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J lASHm&IOMOSSIP; ;Eneniiiis from Day lo Day In tie national Capital -" ' . . rpelntments In tbe Yarlons Depart-, '. mentV--Proceeding of the Senate. " TOE SENATE. The senate galleries were crowded Wednesday morning, the spectators be ing attracted probably by the expecta tion of a discussion on the pending reso lution for the election of officers, for the admission of the senators under appoint ment by governors, or for the investiga tion of the charges against Mr. Itoacb, of ; North Dakota. There was, however, lesa than the usual number of senators in attendance. Mr. Hoar called up,, as a question of privilege, the fesslution -reported by bim from the committee on privileges and elections, declaring that Lee Mantle is entitled to be admitted to hia seat as senator from the state of Montana. The resolution was taken up and the senate entered into what prom ises to be a protracted debate. Mr. Pugh delivered a constitutional argument in support of the position taken by the 'committee. The discussion that follow ed was participated in by senators oh both sides of the chamber, most of them indicating concurrence with the views of the minority of the committee, ndverse to the admission of the' three senators. The question went over till Thursday. Thursday's session of the senate wa9 devoted almost wholly to the debate op , : the question of the admission of :he sena tors appointed by the governor of the states of Montaua, Wyoming and Wash ington, after the legislatures of those states had adjourned without making regular elections. Mr. Mitchell, repub lican, of Oregon, and member of the committee on privileges and elections, epoke for nearly three hours in opposi tion to the majority report of the com mittees, which favors admissions in de fense of the minority report, which de- . nies the right of etate governors to ap- poiat senators under such circumstances . At the conclusion of Mr.. Mitchell's speech, the matter went over, Mr. Tur pie having the floor when the sucject next comes up. After an executive ses ion the Eenate adjourned until Monday. ABOUT TfXE DEPARTMENTS. V Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Maxwell. Thursday, appointed 188 fourth-class postmasters and of this num ber eighty-five were to fill 'vacancies caused by removals. , , A letter from Secretary Morton has been addressed to ' every bureau in the department of agriculture, asking whether ,.anv reduction could be mide it: the num- ;" ' ' - A liio imrttnirflA withmit. Imnairmpnf: I . . . :. ------- r - -- Tie. public service, it being desirable, .le interest of economy, to lessen the penses of the department. Secretary Morton, of the department A agriculture, has devised a plan to test the fitne s of applicants for positions in the department that are given in civil service rules. Each aspirant' in filling his application will be required to ans wer certain questions as to merit and physical fitness and also questions bear ing upon the work he desires to perform. The fullowiDg postmasters were ap pointed in Georgia Saturday: . Adel, Berrien county, J. B. Hester; Allapaha, ' Berrien county, J. II. Kriby; Autlia, Thomas county, W. II. Stephens; Be nevolence, Randolph county, P. E. Reese; Bullion, Clay county, J. E. Mansfield; Bonair, Houston county, W. 8. King; Cardray, Calhoun county, K. A. Powell; Hempstead, Colquitt county, O. 8. Blackshear: Lois, Benivn county, P. A. Shaw. V - The clerks of the senate and house committets on appropriations are engaged mon a compilation of the legislation of ' ho last congress, which, when finished, ill show all appropriations that have t en made, the new offices that have I "n created, the offices abolished, the f,- ries increased and the salaries re . di. d. The work will be complete and " ac. ipanied by au index that will make ' c ready reference. It will.be 'v- .vA9si Sunday that while Presi dent CevelanY-hast directly notified the World's 7aE ' committee on public ceremonies that he will be present at the opening "of the fair, he expects to be able to accept the committee's invitation to be there. He has satisfied himself -that public business will be in such a state of forwardness at that date that ho .can leave Washington for the few days it ill require him to witness the naval parade at New York and start the ma .ehiaery of the fair at Chicago. - The bureau of American republics is Informed that the" government of Vene ' uela w& issue a new postage stamp, almilar in form, and size to the new Co lumbian stamps made by the United States, upon which will appear a repre sentation Of the landing by the sub-ordi-natei of Columbus on the coast or Vene zuela in the year 1493. , This was the first time tbWt European trod the land of the South American continent, The value of the stamp will bo about 1 cent Ind the first issue will be 1,000,000 atamp. , The senate Thursday confirmed the . following nominations: Thomas F. Bay--iTcrti. tft Oerat Brrtian; Wil- ILam T. Gary, of Georgia, ?J J -rritA Cfaf . Southern district oi ,n--.;. Tw s James. Northern a is- - 1 U.s.i nrr J. Dennis, of California, attorney of the United States Southern district of California. Thomas marshal T A1! aon - of JSOftn vaxuuua, of the United States Western .t .v. riiT.