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BUCHANAN, . - GEOPGIA
t:ladstone attributes his long life ana
wonderful health in a great messure to
wosoite rest on ths‘bb_‘fllo ;
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The old ship Tonawanda, onc of the
fumous old. clipper liners and a very
popular boat ia Philadelphia, has fallen
a victim to a storm, but in her o!d days
she had become a coal barge, and passes
away ‘‘unwept, unhonored and un
sung.” :
The Ningara is to be bridged again,
The Canadian Pacific Railway has de
cided to buill the bridge and thus to
secure advantageous connection with six
leading Ameiican ralroads—as well as
a good deal of the business now done
exclusively by American roads.
The life-saving crews at Lewes, Del.,
did g and worl in rescuing shipwrecked
persons during the recent storm. No
less than two hundred lives were saved
by their e¢fforts from the hungry Sea.
The United Stales Life-Saving -Service
is a nobly useful institution, :
A geographical expert has figured
out that by the Nicaragua canal the
distance frem N:w York to Honolulu
will bs shortened from 14, 230 to 6388
miles, while the voyage from Liverpool
to the Hawaiian ‘capital will De cut
down from 14 080 to 9136 miles.
It is nothing now for Roman Catho
lics in different parts of Europe to as
semble together for ths discussion of
large guestions in a congress, but the
first mecting of this kind among the
Roman Castholics of North America
will be held in Baltimore early in No
vember.
A London statistician figures that 80, -
000 Americans landed in England the
past suminer, the expenses across averag
ing more than $10) dollars cach, and
that upon the lowest calculation they
circulated §21,000,000 in FEurope on
railways and at hotels, without count
ing the mouney spent in purchases,
The author of the Spanish authorities
of a prize of S6OOO for the best literary
work, written in any of the principal
European languages, in celebration of
the fourth ceantenary of the discovery of
America is a stimu'us to literary effort
such as is rarely offered for internation
al competition. Some American ought
to take this priz».
A condemned criminal in England
must be ailowed to see three Sundays
between his sentence and his execution.
Of course he can thus be Hung in a lit
tle over two weeks, but the three Sun
days must pass over his head befors the
gallows claims him. The customis a
relic of medimval times, when a crim
inal was allowed that much of a respite
to prepare for death.
Archdeacon Farrar's fervid plea for
the establishinent of an order of mendi
cant monks in the Episcopal church in
England and ths United States meets
with a very chilling response f{rom the
church organs. After mercilessly ridi
culing the whole idea, the Churchman
says ,that' even if such an order were
desirable, it could not be founded by a
well-paid, well-fed archdeacon.
The designers employed by the Prit
ish Admira ty are striving to buld a
new type of warship which will com
bine the maximum qualities of speed,
strength, stability and fighting power.
The R:2nown, u barbette ship carrying
an armament of 69-ton guns, will be, it
is expected, the closest approximation
to that ideal which has ye: been made.
Probably there will have to be a long
series of improved and remodelled Re- :
nowns before the problem can be satis
factorily worked out. But the aim is
one which can be commenled to Ameri
can designers employed upoa the new
pavy. The New York I»dune consid -
ers that sufficient progress has been
made to justify the department in set
ting its best talent at work in designs
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WASHINGTON, D, ch
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS ADVISERS. l
APPOINTMI NTS, DECISIONS, AND OTKER MATTERS
OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. l
Secrctary Tracy, Friday, formally ac
cepted the eruiser Charleston.
Secreta:y Tracy Wednesday afternoon
awarded tne contract for building two
of the 2,000-ton cruisers, the proposals
for which were opened on las!, Saturday,
to the Columbiuo Iron Works and Dry
Dock company, of Baltimore, for the
sum of $1,225,000. The contract for the
third one will be awarded to either Har
rison Loring, of Boston, or N. F. Pal
mer & Co., of New York, each of whom
bid $674,000.
The collector of customs at Norfolk,
Va., has asked the treasury department
for instructions in regard to the practice
of Liverpool cotton merchants of send
ing men under contract from that city to
Norfolk for the purpose of buying and
grading cotton lor the English trade.
I'he immugrant inspector for the state of
Virginia reported the.matter to the col
lector as a violation of alien contract la
bor, &nd the collector wants to know
what he can do about it. Treasury offi
cials are divided in opinion in the mat
ter, and it will probably be referred to |
the solicitor for settlement.
