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SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Established Duriu
the Past Week.

The New Industries Established During
the Past Week.
At southern trade centers, business,
as reported by correspondents, shows
healthy increase, with indications
favorable for still greater improve
ment when the spring season opens.
While this is the waiting season"
the demand for iron continues good
and the furnaces are we'll stocked with
orders. While the consumption of
pig iron is gaining, the production at
present somewhat exceeds the de-
mand, though not enough to cause
prices to decline. The demand for
finished products and car material is
especially heavy.
The southern lumber market is
firm, the mills are all busy and prices
ere advancing. An encouraging feat
ure OF the trade is the increased de-
mand for common grades of lumber,
for which there has heretofore been
practically no market.
Business at the coal mines continues
active and the textile mills report q
good sale for their products.
Among the most prominent new in
dustries reported for the week are the
following:
The Rose Manufacturing Co., CAPT.
tai $50, 900, Dallas, Tex; brick works
at Natchez, Miss, and brick and tile
works at st. Augustine, Fla; a S25,.
600 brewery at Louisville, Ky; the
Oak Hill Roller FIGURING Mill, capital
$40, 900, at Greensboro, N. c., and
other Touring mills at Green Forest
and Pedlo, Ark, High Point, N. c.,
and Gibbs, Tenn; glass works at
Morgantown, w. Va. the Georgetown
Ice Co., capital $40, 900, at George
town, Tex, and two ice factories at
Rocky Mount, N. g. The Kellett-
Chatham Machinery Co., Capital
$50, 900, has been chartered at
Waco, Tex; the Gilreath Coal and
Iron Co., capital, $25, 900, at Birming-
ham, Ala; the Cooper River Gold
Mining and Prospecting Co., at Fort
Worth, Tex, and the Alpha Mining
Co., capital, 500, 900, at Rockford, N.
G. The Helena Box Factory, capital,
$50, 900, has been incorporated at
Helena, Ark. the Velasco Box Fac
tory, capital, $40, 000,a at Velasco, Tex. ;
the Brooks Lumber Co., capital, 800, :
600, at Bath, s. c., and the Licking
ton Lumber and Manufacturing Co.,
capital, $4,000, at Lexington, Ky.
Saw mills will be erected at Clutts-
vile and Jemison, Ala, and at Hale,
Miss-Tradesman Chattanooga, Tenn. J
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COMMERCIAL CONGRESS
Assemblies In Tampa, Fla, and Proceeds
to Business.

Assemblies In Tampa, Fla, and Proceed
to Business.
The business session of the East
and West Congress was called to
order at Tampa, Fla, Wednesday
morning in the congress hall, by
President Smith, and he announced
the completed committees on creden-
tials aud resolutions.
Hon. j. NJ. Lowe, Of Kansas City,
closed the morning session with a
very able paper on the transportation
interests of the south and west, and
said the best news he could bring was
that the day he left Kansas City he
saw car loads Of western packing house
products leave for Liverpool via gulf
port, and that he hoped that thous.
ands would follow soon, instead OF
going thousands of miles out of the
way, as they have before, to find a
port.
Among the questions discussed at
the afternoon session was the pooling
bill, which is before congress just
now.
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LIFE SEN1ESCE FOR LULTGERT.
'"usaEemakcr Laughed When He Heard
the Verdict Read

'""s"semnkcr Laughed When He Heard
the Verdict Read.
a chicago special says: Adolph L.
Luetgert was convicted of the murde or
Oh his wife Wednesday night and sen.
fenced to imprisonment for the term
OF his natural life. Luetgert received
The verdict with laugh. 1t was 1880
p. IN. when the word was sent 10 the
co lrtroom by the jury that thew had
agreed upon a verdict and were wait.
ng to bring it into court.
Judge Gary, whose home is within
few blocks of the criminal oourt
building, informed the jury as IL
passed out that he would wait their
pleasure, and at any time during the
night that they agreed upon a verdict
he would return to the court room to
receive it in order that the long i'm
prisonment which the members of the
Jury have undergone might be termin.
ated at as early moment as possible.
Quickly as possible after the iury
bad sent word of an agreement, Judge
Gary fastened to the courtroom.
The news of O verdict had snread
Ike lightning to the streets and in a
few minutes the courtroom was iammed
with newspaper men, policemen, wit
nesses who had given evidence in the
trial and curious spectators.
When the Judge called for the yer.
dict Clerk Knopf stepped forward,
took the paper and then read with a
tremor of excitement in his voice:
eve, the jury, find the defendant
guilty as charged in the Indictment
aud fix his punishment at imprison-
ment for life."
There was hush and all eyes we're
turned on Luetgert to see how he
would take it. He laughed, and laugh
ed in a manner that showed plainly
that he did not think the verdict a Sc
rious matter, comparatively speaking.
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WILSON VISITS FLORIDA.

