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YOL. XXVIII—-»Q 65
COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1886
PRICE FIVE CENTS
forty-ninth congress
Tito Route P> sses the Pension Dili
With Only One Diss ntlug Vkt'.
I t bull One* l«if Il uori.au n Mona
kbnpn - Ultiton llthtt u Nentmin
ftpi'iata on tun Kduotiluu mil.
special 10 Enonlver-Sun,
Washington, March 4.—The
811 aker luul before u e house a coin
tuuuicaltou from the stereo ry of mar
recommending au appropriation for
extra “uty pay io enlist mi n employ-
id at For Irene Monroe, Referred
Crisp, if Ge rgia, from the com
niittee on commerce, pretented the
views of minority on the bill to in-
cotporate the Atlantic and Pi.ctfio
ruilway. Committee of the whole
The minority after detailing the obi-
jeotioi 8 which they bae e to the bill,
say “we regard this proposition ai
one granting subsidy that may and
probably will take from the public
ueasury $37 500,000 for tl e beuiflt of
a private corporation located and to
be cpe.ated exclusively Id a foreign
cournry without ui y corresponding
benefit to our country or people.
In the morning hour the house
passed the bill for a public bulldiDg
at Asheville, N C, at aoostnjtex>
ceedit’g $80,000, and for a public
building at HavannRh. G\ at a cos’
no exceeding $200 000. Oq motion
ofRaudali, further debate on the
pension bill was limited to ihr< e
hours.
Debate continued os yesterday, al-
most entirely political, with only an
incidental and occasional reference
to the pending pension bill.
Cabell, of Virginia, deprecated the
slur which he said had been cast upon
southern members by the gentleman
from Iowa (Henderson) He had
been a confederate, but when he sur
rendered it was in good faith and he
renewed an honest devotion to the
union of states and the constitution
of the country, and whatever the
gentlemen might say or whatever
they might intimate, he was is true
and loyal to-day to tbe union o'
the states and the constitution a-
the man who Bat in the white
bouse, or ae tbe man who
in an unmauly way made an
innuendo to the contrary But as
long as he was a lepreseutative, he
would vole as be thought proper and
as hi6 conscience dictated. Btandit g
behind tbe widows, tbe same gentle
man assailed the southern members
for their vote. Why not come in au
honest way and say that tbe south
must bear the expense of a pension?
and not come in an unmanly way
and thrust continually in its face,
and say : “We ate your friet ds and
love you, but you caused this debt
to be put on the country and
we mean to make you pay it.” That
was tbe tne inwardness of this talk,
and it exhibited a want of manliness
for men to assail others whom they
supposed to be helpless and unable to
say anything in return for unkind,
ungei. eroua and unmanly remarks.
The geutleman from Obi,: (Butter-
wortl) had gone out of his way io
tell the southern people how wicked
they were. The gentlemen who
undertook to talk about affairs
in the south gained their
information from the miserable set of
vampires and vermins that had fall,
en upon the south alter the war with
more blighting efleot than tbe locusts
and lloe of Egypt. This stufi was
brought up from the south by those
creatuie; who were so miserable that
they had ‘ been spewed oat by the
north and had settled on tbe soatb.
He wondered what those creatures
had been made for, unless God
Almighty in His wisdom In order to
show what miserable things be
could make had created tbe carpet
bagger and put him down in the
southern states. The gentleman had
talked about ballot- box stuffing and
then demonstrated by his own speech
that if there was corruption and vil
lainy aud iu'quity shown in an elec
tion in any oouniry on God’s green
earth it was in the state of Ohio and
iu the city of Cincinnati, of which
the gentleman was so proud ”
After short spetchts by Springer,
Burrows, Hammond and oth- re,
Henderson, of Iowa, lock the floor
and again st acked southern demo-
erts, saying he bad no apologies to
make for anything contained in his
previous speech. Some former utters
ances which had been most criticised
and answered, he now repeated, and
he closed the debate, he said, as he
had begun it, without one rancorous
feeling in his heart. In the course
of his speech Henderson was fre
quently interrupted with the ap
plause of his party colleagues.
Warner, of Ohio, replied
to an attack upon him
by Grosvenor and in tarn he assailed
Groavenor.
After farther debate the committee
rose and reported the bill to the
house.
