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THE DALTON ARGUS.
Dalton, Georgia.
11. A. WRENCH, Publisher.
ONE DOLLAR A VEAR
Tre weather is doing its best to sup
port the theory that our climate is grad
ually changing to the characteristics of
the tropics.
There is great distress among the
people in the large cities of Japan.
Thousands are starving, and the price of
•ice is higher than ever before. The
outlook for the growing crop in Japan
and Corea is not good.
Incidental to the performances of
•he greyhounds of the sea, it is well tc
«ote the cruise of the White Star steam
er Doric, trading between London and
New Zealand, which claims to have
made the fastest time around the world
—28,000 miles in 77 days, 6 hours and 50
minutes.
Among quadrupeds the rabbit is en
titled to the honor of multiplying most
rapidly. One pair of rabbits in four
years, it has been estimated, would be
increased to 1,250,000 if all remained
alive. The increase among certain in
sects and fish, however, is still more
rapid than this.
It costs less than $160,000 a year to
keep the streets of the city of London
clean, and about a tenth of this amount
comes back by the sale of sweepings and
refuse. The rubbish amounts in the
year to 65,000 tons, about 25,000 tons of
■which is burned and yields 4,000 loads
of ashes and cinders.
It is reported from Home that there
are alarming fissures in the dome of St.
Peter's. About a century ago a similar
state of things was remedied by encir
cling the dome with a strong band of
metal. The band was heated, and its
contraction on cooling was found to be
sufficient to close up the cracks.
Our total coinage of gold from the
foundation of the Government to June
30. 1889, was of double eagles, or 20-dol
lar pieces, $1,060,800,840; of eagles, or
10-dollar pieces, $198,604,670; of half
eagles, $191,683,715; of 3-dollar pieces,
5i, 612,254; of quarter eagles, $28,495,385,
•nd of 1-dollar pieces, $19,469,433.
Representatives at Washington of
foreign countries, with one exception,
•re bachelors or widowers, the single
exception being Count Spondeck, of
Denmark; whereas our representatives
abroad, with one exception, are married
men, Governor Porter, at Rome, is a
widower, his daughters presiding over
his household.
Our cruisers must be able to chase or
run away from an enemy as well as fight
him. We are told that the new cruiser
Philadelphia is to race along the Long
Island shore while judges, with stop
watches, time her speed as if she were a
«team yacht racing for a prize. For a
deficiency of every quarter of a knot be
low fourteen knots an hour the Cramps
must pay a penalty of $50,000; for every
quarter of a knot in excess they will re
ceive a premium of $50,000.
From an enterprising enumerator in
Indiana, Superintendent Porter received
the following letter: “Finding a babj
■without a name that was born just in
time to have its nose counted and the
family undecided as to a name, the mat
ter was finally left to me, whereupon I
christened him Porter F. Crabb, tho
first after you and tho second for my
self. As the kid is from a long line of
good old Kentucky blood I hope the
name will not handicap Rim in the race
of life.”
It is stated that the number of per
sons killed by the railroads in this
rountry during the year ending June
last was 58,223, and the number injured
•26,309. During the year the railways of
the country carried 472,171,343 passen
gers, so that one passenger in every
1,523,133 was killed, and one passenger
in every 220,024 wasim jured. This shows
» much higher per centage of casualty
than prevails upon the English rail
ways, where it appears that the rate was
one passenger in 6,942,336 killed and one
passenger in 527,577 injured.
An eminent physician of Philadelphia
rises to remark that the widespread dis
cussion about the prevalence and treat
ment of hydrophobia of late has had an
effect to promote the symptoms of that
disease, and that the more it is talked
about, the more alleged cases of it wo
shall hear of. He makes note of the in
teresting fact that on one side of tho
Rhine Pasteur treats 7,ooo.eases of hy
drophobia, while hardly any .eases have
occurred on the German side. This cer
tainly looks as it a good deal of thia
scare was in the minds of its victims.
Tup counting of the census in th®
Census Bureau is done by electrical ma
chines somewhat similar to a type-wri
•ter, one machine doing the work of ten
counters by the old method, and also in
dicating by an electric current the ag
gregate on a dial placed on the wall. It
is impossible for the machine to make a
mistake, and moreover it is easy to op
erate. New York is the first to send in
returns, and about 4t districts will be
counted first from thai State. Mr. Hol
lerith, the inventor of the eleetrio
tabulating machine bearing his name,
has 40 machines «ow read/ to begin the
work.
BRITAIN'S AROUSED.
