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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
PROCTOR Is a CANDIDATE.
The Secretary of War Willing to Succeed
Senator Edmunds.

Senator Edmunds.
RUTLAND, April 13.-A Boston Journal
reporter met Hon. Redfeld Proctor, Secre-
tary of War, at ALBANY. N. Y. Saturday
evening ens route to Washington. Secre-
tary Proctor was interrogated regarding the
correctness of the press dispatch sent from
Omaha to Eastern papers on the 9th inst,
in which he was reported to have said that
he was not candidate for the Vermont
Senatorship.
"That alleged interview. said the Secre-
tary, SIS a fabrication. 1 never made the
statement attributed to me-" The Secre-
tary further stated that he was q candidate
for appointment by Governor Page to the
Senatorship, and added that if appointed
should accept the office.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
A FIGHT IN PROSPECT
When the Resolution to Adjourn on May 8
Is Called UP,
frRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

EFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT
HARRISBURG, April 13.-There was con-
siderable kicking over the resolution to ad-
journ May 8. Mr.. Brooks, of Philadelphia,
is opposed to any date being fixed until
after the apportionment bills are disposed OF,
while Mr.. Taggart has served emphatic
notice that the rural members will agree
to no date for final adjournment
until the tax bill has been acted upon By
the Senate. The Grangers want the tax bill
passed or squarely defeated, placing both its
friends and enemies on the record, and they
say they viii not allow it 10 be killed by
adjournment without acting upon it.
There will likely be fight when the reso-
luton is called up.and if fixed at all, the date
OF adjournment will not be earlier than
Nav Is.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
BIG MONEY TO BE PAID BACK.
A Decision of the Supreme Court in Favor
of Imuorters

Oh importers.
rFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT
WAsHIN GToN, April 13.-Two of the
largest drawbacks ever known in the Gus
toms service will, within the next "a hours,
be paid to Fred Butterield & Co. and H.
Herman & Co., of New York, the former
receiving S157 ,563 SO, and the latter S74.-
72O 81. Commissioner Holiday, of the
Bureau of Customs, to-day directed Col
lector Erhardt, of New York, to pay these
sums upon receipt of draft for the aggre-
gate amount.
The drawback is in accord with de-
cision OF the Supreme Court few days ago
IN regard to classification of worsted, that
they were not wooleus as had been held by
the Treasury Department; that they should
come in at 35 per cent ad valorem instead of
35 cents per pound. and "a per cent ad va
!orem instead of IS cents pound, according
to grade.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
FIVE BIG ELECTIONS,
In Which the Tories Will Have to Do Some
Tall Fighting.

Tall Fighting.
rBY pUNLAP's CABLE ooMPANY.1-
LONDON, April 13.-Five elections are
now pending. to fill vacancies IN the House
of Commons. The new members are
required to replace Thomas Charles
Barring, who sat for the city of
London; the Right Honorable George
Cavendish Bentinck, who represented
Whitehaven; Colonel c. j. 7. Hambre, the
member for the Southern division of
Dorset, and Mr.. 7. K. Lapling. All these
are dead, and they were all members of the
Conservative party. To these must be added
the name of Mr.. F. w. Mclean, who sat for
Woodstock, and has been just appointed a
Master in Lunacy.
With so many constituencies vacant. it is
like miniature general election. All the
late members won their seats by narrow
majorities and it is therefore the universal
belief that a hard fight will be necessary if
the Tory candidates are to be returned.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
DENYING THE CHARGE.
Lord Douglas Says He Didn't Call His Wife
q Crossing SweeDer.

Crossing Sweeper.
rBY DUNLAP's CABLE CoMPANY.1
LONDON, April 1S.-Lord James Douglas,
who was summoned before the court for re-
fusing to fill out his census papers properly,
having described his wife as a
crossing sweeper and insane. and his
son as bootblack, both born in Darkest
Africa, now comes forward and says he
never filled up the return at all, and that it
must have been practical joke played on
him by some one.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
Ancient Biblical Manuscript.

