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ESTA BLI SI [ED 1887.
CURTAILS
EXPENSES.
Legislative Appropria
tion Bill.
CUT TO THE CORE.
Chairman John D. Little of the House
Finance Committee
GETS A TRIFLE TESTI IN DEBATE-
Resolution Reccommending
Recognition
OF THE CUBAN BELLIGERENCY.
United State's Senators to lie Fleeted By
the People if the Res
olution Takes
Atlanta, Dec. 9.—The house of rep
resentatives resumed consideration of the
general appropriation bill at its session
today. Section 4of the bill to make ap
propriations for the suppoit and main
tenance of the several public institutions
of the state was taken up,the house having
passed upon all other parts of the bill at
its session Tuesday night, skipping sec
tion 4 and a part of another section to
make am appropriation for the organiza
tion and maintenance of the military.
The only two items of the section acted
on today are those to make an appropria
tion of $32,500 to the state university at
Athens to be used in erecting new build
ings and propel ly equipping the same.
The finance committee proposed to
give that amount during each of the
two years, 1897 and 1898. $.8,000 of the
amount is the sum due the university an
nually for interest on a debt of the state
to the university. Taking off that
amount the bill carried an appropriation
of $14,500 for building purposes in each
of the two years stated. The question
was debated at considerable length and
with some evidences of bitterness. When
the vote was taken the item of the bill
was defeated and the committee of the
whole killed the appropriation for the
$14,500 giving the university only SB,-
000 to pay the debt of the state as in
terest.
The next section of the bill proposes to
give to the Georgia school of technology
of Atlanta the sum of $22,500 for each of
the years 1897 and 1898 the regular ap
propriation made to the school annually.
The finance committee offered an amend
ment that SIO,OOO extra for two years be
set aside for the school for the purpose of
erecting and furnishing a new dormitory
and also to establish and equipp an elec
trical department at a cost of $5,000. It
.was feared that this item would share the
fate of the university item but after de
bate the committee adopted the extra ap
propriation item. The victory for the
technological school is a source of great
rejocing among its friends and when the
result of the vote was announced there
was considerable applause on the floor.
The lunatic asylum appropiiation
item was cut down SIO,OOO from the
recommendation of the flnanie com
mittee. On this item there was a
pretty fight between Mr. Little, of
Muscogee, chairman of the finance
committee, and Mr. Chapman, of
Muscogee, his colleague. Mr. Little
wanted the recommendation of his
committee to stand, giving the asylum
$280,000 for 1897 and $290,000 for 1898.
Mr. Chapman proposed to amend by
reducing the amount SIO,OOO for each
year. There was an interesting dis
cussion on the amendment. The
house was in an economical mood at
the time and Mr. Chunman was vic
torious, his amendments being adopt
ed in both cases.
On the university item Mr. Meldrim,
of Chatham, lead the debate for the
appropriation. Mr. Blalock, of Fay
ette, opposed the item and he is lead
ing in all the fights against extra ap
propriations. He declared that it is
time to call a halt in the expenditure
of the state’s money. Strong speeches
were made for the university.
Mr. Knowles, of Fulton, spoke for
the appropriation for the Technolo
gical school. He was aided by Mr.
Copeland, of Walker, Mr. Slaton, of
Fulton, and others. The opposition
to this item was not so great as to the
university appropriation and when
the vote was taken the paragraph
was adopted, giving the school $20,-
000 extra for the two years. During
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
the debate the question was raised
that some members proposed to vote
against the item because the school is
located in Fulton county. This was
denied by Mr. McLaughlin, of Meri
wether.
The house reconsidered its action
of Thursday in passing the bill to au
thorize the governor to sell the north
eastern railroad. The bill was recom
mitted to the committee on railroads
for further investigation. Mr. Branch,
of Columbia, the leader of the pop
ulists, moved for a reconsideration,
and he was helped by Messrs. Mel
drim, of Chatham, Slaton, of Fulton,
and others. It was charged that the
bill had been pas-ed without due con
sideration, and that there might be a
job behind the proposed deal.
The house committee on the state
of the republic submitted a report
recommending that the resolutions to
express sympathy to the people of
Cuba; the resolution to ask Georgia
congressmen to support the bill for
the classification of the clerks "in first
and second class postoffices, and the
resolution favoring the ••lection of
United States senators by direct vote
of the people, do pass.
