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JN CONGRESSIONAL HALLS.
Daily Rootine ol Eott Houses ol tbe
Fifty-Second Confress.
Mcaanres Discussed and Bills Passed
By Our National Law-Makers.
THE SENATE.
In the senate, Thursday, Senator Wol¬
cott gave notice of the amendment to the
Sherman silver purchase repeal bill. The
amendment requires the coinage of all
silver bullion now in the treasury
or hereafter to be purchased. The
of speech Kansas) began by Pfeffer continued (populist,
last Monday and
Tuesday was finished by him, the matter
is now before the senate. It is in sup¬
port of the constitutional amendment
to limit the presidential office to one
term.
The senate adjourned Friday out of re¬
spect to the memory of ex-President
Hayes, whose funeral occurred on that
day.
House amendments to the senate bill
authorizing tbe construction of a bridge
across tbe Mississippi river, at New Or¬
leans, was presented to the senate Satur¬
day and concurred in. The bill now
goes to the president. Numerous peti¬
tions on the subject of opening the
world’s fair on Sunday were presented.
Mr. Walcott called up the joint resolution,
introduced by him some days ago, direct¬
ing a discontinuance of the sale of the
Columbian postage stamp, and made
one of his brief, breezy .speeches ou tbe
subject. He was at a loss to understand,
he said, why those stamps had ever been
manufactured. lie noticed that the
postmaster general suggested in his an¬
nual report, that he expected to receive
$1,500,000 extra profits out of tbeir sale
to stamp collectors. Since the resolution
was introduced he had from many sources
letters showing good reasons why it
should be passed. Railroad clerks com¬
plained that the one cent Colum¬
bian stamp was so much like tbe regis¬
tration stamp that constant mistakes were
dicing made by them, lie hoped that the
poEtoffice commit’ee would take speedy
action in the matter. The resolution was
referred to the postoffice committe. At 1
o’clock the senate went into executive
session. At 2:30 o’clock the doors were
re-opened. r Ilie credentials of Mr. Tur-
pic for his second senatorial term, begin¬
ning March 4th n< xt, were presented and
placed on file. The auti-optiou bill was
then takeu up, the question being on Mr.
Vilas’amendment to Mr. George’s substi¬
tute. The bill was discussed for ar. hour
and then went over without action until
Monday.
The senate, at 12.40 o’clock, Monday,
by unanimous consent, proceeded to the
consideration of the anti-option bill, the
question being on the amendment offered
by Mr. Vilas to Mr. George’s substitute.
Mr. George continued his speech began
last Saturday. Ho spoke for exactly one
hour, and when he took his seat a propo¬
sition was made by Mr. Washburn to have
the vote taken Thursday next. This
was objected to by Mr. White, who
said that the seuators from New York
and Delaware, Hill and Gray, desired to
address tbo senate and were not present,
and he suggested Tuesday of next
week as the time for taking the vote. Af¬
ed ter some coloquy Mr. Washburn consent¬
to Mr. White’s proposition and the ar¬
rangement was fiually mode that at 1
o’clock Tuesday of next week the vot**
shall be taken on Mr. George’s substi¬
tute, and not later than 2 o’clock on tho
bill itself. Mr. Chandler expressed a
willingne^ to have the vote taken at
once on the auti-option bill aud sooke
another hour on the subject. The
anti-option bill went over without action
and the Cherokee outlet bill, which had
come over from the house, was taken up
for consideration. The amendments of¬
fered by Berry providing for the appoint¬
ment of a commission for the extinguish¬
ment of the national or tribal title to
lauds in Indian Territory, was agreed to
and the bill went over without further
action to be before the senato when the
auti-option bill is not. The senate then,
at 5:15 o’clock, went into executive ses¬
sion and soon afterward adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
Iu tbo house, Thursday, objection was
made to the consideration of the New
York aud New Jersey bridge bill, and
the house engaged iu the consideration
of miscellaneous business of no public
importance.
In the house, Friday, the general defi¬
ciency appropriation bill reported from
committee on appropriations by Mr. Say¬
ers, democrat, of Texas, was placed ou
the calendar. Mr. Dutnphy, democrat
of New York, asked consent for the con¬
sideration of the joint resolution author¬
izing the postmaster general to obtain
additional premise* iu New York city
for the accommodation of the postoffice,
but Mr. Watson, populist of Georgia,
came forward as an objector.and consent
was not given. De Armond, from the
committee on election of president aud
vice president, reported revised a bill to repeal a
section of the statutes con¬
cerning supervisors of elections.
Placed on the calendar. Mr. Outh-
waite then rose and addressed the
chair. Iiis object was to offer reso-
olutionsof respect to the memory of ex-
Prcsident Hayes. Before the resolutions
could be read Mr. Belt/.hoover, rising to
a privileged proceed motion, the moved considt ration that the of
house to
business on the private calendar. But
tbe members of the house, knowing the
purport of tbe committee’s resolution,
voted down Mr. Bvltzhoover's motion
and Mr. Outhwaite's resolution was read
a« follows: ”R solved, That this house,
on this day of the funeral of tiie late
Rutherford B. Hayes, formerly chi f
magistrate of the United States, as a fur¬
ther mark of respect to his memory, do
now adjournThe resolution was-
adopted aud accordingly the house ad¬
journed.
