VOL. IX
SALISBURY, N. C.. THUKSDAY, APRIL 23, 1896.
NO. 26.
THE 54TII CONGRESS.
IIOUTINK OF HOUSE AND SKNATK
'BRIEFLY CIIRONICLtSD.
Summary of Bills and Resolutions
Presented and Acted Upon.
r THB HOUSE.
Friday was an oldfashioned field day
in the house, with radical variation. It
was private bill day under the rule when
the .ills to pays claims arising out of
the war, which in th past afforded op
- portunity and excuse for fighting bat-
ties of the rebellion over again, .were
under consideration during the day,
however, tho ontesi was waJ,larely
by republican members who advocated
the pc. ment of the bills reported by'
tne committee on war claims, and those
who favored postponing, and some of
tho statements were startling in their
.bitterness!,'
Mr. Walker, republican, of Massa
chusetts, was almost violent in his de
nunciation of the policy which pro
scribed the payment of these claims.
Dramatically he declared thai no rob
her born oni the Rhine ever equaled
'government of the .United States
in robbery of honest creditors. ' He
attacked .'the . leaders .of the house,
charging them with purposely prevent
ing the consideration of bills for the
payment of just claims, asserting that
extraordinary rulings of the chair, in
committee of the whole, were resorted
L to to aid in carrying out that policy. .
Mr. McCall, republican, of Tennes
see, and Mr. Evans, republican, of
Kentucky, appealed to the house to
pay the claims of loyal men from the
south. . - ' . 1
Mr. Ray, republican, of New York,
charged that to enter upon the pay
ment of them would compel the next
administration to issue bonds from be
ginning to close. ' 1
Messrs. Dockery, of Missouri, and
Grosvenor," of Ohio, made political
speeches in connection with their com
mon poeitioA to the payment of the
claims, the former asserting Chat re
publican legislation in the past, and
the latter that democratic administra
tion Was reponsible for the present
condition of the treasury. The net
result of the day's discussion was the
rejection of one bill and the passage of
another. " ;
Mr. Tickler, republican; of South
Dakota, reported the general pension
bill prepared by the committee on in
valid pension and it was recommit
ted. -. ,: . j.-;
At 4 :50 o'clock iho house took re
cosa until S o'clock, the'evofling session
to be for the consideration of private J
pension bills.
At the evening session of the house
nine pension bills were considered and
ordered to be reported j to the house
with favorable recommendations. . A
large part oi- the time was spent upon
the bill - granting a pension of $75 a
month to the widow of Brigadier Gen
eral Fred Vanderveer, who was origi
. nally colonel of the Thirty-fifth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. The amount of
the pension ' was reduced to $50 a
month, and efforts were made to make
it $30, a proposition which received
considerable support among the re
publican members. : 7
The business of the house was. sus
pended at 1 o'clock Saturday, and eu
logies on tho late General. William
Cogswell, representative from tho sixth
district of Massachusetts, we ro deliv
ered by Messrs. Moody, ofMasRachu
setts, General Cogswell s " successor;
Mr. Catching, of Mississippi; Mr.
GroEvenor, of Ohio; Mr. Dockery, of
Missouri; Mr. Henderson, of Iowa;
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, and Mr.
Walker, Mr. Morse andMn Gillete, of
Massachusetts. I
For the first time this session Speak
cr Reed was late in arriving at the cap
ital Monday. Mr. McDowell - called
the house to order 'and announced
that in the absence of the speaker, a
speaker protem would be elected.. Mr
- UulLof Iowa, was unanimously elected
and took thfl chair. He had been
seated but a few moments when Mr.
Reed appeared and amid much laugh
ter and applause said : ; MIhe house
will be in order."
Although it was suspension day un
. der the rules, Mr. Cannon, .chairman
of the committee on appropriations,
. intisted on proceeding with the gen
cral deficiency bill and on his motion
the house went into committee of the
whole for its consideration This was
. the last of the regular appropriation
bills. .
When the items relating to indemni
ties to be paid to Frederick O. Daw
son, wife and daughter, for "loss of
property and injuries inflicted in Ne
braska, Mr. Mercer called attention to
the great vigor with which Great
Britain had pressed this case, $40,000
having been claimed from the state of
Nebraska. Hi commended the vigil-
ance of the British government in the
protection of its subjects, and Baid it
was in strange contrast with .the action
of the United States government, but
he thought the testimony showed that
tho Dawsons'were as much to blame as
the McCartejs in this particular case.
It was a brawl on the highway..
