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THE VIENNA PROGRESS.
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“Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.”
JNO. B.,HOWELL. 1
LACY A. MOROAN, » r
VOL. XI., NO 30.
VIENNA, GA„ TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1893.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, t
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ffl CONGRESSIONAL HALLS.
Daily Ronfins oi Both Houses ol tho
Fifty-Second Congress,
Measures Discussed and Bills Passed
By Our National Law-Makers.
THE SENATE.
In the senate, Tuesday, Mr. Sherman
reported back from the committee on fi
nance the amendment suggested by him
self some days ago, in reference to the
issue of the United States 3 per cent
bonds. The committee decided it to be
affixed to the sundry civil appropriation
bill. The sundry civil appropriation bill
was taken up. Nearly half of the bill had
been read through when 2 o’clock arrived
and then Mr. Allison said he would let
the bill go over until Wednesday, to that
the senate might proceed with the Nica-
ragua canal bill. This bill was then
taken up aDd a statement was made by
Mr. Sherman in exp'anation, he said, of
some points which seemed to puzzle the
senators. His statement was to the iff ct
that under the bill contracts now sub
sisting between the Maritime Canal com
pany and the construction company were
n J ,r0 S a t®d; that the government of the
United States would start in the work
with a '“clean table;” that it would
own eighty millions of the $100,000,000
of stock, and would have ten directors,
the Maritime company becomiog a mere
agent of the government. The bill was
again laid aside and consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill was re
sumed. AH but twelve pages of the bill
were disposed of. Amendments recom
mended by the committee on appropria
tions were agreed to, except some that
were reserved, and these included the
world’s fair items and river and harbor
improvements. At 1:40 o’clock the sen
ate adjourned.
The conference r. port on the army ap
propriation bill was presented by the
senate, Wednesday, read and then laid
over until Thursday. Consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation bill was
proceeded with. The reading of the
bill having been finished, reserved amend
ments were taken up, the first being the
series in reference to the world’s Colum
bian exposition. Mr. Quay offered his
amendment making all appropriations
for the exposition conditional on Sunday
closing. Mr. Allison hoped that Mr.
Quay would not press that amendment.
It was only a reproduction of pirt of the
legislation of last year, every provision
of which had been complied with.
With that assurance, Mr. Quay withdrew
bis amendment, and then all the com
mittee amendments as to the world’s
fair were agreed to. The next series of
reserved amendments were those for the
improvements of the rivers and hirbirs.
At 2 o’clock p. m, unfinished business,
the Nicaragua canal bill was laid before
the senate; but at the requestor' Mr.
Gorman it was laid aside temporartly
and the consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill proceeded with.
While the discussion was progressing
one of the secretaries of the president of
f.hft Sf.ftfpa n mvnnrnrl ua tiro booms
, ution relating to the contested election
case of R-3nolds vs. Shonk, from the
twelfth district of Pennsylvania. The
resolution confirms the title of Shonk,
I ublican contcstce, t > his teat. The
house then re limed, in ermmittee, the
cou-iiieration of the peusion nppropria
tion bill. After debate general discus
sion was closed and the bill was read for
amendments. No action was taken
any of the committee amendments,
at 5 o’clock the bouse adjourned.
'I he hoiDe of representatives resolved
itself into a prize ring Thursday. The
Contestants for honors in the ring were
Be | r..-sent a lives Turpin, of Alabama, and
Waugh, of Indiana. The fight was the
••ctultofa discussion over lhe pension
ppropriation bill. Mr. Turpin arose to
ask Mr. Morse a question. He wanted
in kno.v if ilwas not true that there was
clerk in the p usion office drawing a pen
sion of $3Q a raonth,for total deafness who
oeivid u salary of $1,800 a year for ans
wering inquiries over the the telephone,
Of crurse this created general laughter,
when Mr. Waugh, of Indiana, jumped to
uis feet and dre ared that the statement
was un’vue and that there was no such
«let k in the pension office. But the
words were hardly uttered before Mr.
Turpin bounded across the open space in
front of the speaker’s desk, and grabbed
the Indinnian' by the throat with his left
band an 1 proceeded to pound him in the
face wilh right. Mr. Waugh fought
back, and the pommeling became lively.
Members frrm all parts of the house
lushed down the sislcs to join in to stop
the figLt. The republicans took the side
of Mr. Waugh while the demccrats were
rrady to assist Mr. Turpin, though all
were anxious to stop the fight. Speaker
Crisp happened to be on the floor near
the desk when the fight occurred, and,
although the house was in committee of
the whole, the speaker rushed to the
desk and assumed charge, rapping for
order and ordering the sergeant-at-arms
to quiet the disturbance and arrest the
disturbers if nectssary. In a few mo
ments order was restored. Mr. Waugh
was cairitd out one door and Mr. Turpin
from another. The house then immedi
ately adjourned.
the United States appeared as the bearer
of a message. As soon as it reached
the vice president, Mr. Sherman,
knowing that it related to
Hawaii, moved to proceed to ex
ecutive business. The motion was agreed
to, the galleries were cleared, the doors
closed, and the senate was left to discuss
the Hawaiian question in secret. The
doors were reopened at 4:45 o’clock nud
then the business of the senate was sus
pended in order that .a fitting tribute
might be made to the memory of the late
Ttepreseutative McDonald, of New Jersey,
who died on the 5th of November last.
The usual resolutions of regret were of
fered by Mr. McPherson and agreed to,
and the senate at 5 o’clock p. m., ad
journed.
