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SESSION OF THE SENATORS.
CIVIL SERVICE LAW THE MAIN
TOriC OK DEBATE.
One of Secretary Sherman's Recom
mendations Looked Upon As Pre
sainptaons ly Sentttor Cockrell In
view of the Fact That the Presi
dent I* Vested With the Power
Asked for by the Secretary ot
Stntc —Senator Culloin Advocates
Modilieation of the Law As It Now
Exists-
Washington, Jan. s.—The presentation
of the replies of the members of the cab
inet to the resolution calling for informa
tion as to the application of the civil serv
ice law to the various departments of the
government, together with the considera
tion of the bill establishing a bureau for
the twelfth census, precipitated a sharp
civil service debate in the Senate to-day.
Mr. Cullom of Illinois, the author of the
resolution, thought that modification of
the law ought to be made, as the authori
ties had drifted away from the original
intention of the author of the law.
Mr. Allen of Nebraska charged that the
law was openly and daily violated, and
that it was a hiss and a by-word among
the people. 1
Mr. Cockrell, dem., of Missouri declared
It was presumptuous in Secretary Sher
man to make recommendations to con
gress that certain positions in his depart
ment should be excepted from the classi
fied service, when the President had full
authority to make the exceptions he rec
ommended. He thought that an effort
was being mode to tie the President's
hands.
Mr. Davis, chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, gave notice that he
would next Monday, and daily thereafter,
move that the Senate consider In execu
tive session the Hawaiian annexation
treaty until it was disposed of finally.
There was only a small attendance in
the Senate to-day.
Mr. Allen of Nebraska spoke on the im
migration bill and declared in favor of
consular inspection of immigrants.
Mr. Carter of Montana called up the bill
to provide for taking the next census, and
argued against making the appointments
through the civil service commission, say
ing it was a preliminary measure and pro
vided only for thirty-two places.
A report by Secretary Sherman on the
civil service was read; and Mr. Cockerell
said It was a most remarkable document,
being a request upon congress for legisla
tive action which was in the power of his
chief by executive authority.
Mr. Teller, rep., of Colorado, spoke at
some length in support of the Idea that
the census bureau should not be a partisan
bureau, and that its employes should,
therefore, be placed in the classified ser
vice. He was particularly anxious that
honest, competent men should perform the
work of the next census, because he had
knowledge of intentional misstatements
and intentional frauds that had been per
petuated by one statistical department of
the government in making out that the
world’s production of silver was ten mill
ions of dollars larger than it actually was.
He was prepared, he said, to establish this
statement, if necessary, to a jury. If the
men whose appointment is provided for
by this bill are competent they ought to
have the protection of the classified ser
vice. Properly administered, said he, the
civil service law was a wise measure.
Quite unexpectedly, a lively civil service
debate was precipitated just at the close
of the session.
Mr. Carter, in charge of the bill, said
he would have the measure printed with
nmendmerits that had been offered hereto
fore, and for that purpose would consent
to have the bill temporarily laid aside. He
then moved that the Senate proceed to the
consideration of executive business.
Pending the passage of that motion the
vice president laid before the Senate the
reply of Secretary Sherman to the Senate
resolution requesting information as to
the application of the civil service law
in his department.
Mr. Cockrell was upon his feet imme
diately upon the conclusion of the reading
of Secretary Sherman's communication.
“Coming from Secretary Sherman, who
served many years in congress, this com
munication must be regarded as a very
remarkable document,” said he. "The
President himself, as Secretary Sherman
well knows, has ample authority to modi
f' the law in accordance with the recom
mendations of his Secretary of State. The
extension of the operation of the civil ser
vice law has been made from time to time
by executive action. \For a Secretary of
State to come to congress for such relief
s Mr. Sherman requests when his own
chief, the President of the United States,
has full power to act, is presumptuous.”
Mr. Allison said that, in making his re
ply, Secretary Sherman had simply com
plied with the explicit request of the .Sen
ate, and he had the resolution ready to
show that it called recommendations
or suggestions for modifications that cab
inet officers might have to make. Mr. Al
lison did not think that senators oiight to
' ritielse members of the cabinet for bur
nishing to the Senate precisely what it
had asked for.
Mr. Cockrell thought it was a "catch”
resolution, which had been framed by the
lenator from Illinois (Mr. Cullom), but he
thought it was unnecessary to consume
<lie time of congress in the discussion of
'his question, unless there was a desire
on the part of the President's party to
tie his hands.
Mr. Cullom of Illinois, the author of the
resolution calling for information, in the
lourso of some remarks bearing upon it,
sai l in a general way that he was in fa
vor of the civil service law. He was free
say, however, that modifications in
1 application might be made with advan
tage.
Mr. Cullom was interrupted by Mr. Al
e ri of Nebraska, wilh the charge that the
euil service law was openly and daily
violated by the heads of government de
p.irtments.
_ “As it is now administered,” he said,
"It is a hiss and by-word among the peo
ple.”
