The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 18, 1893, Image 3
Daily fiofltmB of l? Ho? o? tte
Measures Discussed and Bills Passedj
By Oar National law-Maters,
* THE SEXATE. R.
: ..At. the close ot the routine morning;
business of the .senate,; Monday, the joint j
. resolution introduced December the 21st ?
bj Mr. McPherson, authorizing and di- ;
reefing the secretary- of the treasury to j
suspend all purchases of silver bunion i
unaer act of July 14th, 1890, was taken ;
?bp, and Mr. McPherson addressed thc j
senate, taking for his text (which he j
Sent to the clerk's desk and had read), j
the plank in the last democratic national j
convention, denouncing the Sherman bill j
as a cowardly makeshift, and declaring j
that the legislation must be repealed.
The death of Senator Keon?; of Wt st I
Virginia, immediately after the reading
of Tuesday's journal, was announced to
. the senate Wednesday morning by Mr.
Blackburn, feeling remarks were rhadt
by him in praise Of the dead senator and j
the usua? resoTutlriis were presented and j
adopted-including invition to the f
house bf representatives,-?preMaeot and j
members^ of* the- cabinet and supreme
court to attend the funeral ceremonies
in the sena te ^chamber at ? o'clock Jiurs
day.. A committee bf seven senators
Sau?kner, Blackburn, Ransom. Danie'.
Wartbair; Henderson and Squires-were
appointed to take orders as to 'he funeral
and to accompany the. remains to West
"Virginia, and then as a further mark of
respect the "senate adjourned:
The funeral services over the remains
Ofthfe late Senator Kenna were held tn
the senate chamber Thursday afternoon.
At the residence of the late senator Mrs.
Kenna took leave of the remains alone,
% her grief too deep to be Shared by any?
one-, and the agofcy too great tc
be witnessed even by friends; A few
minutes after il o'clock the body ol
the ctead senator was carried into tht
se?ale wing of the capitol and raid in .
state in the marble room under guard ot j
the capitol police. The remains were re- j
moved to the senate chamber about one {
o'clock and the funeral services began. -
The^Were conducted witfrallt?ejmpre?-.
siv?ness and solemnity of thc service for '
the dead prescribed by the Catholic .
. church, and were conducted by.. Bish?
op Xe?he, assisted by almost twenty 1 ?
priests.
THE HOUSE.
The session at the house Prissy ,*a?
an uneventful one. The attendance was f 1
small, and nothing but private business
was considered with the exception of the
bill providing foe the muster pay of cer- <
tain officers :jid men of the volunteer j
forces. About twenty-five private pen- r
sion bills were passed and the house ad- <
journed. j
The house was engaged all day Satur- ? ]
day in consideration of the District of <
Columbia appropriation bill. The only .
incident of interest was a discussion as (
to the amount which the general govern- ?
ment should appropriate for the support ! j
of the district, and this discussion was
merely impromptu one. It, however, en- j
abled Mr. Otis, of Kansas; to present his j
reasons why the government should pay t
no more than one-fourth of the appropri- ?
b ation for the district and Mr. De Armond, j.
* of rlCssour^ to express his disapproba- j j
tionof the government saddling upon j
itself ?ny part, of the expense, but the j t
house did not concur with either of these ! (
gentlemen and the present law was al- (
lowed to remain, the government and *
district government to divide expenses. c
Without disposing of the bill the house
abjoured. j ,
In the house, Monday, the District of ! ,
Columbia appropriation bill occupied the j c
attention of the earlier hours and was , ,
passed. The house committee on inter- j j
state and foreign commerce ordered a ? j
favorable report on the bill for the es- j
tablishment of a national quarantine.
The measure agreed upon is similar to [
the Harris bill now under discussion and
contaiB? ali the amendments to the Har- ,
ris bili adopted by the senate. The bill ?
is reported as a substitute for the bill in?
troduced in the house by Mr. Raynor, of .
-Maryland,and was agreed upon by ?sub- .
committee of the senate. The committee
on committee measure will be reported to j
the house by Mr. Raynor, with a report !
recommending its passage. i *
The routine morning business, noneof j
. it important, occupied the half hour in { c
the house. Friday morning, and at its j c
ciose the bill granting additional quaran- j a
tine powers and imposing additional du- j e
ties on .the Marine hospital service was j ^
again taken up,the pending question be- j 0
ing an amendment offered by Mr. White j
fd emera i) of Iowa, to at all provisions of j 1
the act shall expire on the first of January. ? ^
Consideration of the bil! for admission ? *
of the Norfolk and TWestern railroad into j c
the District of Columbia. The bill was j I
passed. ' a
In the house, Wednesday, the bill j a
repealing the silver purchase act was re- j S
ported from the committee on banking ! c
and currency by Mr. Cate, (dem. ) of Ar- j H
kansas, s nd placed upon the calendar, j
The report upon the measure has not yet j
been reported. Thc house adjourned out
of respect to the late Senator Kenna. i
In the house Thursday morning a res?- !
bition was adopted that at 12:45 o'clock j
(he house attend as a body the funeral I
ceremonies to be conducted in the sen- ] *
ate chamber over the remains of the late j
Senator John E. Kenna, of West Vir- j r'
ginia. In the consideration morning hour f1
the house resumed consideration of the bil! '
to promote the efficiency of the malitia.
No action was taken, and at 12:45 o?clock ?
the house, in a body, preceded by thc ^
speaker and ser^eant-at-ju nu*, proceed ed ^
to the senate chamber. Immediately on j (
returning to its own chaml>er after at- :
tending the funeral services, the house j .'
as a further mark of respect to the mern- |
ory of the deceased, at ? :50 o'clock ad- f
journed. |?
CAFETAL GOSSIP. I ?1
The house committee on naval affairs t;,
has decided not to begin the preparation ?J j
of their appropriation bili until the re- jj 3
port on the condition of the treasury is I ?
made to '.he house by the ways and means \ f
committee. The committee dees not ? K
wish to put the bill to the house until I r
thev are s ne that the recommendations \ f
ttjey may make for appropriations are j .
warranted by the condition of the treas- \ *
UTY. j
Mr. Harris' bill, looking to the ex- \ j
tension of national control in quarantine j -
matters, passed the senate Tuesday and > t
now goes to the house. It does not j -\
place quarantine matters under exclusive j ^
national control, but extends the powers |
of the marine hospital service in such j \
matters in conjuction with the state quar- j ]
antines already in existence. It is a long j ,
step in the direction of turning^ all quar
antine matters over to the national gov- .
eminent.
