The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 29, 1893, Image 3

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WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Ipniis ?roi Day to Bay ia lae lil Capital Appointments in the Tarions Depart? ments- Proceedings of the Senate. TUB SENATE. Thc numerous errors that have come to light in the enrollment of the great ap? propriation bill* at the last session form? ed the subject of discussion for nearly an hour at the time that the senate was in session Monday. More than ninety 3uch errors were stated by Mr. Hale to have been discovered by him in the na? val appropriation bill alone. Various resolutions as to clerks of committees, changes of rules, etc., were offered, but not acted on, and the senate adjourned till Wednesday. . The credentials of Sen? ator Allen, appointed by the governor of the state of Washington, were read and laid on the table. Mr. Mc? Pherson offered a resolution, which was referred to the committee on education and labor, directing the commissioner to make a report at the opening of the fifty third congress, comprehending facts in relation to the total cost of producing various iron and steel products, such as bar iron, steel rails, etc, and of leading articles of textile industry, and of other articles, the cost of whicH may be ap? proximately obtained. Mr. Allison of? fered a resolution, which was referred to the committee on rules, permitting pho? tographic copies to be taken of certain ancient executive communications in the fi?es in the archives of the senate, for exhibition at the world's Columbian ex? position. The resolution reported last Monday, authorizing the appointment of five new committee clerks (on the Geological Sur? vey, National San ks, Forc-st Reservation Corporations in the District of Columbia and Trespassers on Indian lands) was tak? en up in the senate Wednesday and agreed t<>. Mr. McPherson reported back from the committee on finance the resolution by bim at a : revious session, directing the commissioners on labor to make a report at the opening of the fifty-third congress as to the c^st of production of iron and steel manufactures and of text ile fabrics, amended so as to authorize also the finance committee to make fur? ther investigation into the same mattera with power to send for persons and pa? pers. It was ordered printed and laid on the table. Mr. Manderson tendered bis resignation as president pro tem. The resignation was on motion of Mr. Sherman accepted, Mr. Cockrell offered a resolution declaring Mr. Ennis presi? dent pro tem. It was agreed to, and Mr. Harris escorted by Mr. Manderson. took the chair asd signed the oath of office. The vice president having left the chair temporarily. Mr. Harris ex? pressed his thanks for the honor con? ferred upon him. Oa motion of Mr. McPherson a resolution was adopted di? recting the secretary of the senate to wait up >n the president of the Uliled States and inform him that Senator Har? ris had been elected president pro tem of the senate in place of Senator Manderson, resigned. After an executive session, the senate adjourned. The senate was in open session only ten minutes Thursday morning, when, on motion of Mr. Daniel, it proceeded to ex? ecutive business. Mr. Call offered a res? olution in regard to the commission to inquire into the several executive depart? ments of the government. The resolution declares th*t the provision of the appro? priation act providing for appointment of three senators and three representatives of the 53d congress, by the presiding officers of the two houses in the 52d con? gress as such commission, is in deroga? tion of the constitutional rights, privi? leges, and prerogatives of each house, is otherwise violative of the constitution and absolutely null and void. The reso? lution was ordered printed and laid on the table. After spending three-quarters of an hour in executive session, the sen? ate adjourned till Monday. ABOTJT THE DEPARTMENTS, Secretary Carlisle is advised that $500, 000 in gold was taken from the subtreas aiy in New York, Tuesday, for shipment to'Europe. This is the first gold ship? ment since March ll th. The following narced fourth-clais post- 0 offices will be raised to the presidential class April 1st: Cloveport, Ky. : Plain? view, Minn. ; Blue Hill and Randolph, Neb. ; Chandler, Edmond and Hennessy, Oki., and Ripley, Tenn. The following confirmations were made by the senate Wednesday: Prank B. Burke, attorney of the United States district of Indiana; David T. Guyton, marshal of the United States Northern district of Mississippi; William EL Haw kin*, marshal of the United States dis? trict of indiana. Frank H. Thoma?, of Michigan, has been appointed disbursing clerk and su? perintendent of the postoffice depart? ment, vice Theodore Davenport, resign? ed. Mr. Thomas held this office during the latter part of Mr. Cleveland's former administration, and for some months un? der that of Mr. Harrison. There are 2,170 postoffices in Georgia and aomething over ten thousand appli? cants for these plumbs. Naturally the Georgia congressmen are somewhat per? plexed to make selections for each office and when the applications come in by the score in every mail, sometimes they almost wigb. they were not congressmen. A democratic congressman's life is any? thing but a happy one right now. The moat important of the bach of nominations sent to the senate. Wednes? day, was that of Horace H. Lurton, of Tennessee, to be judge of the sixth judi? cial circuit, vice Judge Jackson promot? ed to the United States supreme bench. Judge Lurton is the present chief justice of Tennessee, and is regarded as one of ablest lawyers in the state. He is a young man, less than fifty, and was en? dorsed bf the bar and delegation of Ten cess?e. Secretary Carlisle, Thursday, signed vouchers to the amount of $250,120 in favor pf the world's fair commission, which is payable in souvenir half dollars. The commission up to this time has re? ceived $1,920.120 of the $2,500,000 ap propr?ate? hy congress payaole in sou? venir half dollars. The secretary h?s reserved $750,880 of the original appro? priation until proper security, as pro? vided by tte United States, is given bj the commission to the secretary of the treasury. Just before sailing for Hawaii Tues? day, Commissioner Blouat had thi3 to say regarding the object of his trip : "The public seems to have the idea that I am loaded to the geards with instructions, whereas, the plain truth ?3 that I have received prac?ical?y ns instructions from president Cleveland tor any one else. My ?ission is to investigate the whole .question of annexation ; to determine the sentiment of foreigners as well as ot na? tives, and to conclude, as far as possible from the facts, whether it would be ad? vantageous to this country to annex the island." The senate Thursday confirmed the following nominations: Theodore Run vao, of New Jersey, as minister to Ger ?a*V; Walter D. Dabney, of Virginia, .as soUe?tor for the department of state; ?dward E. Whitney,'of New York, as assistant attorney general- J*mes C. Jen? kins, of Wisconsin, as Un?