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THE BLACKSHEAH TIMES.
VOL. VI.
The hostility of Costa Rica toward the
construction of Nicaragua Canal has been
settled by arbitration, and work on the
canal is making rapid progress.
The Secretary of the National Prison
Association estimates that the census ol
1890 will show a prison population of
shout 100,000, an increase of about SO,
000 in ten years.
The volume of trade on the Great
Lakes is increasing enormously. There
will be built this winter thirty-five new
vessels, with a tonnage of 66,000 tons
and at a cost of $4,600,000, for next sea
son’s business.
The discussion of the advisability of
colonizing Vermont and New Hampshire
with Scandinavian immigrants has
directed attention to the. fact that Maine
made a successful venture of this kind
twenty years ago.
The horror which Editor Stead, of the
Pall Mall Gazette, expresses at the idea of
anyone’s going into jonrnalism for the
purpose of making money, is justified by
the opinion of the Washington Star by
the expcrince of a great many persons
who try it.
Eighty-two persons have been killed
in the United States during the past six
months by boiler explosions, and iu nc
one case has any one been held legally
responsible for the calamity. This, re
marks the Detroit Free Press, ought tc
encourage tin peddlers to ruu engines.
Amelie Rives Chanler, the novelist, is
passionately fond of the violin. It it
said that “she will jump up in bed in
the middle of the night, seize her violin,
always at the head of the bed, and fiddle
away with surprising energy.” The
other day it was announced that Mr.
Chanler had gone to Central Africa.
The popular belief thet ironclad men
of-war are an invention of the last half
of the nineteenth century is evidently not
founded upon fact. Divers have re
cently been at work in the harbor o
Trieste, Austria’s seaport, and hav.
brought Up portions of the Frenc.i
frigate which was wrecked seventy-eight
years ago. The wreck had sunk se
deeply in the sand as to be well preserved,
and it has been found that the hull was
of wood and was heavily plated witu
iron.
Rice planters in the South are accus
tomed to burn their rico straw' to get it
out of the way. We understand, says
the Manufacturers' Record, that recent
practical tests have demonstrate
this straw makes excellent paper mi.v
rial. One paper company has gone so
far as to order some 3000 or 4000 tons of
this straw to further experiment. Rice
straw may yet prove to be a cottonseed
in njjaiature. At any late, the results of
tbaseexperiments r will be watched with
interest.
The Yankees of Asia, as the Japs are
sometimes called, have been more tor
mented with the disastrous antics of the
elements this year than even the Ameri
cans. Japan has had a series of earth
quakes and floods and a tidal wave has
added hundreds more to the thousands
already killed by falling mountains and
rivers pushed out of the place. The his
tory of this year is one of disaster all
over the globe. Almost no nation has
escaped, but Japan has suffered perhaps
more than any other when her area is
considered. There is a feeling of warm
friendship for Japan in the United States,
which makes Americans regret the cal
amities that have overtaken this inter
esting people.
W. W. McNair, famous for his daring
*»■ Aorations, died recently in India. His
death was caused by overtaxing his
powers by mountain climbing, exposure
and lack of food while prosecuting sur
.
gbLZ. 8 By shaving hU head and
staining his body, McNair, in the dis
guise of an 'Indian doctor, spent two
months exploring the sweet vallcv of
'
_ Kafinstan. . No „ European nad , . ever man
aged before to set foot there, on ac
count of hostility to the native tribes.
He found that the people there num
bered about 200,000, and were nearly
white in color. The women were very
beautiful. His disguise was penetrated
before he completed his investigations,
and he was compelled to flee for his
life. With only two native assistants
he also explored the Asphan and His
arak valleys.
BLACKS HEAR, GA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER r>, 1889.
! GENERAL NEWS.
I CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS,
AND INCITING EVENTS.
SEWS FROM EVRavWERRE— ACOLDKfrs, STB1KEJ,
FIRES, ASD UAPPESIltUS OF I.NTEKRST.
The government of Brazil has re
I adopter the oid flag.
