The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, October 11, 1895, Image 3
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RIOT IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
Many Helpless Armenians Beaten to
Death by Turks.
To add to the state of terror prevail
ing nt Constantinople, a third slight
earthquake was experienced there
Wednesday. This, with the rioting
and bloodshed, the imprisonment of
about 500 Armenians, the killing of
prisoners in cold blood and the pres
ence of troops nnder arms at all points
is well calculated to excite even the
most phlegmatic Tnrk.
The rioting and blood-letting which
began on Monday was renewed on
Tuesday evening in spite of all the
precautions taken by the authorities of
the mneh disturbed city.. On Tues
day the principal rioting was the work
of the Softas, Mohammedan theologi
cal students, who chased and beat with
bludgeons every Armenian they met.
Daring Tuesday night a mob of Softas
and Turks attacked the house of a
leading Armenian, Kasim Pasha,
storming the building and threatening
its destruction and killing several per
sons who were unable to escape from
it in time.
This mob also attacked a cafe fre
quented by Armenians and twenty of
these unfortunate people who were
found there were beaten to death with
bludgeons. To the disgrace of the
authorities, not a single policeman
appeared on the scene, and no attempt
was made to save the lives of the Ar
menians.
The Riot Was Deliberate.
The critical condition of affairs at
Constantinople is the sensation of the
daj_in London, and all the dispatches
Trom that city are read with the great
est eagerness.
In spite of the assurance to the con
trary of the Armenian committee of
London, the belief prevails in official
circles that the rioting at Constanti
nople was really deliberately planned,
brought about by the Armenian agita
tors who are desirous of forcing the
htuds of the powers in order to bring
about direct interference upon the
part of Great Britain, France and
Russia in the administration of Ar
menia.
It is now known definitely that at
leost five Armenians were killed after
they had been arrested on Monday and
this has caused great indignation.
NO LOWER RATES.
Western Railroad Officials Refuse
Further Redaction. .*
A Chicago special says: Atlanta ex
position rates from the west will be no
lower than 25 per cent of the double
locals unless developments arise to
change the minds of western passenger
officials. They have reaffirmed their
former decision to make no more than
the 25 per cent reduction and also
agreed to ignore the greater reduction
made by the Kansas City, Fort Scott
and Memphis from Kansas City. The
officials say that in no case would they
be justified in making a further reduc
tion to last the three months of the
exposition
AGE-HKRALD CHANGES HANDS.
Hereafter It Will Advocate the Coin
age of Silver.
The Age-Herald, published at Bir
mingham, that has been heretofore
ran as a single gold standard paper,
has changed hands. The purchasers
are mainly former stockholders of the
Daily State, which was the leading-
free silver paper in Alabama. That
paper, The State, will discontinue and
The Age-Herald will hereafter be pub
lished as tBe State-Herald and will ad
vocate bimetallic doctrines.
LADIES
AN OPIUM DEN.
A Sensation In Toledb When th® Dis
covery Was Made by Police.
The police of Toledo, O., have dis
covered an opium joint in the heart of
the city. It was conducted by a Chi
naman and seven American inmater
were found in the don. Among them
were two young girls, said to be the
daughters of prominent citizens. Their
names were suppressed, but it is learn
ed that one is the daughter of a lead
ing capitalist and the other a well-
known railroad man. Considerable
of a sensation is the result.
NO DIVORCES.
South Carolina Take* a Unique Stand
in Respect to the Matter.
A Columbia, S. C., special says.
The fight, begun Monday night on the
divorce law, continued all day Tues
day. By a vote of 86 to 49 the con
vention adopted a etrict section tha
“no divorce shall ever be granted x.
this state”—not for any cause what-
ever. .. - .
Senator Tillman made a big effort
to have divorces granted in other
states recognised, bat for once “•’J - ® 8
overwhelming!? voted down. Ihe
parliamentary clincher was pat pq the
tivoiee aiauee as adopted.
NOT IN TEXAS
WILL CORBETT AND FITZSIM
MON9 HAVE THEIR BOUT.
The Legislature Passes an Antl-Prlza
Fight Law.
A Special from Auetin, Texas, says:
Corbett and Fitzsimmons must find
another place than Texaa to pull off
their fight for the proposed champion
ship of the world.