*ed States cir cuitjudge for the seventh judicial cir .cmt; Chas. B. Stuart, of Texas, as judge of the United States court for ?he Indian ^Territory; Abner Gaines, of Arkansas, aa ?narshal of the United States for the Eastern district of Arkansas; Jo?cpli W. House, of Arkansas, as attorney for thc United States for the Eastern district of Arkansas; Clifford L. Jackson, of the Indian Territory, as attorney for the United States court for the Indian Terri tory; Ernest P. Baldwin, of Maryland,as first auditor of the treasury; Thomas Holcomb, of Dela ware, as fifth auditor of the treasury. New Nominations. The president, Monday, seat the following nominations to the senate: ' Jams- R. Eustis, of Louisiana, to be en? voy ex raordinarv and minister plenipo? tentiary of thc United States to France; i he?, dore Runyon, of New Jersey, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Uuited States to Germany; John E. Riseley, of New York, to be envoy extraordinary and i minis* ; plenipotentiary of the "United States to Denmark; James G. Jenk? ins, of Wisconsin, to be United States circuit judge for the seventh judicial circuit; Walter D. Dabuey, of Virginia, to be solicitor for the depart? ment of state; David T. Guyton, of Mis? sissippi, to be United States marshal for the northern district of Mississippi ; Ern? est P. Baldwin, of Maryland, to be first auditor of the treasury; Thomas Hol? combe, of Delaware, to be fifth auditor .of the treasury; Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, to be commissioner o? . railroads; John A. Dyson, to be post? master at Washington, Ga. The president sent to the senate Wed? nesday another batch of nominations, among which are the following: John H. Seymour, of Connecticut, to be com? missioner of patents; Silas W. Lamoreux, of Wisconsin, to be commissioner of the general land office; William EL Sims, of Mississippi, to be first assistant secretary of the interior; Edward A. Bowers, of Washington, D. C., to be assistant com? missioner of the general land office; Henry C. Bell, to be second deputy commis? sioner of pensions ; Horace H. Lurton, of Tennessee, to be United States circuit judge for the sixth judicial circuit; Maa Judd, of Missouri, to te consul general I at Vienna. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Development Daring the Past Week. The review of the industrial situation in the South for the past week shows the organization of steel plants at Birmingham, Ala., by the Tennessee Coal, Iron & B. B, Co., and at Thomas, Ala., by the Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Co. ; of an irrigation company with $1,000,000 caditaL at Brownsville, Texas, by tb.9 Chatfield Irrigation Co. ; of a mining company at Blacksburjr, S. C., with $1,000,000 capital, bj the carolina Manufacturing and Redaction .Do.; of a telephone company with $500,000 capital, at Covington, Ky., by the Teephono, Teegraphand Bectric*! Co.; of a cotton seed company with $250,000 capital, at New Orleans, La., bv the Cotton Seed Hull Co.; of a $150.000 oil mill at Denison, Texas, by the j j National Cotton Seed Oil Co. ; of a rice mill at Crowley, La-, with $100,000 capital; of a cot? ton nr? with $100,000 capital, at Anniston, Ala.; of an $80,000 ice and refrigerating com? pany at Houston, Texas, by the H. Henk Ice and B.frige:ating Co.; and of a lumber com? pany at Louisville, Ky., with $60,000 capital, by the" Beargrass Lumber Co. The aggregate capital reporte 1 for this week's new organiza? tion-; exceeds $5,250,000. Sixty-nine new industries were established or incorporated during the week, together with 3 enlargements of manufactories, and twenty seven important new buildings. Among the new industries not already referred to are ag? ricultural implement works at Johnson City, Tenn., with $50,000 capital; brick and tile works at Alexandria, Ya., canning worka at TiftoD. Ga., and Angleton. Texas; electric light and pow?r cor. . .-.nies at Meridian, Miss., cap? ital IsO.OOO, and at Brinkley, Ark., Elb'sville, Miss-, and Trenton, Tenn.; ice factories at Huntsville, Tenn., and Lexington, Ky.; a ma? chine shop at Gonzales, Texas; a coal mining company at Knoxville, Tenn.; oil mills at Mon r o an ? Vandalia, La., Grand View and Gonzales Texas; a $50,000 packing house at Jackson, Mis-?., and one at Canton, Miss. A shoe factory is reported at Alexandria, Va., with $100,000 capital, hy the Leather Shaving ?Shoe company; cotton mills at Ozark and Pell City, Ala.. Griffin and LaGran?;e, Ga., and China Grove, N. 'C, and a knitting mill, at Mobile, Ala. A tobacco factory will be es? tablished at Moeksvill-?, N. C., and a wood pu^P factory at Burnside, Kv. Among new wooden plants are a carriage factory at Roan? oke, Va.; furniture facioiy at Texarkana, Ark., Middle sboroogh. Ky.. Aberdeen, Miss., Athens and Chattanooga, Tenn- and planing m lia at Montgomery, Ala-, and * Galveston, Texas. Waterworl s are to be built at Brewton, Ala., and Boeky Mount, N. C., and enlarged at Way cross, Ga., and Victoria, Tex. Among the new buildings of the week are a bank building at Hempstead, Tex., churches at Anniston. Ala., and Louisville,Ky. ; hotel? at Union City, Tenn., and Marion, Va., a school building at Laredo, 'lix., and warehouses at Nashville, Tenn., and Luting. Tex.-Trudeeman (Chattanooga, Tenn. FUNERAL OF JULES FERRY. His Burial Made a State Occasion in Paris, Wednesday. The burial of the great French states? man, Jules Ferry, at Paris, Wednesday, was made a state occasion and represen? tatives of all distinguished orders were present. Thousands of strangers throng? ed the street? interested,spectators of the ceremonies. An immense mortuary chapel with naive and transepts, had been erected in the courtyard of ihe Luxembourg. It was draped with black cloth, edged with silver lace and emblazoned with the mon? ogram of the dead statesman. The coffin, covered with a crimson and white pall, remained until 1 o'clock in the Salle des Garden, where the body has lain in state, and was then removed to the cata? falque. It was followed by an almost endless procession thro ughout the streets, filled with uncovered crowns. Balconies and windows from the Luxembourg to the railway station were thronged with silent men and women. At the station the troops pressed back the crowd and forced a double line, between which the coffin was carried to the train for St. Die. There was no disorder during the serv? ices or on the way to the railway station, although the police had expected and prepared for a hostile political demon? stration. A KICH FIND. Workmen Engaged in Excavating" Un? earth One Million Dollars in Gold. A Durango, Mex , special of Wednes? day says: Workmen engaged in exci vating for a new building to be erected on the property of Francisco Ortiz, near the palace hotel, came upon a large earth? en box buried about five feet u?der the surface, Tuesday, which, upon being op? ened, was found to be filled with old Spanish gold coin. Thc amount of the treasure is not known to the public, hut it will reach fu'.ly $100,000. A certain percentage of the wealth must be turned over to the general government. It is supposed that the money was buried by a Spaniard more than a century ago, as there was at that time a large colony of them employed in working the rich mines of