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11 III Government Officer Visits Raleigh to Investigate for Federal Prison. BG THING FOR CAPITAL CITY. ' ' " Hp Called On the Governor and Supt. Mebanr and Later Visits the Peni tentiary. The Pott of the 11th aaya: Mr. B. V. La Dott, a special representative of the iovern merit iu Washington, D. 0., rrived in the city yesterday for the purpose of ascertaining the propriety tod adTiaabilJty of establishing A Unt ted Hiatal prison at the penitentiary Mt, La Dou eallad At the Oof ornor'i jfllee yesterday aud made known the jhjei't of the tup. I.ator ho IAW the mperiutendent of the prison. Mr, J. M. Mewborne, And visited tho peni tentiary. Chairman Dookery, of the Peuiten tiary Executive Committee, has just oeen to Washington, where be saw the ttorney-rreueral and urged the desig aation of the North Carolina peniten iarp as a prison for United States con viota from the Southern States. The Department sends Mr. La Don acre to investigate the matter, and if there is sufficient work to keep t hem constantly at work the prison will be nade a Federal penitentiary also. Federal prisoners are now sent to Al bany, N. Y., and Columbus, Ohio, to serve sentences. The establishment of a Federal prison icre for convicts from the Southern -States, in conjunction with the State penitentiary would be a big thin for lUleigh. , .- itrceivrd Large Check. State Treasurer Worth received a few lays since a check for IO",oo?, the argent individual check he has received since ho haa been iu office. The amount f the cheek was for payment of the 8 per cent, weiui -annul interest On' the HtatP in vent mailt in the North Carolina Railroad, The cheek was signed Uy K. H. Walton, secretary of the North Oar sUba Railroad, And was made payable to W. H. Worths HtAte Treasurer, The leaok wagi?eu mi tteeNatioiial Hank of Wilmington, and i No, Treasur- sr Worth has received suins of money so large as this on former occasions, but "sever a .single check for so large an amount. Building Cotton .Mills. Several cotton factories are soon to be built at Vaughan's, a little station an the S. A. L. Railroad, about 12 miles north of Warronton. A large solony of Pennsylvania people have bought land in that section and some of .hem are already there at work. Pros pects are bright for the Vaughan sec ion. r-Kaleigh Post , ; Impostors at Work. The graud secretary of the grand odffe of Odd Fellows gives notice that hero are some impostors at work in ;urs state securing monev xrom mem- oers of the order by getting their en dorsements on notes and drafts. None it these have struck Charlotte yet, but the members of tne order here are ou (he lookout for them. Charlotte News. . Audited Expense Account. V. S. Lusk and J. A. Smith, hast week, as a committee of the directors of ihe North Carolina Railway, audited the expense account in connection with the" suit to annul the lease of that road to the Souther u. They aay they And the expense of Attorneys' fees to be about 12,8004 other expenses $885. 74. Worth Company Chartered. The State grants a charter to the Worth Company, of Wilmington, com posed of members of the family of that name, with $100,000 paid-in capital and oower to increase it to $500,000. The sompaay witl do a general merehandise business and also lease, buy and sell auds and property of ail kinds. Concord's Water Impure. The State Board of Health is making good progress with its analysis of the water supply of the various cities and towns in this State. It tin da the water st Concord impure and gives warning limit it. Witninton Messenger. Te Be Invited to the Mate. Supt Mebane is making an effort to have the aext annual meeting of the Department of Superintendence of the National Educational Associations to meet in North Carolina. j ? He Thought Life a Failure. B.? W. Weston, who committed sui cide at a mine near Morganton, left a letter for his brother saying he did the deed because he had come to the con clusion that life was a failure. A Very Horrible Thing. Moonshiners in Rockingham county did a very horrible thing. A lot of them swore that a white man named Bowles had outraged a white girl. TLe man was actually on trial for his life when his lawver exposed the scheme Ex.' J Number of Odd Fellows and Masons. From a record in the hands of Captain James M. McGlowen we ascertain that there are at present in the United 6tatesand jCanada 900,094 Odd Fel lows, and 837,395. Wilmington Mes senger. - Making Elaborate Preparations. Charlotte is making elaborate prep arations for the 20th of May celebration this year. Penciled Paragraphs. It seems that under the act of 188" there can be no local option election! this year. In eastern North Carolina the acreage in tobacco is to be almost if not quite doubled this year. The State