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Newspaper Page TextColumlm you XXVIII—FO 104 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY F0RTYOTTH CONGRESS Yesterday's Proceedings of tlie H( n >o and cenate. Biunnon I'ordgD OUll ScriUe-Tli# Hiver * dc llubor Bill Up In ihr Ilnnte Agutn—iflUnj Amendments PrupaiH, Eld- Bp<tcie.l to K’-ontrur^Snu, Washington, April 30—In the mornirg bum, Blanchard, of Louis iana, on behalf of the ci oitniliee on rivers ai d harbors, called up !i e bill appropriating 46492. to supply the de ficiency m (he appropriation for the cxaminatioi and survey to ascertain the depth and the width tf the chan nel at South Pass, Mississippi river The bill was passed. Hatch, of Missouri, on bet If of the cculuiittee on agriculture, called up the resolution Betting spurt the 13 h day of May for the consideration of business preserved by thet committee, and it veas udoped. Hatch stated that the measure upon which action would be asked w s tbeoleomargarlne bill. In response to questions he stated that tin ugh this bill was a revenue hill, the oi mmitlee on agri culture would attempt to oo. fi .e thi amendments to the subject mailer of the measure and no. allow them to extend to tne tax on spirits and to bacco. The ht U:e then went into aci tu- mitteeof the whole on the rivers ami harbors appropriation bill. Warner, cl Ohio, oflered an amend ment providing that the appropria tion for th'himprovement of the Mis sissippi m“r Bbal! be expended under the direction of tne secretary of war instead of the Mls-issippi river com mission, and providing for a cot) gressional committee to investigate the work of the Mississippi river commission. He would be per-' fectly willing to vote money lor the improvement of the river, but did not believe in the plan of the commission and he would not be surprised if after one hundred million, which it had been stated would be required by that plan, had been expended the navigation of the river would be no better than it was now. In the debate which followed, Catcbings, of Misak stppi, said the is sue was tquureiy before the house, whether H w< uld call a halt and abandon all efforts to improve the navigation of the Mississippi, for if the amendment wan adopted, it would doubtless be fofiowed by a striking out of the appropriation The animus of the attack was the ap prehension on the part of some gen tleman, that a part of the rnouey wculd be expended in the protection of laud, and w hereby the sou.hern people might derive some bec< fi:. Hepburn, of Iowa, admitted that the plan of the cortmisslcn had been adopted after deliberation, but it had been adopted as an experiment and the experiment had been tried and proved to be a failure. When the plan hsd been adopted no one had dreamed of the expenditure of money which wculd be required, Op Plun Point reach thee mmisslon had expended for revertment alone 419 99 per linear foot, and for chan nel improvement 424 per linear foot, Pium Point reach would require more than 41°,090,000 and Lake Providence reach would oost more than 47 000,000 Holman ottered an amendment providing that the money appro priated for the lower Mississippi shall be expended in the continuance and completion of the work on Plum Point and Luke Providence reaches. He thought that congress owed it to the country that the pianof improve ment should be thoroughly tested on those two reaches before any more vaot expenditures of money were authorized. Hoiman's amendment was rejected, but it was agreed that tt ere should bt a yea and nay vote upon it In Urn house. Warner’s amendment was also re jected. Various other amendments were tffe.el and rtjected. A number of amendments were agreed to in creasing the number of places where preliminary surveys may be made, and then La FolJeite, of Wisconsin, moved to strike out the entire section having reference to this subject, No quorum voting, the committee rose and the house a 6:45 adjourned. SENATE. On motion of Vance the senate took up the bill for the promotion of anatomical science and to prevent the desecration of graves. The biil relates to the District of Columbia, and provides that bodies now required by law to be buried at the public ex pense might be turned over to the medical colleges of the Distrlc‘ of Columbia. The president declined to approve the bill on the ground that certain ot