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I Columbus Stott yoL. ixvni -SO 48 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 188* PRICE FIVE CENTS FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS Two or Three Minor Keaoarea Pm ssd in Each Branch. Will atimapla •• Rrpij la Brndj-The MuhMIII eauii* la a* Diiau alon •Ilka Bdacailaa.l B.ll. Ipwioi Ik (MMtr-Anr. Washington. February 23—In the uioruii g hour the house paused n bill to annex the northern part of the territory of Idaho to Washington territory On behalf of the committee on railways and canals Murphy, oi lows, called up and the house pro- oetded to cot eider in a committee of the whole the Hennepin canal bill. Murphy epoke in behalf of the hill atd said that the wheat raised in the six western states which were in the neighborhood of the proposed canal could be transported to the seaboard at a saving of six cents ner bushel. It tbe government of the United States would do its duty and construct this canal the people of the northwest could save 50 per cent over the pres ent rate of transportation and save eucngb in one yesr to build the canal two oi three times over. At the expiration of the morning hour the bill went over and the house went into a committee of the whole on the half-gallon tax bill. Morrison stated that the purpose of the bill was to oornDel the pay ment of t! e taw at the time fixed by law and at the rate fixed by law on all distilled spirits remr ved Irorn the distillery warehouses From 1862 to 1866 the tax bad been collected In cash on gallons and fractions of gal lons. Id 1868 the system of collect* ing tbrr ug>< stamps had been adopted, and it having been incor> venient to have stamps for every frictional part of a gal lon, it was provided that not only gallons but parts of gallons should pay fifty cents t»x. In 1872 it had been determined not to tax less than half a gallon at ali, but to tax over half a gallon at the gallon rate. It had turned out that with a view of escapiug taxation, all parts of a gallon were lees’han a half gallon, and the commissioner of internal revenue reported that in the last year this fiaud 1 ad grown to such an ex- tent that packages wbtob contained less than half-gallon fractions, ex oeeded those containing more than a half gallon b.v 500 000. which would amount to a loss of $250,000 to the government. Wise, of Virginia, took the fl >or and as it wbs known that be intended to reply to a speech m de some time ago by Brcdv. of V.rginis, members crowded around him to listen. He started with the statement that on the 16'h inst, night petitions had been ordered for the discussion of the Fi z John Porter bill. In violation of an implied, if not ao exp e-ised under standing, he (Brady) — But he was not permitted to pro ceed further, tor Brady imp°tuoi;8'y interrup ed 1,1m and exclaimed: “The gentlenmu In making that statement s'a'es what is not true, be cause I had a direct understanding I bad a direct understanding not only with Springer, chairman of the committee of the whole, but wi h others ” Before Wise could make a reply Morrison came forward and declared indignantly : "We have bad quite enough of irrelevant maffer and I protest against it. I will have no more of it ” Wise made another attempt to pro ofed, but was again interrupted by Brady with tbo exclamation that he had been misrepresented. Wise said that he did not wish to imitate or follow the bad example of those who had gone before him He wanted to declare that he wished to occupy the floor not upon the whisky bill, but in reply to his colleague’s speech, Brmly—“That ip what I stated with regard to the F.tz John Porter bill be fore I made a speech ” Chairman—"The gentlemau tav ing slated that be did not intend to diecues the question now under de bate the chair Murks he is out of order ” Wise—"I rise now to a uuestion of privilege ’’ Chairman—"The gentleman is out of order in committe.” Wise—"Is it permissable under the order of the bouse made yesterday for me to speak Saturday ?” The chairman replied that that was a question to be considered by the then chairman of the committee. "Weli,” said Wise, "I will take the opportunity Saturday.” So the oommittee came back to the consideration of the half-gallon tax bill, which, after