ESTABLISHED 1867.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMABY.
. The House of Commons vot an
amendment to the address to tlie Queen
recommending the abolition of the veto
power of the House of Lords.- The
justices of State Supreme court yesterday
filed quite a number of opinions. The
body of an old negro, named Ben Smith
is found beneath a railroad trestle near
H'lorance, S. C- Minister Thompson
yesterday afternoon telegraphed the
State Department from Kio, that at noon
the Government forts began firing on
the insurgents,-who had not returned the
lire. Admiral Benham also telegraphed
that Admiral Da W3ama had not taken
refuge on the Portuguese man-of-war.
The Costa Rican Minister at Wash
ington denies the report of an insurrec
tion in his country. The Comptroller
of the Currency publishes the reports of
the South Carolina and New Orleans
National banks. -The treasury ballance
was reduced $ 1,700,000 Tuesday from
the total of the day before. Delegates
reiresenting three fourths of the cigar
manufacturers' of this country meet in
Washington to draft a protest to the
Senate against increasing the tax on
cigars to $"5,00 per 1,000. They repre
sint 3U0,000 working people. A wo
man in Tennessee saves her husband
from assassination and receives the con
tents of the gun in her hand which has
to be amputated. The Republicans
were generally successful in the Michi
gan municipal elections Monday, except
in those towns where " workingmen's"
tickets were run, which swept the field.
James II. Britton, ex-mayor of St.
Louis, has been arrested in New York on
warrant from Texas, for complicity in
wrecking a bank The former presi
dent of the Merchants' National bank at
Fort Worth, Texa3, kills the former
. ashier. They were entirely alone at the
tiin'e. In a speech in the House of
Lords Lord Rosebery said England must
give her consent to Irish home rule be
fore it can be accomplished. This has
angered oil the Irish parties. In the
i'olIard-Brecl'inridge case, when cour
( ,pf ned yesterday Judge Bradley referred
H ) the difficulty between the attorneys,
at.-'ig that he had no authority to take
n iieiai notice of the affair as he would
i, i e had. .had it occurred while court
was irfsession.
-in formed that
He also said he had been
ij.ariiea connected with
defence had come into court armed;
ihat anyone coming into the presence of
.Die court bearing concealed weapons
v.mJI be severely dealt withv Each
- i,i wyer for the defence then disclaimed
li irig armed. The court ruled out the
depositions of the plaintiff taken in Ken
tucky and other States. Miss Pollard
W not. in court.T The negroes near
Morrisville, Va., are greatly excited over
the killing of a negro by his step-grand-tather.
Sending the man to jail saved
him from being lynehed,- The Brazil
ian war is over. After a short bombard
ment in which the insurgents do not fire
a gun they surrender unconditionally.
The officers take refuge on foreign war
-hips.. Admiral Da Gama is said to be
on aii Eng'iah vessel.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Opinions i Number of Case
Ha.uied Down by the Justices of
l lie State fcupreme Court.
Special to the Messenger.
Iuleiuii, N. C, March 13. The Su
preme court to-doy filed the following
opinions; P.enbow vs. Moore, from Guil
ford county, alarmed; Jarrell vs. Daniel,
from Granville, new trial: State vs. Har
ris, from Granville, appeal dismissed;
State vs. Austin, from Union, no error ;
in Tapp's estate, from Orange, no error;
JJoykin vs. Maddrey, from Northampton,
tCO cases, decided in favor of plahftiff ;
Deans vs. Pate, from Wayne, new trial;
-Times con'oany vs. Iron company, from
Guilford. afnVmed; Christian vs. Parrott,
from Granville, a-rmedj State vs. Rid-
iwiom affirmed: Arrmgton
vs. Arrington,lrom Van.", appeal of J. i
. Arrington, remanded to settle case; j
state vs. Baker, from Wilson, decided .
against the prosecutor; Allen vs. Mlen,
from Vance, affirmed; State vs. Behrman,
from Edgecombe, affirmed; Graham vs.
Edwards", from Granville, motion to re
instate appeal denied: Hughes vs. Tele
graph company, from Craven, affirmed,
"
His Body Found Beneath, a. Trestle.
Special to the Messenger. ,
Vi-Oeence, S. C, March 13. Ben
Smith, an old negro who has been miss
ing from Ebenezer ince Sunday, was
found to-day under the trestle of Jef
freys Creek near this city. His back was
broken, besides other injuries. He is
supposed to have been knocked of by a
tiisrht train. The body was found by
or.ii tTiP kroner notified. There
i 11 J H-i' i
is no evidence as to when or how the ac
cident occurred.
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AticTf the Peers.
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147 to 145. has
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address in reply to
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t!;e vetVpoweVofl the HouseofLords
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'Peoria Call.
- billed by the President.
The Cashier.- March 13.-R. W.
