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TIMES. VOL. VI. The death rate in New York and other cities has tieen unusually large recently owing to the epidemic of influenza. The Ladies’ Hermitage Association has been formed of Southern ladies, to take charge of and preserve The Hermitage, General Jackson’s former home, about twelve miles from Nashville, Tenn. The property includes the home and tomb of the General, and twenty-five acres of land, with numerous relics. * About two years ago salt was dis covered in the town of Hutchinson, Kan. To-day there are twelve estab lishments in operation, with a combined output of 1,637,000 barrels of salt per annum, and much further development is expected, the field of operations is so great and the salt of such purity. t Arthur Mack, ex-chief the Shanghai detective force, asserts that while China has a population of over 450,000,000, yet the criminal element in proportion to numbers is less than ten per cent, of what it is in the Chinese quarter of San Fran cisco. He accounts for this by the greater stringency of the laws for the punish ment of crime in China and the greater certainty in their administration. The largest gun in existence has been sent by Messrs. Krupp to Cronstadt. It is of cast-steel, weighs 235 tons, has a barrel 40 feet long, a diameter of 6j feet in the largest part and a bore of 13^ inches. Its range is over 11 miles, and it will fire two shots per minute, each shot costing from $1250 to $1500. In a trial of the war monster, the projectile —4 feet long and weighing 1800 pounds, and propelled by a charge of 700 pounds of powder—penetrated 19J inches and went 1312 yards beyond the target. The attempt to carry on a government on the “boom” plan bas come to grief iu the Argentine Republic. With gold at 240 it will not take long to bring matters to a head. The result will be to place the nation in hopeless debt to the Eu ropean bondholders who have been ad vancing money at high rates of usury. The San Francisco Chronicle thinks there is nothing the English bondholder enjoys so much as handling the revenues of a foreign country in order to pay himself and his associate bankers a good round interest. Egypt is in this predicament, and the ambitious South American Re public seems to be the next victim. The Rappahannock, tlie largest sail ing vessel ever built in the United States, has been launched at Bath, Ale., from the yards of Arthur Sewell. The Rappahannock has been constructed specially for the petroleum trade, which is now virtually in the hands of British and German ship owners. As soon as she is completed she will sail for Philadelphia to load 120,000 cases of refined oil for Hiogo, Japan. She will be one of the finest and handsomest ships afloat. She is modeled for speed, her lines being fine and yacht-like, and is fitted with all modern improvements, steam donkey engine, which can be utilized in hoisting the sails, patent cap stans, etc. E. Stone Wiggins, of Canada, is afraid that, if a clear canal should be cut through the Isthmus of Panama, the Gulf of Alexico would drain into the Pacific, the Gulf Stream move westward and the climate of Europe become permanently colder. lie has written a long letter on the subject. “When we consider,” he says, “that the Isthmus is simply a huge dam, resisting the westward tendency of said gulf, may the canal not act as a small break which may lead to the sweep ing away of the whole structure? Afay not the water—through a high east wind, for example—made a sudden run, and ultimately attain a force and velocity which no power could resist, and event ually carry away the peninsula itself?” Senator Mitchell has introduced a bill into the upper House of Congress to pro hibit the coming of Chinese into the United States, whether subjects of the Chinese Empire or otherwise. T.iose who are now within the limits of the United States, and who may hereafter leave and attempt to return, are also ex cluded. Suitable penalties for infringe ments of the law are provided. The bill provides that only officials of the Chinese Empire shall be entitled to enter the _ United . , States, _ and , they , shad first ob tain permission of and be identified by their Government. It is also provided that anv Chinese person who has landed unlawfully in the United States shall be removed at the cost of the