The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-01-14
COndensedNe

There is n point near the famous
Stony Cave, in the CatskiIl Mountains. |
where ice may be found any day in the
year,
In the Indian Territory 44O, 900 acres
Of coal lands are to be sold at auction
md the proceeds divided among the
indians.
The income of the British poatofIlcs
from money in envelopes having no or
insufficient address is $4,000 or $685.
600 per day,
In one Of the streets % Vieuna work
men have dug up part Of the stone
flooring of a Roman house dating from
the third century.
The Minnetonka, built at Cleveland
for seacoast trade, being longer than
the locks in the Welland Canal, was
dry locked at the head Of the st. Law
renee system and cut in two. The rear
half steamed through the canal, while
the forward half was towed.
The number of claims for pensions
filed for injuries in our To-day war
With Spain is now 10000, and at the
present rate there will soon be half as
many claims as there were men in the
war, although but 90, 900 went to Cuba,
aud but two or three regiments to Porte
Rico.
In England, where automatic coup
ling of cars is yet unknown, 1900
railway employees are killed or injured
in ten years in making couplings, al
shown by reports of the board of trade
This Offsets in way the mortality TO
passengers, which is very much smalle
than our railroads.
A rich vein Of gold has been discov
cred on the TennesSee-G Georgia border
near Chattanooga, and the ore is sal
to yield SO, 900 to the ton and to be IN
limited in quantity.
Former Governor Asa S. Bushnell
of Ohio, was stricken with apoplexy {
Columbus and the attending physician
hold out very slight hopes for his n
covery.
Former Governor John Young Brow
died at o o'clock Monday morning
his residence in Henderson, KY, aft
an illness of more than nine weeks
dropsy.
Officials of subsidiary companies
United States Steel Corporation sc
that the wage reductions recently o
dered have been accepted by the me
except in two cases and these beir
satisfactorily adjusted.
President Dinckey, of the Carneg
Steel Company, says that the was
scale submitted to the tonnage me
panst be accepted.
The Mobile lumber firm of Ca
George & Co., has failed, with liabil
ties of 500, 1886 and assets Of $725.
Application has been made for a r
ownership for the Southern Steamsh
Company by minority stockholders.
It is reported that a copper vel
twenty feet wide has been struck
The Magnate mines near Wickes, MOI
lana, owned by James ]. Hill, pres
dent of the Great Northern, and SEN
tor Paris Gibson, of Montana. I'll
claims were supposed to contain ire
ore, but when opened it was found tn
the iron simply capped the copper.
The New York Herald says there
due to the city of New York under Il
franchise tax law $15,OO0,0 900, whiC
represents the accumulation of fl
years. This unpaid tax has been drav
iug interest at per cent. It is b
lieved the corporations are delayir
payment until the total becomes so lar,
that the city will accept compromis
The Mexican Congress has autho
lied the President to extend for an a
ditional term of five years the priv
leges granted in 1898 to individual
and companies investing capital
Jexico Under such concession cal
tai is exempted from federal taxes al
machinery and materials are duty fire
Januaay cold weather records we
broken in New York, Pennsylyani
Maryland and at manp places in NJ
England last week with the thermol
eter ranging at from 10 to Al degre
below zero. Railroad traffic was co
siderably crippled and many oce
steamers stuck fast in the ice at NJ
York. In Ohio it was extremely co
with The thermometer 25 below zero
MANY places,