Foirr Worth, it- .'ent of tne Mer
Page, formerly presii- tnia city. Bnot
chants National bank, Oi qmith, tor
and instantly killed A. B. .. O.clock
merly cashier ot tne uaun, m
tins morning, rage nffa;-s
u.e.l by the bank to wind up it : affau.
u hen Smith entered to talk over some
ailairs. What passed oetweeu
; i, Kh BPVAPal shots rang out
and when the attaches entered the room
th..r f,nr.fi "-Smith's body on tne
floor,
i , The men had
several
business quarrels and a personal
'ounter.
en-
wLLftRD BREGKINRIDGE
PUBLIC INTEREST IN
CASE UNABATED.
THIS
Judge Bradley Reads the Attorneys a
Lectnre on Proper Behavior and
Respect to the Court More
Sensational Evidence for
the Plaintiff A Sister of
Charity on the Wit
ness Stand.
Washington, March 13, The events
of yesterday in the Pollard-Breckinridge
trial brought to the door of the court
room to-day a greater crowd thaD ever
of people who were looking for fresh
sensations. Under Judge Bradley's order,
only members of the bar, witnesses, and
working, newspaper men were admitted,
but the number of lawyers was so great
that the chamber was filled before the
case was called. The Kentucky lawyer,
Mr, Shelby, because of his belligerency
yesterday, was the centre of attraction.
He looked serious, but did not show any
signs of nervousness. Miss Pollard was
not present when the court was called to
order and did not appear during the day.
Immediately a-...- tlie court was called
to order, Judge Bradley spoke as follows:
I notice the newspapers have laid out
a course of duty to me to be followed
this orning in view of what occurred
yesterday afternoon. There was an un
fortunate occurrence, which I did not
see, in the precincts of the court room
after the court adjourned yesterday
afternoon, which I, of course, regret,
and I have no doubt the parties
who' were responsible for it regret.
It is a matter, jhowever, of which the
court cannot take judicial notice, tircept
to express the hope that gentlemen v. :'l
curb and restrain their feelings. If the
matter had occurred when the court was
in session, it would have been the 'duty
of the court to take prompt notice of it
and to administer such rebuke as the oc
casion would demand from a court of
justice. When the arguments in behalf
of the plaintiff were concluded yesterday
it was past tne hour of adjournment and
the court, noticing some indications of
excitement on the part of the defendant's
counsel, deemed it unwise to proceed
further then and there; and for the addi
tional reason that the court thought that
any excitement might be allayed by
sober thought over night. It is a matter
of regret that whoever were engaged in
tne altercations did not wait a sulhcient
length of time to enable their judgment
to control their actions, as I believed it
would have done had they waited until
this morning.
"There is another matter about which
I deem it my duty to speak. The court
has received information that some of
the parties representing the defendant
have come into the court room armed.
Whether this is true I, of course, do not
know. We have a comparatively strin
gent law upon the offence of carrying
concealed weapons not as stringent in
its penalty as I think it ought to be, but
still sufficiently so as to be adequate for
the prevention of that offence to a very
large extent. It ought not to be nec
essary to remind those who are concerned
in the administration ot justice that to
bring a deadly weapon into court is a
grievous offence, which, of course,
cannot be tolerated by the court.
It is only sufficient to state that
tha Jaw provides for a prosecution
i n the police court of this District for
this offence. This is a law abiding com
munity. We have po occasion here to
use deadly weapons or to carry them
about the person. The police force and
the courts are adequate to the protection
of any citizens, and inasmuch as there is
no occasion to carry deadly weapons and
to bring them into a court room, such
conduct is utterly indefensible, and it is
entirely and utterly reprehensible. The
court simply desires to say that if any
information is received at any time
which is sufficient for the prosecution of
an eff nce of this kind, the court would
deem it to be its duty, whoever the party-
may be, to see that he is prosecuted ao-
oordinar to the law. I mate no accusa
tion. I : simmv make this statement
based unon reDresentations made to me.
which may be mistaken, and I trust they
are.5' .
Maj. Butter worth rpse when Judge
Bradley had finished, and said that in
nf the fact that this accusation had
been made against members of the de
fendant's counsel, he thought it proper
for each' of them to make a disclaimer of
hi o-iiilt. in this resoect. He hoped none
r,t J-i hrnthers had been emlty, and felt
sure they had not, of an offence so dis
resne'ctful to the court.
There was silence tor a mmute, anu
then Mr. Shelby, against whom the ar
raignment of Juchze Bradley .fell with
some force Tn view of his attack "on iMr.
Johnson, rose and said he had never
gone armed in his are, ana wouia noi
treat the court in so disrespectful a man
ner as to appear in its .presence wun a
deadly weapon on his person. -----
Mr. Mclvinney, wno uves m vYasumg-
ton, entered the same aisciaimor. our.
Still, of Lexington, Ky., said he had
never entered tne presence or any cpuri
armed.
