The News and Observer.
VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 24.
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FREE SILVER FIGHT
THE JONES BILL AGAIN TAKEN
IT AM) DISCUSSED IN
TIIE SENATE.
BUT NO VOTE WHS REACHED.
Mr. Vila* Make* a l ong and Able
Speech in Delen-e of the President
mut Secretary Carlisle in the Bond
Sale Tne Republicans Begin a Sys
tem of Obstruction, and Farther
Consideration of the Bill is Post
poned Until To-Day.
Washington. D. C., Feb 19. * Rou
tine business consumed the first half
hour of the Senate today with matters
of little public concern.
A conference report on the diplomatic
and consular appropriation was pre
sented and agreed to, except as to the
appropriation o! $500,000 to begin the
construction of the cable to Hawaii. A
further conference was ordered on that
item.
A conference report on the bill as to
the time when income tax returns are to
be made was presented and explained
by Mr Vest and agreed to.
Mr. Vest, from tbe committee on com
morce, reported a bill postponing the
time when “Tne Rules of the Sea" to
prevent collisions arc to go into effect
After remarks by Mr. Frye and Mr.
White the bill was passed
Mr. Bate introduced a bill to aid the
Tennessee Centennial Exposition at
Nashville, Tenn , in 1896.
The Senate t a*sed a bill to aid in the
erection of a monument to the Maryland
heroes of the Revolutionary war. It ap
propriates $40,000 to !>e ex|X)uded by tire
Maryland Society of the American Revo
lution, to aid ill er< ettnrr in Ralriirmre a
monumeut to the memory of the
patriots who aided in establishing the
independence of the United States.
The credentials of Mr. Wilson, the new
Senator from ihe State of Washfrgton,
were presented and ho was sworn in,
thus completing the full Senate mem
bership to 88
The hour of meeting to morrow was
fixed at 11a. m.
The Free Silver Bill Taken Up.
Jones, of Arkansas, then moved to
take up the regular order, the free coin
age bill, and it was agreed to—36 to 27.
Then the tug of-war was on. The bill
was read in full. In the opening
skirmish Join s said the friends of his
bill were w illing to put the matter to a
test now without a word of debate.
If the opponents of the bill saw fit to
resist and to discuss it, of course its
friends could not help it, but they bad to
make an earnest effort to get a vote.
Mr. Joins added that he did not pro
pose to jeopardize any appropriation
bill. There was pleuty of time to pass
them all.
It was apparent, however, that no
vote could be taken at once, nor at any
time that oould lie definitely stated, so
that Mr. Jones said he had only to re
quest that debate would proceed as rap
idly as possible, and that the vote might
be bad at the earliest j>oasiblc hour. He
would therefore ask tho Seuate to re
main in session to-day until a vote was
got, if that could be accomplished.
Mr. Vilas* Speech.
The general debate was opened by Mr.
Vilas, who made a long, able and elo
quent speech in defense of the President
and his Secretary of the Treasury
in the matter of thesale of #62,000,100 of
four per cent bonds for gold. The
speech was made on the bill before the
Senate for the free coinage of silver, but
had no reference whatever to that bill
Mr. Vilas showed That the President
had endeavored to get Congress to act
upon the financial difficulties in which
the Treasury had found itself by the
drainage of gold, and that as Congress
had declined to act, he had to avail him
self of the power which the existing laws
gave bun and to buy gold by the issue of
bonds. The price obtained for the bonds,
Mr. Vilas contended, was the highest
that could be obtained under the circum
stance* ; or, in other words, 83 4 per
cent, was the lowest rate of interest at
wnich the bonds would be taken by the
great banking houses which had been
applied te Three and five eighths per
ceut. had been offered in all the great
mouey centres and had been refused,
and all because the bonds did not pro
vide specifically for repayment in gold
coin.
While Mr. Vilas was speaking, Mr.
Aldrich started to read a dispatch just
received, but Mr. Vilas declined to yield
to him.
The dispatch he intended to read was
as follows :
“L noon, February 19.
