The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • 4

I THE DAILY AltEllICAN NAM-VILLE FRI DAY MORNING API IL 6' 1883 4 AmimilEMIIMMJ THE INVESTMATION ENDED: LIQUORS lug Mare an alinointment hers on Wed- THE FORTHCOMING BULLETIN ne sday and want to tart tast sl Wednesday CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS evening Am satis-ried that a Tivit to Commissioner larWitteterta Peogrosaive yotsr city could avail nothing and would jug Idea In Regard to Advertising Tennes- tiowprove rather a serious matter to me I hope therefore that yon will kindly reconsider your 1 urkln Ingalls Hunt rt end oo mo to leicerstin Olt reveipt yottr city could avail nothing and would Just nowprove rather a serious matter to me I hope therefore that yon will kindly recousisier your and so notify me by telegram on reeeipt THOS RYAN Co 3IANCFACTURER2 OF The luvestigating Committee Report Corrurt Conversatioo But No Case of Artual Bribery III) WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Fine Carriages Letters from Capt Cook in which He Takes a Sensible View of the Situation Lincoln and Robertson CoBonr- bon and Rye Whiskies Peach ffD Apple Brandy NolCollege St Nashville Tenn achy 4 '1144A 411 1010 itiol'tjtilif 11'41W Will make any style of first-elass Carriages Baronehes or Buggies at a REDUCED PRICE rail and see for yourselves sti- Extra facilities for repairing 4 1 23 5 $0 and 32 South College Streets The Committee Recommend a Committee of Citizens to Whom the Whole Subject of New Engines Be Referred mh15 eodly top-ithp ZiSiht Na4 k)mtvican request of this: or if the committee still desire to see rile I will cut my Eastern trip as short as possible and vhdt yell immediately on return In the meantime I will have seen the t)uintard folks and also Mr Leavitt and thus be able to give you more reliable information as to firstelaot beam engines Hoping to receive telegram on my return here Tuesday evening I ant very respeeaully IiCtadt 1FTTER Kr Merit 2 TOLEDo 0 31arch A Kercheval Mayor Sir: Nothing from you since me return Shall have the maps of your eity completed within a slay or so slim ing present and suggested pipe distribution which will be about all I can do until some action Is taken by your Council relative to pumping machinery location of works etc I now think of going East about the middle of next week and will persolially visit the Quintard works and learn Just hat they can and will do in case you decide to open negotiations with them It begins to seem doubtful whethur you will very soon if ever lie able to break the present dead-lock over the two bids now belore you In the meantime the Dean machinery a ill grow no better anti tho result may be very disastrous The risk to publie interests and publie safety is too great to justify a protraeted adherence to a forlorn hope and rather than jeopardize the interests of the entire city it would seein to be wisdom On the part of those who have the real good of the city at heart to forego any possi Ste desire for personal gratification by seeking the result In some other manner make these suggestions in the belief that they wilt be kindly reeeived and that your OWII good judgment will guisle you aright Please advise me as to the progress and result of' the bribery flatter Very respectfully 11 CCOO DRY GOODS 0ci FRIDAY MORNING APRIL 6 RESISTLESS4 44 '4 6 As the foam-crested breakers of old ocean when they rush in ludous majesty on rock-bound coasts -bound coasts i 131TICUS New Advertisement Index The steamer City of Nashville deparls for up-river points at 5 Saturday- Berry Demoville A Co are offering yellow onion sets at reduced prices- See city item Peering Roberts 31 0 publishes a notice this morning to the physicians of Nashville and vicinity 'Cleo Darden Secretary of the Nashville Blood-horse Association advertises for sealed proposals for the pooling privileges of the spring meeting Ile will also receive bids for the bar and eating privileges Have gathered in his three great branches a mighty impetus and to-day they plo in a reist less tide before the people of Savannah of Augusta and of Nashvi'lle carry! eyerything before them and dwarfing to insignificance every effort of competition AMONG- THE EIBARRASSIENTS The ilmeretra is inf Allied that the Cotemissioner of Agriculture Statistics lines and Immigration is MOW preparing and will have ready for publication by the 1st of Nay a "Bulletin of farms farming lands residences timbered and mineral lands small lots of lands adjaeent to cities or to An that are adapted to garden products water-power adapted to milling or manufacturing purposes city town and surburban lots" which he designs for general distribution in connection with the "Handbook of Tennessee" throughout tho United States the Canadas Great Britain the German Empire Austria Norway and Sweden He intends to have not less than one-fourth of this his first "Bulletin" printed in German and theremainder in the English language which fact will be approved by all who favor a hardy thrifty and industrious immigration