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IJ r THE MESSENGER Is Published In Three Editions : : The DALY MESSENGER, WEEKLY UESSENGE3, The TFANSCRIPT-MESSEKGER at Goldstar, M.C. Al! Three nre Attrnctive jljlit Page PftpfM. TO ADVERTISERS:- ! 1 - U ..THp MESSENGER has Laraer , . " OrcuUtlon th tny ether Ktur' 1) : paper in imhw. i ' THE BEST . ADVERTISING! MEDIUM . - "... -I .. . - in the South. t ESABIilSHEO 18G7 WILMINGTON, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30. 1891; PRICE FIVE CENTS I a! 1 r i I I I I 11.11 ; r II III III II M - Al Ba IV ; 'Mk. I J - , . . I I ' 1 tLEORAFHIO SUMMARY. ' . 1. 1 T Ti. rfs (lent naa arpoimeu oaniea H. P he Democratic Senators have the as-, uf hevtral ileimbiicana enongh to 1 t:t 111 & iuajriijr iutti incj m ito Lain ta, kmc np the Force till. One kiid evtn are'Buppcmtd to be all the !.: in tli rtunfiylvania mine explosion i --.... . . Cliiliaii iuHurgent hae taken the juimliia and are inf ig strength K4lrts of anoth r h .avy snow very;'- te from the orthwea!. barker t nne ibo factory and iclJ storage the ciploHian of amnlonia i est rday. i (1 ix-reona aie killed by a k ornt on i . . . I of MatMowab in the Red sea. The Mr land rate had been reduced to 3 Th9 company's roll shows that !!(( more miners at tne juammom mi-i-intr. Passeneera on a Loui- .'e at-' .NHrhville train were badly shaken up :iv Jiiu'i by a freight train rnnnicg has been broken at last. ' The 1'tniOfi uri'i wit .1 . K jHiblicaus a majority of one The I,(iplatnre took five unsuccessful bal- Sniator yesterday. The delegation , ha reached Washington city. The mITi Francisco has eucceesfully corn er linal trial jtrip. Secretary Win- otf for if si"'! itti J la.it nit?ht. lie bad juBt finished a in reply to a toast at a banquet given by th' fell to iSfW iork yiiy iwaru ui ii&ue, wucuuo he iloor and soon expired. -Waite 8. Jlartui colored of Bovitn Carolina, has been rrtt for the: murder or a wmte woman wun e nvtl, H. 0. Keeble, of the Keeble whom rompa iy,)f Selnia, Ala. which failed a few day tiriOTI Uo has H 1 the (State. governor i'a- of PenuHylvama, went berore the Jury yeirday and that body indicted (Iran J ct-rtai A partita fur uei in puouBuiug u r- tide a aiuct the Governor during the last ramp 4 iveH hart laid aHide the blU to proDlDlt frci"l t trains 'runuing on Sunday. -Oapt. rreuch haj dk-l from the injuries received at the tibe hi ttchooner was sunk by the steamer M;icefloiiia. riSTOIGKAPHS. Spartanburg county, S. C, there 7,01)0 Baptists. was Nineteen persons and eleven houses troyed in Italy by an avalanche on li'itti inst. . he wheat crop of the United States 1SH0 was 70.000,000 bushels short, llrtur is not high. I j ' Edward Kgleston bays: ; 1 ' "Ancostry is like homu-opathic med icine, the oftener it is diluted the greater the potency." -t - ' .!'. . ' Tjhe, V.vst from the Irish, matters is at thus (ak there is no compromise. yBrien seclns to hold the balance of power. : 1 I . The outlay for. war vessels and moni- tohs will le$ro,000,000, it is said, when all ordered some vears iio are con - 'ded. peremptorily Vi' 'e ' t ! n oor of tho Eouse inVt-r of the British 'lin'inijt.'r. tlie Masons at kin taken from H'' !it ul,' Ohio,; n:ul anu- to helf cure :i brother suf-fj-onj-SktTO.-fis of the bone. i - 'I'! .w e are yrathiedto sec if announced Col. Kichard V. Beirne, formerly editor of (he Richmond, Va., . lias been able to return: to his '. He has been suffering: for a or two from mental trouble. tiiafl the notr, e X. Y . Hi rcliVs Washington cor rev i undent telegraphed on 27th that I yonct biil was dead beyond res-. lirni ction. When' dead,, bury it in ' ofo many other vicious Radical The' World's Fair has I killed it. law Sirg a sonpr Of isma, And when this song is done, Let us sing another Of the latest on showing how each iaai, Kven as of yore, Always is succeeded Uy one ism more. v London 'Truth Tbe Herald is jocose. It says: hen the news from the Senate tu mber reached 1 the White House .ytHerday Lije remarked to Benjamin, AUer 'J2, sire, you'l need a long 'CP io Jit raid has nnnn snmft fixcp.llftnt K against tho Force bill. ? new Baptist paper at Fayette editcd by Rev. VT. B. Newberry, that shows its richt to lire, is til and ?ed to refer to the Messenger in following agreeable 6tyle: thd And we hope to be successful in our ir, .en as the Messenger has in its. atti I r. j. I '"T P irh it . f j'hrM . ' ,UUWBy conservative, iaitn- o Illinois Senator Yet. J,n;GnELD, Jan. 29.