The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, May 11, 1894, Image 1
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VOL. XXV.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY II, 1894. } ~ "
Political offices are in great demand
in China. Places are filled there by
competitive examination, ns China has
strict civil (service reform administrHtion,
and at areceut examination held
at Nankin to fill 155 places 1800 candidates
presented themselves.
r Although the court of Austria it
commonly known as the most aristocratic
ill Europe, no monarch is easier
to roach than .tho Emperor Francis
Joseph. Ho has certain audience
days, whon any of his subjects, high
as well as low, are permittod to call to
discuss with him any affair which they
It in said that the leading magazine
publishers aro using manuscripts now
which have boeu on hand and paid for,
somo of thoru for years. This saves
paying out mouoy now, of course.
Borne of these magazine offices have
manuscripts on hand which they accepted
and paid for five, ton and eveu
fifteen years ago.
It is eur.ous ivm.ir.ts tneTaan l'rancssco
Chronicle, that the desiguer o'
the new series of poitago stamps for
Hawaii should hav > ma le the same
error in omitting th word "cents" on
the tive-cont st.img that tai designer
..r ...... .1 i.1:1 .....
oral yours ago. The defective stamps
will bo sought by philatelist* aud 110
doubt will soon oomuiuud a premium.
One of the quaint romembrancos oT
Robert Louis Stevenson's South Sea
life is that of his Honolulu mouse. A
small shelf hung over tho couch
whereon he used to lie wheu ill nnd
trying to forgot his pain in "tooting"
on his flagelot. On this shelf tho
little mouse would venture, and soon
hpenmo so tame r.n to deiight in tlie
novelist's caresses. Jf it got no immediate
attention it would scratch on
tho shelf and make a little whine or
song to attract its friend, and after a
time it actually persuade ! its spouse
to pay a daily visit to tho musician in
its company.--Detroit Free Press.
The New York PresN believes that it
is full time that'a systematic and practical
attempt was made to improve the
t country rrtads of the Erapirt State.?
Other States have made commendable
R'lrauce in this directon, and it is a
disgrace that the first tttuto in the
Union in wealth ami population, ami
one of the foremost in agriculture,
should la# behind. The question ol
good roads is essentially a question ol
public und individual wellbeing. One
of the speakers before the Assembly
Committee on Agriculture forcibly illustrated
this point by his assertion
that "the farmers in New Jersey, where
they once with a team drew a ton,with
new roads are able to draw sit tons."
Bad roads rob good horses an 1 vehicles
of much of their practical value, besides
tending to shorten their terms of
usefulne s. The farmers of the -Empire
State should be given every reasonable
aid in putting n stop to such
an evil.
Emperor William, in the estimation
of the New York Tribune, deserves
considerable credit for the reforms
i- - 1 i i *?
wuivu tins mauguriuou in me liormau
army in connection with the uniform
ami the equipment of tho men,
whose comfort and welfare are now
studied to a much greater extent than
ever before. The weight of the equipment
has been reduced by some fifteen
or twenty pound, and the tight, .stiff
collar around the throat has been
superseded by a loose aud open one,
allowing the man to move his head
and neck without difficult and to
breathe with greater ease on the
march in hot weather. The Austrian
military authorities are following suit
in the matter, and are taking a leaf
out of the hook of their allies at Ber
lin, among other innovations decided
upon being the substitution of a gray
uniform in the place of the blue one
now in use in the army of Emperor
Francis Joseph.
During Mr. (Jleveinn I'a former administration
Judge Holman, of Indiana,
escorted t<> tim White House an
aged but vivacious maiden lady of
seventy, a nice of John Quiney
Adams, who had spoilt her ehildhool
there. Sin- entered the East Room.
Looking round in bewilderment she
exclaimed: "What, is this ? -jilly tho
same old room ? Why, there used to
stand a meal barrel, an 1 in yon ler
corner were the washtuhs, ami from
there over to there," pointing with
her parasol, clothes line was
urctcbc.i an i m tins corner wo kepi
our playthiugs. ' The old ladv was
right, a Ids the N >w York Pre?*. Today
th White House n greatly
changed for the better from the tiino
when the !'residents oT far-away history
occupied it. Itiii. it hat alrea ly
become too .small an 1 too old-fashioned
in its construction aud arrangement
to he a proper home for the
President of the United State*.
IT STORMS WASHINGTON.
THE COMMONWEAL ARMY THRONGS THE
CAPITAL CITY.
Coxty and Hit Followers Repulsed From in <
Front of the Capitol. ?
Washington, D. C. ? All Washing- i
ton turned out Sunday to see Coxey I
and his Commonwonlers. It is estimat- i
ed that fully ten thousand people went
out to the Commonweal camp during I
the afternoon. Congressman, diplo- i
mats,Cabinet officers and plain citizens :
fairly tumbled over each other to get l
a look at the army.
