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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 4 188*
PRICE FIVE CENTS
forty-ninth congress
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Washington, March 3 — The
speaker laid before the bouse ihe
nusi'age of the president on the
Chinese troubles Read by the clerk
and referred to the committee on
foreign afl .ins.
Bie’kenrldge of Arkansas, from
tiie committee od ways arid means,
reported bills extending the provis
ions of the act for the immediate
lr.»napor;ation of du table goods to
the ports of Omaha, Key West and
Tampa. H ruse calendar.
Hatch of M asouri, from the com
mittec on agriculture, reported a bill
to establish agricultural experiment
stations in connection with college
establis’e! in the seveial stabs
Committee of tbe whole
The house consumed the morning
hour in committee of the whole on
the consideration of the bill aithori-
zing tbe appointment of a commis
sion to carry on the teds.of iron, sh e
and other structural materials.
Pending action tbe committee rote,
and then the house again went iuto
a committee od the pension appro
priation bill,
Butterwoyh renamed his speech
begun yesterday, and continued in
the same vein as yesterday, in a gen
eral range of political subjects, with
out much reference to the bill under
discussion
Norwood, of Georgia, made a satiri
cal speech In reply to that delivered
by Henderson, of I .wa, some days
since, rid culing mat gentleman’s
profession of friendship for tbe south,
but expressing his ad dilation forthe
manner in w iioh be h>,d declaim'd
the old story, which was as well
known to the oountry as ‘‘the boy
stood on the burning deck," or “Mary
had a little lamb.” [L ughter] The
gentlemen had made hie speech
while union men and ex-con
federates had been marching abreast
without a single struggle to do Jus
tice to the survivors of the union
army Then the gentleman had
steppe 1 forward, arrested the column
and smiliDg upon the con federates as
gently as Brutus bad smiled upon
Lse ar when he had invitrd him to
take a rest at the foot of Pompey’s
column, had proceeded to audrees
them in a perauadve strain, ending
the speech with the declaration tha
he would rather spend an eternity
in hell with them than
an eternity in heaven with
northern copper-heads. Speaking
for hlmeelf, while he returned his
profoundest acknowtedgeme .ts to
the gentleman from Iowa for the
tffer of bis society, it be should be so
unfortuDa'e as to get on tLio wrong
read and j in tbe gentiemau d wl
below, yet ue entered his most solemn
and vigorous protest agdtist accept
ing his delicate oompuuionship, for
he was persuaded that no engages
rnent, however pressing, would pre
vent the geutlema i from arresting
the eolumn and mounting a red hot
stump and insist that it should listen
to him proclaim the same old pieoe of
political law. The conclusion at
which be (Norwood) had arrived upon
hearing me gentleman’s -peech was
that the gentleman was i ftl oted with
a disease common to puolic men,
“vox popull on diaphragm.” When
this disease became acute it was call
ed cerebro elpbantiasls, and this was
what affl oted the gentleman. If the
congressman from the thud oougres
slonal district of Iowa would require
Divid B Henderson to get out or his
way so that he could sie his country,
the congressman would be cured ot
his disease aud would no longer be
trouoled with itfl.minatory “vox
populi.” [Laughter ]
B'eckenridge, of Kentucky, guided
the discussion away from ihe chan
nels of politics iuto which it bad
fl wed and biought it buck to tin
Consideration of the ger era! question
of the pensions system. He expressed
himself in favor or libera 1 pensions',
and thought that it should always be
the policy of a republic to pay gen
erous pensions, but there must be
soma economy and statesmanly work
as to tbe amount. It was not senti
ment which must decide the matter,
but wise calculation. He closed his
Bpeech with an eliqueut peroia'.ion,
descriptive of the beautiful cemetery
at L xington which contained the
graves of mothers and sons and
brothers who bad lallen In
opposing ranks in tbe terrific
struggle of war 'of peaceful lives of
tbe descendants of those men who
though they had been divided in a
sense of duiy,had never been divided
in their love as American representa
tives, He said, treating of Ameiloan
questions, loving American people,
denying th%t this is a paternal gov -
eminent, denying that taxis should
be wrung from the people except
from necessity. I shall vote my own
convletions, treating with contempt
any effort to intimidate any purpose
of mine. [Laud applause on demo
cratic side.]
Pending further aotion the oom
mittee rose
Bragg, of Wisconsin, reported the
army appropriation bill from the
military committee, and it was re
ferred to the oemmittee of tbe whole.
