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VOLUME 25.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1894.
KUHBER 33
THE TARIFF
BILL PASSED
The House Adopts the Tariff
Uiil us Amended by the
Senate.
WILL THE 1' II KS 1 1) K XT SIGN'
Chairman Wilson immediately Introduced
Uills VUcinz Coal, Iron Ore. Sujjar and
Barbed Wire on the Free List.
The Senate was about to pet the
House in the "nine hole"' on the tariff
bill. The House had refused to agree
to the Senate amendments, and had
asked for a t-onferenee. The commit
i tee from the Senate and House failed
I ..f.r,. Tlw.ro is one nreeedent
where, in such conditions of a bill, it
belongs to the body making the
amendments which ajje .disagreed to.
Senator Hill had offered a resolution
j calling for the return of the tariff bill
! to the Senate. On a test vote on this
I resolution, which was for the Senate
I to go into executive session, the vote
was a tie, and Vice-President Steven
son voted to go into executive session.
This is regarded a) saving the fate of
the bill For if is believed that had it
been returned to tlia Senate the bid
would Irive bvc-i defeated or filibus
tered oat of date and thus killed. A
tie vote was too close to trust again.
The Senate conferees had offered to
the Hosts:- on forces to put sugar 0:1
the free list. This the House foresaw
-meant that it -would kill the bill in the
Senate, as it would not agree to free
sugar. So the rlouse did not fall into
this trap.
Sunday night there were conferen
ces of the Democratic leaders of the
House Then there was a caucus at
10 o'clock Monday morning. The
House decided to accept the bill as
amended by the Senate;also for Chair
man Wilson to immediately introduce
"separate bills, each to place iron ore,
coal, sugar and barbed wire, on the
free list.
When the House met in session Mon
day at noon, this program was carried
out. The vote on the resolution to re
scind, discharge the committee 011 con
ference anil adopt the Senate tariff bill
as a whole, was, yeas 182, nays 100;
present and not voting 3. There were
12 Democrats who voted with, the He
publicans against it; but non& of them
were, from North Carolina. So the
tariff bill was passed and now goes to
the President. There is some doubt
about his action.
Wilson immediately introduced the
bill to place bituminous coal, shale,
.slack and coke on the free list. It
passed the House by 100 to 104. There
were 21 Democrats voting against it.
(Bully for them. Oates and Robbins
of Alabama were two of them.)
Free iron ore then pased the House
by a vote of 1G: to 102; 17 Democrats
voting against it. tOood for them.
Oates and Robbins are in the list.)
The free barbed wire bill then passed
the House by 187 to 84. Tliis is a sort
of sop to make up for trying to kill
the-eoal and iron business.)
Then the House adjourned over un
til Wednesdav.
Late n: The President will let the
tariff bill become a law.
Von Molikc's Daughter To Marry.
Berlin, Aug. 12. Berlin society looks
forward with keen expectancy to the
w edding of Frauleih Iena Von Molt ke,
eldest grand-niece of the old field mar
shal and daughter of Count Wilhelni
Von Moltke. She is eighteen years
of age, tall and handsome. Her hus
band is Captin Von J I ueben, of the
tirand tieueral staff. The function
will be one of the first magnitude.
There will be fifteen bridesmaids from
the oldest Silesian families and anv
number of princely guests.
The German Kaiser Entertains.
Lom.on, Aug. 12. The prince of
Wales the Duke of York, Lord Duf
ferin. Admiral Krben and CapOlaban,
of the United States cruiser Chicago,
and others, were entertained at dinner
by the German Emperor aboard the
Imperial yacht Hohenzollern,off Cowes
Today. The Emperor took leave of the
(Jueim in the afternoon. He will go to
Aldershoe to-morrow, j
WASHINGTON LKTTEB.
Washiz;gto:", Aug, 13, 94.
When Senator Faulkner, in response
to a characteristic- slur of "little Billyh
! Chanders about the tariff bill being
at the White House said: "I will say
to the Senator from New Hampshire
that although the tariff bill is not at
White House now, it will be there very
soon to receive the signature of the
President, there was a deafenin ground
of applause from the crowded galleries
of the Senate which showed in a man
ner not to be mistaken the trend of
public sentiment, and which should
not have been lost upon cer
tain democratic Senators whose ac
tions have brought the tariff bill to
the most critical stage of its existence
It is now, according to the ideas of
some of the best democrats in Con
gress no longer a question of what
sort of tariff bill we shall get, but
whether we shall ret any tariff bill at
all.
