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DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING
WE EXPECT
This month’s trade to surpass
any previous monih m the
history ot our business
How can it be otherwise
when we are selling
Suits anil Overcoats
for
$12 to $15
That should bring three to
five dollars more.
THE ELEC I IP.NS BILL.
DEMOCRATS RENDING THE ODIOUS
MEASURE IN THE SENATE.
ITS PROBABLE PASSAGE—THE PENSIONS
DEFICIENCY—CONGRESSIONAL RE-
APPOBTIONMENT—HABEAS
CORPUS PETITION RE
FUSED—GEORGIA
PERSONAL-?.
mations of dissent to the adjournment sug
gestion came from Edmunds and other
Republicans. No action was taken on
Gorman’s motion, and Gray still retained
the floor.
The Senate then adjourned till tomor
row.
Not a HAT in the house (except Dunlap and Stetson) That
you cannot buy for kss ihan we ever sold.
On UNDERWEAR ar d heavy weight CLOTHING you will
be satisfied with our prices.
Money Must Come—Goods Must Go!
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IN THE HOUSE.
j Washington, December 5.—Cutcheon
; called up the Senate joint resolution au-
j thorizing the Secretary of War to issue
i 1000 stands of arms to each of the States
Washington, December .5.—[Special. ] of North and South Dakota, Wyoming and
The apprehension is that the Force bill Nebraska. Montana was added to* the
will pass the Senate in some shape, most j States incluied in its provisions, and it
liueiy by substitute. It must be borue in j was passed.
mind that the Senate elections committee | The pension appropriation bill was agam
has a substitute prepared for the original j taken up.
bill that came from the House, and the j Vaux, of Pennsylvania, did not oppose
two measures are being considered to- j the general purpose of the bill, but he did
gether. This substitute is a simpler and j oppose the appropriation made for de-
much shorter bili than the Lodge bill, but i pendent relatives, made under the act of
AT KIRVEN’S.
30-inch Black Henriettas 25c; 30-inch Black Serge :}>e: 28-inch double fold Dress
Flannels 15c; 2.3-inch double fold Tricots 20c; 40 an 1 50-iuch Ladies Cloths SI.O') and
SI.25; Priestley’s Black Goods in Henriettas, Drap da Alms, Camels Hiir Serge, and
many fancy weaves, at low prices; Printed French Flannels, in beautiful designs, for
wrappers and tea gowns, at 25c; Ladies Musquetaire Gloves at 50c.
TOR HOLD DAY PRESENTS
13-inch Bisque Head Jointed Dolls for 25c; 22-inch Kul Boddied Bisque Heads for
■50c; and many others too numerous to mention, and they are beautiful. They can be
fouml up stairs where we keep our immense stock of Jackets and Wraps, which we
are now offering at reduced prices.
OTHER CHOICE THINGS.
In our Handkerchief stock can be found the choicest assortment in Embroidered
Silk or Linen Cambric Goods ever shown in this market. In our Fancy Goods De
partment, we are showing a large stock of China Silk and Bolting Cloth Tidies and
Scarfs at 50c to .$2.00. Buffalo Horn Key and NVliisk Broom Holders. Plush cases,
and many other ornamental and useful articles.
LINEN TABLE SETS—We have a choice stock of Linen Table Sets at low
prices; also a choice line of Hemstitched Towels and Napkins.
APRONS! APRONS!! APRONS!!!
If von have not seen our Aprons do so. We have them at 10c. 15c, 20c, 25c, and
up to 32.00. Each suitable for Servants, Misses, and in fact all who wear them.
FOR A LEADER
From now until J muary 1 we will sell all of our choicest colors in Calicoes, ex
cepting IndigocG, at 5c a yard. Don’t fail to see the bargains on our Remnant
Table.
J. A. Kill YEN & CO.
embraces many of its worst features.
Senator Gray, of New Jersey,
held the floor today in opposition to the
measure, and consumed the afternoon.
The Republicans are sitting quiet, and
seem to be content to let the Democrats do
all the talking. Of course, the bill cannot
be passed under the present rules of the
Senate, and the belief is that, after a
reasonable time, the majority will bring in
a rule to shut off debate and so attempt to
get it through. If this is done the new
rule itself will be a subject of debate, and,
as there will be no limit to this and as
there can be none under the rules, it will
be interesting to know just how the iniqui
tous scheme will finally be disposed of.
THE REAPPORTIONMENT PROBLEM.
The Democrats are quite perplexed on
the subject of reapportionment and are in
serious consultation over the matter. The
number at which the uiembershiD of the
House could be held in the interest of the
Democracy is the present figure, 332, but
it will he impossible to unue them on this
for the reason that Indiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee, South Carolina and Maryland
would each lose a member. The Repre
sentatives from these St. tes do not see
their way clear to vote for a loss of repre
sentation and retain their popularity at
home. The Republicans are expected to
take advantage of this state of affairs and
to fix the membership at 354.
There is a promise of some lively skir
mishing when the attempt is fnade to
amend the McKinley bill in the matter of
the omission of the tobacco rebate and the
incorporation of the Riawaiiau reciprocity
feature.
