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THE BLUItSMEM! TIMES.
VOL. VI.
AT THE CAPITAL.
WHAT THE FIFTY-FIRST CON
GRESS IS DOING.
appointments by president iiarrison—
MEASURES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
On Tuesday the house committee on
agriculture reported to the house, with
amendments, the Butterworth bill to de
fine options and futures and to impose a
special tax upon dealers therein, etc. The
first and second sections of the bill define
the character of transactions known as
“futures” and “option” contracts. The
third section mentions articles to which
the bill applies. They are wheat, corn,
oats, cotton, pork and some other farm
staples. Section four imposes a special
tax of $1,000 upon dealers in options bill,
and futures, as defined in the
and a tax of live cents per pound
and twenty cents per bushel upon articles
which are the subject matter of sales un
der futures and option contracts. Other
sections of the bill provide for carrying
the provisions of the act into effect, The
■committee says the bill, in terms, does
■and is intended to, apply to that class of
transactions conducted iu the “bucket
shops” and “grain pits” of the country,
and known as “puts” and “calls,” includ
ing the whole range of mere speculative Jt
gambling in fictitious farm products. legiti
does not affect, injuriously, any
mate trader, or dealei; in farm staples.
The bill seeks to impose an internal reve
nue tax upon these ‘‘dealer” iu grain, cot
ton and pork, who, as a rule, never
see, open or handle pork or a pound bill, in ol
the articles they deal in. The
terms, affects transactions for future de
livery, which, are innocent in themselves
and do no harm to any one, but it is in
tended to reach that class of speculator- who
only who sell wliat they do not own,
sell with no purpose or intent to deliver
what they sell; who require little capital iu
or stock in trade, and yet who s 11
“bucket shops” of the United States every
month more wheat than is grown iu the
whole world in a year, thus, in a great
measure, destroying trade, driving price mer
chants from the field and forcing the
of farm products below the cost of pro
duction.
In the house, on Tuesday, the commit
tee on naval affairs called up the bill tc
prevent the enlistment of aliens in the
naval service of the United States. The
bill further provides that aliens now in
the service shall not be permitted to re
enlist at the expiration of their present
term. Mr. McAdoo said that the mea
sure had the hearty approval of the sec
retary of the navy. Under its provisions the
it would be but three years before
navy would be manned entirely by Amer
ican citizens. Air. Boutelle offered an
amendment that the act shall go into ef
fect July 1, 1890. This would
operate so as not to prevent tlie re
enlistment of aliens on United States
vessels—adopted. Air. Lind, of Minne
sota, offered an amendment providing
that enlistment aud service in the navy
for five years shall he construed to Ire res
idence in the United States for tlie pur
pose of securing citizenship—Adopted. adopted permitting
An amendment was
the enlistment of alivns in' cases of emer
gency on foreign stations. Tlie bill was
then passed.
The senate off Tuesday resumed con
sideration of the Montana contested elec
tion case, and Mr. Spooner continued his
argument ip favor of the right of the re
publican claimants—Sanders and Power.
There being no quorum present the case
was laid aside. The senate then took up
the anti-trust bill as reported from the
judiciary committee. After considerable
discussion the bill was passed—yeas 52.
nays 1.
In the house, on 'Wednesday, Senate
amendments were concurred in to the
house vote to admit free of duty articles
intended for the St. Louis exposition in
1890, which may be imported from the
republic of Mexico Dominion and other American Canada.
republics and the of
The house then went into a committee ol
the whole on the naval appropriation bill.
After a lengthy debate, and pending
final action, the committee rose and tiie
house, at 5 o'clock, adjourned.
In the senate, ou Wednesday, Mr. Wil
son, of Iowa, offered a resolution, which
was agreed to, instructing the committee
on interstate commerce to inquire what
additional legislation is neceesary in re
spect to commutation and excursion tick
ets so as to prevent the abuses now exist
ing in regard to individuals and locali
ties. The house bill appropriating $75,
000 to supply the deficiency occasioned
by the defalcation in the office of the late
sergeant at-arms of the house, was re
ported from the committee on appropria
tions without amendment, and passed.
The senate then resumed consideration of
the Montana contested election case, and
Mr.' Pugh continued hi- argument in fa
vor of the democratic claimants—Clark
and The Maginnis. Thursday into
house on went com
mittee of the whole. Mr. Butterworth in
the chair, on the naval appropriation
bill. The bill was favorably reported to
the house, but no final action was taken
and the house, at 4:45, adjourned. again
The Montana election case was
taken up in the senate on Thursday. Mr.