Motion to Bfe Made In the Commons
for Retaliation on America.
The McKinley Tariff Declared Inimical to
British Interest*.
In the Commons Mr. Charles Howard
Vincent (Conservative) member for
Central Sheffield, asked whether the
Government would require the United
States to modify the prohibitive duties
upon British products before it would
make any modifications in the rules gov
erning the importation of American cat
tle into Great Britain. Sir Jas. Fergus
s<>n said that the restrictions upon the
importation of cattle into Great Britain
were based solely on sanitary considera
tions, without regard to the fiscal systems
of other nations. Mr. Vincent thereup
on laid on the table of the House a no
tice that he would submit a motion de
claring that as the proposed American
tariff will inflict a great injury upon the
trade of Sheffield, and upon British
traders and artisans generally, the
House will consider whether a free mar
ket ought to be longer given to the com
peting products of a foreign State which
puts a prohibitory tariff upon British
goods.
WESTERN CYCLONE.
A Terrible Visitation in Illinois—School-
House Wrecked With Disastrous Results
—Other Property Damaged.
A cyclone and cloud burst occurred
about five miles north of Earlville, 111.,
which resulted in terrible loss of life
and property, no less than fifteen peo
ple being killed and a number of houses
and barns entirely demolished. The
storm came from the northwest and
swooped down on the school-house, a
new building standing at the Four
Corners, which it tore to pieces. At
the time there were but eight persons in
the school-room, and all were instant
ly killed. Their bodies were carried
some distance and fearfully bruised and
crushed. The house of Newton Wood
was next struck, and not a vestige of it
remains. The family sought refuge in
the cellar and escaped. From the
school-house the storm continued to the
northeast through Papaw Grove, and
carried with it every thing movable.
Here the loss of life is reported to
be greater—seventeen persons killed
and many injured. Twenty houses
were torn to pieces and the east
ern part of the town entirely wiped
out. Some of the victims were car
ried hundreds of yards and manarled al
most beyond recognition. The force of
the tornado was terrific. Nothing re
mains in its path but the bare earth,
huge trees being torn out and carrieu
away. The width of the storm was
about eighty rods, and it progressed for
ward at the rate of eighty miles an
hour. A terrible tornado also passed
through the southern part of Lee Coun
ty, 111. It passed through the village of
Sublette, tearing down all the prominent
killing four persons and
wounding several others. A strip of
farms southeast of the village was also
desolated and many persons hurt. A
school-house in Brooklyn Township,
containing twenty-four children, was
entirely wrecked and eighteen children
injured.
NEW YORK'S CENSUS.
A Clitiwi That It Will Be Nearly Two
Millions.
It is claimed that the population of
New York will be over 1,800.000, with
the chances of its reaching nearly 2.000.-
000. In the information furnished by
the city departments for the Census
Bureau is this regarding city parks:
“There are in New York fifty parks, tho
total area of which is 5,157 3-5 acres. Os
these forty-eight are inside the city
limits, and their area is 3,306 3-5. The
area of lakes and water generally in
Central Park is 43 1-10 acres. The new
parks cover 1,148 acres. The land of
Central Park cost the city $5,028,844 10:
of Riverside Park, $6,173,620 80: of
Morningside Park, $1.674,388 40. The
length of the roadways in all the parks
is 33 1-10 miles, of bridleways nine
miles, and of the footways miles.
The average cost of a year of maintain
ing the parks for the last ten years has
been $609,603.
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The Entombed Miners.
At Dunlrar on tho 20th it was the ex
pectation of most of the miners who are
working for the rescue of their im
prisoned comrades that tho entry within
which they are will be reached Satur
day morning. The impression was still
held that some of tWio men are alive
thongh no move rappings had been
reported. All preparations have been
made to take care of the men if they
are brought out alive, and three physi
cians are on the grounds ready for ser
vice at a moment's notice The failure
to reach the men Friday caused general
disappointment, and hope once more
gave w: _ to despair.
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Threatened By Burrows.
Post-office Inspectors have been sent
to Kennedy. Lamar County, Ala., to in
vestigate tho writing of threatening
letters to Postmaster Faulkner, of that
plare. Faulkner has received several
letters warning him to leave the county.
The letters were signed “Friends of
Rube Burrows,” and the postmaster is
afraid to attend to the business of the
office. Last summer the noted outlaw
and train-robber shot and killed Post
master Graves, of the same place. Post
master Faulkner fears he will meet a
similar fate if he remains there, as Bur
rows is believed to be in that locality.
A RIOT.
