About Columbus daily enquirer-sun. (Columbus, Ga.) 1877-1886 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1886)
J taportaet Qa> (tiers Dlaeuacd B«th Branches testordey Ik* Bhm BImb.m* At htMiillltl ■Ul — ln«lw Inwa MU la hnt *r Him. ■nm la Waaalm aaa. Washington, Jan 14 -»Dinglrf, of Mama; from the shipping em mlttee, reported a naola'Ion directing that oommlttea to Inquire what, tf any, legislation will praaaola the in tenets ofto* American aaarlneem ployed In fisherlte, and to report by •III or otberwtae. Adopted. Wellborn .offered a raaolntlpn WH thorletucnUbommlttesa haVingJutV Motion of general appropriation bill, to have printed anon document a ai ed under the call of oom mlttee* for reports, and then to gen the morning vsjam&rtxisi&ri Or behalf of 'he oommltteo on waya and mean* Morrison, of Illinois, ■ailed ap the resolution for the die* trlbnUonjiftne presidents mesiefitf Adopted without objection or amend ment. On behalf of the committee on presidential laws Caldwell, of Ten' neeaae, called up the H a? ; residen tial succession bill, and os there were bnt a few mien fee of the morning hour remaining, by unai iraoua oon sent it wai agreed tba' (Ub.te should son tin ue during th< a teruoon, Cald well returning the i'gat to call the previous question at any time. Oaldweti stated that tne oommlttea In reporting tble measure had not dealt with IndiffereDoe or dlereepeci with other prop ettiona before it There were many measures prop s d that wc hid more properly meet all : pomlble or imaginary exigencies than the one now reported, bat the* •II required e constitutional amend' meat Before they could become lawa, and a constitutional amendment In' eoteed a delay which would 111 aooord with the reasonable anxiety whiob • great body of the people felt. There ware many exigencies which the It was a temporary bridge the chasm In order to. from ng uooasaitn. McKinley, of Ohio, gave nottoe ol a substitute which be would offer for the bill The substitute preserves the law of 179®, with.the addition of the J trovleo that for the purpose of Lev- ng the speaker of the h use of repre sedatives continually tu office one- f rees shall convene on the 4‘h of larch D'Xt moce dl g the eltotlon of representatives to congress, and the senate or speaker of he house the prtsldent shall convene the bouse In which rha vacancy exists tor the .potppandr aUctlijjg apfeaidlngVffl car Paten, of Kansas, regarded the •ending measure as nnoonstilntlonal, He aald that congreae bra no p< w r to sr act a law wjnoh vtalated tne In- should sot as president. It was a noernedl were to bejbAdftidd Cot been ^eV In <1-nbt, but had been nominatedTn the bond. They were to be paid in lawful mone; - of the Unit d Bi'i. At the tlmi of oonttsot greenbacks w-re lawfu money of the U tied 8’ate*, and almost the only our e cy Bi d holder*, however, mauy of w. o q bad paid in silver only forty or flf y oenta on the dollar for their bonde, soon went systamatioslly to workto inorease the value of their demands against the gt vewptem. Taey used the oblumas of *. flueutlal newspa pers SLd thh brains of it flueutlal men and sroured the paseage of lb* sot of 1800, changing the oontraer and making the beads payable In odln without gLvli g for that ohanga any new considers tion Coin meant gold or silver, . _ not yet Mtlsfled they aoop had tb| p *i°nreuf aeeirg the refunding of 1870 passed, whiob presoribca tbi new bonds should be paid In coin tibeg ctagflqid va|ur, the same s»an flagrant uaurpatlon of the power vsa 1 .* presidential succession under the ex* dating,law, waa almost daub: (ul and uncertain} He detailed the d II :ul- ties which might (arise unde# the present Bystem and tbe oomplioatlons which might be throat upon the copntry'lni the event of there bilne no president of the senate and no speaker of tbe bouse at tbe time ot presidential disability. He earnestly advocated the passage of the pending measure, tnalnuhnir g that It would remove many dangers from tl e path of presidential pusoeenlon Cowles, or North Carolina, favored tbe bill not beo mse It wae the best that cnnld be devised, but because It was sufficient for the evil existing to day. Adams, of Illinois, submitted an argument In opposition to the Mil. which hr regarded aa dangerous. The po ware of the president Were so vast, the splendor of *tbe'- <lHoe was so captivating to the mind of even tbe wisest of American statesmen, tba tbe transfer even of the acting presi dency from one man to anethe> ought not to be permitted to depend on (he state of n fact bo hard to define and so hard to maintain as "diaat.ll Hy : X.U,, 1* -V.