its provisions were indefi nite, and did not supply sufficient safeguards. After a short debate the senate refused to pass the bill over the president’s veto—yeas 6, nays 48 The conference report on the las dian appropriation bill was submit ted by Dawes and concurred in by the senate. Unanimous oonsent having some days ago been given on the request of Pike that private claims on the cal endar should be considered this morn ing, that order was entered upon, not, however, without a mild protest 'rum Plumb in the interest of the poet offioe appropriation bill. The post c fflee appropriation bill was taken up, and Hale resumed his speech in advocacy of the 4800,000 foreign mail amendment. The ad« ministration, Hale said in oou- olueion, made war ou this proposed ai propr'atlon thr< u ;b its leader in .be senate. That was tto light thing, an appropriation for such a purpose had m ver been op posed by the adminiattalion of any other country. We were looking for a market for our surplus productions The market was ready for u.s. The way was clear, Wt needed only such a provision as that now before the senate aril the republican psrty would eonlirue to advocate the pi.11 oy indicated by that provision no matter what the democratic party might do. Brown, expecting that his vok- wouid be different from that of his party ou this question, felt ,hat he ought to give the reato s iha, weigh ed with him in favoring this proposl i lou !o pay a liberal price for the oars riage of moils to Central and South America. U ider the old order of ii.ir.gs the southern pe pie had been essentially farm* s Tut-y shipped their cotton abroad and drew on it, and ll was to their interest to pur chase iu the market in wLich they could get commodities chc-apts. Tuey hud not looked to buiidiug up towns or ettie- by manufacturing esiabllshmems That statu of i flairs l ad, however, passed away, and the south had now to acc mmoiiute Itself to tue new order of things. If they should all remain cotton plan .era we would make much more than there could be found a demand Lr Indeed we were already making more than there wan a demand for. L s. year we made more cotton thau the world warded at a fair price, consequently there was no little distress now in the south because southern planters bad to pay debts con traced in ex pectation of receiving an ordi nary price for their cotton. They had not received that price. This should teaoh i s :o diversify industries in the south. Tho sou h would have to plant less cotton and raise more of the other products, The people of the south were beginning already to realize that fact. Iu the manufacture of cotton goods the south bad the ad vantage of every other portion of the union. No place in the world proba bly could produce n good quality of coarse cottons so cheaply as the south could ndw do, The north hud to pay freight on raw cotton for a distance of a thousand mUes, while it cost the south almost nothing to get cotton to the mill. The south, who had a more genii 1 climate, its operatives lid not need such expensive clothing as in a coiil climate. They also needed less fuel. The time was coming when thesouth could compete also for He finer cot ton go ids, The time will also doub:« les? come when the New England manufacturer, seeking tn build new cotton factories, will go to the sjuth to invest his money in those factories. So, also, with per sons desiring to invest iu other mnnu/t-c urieg industries, coal and iron were found in the seuth and as the freight charges on cos.1 and iron were a considerable element in the cost of manufacture, it wat clear that the south cflered great advantages for the Investment ol money in man. utacturing. Already, Brown sudd, one could get as good a gold watch made in Atlanta as any where on tne continent and with many o:her manufaciures As tc the proposition before the senate, Brown believed an immense tdvantage would auorue to the whole country from its adoption. While we were in such a manifest want of markets for out surplus proouots,was it not sensible tornuke this appropri ation? Indeed, was it not stupid no :o make i,? It was not like subsid izing railroads. In starting a rail road money had to be invested in r track and roadway. In the matter before ut God bad made those ready to our hand The ocean was the track and the roadway. We had oulv to put on the rolling