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THE BLACKS11FAK TIMES,
lllnckshear, Ga.
Banks Increase their Rates.
Wall street received a big surprise
Wednesday morning in the shape of
an announcement from the national
banks of the city that they had unani
mously decided to increase the rates
on call loans of recent date to 12 per
cent, per annum, and on those of long
standing to 10 per cent. Their rea
son for this they say is that so many
persons have laid down on them that
they are compelled to do this in self
protection.
NORTH GEORGIA
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AT DAHLONEGA.
A branch of the State University
Spring Term begins First Monday in Fib
ruary. Fall Term legins First
Monday in September.
Best school in the south, for students with
limited means. Tho military training is
thorough, being under a U. B. Army officer,
detailed by theHeoretary of War.
DOTII SEXES HAVE equal advan
tages.
Students are prepared and licensed to teach
ln the public schools, by act of the legislature.
Lectures, on Agriculture and the Sciences
by distinguished educators and scholars.
For health tho climate is unsurpassed,
Altitude 2237 feet.
Board $ .0 per month and upward*. Missing
Each senator and represent ativo of tho stati
5a entitled und requested to appoint one pupil
frum his district or county, without paying
matriculation fee, during his term.
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Savannah, Florida and Western Railway.
WAYCROSS short line—time card.
Schedule of through trains to Florida mid Southern Georgia.
In effect July 2, 1893.
Going South—Bead down. G ling North—Bead up.
6 36 P~23~"j 14 7*
8lOp 8 38a fi 10a' Lv.. ...Savannah......... r> 12 OOp 8 32p ...... 020
10 20p .... 1011a! 8 00a : Ar.. ......Jesup........... 10 2Ha 0 25p'...... 3 20 *
12 30.1 .... 11 14a 9 15a. Waycross........... 0 15a 5 15p...... 1 00fW
; ....... . 7 oop
.... Brunswick........ 7 20a
7 20a ! .......1130a....... .. 3 45p
... .....Albany..........
10 40a .... ...... ! 21(>P|....... .Jacksonville........ 7 2 00p «20p
825a 115p 13 (Mn . 00a
.... ....... 1 15a 7 55a
5 55j) 5 55p!....... .....Tampa.......... .. .Sanford.......... . •j 8 (Hip j
10 15p 10 20p....... I'urt Tampa........ .1 7 30])
10 55p 11 OOp....... ..
......j 3 35p....... .... Live Oak ......... 00a.......
...Gainesville........ 8
......\ii 28a !!!!!!! .... Vaido-ta.......... 3 2 28pl...... 10p!......
.....J 1 02 p....... . .Thomasville........ 1145a
...... 3 25p....... . .Monticello......... ....... ......112 67p|...... ......
......j 2 23p....... .. Chattahoochee Bain bridge.........
i«p .....Macon.....N .... ■■ • 4 30a 10 56a!......
!!!!!! .. .Columbus......... 12 40n 7 50a
5 05p ... Atlanta........... 7 35a|.. ..
»40p....... Montgomery....... 7 30p 20a!..
...... .....Mobile........... 12
...... 3 05a........ Orleans....... ...... 7 50
......I 7 35a....... .New P........
No. 19 leaves Savannah d&ilv, except Sunday, 3:55 p. ni., arrives Jesup 7'2d p« 111 ■ No. 208
leaves Jesup daily except Sunday. 4:25 a. ni., arrives Savannah 8:3") a. m. Jhese trams stop at
ail stations between .Savannah and Jesup.
8LKEPIXO CAB ST-IIVICE AXD C0NNECTI0S8.
Trains Nos. 35 and 14 cirrv Pullman cars between New York, Savannah and Port Tampa. No.
23 carries Pullman sleeping cars Waycross to Nashville. Louisville and^Chicago. Train 78 car
ries Pullman sleeping ears lit ween New York and Jacksonville. No. 5 carries Pullman
between Savannah and Chicago, and on Wednesdays and Saturdays No. 5 carries Pull
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man sleeper to Suwannee Springs, on
Suwannee Springs. at Jesup for Macon, Atlanta and the west. . __ Tram . __ 2.3 connect* . at , Way
Train No. 5 connects Nashville. Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago. Through
cross for Montgomery. New Orleans. Alabama Midland railway for
Pullman sleeper Waycross to Chicago, drain 23 cmnects with
Montgomery and the southwest. i secured stations, and , ticket .