Tbe senate again took up tbe sundry
civil appropriation bill Thursday, the
pending question relating to the Phila
delphia harbor improvements. The amend
ment reducing the Philadelphia harbor
item from half a million to $300,000 was
defeated. The amendment reducing in
like proportion the Hudson river, New
York, item was also rejected. The sen
ate incidental to the sundry civil bill
discussed in open session the Hawaiian
treaty. Mr. Vest vigorously attacked the
proposed annexation. The discussion re
verting to the sundry civil bill, the
committee’s amendment to reduce the
item for improving the Mississippi river
from $758,000 to $658,000, from the
mouth of tbe Ohio to the mouth of the
Missouri, and from $866,600 to $736,000,
from the mouth of the Missouri to Minne
apolis, wss rejected. The following
amendments proposing reductions of
appropriation were disagreed to without
disvision: For Charleston harbor,
South Carolina, from $750,000 to
$650,000; for Savannah, Georgia, from
$1,000,000 to -$750,000; for Mobile,
Alabama, from $500,000 to $450,000;
lor the Mississ’ppi river from the head
of the passes to the mouth of the
Ohio river, from $2,605,000 to $2,000,-
000; for the Missouri river, from $750.-
000 to $650,000. The amendment pro
viding that not moro Ilian three-fourths
of the appiopriations for internal im
provements shall be expended during
the next fiscal year, excepting as to the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers and Hay
lake channel, was agreed to, this being
the last of the amendments in relation to
these works. The next amendment
was one striking out the
provision that co money shall
bs used fi r warrants or arrests or
prosecution nnder the internal revenue
laws, works, or laws relating to the elec
tion of members of congress. This
brought on a lively political debate. No
1 ction was taken on the amendment.
Mr, Faulkner gave uotice that iu conse
quence of the very serious illness of the
late Senator Henna’s ch ldren, the mem
orial services for Mr. Henna were post
poned from Saturday till Monday 27th
of February at 3 p. m. o’clock. The sen
ate 6:10 o'clock adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
Tuesday morning Mr. Mutchler moved
that the house go into a committee of
the whole for consideration of the inva
lid pension appropriation bill. The re
publicans began to filibuster over the
limitation of debate. Again the demo
crats were obliged to yield to the repub
lican demand that six hours’ debate be
accorded to the minority, and it was
agreed that the general debate close
Wednesday at 3 o'clock. Mr. Hatch in
cidentally gave notice that if the appro
priation bill was not deposed of in a
reasonable time he would ask for
consideration of the anti-option bill.
The house then resumed consideration of
the pension bill.
Iu the house, Wednesday,ou motion of
Mr. Wheeler, the bill uuthorizing the
construction of a bridge across the Ten
nessee river at Shefli .-Id, Ala., was pass
'd. Mr. O’Ferrall called up,
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
A Washington special of Monday says
Criticism is diminishing and indorsement
is increasing in regard to lhe Gresham
appointment.
The Miller vs Elliott contest for the
“shoe string” or black district of South
Carolina was to have come up for deci
sion Thursday in the hous" committee on
elections, but a quorum did not appear.
Four republicans and two democrats were
pre'ent.
The senate, Thursday, refused to con
cur in the report of the committee ot
the sundry civil hill cutting down the
appropriation for Savannah harbor. The
million dollar appropriation made by the
house was reinserted in the bill, and it
will go through the senate in this way,
though there is an amendment pro
viding that Dot more than three-fourths
of the appropriation shall be expended
during the next fiscal year.
To Prevent Clash of Authority.
The unusuul number of railroad prop
erties in tlie south in the hands of receiv
ers has made additional legislation nee
essary ns respects service in suits against
these companies, and, on Tuesday the
house judiciary committee ordered
favorable report on the bill introduced
by Mr. Turner, of Georgia, to cure de
fects in the judiciary act of August 13,
1888. By this act suits were authorized
to be brought in certain cases in state
courts against receivers appointed by
United States courts. By the procedure
of most states, service may be made on
railroad companies through their local
agent in place of a suit. It is now nee
essary, however, where roads are in the
hands of United States court receivers, to
serve process iu suits on receivers.
The Canal Hill.
The Nicaragua canal bill discussed in
the senate Monday provides that 3 per
cent bonds of the company, to an amount
not exceeding $100,000,000, shall be
guaranteed “principal and interest,” by
the government of the United State:
these bonds to be fssued according as
money is actually paid out and expended
by the company in the construction of
the canal. The government is then to own
the capital stock of the company with
the exception of twelve millions of it,
which is to be retained by the company,
and except shares to be delivered to the
governments of Nicauaugua and Costa
Rica. The importance of this guarantee
by the government was demonstrated in
n speech by Mr. Frye, of Maine, who
undertook to snow mat the worn would
with a guarantee, be fully completed at
a cost of $100,000,000 and that its fixed
charges would be only $5,000,000 a year,
outside of the sinking fund, whereas,
without a guarantee, tlie cost would not
be less than $200,000,000, and its fixed
charges $14,000,000,
Cotton Tax Bill Reported Favorably.
The Oates cotton tax bill secured
a favorable report from a majority of the
house committee on judiciary, Tuesday.
The bill provides that the tax collected
by the United States during war times
on raw cotton shall be refunded in the
event that the United States supreme
court holds the laws under which the
tax was collected to have been unconsti
tutional. The bill authorizes any
person who paid cotton tax duty
to briDg suit in the court of
claims against the United States for
recovery of money, right of appeal to
the United States supreme court being
given to each side to suit. One test case
is to be made, and no other case tried
unless the supreme court decides the
taxing act to have been unconstitutional.
If the act should be declared invalid, the
court of claims will try every cotton tax
suit commenced within one year after the
decision of the United States supreme
court,
Mr. Bynum will put in a minority re
port, and will probably be joined by
other members of the committee. The
refunding of the cotton tax would coal
the government some millions of dollars,
and this fact alone, doubtless, will be
sufficient to prevent the bill passing con
gress at this session.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATED PRESS.
The Board of Directors Hold a Busi-.
ness Meeting in Chattanooga.
At a meeting of the board of directors
of the Southern Associated Press held at
Chattanooga, Monday, the following of
ficers were present; E. P. Howell, presi
dent; Patrick Walsb, treasurer; F. P.
Glass, secretary; A. S. Ochs, chairman;
of the executive committee, together
with T. T. Stockton, of Jacksonville;
J. 0. Hemphill, of Charleston; F. P.
O'Brien, of B rmingham; J. L. Rapier,
of Mobile, and J. H. Estill, of Savan
nah. Steps were taken to improve tbe
service of the Southern Associated Press.
The body parsed resolutions of condo-
___ i lence in reference to the death of Dr
j ; and"" the • Norvin Green, president of tbe Westers
house adopted without debate, the reso- Union felegiaph Company.
