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VOL. VIII.
RALEIGH; N. 0.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1897-
NO. 52.
THE
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Bills General, Local, But All of Some
Importance.
REID AND RANSON UNSEATED.
To Punish Train-Wreckers--Rcsolu-tlons
for a Code Commissioner
Protection of Wives.
SENATE.
Monday. Senate met at 4 o'clock.
Alexander' presented a petition from
citizens of Mecklenburg to regulate
Lours of labor in the State and to pro
tect women and children. ,
Bills and resolutions were introduced
as follows :
"Walker For the ..beiiejat of the pub
lio schools in the State; provides that
nil voters shall show their tax receipts
before they can vote, and by this means
increase the school fund.
Hardison Pohibiting the Bale or
manufacture of liquor and sale of cigar
ettes in the State.
Hardison To regulate the hours of
iabor in factories.
Rollins To regulate the sale of con
cealed weapons.
Ramsey iTo amend section 2150 of
The Code, relating to probating wills;
to amend The Code in relation to ten
ants; also to amend The Code in rela
tion to persons bringing suits who are
not able to give bond.
Moye To define public schools and
increase their terms.
Mardison To carry into effect the
educational provisions of the constitu
tion; provides that the commissioners
of each county shall levy a sufficient tax
on the property and polls of the county
to maintain a public school in each
school district four months.
Bill to extend the time for the collec
tion of taxes in Asheville passed;' also
bill to amend the charter of the Caro
lina Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
There was discussion of a bill to reg
ulate the probate of fees on crop liens.
The original bill applies to Cleveland,
but amendments were offered including
Union, Fraaklin, Chatham and Meck
lenburg. These were adopted and the
bill passod. It allows the clerk of the
court or probate judge 10 cents and the
register of deeds 20 cents for probating
aud registering crop liens.
Tuesday. Senate was called to order
by Lieutenant-Governor Reynolds.
Among the bills and resolutions intro
duced were:
Jy unanimous consent resolution
No. 313 was placed on the calendar.
This resolution is to elicit information
for the better information of railroad
charges in the State; gives the Gov
ernor the right to call on all railroad,
express, steamboat and telegraph com
- panies so as to ascertain all those offi
cers who receivT) over 2,500 per annum
as salary.
Moye Bill to amend section 2823 of"
The Code in relation to the pay of clerks
and employees of the 0 eneral Assembly.
Provides that the auditor may require a
certificate from the proper officers that
the work ha been faithfully performed
by f,aid employes.
Hardison Bill to prohibit the sale
of immoral and obscene literature in
the State.
Ifardison Bill to protect the people
of the State from fevers, etc., in second-hand
clothing; also to prohibit the
"sale of liquor unless under police super
vision. Clark Bill to authorize mavors of
towns and cities to solemnize the mar
riage ceremony. -
Person Bill to increase the public
school fund from fees in Secretary of
State's office.
Hardison Bill to increase the public
school fund in the State.
The morning hour having expired,
the special order set for today was
taken up, the bill to repeal chapter 303,
laws of 18D.3, locating the lines between
Alamance and Chatham counties. The
bill provides the running of new lines
beginning at the Nattie Newlin place,
running west to Randolph county and
east to Haw river, which would give
back to Chatham the. land taken from
her and given to Alamance in lS'Jo. Af
ter considerable discussion for and
against the bill a substitute was offered
and passed second reading.
Wednesday. Senate met at 10
o'clock, Lieutenant-Governor Reynolds
presiding. The following petition was
presented:
- 31 r. Alsxander (by request a petition
from the employes of the Victor Cotton
Mills, of Charlotte, for regulating the
hours of labor.
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This provides 11 hours
as a aay s wort
Amoug the bills introduced were:
Alexander (by request) Bill to pro
vide for the erection of a building for
the deaf and dumb at Morganton.
Mr. Maultsby Bill for the relief of
David W. Powell, treasurer of Colum
bus county, and his sureties.
Mr. Person Eill to prevent discrimi
nation in passenger accommodations.
- Maxwell Bill to provide for divorces
in certain cases of females under 18
years of age ; also to amend chapter 45,
private laws of 18'J4.
The bill to repeal chapter 303, laws of
1895 (the Alamance and Chatham boun
dary line) passed to a third reading.
To fix the time for the qualification
of justices of the peace; provides that
the term of office shall begin as soon as
they qualify. Passed second and third
readings.
To authorize the commissioners of
Robeson county to levy a special tax to
pav the present floating debt of the
county.' Passed second and third read
ings. .
J'o pav resistors of deed of the sev
cral counties 10 cents for each copy
sheet of 100 words for recording elec
tion returns. Passed second and third
readings.
