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The News and Observer VOL. XXXVI... TlfflE LftlißffiESV ©Offe(@(!D[lJ\TrO®K] ©E AGW TOGOT GBAOBGDILDKIA IMOOf. LAST DAY OF CONGRESS MI CH fl l BINESS TRANSACTED IN ROTH THE HOUSES . YKSTFRDW. PRIVATE BILLS IN THE HOUSE. Naval Appropriation Bin Considered in ihe Senate— teflon on Conference Report* on Fight Other Appropria tion Bills—Two Amendment* Ottered and Agr***d To—Arrest and Im prisonment of American Citizens in ('aha. Washington, 1). 0., March 2. —When the Senate met at 11 a. tn. to day it en tered upon the hi'* legislative day of the Fifty-Third Congress, because, although the Congress does not expire till Monday next at noon, its cxisteuce till then will be continued by recesses, not adjourn ments Os the 88 members of the pres ent body, 16 will cease to bo Hena'ors at that hour, aid two other* have merely a chance of survival. The sixteen are Senators Butler, of South Carolina; Camden, of West Yir ginia, Carey, of Wyoming; Coke, of Texas; Dixon, of Ilhode Wand; Dolph, of Oregon; Uunton, of Virginia; Me Banriu. of McPherson, of New Jersey; Mandersou, of Nebraska. Martin, of Kansas; Power, of Montana; Ransom, of North Carolina; Walsh, of Georgii; Washburn, of Minnesota, and Wilson, of lawa. The two whose e ises are in suspense this morning are Senators Higgius, of Delaware, and ‘•houp, of Idaho. The only real, pressing work absolutely necessary to be transacted by the Senate before the close of the Congress when the Senate met to day, was the passage of the Naval appropriation bill, and ac tion on conference reports in the eases of eight appropriation oil’s. The naval bill was taken up for con sideration without much delay, and the discussion ou various amendments to it as reported trom the Committee on Ap propriation, occupied almost all the time until a recess w; s taken at 6 p. m for two hours. The discussion started on the proposi tion to reduce the number of additional seamen that the Secretary of the Navy might enlist in the next, fiscal year from 2,000 to 1,000. That amendment was vigorously contested, but was finally agreed to —yeas 81; nays 25. Other amendments that were contested were those striking out of the bill items for dry docks and buildings at naval stations. When the recess was taken the amendment had not been reached to reduce the number of new battle ships from three to two. The committee amendment striking out the item for guns for auxiliary cruisers—was agreed to. An amendment to strike out an item of sßo.oto for a construction and repair shop at Port Royal, S. C., was allowed to stand over at the it-quest ot Mr. But ler. During the day’s session conference reports on the fortifications bill, the ag ricultural bill, and the Indian bill were presented and concurred in, but as all the disagree ments on the Indian bill had not been arranged, a further conference was ordered upon that bill. The arnst and imprisonment of two Cubans—Sanguilli at d Aguirre- claim ing to be American citizens, for partici pation in the revolutionary movement in Cuba, was this morning called to the at tention of the Senate by Mr. Call, who presented a telegram received by him on the subject and had it referred to the committee on foreign relations with a request on hi* part that the committee act promptly in the matter. MUCH BUSINESS TRANSACTED. The Kale* Suspended in the Houte aud Many Hilts Passed. Washington, D. C., March 3.—The first session of the last, day’s proceedings of the House iu the 53rd Congress lasted from noon until six o’clock. In that period a considerable amount of business was transacted, under the operation of the rule providing for asus pei.sion of the rults for the passage of hills thereuudt-r, and by unanimous con sent. Measures carrying appropriations for private claims, generally speaking, met very poor success ; either Mr. Bayers, chairman of the Committee on Appro priations. or his alert and indefatigable lieutenant, Mr. Dockery, interposiug fatal objections Notwithstanding this was the last legislative day of this Con gress. the proceedings on the tl rar of the House were marked by no unusual scenes of confusion, aud but little delay was occasioned thereby. Among the measures that were passed by uuanimous consent were the follow ing: Benate joint resolution to continue the present officers of the courts in the In dian Territory in office uutil the bill pio viding for the re organization of the courts of the territory shall become a law; Senate joint resolution donating to the citizens committee