that section. SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST. The Fa?! so Great as to Interfere with Raliway Traffic at Many Points. Dispatches from fifty points in western and southern Minnesota and south Da? kota indicate that a great storm is rag? ing. At Far.bault, and neighboring points, eight inches of snow fell, and this wa9 followed by a heavy fall of hail and thunder and lightning. West of Aberdeen, S. D., the fall of snow was so great as to delay trains at St. Paul. The storm is followed in the far west by wineis and a big thaw and possible floods are expected 'o fo'.kw. Hr. Biount frails for Hawaii. Ex-Congressman Biount, com mission ei to Hawaii, arrived at San Frgnciscc Monday morning and shortiy after IS o'clock sailed for Honolulu on the Uni? ted Stat ea cutter Rush. It is expected that he will maka the trip in about eight ?THBOUGflO?T THE SOUTH Notes of Esr Progress ai Prosperity Briefly EsitoiM And important Happenings from Da/ to Day Tersely Told. The murder case of M. B. Curtis ("Sam't of Posen'') will be taken up for ils third trial in San Francisco in a few days. R. B. MacDonald's distillery, mill, coopershep, dwelling house and office at Falmouth, Ky., burned Tuesday night. Lo>s $40,000; no insurance. He wiil re? build at unce. The Pittsburg coal king and turfman, Captain S. S. Brown, has determined tu establish a breedi ; farm for trotting stock in Kentucky. H?3 farm will be located near LaGrange. The majority of the church pastors of Raleigh, N. C., decided by reasoa of thc fact that Moody, th.? evangelist, was not an ordainel authorized evangelist, it was best not to invite him to that city to conduct a meeting. The action has rais? ed a great stir. The North Alabama Furnace, the plant of the Spathite Iron Company, at Florence, went into blast Tuesday eve i ing. The furnace will make spathite iron from ore found near Iron City, Tenn. It is a new and valuable kind of ore, hitherto unknown in the south. Truck farmers ot South Carolina met at Charleston "Wednesday and took steps for applying to the interstate railroad commission for a reduction in rates on fruit and vegetables to northern points. They have called on northern dealers to assist them in making their application. Captain Harry Jackson, of Atlanta, has been employed as special counsel by the attorney general of the United States to prosecute the Gate City bank case or cases if more than one grows out of the investigation. He was already connected with the case as bank council, but now both are merged. The nomination by the president of Hon. S. S. Sims, of Columbus Miss., as assistant secretary of the interior, created much favorable comment at Jackson, it being generally remarked that Governor Sims will adorn the position, should he accept the same, as he has the ability to serve in any station. The railway commission of North Car? olina beard an important case at Raleigh, Thursday. It was the case of Ormond against the Richmond and Danville rail? way, the complaint being that the rail? way refused to refund the unused portions of two tickets from Winston to Goldsbo ro. The commission ordered the railway to refund. Dr. P. TV. Peoples, chairman of the Central Davis Monument Association, has issued a call for the directors to meet in the office of the secretary of state, at Jackson, Miss., on Friday, March 31st, at 10 o'clock a. m., to con? sider what disposition shall be made of the funds in the treasury of the associa? tion subscribed for the erection of a mon? ument to Jefferson Davis. Official announcement having been made by the Mississippi sta"e land com? missioner that the stats lands would be put on ths market April 2J, as prescrib- | ed by law, and it appearing that April i 2d, falls on Sunday, the land commis- j sioner announces that no applications ! will be received or filed for lands, and j no lands put on s ile until 9 o'clock Mon- j day morning, April 3, 1893. The town of Purvis, Miss., on the New Orleans and Northeastern railroad,fifteen miles east of Meridian, was destroyed by incendiaries Wednesday night. Shortly after midnight the torch was applied to j five buildings in different portions of the j town, and within two hours' time almost every store and residence in the place was wiped out. The people ran panic- ! stricken into the streets and the greatest j excitement prevailed. The North Carolina railway commis? sion is placed in a very awkward posi? tion by the supreme court's decision in the case of Mayo against the Western i Union Telegraph Company. The court decides that the commissoa has authori? ty to enforce penalties it may require for failure to deliver telegrams within a reasonable time. Tuesday th? case of Yopp against the Western Union for this re?son was dismissed for want of juris tion. Bills were passed Thursday in the ! North Carolina legishture,providing that j the speaker of the senate ai%d the speaker j of thc house shall be in the line of sue- j cession to the gubernatorial chair in case of the death of the governor. In the j senate bills were passed ceding juristic- I tion over certain lauds to the Uaited ? States for the use of Chickamauga Na? tional park,and creating the ellice of pri? vate secretary to the governor at a salary of $1,200 per annum. The Southern Lind and Lumber com? pany of Dry Run, Ark., one of the largest saw mill plan'.s in Arkansas, was put into thc hands of a teceiver Thurs- ! day by Judge Williams, of the United States circuit court, on the application of N. C. Foster, president of the com? pany, of Chicago. George K. Smith, secretary and manager, was appointed receiver. The company's assets are $200,0C0r It is believed" they will pay dollar for dollar. Well authenticated reports say tho town of Tupelo, Miss., was destroyed by a severe storm Thursday. The little town of Kel'y, fifteen miles from Mem? phis, Tenn., on the Memphis and Bir? mingham railway, was wiped out during thc same storm. No lives lost. Partie ulars not obtainable at present. A dis? patch from Cleveland, Miss., states that a cloudburst and storm destroyed con? siderable property iuthat vicinity Thurs? day. The Louisiana state immigration con? vention was organized at New Orleans, Tuesday. It wa* alteuded by represen? tatives from the leading parishes of the state and the city of Nev/ Orleans, and met iu response to a call by Governor Foster. Tue Governor delivered an able address ou the immigration objec', urg? ing the convection to adopt plans for the establishment of permanent associations throughout the state for the dissemina? tion ot information touching me ?c sources of the state, and designed to at? tract immigrants from all sections. The cotton firm of Dobbins & D izey, of Nashville, Tenn., with branch houses in Memphis, New Orleans, Little Rock, Montgomery. Mobile and other cities made a special assignment Thursday afternoon to secure special liabilities. The special debts covered amount to over $300,000, and the assets are scattered ov.r many states. The bulk of the indebtedness sought to be secured by the assignment is held in New Y"ik and Hartford, Conn. The failure has created a sensa? tion. How much the firm owes over and above the amounis get forth in this as? signment is not obtainable. A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch of Thurs? day euys: Inquiries carefully made of many farmers show that P reducion of 18 to 20 per cent in the tobacco ' creage may be expected for the approaching season. Inquiries also show that there will bc a considerable increase in the cotton acreage, estimates rankine from 10 to 20 per cent as compared with last season. The agricultural commissioner states that an increase is certain despite attempts of his department at-dof mauy merchants to stop it. Thc sales of fer? tilizers are unusually heavy, and that is good proof of a large crop. The farm? ers in most cases will not listen to argu? ments for a reduced acreage. TRADE NOTES. i Bradstreet's a?d Dun's Review of ! Business for Fast Week. R. G. Dun & C'?'