The most ancient Vatican MSS. of the
Bible in Greek has just been reproduced in
phototype by Abbot Guisepps Cozza-Luigi,
by order of the Pope. This MSS. iswritten
upon the finest skin Of antelope in regular
characters-so evenly and carefully as to be
uneoualed in print
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
DEATH OF GENERAL sPINOLA.

| The Noted New York City Congressman
Expires Very Suddenly.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-General Spin
ola died at 1:25 o'clock this morning. He
was a Congressman from New York City.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
Smallpox in London.

fBY DUNLAP's CABLE coMPANY.l
LONDON, April 13.-There are seven
patients in the London Hospital, White
chapel road, down with the smallpox and
two deaths have already occurred. Five
cases at Greenwich were contracted from
dock laborer, who had been unloading foreign
grain.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
MUFFs IN SUMMER.
They VIII Be of White Net Ornamentsd
With Pretty Flowers.

With Pretty Flowers. -f
The McFlimsys are going to carry mufs
all summer, and, mayhap, some of those on
a higher social plane may join them in this
fad, says New York correspondent of the
St. Louis Globe Democrat. On the hottest
days of July and August the over-reaching
McFlimsy sisters are planning to carry
flower muffs with white net foundations
gathered upon a frame work Of silver
wire.
Well, a few years ago, boas in summer
time were impossible and fur capes insanes
Now boas are the rule for piazza and-baH-
room promenade, while fur capes are on the
laps and shoulders OF all who travel at
seashore and mountain. Let us not say that
muffs shall not have their day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
THE COPYRIGHT LEAGUE.
A Banquet to Commemorate the Eighth
Year of Its Existence.

Year of Its Existence.
NEW YORK, April 13.-The American
Authors Copyright League gave to-
night what might properly be termed
a ratification banquet. The occasion
was the eight anniversary of the
formation of the League. and as such
it was deemed fitting that the passage of the
international copyright bill should be duly
celebrated at this time and honor
be doue to those gentlemen who
fought for its passage. Edmund
c. Steadman presided. At his
right was Senator Plat, of Connecticut.
Others present were Compte Emil De Kera-
try, R. q. johnson, George P. Lathrop,
Park Goodwin, George William Curtis,
Ashbel P. Fitch, Henry Cabot Lodge,
Charles Scribner, A. A.W.Appleton, Lawrence
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
Journ eymen Builders Organize.

About 200 of the journeymen plasterers,
masons, painters and carpenters of Brad
dock, Homestead, Duquesne and McKees-
port have organized union. Thoy have
sent for their charter, and will make their
headquarters in Braddock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
Shaving With Both Hands.

Of the people who shave themselves 40
out of so can hold their razor in but one
hand. Yet it is just as easy and much
more convenient to shave the right side OF
your face with your right hand and the left
side with the left hand if you only begin
that way.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
A Track to Its Works.

The Westinghouse Electric Company ID
preparing to lay q branch track from the
Pleasant Valley line on Ninth street down
Fayette street to its works. The track viii
be used for shipping purposes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
Hatton, Brander Matthews, Edgar Fawcett

Hatton, Brauder Matthews, Edgar Fawcett
and Edward Carey.
Mr.. Steadman made the opening address,
and then Senator Plat took the floor. He
said he had worked for the bill for all he
was worth and it was severe battle. Sen
ator Platt suggested that r. q. johnson of
the Century write literal account of the
great struggle in Congress to obtain the
law, the book to be the first to exemplify
the workings of the copyright law in July,
next
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
APPEARED IN BLooMERs.

Ridiculous Scene at the Lyceum Theater
In Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 13.-The effect OF
the McHale anti-tights bill was seen to-
night at the Lyceum Theater, where the
Wilbur Opera Company produced the
"Chimes of Normandy" in bloomers. There
was a packed house, but the music and
libretto were lost sight of in the ridiculous
ness of the affair. -.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14

ernment would not appoint a committee to
inquire into the opium traffic in India. as
the paucity of the vote taken on Friday on
the motion did not carry the weight which
division of the full House would carry.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
EPIDEMIC OF GRIP

Breaks Out in Sheffield and Many People
Are Down With 1t.
rBY DUNLAP's CABLE CoMPANY.I
SHEFFIELD, April I3.-An epidemic of
influenza has broken out here, and large
number have been attacked. including
manv cIergymen and several physiciads.
In the majority of cases, the symptoms
strongly resemble those of the Russian
epidemic and the physicians are convinced
that it is the same disease which proved SO
fatal here year ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
DIED.

