Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 2, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 May 1900 — Page 2

fifee County grmoaat •T.McC. STOOPS, Editor tod Proprietor, PETERSBURG, i INDIANA. Rain has quenched the forest fire* north and west of Menominee, Wis., and most of the danger is now passed. The Masion house Huli-Ottawa fire Pelief rund, in Ixmdon, on the 7th, amounted to £39,000, including £10C contributed by Sir Henry Irving. President and Mrs. McKinley gave - dinner .at the White House, on the right of the 11th, in honor of Gov. and Mrs. Roosevelt. The guests invited included the members of the cabinet and their wives. Special 1 rains left Lincoln and Hastings, Neb., on the 8th. via, the Missouri Pacific, carrying approximately 400 Russians, en route to the sugar beet fields of Colorado to work during the summer.

' The activity of Vesuvius «s becoming more formidable, and the observatory officials announce tint the veisfnic instruments are extremely agitated. A thick column of ruralce is rising from the crater, and the earth shocks are violent. K. Hondo, ptnesiden't «f the Nippon Ynsen Kaisbu, one of the leading steamship oomjianies of Japan, has come to this country to make a study of the methods of transportation by rail and water lines. He will visit Pacific coact centers and then go east to New--\Wk. The United States revenue cutter Bear sailed from Seattle, Wash., for Alaska, on the 6th, loaded with supplies, which will be .given to the Point Bariow Indians as a reward for their services in aiding the Bear expedition during the efforts last year to rescue the whalers. The Pensijjsular Sugar Refining Co., of Michigan, has brought suit in the United States circuit court for New York, against James Speyer, Ferdinand, Herman and Martin Erdmann, bankers of New York city, to recover 1300.4)00 on a bond, which, it is claimed, was forfeited. The temperature at Catskill, N. t.. fell to 26 degrees above zero on the night of the 10th. In consequence the fruit and berry crops in that vicinity, which xi week before never appeared in ore promising, were destroyed. The loss in the immediate section is estiir.uted at $500,000. Sir Richard Webster, the British attormy general, has resigned his seat in the house of commons, in consequence of his appointment as master cf the rolls, in succession to Sir Nuthiuel Lind ley, .and her majesty has signified her intention of conferring a peerage upon Sir Richard. , A dispatch from lama, Peru, dated the 10th, said.: It as asserted in qjialters usually well informed that Chile, in concurrence with Bolivia, will. declare Ariea, Province of Tarapaea, a free port. This would prove to be an event of the greatest importance in case of the construction of an iuteruceanic canal.” The national populist convention at Sioux Falls, H. D.. concluded its session at one o’clock on the morning the 11th, and adjourned sine die, after nominating Hon. W. J. Bryan for president and Hon. Charles A. Towne for vice-presi-dent. The middle-of-the-roaders, in convention at Cincinnati, nominated, Wharton Barker for president. An at tempt by Gov. Stephens to arbitrate the differences between the street ear companies of St. Louis and the striking employes, on the 10th, failed, neither party being willing to make concession. Jn the meantime, the cars on the Suburban line were running full time under police protection, and in the afternoon some cars were run on the I.indell line., The housgHTtmwrftteec on labor has fnvt.rtihly reported a substitute for the hill introduced by Mr. Cockran, of New York, to protect free labor from prison competition. It.provides that convicfmade goods shall, upon arrival in a state or territory, be subject to the laws of such state or territory to the same extent as though they had beta manufactured in it.

Kir Francis ’McLean, chief justice of Bengal and chairman of the famine relief committee, cabling to the lqrd mayor of London, Mr. A. J. Newton, whose fund reached £230,000, on the Urn, called attention to the fact that this is the moment when money is most urgently needed to assist the peasantry with seed and cattle for plowing in view of the coming monsoon. - % The consul of Sweden and Norway at fit. Johns, N. F., offers a reward to any and all persons who may find articles connected with the polar expedition of llej-r Andree, the aeronaut. The reward is especially directed to whalers bound from that port for Davis stauit, which connects Baffin bay with thejAtlantic, and to fishermen proceeding,to the coast of northerly Labrador nest month. The rod of correction has fallen upon Prof. George Holly Gilbert, of the Chieego Congregational theological seminary. A year’s leave of absence with pay and with the understanding that he will write another book which shall exeulpate him from the charge of teaching injurious doctrine,, was the penalty laid upon the ultra liberal instructor by the board of directors, at the seminary on the 8th.

NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Sources.

FleTY-SlXTH CONGRESS. In the senate, on the 8th. several minor bills were passed. The naval appropriation bill was then taken up and Its considcartion concluded with the exception of that section relating to armor and armament. which went over to be considered in secret legislative session.In the house most of the day was devoted to consideration of private bills recommended from the committee on claims, ten of which were passed. The most important of these was one to remit the penalties imposed by the government upon the Union Iron works of San Francisco, for failure of the men 1 tor Monterey, built by them, to make contract speed. In the senate, on the 9th, the entire session was. practically, devoted to the section of the naval appropriation bill relating to armor and armament and the question of erecting a government, armor plant, but no action was reached.In the house the contested-election case of Pearson vs. Crawford, from the Ninth North Carolina district, was discussed, the debate being on party lines. The report of the majority was against the sitting member, a-democrat, on the general ground of fraud, bribery and violence, which was denied by the minority. In the senate, on the ICth. the Clark, case was postponed until the iZth, when, jdr. Chandler gave notice, he would insist upon its continuous consideration. Mr. Sewall objecting. Mr. Gallinger (N. H.) addressed the senate at length on bis resolution declaring that “The present phenomenal prosperity of the country Is due to the policy of protection as embodied tn the Dingley tariff law.” The session was concluded with eulogies of the. late Rep- ■ restnative Samuel Baird, of Louisiana— In the house, by a majority of two votes. Mr. Crawford (N. C.) was unseated in favcr of Mr. Pearson, a large number of republicans being absent and unpaired. In the senate, on the 11th, the naval appropriation bill was further considered, and an agreement reached to vote on the armor plate section on the 12th, at 3 p. i m. ' During the discussion Mr. Lodge (Mass.' made an earnest and vigorous i argument upon the necessity of building up the United States navy without delay.Mr. Daniels. (Va.) spoke for, and Mr. Allison (la.) against the project of a government aimor factory.in the nouse ad records were broken by the passage of 1S>0 private pension bills. The house then adjourned to the 14th. PERSONAL~AND GENERAL. Two more expert American diamond thietes, named Horton and Harski. were arrested at Lcipsic on the 8th. Diamonds worth 77,000 marks were found among their baggage, and were seized. The newspapers of Madrid are discussing the existence of a ministerial erisis. Fire that started in the old City hotel at Everest*. Kas., rear Atchison, cn the l()th, wiped out the main portion of the town, destroying 14 store buildings, loss estimated at $30,000. Drl William Solf, the governor of Herman Samoa, reports that the Herman war ship Kormcran was present at the ceremony of hoisting the United States flag over Tutulla island. According to advices from Durban, dated the 11th, Gen. Bailer’s army “is showing activity,” but a complete news embargo is imposed upon the correspondents with him. A special from Washington says: “There is no intention on the part of the administration to join with other powers in suppressing piracy in China.” % John W. Hates resigned the chairmanship of the board cf directors of; the American Steel and Wire Co., on the 10th, and embarked for Europe. * Explosions within Mt. Vesuvius are infrequent. The volcano is only emit-; ting some cinders, and the eruption, is considered terminated. Arbitrary Siberian exile, without judicial inquiry, so long a blot dti Russia, is finally to be abolished by order of the e/ar. A bill for the abolition of deportation to Siberia was introduced into the council at: St. Petersburg, on the 9th, and passed unanimously. Gen. Roberts is rapidly cutting down the distance whieh lies between his advancing host and Kroonstad. The commander-in-chicf in his latest dispatch says that he has crossed the Zand river, and that the Boers are in flight, with the British cavalry in hot pursuit along three roads. President Kruger has been asked bv