THE MILITIA CALLED OUT,
far in tlie Kansas Legislature Between
and Populists.
The Doors ot the State House Battered
Down With Sledge Hammers.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
A Topek«, Kansas, special says; A
bloodless but excitiDg battle took place
between the republicans and the popu
lists’ house at the entrance to the repre
sentative hall Wednesday morning. The
populists* who have bad possession of
the hall in the afternoons, adjourned
Tuesday until Wednesday afternoon,
and, as been the custom since the begin
ning of the session, tbe republicans ex
pected to hold their regular morning
session as usual, but the populists swore
in a large number of assistant sergeants-at
arms, who were placed on guard and the
doors and entrances to the hall were
locked.
No one was admitted to the hall ex
cepting the populists and members of the
press and they were required to show a
pass and run the gauntlet of a d( zen
guards. The republicans were fully in
formed of all these preparations to ex
clude them from the hall, and a hundred
men were sworn in as officers of the re
publicans, and at 9 o’clock the members
of tbe republican house, with their iffi-
cers, started from their headquaiters fer
the statehouse.
met With winchesters.
The march through the long corridors
leading to the representative hall was
Unimpided. The little column forced
its way through the line of guards sta
tioned at the foot of ihc stairs in the
west wing and started upstairs. On the
first landing was a crowd of populist
house officers under command of Adju
tant General Ar:z. They were armed,
and the advancing republican crowd
were met with muzzles of revolvers and
Winchesters.
The adjutant general commanded them
to halt, but no stop was made and the
advance guard pushed into the crowd of
populists. Three or four of them suc
ceeded in passing tne doorkeeper after a
brief struggle, aDd getting into the hall,
but the populists sueceded in closing the
door and barring it.
THE SPEAKER UBI 8 A SLEDGE HAMMER.
The repubheans on the outside de
manded admittance, and when it was de
nit d them Speaker Douglass swung a
large sledge hammer and began to batter
the heavy doors leading from the cloak
room. It took many bloas to beat a
passage way through, but the doors fin
ally gave way, and the republican legis
lators surged in with a loud shout. The
populists promptly retreated, and tbe
republicans
WERE IN COMPLETE CONIROL.
Ever since the opening of the session
the populists have had the committee-
rooms, the fergeart at-arms room and
the chief clerk’s room. These were
all locked and guarded on the inside,
but after the house had been called
to order the republicans battered down
the doors and took possession of
them without encountering any resist
ance. At 10 o’clock there were a few
populists in the representative hall and
the republican house had settled r’owD to
the regular order of business, as if noth
ing unusual had happened. Assistant
sergeants-at-arms, each wearing a bright
red ribbon, promenaded the aisles and
lobbies.
BOTH SIDES SWEARING IN OFFICERS.
The republicans and populists are both
swearing in officers ns fast as possible to
be in readiness for an emergency.
RECRUITS FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
At 12:40 o’clock tbe republicans added
thirty or forty recruits to their force, ss-
istanl sergeant-at-arms cadets, of Wash
burn college, appearing in tbe hall and
taking the oath before the sergeant-nt
arms. The popu’ists’ jaDitor undertook
to freeze out the republicans ai d shut off
the steam from the hall. The following
order was delivered by Adjutant-General
Ariz to Col. J. W. F. Hughes:
Yon are hereby ordered to assume command
all officers anil men o; the Kansas National
Guards assembled in Topeka and around the
statehouse- By order of
L. D. Lewellixg, Commander in Chief.
The republicans during the afternoon
ppointed a committee consisting of
Messrs. Sherman, Warner and Cubbison
to visit Governor Lewcllipg and agree
upon, if pi ssible, a uspension of hostili
ties. They proposed tb.-.t both hi uses
gree to adjemrn until a rase could be
made in the supreme court and finally
adjudicated.
MOKE TROOl-9 CALLED.
Governor Lewelling issued a proclama
tion at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday after
noon stating that as the malitia now in
Topeka was not sufficient five piovision
' companies would be organized* com
posed of voluntecis. Only three com
panies, however, has been organized, and
they are cf thirty men each. D M. Scott,
publican member from Hodgeman
county, who happened to be in Ottawa
telegraphed that he would be in Topeka
with 300 armed men on the first train.
S. Anthouy telegraphed that 1,000
men would come from Leavenworth. Co-
umbus telegraphed that 400 men would
come from there at the command of
peaker Douglass.
Sheriff Wilkinson informed the gov
ernor at midnight Wednesday night that
was a peace officer, and demanded
hat the latter turn over to him the situ
ation . Colonel Hughes, in command of
he s'ate militia, went into the republic-
hall soon afterwards and told the re
publican members that if the governor
k'd him to eject them he would resign
s Dosition.
to eject the republicans. ShouTcT (Hat
attempt be nude it will be met with
armed r< ssfance ou the part of the re-
publ'cans.
A PEACE OFFERING.
At 2:32 o’clock Thursday afternoon
the governor sent an application for:
peace to the repub’ican house. It reads: l -
The gorfrnor offers, in ti^e interest peace * interesting and Instructive to All
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The News ol tlie World Condensed Into
Pithy aind Pointed Paragraphs.
and harmony, that he will
military and not allow the republican house or
its employes to bs interfered with by tbe pop
ulists, provided that all further proceedings
Classes of Readers.
i lhe Industrial Development Dnrlng
the Past Week.
