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It is shown by statistics that October
is the suicide month.
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William Walter Phelps, United
States minister to Berlin, has discov
ered a great similari'y belween the
tastes and manners of the Germans
2nd those of the people of New Eng
land.
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One hundred years ago there were
twenty-five persons living in the coun
try to every one in the cities. Now
the proportion is only three to one.
Why so? It is easy to guess at causes,
but there must be manv.
In the matter of railways, Japan
appears to be going ahead tolerably
fast. Considerably over I,ooo° miles
are already in operation, while an
equal quaniity are under -construc
(.;h or surveyed, and will be open
within a year or two from now. The
projected railways exceed 700 miles in
length, with a capital exceeding $30,-
000,000.
" Berlin news from a well-informed
quarter gives indications that William
11. entertains the feeling of great irri
tation against Russia, which frequent
ly insists on the presence of 450,000
men out of a nominal 850,000 of the
Russian peace standard in a perpetual
1y mobilized condition on the Polish
frontiers of Germany and Austria and
thus a standard menace to KEuropean
tranquility. DBut for this attitude of
Russia it is believed that France would
disarm and Germany and Austria fol
low suit.
Instances of truest heroism in hum
ble positions are not so plentiful,
opines the Chicago News, as to fail to
excite unstinted admiration and praise.
John Burns, the Michigan Southern
engineer who saved the lives of scores
of passengers by bravely remaining at
his post during a terrible collision, is
another example of the trueism that
heroic self-sacrifice and an exalted
sense of duty are not merely fabled
virtues, but are possessed by tens of
thousands of the men and women of
this generation.
The ¢Great American D sert” cov
ered a large spaco on the maps of 40
years ago, but before exploration and
progress it disappeared. In the same
way, observes the New York Mercury,
the western part of the Sahara desert,
over which France now exercises au
thority, does not appear to be the bar
ren waste which is shown on the
maps. Grain is raised there in large
quantities,and the crops of date palms,
figs and grapes are very large. It is
now proposed to build a railroad irom
the southern part of this region to the
Mediterranean, and this new channel
of commerce would have a marked in
fluence on the countries of Southeirn ’
Europe. It would appear that while |
England and Germany were noisily |
dividing up the most valuable portions J
of Africa, France was quietly flip_:)]’é':
priating the garden spots. /A’s";n old l
proverb remarks, It is /t,he still sow
that drinks the most swii}.”
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«The rush*Bfpeople and capital to ‘
the new State of Washington, and es
pecially to Seattle and Tacoma, has ‘
been appreciably felt in British Co
lumbia as well,” said a fine-looking ]
Englishman in the Hoffman House l
to a New York Star man. ¢There |
is practically mno difterence be- |
tween that State and the British pos- l
sessions on the north side of, the |
Straits of Fuca, except the difference |
in government. Climate, soil, minerals I
and productions are virtnally the !
samo. I live at Victoria, just across l
the Straits from Was .ington, and in
three or four vears we have had an in
crease of seven to ten thousand popu.
lation as the overflow from the United
States.” The gentleman who gave
this information is Mr. Francis
Bourchier, a prosperous bu-iness man
of Victoria, whose avowed mission to |
New York is to get acquainted with |
New Yorkers, and to acquaint them 1
with «the existence of British Co- !
Jumbia.”
ITMID NN A 1 T DNIOTAMIID Y
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DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF THE
- HOUSE AND SENATE,
GEORGIA'S LAW MAKERS AND WHAT THEY
ARRE DOING 70 ADVANCE 'THE GRAND
OLD STATE'S INTERESTS,
THE HOUSE, ;
8181 DAY —The university was the
principal topic of discus~ion in the house
of representatives Wednesday. ‘The de
bate came about as it does every year,
over the appropriation bill, and it elic
ited a vast amount of discussgon.
