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IbiIa proposes to whip a' I of ht-r
neighbors if -the j wib lend her enough
money to ray fr (he powder and fh-t.
At last accounts her offer to accept a
flO,00; 000 loan Lad not been accepted.
fn IHTfJ "Fontli Carolina eat 183,001
votes for' 'Presidential elector. Since
then the number ha declined steadily.
Last election It was but 80,0'jO- less
than half vhat it was a dozen years ago.
A
jnew labor organization is forming.
It is
Ito be non-part ian, and ''composed
ofgnlelligent workmen for the practical
'discussion of conomie question, and to
take fcuch a lion ns w.II be for the beat
interests of American workmen." !
The winder in Washington promises to
be a b-illiant one. Fie Cabinet-house?
will.be open during the season, with the
probability of a rosebud 'party at the
house of the Attorney-General to intra
duce his 'prettylauhtciv '
it is estimated ini there are m the
;. cut of London alone :! ;,00 person en
tirely dependent upon casual labor. A
great proportion of this numl er live a
dull, hopeless, ahi files and f ad life on
tha verge of starvation.
Dakota baes her claim toadm'ssion as
a State on an area of I -M, 000 square
miles, a population of rcoiC-, a crop of
wheat of i;0,00:','m)0 bushels, of orn : 0,
00 t,o o bu-lu j-f, property wortli "$157,
0(OfOOj and a banking capital of -$10,-6o'.0G0.
Kansas pays a bounty of two cents a
poiiiid on all the merchantable sugar pro
duce ! in that State. They have an in
8pc tor of f-u.tr, and he pronounces the
mike of this 3 ear at Fort Seolt as of thcJ
finest ijual.ity and fit for any . market in
the ountry. s
The amount of tobacco grown in Ger
many f late years has been considerable.
The c fleet njion American trade has bee'J
felt to HoiiKi extent. The flerman pro
duciioii n l.S-(37 was Sl,S7,dc&
pounds, while tho average production
for fifteen "years', has been 8.'3G 1,000
pounds annually',. Poor crop conditions
in tssr, il caused a falling off in pro
duction. The percentage of deaths from attacks
of yellow fever was about ten percent,
during the pievalence of the last epi
demic. Twenty-live or thirty years ago, ac
cording to th'c,same authority, the deaths
T7ere-equal to not less than one-half or
one-third of the cases. TSs wouli eeera
to Indicate that more scientific nursing
ai.d doctoring-were having a good effect
even upon this terrible sfourge.
An expert has compute 1 some statistics
of the lyric stage in tho chief cities of
-II tiro pe 'with the conclusion that opera is
going to the dogs. . There is 110 good
ainger in PcrHn. At Dresilen, Multen is
the. otdy good one. The Saxon chorus
fingers arc deteitable. -Vienna provides
nobody worth mentioning, and things
ate worse in Italy than anywhere, for the
firrat oj eras cwunot bo given there for
lat K 01 singers. - -
From Acting ViceiFresident of th$
United' States lo collcctpr of customs at
a small lake port is something of a turn
Lie in jiolitics, muses the San Francisco
Cftrv.'tie??. That appears to be the am
bition now of Thomas W. Ferry, who,
while United States Senator from Michi
gan., was. ch jsen to-'preside over the
Senate after the deitli of Henry Wilson
He is a candidate for the ollico of - col
lector at (Irind .Haver., Mich. His
lervice in Congress aggregated eighteen
Years.
rays' -the Isew York Jiviti: -The re
cent fall of Calumet and Ilecla 'shares,
caused by a fire in that copper miue,
fhows how the value of great mining
prpperty may be affected temporarily by
a!es in a narrow marked At the open
ing of business in the Boston Kxthange
on the "morn ing after the tire, the price
or snares ; par -21 was ?:;i , but in an
a.. a n m at fit
nour or two 11 naa laiien to f jjo. una
indicated a decrease of $3,000,000 in
the A alue of the property, and this appar
ent decline had been' caused by the sale of
only 752 shares of stock."
I'eoplo
t ster war,
Cinrj . ,
who lauglTat the Maryland
do not realize.'' observes the
I'np.ir, r, ,4iho importance
nna proportions of
the industry con-
icrncu. 1 nere are near
J
"iy 130,0 XV acres
of ovster beds in
the
.Chesaieake Bay.
'jieldirig over 10,' bashels of
oysters a year, and yielding t those en
'gaged in the industry anntal wages ex-t-eeding
$l,00);u) There are nearly a
thousand ovster ve-sets, with thoroughly
ame l crews, aggregating live thousand
men. The Governor of Maryland charges
'.-them with dredging for oysters on pri
vate grounds, aad they laugh at him and
go right ahead. Th-n he tries to disci
pline them with his little navy of four
teea sloops aud one hundred men, and
gets the worst of it. And next he asks
for Federal aid asd cannon and howitz
ers and Gatlings." x
ne4t
GENERAL
S.
The people of Dallas, Tetc., have sub
scribed $130,000 for a State fair to be
held in the fall of 18-59.