The senate devoted most of the ses
sion today in consideration of the bill
to create a state dental board of ex
aminers.
The general assembly will adjourn
on December 21, the fifty days limit
fixed by the constitution expiring on
that date.
To Question (lim Secret Mi’.v of War,
Washington, Dec. 9.—lt is expected
that a number of resolutions will be in
troduced in congress questioning th.
secretary of war why contracts have not
been made at various points for begin
ning river and harbor work in accord
ance with the provisions of the river
and harbor act, and also why certain
work has not been ordered where con
tracts are not necessary. Senators and
representatives from districts for which
appropriations have been made, upon
arriving in the city, have visited the war
department and lodged complaints. The
replies of the war department to their
inquiries, as a rule, have not been satis
factory, and in explanation the secre
tary of war will be asked to make a
public reply to congress.
French i’npers on the Message.
Paris. Dec. 9.—The Figaro strongly
approves of President Cleveland’s mes
sage to congress and says: “It proves
that, apart from the fomenters of inter
national discord, there is the reserve
of the wise men in America who are
swayed solely by the dictates of con
science and reason.” The Gaulois re
marks: “The message is of a nature to
arouse the susceptibilities of Europe and
to attract the attention of the chancel
lery."
Peru and Bolivia May Clash,
Lima, Peru. Dec. 9. Observers here
see a probability of another clash of
arms between Peru and Bolivia over
the new trouble that is brewing, owing
to Bolivia having proceeded to fix the
limits of her frontiers in the Amazonian
districts without having first made an
arrangement with Peru for the limita
tion. The Comercio, in an editorial ou
the subject, says: “This daring us
urpation of territory excites the govern
, meat’s attention. It is inevitable that
there will be a conflict.” ’ ,
Guilty of Murder In Second Degree.
Dayton, Dec. 9.—Harvey Miller has
been found guilty of second degree mur
der. The jury was out eight hours.
Miller, on the night of May 15, shot
Samuel Niswonger as he was driving
away after trying to gain admittance to
the house of Birdie McDonald, Miller’s
paramour. The girl was the principal
witness. She first took the blame her
self,
The Steel Trust lias Dissolved.
Cleveland, Dec. 9.—The Bessemer
Steel association, popularly known as
the steel trust, has apparently gone-to
pieces. A Cleveland manufacturer who
uses steel billets has received from con
cerns that have been members of the
association word that they are acting
independently, and would like to submit
their prices. He received three letters,
one of which said that, the firm sending
it had withdrawn from the pool, and
could now make lower prices. The other
two merely said that the senders were
independent, and wished to be consid
ered when future orders were made.
Beat III* Daughter to Death.
Osage, Kan., Dec. 9.—After a long
preliminary examination, Rudolph
Brockman, a wealthy farmer living in
Osage township, has been held in the
sum of SIO,OOO to answer for the
murder of his 15-year-old daughter,
Mary. Four weeks ago Brockman gave
the girl a terrible beating because she
did not work to suit him in his corn
field. Her injuries were so serious that
she died on Nov. 22.
A Momloi- Mystery Sol veil.
Sydney. Dec. 9.—The inquest into
the deaths of Weller and Preston has
resulted in the verdict of wilful murder
against Butler, and a warrant has been
issued for his arrest. Weller ami Pres
ton mysteriously disappeared, and their
bodies were afterwards discovered by
the diggings. Butler had meantime
sailed for San Francisco, having as
sumed the name of Weller.
A Lii’rge .VlunufMOlui y Burned.
Nashville, Deo. 9.—The entire plant
and building of the Wichington & Rus
sell Co., covering about six acres in New
Town, a suburb of this city, has been
destroyed bv fire, together with a large
•took of manufactured goods. The loss
is about $125,000.
ROME, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1896.
FITZ’S BLOWHOTFOUL
George Allen Admits There Was a
Conspiracy.
SHARKEY’S TRAINER
Frisco Taient Did Not Want to
Cough Up
THERE ARE OTHERS IN THE PUSH
levs Referee Karp, Dan Needham, M»na»
ger Lynch and Others Hutched the I'lot
Which Deprived Fitssiinmuurt of Iliw
tory—Telia How the Whole Scheme Was
Carried Out.
