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THE BLACKSHEAR ' TIMES. VOL. VI. 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 Tuesday, and imme diately after morning business, consider ation of the urgent deficiency bill was re sume.]. The remainder of the amend ments placed committee upon the biil by the appropriations added were agreed to, and several others appropriating small sums. The bill was thou passed. The Blair educational bill was then taken up at 2 o’clock, as “unfinished business,” and Mr. Hawley addressed the senate in opposition to it. Mr. Hawley summed up the situation by saying that twenty two northern states did not want the bill. Seven southern states had two senators each opposed to the bill distinctly, and expected to vote against it. That made twenty-nine states that did not need the bill, and it left twelve or thirteen more to be accounted for....A number of senate bills, making the aggregate ap propriation of $1,285,000 for public buildings in New England and the north west the Denison were passed. Wachita House biil granting and Valley Railway company* the right-of way through In dian territory, and several bills of local interest, were passed, and the senate, a’ter 6 o’clock, adjourned. In the house, on Tuesday, Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, the presented a telegraphic Colored pro test from president of the In dustrial Fair association of Arkansas against oil. Referred.... the proposition At to the tax expiration cotton-seed of the morning hour, the house went into a committee of the whole on the pension appropriation charge bill. of Mr. the bill Morrow, (which of Cal ifornia, in ap propriates visions detail, $08,427,401) explains its pro in in reference to the gen eral subject of pensions, said that it might safely be assumed that the number of pensioners would reach its maximum about July 1st, 1804, when the expendi ture would be $112,000,000 on that date. Under the existing law the number of pensioners on the rolls would be 750,000. At the close of Mr. Perkin’s speech, the committee rose and the house adjourned. In the house, ou Wednesday, Mr. O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, the business presented the of remonstrance of men Philadelphia against an increase of duty on oranges and lemons. Referred. Mr. Cooper, of Ohio, a member of the com mittee on elections, called up the Mary land contested case of Mudd against Compton, it being agreed that debate should be limited to six hours, at the end of which time the previous question should be considered as ordered. After considera ble argument, and pending a vote, the house adjourned. Vice-President Morton having returned to Washington,after atwo weeks’ absence, occupied the chair at the opening of Wednesday’s session number of the petitions senate. An unusually large of were presented and referred, comprising some for and some against the Sunday silver rest law; some for free coinage of and several from labor unions against the employment 011 government works of any but United States citizens. The resolution offered by Mr. Voorhees last Monday, as to 'he agricultural de pression, was taken up and Mr. Voorhees addressed the senate in relation to it. He spoke of the deep strong current of auxie ty, discontent and alarm prevailing iu farming communities and said that he proposed to aid them in the inquiry as to the causes of the existing depression. The Blair educational bill was then taken up as unfinished business, and Mr. Pierce, of North Dakota, addressed the senate. He hoped, he said, to have an oppor tunity of voting to postpone the bill till the second Tuesday in December next. Mr. Evarts addressed the senate in support of the bill. Mr. Call spoke in favor of the bill. He had voted for it before (he said) anel would do so now. donation; Ho supported condi- it be cause it was a without tions other than such as had been con tained in the agricultural colleges Dill and in the bill for experimental stations. Mr. Bate obtained the floor, and the bill went over. Mr. Allison, from the finance* committee, reported back, with amendments, house bill to simplify the laws in relation to the col lection of revenue (McKinley’s adminis tration bill,) and it was placed adjourned. on the calendar. The senate then Another Democrat was turned out of the house on Thursday. This is the fourth seat that has been vacated by the Demo e-rats. The man turned out was Barnes Compton, of Maryland, anl He had lias become