some further dis cnssioD, was passed and the house adj urned. SCR&TE After the transaction of the routine morning business, the senate pro ceeded to the consideration of bills on the calendar. Among the meas nree taken ap was the Joint resolu tion authorizing the president to grant permission to one or more of ficers of the army to aocept tempo rary servioe under the government of Corea to Instruct and drill its troops, the 'fficers not to reoeive pay from the United Slates during their ab sence. Sewell moved an amendment, re quiring that no leave of absenoe un der authority of the Joint resolution should continue lunger than three years. This was agreed to. The Joint i evolution was then changed to the form of a bill and temporerily laid aside to give lime for the prepsiatiou of an ameudmeut suggested by Ingalls, permitting such officers io rec-ive pay from the gov ernment of Corea. Morrill called up the house bill permitting national banks to change their name, location and capital by a vote of two thirds of ihelr share holders. Altera long debate, an amendment was made limiting the right of a bank to change its location, so that It shall not change to another state, nor to a place more than thirty miles die. tarn from the original location. Bill was then passed The bill author z'og American 'ffl cere to take service, was again tskeu up and passed. The discussion of the educational bill was then resumed, and Blair ad dressed the senate in reply io the ob jections and erb lei-ms made against r. He corn ended that the legislature o< Alabama had given unanimous en- dorse ment to the prin cipleof the bill and to tbe bill itself so far as its es sential features were concerned He denied tbat the people of the south were opposed to the measure and in sisted that they favored it. He dwell at some length upon the benefits to come not only to the south, but the emiie country, from tbe removal of illiteracy in the sc uth. Among these to come south he lLcluded an increased immigration aid conse quent increased activity and pros- perl'y. George said the house of representa tivesofhts state (Mississippi) had passed resolutions requesting tbe United Slates senators from Missis sippi to support this measure. Mis sissippi was not here, however, sb a supplicant for nations! bounty. It regarded tbe measure as a generous oflur from tbe northern slates to wards removing the illiteracy pre vailing in the south. George would he-compelled, however, to d< cline the * filer if he believed it to be unconsti tutional. He cited a number ol iu- s auces in which money had been appropriated from tbe national treas ury to purposes not In any mannei (numerated in the constitution, wh cb amounts, if the theory of tbe opponents of this education bill were correct, had ail been uulawtully and improperly paid out Among the item speciflad by George were tbe following: The purchase of Louis iana territory by Jtfhrson, atqulai tion ol Florida, purchase of Aia.ka, payment of several thou-and dollars to refund the amount paid by American cit'zens captured by At g'-nan pirates, appropriation of $50,- 0(0 in 1812, approved by President Madison, to relieve the people of V-uezula who suffered from an earthquake. Where did senators fiod authority f r these appropriations on their theory of oons itu'ion, and where in their view of the constitution sen ators found au'hority frr '.he sending of ships in 1862 to Ireland and in 1876 to France and Germany to re lieve distress in those countries In 1876 we had given millions of money to a centennial exposition; we had last year given a good deal of money to the New Orleans exposition Where was the auibrri y found iD me constitution for any one of the acts, if not in the general welfare oausi? Where wasau'hoitty found to establish a bureau of ngncul u e, send expeditions to explore 'henorm pole, observe the transit of Venus, to i ax the people to educate Indians, es> laoltsh and maintain a congressional libiary,to pay pensions. I am a siaUB rights strict cods ructionist democrat, coniinued Ge- rge, and as my con sistency has been astailed on this fl icr, I mean to prove that I am with tbe fathers in their construction George pro ceeded to argue at some length the bearing aud influence of prece dents on tbe