The legislature by a vote that was
practically unanimous in the senate
and only a little less in th# honse, pass
ed the bill prohibiting prize fighting,
and thus accomplished the purpose for
which the governor assembled them in
special session.
The vote by which the bill was car
ried furnishes the strongest proof of
the sentiment of the state with refer
ence to prize fighting. The only rally
ing point of the minority was opposi
tion to the emergency clause which
carried the bill into immediate effect.
Certain of the members honestly re
garded this ns an injustice to such of
the citizens of Dallas as had spent
large sums in anticipation of the fight
and opposed it for that reason alone.
Their arguments were not effective,
however, and the vote in the house on
the final passage of the bill showed
but five votes in opposition with 107 in
its favor. Ink the senate the bill
was carried with only one ^negative
vote in the twenty-seven that were
cast. The senate made quick work of
the measure. It had taken a rece*'
until 3 p. m. in order that Dallas pec
pie might be given a full hearing by
the judiciary committee. Within fifty-
five minutes after reassembling the bill
wan passed.
The bill makes prize fighting a fel
ony and imposes a punishment upon
the principals for every infraction of
the law by imprisonment in the peni
tentiary for a term of not less than
two and not more than five years.
THREATENED COMPLICATIONS
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
With England Over the Venezuelan
Boundary Line.
A special to the New York Herald
from Washington strys: Th© great in
ternational question of the hour is the
Venezuelan boundary dispute.
Secretary Olney has prepared a dis
patch to Ambassador Bayard which
will soon bring the matter to an issue.
This dispatch is of a most positive ani
unequivocal nature. As soon as it
shall be placed before the British gov
ernment it will raise an issue which
can be settled only by the retreat of
one or the other governments.
The stand taken by the United States
in this dispatch is one which involves
the oldest and most sacred tradition*
of the government—an enforcemen^of
the Monroe doctrine.
Secretary Olney’s dispatch is in sub
stance a declaration in the most posi
tive language that the United Stater
will never consent to British occnpa-
tion of the disputed territory in Ven
ezuela unless that nation’s right there
to is first determined by arbitration.
In polite but firm and significant
words, Secretary Olney declares it to be
the belief of the United States govern
ment that the territorial claims which
Great Britain has set up in Venezuela
are in the natnro of an attempt to seize
territory on the American continent
to which she has no legal right. The
secretary points out two horns to the
dilemma, leaving Great Britain tc
choose which she will accept.
First. If the quarrel with Venezuela
is an ordinary dispute, having its or
igin in faulty descriptions, imperfect
surveys or other misunderstandings
a refusal to arbitrate the same is con
trary to the precedents of Great Brit
ain herself and contrary to the practice
of all civilized nations.
Second. If, on the other baud, as
appears to be the case, and is the be
lief of the president of the United
States, the dispute as to the loeatioa
of a boundary line is a mere disguise
under wnich Great Britain is attempt
ing by superior force to extend her
territorial possessions in America, this
is directly violative of the Monroe
doctrine, and will, never be submitted
to by the United States.
PREACHERS TO PRAY
For the Success of Governor Culber
son’s Call on the Legislature.
Work on the amphitheater,intended
for the Corbett-Fitzsimmona’ mill, baa
not been resumed, and the building
stands as the mechanics left it Satur
day evening. President Stuart, of the
Florida Athletic Club, says work on
the structure costs him $1,500 a day,
and he does not consider it good busi
ness judgment to take any chances on
what the legislature may do.
The Pastors’ association has called a
special prayer meeting to pray for the
success of Governor Culberson’s call
npon the legislature to pass the emer
gency law. The people of Dallas be
lieve the chances of beating the emer
gency clause are even.
HEAD-END COLLISION.
Two Engines Crash Together and En
gineer Atkins Killed.
A terrific head-end collision of two
passenger trains occurred at 7:15
o’clock Saturday morning on the main
line of the Atlanta and West Point
railroad, between Red Oak and Fair-
burn, Ga., resulting in the death of
Engineer Elex Atkins, one of the best
men in the service of the road. No
one else was hurt. Two engines were
completely demolished and traffic on
the road was suspended for some time.