- (Frank L. district of Everett, of S giaV MarlhaiVof ,e United States Southern district Qf IV McCabe, postmaster . Secretary Carlisle, was busy Friday, be in the last of the month, in making of- . ficial changes in thc'treasury oeparuneui. vfT.-.iu,i th ttsiimation ox 11. -r 1t nf the architects oQce, and in his piste appointed Chas. F. Kemper, of Virginia The rcsigna f Prnlt SmithAhead cf the di?- . : rrhitect'a ifiice. was tendered arcected. GeneAl Daniel, McCau- ley, Ute appointment clerk of the treas-, ury department, . was appointed chief clerk of the immigration bureau, Tice Hail, resigned Two messengers were discharged and two democrats appointed in their places. One of the discharged men hid been in his place twenty-one years. Secretary Carlisle is having prepared a list of the emnlovea ofihe treasury -de. partment with the salaries they receive I and will have it arranged by states. When completed it will show the number of employes credited to each state, the aggregate salary the people from the states receive, and a column showing apportionment the states should receive. ( The list has been prepared already to such an extent' as to show a g-reat dis proportion among the states, some of the s'ates having many more clerks than is allowed. The District of Columbia is credited, with 1,000 out of 4,000 em- ! ploys when its quota, it is said, should only be 11 per cent. Secretary Carlisle, it is understood, intends by every means in his power to reduce the District oj Columbia's list of employes that the states may receive their proper quota of appointments. Our Treaty With Itnaila Criticised. No treaty has come before the senate in late years that has secured more public attention than that which was re cently concluded between the govern ment of the czar and the United States. It has been-Beverely criticised by its op ponents and said to be the first stroke against the liberty of those who flee to America to escape political persecution. In the past two or three executive ses sions of the senate, there ' has been quite a debate over the proposition to release the injunction of secrecy and permit the people to know exactly what it contains. A resolution was introduced recently to remove this injunction of secrecy, but it was referred to the committee on foreign relations, and that committee has not yet reported. The majority of the senators want the matter made public for the rea son that the text of the treaty has been wrongly stated by the public prints and the senators have been, as they claimed, unjustly criticised., New Nominations. Mr. Cleveland sent a batch of nomina tions to the senate . Thursday that will meet with approval from all parts of the country. Following is the list of nomi nations: Thomas F. Bayard, of Dela ware, to be ambassador to Great Britian. Mr. Bayard is the first citizen 'of the United ' states who evtr has ever been given the title of ambassador. England recently elevaled her minister to the rank of ambassador, and the United States now does likewise; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary, of the United States: James D.; Porter," of Tennessee, to Chile; James A. Mc Kenzie, of Kentucky, to Peru; Lewis Baker, of Minse pota, to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador; Edwin Dun, of Ohio, now secretary of legation at Japan, to Japan; Pierce M. B. Youug, of Georgia, to Guatemala and Honduras. Consuls of the United States: L. M. She Her, of West Virginia, to Stratford, Ontario; Harrison R. Williams, of Mis souri, to Vera Crui; M. P. Pendleton, of Maine, to Pictou; Theodore M. Stephens, of Illinois, toAnnaberer; William T. Townes, of Virginia, to Rio de Janeiro; Claud Meeker, of Ohio, to Bradford. Newton B. Euslis, of Louisiana, to be Sfcond secretary of the legation of the United States at Par s; John M.' Rey nold?, of Pennsylvania, assistant secre tary of the interior, vice Cyrus Bussey, resigned; Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., of Obio, to be solicitor general, vice Charles II. Aldrich, resigned ; John I. Hall, of Georgia, assistant attorney general, vice George H. Shields, resigned. THE DECISION EXPLAINED. Where Combination of Laboring Men is Held an Unlawful. A New Orleans special of Monday says: Aa tne decision rendered by Judge Billings of the United States cucuit court, rendered in the case of the. United States vs. the