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Published by Hoanokr Pubmbhikg Co. 'FOR GOD. FOH COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." C. V. Ausbon, Bubiness Manaoer. VOL. II. PLYMOUTH, N. C FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1890; NO. 22. THE NEWS. Thotnas O'Coneor, who has served twelve years of a life sentence st Stillwater, Minn., has been pardoned, on condition that he leaves the state, -Theodore Forstenburg, commit ted suicide by jumping into the Chicago river. A Vigilance committtejias been formed In Vakcsdale, Wash., to drive outcnt-throats aid 1 urtlirs. The New York Central Raf.. road has issued an order : directing that in futue none, of th5 road's employes can belong to the Knights of Labor, Three ladies were iifstautly killed in Quebec while at tempting to cross a track. Charles Beamish of the steamer. Ariel, was lost at 'sea off Cape Henlopen. The discovery has been made in Chicago that the branding of flour bags is done in such heavy colors that the paint soaks into the floor, causing lead-poisoning. Train-robbers boarded a train on the Cincin nati, Sandusky and Cleveland Road, tied the ex press messenger, relieved him of his month's salary and plundered the' safe. Fire at Fairmount, V. Va., did 123,000 damage.- . Iu Orangeburg' county, S. G, Captain F. M. Wannamaker was killed by M. Li Ilerlong in a political quarrel.- While hunting near Guthrie, Q..T., a young man named Mitchell inisto k his brother up a tree for a catamount, and shot him dead. While J. K. Gardner, nn extensive lumber dealer of Ridgway, Fa., was returning from the East Liverpool (Ohio) Fair to his home in Pittsburg, he was robbed of $10,000. ... John II. Con way, n San Francisco insurance agent, distinguished himself by tracking and capturing n robber who had plundered ,the the stage co'.ch near Loss,; Alamos.- -Chief A rthur of the F.ngincers' Brotherhood had a conference with officials of the Southern Pacific-to settle the grievances of the engi neers on the Atlantic. system, and it was de cided to resort to arbitration, George Mar tin, a bookkeeper and cashier, and James Dunn, a collector of the Santa Fo Railroad Company, have disnp eared after robbing the company. The. grip has broken out ngniu in Carthago, TIP., and there have been several fatal cases. In a "quarrel over a girl named Alice Eberly Thomas' Evans fa tally stabbed John Kiustdn, at Hennessey, Oklahoma.- -United States Marshal Dick rson has arrested several farmers in : Min- eola, Tssns, charged, with passing counterfeit money. -Tho National, Prison Congress ad-' journed in Cincinnati to meet jiext year in Pittsburg.- Andrew Carnegie welcomed the foreign iron and ftecl manufacturers at the opening session of the I on and Steel Insti tute in New York. The will of Lewis M. Griffin, who committed suicide at Richmond, leaves a' third of his estate to? Miss Nellie McCuull, the young woman to whom he was engaged to be married. Einmett Pyle, of Petersburg, Va., died from exposure to rain and coll in a hunting expedition.- -Walter . Williams committed suicide by the laudanum method, at Petersburg, Va. Washington Ritter, an absconding New- York clerk, who also deserted his family and took a young woman to Texas, was captured at Galveston. A six months' old babe was killed by a cat sucking its breath, in Chicago.' -Heavy rains are doing 6crious damage to the raisin crop iii California. A Brussels carpet trust is being formed which will raise the prices. The Redding and CedarviUe stage was held op near Redding and robbed ht $800. Suit for $2 0,000 damages ' was brought by the United Statesaga'taitheChicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company. The price oT aluminium has been cut down by the Cow- 3es Company to $1 per pound. Mrs. Eliza- beth Drcvel Smith died at her country home, in Torresdale, Pa.- Mrs. John Miller was murdered near her home, in Delaware town ship, N.-J.- Andrew T. Moonert, of Chicago, has sued William Forbes, of Cincinnati, for. 2,100, which he had agreed topiyhim for voting 'on a certain b'll. Joseph Keener was arrested in Pittsburg for passing counter feit money. Edward Tryon, aged eighteen, and George Barnard, aged twenty, were in stantly killed in Wiehenden, Mass., by an electric-light wire. '-The postoffiee authori ties in Cincinnati have seized the entire weekly edition of the Folks Freund, of that city,' because it contained lottery advertise ments. Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont lias written a letter stating she desires no further assistance. A great. Indian; uprising is feared at Fort Sill. -The valueof Samuel J. Randall' estate is valued at $5,000. He left no will. The body of an "Unknown youn man, was found by fishermen near Bainbridgc, Pa. W. B. Schreiber, who i wanted at , Columbus, Ind., for eiubezzleincf, was ar rested in Detroit, Mich. -An American fish ing schooner was seized for vio'oting the fish eries laws.