to our State The fee of two 141 a charged by the commissioner it very small for the insertion of each tract or lot of lands and made to intentionally for the purpose of inviting patronage from all sources It will by no means defray the expenses incurred by the department except by the inducements it will offer to those living in colder and more inhospitable climates and who are cultivating more unproductive soils for leaving them and immigrating to Tennessee The act creating the Bureau of Agriculture etc leaves it discretionary with the commissioner as to the language in which he may cause the books or pamphlets emanating therefrom lobe published Heretofore they have been published only in the English language but this being an age of progress and the new Commissioner aspiring to success in whatever he undertakes displays good business talent in selecting the German language which will be used in at least one fourth of the edition as the best method of reaching the stoical but thrifty German immigrant No advertisement will be recorded for publication without it is accompanied with the fee of $2 for each separate parcel tract or lot of land the names of the owner or agent also his postothice number of his civil district and county in whichthe land Or property is located must be written in a legible hand at the foot of the advertisement The description of it must be as concise as the accuracy of it will admit The Commissioner receives from five to forty letters daily from parties who wish to move to Tennessee inquiring in regard to the climatic and agricultural advantages of Tennessee and as to the price vantages or -lennessee atm as to the price of the settlement season when sadly and sorrowfully proud houses bow down in the dust LETTNR 3 ONE MITI CONCERN LOCAL NOTICES' To ALLOW virile power to ebb slowly imperceptibly away is madness check it with that never-failing remedy Allen's Brain Food )1'14 mowefri-2 A final meeting of the Joint committee of the City Council together with the committee of citizens appointed to investigate the alleged charges of bribery against Capt Cook and the members of the Water-works Commission in connection with the award of the contract for the purchase of new pumping machinery for the water-works was held in the Common Council chamber last night JANIE8 WYATT testified that he knew of no bribery or Corruption in the matter but had beard rumors concerning fraud etc He thought the Holly-Gaskill engine an experiment to some eStent Ife knew nothing of the Allis engine He saw no conflict in CaPh Cook's reports The Quintard engine was a good one He had never been invited to a wine supper given by bidders Capt Cook told him be had business elsewhere but did not like to leave then as his doing so might be regarded as suspicions as the investigation was then going on although be (Capt (ook) left next day KEMBLE of tbe West Point Company was next rlaced on the stand Ha testi tied that the situation in Nashville was peculiar owing to the great difference between high and low water mark also that the pumps had to be placed 55 feet below the engine and work against a bead of 2s0 feet his company did a great deal of work sub-Itt to them by other contractors Theengine hist company proposed to put here weighed 1608000 pounds The trouble with the Dean engines was that the work was too heavy for them C01NCID1175 GAFFNEY 1 1 1 I 1 4 'I I I I i 1 1 i I i 1 4 I 1 1: ciA I i II 1 i 1 I ltdDichnons: For Tennessee and the Ohio weather and rain aria-Mr minds shiftug lowest and north cottirr bar(mteter I Liftg its crest proudly aloft and Gray of Savannah and Augusta and Nashville armed with unlimited ready cash throws on three panic-stricken markets SIICII UNItIVAIAL113 PilICUS AM TITIES171: 35000 yanis Worsted Dress at Wets worth 2nets: 2100 yards Brocades (silk finishl at 'cts worth 1500 )rd Dalnasks and Satin stripes at 15ets worth Wets 1200 yards FanQ Plii ls stripes and Solids at one-half the regular price 5o00 yards Black Cashmere at2 2500 Black Cashmere at 35ets Vets 4' bets 5et ecta and lip to SIM: ELEGANT BLitt Als9 GRAIN SILK at 95e1s SLOU $1:25 6130 SI75 $209 aud up to clear cut of per cent ott reentar price TOWEL5-3o0 dozen all Linen Towels at $120 worth SL65 ft50 dozen all Linen Towels at te206 worth t3ASJ 230 dozen all Linen Towels at $250 worth 6375 275 dozen all Linen Towels at li300 worth TABLE DAMASK-50 pieces Turkey red and Damask (fast eldorin at Wets good value for 75etsz as pieees Bleach Damask at Socts worth swt 25pieces Bleach Damask at et worth eltk pieces Barnsley's Satin Damask at 1Mo 12-5 and fifty cents on the dollar California Blankets 11-4 124 134 prices reduced from $1000 tb $1500 from S1s50 to 01350 from 1112Nl to fllTsl: 250 pairs islightly soiled) at from $200 to $475 mforta 10-4 from 90ets to GREAT BARGAIN Wool Hosiery Merino Hosiery Fleeced Lined line of Merino Underwear A COST White Flannels Red Flannels Opera Flannels at Bottom Prices THE CITY Sulphur spring bottom is inundated again Balloon ascensions will rbe a feature of military