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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30 1885
PRICE rrvE CENTS
WASHINGTON NEWS
p, (8 l ent ritveland’s VI vrs of a
Mominunt to llevdritlts
j . Financial Rlmn'iou OlrcaiM* at
,l, 0 tabinet Wec'imr-A Talk About
{Be lualan Duptf 4»ll«n* In Arts ,aa-
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Call far B ata.
gpjela! »- E" (jnlrer-Soii.
Washington D c 20 —Lust eve-
pjDg Senator V >orhees received the
following letter from the p-nelilem:
Exoutive Mansion. Dor 28 -Hon
I) W Voorhees, My DetirBiiIun-
d-rs'ant1 that a movement in on font,
toertet a monument io the memory
of the la'e vice president, and that It
Is to be a tribute to hie worth and
service on the part of his friends and
aesccaJea This project is so fitting
arid appropriate that it seems to me
i, tau^t meet with general approval.
My relations with Mr Hendricks,
both personal and tffiulal, were such
that it would he aeou'ce cf much
FAtisfaction to me to tee this good
work promptly benuu, and at the
proper time I hope I may be allowed
to aid in Ite undefakirg.
Y urs, Hipcer^ly,
Gkovek Cleveland
In reply to the president's commu
nication, Senator Voorhees wrote as
follows:
United States Senate D?o 29 -
Mr Pispiden': I hove me honor to
scknowledge receipt, of your highly
esteemed favor yesterday. O i be-
balf of the immediate personal
iiiends of the late vice pri s dent, and
of the great body of people of Icdi-
ana, I teel authorized to tender you
their very great and sincere thanks
for your kind and timely interest in
tbe movement so honorable to his
memory, and so well earned by bis
public services a- d his private vir
tues. Permit me to assure you that
no act on your part in the midst of
your Incessant labors for public good,
will be longer cherished or more
htgbly pr z d by the people of bis
slate than your sympathy in their ef
forts to erect a n o umeut to his
fame. With honest respect and
warmest personal regards, I am very
faithfully yours,
D W Voorhees.
( the INDIAN QUESTION.
Senator Manderson and Congress
men Springer and Laird called upon
tbeiecretary of war this morning to
dltcuee with him the eituation in
southern New Mexico in relation to
tbe Apache troubles. They repre-
tented lo him the defenselees condi
tion of the people and made knowu
their purpose to introduce a bill in
congress soon after recese providing
for raising a body ot troops for the
special purpose of hunting and, if
necessary, exterminating the mur
derous bands which have been maks
ing that region a desert. They pro
pose that these troops shall oonsist
exclusively of frontiersmen and be
placed under command of army offi
cer*; I bat they shall be temporarily
enlisted for this speoiat service,
(quipped, mounted and provide ’ for
in such way as to be able to ioilow
cud fight the savagee in iheir fast
nesses.
D iring the progress of the conver
sation, which lasted au hour, allu
sion was made to General C ook’s
record Springer read to the eecre
tary a letter ho bad received from
Judge Barnes, of the first judicial
district of Arizona, discussing the
situation and sc.dig forth thu views
of intelligent men of 'ho locality as
to the best remedy. This, in brief,
Is for tbk government to raise a bat
talion of frontiersmen, to be lightly
equipped, who e duty it should
be to patrol the region
in small par its, especially
keeping in view the watering places
I'was possible fir the Iudiane to
move more rapidly that the w hile
froopec'uld, by riding their pmies
until tley dropped f orn exhaustion
*i.d then stealing othets; but they
must roach the watering places from
time lo time or perish themselves
Judge Barnes also propt sed the arm
Ing and enlistment of a body of
P»pa»e Indians, a friendly, Indus-
trlous nee, who are as much an-
C(t ytd by tbo renegade Apaches es
>r« tbe whites, to flgra the enemy.
T.ie secretary said in reference to
Ibis plan that the army was already
doing much of the service propoeed.