Workingmen's Amalgama ted council of New Orleans, crowing out of the general labor strike of last No- vember, is not understood in some cir- i cles, the following resume is given bj request: The decision f Judge Billings main tains that combinations in restraint of interstate and foreign commerce by and between laborers are within the statute of July 2, 1890, as weir as combinations by and between capitalists. A combina tion among laborers to allow no work to be done in moving goods and merchan dise, which was being conveyed through the city of New Orleans from and to foreign countries and the demaud of cer tain employes in certain kinds of busi ness was complied with, is within cer tain prohibition of the statute. That combination is note the lets lawful. because attended interruption of com merce 13 attempted also and did compass the interruption of all tne other kit d oi business. The opinion further holds that mere refusal to work or a combina tion among many laborers not to work, with no attempt at intimidation by vio lence to prevent others from working would not contravene the statute. A DEATH TRAP. FItc People Perish in a Burning' Hotel and Twenty-fire Others Injured. . The Higgins hotel, at Bradford, Pa., was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour 6aturday. The hotel was occupied chitfly by railroad men, of whom there were about seventv-five asleep when the fire started. Many of the inmates jumped from the windows into a creek and sev eral ueoDle were badly burned. The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg depot and freight troupe was entirely destroyed. also Leroy's grocery store. Five people are dead, and twety-five were injured. Sooth Americans to Tlslt Us. A; Washington dispatch of Sanaa j says : The bureau of American republics has: been informed that the steamer Ixa oerial has been chartered to leare Valpa raiso en the last of May for San Francisco to convey a party bound for the worm s fair. It is croDosed to spend twenty days at the , exposition, after which the principal cities of the Atlantic slope, in- cludinj Washington, will be visited. TELEGRAPHIC GLEA1IMS. lie Hews oi tie World Conlensei M3 Pithy aM Pointed Paragrapln . Interesting' andInstrnctlTe to . All Classes ef Readers. The little town of GeJena, Md., was completely wiped out by fire Friday morning. Doxey opera house, at Anderson, Ind., burned Thursday. It was one of the handsomest in the state. The packing firm ol Swift & Co., Chi cago, has increased its capital stock from $7,500,000 to $15,000,000. The American Press, an organization for the gathering and dissemination of news, filed articles of incorporation at Trenton, N. J., Friday. ' The appearance of several cases of genuine spotted fever in Elwood, Ind., has given great alarm lest it should be come epidemic. The duke and duchess of Vcragua and their children left Madrid. Spain, for Chicago Saturday. They will proceed via Pans and London. The exports, exclusive of specie, from the port of New York for the past week were $7,463,007, against $7,078,885 in the corresponding week last year. The supreme court of Indiana began the hearing of oral argument at Indian apolis, Wednesday, in the Iron Hall case appealed from the Marion superior court. McManus & Sons, bankers.o Chihua hua,. Mexico, suspended Friday, with lia bilities of $1,000,000. The cause of the suspension was latd and mining specula tions. , Columbian stamped envelopes were placed on sale in Washington Friday for the first time. The principal feature of the design of the stamp impression is a spread eagle. St. Barnabas Protestant Episcopal church, at Baltimore, Md., was entirely destroyed by fire, together with its con tents Wednesday. The rector that the loss will be about $60,000 The five story buildings, Nos. 129 to 137, North Front street, owned and oc cupied bj Weikel & Smith Spice Corn- pany, was partially destroyed by fire Friday morning. Loss, $75,000; cover ed by insurunce. The carding and spinning, packing Stock and boiler and building belonging to the plant of the Camden Knitting Company, in the village of Camden, N. Y., were destroyed by fire Wednesday. Loss from sixty to seventy thousand dol lars. - ,.!i;--v'.