To elicit information for the better
regulation of railroad charges. This
resolution renuests the Governor to call
on all railroad, steamboat, express and
telegraph companies and ascertain all
the officers that are paid more than
2, 500 per annum. The object is to re
duce passencrer and freieret rates. J.ms
bill was rn-ref erred.
To provide that any note, bond, bill,
mortgage, or any private obligation may
be paid and discharged in any kind of
monev at its face value at the time of
niaturitv: reported adversely by com
mittee. Several Senators took grounds
in favor of the bill and several against
it. but it was finallv passed.
Thursday. Senate was called to or-
der at 11 o'clock, Lieutenant-Governor
I Reynolds presiding.
Among the new measures were: '
Scales To establish and incorporate
the North Carolina Veterinary Associa
tion and to regulate the practice of
medicine; also to regulate the sale of
fertilizers in the State.
Whidbee To amend sec. 1285 of
The Code, relating to divorces. This
bill provides that the party who derires
a divorce must be a" resident of the
State for sevejn years before applying
for same.
Shaw To extend the time for or
ganizing banks in Maxton.
Alexander (by request) Bill in re
gard to bicycles and baggage on rail
roads. Following bills passed third reading:
To allow the commissioners of Robeson
to levy a special tax; to extend the stock
law in Wayne county.
Bills on recond reading: To exempt
undertakers who are funeral directors
from jury duty; passed second and
third readings. To protect iron bridges
in'Macon county; passed1 second and
third readings. To pav special venire3
in capital cases $1 per day and no mile
age. By amendment the following
counties were exempted from the bill:
Rockingham, Durham, Franklin, Cleve
land, Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga, Dup
lin, Clay, Cherokee, Graham and Rich
mond. To amend chapter 263, private
laws of 1831, relating to the students at
Trinity Callege. Heretofore this act
gave the students some power in the
the government of the institution; the
amendment strikes out this part of the
act. . i
The Calendar: Bill relating to corpor
atfons; tabled. To amend sectiohs 1190
and J200 of The Code, relating to chal
lenging of jurors; tabled. To enforce
ordinances in towns and cities; tabled.
To establish a scale of fees for registers
of deeds in North Carolina; tabled. Bill
in relation to sale of farm products; ta
bled. To provide for the probate of
wills in certain cases. This bill pro
vides a statute of limitation. Mr. .Jus
tice offereTl the following amendment:
"Provided that this act shall not oper
ate to prevent persons under disabilities
from applying to prove a will in com
mon five years after disability is re
moved ;" tabled. To provide for the pro
bate of wills. This bill allows a person
to make a will before death and have it
probated; tabled. To prevent discrim
ination against different kinds of mon
ey; tabled. To authorize county com;
missioners to appoint time and place for
sale of property under process of law;
tabled. To pension all ex slaves who
did service in the Confederacy. This
bill appropriates $5 per month. Mr.
McCarthy moved to table. Mr. Person
demanded a roll call, which was sus
tained. Bill tabled ayes 34, noes 11.
To repeal section 3433 of the code and
all amendments. This bill prevents the
directors or manager of the peniten
tiary from hiring out convicts in com
petition with free labor. On motion to
table Mr. Person demanded the roll
call. Sustained ayes 38, noes 10. To
amend section 503 of the code, relating
to homesteads; tabled. To make wit
npsq fjrfretf negotiable; tabled. To de
fine the public school law and extend
the time of teaching; tabled. To in
crease the public school funds; tabled.
At the night session the following
was accomplished: To incorporate
Hamlet; to authorize McDowell county
to levy a special tax to pay for jail.
Passed second and third reading: To
facilitate the trial of civil actions. This
bill makes return term trial term also;
also provides that when summons is
served complaint is also delivered to
party.
Fiuday. Senate met at 11 o'clock.
Among the petitions offered were:
Clark From the citizens of Littleton
against a dispensary law.
Scales From citizens of Guilford
county against the 10-hour law.
Alexander To work convicts on the
pnblic roads.
Parker From citizens of Alexander
countv, asking the General Assemblv
not to make any more appropriations to
btate institutions, and to make no ap
propriations for a reformatory unless
voted lor by tne people of the State.
Among tne Dins ana resolutions in
troduced were:
Henderson A bill to amend section
1754 of the Code, relating to the tenant
act. '
Newsom A bill to amend the insur
ance laws of the State.
Justice A bill relating to the clerk
of the Superior Court of Rutherford
county.
Utley Bill for the protection of edu
cational and other interests in North
Carolina.
Abell Bill regulating the duties of
clerks of courts in regard to books fur
nishod by the State.