“The prospectus for the new bonds
was issued at Up. m. here. It is for
$62,000,000, ore half to be placed in
America and the other half in London
The issue price here (lx>ndon) is 1.15 12.
or 227 pounds per SI,OOO. Ten per cent
of the price is payable on application
Pa> meats are to te completed in four
installments, ending July 23rd The
lists will open Wednesday and close
Thursday or Friday.
“(Signed) Dow, Jonks & Co.”
Mr. Vilas concluded his argument
with the declaration that “The people
of the Uuind States love her honor as
they prize their liberty, aud their judge
meat never has tolerated aud never will
tolerate the national reproach of the
least equivocation in dealiug with its
creditors. The gentleman never lived,
however high bred, honorable and chiv
alrous whose sens*'of honor was keener.
higher, or more sensitive than the pub
lic opinion of the free men of America.
Mr. I’latt Opposes Free Silver.
Mr. Vilas spoke for nearly four hours
and commanded close attention all
through his speech. When he took his
seat Mr. Squire (Rep.), Washington,
sent to the clerk's desk and bad read the
act of June 26, 1878, expressly declaring
that all United States bonds payable in
coin should be paid in gold or silver coin
at the option of the government. That
act, he said, was a full and complete an
swer to the argument of the Senator
from Wisconsin.
After Mr. Vilas’ speech, Mr. Platt
made a speech against the free silver
bill itself.
An effort was made by Mr. Jones to
have a time fixed for taking the final
vote on the Dill; but as its antagonists
refused to fixed any time, the debate
went on.
Another proposition, to have the vote
taken to-morrow, was made by Mr
Jones and objected to by Mr. Aldrich,
who said that when the bill was first in
troduced by Mr. Jones it contained nine
sections, insuring one for the issue of
$500,000,000 and one for the retirement
of greenbacks, and ho thought that the
Seriate was entitled to an explanation as
to why those sections should be aban
doned.
Republican Tactics Begin.
At Bp. m. the R< publican opponents
of the silver bill began a system of ob
structive tactics under the lead of Mr.
Aldrich. He moved that the Senate
proceed to executive business, aud all
but six of the Republicans withheld
their votes.
This necessitated a call of the roll, to
which 52 Senators (seven more than a
quorum) responded. Again the vote
was taken; again no quorum responded,
and agaiu the roll call was resorted to.
This relation went on uutil finally, at
8:40, only twenty-nine Senators answer
ed to the roll-call, when the Sergoafit-at-
Arras received an order to request the
attendance of absent members, and
was furnished a list of their names.
While the Seuate was waiting for the
appearance of a quorum negotiations
were being carried on for away out of
the difficulty, aud the success of these
negotiations, of which Mr. Cockrell was
the principal manager, was apparent
►when, at 9 p. m., the quorum was com
pleted; the motion for an executive ses
sion was withdrawn by Mr. Aldrich, and
the following resolution was offered by
Mr. Wolcott (being the one agreed upon
among the negotiators):
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
Senate that the welfare and prosperity
of the United States require the enact
ment of a law for the free aud unlimited
coinage of silver at (he ratio of 16 to 1.
Resolved , Th at in view of tne fact
that Uougress will expire on the 14th of
March, aud that there are important ap
propriation bills requiring the attention
of the Senate, it is the sense of the Sen
ate that the consideration of such a law
should not be entered upou at this sis
sion of Congress.
“Let that resolution lie over till to
morrow and be printed,” said Mr.
Jones, of Arkansas.
The resolution went over and the
Senate, at 9 p. ra., adjourned till tomor
row at 11 o'clock,
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.
It is Spent in the Consideration of the
Naval Appropriation Bill.
Washington, D 0., Feb. 19.—Anoth
er day was spent in consideration of the
Naval Appropriation bill without dispo
sing of it.
The proceedings were marked by sev
oral spirited passages between Mr. Say
ers, chairman of the Committee ou Ap
propriationa aud members of the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, over the amend
ment offered by the former to reduce the
amounts carried in the bill. Only in
two of these was the Texas mendter sue
cesaful, aud then the amounts were in
significant.
