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<5 HE TOCCOA NEWS. VOLUME XIX. MARTHY VIFtGINIA*3 HAND, 'Tl,«r«,on the left!” said the Colonel; the battle bal shuddered and faded away Wraith of a fiery enchantment that left only •*hes and blood-sprinkled clay- 'TUd* to the left and examine that ridge where the enemy’s sharpshooters stood, Lord, how they picked off our men, from the treacherous vantage-ground of the wood» Dut for their bullets, I'll bet, my batteries •ent them something as good. Go and explore, aal report to mi then, and tell me how many we killed. Never a wink shall I sleep till I know our vengeance was duly fulfilled.” fiercely the orderly rode the slope of the corn-field—scarred and forlorn, -uttej b> violent wheels, an 1 scathed by the shot that had plowed it in scorn; iercely, and burning with wrath for the Mght of his comrades crushel at a ! 4ow, ua ?» broken shapes on the ground like ruined memorials of woe; I hose were the men whom at daybreak he kn^w, but never again could know. Tiieo to the ri ige, where rootsoutthrust,and twisted branches of trees CJutdiod the hill like clawing lions, firm their prey to seize. “What’S your report?” —and the grim Colonel smiled when the orderly came hack at last. Strang 013 - the soldier pause!: “Well, they were punished.” And strangely his face looked aghast. “Yes, our tiro told on them; knocko 1 ever •Bty—laid out in line of parade. fellows, Colonel, to stay as they did! But one I ’most wish hadn’t staid. Mortally woundeJ, he’d torn off his knap¬ sack; and then, at the end,he prayed— Easy to see, by his hands that were clasped; and the dull, dead fingers yet held 7 his little letter—his wife's—from tho knap¬ sack. A pity those woods were shelled!” Silent the orderly, watching with tears in his eyes as his officer scanned Pour pages of writing. “What’s this, about ‘Martby Virginia’s hand?”’ Swift from his honeymoon he, the deal soldier, had gone from his bride to the strife; Never they met again, but she had written A him, telling him of that new life, Born in tho daughter, that bound her still closer and closer to him as his wife. Laying her baby’s hand down on tho letter, around it slie trace! a rude line: ‘ It you would kiss the baby.” sho wrote, “you must kiss this outline of mine.” There was the shape of the hand on the page, with the small, chubby fingers outspread. * “M.irtuy V irginiu's hand, for her pa,”—so th* words on the little palm sail. Never a wink slept the Colonel that night, for the vengeance so blindly fulfilled. Never again woke the old battle-glow when tho bullets their death-note shrilled. Long ago ended tho struggle, in union of brotherhood happily stilled; Yet from that field of Antietam, in wara'mg and token of love’s command. Bee) there is lifted tho hand of a baby— Marthy Virginia’s handi —-Ci'eorgre 1\ Lathrop, in the Century. LUCY’S rOCKGT. J °' I N A ' lETE, ' ^, • “Now, Lucy, ) admonished a sweet- "'nnum, sitting idly by the window g hcr d “ u s hter “» she put in ?t nl’ * l * t ° uc,,est0 . P U p a glVC Switch- heed *° niy counsel, om 1 and 1 not excite jealousy , in the hearts of your companions to-day. Be circumspect; and don t, I pray, give auy encouragement to Bob Lester, unless you mean to marry him. Your flirting proclivities, I am sorry to say, are alarm- *Hgly developed. 1 wish-” “Yes, yes, mamma,” broke in the girl, impatiently, adjusting the rose col- ored kuot of ribbon more satisfactorily at her throat; “I know what you wish, so don t draw such a despairing breath, for I promise I'll a*tend to your advice Rud behave as circumspectly as ever Rose Martin, the ugliest gitl in Rosedale, could do. ou needu't apprehend any- thiug unpleasant. I disike Bob Lester intensely, and 1 only consented to ac compauy him to the picnic because he is the son of the richest man in the town— or county, too, for that matter. Beside, 1 have a liking for -” 8 he paused abruptly, with the name of acme one warm upon her lips, and a UJush mantled her piquant blonde face. She was a lovely girl, slender, petite, «nd graceful as one of the sweet-brier branches that clambered over the gar- den-wall. She had mischievous gray eyes. a superabundance of red-gold hair, allowed to fall in two massive strands to-day, a rose-bud of a mouth, and the CUnmngest hands aud feet imaginable. As her mother regarded her intently, she bit her lip, and turned aside, as if in quest of something. “What are you searching for now, Lucy?” inquired Mrs. Sherwood. ‘‘Your toilet seems complete.” ‘‘Not quite, mamma; you forget my charming pocket. All of the girls will wear one to-day. We are to bring home our trophies in it, you know.” “Nonsense. Lucy! I would not wear it if I wen? you. It is absurd for a young lady to have one of those useless appendages dangling at her side.” But Lucy persistently