- , DOUBLE TRAGEuV ON A TKAIN. . . . - . .. . Two Men Found Shot Through the Head In a Freight Car. Cheyenne, Wyoming, is excited over a very rays erious case of double murder or suicide, which has just come to- light. The regular freight train from the East, which arrived a'wut 2 P. M., brought in the remains of one and the almost lifeless body of another' young man. It appears that one of the trainmen, in passing along the train. while it was standing in Hillsdale, a small station on the Union Pacific, twenty-five miles east of Cheyenne, heard a groan. Upon opening the car, 'which was loaded with railroad ties, nu appalling sight met the gaze of the trainman. . One young mm wa in one end of tlie'car stone dead, and the other, who is still living but is momentarily expected to die, was u the other end. The name of the dead man, as shown by the name on his clothes, in W. B. EmerNon.. The other i Ros F. Fifcnbauxh. - 'Paper found on both indicate that ihey are from Ht. Joseph, Mo, A small revolver was found near one of the men, ana both had be n Hhot, the balls entering at nearly the cunic o nt near ttie temple on they left aide ot the end of tach. Two chambers of the pistol we empty, and tin dead man's iuae was tiurnea witn tne powaer. ine were woth well dres-eil, one baring what appeared l be a liamond tud in hi'hirt. Twentv-tive cents was all the money found. They evi- ' dently hud been drtnkincr, as liquor bottles I were loutid iu the car partly empty. TBAIN ROBBERY IN OHIO. Several Thousands Taken from the ' - Adams Express Safe. Attempt to Kill the Messenger One of the Desperadoes Saves the Man's Life ' . Shooting on the Moving Cars. ; A despatch from Carey, Ohio, gives account of a bold train robbery on the Cincinnati, Sandusky and Cleveland Railroad, between that place and Urbana. Immediately after the train left Urbana two masked men with cocked revolvers, entered the express car and compelled the Adams Express messenger, A, I Scudder to throw up his hands. They then tied him securely, robbed the safe of packages containing several thousand dollars and other valuables. While they were at work a brakeman at tempted to enter the car and was sliot at by oneiobber. lie gave the alarm and the en gine was slowed up to give an opportunity to Capture the robbers, but they jumped front the train just as it wns entering West Liberty, and -disappeared in the darkness, it then be ing just about 3.20 o'clock, v ;. ; Messenger fieudfer was bound in his chair withaVash line that the robbers brought with them.. ? One of them, whom the other called. '.'Jack' tried to kill Scudder before, leading the car. Placing his revolver at his head he pulled the trigger, but the cartridge1 failed to explode. The other robber then prevented him from trying again. .When the train pulled out of West Liberty' the two scoundrels again got aboard, holding the' entire crew at bay Scudder, who hadV been released, opened fire on them with a pistol froijj' his car door but was compelled to retreat. The robbers kept on board until Bellefontaine was reached, when they again, jumped off and disappeared. The officers at Bellefontaine are searching for them. Scudder is about 50 years old, lives in Cin cinnati and has been on this run since the Adams Company took charge of. the express business on it, about three years ago. He was previously in the same company's employ on tne Ohio riverlines. He hadjust received his month's salary, and that was among the booty. . . . j TARRED AND FEATHERED. , A' Quarrel-Provoking - Pettifogger' Rough Treatment by Vigilantes. . The other morning at Bakersfield, Cala., 10 masked and armed men appeared at the doot of the court-house and demanded the keys of the jailor. They said they wanted Jaraea Ilerrington, to whom they proposed to teach a lesson. The jailor was not inclined to con form to their request. They seized him, took his keys and put him nnder guard. ' ' . - They then proceeded to the sheriffs room' and also captured him.. Next they opened the jail and took Ilerrington from his cell. He resisted desperately, and the men gagged him, put him in a wagon and conveyed him to a lonely place four or five blocks away Stripped him and applied a coat of tar and feathers. Ilerrington was then set a liberty, and he disappeared. Several hours later the sheriff found Her rington's clothing and brought it to the jail There was a bullet-hole in his shirt and som blood-stains on it. While the struggle wat going on in the jail a shot was fired, but it was probably accidentia!. , c Ilerrington has been known in this neigh borhood nearly three years as a pettifogging lawyer, whose principal business was the promotion of land contests, and thereby obtaining money from the trouble he caused among the set tiers. . The occasion of his being in jail was a charge of periury preferred against him by a settler whom he had engaged in u contest. He had been arrested at Pose the preceding day and was lodged in a cell only a few minutes before the arrival of th vigilantes. ' , ; SIX MINERS BADLY BURNED. So Badly Injured That the Recovery ot Any of Them te Doubtful. A terrific explosion occurred at theStirling Colliery, Shamokin, Ta., nt 10 o'clock the other morning, antfthc following persons