iu charge of the G. A R. National Encampment to bo hold at Louisville i ext fall, condemned cannon from w hich to make badges for the dele gates to the emampun ut; Senate bill to reimburse «fficers and seamen tor prop erty lost or destroyed in the naval service of the United States Conference reports were agreed to upon the following bills : Giving to the wid >w of Rear Admiral Earl Eng lush a pension of |SO per mouth; increas ing the pension of Hose a Brown, a vet eranofthe war of 1812, to #6O jnr month; auth* ruing the erection of a statue in the District of Columbia of the late Prof. Samuel Gross, M. IX, of Phil adelphia, and appropriating #1,5*10 for a pedestal therefor; the agricultural bill; a partial agreement upon the Indian ap propriation bill. Under suspension of the rules a bill was passed to pay the trustees of Wash ington and Lee University, of Virginia, the sura of #17.484 for use and occupan cy of the buildings of the institution by Union troops during the war. Upon this motion an interesting de bate occurred, in which Mr. Reed warn ed the lb us i that the government could not afford to enter upon the policy of paying claims of tin's character. Motions to suspend the rules and pass the following bills failed: To pay the trustees of Newberry College, S. C , #15,000 for the me of the buildings by troops during the war; to reimburse Representatives the amount of their sal aries withheld during this Congress for absences other thau those occasioned by sickness. A conc urrent resolution was agreed to, naming the Secretary ot the Treasury, the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the director of the mint as a commission to inquire iuto and report to the first session of the 54th Congress as to the desirability and expediency of the adoption by the gov ernment of the United States of the me trical system, and also as to the prospect of the adoption by the leading nations of the woild of the metrical system of coinage, weights and measures. A resolution was agreed to, also, directing the publication of au edition of 10.000 copies of the report of the commission appointed by President Cleveland to investigate the Chicago railroad strike last summer. At 4 o'clock a recess was taken until 8. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Still Talking About the Douglas*. Res olution Iu Washington. Special to News acd Observer. Washington, D. 0 , March 2. Representative Grady thinks that the Legislature ought to remove the statute of W. sh ngton iu the capitol grounds, and erect a monument to Douglass in its place. S. L. Reinhardt, a member of the leg islature, is here. Ho talks as if he felt sore over Ihe Douglass adjournment. He will not return to Raleigh till Monday. \ resolution from the House, which was introduced by Mr. Henderson, and which provides for the printing of the Vance eulogies in the House and Senate combined in book foim, passed the Sen ate to night and will be signed by the Speaker and Vice President to-morrow and copies are furnished members of the present Congress. Seuator Ransom is a regular attendant on the night session of the Senate. All of the delegation of the House are at this moment present except Mr. Settle and Mr. Woodard, the latter haviug loft the House to attend his son, who is quite s ck. Col. A. B. Hawkins spent yesterday iu Baltimore. He returned here last night. This morning he was talking for quite a while with Senator Pasco, of Florida, about the orange prospect. Dr. Hawkins says they are all killed. He ships thousands of boxes a year to Fererro & Bra of this city, but on ac count of the recent freeze, has not shipped a box for lour months. Hon. C. M. Cooke leaves to morrow for Louisburg. He has been here to see about the reappointment of his son to West Point. Mr. Cooke, Jr., was de tained from the physical examination on account of illness. lie stood very high in all subjects. Postmaster T. R. Robertson, of Char lotte, who has been here to see his daughter, Miss Bessie, who is in the Gnuston Academy, Georgetown, left this morning for Charlotte. Miss Janie Klutz, of Salisbury, is visit iug Miss Nannie Craige, daughter of Third Assistant Postmaster-General Kerr Craige. D. L. Boyd, of Waynesville, is here ou business with revenue officials. Mr. Campbell, editor of the Rocky Mouut Argonaut, has returned home. Graham Woodard, son of Congress man Woodard, is quite sick. It is hoped ho will be out by Wednesday. Williams and Settle will eac 1 . get an additional $2,000 for additional expense iu their election