.'s weekly review of ! trade says: The distribution of goods ?ontinue3 very l?rge fur the season in ' -pite of the extraordinary weather, some failures and a tight money market. Storms and severe cold have retarded trading and collecting throughout a large part of the country, and doubtless caused much of tie monetary pressure, though a larder part is due to the great I excess of imports over exports. Money is uot, a* usual, tight, ouly as em call or for . peculation, but there has been greater difficulty here than for many years past in e fleeting commercial loans, j In spite of all these thiDgs, confidence ! is unabated and business is remarkably I large with some signs of improvement. Exports of breadstuff*, cotton, provis? ions, cattle aud oil in February were but $40,9S2,231, against $GG,30?,712 last I year, which, with the increase of nearly j $3,OOO,OOO in imports at New York, in I dicates a probable excess in that month < ? of about ?10,000,000, against an excesss ! of exp- rts in thc same months last year i of $31,000,000. Exports in March also ! have been small, at New York $4,540, 000 less than *a weeks than last i year. Speculation in product has been naturally depressed, cotton being j at one time 1-4 and now 3-16 lowe-r than a weak ago, with sales of over 2,200,000. i VVheat is 2 1-2 cents lower, with sales of I 2G,000,000 bushels, the government esti j mate of 135,000,000 bushels in the farm > er's hands, besides 79,000,000 bushels in visible supply, making it clear that a ? great surplus would have to be carried over next July. Receipts at the west continue heavy, 1,700,000 bushels in four days this week, against less^than 400,000 exported. Corn is nearly a cent lower and pork products have declined a little. Yet the enormous strength of speculative combi? nations to uphold prices still prevents free movement of products abroad. Chicago reports great demand for cur? rency in farming regions, active trade in merchandise, with satisfactory eiders, but at St. L'?ui3 trade ls very heavy, es? pecially with the southwest, while lead is very strong, but flour mills are running half time. Cattle re? ceipts at Kansas City are lib? eral, the toDe at Omaha is sanguine and \ collections are improved at St. Joseph. No improvement is seen at St. Paul, but trade at Denver and Little Rock is fair; at Atlanta and Montgomery fair. At Columbus collections are slow arid money very tight, but at Mobile business is good. At New Orleans sugar is dull and rice not improved, with money firm but in ample supply. The iron industry shows improvement. Prices are steady, though extremely low, with less pressure to realize, and little more demand is seen for bar and plate iron and steel, while structural works are well employed, though not at better pric-s. Copper is s:eady, lead firm, at $3.90, but tin is a quarter lower. The shoe business is large. Cattle receipts at the west are smaller and bad weather or strikes, or fear of strike*, effect all railway movements to some extent. The business failures occurring throughout the country during last seven days number 220, as compared with 225 last weeK For the corresponding week : last year the figures were 240. WHAT BRADSTREET SATS. Bradstreet's report says : The general I trend of prices is downward. Cotton ! has been down 3-8 on the prolongation j of the English strike and the liquidation of holders who felt the squeeze in money, but later in the week it recovered 1-4 cents dus to purchases on spsculativ^ ac counf. Wheat shows a small gain and corn is no worse off. Foreign trade in the United States for the seventh month ended Jan. 31st was 5 percent less in value than in a like portion of 1891-'92, owing to a decrease in the value of ex? ports amounting to nearly 20 per cent, while importations, both free and dutia? ble, iucreased only 15 per cent. The fal? ling off in values of domestic exports is more than accounted for by the decreases in values of breadstuffs, cotton and other agricultural produce sent abro id. In interviews with Bradstreet leading financiers admit that the commercial dis? counts are still greatly restricted, but claim that while money is tight the abil? ity of commercial interests to resist the pressure and postpone borrowing is as remarkable as it is unquestioned. The interruption to trade west and northwest, due to unfaborabie weather, high water and railroad blockades, con? tinues. The exceptions are Chicago and St. Louis, where leading staple lines are in excellent condition and the volume of transactions during February is larger than the total for that month in 1892. The surprising strength of the price of wheat in the face of the most bearish statistical position ever reported at a like season of the year is a tribute to the ability of the bull clique at Chicago, hided by the enormous short interest there. The stocks of wheat available here and abroad leave no doubt that the world's reserves on July 1st next will be heavy. The United States is evidently able to export 0,000,000 bushels of wheat each week, flour included, for the re? mainder of the crop year, if required, whereas the weekly < xports are hardly more than 3,000. This week the total sent abroad, from both coasts, is 2,986v 000 bushels, compared with 2,984,000 bushels last week and with 3,818,000 bushels in the same week a year ago and 2,733,000 bushels two years ago. The general trade is dull in the province of Quebec. The wholesale trade through? out the province of Ontario is fairly sat? isfactory and prices generally firm except for grain, which is dull. The spring trade ia Nova Scotia will be later this year than last, as the interior is still cov? ered with ice and snow. REORGANIZATION TALK. Drexel, Morgan & Co., Will Take Charge of the Richmond Terminal. The New York lierai ? in its issue of Tuesday says : The : eorganiz'ng of the big Richmond Terminal system of more than eight thousand miles of railway by Drexel, Morgan & Co., may now be said to be assured. Thc plan is about ready and may be announced any day. One of the first steps toward restoring order out of chaos will be the appointment of a receiver for the Richmond and Dan? ville railroad, who will represent Drexel, Worgan & Co., and be entirely independ? ent of either faction in the company. Samuel Spencer, who is connected with the banking firm, will be selected for the position. It is understood that Receiver Reuben Foster will bc the