were so badly burned that it is doubtful if any of them recover: Edwin Duskin, John Ogara, John Driscoll, James Brennan, Charles fcilevisch and Philip Scholl. John Welsh, the inside fornian; George Fisher, Joseph Caidwcll and Slndo llurris were overcome with after-damp and were re suscitated with difficulty. i The explosion occurred in the cast side bot tom vein. Edwin Duskin and Peter Febfg wero engaged in driving headings when, it is supposed, they struck a very heavy, feeder, which flowed out with such force as.to over come the air currents. An alarm was given, but before the men conld get out of the way the escaping gas came in contact with a naked lamp and a terrific explosion followed. A heavy cloud of dust and dirt, together with fragments of timbers, was blown up the slope and over the shive-wheels. This, together with the deep intonation and the snaking of the earth, alarmed the employees outside, and the work of rescue was immediately begun. The scene where the accident occurred was one of the wildest confusion. The timbering was torn out for several rods, wagons were thrown from the track and piled up in ruin, while mules, wild with pain, were running about in a dazed condition. - The mine is badly damaged and work will have to bo suspended pending repairs. NATIONAL APPROPRIATIONS. - Vast Sums of Money to Come Out of Uncle Sam's Pockets. The appropriations made by the first ses sion of the fifty-firstCongrcss were practically completed with theadoption of the conference report yi the general' deficiency bill. They have amounted tothe followingsums: Agr1" cultural, $1,799,100; Army, ?4,206,471; diplo matic and consular, $1,710,815; District of Columbia (including $1,200,000 for the Rock Creek Park,) $6,969,114; fortification, $4,323, 9.J9: Indian, 17,2(8,116; Legislative, Executive and Judicial, 2 1,030,752; Military Academy. $ l.r,2!)9; Navy ( incl udi ng $1 ,000,000 for nickel to be linen in making plates for protection of veve!s, $2f,13tf,035; pension f98,4o9,46l; post ntlice. $72 22ii,6W; river and harbor, $24,981, ; ; sundry eivil, $'-'9,738,282: deficiency, (in-oludirj- $10,316 appropriated by House for pav ot members) ?M8,(5S8,6I5; miscellaneous, $.i,4:K,184l Total, S301.S 11,503. The permanent annual appropriation! for the verlS!W-'01 amount tojjlOl.eSSjjmak imr the grnn.l total for the year, $462,939,956. The regular annual appropriations mate dur iir,' the rirf H-fioi.or-. the Fiftieth Cobgress wen 306 985.54 tr the permanent appropria tions wore 1 l.",M.H,7fi,-s, nu'kinv the grand total, rjJ,tiV;..) ioerease in t'ifty-firit Con grvs over Elitieth, K!,;l!t,613, . I SOUTHERN ITEMS. INTERESTING NEWS COIIIPII.EO FROM MANY SOURCES. The Lutherans of Roanoke, Va., will erect church to cost $45,000. . ' -An Apnlaehicola, Fla., resident killed a rat that weighed 74 pounds. , Dr. W. D. Ribble has sold his black marble quarry in Montgomery county, Va., for $30,- S G.Brattan, brakeman on a freight train on the C. andO. Road, was killed atDunlap, Va., the train passing over him. , Charlottesville, Va., grape growers are re- ioicing over the fact that the present season las been the best in many years. -Win. Sweet, a brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio, living at Orange firove, Va., had both legs cut off at Harper's Perry, Va. Philip Broaddus, of Caroline comity, Vn was caught in the machinery of a steam saw mill and horribly mangled, only living a few minutes. The Virginia Slate board of agriculture has elected Col. Wm. T. Sutherlinj of Danville, president, in place of Hon. Absalom Koincr, resigned. Some excitement was created in Raleigh, N. C, by the finding of iron ore within a few miles of the city. The matter will be tested by experts. Judge Diggs, of Lynchburor, Va., has de clared that the state law prohibiting the run ning of railroad trains on Sunday is uncon stitutional. A monument erected to the memory of Col. Joseph Moesche by tnesurvivors of the Ninth New: York Regiment was dedicated at Fred ericksburg, Va. A large new peanut factory is fo be erected in Smithfield, Isle ot Wight county, Va. Liftt year the business in peanuts there Amounted to over $500,000. James Ball, a brother of S. A. Ball, police officer of Middlesbordugh, Ky., was killed by Millord ' Thompson at Beech Grove, Va. Thompson escaped. ' . The engineers of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad are now runninga line from Middle burg, Loudoun county, to l.'ppervilie and through Ashley's Gap. The sculptor Valentine has nearly finished the statue of Gen. William C. Wickham. which will shortly be placed in the Capitol Square in Richmond, Va. I. P. Langston, a farmer of Swift Creek township, N. C, has a remarkable gourd vine. It has six gourds, each of which measure! four and a half feet in circumference. General Grove, one of Virginia's world's fair commissioners, has appointed Miss Mil dred Lee, a daughter of Gen. Robert E. Lee, a member of the board of lady managers of the exposition. The red slate quarry found in Albemarle eountJi Va., promise to be a paying one, as there is only one other red