IPsiiming, Mr. Cullom said he had no
information as to specific violations of
the law, but he would like to have the
"hole matter Investigated, as he was sat-
I ’icd that (he authorities were very far
i on carrying out the original intention
oi the authors of the law.
Mr. Jones of Arkansas declared It was
evident that the authors of the law had
p i intended that inefficient persons should
Pot he removed by the heads of govern
ment departments. He held that the heads
or the executive departments of the gov
ernment ought to have the right to re
tiKoe incompetent employes without refer
-111 e to the action or opinions of the civil
service commission.
At 3:10 o’clock the Senate went into ex
' olive session, and soon after adjourned.
Rail Man Killed.
' larksvilie, Ark., Jan. s.—Joseph J.
‘■andthrop, well known in this community
J 1 a desiierate man, was shot and killed
'e last night about two miles from town,
James J. Young, a prominent citizen.
Hand Crashed by Cars.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 6.—Henry Hodges, a
, am hand on the South Carolina and
C'orgla railroad, had his hand crushed
' i- evening, while coupling cars, and it
, 1 have to be amputated. He la in the
hospital.
SVERDRUP GOING TO THE VRCTIC.
I
Norwegian Government to Loan the
Captain the Fram.
New York, Jan. 6.—A dispatch to the
Tribune from Louisville says: “No mat
ter what controversies arise, Capi, Sverd
rup, who was with Dr. Nansen, the Nor
wegian navigator, and who directed the
perilous course of the Fram during her
last expedition, will lead an exploring par
ty to the frozen north this summer.
The authority for this statement is Dr.
Nansen himself, who lectured in Ixmis
ville to-night. Dr. Nansen said that the
Norwegian government has already con
sented to lend Capt. Sverdrup the Fram,
and that Capt. Sverdrup would sail for
Puget sound and the unexplored region
beyond early next summer. He will take
with him about fifty men.
Dr. Nansen further said that Capt.
Sverdrup would make no attempt to reach
the north pole, but would
devote all his time to sclentic in
vestigations along the coast of
Greenland. As he did not know of
Lieut. Peary's intentions before forming
his plans, Dr. Nansen does not believe it
will be an act of discourtesy for Capt.
Sverdrup to persist in carrying out his
scheme, and inasmuch as Dr. Nansen is
convinced that Capt. Sverdrup conceived
the plan at least as early as Lieut. Peary,
He does not think that Lieut. Peary has
a prior claim on the route and project, or
that he is entitled to any exclusive privi
leges on the northern coast of Greenland.
FACTIONS OF THE POPULISTS.
Milton Park and .Marion Itutlrr Fail
to Come to an Agreement.
Dallas, Tex., Jan. 5. —At the solicitation
of a number of the members of the na
tional organization committee, as well as
the national committee of the people’s par
ty, Chairman Milton Park of the national
organization committee, submitted by tele
graph to Chairman Marion Butler a propo
sition that if Mr. Butler would call the
national committee to meet with the na
tional organization committee the St.
Louis meeting in January would be post
poned until Feb. 15.
Mr. Butler replied that he would submit
to the committee by referendum vote the
plan of the organization committee for a
joint meeting time and place.
The Dallas chieftain of the middle-of-the
roaders says: “This settles the matter of
postponement. The meeting will be held
at the time and place already named, Jan.
12, at the Laclede hotel, St. Louis. His
answer clearly shows that he Is not dis
posed to concede anything whatever to
middle-of-the-road populism.
"As far as I am able, I am determined
that the rank and tile of the peoples
party’s votes in every part of the country
shall settle every question of policy and
procedure. The St. Louis meeting will put
such plans on foot as will secure this end.’’
LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK.
Republican Caucus Nominees Elect
ed in Both Houses.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 3.—The legislature
of the state of New York met to-day and
organized. The Senate, with a member
ship of fifty, has a republican majority
of twenty-nine, while the assembly, with
150 names on the roll, is republican by
eight.
In both houses the republican caucus
nominees were elected without any un
usual incident.
The speaker of the assembly, Is J. M.
E. O’Grady, who presided during the ses
sion of 1896.
In his message to the legislature Gov.
Black made three suggestions In connec
tion with the labor problem:
1. That immigration be checked.
2. That a fair rate of wages be paid la
borers.
3. That in organizing strikes by armed
men some method should be adopted which
would not at first discharge of firearms
produce those fatal, tragic results which
have caused a recent event to be univer
sally deplored.
A BATCH OP APPOINTMENTS.
A Large Number of Consuls On the
List Sent In.
Washington, Jan, s.—The President has
made the following appointments: To he
consuls of the United States—Adolph
Frankenthai of Massachusetts, at Berne,
Switzerland; Neil McMillen of Michigan,
at Port Sarnia, Ont.; James N. Ayers of
Ohio, at Rosario, Argentine Republic;
John H. Grout, Jr., of Massachusetts, at
Malta; Edmond Z. Brodowkie of Illinois,
now- consul at Breslau, Germany, at
Furth, Bavaria; Charles W. Erdman of
Kentucky, now consul at Furth, Bavaria,
at Breslau, Germany. ,
Treasury—Leander P. Mitchell ofs.ltwi
ll no, to be assistant controller of the
treasury.