--,:-... Cholera has made its appearance again in St. Petersburg, Russia, and it is known that fata! cases are of daily oc- currence.although the authorit'es have not resumed their policy of last jear of mak ing aregular daily announcement of the new cases and deaths. The beautiful residence of Joseph Jef ferson, the actor, at Buzz ird'a Bay,-Mass., was totally destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Jefferson and other members of the family escaped uninjured. The fire was caused by an explosion of gs in i he cellar. . One of the trustees of the Brooklyn tabtrnacle stated Saturday that the $20, 000 necessary to pay part of the floating debt of the institution had been raised and that Dr. Talmage will remain in Brooklyn. There are $40,000 more to be raised within a few months. The statement was printed in New York Friday afternoon that three years ago Elliot F. Shcpard tried to effect $500,000 insurance on his life. Tnree companies refused to risk because-of al leged indications of Bright's disease,' while a fourth company passed him and issued a policy of $100000. A New York dispatch says: Joseph Lloyd Haight, who, in 1880 failed for $300,000, dragging the Grocers' bank down with him,, and who was fubse quently sentenced to four years impris onment for forgery, aggregating $iau, 000. .was arresud Fridav morning for stealing a loaf of bread valued at 8 cents. Fire broke out in the plant of the Cleveland, O., Sawmill and Lumber Company, Saturday. The loss is $50,000. While the sawmill fire was in progress, the wind carried the sparks to Nathan Bernstein's barn, in the rear of No. 288 Broadway and fourteen horses were burned to death. Bernstein's loss was $5,000. A St. Petersburg, Russia, cable dis patch says: It is stated in an official re port issued Wednesday tnat on an aver age of 150 new cases of cholera and one death from tnat disease are reported every week in the government of Pole- dia. Quite an extensive trade is carried on between Poled i and Austrian G&l- icia, and also between Germany and Po led i a. The New York Times Publishing Com pany, of New York City, was incorpora ted Wednesday with the secretary of state. The capital stock is $1,250,000, and the company is formed to publish The New York Times,1 and any other newspaper or newspapers, daily, semi weekly, weekly or otherwise, magazines, which it may hereafter acquire or estab lish. A special cable dispatch of Thursday from Paris, states that the new French cabinet has resigned, after having been in office for only eleven weeks. The ad verse majority of five votes cast by the chamber on the liquor amendment was more or less a surprise to the government and after due deliberation the ministers decided to regard it as a vote of want of confidence and their resignation fol lowed. A special from Ark - says: Thirteen Walnut Ridge, houses were des- Thl Rf.,. troyed by fire Friday night. Hotel and several business houses were burned. Two persons, a man and a child, perished in the hotel. Another man is probably fatally injured. Two others sustained broken limbs by jump-! ue"- aPP?" f w" ing from the windows of the hotel f to the supreme court and stay of sent crigia of the fire is not stated. Loss, j? w" gran. The case baring $100,000. Sf?, "S?1 for resentence. Judge U . - , , , i Wallace Tuesday morning fixed the 12th A ew York special of Thursday sari: it. i. nm,... The Itxslor security holders of the Cen tral liallroad and Banking Company of Georgia will apply to the courts of the state for a stay of proceedings to the foreclosure of the mortgage securing the 7 per cent tripartite bonds, having, ar ranged with a New York guarantee and indemaitr company to purchase for their account the said tripartite bonds as soon as the order of the court staying fore closure proceedings has been obtained. . John L. Woods Merrill, of the whole sale tea and coffee house of Merrill, Rit tenhouse & Co., Kansas City, Mo., is the nephew and claims to be the first heir of the many times millionaire, John L,' Woods, of Cleveland, O., who died at his winter home in Augusta, Ga., on the 27th. There are but few heirs apparent to the splendid fortune which the dead man leaves, aggregating something like $15,000,000 and the bulk of the estate will probably be divided between five or six people. NEW SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES. Tie Chattanooga Tradesman Gires Some Interesting Statistics. The quarterly statement of southern industries prepared by the Tradesman, of Tennessee, shows that for the first quar ter of 1893 the new industries establish ed exceed those f the first quarter of 1892 by 198, while for the first quarter of this year only 8 developed companies have been incorporated; during the same period for last year 27 were formed. The quarter just ended also shows 7G cotton and woolen mills established, 59 flour and grist mills, 29 canning facto ries, 40 oil mills and the building of 32 waterworks plants. That the extensive timber interests of the south are not only attracting attention, but capital, is shown by the fact that 195 new woodworking plants have been established during the past quarter as against 122 in 1892 and 141 in the first quarter of 1841. Ten nessee heads the list with 33 new indus tries in this line to her credit. Georgia Hnd North Carolina are close rivals with 24 and 23 respectively. Ali the southern states, however, are well represented in this development, Mississippi