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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. . - ■ ... , , 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. ■ - ■ - 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. ——— ———■ * ■ —— 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. I I ■■■ 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. — 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. - - 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,