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PROGRESS. TERMS, $1. Per Annum. Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.” JOaH E. HOWELL, Editor and Proprie VOL. XII. NO. .31 VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1894. PUBLISHED WEEKI- BETRAYED A. DARK MARRIAGE MORN. A Romance of Love, Intrigue and Crime. BY MRS. ALICE P. CARRISTON. CHAPTER XXIV—(ContinuedA Re thought it bad tasto in Clara not to have maintained longer the high ideal his lanocence had created for her. Nevertheless, when he approached her house, nnd had tho presentiment of her approving pres.nee, he was troubled, llonbt and unxiety nasaiied bim. When he saw throngh tho trees the win ’ow of herreom hia heart throbbed so violently that ho h d to sit down'on tho root of a tree for a moment. "I love her like a madman!" he mur mured. Then, leaping up suddenly, he exclaimed: “But she is only' a woman after all. I shall go on.” For tho fir t lime Clara received him in hor own apnitment. She was sitting in an arm-chair, and, contrary to her custom, had no work in her hands. She appeared calm, though two livid circl. s surrounded her eyes. She hud evidently suffered mu-li, and wept much. On seeing this dear faco worn aud hag gard with grief, Leland forgot the neat yhta-es he had prepared for his entrance. He forgot all except that he really adored ) er. He advanced hastily toward her, seized iu his two hands those of the young lady, and without spoaking intenogated her eye < with tenderness aud profound pity. “It is nothin?,” she said, withdrawing her haul and bonding her pcle face gently; “I am better; X may even be happy, if yon wish it.” There was iu the smile, tho look and tho accent of Clara Denton something indefinable, which froze the 'blood of Leland. He felt confusedly that f he loved him, an 1 yet was lost to him; that he had be fore him a species of being ho did not understand, and that this woman, sad dened, broken, and lost by love, yet loved something else in th s world bolter oven than that love. She maclo him a slight sign which he obeyed like a child, and he sat down be side her. “Mr. Leland,” she said, in a voice trem- u'oue at first, but which grew stronger as she proceeded, “I hear 1 you last higlit— perha) s with a little too much patience. I shall now, in return, ask from you tho same kindness. You havo told me that you love me; and I nvow frankly that X entertain a warm affection for you. Such being the ca-o, we must either separato forever, or unite ourselvos by the only tie worthy of us Loth. To part would affect me much, nnd I also believe it Would oc casion grief to you. To unite ourselves —for my own part I would be willing to give you my life; but I cannot do it, I cannot wed you without mauifest folly. You are joimge. thair I am, I think." Then hurriedly: “But there is another reason. I do not belong to myself. I belong to my daugh ter, to my family, to my past. In giving np my name for yours I would wound—X would cruelly wound all the friends who surround me, and, I believe, sorao who exist no longer. “Well, sir," she continued, after a mo ment’s hesitation, “X have discovered a way by which wo may avoid breaking off su intimacy so pleasant and sweet to both of us—in fact, to make it closer, if anything. My propoa l may surprise you, but have tho k ndness to think over it, and do not say no at once." She glanced at him, and was terrified at the pallor which overspread his faoo. She gent'y took his hand and said: “Listen pationtly. ” “Speak on,"he muttered, hoarsely. “Mr. Leland," she continued, with hei angelic smile, “you havo seen and nd- m red my heart’s darling—my friend and companion, Mildred Lester. You know how much she is to me. Since she fir-t camo to us I have learned to lovehorwith all my heart. She is more than a friend — more than a sister to me. Having watched ovi r he: n long aud constantly, I havo all a mother’s feeling nnd affec tion for her. She is, sho must ever Le the same to mo as my own child. ,S’he is beautiful—far more Deautiful than I am, and since she has wholly recovered her physical health, her mind lias developed with marvelous rapidity; and although a portion of her life is yet a blank, in edu cation and refinement she is the peer of any lady in tho land. Warren Leland, I desire you to make Mildred I.ester your wife!” Iceland started abruptly to bis feet and seized the woman be the wiist; casting a searching look into her eyes. Then, as he realized the full purport of her words, he sank back ns one thunderstruck. CHAPTER XXV. THE LINES DRAWING NEARER. Clara Denton regarded her companion anxiously for a moment, and then said: “1 swear to you that I shall be very happy if you only tell me you will con sent to what I have proposed.” S* His answer, when it came, was an im patient exclamation of irony and anger. Then ho said: “Ygn will pardon me, madam, if so sudden a change in my sentiments can not Re as prompt as you wish.” Bhe blushed slightly. "l’os,” sho said, with a faiut smile, “I can understsn 1 hoW yon feel alout it at this moment; but try to familiarize your self with the idea, try to look upon me as her elder sister—her ir.o hor, if you will, and all may yet come right, and— *ud wo miv be very happy soon.” The sonl of Leland was a perverted, not a base one, and was suddenly touched at this woman’s heroism. He rendered itthe greatest homage he could pay, foi his eyes suddenly filled with tears. She observed it, for she wa'ched with an anxious eye the slightest impression ahe produced upon him. So she con tinued more cheerfully: • “And Wei Mr. Lei and. how this will set- t’o eve!" -jug. In this way we can con- ’’a n “ ' _6 each other without danger, J • will be *U " vm sentiments will in ^Snaony with our new 'IlYepcWoui future prospects, also be mine, will r fewer obstacles, because I K ash them more openly, without re- !ing to my f .ther w hat ought to remain secret between ns two. “He thinks the world of Mildred, and 1 can let him suspect my hopes, and that till enlist him in your service. Above Ijj. I repeat to yon that this will insure » hnppines8. Will