Townshend, who had obarge of tbe
hill, took the floor, but expressed his
desire of yielding to a motion to ad
journ, as he might wish to make
some remarks on tbe bill to-morrow,
but the house would not listen to this
idea and cries of "vote!” “vote I”
came from all sides, Townahend,how
ever, stood his ground and declared
that the yeas and naysmuBt betaken
on the bill. The roll oall, he said,
would demonstrate that the inflam
matory and unjust speeches made on
the other side were uncalled for and
was taking valuable time. He then
went into an argument to show that
the charge that Commissioner
Dudley turned the pension
bureau into a partisan machine was
true and read from Bffldavlts and let
ters on file in ihe ptusion bun an re
lating to c<rlaln eltciions to ihow
that soldiers had been promised pen
sions, and pensioners bad been prom
ised iucrtnsed pet.sloi s by ihe iflls
dale of ibe pension c fflee, if they
would voie the republican ticket.
Rndal! tuf vtd the previous ques
tion, which was utderid The ayep
and noee were then taken, and the
bill wi s parsed—ayes 241, nays 1.
B lined, of North Carolina, cast the
only dissenting vote.
Rn dull moved to reconsider the
vote aud to lable thai motion, but
Reed interposed with Bn amendment
to strike nut the last three v orda of
'he title, and upon this motion he
proceeded to reply toTownshend and
more particularly to atlack Commis
sioner Black for furnishing to indi
vidusl members far rartisan uses
documents from the i fflcial archives
of his bureau.
In the course of further debate,
which this attack created, it appeared
that letters and : flldavits read by
Townsbend, were not a part of the
officials records of the pension bureau
but had beeu gathered by Commis
sioner Black outside of the line of his
- fficial duty.
Reed then withdrew his amend
ment and the motion to reconsider
and lay on tbe table prevailed with
out further objection.
Grosvenor, of Ohio, said that in
the heat of debate be had used lan
guage towards Warner whioh he
wished to have omitted from the
records.
Warner desired to withdraw any
objectionable language which he
might have used.
Wilson, of West Virginia, from
the committee on appropriations, re
ported the District of Columbia ap
propriation bill and it was referred to
the committee of the whole.
The speaker announced the spe
cial committee to inves'igute the
facts concerning the ownership of
the Pan-electric telephone stock by
certain public < fficers, as followt:
Boyle Oates, Eden, Hall, Hale,Bar
ney, Millard, Hanback and M flett.
The house then, at 7:45, adjjurueri.
I1JWATR.
Sewell, from the committee on
library, reported avorablv a joiut
resolution accepting from William H
Vanderbilt and Julia Dent Grant
objects of value aDd art presented by
foreign governments to tbe late
Ulysses S Grant. Ou tbe suggestion
of Ingalle it was changed to Ihe fotm
ot a bill On the suggestion of Logan
it was also changed so that the name
ol M: a Grant should precede that of
Vanderbilt. Logan said he thought
that would be the appropriate order
The bill was then passed.
. Sewell, from the committee on
military affairs, reported favorably
tbe house hilt for there.lief of General
F'lz John Porter, with a report giv
ing ihe views of a majority of the
committee. Seweil addtsl that Logan
would later submit the views of the
minority:
Riddlebergei said that some of his
remuiks yesterday lisa been con
strued to be oftensive personally to
some of the senators, and (specially
to a senator from North Carolina. If
anything that oould he so construed
was pointed out to Riddleberger in
the Record he would be glad to erase
It before the revised editiun of the
Reoord was printed. His only ob
ject had been to protest against the
admission of professional lobbyists to
the floor of the senate, tne men who
came to persuade senators, and if
they could not persuade the sens
tors, then to abuse them and black
guard them. He had meant no of
feree to the senator from North Car
olina.
VanWyck attempted to get np the
bill increasing the pension of wid
ows and dependent relatives of de
ceased soldiers, but tbe desire of sen
ators to proceed with the education
bill interfered with it.
Tbe education bill was then taken
up. The yeas and nays were taken
on Dolph’s amendment oflered yes
terday and resulted yeas 17, nays 28
—so the amendment was rejected
It was upon this amendment that
Riddleberger raised the point of or
der yes'erday
Gibson favored the bill. Having
spoken fniiy on it at the last session,
he said he would now make no argu
ment, but a brief statement. “While
it has been demonstrated,” Gibson
said, “that congress posses es the
power under tbe coDstltutl n to make
a grant of the proceeds arising from
the sale of public lands, or tbe publio
lam’s themselves, however acquired,
and may make a grant of public
moneys from the treasury, however
derived, in the aid of eduoation in the
states, it must, however, divide in
aid of eduoation in the states.
