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THE BLACKSHEAR TIMES.
VOL. VII.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
WORK OF THE FIFTY-FIRST
CONGRESS.
PRCCSEDIXGS OF TltE HOUSE AND SENATE
BRIEFED—DELIBERATIONS OVER MAT
TERS OF MOMEXTOVS INTEREST TO OCR
COMMON COUNTRY.—NOTES.
Iu the house, on Wednesdny, Mr. Lac ay,
,
of Iowa, submitted the report of the com
mittee on elections in the West Virginia
contested election case of McGinnis vs.
Aldereon. The report, which is iu favor
of the contestant, was ordered printed
aud lai.T over. ' Mr. Conger, of Iowa,
from the committee on coinage, weights
and measures, reported back the resolu
tion calling on the secretary of the treas
ury for information as to why trade dol
lars held in the treasury as assets have
not been coined, as required by law. Dis
cussion of the bankruptcy bill was then
resumed, and occupied the remainder of
the day. The bill went over and the
house, at 5:15, adjourned. o’clock Wednes
The senate met ut 11
day and consideration of the Indian ap
propriation bill was resumed. The dis
cussion was temporarily suspended, and
Mr. Morgan, from the committee on for
eign relations, reported a substitute for
the resolution heretofore offered by Mr.
Pasco. The-, substitute was read and
agreed to, ns follows: Resolved, That the
president be, aud hereby is, respectfully
requested fif not incompatible with pub
lic interest), to communicate to the senate
any information in his possession touch
ing the alleged arrest aud imprisonment Cuba,
of A. J. Diaz, by the authorities of
and what action, if any, has been taken
iu respect thereto. No quorum being
present, a motion to adjourn was made,
entertained and agreed to, and at 6:30
o clock the senate odjourned till Thurs
day at Thursday, 11 a. in. the journal having been
t)u
read and approved, the house wrangle, proceeded,
after a short parliamentary committee amendment to
vote upon the to
the bankruptcy bill. In view of the fact
that the bill had never been read in the
house, Mr. McMillan, of Tennessee, de
manded a separate vote on each amend
ment, and much time was thus consumed.
Committee amendments having Reilly, been dis- of
posed of, on motion of Mr. i,
Pcensylvania, an amendment was adopt
ed enforcing the laws of states giving
wages for labor the preference. The bill
was then passed—yeas 117, nays 84—and
the house adjourned. Thursday,
The senate met at 11a. m.,
the vice-president in the chair. Among
the bills reported and placed on the cal
endar was the house daughter bill granting of a revolu- pen
sion to the only David a Mr.
tionary soldier, Wilkinson.
Morgan introduced a hill to tlx the limit
of value aud to provide for the free coin
age of silver, and it was read aud referred
to the committee on finance. The house
bill io authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Savannah river was
taken from the calendar and passed. the The In
senate resumed consideration of
dian appropriation bill. At 2 o’clock the
tariff bill came up as “unfinished busi
ness,” and was laid aside till Friday.
Discussion bill continued. of the Indian After appropriation lengthy argu
w as a
ment, the bill was reported to the sen
ate, and all the amendments agreed to by
the committee of the whole were oou
eurred in and the bill passed.
Mr. Voorliees, by request of the Labor
alliance, introduced a bill to secure con
stitutional right and freedom of trade,
speech and press, within the limits of the
republic, and he asked, in view of the
respectable source from which jt emana
ted, that it should he printed in full in
the Record. The tariff bill was laid be
fore the senate as “unfinished business,”
aud after a short executive session, the
senate, at 5:40 o’clock, adjourned till
Friday 11 o’clock a. m.
In the house, on Friday, Mr. O'Neill,
of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of
business the men of of all Philadelphia, bills calculated asking for to
strengthen passage and encourage the extension
of the national t ankiug system. Re
ferred. Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, from
the committee on appropriations, reported
the sundry civil appropriation bill with
senate amendments with certain recom
mendations relative thereto, Pending
debate the committee rose, and the house,
at 5 o’clock, took a recess until 8 o’clock,
the evening session to he for the consid
eration of private pension bils.