The following dispatch was sent from
the excecutive mansion, on Saturday af
ternoon, to Governors Melletta and Miller,
of North and South Dakota, Bismark,
North Dakota: ‘‘The last act in the
admission of the two Dakotas as states
in the union was concluded this after
noon at the executive mansion by the
president signing at that moment the
proclamation required by law for the ad
niission of the states. The article on
prohibition, submitted separately in each
state, was adopted in both, This is the
first instance in the history of the nation
al government that two states North
and South Dakota, entered the union at
the same moment.”
The government directors of the Union
Pacific railroad have reported to the sec
retary of the interior that in their judg
ment the interests of the United States
demand carly action by congress to se
cure payment by the company of its in
debtedness to the government. The gen
eral plan of settlement first suggested by
the commissioners of railroads, they as- |
sert, has never been successfully attacked
They express their firm conviction that
the interests of the United States de
mand the passage of a bill substantially
like that pending when the last congress
adjourned. The report is signed by
George E. Leighton, John T. Plummer,
Jesse Spalding, Ruofus B. Bullock and
James W. BSavage.
The Washington Star Wednesday says
that the civil service commission have
degided to ask the district attoraey to
prosecute all persons concerned in the
preparation and distribution of the polit
icul assessment circular recently sent by
the old dominion republiean league to
Virginians in the government service.
Those persons not employes of the gov
ernment will be prosecuted under section
12 of the service, which provides that no
person shall in any government building
solicit or receive contributions for any
political ~ purpose. The commission
holds that a person not connccted with
the government may ask for and reccive
money from government employes for a
political purpose anywhere except ina
government building, but that where the
occurence takes place on government
property, or where letters aresent to a
government building, those concerned
are liable to prosecution.
The order of Postmaster-General
Wanamaker, dited Wednesday, waa
promulgated Thursday, fixing the rates
for the government telegraphic service
during the current fiscal year. The
basis tor day service is ten cents for ten
words, and u half cent for each addi
tional word for distances wunder 400
miles, with a sliding scale of increase for
distances greater than 400 miles. Forl
night messages not exceeding twenty
words, tifteen cents for all distances, and
one-half cent for each additional word.
The date, address and signature are ex
cluded from count both day and night.
Signal service cypher messages are to be
charged at two and a half cents per
word. With reference to the above or
der, President Green, of the Western
Union telegraph, says: “‘The rate fixed
by the postmaster-general is undoubtedly
below cost, but I am not prepared to say
what the attitude of the company will be
till after the matter has had the consid
eration of the executive committee. The
reduction averages about thirty-three
per cent, from the old rate, which was
not a remunarative one.”
The director of the mint has submit
ted to the secretary of the treasury his
annual report. He says the value of
gold deposited was $48,900.71% of which
$31,440,778 consisied of the product of
mines of sue United States, a falling off 1
in gold product of about one million
dollars, as compared with the previous
fiscal year. Silver received aggregated
$35,627,278 standard ounces {or coining
value ot $41,457,190. Of silver received,
$32,895,986 standard ounces of counting
value of §8,278,964 was classified as of
domestic production, Profit on the
coinage of silver dollars during
the year was $9,870,062 and on
subsidary silver coins, $32,987; total
chinage of silver dollars under the Bland
“act to November, 1889, was $343,638,-
001, and totul &l‘;fit on sflw‘@%fi 50
ter deducting expenses for distribution
B A iitwA o e AR
tor recommends legislation looking to
:f gw,;nf’g:;\'vxu 4, c o 2 ; ,v‘e.’nfl‘ J;;,,‘ s
and §4 ?o?a. picces and the three-cent
nickel piecis and withdrawal from circu
lation of pieces of those denominations
now outstanding. !
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SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA
RIOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
A CONDENSED ACCOUNT OF WHAT 18 GOING ON OF
IMPORTANCE ng%ru SOUTHERN STATES,
The Few society, at Oxford, Ga., cele
brated its fiftieth anniversary Wednesday,
The anniversarian was Mr. G. D. Doi
ough, of Wetx)pkt. Ala.
The Anniston, Ala., News says that
“‘they huve orgunized a ‘Sand Trust’ in
Birmingham. = The combine has raised
the price of sand from 80 cents to $1.25
per yard.” j
Fire broke out Sunday morning in the
Schofield building, adjoining Hollings
worth block, on Poplar street, Macon,
Ga, and destroyed nearly SIOO,OOO
worth of property.
A receiver was appointed, on Friday,
for the firm of Klinck, Vickenburg &
Co., for the last half century engaged in
the grocery business in Charleston, 8. C.
Liabilities are about $70,000, and assets
nominally large.
A Key West special to the Zimes- Un
ion, of Jacksonville, Fla., says: Del Pino
Brothers’' immense cigar factory, contain
ing one million c¢igars, besides a large
quantity of tobacco, was consumed by
tire Sunday morning.
