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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
The Governor appoints C M. Bernard
"solicitor of the Third and Herbert F. Sea
well to the same office for, the Seventh dis
trict. Attorneys for both say they will not
accept them The Governor issies com
missions to several State Guard officers-
A delegation from; Tennessee calls upon the
Attorney General in regard to the appoint
ment of Charles' D. Clark to the District
court judgeship,; pnd they ask fcr a sub
committee of thej jSenate Judiciary commit
tee to visit Chattanooga and examine the
record in the case on which the charges are
founded The j President's reception at
Georgetown yestefday was a magnificent
affair and was a gala day for .Georgetown.
Peter G. A. Weber, of Petersburg, com
mits suicide- -Mprganfield is still in the
hospital at Cincinnati and is not yet suflL
ciently recovered to be removed to yirginia .
-i-Harry Hay ward has been arraigned for
the murder of Catherine Ging- The train
bearing the President . north reached Flor"
ence last.night about 7 o'clock. Pve hun
dred people were at the depot, and the Presi
dent came to the 'platform and shook hands
with a number of them-- Secretary, Her"
bert has remitted the unexpired portion of
the sentences of
the officers who
were irr
command of the
Kearsarge when
she was
wrecked. He has also j released
several
prisoners from the, Boston naval prison
Col. J.B. Batchelder, Government
Gettys-
hiiT historian. liA dead
Mrs. fWilliam
s Waldorf Astor 'died yesterday
persons are killed by a railroad col
-Fifteen
ision in
2sterday
Dryfus,
England Outgoing steamers jj yesterday
took f 2, 100,000 in gol(M Capt,
charged with having sold to foreign agents
plans 01 French fortihcations, has been sen
-tenced to life imprisonment in j some forti
fied place A' heavy gale j prevails in Eng
land, Wales and Ireland, and j reports of
damage by land Jand sea j are pouring in.
Several persons are! killed by falling walls.
The British, French and Russian Minis
ters at Constant inople refuse to accede to
the Porte's request jas to the Armenian in
vestigation and the situation has become
strained The ilj;Carthyite leaders notify
the Liberals that! unless j they are assured
home rule will be the first and leading mat
ter to occupy the attention of Parliament at
the next session th? Irish vote can not be
depended on by the Liberals- Mapy peo
ple in Ireland are near : starvation through
failure, of the potato crop! The Fenians
are beginning to make a j stir in '. reland.
Lord Randolph phurchili has softening
of the brain The Speaker ot the South
Carolina House of j Representatives takes of
fense at a resolution and resigns. Upon
withdrawal of the-; resolution he is nduced
to reconsider his action G overnor Flower
dismisses the charges against District Attor
ney Fellows John A. Bean, of Washing-
ton City, Kills n?s;step aaugnter, ana wniie
1 defying, with pisiol in hand, arrest by the
police, is arrested by Congressman Meikle-
john, of Nebraska A ' suit "has been
brought in Washington I City to "test the
constitutionality j df the j income tax
Heavy forgeries on !connty funds have been
unearthed in Sioux- City, la The negro
who attempted to' kill Mr. .and Mrs. Levin
near Portsmouth J Ya., has been captured
of ter a desperate fight with officers ih which
, he was badly wounded Two men are
rJrnwhpil nn St. John's river bv the sinking
of a steamer overloaded with ! ora:iges- ;
The Governor of Florida removes the sheriff
of Duval county for appointing deputies to
watch the inspectors at the late election
The six-day bicycle tournament in Phila
delphia ended lastji night, Ashinger in the
lead At Elbertok Ga.j a boy is strangled
to death while he and others are ' playing
hanging" At Memphis, Tenn., one little
girl is burned to death and another killed
by being thrown from the burning house
by her mother Pin Chicago oh the night
of the 12th instant a $4,000 diamond rob
bery occurred and a man was killed! by bur
glars. Parties have been: arrested, and in a
bank vault in Chicago; to which, thfeyhave
the key lach mphey, diamonds and other
SOLICITORSHIP CONTESTS.
The Governor Appoints Bernard and
Sean ell in the Third atid Seyentli
Districts They Will Decline
State Guard Officers Cotn-
missioned.
Special
to tae MesseBjrer.
1 ...
