The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-12-07
CONDENSED NEWS.

In the billiard match at Chicago be-
tween Ives and Schaefer, Ives broke
the worlds record with run of 456
points,
The dispatches announce that twelve
thousand lives were lost by earth
quakes at Kushan, Persia, during the
past week. Fifty thousand head of
cattle persisted.
In Lake county, Indiana, an inves-
tigation by Coroners jury shows the
existence there OF suicide club,
Twelve persons who have lately taken
their lives are all thought to have
been members of the club.
The purchases OF silver during the
operations of the Sherman act ag.
gregated 16S, 674,5 $50 ounces, for which
$155, 930,940 was paid. The decrease
in value Of the bullion at the present
price Of silver, represents q loss Of
about $38,O00O00.
Secretary Morton, in his annual re-
port, recommends a numbered changes
which he thinks will increase the ef-
fciency of the Agricultural Depart
mept. A considerable saving has
been affected by cutting off large
number OF unnecessary employees.
Contrary to the usual precedent, a
Roanoke jury has convicted three men
for rioting in connection with the
lynching of the negro Smith. One man
was fined and given thirty daps in jail.
Two others were sentenced to one day
in Jail. Nine others are to be tried.
1t is thought that the determination
OF the Ways and Means Committee to
lower instead of, as first contemplated,
to increase the tax on sugar will me-
cessitate an increase Of the tax on
whiskey, the establishment of an In
come tax, or tax on legacies and the
dividends OF large corporations.
The grand jury in the Federal Court
at indianapolis has finished its in
vestigation of the failure OF the Indian
apolis National Bank. In the District
Attorneys Office it was said thatthe
investigation developed the most
criminal practices known in the his
tory OF banking operations under the
national system. \
At the Afro-American Congress
which is in session at Cincinnati ]. III.
O. Taylor, recently appointed Minister
to Bolivia, delivered an address on
Iynch Law" He proposes the en-
actment of a statute compelling the
county in which any lynching occurs
to pay to the lynched mans family
the sum OF $4,000. IL
Clarence M. Oyerman, President Of
the Citizens National Bank, OF Hills
boro, o., which failed recently pleaded
guilty to the charges of perjury, en-
bezzlement and making false reports
to the Controller Of the Treasury, and
was sentenced to serve five years in
the penitentiary. The total amount
embezzled was $50, 900.
William T. Coleman, who, away
back in the $685., was one of the famous
Vigilance Committee that cleared San
Francisco of the murderers and other
desperate characters who threatened
to take possession of the city, died
there last week. He was oneof the
Golden Gate metropolis best men, and
much OF its prosperity is due to his
efforts He was born at Cynthiana,
KY, and was sixtysnine years Of age.
The Commissioner Of Internal Rev
euue does not make any reference to
an income tax or an increase in the
rate OF taxation on distilled spirits in
his annual report, Assuming that the
rates Of taxation will remain the same
he estimates the probable receipts
from internal revenue for next year al
$15O,00O,O00 This is $15,0O0,O00 lesi
than last years estimate and $1,000,
600 less than the actual yield last year
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