It was reported Saturday that Mrs.
Longstrect, wife of Gen. Jamés Long
strect, was dying at Gainesville, Ga.
The announcement will cast a gloom
over the many ardent admirers, both
north aud South; of her illustrious hus
band. :
~ Billy Ryan, lessce und manager of the
Casino variety theatre, at Birmingham,
Aln,, left ‘the ecity Saturday night for
parts unknoswn, leaving about §2,000 of
unpaid debts. ‘Several members of his
company are left-without a dollar and
several week’s salary due them.
The state association of confederate
veterans of Alabama was perfected at
Birmingham on Wednesaay. General E. W.
Puttus, of Selma, was elected president,
with a vice-president from cach congres
sional district. One object of the asso
ciation is to build a confederate home in
Alabama.
A. Hirsh & Co., the largest dry goods
and milinery house in Birmingham, Ala.,
was closed on Saturday by the sheriff on
attachments aggregating $43,000. About
$20,000 of the attachments are in favor
of clerks in the store and relatives of the
firm. The Alabama National hank at
tached $19,000. s
A passenger train bound east and a
freight train going west, on the Norfolk
and Western railroad, collided Wednesday
night between Liberty and Thaxtons,
Va., and both trains were wrecked. Itis
reported that the firemen and engineers
of both trains werekilled. One passen
ger was also killed and many hurt.
Thomas G. Buchanan, a merchant of
Huntsville, Ala., was closed Wednesday
by attachment, as{ follows: Techheimer
& Co., of Cincinnati, $2,500; Phil J. C.
Cudder, of Shelbyville, Tenn., $8,054;
Nashional Bank of! Shelbyville, $14,250,
and Miss Jennie White, of Huntsville for
$2,5600. It is said other attachments
will foliow.
News comes from Spartanburg, one of
the best cotton-growing counties of North
Carolina, of a new cotton plant, which,
if it is as claimed, will make a wonderful
revolution in the agricultural and cotton’
oil interests of the nation. T. Ferguson,
an experienced cotton planter, claims to
have a cotton plant which will produce
nothing but cotton seed without the lint.
The Soque Woolen mills at Clarksville,
Ga., whichare in th¢ hands of a receiver,
and which will eventually be sold, began
operation Wednesdiy, to be run by
one of the creditors,for one month, under
a grant from the judge of the superior
court. The object isto get the property
cleaned up and the machinery clean, so
that the bidders may see just what they
have. ,
The superior cowt of Richmond
county, Ga., has decided against a num
ber of prominent citizens who, twenty
years ago, subscribed o the capital stock
of the National Expriss and Transporta
tion company. A tes} case was made on
Wednesdey in case of William H. Howard,
a prominent and wealthy cotton factor,
and a verdict rendeted against bim.
This virtually carriesthe other cases with
it. The verdict is regarded as a great
hardship, although ir accordance with
court decisions in thesg cases in all states
from Maine to Texas. |
BURNING WIRES, ‘
AN EXHIBITION OF Tfl\p POWER OF THE
ELECTRIC CURRENT.
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A frightful exhibitiod of the power of
the electric current of the street railway
circuit was given at Cixcinnati on Satur
day along the line of the Mount Auburn
Street railroad. Thiir guard wire,
which hangs ato¥e the |conducting wire
to protect other wires ‘from coming in
contact with the electrit current, broke,
and as it formed a cireiit’ when resting
on the charged wire fith one end on
the street the current pissed through it,
The result was terrifying. The wire be
came white with heat add sparkled and
flamed with the blue ans wgite flashes
of an overcharged condwtor. Confusion
‘reigned on the streetsi The burning
wire consumed and fell in pieces. Men
ran and women shrieked. Horses were
frightened wnd rushed sway from the
dreadful light, Wagondand strcet cars
collided, but fortunatelyphe falling wire
| Sia cumisivien followede abi i
| HOW IT WAS DONE,
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A STORY DETAILING THE MANNER ' IN
WHICH DR, CRONIN WAS KILLED,
A specid dispateh from Wilinipeg,
Canada, Saturday morning, says: *‘As
sistant Staty’s Attorney Baker, of Chi
cago, had a lon% interview with RBokt
HefTer, and from him receive 1 a detailed
account of the butchery of Cronin,
Burke took a quiet fancy to Hefler, and
was very communicative with him, tel.ing
him many details about the crime. He
told Heffer that Coughlin was the main
actor in the tragedy and had engaged
both him and Cooney to participate in
the crime. He told Heffer that sand
bags were used by two of the assassins
while the third wielded a common base
ball bat; that he was under the impres
sion that Cronin was being "decoyed to
the cottage under the pretext that he was
going to attend a sick woman, who was
represented to be at the point of death.