When the journa of the houss was
read Wednesday morning the appropria
tion act wasimmediately taken upas a spe
cial order of the day, and the house went
into a committee of the whole. The first sec
tion, which had already becn agiced to
by the committee of the whole house in a
previous sessiog, was left as it was, Ac
cording to its’ pr.visions the salaries of
the executive department are the same as
heretofore, and are as follows: Governor
of the state, §53,000; secretary of state,
$2.000; treasurer of the state, $2,000;
comptroller general of the state. $2,000;
attorney gencral of the state, $2,000; com
wis-ionew« f agriculture, §2,000; principal
keeper of the penitentiary, $2,000; as
sistant keeper of the penitentiary,sl,2oo;
rincipal physician of the peuitentiary,
22.000; railroad commissioners (each),
§2,5600; clerk railroad commission, sl,-
500; state school commissioner, $2,000;
state librarian,sl,Boo ; assistant librarian,
$800; resident physician of the asylum,
$2,600; secretaries and clerk of executive
office,s6,ooo; clerk of secretary of ciate,
$1,000; clerk of treasurer of state,
$1,600; clerks m comptrol er general’s
office, including the insurance depart
ment and clerk in the wild land office,
$4,000; for salary of the clerk of com
missioner of agriculture, $1,200; fo:z sal
ary of the clerk state school com
missioner, $1,200. Then came
the second section, prescribiing
the salaries for the offices of the judiciary
~departments, The s ction as adoped
- provides the salarie~ in these departments
as follows: Supreme court judges, $3,000;
superior court judges, $2,000; solicitor
generals, $250; supreme court reporters,
$2,000; supreme ¢ urtstenogtaphers, sl,-
5005 sheriff of supreme court, SI.OOO.
Several biils were introduced as fol
lows: To incorporate the town of Ash
fern. To incorporate the town of Stone
Mountain. To incorporate the town of
Pearson. The following bills passed: To
relieve the Gainesville and Hall County
Railway Company. To amend the
charter of Emory college so as to enlarge
the number of trustees. To rcieve the
Wadley and Mount Vernon rai rad. A
bill to incorporate the North Higllands
railroad.
A good number of bills were disposed
of at the night session. A resolution was
passed, having been introduced by Mr.
Calvin, of Richmond, changing the
night sessions for afternoon sessions.
320 Day.—lhe fight over the appro
priation bill was contizued in the house
Thursday. Those who were of the opin
ion that the farmers’ legislature contem
plated the wreck of the magnificent edu
cational institutions of the state must
have been satisfied by the day’s proceed
ings of the house that nothing is farther
from ils intention. When the appropria
tion bill was taken up, and when theitem
authorizin ; the pyment to the State Un
iversity of the SB,OOO for the years 1891-
1892 was reached, it went through with
practically no opposition, Then came
the Tecnnological school, aad for
nearly four hours the hottest debate
which has taken place during this session
cosued. It resulted in a victory for the
school, and the action of the house in
sures the success of that magnificent in
stitution, The finance commit
tee had recommended §25,000 for
1891, and the same amount for 1892,
for the suppor! of the school. This was
attacked in every conceivable shape in
the committee of the whole, and resulted
in the recommendation of an annual ap
propriation of §22,500, a compromise
highly satisfactory to the friendsoi the
institution, to the trustees d to the
faculty. The vote was-fsien and the
school was saved by a-decisive majority.
At the n oh 4 seesiolt the house was called
to+-Cider at 7:80 o'clock, and went to
work in earnest. The first bill resd was
that of Mr. Goodwin, of Fulton, to in
corporate the Atlanty Investment and
Banking Comp:ny. The bill passed.
Severai reports of committees followed.
‘L he following bills were passed: 7o in
corporate the Brunswick and St. Simon’s
railroad. To incorporate the Richland,
Gulf and Northern railroad, To
incorporate the town of Cornelia.
To amend the charter of Macon.
To authorize the commissioners of Co
lambus to make certain donations. To
incorporate the town of Unadilla. To
protect Mt. Carmel church from the sale
of intoxicating liquors. - To i corporate
the Augnsta Banking and Loan L‘om(lmny.