I must confess tl at It
has power like that to declare war,
so liable to abuse that I would not re
sort to it with a purpose to establish
an undevlating and unlimited polloy,
and would exercise it only under
stress and the pressure of the most
urgent, exceptional and extraordi
nary circumstances. Tbe justifica
tion for its exercise at this time
grows out of the most calamitous and
stupendous transaction of our coun
try, the war between tbe enlightened
and powerful commonwealths of the
American union, lasting, it is true,
only four years, yet marke 1 by sac
rifices of property and life and fol
lowed by political and so
oisl revolutions without a
parallel in the history of civilized
men. The north that emerged tri
umphant from the conflict is not in
all respects the north whioh entered
into It. Material changes have taken
place in tbe vital conditions of sooi-
:'j, r:°u'““g - the gredus, J—p.
pearance of the old a mple ways of
living and the cream tt of a class on
one baud who poseess mo e cot oou-
trated weal'h and power than any
oil ei order of nubility iu
any nation of Europe, and
exercise: more txtoiis.ve: authority
over the occupations of the
pioplethan the fri'e.ui gov r intent
lift'll; aud, on I' e other lr ml, at*
other eies* depending on their daily
labor for iheir daily bread, and sepa
rat’d from the former class t>v it deep
and wtdenirg chasm. Wl'bout
meaning to <x»ggt rule iheevlls liable
to grow from a dli-piipori innate die
iributiou of wealth. II would have to
be idmicted that eduoation wis in-
(llspt usable for the welfare of the peo
ple's government, it dispensable for
tbe solu ion of the ; r >biems involv
ed In the' relations of ci'izer s to the
stateand the limitations upon corpor
ations. The people will beenab'el
to govern heim-eives with universal
suflrage by means of universal edu
cation, or sooner or later they will be
governed as in #11 the most powerful
nations of Europe—by permauout
class dis'lt c ious, wuh special privi
leges, becked by standing armies.
Our own country Is the only excep
tion o this rule among great and
rich nations Let us invoke every
ii fluence aud ageucy before the pop
ulation becomes too dense and un
wieldy in favor of popular rights and
education as the surest reward of
a republican governmen'; a better
aud more irua'.lipeut I allot than
bayonetf; better eo operation and
gicd understanding than measures
ot repression.
“Accepting the situation as it ex
isted, the south put forth every exer
tion, every circumspection, every re
source, patience, wisdom and courage
to meet the conditions, to reconcile
herself to them as site could and to
find some firm, common grruud on
which all her people might move for
ward again in harmonious relation
and peaceful order to self-govern
ment. and the purouit of hup-pines*.
The magnitude and d fflculty of the
task can only be appreciated by those
ou whom it was imposed and by
those noble-hearted men of the
north, who, having surveyed the
whole field, eame forward with get-
eruus sympathy anei abundant means
to aid in a great work of moral aud
educational advancement. It may
be, it will doubtless be, that on the
ruins of the old order, stronger and
happier commonwealths shall arise,
bu’ it must be plain without argu
ment that one indisputablecondition
of prosperity—nay, of peace, security
aud well-being iu these common-
wealths—tbe guarantee for life and
property, tbe secure establishment of
universal suffrage, ie to be universal
education. While manifest perils to
free institutions ■ xtsts in (he north
as well as in the south, they are nat-
utaliy to be fouud in a larger meas
ure in the section wblob whs more
affected by the passions aud changes
ot civil war, and which It must be
admitted does not receive so large a
proportion of the expenditures of tbe
federal government in pensions and
for the public debt, the support of
theatmy and navy and the protec
tion of manufacturing industries and
the shipping interests, while contrib
uting a full proportionate share of
federal taxation.
“Tbe south of to-day is not iu ail
respects the south as she stood before
the war—twenty-five years ago.