Adjourned.
SSflTI.
The chair laid before the senate
the president’s message on the treat
ment of the C ilnese tn the west, al
ready published. R ferred to the
committee on fore cn relatione.
Evarts preserved petitions of the of-
fl(?era and truces of tha savings
bank- of N w Y -rk -tato, reo- «nnt-
nq 1 105 ( 00 depn-itora and $437 000,
000 .>f deposits, praying engross to
slop ihc coinage of silver dollars. I
was refe-rert to the ctmrnitteeon
fl ance.
Riddleberger offered a resolution,
winch was agreed to, nquirlog each
sena’or to report t 0 the senate the
name of his private secrela’v In
introducing tbe r Biln'iou, Riddle-
berger »ald that some men wet.- hold-
tog tickets of admission to the s nate
who would not lie admitted to the
.larlors of gentlemen if they were
known ai R Idleberger knew tbe d.
■Such tickets were so issued to people
wl o reoiived no pay except adonis-
don to the senate fl ior to blackmail
gen lemen and to libel them in their
newspapers. R ddleberger said he
knew of a case in point. He kuew
what hud been said in the hous •
about E»ds being on the fl or of 'hat
house. He asked it It were nermissis
tile for him (R ddleberger) to state
■hat while E.us had „ot been on the
fl ior of the senate, be had had three
uenchiretr there, two representing
(•publican newspapers and one
a democratic newspaper, who
came to s ouro information
on which to libel senators
Imagine a man having a tide to
che senate fl >or In the pretended
capacity of a priva e stcreiary to a
senator which senator had tils own
son ua his prira e secretary who drew
the pay while the other creature was
compensated by a ticket.
After tbe adoption of the resolution
Hca* bad it ^considered and so
amended as to have the names sent
m to the secretary of tte agnate.
The education bill was th.en taken
up, and Harrison spoke in advocacy
of the bill and in opposition to Alii-
son’s amendment.
Elmuuds moved a substitute for
A loon's amendment as fellows:
‘And in each state and territory in
which there shall be sepa.ate schools
for white and colored childreu, mon
ey paid in such s ate or territory
shall be paid out for the
support of such white and colored
-ofaools respec Ively in proportion
that white and colored children be-
'Wten the sges ol ten and twniy-
one years in such state or tenitory
bear to each otl er as shown by the
census ot 1880. Tbe foregoing pro
vision shall not effect the application
of a proper proportion of raid money
to tne support of all common schools
wherein no d'siinoiion of race or
oolor shall exist.
After long debate Blair expressed
bis willingness to accept Elmnnds’
substitute and it wsg adopted.
The amendment offered by D dph
was rijected by viva voce vote and
Plumb begau a speech. While
Plumb was speaking R ddleberger
rose to a point of order saying he bad
called for a division on toe vote and
called for it in a tone that the presi
dent of the senate could not fail to
hear. Riddleberger was ruled out of
order aud yielded under protest.
After Plumb had resumed hie re
marks R ddleberger again rose and
renewed hiH point of order. The
president of the senate was not ol *
serving the rules, Riddleberger said.
The senator from Kansas (P.umb)
was trying to defeat the bill aud was
allowed to make another speech
when a division had been oailed for.
The responsibility was betwe n tbe
sena or fromKausasand the president
of the senate. He (R ddleberger) had
beard it said that whatever he
said in tbe senate was generally "set
upon.” He did not care lor tha',
however, since he knew he was right
-I am struggling forthe passage of
this bill.” he said, “and am going to
continue that stuggle under rules of
the senate and you can’t take from
that desk a book that ought to con
trol you and fl id within it a rule that
Justifies your ruling a while ago.”
The. president began lo reply but
was interrupted by R ddleberger.
The chair again raid “tbe senator
from Virginia will please not inter
rupt tbe chair.” The senator did not
call for a division or for ihe yeas am:
oays. Bit when the senator from
Kansas (Plumb) was advancing iu
■ rgumsnt od the bill the senator from
Virginia (R ddleberger) then rose
and demanded a division. It was then
too late. The chair says kindly but
firmly to the senator from V rginia
that he has not sought to discriminate
against him in the slightest degree
The senator is mistaken in; tha ; on
tha contrary the chair has often done
ihe reverse and appeals to the sena
tor from V-rginia to withdraw that
imputation that the chair bad ever
discriminated against him, or sought
to deprive him of his rights, Tne
point of order is overruled .”
