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Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17
THE COTTON STATUS.

Frost Has Appeared in Some Sections
with Disastrous Results - Catcrpillars
Have Done Some Mischief, and There is
Considerable Loss by Shedding = The
General Retardins Influence of Cold
Weather.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1.-THE GlobeDemo-
Gratis summary of the weekly reports
of its correspondents in the cotton
states says:
The first frost of the season has fallen in
the cotton belt. The fact is reported from
Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and the
northern part Of Texas, Louisiana and Mis-
ssSippi. 1t has been somewhat beneficial,
it is claimed. in that 1t has checked the
growth OF the plant and caused the matureG
bolls to open. At the same time it has more
or less damaged the top crop, the improve
ment in which was the distinguishing
feature of last weeks report. So far
as it regards the yield, therefore.
the reports indicate that it will be
shortened by the frost, to what extent can
not now be determined. The statements of
the New Orleans correspondent, that the
frost of October s, 1889, which, it was be.
lieved at the time, injured the crop very lit
tie, if any, really destroyed $4,000 bales, is
OF interest in this connection. The fact was
not discovered then until two or three
weeks after the frost fell From Texas, with
the exception of the frost damage, the re-
ports nearly all show no change or slight
Improvement in the condition OF
the matured frutage. Denison re-
ports all cotton killed by frost; the corre-
respondent at Mexia states that the north
wind is blowing out the cotton and making
the remaining lint trashy; Sulphur Springs
states that the frost has destroyed all hopes
for a cotton crop; Dallas and Hillsboro re-
port that the top crop has been damaged by
the frost. and Columbus states that the army
worms are destroying the top crop. These
are the exceptions to the general cheerful
reports. There has been no material change
in the condition OF the crop in Arkansas.
Boil worms are damaging the young cotton
in the Newport district, and the frost, where
it has fallen, has had the same effect on the
top crop as in Texas In parts of louisiana
and Mississippi more or less heavy rains
have fallen. Where it was heavy the lint
has been correspondingly stained and dam
aged Frost is reported as far south as
Lafayette. in Louisiana, and Meridian. in
Mississippi. Reports from every parish in
Louisiana to the agricultural depart
ment of that state show the average
condition of the crop to be n, as compared
with last year shortage of % per
cent. Caterpillars have appeared In the
Montgomery (AIa.) district and stripped TIL e
plant of its foliage, and in the Tuscaloosa
district 80 per cent of the crop is reported
lost by shedding. Light frost is reported In
the vicinity of Mobile. The agricultural de-
partment of Georgia reports that the crop
in that state can not exceed three fourthS of
an average yield. The weather in North and
South Carolina during the last few days mas
been too cool, and has retarded the growth
of the plant, but no damage otherwise is re-
ported.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES.