HABEAS CORPUS REFUSED.
March 9,1886. That went beyond justice
and became a charity.
Outhwait reproached the Republican
House for shirking its duty, arguing that
the pending bill would show a deficiency
of at least 832,834.000.
Cheadle, of Indiana, contended that the
amount appropriated was amply sufficient
to supply the needs of the service.
Henderson, of Iowa, cited the figures to
show that when the Republicans con
trolled legislation in the House the appro
priations for pensions were generally in
excess of the requirements of the law.
The deficiencies began when his Demo
cratic friends'came into control and cut
the appropriations so short that during
last year there was a deficiency of $25,000,-
000.
In all probability, the committee on ap
propriations had in this bill provided
more than was absolutely necessary.
Dockery, of Missouri, said that a few
months ago he had stood on this floof and
declared that the Republicans of the
House were refusing for party purposes to
appropriate within 835,000,000 of the
amount which would be required for pen
sion: under the existing law. This dec
laration had been almost substantiated by
the fact the,; the Commissioner now came
in asking for a deficiency of 834,500,000.
He proceeded to argue that the amount
carried by the bili was insufficient, and
branched from this subject to a discussion
of the genera! financial condition of the
country.
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, addressed
his remarks to the general pension ques
tion. If any criticism, he said, was made
by Democrats of the expenditure of enor
mous sums of money, some gentlemen on
MAKING GEORGIA LAWS
WHAT THE SOLONS ARE DOING AT
THE CAPITAL.
THE ELLINGTON FERTILIZER BILI.—THE
LUNATIC ASYLUM INVESTIGATION
ABANDONED — MR. TWITTY
AMENDS HIS BILL.
organizations: The Farmers’ Alliance,
Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association, Citi
zens’ Alliance, Knights of Labor, and all
other industrial organizations that support
the principles of the St. Louis agreement
of 1889. Each State organization is to
send one delegate from each Congressional
district and two from the State at large,
and each district organization to send not
less than three delegates, and each county
delegation not less than one delegate, to
be chosen in accordance to the customs of
each respective organization during the
Atlanta, December 5.—[Special.]—
The same old fight on the Agricultural De
partment. It came up this morning in
the Senate—a bill introduced by Vincent I editor of each newspaper is hereby invited
of the Forty-first. The proposition is brief I as a delegate that has advocated the prin-
and to the point: to repeal the act of ’74 ciples of the St. Louis agreement, and
and all acts amendatory thereof, upon the supported the Alliance candidates nomi-
expiratiou of the term of the present Com- nated in 1890; the delegates to meet in
missioner. The bill will be lost, of course. I Cincinnati, 0., Monday, the 23d day of
The vote on it will be interesting in com- j February, 1891, at 2 o’clock p in., for
parison with the same vote in preceding | the purpose of forming a National
General Assemblies, as showing the grow- j Union party. based on the
ing popularity or relative unpopularity of fundamental ideas of the finance,
the department. transportation, labor and land, in further-
The Ellington fertilizer bill was passed ance of the work already begun by those
in the Senate this morning almost unani- | organizations, and preparatory for a united
mousiy, the final vote being 34 to 1 in its I struggle for country and home in the great
THE FARMERS AT OCALA
THE UNANIMOUS ENDOREMENT OF
THE ST. LOUIS PLATFORM.
Livingston’s proposition for the gov
ernment CONTROL OF RAILROADS
AND TELEGRAPH LINES—TALK
. ABOUT THE THIRD PARTY.
Ocada, Fla., December 5.—Clover, one
com ctw.c uu.iu- the Kansas delegates, introduced, and
month of January, 1891; also that the hud passed yesterday, a National Alliance
* ■ K„:—:.„i meeting resolution reciting that the United
political conflict now pending, that will
decide who in this country is sovereign,
‘•The citizen or the dollar.”
favor.
It is practically certain of passage in the
House, the author says, without amend
ment; and it is one of the most im
portant measures acted upon at this session.
The bil: provides that “it shall be lawful for
any purchaser of fertilizers from any
owner thereof, or agent of such owner, to
require of the person selling, and, at the, _ , _
time of the sale or delivery, to take from ! London, December o. -The Parnellites
each sack of the lot sold a sample of its I reassembled at noon, but immediately ad-
contents. That sa;d samples so taken j journed, pending the arrival of the coin-
shall be mixed together and placed in a 1 nuttee to wait on Gladstone. At 4 o clock
THE GLADSTONE CONFERENCE.
THE GRAND OLD MAN THE HOPE OF IRE
LAND.
reciting that the United
States census returns with respect to farm
mortgages was grossly incorrect, and call
ing upon all county and sub-Alliances in
all the States of the Union to take imme
diate steps toward securing accurate sta
tistics from county records and make
prompt reports thereon.
Carskadon, of West Virginia,offered the
following:
Resolved, That we, the National Farm
ers’ Alliance of America, believing that
obedience to, and veneration for the laws
of God is the conserving and saving force
of human government, do hereby respect
fully request that the directors of" the
great National Fair of 1893 do not dese
crate the Sabbath by keeping open gates.