shook her head, “Sorry, but I really can't relinquish thc charming accessory to my toilet, mamma. \Vi 13 ', it is out of the question altogether. Each of the girls is to wear en?," I tell you.” Mrs. Sherwood said no more, and Lucy began to fasten her pocket by its tasseled cord to the rose-coiored belt at her waist. Just now the girls of Rosedale had a mania for wearing pockets of the most fanciful description, not to deposit any- thing therein, but merely as a matter of show. Lucy’s was heart shaped, of wine- hued velvet, and artistically adorned •with gold cord. Lying against the soft background of her dress, it had a very yretty effect, md Lucy regarded it ad- miriagly mirror./ as she turned away from the long AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL. At this juncture a man reined in two black steeds in front of “The ^ a P le8 > appropiately •» Widow Sherwood’* called. cozy ™ ere ^ r ‘ Ltster now * mamma! . ed Luc wh C " - 7 ’ ° was P* e P in g at th * ^"J^nout :lt ^window. from behind “My l the won’t lace I drop be envy of every girl at the picnic? *Y hat lovely horses! Their tails nearly S * ec P * he ground, and just look at the silver-plated harness! Dear me 1 if Bob Lesterdld nt have such fiery-red hair and was a bit more polished, . and——Yes,yes, mamma, I am ready, and will not keep my cavalier waiting. There goes Jane with the big frosted cake and the basket of sandwiches. Oh, I anticipate a splen- did time!” And, putting on her wide gipsy, the the girl tripped merrily down the steps, was assisted into the carriage by Mr. Lester and away they sped in the direc- tion of the pine woods, some two or three miles away. Bob Le 3 ter, a man of twenty-eight, compactly built, with flaming red hair and beard, did his be 3 t to make himself agreeable. Lucy laugh at his rough sal- lies, and flashed back witty repartees; but all the while she was wondering what girl had been brought there by Ross Wilde—a strikingly intelligent but rather impecunious young lawyer, whose offer to escort her to the picnic, out of caprice or a desire, perhaps, to try her power over him, she had coolly rejected. The pine woods were alive with happy people when Bob and Lucy arrived; much merriment was going on, and a string band was discoursing a jubilant air. Lucy closely scanned the motley 'million- crowd. There, underneath one of the lingered pines, she beheld the man who had solicited the favor of being her es- cort assiduously paying his devoirs to a gazelle-eyed brunette in a costume of crimson and gold. Yes, she might have known he would bring Squire Rogere’s daughter. He would be sure to been- tangled in the meshes of the web she was weaving to insnare him, and propose, for l ier father was a moneyed man, and—— Well, Madame Rumor did assert that he cared a very great deal for money. The wa3 unquestionably lovely, and- No matter; she would show Ross Wilde that his attentions were disagreeable gi¬ to ber. So she forgot her mother’s warning and flirted outrageously with Bob Lester, and unmercifully snubbed the poor law¬ yer when he addressed her, and felt wretched all the while. It was late in the afternoon, when, longing to be alone, she broke away from the groups scattered here and there under the funereal pine-plumes, and found a secluded spot on the bank of a rivulet that wound its way noisily through a chasm of jagged, sharp- toothed rocks, and sat down on a mosa- covercd bowlder to rest, The play of tho cool water, the sigh¬ ing of the wind among the jungles of tall brakes, soothed her. She partially closed her eyes, wheu- She started to her feet, a startled ex¬ clamation dropping from her lips. She had just discovered that the ruby velvet pocket that had swayed from her belt a short time before was missing. Where had she lost it? And, oh, what if it had fallen into some one's hands, especially B )b Lester's or Ross Wilde's? She remembered that her little blue- and-gold diary reposed iu its depths, aud she had been foolish enough to jot down some thoughts concerning the rivals, never believiug it would fall into the possession of either. YVhat if Bob or Ross hal picked it U p, and- No, no: both of the gentlemen were honorable, aud would not try to pry into another’s affairs, Still, reason as she would, she did not feel quite easy about Mr. Lester. He might not, but-- A heavy footstep crunching the pine cones that littered the ground fell upon her ear, and raising Her eyes she en- countered the angry glance of Bob Lcs- ter. What had brought that angry frown to his face? Had he found the pocket, extracted from its depths the diary, which she had not been wise enough to remove, and gleaned the truth of her feelings for him? He had, indeed. Some perverse fate had led him to the spot where it lay gleaming in its brown bed like some brilliantly tinted bird