Four men were waiting in the cottage
for him, They listened for the sound of
wheels. At last the carriage drove up,
and an instant later the doctor hurried
up the steps and knocked loudly and
hastily as itP he realized that his presence
was urgently required. Two of the as
sassins stood behind the door ready to
strike, while one of the others from the
inner room called out in a loud voice,
‘‘come in.”” The door was quickly
opened and the doctor strode in. The
instant he was in one of the assassins
slammed the door, while the other struck
the physician a terrible blow with a sand
bag. The doctor fell heavily to the
floor.” Burke always declined to say
who struck the first blow, and this fact,
Baker thinks, makes it quite clear that it
was Burke himself, else he would have
mentioned the name. He always spoke
about the four taking part in the crime
and pounding the doctor at the same
time. @ The moment the doctor was
down,; the whole four rushed c¢n him,
and with sand bags and clubs pounded
the life out of him. The poor man
struggled, and moaned awfully. Blood
poured from his mouth, nose and eyes.
Nearly twenty minutes elapsed before he
ceased to gasp. Then the fiends stripped
the blood-stained clothing off of him and
one of them pounded his face so as to
make it impossible torecognize the body.
Coughlin then hauled the trunk overand
the body was crammed into it. Onec of
the quartette went out and brought an
express wagon which had been left in a
convenient place. When they went to
carry the trunk out blood was dripping
from it and ran on the floor, and the
trunk was set down and these leaks
stopped with cotton batting, which was
found in the doctor’s insirument case.
The trunk and its contents were then
taken to the lake, Coughlin driving the
horse. There was a <boat at the point
expected, and they tried to shove the
trunk out into the water, but it would
not work., Anxious to get rid of the
body some way, Burke suggested that it
be thrown-into the citch-basin. The
suggestion was adopted.
NATIONAL THANKSGIVING.
PRESIDENT HARRISON ISSUES HIS THANKS
GIVING PROCLAMATION.
The following proclamation setting
apart Thursday, November 28th asa day ot
national thanksgiving was issued by
Presiident Harrison on Friday. By
the president of the United States.—A
proclamation. A highly favored people,
mindful of their dependenceon the boun
ty of Divine Providence, should seek a
fisting occasion to testify gratitude and
ascribe praise to Him who is the author
of their many blessings. It behooves us,
then, to look back with thankful hearts
over the past year and bless God for his
infinite mercy in vouchsafing to our land
enduring peace; to our people freedom
from pestilence and famine; to our
husbandmen sbundans harvests, and to
them that labor recompense of their toil.
Now, therefore, I, Benjumin Harrison,
President of the United States of Ameri
ca, do earncstly recommend that Thurs
day, the twenty-eighth day of this pres
ent month of November, be set apart as
a day of national thanksgiving and
prayer, and that the people of our coun
try, ceasing from the cares and labors of
their working day, shall assemble in
their respective places of worship and
give thanks to God, who has prospered
us on our way.and made our paths the
paths of peace, beseching him to bless
the day to our present and future good,
making it truly one of thanksgiving for
each reunited home circle as well as for
the nation at large. In witness whereof,
1 have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States tobe af
fixed. Done at the city of Washingtgn,
this first day of November, in the year
of our i.ord eighteen hundred and eighty
nine, and of the independence of - the
United States the one hundred and four
teenth, BENJAMIN HARRISON.”
A BIG KICK.
THE ROCK ISLAND, BURLINGTON & ST. PAUL
ROADS WITHDRAW FROM ASSOCIATION.
The Inter-State Commerce Railway
ascociation, at Chicago, is practically
dead. The Rock Island, Burlington and
St. Paul roads take the ground that the
agreement has been violated by the traf
fic arrangements of the Union Pacific and
Northwestern,and that they will consider
the agreement annulled.. No formal no
tice is to be given of their intention to
withdraw, but they will no longer be
bound by the rules of the association. A
special meeting of the western and north
western divisions of the Western Freight
association was held Tuesday to consider
propositions for the restoration of rates
Between the seaboard and 8. Paul. An
agreement could not be reached ard tic
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. THE DEADLY AX. \
AN OLD MAN KILLED, AND HIB AGED WIKR
KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. o
A dispatch from Hawkinsville, Ga.