-Five more 1 n n M n . n werft id joint assembly to-dav without ;mpeded his party by voting with the -Publ caD3v u ig under8tood that h lo i. " 'uiaii oui ui tiuu, xow papers, ' l I ,rv cmnll nV... d l;ncd to the marked excellence of THE SOLDIERS H031E. THE PROVISIONS OF THE BILL FOR ITS SUPPORT AS AGREED UPON, St rone Oppdftltlon to tlin Proposed Inter est Law Hot Words in tne Houio-Ke-furned From Australia The Adjutant General Kecoiniiienri an Hucaupinent by Itricade Next Sutiiuier. J Messenger Bureau, UALEiuu, N.I C.Jan 29. This morniner the Senate committee on military affairs of which Mr. Ardrey is chairman met with the directors of tbe Confederate Soldiers Home, to con sider the matter of a charter or the same. Among the directors present were Julian S. Carr, A. B.-Andrews, F. B. Busbee, vV. C. Stronach, Rufus S. Tucker, J P. E. Hines and B. F. Park. The bill to incorporate the home, it was agreed, thould be reported favorable to morrow. It gives $3,00) yearly and also gives the Camp Russell property, in the suburbs of Raleigh, j for the Home. If it is thought best, the di rectors can sell this and with the pro ceeds buy a place in the country on which there can be a farm, etc. The home will be managed by a board of trustees and by nine lady regents, one from each Congressional district, who will be chosen by the directors. It was stated by officers of the veteran asso ciation to be the purpose to call upon the people of the' Stateior help for the home, and it is also the purpose to aid, at their homes, ouch soldiers jas haVj families. IThere are now twelve veter ans at the home here, and two of these were before the committee, i Senator Bellamy will report the bill in the morning, and it will pass both! Houses without opposition. There is opposition! to the bill re ducing the interest to 6 per cent. A prominent bank official told sbe to-day that a million dollars of -Northern money is' now on loan. The banks borrow this at 6 yer cejit and then lend It at b per cent, lie said this money would be .withdrawn if there were a reduction of the interest rate. It looked at!one time yesterday as if there would be a personal collision in the lower House of the Legislature. The argument on the the Cumberland bank bill to charter was very snarp between Messrs Sutton aud Peebles. It the ifirst trouble! of the session. m j .... Ai . .ji. i i io-aay me matter was graceiuiiy anu i amicably settled. I James :C. Williamson, one of the largest and most successful tobacco planters of Caswell county, Idiea sua denly at 'Melrose, 7 his residence, day before vesterdav morniner. He was 64 years of abre. His daughcer is the wife of Dr. Marshall C. Cariaeron, formerly of Hillsboro. i Last evening a reception ered the Legislature by Mr. Daniels, the public printer, tendance iwas very large. was tend- Josephus The at- To-dav Col. L. L. Polkthe head of the Farmers' Alliance, familvfrom Raleleh to removed his Washington, ioui"j , , 7 " i , . , . and will make the l'ttfcr city his home. Mr. J. W. Lee, whoaor three years past has been in Australia, represent ine one of the great tobacco factories of this State, has returned to his home here. The stockholders of tory met! last evening the cotton fac There are 1S3 of them. The report of the officers showed that the facto ry is doing wen. The product is now oyer 5,000 pounds of hosiery yarns daily. The money for another factory, $14U,UUlus already suo scribed, i The cost of the present fac- tnrv was: 9135.000. Mai ..Tames W. Wilson, who was for vears the engineer of the Western North Carolina railway and who did t.hA rpmarkahle niece of enfirineerinsr at the Swannanoa gap crossing of the Blue Ridge, is here, or seyeral years he has resided in Tennessee, out arain live in this State. I The fox hunters have had fine sport in this spotion. iast aaiuruay, m a. twenty mile run, tU Boylan pack causrht three foxes. Monday there was a lonn- o.hasfi and another IOX was bagged. I In the report of the Adjutant, Lien eral it is recommended that: the whole brigade j of the North Carolina State (iuard en into camrJ next summer at the same time. I '' I -- ATnhnriTT rnnr ro fc tht rfnwnfa.il Of in cralls. Not even the Radical office holders Ihere are sorry. Really they are glad also of the deeat of bill. j the Force A good steamer for use as an oyster gunboat has been chartered and is at New Bern. It wiil (start in a day or two and will constantly patrol the sounds Which have, been in fested by the pirates. Col. Wood and his mili tary force, which was on the steamer Vesperjhas