Geu Sheridan had been sentontto
tbe scene of disturbance and Gen
Crook, in whom they all bad confl-
dfboe, was in command. If these
couid not subdue tbe hostiles none
®ould. Springer said he did not
know Gen Crook and had nothing
k£tiDst him, but judging him merely
by results, be was a failuie. Tue
JJ-J'.cgadeedid not Dumber more than
men. Crook with three or four
thousand men at bis commsud, had
been hunting them for years and
had not succeeded la putting a stop to
the outrages.
Senator Manderson came to Gcu
Urook’s defense, attributing to bis
•kill and ability the pacification of
tue Iudiana of Nebraska.
The bill referred to will be Intro,
b?ask ^ ® l5Q S res8man Laird of Ne»
DISCUSSING THE SITUATION.
All Uie members of the cabinet
Were present at the regular meeting
jo day except Secretary Lunar, who
■B at home in M ieelssippi. The ses-
was devoted to consideration of
the financial condition of tbe ooun®
Jty and the discussion of probabill-
< es of congressional action upon tbe
■liver quFB’ion.
departing from the rules.
. khe authorities of a New England
*°*'h recently ?.pplUd through thtli
m ? D . ,0 'be war department
for transcripts of tbe mili ary record
of s 'idlers fur fished to the army bv
the own during tbe w tr of the re-
bellion. To furnish these was against
Jhe ordinary rules of *be department
but as they were ft r historical tur
pises, to be us'd at some approach
ing anniversary, a c tiees-lou was
made. The files were examined and
disclosed t| e tael that the navr.es or
t'bout 60 eit z >is of the town had
been drawn in a wheel, a> d 24 of
these rersous were, uprn examine-
lion, accepted. Further search dis
closes the fac- that 23 of them fur-
niflhed substitute.- and iht other fl d
to Canada.
A CALL FOR BONDS
The secri-tnry of tbe treasury hns
Issued tbe following call, No 132, for
the redemption of bonds of the three
percent, loan of 1883 :
Treasury Department. Office
ofthe Secretary Washington,
DC, December 29.—By virtue or me
au'.hori'y conferred by Jaw upon ibe
secretary of ihe treasury, notice b
her by given that the principal ard
acciurtl interest of the bomb hereh
below designated will b- paid at the
treasury ot the U i'ed States, in the
oity ot WasblcgtoD, D C. on the flrBt
day tf February, 1886, and that
the interest. ou said bonds
w;ll cecse on that day
viz: Ttie 3 per cent bo/d- issued
under the >c of congress approved
Jjly 12 1832, and nuoibeieJ as fol
lows : F.fiy dollars, orifi’ al number
299 .o original number 808, b■ *h in
elu-ive, aud crigit sl uumb-r 1314 to
original number 1367, both inclusive:
$100, original number 2166 to 2204,
both inclusive, and original numb-t
9564 to 9863 b >tn i> elusive; $500.
original number 1076 lo original
number 1090, botn inclusive,
and original number 4048 to
original number 4200, both
iucius've; $1000, original N i 9787 to
original N > 10 012, both inclusive, a nd
original No 23 011 to original N.<
23 687, both Inclusive; $10 000, origi
nal No 17,401 to origi'-al No 18.364
both inclusive; total, $10 000 000.
The bonds described above are
either bonds of the “original” issue
which have but one aerial number at
each end, or “substitute” bonds
which may be distinguished by a
double set of numbers, which are
marked plainly “original number”
and ' substitute numbers.” All of
tbs bonds of this loan will be called
by original numbers only. Tbe three
months Interest due February 1,1886,
on the above described bonds win
not be paid by cheoks forwarded to
holders of bonds, but will be paid
with principal to the holders at the
time of presentation, M-tny of tbe
bonds originally -.-lnoludei in tbe
above numbers have been transferred
or exchanged into other denomina
tions on “waiver,” origlual numbers
being cancelled and leaving out
standing the apparent amount.