says: A horrible murder was committed
sunday night eleven miles from here, just
across Houston county line. Mr. Wil
iiam Miller, an aged farmer, was killed
and his wife was nearly killed. Mr. and
Mrs. Miller lived alone. They were sit
ting by the fire reading and each had a
small lamp, Mrs. Miller heard her hus
band say: ‘Don’t do that.” Then she
felt herself struck, and was knocked an
conscious, When she regained con
sciousness she heard the clock strike
twelve. She saw that Mr. Miller was
apparently dead, and she was afraid to
call for help, fearing that her assailants
were still there. Sbhe lay there until four
o’clock, when her suffering were so great
that she called for help. Her calls were
soon answered by the cook, whose house
was forty or fifty yards distant. On the
bed was an ax which had struck the
blows and the mrable top of a bureau
which had been removed from its place
to enable the murderers to rifle the draw
ers in search of money, which Miller
was suppused to have in the house. It is
supposed that Mr. Miller saw the parties
a 8 they raised the ax, and asked them
not to stiike. Mrs. Miller did not see
them. She was nearest the door, and
was struck first with the ax. She was
knocked senseless, and was probably
thought to be dead. Then it is supposed
that Mr. Miller was attacked. He was
struck five blows with the ax, and his
skull was badly smashed. When found
he was still sitting in his arm chair, with
his head and arm haoging over the side.
The blood had run from nis wounds and
made a pool on the floor. lisdeath
must have been instantavecus. Mr. Mil
ler was one of the most respected citi
zens of Houston; a well-to-do farmer,
upwards of sixty years old. El. John
son and Sam Chunkey, two negroes, are
suspected of the murder, as they have
disuppeared from the neighborhood.
A PHILANTHROPIST.
THE WILL OF HENRY STEERE, AND THE
BEQUESTS IT CONTAINS,
The will of Henry J. Steere, one of
the wealthiest men in Providence, R. I,
who died recently gives away directly and
in trust the sum total of $1,139,000. Mr.
Steere was a single gentleman, and was
a'l his life distinguished fer philanthrop
ical impulses. He gives $654,500 to in
dividuals directly, in sums ranging from
SIOO,OOO to SI,OOO. The amount given
to charitable organizations ete., is $340,-
000. The home for the freedmen of Prov
idence received $150,000 ; Home for Aged
Women, of Providence, $25,000; Benefi
cent Congregational church and Bt.
Stephen’s Episcopal church, Providence,
get $50,000 and $5,000 respectively;
the Charitable’ Fuel society, of Provi
idence, $5,000, and to the Rhode Island
Historical socicty is bequeathed $lO,-
000; The Tabor college, in lowa, is
given 50,000, and the Roanoke college,
at Sulem, Va., $25,000. The executor
of the vast property is Alfred Metcalf, of
Providence, who is only required to give
personal bond to pay the leg cies, ete.
COTTON IN TENNESSEE,
THE YIELD WILL NOT COME UP TO THE EX
PECTATIONS OF TENNESSEE PLANTERS,
The regular monthly crop report for
the Memphis, Tenn., district, says: The
outlook is anything but encouraging.
While the weather has been most favor
able for gathering open cotton in the
field, the anticipated yield has fallen far
short of what was expec.ed. The terri
tory tributary to Memphis and included
in the report, includes an average of
1,400,000 bales of cotton, one-fifth of the
entire crop of the south. The damage
sustained from worms, frosts, and other
causes taken together with the lateness
of the crop throughout the district, is
greater than at first reported. From
every section of the district injury to the
crop becomes more apparent and the
prospective yield, as compared with last
ye.r, will fall far short of what was re
porved one month aco.
THE BANK CLOSED
IN CONSEQUENCE OF ITS DEFAULTING
OASHIER,
On the door of the Tradesmen’s Na
tional bank of Conshocken, Pa., on
Thursday, was posted the following no
tices: “‘To whom it may concern: This
bank is cloced in consequence of the
defalcatior of the cashier. The deposit
ors will suffer no loss.” The cashier |
referred to is William Henry Cresson,
and the amount of his defalcation is net
less than $50,000, and may exceed $75,-
000. Cresson has lived in Conshocken
gix or seven years, and had made him
gelf quite prominent in the place, and
Ais nrnme had become identificd with save
“ma) % I 8 leading enterprises. i
" THE P. PERS MISSING,
DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO COMBAT “‘BOODLE"
CLAIMS DISAPPEAR. %:Mi
1t was announced at Chicago Fridi %
s7ening that important papers were miss
) 3 el
.g from the state's attorney’s office,upon
which the county had largely depended .
to combat the old “‘boodle” claims, ag
‘gregating $250,000. T &’9 oy are needely
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