Tue following new bills were introduced
by the unanimous consent of the house:
'l'o authorize the judges of the several
courts of this State, in their ' discretion,
to require the juries in all cases to find a
special verdict in cases submitted to
them. To amend the charter of Atlanta
s 0 as to provide for covering into the city
treasury fees paid to the ma shal and
clerk of said city. To charter the Rome
Savings and Trust Company. To amend
incorporation of the fifth Georgia Caval
ry. Providing for legal advertisements
in Washington county. To amend the char
terof the Eilijay street railway. To p ovide
for the building of a new courthouse in Gil
mer, To incorporate the C mmercial Bank
of Macon. To exempt all persons from
observance of the Subbath who conscient- |
iously obscrve the seventh day of the
week. To repeal the act empowering J
the mayor and councilmen of Athens to
BR L T O R T e e e
collect tuxes tor_puviug sidowalks, .To
“amend section 2545 of the code. To es
tablish a cemeteny in, East Macon. To
require incorporatiops of railroad compa
nies, insurance companies and bunks to
pay the expenses incurred in their char
ter by the general assembly.
83p Dax.—The branch colleges of the
State university. The question was de
cided by the house on Kriday. A great
deal of debate came up over the amend
ment of Mr, Seay, striking all of the
brauch colleges from the appropriation,
The vote stood 89 in favor of the amend
ment and 54 against it. There was ap
plause among - the Jfarmers. There was
but little opposition to the Girls' Nor
mal and Industrial college. ~According
ing to the original bifl the following sce
| tions were agreed' to: For State uni
| versity for the establishing and equipping
- the Normal Industrial school, $11,666.66§,
1o be paid as provided by the act of No
vember 8, 1889, For the State university
for the support and mmintenance of the
- Normal and industrial school, $6,000 for
- year 1891, and §IB,OOO for year 1892. An
~amendment to change the name of the
college to Georgia Normal and Industrial
College was carried. As to the negro
college, there was no opposition to the
appropriation of §B,OO. The following
sections and paragraphs were agreed to:
Tor the payment of hLe intercst known as
the land scrip fund, and due the State
university, $6,314.14. For the support
of the common schoeols, $5600 000, and
whatever funds may be in the treasury
at the time of making the appoertionment.
To pay the interest on the vaid debt of
the State, maturing in 1891 the sum of
$380,660. To pay the interest maturing
in 1892 the sum of S3BO 660. To pay the
bonds maturing 1892, §5307,500, of which
sum so appropriated shall be used the
amount arising from the sinking fund to
be collected in said years of 1891 and
1892. For the department of agriculture
the sum of SIO,OOO. For salaries of in
spectors of fertilizers, the sum of §9,000.
The agricultural state chemist gets §3,-
000, and the geological department, SB,-
000. There was quite an interesting tilt
over the experiment station paragraph,
which calls for §5,000. The paragraph
was agreed to, however, and the com
mittee of the whole arose, asking to sit
again in the afternoon. The greatest work
of the day remained to be done in the
afternoon session. It was the appropria
tion, by an overwhelming vote, of $25,-
000 to the miliary departments of the
State. Mr. Lewis, of Hancock, moved
to recosn der the action of the committee
with regard to the branch colleges, but it
failed. Mr. Holtzclaw then moved that
the committee rise and report the entire
bill favorably. It was carried and the re
port was made to the house. The pre
vious question gas called, and Mr. Whit
field moved tojlopt the bill and amead
ments, except paragraphs relevant to
the branch cofilres, and that the house
have theright§fßdiscuss that part of the
bill. Sefié&’- c¢ahes were made on the
colleges again when the section pertain
ing to them had beenread. The previous
question was again urced, and Mr. Whit
field withdrew his amendment, On the
amendmant to sirike out the branch col
leges, the vote was, ayes, 74; nays, 63.
Atter some fillibustering the house ad
journed,
34t DAy.—Just as soon as the house
was called to order and the journal read.
