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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,