Mr.fHitt chairmanof the foreign
affairs, committee, paid that the testi
mony showed that the woman had
been outrageously mistreated. As a
result of the injuries the daughter was
today suffering from chronic epilepsy.
Mr. Hopkins (Rep., HI.) thought
that as the Dawsons were in Nebraska
with a view of making lttneir perma
- nent home, although they had not
been naturalized, tbey should not be
permitted to invoke the protection of
the British government after becoming
. involved in a brawl.
Mr. Moody recalled -the fact that
General Cogswell went into the Union
' army as captain of the first armed com-
pany that Tolanteered for the war of
the rebellion.
Previous to the Coerswell enlofriea.
Mr. Gannon, of Illinois, reported the
general dedciency bill,, giving notice
that he would, at the earliest practic-
aoie aay, ask the house to consider it
At the conclusion of the eulogies at
z :du o'clock the house adjourned. "
Had there been a ornm present in
1 t. m S " i ml -
vuo 4iuaBe xuesaay at ine Close oi a
six-hoar session, the' populist vote of
tne house of representatives would
have been increased from seven . to
eight by the. adoption of a resolu
tion declaring Albert T. Good-Tin
entitled " to a seat as , representa
tive from the fifth Alabama district.
It had previously been voted forty-
seven to one hundred and nine that
James E. Cobb, democrat, was not
elected representative from that dis
trict in the fifty-fourth, congress vand
that he was not entitled t to the seat,,
thus reducing the democratic strength
from one hundred to ninety-nine.
Goodwin was nominated by the popu
lists, and indorsed by the Jeffersonian
democracy and republicans, and the
votes upon his right to the seat were
given by the republicans and populists
in the bouse. Mr. Cbb was support
ed by the solid demooratic vote...
In the consideration of the commit
tee's report Mr; Cobb championed his
own canse and was assisted by Mr.
BarUett, democrat, of Georgia. The
recommendation of committee No. 1
was supported by Messrs. Daniels, re
publican, of New York, chairman p
and Mr. Boy ce, republican, Of Indiana.
Votes were taken, viva voce, on the
resolution, declaring Mr. Cobb entitled
to his seat, f or ty-seven ayes, one hun
dred and nine noes, and, by ballot,
on a motion to recommit the case made
by Mr. Diosmore, of Arkansas yeas
sixty, nays one hundred and thirty.-
On the resolution declaring Mr. Good-
Win entitled to the seat the vote was
yeas one hundred and twenty-one, nays
iorty-nve 1ms was not a quorum
and on motion by Mr. . Dincrley. of
Maine, at 5:50 o'clock, the house ad
journed until Wednesday, leaving the
question to be settled then.
- THB SENATE. .
When Mr. Hill resumed his speech,
began Thursday, on the bond investi
gation resolution the senate chamber
Friiay was almost empty, the senators
being either in the committee rooms
or in the cloak, rooms. The chamber
soon, niied up, nowever. in anticipa
tion of Mr. Hill's speech. The gal
leries were well filled despite the ex
cessive heat of the day.
Mr. Hill did not conclude. His
speech was against the passage of the
Peffer resolution to investigate the
JioJidj3jil esjjOhe present ;administra-z
lion Mr. ulfl saved nia strentn xor
a protracted fight by
having ' read at
the clerk's desk the various laws rela
tive to the redemption of greenbacks
and quotations from President Cleve-
's messages on the financial ques
tion. .
After a short executive session, the
senate adjourned over at 5:30f o clock
until Monday. . ,
The DroDbsition to adjourn over
Friday was antagonized by Mr. Chan-.
dler and others, and the vote upon it
was 35 to 28. '
With the thermometer in the cham
ber standing at 80 degrees, less than
twenty senators -were on the floor
Monday when President pro tern Frye
called the upper house to order.
During the morning hour the joint
resolution for . the v appointment of
Gonerals Franklin, Beal and .Hender
son and Representative Steele as mem
bers of the board of managers of the
national soldiers' home, was adopted
without debate.
Mr. Cannon (Rep., Utah) introduced
a bill for the construction in Washing
ton of a ground -map of the United
States on a scale of one inch to the
mile. '
Mr. Mitchell (Rep., Ore.) gave notice
that on Wednesday next ly would ask
to take up the bill to pension surviv
ors of the Indian wars.
Mr. Allison (Rep., Iowa) followed
with a report of the sundry civil ap
propriation bill, and Baid he would ask
to take it up at the earliest possible day.
The Indian appropriation bill was
taken up on motion of "Mr. PettigreW.