The resolution provoked no serious op
position, and was passed unanimously.
National Secretary Turner submitted his
annual report last night, but it is incom
plete, owing to the constant payment of
sub-Alliance dues during this session.
During the past year 10t>9 new charters
were issued t,o sub-Alliances, as follows:
West Virginia 252, Colorado 152, Indiana
132, Michigan 106, Virginia 95, Illinois S7,
Chief Justice Fuller refused to receive ! the other side would sneer that it was
Mr. Washing'ou Dessau’s petition for j made by men who fought against the
habeas corpus in the case of Hall and ! Union. He had heard of dough-faces in
others jaiied at Macon tor conspiracy and | politics. That was those who had surren-
chargeu with the rnuruer of Forsyth in ! dered their conviction of public policy for
Dodge county. He delivered this opinion j the sake of office. Had the count! y no
this morning, and the prisoners will have j dough-faces in the matter ot pensions
to submit to an early trial. . I during the last few years? This question
W. F. Moore was todav appointed post- pensions had to be met by every
master at Altoona Ga. " I Congress. He assumed his measure of
Judge Stewart and Mr. Carlton answered i responsibility to his constituents. By the
to roll call today. Mr. Grimes is now the ! operation of law there was a certain nutn-
only missing member ot the delegation. j ber of pension certificates to applicants.
B F Lon®ley, Jr., M. Slaughter, of At- The probabilities were that within seven
lama, and* Dr.’George’ F. Johnson, 0 f years there would be 1,000,000 pensioners
Griffin, are registered - in Washington to- i 011 the roll who would be paid 3170,000,-
j a ,._ j 000 annually. The first necessity was to
rN - TIIE senate. i meet the question frankly by adequate' ap-
., T . r , , ™ „ , „ | proprialions. The second was to raise a
Washington, December ■>.— The dec- . v . . . . ... », ,
. .... , A . . , onmmtee to investigate the bureau
tion bill was, at 1:20 o clock, to icon up and-
Gray addressed the Senate in opposition to
it. The Vice-President, having stated the. j
question to be on the Senate substitute,
Gray remarked that before the vote was
taken he had something to say, and there , , , ... , ..
might be something to be said by others on I dt - nstha had so distressed them that they
the Democratic side of the chamber and, j v ' en r s ' ( ! !“ kme alhauces -
he doubted not, on the other side also. • ul!lt llJiS
The bili, he said, was confessedly of the
first impoitauee, most far-reaching in its
consequence, and, in the opinion, of many
thoroughly, to revise the list, and to strike
off unworthy pensioners. The third was to
transfer the bureau to the War Department
aud take it out of the domain of politics,
i Here were people staggering under bur-
BLOCK OF BUILDINGS IN ASHES
THE HOSTILE REDSKINS.
TIIE FIRE CHIEF AND FIVE FIREMEN IN
JURED
Pittsburg, I’a., December 5.—The
Liberty street tire, which broke out in the
Maginis Cracker Factory about 1 o'clock
this morning, was not extinguished until
four large business blocks were consumed.
The buildings destroyed were of brick,
seven stories high, occupied by the Ma
ginis cracker house; R. A W. J. Jenkin-
son, wholesale tobacco house: Crcagrahara
A Co., stove and hardware; L. M. Harris
<& Co., wholesale druggists.
Chief Engineer Samuel Evans and five
firemen were caught under a falling wall.
Fireman Augjist Roth, of engine company
No. 7, was badly crushed and injured in-
ternally. He” ill probablv die. Fireman
Tiegers, of engine company No. 10. is still
missing. I; is feared his body is buried
beneath the ruins. The total loss is esti
mated at 8210,000.
CHICAGO MARKET.
THEY ARE LIVING HIGH AND READY FOR
WAR.
Chicago, December 5.—A special from
the Pine Ridge agency says: The situation
is not materially changed. The hostile
Rosebud Indians sleep upon their arms,
prepared constantly for attack. They
have three lines of signal couriers between
this agency and their camp, and any move
ment of troops would be known in a few
moments. They have taken ail they wish
of the Government beef herd, and burned
tin* buildings and carrals. They are living
I high and are happy. They have moved
to the edge of the bad lands. Military
j preparations proceed rapidly. Unless the
i Indians come in within a very few days,
1 the troops will be equipped and in posi
tion, when an advance may be ordered.
REVIEW OF SPECULATION IN THE GRAIN
AND PROVISION MARKETS.
Chicago, December 5.—Af.er a weak
opening and a bulge of about lc on the
starting price, wheat settled back and
closed nearly where it commenced, and at
j- to gc decline since yesterday.
Corn was scarce in the cash market, and
futures ruled strong, May gaining fe.
Oats were fairly active, and closed at a
net advance of fe.
Pork, lard aud short ribs closed slightly
above the lowest figure of the day, with a
net decline lor the day of 24 to 10c.
ATTITUDE OF THE IRISH DELEGATES.