one to retire. Receiv? er Huidekoper will remain, but will act lu harmony with the proposed scheme of reorganization. Drexel, Morgan & Co. thus have complete access to the books an'l all necessary legal steps can be taken without interruption. There had been extensive preparations for the reorgani? zation before the banking firm found their way clear to take charge. AU of the prominent gentlemen who have been associated with thc management in re? cent times have willingly submitted to questioning and agreed to assist any Scherns that may be suggested. The Fire Ruined Them. Redpath Bros., of Boston, manufact? urers of boots and shoes, who were burn? ed out in Friday's big fire, are financially crippled and will assign. Mr. H. I*. Redpath, one of the partners, lost his life in the fire. The firm lost their booka and accounts, and their insurance waa much less than the loss. The liabilities are said to be $100,000. Tte News'ol tie WorM Conisnssd Into Ply aii Point?e Parrolis interesting and Instructive to All Classes of Readers. Influenza hv.s appeared in a virulent form throughout southern Russia. Peter Svance, the Swedish and Nor? wegian consul at Chicago, died Tuesday. Six bombs were thrown in Rome, Ital}-, Tuesday. General alarm is felt. No arrests have been made. A London cable dispatch says: Wed? nesday, for the fiftieth time, the crews of Oxford and Cambridge sat in their shells on the Thames river and rowed for dear life to win, and Oxford won her twenty-seventh victory over Cambridge. The one hundred and seventy weavers employed by the Johnson Manufacturing Company, makers of fiue ginghams, at Nortn Adams, Mass., struck Wednesday for more pay, and in consequence the entire mill, employing four hundred hands, has been shut down. Miss Clara Barton, president of the American National Red Cross, has ac? cepted the maguificeut gift of between 700 and 800 acres of land on the borders of the blue grass region in the state of Indiana, tendered the association last month by Dr. Joseph Gardner, of Bed? ford, Ind." Owing to the alarming growth of spec? ulation from the funds of charitable in? stitutions of Arkansas, her house of rep? resentatives, Wednesday, passed and sent to the senate a bill placing in the hands of a board of trustees, one from each con? gressional district control of all charita? ble institution* in the state. Prairie fires are ranging for miles around the city of Guthrie, Oklahoma, and much damage is being done. A considerable amount of property has been destroyed and some stock injured. Near the little town of Evansville, Tues? day night, several houses and barns were swept away and many farms swept clean of everything. A New York dispatch of Thursday says: Thc present indications are that $2,000,000 gold will be exported by Sat? urday's steamers. Two houses are ex? pected to ship $1,000.000 each. This amount may be increased $500,000 by a third house, which has had orders for the past week, but shipment may be de? ferred until Thursday week. The arrangement for the series cf evan? gelical meetings to be conducted by Mr. Moody in Chicago during the fair, were completed Thursday. The evangelist has surrounded himself with a staff of able Christian workers from every part of the country and Europe, and prepara? tions have been made to hold meetings each night in every part of the city, be? ginning May 1st. The National Plate Glass Company was incorporated at Springfield, Ohio, Thursday. The capital stock of the new company is $8,000,000. The object, as stated in the charter, is to manufacture and deal in plate glass, etc. Dealers in glass look upon the new corporation with suspicion. Some think it is the begin? ning of the consolidation of the plate glass interest of the country. The striking miners of the Mononga? hela valley met at Monongahela City,Pa., Thursday, and resolved unanimously to remain out until the operators conceded to their demand for 3J cents per bushel. Two families were evicted from the company's houses and three more have been notified to vacate within ten days. The strikers say that starvation is the only thing that will break the strike. A Topek i, Kiis., special of Tuesday says: Viewing with alarm the successful efforts being made by Governor Lewel lingand his adjutant general to organize independent military companies, in ad? dition to the regular national guard,Mis. Lease has commenced to organize the women of Kansas into a peace associa? tion. Thc object is not ouly to prevent war. but to resolutely fr>wn down any attempt to form organizations whose ob? ject is bloodshed. The Carnegie Steel company recently gave an order to Whitworth & Co., of Manchester, Eng., for au enormous piece of their armor plate machinery. The massive proof machinery will have a ca? pacity of 16,000 tons ^pressure and will cost over $1,000,000. It is claimed that the machinery will give the Carnegie company advantages over the world in the m on u fae tu re of war fixtures. An armor plate weighing 200,000 tons can easily bc worked in one piece. Another of the numerous sales of Washington relics that have been held at Philadelphia in the past few years was begun Wednesday. An autograph letter of Washington, written from Mount Vernon on December 13, 1799, one day before his death, and the iast letter he ever wrote, was sold to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for $850. Washington's secretary and book case was sold for $2,000 and his card tables for $260 apiece and his dining table for $885. A Philadelphia dispatch of Wednes? day says: Before the close of the week, there wilt be no less than 1.642,000 Co? lumbian souvenir half dollars in the special v?;ult in which they are kept in the Unite d States mint in this city, and probably Saturday the five millionth or last coin of the series will be struck and placed aside with Colonel Bosbvshell's certificate to the last one coined. The amount then on hand will be about 33 per cent of the total coined, and it is not known how long the souvenirs will be left in the mint. A special cable dispatch of Thursday from Berlin, Germany, say?: The Prrs sian government having issued an order prohibiting Russian and Austrian emi L'rants from crossing the frontier into Russian territory, and from buying tick? ets that would give Russian and Austrian emigrants passage through Prussian ter? ritory to German ports, the agents of the Liverpool and Glasgow lines of trans-At? lantic steamships have opened offices in Rotterdam, Holland, whence the emigrants who reach there will be shipped for America by way of Great Britain. A New York special says: Despite the various denials, a stroug impression prevails among well-informed banker- in Wall street that J. Pierepont Morgan, nf the banking house of Drexel. Morgan & Co., who sailed for Europe Thursday on the Majestic, has a commission from the government to arrange the sale of bonds abroad. If an issue becomes necessary to replenish the treasury stock of gold the bonds would bc issu d under the re? funding act, and would bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent. The bonds would probablv command a premium of 12 or I 13 per cent. j A cablegram from Moscow, Russia, says: Mayor A lex jex was