you thus accept the Blali.ir affection I offer?” inland, by a powerful effort of will, h&ttecovered his self-control. *j»rdon me, Mrs. Denton,” he said, with a faint smile, “hut this is all se sntL Jen and strange.” Then abrnptly: "But who is Mildred Lester? You have oever told mo, and once you promised to io so.” “She is an orphan, of good parentage, and has but one relative in the world, a brother, who is now traveling. To all in puts and purposes, my father is he: guardian and protector.”' “She came to you under peculiar cir. nnmstances, I believe?” “Yes, she was traveling with her broth er, and was seriously injured in the great railway accident at Cos Cob. He brought her here, and hired the little cottage be longing to ns on the lower road, but soon consented to her being taken into om own family.” “Her injuries affected her mind to s certain extent?” “They nffected her memory. For a long time al ter the fever left her, all her past ! life was a blank; but by 1 ttle and little certain things havo come hack to her, and aga'u, other thincs have rushed upon her memoiy like a great awakening, as, for instance, her mnsical and other ac complishments. Still, she cannot recall her parents, nor any dear friends, not even her brother, and there is yet a wide gap in her past life.” “It is very singular,” mused Leland. “And yet not without a parallel," s .id Clara. “I have been informing myself on the subject, and havo found many cases quite similar.” “Generally speaking, her mind seems very bright,” remarked the gentleman. “Unusually so; she has a thirst for knowledge, and seems to comprehend, as by intuition, everything she hears and reads. ” “And now you have told me all you know about her?” “Yes, except what you already know, that she is the dearest, the best girl iu all tho world.” “And, seriously, you wish me to marry her?” “Y'es, it is the one great wish of my heart. ” “But pardon me, dear madam. .What is it you ask of me? Do you yourself fully comprehend? Have you reflected well oath s? Can either of us contract, without impmdeuco, an engagement of such a delicate nature?” “I dem nd no positive engagement of you at this time,’’ she replied, “for I feel that would be unreasonable. You must be fully satisfied abo.it Mildred first, of course. But if you give me any encour agement at all, this is what I propose: You shall secure us respectable quarters in New York, convenient to some great physician—a specialist, and we will re- iuovo there with the least possible delay; ami whatever can be done to restore her completely to hor former self shall be done. “I believe—I almost know she loves you already, and if you marry her I am convinced she will make you an excellent wife. Th nk—do think, Mr. Leland; she is so much to me, I love her better than a sister, I regard her—I love her as though she were my own child.” Still Leland did not speak. “ Well, take time to think over it,” she went on, “and return to give me your de cision, should it be favorable. If not, must bid eac.'.i other adieu.” s. Denton,” said Leland, rising and standing before her, “I will promise never to address a word to you which a dear brother might not utter to a sister, or a son to his mother. Is it not this which you demand?” Clara Denton fixed upon him for an in stant her beautiful eyes, full of joy and gratitude, then suddenly covered her faco with her two hands. “Thinks,” she murmured; “you are so good! I am very happy?” She extended her hand, wet with her tears, which he took and pressed to his lips, bowed low, and left the room. If there ever was a moment in his fatal career when tho young man was worthy of admiration, it was this. His love for Clar i Denton, however un worthy of her it might he, wa3, neverthe less, great. It was the only true passion Ik had ever felt. At the moment when he saw this love, the triumph of which he thought certain, escape him forever, he was not only wounded in his pride but was crushed in his heart. Yet he took the stroke like a gen'loman. His agony was well borne. His first bitter words, checked at once, alone be trayed what he suffered. He was us pitiless for his own sorrows as he sought to be for those of others. He indulged in none of the common in justice hatitual to discarded lovers. He recognized the decision of Mrs. Den ton as true anil final, and was not tempt ed for a moment to mistake it for one of those equivocal arrangements by which women sometimes deceive themselves, and of which men always take advan tage. He saw that the sacred refuge he had sought was inviolable. He neither argued nor protested against her resolve, lie submitted to it, and nobly kissed the hand wbich. smote him. As to the miracle of courage, chastity, aud faith by which Clara Denton had transformed and purified her love, fie cared not to dwell upon it. This example, which opened to his view ft divae sonl naked, so to speak, destroy ed hit, theories. One word which escaped him, while passing to his own house, proved the judgment which he passed upon it from his own point of view. “Very childish,” he muttered, “but sub lime!” On returning home, Leland found a letter from his father notifying him of his sister’s marriage with Eugene Cleve land, which was to take place in a few da - s, and requesting him to come to Now Y’ork without delay. The marriage was to be strictly private, with only the family to assist at it. Leland did not regret this hasty sum. mens, as it gav? him tue excuse ior some diversion in his thoughts, of which he felt the need. He was greatly tempted to leave at once, to diminish his sufferings, but conquered' this weakness. The next evening he passed at Nathan Metcalf's, and, though his heart was bleeding, piqued himself on presenting an unclouded brow and an inscrutable smile to Clara. He announced his speedy departure, »nd explained the reason. “You will present my best wishes to your family,” said Mr. Metcalf, "and es pecially to’ your sister; I hope she may be happy.” Thanks, sir; I shall bear your good wishes with pleasure.” As for Clara, to tell of all tho delicate attentions and exquisite delicacies