slock. W could then reach an immense fi id for our coin me tee with Central and South America’s commerce of 4800,099,090 annually, jf which we now nuv.: but one-’enlli part. The English, French and Gcr mans by liberal subsidies for tueir mails service bad secured this im me::se business, and we hud lost it By a wise policy, however, we could get it, because it naturally belonged to us The only objection Brown had to the amendment was that the anricunt proposed (4800,000) was too smali What was that amount com pared to the enormous advantage to be gained it we secured the comineroe indicated? Wuat would one million, two mlllioi s or even five millions a year be compared with the advan tages to oerne of that commerce? It wub high time we were doing s >me ■ thing toward securing that com merce. This was not a party ques tion, Brown said, and senators who had arraigned the democratic party on the question should remember that the republican party had been in charge of the government for twenty-five years and had left this great field uncultivated. Why did that party permit thai? A colloquial debate followed, par ticipated in by Brown, Dawes, P.umb, Hale, McPherson, Allison, Frye, Teller, Harris and others. Plumb secured an understanding that general debate on the biil should close on Monday a 4 o’clock. After some skirmishing to seoure an executive session, and also to se cure a session to-morrow, the senate at 6 o’clock adjourned till Monday. THE PUBLIC DEBT. Washington, April 80 — It is esti mated at the tieasury department .... „*«*** .rnmtmm that there lu a been a decrease of about 411 600,000 to the publio debt during the month of April Pay ments during tne month on account of pensions amount M abou‘ 42 000 000 A BILL VETOED The presueut has vetoed *he t ill to m ke O'valU' u nor' of entrv. THE REQUEST WAS DENIED. The poumus.er ai A.luma, Ga, niHiie application to-day to the post mastc.-.general for leave io ebse bls ' ffice to-morrow on account of the dedication of Me mionuumn; in honor of the late Senator HUt, His r< quest was denied. TURF FEWS ThP ffprlr.tf Special to Kuduivor-tuL. Nashville, Apfi! 39.--This was 'he third day of 'hr- spring rscs. The weather was cool and the track good. The feature of (be day was 'he race for the merchants’ staks Kifknuuii wan not the favorite and won easily by hah a length F rat race, pure* 4300 jj mile, Phil Lee wo. ; Marv E lis 2d, Fuucbett 3 i Time, liltif Stoond, belling race, purs- 4260, unt mile, Audi (s w.> ; Rice 2d, Mun- 1 ou 3 i. Tit: e, I:48J. Third race, purse 4300, 1} miles, Barefoot wot ; Annie Woodcock 2d H rry Cruse 3.1. Time, 2:15 B’ourth race, merchants’ stakes, 4600 added, 1J miles, K rknian won by half a length; Aretino 2d, Editor 3d. Time, 2:01 NEW KLEANS RACES. New Orleans, April 30 —This was ttie -asl day of the L iulsiann Jockey club’s spring meeting, The weather was cleur and warm. There was a good attendance, anti the track was in good condition. Tht first race, ail ages, 7 furlongs, J A F ntoia won; Wankopha 2'; Flitch Taylor 3d. Time, 1:81 J, Second race, Bush Stokes selling sweepstakes, mile heats, Ultimatum won In etrigbt heals. B 'b Swlmm wa-- 2nd, anti L"gat 31 Time, 1:46 Third race, Cottielle stakes for three-year-olds, mile aud a quarter, Alfarettee and Restless were >n front till lower run was reached, when Pal Speedy came up with them, entering the home stretch in the lead, and came In by nearly two length-; Beet les-2'; Oacole 31. Time, 1:16. In the fourth race, one tulle, prin cess won; Leroy 21; Lt-tuut 31 Time, 1:47 Ou ’('littagfi, New Kobe, April 30-There is no material change in the general con dition of the market. Prices are lu fiueuced almost entirely by news re gardiug l.be probability of agenerel extension of the labor trouble throughout the country, and news of tbiski. d to-day was altogether un favorable, especially so from tin northwest. Tbe bears have agait taken advantage of the situation and short iutereethas been materially in ere; Bid this afternoon. The opening prices this morning showed little or no changes from last afternoon’s closing figures and the more favora ble reports oontaiatd in tbe morning papers led to an advance during ’he first hour, the gains generally ranging from small fractions to nearly 1 During this timu the mar ket was also deciJediy active, some what irregular, and finally a heavy tone prevailed