of paradise. He recognized it at one?, aud, stooping down, he picke 1 it up, with the mien- tiou of restoring it to its owner, when from its mouth the tiny blue-aud-gold book slipped out. “Lucy's diary, by Jove!” he ejaeula- ted. “I’ll see what she has jotted there- in.” With no compunction whatever he opened it, admired the Italian, spidery- like caligraphy, and then read the items it contained. Ills brow* drew dark as a thunder- cloud; furious feelings raged and seethed wit’uiu him. He knew that she despised him, and loved his rival. He felt like rending the tell-tale fages in pieces, he controlled himself, and thrusting t'ae diary back in its rcceptable--the pocket lie had recently thought so pretty—he hurled it into the nest of underbrush from which he had taken it. “Let the accursed thing lie there." he hissed ; “I'll confront my lady and uc- cuse her of her treachery.” Lucy's face blanched white as death as Bob Lester, like some raging demon, halted in her path. “Grow white, faint if you can, you treacherous creature,” ha hissed with all the venom of a serpent “I have found you out. You flirted with me, led me on, and confided to your diary th&t if I were the last man on the lace of the earth, you would uot marry me. More, you vowed you loved Rcse Wilde. Shameless creature, I scorn you! I hate you! I've half a mind to toss you down among those sharp-toothed rocks 1 You deserve such a fate. No. You need not shrink from me; I'll not lay hauds oa you, but I shall try to turn the heart of my rival against you.” He was gone, and Lucy sank shivering to the earth. “Why did I ever flirt with him ?’ 1 sh«‘ wailed, *‘R wa* parties?, I kao^, but TOCCOA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 10. 1891. I never meant him any harm. I will never coquette again with any man.” She covered her face with her handi and wept bitterly. “Miss Sherwood—Lucy!” At the sound of a familiar voice she raised her tear-wet face. This time Ross Wilde stood before her, and in his hand she saw the ruby pocket. She began to hate it. He extended it toward her. “Your property, I believe? I found it _ probably where lost it.” you She took it, and drawing forth the diary, said: “And was there Paul Pry enough about you to make yourself master of the contents of this journal?” lie regarded her haughtily “You are unjust, Miss Sherwood*, I am an honorable man. But,” lowering his voice, “let me congratulate you. I met Mr. Lester, who informed me that you had just consented to be his wife. I wish you all possible happiness. I trust he will be as kind to you as I should have been had you given me the right. Oh, Lucy, you know m 3 ’ secret. Think of me as kindly as you can.” He started to leave, but Lucy called him back. “Mr. Lester spoke falsely, Ross. If you had read the diary, as he was mean enough to do, you would have learned that I love you—only you.” It matters not what followed; suffice it to say that Lucy was blissfully happy, and vowed that she would never again wear that pocket, keep a diary or flirt with any man .—New York Weekly. WISE WORDS. Success any where requires singleness ol P ur i'°~ ' V 1C man ^ 0%es his duty nevei . lt: , * Common sense is a hard thing to have too much of. The man who goes out to meet trouble always does it. Sympathy is something that can not be learned at college. Love can see beauty where the world sees only deformity. D }' ou w ant to be a thinker ask your- se lf a good many questions. If you want happiness don't try to find it in somebody else’s garden, You can always be happy if you are willing to rejoice with others. If you want to be able to speak kind words, cultivate kind feelings. People who are not to be trusted in trifles arc not be trusted anywhere. A man is very poor if he has nothing that will do n ore for him than money. No man will ever be likely to have a good character who does not try to have one. Murder is always committed in tho heart before it it is committed with a gun. Success that is not planned for, and worked for, and deserved, is never en¬ joyed. A man who can pay his debt and won’t do it, would steal if he was sure he wouldn’t be caught at it. People who are not quite right them- selves always feel better when they can find something wrong with other peo- pie. it will help you to be charitable toward other people if you will remember that every j other man has just as much mule ; Q h m as / vou have .