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% 4 nqmrer VOL. XXVIII—NO. 294 COLUMBU8, GEORGIA: FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1886. PRICE FIVE CENTS IE CITY. Yesterday’s Proceedings in the House and the Senate. Tkf rreelJellTerjf Bill Pax*** the Hooxe—Coitlnu. atlos of the Tariff Question In the Nenate-The IIouhcn Patixex tho Kloi'tnriul Count Bill—Other ■attorn of lmimrtnnev. What the Representatives of the People Did in the General Assembly Yesterday. The Continuation of the Falii-Kunkin InvoxtIra* tlon—Col. K. I*. Howell On the Stand—Some In- Washington, December 9.—Among the matters submitted by the oresiding otBcer when the senate met to-dav were the fol lowing: A communication from the directors of the mint recommending the repeal of the limit of the coinage of subsidiary silver ooiu. Referred. The house amendment to the senate bill for the relief of graduates of the United States Military Academy and to fix their pay. The amendment provides that cadets shall be allowed full pay as second 1 lieutenants from the date of their gradua tion to the date of their acceptance of a commission. The amendment was con curred. in and the bill now goes to the president. Cameron moved that when the senate ndjourned to-day it be till Monday next. Agreed—yens 23, nays 22. The senate, after the introduction of several bills, proceeded to the considera- tion of the resolution introduced by Mr. Morrill Tuesduy, declaring that the prom ise of making any revision of the tariff in a spirit of fairness to all interests, not to in jure any domestic industries, but to pro mote their healthy growth so that any change of law must be at every step re gardful of the labor and capital involved and without depriving American labor of the ability to com pete successfully with foreign labor, and without imposing lower rates of duty than will be ample to cover any in creased cost of product which may exist in consequence of the higher rate of wages prevailing in this country, appears so ob viously hopeless and impracticable that any further attempts at a revision by the present congress, in contravention to the foregoing cardinal declarations, are to be regarded as injurious and detrimental to a revival of the trades and industry ot the country. Mr. Morrill proceeded to address the senate. The tarilT debate was then continued by Beck and Sherman. After them Dawes got the floor to speak on Liu: subject, but the senate, at 2:30, adjourned till Monday. Tilt* lluUM 1 . Washington, December 9.—Forney, of Alabama, from the committee of confer ence on the fortification appropriation bill, reported a continued diHa«Tcement. A further conference was ordered and Messrs. Forney, Randall and Butterworth were appointed conferees. The conferees on trie interstate com merce bill finished their labors this morn- • ing and will report their bill as soon as it can be printed on the question of enforcing the act. The commission feature of the senate bill is accepted by the house con ferees, while the senate conferees ac cept the system proposed in the Koagan bill, under which the shipper is entitled to sue for damages in the United States court in his own behalf. This gives shippers option of making complaints to the eomtuisdon or instituting suits in the federal courts. Railroads are prohibited from charging more for a short than a longer distance upon their lines in the same direction, the shorter being included within the loi.ger distance and the circumstances and condi tions being the same, but the commission is authorized upon application of a railroad, and after investigation of facts to relieve the roads from the operation of the general rule in special cases. The senate conferees agree to tie absolute prohibi tion of pooling contained in the house bill. These were t he main features of difference. On the question of the publicity of rates, the provisions of the two bills have been merged so as to require each railroad to make public rates between points upon its own road as proposed in the house bill, and in addition the commission is required to secure publicity of through rates so far an it may be found necessary. Reagan, of Texas, rising to a question of personal privilege, sent to the clerk’s dssk and had read a Washington special to the New York World, published on December 4th, purporting to give an account ol a dispute in the conference committee on the interstate commerce bill between Retigan and Senator Cullom, in the course of which Reagan was compelled to retract the statement that all the opponents of his favorite measure Were acting in the interest of monopolies. He also had read from a state g aper of December 7, a card from Senator ulloai denying the report of the dispute, and a further article in a paper reiterating its first story. Reagan denied the truth or these statements. Morrison, of Illinois, from the committee on ways and means, reported back the bill relating to the taxation of fractional parts of a gallon of spirits with the recommenda tion of non-concurrence. The report was agreed