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RALEIGH, N. C, TIIUHSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5.
NO.. 15
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Absolutely Pure.
I fcie ptiwder nevtr vario?. A unarT;
f ii pity, otrength ftnd wholecmene
tfoite econoibical.thaa prdinary kiudg a(l
"hnot be sold In compotitton with the
multitude of low tet, 6bort weiSt.
il'ita or ih-- t;;.a pdwdts. sold oclyin
iang, Boyal fiARiNO Powdkb Co., IC6
Sfld by W. C. & !V w.nii--h. a
J 3 Ferrall & Co. ; '
THE GREAT REGULATOR
- N5 ini'ilu ii.c is
! mi'ilU'ii.c
iiiiiva'.sa4lf lui'il
fcimii&ns "livcr
lati)r It won 1l ay
Into (PeviTV Iminc 1
pure.st'rUQZ ii rt. li
tilkV' (lie plai i- iia
dictif aiid.'cuMly ri-"'-
('lMpfiol4-.r;,l is a t;;'ii-
ilyjiili'iii'iiiie o'lil.t u n
MO ctaliitVrVtMs n"a.;ii ,
but ijiri jy , vi-uf tiMt:
geutie in fJ4 it- i' aiiu
ar. Iff 'a-ly -i v-n to ifnv p-.rin, mi matter
whatije. ?
WbRKING PEOPLE
can tjke tt'i.4iiinii I.ivi r 't:tiUtT without js
of tiue cnlaiMfr fr.ini iivmt, anil the systetii
will tif l'iiit up h i! t!iJ-! i:iii1-liy it. It pro
mote! IUstiiii. ili-iii.-::t -irk licadiu'lii' aiW
Kivesa slrotii;. lull iim- t.etlit- sy.it.mi. It litis pp
tiafoljiusfd in any sirl ut s.' It artspmtly on the
Bowt awt Ktdiif ys sruiDeoirub llie ttrtlou
the Irer. ' Indorsed by itirsou of the tugm it
charngrUr itfid ni'iieupe si I
Tli KtM'. Family Meclne.'
It ajriiikt iiaf t.l.f c;Iie if in a snr? oure:and sate
rmcly. It rfstore-sitrencth to the over
worked father and relietc the wife from iott
Rpiriik lie'laelif. liysuBs, oonstioation aitd
ike iei. Oenuhie has omvZ stamp in red on front
el w:
repareil only ly
& CO.,
riiHadelpliia, Ta.i
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14 ast Mantin Street.:
41-
CIS.
7.Q0J yds Dress Goods.
14
.3,000 yida Double Width
Cir-!.n.$re, worth 20 cts. j
l.fiOO Linen Towels.
i
315, 40, 50 60
ts a yard --Lineia Table Cloth. J
25
1,000 yds Oil Cloth for j
ors.
Table.
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XS. ea.M- 1,000 Naptins.
DOMESTICS
i
Hvi latic"d 20 pr cant, but we ar
siU eUing them at th9 same price. i
85 h
yds t-'fntur'y Cloth worth; '
, 108. : j .j
HOODS, TOBOGGANS,
I Aubias etc
KCt 1,0C0 Unlannlrird and Negli-;
OVXctli. gee Shirts worth 75 cts. J
lttOOO
pairs ladies' and Gents
Hose, 3, 71, 9, 10 and 121e$'
worh double the nidm-y.
1j5c.",i$l, $1 25, MA and $1 50,
I White Couhtei pants.
C)ii-,l?ritl.vs Only
We will vll ulttur lieiiiuaiit-s
IT A RElll'CTlON
Of ;i!l 1 -:: ' r rent.
ONE PRICE
ihe annual meetings of the ft -.khold-?J
r of the KrUcighi NatfWual Hank of.
NSrth Curoliup. and ijf the National Hank'
'fltalelgh will be held at their banking
aotfiee in uaieign, s. t , on iueuiy,
January 10th, ltfca, at 10 a. in, and l.r.
trwpectively.
Cius. U.
Belvin;
Cofliicr
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Kv OBSt-RV ATIOS8
! - ty live years ago there was
v. t ti j fstae BtsiiEp in the United
-rjso challenge for the America's
; C'.-p li.is bcoo sent by any of the ex
j le.-ttd c'u '.ilengers in' Great Britain.
I ijeii. Isaac R. Trimble, the most
I dir.tmgu'ihed soldier who joined the
j Ccnfcdiracy from Maryland, is dead.
: A Petersburg, Va , patriarch, 75
I jtiirs yi age, ia now reveling in his
I eiglith wite, and is the happy father
I 6t Lliirtj-Bix children.
I - A Montana Bible-class presented
! tht-ir pastor with a handsome; slung
i suot, utra weight, coyered with
sritJeu leather, to be used as a pa
! per Weight ia his study. '.
j 1 ho inaugural of Mayor O'Brien
.! of . liystou, who qualified Monday,
! sirt'.tb that the grosD debt of Boaton
i to January 1 1 $28,682,428;. The
net debris $27,627,588, an increase
of u million and a quarter oyer' last
y at. . I
2t id estimated that pin factories
iu New England turn out 10,800,000,
tlUU pins yearly; and that other facto
ries m the tit a tea bring the number
up to 18,000,000,000. This ia
;ipjal lo about one pin a day for eve
ry, inhabitant of the United States.