til! I p m, when a de. oided w"akLi69 extended to tin whole ! s and the prices of the ac tve list declined 1 to nearly 2 The fi iai dealings displayed some show of firmness, the market, closing about steady at quotations which ure for most of the active etockB an uverag of about J lower than Jam evening. There are several imporant cxocp tions, however, including Pacifi Mail, Erie preferred and LiuihvuI. and Nashville, which were very weak. Hale - 366.000 shares. A UOO.OOO Fire, Hpfrolal to Knqaircr*«cie.. Baltimore, April 30- F.re brok. out to-night in a store, 318 West Bal timore street, which caused a lows if 4600,000 The bouses involved art h W Flost &. Co, notions unci wt t- good“, insurance 480,000; HM L vy A Hons, struw goods, 320 West Biiu- more, loss 465 000, fully insured ; King & Co, clothing, 322 Baltimore street, loss 400,001), lnsurat.ee 430,00; Nos 324, 326 am: 328, West Ball.mure aid North Howam streets, oceupte by Cross & Duubraco, furnhure; Itnwold & Mebtng, carpe •; 'be cb tate of Jesse Simglufl; Albert Buis, hardware; J H MeUairy <k Co, sta tioners; H G Jenkiu: & Co, oilcloths; T E Belkuap & C t, te.ok binder.; Frank & Adler, boots aud suoes, anu Weth. z, Ueidler <fc Co, dry good*,coa- atitule the remainder if tne loss. Dfffreao •# Jleltlnff. Temperatures ure given as follows by various experiments: Melting lead abou. 600 degiess; melting zinc, 710 to 779; iron at red, joai vistnle, 900; iron at dull red, 1280 P 1392; irou at cherry red, 1552 to 1620; iron clear red, 1800 to 2000 Fanreubei'; iron at while heat, 2500 to :700; all from a hot blast stove 1000 to 1400; igmted chaiooal, 2200; mei.lng plati num, 2900; temperature of hot blast furnace, 3300; tempera.ure given by Bertholet ot combustion of two parts hydrogen mixed with one pound oxygen burning in tbe air, 3000 to 3850 Fahrenbel ; temperature of Birlholetof two ;arts of oarbonlc oxide with one part of oxygen burn ing in the air, 3540 to 4000. Pennsylvania, for a big state, baa had many -mall-H'* d governors. Mr Pow- deny would be an Improvement on some that hare been elected. CULL AGITATED Tbs J Muring People Demanding the Ugh -Hour System. Mesrratl Sittamo Mrtta.a Thu-tosfS- U.rlkct that Unve Kiidcil-No Trouble ABtlrtiiuioillD Angiuti He. Hpuntnl to EnQT\lrer-8nn Ft Louis, April 30 —It is gener ally ixpected here that the cfl'or made, by the ci' z n’s committee to the general expcn'iva committee of the kt ighte oMab'.r, to attempt lose cure the reinstatement ol the strikers (iron the railways, will bn accepted, and thud the strike will be declared of! in a 'ew days. The general board met in txecu'lve si sou yes onlay, and In the afternoon were in coni munieatiou with the ci: zeu’s com mittee. Their wiliingmss to end ttie strike, provided aswuranos could lie a i tliut the agreement of 1885 be tween the raitrrad aud its employes would be observed, wits expressed by both the general board and the joint ' xetutive committees. The proposi tion made by tbe ct iz.-ns whs dis cussed until an curly hour this morn ing, and at: answer to it will be re turn'd to-day, THE EIGHT HOUR MOVEMENT Chicago, April 30.—The great packers at tue union stock yards ate lie latest representative mi, 1 yers called upon to grant tbe eight-hour day. They give employment to be tween 25 000 and 50,000 men and tl s afternoon de.iga'.ibus will wait upon tbe heads of each with the request that they adopt the eight-nour sys temaftei Mav 1st. Tne firms to lie visited are Armour & C<>, Fowler Bros, Fairborn Haiely, Naiou Mor ris, June & H'.iles and Stlverborn. I la only within the past few days that the eight-hour question was agitated at the stock yards. The men with few exceptions belong to no labor union and their desire to adopt the new labor day was only formed with in the past week. Yesterday Mr Hid Kent told bis 1500 employes that after May 1 they reed only work eigtu hours a day, for which they would be paid for DiDe hours’ work This coucisaiou caused the men employed in the other homes to demand that eight hours lie hereafter considered a day’s work. Several meetings wen held, and the-remit was the forma-, tiou of an organization, from which eemmitteea to-day will wait upon all the packers. “It was like a bomb shell in uur rat ks,” said a prominent packer tide morning, “and Kent did li ad. The men weregali-fl-d. Thev art- not union men, at.d they would have worked on right slung the usual ten hours bad uot Kent been frightened and otter-ai a cmuproralKe before he was tve: a leu u.nm to coo,, eider the*matter. Hisaciiouam zed us ” KNIGHTS INDICTED. New York, April 30— Indict ments have been found against mem tiers of tue executive board of Hie Empire protective ass 'Oiation- Jo si pb R O’Douueil, chairman; A J Best, secretary; James R Graham, Jo.