New Orleans in busy geti
ing up
sub-
script iocs to build a $2,040,000 hotel.
Subscribers will pay $2.5
P a month cn
each stare of stock until $
00 is paid,
nd of Emma
died at the
K T Wetherell, the hush
Abbott, the prima j donna
Windsor hotel, Denver, C
A., of pceu-
monia. j
The Connecticut legislature convened
Thursday and elected M J Bulkley, (Hep
Governor, an election by tha people nav
ing iaiieu.
The City hotel, of Newl Orleans, for
many decades a prominent bid time hos
telry, is being razed I to the1 ground and
an immense cotton mill wifll be erected
on its site;
The British steamer Macedonia, from
Ba'timore, bound for Hull,
England, run
into and: tunk the schodner .LarLnda
Campbell and went ashore
at the lowe
Chesapeake
and cargo is
end of Craighill channel, ok
Bay. The value of the shirt
atxjut $250,000. She had a
corn, oilj coke, lumber
goods. ' ' j . .
reneral cargo
and canned
The opposers of the EifD
1 tower on
the Pans Exposition groun
3 are apread-
ing reports that the structure is unsafe,
and they state that' some-
of the work
men ueciare that tr.e sw
. a . . . 1
ing of the
tower is dangerous and terrifying' to one
unused to giddy" heights,
now over 740 feet above t
the S -ine, and has over 200
rear itself.
Tl he tower is
he surface of
feet more to
i
t
Girl feather-workers, e
a ployed by
Harrison and Greene, of
Meeker and
Mercer streets. Xerwl York
City, to the
number of about two hundred went on a
strike Friday morning bee .use the lirm
refused to piy thefscule of v ages offered
by the feather-workers unioi i. All work
is at a standstill, and there
s not an tm-
jaoye 10 oe seen in i the e
. 1 . , 1 (.
tablishment.
Members of the lirm refus
fc to 'say any-
thing about the troubles.
SEfVECT MFTIN
r.ignt uogs wm ouy a wile in fSiDena.
At Hong Kong, China, khieves steal
the telephone wire, j
ne -acre of laud in Wall street, New
ork, is worth ; 14, 100,000.
John Connerton, of Loufisville, Ky.,
bas a mufo wlucli chews toqacco.
A cannon bail would reaih the moon
in eighteen days if it kd
pt right on
i
hurajjing.
The Baxter farailvof Nor
ivich. Conn.,
found a valuable ring stored
away in the
interior 01 a turkey.
There is iu Sydney, New a
outh Wales,
3. She has
i
an ancient spinster of Hi
smoked-fof fifty years.
George I.. Kine of E
gland, died.
from drunkenness, which liis physician
cauect an apoplectic nt
A doctor in Cincinnati cnarge3 next to
nothing for his services in! cases where
his patient does not recover
Organs are said to have
trpduced into churches
Ibeen first in-
by I 'ope
Vitalianus about A. I)., lj
0.
A cow broke into a Bro
dealer's establishment an
klyn oyster
1 devoured
eight quarts of raw oysters before she was-
discovered.. 1 '
A drum maior of - Flint
Mich., hurt
ng with the
himself severely while play
gorgeous 9talt with which
He excites the
wonder of the small boys.
Tanks of pure coffee re
Idy for con
jid shipped as1
sumption are now put up
far as two hundred mijek, arriving at
their destination as hot as
b!y be drunk. j
The metal tokens issued
private individuals durinsr
t can possi-
y firms and
he Civil war
to pass as small change h
ave no value
except as mementos of the
curioity "e'ekers. j
times and to
i ' . !
harlton.Ga.,
maw of the
A hogtwas butchered at (j
a few days since, and in the
svine were found some twe
hty-two nails-.
and a lot of glass, supposed
to have been
p eces . 01 a bottle. 1 .The
parent ly healthy,
was ap-
Tho mocking birds in (
Jrange, Cal.,
feed On the' berries that
jrow on the-
Chinese umbrella tree, and
this sort of
food makes them tipsy. They act very
loonsniy niter a hearty mea
and stagger
about badly intoxicated.
vi)ecis or art in japan are . never ex
hibited by the dozen, either by dealers-
or by private owners. Ttiey
are kept
ca eftiily packed away in b
xes and cot-
ion wool, and are brought
out one by
black bass
one, as the dealer likes.
Kingnsner attacked a
near Orlando. Fla. ! The
bird sank its-
talons into the bass, intend
ng to carry
t! e tish otf, but the task wri3 too creat.
and, as the bird could not fiee itself, tho
bass found little trouble in drowning it
There was too little water in the barv
tismal pool of a colored church at Kirk-
ville, Ala., and when the fjmon started
the tire it blew up. The chjirch was full
tvf ijeonle. and the nastoi had to b
taken oil the rafters whikhr he u
thrown with a ladder, bun no one was
nuit. . r
A new device foribicyclea allows the
use of those machine upoal the ice, tho
tittle wheel being converted into a run
ner, wuue the lrge wheel is provided
with cl ps tti(r prvent slipping on tho
ice. In New York parties are now-
formed to go up the Hudson for a tour
nament whenever the river Breezes over.