The blame for the accident has not
yet been fixed upon any one, as there
may have been a misunderstanding of
orders.
• A Missouri Bank Fails.
The Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank,
of Creighton, Mo., has made an as
signment for the benefit of its credit
ors. The statement filed shows assets
to the amonnt of $124,000, and liabili
ties amounting to $60,000, mostly in
real estate papsr. The officers of the
institution say that the suspension is
only temporary and that the deposit
ors will be paid in full. The cashier
of the bank.D. B* Wallis, is designated
aa assignee.
The Industrial Condition as Reported
for the Past Week.
The Chattanooga Tradesman reports
the following new industries incorpor
ated or established in the southern
states daring the past week:
Newport Grain and Milling Co., of
Newport, Ark., and the Thompson Oil
and Gas Works, of Wheeling, W. Ya.,
each with $100,000 capital; a sash and
door factory to be built at Palatka,
Fla., also with $100,000 capital; a
manganese mining company at Roan
oke, Va., capital $50,000; a $50,000
cotton oil company at Brownwood,
Texas,a $40,000 construction company
at Columbia, S. C., and a $40,000 oil
and gas company at Wheeling, W. 3 a.
A cotton mill with 150 tons daily ca
pacity at Greenville, Texas, and a 30-
ton oil mill and oil refinery at New
Orleans, La.
There is also reported an electrical
plant at Canton, Miss., a 60-barrel
flouring mill at Madieonville, Tenn.,
an ice factory at Biloxi, Miss., and an
oil and fertilizer company at Ander
son, S. C. A knitting mill is to be
established at Brunswick, Ga., and
woodworking plants at Piedmont, Ala.,
McAlpin and Williston, Fla., Athens,
Ga., Trenton, Tenn., and Orange,Tex.
Waterworks are to be built atEufaula,
Ala., and Canton, Miss.
The enlargements for the week in
clude brick works at Harriman.Teun.,
iron and steel works at Houston, Tex.,
an increase in the capital of the Gaff
ney cotton mills at Gaffney, S. C.,
from $200,000 to $000,000, and an en
largement of the Woodstock woolen
mills at Woodstock, N. C.
JAPAN WANTS COTTON.
Movement to Establish a Line ol
Steamers to West Coast of Mexico.
Colonel John A. Cockorill, writing
from Yokohama, Japan, to the Manu
facturers’ Record, says:
“The cotton spinners association of
Osaka is now trying to induce the
Japanese government to subsidize a
Hue of steamers to ply between Osaka
and Yokohama and a point on the west
coast of Mexico. The idea is to secure
a steamship line wholly controlled by
the Japanese government and which
wijl connect with the Tehuantepec
railway.
“By this route it is thought the
cotton of the southern states can be
reached cheaper than by the way of
Tacoma. It is more than likely that
this enterprise will be carried out, for
the Japanese are giving great atten
tion to the subject of colonization in
Mexico.
“Another company has been formed
here with Viscount Enomato at its
head to purchase lands in Mexico and
locate thereon some of the surplus
popnlation of Japan. Japan is des
tined to become one of the greatest
cotton spinning countries of the world.
She will purchase 90 per cent of her
raw material in the United States
when the transportation rates are
properly adjusted.”
ON NEUTRAL GROUND
Th® Corbett-Fitzsimmons Slugging
Match May be Fought.
•The officers of the champions, Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons, will receive a
proposition from a syndicate of wealthy
sporting men of St. Joseph, Mo., to
bring off the fight on Sluggers’
island, a noted place for meeting
of prize fighters, and which has
afready been the scene of sev
eral hard-fought battles. This island,
which comprises about three acres,
is situated in the middle of the Mis
souri river, midway between the Mis
souri and Kansas shores and is neutral
ground. The authorities of both states
have unsuccessfully attempted to stop
prize fighting on this island and the
syndicate claim they will be able to
bring the fight off with no interfer
ence.
SOUTHERN’S ACQUISITION.
The Alabama Great Southern Control
led by the Southern.
