The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-02-08
CONDENSED NEWS.

ceiver.
The Wilson Tariff Bill has been laid
before the Senate and was referred to
the Committee on Finance.
During the past seven days there
were 500 business failures throughout
the United States, against 255 the
corresponding week last year.
Both sides. to the Brazilian war have
placed in the hands of Rear Admir- II
Benham written propositions looking
to settlement of their difficulties.
The twelve year old saddle stallion,
Chester Dare, was sold at Danville,
KY, yesterday for $1,000. one of the
highest prices ever paid for saddler
in Kentucky.
A resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution making a
President ineligible to succeed himself
was rejected by the House Committee
on Judiciary.
The subscriptions for the new bond
issue aggregated $4S,0O2,250. The
printing OF the bonds was commenced
yesterday. The issue will add about
$67000,000 of gold to the Treasury.
The bill to repeal the law taxing
State bank issues will be lnfavorably
reported by the House Committee on
Banking and Currency. The friends
of the meaRure will make a fight for
it ia the House.
Nv. MCNAMARA, the ex priest who
lectured in Louisville some time ago,
was found guilty at Independence,
Mo, on the charge OF slandering
Catholic priests. He was sentenced
to a year in jail and fined $500.
The Louisville and Nashville De-
cember statement proved to be more
unfavorably than expected, the net
loss amounted to $205,000 Operating
expenses for the peroid named were
58k per cent. against So in November.
Thanks to the decisive action OF
Rear Admiral Benham at Rio de
Janeiro, commerce at that point is
once more uninterrupted. The insurg-
ents have withdrawn all restrictive or
ders, and vessels of all nations are
now landing at the whalve
Inasmuch as he was successful at
this kind of nomination, Mr.. W. B.
Hornblower, who was recently rejected
by the Senate 90 Justice Blatchferd's
successor, can not afford to complain.
He was married in Yew York yester.
day morning to Mrs Emily 8. Nelson.
Mr.. Hill presented to the Senate,
without comment, two resolutions
adopted by the New York General
Assembly. One congratulated the
President "on his abandonment OF his
Hawaiian policy" and the other was
protest against the Wilson Tariff
Bill.
The review Of the business situation
by the mercantile agencies is en-.
couraging. Industrial establish ments
in operation are stsadilv increasing in
nember, and at New York, Chicago
gnd some other cities the improvement
= I'd is showing itself in an inansas.
tAe of commercial paper offered
a ths banks.
George w. Childs, the hiladslphia
editor and philanthropist, died at
o'clock Saturday morning. The Phila-
delphia Public Ledger j. . monument
to his success as journalist, bat his
most enduring llonuMsAt will be ths
affection fell for Aim by world that
lxaows his name d. ! synonym for
benevoleRce.
The members Of the Mississippi
Legislature have adopted model plan
to draw pay after The expiration Of the
limit prescribed by the CONSTITUTION.
ne session having been prolonged by
senatorial deadlock, the caucus
,pted a resolution requiring the can
ties for Senator to pay their per
q a during the remainder Of the SEES
r IL stHf's
enator Quay gave notice for an
), ,endment which he proposes to OF.
to the House Tariff Bill, to permit
8 yer bullion to be deposited and
coined for the benefit OF owners to
provide for the purchase OF 145 900
ounces of fine gold every month, and
the issue OF Treasury notes in payment
therefor, and to repeal all acts
authorizing the issuing of bonds.
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Voor-
hees logged the memory of the Re-
publican kickers against the bond is.
sue, recalling the fact that Mr.. Foster
said last February that in order to run
the Treasury Department properly
there ought to be an issue OF fifty mill,
ions of bonds before he felt the