that the tender female spirit knows so well how to apply to heal the wounds it has inflicted, how gracefully she glided into her maternal and sisterly relations with Leland—to tell all this would require a pen wielded by her own soft hands. At parting, and while for a moment they were alone together in the hall, she reminded him that he was to secure quarters for herself aud Mildred in New York. He assured her that he would not for get, and then, with a gentle pressure oi the hand, departed. The *ext day he left Boxbury fir the great city. „ Ono week later, Clara Denton end Mil dred Lester were estibl shed in comfort able quarters ou Madison avenue, only one block away from the palutiai man sion which sheltered the guilty kead Cora Elliston. of CHAPTER XXVI. '%sa- THE EEflttE MOVES. The Hoa. Sherwood Elliston remained in New 1'ork for some days. At the formal request of his nephew, he called upon his old friend Sidney Leland, and demanded for Eugene his daughter' hand, at the same_ time assuring the banker that he charged himself with the future of the ? oung couple. In secret, Floral Leland had long ad mired, and of late had learned to love, Eugene Cleveland. Her happiness, then, when she heard her father's announce ment after dinner that day, mRy be im agined, but can hardly be described. Indeed, it would be painful to dwell on the joy she felt, and her only regret was that Eugene had not come to her in per son to press bis suit. But Eugene had not the heart to do so, He remained at his counting-room all the morning, and only called at the Le lands’ when he had learned that his over turn was accepted. Once having resolved on this monstrous notions, the worst part of which he did not himself know, ne was determined to carry it through in tne most correct man ner, and by thii time he was master of all those arts. After he had withdrawn, Flora flew to her mother, wlo, believing in Cleveland shared her happiness, and they sat to gether a longtime, hand.clasped in hand looking out upon the garden, dimly seen by the soft light of the stars, the daughter blessing her mother, her friends, every body, aud tne mother thanking God; both mingling their hearts, their dreams, their kis-os, aud their tears—happier, pool women, than iB permitted long to human beings under the heavens. Tho marriage took place the ensure month. Senator Elliston was present, and when he returned to Washington this time he was accompanied by his wife. At the earnest request of his bride parents, Eugene took up his residence with them, aud Warren Lelaml still had o suite of apartments in the same stately aud commodious manion. His political campaignhad now opened, aud he was very busy, visiting Boxbury or some other town iu the Congressional district every day; but in order to be near Mrs. Denton, and particularly Mi dred Lester, iu whom—must we confess it? —he was beginniug to feel a rapidly grow ing interest, he spout most of his nights in New York. Finding presently that he could not at tend to all his correspondence alone, he beg in to look about him for a private sec retary, aud soou one presented himseli and was promptly engaged. It was— Osc ir Slyme! The extraordinary session of CongTess that commanded the presence of Senator Elliston in Washington was still drag ging its weary length along. Cora endured it for somo time, and then, informing her husband that it was necessary for her to visit New York, promptly returned to that city. A few days later Oscar Slyme threw up his situation and followed hor. Tho next day after his arrival he was installed as Warren Leland’s private sec retary. He lived in the same house with them He came early in tho morning, aftei breakfast, passed the day in Warren’: private room, and often dined with them, if he had work to finish in the evening. Instinctively, Flora disliked him from the firs;. “His name is a bad one to begin with, she said. “Y r es,” rejoined her mother; “but the man himself is a good enough creature, except that I somewhat dislike his cat like style of looking at one. ’’ “I don’t like him,” reiterated Flora. “He has such a peculiar pride, or perhaps I should say insufferable vanity. Bnt his great f-iult, in my eyes, is tho scoffing tone be adopts when the subject is reli; ion or morals.” Eugene entered the room in time to catch his wifo’s 1 ist remark. lie said nothing at the time; but that day. while they wero dining, Slyme allowed himself to indulge iu a rather violent tirade 'of this description. It was doubtless con trary to all good taste. “My de ir Slyme,” said Eugene, quietly and yet ironcally. “to me, and perhaps Mr. Ireland, these pleasantries of jours are indifferent; but pray remember that While you are a strong-minded man, my wife is a weak-minded woman; and strength, you know, should respect weak- Oscar Slyme firet grew white, then red and finally green. He arose, bowed awkardlv, and immediately afterward left the table. The moment he was gone, Flora said to her brother. You may think me indiscreet, but pray let me ask you a question. How can you confide all your affairs and all youi secrets to a man who professes to have no principles?” Warren laughed. “Oh, he talks thus out c£ bTaVSuo.” h« answered. “He thinks to make himself more interesting in your eyes by these Mephistophelean airs. At bottom he is a good fellow. But,” objected Flora, “he has faith in nothing." Not iu much, I believe. Yet he would not deceive me. He is an honorable man. ” Flora opened her eyes wide at this. “Well,” said her brother, with an amused look, “what is the matter. Flo?” “What is this honor you speak of?” "Let me ask you, sis,” he replied. “Great heavens!” she cried, blushing deeply, “I know but little of it, but it seems to me that honor separated from morality is no great thin:;; and morality without religion is nothing. They all constitute a chain. Honor hangs to th« last link, like a flower; but if the chain be broken, honor falls with the rest.” Her husband, who heretofore had re mained silent, looked at her with strange eyes, as though he were not only con founded but disquieted by her