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SALISBURY. N. C, THURSDAY. JULY 28. 1892.
NO. 43.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL
butt Is Being Dene in Congressional
Halls for the Country's Welfare.
rBOCEEDrKGS FROM tAT TO. DAT BIIIEKLT
TOLD BILLS KSH MEASURES UNDER
CONBIDEItATlON OTHEtt KOTtS.
THE HOUSE.
Tu ksd a y. Fi i i busterin?; began in the
hou"e Tuesday over a resolution reported
from the committee on rules for the ap
pointment of a committee to inquire into
the administration of election laws in
New York city by the United State offi
cials. Agreel to. The house then re
sumed in committee of the whole consid
eration of the senate amendments to the
sur.dry civil biH. The senate amend
Tiierit "incrc;, . 'm from iMOIfl1 to $500,
""0 the appropriation lor the goveaomfrnt
ihlnit was non-concurred in to 0 .
All the amendments increasing appropria
tions for the worlds Columbian commi
sion were non-concurred in in bulk. Mr.
Durborow moved to concur in the senate
amendment appropriating $3,000,000
in souvenir 50-cent c ias to aid in de
fraying the costs of completing the work
of preparation for inaugurating the
world's Columbian exposition. After
several oiher amendments had been called
up and defeated, the question recurred
on Mr. Durborow's motion to concur in
the senato five-million dollar amend
ment, and it was lost 01 to 110. The
amendment wai therefore non-concurred
in. An amendment to the senate Sun
day eliding amendment was lost and a
motion to strike out that amendment was
ruled out of order. W. A. Stone, of
Pennsylvania, moved that the committee
oncur in .the senate Sunday closing
. amendme nt, and up.ou a division, much
to the surprise of both sides, there wa a
majority in favor of the motion, the
vote standing 78 to 74. Tellers
were ordered and again the committee
decided to concur, the vote standing 102
i to 72. The announcement was received
with applause.- "Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri,
made a strenuous effort to add -to the bill
as a new section, a proviso making it
unlawful fur any o nicer of the govern
. i merit authorized to make contracts or
. .any officer of the District of Columbia to
contract with any person, firm or corpo
' ration which employs Pinkerton detect
ives or any other association of men as
- armed guards, and no employe of such
agenci' s sliall be employed in nnv gov
ernment service or by- any officer of the
District of Columbia. It could not come in
as a separate section without unanimous
consent, and to th;s Mr. Oates objected.
Mr. O'Neill then (Hered it as an amend
ment to the clause appropriating tor cap
itol police. - His purpose was mainly to
". prevent the employment of Pinkerton
in the .District of Columbia duiing the
Grand Army encampment, as well as at
the world's fair. After half an hour con
eumed in securing a quorum, the ameud-
nien.t was agreed to 146 to 22. The
committee rose and reported the bill to
the house. The recommendation of the
committee in regard to senate amend
ments was rtreed to with the exception
of those amt n iments pertaining to light
houses, to the geological survey, and to
the world's fair. The vote then
came upon the proposition to non
concur m trie Fenate- ara nament ap
propriating $5,000,000 for the aid of the
world's Columbian exposition, and it was
agreed to yeas, 122; nays, 110. The
' Sunday closing amendment was then
.. . concurred in 14G to 61. A conference
was orderei.and Messrs. Holman, Sayers
and Bingham were appointed conferees.
Mr. Forney, of Alabima, presented the
conference report on the fortification ap
propriation bill, and it was agreed to
without opposition. The senato amend
ments to the general nehciency Dill were
non-concurred in, and a conference was
ordered. On motion of Mr. Wheeler, of
AKbamn, the bill was passed authorizing
the construction of a bridge across the
Tennessee river at Deposit, Ala. The
liouc then adjourned.
Wednesday. In the house Wednes
day, Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, from the
committee on rules, reported a resolution
providing that from now until the end
of the session the speaker may, after the
cJl of committees for reports, call committees-
for one hour, when measures on
any calendar may bo called up for action.
Agreed to. Jflf." O'Neill, of Missouri,
asked that a cutucnt session be ordered
for Thursday nfif-kt for the consideration
'of bills repotM from the committee on
commerce,' ObVcted to. Un-'er tlie
terms of the resolution just pissed the
vpvaker proceeded to call the committees.
Mr. Cu'berso.i.from the committee on ju
diciary, railed up and the hous passed the
senate lull proviamg for the holding of
terms of the district court for the eastern
district of South Carolina. Mr. Mcltae,
Arkansas, from lW committee on public
lands, submitted the report of this com
mittee on the Yellowstone park investi
gation. It was ordered printed and went
r over until next session. Mr. Price, from
the committoe on rommerco, called up
the senat- bill to fix the compensation of
keepers and cres of life saving stations
Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri, spoke in sup
port of the measure. "It would," he ex
plained, "incres- the salary of . keepers
from $700 to $'.v00 and of members of
crews from $50 to $65 per month while
actually employed. The measure would
involve an annual expenditure of $233,
000. The bill was passed yeas, 147
nays, 38. Mr. Price alsr called up the
senate bill lor the establishment of addi
tional aid to navigation in Tampa By.