The explanations were becoming amus
ing by this time, and there was a laugh
when Col. I'm!, inompson, wiiose
ences to Miss Pollard's "gun" showed
his familiarity with that weapon, au
dressed the court. He said merely: "If
it please the court, as I am the only one
left, I enter my disclaimer also."
The incident was ended by a statement
fmm .Tildes Bradley at the request or Mr
Carlisle, of plaintiff's counsel, Ahat the
information about the counsel on the
other side going armed had not conieJ
him from counsel ot tne piamims.
The day's proceedings began with, a
little victory for the defense in the con
troversy over the admission of depoBi
Hr.na tatpn in fxmerton the day before
and which led to
the affrav between counsel yesterday.
Judge Bradley sustained the objections
of the defense against the admission
fhp depositions as evidence."
JJr. Carlisle then asked that the deposit
nA of Marv L. Loean of Cincinnati,
t miir I ir Mnnr T.. Sweet, be ad
mitted. but Mr. Butterworth objected,
oa onnthpr lecal controversy began
Carlisle and Mr. StoU made stater
au rpfprence to Mrs. Locran's ex-
amination, from vhich it appead Jtat
1 on TO-nrt H.TT,PTl fl rill 7! wo v
when her first child was born, hau
cased Mr. Stoll of persecuting her -in psk-
ing tool questions, o : ,
Mr. Stoll made a hng explanation about
the matter disclaiming ay
persecution. ,
The ODjecaonvo ojxs. -e- - -,
tion were overruled and Mr. Carlisle
read it. "
Mrs. Logan said that while ?ne was
Dr. Sweet, a rraoi'ore physician Ol
Cincinnati, she attended a young woman
in 1834 who gave her name as Mrs.
Monica Burgoyne. Miss Pollard was
present while Mrs. Logan's deposition
was being taken, but Mrs. Logan said
that while there were somethings about
Miss Pollard that suggested Mrs. Bur?
goyne, she could not identify her. The
young woman had said that she would
ioon become a mother; that her husband
-lead and acted as though there
was v -an-i why the matter should be
were reso-f wi y u woman called
kept secret The jo t
twice at ju. see Miss Pol-
Now as I look at her,
lard. . ?0W"L:a her" said the
I begin w. rwfc"" '
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deponent at this point. The deponent,
said "Mrs. or Miss Burgoyne" had gone
to a hospital for females kepi by Catho
lic sisters on the Reading road, near Cin
cinnati. Mrs. Burgoyne had told Mrs.
Logan that she was 18 years old. She
did not look older than that. After the
birth of her child the young woman
went to the house of Drs. Perry and
Buchanan, where she took another name,
which the witness did not remember.
Mrs. Burgoyne was a very reticent per
son and told nothing-about herself, r One
day while the deponent was calling on the
patient an elderly gentleman came to the
patient s house to see her and asked
about Mrs. Burgoyne, Mrs. Logan says
she did not remember what the man
looked like except that he, was elderly.
nave you ever seen Airs. Burgoyne
since.' was asked the deponent.
"Never, except that shd mav be this
lady. Yet they seem very different,
their hair was different ar ,d this lady is
thinner I think thfr other lady wore
glasses."
Miss JPoiiara does not wear glasses.
Maj. Butterworth read the tvnewritten
statement of the deponent's cross-exam
ination. It developed nothing new or
important, and at .its conclusion the
court took a recess.
After recess the time until 2:30 o'clock
was occupied in reading a mass of depo
sitions taken at various places. '
men two d Lack-bonneted, blacfc-robed.
kindly-faced sisters, who seemed out of
place in the court room, entered, and one
of them took the standi She said she
was Sister Cecelia, of Pueblo, CoL
bister Cecelia said she belonged to
the order of Sisters of Charity,
and in 1885 was in charge of the Nor
wood foundling asylum, near Cincin
nati. She did not recall any person by
the name of Burgoyne who was at the
asylum while she was there. She did
remember Dr. Mary Sweet, who after
wards became Mrs. Logan. Dr. Sweet
had visited the asylum twice to see a
patient. ' .
The four volumes of Irving s works,
which the defense tried so hard to have
excluded from the trial, were shown
Sister Cecelia and in answer to questions
she said books resembling th se had been
presented to her by a f emale patient at
the asylum. When the witness went to
Pueblo she left the books at Norwood,
In answer to other questions by Mr.
Carlisle, the witness Raid she remem
bered a female patient who had been dis
covered corresponding with another per
son through the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Sle had met Miss Madeline Pollard since
coming to Washington, and had once re
ceived a letter from her. Mr. Carlisle
asked if in this letter and in conversa
tions Miss Pollard had correctly described
the foundling asylum, but Maj. Butter
worth objected. Judge Wilson explained
that the questions were asked merely to
ascertain whether certain things existing
m the asylum in 1;5 had been correctly
described by Miss Pollard.