.' artiu Farquhnr Tupper, the author,
is dead; aged 79 years.
Thanksgiving day was generally ob
served thioughout the country.
A heavy snow storm prevails , m . the ,,
midland counties of England.
Whitt a drapery establi-hment at Al
dershot, Luc., was burned lhur.-day.
Loss is £100,000.
There are 7,500 dockmen and lighter
men ou a strike at Bri-tol, Eng. The
trade of the port is paralyzed.
One of the buildings of the Hartford,
.'oun., carpet woiks was burned Friday.
Loss $180,000; insurance $175,000.
Frederick Douglas has arrived at
ilayti, prtsented his credentials, and has
cen tendered a reception by the presi
ii nt.
An explosion took place in a colliery
at Bochum, Prussia, Thursday, in which
fourteen persons were killed and four in
jured.
The Duko of Cumberland will insti
tute suits in French c- urts to nullify the
will of the Duke of Brunswick on the
ground of insanity.
The Truth building, owned by Frank
Wilson, proprietor of Truth , at Toronto,
Canada, was gutted by tire Friday. Loss
esiimated at $9u,000.
The chamber of deputies at Rome,
Italy, on Saturday, voted urgency for
the consideration of the bill to abolish
anti-French difTrential duties.
The Portugese steamer Alcgoa 9 , with
• x-Emperor Dom Pedro and his party on
uoard, nrr.ve i ot 8t. Vincent Saturday.
All members of the party are well.
In Sdt Lake, Utah, Judge Auderson
has demccP the application of those
■ iVmons who have taken endowment
oath lor admit-sion to citizenship.
King Leopold, of Belgium, has sent a
telegram t • Henry M. Stanley, congrat
ulating him upon the completion of his
task, and inviiing h m to v sit Brussels.
The Ktnke among he employes of tlie
Western Railroad company, ut Paris,
France, has ended by ihe men yielding
o ihe terms of tlie company. 'Ihe
■ttrikers resumed work.
An Tyffleial sttiitemen'' by the assessors,
places the assessed valuation this year of
mrn<d properiy at Lynn, Miss., at
rl,009,500, and the number of buildings
urneu 330.
The Andrew Jackson league, of Chi
| cago, have taken measures to aid the
ladi'-s of Nasiiville lieimit go as oc a
tion in preserving the home of Andrew
Fact son.
While the collector of the C< mmr rr-ial
National bank w as counting $2. &00 in the
.eneral office of the Utrman-American
>ank at C evehind, O., 8a ur ay aft r
noon, a thief snatched $2,000 and es
caped.
The $5,000,000 world’s fair guarantee
und at New York, was more than corn
(( )p- • ^ ---.rday, the grand total is now
3. 'Ihe world’s fair committee
,—ded to continue to receive sub
^ ^
Secretary Krcmer, of the flood relief
commis-ion, at Johnstown, Fa., practi
caliy finished, in connection with the
local board of inquiry, the distribution
f ^■ <3U 0 -° 00 'Ihe last
check , left, . his V ufhco Saturday.
.
Saturday morning three boilers, of a
rific nest force of twenty-one, breaker No. exploded Joan-ville, with ter
at 4. at
Pa., operated by J. C. Haydon <fc Co,
Fireman George Peacock, aged twenty
five, was burned to a crisp. The build
ing is a total wreck.
A Leechburg, Pa., dispatch says thal
estimates of conservative citizens place
'he loss byWiduesduy night’s fire at
$150,000 to $175,000, with about $75,000
insurance. The fire is supposed to have
originated from natural gas. The popu
lation of Leechburg is about 3,500.
Fire started in Keyport, N. J., Fri
day morning in Leyrer’s bakery, which
destroyed five buildings and caused a
loss of over $C5,000. Jacob Leyrer was
burned to death, and Mrs. Leyrer and
Jacob Leyrer, Jr., were terribly burned,
and may die.
The Chicago Time* savs that Maggie
Schn imr, who poured kerosene oil on
her husband on June 25, 1888, and the D
set fire to it, burning him fatally, is
suing the < rder of Foie^ters for $2,000
interest and principle, on a death benefit
of $1,000, which she claims as ben
ficiary of the dead man’s estate.
