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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
DUBUQUE, IOWA,
In the Role of Possible Building Place
of Sea Vessels.

WASHINGTON, Sept. s.-There is fair
prospect that people on the Mississippi
will have an opportunity to see what a
torpedo boat looks like. Secretary
Tracy is going to try to send part of the
naval squadron as far up rs Vicksburg
this winter, but the torpedo boat will
not reach the upper river from that di-
rection. 1t will come down. When
the bids for the new torpedo boat,
which is to be No. 2 to the famous
Cushing, were opened recently, it was
found that the lowest bid was made
by the Dickey iron works, of Dubuque,
Iowa.
That concern is very much in earnest
in seeking the contract, and Mr. Dickey
is now here. The only question with
the government is whether the Du-
buque company has the facilities to
turn out the boat. Mr.. Dickey says
there is no doubt about that. A COM
mission of naval officers has been APP
pointed to go to Dubuque and see if the
plant is equal to the contract. If the
report is favorable the boat will be
built at Dubuque. When finished the
boat will descend the Mississippi to the
gulf.
1--WE intend" said Mr.. Dickey, "to
show that Dubuque can turn out as
good vessels as any place in the coun-
try. havnet the slightest doubt that
we will develop in No. speed equal to
the Cushing's twenty-seven knots an
hour, which is getting through the
water pretty fast"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
ALEGAL BATTLE
Between Corporations Backed
by Untold Wealth,
In Which Many Millions of DOL
lars are Involved.

The Western Union Telegraph Company
to Reopen the Suit Against the Ameri
can Bell Telephone Company for Por
tion of the Receipts of That Concerr
for Certain Concessions.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.-The World says
the Western Union Telegraph company
and the American Bell Telephone com
pany are about to engage in a legal bat
tie in which millions of dollars are in
volved. By an arrangement between
the two corporation the telegraph com
pany was to receive 20 per cent. of the
receipts of the telephone company fol
certain concessions.
In 1888 the Westeap Union discovered
that certain receipts were not subjected
to the 90 per cent. deduction, and began
an action for an accounting, involving
$7,000,000 or $4,000 900. The suit
by the Western Union was begun in the
United States circuit court for the dis
trict of Massachusetts, and Judge Mel
son appointed ex-Judge Lowell as referee
to hear the evidence. Judge Lowell
made his report few months ago. He
decided that the Western Union is not
entitled to the accounting asked for,
Since that report was made the West
ern Union experts have searched the
records of the Bell patents and the
previous decisions of Judge Lowell in
Bell telephone cases. Now the company
will move to reopen the case on the
ground of newly discovered evidence.
Should this motion be disallowed they
will move to set aside Judge Lowell's
report, on the ground that surprising
number of his near relatives hold large
amounts of American Bell telephone
stock.
The Western Union will make its first
motion in the United States court in
Boston some time this month. Ex-Judge
John Lowell is cousin of the late
James Russell Lowell, and has the best
blue blood of Boston in his veins. He is
very eminent in his profession and has
written two volumes on bankruptcy
which have become standard authority.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
WHO'LL GIT IT?
The Trade of the Central and
the American Republics.
The Children of John Bull or
Those of Uncle Sam 2