Postmasters—Alabama, Rachael E.
Booth, at Dothan; Seaborn E. York, at
Athens; Robert McCloud, at Tuseumbia.
The Senate to-day confirmed the follow
ing nominations:
To be United States Consul General—
Charles M. Dickinson of New York, at
Constantinople; Hezekiah A. Gudger of
North Carolina, at Panama, Colombia.
ST. LOUIS CU B’S SALE.
The Reports of Tuesday Night Non
Officially Confirmed.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. s.—The Fost-Dls
patch, in its last edition this afternoon,
said: "The Si. Louis Browns have been
sold to a syndicate composed of John T.
Brush, the Indianapolis base hall mag
nate; Messrs. Talbott and Schmidt of that
city, and Frank De Haas Robison, presi
dent of the Cleveland club. The
price paid is $85,000, of which $05,000 is in
cash, and the remainder in notes.
"This announcement was sent down
from a room in the Southern hotel late
this afternoon by President Von Der Ahe
of the Browns, who bad been in confer
ence a greater part of the day with the
gentlemen named."
POPULISTS AND PROHIBITION.
Democrats Force Them to Pncc the
Issue In Kansas.
Topeka, Kan.. Jan. 5.-The democrats to
night sprung a sensation in the populist
conference which is being held her<* and
will force them to go on record on the
liquor queslion-a thing which the popa
rts have never yet done. The democratic
leaders have off- red to forego representa
tion on the state ticket in the next cam
paign if the populists will insert’a resuh
mlssion plank in their platform. The pop
ulist committee refused to make any state
ment regarding the proposal of the demo
crats, and Will decide the matter to-mor
row.
,1. B. Pouml Married.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 5.—J. B. Pound,
the publisher of the Knoxville Tribune and
Chattanooga News, was married in this
cltytO-nUfht to Miss Caroline Willingham
The affair was one of the leading social
events of the season.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JANUARY c>. is<lß.
CIVIL SERVICE LAW CLASH.
THE DEBATE OVER THE APPRO
PRIATION ON IN THE HOI SE.
It Is Almost Certain to Occupy the
Time for the Remainder of the
Week—All the Chances in Favor ot
the Appropriation for the Commis
sion Being: Left in the Hill—The
Debate Only Preliminary t Any
Programme Which the Opponents
of the Law May Agree l poll.
Washington, Jan. s.—The civil service
debate began In the House to-day, based
on the item in the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill for the
maintenance of the commission and prom
ises to continue at least until the end of
this week, with a possibility that it may
run longer. But It is generally admitted
on both sides that the appropriation in
the bill will stand, as the anti-civil ser
vice reformers do not seriously contem
plate an attempt to strike it out,
The debate, therefore, is only prelimi
nary to any programme which tlie enemies
of the law may agree upon. The members
of the House are divided into three camps
on this question; those who stand by the
law, those who advocate its entire repeal
and those who desire- its modification.
These divisions were apparent in the de
bate to-day, the nature of which was as
had been anticipated.
There was a very large attendance when
the House convened. The galleries were
crowded.
It was noticed that, with one or two
exceptions, the members of the Ohio del
egation, both democrats and republicans,
were absent.
Without any preliminary business, the
House went into committee of the whole
to resume consideration of the legisla
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bill. All the features of the bill had been
disposed of except the appropriation for
the civil service commission, upon which,
by previous arrangement, there was to be
an indefinite general debate.
It was proposed that Mr. Moody, rep.,
of Massachusetts, and Mr. Dockery,
dem., of Missouri, to control the time for
and against the bill.
Mr. Hepburn, rep., of lowa, suggested
that it was a three-cornered contest.
"The democrats,” said he, “desire the
entire repeal of the law. Some of these
on this side desire It to stand as it is,
while a large body of us desire a whole
some modification of its provisions.”
“Why does the gentleman aver that all
the democrats on this side of the House
desire the entire repeal of the law?” In
quired Mr, Clark, dem., of Missouri.
“Simply because it would he wrong, and
on your side it was always wrong,” re
torted Mr. Hepburn amid gieat laughter.
All suggestions as to the control of the
time failed at last, and the chair recogniz
ed Mr. Grow, rep., of Pennsylvania, who
spoke for twenty minutes in support of
the general principle of the civil service
law.
Mr. Moody, rep., of Massachusetts then
made an elaborate defense of the shipping
law.
Mr. Dockery, dem., of Missouri opposed
the cause of the civil service law. He
made a warm speech in which he declar
ed the law was odious to the American
people and should be repealed.
Mr, Landis, rep., of Indiana, spoke for a
modification of the law.
