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ThlKOKAPIIICSUMMART. .
jf'.ion 5n North KUkftny Mocday r,e
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-i the election or mo ntl-l,arnell tc
: by mijr rity of 1,141. The Senate
rcrnnitu-e hai reportel the cauca
bill, aoincwhat amended. The com
a Rul-M fia.1 lofetructcd. Senator AM
AT
port the cloture rule. The Indian
i i vns out to uc a cranic irom low tie
by the Indian police yesterJuy
t row at the Cheyenne River
:.na luaoificr icuians are iasi occom
mtt. i-iwie. lUx. Nelly Pevcy waa
io Lonflin yesterday for the murder of
The death rate of New Orleans
p.-ift week was the largeht since the jel
,.. r epidemic, dtie, it i said, to an cpl
: '. hc (frlppe. There are SO.OCO caes of
j-e in the city The railroad strike
tjr.:nV-d to Kdinborjuph. Dr. Tanner
p ira?!l for flander. The election of
H sr.- 7 'vt4 10 De action of the prleeta
,B'i." ;u:ri4l;n. Thf Presldfut yesterday
,,i:ca"'() Judge Henry Drown, njwjudfreof
yz F".( rul court for the Third Michigan dls
"ni'.y b3 Associate Justice of the Federal
s.r me court. In a barroom Cght In Dan-
r.;c. Va. . jtHtcrday one man tamp'(l another
w d:iih. A valuable atgttr bouse on
Loa'.svillc plantation was burned jca
u'l:iyV inn, f:0(),C500; lnsurarce tO.OOO
i iu- of the efforts to flettle the diftlculty on'
tr. s Ach r.iiroads the strike ts stUl fcpread
itur,d thf runnlni of trains is delayed ahd
'-ry daot:eroui. The Pamclltc are
I
n.K-t'' nwi ine election or uenDCKy.
if.ch.i 1 i i Itt's newspaper Bays that if Par
t-:i rctEatti" in the leadership, enany of ibc
istirrrntll member will i Mire 'to private
The e xecutive committee of tbe Sou'h
tm' t ii .it " al Society met In Knoxvllle yea
l iv. Ch;utanooga was fcelcctcd as the place
I a wctk before the meeting of the National
r-'j i.tion ai the time for the next meeting
,,f tli'i .c ct'.ty.- The widow and brother of
will to dy publl.nh hU diary. In
::4r.!. i Uicv make a bitter alutcn upon
sur.U (riiincdiatcly after the announcement
b tr4 ;itf at Kilkenny the Pamellitet took
ivr, .i .va;fir.houlderf and marched through
,;r t-. Ihre was quite atevcre earth
-hocu in and around Knoxvllle. Tenn.,
j.-vrJ iy. Twelve .hundred railroad work
i en in Hull will ko outon strike to day. The
ijrci-r tono of the Henry W. Urady ho.pital
is i l at Atlanta, L2a , yesterdav, It being
tue i arMiivVrHHry of Mr, Grady's death. a
-triti ;.irolina nrpro, Robert Gilliam by nance,
ii!.iit and instantly kllteil on the htrect.s tf
1'. i l'urg, Va., yesterday.
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I'IbTOL-tillAI'lIS.
There is talk abroad of making C:ir
c;n;il (jibbons lopo upon the death of
L"o.
Tiio Kepublican members of the Sen
kit- Micm to be engaged in the great act
cldo. ' i
lit .wiur vm I VVhut shaI1 U 00
i L nf Christmas Dinner,
ur, thinking of ) n h Q
, Tim Georgia Legislature likes tho
.-iiMier encampment so well it has ap
wriatcd $.25,000 for tho next year's
;o'ic. ,
Was tho Ashoville convention a suc
c? What did it do? What plan did
.m l on foot? Something practical is
;h.
need. "
Tho 1'i'inco of Wales is heavily in
.i)tl He owe $SOO,000. Ho will have
t'oaVHOnglish dinner all the same on
i mt-timn.
T.
orignal of Little Lord Fauntlc
alive. it was Vivian and not
I, who died, who was the model
J by the gifted mother, Mrs.
ft.
;
tiv.
rtn
erudite townsman,' Dr. Mendels-
oiin. the Jewus l Kibbi. has a work lar
d v;i need in process of electrotyping
'i :it promises to be of interest to the
;u n. "1 world.
li- v. Dr. Milburn is writing a book.