Iu the liou*o. Saturday. Mr. Outhwaite
called up the senate bill for marking the
Hues of battle at Gettysburg, Several
amendments were recommended by the
committee ou military ; flairs and these
gave the opponents of the measure an
opportunity to filibuster against it. Fil¬
ibustering was confined to the Texas del
tgatioq, but it was successful, and the
morning hour expired without final ac¬
tion on the bill. Mr. Blount reported the
consular and diplomatic appropriation
bill and it was placctb on the calendar.
Theu the floor was accorded to the com
mitteeon commerce and the national
quarantine bill was called up. Home con-
stitutional objections were raised against
tbe measure, but outside of a speech by
Mr Rayner. of Maryland, and a few re¬
marks made by Messrs. Cockraa and
the Lodge, bill. little interest was manifested in
the house Throughout the confusion in
was very great and its culmi¬
nation whs reached when an amendment
was offered, the reading of which could
not be beard feu feet from tbe clerk s
dtsU. To this fact Mr. Dickeison called
fie added tint t •<* W\iS
an important 011 c and should not be acted
upon in a scene of such utter inattention,
He. therefore, moved that the committee
':xrn
"i tar jns
o’clock tcok a recess until 11 o’clock
Monday.
The house Mondny morniDg continued
the consideration of the quarantine bill
and adopted the amendment by Mr.
Warner (democrat from New York.) ex-
tending the quarantine to land bounda-
ries. The amendment prohibiting inter-
fercnce with migration between the
states, was rejected. The amendment
offered by Mr. Brosius (republican from
Pennsylvania), tine giving national quaran-
supremacy in cases where it exists at
the Bame place with state quarantine, was
rejected. The bill was then reported to the
house from the committee of the whole,
L h riiamc h 0 U,v 0 . U «“ k fr« d Tverl° member
drew the knot the firmer. The bill as
reported from the committee of the
whole was a substitute for the original
bill introduced by Mr. IUyner, and as
such the substitute was reported as one
amendment, although it had itself re-
SoneV ceiytd several amendments. I he com-
P \,, Va sta“us r iL of but
r firm in hi,
decision that there was hut one amend
ment—-the substitute_pending ordered°on The
previous question was the
substitute reported by the committee of
the whole—139 to 29—and the substitute
was final agreed to. Then came the vote
the passage of the bill. On a divi-
si ui the vote stood 111 to 49. Mr. Mai-
lory raised the point of quorum, but on
a vote by tellers, the vote stood 138 to
29, and the bill passed. No effort
was made to secure yeas and nays. Mr.
Wise, of Virginia, then called up the
New York and New Jersey bridge bill,
but filibustering against it was so strong
that it was withdrawn. The house then,
in committee of the whole, proceeded tc
the consideration of the sundry civil ap¬
propriation bill. The committee, after
disposing of about half the bill, rose, and
tbe house, at 5:15 oclock adjourned.
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
Mr. Euloe, Tennessee, is thirsting for
the scalp of Pension Commissioner Raum.
He will make a speech reviewing the
evidence in the case and insist that the
house pass a resolution of censure.
The president, on Thursday, sent to the
senate the following nominations: Elijah
W. Halford, of Indiana, to be paymas¬
ter, with the rank of major. Postmas¬
ters: Leroy L. Brinkley, of Edenton,
N. C.; Seth W. Collins, McCombs, Miss.
Sirs. Potter Palmer has suggested that
congress give to the woman’s work of
the fair $10,000 in souvenir coins, made
in twenty-fivc-cent pieces, with a picturo
of Queen Isabella on one side and the
woman’s building on the other. She
thinks these coins would sell for many
times their value. The committee were
favorable to her suggestion.
Representative Fellows, of New York,
has introduced a red hot resolution call¬
ing for an investigation of the American
end of the Fanarna canal trouble. Two
and a half million dollars is said to have
been spent in securing tbe acquiescence
of the United States in the canal proj¬
ect. The chief purpose of the investiga¬
tion is to ascertain who got it.
The nomination of Louis McComas, of
Maryland, to be judge for the District of
Columbia, was called up Saturday in ex¬
ecutive session, but final action was not
taken. The senate was in secret session
a little more than an hour, during which
time a couple of United States consuls
and two postmasters were confirmed.
When the nomination of McComas was
called up a rather stormy time ensued, as
much opposition to his confirmation de¬
veloped.
The house committee ou banking aud
currency, Friday, instructed Mr. Bacon,
-of New York, to ask the committee on
-rules for a special order giving one or
ttwo days if necessary’, for the consideral
tion of the Andrew Cate banking and
Sherman repeal bill. No day was named.
The vote on asking for a day stood 8 to
6, one member favorable to the proposi¬
tion being absent. The negative vote
indicates the purpose of the minority to
contest even the consideration of the
bill.