1 will not repeat the scandalous char
ges of bad faith made by democrats
against democrats in connection with
the failure of the conferees to reach an
agreement, but if the attempts to de
feat all tariff legislation, now being ei
ther directly made by democrats or
indirectly assisted by them, shall sac
teed those charges will be shouted
from the housetops in every section of
the country .until they become so fa
miliar that certain men will find it dif
ficult to show themselves upon tlie i
most lonely country road without be
ing pointed out as traitors to their
party. It is impossible for the pres
ent crisis to continue much longer.
The tariff bill will cither be passed or
pei'inaiitly hung up this week.
Hud the action taken during the
past week by the Governors 'of Mary
land and Virginia, in breaking up the
camp of the Coxeyite tramps in their
respective states, been taken by Gov. !
McKiuley last March the fool-movement
would never have been started.
Tlie House decisively put itself on rec
ord as favoring the appropriation of
200,000 to aid the Exposition at At
lanta G'a , and it is now certain that
the appropriation will get through
all right. It pleased the Southeners
in the House to find Representatives
Pence, of Colo., and Everette, of Mass.,
among the most earnest advocates ot
the appropriation.
In addition to being a common
nuisance. Senator Chandler, of New
Hampshire, will get himself widely
known as a fool if he introduces a few
more resolutions like the one propos
ing that the Senate committee on
Elections and Privileges should inves
tigate the recent Alabama State elec
tions, so as to assertain whether it was
full, free, fair and honest, and whether
it resulted in the choice of a legislature
entitled to elect a U. S. Senator. It is
generally admitted that the new Ala
bama, law, under which the State elec
tion was held, makes fraud very diffi
cult, if not absolutely impossible, and
that there is no stronger reason for
the cry of "fraud" raised by tlje Kol
bities than a desire to let down tasy
the eastern republicans who contri
buted their money to the campaign
fund. But even allowing that the elec
tion had been as full of fraud as Chand
ler is of "gall" there would still be t:o
authority for an investigation by a
committee of the U. S. Senate. It was
a state election and the Senate liis no
more to do with it than with an elec
tion for members of Parlhnent in any
part of Greai Britain.
The House very properly refused to
agree to the Senate amendment to the
Sundry Civil appropriation bill, pro
viding that $2r0,0ot be appropriated
for the purchase of what is known as
Mahone lot owned by ex-Senator
Mahone, of Va.. as a site for a new
Government Printing Office. There
are two good and sufficient reasons for
the the action cf the House the Ma
hone lot is unfitted for a site and the
price 'asked is excessive. .
Public Printer Benedict is out in
another appeal to Congress insisting
that something e done towards les
sening the dangers winch surround
the SO00 employed in the Government
Printing Oi!Ice i efore adjournment.
He reminds Congress that even it the
troublesome question of the selection
of a site for the new G. P. O.. were
settled at this session, which it isn't
likely to be, it would require four or
five years to build a new office, whi'e
there is urgent necessity for some im
mediate relief. He suggests that this
may be bad by purchasing ground and
erecting a building alongside of the
present office that will meet the re
quirements until the entire new build
ing is put up. which must le in thl
near future.
The Senators are glad that the Chi
nese treaty, widen has been before the
Senate so long, has at last been dis
posed of. There has been little doubt
at any time of w hat the final result
would be. Still it is a satisfaction to
the Democratic admidistrat ion and the
Senators that it has been officiallv set
FIENDS IN
HUMAN FORM
Tlie Latest Awful Railroad
Accident Caused by
Wreckers.
AT LEAST TWELVE LOST.
They Had Removed a Rail at the Edffe af a
Bridjje Fearful Plunge. Followed By
the Horrors of Fire.
Lixcolx, Nkb., Aug. 10. A fearful
wreck, involving the loss of twelve or
more lives, occurred on the Chicago,
Hock Island and Pacific railroad,
where it crosses on a high trestle the
tracks of the Union Pacific and Bur
lington and Missouri River railroads,
at 10 o'clock last night. All the indi
cations point to train-wreckers as the
cause. Train Xo. $ is an accommoda
tion called, "Fort Worth accommo
dation,' and is due to arrive here at
0:10 p. m. Last night it was about ten
minutes late, and was making up the
time when it struck the trestle that
crosses Salt Creek, about four miles
from the city and two from the peni
tentiary. When it struck the -trestle
the rails spread, and the engine draw
ing the two cars after it, went thump
ing along over the crossties for about
fifty feet and then with a crash it fell
forty feet to the bed of tho creek be
low The engine burst, and, thegiovmg
coals spreading, ignitied the wooden
supports of the bridge and burned
them, and in a few minutes the bridge
was one mas&. of, flames. The coals
falling upon the cAiches iing in the
ditch set them on fire, and live min
utes after the first warning the entire
train, with the load of human freight
below, was a mass of flames.