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CURIOUS AFRICAN WEIGHTS.
How Gold Is Weighed In the Dark
Continent.
Money used by natives in Occidents.
Soudan consists of small univalve white
shells called cauries, derived from the
Maldives and Laquedives islands,
! *nd also from Zanzibar. For several
centuries past, ships have brought to the
mouth of the Niger or to the Guinea
coast, as far as Liberia, entire cargoes of
these shells, the value of which runs
from 12 cents to 40 cents per thousand,
according to the part of Africa. Cannes
arc only used in countries where gold is
scarce. In the whole area between lvoug,
Bondouka and the sea, cauries are not
used; natives settle their purchases with
gold dust or nuggets.
To weigh the gold they uso as cur
rency, they employ small cooper scales.
M eights arc extremely varied in shapes
and sizes. Most of them arc in brass.
Ihe weights exhibiting ludicrous human figures,
animals, tools, scenes etc., us
reproduced here are modeled with wax
and cast in brass through the circ
perdue process. Africans may have
learned this process from Europeans who
visited their country; but their art ex
Mbits a naive character thoroughly sui
generis. These black artists have evi
deutly reproduced and what they done, saw it in or
imagined, their they have their works a
style of own; are
peculiarly humorous and fanciful.
Each native, who has a pair of scales,
has also special weights which he alone
understands how to use. lie knows,
for instance, that a girulfe weighs one or
two milkals of gold; that such a weight
m the shape of a bird represents * or 4
“There are no uniform sets of weights;
consequently each native is obliged to
have bis own series. When the purchaser
has weighed the gold he must give for
certain merchandise, the vendor weighs
it in his turn to sec whether it is correct.
The unity of weight in the whole Sou
dan, eighteen is the bariliri, which corresponds bariliri to is
grammes. Eaeh
worth fourteen mitkals. Admitting the
value of gold in Europe to be three
francs per gramme, we find that a bariliri
is equal to lifty-four francs’ worth of
gold, and a mitkal thirteen francs, fifty
centimes. Each mitkal is divided into
twenty-seven banans (the banan is i
bomboy seed); each banan is worth fifty
centimes. A mitkal of gold n ay also he
weighed with tiny fifty-four grains, grains red like of vegetal coral
coral; these
with a black spot, are the fruit of a kind
to of convolvulus. weigh one-half There mitkal, are special one-third weights
or
two-thirds mitkal. The smallest formed weigh!
is called pouassaba; it is of one
and a half grains of rice not decorticat
c( j Gold powder is carried ill quills
stopped up with a wooden cork wrapped Cir
in a piece of linen.—[Tho Jowelers’
cular.
Earthquakes in Austria
Cable dispatches from Vienna state
that earthquakes north were felt in Tuesday several
districts in Mtyria
morning. Several buildings in differ
«ht parts of tho affected districts were
damaged by shocks. No loss of life
has been reported.
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CONGRESS IN SESSION.
The Daily Rontine Of Both Houses
_ Briefly EpitOUllZefl. _ . .
!
What is Being Bone to Allay Flnan
elal Depression and Bring Relief.
The fifty-third congress, democratic
j n Loth branches, met and organized
Monday morning,
| THE SENATE.
1 The senate was called to order at
noon, and tho opening prayer made by
the outgoing chaplain, Mr. Butler.
After the president’s proclamation was
rea d, the oath of office administered to
Senators Quay, of Pennsylvania, ami
Pasco, of Florida, a communication was
road from Beckwith, of Wyoming, nn
nounci that, ’ owing to a combination
of , circumstances . , ... lie had placed , ... his res
Motion as senator in the hands of the
£>' >v<> rnor. Ihe communication was
placed on file. Tho Becretary-elect of
senate, Cox, of North Carolina, had tho
oatli administered to him, and took
possession of the office. Tho usual
resolutions to notify the houso ami
president wero adopted, and then at
12 :30, tho death of lato Senator Stan
ford, of California, was announced by
Senator White, of that state, and as a
mark of respect, the Bcnute adjourned
nu tjl Tuesday
Second Day.-R ev. Mr. Milburn,
the new chaplain of the senate, open
ed Breedings T ™«dny morning with
P ra J e *’ Tho J <)U ™ ftl °* Monda y wft9
read by new u Secretary Cox. llie cro
dentialn oi George C. Perkins, the new
senator from California, wore received
an d the oath of office was administer
e d to him. The sonato then took a re
cess until 12:45 o’clock. Tho recess
having expired, Mr. Harris, of tho
committee appointed to wait upon tho
president, reported that the commit
tee had performed that duty, and had
been informed that the president would
communicate with congress immedi
ately. Thereupon Mr. Praden, ono
of tho president’s secretaries, appear
ed and delivered the message, which
was immediately read to tho sen
ate by Mr. Johnson, its chief clerk.