Mr. Peffer, author of the bond resolu
tion, was not present, but it was stated
that he was cognizant that the Indian
bill was to be taken up.
The pending question related to sec
tarian schools. Mr. Carter had offer
ed ' an amendment, striking out the
provision that no appropriations shall
be made to sectarian scnoois. ,
Mr. Peffer offered a further amend
ment; directing the secretary of the
interior to provide schools for Indian
children cut off from school facilities
by the closing of the sectarian schools.
ThisJtmendment was adopted.
.. Mr. Cockrell then offered a substi
tute for the entire proposition. The
substitute provides for contracts with
j existing schools for 1897 to the extent
of 50 per cent, of the contracts Of
1895.
It adds the following:
"And it is hereby declared to be the
settled policy of the - government to
make no appropriations whatever for
the education of Indian children in any
sectarian school, just aa soon as it is
possible for provision to be made for
their education otherwise and the sec
retary of the interior is directed to
make such provision at the earliest
practicable day not later than July 1,
1898.' : . .
The further consideration of the sec
tarian school -I amendments was then
deferred owing to the absence of Mr.
Carter. ;v '
There was sharp criticism of the
amendment -appropriating j various
amounts to 13 lawyers in connection
with the settlement with the western
Cherokee Indians. Mr. Chandler
pointed out the peculiar features of
the nrooosed payments.
Mr. Brown (Bee UtabY deolared
that it was not only a "fraud scheme.
and
The bond investigation resolution
was laid aside after, a sharp. '. contror
versy. Mr. peffer agreed. to the post
ponement after an appeal by Mri Alli
son that appropriation bills should not
be delayed. .' ;'':! ''
The Indian appropriation bill occu
pied the attention of the senate May
day. The discassioh s Id appropria
tions to pay for "legal services'! ren
dered to the "old settlers or western
Cherokees" resulted in the rejection
of an amendment - offered by Mr.
Chandler, allowing the claimants to
,bring suit on the court of claim. Af
ter the matter was out of tho way the
question of sectarian Indian schools
came np and gave rise to a rather in
teresting discussion. T
At 2 o'clock the Peffer bond jesilu
:tion wa3 laid before the senate as "un
finished business" pro forma, but Mr.
Hill wai'on the alert to see that it was
passed over, according to previous un
derstanding. ' :
The sectarian Indian 'school 'matter
came up on an amendment by Mr.
Cockerel', democratt, of Missouri,
which declares it to be the settlet
policy of the government to make no
appropriation whatever for the educa
tion of Indian children in eectarian
schools as soon as provisions can bo
made for them otherwise and requir
ing fuch provision to be made before
1898.
Mr" Pettigrew, repubb'can, of South
Dakota, expressed his williufgnesj to
accept Mr. Cockrell's amendment ;
quoted a letter from the commissioner
of Indian affairs stating that it would
require a period of two" years and an
expenditure of $1,200,000 to supply
schools and teachers for tho children
now attending sectarian schools. He
intimated that some jeenators were
afraid to do what was right, lest they
might offend some secret organization.
Mr. - Thurston, republican, of Ne
braska, professed his profound respect
for every religion, but asserted, that
"we are all determined, from this time
on, that the fundamental policy of the
government shall be recognized, that
church and state shall be and remain
divorced." . : L
The debate continued for some "time,
and the matter finally went over, the
senate adjourning until Wednesday.
. DIAZ IN JAIL.
Much Sympathy Expressed for Him
in America. '
Alberto J. Diaz, the representative
of the Baptists in Cuba, has been
placed under arrest and jailed at Ha
vana, . ! --.- -,!',.:-- , ,. .-.;.. ,w... .- ,--
It is knowjiJJiatJDj-ru ",T, " T,
sifijwviix iue leenng oi iiDeriy, ana
it may be that unless our government
speedily interferes he will be made to
suffer and the property of the Baptists
is by no means safe. The Spanish
government may seize the property.
A New York Journal special from
Havana, via Key West, says that the
Rev. Dr. Diaz, the Baptist minister,
now in Moro Castle, was taken from
home last; Thursday night. His wife
and children had retired when the po
lice entered and read the order of ar
rest to him, and from that moment he
was not allowed to speak a word to any
body except the men who have him in
custody.! His brother, Alfred Victo
riano Diaz, also an American citizen,
was arrested at the samoime.
The Rev. Dr. Diaz's family knew
nothing! of what had happened. He
and . his brother were" taken from
the house so quietly that neither Mrs.