quarry worked in the United States, and that is in Vermont, near Poultney, It is understood that the Richmond and Petersburg Bailroad Company are to build a double track between Ricumond and Peters burg, Va., and that the work will be com oienced this month. A farmer near Atlanta, Ga., not needing a coffin he bought for his sick child, the latter getting well, mounted it on four legs and used it as a watering trough for his cows With the lid he repaired his fence. Romeo Freer Turley, a young man of twenty three years, recently married, was run over by a train at the Chesupeake and Ohio yards in Charleston, W. Va., while coupling cars. He was horribly mangled and will die. Mrs. Martha Bortz, of Walkersvillc, Md , has a eolation plant, commonly known as ele phant's ears, which measures six feet eleven inches in circumference. The largest leaf is twenty-nine inches long and twenty-four wide. ;t " Jim Stokes, of Macklenburg county, Va. employed on a lighter at Norfolk, was struck by a portion of the draw of the Norfolk ter minai railway bridge across the canal, knock ed overboard and drowned before assistance could reach him. It is reported that bears are unusually troublesome this year near the mouth ot Neuse river in North Carolina and are making con siderable depredations on swine. One of the bears recently killed weighed three hundred and eighty puunds. Annie Brown, colored, lives in Houston county, Ga. She is 47 years old, weighs 600 pounds, is 5 feet 8 inches in height, 7 feet 2 inches in circumfcreuce around the bust, 6 feet 4 inches around the waist, and 30 inches around the arm near the shoulder. Daniel Berry.an aged man, sued for divorce in Nashville, Tenn. Berry advertised for a wife a year ago in a Chicago paper and caucht a spruce-looking middle-aged woman. She left him three days after the marriage, with four hundred dollars of bis money. The Monocacy Valley and Frederick Rail road, to run from Catoutin Furnaces west tf Lewi'jtown and east of Montanqua Springs to Frederick, Md.. has been organized and chartered, with a capital stock ot $100,(XK', divided into 2,000 shares of $50 each. -The High Point (N. C.) Development com pany has recently twn organized. The capi tal is $30,000, and tl e company owns one hundred and thirty acres of land within and adjacent to the corporate limits of High Point, which will soon bo laid off in lots and sold. ( J. Price, of Savannah, Ga., has a curiosity in the shape of a youug mocking-bird entirely white. Price purchased the bird from a negro trapper on the Waters road, who brought it into town the other day. . From the appear ance of the bird's bill it cannot be over six weeks old. The directors of the Fairmount, Morgan town and Pittsburg Bailroad, consisting of Judge Cross, Col. William A. Hanway and John Bradshaw, of Baltimore; Major W. C. McGrew, of Morgantown, and C. B. Carney, met at Fairmount, W. Va., and ratified the consolidation with the State Line Railroad. At the annual meeting at Frederick, Md., of the Directors of the Loudoun County (Va.,) and Frederick county, (Md.,) Bridge Coin Company a dividend ot fi ve per cent, was de clared from the earnings of the bridge at Point of Rocks since its opening, less than one year ago. Mr. Joseph i). Baker, of Fred erick, was re-elected president of the com pany. It Is stated that President S. B. Orwin, of the Farmers' Allianceiof Kentucky, who lives at Bowling Green, and who is editor of the official organ, the Kentucky State Union, put Jished there, has created much comment by coming out boldly against the sub-treasury scheme, by which the government is to ad vance money to farmers on crops. A cash t ze of $1,000 is offered for the beat short story, having the cclcbratedGi-audlathcr mountain, in western North Carolina, woven in the plot. The decision will be made by a committee of competent reviewers, and the story must not be less than ten or more than fifty pages. Further information may be ob tained by addressing the Linville Improve ment company, of Linville, North Carolina, ; Benjamin F. McLauchlin, a prominent farmer of Richmond county, N.C, met with a sad death a few days ago. On his way iroia home to lied Springs, with a load of ooltoa; ho toll from the wagon, the wheels passing over hu I,-------. Killii'j.' hiiu 'instantly.' it iome. what remarkable that Mr. McLauchlin had three brothers, all of whom have met with violent deaths.one of them having been killed in a similar maimer. Mr. John P. Smith, of Sharpsburg, Md.. a collector of curiosities, found on the battle field of Antietam, near the Donkard church, nine human teeth filled with gold. They were all lying loose and close together, no frave being near them, and it is thought they ad been collected for the sake of tne gold while disintering the bodies, and, after deposi t ing'them in a pile, the locality was forgotten. Georgia papers are telling of a showman who billed a smalt town in that State some time ago with the announcement that he would distribute "luck stones" gratis at each performance. These graved to bo painted beans, but the recipient of one of them