Before the argument proceeded fur
ther, Judge Bradlej" said it was 3 o'clock,
and ordered an adjournment until to
morrow.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Stocks and Bonds in New York The
Grain and ProvisionMarkets
of Chicago.
New York, March 13. While the
transactions at the Stock Exchange
showed a f urther falling off to-day, the
market was distinctly stronger. The
declaration of the regular dividend by
the Manhattan, the action of the West
ern Union directors in recommending
the payment of the regular dividend on
the stock, the favorable Missouri Pacific
report for 1893, together with the pur
chase of about 10,(KK) shares of stock by
London, all combined to brmg about a
better condition of affairs in the stock
market. The improvement in prices
ranged from i to 11 per cent. Per-
haDs the best ftature of the market
was the general character of the buying.
Of late the trading has been confined
to one particular group of stocks. To
day, however, brokers had orders for alL
the leading issues. The market received
a little incentive late in the day from the
Washington report alleging that Senator
Cullom would endeavor to have the anti
pooling clause in the Inter State law re
pealed. Railway men have been trying
for a long time to have this law modified
and every president of any road of con
sequence has been . writing about
the onerous provisions of the law
and asking for relief for years
nast. Therefore. the action ot
Congress in the amatter will be watched
with great interet by the btreet. ine
improvement was most pronounced in
t3n..l Vi41iitTacifai'1, Jf "Pan!
St. Paul. Northwestern. St. Paul and
Omaha. Big Four. Louisville and - Nash
ville. Union Pacific, New York Central,
Manhattan. Lead and Southwestern.
Stocks were scarce in the loan crowd
nd nearly all the leading issues com
manApA a, premium for use. At the
close tha Prices current were the best f or
a long time past. In the specialties New
York, New Jlaven ana naruuru rueo-
f 17 Morris and Essex 21 to
mi anrl F.rlisnn Tlliirrvnating a wvo
Net changes show cams ol l to if K
cent. Whiskey was an exception and
lost per cent, rtauway ana misceua-
neous bonds were strong. Sales of listed
stocks were 136,000 shares; unlisted,
30,000.
Chicago, March 13. The news of the
morning on wneat was uuuucu w
depress rather than elevate prices at the
opening to-day, but, contrary to all ex
pectations, the first trades were at firm
figures. Alter quite a penou oi miuu,
the market became wean, ana a ueciuie
resulted, which was stopped by pur
chases against "puts". Within a few
minutes of the close there was a narueu-
ing of values with May closing to c
higher than was yesterday's close. The
range on that futurd betweeif: nSfe,
and 58ic the close being at 58 to 58c.
Corn was still in possession of the
strength which characterized the trade
"in that market yesterday.. There was
but little news of interest received, but
nevertheless the shorts showed much un
easiness and were averse to increasing
their lines, preferring rather to cover
outstanding contracts, which they did at
psmh fractional advance. May corn
ranged between 38ic and 37c, closing
io. hic-her than yesterday at 38 to 3ic.
There was a good cash demand for corn
With prices, to higher than yesteraay.
Oats were firm in sympathy with corn
Thn trade was comparatively light. Of
ferine were not very free and the de
mand at times showed some urgency.
particularly from shorts. At the close
May oats had recorded a net gain of ic
fnr th rlnv
Provisions showed a repetition of the
otuaVtipss which prevailed yesterday. A
further reduction of 15 to 20c per hun-
hnc valueg was reported
from the yards, and for this reason the
nnAnr.t showed no ability to' withstand
the pressure of offerings,
Salvation Oil has the enviable distinction
of being a synonym for cure of rheuma
tism, neuralgia, gout, and kindred affeo
iions, such as sciatica ticdoaloureux,e
It is growing Zl? PP aally- Tbe
pie will have it. 25 cta.
Heroic Deed of a Wife.
NAshttlle, March 13.- Jesse Merritt,
of Smyrna, Rutherford county, and his
wifwire walking along a lane together,
when the latter discovered Will Edwards,
a mortal enemy of her husband, crouch
ing in a fence corner with a shot gun,
about to fire. She quickly pushed Mer-;n-
v, nroYiTT ivri no-ific herself within
range of the gun. The load took effect
in Mprrit.t.'n lpf t. arm and MrS. Merritt S
hand, which clutched the arm. Merritt's
arm and her hand have been amputated,
Edwards escaped.
WILMINGTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14,
- THE BLAND BILL
STILL BEING- DISCUSSED
BY
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THE SENATE.
Senator Stewart Makes Another Ltong
Speech' on the Silver Question
Senator Dolph Cut off by Want
of a Quorum The Inter
v State Commerce liaw-
Attacked iu the
" - House.
' ' . ' SENATE. .