Snow In the ;orth' rest.
Dispatches received from manv point
in Michigan, In liaua. Illiadis, Iowa and
Wisconin indicate that iVedne.d s
storm was general throughout the North
west,although most severe lin northern
Wisconsin and Michigan! In UDper
Michigan the fall of snow ranges from
eight inches to a foot. In Wisconsin the
snow fall was from four inches to three
feet. Theheavysnow belt starts in the
southwestern part of the Slate and ex
tends diagonally across to Chebovsran.
The heaviest fad was belolr Chippewa
Falls. Every Wisconsin roid is affected
more or less, but all are rutining trains.
All through the Northwest telegraph and
telephone lines suffered sevlrelr. Lum
bermen in Michigan and Wisconsin are
greatly pleased with the sndtvfall ."
The liauor trafile of thA i J nr nnt..i ...
tijons of Christ 'n1m davoors Jear after vear
th produce cf .uoo.ooO acres of farm Uni
ALL OVER THE SOUTH
. NEWS TKQH EACH STATE.
M)KTH CAROLINA.
The House of Representatives and
Senate convened ednesday
There are fifteen Farmers' Alliances in
Cabarrus county, and they will in a short
time opentn Alliance store at Concord.
TheGiand Lodge of Masons met in an
nual session at Kaleigh last Wednesday.
Samuel II Smith, of Winston, was elected
Grand Master.
It is now said that George Vanderbil
will found a college for the education ot
women on the tracts of land that he ha
recently bought near Asheville. "
At the railroad election in Mecklen-
ourg Thursday, the project to vote $200,'
000 subsciiption for four new railroads
was defeated.
There were started in Noith Carolina
in 18b3 no less than forty one cotton
lactones, eight more than any other
Southern State.
A wide-awake lady in : Charlotte has
made enough money speculating in cot
ton futures during the past three years
to purchase a comfortable home
The firm of 31 L Stevens & Co.j doing
a large mercantile business at Monroe,
made an assignment. Liabilities. t20-
000. M L Stevens is treasurer of .Union
county, and is also short in his accounts.
NOL'TII CAROLINA.
Large deposits of the purest Kaolin
has been fliscovered near Ilock Hill and
will be developed by u local company
The new county of Florence has been
formed .from portions of Darlington,
Marion, 'Williamsburg and Clarendon
counties Florence with a population of
4UUU has been cnosen as trie county seat
liev William Martiu, the oldest minis
ter in the South Carolina conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, South,
died at his home in Columbia Thursday,
aged 80 years. He remained in active
ministry up to the time of his fatal ill
ness. . I
Sounth Carolina may be expected in
the near future to enter the rajiksof iron
miiking States. The Magnetic Iron' and
Stevl 'Company was recently chaitered
at Columbia, S. C. The company, is
composed of Burmingham and Atlauta
capitalists, and has purchased for 00,000
the greater part of of the magnetic ' iron
ore lode near the town of Blacks, in
York county. The tract is said to con
tain a large deposit of magnetic iron ore,
low in phosphorus and silica. ; It is the
intention of the company to lay out a
town, after the plan of so many towns
recently started in Alabama, and to build
a b'ast furnace, to be followed by other
industrial works. Coal, 5 charcoal, and
limestone are readily obtainable.
TENNESSEE.
;The Tennessee Legislature completed
its organization Friday, and the Govern
or's message was read. The Democrats
held a caucus and decided to return Sana
tor Harris to the United States Senate.
W E Bryant, who was J arrested on a
charge of having set fire to the European
hotel, in Chattanooga, on tho night of
November 12th, has been trying to secure
a bondsman, but has failed. If he suc
ceeds in getting a bondsman he will im
mediately be arrested on a charge of
murder. He has been held in a sum of
5000 on the charge" of arsan. He de
nies the charge, but the officers declare
that they have overwhelming evidence
against him.
FLORIDA.
The, quarantine at Jacksonville has been
raised and that city is again throbbinsr
with life. j
Tuesday was the opening day of the
tourist seascn of 1889, and the first vesti
bule train went through from New York.
Information gathered from trustworthy
sources leais to the belief thAtthe ran ge
crdpof l8S9will reach about 3,000,000
boxes, the largest crop ever made in the
history of Florida. This in itself is suf
ficlent tj ensure the future of the
State.
VIKCIMA. j
The village of Red Springs, Va, has
been nearly destroyed by tire. Loss i0,
000. The wife of Postmaster Heckling
was. killed by falling timbers, 1
A number of . promineut-Republicans
of Richmond, 1havegolieto Indianapolis
to urge the appointment of William
Mahone to a position in the President
elect Harrison's Cabinet.
More taxes were p.iid into the Virginia
treasury in coupons during 18SS than was
the year previous; in fact, more than
three times as many coupons were receiv
ed. But, still money enough eximes in to
fay the running expenses of the State.
The only centres in which the coupons
come in eonsiderable amounts are Rich
mond, Petersburg, Lynchburg.. Alexan
dria and Norfolk.
By the appointment of the Right Rev.