with 7, be ing the smallest number. . Seventy-six textile industries were es tablished in the quarter as against 28 in the first quarter of 1892 and 43 in the states ' same period of 1891; and the very gen j eral character of this development is shown by the fact that only 3 s'ates Arkansas, Kentucky and West Virginia, are not represented in this total. Ala bama leada the list with 22; North Caro lina, 10; Georgia, 13; South Carolina, 8, and . Virginia 5; Mississippi, 4, and Tennessee and Texas 3 each, and Florida and Louisiana 1 each. ' i This quurter shows 58 flour and grist mills established as against 29 for the same quarter of 1892. The increasing demand for cotton seed oil and its pro ducts, together with the advance in prices which has recently taken place, accounts for the large number of new oil mills or ganized during the quarter; a total of 40 is shown as against 10 in 1892 and 8 in the same quarter of 1891, over half of the total number being located in Texas, and the remainder scattered throughout the other cotton growing states. Twelve brick and tile plants are reported. 22 cotton compresses. 21 elec tric light plants, 22 foundries and ma chine shops, 7 ice factones, 32 water works plants and 93 other miscellaneous industries. BURIAL OF KIRBY SMITH. The General's Remains Laid to Besi at Sewannee. Friday afternoon in the little cemetery at Sewannee, Tenn., the remains of Gen eral E. Kirby Smith were buried with church and military honors. The body lay in state in St. Luke's ball and was carried from there to St. Ausrustine chapel escorted by the procession, which formed when the special train ariived. bringing delegations frcm bivouacs from ill over the state, companies of state troops, members of the legislature and the governor's st ff, and hundreds of citizens. The services were held in St. Augustine chapel and wrre conducted by R:ght Rev. C. T. Quintard, bishop of Tennessee, assisted by many clergymen. The Rev. Mr. Gailor, vice chancellor of the University of the South, pro nounced a glowing eulogy and Colonel Thomas Claiborne responded to a request to say a few words on behalf of the old comrades of General Smith. At the grave the services were impres sive, and a parting salute was fired as the grave was closed. The funeral was under the direction of the Confederate Veterans' Association of the South. Prominent men from all parts of the south were in attendance during the ob sequies, and the sorrow evinced was gen eral and outspoken, CONVENTION OF GOVERNORS. Arrangements Being Perfected for the Meeting In Richmond A Richmond, Va., dispatch of Wed nesday says: Arra gemenU for the pro posed cenvention of southern governors in the effort to secure a proper recogni tion by the world of the smith's resour ces, which is to be held here April 12th, is still being made. Governors Elias Carr, of North Carolina, and Jones, of Alabama, are the only ones who have di rectly accepted the invitation . The fol lowing have replied to Governor llcEin ney's invitation, sayingjthey will attend if possible: Governors W. A. McCorkle, of West Virginia; W. J. Northen, of Georgia; W. J. Stone, of Missouri ; Frank Brown, of Maryland; and A. Mi Stone, of Mississippi. Governors John Young Brown, of Kentucky, and Henry C. Mitchell, of Florida, have declined the invitation. - SIX AT ONE TIME. ' A Sextuple Hanging at Chester, S. C, on the 12th of May. A special from Chester, S. . C, ears : 0ne Tear E W month, Alfred Crosbyr imc vroiuj, xsaac i oogue, juan.ua Tongue and Elisha Tongue, all colored, were found guilty of the murder of Anderson McAlily, colored, and sent- J a. J . L a i . . i Joe lirannon, already sentenced to death on that date, will make six executions oa the same day. 1 REIIARKABMlDnSTRT. Special Report on P&ispiiate Hinini in tie Soatli. '. : V Prepared fcy CMiaalaer T acker, avn Ex - pert IXIIliaae favestea ) Lud aaa Plaata, an 4 Milllaae Mara Expaade far JLabar Millleaa af Tea. Yet la Slaat. Washbgtox, March 20. Commission- er oi iaoor Barron u. vvngnt na in compliance with a resolution of the Sea ate, just forwarded to that body a report on the pnospnate industry. The chief materials for this report have been col lected by Capt. James F. Tucker, one of the department's special agents, and a gentleman thoroughly familiar with the industry. The report gives, in the 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 States of North and South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. But little is done, however, in the first and the last named States.' The CommissionsVs report cov ers 137 phosphate mining establishments, 106 being in Jrlonda, 30 in bouth Caro lina and 1 in North Carolina. Phosphates were discovered in South Carolina in 1867-'8, 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, 263 tons. while in 1891 they nroduced 572,949 tons. The Florida phosphate deposits were discovered in 1678, nd 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. Thi3 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,C67. The average number of bands employed in the industry is 9,165, and of this number 5,242 are employed muuuiu vBiuuunmmes. ine total ex penditure for labor for the last year was $2,473,265. , -.; . 