Raleigh, Dec. 22. Governor Carr to-day
wrote the following letter to Claude M. Ber
nard, fusion nominee
for solicitor!
of the
Third district: j
V "John E. Woodward
having refused to
1 accent the commission as 'solicitor
of the
iThird district tendered him in conformity
iwitn me ceixincaie 01 eieuiuu bcuj mc
the Secretary of State, for reasons which he
fhas stated in a letter, and recognising the
fact that the people intended to e
solicitor, I hereby jtender you the
ment to fill the vacancy'
ect. you
appoint-
A similar letter was sent Herbert
F. Sea
of the
well, fusion nommee
for solicitor
jventh district.
- it i 1 i- 1
Their counsel to-day gave nonce that
either would accept thei commission. They
Will brincr suit td sUcure itheir risht to the
positions for four jyears I and not for two
years, which is all; the time the Governor's
commission would cover. !
Commissions Were issued to-day to the
following officers of the irst brigade of the
State Guard: James C. Powell, assistant in-
L. Hart, commissary; P.
"XiNCOLS. Neb.,! Dec. 22. A telegram from
Tampa, Fla., received to day, announces the
death there of ex-Congressman T. M. Mar
kiuett. of Lineoln. He left for Florida two
weeks ago. Buffering from rheumatism of
the heart.
CRIMINAL STATISTIGS.
FIGUJitES FROM REPORT OF
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Three Executions and Eight Lynch-
ines in the
Auditor's
Last Two iYears The
i !
Report Financial
Condition of the State and
the People List of Por-
! I traits in the State
Library Other
v Matters.
Messenger Bureat.
f Raleigii, N. C, Dec. 22. f
From the report of the Attorney General,
relative to the criminal prosecutions, etc. ,
much of interest is gathered. In 1891-92
there were 13,271 criminal actions in the
courts, of the p arsons charged with crime
7,658 being white, 5,780 colored. For 1893-94
there were 14,537 actions, of which 7,780
were against whites, 6,719 against colored.
Of the cases f r 1893-94 13,255 were against
males, 1,273 against females, 9 against cor
porations. Of these cases 7,780 were against
whites, 6j719 against negroes, 2G against In
dians, 1 Gypsy and 1 Assyrian. The con
victions, including submissions, were" 9,454,
acquittals 2,550, while 2,437 were nol prossed
and 96 dismissed.
Of the trials 125 were I for
murder in the
first degree, 49 in the second degree, 28 for
manslaughter, J.0 for rape, 53 for assault
with intent to commit rape, 11 for arson, 11
for burglary in the first degree and 15 in the
second degree, 77 for forgery, 2,493 for lar
ceny, and ll,64lfor other crimes and misde
meanors. There were 3 jlegal executions, 8
lynchings, 68 escapes, and 10 persons tried
were found to bje insanej
The legal executions were of John Ham
bright, colored,! in Cleveland county, for
murder; John Corfrewland Abram Wil
liams, colored,) in Hertford county, for
murder, j The lynchings were: Dan Staugh
ter, white, Alleghany, charge, murder;
Timon Purdy, j colored, Bladen, murder;
Joseph Barco, colored, Camden, rape and
muraer; w 1111am uurnett, colored, rape,
Granville Hall
English, white. Mitchell.
murder of wife;
Daniel McPhatters. white.
Richmond, murder; Alexander Whitley,
white, Stanly, j murder;! Thomas Allison,
white, Surry, murder,
Of the 68 escapes. 11 were from Pitt jail,
10 from Wake, 9j from Granyille, 9 from
Bertie. In Carteret there 'were 11 cases
against one defendant, and . ih Wilson as
many as 18 cases.
As to criminal actions there were in
Mecklenburg 195 against whites, 452 col
ored; 580 male, 67 female; 435 convictions,
112 acquittals. In New Hanover 64 whites,
219 colored; 248 males, 35 females; 217 con
victed, 49' acquitted. Ih Wake 125 wnite,
243 colored; 330 males, 39 females; 235 con
victed, 75 acquitted. In Mecklenburg there
were 2 for murder, in New Hanover 2. in
Wake 2. - i
The report of the State Auditor shows that
the State's condition, financially, is good,
and so is that of the people. The net in
crease in taxable property for 1893 is $1,209,
392 over 1892. The tax reduction was I3 cents
on the $100. The taxes for 1893 were 1,358,
994, State; f 1,058,941, county. The average
value of farm lands is $4 16 an acre, the
average acreage beinjg 127 to the farm. Dur
ham has the highes t valuation, $10.31 an
acre; Dare the lq west, only $1.18. A great
majority of the co inties have no debts.
