THE PUBLIC LEDGER.
CONGRESS AT WORK.
Seeking a Remedy For The Ills oi
The Body Politic.
FIGHT BETWEEN SILVER AND GOLD.
The "Relief Measures Proposed The Great
Debate Proceeds A Kemarkable
Speech by Kepresentative
ISrvan, of Nebraska.
August 10. This has been one oi
the most interesting clays of the extra
session in the house rendered so by
the remarkably brilliant speech in
favo of free silver coinage, by Mr.
Bryan, of Nebraska. Though a new
member, and only thirty-three years of
age, his speech is admitted on all
sides to be the greatest one heard in
congress in years. The house was
crowded, and for nearly three hours
the audience of law makers were spell
bound by his logic and eloquence.
In conclusion Mr. Bryan said: "The
democratic party stands today between
two conllicting forces. On the one
side stand the corporate interests of
the United States, the moneyed inter
ests, aggregated wealth and capital
imperious, arrogant, compassionless.
They are able to subscribe magnifi
cently to campaign funds. They are
able to crush, with their all-pervading
influence, any who may dare oppose,
and to those who fawn and Hatter they
can bring ease and plenty. These de
mand that the democratic partjT shall
become the agent to execute their
merciless decrees. On the other
hand we see standing an unnumbered
throng, those who "ave to the demo
cratic party a name, and for whom
it has assumed to speak. Work-worn
and dusty-begrimed, they make their
mute appeal and too often find their
cry for help beat in vain against the
outerwalls, while others less deserving
gain ready access to legislative halls.
This armr, vast and daily vaster grow
ing, pleads with the democratic party
to be its champion in this terrible con
flict. It cannot press its claims amid
sounds of revelry; it cannot march its
phalanxes in grand parade. No gaudy
banners float on the breeze. Its battle
hymn is 'Home, Sweet Home;' its war
cry, 'Equality before the law.'
"Between these forces hesitating, in
doubt which side to turn, yet conscious
that upon its decision must rest its
fate, stands the democratic party, and
to it standing thus come the words of
Israel's second law giver, 'Choose ye
this day whom ye will serve.' Thomas
Jeit'erson was called a demagogue.
His followers were called a mob, but
dared to follow the best promptings of
his heart. He dared to place man
above matter, humanity above pover
ty. He dared to spurn the bribes oi
wealth and power and to plead the
cause of the common people, and be
cause of his devotion to their interests
the democratic party was invincible
while he lived, and because of that de
votion his memory will be revered
while history endures.
"What message comes from the Her
mitage if there was another crisis in
the affairs of this government much
like this. The national banks of that
day sought to control the politics oi
the nation, and Andrew Jackson had
the courage to grapple with the na
tion's enemy. By overthrowing it he
made himself the idol of the American
people and brought back to public
confidence the democratic party.
We stand today, just after the great
est success in the history of the demo
cratic party, and, standing upon this
victory-crowned summit, will the party
turn its face to the rising or setting
sun? Will it choose blessings or curs
ings, life or death, which which?"
Mr. Moses, of the Fourth Georgia dis
trict, spoke for about an hour. He
stood squarely on the platform and op
posed the unconditional repeal of the
Sherman silver purchase act. The
other speakers were Mr. McCall, re
publican; Mr. Combs, democrat, and
Mr. Henderson, republican.
August 17. In the senate, after a
brief executive session the house joint
resolution for the payment of mileage
to senators and representatives for the
extra session was taken up. Mr. Vest
made a vigorous protest against it.i
passage, arguing that the law did not
justify the payment of mileage at the
present session. Messrs. Hoar, Vilas,
Pasco and Call supported the resolu
tion. Mr. Pfeffer moved its indefinite post
ponement and demanded the yeas and
nays.
The motion was rejected 3Teas, 12;
najTs, 42, the joint resolution was
passed.
The senators who voted for Mr.
Pfeffer's motion were Messrs. Bates.
Berry, Coke, Irby, Lindsay, McPherson.
-Mills, Pfeffer, Perkins, 'Pugh, Smith
and Vest.
The Death of Representative Chip
man, of Michigan, was announced, the
usual resolutions of regret and res peel
adopted and a committee appointed to
represent the senate at the funeral.
Debate on the financial situation
was resumed in the house.
Mr. Daniels, of New York, was the
Urst speaker. He declared himself in
favor of repealing the purchasing
act of the Sherman law. Terror, he
said, had taken hold of the public
mind that disaster was bound to fol
low from the accumulation of silvei
bullion in the treasury, and this feai
tad been voiced by the president
Congress should give some measure oj
relief to the people by changing the
financial policy.