Government. BLACTKSHRAR, GA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1890. At THE CAPITAL. WHAT THE FIFTY-FIRST CON GRESS IS DOING. APPOINTMENTS BY PRESIDENT HARRISON— MEASURES OF NATIONAL, IMPORTANCE AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. In the senate on Monday Mr. Chandler presented several petitions to the senate trout Mississippi, complaining of the suppression of the republican vote in that state, aud representing that tli > "so called legislature of Mississippi” had re cently enacted a law for establishing a new constitution of the state on the 12th of August, 1890. the same not to be submitted to the people for ratification, and that it was the avowed purpose of the democrats to employ fraudulent methods to deprive many intelligent citizens of their fran chise. Referred to the committee on privileges and elections... .Mr. Chandler offered a resolution calling on the attor ney-general for information as to the recent assassination of W. B. Saunders, United States deputy dis marshal for the northern trict of Florida.... Mr. Beck presented his the credentials of Mr. Blackburn for new senatorial tenn from the 4th of March, 1891, which were placed on file.... The senate then proceeded to business on the calendar aud passed about two dozen bills (unobjectcd to), including the following: To enable the secretary of the interior to locate Indians in Florida upon lands in severalty; appropriating $40,000 for a statue and monument to James Madison in the city of Washington .. . .The Blair educational bill came up as “unfinished business,” and Mr. Blair resumed his argument in support of it. He occupied about three hours, but did not close his argument. The senate, on Tuesday, ratified (he British extradition treaty, with unimpor tant amendments. The treaty makes the following crimes extraditable, in addition to those specified in 1842: “1. Man slaughter. 2. Counterfeiting, or altering money, or putting the same in circulation. 2. Embezzlement, larceny, obtaining mon ey or goods under false pretences, or re ceiving the same, knowing them to have bee" wrongfully obtained. 4. Fraud by baillee, banker, ugeut, factor, trustee, director, member or officer of any com pany, made criminal by the laws of both countries. 5. Perjury or subordination of perjury. 0. Rape, abduction, child stealing, kidnapping. 7. Burglary. 8. Piracy by law of nations. 9. Mutiny at sea, wrongfully sinking or destroying a vessel, or attempting to do so; assaults on the high seas. 10. Crimes and offenses against the laws of both countries lor the suppression of slavery aud slave trading.” political Extradition is not to be had for offenses, nor shall any person, surrendered by either party, be tried for any other offense than the one for which he was ex tradited. The treaty shall not apply ratifica- to any crimes committed before its tion. The resolution heretofore offered in the senate by Air. Chandler, calling on tlie the at torney-general for information as to assassination of W. B. Saunders, deputy United States marshal in the northern dis trict of Florida, was taken up on Wed nesday and Mr. Pasco proceeded to ad dress tlie senate in explanation of the facts and circumstances of the case. Air. Pasco had not concluded his statement when the hour of 2 o’clock arrived, and the education bill came up as unfinished business. Air. Blair, however, yielded the iloor to Air. Wilson, of Iowa, on whose motion the senate bill appropriat- Fort ing $100,000 for a public building at Dodge, Iowa, was taken from the calen dar and passed—AH. Call calling attention to the fact that this was the fourth pub lic building bill passed for Iowa at this session..... On motion of Air. Stock bridge, the senate building bill appropriating Lansing, $100,000 for a public the calendar at and Alich., was taken from passed..... Air. Blair then resumed his argument in favor of the education bill. In the house, on Wednesday, Mr. But terworth, of Ohio, from the committee on patents presented a favorable report upon the bill providing for the appoint- the ment United of States representatives the international on the part indus- of to trial conference at Aladrid, Spain, Illinois, April I, 1890.... Air. Rowell, of chairman of the committee on elections, gave notice that he would call up the West Virginia contested election case of Atkinson vs. Pendleton