Iv i-i to bo called "Tho Mississippi
V alloy Chapters on tho Kxplorers,
!'irwra l'pnniiliftrj and I.flr ' It
fill be an cnjoyablo book no doubt.
U"e twico corrected an error, but wo
it staring us. Referring to Vance
JoWrday wo wroto of his being ilborn
the narrow house." It appealed
.ffcc is broke
hv'King!
narrow house."
Spooner
is in the swim. The
I'ropident will reward him for his ;tcal
n t... : a - . 44 f..
' ,un id save mo roiteu pariijf lruiu
l'wap!ete destruction. Ho will have
-itber the vacancy on the Supremo
Court Bench or the Senate.
I he Italian Sued completed success
ulb in New York his forty-five days of
-stiD jr, beating Dr. Tanner -by five
aJs- Ho weighed but 105i pound?.
z -is to be exhibited in a museum and
1,500 a week. . : , '
" ci I waen Francesca sings
Francesca sings;
Mythoughta mount upward; 1 am dead"
r i-very Hense of vulgar thiogs.
Ard on celestial highway tre.d
Prophets of the olden time,
Jfco,r. minstrel kingSwthe men sublime.
tr. Parsons, in the Atlantic Montfdy.
ureat mm suDiime.
1 he wide-awake Asheviile Citizen
liTho Ualeigh correspondent of
kU6 Wilmln4nn tfpeowvTnpn ffmm
nom wo get many items ior this de
rtment.") An attache of a leading
spaper recently paid him a - high
pliment in our hearing as a' most
f.ri:-
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to the
GKNEIIAL "SATISFACTION
THE CESATI0r4 OF ATTACKS
UPON SENATOR VANCE-
II U Klectlou Before Anurd bat a Friend
ly Hctlleruent Preferred A Meetlor; in
tli Iuterett of a State Kxpolllon-Slneh
Glvlna: In Marriage A HUtory of the
Negro JCace In America.
Messenger Bureau, )
Ualeigh. N. C. Dec. 23.
There U much talk and general sat
isfaction at the end of the attack on
Vance by the Farmers Alliance organ.
There is no doubt of Vance's re election,
anyway, but It l well to have matters
Battled quietly, Once a Senator of this
State, after bis election, was Instructed
and resigned. That was William H.
Haywood. Ho did not see his way
clear to follow the instructions. That
is the only case on record in North
Carolina.
Col. Polk will be here tomorrow and
will spend the holidays with his family.
Ho will probably while here, appoint a
new private secretary to succeed Ilit-
ienhouse, the fellow who incurred the
wrath of the Alliance to such a great
degree.
Governor Fowle left here this after
noon for Georgetown, S. C., where he
will spend the holidays as the guest of
a friend who resides there. Col. John
D. Whltford. of New Bern, accompa
nied the Governor. The party will
hunt and firth a good deal.
briday evening a meeting in the in
terest of a State exposition in 1891 will
be held here. It is called bv William
S. Primrose, president of the exposi
tion in ISSt. Every etTort will be made
to arouse enthusiasm in tho matter. By
the exercire of skill and the awakening
of the people, a grand exposition can
be arranged. Of that there is no
doubt.
There is much marrying and giving
in marriage hereabouts. Yesterday
nine licenses' were issued, three to one
man, who told the register he desired
one for himself, one for his brother
and one for hU sister. That family
will have a gay timo during
the holi
days.
Many mad dogs are reported in the
western townships of this county; also
in Chatham and Durham counties.
They attack and bite hogs and cattle.
Fovernor Fowlo said to day that he
did not know the exact day in January
when the Governor's Mansion would
bo ready for occupancy. That depends
upon tho various persons at work there
putting the finishing touches on the
building. The exterior, as well as tho
grounds, is incomplete, but that can be
looked after later.
A rumor was given currency to day
iL.i t" 1 T-!J - il rii
mond it Danville road, who has his of-'
fices here, would connect himself with
tho Seaboard Air Line. Officials of
both these roads said to-day to your
correspondent that the rumor was un
founded. The Governor to-day received an- in
vitation to attend the first annual, din
ner of tho Confederate Veteran Camp
of New York city, at tho Now York
hotel, January 19th. Tho invitations
are signed by William L. Keiley, adju
tant of the camp.