The Weekly Record of Advancement In
Mechanical and Industrial Prosperity
in the South as Reported to the Manu-
facturers' Rec0rd-An Interesting Sum-
mary.
BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 1.-THE Man
ufacturers' Record says:
The steady improvement previously re.
ported in the south becomes more pro-
t nounced every week. and. while there are
some complaints Of inactivity at special
points, due to local causes. the general ad-
vancement of the whole south shows that
this section is fast recovering from the
troubles brought on by the late financial
stringency. New enterprises of great mag
nitude and OF far. reaching Importance, as
well as many smaller ones, are reported in
this weeks issue OF the Manufacturers
/ Record. OF vital interest to iron and
steelmakers everywhere Is the signing OF
contract by Mr.. c. r. Huntington to build
railroad to the great Bessemer ore district
of Llano, Tex, which Will open up district
that is pronounced by experts to be far
ahead of the Lake Superior region in abun.
dance Of ore and in cheapness Of mining.
At Jefferson, in the same state. the owners
of furnace now in operation will build
steel works; at Ashland, Ky, large Besse-
mer steel works have just been COM
pleted; at Principle Furnace, Md.
ing 5000 acres of mineral land,
has been purchased by $1,000 900 compa y
which will build a rolling mill, pipe works,
etc. bricks are being made for the steel and
tin plate works to be built at Savernake, Va.
and which are to cover about fifteen acres of
ground; an offer has been received to re
move an entire tin plate plant from Wales
to Savernake, and Is now under considera-
ton; $1,000, 90 ore and coal mining COM
pany has been organized to operate
in east Tennessee. Among other
enterprises reported for the week
are a 100000 lumber company in
West Virginia; fertilizer factory, Alexan
dria, Va. $4,000 granite company, Vir-
ginia; 100000 clothing factory, Texas;
$4,000 numbering company, Kentucky; the
improvement of water power property at
Enbreville, Tenn, to furnish 5000 horse
power for factories; the building of dam
across the Gunpowder river in Maryland at
cost of $l50,o0J, to develop 1900 horse
power; 81 10000 lumber company and
$4,000 paint company in Fir-
gnia; s25,OU0 company for distilllng
rum from lnolasses in Louisiana a man.
ganese grinding company at Savernake,
Va; $4,000 Improvement company, Cam
den, Ark. a tannery at Morgantown, N. G. !;
a $1,000 flour mill company, Weatherford,
Tex; sloi 900 glass works company, Ala
bama; three phosphate companies, Florida,
etc.
This summary covers some of the more
important enterprises, showing how general
is the improvement extending from Mary
land to Texas, and how widely diversified
Is the development that is now going on,
including almost every line Of manufactur-
ing from the making of rum out of molasses
to the utilization of southern timber for
wood working enterprises of all kinds. and
of southern iron ores for iron and steel
making, and of southern tin ores for tin
plate manufacture. There is no speculation
in any of this growth, but simply steady,
substantial development based on natural
rpsOnrces
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17
ABANDONED AT SEA.
The Steamship Devonshfre Abandoned
and Her Crew of Thirty-Seven Men Miss

The Steamship Devonshfre Abandoned.
and Her Crew Of Thirty-Seven Men Miss
ing.
New YORK, Oct. ia dispatch from
London received at the Maritime ex.
change states that the steamship
Devonshire, from Barrow for New York,
has been passed at sea abandoned and
that nothing had been heard Of her
captain and crew. The Devonshire
was British steamship of over 1900
tons She carried a crew of thirty
seven men including Capt Purvis and
officers.
A later dispatch from Lloyd's in
London says that the Devonshire was
abandoned $50 miles west of Barrow.
and that up to the time of cabling
nothing had been heard of the missing
men. The Devonshire left Barrow on
September SO, it is said in ballast
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17

The recent lynching in Omaha ap-
pears to have been an unusually brutal
affair; but at the same time it must be
remembered that it was perpetrated
under the frenzy of popular Indignation
at most revolving crime. When the
people take the law into their own
nands excesses are very apt to be COM
mltted, which makes it all the more i'm
perative that the ordinary machinery
OF the law should in all cases be per-
mitted to deal in an orderly and unim-
passloned manner with offenders. The
general morale of a community al
ways suffers by such popular ebuli-
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17

Ap oeath come to Charles Stewart
afneil a year earlier he would have
" rsen an exalted and illustrious figure
~ .; 'ne history of his country for all
,a; a' 70 come, Then he was the chief
i,n H Vi The Irish party, whose author
~ .t was unquestioned by his associ-
ivy u,es In parliament and whose hold on
ms r1e ,nl1os OF the people of Ireland was
laa a. Aeo and indisputable. He was the
b.d sesV and most potent parsonage that
~. appeared in his division of the
0,c Veo Kingdom since the demise Of
whsrn 1Unnen Throughout the world
rb;s.er b.e'er the cause of human enfran-
ement s.s1 finds championship he gained
sns ssaualng sg and commanded a respect
bis pieStige such as no other man of
Willy aas' : with the sole exception of
Caro.a ram L. Gladstone, had won. What
rarv ai was to Italy and Deak to Hun
irsi.rs generation ago, Parnen was to
ism oaao !. IN the popular estimation from
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17
HUNTSVILLE. ALA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER Il, 1891.