It was an awful sight. The flames
mounted high in the heavens, coloring
the skv a brilliant red, and from below
sfirieks of agony and pain were, heard
to issue. Willing hands were working
hard, bat little could be done. The
engine had fa;j en first, then the com
bination car ryid express coach fell par
tially upon that, and then the rear fell
down behind it and telescoped that car
thus pinioning those unfortunates
who were in the smoker so that it was
impossible to save them.
1 ME PULLMAN CHARTER.
Suit Brought By the Attornel General to
Have It Declared Vbid.
Chicago, Aug., 11. The Pullman
Palace Car Company's charter is ap
parently in peril. The Attorney-General
at noon to-day filed a petition ask
ing, that the charter be declared void
on the ground that its provisions had
been violated. The petition sets forth
that the. charter allowed the company
to purchase, control and convey
such property its was necessary to the
succcessful prosecution of their busi
ness. The corporation has far exceeded its
privileges, the document declares, own
ing a vast amount of real estate in the
txnvu of Pullman and vicinity which is
not necessary to its business. The pe
tition declares that the company has
practically usurped the powers of a
municipality, owning enormous busi
ness blocks, residences aud factory
sites, controlling stock in other corpo
rations, and furnishing power to oth
er manufacturer?.
AUgeid Settles It.
S mi field, August 12.-Gov.
Altgeld to-night wired Hon. Win.
Springer, House cf Representatives;,
Washington, as follows:
Secure free silgar if possible. The
whole American people are interested
in thi. Free bituminous coal could
mly be for the be::eir of New En
gland and the ort towns, and help
a few men who own foreign mines.
The entire country west of New York
cares nothing about it for our soft coal
is now sold at starvation prices for the
miners. Free coal will only !eneSt
a small section. It should not stand
in the way of the whrde country, and
it is vital that oii- l id should be
passed at oiu-i.
STATE NEWS
At Oxford, N. C, on the Otlt inst.,
Buck Allen shot Tom Burwell, the
ball striking him in the face. The
wound is considered a very dangerous
one.
The first copy of the Raleigh News
ft Observer, under its new manage
ment, reached us Monday. It is tooM
soon to yet express one's judgement of
the paper.
The Record' says Marion's Brass
Band is on a boom. Mr. Will Barber
is pronounced a good tutor, and the
boys underdiiui are becoming satisfac
tory 'footers' themselves.
Last Friday night Bud Harris, Will
Downs, Plato Bramlet and one Bridg
es made a criminal assault upon Miss
Janey, the 18-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Canzada Bryant, a respectable widow
lady living in Duff Township, Bun
combe county; says the Asheville Citi
zen. Dillingham, of Buncombe county,
lately engaged in the lumber business
between Marion aud Old Fort, and on
the fourth inst. had a serious 'scrap"
with Charley Rickets, on Mackey's
Creek, which may ultimately result
fatally to the former. The reports
about the matter are conflicting, but
Dillingham is badly carved, and
Rickets confesses to t he job, claiming
justification.
A MOUNTAIN EXPLODED.
The Aost Remarkable Occurrence in a!i the
World It occurred In J3pan. ,
Previous to July 15, 1683, Mount
Bandai, a tin-cleft peak 4,800 feet in
height, was the most conspicuous ob
ject in the mountain range lying from
100 to 130 miles north of Tokio, the
chief, city of Japan. On the day
mentioned it was literally "rent in
twain' and "blown off the face of the
earth" by tjue expansive power of
steam which had. generated within it.
From the earliest times of which there
is anv record streams of cold water
had been plunging under the peak on
one side and escaping in the shape of
steam and boiling hot water on the
other. That the "escape valve'' was
not sufficient to let off all the steam
generated in the passage of tho water
through the red-hot interior of the
'peak is evident because of the fact
that when the pressure became too
great Hie sides of the mountain yield
ed, just as a boiler would have done
under like circumstances, and an im
mense explosion was the result.
The explosiori is said to have, been
heard a distinct of over a thousand
miles and to have caused absolute
darkness in the vicinity of the explod
ed peak upwards of three hours, dur
ing which time perfect torrents of hot
water and mud were poured down
from the immense heights to which
they had been hurled by the force
of the "pent-up furies" which caused
the disaster.
The debris which fell after ''. ex
plosion covered an area of att ut 44,000
acres, to a depth varying from ten to
100 feet on an average, and in one place
where a beautiful valley had existed
but a few hours before, rocks aud mud
were piled up to the height of 'Mi l . , r.