for consideration next Wednesday... .Air. Reid, of Iowa, in behalf of the judiciary committee, called up a bill to regulate the sittings of the United States courts in the dristrict of South Carolina, and it passed. of The house then went into committee the whole for consideration of the bill authorizing the appointment The of bill an as sistant secretary of war. was favorably reported from the committee of the whole to the house, and the Oklaho ma bill was taken up. The remainder of the day's session was occupied in the dis cussion of the Oklahoma bill, but with out action... .Saturday afternoon, March 22d, was set apart for delivery of eulo* gies upon the late representative Edward J. Ray, of Louisiana, and Thursday even ing, April 3d, was fixed for the delivery of eulogies upon the late representative 8. S. Cox. of New York. NOTES. The president on Wednesday nominated Wm. F. Bowers supervisor of the census fur the second Georgia district. The hou *e amendment to the bill to have statistics of mortjra^e indebtedness obtained in lhe next C( r nsus wag noa . concurred in, and a conference was asked, The first assistant postmaster general on Saturday appointed the following fourth class postmasters for Georgia: At Good win, Franklin county, E. L. Cawthron; at Round Oak, Jones county, J. W. Turk. Quite a delegation of Alabamians are at the capital, in the interest of a half million appropriation for the CSoosa river. Representative Cobb is pressing the mat ter before the committee, and expects to be successful. lleuiy J. Fanz, the victim of the Aber deen outrage, has been recommended by Superintendent Porter for appoint- eleventh ment as special agent of the census to collect statistics relative to the recorded indebtedness. Marshal Hayden and District-Attorney Strippling, of Florida, arrived at Wash ington on Monday to coufer with the attorney-general in regard to the admin istration of election laws in that state, and in regard to the assassination of Deputy Marshal Saunders. They met the attorney-general at the department of justice, and detailed the circumstances attending the homicide. The reports of the action of the body upon the British extradition Wednesday, and which was printed in the papers, was the cause of the question being consid ered. Among the measures desired suggested end, as likely to entirely accomplish clear the the senate wing was of one to the capitol during executive sessions of all persons except senators and those em ployes whose duties require them to be present. The pension appropriation bill for the next fiscal year was reported Tuesday from the committee on appropriations. It carries with it #98,472,401, being $50,- 791 less than the estimates and $16,068,- 701 more than the bill for the current fiscal year, though there is an estimated deficiency of $21,598,834 this in the .pension the bill expenditures for year; so that is really $4,980,073 less than expenditures will bo this year. Air. Carlton’s bill to establish a federal court at Athens, Ga., to be known as the eastern division of the northern judicial district of Georgia* passed the house on Wednesday. The following counties are included in the new district: Banks, Clark, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Haber sham, Hart, Jackson, Morgan, Madison, Oglethorpe, Oconee and Walton. At the requesf of Mr. Candler, Rabun, Towns, Union and White counties were stricken out of the original bill. The news of the arrest of seventeen citizens of Sharon, Ga.,charged against with Post- con spiracy and intimidation master Duckworth, caused considerable comment among the Southern members Tuesday. As soon as Representative Barnes, heard of it, he went asked to see expla- Attor ney General Miller, and an nation. The attorney-general replied charges that he had ordered the arrest on based upon representations made to the department that there was interference with a United States officer in tire dis charge of ilia duty. The president on Monday issued a proclamation directing the removal of all cattle from grazing upon what is known as the Cherokee outlet, in the northern part of the Indian territory. The remov al must be completed by October 1st next. The president also directs that in case tlie negotiations now pending for the cession of that territory to the United States shall have been completed before next