philoso phy. Then he gave a deep sigh, and ris ing, said: “Very neat, that definition—very neat. “Y’es, by Jove!” exclaimed her brother, "I didn’t know Flo had so much in her!” That night, at the opera, Eugene was very attent ve to his wife. Cora accom panied them; and at parting, Flora begged her to call for her next day in passing to Broadway and Twenty-third street, on a shopping expedition, for this magnifi cent woman was her idol, and she loved to be with her. On their return home Eugene remained silent, contrary to h is custom. Suddenly he said, brusquely: “Flora, are you going out shopping with Mrs. Elliston to-morrow?” • “Y'es." “But you see her often, it seems to me —morning and evening. Y'ou are always with her. “Heavens! I do it to be agreeable to you. Is not Mrs. Elliston a good associate?” "Excellent; only in general I do not alvertise \ IN \ THIS IT PAPER WILL PAY YOU. admf,'i female ftfend»Mfs, Bfit I 4iJ wrong to speak to you on this subject. You h ive wit and d scretion enough to prese.ve the proper limits.” For some time after her marriage Flora was quite happy, but gradually she became lees so; for the first enthnsiasm and first illusions of marriage could not for long deceive a spirit as quick and acute as hers. A young girl who marries is easily de ceived by the show of an affection of which she is the object. It is rare that she dees not adore her husband, and believa she is adored by him, simply because he has married her. The young heart opens spontaneously and diffuses its delicate perfume of love and its soft songs of tenderness; and enveloped in this heavenly cloud all around it is love. But little by little it frees itself, and, too often, recognizes that this delicious harmony and intoxicating atmosphere which charmed it came only from itself. Thus was it here; as far as the pen can render the shadows of a female soul. Such were tho impre sions which, day after day, penetrated tho very soul of poor little Flo. It was nothing more than this, but this was everything to her. The idea of being betrayed by her bus- band, and that, too. with cruel’ premedi tation, had never risen to torture her soul. But, beyond certain delicate attentions, she felt herself disdained anl slu-hted. Marriage had not changed Eugene's habits; he dined at home, instead of at a restaurant or hotel, that was all. She believed herself loved, however, b t with a lightness that was almost offensive. Yet, though she was sometimes sad and nearly in tears, you could see that she did not despair, and that this valiant lit tle heart attached it6elf with intrepid confidence to all the happy chances the future might havo in store ror it. Eugene continued very indifferent, as one may readily comprehend, to the agi tation which tormeuted this young heart, bnt which never occurred to him for a moment. For himself, strange as it may appear, he was happy enough. This marriage had been a painful step to take; bnt once confirmed in his sin, he became reconciled to it. But his conscience, seared as it was, had soma living fibers in it; anil he would not have failed in the duty he thought he owed to his wife. These sentiments were composed of a sort of in difference blended with pity. He was vaguely sorry for ihe poor girl, whose existence wa3 absorbed and de stroyed between those of two beings of nature superior to her own, and the fate to which she was condemned. He resolved never to neglect anything that might extenuate its rigor; bnt he be longed. nevertlieless, more than ever sole ly to the passion which was the supreme rime of his life. For his intrigue with Cora Elliston, constantly excited by mystery and danger and conducted with profound address by a woman whose cunning was equal to her beauty, con'iuued as strong, after months of enjoyment, r-s at first. The gracious courtesy of Eugene, on which he piqued himself, as regarded his wife, had its limits, as Flora perceivod whenever she attempted to abuse it. Thus, ou sever.il occasions, she de clined receiving company, on the ground of indisposition, hoping her husband would not abandon her to her soLtude. She was in error. Eugene gave her, in reality, under these circumstances, n tete-a-teto of a few mo ments after dinner; but later he would leave her with perfect tranquil] ty. Perhaps iu an hour she would receive a packet of bonbons, or a pretty basket of choice fruit, that would permit her to pass the evening as best she might. These little gifts she sometimes shared wilh her mother, sometimes with Slyme, her brother’s secretary. Slyine, for whom she had at first con ceived an aversion, was gradually gett uj into her good i races. In the absence of Eugene, she always found him at h nd, and referred to him for many little details, such as addresses, invitations, the selection of books, and the purchase of pictures From this came a certain familiarity; Bhe began to call him Slyme, or friend Slyme, while he zealously performed all her little commissions. lie manifested for her a great deal of respectful attention, and even refrained from indulging in the skeptical sneers which he knew displeased hor. Happy to witness this reform and to testify her gratitude, she invited him to remain on two or three evenings when ho came to her rooms to take his leave, acd talked with him of books an l the thea ters. Being indisposed for somo little time, Eugene passed the fir.