the correctness of the same.
This shows, of course, the proceedings of
May 26th, upon which date Wilkinson
Call was declared duly elected United
States senator. This is the oniy instru
ment bearing the signature of Craw
ford and the seal of the state.
He declined absolutely to affix
them to the governors certificate of
Davidson’s appointment. Some days
ago Governor Fleming instructed Attor
ney-General Li mar to institute in the
supreme court proceedings for issuance
of a mandamus compelling Crawford to
sign and seal this appointment of David
son. Monday morning Lamar filled with
the governor his official reply
to the governor’s instructions, ir
which he declined to institute such pro
ceedings, giving his reasons therefor in
detail. The attorney general holds that
there is nothing in the constitution <>r
statutes of that state or of the United
States warrantin ; such proceedings. He
has from the first been of the opinion
that Call was legally elected and would
be seated. Call already has in his pos
session this certified copy of joint ses
sions of the legislature, and Senator Pas-
Ico will present it to the United States
senate on the opening day of the session.
THEY WANT FREE DELIVERY.
Congress Will he Asked to Give the
Farmers a .Showing.
A New York dispatch of Monday says:
An organized effort is under w'ay among
the fanners to secure from congress free
mail delivery in country towns. The
Farmers’ Alliance, the Fatrons of Hus
bandly and other orders are canvassing
the matter, l etters are being written to
the congressmen in favor of the project,
and petitions to congress for free deliv
ery are being circulated in many parts of
the country. The farmers assert that the i
daily mail delivery at their door will add
perceptibly to the money value of their
(arms, and will be worth still more be
cause it will keep them in
touch with the markets and outside i
world, and rob farm life of its isolation I
and monotony. Tho farmers are writing I
to the agricultural press that this con
venience would enable them quite gen- I
erally to take the daily papers, ns well as I
to subscribe for a local papers more I
liberally. In the American Agricultural- I
it for November, Postmaster General
Wanamaker states definitely for the first
time that experiments by tho postoffice I
department for free delivery in the farm- I
ing districts show that the increase of
revenue more than pays all increased ex- I
penße. He believes that universal free I
delivery would, therefore, be self-sustuin
imr.
SHIP CONTRACTORS FAIL.
A Large Ship Building Finn at Boston
in Trouble.
A Washington dispatch of Monday
says: Ihe navy department has been
informed of (he failure of Harrison, Lor
ing &Cos., ship builders, at Boston, who
have contracts for the construction of the
armored cruiser No. 11, at $674,000, with
a premium for speed, and three steel
tug boats at $32,500 each, but as yet has
not determined its course in the matter.
The cruiser is about half finished, and
the tugs are about four-fifths finished. It
: s said at the department that the govern
ment is amply protected by the bond of.
the contractors, which is more than suf
ficient to insure the co.> pletion of the
vessels. The only question to be deter
mined is as to whether this shall be done
by the government or by the assignees.
The latter course is the most probable one.
•t is also stated at the department that
T)totr-Jsr,.mptly
honored so far as progress ,of the work
performed justified. The real cause of
the failure is thought to lay in the fact
that they undertook to perform naval
work at too low a price.
THREE REPORTERS KILLED.
They Were Sent to Write Up a
Midnight Ride on a Fast Train.
A Chicago dispatch says: A horrible
accident, resulting in the death of three
members of the Inter-Ocean staff, the
engineer of the train, and serious injury
of several other passengers, occurred on
the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad
Thursday morning about 11 o’clock, at
Crete, 111. Those killed were: Leonard
Washburne, sporting reporter for the
Inter-Ocean; Fred W. Henry, a reporter
who came recently from Louisville to
Chicago; J. J. McCafferiy, an artist, re
cently from St. Louis, and James Clark,
engineer. The train left Evans
ville early in the morning and
proceeded safely to Crete, where it
ran into an open switch. The newspa
per men who were killed were on the
engine, Henry and McCafferty having
gone out for the purpose of writing up
aud illustrating a midnight ride on a
fast train, and Washburne, who was re
turning to Chicago from an Indiana trip,
having joined his friends on the engine
when the accident came without warn
ing ; and as the locomotive plunged from
the track the four men were caught and
completely buried beneath the wreck.
A MAMMOTH DEAL.
The City of Sheffield, Alabama,
Changes Hands.
One of the largest deals ever made in
the south was closed at Sheffield, Ala.,
Thursday. Colonel W. M. Duncan and
associates secured the entire assets of the
Sheffield Land, Iron and Coal Company,
the capital stock of which is $1,000,000,
paid. Colonel Duncan took it at 97
cents. Anew company was formed,
with $5,000,000 stock, and over one-half
the stock was taken in an hour. The
Alabama Security and Trust Company
was also formed with $1,000,000 capital,
paid up in full. It was a gala day
for Sheffield. Three more furnaces will
soon go in blast. A complete system of
waterworks is pledged. Anew hotel,
just completed,* costing SIOO,OOO will be
opened. Col. Dunran is financially able
to carry out his options, and is very en
thusiastic. Steel has been successfully
made from Sheffield iron made of local
ores, coke and stone, and this fact has
much to do with the sale.
THE RAILS SPREAD
And the Cars Dashed Down the
Embankment.