Ha. raised. Mr. Coombs of New
York, from the same committee.
called up, and the boue consid-
, ered in .committee of the whole, the reso
j lution directing the committee on com
me-ec to investigate the alleged Reading
combination. Th? resolution was re
. i t i
ported lavTUOiV to tni nou-e ana was
adopted. 'Mr. Hitch c died up the s?n
nk' bill to provide, a uniform standard of
classification fUM grading oi wheat, corn,
oats, rvc and barley.- Mr. Warner mov
ed to lay on the tabic, ponding 'which
the houo adjMirned. Although Mr,
Warner attempted, by diliatory motions.
to consume the time Recorded to the com-
mi'tee on sgricu'tiire
TucnsDAT. The regular order in the
house was the motion of Mr. Warner to
lay on the table the bill called up by Mr,
Hatch, to provide a uniform standard
cla?si 6 cation and grading of whnt, corn,
otts, barley and rye. Opponents of the
meanure refrained from voting, thus
breaking a quorum the vote bv letters
being announced 7 to 121. Tho hour
accorded the committee of agriculture
having expired, the bill resumed its
place on the calendar. Mr. Blount
from the committee on foreign affairs
called up the bill to enforce recipro
cal commercial relations between the
United States and Canada. The bill was
passed without division. Also the bill
grantiog to the Penacola Terminal com
pany the right of way through the naval
reservation nt 1'ensaeola. .Mr. buyers pre-
sen'ed the disaTein conference reoort
oa tne cenerai deficiency appropriation
bill. The main amendments now in dis
pute are those relative to the Indian dep
redation claims. French spoliation claims
and Pacific railroad claims. The report
was agreed to, and the amendment
. a
on .which no asreement was reached.
went over for discussion and action until.
Friday at 12:30 o'clock. Mr. Hinder-
son. oi North Carolina, called up the Dill
authorizing ti e postmaster general to
issii" pos al fractional notes of the de-
nomina'ion of $1 and less which shall be
fumi-hf-d to all postmasters in such sums
as the postmaster general shall deem suf
ficient and sdnll be so'd at. their face
value. Pos misters shall be allowed as
Cf innervation for issuing and, paying
postal fractional notes at their respective
ein es 1-4 ot 1 per cent on the gross
amount th reof. On ordering the pre
vious j'ie?tion no quorum voted, the vote, ,
standing yeas 151, nays 7, and the house
adjourned.
Fiuday. The house, immediately after
meeting Friday morning, proceeded with
the regular order, which was the call of
committees. The time allowed the post
flice committee having expired, with
out action on any measure, the Commit
tee on public lands called up a few bills
of little general interest and none of
them succeeded in passing, the filibuster
ing being so strong. Mr. Sayers then
called up the senate amendments to the
general deficiency bill, which have not
yet been agreed upon. One hour was
granted to debate on the subject, of In
dian .depredations claims, one hour for
French spoliation claims, one hour for
the amendment paying the widows or
legal representatives of deceased mem
bers of congress, half hour for Pacific
railroad claims and ten minutes
for the item relative to- the
salary of the assistant attorney
general in charge of the Indian depreda
tion claims. The amendments relative to
the claim of the Pacific railroads and for
the , payment of the nssistant attorney,
general were non-concurred in. An
amendment was adopted to the senato
paragraph relating to the payment to
widows of deceased representatives. The
amendment specifies the persons to whom
the various amounts may be paid, and
provides that the legal representatives
shall be paid the balance of the salary to
which the member would have been en
titled, deducting mileage. The next
nmendment relates to the French spolia
tion claim amendment, but before the
houe had disposed of it the hour of 5
o'clock arrived, and a recess was taken
until 8 o'clock, the evening session to be
for the consideration of private pension
bills.
Saturday. --The house resumed con
sideration of the senate amendment to the
general deficiency appropriation bill. The
pending -amendment was that relative to
the French spoliation claims. It was
non-concurred in.
TOE SENATE.
Tukpday In the senate, Tuesday, af
ter routine morning business, Mr., Oor
mnn presented the conference report on
the fortifications bill, and it was agreed
to. Mr. Morgan called up the resolu
tion offered by him on the 14th instant,
directing the committee on finance to re
port the bill to give all paper money issued
by the United States as legal tender for
debts, and to all standard silver dollars
full legal tender given by law to coins of
gold, and addressed the senafe in ex
planation and advocacy of it. The reso
lution went ever without action, and,
at 2 o'clock p. ni., the anti-option
bill was- laid before the senate.
Mr. Walcott said that he did
not know of any more important
question to be considered by the senate
than the resolution which had just been
under discussion, and he moved that the
senate again proceed to its consideration.
Mr. W ashburn asked the presiding om-
cers, as a pirliamentary question, tne
effect of Mr. Wolcott's motion, if it were
carried, tie was told by the presiding
officer, Mr. Mariderson, that it would
displace the uuti option bill, and by Mr.
Cockrell tl at it would kid the bill. The
moti .n was njected yeas, 7: navs, 50.