It btcuis to make very little dif
ference wheie you are when the mar
riage ceremony is performed- A
young'runaway couple in Kansas were
driving to the church, but the horses
took lnght and the sleigh stuck in a
know bank. They wre tied right
iu&.re and then.
'John J. Hicks, whodied not long
:t.go in ban Francisco, left this clause
in his will: "I bequeath to my dear
ihildrcn my undying love, which I
iiope they will as lovingly accept and
it tain toward each other. Thin pre
cious gift will not perish with niy
body, but will live for them through
out ail' the ages-of eternity."
Regarding the repotted discov
er of giave defects in the steel in
U ii led 'te be used in the construction
oi the cruiser Charleston, building at
dj.u Francisco, George Vf. Prfscott,
prefaideut of the Uuion Iron Works,
eays he has not heard of any such
accident as that reported, and does
not think there is any foundation for
the report.
. The dancing gown grows shorter,
l ather than longer, as the season ad
vances, and there is more and more a
tendency to make it full and undraped
ia the gkirt, low or V-shaped in the
neck aDd sleeveless. Debutantes,
however, and brides wear their gowns
high, or half-high in the neck, with
half or thiee -quarter length sleeves,
tOid debutantes, Kke brides,: wear
white, cream and ivory-tinted fabrics.
Willie, Johnny and Tommy Jones,
three urchins between the ages of 5 and
10 years, attached to the coat of each
of whom was a tag stating that the
children were boundlo their father,
ihomaa Jones, at Nanticoke, Pa., ar-
ived at Castle USrart, H. Y., Batur,
I .1 T , mi
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day on the steamer Britannic They
had come alone from New Sonth
Vales. They were forwarded to their
destination. '
St-nator Quay, of Pennsylvania,
Jots cot attach much importance to
Lo presidential boom of his colleague,
Senator Don Cameron. He says the
boom "is essentially a Pittsburg sen-h
Mr. Qaay, who is of a most sanguine
political temperament, says the Hon'.
James G- Blaine is the only republi
can 'before the people, and he pre
dicts Lis nomination and election.
But Mr. Quay was just as sanguine
cf Mr. Blaine's election in 1884.
The new city council of Atlanta,
Ga.,' which comprises five prohibition
ists and ten anti-prohibitionist, held
its first meeting Monday. The license
' to. sell liquor was reduced to $1,000,
the limits of permissible sale were ex
tended, and the hour of closing liquor
hoods was changed to ten o'clock.
Beef licenses may be granted in any.
part bf the city, but the penalty for
'i-e'ling whisky under such licenses is
tinade thirty days in the chain! gang,
without alternative.
. There is intense excitement at
Asbary Park, N. J , over the killing
: of Robert Hamilton, the confidential
i teivant' of A. J Drexel, of Philadel-
phia, who was found unconscious in
an outhouse belonging to Wm. H.
. Bennett, on Morris avenue. His gold
watch, worth about $100, was miss
ing. The wound, four inches long,
in the back of his head, was evidently
indicted witH a hatchet. .
5 The Art Jievieto has thisjinter-
; ' esting and instructive paragraph :
, ! "A bibliopegist is a bibliophile with
i j a special regard for bookbindings. A
' biblibtaph is a book miser. A bib-
' lioDole is a bookseller for bibliophiles.
l A biblioklept is a stealer of valuable
iii m T v 1j i
books. Mr, Lenox, who would not
let Prescott see his Mexican ;manu
f-criptt. was a bibliolaph, and Sam
1't.pj was a biblioklept. Bibliolatry
u the worship of books.
A Large l'ivltt Contiwt
Montoomlbv, Jan. 4. The State of
A'abuuia has let out all of its convicts
on a ton-year contract to the Tennes
see Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Thov number about GOO, and the av-
truge price is $13 per month each,
which is $1 more than the State has
ever before received. The convicts
will all bo worked in tho great Pratt-;
coal: mines near Birmingham. Tho
contractors agree to construct entirely
iiisv:pfisons in accordance with the";
best modern plans, as well as school
rooms for tho convicts and dwellings,
for touchers, and to pay the teachers'
themselves. The Pratt mines supply;
,coko for nearly all of the furnaces in
Alabama, and produce more than
Ti.odii- Ci:-j per day. Thii contracts
for convicts is thereforo 'regained asl:
lni;Uly imiorlunt, since it secures tho;
fiun:ic( s against the poasible failure.
to obtain a full supply of coal on ac
countof strikes etc. One of the threes
' S'.ato iiiK!'ctors of convicts is ro
-quired to be' always at the prisons.
Assignment 111 Baltimore. "
Baltimohe, Jan. 4. Luther J.
Coxj
'auJ.II. M- Mitchell, grain commisv
- , sxon mercaants, 'ratling a3 JU J. Cox
maJe aQ ag8i&nlrient today for!
i the benefit of creditors. The bond
of the trustee ia $10,000. i
f CONGRESS
RE"-ASEMBLES FOR THE WORK
OF THE SESSION.
THE noUJE COMMITTEES NOT YET AN
NOUNCED LETTEB3. AND PETITIONS
IN THE SENATE- OTHER TELE
GRAPHIC NEWS.
WASursoTos, Jan. 4. Senate.