week GEARAAT 4143 CO 173 Union Street Nashville Tenn SAVAINWAIL A11GrusPA GA neR porn CITY ITEMS WE invite attention of gardeners and growers to an excessive stock of yellow onion sets which we Will sell at greatly reduced prices Derry Demoville Co aprtilOt of farming mineral and timbered lands Owners and agents regardful of their best interests will certainly not permit the forthcoming "Bulletin" to escape them as the best and cheapest medium ever offered for advertising their surplus property The Commissioner has selected a competent agent of immigration to represent the Bureau in New York All papers friendly to the cause of immigration and to the cause of social and financial progress in the states should publish the above facts Boom AND simEs New Shoe Store We have opened an entirely nt stock of fine Boots Shoes Hats Trunks: At No 213 CHURCH ST Between Summer and lila BoNELEss ham sugar-cured ham and country-cured ham at Hogan 3: Ha 11's ap5 4t CANNED corn beef and lunch tongue at Hogan 4t FLOUR that will rise up and push the top oil the stove at Hogan Hall's ap5 4t WINSTEAD SON People feel easier since the quarantine las been established Companies at the May drilL will be allowed to use either two click or three click guns In the Cironit Court yesterday Harry White was granted a divorce from hie wife Priscilla White A number of persons were so much afraid of lightning that they refused to- answer telephone calls last night The report smallpox at St Cecilia is untrue there being not a single case of sickness of any kind at the institution Rev Charles Strickland of Knoxville has been unanimously elected pastor of the First Baptist church of Nashville Petn Lowery colored was fined KO for whipping his wife and PO for assaulting Virginia Warren yesterday Workhouse People who in uneasiness daily cross our rickety bridge want to know what becomes of the taxes being paid for the erection of a new bridge The fair grounds will be put in good repair and the ground covered with sand and gravel so that rain will not interfere with the May drill Mrs John Overton living six miles from the city has realized this season $800 on a pa'th of turnip-greens and the supply is not exhausted The reduction in the price of cigarette receives the highest indorsement of the It is to be regretted however that beer is still a nickel The programme of the spring meeting of tue Nasdville Bloodhorse Association has just been issued There wil be six days' sport three races each day Commissioner McWhirter will begin to day distributing to the weather observers throughout the State the thermometers received from the Signal Service at Washington Since the first of last October Mr Jno 1c-44lenn has collected water-tax to the amount of $32140 Thi however need not prevent others from coming forward at once apri cotilw Nornixo adds so much to the good humor of the family all day as nice broiled breakfast bacon for breakfast best at Hogan hail's 106 Broad street Telephone 373 ap5 4t WHY don't you go to Loveman tt Co's and buy you a pair of all-silk hose for $150? ap5 2t LISLE-THREAD hose in all the latest styles and colors for ladies misses and children can be found at Loveman Co's ap5 2t I WE have one of the larost and best assortments of silk hosiery ever brought to Nashville and will take great pleasure in showing them to you Please call and see them whether you wish to buy them or not Loveman ap5 2t kAi''''74 7 1 'HIRPER' BIZIR Cut Paper Patterns spring and Summer lit: i Styles received IL! 1 DUCKWORTH CO 1 Agents Vs Clinrch St NASHVILLE n'et tin eodt 1 CUT PAPER PATTERNS A64 111tNS 1 ist tit ir 4 0 If 1 '1 0 i 4 5f 1 I '76'' 'A 1 -44t I deo 1 -4t -ti: I l1 'k 1 1 'I HIRPER'S BIZIR '11 I I i Cut Paper Patterns 1 0 Spring and Summertic: i Styles received 4 --s- 7: 10E001'011TH LI CO -1 'TA 1 Agents Ilf' les Clinrch St NASHVILLE 7i 0406t4 tin eodly i ---vA- 4 --5--'' 4) I 1 1 Vr i I Tolsoo Co April 2 A val Mayor Nashville Sir: I was really astonished to reeeive your telegram for this date saying: "Must come at ids is here" After having done everything la the premises that an engineer can rightfully be called upon to do in the way of carefully preparing reports and supplemented communications embodying a recommendatiou together with the reasons therefor plainly- stated pointing out the irregularities lu bfds the aloseuce of deteil drawimr the subsequent Oahu of Allis to be pertnifted to guarantee higher duty than was covered by bid: in a word placing the whole matter before the commission leaving the haterpletation of bids etc to the commission where it naturally belongs there has from the first 'seemed to be an tweeconntable tendency to misinterpret and misconstrue what have written snd reeommended And now to be called there for the single and only purpose of being catechisM and cross' examined relative to a matter about Nvhieh have already written and stated an that I have to gay evinces a want of confidenee iu my sincerity that is anvthing but pleasant and I do hope that yourself and my other friends there