Riddleberger said: “If the ehair
will permit me, I do not mean to say
that the chair had discrimina ed
against me. I meant to say that the
cnair itself did not comprehend the
ruies. [Rrars of laughter ] This Is
exactly what I meant to say.” After
further remarks the yeas and nays
were orde.ei on the D lph amend
ment, on which a viva voce vote had
been taken, and pending the call the
senate want into executive session.
When the doors were reopened the
senate adj urued.
A Birin - Ea !•*.
Jp—4*1 lo Wu4%4rm--o*n.
Lynchburg, Va , March 3 —The
strike at the O.J D,minion iron and
□ail works In this city has been ami
cably adjusted by committees of the
knights of labor and stockholders.
The men go to work to-day at tbe
old W8gS‘-.
WASHINGTON WAIFS
Mews From theFii bust rloi? 8t ain>r
City of Mex co
The Armj Apprmp'lwitou II tl
ln«llon< touts (' d(I' mi»huui) -% Sit w
U‘‘Mlt Mt 31. AncnsiiMO O h?r itiMtM**
at lalc>r*«t
3p oUl *• E qime sHnu.
Washington, Marol, 3 The etc
retaiy ut u, navy ha* received a
long repor’ from C!..mtn«’ ‘let Clio*
s°r, of tiie G lens, dated K y West,
February 22 regarding tne capture
"f'he«ll“qeu II ibu-teriug s'eimor,
C ty of M.'Xloo Tne Galen- arrived
at 8t A , i' | r»w», C dombiu, F oruarj
14 with R K Wr ght, Jr, U litPil
8 ate* consul at Colon, on board
Tne steamer, Cny of M-xico, was
found ii. port with only
her pa-sengers, thirty iu
number, the captain and one of her
orew were sn board. The remainder
of the crew had protested agains'
pr’c eding to sea with passengers,
asserting that they Composed an or
gauizrid baud umh r dir cion of one
of their number, Eoiilir D G »rdo, a
chief, at d *. hey were in waiting to
rece ve aims and auumuniiion from
the American steamer Nep'uue pre-
naratory to la: d'.ug on the Island of
R matan; that tbe vessel instead >f
sailing a peaceful voyage for which
hey had enlisted, was under control
of said D I Gardo aud that the oaptain
was imp'ioated in Irregularities;
that their contract having been
broken, they demunded Iheir dis
charge or a s .tia factory guarantee for
heir lives, which, they claimed, hud
b en threatened by the passengers,
who were to some ex eat armed, or
(hat the passengers should be re
moved from tbe ship. Under these
demands the consular agent had te
moved the crew to the town of 8
Andrew, while the- Colombian author
tiles had, owing to the reports that
tbe passengers had been refused
aud.ng at tbe ports of B hz Hon
duras, Blue Fields and C >rn I'land
m C dombia, declined to permit their
c ming on shore The cousulary
agent bad examined tbe crew and
me cap’ain, under oath, having read
.he tesiimouy and taken part in the
proceedings with Consul Wright,
Commander Chester was o nviuced
mat ibe grave cuarges preferred by
the consul were well founded, and
determined to stizo the vessel
B-fore determining so he was
assured by tbe preftc of the port and
judge of the district that such action
was iu accordance with international
law aud treaty siipula ions. O
boft'd the steamer were two
s'-'am launches and three
H >nduras fl .gs Tne captain had
authority to draw on the i gents of
the vessel for money, but i is evi
dent that Dd G rdo paid the bills
Lieutenant William H Elliott was
place! in cnarge of he priz - with nil
tne papers found in the vessel aud
testimony taken by the consular
agent w tk ins.ructions lo proceed to
Key West and await instructions
NOMINATIONS
The president to-uay nominated
B igudier General Alfred H Terry to
be m»j r general to succeed Han
cock, and Joshua T Child, of Mis
souri, to be mmister resident and
consul general of the United States
to Siam
CONFIRMATION
The senate to day confirmed L v-
ing.-tt >n W Bohel to be United
States attorney for the southern dis
trict oi Florida
Amot.g the corfl'mations ma e by
t? e te .a e to day, from which the
ii.junction of secrecy was not r<-
moved, w a that of Collector He h e
of New York. Tl e nomination of
the pos'mas e at Ham be', I >wa, a
“sus| e sion” care was rescued, and
tt e papers upon which the la'e in
cumoent was suspense 1 we e ’aid be
fore tl e senate and read Tl ey » e i-
voluminoue and the charge a e mid
to have t e n seri usiu their natu e.