Diaz nor the children Vere disturbed.
In the morning she was thunderstruck
to find that her husband and brother-in-law,
whom she had left the night
before quietly talking together, had
not slept in. the house.
A WOMAN ASSASSINATED.
Her Husband Forced a Young Man to
dp the Deed.
At White Pine, Tenn., fifty miles
from Knoxville, on thS Southern rail
way, Mrs. Charles Givens was shot
and instantly killed at 7 o'clock Satur
day night, j The I&dy vras sitting : by
the window seiEft on her . machine
when the snot wae fired.
.The killing of Mrs. C. H. Givins re
sulted in a big sensation and probably
a double lynching. The coroner's jury
took up the cases early Sunday morn
ing and rendered a verdict to the effect
hat Mrs. Givins had come to her death
Dy ft gunshot wound in the nanaa ox
Wesley Dawn, a young man seventeen
years of age. ;
Dawn was arrested and voluntarily
made a confession, saying that he was
forced to do the killing by G. H. Giv
ins, the husband of the murdered wo
man.
Dawn is a laborer on the farm of
Givins and says that the' successful at- 1
icuip k ij t.a&o mlio, uiiuia mo was uia
third attempt that he had made. Upon
his confession Givins was also arrested
and placed in jail.
FAVORABLE TO ARIZONA.
It Is Possible that She Will Become a
State.
At a special meeting of the house
committee on territories the . Arizona
statehood bill was ordered reported fa
vorably to the house. The vote stood
5 in favor and 2 against. Those in the
affirmative were (republicans) Scran-
ton, Perkins; Lefever; (democrats)
Turner and Cooper, of Texas. Those
against were (republicans) Hadley and
Low. Mr; Avery was paired with Mr.
Knox and Mr. Harris was paired with
Mr. Harrison.
Packing House and Contents Burned.
Fire Wednesday morning consumed
the entire plant of the Michigan Beef j
and Provision company, and its con- I
tents including 3,500 hides, 200 tons j
oi tallow, 'JLW carcasses or Deer, xne
total loss is placed at between $35,000
and $90,000, inar" " - i000.
but also a palpable, steal clean
unvarnished."
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
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GOSSIP OF WASIIIlf QTO
' BRIEF PARAGRAPHS
121
Doings f the Cnlefs aad Ileads of
Various Departments
tua
The treasury gold f reserve, at the
close of Tjusineas Monday stood at
6126,952,568. The' withdrawals for
the day were $530,600, of which $400,
000 was taken for export, - r .
The case of Rev; A. J. Diaz, an
American citizen, who was reported
as being arrested at Havana, came be
fore the department of state Friday.
The department immediately cabled
the consul general at Havana to take
the usual steps for his protection and
for a fair trial.
Mr.' Call presented to the senate
Monday a petition signed by attorneys
for Mrs. May brick, addressed to the
president of the United States,'urging
this government to .intervene in behalf
of Mrs. May brick. vThe petition is ac
companied by a great number of print
ed documents and letters from individ
uals interested in the case.
The senate committee on claims has
reported favorably as an amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation bill,
the omnibus bill appropriating $552, -466,
to coyer the claims reported fav
orably by the court of claims under
the Bowman act for stores and supplies
furnished the federal troops during the
war of. the. rebellion by local citizens
residing in the south. . -
Ihe house" committee . on ways and
means decid&d to report favorably the
senate bill to give $200,000 for a gov
ernment building and exhibit at
the " Trans-Mississippi and Interna
tional exposition to be held at Omaha
inl898. An amendment was -added
providing that " the authorities must
raise an equal sum. President G. C.
Whattcls of the exposition company
and Representative . Mercer presented
the merits of the exposition to the
committee; ' k '; " ' ; -
The ways and means committee has
ordered a favorable report on the bill
of Mr. Washington, of Tennessee,
authorizing foreign exhibitors at the
Tennessee centennial exposition, to be
held in Nashville, Tenn., in 1897, to
bring to this country foreign laborers
from their respective .countries JorV the
purpose of preparing for and making
their exhibits and allowing articles im
ported from foreign countries for the
sole purpose of exhibition at thatexpp-
under regulations prescribed by
the
secretary ofhe treasury.
' Arisp to Resume His Canvas.
Judsro Crisp! will resume, his canvas
in Georgia at the earliest possible date. !