Tho roading of the president’s mes
sage concluded, Mr. Hill, of New
York, arose and presented the first
bill of tho session providing for tho
ropoo.1 of tho ptirchasiug clause of tho
Sherman law. It then contained a
provision declaring that tho repeal of
the purchasing clause of Yhis law was
not W he construed ns an almndon
menUof bimetallism, but on tho con
trary declaring that it was tho duty of
tho government to maintain gold and
silver on o parity. Two hills
were introduced by Senator
Stewart, of Nevada. Their titles
were: “To restore the rights of coin
age,” and “To supply the deficiency in
the currency.” The latter hill was
read in full. It directs the secretary
of the treasury to issue silver certifi
cates equal in amount to tho amount
of silver bullion in the treasury pur
chased under the act of July 14, 1890,
in txcess of the amount necessary
at its coinage value to redeem
the treasury notes is made under
that act and to issue tho same to
provide for any deficiency in tho reve
n ue8 of tho government, tho Burpluw
of Huch certificates to bo used in tho
purchase of 4 per cent, bonds at their
market price, not exceeding 12 per
cent premium. Mr. Stewart delivered
a prepared speech upon the bill. In
the Hpeech ho declared himself against
tho repeal of the sherman act, as such
repeal would, he said, destroy silver
coinage forever.
Third Day— Senate met Wednesday
morning and without transacting any
business adjourned until Thursday.
Motion was made by Gorman and the
yeas and nays demanded by Platt.
The vote stood yeas 48, nays 21.
Fourth Day —Just after rend
ing Wednesday’s journal Senator Gor
man moved that when the senate ad
journed it be until Monday. The ino
tion prevailed by a voto of 37 to 18.
The negative votes in both cases wero
given by republicans and the affirm
ative votes by democrats, reinforced
by senators from silver producing
states, led by Mitchell and Peffer.
the house.
As early as 10:30 the house galleries
devoted to public use were filled to
repletion. At 11 o’clock tho reserved
galleries opened, and in ono minute
seats even there were at a premium,
The house was called to order at
noon, the president’s message
read, and the call of names
of members-elect begun. Three
! hundred and thirty-six members re
sponded to their names and the house
proceeded to vote for speaker, the can
i didates being Crisp, Reed and Simp
eon. Crisp was elected speaker, re
ceiving 214 votes, against 122 votes
i for Reed and 7 votes for Simpson.
There was hearty handclapping from
members and generous applause from
the galleries when the announced in
duction into office of Charles F. Crisp
for speaker the second time. He wa*>
escorted by Heed, Holman and Jerry
Simpson. Speaker Crisp briefly ac
knowledged thanks. Jerry Simpson
received seven votes for speaker, his
full party vote. The members
i
took the oath of office and
the drawing for neats then occurred.
After the drawing of seats and an
agreement for an hour’s debate on each
side on the Michigan case Tuesday the
house adjourned.
Sxooro Day.—T he house was called
to order promptly at noon Tuesday
and prayer was offered by the newly
elected chaplain, Rev. Dr. Haddawy.
Tho journal, which was a rather
lengtly one, was then read and ap
proved,and the houso took recess until
chairman 12:45. After of the recess committee Mr. appointed Springer,
to wait upon tho president, reported
fhnt the president would communicate
in writing a message, to congress forth
with. Mr. Prudon, ouo of tho presi
dent’s secretaries, made his how ntul
sent tho important document to the
clerk’s desk, where it was read by
Clerk Kerr. The president’s message
Was listened to with intense interest
by members of tho house, and at the
conclusion of its reading was groeted
with general applause, not eonflnod to
any section of the chamber. Tho
Michigan election caso pending be
tween Richardson and Belknap
was then taken up. A voto
on a republican resolution de
claring Belknap entitled to his seat on
a prima facie ease was defeated. Mr.
