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SALISBURY, N. C THURSDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1896.
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ROUTIN K. O F IIOUSK AND SKNATK
BRIEFLY CIIR0NICM5D.
Summary of Bills and Resolutions
Presented and Acted Upon.
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THE. HOUSE.
There was an exciting scene in the "
house Friday morning over an attempt
to censure Mr. Talbert, of Sofli'th Caro
lina, for his speech- in which he de- ;
clared be had nothing to apologize for v
because 01 ,the secession of the south
' in 1861. Young Mr. Barrett, of Mas
sachusetts, wanted to censure him, but
in his attempt he waa most thoroughly
suppressed and repudiated by the
house. Mr. Talbert in a speech Thurs
day referred to the " Confederacy. He
declared that he indorsed, secession at
the time because he believed it wlus
. right in what it did at the time and Ee
had nothing to retract. .
jut. xaiDert, in explaining his re-
fmarks at .'Friday's session, repeated
Mta v-
this. It brought Barrett to his feet to I
move that the words Te taken down, j
Then he prepared a resolution of cen
eure upon Mr. Talbert, declaring his
worus ireasonaDie. mr. .uarrett was
repudiated by his own side. His re
publican friends failing to Ret him to
withdraw trie resolution, Mr. Dalzell
.moved its reference to the committee
" on rules, and the house,' by a tremen
dous majority, so referred it. That
simply meant the' smothering of the
resolution and" the suppression of Bar
' rett. . I
Mr. Henderson, republican, of Io wa,
chairman, asked consent for the com
mittee on judiciary to sit during the
session of the house, which was grant
ed. The message of President Cleve
land transmitting the report of the en
gineers upon the Nicaragua canal route
was received and laid before the house
and referred to the committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce. The
house then resumed tbo debate on the
bond-silver coinage bill, first entering
into a unanimous agreement to close
the general -debate at the close of the
legislative day aof Monday. The speak
ers during the afternoon were Walker,
republican, of Massachusetts, and Pat
terson, democrat, of Tennessee, in
opposition to free coinage, and. Wil
liams, democrat, of-Misissippi ; Brod
; erick, republican, of Kansas, and
Bowers, republican, of California, in
favor of it. , .
- The house at 5 :15 p. m., took
a re
cess until 8 p. m., the session then to
continue until 10 :30 o'clock. .. j
T wen ty-five representatives occupied
their seats on the floor at the beginning
of the evening session to listen to the
orators oa.th'e pending bill, while tho
public gallories at the same timo were
crowded,, The speakers were Messrs.
Gibson, republican, of Tecnetsoe;
Bromwell, republican, of Ohio;
. flparkman, democrat-,' of Florida;
Stewart, republican of New Jersey;
Eddy, ropublioiu.'of Minnesota, who
opposed the free coinage measure, and
Messrs. McClure, republican, of Ohio;
Mondell, republican, " of i Wyoming,
who favored it. j f
' At 10:30 o'clock the house took a
recess until 10:30 o'clock Saturday
morning. ' V
Judge Bartlett, of Georgia, delivered
his maiden speech inHhe house Satur
day in favor of the silver amendment
to the bond bill. f. He declared that ho
belioved that the defeat of the demo-
. jratio party in the last election, was
due to the fact that when in power it
did not pass a silver bill. -
He added, in response to a question
from Mr. Boatner, who- interrupted
him repeatedly, that democratic silver
.men were defeated in the last election
4 becauso the people struct at the ad
ministration through any and all dem-
ocrats. 1 i
Mr.i Skinner, of North Carolina, a
DODulist. asked if Jie would vote for a
gold standard democrat if nominated.
'I will vote for any mau the .major
ity of my party may "nominate at Chi
; cago." said ,Mr. Bartlett. and added:
"I am willing to forego for tho present
my views in oruer, q preserve iub or
ganization of that party which, I be
lieve, is the only hopo for the preserv
ation of the liberty of this people and
the only party through which we can
hope to succeed in remonetizing eil
ver." . . -y -
Tho desk of Representative W." H.
Crain, of Texas, who died early Mon
day morning, was draped heavily with
black when the house ! reconvened at
10:30 o'clock after a recess over Sun
day. On the desk lay a beautiful
bunch of white hyacinths, lilies of the
valley and roses, Mr. Crain was serv-
ing his sixth term in the house and his
death came as a shock to his colleagues,
many of whom did notknow he was ill.