Mr. Pearson, rep., of North Carolina, at
tacked the law, and said a bill for its re
peal would be brought in by a majority of
the civil service committee.
Mr. Morrow, rep., of Massachusetts, fol
lowed with an elaborate defense of the
civil service law, which he said protected
officials who received $7,000,000 in salaries
per annum. He said he thought that
those who were placed under the protec
tion of the law by executive order should
be compelled to submit to a test of their
efficiency, and he also believed that some
method should be found to preserve, if not
restore, the efficiency of the service.
He commended the administration of the
law and the character of the administra
tion of the commission. In conclusion he
declared that the hostility to the law was
superficial." The sentiment of the repub
lican party, he insisted, was overwhelm
ingly in favor of tho party keeping the
solemn pledge it had given the people.
Mr. Dockery opened the debate in op
position to the law, which he argued was
odious to. the American people, and should
be repealed in toto. He pointed out that
the striking out of the civil service com
mission would accomplish nothing, as the
commissioners could sue in the court of
claims for the cost of their salaries. The
courageous thing to do, he said, was to
pass a bili aimed directly at the law,
Mr. Landis, rep., of Indiana favored
modification of the law, which, he said,
would doubtless earn for him a reputation
as a spoilsman. He sneered at the pro
fessional civil service reformers. He had
never known those who called themselves
"the better element,” who were not nar
row, selfish, bigoted and dangerous. They
had bulldozed and cowed national con
ventions and hypnotized Presidents, while
they managed themselves to sit continu
ously at the banquet table. He denounced
IMr. Cleveland’s methods in his second ad
ministration, particularly for what took
place in the government printing office,
to the head of which he said Mr. Cleveland
had appointed a man who would do the
“dirty work.” On a single day, he
said the public printer had
discharged 75 men. It was known that he
held the government printing office as
“blood money.” On another day he dis
charged 420. When 3,800 removals had 3*een
made and 1,800 democrats appointed, Mr.
Cleveland pressed the button and the civil
service blanket was thrown over them.
Mr. Greene, pop., of Nebraska, closed the
day with a speech in favor of civil service
reform. He criticized Mr. Landis, who,
he said, urged the abuses of the spoils
system as an argument for a return to this
system.
Mr. Richardson, dem., of Tennessee, In
reply to Mr. Landis, declared that the rec
ords showed that when the civil service
was extended to the government printing
office only 31 per cent, of the employe.*) had
been appointed under the democratic, ad
ministration, while 44 had teen appointed
by a republican President.
At 4:45 o'clock the House adjourned.
DIPLOMATIC POSTS EXCHANGED.
J. R. Angel! to Go to China anil C. R.
Rrynn to Turkey.
Chicago, Jan. 5.—A special to the Times-
Herald from Washington, D. C. says:
“Charles Page Byran will be made min
ister to Turkey in the place of Dr. James
B. Angell of Michigan, who will be sent
to China.
“This is the upshot of the opposition
that has been offered in the Senate to Mr.
Bryan’s confirmation as minister to
the latter country.
“Mr. Bryan has teen consulted and has
agreed to accept the exchange.”
Osborne Still at Large,
Atlanta, Ga,, Jan. s.—Osborne, the es
caped lunatic, has not made his appear
ance In Atlanta. The police have teen on
the lookout for him, but have found no
trace, and so far as is known here, he is
.still at large. ,
A PLAGUE OF THE NIGHT
ITCHING PILES AND OTHER RECTAL
TKOI IILEM EASILY Cl RED lIY A
NEW AND SAFE .METHOD.
A Heninrkntile Number of Cares Made
by the Pyramid Pile Cure.
About one person in every four suffers
from some form of rectal disease. The
most common and annoying is Itching
piles, indicated by warmth, slight mois
ture and intense, uncontrollable itching in
the parts affected.
The usuai treatment has been some sim
ple ointment or salve which sometimes
give temporary relier, hut nothing like a
permanent cure can be expected from
such superficial treatment.
The only permanent cure for itching
piles yet discovered is the Pyramid Pile
Cure, not only for itching piles, but for
every other form of piles, blind, bleeding
or protruding. The first application gives
instant relief and the continued use for a
short time causes a permanent removal of
the tumors or the small parasites which
cause the intense itching and discomfort
of itching piles.
Many physicians for a long time sup
posed that the remarkable relief afforded
by ihe Pyramid Pile Cure was because it
was supposed to contain cocaine, opium
or similar drugs, but such is not the case.
A recent careful analysis of the remedy
showed it to be absolutely free from any
cocaine, opium, or In fact any poisonous,
injurious drugs whatever.
For this reason the Pyramid Pile Cure is
probably the only pile cure extensively
recommended by physicians, because it is
so safe, so prompt in the relief a (forded,
and so far as known the only positive
cure for piles except a surgical operation.
In one year Ihe Pyramid Pile Cure has
become (he best known, the safest and the
most extensively sold of any pile cure be
fore the public.
