The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-12-19
CONDENSED NEWS.

A"U"iiy AhJhOu Wy uy llumltO oApiOoAOA
at Lafayette, Tenn.
Tennessee's tax muddle will be taken
to the courts on mandamus proceedings
against the state controller.
1t is reported that Speaker Reed may
delay the announcement Of his commit
tees for nearly week longer.
The American federation of labor
adopted resolution opposing the use
of street cars for carrying mails.
The movement of cotton into sight
this season is 1888, 977 bales behind the
movement for the same period last year.
Failures for the past week were 1893 in
the United States, as compared with
$40 for the corresponding week Of last
year.
The senate confirmed the nomination
of Rufus W. PeCkham, Of New York,
to be associate justice of the supreme
court.
A bill has been introduced to provide
territorial form Of government for In
dian Territory, under the name Of In
dianola.
A bill granting pension of 5000 q
month to the widow of Walter @.
Gresham was introduced by Senator
Voorhees,.
The Southern railway has made q
rate Of two-thirds of cent mile to the
Atlanta exposition, perhaps the lowest
long distance rate ever given.
The American federation of labor
will file with the president statement
charging SecretaryCarlisle with failure
to enforce the eight-hour law.
The concentration of insurgent forces
in Cuba leads to the belief that the Gu
ban leaders are preparing for pitched
battle with the Spanish troops.
The Jewish cemetery association at
Vicksburg has decided to donate to the
United States a large part of its proper
ty for the Vicksburg military park.
The Western Union and American
Bell Telephone companies each declar-
ed quarterly dividends last week. The
latter company has paid Is per cent.
this year.
Diphtheria is raging in New York,
SS2 cases being officially reported, and
the death rate is twenty-five week.
The use of ti-toxine has been attend
ed with favorable results.
An oil company agent has been con-
victed at Waco, Tex, of violating the
antitrust law of that state by represent
ing an oil company said TO belong to
the Standard Oil company.
A movement has been begun at At.
lanta to organize commercial museum
by the chamber of commerce of Allan
ia and the commercial bodies OF Costa
Rica, Guatemala and Mexico.
, Representative ofMaxim has brought
| to the United States one of Maxim
: latest inventions, gun that is guaran
teed to fire 900 rounds minute. L
weighs only 1877 pounds and can be op
Grated by one man.
: The council of patriotic organizations
in session at Washington adopted 1
platform which, if they can not have i
indorsed by any of the present nationa
: parties, they propose to make the plat
form of new party.
The nomination of Charles B. Simon
ton as United States attorney for tn
Western district of Tennessee has beer
held up by the senate at the request 0
Senator Harris, who said he understoo,
that charges were to be made agains
, Simonton.
A dispatch from prominent Arme
mans of Constantinople to the Associ
, ated Press says that fully 100, 900 Arme
mans have been massacred in the Turk
. ish provinces and that half millio
!, refugees are hiding and starving in th
!, forests and mountains.
+ The republican national conventio
will be held June 10 at st. Louis. Ne
York dropped out ON the first ballot an
Pittsburgh on the fourth. The fifth an
last ballot for determining the plac
for the convention stood: st. Louis q
San Francisco 16, Chicago6.
The senate investigating committe,
which is probing Philadelphia's wiel
edness, is finding it deep, dark an
varied. Vice of all description has bee
!. allowed to flourish with no interferenC
:, by the police and in some cases und,
y their protection, secured by bribery.
!. The finding of bodies of well-know
+. people in the dissecting rooms Of Il
J. . Kansas Medical College at Topel
. caused mob to form with the svowe
intention Of sacking the building. Go
. ernor Morrill, ordered out battery al
j two infantry companies to protect Il
% Ill.