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rjtw ■ I COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: FRIDAY MORNING, JULY •->, FIVE CENTS Yesterday's Proceedings of the House and Senate. The Holin' Fulls to Phks the I»e« Molmw l.»nd Bill Over the President'* Veto—The President Signs tlio Fit* John Porter Bill—Other Interesting (■osst/i From the XatloiialCopItol. Washington, July l.—The speaker laid before the house a message from the sen ate announcing that that body had pasaed over the president’s veto the bill to quiet the titles of settlers on the Des Moines river lands. The president’s message having been read, Payson, of Illinois, presented the reasons why the bill should be passed over the president's veto which he said was passed on a total misapprehension of the tacts of the ease and of the end sought to be accomplished by the measure. Oates said that he had voted for the bill and that his sympathies were still with bona fide settlers, but he desired to see the president treated fairly, and he thought that the message should be referred to a committee for the purpose of enabling an investigation to be made of the grounds upon which the veto was based. As the veto was based on legal grounds be moved to reter the bill and message to the com mittee on judiciary. The motion to refer was lost—yeas 103, nays 149—and the speaker announced that the question recurred on the passage ofthe bill, notwithstanding the objections of the president. The house resolved this ques tion in the negative—yeas 161, nays 91— not a constitutional two-third vote on the affirmative. The house went into committee of the whole on the sundrv civil appropriation bill. The appropriation for the public print ing office was made the occasion for an other partisan debate, in the course of which Bayne, of Pennsylvania, after avoiding several points of order, succeeded in reading from a speech made in the sen ate yesterday by Senator Beck, in which he expressed his humiliation that the house should reduce appropriation so that the members of that body could go before the country and tell how economical the house was and how extravagant the sen ate. He also read a published interview with Holman, in which that gentleman is represented as saying that the extrava gance of the present house in voting ap propriations was an outrage on the people, a violation of the party’s pledge. Randall, acting under instructions from the committee oil appropriations, offered an amendment appropriating $47,000 to meet the expenses of the inaugurating of the statue of liberty enlightening the world. Hewitt offered a substitute appropriating $106,100 for that purpose. Bland raised the point of order against both propositions. Hewitt argued against the point, and coming down to the merits or the proposi tion, he said that the time had come when the unparalleled evidence of sympathy ami good will of a sister republic was to be inaugurated by the preside t of the United States in the presence ofthe donors and the civilized globe, which would look on the movement as one of the grandest achieve ments of art, and as a proof that free people retained for each other a feeling of regard ’ - •mpathy higher than ail mercenary considerations of trade ami commerce. Ii was a tribute from the heart ofthe French people to the heart of the American peo ple. Belmont seconded Hewitt’s amendment. Hammond, of Georgia, spoke against the point of order, and in favor of appropriating a suitable sum to in augurate the statue in a proper manner. Should the government give in a niggardly way, and taking off its hat to French people say, : ‘\Ve are much obliged," or should it in a dignified man ner make ever memorable the day on which the inauguration occurred? it was the duty of the government to do the lat ter. The point of order was overrule d. Final ly Hewitt’s substitute, slightly modified, was agreed to—116 to 19. It appropriated i'103.1'00 for the installation oi'the statue of liberty enlightening the world on Bedloe's island in the harbor of New York to be ex pended under the direction of the presi dent for the objects speci fied in the estimates submitted by the engineer of the American commit tee in charge of the work, so far as the president shall deem said expenditures or any part of them to be necessary and proper. The committee then rose and reported the bill to the house. The amendments were agreed to in a bulk, except those re- . luting to the issue of small greenbacks and small silver certificates, which were agreed to without division, and the Bartholdi statue amendment which was rejected- yeas 1C3, nays 106. The bill was then passed and the house, at 5:45, adjourned. Washington, July 1.