Call ad dressed the senate in opposition to
the report of the majority of the commit
tee, declaring the two republican claim- ”
ants, 3Iessrs. Sanders and Power,
upon the merits of the case to a. eats _ in tlie
senate from the State of Montana,
held it to be the duty of every senut :or to
express his opinion in the matter and to
give to the senate and country reasons for
that opinioo and judgment. After a
lengthy discussion, the senate adjourned
without action.
NOTES.
The ways and mdxns committee is in
BLACKSHEAR, GA. THURSDAY, A PR IL II. I MO.
receipt of remonstrances against the prop
osition to tax Mexican lead ore.
The house judiciary committee has or
dered a favorable report to be made upon
Hundcrsou’s bill to amend the internal
revenue laws.
Pursuant to tlie opinion expressed at a
conference of republican of senators thirteen Satur
day night, a committee Tuesday and entered repub
lican senators met
upon the work of preparing command a silver the bill,
il' possible, majority that shall iu sup- Tie
port of the the senate.
committee of thirteen are charged with
the duty of reconciling the demand with
views ol ttiose members of n- ma >rity
who do not favor free coinage.
Representatives McClammy and Mor
gan have united iu a minority report in
opposition to the compound lard bill re
ported by ihe house committee on agri
eulture. They argue that as lard is now
sold almost entirely in small tin pails, aud it
must be apparent that the efftet ob
ject of tlie law is to forever destroy the
sale of lnrd compounds. The severity
and variety of penalties of the bill are
in usual and out of proportion compound to the
offenses. The report defends
lard as composed of the three agricul- seed
tural products—lnrd, fat and cotton
oil—not at all deleterious to health, but
nutritious and wholesome. Therefore,
there is no need for legislation on that
score.
A RAILROAD COMMISSION
DEMANDED BY THE FARMERS’ ALLIANCE
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
The farmers’ alliances of the various
counties of the state met at Raleigh, N
C., ou Saturday and adopted the follow
ing resolution:
Whereas, It is the opinion o!
the alliance that the agricultura
interests of North Carolina would be ad
vanced by the creation of a railroad com
mission for this state, and also the pas
sage of the sub-treasury bill pending iu
congress. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we hereby pledge our
selves not to give legislature our support who to any is can
didate for tlie not
known to be in favor of a railroad com
mission for North Carolina, nor any can
didate for congress who will not pledge
himself to exert his best efforts to secure
the early enactment of the bill before
congress known as the “sub-treasury
bill.”
A DYING STATESMAN.
HON. SAMUEL J. RANDALL SLOWLY PASS
ING AWAY.
A dispatch of Thursday, from Wash
ington says: The coil of death is slowlj
but surely tigbtning around tlie form ol
that greatest of all democrats, Samuel J.
Randall. It is now only his great will
power that keeps life and body intact. A
less determined nnm would have passed
out of life long ere this. But Mr. Ran
dall has made the same tenacious aud gal
hint fight against death that so often dis
tinguished him iu great legislative bat
lies. lle lias come out of many lights
with victory and honor. This is, how
ever, his last. Death and Ins already practi
cally won the battle, ere many hours
the soul of this great man will have pass
ed to another and a brighter shore.
A HORRIBLE SIGHT.
EIGHTEEN HEADLESS BODIES FOUND
PACKED TOGETHER IN A BOX.
A special cable from Madrid,Spain,says:
A horrible story comes from Morocco.
A large box was recently received from
the interior of the country at the port of
Mazagan, for shipment. It was addressed
to a person unknown and was opened,
when a ghastly sight was revealed.
Closely packed in the box were the bodies
of sixteen young women, one man and a
negress. All the victims had been decap
itated and the heads were missing, The
bodies were embalmed and had evidently
been a long time in the condition in which
they were found. It is believed the slaugh
ter was the work of some pasha who had
taken vengeance on an unfaithful harem.
UNDER WATER.
GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI AGAIN INUN
DATED BY A BROKEN LEVEE.