Late iu the day Coxcy spoke. At |
the gr.tos to the pnrk stood a brawny
representative of the "cause of good
ruaus rnu.non-inieresT nearing iwuus, ,
who explained to the visitora' aa they I
paaaerl through that no admission wim l
charged, but that nil contributions <
would be thankfully received. The I
result was a liberal dropping of dimes
and quarters, and in some instances
dollars in the Commonweal cullers. <
The collections were 8700. .
THE CLIMAX.
I
Washington, D. C. ? May dnv was n
bright one and Coxey and his ''Com- ,
monweal of Christ" army of 000 men |
marched up Capital hill to the steps of t
the Capitol. The police there dis- ,
persed them. I
The leaders Browne and Coxey j
pushed into the crowd in the direction ,
of the big white building.
They walked along beside the low
stone parapets surrounding the
grounds, as if seeking an entrance, ^
followed by a thousand people. "Jump
over the wall," suggested seme one. ,
(\ixi?v wfth iiiiicU- ti? iiiki* fh:' r.iiooa s
tion ami ho leaped quiv-klv over tin- i
parapet and made his way like nil eel
throijgh the dense thickness of human
ity to the steps of tlio enpihd there t?>
receive his drmnntic repulse hs elsewhere
recorded. Browne fid lowed,
evidently with the intention of backing
Coxey up, but he beeiuno separated
from his chief. '
The mounted policemen, a dozen or
more, who luid been directed to attend
Browne through the day, hesitated a (
moment as the two lenders disappeared t
amid the shrubbery. Then a blue- t
coated officer whipped up his horse, <
dashed across the pavement, over the 1
low parapet and into the grounds. II is I
comrades followed, ami into the crowd <
went this platoon, trampling flowers i
and shrubs in their rush. People i
scattered right ami left, and the fore- i
most officer soon reached the chief i
marsnai, easily uiaiinguisncu i?y his i
leather coat, nud white sombrerp. The
horse of the officer struck Browne,and
the shock threw him to one side. He
dodged behind a tree, and the officers
lost sight of him for an instant.
People in the crowd in danger of being
trampled by the officers' horses
seized them by the bridles. The police
seemed to think that this was an attack
on them and responded w ith their
batons. Browne became wedged in <
between a line of mounted police and <
a number of officers on foot and when
one of these tried to size him he resisted.
A shower of blows descended
on his shoulders. Browne fought like
n tiger, shouting out that ho woh an
American citizen ami had constitutional
rights. He was seized 1?v several
officers and pushed through the crowd. '
All this happened on the edge of the 1
grass lawn adjoining the House side of I
the asphalt plaza and within plain
tight of the trowda on the Capitol steps. .
Old Christopher Columbus .Tones, i
lender of the Philadelphia contingent, j
attempted to rescue Browne from the
officers, and it is said that a number of
Coxeyitesassisted him. The old man's |
silk hat was jammed over his ears in a <
jiffy and he too was placed in custody.
With a mounted >fficer on each side ol |
him, their hands grasping his leather 1
collar, and followed by more officers
with .Tones, the sensational leader of I
the Commonweal forces was dragged
off* to a cell in the police station.
jxey gives his version of his fail- i
ure at , the ^Capitol steps as follows:
"I proceeded to the centre portico,
and had just started to walk up when
several police officers stopped me and
told me to go back. 'I want to speak
here,' I said. 'You can't,' said one of
the policemen. 'I have a right to
speak as an American eii'/en it is my
constitutional right,' I said. They refused
to let me proceed, and then I
drew a written protest from my pocket,
handed it to the principal officer, telling
him what it was. He refused to
receive it, and then T said I would
read it. The officers refused to let me
rend my protest. They would not let
me speak, they would not let me protest;
so I went back to my carriage."
About > o'clock at night Chief Marshal
Browne was released from the
fifth preeinet station house on a bond
of &"?()<), furnished liy Mrs. Kli/iilu tli
A. Haines, n dry Roods denier iuKmitli*
cost Washington.
Mississippi Coxcyitcs.
A special from Oxford, Miss., --ays:
A detachment of Uoxey's army, claiming
to lie on tlioir way to join Uoxey,
passed through Oxford. They were on
the tops of trains. The trains wero
delayed here some tune, during which
time some of the slipped over to the
University of Mississippi, entered the
rooms of some of the vonner men while
they were absent ami stole their clothing.
This ik the second company that
has passed through here.
oatolli Orders the Use of English in All Cathedral
Ch'/rchcs.
TjAcrosrk, Wis.?The Rev. Penn
William Whito of the Catholic diocese
aid that Mgr. Sntolli lias ordered that
English l)e the language of all Catholic
athedral churches in America hereafter.