—Miller, from the committee on agriculture, reported back without amendment the house bill taxing oleomargarine, and gave notice that he would call it up for action after the pas sage of tiie appropriation bills. Jones, of Arkansas, stated that .Senators George, Gibson, Fair and himself, a minor ity ofthe committee, dissented from the report. Hale, from the committee on naval af fairs, reported buck with amendments the house bill lor the relief of the survivors of the exploring steamer Jeannette and of the widows and children of those who per ished. Calendar. Riddleberger introduced a preamble and bill for a reduction bv 25 per cent, of the salaries of cabinet officers, senators ami members, and addressed the senate in its advocacy. He said-that a reduction on 1200 clerkships and such things were .suffi cient to justify the hope that the bill will become a law at the next session of con gress. If they were to commence reduc tions of 1200 clerks and conclude with re ductions of per diem labor, it seemed to him that they should go back and begin at the head, '(’he bill was referred to the committee on finance. Allison called up the house joint resolu tion extending the appropriation for ten days. Edmunds called attention to Ins way of doing business and to the present state of affairs. For several years past the appro priation Hills were not sent to the senate in time to have them properly considered, and when they came to the president he had no time to examine them, but had either to sign them blindly or veto them blindly. He gave a list of dates at which appropriation bills were received by the senate for the last three or four congresses and said this was not a credit to congress. If congress could not better administer the public Business in the most important of its feautuvs, the proper control of public money, it vas not deserving the confidence of the people. He thought, therefore, that the senate ought to take some lawful steps in some lawful and constitutional and respectful way to see if it can’t get on with this important public business in a reasonable, respectable and satisfactory manner. If they could not or. iu in.-m- selves into better fashion about this business he should rather let the w * of the gov ernment stop by refuse : , .ss this joint resolution. The pas-. _ of such resolu tions was a very confusing and mischiev ous practice. Beck i aRd tha' the extension for ten days was simply absurd. The sundry civil bill had not yet reached the senate and that bill alone would require at least three weeks for its consideration. Since throwing grass had no effect, he was in favor of trying the efficiency of stones, and he thought that it would do no harm to let the departments close for a Saulsbury called attention to the fact that this delay in appropriation bills was no new thing. He understood that when Buchanan was president he refused to sign any important bills that did not reach him ten duys before the expiration ofthe ses sion. After further discussion the joint resolu tion was amended by extending ten to fif teen days and passed. The senate resumed consideration of the legislative appropriation bill. A long discussion took place on a point of order as to whether the amendment to insert the words “in full compensation” was or was not in conflict with the rules. The chair submitted the question to the senate and the amendment was decided to be in order, and it was agreed to. A still longer discussion took place on the proposition of the committee on ap propriations to strike out the paragraph for office work connected with the publi cation of the records of the rebellion, it being charged that these records were not edited with impartiality, and were not confined to the records of the war period. A particular instance of this was dwelt, upon, that ofthe Fitz John Por ter matter. Finally the paragraph was re tained, but with a proviso restricting the publication to contemporaneous events of the war, and another proviso directing the publication of the evidence in the Porter case, and the report thereon by Judge Advocate-General Holt. The bill was reported back to the senate. All the amendments on which separate votes were not demanded were agreed to in bulk. Reserved amendments are to be acted oil to-morrow under the five minute debate rule. The senate then, at 7 p. m., adjourned. The Defiilleil Vote. Washington, July 1.— On the question ! of passing the Des ‘Moines land bill over : the president's veto the following demo crats voted in the affirmative: Allen of Mississippi, Barksdale, Barry, Bland, Burnes. Bynum, Caldwell. Campbell of Ohio, Carleton, Cobb, Crain, Culberson, Daniel, Dockery, Eldridge, Fisher, Frede rick. Geddes, Hatch, Henly, Holman, Jones of Texas. Kleiner. Laffonn, Dunham. Lawler, Lowry, Matson, May bury. Miles, Morgan, Murphy, Neal, Neece, Sayers, Skinner, Stewart of Texas, Stone of Mis souri, Tarsney. Taulbee, J. M. Taylor of Tennessee, Tillman, Townshend, Van Eaton. Warner of Ohio. Weaver of Iowa, Wellborn, Wilkins. Wmans, Wise, Wol ford and Worthington. The republicans voting in thellnegative were Davenport. Johnson, Ketcham, ^Millard, Ranney and Sawyer. To IJe Given a Bay. Washington, July 1.