Jn the senate, on Friday, Mr. Hoar
presented a memorial frojn the headquar
ters of the Grand Array post, expressing
abhorrence at the action of congress in
allowing pension agents a fee of $10 in
each case, under the recent dependent
pension act. Mr. Cockrell presented protesting a
memorial from St. Louis, Mo.,
against the passage by the senate of the
federal election bill, aud stating that the
masses of the people were so "dazed with
the enormity of the proposed that outrage they had on
the sanctrtyof the ballot'
not yet formulated words in condemna
tion of it. Other mensirials against the
bill were presented from Adrian, Mich..
and elsewhere. The house bill on that
subiect was. on motion of Mr. Iloar, re
ferred to the committee on privileges aud
elections The revenue marine bill was
then amendments‘w taken up. On motion of Mr. Frye,
ere adopted extending the
application of the bill to the life-saving
sen-ice At 1 o’clock the tariff bill came
up as unfinished business and Mr. Vance
proceeded to address the senate. After
some further discussion bv other mem
bers, and without action, the senate, at 6
p. m.. adjournea. Saturday considered the
The bouse on
the sundry civil appropriation bill and
non-cone rured in several amendments.
Ia the senate, on Saturday, Mr. Mitchell
offered a concurrent resolution which wras
referred to the committee on finance,
BLACKSHEAR, GA. THURSDAY, JULY 31. 1890.
stating that the l ntteu States would hail
with approbation any reciprocal arrange
ment, by treaty or otherwise, between
the government of the United States or
the go\ erumont of all, or any, of tha
Central American States, whereby there
shall be admitted to the ports of such
nations, free from ail national, provincial,
municipal and other tariffs or taxes, pro
ducts of the United States, including
tlour, corn, meal aud other bread
stuffs, provided meats fruits, hides,
vegetables, cottonseed oil, rice, and other
provisions, all articles of food, lumber, fur
niture. and all other articles of wood, ag
licultural implements and machinery,
structural steel, and iron and steel rails,
locomotives, railway cars and and supplies, such
street cars, refined petroleum United States
other products of the as
may be agreed upon ; but declaring that
it is not the sense of the United States
that in any such treaty foreign or reciprocal ar
rangement, articles of wool or
hides, in any form, should be admitted
free into ports of this country, The
senate then resumed consideration of
the tariff hill and was addressed by
Mr. Morgan.
NOTES.
The secretary of the interior has order
ed a recount of the inhabitants of the two
cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. pensions has
The house committee on
ordered a favorable report upon the bill
granting a pension of $2,000 GeneraTQeoige per annum
to the widow of the late
B. McClellan.
A bill has been framed by the District
of Columbia committee to prevent the
mailing of lottery letters, and to prevent
newspapers containing lottery advertise
ments from going through the mails.
The secretary of the treasury has ac
cepted offers of bonds to the government
as follows: Four per cents, $0,353,500,
at prices ranging from 121} to 124; four
aud a halls, $482,500, at 103} to 103j.
TRADE TOPICS.
REVIEW OF BUSINESS FOR WEEK ENDED
SATURDAY, JULY 26, BY DUN «fc CO.
The weekly review of trade of It. G.
Dun & Co. says: More money and liighei
prices meet the wishes of most traders,
and, accordingly, the tone of the business
world is more satisfied and confident.
Because of speculation in grain aud cot
ton and higher prices for some manufac
tured goods, the general average has risen
during the week half of one per cent.
Business is large for the reason, and the
great industries are, on the whole, im
proving in condition. The latest reports
of exchanges through clearing houses
outside of New Y’ork show a gain of fif
teen per cent over last year.
A most cheering statement is made by
the Iron and Steel association, showing
that stocks of pig iron unsold have in
creased only 134,000 tons since January
1st, though the production in six months
is 4,010,000 tons, which would indicate
ail increase of nearly half a million tons
in consumption. speculative markets for
In general, the
products show a tendency to advance,
mainly because of more money and more
speculation. There is a remarkable ab
sence of complaints regarding and collections
in tin: reports received, money
markets are nowhere stringent, but with
nearly all conditions thus favoring busi
ness activity, there is a constantly grow
ing embarrassment in departments of trade
and industry, which are likely to be af
fected hv die passage or failure of the
tariff bill. Foreign trade is naturally ad
verse under such circumstances, while
exports from New York for three weeks
of July show a decrease of 15} per cent.
Compared with Inst year’s, there is an in
crease of no less than thirty-three per
cent in imports at New York. Business
failures of the week number, for the
United States, 172; Canada, 27; total,
15)9; against 207 last week.