Chicago, December 5.—Thomas Power
O'Connor authorizes the Associated Press
to make for him and his colleagues the
following statement, in answer to the
statement published in this country and
telegraphed to England, that at a confer
ence yesterday the Irish envoys had de
cided to abandon their American tour:
It is not true. No such decision has
been arrived at. It is true that we have
postponed the holding of a number of
meetings which had been arranged for.
This was done chiefly because to have
held them would have necessitated a sep
aration of the party, which was deemed
inadvisable under existing conditions.
Furthermore, we felt that if we held thqm
we would be obliged to speak of matters
concerning which we deemed it advisable
to remain silent for the present. Our atti
tude is simply of expectancy, and will so
continue until some definite decision is
reached on the other side.
SUPPOSE THEY DID?
W vshington, December 5.—Represent
ative J. II Sweeney, of Iowa, today sent
! to Brpresemative Pickier, of South Da-
j kora, who is at present at the meeting of
j the Farmers’ Alliance at Ocala, Fla., the
| f< l ow tig dispatch: “lam credibly in-
; formed that instructions to procure the
I passage by your assembly of a resolution
! opposing the elections bill was telegraphed
| from tlie capital here to Florida by Demo
cratic Senators several hours before the
I resolution was reported to your assembly.”
I Swei-ney, w bile declining to give the
j names of the Senators alluded to, ex-
j pressed bis readiness to testify before any
’ committee desiring to investigate the mat
ter.
Let Congress
meet this matter frankly. The people
i could not be fooled.
I Peters, of Kansas, made an exhaustive
, argument to show that the appropriation
| carried by the bili was amply sufficient to
pay all the pensions which would be
g 1 anted during the ensuing year. He then
proceeded to make a political speech, in
the course of which lie said that the Dem
ocratic party was endeavoring to embrace
the Farmers’ Alliance movement. He
conceded that the Republican party in
Kansas had run against it, and had
been overthrown. It had received a black
eye. [Laughter.] But the time was com
ing when the cyclone would strike the
Democratic States. It was now being en
trenched in Texas and Missouri, and in
1892, the gentlemen who were relying upon
Alliance votes would find that their votes
had disappeared as the Republican ma
jority had disappeared in Kansas. The
Republican party would revive, because
and freedom of the people of the several
States. Notwithstanding the sneer ut
tered by the President of the United States
as to the objections of those who opposed
the bill, there were those on his side of the
chamber and throughout the country (lie
believed a majority of the freemen of the
country) who believed that the bill was
one that threatened the integrity of Amer
ican institutions, State and national; that
it was fraught with the greatest danger to
the fir ure prosperity of the whole country,
and that it menaced the liberties of the
people of all the States. It was a perilous
time in the history of the Government
when a measure was proposed on the
theory that the States were no longer able
to provide for themselves, and that the ■ , . ,, . .
people of the States were no longer fitted ' T trutl ! crushed to earth would rise again,
to be trusted with the control of their own [Laughter.] He wanted ..he Fifty-second
elections 1 ( -’ on ? ress t0 l )ass “ ie sub-treasury bill
Coming to the section which provides O au §hter),
that the supervisor of elections, to be se- v cnes
lected as “discreet,” may make a house to
house visitation to inquire as to the names,
politics, nationalitv, etc., of its male in-, . ... ,, , ,
mates, Gray characterized that official as i Alliance would sweep over them and wipe
“this i zar that is to be, this satrap of a
province,” and he said: “In all the meas- ,
tires which provoked and goaded our an- : t le °P mion that the pendin
cestors to resist the tyranny of the British 1 a11 . th , e appropriation that would be re-
King, there was none that approached the 6“^or c-mld be expended during the
infamy of this piovision, and, moderate as ”
I am in all my conceptions'of my duty as
bottle, jar or such other receptacle as the j the members again assembled a,nd pro
purchaser may present. It shall then be ceeded to business. A resolution was South Carolina 83 Ohio bl, Pennsylvania
the duty of such purchaser and seller to j adopted empowering four delegates to ne- a.9, New Jersey 20, Minnesota 5, Iowa 5,
deliver said package to the Ordinary of the | gotiate with Gladstone in connection with Oregon 1 Oklahoma 1
county who shall libel same with the | the ( l uestions relative to the constabulary btate charters have been issued to the
names of the parties and of the fertilizer. a » d agrarian difficulty. It is understood following States: Indiana, Illinois. Colo-
That said Ordinary shall safely keep said tliat Gladstone today suggested this course ratio, Michigan, West \ lrginia, Oklahoma
package, allowing neither party access to 1 witli a view to placing the negotiations and North Dakota.