The debate on the i bond bill pro
ceeded until non when. the legislative
dav of Saturday expired. Mr. IFaiper,
reDublican. Nebraska, spoke in favor
of non-concurrence in the free coinage
substituteand Messrs. De Armond,
democrat, Tennessee, j and Skinner,
Tonnlist. North Carolina, for concur-
The houso immediately recon-
rence.,
vened.
Mr. Dingley, republican, Maine,
' endeavored to reach a new arrange
ment about the debate He asked that
Tuesdav be given to the X)istrict of
" 7 i- . n
Columbia committee; ! Wednesday to
the continuation of the bond bill de
bate and that on Thursday the debate
proceed under the five-minute rule
until 4 o'clock, when the vote should
bo taken. There was no objection.
Mr. Sayres, democrat, Ttxas, then
made the formal, announcement of the
death of his colleague and offered the
usual resolutions, which were unani
mcusly adopted. A coramitteo con-
fiisting
Tezar
of Messrs. iPecdleton,
Conuelly, pf Ttxaij Kyle,
Inn ; r : . ' 3 - T
Hiles, of Maryland; Milner. of
Michigan; Leonard, of Pennsylvania ;
McCleary, of Minnesota, and Murphy,
of Illinois, was appointed by the
I speaker to accompany the body to
jTexas, and at 12 :45 the house as a
'further mark of respect adjourned
' until Tuesday. ,
j The timeof the house Tuesday up
4 to 3:30 o'clock was given up toXusi-
ness from the committee on the .Dis
trict of Columbia- Consideration of
the bond silver coinage bill was then
resumed in committee of the whole.
( Mr. Hill, republican, of Connecti
cut, opposed the senate free coinage
substitute He said the matter of free
coinage of silver was for the democracy
to settle. Free coinage would not bo
an issue this year, except in the dem
ocratic national convention and there
it would be crushed to death in one
moment. - Already, he aid,:"tbe, shift
ing process bad begun. The old speech
es addressed to "my fellow "citizens"
were being delivered over again", and
'permissions to print" were fully im
proved by padding the congressional
record with the relics of a past cam
paign. (Applause.) The living issues
that republicans must "stand upon if
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ine7 wouia mu tnl8 Ia" ere. these:
1- Revenue laid upon protection
lines; so fully meet expenses and to
'Bome extent reduce the debt and de-
velop the resources 01 the nation.
2. The establishment of a - sound
system of national. finance which would
ftive peace to the business interests of
the country.
3, The proteUtion of Amerioan peo
ple everywhere, abroad as well as at
home, and the expression of sympa
thy,! encouragement and hope to men
in other jlands who are fighting for
freedom.)
Mr. DeArmond, democrat, of Mis
souri, rising to support the senate
substitute, presented .his compliments
at some length and with scarcely
veiled sarcasm to his colleague. Mr.
Hall, for his change of position ion
this quesion as announced in the
letter's seeeh on Saturdav. " ' !
The committee arose and, at 5 :30,
the house, on motion by Mr. Dingley,
republican, of Maine, took a recess
until 8 o'clock, to continue' at that
hour the debate on the bill for two
and a half hours.
The debate upon the bond-free coin
age bill at the evening session was de
void of unusual interest. Messrs. Har
ris, republican, of Ohio ; Brown, re
publican, of Tennessee; Howe, -republican;
bf New York, and Towler, re
publican, of New Jersey, spoke in op
position to free coinage of silver, and
Messrs. Otey, democrat, of Virginia:
Butler, populist, , of Kansas, in its
At 10 o'clock a further recess was
taken by the house until 10 :30 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
- '; THE SENATE.
Friday's session of ; the senate pre
sented some interesting features. The,
officiating clergyman (not Mr. Mil-
burn, the blind chaplain, but a substi
tute), Dr. I Hugh Johnston, of Wash
ington city, in the .opening prayer ex-;
pressed the thanks for "the confidence
of the people in the financial strength
of the nation. A president pro. tem
pore of the senate was chosen without
dissent in the person of Senator Frye,
republican, of Maine, and the Dubois
resolution to distribute the appropria
tion bills among several committees
was practically . defeated by being re
ferred to the committee on rules with
instructions to report it back on the
first Monday in December next.
The opportunity for the election of
president pro tempore was furnished
by the absence of tho vice-president.
Mr. Frya-wMk declared elected, had
the oath of ffice administered to him
by the ' secretary and entered on the
discharge of his duties as president
pro tempore. r ,
Notices were given of speeches on
tho Davis resolution as to the Monroe
doctrine by Mr. Smith, democrat of
New Jersey, for Monday, and by Mr.