to and a confer ence ordered. , ... Pavson, of Illinois, from the committee on public land, reported back the bill to restrict the ownership of real estate in t he territories to American citizens, with senate amendments thereto. The amend ments were non-concurred in, arid a con ference ordered. , ., In the morning hour house resumed tne consideration of the free delivery system. By arrangement with the committee on post offices and post roads, Cannon, or Illinois, withdrew the amendment ofioreci by him yest rday, and Dockery, of Mis- rouri, on behalf of that committee, offered an amendment so as to make the bill pro vide that letter carriers shall be employed for the free delivery of mail mutter as frequently as the public business may re quire in every incorporated city, borough containing a population of 50,0 within its corporate limits, and maj .oe employed at every place with a population of not less than 10,01X1 within the corporate limits according to the last general taken by authority of a state or the United States law, or to any post office which p j _ fUa nrpp.Pilinff U«Ca! and give their votes the 2nd Monday in : January following their appointment. I Section 2 provides that n uuy state shall | have provided by law, enacted prior to tbe day fixed ior appointment of electors tor its final determination of anv contro versy concerning the appointment of all or any electors of each state by judicial or other methods, or procedure and such de termination shall have been made at least six days before the time llxed for ineet- u^n°L ?* ec t° r8 > such determination shall be conclusive and shall govern in the counting ot electoral votes so far as ascer- * ... tain men t of electors appointed by such I tiiroKtliii? lUllroail Sow»-Oih«r Batter, of (Ion state is concerned. Section 3 prescribes the manner in which tile electoral vote of euch state shall be certified and communicated to tbe seere- tary of state at Washington. Section 4 prescribes the meeting of the senate and house in the hall of the house on the second Wednesday in February suc ceeding the meeting of the electors. After providing for t he appointment of tellers and the reading by them of certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, the bill continuer, and votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according io the rules in this act, provided the result of the same shall be delivered to the president of liio senate, who shall thereupon announce tire vote, which announcement shall he deem ed sufficient declaration ot persons, if any, elected president and vice-president of the United States, und together with a list of the votes, be entered on the journals of the two houses. Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper, the president of the senate shall call lor objections if any. Every objection shall be made in writing, and shull state clearly and concisely and without argument the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one senator and member of the house of representatives before the same shall he received, when all objections so made to any vote or paper from the state shall nave been received and read, the senate' shall thereupon withdraw, and such objections shall bo submitted to the senate for its decision and ilie speaker of the house of representatives shall in like manner sub Atlanta, December 9.—The proceed ings in the house were begun at the usual hour, Speaker Little in the chair. After the reading of the journal, Mr. Gibson, of Glasscock, moved to reconsider paragraph 24, section 2 of the general tax bill so as to offer an amendment exempt ing blind persons from the taxes desig nated in paragraphs 6, 7, 8 and If. The motion was carried. THE SPECIAL OttPER. On motion of Mr. Gordon, of Chatham, the special order, which was the consider ation ofthe general tax bill,was postponed until to-morrov, morning immediately af-, ter the reading of the journal. LOCAL BILLS ON THIRD READING. , The rending of local bills the third time was made the special order for the day: The following were read and disposed of. By Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee—A bill to amend the act incorporating tbe Georgia Home Insurance company of Columbus. Passed. By Mr. Holleman, of Taylor—A bill to repeal the act establishing a board of com missioners of roads and revenues for Tay lor county. Passed. By Mr. Morgan, of Pulaski—A bill to establish a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for Pulaski county. Passed. By Mr. Coggins, of Banks—A bill to pro hibit the sale of liquor within three miles of anv church or incorporated school in t .is state situated without the limits of an mlt such objections to the house of repre- I incorporated town or city, sentatives for its decision, and no electoral i Mr. Gardner, of Pike, opposed the bill on vote or votes which shull have been regu- the ground that it would practically make larly given by electors whose appointment ! prohibition prevail all over the slate. He shall have been certified according | said that tbe hill would