President W. W. Young, who, with
Cashier John ilot-rr, both of the Law
rence, Mass., bank, were charged with
surrendered d^oroX^nf hmn-ie f Thursday wLonSl^ night and
-ave bail in the sum of $2,500 forbear
n ^ D ' S t
Fire 1 broke the . _ Delavnn ,
out in gas
h at AHrany N. Y , Saturday
morning, and the names, g lntng he-d
*ay, roiumunicaicd t*» the paper house
ot Jac b Leonard & Son, and the Albany
Ca-ket company. Both were a total
:o-s. Several otker buildings were dam
; ge I, and the loss will reach $75,000.
Corvillain. proprietor of the Ll--w cartridge
fact- ry at Antwerp, which up in
Septemt* r and knled to m ny people,
not his engineer, have been eonvict<-a <>f
liomi-ide by imprurteuce. Corvillain
was s* ntc a d to four \rars and six
m >mhs, and t:.e engineer to one year and
one ni * th’s i« pris-mment, and to pay a
fine of 2,500 fraces each.
Arrangements have been ma le by i»>
the co d operators of the .Von ngaliel
Valley, to close down thjir mines
md uniieiy, as the lew works .U
operation have demonstrded that th<
demaud of the miners can not b con
cede, with the pr ce of coal as low as it
is a' present. The suspension will effect
5,000 men.
Ex iorts of specie from the port ot
New York for tlie weekended, ltd,of .Nove w.iieli n
b r 3dtk, amounted to $319
$8,047 was iu gold, and $31 in si
ver. AH the silver an I $J.oOt> ui go d
went to Euro e, and $5,257 in gold went
_ . America. , , Imports . of . sp
for the week.am. unted to $i9o 605 «
w£eh $lo9,48n was gold and ^3,120
831 cr -
Die day after Dom Pe Iro sailed from
Rio Janeiro, the provisional ihe government Brazilian
of Brazil telegraphed to
minister, at Lisb m, directing him upon
the ex-emperor's arrival to tend, r him a
general reception. The Brazilian colony
here regarded this nction as dictated by
delicate consideration ou the part of tin
provisional government toward Dom
Pedro.
Thursday 1 Hursctay forenoon torenoon Jouu Tohn Ghana L-nina, a a
hopeless paralytic aged 35 was ound
deaden the floor of his hovel at Potts
town, I a., With a leather strap o isc y
fastened around his neck. Somo 113 ,ln '
tain that it was suicide, whde others say
that it is a case of foul play, thougu s
mde is the generally accepted theory
SiZ oneway lSS Th
ho cursed his creator in a terri
ble manner when he fed over, struck
dumb and paralyzed from head to foot.
Ho remaned iu tbb condition ua.il hi,
aeatu '
JEFFERSON DAVIS DYING.
TOE coNFEDEnACY’s cHiciFTA in si.owey
passing away.
--
A special dispatch from New Orleans
under dote of Friday, says: Mr. Jeffer
son Davis’ ci ndition has again become
critical—more critical than it has been »t
any time since his present at tuck,
even the members of his fondly admit,
tor the first time, that the Miua
tioa 18 very discouraging, >u s Mr. i
cling to the ho,.e that
Davts’s wonderful vitality and
ative powers \m!1 |>ul nin i iroug i. 1
shown, howcvi-r, no disposition arded to fur n c.np
er te, und tins is reg as more
serious th in the bronchitis and fuverf on
which he has stiff-red. Mr. Duvi- has
taken “nb food except beef tea, for
two weeks, and that in such
small qu intuies us barely to keep ihe
patient alive. lie lms lelt no desir- for
food, i.nd h a taken what was offered
him ut dcr protest. And ihus, wliib- Le
has been better one day than another,
and then worse again, he has been grow
ing weaker all the time, and its tie
pe'nded largely bronchitis on is stimulants led for
strength. The now legar
as sm ,nlv a local complaint, from whu h
there is little to fear, hut the diead is
that the long s ckness front which Mi.