Some months ago, a iudgo having
died, tho Governor commissioned Judge
Spier Whitaker to hold tho term of
Kookingham Superior court. He went
there but decided that he had no right
to hold the term. The matter came up
before the Supremo court, which de
cided that he bad tho power to hold tho
term,
Edward A. Johnson, colored, princi
pal of tho Washington graded school
of t'lis city, has written a "School His-
torv of tho Neuro Race in
America,
from 1GIU to IMH)." It is interesting
and contains much to tho credit of the
negro. Ono fact mentioned is that on
the American side in the 'war of the
Revolution' there were 5,000 negroes
enlisted as soldiers. The British had
50,000 of them, of which number 30,000
were from Virginia. A negro was
ono of tho first men killed in
that war. lie was named Cris-
pus Attucks, and another negro, Peter
Sow nt nnri bnid fs toi,-,.
Salem, shot and killed Maj. Pitcairti,
tho British commander of Lexington,
Mass. Negroes were slave-owners.
One of theso was named Alston, who
lived in Raleigh. He had a plantation
and qulto a number of slaves. John
son's book is dedicated to the' colored
teachers and is written with a yiew t
the clovation of his race, which in the
school histories is barely alluded to.
He says: I respectfully request my
fellow teachers will seo to it that the
word Negro is written with a cipi
talN." -
, All tho schools here aro now closed
and the students have gone homo for
the holidays. There are at the .female
colleges many students from Virginia
and South Carolina.
The Capital club will give two dances
and a. reception this week. Despite the
absence of a great manyl people, the
holidays will be exceptionally merry.
J. Rl Latta of Wiimingtou, was to
day reappointed a notary public
The holiday trade is very fine and
the merchants are delighted. The
largo stores are crowded with custom
ers from all this section of thd State.
' Yesterday a load of "limbertwig" ap
ples was brought here in a wagon all
the way from Wilkes county. Men
came here to-day from Wilson with
cotton. They say Raleigh pays the
highest prices.
W. P. Wooten succeeds J. F. Bruton
as captain of Co. F Second Regiment,
at Wilson, upon the latter's promotion
to the lieutenant colonelcy of; the reg
iment. A Valuable ttarar Hooto Horned.
New Orleans. Dec 23 The sugar
house of Courtright Eustis, Fusiler
plantation, was 'burned this morning,
Loss $1W,000; insurance $50,000, divi-
ded equally between the Sun-Mutual
of this city and the Liverpool, London
ana uiooe insurance companies.
a new associate justice, j
!
The Ir jJdnt AppolaU Jo Is II. H.
Brown of MIchlxaa-Tl riaaar ISil
Introduced.
Washington. Dec. 3. The Presi
dent to-day nominated Henry B.Broirn.
of Michigan, to be Associate Justice of
the Supreme court of the United StaUs,
vice Samuel F. Miller deceased. Judge
Brown U now United States District
Judge for tho Third district of Michi
gan; also Col. Charles Sutherland, sur
geon, to be Surgeon General with the
rank of Brigadier General, vice J; U.
Baxter deceased.
The Senate committee on Finance
this morning directed Senator Sher
man to report to the Senate immedi
ately, which waa done, the bill to pro
Tide against contraction of currency
and for other purposes, commonly
known as the Ilepublican caucus bill.
The meauns was, however, amended
in two important particulars at this
morning's meeting. The first was an
exclusion o! section four of the bill.
This section provides that when
the National bank circulation falls
below $180,000,000 the deficiency shall
bo supplied by the Issue of Treasury
notes based on silver bullion purchases,
if the silver can be purchased,
or, if not, by the direct issue of notes.
The second amendment was the inser
tion, in place of a section stricken out,
of the following section: That the
S :cretary of the Treasury is hereby
authorized to issue in a sum or sums
hot exceeding in the aggregate 200.
000,000 coupon and registered bonds of
the United States in such form as he
may prescribe and of denominations of
$50 or fome multiple of that sum re
deemable In lawful money at the pleas
ure of the United States on and
July 1st, 1890, and bearing inter
est payable .semi-annually at the
rate of 2 per cent, per annum.