Blanchard, democrat, of Louisiana,
for Tuesday. At 3 :15 p. m. the senate
adjourned until Monday.
In tho senate, Monday, Mr. Cameron
offered a joint resolution quoting the
president's reference to the Cuban war
in nis last message, declaring tnat
there is no way of securing peace to
Cuba except by giving it right bf self-
government and . offering to the Span
ish government the friendly offices of
the United States to bring' it about.
Mr. Smith, of New Jersey, then ad
dressed the .senate on the Monroe doc
trine.
He announced that he was opposed
to the adoption of the resolutions in-
troduced by his colleague (Mr. Sewell)
and quite as strongly opposed to those
reported by the foreign relations com
mittee, and he had very little j eym-
I pathy with the position assumed by
I the senator from Colorado (Mr. Wol-
I cott.) lhere was,;he argued, no occa
sion lor any action 01 any kind ! upon
this subject by the senate at this time.
Both houses of congress, by the pass
age of the resolution providing for the
appointment of a commission to deter
mine the true divisional line between
Venezuela and British Guiana, had
done all . that the president and secre-
J tary of state, charged with the respon
sibility 01 diplomatic negotiations with
other powers, desired, and all that the
people detired.
'The Monroe doctrine," he said,
"does apply to the controversy between
Great Britain and Venezuela quite as
truly and quite as justly as if the fly
ing squadron were now in a Venezue
lan port, demanding the. submission
of a people who havo , achieved . their
independence. To define the. methods
by which a foreign power may accom
plish its purpose by evading techni
calities is to , nullify absolutely the
American principle upon wnicn we
take our 6tand.
of I "The most popular thing we. could
oil do today, and probably ia the preieat
condition of affairs, the most benefi
cial thing we could dOj would be to
pass the necessary appropriation bills
and go home. The mere fact that we
are in session is menacing to the re
vival of business and the return of
prosperity." 1
Senator Bacon introduced Tuesday
morning a bill in the senate "To pro
hibit the issuance of bonds or other in
terest bearing obligations of the gov
ernment by the secretary of the treas
ury or by any other official of the gov
ernment without the authority of con
gress heieafter granted" The bill
was read and .referred to the finance
committee.-The Senator will endeavor
to secure a consideration of the meas
ure but there is slight possibility it is
believed of its securing a hearing be
fore the finance, committee to the sen
ate at this session. '
It will be remembered that "in his
speech the, Georgian took the position
.that the proper contingency had - not
arisen to warrant issuing bonds under
act of 1875, but waving that question,
to use his own language, he is "op
posed to any one or ones save congress
taking the authority of running con
gress into debt." '
A loud chorus of ayes and a few
feeble noes showed that the senate
sympathized with the attack made on
J. Sterling Morton, agricultural sec
retary, by Mr. Vest, and bo far as our
agricultural ' senate is concerned, the
farmers of the country can have their
seeds. The bill will go over to the
house shortly where there will - be
many lively speeches by the represent
atives of the "plain" people, and the
bill may pass.
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GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The
Industrial Situation as Reported
' for the Fast Week.
Reports as to industrial and business
conditions all over the south for tho
past week indicate that the' bond sub
scriptions being so large and so widely
scattered have had a remarkably good
effect on business of all kinds. The
reports show that the approach of
planting time is bringing out the cot
ton remaining in the hands of the
planters, who find prices satisfactory.
It is believed that a very large crop
will be made this year. I General
merchandise business is active and is
increasing in amount. Lumber deal
ers report that the export demand is
growing larger each week. Coal and
iron men are still doing a large busi
ness, but the demand, is not so active
as it was a few weeks ago. Cotton
mill building has developed largely
during the week. The following mills
were- chartered or organized during
the week;. The ndiaiisHea&inills
tapnarDUU.uuo, to be bunt at Cor
dova, Ala. , by the Nashua Manufac
turing company, of Nashua, N. H. ; a
$500,000 mill to be built at Buther
fordton, N. C. ; the Beaufort cott6p
mills, Beaufort, S. C, capital $200,000;
the Sumter Manufacturing company,
of Sumter, S. C, With $100,000 capi
tal; a $75,000 cotton mill at Bran ch
ville, S. C ; one to cost $50,000 at Ox
ford, Ala., and one to cost $50,000 at
Washington, Ga. .