Senator Kenna's death marks a singu- ,
lar fatally emong members of the senate
during the present congress. There have
now been four deaths among them since
the fifty-second congress was called :o- : 1
gether a little more than a year ago. First i
there was Senator Plumb, who died in \
Washington December 20. 1591. Then c
Senator Barbour died in this ciTy May t
14th last. Senator Gibson died at Hot ? r
Springs, Ark., December 15th last, and j j
Senator Kenna, making an almost unpar- j l
;-ilieied death record for one congres?. ! 1
The Silver Fi*ht. ? a
The first step in the silver fight is now i c
fairly ou. lt comes, however, from an ^
uuexpected direction aud has a?*uravd t
?a unexpected phase. Instead cf pro. c
seeding from ?lr. Blaad'a committee pi* j*
coinage, weights anet measures,, it bas
?corne .iroin Mr. -BacDn's' ibnl??ittee , oa
?pankingand currtn^j.,.?h?8^pl bas been
favorably .reported * by j4Mjfc^ Bacon's j
committee, the vole standing 8 to 3. Six ?
of tbe^affirmative votes were democratic !
and two republican. Two erf the nega- j
tive votes were democratic and, one rc- i
publican. There were four absentees.
The bill wilt be reported to the house by
Mr* Cate, of Arkansas, who heretofore
baa always Toted for free coinage.
?S if FRANC
m M? Ministry Resigns Owing to j
Differences in tte Cabinet
lote?se Excitement te Paris-A New i
Cabinet to be formed.
A special cable dis pa! cb, Tues- j
day, from Paris, sayst The French j
ministry, has resigned owing to j
the dii?erences ih . tb? cabinet on j
the arrest of the ex-Min?st?r of Public \
W?rks Baihtit, and other matters. The j
greatest exciteriierit prevail3 and people j
throng th? streets. The police are out !
in forc? dispersing the crowds. Pres:- j
fdent Cannot has charged Mr. Ribot with I
tjie duty of reconstructing a ministry. |
It is openly charged that the President j
and ?IL Ri bot are not in earnest in the j
Panama prosecutions ana* have no inten?
tion bf bringing the bribe-takers ?to trial !
and that .tie prosecution of DeLesse ps, j
Fontaine, Cotton ai?d E ?el will be noth- j
lng more thai a farce.
IT THE CABINET MEETING .
, At the cabinet council held in the ;
Elysees Tuesday-,Premier Ribot announc?
ed to President Carnot that he and his
colleagues recognised that it was m c
essary to reform the cabinet. The min?
isters thereupon collebtively presented
their resignations to President. Carnot and
he charged M. Ribot RS stated, with re?
constructing the ministry.
THE NEW CABINET.
The new cabinet. organised by Ribot
isas follows: ?tibotj premier and min?
ister of the interior; Develle, foreign af?
fairs; Tirard, finance ^Bourgeois, justice;
generalLoHt?lony war; Burdsau, colon?
ies and matine; Dupuy,' instruction;
Riger,:?griculture; Si?gfr?eeVcommerce;
V'iette, works. The most notable dif?
ference between this cabinet- and its pre
iecessor is shown by the absence of De
Freycinet aad Loubet.
?O BE S?L?
ls the Fate of t?ie Georgia Soldiers1 j
Home as Decided by the Trustees.
The board of trustees cf the Georgia ;
Soldiers' Home met in Atlanta Thursday 1
x> make final disposition of the matter, i
rhere were present Col. W. L. Calhoun, j
sen. C. A. Evans, Richard Hobbs. W. j
3. Ross, T. L. Massengale, W. D. Ellis,
3r. Amos Fox, Governor W. J". .Northen, ? '
lol T. L. Langston, Dr. R. JD. Spald- j '
ng, Major A? M. Foute and Gen. Phillip j
"00k. Colonel Calhoun steted the ob- i s
ect of tbe meeting. Among other things | i
te said *. ! t
**! neva-expected, gentlemen," said ; j
te, "to be subjected to the humiliation of j 1
laving to appear before the board of j <
rustees of the Georgia Confederate Sol- ! 1
lier's Home and tell them that the home ? ]
lad again been repudiated by the legis- ! '
ature of Georgia. I could not imagine j
?ch a thing as being possible. When ! \
he home was built the sentiment in favor j j
>f it seemed to be so general through- j }
mt the state that it seemed to us that it ! j
vould be most readilv acd thank fullv re- ! \
eivedV' ! j
*Tdo not wish to unkindly criticise j 1
the action of the general assembly,, but ? j
for myself I wish to say that the action I {
>f the legislature was very humiliating j
o-rae, and ?"think a disgrace to the
state. The fact confronts us that the
lome has beea refused and stands there
etiantless.
We have the property on our hands
nd the object of this meeting is to de
'ise some plan for its final disposition.
Tnder our charter we have no right to
livert the home from the purposes for
fhich it was erected without the sane
ion of a court of equity, or of the con
ributors to the ^uad
TO BE SOLO.
After an hour and a half discussion,
he following resolution was adopted :
''Resolved, That the board, through a |
ommittee of five, obtain leave from the j*{
curt to seli the soldiers" home property j 5
nd to use the proceeds for the benefit of j *
x-confederate soldiers of the state of {
reorgia, ia the discretion of the beard
f trustees/' j j
Col. Calhoun named as the committee j ,
ff. D. Ellis, chairman; Gen. Evans. Gen. i
:00k. Col. Hobbs, Major Foute. Col. j *
>lhoun, upon motion, was added to the
ommittee. The committee will file a
petition with the courts as far as possible
nd when they heve secured the proper
uthority to do so,th??mil sell the Geor?
as. Soldiers) Home at pub?i~ outcry. Tbe
ommittee xviii hold another meeting at
0 early day.
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ELECTORS MEET
X the Different State Capitals and
Casi Their Totes.
A Washington special says: The
.residential electors met Monday in all
he states and discharged their duty, as
equired by law, without special incident
o tar as heard from. Washington cast
:>ur votes for Harrison; Arkansas, eight
or Cleveland; Iowa, thirteen for Ilarri
r>n; Wisconsin, twelve for Cleveland;
iorth Dakota, cue each for Harrisoo,
Jlevelaud and Wearer; Idaho, three for
Voa vcr; Missouri, solid for Cleveland;
> Icracfo, 4olid for Weaver; Texas, thir
eeo for Cleveland ; ?routh Dakota, four
<>r Hamsun; Wyoming, three for liar
is'n; Nevada, solid for Weaver-the
?allots were solid silver cards, two by
hrte inches, on which were inaraved the
?UH?S of Weaver and Field; Cali
ornia, eight for Cleveland, <>nc
or Harrisou; Pennsylvania, s li l for
harrison: Delaware, three for Cleveland:
'Iarvlano, eight for Cleveland; Connecti?
cut, six for Cleveland; Mentana, three
or Harrison; Oreffon,three for Harrison;
me for Weaver. Nebraska, solid f;-i H or?
ison ; Michigan, nice for Harnst), five
or Cleveland-this is the first time tba*
. dene'<:ratic presidential candidate hos
eceived an electoral vote from Mi?/ i
ran; Tennessee,solid for Cleveland; Neve
fampsbire, solid for Harrison; Illinois,
olid for Cleveland-first vote lor a deiu
?eratic i ?rv dent in nearly forty years;
ferment. Maine. Massachusetts and
?hcde Island, solid for Harrison; loni
ma. solid for Cleland; Minnesota, cine
VT Harrison ; West Virginia, six foi
.'{e^'ilaod ; New Jersey, ten f i C?< "e
and.