HAD NJ the Agricultural Department
Discourses About Tobacco
Secretary Wilson, accompanied py
DR., J. L. III. Curry, arrived at JACK
sonville Tuesday morning from wash
inoton, and was met at the station oy
a committee Of prominent citizens.
He was escorted to the ST. James
hotel where an opportunity was al
forded during the morning ior MN "
converse with leading tobacco sugar y
csne and vegetable growers, getting
inst the information desired,
The secretary expressed himself en-,
tbusisstically over the possibliities. &C., Oh
Florida grown tobacco .a a,.ngn 'n'
place Of Cuban and suwatra grown
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REVISION OF GAME LAWS
The Object OF . Meeting In Chicago o
Delegates From Many States.

The Object Of o Meeting In Chicago of
Delegates From Many States.
Game wardens, legislators, lawyers
and others interested in the preserva-
ton of game assembled in convention
at Chicago Monday to consider uni
form game laws in the connecting
states of the northwest.
The convention is the first of the
kind ever held, and the idea originated
in the Wisconsin legislature last win
ter.
The result of the convention will be
reported to the legislatures Of the
states represented, and efforts will be
made to pass laws in accordance with
the conventions findings.
SEEMING in the great lakes will be
one Of the principal subjects discussed.
Many of the delegates favor absolute
prohibition of all game shooting in
spring and winter, the breeding sea.
son.
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MORMONS ARE WARNED.
Citizens OF Tampa and other Towns OBJ
ject to Their Presence.

Citizens OF Tampa and other Towns OBJ.
ject to Their Presence.
A special from Tampa, Fla, says:
This section OF the state is alive over
the advent OF q number of Mormon
elders, and the people in the different
towns have openly expressed their in.
tention Of driving the Utah proselyters
from their midst.
Already from some small country
settlements trouble has arisen over the
work Of the Mormons and in two cases
the preachers were driven out Of the
place under threats OF whipping IL
they remained. There are q number
in Tampa. The people are somewhat
excited over their doings and are
watching them closely.
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ALIENS NECK SAVED.
Governor Atkinson Commutes His Sem
tence to Life Imprisonment.

Governor Atkinson Commutes His Sem
tence to Life imprisonment.
A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga, says:
Governor Atkinson Wednesday COM
muted the sentence of Tom Allen, the
Bibb county murderer, to life impris-
onment.
The grounds for executive clemency
set forth in the order were many and
the paper was one Of the largest and
most interesting which has ever eme-
mated from the governor in similar
case.
1t recited the fact that 5000 OF the
best people of Bib, Jones and Mon
roe counties appealed in his behalf,
that church congregations requested
il by formal resolution and that MIN
listers, court officials and men in every
rank Joined in asking that the death
sentence be committed. In fact, the
petition was the strongest ever pre-
scented to the executive.
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COSTLY BLAZES|M Savannah
HANDSOME CHURCH EDIFICE AND
WAREHOUSE IN RUINS.
LOSSES WILL AGGREGATE $55O,OOO.
Origin of Cathedral Fire . Mystery, But
Warehouse Fire Attributed to
Work OF Incendiaries.