John .J Ke ine as rector of the new Cath
olic University at Washington, the See
of Richmond, Va. was made vjycant, and
there is considerable speculation among
Catholics as to who will b promoted to
the Bishopric. It has bteniuiQored that
the Very Rev John M Farley. astor of
St Gabriel's Church, is a possi ble succes
sor to Bishop Keane. :-
fiEORKIA.
James W Goldsmith, a prominent citi
zen of Stone t Mountain, committed
suicide by taking morpbin.
A curious sight near EHijsv, is the
Kiaic ui a iiionuiaiQcer s wile imcb. is
protectetl from the fury of th elements
by a number of lightning ro Is.
Washlagton New.
Mrj, Cleveland ha recovered from ht
recent illness. I
, .,Te sunJry civil service appropriation
bill is nor nady to be report I to the
TUuse. It ontins the ftdlo ing new
items f interest to the CrwCj nas and
contiguous States. Provision is made
fr tho completion of theOntor I lie pub
lie buddings, $50,009; for repl cing tha
light hou at Pamlico Point. X. C,
i5,0.;0; also for a light and fcjr signal
at Gulf Shoal. N. C, 30C- for hvdro
graphic examination at Charleston 's en
trance to bar, $2,000; U Vontine tide
observation at Charleston anI indv
Uook, $2,100, '
A CTCLOMC CATASTROPHE.
Wild Work of the Winds In Pittsburg",
- I
Wednesday at 12:30 P. M., during a
heavy storm "of wind and rain, the new
lour-storv building on Diamond street.
near Wood street, and in the read of
Keed Brothers and J E Weldin & O's.
on Wood street, Pittsburg, Pa., fell njiith
a cr6h that was heard for many squares.
The force of the falling building waf so
great that the rear walls of the two other
buildings mentioned were crushed as if
thev were made of paper, and their front
walls fell upon the pavement on Wood
"street, burying many people in the Jfrii
ana mangling come horrioly. Or these
twowere a girl and boy and one man,
unknown, all of whom were taken in a
patrol wagon to the Ilomcepathic Hos
pital. The filling walls crushed injthe
buildings on diamond street occupied by
George Trexler, barber, and W CThctnas
dealer in shoe findings, and badlv dam
aged portions of the buildings occupied
oy.Jos x-ichbaum, printer, oa oth ave
nue, and J Ii Weldin & Co. book sellers,
and Ilea Brothers, stock brokers, on
Wood street. i
Up to 10 o'clock Wednesday night
forty-three persons Lad been taken from
the ruins and others are still buried. AH
were promptly carried home or to the
hospitals, so that an exact statement can
not be made, but the facts seem toj be
that eight were killed outright, or died
shortly after their removal, and thihy-
nveotacrs were injured, a number falal-
icial of
Dr J L Reed, a prominent physi
Alleghauv, was in Weldin's at the time.
and he is still missing. It is feared! he
"a dead. " !
The' damage to property in Pittsburg
is considerable, but was little thought 'of
in the presence of the existing disaster of
lie. On the river a number of boats
were torn from their moorings and past
about like corks, but thev were secured
before much damage was done.
fThe
velocity of the wind was' fifty mil
an
hour, the highest record for years.
Reading, Pa. A cvclone passsed pver
this city, doing considerable damaga and
causing heavy - loss of life. A silk mill,
in which twd" hundred and fifty girls
were employe i. was blown down just be
fore the hour for quittin work. About
15 girls were killed. About lie same
time there was an explosion and a fie in
the same neighborhood, by which eight
men were burned to death.
Scnbury, Pa. The Sunbury mil mill
was wrecked and two men were killed
and many wouuded.
Gen. Harrison's Cabinet. ;j
It looks as" though Gen. Harrison
would complete his cabinet within" a
week. Matters in the cabinet" milking
ine have evidently been approaching a
crisis tor some time, and apparently
important action is now pending. Tt is
not believed that any definite and formal
offers of Cabinet places have yet Ibeen
made o anyone, but it is thought) that
understandings have been arrived at
with several men, which give the President-elect
a basis upon which to finish
his task of selecting his Cabinet . If it is
true that the men for the leading posi
tions have b en chosen, and that the
2ew 101k dilhculty has been arranged.
the work of filling up the smaller pTaces
will be a job of but a few days. j
This list of names is given as approxim
ately the ones Gen Harrison has jbeen
considering: Blaine, of Maine; Proctor, of
V ermont, Piatt and Lvarts, of New York ;
Wanamaker, of Pennsylvania: Hender
son ol Missouri, Sherman of Ohio, Alger of
ojiiciiigau, opeucer 01 Wisconsin, Allison
and Clarkson, of Iowa, Mandcfsod and
Thurston, of Nebraska, and possibly
some Indiana man, and Swift, of Califor
nia. Besides these there are a dozen
other men like Wharton Barker,! Gen
Longstrcet, Chauncey Depew, Alvm
Hawk ins of Tennessee, Alfred C Buck
of Georgia, Brodley of Kentucky and
ethers who are ae cording to some ac
count on the President's mind, but to
whose chances there can be discovered
no actual strength.
