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THE charlotte messenger. VOL. IV. NO. 46. TIIB Charlotte Messenger IS PUBLISHED Every Saturday, AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. In the Interests of the Colored People of the Country. 4 Able and well-known writers will contrib ute to its columns from different parts of the country, und it will contain tlie'latest Gen eral News oftlie The Mesxenukr is a first-class newspaper and will not allow personal abuse in its col umns. It is not sectarian »ir partisan, but imlejiendeiit—dealing fairly by all. It re serves the right to criticise the sliortconiincs of all public oflicials—commending the worthy, and recommending for election such men as in its opinion are l»est suited to serve the interests of the jieople. It is intended to supply the long felt need of a newspaper to advocate the rights and defend the inter, sts of the Negro-American, especially iu the Piedmont section of the Carolina*. SUBSCRIPTIONS: (.dhrays in Advance.) 1 year - - $1 .V) £ months - - - 1 (N) 6 months - - 75 6 months - - - *q 2 months - - -35 Single Copy - - 5 Address, W. C. SMITH Charlotte NC Crickets are devastating Algeria, en tirely destroying vegetation. Their dead bodies are creating a pestilence, and interfering with the running of ♦rains. The character of a certain class o) thieves’ booty seems to be undergoing c complete revolution. Only a short time ago their boldness extended to carrying off stoves. Then it became more ex pan sive, so as to include house roofs, and now one of the rascals out in Kansas ha? capped the climax by digging up and carting away 500 sweet i>otato plants. James Eveleth, Disbursing Clerk of the Record Division of the office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. C., has been in the service of the Government longer than any other person now con nected with tho War Department. He became clerk of the Military Reservation at Fortress Monroe in 1820. He is now eighty years of ago. The obituary of the greatest ship yet built appears in this advertisement, clipped by the Argonaut from a London paper: “Tendersare invited for taking out the paddle engines, shaftings, paddle wheels, pa Idle boxes, and sponsons of of the steamship Great Easiorn, now lying at the Tail of the Bank, near Greenock. Good references and security required.” George Muller, celebrated throughout the world as a worker for the good ol his fellow-men, is now eighty !wo year* old and as full of zeal and activity at ever. He has just returned to England after a preaching tour of 37,000 milei through Australia, China, Japan and other countries. Two thousand chil dren greeted him at Bristol upon his re turn, the little ones being inmates of his orphanage in that city. « A foreign authority has just published the maritime disasters reported during the very disastrous month of March, 1888, concerning all flags: Sailing vessels reported lost—l7 American, 2 Austrian, 82 British, 1 Danish, 3 Dutch, 4 French, 13 German, 1 Hawaiian, 8 Italian, 17 Norwegian, 3 Portuguese, 1 Spanish, 2 Swedish; total, 101. In this number are included 12 vessels reported missing. Steamers reported lost—fl British, 2 Norwegian; total, 8. Tfie causes of losses were: Sailing vessels—Stranding 50, collision 7, tire 2, foundered !\ aban doned 0. condemned 15, missing 12; total, 140. Steamers —Stranding 7, f o»i ndered 1 ; total, 8. The recent experiment* in employ ment of ••cycles” of various sorts for army use in the spring military exercises in England, seem to demonstrate the fu* tility of expecting that class of ma chinery to be of much practical value for this service. The accents of long bills had to be made by the cyclist vol unteers slowly, and with toil, ou foot, because the machines could not be rid den; a carriage to be ridden and worked by four men, and to c? f ry a Maxim gun, broke down utterly; the “Centi|»cde, or flying upper, a machine on eight wheels, carrying intrenching tools, en gineering appliances, and men, broke in two and had to be abandoned; and there were minor accidents in only two days' trials. So long as the opera tions of wsr cannot be confined to nice, smooth, asphalted floors, and conducted daintily, the machines are not likely to be worth much among possible military appliances. THE REPUBLICANS. HARRISON AND MORTON Nominated by the Chicago Convention after Six Day’s Hard Fighting. First Day.