Washington, March 13. Half a dozen
Senators were excused from service on as
many committees in order to create
vacancies to which the new Senator from
Louisiana might be assigned. Among
the places thus vacated was the chair
manship of the Committee on Improve
ments of the Mississippi River.
The Bland Seigniorage bill was taken
up, and Senator Stewart addressed the
Senate in advocacy of it. It would, he
said, give the treasury $55,000,000 of new
money and wouldj to that, extent, ease
the times a little and make better times.
It would not make good times, because
good times would never come while the
policy of the treasury remained what it
was. It would save the treasury from
bankruptcy and would prevent the
necessity of borrowing money, in time
of peace, to pay the ordinary expenses of
the Government. There was nothing in
the bill that required amendment. He
believed that any amendment would be
fatal to it, because if it went back to the
House it would probably fail there; Sen
ator Stewart's speech was a reminder of
the numerous ones which he made in the
extra session on the bill to repeal the
Sherman act. Much of it was denuncia
tory of plutocracy and of the English
bondholders who wanted, he said, "to
enslave the people of the United States
as they had enslaved the rest of man
kind." Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, argued
in support of the bill. He said that if he
believed many of the unfortunate results
which had been predicted by some Sen
ators would follow the passage of the
bill, he would be slow to give it bis sup
port; but his brief experience in the Sen
ate had taught him to make allowance
for the inalterable evils predicted in the
discussion of every measure. If he be
lieved that the enactment of the pend
ing bill would reduce the country to the
single silver standard, he would be slow
to give it his support. But it occurred
to him that the bill merely proposed to
carry into effect that portion of the Sher
man . i act of, 1890 which Congress
had
deliberately declined to re-
peal when it . was repealing the
silver purchasing clauses of that act.
The bill went no farther than to provide
tnat tne coinage provisions in the act of
1890 shall be executed within tb.2 next
five years. We have outstanding $150,
000,000 of treasury notes, and we have
only coined 36,000,000 of silver dollars
under the act of 1890. It was the duty
of the Secretary of the Treasury to con
tinue the coinage of silver bullion until
it was all coined, and the necessary
amount of silver dollars should have
oeen set apart ana the gam or seignior
age turned into the treasury to be used
by the Government for its own benefit.
Senator Dolph opposed the bill, and
said that it was presented and pressed
under false pretences. Those Senators
who favored it were largely those who
favored the free coinage of silver. He
went on to read portions of extracts from
various publications, among them a book
called "Cheap Money," which extracts
he would have published in the Record.
To this Senator Harris objected, asking,
satirically, whether the Senator wanted
to put a whole library in the Record.
Senator Hoar suggested that Senator
Harris might relieve the Senator from
Oregon by reading the extracts, but Sena
tor Harris preferred to let the Senator
from Massachusetts do so, who was a re
markably good reader. '
Senator Allen also objected to the pub
lication in the record of anything not
-read, particularly of extracts from the
work "(Jheap Money, which he de
nounced as "notoriously false from be
ginning to end."
SenatorDolph, however, seemed deter
mined to carry his point, and so he be
gan to read the extracts in order to have
the right to put them in the record. But
in that he was thwarted by Senator Hoar,
who suggested the point of no quorum,
A call of the roll secured the presence
of only thirty-six Senators, and so the
Senate at 5:30 o'clock adjourned, leaving
Senator JJolph s speech unfinished
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.
The Speaker laid before the House the
resignation of Newton C. Blanchard as a
Representative in the House from the
Fourth district of Louisiana; having
been appointed aSenator from that State
The House then resolved itself into
Committee of the Whole on the Sundry
,, ' l WA 1M11VU IXlti
Mr. Cogswell. Republican, ot Massa
chusetts, representing the minority ot
thA committee, said that the bill was a
liberal one under existing conditions,
and that it had been constructed by the
sub-committee with as little friction as
had attended the preparation of any bill
in his experience. He called attention,
however, to the fact that, while the bill
carries a total appropriation of $9,409,-
928. less than that of tne bill for the cur
rent year, the decrease was wholly due
to the disappearance of certain extraor-
1 17.1. . 1 "
riinarv items oi expenditure wnicii mia
Congress will not be called upon to pro
vide foe..
Mr. Duhphy offered an amendment
giving 10,000 for repairs and improve
ments t the New York postoffice. He
explained the necessity of the appropria
tion, saying that, as a result of the sani
tary condition of the building, a daily
average of six men, who go to their work
in good health are stricken down with
illness.
This amendment was agreed to after
the suggestion of no quorum and a call
of the House.