Erection of Eleetrlc-I.lght Pole* In Front
of a Church Ke»l»ted— Serious Trouble
May Occur,
There was a row at Schuylerville,
near Saratoga, N. ¥., between a gang of
Electric Light Company workmen and
the parishioners of the Church of Visi
tation (Catholic), the latter insisting
that the workmen should not set poles
in front of the church. As fast as holes
were dug the church people filled them
up. The row ensued, but no one was
fatally injured, though missils flew in a
shower. Sheriff Deyoe appeared and
ordered the rioters to desist. They re
fused, and a scuffle ensued between the
sheriff, imported officers and the
crowd. Sheriff Deyoe, after arresting
one man,telephoned to Captain McEwer,
of tho Separate Company, N. G., of Sara
toga, that the services of tho military
were needed at once. Shortly after tho
company, sixty-six men strong, were
under arms, but were notified about
8:30, that things were quieter and that
they would not be needed that night
The situation on the 22d was quiet, al
though one hundred men with pistols
and other arms guarded the church all
night and day. Father Hefferman, of
the church, urged his hearers to stand
up for their rights like men. It is un
derstood that both sides are ready for a
fracas, and should the trouble be re
opened, it is likely the military will be
called out to suppress it.
HOPE ROUTED BY DESPAIR.
It May Be Days Before the Dunbar Miners
Will Be Reached.
The rescuing party had not yet reach
ed the entombed miners on the
22d. They are working hard,
but no one knows how far
they have to goyet, and they are as much
in the dark now as at any time. They
may roach the men in a few hours, and
it may be days before the Hill Farm
mine is broken into. Hope has given
way to despair. It is now seven days
since the disaster, and few, if any, ex
pect to find the men alive. Sunday
crowds visited the scene of the
disaster from all the surrounding
country, and at one time fully
eight thousand people were present. An
appeal for aid has been sent out. The
miners'families are in destitute circum
stances and contributions will be thank
fully received. Mining engineers
have completed another survey of
the Mahoning mines. They say that
the rescuers are on the right track, and
it is believed the entombed miners will
be reached within twelve hours. The
delay was caused by an immense rock
immediately on the line. Beyond this
line it is believed that a passage way of
seventy feet in length will be found,
and it will require but a short time to
work through this passage.
Stole a Train of Cars.
At Earlville, while the work gang of
the Milwaukee road was eating their
breakfast at a boarding-house near the
railway track a tramp entered the cab of
the locomotive attached to the work
train standing at the depot and opened
the throttle. The train pulled out with
lightning speed, and although the rail
road men saw it start, they were unable
to overtake it. Ten minutes later the
engine of an incoming freight train was
detached, and pursuit was made. The
work train was found standing on the
track seven miles west, but no trace wat
discovered of th j thief. Steam was upon
the engine, T»ut the tramp was evident
ly afraid to run by the town, and so de
serted his stolen property.
Children Burned to Death.
Three children of John Lober, a well
known farmer ten miles south of Wich
ita, Kan., were burned to death. Lober
and his wife left them locked up in
their house while they went visiting
neighbors. During their absence the
house took fire, and the little ones, un
able to escape from the burning house,
were consumed with it.
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Murders and Suicides.
Charles Cato, white, shot his mulatto
mistress and then blew his brains out.
at Birmingham, Ala. William Tahune
was among the persons who visited the
scene of the double tragedy. lie went
to the room of Mary Barnett, with whom
he had been living, shot her through
the body and sent a bullet into his own
brain.
A Turkish Cotton Factory.
The Minister of Works has inaugu
rated the first cotton factory in Con
stantinople, which has secured a mo
nopoly for twenty years. It is expected
that this factory will produce cotton and
woolen yarn at 15 per cent, below the
cost in the English factories.
Shelter-Sflied Wrecked by Wind.
A large number of visitors to Fair
view Park, near Indianapolis, sought
shelter from a storm under a car-shed.
The structure was wrecked by the wind,
and five persons were seriously hurt, one
fatally.
Cholera Makes No Progress.
The cholera epidemic in Spain makes
no progress. There are very few fresh
cases at either Pueblo de Rugat, Fenol
let or Montichelve. Officials declare
that seventy-five per cent, of those at
tacked recover.
Destroyed by a Tornado.
The town of Sweetwater, Neb., a lit
tle hamlet of less than one hundred in
habitants, was swept away by a tornado.
No one was killed, but a number were
injured.
BRAZIL'S CONSTITUTION.