also place the sale to the third section of this act ! of liquor in a few bunds, thus creating a from anv state from which i monopoly and providing a greater amount but one return has been received shall be j of mean whisky. He was in favor of the rejected. If more Ilian one return or paper I bill for Banks county, but was opposed to purporting to be a return from states shall j it for the entire state. He thought the have been received by the president of | prohibitionists had already obtained all the senate, those votes and those only shall j they should obtain. be counted which shall have been regular- i Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee, made the ly given by electors who are shown by the ! paint that the bill was general in cbnvao- d> termination mentioned in section 2 of j ter, end moved to table it. The motion this act, to have been appointed. If deter- was carried. mination in said election provided for shall have been made, or by such successors or substitutes in case of a vacancy in the board of electors so ascertained as have been appointed to fill such vacancy in the mode prescribed by the laws of the state, but in case there shall arise a question which of two or more of such state authorities determinin On motion of Mr. Chappell it was re solved that no motion to suspend the rules or to give unanimous consent for the read ing of a bill should be put until the caption ofthe bill wus read. By Mr. Weil, of Fulton—A bill to incor porate the Capital City land and improve ment company of Fulton county. Passed. By Mr. Weil, of Fulton—A bill to incor- what electors have been appointed as men-, novate the Commercial bank of’Atlanta. tioned in section 2 of this act, such states votes regularly given of those electors and those only of such states shall be bond whose title as electors, the two houses act ing separately shall concurrently decide to be supported by the decision of such state- T as authorized by its laws, and in such case ~ of more than one return of paper purport ing to be the return from a state, if there shall have been no such determination of the question in the state aforesaid, then those votes and those only shal. be counted which were Passed. By Mr. Weil, of Fulton—A bill to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta so that business of the city pending in the courts Macon county fur four years from May 28, 1887; Hon. H. W. Baldwin, to be judge of the county court of Morgan county for four years from March 22, 1888: Win. R. Mustin, Esq., to be solicitor of the county court of Morgan county for four years from February 24,1R88; L. F. Trammell, to be railroad commissioner for six years from October 15,18S7. Some Intoronflng KaUriiad Nairn. Atlanta, December 9.—The house rail road committee had another important meeting to-night. Mitj. J. F. Hanson, of Macon, addressed the committee. His ad dress was in favor of the Covington and Macon railroad charter. Ho argued that it was the settled policy of the state to en courage all bona fide railroad projects. He made some interesting revelations con cerning the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad. Among other things he provqd that Col. L. F. Livingston had ti'afis’fferred to the directors ofthe Georgia Southern and Florida an interest in a charter, which interest he had pre viously transferred for cash to the Coving ton and Macon. Major Hanson’s address was good tempered, but plain and pointed. The commute e went into executive ses sion and voted in favor of recommending tout t he Macon and Covington railroad be chartered. He IVmuni Ihinuiyc*. Atlanta, December 9.—The negro Rutherford, recently convicted of burglary and sentenced to ten years in the peniten tiary, lias instituted suit against the sheriff of Full on county for damages sustained in being severely whipped While confined in Fulton jail before being scut to the peni tentiary. CLUVERIUS’ CASE. A flriuik Writes > Letter und Prominox to (■! Himself I'p. east by the electors whose appointment, shall have been duly certified under the seal of the state by the executive thereof in accordance with the laws of the state unless the two houses acting separately shall concurrently decide such votes not to be lawful votes of the legally appointed electors of such state. When the two houses have voted they shall immediately meet again, und the presiding officer shall then announce a decision of the questions submitted. No votes or papers from anv other state shall be acted upon until objections previously made to tbe ; the town ofLumpkin. Passed, votes or papers from any state shall have j miscellaneous matters. been finally disposed of. | The speaker announced the following as Section 5 given the president of the sea- tl.ie house members of the joint committee ale pjwer to preserve order. j t,<> investigate the stale of business and re section 6 limits to two hours debate port wbat bills should pass before a recess which shall be had on any question after taken: Messrs. Black, Olive, Simmons, the two bouses shall have separated. i Chappell, and Harrell of Webster. Section 7 provides that a joint meeting . Mr. Felton, of Bartow, submitted the shall not be dissolved until the count of , report of the committee appointed to visit the electoral vote shall be completed and the lunatic, asylum. It was complimentary Richmond, December 9.