And he is authorized to sell or dispose
n3' o eaid bonds at not less than
their par value for any lawful money of
the United Stotes or for gold or silver
certificates, and to apply tho proceeds
thereof to the redemption or to pur-
ase or any ol tne bonds ol the United
States, And the bonds hereby author
ized and the proceeds thereof shall be
used for no other purpose whatever.
Chairman Aldrich, of the committee
on Ilules, was this morning instructed
to report the cloture rule to the
Senate.
NeKi From the Frontier.
Omaha. Nb. D?c. 23. A Bee special
from Pine Kidge Aget.cy, S. D., says:
An Indian scout named Standsfirst,
who has just returned from a yisit to
the Indian camp in tho Bad Lands,
says the spirit of hostility still pre
vails there. All his efforts to induce
them to come in was answered with jeers
and war cries. The Indians said they
had been ready to meet the soldiers for
a month, but tho latter were cewvards
an afraid to come out and fight.
Pine Ridge Agency, S. D Dec. 23-
The police have arrested the Mesaiah
down in Red Claud's camp. When
they pulled tho whito blanket oil they
found an intelligent but harmlesscrasnk,
M. C. Hopkins by name, from Nashua,
Iowa. Ho claimed ho was here in the
interest of peace and that he had come
because the Indians misinterpreted his
message. Ho wanted to go to tho Bad
Lauds but Agent Royer changed the
address to Chadrin, starting him un
der an escort of police.
Some of tho Indians are indignant
over his arrest, while others laughed
and said he was a crazy fool. None of
the chiefs take any stock in him and
l'e 1 Cloud came up to him and said you
go home. You are no son of the
Good-Messiah. One hundred friendlies
havj left on their oeaco mission.
They took three wagon loads of rations
Washington, Dec. 3. Gen. Scho
fijld has teceived the following tele
gram from Gen. Roger, under date of
St. Paul, Minn., December 22: B:g
Foot, with his following including some
of Sitting Bull's fugitives and those
disaffected Indians in the Cherry Creek
district of Chevenne river reservation
who joined Big Foot, surrendered yes
c i h n rr r , , n ' ' on X t rwl,
Sitting Bull people camo to Cherry
terday to Col. bumncr. The
Creek witn the exception of a few who
may have sought shelter at Pine Ridge,
and are on their way under conduct to
Fort Bennett for surrender. The Big
Foo'Upeoplo were sent to Fort Meade,
those surrendering at Bennett, prob
ably, to Sully. Tne surrender and dis
armament of these two factions prac
tically ends the probability of any ser
ious trouble with the Indians of
Cheyenne river and Standing Rock re
servation and,is a good step towards end
ing the whole trouble.
Brutally Murdered by Negroeo.
Washington, Dec. 23. A special to
the I'oat from Petersburg, Va., says
that Dr. E. B. Riggan, a prominent
resident of Mecklenburg county, was
brutally murdered at his door on Sat
urday night by a party of negroes.
The murdered man's skull was crushed
and his throat cut from ear to ear. The
murderers are under arrest. There
are, threats of lynching.
The Henry W. Grady Hotpltal.
Atlanta, Dec. 23. The corner
stone of the Henry W. Grady hospital
was laid to day with fitting ceremonies.
The Grand Looee of Masons conducted
the exercises and Hon. Pat Calhoun
delivered the formal address. To-day
ii the anniversary of Grady's death
and was selected as appropriate for
these exercises. The hospital will be
a magnificent monument to the mem
ory of the great Georgian. ;
An Earthquake Shock in Tennessee.
Knoxville, Dec. 23. There was a
decided earthquake shock here this
I mornin it about 6 o'clock. Persons In
the city to day from the surrounding
country report that the shock was so
severe that houses were shaken and
dishes rattled. In the city many per-
sons were aroused from their sleep and
I much ctarueo y me snocK.
A AVOJUK HANGED.
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THE MURDERESS OF MRS- HOGG
PAYS THE DEATH PENALTY.
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The AatUraruelllt Candidate Klecied I
Kllkeaor The Iarlrlte to Content
the :io-PariIl to bo Hoed For
Slaodr-Tl IUUroad Strike Kpreadlac
-Hall road Traffic Impeded.
