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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-01-04
FROM ROGERSVILLE.

January l, 1894.
Mr. Cargille. the photographer. is
doing some good work at this place.
Misses Jennie Powell and Mary
Johnson are spending the Christmas
holidays with their many friends and
relatives in town.
Prof. Baxter Perry, the celebrated
pianist and composer, will give lee.
ture recital at the college Jan IL. Mr..
Perry is the greatest American musi-
clan, and has played before the EN-
peror and Empress by invitation.
The Rogersville Synodical College
resumed exercises on the 9th after a
short holiday. Most OF the students
returned promptly to their work end
the others will return today. A large
number OF new students have enrolled
for the second term, which begins Jan.
18th. The teachers course at the COL
lege Is attracting many ladies who
wish to fit themselves for better work
as teachers. The superior training of
the faculty enables them to give their
pupils the best methods of instruction,
hence the success of the students of
this college as teachers.
The people of this community we're
sho ked yesterday by the news of the
voluntary death of Mr.. Mark Kenner,
prosperous farmer of this county.
Mr.. Kenner arose early Saturday
morning, dressed himself, and left his
no use. Not returning within a rea-
sonable time, search was instituted,
and his body was found in small
creek near his home He had tied a
rope around his neck and feet and
threw himself into the water. Tenn
porary insanity led to the act. Mr..
Kenuer was once sheriff of the county
and was in a good financial condition.
The principal cause of the Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe collapse is said
N hn tho failure nf the Atlantic and
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-01-04
Carnegie Will Resume.

The entire plant of the Carnegie steel
works will resume Monday. Notices
were posted Of reduction of two and a
half cents an hour in the wages Of the
machinists and two cents an hour for Ia
borers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-01-04

Sampson Gethotz, a Pennsylvania
farmer, thought to surprise his family
on Christmas eve by sliding down the
oldfashioned chimney and impersonat'
ing Santa Claus. In the cent er
of the chimney he stuck fast, and alter
much delay was hauled ut with a
. rope The children will say it served
the imposlor right.
. At Duluth an attempt made to hold
o non-partisan mass-meetlng to pro
test against the free iron ore schedule
of the Wilson Tariff Bill resulted in q
dismal faiIure,the Republicans branch
ing off and doing the protesting, while
the Democrats adopted resolution
standing by The Chicago platform.
The report of an expert who has
been examining the financial condi'
ton of the city of Chicago shows that
the deficit in the municipal treasury
amounts to nearly $3 100000 instead
of ST. .O00,O00 at first es;imated.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-01-04
MORE STILLS DESTROYED.
Raider Taylor Makes Some Arrests
In Monroe County.

G. M. Taylor, the plucky and src.
cessful raider on Collector Ersarys
staff, returned yesterday morning from
a trip to Monroe County. During the
trip he captured two moonshiners and
brought one to this city and placed
HIM IN Jail. lie found still near Ball
Play run by North Carolinian named
William Hayes and Tennesseean
named James Jenkins.
Hayes had come into Tennessee
within thirty days and gone into part.
nership with jenkins The latter gave
bail in the sum of $1,000 before The
United States Commissioner at Pnvo,
!. Neither of the men made any troub'
le but it required some lying out at
nigh to capture them. The still was
cut up as usual and destroyed. They
had q quantity OF beer on hand. 90,
A still OF Jacob Devine, who had also
been bound over, was also destroyed
Near Rafter, ]. NJ. Moore and Was
Kirkland each had still which were
destroyed, the parties having been
bound over.
This makes seventeen distilleries
which have been cut up in Monroe
COUNT, and the owners bound over
They havean excellent set of Marshals
there who keep their eyes open.
Col Essary got word recently that
Il. Gouge's warehouse at Fish Springs,
johnson county, had been robbed. The
thieves had bored in and used spile
to draw off the liquor.
Mr.. Gouge had 400 gallons on hand
in one of the largest warehouses in the
district. Col. Essary telegraphed
Deputy Collector W. W. Davis, of Bris-
tol, who sent dispatch yesterday that
the thieves had been captured and
placed in iail.-Kno1ville Tribune.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-01-04