question of constitution al interpretation, aud quoted from President Andrew Jackson’s meis sages to show that tnat or-hodox democrat had found it uecestary to change his views of the constitution in obedience to precedents. At 5 o’clock G'orge yielded to a motion fur ao executive tession, and tbe senate, after a few minutes spent in executive session, adjourned. Cutllnf Railroad Bala Special io Ki qnlrer-Kun. Chicago, Feb 24 -The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad with drew its rebate yesterday. The Union Pec fic fell into lit e and tbe Burlington and Milsurl rivers rate io San Francisco from the Missouri river of $30 limited first-class and $20 emigrant became the ruliDg figures This again reduced tbe rate to Port land, Oregon, via San Francisco, be low tbe reduction recenily made by the Northern Pacific to the aame point. Tbe last cut drives into Utah territory. The local rate from Coun cil Bluffs to Ogden has been $57 50, which Is $21 50 above tbe present rnliDg ta e to San Francisco. Asa consequence ali local rates to and be yond Ogden are disturbed. Leading officials think that both passenger and freight rates will go down io merely a nominal figure ••MB aukii. New York, February 24 —With the exception of good business in two or three stocks, tne market has been decidedly dull, but trices have gen erally been firm and strong. Lacka- waua after many fluctuations closed flower as did Be.aware and Hudson. Reading ie I higher and Erie 1J. Tbe rest of the usually active list is pretty evenly divided between! small ad vances and deolines. The principal business was io Laokawana, Bead ing end Ere Ssl^s 351,000 -hares, WASHINGTON WAIFS. • eerrtiry Waning Writes * Lett r on tbe Morrl on Tar fl Hit. Til# Pr*WiibdrxNntnt«*« Home-The Tel p"on» ttnein* • it> b* Ut«« lifitcd- Older latorrstIng H«t* t«rt. «p»c1a) to Ruantrer-gno. Washington, February 24-Or ders neve oeeu issued for ali vessels in tbe N ,'r’h A 1 lautic tqimirin, cep! 'to Brooklyn, to rei d zvou- n»sr K°y W°st, F'a , sb'u’ the Iff i f March The Brooklyn will re main at A-pinwuli, and be Adams, of tbe Pacific tquadron. at Pausing. Tbe B roi klyn is now engaged lb tearc’i of tbe ship N-piune, which Is reported to baieleft this country od a filibustering expedition stains* Honduras. MANNING UN MORRISON'S BILL.. fine si ereiary if ihe .run, uiy has written Representative Morrisou. chairmen of tbe ways and means committee, in regard to tbe probable efbot the passage of tbe Morrison isrifl bill will have on tbe public rev enues. I i the letter be st-.y- 'he net reductlou computed on a I a-is of last year’s importations would be about twelve million. In reea-d to tbe proviso limiting tbe maximum of tbe dutlia to certain $d valorem rate', he says it leaves room for con troversy on vi lues, but that values could be approximately ascertained by custom i fficers He suggests, however, tbat a provision be mad“ by which the valuation of such ( fficers should be made flra', and not leave this important quea tiori io he iu after years giilfecied to tbe ui certainties of a trial iu court, wiib ihe contequent cost to tbo peo ple of tbe refunding of duliis Tte same rema 1 ks, he says, apply to ihose clauses of the bill which fix the rate of duly according to the vuiue ol an article. He calls attention to Ihe urie.-sity of mskii g more clear, in some cases, tbe exsc t articles to which tbe prov.sjs apply, a trouble.-ome defect in the present tariff law. He expresses the opinion tbat the provisions in tbe tarifl ec's fixing tt e rale of duty ao cording to the component material of ct let value adds to litigation becaus- of tbe uncertainly of tbe no. a dug of tbat term wbeo applied to manufac tured articles. There are a number of-uits pending which involve this question and ill them tbe -ecietary tears tbe government will I e defeat- ed. Tl e leim eartueuware, be says, is also open to misoonsnuciion. Iu a leaent case it has been held to mean oi ly hc.llowware K or ware made on tbe potor’s wheel, and if this construc tion should prevail, git zed tile for illustration bee- met a non ennmer and manufactured article subject to twemy percent ad voloreat dm.v At- teu ion is also called to tbe oncer laiiiiy of the term “broken or granus laud rice,” and 'be -uggvstiou