In response to a question as to his in- '
tentions, Mr. Crisp replied : . ;
'Yes, just as soon as my bealth will
permit. I see some of the gold stand
ard papers are trying to create the im
pression that I left Georgia not be
cause of sickness, but because I was
afraid to continue discussions. In view
of my long public, career, the number
of speeches I have made in many of
the states, and the debates in which I
have engaged in the house .of rep
resentatives, their contention is some
what astonishing. "While the press
generally, both that part of it favoring
a "single gold standard" as well as.
that part favoring bimetallism, has
been -very kind to me, indeed more
than kind, there are papers in Georgia
which , are exceptions, notable excep
tions to this rule. I am glad to say
they are few in number, and their in
justice and misrepresentation has been
so persistent and plain , that I think
they cannot deceive anybody. The
people believe in 'fair play.' "
The Deficiency Bill.
The house appropriations .commit
tee completed the general deficiency
bill, the last of . the general appropria-,
tions, Saturday.' It was "reported "to
the house by Chairman Cannon. The
measure carries" the appropriation of
$4,791,340, divided as follows: ,
State department, $33,107 ; treasury
department, $1,074, 267 ; fish commis
sion, $78,105; Smithsonian institution,
$1,046; District of - Columbia, $116,
210r war department, $607,114 ; navy
department, $199,832 interior de
partment, $304,871 ; postoffice depart
ment, $1,0 j4 ; . out of postal revenue,
$1,421, 600 ; department of justice,
$251,337; government printing office,
$190,850; library of congress, $269;
house of representatives, $104,145;
j udgments United States cour ts,$l, 572 ;
judgments court of claims, $143,647;
judgments, Indian depredation claims,
1 $40,528; audited claim-, $169,819.
In addition to the sum recommended
in the bill the urgent deficiency act,
passed in February, appropriated
$6,305,436, to supply deficiencies in
appropriations for the support of the
government during the current and
prior .fiscal years, thus making the to
tal for deficiencies appropriated and
recommended for this season, $11,
PY7
The following statement, a part of
the report on the bill, shows the
amount of each of the general appro
priation bills as passed, by the house,
the date of . passage, amount of urgent
deficiency act, as it became a law.
amount of accompanying bill, amount
of miscellaneous acts approved to date,
amount of permanent- appropriations.
and'asrgregate of the whole:
Agriculture, $3,215,310, February
18: army. S24,70,U2, .February i;
diplomatic and consular, $1,630,058,
January. 28;' District of Columbia,'
$5,418,930, April 9 ; fortifications,
$5,842,337, April 14; Indian, $3,420,
445, February 25 ; legislative, $2 1,380,
L65, March 6; - Military; academy,
- $448,117, January 20 ; navy, $3 1,647,
j 239, March 26; pensions, $141,325,820,
January. 17; pestoffioe, $91,819,557,
March II ; river and harbor, $10,351,
860, April 6; sundry civil, $29,836,992,
April 2. Total, $374,613,449. Ur
gent deficiency act, $6,305, 436; general i
deficiency, $4,791,340 ; miscellaneous J
acts, $315,024; permanent annual ap
propriations, $119,054,160. Grand
total, $505,969,401. "
GROWTH OP TOE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
' , for the Fast Week.
.Reports of industrial, mechanical
and business affairs in all the southern
states for the past week indicate that
the lumber market has been active and
unsettled during the week and prices
are lower for all grades of pine. The
association has changed its list to meet
the new conditions. - A good deal of
lumber is changing hands and the mill
Operators are increasing their outputs.
Iron and coal are steady at unchang
ed prices. The advance made in
southern iron has brought in many or
ders and tho favorable reports as to
maintenance of prices, good under
standings among the farge producers
and probabilities of tho building of
steel' mills keep the market firm. The
iron men are very confident of a pros
perous summer. The coal miners are
-reducing outputs somewhat to meet
the changing season. Supplies of
coal are ample and the market is rath-,
er weak.- r r :' ,.
Cotton prospects indicate that the
new crop will be a jlarge one. The
area of planting has been considera
bly increased over that of last year
and more care lias been given to sup
ply fertilizers. Cotton manufacturers
report that stocks are , accumulating
somewhat under a decreased demand.
Prices are low and some mills will soon
shut down unless an improvement is
soon apparency The southern cotton
mills have had a very prosperous win
ter's business and considerable andim
portant additions have been made to
their number. , ? -
Southern new industries are many
and some are of considerable import
ance, : There 'is reported as organized
or established during the past week :
The Cumberland Coal and Steel com
pany, of Norfolk, Va., capital $2,500,
000; the Cunningham Sugar Refining
and - Paper Manufacturing company,
of Sugarland, Texas, with $500,
000 capital, and .the Jefferson
Coal and Railway company, of
Birmingham, Ala., capital $400,000.