This yearns pensions are $105,132, an increase
of $5,818. During tlie present year ten new
building and loan associations "have begun
business in the State. The 4 per cent, debt
is now $3,322,000. The balance of the gen
eral and school fund in the treasury is $307,
000. The aggregate public indebtedness of
the people, the principal of or interest on
which taxes ar collected to payj does not
exceed one twenty-fifth of' the aggregate
value of f the tax paying property of the
State. The tax rate for general purposes is
lower than in any State in the tmion.
The holiday trade in this city is fully up
to the average and the merchants appear to
be well pleased.! !
Raleigh's outlook for 1895 is pleasing.
Several new enterprises are now urder
way, others will begin next year. There
will be a great deal of private building, j
Mrs. Mabel Smith, daughter of Mr.
Charles D. Upchiarch, formerly of this city,
died yesterday at her home, Abbeville, S. C.
Her death was sudden and a great shock! to
her relatiye here. !
Governor Carr: returned from Washington,
D. C. this afternoon. Mrs. Carr remains
there. j ' I
In the course of an interview to-day with
Professor Masseur, of the State experiment
station and Agricultural college, the latter
"The chief thing at present in my own de
partment is the Idemonstration of the fact
that we nere ju yxm uaroima can grow: to
great perfection jthe various flowering bulbs
that are now used by the florists in the large
cities North in such immense quantities jfor
winter forcing) under glass. Millions; of
these are now imported from Europe an
nually, and if we can succeed in turning
this great trade nto the hands of our culti
yators it will open up an industry here that
will do more fot the development of ithe
State than any thing that has been done for
a decade. We j are planting these bulbs
largely at the station so as to show the
Northern dealer what can be done here.
When they are 6nce satisfied that we can
produce them hre of better quality than the
imported bulbs,! there will soon be capital
enough invested in the . business to put it in
good shape at oice, and our people will not
be slow in catching on. Then, too, after
five years of wofk I have produced a cross
bred sugar corn for garden use that has
been tried by sdme of our growers and will
prove an addition to our garden vegetables,
since the Northern varieties of sugar corn
seldom do well jn the South. But I have no
time now to tell; you all we are domg, come
out to the station farm and see for yourself
what we are at. j I have a new bulletin that
I have been at work on at every interval I
can snatch fijom college work. It is
intended to giv in as condensed a shape
as possible information j on the sub
ject of market gardening, a matter of vital
importance to our farmers, particu'a-ly in
the Eastern part of the State. It should
have been out before this and I must lose no
time in getting t finished.
"As to the cqllege and its prospects, it
would take more than I can possibly spare
to tell. 1 believe the public knows that we
have been from! the beginning steadily ad
vancing. In point of numbers I believe we
now rank second in the ( State. At the
meeting of the association of American
-agricultural colleges and experiment sta
tions held in Washington,1 D. C, a few
woeks ago, the opinion was freely expressed
by the presidents of several of the North
-a T 1. . .11.. j
ern colleges that our college, now stands
at the head of the agricultural
colleges of the South, and that in the last
two years we have made greater advance
than any agricultural college either North
T
or South. This was the voluntary opinion j
Sit men in the same line of work, presidents
of similar colleges. This was an endorse- I
ment we naturally ieei proua 01. wenaye
accomplished all this jwith an amount of
noney that was but a trifle when compared
td the great sums lavished by the Northern
States on their colleges!. At the same rate
of progress for the neit fiye years our col
lege will have an enviable position." !
IThe collection of portraits in the State
library is a special attraction to many vis
itors to the capital. ; There are now on the
wails the following portraits: ' t
I Jefferson Davis, Gen! Albert Sidney John
son, Gen Joseph E Johnson, Gen "Stone
wall" Jackson, Gen R E Lee, Chas E John
son, Surg Gen N C f; Maj W M Robbins,
Henry W Miller, Gen J G Martin, Wm
Hill, Sec of State 1811-1857, E Burke Hay
wood, Surg N C T, Col Thos S Kenan. Gen
James B Gordon, Prest James Buchanan,
Pjrof Elisha Mitchell,! Prof Denison Olm
sted, Prof Manuel Fetter, RevHezekiah G
Leigh, Gen W P Roberts, Gen William
MacHae, Majl Basil Manly, Gen L C B
Branch, Col Wharton; J Green, Col Alfred
MWaddell, Col H HjCowles, Col John F
Hoke, Hon Richard Stanford, Gen John R
Cpoke, N B Cobb, chaplin O S A; "Can
oya'' statue of Washington (printing),
Gen A M Scales, Col Ross K Ihire,
Peter H Hines, Surg CIS A; Wm J Yates,
'Journalist; "Col W F Beverly, Maj Charles
M Stedman, Capt Wj L London, Capt E
Hayne Davis, Col Thos M Holt, Gen Wm
It Davis, Francis L j Hawks. Gen Bryan
Grimes,Gen WD Pender, Gov W A Graham,
Gen F H Cameron, Col John A Gilmer, Gen
James H Lane, Henry Lawson Wvatt, Gen
JjTohnson Pettigrew, S S Carr, Prof W C
Kerr, Capt N Colin Hughes, Gen Ruf us Bar
ringer, Col Wm Johnson, Col A B Andrews,
Col Henry K Burg wyni Maj Joseph Graham,
William G Thomas, M D; Col William L
Saunders, Gen W Gaston Lewis, Col Ed
ward D Hall, Capt John M Odell, Alex H
Stevens, V P C S A; Col F M Pariter, Dr R
W Wood, Gen Junius Daniel, Capt Jas Ire
dell Waddeil, CSN;Dr Thos F Wood;
HONORS IO THE PRESIDENT.