A Greenville, Miss., special of Saturday
says: on' The levee which has so long been
the great danger of breaking at Cat
fish point, near Connallv plantation, in
Boliviar county, about twenty miles by
land above Greenville, gave way Friday
morning and from the latest reports re
ceived, the crevasse is from 1,700 to
1.800 feet and increasing. The water
reached Greenville about 3 o'clock Sat
urday morning. The main business street,
i-: now one sheet of water and the wate?
ii making its way over the sidewalks into
the -tore*. A great many people had to
•ate their residences to seek high qunr
■ rs on account of the suddenrise.
WHOLESALE DISCHARGE
OF THE CONDUCTORS ON THE QUEEN AND
CRESCENT RAILWAY.
A special from Chattanooga, and Tenn.,
says: Light Queen Crescent con
ductors have been discharged within tlie
last w days, thi nc tices simply -fating
that their reports are not satisfactory.
Among the discharged are Sain Ben
■ •:■ . Newton Ham Mind, two of
0 j,j t conductors of he Queen and
q resc( .| system. Rumc are rife th.t
the entire force of conductors on the road
will be asked to resign, as the “spotters”
and two of the Pinkerton detective agen
cy have is been doing some secret work,
which now beginning to manifest it
st If.
ALLIANCE NOTES.
WHAT THE ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS ARE DOING.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE FARM EH,
GATnERF.D FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS OK
TUE COUNTRY.
The Farmers’ Alliance in Osage county,
Kansas, are shipping corn to Alabama.
*
The State Alliance*of Minnesota again
resolves that none but farmers shall be.
eligible to membership. - Granger, (Omaha,
Neb.)
*
* * who is
There is now and then a farmer
holding oil fiom the Alliance, to see what
the consequences w ill be. If all the farm
ers were like these, they would soon see
what the consequeuees would be.—Dex
ter (Kansas) Free Prats.
lu 1870 the farmers owned 70 per cent,
of the property in Georgia: now only 24
per cent of the property is held by fann
ers. Twenty tiicir years hence, unless a new
deal is made, interest in the wealth
of the state will be much less.
*'* Kansas
The Farmers’ Alliance iff
threatens to justify its entrance into poli
tics by turning Air. John James Ingalls
out of the United States Senate. When
it has done that the Alliance may count
on public approval in anything it may
undertake.
*** Ga.
The Farmers’ Alliance of Jackson,
had two meetings during the past week,
and resolved to petition members in con
gressto vote for the sub-treasury bill, and
a petition to that effect was largely sign
ed by the people. The Alliance ol Jack
sou county lias eschewed politics, and b
working iu the interest of the fanners
alone.
* >;• thousand
One hundred iind lifty Run.,
farmers have signed a petition to the gov
amor of that state, asking him to call an
extra session of the legislature for the
purpose of devising ways and means for
extending the time of redemption of
farms sold under mortgage, and to pro
vide a stay of execution on promissory
notes without bond.
*** “Remem
The Southern Mercury says:
her, Alliancemen, tluit your enemies are
now at work trying to stir up strife
among our membership, attempting to
blacken the fair names of your chosen
leaders. This is done to divide your
forces and cripple your indueuce. Money
and corruption go hand in hand when the
enemy decides to ruin you.
***
The outside men and outside press who
are so anxious to advise the Alliance, are
generally trying to work some scheme of
their own. While thinking of their ad
vice, inquire somewhat into their motives.
While thinking of their advice and seek
ing for their motive, don’t forget that old
story of the monkey, the • cat and the
chestnuts .—Southern Alliance Farmer.
***
The Alliance may be new, and some ol
its truest workers may be fresh, to use n
common expression. They may have
“hay seed in their hair,” but the princi
pies upon which the order is founded arc
co-existent with mankind,and being based
upon eternal justice, are as firm as thr
everlasting hills. There is no civilization
purer, no future grander than that for
which the Farmers’ Alliance is striving.
*’* is the Alliance
Tho sub-treasury plan will demand
plan of relief. Alliancemen
of every candidate seeking their support,
that he do all in his power to have this
bill become a law. No true Allianeemau
will vote for a candidate for congress
who will not pledge himself to it. While
the Alliance are not wanting to make all
the laws, they have certain supported, principles
which they demand shall lie
and candidates may as well be pieparing
to do it.