= F D jwuing and J.hu Hughes— for conspiracy in connection witi ihe Third avenue railroad strike Each appeared at the district at torn* y’s office to-day aud gave boil in 41000 each to answer. They were afterwards arraigned in court and pleadel not guii'y, with leave to withdraw the pie.s aud move to quash the Indictment. Trial was fixed for the 5 h of May. THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE HT LOUIS, April 39 —Tne Congres sional labor investigatl 1 g cummiHe" arrived here last night aud met this morning After a si >■ ion with cloa ed doi s, Chairman Curtin handed a list of 1 amttt ct the must prominent men of H Louis to Hergeati .-at Amis C' ■ mas and r> quested bltn to secnri tneit atifecdauce at ihe meeting ihn- afternoon. DOWN ON BOYCOTTING New ¥■ kk, April 39—l’he grand jury of the court of general c sdon.-. was d.echarged to day, I u not un'!l Foremar Brown.had banded to R? corder Hmyibe a preach.meat con cerning boycottirg. The prrsen'. ment severely condemns Pol o* Jus tice Weld, bo, when a t umo r if boy cotters were arrested ai d Drought before h ■ m fir annoy iog tho- Cava naugh, Smdford & Co tailor", promptly dbcharged them ou the ground that th’-y had not violated the law B diet Captains W Hiatus, Ali.Cuo .ugn aud Copeiano had oonfested that they were power less to relieve the boycotted firm from the nu sanoe as long as police Justices failed to commit the prisoners. In conclusion the presentment stiite*: It appears evident to the grand Jury, representing sh they do tne law abiding chizsns 1 f this country, that great dereliction of duty and great ignorance of law were manifested on the part of this recog nlzed legal authcriiy of our police O.herwise we claim that our city would not have been disgraced for a period of nine days after those decisions of Jus’ice Wold had been given by this nefarious conspiracy against the people.” The grand jury regrets to r<fleet on any ffl jer of justied, and notwithstand ing the opinion of Juitioe Weld, a thorough examination convinces them that the ao called boycott is an accursed exotic, and they urge that every effort of our legislature, bench aud bar, the press of the land, and of every American citizens be taken to aid in txiermiu ating tbe hydro-headed monster, dragging its loathsome length along this continent, sucking tho very lift: blood from our trade and commerce, . qually bane'ul to employers and employed. SHOPS SHUT DOWN Philadelphia, April 30 -Alii ■ sou’s car shops have practically shut down lad finitely, uvei 90 per cent of the workmen have been discharg ed, They demanded increased pay ranging from 30 to 190 per cent. A ot mpromlee was nfl t.d tL m of an Increase from 0 to 10 per cent. This was itj lotui, and as a result only ab iu' 79 met remained ut work li .- isLiltig mi out ot 799 iinnds. ihe w irkH were running lull 'ime ami In some cases over time m.d were very bo«y. The pay roil amounted tc 459,000 a month. ordering more strikes Pittsburg, Pa, .'i> i. 30 —A Bu bonic, J J a, special HS'j e : Tbe 1 111 ends of .he amaigateu miur.ib’ and labor ers’ association have issued a circular calling upo 0000 men Iu the CV ur- field regions to quit work to-night unless all ope re -ire signed the >oh(" adopted at the C< Iumbut, Ohio, con vention at once An sppeal for as sistance to carry on the strike will be sent out to-morrow A gen ral strike of cabinet makers for uu advance of 29 per c: ut In wages aud a reduc tion of the working hours from len to eight hours Iras been ordered fm lo-muriuw by the Allegheny county 111 ion, which em braces all tl.e cabinet makers, bur metiers and carvers, about three hun dred tn number, i 1* iw i cities Tbe manirfr-curerH are unanimous in their refusal to grunt the increase, claim ing that it Is iurpri. s’ide to 0 ucede tile terms desired ami prefer to close their 'actories. D ili trade and low priei s are given >.s reasons. The workers are deterrnir'Hl t" secure the advance, anti ft large strike