—The house com- 1 mittee on rules to-day resolved to allow i the committee oil the District of Columbia 1 a day next week, without restriction, for the promotion of local legislation, The committee on public buildings will be given two evening sessions in ' the same week for action on bills reported by that committee. A resolution will be reported extending until the next 1 session of congress the time allowed Cur tin's special labor committee in which to report, but the scope of its investigations will not be extended. It was the sense of the committee that the state of business before the house precluded the idea_nf an ; adjournment on next Monday, July 5. The Public Debt Shit cim-nf. | Washington. July 1.—The debt state- ; nient issued to-day shows a decrease ofthe i public debt during the month of June to be '■9.061,898.31: the decrease of the debt since June 39, 1885, $96,097,766.25: cash in the treasury, $492.917,17.3.34; gold certifi cates outstanding. $76,044,375; silver certifi cates outstanding $88,116,225: certificates of deposit outstanding. $18,250,000; legal ten- , dors outstanding. $246,738,461: fractional currency not including amount estimated as lost or destroyed , $6,954,087.52. A|>|iri.lei by the President, i Washington. July 1.—The president, ! this afternoon, approved the joint resolu tion providing for fifteen days for expendi tures of the government not provided for j in the appropriation bills already passed. The Hli'i.inuriturliit- Bill. I Washington, July L—The senate com mittee on agriculture agreed this morning by a strict party vote to a favorable report upon the oleomargarine bill without : amendment. Nfiniliufliiiii. I Washington. July 1.—The president to day nominated John G. Shields, chief jus tice ofthe supreme court of Arizona; post masters: S. Mortimer Ward. Georgetown, S. C.'.; H. M, Sapp, Thomasviiie, Ga. Iowa and Arkansas Democrats Assemble in Convention. They Set Forth Tlielr Ductrlne* ami Nominate CmnlliUtcn—A Fusion In Ion* With the (freed. buck Party—An Irnte Senator Causes nn 1a- eltlmr Scene. over the Lake Shore yesterday afternon, and it was to take these out that the en gine wns sent to the yards. The strikers still keep clear of the vtcinity under the tripple influence brought to bear on them by fear of arrest, the influence of their leaders nnd the presence of deputy sheriffs who are armed wit h injunction writs. In- | junctions, next to rifles, are the weapons i most dreaded by the strikers, and they are careful to afford the deputies no opportunity of serving them. At about 9:30 o’clock the stock yards engine re- | turned from the yards with the cars mid a I large number of Pinkerton's men, no j trouble having been encountered. Captain Foley, in charge of the Pinker ton men, said this morning that his orders to them were to fire into the packing house windows if there were the source of | showers of stones as on yesterday. ON ’CHANGE. Some Facts Hurled at the Craniums of Chronic Croakers. A Itcttcr Market atnil IIluIicr Prle Des Moines, July 1.—The democratic state convention met here to-day. Various committees were then appointed, and while waiting for them to report, a resolu tion expressing the good will of the con vention toward Gladstone and Parnell and hoping for their success, was passed. The platform adopted endorses President Cleveland and his administration, favors honest pension bills, but opposes speqinl laws; calls on congress to revise the tariff laws so as to meet the needs of revenue | N KW York, July 1.—The stock market ouiy; deciars in favor of the payment oi j n ,, d to „ d ’ wit h n more decided tone the public de t; ill favor of legislative ad- , tl ' preVili lcd yesterday, there being more justments of the labor question: h J ul feeling'among the brokers. News denounces the new congressional wa ‘ R more favo rabie, indicating that there district law; demands an 1I ): I was a chance for a settlement ofthe rate vestigatiou ana conviction of all war nlK j that the railroads in Chicago were | malfeasance in public office: favors a re- (k . t , ermined U) maintain their rights against \ peal ofthe prohibitory lan; the enactment t | u , strikers whether the civil authorities i of a local option law extending to the rendered them any assistance or not.! counties and cities, license, if adopted, nut prices generally were strong and , to be less than $500. .above the closing figures of last ’1 he report of the majority on the liquor nj h( and business was somewhat question was adopted by the following in eUned to , noV e, but during the afternoon vote: Yeas 387, nays 213. _ , ! the same feeling of waiting for develop ments showed itself and business became heavy. There wns no very decided move ment manifested in any particular stock, except, perhaps, Louisville and Nashville, in which it was said that the ‘ bob tail After the adoption of the platform, which on the temperance que* called out a long and heated