Clark A bill prohibiting certain
games of chance.
,J ustice Bill authorizing the commis
sioners oi ituthertoru county to levy
special tax.
Among the bills on the third readm
were:
To allow Caldwell county to levy
special tax ana to puna a jail; to mcor
porate Hamlet, Richmond county.
I'assea.
To allow the commissioners of Rich
mond county to levy a special tax.
Passed.
To allow the commissioners of Mc
Dowell county to levy a special tax.
PassedT
To allow the commissioners of Mont'
gomery county to levy a special tax.
Passed.
To allow the commissioners of Wa
tauga county to levy a special tax
Passed.
Bills on second reading:
To restore the office of treasurer of
McDowell and to authorize the Gov
ei nor to appoint .a treasurer until the
election. Passed second and third
reading. To extend the time of hold
ing the February term, of Guilford
court.
A message was received from the
Governor relating to the offer of the
Seaboard Air Line to . lease the North
Carolina railroad, and at 1:10 the Sen
ate went into executive session and
Governor Russell addressed the Legis
lature at some length on the matter of
the North Carolina Railroad. He
charged the president and directors of
that company with freezing out the
Seaboard Air Line by refusing to con
sider the offer made for the road by
President Hoffman. The message was
the feature of the day's proceedings.
Saturday. Senate met at 11 o'clock,
Lieut. -Governor Reynolds presiding.
A petition was presented by the Wo
men's Christian Temperance Union for
the establishment of a reformatory.
The petition was signed by about 1,000
prominent woment in all sections of the
State. -
Among the many new bills introduc
ed was one by hardison to protect and
encourage sheep-raising in the State.
The Edgecombe county road law was
taken up and discussed. This bill pro
vides that no person living in towns
shall pay a road tax, but to be taxed for
the improvement of streets in the cor
porate limits of a town. Person spoke
to his bill; Moye opposed the bill as did
also Alexander, sayinsr that his countv
Mecklenburg had the best roads of
any county in the ; State, and they were
improved by taxation; that he would
vote against any measure opposing eood
roads. Finally it was seen that the op
position was so great the bill failed to
pass by tne louowing vote: Ayes 1,
noes 32.
The calendar was then taken up and
he following passed second and third
readings:
To incorporate the People's Benevo-
ent and Relief Association of North
Carolina.
For the relief of the sheriffs and tax-
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llecters'in the State. "This bill gives'
the sherifls and tax-collectors of each
county in the State the power to collect
back taxes from 1889 up to and includ
ing 1896, excepting a few counties
which were exempted.
To amend section of the code.
llns bin rroliibits any person, persons
or corporation being non-residents of
the State, from catching fish by nets
or otherwise, in any waters of the State
without first obtaining a license from
the Treasurer of the State, said license
to be 2.500 per annum. The violation
of this act is a misdemeanor and pun
ishable by a fine of $100 or six months
imprisonment, or both, in the discre
tion of the court, the fines and license
ees to go to the public school fund.
Resolution for the appointment of a
special committee to prepare a bill fix
ing salaries and fees.
HOUSE.
Monday. House met at 3 :30. Among
the bills introduced were the following:
Cox To allow defendants in actions
to plead the statute of limitation; to
make it the duty of Suierior Court
clerks upon petition of 200 free-holders
that county commissioners are improp
erly managing affairs, to appoint two
others.
Ensley To promote marriage in the
State. Declaring all unmarried men
aged 24 bachelors, who shall be taxed
$16 for the first year of bachelorhood
and the tax to be doubled each succeed
ing year of bachelorhood, the tax to go
to tfie school fund.
Cox To give the Governor and not
the Legislature the appointment of State
Librarian.
Cox To fine defeated candidates for
office who fail to file statement of elec
tion expenses 850.
Cox To fine cotton weighers So who
make errors in weighing cotton.
Crews (Rep.) Instructing Senators
and Representatives in Congress to se
cure the repeal of the civil service law.
declaring the latter unnecessary and
contrary to the spirit of our institn
tions.
Abernethy To appropriate $100,090
annually from the public fund for the
common schools. to be divided pro
rata among the counties so as to equal
ize as far as possible the school terms
of the respective counties.
Lusk To give all notaries public,
justices of the peace, clerks of Superior
and Inferior Courts power to take ac
knowledgments and take the privy ex
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Alexander To make it a misdemean
or by intoxicated persons and others to
interrupt school entertainments or po
litical meetings.
Alexander To repeal section 5 of the
county government law and construe
the law to mean that a majority of any
of the present boards of county commis
sioners shall have full power to act on
all matters coming before these boards
without the concurrence of the one
member who has been appointed by the
resident or presiding judge.