the same save as hereinafter provided. I which may follow the conference which The feeling over the passage of the anti-
That should said purchaser after having j t0 °k place today between himself and the election bill resolution of Wednesday was
used such fertilizer upon his crops have jDish delegates, on an authorized footing, j high, and there is strong pressure being
reason to believe from the yield thereof The meeting then adjourned to 9 o'clock j made for the introduction of a resolution
that said fertilizer was totally or partially ! tonight, but subsequently determined not | to expunge it from the records of the Alli-
worthles=, he shall notify the seller and I t0 m eet again till tomorrow. Before ap- j ance,
apply to the Ordinary to forward the said
samples deposited with him (or a suffi
ciency thereof to ensure a fair analysis) to
the State Chemist, without stating the
names of the parties, the name of the fer
tilizer or giving its guaranteed analysis,
till tomorrow.
pointing the committee of four, tlie’meet-
ing unanimously rescinded Clancey’s
amendment, which was approved yes
terday. Although no formal division
was taken on the amendment yesterday,
Clancy’s proposal was practically adopted
It is surmised that
the cost of sending being prepaid by pur-| by a show of hands,
chaser. That it shall be the duty of the j ^he actaou °* the meeting in rescinding the
said State Chemist to analyze and send a j amendment was taken at the request of
copy of the result to said Ordinary. That i Gladstone, in order to permit ot a freer
should said analysis show that said fertil
izer comes up to the guaranteed analysis
upon which it is sold, then the state
ment, so sent by the State Chemist, shall
be conclusive evidence against a plea of
partial or total failure of consideration.
But should said analysis show that such
fertilizer does not come up to the guaran
teed analysis, then the sale shall be illegal,
null and void, and when suit is brought
basis for negotiations. Gladstone declined
to accept Parnell’s suggestion that
he summon Morley and Harcourt
to receive with him joint delegations
of the two sections of the Irish party.
He insisted that, if he received them, the
arrangements should be at his own discre
tion. The Irish whips today, acting for
the Irish people, requested Gladstone un
conditionally to receive Learny and Ited-
Parneli, and Sexton
upon auy evidence of indebtedness given 1 mond, representing .
for such fertilizer, the statement of such i and Healey, representing 1 ame.l s oppo
nents. To this Gladstone consented.
with the Irish
Chemist, so transmitted to the Ordinary,
shall be conclusive evidence of the facts, i Gladstone, at the meeting
whether such evidence of indebtedness is ‘ delegates, in no way pledged himself, nor
held by an innocent third party or not. 1 d ' d he u . se language importing that he was
That in lieu of the State Chemist, should ] a ^ e > himself, to define the course
the parties to the contract agree upon some [he , Liberal party wouni adopt,
other Chemist to make said analysis, all Gladstone gave the Irish delegation a cor-
tiie provisions of this act shall apply to his d ' a reception. He acted throughout \\ ith
analysis aud report to the Ordinary. That, 1 tj * ie approval o! the Liberals. Arnold
Moriey was present at the conference, and,
should the seller refuse to take said sam
ples when so requested by the purchaser,
then, upon proof of the fact, the pur->
chaser shall be entitled to his plea of fail
ure of consideration, and to support the
same by proof of the want of effect and
benefit of said fertilizer upon his crops,
The third party movement is gaining
ground rapidly. The presence here of so
many representatives of national labor and
industrial organizations strengthens the
opinion that the entire “reform” element
in the country will join this new move
ment. The Western and Northwestern
delegates are said to be practically united
in endorsing the Rice-Davis call, and it is
predicted that they will demand of the
Southern Democrats in the Alliance that
they join in the movement in payment
of the debt incurred by the lat
ter to Western Alliaucemen who
sat by and raised no protest against the
passage of the anti-election bill resolution.
It is not believed, however, that the South
ern members will renounce one particle of
their allegiance to the Democratic party.
This third party project is the upper
most topic of discussion in the hotels and
everywhere in the city outside of the Alli
ance hall.
Some question having been raised
as to the unanimous endorsement of
the St. Louis platform by the
National Alliance last year,
Livingston, of Georgia, this morning
moved its adoption by the present body.
Some debate followed, but the motion was
adopted with an amendment so as to de-
the free coinage bill
of “We will”) and the ser-
( vice pension bill, and unless his
i Democratic friends would do all that, they
! would find that the wave of the Farmers’
I Alliance would sweep over them
I them from the face of the earth.
Raines. Kerr and Morrow
also held to
bill carried
a citizen and man, law-abiding as I have
always been, and respectful to :he powers
that be. I say now, that when T his super-
visior knocks at my d or, I pray Gcd that
I shail be at home.” [Some applause.]
Spooner, a member of the committee
on privileges aud elections, asked Gray
whether he was now referring to what was
known as the domiciliary clause.
Giay said that he was.
corning year.
On motion of Drckery, an amendment
was adopled providing that no agent or
attorney shall demand, receive, or be
allowed any compensation in any claim
for an increase of pension ou account of
an increase of disability. It is estimated
by Dockery, amt Chairman Morrill, of the
invalid pensions committee, that this will
save 85,000,000 to pensioners within the
next three years.