debate, a resolution was sent to the clerk’s desk con demning as an outrage and travesty on justice the action of the state senators who took $216 pay for a re cess before the impeachment trial began. An attempt to lay the resolution on the pool” had been operating, and that it un loaded to-day. Indiana, Bloomington and Western also dipped quite beaviy,losing 2s from yesterday. There was a gain in , , o .r i , v . , o ,i 4; 1 I (Jill > uotci uci> • a uvic »»cv* •» ts table failed by a viva voce vote. Senator icus nl j al( the line from yesterday, Knight, of Dubuque, one of the senators £ r er , s al ” t Vunderbilt’s being espe- who had taken the pay, rose to defend [ j jj y f avored- Erielwns also strong. There himself and his colleagues. He branded , was J a f urt her ordering of gold of some the resolution as a lie, and the man who I lmmi gold bars f or shipment, most of wrote it as a liar. He said it was not w |jjel» is for Berlin, as exchange yate is true that the senators had not earned then higher in that city than in any other city- pay. Proceeding in his defence, he was hissed all over the house and an angry j scene followed. I “I defy the convention,” said he, “and j the man who wrote this resolution to in- | jure me so long as I have the confidence of I mv constituents of Dubuque.” He asked the convention if it wanted to denounce abuses, why it did not denounce I the president ofthe United States forgoing down on his knees to a corporate monop in Europe. Sales 242,000 shares. turf news. A (liiml Bin's IIin-inlt lit Chli-ugo. Chicago, July-1.—The weather was de lightful, the track fast and t.lie attendance large. The feature of the day was the oly and vetoing the Des Moines river land (^{j^ood handicap in which Spalding bill at the demand of a powerful land rmg. i broke the record . Bottom Weight won [Hisses and cries of you must not attack a j t)l To Weight 2d and 3d. One race democratic president. ] . i after another was faster and faster and all | Senator Knight continued in an trnpres- a) j ; t was a remarkable day’s racing, j sive way : -Why didn tyou denounce the , p-j rs t race, three-quarters of a mile; judicial department of this government sknbeloff won, Hilarity 2d, Estrella 3d; loaded down with Pan Electric stock and , j.jjjj s of a mil; Pat Higby 3d; time , but all money bet on her was lost. Second race, five-eighths of mile; Laredo At the close of his speech, and while the , Alleghany 2d, Asphaltus 3d; time resolution was pending, the convention ! - s J 1 adjourned for dinner in great contusion. < fhirdraoe, one and one-eighth miles; 1 he convention reassembled at 3 o clock s ldj wol \ verv easily, Lizzie Dwyer 2d, aim an angry debate ensued on the pend- j/ , j” miing8 3d; time 1:53*. Best on | ium resolution. rorm d | Judge Cook offered a resolution holding 1 re 5° "; th one nlUe; Cuban Queen e republican party responsible for pass- , An dy 2d, Taxgather 3d; time ' the law under which back pay was i • ■* ” proper that it should be given as told bv those who conducted the operations. Iff the compilation ofthe confederate records should be given to bitter partisans on the other side as the senate committee wul to want, the historical value of the work would be utterly destroyed. It is reliably understood that per sonal feeling had much to do with this matter. It will be remembered that in the debate in the Fitz John Porter case, his advocates quoted copiously ft-ocr the confederate records. Gen. Logan, whi . is a member of the committee on appro priations, and some other republican sena tors who displayed such rancor and bitter ness toward Porter, were much irritatec. at these quotations being made. They claim that the publication ofthe report ot the board of officers convened in 1878 to examine new evidence in connection with his trial was entirely irrelevant, and should not have been made a part of the offi cial history of the war. The full report of this board and copies of all the papers relating thereto appear in volume 13 of the Rebellion record. They also claim that much matter unfavorable to Portqr lias been omitted from the publica tion, while everything favorable lias been prominently inserted. It is said that an investigation has been demanded as tc these charges, and in the meantime Gen Logan and those acting with him insist that the publication shall be suspended As remarked above, this matter will lead to a lively debate on the floor of the sen ate, ami the war will be all gone over once more, but it is not certain that the propo sition to stop publication will prevail.” EXAMINING THE BOOKS. i-rtulu tin- Kxnrt Amount of Wilson'* IM'aleatlon. Dubuque, known, and hiss me down the : iug - - - - . _ taken and excusing the individual senators J who took it. The convention, after an excited debate, voted down the substitute and adopted the original motion. Cato Sells, of Black Hawk county, wns then nominated by acclamation for secre- | Fifth race, 11 miles; May Lady won, Le man 2d, Priere Bye 3d; time, 2:091- t'lcfrlnnil Can't itn it Aauln, That Ik, Beat lllalne — ,A1 l.east That Is W hat a •* Prominent” Ob server Saja A limit It. Washington, July 1.