\ The above stated provision of the
1 iw governing the order in which
the bonds shall be called in, is as fol
lows: Tbe last of said bonds origi
nally issued under 'bis set at d their
substitutes shall be first called in, and
ihis older of payment shall be fol.
lowed until all shell have been paid
Bonds forwarded for redemption
should be addressed to “secretary of
ihe treasury, divisiou of loans, etc ,
WaUiutg.on, D C ,” and all bonds
called oy ibis circular end should be
assigned to tbe secretary of the treas
ury for redemption. Tlie ns’ign-
rnente must be dated and proje !y
acknowledged as prescribed in the
note printed on the back of each
bond Where checks in payment
ere desired iu favorof any one but the
payee, the bonds should be assigned
lo the eecretary of the treasury for
redemption for account of— (here in
sert name of person or persons to
whose order the check should be
mede payable)
[digued] Daniel Manning,
Secretary.
GOING TO ’FRISCO
A La>c« Number ml Ci»tr Mancra lb
Tub* U>* I’l. iri uf Chinamen.
8NmM lo '•»
Omaha. December 29 -A special
tra. a over the Chicago and North
western road arrived here from the
esst last night at 11:30 o’clock with
350 cigar makers Irom New Yoik
and points along the line, bound for
Ban Fiancisoo. The delegation, it is
sai l, la to take the place of China*
men in the C tlneee quarter of B n
Francisco. S Wolf, of Ban Fra joisoo,
representing the in e uationa! c gar
makers’ union, is iu charge of the
party. Six hundred knights of labor
ami other local organ.zitlona re
ceived the visitors at the depot with
a brass band. F.fty cigar makers
from Omaha j lined the party, which
will probably be swelled to 500 before
reaching B m Francisoo. The terms
on which the men go are to work
one year at wages prevailing on the
coast for the purpose of supplanting
the Mongolians The movetreit'z
looked upon as a great viotory for the
luiernational union. There are some
fears of trouble from opposition by
the C.iinamen, as tie factories are
in the very heart of the Chinese set
tlement there.
Blow ■ la attar Trro t ear,* t i'aoa,,
c aM tai 10 Mutmtr/W Hfc
Sharon, Pa, D cembsr 29-The
oid Bharpville furuacs has Just been
blown in after lying ldie for two
vears. The J dlet steel company has
made a contract to take all the Iron
the furnace can produce, and this
means a long and steady run. The
D luglase furnace, at the tsme place,
» ,a. Li-ii i-Ut iu biaot.
THE IRON INDUSTRY
K Ft m’,»rth n tve ''erl w ol the Hus!
mss of 1385.
m 1'oiti|»».rn I Hiv
I'r^ioai and ^rntoti I
Onilunk for »br ton
Uflltretf to bv> Y.b niOv
»ri % rigot
e-lh* CiUlt
Spools I ‘O Krq-J FNfinn.
Philadeiphia Pa, Dac 29 -A
review ut i.e non Irmlt of 1886 ! at
j'l-i been prepared by J .lues M
•w -k, gem r 1 manngvr of ihe
American iroii and s'*el association,
i'be beginning of the ear was mark
ed, he says, by a continuation of tb
depression of 1884. There was a
steady tagging of puces from January
0 Jc!y, except for s’e-l rails, quota-
'iouBfir which improved a tnfl • in
May I j Ju'y art) Angus' all prices
stiflened, and in S-ptember a sllgh'
advance WHS fe/ablished, steel rails
akii g the 'eai and continuiug to a 1-
until D cenober
Q i iiations for tl e Vui ksdiug sta
pit® for esch month of 'i e year will
-bow that piices at the close of the
year were much more favorable shan
• lie close of the first half of ihe year
A comparison of prices ebows thu'
pig iron WHS $18 I" Jiliusry, $17 75
in July and $18 25 in Decemiii i
B'.en rbil<we e $27 m January, $26
'o April and $34 50 in Decenth>-i
Bar iron was $40 82 >n Ja- uary, $36 08
in July ami $39 20 in December. Cu
OBi.'s were $2,10 n Jauliary, $2 15 in
August and $265 in D.-ceui
her. Tue/e quotations are
the monthly averages for
No 1 Antliraciie foundry pig iron
a d me best refined biriron pef^groes
o n at Pbiiadelpbia. f r cut nails, per
k/g, wholesale, at P dludelphin. and
for steel rails p?r cross tt>n at Penn
sylvania mills. S:e 1 rails, however,
show ihe greattst advance in price
'luring 'he last ball of 1885 la April
sales were made ut 'be Pennsylvania
mills at $26 and $:6 60. aca a few