October that the cattle must be re moved forthwith upon notice. He also directs that no additional herds be per mitted to enter this territory ufter this date. A GOOD SHOWING. NEW ENTERPRISES STARTED IN T1IE SOUTH WITHIN A WAEK. The list of new enterprises organized in the south during the week show un predented activity in the sale of mineral and and timber lauds in large tracts or ganization of a company with local and outside capital to build new towns and establish new industries. This activity is general, extending from Virginia to the re- ported for tho week is a $1,500,000 eoa! and iron company in Birmingham, the contract for buildings for a $500,000 cot ton mill in Florence, Ala., purchased and by Alabama capitalists; of two furnaces mineral property for $900,000; a $500,000 cotton mill in Arkansas, a $250,000 car-building company in Atlanta, wo/xs a #250,000 brick and title in Brunswick, a $200,000 phos phate company in Florida, $200,000 cotton mill company in Georgia, $ 10,000 pulp making in South Carolina, $ 100,000 1 cotton mill in North Carolina, $200,000 ette machine company in Roanoke, Va. > twenty new iron furnaces at Pulaski, Va., two others at Johuson City, Tenn., one at Bristol, by Pennsylvania iron makers; one at Begs tone Gap, Va., and a large number of others taking shape u\ other points. Gigantic enterprises, requiring many millions of capital, backed in many cases by capitalists in Europe, as well as in the north, are being formed for opera tions in the South. WORK OF THE FLAMES TORONTO UNIVERSITY, AT TORONTO, CAN ADA, DESTROYED BY FIRE. Toronto university was totally dr stroved by fire Friday. Preparations had been made for the annual “conversazione,’ at which 2,000 persons were expected tz be present, and it was just before thi guests commenced to arrive at 7 o’clock, that the fire broke out. It is estimated that the total loss will be one million dol lars. This includes a library valued at $100,000, and all equipments which waj generally of the most modern style. Lost of records and historical and other docu ments and most valuable papers belonging to the president. Sir Daniel Wilson, can not be estimated by dollars and cents, for they cannot be replaced. The fire origi nated by the careless handling of lamps. CURRENT NEWS. CONDENSED FROM THE TELE GRAPH AND CABLE. THINGS THAT HAPPEN FROM DAY TO DAY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CULLED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Juhn & Adler, overall manufacturers, of Baltimore, failed Thursday. Governor Hill, of New York, signed the world’s fair bill on Thursday. The labor trouble at Woburn, Mass., has been settled without a lockout. Sara Bernhardt is ill in Paris, and hiu discontinued her performances. The senate of the new state of Wash ington passed a bill on Tuesday establish ing the Australian system. The annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage association began iu Washington Tuesday. The Paris Herald says President Carnot has decided to pardon the Duke of Or leans, and send him under escort to the frontier. It is the intention of the Russian gov ernment to commence at once the con struction of several large iron clads and cruisers. A theatrical performance for tlie benefit of Airs. James G. Blaine, Jr., was given and Tuesday afternoon in New York, netted $4,000. Switzerland will act as arbitrator in the dispute concerning the boundaries be tween the Portuguese possessions aud the Orange Free State. After a year of total abstinence of the liquor traffic iu Plainfield, N. J., the city council met Monday night and granted fifteen hotel aud saloon licenses. The American Cotton Seed Oil com pany filed articles at Trenton, N. J., on Wednesday, from $20,000,000 increasing $30,000,000. its capital stock to A special train with over one hundred prominent citizens left Chicago for Wash ington Thursday night. They go to urge Chicago as the site for tho world’s fair. An explosion occurred iu a colliery near Decise, France, Tuesday night, it is not known now many lives were lost, but already thirty-four bodies have been recovered. Gilinartin & Doyle, wholesale dealers in woolens, Nos. 14 made aud 10 assignment Lispernard street, New Y'ork, un Monday. bilities, Nominal assets, $235,000; lia #!)