Kilkenny, Dec. 23 Immediately
after the sheriff had officially an
nounced the result of the polling, tho
Parnellite present moved in a body to
he front ox the court houe and then.
with chef rs, they hoUtcU Parnell upon
their shoulders and gave him a
rousing reception. Parnell was upon
the point of making a speech when
Timothy and Maurice Uealy appeared
mnnr thA lpnil ' Tha tnMa1l)to ml.
sented intrusion ' by assuming menac-
log alt'iuaes, tnreatening personal
violence to the Heal vs in case they
did not leave. Finally. Parnell. In I
order to prevent what seemed likely to tts and Ilhodo lfland, and. that the I party entered occ of the U)r. He
be a disgraceful row, asked the police bill was therefore based on mere hypo-1 ippcaranco wa th lrnal for eerv
to induce the Healys to withdraw. The j
police promptly acted upon Parneil's
suggestion and theHealy's we re prevail- tors Hoar and Aldrich, and hU re
ed upon to depart under police protec-1 marks as to farm mortgages In Iowa
tlon. While tho Eeileys were being I
escorted put ofdanger Parnell diverts j
ed the attention of the crowd by re- I
sumiog his attempt to make a speech, j
LONDON,Dcc. 23.-Jameson's diary
will be pubUshed to-morrow. Mrs.
Jameson and the dead man's brother,
in the preface, bitterly attack Stanley
formakint? Jameson the scane-rroat for
for making Jameson the scape-goat for
all the troubles which occurred, claim
ing that they were due to Stanley sown
bad judgment and neglect. They also
suggest that Stanley and Bouncy are
not telling the truth. The cannibal
episode, as it appears in the diary, is
substantially identical with the account
of it contained in the letter to the
Emln committee. Jameson adds to his
statement of the. tacts: 4I would never
have been such a beast as to witness an
act ocannibatism, but was unable un
til the last moment to bring myself to
beliere that it wasanjtbing save a ruse
to get money out of me."
Kilkenny, Dec. 23. The result of
the election held yesterday to fill the
seat for Kilkenny in the House of Com
mons, made vacant by the death of Mr.
Marum, was announced at noon to day.
The polling resulted in a victory for
tho anti-Parnellites, their candidate.
Sir John Pope Hennesy, being re
turned. Tho result of the election was
as follows: Hennessy, 2,527; Scully,
1,256; majority for Hennessy, 1,171. -
Glasgow, Dec. 23. The railroad
strike has extended to Edinburgh, and
It is feared the full extent of the trou
ble has not been reached.
Kilkenny, Dec. 23. It is stated
here that Tanner is bringing suit
against Parnell for the libels contained
in his speeches made during the late
campaign.
As a matter of fact, the Parnell itcs
were not so d it con raged at the result
oi the election as they might be ex
pected, for it Is admitted that it was
really a victory for the priests, and
that, had they not adopted the tactics
they did, the result of tho election
would have been different.
LONDON, Dec. 33. Mrs. Nellie Pear
cy was hanged this morning for the
murder of Mrs. Hogg and her baby.
Mrs. Hogg was tho wife of the London
porter, A crowd outside the prison
walls - set up loud cheers when the
black flag, showing that the woman
was hanging on the scaffold, was hoist
ed upon the prison flagstaff. During
the night the unfortunate woman was
quiet and resigned and for several
hours prayed in company with the
prison chaplain. To the latter sho
confessed that the sentence passed
upon her was a just one, though she
said the evidence upon which she was
convicted was false.
London, Dec. 23. Michael Davit's
news paper, the London World to-day
renews the onslaught, recently made,
upon Parnell through its columns.
During the course of a lengthy at
tack upon the 'uncrowned king" it
says that if, by any compromise,
Parnell remains the leader of the Irish
party, a number of anti-Parnell mem
bers threaten to abandon public life,
which would be disastrous to the party
at large.
Glasgow, Dec 23. Ic spite of all
the efforts made to bring about a set
tlement of the matters in dispute be
tween the railroad officials and the
railroad employes, the strike continues
to extena in many dlrecticns. Tramc
is now hopelessly behind almost every
where. Along the lines of roads affect
ed, the engine drivers report that
many of tho signal boxes . are empty,
having been deserted by their regular
occupants and that in other cases where
signal men remained at their posts, tho
signals were so worked as to be mis
lead in r and conseauentlv delavincr the
passage of trains in most annoying and
dangerous manner.'