At Savannah, Ga, Sunday night,
fire destroyed the magnificent cathed-
raj Of st. John the Baptist, the head
seat OF the Catholic church in the state
OF Georgia. The conAagration was
pitiable in its magnifcence.
A street car motorman discovered
that fire was breaking out through the
front of the building shortly before II
o'clock, but the alarm brought only
q couple Of hose wagons. When these
arrived the fire had spread over the
roof and into the tall spires of the
church and the work OF destruction
was nearing completion.
Nearly all the fire engines in the
city were at another fire on Bay
street, coupled to fire plugs and
pumping on the blaze there. The
consequence was that it was nearly
an hour before an engine arrived to
turn q stream on the valuable prop.
erty that was fast going to waste and
on other property around that needed
protection.
The cathedral cost about 1926, 900
and was insured for $50, 900.
The convent of st. Vincent de Paul,
adjoining the cathedral, was saved
because Of the fact the wind was blow.
ing in the opposite direction.
The cathedral was one of the finest
ecclesiastical structures in south. Two
years ago twin spires were built ut
cost OF $4,000 The cathedral con-
tanned many works Of art, all Of which
were saved
When the cathedral fire was discov-
cred the big end of the fire department
was fighting conflagration which
started in warehouse on the warf at
the foot of Jefferson street. The
warehouse was filed with hay, there
being 1000 bales, and there were six
cars standing on sidetrack right at
hand, all loaded with hay. The fire
was discovered at 7 O'Clock and de-
stroyed 1925, 900 worth of property be-
fore it was extinguished.
The fire communicated itself to
several brick buildings on Bay street,
which were only twenty feet away,
and three Of them were entirely gutted.
The heaviest loss was that of Charles
A. Conklin & Co., of Atlanta, who
carried 100000 stock of hardware
in a brick building at Montgomery and
Williamson streets.
Conklin & Co. carried about S76, 900
insurance.
Captain John Flannery lost two
brick building, valued at $4,000; no
insurance.
Herman Meyers lost building used
as the stable Of the Savannah Grocery
Company, valued at $4,000; fully in.
sured.
Six freight cars loaded with hay
were entirely destroyed, most of them
belonging to the Georgia and Alabama
railroad. This loss was about "a, 900.
The hay and wharf were insured, but
the amounts are not known.
The loss of Dixon, Mitchell & Co.
on lumber was about 81, 900, partially
covered by insurance.
Two other brick buildings were
damaged to the extent Of about 81, 600,
fully insured.
There seemst to be no question but
that the fire was of incendiary origin.
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A0VrlSE MATTERS IN HOUSE.

mary Academy Appropriation
n, Aea'ure Goes Through.
SadsnIn mouse passed the military
Htb w appropriation bill Monday
ksnt 0nIy one unimportant amend.
kr d., Inc debate on the measure
bolitiss,u and touched variety OF
|sniss . .epics. As passed the bill
A,n tbs s,oo, o4o, being $26,302 less
spt law amount carried by the cur.
tue ts,, was passed to ratify the act
aiho,;s;r ritorial legislature Of Arizona
eildins rne erection OF o capitol
ey 5S,;,Wit without further preiimi-
Poepjtt..' the house went into
'e OF the whole.
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BUTLER OBJECTED.
North Carolina Senator Has . Nomina-
tion Held Up.

North Carolina Senator Has Nomina-
tion Held Up.
Senator Butler, Of North Carolina,
went before the senate committee
on the Judiciary Monday with a re.
quest for the postponement OF final
consideration Of the nomination OF
Hon. Hamilton G. Ewart to be judge
OF the western district OF that state
until he could have opportunity for
the formulation OF charges he will
make against Mr.. Ewart.
He did not make known the charac.
ter of the charges beyond stating that
Mr.. Ewart was not Of judicial temper.
ament md that he was not a lawyer OF
sufficient standing to entitle him 20
the distinction sought to be conferred
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CUBAN DEBATE OPENED.
Messrs. Mason and Cannon Mako Strong
Speeches In the Senate.