WAR IN BUENOS AYRES.
CAPTURE OF THE CAPITAL BY THE INSUR
GENTS—LIVELY TIMES.
A dispatch to the London Timet from
Buenos Ayres says: Early on Saturday
morning the artillery, joined overthrow by some
civilians, took the first steps to
the government. The troops and police
parleyed. extended Firing was the opened Plaza at la Palermo Valle.
and soon to
Desperate fighting is now going on.
Many have been killed on both sides.
The insurgents are advancing toward
Plaza de la Victoria, where the president’s
palace and town hall are located, The
president has escaped to Rosario. A rev
nlutionary government is announced,with
Senor Aretn as president and Senor Ro
mero as minister of finance. President
Celman has declared the whole republic
in a state of siege. The national guard has
been c-alledzto arms. loiter reported reports say:
The revolutionists are to have
completely triumphed. The governor of
Buenos Ayres is seriously wounded. The
revolutionists have liberated General
Manuel J. Campos, who was awaiting
trial as a conspirator, and who has now
placed himself at the head of the revolu
tionary party. Another dispatch from
Buenos Ayres at 5 o'clock Saturday after
noon says that lighting . . was still going on
at that hour and that there were many
killed and wounded on both sides The
insurgents have large resources at then
dispoeal and ore ably commanded. Ihi
rebels, the dispatches says, have many
sympathizers among the opposing troo,*.
__
OUGHT TO LARGER.
Johnny Cumso—Papa, Rn't its the original Cape
of Good Hope many times
size now?
Cumso—What makes you ask that ques
tion? that it
Johnny Cumso—Well, I know
has been doubled often.—' Epoch.
TELEGRAPH AND CARLE.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
BUSY WORLD.
A SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON
DENSED FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES
FROM UNCLE SAM’S DOMAIN AND WHAT
THE CABI.E BRINGS.
Small-pox is ravaging Egyptian villa
ges.
Hail storms have destroyed crops in
upper Bavaria.
The earl of Jersey has Wales. been appointed
governor of New Soutli
Stradler & Co., clothiers. New York
city, made an assignment Thursday.
The Minnesota repub'ican convention,
Thursday, renominated Governor Mer
riani.
The price of bread in France is rising
grain on account of the rains destroying th<
crojis.
L' ndon stevedores have declared a boy
cott against steamers of the Allan liut
plying to Montreal.
The American scooncr, William Rice,
has been lost at sea The whole crew ol
sixteen persons perished.
All the eloakmukers of New Y'ork whe
have been on strike since January 10th,
resumed work Friday morning.
A fter six hundred ineffectual ballots,
the convention of the fourth Ohio dis
trict, in session at Greenville, adjourned.
The Corning powder mill, at Mountain
View, N. J., was destroyed by an ex
killed. plosion on Thursday, und two men were
Members of the Tennessee Press asso
ciation were entertained by the Business
Men’s association in Norfolk, Ya., Sat
urday.
The French papers publish the text of
the McKinley hill, they say, sending to show goods ex
porters the r sk they run in
to America.
The city council of Chicago, Wednes
day night, passed au ordinance granting
the use of the lake front as part of the
site for the world's fair.
A dispatch from Suakim says recently that a
hurricane swept over that place
ttid that many natives in that viciuitj
are dying from famine.
The roofers and sheet-iron workers ol
New York went on a strike Friday for an
eight-hour day, and it is probable the
plumbers and guslitters will join them.
F/.ra Haywood, publisher of the World,
Boston, Mass., was on 'Thursday sen
tenced to two years’ imprisonment on tin
charge of sending obscene matter through
the mails.
Three unknown men seized the watch
man gagged of a bank and of tied Weeping him Willow, Neb., They
him to a tree.
then robbed the bauk of about $1,000
und escaped.
, Bccrctury Wm. R. Owen, of the steam
generator company, of Newark, N. J.,
was arrested Thursday, charged with
forging checks to the amount ol
$3,000.
Workmen on twenty-four grammui
schools iu New York huve joined the
strikers, and their action may seriously
interfere with the opening of the schools
in the fall.
'Theodore 8. Chnse, republican, was,
on Saturday, elected in Kansas City as
treasurer to fill the vatuucy caused by the
removal from office of Wm. Eukc, de
faulting city treasurer.