case. I‘o Nave Wilmington from Negro Rule, special to the News and Observer. Wilmington, N. 0., March 2. A large meeting of representative citi zens was held here to-day. It was pre sided over by David G. Worth, and reso lutious were adopted opposing any change in the city charter. A commit tec was appointed to go to Raleigh, con sisting of i has. K Borden, Roger Moore, Walker Taylor, Thos. D. Meares. This is iu response to the Populist caucus’ action, believing that they may save the surrender of our city to negro rule. t Itnpist on Trial. Special to the News ami Observer. Greensboro, N. C., March 2. The contract was to-day signed by W. I). McAdoo by which the MeAdoo Hotel is leased to Oapt. B. J. Fisher for a term of ten years Oapt. Fisher will run both hotels. A while man named Veaeh, from Wiuston, was tried before a magistrate in this city to-day for attempted rape of Mrs. Ralph Causey. Veaeh is not more thau eighte n or twenty years of age, but is married. Winston shipped over one million pounds of manufactured tobaeeo during the mouth of February. The stamp col lections aggregated #61,832 59 RALEIGH. N. C.. SUNDAY. MARCH 3, 1895. QUEEN LIL’S SENTENCE QUITE CERTAIN THAT IT tV t 8 MADE FIVE YEARS AND $5,000 FINE. SENTENCES OF CHIEF PRISONERS. They Vary From 5 to 35 Year* and the Fines From $5,000 to slo,ooo— The Method and Place ol Confinement ot the ex-Queen Not Yet Decided Upon- Six Death Sentences Commuted and Two Prisoners Set Free— Tw; nly-oiie Natives on Trial for Treason. San* Francisco, March 2:- (Corres pondence of the United Press, per Steamer Australia ) Honolulu, Febru ary 23 - The executive has not yet passed upon the sentence of the ex Queen. It is quite certain that the mili tary commission made it five years aud $5,000 fine. It, is well understood that the government is debating the method vend place of imprisonment, A conclu sion will soon be arrived at. This morning at 9 o’clock the Presi dent’s aid, Majftf* Pollock, went to Oahu prison and read to the chief prisoners their sentences as follows: O. T. Guliek, 35 years imprisonment and #IO,OOO fine. H. H. Rickard, 35 years and #IO,OOO fine. Major Seward, 35 years and SIO,OOO fine. Robert W. Wilcox, 85 years and $lO,- 050 fine. T. B. Walker, 30 years aud $5,000 fine. Carl Widemann, 30 years and SIO,OOO fine. Henry Bertelmann, 35 years aud #lO,- 000 fine. W. H. C. Grey, 20 years and SIO,OOO fine. Louis Marshall, 20 years and SIO,OOO fine. John Lane, five years and $5,000 fine. Win C. Lane, five years and $5,000 fine. Guliek, Seward, Rickard. Wilcox, Nowlien and Bertelmann had been sen tenced by the military commission to be hanged. The sentences were modified by the commander in-chief its above. Nowlien received his sentence at the station house. At the end Major Potter read: “And furthermore in considera tion of the fact that the government has used you as a witness before the military commission, the marshal is instructed to set you at large,” etc. The Marshal then set Nowlein at lib erty A similar appendix tn the sen tence was read in the case of Bertelman, and he also was set free. The prisoners exhibited much nervousness while their sentences were read. They donned their prison suits immediately. Guliek was the first to appear iu the new garb The trousers, coat and hat were black and w hite stripes. The sentence of Captain Danis has rot yet been announced. On account of h s service as a witness it w ill donbtless be modified. The past week has boon comparatively quiet. Martial law will probably be dis continued after the military commission has finished the trials for treason and misprision. The first four days’of this week wero occupied with the trials of twenty one natives for treason. All of them were charged with having carried arms with Nowlein and Wilcox. Three pleaded guilty. The majority tried to show that they were forcibly detained beyond Diamond Head and compelled to carry arms. The only prompt case among them was that of George Markham, a well con nected and capable half white. He was with Wilcox in his insurrection of ’B9 and was shot down from the Opera House while serving a rifleman. Latterly he has been serving the present goverhment and was much trusted by Marshal, having been employed as special watchman to guard the house of the Attorney Gen eral. At the last moment he disap peared, contrary to orders, and was found with the rebels. He endeavored to prove that he w-as there as a spy. The evidence, however, shows that he was taking an active part, and did not re port anything to the