The order applies particularly to ]
La Crosse, nearly all other cathedral <
churches having one English service. ]
FAMILIES BURIED ALIVE.
In Awful Canadian Oitaotor on tAo Rivo*
St. Anno.
Qckbsc. Canada.?About 8:30
./clock Friday night tho inhabitant*
)f the village of St. Alban, situated
jome 50 miles from here in Port Nouf
jonuty, heard a terrible noise, resembling
the roll of thunder, in the distance.
The soil commencing to vibrate,
i panic ensued. Furmers ran out ol
their dwellings tc 7 void being burned
under tho ruins as they believed the
{round was going to give way beneath
them.
At the upper cndof tho village, 6oine
three miles from the parish church is
i curve funned by tho river St. Anne
ind close to tho curve is a water fall
L50 feet high. The gsound forming
he right hand side of the fall gave way,
imrying the pulp wood mill, which
ivas situated riirht underneath and
locking the course of the stream.
Hie stream which was very rapid on
iccount of the melting snow over the
maintains and adjacent valley, spread
>ver the adjoining farms and caused
lie undermined embankment to slide
nto the river, filling it up.
Several houses along the river bank
vere carried into the river. One of
hem was occupied by a family named
tuuthier, numbering four persons, all
>f whom perished. Smoke was seen
:o ascend from under the ruins sliowng
what an awful death the occupants
oust have met. The ground which
.lid into the river measured about six
iqitnrc miles. Whole farms have been
lestroyed and their stocks and farm
roduce.
The old bed of the St. Anne river is
low levelled and the river runs miles
roin where it coursed before. Three
ridges were carried, namely the St.
Mban, St. Cobimcr bridge, and the St.
\niio bridge. People in the noigli orliood
of the scene of the disaster
ire terror-stricken.
LICFNSES FOR LIQUOR.
Columbia's Council to Legs';: 6 He
Traffic
OonrMniA, ?. 0.?The city council
if Columbia held a special meeting
tkio afternoon and unanimously determined
to issue licenses for the sale
if liquors. The point was raised that
die city is at present without a whisky
license ordinance, and the licensi
nimmittee, acting with the city attorney,
was instructed to prepare an orlinance
to be presented at the regular
nicetincr of the council. The com
nitteo whs instructed to incorporate
in the ordinance regulations
r?*r the early closing of saloons and prohibiting
sales to inebriates and minors
nn<l requiring saloon keepers to
jive bond, to be forfeited on proof of
violation of any of these regulations.
The city council also granted by a
vote of 7 to 4 a petition for a license
from a member of the American Ticket
Brokers' Association. This is th" first
time in the history of the city that a
jut rate ticket broker has been lijeused.
THE ELECTIONS
The rohHen! T d' Ebbs and Flo'vs Contin
:oisly.
At municipal elections throughout
Indiana Tuesday, the lb-publican;
ivere generally triumphant, being vie
torious in many Democratic strong
liolds.
CrmrMMV. O.?The third Ohio con
jroKf-n mil district in the special elee
[ion held Tuesday has worn
ic 1?y about tho usual majority o'
5,00!) voles, elect iugPaul .T. Sorg over
K. <5. Hathhnuc, Republican. Sorg's
lioinc, Middleton, strongly Rcpubli
an, gave him 108 plurality, while
Hamilton, ex * (lovernor Campbell's
lioine, carried by the Republicans at
Hie last municipal election, gave him
1,188 plurality, and Dayton, carried
by McKinley by 505 votes last fall,
went Democratic to-day by 100. The
Democrats here are jubilant over the
Apparent turn in politics in their favor.
The Gold Reserve Dwindling.
Washinuton, I). C. ? With the gold
taken from the Treasury this week for
shipment and with that engaged at
New York for shipment, the gold reserve
in the Treasury has been reduced
to $05,250,000. The general balance,
which includes the gold, is $123,100,000.
An Electric Fire.
Cincinnati, Ohio.?During a squall
preceding a hard rain lightning struck
the Cincinnati Tin and Japan Company's
plant at Canal and Cycaniore
streets. In a moment the establishment
was in flames. The loss in $150,
'KM); insurance $80,000, hold by fouricon
enim?anies.__^^^^_
A Misplace! Decimal Ca/ses a Mistake.
Ati.anta, Oa.?Tho shops of the Maricttn
?V North Georgia Railroad nt
Marietta, destroyed by tin*, were reported
to lmvc caused ft loss of .$127,000
sustained by the Atlanta Home
Insurance Company. In reality it was
only $12,700, the insurance being less
than that.
Jarvis to Ejtogue Vance.