The Reception at Georgetown Beau-
tifal and Appropriate Decorations
of the Hall The Entertainment
Successful iu jEvery Way.
fcrEORGETowx, S. C, Dec. 22 Georgetown
entered with enthusiasm into the project of
entertaining the President. Nothing which
the means of the people permitted was lack
ing to show their appreciation of Mr. Cleve
lapd and their recognition of the sportsman
compliment he had paid to their woods and
waters. The principal! streets of the town
were decorated with flags and festoons and
the houses bore banners emblazoned with
mottoes of welcome, tlhe shipping in the
Sampit river was gaily decorated. Theladies
devoted two davs ta maing the spacious
hll of the Winy ah ; Indigo society, an
ancient organization dating back to early
colonial days, a bower of beauty.
The reception and lunch were to be
gijFen in this building, and the inner
and outer halls were decorated with
exquisite taste. Big palmetto trees
beaded in gray Spanish moss, occupied the
corners, while arches and festoons of cedar,
palmetto, gray moss arid glossy-leaved ever
greens, dashed with crimson color, almost
hid the walls. National and State flags were
prominent. j j
At 1:45 o1 lock the President arrivedon the
Wistaria and disembarked to the welcome of
every bell in the city and steamer whistle
inthe harbor. He and his party were met
by Mayor Morgan and j the executive com
mittee of the Palmetto club, and were
driven in open carriages through the princi
pal streets to the hall Here the
ladies' committee was introduced to him
arid the President j took his position
in, the outer hall at the junction of Old
Gory and the Palmetto flag. Tne reception
lasted until 3 o'clock p J m. - j
At 3 o'clock the inner one of the main
hHs was entered, where the luncheon
tendered by the Palmetto club was served.
The Presidential , party were seated at a
centre table, which was surmounted by Ja
caihopy of crimson bunting, trimmed with
gray moss, and holding in the centre a bell
of; snow white camelias. The officers of the
club sat with him; the rest df the company
wj?re served from buffets. ,
At 3:45 o'clock the Presidential party was
escorted to the railroad station and left at
4 9' clock on a special train for Lanes, where
the Wild wood will be attached to the fast
mail train of the Atlantic Coast Line north
bound. At the station of the George
town and Western road a special platform
was erected and beautifully decorated.
Along this the President passed to his car
after the reception, over a carpet of pine
needles and under arches of palmetto.
The President expressed himself as hay
ing enjoyed his visit 'greatly and also as
highly appreciating the unobstrusive and
unexacting courtesy which had been shown
him. The weather was delightful.
M PLUCKY CONGRESSMAN.
Mr. Meikiejohn Arrests a Man Who
Has Jnst Murdered. His step-
Daugbter and Who, Armed
With Pistole, Defies Arrest.
Washingtox, Dec. 22. Mrs. Annie
Leahy was murdered by her step-fatner
John A Bean, a stair builder, at her home
in this city shortly after 3 o'clock this after
noon. The murderer shot the woman hve
times and after she had fallen dead at -his
feet, kicked her time and again. Then re
loading his two revolvers be drove backup,
policeman who attempted to arrest him,
and rushed out into the street, threatening
tcTshoot any one who attempted to interfere
with him. - S I
iRepresentative George J. Meikiejohn, of
Nebraska, who was directly in Bean's path,
grappled with him, disarming him in a
trice and turned him over to the policeman.