Nearly all druggists now sell It at 50c
and $1 per package.
Address the Pyramid Cos., Marshall,
Mich., for book on cause and cure of piles
and also hundreds of testimonials from all
parts of the United States.
If suffering from any form of piles ask
your druggist for a package of Pyramid
Pile Cure and try it to-night.
TAYLOR'S CREEK CAMP GROUND.
Established in 1815 mid Used for Re
ligious Camp Meeting*.
Waycross, Ga., Jan. s.—The old Taylor’s
Creek camp ground, located in Liberty
county, ten miles from the Plant system's
Savannah and Waycross line, was estab
lished in the year 1813, since which time
it has been the place of annual religious
camp meetings, in which some distin
guished preachers in Georgia Methodism
participated. Word has come (hat the
camp ground has been transferred from
the Waycross district to .mother one, and
this is cause for regret to many who have
been accustomed to (>ay annual visits lo
the place. There are about ten acres in
the square. In the center is an arbor of
reel oak and hickory from sixty to ninety
feet in hight. Tents are located on all
sides of the square for the use of visit
ors during ihe meetings. Some frame cot
tages have been erected during the past
few years in the place of tents by those
who attend regularly, and are able to
stand some expense. A spring, six by
eighf feet at the mouth and two and a
half feet deep, is neat' the square-.
The camp pjeythags .ape; field annually,
embracing the third Sunday in October. It
Is learned that only two years have pass
ed since the organization of the camp
without meetings being held. Pleasant
memories are associated with the place.
Among the well remembered preachers
who attended in the early days .were:
Revs. J. Blakely Smith, J. W. Burke, L.
B. Payne, J. T. Payne, J. D. Anthony,
Bishop Pierce, Walter Knox, Dr. Pierce
and others. Some of the meetings result
ed in many conversions and were marked
by much religious excitement. Whole
families visit the meetings and live in
tents, doing their own cooking. The tab
ernacle has a seating capacity for 3,000
souls.
GOLD AND SILVER MINES.
A South Georgia Man's Extensive
Operations In Mexico.
Waycross, Ga., Jan. 5.—H. W. Reed,
former roadmaster of the Plant system
at Waycross, and former president of the
Brunswick National Blink, is spending
several days in Waycross, and will leave
in about two weeks for his gold and silver
mines, thirty-two in all, 150 miles south
of the City of Mexico. Mr. Reed says he
will Inspect his mines oh his return, and
as they are a good day’s journey apart,
it will take him about three months to
make a thorough inspection. He will as
say material from each mine, and find out
something as to the value of the veins.
The milling will begin aliout the first of
August, he says, and until then the value
of the product will not be fully ascertain
ed. To reach the mines from the City of
Mexico Mr. Reed has to go on horseback,
as there is no railroad and no stage line.
Some of the mines have teen worked suc
cessfully prior to his possession of them,
and he thinks he will find all of his plants
profitable. He is not interested in any
placers, and prefers to engage in pure
mining. As he is a practical civil engineer
and a student' of mineralogy he is pre
pared to assay for himself. He was not
prepared to say what the probable value
of the properties would be.
.Fudge Sweat at Brunswick.
Waycross, Ga., Jan. 6.—Judge Sweat left
to-night for Brunswick, to pass upon the
receivership matter of the Merchants and
Traders Bank and another matter of local
Interest at Brunswick.
COLORED MASONIC HOME.
Grand Lodge Buildings for the Or
phitn* to Cost IjtIO.OOO.
Americus, Ga., Jan. s.—Architects have
Just submitted plans for the handsome
buildings to be erected here by the colored
Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia as an
orphan’s home. Twenty acres of land
have teen purchased, and buildings cost
ing SIO,OOO will soon be erected thereupon.
An industrial school will also he attached
to the home, and children of deceased col
ored Masons given a practical education,
as well as being taken care of by the
grand lodge.
Americus lost two of her oldest citizens
yesterday, In the d<ath of James McGar
rah and D. P. Pugh, Each served
through the war, the former as a member
of Cults' Artillery, and the funeral to
day was attended by the local camp of
veterans.
Bill Smith, colored, was arrested yester
day, charged with the burglary of Mims’
store last week. The negro had on six
pairs of pantaloons and four shirts when
captured.
In the election of city officials and heads
of departments by the city council, there
was no change in the long list of em
ployes except that as chairman of the
board of health. Dr. B. B. Hudson succeeds
Dr. M. T. Davis.
An unusual scene at this season is to be
witnessed on several plantations in this
county—cotton picking in January. Usu
ally the crop Is gathered and sold long be
fore Christmas, but the winter has been so
mild that the bolls continue to grow and
many fields ore still white with cotton.
F.%1,i, of the favorites.
The Talent Fail* to „ sinKlo
YViunei- at New Orlcitn*.