Tuesday House met at 12 o'clock
Among the bills introduced were:
Sutton To provide that the existence
of a life estate in any land shall not be
a bay to a sale for partition of such
land. -
Dockery lo allow Kichmond coun
ty to issue bonds to pay the floatin
debt.
Dockery To amend the charter of
Laurinburg so the commissioners and
officers shall be elected by the people
the fiest Monday in May.
Bill to allow Marion county to levy a
special tax for the improvement of "its
public roads passed; also one to allow
Montgomery county to levy a special
tax, and one to allow Cherokee o levy
a special tax.
Bill passed amending the act creating
the colored normal school at layette
ville and naming new trustees and
managers.
Bill to amend the law as to registra
tion of pharmacists was taken up. It
provides that the word "registered" bo
stricken out and the word "licensed
take its place. But, after considerable
discussion, the House refused to com
mit the bill to the committee on health,
and it passed second and third read
ings. .
Bill to amend the charter of Eden-
ton was taken up and after dis
cussion passed second and third read-
inzs.
Hauser asked leave to have the Sen
ate's free silver instruction resolutions
placed on the calendar. There was in
stant protest. He made a motion to bus
pend the rules. The Democrats voted
ave and the Republicans no. The mo
tion to suspend was lost.
McUrary s assignment act bin was
tabled.
Bill passed to change the corporate
limits of Thomasville.
- McCrary lodged a motion to reconsid
er the vote by which the assignment bill
was tabled.
At the night session the followin
bills were passed:
To incorporate Wingate High School,
in Union county; to allow Swain coun
ty to levy a special tax; to incorporate
Whittier, Swfon county; to change the
date of the apportionment of school
funds in Stokes to October 1 ; to put
M. L. Tuttle, of Stokes, on the pen
sion roll; to amend the charter of
Mocksville.
Wednesday. The House met at 10
o'clock. Bills -were introduced as fol
lows:
Price To amend the law as to elec
tion of county superintendents of edu
cation, so as to restore the same.
Jrrice To allow Monroe s commis
sioners to elect a tax collector; to estab
lish graded schools at Monroe.
Hare To prevent the destruction of
live trees by lumbermen.
fienn to protect wua animals in
Chatham.
Arledge To incorporate Central In
dustrial Institue
at Columbus, Polk
county.
Dixon, of Cleveland to repeal
the
$10 special tax on physicians.
The assignment bill was tanen up and
re-committed and the judiciary committee-will
consider the bill and if it is
not in accord with the Supreme Court's
decision to make it so.
A few bills passed second readings
to allow different counties to build
bridges, levy special tax, issue bonds,
etc.
Sutton's bill to prevent lynching by
empowering the liovernor to convene
special courts instanter in extraordinary
cases was taken up and explained, but
the hour of special order having ar-
rivod the debate ceased. ;
The bill to allow female notaries
public was voted against by the House.
At the night session a resolution was
adopted urging Senators and Represen
tatives in Congess to repeal the civil
service law. Y-
Bills passed to Allow Tiia:ta tffi.un
r-ittebh eoicntv home in -order to
buy another site nearer Asheboro; to
make the fee for impounding stock in
the stock law districts 10 cents instead
of 50 cents in Buncombe, Haywood,
Surry, Davie, Wilkes and Madison.
By a vote of 40 to 44 the House re
fused to reduce the salary of the State
librarian.
Thursday. House met at 10 o clock.
Majority and minority reports of the
committee on privileges and elections
were submitted on the Mecklenbujg
election contest case, the majority
favoring Clanton and Williamson, the
contestants, and the minority favoring
Reid and Ranson, the sitting"members.
Bil's and resolutions introduced:
itton A resolution providing that
th t Speaker shall appoint a special com
mittee of three, to which all bills rela
tive to a code commission shali be re
ferred; also a bill creating a code com
mission. (The resolution was, under a
suspension of the rules, adopted.)
Smith To protect the lives of per
sons traveling on railroads; also for the
protection of wives.
Blackburn To forbid minors from
entering or loafing in bar-rooms.
Lawhon To assist tax-collectors to
collect poll tax.
Hancock To provide for and pro-
moto the oyster industry of North Car
olina. (Ordered printed.)
At the night session bills passed mak
ing it a misdemeanor for any person,
intoxicated or otherwise, to interrupt
or disturb any school entertainment,
picnic, political meeting or any lawful
assembly; to change the name of (Jrif
finville, in Union county, to Marshville
and make it a dry town.
Mr. Liusk said that the business of the
session was about half done, and in or
der to expedite matters he made a mo
tion that all engrossed Senate bills
which come over be placed on the cal
endar without reference to committee.