Washington, D. C.? Senator .Tarvip
v ill deliver a eulogy on the late Sena
I Vani-e before the United Confederate
Vet.thus of Washington, May 17,
at their memorial meeting to be held
n honor of the great Carolinian.
Chowchow.
[Petersburg Daily I ndcx-Appeal. ]
\\ aaiiington papers note the marriage
there of Kdward M, Mix nml Kntherino
Piekell.
C. H. Fletcliei,, * -<vuern,N. C.,barkeeper,
who had heen on a .lel??uch,
committed auieide Wednesday jnorning
by taking morphine.
PITHY NEWS ITEMS
The North Carolina grand council
of the Royal Arcanum met at Raleigh.
The Goldaboro, N. C., Cotton Mills
will resumo operation during May.
A pants company has been established
at Elkin, N. C.
A 5,000 spindle cotton factory has
been proposed in Laurinbtirg, N. C.
Tlio preachers in Lexington, Ky.f
have uuited in the flght against Col.
Breckinridge's rc-uomination.
Cleveland, Ohio, had a small riot
last week, which was quelled by the
poiico.
The banking firm of HintonADunn,
Petersburg, Va., is to retire from business.
,
An ink factory and^Tbarrel factory
are to be new enterprises at Waynesville,
N. C.
An Atlanta architect has completed
the drawings for the Newberry, 3. C.,
proposed water works, and the cost ie
estimated at ?130,000.
A sturgeon which was HJ feet long
niul weighed .'500 pound*, wan caught
Tuesday morning in Neuse river neai
Kinston, N. C.
Advertisement will probably soon be
made for plans and drawings for n
?50,000 courthouse for Mecklenburg
county, N. C., ntChnrlotte, the county
seat.
The First National 13ank of SeilaliH.
Me.., linn failed. Capital ?'250,000.
Depositors wiii probably be paid iu
full.
A company has been organized by
Captain Pritehard at -Titurville, Fla.,
for the purpose of erecting factory fc;
manufacturing palmetto fibre.
The Tine LumberCo., at Newberne,
N. O., has lately finished its new saw
mill, and commenced operations about
two weeks ago.
Comptroller General Ellerbe issuer
i circular from Columbia, S. C.f t?:
county treasurers ordering them no1
to receive money tendered them foi
state licenses to sell liquors.
Wednesday was the hottest May day
ever known in New York. The mer
cury registered S3 and there was nc
abatement of the heat from morning
till night.
While the South is by no means fre?
from blan"* '** * n'T.Ty'^iiers, yet ii
such cases the Co.\?y ~niy ~Wonre
meiit it pr ?ves the ro*l Roundness o
its people b^\ Rs failure to take part ii
any social i/tIC -Qi'iv* -mta of tramps.
C. M. Braxton's bank and offici
building, which ia nearly completed
at Newport News, Va., is one of thi
finest in the South. It is finished ii
hardwoods and has the latest improve
mchtfl.
Tuesday night George Gay Mrs. Clari
Sherwood went boating on the St.
Tallica river at Jacksonville. Th<
next day their dead bodies were wash
ed ashore. They were lovers.
Thursday Mr. Albert Johnson, o
Raleigh, H. C., the oldest livinj
locomotive engineer in this country
celebrated his 81st birthday. He ii
y? t in the employ of the Seaboard Ail
V i
unit*.
Application is to be made on May 25
Ht Abingdon, Va., for the removal o
John C. Haskell and D. H. Conklin
receivers of the South Atlantic & Ohi?
Railroad (Jo. The .action is made bi
William MeOeorge, Jr., for himsel
and otherR, and alleges that the roa(
is not being managed properly.
The hosiery mill in the State peni
tentiary at Columbia, S. C., whicl
was destroyed by tire last week, wil
be continued in a new building nlread;
secured. J. M. Graham, who ha
charge of the plant, has ordered con
siderable new machinery, and will bu;
more later 011.
Col. Carter M. Braxton, of Newpor
Newh, Vn., states that representative!
of a Northern car-manufacturing com
pany have been in that place recently
investigating its advantages for th<
location of a ear-building plant t<
cover about thiity acres and to have i
capital of about ?l ,000,000.
While in Baleigh, N.C., Mr. Nich
ols, Treas. of the I>wight Mfg. Co.
Chieopee, Ma?s., la jupm-t ?d to havi
said that it is a matte ' eiesaity fo
some of tile larue uri mills to In
moved from Massachusi tts to th 'South
J. S. Wynne, Kee'y and Treaa. o
the Unlcigh (N. (\) Cotton Mills n?l
vocnted tlr- building of another cottoi
mill there, to he erected on the install
ment plan. The suggestion took an<
a $100,000 local company has bcei
formed to carry it into execution. 1
has already been named the Melros<
Cotton Mills
The new cotton mill to be buil
at TiiKcnpan, two miles from Wclford
S. C., 10,000 spindles and the rcquisiti
looms will be, at first, all the factory
will contain, but as time rolls on 30,
000 will i?c. the capacity of that con
ccrn. The directors of that new enter
prise have been decided upon as fol
lows: l)r. C. Tv Fbmminir. Prew o
the Whitney Mfg. Co., Whitney, S. C.