served five rears in the house, one of the most distinguished members. However, there was a young Republican named Mudd, who wanted hLs seat. There was no bolting from either party. Every iaau was on hand or paired, and the vote stood 159 to 145, in favor of Mudd. Thursday was a sad day for poor old “Grandma" Blair. The educational bill was buried beneath the cold, cold sod by his colleagues in the senate, The vote stood 36 to 32 against the biil. However, when Blair saw his bill had been buried, he changed his vote from aye to no. in order to move a reconsideration. Every member in the senate was either paireei or voted. The Georgia senators were di vided. Both Tennessee senators voted against the biil. as did the Arkansas and Texas men. The South Carolina. Ala bama and Mississippi senators wore di vided, senators Hampton. Pugh and George voting for the bill. Senator Pasco, of Florida, and the two Virginia senators voted for it. The republican vote against the bill was larger tlian ever before. Mr. Blair made a motion to recorsider the vote, which motion was entered: and then, on motion of Mr. Edmund*, the BLACKSHEAR, GA. THURSDAY, MARCH 2?. 181)0. senate proceeded to the cons.deration of executive business. NOTES. The grand jury of the District of Co lumbia on Tuesday indicted Charles E. Kincaid for the murder of cx-Representa tive Taulbec. The Pan-American conference has re committed the report of the committee on port clues, as that seemed the be3t way of securing a satisfactory basis of action. The president, ou Wednesday, nomina ted Smith, to be postmasters: Virginia—George Carolina. Mag- 8. Maiion; South gie L. Carson. Aiken; Joshua E. Wilson, Florence, Mr. Sherman, from the committee on finance, reported to the senate on 'Tues day a substitute for his former bill.against “trusts,” in restraint of production, and it was placed on the calendar. Mr. Randall is steadily improving. His health is better at present than any time during his long illness, lie seems confi dent that he will be able to resume his old seat before this session closes. Judge Crisp, of Georgia, commmittee appeared be fore the river and harbor on Thursday asking for an appropriation and Flint rivers. for the Oconee, Oemulgee The committee wild give them, but' it seems now that the chances in favor of the river and harbor bill becoming a law are very slight. The senate, on Thursday, confirmed the nominations of A. R. northern Nininger, district United of States marshal of the Alabama, and the following postmasters: South Carolina, W. W. Russell, Anderson; Tennessee, C. 8 Moss, Franklin. Vir ginia, P. E. Griffith, Winchester; Lewis P. Summers, Abingdon. In executive session of the senate Thurs day afternoon, the nomination of W. W. Russell to be post-master at Anderson courthouse, South Carolina, was confirmed by a party vote on a call of the : yes and roes. Tliis nomination has been held up for some weeks on the objection of South Carolina senators. The Georgia congressmen, on Tuesday, received petitions by the score from all over Georgia, protesting against the pas sage of the compound lard bill; also tele grams that colored delegations wanted from be heard At lanta and other points to before the committee. They are all late, however, for the committee has closed hearings. An effort was made to get them to reopen. They refused, but the matter will be considered, and a final answer given. The South has been very late in coming to the front, but there is a bare possibility of defeating the bill if a very vigorous fight is made. The civil service commission has in the course of preparation a circular of instruc tions to applicants for examination for the appointment the government de partmental service. A considerable por tion of it is devoted to the discussion of the question: ‘‘When may an appointment be expected?” In connection with this subject, it is learned that, while the quotas of several eastern, northern and western states are generally exhausted, those of the southern states, especially the clerk ineligibles registers, for appointment full, from the fact being, it is stated, are by no means clerks who that competent can pass the necessary examination from either Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina or Kentucky are reasonably certain of appointment. The appropriations Tuesday, completed committee the fortifi- of the house, on bill cation appropriation bill. The makes a total appropriation of (4.521,607, being $3,967,320 