The principal cause of the Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe collapse is said
tobe the failure of the Atlantic and
Pacific TO pay over S15,000.000.
The sun., 1894-05-06

among fallen women say is so seldom found
where women have led the particular kind Of
life many OF these women yet have not.
What the bookmaker said about the effect Of
the closing OF the pool rooms on the small
Broadway shops is repeated. oy those who
know. Ms TO the effect on a number Of very BIG
dry goods establishment hY the dispersion of
the disorderly women. They were extrava-
CANT patrons of the dry goods stores and as
they always paid their bills and were charged
so per cent above regular prices. were very
much sought for customers. One prOprietress
Of n disorderly house is said to have paid n
certain dry goods house $1,000 n month for
many Years, When she went into enforced
retirement she made one amiable use " her
prestige with the dry goods house-she secured
situations there for three Of the won IN who
had been inmates OF her house.
The hotels OF the Tenderloin have been af-
feeted hy the fat raids Less scrutiny than
ever before II exercised Ivy many Of the hotels
in admitting transient guests. The applica-
tions from that class OF patrons became great
Just about the time all the hotels were suffer-
ing from a ahtinkage o. other patronage
Perhaps the hotel proprietors did not realize
the cause and character of this new patron
age Perhaps they were tired of paying rent
from diminishing bank balances.
The sun., 1894-05-06
A SIBBATH CAMPAIGN.

The Jewish Merchants and Working People
OF the City Urged 20 Keep the sabbath Hoir
The rabbis Of the numerous synagogues OF
this city have formed a plan for q system alto
Sabbath campaign" through which It Is
hoped that all Jewish merchants and work
people may be led to refrain from business
and labor on tho holy day OF Judaism. The
Jewish Sabbath Observance Associat on. which
was recently organized. under the Presidency
OF a distinguished Jewish citizen. has issued
circular explanatory OF its objects and m eth.
DDS. 1t opens with a lamentation over tho
steady decline OF Sabbath observance and
Of attendance at the synaRogues. There
is an enormous proportion OF the Jewish
community with whom sabbath hallow-
Ing has become the exception. Sab.
@ %sn and Women as we'll as people 0WRS WING
are In the full flush Of life avoid, the syna-
eoeSes. many q which are attended mainly
Under this state OF things the existence OF
Judaism in the United states is. endangered:
with folded arms as we have hitherto done.
while the central institution of our faith upon
weaker' while our CHEZ citadel is battered
with rude blows: 70 which. If unchecked. it
1t is the object Of the Jewish Sabbath OBJ
servanee Association to strive TO induce Israel
to s sape,iiy ne the sabbath; The eonGregations
The aid Of the Jewish press must be invoked.
Positions can be secured for those desirous
OF observing tho sacred day; employers with
out distinetion Of faith can be induced to re-
lease their Jewish employees on the Sabbath;
trades and professions in which our core
liGionists are largely represented may be
brought to resolve as bodies to abstain from
business on that day: the Daughters OF Israel
can be banded together to refrain from shop
ping and other forms OF "a bath desecratlon."
The battle is not lost, said the President
OF the association: 1T will assureily be won"
The association does not require it's mem
bers to pay any dues. as IL is supported by vol
untary contributions
The bath campaign has been vigorously
begun In this city, and n number of Jewish
business houses have recently been induced
10 close their doors on the last day OF the
week. The chief obstacle 10 success Is the i'm
poverished condition OF the greater part OF
the jewish working people. many Of whom
every day OF the week. The Jewish psddlers.
also. have learned that Saturday Is the best
day for them. Another obstacle is the wide
prevalence OF unbelief among the Russian
Jewish Immigrants Of recent times. many OF
whom scon at the rabbi and despise the syna-
gogue, while disregarding the Sabbath and
Mosaic law.
The sun., 1894-05-06
Two FAMILIAR CRIES.

Move the Boat" Heard at the KIshias
Banks, and -strsteh,' Ht the Polo Grsa.as.
There are two cries familiar to many New
Workers that are perhaps peculiar to this
neighborhood; one is Move the boAtP and
the other is "Stretch" Move the boat" is
heard on the steamers that 40 to the fishing
banks The pilots OF these boats make every
effort to put them where the hsh are. and they
are prompt to move when they think they will
fnd better fishing at another spot for II is In
every way to their interest 70 please their pas
biting very well the passengers come 10
does doe tast they peould do better .o%S: Ss:
hasn't caught .dsh Tor twenty minutes
looks up from his line. at his next nsighbor
maybe or along the rows Of lines, or looks
ticular Move the boat" IL that voices the
common sentiment others take 1t ,up. and you
the boat !" and pretty soon YOU hear the rattle
OF the chain, the Captain IL getting uD his
anchor and pre- @preseini1 ia me onat a. moves on TO
Stretch Is cry Of the Polo grounds, The
seats there are as comfortable as any wooden
seats can be. but to many persons II 10 a eOo-
fort 70 rise after sitting in wooden seat for
hour or 90 and stand for a moment, ,Of oouIss,
at a continuous performance Ike baseball IL
wouldn't DO for a Psrson 10 rise at hts pis-S-
uIe; he would obstTuct the view OF those be-
NM him perhaps at the moment OF some
system about H. While there are no inter
missions, there are hrlst periods Of time
teams are changing positions In the success
siye innings. IL i In one OF these bTtsf inter-
yais that the stTeten occurs. When the game
pretty sure 70 have pleasant hearty sort Oi a
voice rises and SAYS Stretehr Ills example
y astonishing how much Of relief aud comfort
there 10 In that briei stretch
The sun., 1894-05-06
Works FIrghEv MINUTES DAILr.
A Curiou. Insusiry Pursurd In = sixth
Avenue Niaht R--tnurnnt.