A dispatch received at London, Thurs
day, from Valporiso states that a mob city at
tack! d a number of stores in the of
Santiago, the capital of the republic :, and
sacked them. The millitary wus called <
upon to quell the disturbance.
The biggest plate glass factory in the
world is soon to be established at Jrwin,
Pa., syndicate on the Pennsylvania rnilrond, by a
of English and American cap
italists, which, it is reported, has a capi
tal of $50,000,000 at its disposal.
The recount of the census of twenty
four of the districts ol Kansas City has
been completed, showing 1,200 short of
the first rough count, und now some of
the Kansas City original people are telegraphing stand.
on to huve the count
A telegram from La Liberlad, Salvador,
sp.ys: “The present government has es
tablished a rigid regard censorship of news. No
information in to the existing
crisis or trouble between this country and
Guatemala is allowed to be published.
An incendiary fire at Spokane Falls,
Wash., on Wednesday, destroyed $180,
000 worth of property. 'flic loss is cov
ered to the extent of $60,000. Among
other property destroyed was the Mon
roe street bridge, $40,000. Suspects
have been arrested.
A cyclone near Hamilton, Ont., Sun
day, did much damage. Large trees
were uprooted and aud carried or dragged
long distances, all crops, fences and
trees in a district half a mile wide and a
mile long were prostrated. thickly. Hail stones
the size of walnuts fell
A dispatch of Sunday to the London
Daily Ne wssays that M. Stamhuloff, Bul
garian prime minister, will assemble the
colonels of all Bulgarian regiment!
and deputies of leading towns at Sofia
on August 3d. when Bulgaria will 1*
proclaimed independent declared king. and Prince
Ferdinand be
The Liverpool Journal of Commerce of
Saturday says: “New York cotton op
erators have undertaken to run a corner
in Liverpool in autumn deliveries. They
have set local bouses to buy all the spot
cotton at the present basis as well as for
immediate delivery. They will try tc
run a corner in New York also.”
John Powers, one of the volunteer!
who sailed on the Thetis relief expedi
tion to search for the ill-fated Greeley
arctic explorers, di d in Camden, X.
Saturday, of consumption. His death
was the result of the privations to winch
he was subjected while on tlie search foi
the crew of the Jeannette.
The North German Gazette of Saturday
says: The journey of Emperor William
to Russia has given rise to baseless rumors.
ing Nothing with more the is expected than that from friendly his meet- in
czar
terchange of ideas may do away with
existing relations difficulties and secure peaceable
hetweeu Germany and Russia.
A Paris dispatch of Friday says: It is
officially announced that negotiations with
England regarding Zanzibar will proba
bly be favorably concluded within a few
dnVs. Lake The question of Madagascar and
Tchad are being discussed. Hcmm
citftfon of the Anglo Tunisian compact
w$l not be included in the Anglo-French
agreement.
William Golden, his wife and three
cllldren, started to cross the main line of
tl» Baltimore and Ohio road at Grafton,
V(b, Sunday morning, but seeing a yard
ctufine (o'let it coming up the road they stepped his
pass. Golden was holding
two-yoar-old boy in his arms, aud his wife
hfflda three-months-old baby. While watch
ing the yard engine go by a west-bound
accommodation struck the family killing
them all.
At Ripon, Joaquin county, Cal.,Friday
night, Warren, the young son of G. W.
Masters, while playing with matches, set
lire to a can of coni oil, and the liousi
took fire and was entirely destroyed, with
its contents. George and Warren, the
flames. two bo)s, and a baby girl perished in the
badly A seventeen year-old girl was
burned in trying to rescue tlieit
little baby.
At Boydsville, in Weakley county, N.
C., Saturday afternoon, two brothers,
named ging McGuire, were engaged iu dig
a well, when they were driven out
by impure air. They built a fire in tlu
well, ana soon after-wards one of them
and went again, lie was heard struggling,
the other brother went down to bring
him up. Both were overcome by the
foul air and died before they could be
rescued.
The New York World , of Wednesday,
editorially says: “There is excellent
prospects at this momeut to defeat the
force bill in the senate, but this prospect
is not helped by the threats of a trade
boycott. It is hurt and will be destroyed
by these threats if they are continued.
The World publishes the action of the
Richmond chamber of commerce, disti
opinions proving the boycott threats aud also
'leva*, adverse to the boycott from
Arkansas and Mississippi.’’
