VOL VI.
SALISBURY; N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 189; J,
NO. 16.
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IN CONGRESSIONAL HALLS.
Daily Routine ot Eotk Houses: of the
Rlty-SeconJ Confess.-
Beasnreg Di"sed and Bills Passed
By Our Sational Law-Makers.
THf SKXATK.
In tb senate, Wednesday, on motion
f Mr. Sherman, after eonie remark in
eulogy of ex-President Hayes, the body
n respect to tbe memory of tbe deceased,
Ajourned.
In the senate, Thursday, Senator Wol
cott gave notice of the amendment to tbe
Sherman silver purchase repeal bill The
amendment requires the coinage of all
ailver bullion now in the treasury
or hereafter to be purchased. The
speech began by Ffeffcr (populist,
of Kansas) last Monday and continued
Tuesday was finished by him, the matter
is now before the senate. It is in sup
port of the constitutional amendment
to limit the presidential office to one
term .
The senate adjourned Friday out of re
spect to the memory of ex President
Hayes, whoso funeral occurred on that
day. -
House . mend meiits to the senate bill
autboriz ng the construction of a bridge
Cr06S ttif MivCNllnnl f V-. Or.
leans, ,3 vreSenU-A tr tlm Bf.nntr KuJ'iir-
7-sfi-Voncurred in. The bill now
goes to the -fjrtgident. Nuncrous peti
tions on the ' subject of opening the
world's tair on fStfeitf were pn Rented.
Mr. Walcott called up the joint resolution,
introduced by him some days ago, direct
ing a discontinuance of the sale of the
Columbian postage stamp, and made
one of his brief, breezy speeches ou the
subject. He was at a loss to understand,
he said, -why those stamps had ever been
manufaclured. He noticed that the
postmaster general suggested in his an
nual report, that he expected to receive
$1,500,000 extra profits out of their sale
to stamp collectors. Since the resolution
was introduced he had from many sources
letters showing good reasons why it
should be passed, ltiilroad clerks com
plained that the one cent Colum
bian stamp was so much like the regis
tration stamp that constant mistakt-s were
being made by them. He hoped that the
'pofctoffice commit'ee would tike speedy
action in the matter. The resolution was
referred to the postotHce committe. At 1
o'clock the senate went into executive
session. At 2:30 o'clock the doors were
re-opened. The credentials of Mr. Tur
pie for his second senatorial term, begin
ning March 4th n xt, were presented and
placed on file. The anti-option bill was
then taken up, the question hein on Mr.
VtUs' amendment to Mr. George's substi
tute. The bill was discussed for an hour
aod then went over without action until
Monday.
THE HOUSE.
The unanimous report of the special
commit'ee t the house which investiga
ted the Reading anthracite coal combina
tion was submitted to the house Wed
nesday by Mr. Coombs of ' Brooklyn,
chairman of the subcommittee. It rec
ommends as a means of protecting inde
pendent coal operators against discrimi
nation on the part of coal producing and
transportation companies, that the inter
state commerce law b amended to meet
the effect of the Gresham and Counsel
man deeisiois and that the long and
short haul be made applicable to rail
roads which form connecting lines. After
transacting routine business the house
adjourned..
In the house, Thursday, obj-ction was
made to the consideration of the New
York and New Jersey bridge bill, and
the hou3e engaged in the consideration
of miscellaneous buiiness of no j.ubh'c
importance.
In the house, Friday, the general defi
ciency appropiiation bill reported fro-n
committee ou appropriations by Mr. Shy
ers, democrat, of Texas, was placed on
the calendar. ' Mr. Dumphy, democrat
of New York, risked consent for the con
sideration of the joint resolution author
ising the postmaster general to- obtain
addfiionl premise in New York city
for the accommodation, of the postoffice,
hut Mr. Watson, populist of . Georgia,
came forward as an obj-ctor.and consent
was not given. De Arraood, from the
committee on cWclion of president and
vice president, reported a bill to repeal a
section of the ireviscd statutes con
cerning supervisors of elections.
Placed0 on the calendar. 3Ir. Outh
waitc then rose and addressed the
chair His object wns to offer reso
lutions of respect to the memory of ex
Presidcnt Hayes. Before the resolutions
could be read Mr. Belt .hoover, rising to
a privileged motion,
hnn n.viu(1 to the
moved that the
consideration of
business on the private calendar. But
the members of the housp, knowing the
purport of the committee's . resolution,
oted down Mr. Beltzhoover s motion
nd Mr Outhwaite's resolution was rea.
as follows- "Resolved, That this house,
on this day of the funeral of the late
Rutherford & "av.ta' Jferly chief
magistrate of the United States, as a fur
ther mark of respect to his memory, do
now adjoura." The resolution was
adopted aud accordingly tbe house ad
jmjrrtd la the" house, Saturday, Mr. Outhwaite
caHed up t&?lkl&2;x
hoes of battle a et,ySDUr- eve1
amendments were commended by the
committee on military aflsw and these
"l-t of the measure an
.ntsof the measure an
,itSPto ttr .g.i.t it. Pil-
?jl .s mcceuf ol, "d the
"pportun
. .. :ht
ibustcrin
morning hour exp
luormnrr hnnr eXPircvf. . .