less than the estimates, $3,288,084 more than the last bill, and $599,678 more than the appropriation made at the first session of t lie last con gress. The principal preservation, items are: $150,- Forti fications, repays and batteries, $1,221, 000; gun and mortar 000, divided as follows: Boston harbor, $235,000; New Yolk, $276,000; San Francisco, $260,000: torpedoes, harbor defense, $230,000; armament of fortifi cations, $1,056,635; gun factory at Wa tervliet, N. Y., building and machinery, $1,256,043; sites for fortifications. $500, 000, and the secretary of war is given authority to institute condemnation pro eeedings to secure desirable sites. THE .MYSRTEY 80LVED THE BODT OF A FAY CLERK FOUND IN THE RIVER. The badly decomposed body of a man was found Monday morning in the east ern branch of the Potomac river, at Wash ington, D. C. Mrs. Jones, wife of Ben jamin A. Jones, defaulting pay clerk of Major Goodloe, of the marine corps, identified the body as that of her hus band who has been missing since Christ mas day. CRAYON GREENBACKS. A YOUNG ARTIST TRIES HIS HAND AT COUNTERFEITING. A St. aged Joseph. Mo., special says: Fred Jones, nineteen Thursday years, a crayon artist, was arrested for counter feiting United States $5 treasury notes. Jones' method of counterfeiting was pe culiar. He used no dye*, but made crayon copies of genuine notes, offeers 1 he counter feits are pronounced by to he ex ceptionally deceDtive FLORIDA’S FREEZE. THE ENTIBB CROP OF EARLY VEGETABLES RUINED. A dispatch from Umatilla, Fla., says: pleted The frost of Sunday night virtually com the ruin of the vegetable crop of South Florida. Here, at Umatilla, the banner shipping point of Lake county,the damage is very great. The entire crop of early vegetable*, except cabbage, is prac tically wiped ojjL ALLIANCE NOTES. WHAT THE ORDER AND ITS MEMBERS ARE DOING . ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER, GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY. The Alliance officials in Georgia have given prompt denial to the Washington story that the order intended to scoop up all the Congressional districts this year. * * * The Farmers’ Alliance now lias 70,090 members in Kansas, and is growing at the late of 3,000 a month. It is ten months yet until election. Ninety thousand votes thrown one way will play the mischief with the plans of the politicians.— Atchi *<m Glol*. $ T * cheering From every county comes tho news that the Alliance is growing stronger. tical Alliancemen are learning co-operation; prac lessons of economy and these who had the courage and patience to stand by the principles of the Alliance are beginning to reap the benefits of the order.— Solid South. +** pretending AVliy is it that the journals to be such friends of the Farmers’ Alliance do not come out squarely and endorse the sub-treasury plan and the railway plat form of the National Alliance, which de mands that tlie railways must be con trolled by the people in the interest of the masses, and that the farmer should re ceive same privileges as are accorded the bauks and bond-holders? You cannot carry water on both shoulders any longer. If you are with us say so, and if you are not, show your colors .—Southern Farm era Alliance. * * * The Farmers’ Alliance is going ahead with its own business. “What have they done?” some will ask. Read this and just think for a moment and then you will answer for yourself: “They have done a great deal for the laboring people.” What did guano sell for at this time last year? and what is it selling at now? Look at the difference in the price of cotton everything last fall and proportion last fall year. Just look at in as weil as cotton and guano. The principle of the thing is enough for any man.— Buchanan (Ga.) Messsnyer. *** Neither the race problem nor sectional difficulties intruded themselves at the great national convention of farmers and laborers at 8t. Louis. Delegates from the Colored Farmers’ Alliance were re ceived by the white Farmers’ Alliance and matters pertaining to their mutual interest were considered. Northerners and Southerners, brothers in the Alli ance, clasped hands at that convention and left the thrill of fraternal fellowship which all the fierce blowing of dead em bers cannot chill. If politicians will cease meddling, the Farmers’ Alliance and In dustrial Union ftie will solve the race problem and re-unite too-long estranged sec tions of our beloved country. *** President Polk of N. F. A. and I. U., knows more