At Mndison, Wis., on Wednesday the
prohibitionist lowing convention made the fol
nominations: For governor, Dr.
Alexander, of Fail Claire; for lieutenant
governor, W. H. Netheroutt, of Milwau
kee; secretary of state, William Johnson,
of fSt. Croix county; treasurer, Robert
Fargo, of Jefferson; attorney general, A.
T. Van Buren, of Oshkosh; state school
superintendent, Henry Bummer, of
Outagamie; railroad commissioner, J. <).
Black, of Richmond Center; insuuince
commissioner, Andrew Petmou, of Green
county.
A CYC LONE'S WORK.
NINE PEOPLE KILLED OUTRIGHT AND OVER
FIFTY INJURED.
A dispatch from Lawrence, Mass., says
A cyclone, the first of any ccnsiderahl*
importance within memory in New Eng
land, visted the suburb of South Lawrenci
Saturday morning, and in fifteen minute!
had killed nine people, seriously injured
from fifteen to twenty more, slightly in
jured at least twenty mor , cut a walk
through a thickly populated long, rendered section 20C 50C
feet wide and a mile
people homeless, destroyed or leveled greatly
damaged from 75 to 100 houses,
u beautiful square of over 600 acres, ami
entailed a property loss now estimated ut
$100,090, all of which was uninsured
against damage by wiud and storm.
As soon us the terified survivors recov
ered from the shock, Hundreds began
the work of rescue, Of tin- injured
some, especially those of the family of
Martin McLaughlin, were seriously if not
fatally hurt.
RU88IA 8PEAK8.
SHE LOOKS WITH DISFAVOR I CON TUR
KEY H CONCESSIONS.
A cablegram from Constantinople says
Nelidoff, Russian ambassador to Turkey,
has presented a note from Russia to the
porte declaring that the demanded grunting by Tur
key of the concessions by Bul
garia would humiliate the sultan. The
Bulgarian demands, the note says, arc
maneuvers to strengthen the tottering
throne of Prince Ferdinand und his ille
gal rule. Furthermore, the note says,
Bulgaria is hostile to Russia and that the
Porte’s would condescension to that principality Russia
be an unfriendly act toward
and might lead to serious consequence*.
The altitude of Russia as displayed by
the note seriously exercises the porte.
THE SUGAR TRU8T.
A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO FORM A NEW
ORGANIZATION.
At New York, Friday, the trustee* ol
the sugar trust issued a circular to cer
titicute holders announcing that Theodor*
Havemegcr, F. O. Mathiessen, J. B.
Thomas, J. V. Searles, Jr., and J. A.
Sturzberg, together with such banker* as
they may select, had been organization appointed for a
committee to form a new
the purpose of protecting certificate
holders, and had selected the Central
Trust company a* a depository for certifi
cates pending reorganization. No details
■jf the plan under which it is proposed the cir- to
reorganize the trust are given in
cular
FARMERS' ALLIANCE NOTES.
NEW8 OF THE ORDER AND
AND ITS MEMBER8. ’
WIIAT IS BEING PONE IN THE VARIOUS
SECTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
THE CHEAT ORGANIZATION.—LEGISLA
TION, NOTES, ETC.
Bavaunah offers the Florida Alliance
men a $0,000 warehouse in that city for
the shipment of the Florida Alliance pro
duce.
*%
J. P. Buchannan, President of the
Tennessee Btute Alliance has been unani
mously nominated lor Governor of Ten
nessee.
*%
Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia and North
Carolina lead all other States iu Alliance
membership. Missouri is in the lead with
2,'.too unions.
***
Don’t jump on tin: sub treasury and try
to kill it, unless you Have something bet
ter that will give the agricultural masses
relief .—A Ilia ore Item hi.
*** the
, The silver bill, amended bv sen
as
ate, is a great victory for the Farmers’ Al
liance, and shows that the influence of
the committee, order, exerted through its legislative of
is being felt. Members
congress free have that recently voted for practical would
have coinage voted against a few years ago Econo
it .--National
taint.
**♦
Leading Allianceinen in Houston
county, On., are reeking a charter from
the Superior Court for “The Farmers’
Co-operative Union.” The sliuros will
lie $!0 each and the capital stock will lie
$25,000 or more. The business to lie
conducted will embrace Imnking, a cot
ton warehouse, and all classes of mer
chandise.