The petition clerk of the house docu¬
ment room is literally swamped with
many thousands of petitions from all
sections of the legislation country, praying that
congress enact for opening
tbe world’s fair on Sunday. The Con¬
gressional Record of Monday contained
thirteen columns of titles of such peti¬
tions sent in by societies, associations
and individuals, all of which have been
referred to tbe Columbian exposition
committee, of which Mr. Durborrow, of
Illinois, is chairman. Tuesday there
were about 10,000 to be recorded, and
the associates of the petition clerk arc
assisting him in his labors.
IHoney for Public Builtliuits.
In response to the house resolution
calling for information as to what public
buildings, appropriated preceding for by this con¬
gress and congresses, having
been in part or in whole contracted for,
and what other buildings have been ap¬
propriated for without any time steps being
taken up to the present to carry the
law into effect by awarding contracts,some
rather startling figures are supplied by
the tre agury department. Contracts have
been entered into for partial work or for
the completion of public and buildings to
the amount of two a quarter million
dollars.
Providing for Fen*ious.
Tbe general deficiency appropriation
bill for the next fiscal year was completed
Friday by the house committee on ap¬
propriations, aud was reported to the
house by Representative Sayers, of
Texas. The total appropriation carried
by the bill is $20,956,610, of which the
largest item is $14,149,437 for pensions,
$18,844,437 being for payment of pen¬
sions and $305,000 for fees and expenses
of tbe examining surgeons. For census
deficiencies $1,020,000 is appropriated,
including $840,000 for continuing the
work of compiling the results of the
census, this appropriation to be immedi¬
ately available, and $130,000 for contin¬
uing the collection and compilation of
statistics of farms, homes and mortgages.
The department of justice gets $2,341,-
214 and public printing $475,0C0.
Crashed Through a Bridge.
A Lake Erie and Western passenger
train went through a bridge spanning
the Wabash river at Peru at an early hour
Friday morning. So far as can be learn¬
ed no one was killed outright, but every
passenger on tbe train was more or less
injured. One has since died, and three
others are not expected to live. One of
the end spans of the immense bridge
went down, carrying the train with it.
Fire immediately broke out, and in less
than an hour the entire tram was burned.
THROUGHOUT THE SOOTH
m < f Progress and
»•“»*
And Important Happenings from D*j
to Day Tersely Told.
_
Mrs. Mary Forrest, the widow of Gen.
N. B. Forrest, one of the most famous
commanders of the confederacy, died in
Memphis, TenD,, Sunday.
The weaving, carding and spinning
departments of the Old Dominion cottoa
mills, at Richmond, Va., were destroyed
by fire Monday morning. The logs is
$60,000; insured.
Another destructive fire occurred at
Winston N C Sundav mormon The
T f bl ? k - io «“<*«* the ®° “ d Fur ;
h
stroyed. The loss is estimated at $100.-
000
An ice ° | at Belmont,Ky.,broke d^truction bat-
urdav ^ lca in ° death and in its
The goverDment f steamer Kerns
and 8everal b rgeg were caught in the
am and 8ent to the bottom of the river,
l hree “<*«**’ deck hands on one of the
bar S es > perished. The Kerns was valued
at * r,0 > 000 > an(i the barges at $6,000.
^ New Orleans dispatch of Sunday
A trust deed, aggregating to
$16,900,000, has been tiled in the county
clerk’s office at Beeville, Tex., against
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass rail-
wa J which passes under the control of
tbe Southern Pacific. The change was to
have been made Monday, but lias again
been postponed.
night Fire destroyed at Shellbyvilie, Ttno., Thursday
business eight buildings Ibe in the
portion of the town. losses
are estimated at $60,000, partly insured.
The following buducss places were
burned: The Gazette, Cunningham’s
book store, and Swargenkey Bros, dry
goods store, Mix’s saloon. Lowensteiu’s
millinery, and Bedrninsters’s furniture
store.
The stand-pipe, containing the city
water supply of Asheville, N. C., burst
Sunday morning. It was sixty feet high
and forty-five feet in circumference, with
a capacity of 950,000 gallons. There
was about forty-live feet of water in the
pine at the time of the collapse, which
went rushing down the mountain side
with terrific force. No lives were lost.
The loss to the city is about $12,000.
A Richmond, Va., special of Saturday
says: William F. Wickham, of the First
Virginia regiment of cavalry, has re¬
ceived a letter from General McMahon,
of New York, declining to give the regi¬
ment the [lost of honor at the inaugural
ceremonies of President-elect Cleveland.
He says it is customary to grant that post
to the Washington military, aud this
course will be pursue! in March. 'Wick¬
ham's regiment will not go to Washing¬
ton.’
Seven tons of powder exploded Sunday
afternoon in the large mills of the Kel¬
logg powder works near Huntington, W.
Va., wrecking the plant and shaking up
the city fearfully. Fortunately, no one
was hurt, the employes having gone to
dinner. This is the sixth explosion in
less than two years. Ou the 18th of Jan ¬
uary, 1892, seven men were killed and a
great many wounded at an explosion at
these works, A suit has been in court
some time to compel their removal. Dam¬
ages, $10,000.