A special from Birmingham, Ala.,
says: “At the annual stockholders’
meeting of the Alabama Great South
ern railroad directors were elected, a
majority of whom are directors of the
Southern Railway Company. This
places the latter in possession of the
Alabama Great Southern, extending
from Chattanooga to Meridian, and in
a position to practically dictate and
control the Queen and Crescent from
Cincinnati to New Orleans. The
Southern Railway Company will begin
at once to operate the Alabama Great
Southern.”
Socrates in the place of Alexauder
can be easily conceived, but Alexauder
in the place of Socrates never.
ATLANTA M ARKETS.
COBRECTED WEEKLY.
Groceries.
8 oaBtedcoffoe22.il) 1H J00 tt> oases. Green
hoico 21^; fair 20c; prime 19o. Sugar--
Standard granulated 4 %c; off grami'atcd ——
New Orleans white 4^c; do. yellow 4
Syrup—New Orleans open kettle mixe l
12Vt@20c; sugarhouse 20@35c- Teas— I) aca
30®65c; green 20@50c. Rice—Htad Oo;
choice 6%c. Salt—dairy, sacks, Sl.-lO; <!o- hi's.
S2.25: ice cream 90c; common TOc. Cheese--
Full cream ll@12o. Matches—65a 50c; 200-
$1.S0@$1.75; 300s $2.75. Soda—Boxes (»;;
Crackers Soda 5V£c; cream Stic;
ginger snaps 8Vic. Candy—Common stick
0; fancy 12@’.2>^. Ovsters -F. W. $1.70; L.
W. $1.25. Powder—Rifle $2.7 ). Shot—$1.35
Flour, Graiu and Meal.
Flour, first patent, $4.65; second patent
$4.15: straight $3.60; fancy $3.50; extra fami
ly $3.25. Com, white 45c; mixed 41c. Oats,
white 35c; mixed 30e. Rye,
Georgia 85c. Barley, Georgia rai.ed 85c. Hay.
No. 1 timothy, large bales 95c: small bales 9l)e.
No. 2 timothy, small bales 87c. Meal, t lain
45c; bolted 43c. Wheat bran, large sacks 76c.
small sacks 78c. Shorts $1.05. Stock Meal, $!•
Cotton Seed Meal 80c per 100 lbs. Hulls, $5.
per ton. Peas, 75c per bn. Grits $3.00.
Country Produce.
Eggs 13(313>4c. Butter-Western Creamery,
?0@22%c; fancy Tenn. lS@20o, choice 12*{.
Georgia 10®12V« C * Live poultry—Tur
keys 10c lb; hens 25@27 l 4c; spring
chicken®,:i2^«22^; dneks 18@£0e. Dressed
poultry—TnrKeys 16@18c; ducks K($
14; chicken® 10@12VJc. Irish potatoes
Burbank $2.00 32.50 '*) bb.': J0a6)c ? bn.
Tennessee bu. 05@75c. Sw.-et p>tatoes
40<?45o %> bu. Honey—Strained 8<&l0c; m
the comb l0(3i\2y t c. Onions 75c 1? bu ; bbls
Cabbage lal^Jc.
Provisions.
Clear rib sides, boxed 6J^c; ice-cured tellies
9o- Sugar-cure*’ ham- '0;?£@12hic: California
8c. Breakfast bacon 19 1 a- Lard—Best quaht .-
6}£c; second quality . compound 5%a
Cotton.
Local market closed steady; middling
FOR GREENHALGE.
THE MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLI
CANS WERE UNANIMOUS.
He
is Named for Governor by
State Convention at Boston.
the
When the Masaachnsetts republican
state convention had beei called to
order in Music Hall at Boston Satur
day, and some routine business had
been transacted, the conmittee on
permanent organization reported in
favor of Curtis Guild, Jr., as perma
nent president of the contention, and
brought in a list of nearly two hun
dred vice presidents.
Ex-Governor Long placsd Governor
Greenhalge in nomination for a third
term. There Were ho otuer nomina
tions and the chairman otlerod a bal
lot.
Just before the balloting commenced
the leaders of the opposition to Gover
nor Greenhalge passed ip and down
the aisles distributing balots marked :
“For Governor, Elijah A. Morse, of
Cauton.”
About half an hour vas consumed
in taking the ballot, aid while the
count was being made t was agreed
to depart from the usial method of
procedure and go on wih the other
nominations. Accordiigly Walcott
was ’nominated for liettenant-gover-
nor by acclamation.