Davis 1 at been suffering, the lack ol
nourishment a el the feveis which hue
vis v 81 ted him ,tc;n tim to tun , may
produce , _ meningitis the resi^nce w of Jnsttc. ,
Mr. Imv.s is at n
lennt-r, New Orleans, of the „nd State ts Supreme a tended ®P*J by r t that at
gentleman’s family, Mrs. Davis eudluv
mg relatives ami friends and *
Cha.lle -- „ and , Ztcklmm, _. . . two , n of , f New v„ w Or- r
leans’pleading: bhjs’cians I t^ i “Kh.^.
Mt-s on a trip Winnie through Davis Europe M-two for rn- her J health J
accompanied by upa.ty of tnends. Bee
is believed to now at Pans. 1 he
idenceof Mr. Davists at Bcuuvoi t
tween Biloxi and Oc«-an Springs Mss
a beautiful place on the guif 1 oast. While
in New Orleans Mr. Davis was taken sick,
first with broneh tis, then with peett
monia and fever added, which, with loss
of sleep, his eighty-one yea is and
ally feeble constitution tlireatcne to
terminate his life, as his liitle remaining
strength was rapid y departing. A fav
orable change then came for a few days
with better nights rest and -de-cnce of
fever. But strength returned very slow -
lv. Two days ago he had a relapse
accompanied by fever and tie: old sym
toms of sickness and loss of sleep.
This is his condition at pretent.
TRAIN ROBBERS
ARMED TO the teeth, CAPTURE an EN
CINE, MAIL AND EXPRESS CAR.
-
A dispatch from Fort Worth, Texas,
says: Sixteen mounted and heavily armed
men boar :ed the south bound Santa Fe
passenger train Tuesday night, at Ber
wyn, a small station in the Chickastw
nation, Indian territory, and cut the en
gine and mail and express loose from the
coaches. They then ran the train
two miles and threw the fireman
off the locomotive. Two miles
. , on the engineer was
SSS^eS? ^ robbers began
en gi ne killed. Then the
tn al t*ck on the express car. The guard
and the messenger fired twenty shots
but finallv gave in alter the ro bers had
literally 'riddled the car. The money
(to i en is between twenty and thirty
thousand d liars. Th': passenters snd
ma i were not mole-ted. Untied State*
marshals are in pursuit of the robbers.
FATAL EXPLQ8ION.
An explosion of natural gas occurred
it Dayton, Ohio, Tue«day morning at
the r sidmee of Scott H wtho.ne, in tht
western part of the city. The h-nme woe
b own to atom-. Two ch ldren were
killed, and Mr. Hawttiorne, his wife and
father, received terrible injuries, which
will probably *e*uit fatally.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA
RJOUS POINTS IN THE SOUTH.
A CONDrxsKD ACCOCNT OK WUAT IS OOINO OS OK
IMPORTANCIi IS TUK SOUTHSUS STATES.
Granville „ V'uui', at Rugby,
postmaster the charge
enn., lias been arrested on
ot r nmg letters.
The Debardaleben Coal and Iron com
pany, of Hjrmii gltatn, Ala., has increased
the pay of miners, at Blue creek mines,
from 40 to 42J cents per tou, commenc
ing December 1st.
gix e» » M dad with 878 neirroe. m»«d
through p .j Anniston, AIm., on night. the Georgia
ac tic ril j| road on Sunday Carolina, The
negroes were from Nortli on
their way to Mississippi.
J“ *‘ l ‘ ° fiS Charles
Cr cr ’ »
piolmte x ,.esdav. She bequeathed her
entire estate valued at about #11 ’ 000 ’ -
000, J. to her four children
Tll .° oonimi.teo which has boon Hives- .
3 H a ln ff ^e affairs of the oflico of
| ate A ]t Woodsou, city collector ol
Richmond, Va have found a shortage iu
his accounts of about $45,0U0.