in prom is'd The oarpentctB allege'hat the county will strike Monday for nine hours as a tlay’s work aud ton per cent advance in wages. At a meeting last night it wan nuuonuoed ihsiL master carpenters had rejected the otter and it was deeded to call out the carpenters in the county on Monday. At Imperial, Pa, tbe coal miners will iunugura e 11 s rlke to morrow for an advance of half u cwut a bushel. Tbe Hemt Hover miners, employed In W L Hcou’s mines, ex pect to resume work Monday at an advance. The fane and furnaces have beeu started and a general resumption is looked for by the strikers. Tbe s’rlke at Bt W"’s Wayne iron and steel mills hot been amicably settled, and work was re sumed in all departmei; s this morn ing Tim stone eu'tire aud imsoiiN oi Allegheny City hav>. also joined ttie movement for a reduo'im t hours. Meetings will be field to- niget, and if toe employers refuse to concede the workmen a re Suction /rum ten to nine Lours pet day a strike will be inaugural d to-morrow CLOSE DOWN AGAIN Dover N H, April 39- L-wis W Na .t Co’s shoe fHo'.ory which re- sumi.d w >rk last M i day uft>r four wteks e.iiut down vv-“ c'n ed tbit mor'iiUL imlefltiiuly i 11 aotiot resulted from the, preset >.tn n by tin: lasters’ protection union to seven shoe factories here ..f a price list de tuandlng und average increase of 25 per cent over the old wages, NO TROUBLE IN AUGUSTA. Augusta, Ga, April 30.—Tbe knights of labor will not. i ave a demonstration as 1 eretofore au- uom.oed. It la believed that there will be no serious trouble with tb mill bands and apprehensions of» strike have suits d-d. The mill pres idents iunist that they are not ablet' advance wagee now, as the factories are merely making expenses. THE HANGMAN’S ROPE- Five Murdire lulu FUirEtlt.V lint, Special L. EeQutrcr-buu Washington, D (J, April 30.— Louie Hum* rfle.itl,wtme, mr-t It.chard J Lee, Cu.oied, vc.n. ha. g-d at tlie cliy Jail at 11:30 lliis morning Homeifielu muiuen <1 Ids wife a. .<i son on N .vember 20:h lu-t, am; I-e- murdered low wife three days la ei. two more Little Rock. Ark, April 30.— Bill Arwi irot.g, who in 18h5 killed Dr Ftrgus'ip in Perry enutdy, was hanged in Perry vi lie u - dm G'-i rg- Carroll, who i: F -bruory, 3885, kli.eil Ids wife at_d tlirew her body in a well on his farm b While county in order to marry V'.ne.y Dewell, liis half brothel’s with w, will, whom he was criminally intln ate, was hanged to-day at Perry. B >th men wore while and farmers of re-peotable standing, and iu each case all legal efforts were made to save their neck- by appeals to tbe supreme court ami petitions to the governor to commute to imprisonment for i.fe. STrLL ANOTHER. Jacksonville, Fla, April 30 — James Wr.lker, colored, was hanged at Ht Augustine to day for tl.e aiur- der of Char! s Harper iu November lust. The execution was private. Failure* for tbe Work, Special to Knoulrer-Bun* New York, April 30.—Business failures throughout the country liuriug the last week, as reported P K O Dur: & Co, number for tlie U dteii Htates 189 and Canada 18, a total of 297; against 194 last week and 182 the week previous. The western aud Pacific states furnish about one-hali of the entire num .er. TREASURY STEEL VAULTS How Alt* *»'tonal t ttrrrnc/ Iu 9Ii»«|«, 4*i)«uUd «»n«l Worn Oo», The great chilled iron and steel vaults ot the tre>sury aie objects of much interest to visitors, but only crtaln ones can be entered by cut* -■id'T8, and these only on a permit from t 1 e treasti e r . T::c five princi pal vuui'H >*re oonroc'ed with tbe treasurer’s office, for tl.e oojitents of which he I- responsible They ure known es ihecasb v ult, tlie reserve vault, tlie silver vault, Ms redemp tion vault a..d tite national bank vault. The casti vault is used more than all tl.e others c mlilnel iu tho daily transao'lou of business, and p-es'ents more interesting leaturoH. It is constructed on the most ap* proved m< deru principles, and is, strictly speaking, au iron-bound apartment lined with gold a: d silver The walls, floor and ceiling ere of chilled iron, built iu sections. These waiis are over a foot, thick, tbe space between the inu-r imd 1 liter plates of iron being filled with heavy Iron balls, forming a compact mass, the teni 'Vai < f which would r quire much time, ekili aid labor. The bureau of engraviug and print ing, where all our national currency