Never was the discomfiture and ruin
of a oountry more complete The ex
haustion of Prussia uudtr Frederick,
or ot-Franee under Napoleon, was
not more thorough. Succeeding
her military overthrow she
witnessed all her local in
stitutions, industrial, financial,
educational and religious, all organ
ised forces of her society shattered
aod pulverized, their very founda*
tions torn up and destroyed—a com
plete bouleversement—and herpollt-
cal, rehabilitated, committed chit fly
to her former negro slaves, elevated
not only to be Ireemen, but inf.an
chief-d aDd entrusted with political
control. The conditions referred to
wsrranted the legislation of this bill
as a temporaiy expedient to meet tbe
great public exigency The aid of
'ered shou’d bo regarded not as daily
btead, bu' as medicine for a grave
national disorder ”
Logan moved his amendment al
ready suggested increasing the ap
propriation to the total amount of
$136 000.000 in ten years, apportioned
iu a similar ratio to the present oil!
The amendment was defeated after a
long debate. Logan then said: “To
see whether cur educational friends
mean what they say, I will move
another amendment already sug
gested by me appropriating two mil
lion dollars to aid in the building of
school houses in communities of
sparse population, among people
wbo wculu find it comparatively
difficult to ereot school houses.”
This amendment was adopted after
debate which consumed tbe re
mainder of the day’s session. In its
course Van Wyck said the votir g of
tbe colored man of the south was
nauseating to the white people.
Would those white people be auy bet
ter satisfied with negroes voting when
they should become educated ? He
appealed to the senator from South
Carolina (Hampton) for information.
Hampton said be personally was
not obnoxious to tbe criticism made
by Van Wyck, for he (Hampton)
oould claim that he was the first man
in the south after the war, and he be
lieved the first mau in America, that
proposed to give the negro the right
to vote, and did that immediately
after tbe war.
Van Wyck was glad to bear that,
but raked ''Did the white men of
S I'i'b Carolina follow vmrr (ximple
Mississippi follow your example?”
There was the misfortune There
had been a leader with the right im
pulse, but the followers were rebel
lious as of old [Laughter ]
Voorims sahi the senator from
S Uth Caroline (Hamp'oo) was too
modest to eay What he (Voorhei s)
would stiy, that the people of B ulb
Candida had so far followed tiiat
dialieguisbed senator as to make
him goverrn r of that slate in a way
that ‘ stuck” and the negroes had
made him such governor.
Van Wyck was glsd of that, too,
and glad to know that Hampton was
bold enough aud brave enough to
stand up iu advance and adv ca e a
principle that had I ecorne bo impon,
! ant a feature ot the consti ution
Van Wyck disclaimed auy unkind-
ne“S by his remarks.
L g-n’s amendment provides for
$2 000,000 to aid iu tbe building of
school houses in localities where the
population is sparse, uot more titan
half of tbe ixpeDse or building to
come fr-m the fund and not more
than $150 in any exeat.
Adj vurned.
ON ’GHANG-E.
WASHINGTON WAIFS.
Pres'dcnt C ereUml Recognize# the
Negro Element in the Parly.
An Irngnhr Market Clntlnt Wtik,
Spioial to Awrir«r*Bti«i. I
Nkw York. March 4.—Confident
believers iu higher prices following
the supposed settlement of Reading
differences were disappointed in to
day’s stock market. The opening
prices were irregular, showing
charges ranging fr< m a decline of |
to an advance of } In the first few
minutes there wus a decided break in
the quotations which was followed
by a slow recovery during tba fore
noon. After midday the market was
again heavy aud in Ihe last hour
very decidedly weak, Lackawanna
yielding 1J, other coal stocks smaller
amounts, aud the whole list fractions.
BetB *i re freely taken to-day that no
cash dividend would be declared at
the next meeting of the Western
Union directors. The stock was weak
ail day aud shows a loss of] J Lacka
wanna ia down 3. Delaware and Hud
son 2J Jersey ]J, Reading 1and
the re-r of the active list fractions.
Sales 428 000 shares.
LABOR TROUBLES.
Ttai fllrlkearttie New Turk I'tr Driven.
Spfoial to Er.qulrer-Bnn
New York, March 4 —Contrary
to report, Done of the horse car lines
tied up this mcrnlrg All of tb-rn,
with the txceptloo of tbe Dry D ,ck
line, are running as usual. Tits lat
ter line is comple’e'y blockaded and
this has caused some trouble to the
other lines which cross its route.