The First President to Be Selected
By the Congress,
And the Rent to Be Elected by tire Peo
ple—Frinclfml Points of the Funda
mental Law for the
New Republic*
The new Brasilian constitution has
been adopted and was elaborated by some
of the most notable jurisconsuls and
specialists of Brazil under the immedi
ate supervision of the Ministers, who
certainly represent in a fair measure
the talent and experience of the coun
try. This constitution will be the
fundamental law only after the con
stituent assembly shall have approved
it, which approval is net likely to bo
withheld long, as all feel the necessity
of legalizing the Government just as
soon as possible. Immediately after
the decreeing of the constitution there
shall be an election for Senators and Dep
uties—sixty-three of the former (three
for each State and Federal District) and
two hundred of the latter, accord
ing to population. The two chambers
will meet and begin their legislative la
bors together in a constituent capacity.
Immediately after their first regular
session and election of presiding officers,
provincial Government will place in
their hands the functions of govern
ment exercised by the latter since the
change effected on the 15th of Novem
ber last, and the Assembly will at once
select the new Chief of State, who will
then proceed to organize a regular Cabi
net of Ministers. Then the Assembly
will revise the constitution and after
ward promulgate it as revised. Subse
quently the Chambers will assume their
respective functions as regular legisla
tive bodies. The following are the prin
cipal ideas contained in the’eonstitution:
Parlimentarism ceases. Brazil adopts the
American system of a responsible Ex
ecutive, with Secretaries responsible
only to him and to the people. The Sen
ator or Deputy who is chosen a Secreta
ry loses his seat. The first election of
the President will he in November next,
by Congress, but the constitution estab
lishes that this election subsequently
shall be by means of electors. The peo
ple select electors in proportion to their
delegations in Congress. Each State has
a separate meeting of its electors on the
same day and at the same hour. If no
citizen shall obtain an absolute major
ity of the Electoral College, then Con
gress shall elect, choosfng from
the three persons who may have
the largest number of votes. After
this, in case no one is yet elected,
Congress shall again vote, dropping
the third name and voting for the two
who have the largest number of votes,
so that the President-elect shall have
an majority of the votes cast.
The President shall be elected for six
years, and shall be ineligible for the
next ten years succeeding his term of
office. The Secretaries of State are in
eligible for the Presidency during their
terms of office. The President of the
Senate shall be the Vice. President of the
Republic. In case of the absence or
death of the President his office shall
be filled by the Vice President, next by
the Speaker of the House of Representa
tives, next by the Vice President of the
Senate, and lastly by the President oi
the Supreme Tribunal of Justice.
Girls on a Strike.
Two hundred girls employed in Lor
illard’s tobacco factory, Jersey City, N.
J., went on a strike for an increase of
wages. The strikers are employed in
the stripping department. There are
over three thousand hands employed in
the factory, and the strike may extend
to all the departments.
Railroad Men Killed and Injured.
Lewis Heller, engineer, was killed
and fireman George Heller, his brother,
probably fatally injured; and George
Hamilton, baggage-master, and Joseph
Burnbaum, express messenger, severely
bruised, by a train on the Philadelphia
and Reading road jumping the track
near Reading, Pa.
Long in the Service.
Judge James Lawrenson, who has
been in the postal service of the United
States continuously for seventy-one
years, is dead. He died in his home in
Baltimore aged 87 years. Judge Law
renson has sworn into office every Post
master-General since the days of Presi
dent Jackson.
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Ammonia Combination.
A combination has been made in Bos
ton among the manufacturers of ammo
nia, and the price has advanced from
to 8 cents a pound. The combination
takes in practically all of the producers,
and is regarded by the trade as strong in
its hold upon the market.
The Census of lowa Cities.
Unofficial reports give Des Moines a
population of 53,000, Dubuque 40,000,
Sioux City 35,000, Cedar Rapids 28,000,
Davenport and Burlington 30,000 each,
and MarshaMtown 10,000.
Tug-Boat Explosion.
In Brooklyn. N. Y., the tug-boat Alice
E. Sue was blown to pieces by the ex
plosion of her boiler. Captain O. W.
Semres, George Rogers, the cook, and
two others were killed.
President Menendez Dies Suddenly.
President Menendez, of San Salva
dor, died suddenly after a banquet in
celebration of the fifth anniversary of
his defeat of the rival faction in the Re
public.
MAIL ROBBERS.
Have Secured *500,000 In Nine Months n,.
tween Council Bluffs and Davenport.