I ^ The review of-the industrial situation in the
j Scrath for th? week past is vrry Rra ifying, not
j oniy in the number of new industries piojected,
but also iu tneir diversified charact-r. and the
j amount of capital interested. The wood-work
ing, textile and flour and grist mill interests
have received pirt'cnlar attention. Cotton
mills are to be erected at Concord, N. C., Dan
ville, Ya., and Union, S. C., the one at Dan
ville to have 15,000 Bpindles, and the company
at Union having $100,000 capital- A cotton
gin will be established at Pitts, Ga. Flouring
mills are to be erected at. Danville, Va., H gh
Point, N- C. and Obion. Tenn., and grist mills
at Cava Springs, Va., Manchester, Va., and
Steel’s Tavern, Va.. Among the wood
working p’aofs reported are saw and
planing mills at Brinson, Ga., Bristol, Tenn.,
N’oreross, Ga., Rural Hull, N. C., and Snm-
merfield, N. C., a barrel factory at Lyons, Ga..
furniture factories at Winston, N. C., High
Reports of Tuesday to the board of
arising f om the arrest of Ben C. Rich, be health of New York City from Black-
dropped and the populist members and em-' well’s Island show that since Saturday
pletyee to not be disturb'd by the arrest of offl- ten new c-ises of typhus fever developed
co.f,uv^rj” e, i and t the e Bh0ri ? f Sha , wnee ' in the workhouse of that place,
county discharge Jus deputies and does not in- r
terfere no • try to interfere with tk: acts of the Early Tuesday morning fire destroyed
populists and state officers, including the mil- the Wagman block in Fort Smith Ark.,
ma, nud tins agreement to continue in force an d a two storv brick hull dine ndlnin
until the o ese cf the present session of the leg- { ” rlck D ^ , " V T J
islatnre 1D£r - The total loss will be between
miaitiic. AAA , . . ... . , tuumuio lauuiiiB taa n uisiuii, in . kj. HigU
The republicans will not accept thii ?Ll' A , an< ^ vlW),000, with luburance of Point, N. 0., and Paris, Texas. Hoop factory
ne^cc offerin'/. | *ko r 000. , at Dveraburg, Tenn., shingle mill at Plaque-
Another dispatch says: Colonel J. F. . A report of the treasury department P^o^^C^cMperage 11
Hughes, commanding the Kansas Na- issued Monday shows the following ex- j *.t Little Bock, Ark., and lumber companies at
tional Gusrd, has for the third and last ports of cotton from Georgia and South ; Charleston, 5V. Va., Leggett, Texas, and At-
tiins notified Governor Lewelling that he Carolina ports for the month of January: lanta, Ga., the latter with $[,000,000 capital,
will not take charge of the militia. It is Brunswick, 1,100 baits as against 5,980 A pot»ble industry of the week is a shoe factory
lh-ught probable that the governor will I°r January, 1892; Savannah, 42,661 as
appoint another commander. I against 33,886; Charleston, 16,397 as
j against 24,825,
T im nnrrmn : -r- At tbe 1 ?°. nthl y meeting of the New
HjL aMIJIH York association cf piano manufacturers
j Tuesday afternoon seventeen firms re
ported through their representatives that
they had deciden not to send any exhib
its to the Chicago fair. Dissatisfaction
regarding the space assigned is given as
the chief reason for this actioD.
The seventh annual convention of the
American Newspaper Publisher’s Associ
ation was opened at New York Wednes- ,
day. A great majority of representatives C '’ P xford ’ A , la fi aI J d Un ! on Springs, Ala.
.om,..- j - “ , The enlargements include brewery at Dallas,
of newspapers and members of the asso- »hnn „t iwif.Ji rut. v„’
ciation were present, and over one hun
dred millions of dollars capital was re
presented.
A terrific explosion occurred at Mc-
Abce’s powder mills, about twelve miles
from Pittsburg, Pa., on tbe Alleghany
Valley railroad Wednesday afternoon, by
which Albert McAbee was instantly
killed and William Scirborough so badly
injured that he died while being taken to
the hospital. McAbee was blown sixty
feet.
Notes of Her Progress and Prosperity •
Briefly Epitomizeii
And Important Happenings from Day
to Day Tersely Told.
at Loni-mlle, Kv., with $75,000 capital. Fifty-
seven new iudu-tries are reported for the week,
together with ten enlargements, and seventeen
important new buildings. Among the new in
dustries for the week not already referred to
are a canning factory at Water Valiev, Miss.,
eleotric light plants "at Suffolk, Va., and Union
Springs, Ala., gas and fuel company at Mem
phis, Tenn., graphite works at Cartelsville, Ga.,
machine shop at Bedfi rd City, Va., laundry
companies at Jionroe, La., an t Savannah, Ga.,
the latter with $25,000 capital. Mining and
quarying companies have been formed at
j Birmingham, Ala,, and Riverside, W. Va., oil
| mills wiil be established at Waco, Texas, and
j Caldwell, Texas, the Caldwell company having
| $20,000 capital.
Waterworks are to be erected at New Bsme,
The North Carolina house of r presen-
tatives Tuesday, after prolonged debate,
defeated the bill to repeal the homestead
law. The vote against It was over
whelming.
The Savannah, Ga., Evening Press, in
an editorial Thursday afternoon, say:
“There is one feature of the selection of
Hoke Smith for a cabinet position which
is grateful. It is the compliment paid
(he southern afternoon press by the new
administration.
The Southern Loan Company of Nasli
ville, Tenn., has secured control of the
Cumberland blast furnace on the new
Mineral railroad, in Dickson county
and will begin operations there in a few
Weeks. This is one of the richest ore
beds in the south.
Superintendent Wadley, of the Central
of Georgia, has issued orders threatening
to discharge any man in the employ of
the Central railroad who in any way in
duces any person, white or black, toim
migrate from Georgia. He desires to in
crease population along the lines of the
Central rather than decrease it. -
Tbe two houses of the Kentucky state
legislature, Tuesday afternoon, balloted
separately for a successor to Mr. Carlisle
in the United States senate. The vote
was as follows: Senate—Lindsay, demo
crat, 16; Augustus E. Willson, republi
can, 0. House—Lindsay 63; Willson 13.
Populists voted for Lindsay. A joint
ballot will be taken.
The Alabama house of representatives,
Thursday morning passed the Sayre elec
tion bill, which is drawn on the Austra
lian system. It was bitterly opposed by
the Kolbites because they alleged it
would not only disfranchise the negroes,
but at least thirty thousand whites in the
state. The bill was passed by 50 to 46.
It is believed the bill will pass the senate
without serious opposbion.
Secretary Foster, Tuesday afternoon,
telegraphed to Minister Stephens, at
Honolulu, approval of his action in af
firmatively responding to the icquest of
the provisional government of Hawa i
for the establishment of a protectorate
over the islands, pending negotiations for
the annexation of tbe is'ands to the Uni
ted States. Instructions for the guidance
of his future actions were also included
in the telegram.