Movement on Foot to Create in London n
to That Established in Washington on
the Recommendation of the Interna-
tional American Conference.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-The several
consuls general of the South American
republics in London have inaugurated a
movement for the establishment in that
city of bureau of information concern
ing South American affairs similar to
the bureau of the American republics
which was established in Washington
on the recommendation of the interna-
tional American conference and simi-
lar bureau which has recently been or
ganized in Paris.
in Paris and Washington, is to make
known the resources and commercial ad-
vantages of the Central and South
American republics and to furnish spe-
cific information on commercial subjects
when applied for. The gentlemen who
have inaugurated this movement in
their announcement say:
"The advantages conferred on trade
have been established In all parts of the
world is universally admitted, and
there can be no question that the enor-
nous trade which during the last fifty
years has arisen between this country
and the states of Central and South
America and Mexico, could be still
further developed if their products and
requirements could be brought more di-
rectly to the notice of manufacturers by
means Of q chamber of commerce dedi-
icated especially to trade interests be-
tween Great Britain and those coun-
tries"
Seventeen South American states will
be represented in the bureau, viz: Ar
gentine, Bolivia, Brazil, Chill, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecu
dor, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, San Saliva
dor, Uruguay and Venzuela.
Lieutenant Sawyer, worlds fair COM
missioner to Brazil, reports that on his
visit to Maranham, Brazil, he was re-
ceived by the governor and other officials
with great cordiality, and received their
active support and cooperation. The
governor called public meeting of citi-
Zens in the theater at Maranham at
which Lieutenant Sawyer explained the
objects of the scope of the exposition,
and committees were appointed to pre-
pare memorials to the state legislature
for an appropriation sufficient to secure
a complete exhibit of its resources. The
governor said he would appoint commits
sioners at once to superintend the max
ing of o collection.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
Holding wheat for Better Prices.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8.-A special from
Portland, Ore, says: Hundreds of farm
ers in eastern Oregon and Washington
are holding their wheat under orders
from the Alliance until spring, in hore
of getting better prices The highest
price paid in the northwest for wheat
this season was seventy-fve cents per
bushel. This was three weeks ago.
Since then prices have declined from five
to eight cents per bushel. 1t is believed
that values viii go up before long. Ore
gon and Washington will have about
81. 900, 900 bushels for export this year,
and the bulk of it viii como to Portland
fort shinment.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
Made False Entries.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8.--Charles e.
Edge and M. L. Mcguire, formerly ledger
clerks at the Keystone bank, have been
arrested charged with making false en-
tries In their ledgers and with making
such statements as would tend to de-
celve the bank examiner. The arrests
were made In complaint Of the govern
ment accountants who have been ex-
amining the books Of the bank, Edge
and Mcguire were at once released ON
800 bail. They viii have q hearing
on Thursday next. J. Frank Lawrence
was arrested Monday ON the same
charge.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
LINcoLN's ASSASSINATION.
A Forthcoming Book on the Subje

A Forthcoming Book on the Subject
which Will Cause n Sensation.
PARKERsBURa, w. Va, Sept 8.--Gen-
eral T. M. Harris, from Ritchie county,
q member Of the court martial which in
vestigated the death Of Lincoln and con-
demned Mrs. Surratt, has Just finished
history of the assassination Of Presi-
dent Lincoln. The history was COM
piled from the stenographer's notes.
which are In General Harris possession.
In the book General Harris boldly as
serts that Jefferson Davis and certain
members of his cabinet were interested
In and encouraged the assassination Of
Lincoln. He fortifies the statement by
q large amount of documentary evi-
dence. His book will create o sensation.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
COTTON CROPS.
Reports Are Less Favorable Than Those
of Last Week.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. s.-The cotton re-
ports this week are even less favorable
than those of last. They vary only in
the estimated amount of damage done
and in the causes of the damage. In one
section worms, in another rust, in Others
wet weather, cold weather or drouth,
and in some worms, rust and bad
weather combined have played havoc
with the crop. Few and far between
are the reports that may be considered
at all favorable.
In Tennessee cold weather has turned
the plant brown and caused considera-
BILE shedding, and the same agency has
changed the conditions in north Ala
bama, which last week sent in good re-
ports, reducing the crop prospects, and
In southern Alabama loss of 25 per
cent is recorded. Georgia, the Carolinas
and Florida reports are equally discour-
aging.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
HAWlEY DENIES IL.
Never Talked with the President Con-
cerning the War Portfolio.