O’FerraH’s resolution for the immedi
ate swearing in of Mr. Richardson was
agreed to without division and Mr.
lvichurdsou came forward and quali
fied. Mr. ltcilly, of Pennsylvania,
nnnounodd the death of his colleague,
William Mutehler, and as a mark of
respect to the memory of the deceased
the houso at A ;3o o’clock adjourned
until Thursday.
Thiud Dat.—T he houso not in
sosHion.
Fourth Day —In tho humic, Thurs
day, after the reading and approval
of Tuesday’s joqmnl, Bailey of Texas,
moved that the house take a rocess un
til one o’clock. ,On a viva voce voto
tho motion was declared defeated.
Bailey then demanded a division, and
again it met with defeat, tho vote
standing 76'tq 127. On securing tol
lers he was moro successful, and a
recess was taken by a voto of 126 to
98.
Why ibe House Took Itesess.
Tho recess of Thursday was taken in
order to permit a conference between
the silver and anti-silver steering com
mittees time to nrrivo at some conclu
sion. After tho recess Hpringor, (dem
ocrat) of Illinois, moved that tho
houso adjourn. A chorus of yeas
camo from tho democratic side and a
strong echo of nnys from the republi
cans. Tho house adjourned until Fri
day by a voto of yeas 179, nays 137.
Wliy tho Moiiato Adjourned.
The injection partisanship by repub
lican senators on tho finuimial question
has had a wholesomo effect on tho
democratic members irrespective of
views. They, bitterly resent being plao
ed in tho attitude of opposingu demo
cratic president in his efforts to do
away with the extraordinary wave of
depression now sweeping without re
sistance, over tho whole country. For
this reason tho senate adjourned im
mediately upon assembling until Mon
thly to givo the finance committee time
to present noma measure for immedi
ate action.
TRADE REPORT.
V more Healthy Tone I'erfades the
Markets In all Sections.
Brailstreet’s review of trade for past
week says: Good crop prospects south
tend to produce a more hopefnf feel
ing at Nashville, Atlanta, New Orleans,
Little Rock, Houston and Galveston.
No currency source is denoted utChar
leston or Mobile. Banks at Memphis,
Charleston, New Orleans, Birmingham
and Ricmond appear to regard tho
national hank currency issue as a
promised relief. Currency is source
at Birmingham, but confidence since
the bank failure is returning. At
j Louisville, were recent bank embar
| rassments disturbed trade, confidence
j of is being business restored, is small. though the volume
The Carnegie und some other jron j
works have almost ceased producing,
and yet the demand brings no further
atimulant, though prices in this line ;
are so low that most makers prefer to j
! stop dnring than the to week take number lower. 436 Failures in the j
;
United States, against 146 last year j
and thirty-four in Canada against
twenty-four last year. The west con
tributed most largely to tho number
of failures, 237 being reported from
that section. In the east there were
153 and in the south forty-six. There
were three failures of a million or
more, two at Chicage, and one in New
: York city.
WHAT DUN 8AYH.
R. G. Dun’a review of the state of
trade says: Demoralization in specula
tive markets has been followed by a more
healthy tone and heavy imports of
gold in the hope that monetary
Lies may abate. Bank failures have
been almost as numerous the past week
M f or the two proceeding weeks, than local but
fewer have been of more
importance. The western states show
greater distrust of weakness than other
^ Hundred and
sections. Gut of one
sixty-nine banks that have failed since
March, five were ine-aete-rn states,forty
j n southern and 115 in western states.
Failures of national banks numbered
fifty-eight, state banks seventy-nine,
private banks sixty-seven.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Affairs Of Government and Rontinc Of
the Various Departments Discussed.
Notes of Interest ('onceruing the Peo
ple mid Their General Welfare.
The senate finance committee Thurs
day morning discussed the silver ques
tion informally in connection with
various bills referred to it Tuesday,
but decided for tho time time being
to take no action on any of them.
The announcement of tho prevalence
of yellow fever at Pensacola, made by
tho Now York papers of Thursday
morning, caused a general concern
among the southern member*. There
is a probability of a request for a very
stringent quarantine measures hill to
bo made.
Tho positiou of the speaker at this
particular time is, to say tho least, un
enviable. Ho has the placing of some
356 members on 59 committees of
every conceivable character. To do
this without criticism from tho coun
try and without heart-burnings from
tho members here and there is of
oourso an impossibility.