Mr. Cooper, Democrat, of Florida,
said that he would vote for the Wilson
bill against each and every one oi
the propositions presented by the sil
ver men.
He was convinced that the milli
were not closing up for lack of money,
or for lack of orders, but they wen
closing becanse they could not get tht
cash. He argued that the Shermar
law was the cause of the present de
pression. But he now believed thai
for the United States of itself to estab
lish a free coinage would be neithei
wise nor couragous; it would be fool
hardy. Mr. Goldzier. democrat, of Illinois
spoke in favor of the repeal of th
Sherman bill and raised his voice U
support of the creditor class, whicl
did not, he said, consist of the banker!
anil brokers, of Wall street, but of tin
great mass of the people.
At the conclusion of Mr. Goldzier'
remarks, Mr. Weadock announced tht
death of his colleague, J. Logan Chip
man. of Michigan. The usual resolu
tions were adopted and the speaker ap
pointed the following committee t
take action in the premises: Messrs
Weadock, Whiting, McMillin, Gorman
Caruth, Cannon of Illinois, Powders
Ilaugen and Aikin.
The house then, as a tribute of re
spect to the memory of the deceased, a
11:50 o'clock adjourned.
August 18. The leading speech ii
the house was made by Mr. Sibley, o
Pensylvania, one of the new members
He strongly favored bimetalism as op
posed to the single gold standard. Ih
spoke in support of the propositioi
suggested by Mr. Johnson of Ohio, pro
viding that the holders of Unitec
States bonds might deposit those se
curities with the government, receiv
ing therefor treasury notes. The timi
had come when the clearing house o:
the great cities should no longer domi
nate and control the policy of the 07,
000,000 workers of this land. The bi
metal lists were as anxious as were tht
gentlemen on the other side to put i
spee.dy end to the present depressioi
and this end could be attained her
and now by enacting into law the John
son proposition.
The other appeals for free coinage
were from Morgan, of Missouri, Simp
son, of Kansas and Talbert, of Soutl
Carolina. The speakers opposing were
Haines, of New York, English of Nev
Jersey, and Everett, of Massachusetts.
After the reading of a long commu
nication from the Secretary of th
treasury, in the Senate, Mr. Voorheei
reported from the committee on financt
the bill to discontinue the purchase oi
silver bullion, and declaring it to b
the policy of the United States to con
tinue the use of both gold and silvei
as standard money.
Mr. Vest, on behalf of the minority
of the finance committee, presented s
substitute for the bill. The substitute
fixes the number of grains of silver ii
the silver coins of the United States
404.4 grains of pure silver per dollai
and proportionately for half dollars
quarters and dimes.
The bill and substitute were placed
on the calendar and Mr. Voorhees gave
notice that he would call up the bill
and address the senate upon it on Tues
day next.
The bill for the increase of national
bank circulation was then taken uj
and several amendments proposed and
discussed, but no vote was reached or
the bill.
The senate went into executive ses
sion, first allowing- Mr. Butler to offei
an amendment to the bank bill, repeal
ing the 10 per cent tax on the notes oi
state banks.
August 19. McCreary, of Kentucky
and Catchings, of Mississippi, spoke ir
the house for the unconditional repeal
of the Sherman act, Catchings opposing
the free coinage at any ratio. Th
house will begin holding night sessions
with tonight, to allow members to be
heard before a vote is taken on the sil
ver question.
August 21. In the house, the silvei
debate was opened this morning hy
Mr. Powers, of Vermont, in favor oi
repeal. The purchasing clause should
be repealed unconditionally, he said,
because it was vicious in principle and
dangerous in application.
Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, spoke
against repeal, believing that no relief
would come to the country from that
repeal. The president said that the
depression came from lack of confi
dence. The lack of confidence was
not in the great masses of the people,
but in the great . money institutions
that were locking up the currency oi
the country.
The debate was then suspended to
allow the speaker to announce the
standing and select committees for the
present congress.
The chairmen of the most important
committees are: Wilson, of West Vir
ginia, ways and means; Sayres, of
Texas, appropriations; Culberson, of
Texas, judiciary; Bland, of Missouri,
coinage, weights and measures; Spring
er, of Illinois, banks and currenej;
Blanchard, of Louisiana, rivers and
harbors: Cumming-s, of New York,
naval affairs: Henderson, of North
Carolina, postoffice and post roads,
Holman of Indiana, Indian affairs, and
McCrary, of Kentucky, foreign affairs.