concerning the condition of the Alliance throughout the country than any man in the South, and when ques tioned ns to Alliance matters, lie said: “Although the growth of the Alliance in the South has been wonderful, the growth of the order in the Northwest has been still more phenomenal. In Kansas, great strides are being made iu the right direction, and the organization has more than doubled since the St. Louis conven tion. The farmers of the west, although they are not troubled by any particular - grievance such as the jute bagging oppression of the South, still have great obstacles to overcome. They feel the effects of the reduction in prices, and they find it almost impossible to make a living profit trying from their pro- the ducts. They are to break combination of the buyers, and 1 have no doubt they will succeed. One feature ot the National Alliance: assures me above all else of it; success. It is killing out sec tioualisrn, and building uj i a national spirit which will be a benefit to the whole nation. - ' *** Among the resolutions the adopted National at Alli- the recent Convention of ance, held at Atlanta, Ga., was the fol lowing: “Whereas, at New Orleans in September, 188S), a conference was had between prominent representatives and of the? •otton growers of the South mem bers of the cotton exchanges in the Uni ted State s, an agreement was entered into which was to take effect on the first day of October thereafter, fixing the taro on cotton covered bale's at sixteen pounds, and on jute covered bales at twenty-four pounds, which was satisfactory to Aili ancemen. And, whereas, by the oppesi sition of several important cotton ex changes this agreement was rendered a nudety. And, whereas, we invited the exitton exchanges of this country to a conference on this same subject at which St. Louis on Decembar 5th, 1889, ‘.hey refused to notice by letter or other wise. And, whereas, our president, Col. L. L. Polk, recently urged upon these parties to express their wishes or plan for an adjustment of this ejuestion. March at a meet ing to be held in Atlanta, Ga.. 19, 1890, and only one reply was received with encouragement, an<l that from Mr. James Tobin, of Augusta. And, where as, after a careful consideration of the whole subject in all its phases, we, the presidents and accredited representa tives of the State Alliances of the cotton section, in conference assemb’eel in At lanta, Ga., March 19th. 1890, do unani mously reaffirm the equity and justice of our demands on this subject; and wc do, therefore. AUiance Resolved, That we urge the men of the cotton state* to stand by the action of the St. Louis supreme council on it he use of cotton bagging orany other fibre than jute, and that each Ailianeoinan fie, and i* hereby instructed to deposit said cotton-covered bales in warehouses, to be provided, had and, thereon, with liberal and ad- al vances. as cau be to low said cotton-covered bales there to re main until the demands made shall lie complied Resolved with. also, That national and your state officials do unceasing herbby pledge efforts their in ut most ability and be half of the people to obtain full and fail facilities for marketing their cotton. •• * * Resolved, That our president, the brethren L. L. Polk, be instructed to assure in the eotton states that the outlook for the manufacture an 1 supply of cotton bagging and is much better tliun for the past de year will probably be equal to flic mand. Resolved, That the state requested presidents ol each Alliance or union be to as sist in every possible way J. F. securing Tiluiau, the national crop statistician, in accurate crop reports. Resolved, That the assembled, representatives do of the cotton States, here as csrt that the compound lard bill now pending in congress is unwise, special, the and class legislation, and will increase burdens < f one class of producers nml only benefits a monopoly that by mi mean.