Tho announcement of the commit
tee on rules was made prior to ad
journment of the house Thursday and
consists of tho speaker, (latchings,
Outhwaite, Reed and Burrows. Outh
waite takes the place of MeMillen on
the committee. This would seem to
show that MeMillen is to lead the
democrats on the floor.
Two hundred and fifty-nine hills
and a number of resolutioas were in
troduced in the senate Tuesday. Tho
majority of them are measures that
were placed in the last congress, hut
not acted on. They include public
building hills, measures proposing and
amendments to their resolutions
general land laws, and a large number
of private hill, claims and pensions.
For the twelfth time in the history
of the United Htatos, congress con
venes in “extraordinary session.’’
Tho history which the (jpssion will
probably make for itself will probably
justify tbat title in more senses than
ono. Convened for a single specific
object—the repeal or modification of
what is popularly known as the Hher
man act—it will not lie restricted to
that hare programme,hut will have, in
connection with it, to legislate on the
whole subject of finance, including,
probably, a thorough revision of the
tariff.
A ('oulonnifffl Held.
A conference of the committees
representing the conflicting elements
of the house on tho silver question was
held at noon Thursday. The silver
men present were: Bland, Culberson,
Bankhead, Boatner, Haby, Lane,
Bryan and liailey. Tracy, The anti-silver unhs,
men were: Cockran, (lo
Warner and Fitch, all of New York,
Lapliam Gussenliuiner, Uaynor, Hall,
of Minnesota, Harter, Wilson, Baring,
Catchings. The silver men submitted
this proposition, “limit the discussion
to three weeks, but no limitation as to
number or character of amendments to
be submitted.” The anti-silver men
were not prepared to accept, but asked
until 2 o’clock to report their decision.
Tliu Idupiibileiiit m CniicuR.
The republican senators held a cau
cus Tuesday morning in the rooms of
Senator Sherman, und discussed the
situation from various points of view.
The senators from the west mingled
freely with the gold men from tho
east, and talked over the financial af
fairs in an unimpassioned manner.
There was ouo tiling upon which the
senators agreed, however they might
differ on other matt, rs, and
t j Jut waH the Sherman law
was not alone responsible for the lack
confidence now existing in the
m j n d* of the people, One senator
nia ,{ e a speech in which lie took the
ground that the fear of interference
by the democrats with the tariff bad
done more than anything else to sow
H ,.cds of distrust throughout the land,
The sum* sentiment wus voiced by
others present. No fixed policy was
determined upon, the senators saying
^ficy preferred to wait and hear what suli
^j J( . pcenideut lmd to say upon tho
j oc ^ <
The .New Henalorn.
The fitate of California has two new
men in the senate to look after its in
tereat—Mr. White to succeed Mr.
Hearst, and Mr. Perkins, who bus just
appointed by the governor to fill
jdac,, 0 f Mr. Stanford. Kansas
haH j oine< j to/her populist senator,
Mr. Peffer, Mr *' Martin, another man
appointed flora tho populist ranks,
Kentucky has a new senator Mr,
Kennedy, elected to fill the vacancy
made by Mr. Carlisle’s resignation,
Louisiana has one in Mr. Caffery, who
took, last January, the seat made va
cant by sbe death of Mr. Gibson.
Massachusetts has one in Mr. Cabot
Lodge, who succeeded Mr. Dawes on
the 4th of March last. Nebraska has
one in Mr. Allen, elected in place of
Mr. Paddock. New Jersey one in Mr.
Smith, elected in place of Mr. Blod
gett. New Y'ork one in Mr. Murphy,
elected in place of Mr. Hiscock.
North Dakota one in Mr. Roach,
against whom Mr. Hoar made such a
dead set at the executive session. West
NO 2
ELJXSV'SS
senate from 1881 to 1887. Wisconsin
one in Mr. Mitchell, who has had two
terms’ experience in the house of rep
The* Hllvrr Clauciin.
The silver Caucus called for noon
Wednesday in tho house was fairly well
attended. It was not a democraticcau
cus, hut a caucus of all advocates of
free coinage. Many free coinage
democrats declined to go on the
grounds that they preferred not to at
tend a general oaucus ol democrats
republicans and populists. There were
about ninety democrats, six populists
and throe or ’.our republicans present.