<S Dibble, ef Booth Carolina, inquired whether the safes objcrion might public demand, and would nqt bs advanced with ejren greeter Ml in due time by an>•-, foro* aAinitJhe existing law. me tare, over#blch A W AdaiU admiuadthe 7 bat « etod f jt|i*faUfcw«d J darlsfitnsi . , _ ' **Iferklaa, ol Kansant "If tha presi- deni should dl# or be removed, who .Mdeythe bill would sooosedte the Caldwell—"The aeoretary of state." Perkii s—"If In 1888 tbe eleotion of 1 at year should be reversed, and tbe electoral d'tilage ai ould nmaV>nd should designate the pr< etifent-and vice pr alden e-leot, and before their Inauguration they should be ssaaesi Dated, who for foot years thereafter tMFqgla *pntipne preslden 7’* f (fildWell—’•‘The pr Bant secretary of state." Perkins—"If In 1892 tbe same ahojuld occur again, who would be president for four year* 7" Caldwell—"That is only an as sumption that in 1888 tb ei gap has pot fcesD-removed Iprpiher. aud bet- Perklrs—"Do you believe It Is good legislation to give any officer understand that the bill admits of any such construction." n ti t PKpmed a minority report, stated the reasons , tba objections which be considered total 11 to v lfs utility. He protested against tbe general principle of the >< Mil, against the idea ot vesting in a succession by naming his successor. He was profoundly doubtful of the ooustl'ulioi atitv ' of a provision . which would vest the nteslden- ey upon a man appointed toy an outgoing administration, H ■ helibvadtit to be lu violetlori'notonly of the spirit and letter of tbe constt- tutioU, but df (he spirtPout of which the constitution rose, and it was un - wire legislation, became it tended to widen the spaoe between the presl- . dent and tbw people, v-, Adams, of New York, rose and propounded the question "§WPOfe tbe scoretary of the treasury should .succeed to the office of president and ' M,( tihwWp6lnted the riftietaryflf state, assuming that vacancy existed, w!k would be president under the totlK Would the secretary of state, ap- ; polgteithy the secretary oftibe treas- ury noting as presldeut after con- flrmatlon by .the,senate, or would the 1 aeoreiary of the tre tSiry,' acting as president, hold the < ffioe for the ga> expired tbrm, and after the secretary ol state qualified 7" "Thar Is a question which I give up," replied Cooper. OoDtluuiLg, be said that If there weredefeote )n the present law they •heaid be remedied by carefully oonr aldered legislaliou. Wnat it wae worth while for an American oon- greaa to do was worth doing well. He could bm no exigenoy which re qnlted red hot haate in passing this BJan, of Illinois, defended the Mil ■gainst ad vena otltiatsm and pointed otst wherein It waa an Improvement ©vsx the sxLisg law. Taa ptsaeut that he had proposed an amendment Whiob would remedy the evil. His second objection to tbe bill waa that there was bo provition for a speedy eleotion by tbe people to fllf a va cancy In the rffloe of the president. Rowell, ol,111]*Ms,, dbaricfsr'sed the bill as a orode one, and suggest ed that if tbe preaiding officer of the senate was of the same party; s the ex cutive there w^uld not be ho haste to amend a law which hao stood for ninety four year*. He Ke uld see no fare* in the .objection to a law .that ini presiding officer pf ie sen at# aud speaker ol tile noise ere dot Untied fStatea oftiaen If they were not. then there w>is no legislative branch of tbe federal gov ernment. But the strongest obje^ tl n to the bill in bis opinion wa< that it permitted the party In power to peroetuate that power for aa.ih* deflulte numb r of yee s As