to whom I am under so many obligations will not insist upon subjecting me to such humill'eating process If you cannot award the contract upon what I have already said yen will not be able to pass it upon anything I eau gay and this continued repetition on my part cab only place me in the unenviable and unprofessional attitude of a mere partisan working for the tiaskill engine Now I do hope you will think Of it anol of the inexcusanle position in which I should place myself by such a proeedure If the commission having my reports before them are unwilling to accept my recommendation without a rediseussion of the whole matter including the respective merits of the machinery they should call before them the respective bidders hear what they have to say and then decide between them or reject both or if they wish further information of an unpartisan character call in outside experts or visit other eities with or without me at their option In a word it has come to be my deliberate juoigment that you will hardly be able to award contract to either of the present bidders and the sooner you agree to disagree and mutually adopt some other method the better it will be for the real terests of your city This letter will reach you on 1Vednesday morning and after reading it and my last letter mailed last eventhe I do hope you will not insist upon my neglecting other and very important interests when by so doing I could do you no earthly good I leave to-night for Indianareturnihere to-morrow eveninghave an engagement here on Wednesday that I can't postpone and also one on Thursday I could not leave before Thureday or Friday Yours respectfully and hastily COOK RULED OUT OF ORDER Mr Litterer offered the following resolution which was ruled out of order: For the purpose of a more thorough understanding of the Allis and Bony engines by this board be it Resolved that the Allis and Holly companies be requested to make exhibit and explain to this board at the earliest date practicable working models of their respective engines said models to clearly show the movements of steam pistons and all parts connecting them with the water plungers and main A CONFERENCE Gen Thruston suggested that a private conference of the committee be held This was agreed to and all persons not members of the committee except the reporters left the room Oen Thruston made a brief statement in which he indorsed the recommendations contained in Capt Cook's letter lie said it seemed impossible for the City Council to agree on any one engine and he thought it advisable to have a special commission of gentlemen to select engines Men should be appointed in whom the public had confidence lie spoke of the danger of delay and said he thought this was the easiest solution of the matter Other members of the committee en some action of this kind and it was resolved to incorporate the suggestion in the report to the City Council TUE COMMITTEE'S REPORT The following report was agreed upon To the Mayor and City joint special com i nee appointed to investigate the charges of "undue means being used to inoluee the purchase of am engine fir the water-works of the city of Nashville" have pmeeeded to make the required investigation and respectfully submit herewith the evidence taken in the matter The oommittee are satisfied that there exist partisan feelings for the one or the other of the engines and that there hag beton corrupt eon-venation in this respect but no case of actual bribery has been proven to the satisfaction of the committee Your committee also report that in the eon- I duct of Capt Cook in this matter we find nothing to condemn and that his entire relation has been honorable anti looking to the best interest of the city In view of the complications which exist in the Water-works Commission the deadlock which that body has unfortunately for the interests of the city reached and the probable inability of the two boards composing the City Council to concur in the purchase of an engine the imminent necessity for immediate action would suggest that the whole question relating to the water-works engines and present supply of water be referred to a committee of worthy eittsees as experts empowered to take the whole matter into eoneideration and eel for the best interests of the city DCNCAN Eve Chm'n Wm Lrrreit ER A GLENN JOHN BIERLEIN FT Eser GP: 1AIliSkUMP 43 'names of the following gentdemmt were suggested as a excellent committee to whom the City Council might safely 'refer the whole matter of engines and waterworks James Warner Hamilton Goodwin Capt Wm tockell Caswell North Foster Capt Beyer Leonard Parkes Geo Webster and House master mechanic at 3' it Works lenity of the two boards composing the City Council to concur in the purchase of an engine of Imminent necessity for immediate action would suggest that the whole question relating to the water-works eug Ines and present supply water be referred to a eommittee of worthy tion ha en othneetimoimtapt 0 100g Hi trus lenuer we rem and that his entire Ma- nothing to condemn honorable