—The fiscal year which closed with Wednesday of this week found the national finances in pretty good shape in spite of the croaks of croakers. The public debt, which twenty years a^o was $75 for each man, woman nnd child in the country, iH now $23 for each pers >n in the country; and the interest charged, which at that time was over $4 per head, is now 75 cents per capita. The total debt to-day is just half what it was then, and the annual interest charge but about one- fourth of what it was at that time. Then the lintorest bear ing debt was $2,332,0f)0,000 , ami the inter est from 5 to 7 3 10 per cent. Now the in terest bearing debt is $1,220,000,000, and the interest rate from .3 to 4* per cent. Then the population among whom the debt was divided was 35,000,000: now it is 60,000,000. Then a 5 per cent government bond was worth 00 cents on the $1, and a drug in the market ; now a 4 per cent, bond is worth 125, and hard to get at that. Then the item easli in the treasury was a little over $100,000,000; now it is almost $500,000,000. The debt statement to be issued to mark the end of the year will show the interest bearing debt ofthe government to be about as follows: Three per cent bonds, pay able at option ofthe government, $150,000,- 000 ; four and one-half per cent bonds, pay able five years lienee, $250,000,000; four per cent bonds, payable 21 years hence, $737,- 000,000. Then there is over $500,000,000 of debt that bears no interest. Of this $350,- 000,000 is the legal tender notes, or, more properly speaking, the greenbacks. Then there is $175,000,000 of gold and silver certi ficates. The public debt was at its highest figure in 1865. Then the debt, less cash in the treasury, was $2,716,000,000. The annual interest charged that year was $150,000,000, or nearly four times what it is to-day. It is a favorite occupation with people with bad digestion to complain that the ] fession to President Gillingham country is terribly burdened with debt, j latter has sworn out warrants for the arrest Bo it is, but it is especially happy in this ! of both Wilson and Henry V. Lesley, for- lino when compared with those of some mer secretary and treasurer of the corn- countries that are supposed to rank very I pany, charging them with embezzlement, high in the school of civilization. For in- j A description of Wilson was furnished tbt stance, while our debt is $23 per head that detective department and telegraphed to of Austria is $30 per head, that of Russia [ all police districts in the United States, $35 per head, that of Spain $80 per head, j Canada, Europe and elsewhere. The chief that of Italy $80 per head, that of Great of detectives believes that the fugitives Britain $100 per head and that of France I have gone to Canada, and that Wilson is $130 per head. I without means. The largest holders ol presidential PROSPECTS. the stock of the company arc the United “What is going to be the effect of Presi- | States government and the state of dent Cleveland’s vetoes of pension bills on j Maryland, while bonds are owned by the coming presidential campaigns?” your j a number of prominent people in ! correspondent asked of a prominent re- ] this city, Moncure D. Robinson possessing 1 publican and careful observer of things po-i nearly $500,(XX). Until all the certificates ! litieal here. i are returned and a full examination of the ! “Bad for the demociatie party,” he re- ■ books made, it will be impossible to desig- nlied. “He is overdoing it. The pension ) n ate the bonds coming under the fi-audu- business is being overdone, there is no lent issue. Numbers may have been dupli- doubt of that, but he is overdoing the veto | cated so that it would be impossible todis- Inisiness. The tone of levity which lie us- tinguish valid securities frwu sumes in some of these vetoes is especially ; those fraudulently issued. Few of the bad. It is going to do a great deal of harm i spurious bonds have yet been discovered, and will be used against us in the coming Loan holders called ut the office in contiu- campaigns with very serious effect, I nous succession this mu. ning and the ac- fear.” .counting officers were engaged in e.-un- se ribing the numbers of the bonds, the m ines ofthe holders, the amounts of each and bv what officer of the company they were signed. The imprt ssiou prevails that the investigation will develope wholesale Philadelphia, July 1.