charters the Either Lum ber Company, of Either, Montgomerj county," capital So, 000. Wake, county Alliance has subscribed $1,000 for the establishment of a deposi tory for the Hillsboro shoe factory ic Raleigh. - . .. . STATES SNAP SHOTS ATjlHE NEWS. TUe South. By a decisive vote in the Virginia House the bill to re-establish the whip ping post was defeated. J. W. Rice was arrested at Roanes, V a., charged with counterfeiting 5 cent nickels. President Andrews, of Brown Uni versity, will deliver the commencement address At Wake Forest College, May 24. The North Carolina penitentiary will put in cultivation 800 acres of rice land near Wilmington. The industrial reports front West Virginia are encouraging. The woolen industry alone gives employment to 6,000 people. . Rev. Wm. Meade Clarke, ot Rich mond, has declined to accept a pro fessorship in the Virginia Theological Seminary, Arthur (larvey, of Rooky Mount, N. 0. . had his Jugular vein severed by llAtling through a pane of gtnss At Rich- monti, ya, n oiea to ueatu from mo wound. At Camden, s. 0., the jury in the case of J. HaIa Stephenson, a mer chant, on the charge of assault ou Miss Jesse W. An ants, a lfiyear old girl, last September, resulted in a mistrial, and Stepheuson was admitted to bail iu the sum of 83000. The Atlanta (Oa.) Federation of Trades coudemn the movement for a Southern Confederacy of Labor. One of the principal reasons given is that it will result in renewing the bitterness and hatred caused by the late war and will divide the country into factions. Seven councilmen were sent to jail at Covington, Ky. , for contempt of court. John W. Carroll, one of the wealthiest tobacco manufacturers in Huh country, died at his home in Lynchburg, Va. Near Wadesboro, N. Ck, a colored girl, six years old, was burned to death. Postmaster J. H. Polk wae murdered and his store at Goodwin, Ga., robbed by unknown assassins. In the Virginia Legislature a bill has been passed incorporating the Fred ericksburg Battlefield Park Associa tion. At Lexington, crowded stair WAV gave way, resulting in the injury of ten colored persons, one or two of whom are ex nested to die. In revenge for being ordered to eease his visits to his daughter, Peter PierTer was shot end killed by ilohu Hohetteld, At Louisville, Ky. Two well-diggers at Lestugteu. N. Ci, were entombed by the bricks of the side giving way, and died before res cuers could reach them. The Louisiana Constitutional conven tion, at New Orleans, will amend the suffrage laws and disfranchise many negroes. The Virginia State Senate, after cut ting down the appropriation from $150, 000 to $100,000 ordered to its engross ment the bill providing for enlarging the cell accommodations of the peni tentiary. The money is to come out of future earnings of the prison. Before the South and West Com mercial Congress, at Tampa, Fla. , Gov. Oeo. W. Atkinson, oi West Vir ginia, made a lively speech on the won wonderful resources of the South. Col. Thomas E. Moore, of Bourbon county, Ky., has challenged Dosha Breckenridge, son of Col. W. C, P Breckenridge, to a duel. In Henrico county, Virginia, Mr. R. L. Montague, a lawyer of Richmond, was shot in the head and back by J. C. Bailey, a farmer of the county and plaintiff, though not seriously wound ed. Mr. Montague, in company with Mr. . A. Saunders, went out in the oeuntry to be preseut at the sale of Bailey, who has twice been in an iu- sane asylum, had armed himself with two shot suns, and not only tired upon Mr. Montague, with the above result, but made Mr. Saunders deliver up his watch and overcoat He subsequently returned the watch. 1 ' The North. State Senator Robert J. Hanby, of Delaware, is dead. Hon. Wm, J. Bryan made a speech on Abraham Lincoln at Lincoln, Neb. , on the 12th. The State Board of Arbitration has sustained the demands of striking min ers in the Northern Colorado district. The New York board of health's esti mate of the population of the consoli dated city gives a total of 3,438,899. The milling industry of the North west is vigorously pushing the bill to punish adulterations of flour. John Wiliiams, a Democratic leader in Bartholomew county, Ky., was shot and killed in a quarrel by James Lewis. Mrs. Mary Maschin, who kept a New York boarding house, has been sent to the workhouse for begging food on which she fed her lodgers. Students at the University of Michi gan will no longer smoke on the cam pus or in the corridors, in obedience to demands of the girl pupils. Train robbers were scared from an Iron Mountain train near Bismarck, Mo. , by the passengers, after stealing valuables from one man. Booker T. Washington, of Alabama, was one of the speakers at the meeting of the Armstrong Association, at New York, on the 12th. This association is for furthering negro industrial educa tion