Springer offered an amendment increas-
Spooner said that that clause
hid been ' n!I to §150,000,000 the appropriation for
maud the Government control of railroads
when it was over, he remained in consul- and telegraph lines, and if this shall not
tation with Gladstone. Subsequently he j result in relief to the masses and in check-
told the reporters that Gladstone [ ing or curing existing evils, the Govern-
did not intend to publish any- : inent shall become the actual owners of
thing regarding the meeting. The j such lines. This platform does not in-
o delegates were also reluctant to give the ! elude the sub-treasury bill,
which proof shall 1 * be sufficienrto authorize 1 particulars of the interview which they! At the morning session, Col. L. F. Liv-
the jury to sustain defendant’s ph-a either ! re S ard ed as strictly confidential. It is ingston, of Georgia, from the committee
in whole or in part whether «aid =uit is 1 dou btfuI whether Parnell will consider j on organic union, made a report which is to
brou”ht bv an innocent holder or not ! tkat Gladstone’s reception of the delegates j furnish the basis for an ultimate union be
Senator Johnston introduced a bill to j without the presence of Morley and Har- ! tween the ft™*- Ailinnee
amend section 3554 of the code, so that! court faulhlls the conditions of arrauge-
only half of the daily, weekly or monthly ! H) enls j.
wages of journeymen, mechanics and day ' 7, ar ! , 1,c l ) va3
laborers shall be exempt from the process “* ”
and liabilities of garnishment,
Senator Todd introduced a bill to pre
vent the sale of cotton, lint or in the seed,
without the written consent of the owner
of the laud on which the cotton was
raised
resolution relating to
adopted by the
Catholic hierarchy of England will
be read in all Catholic
churches and chapels in Ireland. Healy
and Sexton, anti-Parnell members of the
delegation, are satisfied witli the result of
the interview with Gladstone. The Lib
eral leader gave no definite promise re
considering his assurances satisfactory.
THE STATE OF TRADE.
Another bill, bv Senator Todd, was to I S ar,!m S the P omt3 submitted, but said
prohibit the combination of express and I ^ e y were sufficient in their opinion to
insurance companies for the purpose of I J usUf >' the mty°my of the Irish party in
1 1 1 nnYicnloriniT Lie 4CC11TYODC OUT1CI9Pl flTO
defeating competition.
The Senate will pass the Zachry reso
lution for a conference with the lessees
upon the betterments question.
The matter, it will be remembered, was
referred to the finance committee. They
referred it to a sub-committee of Senators
Cabaniss, Nunnally and Harp. The sub
committee had quite a long conference
with Governor Northern this morning,
aud have agreed to recommend the passage
of the resolution.
The finance committee will recommend
it, in turn, and a careful count in the Sen
ate shows a majority in favor of carrying
out the Governor’s recommendation for a
conference and adjustment of the claim.
The committee on the asylum, House
and Senatt, decided without a dissentin'
DUNS WEEKLY REPORT SHOWS A
MARKED IMPROVEMENT.
New York, December 5.—The strin
gency in commercial loans, noted last
week as the chief cause of the present
disturbance, is now almost the only re
maining cause. The influence of European
troubles has pa«sed. The Bank of Eng
land has reduced its rate to 5 per cent,gain
ing 83,565,000 in gold for the week and the
Bank of France 81,230,000 in gold. For
eign commerce is heavily in favor of this
country, while imports at New
Y'ork for November exceed last
voice that there was no need for the set- ! Y ears 3 which were unusually light, by 12
sun’s cotton review.
New York, December 5.—Futures
opened at tim e to four points advance,
closing at four to seven points decline
from yesterday’s closing prices. The steady
slauchit-r of the bulls of yesterday and the
day before was the business of the day,
and it was pursued with great earnestness
aud success. The opening report from
Liverpool was dec: ledly better, and to this
the early advance must be attributed.
Then there was some attempt to
realize prod’s. This was no sooner begun
than Liverpool rep rted a dull closing,
and the interior movement began to show
large figures. Prices gave way rapidly
and the early advance was soon lost. Then
came the most discouraging reports about
sterling exchange being almost unsalable.
The feeling at one time was almost pan
icky. The close was at the lowest figures
of the day, but with good buying orders.
Spot became steady and quiet.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
strick* n out by the committee.
But, said Gray, it is in the bill as re
ported.
Hoar explained that it was in by a mis
take, either of the clerk or the printers,
but he subsequently admitted that tiie mis
take might have been his own.
Gray moved that the paragraph in ques
tion i e .-.truck out of the substitute.
Ecarts, a member of the committee ex
pressed the opinion that it ought to be
struck out, as it was in by mistake.
Edmunds expressed the opinion that it
ought to stand. He regarded it as a very
proper provision, and said that he was in
favor of authorizing proper officers, either
State or national, to go to a man’s house
in verifying the registration, ring the bell
and make the inqury.
Danieis—“Does the Senator think that
the supei visor ought to be attended by an
armed officer?”
Edmunds—“If there is likely be a mob
the payment of pensions. Lost—yeas 65,
nays 129.
After some further political sparring,
the committee rose, the bill was passed,
and the House, at 5 o’clock, adjourned.
ELOPERS CAPTURED.
THE DESERTED HUSBAND CABBIES HOME
HIS FUGUTIVE WIFE.