sales are said to have been made a
/he astonishingly low p'ice of $26 60
Theie price- were lower than
foreign steel rails could have
been delivered at ihe Atlantic
ports at the tame date, if entirely free
of du'y. 11 May quotations ad vancod
to $27, and the juice thus established
was FubstanilMly maintained till the
last of August, when a further ad
vance took | lace in cons'queues of
an agreement smorg tbe un&cufac-
Hirers to limit and distribute the out
put for 1886, which was fixed at 776,-
000 tons, but no restriction was placed
on prices, eaob manufacturer being
permitted to make his own price
The regulation rf tbe output was
found to be absolutely necessary to
prevent a furtber forcing of rails od
the market at prices below tbe cost
of manu'aciure. Even railroad com
punies uid not dosire tbis s ate of
Hflairs to continue From August to
November the price sieudiiy ad
vanced, as a result partly ol »he r<-
-irietlon of production which bad
b>eu determined upon, and partly of
ttm general improvement which had
taken place In tbe business of tbe
c -untry, and in tbo hist nnm>d
month and iu December sales were
cm*de a* $35
In D comber manufMCtuiers en*>
Isrired the limit of production for
4886 o 1 000 000 oub. “If ever irade
o mhinatioo was Just'fl be” sayi-
B va'ik, “this steel rail uombina Ion
is entitl 'd to ba tbe moat favorably
regarded. It not only give to tbs
mnnufaCurerB living pri er, instead
1 losing prices, but it helped won-
derful y in res'orlng a healthy
tone to all business. A smiila
comblnatitn has i-xIb ed fir about
two years, among European steel r.-ii
manufacturers. Bit tbe price' ofpig
iron, bar iron, nails, steel rails and
oiber forma ol iron and sleel ou.d
not have fcdvauctd Id the last ta'f of
18b6 if there had not been an in
creased demand for these products.
Af er the first of September thi-
iocieascd demand became every
where noticeable, and ii has o/u-
tinu<-d without interruption to
tha prerent time. This is, af er all
tbe mist gratifyiag feature of the
revival incur iron and s’eel indus
tries. High prices are less to be de
sired than a steady increasing de
mand. With an increasing demand
prices at least remain firm They
cease to tend downward; stability Is
secured; apprehension is delayed;
what Is produced is sold promptly.
The Increased demand for iron and
steel which occurred iu tbe last half
of 1885 and which was one of the in
oidenis of the general improve
ment in tbe business of the couutry
might confidently be counted ou tc
continue throughout the whole of
the cew yeir but Lr one little cloud
upon the horiz >n. If there was no
threat to day of a tarifl revision tbe
promise cf 1883 would be bright in
deed. Not to borrow trouble, how
ever, it can most positively be said
that a feeling of confidence in the
future of business now prevails
throughout tbe entire country. We
have entirely recovered from tlie ef
fects of whatever panicky fte'lng
prevailed a year or six nnoths ago.
Tbe uncertainty aoout silver may
excite financial circles, but it is ex
ercising no injurious eileot on tue
general busin te. although complete
statistic 1 axe not iu. It iacertain that
we made almost as much pig Irou
and as many steel rails In 1686 as in
1884 The first half of 1886 showed a
greuter depression In these bracohee
and in other branches than any other
six months.
Bines the recent period of depres
sion began, and of course with re-
atrai-td twiu.uwi.--i.-n wuu lathug
prices, production fell ofi, Iu the
first half of 1885 he lo'ol production
of pig Iron was 2 160 816 net tons of
2000 pounds, agaiu?' 2 267 021 'ops In
the first half of 1884 and 2 322 692
tonsin >besecond hall
The p-oduc 'on of Resarmar sled
rails in tbe U >t huif or 1585 was
452.440 net tons a-tainst 593.370 ions
Iu ;he first half of 1881, and 522,251
tons in the last halt
Our production of pig iron in 1881
wus 4.689 613 net tone, and our pro
duction of B ssemer steel rail was
1 116,621 net tous The stock of pig
iron at the close of 1884 aggregated
593.000 net tons; at the close of 1885
tuere was certainly no increase, and
there was probably a slight decrease.