r expin:" taA
ac-
tioa on the bill. Mr- B. UK .r-"Y
consular and diplo01"0
vmi on too
Th M ? 1 -Vra P . accorded to the com
Then the floor wMT n.ti0nal
miueeon commerv- Some con-
S?0? were raised against
he measure, but oBUgJ .OI re?
r. Kayner, ol w r nockraa and
uiau - .3 maniresteain
Lodge, little interest w f don in
the bill. Throughout w
mi-n j v.w Tkiea . .
the house was very gj" ,raendment
nation was reached . hich could
as offered, the reaai the clerk's
not be heard ten ie . k Mei
desk. .To this fact Mr.
attention. He added that the bill was
an important one and should not be acted
upon in a scene of such utter inattention
He, therefore, moved that tbe committee
(for tbe bill waa being considered in
committee of th whole) rise. 'This
was agreed to, and then, on motion
of Mr. Itayner, the house, at. '5:15
o'clock trok a recess until 11 o'clock
Monday.
CAPITAL fiO6iP.
The senate committee on ia'ter-atate
commerce, Wednesday, began consider
ation' of the Collom bill, intended to
meet judicial rulings, in the application
of the inter-state commerce law.
The president, on 'lhursdy, sent to the
senate the following nominations : Elijah
W. llalfotd, of Indiana, to be paynne
ter, with the rank of major. Postmas
ters: Leroy L. Brinkley, of Edcnton,
N. C; Seth W. Collins, McComba, Miss.
Among the many important measures
now pending before congress,' but ew,'if
any, have greater merit than that con
cerning the claims of laborers and me
chanics, arising under the national eight
hour law. These claimants are numerous
in cities, where government works are lo
cated. . -
Represeutitive, Fellows, of New Y" rk,
has introduceda red hot resolution call
ing for an investigation jf the American
end. of the Panama canl trouble. Two
and a half million dollars is said to have
been spent in securing tbe acpiiescen ce
of the United Sta'cs in the canal proj
ect. The chief purpose of the investiga
tion is to asceitain who got it.
The nomination of Louis McComas, of
Maryland, to be judge for the District of
Columbia, was cnlled up Saturday in ex
ecutive session, but final action was not
taken. The senate was in secret session
a little more than an hour, during which
time a couple of United States consuls
and two postmasters were confirmed.
When the nomination of McComas was
called up a rather stormy time ensued, as
much opposition to his confirmation de
veloped. The house committee on banking and
currency; Friday, instructed Mr. Bacon,
-of New York, to ask the committee on
-rules for a special order giving one or
ttwo days if necessary, for the considera
tion of the Andrew Cate banking and
Sherman repeal bill. No day was named.
The vote on asking for a day stood 8 to
6, one member favorable to the proposi
tion being absent. The negative vote
indicates the purpose of the minority to
contest even the consideration of the
bill.
.Honey for Public Building.
In n-Some to the house resolution
calling for information as to what public
building?, appropriated for by this con
gress and preceding congfccs ;p, having
been in pan or in whole contracted for,
and what other buildings have been ap
propriated for without any steps being
taken up to the present time to carry the
law into effect by awarding contracts, some
rathcr startling figures are supplie 1 by
the treasury department. Contrncts have
been entered into for partial work or for
the coin pl tion of public buildings to
the amount of two and a quarter million
dollars.
Providing for Pensions.
The general dtfirieucy appropriation
bill for the next fisc d year was completed
Friday by the house committee on ap
propiiations, and was repoited to the
house bv Representative Sayers, of
Texas. The total appropriation carried
by the bill is $20,956 610, of which the
largest itfin is $14, 149, 437 for pensions,
$18,844,437 being for payment of pen
sions and $305,000 for fees and expenses
of the examiiing Burgeons. !?or census
deficiencies $l,020,0i0 is appropriated,
including $840,000 for continuing the
work of . compiling the results of the
census, this appropriation to be immedi
ately available, and $130,000 for contin
uing the collection and compilation of
statistics of faim9, homes and mortcages.
The department of justice gets $2,341,
214 and public printing S475.0C0.
The Sundry Civil Bill.
The sundry civil appropriation bill re
ported to the house Wednesday, carries
an nggrejiate appropriation of $39,828,
834. This includes $16,115,750 appro
priated for river nnd harbor improve
ments ip comformity with the statutory
requirements; ana when these iiem9 are
excluded from both bills, the present
bill is less by $3,137,992 than the act of
last year. Estimates exclusive of river
and harbor contracts called for $38,521,
349. Among the items in the bill is one for
the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Na
tionnl parks $100,000, a reduction of $50,
000 from the estimate; preyention of epi
demic $350,000, an increase of $250, 000
made bt cause of fear of cholera. Among
the river and harbor itetns are the fol
lowingr: Improving St. Johns river, Fla.,
$284,500; improving Chhrleston, S. C,
harbor including Sullivan island and Mt.