—Indianapolis 1 ( v Ind .) Rum ' a H< rn The Height of Ware3. It is not uncommon in prose works to read of mountainous waves. Exact measurements seldom confirm first im- pressious. Scoresby found that forty feet was the height from trough to crest of the largest waves measured by him in the North Atlantic and in a cyclonic storm, when bound for Australia in the Royal Charter. This has long been ac- cepted as the extreme limit of wave height. Captain Kiddle, a well known and experienced navigator, has, how- ever, encountered waves at sea which were seventy feet high. The late Ad- miral Fitzroy had previously observed waves as high; and some observations made at Ascension in 1836 support these authorities. In 1S44 her Majesty’s ship Inconstant was scudding with her stern upon the crest and her bow in the de- pression between two successive waves, and the wave ahead was observed exaet- !y level with her foretopsail yard, just seventy-seven feet above the water line, On the 27th of July, 1888, the Cu- narder Umbria was struck by a wave not less than fifty feet high, which did much damage. Two days before, the Wilson liner Martello had a similar experience; an enormous solitary wave struck her, completely submerging her decks. The Martello was much smaller and more deeply laden than the queenly Umbria. No connection could be traced between these waves, which were referred to in the dailies as tidal waves, although of altogether different origin. In October, 1881. the Italian bark Rosina had all hands, except one man who was ill in his bunk, swept off her decks by a wave which broke ou board as they were shortening sail during a heavy squall in mid-Atlantic. The BritiSh bark Undine had one watch washed overboard and her Captain killed under similar circum- stances. It is said that the massive bell of the Bishop Rock was wrenched from its fastenings by the momentum of driv¬ ing seas iu a gale of wind, and the gal- lery containing it thickly strewn with sand, although 100 feet above high water mark. Scoresby gave 600 feet as the maximum length of sea waves, but* there are many longer Mr. Douglas, when building lighthouses on the coast of Cornwall, noticed wares 1300 feet long from crest to crest.— Chambers's Journal. A large fish dealer in one of the city markets says that during the seas In it is a common thing for the fish dtVers to have as many as fourteen different kinds Q f ffsb ou their stalls. TELEGRAPH AND CABLE. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE BUSY WORLD. A SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON¬ DENSED FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES FROM UNCLE SAM's DOMAIN AND WHAT THE CABLE BRINGS. Sales of silver to the treasury Monday, 1,880,500 ounces. The German government has recog¬ nized the existence of the republic ot Brazil. The debt statement for December shows a decrease during the mouth of $11,005, - 397.99. The failure of J. A. Worth was an¬ nounced on the consolidated stock ex¬ change of New York. Associate Justice Brown hits been sworn in and took his seat on the United States supreme court bench. Colored youths are to receive similar instruction to that given to white 3 ’ouths at the Maryland Agricultural college. Owing to the cold weather throughout Great Britain, a number of leading in¬ dustries have been forced to stop work. the Fifty persons were killed outright by explosion which occurred iu Trinity coal pit at Polish Ostrau, Saturday night. The tow boat Annie R 'belts cxpl <ded her boilers at Portsmouth, O., killing two men and latally Injuring three oth- CIS. Two distinct shocks of earthquake, with but a few seconds intermission, oc- ccurred at San Francisco at noon on Fri¬ day. The Dueber Watch Company of Can¬ ton, O., has made an assignment ; liabil¬ ities, $450,000; nominal assets $1,500,- 000 . Two passenger trains ’collided ou the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, near We- verton, Md. An engineer and fireman were killed. The supreme court of New Hampshire is hearing the complaint of the Democrats against Clerk Jewett, of the house of rep¬ resentatives. Judge I). C. Trowlett, aged eighty- seven, died in Chattanooga, Sunday night, of softening of the brain. He was a distinguished jurist. Fifty engineers who left the employ ol the North British Railroad Company when the strike was decUted, have re¬ turned to work on the company’s terms. A dispa-ch from Vienna states that as a result of the explosion which occurred in the Trinity coal pit in Poli-h Aus ria recently fifty persons were Idl ed out¬ right. The assignee of Decker, Howell & Co., of New York, announces himself prepared to pay in full, on demand, all just claims against the firm, principal and in¬ terest. While a party of laborers were digging a trench at Nobel’s factory, Hamburg, a frightful explosion of nitro glycerine oc¬ curred, by which several of them were killed. Judge Brown, of Detroit will be sworn m as associate justice to the United States on Monday, and then the bench will again be full, for the first time in several years. Dispatches of Wednesday say: In¬ tensely cold weather prevails iu Hungary. The Danube is frozen over at Budapest and the ice block extends from Press- burg nearly to Vienna. The