A Louisville, Ivy., special says: John
G. Carlisle has sent in his resignation as
United States senator from Kentucky to
Governor Brown. A later telegram
s’ates that Governor Brown has with-
drawn from the senatorial race to succeed
Carlisle. This leaves the tight to Con¬
gressman W. J. Stone, and James B.
McCreary, and Judge William Lindsay,
Kentucky’s world’s fair commissioner.
Carlisle’s resignation was received by
Governor Brown Thursday night, and the
fight promises to be a lively one.
MORE OF THE RYAN CASE.
Prosecuting Attorneys Dou’t Want the
Matter Submitted to Jury.
The ait >rneys for the receiver in the
Ryau case have appealed from ihc de¬
cision of Judge Marshall Clarke submit¬
ting the matter to a jury, and the case
will now be passed upon by the supreme
court of the state of Georgia. If the act¬
ion of that tribunal is unfavorable to
Ryan, his bond of $100,000 will be an¬
nulled and lie will be remanded to jail,
the ca«c in all its di tails going back to
the findings of the auditor and the de¬
cision of Judge Clarke thereupon. The
appeal in the case was filed in the office
of the clerk of the court in Atlanta Sat¬
urday afternoou, and is a lengthy doc-
ument. The grounds upon which
the appeal is taken are briefly as fol¬
lows:
A petition aud a motion by Ilyaa upon
a motion to dismiss by the receiver
should have been dismissed and denied
by the court.
Because the granting of a jury trial
under tbe act of the last legislature was
illegal in this case, as Ryan had already
been adjuged in contempt. The matter
which was being considered at the time
the new law was passed was sim\)lv in a
further detention of tbe prisoner ac¬
cordance with the special directions of
the supreme court.
LAID TO REST.
Burial of Ex-President Hayes at Fre¬
mont with Military Houors.
On the crest of a snow-clad slope, by
the side of his beloved wife, the bier
surrounded by bis children, the president¬
elect, members of President Harrison’s
cabiuet, representatives of tbe army and
navy of the United States, delegates
from both bouses of congress, the gov¬
ernor of Ohio, members of legislative
bodies and masses of inilitaiy commands,
whose blue uniforms, with scarlet and
yellow facings and bristling bayonets on
the landscape of driven snow, added
warmth of color to the wintry scene, the
remains of ex-President Hayes were laid
to rest at Fremont, O.. Friday afternoon.
Tbe entire arrangements of the obsequies
had been placed in the hands of Assist¬
ant Adjutant General H. C. Corbin, of
the United States army, and from the
opening of the house in Speigel grove to
crowds of citizens in the morning, till
the last echo of the salute fired over the
grave late in the afternoon, precision. everything
passed off with military
Carlisle’s Letter.
Following is the letter <>f resignation
sent Governor Brown, of Kentucky, by
senator Carlisle:
“Hon. John Young Brown, Governor
of Kentucky. Dear Sir: I hereby re¬
sign the office of senator from the state
of Kentucky in the congress of the Uni¬
ted States, to take effect on the 4th day
of February, 1893. Yours truly,
J. G. Carlisle.”
THE WEEK’S BUSINESS
is Reported by Duu & Co., and Brad-
street.
Brad , , ekly t 0 , trrf
* ame b J * at « r ; a co al famine at the
west; checked communication . with inte-
wwSlio® weather and snow, advances m price for
all perishable produce, notably
fruits and potatoes, coa: (at retail) at
some points 75 cents per ton, hide?, rub-
bers, and petroleum, wool cents, and
raw sugar 1 1-16 cents with an upward
tendency in prices for shoes, cotton
g°cds. wc-oens and tobacco.
* ron baS remained barely steady or
^ eaker - decants are noted of l-*b
cet * for cotton, 1 l-„ cent* fur w aea , o b
f or P^ !rk r k. Scents 1 -j cents forLvd f< r lard with w hh if a d ieclin- ectin
The ,'lj“ "of to'.r't™,
pa f° f f fllc by la a ?- lt
unfavorably mos conspicuously at Bilti-
f I«°^£ fhipmlnts Ohio and Mi J'sip-
p ri v „ s-opped Export ot^er of P ttsbu -
nSnU so fr'm h r N^ and requ Se rc
Orleans nnd
P present SiogSaiS and prospective 1,’abama have been £oduc£ met
a t
No boats have left Memphis and Nash-
vilie and trade there, except at points
reached by rail, us elsewhere, east
and west and south, has been mate-
nally restricted. Savannah and uharles-
ton report low and unsatisfactory prices
for naval st< producer res, due to overproduction,
but that the and dealer are ar-
ranging to restrict the output aud stiffen
prices, Chattano-ga industries
At iron are rea-
SO nably quiet. At Augusta the cotton
mill prospect is good, but not equal to
that of a year ago, owing to higher
advanced prices for cotton, ia while proportionally. clothes have While not
price
Richmond’s general trade is of good
value the movement o{ produce, particu¬
larly tobacco, has been checked by the
cold weather, while irou foundries are
unable to meet demands from a like
cause.