I). E. Converse, Pres. of the Cliftoi
Mfg. Co., Clifton. S. C.; J. H. Mont
gomery, Pres. of the Spartan and Pa
colet Stills, S. C.,and J. B. Cleveland
Sam Jones to ht Tried.
Memi-his, Tenn.?The General Coi
ference of the M. E. Church, Soutl
is sitting here. The trinl of Uev. Hai
P. Jones, the noted evangelist, wli
was suspended by the Georgia Confei
< nee heenuse he refused to perfori
regular pastoral duties, will come u]
Mr. Jones is here to defend hinuu-1
He is particularly severe on the hisl
ops and lively times are expected.
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BRADSTREETS REPORT.
Trade at the South Quiet.--Strength of Rice Ai
a Feature.
Naw York.?Bradstreet's report
says:
The movement of general merclian<liae
throughout the country is smaller fi
in volume. Spring trade in finished, tl
! and orders for fall delivery are, with
few exceptions, not meeting expecta- o
tions. Jobbers in leading lines at ti
almost all larger citiea report aalea b
nlmost without exception as of a hand P
to-mouth description. *
The extension of the coal and coke r':
i strike accompanied by riots at Cleve- 'j
land and Mesaba, Iihh emphasized the ^
depression. The industrial situation, s'
therefore,lias no improvement. Strikes * '
of iron ore miners, among the building
trades, with an extension of the coal '*
miners strike, and the almost total n
cessation of operations iti the coko re- P
gions, have swelled the totnl number j
of idle industrial workers to fully 215,- 1
000. Shut-downs of industrial eon- A
cerns dependent on coke or soft coal "
1 for fuel are increasing, notwithstanding
an attempt of coal operatives and
; operators to get together to arrange a P
Mums ot settlement.
There is more animation in demand t(
for lumber and leather at Philadelphia,
but increased prices for Bessemer pit? rt'
iron and steel billets at Pittsburg and '
J other points, due in part to the Kearci- 1
; tv of fuel, have not resulted in more ''
orders. !'
Throughout the South trade hafi re- [J
mnined very uniformly quiet, excep- J'
tions being at Charleston, Augusta and 1
New Orleans. The strength of rice is
a feature. At. Baltimore, quiet pre- *
vails ;u all lines of trade, and at Cin- ?
cinnati merchandise markets are dull ?
and manufacturers working on small Sl
orders. A few manufacturing lines at a
Louisville report April business equal 0
, to 1893, but almost nil others say it is 1'
r from 10 to 30 per cent, smaller. The 1
; Nashville money market is weaker, 0
but at Memvhis and f'hnttunoogstlicro "
I is no change in trade f> (^^hmfc^oek :i
in any direction. Wholesale grocers 1
^ at Atlanta report the only activity ?
noted in staple lines, and the Savannah
naval stores market is firm. Only a 1
moderate volume of trade has taken 11
r plsee at Mobile, and Birmingham r
frankly admits the coal strike has fur- "
.. ,.i i , ii n
? iner cneciteu sines i?v jonners.
HARRISON WON'T RUN IN 96. <?
1
5 Says John C. New. Except in the Event of c
i Some Great Emergency. c
j - The Washington Post of Wednesday J.
published a statement from Gen. John
1 C. New referring to the report that his 1
son, Harry S. New, of the Indianapolis *
e Journal, had publicly announced the H
, candidacy of Mr. Harrison for the "
s presidency Gen. New said:
i "The story is a fake and my son has
given utterance to no such expression.''
Gen. New, weighing his words with 1
the utmost deliberation and emphasis,
continued, the Post says:
. "You can state as coming from me "
_ that Mr. Harrison will not be a candi- ^
date in 1896. He lias made no efforts
in that direction, and will make none,
f neither will his friends.
J ".Short of some great emergency or
. contingency like that which induces (.