A furnace company with a dapital
stock of $30,000, all held by loci! cupi
talists, was organize I at Birmingham on
Friday. The company wid build a on’e
hundred tou furnace at once.
A conflict between Ihe States of Vir
ffi'iia and Maryland seems imminent in
cons, quenco of the proclamation ol
Governor Jackson Hug Hlaad throwing «.» open the
.u
Bishop Keener, of the Southern Meth
odist church, at Columbia, S. O., ou Sat
urday di-liveicd at: official utterance con
demning the peculiar doctrine of “holi
ness” which liua ninny adherents in both
Northern and Southern churches.
Peter Piiday McLaren of Can ids, purchased
Du tho Doutha survey, contain
j n! r 34,0h0 ueres, lying in Allcngheny
county, Virginia, Irom Philadelphia
p, ir tj t . s for $300 000. Tlie property has
on it fine timber and valuable minerals,
M(:Leod & Atu | orB((n to |, nC co ware
ho u,emcn f of Louisville, firm Ky„
failed Wednesday. The con
bisls of , )r> Ol , orgo W# Me Leal and
Janl( . s A An( , er8 ,m, both of Versailles,
assigned ali property belonging to
’ not suoje-ct J to homestead exetnp- *
tion '
Sheffield, Ala., celebrated . , . , I hunks- .
girtug Day by sending, by liver route to
8t. Louis, three hundred tons of pig
iron. The shipment was the first iron
ever sent l>v river. It was the virtual
opening of the new route, and a math 1
of greai co sequence to Sheffield, and
proportion 1 1-• Iy to tho entire mineral
district of Alabama.
A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn.,
says: Miss Emma Abbott sent for the
secretary of the Ladies’ Hermitage Asso
elation on Saturduv, and fter express
ing her admiration of 1 I 10 churiicer ol
Andrew Jackson, and wishing the ludiei
success in their efforts to beautify and
preserve ihe hermitage, slto p,esented
them with a cheek for $100.
N x , f 8r ,, .. ... W „ Va ,° n
/ ’
Wednesday, H , the Chesapeake and . Oh.c n
railroad bridge crossing Gi.y.indoltc
river, fell while a fret,lit tr-.in wat
cros-tng n, precpitaimg thc entire train
mto the river Lngin. cr R V. Free
man was killed. Ihe rest of the crew
had a mtr cu ous escape, sustulei.ig only
slight hr u^sos. The wreck w 1.1 complete.
The br.dge has been condemned for some
time.
A dispatch from Aspen, Col., on
Wednesday says: The heaviest mow m
years has fallen during the past three
da „ Many snowslides have occurred.
j^o loss of humau life is reported have yet,
though several part es are known to
btelJ in tho neighborhood of aiides. Two
m ,. n were caught in Lincoln gulch and
buri'd, toge hcr with their teun and
wagon. The men were slightly injured,
and the hoisis were killed.
ALDERMEN SENT UP
SEVERAL PROMINENT CITIZENS OK PITTS
BL'RO, PA., WILL GO TO JAIL.
Aldermen Callan, Dougherty arid
Mamese, and Detectives Hairier,
Doyle, Niigle and Binder, con viced
of conspiracy to deiiaud in accepting
bribes io settle illegal liquor selling
w " r ? Fente “ cc .‘ 1 rid '? *? orni,, « \
Judge W hite of ,he criminal court of
Pittsburg, la Cuban got three
J*»r# the wo khouse, and
Doug » y one year ,u ‘
s»x mon js in jai ,if,ran( jJH( ,,c
de ictive ear g'- 1 ir(( ' * r< '^ J i,j
workhouse, Nagle om- year »nd Bender
six months in jail. The aldermen are all
qnt e prominent and wealthy, snd always
stood high in the commum y. I h- tr
method was to hove tie detctivi s enter
suit against unlicensed liqu r dealers and
then settle the case fur a consideration
without reporting the matter to tho
court.
LOGIC.
Sma n jv, v fat tJ)e A{n „y-V\^
mumj m j iiave thf . off
/round <
J, d y id the House—Y»s, my bow.