returnedto Elizabeth. City. Destroyed by Kxplosion of Ammonia. Chicago, Jan. 29i The six story building of the Western Refrigerating Company, 223 to 239 kinzie j street, was f partially destroyed early this morning j by fire caused by the explosion of am monia gas used in the ice machine. The building and contents are owned bv S. P. Baker & CoJ, who conduct one of the largest ice manufacturing and cold storage enterprises in Chicago. The company will suffer a loss of 8200, 000. The first explosion was followed quickly by three others, shaking the Vmndincr to its foundations, tasey, a fireman, while helping to get out three employes, was fatally injured I Badly Shaken Up. Birmingham, Ja'nJ 29. A section of a freight train crashed into a limited train on the Louisville and Nashville road this morning near Warrior. But lltfla rlomotra wasl done! BXCCPt tO thft thrormh Florida sleeper, which was the rear coach land contained UN tAftn n1!rincr n&ssencrers. All were badly shaken up but hot seriously hurt. The flagman failed to go far enough to the rear and the freight engineer was COLLECTOR YOUNG. The President Appoints Jas. H. Young Collector of Tblt Fort The Force Bill Doomed The Sioux Delegation Arrive. Washington, Jan.' 29It was a matter of talk about the Capitol to-day .that several Republican Senators, s ufficient in number to meet the needs of the Democrats, had assured the Democratic managers in the Senate that under no circumstances would they vote again to take 1 up the Elec tions bill this session. Inquiry shows that there is a basis of truth in the re port. , . ) T . : It cannot be learned that anvthing like formal p'edges oh the subject have passeu, out it is certainty a matter ox assurance among the Democratic Sen ators that the bill is not to arise again to trouble them and they have notified ineir inenas in ine ttouse mat mere is no longer any necessity to let the probability of the return of the Elec tion bill to tha House enter into their calculations when considering the order of business in that body. So, too. it. is learnea on me ttepuDiican siae oi the Senate Chamber that any effort to resume consideration of the bill will be resisted by certain Republican West- ernSenators, though those Senators do not care to be quoted in the matter, lhe rrresiuent to-day nominated James H. Young to be collecter of cus toms for the district of Wilmington, N.C. i i : ! Washington, Jan. 29. Assistant Secretary Spaulding has informed a tobacco firm that all tobacco imported" since the act of October 1st, 1890 took effect, will be subject to duty upon its weight at the time of withdrawal for consumption, j j The delegation of Sioux chiefs and head men arrived in the city to day under escort of Special Agent Lewis. No definite arrangements for their conference with the Secretary of the Interior have yet been made. It is probable, however, that th conference will take place next Saturday. By di- a. r . . a ' 0 . -r m recuon oi me secretary oi me interior a delegation of about fifteen Indians of the more progressive among1 the Sioux from Standing Rock Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, Lower Brule, Rosebud and Pine Ridge agencies have been ordered to Washington. A despatch was received at the Navy Department this morning announcing that the cruiser San Francisco finished ner trial trip last evening altera suc- . ij i cessful run. She is now at Mare Island, Cal. This trip settles her final accep tance by the Government. The engines of the gunboat Concord developed little over 4 horse power above the contract requirements. All the Dead Recovered. Pittsburg, Jan. 29. A special from tne wammotn mines says: it is now thought that the 107 bodies recovered about comprises the list of the dead. Seventy-nine bodies were buried in the Catholic cemetery last night and were followed by another installment to-day. The rest of the bodies will be interred xne re61j OI ine QQQies win oe interred privately with services at the graves, which was the case iyesterdav. A call for assistance has been issued by all the Pittsburg labor organizations, and newspaper and business offices are re ceiving subscriptions, i It is thought by! experts that the force of the explosion was augmented by hre from the dry coal dust in the mine which ignited when the fire damp exploded, 1 vv hen the bodies had been prepared for burial Coroner J. B. Wakeheld em paneled a lury. xne bodies were viewed and alter a brief consultation with the jury, the the inquest until ary 