New Orleans. La.. Jan. 5 Fine weather
und a fast track woe tlie condition* to
day. The talent had a bad day of it as
ail the live favorites w. n i>, .pen. Sum
maries follow:
First Race—Selling, six fir , n-. . Ever
est, 6to 1, won. with Easier Ev- 5 to 1
second,' and Mamie Cull.in, : lo j t |,i r V
Time 1:15%.
Second Race—Selling, mil- and twenty
yards. Siva, 7 to 5. won wi ,
Cox, even, second, and Mi E.isi.m m to
1. third. Time 1:45c..
Third Race—Selling, six furl,>r us po
rah Wood. 4 to l, won, with w. c. r 4
to 1, second, und Brighton, fit io ! 'third
Time 1:15.
Fourth Race—Selling, one mi o Elkin, 6
to 1, won, with Tremona, 5 to 1. , ~ad,
and Jim Hogg, 4to 1. third Time I I
Fifth Race—Selling, one nub lt,d
Duchess, 6 to 1. won, with Jim t t ,\.iy,
6 to 1, second, and McMillan 12 to 1 thud
Time I:4*U.
San Francisco, Jail. 5. Tlie weather
was cloudy and the track f.i-i at ingle
side to-day. The original sixth i.. . war
declared off and a mile and in , efith oil,
Ing rare was substituted. Summaries ful
low:
First Race—Purse, seven furlongs Im
perious, 4 to 1, won, with The Dipper, i; to
1, second, und Prestar, ti to 3. third. Time
1:30.
Second Race—Selling, six furlon - Mid
light, 2 to 1. won, with Lucky Dog. 5 io 2,
and even, second, and Miss Dinah, to 2,
third. Time 1:14%.
Third Race—Selling, one mile. Kaiser
Ludwig, 2 to 1, won. with Rufat Her >; to
1, second, and Mulberry, 25 to 1 third
Time l:43’i.
Fourth Race—Selling, six an.i a quarter
furlongs. Joseph Ullman, sto I. won. with
Twinkle Twinkle, 6 to 1, second, mid I
Don’t Know, 3 to 1, third. Time l:l.V- 4 .
Fifth Race—Selling, one mile. San Mar
co, 8 to 3, won, with Benemela, 5 to " and
even, second, and Charles Reiff, s to 1,
third. Time 1:42%.
Sixth Race—Selling, mile and an eighth.
Yankee Doodle. 2 to 1, won, with Song
and Dance, 6 to I and 2 to 3, second, and
Una Colorado, 25t01, third. Time I 11,.I 1 ,.
MARYLAND’S HEIM III.KW Ml DIM E.
The Split the Result of n Revolt
Against YVelliiiKton.
Annapolis, Mil., Jan. S.—The split in the
ranks of the republican members of the
House of Delegates, which developed at last
night's caucus, continued to-day, with the
result that the House was compelled to
adjourn until to-morrow without having
organized, and there seems to be no imme
diate prospect of a settlement of the diffi
culty. The trouble arises from the position
assumed by eleven of the members of ihe
Baltimore city delegation, who say they
are in rebellion against the rule of United
States Senator Wellington, Gov. Lowndes
and other party leaders. Without the aid
of seven of the speeders the republican m i
jorlty cannot elect a speaker, and with
four of them the. democrats would have
the number necessary under tlie constitu
tion to effect an organization.
The situation is having a serious effect
upon the tight for the United States sena
torship, United States Senator Wellington
and Gov. Lowndes both having declared
for Judge McComas for the office, while
Maj. Alexander Shaw, Gen. Thomas Shry
ock and Congressman Sidney Mudd are
making an active canvass in order to see
how the land lies. Balloting for a suc
cessor to United States Senator Gorman
will begin next Wednesday.
ELYTON LAND COMPANY BONDS.
Holders of Nine or flip Original Is
sue Ask for a Receiver.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. s.—Thomas J.
Semmes of New Orleans and H. C. Tomp
kins of Montgomery to-day applied In the
chancery court here for a receiver for the
dividend trust bonds of the Elyton Land
Company, founder of Birmingham, for tin
benefit of the dividend trust bondholders.
The complainants are holders of nine out
of 128 bonds of the old company, whose
holders refuse to exchange them for new
bonds of the, Elyton company, which suc
ceeded the Elyton Land Company four
years ago.
The old bonds are secured by $400,000 of
land and other property, an<i It is this
for which the complainants, who refuse
to enter the exchange arrangements and
desire that their bonds be paid, ask for
the appointment of a receiver.
Only to this extent Is the Elyton com
pany affected. It is perfectly solvent, hav
ing recently paid interest on $2,000,000 of
outstanding bonds.
BUOYS FOR BRUNSW ICK.
Government to Place Lighted Bea
cons In tlie Hnrho>r.
Brunswick, Go., Jan. s.—Judge Emory
Speer has appointed Hon. J. G. Stxitis
wood of Waycross United States commis
sioner at Brunswick. He will have an of
fice in the custom house. In addition to
this territory, Mr. Spottswood is Unit'd
States commissioner at Waycross and out
lying district. His present field covers a
large slice of this section.