*
* *
The Jackson Patriot, Vernon, i/a., says:
“The farmers, as an organization, Not have only
every reason to be hopeful. but
have they profited financially, educated rnen
tally—they have come to lx*
upon great public questions and under
stand better the issues that effect their
interest. While they have been success
ful so far, even beyond their utmost san
guine expectation, there is a prospect, of
still greater success before them. 'I hey
should cling closer to the principles with of
the order, and guard its interests a
jealous cam and lose none of the foothold
they have gained.
**
Two Opinions. —There are two opin
ions held as to what will be best for the
agricultural interests of ’he country. One
of those opinions is held by the men who
are farmers aud who are vitally interest
ed in having the farmers become inde
pendent, and be elevated mentally, so
cially and morally. The other and oppo
site opinion is held by that class who be
lieve it is to their own interest to have
the fanners remain dependent and the
absolute slaves of the moneyed cta- The
first opinion is held by that class who fol
low the divine injunction, “In the sweat
of thy face shalt thou eat bread all the
days of thy life.” In other words, they
live by labor. The second opinion is help
by that class who eat bread by th<- sweat
of other men’s brows, and live off of la
bor and not by labor. Alliancemen will
have no trouble in deciding to which
opinion they can safely listen, and the
suggestions of which class they can safely
follow .—Southern Alliance Farmer.
HOW HE GOT SOLD.
She—I saw gome one to-day whom, I
am told, you greatly admire.
He—Ah ! np to your old tricks again?
“What do vou mean ?”
“Why, looting in the, glass,”—Law
rence American.
CURRENT NEWS.
CONDENSED FROM THE TELE
GRAPH AND CABLE.
things that happen fkom day to day
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CUI.l.KD
FROM VARIOUS SOURCF.S.
The Iowa Senate on Thursday defeated
the liquor license bill by a vote of 21 to
39.
The stockholders of the Chicago
World’s Fair Association organized m
Chicago on Friday.
It is said that Governor Fifer, of Illin
ois, will call a special session of the legis
luture at once to deal with world’s fait
matters,
George II. Pell, connected with the
wrecking of the Sixth National bank, of
New York, was surrendered by one of bis
bondsmen Thursday and locked up.
Bodies of Turkish troops insulted have Christians pillaged
Christian churches and
in the province of Cundia, Crete, An
inquiry is being made into the outrages.
The Mill Owners’ Association of Hum
bay lias resolved to close spinning mills
eight days every month and weaving
mills four days every month for three
mouths.
Tlie census shows that there are 30,229
Germans in Paris and 35,718 in the lic
pertinent of Seine. The Soir says it is
time the government stopped the inva
sioii of Germans.
The will of the late David Davis leaves
ids vast property to his wife and family,
There are no bequests for charity, to
servants, to educational or oilier institn
tions,
On Thursday, the Pan-American con
ference took up and disposed of the union, in
ports of the committee on customs
adopting the report of the majority, with
three dissenting votes.
The Manhattan, Kansas, bank closed
J . » doom . mi I u.-sday morning, and 1 yosl < ed 1
the following iiot.re: “Close.I Jo). J.
Webb, temporary assignee.” No pa.t.c
ulars can tinned,
The Cuyuga woolen mill, of Auburn
N. A., has been placed in the bands ol »
receiver, with liabilities amounting to
$120,000. and nominal assets to tin -
amount of $135,000, estimated to be
worth $80,000.
It is reported that inquiry into munioi
pul finances of Rome, Italy, reveals a stale
of Bankruptcy exceeding the worst mili
cipations. The government declines
further to assist in averting the crush,
Numerous failures are expected,
Fire broke out in the boiler rooms of
the extensive shops of the Lewis & Fow
ler Manufacturing company, Brooklyn,
N y., Thursday night. The loss is
$200,000, largely covered by insurance,
qq u , h)iopH ,., ut> i 0 vcl over 400 men.
The department of state lias been noti
fied by the minister of France that (he
French government, on Ihe 4-l.li instant,
in order to munitions prevent tho importation int Dnhoney, of
arms and of war o
declared a blockade of the Dahoney
coast.
The Emm . relief committee has received .
a cable dispatch from Zanzibar stating
that a letter has been received from I)r.
Peters, dated Kamassu, west ward of Lake
Barrings, January 20, in which the doc
tor said that lie and Lieutenant Liedmunn
were well.
A dispatch of Thursday from Fosston,
Minn., says: R. G. Hwceton, cashier of
the Fosston National hank, lias been ab
sent since the 3d, aud an examination of
the bank’s books shows that lie lias taken
f 0 m $5,009 to $8,000. It. is supposed he
has gone to Canada.