,. The following new industries were
established or incorporated during the
week: The Automatic i Packing and
Labelling company, of Durham, N. C,
capital $185,000; the Piedmont Phos
phate company, of Ocala, Fla., capital
$200,000; the R. D. Gribble Lumber
company, of Houstoa, Tex., with $50,
000 capital ; the R. O. Lumber com
pany, of Napier, Tex., also with $50,-
000 capital ; a $25,000 lumber company
at bhreveport, La., and a boiler manu
facturing company at (New Orleans,
La., with $25,000 capital
'Brick works are to be located at Lib
erty,. C. r canning factories at Hamp
ton,! Fla., and Dublin Ga. : electric
lighting plants at Deals, Fla. ; Burkes
villa and Lawrenceburg, Ky., and
flour tfnd grist mills at Bakersport and
London, Ky.i and Thorn Grove, Tenn
Ice factories are ' reported at Macon,
Ga., and Lawrenceburg, Ky.; marble
works at Luttrell.. Tenn., and a mill
supply factory at Memphis, Tenn
Coa mines are to be opened at Den
mng and Jenny land, -Ark., and a
sandstone quarry at San aba, Texas.
A pottery is . to be built at Chatta
nooga, Tenn. ; a tile factory at La
Porte, Tex. ; a tobacco ' factory at
ReiJsville, N. C, and woodworking
plants at Seaborn, Ala., Fitzgerald,
Ga. Raleigh, N. O.,' Branchville, S.
C, Memphis, Tenn., and Richmond,
Virginia.
The . enlargements
plants include brick
of industrial
and tile works
cotton mills at
at Dwensboro. Ky.;
j Stonewall, Miss., and workworkmg
! plants at Birmingham, Ala., and At
lanta and Marietta, Ua. iradesman,
(Chattanooga, Tenn.)
REPRESENTATIVE CRANE DEAD.
Member of the Texas Delegation
In
j' Six Congresses. .
Wm. H. Crane, representative from
the eleventh district;- oz xexas and a
died at his home in Washington at
4 o'clock Monday morning.
Wm. H. Crane, of Cuero, Texas,
was bonr at Galveston, NovemberN 25,
1848. He graduated at St.- Francies
Xavier's college in New York city on
July 1, 1867, and received the degree
of A. M. several years afterwards. Me
studied law at Indianola. Texas, and
waal admitted to practice in February,
1871. He practiced law eince that
time. In 1873 he was elected as the
democratic candidate for district at
torney of the twenty-third district of
Texas, and was elected a state senator
on the democratic ticket m February,
1876. - :
He has occupied a seat in the - past
six! congresses, beginning with the
forty-ninth and being successively re
elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-
second, -fifty-third and fifty-Iomth
CongTsgsei,
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
GOSSIP OPi
WASHINGTON
PARAGRAPHS.
IN
BRIEF I
Doings of the Chiefs and Heads of the
1 Various' Departments
The death of Representative Crain
will delay the vote oh the silver sub
stitute in the house until Thursday
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, has
introduced a bill to pension all ex-
slaves freed by the Lincoln proclama
tion. It provides for a lump sum to
each, depending upon- age, and the
payment of a regular monthly pension.
Senator Morgan will make an effort
to have the" senate consider and pass
the Cuban resolutions at once. The
opposition of the administration, how
ever, may cause a long delay before.
these resolutions are finally adopted.
The president is opposed to immediate
action.
In discussing a bill to give the old
Charleston postoffice to the commer
cial bodies of that city. Hoar, of
Massachusetts, paid, the Charleston
people a felicitous compliment of their
courage during earthquake which he
fervently described as "one of the
most brilliant and -gratifying examples
of all American history." The senate
passed the bill.
The position of judge advocate gen
eral of the army, with the rank of
major, for which : CoL Candler, of
Georgia, was an applicant, was filled
Tuesday by the appointment of Casper
N. Morrison, of Missouri, who at pres
ent holds the position of chief clerk in
the judge advocate general's depart
ment. Morrison's appointment was
strongly urged by Secretary Lamont.
It is stated at the sub-treasury that
$10,609,640 gold was turned in Satur
dav on account of the new bonds and
$2,000,0d0 for examination. The lat
ter will also be used for bond pur
poses, it is estimated that fullv
$20,000,000 gold is now in the gov
ernment vaults in this city to pay for
new fours, just allotted. This provides
for the first installment due ten days
after allotment.