At the beginning of the consideration
of the bill, Chairman O'Neill (Dem), of
Massachusetts, overruled the point of
order made yosterday by Mr. Sayers
against the proposed increase of the
force of enlisted men iu the navy, hold
iug that it was in order, notwithstand
ing existing statutes limiting the num
ber to 9,0' 0 men.
From this ruling Mr. Sayers appealed,
but the committee sf the whole sus
tained the chair—l 43 to 37. And
against this Mr. Sayers nttered his urn
phatio protest.
lu the course of the day several other
important matters were acted upon by
the House.
The joint resolntion reported yester
day by the Committee ou Ways and
Means, directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to suspend the sbipmeut in
bond to the United States of goods de
stined for tho tree zone of Mexico, was
passed. Also a bill authorizing the Pres
uiout to appoiut General Don Carlos Bueli
a colonel ou the retired list of the Army.
A conference was agreed to ou the Ag
rieultural appropriation bill. The re** >rt
of the conferees ou the joint result on
extending from March Ito April l, ,95.
the time within which income tax re
turns can be made, was agreed to.
The House at 5 p. m adjourned till
to morrow.
Editor Latham Married.
Special to the News aud Observer.
Asheville, N C., Feb. 19.
Holier A. Latham, editor of the Wash
iugton Gazette, was married to day to
Miss Ella tX-mouia Reed, daughter or
Ex-Representative M. L Reed. Th*
wedding occurred, at noon at the resi
deuce of the bride’s parents near Ashe
ville, Rev. J. T. Bell officiating.
RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1895.
RAILROAD TROUBLES
SOUTHERN EMPLOYES SUBMIT
DIFFERENCES TO THE
BROTHERHOODS.
BOYCOTT AGAINST THE SEABOARD.
1
The Southern Railway and Steamship
Association Ch *rge that the Air-Line
has not Maintained Rates on Cotton
--Seaboard Officials Deny the ( barge
end say They Know Nothing of the
Trouble, but can Stand the Boycott
if the Association Can. \
Washington, D. C., Feb. 19 —The
committee of tho employes of the South
eru Railway f’ompany, which has been
in session iu Washing for nearly a week
have been unable to come to an agree
ment with the representatives of the
Railway Company. The company,
through its third Vice-President, Mr
Baldwin, made a very full aud frank
statement of the affairs of the company
and showed why it was not advisable
that there should be a general increase
in wages as demanded by the employes
Since receiving the statement the
employes committee lias been iu
secret session and has finally con
cluded not to accept the schedule
provided by Mi. Baldwin, and the grand
chiefs of the various trainmens’ brother
hoods have been summoned to this city
to assist, if possible, in arriving at a sat
isfactory arrangement of the difficulty.
These gentlemen are expected to arrive
here to-night.
Those into whose hands the mat
ter now passes are Mr. P. M. Ar
thur, grand chief of the B. of L. E ;
Mr. E E Clark, grand chief of the or
der of Railway Conductors; Mr. Wilk n
-Bon, grand chief of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, and P. F. Sargeut,
grand chief of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Firemen.
It is not yet known certain when the
grand chief will arrive, but they are ex
p cted to-morrow morning. It was
learned to day that Chief Arthur, of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
is not in Cleveland at present, and it is
not expected that he will be able to at
tend the conference here. Chief Bar
gent of the Firemen, was at
his home in Terre Haute, In
diana. when the committee noti
fied him to come, and he is probably ou
his way uow. Chief Clark, of the Order
of Railway Conductors, will have to
come all the way from Cedar Rapids,
lowa,’ and will not arrive until some
time to morrow.
In the meantime nothing eau be done
towards solving the knotty problem and
the members of the committee are sim
ply waiting. It was stated to-day that
Vice-Presideut Baldwin had gone South,
but whether on business connected with
the present agitating question concern
ing wages, is not known.
TO BOYCOTT THE SEABOARD.
The Southern Railway Claims That it
lias Nut Maintained Its Rates.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19.—A boycott
has been declared against the Seaboard
Air-Line railway system by Commis
sioner Stahlman of the Southern Rail
way and Steamship Association.