When the appropriation for the Inter
state Commerce Commission was
reached.' Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, asked
Mr. Sayers whether or not the facts that
the present Secretary of. State had, while
acting as judge of the Circuit court for
the Northern district or Illinois, aeuv
ered an opinion which took the vitals
out of the Inter-State law, and that the
Attorney General h,ad been criticised - by
the Democratic press for his relation to
corporations which may be interested in
the execution of tlie Inter-State law, had
anything to do with the transfer of con
trol of the appropriation for the employ
ment of counsel to aid in enforcing the
law from the Department of Justice,
aro it ha nmmllv been placed, to the
commission itself? . -
Highest of all in Leavening
Sayers fresrtonded that the lan-
age in the billff olio wed that of the esti
mates furnished by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and he could not undertake to
say what motives actuated him in mak
ing up the estimate. He said he under
stood that the Attorney General would
select the counsel to be employed. The
paragraph, Mr. Sayers further said, was
intended to carry out the law of last
Congress and enable the commission to
employ just as skillful and able lawyers
to enforce the law as the railroad com
panies did to defeat it. .
Mr. Morse, Republican, of " Massa
chusetts, moved to strike out the appro
priation for the commission. He said
the law was enforced only in spots, and
then the results achieved were not those
intended by its promoters. It had given
the business to three lines of roads and
discouraged the competition which had
formerly existed to the general advan
tage of all the people. Under recent de
cisions the law had been rendered prac
tically in operative, the only live thing
about it being the salary and expenses of
the commission.
Mr. Daniels, Republican, of New Yorfc,
said the decision of Judge Grosscup in
Chicago a short time ago was utterly
unauthorized, and in direct antagonism
with the declaration of the Supreme
court of the United States. The law
wbicbijie said Congress could not pass
was passed at the last Congress, pur
suant to the decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States that the law
should be so amended to make the Inter
State Commerce law more effective.
Mr. Wise, of Virginia, chairman of
the Committee on Inter-State and" For
eign Commerce, said Mr." Morse's opposi
tion to the law was based upon personal
grounds, as affecting his business as a
manufacturer rather than in behalf of
the public interests. In support of this
charge he had read from the clerk's desk
a letter, which was unsigned.
Mr. Lacey, Republican, of Iowa made
a point of order against it going into the
record. Whereupon Mr. Wise said he
would adopt it as hi3 speech, and to Mr.
Pickler he said he was responsible for it
here or elsewhere.
To one statement in the letter Mr.
Morse objected that was that he did not
represent his State in antagonizing the
bill.
Mr. Morse's amendment was rejected
5 to 99.- -
Mr. Haines raised the point of no
quorum, and the committee rose, after
disposing of twenty-four pages of the
bill and adding $206,861 to its total.
Mr. Cummings," from the Committee
on Naval Affairs reported back the reso
lution introduced by him earlier in the
day, asking the Secretary of the Navy
for all information in his possession re
specting the failure of the Carnegie,
Phipps county to furnish armor plate in
accordance with their contract, and it
was agreed to.
At 5:10 o'clock the House adjourned
until 12 o'clock to-morrow. -
A REMARKABLE ADMISSION.
Lord Rosebery Says That Before Irish
Home Rule Can be Canceded, Eng
land Must be Convinced of its
Justice. - ;
London, Marh 13. Lord Rosebery's
exact language in the House of Lords
last night on the subject of Irish home
rule was as follows: :
"liOrd balisbury made one remark on
the subject of home rule with which I
confess myself in entire accord. He said
before Irish home rule could , be con
ceded by the Imperial Parliament, Eng
land, as the predominant man of the
partnership of the three kingdoms, must
be convinced of its justice. That may
be a considerable admission, because
your Lordships well know that the ma
jority of English members elected in
England proper are hostile to home rule.
I believe tha the conviction of En
gland regarding home Tule depends upon
one point alone, the conduct of Ireland
herself. 1 believe that if we continue to
show the absence of agrarian crime and
continue to point to harmony in Ireland,
the Liberal party of the country will
continue to give proofs and pledges that
Ireland is - entitled to the boon, which
she has never ceased to demand since the
act of union was passed. I believe the
conversion of England will not be slow
or difficult."
The Times this morning, commenting
upon Jjoru itoseoery s speech in tne
House of Lords, says: '
"The Prime Minister s admission that
England must be convinced of the jus
tice of Irish home rule fairly takes our
breath away. It is the argument we
have used from the very beginning of
the controversy, and carries with it an
emphatic condemnation of the proceed
ings of the party which forced home
rule through the House of Commons by
the Irish vote against a great majority
of the votes of the English representa
tives. It reduced to the rankest
absurdity the pretense of the agitation
against the House of Lords for inter
fering to protect what lxrd Kosebery
ha3 thus acknowledged to be the right
of the English electors. In the presence
of this momentous declaration all the
rest of the verbiage wrapped round the
political position cf the Ministry is
merely wasted, l here is a majority or
seventy against Irish home, rue among
the Knehsh m the House or uommons,
The bi-elections have shown no weaking
of this sentiment, but rather the con-
f r'arv.