and promoting the work of Hamp ton Institute. Ex-President Cleveland was expected, but did not attend. Miscellaneous. The steamer, Teese" sailed from Vic toria. R C, on the 9th with 100 min ers for Klondike. The United States is said to have had over 40,000,000 hogs at the begin ning of the year 1897. Iowa alone hav ing nearly 4,000,000. The extensive milling industry of the Northwest is organizing to secure fa vorable action on tjie "pure flour" bill introduced by Pearce, of Missouri. Evangelist Moody, who is holding a revival at Montreal,, has received &rt5 from a man who defrauded the customs of that sum. It has been decided to send ten com panies of troops to Dyea and Skaguay, Alaska, immediately for the purpose of preserving order and protecting life and property. KNlUQt'R DCTPirr DIE LOMK. (Spanish Mlnistor to the United Btntes who ha resigned because of the publication o! a letter in wkteksas criticised President McKiaiey.) I BIRTHDAY Of UN. ar ; i i a A Notable Celebration by the Mar quette Club at Chicago. EXPRES, HARRISON SfEAKS, In His speech He laid That Europe Did Not Know Lincoln and the south Hatsd Him. The anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln was generally ob served on the 12th, At Chicago there was a notable celebration by the Mar quette Club, ex-President Harrison being the speaker of the occasion at the Auditorium Hotel. He said in part: "In the broad, commoni-sense way in which he did small things, he ' was larger than any situation in which life had placed him. Europe did not know him. To the South and to not a few in the Northern States, he was an un couth jester, an ambitious upstart, a reckless disturber. He! was hated at the South, not only for his principles, but for himself. The son of the cava lier, the man who felt it to be a stain, despised this son of the people, this ehild of toil. "He was distinguished from the abolition leaders by the fairness and kindliness with which he judged the South and the slave-holders. He was opposed to human slavery, not because some masters were cruel, but upon reasons that kindness to the slave did not anser. 'AH men' inoluded the black man. Liberty is the law of natnre. The human enactment cannot pass the limits of the State; God's law embraces creation. "Mr. Linooln loved the 'plain peo pie,' of whoae ranks he came; bat not with a class love. He never pandered to ignorance or sought applause by ap peals to prejudice. The equality of men in rights and burdens; jus tice to all, a government by all the people for all the people, was his thought no favoritism in enactment or administration the general good. 1 'He had the love of the lnasass and he won it fairly; not by art or trick. He could therefore admonish aad re strain with authority. He was a man who spoko to all men and was heard. Would there were more such! Taere is great need of meu now who can bo heard both in the directors' inoeting and in the labor assembly. "Qualities of heart and mind com bined to make a man who has wan the love of mankind. He is lovect. He stands like a great lighthouse to show the way of duty to all his countrymen and to send afar a beam of courage to those who beat against the winds. We do him reverence. We blefis tonight the memory of Lincoln. " At New York Addison F, Andrews, son of the late Rufus F. Andrew?! who was burveyor of the port of Nexi' York under Abraham Lincoln, presented to the New York Press Club the pei with which Abraham Lincoln siguel the proclamation of emancipation. ' At the thirty-third annual banquet of the Lincoln Assoftion of Jersey City, N. J. Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia, responded to .he toast, "Abra ham Lincoln from the Southern stand point " Died from Vaccination. James Herbert Martin, son of Os borne F. Martin, of Shelby, N. C, died Feb. 10th, at 11 a. m. , with spasms from vaccination. The child was one year six months and ten days old. Charlotte (N. C. ) Observer. Ensign DrecKlnridge Drowned. A cablegram has-been received at Washington from Consul-General Lee; at Havana, which says ; "Ensign J. R. Breckinridge, of the Cushing, was washed overboard' and drowned a few bourse before the ar rival of the vessel at this: port. The body was recovered, and I am ar ranging to have it embalmed and sent home." His remains will be interred at Lex ington, Ky., his home. WORLD OK ill sin MS. A Mueh More dheerfut Tone to the iouttterii ftlttitttion. Hradstreet's estnfiiereiil review for the pail week says in part! "What might he regarded as a mlaer feature in the Uuiiaess situation, thewgfcrat the same time conveying much to he in terests involved is a quite general uu -provemeht in the Central West and the South, where the spring trade is re ported opening in good shape. Less favorable features of the week are the slowness