THUMM-On Tuesday April IA. 1891, at las
A. NJ, at bis residence, No. l7l8 Penn avenue,
GEORGE THUMM, aged 50 years and months.
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
A MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY.

Twenty-six Years Since the Assassination Of
President Lincoln.
Just 26 years ago to-day the nation was
thrown into state Of sorrow by the assassi-
nation of its President, Abraham Lincoln.
The streets of Pittsburg on that night. over
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
New sunsrrising Architect

WASHINGTON, April 13.-W. J.
Edbrooke, of Chicago, has been appointed
Supervising Architect Of the Treasury
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
ENGLAND WANTS OPIUM.
The Indian Government May Receive
Money From the Traffic.

LONDON, April 13.-The First Lord of
the Treasury, William Henry Smith, reply
ing to question on the subject announced
in the House of Commons to-day that the
Government would not advise the Indian
Government in regard to the vote of the
HOUSE of Commons taken April 10, when
opium trade of India TO continue was car
ried and the Government defeated by a vote
of 160 to 100.
Mr.. Smith also announced that the Gov
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-14
APP0RTIoKMENT BILL

For Legislative Districts Is to Be Intro
duced To-Day.
rFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT
HARRISBURG, April 13.-The legisIa-
tive apportionment bill will likely be intro
duced on Wednesday. The losses and
gains in the several counties have
already been given in The DIS
PATCH. The counties of PHILADELPHIA.
Allegheny, Schuvlklil and Lackawanna
have not yet been divided into Districts. As
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16
Specimen Cases.

S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis,
was troubled with Neuralgia and
Rheumatism, his stomach was disor
dered, his Liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away,
and he was terribly reduced in flesh
and strength. Three bottles OF Elec-
trio Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had a running sore on his leg, OF eight
years standing. Used three bottles
OF Electric Bitters and seven boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salvc, and his leg
is sound and we'll. John Speaker,
Ca;awba, o., had five large fever sores
on his leg, doctor said he was incura-
BILE. One bottle of Electric Bitters
and one box OF Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured him entirely. Sold by
McFarlanl & CO., druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16
Now Try This.

1t will cost you nothing and will
surely do you good, If you have a
Cough, Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, Chest or lungs. -. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to
give relief, or money will be paid back.
Sufferers from La Grippe found it just
the thing and under it's use had a
speedy and perfect recovery. Try a
sample bottle at our expense and learn
for yourself just how good thing il
is. Trial bottle free at Mcfarland &
Co.'s drug store. Large size SOC. and
81 90.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16

In the field of discovery and inven
ton, medicine has not kept pace with
surgery. That, perhaps is natural (;
service surgery is the mechanical
branch of medicine. The general ac-
ceptance of the germ theory Of di-
sease, however, opens a new field for
medicine, and will take it completely
away from the medieval superstitions
that still cling to its skirts. And yet
medicine is not without its discover
les 1t has long been known, and the
flct is now recognized wherever the
test has been made that Swift's Spe-
cific Is. S. S. will destroy the germs
OF malarial disease, the microbes OF
skin disease, and the bacil!i Of conta.
gious and other forms of blood poison
ing, elects them from the blood, and
purifies and builds up the sy,tem
No medical discovery of uro day has
achieved such remarkable success.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16
ITEMS FROM SOUTH WATAUGA,
SOUTH WArAueA, April ~.