5th. coroner continued Thursday, Febru A Heavy Snow Storm in the West. Chicago, , Jan. 29. A heavy fog overhung this city and adjacent coun try last night and continues this morn ing. Telegraphic I communication in an directions is almost completely par- aiy sea. ' opeeidi aispatcnes rom Aimnesota, Northern Wisconsin, Northern Iowa and Nebraska report that a severe snow storm raged in these sections yesterday and continues to-day. Oma- na reports traffic on all railroads from the West suspended. Union Pacific trains from the West are indefinitely behind time. Passenger trains for the West are being run in two sections with two engines each. The Golden Gate express on the Union Pacific is reported absolutely blocked at Colum bus, Neb. Hastings, Neb., reports street car traffic suspended on account of the storm, with a buzzard further and Fort Dodge, west. Sioux City Iowa, report five inches of 6now al ready fallen and drifting badly. ' ; Over six inches fell in the vicinitv of Eau viaire, wis. . rrr Twenty-Three More Miners Missing. Pittsburg, Pa.,! Jan. 29. A special from Mammoth mines savs: This af- ternoon it was discovered by the I rolls of the company that twenty-three more men are missing in addition to the 107 found dead. This j increases the total dead to 130. It is probable that the remaining twenty-three will not be found for weeks, owing to the immense piles of wreckage that must be under mined. Twentyseyen more miners were buried at nocn to-day, many of the graves being marked "unknown," ow ing to the terrible mutilation. : : Indicted for Libel. Philadelphia, Jan. 29. Governor Robert E. Pattison appeared before the grand jury to-day, and, after -he had been examined, a true bill was re turned against William F. Jordan and J. J. McLaurin, for libel in publishing, in the Harrisburg Call duriDg the cam paign for Governor, an article entitled "Turn on the Light." The case against the Philadelphia Inquirer involving the same publication has not got into the THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THE; FEMALE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BILL PASSES THE HOUSE. Provisions of the Bill The Wilmineton Light Infantry Bill Passes its Third and tne llmington Free ? Ferries . Bill Its .Second Keadine In the Senate Sutton and Peebles Shake Hands. ; j SENATE. RALEIGH, Jan. 29. - Special. The Senate met at 11 o'clodk. Lieuten ant Governor Holt presiding; praver by Rev. J. L. Foster, of the citv. The journal was read and approved. beverai petitions were presented and several bills were introduced prohibit ing the sale of liquor In certain locali ties, ..' r . :s The following are among the bills introduced: To incorporate the Cale donia Pottery company; To incorporate the -Phoenix Fertilizer company; To include clams in the provisions of the oyster law; To incorporate the Ashe ville Trust company; To protect jurors and; witnesses; To pay; witnesses at coroners' Inquests. 1 A bill to Incorporate Linville passed its third reading. The bill to amend the charter of the city of New Bern relative to the sup pression oi ba dy houses, etc., passed its third reading. j The bill to authorize the town of Lincolnton to issue bonds for a system of water works passed its third read ing. ' ; ! The bill to authorize commissioners of Graham county to levy a special tax passed its third reading. The bill to incorporate the S. i W. Skinner company of Wilmington pass ed its third reading. I The bill relatlye to tho sale of beef, etc.. was passed over. ! A resolution of thanks to W. V. Clif ton for a speaker's gavel was passed. The bill to extend tne time for regis tenner physicians to 1892 passed its third reading. The bill to allow the Wilmington l Light Infantry to build a hall and in augurate a reserve corps passed its third reading. The bill to establish free ferries across the Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers at Wilmington passed its second read insr. -'. i The bill to incorporate Table Rock Academy in Burke county -passed its third reading1. ' I The bill to incorporate the Baptist Female University of North Carolina (locates the institution in Raleigh) passed its third reading. The bill to incorporate the town of Maxtor-passed its second reading. The bill to amend the charter of the Tarboro Land and Trust company pass ed its third reading. The bill to incorporate Beula Ger man Reform church! in Davidson county, etc., passed its third reading. The bill tb protect the water supply of Goldsboro passed Its third