3 The average earnings in the Florida land mines was $211 for each person em ployed, and in the river mines $355, a higher grade of skill being required in the river mines than in the landmines. .In South Carolina the average earn ings in the landrainea 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 as rates' are concerned, the annual earnings, of eouvse, depending upon the number of days the mines are operated in each lo-' cality. The average pay of blacksmiths in Florida is $1.85; blasters, $1.25; dredge- men, fl.Zo; engineers, L.U9; 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 $4.16 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 Carp 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, S3. 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 have been brought into employment through the phosphate industry, the amount of wages paid to this class of men being, for 1892, $121,69.5; while the wages paid for manipulating and con verting phosphate into super-phosphate are estimated at $1,537, GOO, or a tout 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 industry 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, dray age, 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 sidering the quantities of phosphate in sight. The Uepaetment of Labor baa Jaken greatest pains to asceitain the nture opportunities for labor by collect ing information on this particular point. Dr. Wyatt, in 'Tosphatee vt America," gives the lowest estimate f or South Caro lina, in ronnd 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 States, and he con cludes that in the State of Florida the amount in sight is 133.095,833 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 discoverie. - 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 oalj those judgments wmcn are based npon lute knowledge and la many cases, actual measurements. , .iTv . a a " ' abso- upon TRADE REVIEW. Don & Co. and Bradstreet Slake Their Report for the Past Week iSradstreeta report lor the past week says: Cool and clear weather generally has improved the prospect for spring trade, but without an increase in distri bution. In the central western states a fair movement of merchandise is reported, although prospects are improved north west business continues retarded. The south remains quiet as heretofore. Re ports of improving trade characterize advices from western ; centers, where there are numerous arrivals of country buyers and orders for spring goods. In no previous spring have reports of the effect on general trade of bad roads southwest and northwest been '- so con spicous as recently. Collections are only fair, with no serious complaints. Ex ports of wheat from the United States for the week, both constsflour included, equal 2,875,122 bushels aeainst 2,766,22 bushels the week before; 2,379,330 bush els in the week a year ago and smaller quantities in like, weeks in preceding years. The close of the month brings a falling off in volume of merchandise dis tributed from New Orleans, where cot ton and rye markets are depressed while sugar is pressed and bouyant. The pros pect is still for a larger cotton acreage, but a reduced rece acreage is promised. The recent firmness of the market has developed into, a decided tendency in prices to creep up in the face of narrow and inactive speculation. This address, much to the confusion of the bearish section of the professional traders, who rely upon the possibility of gold ship ments or of a " squeeze in money in the withdrawals of the money for the apt settlements throughout the country dis tricts had created a considerable short interest. , , - WHAT .DUN SATS. R. G. Dun & Co. 's weekly review says: The fact of the largest influence in the record of the past week has been the in creased distribution of goods. Thestrin gency often seen about April, 1st does not appear at New Yoik, nor are other money markets close. But while im ports greatly exceed exports, it is not safe to calculate that the outgo of gold will not again disturb confidence. Hence the break in speculation has its hopeful side. Instead of rising after the close of the Lancashire strike, cotton fell 3-8 of a cent, which may accelerate ' exports, though stocks of American cotton in Furope are still a third larger than usual at this season. Wheat at Chicago had a sudden fall of 7 cents in one day, but as prices there have been 15 to 20 cents higher than at other western cities and 8 