Ra'Ir tad building in 1885 was
moie than has generally been sup*
p-'sed it w. u!d be. Ia 1884 we built
3050 milts of new railroad, and in
1885 we hull* over 3000 miles, which
1.-600 mile 1 -hove the fstiuiao-s for
'he year that were made os late a-
J Oy. We shall do better in I860
The European iron trade exhibit-
“d no symptoms cf a revival of 1885,
hut ou ibe contrary, the backward
movement which has from the first
tnc-re than kept even pace with our
own deoresslon, continued till tbe
close of be year. Taking the Iron
making countries of Eiropo as a
whole, tbe iron trade situation in
that grand divisiou is nuioo worse
to d»y than it W'ssix months ago
Tike tmiHlUailuu’a Mig Bishqtiut.
4p«clft) to Suqairor-^nn.
Atlanta, Qa, Djo 29— To*day
'he novel spectacle is presented in
tbis city of the gathering of th« cor
respondents efthe A'lanta Consti-
tulior, S00 in number, from all parts
of the union. About 100 are from
G orgiH, 60 fiom Bauth Carolina, 50
from N .rth Carolina. 60 from Ala
bama and tbe remainder from New
Y >rk, Baltimore, Pniladelphia,
Washington, Bt Louis, Cincinnati.
Cuicago and Louisville They are
here as tl e guests of the Coostimtion,
their expenses of travel,
u i being furnished by the paper, TV
uight >bey were tendered a magnifi
cent banquet at the Kimball home,
at which 860 plates were laid.
(Speeches were made by Hon E P
Howell, Henry Grady and a number
of correspondents. During the day
tie visitors were shown around town
in carriages aud introduced to the
governcr They also received many
attentions from the oltlasns.
Sw ■•>(•('> Bw(e»lt Act,
Bt Louis, D cember 29 -About 8
o’clock last evening Mis E "ttu.
Tickens, residing on Cuinelia street,
attempted to throw herself and her
two children into a well containing
foar feet of water. Oae of tbe ehil
dren Is a girl six years oid and the
other a boy aged four yeara. The
screams of ihe little ones attracted
the attention of their father, William
'Pickens, who rushed lo tbe well in
tltne to prevent tbe mother and little
girl from falling in. The little boy,
however, slipped from his mother’s
grasp ami dropped into the water, bui
ids father secured a ladder and res
lUeti him. The woman came out of
an insane nsylnm only a few wick?
■go, und it waB in a 1)' of insanity
Uiat she made the attempt at murder
and suicide last night. Bhe will be
sent back to tbe asylum.
Ware ihgii ih, Fi.fc J-akii.a a sun.
-(««(•) to Rnqnlrer.Son.
Cincinnati Dsoembsr 29 — A
speciul from Fiemout, O, referring
o tbe statement made Oy a uuuibui
ofthe Fisk university Jibilee si tigers,
uolortd, that they bail b"eu sutj cied
o> gross lud'gni'y at Fremont, ibe
home of ex-Piesident Hayes, euys
the statement is utterly false. When
:he Fi-k J jbiiee s'ngers gave a con
cert there two or three years ago, the
jf upe were enteitdh ed by private
Rouses, several being isken cure of
oy toe family of ex-Pieddeut Hayts
This was done, not because tbe
hotels refused them accommodation,
out simply to save expenses to the
liissiouury oiganization that employ
ed the troupe on 'hat occasion.
Two c hildren Horrik'j Barifi.
#?««<«' i» Kmqw«r«r-£u»*
Bt Louis, D cember 29—Hairy
B.-oer, aged 11J years died at the
residence ol his parents yesterday
Ue was playing on the fi ior at his
home on Christmas day aud in Ihe
same room near au open grate «a-
Tiiile Graham, a servant of the fam
ily. Bj some moans the girl’s
clothing became igui ed and she
started for the door. Iu running out
of the room she jumped over the little
boy and tbe fl '.tries from her dress set
tire to his clothing aud he was so
nadly burned that his oe&lh ensued.
Toe gir. was terribly burned and is
r.ow almost a corpse.