San Francisco, Dec. 9. —A morning
paper publishes the following:
“George Allen, one of the men who
trained Tom Sharkey for his fight with
Bob Fitzsimmons, has made a confes
sion to the effect that Fitzsimmons was
deprived of his victory through a con
spiracy. The trainer and Sharkey’s
manager have quarreled over ■ money
matters, it is said, and in the heat of
the moment Allen made threats of
what he would do if he was not paid for
his services. Attorney Kovalsky, rep
resenting Fitzsimmons, heard of the
circumstances and he employed private
detectives to gather in the irate trailtei.
He was run to the ground and induced
to tell the whole story.
“The Fitzsimmons-Sharkey injunc
tion case will be called in Judge Sander
son’s court this morning. It was down
on the calendar for a hearing a day
later, but the the plaintiff’s attorneys
sought the court to take the matter up
today, as they were afraid that valua
ble evidence in their possession might
not keep. They have no particular faith
in their men and propose to take un
chances.
•*lt is claimed that Allen,‘in an affida
vit., named Wyatt Earp, Dan J. Lynch,
Tom Sharkey and Dan. Needham as the
prime movers in the plot. The whole
scheme is said to have been hatched at
Sharkey’s training quarters at Ocean
Beach. It was arranged thai Sharkey
was to make it appear that lie had been
fouled at some point in the contest when
he was in danger ot losing from Fitz
simmons’ blows and further that the
signal was to be given by Sharkey, who
was to bend over afid place a hand on
his groin, and at that moment Need
ham was to jump into the ring and
claim a foul. Then the referee was to
give a decision in favor of Sharkey.”
Wyatt Earp, referee, in court, pleaded
not guilty to a charge of carrying con
cealed weapons, and then appeared as a
witness in Fitzsimmons’ suit to recover
the SIO,OOO check held by Sharkey.
Earp said he had turned the check over
to Sharkey and denied that there had
been a conspiracy to defraud Fitzsim
mons. The case went over until Fri
day, while the concealed weapon case
will be held Thursday.
THE REBELLION IN BRAZIL.
Uprising; of Religious Fanatics Assume* an
Kxtreniely Grave <'liaracter.
New York, Dec. 9.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
A correspondent in Rio Janeiro. Brazil,
telegraphs that the uprising of religious
fanatics in the state ot Bahia has as
sumed a grave character. Provoked by
the enthusiasts, bands of rebels have in
vaded several villages and committed
many acts of oppression.
The chief leader of the religious in
surgents is Antonio Conselheiro. who
calls himself the “Good Jesus." When
his followers take possession of a village,
the municipal head is always superceded
by ope of the socalled apostles of Con
selheiro. 1
Government troops were trying to dis
perse the rebels near Joazriro. A fierce
conflict ensued and 150 of the rebels
were killed. The federal loss was one
officer, one sergeant, and eight privates
killed. . Several privates also were
wounded. The rebels after the battle
retreated across the border into the state
ot Matto Grosso, where they entrenched
themselves.
The religious disturbances are the di
rect result of the machinations of the
monarchist faction in Brazil.
San Francisco** Horse Show Opens*
San Francisco, Dec. 9. —San Fran
cisco’s third horse show opened in the
Mechanic’s pavilion and until Saturday
night all sorts of eqnihe paragons will
elicit admiration from thousands of vis
itors. When the Horse Show associa
tion was formed, three years ago the
project was hampered by the history of
similar enterprises m the east, all of
which were losing uropositious during
the first few. seasons. It was thought
at first that the people of the coast would
give the show only lukewarm patron
age, but from the inception of the idea
great enthusiasm was aroused and es
pecially in this city, and the first atu.
second shows exceeded all expectations
in attendance and results.
Governor Bradley Muy Resign.
Frankfort, Ky.. Deo. 9.—lt is ru
mored here that unless Governor Brad
ley, now sick in Cincinnati, improves
he will resign within the next six
months. He has suffered since his in
duction into office with a severe throat
affection, contracted some years ago,
and has been under treatment of a
specialist. The governor is said to bo
tired of the office and ready to give it
up for a change to private life, but will
hold on if his health improves, as his
resignation might turn the state back to
the Democrats at the election it would
necessitate- *
MAKES CUBANSSMILE
A
Report of the Death of Antonio Maceo
Discredited.