Saturday morning, Mr. Whitfield, of
Ba dwin, moved to reconsider the action
of the day previous and take up the ap
pr priations to the colleges On the mo
tion to reconsider, ho :ever, the vote
snowed the col eges under again to the
tune of fifty-five ayes to seventy-nine
n:ys. When the appropriation bill was
finaily disposed of, Mr, Bush, of Miller,
moved to take up the first section of the
tax act (which relates to the general
taxes of the State) {for the pur
pose of acting upon it in accordance with
the rule of the house. Mr. Huff, chuir
man of the committee on finince, m: ved
to make the general tax for 1892 2 4‘.}s‘
milis, instead of 2 1-3 mills.as-¥3d beén
reported by the committee. On motion
of Mr. Berner, o Monroe, the bill pre
scribing tlie methods for paying the wid
ows.gf Confederate soldiers pensions of
§IOO per year was taken up by
unanimous consent. The bill passed
by a vote of 136 to nothing, and
was transmitted to the scnate,
A resolution was introduced providing
for the adjournment of the general ss
sembly December 20th, which is next
Saturdsy, to meet again the second
Wednesday in July. Referred to the
committee on adjournment. The follow
ing senate bills were read and the
amendments concurred in by the house:
To prevent seining for mountain trout in
Georgia streams. To incorporate the
town of Lithonia. At the evening ses.
sion several bills were disposed
of by the house. For the most
part the tme was spent reading
bills he second time, but the following
measuses secured passnge on a third read
ing: Toamen the charter of the Atlan
ta Strees Railway Company. To amend
the incorporation of the Gate City Street
Railroad company. To chairter the At
lanta and West End Street ralroad. To
incorporate the town of Moultrie. Several
senate bills were read the second time,
and the house adjourned.
THE SENATE.
3187 Dav.—The $lB 000 appropriation
to improve the capitol grounds, and the
bill to abolish the department of agricult
ure, were the featurs of Wednesday in
the senate. The bill by Sena or Vincent,
to abolish the department of agriculture,
was recommended by the committee that
‘it do not pass ” The resolution by Mr.
Martin, of Fulton, to make an appropria
ton of SIB,OOO for the improve
nent of the capi'ol grounds, passed.
I'he house bill by Mr. Maxwell, of Tul
bot, came up for a third reading. Ithad
been favorably reported by the temper
ance committee Passed. The follow:
ing bills were introduced: ‘Lo incorpo-
AN R sLT g i AT ST i S
s Cyprowt pand, 0 Digtin sounty, ta
*Bmmt fishing therein, To relieve John
- D. Button of further lability as executor.
of an estare, lnc‘urf‘dmfl the South
‘enstern Matual Accident ‘ng'uocintio:x of
Athins, Ga. The bill to authorize th:
city council of Augusta to tear down and
remove the lower market house was
passcd ; also the bill giving the landlord
a lien on all the crops until the rents are
paid in ull. :
820 Davx.—The Zachry resolution,
which was to have been taken up Wed
nesday, wus, upon the request. of SBenator
Cabaniss, made the special order for
Tuursday in the senate, but it was again
postponed. 'the bill allowing a county
to levy a special tax for school purp ses
was recomruitted, as was the one provid
ing for a system of public schools for
Marrietta. The Twitty bill was t . ken
fr m the table upon motion of Senator
Zachry and referr d. This takes the bill
again from before the house after being
reported upon by committes after com
mittee, Two. important bills were
b fore the senate in regard to
the state r.ilroad commission,
Several bills were introduced returning
to the railroad companies the amount
fixed as a penalty by the attorney genecral
for non-payment of taxes on the day due.
The bill incorporating the Brunswick and
Northern Railroad Company was passed
The bill allowing the Atlanta and Edge
wood Street Railroad Company to inerease
its capital stock 10 $500,000 was referred
to the committee on railvoads, as was the
one changing the name of the West At
lanta Street Ra lroad Company to the At
lanta Suspended Cable Railroad Compa
ny. The senate went into executive ses
sion at 12 o’clock, and at 12:15 o’clock
adjourned.
330 Dav.——ln the senate on Friday
immediately after the reading of the jour
nal, Mr. Ell ngton, of the twenty-ninth,
moved that the motion to recommit the
Twitty bill be reconsidered. After some
lively sparring the bill was made the
special order for Saturday at 11 «’clock.
The Zachry rcsolution was brought up
at 10:30 o'clock, and Senator Zachry
made the openiag speech in its b half.
The resolution was exhaustively treated,
but on an aye aud nay vote it failed to
receive the requisite constitutional ma
jority. The vote st od, ayes 20: nays
20. As soon as the deci-ion was an--
nounced, Senator Cabaniss appealed frem
the decision, but withdrew his appeal
ani gave " notice of a motion te recon
sider.