The Texas City Mill and Elevator
company, . capital $100,000f has been
chartered at Galveston, Tex. ; the New
Orleans Furniture Manufacturing
company, with $50,000 capital at New
Orleanp, Ia. ; the .Upshur Seal and
the w. niniiivconuu iun o-4-,
pany, at Pleasants, N. C, each with
$30,000 capital. A $30,000 cotton oil
mill is to be. built at Granbury, Tex.
The Blount & Edwards Foundry and
Machine company has been chartered
at Milledgeville, Ga. ; the Independen t
Peanut company, at Smithville, Va.,
and Collins & Co. , limited, saddlery ,
manufacturers, at New Orleans, La.,
each with $25,000 capital.
Brick and tile works are reported at
Knoxville, Tenn.y and Blacksburg,
Va. ; a cotton compress at Cordele,.
Ga. ; proposed cotton mills at Leaks-
ville and -Tioy, N. C.,and flouring
mills at Gadsden,' Ala. ; Eureka Springs,
Ark., and Hartsville, Tenn. A manga
nese mining company is being organ
ized at Athens, Ga. , a tannery is to be
built at Waynesville, N. .C; tobacco
works at Birmingham, Ala. ; a furni
ture factory at Mebane, N. C, and a
planing mill at Hartford, W. Va.
The new buildings or tne wees: in
clude: a bank building at Scranton)
Miss. ; business houses , at Bristol,
Tenn., and a $20,000 church at Nor
folk," Va. A court Tiouse to cost $25,
000 is reported at Shepherdsville, Ky.,
and one to cost $50,000 at Winston,
Ky. ; a $40,000 iotel at Weston, W.
Va. , and a $14, 000 warehouse at Green
ville, Miss. Tradesman, ; (Chattanoo
ga, Tenn;) w. ,
STEAMER LAURADA MISSING.
She Sailed from Savannah with Emi
grants to iilrlca.
The steamship- aurida, -which
sailed from Savannah, Ga., some time
ago, carrying 311 emigrants to Liberia,
has now been out fifty-two day?, and
nothing has been'heard from her. She
was due to arrive at Monrovia in twen
ty days after leaving Savannah, and a
cable dispatch was expected wnhia
five or six days after her arrival.
The i - conclusions ; ; have been
drawn that she is either a fili
buster of has been lost. - The agents of
the International Emigration Society
say they were to have: notice as soon as
the Laurada arrived, but not a line has
been heard. They are beginning to be
somewhat anxious, and a diligent in
auirv is being instituted. Bishop
Turner, who is interested in the mat
ter, scouts the idea that the ship has
ffnTiA Aiitra-r. and states that she has
not vet had time to reach her destina
tion, or reach a cable station-whereby
she could communicate with this
country. He says that the statements
published in the newspapers that the
ship was lost is ft falsehood manufac
tured to frighten African emigrants.
TUB USUAl EXPLOSION.
Seven Miners 3Ieet Death and Six Oth
ers Badly Injured. "
The Broad Water mine, at Xiebart,
Mont, was the scene of a terrible ex
plosion, resulting in the death of seven
men and serious injury, to six others,
some of whom cannot recover. The
A0iA Are ? Frank Doran, Jim Morri-
J son, Hugh McKinzie, lan O'Leary,
Dan Boss, John Kerw, Joe earDorn.
The wounded are: MikeWard.James
Comith,Mike Coburn.Charles Schmidt,
James Gallagher p- ran.
Wobst and the grave digger get on
well together.
.If m. At - 1
AWAITING LEE
INTIMATIONS AS TO nOW nE
WILl BE RECEIVED. -
Offlclais at Madrid fay He Will Not
Be Acceptable.
A special from Havana,-via Tamps,
Fla., sUtes that the appointment of
Fitzhugh Lee to succeed Consul Gen
eral ; Williams is understood in that
city, as well as by thu Authorities
the palace, as an adroit way of sending
a military commit aioner front" the
states to Cuba.
When there an intimatioi a fort-
' night ago tbat Btr; ClevelanCeontem
! plated sending a commission to Ha-'
vannah to learn officially what was go-'
ing on, tho officials at Madrid said very,
plainly that no military or other com
mission would be accepted by them or
permitted to pry into affairs in Cuba. y:
There is, therefore, some cariosity
as to how General Lee will pe received,
and as to what f aoilitiea will be ao
corded, him for learning what is trana4
piring outside of the city of Havana.