Georgia fanners, Atlanta wires, are
raising more cereals and will continue to
have to buy less, while higher prices for
staples and improved financial conditions
cause New Orleans merchants to extend
credits a little more freely.
WHAT DUN SAYS.
Dun’s review says: The volume of do¬
mestic trade continues larger than last
year, but exports arc decidedly smaller
from New York; in three weeks of Jan¬
uary $8,592,861 below tdc same weeks
last year. As imports are meanwhile
very heavy for two weeks of January,
$3,919,130 more than last year, the pros¬
pects of further gold exports causes no
surprise. f i here is much hesdtatiou re¬
garding the action of congress on vari¬
ous measures and the uncertainty
silver purchases. The repeal
of the anti-option bill and the defeat
the interstate commerce act
tbe markets and trade to some extent.
There is also a somewhat general
crease in complaints about collections, al¬
though money at nearly all markets
comparatively easy and in supply
quate for legitimate demands,
fidence regarding the future of
is in all parts of the country
strong and general, especially in view
the interest taken in pending measures
congress.
Business failures occurring
the couutry during the last week
290; for 274. the corresponding week of
•year,
PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
Of the Central Railroad of Georgia
Officially Promulgated.
A New York special of Wednesday
says: The Hollims committee has at last;
announced the plan for the reorgnization
of the Georgia Central railroad. The
plan hss been carefully investigated by
all parties interested ia the Georgia Cen¬
tral railroad, and it is understood that
it is approved by the all Richmond except
the holding of
Termina 1 . It is not definitely known
whether the Richmond Terminal people
ever examined carefully the plan, but it
is known that they are opposed to any
plan of reorganization, and the foct that
they interposed suit about the time the
committee agreed on tbe report is evi¬
dence that they are opposed to the plan
submitted.
The committee issued the following:
The undersigned committee appointed for
the purpose of readjusting the affairs of the
Central Railroad and Banking company of
Georgia and of counsel, its allied formed properties, plan have, of
der advice of a
ganization which of has the received board the directors, approval
the receiver and of
of many of the important creditors and securi¬
ty holders of the company.
Tbe Mercantile Trust company, of New York,
has been appointed the depository of the secu¬
rities under the proposed plan, and will
give notice of its readiness to receive the
rities embraced in the reorganization,
The Southern Bank of the State of Georgia,
at Savannah, Ga., will likewise be prepared
receive deposit of said securities, and to
certificates for the account of the
Trust company.
Copies of the plan may be had at the office
the Trust company, or from the chairman
the oommittee, 15 Wall street, New York,
at the Southern Bank of the S‘ate of Georgia,
Savannah, Ga.
6ECTTRITIE8 PROPOSED TO BK ISSUED.
Forty million dollars first mortgage,
per cent, one-hundred-year gold bonds,
with right to increase by $5,000,000,
more than $1,000,000 per year,
next five years.
Twenty-five million dollars
stocks, preference 8 per cent.
Twenty-five million dollars
stock, to receive 8 per cent and
excess with preferred stock. —
A Typewriter Combine.
It is reported at Bridgeport, Conn.,
that a great combination of the
writer interests is to be
bringing under one control the
ton. Caligrapb, Hammond, Yost
Smith Premier. C. O. Fowler, of
York, is buying up the controlling
est in Remington stock. He has
control of the caligraph, and
and Franklin Yost are negotiating Premier,
the purchase of the Smith
Syracuse. Clarence W. Seamans,
Wyckiff, Seamans & Benedict, of
York, is to be president of tbe
comoanv. Fowler will be secretary.
Fasteued in the Ice.
A Norfolk, Ya., special of Friday.re
ports that off Ocean Yiew, in that liar
bor, there are fourteen schooners, and a
Lynn Haven bay two others, flying sig
nals of distress, and they cannot
heip, for no boats can get near
they are bound fast in the ice, and
one knows dow long they will have
eo. W - a t The n^/ ore names tbeir of 61 B the na ^ vessels s w d! be in answer-
cannot even be learned- The
which came in Thursday report
re- s of vessels frozen in the ice in
ton reads anu lower buy.^
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
Tlie News ol the World Condensed Into
Pithy amd Pointed Paragraphs.
interesting and Instructive to All
Classes of Readers,
Ih f Ilk T| , ^ t ® n , lace factory, , situated . , a* .
Ilkeston, TI , Debershire. England, was darn-
by fare rh 'irsday to the extent of
>
Fire Sunday morning destroyed the
I-louring mills at Anthony,
Kansas. Three adjoining buildings also
were burned. Loss *90,000. 1 artiaby
insured.
A Berlin special says: Six new cases
of cholera and one death in Nietlcben in¬
sane asylum, Monday. Total cases since
the beginning of theAiutbreak, S4 : de iths
38.