ad milted by the gentleman from Ten nessee (Caidwel ), never before hao the American people been presented with ouch a temptation to orirne, such r#!Bplntlow'V»’5«Kiarcby, wucb temptation to lMwta^on. JL\ TnmtMlI then efctoed, buf wiHtiw resumed to-morrow after the trans- action of private bustne a Friday night sessions were ordered for the consideration of peneiou bllle and then tbe house, at 5:20 adjourn ed. SSIKAT& HaWley again Tresided over the senate to-day in (he absence o( tty , AWte, u,, .?roS: natnrally supposed, B'own contin ued, that this system of qhanglng k oontAut from time to lima, making it aaalr time Ait Viluhbie to the creditors had been oarried far e tough acd that the people would not be SSVarU'TUCf'IJS! back debt, worth forty o-nts in tbe dollar; but not content even then the n< xi step was to demonetise silver, foi if silver oonld be permanently demonet sed there would be efleoted a reduoti <u of the quantity of oolo with which, under ti e contract, the debt., waa to be paid aud tbe value ot gold ooiu, the only coin left, would be greatly tnoreaced. After the demonetising sot had been passed, however, the neopie felt that they had been wronged and sent repr 'gentatlve* to ooDgress to repeal it aud to provid- for a reasonable amouut of anon*! sliver ontnage. Blue# that time the orcdltordaee had failed to it fluenoe oot gresf, |>iil it had been fonuoate enbaghVo-rd tlnne to receive pay ment in gold alone Those men bad been receiving gold alone, while other creditors ot the Called States bad to taka silver or greenbacks. The re- sulr wae that tbe bond* bad Bleadily advanced till they were now worth 120 to 124, but the cry still' must bw Increased In order to pay them batter currency than other peo _____ p'e, so as to keep up the credit of the» : ... United Btat#. Wheo the S per oent boDd waa at par Brown did hot cate to tax the people to put the credit any higher The r fflof a of the treat ury, he said, should trest all public creditors alike. If they paid bond holders in gold alone, they should pay.the laborer in. gold At to the acchtfauledon of silver dollars In the treasury, Brown Insisted that it waa. the du y of thr a oretary of the treas ury to pay them ut to publlo cred itors whenever anything wasdnet' and If that did not dispose of them, he should call la enough bonds op oaten. Instead of having too muoh ,U" tUttunUhe demands of our qommeroe and ferfcinjpir KtyfttalMg,, Wie o uld safely carry four' nfinared millions more silver, and them ww would have lees legal tender allvat coin than France atid Germany together and only a tittle more than France alonw It the national banka attempt to practically demon*! I a# silver, said Brown In oonoiuaton, and 1( the effl - « ra who rapraaant th* people in the different daper'menta of th* govern ment will nut take tb* mat- terln hand, then the people, nt their recurring elections, should toko It tn hand and (111 all tha department! of th* government with man who will apply the eorreotlve and f:rfelt tha onarteraof such banka as atone* their privllt gea. Mrxvy followed, taking the earn* view af the silver and bund question a* Brown. At the conclusion of Maxey’a re- taatko the judicial aalary bill wae laid baforvrira senate. One of the aec-, tloVU af the bill proVidea that no per son related .witbin JIha degree of Anti onnain to a Judge of the United States shall be appointed by auob judge to any position tn hie court, ar d that perro^a so related who now hold *>oh offloea shall not continue lu offlua af.er six mouths from the passage of the act. Some discusstoo aroae on the last clause, wbioo would legislate cat of rffloe relatives now in office E1- munda waa willing that auoh ap pointments should not be made in the future, but thought It would work a great hardship and Injustice to legislate out of offloe men who, by experienoe and training, bad come to be perhaps the most efficient and capable persona who oould be (hand to fill tbe offloe. The olsue*. too, In Edmunds’ belief, was retrospective nod therefor* objec tionable on that account. He moved to etrike ont the olause that