Never Talked with the President Con-
cerning the War Portfolio.
New HAVEN, Sept. 8.-A United Press
reporter called on Senator Hawley at the
Pembroke, Woodmont, where he is
stopping, with a view to ascertaining
what truth there was in the rumor that
he had been consulting with President
Harrison at Cape May relative to sue
ceeding Secretary of War Proctor. The
senator declared that there was abso-
lutely no truth in the report, II have
not seen President Harrison" he added,
"since last May, and he has not sent for
me- The matter referred to never en-
tered my mind, and | do not know that
any of my friends asked the place for
me-"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
Double Drowning.

ATLANTA, Sept. 9.-Jefferson D. Stew
art, married man with four children,
and Mrs. Jane Kennedy, a married
woman, with two children, went out for
a boat ride on Ponce de Leon lake. The
boat capsized 1t is supposed. Stewart
had visited Mrs. Kennedy's house early
in the evening and suggested the trip.
His wife is on q visit to Tennessee, while
the woman's husband is in Douglass
cnnntv
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
SAVED BY A PUNCH.
Carried Over a Conductors Heart and q
Bullet Flattened by IT,

Carried over Conductors Heart and
Bullet Flattened by 1t.
ATLANTA, Sept. 8. 8.-Conductor Shock
ley, of the Central of Georgia, had re-
markable escape from death. and he
owes his life to the ticket punch he car
ries in his vest pockht. just as his train
left Oakland, little station not far from
Atlanta, a colored man jumped on
board, rushed toward the Conductor,
who was in the rear coach, pointed a
pistol at him and fired. He was only a
few feet from Shockley, and passengers
who ran to the conductor expected, of
course, to find him at least badly hurt.
They were no more surprised than he
when it was found that he was entirely
unharmed, the ball having fattened
against the punch in his vest pocket, al
most directly over his heart. The man
made his escape No cause for his act
can be imagined, as the conductor says
he never saw him before.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
A PRISON DELIVERY AVERTED
BY the Guard Overhearing n Few Words
at San Quentin, Cal.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8.-The Exam
iner says daring plot to break from the
state prison at San Quentin has been
frustrated and that the several leaders
in the movement have been placed in
solitary confinement. Mickey Delaney
had tools with which to break out. The
guard was to be overpowered and all the
convicts released. 1t is thought the con-
victs expected help from the outside.
The plot was detected by guard over
hearing certain words that aroused sus-
picion. The men were watched and as
soon as the leaders We're known they
were quietly put out of harms way
The leaders included the most desperate
criminals in the prison.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
TOWN FOR SALE.
Judgment in an Old Suit Involves Fifteen
Thousand Acres in Kentucky,

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 8.-On the third
Monday in October $4,000 acres of
ground including the site of the town Of
Elizabethtown is to be sold. Judgment
was rendered in the Hardin circuit
court on Dec. 18, 1860, in favor of Paul
M. Spofford and others, of Philadelphia,
against John Watson and others, the
amount involved being about $4,000,
The property in question was patented
by the state of Virginia to Nicholas
Low in 1776 and the plaintiff secured
his Judgment in 1860 for money ad-
vanced to the patentee. Many citizens
of Elizabethtown are alarmed, but it
as they claim under an older patent,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
Toledo,s Interstate Exposition.

TOLEDO, Sept. S.-The interstate ex-
position opened at Toledo Monday. This
is the successor of the old tri-state fair
association which had been in existence
for twenty five years. The exhibits are
very fine and much larger line than
for many years. There will be four
DAYS of horse races, with some good en-
tries, and excellent sport is promised.
Secretary Crane expects one of the most
successful fairs ever held in Toledo. Be-
ing located nearly at the corner of three
states, the attendance is always large
and promises to be very great this year.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
TRAIN ROBBERS ARRESTED.
Two Suspects Caught Near Traver, Ca
In Jail at ViRaliA,

Two Suspects Caught Near Traver, Cal.
In Jail at Visalia.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8.-Riley Dean
and Billy Dalton, the men suspected Of
robbing the train at Ceres on Friday
night, were arrested near Traver, Cal.
Sunday. They were taken to the Jail al
Visalia.
Dalton is a brother of Grafton Dalton
now in Jail awaiting sentence for hold
ing up train at Alola last February.
William was charged with being an ac.
complice. bat was out on bail.
The sheriff is positive the two men are
the robbers, and is confident he will cap
ture the third robber very soon. The
men say they can prove an alibi.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
shot for AIlered Trespaas.

SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 6.--Angelo Vol
po, an Italian, was fatally shot by
Christian Harr, son Of wealthy farmer
at Old Forge, for alleged trespass. Haar
is In jail. Volpo's offense consisted in
his picking wild grapes along the road
that skirts the Haar farm. This Is the
third shooting that young Haar has done
st alleged trespassers In the past month
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
THE TWIN CITIES,
The Minneapolis Board of Trade OPP oses
Union with st. Paul.


Union with st. Paul.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 8,-The Minneap-
oils board of trade committee ON union
of the Twin Cities Monday. They
say the appointment Of 81 commit
tee to meet the st. Paul committee
would be of no benefit to Minneapolis;
that the territory which separated the
two cities proper by space of five miles
is comparatively open country and
makes consolidation under one govern
ment practically impossible; that the
municipal indebtedness of st. Paul is
much greater than that of Minneapolis
that at no time in the history of Mime
apolis has the city experienced such
growth and prosperity, and that Mime
apolis is doing very well by herself; that
public opinion in Minneapolis is over
whelmingly opposed to union, and that
In the Judgment Of the committee the
people cannot waste any time or energy
in efforts to unite the two cities. The
report was unanimously adopted.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
FOUGHT TO KILL.

Throe COnvicts In the Kentucky Peniten-
tiary Receive Fatal Injuries.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. SIN the peniten-
tiary ct Frankfort, Sunday, Eli Lucas
and William Bellmeyer, both long
termed convicts, fought. Lucas fatally
cut Bellmeyer with putty knife, and
Bellmeyer beat Lucas till he was un-
conscious. William johnson, another
convict who interfered, had his skull
cracked.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
SHE CHANGED HER MIND
And Was Murdered by Her Lover, Wh'
Suicided.

Suicided.
BLOOMINGTON, Ills, Sept. s.-Monday
morning DIR. c. E. Ballard, member of a
prominent family at Saybrook, shot and
killed Miss Bertha Ison and then killed
himself. He had been engaged to the
lady, and on Saturday took out license
to marry her. She changed her mind
Sunday and refused to marry him.
Sunday morning he made a final ap-
peal, and being refused shot her through
the heart. He then shot himself three
times in the breast and once in the head,
and died in few msments. lie was
thirty years old. Miss Ison's widowed
mother is nearly dead with grief.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
Mnnnshiner Cnntnreh.

MANCHESTER, N. H., Sept. s.-The
man captured here Friday has been iden-
fed as Darling Eastman, daring MOON
sinner Of Corinth, Vt, who escaped last
month, and has been hiding in Canada
and various places in this state ever
since. He will be tried at Burlington
next month.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
Child Burned to Death.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. S.-Susie
Zealey, the eleven-year old daughter Of
William H. Zealy, was burned to death
at Jonesville. While standing in front
of a CRATE her clothes caught fire. Her
father and mother were both fatally
burned in their efforts to save their
dnnphter.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
A WHOLE TOWN EXCITED
Over Mysterious Goblin That Hover
Above 1t at Night.

Above 1t at Night.
CHICAGO, Sept. s.-A special from
Charlottesville, Ind, says; There is
great excitement here over horrible
monster which has been seen lowering
over this city about midnight for the
last few nights. 1t was about 800 feet
in the air and was about 18 feet long
and feet wide. 1t moved rapidly
through the air by means of several pairs
of side fins, which it worked most sturd-
lily. SO great is the excitement that not
an eye closed Saturday night. Little
companies of affrighted citizens are
gathered on the streets and in the houses
waiting with bated breath for the hour
Of midnight.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08

PARKERsBURG, w. Va, Sept. s. Ty-
phoid fever is increasing in different
parts of this state, and number of
deaths have occurred. The disease in
this vicinity has about exhausted itself,
but at Fairmount it is reported to be
prevalent, and nearly a hundred cases
are said to exist in Marshall and Ohio
oo,,ptiaa
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
Cnttnn Plckers to strike

HoUsToN, Sept. s.--Colonel r. M.
Humphrey, the general superintendent
of the Colored Farmers Alliance and
Cotton Pickers' league, has announced
the cotton pickers' strike to begin on the
18th inst.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
Want 60 Become Russians.