OUm W«rk«ri (0Qirl:4wiav
40—uu *0 JW>wr<r — ~
Pittsburg, Pa , December 29 —
Arrangeui-.utn are be ng made in ttii -
cily to amalgamate the flint glass
workers, window gloss workers aDd
Dottle blowers’ unions. Committees
from the assoclitiens are now bold
ing a series of meetinge here for tbe
purpose of perfecting a basis of coo-
solidotiou It 1b expeo'ed that the
change will* be c mpieted within
thre6 weeks. A j 'int committee will
then submit tbs plan agreed upon to
a o inven lion of the respective unions
for their consideration.
TO* PsNU’h DmIiIh,
S*Mtal to ZooalrorUIVB.
Montreal, December 29.—Ls
MoDde poo babes ibe rumor that the
papal decision in regard to the rights
of the Jesuits iu Canada baa arrived
m MudUss aud ac •.gains; the order.
CARLISLE’S COMMITTEES
Th t T .sk Before the Sptak r of the
Hon-e,
’low ll*e llouae €«mniiitfir« W«tli
Afl«r VleiRtf AonoafiPffil- firmbpi#
VI bo Tlilnk Tber Outf'it 'o lUvn
fhailrnitntlilpi lonmllet Work In
Of no ml.
Washington, Die. 28—Speaker
Carlisle Is having a tough time with
his committee work. It is not as
difficult, perhaps, to form the com
mittees this time as it wan (wo years
ego, f r ho Iisb now the frame work
of tbecommlt'ees in the Furty-eighth
congress. Two years ago, when he
made up bit committees, be did
deuide duty, b'CtUee iliec.i nun I, teen
of tlie F .ny-seveuth congress had
been arranged from a republican
s atidpcdut. Now, tie is tilde to t;ih -
f.is r id list and, in the light of Ills
experience since that time, make iu-
'elligent selections. Ye', there are
more than a hundred n w men to
distribute, and, besides 'his, there is
a new airangement of ommittee
membership and committee work.
There aru about flay committees,
ranging iu piz Trom five to flceen
members. Bo ihat tbe num> er of po-
eltlons io which men ihii«i be as
signed is betwtei 609 ai ii 709 There
are 333 members ami delegtdes of tbe
house, and to assign these men b
places for which they are especially
fl led is very d ffirulr, especially
wbeu, iu doing so, you attempt to
gratify the desiree of the men them-
selvis. This Mr C irlisie ls trying lo
do. He has suit communications to
all tlie members asking them to in
dicate to him what their preferences
are in regard to committee positions.
Of course tbe old members ihink,
ue'H* < t them, that (bey ought to
nave chairmanships, and todistr bule
tif y chairmanshipo among 200 old
members, givli g each a -bow , is a
pretty bard )ob Ttie new aria ige-
inem of committees, under the Mor
rison code, also adds to tbe complies
lions, and witbal he is finding the
tusk a very difficult one.
The importance of Ihe committee
in congress is not generally recog.
n zed. In point of fact, the commit
tee is a little congress wbicb passes
upon the merits of every bill btfue
it reaches congress itself. Every bill,
when it Ib introduced, Is referred to a
committee for consdpratiou. Tbe
chairman of rhe committee takes his
Hat of biCs ami 'hi to- them out among
the members or amoug sub-cotnmH
tees made up of two or three mem-
here, directing them lo examine tbe
bills and report wheiber or not they
ought to pass. They make their re
port to the full committee, which
lakes for granted, Iti moat ea-es, the
judgment of the sub~commit*e) and
reports tbe bill lo the bouse or sen
ate, as the case may he If tbe re-
p >rt is an adverse one, that ends the
career of the bill, for not one bill in a
thousand that Is adversely reported
becomes a law. Wneu the bill
which is reported favorably f nm tbe
committee dines up for action, the
man who has had charge of it iu the
coniuiii'e s lakes charge of it. in the
hcaie also, ana uu makes or lioiuike..
its fate in many ceses. 8 > Ilia ar
raDgement of committees Is a very
important featur3 of th6 work of con
gress
These committees moat In rooms
in itio capi'ol budding, The most
important committees have rooms
iust, across the corridors from tlie.