Mrs. Marv Williams bus recovered in n
Chicago court $5,000 from her husband,
Aaron S. Williams, against whom she
brought suit for slander, claiming $20,000
(] a rnages. Such a case is a very extra
ordinary one, and must involve nice
points of law, as the parties have not
been divorced.
A great deal of opposition is mani
fested at New York by members of tbs
prodace and cotton exchanges against
the so-called “Butterworth bill " now be
termined fare congress. On Tuesday it was dc
to send to Washington a com
mittee from the two exchanges to appear
before the committee on agriculture.
P1QHTINQ BUCKET SHOPS.
T*m CHICAGO BOA HD OK TRADE DKTERM
INED TO DOWN THEM.
. The Chicago board of trade gave an
dtoer turn to the screw which it is appiv
in-/ to bucket shops in t ie matter of , no
tations. It lias been the custom of 1 ary
leaders to post fluctuation- of ^raiu am
produce in their offices for the suspected eonvei
lence of customers. It was
that these postings m-: ■ being taken ad
antage of by the bucket shops, and on
tions -equently this s >urce of no--ib!e T a a
was cut oft Monday, and as a eon
sequence the bucket : shops arc j
quotations lc--.s frequently and less promt it
y than they have Mom ; heretofore. 1 in
—'Hit is that the bucket shops show sig
-I distress. Tin board i -greatly eneour
J. an 1 fientirr unanimous
n favor of r. cal I :s ia order
r cornoli*h tho end
A FRUITFUL REVIVAL.
CONFESSIONS KY CONVERTS TO TERMINA L*
IN EVER A I. DIVORCE CASES.
A Portland Episcopal ci gelist eon
dueling a revi meeting at Hamilton
Madison county, Indiana, requiri con
TCI -- rtx to nublielv confe* - ; and
made s.
The ives of three jxnitent husband*
who related their experience now declare
they will at once apply for divorce.
THE PROGRAMME
WtKANGED KOI! THE PAN-AMKRK AN DELE
GATES IN THEIR Tltll- SOUTH.
A Washington, I). ('., dispatch says :
Members of tliu International American
conference will start on their proposed
Southern lowing tour Friday, April 18th. Fol
is the itinerary of the trip:
Friday, April 18—Leave Washington,
I). C’., via Pennsylvania railroad at 11
p. m.
Saturday, April 10—Arrive at Old
Point Comfort, Va., 0 a. in.
Sunday, April 00—Leave, Old Point
Comfort at 11 p. m.
Monday, April 21—Arrive at Rich
mond, Va., 9 a. in.; leave Richmond at
0 ]). m.
Tuesday, April 32- Arrive at Charles
ton, S. C., at 9 a. iu. ; leave Charleston 2
a. in.
Wednesday, April 29 Arrive at Au
gusta, Oa., 0 a. in.; leave Augusta 11
p. m.
Thursday, April 24—Arrive at night Atlanta,
Gu., 9 a. in.; leave Atlanta 12
Friday, April 35—Arrive night. at Macon,
On., 9a. in.; leave Macon 13
Saturday, April 3(1—Arrive at Bruns
wick, Gu., 9. a. m. The party will go by
steamer to Fernandina, and leave Fcr
imndiua, Fla., 0 p. m.; leave Jackson
ville, Fla., 7.85 p. in., and arrive at St.
Augustine, Fla., 9 p. in. Augustine
Sunday, April 27 Leave St.
at 11 j). in.
Monday, April 28’ Arrive at Tampa,
Fla., 7 a. m.; leave Tampa 8 p. m.
Tuesday, April 29—Arrive at Pensa
cola, Fla., 8 p. in.; leave Pensacola, 12
night. Wednesday, April 30—Arrive Mo
at
bile, Ala., H a. m.; leave Mobile 12night,
Thursday, May 1 Arrive New Orleans,
La., 8 a. in.
Friday, May 2 Leave New Orleans 12
uiglit. Birmingham,
Saturday, May 3 Arrive
Ala., 12 noon; leave Birmingham 12
night. 4—Arrive Chattanooga,
Sunday, May
Tenn., 8 a. in.
Monday, May 5 Leave Chattanooga 12
'night. Arrive Nashville
Tuesday, May 0 8 a.
m. ; leave Nashville 9 p. ill.