('Dm m mutes after wards)—“Hire!
VVhat are you doii.gin tiiat tree. I only
- ■ i'l you could iiave those off tho
rronnd.”
“Well, the ones on the tree are off the
ground, ain’t th-v t”—(Times,
In Cashmere 30,000 shawls arc made
yearly. It takes tiirce men a year to
nish the material for one and a hall
yards square.
CONDITION OF TRADE.
1 CO.’s
K. ( 1 . DUN a RETORTFOU •WEKSKND
lNG NOVEMBER 30.
,
( R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says: The two heavy tires, with
aggregate losses estimated a $15,OUO,QOu
or more, may have an influence, upo
several branches of trade which cannot
y Ul ho estimatad. Prior to the Bostoi
[ire d 10 hoot and shoo trade there bit
been quite p-ruliscd by tho lire ut Lynn,
and as to iho leaiher trade a little ad
. vauee was anticipated, while in New
York it wot) by many expected that the
i temporary withdrawal of ihe dem uU
w, uni cause some fall in leather. Tin
Boston fire oi Thursday dost,overt heavy
stocks of g oils, and will doubt ess ui
' feet the demand. Rebuilding in bon
ciths wi.l cieate a sudden demand foi
materials anil labor. Heavy concurrcn
lo ' se '' llll *y sl| uko some ii surance eomp.i
l '“ s . au,i l ,he <’ f
«nU- But general pros,., rliy an.
1 accumulation ot available capital
i ! will probauly duta-ters comparatively render tlie influence of
! these narrow ano
brk . f . In (llhe r respects the s.tuaiion is
| K.^J^nd quite * as encouraging the as volume it. has of boon Imsims lo.
, nast • ZVy
ta
makes though not ended at Ne»
| j York, has seemed to be sections abating elscwheie with,
Reports trout other are ui
exception, favorable ou the whole,
I Western cities, without exception, flu.
,ratio good. Money is Ii.irly active, bn
nowhere stringent, at the western p .im
leiHiriing, und the accounts icgardi g
eollections iirebetterthan i.KualLott.m
| is uimhanged though receipts ti e p.s
been 373 000. Coffee has not moved,
though 200,000 bags have been sold, bit
gar is stronger with more active dis'ribu
lion, but Spreekles again announces that
his war with the mist P to the death,
and his work is about to begin. The
shoe towns have all and been the shipping demand more
largely than usual con
tinues exceptionally good, for the wirti sea
son in leather products generally a
prospect ol some increase because Ol the
Lynn (Iro. 'I lie great bm in iu iron abroad
with spo (uuiiu (xcitent nt rnr y wit
nessed ami rapid fluctuations in piios,
causes some apprehension, rapid beeuu and .0 expe
rience teaches i Imt such ex
cited movements aro u- uuLy followed produc- by
ugly react! ms. Unparalleled
tion in litis country still contuiujss and
other Iuniaces of large production are
ab tit to go into operation and yet
prices are linn ut Phil idelphi 1 .
Though Wan ants hive been quoted a
little lower at New York the demand fur
manufactured forms, co .tinning large at
full pricrf-i tin There lias but been merchandise no importunt
change in nces, the week, have ex
ports, though small for tbal
been neatly eight per cent, larger value
last yea: for tho month. The of
exports in October wus not only greater
than in any previous October, but has
never been exceeded in any month, ex
cpt slightly in one, December, 1879
With an unprecedented , . , excess of , cApoiis
ovrrimpoi t-, amounting to over heavy 0,( V
000 it) that mouth and ■ unotli i
assured for November, the r.to of
ore.gn exchange has scarcely altereu
for two wei k-. Iho reported decision shall
that tie,*ury y deposits / with bunks
b ,^ tl(]lllll J wi hdr .. iwn , n, p, r cent, of
t!l , ", , of January, .R.p^ita has been
J t Ihe8c when
tll: w ,’ ru in cn(led tl) be only tempo
rnry ,/ . lltld wi „ give t , l0 treasurer sm
‘ ti|II0 to l cqu;l | , in ,o..nt into
i((m|a ion in , ltl , er V , U K . T , u: tre „. u y
Lore during last week $1,200,000
than it had taken in, an I the rate
for m „ ucy lltt , n „ t changed. Business
tailuresoccurringtlirougliuuttheeonr,- for the United
try last week number
Btlt( . H 2 10; Canada, 39; total 246
n,/ain.-t ‘277 last, week
THE SILVER QUE8TION.