and looking to the best interest of the city In view of the complications which exist in the Water-works Commission the deadioek which that body has unfortunately for the in terests of the city redebed and the probable ins- citizens as experts empowered to take the whole matter into venideration a snd act for the best interests of the is CNCAN EN IC (bra "s' wm LrrrEit ER A GLENN -1 If Etrr 7 I i- JOHN BIERIEIN FT "I' 1 A Ans i kg 0 4 0 1 I 4 0 Thso 4' 7' 111)- CErrs' half-hose in all styles at Love-man Co's 1105 2t Seed for Free Distribution The Commissioner of Agriculture has ordered from the Agricultural Department at Washington the following seeds which he proposes to distribute free of charge among the correspondents of the Bureau viz: Egyptian corn pearl millet upland rice alfalfa Texas blue grass Johnson or Nuns' grass sorghum best varieties Lima beans stock peas all varieties watermelons best varieties: Turk's cap anti green citron cantelopes: cucumbers pickle varieties turnip iSeed yellow varieties squash all varieties 1 pumpkins largest variety rare varieties31 strawberries rare varieties of raspberries etc Capt McWhirter also wrote Commis siliner Loring that he had selected at least one good farmer in each civil district in Tennessee as a correspondent the grand total amounting to 1740 and that each and every one wanted and expected to get at least one package of each of the above varieties of seed to plant this spring for experimental purposes He has also ordered from another source three bushels each of Compton's extra early golden yellow flint corn the earliest field corn known and of Blount' prolific pure white field corn The latter hiN been known to yield when cultivated for premium nil bushels per acre Bon Air Coal Land and Lumber Company Eight of the eleven stockholders of the Bon Air Coal Land and Lumber Company met at the Maxwell House yesterday and last night to consult concerning the interests of the company Gen lion Whitthorne lion Atkins Hon John House Dr Wm Morrow WC Dibe11 Dinges and Madison Stratton Esq were present They decided to capitalize the company at once and issue stock and with ample capital begin the development of their property The company owns over 10100 acres of coal and timber land from five to seven miles east of Sparta in White county and have an abundance of tine coal The coal has been tested and has fine "coking qualities The Chattanooga railroad are now building a road from Tullahoma to Sparta and the Bon Air Company propose to build a road from Sparta out to their property so that it may be easily gotten to the market Work will be begun at once and this property will be no doubt a profitable investment for the gentlemen owning stock i weir property so that may be easily gotten to the market ork will be begun at once and this property will be no doubt a profitable in for the gentlemen OW'Inng stoCit LAMES' misses' and childrens cotton hose in all the latest styles and colors Please call and see them Lowman Co a p5 2t Chattanooga's Police Comraissionere The Governor hal decided upon the Po-Commissioners for Chattanooga and Will issue their commissions to-day IT is more economical to buy Durkee's Salad Dressing than it is to make a dressing besides this it is made of better materials than you can buy at the storeq Everybody likes it ap2 lw I DENTISTRY Mutual Aid Association The Secretary of State registered yesterday the charter of the Memphis Cotton Exchange Mutual Aid Association ROSS DDS STUBBLEFIELD MD DDS BARGAINS in furnitpre and mattressfli at Ed II Miller's 15 College at inh27 ROSS STUBBLEFIELD DENTISTS ADp IQ I 4 I New Pool Room Several gentlemen will to-day get a charter for the Merchants' Exchange Jockey Club 4ociation They will open a pool room at the Merchants' Exchange testified that he knew of no bribery in the matter LETTERS FROM (APT COOK Mayor Kereheval presented the following letters from Capt Cook Which were read by Judge East TOLKIon 0 April 1 A Kercheval Niavor Nashville sir: Your favor of the was received last evening and carefully noted sent you night message as requested I had arranged to visit Nashville at any time during past week if desired Hut hearing nothing horn von and seeing by public prints sent me what I expected that the investigation did not develop anything in the bribery matter worthy of note and not expecting that the cotnmittee would consider as to the merits of pump-tug machinery I have made those other appointments which will occupy my time for the next ten days: One to visit an Indiana city a visit which has already been deferred three months another In Pennsylvania and the third in New York city all of them important to others as well as to myself I have not'neglected your interests nor will I allow anything to cause me to do so Have already written and said more about your bids for pumping machinery than I ever was called upon to do elsewhere and think I can give the new committee such further views as they desire by letter as well as verbally For instate my object in reeommending