Among ilhe papers presented to the
Senate wjis a letter from Allen it Co.,
publishers, of Augusta. Maine,
urging jthe necessity of the
issue of; fractional currency. Mr.
Frye, wp presented it, stated as a
fact astounding to him that this firm
often received in its business $1,000
a day ip payment of fractions of
a dollar; also by Mr. Hale, a petition
against ftny change in the fishery
treaties, jnd in favor of 'the rights of
America' fishermen under the exist
ing treaties and legislation; also by
Mr. Voorhees in favor of the present
tariff onjumber; also by Mr. Cullum,
several petitions of the Illinoa State
Grange -endorsing the inter-State
commerce law,favoring governmental
ownership "of telegraph lines, de
bouncing gambling in futures, favor
ing restriction ui imtmgruLiou as pro
posed inilie Reagan bill,oppo9ing the
abolitionpf the whisky and tobacco
tax, and favoring the placing of salt,
lumber, sugar, etc., on the free list.
Among7 the bills introduced and
referred were the following: by Mr.
Cullum, amendments to hii postal
telegrapli' bill; by Mr. Blair, to en-
v courage llie holding of a national in
dustrial exposition of the arts, indus
tries and productions of the colored
race throughout the United States, in
Atlanta, Ga., in 1888 and 1889, Mr.
Brown offered a resolution declaring
r that the practice of the government
was correct for the hrst three-quar-
pters of a century of its existence, when
it collected the necessary reve
nues at fhe ports or other boun
daries 'byva tariff, except in the
case of war or other great emer
gencies, i-when internal revenue
or direct tax laws were imposed, but
which wer repealed as soon as the
.emergency" ceased; also that the pres
ent, internal revenue laws were en
acted as a-.war measure, and that it
'has now become the imperative duty
of Congress to enact appropriate leg
islation" for their repeal at the earliest
day practicable. He asked that the
resolution ie laid on the table, and
said that next Monday he would sub
mit remarks upon it.
The Senate then took up the reso
lution for;the distribution of the
.President' annual message, and was
addressed by Senator Sherman.
Mr. Sheftnan criticised the message
for its failure of all reference to f or
reign relations ana to interesting
'questions oh national affairs and for
postponing All things celestial or ter-
reetial until the surplus revenue be
ldiBpcsed ot It was an extraordinary
I r.n.A tPKlm i .
message. " There ma uutii.g tr or
strange: about the treasury surplus.
.President .Jefferson and President
Uackson ha$ met it in their day and
republican ':' administrations had on
-many occasions since the war grap
pled with ift either by the payment of
the public Sebt or by a reduction of
taxes. The' democratic party ha 1 had
e Souse of llepresetita-
tives for many years and had not origi
nated or proposed a reduction of taxes.
ihe only republican Congress in ten
years had by the act of March, 18S3,
argely reduced octn the internal
taxes and customs. Why had not the
President followed the example of
his piedecesSors by using the powers
conferred On the Secretary of the
Treasury and applying the surplus to.
the reduction of the public debt; if
the President had regarded the sur
plus as a danger, why had he not
brought his influence to bear upon
Congress ta provide for a reduction
of taxation and why had not Con
gress applied the remedy! ihe only
answer was that a controlling ma
jority of the democratic party would
not allow a;; bill to be reported unless
it contains provisions which would
greatly iriiure or destroy do
mestic production. If it had been
the desire to reduce taxes- with
out reducing American productions
the task was easy; but the Speaker of
the FouEa had used his enormous
power (with the hearty support of
the President) to prevent even the
reporting Of such bills. Even with-
l 1 1 - .1 i.: - l t: . i . ..
out trie tuuctiyu ui laiitLiuii, mo
surplus rejrenue might have been ap
plied for great national objects but
for the vtjtoes of the President, for
the failure oi the Secretary of the
Treasury to exercise the plain discre
tionary powers conferred upon him
by law, aiqd for the failure of the
democratic House of Representatives
to make appropriations for some of
the highest national objects. Among
these 'Mr-j Sherman mentioned the
Blair-Edmjunds bill, the dependent
pension bill, the river and harbor bill,
and other-legislative projects. If ap
propriations had been made
for these purposes and for the
coast defences the present con
dition of ; the Treasury, which now!
so alarmed the President, would
not have cjxisted. Mr. b'herman was
willing to 'correct the irregularities of
the tariff,iand to reduce the surplus,
not by a vjtcious and undisci iminating
process o 'horizontal reduction, but
by such njethodsas would relievu the
tax payer ;nthout injuring the laborer
or tho grat productive interests of
the country- lie preferred that
policy which looked to the interests
of the American people, rather than
to those of foreign nations. He pre
ferred thej' policy of reducing prices
by home competition rather than by
foreign competition of, cheapening
the raw jjiateriala by increased pro
duction, by the improvement of riv
ers and harbors, and by railroad com
petition. 'Whatever might bo.si.id of
other nations, protec ion to home in
dustries (as embodied in the tariff
laws) wasJieBt for this country, and
he, for oho, proposed to maintain it
even against the adrica of the Presi
dent. V,
Mr. Voorhees then addressed tho
Senate on the same subject. The
subject of taxation, he said, was as
old the government itself, and jet
it was as fresh and full of interest to
c.ay to the. laboring masses of man
kind as ever at apy former period of
the world's history. The contraction,
of the volume of currency had always
been a policy marked by disaster and
suffering, and acjcurse l by every friend
of the general welfare of the country.