A Cheycnue, Wyo., special says: The
house, Saturday night, by a vote of 17 to
15, unseated Okie, the republican mem-
, ber from Fremont City, . seating . Pickett,
democrat » lu hli placc '
The fly wheel of a 750-horse power
engine in the Alice rubber mili at Woon-
™ket, R. I., weighing 40,000 pound.
burst Thursday evening, wrecking the
engine room, and causing $150,000 dam-
a S e - Of the 1,000 employes uot one wa»
in -l ured -
The shops of the Pittsburg and Like
Erie Railroad company, at C'hartiers, Pa.,
were entirely consumed by fire Sunday
night, together with several freight cars
and two passenger coaches. The lire
was caused by natural gas. Loss, $65,-
000 .
The McBcth lamp Hue works at Ll-
wood, Ind., the largest of its kind in tire
world, was burned Sunday night. The
warehouses were saved. Over six hun¬
dred people were thrown out of employ¬
ment. The loss is estimated at
000, fully insured.
Fire ;ri Baltimore, Thursday night, in
the large warehouse of the American
Phosphate aud Chemical Company
caused a loss estimated at $200,000
which, it is thought, will be covered by
insurance. The firemen had great diffi¬
culty in getting to work by reason o!
frozen fire plugs.
A cablegram, of Thursday, from Par¬
is, says: It is semi-officislly announced
that Great Britain has exchanged ex
planations with France on the subj t t
of the action taken by Great Britain in
requiring the Khc-iTve io di-nrss
his ministry. France accepts the ap¬
pointment of ltiaz Pasha as a compro¬
mise.
A cablegram of Thursday fiom Rome,
Italy, says: Signor Taulougo, governor,
and Signor Larczoni,cashier of the Bancs:
Romana, concerning t e standing ui
which grave rumors are tfloat, have been
arrested. This has cauaed renewed ex¬
citement among depositors, who fear that
an examination of the bank’s affairs wih
show that they have lost everything.
A St. Louis, Mo., dispatch says: Fire
Sunday morning destroyed the Cat on-
dalet elevator, one of the establishments
owned by an English syndicate which
purchased a large propoition of the
St. Louis elevators some years ago.
The elevator, which was alongside full of grain,
and two transfer boats were
destroyed. The loss is $200,000. Fully
insured.
A Lincoln, Neb., sptcialto the Omaha
Bee says: The startling announcement
of the failure made of the Capital National
bank was late Saturday night and
with it came the statement that the state
treasurer was caught in the crash in the
sum of $125,000. This news spread rap¬
idly and caused much excitement. It is
stated that the failure is a bad one, but
the exact situation canuot be ascertained
at present.
One of the largest lines of fire insur¬
ance displayed bv any corporation in
Pittsburg, Pa., was pieced Ftidav. The
United t tates glass factory which owns
all the factories on the south side, has
had its plants insured. In all, over $2.-
000,000 wortli of insurance was placed.
Of this amount $1,000,000 was placed in
Pittsburg, and $1,000,000 by New York
companies. The cost for the year runs
up to a small fortune.
The Guertini Banking Company of
Rome, Italj’, suspended payment Monday
and closed its doors. Tbe depositors will be
paid in full as tbe assets exceed lianili-
ties by 1,GOO,000 lire. The house was
four dec! fifty years ago and has always
(i)joyed an exceptionable reputation.
The suspension was due to the impossi¬
bility of realizing on securities ro d build¬
ings since confidence was shaken by re¬
cent banking troubles.
A Washington special if Saturday
says: Instructions have been cabled
Minister Durham, sit Hay!:, to nr-re up¬
on the governor there the det-irabiliry of
disposing, at the earliest moment, of the
case of Frederick Mey tut Am.tr'.can
citizen who is confined iu prison at Por’-
an Prince, and who has so far be n do-
bind trial. Mr. Durham has a!-<» been
instructed to make a demand upon ?h-
Ilaytiuu government for damages ia be-
i a'f of Mays, but no specified sum has
been named.
A New York special says: 'l lie street
was surprised Thursday afternoon by the
announcement thut coupons on the bonds
of the Ocean Steamship Company would
be paid on presentation to the New York
Security and Trust Couip my. These
coupons were due Jauuary tsr, a id the
fact that default was allowed, notwith¬
standing the known handsome earnings
of the steamship company, give ibe to
much criticism. The company is ion-
trolled by the Central Railway ami Bank¬
ing Company. of Georgia.
RAILROAD TAXES
Iu South Carolina tlic Subject of a
Supreme Court Decision.
A Washington special says: The
United States supreme court Monday
dismissed, direction for want of jurisdiction, with
to tbe United States circuit
court for the district of South Carolina
to do likewise, with the suits brought by
the Northeastern Railroad company, and
Central Railroad company, against Wal¬
ters et al., to enjoin these county officers
from the collection of a tax imposed on
the railroads by the state. The taxes
were state, county and Bchool taxes. The
Tillman board of equalization assessed
the railroad property at a higher rate
than other property, and it is claimed
this is unconstitutional,
The question at issue has stirred up
the railroad companies of the state aDd
has been a political issue as well between
two wings of the South Carolina democ-
racy. It is held that jurisdiction cannot
he made to attach by combining various
forms of tax in a number of counties,
and thus swelling the total amount in-
volved to above I 2 .GOO, the amount
necessary to take the case into the federal
court. Tbe merits of the case were not
gone into, Opiuion by justice Brown.
