The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-21
CONDENSED NEWS.


rendered the presidency of the Uni.
versitY of Texas and 1t 10 said he has
the matter under consideration.
The Society of French Agrieultur-
lists Ia t week declared for bimetallism,
and urged conference Of nations to
secure the rehabilitation OF silver.
There will be no war between Mexico
and Gautemala. Each has made con.
cessions, and Guatemala has guaran-
teed a fulfllment OF its part OF the
peace agreement
A shortage in A. M. Womble's books,
while deputy in the office OF County
Trustee Craig at Chattanooga, is said
to be the explanation of the killing of
Womble by Craig.
A majority OF the members OF the
House are said to have signed a petit
ton to the Committee on Rules TO re-
port a special order this week for the
Nicaragua canal bill.
Two trainmon were killed and thir.
teen trainmen or passengers injured
by collision between stock aud a
passenger train near Guthrie, Ok.
Seventy head Of stock we're killed.
There was an unoohfrmsd report at
Washington last night that Justice
Howell e. Jackson would resign on &C.
count of i'll health, without waiting for
the passage of the bill permitting him
to retire.
The Democrats in the Alabama Leg.
islature have fulfilled campaign pron.
ises by passing bills providing for
fair contsst OF State elections and
amending the Objectionable features
of the ballot law.
The Senate has inserted in The poet.
office bill an appropriation OF $196, goo
for the fast mail service from Spring
field, Mass, to New Orleans, La. The
amendment for fast mail south from
Cincinnati and Louisville, was defeat.
ed.
The United States cruiser Charles
ton has taken to Chefoo fourteen mis-.
sionaries rescued from unsafe situations
in China The Yorktown has gone to
the south of Shantung province to
safeguard the missionaries in that
field.
A dispatch flom Admiral Carpenter
confirms the reports that the Japanese
are in possession of all the Island forts
at Wei-Hai.Wsi, and that the Chinese
fleet has surrendered. This kives the
great stronghold entirely into the pos
session OF the Japanese.
The Hon. Isaac P. Gray, United
States minister to Mexico, died last
week in the City of Mexico Of pneus
monia. He arrived there Thursday
morning from the United States and
was taken in an unconscious condition
from the train to the American Hospi'
tai, where he died soon after.
The life insurance companies inter.
ested in the case of DR.. George Frakes,
= Of Kansas City, have offered . reward
OF $4,000 for the discovery OF Frakes
within the next six months. II they
don't find him within that time, they
, must pay the policies on his life under
j. the judgments confessed recently.
As the bill to retire Justice Howell
:, e. Jackson is likely to meet with op-
= position from Senator Bate and sever.
= al other Senators, Senator Harris will
make no effort to secure consideration
. for the bill at this session, notwith
standing The fact that the bin wal
favorably reported from the Judiciary
> Committee.
70 The snowfall over the South il un
Il precedented. As far South as Thorn
i asville, Ga, near the Florida line
sleighipg was INDUCED in. Two inches
fell in Northern Florida. The record
has been broken in almost every sec
. ton and in most places the snow ye
% remains on the ground. In the citie
20 street car traffic has been impeded o.
,e suspended
N The Alabama Legislature has don,
y. what Congress attempted to do an,
le failed. A Senate bill providing for ai
n issue of R,ld funding bonds wa
n amende by the House making th,
y bonds payable in "lawful money"
o. having been explained that such bond
could only be sold at high rate Q
interest, the House sacrificed persona
preferences to economy and made th
u u bonds payable in gold.
ie Tae Wilson resolution to substitute
az az per cent. gold bonds for the coin bond
70 already contracted for by the Admir-
ID istration went the way Of its predecer
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