hat since sent him $100, . with the news that be had been notified the day after he got his "luck stone" that a deceased uncle had left him $.',000.. -... A few days ago Robert Smith) of Apalachi. cola. Fla., was attracted to a portion of his field where his children were playing. The children were 'shouting and dancing around some object on the ground. Mr. Smith walked down to where the children were, and wat horrified to find them playing around a largt rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike. Tni children were just beyond the re'ach of the snake, unconicious of their danger. The snake was killed. . Liberal donations are being received in re sponse to the appeal recently made by Gov ernor Fowle, of North Carolina, for a sum sufficient to erect headstones over the graves of confederate soldiers buried in the ceme tery, at Fredericksburg, Va., and the desired amount will soon be in hand. It has been suggested that the requ st of the governor be amended, 6o that a collection may be taken during the state fair for a sum to erect a monument benringan appropriate inscription. The suggestion meets with wuch favor, and probably will be carried out. Th ree locoraot i ves belonging to theKanawha and Michigan Railway Company were de molished in a collision at Suites, W. Va., about four o'clock the other morning. The engine used in hauling the stone train from a quarry at Sattes jumped, the track on the switch leading to the quarry, and another was sent from Charleston to its assistance. When the second engine went on to the side track the switch waslett op n, and a freight train coining along at a good speed ran into the open switch and crashed into the other two engines. The engineer reversed the lever and all the men-jumped off, so that no one was hurt, but ail three engines were piled and badly injured. The loss to the company will be pretty heavy. HE WILL WHEEL NO MORE. Harrison Warner Dies at Ills Home In Zancsvlllc, Ohio. Harrison Warner, of Morgan county, the man who created national reputation for him self last summer by trundling a wheelbarrow from Zanesville to Baltimore, Md., nnd back, has died from old age and cxliftiiylion, super induced by his long journey. Mr. Warner left Zanesville April 21, and traversed the distance of 507 miles with his wheelbarrow, arriving iu Bullimore June 28. He made frequent stops on the journey. He remained some time, and then started for home by rail. He was boru in Baltimore October 1, 1801. In 1819 ho left Baltimore and started 'for Ohio, then a comparatively new country. There were a number of ad venturous spirits in his party. After ninny thrilling incidents, in which Indians and wild animals figured, the party reached Morgan county, Ohio, where they located. Warner apprenticed himself to a shoemaker, and soon became an efficient baud, and made money rapidly. He married Miss Bcbecca Coleman, who, to quote Mr. Warner's own words, "was the prettiest girl in Zanesville." He engaged in business for himself in Me Conncllsvilie. Eleven children were born of the union, nine of whom arc li vine. Mrs. Warner lives in MeConnellsville now with several of her children. Their descendents are forty-fi ve grandchildren, thirtyfive great grandchildren, and fifteen great-great-grandchildren. In 1841 Mr. Warner went to Wash ington from his Ohio home to see the elder Harrison inaugurated. In 1859 he made a wheelbarrow jqurney similar to the last one. The wheelbnrrow which the old man trundled from Ohio weighed thirty-eight pounds. All the things necessary for the journey, such as clean clothing, brushes and combs, etc., were placed in the locker. Painted on each side of the barrow were the words, "Harrison Warner, aped eichty-nine, Malta, MeConnellsville, Ohio. Tho world-renowned pedestrian en route to Baltimore. Md." THE OPERATOR FORGOT. And a Collltion In Which Three Men Were Killed Resulted. An accident occurred on the Jersey Central Railroad between Lehighton and Packerton near Mauch Chunk, Pa. Tho day operator at Lehighton, whose name is Hiefelfinger, had orders to hold a coal train at that place so that Passenger Train No. 9 could pass it The message was received just a few minutes before he gave tlace to the night operator and he forgot to tell the latter of the order. The result was that the coal train was not held, but kept on its course on the main track until met by a passenger train going at a high rate of speed. A terrible collision followed. Both engines came together with such force that they were thrown over the embank-ncnt on the Lehigh Valley tracks below. The pas sengers were panic-stricken, but none of them were injured beyond a few bruises. The killed are: Engineer Bigelow of the coal train; Fireman Dunlap ot the coal train, who lives in Mauch Chunk, and Fireman Mitchell of the passenger train, who lives in New Jersey. Taylor Bedford, engineer of the passenger train, and two brakemen of the coal train were pinioned in the wreck and were very seriously injured. AFTER TWELVE YEARS. A Murderer's Sentence Changed From Imprisonment for Life to BanUhment. A condi