A N»sbvi]!e, Tenn , dispatch siy3:
Wednesday Adjutant General Fite re-
ci ived from Governor Turney, at Win
chester, the commission of three ap
pointees that have been awaited with
anxiety by the numerous applicants.
Major Felix G. Buchanan, of Lincoln
county, is appointed warden at the main
prison; Charles H. Smith, of Carroll
county, depu'y warder), and Dr. J. R.
Thompson, of Marshall county, prison
physician,
A New Orleans special says: The
Loui-iina supreme court, Monday, hand
ed down an opinion in the case of the
state vs. the Boston and Pickwick clubs,
two crack social organizations of the city,
for suits tor license for following tbe bus
iness of liquor dealers and keeping bil
liard aDd pool rooms and restaurants.
The courts ordered that the defendants
be hell liable for all licenses from 1888
to date. The Sunday law is not men
tioned in the opinion, but it is claimed,
as the club3 are placed on an equal foot
ing with the saloons, the law will be op-
eiative in this case.
MARDI GRAS FESTIVITIES.
ENDORSING THE REPUBLICANS.
A tremendous meeting of citizens was
held in Leavenworth to endorse the sc
ion of the Douglass house at Topeka.
Mayor Hooker presided and Hons. E D.
Carroll, John Hannon, E. N. Morrell, D.
II. Anthony nnd William Hook made
peeches strongly endorsing the action
of the constitutional house in taking pos-
sion of and holding representative
hall. Strong resolutions were unani
mously adopted endorsing the Douglas'
house and urging them to stand firm end
fferingsuppoit.
LATER NEWS.
A Topeka, Kas., dispatch of Thursday
ivs: The republican house is stiil be
sieged in the representative hall, and a
force of the state miii ia is still posted
about the cspitol. Colonel Hughes
has again declined to obey the gov-
nor’s order -to eject the republicans.
And the only resource the governor
has besides the regular militia s
three companies of provisional tro-ip*, Lindsay Elected,
composed of populists who, of coins", Judge Wu>;Lindsay was declared elected
sympathize with the populist object. United States senator at the joint session
“Be governor will make no statement as 0 f the Kenluckv legislature at noou Wtd-
hie plans, but it is believed they in- nesday, He will proceed, to Washington
elude an order to tho provisional-troopa to !$£•• bis seat.
New Orleans Merry with Music and
Masqueraders.
A New Orleans news special of Tues
day says: Eveiywhere floats carnival
colors. The city is bright with sunshine
and merry with music and a vast army of
miscellaneous miskers. At high noon
the procession of Rex appeared upon the
streets. The subject chosen for the
pageant was “Fantasies.” It allowed
more scope for the display of the art of
the painter and the costumes in the specta
cle, which could not have the aid of cal
cium lights and torches,and the result was
n gorgeous sight. The first float bc-re
“Bceuf Gras,”acc 'rding to a time-honortd
custom. The second vehicle bore a fanciful
design, illustrating the subject of dis
play. Other floats depicted the king of
the carnival upon his throne, and then
came “Cloudland,” “Gambols of the
Deep,’ “Pastimes in Hades,” “Star-
;and,” “Realm of Riches,” “Wa'er
Nymphs,” "Court of Fairies,” “Sun-
iand,” “Home of Brightness,” “Silver
Spirits,” “Dancing Eifs on the Waves of
Joy,” ‘‘Sports of Fairies,” “Hours of
Idleness,” “Cupid's Bower,” “Dream
land.”
Tbe drill corps of S'. Bernard com-
mandery, Knights Templer, of Chicago,
;>arnded as the guard of boner of the
king, who was Impersonated by Captain
John Pointevcnt. The queen of the car
nival was Miss Ella t-inDOtt and her
maids of honor, and they viewed the pi-
rude from the galltry of the Pickwick
Club. All the clubs were magnificiently
grouped and erected special stands, from
which beauty, from all sections of the
ountry, viewed lhe parade.
A New York special of Wednesday
says : It is not expected in financial cir
cles here that either tbe senate or tbe
house will take any further action on the
silver question during tbe present ses
sion of congress. Careful inquiry
among bankers and business men reveris
the fact that these elements are very
much discouraged over the condition of
affairs.
There was no little excitement at
Wilksbarre, Pa , Tutsdav, among seven
hundred depositors of the broken bank
of V. Rockafellor & Co., when it be
came known that the total liabilities will
reach $342,000, while the entire assets
would scarc.Iy foot up to $80,000. It
looks now as though the wreck was
complete, and that the depositors will
be lucky if they receive 8 per cent of their
money.
A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch says: Tbe
lobby of tbe St. Chari’s hotel was
thronged Tuesday morning with repre
sentative telegraphers who assembled
from all parts of the United States to
participate in the convention of the
commi-rcial telegraphers of North Amer
ica. The opening session was called to
order at 10:30 o'clock behind closed
doors. More than sixty delegates re
sponded to the roll call.
A Washinhton speicial says: Lieuten-
aut Lovell K. Reynolds, of the navy,
while andeavoring to board a cable car,
was knocked down and run over, both
legs being crushed. He died Thursday
morning. Lieutenant Reynodls was ap
pointed to the naval academy for Alaba
ma, and graduated in 1871. He attain
ed his present rank, that of senior lieu
tenant, in 1891. He was attached to
the coast survey steamer Endeavor.
A London cablegram of Wednesday
says a serious marine disaster i9 reported.
The bark Cataliua, owned at Bremen,
was -recked off the mull of Gallwav
ai:d the captain and seven of the crew
were drowned. Four were saved. Tbe
Catalina was commanded by Captain
Sehutte nnd left Wilmington, iu the
United States,October 27th last for Bow
ling, a port on the Clyde, between Dum
barton and Glasgow, and has since been
engaged in other traffic.