three 5000000 engines instead of two of 10000000 capacity was intended to be plainly set forth in my general report last submitted it would save you an outlay of some $4000e or Val- OW without in any manlier interfering with your current supply and I should therefore consider it a useless expenditure of money My fiNt visit to your city was a hasty one Pumping machinery Wai evidently your greatest need We decided to advertise for two teu-million engines possibly without taking time tosutliciently consider the whole matter or correctly estimate the size Of the cite daily consumption etc After giving the subject more thought I did not hesitate to change former recommenda- tions in this regard when it was found to be so plainly beneficial to your interests One other reason had more or less to do with this change in this recommendation At the time of advertising for machinery It was thought that your present buildiugs could be used for the new machinery- without too much expensive reconstruction Two ten-million engines with verbal pumps could Nob-ably be placed in your present basement occupied by the Dean engines and three five-million engines could not I was not then so fully aware of your natural drainage and other charaeteristies almost imperatively necessitating the adoption of a location more remote from constant local pollution of the Cumberland As this qnestion was fully discussed in say general report it is probably needle to go all over It again here Having given my views and the reasons therefor I have only to say that my preference would have been to adhere to original recommendations had it not been for a desire to advise you against useless outlay I have no objection either personally or professionally to tho two ten-million engines if you are willing to Incur the extra cost and after having discharged my duty as I understand It I cheerfully leave the whole question with you This I believe is the only question given In your letter about which the committee desire a conference with me If they desire as you say to "examine Into the character of the machinery" I do not just see how it eau be done In Nashville If they desire information additional to what has already been said and written It would seem desirable to have them visit other cities and examine machinery in serviee As I have before stated to you verbally and repeatedly as well as in written report both the engines under immediate consideration are more or less experimental tho one entirely so and I therefore inserted unusual safeguards In the contract for the protection of your interests Having failed to secure the main object which impelled me to recommend that all original bids be rejected the Meuring of more bids and for machinery having prestige of actual success we were left to decide upon what we did receive and while I still believe that the engine recommended wonld prove a safe and durable reliance and while I have studiously and Conscientiously avoided saying or writing anything derogatory to the Allis engine but hasing my recommendation wholly upon commercial value as measured by the duty guarantee you might possibly reach an miler and more gener ally satisfactory solution of this troubions (mess tion by again opening the whole question to competition Yon are now evidently at a deeds lock and with determined partisans on both side the Lord only- knows how -long it may continue leaving your eity in the 'meantime on the threshold of a water famine and subject to danger from conflagrations The lines are already so tightly drawn the excitement so ins tense and antagonism so deep-seated that the advice of an engineer is wholly ignored or Unkindly triticised and should either engine be adopted it must be by a bare majority with an and persistent minority ever ready to interpose obstacles and impedimenta to an extent that would in all probability Jeopardize the interests of the contractor I will not atterapt thedifficult task of advising as the matter has already gone beyond the purview of an engineer's duty Am ready to do anything in my power to secure you more harmonious action have repeatedly expressed my entire willingness to retire from the enaugement in the hope that this would bring relief to those who have so kindly and firmly sustained me: am still ready to do so There teteridentiv a general preference in your city for a beam cattle No one can think better of beam engines than I do but I am not ready to accept the beam as its only meritorious characteristic Those we were offered were of the oldest pattern and having few or no modern lin- provemente as evinced by the low duty guarani- I he and yet offered at outrageously high prices If you could all unite in the selection of a first-class beam engine of modern type and nigh duty it misrht all things considered be policy to Ms so It would cost more than either of the two engines in present competition but would be equal to either in duty and reliability and the extra cost might easily be more than justified in the greater satiety that an early