The populists of the senate c&ucuss-
ed Saturday afternoon and nominated
Tom Watson for sergeant-at-arms of
the senate, and Taubeneck for assist
ant doorkeeper. Friday, when' Sena
tor Frye, of Maine, was elected presi
dent pro tem of the senate, the popu
lists intended to propose the name -of
tor Harris, 'the former democratio
president pro tem, withdrew his name
and proposed the unanimous election
of Mr. Frye, caused the populists not
to propose Kyle, but simply to an
nounce that they had intended to do
so. lhe populists nominated nobody
for secretary, wishing to honor H, L.
Grant, the North Carolinian, nomi
nated by the republicans.
The Waller Case Settled,
The president ha sent to congress a
long report from Secretary Olney and
all correspondence in the case of John
L. Waller, ax-United States consul to
Tamatave ' Secretary Olney savs
Waller is, guilty of the offense
charged, and r the penalty inflicted
would be regarded " as exceedingly
moderate, but the French government
made.the offer to release Waller and
pardon his offenses, on condition that
the affair be thereby terminated as be
tween the two governments, and the
United States to make no claim for
damages on account of his arrest and
confinement. Ambassador Eustes has
been instructed to notify the French
government of the acceptance by the
United States of conditions.
The Correspondence Furnished.
In response to a reeol ation adopted
in the house calling on the secretary
of state for copies of the correspond
ence between this government and
Spain in relation to the warfare in
Cuba, etc., the department of state
has sent to the house the data asked
for. Jt is very voluminous, comprising
copies of some 2, 000 letters, the larger
number or tnem between the depart
ment of state and ponsul General Wil
liams at Havana aaa with other con
sular officers in Cuba. It also includes
correspondence with Minister de Lome
and .with the Spanish foreign officers.
The senate ha oonnrmedth nnrni-
natiVf A-j. C7to postmaster,.
Be'dford City, Val and a list of pro
motions in the navy, beaded by lieu
tenant Commander VV. . winDurne
to be commander.
Statement as to Coast Defenses.
In response to a resolution of in
quiry the secretary of war has sent .to
the senate a statement of the amount
of money which could be used advan
tageously in coast defenses.
He says that -25,678,860 could be
so used by the Department prior "to
July 1, 1897, of hich amount $4,722,-
000 should be made available during
the present fiscal year. Of the total
amount he recommends that $15,897,
000 be designated for fortification,
$1,000,000 for sites, $2,500,000 for
submarine defenses.. $6,316, b60 . for
trnns. mortar' proiectiles. etc. The
special advantage of the increased ap
propriations as enumerated by the
secretary are:
a .
The utilization of the army gun fac
tory to iU ftul capacity; the more
rapid armament of our f oi tifications ;
the addition of twelve mortars and
carriages to those already estimated
for: tho purchase of an additional five
hundred deck-piercing shells and the
tupplj of heavy material for Bca ser
vice. ; .
' nig Imports of S agar.
Mr. Worthicgton C. Ford, chief o
the bureau ,of ' tatistic issues 4ho ad
vacce figures vff$o import of sugars
in tha mdnth of January. lb?o. ana
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states that the imports have not been
so heavy in the corresponding' months'
of any years in last ten years, with'
the single exception of January, 1890, -
The five ports of New York, Boston,
Baltimore, Philadelphia and Galves
ton, imported in January, 1896, 233,-
264,828 pounds of. tugar, valued at
$5,115,608. No account is taken of
the z imports : at San Francisco, of
New Orleans, and in jiddition to what
those two ports might bring in an al
lowance may be made of eight mil- :
lions for the rest of the country
which would, brine; the total up to at
least the point reached in January,
-torirt u it. :. i mo tr
ioao, vueu mo luioria were o,oii,-
863 pounds, valued at $7,046,422. A
further feature of the January imports
is the improved price of sugars, which
was a shade below 2.2 cents per pound.
A year ago the price was 1.8 cents a
pound, showing an increase of nearly
25 per cent, in import value. 4 he
treasury, will Jhus - get xnorethan
$2,000,000 ih revenue for the imports
of
the last month.
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TRADE TOPICS.
Bradstreets Review of Business for
' the Past Week.