***
The Alliance of Georgia is entirely iu
accord with every principle and every
policy adopted by the national conven- unit in
tion at St. Louis. It is a perfect
its demands for complete control of rail
ways by efficient commission, aud for the
sub-treasury plan, which promises so
—AH much to the I) producers eh of the country.
annus input .
***
The Tennenne Watchman (Knoxville)
says: “With all the other reforms finan
cial reforms come uppermost, aud the
Farmers’ Allanee lias the good sense tu
know (lint fact. 'The farmers of this
country are getting exceedingly tired of
Wall street domination und di ietion. A
twenty-four per cent dividend on hank
stock tells the story.”
***
There are 34,000,000 persons in the
union engaged iu agriculture. Yet with
a majority of the population asking for
only o>-e measure of relief, congress can
not find time to consider it. There will
lie a cousideiublo shaking up this lull on
lliis aeeoiiut, and many small statesmen
who regard themselves greater than the
life people will seek the shades of privute
to consider the fallibility of things
terrestrial .—Alliance Herald.
***
The Induttrial Union (Quickshurg,
Vu.,) has this to suy: “The is no time
for Alliance men to he sitting on the
fence. Tins is a fight between the peo
ple and the political manipulators and
money sharks of our country. And it
behooves every man to get down to solid
work and help make this fight for free
dom. Come, let every men buckle on
the Alliance armor und help muke a
square fight.”
***
Let a man who says there is no good in
the Alliance take a look at the situation
in Kansas. There they have 2,100 Far
mers’ Alliances with 90,000 members.
They tell Senator Ingalls: “You have
done nothing in the interest of Hie people
in all the eighteen years you have been
in the seiiHte. We don’t want you any
longer.” These men are determined to
leave every congressman at home who
has not worked for their interests. They
have been voting for the old parties, now
they will vote for themselves. Oft u mica
World.
A *
To the mortgage-ridden farmer the
appropriation bills of this Congress will
he interesting reading. He will learn
that while his wheat, |>ork and cotton
was lessening in price, the salaries of
public officials, ns far as possible, were
being increased; that new offices tire
being created, und all national expendi- There in
tures swelled to their utmost.
no doubt that the surplus has been squan
dered ami a large deficit will soon take
its place. Such are the results of a gov
ernment conducted in the interests of po
litieal parties instead of for the good of
the people .—Motional Ecotiomitt.
Dr. W. C. Macune, of Washington, D.
C., and editor of the Nationeel Econo mint.
spent a day in Atlanta, Ga., last week,
on hi* way west. He psssed and the day
looking into the alliance affairs min
gling w ith bis Georgia friend* and ac
quaintances scheme the doctor Regarding said “The the suh-tressury outlook is
:
favorable indeed. Of course we don’t
know that we can cleat a sub-treasury
congress. But what is most favorable
is the spreading of the sentiment in favor
of the measure.” To a question as to the
general outlook, he said: “It never was
brighter. The alliance will accomplish
all it set out to accomplish, and if it does
that we will all be more than satisfied.
**»
Through the courtesy of the Southern
Passenger Association, person* unending
the annual session of the Georgia State
Alliance, to be held at Atlanta, Ga.,
commencing August 19th, 1890, will be
NO 11.
granted a reduction in their return rail
roud fare, as the following, from Mr. M.
Slaughter, Assistant Comtuissioner, will
show: “Atlanta, Ga.,Juiic 14th,1890.—
Mr. It. L. Barks, State Secretary, Dear
Sir:—lam now authorized to offer rates
of one full fare going aud one-third of
the highest limited fare returning, on the
certificate plan, for delegates and mem
bers attending the meeting of the Stnte
Alliance of Georgia, to he held in Atlan
ta, Ga., August 151th to 23d; certificates
to be signed by you, ns Secretary, and
rates to apply from prints in the State of
Georgia only. ’’
Under the head of “The True Issue,”
the Fannrrn' Alliance, (Jacksonville, Fla.)
says: “It is remarkably singular Hurt the
question vqnm which the masses of the
people are now so deeply concerned, is
wholly disregarded by the leading politi
cal journals of (he day. ’1 he | rotective
tai if! is the tlu all absorbing question. loathe It
seems i hut sc journals arc to
tom Ii on tinaiicc. Tie people complain
i*t list'd 'iincs, nwmi'V smi-'-i...... 1
the add American congress as a fitting reply the to
the res r from 234 members of
British President homo of commons, requesting with the
Harrison to negotiate
powers for the purpose of roncludiug the
treaties of arbitration.”