LONDON, Sept. s.-The Russian minis
ter of the interior is being overwhelmed
with applications by foreigners who de-
sire to become Russian subjects The
applicants live for the most part in the
western border provinces, and are chiefly
Germans. 1t Is estimated that fully
80, 900 have been naturalized during the
year.
The motive is an apprehension that
the government Is about to take harsh
measures against foreigners resident
in Russia, by depriving them of the
right to hold real estate, and of other
privileges which they have found profit
able. Much Of the business of western
Russia and Poland Is carried on by Ger
mans, whose expulsion would bring
misery not only on themselves, but on
vast numbers OF native employees.
Nevertheless there is reason for the
statement that decree may shortly be
looked for taking both business and land
out of the hands of foreigners, and COM
pelling them to give up their property
In Ruseia, as the Jews have done, for
anything that is offered. A st. Peters
burg correspondent says that the czar is
resolved to have no one within Russian
bounds who is not subject of Russia,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
ELoPERs eANIsHED.

Ridden from Town on Rail When They
Returned from Their Trip.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Sept. 8.-Elope-
ments are the order of the day in Lu-
zerne county. Three took place last
week. Reuben Mock, aged eighteen,
eloped with Anna Hughes, aged sixteen,
of Fox Hill, last Wednesday. On Sat
urday night the couple returned home
intending to take up their residence.
The neighbors objected, and they were
ordered to leave, but refused. The
house was broken into and both were
ridden out of town on O rail.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
A Woman Arrested for Beating He
Adopted Baby to Death.

Adopted Baby to Death.
VNcENNEs, Ind, Sept. 8.-Mrs. r. H.
James was arrested here on charge Of
beating her child to death. The boy,
aged two-and-a-half years, died suddenly
Saturday. She was known to have mis-
treated the baby, which she adopted last
spring. Evidence was adduced in the
coroner's inquest which caused the
woman's arrest as she returned from
the funeral. The body was bruised from
head to foot. Public feeling is strong
against the woman.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
BEATS THE RECORD.
A Man Suffering with Dropsy is Tape
278 Times, and Still Lives.

27S Times, and Still Lives.
MONTICELLO, Ills, Sept. 9.-The most
remarkable case ON record is that of l..
Meridith, aged 79 years, of Monticello.
He has been tapped for the dropsy 27S
times, with an average weight of thirteen
pounds of water removed each time,
making 1914 pounds which has been re-
moved from him. His case beats all
past records, and is the most interesting
case in the history of the disease, He is
now confined to his bed, and is gradual
ly growing weaker and cannot live long,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
Ercnch Wan Yessel Lost.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. s.-A private
letter received here from Tahiti says
news was received at Papeete on July 10
of the loss of the French warship Voltage.
The crew WIS saved but the vessel is o
total wreck.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
Let All Women Hurrahi

WELLINGTON, N. a., Sept s. The
house of representatives of New Zea-
land has passed bill granting the resi-
dental suffrage to women, and qualify
ing women for election to parliament.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08

TOLEDO, Sept. s-Joseph Deer, Of
Vermontville, Mich, blew out the gas
in room at the Burnett House and died
from asphxiation before relief came.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
ThnnsnnIa of Men Idle.

LONDON, Sept. s.-The steel works at
Belckow, near Middlesboro, Yorkshire,
are idle, owing to the absence of orders.
Several thousand workmen have been
thrown out of employment.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-08
The NORTHWESTERN Leads Them All.

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