tional pardon was granted to Thomai O'Connor, who has served twelve years of a life sentence in the Pennitentiary at Still wafer, Minn. The petition for O'Connor't ( release was signed by all the jurymen who rendered the verdict, the judge who pro nounced the sentence, and Judge Severance, the prosecuting attorney in the case. Th condition on which the liberation is granted is that O'Connor is to leave the state forever, "The crime for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment was the murder of his nephew twelve years ago,' O'Connor was returning home one dark night niter a drink jng bout. When ho came to Mr. Vaughn's residence, which was on his road home, he proceeded to make night hideous with howl mp. His nephew arose to put a stop to tho noisr. A rough-and-tumble fijrht ensued, and O'Connor wb thrown tothe ,v round, with Vaughn on top. Finding himself at a di advantage. O'Connor pulkd out hisjuck-kuiftf and disemboweled VuVhii. THE WOBK OP C0NGBSS3. A Review of What Has Been Accom plished During the Session, . Among the Has of Bills Passed are Several whsi Importance Bring them Into Marked Prominence. : The total number of acts passed during the first session of the Fifty-first Congress does not fall far short of the 1790 passed by the last Congress, including both of its sessions, the Jrstof which did not end until October 28. From the midst of the great moss of bills en acted at this session there are several whose importance brings them into marked promin ence. - First of these, although the last to be come a law, is the new tariff. In connection with the new tariff law two other bills of im portance have been enacted. The new customs administrative law, designed to prevent under valuation and to make duties uniform at all ports, and the bill providing for the classifica tion of worsted cloths or woollens. Nest would probably occur to everyone the bill providing for the monthly purchase of 4,500, 000 ounces of silver, which was needed to provide the increase of currency necessary to meet the growth of population and trade, and the loss of circulation of the national banks. The dependent and disability pension law is the next. This measure is in the nature of a compromise, and while it largely increases the expenditures of the Government on account ot pensions it is regarded as a long step in the direction of justice. Over eight hundred bills have been enacted for pensions to individuHls. An important bill, which has become law, provides for the employment of over six hun dred clerks in the Pension Office to adjudicate cases arising under the new pension law. No one knows as yet exactly how much the ex penditure for pensions will be increased under the new law, estimates varying from $25,000, 000 to $75,000,000. This Congress has also passed a bill, which ia now in conference for the relief of the Su preme Court a measure of the utmost im-. portance, since the Supreme Court is now so, blocked with cases that from three to four years must pass before a decision can be ex-' pected upon any appeal taken to it. Two new States, Wyoming and Idaho, have been added' to the Union and provision has been made for theorganization of the Territory ot Oklahoma..' There is now an unbroken line of States from; ocean to ocean. The other measures of pri-, mary importance passed by the Congress ure: The anti-lottery bill, the anti-trust bill, the original package bill, the meat inspection' bill, the land grant forfeiture bill, the bill to. prevent collisions at sea, tne (Jbicago worm s Fair bill. This Congress has also provided for con tinuing the policy of developing the new Navy by making appropriations to add to it three line-of-battle ships, one protected cruiser, one torpedo cruiser, and one torpedo boat Within the past few days Congress has also increased the appropriations for the Navy by the sum, of $1,000,000 for the purchase of the product of a nickle mine in Canada, which foreign.' nations were eagerly seeking because of the result of the recent tests at Annapolis, which' showed that armor made of steel, alloyed with' nickle, has resistance to projectiles superior to any of the armor with which foreign navies have been clad at enormous expense. ' A number of measures cannot be as yet, ranked in the above category of enactments.' Most of these are bills which have passed the; House but which failed to get through the; Senate. One of these is the 1 ederal elections! bill. Among other important bills which; passed the Huse but not the Senate ore i The national bankruptcy bill; the componnd lard bill; to prevent the product of convicti labor being furnished to or the uo of any de-s-partment or upon public works or buildings; to transfer the Revenue Marine Service to the Navy Department; constituting eight hours a day's work for employees of Government con tractors and the eight-hour back pay bill. The most important of the bills which have passed the Senate and upon which the House has failed to act are the shipping and subsidy bilb; for the improvement of St. Mary's River and Hay Lake Channel, which is a measure