—Although afresh breeze from Lake Michigan prevailed all day and made the xveathcr pleasant, Chicago, 111., was in a fever heat. It was 12:30 p. m. when Chairman Jones, of the National Republican Con vention, rapped the Convention to order. The building was almost fairy-like in its beauty, with its myriads of electric jets in arches, in stars and diamonds, with its banners and streamers of a thousand hues, —all making a magnificent spec tacle. Nothing could be seen of the front of the desk upon which eight years ago descended the gavel that announced the nomination of James A. Garfield and four years later the success of James G. Blaine. It was one huge bank of roses, and shed its delicate perfume far and wide. From the first balcony jxjrtraits of all the Republican Presidents looked down upon the delegates, and the pictures of Generals Grant and Logan were there, wreathed in immortelles. The Rev. T. W. Gansaulus opened the convention with prayer, and then Chair man Jones stepped to the front ami read his address. He declared that “the tariff had built up the country,” and after giving the Democrats a dig and glorify ing the Republican rule and principles, he concluded: “We are again confront ed xvith this same Democratic party, the mother of all evils, from which the couutry has suffered. The Republican party will resume its authority and suc cessfully lead this great country, with its benificent institutions, toward the sublime goal which all patriots believe to be its heaven ordained destiny. I have no doubt of the result.” The Hon. J. M. Thurston, of Ne braska, was named as Temporary Chair man and upon being seated, spok; at length. Calls were then made for Gen eral Fremont and the first candidate of the Republican party for President came forward and spoke, being warmly ap plauded. Fred Douglas said “that the Repub lican party had stood by the colored race, and it would stand by the Repub lican party.” Congressman Wise told the convention that it was William Mahone’s trifling with the Republicans of Virginia that had brought about the contest among the delegates of that State. While Mr. Mahone was responding to Mr. Wise’s eharge, the latter who was standing behind him on the platform shouted: “You are in my district, and I charge you with the frauds by which I was made a contestant.” Mr. Mahone answered back: “Then your charge is as false as you are foul. I will put the stigma where it belongs instead of talking about it here.” The two men glanced at each other, and fora moment it looked as if a per sonal encounter were imminent, but a Michigan man rose to the point of order and the combatants quieted down. Some routine business was transacted and at 3:31 p. m. the first day’s session was over. Second Day. —lt was half past twelve when Chairman Thurston called the convention to order. After prayer by Rev. S. A. Northrop, the convention heard the report of the committee on organization, which was adopted: For Permanent Chairman—Hon. M. M. Estee, of California. Secretaries—C. W. Clisbee, of Mich igan; M. Griffin, of Whconsin; W. M. Buell, of Tennessee, and M. Lynch, of Pennsylvania. Seargant-at-Arms—Chas. Fitzsimmons, of Chicago. A few words of thanks from Tempo rary Chairman Thurston, a word of introduction and the permanent chair man stepped forward. In his address he said, “I can’t even guess who your nominee is going to be, (laughter] though, of course you all know.” Two gavels were presented, one by Mayor Roche, of Chicago of silver and gold, and the second one presented was made from a desk which belonged to Gen. Grant. After a number of committees had been heard from and much talking done the convention at 2:15 p.m. adjourned until evening. COMMITTEE WAR. After a continuous session of six hours to-day the committee on credentials came to an agreement U|>on the Virginia contest. It decided to recommend to the convention that the four Mahone dele gates at large be declared the regular delegates and seated accordingly and the Wise delegates in the second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth be recognized as the regularly elected delegates. This decision gives Wise 14 of the delegation and Mahone? eight. There were times during the meeting when accusations of lying, fraud, trick ery, etc., were hurled back and forth, and Congressman Hepburn, the chair man, broke a heavy walking stick jn half and almost split the solid oak table in his efforts to maintain order. J t the night session it was decided no change of votes c an lie made after the vote of a state has lieen properly cast until after the ballot has been an nounced. A resolution w r as adopted expressing sympathy for Germany, and the? balance of tne evening was taken up in speech making and hearing the report of the Committee og Credentials. Adjourned at 11:25. CHARLOTTE, N. C„ SATURDAY. JUNE 30, 1888. Third Day. —At ten o’clock the con vention was called to order by Chairman Estie and Rev. Thomas M. Green, Epis copal. invoked the Divine blessing. When theroll wss called for members of the National Committee the following gentlemen Responded for their respective states: F. F. Putney, Georgia; W. P. Canaday, North Carolina; E. M. Bray ton, South Carolina. The Committee on Resolutions sub mitted the platform which was adopted unanimously: It starts out by declaring ti nt Abraham Lincoln was the champion of liberty; states that the memories ot Grant. Garfield, Arthur, Logan and Conkling will he faith fully