STORY STARED BT SPANIARDS
Cubans Invade the Good State
Ofjivl issouri
ESTABLISH A JUNTA IN ST. LOUIS
The SenrMt.ry of lliw CiiHaii Junl* at
Washington Say* Woyter Will Soon
Learn That the Insurgent Leader la Very
Mncli Alive -Minister lielouie Receive*
rinatio'i,'*
Washington. Dec. 9. Senor De
lome. the Spanish minister, has re
ceived a cable dispatch from Havana
which seems to bear out the press report
of the death of Antonio Maceo and
young Gomez. The cable says in sub
stance that after the engagement near
Mariel on Monday two bodies were
found on the field which, from their
clothing and tho papers found upon
them, are taken to be those of Maceo
and his young companion. Senor De
lome declined to discuss the probabil
ity of the report, but expects fresh ad
vices from the government at Havana.
At the C ban headquarters here no
alarm is felt at the reported death of
the insurgent General Maceo. Second
Secretary -Diaz Albertini, who is the
only member of the junta now in the
city, expressed himself in the most posi
tive terms that the story had no basis in
truth and was sent out for the sole pur
pose of influencing and, if possible, de
ferring action by the congress of the
United Suites.
"Ifiu will notice,” said she secretary,
"that the story contains very many de
tails of the finding of the body with the
linen and letters from the elder to the
younger Gomez. It is really amusing
to learn that Maceo wore silk socks con
taining Ims initials worked in red silk
and that his linen and that of the
younger Gomez, whose body is said to
have been found near that of his chief,
was also marked with their initials.
Any one who knows either of these
mon, knows that they have not seen,
much loss worn, linen shirts and silk
so< ks for many a day. This part of the
story is quite "ridiculous and bears un
inistykable evidences of Spanish origin.
“And then the letter to young Gomez.
A.Cuban father in writing to his child
never signs his name as this letter was
signed, ‘M. Gomes. ’ That is a cold for
mality that a Cuban never employes.
He would have signed ‘Your Father.’
“The whole story is a feeble and
transparent attempt to delay action by
congress all. nothing else. The Unit >d
States and the Spaniards, too, will soon
learn that Maceo is very much alive.”
PALMA D’OUBTSTHE STORY,
Doran’t Dellers That Antonio Maceo Was
Killed In a Recent Battle.
New York, Dec. 9.—Senor Tomas
Estrarto Palma and Dr. J. Castillo of
the Cuban junta in this city refuse to
give credence to the report of the death
of General Antonio Maceo in a recent
engagement with Major Cirujadu, after,
crossing the trocha in the western part
of Cuba.
“This is the seventh time that news
of Maceo’s death has been circulated
with the semblance of official author
ity,” said Dr. Castillo. Continuing, the
doctor said it had always been the cus
tom to report that Maceo had fallen in
conflict whenever he compelled the
Spanish to retreat with heavy loss of
life.
“If he is dead, his death will not end
the struggle,” said Dr. Castillo, who in
timated that he looked upon the report
iu the light of a Spanish "fake.”
The Cuban sympathizers in this city,
who had flocked to the junta headquar
ters in this city, with the hope of ob
taining more information as to its truth
or falsity, were inclined to place little
credence in the story of the death of
Maceo and young Gomez.
“I shall reserve my decision until I
receive more authentic information.
When the second report of his death
had been circulated, one of the points of
identification given was the finding of
liis initials on his saddle, 1 saw the*
saddle, and there is no such initials on
it,” said the doctor, who is in hopes that
the report will turn out to be a pure
fabrication.
CUBANS INVADeT MISSOURI.
Agents of the Revolutionary Forces Es
tablish a Junta In St. Louis.
St. Louis, Dec. 9. —The Cuban junta
agents have invaded Missouri. Agents
of the revolutionary forces, struggling
to free the blighted island of Cuba from
the oppression of Spanish rule under
the ’direct supervision of Senor Palma,
president of the New York junta, are
working secretly in this city and in the
country for financial and other assist
ance to the struggling Cubans. It is
understood that these same agents have
already organized branches of the junta
in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with
headquarters in Cleveland, Indianapo
lis and Chicago, with small substations
in the larger cities of these states. In
Missouri the main offices, it is said, will
be in St. Louis, with branches at Seda
lia, Springfield and Kansas City. The
headquarters in lowa will be at -Dos
Moines, with substations at Burlington
and Sioux City.