34t Day—The Zachry resolution was
resurrected in the senate Saturday. The
mover in this was Senator Cabaniss. The
vote on the motion to reconsider was 21
to 15 in its favor. The Twitty bill was
again postponed. This time it was made
the special order for Tuesday. Sena
to: Harp’s bill to make more cer
tain the fees of clerks and sheriffs in di
vorce cases, was lost by 21 to 20. It will
be reconsidered Monday. The appropri
ation bill was read for the first time and
referred to the finance committee. New
bills: Beck, Twenty-sixth—For the pun
ishment of pools, trusts and conspiracies.
To amend the act incorporating the Grif
fin Street Railroad Company. To
create and establish liens against
railroads in favor of all persons
authorized to sue for personal injuries
which result from the operation of said
railroads, the same to take effect fromthe
date of said injury, and to be superiortoall
other liens. To incorporate the People’s
Banking Company of Atlanta. To au- |
thorize the lessees of the Indian Springs ‘
reserve to appoint a marshal, To incor- }
porate the townof Keysville, Burke coun
ty. To amend the act incorporating the ‘
Farmers’ Banking Company, of Spalding }
county -To incorporate the town of Etna.
Amending the prohibition laws of Hart ‘
county. 'the following bills were passed:
A resolution to relive the North and ‘
South Street railway of Rome from the
SSOO penalty for delay in paying taxses.
Lo relicve the Coast Line railway of Sa
vanoah fzom a s?fnifin?‘-pcfldfty.” e '1"6'}:9;.1
licve the City and Suburb:n railway of
Savannah, from a similar penalty. To
incorporate the Southern Exchange bank.
TRADE REVIEW.
DUN & COMPANY'S REPORT FOR THE PAST
WEEK.
The weekly circular of R. G. Dun &
Co. issued Friday, says: The stringency
‘n commercial loans, noticed last week as
the chief cause of the present disturb
wce, is now Imost the only remaining
cause. The influence of European trou
bles has passed. Foreign commerce is
heavily in favor of this country. While
‘mports at New York for November ex
seed last yoar's, which were usuliv light,
by 12 per cent, the increase in exports
aere has been 8% per cent, though last
year's were remarkably heavy, so that
the excess of exports for the month wus
probably over §530,000,000. In domestic
affairs there has been a distinct improve
ment in the disposition of banks and
money lenders to give necessary support
to legitimate business, curtailing specu
lative advances as far as possivle The
volume of trade is stll surprisingly
heavy.
Reports from other lines show that the
cheapness of cotton at the south and the
delay of winter we ther at the north
have somewhat rednced transactions a .
caused more tardiness in collections than
heretofore, but co der weather and the
appro:ch of the holiday season already
begin to have a favorable effect at many
points Bus ness failures of the week
pumber 282, against 271 for the corres
vonding week last vear.
FUN FOR THE OLD MAN.
Miss Gushington—And so vou were
born in the country, Mr. Plowboy: how
you must have enjoyed the game of hid
ing in the barn when you were a boy.
olr. Plowboy—Well, no, I can’t say 1
enjoyed it very much. You see, fathe:
did the hiding, and all I eould do was
jump and yell.—|Munsey’s Weekly.
- NEWS OF THE SOUTH
BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER
ESTING NATURE.
PITHY ITEMS FROM ALL POINTS IN TH®E.
SOUTHERN STATES THAT WILL ENTER
TAIN THE READER——ACCIDENTS, FIRES,
FLOODS, ETC. ‘
R. H. Walker & 00., tobacconists at-
Clarksville, Tenn., made an assignment
Thursday.
The corner-stone of the Grady Hospital
at Atlanta, will be laid with imposing
ceremonies on Christmas day.
The annual meeting of the Lumber
men’s Association has been changed te
the third Wednesday in February, at
Memphis, Tenn.
There is an impression at Raleizh, N.
C., that Colonel L. L. Polk, of the Pro
- gressive Farmer, will be chosen public
~printer if he concludes to accept. -
~ There will be an earnest effort made at
~ the coming session of the Nor h Carolina.
legislature to have a house of reforma
tion established in connection with the
“state penitentiary.