authorities Mark barn’s is the only case of the twenty oue that seems to have any show for ac quittal. Junius Kaac and wife were arraigned on February 20th for misprision. Their trial continued the next day. Their conviction appears to be certain. Several leaders and subordinates made headquarters of their house ou the night of February 3, when the arms were to have been landed at Kakaato. On the following Sunday they participated in forwarding men to Diamond Head Kaac had been a prominent hanger- m ou Kalakaua. Through favoritism he enjoyed for a few months in 1887 the lucrative office of Register of Deeds. In 1886 he was the King’s medium for col lecting the famous opium bribe of $75,- 000. Ten of the Deported Revolutionists. San Francisco, Cal., March 2. —The steami-hip Australia which arrived this morning brought the following deported passengers from Honolulu: Jas Brown. O Creighton, John Radio, A P. Peter son, J. Munderberg, in cabin, and Ar thur White, Nick Peterson, F. H Red ward, L Caridan and P. Careggi in steerage. As a general rule the deported pas sengers refused to lie interviewed, say ing there was really uothiug to say, and ; under the circumstances any criticisms t would be ill advised. Charles Creighton. , Attorney General under the Queen, said that he had been kept six weeks in jail j without being charged with any offense. His requests made through the United PRITCH A RD. BUTLER, "0 wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death ?’* Homaim vll. 2*. States Minister, and his own counsel, to be informed of the nature of his offense, were, he said, treated with no notice. The only resjionso he received was from the marshal, who informed him that he would l>e kept in custody until charged, and if no charge could be made, he would be deported, forcibly, if necessary. Mr. Creighton, defining his position on Hawaiian polities, said he is an an nexationist, but unalterably opposed to a missionary party. F. 11. Redward, a cantractor in Hono lulu, absolutely refused to be interviewed, saying as he had redress for any wrongs doue him, it was the part of prudence not to indulge in criticism. Asked if redress was by recourse of the law he answered no. George W-. MacFarlane, premier under Kalakaua, confined himself to the state ment that ho is out of politics and that the trouble on the Islands is at an end. Dr. E. E. Brown, of the University of California, said the government has things perfectly in hand. The general sentiment relative to the Queen's trial is that she has been fairly treated. RIGID INVESTIG YTION BEGUN. Mexican Government Trying to fix Re sponsibility for Thursday’s Disaster. St. Louis, Mo., March 2.—-A City of Mexico special says that the Mexican government has commenced a rigid ex amination of the trainmen and officials of the Inter Oceanic Railroad in an at tempt to fix the culpability of the terri ble railway disaster of Thursday upon the parties to blame. The engineer, conductor and brake man on the ill fated train were examined yesterday aud fuller reports of the dis aster are expected today. The engineer was John Neufer and the conductor J, H. Steele, both Americans. The chief of police of Tenango, with some mountod rurals, had the bodies of the dead laid out on the bulk for identi fication on the arrival of The relief train, and refused to permit them to be brought to the city, awaiting complete official examination of the scene of the wreck. The bodies, terribly mangled, lie decay ing in the sun, piled up like cord wood. The entreaties of the friends aud rela tives have thus far been of little avail iu gaining possession of the remains of the unfortunate oxcursionists, the greater part of whom will be buried to day in a great trench being dug near the wreck So far as can be ascertained all the killed and wounded were of the lower class. No persou of any prominence nor any foreigners were in the accident. The locomotive engineer immediately disappeared, but was afterwards cap tured at Chance. He, as well as the conductor and other trainmen, are held as prisoners, pending the official inves tigation. Six More Have Died. City of Mexico, March 2, —Six more persons injured iu the wreck on the Inter-Oceanic Railway Thursday have died, making the total number of deaths so far seventy. At least five more of the injured are expected to die. The damage to the railway company’s property is variously estimated from $20,000 to $50,000. Many of the injured threaten to sue the company for dama ges. The railroad officials say th ? accident was caused by the tenders truck slipping out of place. TALKED OF LYNCHING THEM. Farther Particulars About the White Capping in Yadkin County, Special to the News aud Observer. Winston-Salem, N. C., March 2. Additional particulars were received here last night of the raid made in Vad kiu county by White Caps. Amos and Wiley Knott are the names of the two brothers who were so severely punished There were thirty White Caps Tn.