Birmingham, Ala.. December 5.—
[Special.]—The wife of Columbus Wil
liams. a prominent Bibb county farmer,
disappeared last night. He suspected that
she had eloped with James Keith, a neigh,
bor , who was also missing. Williams
came here today and intercepted the
couple at the depot en route to Georgia.
Keith tied when he saw Williams coming.
The ; man |and wife quarrelled and
created quite a scene. Sheriff Smith
threatened to arrest the woman for big
amy unless she returned. She went home
. . . t .1 • 1 1 . , : w th \\ uhams under protest. All the par-
to ilnw him away, I think he ought to 1 ,,, , ™
k w - ■ ties are over 40 years ot ase. The woman
Gray—“Suppose a man in his own castle ! f^ted tO A reporter who “interviewed her
declines an interview with a gentleman ! ^ ?!"?’
who comes with an armed Deputy Har-
She charges her husband with cruel treat
ment.
William H. Barry, who accidentally shot
himself two weeks ago, died today.
THE BURGLAR CAPTURED.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
shal?”
Edmunds—“Then the duty of the Super
visor aud cf the Marshal is ended; for the
whole authority is to ring the door bell
and make the inquiry.” |
Gray—“Then that should be stated in • he carried two pistol bullets in his
the bill, in totidam verbis.” j head.
Edmunds—“That is a matter of task. I ! Norfolk, December 5.—The negro
do not know how many door bells there burglar who seriously cut Dr. William A.
are in Delaware.” j Wheeler, of the United States marine hos-
Daniel mentioned several other places I pital service, and Mrs. Wheeler, last even-
in the bill where domiciliary visitation was ! ing, was caught this afternoon. He is an
alluded to, and moved that the bill be re- ! ex-convict, named Washington Fields,
committed. | Both of Dr. Wheeler’s pistol shots, fired as
Teller, a member of the committee, 1 the negro was making his escape, took
joined in the statement that the commit- effect in his head, inflicting ugly but not
tee had agreed to omit the domiciliary fatal wounds.
clause, and said that Gray's denunciation i
of it was none too severe. ! explosion in a powder magazine.
Hoar, having referred to the original re- j London, December 6.—An explosion
port of the committee, said that the error ■ occurred today in the shell fiiiing room of
was on the part of die printer. ! the Admiralty powder magazine at Gos-
Gorman renewed his motion to have tiie j port. A sheli burst with tremendous force,
bill reprinted, and suggested that the Sen- j shaking the marine barracks. One man
ate should adjourn till Monday, but excla- was killed and two injured.
vices of an expert to investigate the ac
counts of the asylum. That ought to re
lieve the gossip and rumor, responsible for
the eail for an investigation.
The school bill, by Senator Joe Terrell,
was made the special order today for next
Wednesday.
The Twitty bill was amended in tiie
Senate asrrieultural committee this morn
ing, upon motion of Mr. Twitty himself.
For amounts not exceeding 8160 the bill
stands a* it is—no attorneys’ fees allowed,
in addition to the interest specified, unless
a pica is entered aud not sustained—on
amounts from 8100 to 8500, 5 per cent is
allowed; and on amounts exceeding 8500,
24 per cent—but in no case is the obliga
tion binding unless judgment is rendered.
With this amendment, the committee
recommended the passage of the bill.
This was the last day in the House for
the introduction of new matter.
The tax bill was postponed until tomor
row on account of the very large number
of local bills introduced. It was a busy
day, but few of the bills have any general
interest.
One by Goodwin, of Fulton, authorizing
the Railroad Commission to employ a civil
engineer, whose duty it shail be to inspect
the various railroads of this State in the
interest of the traveling public.
By Martin, of Fulton, to purchase the
original records of the secession conven
tion of Georgia, now in the possession of
Mrs. Mary A. Steele, Atlanta.
One by Berner of Monroe makes every
citizen from twenty-one to sixty subject to
jury duty, excepting only practicing phy
sicians and apothecaries.
By Sears of Webster, to amend the act
making permanent the income of the State
University, practically making the State
pay 34 per cent on 8370,000, instead of 7
per cent as is now done, making a differ
ence of 812,950 in the income of the Uni
versity.
The tax bill will be taken up tomorrow.
THE THIRD PARTY CALL.
Ocala, Fla., December 5.—The follow
ing is the call for a Third Party confer
ence, signed by Gen. Rice and John Davis,
of Kansas, and by about seventy-five other
Alliaucemen:
Whereas, In unity there is strength,
therefore, it is desirable that there should
be a union of all the variously named in
dustrial organizations that stand on a com
mon ground, to this end, the in
dividuals from various States, whose
names are hereto signed, make
this call for a national conference to be
composed of delegates from the following
per cent. The increase in exports here
has been 84 per cent., though last year’s
were remarkably heavy, so that the excess
of exports for the month was probably
over 830,000,000. Thus, no pressure of
difficulty should now be felt here, if for
eign influences only were operative.