RAILROAD NEWS.
i
The Japanese government has refused
to grant two railway charters qn the
ground too many roads, which canjnevcr
hope to pay expenses, are already pro-
jecteu. -
High Point, Rasdi.emax, Asdeboro
.. T
asd ixtiTHERx. i nis company nas let
ine e-oniraci ior consinicnng me nrsi
section, from High Point via Randteman
to Asheboro, N. C, a distance of 26
miles. J Elwood Wilcox, of High Point j
is president.- I
Atlantic Coast , LrxE.J R Kenly
has been appointed assistant g neral
manager of all roads composing the At:
Untie Coast Line, and assumed the duties
of his office January 1st. General super
intendents are to report directly toj him.!
His headquarters will be at Wilmington,
N. C. ,
.Richmond, and Danville. This com
pany having leased the railway and pro
perties of the Georgia Pacific, and the
transfer having been made, the Georgia
Pacific will hereafter le ojteiated by the
Richmond and Danville as let'e thereof.
Mr John W Johnston fcas been ejected
fourth vice-president of the company",
and is to be especially charged with the
supervision and direction of the exten
sion and construction oF new lines of the
Georgia Pacific division. Ilia olii. e will
beat Birmingham, All. I Y Sage bas
been appointed gencial superintendent
and engineer, in charge of operation and
ma'n'enanc? of property and equipment,
and will report Uv the general manager.
Lewis I). Aylett has been appointed as
sistant treasurer, sni will report to J W
Hall, treasurer, Washington, D. C.
James E Starke has been appointed s-
sistaut auditor, ana win report to C M
Crump. Washington, D. C, with offices
at Binnirgham, Ala.
Dertmber Exports cf Cotton, i
, (
The cottcn expoit from the United
State during the month cf December
past aggregated ba!e valued at
$4 310,6 17, against! 6S6,i57 balis in
December, 1, valued at $3Ij,23L-
OUR LEGISLATORS.
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.'
Senate and Honse Convene After the
Holiday Recess.
Monday -Uocsj-. The contest over
the proposed change of rules abolish
ing the call of teats on suspension Mon
dav, was resumed and the whole day
was wasted in filibustering against the
measure. One-third of the Democrats,
consisting of the special friends of the
Oklahoma and Union Pacific funding
bills, voted with the almost solid Repub
lican side against an adjournment for
several days. .
Senate. The Resolution in refer
( nee to the Panama canal was taken up
and Senator Edmund's motion to con
sider the subject in secret session was
adopted. When the doors were re-open
ed it was learned that the resolutions
were passed and that the President was
requested to notifrthe European powers
that the United State's would disapprove
of any connection of any foreign govern
ment ith the Panama or any similar can
al. On motion of Senator Allison it was de
cided that the vote on the tariff bill
should be taken on the 22nd of Januarv,
at 1 o'clock. Th Senate thee adjourned .
Tuesday. House. The proposed
change of rules was again taken up and
recommitted.
The floor was then accorded to the
committee on printing.' Measures were
passed for printing 38,000 copies of the
report of the commissioner of education
for 188S.
Mr Crisp, of Georgia, called up the
contested case of Smalls r Elliott from
the 7th South Carolina Congressional
District. No quorum voting on a motion
to adjourn to meet on Thursday next,
Mr. Crisp, appreciating the fact that
there was no hope of securing one, inoveul
anadjounmentandthe House according
ly at 3:50 adjourned.
Senate. Senator Sherman introduced
a bill, which was referred to Committee
on Elections, to regulate Congressional.
elections.
Senator Hoar offered" a resolution in
regard to the evasion of sugar duties in
New, York. I
Consideration of tariff bill resumed.
Senator Vance moved to strike out '15c."
per doz. pieces on men's collars and cuffs,
composed of cotton." and ' 30c. per doz.
pieces btr otcc's linen collars and cuffs."
and substitute l(Tper r:t ad valorem.
Rejected, yeas 19; nays 24.
0 amendment was offered taxing
hemp or jute carpeting (K per square
yard. 1 .
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, moved to
place on the free list bagging for cotton.
Discussion was continui'd at much
length by Senators Sherdian, Allison,
George, Coke, Platte, Bjitler, Jones-,
Aid rich, Hiscock and Vance.
Senator Sherman remarked that if a
duty were put on ramie and jute it could
all be produced in the South. :
Senator Vance made a .humorous speech
in reply, thanking Sen dor Sherman for
his advice, but said the point of that
Senator's observation lay in the applica
tion of it. The meaning of it was to
keep the South quiet under a system of
taxation by which the pockets" of the
Northern manufacturers were tilled. He
therefore asked the question : What in
that case would become of Northern
manufacturers? That reminded him of
the case of a fellow who fn a burst of
patriotism, volunteered duiijjg the war,
and who, when Ins wife 'Lid, '-John,
suppose you get killed, 'what will be
come of me?" replied, 4 What would be
come of me f"' Laughter.
Senator Jones' amendment was re
jected, yeas 10, nays 30. The section
on bagging reduces the duty from 1 l-2c
per pound to' 3-4 of a cent.