For over nine months past constant i
complaints have reached the chief ’
post-office inspectors at Chicago of the
loss of checks, postal orders, money
etc., while in transit between Council
Bluffs and Davenport, la. The total
face value of mail matter lost is over
$500,0t0. The inspectors detailed on
the case discovered that mail pouches
were stolen at Wyandotte June
tion, where tho mail matter on
the Rock Island road is transferred
to the Burlington road for early morn
ing delivery in Chicago. One pouch
with 50 per cent of its contents rifled
was found at the bottom of a well. An
other, containing nearly $200,000 of
checks and drafts was discovered in a
vacant house. Six railroad employes at
Wyandotte Junction were placed under
surveillance. Four of them, however
managed to slip away. The other two,
Wilson Green and A. D. Lay were ar
rested and held for trial in $50,000 each.
JACK, THE INK-SLINGER.
lie Is Convicted and Sent to the Peni
tentiary For Six Months and Fined
Two F’ifty.
John Conners, known as “Jack, the
Ink-Slinger,” was placed on trial in gen
eral sessions, New York. Three dresses
covered with ink-stains, were exhibited.
In charging the jury Judge Martine
spoke of the unusual character of the
case, and said that as tho dress
which was the subject of the
indictment was worth only twenty-five
dollars, the prisoner could be convicted
only of the lower grade of injury to
property. The jury was out only ten
minutes, returning with a verdict of
guilty. Judge Martine gave Connors
the full penalty—six months in the pen
itentiary and $250 fine—remarking that
the penalty was entirely inadequate.
He said that he understood that there
were at least 100 other complaints from
ladies whose clothing had been ruined
in the same way.
Mangled by a Premature Discharge.
A horrible accident occurred at the
fair grounds, Columbia, S. C., during
the firing of a salute for the Democratic
meeting. By the premature discharge
of a cannon Ollin Barrer, of Lexington,
lost both arms and botti eyes and re
ceived a gaping wound in the chest.
John Stoke, of Columbia, was badly
wounded in both arms, and one has been
amputated. W. 11. Casson, of Columbia,
had his hand shattered.
A Quadruple Hanging.
Parker Harris, Ed. Carr and Hardy
Ballard, colored, and Frank Brenish,
white, were hanged at Memphis, Tenn.,
the 24th, the colored murderers taking
the plunge into eternity together at
11:24, and the white man dropping alons
at 12:22. Arrangements had been inada
to swing the four together, but Brenish
objected to being hanged with negroes
and his desire to die alone was grati
fied.
Sailors Killed By Falling Spars.
Tho bark Ethel, from London for
Brisbane, was sunk off Portland by
coming into collision with the steamer
Umbilo. from Natal for London. Four
of the Ethel’s crew and one of the Um
bilo’s were killed by falling spars. The
crew of the Ethel was taken on board
the Umbilo.
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It Is Asiatic Cholera.
The committee of medical experts
sent by the Government to the Province
of Valencia, for the purpose of investi
gating the epidemic, pronounce the dis
ease to be Asiatic cholera. The com
mission also reports that how the pestil
ence had it.s origin is uncertain.
Surrendors Only to Cupid.
Cards arc out for the marriage of Cap
tain Murrell and Miss McCormick, a
young lady of Baltimore. Captain Mur
rell may be remembered as the comman
der of the steamer Missouri, which res
cued in mid ocean the passengers of the
sinking steamer Danmark.
Iron Mills Shut Down.
The thermometer registered 92 de
grees at Pittsburgh, on the 24th, the
hottest of the present hot spell. As a
result many of the iron and steel mills
were obliged to shut down until a cool
wave sets in. Many workers and citi
zens were prostrated by the heat.
Sullivan Pleads Guilty.
A special from Purvis, Miss., says:
“John L. Sullivan pleaded guilty to the
indictment of prize-fighting, lie was
fined SSOO, which he immediately paid,
and was liberated.
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Substitute for Original Package Bill.
Tho House Committee on Judiciary
has agreed on a substitute for the Sen
ate “original package’’ bill. It cover#
not liquor alone, but every article cl
commerce.
International Banks Wanted.
The San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce, at its special meeting, adopted
resolutions favoring the establishment
of international banks for American re
publics.
Sult for Breach of Promise.
Miss Lillian Hanley, of Centralia. Hl-»
has sued F. M. Ferguson, of Bedford,
Ind., for $30,000, as damage,* forbreach
of promise of marriage.
One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire.
The entire business portion of Cor,
rillos, N. M., fifty miles north of Albu
querque, was destroyed by firo. Th*
loss is about $100,009,