—C. H. F. De wing, an ex-policeman, who was arrested last night on the charge of bribing Her man Joel, the watch key witness in the CJuverlus case, was before the police court to day, but examination was postponed till the 18th inst. Wnen considering the petitions for executive clemency i.i the case of Cluve.rius the governor sent for Joel and questioned niin in regard to the key. At the request of the governor Joel described the interior of the key lie had repaired for Cluverius and after wards ouenud it in the pres ence of the governor. Ilis description tallied exactly with the inte rior nl the watch key at the trial. The commonwealth asked that the key be opened by Joel, bill the counsel for the defense objected.. This was perhaps the strongest point in the evidence against the f irisoner, und now since it has come to ight that the interior of the key was found to he as described by Joel the evi dence of the prisoner’s guilt is even more conclusive. Chief of Police Poe to day received a let ter from Superintendent Murray, of New York, containing the following, which lie had received: Decembers, 1888—Superintendent, Mur ray, Dear Sir: I am sorry the authorities are making a great mistake about the Clu- , . . . , .. verius case. He is the wrong man. I am may be speeded, and ior other purposes, sorry he could not prove an alibi. 1 had The bill was tabled on account of. the Tib- Hoptd he could, and now there is nothing left for me but to surrender myself as the. murderer of Lillian Madison. I will sur render on the morning of Cluverius’ exe cution at your headquarters. It is unnecessary to give you fur ther particulars, as my ease will show clearly about the murder at my trial. I cannot wait any longer of con fessing my crime, as my conscience has troubled me enough. I will prove all when 1 surrender, arid there is nothing left for me but to surrender, get a trial and probably hang. [Signed] Lillian Madison’s Murderer. The police here regard the letter as the effusion of a crank. sence of proper proofs. By Mr. Howell, ol Fulton—A bill to amend the act iiicornorating the Atlanta loan and banking company. By Mr. Brown, of Henry—A bill to amend the acts incorporating the town of McDonough, in Henry county. Passed. By Mr. Williams, of Jackson—A bill to relieve A. II. Peudergrast and D. L. Hail- cook, securities on the bond of John Pen- dergrast. Passed. By Mr. Felton, of Macon—A bill to amend the act incorporating the town of Marshallville, in Macon county. Passed. By Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee—A bill to amend tbe act Incorporating ttie Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing company of Columbus. Pa sed. By Mr. Watts, of Stewart—A bill to in corporate the bank of Stewart county, of the result declared, and prohibits either house from taking a recess beyond tbe next calendar day. In ease tbe electoral votes shall not have been completed before tbe fifth calendar day after the first meet ing of the two houses, no further recess shall be taken by either house. The house then at 3:10 went into n com mittee of the whole on the hill creating a department ol agriculture and labor. Weaver, of Iowa, supported the bill as being in tne interest or the greatest indus tries of tbe country. Breekeuridge, of Arkansas, opposed the measure as creating a political department and lie contended that agriculture would not lie benefited by tinsel and fnpperv. What it needed was a reduction oi the load of taxation. Gibson, of West Virginia, to ok the same ''Randolph Tucker also took their view, and he also opposed the bill on constitu tional grounds. Reagan argued that there was no consti tutional ground for the proposed legisla- tK Anderson, of Kansas, and Hatch, of Mis souri, supported the bill, both as to consti- tutionaliiy and expediency. Pending further debate the committee rose. _ , . , .. Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, from the com mil tee on appropriations, reported the sundry civil bill, which was referred to a committee of tbe whole, and the house at 5 o’clock adjourned until to-morrow. in tone. Two hundred copies were ordered to be printed for the use ofthe house. The house adjourned at 1 o’clock. Semite Hrom'iitngn. Atlanta, December 9.