fl or of the bouse. O > the first fl or
within a f w steps of ihe d tors cf ihi
house are tbe rooms of tbe wiys and
ttie.us, appropriations, military uf
fairs, river and harbors, and naval
"flairs committees. The less Impor
tant committees aie given r.v irn on
the fl >'irs above «od below (hut open
died ny the ban ol the bouse Those
of still lees prominence have rooms
in the oid, or csntrsl, part of
the cipitol building. In s me casoo
small oommi lees, which have ft w
diitha and few meetings, ir - nq liruil
to double up, sleeping two in a bed
as it were, and occupy the same
room, making iheir meetings atm Ii
times that they will not interfeio cue
with the other The commltt.ee
loom is usually a large, well lighted,
well ventila'ed apartment, hand
somely carpeted and furnish'<1 wl;h
eesy chairs, sofas, wash stands, dusks
for clerk, eto. In the middle
of the room stands a long
■ able around which tbe members o*
ibe committees sit wbeu toe meet
in go are held, Etch man has his
position at the table, the chairmen
sit'iu? at the head or end of the table
and the olheis la yed along
down each s'de Tbo member ’
places are usually labeled, aud
before each man is placed, when the
fession of the committee te;ius, a
large blotter, some paper aud peas
and ink. There is also a drawer In
*he table in which he may keep
his papers ami notes referring to
matters before tbecoiximittee, or like
ly to come tefore it. Tbe rneelirg-
e.re miniature representations of
meetings ot tbe bodies to which ihe
members belong. The rules w iloh
govern are pructletdly those of the
noose or senate, as the ouao may be,
and tbe chairman of the committee
ls quite as much au autocrat as the
speaker cf (be house nr i be pre/iitent
of tbe senate. He leicgu.z^s
members as does tbe pre
siding officer of the larger bodi a,
chokes them off when, tney have
talked long enough,ami holds acorn
stant and important censorship over
the proceedings of the body of which
he Is chairman. Bomelltnrs the
meetings uf Ut* committee are very
lively, and 111" contests overdisputed
qu stious are > f en as sharp and vig
orous iu committee mee'.ltigai in tlie
house nr seuiti—tl e iiflerenoB being,
however, that th-se wrangles art
mostly in prlvn e, for f«w o* the com
mittee mel tings are held In public,
while all of those of the house are 1
witnessed by anyone who cares ira
he nrose/it
Every committee is supplied wltfi
a clerk and a messouger. The clerk
dtawH in some ra'eB s>x dollars a day
during Ibe sesame; iu other cases,
where the committee is an Important
one, a fix' d ra'ary of fr >m fifteen
hundred 'o two thousand dollars a
year, The messenger gets n hundred
dollars a iu<mlb,aud iu audition lo
his duties us messenger is also au
aids nut door-keeper in house or
senate. Ttie duties of the olerk a'©
to arr«r g >anit docket the bills, issue
notices tor tme'iugs aud draw hie
salary.
tVtarfnl Hrnalts of an Ksplofeloa.
OMfCtai to hnyuirtrUmn,
Lancaster, Pa, D oetuber 29 —
The b ji.er of a ilues 1 'mg machine in
a barn near New P,ovidenoe, this
county, exploded thin morning, bill-
lug two young men named Corlstlau
Hildebrand ami Edward Hbiim. The
burn wits net on fi e und destroyed.
Tht mi n were engaged In grinding
feed when tlie boiler exploded.
Hildebrand was burled thirty feet
and wa j instantly killed, as wa« also
Helm. Frank Edwards was setlously
■ caiiled. The burn, which was conw
sumed, with its eonteu's, contained!
fifteen yrunp cattle, eighteen steers,
iwo mule-, 1 wo horse", seven colts,
three cow,*, ten lings. 1800 bushels of
corn, 600 bushels of wheat aud a
i.r^e amount of hay.
*► -—
Tri 'iklu.-i*lM In Illinois,
ijpcotal to thu Kuomrer-8nn.I
Chicago De ember 29 —Cases o(
supposed i riolu oasis have been devel
oped in Wlliinme te, a suburb of this
city on tbe Non hwestern railroad.