shot dead Tues? day afternoon in the city hall by a man named Adrainoff. The city council had met to elect a new mayor. M. Alexjeff ! had just called tho meeting to order ! when Adrainoff pushed his way pa<t the j doorkeeper and entered thc reception j room. He demanded loudly to see the j mayor, and M. Alexjeff left the chair to j ascertain his business. As Adrainoff bc- i gan to approach him with dishonesty and oppression of thc people, M. Alexjeff ordered him to leave the building. Adrainoff then drew a revolver and shot the mayor in the stomach. JOHN F. WrLUTTS Is organizing eozapaniei oj the Pp nu risc mi ii ti ry orgamltetififi in Topeka, McOlouth and Valley rails, Saasa* FIGHT WITH DESPERADOES. A Sheriff Kilted and a Deputy Wound? ed-Judge Lynch Takes a Haud. A terrible tragedy occurred on the Knoxville and Ohio passenger train Sat? urday morning before daylight at Hell'? P-,iut, a peculiarly significant name, one mile and a Laif east of Newcomb, in Campbell county, in which Sheriff John Burnett, of Campbell county, was killed; Deputy Sheriff John Dale, probably fa? tally shot ; Crusoe Smith mortally wound? ed, and Jesse Jones sustained several se? rious injuries. Sheriff Burnett and Deputy Sheriff Dale went to Jelico Friday from Jacks? boro, to arrest a miner by the name of Jesse Jones, on the charge of carrying concealed weapoos. Jone3 was promptly arrested. The arrest was made on the Tennessee side of the line dividing Kentucky and Tennessee, not far from Jellico. Soon afterwards a number of miners, friends of Jones, came to the rescue of Jones and succeeded in taking him away from the officers. They then hastened to the Kentucky line and bade deSauce to the Tennessee officers who deemed it prudent not to cross the line. The rescue and fight took place on the train, which was at the time running at the rate of thirty miles an hour. When the sheriff was killed, Deputy Sheriff Dale, who had opened fire upon the murderous assailants of himself and his superior of? ficer, was overpowered and rushed to the rear platform of the smoker and was thrown off.^his assailants leaping after him. The train was stopped by this time, and was run back to the point where the shooting had commenced. Dale was found wandering about the woods near the track in a dazed and partially de-" mented condition. His senses gradually returned, however, and it was found that he had been shot in the temple, receiving a very dangerous wound. Crusoe Smith and Jesse Jones were found near where the deputy was come upon. They were lying by the side of the railroad apparently dead, but they soon returned to consciousness. Jones, the prisoner, was found to have a broken arm, sustaining injuries about the head also. Crusoe Smith was in a critical condition. He was shot in the breast and stomach and his right arm was broken. Dale sufficiently recovered from the shock which he had sustained to take charge of Crusoe Smith and Jesse Jones. Two other men who took part in the shooting made their escape. When the train reached Carey ville, the nearest railroad point to Jacksboro, the deputy sheriff got off with his two priso? ners to take them to the Jacksboro jail. The body of the sheriff was also taken off at Carey vii le. J0NE8 LYNCHED. A special from Jellico, Tenn., says: Judge Lynch held a meeting Saturday at midnight at Jacksboro, Tenn., and at daylight the form of Jesse Jones wa9 found hanging to au old fashioned g*te beam a quarter of a mile east of the town limits. It was the penalty for shooting down Sheriff John Burnett on the south? bound Louisville aDd Nashville train Saturday morning while he was attempt? ing to execute the law and aid the con? ductor in protecting the passengers from a gang of desperadoes, of which Jones was one._ MORE PANAMA CONVICTIONS. Charles DeLesseps, Bailiant and Blon din Found Guilty. A special cable dispatch of Tuesday from Paris states that Charles DeLesseps", accused of corrupting ex-Mioister of Pub? lic Works Baihaut to support the Panama lottery bonds bill, bas been found guilty by the jury. Baihaut, who confessed his guilt in open court, and Blondin, who acted as go-between in the bribery of Baihaut, was found guilty. All the other prisoners were acquitted. The court, after deliberation, sentenced M. Baihut to imprisonment for five years, to pay a fine of 750,000 francs and to the loss of civil rights. M. Blondin was sentenced tc imprisonment for two years and Charles de Lesseps to imprisonment for one year, the one year to run concur? rently with the five years' sentence already imposed on him. All three of the convicted prisoners were condemned by the civil parties to the proceedings. The sentences of Charles de Lesseps and Blondin were comparatively light on the yround of extenuating circumstances. The court also ordered M. de Lesseps, M. Blondin and M. Baihaut to pay to M. Monchicourt, liquidator of the Panama Canal Company, 375,000 francs, the smount taken from the treasury cf the company and paid to M. Baihauc for his ii fluence in favor of the lottery loan bill. FLOUR DUST EXPLOSION. A Burning Mill Blown to Atoms, Wreaking Death and Destruction. At 3:30 (?'clock Tuesday morniug fire was discovered in the b'g Keeler flour? ing mill, at LitchfLld, 111., and despite the efforts of the employes, it quickly spread throughout the building. Ia less than 20 mi u ir es the fi?mes were beyond control. While the firemen were fight? ing the flames there was a terrific explo? sion, caused by flour dust, and the im? mense structure was blown to fragments. John Cowle, head millwright, was in? stantly killed. Several employes were seriously injured. The explosion wrecked nearly every business house in the village. Many persons were badly hurt by flying bricks and falling timbers. Tue damage to the mill alone will reach one million dollars, and other property is damaged over $150,000. The shock was felt iu the adjoining villages of Clyde, Butler, Gillespie and Hillsboro. AN EXTRA SESSION CERTAIN. Congress Will be Called Together About the First of September. President Cleveland has decided to call an extra session of congress about the 1st of September. It may be a lit? tle earlier. He will do it for"the pur? pose of giving more time for the prep? aration of a tariff bill in order that it may be passed in time to go into effect on the 1st of July, 1S94. He discussed the matter with Mr. Springer and several other callers Tuesday and notified them that he had decided upon this program. 'He would not call it later than the 1st of September, though it may be a little earlier. The principal object Mr. Cleve? land has in view is the repeal of the Mc? Kinley law aod the substitution of a democratic tariff measure in accordance with the Chicago platform. Ile also ex? pects congress soon after its meeting to repeal the Sherman silver law and enact some substitute legislation. JUDGE DUBOSE TO BE TRIED. The Committee Recommends That Im? peachment Proceedings be Begau. lu thc Tennessee house of represeuta livcs, Monday, the special committee of five appointed to investigate the charges against Judge Julius J. DuBo;C, of Shelby couuty, submitted its report which was to the effect that it was the commiitee's opinion that the charges were sufficient for impeachment proceed? ings to be instituted. The committee recommended that another committee be appointed to have the charges sworn to. Two motions were made, one to appoint the committee sugge.