cherished; prays for the recovery of that noble soldier, Philip H. Sheridan; sends fraternal congratulations to the Americans of Brazil upon the ncc< mplidiment of the abolition of slavery throughout the Ameri can contin?nts; favors Home Rule foi Ire land; reaffirms an unswevering devotion to the National Constitution, and to the indis olulilo union of the States; to the anatomy reserved to the States under tho constitution; the iiersonal rights and liberties of citizens in all the States and territories in the union, and especially to the supreme and sovereign right of every lawful citizen, rich or poor, native or foreign born, white or black, to cast a free ballot in public elections and to have that ballot duly counted. We hold that free and equal representation of all the people, is the foundation of our Republican Government, and demand effective legisla tion to secure the integrity and purity of elections which are the foundations of all public authority. “We charge that the present, administra tion and the Democratic majority in congress owe their existence to the suppression of the ballot by a criminal nulification of the Con stitution and laws of the United States. “We are incompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection. We pro test aguiiist its destruction as proposed by the President and his party. They serve the inerests of Europe: we will support the interests of America. ‘We accept the issue and confidents illy appeal to the people for their judgment. The protective system must he maintained. Its abandonment has always been followed by grave disaster to all interests except those of the usurer and the sheriff. “We denounce the Mill's bill as destruct ive to the general business, the labor ami tbe fanning interests of the country, and we heartily endorse the consistent and patrotic action of the Republican representatives in Congress in opposing its passage.” It condemns free wool, favors the repeal of the “tax upon tobacco, which is an annoyance and burden to agriculture and the tax upon spirits used in the arts, and for mechanical purposes; and by such >revisiou of the tariff laws as will tend to check the imports of such articles ns are produced by our people, the production of which give employment to our labor and release from inijMirt duties those articles of foreign pro duction; (except luxuries) the like of which cannot he produced at home. If there still remain a larger revenue than is requisite for the wants ol the government, we favor the entire rejieal of internal reverue taxes, rather than the surrender of any part of our protective system at the joint lieliest of the whiskey trust, and the agents of foreien manufacturers.” it denounces contracted Chinese labors: deelures against trusts; favors public land for actual settlers; restoration of unearned land irrmits; admission to statehood of States who have requisites of population: favors Home Rule in Territories and the Dist-iet of Columbia; demands reduction of letter [K(stage to one cent per ounce; favors liberal prov isions for education by btates and na tion; demandslhe rebuilding of the American navy; favors liberal pensions; declares our foreign policy is distinguished by cowardice; arraigns tbe present administration for “its weal; and unpatriotic settlement of the fisheries question, aud its pusillanimous sur render of the essential privileges to which our fishing vessels are entitled to iu Canadian ports;” pledges the party to institute genu ine civil service reform. and reaffirms the plonk in the platform of 1884 on the subject; and denounces‘ the hostile spirit shown by President Cleveland in bis numerous vetoes of measures for pension relief, and the action of the 1 iemocratie House of Kepr sentatives in refusing even a consideration of the gen eral jiension legislation.” The roll of states for tho nomination of President was then called. Mr. Warner, of Connecticut, nominated Governor Hawley, by simply presenting his name and when Illinois was reaehed, Leonard Sweet rose and presented the name of Walter Q. Gresham, of Indiana. New York was the next state to re spond and Senator Hiscock won a big cheer by the announcement that New York was united and their candidate was Chancoy M. Depew. When Ohio was reached there was a scene of enthusiasm ami (fen. Hastings, of Pennsylvania, in magnificent form presented the name of John Sherman. Almost at the start the orator mention ed the name of Blaine, and the effect was electrical. Two-thirds of the delegates jumped up on their seats waving their hats and shouting themselves hoarse. Governor Forakcr followed, throwing the “bloody shirt” to the breeze and wound up by saying, “seven millions of negroes to-day in this country ask you to nominate John Sherman to the Presidency,” and I rise to second the nomination of the citizen of Ohio, now so grand a citizen of our entire Repub lic, John Sherman. (Great applause, j Delegate John C. Darcy, of North Carolina, a young, coal black negro, was the next sjieaker, and in well chosen language, lie paid a tribute to Sher man's love for, and fidelity to the col ored race. Senator Spooner put Gov. Rusk in nomination and at 7:30 o’clock p. in. the Convention adjourned until 11 o’clock the next day. 81IERMAN LEADS. Fourth Day.