The motion prevailed.
By leave, Mr. Cox introduced a bill to
prevent the spread of disease among live
stock.
Fkiday. House met at 10 o'clock.
Among the bills and resolutions intro
duced were the following:
McBride To include Robeson in sec
tion 2, chapter 202, Acts of 1881.
White, of Randolph To atlotlr
commissioners of Bandolpn to select
any certain day in December and JVrie
to hold their meetings, instead of the
first Monday.
Cunningham lo allow certain be
nevolent orders exemption from insur
ance tax and supervision.
Peeters To protect deer in Mitchell
and Yancey counties by making it un
lawful to chase them with dogs or to
hunt them between December 15 and
October 15.
Dockery To change the time of
holding courts in the seventh district.
Dockery Resolution that it is expe
dient that some method be devised for
the protection of the youth of the State
against the bliehting influence of the
deadly cigarette and its trust.
Dockery That the judiciary com
mittee be instructed to prepare and pre
sent to the House for its consideration
a bill to establish a general dispensary
system for the State, somewhat Bimilar
to the Waynesville dispensary act,
though more intelligently constructed,
regarding cigarette traffic and con
sumption.
The calendar was taken up and the
following bills passed: '
To establish a uniform standard of
time for the State; resolution raising a
committee to consider the reduction of
salaries to conform with the price of
farm products; to remove obstructions
m Big Dutch Buffalo Creek, Cabarrus
county; to provide for the registration
of land grants in territory which -has
been changed from one county to an
other. Bill to amend the road law so
as to change the dates of meeting of
supervisors to April and October, was
tabled.
The Broughton-Young contest, from
Wake, was taken up, fully discussed,
and finally -decided in favor of Young,
colored.
At this juncture a special message
was received from Governor Russell on
the lease of the North Carolina Rail
road, which was read and 500 copies
ordered printed.
Bill to make ten hours a day's labor
in all factories employing over 5 per
sons, came up with an unfavorable re
port. Mr. Blickburn, chairman of the
committee which heard argument on it,
moved to table it. On this Mr. Dixon, of
Green, demanded the yeas and nays.
The call was not sustained. The bill
went to the table by a very large ma
jority, and the "clincher" was put
upon it. -
Saturday. House met at 10 o'clock.
Bills introduced!
Sutton, of Cumberland To amend
the charter of Fayetteville by creating a
police board.
Ormsby To give county commission
ers more time for meetings.
Murphy To make bastardy a misde
meanor. Bills passed as follows: To leave to
the people the question of the line be
tween Alamance and Chatham; to es
tablish a new township in Surry.
A bill to extend the stock law in
Wayne county passed second reading.
The bill to pay special veniremen m
capital cases came over from the Senate,
the latter body having added several
counties which were objectionable to
the House. McKenzie made a motion
that the House refuse to concur in the
amendments, and that a conference
committee of three be appointed. The
Speaker named McKenzie and Cook
and Parker, of Perquimans, as the com
mittee of conference.
Bills were introduced by Johnson, by
request, to require all bankers or offi
cer! or directors of railroads and State
banks or other corporations .created or
chartered by the Legislature to take an
official oath, the State Treasurer to pre
scribe the form of oath and send the
blank forms to each officer on or before
January 1st of each year; to regulate
the liability of stockholders in banks
chartered by the State; to make chapter
494, acts of 1893, discretionary with the
State Treasurer instead of mandatory.
The bill to establish a dispensary at
Waxhaw passed, after considerable ar
gument. By leave Hancock introduced a bill
to aid "North Carolina's Rolling Expo
sition" bv. appropriating to it $2,500,
the bill being accompanied by a petition.
FOOTBALL PARAPHERNALIA!
How the Punter Protects Illmeeif
While Playing.
To the spectator who watches the
hard-fought battles on the football field
nowadays, it appears as though the
payers are so well protected Trom in
juries that there are ' not nearly so
many risks to be run as there were
twelve years ago. Who would have
worn boots of a double thickness and
padded with thii felt twelve years
ago? And yet rany of the Lvst play
ers to-day wear them to protect the
small bones in their feet fcnd to avoid
sprained ankles. If the old-timers had
been asked to wear shin guards they
would undoubtedly have spurned them,
but nobody Is without them now. From
the light canvas or cloth trousers of
former years. we have heavily padded
moleskins, with bulging knees a foot
thick, solid panlers over thejiips, and
leather protectors for the stomach and
kidneys. Canvas Jackets are not so
popular now, but heavily padded Jer
seys are considered the right idea In
stead. Chadwick, of Yale, has, per
haps, the most novel-looking Jersey.