made tbat the maximum e zj be sated so as to avoidooutroversy. The secretary’s letter is accompa nied by a lab'e prepared oy the bu reau of statisdos showing the reduo tion of du y effected by the Morrison bill, computed on the basis of imports entered for eotrsump ion for ihe year ended June 30, 1885 This table esti mates a dtoreane in the revenue from bl od and woodmware of $1,080,000. Chiefly by transters to the free list. On earthen and glassware, $1 039,000, by reduc tion rates of outy. Hemp, jute and fLx, $1 805,000 by transfers to free list aud $744 000 by re- duclio of du tes. On wo i snd woolens, by a rtduct ou of rates $13 150,000; sundries $1,488 Of 0 br trsnsiers to tbe freelist. Pr.-vi-ions $502,000 by transfeis and $352,000 by reuui-ii n. Metals $411,000 t>y r»ns- fers. $323 000 by demotions. Hugars $10,177 000 by reduc.ions. O her changes effect tbe 'O'al estimated re duction of $20 171 000 O 2 548 000,000' pouuds ol sugar impoited iu.o the Ui iled Hiates during ihe last fiscal year, out-billion eight hundred anti eighty-six million pounds, or 74 per cent came fr< m Cuba, P. rto Rico, Bn zil and British West Indies. These ciun ries, ac s - cording to tbe latest advices from tbe department of state, impose an export duty on sugar. If such is a fact it 1b probable that 80 per cent of the sugar imported for last year came from countries imposing an export duty thereon. This would change tbe figures in tbe 'able of a reduction on sugar from $10 000 000 to $2,000,000, aud the agtn gUe re duo ion of duty from $20,000,000 to $12 000 000. Imports of articles of umber and lumber named in tbe bill as effected by tbe proviso as to export duty are imported from Canada, which country, so tar as learned, im poses no export duty on the artioles specified. Therefore, the provision has iittle or no efleot on tbe chief ol the bureau of statistics In the letter to ihe eecreiary of the treasury ex plaining hiscomputation, he says the (Sect which this bill will have on the volume of imports is a matter of speculation and conjecture, but tbat the general tfft-ot of the reduction in duty is, of course, to inctease impor tation. There are, however, so many elements in tbe problem that it would be hazardous to venture an oplDinn on the subject. NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS The president to-day withdrew tbe nominations of two postmasters, one iu Cmnecticut and one in Michigan. A number of C'cfl'tiVlo'j by ’.he senate In secret session last Friday were made public to day. Among them were BiepheD A Waller, attor ney of tne United 8 Men for the southern district of N< w York, to succeed Borsheimer ; J 1* Robtusou, coilrotor of customs, Alexandria, \6; William H Parker, oonsul-geueral to Corea, and a few minor atiny and consular nominations THE CURRENCY QUESTION. The general siibjeo. ot tne issue of trersury notes and silver certificates of small denominations was dlecussed at to-day’s meeting of the house com mittee on banking and currenoy. There are now forty-eight bills before the oommittee touching the subject under discusstou. It was the sense of the committee tbat a general hill, or perhaps two, covering the matter should be formulated and reported in lieu of these bills, and with that view the bills will be dividt d among three sub-committees for (xamtnatiou. POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL. The house committee on p sti filers and post roads to-day completed the post < ffioe appropriation bill. It ap propriates for the postal servio- during'he next fiscal year $54 326,- 588. an increase of $625 698 over the appropriation for the prtsen* fiscal year, aud a deoreaee of $659,575 as compared with the department’s es- timatis The estimated re venue for tbe nexi fl-cal year is $47 142 262 and flip p«tiinHteddeficiency "ludtfinite” is $7 443 914. IN FAVOR OF AN INVESTIGATION. The house commit'ee on rules to day agreed to report back Hanback’s rtso.u'.lon providing lor an lnve ti gat ton of tbe Pan eleotrlc telephone matter. The oommiuee have not yet framed a r solu'ioti, but are agreed that the investigating comm.ties »h' u’d consist of uine m-'inbors. GOODE INDIGNANTLY DENIES IT Bojtcitoi G.uetal G.ode a.Berts that tile charges understood to bsvp been Slid against bun