Speeches In the Senate.
In anticipation of speeches to be de-
livered in the senate, Wednesday, on
the relations Of the United States and
Spain, concerning the Cuban war, the
galleries were crowded at an early
hour. Indeed the public galleries
were filled before the senate convened
The resolution offered by Mr.. Can.
non, Of Utah, Tuesday, urging the
president to notify Spain that II IL fail
to recognize the independence Of Cuba
before March next, this government
would then recognize the belligerent
right of the Cubans and ninety days
thereafter assert the independence OF
the Cuban republic, was then laid be.
fore the senate and Mr.. Cannon re.
cognized to speak upon the resolution.
He did not, he said, desire to reflect
unnecessarily upon the policy Of the
president; but there was q phase OF
the question, in the opinion OF Mr..
Cannon, raised by the newspaper arti.
Gle to which he had referred, which
ought to be considered. By what
authority, he asked, did any public
journal assert that nothing moro sub
stantial and effective than talk would
result from the discussion Of the Cuban
question in congress?
HAS some concerted plan been
arranged" he asked, ''by the carrying
into effect Of which the will Of the
people Of this country is to be IN.
dOne?"
"I want to say" said Mr.. Cannon,
chat something more harmful than
talk will result from the discussion Of
the Cuban question by congress.
Mr.. Hale addressed the senate brief
ly in defense OF the administration
policy.
Mr.. Mason, Illinois, followed Mr..
Hale. He denied the assertion Of
Mr. Hale that this was an attempt to
put the administration in leading
strings. Mr.. Mason declared that
many people had gone from this coun-
try to Cuba, but added that the mes
sage of the administration had shown
that millions and millions had been
spent by this government to prevent
money and munitions going to the
patriots, while not q dollar had been
spent to prevent the shipment Of un-
limited arms to the Spaniards to MUIR
der innocent women and children.
This was greeted with cheers in the
galleries.
Mr.. Mason read some letters show
ing the condition of the starving
women and children in Cuba, and said
that while he was talking the bucket
shops and stock exchanges were send
ing him insulting kilograms telling
him to consider the effect Of his course
upon the price of pork and other pro-
ducts in his own state.
"While women and children are
starving" he cried, IT will not be
governed by the price Of pork in Illi-
nois."
Referring to the duty OF the United
States, Senator Mason said:
"This government ought to main
tain that the horrible massacres, which
are now too common in the island OF
Cuba and conducted under the guise
of warfare, must be stopped.
1--WE do not want the island, but IL
necessary to save the women and chill
dren Of the island, let us, for Gods
sake, buy them"
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A Denial From De LONE.

knowledge that letter was public,
claimed to have been written by Min.
lister Dupuy de LONE, in which the
president was criticised was current
in Washington Tuesday night. When
acquainted with this fact the Spanish
minister declared IL such letter was
in existence it was pure fabrication
without an iota OF truth in it.
Among congressman and diplomats
IL was considered probable that should
the letter be proven authentic 1t would
result in change Of ministers.
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BATTLESHIPs IN A BAD WAY.

Series OF Accidents to Several Vessels Of
North Atlantic sqadron.
In a letter which was received Sat-
urday by o we'll known Boston man
from one OF the officers Of the cruiser
New York are recited some startling
facts about series OF accidents which
are said to have befallen several of the
warships forming a part Of the North
Atlantic squadron.
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TO PAY K. p. MORTGAGE.
Secretary Of Treasury Issues . Warrant
For the Necessary Funds.

Secretary Of Treasury Issues . Warrant
For the Necessary runds.
Secretary Gage issued warrant
Wednesday in favor Of the treasurer
Of the United States for $7,516, 266. ID.
TO be used for the payment Of first
mortgages on the eastern and middle
divisions of the Kansas Pacific.
This action has been taken in &C.
cordance with the directions Of the
president and In anticipation Of the
favorable decision Of Judge Esnborn,
OF st. Louis, on the governments
motion to be fled and argued next
Saturday, for authority to redeem the
first mortgages and also 10 . post
ponement Of the sale AZ Cd for Febru.
AIRY 10th.
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QUARANTINE MEN MEET.

pIstinguished Citizens of the Country
Gather in Mobile.
The south Atlantic and gulf states
quarantine convention met in Mobile,
Ala, Wednesday with an attendance
of about three hundred, representing
the medical, sanitary, scientific, trans
nortation, commercial aud admins
tratiye interests Of the country.
Most Of the delegates were from the
southern states described in the title
Of the convention, but there were o
large number Of delegates and mem
bers from other states.
Several distinguished men are pres
ent from Chicago, st. Louis and New
York.
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MOONSHINERS ON WAR PATH.

They Threaten to Cause Trouble In an
Arkansss County.
A dispatch from Little Rock states
that an uprising of moonshiners Is
threatened in the mountain distaict OF
Cleburne county, Ark, and the United
States authorities have been applied to
for assistance to protect the law-abid-
ing citizens Of the locality.
The trouble is caused by lawless
element whose chief occupation is the
unlawful manufacture Of whisky, and
was brought about by raid made last
week by deputy United States mar
shals.
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THE GALLOwS FOR GAFFORD.
Murderer Of barlow Lloyd. the Alabama
Author, 10 Convicted.