Around the wrists are leather bands,
and on each elbow is a leather pad the
size of a loaf of bread. On each shoul
der Is a leather protector which Is half
the size of an ordinary saddle and must
mm
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FOOTBALL OUTFIT.
weigh three or four pounds. The inside
of the Jersey is lined with some strong
texture.
Modern football players believe in
protecting their heads. Twelve years
ago there were very few "long-haired"
experts, but the craze for letting one's
locks grow has become universal, so
that a football man with short hair Is
looked down upon. The rubber nose
mask, which covers the mouth as well,
and the leather helmet are devices that
seem almost Indispensable. The hel
met that is in use now not only covers
the top of the head with a cap of hard
leather, but protects the ears with two
big muffs made of, thick felt, through
which are small holes, so that the wear
er can hear the Instructions of his cap
tain. It is estimated that with all of
his football togs on a player can tip the
scales at thirty pounds above his actual
weight. Somebody has suggested steel
masks and coats of mail, but fortunate
ly the rules prohibit any such warlike
accessories.
It is rather expensive to own a com
plete outfit, the big 'varsity teams hav
ing to pay about $40 per man for the
various articles needed in a gridiron
battle. But as college elevens have
plenty of money at their command,
nothing Is thought of such an outlay.
The Gulf Disappearing.
It is rather a disturbing thought to
feel that great portions of the earth's
surface are slipping away, as in the
case of a mountain in Gard, France,
Niagara changing, or that the Gulf of
Mexico is being gradually filled up. The
latter change is predicted by the St
Louis Republic.
Inthe years to come, the geographies
will make no mention of the Gulf of
Mexico, but will picture an Immense
tract of lowland in its stead, the map
being probably provided with a footnote
something like this: "Note There is a
tradition that this level tract of swamp
land was once a billowy sea several
hundred miles long, embracing all that
country between Mexico and Cuba on
the west and east and Yucatan and
Louisiana on the south and north.'
This state of affairs Is being gradually
but surely brought about by the Mis
sissippi and other United States rivers,
which annually deposit millions of tons
of sediment in the gulfs bottom. Ex
pert hydrographers declare that the
Mississippi alone annually deposits
mud sufficient in the gulf to cover one
square mile of its bottom to a thickness
of two hundred and forty feet.
A.nd then they both began to sing.
The key was, I think, B flat,
Sue took.the alto, May the air.
And I well, I took my hat.
New York Town Topics.
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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
The Proceedings Briefly Told From
Day to Day.
SENATE.
Monday. Immediately after the Sen
ate convened at noon Mr. Sherman
moved an executive session, stating that
it would requiro but a short time.
When the doors were closed he reported
the general treaty of arbitration, as
amended Saturday by the committee.
The first of these amendments at the
end of the first article in clause one is:
"But no question which affects the for
eign or domestic policy of cither of the
high contracting parties, or the rela
tions of either with any other State or
power, by treaty or otherwise, shall be
subject to arbitration under this
treaty, except by sjecial agreement."
The second strikes out all reference,
wherever it occurs, to tho King of Swe
den and Norway as the umpire, where
the tribunal , fads to agree uH)n such
umpire. Shermau asked that ' tho in-
I 'unction of tho secrecy be made public,
ut was denied. A message from the
President with a reiort from tho Secre
tary of Stato giing tho information
asked for by the Seuato as to the arrest
and condemui. u in Cuba of Jules
Sanguilly, nm American citizen, was
laid beforo the Senate and referred to
the comiuitteo on foreign relations.
Tho Nicaraguan Canal bill was taken
up and an unsuccessful effort was nuido
to havo a day uud hour fixed for a final
vote.
Tuksday. An additional movement
in tho direction of bi-nietallism was
made in the Senate by Mr. Chandler.
It was in the shape of a resolution de
claring it to be tho senso of tho Senate
that the United States should not per
manently acquiesce in the single gold
standard, and that the efforts of tho
government in all branches should be
directed to securo and maintain tho use
of silver as well as gold as tho staudaJ
money with tho free coinage of both.
The resolution went over with tho no
tice from Mr. Chandler that ho would
address tho Senate upon it. The con
ferenco report upon tho immigration
bill was taken up and was oposed in a
long fqeech by Gibson (Dcm.) of Mary
land. He raised the point that the
committee had exceeded its xwers and
injected new matter in tho bill. Lodgo
spoke in favor of the bill, but it wcut
ovef "without action, Hill, (Dem.), of
New York, giving notice that ho would
speak against it Wednesday. Tho re
mainder of the day wan taken up by tho
Nicaraguan canal bill.