—The defalca tions of the treasurer of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal company, which was- discovered yesterday, continue to ire the- main topic of discussion in financial circles Several experts have been set to work ai the books of the corporation, and they were busily engaged to-day in examining accounts to ascertain whether the specula tions of James A. L. Wilson, the abscond ing treasurer, aggregate more than he acknowledges in his written con- to President Gillingham. The. his A New York dis- Wliile the thousands of men piiiitv «nv Washington, July l iu.., ... patch says: “While th tary of state, nnd Paul Guelick, of Bur- I in the various parts of the country are lington, for auditor ofthe state. complaining of want of work, an unprece- The greenback convention is in session ! dented demand for farm laborers is report- " 1 ed at Castle Garden. No able-bodied man, it would seem, need suffer for want of work. Farmers in a dozen different states are sending to Castle Garden for immigrant labor because they are unable to get men lienrer home. Superintendent Jackson re ports that the demand is extraordinary. The wages offered range from $14 to $32 a month and board and loding. There were 400 applications on file to-day, and only 150 to meet the demand.” i.l lo tin- I’, : L Fit. Washington, July 1.—The president has signed the Fitz John Porter Dili. V s«Itclilinin'. Illun.lur. ! Port Jarvis, July 1.—The St. Louis ex- ' press, on the Erie railway, drawn by two engines, when a mile east of Susquehanna, at 5:30 o'clock this morning, w*. derailed by a mislaid switch while running at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour. Both engines, baggage ear. express car and the end of the'smok.-r were thrown oil' the track. The rear engine ran into the first, wrecking both badly. Engineer Roseau! Fireman Higgins were badly but no; dan gerously hurt. Nolle of tue passenger* were hurt. The accident was caused oy a blunder • .f the ‘■witcliiiwi". who ii-.u the switch turned tic wrong way. The pas sengers were delayed two hours. here to-dav and has decided in favor of a fusion with the democrats. ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS. I They Mwt and Sul Forth Their View* on Piilvlir questions. Kte. , Little Rock, July 1.—The platform adopted by the democratic state conven tion before adjourning this morning en dorsed the national administration; reaf firms allegiance to the democratic party ! and a firm adherence to its time-honored j principles, which guarantee equality, lib- erty and happiness to all citizens of a com- ; mon country; maintains the protection of | the rights, of the fife, liberty and [ i property and equality of all citizens before the law: the right of local self-gov ernment and the supremacy of the federal | government within constitutional limits is | essential to a continuance of free govern ment; regret the depressed condition of tlic agricultural interests of the state and the strained relations of capital and labor, and traces these conditions directly to the operations of a high protective tariff; com mends the efforts of the Arkansas delega tion in congress in the support , of the Morrison Dill for a I revision of the tariff, reaffirming | adherence to the time-honored democratic : doctrine of a tariff for revenue only; favors ' the unlimited coinage of silver and de- j mauds that coin ofthe United States, both \ <ro!d and silver, tie pakl on government debts without discrimination against silver; I recognizes that all industries and all ‘Will Cleveland be the candidate of I party the next time?” | “Nobody can tell. Things have not de veloped yet. Tiie republican party seems to cling to B! ine yet. If he should be the „ . candidate again,! don’t think Cleveland forgeries coupled with the crime of em could beat him next time.” i bezzle “Why not?” | “Because every fellow who voted for him then would vote for him again; and j , there are lots of men who voted for Cleve- ! | land then who could not be dragged to the : \ Bill polls for him again under any circum- | stances. And you know we won the light | by only n few hundred votes last time.” j TROUBLES OK THE NAVAL MONUMENTS. “I see they are tulking about removing the naval monument which stands at the foot ot the capitol grounds,” said Ben. , . . Perley Poore, that veteran of veterans pented suggestions made that '.is- :’t;>. FIXING FOP. COMPANY. A Kill In lin(ii |Hii.iti' ii Two .Million Bollur lluti'l Tor AVusliImftun City. Washington, June 29.—The bill intro duced into tiie house and senate yesterday to incorporate the Windsor hotel, is tht- flrst step toward the realization of the re al bear an equal proportion of irdens of the government; that taxa- should fall equally upon ' species of property; de- , < q.ial and exact justice in ' collecting taxes and favc Tile Bii-lnuunil ('11 > Cotuiril. Richmond, July 1.