Bradstreet's review of trade condi
tions for the ra6t weeU says: General
trade waits . the results of subscrip
tions to the bond issde, and the senti
mental effects of the unexpectedly fa
vorable "outcome have been for easier
money and improvement. Additional
favorable influences are found in heav
ier bank clearings, continued firmness
of prices sustained demand for iron
and steel. The announcement from
St.: Paul, Milwaukee, Omaha and Des
Moines of a revival in business with
jobbers in staple lines. At the east,
Baltimore and Pittsburg, report favor
able trade conditions. At the south,
gains in wholesale ' lines are announ
ced from Nashville, Memphis, Atlan
ta and Birmingham. The reverse
includes the depressing influence pf
stormy and wet weather, indifference
of consumers of domestic woolen drees
goods, renewed sales of print cloths
and other makes of cotton goods after
a reaction in prices, continuance of
extreme conservatism in almost . all
lines, and in faot that the relief to t$e
treasury by the heavy over-subscription
to the bond issue in the absence
of sound currency legislation by con
gress will probably prove only a tem
porary device to maintain the -gold
reserve. General trade at Chicago,
St. Louis, Buffalo and Philapelphia
shows no real gains from the preced
ing week, when the situation was
quite even to dullness, and the outlook
unsatisfactory. i
The total number of business failures
VTT-tw... Tt ' . .r,. i -- 41,,,
week is considerably smaller. 669. as
contrasted with 393 the week before,
2V6 in the week one year ago, 66b, or
almost exactly the same numbef in the
first week tf February, 1894, 223 in
1893 and with' 214 !in 1892.
PROCLAMATION BY WEYLER.
Disposed to Use Harsh Measures
Against t.he Enemy.
General Weyler; the new captain
general and commander-in chief of the
Spanish forces in Cuba, has issued
proclamations to jlhe volunteers and
firemen, regular sbldiers and .marines
and the inhabitants of Cuba, and also
to the generals of the army, civil and
military governors, chiefs of columns
and military commanders. Ho says
among other things:
"But I think it convenient to add
some instructions at present and to
state that the insurrection and the re
cent march of the- principal leaders
thereof; without its being possible for
the Spanish column to prevent it,v in
dicates indifference on the part of the
inhabitants and also fear and discour
agement. I cannot understand their
inactivity while their property is
being destroyed.' Spaniards can
not eympathize with insurgents.
It is necessary at any . cost to
oppose this state of things and re
animate the spirit of the inhabitants.
I have coma disposed to help all loyal
oijtizens. Itam at the same time dis
posePto make use of all the rigor of
the law against those who in any-form
help the enemy, speak well of them or
discredit the prestige of Spain, of its
army, or volunteers. All who are with
our side must : demonstrate the facts
with acts and leave in the attitude no
place for doubt in proving that they
are ppaniaras. --
PACKING BOUSES FAIL.
Receivers For Four Concerns Asaea
For in Baltimore.
A petition was filed at Baltimore
Friday asking that receivers be ap
pointed for the following concerns :
The Highland! .racking company,
$150,000.
The J. Wmslow J ones Packing Com-
pany, $iou,uou. ; .
The Fatuxent canning company,
$10,000, all incorporated in West Vir
ginia, and the liiverton Xiive BtocK
Company, $25,000, incorporated in
Maine. -
Allegations of insolvency are made
and admitted in the pleadings. It is
understood that the trouble grows out
of the failure of the Fort Stanwix Na
tional Bank in Rome, N. T., in which
J. Winalow- Jones, the head of the
concerns above mentioned, was deeply
involved. r
DAMAGED BY JUG II WATER.
Cattle Swept Away and Many
Ilea Left Homeless.
Faml-
A Special of Sunday from Jackson,
Miss., says: The rains here continue
and Pearl river is higher than known
to the oldest inhabitants. Thousands
of cattle have been drowned and lhe
damage to fencing, bridges, etc., is
incalculable. Many poor families liv
ing in the bottoms, have been forced
to move out, e water being well over
thsir houses, . i
TROUBLE FOR PUGILISTS.
turmoB, tmiberson and uias Say
rhey Shall Not Fight.
Relative to the Fitzsimmons-Maher
fight, United States Attorney-General
Harmon says: '
"If they fight on any territory of, the
United States we will follow them to
the ends of the earth if necessary to
bring them to justice. "I
Opinion in Washington is that Gov
ernor Culberson will certainly prevent
the fight on Texas territory and no
doubt has influence enough with Mex
ican anthoritiAA in nrpvent ita fakinir
. . . 7 7 T 1 n
pjaCe in Mexico. It is understood that
Governor Culberson has cone to the
frontier to direct in person tho move
ments of militia, if necessary to pre-
vent the battle taking place on Texas
j territory." v
Texas undoubtedly will assume ju
: risdiction of the disnnted territorv for
tbe tinvabeing-LIf itiadetaitely,
known where the fieht is to come off.
the authorities in that jurisdiction can
a il l .V. .... ' 1 ...1
arrest me principals oeiore a Dreacn
of the peace takes place.