a Imrgheress if the time has not arrived for the formation of a corps cf women, adding1 that she is prepared with a body of women volunteers, to take up arms in defense of the independence of the Transvaal. Rumors reached the ears of the American authorities at Manila that a rising among the Filipinos in the city was threatened on the day the new commissioners arrived. An investigation was made quietly, with the result that about 100 natives were placed under arrest. Gov. Stephens went to St. Louis, on the 10th, for the purpose of informing himeelf fully Upon the strike* situation, and if possible setting on foot negotiations between the street railroad officials and strike leaders which would result in the resumption* of street car traffic in St. Louis. Hig efforts were practically fruitless. Disorders were renewed in Barcelona. Spain, on the 11th, but on a less serious scale than those of the previous day. The, gendarmerie dispersed the crowds. The street cars and omnibus sei viee were suspended. The application of the University of California for a charter was granted at the sixty-fifth annual convention of Psi Upsilon at San Francisco on the 11th. Other applications were not act- ( ed upon.

The old Parkinson sugar plant, hz Fort Scott. Kas., which w;is established by |he government at a cost of ftro&.C'OO to experiment in the manufacture ot sorghum sugar, ivas soi.i, on the 10th, for $25,000 to L. P. Best, a wealthy glucose manufacturer o£ Davenport, la. The populist national convention at Sioux Falls, S. D., nominated William J. Bryan for for president. The mid-dle-of-the-roaders. at Cincinnati, nominated Wharton Barker for president and Ignatius Donnelly for vice-presi-dent. Charles E. Webster, chief clerk of the national military home, at-Marion, Ind., was arrested, on the 10th,, by Deputy United States Marshal Bran? ham, of Indianapolis, on the charge of embezzlement and grand larceny. A peasant in a village near Arezzo. Italy, on the 11th, during a sudden attack of madness, murdered nine members of hit; family and wounded sev1 eral others. Before he could be overcome he had also burned to the ground a stable filled with cattle.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Tn the rcr.ate, on ft? 12th. by t!i« close vote of 22 to 24, the proposition to erect, without reference to the price at which the government could secure armor plate for its war ships, a government armor plate plant, was rejected. In a speech upon the subject, Mr. {'handler (N. II.) charged that the government had been defrauded in the adoption of the Harveyized armor, arid that a similar fraud was proposed in the attempt to force the government to adopt the Krupp armor... .The house was not- in session. May McNally, aged 16 years, and Edna Worden, aged 20, were drowned, on the 13th, in Neosho river, hear Joplin. Mo., their boat capsizing. One of the girls clung to the dam for several minutes while their two male escorts v»re trying to save the other, but she lov.t her presence of mind and sank. Fire at Camden, N. J., on the 13th, which broke out in the Farmers’ markethouse at Fifth and Federal streets, completely destroyed that building,' ter- stores and about fifty small dwellings, causing a loss estimated at $200,00o, and rendering homeless about two hundred and fifty persons. Miners who have visited the Siberian coast by stealth report that it is practically the same as the Nome coast, consisting of a strip of beach behind which lies a tundra or belt of rich gold-bearing sand, which has been thrown up* by the action of the waves and frozen. Synod hall, in Edinburgh, which has a capacity of 5,S00, was crowded, on the 13th, by an assembly gathered to hear Kev. T. De Witt Talmage. After preaching indoors, Dr. Talmage delivered a second discurse to a large assembly blocking the approaches to the lull I. The London war office, on the 13th, received the following dispatch from Gen. lioberts: "Kroonstad, May 12, 2 p. m.—I entered Kroonstad at 1:30, today. without opposition, when the Union Jack was hoisted amidst cheers from the few British residents.” insjiector Zach Wood, of the Canadian Northwest mounted, police, lia3 l*eei( promoted to the command of that forte, in succession to Col. Steele, now m Africa. Col. Wood is a deccndant of forint r President Zachary Taylor, of the United States. President Steyn's movement eastward is interpreted as confirming the rumors of bickerings between the Trunsvaalers and the,Free Staters. CURRENT^NEWSHOIES, Amos Weedmau, an old and prominent citizen, died at Farmer City, 111., aged 6.s. Ilarry Howe, 45 years old and a prominent farmer of Friendsville, HI., dropped dead Friday. Kansas City people are afraid that the building trades strike may extend and stop work on the new convention hall. The Atchison Champion has suspended. after continuous publication since 1855. It was one of the oldest papers in Kansas. Democrats in congress, it is said, are not pleased with the nomination ot Charles A. Towne for viee-pliesiuent on the fusiou populist ticket. Battley Wiedmayer, a pioneer, and one of the most prominent German residents in .northwestern. /Missouri, died at his home in St, JosephV Daniel O’Donovan, an inspector on the Suburban road, was held by a coroner’s jury, at St. Louis, for the killing of Frank Liebreeht. Jiffries landed a knock-out blow on Corbett's jaw in the twenty-third round of their battle at Seaside club, New York, Friday night. Secretary Long is said to be the adr ministration candidate for the repub