-y j gagged and tied ihe two mm and ad j ministered one hundred lashes up >n the | backs of each. Amos Kuott, whose condition is quite serious, says he th raght h s cud was near wheu his enemies placed a rope arouad his neck, and one of the men climbed a tree, at the same time discuss ing the question of lynching. The White Caps claim that the two brothers are re sponsible for the la>ge number o f rove uue raids made in Yadkin county during the past few weeks. They instruct d Amos and Wiley to get out of the eoun ty within teu days. The two brothers are making preparations to Leave as soon as they are able to travel. A colored preacher named Gibsou was placed in Stokes county jail this week on the charge of stealing chickens. The theft was committed nearly twelve mouths ago, anti it is said that the preacher would have probably escaped punishment had he not reported a “moon shine” still. In order to obtain revenge the blockaders had the colored divine prosecuted for disturbing the fowls. A large warehouse was opened here to-day for the storage of leaf tobacco and other personal property. It is conducted by one of Winston's strongest financial institutions. Mr. W. A. Wilkiuson, a tobacco broker, has been employed as manager and inspector. Mr. W. J. Crews has resigned as man ager of the Winston Telephone Exchange to accept the management of the Postal Telegraph office in Raleigh. Ho will leave here the first of next week to enter upou the duties of his new position. He is succeeded here by Mr. J. A. Button There were twenty-one deaths in Win ston during tho past month, eight of which were white and thirteen colored. Eleven white children aud four colored were born during the month. There were seven deaths in Salem,six whites and oue colored. Five sons and two daughters, all white, were boru. A Winston man tells me he was mir priced to hear Editor Gosleu, of th • Winston Republican, remark on the train this week that had he been a mem ber of the Legislature he would have voted for the Fred. Douglass resolution He said that the only mistake the Fu sionists made was to trying to deny what they did. REV. GtVALTNEY’S LECTURE Baseball—Visit ot Mr. Striugtield—Dr. Taylor to Speak at Washington* Special to the News and Observer. Wake Forest, N. C., March 2 On last Sunday afternoon the Rev. Mr W. R. Gwaltney gave the “Bible Bands” lecture on “The Relation of the Ministry and Teaching of Joliu the Bap tint to the Christian Dispensation.” He held that John was a member of tho Messianic Kingdom, his ministry consti tilting its introductory stage. This thesis was supported by a very clear and cogent line of argument. It was an nouneed that on the 10th of March, Prof. Sledd would give a lecture on the “Landmarks and History of tho city of Jerusalem.” The athletic season opened ou Mon day, the first day wheu practice was pos sible on the grounds. The base-ball team will be a good one, comprising some of the best players of last year. They are having a fine practice game every after noon. Ol course, tho regular athletic work, under Mr. Walters, of Durham, has gone forward throughout the winter in the gymnasium. Attendance upon it every day is required of all students, as upon Latin or mat hem a fits. Rev. Mr. O. L. Stringfteld, financial agent of the Baptist college for women to be opened in Rileigh, used the Sunday morning hour in Mr. Gwaltney’s pulpit in an address on the education of women which was designed to stimulate interest in that enterprise. He preachpd in the evening. He asked for no for he thought Wake Forest rather an uu promising place to get money, but the best place he knew to get what was of | more value than money -intelligent and helpful sympathy. Our community congratulates Mr. George E Gill upon his marriage a few days ago. and welcomes right cordially the bride, formerly Miss Fannie Jeffries of Virginia. President O. E. Taylor will leave ou Mon*lay or Tuesday for an extended tour in the eastern part of the State in the in terest of the Royall chair endowment. He will speak in Warreuton next Tuesday I evening on “The Saeret Service of thtV Confederate States” at. the invitation, I bdieve, of persona interested in the com | pletion of the Confederate soldier’s mon-. urneiit in Raleigh. Commencement marshals were elected j to-day. They are the following: Eu , W II Carter. J Y. Mangum and <V T j Carstarphen. Phi., J. W. Carlton, C Watkins *nd J. E. Dowd. The Kuzeliau Society has elected I M M-ckins debater so- the Morehea 1 eo i test, and the Philomathesiau, W. C. N w ton. ‘ 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE OLEUMARG ERINFB.