before the senate Jtidioiary committee, arc utter ly false Hes»yshe has had no con nection directly, or tuuirtctly, with any election fraud in Vlrgintaor else where, and iud’gLtantly denies that he has ever been guilty of bribery or other ooriupt practices The charge that he reoeived $500 for procuring au office for a man, ue pronounces io be absolutely without foundation. In tbe oases specified, or in a ly other case whatever, be attributes the charges to Senator Mrhone, who he s*ys, is his personal enemy. He also says he oourts the fullest Investiga tion by tbe senate. CALLING FOR PAPER3 In the secret session t tne senate to d-y a resolution fiorn the turns merce committee was adopted catting on tbe secretary of the treasury for papers iu tela'ion to the au- pension of Customs Collector Win Wells, of VermoD'. DISCUSSING EDUCATION. The utpuitmeut oi superintendence of tbe national educational associa tion lain ix s-hon here. Profjtoues A L rveit, ol Huntsville, Ala, r. a t a paper on "National Aid to E luna tion ’’ He favored the passage by congress of the bill on this sut-j-’C’ now pending In tbe di-cu^-ion which followed, Representative Wil lis, of Kentucky, made an earnest speech in advocacy of this measure, taking the ground that coDgiess can lawfully appropriate moDey or lands for edu cational purposes. Hon Theodore Nelson of Michigan, Hon B 8 Mor gan of West Virginia, an t Hon H M Hkiuuer, of I -dtaua, took part in the diecussion. Skinner said that dur ing Jackson’s administration western schtols received substantial money ail by ru'hority of congreiB, the right and constitutionality ot wnich was not at that time question'd 8 F Finger, ol North Carolina, read a papers on the ’ Educational aLd Rt-ligi' u-s In terests of tbe Colored People of tue South” He give an exteutive re view of the actual condition ot the colored people to-day aud their pas 1 history, and from that drew his con clusion as to how they shouid be edu cated. He held tbat their condition was such that it wouid not be prac ticable to have mixed schools The colored people themselves did not want mixed schools, and the white people would not have them. The colored people were not as anx ious to-day to educate their children as they were Just after the close of the war. They had learned by expe rience that they have to work to gain a living even with au education, and the tendency now was the other way. BcirbiIbi OfirAlUaa. IlMtai to iH«irir-en. Pittsburg, Pa , February 24.—A Sieubeuviile, Ohio, special says : The Junction iron and nail mill at Mengo resumed work this morning In every department, and nearly 400 men are now employed. Orders are coming in thlok, aud Mengo is again flour ishing. Tbe Brilliant nail works, at Brilliant, this county, will resume operations In all departments next week, the company having signed the Mengo scale. The boiling de partment will go to work on Moo* day, and the nail factory will be ready about Thursday. The Co operative nail works, In this city, snipped their first car lead of naila to Pittsburg to-Uay, and the works are running day aud night. 4 SI 15,000 Firs, Bpselsl to Krqulrar-San. St Paul, February 24 —The dam age to the stock of MaDnbelmer A Co by yesterday’s fire is now placed at $115 000, with au imurauce of $115,000 well dia ributedi FOREIGN FLASHES- The Trial of the Le. dtrs of ihe Lon don Hint. Chaaifeai l»l« Fat VTpou Ifer* F-inud—A PIdbmUI Orlilt In * * ••den - Foreign W*rhHM Dlitbnrffd from Otvorn- niiai Works la Itorrtn Bv Arglo Arn*rlos,o Ovt>]pq. London, February 24 — Hiring in the case of Burns, llyoiima t, Chum pion aud Wilburns, accut-cd by the authorities of having inoUed recent riots, was returned to-day. Tin set- siou was devoted principally io hear ing of the testimony ot the newspaper reporters as to tbe exact language used by he defendants In their In- fiammuiory speeches. Hyndmau, btfore the preoteding formally open ed, entered complaint against the editor and proprietors of the Punch aud asked for their arrest. He alleged that they attempted to t xcltu the pub lic against the defendants and pre judice their trial by punllstilLg a pic tuie of "Mr Punoh” in the act of puhlioiy hanging them, iu this way suggesting to the people the form of vengeance tolt.fliol upon tiie defend