The Commissioner states in his circu
lar that the Seaboard, including the
Georgia, Carolina and Northern, has
not maintained rates on cotton. He
says that during tho past two months
sweeping irregularities, manipulations
and rate cutting have beeu indulged in
by this system ou Western traffic em
braced in clas es O, D, and F.
A Seaboard official denies the charge
of manipulation and is quota d as saying
that the Seaboard cau stand the boy
cott If the association can.
The boycott was not received seriously
by other r.Vdway officials. It is stated
that while the Seaboard company was
not, a member of the Southern Associa
tion it has maintained a i ro rating ar
rangement. There is said to have been
eonsiderabe friction during the past
year, and as a result it is claimed that
the association is practically dismem
bered. Commissioner Stahl man’s action
is looktd upou by some railroad men as
au effort to force the Seaboard company
into the association to prevent its final
dissolution.
President HoHhihu Denies the Rumor.
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 19.— President
R. C. Hoffman, president of the Sea
board Air Line, said to night that he
had received no official advices touching
the boycott of his line by the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association. He
*d that none of the charges of irregu
larnies and rate cutting, frequently
made against the Seabqprd Air Line, had
been sustained. In the absence of more
definite informat on Mr. Hoffman de
clined to discuss the subject.
Another Boycott Threatened.
Memphis, Teun., Feb. 19. —Railroads
engaged iu hauling cotton to the East
threateu to boycott the Kansas City,
Memphis aud Birmingham and Kansas
City, Fort Scott and Memphis lines be
cause these lh.es ref us) to comply with
a division of the cot<n business
that w; s agreed upon early
in the season, a physic U division of
the cast bound cotton business was
changed The two Kansas City roads
were regarded as one system, aud were
awarded the share of one. They have
received their full quota of the business
aud uow claim the quota of another
road. They persist iu hauling cotton.
The boycott is threatened A lively war
in cotton rates is a certain^.
TO LEAVE HIE TRUTST.
Largest Stockholders of American
Tobacco Company to ithdraw.
New York, Feb. 19. — Rumors have
beeu circulated recently to the effect
that Major Ginfer, of the firm of Alien
and Ginter, aud Francis Kinney, of Kin
ney Brothers, two of the largest stock
holders in the American Tobacco Com
pany, are about to withdraw from the
company.
At the offices of the company iu this
city the truth these rumors isemphati
cally denied. George Arents. the treas
urer of -the company, said to a
reporter of tho United Press : “1 have
uot heard a word about Major Giuter's
intention of retiring, n* ither do I be
lieve he has *ueh intention. lie is adi
rector in the company, aud, although he
was opposed to the formation of a trust,
he was not opposed to tho formation of
a legitimate tobacco company, and has
been one of its main siq porters: Francis
Kinney is not a director but a stock
holder, and I am sure that he has no in
tention of retiring. 1 take no stock
whatever in these rumors and believe
they have been circulated more through
malice than any true motiie.”
KNIGHTS IN SESSION.
The Virginia Regiment of the Uniform
Rank to Form a Brigade.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 19.—A Staunton
special to the Dispatch says: “The Vir
ginia regiment of the Uniform Rank,
Knights of Pythias, was in session last
night until past midnight, engaged lu
forming a Virginia brigade. Hon W.
J. Turner, of Norfolk, late Colonel of
the regiment, was elected Brigadier-
General. Captain T. H. Virnelson, of
Portsmouth, was made Adjutant Gen
eral, with the rank of Colonel. The
brigade staff will be completed at a later
time.
At this meet iug of the uniform rank
twelve of the fifteen State divisions were
represented and two regiments were
formed.
Over Twenty Million** Now Paid in.
Washington, D. 0., Feb. 19.—The
United States Treasurer reports that up
to and including February 18 the Treas
ury had received in gold coin on account
of the recent sale of bonds to the Bel
mont-Morgan syndicate $20,484,500, and
had given in exchange for the same cer
tificates entitling the holders to $>9,603,-
402 in the bonds when ready for deliv
ery.