Mr. Romero, the Mexican minister
at Washington, sayahat it was his un
derstanding that the Mexican state au
thorities would certainly prevent the
juaner-i! HZBimmons miu ungy place
on Mexican soiL
FIVE CRUSHED.
FATAL WRECK ON THE ILLINOIS
CEXTRAL RAILROAD.
Mixed
Freight
in
and Passenger Train
Collision.
Two mixed freight and passenger
trains on the Illinois Central railway
collided at Dongbla, 111., at 6:45
o'clock Tuesday morning. Fite men
were killed, as follows : ' :
George Huntington, engineer ; Bag
gageman Armstrong, Fireman Adder
son, Fireman Adams, Brakeman Mc
Lean. . ( ; ' ' .
Most of them live at Ceatrslia, HI.,
Tbe conductor,' a brakeman and ex
press messenger of the passenger train
were badly hurt. -
None of the passenger,' were killed,
and so far as known none were injured.
Engineer Bates, of the freight train,
escaped by inmpincr, though be was
slightly hurt.
The paasenger train had a waiting
order at Dongola for the freight, but
as several freight trains had pulled in,
the engineer supposed tne, track was
clear and left.
The collision happen-
ir-y'Tftjtt" TnOffil Tir
ea on a tmarp1 curve:
railroad property was great, as both
trains were going at such speed that
the force of the collision drove both
engines and ears together in a mass.
Three of the men killed were buried
under the wreck and their bodies were
not found for three hours.
PRESIDENT'S DUCK HUNT.
He Returns With a Well Filled Game
t . - Bag.
The president left Washington at a
late hour Friday night on the light
house tender Maple for the Quantico,
(Va.,) duck hunting grounds. Captain
Lamberton, ligfTthouse inspector, and
Dr. O'Reilly were his travailing com
panions. ' :
The Maple, arrived "off Quantico at
1 :15 Saturday morning and proceeded
about three miles , further . down the
river to the excellent ducking grounds
of Colonel Webster Waller, who had
everything arranged for the president
to enjoy the sport with comfort. The
sport began about 7 o'clock and lasted
until tne afternoon. On the return
tbe Maple reaching her wharf in Wash
ington at 9 ;30. Carriages were in
waiting .and the members of the party
were i immediately driven to : their
homes. They brought , back thirty
ducks, but information asto how many
of these were killed bvihe resident
himsel
was not furnished.
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DEPOSITING GOLD.
How a
Wall Street Bullion Dealer
Made a Good Turn. "
The deposits of gold in the subtreas-
ury at New York Monday in payment
for bonds were $8,749,524. In addi
tion, considerable gold was deposited
this way: For some time past a ou
lion dealer tn Wall street has been
turning in legal tenders for goia
and selling the gold at a premium.
Monday he presented $800,000 Jegal
tenders and withdrew tbe same amount,
of gold. Five hundred thousand dol
lata in gold was immediately turned
into the bond department. On the
second transaction of $300,000 he se
cured the gold in bag?, and gave it to
the clerks of the firms who had sub
scribed for the new 4p, and who bad
accompanied him to the subtreasury.
. MUCH SUGAR FOR AMERICA.
Large Cargoes From Egypt, Germany
and llonolula.
About twelve thousand three hun
dred tons of ugar are now afloat on
the way to Philadelphia from Alexan
dria, Egypt. - These cargoes are on
board British tramp steamers and are
due about March 1. The importation
in large quantities df Egyptian sugar
f nA thinir made neceesary through
1 t.A .T,rlinsioM that the nban
'I fcUU .u.v
I otom. br reason of the war,
will be
ura tmnr. in aaaillOU VU iUM'"fi
qnantitr, considerable sugar is being
hipped" from Hamburg in British
wmshfrR. and from HonoluJa in
American clipper ships.
Uhra Saceeaaor Named.
The president his nominated TO-
liaxa Woodviue BocKWU.oi joaxyiauu,
to be MiiJUat f ?;ilU7 01 IHIfi
THE REBELS LOST.
FAILED TO nOLD TIIKIU OWN AT
P1NAR DEL RIO. '
Spaniards Clalmr-a Decided Victory
With & Small Loss. ,
'A special of Sunday from Havana
says: As told in these dispatches on
Friday last, the rebel forces under An
tonio Maceo were defeated at Cande
Iaria,province of Pin& del Rio, by
General Canellas and compelled to
retreat in the direction cf San Cristo
bal. On the same day Colonel Segura,
with 6j)0 men belonging, to General
Canella'a column, which wasin puromt
of the retreating rebels, came upQn
more than 5,000iof the insurgents.