Wednesday. There was nothing of
very much importance beforo tho Sen
ato today. The two resolutions offered
last week looking to tho imjediiig or
preventing of tho sale of the Union Pa
cific Railroad property under a jtuliciul
decreo of foreclosure, were discussed
at some length by Thurston, (Rep).
Concerning tho Government owner
ship he says that tho ixHlc arc not
ready nor never will be. Tho Nicara
guan bill was before the Scuate fur tho
balance of the day.
Thursday. As soon as tho routine
morning business was disposed of in
tlio Senate, the Houso bill was taken up
to prohibit the salo of intoxicating li
quors in the canitol building. Ithaii
boen reported by Mr. .Morrill, (Rep.)
of Vermont, from tlio committee on
public buildings and grounds, and
Morrill desired its passage, while de
claring it was unnecessary and based
on a misapprehension in tho public
mind. Sherman, (Rep.) of Ohio, took
a similar position. Even althougjv. it
was based "on falso and foolish
grounds" ho thought tho Senate
ought to meet the popular
objection and pass tho bill.
Hill, (Dem.) of New York, took a dif
ferent view of the duty of the Senate.
Ho denounced the bill as silly, unwise
aud unnecessary, as a weak yielding to
an alleged public sentiment which re
garded murder, robbery and burglary
as minor crimes in comparison with a
disregard for prohibition laws, and as
vicious and cowardly. Ho moved its
reference to the committee on rules.
whose jurisdiction extends 8ecincally
to all that concerns tho benate rcstau
rant; but that motion was defeated-
veas 27. nays 30. At the close cf tho
morning hour the bin went over with
out action. The Nicaraguan and immi
gration bills took up tho remainder of
the day.
Friday. I he Senate filled the va
cancy in the benatorship irom Dela
ware by seating Richard 11. Kenney,
whose credentials, in duo form, were
presented by Gray (Dem. ) of Delaware,
and the 45 States of the Union aro now
fully represented in the Senate by 00
Senators. The House bill to prohibit
the sale of liquor in tho Capitol was not
taken up, but notice was given by Mor
rill that he would move to have it taken
up Saturday. Allen's resolution requir
ing congressional legislation ratifying
the sale of the Union I'acillc Kail road
came up. Thurston continued his argu
ment in opposition to tho measure. The
Nicaraguan canal bill was also taken up
and speeches in opposition to it were
made by Senators Allen (Pop.) of Ne
braska, and Caffery (Dem.) of Louisi-.
ana. Some fifty pension bill sand some
twenty-five other unobjected House
bills were taken from the calendar and
passed.
Saturday. Thurston, (Rep) of Ne
braska, gave another installment of his
speech on his colleague s resolution de
signed to prevent the judicial sale of
the Union Pacific railroad proierty.
The Nicaraguan canal bill was allowed
to go over informally in order to pass
bills on the calendar that were unob
jectionable. Senator Cameron's joint
resolution reeognizmg the indepen
dence of Cuba was reached, Senator
Hill, who was in the chair, remarked
facetiously, that in the absence of ob
jection, it would be considered as
passed. The objection then came, and
a motion was made by Mr. Morgan,
(Dem.) to proceed to its consideration
notwithstanding the objection. As
that motion was in contravention of the
agreement under which the Senate
was ikAtiTirv 4 e triAiAn wn a wit rtlrown
Mr. Morgan stating that he would
make an effort to get action upon the
ioint resolutiou when the opportunity
afforded. The day's session closed
wit ri i K A lAltvditr r9 Aillrfctriofl iT tflA
lato Representative Cogswell, of Massa
chusetts.
HOUSE.
Monday. The House refused to con
sider the bill reported by the com
mittee on inter-State and foreign com
merce, to prohibit railroad ticket scali
ing. The following bills were passed: To
prohibit the carrying from one State to
another of obscene literature, or ar
ticles designed for indecent or immoral
purposes; giving officers in the volun
teer service of the United States the
brevet rank held by them and tho right
to wear the uniform of that rank; for
the protection of military parks; pro
viding that surgeons of soldiers' homes
may be appointed from others than
those who have been disabled in the
pervice of the United States; directing
the issue of .patents for the located, but
unconfirmed, lands in Louisiana, con
sisting of 288 tracts, containing about
80,000 acres.
Tuesday. The Houso passed the dip
lomatic consular appropriation bill with
trifling changes, inducing the total ap
propriation to $1,073,708. The usual
resolution was agreed to providing for
a joint session of Congress on Feb. 10th
to count tho electoral vote and declare
tho result. The other matters that
camo up before the House were not of
general interest to the public.