Another upecial to the New York
World from Madrid says: The Span
iards are so much engrossed in their
elections that only a iew papers have
commented upon the appointment of
General Fitzhugh Lee as consul gen
eral to Havana. The Impartial alone,
in a telegram from Washington, chal
lenges the expediency of the selection ,
of such a representative by President
Cleveland. However, General Lee will
certainly, be granted the ordinary con
sular executor, by the Madrid govern
ment, unless the Spanish minister at
Washington finds grounds to object to
his appointment. ! f v
"The colonial authorities in Cuba
will also afford General Lee all the fa
cilities usually granted to foreign con
suls, within : the customary limita of
their consular, mission and duties.
General Weyler alone can determine
how far the new American oousul gen
eral can be allowed to go over Cuba or
report on the situation. In any event,
General Leo witl probably, not be al
lowed to visit the insurgent-lines, .j .
"His predecessor, Consul Williams,
has been bitterly criticized in the
papers for . so exceeding . the instruc
tions of the American government as
to claim indemnity against American
citizens and to insist upon an exact
fulfillment of the convention of 1887,
in which; is expressly stipulated that
Americans, would; never : be tried bv
counsel, even for alleged complicity , in
the present civil war. " " 2 ? ' I
Many of the Madrid papers asked .
that the Cuban and Porto Bioo elec
tions be annulled, but the govef nment
is not in the least likely to liaten to it
The liberals and the republicans 1 and
the ministerial press again deny that
President Cleveland has taken I any
steps, by note or otherwise, to sound
the Spanish government about Cuba."
It goes without saying that Ameri
can residents will welcome General
Lee with open arms. - i
ne win nos do long in discovering
that a state of war exists in Cuba; that
it is an army and not a mob of bandits
who are winning battles against: the
troops of Spain ; that life is respected
on one side and prisoners set free,
while on the other a war of extermina
tion against all Cubans is waged,
prisoners of war are shot, unarmed
peasants are snot and cut to : pieces,
and political suspects are imprisoned
by thousands. '
BURDEN'S DIAMONDS.
Two Fowner Servants Arrested for
. ... Their Theft.',. I .
. Two men giving their names as vuu
lop and Turner, describing themselves
as gentlemen servantswere arraigned
in Marlborough street police court,
London,: charged with 'having in their
possession twenty-eight diamonds, ag
gregating 3,000 in value, for the pos
session of which they; were unable to
give any satisfactory account. The two
men were remanded for a week with
out bail, - - ... f f ... '. ;-:. iiv--Police
Inspector Froest searched the
lodgings of the men and found jewelry
worth $20,000. It is believed the jew
elry is the proceeds of the robbery of
the residence cf L Towhsend Burden,
in New Yorkaome time ago.' ; -; h
Two - cablegrams received by Mr.
Burden leave so doubt that the ' mys
tery surrounding the robbery is at last
cleared up. The first was Mom J. S.
Morgan & Oa, his London .bankers,
and notified him that Robert Dunlop,
formerly his butler, and William
Turner, formerly his second man, had
been arrested with the diamonds in
their posset si jn.
GLASS WORKERS WILI FIGHT.
They Propose Krectlog Factories of
. Their Own.
The Window Glass Workers associ
ation, which is the wealthiest labor or
ganization in the world, may decide to
fight the manufacturers - on equal
grounds by erecting factories at vari
ous points to be run on the co-operative
plan. ; . -
This is the result of the determina
tion of the manufacturers to close the
factories throughout the country on
Hay 29. The organization proposes
to push the matter co that definite
action can be taken at the convention
which will doubtless be held in July.
Master Workman Campbell says the
idea is to erect six' tank factories, one
each in Pennsylvania, New York; New
Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. .
A risen of salt added to the whits
J of eggs will make them beat up
I nlMlr.. ,
quicker and lighter;
LOUISIANA ELECTS.
MANY SURPRISING ! CHANGES
; WERE SPRUNG, v
Tha City of New Orleans Captured
JJy the Fusion Ticket. ;
Louisiana held its quadrennial state
election Tuesday, for governor and
other state officeraTdistricI, parish and
local officers and for a full legislature.
The cities of New Orleans and Shreve
port alto elect mayors, icouncilmen
and other municipal officials. The
legislature chosen wjll elect a United
States seusior - to succeed N. C.
Blanehard. ' .There .were two state,
tickets in tbl field,' as follows: - "
Democratic Governor, M. J. Foster;
lieutenant governor, B. H. Snyder ;
auditor, W. W. Heard ; treasurer, A.