value of imports into the United States for November was $63,910,843, against $58,994,784 last year. Exports during the same month were $89,118,419, against $93,713,826 in 1889. The treasury department sustains the action of the officers of the Philadelphia mint in refusing the demands of the Den¬ ver men who presented a silver brick and demanded its coinage free of expense to them. The storm in Kansas has caused an almost entire cessation of all but local railway traffic. Trains are blockaded on nearly all lines. Passenger trains have been equipped with two engines and snow plows. The president has submitted the cor- respondenee between Secretary Blaine and Lord Salisbury, in regard to the Behring sea dispute. Lord Salis ury makes a proposition to arbitrate the mat¬ ter, but Mr. Blaine does not agree to the proposal. John S. Patton, of the Charlottesville (Va.) Jeffersonian , has been arrested on a warrant, charging him with being about to engage in a duel with Sheffy Lewis, alitor of The Harrisonburg Spirit of the Valley. A political controversy is the eause of the trouble. On Wednesday Hope & Co., bankers of Amsterdam, filed a suit agai> st the state board of liquidation of Louisiana asking the state board to fund $4,000,000 in bonds into consolidated bonds, The board had refused and hence the suit. The Frick Coke Company, of Scott- dale, Pa., gave notice Wednesday that they will shut down 1,100 more cuke ovens indefinitely next week, which will throw about 1,200 men out of work. No cause is given for the shut down. The Noifolk and Western railroad has purchased a control cf the Shenandoah Valley, and have given out a contract to bui d into Washington, D. ., from some¬ where near Lura}\ Ya. The contract provides for the completion of the road within a year. The reorganization of the boaid of eli- rectors of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Compauy took place at \ork YYednesdat’, resulting in^ the rein- statement of John II. Inman, N. Baxter, Jr., and their associates in the control of the property. The Washington Protective Asssocia- tion, composed of colored citizens of that State, has been organized at Ta- coma. The object of the association is stated to be to encourage immigration of colored people to the State of Washing- ton and to improve their condition. The Southern Cotton Oil Company was grated a writ of certiorari in New York state Wednesday, returnab e within twenty days. The c mpany claims it is has mills iu the principal southern cities. A tax of $2,392 has been levied on its capital stock. Dispatches of Wednesday from Glasgow say: General managers of Scotch rail¬ ways have announced that the strikers have been, to all inteuts and purpos s, defeated. The Caledohian railway has already reinstated a large number of strikers, who have gone back to work on the company's terms. Trains are now running regularly. ( hief of Police Coyde, of San Diego, Cab, on Tuesday, received a letter from a man visiting iu that c’ty from Indend- enee, Mo., informing him that the writer had met face to face on the streets of San Diego, the notorious Missouri bandit, Jim Cummings, for whom a standing re¬ ward is offered dead or alive. The writer refused to give his name for fear of ven¬ geance from the members of the Cum¬ mings gang, who infest the locality w here he lives. NEWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEF NOTES OF AN INTER¬ ESTING NATURE. PITHY ITEMS FROM ALL POINTS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES THAT WILL ENTER¬ TAIN TnE READER—ACCIDENTS, FIRES, FLOODS, ETC. Fire at Rocky Mount, N. C., destroyed the Argonaut newspaper office. A half interest iu the Methodist Ad¬ Rev. vocate Horace , in Chattanooga, has been sold to E. Warner, of Cedar Falls, Iowa. H. C. Markes & Co., dry goods mer¬ chants of Anniston, Ala., have made an assignment. $40,000. Liabilities, $*25,000; assets, General Francis E. Spinner, ex-treas¬ urer of the United States, died at Brook- lynsburg, nesday near Jacksonville, Fla., Wed¬ evening. Paul Conrad, of New Orleans, was on iana Wednesday elected president of the Louis¬ State Lottery Company, vice M. A. Dauphin, deceased. The trade council of Birmingham, Ala., has appointed a committee to bring about a conference between the striking coal miners and coal opi rators, and, if possi¬ ble, settle the strike. Samuel Black, general merchant, of Natchez, Miss., assigned Saturday. Pre¬ ferred creditors $8,500; total liabilities estimated at $30,000. Britton & Kounts’ bank loses $7,000. The Carpenters’ Union has addressed a letter to the contractors of Chattanooga asking an advance of 15 per cent., to take effect May 1. The carpenters give four months notice, in order that all contracts under way may be completed. The decision of the contractors has not yet been made public. A