? the patriot to take up arms for his 1
f country, Mr. Harrison's name will not H
go before the Republican national J
convention. j
f "This is in accord with his own
wishes, and, knowing his sentiment on
j the subject so well, I do not hesitate to
r brand the dispatch from Chicago as a (
f fake." r
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What a Banker Soys About Southern Goto ^
Fields. t
li Robert J. Lowry, a prominent bank- <
1 or of Atlanta, in a letter to the Atlanta t
y Constitution, says: "I believe in tlie t
h next twenty years, with tho modern '
devices for mining, the gold regions oi 1
p upper Georgia, western North Carolina
and a part of South Carolina will (
^ produce more gold than California ever 1
did. If our hills and valleys abound (
iu this precious metal, which they do, 1
-diould not every effort be put forth to
^ levelop them? Ijet the world know
hat we have gold of the finest quality
? which ia at par the world over; give us
a mint; let the general government encourage
our mines by tins needful institution,
when I am satisfied the result
will be surprising to those who
nave not looked into the question."
r iMr. Lowry has carefully studied the
,, situation, and is satisfied that thereare t
. sst in>Nsilii 1 ilii'H in tliH i/old ores ol
I lie South. If one-hull of what those t
f >vho, like Mr. Lowry,have investigated ?
the matter sav of the gold ores of tlu (
( Carolina* and Georgia he true, that ,
section ia destined to become the ecu- j
I fie of great mining activity. (
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Hmting at a Disco tut.
The Shelby, N. ('., Aurora nays that l
t James Backey, of Fallrton, sent io u <
t Chicago fur house ten mink hides, ]
P three 'popsum and thirty-nine mnkkrat ]
y and two rabbit hides. lie was disap- ,
pointed when lie received only . ?!..So
for the entire lot of hides. Several
years ago he received on an average <
10 cents apiece for muskrnt and 83.10 !
f each average for ten mink hides or$31 j
; total. One* year lie sold to a Balti- ?
i more firm 8107.50 worth of furs, ,
caught by steel traps und dead-falls.
? Developing fin*ids.
E. N. Crane, of Kennesaw, Xeb.,
after spending a winter at KifRinm.ee,
i- Fla., hft? left for hiR home, and states
j, that he will shortly return with twenty
in colonietH whom he intends to locate on
10 part of a 4000-acre tract of laiul ii.
r- Florida, which he lias purchased. It
in ia Mr Crane's intention to colon;/'
p. the entire tract, and he expects befor?
f. the year lina expired to diapoRe of tin
1- 4000 acres. Only seventy-five acres ?
are to be aold to each mnn.
THE INCOME TAX.
11 EN DM en TS ARE MADE IN THE SENA TE. ,
hey Materially Modify the Original Draft !
of the Law.
Washington, D. C.?Senator Vest i
om the committee on finance reported ]
le amendments on the income tax. i
Sections fW, 60 and 01 are stricken ]
ut and the following section snbsti- 1
ited therefor: "That there shall be ,
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Vieu HUU COllfCltMl n va\ ui <. jwi vvu?. j
er annum on the net profits or income
hove ordinary working or operating
spenacs of all banks, banking institniouh,
trust companies, saving instituions,
fire, marine, life, and other inurance
companies, rnilroad, canal,
urnyike, canal, navigation, slock wa*r,
telephone, telegraphy express,
lectric light, gas, water and street
nil way companies, aud all other cororations,
companies or associations
oing business for profit in the United
totes, no mutter how created and oranizcd.
That said tax shall be paid
u or before the first day of duly in j
aoh year; and if the president or other j
hief officers of any corporation, com- )
any or association shall neglect or re- ]
use to file with the collector of the in- j
iTiial revenue district in which said j
orporation, company or association |
liall be located or engaged in business ]
statuncut verified by his oath or af- (
rmatiou, showing the amonut of net ,
10fits or income received by said cor- 1
oration, company or association dur- j
:ig the whole calendar year preceding
lie date of tiling snid statement ns
ereinafter required, the corporation,
onipany or association making default
liall forfeit as a penalty the sum of
1,000 and 10 per cent, of the amount
f taxes due for each month until the
nine is paid, the payment of said penIty
to be enforced as provided in otlici
uses of neglect and refusal to pay
enalties and taxes under the internal
cvenue laws. The net profits or inome
of all corporations, companies
r associations shaii include the
mounts paid to shareholders and
londholders or holders of certificates
f indebtedness of any kind, or carried
0 the account of fund, or used for
onstruction, enlargement of plant or
ny other expenditure or investment
epresenting the net profits made or
oquired by said corporations, couipa
lies or associations. That nothing
lerein contained shall ainilv to States.
ounties or municipalities; nor to cor orations,
companies, or associations
iganized and conducted solely foi
haritablc, religious or educational
uirpoBca, nor to the stocks, shares,
unds, or securities held . any fiduiary
or tr?- _foy cho J^ligious
>t odvioC^ . t , Wr Ao
uch building and loan associations as
ire organized under the laws of any
itste or Territory or tlic District of
Columbia, which make loans only to
heir shareholders to enable them to
>rovide for themselves homes."