The presiding officer laid before the sen
ate, a mes:ge from the president return
ing, withr fit his approval, the senate bill
to amend th? act establishing a circuit
court of appeals and to de
fine and regula'e the jurisdic
tion of United States courts in the
matter of Indian depredation claims.
The message was referred to the judiciary
committee. The anti-option bill was
ajjain iaken up and was read in full by
the clerk. Sundry amendments to the
bill were presented. The senate pro
ceeded to vote on amend ents heretofore
offered by Mr. Washburn, and they were
all Hgreed to without question. A sub
stitute was offered for the bill bv Mr.
George on part of himself, Mr. Coke and
Mr.-Puh. 1 he substitute was ordered
printed. The bill was then laid aside in
formally and a reprint was ordered
with the amendments agreed to
ana those proposeu. Alter appos
ing of a number of bills on the cal
endar a message announcii the action of
the house oa the sundry civil Appropria
tion bill was laid'before the senate, in
eluding the house provision in relation to
the Pinkerton detective forcx Mr. Ala
son said in regard to the latter tbat he
had no doubt of its meetingjhe approval
of the senate, but that its phraseology
might have to be modiSed and tnat it
should be in its appropriate place. Oa
his moll n. therefore, that amendment
was disagreed to and a conference then
agreed to on the who!e bill. Messrs. Al
lison, Hale and Gorman were appointed
conferees on the part of the senate. Af-
t-r a short extra session, the senate at
C:03-o'clock adjourned.
Wkdneslay. (-The first two hours of
the senate, Wednesday, were occupied in
discussion of tha bill to 'permit the Pa-
gallup Iudians m the state of
Washing
ton, to alien a portion of their lands in
the neighborhood of Tacoma. The mat
er was still under discussion when, at Z
o'clock, the anti-option bill came up as
unfinished business. Mr. Vest assailed
the mensure as an undue stretch of the
consiitution. as an attempt on the part
of rongrcs to exercise police powers
within the states and a a delusion
to farmers, whose interest he said
it was masking. lie dec'ared it to
be one of the most pernicious measures
that had come before congress during
fourteen years of hi3 service. Mr. Vest,
in the course of further remarks de
nounced the bill as a "bold, wicked,
legislative highwayman, booted and
spurred." Other senators might 'find
that they could, under some sort of ex
cuse, vote fr buch a bill, but he was
unable to do so. It could not be
amended, because it was vicious in prin
ciple. It was an attempt to
.meet the popular demand, but that de
mand .was, m his judgment, not based on
the. real condition of afliirs. Mr. Wash
bum defended the bill from some of Mr.
VvSt' thrusts; and, as several other sen
ators took part in the discussion, inter
est in the measure was well maintained
for over three hours. Mr. Daniel had the
floor, and was arguing against it on some
what tb same lines as Mr. Vest bad
tlone, when the hour of adjournment
came. . He gave notice that he would
move to strike out sections 12 and 13.
The bill was laid aside without action,
A conference was ordered on the defi
ciency bill, and Messrs. Hale, Allison and
Cockrell were appointed conferees on the
part of the senate. , After a short execu
tive session, the senate, at 5:30 o'clock,
adjourned. . . ' '- .
TmntsDA-Y-In the senate, the dis
agreeing conference report on the defi
ciency appropriation bill was presented,
agreed to and a, new conference nsked.
House amendments to the senate bill for
the establishment of additional aids to
navigation at Tempa; Fla., were dis
agreed to and ' a" conference was asked.
Mr Carey, from; the committee on terri
tories, -reported back ' the house bill for
the admission of New Mexico as a state
and s.tid tbat he would not call it up
until next session.. The anti-option bill
was taken up and Mr. Washburn, in
cherge of it, moved to strike out section
12, which he said he had nevsr regarded
as essential. ' It required every man
who possessed property which he
sold and who dealt in futures to take out
a licecse and keep a record. No action
was taken on the amendment, and Mr.
Daniel - proceeded with his argument
against the bill, yvhich he had begun
Wed nesd ay. Mr. White, . of Louisiana,
next addressed the senate in opposition
the anti-option- bill. .Mr. White?
speech . was a passionate and ener
getic arraignment of the ' bill as a usurp
ation of . state's rights, as detrimental
to the iuterests of. the producers of the
country. Mr. White did - not conclude
his speech, but the bill went over to Fri
day. The house bill to enforce reciprocal
commercial relations with Canada was
laid before the senate and was placed on
the calendar. The bills were passed
granting - pensions to Survivors of the
Indian war of 1832 'to ,1842, inclusive.
The senate amendments to this bill were
all withdrawn. , The bill to provide for
the improvement of the outer liar of
Brunswick, Ga,", passed. The senate then
adjourned after a brief executive session.
Fiuday. The resolutions offered
Thursday by' Mr. Peffer, in the senate,
instructing' the f judiciary committee to
nauire into the relations of employes
and employers, was taken up Friday
Morning and Mr. .Peffer addressed the
senate in its support. Mr. Peff r argued
there was but three ways to meet labor
troubles, une was ror tne government
to keep its hands off and let employers
and employes settle , the "matter between
themselves ; the second -was for the gov
ernment to establish and regulate the
rate of wages; the ; third was that the
government take" possession of private
manufacturing establishments nnd con
ouct them as public institutions. Mr.