of immense importance to the commerce on the lakes, and providing for a monument to General Grant at Washington.' Among the most important bills defeated this session are the . Blair educational bill, which met its fate in the Senate, and the in ternational copyright bill, which was defeated in the House. Motions to reconsider the de feat of these measures are pending and will be discussed at the next session. - The session has been remarkably fertile in investigations by the House. First, there came the investigation of the Ohio ballot-box forgeries. Another investigation is of charges made by Representative Cooper, of Indiana, that the Pension Commissioner, Gen. Raum, had promoted clerks who bought stock in a refrigerator company, of which he was presi dent. A report will be made at the next ses sion. The murder of Colonel John M. Clayton, of the Second District of Arkansas, caused an investigation which resulted in the unseating of Breckinridge. The whole civil service system is under in vestigation, and a report will probably be made at tne next session. The committee have reporUd, censuring Civil Service Com missioner Lyman upon the charge that he had promoted a relative who had stolen examina tion papers, but no action has been taken by the House. The defalcation of Silcottcaused another investigation, which resulted in a rule making the Sergeant-at-Arms the dis bursing officer of the House. A sub-committee of the Judiciary Committee is still pur suing a searching inquiry into corrupt prac tices amone emoloyces of Federal Courts. A joint committee is studying abuses in the im migration Jaws. The session closes with an investigation into the conduct of the House Tost master. FIVE VICTIMS OF A MAD DOG. A mother and Three Children and a Young Nan Die of Hydrophobia. The wife of Jonathan Luther, a young far mer livingnc ar Frauklinville, N.C., were bit ten on the 19th inst., by a mad dog. All four have since died from hydrophobia. Twoyoung men were also bitten by the same dog.- One of them has since died; the other is believed to be out of danger. The dog had a fit at Hugh Park's store. Henry Parks, the clerk attempted to drive him out, whereupon the dog bit him. Parks at once thrust his hand ia a barrel of turpen tine, holding it there for twelve hours. He has showii no symptoms of hydrophobia. Craven, a young man who killed the dog, was slightly scratched. He afterward died of hydrophobia. Parks had heard his grand father say that turpentine was good for tho bite of a mad dog and he had the presence of mind to addIv it at once. nis biographers now ascribe the remark-' able vitality of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes to his repuiar habits. The, rooms he occupies are equipped with barometers, thermometers and various oilier ometers, to prevent his in curriii;; ti.e Minutest risk cf taking cold. FIFTY-FIRST CONGREC: en ate Session. 220TH DAY. The House joint resolution authorizing theSecretary of the Navy topnr chase nickel ore or nickel motte for use in the manufacture of steel armor was taken tip by the Senate, and Mr. Cameron's amendment, offered yesterday, was disagreed to, and the resolution was passed. The remainder of the hour usxignedto the calendar was consumed in the discussion of the bill restricting imrai jrration. Several amendments were adopted, but a final vote was not reached. The land court bill was then taken up, and on motion, of Mr. Frye it was recommitted to the com mittee on private land claims. A labor hilt wns then taken up and discussed, but there being no quorum no vote was taken., 221 PT Day. The conference report on the tariff bill was presented and read nt length. After speeches by Mr. Morgan and Mr. Pad dock the conference report was laid aside , informally without action. The conference report on the deficiency bill was presented by Mr. Hale and agreed to. The individual pension bills on the calendar were then taken up and passed 44 in 25 minutes.' 222D I7AY. The debate on the conference report on the tariff bill was concluded, and the report waa adopted by a vote of 33 to 27. Messrs. Plumb, Paddock and Pettigrew, Re publicans, voting in the negative. The bill now needs only the signatures of the presiding officers of both Houses, and the President ot the United States. The Senate then had a brief execntive session, and, after the doors were reopened the House bill to set apart a ecrlain tract of land in California as a forrt reservation was reported and passed- The Senate then, at 7 P. M., adjourned. 