(), 000. For tho first time since the strike, the bells of Nashua, N. II., company work Tuesday sum moned the operatives to morning. There was a feeble response, 1,400 however, not more than 100 of the strikers going in. The steamer Finance, from Brazilian ports, which arrived at New York on Monday, brings forty-one steerage passen- who gers, most of whom are Germans went to Rio Janeiro to better their condi tion. They all returned disappointed. Four hundred thousand miners in Great Britain have decided to adhere to their demand for increase of ten per cent, in wages. Should It. is probable do the the men coal will will decreased they three-quarters. so, out put be Sentence was passed Thursday, upon the Nuvasse rioters in Baltimore George N. Key, Henry Jones and Edward Smith were sentenced to be hanged on Alareh the 28th. Fourteen others were sent to penitentiary from two to four years. At New York the world’s fair confer ence report wits adopted in the assembly by a vote of 119 to 1. The senate on Wednesday afternoon agreed to the con ference report. Tlie bill now goes to the who has announced that he will sign it. Four weeks ago It. E. II. Srnitii, who represented the Corbin Banking Co., of York city, and who had opened dis- a large plantation store at Elmy, this La., An investigation o affairs, closed Wednesday night, shows a of $40,000. A cablegram from London says; Pas senger steamer Coral Queen, from Gath erbury, has been sunk off River Tecs in Coliiston with the Rotterdam steamer, Brineo. All persons, including captain and officers of the Coral Queen, have been landed. Sixteen lives reported lost. The Manufacturer*' Record gives facts and statistics showing that the exports from twenty leading Southern ports were $00,959,738 greater in 1889 than in 1888. The largest increase in proportion was at Brunswick, Ga., where the <-jrj>orts foi 1889 nearly doubled those for 1888. A dispatch of Tuesday, from Baltimore, Aid., says: A. Brehme & Co., importers, German street; 11. P. Towles A Co., fur nishing goods, Baltimore street; and 8. A. WeLsh, notions, Lexington benefit street; tiled deeds of trust for the of their creditors. The bonds filed are respect ively $24,000, #40,000 and $1,000. An Alliance Land Exchange has been opened at No. 511 Nintii street, north west, Washington, D. C., for the purpose of aiding Alliance farmers in the south ern states in selling their surplus lands to the best advantage. The fee for entering the land, when not less than 100 acres, is one cent per acre. No other charge is made. At New York, Thursday, the grand ju ry handed indictments against George A. Pell, James A. Simmons and ex-Presi dent Wallach, of the Lenox Hill bank, charged jointly with conspiracy in defying the State banking laws. The charge against Pell, Simmons and Wal lach was grand larceny in the first degree, in taking $31,000 worth of l*ond 8. Vandals have girdled the elm planted at Lex- by ington, Mass., which was General Grant on April 19, 1875, the one hundredth anniversary of the battle. ALLIANCE NOTES. Probably #40,000 has been paid by Houston county, Ga., farmers for Ken tucky mules and horses within the last sixty duys *% The State Kchanges of Mississippi, Ar kansas and Tennessee are to bo consoli dated under one management and its cen tral agency will he in Memphis for th« present. *% Florida Alliunccmen don’t want politi cians in our national council. They passed the following resolution at then recent state meeting: “That no official of tho supremo council, namely presi dent, vice-president, secretary, members treasurer, general [manager or of direc tory, shall hold any political office or ac eept or solicit a nomination for any polit ical office in the state or nation as long ai he holds office in the supreme couuciL A The attention of all Alliancemen it called to the fact that the National Al liance has adopted and cotton weight bagging 44 inches wide of 8-4 lb. as the standard. They found that the loose wove bagging tho of 12 ounces These facts weight an swered purpose. wore published to the world over and over again, yet certain sub-Allianccs have recommended the manufact ure of bagging 1^,13 44 inches wide and weighing 1J, or 2 pounds per yard, as the opinion of certain lodges may happen weight to and run. width This is all useless, as the of cotton bagging is settled for this year.. ♦ * T. II. Martin, of the Pleasant Hill, Talbot county, Ga., Alliance, writes: “We intend