William St. John of New York is in the
city securing Information in regard to
placing lighted buoys in Ihe Brunswick
harbor. He goes from Brunswick to Sa
vannah, Femandtna and Jacksonville.
A bill will pass congress this session
providing appropriation for same. "Fight
ing Bob” Evans of the Indiana is travel
ing from port to to port on the Armeria,
locating buoys for the company Mr. Ht.
John represents. He will Join him at Sa
vannah.
STOCK OF LIKI OHS ATTACHED.
Inexpeeteil Turn in n Mercantile
Change at Abbeville.
Abbeville, Ga., Jan. s.—The stock of
goods of the Kentucky Whisky Company,
which closed its doors on the first of Jan
uary, for the ostensible purpose of remov
ing the business to Howkinsville, has been
attached by N. & A. iM. Black, wholesale
liquor dealers of Macon. The officers en
trusted with the execution of the attach
ment was surprised to find that Ihe Ken
tucky Whisky Company had made an as
signment for Ihe benefit of their creditors,
a few hours prior to the levying of the
attachment. Albert Sommer was made
assignee.
GRIEF, WORRY AND GRAVE.
YY'enlthy Cigar Manufacturer Com
mit* Suicide.
New Orleans, Jan. s.—Simon Hernshelm,
tho head of the large Hernshelm cigar
factory, committed suicide yesterday by
taking cyanide of potassium. He was
missed all the evening and a search re
vealed tho body in the tobacco wurehouse.
The death of his wife and other family
troubles preyed on his mind and he sought
self-destruction as an escape. Ho was a
wealthy man.
Now Rank Examiner Nnmoil.
Washington. Jan. s.—Controller Dawes
has apitointed William C. Oakley of Chi
cago national bank examiner, to succeed
Joseph T. Talbot, resigned.
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This is the time when prices are
pulled down to the bottom notch.
Your clothing needs will cost you
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At sl.3s—Children's Knee Pants Suits, heretofore sold at $2.30.
At $3.45 Men's Suits, heretofore sold at $7.50.
At s4.B6—Men’s Suits, heretofore sold at SIO.OO.
At $7.45 —Men's Suits, heretofore sold at $15.00.
At s7.Bs—Men’s Beaver Overcoats, worth $15.00.
Ses the Display in Western Window.
For 50c—Colored Bosom Shirts, heretofore sold at sl.
For 35c—Woolen Bicycle Hose, heretofore sold at 50c.
For 25c—Black Bicycle Hose, heretofore sold at 36c.
These few items show the trend of
all our prices. Your opportunity to
save many dollars lies here and now.
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OYSTER TONGINO.
The Various llniiil Implement* In
Ust—Tongs for Deep \\ liter.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Easton, Dee. 28.—The old-fashioned
hand oyster rakes used by longmen are
not serviceable where the water is over
twenty feet deep, and even at that depth
only the most expert and muscular oyster
men can make a good day’s work. There
are two kinds of these implements—the
rakes which any country blacksmith can
make, tin heads und teeth or which are
forged fiy the smith, and the teeth, which
are, curved, are welded to tlie heads at the
proper angle. A strap is welded to the
top bar of the heads, and boiled to the
wooden shafts. This Is the oldest style
of oyster-catching hand tools, after the
"paws” or “nippers.” made to catch sin
gle oysters where the water is clear enough
and shallow enough for them to be seen.
The Iron-headed rakes were followed by
Ihe “Yankee rakes,” which are called
hu gs. These, although a Massachusetts
Invention and first used in “yunkec” wa
ters, were brought Into the Maryland
Chesapeake by Virginia oyster-planters.
These tongs have wooden heads, a
straight liar of some hard wood, fastened
to the shafts at a fixed angle. The teeth
are straight iron spikes driven through the
wooden heads. For them to work well the
angle of setting them must be neally cal
culat'd wf course, it is understood that
the whole tool IS composed of two levers
(, all'll shafts). working on a common ful
crum which is a l hole-pine, piercing each
shaft’at om-fourth of the distance from
tlie head, and binding the two shafts to
ed her Tlie first described work more
effectively in deep waters than the ‘Yan
kee” heads do.
The oyster outfit of a tongsman's canoe
consists of one pair of rakes, one pair of
tongs, a pair of nippers, a culling hoard,
several culling hammers, a couple of half
bushel baskets and an iron liulf bushel.
Formerly any old piece of iron was good
enough for u eulllrig hammer; for instance,
an olii gate hinge, a harrow tooth or a
piece of fire tongs. Hammers manufac
tured for the purpose, with wooden han
dle- supplanted those rude tools. The pro
cess oC culling now, however, is largely the
picking out of the small oysters and dead
shells. The hammer Is not much used.
A leather glove for the right hand and a
)Ui'k are the most useful culling tools.