UN the sth the stage between Lick.
vile and Lakeview, Ore, was held up
ana robbed by two men, near Lake
view. The amount of the Doodle se-
cured by the robbers is not known, but
they did not molest the mails
WHILE going to a small fire in the
suburbs OF Denver, Col, on the 18th.
Horace Knight, pipeman of steamer
NO. 5. was thrown from his wagon and
Instantly killed. He was about 25 wears
old and unmarried.
MRS. FERNANDEZ, Mexican, left her
three younger children in the upper
room OF building in San Francisco in
charge of the elder daughter, Mercy,
aged 10. Mercy locked them in the room
and went out to play. The children
knocked over a lamp and set fire to the
room. Two of them were rescued, but
Grace. the youngest, aged 4, was burned
to death.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17
MIsCELLANEoUs,

>~S~s4~2AA3~NA
In addition to twenty locomotives
now being loaded at Philadelphia for
Brazil, the Baldwin locomotive works
OF that city have an order for 1913 loco
motives for that country. Under the
reciprocity treaty with Brazil locomo-
tive and railway supplies from the
United States are admitted free of Gus
toms duty, and the railway equipment
OF that republic. which was formerly
almost exclusively of English manu-
facture, is now being rapidly replaced
by articles of American manufactures
1T is said that at the earliest oppor-
tunity after the firm establishment of
the new Chilian government a number
OF claims will be presented for payment
by the representatives of the different
foreign nations there. The British
claims amount to between $50, 900, 900
and $50, 600; Spanish and italian
claims amount to about IS. 900, 600, while
those of America are only about $25,-
OOO
MORE than 100 so-called physicians
(quacks) are said to be practicing in
the city of Washington without IL
cenSeS.
On the 18th the twentieth paymentof
$50, $50 on the United States steamer
New York was made to Cramp & Sons,
of Philadelphia, her builders.
Nova SCOTIA ship-owners, anticipat-
ing a raise of the blockade in Behring
sea, are forming syndicate to send
thirty-four vessels around the Horn the
coming winter to engage in sealing
next spring. British Colum bian seal
ers say the Nova Scotians will kill the
industry if they send out the fleet pro-
posed. The Canadian government de-!
clines to give any assurance that these
vessels will not be seized.
A PENsIoN-OFFICE statement shows that
during the week ended October 3, 7,190
certificates of all kinds were issued, the
average first payment on each amount
ing to $40.
On the 18th, at the close of business,
but S., 769, 900 four-and-half per cent.
bonds were outstanding.
CUSTOM receipts at the port of New
York for the first ten days of October
were SO, ,6S4, 566. For the same days last
year they were 81, 7,5T2,942.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17

r. An unofficial report comes from
,nashngton that the government of the
onl'ea States has just concluded a con-
c Cen'lon with Germany. through the
m uerman Minister here, by which all
vuf y, cereal crops will be admitted into
.;a lux Oefman empire free of duty, in con-
a'ueration OF continued free admission
.n'o 'ne United States of German beet
sugar after January l, which, under re-
1Tu' Tl; id"' the president could then stop.
nniS year the wheat crop of all the Ger
m" nan states, except Prussia, is very
ts gUOr' and the rye crop is a failure
".oughout Germany. The present
&C a.e Vi duty on wheat imported into
luahy IS 3S13c per bushel of sixty
SONiuos
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17

A BRITISH naval lieutenant was guilty
of asking the skipper of Canadian
sealing schooner if he thought England
was going to war with the United
States for the sake of few Canadian
sealers, and now finds that he has COM
mitted an exceedingly grave offense in
treating thus lightly the paternal inter-
est OF the mother country in regard to
her dependencies. A court-martial will
probably bring the officer in question
to due sense of the Importance of
always maintaining British dignity.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17

THE people who have secured home
.,eads in Oklahoma, hearing of the
tribulations of Land Bill" Allen, the
ORIGINATOR of the homestead law, have
started fund to provide Allen with a
farm and home. The committee in
charge of the matter expect to have q
rrand homecoming for the old man
Thanksgiving day.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17

THE death of Sir John Pope Hennes-
ev, one of the ablest and most pro-
nounced of Parnell's opponents. which
occurred within a few hours of that of
Parnell, is likely to be the means OF
narrowing the gap between the Irish
factions. A union on a home-rule can
1idate for parliament to succeed Hen
nessey will probably be effected.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17
wealthy Widow Welded.