Pleasant shore, $750, 000; imnrovpimnt of
Sivannab, G., harbor, $1,000 000; im
provement of Mobile, Ala., harbor, $1,
000.000. In the sundry civil bill, as re
ported, nothing was given to the World'
fair for the reason thtt its appropri lions
have alrtady exceeded the $1,500,000
limit allowed under the existing law, and
any new appropriations wcnld be subject
to the point of order f r m a single mem
ber. It will be necessary for the senate,
whose rules re different, tof put the fair
items In the bill.
LOCAL OPTION IN GEORGIA.
The Attorney General Hakes an Im-
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ponani uunng in k egara inereio.
A-t the last session of the Georgia leg
islature the local nntiin Inw vac rhitncd
- r a
so that counties could hold elections only
every four years instead of every two
years. The question arose whether or
not this would apply to counties whieh
have recently held electionf, or whether
the four years must be counted from
after the next election. The attorney
general has decided that it applies to all
counties from the dte it became a law,
aud if a county held a local option elec
tion tl i year, it could not hold another
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Space is limited.
. A Chicago dispatch of Thursday says:
Director General Davi, has prepared" a
statement showing that of 3,642,812 feet
of exhibit space in the world's fair build
ing only 214,476 remain to be assigned
to exhibitors,
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
The News of tie Worli (Meiised Into
Pitiy ami Pointea Pararanlis.
Intf reding and InstrnetiTe to All
Classes of Readers.
The Delaware legislature in a joint
session, Wednesday, formally reelected
Senator Gray to the United States sen
ate. The Ilkeston lace factory, situated at
Ilkeston, Debershire, England, was dam
aged by lire Thursday to the extent of
A" 4 0.000.
The New York legislature in joint ses
sion, Wednesday,declared the election of
Edward Murphy, Jr., as United States
senator to succeed Hiscock.
Fire Sunday nm rn in g destroyed the
Anthony Flouring mills at Anthony,
Kansas. Three adjoining buildings also
were burned. Loss $90,000. Partially
insured.
A Cheyenne, Wyo., special says: The
house, Saturday night, by a vote of 17 to
15, uoseated Okie, the republican mem-
ber from Fremont City, seating Pickett, iDg tendency in rice and naval stores
democrat, in his place. The most serious effect of the extreme
At Evansville, Ind., Wednesday night, cold weatbei south is the practical stop
while running to a fire, a hook and lad- page of traffic by water. .This was felt
der truck was overturned and an engine unfavorably most conspicuously at Balti-
ana street car couinea, injuring uve ure-
men, two ot them lataiiy.
The fly wheel of a' 750-horse power
engine in the Alice rubber mill at Woon
socket, It. I., weighing 10,000 pound?,
burst Thursday evening, wrecking the
engine room, and causing $150,000 dam
age. Of the 1,000 employes not one wls
injured.
Judge R. R. Nelson, of the United
States court, at Duluth, Minn., has de
clared the Chinese exclusion act uncon
stitutional, in a case brought before him
Wednesday ou habeas corpus, in the pro
ceedings of the arrest of Chinese of seven
years residence in the United States.
The Massachusetts legislature met in
joint convention at noon, Wednesday,
and the election of Henry Cabot Lodge,
as United States sen it tor. was formally
proclaimed. . The election of Eugene
Hale to the Uuited States senate was con
firmed in the joint session of the Maine
legislature.
A special of Wed nc day from St. Louis,
Mo., says: Teams and wagons are now
crossing the Mississippi river on ice
bridgt g. The ice is so thick that it will
support teams and wagons of several tona
in weight. This is the first time in sev
eral years that teams could cros? the river
on the ice.
Fire at Baltimore, Thursday night, in
the large warehouse of the American
Phosphate and Chemical Company
caused a loss estimated at $200,000
which, it is thought, will be covered by
insurance, toe brcmen had fjreat diffi
culty in gtttingto work by reason of
frozen fire plugs.
A cabiegram, of Thursd'iy, from Par
is, says: It is semi-t fficially announced
that Great Britain has exchanged ex
planations with France on the subj ct
of the action taken - by Great Britain in
requiring the Khedive to di.-miss
.his ministry. France accents the ap
pointment of Riaz Pasha as a compro
mise. The supreme court of Illinois has ren
dered a decision that women can vote at
school elections. Last spring Martha E.
Blummer and May M. Moss defeat d Os
car O. Yost and Otto Wallace by the aid
of the votes of 293 women. The county
couit decided against the women, but on
an appeal the supreme court reversed the
lower court.