ants. The magistrate declined Hyud- man’s request, saying he hail no power to mterfere ou the grounds specified. Joseph Chamberlain, prssident of the local government board, and Jesse Collings, member of parlia ment and author of the "three acres a .d a cow” Httieudmet-t. on wtiteb tbe CH’servative ministry were de feated, were present during the laier stages of the hearing. The magis trate, sfier the reporters had con cluded their testimony, said he in tended to commit all the prisoners for trial. Williams, counsel, upon this arose and contended that his client was outside Mm iudictmuui and could not, tlie-r- f re, ix it volvid in tbe order for trial. The lawyer argued that ti e words used by his cileut were not so strong as the lan guage Id almost dally use iu the press. Painting to Cliamborlatu, oout sel said : “When me right hou arable member lot Bliiulugham, has employed in the house of commons even stronger language Mian ihatirn- pu ed to my client, he has been ap plauded.” This cr"a'ed a pauic and the prosecution’s o unsel declared It was intended to shield Chil ders, home secretary, and ihe police who are aiiHwerabk- for the whole trouble Hyudman, who defended hiimelf, denied Hiai there was any e»u<s for his proito lion or any of h!s c m .anions H continued! “If I am to tie convicted on my speech's lin o Chain’e lain should stauil in ihe cock along side nr:e ” Hyndman ibio coniended that tne whole blame r s'-d on the police, who could uud shi.u.d nuvo prevent ed ihe rlo.iug. Chamberlain oonsen'ed 'o be 1 worn as a witness When he had taken the oath Champion a^kid wtie.t woie the government's inieuiiou wiui re gard to relieving the disirets among ’.he unemployed, and whetinr he himsell favored a revolution in tho laud laws ot England. The rnagia- trate refused to allow the question to be answered by the witness Cham pion explained that be desired merely io examine Chamberlain as nn ex pert Tbe magistrate asked, "What 7 in revolution ?” To this Champion replied, "No, in political agitation.” The magistrate again refused to permit such an examination of tbe witness, and as tbe defendants de sired to sulijeo' him to no other, he was allowed to retire. Gladstone's private seirharywas the next witness, I ut nothing of im portanc-’ was, elicited from him GLADSTONE'S IRISH 'POLICY It is reported that ibt fiisi outline of Gladstone’s Irish proposals lias bi e;i presented to his colleagues in the cibiuot and tha' "honi i rule” goes toe whole length of restoring me Irish parliament. (Jermaiy. FOREIGN WORKMEN DISCHARGED Berlin, February 24 —All me workmen of foreign birth Lave b< e .» discharged from employment in tho government dock yards. This action was taken because of the disclosures in the case of Captain Hurauw, re cently oonvicted of having sold plans and information of G rrnau fortifica tions to Major Grizot, of the Frecoh general s all. Capiain Hurauw is a Dane, and no man of German birth baa yet been arrested for his offence. It Is thought tbat no persons of foreign birth will he permitted to re main In the service of tho German war department. a «.Sm. A FINANCIAL CRISIS. Stockholm, February 24.— Coma merciul depression here Las reached tho crisis. The number of failures is steadily increasing. The gravity of the financial si’uatlon has not been paralleled since the puDio of 1877. A D'M.iiaiU VMlarr. Speolal to tho Eutjairor-Pon. J Milwaukee, Win, February 24 — Returns from various parts of ihe filth congressional district Bhow T R Hndd, a damocrat of Green Buy, to have been elected by a laige majority as tbe successor to the late Congress man James Rankin. A Blew Aip«el< Special to Esqatrer-Bau. Chicago, February 24-Tho Mo* Connies lockout hai a-sumed a new u-yec*. A utcret mars netting of the employes was held last night. There were present about 800 em ployes of tbe reaper factory. Tha stssiou was a stormy one aud result, ed in the adoption of a series of ream lutions of the following purport; That a board tie appointed eotnoosed of reprtssutatives of the dillsrenl tiades, lo which everything pertain ing to a settlement snail be referred; mat no proposition will be enter tained uot looking to i lie reopening of the works with union men in all department'; that the McCormick firm signs a guarantee him.mg