—Both branches of tiie new city council met this afternoon and organized a board of aldermen and re elected L. L. Bass, former president, with out opposition. The common council elected John S. Bethel .reformer, presi dent. The two bodies are in joint session to-night eli cling city officers. A bolt of eleven new members from tiie reformers’ caucus Tuesday night resulted in a combi nation between the straiglitimtjdemocratic members, and to-night several old demo cratic officers were re-elected, including Police Justice D. U. Richardson, City Clerk 11. T. August, Superintendent of Water Works Clms. G. Bolling, City Engi neer W. E. Cutslmw, City Attorney Charles N. Meredith, auditor's clerk E. J. Warren. Several other offices were filled by new men. all democrats, Fuulu ml. London, July 1. - T. Sullivan, a I’ar- nellite, lias been re-elected to represent College Green division of Dublin in the next parliament- and W. Murphy, a Par- nellite, has been returned for St. Patrick’s division. They had no opposition. John Bright was ri ■ bifid, and also Joseph C haml', to 3 o' either avi ik fid pipe: slution as will f- nd dis, , ■r labor and n) , d nimgi monop to ti affirms ue ueatioli. liesol utions expressing the Arkansas democracy efforts I i Gladstone.; assi in behalf of home rule- adopted by acclamation. lor tin ami the nostrils; of public the law is districts. rd. Up ell tory eight liberal- in elected to l uncontested •d- A si, I, I i U!K, July 1. the sympathy of wit h the patriot in ;G"I by Purnell, or Ireland, was I liu K: .11 >10 Mu -,l Wi Mont Eagle. July 1.—The opening exercises of the Mont Eagle assembly and summer schools took place last night ac cording to programme. An unusually large number of representatives were pres ent from the states of Tennessee, Ken tucky. Ind ana. North Carolina, Georgia. Alabama. Mississippi, Arkansas and Vir ginia, besides visitors from nearly every state east of the Mississippi. The weather is delightful and tiie attendance much larger than ever before. An immense lion- lire of Georgia nine wound up tiie night's proceedings. The organization of the schools took place to-day. 1 Muuk l lu.i-s fur lb 1'iiirs. A BINGDOX. Ma-s„ July 1.—The Ailing doa National bank, whose president, R. .i. Lane, was arrested in Poitlaml last night, stopped nay went tins morning. No monev wi 1 De paid out until aft' r a meet ing oi'the directors, which will probably be held to-night. Lu“t evening at tiie dose of the banking hours the Lank had $’ U.i.iTO on hand. It it, thought that the - ij. > \ is; amount to ntnrh * 1 1 li.OCiI New London. Conn., July 1.—The race between the freshman crews of Harvard. Columbia and Vale colleges took place this morning. The boats started at 11.27. At 11.29 Columbia was ahead. At 11.30 tiie Yule's boat upset. The Columbia made the first mile in 5.12. Harvard 5.19. Tiie me was won by Harvard in 10.52. Colum bia made the two miles in 11.03/. Vale’s up*et left them out of the contest. Hi,, bilku sin,n- strike. Chicago. July 1.—Business in the Lake Shore cards at 43d street seemed nearer its normal condition tins morning than it lias been since the strike was inaugurated. There was absolutely no excitement in the vicinity ofthe round house. The engines pulled out ofthe round house and went to tin ir work in the various -cards, each with its detail of ..pedal police. At about 8:30 o'clock an engine was brought out and u.i n called into active service once more, and rliev were loaded on until no more could find a foothold on the loom, tive, will, ii was then started for the -tw k yards. Si I , ur.~. w,r- 1 .,Vd for on-igi ment New York, July 1. The marine hos pital sen ice is informed that tiie Russian bark Kffic put into Hampton Roads to-day with several of her crew sick from proba ble malarial lever. The inarim hospital office rs sent tin ni to the quarantine lios- i pital at Cape Charles. I'riiliiliiliuli In A f bin In. Atlanta, July 1.—No violations of pro hibition have been reported so far to-day and no arrestes have occurred. The city is i quiet. The wholesale dealers whose licenses have not expired yet are selling whisky Dy the quart. Three wine rooms are open and selling wine by tiie quart. I)r. llulliuiM-r Aniultlcil. Charleston, S. C., July 1.—Dr. A in us 1 N. Bellinger, who killed Stepney Reilly, a prominent colored democrat, in this city in October, 1886, was acquitted of tiie charge of murder to-day after a second trial continuing three days. t Turiiiulii. ! Charleston, S. ('.. July 1.- A tornado passed through Florence to-day, frighten ing tin- people, moving one house fmm its foundation and leveling many trees. rLoXir Win., St. John, Quebec, July 1. -Hanlon won the great race by Imlf a length : time twen ty minutes three seconds. among correspondents, as he rode down town from the capital tiie other day, j “There seems great difficulty in making a I monument to the navy stay at the capital.' 