Then, on motion of Mr. Bland, Sat
urday next wTas set apart for gen
eral debate on the Wilson bill, in
stead of debating under the five minute
rule.
- H.- &qjx. democrat- qI Indiana.
spoke in opposition to the free coinage
of silver.
A substitute for the national bank
currency bill was off ered by Mr. Peffer,
in the Senate, proposing the issue of
$250,000,000 of treasury notes, to be de
posited in the treasury and to be avail
able as cash.
A resolution was offered by Mr.
Chandler declaring that there was no
lawful election of a United States sena
tor in Kansas, when Mr. Martin was
declared elected; also, one looking to
the opening of the coast line of water
ways. These were referred to commit
tees. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, asked and
obtained indefinite leave of absence
after today on account of ill health.
He then addressed the senate in favor
of the bill reported from the finance
committee last Friday to determine
the purchase of silver bullion. His
speech, which was read, bore the
motto, "Sound money cheats nobody."
RIOT IN NEW YORK.
Five Thousand Men Attack A House and
Demolish It.
New York, August 2:?. The first of
the riots which labor leaders and others
have been predicting for some time
as a result of the large number of men
out of employment, occurred this morn
ing. A crowd of more than 5,000 attacked
Walhalla hall, on Orchard street, be
cause admittance was denied tliem.
They smashed the plate glass windows
into atoms, forced in the door which
had been turned against them and forc
ibly took possession of the place.
Several persons were cut by flying
glass. All sorts of missels were used
and finally the police reserve from the
Eldridge street station were ordered tc
the scene and succeeded in partly dis
persing the crowd.
Those forming the crowd were most
ly Hebrews and represented principal
ly the clothing houses. They were
cutters, garment makers, hat makers
and cloak makers. When they saw
the police they became more enraged
than ever and proceeded to wreck the
hall. Nearly everything in it wras de
molished. Finally the mob wTas driven
out of the hall and dispersed.
THE DISPENSARY UPHELD.
The Decision of .Judge Isler in the Famous
Mount Pleasant Case.
Charleston, S. C, August 19. Judge
James F. Isler, of the state circuit
court, has filed a decision in the Mount
Pleasant dispensary case. Some time
ago a number of attorneys appeared
before him and presented a petition tc
close the dispensary on the grounds
that the dispensary law is unconstitu
tional, and also alleging certain irregu
larities in the manner in which W. M.
Williams, dispenser at Mount Pleasant,
was appointed.
The decision dissolves the tempora
ry injunction which had been granted
and dismisses the petition on the
grounds that the petitioners did not
show that they w ould be injured by
the operation of the dispensary, and
that they, therefore, had no reasons
for asking a court of equity for pre
ventive relief.
PITIABLE PLIGHT OF MINERS.
Virginia Mines Shut Down, Throwing the
Men Out with Nothing.
Bristol,, Texx., August 21. News
has reached Bristol to the effect that
the miners at Corburn, Va., are in a
starving condition.
A few days ago the coal mines at
Corburn shut down, throwing a num
ber of men out of employment and leav
ing them without money to buy trans
portation to some other town or even
to buy bread. Their condition is piti
able in the extreme. On the very
verge of starvation, they will steal
everything that will serve as food for
themselves and their suffering families,
and people in and around Corburn are
guarding their, cornfields and gardens
with shotguns and "Winchesters tc
prevent the ravages being made by
the miners. The situation is serious.
LYNCHING IN KENTUCKY.
Charles Walton, Who Kutchered a Boy.
Hanged by a Mob.
Evaxsville, Ixr., August 21. This
morning shortly after 2 q. clock Charles
W'alton, the negro who cut the throat
of Sam Keith, a ten-year-old boy, was
lynched by a mob of about 1,500 citi
zens of Morganfield and Uniontown,
Ky. The hanging occurred in a woods
about a mile from Morganfield. The
negro begged piteously for his life, but
did not deny his crime. The rope was
tied about the tree and the body left
hanging until 8 o'clock a. m., when it
was cut down and hauled to Morgan
field. It was then buried in a hole in
the ground without a box, in Potter
field. He gave several names and resi
dences but it is said he was Charles
Walton, of St. Louis or Egypt, Miss.
TOOK SEAT AND ALL.
Masked Men Stop a Train and Take a Bad
Man Off.