NNNAh W AAAuNAy ApIll 10.
EDITOR CoMET-The first rock for
the pier OF the bridge OF the Watauga
Valley Railroad was hauled last Thurs.
day by John Grow.
j. d. Bryan completed his work on
the sawmill OF the Watauga Boom &
Lumber Co., and left for home in Gin.
cinnati on No. l, Thursday.
The Watauga Boom & Lumber Co.
shipped their first car load OF lath to-.
day to S. P. Bolton.
Quite a crowd of our young people
went up to Piney Flats Saturday to
attend a concert, Prof. Bob Shank
was master of ceremonies.
G. X. Lide made lis flying visit
Thursday,
Miss Belle Whitaker and Mrs. G.
W. st. John went up to Bristol Friday
evening.
B. A. Simmons, of Hartford, Conn,
and Isaac H. Wing, Of Bayfield,, Wis,
are registered at the Watauga Inn.
Sneak thieves are getting in their
work on the chicken and turkey roosts
around here.
j. S. W. Neal, the Presiding Elder,
came up from Limestone Friday eve.
ming and went over to Austin's Springs
Saturday to hold quarterly meeting,
and came back and preached here at
8 P. NJ. Sunday, to an attentive con-
gregation.
A. ]. Lacy will move to farm he
has bought in Sullivan County, this
week.
DR.. J. D. Thomas, Of Leesburg, is
visiting around among his old friends
and neighbors this week.
Will Hendrix, of Greeneville came
up to visit bis fathers family Sunday,
Charles M. Kaylor is here in the in
terest Of the Salem (Va.) Woolen Mills.
Ebert Spurgeon, Of Milligan, opened
barber shop here today.
Lewis Gundrum, the foreman on
the boom, finished his work last Fri.
day and left for his home, Williams
port, Pa, Saturday night.
The river was up to good boating
tide Friday night and all day Satur-
day.
A good crowd Of hands are now at
work in the quarry preparing the
stone for the bridge piers.
Col. VIM. Shell, Of Elizsbethton,
who is interested in our boom, made
us Q visit yesterday. D.A.R.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16
NEWPORT, TENNESSEE,
THE LAND SALE A SUCCESS AND
BUILDING BOOM STARTED
WITH A RUSH.
Meeting Between Comrades.

Newport News
The Jones Randolph sale Of lots
was a great success. From $4,000 to
$4,000 worth OF dirt was sold.
Work is being pushed upon the
canal, the street grading, the Briggs
hotel and the tobacco factory Mr..
Douglass, who has the contract for
the foundation Of the tobacco factory,
has opened up stone quarry on the
river bank IN front OF the old Arthur
house. Everything is liv ly now and
work progressing rapidly on the
property of the Newport Development
Co. Those who thought work would
stop after the sale are happily disap.
pointed, and those who hoped it would
are sadly disappointed.
There was pleasant incident at the
sales OF the Newport Development
Co., last week. A gentleman by the
name of Will Reese, who lives at Big
Stone Gap, Va, heard OF Mr.. Ed. Tur-
ner, WHO lives near Bridgeport, this
county, and came to Newport to see
him, and presented him with a beauti'
iul gold watch which cost him $500
During the war Reese and Turner
were Federal soldiers and were cap.
tured by the Confederates and lodged
in prison at Columbia, S. c., from
which they escaped together, and
Turner being acquainted with the
country between East Tennessee and
South Carolina, plotted Reese safely
through TO Mr.. Turner's homo. Mr.
Reese appreciated that favor so highly
and SO much, that hearing OF Mr.. Tur'
ner's whereabouts, came here and pre-.
sented him with the beautiful gold
watch mentioned above. Mr.. Reese
has never been married and now re.
sides at Big Stone Gap, Va. He lived
in Iowa when he enlisted in the Fed
eral army. He seems to be a perfect
gentleman.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16
Took MorphIne..A SERIOUS Mistake.

Late yesterday afternoon, Phil Lew
is, respectable colored man and a
first class brick mason, tooK an over
dose Of morphine, under the impres-
sion that it was quinine, lie did not
discover the mistake until he felt the
effects. Drs. Broyles and Toy were
called in to administer medical aid to
the almost deathly sick man, The
doctors gave him antidotes and did
everything TO alleviate his condition
and restore him from the effects OF the
deadly narcotic. Although he was in
precarious condition late last night,
the doctors expressed hope Of his re-
covery. His life depends altogether
on the effect of the antidotes.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16

Rev. 7. B. McAmish, OF Murfrees-
boro, will take charge Of the johnson
City Mission Of the Cumberland Pres
byterian Church for the ensuing year.
Mr.. McAmish is one OF the most able
and versatile young ministers of the
day, and the Cumberland church is
certainly to be congratulated in secur'
ing his services As a revivalist he
has but few equals, and is always pro
life in his presentation OF the gospel
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16