The amount of gold paid iu represents
the principal and accrued interest. The
bonds will bear date of February 1,1895,
and interest on them will be paid by.the
treasury from that time. As the gold is
paid in by the syndicate accrued interest
from February 1, 1895, ceases.
Richard Malcolm Johnston Honored.
Baltimore, Feb. 19.—St. Mary’s
Seminary was the scene this evening of
one the largest gatherings of Catholic
clergymen, laymen and authors ever
held in this city. 'lhey assembled to
witness the conferring of the honor of
Doctor of Laws upon Colonel Richard
Malccm Johnston, the well known lec
turer and author, by the board of trus
tees of the Seminary.
Col. Johnston has always been willing
to assist the students of St. Mary’s by
his lectures on the higher branches of
education and the trustees were anxious
to show t heir appreciation of his services,
The Captain an>l Two Men Lo*t.
Savannah, Ga , Feb. 19. —A special
from Darien, Ga , to the Morning News
says: Captain Thomas McLean, of the
British Bark Valona, loadiug at Sapelo,
left his vessel in a small boat for Darien
on Thursday afternoon and has not beeu
heard from since. He was accompanied
by two firemen.
Captain Patterson of the tug Maloney,
has just returned from his search and
reports finding the boat bottom upward
near Sutherland’s Bluff and there is no
longer any doubt as to the party’s being
lost.
V% reck on the Southern.
Charleston, S C . Feb. 19. —A Spar
tanburg, S. O , special to the News and
Courier, svvs : A treght train on the
Southern Rail war, near Thiekety, was
derailed this afternoon. There were
twenty-two ears off the tnuk The
blockade had not been removed up to 8
p. m Tim north bound vestibule reached
here at 7 o’clock, and went to Charlotte
byway of Columbia No one was in
jured except one brake man, whose head
was bruised.
Tennessee’s Gubernatorial Contest. *
Nashville, Teun., Feb. 19.—The gn
bernatorial contest investigating com
mittee met in the Sachem boro this morn
ing. When Chairman Caldwell called
the committee to order all the members
answered to roll call. The counsel for
Mr. Evans asked for time to consider the
questions that were presented for argu
ment. and a recess was taken until 8
o’clock.
Small Box Recoin ice Upolemic.
Si. I amis, Mo . F b. It) —At noon to
day there wire seveuty-tv.o casesj
ot sraall|4 \ reports d at quaran
tine. Tea new casts Were reported to
il i\ and it is thought this number will
be greatly increased when full returns;
are received tonight. Notwithstanding
the health authorities are making great
efforts to combat the spread of the dis
ea.'-e it is feared it will become epidemic.
NEW ELECTION LAW
MOKE THAN SIXTY SECTIONS
STOLEN FROM THE DEMO.
CRATIC LAW.
MR. RAY S SPEECH IN THE HOUSE.
He Discovers Some Wonderful Thing**
in This Remarkable Measure Now
Fending—Think* The Big Five
Should be Indicted for Larceny
aud the Fusion i*t.* for Receiving
Stolen Property—% n Incompetent
Makeshift and Cowardly Substitute.
“I want to congratulate the people of
the State.’’said Mr. Ray, “that the end
of this election humbug is at hand and
the long looked for promises of the Fu
s’oui-ts are fulfidled as to the wonderful
product of the gigantic brains of the Big
Five, l believe it is I believe it was
Cicero who shaved his head and went
into winter quarters in order to prepare*
himself to charm with his musical and
matchless eloquence the listening multi
tudes of the cent uries. When he emerged
from his seclusion, his hair had probably
grown some, but he brought out with
him a geui that out shined the stars iu
the firmament. This immortal Five un
like the statesman of old. did not shave
their heads, as most of them were bald
on account of wisdom and the weight of
the responsibility that rested upon them,
but they went into seclusion, and the last
word we heard them say when they went
out of sight was to damn fro
the thousandth time, perhaps, the
Democratic election law. They re
mained till everybody was uneasy
about them and the nominal members of
the Legislature were going to and for
aud asking ‘where are we at?’