A London cablegram of Tuesday says:
More of the master cotton spinners of
Lancashire have given DOtice that they
are willing to act in unison with a mas
ter cotton fpinners’ federation and leave
work in order to prevent those of their
employes who belong to the operatives’
union from aiding those who are on a
strike against a five per cent reduc
tion of mill owners. Seventeen million
spindles are idle and one million art-
working short.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Texas, machine shop at Bedford City, Va.,
spriiiR bed factory at Suffolk, Va., cotton mills
at Colnmbns, Ga.', and Concord, N. C.; wire
works at Wheeling, W• Va.. planing mill at
Elizabeth City, N. C., saw mill at Gurley, Ala,,
and ice fao'oty at Dalton. Ga.
Among the new buildings of the wrek are
bnsine s houses at Fayettevdle, Ark., Houston,
Tex., Huntsville, Ala., Lnmfkin, Ga., Borne,
Ga., Felma, Ala., Wayeri;ss, Ga., and Lexing
ton, Ky. College and school buildings will be
erected at Lexingion, Kv., and Li tie Bock,
Ark., a hall at Jack-on vile, Fla., a club build
ing at Atlanta, Ga., and court house at Lump
kin, Ga. Fine residmees a>e to be meted at
Lex ngtoo, Ky., Little Bock, Ark., and Monte
zuma, Ga.—'Tradesman, (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
THE HOME RULE BILL
A Constitution to be Submitted to the
Next Reunion.
A New Orleans di-patch of Thursday
says: The committee on constitution
and by-laws for tbe United Confederate
Veterans has been holding its session for
the Inst few days in this city. The com
mittees have completed their labois and
will make a unanimous report to the next
reunion to be held at Birmingham, Ala.,
on the 19th of July next. The consti
tution, as agreed upon by them provides
for a general committee and staff of
ficers of bri gadier gcDerals. It also pro
vides for three departments to be known
ns the Army of Northern Virginia, the
Army of Tennessee, and the Army of
Trans-Mississippi, to be commanded by
lieutenant generals with limited staffs to
ranks of colone's.
But one major general is to be allowed
to a state or territory. State and terri
tories may be divided into brigades by a
vote of the camp. New Orleans was
made permanent headquarters for the
federation. By-laws and rules of order
were adopted by the committee. The
work of thecommittce ha3beeu approved
by all prominent confederates to whom it
has been submitted.
Accepted by the Irish Parliamentary
Party.
A London cablegram of Tuesday says:
The following statement of lhe contents
of the home rule bill has been officially
handed to the correspondent:
“The bill offers Ireland a legislature to
deal in all Irish affaire, and the executive
government is responsible to that legisla
ture. In all the main principles and in
the political machinery it is provided
much better than the bill of 1886.
Tbe Irish parliamentary party, at a
meeting specially summoned after the
delivery of Mr. Gladstone’s great speech,
cordially accepted the new home rule
constitution as a satisfactory scheme of
Irish national self-government, subject
to tbe endeavors in lhe committee to im
prove the proposed financial arrange
ments, and to have the time shortened
whtrein the land question is to be with
held from the puiview of the Irish na
tional legislature.
We are authorized by the party to
transmit, this resolution to the friends
and supporters of Irish liberty in the
United States and Canada.
[Signed.] John Dillon,
Michael Davitt,
COMMENT ON GLADSTONE’S BILL.
The contervat ve j mmals refl ct the
measure id tot", while tbe liberal papers
approve aDd h-ar it, although at the
time picking at small news in certain
piov sions of tne bill. Some publish the
present bill and hit of 1886 in parallel
columns and tabulate their several provis
ions.
The Pr nee of Wales was the first to
congratulate Mr. Gladstone in the private
room of the b< use of commons after his
address introducing the home rule bill.
Then the studies of Teek and Princesses
Louise and May of Teck congratulated
tbe premier,
LAB UCHERE’S AMENDMENT.
Labouchere declares that he intends
to have as an am ndment to the home
rule blli, the exclusion of Irish members
from the imperial parliament.
ANNEXATION RECOMMENDED
DEATH IN A BALL ROOM.
A Frightful Catastrophe in a Hunga
rian City.
A cable dispatch of Wednesday from
Buda Pestb, Hungary, states that a car
nival dance was given on Monday
evening in Deutcb Pvreg. At 11 o’clock,
when about one hundred persons were
dancing in the hall on the first floor, a
child, playing in the cellar, dropped a
lighted taper through the bunghole of a
cask of petroleum. The cask exploded,
killed the child, tore up the dance floor
and scattered burning petroleum among
the dancers. A dtz n persons, envel
oped in flames, ran for the windows and
doors, spreading fire and panic among
the rest of the company. Half of the
people in the hall were at the end from
which there were no exits, aDd ss the
floor on the side near the windows
had been torn up by the explosion, they
were obliged to lun the whole length of
the blazing room to escape. Ten persons
fell through to the cellar and were burn
ed to death. Seven more, whose clothes
had caught fire, died shortly after reach
ing into the open air. Three were tramp
led into unconsciousness in the panic and
were burBed as they lay on the floor.
Five men and seven women whose clothes
were half burned from their backs, are in
a critical condition. Many others have
slight f-actures or burns. But thirty or
forty persons escaped without injuries.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Mr. Cleveland Makes Known Four of
HIs Cabinet Officers.
A special from Lakew. od, N. J., says:
Mr. Cleveland officially announced the
names of four meinbets of his cabinet
through the United Press Tuesday after
noon. They arc: Walter Q. Gresham,
of Illinois, secretary of state; John G.
Carlisle, of Kentucky, secretary of the
treasury; Daniel S. Lnmunt, of New
York, secretary of war, and Wilson 8.
Bissell, of Buffalo, postmaster general.
On making this announcement Mr.
Cleveland said: “There is no need of
any mystery in regard to the cabinet, and
it is useless to speculate and indulge in
guess work. I shall make no secret of
the matter, but shall announce the Dames
of the gentlemen selected to fill the po
sitions as fast as I receive their accept
ance and permission to make the matter
public.”
GEORGIA IN THE CABINET.
Hob. Hoke Smith Gets the Secretary
ship of the Interior.
A Washington special says: The sec
retaryship of the interior was, on Wed
nesday, formally tendered to Mr. Hoke
Smith by Mr. Cleveland and the gentle
man from Georgia accepted it. Mr.