-teel and the other that the house go into a committee of the whole to take sworn statements in sup port of the charges. Mackay Improving, A San Fraucisco dispatch of Wednes? day says: The condition of John W. Mackay, who was shot by a madman two weeks ago, continues to improve. A REMARKABLE INDUSTRY. Special Report oil Pbogiale Mm io ile M. Prepared by Commissioner Tacker, an Ex pert-.Hilliup- invested in Land and Plants, and Millions .More Expended for Labor-.Millions of Tons Yet in Sight. Vf AsnrxGTON. March 20 -Commission? er of Labor Carroll D Wright ha-, in compliance with a resolution of the Sen? ate, just forwarded to that body a report on the phosphate industry. The chief materials for this report have been col? ic cted by Capt. James F. Tucker, one of the department's special agents, and a gentleman thoroughly familiar with the industry. The report giv?s, in thc intro? duction, a brief resume of the character of phosphate as used for fertilizing, and then, in chapters 1 and 2, a very full ac? count of the industry as it has grown and now exists in Florida and South Carolina. The industry is located in the Statis of North and South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. But little is done, however, in tb-* first and the last named States. The Commissioner's report cov? ers 137 phosphate mining establishments, 106 being in Florida, 30 in South Caro? lina and 1 in North Carolina. Phosphates were discovered in South Carolina in 1887-'$, and the importance of discovery was promptly recognized and appreciated, both by scientific and by business men. In 1868 the South Carolina mines produced 12,262 tons, while in 1891 they produced 572,949 tons. The Florida phosphate deposits were discovered in 1878, and their last annual output was 532,027 tons. The last an? nual output of South Carolina mines was 698,979 tons, and of the North Carolina mines reported 8,700 tons, or a total for the whole industry of 1,231,703 tons. This quantity was valued at the mines at $7,153,201. Operators in all the four states men? tioned control 265,638 acres of land and 170$ miles of river. Of the land, 193, 348 acres are in Florida. The total value of the capital invested in plants in the industry is $4,705,582, and in land, $14.366,067. The average number of hands employed in the industry is 9,165, and of this number 5,242 are employed in South Carolina mines. The total ex? penditure for labor for the last year was $2,473,265. Thc average earnings in the Florida land mines was $211 for each person em? ployed, and In the river raines $355, a higher grade of skill being required in the river mines than in the land raines. In South Carolina the average earn? ings in the land mines was $287 per an? num, and in the river mines $278. The report gives all the available facts relating to the cost of production and opportunities for labor, as well as the general statistics, these being given in detail and by summaries. Relative to the opportunities for labor, it is found that wages are very fair, so far 8 3 rates are concerned, the annual earnings, of course, dependiog upon the number of days thc mines are operated in each lo? cality. The average pay of blacksmiths in Florida is $1.85; blasters, $1.25; dredge men, $1.25; engineers,$1.98: carpenters, $1.99; captains of dredges, $3.93; ma? chinists, $2 45; firemen, $1.33 and fore? men, $1.93. In South Carolina chief engineers and mechanics receive $4. IO per day on the average; engineers, $2.27; foremen,$2.28: machinists, $2.54; blacksmiths, $1.45, and carpenters, $1.63. All of these wages, for both Florida and Sonth Caro? lina, are for land mines. In river mining the. averages are usual? ly higher in some respects, carpenters receiving $2.33 per day;engineers,$2.26, and machinists, $3.48 in Florida. In South Carolina, engineers receive $3.24; foremen, $3.88; machinists, $2.81, etc. In addition to the wages paid in the mines, a large body of longshoremen Lave been brought into employment through the phosphate industry, the amount of wages paid to this ciass of men being, for 1892, $121,695; while the \*ages paid for manipulating and con? verting phosphate into su per-phosphate are estimated at $1,587,600, or a total wage roll added to the industry of the States named, through the discovery of phosphate, of $4,182,910, the payment of this large sum being due entirely to the new industrv of phosphate mining, and it is of course a constant yearly ad? dition to the economic force of States in which the industry is carried on. In ad? dition to this, labor is benefited through the wage cost of transportation,drayage, warehousing and other handling, which in the aggregate amounts to a very con? siderable sum. The future opportunities for labor in this industry are best illustrated by con ? sideling the quantities of phosphate in sight. The Dcpaetment of Labor has Taken greatest pains to asceitain the uture opportunities for labor by collect? ing information on this particular point. Dr. Wyatt, in "Posphates < f America," gives the lowest estimate for South Caro? lina, in round numbers, as 15,000,000 tons in sight. This amount, at the pres? ent rate of production, would keep the industry in full activity for twenty-eight years from 1891. Captain Tucker of the Department of Labor has made very careful estimates relative to Florida, North Carolina and Georgia, and other Sutes, and he con? cludes that in the State of Florida the amount in sight is 133.095,885 tons; for the other States, 1,000,000. These vari? ous estimates show a total of 149,055, "835 tons of phosphate in sight, and this statement shows better than any other the future opportunities for employment of labor in this industry. No discoveries of any considerable quantities of phosphate have been made during the past two years. Of course, as the commissioner remarks, it is im? possible to say what developments will take place in the future in the way of discoveries. Opportunities for labor, therefore, have been considered solely with reference to existing conditions. The estimates are conservative, and prob? ably below rather than above the real facts The endeavor has been to avoid all ex? aggerations, which come from specula? tive estimates, and to secure only those judgments which are based upon abso? lute knowledge and in many cases, upon actual measurements. A BOX OF DEAD PEOPLE Fonnd Floating with the Current of the Missouri River. A dispatch from St. Joseph, Mo., states that Compton McCoy, a farmer ro siding a few miles south of thc city on the Missouti river banks, was duck shooting on a sandbar Tuesday evening, when he dh covered a large dry ?roods box floating with the current, lie haul? ed the box to the shore and, breaking it open, discovered that it was filled with dead bodies, in an advanced stige of decomposition, the remains being so badly decomposed that identification was impossible. It is supposed the re? mains arc those of a family of eimgrants, who disappeared in a mysterious manner from