The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-05-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
M. j. Foster was inaugurated COVER
nor of Louisiana Monday.

M. j. Foster was inaugurated COVER
nor Of Louisiana Monday.
The house has passed the bill to al
low the bottling of distilled spirits in
bond.
1t is said at Washington that the
president will veto the river and har
Dor bill.
Senator Voorhees, will retire from
public life Mt the expiration of this
present term.
An agreement has been reached for
the sale of Pittsburgh Landing to the
government as n part of the Shiloh
National Park.
The house of representatives is ex-
pected to devote its time this week to
the consideration of conference reports
on appropriation bills
The supreme court of the United |
States has decided that the Georgia law
prohibiting the running of freight
trains on Sunday is valid
1t is said that the silver men in con-
gress will take position against adj
journment until after the conventions
announce their financial policies.
BY vote of 6 yeas to Al nays the
senate refused to take up the inyesti
CATION of alleged irregularities in the
election for governor in Alabama.
Jere South, a wealthy land owner of
Breathitt county, was shot and killed
in a general fight between members of
a fishing party on Kentucky river.
1t is said that the non-partisan COM
mercial tariff convention, to be held at
Detroit June ?, will be much larger
gathering than was at first expected.
The large Markham house at Atlanta,
Ga, was destroyed by fire Sunday
night. At midnight other buildings
were burning, and the loss will proba-
| bly, reach 100000.
Ex-Congressman B. A. Enloe, of
Tennessee, has publicly declared that
he will join the independent free silver
movement if the national democratic
convention declares for sound money.
A new insect pest is playing havoc
with the wheat crop in Spain. 1t is
said that the crop will be a total loss.
Much suffering is in store for the poor,
unless rain comes tosave wine and fruit
crops.
Gov. Mckinley now has 557 instruct
ed votes for the presidential nomina-
ton. The other candidates have /:
Reed, 80; Morton, 60; Quay, Sc; Brad
ley, IS; Cullom, 70; Allison, Al doubt
full, II,
Gen. T. c.. Catchings has been re-
nominated for congress by the demo-
Gratis of the Third Mississippi district
, Judge Langino, his opponent, refused
to accept the nomination from boiling
faction.
According to statistics prepared by
the geological survey, the entire out
put of coal mines in the United States
during the calendar year 1895 was
III, 1904, TAG long tons, having a total
, value at the mines of $197, 572, AT
e According to Gov. Stone, Senator
, Vest will not make any speeches in
Kentucky as had been reported. Gov.
< Stone also says that Mr.. Bland is not a
6 candidate for the presidency and has
asked his friends to discontinue their
efforts in his behalf.
In answer to letter from Capt, Silas
: f. Miller, Senator John Sherman, OF
Ohio, expresses the belief that the
. national republican convention will de-
clare for sound money and gold stand
ard, and that such platform will be in
line with McKinley's convention.
; A fuller account of the course pur.
u sued by Consul General Williams il
i the Competitor case shows that Weylel
: was at first disposed to override his
Q protest. The Consul General then in
q formed him that if the prisoners were
! shot he had instructions to close his
J consulate and demand his passports.
Rev. Peter Vinegar, the Lexington
colored preacher whose lecture, entitled
"a Damned Hot Day." has made hin
~ more or less famous, announces i'll the
i Argonaut some new subjects for com
: ing sermons. Among them are
Thirteen Men Coming Down the Dir
: Road" death in the Pot, "Hell il
Lexington" and "Watch that Snake.
Col. A. S. Bangs, of Augusta, Me-,
y said in an interview that if Mr.. Reed is
IS defeated for the presidential nomina
ton he will retire from politics and e
to New York to practice law. There is
l. suggestion, however, between the
r lines Of interview that Mr.. Reed may
Is be going to New York to establish {
l. residence in doubtful" state, where
he will have better chance for the
O. nomination at some future time.