223d Day. The Senate went out even more quietly than the House.. , They spent much of tne afternoon in recess or iu the suspension nf business by unanimous consent, simply waiting for the President to sign all tiiis parsed. Just before adjournment the Senate passed complimentary resolutions in honor of Vice-President Morton and President (pro tern.) Ingalls. Mr. Morton spoke for about 10 minutes in reply, and juntas the hands of the clock reached the hour of 6 he concluded by Jeclaring the Senate adjourned without. day. Andthus the first session of the Fifty-first Congress came to a close a session durinsr which the Senate met for 223 days,agRint V?7 days in the Fiftieth Congress, which term) ti nted on the 20th day ot October, 1888. . Meas ured in hours the disproportion was stiil greater than in days, eight hours a day having been the average time during mnch of tha period when the tariff bill was under discus don. Hons Session. ' 229th DAY. After the necessary ronti'ia work in the House this rooming Mr. McKin ley gave notice that he would demand tlm previous question on the conference report on the tariff bill at 5.30 o'clock. Speeches ia opposition tothe bill were made by Mesnrs. of New Jersey and McMillin of Tennesse Messrs. Hitt of Illinois, Peters of Kaust:- Hweney and Dolliver or Iowa, Cutcheon of Michigan, Candler of Mississippi, Kvans of Tennessee, Gear of Iowa, Morse of Massachu setts, Lind of Minnesota and Dinglcy ot Mains spoke in its favor. Mr. McKinley then took, the floor to inske the closing speech in advo cacy of the bill. At the conclusion of bis peech Mr. McKinley demanded the previous ' Question, and it was ordered yeas 151, nays 79. The conference report was then agreed to yeas 152 (the Speaker voting in the affirma tive,) nays 81.. Mr. McKinley then reported from the committee on ways and meaim a resolution providing for final adjournment on Tuesday jiext, and it was adopted without division, and the House, at 6.50 adjourned. 230th Day. Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, sub mitted the conference report on the general deficiency bill in the House, and after some iiscussion it was agreed to. A number of bills were then passed, among them being the Senate bill remitting to the Columbian Iron Works and Dry-Dock Compauy of Baltimore the penalties exacted by the Navy Depart ment for the construction of the Petrel. At 5 o'clock a recess was taken until 8 o'clock. At the evening session a number of Senate bills reported by the committee on Indian affairs Was passed. 231st Dai. On motion of Mr. Russell (Ct) a joint resolution was passed for printing 54,000 copies of the fifth annual report of the Commissioner of Labor. Mr. Funston ( Kas.) aked unanimoup consent for the eonsiJe ation of a bill to establish a uniform standard for wheat, oats, barley and other grains. After come debate the bill was withdrawn. Mr. Breckinridge (Ky.) calling for the regular order, the Speaker laid before the Jtouhe the bill to define and regulate the jurisdiction of United States courts, and it was referred to t he Judiciary Committee. The request of the Senate for a conference on the bill to promote the administration of justice in the United States army was granted. - On motion of Mr. Hnnshrouck (N. D.,) the Senate bill wrs passed establishingeustomscollection districts in the States of North and South Dakota. 232D DAY. In the House, Allen of Missis sippi had a sharp spat with the Speaker. ' M eantime the amended resolution for adjourn ment had come from the Senate changing the hour from 5 to 6 o'clock because the President did not think he could get through signing the bills before 6. The amended adjourn ment resolution was agreed to, and the resolu tion reported from the committee on accounts declaring the office of postmaster of the Honse vacant, was adopted. The party managers would not permit Mr. Wheaton to resign. They held that his sins were heinous enough to call for his removal. A recess was taken until 5.55. Then Mr. McKinley asked unani mous consent to order 6,000 copies of the new tariff law printed. Debate as to the shape it should .be printed in consumed over four minutes. When the proposition had been agreed to the Speaker simply and briefly de clared the House adjourned. Both sides sp plaudcd, and tfie members hurried away. A CAT CAUSES A BABY'S DEATH. Remarkable Verdict of a Jnry That H! Faith. In Old Stories. While she was eating supper Mrs. John Woyda, of Chicago, placed her five months' old child on a couch. A big black and gray cat that had been a house pet for many months disappeared at the same time. An hour later the mother went to the child and found the cat lying over Its face. She drove the animal away and wrapped the child with a coverlet. Returning again, she found that the cat had resumed its former position on her btiby's face. She flung the cat down the steps into the alley and took the child into .the- bed room, where to her horror, she dmcovrred that the baby was dead. Its breathing had been stopped by the warm body of the eat as it nested on the child's face, An inquest was held and a superstitious jury returned a ver dict: "Smothered by havingitsbrenh sacked by a cat" ,.. 1 OFTHK seven ladies in waitu uc ot lmen llarraretof Italy two ore ;ew i c em the Princes Vicovara, who wm - ! l.'nnr Lorillard Spencer, and the Prin braneac cio, who was Miss Hickfcon I'kUi. Ihe hue band of the Princess Vicovara m .i t t tjci, ad the uinrnificent M. . e which a ;, the property of Luereain Pi'tro; w, nep-im'ther 1 ft IJo'itniea Ocnci.togetherwuu tii.i .V iivuii' ! .Uls cf that ill-fated Leant
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