of spring trade in dry good? to devalopat New York and other east ern centres except Boston, and the mild weather in the Northwest rendering it likely that retailors' stocks carried over will be larger than earlier expected. Although the advance in cotton has been claimed to be too rapid it has un doubtedly imparted a much more cheerful tone to the Southern business situation and the situation with iron and steel has done much to add to the confidence with whieh the trade out lyok for 1898 is regarded. "Business failures continue to make favorable comparisons with previous weeks and years, the total for the week just ended numbering 278, against U01 in the corresponding week of 181)7. "Exports of wheat fall slightly below last week's reduced total, aggregating for the week 8, 411), i 504 bushels, against 8,680,000 bushels last week, and 2.0.11, 000 bushels in the corresponding week Of 1897. "Corn exports show a gain, amount ing as they do to 4,508,000 bushels, against 4,104,000 bushels last week, and 4,100,000 bushels in this week a year ago. "Bank olearings oontinue to point to an immense business doing in the country at large, in a total aggregating for the week 81,484,000,000, less than 2 per cent, smaller than last week. " TAKING OF TESTIMONY ENDKD. President Spencer, of the Southern, Declines to Answer Questions. At Salisbury, N. C. , the hearing of the case of the State of North Caro lina against the Southern Railway in the North Carolina Kailroad lease was resumed before Special Master'Craig on the 11th. President Rpenoer, of the Southern, was examined regarding the earnings, expenses and other details of the sys tem; but declined to state the amount of his salary or those of the other gen eral officers. This ends t ho Making of testimony. It will be seut to Judge Simonton, of the Circuit Court, for his decision as to whether there was a fraud in the making to the Southern Railway of the lease for ninety-nine years of the North Carolina Railroad, which belongs to the State. Sunday liac ing Defeated. At St. Louis, Mo., after three days of work, the national assembly! of the League of American Wheelraien the all-important question of localj option in the matter of Sunday racing was again defeated. An amendment pro viding that State divisions be grauted the right to determine for themselves whether or not Sunday bicycle races are to be permitted was introduced but defeated by six votes. Battlefield Park Bill Approved. The Governor of Virginia has ap proved the bill incorporating the Bat tlefield Park Association, of Freder icksburg and vicinity.. Against Koine Quarantine. The net result of the three days' ses sion and extended deliberation of the quarantine convention at Mobile. Ala., is a square declaration in favor of a national and uniform quarantine system that will make impossible another such disgraceful exhibition as marked the I last yellow fever epidemic in the South ern btates. A Hotel Chartered. The Swauannoa Hotel Company of Ashe vi lie, N. C, has been chartered. Capital 37.000. 1 HE FOR PEACE. Radical Wing, in Secret Meeting, -Propose Terms to the Insurgents, THE PROPOSITIONS DRAWN UP. All the Autonomists Kxcept Galvax, Montero, Zayaa and Delonte Agree to the Terms. Havanna, via. Key West. Fla., Spe cial ). The radical wing of the Autono mist party, formed of Hanora EUxo Gi berga, Artttro Amblard, Leopolde Sola, Carloi Font, Miguel Onor, Dduardo Dolss and others, assembled in secret waiting on the Itth, to diiouia the ituatioa which ii oonaidartd vary srlouss owing to the continuance of the insurrection despite the fact auton omy hat bean granted to Cuba. Honor Antonio Govin, Colonial Secretary of the Interior, did not take part in the deliberations, but aent hi aaaent to the resolutians adopted. It was resolved to open negotiations with the4nsur genta, in the belief that the revolution could not be suppressed by force ot arms. Anticipating that the insurgents would not accept the new terms, it was resolved that the colonial government would go pen negotiations thus saving the Madrid government from the re sponsibility. The following proposi tions will bo formally tendered to the insurgents: "Firm The volunteer will be dissolved and a Cuban militia formed. Heoond The Insurgent colooels aad gen eral will be recognized. Tin ni Culm will be called upon to pay only 100,000,000 out ot -Uu- $600,000,000 in debtedness due for both wan. Fourth uba will pay 92,000.000 a year for the crown list. Fifth 'uba will make her own treaties without Interference by tbe Madrid govern ment. si th HpRhih products will have onlya 10 per cent margin of protection over simi lar products from other enuutrla. Heventh"No ealles of depositions will be ttittde, even Iu war lime, to apain, Africa or to penal settlement elsewhere, fiiffhtlwiJeAili