In domestic affairs there has been a dis
tinct improvement in the disposition of
banks and money lenders to give the
necessary support to legitimate business,
curtailing speculative advances as far as
possible. This wiser disposition is shown,
not only in much larger issues of clearing
house certificates and larger loans here,
but in the dispatches from many other
places. The volume of trade is still sur
prisingly heavy, as the clearing house ex
changes prove, and the railroad earnings,
and the returns from many centers
of trade are larger than ever be
fore at this season. The legitimate business
of the country should soon recover its
normal state of health. Reports from
other cities show that the cheapness of
cotton at the South and the delay of win
ter weather at the North, have somewhat
reduced transactions and caused more tar
diness in collections than heretofore, but
colder weather and the approach of the
holiday season already begin to have a fa
vorable effect at many points. In general,
the volume of trade throughout the
country is so heavy that, with an advance
of 74 per cent, in prices since a
year ago, the larger supplies of money are
absorbed. The amount of currency in
circulation is now over 81,504,000,000, be
ing 8S7,000,000 larger than a year ago.
The treasury has taken in about 82,400,-
000 more than it has paid out for the
week.
Pig iron is rather weaker in tone, and
numerous furnaces are likely to go out
of blast if prices yield further. The
demands for finished products of iron and
steel are less than a month ago, and rails
are weak with scanty sales. Woolen man
ufacturers are moving with caution.
Labor troubles are very few and the in
dustry of the country is remarkably well
employed at fair wages.
Business failures of the week number
282, against 271 for the corresponding
week last year.
A CATHOLIC CHURCH BURNED.
Pittsburg, Pa., December 6.—Fire at
Homestead, at 2 o’clobk this morning,
destroyed St. Magdalene Catholic church,
the school house and convent, and two
dwellings. The loss is estimated at 850,-
000, fully insured. The fire was caused by
the heavy pressure of natural gas.
tween the National Farmers’ Alliance and
Industrial Union and the Farmers’ Mutual
Benefit Association, which has an organi
zation with a large membership in the
Western States. The report was explained
at length by Chairman Livingston. Under
this proposition the Mutual Benefit Asso
ciation is to still maintain its separate or
ganization, but to be entitled to representa
tion in the National Alliance council and tl e
executive committee of each organization,
is to meet hereafter and arrange the de
tails of this union. At the conclusion of
Livingston’s remarks, which occupied
nearly an hour, the report was adopted
without dissent. This action undoubtedly
means the absolute consolidation of these
two organizations in the near future.
Col. Livingston also offered a resolution
providing for the adoption of the St. Louis
Alliance platform of 1839, inasmuch as
there has been a question raised as to the
unanimous endorsement of the demands
therein contained, by all the State delega
tions one year ago. Livingston’s idea was
to call out any objections which might ex
ist as to its absolutely unanimous endorse
ment. This platform demands the aboli
tion of national banks and the substitution
of legal tender treasury notes in lieu of
national bank notes, in sufficient volume
to carry on the business of the country on
a cash system; that Congress prevent by
law the dealing in “futures” of all agricul
tural and mechanical productions; the
free and unlimited coinage of silver, and
the prohibition of alien ownership of land,
and the adoption of some just plan by
which the Government may acquire own
ership in such lands and also in lands held
by railroad companies in excess of their
actual needs; that taxation, both State and
National, shall not be used to btnld
upon any interest or class at the ex
pense of another; that all revenues,
national, State and county, shall be lim
ited to the actual, necessary expenditures
of the Government, economically and hon
estly administered: that Congress issue
sufficient fractional paper currency to fa
cilitate exchange through the United
States mails, and that all means of commu
nication and transportation should be con
trolled by the United States Government.
An amendment was offered by Loucks,
of North Dakota, providing for the owner
ship of all railroad and telegraph lines by
the National Government.
Livingston opposed this, and offered as
a compromise measure a resolution provid
ing that the liberty to control and operate
all such lines shail vest in the Govern
ment, and if, after a fair trial of this sys
tem. it is found that it does not afford the
relief demanded, or effect reform in the
management of them, the Government
ownership shall be complete. This was
adopted after some discussion.
Wade, of Tennessee, offered an addi
tional amendment that every Alliance
lecturer, State and national, and all news
paper organs of the Alliance, shall sup
port the St. Louis and Ocala platforms
(amended platforms) or suffer suspension
from the order; and further, that no can
didate, for any national political office
shah be supported by Alliance members
unless he endorses this platform, and any
sub-Alliance not complying with these
restrictions may be suspended at pleasure
by the president. This was also adopted,
and the whole platform as amended was
adopted unanimously upon a call of the
roll by States.
FAILURE OF DELAMATEB’S BANK.
Pittsburg, I’a., December 5.—A Mead-
ville, Pa., special says: Delamater A Co.,
bankers of this’ city, made an assignment
this morning. Beyond the fact stated no
particulars are obtainable. Hotchkiss A
McClintock, the assignees, took immediate
possession and are preparing a statement
for the public. George W. Delamater. the
defeated Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, is president. This bank is another
depository of State funds to the amount of
8100,000, but State Treasurer Boyer says
the State is amply protected by a bond.