A Curtows Industry Pursurd In = sixth
Avenue Ntnht R--tnurnnt.
A short young man with small twlnkling
eyes and a generally restless manner walk ed
into a we'll known Sixth avenue restaurant at
about . o'clock the other morning. and ap-
preaching a table at which two pale faced
young women eat. sank down into chair be-
side them and started in a conversation. The
young women evidently knew him. as did
almost every one else in the restaurant. for he
was saluted from all sides as "Mockey."
Just watch that young man." said the
cashier to a SuN reporter Hes the brother
Of a police Captain OF this city. lie never
works save for about fifteen minutes each
night. and In that short space OF time he max es
enough to last him for the next day"
But how does he do 2" inquired the re-
porter.
oh. you Just watch him." returned the
cashier. and you'll see something you prob
ably never saw before"
The reporter watched. and presently saw the
young man take OF his hat remove the lining
which was OF still cardboard. and take two
email package. wrapped in tinfoil from un-
with whom he had been talking and one Of
them handed him back a bill and come silver.
back In his hat hem" he made % fsW f oily e remarEs marks
to the girls. then got W and walked away.
FROM taDio TO thDle ne went ana AZ eAcn one
he sat down and went through the same per-
evidently In great demand. Most of them
were about cubic inch iD size. although some
we're larger. These latter were evidently
special orders. for the young man got rid OF
them all In about FIVE minutes After making
n tour OF the room he walked up to the cash
one. giving a sigh Of relief as he Inhaled the
smoke. and then walked out.
Now" snid the cashier. as the young man
disappeared, I'll bet thousand to one that
you cannot guess what was in those packages"
The reporter allowed that 1t was too much
for him. and the cashier Continued:
Why 1t was opium. That man is making
tunate women who are so numerous around
this precinct. He doesn't dare accost
them on the street. as almost every policeman
knows him and his business. lie is an opium
nend himself. and has regular trade. don't
know where he gets tins dope, but he gets Il
here to get bite before going home. He car
ries IL in the lining OF his hat as you probably
noticed. and sells twenty or thirty boxes a
night IL comes high. but these unfortun ates
would die without 1t. and. as it il not easy
to procure nowadays. SINCE all OF the Joints
him. They don't all smoke by any means,
Of pills. but most OF them have their private
layouts In their homes and enjoy 1t the same
way laboring man enjoys his ripe. This
man nockoy' will get caught selling the stun
some day and that'll I'm ish him. It's new in
dustry. and as far as know Mockey' has all
him here. every night and replenish their
stock Of dore.' He's great card. that fellow.
and it's q wonder to me that some fiy detso-
tive has not collared him before this"
The sun., 1894-05-06
a NEW TRADE Fos AMERICANS.
Boys at WiniAmSbrIdgs are Learning TO
Weave GobsIin TAprstry.

Boys at WiInAmsbridEs are Learning to
Weave GobsIin TaBrstEy.
Four American bows are learning the art OF
making Gobelin tapestry at the William sbridge
factory. They are perhaps the first Americans
to learn the art. and certainly they are the first
to practise it in their native land. The boys
were taken at the age of ). some and possibly
all from an orphan asylum. and properly
Appren ntieed TO the trade. They have already
shown considerable aptitude. aud the first
piece OF work turned out by an apprentice was
sold not long siuce. Tho boJs first learn plaln
weaving. Then they are taught 70 do simple
figures In single color After that the more
dinicult art OF weaving in several eOlors 10
gradually learned. tits believed that "A lad OF
fair gifts may become sufficiently skilled in
five years TO do commercial work OF consider
able value. After that the whole field OF
tapestry weaving is open to him. and
he may spend lifetime In improving
his work The apprentice receives low wages
for the ret two or three years, hut as soon as
his work comes 10 have commercial value his
pay Is Increased.
The sun., 1894-05-06
Na Rest for Tai. Hu.baua.