The ballot resulted as follows: To
tal, 1,782; Greenhalge, 1,363; Morse,
391; scattering, 8. Eliih A. Morse
moved Greenhalge’s nlmination be
unanimous. It was carled.
• The other nomination! were Roger
Wolcott, of Boston, lieitenant gov
ernor; William M. Ohn, secretary of
state; Edward A. Shaw, of Newbury-
port, treasurer and receiver general;
General John M. Kim Vail, of Fitch
burg, auditor; Gen. Hoiea M. Knowl-
ton, of New Bedford, attorney.
The Platfom.
The platform condimu the demo
cratic tariff policy am' says that the
republican party is notplelged to any
schedules, but offers to each American
industry such protec ion as shall
equalize differences inprice of labor,
“and that the farmei and the miner
are as much entitled to protection as
the manufacturer.”
It says that if republican* were lib
eral in appropriations they furnished
revenue to meet them and steadily re
duced the public debt. Tht last con
gress provided a revenue shamefully
inadequate ami by the issue of bonds
shifted on to the succeeding adminis
trations the burdens of their aitlay. ”
On the currency question tie plat
form says that the government should
maintain each dollar which it issues
on a par with its standard gold dollar
and should not permit the tree coin
age of silver at any ratio not-establish
ed by the international agreiment.
It also says that the democratic ma
jority in congress has forted the na
tional treasury to a hunj;liating de
pendency upon private linkers and
*h«rk--Sl*®rf’ should to pro
tect the metallic reserve fro»ji concert
ed attacks of speclilators.
It declares: That this hemisphere
is no longer a subject for European
colonization, that the Monroe doctrine
is a true guide for American states
manship and should be uaintained to
wards small nations wiihout bluster
ing, towards great nations without
cringing, but always deliberately,
temperately, resolutely.’
M RS. MON TGOMERY1NDICTED.
Tue
Bill
Grand Jury Finds a True
for Murder Agaisst Her.
A special from Rone, Ga., says:
Mrs. Joanda Montgomery and her son,
Harvey Wilson, has been jointly in
dicted for murder bo the Floyd county
grand jury. The jury reviewed the
case thoroughly and Land the bill of
indictment after a hairing of several
days.
The attorneys of Mr. Montgomery,
who it is alleged was a party to the
crime in holding the hinds of her hus
band while her son stabbed him, are
confident of her acquittal. Their plea
will be that Mrs. Montgomery did not
know her husband was being stabbed
and held her husband to protect her
child.
PREACHER IN STRIPES.
ASSUMES COMMAND.
General Nelson A. Mllee Isanes Hit
First Order.
General Nelson A. Miles, accompa
nied by his wife, Captain Michier and
his aid de camp and Colonel Breck,
assistant adjutant general, reached
Washington Saturday.
Adjutant General Ruggles met the
party at the station, and accompanied
them to the Arlington hotel, where
Mrs. Miles was left. The officers were
then driven to the war department.
General Miles had a few minutes’ talk
with Secretary Lamont, after which
he issued the following order:
“General Orders !So. 54. — Head
quarters of the Army, October 5.—By
direction of the president, the under
signed hereby assumes command of the
army of the United States.
“Nelson A. Miles,
“Major General.”
HERBERT SPEAKS.
He Makes a Plea for Sound Money in
Montgomery.
Secretary H. A. Herbert, of the
navy, delivered an address at Mont
gomery, Ala., on the financial ques
tion. The speaker was introduced by
ex-Governor Jones. The secretary
fftid he was a bimetallist from no sen
timental reason. He was a democrat
who always worked in harness, who
never complained that the party collar
chafed him or worked uneasily upon
his neck, and he approached the money
question as one that should be looked
at, discussed and decided npon wholly
upon business principles. Mr. Herbert
then plunged into a discussion of the
money question and of tho causes of
the recent panic and bad times.
AN ELECTRIC PLANT.
Chattanooga Parties Get the Contract
for a Street Railway.