TheNational Woman's Suffrnge Asso
ciation, in session at Washington, D. C,
Wednesday, elected ihe following offi
cer: President, Susan B. Anthony;
vice-president at large, Rev. Anna H.
Shaw; corresponding secretary, Rachel
Foster Aviry; recording secretary, Alice
Stone Blackwell; auditor, Ellen B.
Dietrick and May Wright Sewall.
A cablegram of Thursday from Rome,
Ita'y, says: bignor Taulongo, governor,
and Signor Larezoni, cashier of the Banco
Rcmana, concerning t! e standing -of
which grave rumors are afloat, have been
arresttd. This has cauaed renewed ex
citement aim ng d epos tors, who fear that
an examination of tbe bank's affairs will
show that they have lost everything,
A St. Louis, Mo dispatch says: Fire
Sun cay morning destroyed the Caion-
didet elevator, one f the establishments
owned bv an Ei glish syndicate which
purchased a large propoition of the
St. Louis elevators s-me years ago.
The elevator, which was full of grain,
and two transfer boats alongside were
destroyed. The loss is $200,000. Fully
insured.
A Lincoln, Neb., special to the Omaha
Bee says: The startling ai nouucement
of tbe lailure of the Capi'al National
bank was made late Saturday ni git and
with it can e tbe statement that the state
treasurer was caught in the crash in the
sum of $125,000. Ibis news spread rap
idly and caused much excitement. It is
stated that the failure is a bad one, but
the exact situation cannot be ascertained
at present.
One of the largest lines of fire ic"8ur
ance displayed by any corporation in
Pittsbure. Pa., was pbced Fiiday. The
United rtats glass factory which owns
sll the factories on the south side, has
had its plants inured. In all, over $2.-
000-.000 worth of insurance was placed.
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Of this amount i,uuu,wv was placed in
Pitubor,, Md. I1.MM00 b. New York
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Company. UUB . Ohio express immediately louowing that
up to a rmall fortune. the rid clear. Tbe express crashed
A Washington special of Saturday iato iUUed train, completely tele
says: Instructions have been cabled scopinR it. Two persons were killed
Minister Durham, at Hayti, to ursre up-
nnfrirrhf nd seventeen wounded.
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On the gO'Cruur ius5 uwiibuuuj ui
disposing, at the earliest moment, of the
case of Frederick Meys, an American
citizen who is confined in prison at Port-au-Prince,
and who has so far been de
triL Mr. Durham has also been
ed trial. Jir. juruam u ueen FridaT morni0g. cn be learn
cfmrtid to make a demand upon the! j J ..nied outright, but pverr
in
Haytian government for damages m be
half of Meys, dui uv uiu UBS
been named. ,
A New York special says: The street
was surprised Tbursdsy afternoon by the
announcement tht coupons on the bonds
of the Ocean Steamship Company would
vr7
be paid on fomentation to the .New lork
Security aut Trust Comply. Thtse
coupons wereJdue January 1st, aid the
fact that default was allowed, noiith
standisg the known handsome earnings
of the 8teirahip company, give lise to
much criticism. The company is con
trolled by the Central Railway and Bank
ing Com pan t. of Georgia.
THE WEEK'S BUSINESS
As Reported by Dan Co., and Brad
street. Eradstreet's weekly report of trade
says: Delayed merchandise and pro
duce shipments by rail, the stoppage of
sjme by 'water; a coal famine at the
west ; checked communication with inte
rior merchants, due to severe cold
weather and snowr advances in price for
nearly all perishable produce, notably
fruits and potatoes, coal (at retail) at
some points 75 cents per ton, hides, rub
bers, and petroleum, wool 1 cents, and
raw sugar 1 1-16 cents with an upward
tendency in prices for shoes. . cotton
gocds. woolens and tobacco,
j Iron has remained barely steady or
I weaker, and declines are noted of 1-16
cent for cotton, 1 1-2' cents for whear, 3 8
fornork. 15 cents for lard vcth Hiin.
cent ior corn, i-a cent lor oats. 35 cents
more ana iavoraoiy, probibly, at Birm
inghara. Ice in the Ohio and Mississip
pi rivers s'opped shipments of Pittsburg
coal, so that export and other require
ments from New Orleans and Mobile,
present and prospective, have been mec
at Birmingham with Alabama produce.
No boats have left Memphis and Nash
ville and trade there, except at points
reached by rail, ' as elsewhere, east
and west and south, has been mate
rially restricted. Savannah and Charles
ton report low and unsuti; factory prices
for naval stores, due to overproduction,
but that the producer and dealer are ar
ranging to restrict the output and stiffen
prices.
At Chattanooga iron industries are rea
sonably quiet. At Augusta the cotton
mill prospect is good, but not equal to
that of a year ago. Owins? to uif?her
prices for cotton, while clothes have not
advanced in price proportionally. While
iiebmond's general trade is of good
value the movement of produce, particu
larly tobacco, has been checked by tbe
cold weather, while iron foundries arc
unable to meet demands from a 'like
cause.