Travel with a Friend-
Who will protect you from those enemies—
nausea, indigestion, malaria and the sickness
produced by rocking on the waves, and some¬
times by inland traveling over the rough beds
of ill-laid railroads. Such a friend is Hostet-
ter's Stomach Bitters. Ocean mariners,
yachtsmen, commercial and theatrical agents
and tourists testify to the protective potency
of this effective safeguard, which conquers
also rheumatism, nervousness and biliousness.
Some men tire themselves almost to death
looking for an ea ; y place.
AFTtK > apiiHi
THE CRIP
“I 'uls very we*lt and run down and did not
rain strength, like so many after that prostrat-
~ lug disease. Seeing Hood’s
% Sarsaparilla highly rec¬
ommended, I began to
take It, and was more
than pleased with the
way it built me up. 1
think it has made me bet-
ter than before I was
-Iv s.ck. 1 have also been de-
righted with HOOD'S
Mr*. Emrrmn. PILLS, and always
Prefer them to any other
.. kind . 1 hey do . not weaken. Iam
now. gnpe or
glad to recommend two such fine preparations
Hood’s Sarsa- oarilla^ U X © S v _
as Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills."
Mrs. Isaiah Emerson, Manchester, N. 11.
Get Hood’s.
HOOD’S PILLS are purely regetable. careful¬
ly prepared from the best ingredients.
The Richest People in the World.
The richest people in the world are
said to be the Osage Indians, of Oklaho¬
ma. The tribe only numbers some 1,500
souls, and it has to its credit iu the
United States treasury the sum of $8 -
500,000 in cold cash, besides 1,400,000
acres of choice land, worth, at" the least
computation. $5 an acre. Light hun¬
dred thousand dollars of the money iu
the treasury is interest fuud, and the nn
tional council of the tribe wants Uncle
Sam to shell it out, that they may be
able to pay their debts.
Why 11c Left.
Big Sister—“I don’t see why Mr. Xice-
fello should have left so cariv this even¬
ing.” he home
Little Brother—“I guess went
to count his money.”
“Count his money?”
“Of course. I told him you was won¬
dering how much he had.”—Street &
Smith’s Good News.
Minot J. Savage, the celebrated Bos¬
ton divine, pieaches extemporaneously, presented
but his thoughts are so well
that the stenographers’ reports rarely re¬
quire any editing for publication in book
form.
The Farmer
and the Grocer.
A grocer would not pay a farmer the price of a ten-
pound turkey for one that weighed but seven pounds.
Why should a farmer pay a grocer the price of the
Royal Baking Powder for a baking powder with 27
per cent, less leavening strength ?
The Royal Baking Powder is proven by actual tests
to be 27 per cent, stronger than any other brand on the
market. Better not buy the others, for they mostly
contain alum, lime and sulphuric acid; but if they are
forced upon you, see that you are charged a correspon¬
dingly lower price for them.
Cures Scrofula
Mrs. E. J. Rowell, Medford, Mass., says her
mother has bee n cured of Sc rofula bytheuseof
four bottles of KSBQESi after having had
much reduced other qui tre BCawgSM atment,and low being
to te a condition
of health, as it was thought she could not live.
INHERITED SCROFULA.
s.s.s. Scrofula, Cure_d my which little boy appeared of hereditary all
over
his face. 4 or a year I had given
up all hope of hi s recovery, w hen finally I was
induced to use I S.S.S. | A few bottles
cured the disease him, remain. and |_ _| T. no L. symptoms Mathers, or
Mks.
Matherville, Miss.
Our book on Blood a and Skin Diseases mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanti. Ga.
“August Flower tt tt
/ /
I T used , August A , Flower T -, for r Loss t of c
vitality and bottles general debility. After
taking two I gained 69 lbs.
I have sold more of your August
Flower since I have been in business
than any other medicine I ever kept.
Mr. Peter Zinvilte says he was made
a new- man by the use of August
Flower, recommended by me. I
have hundreds tell me that August
Flower has done them more good
than any other medicine they ever
took. Georgs W. Dye, Sardis,
Mason Co., Ky. *
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A Ruddy G'gw
on cheek \\V
and brow .'
is evidence ,
that the -sfe- L.
body is
getting proper nourishment.
When this glow of health is
absent assimilation is wrong,
and health is letting down.
Scott's Emulsion
taken immediately arrest
waste, regardles. ,
yield cause. Consumpt
to treatment ti AS
waste and builds fles!
Almost as palatable a:
Prepared by Scott A Bowoe, X. Y. !
Cure for Colds. Fovers eadOener^ Debility.
Smau Bile Beans, gfic. per bottle.