Some of the long lines in Brooklyn,
extending from the ferries to south
Brooklyn, ate at a standstill, owing
to a strike of the employes for $2 a
day arid twelve hours work.
New Y kk, March 4—Two at.
tempts were made to start the horse
oars in Brooklyn tosday. The car on
which was Mr R ebardson himself
and a detachment of police, after
many mishaps and considerable club
bing, made its way from tl e Fifth
avenue stables to 'he ferry. Tbe Job,
with other cars, was abandoned be
fore it had been ru u twenty feet from
tbe Seventh aver us depot. A mass
of railroad iron iflectually blockaded
Ita passage.
■aglM4,
By AcglO' Amtrlcwu Utbiea.
London March 4 The govern
ment has telegraphed authority to
Lord Duflerin to definitely annex
Burmah.
France.
THE FRENCH PRINCES NOT TO BE
EXPELLED
Paris, Mateo 4 —Amid great ex-
clement the chamber of depu'ies
this afternoon ri Jecteci the motion
for tbe immediate expulsion of
French princes from France. Tbe
vote against tbe measure was 345 to
176 iu favor.
I Noiro Appelated >• flnirru*»«r Io
Oo«Klma — if.CArltiu (ho ITnbuftn
Wruwcrs-Tlif Iron nud N6#tl Itidn*'
A Horrible u«alb,
8e«0t«J <• .
Raleigh, N C, March 4 —This
morning Mrs Joseph Miller, aged
seventy years, was burned :o death
here. Sbe was of feeble mind, and
in two years bad not spoken. Her
busbaDd left her for a few minutes,
and seeing smoke pouring rut of tne
doors of tbe house, returned to find
hie wife in flames. In a few minutee
she died.
Arehbtihcp t’trrliaa,
fpcolal Io Intiairer-Snu.
New York, Maroh 4.—The "pal
lium” was conferred upon Arch*
bishop Corrigan, of the eee of New
York in ihe cathedral to-day. The
ceremony was very impressive and
attracted to the cathedral many
thousand more people than could ob
tain admittance.
BsduS a Writ at Dakra. Csrsii,
Spsolal to Enquirer-Baa.
Columbus, O, March 4 —The su
preme oourt this morning t.fflrmed
the decision of the lower court in re-
fusing to grant a writ of habeas
corpus in the case of Daniel J Dillon,
of Cincinnati, held for oontempt by
the house of representatives.
ftsorned tp OfKlta.
Ip—4ci <• iwirw
Richmond, Va, March 4 —Miss
Bertha Sampson, wbo with her
mother was eo tearfully burned yes.
terday in Munches'er by the clothes
Horc Lomi ttttrlM,
Manchester, N H, March 4.
of "the former taking fl're, died from ! The Arruskeag mills this morning
Spoolal to Ktiqulrer-Sai'
Washington, February 4—Msjor
James Btiuile, sixth cavulry, has
beeu ordered to Washington tors
port to Ihe adjutant general for as
signment to duty as Oi.iumitndanl at
F ri Myers, Va This detail is in ac
cordance with the desire of the sec
retary of war, that Fort Myers shall
be oonduc id as n military post amt
not merely ns a signal service sta
tion as heretofore. It will, however,
continue as a school of instruction
for men in the signal service.
HEAHINa THE TOBACCO GROWERS
The tfub-cuummtce of the ways
and meins committee, consisting of
Messrs Hiadly, Uiejkenrldge of Ar
kansas amt Mt Kinley, gave a hear
ing to sevetal gentlemen, tolncco
growers iu Connecticut, New Y^rk
and Wisconsin, on Hie subject of the
proposed clause iu the tantt bill re
lating to tobacco. The present law
provides that leaf tobacco suitable
tor wrappers, ol which it r> quires
more than 100 leaves to weigh a
pound, shall pay a duly' ol 75 cents.
Arguments rne.de before the sub
committee by E N Phelps, of Wind
sor, Coun L L Lind, of Edgerton,
Wis, and W C Morse, of Painted
Post, N Y, were to the effect
that the limitation of 100 leaves to the
ponnd should be emitted, and the
duty should be imp >sed on all leaf
tobaceo commercially known as
wrappers, seventy-five cents per
pound if uot stemmed, and one dollar
per pound if stemmed U*r.>reBeuU»
tive Buck, of Connecticut ] argued u
the c me sense, and E M Crawford, of
New York, president of the tobaoco
board of trnde, gave hla views as to
tbe proper working of ihe law. The
main objection wus to the competition
of Sumatra tobacco, whioh it ie
claimed, interferes very-eueibly with
Connecticut need leaf.
IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES
The iron aud s'eel industries of the
oountry were discussed before the
ways and mians committee to-day by
a delegation of tire American nteei as
sociatlon. Among the many gentle
men present were B F Jones, chair
man of the delegation and president
of the American Iron and S’eel as
sociatlon, Joseph Wmirton, ot P iilu-
delpbia, representing the steel rail
industry, Mr Rid lley, of the Spring,
field III, Open H arts steel, Joseph
E Emerson, of Beivcr Fil s, Pa,
steel; Henry Whhlev, of Philadel
phia, sheet iro ; T LI Wells, of
Youngstown, O, for cotton ties and
hop iron. President Jf tea r pened
the proceeding with a brief address,
protesting against the present agita
tion of the tariff question, which the
association was asrured wonjd he in
jurious to the busiDeep interests of
the country. Wharton’s remarks in
behalf of the steel rail interest, par
took lsrgoly of tiie 'onto of a renly to
the cross-examination by Hewitt, of
New York.
H wltt irquired if the southern
people could not make their own
steel rails.
Mr Wnarton replied that the or. a
down south were not adapted to the
oheap production of bs semer and
baielc steel. He admitted, however,
that the south would ultimately find
suitable ores aud make its own rail*.
Hewitt inquired why the souih
should fear foreign competition, to
wh'cli Wharton replied the Industry
had not to far developed in thssou h
as to admit of competition. He de
clined positively to say that Ibe
southern people would eventually be
able to e rnpete with England in
southern markets, declaring that any
such statement would be in tin lit e
of prophecy.
RECOGNITION OF THE NEGROES BY
CLEVELAND.
The presidem to day ne-ruinated
James C Matthews, of New York, to
be recorder o deeds in the D s rict ol
Columbia, vice- Frederick D uiglass,
resigned. Matthews is a well known
colored lawyer, a graduate of the
Albany law school. He has been
admitted to tbe bar of the (Jolted
States supreme court. It is said that
he ha* been eucceHnful in the practice
of bis profession and lias labored
zea ously and effectively for thedeiu
ocratic cause in state and national
campaigns since 1872.
AN ELABORATE BILL
The bill prepared by tbe state vltlc
uiular committee of Collfornia and
national vinegrowers’ association of
New York relating to spurious and
adulterated wines, together with
amendments proposed t.y the com
missioner of Internal revenue, was
to-day presented to Representative
Green, who is a vinegrower of North
Carolina, and it will be introduced in
the house at the earliest opportunity.
The bill is quite elaborate and em
braces abou 5000 wt rds and under
its provisions pure wines, the pro
duct of this country, are exempted
from taxation, but all compounds or
aduitsratlons of wines are taxed, aud
when such compounds or adultera
tions arc represented to be pure they
are subject to forfeiture and offenses
against ti e law are punishable by
fine aud imprisonment in addition
the forfeiture.
TRADE PROSPECTS.
flBOHrurtartn CompminlDK THm Yli*J
Aro Not Tot NhIiIvi Itlonejt
Philadelphia, March 1 —Tin
75 000 Itxtile workers in Pliiladcl-.
|dtiu aud near tt i> e crowded with
work The demand for all kinds off
tex’lle products will b- “oosideriibK"
greater than lawtyiar, not withstand*-
mg the fact that there Is an advance
on niateriul front 15 to 25 percent a tuf’
tu soma directions from 30 h 40 per
cant Strikes have beeu settled iu. 1
ibeca .e ,silk, uroomau and upitol*
stery trades, a d a 10 per cent ad
vance lias been agreed upon. Alii
the carpet and oloih looms are stilit
busy. Quiets iu st me casts ruu
three months ahead. Some hosiery
u.a ufuoturers are ruuning night
aud day. Tne prices are low conelii*
ering the advanced price of material
and labor.
MANTFACTUREB8 COMPLAINING.