Georgia fa-mcrs, Atlanta wires, are
raising more cereals and will continue to
have to buy less, while higher prices for
staples and improved financial conditions
cause New Orleans merchants to extend
credits a little more freely.
WHAT DUN SAYS.
Dun's review says: The volume of do
ntstic .trade continues larger thtn last
year, but exports nre decidedly smaller
from New York; in three wet-ks of Jan
uary $8,592,861 below t ie same weeks
last year. As imports are meanwhile
very heavy for two weeks of January,
$3,919,130 more than last year, the pros
pects of further gold exports causes no
frurpr'se. There is much hesitation re
warding the action of congress on vari
ous measures and tbe uncertainty ab ut
silver purchasts. The repeal prospects
"f the anti-option bill and tbe defeat of
the interstate commerce act influenced
the mirkets and trade to some extent.
Tnere is also a somewhat general in
crease in complaints about collections, al
though money at nearly all markets is
comparatively easy and in supply ade
quate for legitimate demand-. Con
fidence regarding the fu ure of business
is in all parts of the country remarkably
strong and general, especially in view of
the interest taken in pending measures iu
congress.
Bu iness failures occurring throughout
the country during the last week, number
290; for the corresponding wick of last
year, 274. .
LAID TO REST.
Burial of Ex -President Hayes at Fre
mont with Military Honors.
On the ci est of a snow-clad slope, by
the side of his beloved wife, the bier
surrounded by his children, the pres dent
elect, members of President Harrison's
cabinet, representatives of tbe army and
navy of the United States, delegates
from both houses of congress, the gov
ernor of Ohio, members of legislative
bodies and masses of military commands,
whose blue uniforms, with scarlet and
yell-w facings aod bristling bayonets on
the landscape of driven snow, added
warmth of color to the wintry scene, the
remains of ex-President Hiyes were laid
to rest at Fremont, O., Friday afternoon.
The entire arrangements of the obsequies
had been placed in the bands of Assist
ant Adjutant General H. C. Corbin, of
the United States army, and from the
opening of the bouse in Speiael grove to
crowds of citizens in the morning, till
the last echo of the palute fired over the
grave late in the afternoon, everything
passed off with military precision.
THE TRAIN WAS STALLED
And Was Bnn Into-Two Passengers
Killed and. Seventeen Injured.
A Jersey City special says; The 6
o'clock train for Newark on the Pennsyl
vania railroad broke down Thursday
evenine on the meadows just beyond
. . - The iiffnil'.t....
i Hanir.ni.rr nvEi. t:t ui.
i ? v. cone beyond hi.
ESHLSuTS
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Crashed Through a Bridge.
A Lake Erie and J8'0 passenger
train went through a bridge tpanning
the Wabash river at Peru at an early hour
- , paSiCDcr on the tram was more or less
Qae has since uieu, aaa three
I others are not expected to live. Oae of
the end spans of the immense bridge
went down, carrying the tramwith ii.
-pire immediately broke our, and m less
than aa hour the entire tram was burned.
EX-PRESIDENT HAYES DEAD.
He Dies SuSflenly trom an AM of
Menmalism of tbe Heart
YThif h TTas a Surprise to the Public
Short Sketch of His Life.
Ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes died
at his home in Fremont, Ohio, Tuesday
night at 11 o'clock. The cause of his
death was rheumatism of the heart and
was quite uuexpecteu. it was the second
attack of the kind he had suffered within
two weeks, and although his condition
was regarded as somewhat serious, and
excited the alarm of his family, the en
couragement given them by Dr. Hilbest,
the family physician, led them to believe
that the patient would soon. recover. For
this reason all knowledge of the ex-president's
illness was kept from the public,
SHORT SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
Rutherford Birchard Hays was born in
Delaware, October 14, 1822. In the
autumn of 1S38 he entered Kenyon col
lege, at Gambir, Ohio. On his gradua
tion, in August, 1842, he was awarded
the valedictory oration, with which he
won much praise. Soon afterward he
began the study of law at Columbus,
Ohio, and thra attended a course of lec
tures at Harvard, entering the law school
August 22, 1843, and -finishing the
studies there in Janunry, 1845. On May
1, 1845, he was admitted to practice in
the courts of Ohio, as attorney. Oa
December 3, 1852, he married Lucy W.
Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of
Chillicoti.e, O.
Iu 185(5 he was nominated for the of
fice of common pleas judge, but de
clined. In 1856 he was elected city so
licitor of Cincinnati. Mr. Hayes had
acted with the whig party, voting for
Henry City in 1844, General Taylor in
1848?" and for General Scott 1852. He
j ined the republican party as soon as it
was organixed and advocated the elec
tion of Freemont in 1856, and of Abra
ham Lincoln in 1861.
IN THE ARMY.