The case e to - er,
A resolution fr.im the commerce
committee, oalliDg for papers in th<-
oase of the suspended collector a
San Francieoo, was adopted
ARMY APPR PRIATION BILI,
The army appropriation b 11 re
ported tn the house to-day appropri
ates $23 887 588, Dearly $1 000 000 1> ss
than the estimates called for Tne
appropriation for ’ha current year
amounts to $24 4_'.i ''52
A NEW BANK
The aoting comptroller of currency
to-day authoriz e! the F.rs' National
bank of tit Augustine to begin busi
ness with a capital of $50,000
FITZ J )HN PORTHR BIEL
The Fi z John P-rter b.ii will bt
reported back to tbe senate as soon
a’ the majority and minority reports
can be prepared. Seuators C«meron
and Sewell j dn with the democratic
members of the military committee
tn the majority report in favor of the
unamended house bill. Tne division
was 6 to 4
INDIAN RI ’ER
A bill was introduced in the Benate
by Call to provide for tne survey and
an estlma'e of tbs eost of clearing
out and improving G Ibert’s baron
Indian river, F a, and of Indian river
from lts mou h to Titusville, F.a.
Tha Black Market.
BMCtaI <« Sacatnr-Saa.
New York March 3 —Coal stooks
monopoliS.-d toMay a large share
of the business at the stook ex htnge
Total transactions 518 000 shares, of
which Riding aud Lackawanna
contributed nearly 248,000 Tne an
nouncement of the settlement of the
R >odlng trouble to an active cover-
ii g of sborts, especially in coal stoeks,
which was continued this morning,
res'll led in first prices showing gains
ot § t(' | from wli'cb there wer fur
ther slight advances. Liter a some
what irregular movement and a ten
dency to lie vititss, after mid
day, acoompsniei by smallest
dealings toward- 2 .’clock Ihe market
was decidedly quiet, bill renewed ac
tivity ami some • r ngth iu tiie lust
hour carried q io,aliens somewhat
above the lowest of the dsy, and the
mark—t finally closed str mg. Read
ing shown a pain of 2§ tud Lscha-
wans a gain of 1. W. stern U i*on
shows a inns of 1§ m rep Tted reduc-
lon i f dividends Tiie remainder of
the list is pretty evenly divided be
tween gains aud losses of small frac-
lone.
A 1*01(011 Viuijro.
3r$04o< (• Kniuxrrr-Pun.
New York Maroh 3 -A R stou
tpecial to 'he P >st says: F W N : ck
srson & Co., large importers, West
India ,radere and commission mer
chants, who have been iu business
betw-en forty and ftf y years, an-
noutc°d their falhi'e to-day, as-lgu-
ing to Joseph B Russell, a oonfiden-
'ial employe. Their liabilities are
$600,000 direct and $300,000 iudireei,
and their nominal assets are good.
The firm is a;;ent of the B '»ton and
tiavanneh 8tenme‘'ipcomi'n-v,which
is not effected at all The E .stern
steam htp line, running to points in
the provinces, is owned in a great
nan by the firm, and Is, therefore,
affected by Ihe failure. The cause of
the assignment is the g ueral dull
ness of the business in which the
firm is engaged Th« film ib com
nosed of Frank W NicktrsoD, Alfred
A Nickerson and E C Crosby.
aa>»l«lun Siiubm to Tbim
No article entering so generally
Into the food of every family has
b on found more villainously adul
terated tha i baking powder. For
the purpose of unders'dling those
powders of absolute purity and whole
somet.ess which alone it:e safe for
use in food, hundreds of dealers are
putting up baking powders with
oaeap and adulterated cream or iar-
ar, which contains lime, earth, etc,
adding strength by tbe free use of
alum.