would affiot persona at present fn < fflae. This waa agreed to after oonaldera ble debate. A* 6:10 with the bill still pending, sud.M-rgab speaking against the bill, the senate adjourned till Mon day next. rue, wauev “SSf<S person who occupied the presidential; Urea Ment pry tem. 1 l,j Chair the power [to [eipetuate the Platt preeeufed”s petition frem fh< oommeroial travelers praytDg for leg ■station to relieve them of burden some taxation. Edmunds raid oomplaints had been made to b ! m that the merchants artisans and laboring men of Wash ington were very InjUrlDtieiy nlfeotyti^ by tbe bringing here the surplus stocks of other cities and at a mere nominal expense for rent sold here Tbe petition wae referred to the committee on i^mtnerce, whose either Bide ol tbe subjeot. B -.ok stld there hud oome to him, he did pqpknow why. several peti- sJbpgkb coinage. He bad declined to v resent such petitions, and had return'd them to the persons sending them to him. He bad pursued that eourst because he believed the sending of b lob petitions bad been ti fluenced oy a oHonlaa -letter marked “conU dentisl” eeb| ant by a committee of the New York board of trade and transportation. B-'ok read a oo?y of a letter, It asks its recipient to write a personal letter to Speaker Carlisle, urging him to lefraiu from plttoing (extreme silver men on the coinage committee ol the houeeofrepresenta- tiver, and also to write personal let ters to senators and representatives urging the aoepenalon of onlnage. Brown called up Book’s silver res olution and addressed the senate on it. It would be unwise, be tald. and uojmt to the people to a a-vend the o^toagd af aUv«t prsMMtt. ak» nut wbloh the [eiple are paying interest tmabaon the silver dollars aud sr iotv interest payments If publiceredttora were pkta thirty or forty millions of sliver their endeavor would be to keep op the value of silver; if paid Ip gold alooe tbetr endeavors would pe to depredate the value of stiver to mske it represent less property. If it w re eald that it wae not taondat to pay them in silver, on the ground >hat the silver dollar was not an honest dollar, Brown would reply that it was always honest to payi a debt In the very .curie oy which tpe bis conjta'qi, nad agreed he cresyftdto had seourctii several successive changes in tbw ooutraot. As it now is, ti was that bondholders should be paid In gold, dollars or silver dollars at tbe eon- venleuos of tbe tre: sury. Though they bad thus agreed to take pay ment in etibei gold or silver, they, were being everybody *$hi8 hoqesiy. Ever etios tho passage of the act of 1878 iejot6ne- slng silver and direoung tbe coin- »g a of two million dollars a month, bondholders and bankers had been threatenirg that all our gold would oe exported If we did not stop tbe coining of silver. It is now eight years alnoe tbe passage of that tot and still, acoording to tbe report of the secretary of the treasury, we had twioe ai much gold odin as silver coin in the country. Almost every year we had Importedjopre gold than we had ex- toWei.Tjftonce and Germany had nnmlmm as afabb legal tender iq silver ooin as we had, yet our coun try wae several times larger than those countries combined, while our poaulkttpo was af'ofo energetlc jmii aflMprlalng than that Wany other o >untry in the whrld. We bad with! *n live or i x yearsexported $500,000,- 000 worth of merchandize more than wd had imported. Taese figures repr seated the sum of money which foreign nations bad paid us over and above exchange of com modities. Inasmuch as go d was the medl'im of settlement be wean Eu rope aud. America, we would receive gold for our be a 'cas. As to our comulierce with China in e«, anti with Brasil and Cuba in oottde and sugar, the balance of trade was against us, but those were silver countries and would take our ailver In settle ment. Brown advooated the issu ance of silver oertifliatas to represent tbe silver tn the treasury Every surplus gold and silver dollar, be •ala, not n part of the moewary treasury reserve, should be pu' Into hy g—d m OH ’CHANGE. : •'; r —^ Tha Meek a-rk-a SaMta tiala. 