Memphis, Tenx., August 21. Six
masked men stopped a passenger train
on the Mississippi Valley branch of the
Illinois Central railroad this morning
and held up Deputy United States
Marshal Stockton. Then they took
his prisoner, Charles Tait, colored,
from the train and shot him to death.
He was chained to the seat, but they
took seat and all. Tait had mur
dered his employer, a farmer named
R. C. Pete, last September and had just
been captured. -
KILLED HIS CHILD,
Shot His Wife and Then Blew Out
His Own Brains.
LIQUOR DEMON'S HORRIBLE WORK.
A Sickening Tragedy in Chicago An
Innocent Child the First Victim
The Sleeping Mother
Shot In the Bead.
Chicago, August 22. Crazed by
liquor, Douglas Curtis, a switch-thrower,
in the employ of the Western Indi
ana Railroad Company, made a desper
ate and successful attempt at murder
and suicide at his home in Auburn Park
today.
He shot and instantly killed his
seven year-old daughter, Leslie; proba
bly fatally wounded his wife, and sent
a bullet through his own brain.
Curtis had been on a spree for three
weeks and had spent all his money,
leaving his family destitute. After
drinking'a great deal at a saloon, he
went home, letting himself into his
room, and after taking off his coat and
shoes, wrote and left on the washstand
the following note:
Please notify John F. Craig. No. 159 North
Fifth St., Keokuk, la.: also, Myran Curtis, La
Harpe, Hancock county, 111. Cause, adversity.
DOUGLAS CURTIS.
He then drew a revolver from his
pocket and crept into the room where
his wife and daughter were sleeping.
The crazed man reached across the
bed, and thrusting the muzzle of the
revolver close to his' childs mouth he
pulled the trigger.
The bullet went crashing into the
child's brain killing her instantly.
Though slightly deaf, the stunning
report and the heavy weight of her
husband across her in the bed awoke
the mother, and she struggled to get
free. As she turned from him in her
efforts to get up, he placed the muzzle
of the pistol to the back of her head.
There was a flash, a report and a
smothered groan and she fell back on
on the bed, unconscious, though not
dead. Then cocking the revolver with
his left hand, he placed the muzzle
close to his own head and pulled the
trigger. Death was instantaneous.
It was some minutes after the last
shot had been fired that Mrs. Curtis,
blindly staggering from her blood
soaked bed, reached the door and, de
scending to the floor beneath, walked
into Mrs. Whitehouse's apartment.
"Give me a drink, I am shot," gasped
the wounded woman.
Mrs. Whitehouse led Mrs. Curtis to
her own bedroom and sent for a police
ffiocer and a physician. "When the
latter arrived they found Curtis and
his daughter dead and Mrs. Curtis un
conscious. THE USUAL FATE.
A Negro Attempted an Assault and Now lie
Is Dead.
Greenville, S. C, August 22. A
special to The News from Greenwood,
S. C, says: Jake Davis, colored, today
assaulted Mrs. Wrilliam Munday, a re
spectable white woman of fifty-five
years, living near Greenwood. After
Davis had the woman bound and gag
ged he was driven away by fierce yard
dogs. He was hunted down, captured,
fully identified, tied to a tree and shot
to death by a hundred citizens, white
and black. The execution was per
formed with military precision and
propriety. Davis accepted his fate
stoically. This is his second crime of
the same kind, but as the woman as
saulted on the previous occasion was
disreputable, he went unpunished.
THE NEWS GIVES HIGH PRAISE
Acknowledging That Dr. Amlck's Discov
ery Is All That Is Claimed.
Chartanooga, Tenn., August 21.
The intense newspaper rivalry here re
sulted in The News sending a special
representative to Cincinnatti to in
vestigate the Amick treatment for con
sumption.
The Times had reported sensational
cures through it, which The News as
sumed to question.
Today The News acknowledges that
Amick's discovery is all it is claimed,
and admits the cures he is daily effect
ing are indisputable facts. It espec
ially commends his sending test medi
cines free to physicians, and plvysicians
only.
Killed by Lightning.
Athens, Ga., August 21. A bolt of
lightning struck a tree in a suburb of
this city this afternoon and played
havoc with several negro children who
were beneath it. Homer Billups, a
small negro boy who was swinging in
a swing under the tree, was instantly
killed and two little negro girls were
paralyzed into insensibility. A baby
was knocked from the arms of one of
the children and badly injured. Sever
al white men who were near by were
badly shocked.