Those attacked by the strange malady
are Fiand M Weateifi Id aud his
wife. A few days ago they partook
of some pork, wnioti is said to hare*
been unsufficiently well cooked.
B dh s >on commerced to suffer ex
cruciating palu and were compelled
to tsko lo their beds. Wesierflelu’s
attack is m >re serious, und at one
time it was thought w> uid end fatal
ly, but a slight impnveme.it has
hppn noHced by the attending physi
cian Mrs Wcsterfidd is able to b»
about.
A Deiinty hfrill Klilnu,
§p*eUt to Xnouirm-'titm.
Paris, Tex D c29 -Bunday after-
noon at ibe -ciiiemeul known as the
Stuck bye Pialrls, twelve miles north
east of Purls, D puty Blierlfl Clsy
Davis was billed by a man named
G irrett. I stum Garrett was dls-
turbiug a Christmas outer ainmenk
at tlie (tliurcn ami the deputy sheriff
placed him uuuer erte Garrett, ou
'he way to the lockup, esked per-
ml-slon to visit bis home tor a
moment. D ivis allowed the prisoner
men er a room, through the window
of winch Garrett pointed a Winches
ter l'fle and shot Diviswriile his
hack was turned. Girrett fld to®
w-rd A/kansas. A posse iu in pur
suit
An Ainprlfi-ta K«rikqank«,
1o K-fii'rflT-BuM.
Hartf.ird Conn, Do 29 -8:v-
eral ntiarpsin.cka or earn,quake w^re
felt tieio tins m iming lo ween 4:49
mcl 5:30 ’cluck.;! ... ^
Bt i.ocis D c29. — A Rpioial to the
P .st-DispaU'ti fri m B mmington,
lit, says tue inhabitants of that oily
were uDnued tiy a rumbling, tin.
car:hqu»ko shock c.ot-o accompany-
logit, resembling cl.rely that made
by Ihe fit ing of urtiliery. No dam
age whs done to property, although
'hef irct of the shuck was dis'lnctty.
fell m several la go oulldiugs.
A x'.mtrul UKpial,
io ETianlr*jr-HUL.
Ft McKinney, Tex, D c 29 —
Thomas Hertrou, a buy ugeu founejn
years, enitted three little daughters
of J dm G.'.liKgiier, residing a*. 8-;
Paul, li.ia c.unty, some disia.juo
from the house yederduy evening
shout slit.sot. A'er getting them in
• ■ teclud-d spot he brutally assaulted
Laura, sever or eight yeare of aga.
The other children fl U. The child
W ot fearfully it Jured, and may die
from her injuriej. D.puty Bherlff
Brock/i arrcsU d Hinson iast night
anti lodged him Iu J di. Thera is
some doubt as to how long he will oe.
permitted to retnaiu there.
r>i,®i aica >i iw® riMUnwitA
Hpeo •! tn Enqtnrer-HQR,
Tucson, Arizona, D o 29-Thw
prodati a iod issued hy Gov Z.tlick
on tbe 22) insl, warning the people
of Ar.z .La to desist from a amptiug
rsitliatory measLirss against the Iu®
diaiib oa thu Bin Crrios ressivation
f.T depie<iatl(.m> commute I by the
t ost/lej, created surprise aqd fndig®
r. a ion among the people of tbe terri
tory generiity. Trie entire pretiB of
Artz na, Irrespective of party, unite
in condemning tfieact as unwarrant
ed by fuels /.nd eut'rety uncalled for.
Meetings tiave been appointed to give
ixpresti n to the feelings ofthe citN
zetts in regard to ttie matter.
Vltileil jfoi a Tritij.
Sperlal F.DqQlrer*^m
Pittsbuug Pa, Dso 29 —This
momirjg about daylight J seph Cain,
& desperate cbarac;er,sho* and almost
instantly killed J /hit Wright,a color
ed man, who accidentally ran agfltnEE
him on the street. C dn had hw
drlnblDg heavily for several days.
He ba ■ figured in numerous cutting
and shooting affrays for the past few
years. Ha has be«u arrested.