—The senate was called to order by President Davidson, and prayer waso'i’ered by Rev. John Jones, D. D., chaplain. After the reading of the journal Mr. De- Jarnctte, chairman of the committee on the part of the senate to visit the blind asylum, made an exhaustive report, con taining commendations and recommenda tions. The committee recommended that $15,000 for the annual maintenance be ap propriated. Mr. Favor, chairman of the committee on the lunatic asylum, reported upon the recent visit by the joint committee to the asylum, making certain recommendations and speaking in the highest terms of Dr. Powell, superintendent of the institution. On motion of Mr. DeJarnette, 200 copies of these reports were ordered printed for the use of the senate. Mr. Ilawkes, as chairman pro tern, of the general judiciary committee, reported infuvoroftbe passage of the following bills: To allow a person charged with a crime to testify upon his trial. To allow wills made by persons living out ol' Georgia and owning property in this state to he protected in any county of Georgia under certain conditions, and re commended that the bill providing for ttie relief of persons who have lost goods by ('.ill Torn ill Milling Storks. j burglary, larceney, theft, etc., do oass; San Francisco, December 9.—Mining ; an d that the bill providing for registration stocks were all lower this morning. Con- j j„ clinch county be referred to the special snlidated Virginia was the favorite, open- judiciary committee. ing at SIS, a loss of $2 on last night, and under light sales went to $35, closin. outlet* law, ux ouj ~ ■ duces a revenue for the preceding tin year of not less than $10,OiX). , , Dockery’s amendment was adopted, and as amended the bill was passed. Word, of Indiana, on behalf ofthe com mittee on post office and post roads, calico up and the house passed the bill ‘ r ' izing the employment of mail messengers in the postal service. .. . The house then resumed the consider- tion of the electoral count bill. Alter brief remarks by Baker, of New W.and Herbert, ot Alabama, the house proceeded to vote upon the bouse amendments to tfie senate bill. They were agreed to, but tne amendments offered by the minority the house committee were rejected. On motion of Oats, of Alabama, an amendment was adopted—yeas 141, > 109—striking out tho clause directing tne president of the senate upon the declara tion of the vote to announce the names at persons elected. , - The bill was then passe 1 as umended without division. , , The hill as passed by the bouse directs that the electors of each state sha-1 meet under light | $30. Best ' and under Best and Belcher opened at $12.50 nder heavy sales went to $13, closing Upon the call of tbe roil for new business the following was introduced : By Mr. Lewis—A biil to amend the regis tration law ol Greene county. By Mr Atwood—A bill to incorporate the Deepwater Railroad company. Mr. Pringle moved to take up his bill providing for the teaching of physiology dropped | al ,d hygiene in the public schools, with at $14.82. Ophir also showed great weak ness, opening at $16.50 and closing at $10.- 7 g a 1 i,,rs of $5 in last nights closing. Transactions in Savage were heaw and tbe stock dropped .... 0 — — c from $13 25 to fll. "losing at $9.05, the low- | special reference to the effect of alcoholic est once of the morning. Sierra Nevada ! drinks and opiates upon the human system, was* the only one which showed any j The bill was read the third time, together strength opening at $8. an improvement ! w jtfi a number of memorials from the of 25 cents closing at $7.75, at which it Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, closed l ist’ ni“hl. The closing prices of On motion of Mr. Pringle it was recom- the others were: Chollar $4.50, Crown mitted to the committee on education to Point $4 20 Gould and Carry $7.50, Nor- ; consider and perfect certain proposed cross $4, Mexico $5.25., Patosi $8.25, Utah j amendments. $8.50, Yellow Jacket $7. killMni/alrain. Pittsburg, December 9.—Four young nonnle were walking on the track of the Pennsylvania railroad at Braddook, Penn., last night, when the fast line east, coming around u short curve, slruckthem all. J wo were killed instantly. The other two were thrown clear off the track, but not seriously injured. At 11:20 the senate went into executive FACTS FROM FOREIGN SHORES. ■Vii.'it is Transpiring On the Ollier Khle ofthe Waters. London, December 9.—The storm yesterday was the worst in the Bristol channel. The sea walls wore demolished and many freight cars were over turned. The storm has not yet abated on the north west coast. The sea is running mountain high. At Holyhead, Balinamore castle fell in to-day. Miss Cody, one of the in mates, was killed. The British steamer Avordal, l'or Philadelphia, the ship Pegasus and tho Norwegian hark Dogmar, the latter from St. John, N. B., have been wrecked at Holyhead. The erevvs were saved. A steamer, supposed to lie tho Captain MeClintoek, of Dublin, was seen to founder to-day off' Point Lyons. The steamers City of Berlin,Cataloria and Novaseotian,which were due at Queenstown yesterday, arrived 21 hours late. SEVERE WEATHER. Liverpool, December 9.—The pilots say the weather has been the severest they have ever experienced. Turkey. IIE HAS RECEIVED IT. Constantinople, December 9.