Mrs. Mildred L. Pettus, widow OF
Stephen Pettus, member OF the to-
bacco firm of Pollard, Pettus e. Co., Of
New York, and who, it will be remem-
bered, was shot and killed by Mrs.
Southworth, of Louisville, KY, on Full
ton street, in New York, two years or
more ago, was married at her suburban
home, near Clarksville, Tenn, to Dr.
Ross, Of the United States navy. They
will reside at Pensacola, Fla, where
DR.. Ross is stationed.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17
The validity of the South Dakota Bank.
ing Law.

YANKToN. S. d., Oct. 12.-Judge
White Saturday rendered decision af.
fecting the validity of the state bank
ing law. He holds that the law deny
ing the business of discounting paper,
buying exchange. loaning money, or
receiving deposits to private individuals
md conferring these rights exclusively Y
N corporations is unconstitutional.
he state has appealed to the supren
ourt Should the law be sustained
reat number af private banks viii
triYen out O. the state.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17

To EVERY five miles of railroad in the
United States there is locomotive; to
every mile Of road there are six freight
,ars; to every FIVE and a half miles
there is passenger car. Each year
freight engine hauls 35, 900 tons of load,
eachyear passenger engine pulls Co.
mpassengers. 1t takes 725, 900 men to
,onduct the business and run the roads.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17

cur crops are greater, even in pro-
.ior lar TO population, in this country
iSsn they were in 1879, the year in
.nar h;cb specie payment by the govern
nn. was resumed. 1t is reasonable,
aIso .Is to suppose that they will have the
same favorable influence on business
,h.t they exerted then.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17
NoKEE's nose is out OF joint
BAsi nresent and, metaphorically
Tor ,io ;0r Baby Cleveland has the floor.

n,,xrrL continued the work which
fAhs ssran. and some worthier, though
Butt oeSaI ,aas .ble and resourceful, man
pernaPps Pp.rnell will carry it forward to
,,nIishment.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17

TUE bourses in neither Europe nor
aa United States were disturbed in the
sicbtest degree by the death OF First
Iord % Of the Treasury Smith or OF
Charles S. Parnell. Jay Gould's de-
mise would have more effect on the
morket than that of President Harri-
son Queen Victoria and the emperor of
Garmany combined.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17

,,.Rer portion of the $4,000 900 OF
a q, a~norted during the spring and
golu g,ar s has come back to MS in the past
sul saw weeks, or is on the way back. Inc
lew ,snt " in this direction will prob
mJ "" he in greater volume during the
-.o;nder of the year.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17

for everr Nv. = unreasonable to expect that
porm",y very degree of heat in excess of tn
tenbsr winch was experienced in Sep
will t.n corresponding degree of cols
peenli MI 70 our lot later on. Nature has
Of aVeragoa A'f 00se'vlag the Ia"
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17
Accidentally Killed His Child.

John Hostetter, near Lexington, Va,
accidentally killed his 2-year-old child.
The child was asleep on the floor. The
father, in stepping from the bed, STUN
oled and fell upon the infant, his knees
striking it in the bdomen.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17
DoubIe EIopemept.