It is the intention of the Cuban sym
pathizers iu the United States to extend
the junta from oue section of the coun
try to the other, overlooking no oppor
tunity of advancing the came of Cuban
noerty. one oojcct or tne junta is to
encourage i .fluence for the movement
looking to the recognition of the Cuban
revolutionists by this government.
There is no international Ihw against
the league as a body of sympathizers,
but sympathy With the movement being
one of the minor ideas of the organiza
tion as compared with that of giving
substantial and servicable assistance to
the revolutionists, the promoters of the
junta are operating with a nrecaution
that surrounds their movements with
comparative protection against possible
interference on the part of the federal
authorities.
The organizers for the junta in Mis
souri are said to be Senor Cortez Delas
nio and Senor Jose Petorez, both na
tive Cubans. These gentlemen have
made frequent trips to all the larger
cities in this state. The branches in
this city, Kansas City and St. Joe are
the largest in the state, but none of
these are yet ou a footing of strength
that warrants public action. Any Cu
ban resident or American who will do
nate something to the cause of liberty
may be enrolled as a member. The to
tal membership in St. Louis is said to
be about 1,500 and in the state about
4,000.
SMALLPOX IS SPREADING.
At Havana There Were Fifty-Four Death*
From the Disease In One Week.
Washington, Dec. 9. —The marine
hospital service has received reports
as follows of smallpox and yellow fever
in Cuban seaports. Under date of Not.
24, the United States consul at Cienfu
goes, reports that during the week
ended Nov. 22, there were in that city
12 deaths from yellow fever and two
from smallpox.
The United States sanitary inspector
at Havana reports 220 new cases and 87
deaths from yellow fever and 54 deaths
from smallpox during the week ended
Nov. 26. The inspector also says that
yellow fever has not diminished partic
ularly in severity, but smallpox has in
creased considerably among civilians
and that enteric ami mala-ial fever and
dysentery have augmented among all
classes. Eighty-three of the reported
deaths from yellow fever were among
the Spanish soldiers in the military hos
pitals.
The inspector says he is informed
from What he believes creditable sources
that in the eight government military
hospitals which are established in the
city and its immediate suburbs there are
over 10,000 pick and wounded Spanish
soldiers. The weather continues un
seasonably warm, with a temperature
ranging from 79 to 82 degrees fahren
heit night and day.
The inspector at Santiago de Cuba
says yellow fever still prevails, more or
less among the soldiers. Malaria as
usual. is causing many victims. The
scarcity of food is being felt among the
poorer classes and fruit and vegetables
are sometimes a luxury on the rich
man’s-table; many people can get no
work and paupers and beggars people
the streets, so that if this state of affairs
continuess long Santiago will become a
city of poor, hunger-stricken inhabit
ants.
k Smallpox In a Japanese Town.
Washington, Dec. 9.—The sanitary
Inspector of the marine hospital service
at,Yokohama, Japan, under date of Nov.
6, calls attention to the increasing prev
alence and great mortality of smallpox
in Hiogo Ken, where the disease is con
fined chiefly to the towns of the Hiogo
and Kobe and their immediate neigh
borhood, on which account the United
States consul at Kobe has deemed it ad
visable to treat the port as infected. He
also calls attention to renewed and se
vere outbreak of the plague iu Formosa,
so far confined to the district of Taipeh.
Deaf s From the Bubonic Tlagua.
Bombay, Dec. 9. - The bubonic
plague is spreading everywhere. On
Tuesdav there were 55 fresh*cases and
37 deaths here. Since the outbreak
there have been 1.126 cases and 804
deaths. The mortality in this city dur
ing the past week, from all diseases,
was about 1 000, while the normal death
rate is only about 300.
Fifty Mechanics on a Strike.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 9.—-Fifty of
the mechanics employed by Moran
Brothers, shipbuilders of this city, are
on a strike and will leave on the next
steamer for San Francisco. The men
have been employed on two steam ves
sels the Moran’s are building for the
government, a torpedo destroyer and a
government tug boat. Moran Brothers
announced that on account of inclement
weather work hours for the present
would be reduced to seven and a half
hours per day. The men said they
would strike unJoss they were given’ten
hours’ pay for Seven and a half hours’
work. Their demand being refused,
they went out.
Defeat of Saraiva Confirmed.