Jack-on, Miss., dispatch says: An¬ other investigation is shortly to com¬ mence of ex-State Treasurer Heming¬ way’s books. This time the investiga¬ tion is to be thorough in every respect. Colonel Hemingway and his friends have never been satisfied with the investiga¬ tion made of his books so far, claiming that they were not of the kind to unearth the complicated errors which they still believe exist. A review -of Richmond's business for 1890, shows that of manufactures there are 783 plants, giving employment to 21,018 persons; capital employed, $16,- 506,947; sales of manufactured products, $34,580,947—an The increase of $2,000,000. reassesssment of lands and lots shows a total value of $40,000.000—an increase of $8,000,000. Bank c carances, $112,- 603,000—increase. $5,000,000. During the jear 939 new houses were erected. DEATH AT A FETE. TIIE TERRIBLE DISASTER AT A CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL. Further particulars received Friday from Wortlev, near Leeds, England, show that the terrible scenes witnessed i» t the school fete were in no way exag¬ gerated, though the cause of the disas¬ ter was not the falling of a string of Chinese lanterns, as at first supposed. The school fete referred to was a charity bazaar, held under the auspices of the I arish of Wortley. The building used for the fete was a church school, adjoining Wortley church. Part of the programme of the bazaar’s attractions was a series of tableaux vivants, in which a number of young girls and boys of the parish took pari. For this disp’a } 7 a small stage was erected in the school room, and to the right of tbe stage and opening upon it was a room used as a dressing room or green room by the cfiildren. Inside this dressing crowd room, just before the disaster, a of joyous children were gathered, all the girls of the party being in light, gauzy attire, and many of them covered in addition with cotton used to repre¬ sent snow. In addition ievent 1 of the children carried dangling on sticks above their h ads, lighted Chinese lanterns, The tableaux vivants then preparing was intended to symbolizr “Winter Frolics of .Mammas iu Days Gone By,’’ Suddenly shrieks of terror issued from the little room, and all were horror- stricken to see a number of children rush upon the stage with their costumes ou fire. Gentlemen promptly seized the burning children, threw them upon the stage and smothered the flames. Up to the present there are four deaths recorded as a result of the disaster, and several in¬ jured children are not expected to recover, An investigation into the cause uf the disaster shows that while the children gathered in the dressing-room their preparatory to making ap pearance on the stage, one of the lit 1 le girls who was playing with a light¬ ed lamp accidentally set fire to her cloth¬ ing. She uttered a cry of terror, tried to extinguish the flames with her hands and rushed , towards , the , door , to the . stage, Her C J7 an< ? the sl S bt the flames Cft « 5ed a P aE > c aal ° n S tb e other children, who aTso , raadc a rush for the door tionei. The result was that a crowd of children crushed around the child whose clothes were already in flames, ond there¬ by ignited the clothing of twenty or thirly other children._ Eleven battle ships, with an aggregate At ju-e being buil: for the Government. WASHINGTON NEWS. SECOND SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. the law-maker9 or UNCLE sam’s domain aqain at work—Routine of TnE house and senate —each day's pro- CEEDINGS TERSELY TOLD. The force bill met with a decidedly md unexpected accident Monday afternoon, liope of was its fatally injured. There is m its recovery entertained by either friends or foes, and the chances are that no efforts will be mado to resusci- tate it. On Saturday Hoar and Edmunds telegraphed lican to all the absent Rcpub- senators to be in Washing- ton Monday in order to aid in bring- ing the election bill to a vote. After the trivial matters that occupy the first li ur of the sena'e every day were concluded, Vice President Morton had g uc down to lunch, and Senator Harris, of Tennessee, was iu the chair. It was after 2 o’clock, and as the vote On a local bill was announced, Senator Hoar called up the elections bill, as is the usual daily custom. George, He yielded the floor to Senator speech, of Mississippi, to conclude his commenced last week, in defense of the new c nstitution of Mi sissippi. When George took the floor Senators Jones, formed Stewart. Walcott, and Teller a group in the rear. In an in- stant Senator Stewart was on his fee*, ‘‘Mr. Speaker,” he cried, “I move the senate proce d to the consideration of the bill to provide against the contraction of the currency.” If a bom > had exploded there could not have been a greater sen- sation. Iloar rushed to the front