Author, 10 Convicted.
A special dispatch from Greenville,
Ala, says: After nearly four days
deliberation the jury in the case of
John A. Gafford, tried for the murder
Of Barlow Lloyd, the we'll known
southern writer, returned a verdict at
l:45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon Of
guilty and fixed the punishment at
death. The verdict was received with
the plsudits Of the citizens, and coolly
by the defendant.
From the first there has been no
differences among the jurors as to the
guilt Of the defendant, and the only
point in contention was the punish
ment. Three Of the jurors at first
favored fixing the punishment at life
and the others favored
death.
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COUNCILMEN JAILED.

They Dehed Judge Travin by Refusal to
Obey His Orders.
A Cincinnati special says: The seven
members Of the Covington city coun-
Gil, who have been deiying Circuit
Judge Travin the past week, compell-
ing him by their refusal to obey his
orders to refurnish the Kenton county
courthouse at Covington, to remove
his court to Independence, were SEN
fenced TO Jail by Judge Travin.
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To Improve the YazoO River.

The secretary Of war has approved
the project Of the army engineers for
the improvement Of the mouth of the
Yazoo river near Vicksburg, and it is
expected work upon II will begin
shortly.
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BIG BLAZE IN ATLANTIC CITY.
Fire Destroys Half Block Entailing a
Loss of $4,000.

A fire which originated in the
Academy Of Music at Atlantic City,
N. j., Monday morning destroyed q
half block Of buildings, entailing
loss Of about $65, 900 before being got
under control.
Owing to the fact that the property
destroyed was all beach front build
ings, there is very little insurance, the
insurance companies refusing to take
their risks except at very high rates.
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ATTEMPT At INTIMIDATION.
Judge Presiding In Martin Trial receives
Threatening Letter

Threatening Letter
Before the trial Of Sheriff Martin
and his deputies was resumed az
W;lkesbarre, Pa, Tuesday Judge
woodward stated that he had received
an anonymous letter stating that II ne '
did not do certain things something
would happen, and threat was made,
The judge said; This man NV, VINO :
wrote this will probably hear ', what at l
have to say, and want to tell mn IN
that he is a scoundrel and a coward,
and that no such dishonorable means
will in any way effect my judgment
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
A SLICE OF LONDON, SHOWING THE NEW ELECTRICAL SUBWAY WHICH
BEING BUILT LARGELY BY AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.

peat. Peat forms the fuel of the town, and
1t comes from the bog on the top Of the hill.
at the foot Of which Port Stanley lies. Ev-
cry one here can get his own fuel for the
digging, and nearly every householder in
Port Stanley goes to the moor and chops out
his own peat blocks for the winter.
Some Of the houses are quite pretentious.
The manager Of the Falklands company has
a house containing a dozen rooms, and the
cottages of the governor cover perhaps one
quarter OF an acre of ground, all OF his rooms
being on the ground floor. There are three
churches, one OF which is called the cathe-
dral. This Is presided over by the bishop Of
the Falklands. Another church Is Roman
Catholic and a third is a Baptist. There are
two hotels or public houses where you can
get a bed or q drink. If you want the lat
ter you may have good Scotch whisky for 6
cents a glass and Bass ale for 4 cents. There
Is a butcher shop which sells delicious NUT
ton at 4 cents a pound and fairly good beef
for 8 cents a pound, so you see the neces-
stiles of life are cheap.
Port Stanley has a postofice at which the
monthly newspaper mail averages five
pounds per family. 1t has a postal savings
bank. in which the deposits now amount to
$3.50, 900. There are only 1000 people In the
Falklands and the depositors in the postal
savings bank number $50. The town has a
governor appointed by the queen of Eng
land, who gets a salary Of $4,000 a year. II
has other officials whose salaries foot up
$50. 900 annually. 1t has an American con-
sui, q Kentuckian named Miller. who seems
to be hand and glove with the governor and
who is trying hard to earn his salary on
these far away islands, where there Is no
American trade and where there are not a
dozen vessels in a century. The consulate
is a little cottage Of three rooms and a
lean-to, such as could be built for 800 in
the United States. 1t is one of the most
useless consulates in our service and there
Is no earthly reason for its existence except
to give some politician a place. By the
time this letter is published the present
appointee will probably be back home, as an
Iowa man has been chosen to succeed him.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.