* manufacturers a pure article of hog’s lard, and members of congress are hereby most respectfully and earnestly requested to oppose the passage of said measure. L. L. Polk, president N. F. A. and I. U.; 8. M. Adams, president Alabama al liance; W. 8. Morgan, delegate, Arkan sas; W. I. Vason, delegate, Florida; L. F. Livingston, president Georgia Alliance T. 8. Adams, president, Louisiana; G. B. Dimes, delegate, Missouri; 8. It. Alexan der, delegate, North Carolina; K. T. Stackhouse, president, South Carolina; S. D. A. Duncan, president, Mississippi; Texas; J. U. It. W. Coleman, delegate, Buchanan, president, Tennessee. THE BOLD BOOMERS. ORGANIZING FOR ANOTHER RAID ON T1IK CHEROKEE STUIF. The Cherokee Strip Homesteaders’as •ociation has issued a secret circular,elated at Guthrie, Arkansas City, Winfield and Cold water, Kas., March 11th, which re cites that: “The administration sympathy having with given evidence of its entire the thousands who are clamoring foi homes in lhe great domain, now wholly given over to the cattle barons, to the ex clusion of many .worthy settlers, it line 'been deemed expedient for association, prospective settlers to organize n secret invasion of having for its object the time. Accord- the Cherokee strip at a given ingly, on the 22(1 day of April, boomers at 12 o’clock,a concerted movement of will be made on all sides ol the outlet, We have gooel reason to believe that the settlers will be un molested if the movement assumes suffi cient proportions.” The matter was brought to the attention of advised the president on Wednesday and he that a statement be given to the press to effee t: • “That no matter what the proportions the strip will of the raid, the settlement of not be allowed until it is made lawful.” Tho patrol of the Cherokee strip by tin forces of the United States army was be gun Wednesday. DISCU8SINQ THE TARE. THE BAGGING COMMITTEES CONSIDERING THE NET WEIGHT QUESTION. The Interstate and State bagging com mittees heJel a meeting in Atlanta, Ga., ou Wednesday, to discuss tho demand tc be made by the Alliance as to selling cotton by net weight. The delegates to the convention wore as follows; W. 8. Morgan, barna; Arkansas; 8. M. Adams, Ala W. J. Vason, Florida; T. S. Adams, Louisiana; J. B. Dines, Missouri: S. B. Alexander, R. B. Hunter, North Carolina; E. T. Stackhouse, South Carolina; S. D. A. Duncan, Texas; R. W. Coleman, W. S. McCallister, Mis aissippi; Tennesseo; J. P. Buchanan, J. F. Tillman, L. F. Livingston, W. J. Northern, W. W. L. Peek, It. M. Brown, J. Butts, Thomas E. Wynn, W. D. H. Searcy, J{. L. Burks, W. It. Gorman, Georgia. The object of the meeting was to decide what demand the Alliance: will make. As it now stands, cotton is sold in Liverpool with thirty pounds tare to the bale off. As cotton bagging with ties weigh only sixteen pounds, and even jute with ties weighs only twenty-four, the farmer loses either fourteen or six pounds of cotton on every bale he sells. The demand will probably be that, tike tobacco, sugar anel other things, cotton must be sold at net weight. BLUFFTON’8 GIFT. SHE SECURES THE LOCATION OF THE NEW METHODIST UNIVERSITY. BlufTton, Alabama, makes the munifi cent gift of $500,000 to the; Methodist Episcopal church for the location of the educational institution known as tin* Un iversity of the Southland. Rev. ('. L. Mann, D. D., who has it in charge, says that $1,500,000 will be expended on the main building, which will be 300 feet by 300 feet anel seven stories in height, with an inner court 200 feet square. The ma terial to be used is white marble granite and sandstone;. Ground will be broken April 15th, and work on the building pushed rapidly. France claims the honor of utilizing a higher watr;r pressure than that which has bei put in operation in the (.’hollar shaft on the Comstock lode in Nevada, At Brignoud, a turbine nine feet ten inches in diameter was put in operation 1638 in the v*ar 1875, utilizing a head of feet, this is still working, anel gives a force of 1500 horse power, with « (low if 3(K) litres of water per second. CURRENT NEWS. CONDENSED FROM THE TELE GRAPH AND CARLE. THINGS THAT HAruF.N FROM DAT TO DAI THROUGHOUT THE WOIU.D, CULLED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Twelve hundred immigrants arrived at New York, Tuesday. Five hundred rolling mill men are out on a strike at Pittsburg, Pa. Yellow fever has broken out iu Campi nas and Sao Paulo, Rio Janeiro. Shocks of earthquake were felt in dif ferent portions of Spain on Tuesday. Cotton mills in England nru stopping work, owing to the scarcity of coal, lie cause of the miners’ strike. Fire Tuesday night destroyed property in Milford, Mass., to the extent of $120, 000; insurance about $30,000. The Illinois democratic central com mittee has decided to call a state con vention. to meet at Springfield on June 4th. The strike of the English coal miners has ended. Wages will lie advanced 5 per cent., and the men will resume work at once. extensive George chemical I). Rosengnrten, founder of the works of Rosengnrten