"If Mr. Gladstone s fiery energy anu
: . . ,
passionate conviction failed to win the
Knffhsh people two years ago to tne De-
lief that home rule was consistent with
national safety, national interest and
national honor, are they likely j per
suaded by Lord Rosebery's half-hearted
arguments, drawn trom ambiguous evi
dence of the decline, qf disorder in Ire
land, "All other considerations are dwarfed
by the revolutionary effect of Lord Rose
bery's admission. It must produce the
gravest consequences directly its signifi
cance is perceived. What will Mr. Glad
stone think of this? How will the Irish
separatists deal with it? If Mr. Glad
stone had not retired we might almost
expect him to hasten back and move a
vote of want of confidence in his suc
cessoi, '
"The Parnellite wing of the Irish
party have openly denounced Lord Rose
bery's statement about converting Eng
land to home rule, and the McCarthyite
section are also angry at the Premier's
utterances."
Michigan Municipal Elections.
Michigan, Maroh 13. Municipal elec
tions were held all over the State of
Michigan yesterday. In towns where.
party lines were drawn, the returns show
that the Republicans were generally suc
cessful, with large gains in tneir voce,
l In towns where a "citizens' " or "work-
insmen's" ticket was in the field, it
swept everything.
Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
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1894.
GOVERNMENT FORTS OPEN
FIRE ON THE INSURGENTS.
The Fire Not Returned The- News a
Surprise to Washington Officials
So Insurrection in Costa Rica
Condition of South Caro
lina's National Banks
Treasury Balance .
. Statem nt.
Washington, March 13. Secretary
Gresham received a long cipher dispatch
from Minister Thompson, this afternoon, f
of which the following translation r was
made public:
"The forts loyal to the Government
commenced firing on the insurgents to
day at noon. The insurgents have not
returned the fire. The Government has
refused the terms of capitulation offered
by J)a Gama and announces j. that it
will commence firing from the city bat
teries at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The
city of Rio is practically deserted.".
Secretary Gresham and his advisers
were iilerally astounded by the informa
tion. - Although the dispatches received
last night from Minister Thompson suf
fered considerable in transmission, or
else in putting-them into the cipher at
Rio, enough was learned from those
parts which were decipherable to justify
the interpretation placed on them that
Da Gama had consented to become an
exile and deliver up his vessels on the
sole condition that the lives of his follow
ers would be spared. It was not for an
instant doubted that these terms would
prove acceptable to Peixotto and that he
would promptly grant the partial am
nesty which was considered so reason
able.
At the Cabinet meeting this morning
every one present expressed satisfaction
that the end had been reached. An hour
later a messenger from the State Depart
ment hurried over to the White House
with the latest- news, which upset all
previous calculations. The Navy Depart
ment, which had been annoved at the
failure of Admiral Benham to confirm
the pleasing news of the day before, had
suggested the explanation that he was
probably too far down the bay to learn
what information was accessible to Min
ister Thompson in the city, but confi
dence was expressed that the necessity
for maintaining the United States fleet
in its present proportions was on the eve
of disappearing, and the next dispatch
from the Admiral would, in all likeli
hood, announce the cessation of hostili
ties and he would proceed down the
coast to watch Admiral Mello. The offi
cials were surprised late in the afternoon
to receive the following dispatch from
Admiral Benham, dated March 13th:
"Notice has been given by the Govern
ment that the bombarding of the insur
gents' ships and forts will commence at
high noon March ldth. It was reported
that the insurgent admiral had taken
refuge on the Portuguese man-of-war.
On inquiry, I find he isr.ot on boai d yet."
The Costa Rican Minister, Manuel M.
Peralta, makes the following statement:
"A telegram from New Orleans. March
12th, published in this morning's papers,
purports to give information! about a
revolution in Costa Rica. No such revo
lution has occurred, unless some electo
ral squabbles at the end of February,
promptly quelled, deserye that name.
There is no reason whatever to fear or
even to predict a civil war in Costa Rica.
The country is quiet. The Government
succeeds in fully maintaining public
tranquility throughout the land and is
fully prepared to meet any emergency.
The sensational rumors reproduced by
the press are the same contradicted offi
cially a week ago."
In reports to the Comptroller of the
Currency, the fourteen National banks
in South Carolina show the reserve to
haye been, February 28th, 22.55 per cent.,
loans and discounts, $5,033,000; lawful
money reserve, $538,000; surplus fund,
$41,000, and individual deposits, $3,
680,000. The nine National banks of New Or
leans show the reserve to have been
36.57 per cent. ; loans and discounts $12,-
352,000; lawful money reserve, $4,099,000;
surplus funds, $2,357,000, and individual
deposits, $15,670,000.
A lossjot f l,7UO,OUU is shown to-day m
the stated treasury balance from yester
day, the aggregate standing at $136,899,
000, of which $107,159,000 is in gold.