solution of your present protracted difficulty would secure- This letter has already reached an unpremeditated length but tho great interest and solicitude which I had for your suceess must be my excuse It has been written in great haste and I have not time now to abbreviate It Ought to reach your city to-morrow evening lad your of-lice Tuesday morning I leave to-morrow to be absent one day returning here Tuesday even nous Aso saying or writ ng amt mg e- rogatory to the AIIIR engine I value as measured by the duty guarantees you might possibly reach an eel lier and more gener- ally satisfactory -mt 1a-'ing my solution of this troublous goes "1e "II' ill impelled me to recommend that rill originat bids be reJected the tateuring of mom bids and for machinery having prestige of actual success we were left to decide upon what we did receive anti while I still believe that the engine recom- mended would pnre a Plitt! anti urable telt- ce and while I have studiously and C011Selen- 19 1 i led writing i tion by opening the whole question to competition- You are now evidently at a dead lock and with determined partisans oil both ides the Lord only- knows how Ions it may continue leaving your eity In the meantime out the tareshold of a water famine and subject to already so tightly drawn the excitement so in- danger from contiag tense and KEIL deep-acated that the rations The lines are igonism advice of El engineer is wholly ignored or un- 1 1a 11711A Unitm Telephone No71 te4 (-cu 6m 71 Web i I i 1 1 i i 1 1 ip 1 1 l- WILBOR'S Con-LIVFR OIL AND great popularity of this safe and efficacious 'reparation is alone attributble to its intrinsic worth In the cure of Coughs Colds Asthma Bronchitis Whooping Cough Scrofulous Humors and all Consumptive symptoms it baS no superior if equal Let no one neglect the early symptoms of disease when an agent is at band which will cure all complaints of the Chest Lungs or Throat Manufactured only by A Wilbor Chemist Boston Sold by all draggists' apr-t cod lw Sold by all draggists apr-i cod lw Committee from St Louis Gleason A Jacobs and Simonds are here as a committee of arrangements for the ft Louis companies proposing to participate in the May drill Eight companies from St Louis will be present IL FREEMAN I Telephone Number 1 1 8 -oli 0 -mf Lots Of Lana Over three hundred acts ere: passed by the Forty-third Ceneral Assembly The Forty-second at its regular session 'two years ago passed about 175 but they did not have as many members or as many local measures An Amputated Rand George Hand an orph in boy workin at the hop of the Cumberland Lumber Company had his right hand badly mangled in the planing mill yesterday morning and it wastamputated at the wrist Dr A A East and and Dr Ewing performed the operation American Journal of Medical Science PERSONAL Dental Office and Residence No 11 South Summer Stre fe27 eodly APOLLINARIS poik 14arlAft- 11 caltnhieasures 1 An Amputated Rand George Hand an orphin boy workin me can ourna 43 enc APOLLINAHIS oiiina' 1 411 Lots Of Laws iAnABtlai'litalbtohrisCilinriniisitlgBoston i 4 Over three hundred acts Were: passed by the Forty-third General Assembly The Dental Office and Residence i No 11 South Summer Stre Forty-secontl at its regular session two PERSONAL fe27 eodly years ago passed about 175 but they did no ave as many membas or as many lo- A ri 1 nit (new sci I Comp 'at the ahop of the Cumberland Lumber 1 had hs right hand badly mangled -in the planing mill yesterday morning and It wastampotated at the wrist 1)r A A East and and Dr Ewing per- i formed the operation "THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS" Mei 1104 Medical losernal ryPer LtEau de Table du Rebus" La Gadois do Paris 'asorisal rYPer flit "THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS" Ile ed British If WS oared ry- Pei "L'E au tie Tabl el it 'MA'S 1 This standard medical quarterly for April is at hand with the following original papers: Germicide Value of Thertpentic Agents by Sternberg Surgeon A Disinfection in Interic Fever by James Wilson Mushroom Poisoning Ligation of the Carotid Artery for Trigerminal Neuralgia by Prof Gross The Eye and Its Appendages Perinepheric Abscess by John Roberts Iodine as a Stoniatlic Sedative Stricture Lite (Esophagus sly Morel' Mackenzie of London Rhabdomyoma of the Parotid Gland Leprosy in the Hawaiian Islands Typho-Malarial Fever by Webb of Alabama: Color Blindness The review department is very full this quarter Address henry Lea's Sons Philadelphia This standard medictil is at hand with the following original nal pa- ners Germicide Value of Thertpeutic quarterl for April Agents by Sternberg Surgeon A Disinfection in Interic Fever by James WI Wilson Mushroom l'oisoning Ligati On of the Carotid Artery for Triger- minal Neuralgia by Prof Gross The Eye John Roberts scess Iodine a a Stomaikie alive Strict a and Its Appendages Perinepheric Sed tired the tliso- am 1 Itt-11 xt1- Nt nt Miss Mildred Fuller who has been visiting friends in the city returns to her home in Atlanta this morning Hons John