These a ’u'teraled powers are
“Shoved” upon the public with tbe
greaiest perei*’ e icy. Many are given
away—left in samples at private resi
dences with circulars containing
bogus analysis and teriificates aud
false representationses totbelr value,
etc The worst of them are intro
ducei to the hous keeper’s at'eution
by Ir u ul ut tricks or by bogus
sampi--H, tiie articles when purchased
beit g found to be entirely d'fl re it
from the sample shown. The fact
iha‘ » powder Is sampled f nm door
to door is sufficient to condemn it A
first-class article will sell on its
merits N ' mecufacturer whose
goods are of valu can afl id 'Og;?e
them away, or to .estthem from door
co door, and none but the cheapest
make aud most inferior or unmarket
able goods require tn be distributed
free in order to get the public to use
them, and this method Is adopted
only by parties who have failed to
dispose of their wares through ordi
nary and legitimate ohauneis
Free samples of articles of food left
at, the house should be regardtd wltb
suspicion. There is no guarantee of
tl e.r whnles' meneas, while there Is
real danger that they oontain a fatal*
ly poisonous compound. Many in-
stemc s of poi-oDii g from the use of
such samples are recorded.
The only safe way is to consign all
such samples immediately to the ash
barrel, aud to turn a deaf ear to the
statements made by their venders.
It is not worth while to trifl i with
life and health to the extent of test
ing every doubtful baking pew ler
that comes along B 'tier to rely upon
an old and reliable brand, 'ike tbe
Royal, which has by a quarter of a
oeniury's constant me proved its per
fect wholesonmieiB and tffitiency, or
some other brand that is not so
worthless a"d ohtap that its propriN
si ora can off >rd to give It away
by the car-load or waste it in
making innumerable tests. I is in its
favor that the R yal Biking P wder
is never given aw »y, sold by mettis
of lotteries, nor accompanied by
ohromos, spoons, crockery or other
gifts, except tbe gifts of absolute
purity, wholesomeness, full weight,
aud superlative leavening power. Its
own merits have been its chief ad
vertisement, and they have secured
for it the constant patronagt of the
Amerioan people to an extent beyond
the combined sale of all other baking
pi wder* TneR.yal B»king P jwder
la certified oy all the government
chemists at at silutely pure and per
fect.
SpMtdl B-ewrw-SKO.
Key West. Fea, March 3 —The
United States steamer Galena and her
priz* were released from quarantine
to-day. The officers of the City of
Mexico are in statue quo. It appears
tnat the naval authorities desire to
transfer to the district court, bat the
United S Res marshal of this district
nas no authority to take possession
of the proper y withou* an order from
Judge Locke, who is absent, holding
oourl at Tampa It is probable that
the naval authorities, If desirous of
effecting a transfer, will make an ap
plication to Judge Locke by mail to
morrow, who will probably return
here on Friday, as he is without a
distrietvattorney at Tampa, on ac-
o unt of the vacancy in that office
and tbe non-collateral of the ap
pointee.
CUTTING BOTH WAYS-
A large Fs'abllsttmi’iit Hnye ttlrg
ill'' Kn'ghts o' i ab r
Whaf O a uf (Ii* firm Th(nbi> -I 'ba
Ol' 'ar -Tlia K.ielullala In t’hlCHB— Ol Bor
L« h ir Troubles*
f Bnwntrrr.HHo 1
tit’ring field O, M >roh 3 -There
is gr« a' excitement here over tiie dis
missal uf a i ig force ol K lights of
Libor from the E (Si stree Champion
R aper works. The workmen oistm
that tbe r>umb"r discharged will
reach 600 or 700 Six lod^s of
K lights of L'b.rr held meeting* to
dis 'u-a the situa'ion Iasi ntgbi.but
took no dt finite action. The fore
men tn the works it ie said went
through the shops yesterday and
asked every man if he was a knight
of labor. His answer wus reoarued
opposite his name When tbe time
fir qnit'lng wotk oame thoie who
had admitted belonging to the
knights of labor were either paid i fl
at once or h Id to call to-day aud j e
theil money. Tne action came like
a bombs',ell to the men and the
greatest ex ’itement prevailed.
There are 3000 knights at work in
the vari >us shops of this city, aud if
the aff-ir develops into a ireneral
strike it will be serious. Wliuely,
the Dmprle'or, eni ' I 's* nigh :
“1 don’t know j .st how many men
were discharged - I think abotr 300.
They are generally distrlbuied
through the d fl rent departments of
me shops Every shop will b> run
ning with n full number of hands
by Monday, at least. We shall
send to the various cities
throughout the slate lor men.
There was no trouble from violence,
Dor do we apprehend any. We were
compelled to take'his course in th«
interest of human liberi>, and to far
as we are posted on the curse of ti e
orgatrx lion In other oities it has
been one of terrors, Intimidation and
larceny, aud they were constantly
influencing others to loin the order
who did not know anything ah >ut it.