Tte Congressman, who is 37 years old, is a
much smaller man than the murderer, but
he csughtthe latter in such a manner as to
pinion his arms to his side. Bean saw that
a fight was impossible and noticing Repre
sentative Meiklejohn's: watch chain, gasped:
"Are you a Mason?" ! i
"Yes," said the congressman, "what
have you done?" I .!
The murderer then told of his crime and
allowed Mr. Meikiejohn to take his revolver
aid accompanied an officer to the station
without resistance. j
jBean's wife drove him from home some
week aeo, and he accused his step-daughter
influencme her. and hnaliy he became so
iricensed over the matter that he decided to
kill her.. j
A Suicide in Petersburg.
Petef-sbukg. Va., Dec. 22 Peter G. A.
Weber, an aged citizen of Petersburg, com
mitted suicide this morning about 7 o'clock
at his home bv shootine nimself through
the head with a revolver The deceased
had been in bad health for a longtime, and
hte and his family did not get along peace
fully together.
VERY SLIGHT OBJECTION
TO CONGRESS TAKING
CHRISTMAS RECESS.
Senator George Object?, Then Gives
Way The Income Tax in Danger
Onslaughts Upon thO'Currency
Bill Mr. Bryan Makes a
Vigorous Attack Upon
the Administra
tion's Finan
cial Policy.
1 SENATE.
Washington, Dec. 22. A very slight and
weak obstruction was raised in the Senate
to-day against the concurrent resolution for
the Christmas recess. Senator George ob
jected to its consideration and stated very
earnestly the grounds of his objection.
These were that after the recess there wbuld
be but two months of the session left and
that there were many important matters
which required action to be ! taken upon
them,- and which would give rise to a great
deal of discussion and consume mdeh time.
He specified the Nicaraguan Canal bill, the
Bankruptcy bill, the Currency Reform bill,
and all the great Appropriation bills one
of them containing a provision which would
be bitterly contested the collection of j the
income tax. In view of the imbecilitv of
the Senate rules, which prevented the com
peiung ot action on any matter when op
posed by even a very small minority he
thought that the Senate should not expose
itself to a failure of the appropriation as to
the income, tax. The holiday sentiment
proved to be irresistible, however, and Sena
tor George let down the bars and permitted
uje resolution 10 De concurred in.
fSenator Lodge offered a resolution, which
went over, instructing the Secretarv of Ithe
Navy to inform the Senate why all United
States ships of war have been withdrawn
from the Hawaiian islands, and whether,
in, view of the interests of the United States
ana of citizens of the United States in those
islands, a ship of war of the United States
should not have been stationed and re
tained at Honolulu.
A brief executive session was held and
then the Senate at 1:45 o'clock adjourned
untu inursaav, Januarv ora.
i HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Currency and Banking bill now pend
ing oetore tne Mouse suuered to-aav in re
spect of the number of its advocates, as com
pared with those who antagonized it-. There
was but one speaker in ravor of the bill to
day Mr. Combs, Democrat of New York
and he morp strongly advocated postpone
ment of the establishment of an entire new
systemiLof banking and currency in this
country, until conditions are changed. !
There were three speeches asrainst the bill
Mr. Bell, Democrat, of Texas, expressed ithe
opinion that the issue of greenbacks in
place or National bans: circulation as rap
idly as it was retired, would aliord relief.
Mr. Bowers, Republican, of California,
said tnat any party wnicn enacted - legist a
tion resulting in the destruction of the Na
tional banking system and its circulation
would be ground to powder. The issue of
bonds of small denominations to retire the
greenbacks and the establishment of postal
savings banks would in his opinion aid in
relieving present conditions.
Mr. Bryan, Democrat, of Nebraska, spoke
for two hours, maBing a general attack upon
the bill, which he denounced as a repudia
tion of the principles of Democratic govern
ment. Reviewing the circumstances attendant
upon the inception and introduction of the
bill, Mr. Bryan said it was an unprecedented
repudiation of the principles of Demociatic
Government. No declaration in favor j of
the annihilation of greenbacks had been
made by any party or President, and yet,
immediately after the late elections, the
most remarkable in many respects the coun
try has ever seen, the party in charge of
this Congress proposed to surrender, j in
the last hours of their possession of power,
the control of our banking and currency
system to the banks, by a measure that in
cludes the' prohibition of greenbacks.
There waa absolutely no excuse for the bill.
Its introduction at this time could not be
defended unless it would afford j a
remedy for the evil complained of.