He was Maj r of the Twenty-third
Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. On Sep
tmberl9, 1861, he was appointed by
General Rosecrans, judge advocate of the
department of Ohio. In October, 1861,
he was promoted to the rank of lieuten
ant colonel. Oo September 14, 1862, he
distinguished himself by gallant conduct
in leading a charge in and holding his
position at tho head of his men after
being severely wounded in the left arm,
until he was carried from the field. On
October 24, 1862, he whs appointed col
onel of the same regiment. He distin
guished himself in a number of battles
during the war. General Grant in his
memoirs spoke in high praUe of General
Hayes' services. , After the war General
Hayes returned to civil life and took his
seat in congress December 4, 1865. On
reconstruction he voted with his party.
He was re-elected in 1866 and supported
the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
In the house of representative he won
a reputa ion of a working legislator and
a man of sound judgement.
GOYERSOR AND PRESIDENT.
In June, 1867, he was nominated for
governor of Ohio by the republican con
vention. He was opposed by Judge Al
len G. Thurman, wh-m he defeated. In
June, 1869, Governor Hayes was renom
inated tor governor and re-elected. In
July, 1872, he was nominated for cong
ress and was defeated.
In 1875 he was again nominated for
governor of : the state. He at first de
clined the unsought honor, but after
ward accepted. He was elected after a
canvass which attracted the attention of
the country by reason of the national
questions involved.
The national republican convention
met at Cincinnati, on June 14, 1876, and
Mr. Hayes was nominated for president
of the United States. The principal
candidates before the convention were
James G. Blaine, Oliver P. Morton. Ben
jamin H. Bristow, Ros coe C mklin and
John F. Hartraft. Mr. Hayes was nom
inated on the seventh ballot.
The result of the election and the acri
monious dispute engendered is a matter
of too recent history to recall. The can
vassing boards of the stab s in question
declared the republican electors chosen,
which gave Mr. Hayes a majority of one
in the electoral college, and the certifi
cates of these results were sent to Wash
ington by the governor of the states.
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
But the democrats cbarg-ed fraud, and
other sets of certificates, certifying tbe
democratic electors to have been elected,
arrived at Washington. To avoid a
deadlock, which might have happened if
the canvass of the electoral votes bad
been left to both houses of congress, tbe
senate having a republican and the house
of representatives a democratic majority,
an act advocated by members of both
parties ws passed to refer nil contested
cases to a commission composed of five
senators, five republicans and five judges
of the supreme court.
The decision of this commission to be
final unless set aside by a concurrent vote
of the two bouses of congress. The
commission refusing to go behind the
certificates of the governors decided in
each contested case by a vote of eight to
seven in favor of the republican electors,
beginning with Florida on February, 7 in.
Rutherford B. Haves was, at last, on
March 2d, declared duly elected presi
dent of the United States. This ended
the long and painful suspense, and VJe
decision was generally acquiesced in, and
the popular excitement subsided quickly.
THE INAUGURATION.
President Hayes was inaugurated
March 5th, 1877- In his inaugural ad
dress be substantially restated tbe prin
ciples aod views of the policy set fort
in his letter of acceptance, adding tnar
while the president of necessity owe.
. . ..or ' A Inn labors OI
election to suffrage and zeaioulabora
a party, he should be aiwaj
that "he serves his party best who serves
his country best, and
referring to the contested fofl
the general acceptance of the "tUeot
b- tbe twogreat parties of a dgnte
regard to which good men differ as to
th! fact and the law, no leas than as to
the proper coue to be pursued w jolv-
Djr the question in controversy, was "an
Occasion f:r genera! rejoicing."
l he cabinet that be appointed consist
ed of William 31. EvartP, secretary o'
ate; Johu Sherman, secretary of the
treasury; George W. McCreary, tecietary
f war; Richard W. Thompson, secre
tary of the navy; David M. Key, post
master general ; Charles Dcvens, attorney
General, and Carl Scha z, secretary of
the interior.
CLOSE OF HIS 1DMIXISTRATION.
On March 1, 1879. President Hayes
vetoed the bill to restrict the immigra
Uon of Chinese to th United States.
President H.tm
. j W Ttf AVI V
ea an extra session of congress to meet
on March 18th. This was done because
the last congress had failed to pas? the
necessary appropriation bills.
In his annual messsge in December,
1879, President Hayes found occasion to
congratulate tlte country on the ,4re
sumption of specie payments' and rec
"mmendel important changes in the
financial system but without effect. The
administration of President Hayes,
though attacked by the politicians of
both parties, was satisfactory to the peo
ple at krge. On the expiration of his
term, ex-President Hayes retired to his
home at Fremont, O.
Much of his time was devoted to be
nevolent and useful enterprises. He was
commander of the military order of the
Loyal Legion, president of the National
Prison Reform Association and a trustee
of the Penbody fund. The death of his
wife not long since was a severe blow to
him and he never fully recovered from it.