to dc- clare the motion not in order, as Senator George the had the floor, “Rut I yield to senator from Nevada,” said Mr. George. “Mr. President—” shouted Hoar, his face turning pale. “A motion to consider a bill is not dc- batable,” quickty ruled Senator Harris, from the chair. “Does the senator from Mississippi,” rifled cried Hoar, completely ter- as he ran to the front, “mean to say—” At t is instant Senator Gorman cried out: “This question is not debat- able. I insist on the roll being called.” All during the roll call, there was the most interne excitement, both on the floor and in the galleries. When tie president announced Stewart’s motion liad bten carried by’ 34 to 29, there was general applause. The silver bill having been taken up, it was re td by the clerk, aud Mr. Stewart moved to amend it by adding the follow- ing: That any owner of silver bullion, not too base for operations of the mint, mav deposit the same in amounts of value of not less than $100 at any mint in the United States to be formed into standard doll us or bars, for his benefit and with¬ tion out charge; and that at said owner’s op¬ he may receive therefor an equiva¬ lent of such standard dollars in treasury notes of the same form and description, and having the same legal qualities ax notes provided for by the act upproved July 14, 1890, entitled, “An act direct¬ ing the purchase of silver bul¬ lion and the i sue of treasury notes hereon, and . for . other , purposes. And all such treasury notes issued under the provisi ns of this act shall be legal tender for their nominal amount in payment of all debt*, public and private, and shall he receivable for customs, taxes ar.d all pub¬ lic dues, and when so received may be reissued iu the same manner and to the same extent as other , treasury notes. Mr. Stewart argued in support of the amend- ment. Ills amendment, he said, would remonetize silver and place it back where it had been before it was excluded from the mints of the U nited States and Europe, 1 he apportionment bill was reportc i in the senate Monday and placed on the calender. NOTES. The credentials of 31r. Connell as sena¬ tor from Idaho were of presented, and Con¬ nell took the oath office.} The credentials of Mr. Dubois as sena¬ tor from Idaho, foiAhe term commencing March 4th next were into placed on file. The senate then went cxe utivc session. Representative Abner Taylor, of Illi- nois, recently introduced in the house a bill providing that the rate chargable lor registration of domestic mail matter shall be 5 cents for each piece in addition to the regular postage. The house postoffioe bill committee report- ed favorably the to give all towns whose gross postoffice receipts exceed $;j,v00, a free delivery service. The bill will pass. The Georgia towns that now- have no free delivery, but will get it by this bill, are: Albany, Americus, Athens, Marietta and Thomasvilie. Toe Alabama towns are Bessemer, Eufaula, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Talladega, Tusca- loosa. The South Carolina towns are Spartanburg and Sumter. UNFORTUNATE BROTHERS, . ONE FROZEN, ONE BURNED, AND THE OTHER KILLED BY A RUNAWAY. John Rooney was burned to dea'h in his barn a few miles north of Plattsburg, N. Y., late the other night. It is thought that he went into the barn while smoking and, being under the influence of 1 quor, iay down to sleep, and a spark from the pipe set fire to the hay. The barn was whollv destroyed, and Rooney's body was found in the ruins burned co crisp. A few years ago his father died leaving $14 000 to be divided between John and two brothers. One has since been frozen to death while intoxicated. Another one was killed in a runawav, while John ,mt bis fate as above sated. ITALIAN RUFFIANS. THEY ENTER A CHURCH AND DRIVE OUT THE PEOPLE. A band of Italian ruffians are terroriz¬ ing the people of Alum Cave, Wayne county, W. Ya. People have been beaten and robbed on the streets by the gang, and two or three nights ago, while a festival was in progress, the gang en- tered a church and dtoveout the p ople, and took what was valuable. The other night the home of a citizen was ent red, his two sons were tied and the house was robbed. NUMBER 1 . EMMA ABBOTT DEAD. THE GREAT SINGER DIES OF PNEUMONIA IN SALT LAKE CITY. Emma Abbott, the great American prima douna, died at the Hotel Teraple- ton, 8alt Lake City, Utah, Monday m- rn- ing at 7:40 o'clock, of pneumonia. 