Representatives of about three-fourths
of the cigar manuf actuers of this country
met at the Shoreham to-day to frame a
protest against the proposed increase of
the internal revenue tax from $3 to, $5
per thousand on cigars. These delegates
represent about 300,000 of the working
people, who, they claim, will suffer
greatly, together with the consumers, if
this disproportionate increase of 66 2-3
per cent, is levied. A committee of
these delegates will wait on the Senate
committee to protest against this meas
ure, which they claim will increase the
price of the cheaper grades of cigars
about 50 per cent, and affect the higher
grades very little.
The Old Friend
And the best friend that never
fails you is Simmons Liver Regu
lator, (the Red Z) that's what
jou hear at the mention of this
excellent Liver medicine, and
people should not be persuaded
that anything else will do.
It is the King of Liver Medi
cines ; ig b&tter than pills, and
take3 the place of Quinine and
Calomel It acts directly on the
Liver, Kidney and Bowels and
gives new life to the whole sys
tem. This is the medicine you
want. Sold by all Druggists
Liquid, or in Powder ta be takea
dry or mado into a tea,
S-EVERT PACKAGE-
Has tlie Z Stamp In red on wrapper
J. 11. r.F.lT.IN & COm Philadelphia. i"a.
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As a Matter of Business PosY Yourself.
What is a Bargain?
- Tlie dictionary answers with definitions. '
We answeifby giving EXAMPLE J.
An j one w no-inspects tae following will never
need to aak what a bargain Is again.
Black Storm Serge, 49 Inches
75 c
wme. an wool, line texture,
last and nnfading color. To re
duce quantity we rednce the
price, which regularly is tl a
yard. -.
We never did It before sell this
4t-tnch, all wool, lustrous black
Storm Serge for a penoy less
than T5 cents a yard. We only
do It now as a temporary bar
gain. :
The renowned Mitchell Zephyr
which have been Imported and
sold In America for years at 25
cents a yard All the patterns
here specially offered are new
lor.spring. ,
The same $150 chenille table
rovers again that went like
smoke Just before Christmas.
Never expected to sell them
8gatn below $1.60. But here they
are same rich, elegant designs
--6-tsize: heavy knotted fringes.
But not for long.
F:
50c
12 1-26
98c
Cuffs, Collars, Cravats and Ties.
.n. w iair oi I.UH8 lOr lie.
29c Collars, 4-ply E. & L. for 10cT
500 Spring Bows, sold heretofore,atl2ic
All Silk Ties, Text and Four-in-Hand, in spring and summer shades, that
sell generally at 49c, will close out at 24c. v
. Cuff Holders at 10 and 15c. A
Cuff Buttons, fancy pearl, worth 49c at 25c. -
Shirt Studs, in pearl and heavy gold plate, at 25c per setA
Boston Garters at 24c and 49c. - "
S'ispenders, extraquality, 25c.
DAVIS & ZOELLER,
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Cor. Front and
JOHNSON'S
Millinery :: Opening".
Wednesday,
TTlaAa-r
March 14th, 15th and 16th.
No. 1 1 1 Market Street.
THIS WEEK ! -r THIS WEEK I
A We shall receive our full supply of PIECE GOODS for our -
Merchant : Tailoring , : Department:
Next Week Our Stock cf
, - -y ALSO,- A7'.
Neckwear. Underwear,
MERCHANT TAILORS, CLOTHIERS AND GENTS' FURNISHERS.
Bargains in Square Pianos.
THREE EXCELLENT 7 AND IX OCTAVE SQUARE PIANOS AT VERY LOW FIGURES.
Wew Upright Pianos This Week.
TyB CALL THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC TO OUR TUNING DEPARTMENT WHICH
IS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. WALTER C. SHOEMAEEB, OF PHILADELPHIA.
CABINET ORGANS IN GREAT VARIETY. . '
E. "Van LAER,
' NoSi 40S and 404 North Fourth St.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
rise Cash House,
Princess Sts.
Boys' heavy fast black cotton
hose. Invariably retailed at 88
cents a pair, which has been oar
price till now. .
Gents1 full regular made one
halt hoee In all colors and black
guaranteed fast colors.
16c
9 &14G
49c
Genfl
Shirts, unlaundried, the
very Test is cents quality, for
49 cents, uents' Shirts, laun
dried, extra fine.
Too many goods. To reduce the quantity we
reduce the price. An Auction purchase by our
buyer, Mr. Davis, who is In the Northern markets
purchslng additional spring goods.
Umbrellas. Two hundred fancy
natural handle, worth from $l.o
.to 1 4, to be sold regardless ot
value. Make your own choice.
Extra line Twill 8i'k rustic
handle, highly polished, worth
from $2 00 to $2.49, to be closed
out at $1.49.
98c
81.49
We only sell as above as a temporary bargain
while we get nothing for patting your name In
Umbrella, yet we are willing to do it without
charge.
and 15c, for 9c.
Princess Sts.
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