Smith called at Mr. Cleveland’s office
in New York Wednesday by appoint
ment. Messrs. Wilson S. Bissell, who is
to be postmaster general, and D,;n La-
raont, who is to be commander of the
aimies, had proceeded him. Mr. M. A.
Beach, a frietd of Mr. Cleveland’s from
New Yoik, was also there. These gentle
men were in conference over an hour.
When the conference ended none of them
would talk, but Mr. Cleveland subse
quently announced to the newspapermen
that Mr. Smith would be his secretary of
the interior. This leaves the naval port
folio, that of secretary of agriculture and
the attorney generalship the only ones to
be filled.
MRS. DAVIS CONSULTED
By President Harrison in a Message to
the Senate.
President Harrison sent a message to
tbe senate Wednesday afternoon recom
mending the annexation of the Hawaii
an Islands by the United States. It was
accompanied by lhe treaty of annexa
tion concluded between the sicretary of
state and the Hawaiian commissioners and
a mass of correspondence relating to the
question at issue. The treaty is brief,
providing merely for the annexation of
the islands under the present provisional
government, and leaving the de
tails of a permanent form of the
government, etc., to tbe action of con
gress. The correspondence is very volu
minous, going back many years and giv
ing a complete history of the islands so
fai as negotiations with the United States
are concerned. Contrary to geneial expec
tations, tbe senate, in executive session,
declined to make the treaty public imme
diately, but decided to first have the mes
sage and document printed for the confi
dential information of the senators.
AGAINST TILLMAN.
The U. S. Court Fines Each One of His
Sheriffs $500.
A Charleston S. C., special of Thurs
day says: Tne United States Court has
decided the railroad lax case against th?
sbt’. The marshal has been ordered to
p’aee the property in tbe possession of a
icceivirand tbe county -her.ffs hare been
fined five hu dr d dollars each for con
tempt and witi b- in .risoaed till the fine
is paid.
LIVELY TIMES.
Movement of Specie.
The steamship La Bretagne, sailed
from New York for Havre, France, Sat
urday carrying $3,250,000 American
~—— , . , , | gold coin, of which $3,150,000 was
KiY&l Houses of the X&ns&s Legislature withdrawn from the subtreasur r . The
at Outs. total gold exports for 1893, to date,
A Topeka, Kas., dispatch of Tuesday \ amounts to $15,650,000. The steamship
In Regard to the Removal to Rich
mond of Her Husband’s Remains.
J. Taylor Ellison, mayor of liichmond,
Va., who is president of the Jefferson
Davis Monument Association, left Tues
day night for New York to confer with
Airs. Davis in regard to the removal of
the remains of her husband from New
Orleans to Richmond. It is believed
that Lee Camp will carry a large crowd
of the Crescent City to escort Mr. Davis’
remains to Richmond for final interment.
It appears to be the general opinion of
members of the camp that the route of
the funeral train should be through a3
many as possible of the states that form
ed the late confederacy.
Lumbermen Meet.
The Southern Lumber Manufacturing
Association met at Mobile, Ala.,
Wednesday morning fora two-days’ ses
sion. One hundred members were pres
ent. lhe morning hours were devoted
'to a discussion of the Lest plan to im
prove the selling price of ytllow pine
lumber. The nfternoon s<s-ion was con
sumed in committee work. Only one
committee, that of gradis and classifica
tions report) d, and that was to the effect
that the s; me grade aDd classification
now pr< vailing be retained in force for
the ensuing year.
Odd Fcilow’s Temple Burned.
The Odd Fellow’s temple at C'antoD,
Ohio, was burned at 2 o’clock Wednes
day morning, with a loss of $75,000.
Three firemen were injured by falling
walls. William Rieth an I Frank Kelley
were buried beneath a pile of brick
\svpfant Chief Adam Hobart was liii by
riling brick and seriously hurt.
Mrs. Whitney’s Will.
The will of tbe late Flora Whitney,
wife of ex-Secietary of the Navy Whit
ney, was filed for probate in New York
Wednesday. The will was executed Jan
uary 31, 1893, and leaves all her proper
ty, real and peisonal, to her husband,
and makes him sole executor. The prop
erty is valued at nearly a million dollais.
Support for the Old Soldiers,
A Rak-igb. N. C., sptcial of Mon
day says: Tlie legislative committee on
the confederate soldiers’ home decided
unanimously to report favorably tbe bill
appropriating $8,000 annually for the
maintenance of the home and $2,000 this
year for improvements. Tbe home has
over seven 1 y inmatss.
Slowest Railioad In the World.
“The slowest railroad in the world is
:he Arizona'and New Mexico,” said E. C.
Tuttle to a St. Loui3 reporter. “From
Benson to Nogales is eighty-eight miles,
ind when I went over the road the
schedule time was eight hours. The fare
was $8.80, or ten cents a mile.
“The road was known as the ‘Burro
says: War is on in real earnest between I Servia, also Bailing Sa’urday, carried
the two houses of the legislature and ; 250,000 ounces of silver and 105,000
blows have been exchanged. There are j Mexican dollars. Total shipments of sil-
now open threats by the populists of sen- , ver tov 1893, to date, amount to $2,162,- I road, and Bill Nye must have had it in
sational hostilities and at any moment | and 800,000. Mexican dollars. j mind when he described a railroad
there may be something more than talk, ->]■ . 7T . whose trains wore the cowcatchers be-
wbich has so loog been indulged in. An Blizzard in the West. hind, to prevent the cows from invading
attempt by the deputy seroeant-at-arms Reports of Wednesday from the north- the coaches aDd eating the passengers,
of tbe repub ican house to arrest Ben C j we6t are to tbe egect ,bat another bliz- “The Arizona and New Mexico could
Rich clerk of tbe populist house, on or- ZarJ is ra g‘Bg. At Fergus Falls, Minn., ! easily make better time, as the rolling
d.rs from the republicans, caused aeon-' ,he broads ate blockaded. The ; stock is good and the roadbed not so
fiic-t, during which the republicans were i Northern Pacific train did not go east, very bad, but it don’t have to, and a
knocked down and several men on both ! From Redwood Falls there are reports of : railroad seldom does anything except
sides were badly Lr.used by blows of a blizzard with all traffic stopped. At ; under compulsion. .
g._ tp ‘ Miibauk, S. D., business is practically I “The Mexican division, extending
: suspended. Hector, Minn., reports a bliz- ; from Nogales to Guayinas, makes a trifle
BvxdziuLLEXA, a bullff^atar, ere- Zdrd ra ? in g ia the city, the thermome- tietter time,_ but it never overtakes a
ated a seniatioa m she toura uj it ac “ia- j ter shows a steady fall but there is no ! itreak of lightning. At least I have
dry Jfegras, ifexieo, by tier agility. ■ snow. I sever kesrd of }<; doing so."