At Madison. Wis., on Wednesday the
prohibitionist convention made the fol
lowing nominations: For governor, Dr.
Alexander, of Fan Claire; for lieutenant
governor, W. It. Netheroutt, of Milwau
kee; secretary of state, William Johnson,
of St. Croix county; treasurer, Robert
Fargo, of Jefferson; attorney general, A.
T. Van Buren. of Oshkosh; slate school
superintendent, Henry Summer, of
Outagamie: railroad commissioner, J. O.
Black, of Richmond Center; insurance
eommisijioncr, Andrew PeUrsou, of Green
county.
The extensive machine works of 8, J,
C. Todd, one of the oldest munufactu
ling establishments in Patterson, N. J.,
was destroyed by lire early Sunday uiorn
ing, entailing a Ii r,s of about $150,000.
'The Todd machine works were the prin
cipal establishment in the United States
for making hemp and rope machinery.
Its owner was the pioneer m this country
in this producing improved machinery of skilled for
purpose. A be lurge force
mechanics will thrown out of employ
incut.
A Cincinnati dispatch soya: An ami-'
cable hi ttl< incut of the present troubles
on the Big Four was reached Saturday.
The passenger engineer* and firemen on
the Big Four are advanced to $3.50 per
hundred miles for i-nginrrie, and tlfty
tive per cent, off Hint amount for fire
men. The old Bee line freight engineer!
and firemen were gianted an advance to
$4 per 100 miles for engineers, with fif
ty-five per cent. off that rate for firemen.
The Louisville and Nashville road has
also made a satisfactory settlement with
its hiiikemcii and switchmen.
GEORGIA GROCER8
HOLD A CONVENTION IN ATLANTA TI1EIB
OBJECT.
The first state convention of the retail
grocers of Georgia met in Atlanta Thurs
day morning. Nearly one hundred dele
gates were prevent from all part* of the
state, and the opening of the convention
wus characterized by a strict attention to
business and eunieast endeavor to do
something more than talk. The conven
tion's object will be summed up in tha
billowing act :
To amend section 3554 of the code of
Georgia, so as to make daily, weekly or
monthly wages liable to garnishment in
certain cases, and for other purpose!.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the general
assembly of of tin- State of Georgia, that
section 3554 the code of Georgia he,
and ing the the same is hereby proviso: amended by add
following
“Provided, such wages do not exceed
$25 per month; hut in a 1 coses where
such wages exceed that sum, the excess
thereof shall he subject to garnishment.”
So that said section, as amended, shall he
as follows:
“AU journeymen mechanics and day
laborers, shall he exempt from the pro
cess and liabilities of garnishment on
their daily, weekly or monthly wages,
whither in the hands of their employ
ers of others; piovidcd, such wages do
not exceed the sum qf $25 per month;
hut in all cases when such wages exceed
that sum, the excess thereof shall l>c sub
ject to garnishment. enacted,
Section 2. Be it further that
all luws or parts of laws in conflict with
this act, he and the same are hereby ro«
pealed.
This the legislature will he asked to
pass.
A BUILDING BLOWN UP.
THREE PEOPLE KILLED OUTRIGHT AND
- SIX INJURED.
A dispatch from Savannah, Ga., says:
W. J. Bullurd’s dwelling, dwelling house, a three
story brick 203 Congress street,
was blown up at 1 20 o’clock Thursday
morning. ’Jhrce p- rsons were killed and
six injured, two of whom will probably
die. There were thirteen people in the
house. The explosion shattered the
walls which collated in au iustant aud
fell in a mass of ruins. Most ol
the occupants of the house were asleep,
The cause of the explosion is a mystery,
A negro cook, who threatened revenge
0,1 Mu 1 - Bullard for his discharge, is iu
j“ri under suspicion of having been the
author of the disaster. Dynamite or nitro
glycerine Direct and i* supposed circumstantial to have evidence been used. in
dicate* that the explosion occurred in the
hall on the first floor, and that the explo
sive was placed there by some one who
entered and left by the front door.