In the course of his remarks at
Knoxville Postmaster General
Wanamaker said: If, when | go
back to my city the young men
should ask where they shall go to
build their fortunes and their lives,
| shall say, "turn your face to Ten.
nessee, to those vast fields TAP.
plause) filled with wealth, 10 those
good people of big heart and Of
great prosperity, and with brother.
ly love clasp hands and work to
gether for one country, for one flag.
for one prosperity.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16

AS the summer season approaches
we are reminded Of our ice industry.
Already the ice is making its appear
ance on the streets, and is q gratifying
spectacle to the daily toiler who looks
upon it as the cooling crystalline drops
that slake his burning thirst. There
is another feature OF interest to be adj
duoed from the manufacture OF ice :
1t is the summer cream paylor, with
money to the proprietor and satisfac'
ton to the purchaser--a mutual ben
fit and pleasure all around.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16
A CHAT WITH THE PRESIDENT.
TheI johnson Party Spend a Few
Pleasant Hours With the Presi-
dential Party.

The parties who had the pleasure
OF accompanying the President and
and party to Knoxville, returned to
the city late Tuesday night, bringing
with them the reward OF a happy ex.
perience. They all had the honor Of
conversing freely with the distin.
guished party, and consequently had
many interesting incidents: to re-
hearse to friends. Mrs. Harrison in.
quired of Mayor Jobe, relative to the
people of Johnson City and asked
him questions about his iamily-how
many children there were in the fam.
lily, etc. The Mayor was very kind TO
give her all the information she
sought. Before closing the converse.
tion, Mrs. Harrison presented the
Mayor with neat pin or badge for
his little daughter.
Rising above the pleasant social re.
marks were number OF expressions
significant above ordinary conversi-
tion and complimentary TO Johnson
City, and the people whose homes are
here.
Talking with Hon. A. A. Taylor,
the President remarked, over and
over again, that the ovation rendered
him at Johnson Cisy was a most
splendid one and that he was not
more pleased with the general sur
roundings at any point it had
been his pleasure to stop. IL
was a magnificent ovation, and be-
yond what he had anticipated to wit
ness at larger towns. Mrs. Harrison
joined the President in his compli-
mentary remarks relative to the well
come reception on the part OF the
good people of Johnson City, and sur
rounding country. Mr.. Wanamaker,
in his remarks upon Johnson City,
said that he could tell the moment he
entered the atmosphere Of snap
and enterprise, that Johnson City
showed every evidence of energy,
pluck snd thrift that the people were
alive to their own interests and to the
advancement Of the city. His remarks
indicated that this wac sure to make
city of no little magnitude.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16
Gen. Boynton Decoyed.

By Associated Press to The Comet.
WASHINGTON, April l5.-Newspaper
correspondents who recently visited
Chattanooga on the occasion OF the
opening OF the Chickamagua National
Park, decoyed Gen. H. V. Boynton,
who was their special host on that
occasion, to the Arlington Hotel last
night and presented him with hand
some field glass as a souvenior of that
memorable occasion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16

TIE Indians are rather choice.
Ii is stated that they refuse to enlist
in the army unless allowed to join
the cavalry branch of the service
They have evidently never heard
the song that was more or less IA.
miliar in the Virginia trenches du
ring the late war, the chorus o.
which was, IF YOU want to go tc
h-ll, Just jine de cavalry"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16

The special coming in from Erwin,
on the Three C's, yesterday, was pack.
ed full of loyal mouataineers eager to
pay their re poets to the President,
The train stayed at the Main Street
crossing, and when the cars were emp
tied Of their precious burden, a pro-
cession half a mile long was formed
two and three deep.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16

Mr.. BLAINE's intercontinental
monetary conference was decided
failure, as far as results are concern
ed. All admitted the desirability
of a coin that would circulate in all
the American countries at the same
value, but it was SHOWN that the
difficulties in providing such a coin
are at the present time insurmount-
able.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16

The police force was increased yes
terday but it was hardly needed; bet.
ter order could not have been ex-
.pected, the day passed offquietly, only
few OF the visitors were SO uniortu.
nate as to get in the lookup.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-04-16

Somebody has much faith IN the
honesty of johnson City since the
burglars have been brought to justice.
A car load of -four stood on one of the
side tracks whole night, with the
doors wide open, and there was not
q thief to make a charge.