— The convention to-day began balloting for President with the following result. The ballots up to re cess, which at 2 p. in., was taken to 7 p. in , were as follows: Candidates, Ist tail. 2nd lad. 3rd bal. Alger, 84 11(1 128 Allison, 72' 75 88 Rluinc, 33 32 35 Depew, 99 90 99 Fitler, 24 Gresham, 114 189 123 Harrison, 79 95 94 Hawley, 13 Ingalls, 28 16 —• Lincoln, 3 3 2 McKindley, 2 3 8 Phelps, 25 18 fl Busk, 25 20 19 Sherman, 229 249 244 Miller, 2 The State delegations voted on the 3rd ballot: Virginia—Alger ,4, Allison 3, Sher man 10, Gresham 2, Harrison 5. North Carolina.—Harrison 1, Phelps 1, Alger 5, Sherman 15. South Carolina.—Harrison 1, Sherman 6, Alger 11. Georgia.—Lincoln 1, Harrison 2, Gresham 2, Sherman 18. Upon the conclusion of the third ballot, the convention at 2p. m. took a recess until 7 o’clock in the evening. At the evening session no ballots were taken and after a noisy meeting they adjourned at 10:30. Fifth Day. —The convention con vened at 10:30 o’clock with Warner Miller, of New York, in the Chair. Two ballots were taken: Candidates. 4th Ballot. sth Ballot. Sherman, 236 224 Harrison, 217 213 Alger, 136 142 Gresham, 98 87 Allison, 88 90 Blaine, 42 40 McKinley, 11 14 Lincoln, 1— Douglass, 1— Forakcr, 1— At 4:22 the convention adjourned until 11 o’clock Monday. Sixth Day. —The Republican Conven t on, after being in session six days, ad journed, having completed its National ticket, and adopted its platform and ar ranged the preliminaries for the coming campaign. (. andidatee. 6th bal. 7th bal. Bth bal. Harrison, 231 278 544 ( resham, 01 91 59 Allison, 72 76 Alger, 137 120 100 Blaine, 40 15 5 McKinley, 12 16 4 Lincoln, 2 Forakcr, 11 Grant, 1— Haymond, —1 On the eighth ballot Benjamin Har rison, of Indiana, was nominated, receiving 544 votes; necessary to a choice 415. Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, took the plat form and read a telegram: “Edinburg, June 24.—Boutelle and Manley: Earnestly request all friends to respect my Paris letter. Blaine.” The nomination of Harrison was re ceived with considerable enthusiasm. Delegates rose en masse and the cheer ing was loud and long. The band played patriotic airs. The roll call was verified and then Governor Foraker on behalf of Senator Sherman moved that the convention make Harrison’s nomination unanimous. He said the delegation from Ohio, w r ho were all Sherman men would go away from this convention all Harrison men. They could do so lie said with perfect consistency because they all knew r that Harrison was born in Ohio. (Great ap plause.] Mr. Hoar, of Michigan, for General Alger; Senator Farewell, of Illinois, for-Judge Gresham; Mr. Depew, of New* York, for himself. General Hastings, of Pennsylvatia, who put Sherman in nomination; General Hend erson, of lowa, for Senator Allison; Mr. Boutelle, of Maine, for Blaine’s adher ents; Mr. Davis, of Minnesota; Mr. Mahone, of Virginia, Delegate Proctor, of Vermont, Judge Thurston, of Ne braska. Mr. Williams, of Arkansas, all seconed the motion and the nomination was made unanimous. The convention then proceeded to nominations for Vice-President. The following were the nominations and the number of votes for each man: Morton, of New York, 591 Phelps, of New Jersey, 219 Bradley of North Carolina, 103 B. K. Bruce, of Mississippi, 11 W. T. Thomas, of Texas, 1 The ballot waa completed at 8:20 and the nomination of Morton was made unanimous. After a committee of one from each state was appointed to notify the candidates of their nomination, the Convention adjourned. North Carolina Crop Report. The cn*p report for June is made up from reports of a thouland correspond ents covering every county in the State, is as follows— loo being taken as the estimate of the full crop: Wheat 83 3-4, oats 91 1-7, com 87, cotton 78 3-4 tobacco 82 5-6, rice 931-7, sorghum 801-2, apples 66 1-4, poaches 66, hay 95, clover 90, peanuts H 6. Inqucrries were for the first time made with a view to ascertaining the cost per bushel of producing that quantity of wheat is 68.0, while that of corn is 441-4 and of oats 30 1-2. Comparing the crop report of that for May it is observed that there is a falling off in every respect. Corn is off nearely twelve points, wheat 13, cotton 21, tobacco 4 ami rice 5. Kind to HU Little Roy. “Mother writes that she will be here to-morrow for a short visit, my dear.” “Very well,” he replied, and as he left the house he patted his little boy on tho head kindly and said: “Hobby, didn’t you ask me to buy »ou a tin whittle and a drum the other day?” “Yes, pa.” “Well, I will bring them to you to light.