lican vice-presidential nomination. Senator Spooner will plaee McKinley in nomination. J. S. Estes, a prominent citizen ol Pine Bluff, Ark., shot and dangerously woirded I)r. J. 0. Cook in a public street A bystander also was hurt. Albert Peverette was arrested at Joplin, Mo., and held on a telegram from Kalamazoo, Miejh., saying that Peverette was wanted on a charge jf bank burglary. Julius Piosky, a union motorman, was shot while trying to prevent the operation of the Bellefontaine line, in St. Louis, Friday. Thomas Hadderman, a contractor in camp, near Eureka Springs, Ark., was an es ted because, being out of revenue stamps, he gave a check to an employe and told him to stamp it in town. The old building of Indiana university, recently bought by the city of Bloomington, and used for a h\gb school, was burned Friday. Mrs. Noah Feazel fell dead at her heme in Harrisburg, III., while ironing, a blood vessel having been burst near the bruin.

WITHIN OUR LIMITS, News by Telegraph from Various Towns in Indiana. '] Harrison to !*!■> Golf. Indianapolis, Ind.. May 11.—Former President Harrison will soon join a golf club and begin to practice with his inate perseverance. La^ Saturday the golf season was opened at the Country club, and Gen. Harrison showed lively interest in rhe game, asked many questions1, handled the different clubs, and finally announced that he believed golf to be the best game ever imported into this country and that as he needed exercise he would become a player.