Train No. 8, of the Baltimore and
Ohio road, which left Chicago Wednes
d<y at 10.10 o’clock a. m., met with a
serious accident at 2.31 o’clock p. m. at
Hicksville, twenty miles east of Garrett,
Ind. The whole train left the track,
and the sleeper, ladies’ coach and a pri
vate car went over an embankment. The
smoker and baggage car hung on to the
engiue and were kept on the bed of the
road. Two passengers were killed and
fi ty others badly injured, of whom ten
will die. The accident was caused by
the spreading of the rails.
THEY'RE AFTER HOEY,
I he Quondam President of the Adams
Express Company.
A dispat:h of Tuesday from Asbury
[ Park, N. J., says: The experts in Ihe
county clerk’s office are busily engaged
m the search of John Hoey’s property on
orders from counsel of the Adams Ex- 1
press Company. There were two lis- i
pendens filed in the county clerk’s office
Monday, showing that Henry Sandford,
president of the Adams Express Com
pany, had a lien upon three tracts of
land owned by Iloey, and seven of his
cott'gea, with all personal property and
fixtures in any of Iloey’s hotels and seven
cottages. Iloey owns, as shown by
search, at least three hundred acres of
land around Long Branch and many
costly buildings. There aro no records
show ing that he has transferred property
to his wife. r
A BADGE FOR RUTH.
The Vanderbilt Benevolent So
ciety Makes Her a Present.
The V i.nderbilt Beuevolent as-ociation,
of Charleston, S C., has sent to ex-
I President Cleveland a very handsome
I souvenir badge of the association for his
I little daughter, Ru'h. When the baby was
I born the association passed a resolution
of congratulation, and directed that a
I “souvenir badge be especially prepared
I and forwarded in the name of the associ
ation to Miss Cleveland, in compliment
to herself, and as a mark of our high re
gard for her honored parents.” The
badge ia of gold and of the finest work
manship. On the obverse it contains the
monogram of tho association, and on the
reverse the words: “Ruth Cleveland.
October 3, 1891.”
PARNELL’S MONEY
Will Probably Go to Hls Wife
and Brother.
The London Daily Telegraph of Tues
day published a dispn eh from its Cork
correspondent which says something of
a panic has been caused in nationalist
circles there by the repoit that under the
French law M s. Charles Stewart Parnell
and John Howard Parnell are the heirs of
the Paris fund of 40,000 pounds ($200,-
000) lodged in Paris in the joint name*
of Mr. JUcC irtliv Juwl ilu jam- -
quickly place them in a financial position
to ena'le them to show a good deal of
fight.
THE GOVERNOR RESIGNS.
Oklahoma’s Official Head Steps Down
and Out.
A dispatch of Monday from Marion,
Ind., says: Governor George VV. Steele,
Oklahoma, who arrived here Saturday to
look af er the location of Dr. GatliDg’s
great factory, admitted that he had re
signed the governorship on the 3d of this
month, but had not yet been relieved.
He likes Oklahoma, and has great hopes
for its future, but his business interests
demand his attention. It is suspected,
however, that his resignation means the
commissiouership of pensions, should
Commissioner Raurn also resign, as in- j
dieated.
WORK OF THE MAFIA.
A Prominent Italian Assassinated by
Members of tbe Order.
A New Orleans dispatch of Sunday
says: Gatteno Baregona, an Itilian lug
ger ownei, wa9assassinate l Friday night.
Ti e affair bears all marks of the Mafia.
There was a jolly game of cards at an
Italian saloon, near the French market, a
quarrel stampeded the players, aud as the
victim reached the door he was riddled
with bullets. The police have arrested
the proprietor of the place and several
others, but there is no proof as to who
did the shot ting. It is a curious fact the
Mafia is heard of exactly a year after
Chief Hennesey’s death.
IS BALMACEDA DEAD ?
His Military Supporters Deny the
Reports of His Suicide.
Dr. Francis Rivers -rod Bignor Carlos
Del Rio, late of the military staff of Pres
ident Balmaceda, of Chile, arrived at
Cincinnati, 0., Monday en route for New
York. Neither could speak a word of
English. They had with them Louis
Bl ch, of California, an interpreter.
I Through him, they said Balmaceda was
| not dead, all reports of suicide to the
contrary notwithstanding, that they ex-
I p 'eted to meet him either in New York
or in Europe. '
ABSOLUTELY MONEY.
A New Financial Bill to be pre
sented to Congress.
Hon. John G. Otis, an Alliance con
gressman-elect from Kansas, has prepar
ed a financial bill which he will present
to congress at its next session. It pro
vides for pennies and rickels, silver and
gold coins, and the free and unlimited
coinage of both, and also for $2,000,-
OOO.OUO of pper money, “each Dili be
ing absolutely money and not in the form
of promise.”
A JUDGE WITH NERVE.
He Jails the Mayor aud City Council
for Contempt of Court.
Judge Louey sent Mayor Berry and th<
city council of Newport, Ky., to jail,
Tuesday, for refusing to obey the ordei
of the court to use the lights furnisher
by the Newport Gas company, pendioj
the decision of the court. Ihe officiali
of the city were declared in contemp
and were sent to jail for six months, o
until further order of the court.
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