I- manufactured, occupies a large brick buiidiug hunt expr-ssly for it ut a cost of I.OIH’ 4309 990 It bus thne stories and a high basement, and is iu the It mane-quo style of architecture. Hep 250 plate pits.es are worked by Hand, and over 500 men and women employed in tbe pro cesses of printing sheets of bank notes, bonds and Internal revenue stamps. The long, spacious room, running ‘.he entire length of the third story, is tite scene ot Intense aoitvity during business hours. H x huudretl sheets per day are printed on each pre-s, and after each impression tite delicate copper and steel plate must be removed from the press carefully wiped, dried, polished wl'h whiting, inked aud then returned to its place for another impre tiou. The fibre paper must bo handled x- pertiy, aud everything about tlie work done with precision a d oaru. All 8 perfect aud exactness here. Tlie greembaeksaud other securities issued by the government, from ti e time the paper Is manufactured until tue fl fished note is issued, are subjected .0 a yibetn of registering and ch-oka ing at every step, ho minute and pre cise, that liie chance of any error or dishonesty m tlie handling of this most valuable product is reduced tc a minimum. Tho ahte's, before being w *, are delivered to the plate printers, c u.u- »d amt charged to llieru, and ..gain counted in tne presence of n inly as- s s uut, who cert.lieu to ihe count. Attached to the machines by which the wetting is done are regis'e * which automatical! v count toe snoots a third time as they i.a-s through. NT x clines the • xamitmig division, when , after tho fourtn c unt, tlie sheets are d: e I and counted the fifth : me. L»dy experts then (xanime file she.' s, and those which are pro nounced perfect goiui.; tuobydrauiio press, from which powerful m cc.iua they emerge in a smooth stats ready for printing Any shet s polled In printing—too light or too dark or otherwise imperfect, are thrown out by tbe examiner, but cannot be destroyed until afttr pass ing through a regular prescrib'd corns:. The lettering ami uumticr- log divisions, ami tin*engraving di vision on the other ll "rs, are iuter- estli'g t»ls ). Visitors are permitted to inspect all the divisions of the bureau, and a guide is provided to conduct aii who apply on a“toui”of tiie rooms. Of the 699 or 699 persons employed in ihe bureau, a i»rge inn- Jonty ure ladies, anil some of the most difficult and responsible work i*. performed by indy experts Tha bureau lurns uul an average 0; $199,- 99o iu nous printed daily. The redemption division of the treasury is one of Me most interest ing aud busi st. Here worn and mill Hated bat k-notes, retired from uireula'h)!), are ex in ncd and c.-uut* mi pievir us to being cancelled. Ev.-ry year currency :o [lie value of 4299,- 090 900 is counted, cacc filed aud de stroyed. Tne counting is dune by female clerks, many of whom ac- quirt great skill an ( seldom make a Luis'ttke. Home of these ‘‘coutesseo” have been u. w uk ten years or more, amt liuvt handled many mtliioud of debars. They bit ai long tables ou which Ihe notes are piled, aud pack age alter package is opened, ttie notes oloHbly scruiin zed and counted, und then uruedover to the cffioiais in charge of the cancelling machiue, whloLis run by a turbine wheel. The boycott works two ways. It has made the fortune of tbe b-k' r woman who was boyooued In New York. Bhe takes the cake aud v/au ts to be boy cotted some more. tir«r«e a Athens April 80—Greece, lu her reply to the ultimatum of tne pow ers, ordering iter to disarm within eight days, points to the fact that she notified the powers prior to the re ceipt cf their ultimatum that she had accepted the counsel of France, thus giving formal ascuruDoe that she was yielding to the desire of tite powers and would uot disturb the peace, consequently she wilt not. maintain her armament, but will gladly reduce them. Greece trmts, the answer adds, that the ultimatum of the powa tr- will now be regarded as having no further obj cts. Dmath of u Heifcodl«t niulilir. Special to Enuairor-Saa Winchester, Va, April 30 — Ii:V GdO W Anderson, of the M K ohu.’oh south, died this morning in the 79.h year of hia age, Ho was well known throughout the bouedi 0/ the Baltimore conference.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Columbus daily enquirer-sun. (Columbus, Ga.) 1877-1886, May 01, 1886, Image 1