Tuesday, Sous, Philadelphia, aged died iu that, city 69. The Christian and Mussel men clergy have been prohibited from taking part in tho approaching election for members of the Cretan assembly. Dr. Harrison Wagner, whose numerous Huits against the Adams Express company has attracted so much attention, lias conic to grief, lie was, on Wednesday, arrest ed in Washington, I). (’., charged with forgery. There was a long meeting of the sugar trust in New York on Thursday, and be fore it ended interested parties every where had information that a cash divi dend of two and a half per cent had been declared for the present quarter. The “Newark,’’last of the cruisers built for the government by Cramp & Sous, of Philadelphia, was successfully launched Wednesday afternoon. Tho vessel was christened by Miss Grace II. Bnutellc, (laughter of Congressman Uautcllc. Senator Voorhees will be the principal counsel for Mr. Kincaid when he is put on trial for the killing of ex Representa tive Taulbcc. Senator Voorhees lias had several long consultations with Mr. Kin caid, and has marked but the line of de fense. Prosecuting-Attorney Davidson, of Cole county, Mo., filed an information with Justice Wagner Tuesday morning it charging ex State Treasurer Noland wit embezzling state funds. Noland was present at the time, gave himself up, and was adinited to bail iu $5,000. A special of Wednesday from Healey, Wis., says: A great lire is raging in Ger mania mines and threatens a heavy loss of property. Five miners penned in the burning mine have recovered. perished. The bodies the of two have been Loss to mining company $100,000. A dispatch of Thursday from Berlin, Germany, says: The labor conference is working with unexpected rapidity and success. The Sunday committee hoaprac tical^ finished its labors, having arrived at a compromise, advising obligatory that rest for on church holidays he only women, young persons and children. In a case brought up Wis., from the circuit court of Rock county, the supreme court decided that tin- Bible had no place in our common schools. The opinion was unanimous. The case originated st Edgerton, where suit was brought to com pel the school district board to prohibit teachers from reading the Bible to scholars. John F. Plummer, the well known republican politician York, and made drygoods mer chant of New dry goods an assign trade merit Wednesday. T he was a good deal startled when the failure was announced. The liabilities un stated to be $1,000,000. The firm is one of the largest commission houses in the business, and lias been in existence many years. HEMINGWAY’8 SHORTAGE. MISSISSIl’I’l's EX-TREASURER SHORT IS IIIH accounts $315,013.19 A Jackson, Miss., dispatch says: The legislative committee finished its investi gation of the accounts of ex-Treasurer Fleming»ay on Wednesday and presented their report to the governor. The com mittee says: “After examination a thorough, compe tent and painstaking of the books of the department, and all the vouchers thereof which were attainable, we find that the ex-treasurer has not ac counted for $315,612.19, and lee is in debted to the state for that amount.” Ol course suit will be instituted at once. The report of the committee would indi cate that the shortage occurred in his last term. Colonel Hemingway will make a statement. JACK FROST'S WORK. GREAT DAMAGE TO THE TENNESSEE PR (IT CROP BY THE FREEZE. On account of the late frost*, it is con ceded by the fruit raisers of Tennessee, that this year’s crop will be unusually On the ridges and mountains it i estimated that eighty ]* r rent of the peach, and fifteen per cent of the apple crops leave been destroyed, the peat crop is a total failure, vrawsaie. < ut o by the frost, but may rewood and give a good late crop. NO 25 THE KANSAS ALLIANCE TAKER A HAND IN POLITICS AND WARNS CONGRESSMEN. A dispatch of The Tuesday Farmers’ from Kansas City, Kansas Mo., growing says: rapidly, Alliance in is so both in members they nml have perfection become of decidedly organization, that a dis turbing factor in local and State politics. State Organizer through Jennings lias just fin ished up a trip establishing the state, where he lias been new Alliances and extending Every tho scope of in the organiza tion. county nearly the whole state is organized, and especially nearly every farmer in eucli county is a member of the organiaztiou, In local politics, where then- immediate interests are at stnke, Alliances have, generally de cided to support only their can