But when that abominable policy was
still further aided and executed by
snatching, as it were, the money of
the people from their 4ry hands
at the rate of ten millions ; a month
without necessity excuse or
palliation, every honest mind had to
revolt against such wanton robbery.
It was a crime against every home,
every fireside, and every living man
and woman in the United States. It
was a."criiae,nalinal in its proportions,
gigantic in its strength, omnipotent
in its visitations and brutal in its
rapacity; and j yet the day before
recess, the Sepator from Colorado
(Teller) had sneered at the idea of
the surplus being of any consequence,
a-nd the Senator from Ohio (Sher
man) had also declared, not j by cable
fropi Paris, but on the floor of the
Senate, that it was fortunate for the
country that there was a surplus of
$55,000,000 in the treasury. It would
be - for that Senator, if he should be
come the republican candidate
for the Presidency next summer, to
explain to the people why it was
fortunate that their money was gath
ered into the treasury in excess of
all uses, prescriptions and wants of
the government instead of remaining
in pockets of the people. There was
in the republican press .and among
republican po'iticians a determined,
persistent and brazen campaign of
mendacity on this subject, and it
would continue in the councils and
field work of the republican party
day by day morning, noon and night
until the frosts of next November
came to wither and blast alike their
falsehoods and their hopes. He de
nied that the President had departed
one jot or tittle from the declarations
of the last democratic platform on
the subject of taxation. That decla
ration had been bold, explicit and
peremptory. It was made ia a few,
plain, strong words, the mean
ing of which it was impossi
ble to pervert or misunderstand. In
cidental protection to home manu
facturers had always been the policy of
the" democratic party. It was recog
nized in the last democratic national
platform. He rejoiced iu every ele
ment of American success. He was
proud of the inventive genius of the
country atid of its fast establish
ments, where skilled labor abounded.
He looked with delight on the cotton
mills, coal mines, blast furnaces and
rolling mills of the South as well as
on those of New England, Pennsyl
vania and many western States. He
would encourage them in their gigan
tic career of development and useful
ness, and he held that the policy of the
democratic party had always been amJ
pie for their prosperity and progress
That was the only safe policy for
tho American manufacturers them-
selfcejLj If it was once clearly under-
eiooa icrtf -tiiu !. ..ui tn
class demanded that.they be protecte
by means of fraudulent taxe-t,
that thev accept the cruidance otn
the leaders of the republican party
and join in their praise, then indeed
perils would environ the manufactur
ing interests of the country, such as
were Dever known before. If the
democratic party, with its record of
mora than fifty years in the adminis
tration of the government, and its
frank and constant declaration of
principles was to be charged
with the folly of Ine trade
every time an attempt was
made to modify the tariff, the people
would very soon and very clearly
find oat that such assaults were only
made to divert public attention from
evil designs and schemes of plunder
of which they were victims He could
not believe, however, that the saga
cious and patriotic business men of
the country who controlled the man
ufacturing industries would permit
themselves, for political purposes to
be put in an attitude of unjust, self
ish, over-weeninc avarice and of
unfairness towarid the 1 ereat mass of
their countrymen. Proceeding to
discuss the message of the President,
he said that it was a pleasure" to tim
ta declare that this remarkable State
paper was true jto the principles and
teachings of the democratic party
from
its foundation by Jetlerson, a t
years ago, to
the present day.
and that the thanks
of the laboring
and business classes
of the country
were due to the
Executive for seizing
on to that vital issue with the grasp of
a btrong, honest
man, ana lorjpresent-
inc it to his
dountrymen iu such a
shape and light
that it never would
disappear until the wrongs therein
presented were exposed and redressed,
I and until the outrages of over-taxa
tion ceased. In the present age o'
swollen pretences, of shallow anst
racy and of gilded vulgarity,, j .e
splendid utterances of tho President's
message fell on tho minds of the peo
ple as a token, as a promise of relief,
reform and redemption from one who
had never broken a pledge or forgot
ten a public duty. The President had
declared for the lowly and oppressed.
Since the matchless and immor
tal inaugural of Jefferson,
on tho -fourth of March,
1801, no communication
had ever emanated from tho chief
magistrate of this government more
uble. more elevated in statesmanship,
more humane and benevolent iu its
purpose, or more conducive to the
general welfare and good government
than tho message under considera
tion. At tho close of Mr. Voorhees'
speech Mr. Sherman moved that the
message be referred to the li nance
committer, but action on that motion
was wittheld to civo Mr. Teller an
opportunity to make some remarks.
Vr. Teller spoke briefly in reply to
Mr. Vooihi.s' criticisms of his fe.lel
le'r'f) former dtateiuents.
The pending resolution to refer the
President's message to the finance
committee was not acted uppn.
Tho Senate at 3.50 went into secret
session. The nominations, of inter
state commerce commissioners were
referred, upon motion of Mr Cullom,
Wlhe new inter-state commerce com
n ittee, of whioh he is chairman, and
at 3 55 the doors were opened and the
Senate adjourned.
: HOUSE.