Charles z. Goodlett and Aletha Bet.
is. and +. F. Hammond and Sallie
ioodwin, of Aribi, Ga, eloped to Ma
con, Ga, and were married.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-22
fEpERAL COMMITTEE GOSSIP.
some of Those Who VIII Probably BE Sc
lected by Speaker Crisp.
Washington Evening star, 2lst.l

Washington Evening star, @lstl
There is very little work on the commit
foes vet to be done and there appears 10 be
less friction over the matter than was eX-
pected. IL is said that there IS no truth IN
ihe statement that German, Hill, Brice,
and Whitney are making "A vigorous pro
test against the displacement OF MIR. Mills
from the head of the Ways and Means
There appears to be no doubt that NIr.
Springer viii 90 TO the head of that COM
mlttee 1t is probable that McMillin, Viii
son of West Virginia, Whiting OF Michi-
Gan. Montgomery of Kentucky, SAyely
Of Indiana. Cochran of New YORK;
Stevens of Massachusetts,, Bryan OF
Nebraska, with Reid. DalzeI, AcheDna,
Burrows, and f. b. TAYLOR, Of OHIO, will
be on the committee also.
Holman, FOrney, Sayers, Breckenridge
of Kentucky, Wilson of Missouri, Comp
ton of MARYLAND, Breckenridge OF Ar
kansas, Fitch Of New York, Henderson Of
Iowa. Cogswell Of Massachusetts, Grant Of
Vermont. Dingley of Maine, and Bingham
of Pennsylvania will probably be on the
Committee on Appropriations. Blount of
Georgia will probably 90 at the head of
Foreign Affairs, Henderson OF North Caro-
lima. post-Ofiices and Post Roads; Reilly
of Pennsylvania, Pacific Railroads; Nc
Rea. of Arkansas. Public Lands.
Mr.. Harmer, of Pennsylvania, who was
sighted by Mr. Reed IN the last Congress,
will be given q prominent place on the
Foreign Affairs Committee, and will also
90 on the District of Columbia Committee,
The Committee on Elections will proba-
blv consist of O'Ferrall of Virginia Chair
mani, Moore Of Texas, Jason Brown Of
Indiana, Cobb of Alabama, Lockwood of
New York, tombstone Of South Carolina,
Gillispie of Pennsylvania, Ellis of Ken
tucky, lawson of Georgia, Democrats A.;
Haueen of Wisconsin, Johnson OF In
diana. Reyburn of Pennsylvania, A. Iay-
lor OF tennessee, Caldwell of Ohio. and
Clark Of Wyoming.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-22

bezzlement was ENTERED against ex-Mayor
Pearson and one against Market Clerk
David Hastings for the same crime. The
case against Pearson is based on the mis-
appropriation of witness fees amounting to
s79i, while in the Hastings case the
amount IN 80, 3i4. alleged shortages in the
receipts of the market-house. In the first
and second counts Mayor Wymsn is
charged with extortiug witness fees from
a number Of Hungarians in disorderly-
conduct case. The amount IN one case Is
Sl17. while another charges him with APP
propriating to his own and others use
witness fees amounting to 1886.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-22

GrrIHNnuRG. \. j., December 2l.-Ihe
track was in good condition,
FIRST rdcs-siX furlon1s Repeater won ;
Jule q. sccoad. Brussels thlrd. lime
SeSopd receive furlongs-Littlo Fred
won: Zenobia second, Inferno thrd'
' Tbird race-six and a half furlongs-,
Trhpse won; Text second, fag@Dohu
third. Time, 1912. =, o.
Fonrth race-ono mile and half-SiI
Rae won: Iceberg second, LOrd OF the
Uare!n third. Time, 23s>4.
Fifth race--six furlongs Gambler won ;
Alma 4. Second, Knapsack third. Ilfae'
1861. 49,, Ntota,1o
NON. Duke John second, Centaur third.
Time, 1880.
ENTRIES FoE To-DAY's GUTENBERG RACES.
First race-three quarters of a mile sell
inc. heated horses thtteen) isaquehS
I6IivN Duke of Leinster, lO4; Congress
Miss olive. Forest King, Ellen, SO Extra,
Nabochsh, Kitty ", "a Van DYKE, Freezer
a. Uimvar. MAID of the Mist, 50; /. y.
a.. 40; Mabel Pomeroy,. rs,
Sacond race--four and halt furlongs-
Longing lcolt), Mamie Hubbard colt
Relic Demonico. Johannes, llo; Ellza, La
1Soale. formerly n. a.. Bon Voyage, Cap
tam Garland. Gold Digger, Daytime ioo
Eriza (flly), Lupa (hllyl; 100,
Third race-fye eighths Of mile. sell
mo ~Roauefort, Inferno, Napa III, l0l (;
Nike Watson, 1867 Toga, Once Again, lO5
Rsttle Cry, l0I Francis s.. 1903; Ballarat.
lO2. Estelle, 100; Cora Tanner, W:
Zenith race-seyen eighths OF 4 mule,
band,cap--Autocrat. 1l5; Prince Howard.
I0S' nelanie, 90; Lowlsnder, 81; hohican,
90; Baylor, 10. ..,.A,L ILL,
saILno-Nina Archer, llg; Lepanto, My
fellow. lO4: Vlrgie. Perlid, 81 Gloster, " :
A. D. H., SIS. Brooklyn, 7S :.
sixth race-six aud one-halt turlongs,
selling Stonington. ll2; Flrehy,, ORC,
IOS; Barthena, Spariing. Prineo EDWARD,
Early Dawn. The Doctor. FRANK L.. ~.
Beck. 90: John Hickey, H.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-22