SOJ1K OF THE UESOLUTIONS 1*It EHKNTK1J
MY'IIIE CONVENTION.
:
The National Silver convention was
culled to order by the chairman Wednes
day morning at Ht. Louis. Delegate
Mor,e, of (J Wora lo, introduced the .ol
j lowing resolution: and Jle-pre-ten Jbsolved, mtives That in
Senators
ihe Congress of tue United Stale*
be and aie hereby leq nested to es
! tublish a unit for tlie coinage of silver
witti the Sourti Anit-r can B'atcs thu
shall make silver co n passcunent on |»o
j with gold in ull the Am ricas ol tin
j western hemisphere, anji that they aln
be requesn d to open negotiations with
the Confess of ali Ameiicas now in ses
sion in Waihin^ton for the building ol «
railroad from the United Stales to and
through the htates oi So ith America
After ahv«lv di cushion the nsolutUn
referred to the committee on resolution*
lollowm rwolui |o„ offered by Mr
< Cit r. lorui a, wax rece.ved w.tl
d f| d und( . r the ruU . 8
Where Wall s’reet and custert:
bon th Oder* are now actually ut work
btiiving to elect a t-pcaker for ihe up
piOitCnlOg Cougrens, wnoae record is en
tirely oppos' d to silver interests; an I,
Wh reas, Ii- pre-entatives in congrt-s
shoul'i be the »■ rvants of the people; and
Whereas, This treat -onvention shows
the un-inimi'yof public opinion in -outti
ein and western states and territories to
favor of mor. coinage of s Iver; therefore,
i*. it reso ved, 'J h it we-tern and houtheru
repre-entattvc-» iu c >ngr<-ss be r quested
to supp -rt so-ne friend of silver for the
gpeaker»h p of the present bouse of rep
resentative at d that the-r fa lure to do
bO * ill he the betrayal of the people,
warraiitiii u tiieir j>o1uich 1 de*ith.
Mi£.srk. Hh-uer a: biBinev, or Franklin,
Pena., declined a ewah offer ol <36,000 fa-thv
rugReat pries ever offered for an an tried
t o ter.
NO. 9.
WASHINGTON, 0. C.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
Aa\D HIS ADVISERS.
APrOtSTMKNTS, DECISIONS, ASH OTHER. MATTERS
OF 1STABCST FROM IHE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
It is es'imaled at the treasury depart- of
ment tbst there has teen n deer, nse
J.4,000,000 in tho public debt since No
vember 1st.
The secretary of treasury has decided
to reduce the number of mil on d bunk
depositories an I the amount of public
monies kept therewith.
The attorney-general at Washington is
iu tinned that ihe trial of tho cases of
ulleged frauds in Florida, at tho lust
presidential elu ti.,n,has already resulted
in three convictions.
Secretary Tracy lms made arrange
mo .ta by which the navy is to i>. furn
i hi d brown p. ismatic powder for large
guns mi l tlie new smokeless powder for
smaller arms.
P. 1). Armour, before the drct'Sed beef
comini toe, de toil the existence ot a
c mbination t . r.i-e prices llocl dmed
I hut tlie h. riling of nunem-e i mnbeis of
cattio on tlie government lands, and
rushing them i.ulf grown into market
depress, d | rices.
Tho Secretary of Stale is engage 1 in
nem tint ous l. r an in ernu ion.n copy
right treaty with France. Count De
Keratry has been at Washington some
time as a special re|iiesent.itivo of ihe
French republic and voices the views of
liierary men of that nation.