There are 23 additional amendments
lesigned to remove certain objectionible
features and lessen the stringency
if the law. Where a penalty is atached
in thceaseone renders a frauduent
return, the language lias been
hanged so as to read "a wilfully or
raudulent" return; in cuse of failure
ir refusal to make return the collector
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r* injlcuiuvi iu iiid ivi- iii*^ i im uy iut^ ex*
nniuation of tho person, etc., the
vords "l>y the examination of his
looks or accounts" being atricket out
n many places throughout the income
ax feature the present wording relates
o the acts of any "person," and in
>ther places the word "corporation"
done is used. These have been amend d
so as to include companies and associations.
At the end of section 62,
vhieh regulates the payment of the
ax by persons drawing salaries in ex:ess
of SM.OOO, there has been added
lie following provision: "Provided,
hat salaries due to State, county or
nunicipal ofticersshall be exempt from
he income tax herein levied."
The section of the Revised Statutes
3,176) which reads: "That the colector
or any deputy collector in any
listrict shall enter into and niton the
tremises, if it be necessary, of any perton
therein who hns taxable property,
md who refuses or neglects to make
my rt'iurii, etc., lias t>een Amended
to ns to read: "That when any person,
orporation, company, or AKAociation
efuacs," the collector or his deputy
nay make out the return, the authorty
to enter upon the premises being
stricken out. The limit of the time
luring which the tax shall l?e in operalion
is fixed at from January, 1895, to
Fanuary 1, 1900. At the end of secJon
55, which relates to the method of
computing and estimating incomes,
here lias been added the following:
"Provided, also, that in computing the
income of any person, corporation,
company or association, there shall
not be included the amount received
from any corporation, company or association
as interest or dividends upon
the bonds or stock of such corporation,
ompany or association, if the tax of '2
per cent, has been paid upon its net
profits by said corporation, company
:>r association as required by this act."
From section f?5, which describes
what shall bo taxable, the following
clause lias been expunged: "And the '
diare of any person in the gains or
profits of all companies, whether in- |
coi pointed \oi partnership, who would
hp entitled to the some if divided,
whether divided or othei-vise, except
the iimmmt <-f income rece ived trom
icutitutioud or corporations whose
officers. as required 1?y lew, withhold
r per centum of the dividends,interest,
^ftins, profit? and income made by
such institutions or corporations snd
pay the same to the officer authorized
to receive the iwi"'1
Republicans Carry Louisville.
Lolusvinr.K, Kv. ? The KepiihlioniiH
lave elected their full ticket with the
exception of one councilman, in the
nuuicipal election.
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M IVmUfttem tfwn^m. ^ . I
Moroantow, N. 0.?There waa
marriage at Valdese last Sunday, the
?econd among the Waldensans since
their arrival in Ameriea. Ainpng the .
immigrants who arrived last November
were pretty Marguerite Gaydon and
ier widowed mother, who, without
male relative or protector, came to the
NTew World to find a home. Some time
before the last colonists arrived yoUng . W
John Long, with plenty of brawn and
pluck, but with a very meagre supply
it ready cash, camo with other WallensanN
from Utah to join Iub fellow
lountrymen in Burke. Marguerite had
uived a snug pile of golden francs, and
with these she purchased a fertile bit
it farm with plenty of apple and clier
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vj iruiu tin: uuun^ wt wuiuu n *c?j
comfortable log house peeped out. A
chunk of a mule noil a wagon wore also
secured, and a cosy stable was b'liitt
for the cow. John came over to pruno >>
the trees and meiul the fences. He y
found time to help with tho potatoes
*ud lingerod around a day or two .
planting grape viuea aa lie had learned' A
to do in aunny Italy. Then it occurred A
to him that maybe he had just aa well
remain until the viuea bore the purple
tjrape, and he asked Marguerite about ^
it, aud she did not think tho idea a
had one at all. 80 the mule waa
hitched to the wagon, and the pair
came to town for the marriage license
f?nd the wedding coat for the groom'*
broad shoulders, both of which were
paid for in Marguerite's gold. Tho
wedding look place Sunday at Valdese,
where Pastor Yiuay pronounced Marguerite
and John man and wife.
Fell Down a 43-fooi Well.
Mrs. T. Tj. Sneed nnd her baby fell -N
in D. J. Dowdy's well in Concord
township,Iredell county,N.C.,laKtSun- JB*
day morning. She went to the well to get
a drink, with her babe in her arms,
and the foundation nt the top gave
way. The well in43 feet deep and haa
no waii in it. She held the babe in
her nrma and never let it go. A banket
was fantened to the rope and aent
down'and brought the babe out first.
It has only one mark on ita face. Mra. .
Bneed received very bad bru.:6eti and
spraiua. y
Chang in Tht Seaboard Air Lint.