House of Clarksville and Atkins of Paris were among the visitors to the state library yesterday They called upon the Governor Gen Ira Jones wasvery low last night but not in a dying condition as repsrted Prof Henry Colton geologist of the Bureau of Agriculture left yesterday tor Pikeville in 14ertuatchie valley and will go thence to East lennessee to plan the opening of some new iron mines in that section He will return about the 13th Mr Richard Blythe and wife have returned from their bridal tour Berry Bayless who has recently become connected with Bradstreet's Agency was yesterday promoted to the office of General Manager of the Nashville branch in the place of Ferris resigned Wm Ragio and bride formerly Miss Mary Arrico of Cincinnati have arrived in the city Will Carter who has been ill for the past ten days is rapidly recovering and will soon be out again Cassetty and wife went up to Murfressboro yesterday to attend the funeral of their granddaughter Miss Mattie Wynne which occurs to-day ing friends in the city returns to her home Hons John House of Clarksville and Miss Mildred Fuller who has been visit- Atkins of Paris Were among the visitors to the Nate library yesterday They called upon the Governor Gen Ira Jones was very low last night but not in a dying condition as repctrtetl ureau of Agriculture left yesterday ior Prof Henry Colton geologist of the 9 9 Pikeville in t-te uatehie valley and will go thence to East lennessee to plan the open- The Tan Drill The matinee aud the perfornance last night drew crowded houses in de- fiance of the mud The entertainment gave pleasure to all and drew forth the prolonged applause of the audience at frequent intervalt The entire affair was a auccess in every particular and reflected great credit on the managers and an The Drill 2 it ---t- ANNUAL SALE 10 BILLIONS ali Grows Druggista Mits rat losters BEWARE OF IMITATIONS er apr4 4thorahp m-1 m11 rowers DNS 's er od I Paris3NS -ee I 1111EAKFAST COCO ff GOLD MEDAL BAKER'S 13118RkfllSt Ofir L' A 3F 1-813s er 9 The County Jail Dr Cook as County Health Officer will be Chairman of the County Health Committee appointed to look into the condition of the jail and report what action should be taken The committee will make a careful examination and will possibly recommend a new jail building This recommendation would receive the hearty support of every person who has ever seen the inside of the present jail building Another Water-works Squabble Another of those periodical -quarrels at the Water-works is now in progress A fireman and "greaser" refused to obey Engineer McKenzie and he discharged them They resumed work the next day denying McKenzie's right to remove them They now find that Mc Kenzie has the power bat threaten to get even by preferring charges against McKenzie 1 i I 1 i i i "Scrubbing Day" Those who have visited the Capitol in wet weather know the terrible condition in which the walls and floors are on such a day as yesterday The doors and walls were in that condition yesterday afternoon the walls dripping moisture and the floors standing in puddles A country couple who had started in stopped looked in and drew back and one of them remarked "Nobody there I reckon 'pears to be scrubbing day I expect they're cleaning Up because you know the legislatur's just adjourned" Warranted alsOttletA-sk at 7 -ir i 8th'befeer th cocoa tP! 310 with Starch Arrowroot or du nItt and is therefore far snore ti i caL It is delicious nourfs'binid I tq strengthening easily digested an to li admirably adapted for invaido wel as for persons in health sy s1t Pt s--11" Sold by Grocers everywhere tuit 1)11! ham' be Da 4ktt urttairlizd mu4 yalcla a Ith fez what's A e-i 'vol I 7 'v't f' tt illi 1 till: 'ft 1 2 AMUSEMENTS -41Aso1c consolidated colored minstr4la begin an engagement of two nights and Saturday matinee to-night at Masonic Theater The Allegretto Club had a rehearsal of Gilbert it Solliran's comic opera "The Sorcerer" last night They will produce the opera Tuesday night at Masonic Theater The sale of seats will begin this morning at Duckworth's Smallpox Dr Ilicharil Cheatham Health Officer reports the following new cases of smallpox in the city: Nelson Douglass colored 17 years 241 Sycamore street Harriet Perkins colored 15 years corner Grundy and McCreary streets Edgar Norwood colored 11 years 235 Summer street Southern Sunday-school Auembly The Executive Committee of the Southern Sunday-school Assembly met here last night and worked on the programme of the eotning summer meeting The programme when completed will take up three weeks and will contain the names of many of the most noted speakers talkers and teaOters in the South The Assembly lasts irornjuR 17 to August Gt Confederate Monumental Association TheConfederate Monumental Association will meet at Gov Baths Iav to-night A full attendance is desired as there will be voine interesting reporte and business of importance will be transacted BAKER COI Darts lc Ku' jan2 5tAtweowlm Ka! 1 1 1 I -11 I Tilt) )1Ittoof 041o of a NI 1 1 11) I i 6 it I 4 i.