Senator Vest’s committee, which has
been investigating the dressed beet busi
ness of the Country for some months,
having visited the center- n that busi
ness, in the course of their inqu rv, dur
ing the items of congress, lias resumed
Ihe ex. munition of wimes es in die room
of the senate ■ ommitteo on commerce.
A letter was read In the international
American coufoioucu on Wulnesilay
from LaFayeite Rodrigues Pereita, one
of tho delegates from Brazil, announcing,
witli regret, that he lelt. unable to con
tinue (o act in delegate, owing to tho
changed condition ol affaiis in bis coun
try. Tho day was devoted to discussing
tho proposed rules of procedure.
Tho first thanksgiving day of tlie now
administration vvn- gem rally eelcbr ted
in Washington. Tho president cturied
out ibe letter of Ids thanksgiving proc
lamation by attending services morning. at the
Church of die Covenant in toe
In tlie evening lie ate an aid fashi inert
Thanksgiving dinner at the white house,
surr untied by members of his family.
Colonel Ernst, ol the aimy, the new
commissioner of public buildings anil
grounds, wan the only guest.
DOST ON’8 BLAZE.
A UtJIllilCANK OK FI.AMD DKVASTATHTfl
BLOCKS OK HANDSOME llUIl.DINOft.
Fire sturted shortly before 8 o’clock
Thur-day morning on tho upper floor of
the six story granite block, Nos. 09 to
87 Bedford street, Boston, Mots., owned
by Jordon, Marsh & Co,, and occupied
by tlie Mine and Leather exchange,
Biown Darrell & Co., Woonsocket
Rubber company, Solomon, Hebert
<& Rapp, John H. Fogg & Co.,
and tho brunch office of the West
ern Union floor, Telegraph und Company offi. on the of
ground uhout hlty es
out-of-town boot and shoe and leather
manu:artiirers on the ui per floor. The
lire evidently had complete po-sos-ion of
the upper floors before it was discovered.
In a sli rt time the flume* hud leaped
tier' es Bedford. Kingst- n and Columbus
streets, and by 9:15 the handsome brown
stone Antes building, on the opposite
corner of Be ford and Kingston street 1 ,
wus a mass of flie. An half hour later
the tear of all the buildings on Chauneey
stiert, on cither side of Bedford street,
. «ere on fire, and tin- fire department was
apparently unable to cope with it. Out
of-town fire apparatus were sent for and
theie were prooably severity Hve steam
ers surroui ding the fire by uoou, and by
the combined efforts of the vast
army of firemen and engines,
the fire was finally subdued.
In a three o’clock extra tlrv Ghlte gives
he following c tima e of the loss: L ss
on buildings destroy'd, a- per as-es-or’s
valuation, aliout $690.00U; estiuia'ed
damages to othr-r build mgs, not destroyed
$2h0,G00. A eare ui estimate of the loss
on merchand sc, $1 700 oOO. Total loss,
Cir ful estimate of an od aasessor,
$2,550,000.
HIE BURNED DISTRICT
bi gtnfl at (Jolumb a street on tlie east anc
extends two blocks westward, along Bed
fold street to Chauneey street on the e ist.
On the south side of Bedford street
the fire consumed the eutire block
bounded by Bedford, Kings on, Es
»ex and Columbia streets Westward
of thi-, the entire block bounded bj
Bedford, Kingston and Cbsumey stieets
ai.d the Rowe place, and westward ol
tbsse buildings, on Ch iuricey stieet,fronj
Bedfor I to Exeter place. 'I here ar«
ab >ut 200 firms burned out and 100
agents of New York and western firms
have their headquarters destroyed. The
seventy-nine insurance companies known in
to be interested, carry an aggregate
sursnee of $2,600,000 «n the burned
propeity. ’Ihe t tai logs, according tc
the latest conservative estimates, will
resch $4,000,000. Two firemen —Daniel
Buckley, unmarried, and Frank P.
L ker, who has a wife and child, acs
mi-sing and are supposed to have per
ished in th flames. A good many peo
ple were injured, several oi them se
riously.
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