Wednesday, May 7 Arrive Roanoke,
Va., 3 p. in.
Thursday, May H I,cave Roanoke 7 a.
in.; arrive Natural Bridge Station 8:1.7
a. m.
Friday, May 9 - Leave Natural Bridge
Station 10 a. m.; arrive Luray, Va., 1
p. m.
Saturday, May 10 Leave Luray, Va.,
10 a. in., aud arrive Washington, 1). ('.,
at 2 p. m.
A DISASTROUS STORM
SWEEPS OVER THE COUNTRY DOING < ON ■
BIUEItAJ1I.I0 DAMAGE.
A Chicago dispatch in this says: Recent tho
heavy wind storms part of
disturbance country have of caused the waters an of unusually Luke Miclu- deep
gait. Oll Wednesday a series of tidal
waves swept in upon this shore. Vessels
wen- curried in shore arid run aground in
the mud; those attached to the piers
were jerked the from their influences fastenings. felt It
seems that same were
at other points on the lake. At ltaciue,
Wis., the waters seemed to be drawn
away from tho shore, lowering the surface
very noticeably. Ohio,
A special from together Akron, Tuesday says:
Two clouds came even
ing about two miles northwest of Sharon,
Medina county, and then began to re
volve in tornado fashion and bear down
upon the village, lu ten minutes it had
leveled everything in its track, over six
miles of farm land, for the width of thirty
rods, demolished dozens of buildings,
killed one man, fatally injured injured a man and
a woman and seriously several
others. Forests, in which were trees
two feet in diameter, were cut down as if
they had been cornstalks. The loss
amounts to tens of thousands.
News from Pittsburg, Pa., says: West
ern Pennsylvania wind and was electric visited by an Wed- unus
ual rain, morning. damage storm done,
nesday Great was
and two lives were lost.
At Indiana, Pa., a bolt of Wegley lighting
struck the flouring burned. mill of &
Wilson, aud it was Loss $15,
000. In Westmoreland county, Pa.,
great-damage is reported. For two hours
the rain fell in torrents, and nearly all the
streams overflowed their banks, washing
away bridges. At Perm station a num
her of families were compelled to vacate high
their house* and seek shelter or.
h ' : *l : * rjos Vall, v ra,lroi ‘ 1
Ch.r.dge, , northern f terminus, .- bad
is was
D damaged,
A Roanoke, V a., special passed
greatest tornado for ...any year
over this city Wednesday mg. Th«
casthouse at Crozier iron fun. was
l blown down .and three laborer* were
killed and one was mortallv wounded.
The loss to the furnace company is $5,000.
Nearly one hundred dwellings in course
of erection were demolished. Salem [' '
furnace was blown down, a heavy !o>s
being reported, and buildings in that vi
cimtywere reduced to ru ins. Los*
*><V’ W *
SEVEN DROWNED.
A raft containing twenty NEGROES is
CAPSIZED WITH FATAL RESULTS.
In the section of country overflowed by
the crevasse at Catfish Point, MLss., last
week, a raft containing twenty negroes, the
who were trying to escape from
floods, was capsized in the mouth of
Bogue Pha'iia, the rapid current having
carried the frail craft against reached a tree, the
Only thirteen of the party
shore alive. All were Alabama negroes
and not acquainted with such vicissitudes.
NO ^ 8 .
SOUTHERN NOTES.
INTERESTING NEWS FROM ALL
POINTS IN TUE SOUTH.
□ K.NEHAL PROGRESS AND OCCURRENCES
WHICH ARE HAPPENING BELOW MA
SON’S AND DIXON'S LINE.
A gang of forgers of Italian and Span
ish bonds has been captured at Trieste.
Tlie Texas Standard Cotton Seed Oil
mill, near Galveston, Texas, burned
Tuesday night. 11 will prove a complete
loss.
In the suit, of George B. Mosely vs.
Charles A. Culvo, proprietor of the Co
lumbia, S. C. Register, for libel, the jury
returned a verdict for defendant.
The dry kilns of tin* Pratt Lumber
company, at Verbena, Alii., burnt Thurs
day. Two hundred thousand feet of
lumber burned in the kiln. Total loss,
$15,000; no insurance.
At Yelvington, Ivy., a town of 300
population, a disastrous tire occurred
Thursday. T. P. Taylor's tobacco factory
and seventeen other buildings, mostly
residences, were burned. Loss $(10,000;
insurance $30,000.