1 I “Ever been one there before?” ‘ “Yes,” he responded, “there was a mon ument erected ( lose by tiie capitol shortly after the beginning ofthe present century, in honor of some excellent work our navy had done aboard when the British came along here in 1814. Their troops, after doing what other damage they could pitched into this monument, lirok, off the noses and fingers of tiie figures and mutilated it generally. Later its location was changed and an inscription, “Mutilat , ed by tin British in 1ST!,” placed on Hu- base of it. lt wn“ mi object of u good deal of attention; and, later on, when Sumner was trying to conciliate the British, la persuaded congress to remot e it tu Annap olis out of sight, of the crowds who clinic here. The old mutilated monument stands there at Annapolis yet; and now they are 1 trying to get its successor just below the capitol removed. Naval monuments seem to lie in bad luck about the capitol. 1 THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. There is all almost generul belief that the president will veto the river and har bor bill, if it ever gets to him. The total now is over $1.8,000,(X)0, and may lie $19,000,- (XKI by the time it readies him. This makes it one of the largest river and har bor hills ever sent to a president. lie lias ample precedent for vetoing river and harbor Di 11s. Madison vetoed a bill for in ternal improvements severity years ago. Monroe made in's only veto on a nil) of al most similar purport. About half of Jack- son’s vetoes were of liills of this nature-— j some of them regular river and harbor liills, and others, liills for other public works of a similar nature. Tyler and Folk vetoed river and harbor bills, while more than half of Fierce's vetoes were of this general diaraeter. RECORDS OF THE REBELLION. ili, I'ii ill i<iii i<> smith A lie V11 I uilui- Colo .|| III,- ('1, list*. Washington, June 29. -The true rea sons tiie senate committee had in striking out the appropriation for the publication of the records ofthe rebellion are given as follows by tiie Baltimore Sun correspond ent : "The senate committee on appropri ations has struck out of the legislative, ex ecutive and judicial appropriation bill the provision for the publication of the records of the rebellion. This action will, of course, cause a lively discussion when the bill is reported to the .senate, it is said the republican majority ofthe committee were influenced by the tact that one or two ex- eon federate officers have charge impilation of the con- eeords. It is alleged 1 tie coloring in favor of the icon given to some of tile re- uit this allegation most probably filler foundation than that the con- should have a fine, if not the finest liotec' in thy world. M. O. G. Staples, of Wil lard’s hotel, who lias built several large hotels, said to a Critic reporter to-day : “The house will cost about $2,(XX).000, and if the charter is secured immediately work will be comm' need within two months, and will be finished by the next inauguration. There will be accommoda tions for 1000 people and they wifi receive all the comforts that cut possibly be pro- id .ii bv money. The rooms will be ele- r' l' i.ly furnished, each room having elec tric bells, speaking tube to the office, hot and cold water, a steam heater in winter and cold air in summer, and the electric light. A special suite of apartments will lie set aside for the president ofthe United. States. A whole floor wifi afford accom modations to foreign legations. There will lie a magnificently furnished billiard room, especially for ladies. The house will be conducted on the Ameri can and European plan, and private dining rooms for families. The kitchen will in. on the top floor, thus doing away with anv smells. On the roof will be a summer gar den and promenade, and in the square ir. the court yard a tine park with fountains and walls. The house wifi be thoroughly fire-proof, and with marble fronts. D* show the interest tiie porule are taking in it, I may say that I had a large number ot applications for stock in tiie concern within an hour after the plan Avas mad* public.” < (Vnn 1*111't Ill-inI*e Him. St. Louis, July 1.—At a meeting of the Shaaremith congregation last night tin trustees’ recommendation that liable Sonneeiicin tic deposed wns defeated by large me.‘oritv. Tiie rabbi, who is a lead ing representative of Judaism in the west is a progressive and liberal thinker and hi: advanced views upon certain doctrina. questions were considered by many to bt identical with Unitarian beliefs, so tin trustees thought, and a recent meeting voted that the rabbi be deposed and a sue cessor procured. The affair was brought before tile congregation last night with tin above result. Tin' s|,i|niii'iit uf (iulil. New York, July 1.—The steamer Lo sing, which sailed to-day for Hamburg took 600,000 gold liars. The total ship- meats of gold this week are 3,581,000. I in firm which has been shipping the largest amount of gold says that just now there c a greater demand for gold, and it is wort I more in Berlin where Russian -counte are negotiated to a better advantage thai in an> other European city. hav ' the 'derate mth lias federate. Ill VI started. il't! it 1 histon New Yo ,ointment ort News and -M anv: II. \V. I lief,mend, Va.: rn division. Ri.fi ii. (,. F. A.. •■■■-■ and \V. ’.V. I, uf Ititiln ly 1. - Th been lllia Valle cr. G. I Ollirul- followi In- the