near Rulo, four miles north of the city, last fall. Eight Miners Killed. A horrible accident occurred Monday in a coal pit near Chesterfield, Derby? shire, England. While the cage was de scending, loaded with miners goi?g to their work, *he cage owing to some acci? dent to the aparatus, suddenly fell to the bottom of the shaft. Eight miners were killed. TREMONT TEMPLE IN RUINS. One of Boston's Old Landmark's De? strojed by Fire. Fire brok* out about 7 o'clock Sunday morning io Tremont temple OB Tremont street, Boston, Mass., and before noon the entire structure was gutttd. The loss is variou-iy estimated at from $325, 000 to $375,000, white the Parker house, opposite, is believed to have been dam? aged by water to the extent of $5,000. Besides the Union Temple church, there were a number of offices in the building, including the Amer can Baptist Mission? ary Mission, Home Mission Society, the business and editorial departments of the Watchman and the Baptist Social Union, office of Woman's Voice, loyal tornen of America. Tremont temple, which was originally a theater, ras been one of the most con? spicuous buildings of Boston in the gen? eration. Since 1863 it has been cele? brated all over the country as the largest Bap'ist church in New England, if not in America, and the headquarters of that denomination. The purpose of taking it for religious purpose s was stated in the original appeal for purchase money to found a church in Boston where all per? sons, whether rich or poor, without dis? tinction of color or condition, might worship. On December 7th, after re? modeling, the house was dedicated, but on the night of March 31, 1853, the tem? ple was burned. The loss was $178,365; insurance $45,244. A new building on the old site wa? completed, however, in December, 1853, at a cost of $166,000. On August 14, 1879, the building was destroyed again by fire but was promptly rebuilt and re? opened on October 17, 1880, at a cost of more than $230,000. The auditorium was one of the largest in the country, being 122 feet in length, seventy-two in width and sixty-six in heighth. _ A NEW PARTY. To be Organized by Ministers, Prohi? bitionists and Worn? u. A conference of ministers and prohi? bitionists interested in the formation of a new national political organization was begun in LaFayette hall, Pittsburg, Pa., the birthplace of the republican party, Thursday morning. When the confer? ence was called to order there was just twenty-three men and ten women pres? ent and a majority of these were from the immediate vicinity. After welcom? ing the delegates, the chairman read the platform of the proposed party and a call for the meeting signed by two thous? and persons. The platform recognizes God as the author of civil government, equal rights for all, without respect to race, color or sex; abolition or suppres? sion of the drink traffic, and such other moral, economic, financial and indus? trial reforms as are nteded in this conn try. A committee on permanent organiza? tion was appointed. The question of naming the new party occupied most of the time of the convention. It was de? cided to let the matter go over to some future time. Among the names suggested were "national reform party" "national prohibition party," "abolition party" and "national party." A committee was appointed to arrange for a state confer? ence to take place June 6 th, after which the conference adjourned. KAIULANI'S FAREWELL. She Thanks the Great American People for Smiles and Handshakes. Princ2ss "Victoria Kaiulani" has pro? mulgated her farewell address to the American people. It reads a9 follows: "To the American People-Before I leave this land I want to thank all those whose kindness has made my visit such a happy one. Not only the hundreds of hands I have clasped, nor the kind smiles I have seen, hut the written words of sympathy that have been sent to me from so many homes, have made me feel that whatever happen? to me, I shall never be a stranger to you aga,in. It was to the American people I spoke and they heard me, as I knew tiley won ld, and now God bless you f;;r it-from the beauti? ful home where your fair first lady reigns, to the dear crippled boy who sent me his loving letter and prayers. KAI?LA>X" The princess has sailed fer Euglat d. LANGTRY'S GOOD LUCK. Abingdon Left Her an Income of $200,000 a Year. A Nice special says: Mrs. Langtry heard the news of the death of Abingdon Baird during a Mediterranean cruise in the yacht White Lady. She hastily went to Nice, where she arrived Monday morning and started for England. It is said Baird has left her $200,000 a year and his magnificent establishment at New Market, and his racing horses. Horrible Fate of Siberian Exiles. Advices of Monday from St. Peters? burg, Russia, give the details of a sad loss of life among a band of convicts bound for the prisons of Siberia. The band numbered three hundred and seventy-four persons, including a large number sentenced to exile for political crimes. In accordance with the custom, the convicts were marching to their va? rious destinations. Two hundred and eighty-three perished, including seven women and four children. Arresting the Saloon Men. By order of Governor Lewelling, who had commissioned him deputy attorney ceneral for the purpose, Attorney J. L Sheppard took action against the saloon keepers of Fort Scott, Eas., Tuesday who have been running wide open in de? fiance of the law. Thirty arrests have been made and the cases will be pushed, the governor directing that the law be fully enforced. The minimum punish? ment is $100 fine and thirty days in jail. _'_ Montana's Silver Statue. The largest silver statue ever known since the worlel began, was successfully cast Saturday. Sixteen hundred pounds of sterling siiver were melted in a cruci? ble at Grand Cross, the molten mass was poured into a large tnold and Montana's silver statue, "Justice," was an accom? plished fact. '5 he cost of the statue, it is slated, is $70,000. Arresting Anarchists. Many anarchists were arrested at Mad? rid, Tuesday, by the police. Several bomb factories and small printing shops were raided and their contents were seized. The police secured a large amount of an? archist literature and explosives. Aa Italian was surprised in the act of charg? ing a bomb. He dropped the bomb, it exploded and he was killed instantly. Big Failure in Liverpool. The failure has been posted in Liver? pool of Bigland & Harvey, the stock brokers, who operate-d largely in the American market. The deficiency of as? sets is estimated at 25,000 pounds-a million dollars. Senator Morgan Has Recovered. A cablegram was reeseived at Washing? ton Monday, from Seaator Morgan, dated at Southampton, in which he states that he is well and will proceed to Paris at once. Perished in the Flames. Au apartment house in Cleveland, Ohio, was burned Thur^dey forenoon. Four women and one child perished in the flames. THE largest cattle deal of tao season in Southwestern Texas is reporte I from Dim in it County, 13,000 head having been sold by the Dimmit Pasturo Company to J. M. Dobie, of Lave Oak County, and W. W. Jones, of Bee County. The price paid for the lot was $150,030. The cattle are to be ?hipped to Chicago.