Ptffer's preference was for the first
named method. At the close of his re
marks, the resolution was referred to the
committee on education and labor. Th
resolution heretofore offered by Mr.
Voorhees, looking to the establishment
of a tribunal of arbitration in labor ques
tions, was then taken up and Mr. Call
addressed the senate in support of it.
He argued that the employment of the
Pinkerton detective force was a violation
of law, and of the constitution, and that
any man should be indicted" for raising
troops at his own sweet will and pleasure
without the sanction of the courts or of
the authorities of the country. No action
was taken on the resolujion which weDt
back to the table. The anti-option bin
was then taken up at 2:15 o'clock and
Mr. White resamed his argument begun
Thursday in opposition to it. There was,
Mr. White said, a concensus of opinion
on the part of the great commercial bod
ies of the country against the measure.
Ia proof of this he sent to the clerk's
desk and had read resolutions of the
Chamber of Commerce of the 6Ute
of New York, protesting against it
as injurious to the best interests of the
community He also sent up and had
read protests of bankers of New York,
Chicago and New Orleans against the
bill. He also sent up and had read a list
of other bodies that had sent memorials
to congress against the bill. That list
comprised New York, New Orleans, Sa
vannah, Houston, Mobile, Greenville and
Memptus cotton exchanges, Milwaukee
chamber of commerce, Chicago board of
trade. New, York produce exchange.
New Orleans board of trade, New Orleans
clearing house association, bankers, mill
ers and merchants of Toledo, Ohio; Bal
timore corn snd flour exchange, Chicago
merchants and ranufacturers, and Min
neapolis clearing house association, busi
ness union anu chamber o; commerce.
Were these great associations, he asked.
mere bodies of degraded and abandoned
gamblcist And yet that wts the i:;evit
able outcome of arguments in support of
the bill. Mr. bate sroke for ECiriv
three hours and when he closed the bill
went over without action till Saturday.
Mr. Dtvis asked and obtained uaaaimous
consent to have taken up for immediate
action the huse bill to enforce reciprocal
commercial arrangements between the
United btates and Canada. I: was taken
up, read and passed without any explana
tion and without division. (It is the
Canada cinal tolls retaliation bid.) The
house bill to pay the state of South Caro
lina money to which she is entitled under
the agricultural college bill, was reported
and passed. The senate then adjourned.
Saturday. In the senate, Saturday,
Mr. Morgan introduced a bill to
provide for the control of the Union
and Central ' Pacific railroad com
panies until their debts to - the govern
ment be fully paid up or secured. It
was referred to a select committee on Pa
cific railroads. The house bill granting
right of way to the PensacoU Terminal
company through lands of the naval res
ervation near Pensacola, was grauted.
NOTES.
The senate, on Friday, confirmed the
nomination of Ministers White to Russia,
Snowden to Spain and Beaie to Greece,
Roumania and Servia, all nominated
Thursday. Cyrus W. Field, son of the re
cently deceased cyrus V. Field, who
was nominated consul to Brunswick,
Germany, was aUo confir.me.fil. '
The World's Fair Bill.
Congress will not adjourn on the date
fixed by resolution of the house. The
conference committee on the sundry civil
bill announced on Friday that they
would be unable to report till Monday.
The senate added f 10, 000,000 to thv bill
as it passed the house, including the
$3,000,000 for tbe world's fair, ai.d, of
course, there has been much work for the
conference committee. When made, the
report will have to be printed, and it is
not probable that the world's fair amend
ment can be voted upon agaiu before
Wednesday. Should it be again voied
down in the house, adjournment can be
had by Monday week, but in the event
the world's fair people have the votes
they claim now, then the opponents of
the uppropriati n will commence fili
bustering, which "inigat la-t several
weeks.
CHAIRMAN HARRITY.
The
National Democratic Committee
Elect Hiin to that Position.
At the meeting of the Nationl Demo
cratic Committee in New York, Thurs
day, William F. Harrlty, of Pennsyl
vania, was elected chairman of the com
mittee. The nomination of Mr. Harrity,
as chairman, was made by W. C. VJiit
ney, who acted as proxy for O. T. Holt,
of Texas, and he was unanimously elected
chairman amid applause. Mr. S. P.
SQeerin was re-elected secretary and Mr.
R. B. Rosevelt elected treasurer. Oa
motion of Mr. Whitney, the following
plan of organization was adopted:
Resolved, That the executive committee of
the democratic national committer shall con
sist of twentv-five members, who shall be de
sijmatel by the cbainnon of the national com
mittee and that the hairman rf the national
committee shall be ex-officio chairman of the
executive committee.
IUsolved. Tbat the campaign committee of
the rlemoerat'c national committee Bhall consist
of nine members, who shall be designated by
the chairman of the national committee, the
Baid chairman to be also one of the members of
said campaicm commutes and that said cam
paifim committee when appointed shall select its
own chairman from within f.r without said cam
paign committee from within or withont the
democratic national committee.
