The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-01-18

not Texas could be msde tobacco
growing State have resulted successful.
~. The object Of the experiments was
to produce fine quality OF Cuban
cigar leaf, and this has been accom-
plished in the Southern portion OF the
State.
The majority members OF the Com.
mittee on Ways and Means, with the
exception OF Mr.. Cochran, we're in ses-
sion several hours considering pro-
posed additions to the Wilson Bill TO
be offered bv the committee. A nun.
Der of important changes were agreed
upon.
Even in the righteous State of Ohio,
with its sparse negro population, they
occasionally string up dark skinned
brother without due process of law.
The latest example is Roscoe Parker Il
negro sixteen years of age, who was
lynched at West Union for the murder
of an aged couple.
The Adjutant General of Florida has
notified the State militia to be prepared
for. action, and there are grave doubts
that the Corbett Mitchell mill will
take place in public. though sporting
people in various localities claim to
have assurances that there will not be
any attempt to interrupts it. 81.
The Rev. E. H. Beardsley, a Metho.
dist minister and evangelist, commit
ted theft at Birmingham, Ala, in
order to be sent to the mines, where
he intends to continue his gospel L.
bors among the convicts. The man
should have been sent to the insane
asylum rather than to the mines.
Danger turks in unexpected places
for the man who is so unfortunate as
to only resemble" in personal appear
ance the bloated bondholder-an OBJ
servation which may have occurred to
Broker Elan, OF indianapolis, when
he discovered bomb in his pocket in
tended for his double, Capitalist Fren.
eel.
The House COMMITTEES on Coinage,
Weights and Measures will report fav-
orably ON the Bland Bill, providing
for the coinage of silver now held in
the Treasury. The vote in committee
was 9to s. The bill requires that the
Secretary OF the Treasury shall i'm
mediately issue silver certificates on
the seigniorage silver, amounting to
sos, 1861.
Hon. cyan E. Settle, OF Owen coun-
ty, has formally announced in card,
in the Owenton Herald, his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination in the
Seventh congressional district. this
State, now represented by Col. w. c..
P. Breckenridge. Mr. Settle is man
of conceded ability and great popular
ity. His entrance into the contest in
wolves the outcome in much additional
uncertainty.
Secretary Gresham is authority for
the statement that no further steps
will be taken by the executive branch
of the Government to carry out the
policy ofrestoring Queen Liliuokalani.
The Secretary of State also says the
whole matter will be turned over to
Congress, the President'sin intention be.
ing to submit everything that will aid
in arriving at conclusion.
The Ways and Means Committee
decided to report that portion of the
Tariff Bill relating to the internal rev.
T enue as separate measure. The vote
:. was 6 to 5, and the result was reached
by Representative Bynum changing
the position previously taken by him,
His action was due to his belief that
if the income tax proposition were at
tGched to the Tariff Bill the passage
of the latter would be endangered. 2
The reports of the commercial agen.
cies this week bring intelligence of the
most encouraging nature. Bradstreet's
weekly review of trade says that O
) movement in the direction of an ex
pansion of the volume of business has
appeared, and that the pendulum
which. swung in one direction from
May last year until 1894 should soon
be swinging in the opposite direction
, Reports from the leading business
centers are full Of encouragement,and
! the general feeling is that from now on
the improvement will be pronounced
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Mr.. w. II. Crawford, bookkeepel
| for ]. Allen Smith & Co., Knoxville
Tenn, one of the largest milling con
Germs in the country, writes as follows