—Sir Wil liam White, British minister here, has received from Lord Iddlesleigh a. dispatch saying that the norm lias intimated very distinc ly its desire to discuss the subject ofthe evacuation of Egypt by the British, and that, he has promised to consider the porte’sintini ilion. Count DeAuray,French agent at Cairo, has informed the pul,lie debt commissioner that his government will decline to enter into any arrangement looking to Egyptian administrative, re forms until tne day has boon fixed for the British to evacuate Egypt. Austria. HE GAVE THEM A BANQUET. Vienna, December 9.—Herr Von Szog- yenyi, chief secretary in the imperial for eign office, lias given a banquet to the deputation sent by the Bulgarian regency to visit the various capitals to explain the Bulgarian situation. Frauen. WILL GET THE COLD SHOULDER. Paris, December 9.—It is learned from a governmental source that the Bulgarian delegates will get the cold shoulder in Paris. They Form n Federation. Columbus, O., December 9.—In the trades conference to-rlay a resolution Wies adopted forming a federation of all trades and labor unions of America ami a com mifctee of five appointed to confer with the committee of the federated congress. In tho federated congress immediately thereafter, Chairman Scott, of the commit/ What Southern Members Have to Say About the Progress of Their Section. 1 The I'rrnldont'x Condition Contlnuon In Improve. The River and Harbor nnd tile Indian Appro print ion lllllx - A lllll About tile Trade llollnra. Washington, December 9.—Members aviving from the south bring wonderful reports of the growth of that section. The iium of the spindles and the smoke of the iron furnaces are, they say, making won derful changes in the south. Millions of dollars are being sent into that section by northern capitalists. A very prominent southern capitalist, one who has made a great deal of money in the past year or two in the growth ofthe manufacturing in terests there, was here recently, returning from New York, where lie had been to place a million dollars’ worth of stock in n company that is expected to play a very important part in the development of cer tain industries in tho south at a near date. “I find the people of Now York looking to the south with the same interest that they looked toward California forty years ago,” lie said. “I had not the slightest diffi culty in disposing of every penny of stock l had at par, and when il began to get to ward the end of the list, they actually quarreled to see who should have it. Tho confidence in the future of the south is per fectly wonderful, and there are bright days ahead for that section.” "Will it justify the confidence that the capitalists are expressing in these large in vestments?” “Undoubtedly. We can make iron and manufacture cotton there cheaper than anywhere else in the country. We have all the facilities right at hand, iron, coal, limestone, cheap labor, cotton, water power and cheap transportation. Bettor than all that, we nave a spirit of enterprise and renewed energy among tho people of that section. Wo welcome the notberu people with hospitable hands, hut not to bloody graves, as used to be said. What ever there may have been of ill feeling to ward tho northern people in former years, tiiere is none now. The carpet-bagger is welcome now, for ho is recognized ns a difl’erent sort of a party from tho carpet bagger in the days immediately succeed ing the war.” J was talking with another gentleman, one very familiar with iron and steel mak ing, about this same matter the other day. Bald he : “I happen to know a manufac turer of iron and steel very well. He hau probably a quarter of a million of dollars invested in iron works. Talking with me about it one day, he said that he was then making a profit of only a few cents a ton on his iron and was not therefore satisfied with it. But, ho said, if I could make a clean profit of twenty-five cents a ton on all the iron I can m ike at my works, I will be entirely satisfied. I ca.i make all the money I want witli that profit. Now It is developed that the iron and steel-makorB of the south can make their products sev eral dollars a ton cheaper than the timiiu facturers at the north. Be their profits p. r toil must be dollars Instead of twenty-five cents per ton. It' my friend could make all the money he wants at twenty-five cents a ton, these people who are making a oleaa profit of two'or three dollars must be get ting rich pretty rapidly." River anil lluiliiir lllll. Washington, December 9.—-Under in structions from the house committee on rivers and harbors, Chairman Willis has conferred with Chairman MeMilien,of the senate committee on commerce, and other members of that committee, respecting the feasibility of preparing the river and har bor appropriation bill In joint sessions of the two committees. While no formal arrangement has as yet, been made, it is stated that the proposition was favorably received by the senate committee, and that the probabilities are that the bill will be prepared under the plan proposed pro viding for the maximum appropriation of $7,500,090, less than one-half the aggregate of the appropriations made by the bill passed at tfie last session. Tho Trmlo Dollar*. Washington, December 9.