8 he was taken ill on Wednesday night, but persisted on going on the stage and sing- iug her part in “Ernaui,” nothwithstnnd- ing her physicians advised her not to. On New’Year’s Day she was t ken alarm- ir.gly ill, and a conference of phy- siciaus were ordered. From that tiino she has grown died. worse till this morning, when die The scene at her death bed was a pathetic one. The great singer was conscious almost to the last moment, despites that opiate had been administered, her last words were; “I am not afraid to die.” There were present at her bedside: Alice Ellerton, Miss Nellie Franklin, Miss \ emon, Mr. Pruett e, Mr. end Mrs. Michelena, Miss Annandale of the company, Manager Pratt and wife, of the hotel, and Dr. Pinkerton. enclosed The body was embalmed and in a handsome casket, add will go from there to Den- ver, thence to Chicago, and thence to Gloucester, Mass., where her husband is buried. Her will provides for that dis- position of her remains. Miss Abbott confidently expected to die, and told her physician on New Year’s Day that her next song would be sung iu heaven. A singular coincidence connected with the affair ii that she died on the anniversary of her husband’s death, NOTHING STOPPED THtM. they climbed into windows, through skylights, and broke into a safe. Expert cracksmen c utered Libby, ]\L‘- Ntill & Libby’s office at No. 854 South Water street, Chicago, the otuer day ami rifled the safe. At the rear <>f the office a large vault is built in the hall. A hole had been bored into the heavy outer door of the safe close to the combiuati it. But the burglars met with a serious dilli- eulty when they found tint within the vault was a burglar proof sate, and They clos d tie outer door attacked the s fe with a sledge ham- tner, finally bursting it open. A cash drawer containing over $130 was carried away but the checks and notes were un- touched. In their haste the l urgmrs overlooked a lock d drawer containing ti large amount of gold and silvj’. Then they left without being seen. To obtain an entrance they forced th< ir way into an empty’ warehouse half a block away and climbed through the skylight to the roof. They walked over the buildings until they reached Libber’s, dropped through the skylight aud icached t.ie office. IN THE WOODS. PECULIAR PREDICAMENT OF A TENNESSEE RAILROAD. A Nashville dispatch says: When Judge Jackson appointed a receiver for the Decatur, Chesapeake and New Or- leans railroad, some weeks ago, its affair* were known to be in a very bad condition, j us t how bad*was shown when Receiver W. L. Fr erson filed his report in the United States circuit Tuesday. The road was intended to run seventy-eight miles from Decatur, Ala., to Shelbyville, Tenu. Fourty-three miles of ttie road is com- plete. but both ends are in the woods, |} iere j g enough material in hand to enm- pletc the roa( j t but cverv dollar's worth hag been attached by the creditors. The total indebtedness is about $800,000. judgments to the amount of $100,984 have a’readv been secured, and suits are pending for $227 000 THE CRACKER MEN TO ERECT A MAMMOTH “TRUST” BUILDING IN NEW YORK. The cracker trust is to erect an enor¬ mous factory in New York. This trust is a combination of the principal biscuit bakers in the United States, mostly in the eastern, middle and central states. The building is 10 be built on a large scale. and when completed will be 2O0Jx427 ft . et in dimension, and will in all be six stories in height. The whole block will tie composed of four building-*, which will present a solid front as of one build- mg. will take nearly two 3 ears to build it and will cost nearly $3,000,000. I he material to be used is brick, granite and iron throughout. A RETRO 8 PECT. tkk business disasters occuring thb PAST TEAR. The business failures occuring through- out the United States for the entire year of 1890, as reported to R. G. Dunn & Co.’s mercantile agency, are 10,907 in number, beiDg but twenty-five greater than in he 3 -ear 1889. The liabilities, however, 6 how a very large increase over 1889, bein ' $189,600,000 against $148,000,000, an in¬ crease ■ f over $40,000,000, the largest liabilities since 1884, when they amounted to $225,000,000. In Canada the lailures for the year are 1,847 in number, as against 1,777 the year previous. The liabilities $14,000,- are $18,000,000 in 1890 against 000 in 1889. FIGHT WITH INDIANS. TROOPS SURROUNDS BIG FOOT*S BAND AND A CONFLICT ENSUES A special ....... dispatch from P oe Ridge , „ Agency, says that couriers fiom Bud Lmd-, who arrived th^ re Monday morn- ing announced that a bloody and desper- Me confl: t occurred on Porcupine creek, betweeo L uited States troops and hostile*. Big Foot's baud had been surrounded by troops when* the former were being dis¬ armed bv Colonel Forsyth, a bloo y en¬ counter took place. Captain Wallace and five soldiers of the seven cavalry wei«s killed: Lieutenant Garlington and fifteen men wounded. The Indians are being hunted up in ail direction<» GIVING HIM COUUVUH. She— How beautiful the autumn leaves ire George? n e (seeing a chance for a compliment» —You are like the autumn leaves. Clara, She—You di<l never George?—[Boston pressed any autumn Her* leaves, you, ild