OAKMAN'S WARNING
Io Regard to the Central's Re-organi
zatiou Plans.
A Savannah, Georgia, special o?
?Vedoesday says: President Oak
nan, of the Richmond and Dau
?ile, has written a saucy letter t > Re
reiver Comer telling him a re-organizs
ion undertaken without consulting th<
najority stock/ will be at his risk au i ;
)eril. The Central people say this is a ? :
;ig bluS intended to hurt the Central, ; ;
.ut will not do so. The stockholder : 1
re only considered iu the new plan bj j 1
outteey. and the re-organizition will | 1
;o on jus* the same. The property, '
hey say, is in the hinds of th "J
ourt and th? terminal people ca
web it.
I THB??&H?UT fl ??2
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Notes of Her Progress ui P willy
Briely igot? "7
And Important Happenings from Dar
to Day Tersely Told*
. ? Tiro nationally regretted 4eato of Sen?
ator Kenna provokes a big right . for the
senato?ship in West Virginia. Thc state
legislature met Wednesday.
The jail at Selma, Ala., was burned
Tuesday. Loss. $20,000; insurance, $3,
-500. Nine prisoners were incarcerated at
the time,:but all were gotten; out safely.
A'Knoxville. Tenn., special of Wed?
nesday says: The citizens of Coal Creek
are about ready to get up in arms again.
Their anger is caused by the arrival at
the mines Tuesday of fifty more convicts.
Fire broke out Wednesday night in M.
Ti ?Junn & Bro.'s stationery and'print'
ing establishment. New Orlean3; The
building was partially saved; while the
st?ck was a total loss; Loss estimated1 at
$35; ?O?.
A Raleigh dispatch says : The North'
Carolina legislatuie; Wednesday; unani?
mously elected James W; Wilson railroad
commissioner for six years to succeed him?
self. He is now chairman of the com
mission.
s i&odgett's Tidewater barrel factory and
.500 barrels of rosin," on S?arsha?l'? wharf*
at Charleston, S. C.t were: burned ..Mon?
da j night: The loss is about $lo.000;
partially insured.
W. S. Copeland, of the danville Reg?
ister, messenger for t^he presidential elec?
tors ox Virginia, arrived in .Washington^
Tuesday, with a copy of the certificates
of votes cast for Cleveland and Stevenson
at Richmond Monday. They were deliv?
ered to 'v'ice-President Morton. He is
the first messenger tb report at the capi?
tol:
Colonel Grant, one of ihe pione?r resi?
dents of Atlanta; Ga., and one whose
loyalty to her every public interest was
One of the prime factors in the city's up?
building, died Wednesday. His Magnif?
icent donation of land to the city for park
purposes leaves an enduring mon\imen,t
to his memory in the shape of: the L. P.
Grant park.
The first train passed over the hew
steel bridge across the Tennessee riv?r at
Knoxville Wednesday. This is the com?
pleting gap in the new and comparatively
short line between Atlanta and Louisville
and Cincinnati by way of the Marietta
and ^orth Georgia road, the Knoxville
Cumberland Gap and Lou's ville ro?d and
the Louisville and Nashville.
Treasurer Patrick Walsh, cf the South?
ern Associated Press, forwarded by ex?
press from August?j Ga., Wednesday
night a magnificent sterling silver cup to
Adolph S. Ochs, of The Chattanooga
Timesj presented tb him by members of
the Southern Associated Press in recog?
nition Of his services in perfecting the
organization of this association.
A New C-rleans dispatch of Tuesday
says: Adjutant General Monriane has
received instructions frcm John B. Gor?
don to announce that after hearing the
flews of both sides-, he decides it to be
unwise to make any change in the time
yf holding the confederate veterans re
anion at Birmingham and it Will take
place-, as originally fixed, on the i'9th and
20th of July.
The bondholders' committee of the
Georgia Southern and Florida railway
net at Baltimore, Wednesday, to receive
che report of W. P. Hardee, the account
mt selected to examine into the financial
condition of the company. The report
?hows that the earnings Of the company
save steadily increased, and that the
?ailroad is the only one in Georgia whose
earnings in 18S2 increased over those of
1891. The bondholders will insist that
;he road be sold under the foreclosure.
A Florence. Ala., special of Tuesday
says: Captain Gol thais-, engineer in
;haige of the Tennessee river improve?
ments, has been notified that his sugges
ion for one lock on Colbert shoals canal
nsiead of two, has been accepted. The
iingle lift lock will be the highest in the
United States, having a lift of twenty
ivs feet. It will be three hundred and
ifty feet 10.3g and eighty feet wide.
kVork will begin on it as soon a* the title
0 the land can be secured. -
A Knoxville. Tenn., dispatch of Tues
lay says: H. M. McCcrkle ha? been book?
keeper for Maynes & Henson, wholesale
shoe and hat house, for four years. They
ire out $14.300 by his speculations. The
discovery was made Sunday when Mc
Corkle went to one of the partners and
confessed a shortage, making a clean
>reast of it. It is the same old tale. l?e
ind been playing the bucket shops,
gambling in fn.run.-s.
The south-bo?ad limited train on the
illinois Cenlnil, due at New Orleans at
?:i0 o'clock Tuesday morning, was
wrecked Wednesday morning a mile and
1 half nor ih of Beauford, Miss. The en?
gine, mail, express and baggage cars left
:he track entirely. Tbs engineer, fire
nan and express messenger were badly
injured, but no passengers were badly
aurt. The cause of the wreck was a
missing rail, which had been removed
jy train wreckers whos-j rootive was rob
oery.
The Southern Architects in session at
Birmingham, Ala . Wednesday, unani?
mously elected L. F. Goodrich, of Au?
gusta, pnsident; E. S. Lind, of Atlanta,
vice president; Secretary Tinsley was re?
elected. Ihe following board of direc?
tors was unanimous!v elected: I>. B.
Woodruff. Macon; T. H. Morgan, At?
lanta; ?. C. Burke, Memphis; Tom
Wood, Sherman, Tex.; I. H. Maddox,
Birmingham. Augusta. Ga : -wns unani?
mously selected as the place of meeting
next year.