14.—The *#’!♦<* N«w York, January b stock market has again been to-day, wito prices vr ak In the morn Itog a?*d s’rong thereafter, though tbi - '? dealings at times were acoompamed by considerable feverishness. Tbe opening quotations were l b J below laet evening’* float figures, and thete waa a further dioline of J to f for Lake Shore, wh'oh fell 1 in tbe first half hour. Active buying toy opera tors who have been conspicuous dur ing tbe peat day or two as sailers of stock at fl a checked tbe deoltne end led to advances that were established It wae not known generally until late in the afternoon ihdt a meeting of the presidents of trunk hues wa in session at the Windsor hotel, bn inside information w .» undoubtedly la the possession Of prominent oper ators, who took dvan »ge of the foot to purchase stooks allow,figures. Up to tbe oloee of thS board nothing def inite was known in regard to tbe progresvftiMe.low*(d* • settlement of the differences between the trunk ilDe apd the Baltimore ; nd Ohio, but VUmOM' were numerous thai large oonces-ions had been made to the -Baltimore and Ohio, and that oom puny hgj| .alsoyiel'tod to tome ^tent, resulting In a praot cal settlement ol the difl rences that have existed. There was little newsdf Importance oDithe-stceet other than that relating to the trunk lines, alt of ti being bearish in >be morning and nearly last evening of | to f. Tpial*Sales 401 000 Lake Shore, Liokawana, tit Paul,. Erie aud N rtheru Pacific preferred contributed 60 per cent of the dsy’a business. DluUrm Vlra*. Spee'at tn B qatrsr-San. Pjttsbobq, Pa. January ,14-A dispatch from Mtilersburg. Ouio, re celved last night, says: Fire broke out in tbe large hardware and tin establishment of Vuorbeee A Elder, on Main street, late last night. It w**burning fiercely aud fears were entertained <hat the entire block, in cluding the CeotraI hO'el, and a num ber of flue business buildfbgv, wlh succumb to the fit mss Theloss will b« t etvv „ ; . ■.- Baltimore, January 14 —A Spe cial iroiu N-.w|)ort News, V», says i Fite bioko out on bqard the British st' am«r Mathew Beilliagton, loading wuh cotton foe Liverpool. It Is sup posed to be all out. There was con siderable dami'ge. Dr BIiII-c-m* UI»:P-l|**tr, New York, January 14— DrBil- liugs and his patients arrived this morning tn the French steamer Can ada. Ou boarding the ship the New- *ik boys were all found on deck, 1 xjklog the plotnre of health and speaking entfausixstically of their trip to Parle. Dr BilllDgs states that hla trip has been highly rnooessfnl. The voysge to New Y irk wae a very pleasant one, the weather being re- markably flue for this season or tbe year. On January 6th Mra Ryan gave, birth to a son. B->*h the mother asd |U ohuu *i» ucuug won. ATTbK white HooBF. vgvsrsxjnim President Clevclaad Given His first 8afs Din is* eiwni at m ot« r im< PrMIMil ua !»• (MaM- « Vest Salt UiM. Bpeetal to Inqsirer-Baa Wabhimotom, Jan 14-In the aen- ate to-day the ohalr laid before the senate Morrill’s resolution ottered yesterday calling on the resretary of tb* treasury to Inform tbe sabnte whether any enllaotora of Internal revenue not ooi.flrmad by tb* senate were In reoeipt of pay aaMlnnsento of offlw Book said he would not ob ject to th* resolution, bat saw no neoarstty for It. Th* senate knew all that wae to be known on the aub- Jeot. The ltW on the sahleot passed during President Johnson's time had been very sweeping, bat daring President Grant’s Utaa , Jt had ®.wSi.!’rsaafte ted by Mm rill had received th* emol uments of ffiie, the supremo oourt bad deoided that they were entitled to it Wien tha repnblloaae had beoomo afraid that th* demoorats wets going to win thty again ihodl fled the law, bnt the modification did oot make improper paymenie lu oases contemplated, and the republi cans knew suoh officers bad for year- received pay. Motrlll differed with Bsok as to the preoise olass of oases covered by tbe supreme oourt decision. He de nied tba’ tbe president oould tak« money out of the treasury to pay men whom he might appoint. Tha. waa the duty of oongresa. The in formation oalled