-t two even ngs with her until nine o’clock. But this effort fatigued him, and the poor woman who had nlre >dy erec-ed au edifico for the fu ture on this frail basis had the mortifica tion of observing that on the ihird even ing he hail resumed his bachelor habits. This was a great blow to her, and her Badness became greater than it had been up to that time—so much so. in fact, that solitude was almost unbearable. Unfortunately, her father and mother were away, and in the intervals she adopt ed the habit of ret lining Slyme, or even sending for him. Eugene bin self, three- fourths of the time, would bring him in before going out in the evenin'/. I bring you Slyme, my dear,” he would say, “aud a good author. Y'ou can read him together." But Slyme, whenever he looked at her, wore such a sympathetic air and seemed so mortified when she did not iuv.te him to stay, that, even when wearied of him, she frequently did so. About the end of the month Slyme wag alone with Flora about ten o’clock in the evening. They were reading “Faust, which she had never before heard. This reading seemed to interest the lady more than usual, and with her eyes fixed on the reading, she li-terred with rapt attention. . She was not alone fascinated by the work, bnt, as is frequently the case, she traced her own history across the grand fiction of the poet. We all know with what strange clair voyance a mind possessed with a fixed idea discovers resemblances and allusions in accidental description. Flora per ceived without doubt some remote con nection between her hnsband and Faust ■between herself and Marguerite—for she could not help showing that she was strongly agitated. When Marguerite in prison cries out in her agony and madness, a blending of confused sentiments, of powerful sym pathies, of vague apprehension, suddenly sized on her breast. One can scarcely imagine their force—to the verge of dis- iracting her. Stro tfarned on the lounge and closed her beautiful eyes, as if to keep back the ears which rolled under the fringe of her beautiful lashes. At this moment Slyme cased to read. Jropped his book, sighed profoundly, and tared for a moment. Then be threw himself at Flora's feet, :ook her hrnd, and said with a tragic sigh: "Poor angel!” [TO SS CONTINUED.] THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS The House aid Senate Called to Order in Regular Session. Daily Summary of Routine Business iu th$ Two Houses. WHOLESALE MURDER. 3Iau Kills His Family of Seven to Keep Them from Freezing. A dispatch from Oklahoma, O. T. r says that seven persons were found dead in a house there. It is reported that their throats were cut and that the father of the victims left a note saying that he had murdered hisfamily to keep them from freezing to death, adding that he would commit suioide. The dispatch says that twenty persona had frozen to death in Oklahoma, THE DOUSE. Fbiday, Feb, 9.—The tangle grow ing out of the error in. an important roll-call, by which the house Thursday went into committee of the whole on the Bland bill, opened the proceedings in the house Friday morning. Mr. Babcock, of Wisconsin, explained that" he had not voted upon that • roll-call, and Mr. Tracy and Mr. Reed attempt ed to make the point that this broke the quorum and that the subsequent proceedings of yesterday were, there fore vitiated. It was discovered, how ever, that Mr. Marshall, of Virginia, and Mr. Shell of South Carolina, were recorded as not voting, and as their votes would complete the quorum, no further objection to the approval of the journal was made. At 12:2 o’clock Mr. Bland moved that the house go into committee of the whol to consider the silver seigniorage bill, and it was agreed to without a divison. Saturday, Feb. 10.—After the dis charge of some routine business in the house Saturday morning, Mr. Loud asked unanimous consent that the special order setting aside the after noon session for eulogies on the lat: Senator Stanford, of California, be va eated and that Monday at 3 o’clock be given to that purpose. The order was made. Mr. Outhwaite briefly an nounced the death of Representative Houk and submitted resolutions ex pressing the grief of the house at the loss which congress had sustained Tho resolutions were agreed to and the speaker appointed the following com mittee: Messrs. Hare, of Ohio; Sprin ger, of Illinois; McKaig, of Maryland: Hulick, of Ohio, and Ellis, of Oregon. The house then, at 12:07, o’clock, ad journed. The Houk funeral party left Washington Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock by way of the Pennsylvania railroad. The vice president, at Sena tor Sherman’s instance, appointed the following committee ou part of the senate: Messrs. Brice, Sherman, Du- Bois, Hunton and Martin. Monday, Feb. 12.—In the house, Monday morning, Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, called up the urgent de ficiency bill. It made an appropria tion of #50,000 for the enforcement of the Chinese exclusion act and various nmouuts for the payment of United States witnesses. As there was a dis position to debate the bill, Mr. Breck enridge withdrew it and Mr. Heard proceeded with District of Columbia business, which was the' special order. At tho request of Mr. Tucker, Mr. S. S. Turner, the newly elected member from the 7th Virgiuia district (to suc ceed Governor O’Farrell) was sworn aud took his seat. Tuusday, Feb. 13.—The debate on the Bland silver seignorage bill was resumed iu the house Tuesday. Some routine busiucss preceded it. The speaker laid before the house the Hawaiian message of the president, transmitted Monday. At the request of Mr. Burrows the eorrespondence accompanying the message was read. The message and correspondence were -referred to the foreign affairs commit tee. Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, and Mr. Bell spoke iu favor of the seignorage bill. Mr. Bell believed that the ex travagance of the last administration was responsible for the financial dis tress of the present one. Mr. Johnson, of North Dakota, said that the bill, in its effect, would not only destroy the parity between gold and silver but be tween different issues of paper money. Wednesday, Feb. 14.