Mr. Mills, of Texas, stating that
the. Speaker would not announce
the; committees today, asked unani
mous consent that members be per
mifeted to introduce bills for refer
ence. Consent was granted and the
Speaker proceeded to call the States
in alphabetical order
Under the call of States a great
many bills and resolutions were in
troduced and referred, among them
them the following:
By Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, to
regulate the jurisdiction of the Cir
cuit Court Commissionerp; by Mr.
Wheeler, jto provide for the reduc
tion of Customs duties; 'also to
establish ai court of appeals; also to
to amend the Civil Service act; also
f ranting pensions to the survivors of
ndian wars who have attained the
agef of seventy years; also to estab
lish signal stations on the West In
dian islands; also for the temporary
support of common schools; also for
the retailing of the cotton tax; also
to reme ve the tax from tobacco and
spirits made from fruits.
By Mr. Springer, of Illinois, to
providejfor theorganization of the Ter
ritory oi Oklahoma. The bill pro
vides for the creation of a new terri
tory out of the public laud strip
ana all that part of tho Indian Ter
ritory west of the five civilized
tribes covering an area about as
large as the State of Ohio. It pro
vides all the machinery for a territorial
government like that of other terri
tories, but does not assume any juris
diction ovet Indian tribes except in
conformity to treaty stipulations.
Section four opens the public land
strip to settlement for homesteads
only, and sections five and six provide
for the settlement of the Cherokee
outlet and the Oklahoma lands by
actual settlers through a commission
to be appointed by the President to
negotiate with the Cherokees, Creeks
and Seminoles so far as such negotia
tions may be necessary. Section
seven contains stringent provisions
to prevent fraudulent entries and re
quires three years' actual residence
before any patent shall issuo
to a settler. All sales, as
signments, transfers or mort
gages of lands prior to the issue of
a patent are prohibited and declared
null; and void. Provision is made for
the settlement of other unoccupied
Indian lands, but in all cases said
lands are to be reserved for actual
settlers only, and at a price not to
exceed $1.25 per acre. Cattle leases
are declared void and contrary to pub
lic policy, and it is made the duty of
the President to remove the lessees
from said lands. All grants hereto
fore made to railroads are forfeited
and the power to create any public
indebtedness by voting bonds or sub
scribing for stock in railroad compa
nies or other corporations, by the
territorialjegislature or by townships,
cities or counties is strictly prohib
By Mr- Jfim the
Mr. Townshend. of Hlinoi?.
joint resolutions to amend the con
stitution so as to provide for the elec
tion of senators by the vote of the
people of the States; also to organize
the Indian territory under the name
of Oklahoma, and to consolidate cer
tain tribes under the territorial gov
ernment and allot lands in severalty
among the Indians ; also to establish
a new department to be known as the
Department of Industries and Public
Works. The purpose of this bill is
to transfer from the various other ex
isting departments and consolidate
in a new depaitment more or less
scientific the bureaus of agriculture,
labor, weather, etc. Also a joint res
olution providing for the election of
president and vice-president by a ma
jority of the votes of the people and
the abolition of the electoral college,
and the regulation of the method of
counting votes for president and
vice-president by both houses of
Congress.
By Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, for the es
tablishment of a postal telegraph; al
so to provide for tho issue of frac
tional paper currency; also to retire
national bank notes and prevent
fluctuations of currency by substitu
ting treasury notes in lieu of bank
notes.
By Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, creat
ing ; a postal telegraph of the United
States; also the following preamble
ami; resolutions: whereas, enor
mous grants of public lands were
made to certain Pacific railroads
by acts of July 1, 18G2, and July 2,
18G4, upon certain conditions, and,
Whereas, It now appears from the
official report of the Pacific Railroad
Commission that these ' conditio ns
have not been complied with by the
several companies, therefore
Ilesoleetl, That the Secretary of the
Interior be requested to inform the
House at an early day what amount of
land approximately is at present with
drawn for each of said companies,
what amount has been certified or
patented to each and what amout re
mains uncertified or unpatented to
each company.
Jleaolved, That the committee on
public lands be directed to report to
the House by bill or otherwise, for
consideration at any time, whether in
view of the facta officially ascertained
and reported by tho Pacific Railroad
Commission, any more of said uncer
tified or unpoteuted lands ought in
equity to be transferred by the
U. S- to these debtors and delinquent
railroad companies.
By Mr. Rowland, of North Caro
ling to repeal tho tax on tobacco.
Similar bills were introduced by
Messrs. Johnston and Henderson, of
North Carolina; Mr. Bayne, of Penn
sylvania; Mr. Houk, of Tennessee,
and others.
By Mr. Boutelle, of M tine, a reso
lution calling on the Secretary of
Wat for the following information:
Whether it is true that the digs,
standards and trophies captured from
the; enemies of the United States
hav been removed from the place
where they were displayed as required
by law, and have since been concealed
from the people, and if so, when, by
hat authority and for what reason;
whether any propositions hay
d lerritorTOililne Cmwrt-ow
Br
been at aiy time made by persons
in authority under the United States
government for the surrender
or delivery of any portion of said
flags and trophies to any official or
person in any of tho Slates lately in
volved in the rebellion; if so, by
whose orders, by what authority and
for what reason such propositions to
surrender these sacred trophies of
valor of the nntiou's defenders were
made; whether it is true that a por
tion of said flags and trophies was
actually surrendered and delivered to
persons having no right to their pos
session before the countermanding
ordor of the President was issued.
By Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina,
for placing jute on the free list; also
to reimburse depositors in the Freed
ruen's Savings and Trust Company.
By Mr. Houk, of Tennessee, to
preserve the purity of the elective
franchise and to punish bribery and
other offences igainst a free ballot.
Several other postal telegraph bills
were introduced ; also bills to reduce
letter postage to one cent an ounce;
affecting national banks;, authorizing
the issue of coin certificaTof ; "amend
ing the Pacific railroad acts; affecting
the fisheries ; prohibiting ocean log
rafts; concerning warehousing of dis
tilled spirits; Tegulating immigration;
pension bills; woman suffrage; amend
ments for purchase by the treasury
of outstanding bonds; for national
quarantine; repealing duties on sugar
and molasses; for the eleventh census;
extending the eight-hour law to letter-carriers;
prohibiting convict labor
on public works; for a uniform system
of bankruptcy; repealing the civil ser
vice laws; amending the civil service
laws; for international arbitration tri
bunals; calling for information from
about all of the executive departments
upon various topicsjehanging time for
the conveningof Congress;authorizing
the President to veto single items in
appropriation bills; for au income tax.
Nine hundred and two public bills
were introduced, covering every con
ceivable subject of legislation. In
cluded in this number were bills for
public buildings in every State in the
Union and some Territories. Among
those in the South were the following:
By Mr. Davidson, of Forida, at
Tallahassee; by Mr. Grimes, of Geor
gia, at Columbus; by Mr. Cachings,
of Mississippi, at Yicksburg; by Mr.
Johnston, of North Carolina, at Ashe
ville; by Mr. Henderson, of North
Carolina, at Statesville; by Mr. Bow
den, of Virginia, at Norfolk; by Mr.
Brown, of Virginia, at Frederickbjurg;
by Mr. Yo3t, of Virginia, at Staun
ton. Adjourned.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
Washington, Jan 4. Speaker Car
lisle expected to announce the House
committees today, but owing to the
necessity of consulting a few mem
bers whom he proposed to re assign
to other committees than those upon
which he had originally placed them,
and to the fact that some of them are
not present at the capitol today, he
was unable to carry out bis inten
tion. He spent the morning hours
before the assembling of the House
jgtfeSaLfawlaY ia Lia privaW rjOm at work on
tr mn ailla iitfaiif 'T ul ti t wu mn.
besieged byWrTwboTavtTS
of his .intention to chancre their as
signments that he was unable to make
any appreciable headway in adding
the finishing touches to his work. It
is the present expectation, however,
that the list will be finished tonight
and announced to the House tomor
row. Vaiuci In the South.
Chattanooga, Jan. 3. The Trades
man has received official reports from
the comptrollers of all the Southern
States except Lousiana giving the to
tal real estate and personal property
valuation in 1875, '80, '86 and '87,
the railroad valuation for the years
1880, '86, and '87 and the tax levies
in each year. The total real and per
sonal prrperty valuation in Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Missis
sippi, ortn Uaroiina, boutn
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and
Virginia is a9 follows: 1875
$2,464,647,202; 1880, $2,505,
734,729; 1886, $3,077,634,451; 1887,
$3,279,84S,015- The increase in the
four years between 1876 and '80 was
$41,087,437. Between 80 and '86 it
was $571,899,728 and in the single
year 1887 the increase in the ten
States was $202;213,5G4. ' The in
crease in the four years ending
in 1880 was 2 per cent, and in the six
years ending in 1886, 20 per cei. t. In
the twelve, months of 1887 the in
crease was 6 per cent, and in the
years ending in 1887, 30 per cent.
The total railroad assessment in
States in 1887 is $,258,656,847, an in
crease of "8 per cent in the past twelve
months, and an increase of 123 per
cent in the past seven years
In round numbers, the increase in the
past seven years in the ten States has
been: Alabama, $75,000,000; Georgia,
$77,000,000; Kentucky, $132,000,000;
Maryland, $22,000,000; Mississippi,
$30,000,0000; North Carolina, $37,
000,000; South Carolina, $21,000,000;
Tennessee, $28,000,000; Texas, $332,
000,000, and Virginia, 18,000,000.
In the past twelve months the in
crease in real estate and personal
property assessments was : Ala
bama, $41,d00,000; Georgia, $10,000,
000; Kentucky, $95,000,000; Indiana,
$5,000,000; Mississippi, 416,000,000;
North Carolina, $7,000,000; Tennes
see, $17,000,000; Texas, $20,000,000.
In South Carolina thero was a do
crease of $5,000,000 and in Virginia a
decrease of $400,000.
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ICarthquakri Iu Mrxlro.
St. Louis, Jan. 4. A special from
the city of Mexico says an earthquake
of three seconds, duration was felt
last night at K o'clock in Mixicalm,
Querero, and one of two seconds
this morning at the e'ltue time in
Tenancingo, in the same State.
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Nominations.
Washington, D. C, January 4.
The President has sent to the Senate
the following recess nominations:
Benton J Hail, of lows, to be Com
missioner of Patents; to be Inter
State Commerce Commissioners,
ThomasM- Cooley of Michigan, Wil
liam R. Morrison of Illinois, Augus
tus Schoonmaker of New York, Al
dace F. Walker of Vermont and Wal
ter L. Bragg of Alabama.