Resolved, That the advisory board of the de
mocratic national committee, whuih committee
the chairman of the democratic national com
mi' tee is hereby authorized to appoint from
within or withont tho membership of the dem
ocratic national committee, shall consist or
s n?h number of members as may be deemed
proper by the executive committee
Resolved, That the conduct and direction of
the campaign of 1892 shall be under the charge
of the chairman of the democratic national
committee and of the campaign committee,
subject to th'! approval of the executive com
mittee of the democratic national committee
CHOLERA RECORD.
The Dread Disease Spreading in Rus
sian Provinces.
Advices of Friday from St. Petersburg
ire to the effect that cholera is increasing
at Stratoff. The death rate at Samura is
higher, with a fewer number of cases.
At Astrakhan there is a decrease in mor
tality. At that plac , Ju y 19th, there
were reported 198 new cases and fifty
sevei deaths as compared with 19o cases
and 132 deaths only July 18th. On July
19th there were fifty-eight new cases and
forty-three death? at Samara, against
seventy-five new cases and thirty six
deaths, against twenty new cases and
fourteen deaths. At Kazm four new
case-t and three deaths are reported. A
Rostoff the figures have increased to
eighty-four new c ses and thirty-one
deaths. At Tsari z:n, July 18th, there
were eighfy-nin ns v cases and fifty-four
deaths. At Tagamog threj new cases
and two deaths, and at Azoff forty-six
new cases and twenty-two deaths.
A NEW JUSTICE
In the Person of Mr. Shiras Appointed
by President Harrison. (
President Harrison, Tuesday, nomi
nated George Shiras, Jr., of Pennsyl
vania, to be justice of the United States
supreme court.
Mr. Shiras is a leading member of the
bar of Pittsburg, where he was born six
ty years ago. He was a member of the
famous clas of '53 at Yale and gradu
ated with distinguished honors, and after
studying law was admitted to practice in
1856 in Pittsburg, where he has since
resided. He has never held public office,
nor has he ever served on the bench.
TWO THOUSAND LIVES LOST.
Destri ction of an Island by a Vol
canic Eruption.
An official telegram received at The
Hague, Friday, from Batavia, confirms
the lecent accounts of the awful de
struction caued on Great Sangiur island,
belonging to Il&lland, by a volcanic
eruption on Juue 17th. These la'er ad
vices ar to the effect that the whole
rorthwestern portion of the islind was
destroyed and that 2.000 of the inhabit
ants were killed. There were no Euro
peans among the victims,
IwiH Flj the Stars and Bars.
It tfas announced at Philadelphia,
Monday, that Clement A. Griscom. pres
ident of the International Navigation
Company, who is now ia Dondon, has
completed negotiations ith tLe British
government for the form&l transfer of the
steamships. City .of Paris and City of
New York, from the English registry to
the American registry. These steam
ships will be admitted to the American
registry immediately and hereafter fly
the stars and stripes.
iVEWS IN GENERAL.
Happenings of the Day Culled from Our
TelegrapWc and Cable Dispatckes.
WHAT IS TRANSPIRES THROUGHOUT OXTK
OVTS COUXTRT, A"D JiOTES OF IXTER-
i
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
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W. J. Stone, of Nevada, Vernon coun
ty, was nominated for governor by the
o mocrats in meeting at Jtffcrson City
Wednesday night on the ninteenth ballot.
A cablegram of Wednesday from Ha
vana says: It is stated that several Amer
ican capitalists have formed a syndicate
for startiug a large central sugar estab
lishment near Trinidad. '
A St. Louis dispatch of Thursday says:
The people's party campaign through the
silver states has been mapped out and
Weaver and Fields will fire off the first
gun at Denver, July 26th and 27th .
A cablegram of Sunday from Copen
hagen states that Mrs. Ryder, wife cf the
United States consul in that city, has
been arrested in connection with the
charges of embezzlement upon which her
husband was arrested a few days ago.
A dispatch of Saturday from Bates
ville, Ark., says: The democratic con-r
gressional convention is still in a dead
lock. Two hundred and fifty-one ballots
sho absolutely no change in the voting.
The deadlock will probably continue in
definitely. .
The Paris Figaro in its issue of Thurs
day says that the police have discovered
an anarchist plot to blow up the bourse
and other public buildings. The paper
adds that two of the conspirators have
been arrested.
A dispatch of Wednesday says: Judn
Romero, the representative of a syndi
cate of Cuban sugar planters, is in Phil
adelphia conferring with several promi
nent capitalists and sugar men with a
view to trm a large sugar company.
The famous Bollingbrook stables, on
the farm of W. W. Allen, at Middles
boro, Md., was struck by ligh'ning and
set on fire Friday night. The buildings
were entirely destroyed. Sixteen horses,
valued at nearly a half million dollars,
were burned to death.
A cablegram of Thursdiy from Liver
pool says: The board of trade in the
case of Captain Red ford, of the Inman
line steamer City of Chicatro, censures
the captain for running his boat ashore
near the Old IIed of Kinsale, and sus
pended his certificate for nine months.
A Washington dispatch of Wednesday
says: Lui" E. McComas, of Maryhmd,
has been appointed by Chairman Carter
secretary of the national republican com
mittee Mr. McComas has accepted the
position and will begin the di-charge of
its duties in New York city forthwith.