cents higher than at New York, mar kets were little affected anywhere else. The price in Great Britain is the lowest ever known. Corn fell 2 1-2 cents, with small sales, and oats 112 cents and the break in hog products reached 75 per cent per barrel in pork,' and 1 cent in lard. Exports in four weeks at New York have been $75,115,000 less than last year, indicating a total for the month not far from $76,000,000. while the increase in imports at New York alone has been about $115,000,000, indi cating a total for the month of more than $67,000,000. This great excess in import, follow ing the excess of $36,000,000 in January and .February, is ' the . basis of doubts about the immediate monetary future. " manures in tne nrst quarter oi the year, 3,202 in number, were fewer than in either of the i past years, and though in amount of liabilities larger, the average of liabilities is still quite low, lees than $14,800. . - t The iron and steel business is a shade firmer, with Improved - demand for bar plates and structural forms and then rsils do not sell. Bessemer" iron' is firm and steel' stronger. The strength in the shoe trade is unabated. Copper is a shade weaker,; heavy supplies of tin have checked the advance, while lead is a shade stronger. Coal is naturally weak with, some dis satisfaction in the' pool. Lumber and building material are everywhere in strong demand, but the week's receipts of cattle at the west are rather small. At Pittsburg the demand for finished iron is large; glass is more active, and the coal stock hos ceased. Rolled and pig iron are in larger demand and high er at Cleveland, and in CincinnatLthe har ness and carriage trades are fully at work. Trade at Detroit exceeds last year's. Chi cago reports an increase over last year in the trade fore the quarter. Collections have improved and the market is easier. Receipts of wheat and butter are larger than last year, but other products smaller, especially of ; grain and wooL. Trade at Milwatkee is good, but collections unusually low. - Minneapolis reports fair trade with a large output of flour, and at 8t. Paul mora life. Busi ness is good at Omaha, good at 8L Joe, improving at Kansas , dij and fair at Denver and Salt Lke. At St. Louis trade is strong. Nearly all southern points report some Improve ment, and . at Nashville no disturbance results, banks being well fortified. At Galveston large ' increase in cotton is noted, but timidity of capital and small er loans than usual. At New Orleans lumber, building ma terial and sugar are strong and active, and other trade fair with money in ample supply. - Business failures occurring throughout the country in the last seven dsys num btr 194, as compared with totals Of 243 last week. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 218. Illlie Johnson Released. A Memphis, Tenn., special says: Wed nesday morning Judge T. M. Scruggs, who was elected by the bar to succeed Judge DuBose, impeached, dismissed the case against Liliie Johnson, who was charged with murder . along with Alice Mitchell, who cut Freda Ward's throat oce year ago. , ' , Mexico" has 6,770 miles of railroad, which are largely responsible for the in- crease of her revenue from a little over $17,000,000 in 1877 to nearly $33,000 000 last year. ' GEN. KIBBY SfflTH DEAD. -s. t Tle.rmons Soler ad Tatcr Orer Its Krer." The Last of the Foil Generals on Till ZT - , SUe Daring the Late War. xr by Smith, professor of fcV University of th ZT An toio, died Tenn., Tuesday : aXtcrnc Sewanee, . at 8:25 ociock. xor woiwn his health has . oeep aeciiDinjr, ana. two weeks ago ha was taken sick at Hew Orleans and at con lined to nis bed tor five or six days, but recovered sufficiently to travel and reported at Sewanee ready for duty Monday, March 19th. Two days after wards he caught cold. A relapse en sued. His coadition was complicated by congestion of the right lung. Early Tuesdsy mdrnihg" he became to tally unconscious. His end was very peaceful. His wife and six of his family were with him, He died as he had lived, bright, strong and confident in his Christian faith and hope. For eighteen years past General E. Kirby Smith's borne has been at Sewanee) on the beautiful Cumberland p'atcau, where General Smith has been professor of botany and mathematics in the Uni versity of the South. 