It is a question w'th every fnotory
whether It shall have all or none
of its men belonging to tnese organi
zatious, aud whether it shall have
these strikes or not. There is no
middle grouud. We prefer to have
all cur men fiee from nil organiza
tions, aud I believe it ib f r ihe good
of the community to take Buch a
course ”
Tiie Etst street Champion R apers
works i - one of the largest factories of
agricul'u al implement* in the world,
and its shops ever many acres.
Tiie sliuation »' tiie Maleab'e Iron
company iockoui ie unchanged. The
officers of the company ere firm in
their determination to tuke hack no
men who demanded an advsnc" rf
10 per cunt in w g s ami nay they
will fill the places with new men.
With 1000 men thrown out ofem-
plo» merit in the past two days, the
labor question presents an exceeding
ly geriou* aspect in this citv
THE DRY DOCK STRIKE
New York Match 3 — The strike
of the employes of the Dry D^ok line
continues »pd travelers by the Grand
Street ferry are [ ut to much Incon
venience Tiie hearing before H ate
R .ilway Commissioner K 'arna” was
continued at tb“ company’s < 111 e.
Vice President Richardson made a
reply to tbe demands of the men,
taking up eaoh one sepa'a ely The
oompan.y Is willing to hIIow twelve
hours to constitute a dry’s w irk, in-
cludii g one hour for meals. All
employes. who work more than
twelve hours are to receiverxtra pay.
Richardson denied that any ou'a'de
orgatiizUion should have the right
to dictate to the company whom it
should or should not employ If tb6
knights of labor weie to have tbe
authority of deciding, then tbe direc
tors and president ot the road had
better r?sign A special committee
from the empire protective assocla
tion was iu attendance a' the confer
ence between Comni'sslouer K ’arnan
aud the directois of the road. There
was a long debate in regard
to the discharge of certain men who
had remained faithful to the com
pany during ihe present n fjj. uliy
Tl e superintendent replied >hu: the
company would prefer to go to pieces
rather than discharge the*e men.
The conference ended without an
agrrement being reached. An at-
tempt was made to ruu the curs dur
ing the afternoon, hut the sinkers
put such obs!ructions in the way.
throwing the cars off the track, that
the matter wan abandoned
THE SOCIALISTS IN CHICAGO
Chicago, March 3 —lu connec
tion wiili tbe McCormick reaper
strike, the Drily News prints tlio fol
lowing:
“There ha» been considerable spec
ulation as to the ac'ual it fl ienceof
the socialists among thb strikers. In
discussing the probable aggregate of
ihe s ciallsts in the city, one of the
recogDiz d leaders said it is impos
Bible to tell. O' the immigration
from Europe nearly 99 per cent is
socialistic, eeneclally among the Ger
mans and Bihemians. They are
born socialists; it’s their religion.
In Chicago there arc 225,000 Ger
mans and 55.000 Bohemians. These
people are ull workingmen, except a
few small traders, shop keepers and
the like, who were worklug men
themselves once. Tnese shop keepers
sympathize with the organiz 'd bod«-
les, tru't the members for groceries
and goods while out of work and con
tribute small sums to aid in main
taining the strikerx.”
A button-hole without a button li
sad Irony tor a poll-bed shirt front.
Cmiioi Hurattf.
8p»*tnl to Rnqnt ;r<r*l9nn.
New York February 3 — Fire
hr-keout at midnight on tbe cotton-
laden bicges of George \V I) le and
Charles \Vhittiey,lying at tbe Nation
al steamship company's dock in
North river, and dl : $35 060 damage
to the cotton The hi ais were dam
aged about $5000 The cotton enma
from the Charleston steamship dock,
snd was consigned to the Gulin line.
1 is owned by a number of shippers,
-ml was insured lu various marine
comp,.ii i's.
Throuuti n llildtf*.
Special to Erqairoi*Huu.
Utica, N Y, March 3 - A freight
tram on ihe O iiarlo ami Western ru'l-
r”ad went through a bridge near Fish
E Idy, Delaware cuuuly, last night.