A Jackson, Miss., special says: Gov?
ernor Stone's signing the proclamation
against the lawlessness in southwest
Mississippi recalls thc fact that asimilar
condition of affairs existed there fifteen
years ago. The same species of deviltn
as is now being executed became so fre?
quent that thc legislature of 1878 passed
a special act applying only to the coun?
ties of P;ke. Amite, Lincoln "nd Frank- j
?n. imposing : he severest penalties f-- 1
ali specie-, of 'white capping,'' ?Ire-, j
word was not the:-, c. ?ned. The m-.r:??.
f\rr- were then called ' kukiux.'' Th ii
law was lim ie.i ir. its u eratic n *<> t-.v.
\ f . firs. _
GAS MAINS BURST
And Cause Great Suffering and Dis?
tress in an Ohio Town.
A special of Thursday from St. Mary's.
Ohio, says; With the acrmometer.hug?
ging the zero mark and the natural gas
pressure down to nothing, there esme the
startling report that the main, which
le ids into thc field, had hurst from the
intense cold Thursday fifternoon and shut
(.ff the supply altogether, thus leaving
the inhabitants of the city at the mercy
of this frigid weath'o. The suffering
caused hy this unexpected emergency is
indescribable, as there is neither wood
not coal in sufficient quantities to be hid
in the city.
A Mammoth ( oai Deal.
A special of Wednesday from Halifax,
S?. S.. says: it instated on good author?
ity that thc c-'il magnates of Pennsylva?
nia, acting with the Canadian Pacific
railway, h-ive concluded H desi by which
limost the entire coil Sehls of Nova Seo
. to pass under their control. The
ne, it is ca;'l, has over seventeen
1 d->i;atv to invest in the project.
rova Scotia legislature hos bren
0 wees to ratify tho bargain.
BUCHANAN'S MESSAGE.
He for?s an Exharfstire Reriew of ??if*
??ssae's Mining Trouble*.
Governor Bucnan?c, cs*MoncT*y,. s?nt
in his message to the.general assembly,of
Tennessee. The message opens with' a
statement regarding $he labor troubles
which have occurred during the rjasf^. ?wo
years in the eastern portion of the stats,'
growing out of a sense of injustice and
oppression on the part of the miners be?
cause they are compelled to bear thc
chid burdett of-tile competition with thc
labor of tbe sta't?. convicts. lie srfyS the
state is a party to the. lease, contract a'nct
jet bas so tied the hands of its ofHoers by
constitutional limitation as to render it
in mar.y cases dj^icuit for them to repre?
sent or to protect the interests of the
stalle.
Further ou he says": /'The. gravity of
the state's, responsibility sh'oulc?. ..Caji
forth the most earnest and pstriotic ef?
fort on the part of the geni ral assembly
to relieve it of all embarrassment and to
make an equitable solution of the prob?
lem that confronts it/' Governor Bu?
chanan says the prison question is the
most important and urgent question (fi
State govehiment'tm.t confronts the legis
l?t?f?. l?e reiterated tn? stigg^stiefca
made by him tc lite extra; ses?ioti of the
preceding general asset??bl? conCern'insj
this mat:er. Speaking of the pr?s?nt
status of prh-ou affairs,' hesays:
"The branch prisons at Tracy City and
Inman are guarded by the regular cenvict
guard without military force. Oliver
Springs and Coal Creek are protected by
military companies enlisted for this
special purpose for ? years sefvice? and
uncjef present, ?onditions it is necessary
to maintain them nt these places."
SEED X ?ES??E$TI?I.?.
He says the state's greatest need is a
penitentiary of sufficient size to accom?
modate ail of its poisoners, and he urges
the necessity for ta?ting immediate steps
toward the erection of a new prison. The
governor says that if the penitentiary be
located on a farra of sufficient size to
main'ain the prison* ri, he caq see no rea?
son why it cannot be mide self-sustain;
iug on the state account plan. Another
plan of employment which seems to him
altogether feasible is for the state to pur?
chase or lease coal and iron lands adja?
cent and employ ?be convicts in mining
coal and iron ?re and manufacturing
ir?n. He 'says he believes that the ap?
pointment of penitentiary officers should
be vested in a boar i of trust or s'omenon
poiiticd body.
The governor s?ys the mining expenses
are as folows:
On becount of arresting convicts, for
the ultimate rayment of which the state
looks to thc lesses; $14,616.81. OQ ac?
count of the military iu the field; sala?
ries, transportation and maintenance,
?107,205.94. There is due the state from
ie sees ou rental, which las bc?^ with?
held and is now in litigation, $114,000.
GROWTH OF THE S0?JTH.
The industrial ?ev?lopment in tii? First
Week of the New Tear;
A review of the industrial situation iii the
South for the past week develops the fac.t that
all those interested in the industrial develop?
ment of tho Southern States hate reason to feel
gratified over the general condition of trade
aud the record of the first week in the new year.
The cotton market is steady at the recent ad?
vance, the lumber market is quite active and
gives indication of further improvement with
advance in prices for some material,and there
is a well maintained volume of trade in the iron
industry notwithstanding that at this season
consumers are only placing orders for imme
diato needs. Mauuiacturerarand dealers in ma?
chinery report ? better demand for mach nery
and an improvement in collections.
Thirty-two n?w industriel were established
during the week, together with twelve ?marge?
ments of manufactories and ten important new
buildings. Among the most important new in?
dustries reported are brick works at Vamville,
South Carolina; canning factory with $20,000
capital at Palestine, Texas; car works and car
wheel foundry at Lenoir City, Tennessee; .cot?
ton compresses at Bayan. Texas, capital $25,
000, Houston, Texan, and Memphis, Tennessee.
A cotton gm is to be erected at Colfax, Texa?;
electric light plant at Hope,Arkangas; elevator at
Owensboro, Kentucky; floor and grist mills at
Biloxi, Mississippi, and Charlotte. North Car?
oona, the latter with ?10,000 capital, and ma?
chine thops at Shelbvville, Tennessee. Min?
ing companies have been organize d at Charles?
ton, West Virginia, and Llano, Texas,
a company with $50,000 capital will
manufacture paint at Louis?
ville, Ky., oil mill? will be erected at Florence,
S. C., Natchez, Miss., New Braun fels, Texas,
and Washington, La. A rice mill is to bs
s?rectsd at Wesson, Miss., and a cotton mill
with $300,000 will be erected at Roanoke, Va.
Tho wood-working industry presents a variety
of new manufacturing enterprises. Among the
aumber are a barrel factory at Chattanooga,
Tenn- ; basket and butter dish factory at Mem?
phis, Tenn. ; box factory at Ocala, Fla. ; ?aw
baili at Elizabeth City, N. C. : 6aw and planing
mill at Vilas. La. ; wagon material factory at
Sew Orleans, LH. : novelty works at Oos la.
Fla., and lumber companies, each with $50,000
sagital, at Clarendon, Ark., and New Orleans,
Louisiana,
The electric light and power plants at
Orangeburg, S. C., and Spartanburg, S. C" are
to b3 enlarged, also a flouring mill at Koxboro,
t?. C.; foundry at Aberneen, Miss., and woolen
milla at Bon6ack"s, Va, and Clifton Forge, Va.