sptiteyees for rebellion email be abolished, NlHlhMarHttl law eaaaot be ordered by the eaptaia tfeueral without the absent of boh the Hnua and Heuate, if Ihoin bodies are In sessluu, or without the us at of a majority of tbo Cabiawt if tby uf nut in ewMon, 'Ieutb--Tha arobbjshop of aautingo do Uuta shall always be amaivr ('uban. JHeventh-Tha actual iosurguut party .shad have three hmU in tba Hret uabineat. Twelfth-An armistieo of ilftoeu days shall be granted for tbe discussion of the terms of peace. Tb'eae terms are accepted by the Autono mist party iu full with the' exceptions of aeuors Gaivez, Mmtero, Zayas and Delonte. Two Centenurians Dead. A special to the Charlotte (N. C.) Observer from Elkiu, says: Lewis Harris, the centenarian, died at his home near Roaring Gap Hotel on the 11th. He was perhaps the oldest man in tbe State, he being 104 yearn of age at the time of his death. When he settled in this country this vast domain was all a wilderness. For the past three years he has been in a state bordering on imbecility. He had a mania for burning everything in sight, and his people had to keep a continual Watch over him to keep him from burn ing up the house and furniture. Judith Martin, the oldest negro woman in the State, and perhaps iu the South, died at bed home near Honda, Wilkes county, on the satno day, aged 115 years. This is authetio. About two years ago this old nesro cut her aecond set of teeth, and her eyesight, which had failed, returned to her. The Iiord' Player Shut Out. -Attorney-General Crow, of Missouri, has rendered his opinion in which he holds that it is a violation of the State law to have pupils recite the Lord's Praver or for the teacher to read the Bible as a part of the opening exercises in the public schools of the State. He holds that these exercises are forms of religious worship, and henco are for bidden in a i ublic school house during school hours. Arms tor Cuban Patriots. A large Cuban, expedition, under command of (Jen. Sanguiily, slipped away from Tampa, Fla., on the Kith. It is understood that 5,000 riHes, 0,000 pounds of dynamite, L'00,000 rounds of cartridges and a large lot of supplies, including seventy men, made up the cargo. . Nomination Auin Postponed. Washington spocial, 14th: At the request of both Senators I'ritchard and Butler, the Senate committee ou judi ciary today again postponed considera tion of the nomination of Mr. Kwart to be judge of the Western district of North Carolina. . Awaiting Woodford's Report While the personal incident of criti cism of President McKinley in the de Lome letter is considered closed, but the statements as to Spain's duplicity regarding tbe proposed commercial treaty and Cuban autonomy may still be the subject of alarm by our govern ment; on this point the administration i awaiting tbe full report promised by -Minister Woodford. Strike Seems Imminent. At Boston on the loth, at a meeting of forty-five representatives of textile unions in New Englaud, it was nnani mously voted to recommend that all unions call out the operatives in every cotton mill in New England. The strikers at New Bedford, Mass., wish to fight it out alone. A Big Whale Caught. Capt. Moore's whaling crew on Shackleford Banks, near the bar, at Beaufort, N. C, killed the largest whale captured there in many years, measuring sixty feet Ions, jaw bone seven and a half feet long. The whale will make sixty-five barrels of oil, and is estimated to be worth 31,800. Food for Alaska. The steamship Oregon sailed frorh Portland, Ore., on the 13th for Dyea and Skaguay, Alaska, with 500 pas sengers and 1,200 tons of freight FIFTV-F1FTH CONGRESS, Proceed I nga of Buta tba Senate and House Day By Day 1 ' THE SENATE. 311th Day. In tba Senate strong Cuban resolutions were introduced. Cannon wanted the United States to serve notice on Spain to withdraw htr forces from Cuba and give that Be pub m .a m a . . . ' 1 1 no liberty, mason a resolution cans upon the President to notify Spain rltat tha miioi ai anaa nonQA llllH that the United States declare and maintain peace on the Island. Alien wauted the belligerency ef the insur gents recognized. J H7f h Day. For mora than three hours the Senate chamber rang with eloquent appcala in behalf nf the Cuban in mitten t. Cannon, of Utah, and. Mason, ottllinotfi.Tielng the principal speakers, Mason in bin remarks, urged the President to take immediate action, and Cannon apok in support of hj resolution introduced the day before to give Spain until March 4thto atop th war, Hale made a coob headed speech and had the lemilutiniv referred. ' Millie of mtli f'urnlln u tl aiueudmeut to tbe jmutftttutiou. en abliug Congress to levy and collect an income tax. HHm iU v. During the entire sea aiou of the Seuate, the ludian apprcn priation bill was under discussion. . The