4 - BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. Edmund Kirby Smith wss born in St. Augustine, Fla., in May, 1824. Ilia father had been sn officer in the United States army but had retired, became a lawyer and was appointed judge ot the federal courts of the Florida territory. When ten yers of age, his his father hav ing been sent to congress from Florida -young Smith went to school at the fa-( moos Hallowell school at Alexandria, ' Va. After six years here he wss ap pointed to West Point, completing his course there and graduating with honor in the class of 1845, with Fitz John Por ter, C. P. Stone, W. F. Smittv B. E. Lee, Gordon Granger, D. B. Sackett and many others afterwards distinguished as officers in both armies. -The record of his achievements in the Mexican war and in the late war between the states is well known. He was bre- vetted second lieutenant. Fifth United S'ates infantry July 1, 1845, and second lieutensnt in the Seventh infantry Au gust 22, 1846, for gallant and merito rious conduct in the battle of Cerra Gordo. He was made captain August 20, 1847, and two years later, when the war closed, he was ordered to West Point to assume the post of acting assist ant professor of mathematics in the National Military academy. When it became necessary to ' survey the new boundry established by the Mexican w he acted as botanist to the commission. In 1855 he wss made captain of the Second cavalry and was constantly en gaged in frontier warfare till the out break of the civil war. r He opposed secession till it was part accomplished, but then offered bis aword and his life to the new government. His offer was accepted and his promotion was rspid, as testified to by the list of hisJommissions. Colonel of cavalry at the first organization of the confederate government and army at Montgomery, 1861; brigadier general Juno 17. 1861 v lieutenant general October 10, 1862; full general February 19, 1884. When the end came and tne surrenuer at Appomattox General Smith left the United States until it could be seen whether criminal charges would be pre ferred against the leading officers of tb southern army. He surrendered hia ar my to General Canby May 20, 1863, and bade farewell to his devoted soldiers iov a solemn and touching address. Ho went through Mexico to Cuba, returning to Virginia and thence moving to Ken tucky. In 1866 be became president of the Western Military academy, but two years later it burned and he became chancellor of the University of Nashville. After six years' service in this position he went to the University of the South in 1875 and has since lived there. He held important command succes sively in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and the trans-Mississippi'Uepartments. In the first he was in the first bsttle of Manassas and' the last two conducted masterly campaigns. For his brilliant victory at Richmond, Ky., the confed erate congress .voted him a resolution of thanks styling the action the only decis ive battle of the war. , .;, He has been in poor health over a year, lie is -the last of the fall generals of the confederacy. He leaves a wife and ven children, Kirby Smith, Jr. in Texas; Mrs, Buck, of Vickourg, Miss., and nine who are stilt at home. AjrSOUXCXO TO TUB YETEBAXS. The following general order. Now 64 ass issued from the headquarters of' the United Confederate Veterans lo New Or leans Tnesdav sbzht: "With tfca daepart amotion aad baartfelt sorrow, tbe general commanding, annonoers to oar bratberbood of eomradae the amdnaira of the daatta of one of enr beloved leader, whose pare life, civic virtue, martial aebieva montssnd sUinlese life, crown him as one of the foremost Americans. General Kirby Smith, lata commod cf the western ditrict of the United Confederate Ttterans, and tbe last of tbe fall generals of the confederacy baa closed his illustrious career, his noble pir$ having pasted into tbe mystery ef death as 3 -2i o'clock p. m. today. "The brilliant serviee and' ireptriihaMa deed rendeted by bim In the ltexieaa var. wreathed a eh plot of fame around bis brow and flatbed has name aeroas tbe history of thai epoch to rem i in n ad limned forever. "In our titanic straggle, stricken down si Bali Ban, be was one of the first officers wboae blood vu poured ont from tbe toa-h and ba -cued tbe last order of our fateful war. II rose rapidly from captain to tbe rank of fall geurai and filM the successive military grades with match lee ability. "Invested with plenary powers in the trans yUaimpiA department ss a military commao Jr and as a oniiao, be baa left to bis countrymen and to posterity a record for ability and taieg rity which forever will challenge admiratioo. pignL&ed, modest, tender and of most lorabto disposition, ba was intent opoo ererr measure which benefited bis peaple or made prosperous our reunited eonutrr. . ' Hi funeral wUl take place at Sewanee, Tenn., on Friday, March Slat, at 12 o'clock poos, and the general commanding deairea that all honors be paid to his memory by the United Confederate Veterans. Eyordarof; "J. & OoaDoa, General Commanding-, "Okobox MooaxAjr, ''Adjutant General and Chief ef Staff." , One tablespoonful (well heaped) grannlated coffee A or best brown sogar equals one ounce. J
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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