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Happenings of Interest Gathered
From Onr Exchanges.
Thursday, August 17.
The cholera is said to be spreading in
Austrian Galicia.
Chicago banks received $G25,000 in
gold on import engagements.
Reports from the cotton crop in Texas
are favorable for a heavy yield.
The Total Abstinence Life Insurance
Company, of Chicago, was declared to
be virtually insolvent.
The Union National bank of Racine,
Wis., closed its doors, and the Commer
cial and Savings bank posted a 30 days'
notice. .
Seven persons were killed in an acci
dent on the Atlantic and Danville rail
road caused by a defective trestle near
Milton.
Harvey Speck, a noted desperado,
who two years ago murdered two men
in Georgia, was arrested at Russell
ville, Ala.
The Georgia State Farniers' Alliance,
in session at Griffin, decided to continue
the State Exchange and to purchase an
organ for the order.
; Friday, August 18.
Albany, Ga., lias received 500 bales oi
new cotton this week.
' Wheat dropped 1-2 cent at Chicago,
notwithstanding the large shipments
from this countiy.
The Virginia State democratic con
vention nominated G. T. O'Farrell for
governor and R. C. Kent for lieutenant
governor.
The Oliver Iron and Steel Works, at
Pittsburg, Pa., one of the largest in
the country, went into the hands of a
receiver.
The Atlanta, Ga., banks have decided
to issue clearing house certificates.
All leading business houses agree to
accept the certificates.
It is announced that the banking
house of Josiah Morris & Co., of Mont
gomery, Ala., has perfected arrange
ments for the resumption of business.
' The Standard Wagon Company, at
.Cincinnati, one of the largest concerns
of the kind in the West, made an as
signment this morning to Grant Bur
rows for the benefit of creditors. As
sets $1,200,000; liabilities $700,000.
Saturday, August 19.
Texarkana had a $40,000 fire last
night. A whole block, occupied by
small firms, was destroved.
Jeff Fleming, father of the outlaws,
Cal and Henan, died at Pound Gap, the
scene of the Mullins massacre.
Mr E. O. Seifert, of New York, has
bought out his partners, and is now
sole owner of the Macon, Ga., Tele
graph.
The John Drown fort, taken from
Harper's Ferry to the world's fair has
proven a financial failure, and a re
ceiver for the company is demanded.
A Mobile dispatch says the five re
maining members of the Meacham
Beat gang of oiitlaws who were
thought last night to be safely sur
sounded, have escaped in Mississippi.
A freight engine, east-bound, on the
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern rail
road, blew up near Rockabillast night,
instantly killing Engineer Basim,
Fireman Roberts and Brakeman Quinn.
Monday, August 21.
The Texas popolists now boast that
they are certain to carry the next state
election.
In New York some of the preachers
are discussing the financial problem in
their pulpits.
The number of visitors to the world's
fair last week was 790, 4TG an increase
of 110,378 over the previous week.
Mayor Harrison favors the issue of
city warrants by Chicago to be used in
employing labor on public improve
ments. I. E. Orchard, of Atlanta, Ga., con
ducted twelve games of chess simul
taneously against that many dies play
ers of Chicago, winning all but two of
the games.
At Gleeson, Tenn., Dr. Wilson shot
Polk Alexander four times, and then
shot himself in the head, dying in
stantly. It is thought that Alexander
will recover.
Georgo Harvey, who robbed the First
National bank at St. Paul, Minn of
$5,000 in gold, was captured in Chicago,
while recklessly gambling away the
stolen money.
Tuesday, August 22.
President Cleveland was hung in
effigy at a mass meeting at Buchanan,
Texas.
Atlanta, Ga., is making a united
effort for consuming home manufac
tured goods.
There was a serious riot in Rome,
Italy, and an attempt was made to
burn the French embassy.
Several large mills at Pittsburg, Pa.,
resumed operations giving work, at
reduced wages, to thousands of labor
ers. Dr. Wyman, of the marine hospital
service, has been notified that cholera
is present in St. Petersburg in epidem
ic form.
C. F. McDaniels was shot and in
stantly killed by Claude Williams at
Memphis, Tenn., on account of alleged
familiarity with the latter's wife.
The printers in the offices of the
Dispatch and Times, at Richmond, Va.,
are on a strike, caused by disagree
ment as to the scale to be paid on type
setting machimes.
Itch on human and horsespm? all ani
mals cured in 30 minutes by Woolford'a
Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold
by J. G. Hall, DruggistOxford, N. C
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