New York, Dec, 9.—A dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Avres says: A
correspondent in Montevideo. Uruguay,
telegraphs that the government gained
the control over the revolutionary move
ment and that it was nearly at an end.
Official reports again confirm the defeat
of Saraiva by the federal troops and de
clare that he is making an attempt to
escape into Argentina. Another report
says that Saraiva intends to entrench
himself in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Owing tn
the strict censorship now under way iu
Uruguay, it is impossible to obtain de
tails as to the recent events in the re
public.
Senator Allison Is Improving.
Dubuque, la., Dee. 9. —Senator Alli
son hits been seriously ill at hie home
here for more than a week, llitii tv
ported somewhat better now. He will
not be able to leave for Washington for
a week or ten days.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
I CUBA IS
FAVORED
I
Cameron, Call and Mills
Offer Relief.
I
A RUSH OF BILLS
Dingly Bill Gets Consideration By Small
Majority
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ALLEN
Morrill Wants No Dancing in
the Library
ELOQUENT REFERENCES TOMR, CRISP
Reverend Doctor Milburn, the Chaplain,
Kemembi rs His Dead Frhnd
In His Orison.
Washington. Dec. 9. —Mr. Frye.
(Rep., Me.) president pro tein of the
senate, occupied the chair in the absence
of the vice president.
The prayer of the Rev. Dr. Milburn
made an eloquent reference to the late
Charles F. Crisp of Georgia,, “a man
who was a friend, loyal in all bis rela
tions, an admirable presiding officer, an
earnest and faithful servant of the peo
ple; may his name be engraved on the
tablet of the nation’s memory.”
Mr. Platt (Rep., Conn ) presented the
report of the joint select committee of
congress relative to the question of al
cohol used in the arts, etc., and offered
a resolution for a continuance of tho
committee.
This cleared the way for a series of
vigorous Cuban resolutions. The first,
offered by Mr. Cameron (Rep., Pa.),
was as follows:
Resolved, By the. senate and house ot
representatives that rhe independence of
the republic of Cuba be and is hereby
acknowledged by the United Slates of
America.
Resolved, Thar, the United States should
use its friendly offices with the govern
ment of Spain to bring to a close the war
between Spain and Cuba.
The Cameron resolution went to the
committee on foreign relations.
Mr. Mills (Dem., Tex.) followed the
Cameron resolution at once with the
following resolutions
Resolved, That the president of the
United States is hereby directed to take
possession of the island with the military
and naval forces of the United States and
hold the sama until the people of Cuba
can organize a government deriving bis
powers from the consent, of the governed
and arm and equip such military and na
val forces as may be necessary to secure
them against foreign invasion.”
Without comment the Mills resolu
tion was referred to the committee on
foreign relations. ,
Mr. Call (Deni., Fla.) followed with
another joint resolution as follows:
Resolved. By the senate and house of
representatives that the United States of
America recognize the republic of Cuba
! as a free and independent government and
accord to the people of Cuba all the rights
of sovereign and independent government
in the ports anil within the jurisdiction of
the United States.
Tho Call resolution went to the table.
Mr. Call announcing that he would
speak on it at an early day.
The three Cuban resolutions came in
quick succession, each being read in full,
and ix'casioned marked attention, owing
to the directness and vigor of the lan
guage used bv the three senators.
After this came a flood of business
covering every phase of legislation, in
cluding an anti trust bill and a measure
to withdraw small notes from circula
tion, by Mr. Shoup; for “the temporary
reduction of United States officers,” by
Mr. Chandler.
The resolution for the continuance of
the joint committee on inquiry into the
question of alcohol usod in the arts was
adopted.
Mr. Morrill (Rep.. Vt.) offered a res
olution evidently directed against the
use of the new congressional library for
the next inaugural ball as proposed.
The resolution provides that tho new
library shall not be used for any other
purpose than library purposes. Tho res
olution was inferred.
Mr. Allen ( Fop., Neb.) offered a reso
lution declaring that it is the settled
doctrine that no state has the power to
affect the integrity of contracts by leg
islation or otherwise.
Mr. Chandler (Rep., N; H.) secured
the adoption, without comment, of a
sweeping resolution directing the com
mittee on interstate commerce to inter
fere in the prevention of competing lines
in the Joint- Traffic association, com
posed of the railroads of the country;
also the reported combination of the fur
and milling interests of the country;
also the reported combination of the
windowglass interests.