White Capa Threaten. Rushville, Ind., May 11.—A whit* oap letter has been received by Joseph Stiers, a prominent farmer, in which County Commissioner John H. Frazee, together with F. A. Capp and Mr. Stiers are threatened! vwith destruction by fire of their buildings, with the killing of their live stock and severe personal injuries, if they do not at once cease their efforts for the enforcement of the law keeping live stock off the public highways. Clash Between Courts. Indianapolis, Ind.. May ll.r-The federal and state supreme courts have clashed over the constitutionality of the Barrett law. which provides for public improvement Assessments and allows ten years to pay. The federal court held the law^,4 unconstitutional, the state supreme court held it constitutional. and in an .opinion Judge Baker, of the federal court, announces he will adhere to his decision. Bmbessleiuent Charter. _ Marion. Ind.. May 11. — Charles E. Webster, chief clerk of the national military home, was arrested on a wairant issued by the federal court on an indictment found by the federal grand jury now in session at Indianapolis. It is charged that Webster embezzled $1,700 of the pension fund sent here from the subtreasury to pay the vet?rans in the soldiers’ home. Cansht the Robber*. ^Indianapolis. Ind., May 11.—Mrs. Catherine Schwartz, living alone a few miles from here, was robbed of $2,500 in money and securities at midnight. Two hours later policemen met R. F. Poenitz and Marion Caudell, cokemakers at the Atlantic engine works, acting suspiciously. After the arrest the money was found on them, and they confessed. • Seek* Release. Marion. Ind., May 11.—Mrs. Watts has tiled complaint in the Grant superior court for a divorce from her husband. John- Watts, the former city 3lerk of Marion, who absconded from this city November 25. 1S9S. after having embezzled over $(»,0C.6 belonging to the city. The whereabouts of Watts are unknown. To t.nlte Factories. Hartford City. Ind.. May 1J.—From an official of the American Window-Glass company here it was learned that at the time of the summer vacation it is the intention to move tl^e factories of the company at Dunkirk and Red Key to this city and amalgamate them with their, big No. 3 factory. La«t of Receivership. Indianapolis, Ind., May 11.—Edward Hawkins, receiver of the Indianapolis national bank, announces the end of the trust. A total o| 61 per cent., or $071,000. has been paid on the aggregate claims, which amounted to $1,000,000. The bank failed July 24, 1893, Killed Herself. Elkhart, Ind., May 11.—Libbie Hepner. 18 years old> the only daughter of Andrew Hepner, a well-known farmer, hear Nappanee, committed suicide by swallowing arsenic. She was a beautiful girl. Cruel treatment is said to have been the cause. Killed in a Runaway. Winamac, Ind., May 11.—Mrs. Joseph Cramer and child were killed at this place in a runaway while returning from the funeral fpl? their neighbors, the Ringer brothers, who were killed by a stroke of lightning on Monday last. Live Stock Cremated. Kirklin. Ind.,* May 11.—The barn owned by Robert Boyer, trustee of Sugar Creek township, was destroyed by fire, causing $1,600 loss, with $800 insurance. Fbur horses and two colts, with much farm property, were burned. Killed While Plowing. Pine Village, Ind., May 11.—Roy Sours, IS years old, son of Henry Sours, near Walnut Grove, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. He was plowring in a field, and his horses were also killed.

Municipal Ownership. Thorntown, Ind., May 11.—The municipal ownership of electric and water plants has been voted on favorably by the people of Thorntown. the vote being' an unusually large one. Heart Failure. Muncie, Ind., May 1^.^-joseph Grislell, day clerk of "the Kirby house, and probably one of the best known hotel clerks in Indiana, died suddenly of heart failure. The First Tent^ Sullivan. Ind., May 11,—This place has organized the first tent of the Daughters of Veterans in the state. It is knbwn as Caroline Harrison teat, No. 1. Killed by a Catr. Kokomo, Ind,, May 11.—Miss Mary Gulling, of South Bend, who came here to take treatment for deafness from a specialist, was killed by a street Bar.

The Second Orange Free State Cap* - >■ italHas Fallen Into the Hands of the British. THE UKI01 JACK RAISED ADD CHEER D.