tbe powers of Superintendent Averill in 'tischarglrg uien who work in the interest of oiyu.nz.d iabur. Mol* cl is and metal workers men pledge themselves to stand together iu cot summating Ihelr purposes. The adoption of thdue resolutions, it is feared, does away with the hopes of an early settlement. The presid ing officer said that ou and after to day the kuights of labor would pre vent any cars or stock of any de scription from being taken to or from the works. This notion gives tho locked out members of the kuighta the right to call upon local assemblies for daily aid, and It is clearly evident that such aid will be r< qulred at no distant day to feed and oiothe 1300 men aud others uflecttd by tbe lock out The lockout for twelve months will cost, it is estimated, not less than $1,009 000, but the men say tha money will be forthcoming if neces sary. Bpselsl <o Katiulrer ana. Cincinnati, February 24 -A pa per wsh read before the interna- ’ Mon editorial convention by A H Lowery, of Illinois, on "Jotirnalistla Euiis;” J B Stanly, of Alabama, read a paper on "The Press of Ala bama,” and T R Bettis, of Arkansas read one ou "Foreign Advertising.’ Tills paper caused much discusstou aud the tesuli was the appointment of a committee to consider tho topic aud report to morrow morns ing A 8 Maun, of the Florida dele gation, Invited twenty members of the convention logo ou an excursion t > Floiid* as guests of the Florida delegation. At noon th‘ a'-oolalion was escorted to Muiio hail where Jeaueitr, 'he bull organist of the Colltge of Music, gave an or gan leoltal At 12:30 tlie delegates went in a buly io tho chamber of commerce, where they were warmly welcomed by the muiubers and by President Edwin Htevens, who mado a brief address Responses were made by President Herbert, of the assooiaiioD, aud others. U ,4c-r U.tTf lluaS. fpMta! (• iin««tr<rr-4*Mk. Richmond Va , February 24 — Peter C Wurwiofc and George A Barksdale, pie-blent and Measurer, respectively, of 'he Gallego mills manutac.uring company, who were indicted yesterday ou the charge of felonv ii’ connection with Mie affairs of Urn company, api-eared iu court .<> day and were hailed in $10,(100 esch to answer at the Marcli term of the hustings court. L«c«l Oftilua for Virginia. •l|ieHl*i u* Kn<it.\irer-8an Richmond February 24 — Tho heuse ot dex-gutes to day adopted, with some amendments, tt c local op tion till pas-e'l by the senate Moca day. Tne house amendments were subs - quendy concurred in by the senate, and the bill now goes io the governor for his acUou. The bill passed applies to all cities and coun- ti.s in the state, exespt where local option law t ow exists. Ouj Oa m Wirlkt, u E quiver^Han. Milwaukee, February 24—About six liunertu employes In six of the lurgest boot and uboe factories of this el'y wtDt out on u strike last even ing because of the refusal of the man- u’ac 1 ureis lo sign a scale of wages as pri-paicd by tbe boot and shoe makers’union. The sir kers will tic assisted by tbe Knigti’s of Labor, which now have u membership of 4000 iu tho city. -idTunfid. fJlHiclri) to ifiuoulror-Hau. Lebanon, Pa. February 24 —To day Mie employes of R VV (Julemen heiis’ Rjbei-onia iron company and the North Corn wall furnaces, all under the same munngement, hail their wages advanced 15 pec cent without solicitation on their part. Intrcttifl «rVi|«i, Ip«c1a1 to XDQalrtr-SBB Wilmington, Del, F-*b 24.—The employe* of Wm Bush <k Hons’ Mo rocco factory were yesterday award-n ed an increase of twenty per cent iu wages by the joint committee of ar bitration upon which each party wan represented by three members. Thy award was accepted by both parties Til* Wfcltfez PmI. J»—Ui U J»fmir<T-tS«i».J Peoria, III, February 24 —Tl wpb era export assoc.atlon, after tw day’s session, has adjourned, havlr}*, settled all difficulties. Tha running cupauily lemaius tbe same, 28 pec cent. The price of gooda also re mains tho same. The meutirg wa« harmonoua. A MifiBUbvat Baratd, fl>xnal to KnQ»lror-8a«. New Orleans, February 24 —Tb« steamboat Tensas, en route to this city from Tensas river with 1014 bale« ofcottou snd 2700 sacks of cotton send, wee burned near Eutaw land ing on Black river. Tne boat and cargo, which were valued at $50,000, r.ie a t'-’tsl loie No lives were Pat,