Manufacturers complain that, they
are miking no more out of the in
creased cost than last year whet#
prices were lower. The mills making-
textile machinery, both here and in
New- E gland, have booked a good
many orders within thirty itaye,
which seems to Indicate that the d^-v
tuaod for tixlllc products is steadily
increasing.
Heary importations of medium,
wools from Great Britain and Austra
lia are looked for at New York and
Philadelphia within thirty days..
Manufacturers are bolding off In con
sequence, and buyers are a little
ei sier Fine li-ecee are abundant.
IRON HOLDING ITS t.WN.
The iron trade holds its own am]
an enormous demand is in s ght for
crude iron, whioh h»H advanced
within two weeks, for merohnut bar,
plute sheets, merchant s’eel, nails
and rails. The rail makers have,
sold l.OOOODO tons for 1888, and wilR
meet shortly to Increase the produc
tion, from the present limit or 1,150,-*
000 to 1,300 000 tons at least.
The builders in B ston.New York
and Philadelphia and several west
ern cities huv« already agreed to ac
cept a nine-hour day, and to-day’te
advices from labor sources show ihat
In smaller cilies and towns tbo short
hour[uiovemeut has virtually bus-
oeeded more than sixty days In ad
vance of its projected inauguration,.
Wag-sin some cmbcs will be for the
ten-hour day, aud it is anticipated by
all that ihe scarcity cf labor thereby
created will Increase its value.
CARRIAGES IN DEMAND
The matiufuclurerri of carriages in
the New England ar.d middle s’alea
report a sharp increase in demand,
and expect io lum ..lit 25 per cent,
more stock ihis year th«n lmt. The>
paper inuktrs report a general iiu«.
proveiuei.it in d utai.-d and a 10 pelf
cent advance in prices for news 1 ,,
writing and vanilla.
Heavy receipts of lumber have-
begun to arrive wt B -ton, New York
anil Philadelphia and from ibe north
west and south, but dealers refuse tar
acquie-ce in the at'empted advance?
of ir im 5 'o 10 per cent.
Money lenders are offering largo
blocks of money a' a low rate of ill-*
teies at. all financial centres on gooil
i-ecurity.
WOKE FROM HIS DREABL
a aomumballii Jh#i from ■ Trsla*
her injur es to-day.
tlie- ; y.
The mother started 3440 li oms, a gain of 171 over
yeeterd «y,
Detroit, February 28.—A well'
known stockman—Edward Ashley,
of Clinton coun'y, Mich—got aboard
tbe Canada Boutin rn night express
train for Dmroit the other night, and'
went to bed In the sleeper. At I.
o’clock he arose from his berth andi
clad only in hie shirt and drawers,,,
walked to the door of the eac„
Tne porter watched him curiously
for an instant, and from the nieau^
iugless i xriressieu in the walker’tt
eyes concluded that the mau was not
awake and started after him. Ash
ley opened the door of the oar, aud
Just as the porter attempted to take
hold of him hi- jumped off'.he plat
form into the snow. The ’rain w:.e
going at the rate of forty five mllea
an hour, and when the porter rusher!
through aLd told the conductor the
latter thought the man was iuntantly
killed, and concluded it was unnec
essary to stop.
When the train made its next stop
the conductor telegraphed to the
agent at At'erclift and Instructed
him to send out and get the remaina.
and ship them on to Detroit. Them
Ihe conductor took the names of all
the wittesses neoessary tor the in*
quest. The Attercliff ageut received,
the message as a west bound freight,
ran into the station, and he instruct
ed Its conductor to take his engine tc >
the spot where Ashley Jumped and',
bring the body in. He was looking,,
for a box for the conductor to deposit
Ashley’s remains when a very colrf
and very scantily clad man entered
the station and proceeded to thaW
himself out at the stove as thougt]
nothing had happened.
The man was Ashley. He h*4
landed, f iriunately, in a snow bank.,
and, of course, woke up. He lmme«
dlately comprehended what had haps
pened, and. though not knowing;
which way the nearest station was,
started on up the traok, and fortu
nately took the right direction. Had*!
he gone otherwise he wou d eoou
have fri zen to death, as the weather
was five degrees below zero.
The BUtkndf BroktM,
Special to Ecqalrer^Ban.
Portland, Me,, Maroh 4 —The
storm blocka Ie on the Grand Trunk.
r.-.IIrcr.'J was hr. ken to cay.