President Steyr* Names Lind ley the !i«« Capital nnd Retreats Toward (t-B t er IHasenslons Between the Trauivn. l >r» nnd Free Ms ters-The tires test sar|i* iee In Berlin. 1 . London. May 13.—The war office j terdny received the following dispa from Gen. Roberts: "Kroonstad, May, 12, 2 p. “I entered Kroonstad at 1.30-wj out opposition, to-day, when the Li lack was hoisted amidst cheers fii the few British residents.** OCCl PATIO* «F KROONSTAD.; Free Stntera Anxious to Surrender nnd Transvaalers Dishettrlenetl. Kroonstad, O. F. S., May 13.—The arrival of Lord Roherts was hath d with enthusiasm by all the British; inhabitants. Three hundred Fi> e Staters were anxious to surrender. TLe bridge to the south had not been destroyed, but the large bridge njei.r the town had been demolished. The Irish brigade, with the fedeijuH Friday burned the goods shed The Boers are now trekking to Vual river, where they' are intrenching. the of Uei:. French encamped northeast the town, and dispatched a forcej fa cut the line. #The project succeed e l late at night, but unfortunately after the departure of the last train. 4 .Although the troops had marchet). 13 miles, they |vere in excellent form oil entering the town. Many arrests have beep made, chilli;; of those who had maligned the British It was found that many persons have been deport edfrom Lady brand for ultra-sympathy with the Briti§Qg President Steyn has gone to Lindley, the new seat of the Free State government. A number of the burghers ar4 trekking homeward. The opposition! in the Free State is practically over, \ All the prisoners in the hands of the British here agree that the quarrel pel tvetn the Free Staters anddhe Transvaalers. is so acute that the Trans| vu; lers have decided to leave their allies, whom they accuse of ccwarme<| and lack of patriotism. Most of the Transvaaler prisoner:think that if they are defeated at the; "Vital river the Boers will retreat . j to Pretoria, but there appears to bd a growing distrust in the Transvaal government. In a word the backbone the Bcejr resistance seems to have been broken „ The prisoners, even the Transvaalers. appear glad to have been captured.} They say they are sick of a w ar wh ich can have only one end. Several have exclaimed:; “We have-lost our liberty, but v. should be lose our lives*?” liv or | recreated Surprise in Berlin* Berlin.. May' 13.—The occupation Kroonstad by Lord Roberts without sistance has caused The greatest Surprise here. The military expert of the J.okal Anzeiger finds an explanation in the fact that many of the Boers have deserted. He says: “Lord Roberts’ advance was splendidly executed. It is worthy to be placed beside the ‘Kandahar expedition, The situation is now changed so greatly in favor of the British that jthe fate cl the Transvaal Boers is settled.” President Steyn’s movement eastward is interpreted as confirming the rumors of bickerings between the Transvaalers and the Free. Staters.; Rumors of Heavy Fighting In Natal. London, May 14.—The Standard publishes the following from Durbhii, dated Sunday: “Tlierp are persistent rumors here of heavy fighting in Natal. A Red Cross train left last night for the north,” KIPLING ON ANNEXATION Feelingly Reinforces the Appeal o" the President of the British Weslej an Association. London. May' 14.—Rudy'ard Kipling brought from Cape Town the a ppea. of a well-known Wesleyan minister to the president of the British Wesleyan conference in favor of the annexation of the two republics. To this appeal Mr. Kilping adds: “If, through any intellectual lasciviousness, we in England prefer to tickle emotion by' being generous open again at other people’s expense when j the settlement comes, all this weary, ( bloody work will have to be done anew from the beginning, five or ten years hence. I assume that you have full knowledge of the situation in Soutf Africa, but T do not think you car. -• realize how passionately and eagerly the loyalists look to England for a . sign that the mother country will neither desert them nor betray them tc the Dutch.”

Glucose Plant to Shut Down. "Waukegan, 111., May 14.—News that the big glucose plant of the United Stales Sugar Refining Co. will close; down is confirmed. Manager Ptuil Morton states that the shut-down is but temporary to admit of.enlargement and repairs, but the plant is practically new, and has been running but a few months, so it should hardly iict-d extensive repairs. Corn is high ?nd other glucose plants are. closing,: so it is feared the shut-down may be more serious than appears on the star* face at presnt. | , ;

THE SITUATION IN ST. LOUIS. Sot. Stcpheoi Order* an laereato of tbe Folic* Fore* b? 3.500 KmorX*Scy Meu. St. Louis, May 14.—Not a street c«a eu onv of the lines was operated yesterday, and everything' seemed to b* at a standstill except the vehicles that com eyed the crowds from point tc point. The streets, usually crowded on Sunday, were almost deserted is wane sections of the city, and had il not been for the rattle of vehicles ani the shouting of drivers it would hav* been as .quiet as a day in a country village.