The reason given by its friends
and promoters for bringing it into the
House was that the exigencies of the treas
ury demanded it; that the treasury was
being drained of gold by the exchange of
greenbacks therefor. But the bill did not
provide even a primary remedy. The only
remedy, as far as it related to greenbacks,
was to fund them in bonds. When that
was done, if if ever were done, the trouble
would still,exist; for the silver certificates
would still remain and tney must oe re
deemed in gold on demand. The gentle
man from Connecticut admitted at tne ciose
of his speech the other day that the situa
tion demanded the funding not only of the
greenbacks, but also of a portion of the sil
ver certificates.
Mr. Bryan denounced the bond issue as a
conspiracy against the Government, quoting
the movement of gold from the treasury be
tween the dates of advertising for bids of tne
last issue of bonds and of the delivery
of the last'lot of bonds, as proof of his asser
tion. Said he; "If we had brave Andrew
Jackson in the White House now he would
rhe in his might and say: 'By the eternal,
the rights of the people are dearer than
those of Wall street.' But what answer does
the present Chief Executive make? 'What
soever they ask of me, even to tne nan oi
my kingdom, it shall be given to them.' "
JtToceeding to tne provisions oi ine dih
Mr Brvan expressed his opposition to them
in detail. The first ground of opposition
was that eivxng to bankers the privilege or
issuing paper money while depriving other
classes of the same privilege was Govern
ment favoritism of the worst sort. It was
this sort of favoritism that bred more dis
content among the people than any other
thing. ' He expressed tne opinion that the
active dissemination of small pox among
Highest- of all in leavening Power.- Latent U. Si Go' KepofL
I !
tne people or the nation would be produc
tive OI less harm than th tmntinn f tui.
privilege to the banks. i
iis second ground of opposition was that
th e granting of such I a privilege makes the
recipient of it an eriemv tr an lav Kf
proposes to abridge or revoke it. Jefferson
vYaiutu me people against the establishment
of paper money banks, State or National;
Cleveland believed that the ideal form of
government included the entire divorcin
ot the Government from the issue of paper
money. "It is hardly necessary for me to
state." said Mr. Bryan, "that I stand with
Jefferson in , favor of-taking hnnVa
Government rather than with Cleveland in
favor of takinffGnvprninPTifc nnt nf .v,nn
of money." He! said Jefferson had expressed
mw upimuu inai me existence of private
banks of issue would be more dangerous to
the Government than standing armies, in
which opinion he fullv concurred. "For
standing, armies," he said, "can not bring
such power to bear upon legislation as can
these banks.'f I S
The third ground of Mr. Bryan's opposi
tion was that the Government cannot safely
giye to private1 ; corporations the power "to
control the volume ot paper money.
in conclusionMr. Bryan called the atten
tion of the silver men to what he believed
to be the purpose of the bill it was simply
another step towards the universal adoption
of gold monometallism. "You can be de
ceived if vou like," he said, "but if you are,
you simply deceive yourselves."
The only remedy for the trouble now con
fronting the country; and its citizens, in the
opinion of Mr. Bryan, was the restoration
of silver to stand beside gold, to return to
the constitutional coinage of both gold and
silver. j , h k
Before the discussion of the" bill was
entered upon several private bills were
passed by unanimous consent. Mr. Eng
lish, Democrat.lof Nfew Jersey, being com
plaisant to the extent of four of these meas
ures. Then he demanded the regular
uruer
At 5:10 o'clock the
House, under the oper
ation of the concurrent resolution providing
iorj a nonoay recess, adjourned until Thurs
uay, January d, isyo,
CLEVELAND lAT FLORENCE.
The Train Delayed There The Presi
dent Cames to the Platform Large
I i Crowd Presentto See Him.
A 1 '
Florence, S. C. Dec. 22 President Cleve
land and party passed through here tonight
on train No, 32,j
the north-bound fast mail,
car Wildwood. The train
in the private
was a few minutes late, owing to the delay
at Lanes in putting on the President's car
When the train rolled into the depot there
were aoout ouu neopie -present to eaten a
glimpse of the President. The curtains were
down however
and it was impossible to
catqh a glimpse
of him, save when the cur
tain would be moved back and forth by the
air passing tarouga me car.
wn en tne train stopped tne immense
crowd flocked around the car, which had
been placed in the tram between the bag
gage and nrst-ciass coacn. Mr. Cleveland
was called for. Mt. M. L. A. Gardner,
chairman of the Florence Democratic club,
ot loid time lemocracv, stspped in the
cari and walked
! into the presence of the
President. He
Iwas lpvited by him to the
platform, Mr. Oeveiand told Mr. Gardner
latform; Mr.
ne could hot reiiiamnsuTloiagr'Mr. Gardner
replied "JJonly want you to speak to the peo-
plei..