John H. Winder has been appointyn
general manager of the Seaboar<y&jK
Line. Hi? father, John C. yuu?r,
who has been both general^ranager
and vice president, retainpy&nly the
latter position. The ofTJs of general
auperintendentis aboli-yed. The new
general manager wilj^ntinne to have
his headqo ^a at Xlanta.
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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. ^
The Senate.
9tnT Day.?Mr. Harris movo?l that the Ren- ,
ate prooood to the consideration of the J
Tariff bill. In response to a request by Mr."
Allen, to allow some business on tho eolendar
to bo taken up, Mr. Harris romarkod
that tho disposition of the Tariff bill was of
vastly more Importance. The question was
taken on Mr. Harris's motion, and
It was agreed to. Speeches were
mA'ln hv Mnnars. Hale. Harris. Sherman nnd
Dolph. At 3 p. m. Mr. Dolph yielded tho
door, when Mr. Cameron offered resolutions 1
on tho death of Representative Ulley. of
Pennsylvnnln. Eulo-rlos wero delivered by j
Senators Cameron, Palmer nnd Chandler,
tho resolutions wero ngreed to, and the Hen- '
ate a IJourned.
92n Day.?Cross-fire debate on the tnrlff
occupied the whole day. Mr. Tnrpio, in a
speech, accused Mr. Aidrich of telling three
deliberate lies, and Mr. Yoorhoes declared
the Income tax would not bo stricken from
the Tariff bill.
93d Day.?For the third time In flvo weeks
the Senate met only to hear tho announcement
of the death of one of Its members ?
Senator Stockbrldge, of Michigan?which
occurred at Chicago. The mooting of the
Scuato had been postponed from 11 o'clock
to noon, so as to give Senators an opportunity
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Morgan,
wife of the Alnhamn Senator. The Michigan
Senator's desk and ohalr in the outer row of
the Republican seats were covered with blaok
cloth. The usual resolutions were offered
by Mr. McMUlnn, and were agreod to. They
provide for a commltteo of seven Senator* to
nttond tho funeral at Kalamazoo, Mich.
Senators McMillan, Frye, Washburn, Cullom,
Jones, of Arkansas ; Gibson and lllancharl
wero appointed.
P4th Day.?The bill for the suppression of
lottery traffic, through national and Interstate
commerce nnd tho postal servloo was
discussed by Messrs. Vest and lloar.
Mnt?r? Hnnlrn anil (.mice snoke on the Tariff
bin. ~
!)5th I)at. When the Tariff bill was taken
up Mr. Allison appealedto Mr. Harristo let tho
flr9t amendment, Hxlug tho time for the bill
to go into effect, pa9s over for the proeenf.
This wns agreed to. The remainder of the
day was consumed by the speeches of Messrs.
Quay, Chandler and Hoar.
IHIth Pat.?Mr. Quay continued his speech
on the \Vll6on Tariff bill.
The House.
113th Pat.?The Army Appropriation bill
wns taken up and gonsral debate thereon
exhausted. It was considered a short time
11 v nnr/icrrnnii* for amendments. when a
point of no quorum was raise*). The lack
of a quorum being officially demonstrated* ^
at 5.35 the House adjourned.
114th Day.?The resignation of Mr. Cfltdwell,
of Ohio, was received and lll$f5T-?
Senate bill appropriating f7000 for^the reconstruction
of the OovernmeuUftridge over
the Niobrara River, Ncbrnskj^was pnssed.
A resolution requesting'the Fish Commissioner
to inquire the alleged destruction
of fish in thd^fabash River by the
flow of oil was agpgfM to. The Army Appropriation
bill^was considered, a fow unimportant
amendments to It agreed to, and
the bill parted.
115t^Bay. ?Mr. DJngley called up the bill
reorganising the accounting branch of tho
Treasury Department, abolishing the offices
of Second Comptroller and Deputy Second
Comptroller. The House made it the unfinished
business. The House then ad
journed out of respect to the memory ot the
late Senator Stockbridge.
116th Dat.?Mr. Bell Introduced a joint
resolution to provide for the appointment of
a committee to dovise means for the Anr.r,i?y
uioui <ji mo tale men of the country, to restrict
immigration, start up the mines, increase
the currency, and to prohibit the Issue
of Interest-bearing bonds, without the
authority of Congress. The Dockery Commission
bill was passed. Before adjournment
the House entered upon the consideration
of the River and Harbor Appropriation
bill. A
117m Day.?All of the session was devoted
In Commute" of the Whole to general debiite
on the River nn t Harbor Mil.
118th Day. ?Without preliminary' business
the House piocee led to the consideration o'
the River and Iltr or Appropriation t
uudtT the flve-mlnute rule. It was passu *
The night session was devoted to tt*
sideratlon of private pension bills.