for, Morrill thought, manifestly proper not only in the in terest ot the government, bnt of the oolleotora personally. C>okr>lt ofleied an amendment to Morrill’s reiolutlon, making It apply to took year*. Tbla waa acceptable to Morrill, and the resolution aa amended was agreed to. ADVISES A SUIT Secretary Lamar nas sent to the at torney general a communication ex pressing his opinion that n eul( should be brought In the Sstas of the United B ates to teat tbs validity of Ball’s origin*! telephone patent. OliXVUiAND AND TBI SUN AM ) Tha statement that Pies idea t Cleveland baa determined that no answers shall be given to requests from the senate for information as to the reasons for removals or suspen sions from offl is is autboritively ds nled. No suoh request has yet beeu aildreised to tbe president by tbe senate. Several comma lostioue were sent to tbe obatrmin of the sen ate oommlttf a to-day from the vgri> oub executive departments tn re ■pome to rSquea s lot information as to the reaeaue for suspeuB'oos or ■ removals and appointments la each case it was staled that the deparment hod no inform* tion os to tbvpresldefU’e resennr for the suspension of removal whiob was tba subject of inquiry. Tbe papers transmitted relate solely to the fit* Dees or the appointees and say noth tng about tbe character or quetifloa tlone of tbe 'ffidale diepleced No mue hae beta yet raised with the president on this eubj of It is fur- iber leer - ed that tbe president as y< t has neither expfeeeed nor f>rmi>d any determination as.'tri What he will rininctse a poetihle is-ue t« raised TUB PRESIDENTS tfrR&T STATE DIN NER The president g»v^ his first ffate dinner of the s<aaon this egenlng In honor of pis csoinet^, whit* house wee tasie/uiiy afrabged, end preeeuUd a brilliant appearance. Tbe east room and parlors adjoining tbe state dini.ig ro >m were, lined with tropical plants and were bauked with otioioe fljw'nt Tb* princinsl d C' ration of the dinner table wae an immt nse fl rai ship of s:a o, which was mrroacd d by meuy Buialler fl <ral pieces of diflerent designs. One of the oldest atteones of ti.e house eald the table bad never presented a more beautlfo 1 ap; eat en oe. The Marine band w*« eta tloned in tbe mein vestibule and dis couis' d sweet mueio dufti g the din< ner. There was a change In ihe regular programme whioh was tbe omission of “Hall to the Oblei" from itarepoirtre for tha evening. This was done ont of respect to the presi dent, who la »*M to be very tired of that'tune. . i«- , Dg time was ret* ■ d in $6000 WtH. A eti t bee now b<ei. brought by B H Oi fi n A Oo, < f Newark, to make George MoDay, whdoiaitna tA have been a >p- dal paitnef, re- epossible for the d h a of thri' flfm and ft Is said other suits f>r the eatne object Will be brought. Rise aeOerta t* at he leaned money to one ’ or tha firm with the understanding that ha Would reimburse hlmtelf from tha money of th« firm from tlna to time till the sum should he paid, butitioh ■urns were not to be entered on* tha boot s; that ha did so taks money nt varlons times ondsr the arrangw* ment made with the m mber of tn* honee to whom he loaned (be money. Counsel have replevlned tha safe fa tb* bands of the aselgnoe With tb* Idea that It oontalne evldenos to mu* tain the assertion. The whole mat ter Is now In a tangled shape, blit • thorough Investigation wlll.be madn. 70BEIGN~FL ASHES. ■111*0 sw u UMMfpMb Upeelal >a Kaqnlrar-ean. , , Ban Franoisoo, January M— A speoiki to the Cut from Vumoetonfe, Ariama, says Frank Leslie, a gov ernment scout who has been with OaptOrawford’s command, has ar rived here. He reports having rue near Mud Springs tv o couriers of toe Tenth cavalry, wpo lhformcd him that trouble has occurred between an Indian ec>'Ut and a quartermaster at Cave .creek, 25 noil s suuih of ti . wie t'bf scout oom plained of tbe quantity of bread issued to him. Auer 1 ard words bad passed the aoout went to bis camp, but soon returned with hie rifle end shot (be quartermaster and tbe quarteraus er’e sergeant dead. Theoffioer tn charge forbade hie sol-, diers to fire, as he wanted to take him