to get every member to take our State Organ, as it is one of the great est levers in lifting the farmers to inde pendence, in teaching tho Alliancemen their duty and iu bringing them The together for their mutual benefit. reading and thinking members will be of great assistance to the order, aud by their in formation and fealty to tho cause, strengthen the weaker brother until all become banded together then in every measure and for their interest, and trusts monopolies and class legislation will be a tliiug of the past. Tho farmer cannot now reach the bank and borrow money except through the paying warehouseman unjust and or commission merchant, unnecessary fees. If the lands of the farmer arc not above the merchants’ cred it, this government is a fraud. We do not inuke war upon any legitimate business, hut we do special contend privileges for|‘equnl rights to all and to none.’ The farmer asks for financial nothing world but afuirdeul, aud when the depends upon his product, it is certainly only lair for him to receive his loans at first hands. Subscribing for and reading such papers as our state organ and the National Economist will soon teach the farmers the wuy to secure their just rights .—Southern Alliance Farmer. MARDI GRA8. THE CARNIVAL IN NEW ORLEANS—A nitILLIANT l’AGEANT. Tlie grand street pageant of the king oi the carnival at New •Orleans moved promntly at noon on Tuesday, composed as follows: Mounted detachment house hold troops; platoon of household troops; Bouiff Gras and attendants; king’s own royal guards; his most sublime majesty, Rex, king of the carnival; a earuivul court in pageant, consisting of the nineteen themo moving tableaux ears, revealing illustrated; rulers of undent times. His majesty, Rex, impersonating Urukh, of Chaldea, is seated upon a gorgeous throne, and waves his sceptre to his loyal subjects as he passes along: Justinian, of Byzantium; Hhalmonezer, of Assyria; Chi Solomon, of Israel; Cliing Wong, of na; Zcnobia, of Palmyra; Riun esis of Egypt; Alexander, of Alaeedou; Abdurnnan, of Hpuin. William, conqueror Media; of England; caleph Cyrax- of orcs, of Almansour, Bagdad; Gcnzcric, king of Vandals, in Africa; Blank; Noee, of Rome; Albion, king of Lombardi; Merez, of Egypt; Cyrus, of Persia. The streets on which the procession moved were crowded with spectators. It is generally admitted to he the most brilliant march gras season that New Orleans bus ever enjoyed. THE GRIP IN MEXICO. TERRIBLE WORK OF THE MALADY AMONG THE TOO HER CLASSES. Private letters from Mexico state that the grippe has been more widespread and persistent in its ravages there than any where else on the American continent. A letter dated the 14th instant and received at Han Antonio, “The Texas, on Thursday, influenza says: progress of the here and its results have been truly ter rifle. The greatest fatality is among the houses poorer classes, who live generally in which afford no protection against the elements, and they have died abac lately like sheep, sometimes 125 a day. Just now the supply of coffins has been exhausted and many bodies have been buried without them.” COLLAPSE OF A TRU8T. F.XJOINED FROM BELLING OR DISPOSING OF ANT OF THE STOCK. circuit Judge Lacombc, in the United State* court at New York, on Friday, an injunction restraining the cot ton oil trust from selling or commanding disposing oi of their pioperty, and to show cause before him why a receiver bill should not be appointed. The which was filed shows that the trust the was organized September May 10, 1884, and $2,000,000. profits up to 31, for 1887, were over The profits the year 1880 were over $2,000,000, and the amount ol outstanding certificates were $42,000. NO 21 SOUTHERN NOTES. INTERESTING NEWS FROM ALL POINTS IN THE SOUTH. GENERAL PROGRESS AND OCCURRENCES WHICH ARE HAPPENING BELOW MA SON’S and dixon’s line. Officers of six cavalry companies, of Virginia, met in Richmond Wednesday and organized the first regiment of Vir ginia cavalry. Dr. W. J. Thomas, one of the most prominent physicians of North Carolina, died in Wilmington, on Tuesday, of diph theria, aged seventy-two years. Fire broke out Wednesday morning in Levy & Wolfson's crockery store, N cw Orleans, and four stores of the Touro block, on Canal street were burned out. Allianccmeu, Captain John C. Cheney, elected a prominent general has been manager of the