MrJ Cleveland left the
tea table and ap-
pea red on the p
called for three
atform when Mr. Gardner
(cheers for the President. It
was heartily given
by men, women and
children. Mr. Cleveland stood on the plat
form of the pari and! bowed to the crowd
and shook hands with over half a hundred.
On account of
a delay of the southbound
bearing the President re-
train,1 the train
maineo nere just onej nour. xne run was
made from Lanes tp Florence, forty-nine
miles in fifty-t;WO kninutes by engineer
Harry Farmer, one of the Coast Line's most
competent engineers. The train left here
at 8:05 o'clock.
J ust fifty minutes late.
was called upon for a speech
The President
but he held up his
nand and stated: h'lS o
Hi was in good humor
speech to-night.'
and must have enjoyed
his trip to South
Carolina
SENSATIONAL SCENES.
In the South Carolina Legislature
The Speaker Resigns and Leaves
j the Hall Induced to Return.
Columbia, Si. C., Dec. 22. The proceed
ings of the House to-day were of the . usual
uneventful sort that marks the close of a
legislative session, until to-night, when one
of the most sensational incidents of the ses
sion occurred. The House wants a f 5 per
diem and the Senate 14, and at the morning
session Speaker
Joiies aprxrinted a confer-
ence committee.
who to-night recommended
the Senate figures. The f 5
and claimed that the
not reflect the1 senti-
an acceptance of
men got angry
committee did
ment of the
majority of the r House
and Mr. Coober. of
uoiieton, moveo
under one of ' its
that the House proceed
mips t.r pIptt. committee. This was carried
by a vote of 45 to 44; thereupon the Speaker,
construing ititojbe a (vote of want of con
fidence, immediately) left the chair and
tendered his resignation. Great confession
followed. The House! .unanimously refused
to accept his resignation, but he would not
at first reconsider it and left the hall. Sub
sequently Mr. Coope withdrew the offen
sive resolution and a series of compli
mentary resolutions were passed and snt to
Mr. Jones through j a committee of the
House. He then returned to the chair and
harmony was restored.
The Situation at Constantinople
Strained.
22. It is stated here that
Vienna, Dec.
tho TinKsh TiVpinrh And Russian Ministers
at Constantinople have refused to make any
change in the instructions given the dele
gates of the poWf rs mentioned on the com
mission to investigate) the Armenian out
ra.raa o3 tVio Snltjiii rlpsirftd them to do. As
a result of their! action, the situation has be
come strained.
I
THE INCOME TAX.
A SUIT; TO MST ITS "CONSTI
TUTIONALITY BROUGHT.
The Question to be Carried Up to the
eaeralSapreme Court lief at inc
ioe jnarees Ajrainsc Jndge
Ivbarlea D. Clark The tien-
ate Aaked to Make
Thorough Investiga
tion Naval Prle-
joBersBeleased.
Washikgtoii. Dec 22 Th! fi,L ,i
confirmed tne nomination of Chas) H. Ma n
sur, of j Missouri Assistant Comptroller of
me Treasury;
! Several Tennessee eenUemen called tn-rfv
upon Attorney General Olney; in Regard to
the charges preferred against Judge Clarke,
cenuy nominatea and confirnied to be
l; nited States District judge for thej Eastern
and the Middle district of Tennessee, but
whose confirmation had been rconi.Wpd
Thejcharges consist of unpro fessional con-
auct on the part of Judge Clarke who was
counsel in a case before Judge Key, the
the present judge of the same districts.
Judge Key hits notified Senator Harris that
te,(Ju(ige Key) is entirely familiarj with the
record of the. particular case in question and
there has been no unprofessional conduct on
the part of the counsel. j j
! Tiie gentlemen also sought a hearing be
fore the Judiciary committee, but, no quo
rum being present, nothing Was done.
Ihey informed the individual members of
the committee who could be seen I that the
friends of Judge Clarke believ4 there is
nothing m the chargea.They court the fullest
investigation; and have left a request that
the Judiciary committee appoiht a sub
Committee to go to Chattanooga! and per
sonally examine the records of the court.
The peculiar situation of the case is that
Judge Clarke was confirmed by ttje Senate
upon Senator Harris personal assurances
that there could be no objection to :the nom
inee, and upon notice from Attorney Gen
eral Olney of; the filing of charges, the no
tice to the President of Clarke's confirma
tion was recalled, the matter thus being left
entirely with the Judiciary ! committee and
out of the control of the President.. Nothing
will be donei however, until; the 1 reassem
bling of the Senate after the holidays.