Wkdke8Day. The discusssion of tho
contested election case of Geo. Cornett
vs. Claude S. Swanson, from the fifth
district of "Virginia, occupied nearly the
whole day of the. House, and by an
overwhelming vote. Mr. Swanson's title
to tho seat was confirmed. 1 here was
considerable argument on both sides,
and the constitutionality of the Walton
aw attacked. The House committee
on pensions today favorably reported
tho bill pensioning at $12 a month tho
surviving members and widows oi
members of the organization during
the late war known as the "Last Ten
nessee Bridge Burners. "
Thursday. Consideration of the phi
making appropriations for th District
of Columbia for the year ending June
30, 1893, engaged the attention of the
House to tho exclusion or almost au
other business. Tho further confer
ence asked by the Senate upon tho im
migration bill was agreed to ftnd
Messrs. Danford (Rep.), of Uhio, wn
son, (Dem.), of South Carolina, and
Bartholdt (Rep.), of Missouri, were re
appointed conferees.
Friday. The houso, with lew excep
tions, applied itself to the considera
tion of the unfinished business, and
while thus engaged disposed of sixty
one private pension bills. Reports
were presented and ordered printed
UTon contested election cases of Bcnoit
vs. Boatncr, from the Fifth district of
Louisiana the second irom tnai dis
trict this Congress); of Hopkins vs.
Kendall, from the Tenth Kentucky dis
trict, and of Bcattie vs. Price, from the
Third Louisiana district, all in favor of
the sitting members. The conference
report on -tho military appropriation
bill was agreed to. The evening ses
sion was devoted to private pension
bills.
Saturday. The Houso in committco
of tho wholo concluded tho considera
tion of tho bill making appropriations
for the expenses of the district of Co
lumbia, for tho year ending June 30
181)8. and then passed it. But feV
amendments and those unimportant,
wero made in it. The bill to amend tho
Wilson tariff act. so as to permit the
Treasury officials to sell forfeited opium
to the highest bidder and not require
them to securo tho amount of the duty
of $10 a pound, was passetL
A FORTUNE FOR SOME ONC
Th Treasure of the Incn Btlll Burlf d
Adveuuutni wbo'sccic fold -should
turn toHPeruT To begin with, the re
mainder of the Incas ransom Is burled
Borne where In the mountains between1
Caxamarca and Cuzcu. Wo may confi
dently assume, says an English paper,
that it has not been discovered, for If
put Into circulation at home the money,.
market would have been convulsed,'
whereas the finders would have no
reason for keeping the secret had they,.
gotten safely away to Europe. As for
tho evidence of deposit, there Is Pizar
ro's official report that his comrades
would not wait until the celebrated
room was full. They wero too impa
tient to murder their captive, though
they knew that the bullion levied nit
on the temple at Cuzco was on its way,
transported by 100,000 llamas, each
carrying 100 pounds-of purest gold.
The figure Is not incredible, seeing how.
much remained when the conqulsta
dores sacked Cuzco.
News of the murder reached that
precious caravan In the mountains;
forthwith the priests buried their gold
and returned. Every one concerned
with the expedition, who could bo
Identified, was tortured to death, bus
none would speak. Such Is the con
temporary account. Sir Clements
Markham, president of the Royal
Geographical Society, obtained some
Information during his memorable ex
pedition to Teru. He states, as if it
were well known in tho neighborhood,
that the caravan left the highway at a
spot now called Aza njaro.
Not Throwing Away Chances. j
"Business" is the watchword of the
day, and the small boy Is developing on
that line wltlf a rapidity which aston
ishes the previous generation. But the
practical side of his nature has not ob
scured the poetry of childhood. Thoi
fairy tale is as potent as ever, and
there was a smile of pleasure on tho
face of the lad who remarked at break
fast: -
"I had a beautiful dream last night!
"What was it?" his father asked.
"I thought I was out In the wood
and I saw a most gorgeously dressed
lady coming toward me."
"That Is a good deal like some of the
stories that you have been reading."
"Yes. It doesn't get very different
until the end. I knew by her looks
that she was the fairy queen, and !
made up my mind that I wasn't going
to lose chances like some of the boys In
story books, who didn't know a good
chance when they saw it." ,
"Did she offer you three wishes?" ,
"Yes. And I called to mind how sho
sometimes took advantage of a mor
tal's being excited and nervous when'
he wished, In order to make him waste
his opportunities and have a good laugh
at him. So, when she aid, 'Little boy,
I'll give you three wishes,' I didn't'
Jump at the chance. I said, 'Will you
give me whatever I ask for? She an
swered, 'Yes, you may have three
wishes.' " !
"What did you do?"
"I wished for four." Washlmjtou
Star.
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