—Messrs. Quigg aud Straus, the members elect from New York city to succeed Fellows and Fitch, were sworn iu Wednesday morning, although their credentials had not- arrived. A letter from Braw- ley was read, stating that his resigna tion as a member of the house of rep- resentat-ies had been forwarded to the governor of South Carolina. Mr. Island made au effort to limit the time for general debate on the seignorage bill, to reduce the time allowed each speaker from one hour to twenty minutes, but without success. The bill was then taken up, and Mr. Stone of Kentucky spoke in favor of it. Mr. Walker, of Massachusetts, followed Mr. Stone aud opposed the bill. ■»: “-vh» ' AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. at \V ednesday s session considered the house bill, requiring railroad com panies in territories to maintain sta tions at towns established by the in terior department. THE NEWS IN GENERAL. Condensed from Our Most Important TelegrapMc Adyices And Presented in Pointed and Reada ble Paragraphs. THE SENATE. No sessions of the senate were held Friday or Sat urday, During the breath ing spell the senate finance committee is rapidly perfecting the tariff bill. It will come from the committee in a shape in which it can pass the senate without doubt. Monday, Feb. 12.—Iu the senato Monday morning, Mr. Cullom, of Illi nois, presented a large number of pe titions against the placing of wool on the free list. He said that they were signed by 30,000 wool growers owning 0,000,000 sheep, or one-seventh of all the sheep of the United States. Among the petitioners, he said, was the Navajo Indian tribe, owning 1,300,- 000 sheep, on which those Indians were substantially getting a living and be coming independent citizens. He ex pressed tho hope that the finance com mittee would give the matter due at tention. Petitions from West Virginia against putting coal aud lumber on the free list were presented by Mr. Faulkner, of West Virginia. 3Ir. Cockrell, of Missouri, presented a memorial of the St. Louis Merchant's exchange declaring that the present stagnation in business is due to the uncertainty of congressional action on the tariff bill and praying that the question may be settled as speedily as possible, and he expressed his satis faction at finding that the exchange had recognized the egregious blunder which had been made in putting all of the distress last summer on the Sherman silver purchase act. Tuesday, Feb. 13.—A bill was re ported by Senator Coke and passed the senate Tuesday continuing in force the act for the protection of fish in the Potomac river. The senate bill making labor day, the first Monday in Sep tember, a legal holiday, was reported by Mr. Kyle, from the committee on education, and placed on file. Then at 12:30 Senator Gray resumed argu- inept op, the Hswaiian i’Holutioa. Hans Ton Bulow, the distinguished German pianist, is dead. The full force of the storm was felt in the New York harbor Monday morning, where Ihe gale had full scope for its wild rush. Incoming steamers are doubtless getting their full share of it off the coast. About 220 Wearers in Wamsutta Mill No. 6 at New Bedford, Mass., left work Tuesday morning when notified of a reduction in wages, to go into ef fect Monday. The mill was to have run on increased time. A Philadelphia dispatch says: The Public Ledger appeared Monday morn ing with the name of George W. Childs Drexel at tho head of its edito rial columns as editor and publisher, iu place of that of George W. Childs. Ex-Attoruey General Charles M. Gwinu died at Baltimore Sunday, after a ten days’ illness. Mr. Gwinn has. for a great many years, been the po litical adviser of Senator Gorman and stood closer to him thau probably any other man. Representatives of tho leading news papers and news associations of the east met in New York City Monday and formally resolved to perfect an or ganization for the collection of the news of the world and its distribution among themselves and their clients, east, west, north and south. Advices from London state that though there was an uncertain tone in the bar silver market Monday the price made an advance of % d per ounce. At the close of the market Saturday the price was 29] d. Early in the morning tho market showed a disposition to advance and at the close the price had reached 30id. The southern ice exchange met at Knoxville, Tenn., Tuesday in annual session, but only about one hundred and fifty members were present. Ow ing to the large niimber cf absentees, the exchange adjourned to April 11th, when a meeting will be held in At lanta. Tho officers of the exchange will then be elected. A cable dispatch of Tuesday from London says: Professor Tyndall, the expert in hypnotism, who has recently returned from the United States, has addressed a ietter to the home secreta ry, Mr. Henry Asquith, asking for an interview with Mrs.. May brick in her prison, in order that he may try to in duce her to consent to be hypnotized and thus, if possible, establish her in noeence. The worst snowstorm in years raged all over Kansas and Missouri Sunday aud Sunday night, and Monday not a single train in the two states was on time. The snow averaged from a foot to two feet on tho level. High winds accompanied it and at some points in cuts it is twenty or thirty feet deep. At many places the schools are closed. The snow was dry rend the telegraph service was not injured. The excitement occasioned by the bomb explosion at the cafe of the Hotel Terminus, at the St. Lazare railway station, Paris, Monday night, has not abated, and the outrage is the subject of discussion in all public places. It has been ascertained definitely that at least twenty-four persons were hurt. The name of the bomb-thrower is Leon Breton, Tne police believe that he is a member of an anarchist group who have headquarters at Neuilly-Sur- Seine. The board of trade building at Du luth, Minn., in which were located the offices of the board, the North American and Western Union Tele graph Companies, the American Steel Barge Company, the Lake Su perior Union Improvement and Du luth Elevator Companies and the of fices of nearly all tho city grain and vessel firms, was entirely destroyed by fire at noon Sunday. The board of trade building was built in 1885 and cost 873,000. The total loss by fire is #94,000, with an insurance of #80,000 Advices of Monday from Calcutta, India, state that the India Currency Association has entered a strong pro test, which has. been addressed to the government in regard to the disorgani zation of trade in consequence of the changes in the silver policy. The pro test says that the present state of af fairs shows that the closure of the mints did not do any harm, though its advantages