The bill then went .over, the Senate
adjourning at 5 00 p. 111.
Wednesday House-. Mr Weaver ef
fectually filibustered against the House
doing any business the entire session to
day, endeavoringto force the considera
tion of the Okalahoma bill.
Senate. Senators Sherman. Ed
munds and Morgan were appointed to
confer with a House Committe e on the
Nicarauga Canal bill.
The Senate at 12 20 resumed consider
ation of the tariff bill.
The woolen scale was-rassed' over and
no change male to the pro pes-d silk
schedule.
Senator Vance moved to reduce the
rate on unsized printing paper from liO
to 2- )er cent ad valorem. Rejected, as
was also a motion to put coal t.n the free
list.
Senator Brown offered an amendment
increasing from 25 to 40 per cent the
duty on jewelry, which was agreed to.
to 4. Adjourned. '
Thursday House. Mr Weaver, of
Iowa, repeated his tactics of testerdav
and prevented any business being done.
On motion of Sowdtn the House at 1 :40
adjourned.
bEjATE. On motim cf Mr Allison
the Senate agreed to n.eet at 11 a. ic.
hereafter. .
Tariff bill- resumed. Mr Vance
moved to reduce the duty on calf skins
from 25 cents per pound to 20 pr cent
ad valorem, but the (Ction was inform
ally pasted over.
Motions bv Mr ante to reduce the
duty on manufactures of a!abaster, am
ber, etc. : on matches, an 1 to nraie the
duty on precious stones, were all re
jected. .
Vest moved to-pot grindftoneg on the
free list rejected.
The bill mak
per cent ad va
moved to add to
per cent ad valvre-m. Accepted
Twelve pages ha vitsr b?en dUoostd of
the Senate at 5 p. m. adjourned.
Fridat IIc?e The Hons snett
the day in filibustering. A trong effort
was made to transact tmsiaess. but Mr
Weaver continued to interpos diHtory
motions.
Senatf. . Gonsidention f the tariff
bill continued. 3Ir life's amecdrnect
wai agreed to and frch fih was placed
on the dutiable lit at 1 I 2c a jioand.
Ihe reading oi the I fee lit was con
tinued and "oier and willow'1 u
es watches taxab'e 23 4 f l ? lPa fe n
lorem and Mr I'rown RDU , u - CK vana ' nwer' body a
1 . . .
unmanu-
r - . un m r I M . 1 . . , ,
iAt .1 .1 .... . . Jvv ins; to I lilt
mem oa me amiable ht at Mierc nt'
" J m-awu r, old
o.u m raits, j
ana 0.0 tnw ii and
struck from U? fue ht
The frte hi was compUt, ,1
Senate adjourned.
and the
SATrnDAT -IIor.K. - A tem.tarv
truce as declared bet w,,tn thl f rienVW
and enemies of the Oklahoma till to dav
and the House proceeded with its r ni'
lar business-. - 0
Some pension bills u(r,. p;lwu ail(
the conference report was a-n .d t lim
iting the co5t for the pun h t e f a ite
for a public building at San Frinciirn
to $18,000. "
The Diplomatic and Consular appro
priation bill was taken up and M Ad..
of New Jersey, argued in' favor of abol '
ishing united Spates rnini-t rs- abrcal.
The bill passed.
how
ever, v;that
amendment.
Pending the consideration of the For
tification Appropriation bill the Ihu-e
adjourned.
Senate. Consideration of tariiT bill
resumed. A few gener.ll am --ml merits
were oflered.
The Senate proceeded to' executive
business and at 4:15 adjourne 1.
THE FARMERS' TRUST
Which lThreaten8 to Put All Other
Trusts to Route;
CiiAitLKstoN. S. C, Jan. lo. Special j
The situation as to trusts seems about to
be reversed in South Carolina. For over
a jear the farmers in various poitions of
the State have been engaged in organiz
ing into societies called the Farmers' Al
liance. . Not much attention has Ik i n
paid to this heretofore, but now that
the time has arriveel for laying in farm
supplies, especially commercial fertili
zers, it lwgins to look like the fanners
have themselves organizid into a i-ort of
tiust or combine, principally against the
feitilizer trade. In some - counties the
Alliance have combined to buy tlu ir fer
tilizer in bulk from the manufacturers,
most of which arc in this city, -Baltimore
and Wilmington, Del. In-other
counties they have decided to dispense
with the use of commercial fertilizers
altogether, using home-made manures.
The effect of these combinations on the
fertilizer trade is not as yet serious, but
dealers and manufacturers are uneasy,
and it is not improb?bl" b"'iV'-wili
1 be far-ready SgcbXrf;vs
ere long, anu nirougn ine lnnuence oi
the Farmers'"AlliaBce, which promises to
elevelop into a very powerful trust.
TTliat the Indians Hare Cost 1'.