I Secretary Herbert to-day remitted the un
expired portion of the sentences of Com
mander Heyerman and Lieut. Lyman, the
former, commandexand thelatter.havigator
of the ill-fated United States steamship
Kearsarge. They were suspended for one
year for grounding their vessel on Konca
dorreef. Ml i .
! Secretary Herbert to-day, in view of the
approach of Christmas, released s4ven pris
oners, enlisted seamen and marines, from
the naval prison at Boston, Mass. The be
havior of these men has been good since
their confinement. ; i
I The first case to test the constitutionality
of the income tax law has been brought in
the District Supreme court. The petitioner
is MjJimiiilMnore, of the firm Of Moore
& Schley, No. 80 Broadway, New Yoric. The
complainant is a prominent director of the
Manhattan railroad ! company, j Western
Union, etc., and proposes to fight the case
through to the Supreme court of the United
States. His attorneys are ex-Senatojr George
F. Edmunds Sand Messrs. Sheliabarger and
to restrain the! i commissioner of
" xui? peuuuu as lur uii injunction
internal
revenue from collecting the tax,
VIOLENT STORMgj.
Great Brittain Swept by Heavy Gale
: Reports of ! Disasters by 8e!a and
i Imnd Several JLivcs Ijost.
I ! li !i i i I
I Loxi0-, Dec, 22. A heavy gale iprevails
all over the sooth of England, Wales and
Ireland to-day, and reports are pouring in of
damage both On land and water. Two per
sons were killed in a factory atlpreston,
county of Lancaster, by falling walls, and in
Grimsby, county of Lincoln, one person was
killed in the same way.' At Beestpn, Not
tinghamshire: two children who were play
ing in the street were crashed to death by
falling wails.)! ! M I
! Advices from Belfast, Ireland, state that
the American' ship Kennebec, Cupt.: Sawyer,
at that port, from Port Blakely, was torn
from her moorings by thegale and collided
with several 1 vassels, among them a tug.
which was sunk. jAll vessels outward bound
from London are anchored at the mouth of
the Thames. jThe gale is increasing. It is
raging heavily on the French coast.
The British bark KirkioichaeL . Capt.
Jones, was driven on the north end of tne
breakwater at Holyhead. I Borne of -the
crew were landed by means of the rocket
apparatus and the Test probably j will be
saved. The seat is rolling over the break
water. The Norwegian barks Titania and
Valhalla parted their cables off jPenrbos,
Carnarvonshire, and went ashore. The
Carnavon life boat has been sent out to save
the crew, The schooner Dart parted her
cable off Anglesey and grounded a few min
utes later. The j bark Lotisis is ashore at
Southport. The 3,000 ton steamship British
Queen lost two anchors with sixty j fathoms
of chain and went ashore at Longreach.
She is expected to float at the nextjtide. ,
The Son's Cotton Review.
New Yobk, Dec 22. The Sun's cotton
review says: ) Cotton dechned 1 to Z points".
then recovered this and advanced 1 to 3
points, closing steady with sales jof 68,900
bales. Liverpool was easier on the spot, but
unchanged; futures declined 1 to jl$ points,
Ne w Orleans receipts on Monday are estima
ted at 20 UX) to 22,000 bales, against
last Monday and 17,450 last year4 Port re
ceipts to-day were 57,703 oales. against 49,821:
this dav last!; week and 41,616 last year..
Northern ppinners thus far this
season have taken 1,242,359 bales,,
against 835,747 for the same J time last
year. Exports from the ports to-day were
28,656 bales Ito1 Great Britain, 19,387' to
France and 30,043 to the continent. The
New York warehouse stock is 91,000 bales
sgainst 181.000, 297,000, 277.000 4nd 56,000
the previous ; four yean. Liverpool came
bet ter than had been expected and, owing
to this factand the closing of the market
until next Thursday, the Dears jwere- dis
posed to cover, and for that reason there
was a small advance for the day.
Drowned by a. Mitkinir Steamer.
JacksosviijI. Fla , Dec 22 Capt. Law
rence W Walts, a well known steamboat
man and Chas Green, a colored, deckhand
were drowned today in the St. Johns river.
They were on the little steamer- Active,
which was overloaded with oranges. The
steamer filled and sank just as the men got
into a life boat. I The sretion of the sinkiner
steamer capsizea tne noac.