V. Fournet; secretary of state, J. T.
Michel; attorney general, M. ' J. Cun- -ningham
; , superintendent of public
education I. V. Calhoun. ! , . ;
v Fusion Governor, A. N. Pharr, re
publican ; lieutenant governor, L B.
Kleinpeter, populist; auditor, H. I.
Kernochan, republican ; treasurer,- L
Pickett, populist; secretary ot state,
J. W. McFarland, populist; attorney
general, L. F. Sutton, republican,
superintendent of public education, G.
A. M. Cook, populist.
Messrs. Heard and Cunningham and
Pickett bare held office before and are
up for renomination. .
The election was the most exciting
and surprising ever held in the state, j
The municipal contest in New Or
leans was between the democrats and
the citizen's league, an - organization
which set to work to reform . the city
government, and which nominated offi
cers, but candidates for the legislature
as well. .. . I . .' . -
; The democrats had the backing of
the state, and the control of the city
election machinery organization, and
were deemed certain to win,, but from
the very beginning of the voting it be
came evident that the league had
carried the day.;ff.-'--, ;; j;- -X. - -
The vote of 'Governor' Foster and
Pharr, therepublican candidate for
governor, is close, but Foster will
probably have 1,000 majority, .The,
democrats will carry the state by a :
good majority and control the legisia-;
ture. The returns are coming in slow- !
ly, aa many of. the parishes have no
telegraph communication.
'The indications point to a demo
cratic majority of 2,000 against G2,
590 in the presidential election in 1802,
The vote for governor is counted bj
the' legislature, and the democtats are
very much alarmed over the possibility '
that thev may not have control of thai
body. : ' ; . "
It is impossible, however, to giv
any definite figures on that point at
yet, but the general assembly will b
; close. ,'! ..-.'i -V . V
. ' GROSVENOR'S FIGURES.
Ills Division of the Delegates Klected
. the Paat Weelc. ;
An Indianapolis ipojial says: In all
the tables sent out iromWashicgtou
each week by General Grosvenor, tho
thirty delegates in Indiana.- have been
placed in the McKinley column and
they have been conceded to him on all
bands, although only twenty-six of ;
them have been elected. It is believed,
however, fourteen or fifteen of these
votes will never go to McKinley wheth
er the name of Harrison is bronRht
before the contention or . not. The
men on the delegation who threatened
to bolt McKinley are Warm personal
admirers of Harrison and their resent- '
ment has been aroused by the charac
ter of the McKinley campaign in In
diana, led by Chairman Gowdy, of'tko
state committee. Mr. Gowdy. has de
clared that the state convention shall
instruct for McKinley even if it re
quires a bitter fight and the Harrison
people accuse him of inspiring certaiu
paragraphs that are appearingin coun
try newspapers to the effect that Indi
ana would have been for McKinley
even had Harrison been a candidate.
Harry New, one of the delegates, said
that he saw - no - reason why a
friend of Harrison might not be tho
consistent friend of McKinley ; tbat
these men had come . to ' McKinley
only after Harrison had written
his letter, but that if this sort of cam
paign were continued and the ques
tions of instructions forced to an is
sue, they would take it upon them"'
selves to demIstraMr5ntbirL6uis
convention' that Indiana's first love is
Harrison, and that a campaign made
upon the line of belittlement of hjm ,
could not be successful in this state.
Internal Revenue ttecefpts. . 1
The internal revenue receipts for the t
nine months of the current fiscal year ;
from official figures made public :
by Commissioner Miller aggregates ;
$111,179,075, an increase over the cor-1
responding months of 1895 of $183,-
597, exclusively derived from tobacco ;
and beer,' The principal items of rev-1
enue were; Spirit. $Gl,525,a54, a de-j
crease of $2,377,415 ; tobacco, $23,- ;
257,507, an increase of $1,151,189;
fermented liquow, $24,059,737,-a in
crease tf $1,758,071; oleomargarine, j
$996,329, decrease of $188,892, and '
misoellaneous, $310,046, a decrease of
$118,987. '
CoL Cockerlll'a Body Coming Home.
- A dispatch to the New York Herald
j from Cairo, Egypt, J says : A brief
ceremony was conducted fridsy by
the clergy of the American mission,
prior to sending the remains cf the
uu rrTa1 JnKn A T!rMkrill to Tieir
I M. KJ wvmv.vwmw ' "
, York, and was attended by the Ameri
can colony. The khediro was officially
' represented. .
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