“Had tiiey uot promised the people
everywhere, from the mountains of the
West, where the spruce pines, tall and
dark moan in the breath of the passing
breezes to the sea where the wild, grand
music of the storm has its birth, that
the Democratic election law was au in
famy and should be at once forever
blotted from the books f The people
watiid long for the fulfillment of these
promises, and just as we were all about
to dispair, lo ! the light breaks, the
clouds vanish and the Big Five appear
in sight with the new, improved aud
original election bill in its hand, shout
ing as they came, back, back, ye de
mons of Democracy, we have found and
formulated the most wonderful election
law ever seen by the children of men,
and Democratic frauds must go aud for
ex er.
“At first I hesitated to touch a copy of
this wonderful law. I got bolder and
ventured to put one in my pocket, and
took it home.
•• Personally, I felt like I uever had
committed a sin against the election law
and had never defrauded a mortal man
»u earth out of his vote, but haviug been
elected under the inhuman law placed
j on the books by Democrats, l felt a sort
of original sin, as it were—a kind of a
total depravity, and ever so little was
enough to place me beyond tho pale of
the Fusiouists’paradise, and like Eugene
Aram, I felt that night
‘That guilt was my giim chamberlain
That lighted me to bed,
And drew the midnight curtains round
With fingers bloody red.’
“Next morning, after having said" my
prayers, I ventured with a teeling of
awe to read the bill.
“At first I came to where Secretary
means Secretary of State, and clerk,
means Clerk of the Court, and pre
cinct means territorial unit of elec
tions according to the contest, and the
singular meant the plural and oath
meant affirmation, aud so on. I knew I
had never seen anything on earth like
this before, and it surely must be origi
nal with the B’g Five.
Stolen from the Democrat*.
“I came to the next section
aud its leatures seemed familiar,
and the next, and the next,
and the next, and the next, aud to my
infinite aud unspeakable amusement the
Big Five had luerally stolen, soul aud
body, these sections from the Democratic
election law with the change of county
commissioners to clerks of the court ami
other unimportant changes in some of
tho verbiage Then 1 reached section
seven of the new and wonderful law.
ami there I met an unfamiliar face. I
will admit it is not stolen from any civ
ilized men on earth, for there is
nothing iu the Heavens above or
in the earth beneath, nor
in the waters down under the earth like
it. It provides for the Chairman of the
State Executive Committee of each po
litical party to recommend to the clerks
of the court for each county suitable
meu for registrars and judges of elec
tions for the various precincts of the
State, aud that the clerks shall appoint
those so r commended. Os course you
cau see how this will lieat the old way !
Y>u can see why our worthy chairman,
Mi*. Pou, should of all men be expected
to recommend to the clerk of the court
of Cherokee county suitable men for
judges and registrar in Hanging Dog
precinct. Or why Mr. Holton, the Re
publican chairman, should recommend
to the clerk of the court of Mitchell
eouuty suitable men for judges aud reg- j
istrare in “Scuffle Nubbin” or “Loafer’s j
Glory” precincts iu that county. I soon
saw it was a most glorious plan, aud !
having broken the ice I read on, and <
sou-d to my utter consternation that \
more than sixty sections of this grand j
law were takeu, stolen, feloniously taken j
from the Democratic law almost I
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
j ipsissinvs verbis, vtrlmtnn, es
; puHctatim
“Yes, the Big Five ought to bo in
• dieted for larceny, with a count in th»
bill agaii at the Fuaionists for receiving
j stolen property, and they could all be
| convicted before any honest jury in
: America for stealing the IVmocratu
j election law. There is not a decent line
i nor a section in tho bill but what was
j purloined from chapter 16, of the second
volume of The Code, and poor Payne,
j they have even plundered him, after
j abusing aud slandering him aud taking
: from him his seat in this House, have
j stoleu one of the In'st features of their
! bill from hint from the Payne law
1 And this is the party of reform, the
j party of progress. 1 believe in honest
; elections as Ido in everything else, but
1 believe our standard of morals for
the Anglo Saxou race, with all their ad
; vantages, should be higher than the
j poor negro that goes to his daily toil
i like a galley slave, or the negro that
loafs on the goods boxes in the cities
“The bill is an incompetent makeshift
! and cowardly substitute for what you
j promised the people. You got. your
j offices by working on the prejudices of
1 the peop’e ou the atrocities of tho tie*
i tiou law and county government, ami
; litre you e tne to the people «ith the
| Democratic law iu your arms and tell
the people it was the best you could do,
! and for the few little changes you made
I inthatlawthe people will omfiinu you.