According to a. New York dispatch of
Saturday the total supply of cotton for
the world is 3 0G1. 147 bale", of which
2,537,847 is American, against 2.027,261
and l,526.2fil respectively last year. Re
ceipts at all interior towns, 5.298; re
ceipts, 5,668; crop in sight 8,906.048.
A New York dispatch of Wednesday
says: Isegotiations have begun between
the firms of P. W. Devo & Co. and C. T.
Reynolds & Co., the largest dealers in
paints in the world, for the purpose of
consolidation. It is probable there will
be a five million dollar capitalization.
The Baltimore and Ohio Rai'road
company will expend 75 000 upon its
exhibit at the World's Columbian Expo
sition. An extensive plant has bee put
in at Baltimore for cpatrucion of full
size reproductions in wood and the early
examples of motive power equipment
upou the pioneer i ail ay of the world.
The president sent to the senate
Thursday the following nominations:
Andrew D. White, of New York, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten
tiary of the United States to Russia; A.
Loudon Snowdery, of Pennsylvania, to
be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Spain; Traxton Geale,
of California, to be envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to Greece,
Roumania and S.'rvia.
The chamber of commerce of Grand
Forks at a meeting held Wednesday, se
lected September 1 and 2 as the date the
international reciprocity committee will
be held in that city. Arrangements will
be made for an attendance of 1,000 dele
gates. Invitations will be issued to the
board of trades in all the societies of the
northwestern st.ntes. Amonir the speak
ers invited are Eras'us Wiman, Ben
Butterworth and Council Taylor.
ALICE MITCHELL INSANE.
Hereditary Insanity Seems to Have
Been Proven in Her Case.
The case of Allico Mitchell, who killed
Miss Freda Warde, came up before Judge
Dubose at Memphis, Monday, upon the
question of her sanity. The only wit
ness examined during the day was George
Mitchell, the father of the accused. The
jury is undoubtedly one of the most in
telligent ever selected in west Tennessee.
Mr. Mitchell said his daughter was nine
teen years nineteen years old. Her
mother had been insane years ago. He
gave a history of his daughter's peculiari
ties, about which much has been printed
since the case came before the public, and
had not concluded his testimony when
the court adjourned.
On Tuesday, the second day of the
trial, the inquiry into, the mental condi
tion of Alice Mitchell showed undimin
ished public interest. Most of the testi
mony introduced tended to confirm the
impression of hereditary insanity haviug
been transmitted from mother to child.
OUR BILL AGAINST CHILI.
The Amount She Will Pay for Attack
ing the Baltimore's Crew.
According to a Washington telegram
of Tuesday the secretary of 6tate an
nounces that an entirely cordial and mu
tually satisfactory settlement has been
reached between the governments of the
United States acp Chili respecting the
indemnity to be paid by the latter on
account of the assault u pop the crew f
the Baltimore. Seventy five thousand
dollars in gold is to Be distributed among
the families of the two men who st
their lives aid to surviving members of
the crew who were woandtd.
THE SOOTH IN BKlliF
: : 1
The lets of Her Progress Porlriysi Ir
Pithy and Pointed ; Paragraphs
AKD A COMPLETE EPITOME OF 1IAPPE
1XGS OF GENERAL 1STEUEST FROM DAT
TO DAT WITHIN nEtt BORDEItS.
The Fort Payne, Ala., Coal and Iron
Company stockholders at a meeting in
Boston, Mass., Thursday, voted to re
duce the capital stock from $ 000 00 ) to
a,oUU,000, and issue fl.utKJ.OUU
new
bonds to psy off $350,000,
the
present
indebtedness, and cive a w rking capi
tal.
The business portion of Ri' Vita..
Cal.. , was destroved bv fire Thurdv.
The Odd Fellows'" htll, Kni-jhts of Puh
las hall, prstoffice, office of The
News, generai merchandise store of J.
Stern &Co., nud a large number of oth r
buildings, including fifteen or tweu'y
dwellings, were also destroyed Losses
estimated at $150,000; insurance, $2'J
000. (
A dispatch from An nist on, Ala., says:
A severe wind and rain storm pass1 d over
this section Wednesday night and a ereat
deal of cotton and corn is lying flat on
the ground. The dam ige to growing
crops is considerable, but no estimate can
yet be made as to the extent. Th
lightning and wind were terrifie, and
aside from the damage to crops, several
houses in the country were blown down.
Fire broke out at Anthony, Fla , St 4
o'clock Sunday morning in Stripling &
Boyd's store, which wa completely de
stroyed; and also the store of SteWart &
Baskin. Loss about fif.een thousand
dollars; insurance, $4,500. Stripling &
Boyd's safe was found to have been tam
pered with and the postoffire safe in an
other building had also been : broken
open." A gang of burglars had evidently
been at work r unsuccessfully and set fire
to the building.
A dispatch from San Diego, Cal., says:
A month ago S. J. Breedlove and C. H.
Bre-dlove, father and son, and Farnura
T. Fish, of Philadelphia, started on a
prospecting lour in r the Cocopah moun
tains. Friday the bodies of Fish and S.