a wuirnruvr unu ui me nam* ers’L-otel last night between Gov. Lot V Stephens, the police board, Chief-of Felice Campbell and the captains oi the various districts, at which it wa» decided to at ionee swear in 2,500 additional patrolmen, to assist the regular force in strike duty. w The governor arrived in the city yesterday afternoon, and shortly afterward issued a thtter to the police officials urging that law and order be preserved. After this letter was sent t* the authorities the conference was arranged. At the meeting the governo* heard evidence from the chief and hi* captains as to the strike condition, and after going over all the ground the decision sms reached to employ the emergency policemen. After the conference had adjourned it was general!? conceded by the police officials that the extra policemen were necessary because the present iorce was inadequate to handle the strike as it should be and offer the public proper protection. To-day at noon the conference between the Transit company’s official! and the grievance committee of the strikers is expected to be held at the Mercantile club for the purpose of discussing propositions looking to an adjistment of the differences between them. The Business Men's committee will be present. It called the meeting. This morning cars will be running on the Suburban, Undell, Park an-I Laclede divisions and efforts will lie mode to move ears on the BpUefontcine and California avenue divisions. Firing the day President Whitaker thinks some plan will be arranged whereby ears can be safety operated at ni| ht, at least on some divisional Chief Campbell stated yesterday that he would be prepared to move all cars for wn>ch the Transit company has crews,t, A step toward a probable settlement of the strike on the Suburban road was taken yesterday, when General Manager Jenkins appointed an intermediator to present terms for a compremise to the striking employes*of that read. The terms probably will be presented to-day ro the: men for their consideration by Harry 11. Hawes.’ At the conference of union labor representatives at Walhalla hall last night no action was taken on the question of a gerieral strike, but the mat- » ter was postponed until Wednesday, and if th*5"street ear strike is not settled by that time another inhering will be called aud the question! put to a vote. INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTH. The Contention to Consider nn«l .Footer ’lhem to 91eet in Chattanooiia, Tenn.. To-Morrow, Chattanooga, Tenn., May 14.—The ar-rangements-are all completed for the assembling of the Southern Industrial convention which opens in this city tomorrow. The sessions will be held in the auditorium, which has a seating capacity of 4,500, and the decorations that were made both in this building and in the business portions of the c'tv for the springcarnival. jifst_elosed, .will remain undisturbed for the convention. j, Delegates are beginning to come in, the first to arrive hieing Hon John M. Farquhar, who is a member of the in-* dustrial committee, and who will represent that body in the sessions of the convention. Secretary of Agriculture Hon. James IViison will arrive .this evening, as will, also, Kon. F. B. Thurber, president of the American Export association, which body will have another delegate. Hon. W. J. Plows,JV., one of the vice-presidents of the association. Gen. Joseph Wheeler will arri\e Tuesday morning. His address will be one of the features of the convention, as he will discuss the subject of the south and its relation to the trade of the Philippines and the orient. The exhibit of the University of Tennessee, the commercial museum of Philadelphia and the agricultural and mechanical college at Normal, Ala., have been placed in the auditorium, and will form a m6st unique and instructive feature of the convention, which is already an assured success. The RnUln quest Son Adjusted. Fresno, Cal., May i4.—Harmony lias jeen restored in the ranks of the-Raisin Growers’ association, and a plan has been adopted to control the California raisin crop for the next three years, which involves the formation of a commercial packers’ company to handle the raisin crop, including the seeding of raisins, coupled with an agreement that they, as an organization, would purchase and pay for the entire crop by January 15 of each year. ■ _£___

( hicago 4k Alton’s llig Mortgage Filed for Record. Springfield, 111., May 13.—A mortgage given by the Chicago & Alton 1 tailway Co.^for $22,000,000, to the Farmers’ Loan and Tust Co., trustee, a t New York, has been filed for record Li the office of the county recorder of deeds. It contained 11 $1,000 revenue stamps. The mortgage is given to sesure the payment of 3% per cent, first lien 50-year gold bonds of the denomiri at ion of $1,000 each, or multiplies thereof in case of registered bonds, to tiie amount of $22,000,000. ?