Stamped to Death.
DANVILLE- Va.. December 23. A
shocking tragedy Jccurred here to-day.
Kdward Enoch, a railroad man. .nH
James Gravett, a carpenter, were in a
saloon, both under the Influence of
liquor. They began to quarrel about
some inviaj. maiier ana. uravett in-
suitea tnocn. wnon tne latter knockea
him down and literally stamped him to
death with his heavy boots. Uravett's
face was crushed, and he died almost
Instantly. Enoch was arrested.
a. Fearful Death-Bate.
New Orleans, Dec 23. The weekly
report of the city 's mortality shows the
largest number of deaths during any
one week ever recorded here cave
when the yellow fever prevailed In
epidemic form twelve years ago, Tlx:
236. The large death rate Is due, In
the opinion of prominentphyclana, to
the prevalence ol grip, of which there
are now nearly 30,000 cases under treat
ment here. " ' :
rnoCEEDINGS IN CONIIUESS.
Semator Cett r.trm II U fla t
eaetor llaleyrtaaotaI MUrIl,
Cl:r Rote.
Washington, Dc. 2a. Senate.
The rrtolullon cJTcrrd cn twterday
by Senator Morgan, dlrcctieg tbs roa-
milter on Privilege and K ectioai lo
amend tho IHectioa bill to at to thow
what are the :hacgc ami isodlSca
lion intended to be cad ?, was taken
up and Senator Morgan occupied the
entire morning hour In its dicui!oQ.
Senator Sherman reported the bill to
provide against contraction of the cur-
rency, and it was read twice and attecdeu by ail the diglitr atul trarr-
Vie?v&?idarkiM .k , I" tance whch a mt rxful rrarl
The L!ecUon bhlt wa4 then taken up meat on tho tvart cf the club euCu
and Senator Call addrvtwd theicatc
in oppoditlon to it. Much of his pecch
was in tho direction of proviug from
reports and statistics that the colored
laborers of the South were much better
otT in all worldly respect; were more
prosperous, contented, ana happy than
were tne workingmen ol Mas&acnu
critical pretences. HU assertions were
questioned and contradicted by Sena-
ere ropeiiea in lite manner oy bena-
tor Wilson, bf Iowa.
ieioro concluding nis pecn tona;
tor Call said he would like tho liberty
ol nmug prineu in ne jucvm wmc
x,lcls wnc.a D.e oaa ?0i f0- .
ie nawr iiawiej io inquire as lotne
fn I V , v prm.u nin.
lS that there hadbcen, in the past,
undue advantage taken of such permis
sion. Senator Call resented the remark and
said that he a$ked nothing from the
Senator from Connecticut, n he (Call)
was not one of thofc who had tho hlirh
opinion that tome pcroos hud of that
Senator.
This provoked Senator Hawlev Into
saying that he had meant it all civilly,
but that he now objected uncompro
mitiogly to anything being printed
that was not read.
Then Senator Butler offered to come
to Senator Call's relief and to read for
him whatever he wished to have
publUhed.
Thereupon, Senator Hawley witli
drew his objection, and the porrni?Mon
asked for was given.
Senator Call spoke tor over four
hours, and was followed in opposition
to tho bill by Senator McPbcreon.
Senator Aldrich asked Senator Mc
Pherson to yield tho floor, and, Ube
request having been complied with,)
he gave notice o! his intention to move
an amendment to the rules providing,
during tho present session, for the
closing of debate on any bill, under
consideration. The proposed amend
ment hsving been read, Senator Aid
rich asked that it be printed and laid
over which was done.
Without finishing his speech, Sen
ator McPhcrson yielded, at5:30 o'clock
to a motion for executive session, and
afterwards the Senate adjourned till
to-morrow morning at 10 o cIcck.
HOUSE OF HEI'RESENTATIVLS.
After the reading of the journal, on
motion of Mr. McKinley auu witnout
objection, it was agreed that when the
House adiourned to-dav it be to meet
e
Friday next.