Among the woodworking industries to be en?
larged is noted a bucket aifQ cooper aga works
at Knoxville, Tenn-, carriage facroty at ?Tew
Orleans, La., furniture f?ct?ryat ?tliht?, Ga,,
ind a planing mill at Clinton, Tenn.
A bank building will be erected at Atlanta,
Ga., business houses at Atlanta, Ga., Boqne
vill?, Miss-, Houston, Texas and San Antonio,
Texas, a factory building ? Atlanta, Ga., office
building at Atlanta, Ga., to cost fciOO.OOO, and
a school building at Nashville, Tenn.-Trades?
man (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
BIG BOSTON BLAZE.
A. NamaeroTTirrse Business Houses
Destroyed with Heavy ??,5?zzi
Fire broke <.;Ut Tuesday morning in the
building 20? to 219 Federal street, Bos
t'-n, occupied by IJccht Bros. & Co.j
Korshland & Co ? Wool and tatterson
Bros.. market toen. After spreading to
221 Fedf ral street, occupied by Chris
Carvin & Co., liquor dealers, and burn?
ing around into bummer street, the fire
was gotten under control.
Among the firms burned out ar Pfister,
Vogel & Co., large wool house ; George
II. Goodhuc & Co., wool; White Bros.,
fancy leathers; Benjamin F. Thompson
& Co., leather; Baxter Fruit Company,
basement of Hecht Bros. ; New England
marke', on the street Moor of Hecht
Bros.; Frank ?Supee. wool; Charles Car?
ven, liquors; Carrollton cafe, and Me?
harry & Murphy, liquors.
A tangle of trolU y wires in front of
the Hecht building wns au element of
ereilt danger to the ?fernen and impeded
'heni very much in their work. The to?
tal loss by the fire as estimate ! by the
rir:ns interested $1,6">-\0C0. Five fire?
man were hurt, but nobody was killed or
fatawy injured.
GAS EXPLOSION
In Which Th rei? People Are Killed i.nd
Several Wounded.
A Pittsburg Pa., speen1 3ays: An ac?
cumulation o! natur*,! gss in the cellar
of a house on Sarah street exploded Sat?
urday morning, demolishing a brick
house. It killed Thomas Duffy, his j
wife and thr^e-year-old daughter, and
injured Duffy's nineteen-year-old ton j
fcud William Harrison. The latter had
entered the cellar fer some coal to start
the morning fire, carrying a lighted lamp.
An explosion followed which blew tl i
boufC ovT his head.
MURPHY WINS.
He is Selected by the Cancar, for United
States Senator.
A special from Albany, N. Y., says:
In the dem? eratic caucus, Tuesday n'ght,
all the tenators voted for Edward Mur?
phy, Jr., for United States senator, ex?
cept S-natots McClelland au? William
L. Brown, who voted for Bourke Coch?
ran. All the assemblymen voted for
Murphy but three, who voted for Coch?
ran. The vote wa*: Murphy. 83; Coch?
ran, 5,
BENJAMIN BUTLER DEAD,
A feg ffltf PM an iiporlaBt Part
i (f?r Hrstory,
Heart ?ailnrr? ti? Caus? rf ?restB
Stfetch of His Cate?v
A Washington special says : Genera! 1
Benjamin F. Butler died at 1:30 Wednes- j
day morning of heart failure, superin- !
dtte"ed by au attack of pneumonia.
_BENJAMIN' F. BUTLER._ >
Soon after midnight his colored body
servant^ We?t,- who slept in an adjoining
robni heard bim1 coughing -riolently.
He .went (o ?be g?n?ral-* room" and
fo?n? ?hat ne.ha'd gon? t? trie bath-room'
adjoining. He followed him ?here and
offered assistance. Th? general men
tjon?c? that his expectoration had been
discolored' with' blood, but did not ap?
pear to think" seriously of the matter.
West assisted him to bed, and t?e appar?
ently went to si ep. He soon after died.
S?ETCH 0* HIS LIFE,
Ben janna Franklin Butler was born in
Deerfield, N. H., November o, ?8?S? He
graduated at Colby university, in Maine,
in 1838. He was admitted to the bar in
1840., He began the practice of law at
Lowell; io ?841, eird from the first bore
an ?rfcellent reputation',- especially ia
criminal cases. He ?af ly took a promi- 1
nent part in politics on the democratic
side; and was elected a member of th?
Massachusetts house of representatives in
18-53, and of the state senate in ?855.
In 1880 he was a delegate to the demo?
cratic Drttional convention that met in
Charleston. When a portion of the del?
egates reassembled at Baltimore, Mr.
Butler and a majority of tile Massachu?
setts delegiles Withdrew from* the con?
vention, on acco?nt of its vieWs oh sla?
very. In the sante year he was the un?
successful democratic candidate for gov?
ernor.
SOMETHING OF WAR RECORD.
In April, 18?1, Ben Butler held tho
c?rnmissio?i, of brigadier general of mili?
tia. On the^ 17th of th?t rrronth he
inarched to Annapolis with the ?ighth
Massachusetts regiment and was placed
in command of the district of Annapolis,
in which the city of Baltimore was in
dueled.
On May 18, 1861, he entered Ballimore j
at the head of %0 men5 occupied the ?
city without opposition,acd on May 16th j
was made mafor-general and assigned to
the command of Fort Monroe ?nd the j
department of eastern Virginia, in Au
goat he captured For s Hatteras and j
Clark; ?? the coast of North Carolina, j
f?e then returned lo' i?assch?isetts to re
bruit an expedition for ihe gulf of Mexi
co and the Mississippi. 6n the 23rd of ;
Marcb, 1862, the expedition reached !
Ship island, and on the 17th of April j
Went up .the Mississippi,
The fleet under Farragtitt having '
passed the forts April Zi'h; and viitually I
captured New Orleans; General Butler j
tock possession on May 1. His adminis
tration of affairs wan markt d by great
vigor. He instituted strict sanitary reg?
ulations, armed the free colorid men and ?
compelled rich secessionists to contribute I
toward the support of the poor of the !
city. His course for hanging William
Mumford for hauling down the United
States flag from the mint ped ia issuing
"Order No. 28,'' intended to prevent
women from insulting soldiers, excited
strong resentme??, not only in thc scuth.
but in the north and abroad, and in De?
cember, 1862, Jefferson Davis issued a
proclamation declaring him an outlaw, j
On May 10, 1862, General Butler seized
about $800jC00 which had been deposi?
ted ih the ofricc of trie tkitch c?ns?l, ?
claiming that arms for the confederates
were to be bought with it.