Foa th~ Chic1g7 DI,iy Ilisr-0so1A.
C)RDELE, Ga. April 25 Francis c. Marvin q
farmer OF Nebraska, today secured the ap-
pToperty Of the iafe Dr' George w. Marvin,
who. he claims, was his father, The amount
at stake Is SeoO.NNh IT. Marvin. With his
years ago apd Invested all their money here
about. DR.. Marvin was elected Mayor a year
ago. but died few days later Then Il was
that his widow refused TO let the body 10
buried. she had II smbalmed and hNed gith
electrical appuances 30 that II would rise IN
aud greet her az she entered the parlor. The
work cost her Slu.OOu Most OF her time sho
hPent si ting by the dead body. fWo months
marrying Cashier Biyans OF the Cordes Bans
The Appearance Of the Nebraska son is for tho
purpose Of securing his iatheE's fortune
The sun., 1894-05-06
LIFE TENURE IN OFFICE.
A Few sues Places Exi.t Undsr the New
York City Governm-at.

wv
Though there are suppos sdly no life tenures
outside OF tho army. the navy. or the judiciary.
either in the Federal service OF tho United
States or OF any OF the States. there are several
such positions under the Government OF the
cty OF New YORK. and several OF these are
found In the Police Department. the Office OF
Superintendent and the places OF the four
Inspectors among them. These officials
cannot be removed except on charges. and
enjoy so many exemptions In this regard as to
be virtually shielded from the possibility OF re-
moval. except by act OF the Legislature. The
chief clerk Of the Police Department. too. is
virtually holding . life position. as he has been
In offlce since 1884 and is veteran OF the war
The same regulation which shields the Su-
perintendent OF Police from arbitrary moval
except through Legislative interterence. pro-
!sss nngh vbS ss CHIEF o the rs D
Sept Is iT,s period ,l e. nearly % twsnty.hin
hold office practically for life. and another po-
sition which Is carefully protected by usage
and by statutes is that Of the Clerk OF the Court
WORT. who had been deputy clerk for eleven
years previous; was promoted to the main
SoSn SPARKS aaR IL is7f Mr. sparks s SiS died in &
many Han leader e. The siItssntS t, district; ,
discussed and in 1855 and again in iHss il
70 %am.p
INSPECTOR, for the office Of shsrlff Nothing.
resiR ming his place on the force would lose his
grade and would be. unless he resigned In
AdVance-such was the law at that time-inel-
igible TO the ONCE when chosen. Thus police
officiAl who desired to become a sheriff and
who 100 days before election had resigned his
position in the denartmsnt would, II defeated
have found himself without either office de-
fested for one, resigned from the other. This
year again there has been some talk among
politicians OF Inspector Williams for Sheriff on
tine Republican ticket. but IL is spring politics
only-there IL nothing in Il,
Outside OF the Police and Fire departments
there are four officials who hold what are
practically life nOsition Board OF Asses
sors. These officials are appointed Uy the
three Commissioner OF Taxes and Assess
ments. hut the law governing their removal is
somewhat vague and for ten years there havs
been no changes in the Board except by rcslg-
nation. One trouble which politicians md
about life tenures. so called. is that the hold
ers. being shielded from removal and secure
in their positions. do not have their pay raised.
Accordingly. life tenure O1ices are nor. as "a
rule. lucrative. A nited States Circuit Court
Judge gets $1,000 year. whereas Judge OF
the City Court gets slOOOO Men holding life
offices either under the Federal OF the city Gov
eminent are not usually candidates for pro-
notion and the influence Ihey are able 10
WELD is usually small. Il Is a very fair guess
that no employee OF the Police or Fire Deuart-
menr. except. possibly. q Com missioner OF one
or the other. will he on the ticket OF either
party at this years election in New York
The sun., 1894-05-06

ere unknown quantities that the bookmskers
fear. The bo9kiss haye pretty good line on
they have wholesome fear OF hog Killings,
and are yerY wary when horse that has been
IN the stable for m onths is Suddenly entered
in race The bookmaksrs are superHttious,
too. and signs that mean nothing to the ordl-
who chalk up the odds But taking the fra
ternity as a whole they haven't the slightest
fear OF systema. no matter how intricate they
are, although they are all willing TO acknovi-
edge that some NJ the systems that have been
devised are truly wonderful from m alternate
cal standpoint and are deserving Of som met hing
better than absolute failure.
The sun., 1894-05-06
FIRES NOR ALLonKD 40 pELAE