Dan Williams, an old negro living
eight miles from Quincy, Fla., was
lyuched by negrees Thursday night. The
houses and outbuildings of several
negroes have recent'y been burned, and
it is thought he was the guilty party.
A New Orleans dispatch reports that
the Anchor Line steamer ““City of Baton
Rouge,” from St. Louis to New Orleans,
with a full cargo of western produce,
sank Friday vear Hermitage landing.
The boat and cargo are a total loss, Neo
lives reported lost.
A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch says; The (‘
new executive mansion is now about
completed, and will be ready or the re
ception of the governor eurly in January.
It is expected that the old-time custou
of ‘“‘receptions” will be revived.
A Norfolk, Va., dispatch says: R. R.
Taylor, a prominent lumber inspector,
was assaulted Thursday evening and his
throat cut. He will probably die. The
cause of the affair is a mystery yet, but
the parties are known to the police and
will be arrested.
The employes of the United States
Rolling Stock Company at Anniston,
Ala., with a few exceptions, quit work
Thursday evening on account of not re
ceiving their back pay. A large meet
ing, composed of citizens and employes,
was held during the evening to secure a=
adjustment of the treuble, but nothing
was decided on.
A Columbia, 8. C., dispatch says: A
warrant was sworn out Thursday by N.
G. Gonzales against Y. J. Pope, attorney
general of South Carolina, charging him
with a misdemeanor and violation of the _
laws of the state. His offense is dis
charging an employe of the state for po
litical reasons. The case against him is
very plain. The punishment is fine and
imprisonment,
The local board of insurance under
writers, of Athens, Ga., held a meeting
Thursday The prevailing opinion was
that the passage of the Whitfield bill be
fore the legislature would work harm
fully to their companies and policy hold
ers alike, and for this reason a committee
was appointed to write Clarke’s repre
sentative, and ask that he use his influ
ence in defeat of the bill.
A Nashville, Tenn., dispatch of Bat
urday says: The excitement at Clarks
ville over the recent heavy fai ures has
about quieted down. A bank examiner
is now investigating the condition of the
Farmers’ and Merchants’ National bank.
H. O. Ambugh & Co., doing business
near Clarksville, have been forced to the
wall by the tightness of the money mar
ket. Their liabilities are about $85,000 ;-
assets somewhat larger.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
ITS ANNUAL SESSION —SOME OF THE RE- #)
FORME APVOCATED.
The State Grange of the Patrons of
Hus'and y began its annu l s ssion at
vadison, Wis., Wednesday. Grand Mas
ter Carr, in his address, advocated the
election of United States senators by the
peopl-; prohibiting stock gambling;.
passage of the Conger lard and Paddock.
pure food bills, and govercment con
trol of telegraph and express companies.
He contended th .t a combination or trust
had been formed by manufacturers on.
binding twine to raise the price on that
artiele beyond the reach of poor men to
purchase m 1891. Could our legislature
do a wiser thing than pattern after Min
nesota, and cstablish a tw ne plant in
our o«n state prison? The state would
be no loser, us it would be getting the
same for convict abor as it does tow. .
BANK WRECKERS.
INDICTED BY THE 6RAND JURY—THE:
LEADER IN JAIL.
A Philadelphia dispatch of Friday
says: George T. Work, who was the
mastermind of the Work-MacGarlane-
Pfeiffer-Dungan syndicate, which, itds
alleged, wrecked the Bunk of Ameriga
aad the American Life Insurance §om
pauy, was arrested ‘Thursday night on a
wariant sworn out by District Attorney
Ailen, and in default of $2),000 bail, was.
committed t» Moyamensing prison. The
district attorney also swore out warranfs
for the a rest of St te Senator Jobn J.
MacFarlance. Louis E. Pfciffer and Jamén#
8. Duugan, Lut Work was the only one ™
of the number that the constabis could
find. The warrant on which Work was
arre-te | charges him with rehypotheca
ting stocks and with conspiraey te cheat
and defraud depositors and others inter
ested in the Bank of America.