E F Smdli a id A R ynolds, conduc
tor, and iwi hrak. nricu, who were
ridit g in tiie caboose, were kill d
and their bodies we re burned to clns
dors,
igtlMl Ibe Tehpliona ( ouipnnr
Special to the Knaulrer-Buu. I
Indianapolis. Ind, March 3 —
The supreme court to (lay decided
another, f the telephone oases, af-
tl miug the decision of Ihe Marlon
o'uuty criminal court, convicting
Superintendent Hacket' for charging
$5 a month Instead o' $3 'or reutsl for
use of the telephone.
Tbe Bt«i in Still Sails*,
*I»eol*l lo Enqnlrer-Bun
Montreal Maroh 3 —The storm
which has been ruglug here for
some days past lies not yet spent
itself All trains are badly behind
time and some w . re cancelled io-day.
MMlhotn PiMifrgvp (
•fpooUl lo Knu«lr*r-BniL
Atlanta, March 3 - A meeting of
the Bouth*rn passenger emmittes
las been called to meet in J .okeon-
ville, March 12 a.
D ll- T llx’e Voherea
Sp*ct«I to K qo'rorsRno.
Danville Va March 3 Tobacco
sale* iu D'uviMp for February
amonnffd 4 286 015 pounds, valued
at $443 442
By A* flo Am«riOAn (\»b «b.
London, March 3 — Burns, Hynd-
man, Williams and Champion, social
ist leader", were again before police
court fo-day, and af.er further hear
ing were coininlt’ed for trial on the
charge of inciting s lhj "Ots of the
queen to riot. Tim defendant* were
permitted to uruish bail for their ap-
pear,in e.
TUB HA LRO«D R rUVTION
aib«..a lo »> H'wp Choiao or Hi'bsr
I tap Cla Midi -.nP or d Koad
—ana Want to Ids to talamliai,
Wn learn 'hat Hm H H C«'lton,who
bus always been “0"b an earnout advo
cate of forcing (b( It dimoml and Dan
ville to bu 11(1 to Ciayton, is now in
tavorofex ba g ng that (Xteusionof
tbe N r'bessrern for a road south.
Captain Carlton still reoogn.zos the ad
vantage It would bo to Athens tn get a
through line to K • xvllle, via Ribun
Gap, if such a thing were possible, but
after a careful examination into tbe
trade of tbe city with the R ohmond
and D nvlllo, be decides that we are at
.he mercy of that syndic Re, and so it
behooves A hens to make tbe beat
erms she can. We have not seen
Captain Carlton persona ly, but are ra
tably informtd that such are hts
views, Whatever position hetskis
is pn mpted by the welfare of
Athens, we feel assured. This
gentlemnn is now one of the leaders in
the southern extension projeot, aud
we have cor fl Ience enough in the oap-
ieIn to believe that he will carry 1-- to
success. iThe committee that iately
went to A.lsnla saw Mr Inman, who
notds a prominent place In ihe R and
D syndicate, and he 1 firmed our del
egation that he onuld not give them
my Information Jost then, but upon
hla return from Now York, in about
wo weeks, ho would submit a propo
sition to Atb9»a ar d thought that it
would bo soouptable lo our peiplo. Mr
I .man has now returned, aad we ex-
peot every day to hear
from him. Captain Carlton, the other
day, reoelved a diitpatob from Njw
Y rk, asking him to find out and tele
graph at onoe whether Athens preter-
red a railroad to Maoon or Columbus,
A aommlttie if merchants was ul onoe
convened, and it was unanimously de-
dded that, they wanted the Gsorgla
Midland, which faot Captain O at onoe
elegraphed This looks as If the R
aud D men Intend to act with fairness
toward oar oily, and give us either
road weprefer. That a sou'hern line
will te bul.t from Athens this sum
mer, we do not think there la now a
shadow of doubt, and we hope the mat
ter will be Anally settled in a few days.
-Athens Banner-Watchman.
Hit* Tarker Baal.
Mabtyn, Ala, Miroh 3 —How Is
this for wild turkey hunting! A few
days ago Messrs Charlie Myhand and
Cary Richardson lying In wait for tur
keys to come to a plaoo baited for the
purpose soon had the pleasure ol seeing
seven stately gobblers approaohlng
them. At a given signal both fired
Into them and killed them all. The
seven weighed one hqndred and flve
pounds, an average of fifteen each Iu
a few days ihereafter they went again
and killed four more.
From last account Mr M, having
feasted up n turkey for about a week,
weighs now something over 200 poauds
himself Haven’t heard how Mr R
Manila It, but wepropheoy that another
such raid upon 'he turkeys will mtke
each one of them too large for iheir
pants, T.