CATTLEMEN RELEASED.
End of a Celebrated Case Out in Wy.
oming.
A Cheyenne, Wyo., dispatch says:
The case of ,the cattlem :n, who some
months ajo invaded Johnson county for
the purpose of exterminating the so
called' rustlers, or cattle thieves, and in
the attempt killed two men named Cham
pion and Rae, and burned several build
ings and -were ia turn corralled by the
United States troops, was, on Saturday,
thrown out of court. The twenty-threo
defendants' dismissal was entered by
Bennett, the people's attorney for John
son county and allowed. The ending, so
long anticipated, was brought about
by the action of the sheriff
of the county. He product d near
ly a thousand talesmen and said
he could find no more in town. He said
that he had no guarantee of the expense;
could not get it from the Johnson county
people, and he did not cru to furnish
funds to summon veniremen from that
county. In open court his !rievancr; was
laid before Prosecuting Attorney Ben
nett. He agretd lo the dismisal as
he said that he had no idea that a con
viction could be obtained. This affair
has involved an expenditure ou both
sides of about J30O.O0O. It has kept the
state in a fermert for nine months.
From Johnson county comes the re
port that the really bad men have emi
grated, and at the last term-of court in
that county, several cattle thieves were
convicted. The men discharged Satur
day have been among the prominent cit
izens of the state but a number of them
must leave, so strong is the resentment
agdnst them. Scnrcelr, one of them
who has property in the north, ha3 not
looked at it since last April. Two of
the Texans who were hire 1 to do the kil
ling in Johnson county, died on the trip,
and two of them have since been killed
in the southern country.
IRON AND STEEL.
A Bulletin Report on the Mineral Be-
sources of the Southern States. .
A Bulletin report on tbe iron and
steel industries of the southern states,
was issued by the census office at Wash
ington, 'Thursday. There are . twelve
states now engaged in developing their
mineral resources by the establishment
of rolling mills and ste-I works Ala
bama, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky,
Marvtnnd. North Carolina. Tenmssee.
Texis, Virginia and West Virginia. The
capital invested in blast furnaces in these
sta'es increased from about $17,000,000 in
. . . AOO AAA IA1 1 OOA . 1
looU, lO over foo.wv.uw iu iow,
in rolling mills and steel work,
from over $11,000,000 in 1880, to
$17,000,000 in 1890, and tbe pro
ducts of these works increased from
290,000 tons to 515,000, the increase be
ing exclusively in steel. There has been
a marked decrease in the forge and bloom
branch of -the iron industry, t resulting
1 n.nnAC a m in mfllrirv ntll.
iron, impritveu p iv--
and the extension of transportation facil- '
ities. Hence, tbe manufacture of ber
iron from ore by direct process has be
come practically an extinct industry in
tbe south. The total number of estab
lishments has diminished as a result of
concentration, but there has been an In
crease in the output. The total number
of hands employel has diminished from
20,596 in 18S0, to 18,688 in 1890,but the
aggregate wages have increased from
$6,261,000 to $7,628,000. ,
POPULISTS ON TOP.
They Make Things Lively for Repub
licans In the Kansas Legislature,
A Topks, Kan., special says: Repub
lican senators aod representatives met in
joint session Thursday morning and bal
loted for su e printer. None of the
democrats were present, and although a
solid vote was cast for Crane, the repub
lican nominee, be did not receive a coo-atitu-iooal
majority. The republican
hotS3 then adjourned cntil 2 o'clock,
and the populists began tbe un
seating process. .The populist elections
committee reported in favor of unseat
ing Kline, republican from Jackson
county, and seating Shellenbarger, pop
ulist. In Reno county, Dix, repub
lican, was ousted and Mitchell, pop
ulist, seated. The grounds were the
time in both cases. In Jackson coooty
the town of Holton, and in Reno, the
town of Dickersoc were not mentioned
ia the legislative apportionment two years
ago, aod although they are in the center
of their legislative districts, tbe populist
committee held that their votes snonld
not be concted. Io tbe senate similar
tactics will be followed, and by this
means the populists will have a clear ma
jority on juiot ballot without the aid of
the democrats.
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH
Notes .of Her Pitzress aiii Prakrit?
Briefly Eptoizei . ;
And Important Happening front Day
to Dy .Tersely Told,
The Noveltj
Ity theatre, at Cheaneake
id three saloons lid joining,
City. Ya.. anc
were burned down Wednesday nhjht.
The loss ia about $50,000.
Another destructive fire occurred at
Winston, X. C, Sunday morniag. Tbe
Tise block, in which was the Soevd Fur
niture Company and in , which several
other firms were doing business, wt de
stroyed. The loss is estimat ed at $ 1 00, -000.
;
An ice gorge at Bel monr,Ky. .broke Sat
urday leaving deth and destruction in its
wake. Tbe government steamer Kerns
and several barges were caught iq. the
jam and sent to the bottom of the river.