*’—Yo r k &un. In Oregon the wil l flowers begin to bloom about the middle of February, and as winter does not begin until about the middle of December the season of cold weather is very short. I* fact, an Oregon winter generally means a season of warm rains, Drokan by less than two weak* as light snaw. THE TWIN STATES. NORTn CAROLINA. Pinevilie is to have another new cotton factory. Capital stock SIOO, OOO. The closing exercises of the Shelby Military Institute took place Saturday. Tin has been discovered in paying quantities at King’s Mountain. Captain John Booth, of Henderson, aged 68 is dead. Mt. Airy celebrated the completion of her railroad in fitting style and “hum* dreds flocked there to see” from all parts of the State. The formal opening of the Sea Coast Railroad connecting Wilmington with the ocean beach at Wrightville, took place Tuesday afternoon in the presence of over a thousand persons. The skull of Cartoogeechce (Billy Bowlegs) a celebrated chief of the Seminole tribe has been exhumed in Florida by a collector and is now on exhibition at Parke Davis & Co’s botanic dejiot, Charlotte. Franklin county has just voted a sub scription of $50,000 in aid of the build ing of the Great Western Air Line road, from Charlotte to Weldon. At a meeting of the Horticultural So ciety, at Raleigh on|Wednesday, arrange ments were perfected for the Fruit Fair, which it is decided to hold in Metro politan Hall August 16th, being the same time agreed upon for the conven tion of the Farmer’s Alliance. It was decided to invite Judge Fowle to deliver the address of welcome and Col. S. B. Alexander the annual address. SOUTH CAROLINA. The gambling dens in Columbia arc being raided. Columbia had a cyclone and hail storm Friday. I. O. Adams, a C. & G. conductor, committed suicide at Columbia Saturday night. Monday morning the dwelling house » of Richard Lcnhart, situated three miles east of Easley, was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $11,500. The first locomotive for the C. K. and W. railway has arrived at the Laurens depot. It has inscribed on its sides, “J. B. Humbert, No. 1,” and will be used on the material train. The Governor has commuted the sentences of Horace Greeley and Mary Jones. The former was serving fifteen years for burglary and the latter a life sentence for arson. Gen. Lee’s Letter to a Little Roy. Judge J. T. Bernard was a member of the Bth Florida infantry, Army of Vir ginia, during the war. In February, 1865, his little son, Overton, then only 6 years of age, wrote to Gen. Lee beg ging that he would let his father come home on a short visit, adding byway of inducement: “If you will please let him come home, I’ll go out and help him fight just as soon as 1 get old enough.” The following is Gen. Lee’s answer, verbatim, written on coarse, unlined Confederate paper, the only kind then in use iu the South: Headquarters C. S. Armies, ) Ist March, 1865. f Master Overton Bernard, Tallahassee, Fla: I rceeived your letter asking me to let your pa come home to sec you this winter. It is too late now, but I will see if he can be spared a little while, but you must not fail to come out to fight for your country as soon as you are big enough, whether I let your pa come home or not. If all little boys don’t make up their minds to fight as soon as they are able, you won’t have any home for your pa to come to. Very truly, your friend, R. E. Lee, General. Sweltering New York. The continued heat is playing sad havoc among the children in the tene ment house districts. The cirt ideates of deaths arc pouring in and several clerks are kept busy tabulating them for future reference in the bureau of statistics. Over 100 deaths of children from diar rhoa caused by the heat were recorded, and the books show fully 300 deaths for the day, the heaviest for a year. Horses are suffering severely, and a numlicr of cab and car horses have dropped dead from the heat. The latter, notwith standing the fact that the companies have relays at intervals of a mile and hospital stations all along the line. At noon Monday the themometer registered 98. _ Both Were Killed. Melville Lites, a young white m?n, and n negro Wash Haralson, fought with pistols near Ricnmond, Alabama and b?th were killed. They wrre living on the plantation of A. T. Jones. Lites lieing an overseer and the negro a la borer. The negro had been ordered to leave the place, but refused to do so and when Lites went with Jones to the negro’s home he fired on them. Lites was shot twjce and died within fifteen minutes. Haralson was also fatally shot and died in a few hours. FOREIGN NOTES. Emperor William opened the Reich' stag on Monday. He favors peace. The Italian papers referring to Premier Crispin policy ns intended to force the Pope to leave Italy, say it will have that result if persevered in. A parliamentary return shows that thirty-two people starved to death in London in 1887. Term $1.50 per Anma Single copy 5 cents. WASHINGTON, D. C. IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. Congressmen and Senators Again Devote tfcair Time to New Laws. The Senate took up the river and har bor bill Wednesday. Among the amend ments agreed to were the following: Increasing the Baltimore harbor $250,000 to $300,000; increasing the Savannah harbor from $90,000 to $200.