didates, who coincide with thcii views and adopt their principles. The organization has already got its fin ger in the national political pie. Tho president of the the Kansas Alliance has ad dressed to Kansas Hcnators and rep resentatives, at Washington, is a letter in forming them that depression the belief among tlie farmers that the of agri cultural interests is due to vicious legis lation. The letter roucludes thus: “Many of tho questions (list are receiving the attention of Congress are far less ur gent than those upon which the safety of home and t he welfare of family depend and people believe that the white citizens of Kansas have some rights a* well as the colored citizens in the South. They believe that the fallen heroes, both white and black, in the past struggles foi liberty, and afford the perpetuity wait of our institu tions, can to for one moment until the right of living heroes in the pre sent struggle for American homes, receive some recognition of the men who have been chosen to represent them in cou grcBS. Behind flieso demand: ru more Hum 100,000 ballots in the State of Kansas and the time is not far dis tant, when legislators will hoed the voice of their constituents.” These indications of opposition of the Alliance to monopo lies are troubling decidedly the politicians and they are becoming nervous. UNDER FALLING WALLS. TERRIBLE FATE OF SEVEN A I, INDIAN APO t.TB FIREMEN. Fire broke out in tho basement of tha Bowen Merrill company’s wholesale boolj and paper house, at lr.dianapolis, Tho location Ind.,oft of th« Monday afternoon. effective work part flro of prevented flromen, and the flames on the quickly tho made thoir way to the first, and second floors. The company carries an immensel stock, estimated at (1211,000, on whlob there Is an insurance of $70,000. The building ulld adjoining stores of 11. P. Wasson & Co., and Byrarn A Sullivan, were damaged, but the exact loss cannot be given. The firemen seemed completely balfled in their efforts to subdue the Haines. The rear Probably wall fell, eight crushing sev eral firemen. or ten wero killed. Three of the bodies have been .sken from tho ruins LATKtt A great throng surrounded ths ruins ol tho llowen-Merrill book eoncorn Tuesday morning. An army of workmen w«r< busily engaged carting away the debril to exhume t he bodies of the dead and injured buried there, i he list of th( dead us far as known are m follows: Andrew O. (.'berry, superintendent of thi fire alarm telegraph; mill George pinioned Faulkner, in ths engineer ruins; company 1, Espy Htormrr, pipeman origins company l, mi l In the ruins; David It. Eowry, pip* m m engine company 2, still in tin* ruins; l'. G. Mazier, substitute en gine company 2; Henry 1). Woodruff, pipeman engine company 5; George W. Glenn, pipeman reel company 10; Albert Hoffman, pipeman < ompany 10 ; Anthony Volz, driver hook and ladder company 2; Thomas A. Black, truckman hook and ladder <; in puny 3; The in jured number eighteen. Jefferson Davis Memorial Volume. lit DK. J. WM. JONES. We learn from the publishers, Atlanta, Messrs. Ga., II. C. Hudgins & Co., i>[ that the Davis Memorial volume being prepared by the popular author, Dr. J. Wm. Jones, is rapidly nearing completion, leader of Wince the death of the great* st the “Lost Cattle,” demand there has such been an work un precedented for a and it is an assured fact that it will have an enormous sale. Messrs. Hudgins & Co., say they ex pect to have canvassers in the field in sa few days so the public will not have Ion j; to wait. Aside from the great Jove and admira tion on the part of our Southern people for the dead hero, the fact that the talented author is so well and favorably known will doubtless cause the volume to be re ceived with unusual favor. Those wishing an agency should write at once to Messrs. H. C. Hudgins «fc Co., of Atlanta. AN UNFORTUNATE MAYOR. His DWELLING TWICE BURNED DOWN Bit HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES. For over a year there has lieen a bitter war between the prohibition in Colorado and Springs, anti probation The element feeling bitter that Col. was so two months ago the residence of Mayor Stockbridge, a prominent ground. prohibitionist, The loss was burned to the was $11,000, and it is rumored his polit ical enemies had a hand in the matter. At a meeting of the:* republican and lib eral parties Wednesday night, Mr. Stock bridge was nominated for mayor, and Thursday morning his new residence was fired and burned to the ground.