TLSpaniah ootocan had been divided
in order to more, effectively pursue the".
rebels," and the troops under Colonel
Segura followed the road from Can-
delana toward San Cristobal, which,
as the event proved, was the route
taken by the rebels. As soon as the
troops came up with the insurgents
the latter formed an extentive circle
about them. . . . '
The troops formed into tquares and
continued the advance, keeping up an
incessant fire that plajedxbjivo in tho
rebel lines. When nearing the village
of Pezeo Honde the troops directed
their attack upon a house that was oc
cupied by a number of rebels and dis
Jpdged them. The building was then
turned into a hospital for the troops.'
All this time the rebels .were hovering
about the troops, 'but Colouel Segura,
who had with him a piece -of artillery,
used it with good effect, and by means
of shells caused the 'insurgents-to final
ly fall back.
.flat this juncture three tquadftgns
of cavalry under command of CpTonel
Ruiz and two companies of ininntry
belonging to the Simancas regiment .
opportunely arrived and broke-through
the rebel circle, thus saving Colonel
Segura'p column from what would un
doubtly have been an ' overwhelming
defeat. . ' . v.
The Spanish losses are given in the
official ' report of the. engagement as
eight killed and thirty-five-wounded,
while the supposed losses of tho rebels
are placed at 100 killed and 300
wounded., .
The above account of the fight is
entirely official. T
CANAL BOARD REPORTS.
Estimates From the Committee Sent
ft Cn"flTa"
the house the report pf , the special
committee to inspect and report on
the route of the Nicaraguan canal.
The report of ,the canal board in
cludes an estimate for th4 construction
of the canal, which they place on the
low level .line at $133,472,893. The
company's estimates are shown to be
on the low level line $C9,803,CC0.
lhe bOard thinks the exnensa of
constructing the canal will be about
twice thi amount that would be re
quired to build a similar waterway in
ine united states, owing to tbe ad
verse olinbatio conditions, the ineffect
ive manual labor and to the further
fact that-jthfi-machihery cannot be used
again after the canal has been finished.
The most serious problems affecting
the design and construction of the ca
ll al system at the present time, the re
port finds, are those involved in the
heavy rainfall and consequent dis
charges from the lako and streams,
whose variations . J surface and vol
ume must be taken into account. The
rainfall jrecord at Qreytown for a pe
riod of j three yearft shows a mean of
267 inches. A record at R was, otf tfte
west side, for four years gives a mean
of 65 inches. A record of nearly 25
leet oi water in a year on the Carrib
bean coast diminished to 51 feet be.
WPAT) ilia l.Va .nil lli. Ti XTX -
no comment to indicate the Kncortant-
results that must ensue wito reference
o matters of local drainage andjengin- ,
eering construction.' .
The. report shows that the climate
of Nicaragua is miffundebtood. It is
the continued moderate aummrheat,
in cod junction with tbe high humidity
that so seriously reduces the valtuLof
nnysical labor in the tropics. There
a heaw rainiau win increase
1 I . M- 11
argejy the cost of excavating the deep-
mud at severarembSiikment. sites ia .
excavations, -bufidiog embank m en ts.
etc The natives are ot likely to
prove nsieful in, the severe and steady
work of banal constrnetion. Jamaica
negroes, jwtto have been employed on J
the Panama railway, are docile and
from a tropical standpoint, industri
ous and fairly effective. , They will un
doubtedly, form the labor supply for
the canal. ' Wages lare only about one
half as much as in the United States,
but the efficiency of the laborers ia
proportionately much less.
IU entire cost would be charged to
the canal construction, making - the
plsnt charge higher than usual, tinco
tha machinery will have .no future .
value. There are now no shops or fa
cilities of any kind on or near the
canal line, and they will have to be-
supplied as adjuncts of the work.
Skilled labor will hve to be imported!
Fuel will erst more than double.
Freight on materials and supplies will
increase! their cost greatly.particularly
if snt to interior points.
A large part of the report is devoted'
to a description of the character of
the aoilj the work necessary to be' per
formed at points along the proposed
9 fi a i - .1 J k . il:.
route ana tne expense auacueu u
work.
The tea . plant may be col lilt.
trbere la the Eoufhernf
pountry,
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