V QUEER FIGHT:
BETWEEN WIIITi'. AND
Oil ED 'KOOPS ,
GDI
llLAc K KVLS AMI CASHES ON HALF iillUS-
I'KEP HEAPS TEI.L I HE TAI.E OF
Si RI'ikll.E OTHER NEWS
l.V ii:e.
THE
Sr. Louis, Jan. 4 A revolt occurred
at Jefferson barracks yesterday even
ing between white and colored V- S.
soldiers that resulted in the injury of
many men and ' probably will xoat
three lives. At this time there are
many recruits at this station, and yes
terday they drew their first " pay
and made an onslaught on the sutler.
Numerous brawls resulted and a
crowd from New York resented' the
familiarity of the calored troops; and
a fight followed The guard house
was filled with disorderlies and. still
the rows kept up. Late in the after
roorv a drunk. eclcrod trooper "was
seen pursuing a 14 year old white
girl aid a party of white troopers
were soon after him and in duelirae
handed him over to the ofljeer ofi the
day. ;
This seemed lo enrage a number of
his comrades and they forthwith, left
the barracks, starting for Carondifelet.
On their way they fell in with a squad
of white troopers and proceeded to
take vengeance. The white soldiers
made their escape with a few bruises
and made their way to the barracks,
where they soon made up a partj to
handle the colored men. Armed with
revolvers and carbines they started
in good order for Carondelet, ;but
before they had gone far they were
ordered to return and were dis
armed by tho officer of the day.
They refused to return to their qiiar
"ters but laid down their arms at Once
and then proceeded after ihe enemy.
At the River Des Peres bridge they
met the colored troopers returning.
An encounter immediately followed
and knives, clubs and rocks, were
used. The fight was one of despera
tion and-the white men's superiority
of force was offset by the discipline of
the colored troops, who had entered
a second term of service.
For half an hour the battle raged
without advantage to either side, and
on tho bridge and road and in; the
river-bed men lay exhausted -and
beaten. Finally the belligerents,
blinded and played out, withdrew.
A colored trooper reported the affray
at Carondelet station, and he "wafe
locked up while a patrol wagon was
sent to the scene to gather up the in
jured. In the meantimo the white 'sol
diers had gathered in force and,march
ing to the station, demanded that' the
colored trooper be given to them.
The officers refused and prepared; for
an assault. In the meantime ;the
word of battle had 'reached the bar
racks and four troops of cavalry were
ordered out and arrived in Carodo
let in time to save the police froin an
attack. The mutineers dispersed &nd
were arr fstl r-. aet&fihmsiits rtn a
r . - . jj, , t a ,
LgggffL'
tervenin? country assumed
aspect, and all night soldiers' tread
and the demand of "halt" rang : Out
The disturbance was quelled, and; to
day there is peace, though bruises,
black eyes and gashes on half a hun
dred heads still tell the tale of -the
struggle, while in tho hospital at 'the
point of death lie troopers Iavingr
stone, Peterson aud Keummeknocker,
all white. At one time during the
afternoon over 300 men were looking
for a row.
A Deaf and Dumb Man Killed by a Train.
Special to the News and ObserTer. ?
Gkeenseoko. N. C . Jan. 4.
The north-bound Richmond & Dan
ville mail train, coming into town
five hours late this evening, ran Over
a deaf and dumb man named Tobe
Jenkins, about one mile from this
city, instantly killing-him. The train
was running very fast and on coming
in sight of Jenkins, who was walking
on the track, blew the whistle, ibut
he, not hearing it, did not know of
the near approach of the train, which
dashed upon him before the engine
C.uld be reversed. He was tossed
into the air, had his head crushed and
several bones broken, causing death
instantly. He lived in the country
four miles from this city, and was ac
customed to walk into town upon the
railroad track. He was always very
cautious, but was off his guard today,
supposing the train had passed. ::
Down In a Caa 1 Mine.
Axtoona, Iowa, Jan. 4. About
eleven acres of the leading coal mine
here is flooded with four feet of; wa
ter. Friday evening the miners id the
west entry came to a fault in the coal
vein.The superintendent believed! hat
only a few feet farther in good ?coal
would again be found. The miners
drove an entry twelve feet through
sand and soft strata in which was found
driftwood. Suddenly water began to
Eour through the opening, and' has
ecn filling in aver since at the rate
of 100.000 gallons per hour. !The
miners hastily retreated and all es
caped. Tho superintendent thinks
the old shaft will be abandoned and
work begun on a new. The accident
throws 100 men out of employment
The U.. Supreme Court.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 4. The
United States Supreme Court reassem
bled today for the first time sincei the
holiday recess. No decisions were
rendered, but the Chief Justice' read
an order appointing John Montgom
ery Wright marshal of the court in
place of Mr. Nicolay. Mr. Wrjight
was thereupon sworn in and quali
fied. ,
Headache arises from different ctiK.eJ.
Congestive headache is produced by an
undue quantity of blood in the bruin, to
which high liven, robust people: and
young women aro liable. Lttxadof reg
ulates tha bowels and thus divert the
current of blood from the brain. Piioe
$i cents. " ,,'
Experience has proven that thbest
rente iy for colic, diarrhoea, teething and
other troubles of infancy is Dr. Bull's
Baby Syrup. Price 25 cents. 'I ,
A terrific gale Monday on Coney
Island beach for a time threatened
the Hotel Brighton with destruction
MASTHOt?S FIRK
A I itenitrui t In I In, tle-
' !us -.aunt
The Lciei ant
Special !"1!ic 'evm and tH.a :Iver.