—The bill in troduced by Senator Bewell to-day for the redemption of trade dollars, provides that for a period of six mouths United Status trad d dlars, if not defaced, mutilated or stamp.- !, ahull bo received at their face value iu payments of ail dues of the United States. For the same period the Holders of trade dollars on the presentation of the same at the United States depositories m ly receive in exchange a like amount on the face value of the silver dollars or subsidary coin. The trade dollars received shall n it bo re isisu'id, but shall be recoined iato standard dollars. Tile linliuu A|ipriiprl»tion lllll. Washington, December 9. The house Indian committee has completed the In dian appropriation bill. It calls for $5,178,- 91)0, which is $350,000 less than the appro priation for the current year und $4:10,000 below the estimates. Hu- Frisildrill Better. Washington, December 9.—The presi dent was very much better to-day. He presided at the cabinet as usual and re ceived several callers ou official business. ON ’CHANGE. Large Sale* anil aileneral Advance in I'rlce*. stock. Lackawanna displayed more than usual activity and strength. The openingr was decidedly strong this morning, ad vances over last evening’s figures ranging up to g. Texas Pacific, however, was a notable exception, beiug 3 lower. The securities which were feat ures of t he day wore all prominent ia tho early trading, and the general list Waa firm to strong. There was the usual de crease in activity towards noon in every thing except Reading, but prices held strong throughout. There was a fractional recession after 12 o’clock, when it was fol lowed by further advances. Bidding up of money late In the afternoon had the effect, of depressing prices in the last hour, and? the murketclosed generally heavy to weak.. The day’s business was 184,000 shares. Al most everything is higher this evening,. Chattanooga, which was aided by rumorsi of a scrip dividend, being 31 higher. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED. f’nliincl Fvaii I*. Ilinvell Tells ffhal lie liriuira All nit Hie Fuse. j Special to EKqcmUK-SuN. Atlanta, December 9.—The invest-igat- ! ing committee of tho legislature to exam ine into the charges of lobbying, in whiohr Messrs. Fain and Rankin were involved, mot again to night with (Jolonol E. P_ Howell, of the Constitution, on tho stand. Much of his testimony was .» review and! repetition of what lias already been pub lished, and 1 give only the salient points r “1 know efforts wero made to change.- tho building stone of the oapitol. Mr. J. P. Harrison was the most aot.ivo of anybody I knew. He and M. A. Bell brought articles on the subject of Georgia marble for pub lication and they wore published as adver tisements at the usuul rates. 1 knew noth ing ot tho sub-committee of tho senate until it made its report. I don’t know of other money spent by Harrison, except that paid in for printing the articles re ferred to. Wo charged for the Bell articles, us we do for all articles favoring private enterprises. I never heard of any im proper connection of Fain and Rankin with the affair except in Biasner’s. affida vit.” [He reviewed the circumstances of print ing Bislner’s affidavit, which have already been detailed by other witnesses.] “I knew nothing of Eager’s trouble* until Harrison filed the last injunction. He then came to see me and told me of wliut he called the persecution of Ids r iad, by throe parties. I told him he ought, to. publish the foots. He demurred, thinking It. would hurt the road. He finally con sented nnd an interview with him was published. He paid nothing for its publi cation. I never had hut one conversa tion on Georgia marble with Harrison. IIo then asked me to take some stock in his company. 1 told him I had all the stock I could pay for. He said it would eost me nothing. I told him I didn’t want that. sort of stock.” “When 1 saw Grady I told him about it, and he said Harrison had oilored him some also. 1 told him then, that Harrison' was a thief.” [Ho testified about his appoitnneut a* oapitol commissioner; that ho was out of town when Commissioner Cane died; that, ho returned the morning of ihe day on which tile appointment wus made: that h& si ned tho petition of Frank Kice-. tor the place, und had no* iftea of applying for it himself. Treasurer Iltirdcmau telephoned for him and told him he could get the appoint ment if he would apply. lie aid ina, s far from applying lie did not know if h would accept it if offered, and he certain! should not apply. That afternoon he waa: appointed.] Bcnator Rankin made a statement deny ing in toto tlie truth of Basinor’u affidavit, ami ail wrongful connection on his part with the affair. L. J. Alied, doorkeeper of the senate,, testified that he would believe Bushier oiu oath. A Ki'imrliir’s Ft-lUnd ronitliion. Chicago, December 9.