At a meeting of the board of aider-
men of Meridian, Miss., a resolution
to award the franchise for the opera
tion of an electric street railway on the
streets of the city and the maintenance
of an electric light plant to furnish
lights for the city and motive power
for the railway to W. R. Hall and as
sociates, of Chattanooga, Tenn., was
unanimously passed. The board of
council has concurred with the alder-
manic board in the adoption of the
resolution •
Trees and Sunstroke.
During tbe late extraordinary warm
spell the writer of this paragraph was
called upon to see a large sugar maple
tree that was supposed to have been de
stroyed by a leak of the city gas main at
the root; but an examination showed that
the tree died, literally, from sunstroke.
It is strange that close observers of trees
are unable to see when anything is out of
the common rim of things, and conse
quently note that something is going
wrong. This sugar maple had becu
planted on the street probably a quarter of
a century ago, and was about four feet in
circumference; but the trunk was almost
triangular, and yet this peculiarity seemed
to attract no attention. The tree was
simply triangular because on three sides
of the tree the bark and wood had evi-
the outer bark still continued to cover up
tbe injury, and tbe only live wood was on
the angles ot the trunk. Only about one-
third of the trunk was practically alive.
When the exceedingly warm spell came,
it was impossible for these limited ducts
to supply the moisture required for such
a large surface of foliage, and tbe tree,
therefore, literally died from inability to
furnish the moisture required for transpir
ation. It may be always taken for grant
ed that when the trunk of a tree, naturally
cylindrical, takes an angular form, there
is something wrong beneath the bark, and
an examination should at once be marie.
The flatter portions will usually be found
dead. In this case, the bark should
wholly be cut away from the dead portion
and the denuded part painted, in order to
check rotting away. In time, the healthy
wood may grow over the wound or lifeless
part, and the life of the tree be eventually
saved.
Sent Up for Life for the Murder ol
His Wife
A dispatch from Danville, Ind., says:
Rev. William E. Hinslaw, who was in
dicted for the murder of his wife at
Belleville, January 10th, and has been
on trial for the last five weeks, was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree and sentenced to life imprison
ment. fThree members of the jury
were in favor of hanging the divine.
The minister never fliiched when the
words which consignedhim to a felon’s
cell the remainder of his days were
read.
DIRECTORS INDICTED.
Chattanooga Grand Jury After Mem
bers ol Underwriters’ Association.
The indictment brought by the grand
jury now in session st Chattanooga
against the Kentucky and 'Tennessee
Underwriters’ Association for main
taining a trust is still something of a
sensation. It has been impossible to
learn the names of th© gentlemen in
dicted, but one of the nembers of the
grand jury said that every man on the
executive committee of the association
would be pulled up before the court
at its January term.
Women in Kentucky Will Vote.
The women of Lexington, Newport
and Covington, Ky. f »re registering
preparatory to voting in November.
This is the first opportunity offered
but they are not taking to the idea to
any great extent. They can only vote
for the members of the board of edu-
j cation, which right of snffrage was se-
! cured by the untiring woman suffra
gist, Miss Laura Clay, tbe noted
daughter of Cassias M. Clay.
A Powerful Ki.igciom in Africa.
m
Traders who have recently reached
Tripoli from Bornu in the Soudan,
tell of the rise of a new and powerful
kingdom in the interior of Africa.
The monarch is named Kabah. He
began life as a slave. Afterward he
became a lieutenant of Zebehr Pasha,
who was Egyptian governor of Dar
fur. After the fall of Gordon, Rabah,
who was collecting taxes in the Sou
dan, made his way with a body ol
fighting men to Baghirmi, southeast
of Lake Tchad, and not only held
his own against the Mahdists, but
conquered the country far and wide.
He then turned against the Sultan of
Bornu, whose capital is Kuka, on
lake Tchad, where the traders were.
Ashem, the Sultan, was defeated,
and Kiari, Ashem’s nephew, who
succeeded as Sultan, gathered fresh
forces and attacked Rabah again and
again, but was always repulsed.
Rabah is a free lance, fighting for his
own hand and profit; his army lives
on pillage. He is a tall spare negro,
very energetic, and of simple tastes.
He has collected a large store of gold
silver, coral, feathers, and ivory, and
has a good number of modern rifles.
His power is absolute, and he L-
rapidly forming a powerful state be
hind the French, English, and Ger
man hinterlands.