M h.hueai. Ci-ey, N. ('., Jan. 4
At twenty mi'iiitts after 1 o'clock
this morning a f.ie started in a
small store iu lijaufort, oc
cupied Uy Tre Moore, and
bjrned down thirteen stores and in
jured two ri.oi-o. To stop it, the town
market waii tern down. Nearly every
mai in tab luav.iutile business iu
town, Quvoiwo or three, lost more or
less by mc-ving goods. The looses
are as follows: Tlios. Thomas, three
stores and stock, va! ued at ten thousand
Jollars;part of stock saved.insured for
four thousand dollars; Chad wick &
Jouts, stofe and s.ock, loss five thou
eand dollar!:, iuMin.d for three thou
sand ; -lolju G,,tirie, store and
stock, lo.-s( five thousand dollars,
insure 1 loeightcc-i hundred dollars;
W. F. I), 11, Ktore, loss fifteen hun
dred, ilolhtj-, no insurance; Charles
Clawson, ; tore, stock and house, loss
fifteen huuclred dollars, no insuranco.
Taylor & B ic.k'jun, two store and
stock, lo4-thirty-five hundred dol
lars. inurasic? ouu thousand dollars;
Robertson cv 'jjro , loss of stock one
thous.irul dV.licrs, Htore belonging to
unknown iries and worth seven
hundred; itti 1 fifty dollar?; Tyre
Moore, etovk, lo.-s one; thousand dol
lar?, hauled for hix hundred dol
lars; Thomas Del.ui. tr, druggist, loss
five hundfced dollars; Capt. Wm.
Sabaatin. Htore and stock, loss two
thousand dollars, insured for one
thousiiud dollars; the town umrket
fivehnudroU dollars; Moore & Bro.,
loss one tLqu-aud dollarsin damage
of good.s water, insured for five
hundred doilar.s I-i addition to these
there was about cue thousanl dol
lars lobt by moving goods out of
the stores. ;
Tho whaiu town is in gjoom but
thero is but one of thess parties fiat
ought to be aa object of charity and
that is Clawsou. If the wind had
been blowing at all the whole town
would havei.been burned uiv
ANoTHEIi ACCOUNT.
The lire which broke out here this
morning at 'one and a half o'clock was
the most destructive for years. It
began on Front street in the store of
Tyre Moore, Jr., and swept westward
to the market house, which was taken
down to prevent the progress of the
flames. AU.jthe ptore buildings on the
eouth or Mfater side of Front street
except those of S. J. Moore & BrO.,
Ives' fish Louse and Davis & Bros,
were swept away. The stores of
J. D. Guthrie & Co., Tyre Moore, Jr.,
Taylor A: Buckston, Clawson, Wm.
Sabiston, Cbadwiek it Jones, S. W.
Gabrell, Thes. Thomas. R. R.Iioberson
& Bro. and.W. F. Dill, general mer
chandise stnd Delpinar, druggists
were burned to ashe s. The stocks of
merchandise in the stores were only
partially sated. The total amount of
property involved in total or partial
loss will aggregatd at least fifty
thousand dollars, partially covered
by insurance (not estimated.) - The
fire was under control by 6a. m.
i Wrecked.
LoNDOEjao, iSWtou bark;
has been wrecedth7isP
Waterford ;; (Ireland) harbor. Her
crew, consisting of 25 persons, were
all drowned.
Personal.
Mr. N. U. f-ihlicbstein, of Mobile, Ala.
writes: I take great pleasure in recom- $
mending Dri! King's New DiscoTery for j
Consumption, having used it for a severe ;
attack of Bronchitis and Catarrh. It gave -me
instant relief and entirely cured me'
and I have not been afflicted since. I also '
beg to state that I had tried other rente- i
dies with no good result. Have also used ;
Electric Hitters and Dr. King's New Life ,:
Pills, both ot which I can recommend. i
Dr. King's New Discovery for Con- ;
sumption,- Coughs aid Colds, is cold on a ;
positive guarantee.
Trial bottles at Leo, Johnson & Co.'s" '
drug-store, r
. COBNED BEEF.
Extra choice briskets, corned to or
der about ? ten days in salt and in
fine condition. Baltimore fausages
twice a weet E. J. Hardin.
A wealthy tobacco merchant
named Augustus Lauterbach was
thrown from his horse at tho Eighth
avenue entrance to Central Park, Now
York, Monday, and killed.
PURE
Ito superior excMlence'proven in mil
lions of honies for mote than a quarter
of a century. It is used by the United
States (aovernment. rJnilorel by the '
heads of the Great University :i tlit
the Strongest, Purest and iiitmt lltialth
ful. Dr. Trie) 'a the only linking l'owfc
that dot not contain Ammonia, Liuio'
Alum. Hold only in Cans.
PIUCE ESAKING POWldSKCU.
HEW TOKJCi CTHCAOO. I.OCSl
Orders for Picture Kiamti. line
Brack, Art Nc73ltie, Artist Materials,
Window-shades, vtaii Taper, Cornbe
Poles, ftc, have prompt attention. - ,
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