The Speaker made the following
committee appointments: un nj
and Means. Mr. Breckinridge, of Ar
kansas; on Commerce, Mr. Dickcrson,
of Kentucky; on Pofclofllccs and Post
roads. Mr. Rowland, of North Carolina;
on Education, Langston, of Virginia;.
on Labor. Mr. Miller, of South Caro
lina: on Expenditures In the Fostomee
DeDartment. Nr. C. R. Hates, of Iowa;
on Naval Affair?. Mr. McKcnna, ;of
California, Mr. Stone, of Pennsylvania,
and Mr. Warner, of New York on
Public Lands, Mr. Wright, of Penn
evlvania; on Acrriculture, Mr. McDuf-
fie. of Alabama; on Expenditures in the
Treasury Department, Mr. McDufiie,
of Alabama; on Reform In Civil Ser
vice. Mr. Whitelaw. of Missouri. The
House then adjourned until Friday.
A Necro Killed In I'etertburr;
Petersburg, Va., Dec. 23. Robert
Gilliam, a negro, was shot and killed
on the streets to-day by Paul Young.
illiam came here from North Caro
lina to spend the holidays and got on
SDree. While on the streets he stag
gered against Young.who rcmontrattd
with him. Gilliam in reply called him
onensive names, whereupon xounjr
whipped out his pistol and ihbthlm in
the head, killing him instantly, oung
wa3 arrested. There Is great excite-
citement amon the negroes.
The Southern Educational Society.
Knoxville. Tenn., Dec. 23. The
executive committee of the Southern
Educational Society met at Knoxvlllo
I to-day with eleven States represented.
I Chattanooga was selected as the place
I for the next meeting, wblcn will take
place one week before too meeting oi
I me national Association, tcaaiog
a -m w - . a . r a -w.ai
eoucaiorsoi tne oouuj wm oe preheat
l . v r- tit,
&nd the meeUng promises to be of ut
w iwimuiw m
ranama Canal Totk to t JUe.med.
Panama, Dec 23. The agreement
i ior me extenkiua o iuo rnm wu
I concession, wnica was tiirncu tome
days ago, wa? approved by Congress
and legalized on the 20tn Inst. Mr.
Wyse will arrive here on January 6th
to reorganize the oCice and to make
preparations for the renewal of work on
the canal.
Soldde From Lota of bar llama.
Lafayette, Idq Dec 23. Mrs.
Jo bantu O'Day was found dead In her
bed this afternoon. Discovery was
made by Sheriff McKae, who had gone
to her house to evict her aa the result
of the foreclosure of a mortgage. - Loss
of her home deranged her mind, and a
doee of arsenic gitvo her surcease of
trouble. She waa eighty years old. ,
fiROVEK CLEVELAND.
A NOT LWCRTHY SPEECH WADE CV
H1U CAST MGMT.
Aa A.I4re la K ! K h
-fll( mt rarall.a Tftt.t to
tKo J odemeat of I He Aeaeeto ref U VU
II re red at a tea4 la tkHhk
Cteetaod aa lleoored rii
Nr.v Yc::k, IKc. 2 The ,c
hcra!ded dinner of the Reform CVaN
txvk lUi- U r.!jrht in th' tew corref,
hall of Madboa Siaart? trafden xd'a
clTect. There were about 54X) diners In
the hall. The tpeakcrt tKe we ot a
raited d la at the wettrro etsd cf ibe
hall. DirecUr over tho head of the
chairman were tlx American 3s
gracefully grouped with the Cig of the
rstate of Nc ork In tho centre.
At SJU o'clock Mr, Cleeia&d aai
man at tho tablet tortcu hit feel and
amid the wavlcg cf handkerchief Mr.
Cleveland was given three cheer. The
Lady aroc and bowed, looking a pretty
eTr in ncr ngumi natio gown. .-of
light cream with puITcd tlecve. It t
a brilliant scene.
At 9 o'clock the chairman intrtxluoed
cx-l'rclucnt lrovcr Cleveland a tea
first peak er of tho evening, who raid
Mr. resident and (kntlamn:
I suppose I have a correct ucdertiaad-
ingofwhat It meant bt Tlo Cam
paign of P-ducatn." Aftumieg thU
to be to, I dcftlre before going further
to acknowledge the valiant tvrvlret U
this campaign, of the orcaoiratloo
wbon; invitation bring u together to
nignt. i may dj permitted l nope to
make thl acknowledgement at a eiti-
w a ia
3U2U interested in all that ttromW th.
increased prosperity of the couatr;
and 1 thall also venture to do to a a
Democrat who recognlaet lu the prin
ciple for which tho campaign hat thu
far proceeded, a cardinal aodMtal d-
trino of Democratic cnd. If I thu
acknowledge the ueful eervleea In
Democratic cau. of any who have not
claimed long affiliation whh mj part'.