J. Breedlove were found in a canyon of
ihe Cocop .h mountains, a d the uodies
of two mules. The indications are that
the younger Breedlove mounted -a third
mule and, endeavored to escape, but
perished from thirst in the d -s-rt.
A great sens ation was created in Den
ver, Col., shortly after url jcight. Satyr
day night by bringing icto twu j.,r$.
Cross and j. Daniels, cnarced as prii.ci
pal ands.4 accomplice in the robbery of
D vid H$Ioffat,t president of the First
National bank, of Denv r. On March
29, 1889,3. daring robber entera l the j
First National bank, in ; broad daylight j
and. at thetpoi n't of .a revolver -forced
Moffat to 'Jive tip $21,000 with which
the thief macSfigood his escape.
A BatesvilfeTexasispecial of Thursday
says the people o JZaval la county, through
a petition pnpired by the, county judne,
have called on the governor and the peo
ple of the state for assistance as a resuH
of the drought still prevailing in that
portion of Southwest Texas. The 'outi
try is without grcss or water. Crops are
a total failure, and the live stoc . indus
try has sustained a hevy lo-s.( It is
f-tated that unless assistance is giyeii the
people starvation will resuit. -
Th railway commission of Nor:h Caro
lina, on Saturday, completed the 'able,
showing tlie variou4 railroad ' lines.
There are seventy of these, and the tottl
length is about 3,4 milts. The rail
way commi-siii received notice from
General Agent A B Andrews, , of the
Rxhmond and Danville, that a -new
freight and passenger depot w uld be
built at once at Gasfonia, T.ie com-ms-
sioner oi that twr had made complaint
that the present accommodations w-re
inadequate, and the commissi n notified
Colonel Andrews of this fct.
NEW MEN AT HOMESTEAD.
The Strikers' Places Beln? Rapidly
Filled -Xo Trouble Thus Far..,,
A Pittsburg dispatch ay-: The steam
er Tide left the wharf here at 9 o'clock
Friday morning for Homestead with
about forty men on boar 1 aud will con
tinue to make trips all day. carrying men
to Homestead in connection with ih? Lit
tle Bell, whirh took out a load enily this
morning. Th boat was gurdfd by a
tquad of policemen t prevent trouble at
tne wharf or at lock No. 1. ... A' the fficc
of the Tide it ws learned that the boat
would be buy all day and it i evident
.1.1 . . .
mat a lartre num'er r-I men will Ik snt
up. All the morning men with sai cht-ls
and bundles were coming to aud gmg
from the office of the comoiny and it
looks as if the company were carrying om
their intention and make good thfir cly
that all the men needed could be obt-int '
Another dispatch says: A high rfi
of the Carnegie Steel Company wy
asked by an Associated I ress reporter1.
to the condition of affair at Homtf t;
repiicu mat n was very enc.iurag. tor
the firm. A number of new men i.ave
gone to work. Some strikers went b ck
Friday and th company ha more work
men than it can easily handle. Appli
cations for employment are being re
ceived rapidly, but only good min are
engaged . :
. ' -
QUIET IN IDAjHO
, . i
And the
Troops Will
be
(iradnally
Withdrawn.
A Washington dispatch of Sunday
ays: ijt-nerai techohaa reporu that or
der having been
completely
restore 1
toeur u A.cne mm m
listtict tn'tet
f
the U itf d S'ates tro'ps now there will
he gradually w.thtrn. Over three
hundred rwier ha- been "arrtste ! bv
th-r troojw and furnel over to the civil
authorities at B ie City. Mot ol the
others hive f. d to. the mouitaias, and
tb'rc-are no i.-jihett on whatever of fur
ther tr'u'- - . "
; The Jfesieager Suspected.
A telegram of M nday trom StylSouis
states thtt George P. Williams, the mes
senger who was in charge of thfc express
compan y's car. which wag ribbed at
Adair, L T., Thursday night ljitt by the
Dslton gang, has been suspended trend
ing an examination bj the comrt&nx.
FRICK SHOT D0V,t
Desperate Attempt to Tale hi i ci
Carnegie's flimoiiilre D:::;:.
THOCOH BADLT WOCSOKD FKICK WIU. HS
COVKB TDK ASSarLAKT IN JAIL
OTHER HOMESTEAD CIlArTKa.
II, C. Frick, chairman cf the C.mcgia
company, limited, was shot find t' ll'j?!
in his private office at Fitif'ur
o'clock 3 Saturday afternoon
Bergman aged twenty-ono yc:
snn Jew, who came f rosi New
Pittsburg for theexpresi pur;
dering Frick.
, I A RTICULAIiS OF TH1Z A"-
The circumManees stttr ;i:
ing are related as follows : "I
before 2 o'clock S t :r y
iwrs complexions i y. : !