The amount expended In Indian wars
from 1170 to June U, 180, ean at best
; be estimated. The several Indian wars
after 17, including the war of 1M2 in
the -West and Northwest, the Creek,
Black Hawk and Seminole wars, up to,
Ib'iiO, were bloody and cost iy. i
Exccjjt when engaged in war with
Great. Britain and .iexico, or during
1 -00-lsfi!, the I nited States array was
almost entirely used for the Indian ser
vice, and stationed largely in the Indian
country or a!ong the frontier. It will be
fair to estimate, takinsr out the vcars of
foreign wars with England (!l2-mi5)T
:n, 014, 01 and with Mexico (I84i
1818), $13,;4l,7:M.12, and the civil
war (18;il-lS''i"i) and recontruction
(1315-iSTO), . $374..S.,3GO.O?, that
more than three fourths of the total ex
pense of the army is ehargeable, directly
or indirectly, to the Indians. (During
our foreign wars, and the civil war as
well, many of the Indian tribes were at
war with u, and others were a constant
danger, a large 'orce being necetar3' lo
hold thrm in subjet tion. Mill, expense
on this account is dropped from the
estimate.) , "
The total army expenses from March
4, 17P, to June :;ot ' iss was $!,55!',
410,924. Deducting $:',U JHT,007.4S
for foreign wars and the civil war, the
remainder is $1, 014, oO-', !(. 52.
Two thirds of this sum, it is estimated,
.was cxpend'-d for war and other services
incidental to the Indians, viz.: $"5,
27 7. 0, fortifications, posts,, etc.,
being deducted.
TOT AT. CfST OF TIIK L.XDIASS.
Indian dfpartmont prori-r,
from July 7, lTTH, to June
:x. i-a....... t232.co,ooG yi
Expended by War depart--m!it
for Indian wars an !
incidentjil thTfln from
July 4, 1770, to June 3 ,
.1 5"' - Crm,339,277 S
Total...... f i2,2;,2 1 2
Or almr at a thousand million dollars.
niffioniun lit port.
Butted off a Train by a Coat.
Laramie Citv, Wvomiso. An over
land fast freight trai, on the Union Par
ciilc-Iioad, brought, -in the mingled re
mains cf James Summer, a brakemin,
who had bcn thrown from th top of a
train by a goat while the train was at a
rate of high pe'd. The animal le-longe-1
to a theatrical company, and got
on the train at Cheyenne, it is. supposed,
from a low I;ed adjoining the waer tank
After the train left Cheyenne be chewed
the bell rop? fOr awhile acd then drove
two of the briH men to the eUboc. ll(-
thev rtm-iirftil in rnirfnt f..rr, .,.: ?
- I ' " - vt . U 111 ! . 1
inc the animal to t - nil.!,,.
mtr wa. on tbe front of the train, and
La-I not "seen tha goat until ths latter
dashed at him at full tilt. In the dark
r e he lo-t his blanre and fell from
th; train. IIi c.mjaiiions, te-ring ovr
, r v w v. lit - i
iup iue car, ?aw aia Urrp co.out.
the go it when the train arrived" here.
Lived B5ond His M tar s.
HarTy U Schall. aitant cashier in
the paymaster's nffic of the Chicago and
Northeastern It dlroad Company. left Chi
cago. IIL su idnnly with til. 509 of the
comrnny'sfund and 2,509 belonging to
the Clerk's and Merthar ts Ilaildio and
tan Association, of which he wi trea
surer. Schall is about 2-1 y.ir of a?.atd
wsa man of gwl lubit, bat with a
Uste for tociety life and fine clothes, and
is thought that hit expe nses exceeded
his salary,
I stricken from the lin of fr,.0
fjictnred wnrula tlmAi . .
if rn . .
ANOTHER COMBINE.
RAILUOAD MAGNATES HLETINU.
The President of the Great Tmni:
Line andJLeading Bazxkera to
Stop Reckleaa Railroad
Building-.
Following is a detailed account of tfc
a tion taken by the banker anl ptesl-
dents of railroad line at their meeting la
J lVrrepont Morgan s ollke. New York
City, on Thursday morning.. The meet
ing lasted aloiit threw houra and thera
wtTc prcsicnt nt it, J Fierrepont Morgaa
and J Ho,h1 Wright. 'representing DrexcJ,
Morgan A: C, and .1 S Morgan Co;
Charles D Dickey tu.d John Crosby
Brown, fur Brow ri A Co, and Brown Ship
ley; Colonel O V.MYabody and Oeorga
C .Mag..un, for Kidct r, IVatKly Jt Co,
and Baring. Brotheis Jt Cn W B Strong,
pri-sident of the i Atchison. Topeka and
anta Fe railroad compaor i C K IVrklna.
j r. sidvnt of the Chicago, Burlington and
tjuiney; K K Cable, pn-sident of tht
Chicago", IJ.H-k Island and Pacific; Jay
Gould, president of thi Missouri Pacifa
railroad; Charles T Adams, pre-sident of
the l uion Pacific; Marvin Hughltt, Chi
cago and Northwotcrn ; A B Stick nev.