—Paul Hull, a res- j porter of tho Daily News, who wrote up- l the debauch in Wusserman’s beer cellar and was assaulted Tuesday evening by Commissioner Buck McCarthy, of thee stock yards, was unconscious nearly all of yesterday, ami In's condition last night be came so alarming that liis relatives wire sent for. The shock resulting from the blows inflicted, his physicians say, wass alone uultb'ient to cause him serious injury, but in p.ddition tho doctors think that the reof of tho orbit of t he left eye is fractured! and thut. resulting Internal hemorrhage: may cause death. .lulning tin- Kidylil.*, Chicago, December 9.—The Times’" Pittsburg special sajs the engineers and firemen of the Pennsylvania mud are join ing the Knights of Labor and a number of assemblies have already been organized. They will have a separate district assem- hly, it Is stated, in order to keep thera- i selves aloof from mixed organizations. The correspondent’s informant asserts- that they will also retain their member ships in the brotherhoods of engineers and firemen and that those organizations wills work in harmony with the Knights. The llrup in Oil*. Pittsburg, December 9.—The oil mar ket took another tumble this morning. Prices declined nearly 5 cents. There was. no cause for the drop except the uncertain! feeling prevailing, which deters dealer* from buying. The market opened fever ish at 70, and a general rush to unload fol lowed. There were no buyers, however, and values dropped off their weight, to 85, . .. . toe ofthe whole, roported the attendance thm from the governor. The session lasted i u P° n the sessions of the trades.conference until 1:15, when the doors were again opened and an adjournment was voted until to-morrow at 10 o’clock a. m. APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED. In executive session the following ap pointments were confirmed: Hon. Win. II. Fish, to be judge of the county court of and urged the advisability of the amalga mation. Ari eight hour resolution, offered by Mulvaney, of Chicago, was adopted. It urges upon the trades unions the adoption of the eight hour rule, making the ques tion of wages secondary in importance. Adjourned to meet at the call of the chair. New York, December 9.—The stock market to-day was a trifle more active than j that of yesterday, but the improvement was confined to some six or eight stocks which monopolized entirely the interest taken in speculation. These were Reading, New England, Louisville and Nashville, Laekawannu, Norfolk and Western pre ferred. East Tennessee first preferred, and j New York, Busqiiehunna und Western I stocks. The remainder were quiet and in I many cases dull. London was a Tree buyer ! to-day, and the fall in sterling exchange, which brings it to the lowest point yet at- ] taiued this year, had a material effect in i increasing the prevalent confidence of operators on the street by j reason of the likelihood of the increased imports of gold. Reading was | again extremely active and furnished i nearly one-quarter of the totul day’s busi- ! ness. Its fluctuations were neither wide nor violent, and all that effected its price | was the oft repeated assertion that the re- \ organization plan was complete and would j he issued in a few days. The East Tennes see und Norfolk and Western stocks were favorably affected by the rumor that the | representatives of the latter had acquired ; controlling interest in the East Tennessee j first preferred stock. Tins had a de- j creasing effect upon tho Richmond and West Point, which it was supposed would be left out of the deal. Another; rumor to the effect that the latter would j be admitted rallied its price to last eve ning's figures. Both stories, however, lack ; confirmation. Tho movement in Louisville and Nash- [ ville continued to-day, its advance being ! almost steady until the last hour. Foreign purchases were very prominent iu this <111(1 YlllUUn (iroppuu (ill tllctr WtrlfSlIl* UJ ikl,. when confidence was restored a little and prices reacted to 08 at noon. Only one small failure was reported here this morn ing. The transaelions at the exchange: yesterday were 10,000,006 barrels. Thu Mi-qumleTrial. New York, December 9.—The court offi cers refused, as in the former trial of Mc- Quade, to allow the people in the general sessions court part 2, unless connected! with tfie case. None of the accused aider- men were present except the prisoner andl Fulgrnff. The latter lias completed his direct testimony, similar to that at the former trial, arid is now undergoing the pillory of a cross-examination. A Failure in Huston. Boston, December 9.—Field Thayer So. Co., dealers in boots and shoes at 18# Congress street, are reported to have faild- The umount involved is not known, but it. is supposed to be large, as the store is one of the largest in the trade. A Kcilui'tluli in Rate*. New York, December 9—Tbe competi tion between the steamship lines has- brought down the emigrant passenger- rates. The Union, Inmnnand Cunard lire* charge $15, and the National line $13. The agents of the other lilies are awaiting in structions. • ilnnv Wrong. Lynchbcrg, Va., December 9.—George II. Southall, who has been fourteen ye r* postal clerk between this city add Bristol, was arrested for robbing the mail. The ease was worked up by Detectives Smittx ami Troy ofthe secret service.