“One by one the roses fall and one by
| one the Fusion promises tail ai <1 fade
! away.
THE \\ I LLF A MS-SETTLE U\SF.
Doubts a* to Whether it Will Fvei
< ome Up—Raimoin’s Uhunees.
j Special to the News and Observer.
Washington, D. 0 , Feb. 19
Mr. Brown, of Indiana, Chairman of
; Committee on Privileges and Elections
attempted to get unanimous consent and
bring up the Settle-Williams contested
election ease to day but Sayers, of Texas,
Chairman of the Appropriation Commit
tee objected because it would delay the
navy appropriation bill.
Capt. Bunn said he hoped the House
wonld not put the matter off any longer
as it had been already postponed from
time to time. Mr. Talbot, ot Maryland,
called for a vote for consideration and
was sustained. Brown was voted
down aud thus the contest was again
postponed. The vote was 48 to 55, many
Williams men voting to postpone. Brown
gave notice he would call it up at one
o’cfi.ck to morrow. Woodard seems to
think Williams prospects brighter.
Alexander thinks it doubtful whether
the House will let it be considered. Craw
ford expects it to be considered and be
lieves Williams chances belter. Williams
thinks it bet ter for him if it be postponed
and it is the general opinion of Demo
crats that the lougor it is put off the
better for Williams. The vote is no test
of Williams strength, as many of his
friends thought it better to postpone
not wishing to antagonize tho appropria
tion committee which is very anxious to
finish its matters. Settle seems con
fident that the end of the contest has
come. When questioned about it
he said; “The contest is practically at
an end, the Hou.se having by an over
whelming vote refused to consider the
matter, and ou this many of the Repub
licans did not vote.
J. C. Buxton, Clem Manly and U» j
Eugene Gray, of Winston, are here in
the interest of the Winston-Salem pub
lic building bill, which is under consid
eration in committee on Public Bu filings
and Grounds, of which Bankhead, of
Alabama, is chairman. They will try to
get an early report.
Dr. Vi. H. Wheeler, of Salem, ex U.
8. revenue collector, is also here about
the public building.
Cooper, of Indiana, is the only one ot
whom most talk is made for minister ex
cept Ransom. Ransom is believed t
have the inside track now.
Arrivals*
E. D. Page, North Carolina.
ACCIDENT NEAR APEX.
Chatham Man Knocked Oft the Tract
l»y an Engine.
Special to the News aud Observer
Apex, N. C , Feb. 19
Yesterday ns tour correspondent was
returning from Raleigh there was a sad
accident which came near being a fatal
one. At the second crossing from Apex a
three horse wagon was crossing, and the
horses and driver had just cleared the
track when the engine carrying the 4 p.
m. mail struck the wagon about the cen
tre, literally demolishing it. The driver
was riding on one of the horses and his
brother was iu the wagon behind. It
threw him in the ditch and caused some
very painful yet not serious wounds.
The conductor carried him to Apex ami
I)r. Moore examined and dressed the
wounds He was from Chatham county,
and is resting very well this morning.
KTEXUEK NOT HEARD FROM.
Thought lo lie Icebound—The New
hern Safely Anchored.
Special to the News and Observer.
Maysvillk, N. C ,F« b. 19
The steamer Neuse that left Newborn
eight days ago for Elizabeth City has
not yet been heard from. It is thought
she is icebound The supply of coal
and food was limited. The steamer
N**wbern is safe anchored off Roanoke
Inland.
Thirty Student* Drowned.
Moscow, Feb 19.—While a number of
students were skatiog on the Mot-kva
river to day the ice gave way and thirty
of them were plunged into the water and
were drowned. None of the bodies have
yet been recovered. ,