were temporary and were suspended by the abnormal importa tions of silver, of piece goods and through other causes. A New l'ork special of Monday says: The modifications of the Richmond Terminal plan of reorganization that have been substantially agreed upon arc a reduction of the assessment on the common stock from #125 to #10 per share, and for the assessment ft percentage of new bonds and preferred stock will be given, as well as common stock, on the basks originally contem plated. In consequence of this change the underwriting syndicate will be re duced 25 per cent, that is, from §15,003,000. A special o£ Sunday from the City of Mexico says: A syndicate of Mex ican and American capitalists has been organized for the purpose of construc ting a pan-American telegraph line to extend along the Pacific coast from Victoria, British Columbia, to Santiago, Chili, passing through the United States, Mexico, the Central American states and the Pacific coast countries of South America. The promoters of the enterprise have applied to the Mexican government for a concession for the proposed line through this country and it will probably he grant ed. SOUTHERN MS. Ci Affairs ol Gnerueit ail Hits it Use Departments DinnL Jietw of Interest Concerning the Peo ple and Their General Welfare. The day of St. Y'aleutiue in Con gress was one of exceeding dreariness. There were probably fifty eongres*- men present, and they gave bnt scant interest to the tedious speeches being delivered on the Bland bill. Secretary Herbert received a dis patch Monday from the Panama Rail road company, stating that the city of Para arrived at Colon with Admiral Stanton and the officers and crew of the Kearsage. All were safe and well. The senate has confirmed the nomi nations of George D. Bryan to be col lector of customs at Charleston, S. C. Postmasters—Alabama, O. W. Monroe, Eutaw, Tennessee, L. W. Bates, St. Elmo; D. C. Morris, Morristown. The executive committee of the National Association of Democratic Clubs, organized July 4, 1888, for the purpose of aiding in the promotion of party success, met in Washington at noon Thursday. The sessions were private. The senate committee on judiciary Monday decided to report the Peckham nomination to the senate without rec ommendation. Senator Hoar was ab sent and the committee decided evenly in its vote, Messrs. George, Vilas, Lindsay, Platt and Mitchell voting for confirmation, and Messrs. Pnglr, Coke, Hill, Teller aud Wilson against. Thomas R. Jernigau, who has been appointed consul general at Shanghai, was consul at Osaka, Japan, under Cleveland’s first administration, and the records of the state department show that his grade ran the highest known in the foreign service. He is a good lawyer. He was unanimously indorsed by the democrats of North Carolina. The regular treasury statement is sued Tuesday shows that the receipts from customs dues at New York for the first ten days of this month aggre gated #2,051,373, as against #4,321,- 475 in February, 1892, Of this 16.1 per cent, was paid in gold and 60.3 in silver certificates, the balance being divided up among other classes of money. With the sale of bonds the treasury is not only gaining gold, but also gold certificates, having now on hand of the latter $497,950. The senate has confirmed the fol lowing nominations; Thomas B. Fer guson, of Maryland, envoy extraordi nary and minister plenipotentiary to Sweden; John Barrett, of Oregon, minister resident and consul general to Siam; ThomasR. Jernigau, of North Caroline, consul general to Shanghai, China ; Delaware Kemper, of Virginia, consul to Auoy, China; Joun Malcolm Johnstone, of South Carolina, consul at Pernambuco, Brazil. Collectors of customs—Marion M. Hutson, district of Beaufort, S. C.; William R. Kee nan, district of Wilmington, N. O. The president Monday sent to the senate the -following nominations : John Barrett, of Oregon, minister resident and consul general of the United States at Siam; Thomas R. Jernigan, of North Carolina, United States corf .1 general at Shanghai, China ;jUnited States consuls—Adolph Bilihard, of Ohio, at Moscow, Russia; Arthur Decima, of California, at Ma- zatlan; John Malcolm Johnston, of S. C., at Pernambuco, Brazil; Daniel C. Kennedy, of Missouri, at Malta; Del aware Kemper, of Virginia, at Amoy, China; E. G. Mitchell, of Arkansas, at Newcastle, New South Wales; George W. Nichols, of New York, at Clifton, Ontario; Marshall H. Williams, asso ciate justice of the supreme court of Arizona: John L. McAtee, associate justice of the supreme court of Okla homa; United States attorney, Lytton Taylor, of Tennessee, district of Alaska. Na Work, No Pay. Mr. Boatner, of Louisiana, has in troduced an amendment to the rules of the house which he thinks if adopted will prevent a repetition of the filibus tering proceedings of the past few days. The house had found it difficult to act on account of a large number of its members declining to vote and thus breaking a quorum. Mr. Boatner’s amendment to the rules provides tjiat the clerk of the house shall make a note of each member present and not voting and said member when refusii%, to vote and being present shall have one day’6 salary deducted. Mr. Boat ner’s amendment further provides that the speaker shall entertain no motion to excuse a member from voting or to refund a flue when the elerk has im posed it. Mr. Boatner thinks when a member’s salary is effected by this not voting he will always vote. The reso lution has been referred to the com- Taittee on rules. EF\ THe Mt of Her Prog; perity Briefly MkaUe} Terr Happenings of Interest Py w y or ^ Pithy Paragraph*. ’ZEDS FIRE AT THE FAIR. A statistician estimates that Ameri cans expend $400,000 a day fpj asttujr rnentf Agricultural Building aud Machinery Hail Threatened with Destruction. Fire broke out Wednesday morning on the eolonade between the agricult ural building and machinery hall in the world’s fair grounds. The flames gained rapid headway and tho second and third calls were sent cud, kut be fore additional engines reached the burning structure its destruction and that