* Committee ot Teu Nurd lor by Kepnb limn*— Brought to Their liner* by Butler. Mr. Ewart waddled around all day yesteiday in a little fat hen kind of $ way and announced to the Republican* that there was hope yet. The Republican* met in the House, Ewart in the chair. Ewart said that all Republicans—every body outside of the members should be ousted. Exception was made of ex Chairman Holtou, who re mained, and finally Spenoer Blackburn -who lingered about like Marj’s little lamb with his tleeco pompadoured wa* bounced. On motion of French the fol lowing Republicans were appointed to act with the Populists ; French (who was afterward appointed chairman of the joint committee). WilJ liauis of Craven, Turner of Mitch ell (who was absent), Rice and Moody. On ihe part of the Populist* there were appointed White of Perquim ans, Drew, Johnson of Sampson, and two others. While the Republican can cus were waiting to hear from the Popu lists, Fortune unwound himself on the Insurance Couiniissloner ship, saying that he had heard him self mentioned in that capacity, but would not press himself until tne office was created. Mr. Fortune made a hustling plea for tho office, saying that either the Auditor or Secretary of State was now making good money out of insurance aud they wauled it. Moody favored it on the same ground. Whiie of Bladen and Cox opposed Fortune, saying that in tw<? years the Secretary of State and Auditor would be coming their way, and the money alleged to bo iu insurance could then be enjoyed by their menv Moody thought the insurance companies would have to pay the expenses of the office, as he had a good deal to do with insurance companies. The joint committee came in from the Enrolling Clerk’s office up stairs where they had met and reported. The Re publicans demanded the making of the new Wilmington criminal circuit, also two Code Commissioners, the Insurance commissioner, the Railroad Commis sioner, giving to tho Populists one Code Commissioner, Agricultural Commis sioner aud superintendent of the peni tentiary, leaving the first assistant for the Republicans. This Code com mission claim was explained by Mr. French to mean this: | Said Mr. French: “These Populists want Spier Whitaker and Guthrie for Code Commissioners and want them bad but. we will claim them, getting Irter, by concession of them, what we really want, the Railroad Commissioner and the Superintendent of the Penitentiary.” By this time Buck had gone galloping down to the Yarboro to see Butler, who is sick in bed. to tell him that he (Buck) could get tho Railroad Commissioner if Butler would give up the Wilmington Criminal Circuit to the Republicans, and he went galloping back to the Popnliat caucus with his message almost out of breath. The officers in the Atlantic and North Carolina Railtoad will lie divided. Williams, of Craven made a motion that the Republicans s«ay here urn it all the calendar was cleaned, that he thought the Democrats would skill out. Carried unanimously. Senator Grant, of Wayne made the same motion. Senator Moody, moved to let all Republicans and tried hard to get in Dr Mott, but failed ou motion and Mott both. Wil liams of Craven, Young and Ewart SAid if oue was let in all would have to be let in. Williams, of (.‘raven, said he didn’t understand why the Popu lists didn’t stand by the caucus action creating the new Wilmington cir cuit. Johnson, of Sampson, said he didn’t vote for it aud that the Pops didn’t un derstand that they were bound by it; they were busy at the time about some thing else. The joint. Oleomargerinc Committee ot Ten will meet again to morrow morning at 9 o’clock. The News and Observer phonograph had a slight cough but otherwise worked well. A pstiic was started during the proceed ing-* by the discovery of a man in the Spe.kerV room. The cry of News and Observer was set up by Fori une in a smart Aleck kind of a w,iy, who is not well enough up with s iwuce to know that our phonograph was right iu the desk drawer iu front of him.
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