How the Gable Cars Get Past the Ossa-
-IOaai LIHe- OF Hose ia BrOadWaI.
Whenever there is a FIRE on or near Broad
way the Houston street power house Of the
cable road is notified. aud the red wagon goes
elAttsring up to the scene OF tToube. making
AS much noise as water tower. The men on
the red wagon usually hnd cattle blockade
when they arrive. terause the hTemen have
hal o las their hose across the street. That
Is why the rcd WAGON came.
The men take out tall iron stanchiOns from
the wagon and sst them up on each side OF the
car trgckA They stand in the shape Of au in
Verte y. With pullSy at the apex Ropes
are passed Around the heavy hose. ani these
are then liftel by means Of the pulley nigh
enough Above the tracks 70 allow the cable cara
70 DAss along underneath.
The sun., 1894-05-06

fFuni o. = thintFn tNits A9tsi-cFHa
J,rKsnS. Mich April 25.-Conyict Ripley was
to-day released from prison. haying served
twenty-hvo-yeaF senteacs TO- assault Rip,eg
made tul gO1d time ana MAS lnsIie the Walls
a atrife under nineteen years Hs hAd never
soon "A telephone. electric ear; nor brick pave
meut untfl hs came out. The city. he said,
ssa1ied ike fairyland a. him. and the actions
III paople moving about the streets we're llAs
unto a picnic when be Was a boz Hs had
spend as a bOy spsnds dollar At Christmas
He is 40 Years old
The sun., 1894-05-06
Base IagrAsiiuus.

fFaal ~ q a LiI. AsF Ttsl.
Capt Burke pitched hts tent on our lack Tah-
bit ranch above Line creek aud feazted his
fastidlous palate all winter on cotton tai aud
Jack rabbits. and. TO show his ingratitude TO
us. reported our mines ~ BE- eOl0ssAl iAkss
gRd no good
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-23
TRIED TO Be RsVeNGEO.
Diabolical Attempt of Patrick Riley to Do
Wholesale Murder.

NEW YORK, Oct. pa desperate at
tempt was made to blow up a shanty about
a mile from the village of New Rochelle
and near Glen Island. Had the plot sue
ceeded it is probable that about 100
Italians, who were In the place, would
have been killed and great damage would
have resulted to adjoining property. The
Italians and the Irishmen employed on
the new sewer near Glen Island have had
frequent encounters owing to race preju-
dice. Patrick Riley, "a years old swore
that he would be revenged for some wrong
he said the Italians had done him.
Riley got the key 20 the toolbox, and
after all the other workmcn had gone
home he went to the box and took out nine
dynamite cartridges, the dynamite bat
terry, and all the wires used in blasting
Riley, who is an expert dynamiter, put
the cartridges under different parts of the
shanty, ran the wire along the ground to
the battery, and was about To explode the
cartridges when he was discovered by n
night watchman. When the Italians in
the house learned that Riley had attempted
to blow them up it was with difficulty that
they We're restrained from killing him.
He was held without bail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-23

WASHINGTON, Oct 23.-Secretary Smith
and Attorney General Hall. of the interior
department, heard arguments in an impor-
tant case, involving title to a small tract
of land in the Lake Superior iron country,
near Duluth. MINI. The land is consid.
cred very valuable. some estimates plac
ing it at sl.000.t00. Several months ago
the secretary decided the case, and the
argument was for a review of that decision
The point is whether the location of Sioux
half breed scrip was valid. Rival iron
companies in Minnesota are the chief con-
testants, as one or the other will ulti
mately secure the land in dispute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-23
Attempted Train Wreckinc.

SAG BRIDGE, Ills, Oct. % An at
tempt was made TO wreck the late train
on the Alton road two miles east of here
Fortunately the attempt was a failure for
there were about 800 passengers on board.
The train was that known as the theater
train that leaves Chicago at II o'clock
every saturday night. When about two
miles east of mere the engine crashed into
some ties which had been placed along the
track just inside the rails The engine 5
pilot struck them in such n waY that they
were thrown of the track. 1t is believed
by some tine obstruction was placed on the
track by tramps
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-10-23
Three Men Terribly scalded.

baker at 2347 South Canal street, Harry
Beustman, his 12-year-Old son, and Law
renee Walters, an employe. We're so seri-
Ously scalded that physicians said there
was little hope for the recovery of any of
them and that Simon Beutsman and Wal
tiers could not survive. The accident was
caused by the explosion of a small boiler
in Beustmans bakery. The three men
were working close to it at the time, and
before they could get out of the basement
they were enveloped in steam and
drenched with streams of boiling water
which poured out Of the broken pipes.