A blind man—The dealer in wb>d*w
shades.___________
Indigest ion rellerod by Small Bile Beane-
No one can be made rich with money
who would not be rich without it.
Liver Co mplaint cored by Small Bi le Beana-
The original pin was a fish-bone.
The Moat Plcaannt W*T
Of preventing the grippe, colds, headaches and
fevers is to use the liquid laxative remedy,
Syrup of Fig?, whenever the system needs a
gentle, yet effective cleansing. To be benefited
one must get the true remedy manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, i or sale
by all druggists in 50c. and $1 botti
Contrary as it may seem, it’s the tailor *
sails and the sailor who makes t.i c-
Thrpc TUon-and Ton? of *hinr.
^ , >f < Mr.,?., made the
,-si -ale of ” i he lti<im Sin- -to'.e Pw -h ’
duf.ng the j ear lsiC they iiav.-.ocr made-nice
nine thonsjunl. two hundred and eighty and gross, tif-
weighing two t housand. eight hundi«*d
tv-live tons, which would load a train ov* r
two hundred ears, idea of the great
These figure? give some pop-
ularity and uiereasi ng sale of "The Iiisiug Sun
Stove I*ol:sh.
Catr.rrli Can’t Be Cured
With local applications, as they cannot reach-
the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood ot
constitutional di scase, anil in order to cure tt
vou have to lake internal remedies. Hall ?
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and nets di¬
rectly on the blood and mucous surface. Hall h
C atarrh Cure is no quack medicine. I t wai
pre-cribed by one of the best physicians In this
country for years, and is a regular prescript ion.
It is composed of the best tonics known, com¬
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting di¬
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The jiertort
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing ca¬
tarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
An Extenped PopCLARtTr. — Brown'.?
Bronchial, Troches have for many years
been the most popular article in use for reliev¬
ing Coughs and Throat Troubles.
Onr old reliable eye-water cures weak or in¬
flamed eyes or granulated lids without pain.
Price25c. John R. Dickey Drug Co., Bristol, Va
A Heartfelt Desire.
Young Wife (who dotes on bric-a-crac)
—“What this house needs is something
really unique, don’t you think so?”
Young Husband—“Yes, indeed, my
love. Why don’t you have ’em?”
“Have what?”
“Old fashioned pumpkin pics yon
know.”—New York
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Do Not Be Deceived
; with Pastes, Enamels and Paints which stain the
j h *The RWn?*Sun store PoHshV^rilllant, Odor-
leg*. Durable, and the consumer pays for uo tin
or glass package with every purchase.
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A Woman Has
very little dwre to enjoy the pleasures of life, and Is
entirely unfitted for the cares of housekeeping or
any ordinary duties.if afflicted with SILK HEAD¬
ACHE DAY AFTER DA Y and yet there a •
1 few diseases that yield m ire promptly to prop< r
| medical treatment It is tnerefore of the ie utmost u im¬
portance that a reliable remedy-diould atn always i>e at
hand. During a period of more nore than than GO GO YEAIIH
there has been no instance reported reported w her- .nob
cases have not been permanently tly an an i ! PROMPTLY P
Cl it ED by tbe use of a single t-ox of the genuine
and Itlstl) •eltbrated l>r.C. McLANK’S 8 LIVER
PILLS, which may be procured at arty Drug Store,
or will be mailed to any address on the receipt of 25e.
in postage stamps. Purchasers of these Pills should
be careful to procure the genuine article. There ars
several counterfeits on the mark- t, well calculated
to deceive. The genuine Dr. C. XcLans's Celebrated
! , rLEMlNO brothkss co.fpittBtmrgh, n.
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Every Ii His Own Doctor.
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1on’^ret j cine*. The book contains . nuiy.-;- of court-
Mailed, post-pai !. lor 60 i'f.es'eu-' A-ldre-s-t
cents.
Atlanta pi klisiuxg holme,
U« Loyd Street. Atlanta, Ga.
I -SMfiHlLGH’S f^C0SES25^gg
GOUGH CUR^J L CURE.
Cures Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Sore
Throat. Sold by ail Druggists on a Guarantee.
TO YOUNG MEN.
Splendid opportunity to W arn a bu: sines* that will
, give steady employment an<l a salary rot Si000 a year.
: Kemi 2 --. stamp for circular, t-onla ing full informa-
! tion. Address Geo. II. Lawrence, 5 K. 30th, X.Y. City.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the jess
I>m. Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. fS§
'a'
EqW c. K. by T. druggists Hazeltine, or Warren. sent by mail. jgij EjSj
Pa.
Mil IT TliEES.
1.3-FP-t and BEST Stock in Vnited State, piantcr-
and Dealer* should got OUK PRICES before pla'-insr
ORDERS. E. MOODY & SONS, LORE PORT, .V. }’
Bvdtsfl DS.J.STEPHENS, Lebanon,Ch:o.
It SLEDS
V S. St., -i r C O..IUU5 X. Rurdick, Kalam»z jo, Mich.
*TE NTO&SH:
\ . Four, '93.