It lasted several hours, and almost
every one did some talking. Mr. Bank
head, of Alabama, arose and explained
tho situation, and suggested that tho
caucus appoint a committee of five to
confer with the anti-silveritesaml pro
j„, H e this plan for settling the financial
question: The introduction of a free
coinage hill liy Mr. Bland Thurs
day; the ratio of silver to gold
in tho hill to ho samo as
at the present 111 to 1 ; then all other
hills and amendments from nil frac
tions could follow. Three weeks’ de
bate on the entire question, then a
vote on the ratio of 16 to 1. If that
was voted down 17 to 1 and ho on until
some ratio was adopted. Anything
else germane that might he offered
should be voted upon without Hllibus
tering. Finally if free coinage was
voted down, a hill similar to the old
Dluud law should ho voted upon. If
that and all other silver propositions
failed, then a vote should be had on
the unconditional repeal of tho Hlior
mau law. The imposition ,.s Mr.
Bankhead explained simply means a
square and open fight, all sides agree
ing not to filibuster, or fight behind
cover, hut to let the settlement of the
mutter go to the strongest side. It
was adopted unanimously, und a Com
mittee composed of Messrs Bankhead,
Culberson, Bland, Bryan and Lane, of
Illinois, wore appointed to eonferwith
the silver men.
AUGUST CROP REPORT.
Rust nml Heavy Rains Damage Cotton
Somewhat.
The crop report of the department
of agriculture issued Thursday for the
month of August makes the condition
of cotton 8.04. A decline of u littlo
over two points since last month.
This is the lowest average for August
ever given out by tho department.
Averages by states are for Virginia,
88; Nortli Carolina, 84 ; Mouth Caro
lina, 75; Georgia, 68; Florida, 92;
Alabama, 79; Mississippi, 81; Loui
siana, 89; Texas, 72; Arkansas, 89;
Tennessee,83 ; (lenernl averages August
for several years are as follows: 1892,
82.5 ; 1891,88.9 ; 1891), 89.5 ; 1889, 89.3;
1888, 87.8: and 1887 it was 73.3. The
present low condition is the conse
quence of excess of rain in the early
part of the season, followed by hot,
dry weather during the month of .Inly.
Rust is reported as the cause of inju
ry to the crop in the states of Ala
bama, Mississippi and Tennessee and the
hull worm and the caterpillar have
damaged crops more or less through
out the states of Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas and Arkansas. Hhcdding iH also
reported as occurring in some locali- tho
ties. Mince the first of August
drought has been broken, and ruin has
visited the cotton belt, excepting in
parts of Tennessee, Mississippi and
Texas, where it is badly needed. In
some portions of Mississippi and Ala
bama too much rain for the good of
ootton is announced.
BANK OFFICIALS ARRESTED.
Charged \Y1Ili Wrecking the First Na
tional Bank of Orlando, Fla.
Orlando, Fla., iH thoroughly excited
over the new and sensational turn tho
affairs of the suspended First National
bank have taken. Lute Wednesday
night the president of the bank, Nat
PoyntZ, Cashier J. L. Giles and Direc
tor J. B. I’arnamore were arrested on a
charge of fraud. President Poyntz, in
the custody of the U. M. marshal, was
taken to Jacksonville. Warrantsareout
for./, H. Lee, of Ovide, and W. R.
O’Neal, of Orlando, who are directors
of tho bank, and for O. T. Poyntz, as
siatunt caaluer. All of the parties are
prominent citizens, standing well in
the community.
Gold on tiie way.
Tho Bum £550,000 in gold was
withdrawn from tho Bank of England
Wedneaday for shipment abroad. Of
thin sum £-195,000 was for the ship
ment to the United States and £55,000
for Montreal. The Bank of England
is charging a premium on eagles und
is holding bar gold at a higher rate.
’Die sum of £430,000 was shipped for
New York on the North German
Lloyd steamer and Labn, sailing from
Southampton, tho White Star
lino steamer Brittanic, sailing from
Liverpool. The Lahn took the hulk
of the shipment.
Cholera in New York.
Surgeon Oeneneral Wyman, of tho
marine hospital service, returned to
Washington from New York Wednes
day. He says an examination of
Lorenzo Meracao shows he has ehole
ra, but recovering. Another passen
ger of Karaminia thought to have the
diseMe.