green goods and offering J. w. Beal 81 200
TOT 500, was released to-day on receipt OF
letters from Judge McIntiro. of Wetzol
county, ". Va, and from Nj. Houston. Of
The latter said Fonner Was a highly
eiucated man aud a fine mathema-
uclan. Former left this evening for
Lyhchburg, and said he would 70
rom that point TO Charlottesville,
~ ms purpose - 20 reach New Martinsvile,
w va, by Christmas eve. lie SAID % tho
DIsPArcH reporter that this was his first
hse.aFoeration, He will now go home and
settle down 20 work.
INDICTED.
~, EDMUND Rice. John Rice, and Samuel
VINE were indicted this afternoon by the
sTAad Jury for assaulting Police Officer
hart and beputy-Shmid Harvey.
ne state Female Normal School will
close for the holidays Wednesday aud re-
sumo work the Tuesday following.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-22
the FEDERAL SUPREME COURT.
The Ciaasen ana Summons and Two Elec
trocut.On Cases-Adj tournament.
lBy telegraph 10 tho Disputchl

WASHINGTON, ID. C., December 21.-The
United States supreme Court. in an opin-
ION rendered to-day by Justice Gray al
hrmrd the decision Of the lower court in
the cases OF Peter l.. Clatsen aud trede-
rick Simmons. convicted Of CmbezZ!emcut
and Ntlng" operations IN connection
with the failure Of the Sixth National
Bank Of New York city The decision Of
the court WAS fOrGshalowed at tue time of
the argument, when tine Court informed
Solicitor General Taft, vino was arguing
the case for the Government that It wa,
not necessary % argue the Summons case .
that 1t had already heard sufficient argu-
meut. 10 IS said that counsel for the pri-
saHers have under consideration the adv
sabilty Of applying for a pardon.
Chief Justice FULLER announced IN the
supreme Court to-day TINT the Court had
affirmed the decision of the lower court IN
the case Of Charles McElyaine. convicted
Of the murder OF the brooklyn grocer
Lucca. and Nicola 1rezZa, also convicted
OF murder. These men sought to secure
wrIt- of nG5o1S corpus upon Warden Brush
OF Sing sung prison, t whose custody they
were committed under sentence OF death
under the recent New York olectrocutlon
law. Their appeals 10 the United
States supreme Court did not IT.
tack the Legality Of the punish
meut OF death Icy means of cleo
trcity. the Court in the Jurgo and other
murder cases having settled TINS question
definitely, Tut they maintained that the
provision for solitary confinement and
other features of the law We're uuconstltu-
tlOual. Little nope WAS entertained, how
ever. that the decision of the Court would
be favorable 90 the PRISONERS. Chief jus
tee Fuller ordered that the mandate of
the Court should issue at once, 50 that 10
further delay might occur II executing the
death sentence.
The United States Supreme Court a.
ilurned TODAY Tor two week, II being Gus
tOmary to adjourn over the Christmas hOu-
DAYS