Chic.Hgo", St Paul and KuUxas Citv; O U
A j.ph y, Vabah and We stern C JPaiae.
diri-e-tor f the Chicago, Burlington and
Ciiin. y; M I. Sy !;, vice-pnt.ident C H
and -rV S Bond, vioe-pre-ident, Peter
G cent's .an. I W T Dickey, directors of
the Chicago, 1 Milwaukee and St Paul;
George ,1 Could, vice pret-ident Misourl
I'a.iiic railroad; II 1. Morrill, vice-prtal-dei.t
St Louis arul Santa Fu railroad, and
Colonel' Julia. T MCord, counsel, repre
senting banktrs.
I hen - 11U.1 p f nt by invitation,
Chaun ji Pept v, pu-fidentNew TorK
Central and : .Hudson Hiver tall road;
(Jcorge 11 Bobcris, P nnlvatia lUilroad
company ; John King, New York, Lake
Kii-' and W m r ; S mi Sloan, Delaware.
I.acka-ana mid Vo.lt-rir, Charles P
Mayer, lialtiuiore an-1 Ol.i.i railroad,.vie,
K P Wilbur. L high Valley railroad
The committee ol three atUHjinL
. r - .
the l.it n.c. liii!' t iK-rfn't a olan $
. . z .... 1 . . . 1 .t
Pt ,
commerce couhiiIsmcb,
uhmit,Wr
report w ith an af eompatiying Qrtn:r
v.,
plans Lr'vMj(0I- hn aso ia. h", "
Kailway asoci:.. and .,'
jeet shall be the en fort nui.."f "
tcri-tate la w, jand the ftablishiueDr
maintenance jof rates. One otlicer of each
company, the president of which -is a
memler of the' association, shall beheld
r sponsible fbr the trict maintenacco by
his company of all r.itcn ami rules entab
lished by the association, nnl shall not
be at liberty to depart therefrom unless
by authority, in writing, of tho eiecu
tive Ixjard. - ;
The greatest import mcc was attached
to an announcement made by MrPicnc
pont Morgan., at the close of the meeting,
in which he intimated that the bunking
interest hd joined hands to prevent
reckless railroad construction.
The meeting then adjourned to
o'clock for the purjose of discussing and
perfecting the proposed plan.
In accordance w ith the adjournment,
the-presidents met at the Wlndjr hotel
at 2' o'clock.-' All the western roads rep
n sente-d it t the tnornit g wssion were
represented at this nteeting. The plia
of organization ii i comrnended, for
adoption, and rd rtd t !be fngroed
ready for signature. A c unrnittej waj
al-o appointed to oltain the signatures '
of the various companies not represented
at the mecfing to. -the agreement. - Tha
meeting then adjourned to meet itt
"hicagi on the call of tin; chairman.' j- .
A STATE DINNER.
President Cleveland Enter Uini HU Cablast
The Decoratloni. f
The-President gave a fctate dinner of
forty six covers to menders of the Cabl
ret Thursday night, the wcood of tho
winter's aerie of ofheid tnU rtainmeati.
The White Hn'mc .was handsome ly deco
rated for the or caion and the Kat room
eecially wan adorned with a profusion .
of tropical plants and floweri. Banks of
green concealed the mantel cn the weit
ide of th-.rofjni, wliile the mantles oa'
the at iide we re ljl in a variety of cut
'flower. ' In the centre of thfc rwitn and
at the "window were m es of pltn and
evergreen. The dining tabl wm ar
ranged in tie form of a double "T,M an i
looked. U-auiiful in its girniture of choice
cut flowers acd.aspltndid cinr.er servica.
A miniature lake, with it banks ilaed
with evtrgr.cn an 1 rrl and white rMs.
was the principal.' t!orai dV- rtion aad .
was flanked at 4he er.d, bv Urge J" " ot
orel-r flower. The SUnur bod ia
ft.Ti .i;f .rm ru-f nuU ii the lobby a&d reo
dered choice s-;b- :,tiot during
tb
evening.
He Stole $iG,fm.
The failure cf the Keefer Mining U,f3
,rtnr, of . Uoyisgton, Ky.,
lowing clone rly n tht- dentb of Dr.
Ktfer. the -fcior ro-";b-r, has furtttr
.-n.tbinl Tihra. It ft"
trantirn
December
- . w
v, C.ntT!"' Keefer drr-w. In
!lat. fa!e dmft f r lJ.Uot ita wa
r-
the know iedg- of tr.s X -t hiUttl Um
father's death.
A Bother lira neb of the 2 C.
Th Churle-.to'i. C n inali A Chica
railroad ha 'rrf-ct d .s-rraigrmett tor
o Auguta iitoaof tttir tjsteni.
This r-ai will b? fiiii-'ed from AusrusU,
through K Jg Crld Toart House to ew
Urrv, where it wdl coo sect ith te
North Carolina ditiuoa. - rucning frod
Iiutherfonlton, N". C , to VAu k'$, ta tU
Air Lite.
Mr Bareetf suj'hs cUll story,
"Little Urd Faoaf -idroUa
netted her 1 o n i r 3 f iil.'0
to U she b e. t..ei f;oui the Ura
mstiiAtioa 0 the t
Tut rvid ra of tb Ctwbe ToUJ I
tatiabrsbip ol
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