THE SONG OF'THE ICfi
Sing ho!sing hot for the skater, oh!
For the flying feet and the winds
blowl
For uie blood, that runs to the
glow
like the western sky!
Sing ho 1 once more for the flying shof
And the great long cracks in our icy floor! I
And the tree tops that wail of the sad
more
Of the days gone by!
Sing hot sing ho las we glide and go
Where the pines on the edge of the sho
bend low.
Over the ice, and the stream’s stilt flow
As in times gone by I
Sing ho I once more while the pine topi r
With a song that they sing to us o’er
o’er S9
As the old sun walks through the great red
door
Of the western sky!
—Charles G. Roger?, in Outing
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
A chafing dish—Crow.
Cold feet—Two feet of snow.
Creature comforts—Household pets.
"A partial payment—The favorite’s
salary.
An old-timer—Your great
father’s clock.—Troy Press.
The editor may enjoy good healti
but he is always 1 ‘in a critical condition.
—Puck.
Talk about your transformations! We
have seen a square man turn round.—
Statesman.
Some philanthropic women seem to
work everywhere except at home.—
Somerville Journal.
Great wit may be allied to madness,
but the stupid man need not brag of his
superior sanity.—Puck.
“Here’s another case of kidnapping,”
said the messenger boy who found a
comrade asleep.—Washington Po3t.
A man may be superior to false social
standards, yet it makes him uneomfort-
able to be cut by his barber.—Puck.
A young man never thoroughly
appreciates his own insignificance until
he attends his own wedding.—Puck.
In Missouri they sell Shetland poDies-
by the perpendicular foot, and tbe pur-
chaser has to pony up.—Chicago Tri*- j
buue.
Mincer—“What brought about all this ¥
trouble between Morgan and his wild? iff®*
Is his mind unsettled?” Parsons—“No«. ■
it waa his coffee. ”
Mrs. Singer—“Patti has a diamond
ring worth $5000.” Mr. Singer—“Oh,
well, I wager she got it for a mere song.”
—Jeweler’s Weekly.
Mrs. Trolley—“Do tell ms, Mr. Kan-
vass, which is the greatest work oi art?”
Mr. Kanvass—“Selling the paint
ings.”—New York Sun.
“Jenny, do you know what a mirac%‘
is?” “Yes’m. Ma says if you don’t
marry our new parson it will be a
miracle.”—Brooklyn Life.
Martin—“How well Miss Greenbougfc-Ht
keeps her age I" Mrs. Grinder—“Why
of course! nothing would induce her to
give it away."—Inter-Ocean.
“I really feel that 1 am a public
example of pole-lightness,” said the
carbon as it was put in readiness for the
electric current.—Washington Star.
“Our gardener will make a good vil
lain in a melodrama.” “Why so?”
“Because he is always laying out plots
that amount to nothing in the end.”—
Boston Gazette.
Eleanor—“Don’t you think Miss.
Noyes plays with great feeling?” Tom'
(dryly)—“Ye3; she does seem to feel
about for the notes a good deal.”—Har
vard Lampoon.
On the Ocean Greyhound. Captain
Saylors—“I’m sorry to say, madame,
weTe delayed. The vessel’s broke her
shaft, ma’am.” Mrs. J. S. (sympatheti- j
cally)—“Oh, dearl Can’t you fix it with
this hairpin?”—Chicago News Record.
“The great problem that I have to
deal with,” aaid the keeper of the im] j
becile asylum, “is to find some occupa
tion for the people under my charge.”
“Why not set them to inventing college
yells,” asked the visitor Buffalo Ex.
press.
Old Lady (to chemist)—“I want a box
of canine pills." Chemist—“What’s the
matter with the dog?” Old Lady (in
dignantly)—“I want you to understand,
sir, my husband i3 a gentleman.”
(Chemist puts up quinine pills in
found silence.)—Philadelphia Times,
Millions of Quail.
There surely will be an exodus from
some sections of the world lake up its
line of march for the Mohawk Valley in
Yuma County. The children of Israel
were at one time fed by the number of
quails that flocked around' them and
manna from heaven. If they were in
Mohawk Valley to-day they could do
equally as well. The quail litei
cover the ground, and can be caught
hand. Those who are profiting by cat
ing them and shipping to San Franc:
catch more than they can bag. Hun
dreds of dozens are shipped daily by ex
press. They have used up all the lum
ber for boxes and have about used all
the barley sacks in the county shipping
them in that manner. The children
make from seven to twenty dollars a da;
catching them, and their numbers
not seem to diminish. Similar report*
of their numbers come from A .ua Cali-
ente and Gila Bend, and their slaughter
goes daily along. You fun-loving
sportsmen, the world over, if you want
to have a genuine good time shooting
quail now is the time to get pleasure.
There are millions upon millions of
them, and no let up to their numbers.
When a band is routed the sound of
their wings is simply deafening, re-
sembling a distant thunder roll. T‘
is no telling what a Yuma climate
not uext produce Y'uma (Arizoi
Sentinel.
Tracing the Name “Ch?s$
The word “chess" is said to
ruption of the Arabic word -
meaning chief or king. The g3
westward by way of Persia,
word sheikh became shah. It
game of the king. The term “check’1
is merely to give notice that the king
attacked, and “checkmate” means “thej
king is dead;” the verb raata being froo
the same root as the Spanish matador, the,
slayer ot the bull. The word check
whether verb or noim, may
through several curious ram it
back to the Persian and Arabic.)
the word exchequer is curiously J
UI) in this verbal net-.wr.rk