Jewish cast of ' count'
height and fairly wr; dn
the elevator in". the Ll.ronulo
building, which is a v ccc
Carnegie Steel 'Cnn any. . aited
asked to be let oft at Mr. Frick'i
The young "man had- been a fn. '
David Fortney the clev, J,
thought nothing of ljiiia, s stop
ped at the second floor a d pd ; 1 out
the way to the chairman's prk'n room.
wo minutes later the occttjMC of the
building and passers by oi, T ;i ave
nue were startled by threJ iic tl shots,
fired in rapid succession. Il.tainvely tbo-
Vtcum v.i Hivinpn Ann '
'T. oKrtf t
were the words soon pass
to mouth on the street
was
The man. believed to bof snk, had as'.
saulted the great steel but tb?
latter, notwithstandinl two - bulla'
wounds and four uslyl 'he from
dagger, still lives and vN'Cover.
ai v. Kc(ver. ; -
ArFEARASCE
Th office of Mr.
partner .of " Frick, ad j
true.' .
i that of the
cnairmWd. Jht ijeisn t
the two were holding
I came in and
' t nvato confer
ff the room., A.
o'clock Harry
y noticed ft man
lingin pate in
I - between the
ft the enclouro
iae stenographers
J There . was co
enc no one else being f r, '
few miiiutes-' before
f....i - i t - i
Beckley, the office hot,'';
hastily push open thehK
ted
the railing that tinfn
public iortion $ ana
where ; the desks of tjn
and clerks are L catcdfome
. ' 4L S,y. .AtT
boy hurr ed up to asiA .tne - T 'aIZ t
he want, d, but heedr , i ; r'
.(ranger uau " e.rCV f. i l,A nrlvate
-a. i i 1 A.M - . -r
-t m -ai luvvt t
apartment A he -e,
I nek lookea up, rg.. j f Uiih,
mo, to see who 0J, it , l : VAc wM
ab
i. Mr.
papers.
omaa
of Mr. Frick, atiPJW
pulled the triflgM Ind did ,
did not explode ;f fb detailed
tho back of Mr. -Hackage 01
ing downwardiiing at the
below the armr jTplngs and
exclamation anKt emerged
window onFift tean i The
it. The assiJaif lrtwM eyet
the desk ;thcr others
ktion, or the
The ' ball
(7 ipcmi clear
on the lelt ti
around to a lo.
ffjr out and the.
where it w.s
Ur it was dis-
was
,1
At tliis instan
grs m reai-c-
. i
self on the w
ntcd to over
ninrew
fur the possession of .woman
Iielshmin clutchea toe uai;v.
the muzzle upward as tb?
oloded. the bait entering h
eviiv
.el 0' ' ,
near the etass partition. j
the desperate man drew a dagj . at
tempted to stab Mr.: Leblraan, o was
holding the assailant by tho shoulders
and body. .0 i- -..
' -r : ( 'UU) ins
' Mr. Frick aw the
KKIFE. V
L'kam of the ttecU
and althoiiih Btflf?"en:d bv the hack of
the wounds
- cc
nod
blccdWg profusely,
jam
ipid betweea the rcen And sfl?o I the
a' firtn. Ti e iattcr fried lr.tr.-' !f fr :a
Euan's firtn. J i e latter iricu "
Mf . Ij i-i mn1i erm tail t.U ' ' 'le
dagger i-i Mr. Fnck'a :; ,V; t '
above the' Jdp, mak?'
three inches, long.''
unge, ibis time T
C, bnt tttert'.;'-'
d. "n, wi'bo!,
T -'Rin
Fricv, :' :
these; .-t tt,
M-r- ' - - - r 1
"true' was ia Jk
Tn:
ASSA
By 1 V time th o..
ShenT M-y. who j jn4
IS XD- ;4r6tfeiOt Wf,1 i.i-
drjf volvrr
jrr- .; -It
were at Lacd, vho, a
ammatr-n, prat ran
dangerc :j lut tot ne
seven e'e'ock, fire Xo
hof,
Fric was abf
to bis h
prU Lt
ne, tere op to.
Is doiEg very wel
A d! cb of Saqdar froi i
ven,C :., ayi; Ai?xioder B.fe i
man wl r : ie the atufmot oa 3c.
Mana
z r TiUVg life in Pittsburg wA.
in tLis t
1 ears
itrdent k
IT? a Ktitrl here as
t 't ot aa4tic theoQ
1 i- ofie ofT(e grsup,vl
in J He belci
carried o
GoldUrr
her hu : ;
turn, as- ao .jnatviac;
i wfth woman tiaoi-rN
v . 1 - . r. 1
a 2- ' .
woraae '
::.it c
throng':
every hI.
re
aad B rr :
together a
Bergman's r:
of an iiflmu i
knows vtry tnu
facts already tal
know whence or
leaving th scitr. ,
S7&DKB8 were una
ernment tor the cruii
take part in New TotIm -
Uon tn October. T
Lai ft
ced
i
r
' ,1
ru l:!- ; . f r
Via
: shoot- ' .
qinutes ' 1 t
.tr- ia : j
it i 1
aa 11
m l i m
IT
1
irkk was
ut five fect
Is revolver,
1, cartridge
Unol tntt red
and, glanc- -he
outside r
it maae r ,
he circular J
rledto open v
y In front of.
hing ciosa
d again.
i.
k and pated
the light car, ,
; by a probe
aud wr'
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