This action was protested against by
all the foreign consuls, and the govern- !
ment at Washing*on, after an investiga- !
rion? ordered the return of the monev. j
On December ISth, 1362, General B?t!er
was t-ecalled, as he believes, at the insti?
gation of Louis Naj.-olbon, who "firas sup
posed to be hostile to his Mexican
schemes. Near the close of 1863 he was
placed in comm.nd of the department of
Virginia and North Carolina, ano his
force was afterward designated as the
Army of the James. In October, 1864,
there being apprehension cf trouble in
New York during the election, General
Butler Was sent there with a force to in - j
sure quiet. ?n December he conducted
an ineffecttHl expedition against Fort
Fisher; n^ar Wilmington, N. C.j and
soon afterward was removed from com
mnnd by G mral Grabt:
hr? POLITICAL CATTF.F.n.
He then returned tf> his residence in
Massachusetts, lu I860 he wi3 elected
by the republic-rs a member of con?
gress, where he remained till 1?79, with
the exception of 187?-7. He wa? the
most active of the managers appointed ia
1868 by the house of representatives to
conduct; the impeachment of President
Johnson. He was the unsuccessful re?
publican nominee for governor of Massa?
chusetts io 1871; and 1878 and 1879,
having changed his politics, was thc can?
didate of the independent Greenback pat?
ty and of one wing of thc d? rao- i
crats for the same office, but I
was again defeated, tn 18S2 the demo- j
crats united upon him as their candidate, ?
and he was elected, though the rest of i
the s-ifne ticket were defeated. During
his administration he made a charge i
of gi"*'? mismanagement ?gains* thc au- j
thorities of the Tewksbury almshouse; j
but, after a long in vi stigation,a commit- !
Ue of thc legislature decided that it was j
not sustained.
; In 1888 he was re nomiraated, but j
was defeated. In ISSI he was a candi ;
j date of the greenback ants-monopolist j
I parties for the'presidency ?od received ]
I 133,825 --otc-.
I Specie movement.
I Exports of specie from the port of New
! York for the week ending January 6th, ,
?amounted to $3.206,960; $2,129,040 in ;
gold and $1,077,920 in silver. Of the ?
f-old only two million shipped Sunday j
went to Europe and the remaining ?120,- j
040 went to South America and West In- j
dian ports. Europe took $1,040,400 of !
the silver, Only $31,520 went to South
America. Impor's of specie during the !
sime time reached only $16,054.of which
! $14,300 was gold and $1,704 silver.
Copulists Take Possession.
A special from Topeka, K*n.. ?ays:
I The state government was formally eur
! rendered Monday to the new officers, all
j populists. Tbe ceremony took place in
j the hali of the bou?.e of representatives
I ana was wifnested by probably thc
j greatest crowd jtbac has ever assemble'!
THE ELECTORAL VOTE?
Tfle-lfrsy?t Will be Announced to the
Hot?ss ?nd Senate.
Hero is bow the vote w?U stand when
footed up by the tellers and atinoonced
by Vice President Morton to the join!
session of the house and senate:
gitATES.
Off
&
9
C
0.
Alabar.'?<......... ti
Arkansas.,.. 8
.California. 8
Colorado...
Connecticut. G*.
?/elawar-?. S\
t ?or?aa ,. 4
Georgia_. 33]
Idaho .,
Indiana
Iowa ..,
Kansas.?A.
Kentnckv.j Ii
Lj5uisiana.| 8
^sih'e ..,
Maryland ....-_._,.| 8
Mawachusettis"
'Michigan....
Minnesota....
Mississippi.......[. .9'
Missouri.,.f i?
Montana.
Nebraska.
Nevada.
Njw Hampshire
New Jersey.
New York".
North Carolina.
North Dakota ..
.Ohio.
tfrego?_....
Pennsylvania..
Rhod;e Island ..
SCtiih Carolina.
South Dakct? ..,
Tennessee. 12
Texas.I 15
Vermont.
Virginia. 12
Washington.
West Virginia. 6
Wisconsin.......... 12
Wyoming.
1
13
Total.280 144 20
The vote of the states marked with a
* are divided, in Michigan the electors
p.re chosen by congressional district a, and
the division of the whole electoral vote
of 14 between Cleveland and Harrison
was expected; but in California and
Ohio, where the state plan of choosing
electors obtains, the division of the vote
was a surprise, and W2s caused by igno?
rance of the ballot law on the p3rt of the
voters.
SEf??TgR KENNA PASSES AWAY.
He Represented* #?'st Virginia in th?
tnited States S?n?&J.
Senator John E. Kenna, of West Vir?
ginia, died in Washington City at three
o'clock Wednesday morning erf heart
di'ease, from which he had been for some
$?ars an acute sufferer, so much so that
for long.intervals he had been compelled
to abandon his duties as senator and to
forego all mental exertion.
Ttfo summers ago, with <L view of di?
verting his mind from his physical ail?
ments, he established an amateur boat
builder's shop and busied himself in the
mechanical operation of constructing a
boat.- He partially recovered and re?
sumed his seat ia the senate and made
On? memorable Speech, which was re?
markable, both for its l?Dgth and its
Vigor,- btzt soon suffered a relapse, frort
which he never rallied:
SKETCH OF JOHN KEX??'S ?IFE.
John E. Kenna, of Charleston, ?an?
wah county, West Virginia, was born at
V?lcou.lonj Virginiii (now West Virginia),
April 10, 1348: He lived and worked on
a farto. He entered the Confederate
army as a private soldier, and was woun?
ded in that service in 1864, and was sur?
rendered in Shreveport, LcUisiaos, in
18*63.
He afterward attended St. Vincent's
college, Wheeling, and studied law With
SBU?r and Quarrier, at Charleston.
He was admitted to the bar june 20,
1870, and has continued to practice law
from that time; he WBS elected prosecut?
ing attorney for Kan?wah county on the
democratic ticket in 1872, and served
until'January 1, 1877; in 1879 he Was
elected by the bar in the representative
counties under statutory provisions to
hold the circuit courts cf Lincoln and
Wayne.
He was elected to the forty-fifth, forty
sixth and forty-seventh congresses, and
has been elected to the forty-eigth con?
gress, when he w?? elected to the United
States senate as a deinoCiat, to succeed
Henry G. Davis, democrat, add took his
seat December 3, 1883, and was re?
elected .
His term of service would have expired j
March 8, 1895.
GE?RS?A ELECTORAL COLLEGE j
Meets and Casts the State's TMrfeSS
votes for Cleve aud Steve.
The Electoral College for Georgia met
Monday morning in the senate chamber
at Atlanta
There the official vote of the state was
cast foi- Grover Cleveland and Adlai ?.
(Stevenson. ?iek Grubb, editor of the
Darien Gazette, was chose* ?? the mes?
senger to bear the vote to Washington.