of the large buildings adjacent on either side was threatened. The fire was finally gotten under control. The loss is nominal. The origin is sup posed to have been incendiary. Camp Hardee Wants Information. The following order was issued at Birmingham, Ada.,Friday afternoon by Camp Hardee, Confederate Veterans: “To United Confederate Veterans: Camp Hardee, of Birmingham, will bo pleased to bear from each camp in the United States as to the number of del egates that will be present at the re union in April. Cam]} Hardee wants to hear from each camp so that prepa- tions may be made for each delegate who will attend.” V 'L, “If sheep had entered more largely Into our agriculture daring the last quarts? of* century,“ ms>mpina the New York World, f'ther 'Sew bj A lire at Colliersville, Tf day destroyed the bank of (E and the dry goods stores cv A Wadley and P. H. Humj^ The total loss is #30,000. A cyclone passed within of Beauregard, Miss., on the Central railroad Sunday night ’i much damage to property, it v ported that a number of lives .ha lost, but inquiry at Hazlehurst i that the report lacked confirmutioU' to 1 o'clock Monday. The w ireslf down. Eight hours’ snow fell at San An lo, Texas, Snnday, accompanied^ by a cold north wind, which has i siderably alarmed stockmen, y/ storm continues for any length \ ' the death percentage of stock : large, as they are in many. barely alive, with nothing ti' eat! the range. 4r A Birmingham, Ala., special Tuesday says: The grand confederal reunion to be held in this city on til 25th, 26th and 27th of April, promiii| to be a huge affair. Times arti 1 throughout the south, buteuco\ j(j letters continue to pour into the hand of the management here from all oij the southern states, and if indicati<y arc not misleading, there wiL enormous gathering of t he old cj Dispatches from Meridian, are to the effect that tho sectil country west and northwest fit' city was visited Sunday night by n terrific rain and wind storm. No very material damage on account of the. wind, beyond tho uprooting of timber V' and the demolition of fences has been V reported, but the almost unprecedent- , ed rainfall wrought considerable dam age to freshly plowed lands. A gpectal from Dallas, Texas, states that the themometer was 22 degrees, J above Tuesday morning. Paasengviy from Kansas, Oklahoma, the Chf strip and the Indian Territory f ri * the most terrible blizzard rocordv > history. A great many livos been lost and the suffering from coIa- - is intense. The greatest loss has been ( among the stripers who aro poorly provided with houses, food nnd cloth ing. A Knoxville, Teun., special: says The case of James Berry, reported to the police Saturday night as suspicious, was, on Sunday, pronbunced by half -i- a dozen physicians to be a genuine cast of small-pox. Perry lives in the hean_ of Cripple Creek, the slums of Knex-^-* villo. Twenty-five negroes have been in contact with him since he became ill. The police and board of health are takiDg strict precaution, and the house is now guarded. A Savannah dispatch says: Messrs. Frank H. Miller aud A. O. Bacon, aL torneys for the Southwestern railroad. \ made a request of Receiver Comer Tuesday that he turn over to that road the money belonging to it now in the Central’s treasury. Mr. Comer replied that he would be very glad- to do so, but would first have to obtain an or der of court to that effect. There is about $242,000 in tho Central’s treas ury belonging to the Southwestern. At the meeting of the Tennessee Historical Society at Nashville, Tues day night, there was a letter read from W. E. McElwee, of Rockwood, Tenn., describing a coin found in au In dian mound iu that county. It bears an urn burning incense on one side, ■with the inscription in Hebrew, “shekel of Israel.” On the other is sfigor olive branch, and the words in He brew, “Jerusalem, the holy land.” A similar coin was exhibited, but how the coin got into the mound is a matter of mystery. - The effort to inaugurate a tri-stale . fair in Chattanooga this fall is a suc cess. The organization is now com plete and the work is in charge of ft board of nine dirctors, of whom Wil liam Hepburn Russell, late manager of the East Tennessee Land Company, which company built and owns the town of Harriman, was Saturday elect ed president. About $12,000 has been subscribed in $25 shares, nnd §50,000 of the $100,000 capitalized stock must be raised before the enterprise is got ten underway. A case involving#300,000 was settled by Jndge Key, of the United States court at Knoxville, Teno., Saturday afternoon. It was a suit to recover money due on account of the construc tion of the Knoxville Southern, now the Marietta and North Georgia rail road. The Central Trust company,'of New York, was a party to the suit. The complainants were Knoxville con tractors, who had never been paid for their work in building the road, many of whom would have been ruined if the case had gone against them. A SUIT OF THE SAINTS. Monuous Appeal to the Courts for Pos session of Consecrated Ground. The long delayed equity suit of th# reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints against the Church of Christ of Independence, to deter mine the title to the famous Mormon temple lot in Independence, Mo., has been taken up for trial in the United States cireuit court at Kansas City, Mo. The suit is a contest between two fac tions of the Mormon church to deter mine the ownership of a piece orf ground in the city of Independence, en which some day the Mormons ex pect to erect a temple, which shall be the most magnificent ever reared by the hands of man, and from which, on the last day of the world, it is be lieved, all good and faithful followers of Joseph Smith will ascend direct to heaven. Female Suffragists Meet. The Twenty-sixth annual convention of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association began at Wash ington Thursday morning Tvitb - lar " e »JftvtoA rlolrto'ntph rCDTCSGIltilliAf attendance of delegates representing all parts of the country. ’ Ths Hartford Joi/ at expresses the Calc Mcult to convince