Southern Exposition at Montgomery, Ala.,and will probably iden tify tlie Alliuneenmn of the state with its agricultural exhibits this fall. The managers of the Semi-Tropical generously ex position, a Ocala, Flu., have 25th, set apart Tuesday, February as “Alliance Day,” on which all Alliance men will be cordially welcomed without the usual card of admission. The Proyreuite Farmer, at Raleigh, N. 0., edited by President L. L. Polk, of the National Alliance, has entered upon its fifth volume. It has always been a first class Alliance and farmer’s journal, and has won deserved success ul 1 along tho years that have passed. A meeting of colored citizens was held Thursday night decided at Nashville, begin Tenn., the at which it was to publication of a weekly newspaper there at an early date. The capital stock will not be less than #10,000, aud of this $3, 000 has already been taken. There 1ms been a great sensation at Hinitbliehl, N. C., tho past few duys, on occount of the trial of .1. E. Starling for murder. 11hits resulted the in murder un acquittal, of lie was charged with mother-in-law, and lit- an aged woman, his tle boy, his nephew, who were found dead, with their skulls crushed, iu u branch near homo. Tho first through train over the Capo Fear and Yadkin Valley railway, just completed to Wilmington, N. C., left thereon Monday for Alt. Airy, 248 miles distant. The whole line embraces about 350 inihs, and is being rapidly extended. The completion of tho roads opens new and immense territory to the trude of Wilmington. A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C., says: and If, is learned (hat the Cape Fear Yadkin Valley railroad will Imild a line from Bemicttsvillc, 8. G\, to Charleston, on tho south, and also build from Mt. Airy to some point on the Norfolk and Western railway on the west. These connections, when ohtaiued, will make it one of the most important roads in the state. A double tragedy occurred at Charles ton, 8. C., Monday night. Feldeumnn Napoleou Laval called at the store of B. & Co., and asked to see his wife, who had been separated from him for some time. When the woman came down, Laval shot her, and then entering the store, shot Feldemann. Both of the victims are thought to lie fatally wounded. The af fair ims created u great sensation, as tho parties are well known and prominent iu business and society circles. THE PLOT EXPOSED. DASTARDLY ATTI.MIT TO POISON A .IAUi FULL OK I'Kon.K. A dispatch from Pikeville, Kv., says Ellison Mounts was hanged here Wcdnsdai Alafuir for participating McCoy and in her the brother murder After of Mi; the t execution if successful, tlie officers would found have a |)lot \#hich, resulted in the death esca pc of of a the number prisoner of the guards and the of probable the jail. Through discovery the confession of the jail cook the was made. Tlie Hatfields had paid food the cook $200 to place a drug in the of the jail guards the night before the execution. The dru l was found to be strychnine. The «ook was immediately have arrested, All the outlaw gang fled to the mountains of West Virginia, where it is sure death for of ficers to follow. All the lawless persons affair who are responsible from for this outrageous are West Virginia, The sheriff is having tlie necessary papers ar ranged to secure requisition for tlie would be murderers, and every effort will be made to bring them to justice. 8ould they he brought back during the present intense excitement every one of them would be instantly with mobbed, as the people arc crazed AN ICE TRU8T. FACTORIES in CHATTANOOQA, TENN., OOU J BINE INTO A TRUST. The three ice manufactories of Chatta n'joga, Tenn., have combined to dispose of all their product to the Central Icc Company the organized, for the purposes of trust. The price of ice has been ad vanced sixty-six and two-thirds per cent. Consumers are raising stock to build an indejiendent factory. BANK STATEMENT. of The the following is the weekly statement associated banks for the week end ng Saturday, February 15th: Gan* •serve increase...................J2.3fll,800 increase..................... 1,778,400 4 ecie increase..................... 2.382.000 Deposits e-gal tenders incieue.............. 312.60C increase................... 1,251,200 ircnlation increase................ 19,200 Banks now hold #7,497,100 in excess of the 20 per cent. rale.