The college was composed of the elec?
tors chosen at the recent election, Jos?
eph S. James and William T. Gary for
the state at large and Alfred Herrington
of the nr=t district, Jesse W. Walters of
the second, E'igar F. Hinton of the
third. William C. Adamson of the fourth,
B. BL BlacKburn of thc fifth, Frank
Flynt of the sixth, Pierce .Mason Butler
Young of the seventh, John P. Shannon
Of ibo eighth^ William E. Simmons of
the ninth, ?fohn W. Lindsey of the tenth,
and McKcndree F. McCook of the elev?
enth. _
RYAN RELEASED
On a $100,000 Bond-To be Tried by
a Jury,
Steve Ryan, who has been in the At?
lanta jail for the past thirteen months
for contempt, and whose case before the
courts is well known, will be tried be?
fore a jury of his countrymen. That
was decided by Judge Marshall J.
Clarke, of the Superior Court, Saturday.
In the meantime Hyan will be allowed to
enjoy his liberty. It was first required,
however, in order to avail himself of
i his previle?e, that he sh? ai M execute a
bond in the sum of $100,000. This he
lost no time in doing. Six well known
and reliable citizens of Atlanta volun?
teered their signatures. Judge Clarke
thought, in view of thc recent act of the
Georgia legislature providing for a trial
by a jury in such cases of contempt, and
construing that statute iu the light of
the direction which was given to the
matter by the supreme court, that Mr.
Ryan was fairly entitled to have his case
submitted.
RIOTERS CONVICTED.
Another Chapter Relating to the Home?
stead Trouble.
A Finsbury dispatch says: The ver?
dict of the jury who tried the thirteen
strikers charged with riot at the Duquesr?
steelworks'.': tho Carnegie Company, w?s
opened in court, Tuesday morning.- Ii
finds ten of the accused yu?ty of riot.
I two for unlawful atsemblaije and o:.e ac
j quitted. The verdie- created much sur
i prisons it was generally believed it ?ould
b . not guilty. It was looked upon as *
' great victory for tho prosecution, and it
! is thc lirst case growing out of thc Home
j stead troubles. Th .- punishment is ihe
! ...!;:<?. foi ri?"?? s uri la 'A fu assembly, ih<
j n>??xi?vi un i -i ; ?300 il 1 i'i two yea* s ti.
i ini! OI the workbuu>'*. The defense ai
j Ol CC Ul Vol I Ol U? V? \lm?. [ll hji thu*
? were 'h?r?y (Striken ind r-\rd fer riot, but
I the i |U 'eis wffo unable to fiad tb* otb
' ors. . _ ,
CHAIM PREVARICATOR
B tte Anthor ol the Mersrille, H-O,
LWMDI Story,
An Official Denial and Statement of its
Senree.
A Washington special of Friday says:
The circumstantial story of the Bakers
Tille lynching and riot, transmitted from
Johnson City, Tenn., signed J*. W.
Hyamd, immediately attracted attention
by its apparent exaggeration, and tele?
grams were sent both to the author of
ins original dispatch and to the adja?
cent points in the south to secure verifi?
cation. Hyams responded to the inquir?
ies by furnishing the names and other
details, which seemed to confirm the
statements made, but replied to requests
for farther authentication by stating
thai the roads io Bakersrille were
blocked and impassable. In the mean?
time other n?eatos bad been resorted to of
ascertaining the act?a(l facts, and Friday
morning tho following message was re?
ceived from a responsible citizen of
Johnson City ? "Your telegram of yes
feidery. J. W. Hyams came here about
one weefc ago from Cranberry, N. C.
Was formerly a resident of Bakersville,
N. C. Is now working here as-assistant
city editor of the Daily Comee Unable
to isy where he obtained bis bloody
.tory. Can BOW assure you it is untrue.n
The story dated Marion, N". C., in pre?
cisely similar terms to that from Johnson
City, was telegraphed Wednesday to the
Western newspapers.
The Johnson City man claimed to be
acting under authority of one of the exe- j
cutive officers of the Southern Associated
Pres. When that gentleman's attention !
was called to the fact he denied all knowl?
edge of the correspondent and denounced
him as sn imposter. For several days pre?
vious to Wednesday the western newspa?
pers had been advised of the expected
trouble at Bakersville and had called upon !
the press associations for particulars, j
These were furnished by a Johnson City
man and along with the particulars came .
a demand for a remittance. j
Bakersville is inaccessible, being twen- j
ty-seren miles from the nearest railroad
station of telegraph office, and it has
been a work of extreme difficulty to se?
cure an authoritative denial or confirma- i
t?ofi of the reports of the alleged trage?
dies.
It need hardly be said that this matter
will not be allowed to rest here, but
that prompt and vigorous ateps will be
taken to get at the real author of this im?
position upon the public.
Still another dispatch from Johnson i
City confirms the above, except that it j
Says Hyams is not connected with the
Daily Comet. I
An Asheville, N. C., dispatch says; j
Two correspondents sent by the Citizen j
to Bakervilie, N. C., Wednesday, re-1
turned Fiid&y night worn out and dis- j
gusted, having traveled nearly one hun- j
died miles with horses and in a continu
ons snow storm? They say there has j
been no trouble whatever at Bakersville, I
not hi there reason to expects any. I
A KANSAS MUDDLE.
Considerable 'Trouble Experienced in
Organizing Her Legislature.
A Topeka dispatch says: The joint
Conference committee appointed for the
purpOSe of unraveling the tangle in the
house adjourned at midnight Wednesday
night without hading formulated any
plan to present to the two houses Thurs?
day morning. The populists demanded
tbat three republican members who were
postmasters at thc time of their election
to the legislature, should be unseated
and p'puli-rs given their seats.
This would, of course, place the popu?
lists ic control of the house. The repub?
licans tefu* ed to consent to this scheme,
arguing that the postmaste?s could serve
legaily as members of the lower house,
they having resigned their positions ?is
postmasters since their election to that
body. This completed the deliberation
of the cc nie renee. It is probable that
the conference wil1- meet before the house
convenes, but it i* unlikely that any
agreement in thc muter will be reached.
WANT A POPULIST SENATOR.
Third Party Leaders of Kansas Make
a Decision.
A Topeka rpedal says : The populist
leaders of ?ansas, at a caucus held Mon?
day night, decided 'that the populist
support in the contest for senator should
be given to "a middle-of-the-road third
party man, and that Judge John Martin
was not an available candidate. Martin
has been looked upon heretofore as a
possible fusion candidate, he having been
responsible for effecting a fusion between
the populists and democrats. The dem?
ocrats are very much put out over the
action of :-he populists' caueu?, and the
chances are that the five members of the
legislature who held the balance of
power will stand firm for a compromise
Candida', e.
THE CENTRAL ATTACHED
I By Receivers Haidekope? and Fester
j for Moneys Paid Out.