reading. The bill to incorporate the r East Carolina Land and Improvement com- panv passed its third reading The president announced the ealen dar exhausted and, at 12:50,fthe Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The opening praver was offered by Rev. Mr. Hall, of Raleigh. There was a petition for the repeal of the homestead. i The following bills were introduced: Mr. Coffield, Incorporating the town of Everett's, injMartin county; Mr, Hoi man, Amending the revenue laws and (by request) To allow Craven county to levy a special tax; Mr. Cume, To al low the commissioners ef Moore county to fund its debt; Mr. Scott, To change a, term of Alamance court; Mr. Lowry, To eslarge the jurisdiction of magis trates; Mr.Stroup.To incorporate Cher ry ville; Mr. Earnhardt, j To protect birds m Rowan: Mr. Price, To reduce the fees on marriage licenses. Under the head of unfinished business Mr. Wood's resolution,withholding the appropriation for the Chicago exposi tion so long as the Force bill is pending, was taken up. Mr. Wood called the previous question and the resolution was adopted, the Republicans voting against it. Mr. Sutton, risiner to a question of nersonal priviledere. said that he de sired to apoloerize for any language he used yesterday in the heat of debate on the Cumberland bank bill, in replying to Mr. Peebles. He said he was willing to do anvthing right proper and hon orable. Mr. Peebles said that, like Mr. Sut ton, he bore no malice. His opposition to the bill was honest.; While the bill applied to the f county of "Cumberland yet it effected the whole State. He thought the hill was unconstitutional in allowing married women to deposit money and draw it at the discretion of the bank officers. He was willing to meet the gentleman half way and let bygones be bygones. . The gentleman then, amid great laughter and applause met in front pi the Speaker's aes ana shook hands with some pleasant words. The bill to establish a State Normal and Industrial school. for white girls came up on the third reading. Mr. Greer spoke favor of. the meas ure and read the platform adopted by the State Alliance at Asheville, which demanded higher education. He said this placed the women in an equality with the men. - ! Mr. Jones said that Dr. Curry had stated that he would return to the State all the monev which the State might expend for the schooL Mr. Lowy offered an amendment providing that tuition be not given to women uver years, ui afo. Mr. Holman thought the best way to settle thematter was to take up the bill by sections. He was in favor of tne training school, and if some amend ments were made he would Tote for the hill. He . thought it . not Draper to gneak of the Alliance yiews in it, for CDtfoved fiftb pag.7. secretary wisdom bead. He Falls to the Floor Jast After Conclud ing a Speech at a Banquet In New York City and Dies In a Few Minutes. New YORK, Jan. 29: Just as Secre tary Windom concluded his speech at the Board of Trade dinner to-night, he grew deadly pale, his eyes shut and opened spasmodically and he fell on his chair. Thence he fell to the floor where he lay unconscious. Most in tense excitement immediately ensued j Judge ArnouK, ex-Secretary Bayard and Capt. Snow were the first of sever al who ran to his aid. They round him apparently unconscious. They lifted him gently and carried him into an anti-room where several phvsicians proceeded at once to his assistance. Washington, Jan. 19. A later bul letin from New York than the preced ing one says Secretary Windom's at tack resulted in death. Secretary Windom left here to-day in apparent good health, to attend a banquet of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation where he was to respond to! the toast:. "Our country's prosperity dependant upon its instruments; or . commerce. His address was prepared in advance and embraced about five thousand words. ; Emperor William's Children 111. Berlin, Jan. 29. The three oldest children of Emperor William are suf fering from severe colds, caught while sleighing and skating. Prince Wil liam, the heir to the throne, Is being treated for inflamed eyes. Prince Eitel Frederick is suffering from a severe attack of; bronchitis and Prince Adalbert is troubled with a slight at tack of bronchitis. Prince William is in bed, the others are only confined to their rooms. The physicians in atten dance upon the royal children state that there are no dangerous symptoms in connection with the indisposition of the little sufferers. ., Tke Insurgents Successful." Buenos Ayres, Jan. ; 29. Advices rftpftivprl hftrpi from Chill fihow that thft insurgents are steadily gaining ground. Soon after the bombardment of the port of Coquimbia, the rebel forces oc cupied La Zarina, the city of . Coquim bia, without any opposition on the part of the Government troops, though the latter occupied La Zarina in force, be insr quartered in the hospital, schools and other public buildings. The Gov ernment troops, upon the approach, of the rebel forces from Port Coquimbia, evacuated La Zarina and retreated in land, thus placing a fine harbor and most advantageous base of supplies in the hands of the insurgents. An Embezzler in Hiding. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 29. H. C. Keeble, of Selma, head of the Keeble company, which failed for $25,000 a few days ago, has tied the state to escape expected indictment and arrest. Some 6,000 bales of cotton were consigned to the company and he used the ware house receipts m a erreat many cases and drew money on them from banks and others. The persons advancing the monev claim the cotton while the consignors also maKe claim, iveeoie thought it best to leave. His where a -w - i abouts are not known. Telegraphic Sparks. Advices from Massowab, on the Red sea state that a terrific storm, followed by floods, caused enormous damages throughout the Island of Massowah. Over one hundred persons lost their lives. . The Pennsylvania Legislature ves terday adopted a resolution calling on the United States Senators from Penn svlvania to support the Federal Elec- tsons bill bv all fair and honorable means. The bank of! England's discount rate was reduced from 3i to 3 per cent, yes terday, L Joe McAuliffe Challenges Any Man. ; New York, Jan. 29. Billy Madden issued a challenge backing Joe McAu liffe to fight Jem Corbett or any one else for $5,000 a side.' Comett or his backer was to appear at the Police Ga zette office to-day to make terms. Mad den was on hand and said he was ready to post the money, but Corbett or any one representing him did not ap pear. Madden csaid he would back McAuliffe against any man in the world, not barring Sullivan, although he admits that John L. is out oi the fighting business Race-Track Managers Sentenced. Paterson, N. J., Jan. 29. The Clif ton race-track managers Geo. Enge man, John Engeman, William Enge- man, A. H. Battersby and Charles bass were each sentenced to-day by Judge Dixon, in the court of Oyer and Ter miner at Paterson, to serve a term of one year in the State prison at hard labor and to pay a fine of $500 each for maintaining a disorderly house at Clifton. ! Arrested for Murder. Columbia, I SL C, Jan. 20. Waite S. Martin, colored, has been arrested, charged with the murder of Alice Mc Leod, a white woman with whom he had been living. Her body was found in the river with the hands and the feet tied together and heavy rocks at tached toit. -'- M Died From Hi Injuries. Philadelphia, Jan. 29. Capt, Bur rows M. French, of the schooner Min nie and Gussie, died to-day from the shock and exhaustion, the result of the injuries received Tuesday night last, when the British steamer Macedonia collided with and sunk his schooner off Cape Henlopen. J The Dead-Lock Broken. Helena, Montana, i Jan. 29. The long dead-lock of the Legislature is over. Both Houses met together at noon. The Democrats hare the organ ization and the Republicans have a ma jority of one. There is much rejoicing that needed legislation is now assured. CONGRESS. THE; SENATE1 PASSES THE APPOR TIONMENT BILL- 411 Amendments are Voted Down The Senate Strikes Out of the Array Appro priation Bill the Provision In Regard tr Retired Army Officers A Sharp Political' Debate in the House. Washington, Jan. 29. -Sex ate. 1 On motion of Senator Sawyer the Sen ate bill creati ug the office of fourth As sistant Postmaster General, with a sal ary of $4,000 a year, was laken from the caienaar ana passed. The Senate proceeded to the eration of ahe Apportionment bill and Senator Edmunds addressed the Sen ate, calling its attention to the fact that the bill took no cognizance what. ever of the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution, that in case the right of suffrage be denied or abridged in any State, the representa-. tion or that btate shall be diminished ; accordingly. lhe benate then proceeded to votA-, on the amendments proposed bv the minority, the first being to increase the representation of Arkansas from 6ix to seven. The Senate amend mp.nt was rejected yeas, 32: nays, 33. All the Democratic Senators voted for the amendment and were re-en forced hv five Republicans Senators Davis, Mc Millan, Paddock, Stewart and Wish burn. The next amendment was to inD. the representation of Minnesota from seven, to eight also rejected. The next amendment was to increase the representation of Misson ri f mm fifteen to sixteen rejected. The next amendment was to increase the representation of New York from- thirty-four to thirty-five rejected yeas, is; nays, 38: Senators Davis and Paddock being the only Republicans yoting in the afflrmitive. Senator Davis then withdrew the- amendment fixing the total number of Representatives at 360. benator Berry offered an amend ment fixing the total number at 359 and giving the additional members to Arkansas, Minnesota and New York,, and desired to have it voted on as one amendment. The division of It, how ever, was insisted on by Senatar Hale, who moved to lay the amendment on the table, and that motion was agreed to. ! Senator Morgan spoke of the neces sity of a specific declaration in the bill that the number of Presidential Elec tors in 1892 shall correspond with the number of Representatives fixed in the bill. The country had had enough of trials and troubles and difficulties in connection with the Presidential elep- tions to admonish Congress to exercise the most extreme care in the matter. . The bill then passed exactly as it" came from the House yeasj 37; nays, 24; at strict party vote. f The Senate then, on motion of Sen ator Blair took up the House bill pro viding for the adjustment of accounts. of laborers, workingmen and mechan ics arising under the eight hour, law and Senator Blair consented to have it laid aside temporarily so that the Army Appropriation bill should Re taken up and proceeded with, t Senator Gorman, however, objected, to that arrangement being made- and; then Senator Allison, who had madi. the request, withdrew it, and movedv as a priviliged motion, that the Army bill be taken up. That motion watr agreed to, thus displacing the Eight Hour bill from its advantageous posir tion as 'unfinished business." Consideration of the Army Appro--priation bill was then proceeded with. . Senator Hawley moved to strike out ; of the bill the proviso that no officer 6hall receive pay as an officer on the retired list, while receiving a salary as a Government official. The motion to) strike out was supported by Senators Harris, Gibson and Spooner, and was opposed bv Senator Reagan, who instanced the case of Gen. Rosecrans, drawing $4,100 l a year as an officer on the retired list and $4,000 a year a? Register of the Treasury. Senator Berry described the provi sion in the bill as one that sought to do by indirection that which ought to be done, if at all, directly. It was aimed at Gen. Rosecrans and Gen. Baldj Smith. The administration had not seen proper to call for Gen. Rosecrans' resignation, whose place was wanted by some hungry patriot, but the admin istration would like legislation to make a vacancy in that office. Finally, the motion was agreed to, . and the provision was struck out and the bill and amendments went over without action. , I After a short executive session, the Senate, at 6:30 o'clock adjourned uiltf to-morrow at 11 a. m. house oof representatives. -Mr. Dingley, of Maine, chairman of the committee Investigating the al leged "Sil ver pool'" presented a special report of that committee, i The report states that a subpoena to appear before the committee was served upon J. A. Owenby and that said Owenby has refused or neglected to obey the subpoena. The report is ac companied by a form of ' an order for the adoption by the House for the ar rest of Owenby for contempt. After a brief legal discussion as to the power of the House to compel the. attendance of witnesses, the report was agreed to and the order was made. The House then went into committee of tbewhole on the Military Academy Appropriation bill. Matters ran very smoothly for a while, until the murder of Matthews, postmaster of Car roll ton, Miss., was brought up by Mr. Keller, , of Kansas, in a speech inwhich he crit icized I some former remarks made by Mr Lewis of Mississippi. He denied' (as stated by Mr. Lewis) that the mur der of Matthews was attributable tc. other than political causes. He bad f Continued on fourth page.l ; im chairman of a committee. not warned in time. 7
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 30, 1891, edition 1
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