alive. The «oout escaped. Ta* SalUmM r*U an. ImU I* asWrig*. Baltimore, January 14 — A week ago Pointer. Tongu> A Co., dry good* end notions, made an assignment, and William H Rite was *rr**'ed, bairgeu sue nevus (UkDiw $16,- SfMlei ot is* i BIMII Omn* ■IimS, KaiiJl' Berlin, Jar nary 14 —The eccu- racy of the news already publtvhed regarding Germany’s selrars’ of Bembah Ts not acknowledged Itneffl- c al circles The ataiement isoffldtefly made to-day that the Garman gov ernment hae nolnteu ton of ednexing tb' B-mosn islands. The Incidents reported In the news dispelobee ere explained, ncooriing to tble Cate- ment, as referrlrg to measores slop ed by the Gsrmei su borltles to prevent Kt jg Malio*toe from,on- rying out luslmentioo of withdraw- log the guarenteea he bed given for the protection of the German,luter- esteand rights It le positively ■*" ■vrtrd that nothing oan have ofO ur ‘ red wbloh w 11 In anywise effect-the -xlstirg treatise between tbe Bemoan government end Germany, Huglahd or America. mule the opining or the diet. Berlin January 14 — Emperor William Opened,[the Prussian diet to-day In hit speech ho soldi "I am gieteful for the love and fidelity of my people and for tn* benevolent sympathy whioh has been ex‘.ended to me from f .reign eountries. Oar foreign relatione ere friendly end support tally our belief that the pesos of Europe la ears to oontinn*." > rmM. u.... THE AHNBVIY DECREE SIGNED.’ Paris, Jvius ry 14 — PrS»ldentGre- vey be- s'spied the dears* granting amnesty (o perse s oonvloted of po- llticti < flee see elnoe 1870 and reduc ing tbe sentences of m»ny offenders against tbe common law. ho-l*- . APPOINTED MINISTER TO I/)NI Madrid, January 14 — OjudvJ oon hae b-en,eppotnleO BpanUh i later to L tedon in place of Mgrij D Oosalargl tv, who baa bcea ferred to Washington. ^ < BAILE0AD A H*w ■■ ■• ■ moot eiivMiW • Mlew S*» 0»: to loqulrer-aun New York, J tuuary 14 — Thd uonb bound Hocv.ojm datiun < xpress op the N:'W Y >rk and Lthg Branch railroad, mud* up of c.re toitn/Long B.aooh end L ke R ad, the winter re-on of N w Jersey, was thrown from 'he neck by a broton awitoh 2000 yard? s>u*" of Matowan * few ttimu’es Het rf 9 V'oidck this urorn- i< g. The care were filled With 1 New Y rk bijelutss ip* 1 ” coming to taelr al'y i fil es, and' kfotimontb 'difenty Lwyere and Juiymen, tobq. were on their w»y to Freehold, the, conniy, , No pne, i ,,.was seriously irjured, though muiy.jrere bruised, rou (fie iutiles were excited with fright- A foot from the ppint where the rati was broken a trestle bridge 600 yar> s oog streiohae serose a d ep guiiy. The beggage oar of • he Lotig BrandHd e ctioh was’the first Ueraikd, but almdet itomedtately jumped back sgetn on tbe track. The other can, after dropping powti on tbe ties, ran across ihe bridge, snapping the she! rsfle Into bits and tearing the wooden structure into splinters. Tbe rear oot oh lost ita truck and was diawn a long dis. tones ou its fl ior beams. The engi neer beard aud sew the acgldtUfEnd quiokly realizing that tbe <Qpfy w*y iu keep tbe oan from, toppling:over tbe trestle work was to keep them moving, thr< w the throttle dpeivand dragged the tiatn across. TUtoalast car and the track and bridge are a Aiikfiuip. iota! wreck. •Jorerno* tosh ■Mto M mwEtr-BO-.l ' ’ ' - ‘ JAdkaiN, Miss, January 14 ^At iKiou to day Governof Lowly Was formally inaugurated as governor for bis second term lu the presence of (lie two houses of the legislature as- aemoled in joint convention, Ac-, ooinpauieri bj judges ol I ho supreme court and the joint legislative com mit ee be was escorted to the bell of the bouse by the Capital Light Guards. Chief Justice Cooper »d- mlnisttred tbe oath of offlrt*. The governor in a brief addrrs congratu lated tbosia'e on ita prosperity, ex* pressed gratitude for bis unaufmoua re-eleotion and pledged bis devotion to the stale aud its people Tbe Pittsburg Samoa keepers’ nnton will sek all respeotable.pian to boycott ’•a," disreputable bonsee and "S- "dlva eent” bars. Tbla loons a* If all reepeot- able Pittsburg m*n have been fra- qu«.nUx.g -cm-, vary had ptac.2. ry‘\