- 000; increasing Tampa Bav, Fla., from $20,000 to $50,000; Great Kanawha River, W. Va., from $300,000 to $350,- 000; increasing Cape Fear river, Wil mington, N. C., from SIOO,OOO to $145,- 000. At 3:15 p. m. the Senate adjourned. House. —The features in the House were the passage of the land bill and the renewal of the consideration of the tariff bill. Mr. Mills, of Texas, then called up the tariff bill. Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, suggested that as the Issue lietween the two parties ha<l been a distinct one, the Mill’s bill should be laid over until the nex session, with the tinderstanding that if at the November election it should be approved by the people, the Republicans should withdraw their opposition. The House in a committee of the whole then took up the bill. Motions to strike out coal tar, crude and other coal tar products, dye woods and decoctions, from the free list were made and lost. A committee amendment to strike out bone black, ivory dust, black and bone char was adopted. A motion by Mr. Buchanan, of New Jersey, to strike out “bricks other than firebrick.” was rejected, and without further progress the committee rose, and at 7 o'clock p. m., the house adjourned. Thursday. —On motion Nr. Blount, of Georgia, was elected as sjieaker pro tem. The House went into a committee of the whole on the tariff bill. Mr. Baker, of New York, moved to strike from the free list vegetables in the natural state, or in salt or brine, not specially enumerated or provided for Mr. Mills charged that the Repub licans favored free whiskey. Mr. J. D. Taylor, of Ohio, challenged the state ment. Mr. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, favored the repeal of the internal revenue laws. Mr. Wise, of Virginia, was in favor of the repeal of the tobacco tax. Mr. Baker’s motion was rejected, and the committee rose. On motion of Air. Randall a joint reso lution was passed providing for expendi tures of the government for 30 days after June 30, in case the appropriations failed to pass by that time. The House went into committee again, and Mr. Mills presented committee amendments, which were adopted, placing on the freelist German looking glass plates, blown and silvered, ana striking out plums and prueas. Efforts to strike out ehickory and dandelion root, cocoa and figs, were un successful. An amendment offered by Mr. Bynum, from committee on ways and means, to strike out pulp for paper maker's use was adopted, An amendment offered by Mr. Fargu har, of New York, to strike out books and pamphlets printed in other lan guages than English was, after debate, lost. On motion of Democratic members there were struck from the free list hatters' fur, not on the skin, lime, lin seed, flaxseed, marble of all kinds, and plaster paris, when ground or calcined. Mr. ilarmer, of Pennsylvania, had read a protest against the passage of the Mills bill, signed by over 800 manu facturers and business men of Philadel phia employing 150,000 persons The committee having risen, the conference report on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was agreed to, and the House at 5 o’clock adjourned. Senate. —The Senate spent must of the day in the consideration of the river and harbor and army appropriation bills, without action. The Senate then resumed the consider ation of the river and harbor, bill. The question being on the amendment in serting an item of SIO,OOO for the Yad kin river. North Carolina, which was agreed to. Several Lives Lost A train southlnnind, proceeding to Mobile, went through a small bridge near Tensas, Fla. 'Hie engineer, John Morgan and Sam Williams, the fireman, and two tramps who were stealing a ride, were killed. Mail agent Davis was dangerously hurt and four paasengen and the baggage master was slightly in jured. The engine, lmggage ear. the mail car, two passenger coaches, and one sleeper were totaliv wrecked. The killed and wounded were taken to Mobile. The Green Fi)fd Monster. On Monday. Smith & Wilson, con tractors, discharged Louis Nicholi, a stoneciittev, for drunkenness. At 6 o’clock last night Nicholi appeared at the works and shot Contractor M- B Wilson in the neck. He then walked home and placing the muzzle of the re volver in his own mouth sent a bullet into bis head. They both died. Graut Killed Garfield. During the absence of their father aod mother, Grant and Garfield Jones, twin brothers, aged eight vears got possession of a gun, and Grant discharged its con tents into Garfield's body, killing him instantly, at their home in Stafford county,'Virginia.