WASHINGTON VOTES
Love of Jewels
Danville Tobacco Firm Assigns.
Stult, Lisberger 4 Co., large tobacco
manufacturers of Danville, Va., who
do an extensive business in the south
and west, have assigned to P. H. Bois-
fceu, trustee. Liabilities $75,000; as-
j sets nearly that amount
The love of one’s personal property is
instinctive, anil a woman get* to feeling
for her rings and pins a sort of affec
tion, which is made up of a whole sheaf
of minified associations, says a writer in
Harper's Bazar. The engagement and
the wedding rings are, of course, sacred,
but while they cluster around themselves
the sweet memories of the happiest period
of a girl’s life: other rings are almost
equally prized. This one was bought oue
summer in Venice or Geneva ; it is a sou
venir of a charming trip. The other has
been lost and found a half dozen times,
ind seems to have a mysterious faculty of
returning to its owner, however careless
or unfortunate she may be.
Jewels possess the subtle beauty of
flowers in less ephemeral shape and tex-
lure.
KCOIVOirY.
“This is very pretty for a dollar,
said one fair shopper to another.
“Yes- ‘ I’m determined to have
one. But the prioe is too high. Lend
me ten cents for car fare and I’ll go
to Oddsou’s, where they sell the same
thing for 99 cents.”
GOSSIP OFTHECAPITAL IN BRIEF
PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of the Chiefs and Heads of the
Various Departments.
In the city of Washington, this
month, the first annual convention of
the National Mission Union will be
held. It will be a notable gathering
of rescue workers from all parts of tbe
land,
Secretary of State Olney has re
ceived the following cable from Min
ister Terrel, dated atTherapiu, a sub
urb of Constantinople: “There has
been tranquility for tho last forty-
eight hours. Kiamil Paska was ap
pointed grand vizier. Dreading the
influence of recent events in distant
provinces, I have renewed my demand
for efficient protection of mission
aries.”
United States Mint Director Preston
has received nnofficial information from
Russia to the effect that the gold pro
duction of Siberia would this year
largely exceed the output of last year,
when Russia produced $25,000,000 of
gold. Mr. Preston estimates the gold
production of the world this year at
more than $200,000,000 and that of the
United States at $46,000,000, being an
increase over last year of about
$6,000,000.
Collector Wise, at San Francisco,
has been instructed by Acting Secre
tary Hamlin to deport all the Chinese
who were admitted as laborers for the
midwinter exposition. The Chinese
under the law were entitled to remain
one year, bat have overstayed that
time. A month ago the Chinese la
borers had it announced to the treas
ury department that they had de
parted, but this has been discovered to
be a Chinese trick to throw the au
thorities off the track.
Attention is called to a very import
ant but much neglected source of na
tional wealth by United States Consul
Chancellor at Havre in a roport to the
state department upon the peat indus
try. As America possesses an inex
haustible supply of peat, the consul
points out how, in view of recent de
velopments in Europe, it may some
day open up an extensive field for the
employment of capital and labor. The
application of this substance seems to
be practically endless.
Renewed interest in the Waller case
bas been aroused at Washington by
the receipt of a telegram from Ambas
sador Eustis, announcing that the re
cord and accompanying documents
had been received at the foreign office
in Paris, and were being translated.
Although Mr. Eustis does not say so
in bis dispatch, the presumption is
that tho French government, in ac
cordance with its promise, will deliver
a copy to Mr. Eustis as soon as the
translation is completed.
The consul general of tho United
States at Mexico City has sent to the
state department a detailed report
by the Mexican government m tue
tariff system of that country through
bills now pending before cougrese.
The purpose is to abolish the system
of interstate tariff duties known as the
“alcabala.” Tbe consul general be
lieves that if the proposed changes are
agreed to our trade with Mexico will
be greatly increased, for the old sys
tem has restricted American enterprise
and repelled American capital.
Pension Roll Increases.
A year ago Commissioner of Pensions
Lochren said that the limit had prob
ably been reached in the number of
pensions, or rather in the amount to be
yearly appropriated for pensions. It
was his opinion that there wonld be a
slight reduction in the number of pen
sioners on account of deaths, but that
the allowance of new pensions with
back pay and arrearage would prob
ably keep the amount about even.