The patent tongs, the use of which is
now so much discussed, and which ire In
the legislature and the courts, is the lat
,.sl development of hand lower for catch
ing oysters. The innocent tongsman who
considers the scrapers and dredg
ers his natural enemies Is
puzzled when he uses his
patent tongs to know which or what he is
tongsman, a dredger or a scraper. The
courts have decided, however, that he can
use the patent tongs and be a tongsman
st ll'l , n d that their use is lawful under
ills tonger’s license. Since Judge Lloyd's
decision aliout the legality of their use, at
h isi a hundred of th<se tongs (or pair of
tongs as one Is usually called), have teen
rnad’c In Talbot county, and that many
ovstermen arc at work with them In Tal
bot waters. Any good country blacksmith
„ make these implements. They cost
from S3O to S2O each, the price being usu
ally $lO for a tool with ten pairs of teeth,
and $1 a pair extra for each additional
iialr up to twenty.
The construction is simple. The iron
shafts arc welded to the heavy heads and
lot! " stout teeth; they are Joined In the
center by a fulcrum pin. Stout ropes aro
and through eylet holes in the upper end
of each shaft. The other ends of these two
rotes arc brought together, and at tho
point of Junction a single rope is fastened.
This is the machine. To operate it an arm
is securely fastened and braced to one
of the masts of tho canoe. At
each and there is ,a pulley. The
single rope passes through each pulley, and
Is brought down and fastened to a wind,
lass und cranks near the step of the mast.
The longs are pulled up by this apparatus,
and t man at the windlass can raise a
very heavy weight. They sink
bF their own gravity, and being
very heavy go down into
tlie soft mud below where oysters grow.
They go down wide open, and as the rope
on the windlass begins io turn to draw
them up they close, and are held together
Ity a tripper, which falls and lets them
open when the lowering on deck begins. In
mechanics the movement would be de
scribed as a duplex diagonal motion.
There being two musts to a canoe, two
of these machines can be worked at the
same time. They will w ork as easily in wa
ter sixty feet deep as they will in twenty
fret of water. Indeed, deeper waters are
preferred. The patent tongers like to get
In water where there are oysters which
are beyond the reach of the hand tonger.
They will bring up everything within their
scope—oysters, terrapins, stones, fossils,
buried crabs and cartloads of mud.‘There
Is a difference of opinion as to how much
harm the use of patent tongs will do the
oyster grounds. According to some author
ities it will exterminate the oysters again.
These do not use them. According to oth
ers they actually do oyster grounds good.
These do use them. One thing is certain—
since the Introduction of patent tongs into
the waters of Talbot the pay roll*of the
oyster-packers has grown much larger.
What to do about patent tongs will be one
of the vexed questions in oyster legisla
tion tit the approaching sessslon.
A HOUSE’S SWIM.
Strange Race in the Thames at Bat*
tersen.
From the London Daily Malf.
There was an exciting river chase at
Battersea last night, and a great saving
of life.
The chase was about a mile In extent,
and a good deal of life was saved—some
thing approaching a ton.
The hero of the adventure may be de
scribed as Dobbin. Asa general rule he is
a cab horse, but, he has ambitious* mo
ments, In which his soul rises to the level
of Roland’s, and Is equal to another
charge of the Light Brigade. Such a mo
ment came last night. He stood in Mil
man street, waiting for fares that did not
come. A big wind was blowing. It was
cold, and the futility and aimless mono
tony of a cab horse’s life entered his soul.
Dobbin shook his mane and stamped his
white foot. Atavism aserted itself. Tho
spirit of the ancestral Derby winner re
curred. Dobbin dashed down the Street,
and, having no interfering person to puli
the reins, he went his own course. This
led to the .gutter and the river wall. At
the gutter there was a portentious smasn.
The traces broke, a wheel came oIT, th*
cab collapsed. Freed at last from hum
drum trammels. Dobbin Jumped on the
river wall, which as that point is low,
looked at the dark river, thought It was
tempting, and forthwith fell over.
Instantly there was a bustle on th*
bank. There was shouting anil the noise
of boats being cast off from barges- The
horse swam to the middle of the stream,
with the boats splashing behind. He
swam through Battersea bridge, and
struck out again. He headed through a
middle arch of Albert bridge, and to his
disgust found that the boats were gaining.
The stream, helped him, and he dreamed
of the excitement of Newmarket and the
glories he had been denied. But there
were shouting crowds on the embankment,
and lanterns—anil that was something.
It was a gallant race, but the “odds”
were against the horse. The white boats
headed him off, and drove him to the side.
Opiiosite Battersea park there was a patch
or mud beneath the river wall. To this
the boats drove him, and with a shiver
of soulful disgust—or was it cold?—he
landed.
Ultimately they got him to the roadway,
and took him back to his stable.
—"Want a 'situation as errand boy, do
you? Well, can you tell me how far the
moon Is from the earth, oh?"
Boy: Well, guv-nor, I don’t know, but
I reckon It ain't near enough to inter
fere with me running errands, f
He got the Job.—Til-Bits.
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