I leel that my democratic uUegianre U
strong enough tourv4ve tuch an in
dulgence In falrnet and dcceccy. 1
am, too, at all timet willlrg that the
Democratic parly thonid be t-n la rtfo.
and as tending In Ihnl direction, I am
willir g to accept aud acknowkde in
good faith honest help from aiy quar
ter when a ttrugle U pending fr the
supremacy of IVmocratlc prlndput.
Indeed, I have an Idea that lu the Cam
paign of Education U wat deimed ltn
portant to appeal to tho reaon ard
judgment of tho American )M;aple to
the entr that the Ueraocratlc prty
ihouldTK) reinforced a well at that
tho activity and real c f then-c already
In our ranks should ho ttlinulatcd. If
this be treason in tho tlht of thoe
who, clothed in Democratic uniform,
would be clad to feUnd at the entrance
of our caiip atd drive buck rvcruiu, I
cannot help It. I have ctunu here to
night, among other thlngt, to nrjolr.'
in the nuinerout acce&lort we have rv
ccsvtd In aid of Democratic endeavor
and to glvo credit wherever It due
fur tho work o! cotivertion.
The grand and ultimate object cf the
Campaign of Education wae tne promo-
tlou of tho welfare of the touulry nt.d
tho relict of tho ioile frtm unjui't
burdens. In aid of thi- purjM and, A
ft a a .a.
coure, ruooruinatc auu avx-rMr t4i iu
accomplishment, it became ntceary
firt of nil to arouse the Democratic
brganizition to an apprebcLr'oa of th
fact that the campaign Involved a Im-
ocratio principle in the advocacy '..t
which the party Lou:d re atlite and
agpresfclve.
Lt It be here coiifeted that wc at a
party had, in the fc jailer da). Ixca
tempted by the tucceen our opponent
had gained soli-ly by temporary thlfu
and by apieal to prejudice and Kclfun
Intcreht, into path which atoided too
much tho hoDtbt IniUtcriCe upon defi
nite and clcarlydeCncd principle and
fundamental Democratic doctrltc. To
be euro; tome carnt-tt men in th party
could but ill coQCeal their d We-xu if ac
tion with the roanocr In which cardi
nal principles were relegated to the
rear and cxpedletvcy tubaUtutcd as tho
a I hope of ucccet; but tho timid, the
- I heedless and thoMj who, though noml
I nally belonging to the organization,
I were not oi tne laun, cocttantly roi.
i aerca inuccciivo aai aibcmput to re-
I store tho party to tho firm atd toifd
I grouna oi Uemocratlc crcca.
If these things are confc?ted. let it
be conceded that when the time came
and theories of a suffering people were
heard,' and when for their relief a
genuine .Democratic remedy waa pro
posed, the party easily reorganized lu
duty and gave proof of lu uccocquer
able Democratic inttlncts. As woo a
a tho Campaign cf Education was in
augurated, the party was quickly
marshalled as of the olden time, ag
grcssire, courageous, devoted tolu
caufo and heedltea of dboourage
mcnt or defeat. Day by day aad
hour by hour cxpcdieBcy acd Ume
senriog were thrown to the wiodt.
Traitors were silenced, camp fol-
f r 0 A M J4v 1 1 a t ff a a
I band of Coalers, whilo the sturdy Dtm
iv-sisiwiMBjor ioea tno icurry
i wruc cot connaenuy p retted
bcaxlog aloft the banner of Tariff Ile-
orm. ii any nave wondered in the
past at the tenacity and lodeatructi
billt f of our party, their woader
hould cease when in the light of the
last three years, It Is teen howglorious
it spring to the front at the call cflu
dutv in th nevmT an1 f 1 -
the lummoni of party loyalty and ob
l'galioe. Thus the education of the campaign
meant, a related to tho Democracv
its awakening In response to the signal
for lu return to the propagajadlsxa cf
of Democratic doctrine.
. The thoroughly aroused enthusiasm
and determination of the party, and lu
IfCbnUe ca Lf