While the amount of money paid for
pensions will not be materially differ
ent from that of past years it appears
that there has been added to the pen
sion rolls during the year about a
thousand names in excess of thoso that
have dropped out, so that there has
been an increase instead of a decrease.
There have been a great many out
standing pension claims adjusted dur
ing the year, and that accounts for the
large increase. The year has not been
very fatal to pensioners, tho death rate
being less than would be anticipated
at tho time of life at which the veter
ans of tho late war have arrived.
The Venezuelan Question.
Interest in tho Y T enezuelau question
is constantly growing in official circles.
The leading advocates of tho Monroe
doctrine are taking such action that it
will be impossible to relegate this
question to the background afid it
must come forward. Either the ad
ministration will take the initiative
and enforce the Monroe doctrine or
the matter will be taken up in con
gress and its enforcement worked for
there.
It is learned on the best authority
that the state department is now en
gaged in collecting all data bearing
on the Venezuelan boundary dispute
with a view to be in readiness to act
at the proper time. It is learned from
semi-official sources that not long ago,
when this matter was being discussed
by tho president and several of his
friends, Mr. Cleveland said he pro
posed to enforce the Monroe doctrine,
and referring to the Venezuelan boun
dary dispute, indicated his intention
to take some action in due time look
ing to the carrying out of the great
American principle of having the mon
archies of the old world keep their
hands off the western continent.
DR. HACK KR UNDER ARREST.
Henderson Bros.,
•
ATTORNEYS-AT- LAW,
AIKEN, - - SCtTTH CAROLINA,
Will practice in the State and U. S.
courts for South Carolina. Prompt
attention given to collections.
Dr. B. H. Teague,
DENTIST.
Over Aiken County Loan and Saving
Bank".
£$URE(URE
For (hills & Fever
DUMB AGUE and
' malaria
LIPPMAN BROS.. Rroprle’ors,
Druggists, Lipi'man’s Bloc 1 ' SAVANNAH.
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Properly fitted with glasses at
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Agent.
Fire, Life, Cyclone,
Accident
Insurance
AND-
L:-:
AIKEN, S. C.
WILLIAM TliOLL
Pait Avenue, Ate, S. C.
Keeps a Full Line of
Choice and Fresh Grocer-
es at REASONABLE PRICES.
Wright’s;; Hotel,
S. L. WRIGHT & SONS. PROPS-
COLUMBIA, - - S. O.
Table supplied with the best. Room*
large and well furnished. One of th*
most comfortable hotels in the south.
XT a. tea*
.ea.asoxx.A.'bl*
VIRGINIA HOUSE.
Mi ill TruliDl Boifl
002 Broad St., Cor. Wash*
ington, Augusta* Ca.
MRS. A. J- SMITH,
Proprietress.
Abbot-
ir
5?
HOTEL,
G. T. ALFORD, Proprietor.
Corner of Hasell and Meeting Streets,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
House Newly Equipped.
Large and Comfortable Room*. Rate*
$2.50 PER DAY.
COUNTY TREASURER ROBBED.
<'harge«l With Causing the Death of
Widow Teague.
A Knoxville, Tenn., special says:
Dr. J. E. Hacker, of the Mineral Hill
sanitarium, who a few days ago caused
the death of a young woman, and for
whom a reward of $500 was offered,
has been arrested, aud the case prom
ih< s to be one of tbe most noted in
criminal annals.
HE HAD THE OTHER KIND.
Miss Take—Philander, who wrote
that charming song. “Sweet Dreams
are Mine?'’
Mr. Sinick—I don’t know, but ITj
bet nine dollars it wasn t the mi
who went two Weigh rergbltz l
Four Masked’ Men Held Him Up and
He Yielded $0,000.
County Treasurer B. F. Wood, of
Arcadia, Fla., was held up by fotu
masked men andwaa made to open th«
county safe and turn over the con
tents, which amounted to about $6,000.
Mr. Wood bad lor several nights been
meeting the train for Strawberry
Plants, and on his way home was held
up. Aftej^^B^j||rvMr. Wood was
forceiUj|^^^^^HB^£vr twenty
mi