Three negroes, deck hands on one of the
barscs, perished. Tbe Kerns was valueT
at $50,000and the "barges at $8,000.
A New Orleans dispatch "of Sunday
says: A trust deed, aggregating to-
$18,900000, has been filed in the county
clerk' ollice at Beeville, Tex., against
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass rail
way which passes under tho control of
the Southern Pacific. The change was to
have been made. Monday, but has again
been postponed.
Fire at Shellbyville, Tenn., Thursday
night destroyed eight byildmgi in the
business portion of the town. I be losses
are ts'imated at $60,000, partly insured.
The following business places were
burned: The Gazette, Cunningham's'
book store, aod Swargenkey Bros, dry
goods store, Ilix's saloob, Lowenstein's
millinery, and Bedminsters's furniture
store. . V: '
The stand-pipe, containing the city
water supply of Asheville, N. C, burst
Sunday morning. It was ixty feet high
and forty-five feet in circumference, with
a capacity of 950, 00Q gallons. There
wns about forty-five feet of water in the
pipe at the time of the collapse, which
went rushing down the mountain aide
i with terrific force. No lives were lost.
The loss to the city is about $12,000. .
A Richmond, Va., spccial of Saturday
says: William F. Wickham, of the First
Virginia regiment of cavalry, has re
ceived a letter from General AfcMahon.
of New York, declining to give the regi
ment the post of honor at. the inaugural
ceremonies of President-elect Cleveland.
He says it is customary to grant that post
to tbe Washington military, and this
course will be pursue in March. Wick
ham's regiment will not go to Washing
ton. A Memphis, Tenn.,, -dispatch of Wed
ne day says: The steamer Guiding Star,
of the Cincinnati, Memphis and New Or
leans line, i aground at Harm' landing,
a few miles from New Madrid, Ma, and
will prove a total loss. Tbe ice has
knocked a hole ten feet long and four
feet wide in her hull, and she is rapidly
going to piece. The crew deserted ber
yesterday. The boat was valued at $80,
000; caro, $50,000.
Seven tons of powder exploded Sunday
afternoon in tbe large mills of tbe Kel
logg powder works near Huntington, W.
Va., wrecking the. plant and shaking up
the city fearfully. Fortunately, no one
was hurt, the employes having gone to
dinner. This is the sixth explosion in
less than two years. On the 18th of Jan
uary, 1892, seven men were killed and a
great many wounded at an explosion at
these works. A suit has been in cOurt
some time to compel their removal. Dam
ages,' $10, 000.
A Louisvi le, Ky., special saysr ' John
G. Carli-le has sent in his resignation as
United States senator from Kentucky to
Governor Brown. A later telegrsm
s ates that Governor Br wi has with
drawn from the senatorial race to succeed
Carlisle. This leaves the flht to Con -grtssmm
W. J. Stone, and James B.
McCr.ary, and Judge Wiliiam Lindsay,
Kentucky's world's fair commissioner.
Carlisle's resignation was received by
Governor Brown Thursday night, and the
fiht promises to be a lively one.
Information was received at Richmond;
Va., Wednesday night of tho burning of
the old Howlett boue located on the
south bank of the Jam s river, opposite .
Dutch gap, and famous ia wsr annals..
There wss a confederate battery of artil-
lery sUtionad at this boue during th
war, and while Ueneral liutier was cot-
ting his canal through Dutch gap, his
troops were constantly fired upon from
this point. It was o:xupied by a family
from 3Iichigao, who lost all their per
sonal ffcts. The loss is $1,500, with
no insurance.
CHARLESTON ISOLATED.
Cnt Off from Telegraphic Coram mica -tion
with the Balance of the World.
Charleston' is completely cut off from
all telegraphic cmmooicatioa north and
west. Tbe only connections possible are
south to Savannah and Jacksonville The
Western Union wires are down from -Florence
to Cbsrleston, 108 miles, and
for miles along Che Sooth Carolrns road.
From Cbarleatoa to Augusta Friday
morning the regular passenger train on
the Sooth Carolina railway was delayed
gjeatly by telegraph poles and' wires
which were b own acrosa the track, and
it was necessary to send a wrecking train
ahead of the psienger train before tbe
latter could move. The Postal Telegraph
Company's wire were also prostrated.
Linemen were sent out to repair the dam
ages, but the telegraph's mas&ger says it
will take a week or ten days to get the
wires on the South Carolina lice in good
workif v order auainv . ,
Ban on a Bank.
The Press Printing Cumpaay. of lit
tie R.ck, Ark., the last concern of tbe
state, aaaignel Wednesday nioroin"
LisMliiiev ftOOOOlbe First XatWK '
bauk beiog a prekrrrd creditor for $o
000 The announcement of the ffu
.created a paj.c among the depositors of
the bank and a run wa, inaugurated but
was ch. eked by assistance Vroa olJJf
batks in the city aod St. Louis . 7