A dispatch from Jackson, Stone’s Miss,, order, says:
In pursuance of Governor
Adjutant-General William Henry will
proceed at once to take distribution charge of of and tho sen
to tlie proper
tents furnished by tlie general govern
ment for the overflow sufferers in Missis
sippi.
At a meeting of tho board of directors
of the New Orleans Cotton exehauge on
adopted Tuesday in a series which of resolutions invoke were
they earnestly
tiie aid of semi tors and representatives in
congress from Louisiana toward tlie de
feat of tlie Butterworth bill practically
delivery. prohibiting (lie sale of articles for future
Fire was discovered Wednesday morn
ing in the forging department of the
United States Rolling Stock company's
works at Decatur, Ala. The machine
shop, blacksmith shop, moulding room
and engine room quickly oauglii nmi were
totally destroyed. mid 'Idle loss is about
$ 200 , 000 , fully four hundred labor
ers are thrown out of employment.
David liunnicutt, a railroad contractor,
was assassinated at, bis home at lleury
Ellen, twelve miles from Birmingham,
Ala., TucmIuv night. He hud just fin
ished supper ami walked into tlie sitting
room when the assassin fired through a
window. The. only clew to the assassin
is that sometime ago liunnicutt hud a
difficulty with a negro who was in hia
employ, and that negro is now missing.
trade review.
run nrSINKHH OUTLOOK, AH REPORTED Bt
DUNN A CO.
It. G. Dunn & Co.’s review of trade
for week ended Friday, says: The first
quarter of the year has passed without
the financial disturbance which many saw
I'cmon to fear, with fewer failures than in
the same quarter last year, and smaller
liabilities hy twelve per Aent.,with lurger
railroad tonugo than in the same quarter
of any previous year, and with larger
payments than over through bunkers and
clearing hou-cs, outside of New York.
Foreign trade has been heavier than eve»
for the season, and domestic consump
tion, while much smaller than usual iu
coal, in woolens and heavy winter goods,
has been at the maximum in'nearly all
other lines. Tlie money market is no
longer tlie centre of apprehension. Hates
have been about steady at four per
cent, on call, and it is calculated that
April disbursements have been $20,451,*
801 on $757,083,540 of bonds; $11,-
122,089 on $083,481,740 of stock, and
about $0,000,000 by the government.
Reports of the boot and shoe and leather
industry are nearly all favorable. At
Philadelphia, tlie leather trade is un
settled, the drug trade fair, aud tobacco
more active. Tlie number of failures
during the first quarter of 1890 was 8,228,
against last year 3,311, with a decided
decrease at the east, south and in ths
Pacific states, but the increase in ths
middle and western states. The aggre
gate of liabilities was $37,852,908, against
$42,973,510 last year, but in this partic
ular there was an increase at south and
in middle states -in latter nearly fifty per
cent with decrease iu all other section*.
Business failures week, occurring throughout United
the country for number for
Slates 189, Canada 17, total 200, against
243 lust week.
WENT TO A DOG SHOW
AND CARRIED WITH HIM $43,500 OF TUB
BANK’S MONEY.
Frederick Kimball, teller of the Peo
ple’s Saving bank, in Worcester, Mass., is
missing, and with him are $43,500 of the
hank’s funds. The hank will lose but
$83,500, as the Fidelity and Casualty
company, of New York, is on his bond
for $10,000. -aying Kimball he disappeared to Bos- last
Wednesday, was going
ton to a dog show
j ;ik i oniin lsoner or j a «>r at wasti
hurt on has iu ii d a volume on mar
divo-i e in ih • United States,
Horn - c i s for ihverc * proceedings simples me
er.tr ii i a *i {restive A few
o “ext in cruelty,” taken at random, sued
will il!i rate this. One woman
arul bta ue 1 it—be cause
be bus ut off her bang; another
cam ■it that her husband never took her
A man obtained a divorce
5 his wife pulled him out of I ed
i-y whiskers; am ther omp’ain-d with
mt hia wife would not walk < ut
him • n ia id entered a« evidence
on another } >o; nt a tuft of hair marked
A. It is s * 'do in that a statis
ti “ii work hns so much uudiHiglisd hu
mor in it a* tin* Labor Commissioner’a
iaU*«t \o5ume.