Three villages were ingulfed in S.-.
ruins, and at least 500 -inhabitants
killed by falling debrisor drowni d ;:nd
cooked in the torrents of boiling r.nid,
which flowed down a valley to a dis
tance of nine miles. -
These facts were git-iiieu irom a re-
cent port ma le by a visiting eniiuit- j
tee appointed by the University of j
Tokio. !
COMES HIGH-.V.UST HAVE :
It Ca-t the Goulds $400,000 In Tw,"lsnlhs '
to Rub Asrainst Royalty.
Nkw YoilK, Aug. 11. There has
lxeri a great deal of speculation as to
how much it has cost the Gould loys
to l.cx'p a crack sailing yacht and one
of tlie largest steam yachts afloat in
commission. It is stated on high au
thority that since the boys left for Eu
ropt two months ago they havt? drawn
upon the exchequer 'f th estate for
just 400,000.
To many thU wilt M-em a large
amount of mony to sjend in sport,
but steam yachts like the Atalanta are
erpensive toys when one reckons the
complement of oflieers and men they
reciui re, to say nothing of the number
of artists employed ft navigate the
Vigilant and the .priiicely salarv of
! HankHaff.
BIG -RISE IN
ALABAMA OATES
Elected By Twenty-seven Thou
sand Slajcrity over Kolb.
UNOFFICIAL RETURNS IN.
Oates Gone to Washington He Will Hake th
Race Tor Senator Against Push. '
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. Tlie
unofficial returns from the election on
Monday from the CO counties were
completed to-day. They show that
Oates carried 3 counties, receiving
majorities of 41,818 over Kolb, who
carried 33 counties, which gave him
majority of 15,800. These figures leave
Oates a clear majority of 20,01S" over
Kolb.
The Democratic gains Monday from
Kolb, and the Populists as compared
vjth02, aggregate about 2 7,000. The
Populists and KolbV gains since 02,
froiu the Democrats figure up-about
11.000; Democrats clear and total gain
about 10,000 votes since 02.
Jones majority over Kolb two years
ago was 11,120. Jones poled a vote of
120,959 against Kolb's 115,524. There
are some scattering votes not counted
for either.
The Legislature stands: Senate,
Democrats; 10 Populists. House, 02
Democrats; :50 Populists; two in doubt
owing to the cross vote.
Kolb, the thrice defeated candidate
for Governor, takes his defeat hard.
He studs- up his old cry of fraud, but
practically admits the election of Oates
in a manifesto which he issued this
morniug. Kolb's own followers admit
that Jhe election was the fairest held
in Alabama since the war. Kolb called
his leaders together and held a confer
ence behind closed doors to decide
what to do. It is reported that sever
al of them threw up the sponge and
went home and the more conservative
agree that there is nothing to be done.
Though they have issued a pleading
calamity, howling manifesto, and
threaten to do some thing if some
thing is not done for them.
Oates has returned to Washington.
In passing through Atlanta he was
interviewed and stated that he w'ould
probably he a candidate for United
States Senator against Senator Pugh
TROOPS READY TO MARCH.
R-.isita Sends War-ships to Corea to Watch
the Czar's Interests.
Bkhlix, Aug. 10. A dispatch to
the Tagblatt from St. Petersburg
sirs: 'in addition to the eight Russian
warships which mi led recently from
Vladivostoek under sealed orders for
Corea, the Commander-in-Chief of
Eastern Siberia' has been instructed Ur
hold the troops in his district in readi
ngs to mareh at any moment.
J'lis.-ia wjVhti to maintain strict
i a s;. . but as soon as a constitu
tional change of curs in Corea she will
openly protect her interests "
The diiatr!i adds that -France ban
di-elai cd her readiness to co-operate
with the Russian fleet in the far Ea-L
ONE FAILURE ANNOUNCED.
First Suspension en tho Chic 20 Board of
Trade During the Flurry.
I CiiK'Aiio, Aug. 10. The Board of
I Trade firm of Booge, Fraser i: Co., as-
signexi toaay. rue nuctuauons 01 ine
eorn market and the failure of the,
1 1 awkeyc Commission Company of
Omaha, is believed to have caused the,
failure. Booge and Franser were offi
cers and heavy stockholders of the,
Hawkeye Company,
Kolb 5UXI Kicking.
The great Alabama election kicker
IL F. Kolb who ran a a fusion candi
date for Governor in 1?J2 against the
Democratic nominee and was defeated
and pawed up - the earth in furioim
kicks about fraud and other crimes
was again the fusion tmdidate against
Win. C. Oates last week and was again
defeated by over 20.000 majority. Tlie
regulation cry of fraud is again sound
ed by Mr. Kolb and he eLaiins to bo
elected by over X-majority. Kolb!
OreatHKoIb.
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