reading of the bill was corn pie toff, aud all of the committee's amendments of a minor character were attached to the measure Alb n, of Nebraska, en livened the proceedings aJew minutes before adjournment by-making an at tack upon Speaker Reod. Hon; Wil liam Booth, pf London, - Emrlaud, founder of the Salvation Army offici ated aa chaplain at the opening session today. Mr. and Mrs. Booth Tucker, the son in-law and daughter of General Booth, were in the gallery during the prayer. Previous to the meeting of the Senate the entire party hold a brief reception iu the Vice-President's room. HHth Day. Tbe Senate oasned the Indian appropriation bill, after being amended aomewbat by Pettigre w, of South Dakota. The bill carries heart v gH.ooo.OOO. Allen, of Nebraska, intro duced a resolution directing ha com- i a a . a .i a a i .a i l. . mittpo on lorcign relation to impure whether the yacht Huocattppr, owned by Wm. it, Itaaisli baa been aeiaad and i baiiig iicbl ty the Spanish gtv arumeut, i he resolution was agreed to 40th Dw The Senata Foreign lie latiPHs committee reported agaiuat placing Allen' ('rihanbeligorMnov amendment on tbe consular bU I and, recommended thai -it.be laid upon the table. Senator Allen epoke on his res olution providing for the free coinage of silver without waiting for action by any other country. Morgan called up his resolution asking that the President -be called upon for certain information in rogard to Cuba. It was passed. - THE HOUSE. 41stDay. The House entered upon the consideration of the A Id rich Plow man contested election case, from the fourth Alabama district. The majority of the committee reported in favor of seating the Republican contestant, on the ground of conspiracy, an allegation vigorously deuied by the minority. Mr. Plowman's plurality, on the face ol' the returns, was 2,957j The . majority revised the figures so as to give Amrich a plurality of ;4v?. During the early part of the cession the Senate amend inents to the nirriculturni bill were dis agreed to, aud the bill was sent to con fcrence. 42d Day. The House by a vote of 148 to 112 undented Plowmau (Dem.)of Alabama, and gave the seat to Aldricb (Rep.) A special deficiency appronria tiori bill was passed carrying 3200, (KM for the payment of jurors' fees in tb United States Courts, and $175,000 foi witness fees. During the debate on the contested election case of Plowmau vs. Aldricb, Linney said the negroes in tbe South were steadfast in their loyalty to tin Republican ticket "As well expect tt be able to shoot off the horns of tht moon with a pop-gun," said he, "as tc make a Southern negro voluntarily vote the Democratic ticket" 48i Day. The Houso was in a very' bad temper, and the whole session we? consumed in filibustering aguiust twe bills of minor importance, nitfl tbe othet to make Kockport, Me., a subport ol entry. Neither got further than en grossment ned fhird reading. Roll cal followed roll call all dav long, and par ti. an feeling reached a high pitch. -Finally, when it became evident that nc progress could bo made with the bilb presented, an adjournment was takeu until Mouday. 44th Day. The bouse committee on foreign affairs reported and called up for consideration tho house resolution calling upou the Secretary of State foi information as to Spain's dealings With the starving Cubans, and also an to the progress of efforts for the establishment of autonomy in Cuba. After a short debate the resolution was adopted. Another resolution was adopted callinu for tbe correspondence relating to the exclusion of our fruits, beef and horse from Germany. The remainder of the day was devoted to District, of Colum bia business. Wnshhgtori Jottings. The National Congress of Mothers will meet in Washington in May. Washington special pays: TLe ma ioriiy report in the contested election case of Thorp vs. K pes from the Fourth Virginia district, filed in the House, re verses Epes' plurality of 2,021, an-' gives Thorp a plurality of 812. The re turns from nineteen rejected precinct? in Petersburg and Lunen burg-count v, where it is alleged thereturns were sue oess'fnily impeached,. precincts atViiieir Democrats were judges of election in creased Thorp's pluiality in the pre cincts carried by him to J, 107. . Will Lose the Interest. There will be no postponement of the ?aie of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. The reorganization committee has of fered to bid $e,.o03t000, the full amount of the principal of the debt due the government. The latter will, however, lose the interest, amounting to $o,024, iOT. To Regulate Hotel Kates. A bill in the Kentucky Legislature fixes daily rates in first-cla3S hotels at $1.50; boarding houses JiO cents, and restaurant mea's ?5 cecfa each.
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