F. W.Huidekopcr and Reuben Foster,
receivers of the Richmond & Danville,
have obtained from Judge O'Brien, of
the supreme court,an attachment against
! the property of the Central Railroad and
Banking Company, of Georgia, in a suit
to recover fl,213,404 for moneyp aid out
and expended for the use of the defend?
ant, the Central Railroad Company, in
discharging the a cerned interest on de?
fendant's mortgage bonds; an 1 in pay
j ing other debts of the defendant, be
tween December, 1S9?, and April 1,
im' _
TWENTY-SEV?KLIVES LOST,
As the Result of a "Dust Explosion"
in a Colorado Mine. ^
Tuesday afternoon a premature explo?
sion occured in one of the chambers of
the Union Pacif c coal mines at King,
four miles from Cono, Colorado, where
twenty-eight miners were at work. It
was what miners call a "dust explosion/'
The shock killed twenty-seven men, only
one escaping, he being nearly at the en?
trance. The bodies were not recovered
uuti! midnight ou account of the black
, ened condition. Only eleven of the
' twenty seven were recognizable. A later
I dispatch suv? that twenty-five men were
! in thc mine and twentv-four were killed.
A~BR?D^?F1CE
Formed at Niagara Falls, Over Which
Pedestrians Walk.
A dispatch of Thursday fr^m Ottawa,
Ont., says: Owing to the extreme cold i
weather a complete bridge of ice covers !
what is known as "Big Kettle," extend
ing from a distance of about one
hundred feet bel^w Suspension bridge
t<> within fifty leet of Niagara falls.
The bridge is composed of frozen foam
heaped to the height of six or eight feet
and so solid that several persons have
crossed it. This is the first time in a hun?
dred years that these boiling waters have
frozen over.
?old Hunters Badly Deceived.
A news special of Wednesday trom
Maricas, Cal., says: The great San Juan
gold fields are now declared to be a fake
of the first water, and the rush homeward
has started. All are loud in their denun?
ciation jf those who originated these
stories of the rich place, and large re?
wards are offered for any reliable elua to
ttoirjde&tificattoa*
The Standard ?f Taise* ?
I know a bright jotuag post
Whose soul ii as pure ?hi* ven?
(And deeds not dittio shew it), |
j But he carrie* a very light pataje
He ls palpable poor, and wherever
He goes the peopfacssninBnfc^
"Oh, yes, he is very clever;
But he isn't worth a cent!"
I know a sefllth miser
Whose heart ls as hard as Us geld;
Of all noble things a despiser.
He wallows fa wealth untold. ^
And the grovelling multitude erar
Exalt him ss Mammon's high priest
And say: "He's not wtee, good or derer,
But-he's worth ten millions at least!"
-[F. P. Smart, fa Detroit Fret Press.
HUMOROUS*
Hardly ff ir-The brunette.
When does a hotel waiter resemble
time and tide? When he waits on no
man.
Ton light a match io make if bum,
and yon burn a match to make it
light.
"Gold cornea in quartz," said a geo?
logist; "but I can't get iteren in half?
pints."
The reason that rich men hare so
many friends fa that they are capital
fellows.
"All men have their ups and downs,"
"Yes, eren the tallest of naget short
at times."
A man who is in society and who
wants to keep in most be continually
going ont
* .There's a highflyer," said one man
to another.. "Bapid youth?" ?Ko*
Aeronaut."
A clock is very different from a
man. When it strikes it keeps right
on working,
?What trade is Bellows engaged
in?" "The carrying trade," ?The
carrying trade?" "Yes ; new baby at
his house."
Marion- My finance fa very excita*
ble. When he proposed to me he
acted like one insane. Martha-Per?
haps he was, dear.
S t?late-Jumble fa a rery clever
imitator; in fact, he can take any?
body oft* Miss Spicer-I would so
enjoy having him come in while yon
are here.
"Be sure to shake before taking,'
said the druggist, as he handed hie
customer a bottle of ague cure, "I
always do," replied the customer
grimly.
?This is a high lea," said the trav?
eler on the ocean steamer's deck. "Ai
last, at last," shrieked the prirna-donne
soprano, as the jumped overboard to
get at it.
Father-What would you advise mt
to do with my son; his prononncia
tion is perfectly terrible? Teacher
Get him a position as brakeman on a
railroad at once.
Jay smith (worsted in a discussion)
-I won't argue with a fool. Cumso
(cheerfully)-I will Now that point
you disputed last I-- But ?Jay?
smith had escaped.
The ice cream season's ended when the win?
ter zephyr blows,
But this brings no relief, yoong mas, t<j
you;
For the girl of your affections has inqaired
! until she knows
Where it costs the most to get an oyster
stew.
"ls Chumpton deaf and dumb?"
"Not a bit of it; but he made a pronv
fae to his dying grandfather to always
think twice before he spoke once.
He hasn't been able to think even once
yet."
"Doctor, is it true that extrema
nervousness will produce nauseaP
?Yes; I once saw a car fu? of peep)?
throw up their hands when two train
robbers covered them with their pia?
tols."
The Biding Master - Have you
learned to trot yet, Miss Mannley.
Miss Mannley-Oh, yes; I could
trot all right if it weren't for the
horse. The plaguey thing keeps jog.
ging np and down so.
Mrs. Flutter-I hear the dealers are
going to raise the price of sealskin
sacques this winter. Mrs. Slimpnrse
I hope they'll be more successful than
I am. I've been trying to raise the
price of one for the past three years.
. < ?Beggars can't be choosers," says
an old adage. We diner, for a beggar
got into onr office the other day and
chose from the hat-rack forthwith
three hats, one umbrella and onr best
overcoat This effectually disposes of
that adage.
?At the lecture on "The Decline of
Literature" the eloquent orator
.shouted. "Where are the Chancera,
and Shakespeares, and Miltons, and
Spencer*^ and Macauleys? Where are
they, I say?" And a voice answered
sadly from the ^lery, "All dead."
Mr. Van Twi^r-^h^^--:caTr-t
kiss you, Miss Mt Ybc-non? Miss Mt
Vernon (of Boston)-Certainly not*
Mr. Van Twiller; but (kinidiy) you
should have used the verb 'may" io
your request instead of the verb ??can,"
thus: "May I kiss you Mr. Vau
Twiller?" Mr. Van Twiller (with
alacrity)-Certainly you may. It will
do lust as well.
A New Medical Discovery.
A cass of tuberculosis has been dis?
covered in a cow ia one of the city
dairies of Toronto, Canada. When
the affected cow was discovered there
was some doubt aa to the nature of
the disease, and it was not until the
animal had been inoculated with
Koch's tuberculin that a positivo con?
clusion was reached. This is the first
occasion in which tuberculin has been
used here, and the experiment waa
watched with a great deal of interest
Veterinary surgeons are of the opin?
ion that a new light has been acquired
whereby tuberculosis caa now be
diagnosed beyond a shadow of doubt*
-[&, UoU BtpubU*